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Dolly Parton - (You Got Me Over) A Heartache Tonight 
[ duet with Billy Dean ]

Can't say we're lovers can't say we're friends don't even know I'll see you again
But against your warm body I felt so alive and you got me over a heartache tonight
My heart was broken my hurt was deep I have lost something I wanted to keep
Looking for comfort when you caught my eye you got me over a heartache tonight
Sweet conversation a drink and a dance lead to an evening of making romance
And I don't even care if it's wrong or it's right
Cause you got me over a heartache tonight
Yes you got me over a heartache tonight stirring up passion brought me back to life
Oh and it may not last but who knows it just might
But you got me over a heartache tonight
Yes you got me over a heartache tonight mhm


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1+1 = Love
Recorded by Charly McClain
Written by L. Rogers, R. Scaife, D. Hogan 
 
C                     F             Dm
I can remember all my early days of school
G7                              C
Back then when one and one were two
 
But if the teachers knew
          F
About the things you do to me
G7                                    C
Then they might think one and one are three
 
F          G7                C
When we're alone sometime at night
              A7              Dm
And you're so dog gone out of sight
G7  C    A7
1+1 = Love 
F           G7              C
Laying in a field of clover here
               A7             Dm
With your head on my shoulder dear
G7  C
1+1 = Love
  
                                F             Dm
I guess the good Lord must know everything we need
G7                              C  G7
That's why He sent you here for me
       C
And we take advantage of His giving
F
Yes you know we do
G7                         C
It's sad enough for me and you
 
F          G7                C
When we're alone sometime at night
              A7              Dm
And you're so dog gone out of sight
  G7  C    A7
1+1 = Love 
F           G7              C
Laying in a field of clover here
               A7             Dm
With your head on my shoulder dear
  G7  C   A7 Dm
1+1 = Love
 
  G7  C   A7 Dm
1+1 = Love
  G7  F   C
1+1 = Love

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Dolly Parton - 10-4 Over And Out 

10-4 over and out the way we talk sometimes you'd think our love is filled with doubt
But when we're all alone by the fireside of our home
The angry words we spoke that day have forever gone away then it's love we talk about
To the world outside we say 10-4 over and out
Hello this is Unit 2 callin' Unit 1 this is Unit 2 tryin' Unit 1
Do you read me Unit 1 do you read me
(Yeah I read you Unit 2 I sure can read you just like a book is all
And I know what you called for I know what you're gonna say
I'm gonna be a little bit late
Well I know you're a little bit late's are usually two or three or four
Or sometimes even more hours long
And I am sick and tired of) 10-4 over and out
10-4 over and out...
This is Unit 1 callin' Unit 2 do you read me Unit 2 you better answer me Unit 2
I'm gettin' sick of foolin' around with this CB radio
I'm gonna cram this thing down your throat
(I read you mhm do I golly I read you Unit 1 loud and clear
But seems like there's a little turbulence on the line
Honey I'm sorry that I'm runnin' so late but I stopped off here
To see this friend of mine who's been awfully awfully sick
And when I got back to the car you know this radio had run my battery down
I know it's hard for you to believe)
Oh I believe you I really do believe you ole CB and you 10-4 over and out
10-4 over and out...
10-4 baby I'm gonna have to be clear with you I'm always movin' on
Oh you've never been clear in your life you was born
I'm gonna get rid of this radio it's gonna get me killed I tell you
I'm gonna have to get rid of that radio just as soon as we get home
Everybody in the country knows what we're talkin' about too
They listen in on us I know I know


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12-12-84
Recorded by David BallWritten by Billy Spencer, David Ball, Tommy Polk

Em    C G   C     D7       G
12-12-8-4   ten o'clock at night
C                 G        Em      Am      G       D7
Funny how you can remember certain moments in your life
Em       C        G            C        D7      B7
I wish I could go back to take back the words I said       
C         D7               Em
Though it's been years since that night            
Am   D7    G
They still echo in my head
C         G           B7                 Em  A7
Time is a teacher and time has taught me well     
C        D7         Em             Am            D7
What brings a man to his knees is often brought on by himself     
C                  G                 B7           Em     A7
If a second chance were offered she could love me like before
      C           D7                 Em       Am    D7 G
I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-8--4
Em     C        G       C           D7          G
A cold wind was blowing it whistled through the pines
C                  G       Em    Am              D7
I told her I don't need her  and she told me goodbye  
Em       C      G            C     D7      B7
I remember embers dying in the ashes and the coals         
C     D7     G      Em  Am        D7        G
And like smoke up the chimney  I watched a true love go

Repeat #2       

C           D7                 Em       Am    D7 G
I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-8--4

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12th of June 

Before spring turned into summer
After night turned into day
They were born a Monday morning
In the days just after May
In the days just after May

By the branch at San Jacinto
Play for me a happy tune
Know of all the days I loved
I loved best the 12th of June
I loved best the 12th of June

He was strong across his shoulders
She was delicate of skin
And their mother lay there ashen
As we held them to our breasts
As we held them to our breasts

By the branch at San Jacinto
Play for me a happy tune
Know of all the days I loved
I loved best the 12th of June
I loved best the 12th of June

All I have I gladly give them
All I am they will exceed
And one thing I know for sure
If they improve the likes of me
They make a better man of me

So to my father and my mother
And to our fathers long before
There are those who walk above us
Who'll remember that we were
They will remember that we were

And to these beautiful two children
And to my sweet and tender wife
I will love you three forever
Though I fly beyond this life
Though I fly beyond this life

By the branch at San Jacinto
Play for me a happy tune
Know of all the days I loved
I loved best the 12th of June

By the branch at San Jacinto
When they lay me in my tomb
Know of all the days I loved
There are so many days I've loved
Know of all the days I loved
I loved best the 12th of June
I loved best the 12th of June

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1460 Elder Street
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Bun Wilson and Doc Richardson

C                   F           C
I was waiting for a ship to Vietnam                                        
G7
And me being the good time loving guy I am      
C                F           C
I was looking for some female company            
F         C        G7        C
I met a girl alone and lonesome just like me                  
F          C
We had coffee at a waterfront cafe                                       
G7
She said her husband was a soldier far away        
C                F               C
And she talked about her long nights all alone                  
F          C      G7         C
And the way she's fought temptation since he's gone  
F                            C
1460 Elder Street is where she took me     
 F               C                G7
And I never knew that love could be so sweet        
 C                F                C
Then she promised me that when the war was over           
F         G7       C
I'd have a home at 1460 Elder Street                      
 F             C
Two months later I was on patrol one day
                                      G7
When a hand grenade fell not ten feet away            
 C                  F                 C
I watched as one brave man gave all that he could give
                  F        C         G7      C
He fell across it gave his life that I might live
                                F             C
I found a crumpled tear stained letter in his coat
                                         G7
And I read the Dear John Letter his wife wrote
 C                F            C
He had nothing left for livin' for I guess                     
F     C   G7     C
I thought I die when I saw her return address 
F                               C
1460 Elder Street still drives me crazy       
 F                 C               G7
And sometimes at night we find it hard to sleep         
C               F                  C
Could it be the ones who killed him now are sharing           
 F         G7       C
Our private hell at 1460 Elder Street

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16th Avenue
Recorded by Lacy J. Dalton
Written by Thom Schuyler
 
G                                        D7             G
From the corners of the country from the cities and the farms
     Em                 C                G                D7
With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms
      Em                C                G                C
They walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
       G                  Em                C   D7   G
So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Av-enue
 
                                   D7           G
With a million dollar spirit and an old flat top guitar
     Em                 C                 G              D7
They drive to town with all they own in a hundred dollar car
      Em               C                 G                       C
Cause one time someone told them about a friend of a friend they knew
    G               Em        C    D7  G
Who owns you know a studio on 16th Av-enue
 
                                D7               G
Now some are born to money they never had to say survive
    Em             C                 G             D7
And others swing a nine pound hammer just to stay alive
        Em                 C                 G                   C
There's cowboys drunks and Christians mostly white and black and blue
        G                    Em                  C    D7  G
They've all dialed the phone direct to home from 16th Av-enue
 
                                         D7                     G
Ah but then one night in some empty room where no curtains ever hung
       Em                  C          G                D7
Like a miracle some golden words roll off of someone's tongue
    Em                   C                   G                C
And after years of being nothing they're all looking right at you
    G                Em                     C    D7  G
And there for awhile they'll go in style on 16th Av-enue
 
                              D7        G
Hey it looks so uneventful so quiet and discreet
      Em                C                G                   D7
But a lot of lives were changed there on that little one-way street
      Em                    C                  G                C
Cause they walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
   G                      Em                C    D7  G
So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Av-enue

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18 Wheels Humming Home Sweet Home
Recorded by Mac Wiseman
Written by Jim Fagan

C                    G7             F               C
With raindrops on my windshield and teardrops on my steering wheel
F                       G7           C    G7
This lonely truck's the only thing I own
C               G7               F            C
In my heart I'm pining while her old engine's whining
     F           G7                 C
With 18 wheels a humming home sweet home
               G7        F               C
I had a gal in Texas she walked away and left us
F                    G7            C  G7
This old truck's all I'm depending on
C               G7             F           C
Sometimes I overwork her but I never would desert her
F           G7                 C
18 wheels a humming home sweet home
                   G7        F               C
We've got a lot in common we keep each other going
F               G7                  C  G7
Me and this old truck are a hanging on
C                       G7           F                C
We just keep right on a rolling that lonesome stack a smoking
     F           G7                 C
With 18 wheels a humming home sweet home
                         G7        F                  C
Well it ain't the latest model and it can't take much throttle
F                     G7                    C    G7
Them shiny rigs ain't been where this one's gone
C             G7       F              C
We ain't in a hurry we lope along and worry
     F           G7                 C
With 18 wheels a humming home sweet home
Repeat #1
     F           G7                 C
With 18 wheels a humming home sweet home

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1929
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Freddy Powers

C                F           C    F          C
All my life I've heard about hard depression days
        D7                          G7
They so resemble times we're living now
    C                 F    C      F          C
And old news of yesteryear sounds like yesterday
    G7                                C
And hunger lines always look the same somehow
                           F  C
Are we living now or is it 1929
  G7                               C
A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime
                         F               C
And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind
                     G7 C
Are we living now or 1929
               F         C      F        C
Old songs tell about the way it was back then
  D7                                   G7
I think I've sung 'em all from time to time
   C                 F              C        F    C
It looks like we are headed for the same old fall again
      G7                                  C
But a hard depression blues would sure do fine
Repeat #2
                        F            C   F C
The devil's changed the candy flavor some
    D7                                 G7
Somehow we've gone to drugs instead of wine
    C               F           C         F      C
But old skid row is still alive where the demons run
          G7                 C
Is it the eighties now or 1929
                           F  C
Are we living now or is it 1929
  G7                               C
A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime
                         F               C
And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind
                    G7 C
Is it really now or 1929

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1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Richard Thompson

Supplied by Phillip Charles Saunders

(capo 3rd fret, tuning=EBGDGC)
Transcribed in Nov/Dec 1993 Acoustic Guitar

[start here between verses]
[repeat these 2 bars............
E-|------3-------|------------------3-|-3h7--7-7p5p3--3h7-------3-----|
B-|-1s3----------|-------------3h5----|-------------------------------|
G-|--------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|------0-----0-|---0---0---0------0-|-----0------0------0-----0-----|
G-|-0-------0----|-0---0---0---0------|-0------0------0------0--------|
C-|--------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|

.............................]
E-|-3h7---7-7p5p3--3---------3-|-3h7--7-7p5p3--3h7-------3-----|
B-|--------------5-------3h5---|-------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-|-----0-------0-----0------0-|-----0------0------0-----0-----|
G-|-0-------0------0-----0-----|-0------0------0------0--------|
C-|----------------------------|-------------------------------|

[to coda last
time]
E-|-3----0---3---0----------------|----------0------0-----0--|
B-|--------------0------3---3s5-3-|------0---0-----3-----3---|
G-|---------------------2---2s4-2-|------0-----------0-----0-|
D-|----0-------0------0-------0---|----0-------0--4-----4----|
G-|-0------0-------0------0-------|-0------0-----------------|
C-|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|---0----------------3-----|-3-------3-----------------|
B-|--0-----------------------|-----------------------0---|
G-|----0-------------------0-|-------------0-------------|
D-|-2----------------0---0---|----0------0------0------0-|
G-|-------2s4--2--0----------|-0-----0-------0-----0-----|
C-|--------------------------|---------------------------|

G C
Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike,
C G
A girl could feel special on any such like
G C
Said James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to you
C G
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
G D C G
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
D C G
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
G Am C G
And he pulled her on behind and down to Boxhill they did ride

Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And If fate should break my stride
I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
Said I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Said young James. in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeves won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he gave her the keys
He said I don't have any further use for these
I see angels and ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
He gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride.

Coda
G C G
E-|-----0-------------0--0--0-|-5s7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------|
B-|---0---------------1--1--1-|-6s8--8--8--8--8--8---------------------|
G-|-------0-----------0--0--0-|-5s7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------|
D-|-2-------------------------|------0--0--0--0--0---------------------|
G-|----------4--2--0----------|----------------------------------------|
C-|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|

Chord Shapes (using EBGDGC tuning):

G X00033
C 002010
D 200232
Am X22210


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Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Remastered) 

Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride

Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery

Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride

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Richard Thompson - 1985
(Jaret Reddick, John Allen, Mitchell Scherr)

Woohoo
Woohoo

Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husbands a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty four
Only been with one man
What happen to her plan?

She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of white snake's car
Her yellow SUV is now the enemy
Looks at her average life
And nothing has been alright

Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woohoo
(1985)
Woohoo

She's seen all the classics
She knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink
Even Saint Elmo's Fire
She rocked out to wham
Not a big Limp Biscuit fan
Thought she'd get a hand
On a member of Duran Duran

Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin
And who's the other guy singing in Van Halen
When did reality become T.V.
What ever happen to sitcoms, game shows
(on the radio there was)

Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woohoo

She hates time make it stop
When did Motley Crew become classic rock?
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop
Stop!
And bring back

Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 1985

Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

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Nickel Creek - 21st of May 

It's time to bid this whole world goodbye.
Oh, glory, time to fly away.
We'll meet our savior in the sky.
Hallelujah, the 21st of May

Sinner, heed these words of mine
'Bout the coming Judgment Day.
Yes, the end is drawing nigh.
Hallelujah, the 21st of May

They laughed while Noah built his boat,
Then cried when came the rain.
They mock me now, but I will float
On the 21st of May

Well, I've never been so sure
And I've never led no one astray.
'Cept in the fall of '94.
But Hallelujah, the 21st of May

They laughed while Noah built his boat,
Then cried when came the rain.
They mock me now, but I will float
On the 21st of May.
They mock me now, but I will float
On the 21st of May

Hallelujah, the 21st of May

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32 Acres
Recorded by The Bluegrass Cardinals
Written by Randall Hylton

C
I sawed the timber for the cabin floor
          G7                        C
I built a plank fence out of locust board
C7           F                      C
I worked the corn rows in the early morn
             G7                     C
And raised a family on a poor man's farm 
C7         F               C
Thirty two acres of bottom land
           G7                 C    C7
Bought and paid for by my own hand
        F                    C
Worth a fortune to a working man
           G7              C
Thirty two acres of bottom land 
I planted a peach tree now the leaves are dying
            G7                       C
I watered a grapevine it's no longer mine
C7           F                  C
The county's taken everything I own
                  G7                        C
Cause it's on the right way for a four lane road
           G7              C
Thirty two acres of bottom land 

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35 mph Town
Written by Toby Keith and Bobby Pinson
Recorded by Toby Keith
 
C                                                                F
Mama locked the door last night for the first time in all of her years 
       G7
I said mammy you gotta be kidding me
                                                 C
She said things ain't like they used to be round here
                                             C7
You just wouldn't believe it kids growing up without Jesus
F                                            D7
Good thing your daddy ain't here to see this now
          C                                   G7              C
They stay higher than the water tower in this 35 mile an hour town
                                               
She said it ain't the drugs it ain't the booze 
                                  F
I've had a backroad buzz or two myself
              G7
It seems like heaven is slipping further away
                                              C
The devil ain't got far to go when they raise hell
We used to burn a hole through midnight smoking a stolen Marlboro Light and
     F                              D7
On a good night might kill a 5th of Crown
                  C                          G7              C
But now there's a lower higher power in this 35 mile an hour town
   F                             G7
Oh we can't blame the babies for growing up lazy
    C
And crazy it ain't them that let them down
              F                          G7
If they ain't stealing they're suing why work when we'll give it to 'em
     Am                 G7                      F
It's right there in the bible that we don't put out
          C                     G7              C
Spare the rod and you'll sour a 35 mile an hour town
                                            
The yes mam's gone and the please is too
                                            F
It's out the door with the thank you in the evening
          G7
You don't see a front yard football game
                                          C
The neighbor kids have done away with the shirt and skins
No one hits the front porch lights to get their kids to come inside
          F                                     D7
Cause the streets ain't safe for a bike to ride down
           C                         G7              Am   F
Since they planted a prowler in this 35 mile an hour town     
           C
No they're going nowhere fast tonight
   G7                              F  G7           C
No matter how fast they drive this 35 mile an hour town  

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4 + 20
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,
The son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor,
And he wasn't into selling door to door,
And he worked like the devil to be more.

A different kind of poverty now upsets me so.
Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know
Why am I so alone?
Where is my woman can I bring her home?
Have I driven her away? Is she gone?

Morning comes to sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many colored beast.
I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.


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Dolly Parton - 4-0-33 lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Earl Montgomery
Copyright 1966

Well the two new people that's moved to the middle of the block
And we're at the top of the town and don't you think we're not
Well we found love and happiness people envy us you see
For we found heaven right here on earth at 4-0-33
Yes we found what most people are looking for
And it's not a lotta money to spend on real fine car
But it's so when and where a bird flies and sings so free
And there's whole lotta winds in this little house at 4-0-33
Four thousandth block proves what true love can do
Once a lonely place but was sold to me and you
Oh all around the house you can see little children play
But they're not as a people's kids were proud to say
They are the symbol of our love for all the world to see
They're a part of heaven right here on earth at 4-0-33
Our love's on the day you can see many people drive by
For look at the house they think there from the sky
They think this place would make them as happy as you and me
And the whole town's tryin' to buy our house at 4-0-33
Four thousandth block proves what true love can do...
And we're not gonna sale our happy little house at 4-0-33
Wouldn't take a pretty thing for the love we had


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40 East
The Avett Brothers

Sleep darling rest your mind
I'll drive all night to get to you
Please moan softly if you must moan at all
I'm moving through the night toward you

Sleep darling, sleep darling
I'm on my way to you
I'm on my way to you

Rest my angel, not one word,
Between you and I on the telephone line
You are weary and need your sleep
So leave the hard thinking and the driving to me

Sleep darling, sleep darling
I'm on my way to you
I'm on my way to you
Let go

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Yonder Mountain String Band - 40 Miles from Denver (Live)

It's a cold, cold moon out tonight
And it's a cold, cold point on your knife
Could I call myself a man if I left by the morning light?

And I'd be 40 miles from Denver when you woke up all alone
I'd be 40 miles from Denver and three days from my home
In that cool mountain air, on an Appalachian trail
Ohh, life is better there

It's a lonely road to travel on
But I've stood here waiting much too long
And I'd rather leave this minute than try to carry on

And I'd be 40 miles from Denver headed east bound on the track
I'd be 40 miles from Denver and trying to get back
To that cool mountain air, on an Appalachian trail
Ohh, life is better there

It's a cold, cold moon out tonight
And it's a cold, cold point on your knife
Could I call myself a man if I left by the morning light?

And I'd be 40 miles from Denver when you woke up all alone
I'd be 40 miles from Denver and three days from my home
In that cool mountain air, on an Appalachian trail
Ohh, life is better there

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45 Dollars in Quarters
Written and recorded by Terry Lee Goffee

G          D7         G
Give me 45 dollars in quarters                       
D7           G
Let me spend 'em three minutes at a time    
C                      G
And show me the way to the jukebox    
A7                        D7
And fill up my glass with the wine       
G           D7                G
Don't tell all my friends where I'm stayin'                    
D7        G
Just tell them that I'm doin' fine        
C             G       C
Give me 45 dollars in quarters       
G               D7         G
Let me spend 'em three minutes at time                 
D7      G
Then set up the glasses bartender            
D7            G
Tonight the drinks are on me    
C                         G
How long will it take for the whiskey   
A7              D7
To kill an old memory       
G               D7            G
Don't tell me I don't know what I'm doin'                        
D7             G
I'll just sit here and drink till I'm blind        
C             G       C
Give me 45 dollars in quarters       
G               D7           G
Let me spend 'em three minutes at a time         
C             G        C
Give me 45 dollars in quarters       
G               D7           C  G
Let me spend 'em three minutes at a time 

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Brad Paisley - 4WP

I've been waiting all week for Saturday night
Now I'm picking my baby up
She's pretty as a peach and sweeter than a cheek
Full of cherry Skoal long cut
Ooh, man alive can't wait 'til it gets dark
We're gonna take this 4-wheel drive
And put it into 4-wheel park
I'm pulling in her drive, she's waiting outside
Just standing on her front porch
Good Lord, she's taken them tight blue jeans
And cut 'em off into jorts
Ooh, man alive, be still my beating heart
I'm about to take this 4-wheel drive
And slam it into 4-wheel park
There's a holler I know down an old dirt road
Where we can be all alone
Gonna back it on in, turn the headlights off
And see if I can turn her on
Now the mood's just right and the dashboard light
We're steaming up my windows
Her favorite saying is singing her favorite song on the radio
"Let's get a little mud on the tires"
I've got the defrost on and the steam vac on
And we're heading down highway 10
Lord have mercy, she's a getting all flirty
And kissing my neck again
Ooh, man alive, she's about to hit restart
I'm about to put this 4-wheel drive
Right back into 4-wheel park
I'm about to take this 4-wheel drive
And slam it into 4-wheel park


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50,000 Names Carved In The Wall
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jamie O'Hara

G
There's teddy bears and high school rings
C
And old photographs that mommas bring
G                                         D7
The daddies with their young boys playing ball
G
There's combat boots that he used to wear
C
When he was sent over there
G              D7                  G
There's 50,000 names carved in the wall
                                            
There's cigarettes and there's cans of beer
C
And notes that say I miss you dear
G                                      D7
And children who don't say anything at all
G
There's purple hearts and packs of gum
C
Fatherless daughters and fatherless sons
G                  D7                  G
And there's 50,000 names carved in the wall
C
They come from all across this land
G
In pickup trucks and mini-vans
D7                            G
Searching for a boy from long ago
C
They scan the wall and find his name
G
The tear drops fall like pouring rain
D7                                 G
And silently they leave a gift and go 
There stars of David and Rosary beads
C
And crucifixion figurines
G                                   D7
And flowers of all colors large and small
G
There's a boy scout badge and a merit pin
C
Little American flags waving in the wind
G                  D7                  G
And there's 50,000 names carved in the wall
  
               D7                  G
There's 50,000 names carved in the wall

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500 Miles
Hedy West

1. If you missed the train I'm on
You will know that I have gone
You will hear that whistle blow 500 miles

Ch.1. Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
You will hear that whistle blow 500 miles

2. Got no shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
Lord I can't go back home this away

Ch.2. This away, this away
This away, this away
Lord I can't go back home this away

3. Lord I walk in these ties
With tears in my eyes
I'm trying to read a letter from my home

Ch.3. From my home, from my home
From my home, from my home
Lord I'm trying to read a letter from my home

4. If this train's running right
I'll be home tomorrow night
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Ch.4. Away from home, away from home
Away from home, away from home
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - The Best Of The Early


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57 Chevrolet
Recorded by Billie Jo Spears 
Written by Roger Bowling

G                               D7   G
Come and look at this old faded photograph 
C             D7                G
Honey tell me what it brings to mind 
                           D7    G
It's a picture of that '57 Chevrolet 
  C                  D7               G
I wish that we could ride it one more time 
  
                               D7     G
Now I still get excited when I think about 
    C                D7                G
The drive-in picture shows you took me to 
                               D7    G
I don't recall a lot about the movie stars 
C               D7            G
Mostly that old Chevrolet and you 
  
C               D7             G
They don't make cars like they used to 
C               D7       G
I wish we still had it today 
    C             D7         G                     C
The love we first tasted the good love we're still living 
   G              C    D7       G
We owe it to that old '57 Chevrolet 
  
                                 D7     G
Remember when we used to park it in the rain 
C             D7             G
And listen to the country radio 
                                     D7     G
We'd hold on to each other while the singer sang 
     C              D7                  G
We'd stay like that till it was time to go 
 
                                          D7       G
Now it makes me sad to think the good old days are gone 
  C                  D7                  G
Although our love is still that strong today 
                                           D7      G
But the world would have a lot more lovers hanging on 
        C           D7       G
If they still made '57 Chevrolets  
 
Repeat #3
                  C    D7       G
We owe it to that old '57 Chevrolet 

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5:01 Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Michael Garvin and Jeff Tweel

G7          C          F
I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
C                      G7
Time to go home but no one to go home to
     C                     F
That whistle just blew bad news
           G7
I'll punch out and put in another long night again missin' you
                 C
I got these 5:01 blues
I used to watch that old clock on the wall
        G7
Wishin' I could make time fly
But ever since you walked out on me
C                  F                G7
Quittin' time just makes me want to cry
Repeat #1
I could go out and find somebody new
                       G7
But I'd only spoil her fun
My mind still says that it's time to love you
         C              F           G7
When the clock says the work day is done
Repeat 1 x2

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The Osborne Brothers - 7th of December
Instrumental


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Alison Krauss - 9 to 5 Lyrics

I tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch ,trying to come to life
I jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping
Out on the streets the traffic starts jumping
With folks like me on the job from 9 to 5

[Chorus]
Workin 9 to 5,what a way to make a livin
Barley gettin by, it's all takin and no givin
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it

they let you dream just to watch'em shatter
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder
But you've got dreams he'll never take away
You're in the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waiting for the day your ship'll come in
The tide's gonna turn and it's all gonna roll you away

[Chorus]



 

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The Duhks - 95 South

95 South, 95 South
That is the way to my baby's house
95 South, 95 South
That is the way to my baby's house

Drive all day, drive all night
Gonna see my baby, gonna be alright
Drive all day, drive all night
Gonna see my baby, gonna be alright

chorus

Cackalack Cackalak, Cackalack Cackalak, Cackalack Cackalak
I'm on the 95 south and I ain't goin' back

5 AM Richmond town
Can't stop now, I'm cackalacky bound
5 AM Richmond town
Can't stop now, I'm cackalacky bound

chorus

The sun comes up, the sun goes down
The sun comes up on my Baby's town
The sun comes up, the sun goes down
The sun comes up on my Baby's town

95 South, 95 South
That is the way to my baby's house
95 South, 95 South
That is the way to my baby's house

chorus x2

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The Osborne Brothers - A - Model lyrics
Instrumental


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A Beautiful Life

Each day I'll do a golden deed
By helping those who are in need
My life on earth is but a span
And so I'll do the best I can

   Life's evening sun is sinking low
   A few more days and I must go
   To meet the deeds that I have done
   Where there will be no setting sun

To be a child of God each day
My life must shine along the way
I'll sing His praise while the ages roll
And strive to help some troubled soul

While going down life's weary road
I'll try to lift some traveler's load
I'll try to turn the night to day
Make flowers bloom along the way

The only life that will endure
Is one that's kind and good and pure
And so for God, I'll take my stand
Each day I'll lend a helping hand

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A Beautiful Mistake
Recorded by Eddy Raven
Written by Eddy Raven and Troy Seals

C          F        G7               C     F
As a woman you were warm and full of wonder   
G7         C     Dm                G7
So easy to be under you're enchanting spell     
C    F     G7            C      F
As a love there never was one better        
G7             C
All the nights we were togetherDm                         
G7
Were the best nights of my life      
Am     F                     C
As a memory you've still got that touch           
G7            C
Still that girl hurts so much      
Am                       F            C
Still convincing my heart it's all right to pray       
G7                      C
Oh and I just made a beautiful mistake                  
 F         G7        C
But as a believer don't you ever quit believing
F       G7             C
I can't seem to get my feeling
sDm                G7
Feeling that your gone     
Am     F                     C
As a memory you've still got that touch           
G7            C
Still that girl hurts so much      
Am                       F            C
Still convincing my heart it's all right to pray       
G7                      C
Oh and I just made a beautiful mistake   
Dm              G7        C
Oh you were just a beautiful mistake

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Sam Bush - A Better Man

Sittin' here in my problem
What am I gonna do now?
Am I gonna make it?
Someway, somehow

Maybe I'm not supposed to know
Maybe I'm supposed to cry
And if nobody ever knows the way I feel
That will be all right, that will be okay

'Cause I'm gonna make this world a better place
I'm gonna keep that smile up on my face
I'm gonna teach myself how to understand
I'm gonna make myself a better man

Climbin' out the window
Climbin' up the wall
Is anybody gonna save me
Or are they gonna let me fall?

I don't really want to know
I'll just hold on the best I can
And if I fall down, I'll just get back up
It'll be alright, it'll be okay



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Dolly Parton - A Better Place To Live lyrics

There's a bit of magic in a simple little smile
Something that just makes life seem a little more worthwhile
And there's a world of meaning in the touch of someone's hand
Gentle touch that let's your brother know you understand
Oh if people would stop taking and just once try to give
We could make the world we're living in a better place to live la la la la la la
And if we'd love one another instead of finding faults
We could afford the price of peace love is all it costs
Oh wouldn't it be great to live and sing in harmony
Everybody take your brother's hand and sing my song with me la la la la la la
(La la la la la la la la la la la la)
All life has to offer that's what most folks desire
But offer nothing in return cause they don't seem to care
And if we'd ask to be forgiven and be willing to forgive
We could make the world we're living in a better place to live
And if we'd all climb together we could climb the highest hill
We could make the world we're living in a better place to live la la la la la la
And if we'd love one another...


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A Better Way
Recorded by The Mavericks
Written by Raul Malo

G                       C                G          C
We spent the night in a hobo town like a pair of runaways
   G              C                 D7
We lit a fire and sang the songs we learned from yesterday
G                C                  G                C
Settled down and built a house with our own sweatin' hands
     G                  C             D7
What happened next I'll never know or never understand
G                C               G                   C
Finished with my working day and headed straight for home
  G                 C                D7           G
I looked inside the bedroom door and you were not alone
                       C             G                    C
Well I hope you find a better way to get through my front door
    G                    C                   D7
The roads you take don't let you see I don't love you anymore
    G             C                G               C
And if you find a broken heart somewhere along the way
G              C                D7              G
Don't you dare pick it up it'll mend itself someday
 
Repeat #2
 
                        C             G                 C
You thought my life was over now well honey you thought wrong
  G                C                  D7
I found myself someone to love who'll love me all night long
G                  C             G              C
All the things you left behind I threw them all away
    G           C                D7              G
You never cared enough about the things I had to say
repeat #2 x2

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A Blanket Of Stars
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Jimmy Everett Corbin
[3/4 time]

C
A blanket of stars covers her shoulders                
 G7                    C
And glistens her hair and twinkles her eyes
A blanket of stars wraps her in splendor              
G7                      C
Makes her so fair my love sick heart sighs             
 F                C
It whispers I love you and you alone                                
G7
In sweet words of love tenderly says             
C
A blanket of stars holds her in beauty              
G7              C
As the moon up above rides overhead
A blanket of stars caress my darling           
G7                   C
And with a crown the story gets told
A blanket of stars makes her a fairy              
G7                   C
In her pretty gown all silvery and gold            
 F                    C
And she is a princess a beautiful rose                          
G7
Blooming all day tenderly sweet             
C
A blanket of stars covers her shoulders                  
G7                        C
And then her eyes pray as her yearning lips meet

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Richard Thompson - A Blind Step Away Lyrics

They bind his eyes with a silken scarf
And in his ear a friend explains
'The one you catch is the one you kiss'
How we all love party games

All the years that she has watched him
Is this the day, oh, is this the day?
How she shakes as he approaches
A blind step away

He never knew how much she loved him
Standing there a step away
His eyes tied blind man's bluff
A blind step away

He was always reaching, reaching
Never knew where comfort lay
He never knew how much she loved him
A blind step away

Around he spins and around he spins
Darkness is his whole domain
Truth, dare, kiss, promise
Aren't you tired of party games?

He never knew how much she loved him
Standing there a step away
His eyes tied blind man's bluff
A blind step away

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A Bottle Of Wine And Patsy Cline
Recorded by Marsha Thornton
Written by Melinda Anne Gravelle and Tommy Rocco 
 
C           G7       C               F                 Dm
A bottle of wine and Patsy Cline and every thing's all right
G7         D7   G7                   F
Time after time these old friends of mine
G7                          C
Help me make it through the night
                        Em     C
And when I'm Fallin' To Pieces goin' Crazy
       F                     D7
With a heart that just won't mend
  G7        D7       G7    F         D7    G7  C
A bottle of wine and Patsy Cline and I get by again
 
              Dm                 G7      C
Toss and turn on my pillow  till my eyes fill with tears
        Dm                          G7            
I still feel you so close just like you were here
          F                        Am
Nighttime gets to me when that old movie ends
             F                      D7            G7
Then I reach for some comfort and a couple of old friends
Repeat #1
  G7        D7       G7    F         D7    G7  C
A bottle of wine and Patsy Cline and I get by again

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A Boy Named Sue
S.Silverstein

1. Well my daddy left home when I was three
Didn't leave much for me and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left he went and named me Sue

2. Well he must have thought it was quite a joke
And it got lot of loughs from lot of folks
And it seems I have to fight my whole life through
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd lough and I'd bust his head
I tell ya, life ain't easy for boy named Sue

3. Well I grew up quick and grew up mean
My fists got hard and my wits got keen
I roamed from town to town to hide my shame
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who'd gave me that awful name

4. Well it was Gatlingburg in mid-July
And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table dealing stus
Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue

5. Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a wornout picture that my mother'd had
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye
He was big and bent and gray and old
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said: My name is Sue, how do you do? Now You gonna die!

Yeah, that's what I told him!

6. Well I hit him hard right between the eyes
He went down but to my surprise
He came up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and gonging in the mud and the blood and the beer

7. I tell you I fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
He went for his guns and I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

8. And he said: Son this world is rough
And if man's going to make it he's gonna be tough'
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along
So I gave you that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name it's help to make you strong

9. He said: You fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me and you got the right
To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do
But you ought to thank me before I die
For the gravel in your guts and the spit in your eye
For I'm the nut that named you Sue

Yeah, what could I do?

10. I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
I called him my pa and me called me his son
And I came away with a different point of view
And I think about him now and then
Every time I try and every time I win
And if I ever have a son I think I'm going to name him, well,
I ain't gonna name him Sue!

I'm gonna call him Johnny Cash!

FLATT & SCRUGGS - Final Fling


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A Broken Tie

I was born in the heart of the country
In a town in the middle of the land
I grew up in a second city
Since I left my home I've been travellin' back. 

To a time when a family tried to stay together
Back to the time when a love survived
When a woman and a man built a home forever
And they tied a knot for the rest of their lives. 

My brother's gone to New York City
And I find myself in a corner of the west
My mom and daddy left their home and each other
Ten miles apart, more apart than the rest. 

I'm singing songs of the poor and the homeless
I'm singing songs of a love that died
But my saddest song is the song of a family
A million miles apart with a broken tie.

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Richard Thompson - A Brother Slips Away Lyrics

Seems like just the other day
You and I, we sat and played
'Come All Ye Tramps and Hawkers'
And the White Cockade

Tea was flowing, dice were rolling
We were twenty, not much more
And now they say I've crossed over
To that distant shore

And a brother slips away
Like a ship at dawn of day
A brother slips away
Another brother gone

There's a brother slips away
I reached out my hand too late
A brother slips away
A brother slips away

Juliet, she came up smiling
Wherever life would toss you
You were everybody's friend
Except the fools who crossed you

They rained down death upon your head
And you took it in your stride
They'll never knock it out of you
That good old London Pride

And a sister slips away
We'll sing her name to heaven's gate
A sister slips away
Another sister gone

A sister slips away
I reached out my hand too late
A sister slips away
Yes, a sister slips away

Davy, it was through your eyes
We saw so many things
The dusty feet of pilgrims
The halls of mountain kings

That old poet's vision
Still coursing through your veins
It breaks my heart that I will never
See your face again

And a brother slips away
Like a ship at dawn of day
A brother slips away
Another brother gone

A brother slips away
I reached out my hand too late
A brother slips away
A brother slips away

A brother slips away
We'll sing his name to heavens gate
A brother slips away
Another brother gone

Yes, a brother slips away
I reached out my hand too late
A brother slips away
Yes, a brother slips away

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A Cabin In The Hills
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

1st verse spoken:
F
I dreamed I saw Jesus last night 
C
Seated on a mountain in the moonlight
    F                     C
His hands held a key to a cabin 
     G7                          C
That cabin I'd dreamed of all my life
                G7               C
Money makes the rules we have to live by
  F                                  C
A home is just a place they send the bills
F                                 C
God knows why we work and what we pray for
                      G7           C
So He's building me a cabin in the hills
                      G7              C
Who knows He might be finished in the morning
     F                              C
So I lie awake and take no sleeping pills
F                            C
God knows I'm not happy in a mansion
                      G7           C
So He's building me a cabin in the hills
  F                               C
I live my lonesome life down in a valley 
         G7                           C
With the factories the rivers and the mills
F                               C
Sometimes I can almost hear His hammer 
                         G7           C
Cause He's building me a cabin in the hills 
               G7                 C
Someone has to keep the home fire burning
     F                                C
So I sweat and get the harvest in the field 
F                                   C
Life on earth won't be the same hereafter
                      G7           C
So He's building me a cabin in the hills 
Repeat #4
                   G7           C
He's building me a cabin in the hills 

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Dolly Parton - A Christmas To Remember lyrics

You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Strangers meet and willingly surrender oh oh what a Christmas to remember
Almost went to Aspen but something told me no
I considered Mammoth but there wasn't enough snow
And I even thought of Gatlinburg but that seemed so far to go
So I headed up to Tahoe for a Christmas on the slopes
And I had fantasized about Christmas in this way
Curled up by a fireplace in a Tahoe ski chalet
With a fast talking lover with some slow burning wood
But even in my wildest dreams it never got this good
And you've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Change the radio and I'll turn the lights down dimmer
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
Strangers when we met lovers as we leave
Christmas to remember too good to believe
Don't know how it went but I know we'll meet again
We'll come blowin' back to somewhere like some wild restless winter's wind
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Neath the mistletoe you kissed me warm and tender
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
We loved and laughed and played and joked sang Christmas songs and talked to folks
Sleighed the fields and skied the slopes then to the lodge for dinner
But now it's time for us to go as our hearts melt like chimney snow
There's just one thing I want to know can we do this next winter
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Though the fire is hot we'll just have to let it simmer
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Though it's cold outside we'll just stoke the burning embers
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember


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A Cold Day In December
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock

C                F      C
We tried hard to hold onto 
                       G7            C
You lost your patience and I lost my mind 
               C7         F
Now you ask me would I go through it 
   C             G7       C
If you came back one more time 
                    F       C
It'll be a cold day in December 
                      F     C
It'll be a hot day in mid July 
                   C7      F
Or a cool night in late September 
         C        G7           C
Before I give our love another try
 
             F      C
Just as sure as California 
            G7       C
Has a white Atlantic shore 
             C7      F
And a lovely eastern sunset 
  C              G7     C
I won't want you ooh anymore
Repeat #2 
  
                       F             C
There will be icebergs in the arctic ocean 
                        F              C
There will be seashells in the Florida sand 
                 C7        F
And an old heart within me beating 
         C    G7            C
Before I ever take you back again 
Repeat #2 

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A Cold, Empty Bottle

[Verse 1]
There's a note on the table he reads every night
It's faded and tattered from the tears that he'd cried
There's a picture that she left, and beside it there stands
A bottle of whiskey and a gold wedding band

[Chorus]
And the silence grows louder as the sun fades away
And the whiskey gets lower with every sad song he plays
He reads the note, stares at th? picture, and holds in his hand
A cold, empty bottle, and a gold wedding band

[Verse 2]
In the morning, he'll wake up, if he even sleeps at all
Put his best foot forward, and try not to fall
But his memory is stronger than his weakness and then
Reaches for the bottle, and starts all over again

[Chorus]
And the silence grows louder as the sun fades away
And the whiskey gets lower with every sad song he plays
He reads the note, stares at the picture, and holds in his hand
A cold, empty bottle, and a gold wedding band

[Chorus]
And the silence grows louder as the sun fades away
And the whiskey gets lower with every sad song he plays
He reads the note, stares at the picture, and holds in his hand
A cold, empty bottle, and a gold wedding band
A cold, empty bottle, and a gold wedding band


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Dolly Parton - A Cowboy's Ways lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Sometimes he gets crazy as men are known to do
He'll lose his head in spite of everything he stands to lose
What is it in a man that makes him act like such a fool
She swears she never knew but always needed to
But stubborn pride is just the way of cowboys I suppose
Even love can't change the things he ought to change the most
And it's pride that keeps him standing when he should be on his knees
Makin' apologies but she loves him desperately
Oh but now and again she wished he'd been a poet
So he'd know all the perfect lines to say
And have some great romantic way to show it
Be the hero ridin' up to save the day
And go ridin' high like a knight in shinin' armor
To sweep her up and carry her away
Oh but he don't have no magic ways to charm her
No cause even love can't change a cowboy's ways
"I love you" and "I'm sorry" are words that just don't come
Cause words like that are no match for the kind that rule his tongue
But his eyes keep tellin' her "you know I love you anyway
No matter what I say or what I never say"
Oh but now and again she wished he'd been a poet
So he'd know all those fancy lines to say
And have some great romantic way to show it
Be the hero ridin' up to save the day
And go ridin' high like a knight in shinin' armor
And sweep her up and carry her away
Oh but he don't have no magic ways to charm her
No cause even love can't change a cowboy's ways
His ways seem cold but she knows he's much warmer
But even love can't change a cowboy's ways
He's just a fool that must defend his honor
But even love can't change a cowboy's ways


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A Cradle In Bethlehem
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Alfred Bryan and Larry Stock

C                    G7   C
Sing sweet and low a lullaby
     F      A7   Dm G7
Till angels say amen
  C      Dm     G7   C   F
A mother tonight  is rocking
  C         D7    G7
A cradle in Bethlehem
      C               G7          C
While wise men follow through the dark
  F         A7      Dm   G7
A star that beckons them
  C      Dm      G7  C   F
A mother tonight  is rocking
  C         G7    C
A cradle in Bethlehem
  G7                 F    C
A little child shall lead them
    G7               C
The prophets said of old
    Am        B7      Em   G7   A7
And storm and tempest heed them
  G7      D7      G7
Until the bell is tolled
C                    G7   C
Sing sweet and low a lullaby
     F      A7   Dm G7
Till angels say amen
  C      Dm     G7   C   F
A mother tonight  is rocking
  C         G7    C
A cradle in Bethlehem
         Dm     G7   C   F
A mother tonight  is rocking
  C         G7    C
A cradle in Bethlehem

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A Dark Road Is A Hard Road To Travel
Recorded by Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass
Written by G.B. Grayson   

G
A dark road is a hard road to travel
A light road is always the best
A dark road will lead you to trouble
  D7                          G
A light road will lead you to rest
Don't this road look rough and rocky
Don't that sea look wide and deep
Don't my baby look the sweetest
D7                     G
When she's in my arms asleep
Repeat #1
I'm going to see my new cell tomorrow
In a place I have never been before
And when my woman comes to see me
     D7                           G
I'll meet her with a smile at the door
Repeat #1
 
Don't ever be downhearted
Where there's a will there's a way
Tomorrow the sun may be shining
  D7                  G
Although it is cloudy today
Repeat #1

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A Dark Starless Night

Oh tonight dear I'm thinking of days long gone by 
Of my childhood sweetheart who left me to cry
Amid broken vows now you left me alone
I wonder if my heart can lead you back home
I wonder if my heart can lead you back home

Now once we were happy with love in our hearts
Stole each night together vowed never to part
But a new love has won you with him you'll abide
You're happy my darling but I'm left to cry
You're happy my darling but I'm left to cry

Oh meet me my darlin please meet me alone
We'll stroll once together where often we roamed
And if you are sure that your new love is right
My heart will be blue as a dark starless night
My heart will be blue as a dark starless night

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A Day In The Life Of A Fool 
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Noack

D7     G            Em      C      A7
Off to work with no kiss of goodbye
       D7                     G   D7
Wear a smile on my face but I lied
       G             Em     C
Cup of coffee at the corner cafe
          A7                      D7
Catch the bus read the news on my way
      G            G7            C
Those emotions the whole mornin' through
        Am         D7        G
Start a day in the life of a fool

    Dm                         C               D7
Sometimes I dial our number in hopes you return
            A7                    D7
But there's never an answer guess I'll never learn
      G       E7          C      A7
Hurry home as tomorrow is through
          D7                      G
Check the mail box no letter from you
                   G7           C
Then I rush up the stairs to my memories again
           A7         D7        G
That's the day in the life of a fool

                  G7           C
Yes I rush up the stairs to my memories of you
           A7         D7        C   G
That's the day in the life of a fool

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A Distant Land To Roam

I remember very well
On one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home
For a distant land to roam

   Mother said (mother said)
   My dear boy (my dear boy)
   I hope to see you next year again
   Fare you well (fare you well)
   fare you well (fare you well)
   So I left my dear old home
   For a distant land to roam

Now I wandered far away
From my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming coming home
Never more from thee to roam

And these words she said to me
As she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more
May we meet at God's right hand

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A Dozen More Like You
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Don Rollins

Intro:
G                         C                G
I wouldn't take a million dollars for your love you know it's true
                                         D7             G
But I wouldn't give a nickel for a dozen more just like you
                              C              G
I think I'd give my right and left arms both before I'd let you go
       D7                              C               G
At the same time I'd be wishing that I didn't love you so
                                C              G
The truth would be that hate is standing right beside my love for you
       A7                             D7
Just a-waitin' should I find somebody new
                G                  C
For I've had to spend these lonely days and nights 
G
Without you from the start
      D7                         C              G
But I never do get used to being always sick at heart
                          C                         G
I wouldn't take a million dollars for the thread of love I'm hanging to
                                         D7             G
But I wouldn't give a nickel for a dozen more just like you
D7                                C               G
Maybe it's because I've known you for a long long time
                              A7            D7
You just grew on my heart and you got on my mind
                 G              C
Cause I wouldn't take a million dollars 
         G
For your love you know it's true
                                         D7             G
But I wouldn't give a nickel for a dozen more just like you
Repeat #3

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A Drunk Can't Be A Man
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery and George Jones

G                                      C
He embarrasses his child and wife Lord he leads a miserable life
                        G                   D7
But still he thinks the bottle is his right hand
G                                       C
Yes and he can tear down more than he's ever built before
               G                     D7               G
A man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

                                        C
He lets his business lag behind for the nightlife he can find
                           G          D7
Why he does all this he'll never understand
G                                    C
In the morning when he wakes up Lord he can't wait to fill his cup
               G                     D7               G
A man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

    C
For he goes from Doctor Jackel to Mr. Hide
   G                                     D7
He seems proud to have the devil for his guide
         G                          C
Still he keeps on reaching out Lord he needs a helping hand
                   G                     D7               G
But a man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

C                  G                     D7               G
Yes a man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

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A Face In The Crowd

A face in the crowd on your wedding day
You tossed me a rosebud from your bridal bouquet
No one seemed to notice no one wondered why
When you pledged your love to him there were tears in my eyes.

   A face in the crowd with a pale yellow rose
   Your gown of white satin my half-worn-out clothes
   I knew your love one time but your love now he holds
   I'm a face in the crowd with a pale yellow rose.

As your friends they all kissed you I heard someone say
The man with the rosebud from your bridal bouquet
Was he kind of special or was he just a friend
I heard you speak softly he was only a friend.

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A Faded Red Ribbon

   A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon
   Is all I have left to remind me of you
   A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon
   Is all I have left of a love we once knew
   Is all I have left of a love we once knew

I know I mistreated you and you went away
You found somebody new and now I must pay
Listen here boys if you have a sweetheart
Show her you love her and make her your wife
For the lock of her hair and a faded red ribbon
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life

listen here boys is you have a sweetheart
Show her you love her and make her your wife

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A Fallen Star

A star fell from heaven right into my arms
A brighter star I know I've never seen
Then I found out that it was only you with all your charms
Who came into my life to fill a dream

   A fallen star is what you are
   The twinkle in your eyes came from the sky
   you must have strayed from the milky way
   A fallen star that's what you are

The heavens must be lonely now that you are mine
I'm sure they'll miss a star as bright as you
But the stars will send there blessing and brighter they will shine
When they see the dream that's comin' true

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A Father's Arms
Yonder Mountain String Band

The news it came to me as a surprise
And I knew that I would have to deal in time
And as the messenger walked right off the porch
A memory came to me from times before

I remember when my dad was called away
My mother put his pictures all away
And now the time had come for me to go
To my love my tears I tried not to show

Teardrops on my face
Thinkin' bout that old home place
Ridin' across the plains in the rain

The letters from my dad described the war
His food was canned
His boots they made him sore
And one letter from my dad spoke of a friend
He got lost between the water and the land

Now I'm the one writing letters to my son
I'll be home as soon as the fighting's done
With my gun in hand I guess it's hard to see
What it was that used to be inside of me

With Teardrops on my face
Thinkin' bout that old home place
Ridin' across the plains in the rain

Today we moved inside of the enemy
No I didn't even know what they had done
The general yelled to me when I count to three
Get on your feet and start to run

And that's the last event I can recall
The tent was big but could not hold us all
And though I'll never know what got the best of me
I swear I felt my dad lookin' over me

With Teardrops on my face
Thinkin' bout that old home place
Ridin' across the plains in the rain

With Teardrops on my face
Thinkin bout that old home place
Ridin' across the plains in the rain

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The Avett Brothers - A Father's First Spring Lyrics

Sweetest surrender of winter
She put up a flag, it is waving
The thunder of summer is rumbling in
And I haven't seen you in days
And, my, how that feeling has changed
Oh, I have been homesick for you since we met
I have been homesick for you
I've got to take to the sky
And I'll tell you what that means for you and I
If I die it's for you
If I die it's for you
I never lived 'til I lived in your light
My heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your life
I do not live 'less I live in your light
I do not live 'less I live in your light
The realest thing I ever felt

Was the blood on the floor and the love in your yell
I was a child before
The day that I met Eleanor
The kiss of the wind in the hills
The clearness of morning, the late evening thrill
Blurry and grey like the roar
The wheels of the highway, above them I soar
When I'm in the sweet daughter's eye
My heart is now ruined for the rest of all time
There's no part of it left to give
There's no part of it left to give
I never lived 'til I lived in your light
My heart never beat like it does at the sight
Of you baby blue, God blessed your life
I do not live 'less I live in your light
I do not live 'less I live in your light
I do not live

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A Few Good Ole Country Boys Around
Recorded by George Jones and Randy Travis
Written by Troy H. Seals and Ralph M. Williams

G                           G7                 C
Not too many years ago when dreams were coming true 
                   G                            D7
I'd reach for inspiration sometimes it would be you
    G                       G7                 C
I'd hear you on the radio I sure did like your sound
                              G
Say it's good to know there's still a few
D7               G
Ole country boys around

                                 G7                     C
From the smoke it's hard to tell what's coming down the line 
                    G                            D7
We heard you were a fast train coming out of Caroline
   G                              G7                      C
We wondered what you were hauling when you rolled into to town
                              G
Say it's good to know there's still a few
D7               G
Ole country boys around

D7                                       G                 G7
You must have felt that same old feeling more than once or twice
D7                                 G              G7
Guitars pressed against our hearts under the neon lights
C                                   G                C
I've got to say that feeling is the best that I have found
                               G
Lord it's good to know there's still a few
D7               G
Ole country boys around

                                G7             C
There's a lot of truth you know in our kind of songs
               G                                     D7
About the life you're living and how love's done you wrong
   G                               G7            C
As long as there's a jukebox and a honky tonk in town
                          G
It's good to know there's still a few
D7               G
Ole country boys around

C                         G
It's good to know there's still a few
D7               G
Ole country boys around

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A Few More Seasons

Mother first was called to heaven
Left our home all alone
Dad took sick soon and joined her
They're reunited on god's throne

   A few more tiring days still face us
   A few more weary nights shall come
   We'll all be on our way to heaven
   When a few more seasons come

In springtime when the flowers blossom
Spreading their fragrance through the air
Walking through the little churchyard
Soon we'll all be resting there

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A Few More Years

A few more years shall roll, a few more seasons shall come
Then we shall be with those at rest asleep within the tomb

   Then Oh my Lord prepare my soul for that great day
   Wash me in Thy precious blood and take my sins all away

A few more meetings here shall cheer us on our way
And we shall reach that endless rest on that eternal day

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A Few More Years lyrics and chords
Recorded by White River Bluegrass
Written by Ralph Stanley 

C                      G7
A few more years shall roll                      
C
A few more seasons to come                              
F
Then we will be with those at rest  
C         G7     C
Asleep within the tomb               
G7
Then Oh my Lord prepare                       
C
My soul for that great day                        
F
Wash me in Thy precious blood     
C            G7  C
And take my sins all away                    
G7
A few more meetings here                       
C
Shall cheer us on our way                               
F
And we will reach that endless rest    
C     G7     C
On that eternal day               
G7
Then Oh my Lord prepare                        
C
My soul for that great day                        
F
Wash me in Thy precious blood    
C            G7  C
And take my sins all away                
G7
Then Oh my Lord prepare                        
C
My soul for that great day                        
F
Wash me in Thy precious blood     
C            G7  C
And take my sins all away

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A Few Old Memories

Just a few old memories slipped in through my door
Though I thought I had closed it so tightly before
I can't understand it why it should bother my mind
For it all belongs to another place in time

   Just a few old keepsakes way back on the shelf
   No they don't mean nothing I'm surprised that they're left
   Just a few old love letters with their edges all brown
   And an old faded picture I keep turned upside down

Just a few old memories going way back in time
Well I can hardly remember I don't know why I'm crying
I can't understand it well I'm surprised at my self
First thing tomorrow morning I'll clean off that shelf

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A Flower Blooming in the Wildwood

On one evening long ago as the sun was sinking low
My true lover went to sail up in the sea
It was in the month of June when the roses were in bloom
When he tucked me in his arms and said to me

   You're a flower that is blooming in the wildwood
   A flower that is blooming there for me
   Sweeter than the morning dew and I'll soon return to you
   You're a flower that is blooming there for me

Then a letter came to me from the captain on the sea
That told me my darling was dead
Oh the shock and great surprise made the teardrops dim my eye
When I thought about the last words that he said

Now he can't return to me he got drowned in the sea
And has done passed over life's weary way
When it's in the month of June and the roses are in bloom
It seems that I can hear my lover say

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A Fool Such As I

Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me darling should I cry
When you're gone I'll dream a little dream as years go by
Now and then there's a fool such as I

   Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
   You thaught me how to love and now you say that we are thru
   I'm a fool but I love you dear until the end of time
   Now and then there's a fool such as I

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A Friend In California
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Freddy Powers

G                                D7
L.A. traffic is bad this time of year

But there's a friend of yours in California
                     G
Sure wishes you were here
                                                     C
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
          D7                                        G
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

                           D7                 G
You've got a friend in California that misses you
                           D7                      G
You've got a friend in California that sure misses you

                                     D7
Fort Worth can get cold this time of year

But this southern California sun is warm
              G
You should be here
                                                     C
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
          D7                                        G
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

repeat #2   

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A Front Seat To Hear Ole Johnny Sing
Written and recorded by Shel Silverstein 

G
Now you know some fellas they want fame and fortune
                                      D7
Yeah and other fellas they just wanna swing
G
But all I wanted all my life
C
Was a TV set and a truck and a wife      
D7                                G
And a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing
D7             G
Yeah the TV and the truck I got on credit
                                                D7
And I got that girl with a little old Woolworth ring    
G
And life was warm and life was sweet    
C
But still it was kinda incomplete          
D7                                G
Without a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing    
D7
Hey John you walk the line do Delia one more time
And when you do them Cotton Fields you warm this heart of mine     
G         D7                    G
So one day I thought hey I'm gonna do it (That's what I said)
                                              D7
So I mortgaged the farm and pawned her wedding ring  
G
I sold the gold tooth out of my mouth    
C
And jumped in the pickup and headed south      
D7                                G
For a front row seat to hear ole Johnny singI hit Nashville cold and wet and hungry
D7
I said I'm here bring him on let him do his thing         
G
But they told me down at the Old Pit Grill            
C
I'd have to go all the way to Andersonville      
D7                                G
For a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing                  
D7                             G
I found his house knocked on the door and it was opened
                                                D7
By a brown haired girl and a baby with a teethin' ring  
G
I said I seen you somewhere before          
C
But don't stand there and block the door         
D7                                G
I want a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing

Repeat #3              

She said I'd have to go down to The Opry
                                               D7
And the feller there said I'd have to wait till spring        
G
He said we've been sold out for months and months         
C
And this poor insane fellah wants  
D7                                G
A front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing               
Well he said a couple more things and I started cryin'
                                                       D7
And then he laughed at me and that's when I started to swing
     G
Well I bust through the doors in a roaring rage
C
Crawled over the crowd till I reached the stage      
D7                                G
For a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing

Repeat #3

Then some crazy guard started shootin'
                                            D7
I shot back and the next thing I know I was winged and on the floor       
G
When a guy in a voice kinda deep and low     
C
Says boy that's a mighty long way to go      
D7                             G
For a front row seat to hear anybody sing
And I guess that judge he weren't no music lover
                                           D7
I got fifteen months but that don't mean a thing      
G
Cause yesterday in the prison yard  
C
A show come through and har de har        
D7                                G
I had a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing

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A Fuller Wine
Abigail Washburn

Dark sky's here, no one's near Except I think I feel you
Sun comes round, and no sound Except the ringing blue
all too loud
Everywhere I go I look for you
Do you look for me where you go too?

Coldest day is here, skies are clear
Except your blinding constellation
Still you fall behind the west

Except this beating tune in my chest
Everywhere I go I look for you
Do you look for me where you go too?

Tomorrow is here, I'm further near
Except this losing revelation
You are closer yet in my mind
They say the tardy fruit's
A fuller wine
Everywhere I go I look for you
Do you look for me where you are too?


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A Gentleman On My Mind
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Jim Mundy

G
I've worked at slingin' drinks at this bar 
                          D7
Until I've almost lost my mind
And I've been offered minks
                                    G
A brand new car at least a thousand times
But they're just blowin' smoke
                                D7
Most of them are broke I always find
But I don't like that kinda talk
                           G
I've got a gentleman on my mind
They like my skimpy uniform   
                                    D7
And grab hold of my arm when I walk by
They come in from a hard days work
                                G
And drink away their hurt and unwind
But they won't leave a tip
                                   D7
If I give 'em too much lip or be unkind
But I don't won't that kind of man
                           G
I've got a gentleman on my mind
     C               D7
I've got a gentleman on my mind
    C
And in this place they're hard to find
     D7
When they get full of beer and wine
                                 G
Gets pretty deep and the lies fly
    D7                         G
Yes I've got a gentleman on my mind
Well I've listened to their jokes
And breathed their cigar smoke
            D7
Till I half blind
Most of them are hangin' round
                                      G
And I have to turn 'em down cause I'm tired
It's not wrong of them to ask
But they could do it with 
                        D7
A little more class and pride
Well I may not be a saint
                               G
But I've got a gentleman on my mind
Repeat #5
    D7                         G
Yes I've got a gentleman on my mind

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The Avett Brothers - A Gift for Melody Anne (Live) Lyrics

I wanna get back
I wanna get square
I wanna get back on the hopes and dreams that I had
That the good lord above us can spare
Like that actor said
I don't wanna lose heart
I don't wanna get beat beat down by the big big world
I'll quit before I even start.

Lord, I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
I just want my words to be true (I just want my words)
I want my soul to feel brand new

I wanna hold hands
Yeah, and I wanna make love
And I wanna keep running all day, and all night
Even when my mind tell my body "that's enough"
And I wanna stand up
Yeah, and I wanna stand tall
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter
I don't wanna tell them that I didn't give my all

And I just wan my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
I just want my words to be true (I just want my words)
I want my soul to feel brand, brand new
Like a fresh coat of paint
We could make it anything but blue
Anything but blue

Now, when your dreams start saying
"I can't come true, you'd be better off without me"
Don't let them go
Don't let them go

I don't wanna go broke
Not from one bad deal
I don't wanna be up all night crying in my hands for a girl
That isn't even real

Lord, I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my words to be true (I just want my words to be true)
And I just want my song to be true (Just want my song to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my words to be true (I just want my words to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my song to be true (Just want my song to be true)
And I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
I want my soul to feel brand new
I want my soul to feel brand new

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A Gift Of Love

Whipoor wills and daffodils are pretty things
All the works of nature that we see each spring
All the pretty colors at a rainbows end
Could never match the beauty on your face I've seen

You brought me laughter you gave me joy
You brought me pleasure like a kid with a Christmas toy
You brought me sunshine from up above
And that's not all you brought you gave me love

Honeysuckles morning glories 'round my door
Honey bees that gather nectar and much more
Smiling faces childrens laughter skies above
All that I could ask form them you gave me love

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A Good Love Is Like A Good Song
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Casey Kelly

G7                     F            C
I was a lonely soul no voice in the crowd
F               C             G7
Just whispering sadly with my head always bowed
                     F           C
I hadn't anything of which to be proud
D7                        G7
And then I saw you and my heart sang out loud
     C
Oh a good love is like a good song
         F                   C
It grows on you till it's so strong
                             G7
It never leaves you it never goes wrong
           F    C              G7   C
You know a good love is like a good song
G7                         F            C
We introduced ourselves my heart simply soared
F             C                G7
We walked and talked about the things we adore
                   F          C
We listened to the rain as it poured
D7                         G7
And I heard the echo of an ol' familiar chord
repeat #2  It's said a good love...
G7                        F             C
I said I love you and you said you love me
F           C                 G7
To me those words were like a symphony
                    F                C
We are the happiest duet you'll ever see
D7                              G7
And one's on the way to make it three part harmony
repeat #2 Cause a good love...
       F    C              G7   C
Know a good love is like a good song

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A Good Woman's Love
Cy Coben

1. I was a rover on land and on sea
Till a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning it was all incomplete
Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet

Ch. Still aroaming I go home in the evening,
She's waiting there
And I know that no matter what happens,
She'll always care
And when the night falls and the moon shines above
I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Country Songs Old And New


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A Good Woman's Love

I was a rover, on land and on sea
'til a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning, it was so incomplete
'til a good woman's love put me back on my feet

   Still a-roamin' I go home in the evening and she's waiting there
   and I know that no matter what happens she'll always care
   and when night falls and the moon shines above
   I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love

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A Gunfightin' Man

He was born and raised in a farming town 
Dad went to war, he wasn't always around 
But he'd taught him to shoot, he taught him to pray 
The son followed in the father's way.	
They tested to see if he could take the strains 
Of endless training and jumping from planes 
The way of the knife and hand to hand 
A way of life for any gun fightin' man 
Drop me in the sea or on dry land 
Load me out and put guns in my hands 
An M4, a .50 cal., a 9 mm 
Some of the tools for gun fightin' men 
When a team of hard men face eternity 
In dangers that few others ever see 
They don't do it for you, they don't do it for me 
They're keeping their brothers alive and free
When a firefight starts out of nowhere it seems 
It's hard to think amid all the screams 
Hell is raining down upon their squad  
Holy Mary, Mother of God 
Drop me in the sea or on dry land 
Load me out, put guns in my hands
An M4, a .50 cal., a 9 mm
That's a fair start for gun fightin' men
He signed up young and just 10 years on	
Too many friends are now broken or gone	
Along the way he lost a wife and a son 
Too often the price to live by the gun	
He tried to come home and put his past on a shelf 
But gun fighting men ain't good for much else	
He'll cover the pain with whiskey and gin	
Be back with the team in the saddle again 
Drop me in the sea or on dry land 
Load me out and put guns in my hands 
An M4, a .50 cal., a 9 mm 
Some of the tools for gun fightin' men


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Dolly Parton - A Habit I Can't Break 
(A habit I can't break)

Loving you isn't good for me you keep my tears flowing
If I loved you I couldn't stay gone so there's no use in going
Loving you is a habit I can't break
I haven't found a way yet but I've been tryin'
To stop loving you but I can't wait there's no use a lyin'
Loving you is a habit I can't break
Loving you is a habit I can't break
I've been loving you much too long now to change the way I feel
So I might as well get used to these heartaches
Loving you is a habit I can't break
[ piano ]
(A habit I can't break)
Loving you is a habit I can't break...
Loving you is a habit I can't break


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Richard Thompson - A Heart Needs A Home 

I know the way that I feel about you
I'm never gonna run away, I'm never gonna run away
Never knew the way when I lived without you
I'm never gonna run away, I'm never gonna run away

I came to you when no one could hear me
I'm sick and weary of being alone
Empty streets and hungry faces
The world's no place when you're on your own
A heart needs a home

Some people say that I should forget you
But I'm never gonna be a fool, I'm never gonna be a fool
Better life, they say if I'd never met you
But I'm never gonna be a fool, no, I'm never gonna be a fool

Tongues talk fire and eyes cry rivers
Indian givers, hearts of stone
Paper ships and painted faces
The world's no place when you're on your own
A heart needs a home

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A Heart That Will Never Break Again

I remember, standing at my daddy's bedside
As the tears filled up the wrinkles on his face
And as I held his withered hand, he softly whispered
Son I'm going to live in a better place
And I'll have eyes that will never fill with teardrops
And I'll have legs that will never ache with pain
And I'll have hands that will never age and wither
And a heart that will never break again.
Well I have often heard and read about that city
Where with Jesus, we shall live for ever more
There's a mansion under construction for my dwelling
And the streets of gold will run by my front door.


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Dolly Parton - A Heartache Tonight lyrics

Can't say we're lovers, can't say we're friends
Don't even know if I'll see you again
But against your warm body I felt so alive
And you got me over a heartache tonight
My heart was broken, my hurt was deep
I had lost something I wanted to keep
Lookin' for comfort when you caught my eye
And you got me over a heartache tonight

Chorus:
Sweet conversation, a drink and a dance
Led to an evening of making romance
And I don't even care if it's wrong or it's right
'cause you got me over a heartache tonight

2nd chorus:
Yes, you got me over a heartache tonight
Stirring up passion brought me back to life
Oh, and it may not last, but who know it just might
But you got me over a heartache tonight
Yes, you got me over a heartache tonight


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A Heartbreak Ago

Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Johnny Grimes

C                        G7
Heartbreaking daddy they call me
                         C
For seeds that I used to sow
                    C7             F
But those days have passed and I'm paying
         C      G7         C
That was just a heartbreak ago
 
  F                  C
A heartbreak ago the sun was so bright
  D7                 G7
A heartbreak ago the moon shown at night
    C                          F           C
How things have changed you'll never never know
                G7         C
That was just a heartbreak ago
 
                            G7
Oh why did I treat her like dirt at my feet
                          C
That's why I'm feeling so low
                            C7             F
Too late I have found I was wrong from the start
        C      G7         C
And was just a heartbreak ago
 
  F                  C
A heartbreak ago the sun was so bright
  D7                 G7
A heartbreak ago the moon shown at night
    C                          F           C
Now things have changed you'll never never know
                G7         C
That was just a heartbreak ago

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Alan Jackson - A Holly Jolly Christmas lyrics

Have a holly jolly Christmas it's the best time of the year
I don't know if there'll be snow but have a cup of cheer
Have a holly jolly Christmas and when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know and everyone you meet
Oh ho the mistletoe hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you kiss her once for me
Have a holly jolly Christmas and in case you didn't hear
Oh by golly have a holly jolly Christmas this year
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Have a holly jolly Christmas...
Oh by golly have a holly jolly Christmas this year


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A Home Without Love Is Just House

Oh love makes a home and you never feel alone
It's always there any way that you turn
But if love is faded out you will know without a doubt
That the home you're living in is just a house

Oh, the house will tumble down when there's no love around
Love is the key that fits all the doors
Oh you take the love away and it's just another day
To live in a home it's just a house


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Alan Jackson - A House With No Curtains lyrics

We still were our rings we still say I love you we both play the part oh so well
But everyone knows it's just a sad show and we're only fooling ourselves
It's like living in a house with no curtains the whole world can see what's inside
You can turn out the lights in a house with no curtains
But heartache has nowhere to hide
[ piano - steel ]
We could pack up and leave in different directions if we just had somewhere to go
We just keep on pretending afraid of the ending admitting what everyone knows
It's like living in a house with no curtains...
You can turn out the lights...


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A Hundred Times Today
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Liz Anderson

C                                    G7                 C
I once believed those mournful songs about when love is gone
                                                        C7
They say you simply can't forget but now I know they're wrong
   F                            C
Forgetting is an easy thing for since you went away
  G7                                       C
Already I've forgotten you a hundred times today
                                                 G7
Forgetting you is no big thing I do that all the time
                                                   C
The hard part is remembering that you're no longer mine
                                    F
For when I find you're on my mind I just don't let you stay
  G7                                       C
Already I've forgotten you a hundred times today
                                 G7                 C
Why I forgot you right away when you walked out the door
                                                C7
Within a few short minutes I forgot a few times more
    F                             C
And so it goes through everyday I do that quite a lot
        G7                                            C
There's nothing to forgetting you you just don't stay forgot
                                                 G7
Forgetting you is no big thing I do that all the time
                                                   C
The hard part is remembering that you're no longer mine
                                    F
For when I find you're on my mind I just don't let you stay
  G7                                       C
Already I've forgotten you a hundred times today

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A Hundred Years From Now

   Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying
   A hundred years from now I won't be blue
   And my heart will have forgotten that she broke every vow
   I won't care a hundred years from now

Oh, it seems like only yesterday you told me
You couldn't live without my love somehow
Now that you're with another it breaks my heart somehow
I won't care a hundred years from now

Now do you recall the night sweetheart you promised
Another's kiss you never would allow
That's all in the past dear it didn't seem to last
I won't care a hundred years from now

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A Jukebox With a Country Song
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Gene Nelson and Ronald A. Santaniello 
 
C                G7      C         F                 C
After three good years together we had our first big fight
            G7     C            D7           G7
So she went to her mother's and I went for a drive
     C        G7       C                       C7     F
Down that old familiar highway just few miles out of town
                          C           G7                     C
To that run down one-room tavern that used to be my stompin' grounds
        
              G7     C                 F                       C
When I pulled in the driveway you know it all still looked the same
               G7      C              D7                G7
And I couldn't wait to down a few and hear that jukebox ring
    C              G7          C
But as I walked in through the doorway 
                      C7      F
There stood some kind of matradee
                         C
Well he looked me up and he looked me down said
G7             C
May I help you please     and I said
                         F
What'd you do with those swingin' doors  
                    C
Where's the sawdust on the floor  
                        G7
Why's everybody wearin' suits and ties  
                           C
From where I stand I can't believe my eyes
                         F
And whose idea was it to hang these ferns  
                                C
This brand new bar don't have a single burn 
                             G7
I guess I'm somewhere that I don't belong
                        F       C
I need a jukebox with a country song
              G7          C                F                  C
When I looked back to the corner where the jukebox once stood proud
               G7      C          D7                  G7
Some clown was playin' records to fast to long and to loud  
       C       G7     C              C7               F
And it must've been a big mistake to try and speak my mind  
                        C             G7                 C
But as they were askin' me to leave I cried out one more time
Repeat #3,4
          G7                                   F       C
I guess I don't belong without a jukebox and a country song

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A King Without A Queen
recorded by Merle Haggard 
written by Bob Wills, John Wills, Martha Dean Moore
 
C                     F
Riches do not come in silver and in gold
   G7                         C
It comes in the happiness you find
                           F
I place my gold and silver before my precious queen
    G7                             C     C7
But now there's only memories left behind
 
F                   C
If you never lost a loved one
F                            G7
Then you'll know just what I mean
         F                        C
For what good are treasures and a kingdom
          G7               C
If you're a king without a queen
 
                          F
Now that she has gone and found another love
   G7                     C
My castle is empty and so cold
                                      F
For her leaving brought me heartaches that I have never known
    G7                                     C   C7
And there's sadness in the treasures I now hold
 
Repeat #2

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A Kiss And The Keys
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Bernard Spurlock

C                      G7                          C
Give me a kiss and the keys that's what ole Johnny said        
F                C                 D7            G7
I gotta get that big rig rollin' down that lonesome road ahead
        C                  G7                    C
Then he held her close and whispered sweet sweet Louise        
F          C                 G7           C
I'll be true until I bring back your kiss and the keys
                                 D7
About a hundred and ninety miles down the road         
C
The big rig came to a stop                               
D7
By a little white house with a yard full of kids     
G7              C
And they said hidee Pop                             
G7
And standin' in the door was sweet Marie                             
C
And he gave her a great big kiss                        
G7
And after awhile he was leavin' again                          
C
And he said goodbye like this                       
G7                          C
Give me a kiss and the keys that's what ole Johnny said        
F                C                 D7            G7
I gotta get that big rig rollin' down that lonesome road ahead
        C                  G7                    C
Then he held her close and whispered sweet sweet Marie        
F         C                 G7           C
I'll be true till I bring back your kiss and the keys                     
G7                                         C
About eight hours on down the road at a place called the Diesel Well                  
G7                                       C
Johnny got into a big bad brawl and they locked him in the cell
                       G7                                   C
But you can't sell ole Johnny short he was quiet a handsome brute                             
G7
And the jailer's wife took a likeing to him                          
C
She thought he was kinda cute                       
G7                          C
Give me a kiss and the keys that's what ole Johnny said        
F                  C                 D7            G7
I gotta get that big rig a rollin' down that lonesome road ahead
        C                          G7                       C
Then he pulled her close up to the bars and whispered honey please
        F         C                 G7           C
I'll be true till I bring back your kiss and the keys        
F         C                 G7           C
I'll be true till I bring back your kiss and the keys

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A Lady Like You
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Keith R. Stegall and James D. Weatherly

C      F  C       F        C
Here I am just an ordinary man
       F           C   F
And my virtues are few 
C       F      C     F              C
And I'm amazed every morning when I wake
G7               C
With a lady like you
Am             G7                  F            G7
You're all the good things God put on this earth
Am         G7      C           F       G7
And you're so much more than I deserve
Am           G7     F           C    F    C
And what did I ever do to win a lady like you
 
        F  C      F             C
Look at me I'm as common as can be
       F           C     F
But do you make me shine
C           F   C        F                C
And look at you you're a lady through and through
G7              C
So gracious and kind
Am              G7              F         G7
And when you're sleeping softly by my side
Am        G7          C    F    G7
I look at you and I'm mystified
Am           G7     F           C    F    C
And what did I ever do to win a lady like you
F                          Am      G7 C
Heaven knows I'm less than perfect
           G7             C
And I have found the very best
F          C       F   C              Dm
But it's a mystery how someone like me
                 G7             C    F    C
Was chosen to be blessed with a lady like you
Am             G7                  F            G7
You're all the good things God put on this earth
Am         G7      C           F       G7
And you're so much more than I deserve
Am           G7     F           C    F    C
And what did I ever do to win a lady like you
  F         C
A lady like you

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A Letter To Tom

I've wandered by the village Tom I've set beneath the tree
Upon the schoolhouse playing ground that sheltered you and me
But none are left to greet me Tom and few are left to know
That played with us upon the green just fifteen years ago

The river's running just as still the willows on its side
Are larger than they were dear Tom the stream appears less wide
But in kneeling down beside the stream dear Tom I startled so
To see how sadly I am changed since fifteen years ago

But when our time shall come dear Tom and we are called to go
I hope they'll lay us where we played just fifteen years ago

Just fifteen years ago

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A Life Of Sorrow

After traveling through this world of sorrow
No one on earth to call my friend
I'm on my way back to old Kentucky
Where I met and loved but could not win.

I've always loved you little darling
My heart will always feel the same
I could never do one thing to hurt you
I'd rather die than bring you shame.

When that cold dark shroud is wrapped around me
They lay my weary head to rest
Will you stand around and gaze upon me
For I'm the one that loved you best

When your golden hair is turned to silver
The master calls your soul to heaven
Where we can be free from all our troubles
I'll meet you there at journey's end

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A Lifetime To Regret
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Leon Payne

C                                F
Tonight I'm all alone and broken hearted
  C                          G7
A love we knew I never shall forget
    C                               F
And ever since that lonely night we parted
G7                     C
I've got a lifetime to regret
     F                          C
They tell me you are happy with another
                              G7
I wonder if my memory lingers yet
    C                                   F
The things I said the night we said goodbye dear
   G7                     C
Oh I've got a lifetime to regret
                                      F
If we could just erase mistakes we've made dear
    C                                G7
I'm sure we could find happy moments yet
    C                                F
But we can't change the past and I'm afraid dear
     G7                     C
That I've got a lifetime to regret
  F                              C
I know down in my heart that I'm forgivin'
                                     G7
For I'm just like a fish caught in a net
  C                                     F
I lost the love that made my life worth livin'
G7                     C
I've got a lifetime to regret

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A Little At A Time
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Tony Martin, Amy Dalley, Tom Shapiro

F          C                       Am
He doesn't know that everything is changed
                 C                         Em
He still says he loves me but now he looks away
              F                               Am
And more than that he says less and less each day
C                   F    G7            C   F
He's telling me goodbye  a little at a time
                    C                         Am
I can see it in his eyes I can feel it in his touch
                 C                      Em
I hear it in his voice but he don't say much
       F                           Am
In the quiet moments after we make love 
C                   F    G7            C
He's telling me goodbye  a little at a time
G7                       F
If he believes by slowly letting go 
           C                 F
Somehow it doesn't show he's wrong
G7                            Dm
No way for him to hide what's going on 
C     F  G7
I know   I know
             C                     Am
He might get away with lying to himself 
               C                  Em
But I know him better than anyone else
         F                                Am
He won't admit it but his heart's already left
G7                  F    G7            C
He's telling me goodbye  a little at a time
G7                            Dm
No way for him to hide what's going on 
C     F G7
I know  I know
         C                            Am
Why do I hesitate why don't I set him free
                    C                    Em
Just bring it to an end and just let him leave
      F                                     Am
Maybe deep down in my heart the truth could be
C                   F    G7       C   Am
I'm telling him goodbye  a little time
                         F    G7            C
Yeah I'm telling him goodbye  a little at a time

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A Little Bit Crazy
Written and recorded by Eddy Raven

G
I've got bayou water running through my veins
I don't back off and I don't complain
           C                      G
That's the way I am  a little bit crazy
 
My papa was around and he taught me right
All about the ladies and Saturday night
        C                          G
I am my father's son  a little bit crazy
          C            G             D7     G
Cause the fat's in the fire when the fiddle plays
  C         G               D7       G
I can't sit down hell there ain't no way
      C          G         D7    G
I'm a little bit crazy but I'm alright
C            G          D7       G
Living every day like a Saturday night
C           G           D7       G
Momma don't like it but she understands
   C             G            D7            G
It ain't how you run it's the fact that you ran
      C          G         D7    G
I'm a little bit crazy but I'm alright
C            G          D7       G
Living every day like a Saturday night
So it's around and around with the Cotton-Eyed Joe
Raise a little hell and away we go
              C                       G
Out to have a good time  a little bit crazy
And those long-legged ladies dressed country style
Boots and tight jeans a-running wild
              C                       G
Living in the fast lane  a little bit crazy
Repeat #2,3

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A Little Bit Of Rain
Fred Neil

If I should leave you
Try to remember the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

And if you look back
Try to forget all the bad times
Lonely blue and sad times
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

And if I look back
I'll remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

If I should leave you
Try to remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain


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Alan Jackson - A Little Bluer Than That lyrics

Well tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I'm a little bluer than that
When you look out in the morning
You might see clouds rolling by like memories
And a big ol sky above you looking back
You may think of me
But I'm a little bluer than that
Where did we go wrong
I wish I knew
It haunts me all the time
Now wherever I go
And whatever I do
You're always on my mind
I can picture you in his arms tonight
As for me it dont feel right
To let us fade like some old photograph
It may work for you
But I'm a little bluer than that
Where did we go wrong
I wish I knew
It haunts me all the time
Now wherever I go
And whatever I do
You're always on my mind
So tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I'm a little bluer than that
You may think of me
But I'm a little bluer than that


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A Little Boy Called Joe

In a war torn land of poverty somewhere across the sea
A little boy is waitin' he looks a lot like me
His hair is like the sunlight on the wings of a crow
I don't know what they named him but I'm sure they called him Joe

   Just a little boy called Joe like so many more I know
   Left all alone somewhere across the sea
   I want him to have my name little Joe mine to claim
   A little boy called Joe belongs to me

His mother died to give him life the night my orders came
I wanted to be with him but war's an evil thing
Now he won't recongnize me but I've got to let him know
He means much more to some one than just a little boy called Joe

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A Little Feeling
Written and recorded by Jack Scott

C                     G7
A little feeling that comes and goes
                        C
A little feeling no one seems to know
                    F    G7
Must have come from way above
                           C
That little feeling called love
                            G7
It's only minutes but she's gone
                     C
But ooh ooh how they seem so long
                    F    G7
Must have come from way above
                           C
That little feeling called love
  F          G7         C
I don't know right from wrong
G7                    C
When I'm in my baby's arms
    F      G7        C
And oh her love's so strong
  D7                           G7
I know there just can't be any harm
C                           G7
I don't know what I'm gonna do
                C
All I know is I wanna love you
                   F    G7
Here it comes from way above
                           C
That little feeling called love
                   F    G7
Here it comes from way above
                           C
That little feeling called love

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A Little Left Over
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

F
I work my fingers to the bone 
But you won't hear me cry and moan
                                    C
A working man don't need no welfare line
          F
Well I'll never be a millionaire 
And frankly I don't even care
                                     G7
Cause all I need to have a real good time
                 C       F        C
Is a little left over on Saturday night
If my bills are paid my plans are made 
    D7             G7
And everything's alright
          C               F                   C
Put on my ropers and them wranglers a fittin' tight
                                G7       C
Got a little left over and it's Saturday night
F
I don't drink but I love to dance
With those sweet young things in their cowboy hats
                                         C
Those country girls will be the death of me
   F
If that's the way I gotta go Lord I hope I die real slow
                              G7
Till I do I'll tell you all I need
repeat #2
                                G7       C
Got a little left over and it's Saturday night

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A Little Old Wine Drinker Me
Recorded by Dean Martin
Written by Hank Mills and Dick Jennings

 C               F           C
I'm praying for rain in California                                               
G7
So the grapes will grow and they can make more wine        
C            F        C
And I'm sitting in a honky in Chicago                          
G7          C
With a broken heart and a woman on my mind          
G7                         C
I ask the man behind the bar for the jukebox
                                   G7
And the music takes me back to Tennessee         
C             F           C      F
And they ask who's the fool in the corner crying  
C                 F    G7      C
I say  a little old wine drinker me                  
F                 C
I came here last week from down in Nashville
                                    G7
Cause my baby left for Florida on a train  
C                 F            C
I thought I'd get a job and just forget her                        
G7                 C
But in Chicago a broken heart is still the same 

Repeat #2                  

F    G7      C
I say a little old wine drinker me

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A Little Piece At A Time
Recorded by Bill Haley
Written by Neal Merritt and Shorty Hall

G7        C            Em   F          G7
First the look in your eyes made me realize
     C           Am   D7       G7         C    G7
I've been losin' you  a little piece at a time
      C             Em       F                    G7
Not a smile on your lips and your cold cold fingertips
         C          Am   D7       G7         C
Tells me I'm losin' you  a little piece at a time
  F               G7   C                   C7
A little piece of you  leaves me every day
F                G7   D7                     G7
How long will it be before all of you  walks away
     C                Em          F                   G7
Your heart's gone and you're cold do you think that I don't know
               C      Am   D7       G7         C
That I've been losin' you  a little piece at a time
  F               G7   C                  C7
A little piece of you  leaves me every day
F                G7   D7                     G7
How long will it be before all of you  walks away
    C                Em   F                   G7
Let me put back each part beginning with your heart
           C            Am D7       G7         Am  D7
Let's fall in love again   a little piece at a time
           C            Am D7       G7         C
Let's fall in love again   a little piece at a time

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A Little Too Late
A Little Too Late recorded by Toby Keith
written by  Dean Dillon, Scott Emerick, Toby Keith
 
C                            Em
It's a little too late I'm a little too gone   
Am                       C
A little too tired of this hanging on  
F                    G7                      C
So I'm letting go while I'm still strong enough to
G7         C                    Am
It's got a little too sad I'm a little too blue       
Em                          C
It's a little too bad you were too good to be true    
F                 G7                     C
I'm big time over you baby it's a little too late    
G7
No I don't want to talk about                           
Am
What we can do about us anymore    
G7
The only time you may be wasting
                                            C
Is the time it takes to walk right out that door     
F                G7
Yeah talk about water under the bridge          
 F                       G7
You should know by now girl that's all this is 

Repeat #1       

G7
There was a time this heart of mine                               
Am
Would take you back every time don't you know          
G7
It's been two packs of cigarettes                                    
C
A sleepless night a nervous wreck a day ago   
 F                         G7
Now you ain't got no business coming around    
F               G7
I'm closing up shop shutting us down

Repeat #1 

Tag:   
F                 G7                     Am
I'm big time over you baby it's a little too late

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Alison Krauss - A Living Prayer Lyrics

In this world I walk alone with no place to call my home
But there's One who holds my hand
The rugged road through barren lands
The way is dark, the road is steep
But He's become my eyes to see
The strength to climb, my griefs to bear
This Savior lives inside me there

In Your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee

In these trials of life I find
Another Voice inside my mind
He comforts me and bids me live
Inside the love the Father gives

In your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee

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A Lonesome Night

In the pale moonlight we quarreled one night
Our hearts were young and free
I left her there alone at night
I thought she was two-timin' me

   On a lonesome night and far from home
   I heard a mourn-ful sound
   The girl I love is call-in' me
   She thinks I turned her down

She begged me not to leave her there
She said she had been true
But a jealous heart would not believe
Oh how I long for you

So now I'm on my way back home
Sweetheart do you still care
I promise never to leave your side
And your love I always share

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A Lonesome Road to Travel

I bid farewell to my home so dear
And started down life's road
I was a fortune seeking miner dear
Many things had been my goal

There's many things I've seen in life
I thought I'd like to own
But I'd give them all and more if I
Could get off this lonesome road

It's a lonesome road to travel on
Many miles of sorrow is all I've known
But I've gone too far to turn back now
From this lonesome lonesome road

I left behind a love that's true
She cried and begged me not to go
But my foolish pride told me what to do
And put me on this lonesome road

Oh such lonely nights I've never found
No time in life before
If she takes me back I'll settle down
And travel this road no more

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A Long And Lasting Love lyrics and chords | Crystal Gayl
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Gerry Goffin and Michael H. Masser

C                  F
A long and lasting love
C               F
Not many people find it
C                      F
But those who do their whole life through 
          Em        Am     Dm
Put their heart and soul behind it
  G7               C
A long and lasting love
                   F
A long and lasting love
C                F
Is what I always dreamed of
C                 F
And when I looked into your eyes 
  Em       Am     Dm
I knew I'd really seen love
  G7               C    C7
A long and lasting love
 
F       G7                   Am              C
I never thought that I would meet someone so beautiful
F                       G7          Em
I never thought I'd see a love like this
F            G7                Em                Am
Tonight I'll show you that our love is something beautiful
B7                      G7
And I'll seal it with a kiss
C                  F
A long and lasting love
C                 F
We share for many reasons
C                   F
A special bond that goes beyond 
    Em       Am     Dm
The changing of the seasons 
  G7               C
A long and lasting love
                   F
A long and lasting love
C             F
Someone I can care for
C             F
Someone to be there for
    Em   Am    Dm
The rest of my life
  G7               C
A long and lasting love
Repeat #3,2

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A Loser Never Had A Better Friend
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Arthur Leo Owens and Sanger Shafer

C                                      F
If you think I made her up to make you jealous
     C                       D7             G7
Then sweetheart you'd better stop and think again
      C                            F              D7
Cause let me tell you darlin' that she's a livin' dream
      G7                       C
And a loser never had a better friend
     F
I'll admit she's just a dream 
    C
But she sleeps with you and me
    F
She looks a lot like you 
      D7                     G7
She's everything you used to be
      C
She's someone I'll be gone with 
F                     D7
Someday when you come in
     G7                       C
Oh a loser never had a better friend
     F
I'll admit she's just a dream 
    C
But she sleeps with you and me
    F
She looks a lot like you 
      D7                     G7
She's everything you used to be
      C
She's someone I'll be gone with 
F                     D7
Someday when you come in
     G7                       C
Oh a loser never had a better friend
 
     G7                       F    C
No a loser never had a better friend

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A Loser's Cathedral
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton
[3/4 time]

G                       D7             G
There's a place you can go when you're lonely         
C                       G
And the world turns its back on you      
D7                      Em
So if you've got a heart that loves torn apart 
A7                                    D7
Someone's there to tell your troubles to

G                 D7            G
To the man on the street it's a barroom      
C                           G
To a wife a place where cheaters go     
D7                            Em
To a girl with painted eyes it's a place to hear sweet lies
A7                                 D7
And the only home a fool will even know
G              C                      G
It's a loser's cathedral a chapel for tears          
C                    D7             G
A loser's cathedral and you're always welcome there
                D7               G
Many times I've heard temptation calling        
C                            G
With a voice that whispers soft and low      
D7                        Em
But I never get that blue and I owe it all to you
A7                                   D7
Thanks to your sweet love I'll never goG            
C                      G
To a loser's cathedral a chapel for tears          
C                    D7             G
A loser's cathedral and you're always welcome there

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The Avett Brothers - A Lot of Movin' (Live) Lyrics

A lot of movin', A lot of rollin'
A lot of drivin', A lot of strollin'
A lot of leavin' here, arrivin' there
Trying to go just about everywhere
A lot of thinking about where I'm going next

If I's a police
I couldn't catch me
Because I'm always up and ready
A lot of chasin' here, escapin' there
Blue lights flashin' 'round everywhere
A lot of woo-ooo where am I going next

A lot of movin', A lot of rollin'
A lot of drivin', A lot of strollin'
A lot of leavin' here, arrivin' there
Trying to go just about everywhere
A lot of thinking about where I'm going next

Country to my left side
Country to my right side
City to my left side
City on my right side
Banjos and back seats
Side roads and side streets
Well if you wanna stay for dinner
I'll throw my suitcase in the river
A lot of drinkin' here, and drinkin' there
I'll play and sing just about any damn where
A lot of thinkin' about where I'm going next

A lot of movin', A lot of rollin'
A lot of drivin', A lot of strollin'
A lot of leavin' here, arrivin' there
Trying to go just about everywhere
A lot of thinking about where I'm going next

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Alan Jackson - A Love Like That

Well I've been wonderin' what I've been missin' I guess I should have known
But my heart does and it ain't whisperin' it tells me just what it wants
Someone who knows what I like in my coffee and the shape of my ol' hat
A lover who always looks at me not through me I need a love like that
I need a love like that I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway a train needs a track I need a love like that
Well I need a new car but I can't afford it so I keep patchin' that ol' flat
My heart's lonely and I can't ignore it I need a love like that
Yeah I need a love like that...

[ mandolin - steel ]

Two young people dancing in the daylight they don't care where they're at
Waitin' on sunset a holdin' on so tight I need a love like that
Yeah I need a love like that...
One little baby a hidin' in the shadow of her daddy's hat
Lovin' and trustin' blindly she'll follow I need a love like that
Yeah I need a love like that...
Yeah a truck needs a highway a train needs a track and I need a love like that


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A Love Song
Written and recorded by Lee Greenwood

G
Why do people cry
          Bm                G
When they hear the word goodbye
     D7   C
In a love song
Am
Tears are sure to fall
         D7
When you know they gave it all
     G
In a love song
            C
Somehow two lovers get a chance
     F
At a beautiful romance
        G       Bm       A7
And you wish it could be you
      Am
Cause everybody's needing
         D7
What the singers all are singing
     G         Em  C
In a love song
       G
It can tear you apart
        Bm
Cause a word can break a heart
     D7   C
In a love song
         Am
They say all the things you feel
         D7
And they make it sound so real
     G
In a love song
              C
It seems that everything they say
   F
Is said in such a way
     G               A7
That we believe it's true
      Am
Cause everybody's needing
         D7
What the singers all are singing
     G
In a love song
 
A#7                     Dm
Each of us know there's no guarantee
A#7
We'll ever find love
D#         A#7
And in the songs that we share
    Dm           A#7      D7
The heartache is there to remind us
    G
New love brings a thrill
       Bm
And we know it always will
     D7   C
In a love song
Am
Happiness can leave
       D7
But it helps if we believe
     C    G
In a love song
          C
There's a part of you and me
   F
In every memory
     G        Bm     A7
That tells us who we are
Am
And everybody's needing 
         D7
What the singers all are singing
     G        Em C G
In a love song

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Richard Thompson - A Love You Can't Survive

Now I remember the promise I gave you
The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer
As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern
I swore, I'd be back for you same time next year

But I killed a man in a Brazzaville street fight
I tried to hold back, but he taunted me so
5 years till they freed me from that Brazzaville prison
Out of boredom or pity, I never will know

Now I bear the stain
The scar on my name
I never can go back again

There's a love, you can't survive
And it burns you up inside

I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbor
Tied up at the jetty, as bold as you please
With a half-ton of Charlie built in to the bulkhead
Right under the noses of all them police

Now here I sit in my house on the mountain
King of the clouds and all I survey
There's women who are willing, and the law can't touch me
Yours is the one face that won't go away

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A Loveless Marriage
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Red Sovine and Jewell House 

C                             G7
The vows you spoke before the altar                                 
C
Came from your lips but not your heart                       
G7
No need to try now any longer                                 
C
It's a loveless marriage on your heart   
F                      C
No hope is left for me to cling to  
F                       C     G7
I know now that you never cared     
C                        G7
Take off that golden band and free me                                
C
For a loveless marriage we have shared
                                        G7
Your smile once gentle has gone so cold dear                              
C
Your tenderness has turned to wrath                                
G7
My dreams of happiness are gone dear                               
C
For a loveless marriage cannot last       
F                         C
Please take my picture from your locket   
F                         C  G7
My face you'll never long to see     
C                           G7
Take back the vows you made then darling                               
C
Of a loveless marriage we'll be free

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A Lover Like You
The Avett Brothers

I thought they didn't make women like you anymore
Kindness in spades, patience galore
Elegant ways but ready for war
I thought they didn't make women like you anymore

You're modest enough to not strut your stuff
But confident enough to know ya got it
You don't need someone's validations
Couldn't care less who's offering

I thought they didn't make women like you anymore
All of these princesses are such a bore
You're a queen and you're the girl next door
I thought they didn't make women like you anymore

You have the perseverance and follow through
To build your career if you choose
You understand compromise, jealousy too
Taught me about blessings and baby blues

Oh, until I met you I searched this place
For someone with class, conviction, and grace
I thought it impossible, it couldn't be discovered
Like a car full of pretty girls that don't hate each other

You know how men think
We rarely move past appraising a woman's appearance
Well, judge as we may, we dig our own graves
Still I think its alright to say this
Oh, you look good in a t-shirt, All Stars, and jeans
Look good all done up in makeup and bling
Look good in pajamas and sharp tailored suits
Look good in dresses and cowboy boots

I thought they didn't make women like you anymore
Passion for days, compassion galore
I am amazed and grateful to
God and your mother for women like you


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Brad Paisley - A Man Don't Have To Die lyrics

Well he yelled out from the back row look here preacher man
We all know you're new here but you need to understand
It don't really scare us when you yell and shake your fist
You see we already know that hell exists
Its six months short of thirty years when the boss man lays you off
No thankin you, no parachute, and no shiny new gold watch
Its payments you cant make on a house that you cant sell
See a man don't have to die to go to hell
No you don't have to die to go to hell
So tell us bout them angels and how they fly around and sing
Tell us how to get there cause we all want to be
Restin in the arms of Jesus no shame or pain or tears
There's hell enough to go around down here
Its a place out by the airport where the girls dance just for you
And all you feel is drunk and broke and lonely when they're through
Its waking up with nothing but that stale tobacco smell
See a man don't have to die to go to hell
Nah you don't have to die to go to hell
Oooh oooh oooh [x2]
Its every other weekend and Wednesdays with your kid
And knowin that he'll hate you when he finds out what you did
Cause you'd all still be together if you loved his momma well
There ain't no end to the stories we could tell
Yeah a man don't have to die to go to hell
So tell us bout them angels how they fly around and sing
Oooooh oooh ooohohhh [x2]


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Richard Thompson - A Man In Need Lyrics

I packed my rags, went down the hill
Left my dependents a-lying still
Just as the dawn was rising up
I was making good speed
I left a letter lying on the bed
From a man in need, it read

You know it's so hard
It's so hard to find, well, well, well
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

All of my friends don't comprehend me
Their kind of style it just offends me
I want to take 'em, I want to shake 'em
Till they pay me some heed
Oh, you've got to ride in one direction
Until you find the right connection

You know it's so hard
So, so, so, so, well, well
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

Who's going to give you real happiness?
Who's going to give you contentedness?
Who's going to lead you?
Who's going to feed you and cut you free?
Well, I've sailed every ship in the sea
But I traveled this world in misery

You know it's so hard
So hard, so hard, well, well
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

Well, who's going to shoe your feet?
Ah who's going to pay your rent?
And who's going to stand by you?

Well, well, well, well
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, of a man in need

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A Man Of Constant Sorrow

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised

For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I find
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now

It's fare thee well my own true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that Northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train

You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave

It's fare you well to a native country
The places I have loved so well
For I have seen all kinds of trouble
In this cruel world no tongue can tell

Maybe your friends think I'm a stranger
My face your'll never see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore

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A Memory Of You

I turned the key in the lock tonight
And walked slowly into the room
Your presence hung like a heavy mist
And I knew death had come to soon

The stars maybe shining for somebody else
The moon maybe giving us light
But all that I have is a memory of you
And I'm lost in a world black as night

Death came too soon to the one that I love
And now I must travel alone
Just a wanderin' boy with a broken heart
Whose sweetheart and pal is now gone

I'll travel on through this world of dispair
I'll just force myself to go on
I find myself wishing ev-'ryday
I could be with her in the beyond

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A Memory That Just Won't Quit
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Walt Aldridge and Susan Longacre

C
I saw your car today it looked like it anyway
G7                               C
Those foreign makes all look the same
It took me way back to that time when I watched you
G7                      C
Slam the door and drive away
F                                  C
Ever since that night I just can't shake your memory
D7                       G7
It's everywhere I go and everything I see
C
It's all over town tryin' to track me down
G7                                    C
Making sure that your old flame stays lit
Just like a blue tick hound dogging me around
G7                             C
You've got a memory just won't quit
I've been out a time or two but what's a man to do
G7                    C
When your memory tags along
I tried to give it the slip I got out in front of it
G7                             C
But somehow it always beats me home   
F                                C
It always seems to hunt me down and chase me up a tree
D7                          G7
No matter what I just can't lose your memory

repeat #2

Just like a blue tick hound dogging me around
G7                             C
You've got a memory just won't quit

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A Million Moons Ago
BMI Work #: 9254801
A Million Moons Ago (Larry W. Jones 11/17/2007) (song#5162)

Seems there's a million moons behind me
And there will be more that rise and go
I doubt if she'll ever be able to find me
In my disguise on this ol' freight train rollin' slow
Don't know why she treated me so low
She was my love, seems like a million moons ago
A million moons ago I didn't feel this bad
Cause I thought I could hold onto the dream I had
I know I shouldn't feel so sad
I'm rollin' down a track of woe
She was my love, seems like a million moons ago
I must have kissed her tender lips
Seems like a million times or more
But time rendered the moon into eclipse
And darkness came when she walked out the door
That's why I feel so bad, I know
Like this ol' freight train's horn that's moanin' low
She was my love, seems like a million moons ago
- instrumental -
I must have kissed her tender lips
Seems like a million times or more
But time rendered the moon into eclipse
And darkness came when she walked out the door
A million moons ago I didn't feel this bad
Cause I thought I could hold onto the dream I had
I know I shouldn't feel so sad
I'm rollin' down a track of woe
She was my love, seems like a million moons ago


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A Million To One
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Pat Patterson
                              
C7          F
He's holdin' you close now and tellin' you lies        
G7                                           C
And the compliments paid you bring the stars to your eyes
                            C7        F
He's sayin' your kisses are second to none        
G7                                      C
But the chance that he means it is a million to one
                                C7            F
He'll wine you and dine you and oh how you'll dance    
G7                                    C
But soon he'll be lookin' for a brand new romance
                             C7           F
It all starts so simple just flirtin' for fun           
G7                                   C
But you'll end up heartbroken it's a million to one
                           C7             F
He's not such a sinner but dear you're no saint
G7                                           C
Remember you're married and you know that he ain't
                              C7             F
Your eyes were wide-open when all's said and done           
G7                                    C
You're the one who will suffer it's a million to one

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A Million Years In Glory
Recorded by Carl Story
Written by Tommy James, Tracey Lee, James West

G                                       C             G
When I cross the great divide and reach Heaven's open door
                                   A7         D7
I will be there with my mother and Savior evermore
          G                              C            G
When I've been there a million years how wonderful to know
                                          D7              G
I'll have a million years in glory with a million more to go
                            C            G
A million years in glory on Jesus I will gaze
                            A7                 D7
A million years in glory to shout and sing His praise
     G                            C                G
I'll walk with Paul and Silas and all my friends I know
                                          D7              G
I'll have a million years in glory with a million more to go
                          C              G
On Hallelujah Avenue I'll have a mansion fine
                                             A7               D7
Where the tree of life is blooming and God's love will always shine
   G                        C                 G
No death will ever enter no troubles cares or woe
                                          D7              G
I'll have a million years in glory with a million more to go
                            C            G
A million years in glory on Jesus I will gaze
                            A7                 D7
A million years in glory to shout and sing His praise
     G                            C                G
I'll walk with Paul and Silas and all my friends I know
                                          D7              G
I'll have a million years in glory with a million more to go 

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A Miner's Life
Charlie Waller/Keith Little

1. Fair warnin' to your neighbor
For all of those who labor
At tryin' to make a livin' underground
Matters not for what you're seeking,
Chances are you'll weakin'
In time the odds will turn your life around

2. In the coal fields of Kentucky
Man they say you're lucky
In the black lung don't put you underground
For while you're swollen with the gold dust
You're breathin' in the course dust
Your silicosis finally dragged you down

Ch. Hear athat cold steel a ringin'
Hear them hammers swingin' low
A minor's life ain't hardly worth it all
Hear them tommy-knockers knockin'
Feel the reelin' and rockin'
Afraid it's goin' a come in after all

3. For every minor who hits pay dirt
And lives to tell it under
A thousand more arw swallowed in the mine
And for each decent minin' outfit
There's a hundred other misfits
Who never plan to see a man retire

4. So when choosin' your profession
Take heed and learn a lesson
From those who've lived to labor underground
Cause they've got a different story
For minin' and its glory
They'd give it all to turn their life around

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Return Engagement


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A Minute Of Your Time
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Gerald Westlake

G          A7
For you to think of me 
         D7                         G
It would only take a minute of your time
             A7
To spare one thought for me 
      D7                               G
Would you miss just one minute of your time
Em           Am       D7          G
When you are far away I'd like to be
Em           Am        A7              D7
Part of your time each day so think of me
    G
One minute of your time 
          Em
Is all it takes to bring us close
            Am
When we are far apart 
D7
And if I'm on your mind 
I know that there's a chance you'll find
                G
I'm right there in your heart
One minute every day may help to keep the wolf away
      C                           D7
Until that moment you are back to stay
    G                                    Am
But still I'd like to think you think of me 
      D7             G
Every minute of your time
repeat #2,3

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A Most Peculiar Man
Paul Simon

He was a most peculiar man
That's what Mrs. Reardon says
and she should know
She lived upstairs from him
She said he was a most peculiar man

He was a most peculiar man
He lived alone within a house
Within a room, within himself
He was a most peculiar man

He had no friends, he seldom spoke
And no one in turn ever spoke to him
'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't
care
And he wasn't like them
O, no-o-o!
He was a most peculiar man

He died last Sat-ur-day...
He turned on the gas! and he went to sleep!
With the windows closed!
So he never woke up!
To his silent world!
and his tiny room!
And Mrs Reardon says he has a brother somewhere!

Who should be notified so-oo-oon...

And all the people said,
What a shame that he's dead,
But wasn't he a most peculiar man?


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A Mother's Way
Recorded by Foster and Allen
Written by Reg Keating

C                    F    G7                   C
It's just a mother's way  to worry through the day                  
F                  G7
Bout every little thing like falling off a swing                    
C
When you are out at play                        
 F   G7                  C
The years slide quickly by  the summers seem to fly                 
 F                   G7
And then you move along you break out on your own
                      C
But you don't see her cry                      
F
For a while she hides behind a smile             
G7                            C
But then her eyes reveal she worries still today                       
F
Take her hand show her you understand         
G7                             C
A little tenderness will go a long long way                       
F      G7                C
And now the years have flown  she's sitting all alone             
F                        G7
With all her photographs and memories of the past
                         C
She's glad when you come home

Repeat #3 x2         
G7                             C
A little tenderness will go a long long way

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A New Baby For Christmas
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Lester Blackwell

C
I want a new baby for Christmas
                         G7
The one with long pretty hair

I can stand to kiss her

And I know I'll never miss her
                           C
Because she will always be there


Now I don't want this old baby for Christmas
   C7                       F
So Santa you know she's not true

She kissed me on a hay ride
    C
And took me for a sleigh ride
     G7                           C
Then turned my white Christmas to blue

    F                   C
The people are happy at Christmas time
    G7                           C
The children they're jumpin' all around
      F                          C
And I don't wanna be left out on all of the fun
   D7                     G7
So Santa don't you let me down

C
I want a new baby for Christmas
   C7                            F
So don't you bring me one that's untrue

She'll kiss me on a hay ride
    C
And take me for a sleigh ride
    G7                         C
And turn my white Christmas to blue

Repeat  

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A New Lasso
BMI Work #: 8602135
A New Lasso (Larry W. Jones 01/01/2007) (song#4282)

Well, I need me a new lasso darlin'
Baby, to rope around your heart
Yeah, I need me a new lasso darlin'
Honey, to rope around your heart
When I get me that new lasso darlin'
You and I, gal, we'll never ever part
Now, don't you be cryin' darlin'
Let me kiss the tears from your eyes
Oh no, don't you be cryin' darlin'
Let me kiss the tears from your eyes
That's why I came back to El Paso darlin'
To lasso for you some blue Texas skies
Being away was drivin' me crazy
As crazy as a loco weed
Being away was drivin' me crazy
As crazy as a heart in need
Well, I've got me a new lasso darlin'
To rope your heart I hope is in love with me
Yeah, I've got me a new lasso darlin'
To rope your heart I hope is in love with me


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A New Way to Say I Love You lyrics and chords | Crystal Gayl
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin

G           F       Em            Dm
It would be easy to call you an angel
     F         Em           Dm
Or a vision of love sent my way
           F         Em         Dm
If I could just be a poet for a moment
G             C      F                G
Maybe I could find a new way to say I love you
C                  F                G
There's gotta be a new way to say I love you
C          F                G
Gotta be a new way to say I love you
        F        Em            Dm
I could start by painting your portrait
     C                Em          Dm
Or a sculpture that's made out of clay
         F           Em          Dm
And if I knew how to write you a love song
G             C      F                G
Maybe I could find a new way to say I love you
              C          F                G
Cause there's gotta be a new way to say I love you
             C          F                G
There's just gotta be a new way to say I love you
  F                    G          C          Am
I know you've probably heard this many times before
F           G           C G         Am
Many people mean it but I I mean it more
F                G            E7               Am
I want you for a lifetime and now you know for sure
G
But how can I tell you how can I tell you
        F         Em           Dm
Like an artist in search of perfection
  F            Em       Dm
I can't say it all in a day
           F              Em       Dm
But if you just stay with me for a lifetime
Repeat #4 x2

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A Nice Place To Visit
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by John D. Loudermilk

G                                  C
I've seen the way you handle other guys
     D7                                G   D7
I've watched the water fall from their eyes
     G                          C
Your little world of love is so unfair
                        G
It'd be a nice place to visit
        D7           G         D7
But I'd sure hate to live there
    G                                C
The kisses that you give 'em must be nice
           D7                                    G    D7
Cause they keep on a coming back in spite of the price
     G                               C
Your love is probably something very rare
                        G
It'd be a nice place to visit
        D7           G
But I'd sure hate to live there
           C
It'd be so nice to taste those kisses
          G
You leave laying round so loose
        A7
But I'd wake up in the morning
         D7
With the king size case of the blues
        G                               C
Yeah my mama told me something way back then
         D7                                  G    D7
She said if you get burned boy don't go back again
     G                              C
Your beauty keeps on a naggin' me I swear
                        G
It'd be a nice place to visit
        D7           G
But I'd sure hate to live there
C                       G
It'd be a nice place to visit
        D7           G
But I'd sure hate to live there

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A Package Of Lies Tied In Blue
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Jack Rivers and Eddie Hazlewood
 
C                          G7
The postman delivered your letter
                          C
I cried dear as I read it through
                            G7
Instead of the words dear I love you
                                C
Your message said darling we're through
 
                          G7
A package of lies tied in blue
                               C
Love letters that I'll keep of you
                              F
The tears fall as I read them through
  G7                      C
A package of lies tied in blue
 
                           G7
You wrote of a new love so tender
                       C
You told of the kisses divine
                         G7
But although another now owns you
                             C
Your package of lies will be mine
 
                          G7
A package of lies tied in blue
                               C
Love letters that I'll keep of you
                              F
The tears fall as I read them through
  G7                      C
A package of lies tied in blue

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A Pathway Of Teardrops

A pathway of teardrops will show you the way
If you ever want to come back to me
You know dear,that I've cried both night and day
Since you told me you'd never be free

I love you so still I let's you go
Now I'm sending this message to you
A pathway of tearddrops will show you the way
If you ever want to come back to me


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A Picture of me Without You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Norro Wilson and George Richey
 
G                        C         G
Imagine a world where no music was playing
                                     D7
Then think of a church with nobody's praying
G                     G7      C           G
If you've ever looked up at a sky with no blue
                           D7            G
Then you've seen a picture of me without you
 
                                  C           G
Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growing
                                     D7
Or stood by a river when nothing was flowing
G                G7         C             G
If you've seen a red rose unkissed by the dew
                           D7            G   G7
Then you've seen a picture of me without you
 
C                           G
Can you picture Heaven with no angels singing
                                               D7
Or a quiet Sunday morning with no church bells ringing
G                        G7         C               G
If you've watched as the heart of a child breaks in two
                              D7         C G
Then you've seen a picture of me without you

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A Pirate Looks At Forty
Jimmy Buffett

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all

Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream

Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last

And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'
Down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends

I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day
Still could manage to smile
Just takes a while, just takes a while

Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown

I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown


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A Place To Fall Apart
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers

G             C             G                D7
I'll Probably Never See You Eye To Eye Again
     G                 D7             G
This Letter's Meant To Be My Last Farewell
                     C                G
But You Need To Understand I'm Nearly Crazy
                    D7               G
You Need To Know My Life Has Gone To Hell
 
                  C              G     D7
Write Me Back And Tell Me Why It Ended
       G           D7            G
Send A Letter That I Can Show My Heart
                            C                        G
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feeling Now
              D7            G
Looking For A Place To Fall Apart
 
C                            G
Looking For A Place To Fall Apart
C                                 G
Trying To Find A Place That I Can Leave My Heart
  C                                  G
I Need To Be Somewhere Hiding When I Feel The Teardrops Start
              D7              G
Looking For A Place To Fall A part
 
                C            G          D7
I Can't Seem To Justify Your Leaving Me
       G             D7              G
I'm Bewildered As To How It All Came Down
                         C               G
I Thought Everything Was Fine Until Your Phone Call
              D7              G      D7
The Call That Turned My World Around
 
        G        C              G     D7
Send Me Word And Tell Me Why It Ended
  G               D7               G
I Need Some Final Proof To Show My Heart
                            C                        G
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feeling Now
              D7            G
Looking For A Place To Fall Apart
 
Repeat #3

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A Poem On The Underground Wall
Paul Simon

The last train is nearly due,
The underground is closing soon,
And in the dark deserted station,
Restless in anticipation,
A man waits in the shadows.

His restless eyes leap and scratch,
At all that they can touch or catch,
And hidden deep within his pocket,
Safe within its silent socket,
He holds a colored crayon.

Now from the tunnel's stony womb,
The carriage rides to meet the groom,
And opens wide and welcome doors,
But he hesitates, then withdraws
Deeper in the shadows.

And the train is gone suddenly
On wheels clicking silently
Like a gently tapping litany,
And he holds his crayon rosary
Tighter in his hand.

Now from his pocket quick he flashes,
The crayon on the wall he slashes,
Deep upon the advertising,
A single worded poem comprised
Of four letters.

And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding
The poem across the tracks rebounding
Shadowed by the exit light
His legs take their ascending flight
To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night.


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Richard Thompson - A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory Lyrics

Oh, you took my word and you took my key
You took my pride and you took my dignity
How can I still pretend
To be what a man should be

Well, whatever I say is in a book
Whatever I do there's someone there to look
You just can't shake a man
The way that I've been shook

Now is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Oh, is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Oh, see that lifer doing his time
If I could have his place and he'd have mine
We'd be no better off
On either side of the line

Well, you took my job and you put me to sleep
You feed me money, you treat me like a creep
Wish I could get away
But I must be in it too deep

Tell me is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Oh, is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Well, you tell me you're going to get in touch
You send me a letter that reads like double Dutch
You say, you're bound to lose
You're a little such and such

You got my number, you got my rank
You drained my head, you drained my petrol tank
And when I die of shame
I won't even know who to thank

Now, now, is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Oh, is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

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Richard Thompson - A Poisoned Heart And a Twisted Memory (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

O you took my word and you took my key
You took my pride and you took my dignity
How can I still pretend
To be what a man should be

Well, whatever I say is in a book
Whatever I do there's someone there to look
You just can't shake a man
The way that I've been shook

Now is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

O see that lifer doing his time
If I could have his place and he'd have mine
We'd be no better off
On either side of the line

Well, you took my job and you put me to sleep
You feed me money, you treat me like a creep
Wish I could get away
But I must be in it too deep

Tell me is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Well, you tell me you're going to get in touch
You send me a letter that reads like double-Dutch
You say, you're bound to lose,
You're a little such-and-such

You got my number, you got my rank
You drained my head, you drained my petrol tank
And when I die of shame
I won't even know who to thank

Now, now, is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

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Richard Thompson - A Poisoned Heart And a Twisted Memory (Live) - 1984, Cannes Lyrics

O you took my word and you took my key
You took my pride and you took my dignity
How can I still pretend
To be what a man should be

Well, whatever I say is in a book
Whatever I do there's someone there to look
You just can't shake a man
The way that I've been shook

Now is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

O see that lifer doing his time
If I could have his place and he'd have mine
We'd be no better off
On either side of the line

Well, you took my job and you put me to sleep
You feed me money, you treat me like a creep
Wish I could get away
But I must be in it too deep

Tell me is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

Well, you tell me you're going to get in touch
You send me a letter that reads like double-Dutch
You say, you're bound to lose,
You're a little such-and-such

You got my number, you got my rank
You drained my head, you drained my petrol tank
And when I die of shame
I won't even know who to thank

Now, now, is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it's supposed to be
Is this the way it's supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory

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A Poor Man's Woman
Written and recorded by Jeanne Pruett

C                          C7
I'd rather be a poor man's woman
       F             C
And be all he has in life
Than to be just one more possession 
            G7         C
In a lonely rich man's life
                           C7
When I wake up he's beside me
      F                      C
After years love's still the same
I watch his blue eyes quietly open
                    G7      C
I hear his two lips call my name
Repeat #1
                              C7
Lord my poor man really loves me
        F             C
I'm all he has to his name
But when he holds me closer to him
                           G7         C
That means more to me than fortune or fame
Repeat #1

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A Pretty Diamond Ring
Recorded by T.J. Sheppard
Written by Glenn Martin

C                                                       G7
He put his arms around her he gave her a pretty diamond ring
             
He said now every time you wear it I hope you'll think about me
                                        C
It's just my way of saying I'm glad you came 
       F                            C
What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive 
G7                                 C
There's no such thing as a perfect life
When she got back home her first stop was at a local pawn shop
                                 G7
She had come up with the perfect scheme 
She came home with a ticket said she found it at the airport
                              C
And gave it to her husband to redeem
Her heart almost stopped beating when he came back with a toaster
                              G7
Knowing she could never say a thing 
The next day at his office his secretary kissed him
                                       C
And thanked him for the pretty diamond ring
repeat #2 x2

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A Pretty Wreath For Mother's Grave

In my memory there's a picture of a face so dear to me
Loving arms that used to hold me as I sat on mother's knee
No one here on earth could pay her for the things in life she gave
Now she's gone but I'll remember' a pretty wreath for mother's grave

   She was fond of pretty flowers
   I recall she used to say
   When I'm gone son please remember
   A pretty wreath for mother's grave

She had a little row of flowers that she used to watch each day
She fixed them just before God called her so they would not fade away
Next year they'll bloom again in beauty red and blue so bright and gay
If it's God's will I'll take them to her a pretty wreath for mother's grave

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A Promise You Can't Keep
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G           C                    G
I heard you swear your love this morning
                        D7           G
And it caught me almost wanting to believe
                 C                     G
The three little words that serve as a warning
                    D7                G
And say it's just a promise you can't keep
C
A statement that's been so used 
G                           D7
I felt compelled to tell you
                              G
But knew there wasn't much to say
C
I could have threatened leavin' 
G
Or listed hopeless reasons
A7                            D7
If I didn't have this need to stay
G            C                  G
Three little words should be my warning
                           D7                G
Cause I know that's just a promise you can't keep
C
A statement that's been so used 
G                           D7
I felt compelled to tell you
                              G
But knew there wasn't much to say
C
I could have threatened leavin' 
G
Or listed hopeless reasons
A7                            D7
If I didn't have this need to stay
G            C                  G
Three little words should be my warning
                           D7                G
Cause I know that's just a promise you can't keep
            C                    G
I heard you swear your love this morning

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A Purple Heart

Verse
Another heart is broken, another home so sad 
Another message has been sent to his Mom and Dad 
Your son was killed in action was the way the message read 
Your son will not be coming home, they told me he was dead 

Chorus
They sent him to the Desert*, his heart was young and gay 
It's hard for me to realize they'll bring him home this way 
His troubles are all over, his work on earth is done 
A mother has a purple heart in memory of her son 

Verse
Just a few short months ago he was here with me 
And then they called his number to go across the sea 
I still can hear his smiling voice and see his curly head 
Oh somehow I just can't believe our baby boy is dead

Chorus

Verse**
I know that he is happy in his home up in the sky,
Where he won't have to fight in wars or see his buddies die.
Jesus now has called him to live with him on high.
I wish I could have seen him, but we'll meet him by and by.
Chorus
* or Korea (the original site) or Viet Nam (The Allen Bros. version ) or Afghanistan
** I have not been able to find a version of this song that has this third verse so I can't verify its authenticity.


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A Real Close Friend
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and George Riddle

D7                                      G
I think you know a real close friend of mine
                                      D7
The girl that you described sounds so familiar
                                            G
The one you say you've loved for quite some time
                        G7                   C
Are you sure there's no mistake for I have a feeling
     G                   D7                   G
That your in love with a real close friend of mine
     D7                                  G
Well I'm glad we've had this little talk together
       D7                      G
For at last I began to see the light
          C                                G
I've been spending many lonely nights here lately
    D7                                   G
All because of that real close friend of mine
  D7                                    G
I think you know a real close friend of mine
                                               D7
Well I'll bet she says each day her love grows stronger
                                      G
And if you left she'd surely lose her mind
                G7               C
And if she ever makes you feel unwanted
     G                  D7                   G
Then I think you know a real close friend of mine
Repeat #2
    D7                                G
All because of a real close friend of mine

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A Robin And A Rose
BMI Work #: 9197944
A Robin And A Rose (Larry W. Jones 10/19/2007) (song#5090)

A robin and a rose
And I suppose a honey tree
Mornings full of glory
You know, those flowers grow so free
A robin and a rose
Oh, and a cottage kinda cozy
Where love within it flows
That will make our life kinda rosy
A robin and a rose
And some prose that says you love me
Love that lasts forever
And grows and grows eternally
- instrumental -
A robin and a rose
An armchair to sit in
Basket you can nit in
As we're both growing old
A robin and a rose
Oh, and a cottage kinda cozy
Where love within it flows
That will make our life kinda rosy
A robin and a rose
And some prose that says you love me
Love that lasts forever
And grows and grows eternally


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A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave
Recorded by Ralph Stanley
Written by Earl Sykes

G
Springtime is coming in the mountains
                                D7
However on the hill where daddy lay
G
All the song birds are singing 
                    D7              G
And a robin built a nest on daddy's grave
  C                           G
I planted dad a rose sometime ago
                       D7
Oh the rose how it did grow
G
Springtime is coming I'm glad to say 
                    D7              G
And a robin built a nest on daddy's grave
Oh the rose bloomed so red 
                               D7
And spread its beauty for that day
G
Then a robin came one day 
                      D7              G
And there she built a nest on daddy's grave
repeat #2
Oh the rose how it bloomed 
                             D7
I believe the Lord is coming soon
G
That's what the rose it seem to say 
                    D7              G
And a robin built a nest on daddy's grave
repeat #2
                    D7              G
And a robin built a nest on daddy's grave

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A Room Without A View
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Gary Burr and Doug Stone

F        C              G7
I need a room without a view
             Am                    F
So nothing I see will remind me of you
     C
Just four grey walls
                         Dm
To keep out the light of day
G7        C                G7
Must be a place that I can go
              Am               F
Where I can't look outside and know
     C                              Dm   G7
That I'm the fool that let you slip away
F          C    G7    Em Am
Closing my eyes won't do
F        G7             C   F G7
I need a room without a view
         C              G7
If had a room without a view
            Am                  F
I'd have to pad all the mirrors too
        C
Because what they show
                   Dm
Is just as hard on me
G7          C                    G7
Don't wanna face the fact you're gone
            Am                 F
Don't wanna see another sunset alone
           C                                  Dm  G7
Cause when you're not here who needs the scenery
F            C    G7 Em      Am
If I'm gonna make it through
F        G7             C
I need a room without a view
F               G7
Everything from stars to sunlight
       C                        F
Or the wind blowing through the trees
                C   F
Brings back the memory
                  G7
Of a love that we shared
F                   G7
Pull the shades and draw the curtains
C                    F
Board up the windows too
            C
To get over you
         G7       F     C
I need a room without a view
F                   G7
Pull the shades and draw the curtains
C                    F
Board up the windows too
            C
To get over you
         G7       F     Am
I need a room without a view
 
   F
Oh yes I do
C        G7       F     C
I need a room without a view

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A Rose Among the Thorns

While strolling through the fields of time there's many things to see
But nature is the greatest sight that could ever be
But the greatest of them all is how the world was formed
And why the roses had to live each day among the thorns

 One day among the world of thorns a rose began to grow
 It was the greatest gift of God this world will ever know
 It was the will of God to show that since the world was formed
 There had to be a rose to live and die among the thorns

Two thousand years will soon be gone since God looked down with love
He filled this earth with beauty with roses from above
He hung upon a rugged cross to save the world from sin
Between two thorns this rose He died three days He bloomed again

 

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A Rose And A Baby Ruth
Recorded by George Hamilton IV.
Written by John D. Loudermilk 
  
G           C       G           C
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
G        C       G         C
We had a quarrel a teenage quarrel 
G                    G7
Now I'm as blue as I know how to be
C                G      E7
I can't call you on the phone  
A7           D7
I can't even see you at your home
G      C       G        C
So I'm sending you this present 
G                      G7
Just to prove that I'm telling the truth
C      A7                G              E7
Dear I believe you won't laugh when you receive
     A7         D7   G
This rose and a Baby Ruth
             C       G           C
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
                         G
I could have sent you an orchid of some kind 
A7                      D7
But that's all I had in my jeans at the time
G           C       G            C
But when we grow up someday I'll show up  
G                   G7
Just to prove I was telling the truth
C                      G            E7
I'll kiss you too then I'll hand to you  
     A7         D7   G
This rose and a Baby Ruth

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A Rose Between Two Thorns
Recorded by George Hamilton IV 
Written by Bobby R. Warren, Dale D. Siegenthaler, Roy G. Ownbey

C                           G7                    C
For God so loved this world that He sent down His son
                                  G7
To die there in our stead for the wrongs that we have done
    C                        F
And all those cruel soldiers nailed Jesus to the tree
    C                    G7                     C
But each time I deny Him are they more cruel to me
                                F                C
A thief was on His right side a thief was on His left side
                                               G7
One died unrepenting while the other for mercy cried
       C                               F
On the cross there in the middle Jesus Christ was bruised and torn
    C                     G7                C
The Savior of all Saviors arose between two thorns  
                             G7                    C
God knew there's no escaping that bramble patch of sin    
                                G7
Unless we believe and trust Him and are reborn again
    C                          F
And Jesus oh dear Jesus what a price that you did pay
     C                              G7                    C
Like that thief who cried for mercy please hear me when I pray
Repeat #2
                             G7                C
Our precious Lord and Savior arose between two thorns

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A Rose From The Bride's Bouquet
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Jimmy Dickens, Clarke VanHess, Marty Hale

C                       F           C
I went to a wedding one fine summer day
                           Dm          G7
The bride was a beauty the people were gay
C                     F              C
Alone in the corner I stood till the end
                                       G7          C
For the girl was my sweetheart and the boy my best friend
                          F                 C
The service was over when beside the church door
                        Dm          G7
I picked up a rose that fell on the floor
C                      F          C
Alone and neglected as I was that day
                          G7          C
My sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet
                          F           C
It's only a rose bud from the bride's bouquet
                                Dm            G7
Once filled with love's perfume now faded and gray
C                              F             C
Like her love that she gave me that withered away
                          G7          C
My sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet
                           F         C
Each petal reminds me of a moment of bliss
                           Dm        G7
A sweet tender love word a lingering kiss
C                          F          C
I bathed it with teardrops to hide it away
                          G7          C
My sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet

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A Satisfied Mind

How many times have you heard someone say
If I had his money I'd do things my way
How little they know that it's so hard to find
One rich man in a hundred with a satisfied mind

Once I was living in fortune and fame
Had everything that I dreamed of to get a start in life's game
Then suddenly it happened I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind

Money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely or a heart that's grown cold
And the world's richest man is a pauper at times
Compared to a man with a satisfied mind

When my life is over and my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt
But one thing's for certain when it comes my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind

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A Seed Before the Rose
recorded by Tommy Overstreet
written by Ricci Mareno and Jerry Gillespie
 
G               C     D7                   G
We were both so young and impatient at the time
                      C          A7
We thought we were in love so we closed our minds
D7             G
When they told us
               C    D7               G
Love is like a rose  it doesn't just appear
                C           A7
Give it time to grow  or it ends with tears
 
D7                 G  C   D7         G
There's gotta be a se-ed  before the rose
C             Am   B7                     EM 
Tender loving care makes it sweeter as it grows
C       D7       G  C  D7                G
There's gotta be l-ove before the tie is bound
C                Am  B7                 C
Or the rose will end with petals on the ground
 
G              C    D7                             G
But we paid no mind to the things that we had been told
                   C           A7
And we pledged our love with a band of gold
D7
On our fingers
G               C    D7              G
Now when I look back  all that I can see
                   C             A7
Is heartache and regret and it's clear to me
repeat #2

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Richard Thompson - A Solitary Life Lyrics

Sometimes I long for the solitary life
Parents long gone, no kids, no wife
Sister, somewhere in Australia
Never did keep in touch

Sex, no more than a, how do you do?
With a copy of Penthouse in the loo
Socially a bit of a failure
Nice not to have to try too much

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the pewter skies over North West Eleven

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the governmental sky over North West Eleven

A serious hobby in the garden shed
Model trains or soldiers in lead
Join the suburban boffins of Britain
Experts on trivial things

And holidays in the Yorkshire Dales
Or cycling tours of the North of Wales
Unenvious of those flea bitten
On continental flings

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the pewter skies over North West Eleven

Excitement comes by subtle means
The satisfaction of routines
Small revenges at the office
Smug little victories

You work on your pallor, complexion like paste
Like the gray defeat on an inmates face
A life spent adding losses and profits
Resigning by degrees

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the pewter skies over North West Eleven

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the governmental sky over North West Eleven

And come to the end, sad and alone
A steady reliable tumor you've grown
From selfish years, while all your peers
Have stressfully jogged to health

In life you always were quite numb
And foggier now, you soon succumb
In drab St. Barts on the new by-pass
Death overcomes by stealth

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the pewter skies over North West Eleven

A solitary life
A life of small horizons
Dull as the governmental sky over North West Eleven

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A Step Away
Recorded by Lonesome River Band

G
The Hebrew children saw so many miracles
                             D7             G
The Ten Commandments and the parting of the sea
They wouldn't put a foot into Jordon's waters
                          D7       G
Wandered forty more years for disbelief
When Jesus called Peter out on the water
                        D7    G
He was so afraid he was gonna drown
You can't look right or left not even forward
                         D7           G
Son you gotta look up or you're going down
C                             G
Livin' life lettin' fear take over
Giving in to worldly ways
C
Stand firm and you can claim that promise
G
After all we're just a step away
               D7     G
We're all just a step away
God's callin' wants to meet you at the alter
                       D7         G
Knuckles white hanging on to that pew
Afraid of your neighbor what he might be thinking
                       D7        G
When all along he's as guilty as you
Repeat #3

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A Stranger Was Here
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Bob Forshee

C                        G7
The door said a stranger knocked on it today
         F           G7             C
And that you let him in while I was gone
 
And when I talked to the chair 
          F
It said a stranger sat here
        G7                               C
And the floor said it knew something was wrong
 
      G7                                C
Yes a stranger was here did you see him dear
         F                 C    G7
Could it be everything was wrong
        C
But the lamp swears it so 
         F
Said you turned it way down low
        G7                                 C
And the hi-fi said you played our favorite song
 
 
Now the clock said that it kept 
        G7
It kept track of the time
        F          G7           C
And for three long hours he was around
                               F
And the mirror said it saw him hold you close in his arms
        G7                              C
And the window shade said you pulled it down
 
      G7                                C
Yes a stranger was here did you see him dear
         F                 C    G7
Could it be everything was wrong
        C
But the lamp swears it so 
         F
Said you turned it way down low
        G7                                 C
And the hi-fi said you played our favorite song

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A Sweeter Love Than Yours I'll Never Know

You'll never find a sweeter love
Than the love you gave to me
But I would not be satisfied
Now you no longer care for me.

   Now you've gone and left me alone
   Oh why did I ever let you go?
   In this world I can never find
   A sweeter love than yours I'll never know.

Now my future looks so cold
So cold without you my dear
I realize that I'm to blame
But for my wrong I'm paying dear.

Now I think of you both night and day
I'm sorry dear I ever let you go
I know now that it's too late
A sweeter love than yours I'll never know.

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A Tear Fell
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Eugene Randolph and Dorian Burton 

C             Dm      G7   C
A fool am I a fool am I in love                                                  
G7
A tear fell when I saw you in the arms of someone new
                                                   C
A tear fell when you left me all alone and feeling blue
                                                        F
A tear fell when you told me that your love was not for me
                  C             G7                   C
I didn't miss the teardrops but I missed you constantly              
Dm      G7   C
A fool am I a fool am I in love
                                                           G7
The teardrops that you stepped on as you danced across the floor
                                                               C
Were crushed like my poor heart was when you walked out of the door                                                          
F
A tear fell when you told me that the flame in your heart died
               C             G7                      C
Darling have I lost you like these teardrops from my eyes
              Dm      G7   C
A fool am I a fool am I in love
                                                          F
A tear fell when you told me that the flame in your heart died
               C             G7                      C
Darling have I lost you like these teardrops from my eyes 
             Dm      G7   C
A fool am I a fool am I in love

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A Texas Honky Tonk
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Glenn Sutton

G                          C                    Am
Tonight she's with him and they're drinking champagne
    D7                                   G
And it's driving me crazy knowing I'm to blame
                            C            Am
Cause while he's giving her anything she wants
    D7                                        G
I'm buying drinks for losers in a Texas honky tonk
                                  C                   Am
I set and played that old jukebox till all my money's gone
       D7                                            G
And it makes me cry when Tammy sings another hurting song
                                        C                    Am
I keep hoping that she'll come back but deep down I know she won't
         D7                                      G
And I'll probably spend forever in a Texas honky tonk
  C                          G
A Texas honky tonk was where that we first met
   A7                    D7
So where else could I go now that I need to forget
    G                               C                    Am
I'm glad her dreams are coming true although I know mine won't
      D7                                               G
Maybe now and then she'll think of me in a Texas honky tonk
      D7                                               G
Maybe now and then she'll think of me in a Texas honky tonk

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A Thing About You
A Thing About You 
  
Recorded by Emmylou Harris and Southern Pacific
Written by Tom Petty  
 
G
I'm not much on mystery
Em
You gotta be careful what you dream
G
I thought I was satisfied
Em
I thought love would pass in time
D7
Honey let me tell you I got a thing about you
Baby let me tell you I got a thing about you
         C
It don't matter what you say
It don't matter what you do
Em          D7          G
I I I got a thing about you
C           D7          G
I I I got a thing about you
Somewhere deep in the middle of the night
Em
Lovers hold each other tight
G
Whisper in their anxious ears
Em
Words of love that disappear
D7
Honey let me tell you I got a thing about you
Baby let me tell you I got a thing about you
         C
It don't matter what you say
It don't matter what you do
Em             D7          G
I  I  I  got a thing about you
C           D7          G
I I I got a thing about you
     C             F                    G
Baby you hold some strange control over me
C                 F           G
It's so wild it's hypnotizing me
        D7          C      G
Yea yea yea yea yea y-ea   yea 
 
D7
Honey let me tell you I got a thing about you
Baby let me tell you I got a thing about you
         C
It don't matter what you say
It don't matter what you do
Em          D7          G
I I I got a thing about you
C              D7          G
I  I  I  got a thing about you
G           F         C           G
Thing about you got a thing about you

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A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

Am    C                     Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
C                    Am
Time don't matter to me
            C                     Am
Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
            F                G7
And there's no place I wanna be
      C                Am
I got heartaches in my pocket
      C            Am
I got echoes in my head
    C               Am
And all that I keep hearing
        F                     G7
Are the cruel things that you said
      C                     Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
C                    Am
Time don't matter to me
            C                     Am
Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
            F                G7
And there's no place I wanna be
   F      G7    F   G7     Am
Oh I   oh I  oh I---I  I---I
   F      G7    F   G7     Am
Oh I   oh I  oh I---I  I---I
 
         C             Am
I've got bruises on my memory
         C                 Am
I've got tear stains on my hands
           C                Am
And in the mirror there's a vision
        F            G7
Of what used to be a man
Repeat #3 x2
 
   F   G7
Oh I   I
      C                     Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
      C                     Am
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere

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A Time To Remember
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

C                E7      F
One moment lives forever somewhere in my mind
D7                          G7              Em  G7
Old memories hang suspended by the hands of time
C                       E7      F
A touch of you still lingers in everything I do
G7                   F          G7     C  F C
A time to remember a moment for me and you
               F
Gone are those happy times for me and you
    D7                              G7        F       Em G7
But traces of the past remains from things we used to do
C                    E7         F
Our time for love is over those dreams we knew are through
D7                         G7       F      Em G7
But I'll always remember a time for me and you
C                       E7      F
A touch of you still lingers in everything I do
G7                   F          G7     C   F C
A time to remember a moment for me and you
               F
Gone are those happy times for me and you
    D7                              G7        F       Em  G7
But traces of the past remains from things we used to do
C                       E7      F
A touch of you still lingers in everything I do
G7                   F          G7     C
A time to remember a moment for me and you

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A Tiny Broken Heart

He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
In his little play house down by the gate
He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
At the home of his tiny playmate

   Then he saw his Daddy watching too
   As the man swiftly walked to the cottage door
   He knew they were strangers that come from the town
   Men he had never seen before

They soon were at their work and he heard his Daddy say
Our neighbors are moving today
Oh no he cried dear God don't let it be
They can't take my sweetheart away

   I know Dad that you don't understand
   How a heart so young can conceive a plan
   I'm only seven now but it's just like you said
   Dad someday I'll be a man

The man who runs the farm where your playmate now lives
He told me it'd have to be this way
For winter time has come and their work is all done
So now they are moving away

   Let us buy the farm so they can stay
   Give them all my toys that dear Santa gave
   And give him the pennies in my little bank
   Pennies that my darling helped me save

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A Train Leaves Here This Mornin'

There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on

I lost two points just for being in the right place at exactly the wrong time
I looked right at the facts there but I may as well have been completely blind.

But if you see me walking all alone
Don't look back 'cause I'm on my way back home
There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on.

Signing ink to the contract
baby
said it would all be so lifelong
Looked around then for the reason when there wasn't something more to blame it on.

So if time makes a difference while we're gone
Tell me now and I won't be hangin' on
There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on.

Thirteen-twenty
North Colombus was the address I had written on my sleeve
Don't know what it was she wanted
might have been that it was gettin' time to leave.

And I watched as the smoker passed it on
And I laughed as the joker said
lead on
There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on.

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The Incredible String Band - A Very Cellular Song 

Winter was cold and the clothing was thin
But the gentle shepherd calls the tune
Oh, dear mother what shall I do?
First please your eyes and then your ears, Jenny
Exchanging love tokens say goodnight

Lay down my dear sister
Won't you lay and take your rest?
Won't you lay your head upon your saviors breast?
And I love you but Jesus loves you the best

And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Lord, I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

One of these mornings bright and early and fine
Goodnight, goodnight
Not a cricket, not a spirit going to shout me on
Goodnight, goodnight

I go walking in the valley of the shadow of death
Goodnight, goodnight
And his rod and his staff shall comfort me
Goodnight, goodnight

Oh John, the wine he saw the sign
Goodnight, goodnight
Oh, John say, "I seen a number of signs"
Goodnight, goodnight

Tell a for the ark that wonderful boat
Goodnight, goodnight
You know they built it on the land getting water to float
Goodnight, goodnight

Oh, tell B for the beast at the ending of the wood
Goodnight, goodnight
You know it ate all the children when they wouldn't be good
Goodnight, goodnight

I remember quite well, I remember quite well
Goodnight, goodnight
And I was walking in Jerusalem just like John
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

Who would lose and who would bruise
Or who would live quite prettily?
And who would love what comes along
And fill the air with joyous song

Who would go and who would come
Or who would simply linger?
And who would hide behind your chair
And steal your crystallized ginger?

Nebulous nearnesses cry to me
At this timeless moment someone dear to me
Wants me near, makes me high
I can hear vibrations fly

Through mangoes, pomegranates and planes
All the same
When it reaches me and teaches me
To sigh

Who would mouse and who would lion
Or who would be the tamer?
And who would hear directions clear
From the unnameable namer?

Who would skip and who would plot
Or who would lie quite stilly?
And who would ride backwards on a giraffe?
Stopping every so often to laugh

Amoebas are very small

Oh ah ee oo
There's absolutely no strife
Living the timeless life, I don't need a wife
Living the timeless life

If I need a friend I just give a wriggle
Split right down the middle
And when I look there's two of me
Both as handsome as can be

Oh, here we go slithering, here we go
Slithering and squelching on
Oh, here we go slithering, here we go
Slithering and squelching on

Oh ah ee oo
There's absolutely no strife
Living the timeless life

Black hair, brown hair feather and scale
Seed and stamen and all unnamed lives that live
Turn your quivering nerves in my direction
Turn your quivering nerves in my direction
Feel the energy projection of my cells wishes you well

May the long time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on

May the long time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on

May the long time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on
...

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The Incredible String Band - A Very Cellular Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

Winter was cold and the clothing was thin,
But the gentle shepherd calls the tune.
Oh, dear mother what shall I do?
First please your eyes and then your ears, Jenny,
Exchanging love tokens, say goodnight.

Lay down, my dear sister,
Won't you lay and take your rest?
Won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast?
And I love you but Jesus loves you the best,
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight,
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

One of these mornings bright and early and fine,
Goodnight, goodnight.
Not a cricket, not a spirit going to shout me on,
Goodnight, goodnight.
I go walking in the valley of the shadow of death,
Goodnight, goodnight.
And his rod and his staff shall comfort me,
Goodnight, goodnight.
Oh John, the wine, he saw the sign,
Goodnight, goodnight.
Oh John, say, I seen a number of signs,
Goodnight, goodnight.
Tell A for the ark, that wonderful boat,
Goodnight, goodnight.
You know they built it on the land getting water to float,
Goodnight, goodnight.
Tell B for the beast at the ending of the wood,
Goodnight, goodnight.
You know it ate all the children when they wouldn't be good,
Goodnight, goodnight.
I remember quite well, I remember quite well,
Goodnight, goodnight.
I was walking in Jerusalem just like John,
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.
Goodnight, goodnight.
Goodnight, goodnight.
Goodnight, goodnight.

Who would lose and who would bruise,
Or who would live quite prettily?
And who would love what comes along,
And fill the air with joyous song?

Who would go and who would come,
Or who would simply linger?
And who would hide behind your chair,
And steal your crystallised ginger?

Nebulous nearnesses cry to me.
At this timeless moment, someone dear to me
Wants me near, makes me high,
I can hear vibrations fly.
Through mangoes, pomegranates and planes,
All the same.
When it reaches me and teaches me
To sigh.

Who would mouse and who would lion,
Or who would be the tamer?
And who would hear directions clear
From the unnameable namer?

Who would skip and who would plod,
Or who would lie quite stilly?
And who would ride backwards on a giraffe
Stopping every so often to laugh?

Amoebas are very small.

Oh ah ee oo, there's absolutely no strife,
Living the timeless life.
I don't need a wife,
Living the timeless life.
If I need a friend I just give a wriggle,
Split right down the middle.
And when I look there's two of me,
Both as handsome as can be.
Oh here we go slithering, here we go slithering and squelching on.
Oh here we go slithering, here we go slithering and squelching on.
Oh ah ee oo, there's absolutely no strife,
Living the timeless life.

Black hair, brown hair, feather and scale,
Seed and stamen and all unnamed lives that live.
Turn your quivering nerves in my direction,
Turn your quivering nerves in my direction,
Turn your quivering nerves in my direction,
Feel the energy projection of my cells,
Wishes you well.

May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.

May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.

May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.
May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on.

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A Very Good Year For Girls
Recorded by Johnny Tillotson
Written by Fred Tobias and Clint Ballard

C
(It was a very very very good for girls
A very very very good for girls)
                                G7
Well I recall the year of fifty-nine
             D7
Made all the hops and had a swingin' time
G7                         C    A7
Movin' and a groovin' with Mary Lou
    D7        G7    C
And who's dat Peggy Sue
It was a very very very good year for girls
  F                   D7     
A very very very good year for girls
    C                
But baby since we've met
           D7     G7        C
It's gonna be the best year yet
                G7  E7       C
(The fifty-nine was great we know
            Am       Dm    G7
But how the nineteen-sixty go)
          C
Oh what a year my heart was in a whirl
            D7
Cause every day I met a cutie girl
G7                        C      A7
Called her up make a date off we go
    D7   G7   C
But baby even though
repeat #3
                  G7   E7       C 
(Well now we know that year was fun
             Am    Dm    G7
But what you do in sixty-one)
         C
In sixty-one I had myself a ball
             D7 
That was the year the really topped them all
G7                   C    A7          
Barbara Jo Sally and Mary Jean
    D7       G7    C 
And each one was a queen
Repeat #3
           D7     G7        C
It's gonna be the best year yet

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A Vision Of Jesus
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
written by Johnnie Masters and Don Shaw
[3/4 time]

C                    G7                              C
While kneeling by my bed one night to say a sinner's prayer
F                   C                    G7            C
I looked up through tear filled eyes and saw my Savior there
                    G7                            C
To me He said don't be alarmed as He was standing there
F                  C                    G7                C
To me He said with outstretched arms my child I hear your prayer
                 G7                                    C
You ask me how I know Christ lives I'll tell you how I know
F              C                         G7               C
I saw the nail scares in His hands and a robe as white as snow
Repeat #2
                  G7                           C
I'll follow Jesus all the way He died upon the cross
F                 C           G7                  C
I'll follow Jesus all the way because He paid the cost
Repeat #2
F                  C                    G7                C
To me He said with outstretched arms my child I hear your prayer
 

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A Vision Of Mother

Oft' my thoughts drift back to childhood
To the time when I was free
As I played before the fireside
'Round my darling Mother's knee

   There's a blessed home up yonder
   Where my loved ones wait for me
   I saw Mother in a vision
   Kneeling there to pray for me

Then one day our Mother left us
Daddy said she'd gone to rest
I remember how she loved me
As she clutched me to her breast

Some sweet day I'll meet you Mother
Your little boy is commin' home
To see you as in days of childhood
The one you loved and left alone

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A Voice From On High

   I hear a voice callin'
   it must be our Lord
   It's comin' from heaven on high
   I hear a voice callin'
   I'll gain the reward
   In the land where we shall never shall die

The Savior has paid a great price for me
He gave His life on Calvary
So I'll follow his footsteps up the narrow way
And be ready to meet Him when He calls on that day

He died on the cross
the old rugged cross
That we would be saved from sin and not lost
So I'll follow His footsteps up the narrow way
And we'll pay that debt on the great judgement day

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A Ways To Go
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Lainie Marsh

G                          D7
I hear the clock a ticking see the sweat upon my brow
G                     D7
I know my destination nothing's gonna stop me now
G                     D7
I'm running on desire baby I've got nerves of steel
G                       D7
Coming down to the wire Lord above me guide the wheel
        C       G
Keep me in your prayers tonight
D7            C         G
I'll be weary upon that road
  D7       C      G
I know the finish line's in sight
      D7    C              G
But I still have a ways to go
                                 D7
There's a junkyard dog a barking in the valley down below
G                           D7
He's wanting me to stop and gather up a heavy load
G                         D7
Ain't gonna heed his call ain't giving him the time of day
G                               D7
You mangy mutt once and for all I said I threw that stuff away
Repeat #2
F              G
I won't have a bit of trouble
F                G
Heading down the straight and true
F             G
I'll fly solo on the double
A#       C      G
Into the yonder blue
                               D7
I might need some intervention out upon the icy turn
G                    D7
In a foggy situation squealing on a hairpin curve
G                     D7
I'm running on desire baby I've got nerves of steel
G                       D7
Coming down to the wire Lord above me guide the wheel
Repeat #2 x2

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A White Cross Marks The Grave

Many thousand miles away in that land across the sea
There are soldier boys their precious lives they give
So their loved ones here back home many miles across the foam
Might have liberty each padding day to live

May they sleep forevermore
Where a white cross stands to mark the soldiers grave
May their spirits be at rest
They have done their part with hearts so true and brave

May the ones who have gone on be remembered here back home
In the hearts of those whom they will see no more
They will wait until that day when they hear the trumpet play
Then they'll march again upon that golden shore

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A Woman Always Knows
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill

G                                              D7
There's no lipstick on his shirt when he comes home
                                            G
And he wonders if she knows that he's done wrong
                            C
She dried her eyes and she combed her hair           
B7             C
And she's smiling by the time he's there       
G                 D7               G
Cause she's been lovin' just one man too long                  
G7            C
She knows he's lyin' but she's tryin' 
G                               D7
Tryin' her best to never let it show                 
G  G7  C
That she's been cryin' cryin' 
G                      D7
And she'll forgive him one more time       
C     D7     G
But a woman always knows                  
G7            C
She knows he's lyin' but she's tryin' 
G                               D7
Tryin' her best to never let it show                 
G  G7  C
That she's been cryin' cryin' 
G                      D7
And she'll forgive him one more time       
C     D7     B7      C     D7     G
But a woman always knows a woman always knows

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A Woman in Love
Peter Rowan

Oh, here I go again
Fallin' in love with you
My heart won't beat slow again
Since I fell in love with you

Well, a woman in love, she lets her hair hang down
She stays at home with the lights turned down
She's warm and naive
Her heart is light she's a woman in love

Well, a woman in love, she wants her man to stay
Every thing she has, she'll throw it all away
For that man she loves
She's a woman in love

Oh, here I go again
Fallin' in love with you
My heart won't beat slow again
Since I fell in love with you

Well, a woman in love is like a moon growin' full
Like a high tide risin', you can feel the pull
Of the heart of the woman
A woman in love

Well, a woman in love is like a garden in June
Like a blossomin' flower breathin' to fume
And I'm really in feelin' her heart beatin' fast
My woman's in love

Oh, here I go again
Fallin' in love with you
My heart won't beat slow again
Since I fell in love with you

A woman in love

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A Woman's Heart (Is A Handy Place To Be)
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Marshall Chapman and Cort B. Casady

G
He's a charmer 
C                 D7                    G
He's broken every heart that's tried to hold him 
C                D7             G
It's tearin´ me apart to know I want him 
C             D7             G
Knowin´ I can never tell him so 
He's a loner 
C              D7               G
Runnin´ from a friend to find a stranger 
C           D7               G
It makes me weak it makes me wonder 
C           D7            G
Will I ever make it on my own 
C           D7            G
Will I ever make it on my own 
  C                 D7             G
A woman's heart's a handy place to be 
      C             D7                        G
For a man afraid of givin' and fightin´ to be free 
      C                 D7             G
Yes a woman's heart's a handy place to be 
       C                     D7                           G
I just wish the heart that's broken now was not a part of me 
But I'm a lover 
C            D7          G
Lovers often leave us in forever 
                C           D7              G
Though he's the best I ever had there'll be another 
C                   D7     G
And I'll open up my heart again 
Repeat #3
       C                     D7                           G
I just wish the heart that's broken now was not a part of me 

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Alan Jackson - A Woman's Love lyrics

I have felt it And I have held it
I have known A woman's love
I have tasted And I have wasted
A woman's love 

And I know I'll never understand 
All the little things That make it grand
A woman's love

And I know I'll never come face to face
With any thing That takes the place 
Of a woman's love

Well, I have kiss it Tried to resist it
I have missed A woman's love
And I have hated Taken for granted
A woman's love 

And I know I'll never understand
All the little things That make it grand
A woman's love 

And I know I'll never come face to face
With any thing That takes the place
Of a woman's love 

Instrumental

Well I have needed And I have pleaded
And I have lost A woman's love
And I have worshipped  And I have cursed it
A woman's love

And I know I'll never understand
All the little things That make it grand
A woman's love

And I know I'll never come face to face
With any thing That takes the place
Of a woman's love 
Well I adore it And thank God for it 
A woman's love...


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A Woman's Touch
Recorded by Glen Campbell
written by Jerry Fuller

C              F          G7            C
Right from the first day  one man stood alone              
 F                  G7                      C
And somehow he missed what didn't exist how could he have known              
F           G7                 C
He looked all around him  then he lifted his head               
F                 G7                  C
For he heard a voice and rose to rejoice as somebody said
                  F              G7              C
This place needs a woman's touch  to share in the plan              
F             G7                        C
For without a woman's touch life don't mean much to a man        
F        G7              C
I was a drifter  who couldn't be tamed                      
F                G7                       C
Though reckless and wild lost like a child whose dreams never came
                F          G7             C
Then I felt the pleasures  of love's happiness                 
F             G7                    C
One look in your eyes and I realize  I've truly been blessed
                F              G7              C
Thank God for a woman's touch  to share in the plan               
F              G7                     C
For it took my woman's touch  to make me feel like a man
              F              G7                        C
For without a woman's touch  life don't mean much to a man

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A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
For years I've been bustin' my rear
          F                   C
To make a livin' but it ain't made

For years I've been tryin' to pay off my bills
               G7
But they ain't paid

  C
I owe every dime I make to every soul I know
    F
The higher up I reach the further down I go
         C                                          F
And this old broken back of mine is all I've got to show
       C             G7                    C
And anyway a workin' man can't get nowhere today


Lord a workin' man can't get nowhere today
                                   G7
A workin' man ain't got no time to play
C                                        F
Today I worked my fanny off and leave it lay
  C                 G7          C
A workin' man can't get nowhere today

  
I paid my income tax and the government gives back
           F                        C
What I got comin' Lord but it ain't much

I pay my child support cause I'm a law abidin' sort
         G7
And easy touch

      C
Yet I starve myself to death tryin' to keep my family fed
  F
I keep my budget tight tryin' to get myself ahead
         C                                         F
But I'll still be deep in debt the day that I fall dead
             C                            G7            C
That's why I say Lord a workin' man can't get nowhere today


Well a workin' man can't get nowhere today
                                   G7
A workin' man ain't got no time to play
  C                                         F
Tonight I'll work my fanny off and leave it lay
  C                 G7            C
A workin' man can't get nowhere today

                    G7            C
A workin' man can't get nowhere today



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A World I Can't Live In lyrics and chords | Jan Howar
Recorded by Jan Howard
Written by Roger Miller

G              D7             G
Once more I've said that I'll leave you 
                  D7          G
But once more I'm changing my mind 
C          D7            G
Yours is a world I can't live in
C       G         C             G
But without you I can't live in mine 
                D7         G
You'd rather go places without me 
             D7           G
I don't understand you at times 
C          D7            G
Yours is a world I can't live in 
C       G         C             G
But without you I can't live in mine 
              D7               G
Could be it's just your way of loving 
                      D7         G
And you don't mean to treat me unkind 
C          D7            G
Yours is a world I can't live in
C       G         C             G
But without you I can't live in mine 
C          D7            G
Yours is a world I can't live in 
C       G         C             G
But without you I can't live in mine

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A World Of Blue
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                          F
Green green leaves falling down 
         C
From the tops of tall tall trees
                  G7
Touch ground near what 
                         C   G7
Just might be the single clue
        C               F
Red red drops that drip out  
         C
From the bottom of my heart
               G7
Must mean that I'm  
                     C
Living in a world of blue
            F
There's not one golden sign 
         C
That the sun will ever shine
         G7                           C  C7
Even the clouds have assumed a darker hue
               F
That fact that daylight's only trace 
             C
Reflects off tear streaks across my face
                          G7            C
Must mean that I'm living in a world of blue
Repeat #3
                          G7            C
Must mean that I'm living in a world of blue

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A World Without You
Recorded by Marty Stuart
Written by Marty Stuart and Connie Smith

G                  C              G
There was a time I held you in my arms                 
E7                   A7      D7
Life was perfect complete through and through    
G                    G7               C
Now you're gone and it's shattered all to pieces                
G         D7            C   G
I'm learning to live in a world without you  
C             D7         C       G
A world without love is so hard to bear   
A7                  D7
It leaves a soul empty with no one to care         
G         G7         C
Existing day after day trying hard to find my way                  
G         D7            C
While learning to live in a world without you
G                     C           G
I walk the floor then turn to the bottle               
E7               A7  D7
My heart aches no matter what I do  
G                     G7           C
A broken heart can only take so much hurting                  
G         D7            C   G
While learning to live in a world without you  
C             D7         C       G
A world without love is so hard to bear   
A7                  D7
It leaves a soul empty with no one to care         
G         G7         C
Existing day after day trying hard to find my way                  
G         D7            C    G
While learning to live in a world without you

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A Year Ago Today

It still grieves me when I wander
To the grave not far away
Where we laid my little darling
Just a year ago today

It broke my heart so when she left
But she did not go alone
The greatest part of me went with her
The day the savior called her home

As I looked back across my life time
As I journey on and on
I bless the days that I had with her
And I leave the rest to God

In a grave so dark and lonely
Neath the cold and silent clay
There we laid my little darling
Just a year ago today

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Richard Thompson - A-11 Lyrics
(Hank Cochran)

I don't know you from Adam
But if you're gonna play the jukebox
Please don't play A - Eleven.

I just came in here from force of habit
I don't intend to spend too much time in here
But I heard you *matchin' for the music
And if you play A- Eleven - there'll be tears.

I don't know you from Adam
But if you're gonna play the jukebox
Please don't play A - Eleven.

This used to be our favorite spot
And when she was here it was heaven
It was here she told me that she loved me
And she always played A - Eleven.

I don't know you from Adam
But if you're gonna play the jukebox
Please don't play A - Eleven...

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Abide Beside Me
BMI Work #: 9326682
Abide Beside Me (Larry W. Jones 12/18/2007) (song#5200)

Abide beside me, do not deny me
Abide beside me ever and a day
And darling, if you ever see me blue
Then you will know just what your love will do
For your true love will abide beside me
I know that you won't leave me all alone
Dear, I see no cloud above you
I'll forever be proud of you
And my heart you will always own
- instrumental -
Darling, be my star and guide me along
And I'll be where you are with love so strong
Abide beside me, do not deny me
In my heart resides love I can't ignore
Our love was meant to be, yes, you and me
A love that will abide forevermore
Abide beside me, do not deny me
In my heart resides love I can't ignore
Our love was meant to be, yes, you and me
A love that will abide forevermore


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Abilene

   Abilene Abilene
   Prettiest town I've ever seen
   Women there will treat you mean
   In Abilene my Abilene

I sit alone most every night
Watch those trains pull out of sight
Don't I wish they were carrying me
Back to Abilene my Abilene

Crowded city there ain't nothing free
Nothing in this town for me
Wish to the Lord that I could be
In Abilene sweet Abilene

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About Love
The Avett Brothers

I Took My Last Drink From A Half Empty Glass
and Laid My Tired Bones Out On The Grass
my Dad Says That All Things Will Pass
well At Least He's Right About Love

my Boss Is A Good Man He Makes Lots Of Rules
and He Gets So Frustrated With All Of His Tools
he Said, "my God Nothing Around Here Works"
well At Least He's Right About Love
yeah At Least He's Right About Love

i'm Laughing So Hard My Sides Start To Split
well I Cannot Be Told And I Will Not Admit
that No One Else Thinks It's A Joke
well At Least I'm Right About Love

well I Don't Trust You Or Anyone Else
and I Don't Trust My Mind When I'm All By Myself
and I Don't Trust The Look In Your Eyes
when You Say You're In Love
yeah When You Say You're In Love

since Everyone Dies And No Ones To Blame
my Life Is A Joke, My Death Is The Same
and Every Last Breath That I Draw
tells The Story Of Love
yeah Every Last Breath That I Draw
tells The Story Of Love


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Acapulco
Recorded by Johnny Duncan
Written by Larry Collins and Mary Leath

C
It's raining on the west coast snowing in Topeka
                                           G7
The weatherman says there's ice below Tennessee
          F                G7           C                   F
There's a flood out in California and a drought way down in Texas
       C                  G7                   C
And in Maine the fog's so thick that you can't see
                                F
But the sun shines bright in Acapulco
           G7               C
There's no snow in Old Monterey
                         F
There's no ice down in Nogales
         G7                             C
I say oh Lord there's gotta be a better way
 
I see a loser in my mirror got a devil in my brain
                                         G7
And the woman I've been loving she moved on
         F              G7                C            F
She left lonesome in my bedroom and dirty dishes in my sink
          C               G7                  C
Guess she didn't like the words to my country song
Repeat #2
I'll mail a check for my kids to Joanie buy a backpack and a hat 
                                              G7
Get a map that shows all the highways heading south
      F             G7               C              F
I got no friends to call there ain't nobody left at all
    C               G7              C
I'm gonna be up and in not down and out
 
Repeat #2 x2 

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Accidental Love
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Larry Kingston
 
C                          F
I'd say my meeting her was accidental love
G7                                    C
I ran into her car with my old pickup truck
                             F
And when the wrecker came to pull 'm both apart
G7                                     C
We got to talking and she pulled at my heart
 
       F G7       C           F G7       C
It was accidental love purely accidental love
         F                        C
We never planned to do it we just ran into it  
       G7         C
It was accidental love
 
                        F
Her from the city and a wealthy family
G7                                            C
Me from the country and as poor as poor could be
                                 F
Not a thing in common that could ever pair us up
G7                                       C
Except a brand new shiny car and a rusty truck
 
Repeat #2
 
                               F
The more we talked the more it seemed we had to say
G7                                       C
Before we knew it we had loved the night away
                                F
From her bedroom window I could see when I looked out
G7                                           C
Two dented fenders that has brought this all about
 
Repeat #2 x2

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Brad Paisley - Accidental Racist (feat. Ll Cool J) lyrics

To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand
When I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan
The red flag on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south
And I just walked him right in the room
Just a proud rebel son with an 'ol can of worms
Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but from my point of view
I'm just a white man comin' to you from the southland
Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done
And it ain't like you and me can re-write history
Our generation didn't start this nation
We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday
And caught between southern pride and southern blame
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears
We're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty years
I try to put myself in your shoes and that's a good place to begin
But it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone else's skin
'Cause I'm a white man livin' in the southland
Just like you I'm more than what you see
I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done
And it ain't like you and me can re-write history
Our generation didn't start this nation
And we're still paying for mistakes
That a bunch of folks made long before we came
And caught between southern pride and southern blame
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood
What the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood
Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good
You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would
Now my chains are gold but I'm still misunderstood
I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the south into firewood
I want you to get paid but be a slave I never could
Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoods
So when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good
I guess we're both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book
I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air
But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm just a white man
(If you don't judge my do-rag)
Comin' to you from the southland
(I won't judge your red flag)
Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm from
(If you don't judge my gold chains)
But not everything we've done
(I'll forget the iron chains)
it ain't like you and me can re-write history
(Can't re-write history baby)
Oh, Dixieland
(The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin')
I hope you understand what this is all about
(Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about this lately)
I'm a son of the new south
(The past is the past, you feel me)
And I just want to make things right
(Let bygones be bygones)
Where all that's left is southern pride
(RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean)
It's real, it's real
It's truth


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Accidentally On Purpose
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by George Jones and Darrell Edwards
[3/4 time]

C               F            C
In the papers I saw you this morning
         G7                             C
You were lovely dressed in your wedding gown
                      F       C
And it said you would marry a stranger to me
         D7                        G7
That had drifted into our old home town
    C            F           C
Accidentally you met him one evening
        G7                       C
And you say it was love at first sight
    F                          C
Accidentally on purpose you're marrying
    G7                      C
Accidentally on purpose for spite
    F                           C
For you say that you saw me out painting the town
     D7                         G7
That I was just a fool with the heart of a clown
    C        F        C
Accidentally you were mistaken that night
    G7                      C
Accidentally on purpose for spite
repeat #3  Yes you...

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Alan Jackson - Ace Of Hearts lyrics
(Lonnie Wilson,Ron Moore,Carson Chamberlain)

Love's a gamble every heart will take
You roll the dice in hopes that it won't break
One night I bet on your blue eyes and took a chance
And won a whole lot more than one night of romance

Chorus
I held the Ace of Hearts that night in the dark
How Lucky Can one man be
I hold a winning hand
anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose 'cause i got you
my ace of hearts.
Love's a numbered wheel you have to spin
There's no need for me to spin again
Cause loving you is paying off more than I knew
I took a little risk and hit it big with you

Chorus
I held the Ace of Hearts that night in the dark
How Lucky Can one man be
I hold a winning hand
anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose 'cause i got you
my ace of hearts.

Chorus
I held the Ace of Hearts that night in the dark
How Lucky Can one man be
I hold a winning hand
anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose 'cause i got you
my ace of hearts.
I'm gonna hold on to
My Ace Of Hearts...


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Aching Breaking Heart
recorded by George Jones
written by Rick Hall
 
G                                   D7      G       D7
Well I have lived a lot and done my part of running round
                                G          D7     G
And never did I think I'd let a sweet love get me down
                                     G7            C
But now I see how wrong I was you're part of every plan
D7                                                    G
Perhaps I'll pay but come what may my heart's at your command
 
                                         D7    G    D7
Oh this aching breaking heart of mine is crazy over you
                                 G        D7     G
And I'm afraid to let you know I love you like I do
                                  G7                  G
For if you knew how much I care I know what you would do
      D7                                           G
You'd drop me like the others and go find somebody new
 
                                    D7      G       D7
Last night I saw you darling in the arms of someone new
                                       G            D7      G
And I know that you don't love him you just want to make me blue
                                       G7               C
I guess you think that hurting me will make me love you more
    D7                                                    G
But someday from you darling this old heart will lock its door
 
Repeat #2

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Achy Breaky Heart
Recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus
Written by Donald L. Von Tress

G
Well you can tell the world you never was my girl
                                    D7
You can burn my clothes when I am gone
Or you can tell your friends just what a fool I've been                                   
G
And laugh and joke about me on the phone
You can tell my arms go back to the farm                                   
D7
Or you can tell my feet to hit the floor
Or you can tell my lips to tell my fingertips
                                      G
They won't be reaching out for you no more    
Don't tell my heart my achy breaky heart                             
D7
I just don't think he'd understand
And if you tell my heart my achy breaky heart                               
G
He might blow up and kill this manooooooooooooo     
You can tell your ma I moved to Arkansas
                                    D7
Or you can tell your dog to bite my leg
Or tell your brother Cliff whos fist can tell my lip
                            G
He never really liked me anyway
Or tell your aunt Louise tell anything you please
                             D7
Myself already knows I'm not ok
Or you can tell my eye to watch out for my mind
                              G
It might be walkin' out on me today

Repeat #3 x3

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Acony Bell

The fairest bloom the mountain know
Is not an iris or a wild rose
But the little flower of which i'll tell
Known as the brave acony bell

Just a simple flower so small and plain
With a pearly hue and a little known name
But the yellow birds sing when they see it bloom
For they know that spring is coming soon

Well it makes its home mid the rocks and the rills
Where the snow lies deep on the windy hills
And it tells the world "why should i wait
This ice and snow is gonna melt away"

And so i'll sing that yellow bird's song
For the troubled times will soon be gone

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Across The Blue Mountain
Traditional

One morning, one morning, on morning in May
I overheard a married man to a young girl say
"Arise you up, Pretty Katie, and come along with me
Across the Blue Mountain to the Allegheny

"I'll buy you a horse, love, and a saddle to ride
I'll buy me another'n to ride by your side
We'll stop at every tavern and drink when we are dry
Across the Blue Mountain goes Katie and I"

Well, up stepped her mother, in anger she was then
"Daughter, dear daughter, he is a married man
Besides, there's young men a plenty is handsomer than he
Let him take his own wife to the Allegheny"

"Oh mother, dear mother, he's the man of my heart
Wouldn't it be an awful shame for me and my love to part
I'd envy all the women that ever I did see
Across the Blue Mountain to the Allegheny"

Well the last time I seen him, he was saddled to ride
Katie, his darling, was there by his side
A laughing and a singing and happy to be free
Across the Blue Mountain to the Allegheny

We left before daybreak on a buckskin and a roan
Past tall shivering pines where mockingbirds moan
Past dark cabin windows where eyes never see


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Across The Blue Ridge Mountains

How can I keep from crying ?
How can I keep from crying ?
How can I keep from crying ?
For I never expect to see you anymore

My home's across the blue ridge mountains
My home's across the blue ridge mountains
Home's across the blue ridge mountains
And I never expect to see you anymore

Oh, how I hate to leave you
Oh, how I hate to leave you
Oh, how I hate to leave you
For I never expect to see you anymore

* Refrain

So goodbye, my little darling
So goodbye, my little darling
So goodbye, my little darling
I never expect to see you anymore

* Refrain


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Across The Blue Sea

I'm going across the deep blue sea
In this country tell me
I'm all alone so sad and blue
My every thought is just fo you

In these long years that I spent here
I onely wish that you were here
To the dizzy fog and a mist of rain
I can see you strolling right down the lane

Someday darling I will return
Then our hearts will no longer yearn
Things will be just like before
Just your and I forever more

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Across The Border 
recorded by Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
written by Bruce Springsteen
 
G
Tonight my bag is packed
C             G
Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks
D7                           G
That will lead me across the border

Tomorrow my love and I
C                 G
Will sleep 'neath auburn skies
D7                   G
Somewhere across the border
  
            C
We'll leave behind my dear
                     D7
The pain and sadness we found here
          G                     C
And we'll drink from the Brazos muddy waters
                    G
Where the sky grows gray and wide
C                 G
We'll meet on the other side
D7               G
There across the border

                      C
For me you'll build a house
             G
High up on a grassy hill
D7                   G
Somewhere across the border

Where pain and memory
C               G
Pain and memory have been stilled
D7               G
There across the border
  
                   C
And sweet blossoms fill the air
            D7
Pastures of gold and green
     G                    C
Roll down into cool clear waters
                  G
And in your arms 'neath the open skies
C                    G
I'll kiss the sorrow from your eyes
D7               G
There across the border

              C
Tonight we'll sing the songs
                     D7
I'll dream of you my Corazon
    G                         C
And tomorrow my heart will be strong
            G
And may the saints blessing and grace
C                G
Carry me safely into your arms
D7               G
There across the border

C
For what are we
        D7
Without hope in our hearts
     G                                      C
That someday we'll drink from God's blessed waters
            G
And eat the fruit from the vine
C                       G
I know love and fortune will be mine
D7                   G
Somewhere across the border

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Across The Great Divide
Kate Wolf

I've been walkin' in my sleep
Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep
Where the years went I can't say
I just turned around and they've gone away
I've been siftin' through the layers
Of dusty books and faded papers
They tell a story I used to know
And it was one that happened so long ago

Chorus:
It's gone away in yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide

Now, I heard the owl a-callin'
Softly as the night was fallin'
With a question and I replied
But he's gone across the borderline

Chorus

The finest hour that I have seen
Is the one that comes between
The edge of night and the break of day
It's when the darkness rolls away

Chorus x 2


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Across The Sea Blue

I'm going across the deep blue sea
In this country, tell me
I'm all alone so sad and blue
My every thought is just fo you

In these long years that I spent here
I onely wish that you were here
To the dizzy fog and a mist of rain
I can see you strolling right down the lane

* Refrain

Someday darling I will return
Then our hearts will no longer yearn
things will be just like before
Just your and I forever more

* refrain


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The Incredible String Band - Adam And Eve 

Once before the world began
God was sitting in the sky
He began to get some mud together
Oh, I wonder why

First he made a man, then he made a woman
Mr. Adam and Miss Eve
They began to be good friends
As I can well believe

Oh, remember that morning
Remember that time
Take a warning
When you see the sign

Eve was sitting in the garden
When in came a serpent
Miss Eve take of this apple
And give it to your man

Give it to your man
I don't want it
Oh Adam, give it a try
Oh, give it a try

Now friends if you're traveling
Never go taking an apple from a snake
If you do I will tell you true
Makin' a big mistake

Oh, remember that morning
Remember that time
Take a warning
When you see the sign
When you see the sign

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Add Another Fool To The Flame
Recorded by Jody Nix 
Written by Carl Jackson and Glenn Sutton

G                         C               D7
I know you've burned some bridges in this town
C                 D7                  G   D7
And I'm a fool to think you'll settle down    
G                  C              D7
But this old heart was always slow to learn       
C                                 D7
So I'm gonna play with fire where you're concerned   
G           G7          C
So add another fool to the flame      
D7                                           G      D7
Cause for everything that's lost there's something gained    
G                    G7     C                            Am
And I know that I'll get burned but the pleasure's worth the pain
C              D7          G
So add another fool to the flame                       
C             D7
I know turning love to ashes is your game
C                     D7           G       D7
And as long as just a single spark remains
G                 C              D7
I'll play by your rules till the end     
C                          D7
Even though I know that I can't win

Repeat #2   
Just add?                         

G7     C                            Am
Yes I know that I'll get burned but the pleasure's worth the pain
C                D7          G
Just add another fool to the flame

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Adieu False Heart

Adieu false heart now we must part
May the joys of the world go with you
I've loved you long with a faithful heart
But never any more can I believe you

I've seen the time I'd have married you
And been your constant lover
But now I'd gladly give you up
For one whose heart is truer

You think you are too good for me
You think I am forsaken
But if you think that I care for you
You are very much mistaken

My mind is like the constant sun
From the east to the west it ranges
While yours is likened to the moon
It's every month it changes

When I lay down to take my rest
No scornful one to wake me
I'll go straightaway unto my grave
Just as fast as time can take me

Adieu false heart now we must part
May the joys of the world go with you
I've loved you long with a faithful heart
But never any more can I believe you

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Adorable Women
Written and recorded by Nat Stuckey

C                          F
She can watch every move I make 
        G7                 C
But she can't see what I'm thinkin'
                            F
Cause if a woman walks by I don't bat an eye
  G7                 C
I let my mind do the winkin'
                             F
She never lets me out of the house 
  G7                        C
Except when I'm walkin' ole Rover
But there's a neighbor real sweet 
     F
That lives down the street
   G7                     C
So me and ole Rover sneak over
       F                C
Oh the world is full of adorable women
          G7                  C
But there ain't enough men to adore 'em
                             F
So you can see why I'm going out of my mind
G7                       C
Tryin' to adore more of 'em
                                  F
Now she says I'd better change my ways
             G7                  C
Cause if she catches me it'll be murder
                                  F
But I can paint the town when she ain't around
      G7                             C
Cause what she don't know won't hurt her
       F                C
Oh the world is full of adorable women
          G7                  C
But there ain't enough men to adore 'em
                               F
So you can see why I'm spendin all of my time
G7                       C  F
Tryin' to adore more of 'em
    G7                       C  F
Yes tryin' to adore more of 'em
    G7                       C
Hmm tryin' to adore more of 'em

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Afraid I'll Want To Love Her One More Time
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by David Wilkins

C                 F             C
Don't let my eyes look upon her body
                 F               C
If I look at her again I'll lose control
                          F              C    F
I'll be right back in her arms until the morning
         C              F       G7     C
Lord the devil's trying hard to win my soul
                        F                C
Lord help me get up and sneak out in the morning
                  F            C
Before this woman opens up her eyes
                           F              C         F
She might want to kiss and throw her arms around me again
        C                   F        G7       C
And I'm afraid I'll want to love her one more time
                         F                 C
Lord it never crossed my mind we'd go this far
                      F         C
But her beauty and my hunger combined
                   F            C         F
Made the door open wider to temptation oh Lord
        C                   F        G7       C
And I'm afraid I'll want to love her one more time
Repeat #2
F       C                   F        G7       C
Yes I'm afraid I'll want to love her one more time

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Dolly Parton - Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying lyrics
Porter Wagoner)

They say most anything you eat could hurt your health
Be careful what you drink, don't harm yourself
And pollution in the air might make you sick
Makes you afraid to live, afraid that you might die too quick
Do the men that quote this danger really know
Life is gift to be enjoyed and not to worry so
The biggest danger sign that we should know
Make sure we're right with God, as through this world we go
We're afraid to live 'cause we're afraid of dyin'
And afraid to love the one we love, afraid they might be lyin'
We can't enjoy life when they say each thing might bring an early grave
We're afraid to live 'cause we're afraid of dyin'
Do the men that quote this danger really know?
Life is gift to be enjoyed, why worry so?
The biggest danger sign that we should know
Make sure we're right with God, as through this world we go
Make sure we're right with God, as through this world we go


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Dolly Parton - Afraid To Love Again lyrics

If every time that you got hurt it left a scar
And if every dream you ever had broke your heart
If every time you made a plan the world came to an end
Then you'd know why I'm afraid to love again
If broken dreams are all it seems you've ever known
And hurt's the only thing you can depend upon
And if you should find misery to be your only friend
Then you'd know why I'm afraid to love again
If every time you look up a cloud should hide the sun
Pay dearly for each kindness ever shown to anyone
If everything you try should fail before you can begin
Then you'd know why I'm afraid to love again
Then you'd know why I'm afraid to love again


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After All
Recorded by Joni Harms
Written Barbie Isham and Joni Harms

C               F            C
After all we've been through together                                       
G7
Who'd believe we'd still be so much in love      
C           C7            F
After all it just keeps getting better                   
C      G7        C
There's no one for me but you after all       
G7                 F     C
Before you  love was only in my dreams                
G7                          C
And through the years we've made a few come true            
D7                     G7
No we can't say that love's always easy        
D7                   G7
But it's always worth it with you

Repeat #1  x2

F                     C      G7        F   C
No there's no one for me but you after a--ll

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After Being Your Lover lyrics and chords | Tommy Overstree
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Freddie Hart

C                           G7
Loving you so much all this time
                                   C
Worshiping the very thought you're mine
You pulled the world from under me 
F
Left me hanging helplessly
C              G7               C
Just to suffer after being your lover
                                       G7
You left me still you haunt me all the time
                                    C
Next leaving me will probably be my mind
I search for love so desperately 
F
Someone to kill your memory
        C        G7               C
There's no other after being your lover
    F                           C
The long arm of love is holding on so tight
F                               C                 G7
Squeezing the life from me it's a nightmare every night
C
After what you've done to me 
F
You should have used a gun on me
C               G7               C
I'd feel better after being your lover
                G7               C
I'd feel better after being your lover
     F          G7         C
Your lover your lover your lover

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After Closing Time
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, Danny Walls
 
G                                   C              G
Well you can find me serving drinks inside a honky tonk
                                       D7
And I'll even play the jukebox on your dime
G                               C                G
Sometimes I will dance with you to your favorite song
                         D7            G
Yeah but she'll be mine  after closing time

                                  C                G
She will smile at all the men and shake her pretty hips
                                      D7
And you can yell and say she looks so fine
    G                             C                G
But I'm not looking for a man I'm looking for them tips
                         D7            G
And then she'll be mine  after closing time

C                                    G
When they turn the lights out that's when I'll turn him on
D7                                        G
Oh she can serve me love much better than wine
C                            G
So when they close the doors guess who takes me home
                    D7            G
And she'll be mine  after closing time

                                   C                G
Tomorrow night I'll still be there inside the honky tonk
                                        D7
And I'll still play the jukebox on your dime
     G                                        C                  G
Yeah as long as you keep buying drinks she'll smile and lead you on
                    D7            G
But she'll be mine  after closing time
 
Repeat #3

                    D7            G
And she'll be mine  after closing time

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After I Sing All My Songs
Recorded by Merle Haggard and George Jones
Written by Leona Williams

G                         D7           G
When the show is over and every one is gone
C                                     G
That's when this lonely feeling comes along
                   G7                      G
Everybody loves me while the show is going on
    C                 G        D7                  G
But I need someone to love me  after I sing all my songs

                                 D7                 G
I smile and play the music while they just cheer me on
    C                                   G
But this empty feeling keeps on hanging on
                           G7                 G
Lord I wish I had somebody just to be my only one
  C               G        D7                  G
I need someone to hold me  after I sing all my songs

D7                                       G
After I sing my songs after the crowd is gone
  C               G        D7                  G
I need someone to hold me  after I sing all my songs

D7                                       G
After I sing my songs after the crowd is gone
  C               G        D7                  G
I need someone to hold me  after I sing all my songs

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After Losing You
Written and recorded by Melba Montgomery

C                G7          C
Word is out that you started over
                   G7           C     C7
You've found a new life and new dreams
F              C
Everybody says she really loves you
A7               D7       G
You're happy now or so it seems
C          G7            C
Seeing you only makes me realize
                                       F
I didn't know what I had till you were gone
                              C
He was the change I thought I needed
                  G7             C
Darling how could I have been so wrong
      F                    C
After losing you I finally learned the truth
                                  G7
I never really loved that someone new
      F                          C        F
After all this time you're still on my mind
           C       G7           C
Too late I learned after losing you
Repeat #3
 
F          C       G7           C
Too late I learned after losing you

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After Texas
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Bucky Jones and James Martin Johnson

G                     D7
Where do you go after Texas 
                     G
What do you do after Texas
               G7               C                           Am
You're just fooling yourself if you think there's something else
      D7                             G
Cause there ain't nothing left after Texas
                                                    D7
I watched them changing the guard in old London and liked it
                                                       G
I've been up to my ears in that good German beer and I liked it
                     G7
But whatever you got I've probably seen it
  C
I don't like to brag but neighbor I mean it
      D7                                                   G
There ain't nothing out there that will halfway compare to Texas
Repeat #1
                                               D7
I've held wahines with hay on their hips and I liked it
                                                G
I've kissed senoritas with hot fiery lips and I liked it
                              G7
If there's one thing for sure that makes this cowboy fall
       C
It's a soft Texas lady with a south Texas drawl 
   D7                                                G
If you know to be there then I'd rather crawl across Texas  
Repeat #1 x3

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After The Best
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Bernie Nelson and Thomas Eugene McHugh

G                     C        G  C
You were the one true love for me
G                         C        G   C   D7
You gave the best of your heart so easily
    C                D7
But it won't be easy now that we're through
    G                       Em       B7
For someone like me to find somebody new
      C                                 G  D7
Cause after the best only the best will do
G                  C            G   C
We had the best of times for so long
G                     C                G   C D7
How could the best of intensions go so wrong
      C         D7
Where will I go what will I do
        G                  Em      B7
It's so hard to imagine me without you
      C                                 G
Cause after the best only the best will do
Bm                C       Bm                   C
There'll never be another to take the place of you
               D7                        G     C
There's no use denying there's no use in trying 
                   D7
Only the best will do
C                          D7
I know it's sad but it's true
G                    C          G   C
I've got the rest of my life to try
G                       C    G     C D7
To leave the best of my life behind
   C               D7
It won't be easy I know it's true
        G               Em         B7
It's so hard to imagine me without you 
      C                                 G
Cause after the best only the best will do
      C                                 G
Cause after the best only the best will do

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After The Fire Is Gone

   Love is where you find it
   When you find no love at home
   And there's nothin' cold as ashes
   After the fire is gone

The bottle is almost empty
The clock just now struck ten
Darlin' i had to call you
To our favorite place again

I know it's wrong for us to meet
But the fires gone out at home
And there' nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Your lips are warm and tender
Your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember
That the one at home forgot

Each time we say it's the last time
But we keep hangin' on
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young

A D
Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
A D
Sayin' something about a queen
A E7
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
F#m G
And the archer split the tree
F#m G
There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
F#m G
There was floating on the breeze
A E7 G D
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the Twentieth Century
A E7 G D
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the Twentieth Century

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for a replacement
When the sun burst through the sky
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like I could cry
I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the Sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home in the Sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home...


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Dolly Parton - After The Goldrush lyrics

Well I dreamed I saw the Knights in armor coming
Saying something about a queen
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree
There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
There was floating on the breeze
Look at mother nature on the run
In the twenthty century
Look at mother nature on the run
In the twenthy century
I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun brust through the sky
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like I could cry
I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flyin'
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were childeren crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream,all in a dream, the loading had begun
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home


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After The Love Slips Away
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

C           Em         F            C
You say our loving has died down to nothing
            Am       G7
Compared to everyone else
       C           Em         F         C
But if all you can give me is just your opinion
     Am           G7          C   G7
Well you can keep that to yourself
    C          Em             F       C
The longer the distance keeps growing between us
               Am            G7
The harder the trouble is to see
      C              Em                 F            C
But I guess it's the simple things that make love complicated
      Am                  G7              C
Or at least that's how it is with you and me
           Am         Em        F         C
We're just two people trying to hold it together
    Em        Am        G7
And losing it more everyday
      C        Em          F            C
Cause no compromising will make it feel better
Am        G7         C   G7
After the love slips away
     C               Em      F             C
Well you've got your TV your telephone and neighbors
                 Am         G7
To keep you from facing the truth
       C          Em         F       C
Oh but I've got a feeling if I had a bottle
  Am            G7           C
I wouldn't keep reaching for you
           Am         Em        F         C
We're just two people trying to hold it together
    Em        Am        G7
And losing it more everyday
      C        Em          F            C
Cause no compromising will make it feel better
Am        G7         C
After the love slips away
   Am        G7         F  C
Oh after the love slips away

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After You Turn Out Your Light
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Roy Drusky and Bill Brock
 
C
After you're alone at night 
           G7
Who do you think of
After you turn out your light 
           C
Who do you dream of
Could it be that you 
                     F
Long to hold another tight
                     C
Are you still loving me 
G7                      C    F
After you turn out your light
C             F
You show that you love me 
                   C
By things that you do
                 D7
But do you still love me 
                  G7
When I'm not with you
                       C
What goes through your mind 
                F
When I'm not in sight
                     C
Are you still loving me 
G7                      C    F C
After you turn out your light
G7                     C
What goes through your mind 
                F
When I'm not in sight
                     C
Are you still loving me 
G7                      C
After you turn out your light

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Age

I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again
I've been so many places I can't remember where or when
And my only boss is the clock on the wall and my only friend
Never really was a friend at all

   Well I traded love for pennies and sold my soul for less
   Lost my deals in that long tunnel of time
   And I turned inside out and 'round about and back again
   Found myself right back where I started again.

Once I had myself a million now I've only got a dime
The difference don't seem quite as bad today
With a nickle or million I was searchin' all the time
For something that I've never lost or left behind.

And now I'm in my second circle and I'm headin' for the top
I've learned a lot of things along the way
I'll be careful while I'm climbing 'cause it hurts alot to drop
When you're down nobody gives a damn anyway.

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Ages And Ages Ago lyrics with chords | Jan Howar
Recorded by Jan Howard
Written by Gene Autry, Fred Rose, Ray Whitley

C   G7            C
I remember when I made you cry
G7            C
Ages and ages ago           
G7                C
I'll never blame you for our last goodbye
G7            C
Ages and ages ago

F                      C
Someone came along and took my place    
D7                     G7
How wrong I was to let you go    
C         G7            C
And though it happened only yesterday         
G7            C
It seems ages and ages ago

F                      C
Something told me when you walked away     
D7                          G7
That time would make me miss you so    
C         G7            C
And though it happened only yesterday         
G7            C
It seems ages and ages ago

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Ages And Ages Ago
Gene Autry

I remember when I made you cry
Ages and ages ago
I'll never blame you for our last goodbye
Ages and ages

Someone came along and took my place
How wrong I was to let you go
And though it happened only yesterday
It seems like ages and ages ago

Someone told me when you walked away
That time would make me miss you so
And though it happened only yesterday
It seems like ages and ages ago


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Aimless Love
John Prine

He's just a small fry. A bit too gun shy.
To have his heart touched without a glove
He looks at strangers as potential dangers
Trying to Steal his aimless love.

True love has no mind. It can't spell unkind.
It's never seen a heart shaped like a Valentine
For if love knew him. It'd walk up to him
And introduce him to an aimless love

I been out walking. Kinda pillow talking
To anyone that has the time for me
For there are some folks they think that love chokes.
It ties and keeps them from being free

Love has no mind. It can't spell unkind
It's never seen a heart shaped like a Valentine
For if love knew you. It'd walk up to you
And introduce you to an aimless love

Do you look at strangers as potential dangers
Trying to steal your aimless love.

Love has no mind. It can't spell unkind
It's never seen a heart shaped like a Valentine
For if love knew you. It'd walk up to you
And introduce you to an aimless love
And introduce you to an aimless love


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Ain't A Woman Somebody When She's Gone
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by Buddy Cannon and Tommy Collins

C                F                C
I ran into her today not quite by accident                            
D7            G7
Someone told me where she'd be and that's where I went          
C                     F                  C
She still looked the same there was no change that I could see
       G7                                                 C
Then I realized as I watched her there's been a change in me
                    F
All at once she's a queen                                          
C
And a dream and a sweet voice calling me baby          
Am
She's got misty eyes she's the right size           
D7                    G7
She's the worlds most beautiful lady     
C               F           C
I can see her now the way she was all along                  
G7              C
Ain't a woman somebody when she's gone                        
F                C
There was someone else beside her where I used to be
                         D7                   G7
As I watched her holding close I thought that could be me    
C          F                   C
Too late I see love has to be both give and take          
G7                                     C
And I let her do all the giving oh what a big mistake

Repeat #2

F          C         G7              C
Oh ain't a woman somebody when she's gone

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Leftover Salmon - Ain't Gonna Work Lyrics

Well, I'm gonna leave this country
Yes, I'm gonna leave this world
Well, I'm gonna leave this country
For the sake of one little girl

Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
No, I ain't gonna work next day
Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

Can't you hear that banjo ringing?
Don't you hear that lonesome sound?
Don't you hear them pretty gals singing?
Out on the cold, cold ground

Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
No, I ain't gonna work next day
Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

Well, I hang my head in sorrow
Yes, I hang my head and cry
Well, I hang my head in sorrow
When my darlin' passes by

Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
No, I ain't gonna work next day
Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
No, I ain't gonna work next day
Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

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Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

I ain't gonna work tomorrow
Ain't gonna work today
Ain't gonna work tomorrow,lord
For that is my wedding day

I love my mama and papa too
I love my mama and papa too
I love my mama and papa too
But I'd leave them both to go with you

* Refrain

I've been all around this country
I've been all around this world
I've been all around this country,lord
For the sake of one little girl

* Refrain

I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
Cause I'm gonna be gone before long

* Refrain


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Ain't Got A Home
Clarence Henry

1. Oh I've got a voice and I love to sing
I can sing like a girl and I can sing like a frog
I'm a lonely boy, ain't got no home

2. Ain't got a brother, ain't got a sister
Ain't got a mother, ain't got no one
I'm a lonely girl, ain't got no home

3. Ain't got a brother, ain't got a father
Ain't got a mother, ain't got no one
I'm a lonely girl, ain't got no home

4. Ain't got a brother, ain't got a sister
Ain't got a mother, ain't got no one
I'm a lonely frog, ain't got no home

5.=1.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - On The Road


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Ain't Got Time To Be Unhappy
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Glenn Sutton

C
The rich man's eatin' with a golden spoon
                                               G7
The poor man's worried bout 'em gettin' to the moon
         C                  F          C
They say World War III is a comin' any day
                       G7          C
But me I couldn't care less either way
I ain't got time to be unhappy
  G7
I ain't got time to be unhappy
C                         F       C
Lovin' you makes me wanna slap my pappy
                     G7    C
And I ain't got time to be unhappy
The world keeps changin' everyday
                                          G7
But things in the heart stay the same ole way
                C        F      C
A rocket to the moon and filter cigarettes
           G7         C
Ain't had no effect on my life as yet
Repeat #2
So take my advice if you ever get blue
                                  G7
Find a little girl that just digs you
        C        F         C
Live on love let the world be
                     G7               C
Then you can sing my little song with me
Repeat #2 x2

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Alan Jackson - Ain't Got Trouble Now lyrics

"Ain't Got Trouble Now"
the girl I loved, she sure was pretty,
but always runnin' round.
She finally ran off with a boy from the city,
and I ain't got trouble now.
[Chorus:]
I ain't got trouble now,
no I ain't got trouble now.
I had it before, and I'll have some more,
but I ain't got trouble now.
Spent ten years breakin' my back,
for the meanest man in town.
Today I walked out and I ain't goin' back,
and I ain't got trouble now.
[Chorus:]
I ain't got trouble now,
no I ain't got trouble now.
I had it before, and I'll have some more,
but I ain't got trouble now.
Had an ol' rust bucket and four ball tires,
always breaking down.
Been walkin' every day since it caught on fire,
and I ain't got trouble now.
[Chorus:]
I ain't got trouble now,
no I ain't got trouble now.
I had it before, and I'll have some more,
but I ain't got trouble now.
Now I got no ride,I got no money,
and there ain't no girls in this town.
But the whiskey goes down, smooth as honey,
and I ain't got trouble now.
[Chorus x3:]
I ain't got trouble now,
no I ain't got trouble now.
I had it before, and I'll have some more,
but I ain't got trouble now.


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Ain't It Easy
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Charlie Craig and Moe Lytle

C                          Em
She swears she don't but I know she does
F               G7          C   Em F G7
Slips around on me when I'm gone
D7                    Em
She lies to me with a straight face
    F         G7          C          Em F G7
But I can see through her masquerade
    C            Em
She lays with me touches me 
     F            G7              C    Em F G7
With fingertips I know are second hand
D7                 Em
I'm caught between fire and rain 
  F             G7            C
Believin' every word she says again
         F              C  Am
Ain't it easy  ain't it easy
F             G7            C
Believin' the lyin' eyes of love
Am                                      C
I can't count the times I've thought it over 
Am                       C
Tryin' to decide what to do
F            G7              C
Every time I come to this conclusion 
D7                              G7
It's better to be fooled than a fool
C                  Em
Sometimes I wish I could be strong 
F         G7           C    Em F G7
Walk away Lord just be gone
        D7                 Em
But she comes to me in her masquerade 
   F                  G7               C
It makes me change my mind and lose my way
             F                 C  Am
She makes it easy she makes it easy
F             G7            C
Believin' the lyin' eyes of love
         F             C  Am
Ain't it easy ain't it easy
F             G7            C
Believin' the lyin' eyes of love
         F             C  Am
Ain't it easy ain't it easy
F             G7            C
Believin' the lyin' eyes of love

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Ain't It Funny
Norman Wright

1. Do you ever think of me when you're lonely and blue
Does he hold you close at night like I used to do?
I know it's too late now, our cards have all been played
Ain't it funny love has made us what we are today

Ch.1. I'm closing the bars, you're counting the stars
Destiny has led us separate ways
I know it's too late now, our cards have all been played
Ain't it funny love has made us what we are today

2. I heard you're doing well, you're the talk of the town 
As for me I'm hanging on, maybe some day I'll come around
I'm sorry for the hurt, it's the price we have to pay
Ain't it funny love has made us what we are today

Ch.2. I'm closing the bars, you're counting the stars
Destiny has led us separate ways
I'm sorry for the hurt, it's the price we have to pay
Ain't it funny love has made us what we are today

Ch.2.

Ain't it funny love has made us what we are today

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Return Engagement


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Ain't It Good
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Freddy Weller

F           G7          C           F
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
D7  G7  C  F  C
F                G7              C
Ain't it good to have someone to talk to
F               G7                 C
Someone you can trust and be proud of
F                G7
Ain't it good to know he needs you 
    C               F
And always does his best to please you
D7                 G7       C
Ain't it good just bein' in love
F
Nights are never cold 
               C
Since I've got strong arms to hold me
G7
Warm lips to kiss me 
C
And I feel so good inside
F
And when you say you love me 
         C
It makes everything better
G7                         C
I just can't get enough of you
repeat #1
F           G7          C           F
Na na na na na na na na na na na na nan na na
D7  G7  C  F  C
F
When it's time for loving 
         C
You know just how to touch me
G7                C
You never rush me and I feel so satisfied
F
And I can hardly wait to feel 
     C
Your arms wrapped around me
    G7                                C
And let the love surround me one more time
Repeat #1
D7                 G7       C    F  C
Ain't it good just being in love

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Ain't Love A Lot Like That
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dean Miller and Mark Collie

C                                  F
Well a twister tore the roof off a grocery store
     G7                          C
Blew an Idaho potato through the hardwood floor
                          F
Twirled granny's apron up around her head
    G7                                C
The cat's gone missing and the dog is dead

                G7
Well ain't love a lot lot that
             C
Ain't love a lot like that
              F
Unconditional unpredictable
G7                    C
Ain't love a lot like that

                        F
Just like Moses and the Red Sea water
  G7                                 C
A little bit of faith and the ring I bought her
                       F
I hit my knees and she took my hand
    G7                                C
And she lead my heart to the promised land

Repeat #2

                              F
Well the honeymoon's over and the work begun
   G7                          C
My baby say I'm getting on her nerves again
                      F
One false move and an angry shout
    G7                                 C
I'm sleeping all alone on the fold out couch

Repeat #2

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Ain't Love Been Good
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written Earl Montgomery and George Jones

C                          F             C G7  C
Ain't love been good to us ain't it been g-o-o-d
     F        C                               G7 D7 G7
It's given us happiness and we're knocking on w-o-o-d
C                        F                    C
We're livin' in sunshine like we knew that we could
F               C         G7               C
Ain't love been wonderful oh ain't it been good

                     A#7     F
We walk through life side by side
             C       Am   D7        G7
We found the door to happiness open wide
            C          A#7              F
And close together now it's where we'll stand
                C      A7      D7       G7    C
And love's been heaven here on earth in every way

                      A#7     F
The world is troubled in many ways
             C        Am     D7          G7
It seems the problems always are here to stay
               C          A#7           F
But we'll keep holdin' on till the very end
              C     A7          D7        G7       C
And we'll get by no matter what shape the world is in

                           F             C G7  C
Ain't love been good to us ain't it been g-o-o-d
     F        C                               G7 D7 G7
It's given us happiness and we're knocking on w-o-o-d
C                        F                    C
We're livin' in sunshine like we knew that we could
F               C         G7               C  F
Ain't love been wonderful oh ain't it been good

                C         G7               C
Ain't love been wonderful oh ain't it been good

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Crooked Still 
Ain't No Grave

There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up out of the ground
Ain't' no grave gonna hold my body down

Go down yonder Gabriel put your foot on the land and sea
Oh Gabriel don't you blow your trumpet until you hear from me

I looked way over yonder and what do you think I see?
I see a band of angels and they're coming after me

Then I looked way down the river saw the people dressed in white
I knew it was God's people 'cause I saw them doing right

Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna get up out of the ground
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down

I'm going down to the river Jordan
And I'm gonna bury my knees in the sand
Holler "Ah, hosanna" till I reach the promised land

Then I looked way over yonder and what do you think I see?
I see a band of angels and they're coming after me

So meet me King Jesus meet me
Won't you meet me in the middle of the air
If these wings should carry me, I won't need another pair

Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna get up out of the ground
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down

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The Avett Brothers - Ain't No Man Lyrics

There ain't no man can save me,
There ain't no man can enslave me,
Ain't no man,
A man that can change the shape my soul is in.

There ain't nobody here
Who can cause me pain or raise my fears,
'Cause I got only love to share.
If you're looking for a truth I'm proof you'll find it there.

You got to serve something, ain't that right?
I know it gets dark, but there's always a light.
You don't have to buy in to get into the club,
Trade your worries.
You gotta show up if you wanna be seen,
If it matters to you, Ma, it matters to me
I'm gonna fall hard, yeah I know I am.
When the crowds crack up, I laugh with them.

There ain't no man can save me,
There ain't no man can enslave me,
Ain't no man,
A man that can change the shape my soul is in.

There ain't nobody here
Who can cause me pain or raise my fear,
'Cause I got only love to share.
If you're looking for a truth I'm proof you'll find it there.

You say you look funny,
I say you're a star.
I say you're whatever you think you are.
Watch the naysayers fall right in line
If we believe it they'll say,
"She is so pretty!" "He is so fine!"

There ain't no man can save me,
There ain't no man can enslave me,
There ain't no man,
a man that can change the shape my soul is in.

There ain't nobody here
Who can cause me pain or raise my fear,
'Cause I got only love to share.
If you're looking for a truth I'm proof you'll find it there.

You got to go somewhere, ain't that true?
Not a whole lot of time for me or you.
Got a whole lot of reasons to be mad,
let's not pick one.

I live in a room at the top of the stairs,
I got my windows wide open and nobody cares,
and I got no choice but to get right up
when the sun comes through.

There ain't no man can save me,
there ain't no man can enslave me,
There ain't no man,
a man that can change the shape my soul is in.
There ain't nobody here
who can cause me pain or raise my fear,
'cause I got only love to share.
If you're looking for a truth I'm proof you'll find it there.
If you're looking for a truth I'm proof you'll find it there.
If you're looking for a truth I'm proof you'll find it.

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Ain't No More Cane On This Brazos
Trad arr (Chad Mitchell Trio)

Ain't no more cane on this Brazos, my boy
Oh, oh, oh
We done ground it all into molasses,
Oh, oh, oh

When I come down here, had a number for my name
Oh, oh, oh
Well, they chained us together and we started cuttin' cane
Oh, oh, oh

I wish you was here in nineteen and ten
Oh, oh, oh
Well, they was drivin' the women just like they was men
Oh, oh, oh

I wish you was here when the storm winds came
Oh, oh, oh
Left a man lyin' dead and we cut him off the chain
Oh, oh, oh

If I had a sentence like ninety-nine and nine
Oh, oh, oh
There ain't no dogs on this Brazos could keep me on that line
Oh, oh, oh

Well, Alberta why don't you let your hair hang down
Oh, oh, oh
Let it hang right down till it touches the ground
Oh, oh, oh

Why don't you go down old Hannah, don't you rise up no more
Oh, oh, oh
Well, they work me so hard that I can't work no more
Oh, oh, oh

Ain't no more cane on this Brazos, my boy
Oh, oh, oh
We done ground it all into molasses
Oh, oh, oh


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Ain't No Time To Go 

[Verse 1]
Spring is just around the bend
Ain't no time to go, darlin'
Fields need plowin' and fences a mend
Ain't no time to go, darlin'

[Chorus]
Stay with me a little bit longer
Stay with me, if you can
Stay with me a little bit longer
Ain't no time to go, darlin'

[Verse 2]
The children need your guiding hand
Ain't no time to go, darlin'
Your son's too young to be a man
Ain't no time to go, darlin'

[Chorus]
Stay with me a little bit longer
Stay with me, if you can
Stay with me a little bit longer
Ain't no time to go, darlin'

[Verse 3]
I ain't as strong as you think I am
Ain't no time to go, darlin'
I'll be doin' the best I can
Ain't no time to go, darlin'

[Chorus]
Stay with me a little bit longer
Stay with me, if you can
Stay with me a little bit longer
Ain't no time to go, darlin'

[Verse 4]
I know heaven called your name
Asked the Lord if He'll please wait

[Chorus]
Stay with me a little bit longer
Stay with me, if you can
Stay with me a little bit longer
Ain't no time to go, darlin'


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Ain't No Trick It Takes Magic 
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Jim Hurt and Steve Pippin

C                    F     Dm     G7        C
Ain't no big deal to lose  I keep telling myself
      Am          Dm             G7
I get used to the blues  I won't stay on the shelf 

I'll find somebody else
     Am                           Dm
They say that love is sweeter the second time around
        Am                       Dm
But I'm way past that number somehow
      F                 Em        Am
You'd think that even a fool like me 
      Dm              Em         F   Gm
Could have found true love in my life

C                      F
Ain't no trick to make love come to you 
   Dm              G7     C   F
No matter what the people say
C                      F
Ain't no trick to make love come to you 
             Dm    G7         C
But it takes magic to make it stay

                        F    Dm     G7      C
It's just a part of the game I keep telling myself
Am                     Dm         G7
Hard luck found out my name I let my bridges burn 

But I'll just live and learn
     Am                           Dm
They say that love is sweeter the second time around
        Am                       Dm
But I'm way past that number somehow
      F                 Em        Am
You'd think that even a fool like me 
      Dm              Em       F
Could have found true love somehow

Repeat #2 x2

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Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Glenn Jones and Earl Montgomery
 
G                          C               G
Well I remember back in my younger days of high school
                                  D7
Back then baseball was my biggest dream
    G                    C
But when I stood in line for my turn at bat
  G
I found that wasn't where they wanted me at
  A7                   D7                G
I wound up totting the water for all the teams

                              C                G
Well there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm leaving
                                      D7
There ain't nobody ever loved me very long
   G                 C
No matter how much I miss our show
  G
I get kicked around everywhere I go
      A7                 D7               G
There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

                     C                     G
So when my Uncle Sam called me to serve my country
                                          D7
I stood up brave and smiled and packed my duds
    G                   C
But to my surprise when I got there
     G
They gave me the boots and cut my hair
  A7                     D7                  G
I wound up scrubbing the floor and a peeling spuds

Repeat #2

                              C               G
Well I met me a pretty little girl one day in Nashville
                                        D7
I loved her more than all of my wildest dreams
    G                       C
She took me for my money my house and my boat
    G
And didn't even leave me a goodbye note
  A7                     D7           G
I gave it all up boy did she strip me clean

Repeat #2

                         C                G
There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone



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Brad Paisley - Ain't Nothin' Like lyrics

I like kickin' back on the sofa
Flippin' through the channels just to see what's on
I enjoy eatin' eggs over easy
Soppin' up with a biscuit 'til the yellow's gone
Chorus
Ain't nothin' like watchin' a bunch of young'ns
Run screamin' through the sprinkler in their little bare feet
And ain't nothin' like finding twenty dollars
In the pocket of the britches that you wore last week
I get into getting out on my mower
In the early mornin' hours 'fore the sun gets hot
And I like goin' down to the Kroger
When the carnival comes to the parkin' lot
2nd Chorus
Ain't nothin' like throwing a hula popper
Draggin' it across a spot a big 'un oughta be
And ain't nothin' like having him for supper
With some good hush puppies and some sweet iced tea
Bridge
This old world is full of simple pleasures
They're all good but some are better
3rd Chorus
Ain't nothin' like finding that woman
That you know you're gonna love for the rest of your life
And ain't nothin' like knowing the Lord's a comin'
Back one day to make you want to do it right
Repeat 1st chorus
Repeat 2nd chorus


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Ain't Nothin' Like A Woman
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Marvin Thomas and Mark Leggett

C
Look at you sitting all alone tonight
    F                        C
The barroom's jumping but it ain't quite right
    Am                     D7                  G7
You think a drink is gonna wash a broken heart away
  C                         C7
A heartache honey ain't the latest news 
F
Let's start talking about me and you
    C                       G7                        C
The love lights burning and you could use a brand new flame
            F                                                C
There ain't nothing like a woman to take a woman off of your mind
                            D7                       G7
A little bit of lovin' will make a broken heart feel fine  so fine
   C                          C7
So you hit rock bottom you've taken that drop 
F
Well I've got something to put you back on top
            C                       G7                       C
There ain't nothing like a woman to take a woman off of your mind
Baby you're thinkin' you're the only man 
F                                  C
That's played at love and caught a losing hand
  Am                   D7               G7
Nobody told you it's a game without any rules
C                        C7
You'll get over what she did to you 
F
Soon as you see what I can do
      C                   G7                        C
Let's start walking there ain't no way that you can lose
Repeat #2
F                                                C
Every now and then you've got to fight fire with fire
F                          D7                      G7     C
You could use a friend and you could be my heart's desire
Repeat #2

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Ain't That Lonely Yet
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by James House and Kostas

C                   F          C
You keep callin' me on the telephone
    G7             Am         F      G7   C
You say you're all alone well that's real sad
                     F                 C
And you keep leavin' notes stuck on my door
             G7              Am        F      G7  C
Guess you're hungry for some more girl that's too bad
        Am                E7
Cause I ain't that lonely yet 
     F          G7     C
No I ain't that lonely yet
      Am              E7
After what you put me through 
     F          G7     C
No I ain't that lonely yet
                    F            C
Once there was this spider in my bed
      G7               Am     F    G7  C
I got caught up in her web of love and lies
                    F                   C
She spun her chains around my heart and soul
G7           Am        F G7 C
Never to let go oh but I survived
repeat #2
E7
There's nothin' left that you can do 
   F                C
To try and bring me round
      F              D7                G7
Cause everything you do just brings me down
repeat #2 x3

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Ain't That Love
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Kostas

C                          G7                 C
I will always remember the first time that we met                          
F                     G7            C
And the first time that I kissed your lips is a thing I won't forget
                                   G7              C
The special way you held me is the way you hold me still
                           F                G7                C
And I knew right then that you loved me and I know you always will
                           G7                   C
Ain't that love ain't that how it's supposed to be                     
F               G7                C
When two hearts come together as one just like you and me
                G7              C
Ain't that love shining in your eyes                 
F        G7         C
Heaven sent from up above ain't that love                          
G7              C
My grandma and my grandpa my momma and my dad
              F             G7                    
C
Didn't have a lot of things but love is what they had
                              G7               C
Their love kept them together through the many year
s                          F             G7                           C
Though life was hard they shared it all through the laughter and the tears

Repeat #2                         

G7                   C
Baby you're the sunshine that brightens up my day                  
F            G7                C
And I will always stand by you darlin' come what may
                           G7          C
And I will always love you to have and hold                       
F               G7                C
And I'll keep my every promises to you with this band of gold

Repeat #2                 
F        G7         C
Heaven sent from up above ain't that love

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Ain't That Peculiar
New Grass Revival

Honey you do me wrong but still I'm crazy about you
Stay away too long and I can't do without you
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love stronger than before
I know flowers go through rain
But how can love go through pain

Ain't that peculiar
A peculiar-arity
Ain't that peculiar baby
Peculiar as can be

You tell me lies that should be obvious to me
I've been so much in love with you baby til I don't want to see
That things you do and say are designed to make me blue
It's a doggone shame my love for you makes all
Your lies seem true
But if the truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make my love stronger

Ain't that peculiar
Peculiar as can be
Ain't that peculiar baby
A peculiar-arity

I cried so much just like a child that's lost its home
Maybe baby you think these tears I cry are tears of joy
A child can cry so much until you do everything they say
But unlike a child my tears don't help me to get my way
I know love can last through years
But how can love last through tears

Now ain't that peculiar baby
A peculiar-arity
Ain't it peculiar baby
Peculiar as can be

Said I don't understand it baby
It's so strange sometimes

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Ain't We Crazy

It was midnight on the ocean not a street car was in sight
I stepped into a drug store to get myself a light
The man behind the counter we a lady old and gray
Who used to peddle do-nuts on the road to Mandalay

Good evening sir she said, here eyes were bright with tears
She put her head benbeath her fat and stood that way for years
Her children six were orphans except the tiny tot
Who lived in a house across the street up in a vacant lot

Ain't we crazy, ain't we crazy
This is the way we pass the time away
Ain't we crazy, ain't we crazy
We're going to sing this song all night do-day

* Refrain


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Ain't We Sad Today
Recorded by Jeanne Pruett
Written by Joe Christian
 
G    C        G   D7 G
Lord ain't we sad today
                   C          G     D7     G
Here we are at the end of our never ending love
                  C           G
And after all the hills we've climbed
       D7         G
Now we don't even touch
                            F         C
Warm love to cold strangers is a long way
    G    C        G   D7 G
And Lord ain't we sad today
 
                          C
We've just got too caught up 
          G    D7        G
In making everything but love
              C   G         D7         G
Now we have money enough to just throw away
                                 F               C
We own a long limousine but what happened to our dreams
G    C        G   D7 G
Lord ain't we sad today
 
            C       F    C
Now we just look at each other
     G   C    G
Like two lost kids
         Em         D7              G
Don't it hurt to realize what we've missed
                  F            C
Somewhere somehow love slipped away
G    C        G   D7 G
Lord ain't we sad today
     C        G   D7 F C G
Lord ain't we sad today

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Ain't You Even Gonna Cry
Recorded by Charlie Louvin
Written by Johnny Russell

G                    C
Ain't you even gonna cry                        
G
Hey I'm walking out the door                          
C
You may never see me many anymore
D7                   G   C  G
Ain't you even gonna cry                   
C
I've taken all that I can take                  
G
My heart's broken all a heart can break                           
D7
Staying out would be a big mistake                        
G
So I'll be leaving here for my heart's sake

Repeat #1                         

C
I don't know where I'll be going to                     
G
Just someplace to be away from you                      
D7
The hurt and pain you put my poor heart through                      G
Don't suppose I'll be missed by you

Repeat #1                     

C
You may never see me anymore
D7                   G
Ain't you even gonna cry

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Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride At All
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Red Lane, Boyce Porter, Bucky Jones

C                  F               C
I woke up with her in my arms this morning
                F             C
And God knows I love her over all
       F                                  C
As she whispered she loved me your memory appeared
F                 C      G7       C
Ain't your memory got no pride at all
             F                      C
Tonight as I lay touching her sweet body
                      F         C
And the good familiar feeling I recall
     F                                      C
As I closed my eyes to kiss her your memory appeared
F                 C      G7       C
Ain't your memory got no pride at all
         G7                       C
You were here we loved now you're gone
    D7                         G7
Why can't you let bygones be bygones and stay gone
    F                                             C
You always find the wrong time to come around and call
F                 C      G7       C
Ain't your memory got no pride at all
F                 C      G7       C
Ain't your memory got no pride at all

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Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

   I ain't gonna work tomorrow
   Ain't gonna work today
   Ain't gonna work tomorrow, lord
   For that is my wedding day

I love my mama and papa too
I love my mama and papa too
I love my mama and papa too
But I'd leave them both to go with you

I've been all around this country
I've been all around this world
I've been all around this country, lord
For the sake of one little girl

I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
Cause I'm gonna be gone before long

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Ain't I Been Good to You

    Ain't I been good to you
    Done all that I can do
    So faithful and so true
    Ain't I been good to you

I've tried and tried and tried
To keep you satisfied
But you found somebody new
Even though I was good to you.

It's causin' me such pain
Sweetheart, I can't explain
I can't believe we're through
'Cause I've been so good to you.

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Ain't No Grave

    There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
    There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
    When I hear the trumpet sound
    Gonna get up outa the ground
    There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
  

Well go down yonder Gabriel
Put your foot on the land and sea
But don't you blow that trumpet until you hear from me
 
Well look way over yonder
See people dressed in white
I know it was God's people I seen 'em doin right

Oh look way over Jordan
What do you think I see
I see a band of angels and they're comin' after me 

Well I goin to the river of Jordan
Bury my knees in the sand
Gonna holler high Hosanna til I reach that promised land

Oh look way over yonder
What do you think I see
I see a band of angels and they're comin' after me 

Well meet me Jesus meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings should fail me there won't be no other pair

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Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me

Once I had a little sweetheart I love dearly
We planned the day when she would be my own
Another man he stole my darlin from me
And there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

   Oh there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone
   There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long
   Oh won't you write these words upon my tombstone
   There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

I had a loving mother dear and daddy
They've gone to live where the angels love to dwell
They found eternal life up there in Heaven
Where I'll find my reward no one can tell

Now you've been faithful kind and true to me old Copper
You're the only one that's never done me wrong
I am weeping while I pat your head old Copper
For there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

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The Incredible String Band - Air 

Breathing, all creatures are
Brighter then than brightest star
You are by far

You come right inside of me
Close as you can be
You kiss my blood and the blood kiss me

Breathing, all creatures are
Brighter then than brightest star
You are by far

You come right inside of me
Close as you can be
You kiss my blood and the blood kiss me

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The Incredible String Band - Air - 2010 Remastered Version 

Breathing, all creatures are
Brighter then than brightest star
You are by far

You come right inside of me
Close as you can be
You kiss my blood and the blood kiss me

Breathing, all creatures are
Brighter then than brightest star
You are by far

You come right inside of me
Close as you can be
You kiss my blood and the blood kiss me

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Air Mail Special

Left New York this morning early
Traveling south so wide and high
Sailing through the wide blue yonder
It's that air mail special on the fly

Listen to the motors humming
She is streaking through the sky
Like a bird that's flying homeward
It's that air mail special on the fly

Over plains and high dark mountains
Over rivers deep and wide
Carrying mail to California
It's that air mail special on the fly

Watch her circle for the landing
Hear her moan and cough and sigh
Now she's coming down the runway
It's that air mail special on the fly

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Richard Thompson - Al Bowlly's in Heaven (live) Lyrics

Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty
And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city
We used to dance the whole night through
While Al Bowlly sang "The Very Thought Of You"
Now Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

Well I gave my youth to king and country
But what's my country done for me but sentenced me to misery
I traded my helmet and my parachute
For a pair of crutches and a demob suit
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

Hard times, hard hard times
Hostels and missions and dosser's soup lines
Can't close me eyes on a bench or a bed
For the sound of some battle raging in my head

Old friends, you lose so many
You get run around, all over town
The wear and the tear, oh it just drives you down
St Mungo's with its dirty old sheets
Beats standing all day down on Scarborough Street
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

Can't stay here, you got to foot-slog
Once in a blue moon you might find a job
Sleep in the rain, you sleep in the snow
When the beds are all taken you've got nowhere to go

Well I can see me now, I'm back there on the dance floor
Oh with a blonde on me arm, red-head to spare
Spit on my shoes and shine in me hair
And there's Al Bowlly, he's up on a stand
Oh that was a voice and that was a band
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

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Alabam
Written and recorded by Cowboy Copas 

C      A7
Well I went to a turkey roast down the street
The people down there eat like wild geese          
D7            G7         C
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam      
A7
Talk about your people have a whale of a time
Eating up chicken and drinking their wine            
D7            G7         C
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam     
A7
Now some folks say that a tramp won't steal
But I caught three in my corn field            
D7            G7         C
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam     
A7
One had a bushel and the other had a peck
One had a roasting ear tied around his neck            
D7            G7         
CI'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam       
A7
There comes Sal walking down the street
With a run down shoes tied on her feet             
D7                     G7
Good Morning honey stand over there baby               
C
Get over there now       
A7
Hello Sal I know you
With a run down slipper and a tore up shoe            
D7            G7         C
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam      
A7
When I get ready to leave this earth
I'm gonna look back on my money's worth           
D7            G7         C
I'm on my way I'm going back to Alabam           
G7         C
I'm going back to Alabam

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Alabama

Alabama
your beautiful sunlight
Your fields of cerecea potatoes and corn
Alabama
your crimson red clover
All mingled around the old place I was born.

Alabama
your hills and your valleys
Your creeks with laughter as onward they flow
Alabama
so sweet in the springtime
Sweet ferns and wild flowers and winter with snow.

Alabama
so sweet to my mem'ry
You shine like a light on a beautiful hill
Alabama
in days of my childhood
I labored and toiled at the old sorghum mill

Alabama
when red leaves are failing
I roam through your pastures with fences of rail
Alabama
when 'possums are crawling
And hound dogs are howling and wagging their tails.

Alabama
your beautiful highways
All curved through the mountains where love ones do wait
Alabama
your golden rod flower;
And the "Welcome home' sign hanging over the gate

Alabama
to me you are callin'
My footsteps are haltered no longer to stray
Alabama
you hold all I long for
You hold all I love so I'm coming today

Blue Sky Boys; Sunny side of Life
Louvin Brothers; The Louvin Brothers

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Alabama Bound

Well the preacher got drunk
He throwed his bible down
He told the congregation
I'm Alabama bound

   I'm Alabama bound
   I'm Alabama bound
   If the train don't run
   I've got a mule to ride

Well I've been in New York City
And I've been in New York town
Good lord but I've been in the mountains
With the blues all around

I jumped in the river
And I started to drown
I spotted a red-headed woman
Good lord I couldn't go down

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Dolly Parton - Alabama Sundown lyrics
(Dave Kirby and Danny Morrison)

The cold December wind seems bent on rockin' New York City
The town that's got me down to my last dime
And everywhere I go, the people seem in such a hurry
To keep this Mobile girl from feelin' fine
Chorus:
Lord, what I'd give to see an Alabama sundown
The sun just seemed to drop in Mobile Bay
New York town has got a gifted way to keep a girl down
But that never was the Mobile way, no, no
That never was the Mobile way
A flashing sign says that you can rent a bed for just a dollar
In anybody's town, that price is cheap
It's a shame to know a girl would ever fall down to my standards
'Cause I need ninety cents to go to sleep
Repeat Chorus
I felt so big the day I left that Mobile couldn't hold me
I thought there had to be a better way
But if I could find that man that first called Lady Luck a lady
That gentleman would surely learn to pray
Repeat Chorus Twice & Fade


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Alabama Waltz

I was sad and blue, down hearted too
It seemed like my whole world was lost
When I took a chance, and happened to dance
To the tune of the Alabama waltz.

Waltz, Waltz, the Alabama waltz
Where all my fears and troubles were lost
   
There in your arms, with all of your charms
We danced to the Alabama waltz.

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Alberta
Recorded by Doc Watson

G    Bm          F    D7   G
Alberta let your hair hang low
                      D7    G
I saw her first on an April morn'
                          Bm        C        D7
As she walked through the mist in a field of hay
    G                           C      G
Her hair lit the world with its golden glow
                     Bm   Am        D7    G
And the smile on her face burned my heart away
     Bm          F    D7   G
Alberta let your hair hang low
                 F         D7
Alberta let your hair hang low
     C             Bm             D7        G   Em
I'll give you more gold than your apron can hold
          G  Bm         Am   D7   G
If you'll only let your hair hang low
                    D7         G
I thought my golden time would last 
                 Bm      C        D7
But the field of hay was soon cut down
     G                  C       G
In a short few weeks it all was past
                 F        D7      G
And my golden girl just a painful song
     Bm        F  D7   G
Alberta what's on your mind
               F       D7
Alberta what's on your mind
   C           Bm            D7          G   Em
My heart is so sad cause you treat me so bad
  G  Bm        F  D7   G   Em
Alberta what's on your mind
  G  Bm          F    D7   G
Alberta let your hair hang low

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Alcatraz Blues

I'm on my way to California
I'd rather go to Tennessee
Got in trouble down in Dixie
And it's Alcatraz for me

Gee but I'm blue and I'm lonesome
No one seems to understand
Everybody thinks that I'm guilty
They say I shot a man

Well the evidence was circumstantial
They didn't want the world to know
All about the kind of justice
That's blind and it is so

Woman in Atlanta Georgia
Won't you listen to my lonesome song
If they really knew that you shot him
You'd be where you belong

I'm on my way to California
I'd rather go to Tennessee
Got in trouble down in Dixie
And it's Alcatraz for me

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Brad Paisley - Alcohol lyrics

I can make anybody pretty
I can make you believe any lie
I can make you pick a fight
with somebody twice
your size. . .
Well I've been known to cause a few breakups
and I've been known to cause a few births
I can make you new friends
Or get you fired from work.
(Chorus)
And since the day I left Milwaukee
Lyncheburg Bourbon, France
Been makin the bars
With lots of big money
and helpin white people dance
I got you in trouble in high school
and college now that was a ball
you had some of the best times
you'll never remember with me
Alcohol, Alcohol
I got blamed at your wedding reception
for your best man's emberrasing speech
and also for those naked pictures of you at the beach
I've influenced kings and world leaders
I helped Hemingway write like he did
and I`ll bet you a drink or two that I can make you
put that lampshade on your head . .
And since the day I left Milwaukee
Lyncheburg Bourbon, France
Been makin a fool out of folks
just like you
and helpin white people dance
I am medicine and I am poison
I can help you up or make you fall
you had some of the best times
you'll never remember with me
Alcohol
And since the day I left Milwaukee
Lyncheburg Bourbon, France
Been makin the bars
With lots of big money
(crowd:) and helpin white people dance
I got you in trouble in high school
and college now that was a ball
you had some of the best times
you'll never remember with me
Alcohol, Alcohol


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Alcoholic's Anthem
Author: Dan Campbell

Adios to the shooting star in tequila, 
Bye y'all to the lightning in moonshine. 
The alcohol made me forget Margarita 
And not miss those days when she was mine. 
No, I won't miss the blackouts and regrets, 
Yes, if I can just stay off the firewater 
There might be a chance for me yet. 
Auf Wiedersehen to the buzz of the beer 
Au revoir to the glowing of the wine. 
It feels mighty strange standing here 
Without holding a glass or a stein. 
No, I won't miss the blackouts and regrets, 
Yes, if I can just say no to the sauce 
There might be a chance for me yet. 
Orevwa to island breezes in the rum, 
Tally-ho to the juniper in gin. 
I've said good riddance to drinking chums 
Poured down the drain my snake medicine. 
No, I won't miss the blackouts and regrets, 
Yes, if I can just say no to the poison 
There might be a chance for me yet. 
So it's so long to the Liar in a bottle, 
Sayonara to fibs from sake and vermouth. 
From now on I quench my thirst with water 
From now on I only swallow the crystal clear truth.


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Punch Brothers - Alex 

Alex, Short and Sweet,
leave your boyfriends at home and the drinks are on me next week.
He seems like a real good guy,
but you're only as good as your last goodbye.

Alex, let your long hair down,
like the prettiest brush you could ever use to paint this town,
because you know as well as I do
that we're only as good as our last goodbyes.

"What will we do, where will we go?"
Alexandra, I don't really know.
"When will it end?" Whenever you want it to.

Alex to your health!
May you never outgrow the need to outdo yourself,
and heed the jealous cry
of a sitting duck stuck to his last goodbye.

Skyward they flew 'til it was as far
to the street as it was to the stars,
and to stardust as peanut shells on the parlor floor.

"What have we done, where have we gone?"
Nothing, above and beyond.
"When will it end?" Alexandra, it's already done.

I told you honey, short and sweet!
It's a damn sight better than long and bitter, don't you think?
Keep your feet wet and your eyes dry,
'cause you're only as good as your last goodbye,
you're only as good as your last goodbye,
yeah, you're only as good as your last goodbye.

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The Incredible String Band - Alice Is A Long Time Gone 

White rabbit smile, white rabbit smile
cry not so loud my lover frowns
I'm a grown up lady from London town
Yet ever more he sang his sad song-
sweet Alice is a long time gone

Oh Alice is gone, gone
Alice is gone, gone
sweet Alice is a long time gone

she was pretty, oh yes
with her flaxen hair, her eyes so fair
her sweet voice and her snow white dress

Oh Alice is gone, gone
Alice is gone, gone
sweet Alice is a long time gone

It's seven long years
since last I seen your face
no-one in Wonderland
could take your place
but when I see you again
that sets me back apace
sweet Alice is a long time gone

I would exchange my coat of fur
if time would turn or waters burn
I'd wish you back the way you were

Oh Alice is gone, gone
Alice is gone, gone
sweet Alice is a long time gone.

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Alive And Alone

I see you there at the Brass Rail Bar
Somebody just asked you what sign you are
And I see you're thinkin' you maybe should've stayed home
But you're tired of being alive and alone 

In your brand new hairdo, you look real fine
I hear you toast yourself, today you're twenty-nine
And you're riding on what the future brings
An honest man who wants the simple things. 

There's Tiffany lamps here to brighten up the gloom
The conversation sounds like a locker room
Where will you find love, you're living in a tiny world
And at the office they call you an old fashioned girl 

You sit so silent, sipping at a beer
Catching your reflection in a tinted mirror
And you shopped all day for that brand new dress
What a price to pay, for settling for less 

I see you there at the Brass Rail Bar
Somebody just asked you what sign you are
And I see you're wishin' you woulda just stayed home
But you're tired of being alive and alone

Alive and alone Alive and alone
Alive and alone Alive and alone

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All Aboard
Recorded by Del McCoury
Written by Eugene Patrick Ellsworth,Charles Edward Stefl and Bradley Ross Rodgers

Em                                 Dm
I can feel the wheels turning underneath my feet     
Am
As I pull the shade down on my window seat
C                          D7                     Em
Praying where I'm going is better than where I've been
                                     Dm
Then a stranger sits down as if he's right at home
Am
Touches me and says I see you're traveling alone           
C           D7            Em
And by the way son you forgot to say amen                
C
He says I guess there's something here I need to explain  
Em
I try to talk to everyone riding this train             
Am                              B7
Some of them listen but most don't pay me no mind
                    C                           Em
And the train keeps rolling and the world keeps turning     
Am         B7                             Em
All aboard all aboard everybody's gotta get on board                                       

Dm
Take that woman with the frown sitting across the aisle         
Am
With her briefcase open nigh on ninety miles    
C                       D7                     Em
She never even noticed that lake back at Horseshoe Bend
                                     Dm
And that couple with the kids at the front of the car
Am
Fussing all the way about some cookie jar    
C                        D7                    Em
I'm gonna ask them what they saw at their journeys end
              C
And there's a fellow I left sitting in the back        
Em
Keeps a smile on his face through a paper sack        
Am                                       B7
Looking out the window but he can't see past the pain
                    C                           Em
And the train keeps rolling and the world keeps turning     
Am         B7                             Em
All aboard all aboard everybody's gotta get on board
                            Dm
Then the train slows down unexpectedly     
Am
As I raise my blind he slaps my knee       
C                       D7                     Em
Sayin' this is my stop son but you won't be travelin' alone
                        Dm
I look out my window to wave him goodbye             
Am
But there's nobody there just a light in the sky  
C                     D7                 Em
I lose my breath and my blood runs cold as stone       
C
Then I feel the wheels turnin' underneath my feet    
Em
But life looks different from my window seat
Am                                     D7         B7
Knowin' where I'm going is better than where I've been                    

C                           Em
And the train keeps rolling and the world keeps turning     
Am         B7                             Em
All aboard all aboard everybody's gotta get on board
                                    Dm       Em
I can feel the wheels turning underneath my feet

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Doc Watson & David Grisman 
All About You

I told the daffodils
I told the whippoorwills
Just how pretty you smile
Yes, I told them all about you

I told each little bird
Every little single word
That you say is worthwhile
Yes, I told them all about you

I told the moon and every little star that shines above
About the way you roll your pretty eyes and how you love

Each little honeybee
Knows there's gonna be
A honeymoon for two
Yes, I told them all about you

I told the daffodils
I told the whippoorwills
Just how pretty you smile
Yes, I told them all about you

I told each little bird
Every little single word
That you say is worthwhile
Yes, I told them all about you

I told the moon and every little star that shines above
About the way you roll your pretty eyes and how you love

Each little honeybee
Knows there's gonna be
A honeymoon for two
Yes, I told them all about you

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Railroad Earth - All Alone Lyrics

Who'll be my witness
Who'll shine a light
Who's going to show me the wrong and the right
Who'll be forever
Who'll be my friend
Who'll stand beside me
'Till the end

Who's going to guide me true
I'm all alone in this world
No one to guide me through
I'm all alone in this world
Without you

How long will I wander
How long will I roam
Where'll be my anchor
Where'll be my home
How long will I tremble
Afraid in the night
Who'll be my bride
Take 'way my fright

Who's going to guide me true
I'm all alone in this world
No one to guide me through
Yes I'm all alone in this world
Without you

Endless story
How does it end
Out on a road
To nowhere
Lost in the lines
Lost in the wind
It ends where it begins

How must you stumble
Falling down
How must a river
Carry you down
How long is the journey
How dark is the night
Who'll be beside me
Who'll shine the light
Who's going to guide me through

And I'm all alone in this world
No one to guide me through
Yes, I'm all alone in this world
No one to guide me true
Yes, I'm all alone in this world
Without you


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Alison Krauss - All Alone Am I Lyrics

All alone am I, ever since your goodbye
All alone, with just a beat of my heart
People all around, but I don't hear a sound
Just the lonely beating, of my heart

No use in holding other hands!
For I'd be holding, only emptiness
No use in kissing other lips
For I'd be thinking, just of your caress

All alone am I, ever since your goodbye
All alone, with just a beat of my heart
People all around, but I don't hear a sound
Just the lonely beating, of my heart

No other voice can say the words!
My heart must hear to ever sing again
The words you used to whisper low!
No other love can ev'r bring again

All alone am I, ever since your goodbye
All alone, with just a beat of my heart
People all around, but I don't hear a sound
Just the lonely beating; of my heart!...


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Alan Jackson - All American Country Boy lyrics
(Keith Stegall/Charlie Craig)

I work a forty hour week and I earn my keep
And I try to walk proud and tall
I keep my nose to the ground, I don't get behind
And I don't back up at all
Well my neck's a little red, my collar's blue
I sip a little coffee, and I drink a little booze
'Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm my daddy's spittin' image and my mama's pride and joy
There ain't nothing down home that I really don't enjoy
'Cause I'm an all American country boy
I drive a pickup truck and I don't pass the buck
And I always speak my mind
I'm hooked on T.V., Rolaids, and B.C.'s
And I know how to have a good time
I'm a little bit rowdy and a little bit tame
Ain't no way I'm ever gonna change
'Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm my daddy's spittin' image and my mama's pride and joy
There ain't nothing down home that I really don't enjoy
'Cause I'm an all American country boy
Well I must admit that I've mellowed a bit
Father Time can slow you down
I'm still doin' all I used to do
It just takes a little longer now
'Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm my daddy's spittin' image and my mama's pride and joy
There ain't nothing down home that I really don't enjoy
'Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm just a country boy
A good ol' country boy


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All Because Of You
Recorded by Carl Belew and Betty Jean Robinson
Written by Betty Jean Robinson

C                         D7
I have what many seek and fail to find
  G7                         C
A kind of love that gives me peace of mind
                          D7
I walk around with silver wings on my shoes
G7                 C
And all because of you
                               D7
Though fame and fortune I have been denied
G7                            C
I have your love so I'm still satisfied
                           D7
And every morning this ol' world's brand new
G7                 C
And all because of you
A7             D7
All because of you
G7             C
All because of you
A7                        D7
Dreams of a lifetime have all come true
G7                 C
And all because of you
                           D7
My heart's a symphony when you are near
G7                        C
Your kiss is music no one else can hear
                                D7
I'll stay in love with love the whole day through
G7                 C
And all because of you
Repeat #3
G7                 C
And all because of you

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Richard Thompson - All Buttoned Up Lyrics

I got a girl - best girl in the world
But she won't give me a taste of it
Saving her bed - maidenhead
That's what I call a waste of it
Crosses her arms - to hide all her charms
Like she's living in a nunnery
Gives me a wink - drive me to drink
I know she's only making fun of me
She's All Buttoned Up
All Buttoned Up, no place to go
She don't mind a squeeze - if I say please
I might even manage a kiss of her
But I'll get a slap - if I sit her on my lap
I call that so remiss of her
She's All Buttoned Up
All Buttoned Up, no place to go
She hates the stuff I bring her
She wants diamonds on her finger
She wouldn't let me in
Frothing at the mouth and barking
On all fours like Rin Tin Tin
My girl Kate - she wants me to wait
But I got urges, don't I?
I got desires - raging fires
But I'll do the right thing, won't I?
She's All Buttoned Up
All Buttoned Up, no place to go
She changes with the weather
She keeps her knees together
But she dresses so racy
Drawing Man into temptation
With everything silky, satiny, lacy
I got a girl - best girl in the world
But she won't give me a taste of it
Saving her bed - maidenhead
That's what I call a waste of it
She's All Buttoned Up
All Buttoned Up, no place to go
She's All Buttoned Up
All Buttoned Up, no place to go

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All Day Sucker lyrics and chords
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Liz Anderson and Casey Anderson

G
I got up at six this morning and I polished up the sun
                                           C
So when you woke up the sun would shine on you
          D7
Raced the dog to get the paper so when to breakfast you sat down
                                            G
I could be the one that you'd say thank you to
From the first thing in the mornin' till the last thing in the night
                                     C
Every hour and every minute I'm your fool
   D7
Anyway that I can please you I will try with all my might
                                       G
I'm an all day sucker when it comes to you
So from morning until evening I'll be at your beck and call
                                     C
I'll do anything at all that pleases you
        D7
You can wind me round your finger almost anyway at all
                                       G
I'm an all day sucker when it comes to you
     
Then today I cleaned your workshop washed the car and mowed the lawn
                                    C
And I even shined the laces in your shoes
      D7
I try hard to make you love me and it's all an uphill run
                                       G
I'm an all day sucker when it comes to you
repeat #3 x2
       D7                              G
I'm an all day sucker when it comes to you

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All Fall Down
Recorded by George Jones and Emmylou Harris
Written by Harlan Howard and Ron Peterson

C                    F
Castles tall  houses small
     G7              C
Left alone  all fall down
                    F
Dreams so clear  disappear
          G7              C
Without a sound  all fall down

                    F
Lovers meet  lovers quarrel
       G7          C
Lonely boy  lonely girl
                       F
I lost him  and I have found
            G7              C
Dreams like walls  all fall down

                                       F
All fall down (all fall down) all fall down (all fall down)
          G7
She don't want me to call her 
                                       C
And she's told me not to bother comin' round
                                       F
All fall down (all fall down) all fall down (all fall down)
         G7
When you take a love for granted like I did 
                                C
You're bound to see it all fall down

Repeat #1

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All for Good
Adrienne Young

It's just one more day out of my life
Gone for good, gone for good
I keep turning over in my mind
Did I get it right, right this time?

Worry's only ever in your mind
In mine all the time
What I'd give to be a bird in flight
Rapid climb, natural line

Plain as day, choices made

Why can't I let go? I'll always wonder
All this surrounds me. Why do I hunger?
I am a river, forever changing
Struggle is perfect. All that is here is for good

What has happened to the days when I
Would wake and smile like a child?
Every day a precious open book
Yet another chance I always took

But as I watch my complications rise
I realize, I decide
Simple slow and easy is the flow
That moves with grace, this I know

Choices made, plain as day

Why can't I let go? I'll always wonder
All this surrounds me. Why do I hunger?
I am a river, forever changing
Struggle is perfect, all that is here is for good

Now as I let go I sit in wonder
If all this surrounds me, I question my hunger
I am a river, forever changing so
Struggle is perfect and all that is here is for good

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Dolly Parton - All I Can Do lyrics

It's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from letting it show
Yeah it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from telling you so
I wasn't looking for love when I found you
Just someone to be with and have a good time
But I get these strange funny feelings around you
When you're not with me, you're still on my mind
And it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from letting it show
Yeah it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from telling you so
I had intended to wait for a long time
I thought that love would just mess up my plans
'Cause I had big plans for a bright shining future
Could this be my future that's holding my hand
And it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from letting it show
Yeah it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from telling you so
I need to tell you how I feel about you
But I'm so afraid that you don't feel the same
But if I don't tell you how I feel about you
I just might lose you, can I take that chance
And it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from letting it show
Yeah it's all I can do to keep from falling in love with you
All I can do to keep from telling you so


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All I Ever Loved Was You

   All I ever loved was you
   You broke a heart that cried for you
   I've wasted all my tears on you
   For all I've ever loved was you

Go out and find somebody new
But you'll be sorry if you do
You'll never find a love so true
For all I ever loved was you

Buy her rings and diamonds too
But you'll be sorry if you do
You'll never find a love so true
For all I ever loved was you

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All I Have Is Just A Memory

My friends tell me you've been untrue
I've known so long that I'd loose you
But won't you sometimes think of me
Darling all I have is just a memory

I prayed to god so many times
That somehow you would change your mind
But now I'm losing you I see
Darling all I have is just a memory

The stars that used to shine so bright
Have gone behind the cloud tonight
Someone has taken you from me
Darling all I have is just a memory

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All I Have To Do Is Dream
D. Bryant

When I want you in my arms
And I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you all I have to do is
Dream, dream dream dream
When I feel blue in the night
And I want you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you all I have to do is
Dream

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Any time night or day
Only trouble is gee whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you all I have to do is
Dream, dream dream dream

I can make you mine taste your lips of wine
Any time night or day
Only trouble is gee wiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you all I have to do is
Dream, dream dream dream
Dream, dream dream dream (repeats out)


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All I Have To Offer You Is Me

[Verse 1]
Before you take another step, there's something you should know
About the years ahead, and how they'll be
You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow
'Cause all I have to offer you is me

[Chorus]
There'll be no mansions waiting on the hill with crystal chandeliers
And there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear
Everything I have is standing here in front of you to see
All I have to offer you is me

[Verse 2]
Sweetheart, I'll give you all my love, in every way I can
But make sure it's what you want while you're still free
The only gold I have for you is in this wedding band
'Cause all I have to offer you is me

[Chorus]
There'll be no mansions waiting on the hill with crystal chandeliers
And there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear
Everything I have is standing here in front of you to see
All I have to offer you is me

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
There'll be no mansions waiting on the hill with crystal chandeliers
And there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear
Everything I have is standing here in front of you to see
All I have to offer you is me
All I have to offer you is me

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All I Left Behind
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Emmylou Harris and Anna McCarrigle

Em                       C          G
All I left behind should come as no surprise
   D7                          G
To me since I fell through the black hole of your eyes
Em                        C                G
Only little things inconsequential I could say
   D7                         G
Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway

D7     G
Silver earrings in Wichita
D7                  G
Beaded moccasins in Tonopah
              D7                 G
But I had you so I just let them go

Em                          C                G
The flannel shirt I wore to keep me from the cold
     D7                           G
When we drove from Boston all the way to Buffalo
    Em                        C          G
The leather boots I bought so many miles ago
  D7                          G
I took them off to follow you into the Ohio

D7                 G
Never did my armor feel so thin
D7                                G
Silk was all I had between me and your skin
          D7              G
Like waterloo I lost that too

                      D7               G
And the gold bracelet with my father's name inscribed
       D7          G
On the back by the one who loved him all her life
          D7                   G
The way I too could have loved you

Em                  C                 G
Spanish shawl I put across the broken shade
       D7                               G
Of the lamp that lit the room that last night near Cour d'Alene
Em                        C                G
Only little things inconsequential I could say
   D7                         G
Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway
   D7               G
Of all I left behind



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All I Need Is You
Recorded by Carl Belew and Betty Jean Robinson
Written by Betty Jean Robinson

C                  F         C
Find the loneliest girl in a thousand
G7                                C
Find the saddest eyes you've ever seen
                   F              C
Find someone who's always longing for you
G7                          C
Find that man and you found me
                  G7
And all I need is you
              C
All I want is you
                  G7
To give my lovin' to
              C
All I need is you
               F              C
Find a man who wakes up every morning
G7                           C
And lives in a world of make believe
                   F               C
Find someone whose arms are aching for you
G7                           C
Find that girl and you found me
Repeat #2
                      F                C
You're with me now so let the world forsake us
G7                                    C
I've found my heaven here within your arms
                    F             C
And nothing in this world can separate us
G7                           C
You're all I ever wanted all along
Repeat #2 x2

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All I Wanna Do In Life lyrics and chords
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Allen Reynolds and Sandy Mason

G                     C         G
You've been right and I've been wrong
          D7       G
I've been weak and you've been strong
                     C         G
You've been good and I've been bad
           D7            G
Think I've had enough of that
            C     G
All I wanna do in life is to love 
              D7        G
Somebody with all of my might
            C     G
All I wanna do in life is to love 
              D7        G
Somebody with all of my might
                    C        G
I love the days you love the nights
          D7       G
I love to love you love to fight
              C          G
I talk to you you're far away
            D7           G
And it gets harder every day
Repeat #2  Cause all I ?
                      C         G
I wish you could be a friend of mine
           D7             G
I wish you could learn to play with time
                   C       G
You say I'll dream my life away
     D7             G
If I do well that's okay
Repeat #2 x3 Cause all I

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All I Want Is Mary For Christmas Lyrics with Chords
Recorded by The Lonesome River Band
Written by Ronnie Bowman
 
G                                D7
Anticipation's growing with each passing day
                                         G
In hopes that Santa you'll bring gifts upon his sleigh
                               D7
Jingle bells and mistletoe are everywhere    
                           G
But all I want is Mary for Christmas
 
C                         Bm
Folks are singing merrily Santa's on his way
    A7
The time is here to spread good cheer
       D7
On the happiest holiday
G                       D7
Santa if I get Mary for Christmas
                             G
Then I will have a happy new year
 
                                         D7
It's time again for all good friends and family
                                       G
To laugh and sing old songs around the Christmas tree
                                          D7
I'm sure that Santa you've been asked for everything
                           G
But all I need is Mary for Christmas
 
Repeat #2 x2
          D7                   G
Yes let's all have a happy new year

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All I Want is You

[Verse 1]
I don't need a lot of money, or a mansion to behold
Don't want a ship that sails the ocean blue

[Chorus]
I won't look for a hidden treasure, I found a love that's true
That's all that really matters now, 'cause all I want is you

[Verse 2]
I got a diamond ring that sparkles
And a golden band that shines
Let me place them on your finger
Say you'll change your name to mine

[Chorus]
I found the greatest treasure
And I know you love me too
Don't want money, ships or mansions now
'Cause all I want is you

[Verse 3]
I got a diamond ring that sparkles
And a golden band that shines
Let me place them on your finger
Say you'll change your name to mine

[Chorus]
I found the greatest treasure
And I know you love me too
Don't want money, ships or mansions now
'Cause all I want is you

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All I Want To Do
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Sonny James and George Jones

G
I don't want to be the one that makes you lonely
                                          D7
I don't want to be the one that makes you cry
I just want to take you in my arms and hold you
                                   G
And keep you there until the day I die
I don't want to be the reason you're unhappy
                                          C
I don't want to be the one that makes you blue
                                        G
I just want to take you in my heart for always
                         D7            G
And love you dear that's all I want to do
  C                                     G
I don't want to be the best man at your wedding
C                                   D7
Unless I can be the one that says I do
      G
For I want to show you just how much I love you
                      D7              G
Cause that's the only thing I want to do
  
I don't never want to be the one to hurts you
                                         D7
I don't want to be the one that does you wrong
I just want to be the one that's always near you
                                  G
The one that never leaves you all alone
I don't want to sit with you out in the moonlight
                                      C
And tell you lies like all the others do
                                        G
I just want to take you in my heart for always
                         D7            G
And love you dear that's all I want to do
repeat #3

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All I Want To Do In Life
Recorded by George Jones and Janie Fricke 
Written by Jack Clements

C                     F         C     F
You've been right and I've been wrong 
C                  G7          C      F
I've been weak and you've been strong 
C                    F         C   F
You've been good and I've been bad 
C                G7            C   F
And I think I've had enough of that 

C             F     C
All I want to do in life 
                         G7        C
Is to love somebody with all of my might 
              F     C
All I want to do in life 
                         G7        C     F
Is to love somebody with all of my might 

C                       F        C     F
I love the days and you love the night 
C                     G7          C     F
Oh I love to love and you love to fight 
C                      F          C    F
And when I talk to you you're far away 
C                      G7   C   F
Aw it just gets harder everyday

Repeat #2

                  F         C    F
I wish you were a friend of mine 
C                           G7      C    F
And I wish you were with me all the time 
C                    F       C    F
You say I've dreamed my life away 
C                  G7         C    F
Well honey if I do that'll be okay 

Repeat #2  x2

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All I Want To Do Is Sing My Song
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Freddy Powers

G                         Am   D7
All I wanna do is sing my song
         Am          D7        G              G7
It's the only way to pacify my mind until I'm strong
    C               B7         Em               Am
The very thought of losing you chills me to the bone
    D7                        G
And all I wanna do is sing my song
                          Am   D7
All I wanna do is sing my song
Am          D7              G                 G7
Don't wanna think about the times she done me wrong
  C                  B7           Em                    Am
I just wanna ease my mind but the memories are much too strong
    D7                        G
And all I wanna do is sing my song
                          Am   D7
All I wanna do is sing my song
Am                  D7           G            G7
Maybe I'll find somebody else to help me sing along
        C                  B7               Em                 Am
There's something bout the melody makes the nights not seem so long
    D7                        G
And all I wanna do is sing my song
                          Am   D7
All I wanna do is sing my song
    Am               D7           G              G7
And when the show is over I'll be waitin' by the phone
    C                   B7           Em                Am
And if the phone starts ringin' with honey please come home
    D7                             G
Who knows I might sing my way back home

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All In My Love For You

I'm continually amazed with wonder
At all the things you do
There's no escaping this spell I'm under
That's all in my love for you.

Now I hold you close and hear you whisper
Your love for me is true
These are the words I try to say
That's all in my love for you.

So as I am as we believe
in love songs when they're new
And I believe in what I feel
That's all in my love for you.

Those things I said the other night
When you had seen me blue
Your common sense for what is right
That's all in my love for you.

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All In One Night
Recorded by Johnny Duncan

C                           Em       F
All in one night I caught a star and touched the moon
    G7                C
And fell in love with you
                           Em         F
All in one night I found a dream when I found you
  G7           C
I felt my life begin
   F       G7       C
My love is yours forever
   F        G7       C
My heart is yours to own
F       G7      C
I'll forget you never
D7                       G7
Because true love you've shown
C                         Em
All in one night my whole life changed 
F
With one sweet girl
G7                      C
An answered prayer came true
            G7                 C
All in that night when I found you
Repeat #2,3

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All My Blues Are Over Now
BMI Work #: 8716773
All My Blues Are Over Now (Larry W. Jones 02/28/2007) (song#4467)

Today you said you love me
And all my blues are over now
Never go away and leave me
That would not be true anyhow
Today you said there is no other
I will hold you to that sacred vow
Your love dispels my every bother
And all my blues are over now
- instrumental -
Today you said there is no other
I will hold you to that sacred vow
Your love dispels my every bother
And all my blues are over now
Say hello to all good fortune
I'll thank all creation somehow
It's good to know love has begun
And all my blues are over now
Yes, all my blues are over now


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All My Ex's Live In Texas

   All my ex's live in Texas
   And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
   But all my ex's live in Texas
   And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.

Rosanna's down in Texarcana wanted me to push her broom
And sweet Arlene in Abilene she forgot I owned the moon
And Allison in Galviston somehow lost her sanity
And Dimples who now lives in Temple's got the law looking for me.

I remember that old Rio river where I learned to swim
But it brings to mind another time when I wore my welcome thin
My transcendental meditation I go there each night
But I'll always come back to myself long before daylight.

Some folks think I'm hiding
it's been rumored that I died
But I'm alive and well in Tennessee.

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All My Good Times Are Gone
Written and recorded by Nat Stuckey

D7      G                          C
All the good times they sing of in songs
   D7                     G      D7
We live night and day for so long
         G                      C
Till the love that was so right went wrong
    G         D7             C   G
Now all of my good times are gone
  D7                       C        G
Together the laughter came easy and free
          A7
But I was laughing with you 
                           D7
While you were laughing at me
G                           C
Now the life of the party's alone
    G         D7             C  G
And all of my good times are gone
  D7                       C        G
Together the laughter came easy and free
          A7
But I was laughing with you 
                           D7
While you were laughing at me
G                           C
Now the life of the party's alone
      G         D7             C  G
Since all of my good times are gone
             D7             C  G
Oh all of my good times are gone

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All My Hard Times
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Joe South

C         F           G7           C
All of my hard times  soon will be over          
F           G7           C
All of my hard times  soon will be over
I've been pushed and I've been shoved     
F
I've been put down by the people I love     
C
I've been hurt and I've been scorned   
F
At times I've wished I'd never been born

Repeat #1 

I was raised in a two room shack    
F
The only thing I owned was hanging on my back     
C
I've been in trouble thrown in jail   
F
I had nobody to draw my bail

Repeat #1

I been lost but now I'm found       
F
There ain't no way to keep a good man down    
C
You came along and took my hand     
F
And now I feel like a newborn man

Repeat #1

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All My Love Belongs To You
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
written by Henry Glover and Sally Nix
 
G   F      Dm                      G
You know I love you so (I love you so)
           C
I'll never let you go (let you go)
    Am      Dm      D7            G
And darling I'll be true (I'll be true)
                C
For all my love belongs to you
                 G
(Love belongs to you)
           Dm                   G
You set my heart a-fire (set my heart on fire)
           C
You are my one desire (one desire)
     Am     Dm      D7       F       G
Tell me you love me too (you love me too)
                C
For all my love belongs to you
        F               C
(All my love belongs to you)
Dm     C     F
That's why I want you to know
        Fm
I could never let you go
    C        G        C
Our love was meant to be
         F
It would be oh so thrilling
   Fm
To know that you were willing
   C          Am        G
To spend your life with me
   F         Dm                    G
So make your answer yes (make your answer)
           C
You are my happiness (happiness)
       Am      Dm      F               G
Please darling say you do (you love me too)
                C
For all my love belongs to you  
    Dm          C
For all my love belongs to you (to you)

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The Avett Brothers - All My Mistakes
Emotionalism
All My Mistakes

Shooting off vicious collections of words
The losers make facts by the things they have heard
And I find myself trying hard to defend them

I made decisions some right and some wrong
And I let some love go I wish wasn't gone
These things and more I wish I had not done

But I can't go back
And I don't want to
'Cause all my mistakes
They brought me to you

I have some "friends" they don't know who I am
So I write quotations around the word friends
But I have a couple that have always been there for me

And I missed some fun 'cause I worked through the dawn
Expecting your praise when I returned home
But I paid the cost 'cause I got left alone for the songs

But I can't go back
And I don't want to
'Cause all my mistakes
They brought me to you

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All My Sorrows
Dave Guard / Bob Shane / Nick Reynolds

Only one thing that money can't buy,
True love that will never die.
All my sorrows soon forgotten.

Carefree lovers down country lanes,
Don't know my grief, can't feel my pain.
All my sorrows soon forgotten.

But it's too late, my love.
Too late but never mind.
All my sorrows soon forgotten.

Now there's one more thing that troubles my mind.
My love is gone, left me behind.
All my sorrows soon forgotten.

But it's too late, my love.
Too late but never mind.
All my sorrows soon forgotten.


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All My Tears
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Julie Miller

Am
When I go don't cry for me
C     G                  Am
In my Father's arms I'll be

The wounds this world left on my soul
     C      G                  Am
Will all be healed and I'll be whole


Sun and moon will be replaced
C        G              Am
With the light of Jesus face

And I will not be ashamed
C      G               Am
For my Savior knows my name

         C                     Am
It don't matter where you bury me
C       G                Am
I'll be home and I'll be free
         C              Am
It don't matter where I lay
C      G               Am
All my tears be washed away


Gold and silver blind the eye
C      G         Am
Temporary riches lie

Come and eat from heaven's store
C                  G         Am
Come and drink and thirst no more

 
So weep not for me my friend
C       G               Am
When my time below does end

For my life belongs to him
C        G              Am
Who will raise the dead again

Repeat #3

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All My Trials
Yarrow/Stookey/Okun

All my trials Lord, soon be over.

I had a little book was given to me,
And every page spelled Liberty.
All my trials Lord, soon be over.

If religion were a thing that money could buy,
The rich would live and the poor would die.
All my trials Lord, soon be over.

Too late my brothers, too late, but never mind.
All my trials Lord, soon be over.

There is a tree in Paradise
The Pilgrims call it "The Tree Of Life"
All my trials Lord, soon be over.

Too late my brothers, too late, but never mind.
All my trials Lord, soon be over.
All my trials Lord, soon be over.


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All Night Blue
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Ava Aldridge and Cindy Richardson

C                 F
You've got a life somewhere without me
C                        F
And I've gone on without you
      C                        F
Oh it hasn't been easy getting used to being lonely
      G7              F     C   Dm
And tonight is an all night blue
C     F
And I wonder how you look
                     G7            C   Dm
And who looks at you in your night gown
C     F
I can almost feel your body
                       G7        C       G7
Your warm and lovely body when I lay down
            F     C   Dm
It's an all night blue
     Em     F
Remembering you
        G7        C   Dm
It's an all night blue
Em        F            G7
Wondering who's loving you
    C    G7 F  C    G7
All night      blue     
F       C                           F
Well it hurts me to see that you're happy without me
C                  F  C
Cause I still need you
                                    F
I just drank up my heart and set it empty on the table
              G7          F         C Dm
Cause I ain't got nothing better to do
C       F
Still I wonder how you look
                     G7    C
And who looks at you every morning
      F
I can still feel your warm breath
Your kissing me on my chest
G7       C
I'm just dreaming
            F     C    Dm
It's an all night blue
     Em     F
Remembering you
        G7        C   Dm
It's an all night blue
Em        F            G7
Wondering who's loving you
    C             G7  F     C
All night it's an all night blue
            F
Remembering you
        G7  F     C   Dm
It's an all night blue
C         F            G7      C     G7 F  C
Wondering who's loving you all night       blue

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All Night Long
Recorded by Dottie West Written by Richard Mainegra and Milton Blackford

G
It's gonna be a beautiful evenin'                                
C
A table for two at our favorite restaurant                     
G
I know just what you wantLater maybe take in a movie
                                                 C
Holdin' hands like kids in the back of a picture show                     
G
Where the lights are low    
C             G           C               G
And then we'll go dancin' and hold each other tight
C            G             A7            D7
When we both feel like the feelin's just right
C
We'll go home                       
G
And love on each other all night long                        
Am
And put on our favorite lovin' song
D7               G
And turn out the light    
C
And we'll hold on                          
G
To this feelin' we've got burning strong                      
Am
And until the morning brings the dawn      
D7              C         G
We'll love each other all night long

Repeat #3,4

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All Of Me Belongs To You
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
All of me belongs to you all the time

You're the only one that's ever on my mind
F
There's no way that I would ever be untrue
G7
There's not one single part of me 

That don't miss you through and through
                           C
Cause all of me belongs to you


Eyes are worthless since you're not here to see

My lips are so forgotten since you forgotten me
F
My arms ache from reaching out to you the way they do
G7
There's not one single part of me 

That don't miss you through and through
                           C
Cause all of me belongs to you

G7
Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams

Searching for a love I lost but can't redeem
    F
I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
    G7
Not one single part of me my heart don't include
                           C
Cause all of me belongs to you

Repeat #3

G7                   C
All of me belongs to you

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All Of Me Loves All Of You
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

C       G7                          C
(All of me loves all of you all the time)
                                      F
Now if a pretty girl walks by chances are she'll catch my eye
    G7                                     C   G7
But that's a long way from love's cheating line
    C                G7     C
May when my interest at the start 
        F
Fill my eyes but not my heart
       G7                          C
All of me loves all of you all the time
       F               G7          C
All of me loves all of you all the time
              D7                             G7
There's not a moment that you don't cross my mind
C
All the girls I have in view 
      F
Don't mean a thing compared to you
       G7                          C
All of me loves all of you all the time
                                F
Saw a girl the other day barely took my breath away
    G7                              C   G7
But at a second glance I changed my mind
   C           G7        C
An angels face came into view 
       F
I fell again in love with you
       G7                          C
All of me loves all of you all the time
Repeat #2

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All Of My Tomorrows
Written and recorded by Nat Stuckey

C          D7          G     C
I'll start reliving my yesterdays
      G        D7      C G
While all my tomorrows die
               D7           G    G7
I just lost my last hope of happiness
  C              D7         G
I watched her as she walked away
   C                       G         Em
My mind was to numb by her leaving I guess
    Am            A7         D7
For it thought of nothing to say
      G           Em           G          Em
But a moment from now when her steps fade away
         C       D7           G
Like the echo of her last goodbye
     C            D7        G     C
Then I'll start reliving my yesterdays
      G        D7      C G
While all my tomorrows die
                    D7         G          G7
I should have known better but I took the chance
      C              D7        G
And I loved her with all of my heart
     C                    G        Em
What else could I do when even her glance
Am            A7       D7
Threatened to tear me apart
       G           Em          G         Em
And to live day by day knowing she won't return
   C         D7         G
Is useless I won't even try
   C            D7        G     C
So I'll start reliving my yesterdays
      G        D7      C G
While all my tomorrows die
C            D7        G     C
I'll start reliving my yesterdays
      G        D7      C G
While all my tomorrows die

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All Of The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo
Written and recorded by Tommy Collins
 
C                     G7            C
Now I've got a cousin on my daddy's side
F               C             G7
He was a single boy and doin' fine
C                        G7             C
Until he met a wider who took him for a ride
       F           C         G7     C
He's a hubby now besides the paw of mine
                   F
All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
C                            D7            G7
There's some a runnin' loose around me and you
C                                     F            C
Just watch when you're in a crowd and you'll agree too
     F          C       G7           C
That all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
                         G7            C
Oh the women on a budget always tickle me
F                             C             G7
They're as tight as ticks and worry all the time
C                             G7                   C
And then a travelin' salesman sweeps 'em off their feet
     F                   C            G7      C
They give a dollar for a brush that's worth a dime
Repeat #2
                                 G7           C
Now there's some awful smart men that run the USA
F                     C                 G7
They head the list of some of our great men
C                                G7             C
And then there's some others who had a big shot brother
     F               C         G7       C
They weren't elected they were just put in
                   F
All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
C                           D7          G7
There's some a tellin' us a what we can do
C                                     F            C
Just watch when you're in a crowd and you'll agree too
     F          C       G7           C
That all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
                                      G7              C
I used to tell my girl when she'd get marryin' on her mind
F                       C             G7
That she'd never make a monkey out of me
C                                  G7              C
But I was just a country kid and I didn't know the game
      F         C         G7          C
And I guess you know what happened to me
Repeat #2

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Billy Strings Lyrics
All Of Tomorrow

I don't want anything, but I need you around
There's a light in me that only you have found
I know that I wrote you and told you to forget
But you held onto my heart, you are holding it yet

I can play like a strongman and smile when there's a crowd
But these old bars have never been so loud
And each time I'm alone with you upon my mind
I regret the day I left you and the other folks behind

If I could lose all of tomorrow
For the days we had before
Well I would trade my life of sorrow
For a life with you, the one that I adore

Well, the glimmer in your eyes told me that your love was true
Now the ribbons in your hair were navy blue
I know that I never will see your face again
This heart of mine keeps aching so sometimes I pretend...

That I could lose all of tomorrow
For the days we had before
Then I would trade my life of sorrow
For a life with you, the one that I adore

All the years we spent apart you were still dear in my heart
These memories feel just like yesterday
And I know that it's true: If I had just believed in you
I'd be free of all this pain, safely in your arms again

If I could lose all of tomorrow
For the days we had before
Well I would trade my life of sorrow
For a life with you, the one that I adore


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All Over My Mind
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Vic McAlpin and Roy Drusky
 
G7                       C
You're still all over my mind
                                   F
I keep hopin' in another I'll find you again
           G7                                    C
That's why there've been so many lips where your lips have been
                                    F
But the memories of the past put my future behind
      G7                       C
Cause you're still all over my mind
F                        C
You're still all over my mind
   
If absence makes the heart grow fonder
     D7                G7
Then why is it killin' mine
         C                            F
From the bottom up I try everything I find
    G7                       C
But you're still all over my mind
G7                       C
You're still all over my mind
                                   F
If only all my dreams of you could be denied
     G7                           C
Then maybe with a new love I'd be satisfied
                               F
Odds and ends of yesterday are all I can find
    G7                       C
And you're still all over my mind
Repeat #2

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All Prayed Up
Recorded by Vince Gill and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Written by Vince Gill

G                     C                G
I'm all prayed up I'm ready to meet my Savior
                                      D7
Eternal life is waitin' in the by and by
               G     C                G
I'm all prayed up my faith will never waiver
                                D7          G
Heaven's doors gonna swing wide open when I die
 
                             C              G
I made my peace with Jesus a long long time ago
                                   D7
I trusted Him and He would save my soul
  G                             C               G
I walked up there beside Him He guides me on my way
                   D7               G
I know He hears me when I kneel and pray
Repeat #1
                            C                 G
Now I ain't afraid of Satan his wicked way of sin
                                            D7
Well he tempted me but he could not pull me in
     G                            C                G
When I've gone to live with Jesus face my judgment day
                         D7              G
He'll fulfill me for the promise that He made
Repeat #1 x2
                     C                G
I'm all prayed up my faith will never waiver
                                D7          G
Heaven's doors gonna swing wide open when I die

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All That Heaven Will Allow
Recorded by The Mavericks 
Written by Bruce Springsteen

D7                   G      C                       G    D7
I got a dollar in my pocket there ain't a cloud up above
                     G      C                D7
I got a picture in a locket that says baby I love you
                        C                                      G
Well if you didn't look then boys then fellas don't go looking now
                      C       D7                   G     D7
Well here she comes a-walking all that heaven will allow
                     G       C                     G     D7
Say hey there mister bouncer now all I wanna do is dance
                      G      C                        D7
But I swear I left my wallet back home in my working pants
                   C                                 G
C'mon Slim slip me in man I'll make it up to you somehow
                        C         D7                   G
I can't be late I got a date with all that heaven will allow
                   C                                     Em
Rain and storm and dark skies well now they don't mean a thing
                       C         D7                         G
If you got a girl that loves you and who wants to wear your ring
                C                                     Em
So c'mon mister trouble we'll make it through you somehow
                                   C     D7                   G
We'll fill this house with all the love  all that heaven will allow
Repeat #3
D7                       G         C                 G  D7
Now some may wanna die a young man young and gloriously
                    G      C                    D7
Get it straight now mister hey buddy that ain't me
                          C                                      G
Coz I got something on my mind that sets me straight and walking proud
                   C    D7                   G
And I want all the time all that heaven will allow
                   C    D7                   C   G
And I want all the time all that heaven will allow

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All That She Could Take
Recorded by Tony Booth 
Written by Guyanne Mccall and Justin Trevino
 
C                            G7
She doesn't wear her wedding band
    C                 C7      F
She simply slipped it off her hand
         C                                       D7   G7
When she walked out of the place she once called home
           C               G7
The bitter truth is in her eyes
            C        C7      F
Her perfect life was full of lies
           C                 G7           C
It's gonna take some getting used to life alone
 
    F        A#7         F
But time has caused some wisdom
         C
Although she's seen better days
         Em        Am G7           D7   G7
It's all about the choices that we make
         C          A#7          F
They say that truth will set you free
   C
It set her free from me
                          G7               C
Cause this time she's had all that she can take
 
                        G7
So many times I let her down
         C      C7         F
Too many nights out on the town
     C                          D7  G7
When all she wanted was a happy home
          C                 G7
Now I can see the mess I've made
        C     C7      F
What an awful price I paid
          C                G7             C
You don't know what you've got until it's gone
 
    F        A#7         F
But time has caused some wisdom
         C
Although I've seen better days
         Em        Am G7           D7   G7
It's all about the choices that we made
        F         A#7    C
Now the truth has set me free
           C
That's not where I want to be
                    G7                 C
This time she's had all that she could take
                    G7                 F   C
This time she's had all that she could take

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All That We've Got Left
Recorded by Vern Gosdin and George Jones
Written by Buddy Cannon, Rex Gosdin, Steve Smith

C                                F                      C
I once held that someone special didn't have to let her go
                                        G7
I just stood back and watched my future pass
            C                  F                Am
And for the awful shape I'm in I can only blame myself
        C                           G7                      C
It's no wonder that her love for me wasn't strong enough to last
        F                                       C
Holding on for all its worth to all that we got left
                                                     G7
And for what it's worth we've been less than easy on ourselves
   C                          F                       Am
If we could write a book they couldn't keep it on the shelf
      C                                G7                 C
We're just trying to get it right with all that we've got left
                                     F                          C
I was there when the bar room opened I've been there at closing time
                                       G7
There were things I couldn't handle by myself
         C                          F              Am
Then the right one picked me up and we left it all behind
    C                                 G7                    C
She said I'm all she'll ever need and for me there's no one else
Repeat #2
 
                                       G7                 C
We're just trying to get it right with all that we've got left

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All That You Have Is Your Soul 
Recorded by Emmylou Harris 
Written by Tracy Chapman
 
G                C
Oh my momma told me
                                   D7
Cause she say she learned the hard way
            G                    C
She say she wanna spare the children
                      G
She say don't give or sell your soul away
                   D7           G
Cause all that you have is your soul

C                                G
So don't be tempted by the shiny apple
                          C
Don't you eat of a bitter fruit
                           G
Hunger only for a taste of justice

Hunger only for a world of truth
                   D7           G
Cause all that you have is your soul

C
I was a pretty young girl once
G
I had dreams I had high hopes
D7
I married a man he stole my heart away
C
He gave his love but what a high price I paid
G            D7           G
All that you have is your soul

C
Why was I such a young fool
G
Thought I'd make history making babies was the best I could do
D7
Thought I'd made something that could be mine forever
C
Found out the hard way one can't possess another
    G            D7           G
And all that you have is your soul

Repeat #2

C
I thought that I could find a way
G
To beat the system to make a deal and have no debts to pay
D7
I'd take it all I'd take it all I'd run away
C
Me for myself first class and first rate
    G            D7           G
But all that you have is your soul

C
Here I am I'm waiting for a better day
G
A second chance a little luck to come my way
D7
A hope to dream a hope that I can sleep again
C
And wake in the world with a clear conscience and clean hands
      G            D7           G
Cause all that you have is your soul
 
Repeat #2, 1
              
             C     G            C
All that you have  all that you have
G            D7           G
All that you have is your soul

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All That's Worth Remembering Is You
Recorded by Ronnie Reno
Written by Wayne Carson and Ronnie Reno

G                B7          C        D7             G
All that's worth remembering life and my memories of you
    C                                    D7
The times we talked about the times that never did come true
G                B7                C                   G
Then I turned to other things till other things turned blue
    C                D7             G
And all that's worth remembering is you 
C                       G
I remember when I was a kid 
     C                             Am             D7
Like yesterday but so far away the crazy things I did
     G             B7            C                 G
Like you and me in memories of a time that we once knew
C            G
Sweet love I recall   
    C                D7             G   D7 C
And all that's worth remembering is you
C                       G
I remember when I was a kid 
     C                             Am               D7
Like yesterday but so far away the foolish things I did
     G               B7                  C              G
Like leaving you and chasing dreams that never did come true
      C               G
And I learned most of all  
    C                D7             G  D7 C
And all that's worth remembering is you

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All The Gold in California
Recorded the Gatlin Brothers
Written by Larry Gatlin

C               F   C       F       G
All the gold in Californ-ia is in a bank in the middle
                                    G7
Of Beverly Hills in somebody else's name
             C              F   C
So if you're dreaming about Californ-ia
F        C
It don't matter at all where you played before
    G7                   C
California's a brand new game
               F                   C
Trying to be a he-ro  winding up a zero
    F          C                         G7
Can scar a man forever right down to his soul
              C             F          C
Living on the spotlight can kill a man outright
      F               C         G7     C
Cause everything that glitters  is not gold
Repeat #1,3,1 

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All The Good Time
Traditional

I wish to the load I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would have seen your sparkling blue eyes
Or heard your liyn' tongue

All the good time are past and gone
All the good time are o'er
All the good time are past and gone
Little darling don't weep no more

Don't you see that turtle dove
That flies from pine to pine
He's mourning for his own true love
Just like I mourn for mine

* Refrain

Don't you see that passenger train
Going around the bend?
It's talking away my own true love
To never return again

* Refrain

Come back,come back my own true love
And stay a while with me
For if ever I've had a friend in this world
You've been a friend to me

* Refrain

LESTER FLATT - The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands


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All The Good Times Are Past And Gone

I wish to the lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would have seen your sparkling blue eyes
Or heard your lying tongue

   All the good times are past and gone
   All the good times are o'er
   All the good times are past and gone
   Little darling don't weep no more

Don't you see that turtle dove
That flies from pine to pine
He's mourning for his own true love
Just like I mourn for mine

Come back, come back my own true love
And stay awhile with me
For if ever I've had a friend in this world
You've been that friend to me

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All The Love I Had Is Gone

   I even loved the ground that you walked on
   But that has been some time ago
   I could never take you back, no matter how I try
   For all the love I had is gone

You told me a lie and I believed you
That's alright if that's the way you want to do
Go on my dear now with your new love
You'll know how it feels when he lies to you

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Billy Strings & Circles Around The Sun 
All The Luck In The World

You see the choice in front of you
And though it's hard to make
You feel you will come through
You feel how everyone has changed
But they know who you are
And they're watching what you do

When they say that they wish you all the luck in the world
When they say that they'll miss you when you're gone

You walked through their frozen worlds
You knew they would come down
As soon as you came to
You left them standing all around
The ghost that had been gone
The one they thought they knew

When they said that they wished you all the luck in the world
When you know that they'd love to see you fall

You tried to do the best you could
It wasn't quite enough
But what else could you do
To find a way to make this real
A way to find your own
A way to stay true

When they say that they wish you all the luck in the world
When you know that they'd love to see you fall

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All The Praises
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Carmol Taylor and Jenny Strickland

C                        C7           F
It's so good to hear the word congratulations
     G7                                 C
It's so good to know at last success is mine
         C7                                 F
But as I stand here in the midst of all the sorrow
          G7                               C
There's a lovely face that's smiling on my mind
        F                             C
All the praises should be given to my woman
          G7                              C            C7
She's the one who helped me up when I was down all the way
        F                             C
All the praises should be given to my woman
          F               G7        C
She's the one who made me what I am today
        F                             CAll the praises should be given to my woman          G7                              C            C7She's the one who helped me up when I was down all the way        F                             CAll the praises should be given to my woman          F               G7        CShe's the one who made me what I am today
 
          F               G7        C
She's the one who made me what I am today

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All The Soft Places To Fall
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
Written by Leona Williams
[3/4 time] 
 
G
Most of my life I've been runnin' around 
            G7       C
Playin' and havin' a ball
    D7
And maybe I've been on a party too long 
                           G
These memories are fond to recall
You see we've got this thing about women 
            G7        C
Smokin' and good alcohol
    D7
But now we're lookin' for a home life 
With clean smellin' sheets 
                           G
And all the soft places to fall
The women we've known have been many 
                    G7          C
But they don't understand us at all
       D7
Though we've spent many a long hours 
                            G
Hopin' some old lover would call
Surely somebody somewhere still wants us 
                G7         C
Or don't nobody want us at all
      D7
We're lookin' for a home life 
With clean smellin' sheets 
                           G
And all the soft places to fall
C                            G
Most of our lives we've been outlaws 
C                           G
Slept with our backs to the wall
      C                        G             F#m
I'm a rambler I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker 
      Em                       D7
And a whole lot more likely to fall
      G
We're tired of the rocks and the brambles 
      G7                     C
Those barbed wire fences and all
          D7
And we're lookin' for a home life 
                    
With clean smellin' sheets 
                           G
And all the soft places to fall
C                            G
Most of our lives we've been outlaws 
C                           G
Slept with our backs to the wall
      C                        G             F#m
I'm a rambler I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker 
      Em                       D7
And a whole lot more likely to fall
      G
We're tired of the rocks and the brambles 
      G7                     C
Those barbed wire fences and all
          D7
And we're lookin' for a home life 
                    
With clean smellin' sheets 
                           G
And all the soft places to fall

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All The Way To Love lyrics and chords
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Dale Vest and Tommy Overstreet

C            F                    G7
Tell me girl before you dress and go
C               F               G7
Just in case my future wants to know
F                              C
Did we have to beat our hearts against the wall
F                               G7
It would have to be that way or not at all
C                          F          G7
It would have to be an all consume me high
C                          F      G7
Couldn't it have been just warm desire
F                          C
Wouldn't just a flame have been enough
F                              G7     C
Did we have to take it all the way to love
G7                             F      C
Did we have to take it all the way to love
F                         G7
Tell me girl what were we thinking of
F                                   C
Now that everything's been said and done
F                              G7     C
Did we have to take it all the way to love
             F                 G7
Tell me girl before we say goodbye
C             F                     G7
Could we have touched with just our eyes
F                         C
Did it have to be by body and by hand
F                          G7
Did the woman need to know all of this man
C                         F     G7
Did it have to be forever and a day
C                             F     G7
Couldn't there have been some other way
F                            C
Wouldn't something less have been enough
F                              G7     C
Did we have to take it all the way to love
Repeat #3

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All The While
Miles Rudge / Ted Dicks

Upon a Monday morning-O, the rain it was a-raining;
My love she came to me and said,
Oh, when will you and I be wed,
For I have bought a double bed
And Mother is complaining-O.
And all the while the rain it was a raining-O

Upon a Tuesday morning-O, the snow it was a-glist'ning;
My love still hadn't gone away
So I did ask her, Mistress, pray
What was it you said yesterday?
I really wasn't list'ning-O.
And all the while the snow it was a-glist'ning-O

Upon a Wednesday morning-O, the hail it was a-hailing;
My love she made a quick retort,
And said, to cut the story short,
I've bought a bed, the double sort,
Your hearing must be failing-O.
And all the while the hail it was a-hailing-O

Upon a Thursday morning-O, the day was not a hot one.
I said, you've bought a double bed?
Well, that was what I thought you said,
You must be going off your head,
For I've already got one-O.
And all the while the day was not a hot one-O.

(Spoken:) On Friday no one spoke.

Upon a Saturday morning-O, the thunder it was frightening.
I shouted so that I'd be heard,
Oh, let us marry on the third
But did she answer, not a word,
For she'd been struck by lightning-O. Oh, Oh-oh.
And after that the weather started brightening-O.


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All The World Is Lonely Now

Yesterday you said you loved me
Today you say it's over now
Why did you go away and leave me
All the world is lonely now

Don't tell me that you love another
And that you've broken every vow
For I don't want to live without you
All the world is lonely now

I've tried so hard to make you happy
With love your heart would not allow
It's hard to know you'll never want me
All the world is lonely now

Goodbye, good luck and may God bless you
I'll try to get along somehow
I know I'll never love another
All the world is lonely now

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All Those Years
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C                        F
Come on in and take your coat off 
C                  G7
Come on in and sit down
C                  F
If I seem a little nervous 
          G7            C
I've been walking shaky ground
                          F
I've been alone since she left me 
C                              G7
And I'm not quite sure what to do
C                         F
So if I call her name I'm sorry 
                G7                C   C7
Cause all those years are hard to lose
          F                   C
All those years with just one woman 
                       G7
Was all gone in just a day
C         F                   C
All those years with just one woman 
         F              C                G7
Makes it hard to try to find a brand new way
                C
After all those years
                               F
I guess I should take down her picture 
C                           G7
And try to put your mind at ease
C                           F
And tell myself it's really over 
        G7             C
And put aside this misery
Repeat #3 

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All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad

[Verse 1]
Oh a time there was I was feeling so hopeless
It's a wonder I didn't cave in
I kept throwing love at all the wrong people
Never to see it again

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, won't you look what I've found?
Staring me right in the face
I'm through being lonely, I'm through being sad
I'm all through throwing good love after bad

[Verse 2]
When I think of all the time I have wasted
Wearing my heart on my sleeve
Entrusting my love to the kindness of strangers
Oh I was so naive

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, won't you look what I've found?
Staring me right in the face
I'm through being lonely, I'm through being sad
I'm all through throwing good love after bad

I said, oh Lord won't you look what I've found
Staring me right in the face
I'm through being lonely, I'm through being sad
I'm all through throwing good love after bad

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The Incredible String Band - All Writ Down 

I fully understood
That you'd leave when your ship come by
And l fully understood
You had a purpose more high
Then to give a little schoolboy
To give a little schoolboy his first love

But oh, did I cry and did I cry
For I thought that those days would just fade and die
But every cell in my body has it all writ down
Every smile and every frown

And oh those good-time girls, oh, those good-time girls
That book it sometimes makes me glad
That book it sometimes makes me sad
But oh, it don't read bad, oh, it don't read bad

I cursed you to your face
When you turned to go
But I see now that you did just right
And I bow to you low
For you gave a little schoolboy
You gave a little schoolboy his first love

But oh, did I cry and did I cry
For I thought that those days would just fade and die
But every cell in my body has it all writ down
Every smile and every frown

And oh those good-time girls, oh, those good-time girls
That book it sometimes makes me glad
That book it sometimes makes me sad
But oh, it don't read bad, oh, it don't read bad
And oh, it don't read bad

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All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down
Recorded by The Mavericks
Written by Raul Malo and Al Anderson

G                       D7
I can't sleep a wink anymore
                                    G
Ever since you first walked out the door
                                   D7
Then I just started drinkin' to forget
                                         G
But I don't think the worst has happened yet
                            D7
All you ever do is bring me down
                          G
Making me a fool all over town
                             D7
They all wonder why I wear a frown
                                          G
That's cause honey all you do is bring me down
                                   D7
It's funny how my whole world fell apart
                                 G
I think I saw it coming from the start
                                     D7
I tried to tell myself that you'd be true
                               G
But I expected way too much of you
repeat #2 x2
             D7                           G
That's cause honey all you do is bring me down
      D7                          G
Honey all you ever do is bring me down

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Brad Paisley - All You Really Need Is Love lyrics

So you say you wanna tie the knot
And you're askin' me if I think that the two of you have got
What it takes to make it work
Well one thing's for sure
All you really need is love
Let me say I'm happy for you both
And here's a little something that the two of you should know
If you want to do it right
Just take my advice
All you really need is love
And a license and a blood test and a bunch of invitations
A minister, a white dress, and of course a congregation
And flowers and music and candles and cake
And a bunch of rice for folks to throw as you drive away
Now what's that expression on your face
You're lookin' kind of pale, is everything OK
Don't worry you'll be fine
If you just keep in mind
All you really need is love
And bridesmaids and groomsmen and a wedding coordinator
And food for the reception, you'll need someone to cater
Did I forget to mention it'll take a couple rings
And of course a P.A. system if you're wantin' me to sing
Now you look so happy you could cry
And that explains the tear drops I see wellin' in your eyes
Don't worry you'll be fine
If you just keep in mind
All you really need is love
I'm sure I'm tellin' you something you already knew
All you really need is love


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Almost Can't
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Vic McAlpin and Roy Drusky

G                                  C
I keep hopin' in another I'll find you again
                   D7                           G
That's why there's been so many lips where your lips have been
                                       C
With some the thrill is almost like it used to be
    D7                                                G
But almost can't take the heartache heart ache out of me
  C                                    G
Almost can't take the heartache out of me
                                  D7
Still I keep on searching hopelessly
  G                                      C
I hold them close and almost feel you're here with me
    D7                                                G
But almost can't take the heartache heart ache out of me
                                   C
If only all my dreams of you could be denied
     D7                        G
Then maybe with a new love I'd be satisfied
                                    C
At times from you it seems that I'm almost free
    D7                                                G
But almost can't take the heartache heart ache out of me
  C                                    G
Almost can't take the heartache out of me
                                  D7
Still I keep on searching hopelessly
  G                                      C
I hold them close and almost feel you're here with me
    D7                                                G
But almost can't take the heartache heart ache out of me
   D7                                                G
No almost can't take the heartache heart ache out of me

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Almost Home
Recorded by Joe Diffie
written by Larry Williams and Johnny Slate

C                      G7
I just can't remember  when he started slipping
          F             G7               C
From that strong gentle giant he used to be
                                   G7
Cause now he takes forever just to walk down to the mailbox
       F              G7              C
And it hurts me so to see him growing weak
         A#7 C    F      C
But he's al--most home   soon he'll be with momma
                G7
That's where he belongs
A#7              C                  F
Oh how I'm gonna miss him when he's gone
         C  G7   C
And he's al-most home
                      G7
His old Chevy pickup  has already give up 
   F                G7                C
It sits on blocks beneath that walnut tree
                              G7
And the weeds have taken over out there in his garden
   F                 G7            C
He loves to read but he can hardly see
repeat #2
A#7                C                  F
Lord how I'm gonna miss him when he's gone
         C  G7   C
And he's al-most home

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Dolly Parton - Almost In Love lyrics
(Parks)

Mama, I remember what you told me
You said you wait for love before you fall
But, mama, I am sorry, I guess it's gonna be love after all
'Cause mama, when he holds me
The air is thick and sweet
He asked me if I'd come tonight
And hold him in his sleep
And I'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes, I'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
'Cause I'm almost in
Yes, I'm almost in love
Mama, I've grown into a woman
I been growing stronger and stronger day by day
Mama, you know about children
You raise them then they'll go away
Mama, when he holds me
He thrills me through and through
So dry your eyes and teach me how to say goodbye to you
And I'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes, I'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
'Cause I'm almost in
Yes, I'm almost in love
Yes I'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes I'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
Yes I'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes I'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
'Cause I'm almost
Yes, I'm almost in love


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Almost Like You Never Went Away
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Dave Lindsey and Edwin Rowell

G                                   C
Sometimes I think I hear you all my day
D7
In my dreams you love me just the same
    G                                 C
And even though I know you're gone to stay
     D7                         G
It's almost like you never went away
        C
There's just so much of you still here that keeps you on my mind 
   A7                              D7
No matter where I go your memory's never far behind
        G                         C
And sometimes I even catch myself saving you a place
     D7                         G
It's almost like you never went away
                                           C
Your cloths are still in the closet in the hall
     D7
I've kept your picture hanging on the wall
  G                             C
I take it down and kiss it everyday
     D7                         G
It's almost like you never went away
Repeat #2
D7      G                         C
And sometimes I even catch myself saving you a place
     D7                         G
It's almost like you never went away

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Alone And Blue

Don't leave me alone and blue
When all that I want is you
That bad dream I had
Should never come true
Don't leave me alone and blue
Don't leave me alone and blue

Don't kiss me and say goodbye
Could there be some other guy
What a shame, what a shame
You made your sweetheart cry
Don't kiss me and say goodbye
Don't kiss me and say goodbye

I'm beggin' you darlin', pleace
I'm down on two bended knees
You're breakin' my heart in two
Don't leave me alone and blue

A good boy he's done gone bad
Lost the best gal he's ever had
One look in the mirror
Is sadder than sad
A good boy he's done gone bad
A good boy he's done gone bad

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Alone And Lonesome Over You
BMI Work #: 8478468
Alone And Lonesome Over You (Larry W. Jones 10/24/2006) (song#4089)

Alone and lonesome, friends are few
Where's that true love that I once knew
Mem'ries creeping in dreams I'm keeping
I'm so alone and lonesome over you
Do you remember, the way I do
That warm September, just we two
You crossed your heart, dear, we'd never part, dear
I'm so alone and lonesome over you
Alone and lonesome, you left me blue
Why'd you have to go and say adieu
I beg for your return, dear, for you I yearn, dear
I'm so alone and lonesome over you
Do you remember, the way I do
That warm September, just we two
You crossed your heart, dear, we'd never part, dear
I'm so alone and lonesome over you
Alone and lonesome, you left me blue
Why'd you have to go and say adieu
I beg for your return, dear, for you I yearn, dear
I'm so alone and lonesome over you


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Along About Daybreak

When we were young and we thought we loved each other
But you didn't love me I guess
For you've gone and you've found another
Everything to you is regret

   This morning along about daybreak
   You quarreled at me the whole night through
   I know it's not too late for your sake dear
   But for me I will always be blue

Oh I'm weary my darling weary
Just to know your love's gone cold
For without you life will be so dreary
We'll need each other when we grow old

Oh sweetheart be good to our babies
And I want you to teach them to pray
Tell them to say a little prayer for their daddy
Where he will be no one can say

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Along Came You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Wayne Kemp, George Jones, Jack Rich
 
C                                             G7
Well I used to sit at home and wonder why why why
                                         C
All the happiness in life just passed me by
                                C7               F
I didn't think in all the world there could ever be
              C               G7        C
One girl in a million who was meant for me
                F
Then along came you walkin' down the street
                     D7                    G7
Then along came you  you knocked me off my feet
  C                                  C7            F
I never thought I'd find a girl that ever would be true
                 C       G7         C
Somewhere out of nowhere along came you
                                  G7
I had just about forgotten how to smile
                                      C
You could see my misery for a country mile
                           C7               F
I'm used to being lonely surrendered to the blues
                          C       G7         C
And then somewhere out of nowhere along came you
Repeat #2 x2

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Along the Road
Recorded by Doc Watson
Written by Dan Fogelberg

C          Am    Dm
Joy at the start fear in the journey
F          G7     C    G7
Joy in the coming home
C                      Am
But when a part of the heart
     Dm
Gets lost in the learning
F         G7        C
Somewhere along the road
Dm                  F
Along the road your path may wander
  C                        G7
A pilgrim's faith may fail
C           Am        Dm
But absence makes the heart grow fonder
F             Fm        G7
When darkness hides the trail
C           Am    Dm
Cursing the quest courting disaster
F           G7         C   G7
Measureless nights forebode 
C          Am
Moments of rest 
    Dm
And glimpses of laughter
F             G7        C
Are treasured along the road
Dm
When the road gets rough
     F
Your steps may stumble
         C
And your thoughts may start to stray
               Am    Dm
But through it all a heart held humble
F              Fm         G7
Will level and light your way
Repeat #1
              Am
A part of the heart
     Dm
Gets lost in the learning
F         G7        C
Somewhere along the road

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Along The Santa Fe Trail
Recorded by Jimmy Wakely
Written by Al Dubin, Edwina Coolidge, Will Grosz 
  
C                               D7
Angels come to paint the desert nightly
                          F
When the moon is gleaming brightly 
          G7       C
Along the Santa Fe Trail
                                 D7
Stardust scattered all along the highway
                     F
On a rainbow colored skyway 
          G7       C
Along the Santa Fe Trail
  F                   Fm
Beside you I'm riding every hill and dale
              C                    D7
While shadows hide you just like a pretty purple veil
G7
There by hangs a tail
     C                                D7
I've found you and the mountains that surround you
                       F
Are the walls I built around you 
          G7       C
Along the Santa Fe Trail
Repeat #2,4   

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Along The Way
John Duffey

1. What memories come back to me
As I ponder o'er the years passed away
If I could come back to that old country church
And once more hear the parson say

Ch. We've traveled together
Through dark and sunny days
And may we always be together
Just my Lord and I along the way

2. I can see the service now ending
And the parson's voice is raised
In solemn quiet benediction
Upon our different ways

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - New Look, New Sound


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Already It's Heaven
Recorded by Freddie Hart
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton

C                  G7             C
Tonight I told all my friends goodbye
                            G7                      C
And then I just walked away so they wouldn't see me cry
               F              C            F
And headed for swinging doors as fast as I can
                  C          G7                    C   F
For what love has done to me shouldn't happen to a man
C                     G7                C
And now I find myself sitting here with you
                       G7                C
And you make me wonder how I ever failed you
                F        C             F
You showed understanding as few people know
               C         G7                 C  F
And now that I found you I'll never let you go
C            F                       C
Already it's heaven and we've barely met
                G7      F         C
And you haven't started loving me yet
                     F                      C
Cause you've made it sweeter than it's ever been
                  G7                       C
And if you should love me what would it be then
             F                         C
Already it's heaven the long search is through
                 G7                      F  C
And it's good to know now that heaven is you

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Alright I'm Wrong
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens
Written by Pete Anderson and Craig Cisco

G                                             D7
Well alright alright alright alright girl I'm wrong
                                                 G
Well alright alright I didn't know you felt that strong
Well alright you made your point 
                 C
I didn't plan to stay this long
   G                       D7               G
So alright alright alright alright girl I'm wrong
              D7                G
You said that love could make a king 
            D7                 G
Give up his crown for just one thing
C
I was looking for a little princess 
G            C             D7
For just one night alright alright
repeat #1
             D7                 G
I heard that love's flame could blind 
           D7            G
But slowly burn out over time
C
Now I'll know that it just gets stronger 
G                    C
And I can see you're right
                D7
As the years go by
repeat #1 x3

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Always Be Kind To Your Mother

   Always be kind to your mother
   It's the greatest gift you can give
   Obey and do what she tells you
   And pray that long here she may live

We all take mothers for granted
And do things that cause her much pain
I know for I lost my sweet mother
God took her from this world of sin

Please go to your mom while she's living
And tell her you love her today
To her you're always her baby
She loves you 'til death makes its claim

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Always Have Always Will  
Recorded by Janie Fricke
Written by Johnny Mears

  G7       C
It seems funny I remember your number
               F
After all this time
      G7
And I know that it's late
                              C   G7
And I hope that I'm not outta line        
C
But for some crazy reason
                              F
I been thinkin' 'bout you all day
    G7
And every three hours now
                                C   G7
I been thinkin' of somethin' to say
 C                             Dm          G7
I love you like a fool always have always will
        Dm             G7               C    G7
But you know that it's just my point of view
C                           Dm          G7
But I love you still always have always will
Dm                 G7        C   G7
Always have always will love you
      C
Well now are you sleepin' any better
             F
Now that I'm gone
      G7
And I wanna know who's holdin' you tight
                        C  G7
Or are you just holdin' on
       C
You're awfully quiet I guess you're tired
                    F
So I'll hang up the phone
        G7
But you know that this ol' heart
                        C    G7
Can't leave well enough alone
C                             Dm          G7
I love you like a fool always have always will
        Dm             G7               C    G7
But you know that it's just my point of view
C                           Dm          G7
But I love you still always have always will
Dm                 G7        C
Always have always will love you

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Always Late With Your Kisses

Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms sweet darlin' and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way? 

 How long do you think I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why oh why do you want to dome this way?

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Dolly Parton - Always The First Time lyrics

Now I've never stepped through the doors of a barroom or tasted the flavor of wine
And I've never danced to the songs on a jukebox or held someone that wasn't mine
But there's always the first time and if you don't change
Then I guess the first time can't be arranged can't be arranged
[ banjo ]
Now I've never dressed for the eyes of the stranger to sow seeds of lust in his mind
And I've never walked down backroad of temptation to leave dirty footprints behind
But there's always the first time...


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Always True
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by David Allen Loggins

 C
Sometimes a woman will catch my eye
            F                  C
And I might stop   but I won't linger
                 F         C
I won't let them touch and cover up
    D7                G7
The ring that's on my finger
        C
I might share a few beers whisper in a few ears
  F                    D7
I never liked drinking alone
         C          F        C
When I'm stone cold sober or over my limit
        G7              C
I still find my own way home
       G7                  C
Always true with the one I love
       G7                        C        C7
Always true to the promises that bind the two of us
          F                                    C
For only she can do for me what she's already done
                     F          C
And now we'll always be true to her
        G7             C
Just as long as we are one
Good looking women are every man's weakness
        F               C
And I'm no exception at all
             F        C
Every time I feel I'm faltering
  D7                        G7
I just give my conscience a call
       C
Saying please don't let me do this to her
    F                  D7
And somehow it sees me through
       C       F             C
When I wake up in my woman's arms
       G7                   C
I just smile and say I love you

Repeat #3

                 F          C
Now we'll always be true to her
        G7             F   C
Just as long as we are o--ne

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Always Wanting You
written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G      C                     G
Always wanting you but never having you
         Am           D7
Makes it hard to face tomorrow 
        Am                D7          G
Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again
G7     C                    D7
Always loving you but never touching you
    Am          D7  Am          D7         G
Sometimes hurts me  almost more than I can stand
  
                                  D7
I'd been better off if I'd turned away
                            G
And never looked at you the second time  
                               D7                           G
Cause I really had my life all together till your eyes meet mine
                  G7             C
And there I saw a yearning and a feeling across
                  G                     Am           D7
The room that you felt for me  wish I'd had a way of knowing 
         Am               D7               G
That the things we had in mind could never be
 
repeat #1

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Always You Always Me
Written and recorded by Roy Drusky

G7     C          G7
Always you always me 
                  C
Us together eternally
                  G7
Never blue always true 
                 C
Always me always you
                    F             C
We found a piece of heaven on the ground
         G7              F                 C
And it's anchored on the rock of love that sound
                  F                  C
So let this crazy world keep turnin' round
              G7                           C
Searchin' for somethin' that we've already found
G7     C          G7
Always you always me 
                  C
Us together eternally
                  G7
Never blue always true 
                 C
Always me always you
G7     C          G7
Always you always me 
                  C
Us together eternally
                  G7
Never blue always true 
                 C
Always me always you

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Dolly Parton - Always, Always lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Joyce McCord
Copyright 1969

Darling, will you love me forever
Always, always
Will you keeps these vows we mad together
Always, always
Will your love be as strong if my dreams will go wrong
Always, always
Darling, will you stay with me forever
Always, always
Will your love remain through stormy weather
Always, always
To walk the roads that might get rough
Always, always
In return for your love I'll be true as stars above
Always, always
And the love that I feel will forever be so real
Always, always


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Am I A Fool
Recorded by the Lonesome River Band

G       C               D7      G
I never thought I would see you again      
C           D7         G
I was sure we had come to an end
Am               C          G
And here you are back at my door
Am                        C                D7
My foolish heart is gonna let you win once more     

G    C           G   C
Am I fool for hanging on
G        C            D7
How many times will I sing the same old song
Em                      C
I'm gonna love you till all hope is gone
G      C        D7      G   C  D7  G
Am I a fool for hanging on           

C            D7          G
You made a promise that you'd never leave    
C            D7           G
How many times I wanted to be me
Am                       C              G
Am I just setting myself up to take the fall
Am                         C                D7
Cause here I am again just waiting for your call

Repeat #2

D7
My head is telling me      
Em
That I should walk away
C
This heart of mine is saying                   
D7
Love you one more day

Repeat #2

Em                      C
I'm gonna love you till all hope is gone
G      C        D7      G
Am I a fool for hanging on

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Am I Born To Die

And am I born to die
To lay this body down
And as my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown

And as my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown

Soon as from earth I go
What will become of me
Eternal happiness far away
Must then my portion be

Eternal happiness far away
Must then my portion be

A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
That weary region of the dead
Where all things are forgot

That weary region of the dead
Where all things are forgot

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Am I Losing Your Memory Or Mine
Recorded by George Jones
Written by D. Kirby and R. Lane
 
G
Did I wake up this mornin' thinkin' of you 
                           D7
Am I losin' your memory or mine
 
Do I remember makin' coffee for two 
                           G
Am I losin' your memory or mine
 
                                G7
I know that you're gone and I'm almost alone 
      C                       G    C
We're just about over it this time 
         G           D7        G
Hon am I losing your memory or mine
 
I've misplaced my favorite picture of you 
                           D7
Am I losing your memory or mine
 
Was it accidental or did I really want to 
                           G
Am I losing your memory or mine
 
                               G7
I don't know myself but memory is late 
         C                      G    C
For they both had a long uphill climb 
        G           D7        G
Oh am I losing your memory or mine
 
     D7                   G
Am I comin' or going am I doin' all right 
     C                  G      D7
Am I gainin' or fallin' behind 
    G                        C          G
I'm beginnin' to wonder if I ever loved you 
                     D7        G
And am I losing your memory or mine
 
                           C            G      C
I'll get over you oh but I really don't want to
    G           D7        G
I'm losing your memory or mine

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Am I Standing In Your Way
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                        F                     C
If he ever gets to you I know he'll ignite the flame
                F        C               G7
And it hurts to know how close he really came
C                                         F               C
Last night you both kept dancing when the music ceased to play
F         C       F         C
Is it all over do you still love me 
   G7                    C
Or am I standing in your way

F                        C
Tell me the way you feel I've got to know
                  F    C                  G7
Should I stay and keep trying or should I go
C                                 F                  C
Last night he almost made it he's still on your mind today
F         C       F         C
Is it all over do you still love me 
   G7                    C
Or am I standing in your way

Repeat #2

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Am I The Only Thing You've Done Wrong
Recorded by Lee Ann Womack
Written by Billy Foster, Jason Seller, Lee Ann Womack

G                                C              G
You're the life of the party you stand out in a crowd
     D7
When I think of all the things you've done
 C                  D7
It always makes me proud
    G                                   G7          C
But tonight I'm feeling empty seems I'm always here alone
              D7                G    C
Am I the only thing you've done wrong
   D7                            C             G
Am I the only one that you've forgotten on the way
   D7                                  C                   D7
To gain the world and lose our love is too high a price to pay
        G                              G7           C
In your long line of successes tell me where do I belong
              D7                G    D7
Am I the only thing you've done wrong
        G                                C               G
You got another big promotion you're the best man on the crew
     D7
When you set your mind on something
 C                         D7
There's nothing you can't do
     G                                    G7          C
This house you built is perfect we're the envy of the town
                     D7                   G
But Lord it's lonely here when you're not around
   D7                            C             G
Am I the only one that you've forgotten on the way
   D7                                  C                   D7
To gain the world and lose our love is too high a price to pay
        G                              G7           C
In your long line of successes tell me where do I belong
              D7                G
Am I the only thing you've done wrong
C                D7                G
Oh am I the only thing you've done wrong

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Am I Tired Of You My Darlin'
BMI Work #: 8605365
Am I Tired Of You My Darlin' (Larry W. Jones 01/03/2007) (song#4297)

Am I tired of you, my darlin'
Did I mean those words I said
That meant you'd be mine forever
Ever since the day we wed
I tell you dear, if I lived life over
I'd never find a better wife
Am I tired of you, my darlin'
Just look into my loving eyes
Do I ever rue that Springtime
When it was you whom I then met
Have I forgotten your affection
How could my heart 'ere forget
I tell you dear, if I lived life over
I'd never find a better wife
Am I tired of you, my darlin'
Just look into my loving eyes
Do I think the bloom has disappeared
From your cheeks that once were fair
Do I still think your love's revered
After all these years of toil and care
I tell you dear, if I lived life over
I'd never find a better wife
Am I tired of you, my darlin'
Just look into my loving eyes
I tell you dear, if I lived life over
I'd never find a better wife
Am I tired of you, my darlin'
Just look into my loving eyes


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Richard Thompson - Am I Wasting My Love On You? Lyrics

Oh I can't get started and I'm broken hearted
You smile so sweet but you're fast on your feet
Do you want me to catch you or just get near?
Should I chase you forever? I think I got the idea

Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do

Oh, I went to a party, you were standing there
You looked so retiring with that fruit in your hair
I said, "What gives?" and you said, "I do"
And that was the last sense I ever got from you

Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do

Well, I'm wasting my love, wasting my love
Wasting my love on you
Wasting my love, wasting my love
Wasting my love on you

Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do

I went to your house and I drank your tea
We were getting very cosy on Greek philosophy
You chewed on my ear and when I begged for more
You went off to bed, barricaded the door

Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do

Than wasting my love, wasting my love
Wasting my love on you
Am I wasting my love, wasting my love
Wasting my love on you

I'm wasting my love, wasting my love
Wasting my love on you
Am I wasting my love, wasting my love
Wasting my love on you

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Alan Jackson - Amarillo lyrics

The time has come,
Youæ?®e really leavinYou always told me that
You wanted to
I guess I never thought
It would happen
I guess I never really wanted it to
The world is calling you and
You must answer
But you can take me with you
In you drams
If you ever get back to Amarillo
In a shiny new car or
Worn out shoes
If you ever get back to Amarillo
Iæ?£l be waitinfor you
Your sister told me you were workinAt some office out in Tinsel town
Donæ?° forget about those who
Love you
Theyæ?£l be there for you if you
Get down
I believe in you and all youæ?®e after
I hope you end up where you
Want to be
Chorus
Thirty years now have
Gone by quickly
I still think of you from time to time
My wife died early, Iæ?³e got children
Iæ?¦ happy and my health is fine
I often wondered if you found your
Freedom
I sometimes wonder if I should
Have gone
Chorus


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Amazing Grace

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heert to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Then when we first begun

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Amber Tresses
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by A.P. Carter

C                     F      C                        G7
Far away in some deep valley where the merry sunbeams play
C                            F      G7                   C
There I wandered through the clover singing to a village maid 
G7                      C       G7                   C
She was dearer than the dearest ever loving kind and true
                         F      G7                    C
And she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue 
                        F      C                         G7
Fate decreed that we be parted when the leaves of autumn fell
C                        F     G7                        C
Then two hearts were separated that had loved each other well 
Repeat #2
                     F       C                    G7
She was all I had to cherish ever loving kind and true
C                  F      G7                    C
Now I see in every vision amber tresses tied in blue
Repeat #2 
  
                         F      G7                    C
And she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue 

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Amber Tresses Tied In Blue

Far away in some deep mountain
Where the merry sunbeams play
There I wandered thru the clover
Singing to a village maid

    She was dearer than the dearest
    Ever loving kind and true
    And she wore beneath her bonnet
    Amber tresses tied in blue

Fact decreed that we parted
When the leaves of autumn fell
Then two hearts were separated
That had loved each other well

She was all I had to cherish
Every loving king and true
Now I see in every vision
Amber tresses tied in blue

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Amelia Earhart

Oh a ship out on the ocean just a speck against the sky
Amelia Earhart's flight was set that day
With her partner Captain Noonan on the second of July
Her plane fell in the ocean far away

   There's a beautiful beautiful field
   Far away in a land that is fair
   Happy landings to you Amelia Earhart
   Farewell first lady of the air

A half an hour later an s.o.s. was heard
The signal weak but still her voice was brave
In shark-infested waters her plane went down that night
In the blue Pacific to a watery grave.

Now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy
And prayed that she might fly on safe again
In years to come when others blaze a trail across the sky
We'll never forget Amelia and her plane.

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Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
Traditional

There's a ship out on the ocean, just a speck against the sky,
Amelia Earhart sadly flew that day.
With her partner Captain Newnan, on the second of July,
Her plane fell in the ocean far away - far away.

Chorus:
There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away in a land that is fair.
Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart.
Farewell, First Lady of the Air.

A half an hour later, her S.O.S. was heard,
The signal weak, but still her voice was brave.
In shark infested waters, her plane went down that night,
In the blue Pacific, to a watery grave - watery grave.

Chorus

Now you have heard my story of this awful tragedy.
We pray that she might fly home safe again.
Though hundreds of aviators blaze a trail across the sky,
We'll ne're forget Amelia and her plane - and her plane.

Chorus


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America
Paul Simon

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together.
I've got some real estate here in my bag."
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And walked off to look for America.

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now.
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've come to look for America."

Laughing on the bus.
Playing games with the faces,
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy.
I said, "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera."

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat."
"We smoked the last one an hour ago."
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping.
"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why."
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America


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The Osborne Brothers - America The Beautiful lyrics

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, their country loved
And more than life
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
If you'd like to join me, please do!
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
To shining sea!


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Brad Paisley - American Flag On The Moon lyrics

How do we honor those who have fallen and died for this dream?
I'm sure of one thing, it's not with gridlock or bickering
We're the children of explorers, that came here from every corner
The adventures that sat on this land
We led the world, fought tyranny, touched the stars, brought liberty
Let's do that again
Tonight I dare you to dream
Go on, believe impossible things
Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do
I mean after all, there's an American flag on the moon
Outside the other night, you should have seen the moonlight
It's enough to make you squint your eyes
So my five year old had learned about
The lunar landing and he walked out
And started staring at the sky
Stood there for a while, he got a great big smile
And said, "Dad, I think I can see it, can you?"
I bowed my head, closed my eyes and said
"Yes son, I think I do"
Tonight I dare you to dream
Go on, believe impossible things
Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do
Cause after all, there's an American flag on the moon
Oh, in two hundred years
Think about all that we've done so far
I don't see any reason why tomorrow can't be ours
Tonight I dare you to dream
Go on, believe impossible things
Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do
Cause after all, after all,
There's an American flag on the moon
(On the moon)


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American Made
Recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys
Written by Bob Dipiero and Pat Mcmanus

G                  C                                G
Seems everything I buy these days has got a foreign name              C                          D7
From the kind of car I drive to my video game
               C                    G
I got a Nikkon camera a Sony color TV
                   C                    D7                      G
But the one that I love is from the U.S.A. and standing next to me                         My baby is American Made
D7
Born and bred in the U.S.A.
         G
From her silky long hair to her sexy long legs
   D7               G
My baby is American Made
                      C                              G
She looks good in her tight blue jeans she bought in Mexico                      C                            D7
And she loves wearing French perfume everywhere we go                         C                        G
But when it comes to the loving part one thing is true
                  C       D7            GM
My baby's genuine U.S.A.  red white and blue

Repeat #2 x3

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American Stranger
Traditional

I'm a stranger to this country, from America I came
There's no one here that kens me nor yet can tell my name
I came o'er tae this country tae wander for a while
Far frae my bonnie dearie, aye monie's the weary mile

Some say that I am rakish, some say that I am wild
Some say that I am guilty the lassies tae beguile
But I will prove them lying folk gin ye'll come alang wi' me
And be my leesome lassie on the plains o' Americay

Gie my regards tae Nancy wha bides on yonder hill
And likewise unto Betsy, she's a lass I like fu' well
But gie my love tae Maggie, for she's my heart's delight
I'd row her in my erms through a year lang winter's night

The ship that's on the saut saut sea maun sail without her sails
The wee wee fishies grow until they turn to muckle whales
In the middle o' the ocean maun grow a rowan tree
Afore that I prove false tae her that's gi'en her love tae me

So send me word my darlin' and westward I will sail
On a packet out of Leith my dear on a brisk and a pleasant gale
And when that I am landed, you'll plight your troth tae me
And we'll dance and sing thegether on the plains o' Americay


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American Tune
Paul Simon

Many's the time I've been mistaken,
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken,
And certainly misused.
Ah, but I'm all right, I'm all right.
I'm just weary to my bones.
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant,
so far away from home,
so far away from home.

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered.
I don't have a friend who feels at ease.
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered,
or driven to its knees.
Ah, but it's all right. It's all right.
For we've lived so well so long.
Still, when I think of the road we're travelin' on,
I wonder what's gone wrong.
I can't help but wonder what's gone wrong.

And I dreamed I was dying.
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly,
and looking back down at me, smiled reassuringly.
And I dreamed I was flying,
and high up above my eyes could clearly see
the Statue of Liberty sailing away to sea.
And I dreamed I was flying.

And we come on the ship they call the Mayflower.
We come on the ship that sailed the moon.
We come in the age's most uncertain hours,
and sing an American tune.
Oh, and it's all right, it's all right,
it's all right.
You can't be forever blessed.
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day
and I'm tryin' to get some rest;
that's all - I'm trying to get some rest.


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Amie
Pure Prairie League

I can see why you think you belong to me
I never tried to make you think or make you see one thing for yourself
But now you're off with someone else and I'm alone
You see I thought I might keep you for my own

Amie, what you wanna do
I think I could stay with you
For a while maybe longer if I do

Don't you think the time was right for us to find
All the things we thought weren't proper could be in time
And can't you see which way we should turn together or alone
I can never see what's right or what is wrong
Don't you take too long to tell me

Amie, what you wanna do
I think I could stay with you
For a while maybe longer if I do

Amie, what you wanna do
I think I could stay with you
For a while maybe longer if I do

Now just come to what you want you've had your way
And all the things you thought before just faded into gray
And you can say that I don't know if it's you or if it's me
If it's one of us I'm sure we both will see
Won't you look at me and tell me

Amie, what you wanna do
I think I could stay with you
For a while maybe longer if I, longer if I do

Amie, what you wanna do
I think I could stay with you
For a while maybe longer if I do

Verse:
A - G D | A - G D |

A - G D | A - G D |
I can see why you think you be- | long to me. |

A - G D | A - - - |
I never tried to make you think, or | let you feel one thing for your- |

D - - - | C - - - |
self. But now your | off with someone else & I'm a- |

D - - - | C - - - |
lone. You see I | thought that I might keep you for my |

E - - - | E - - - |
own. | |

Chorus:

A - - - | G - D - |
A- my | What you gonna do? |

A - - - | G - - - |
I think | I could stay with you for a|

Bm - - - | E - - - |

while, maybe longer if I | do. |


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Amigo
recorded by David Ball
written by Kostas and David Ball

 Am                D7    G
Where ever you go we go amigo
     D7
Been there through thick and thin
         G
Down and out and back again
      Am          D7    G
Where ever you go we go amigo
       D7                                G
On the road that leads us to the setting sun
                          D7          G
Some people think you're just an old guitar
                     D7                 G
That may be true but that's not all you are
   G7                          C
No matter where I go or what I do
A7                            D7
I can always find a friend in you 

repeat #1
 
              D7      G
We got into a mess in Abilene
                      D7             G
She was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen
    G7                                   C
The song you played made her forget that night
A7                                D7
That she was the sheriff's lonely wife

 repeat #1

                      D7           G
I think it's time to hit the road again
                       D7                G
And see what's waiting for us around the bend
G7                                 C
Saddle up old friend we're leaving town
A7                               D7
Drifting with the clouds bumming around

 repeat #1

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Richard Thompson - Among The Gorse, Among The Grey Lyrics

Once there was a son
Among the gorse, among the grey
And wondrous dreams he spun
Among the gorse, among the grey

And he chased the clouds
And he kissed the wind
Barefoot and bloody at the knee
It is, he said
As if the world was made for me

And the elders gathered 'round
Among the gorse, among the grey
And they staked him to the ground
Among the gorse, among the grey

And they sucked the joy
From his beating heart
Washed his eyes with rue
Now come, they said
Come to the world we made for you

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An All American Bluegrass Girl
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent
  
C
Bill might be from Kentucky   Jimmy from Tennessee 
       F            C                  G7             C
I'm an all American bluegrass girl and proud as I can be
                                      F                 C
Each day I greet the morning with the sounds of the radio
F                C                            G7
Lester Flatt was singing on that Martha White show
    C              F                 C
Big K on the banjo Marty on the mandolin
       F            C                  G7                  C
I'm an all American bluegrass girl and proud of where I've been
F                           C
Bill might be from Kentucky Jimmy from Tennessee
                                                        G7
Though I might be from Missouri I'm as bluegrass as can be
  C                            F               C
A life of bluegrass music with friends and family
       F            C                  G7             C
I'm an all American bluegrass girl and proud as I can be
 
                                F                 C
All my life they told me you're pretty good for a girl
    F                   C                            G7
Someday you'll play the Opry just like Sonny Bob and Earl
    C                                     F                    C
I'm livin' dreams I never dreamed mom and daddy they taught me right
         F            C                    G7             C
To be an all American bluegrass girl who's singin' here tonight
 
Repeat #2 x2 
  
       F            C                  G7             C
I'm an all American bluegrass girl and proud as I can be

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An American Dream
Recorded by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Written by Rodney J. Crowell

C                       F
I beg your pardon momma what did you say
 G7                        C
My mind was drifting on a Martinique day
                           F
It's not that I'm not interested you see
 G7                      C
Augusta Georgia is just no place to be
                        F
I think Jamaica in the moonlight
 G7                     C
Sandy beaches drinking rum every night
                          F
We've got no money momma but we can go
 G7                                   C
We'll split the difference and go to Coconut grove
                            F
Just keep on talking momma I can hear
 G7                         C
Your voice it tickles down inside of my ear
                   F
I feel a tropical vacation this year
 G7                          C
Might be the answer to this Hillbilly beer

Repeat #2

               F
Voila an American dream
 G7                     C
We can travel girl without any means
                      F
When it's as easy as closing your eyes
 G7                     C
And dream Jamaica is a big neon sign
                          F
Just keep talking momma I like that sound
 G7                        C
It goes so easy with that rain falling down
                    F
I think a tropical vacation this year
 G7                          C
Might be the answer to this Hillbilly beer

   Repeat #2,3

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An Eirinn Ni Neosainn Ce Hi


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An Old Farm For Sale
Written and recorded by Cowboy Copas

G                                    C           A7         
The curtains are drawn they're not starched anymore 
        D7           G
Just an old farm for sale
                              C            A7 
And mother's old thimble lies there on the floor 
        D7           G 
Just an old farm for sale
    C                        G
Now grandpa and grandma have gone on their way
        A7                         D7
There's weeds in the pasture where I used to play
    G                   C             A7  
Why even the trees look neglected and frail
        D7           G  
Just an old farm for sale
                                   C         A7
The shutters need painting they're faded and brown 
        D7           G
Just an old farm for sale
                               C                A7 
What once was a mansion is the shack that's run down 
        D7           G
Just an old farm for sale
    C                        G         
The postman no longer drives up to the main
A7                                 D7
And there stands the front gate to rust in the rain
    G                        C             A7
The sign on the mailbox that once held the mail 
         D7           G  
Reads an old farm for sale
                        C             A7
Why even the trees look neglected and frail 
        D7           G  
Just an old farm for sale

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An Old Log Cabin For Sale

While strolling alone in the country
Reviewing the scenes new and old
I found an old fashioned log cabin
So beautiful there to behold

A stranger was standing in silence
His eyes firmly fixed on the door
My heart ached in pity to see him
For these were the words that it bore

In the sign read an old log cabin for sale
An old oaken bucket and well
Easy terms just keep a log on the fire each day
And a light burning bright in the dell

Many years an old couple so patiently looked
For a boy who's last promise did fail
Now the old rockin' chairs will be rockin' no more
There's an old log cabin for sale

How long has it been since you've written
A letter to mother and dad
How long has it been since you've seen them
Oh why don't you make their heart glad

Too soon will the old home be vacant
A candle light gleaming no more
Don't wait 'til too late to remember
There may be a sign on the door

Many years an old couple so patiently looked
For a boy who's last promise did fail
Now the old rockin' chairs will be rockin' no more
There's an old log cabin for sale

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An Old Love Affair

Just like old times you were her last night
and gone were my sorrows and cares
Just like old times you were gone and I
Had dreamed of an old love affair

   I was alone in the darkness my dear
   Many dreams ago you left me there
   Sunlight told me you were gone and I
   Had dreamed of an old love affair

Nights are so empty since you've been gone
I loved you with all of my heart
Heaven was mine when you smiled last night
And said we could make a new start

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An Old Love Affair Now Showing
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by David Ingles

G                      Am
An old love affair now showing
D7                         G    D7
I'm pretending I no longer care
       G
But to those who know me well
    C      G       A7
The marque plainly spells
   D7                  G      D7
An old love affair now showing
 
    G                           Am
I'm watching an old rerun in my mind
  D7                                        G
A story about a girl and a boy who loved so fine
 
It started with a sweet mystery
    C     G       A7
But ended in tragedy
      D7                                 G
So if you see tears then don't be too surprised
 
Repeat #1 Because an old...
 
  G                                     Am
I try to keep from thinking thoughts of her
    D7                               G   D7
The things we did the happy fools we were
    G                            C       G      A7
But try hard as I may seemed the price I had to pay
       D7                       G
Is the memory of a loveI can't possess
 
G                      Am
An old love affair now showing
D7                         G    D7
I'm pretending I no longer care
       G
But to those who know me well
    C      G       A7
The marque plainly spells
   D7                  G
An old love affair now showing
   D7                  G
An old love affair now showing

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An Old Memory (Found Its Way Back Home Again)
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Melba Montgomery and Jerry Salley

G                                    C
I thought I had driven you out of my mind
       G                                                         D7
When I crossed that bridge on memory lane and burned it one last time
G                                       C
I told myself it's over and I'm finally free
    D7
But just when I thought I had buried your memory
It shows up just like a bad penny
G             C                  D7
An old memory found its way back home again
G                   C                     G                    D7
Old feelings that I thought I'd lost have found their way back in
            G
Like an old dog that you drop off just outside of town
C
Uninvited coming back anyhow
G                       D7            G
An old memory found its way back home again
                                  C
I swept every room when I cleaned house
     G                                                       D7
Tore up your old love letters and threw all of your pictures out
G                                   C
But I can't throw away what I can't see
  D7
I guess I fooled myself into believing forgetting you was gonna be easy

Repeat #2

    C                        G
Why can't I keep your memory away
     C                             A7                D7
It's like a fire I can't put out a cold that I can't shake

Repeat #2
  C           G                 D7            G
Yeah an old memory found it's way back home again

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An Old Memory's Arms
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Diane McCall

C                  F         C
I loved somebody a long time ago
                          F            C
And if I still loved them you'll never know
                              F        C
For my past is just that it's mine all mine
                        G7      C    G7
And only I can go there any old time
           C                        F            C
I know you can't understand me when spring rolls around
                            F             C
This look in my eye doesn't mean that I'm down
                            A#7          C
I've just gone back into an old memory's arms
                                      G7        C
And if I don't stay too long it won't do you no harm
    G7                       F            C
But one of these days I just might up and stay
F                       C       G7
You call me crazy right now any way
     C                      A#7          C
I've just gone back into an old memory's arms
                                      G7        C
And if I don't stay too long it can't do you no harm
    G7                       F            C
But one of these days I just might up and stay
F                       C       G7
You call me crazy right now any way
     C                      A#7          C
I've just gone back into an old memory's arms
                                      G7        F   C
And if I don't stay too long it can't do you no harm

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An Old Rocking Chair

Setting alone in an old rocking chair
I saw an old mother with silvery hair
She seemed so neglected by those who still care
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

Her hands were all callused wrinkled and old
A life of hard work was the story they told
And I thought of angels as I saw here there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

Bless her old heart do you think she'd complain
Life has been bitter tho' she'd live it again
And carry the cress that is more than her share
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

It wouldn't take much to gladden her heart
Just some small remembrance on somebody's part
A letter would brighten her empty life there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

I know some youngster's in an old orphan's home
Who'd think they owned Heaven if she was their own
They'd never be willing to let her sit there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

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Anchored In Love

I've found a sweet haven of sunshine at last,
and Jesus abiding above,
His dear arms around me are lovingly cast
and sweetly He tells His love

The tempest is o'er
(The danger, the tempest forever is o'er)
I'm safe evermore
(My anchor is holding I'm safe ever more)
What gladness what rapture is mine
The danger is past
(The water's receding, the danger is past)
I'm anchored at last
(I'm feeling so happy I'm anchored at last)
I'm anchored in love divine

He saw me endangered and lovingly came
To pilot my storm-beaten soul
Sweet peace He has spoken and bless His dear name
The billows no longer roll

His love shall control me through life and in death
Completely I'll trust to the end
I'll praise Him each hour and my last fleeting breath
Shall sing of my soul's Best Friend

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Anchored To The Shore

   Anchored to the shore anchored to the shore
   All my tribulation will follow me no more
   Anchored to the shore anchored to the shore
   I was adrift but now I'm finely anchored to the shore.

Demands are placed upon me this much I will concede
For years I kept on running from an awful deed
By dwelling on this fortune in the hopes of yesterday
I kept myself confined and there is a better way

The storm will rage again some day of this we can be sure
A lifetime has its seasons and each we shall endure
There are no simple answers or solutions from on high
The challenge lies before us on ourselves we can rely.

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And God Created Texas
Written and recorded by Johnny Bush
 
C                              F
God had a piece of heaven left over
       C                          G7
And He held it in the palm of His hand
C                   F
Put a lonestar high above it
     G7                         C
Then set it down beside the Rio Grande
                                         F
He made the horns on the steers a little longer
    C                   G7
Put thorns on the black chaparral 
C                                   F
Set the tumbleweeds to grow and the wind to make 'em roll
    G7                                C
And chase the diamond backs along the trail
    F                    C
And Texas was a place He created
                                    G7
The nearest place to heaven on this earth
C                 F                    C
Put a cowboy in a show and called it a rodeo
    G7                          C
And put it in the middle of Ft. Worth
                                     F
Then God said there's just one thing missing
    C                 G7
But soon it will come along
C                               F
This land needs its own kind of music
   G7                                     C
So He willed a man named Bob to write the songs
       F                      C
He put Cotton Eyed Joe in the middle
                                 G7
Then put the fiddle in a masters hand
            C                   F                     C
And when he stars all alone and plays the Rose of San Antone
     G7                                       C
Then He let the course of nature complete the plan

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And He Says I Love You

She looks at him from across
All the other bedrooms she's been lost in
Suddenly scared because
She can't see his face at all
Until he speaks out loud
And he say I love you

She takes his arm and holds it tight
And wishes he'd turn out the hall light
And says for the second time that night
You sure say funny things
But she's not laughing then
And he says I love you

And he never say Because
And who does he think that he is ?
And she says You don't know all
and he says I know , I know

Later on she shuts the bathroom deer
Wondering what it is he likes her for
The water sure is nice and warm
She tries to think and can't
Of what he might have meant
When he said I love you

And he never says Because
And who does he think that he is ?
and she says You don't know all
And he says I know, I know


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And I'm Still Missing You
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Chuck Glaser and James Payne

G                C                G         D7      G
People laugh and love and cry and I'm still missing you

              C                  G                    C
The paper boy still comes around just like he used to do
    G             C              G                 D7
But he's a little taller now and I'm still missing you
    G                 C                    G           D7
The leaves are piled against the fence the sky is hazy blue
        G             C              G                 D7
There's talk about an early snow and I'm still missing you
G         D7      G
I'm still missing you

    D7                                G
The swirling winds of time bring many changes
                Dm
But for me they only blow across the surface of my heart
                                            D7
And they can't cool this memory of you that hides so deep inside me

G                  C              G             C
Dick and Jane came by today their baby's almost due
G                C                G                 D7
People laugh and love and cry and I'm still missing you
G         D7      G
I'm still missing you

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The Avett Brothers - And It Spread Lyrics

There was light in the room
Then you left and it was through
Then the frost started in
My toes and fingertips

And it spread into my heart

Then for I don't know how long
I settled in to doing wrong
And as the wind fills the sail
Came the thought to hurt my self

And it spread into my home
And it spread
And it spread into my soul

Well there are no lines
Separating the truth from the lies

Then you came back from space
With a brand new laugh and a different face
You took my hand and held it up
And shot my arm full of love

And it spread
And it spread into the world
And it spread
And it spread into the world

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And You Wonder Why
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Bill Anderson

C
I mailed you a post card 
    Am                  C        D7
You complained cause it wasn't a letter
  G7                                           C   Am
I sent you a lily you cried cause you wanted a rose
  C             Em        Am        C               F  Dm
I called you at seven you said next time call me at two
    G7                    Dm          G7       C   Am
And you wonder why I went looking for somebody new
C                       Am         C         D7
I wrote her a note on a back of an old paper napkin
G7                                       C       Am
I sent her a petal from a faded and torn daffodil
    C                        Am              C       F   Dm
She kissed me and told me no one made her so happy before
    G7                     Dm           G7     C
And you wonder why I don't come home to you anymore
  G7                    C
I still got my future I still got my pride
    G7                           D7         G7
And she wants the true love that you pushed aside
    C          Em      Am          C           F  Dm
And you wonder why I'm leaving and breaking my vow
G7             Dm        G7          C
I wonder why I foolishly waited till now

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Angel
Sarah McLachlan

Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always one reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh beautiful release
memory seeps from my veins
let me be empty
and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

in the arms of an angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there

so tired of the straight line
and everywhere you turn
there's vultures and thieves at your back
and the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lie
that you make up for all that you lack
it don't make no difference
escaping one last time
it's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

in the arms of an angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Angel (Live)

Angel, come to me
To me, come to me

Angel, belong to me
To me, belong to me

Angel, you have wings
To fly, fly to me

Angel, do you doubt?
No need to have doubt

Angel, feel my love
My love for you
Feel my love for you

Angel, carry me
To you, to your home, to paradise

Angel, I would lie for you
For you, just for you, with my yearning heart

And angel, I would die for you
For you, just for you, with my burning heart

Angel, don't feel liable
For me and my pain don't feel liable

'Cause angels must be free
High up from this world in eternity

Angel, I could clip your wings
To catch all your love, to calm your pain

But angel, this would be so wrong
You would bleed to death immediately

So angel, come to me
Heal my glaring pain voluntarily
I love you

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Angel Band

My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph has begun

   Oh come angel band
   Come and around me stand
   Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
   To my immortal home
   Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
   To my immortal home

Oh bear my longing heart to him
Who bled and died for me
Who's blood now cleanses from all sin
And gives me victory

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Alison Krauss - Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

[Verse 1]
If you had not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground

And I patched up your broken wing
And hung around for a while
Trying to keep your spirits
And your fever down

[Pre-Chorus]
I knew someday that you would fly away
For love's the greatest healer, to be found

[Chorus]
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

[Verse 2]
Fly on, fly on past, the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up, than to see you down

[Chorus]
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground ...


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Angel From Montgomery

   Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
   Make me a poster of an old rodeo
   Just give me one thing one thing I can hold on to
   To believe in this livin' just a hard way to go

I am an old man named after my father
Now lady is another child who's grown old
If dreams were thunder and lightening was desire
This old house would have burned down a long time ago

When I was a young man now I was a cowboy
I weren't much to look at but a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time and no matter how much I try
Those years just flow by like a broken down dam.

There's flies in the kitchen Lord I can hear'em buzzin'
Ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
How the hell can a person go to work in the mornin'
Come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?

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Angel In Disguise 
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl Thomas Conley and Randy Scruggs

G                     F                  Em
You were just another pretty face in the crowd
D7                 G  Em D7
I was just hangin' out
G                  F                          Em
I wasn't ready for love when I looked in your eyes
D7             G       Em D7
You took me by surprise
C
You weren't supposed to say that you loved me
         G
You were just gonna stay for the night
C
I never held a hand that could touch me
    Am                        D7
And leave me with stars in my eyes
   G    Em D7    G    Em
Oh angel   in disguise
D7             G    Em D7    G
You're just an angel   in disguise
                   F                Em
Almost made it too easy for me to believe
D7                        G  Em D7
That love could happen to me
G                        F                    Em
But you're not afraid to show me how much you care
D7                      G     Em D7
And prove your heart is there
Repeat #2
   G    Em D7    G    Em
Oh angel   in disguise
D7             G    Em D7    G     D7
You're just an angel   in disguise
   G    Em D7    G    Em
Oh angel   in disguise
D7             G    Em D7    G
You're just an angel   in disguise

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Angel Of The Morning
Recorded by Juice Newton
Written by Chip Taylor

G              C                    D7
There'll be no strings to bind your hands
          C                    G     C  D7
Not if my love can't bind your heart
G          C              D7
There's no need to take a stand
           C              G    C  D7
For it was I who chose to start
Am       C               D7
I see no need to take me home
Am      C                  D7
I'm old enough to face the dawn
G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Angel
G             C                D7       C D7
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Angel
Am          C              G
Then slowly turn away from me
          C                   D7
Maybe the sun's light will be dim
             C         G   C D7
And it won't matter anyhow
G            C            D7
If morning's echo says we sinned
C                         G  C D7
Well it was what I wanted now
Am               C              D7
And if we're the victims of the night
Am         C          D7
I won't be blinded by light
G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Angel
G             C                D7       C D7
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Angel
C
Then slowly turn away
                             G
I won't beg you to stay with me
            C            G
Through the tears of the day
       C     D7
Of the years ba-a-a-by
  G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Ange
lG             C                D7       C D7
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Angel
G             C                D7       C  D7
Just touch my cheek before you leave me darling
G            C            D7      C D7
Just call me angel of the morning Angel
G             C                D7       C        G
Just touch my cheek before you leave me dar---ling

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Angel On My Shoulder
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
Written by Chip Taylor

C      G7          C    Am        C
Got an angel on my shoulder got a penny in my pocket
    Am                  Dm  G7                    C
And I found a four-leaf clover and I put it in my wallet
Am                      C
Wished on all the stars above me
       Am                 C
And I caught the nearest rainbow
Am                    Dm   G7                       C   F
Gonna find someone to love me gonna find someone to love
C                                  F
Well I tossed a lotta nickels in a wishing well
                                        C
And saved the fortunes that the fortune cookies tell
                          F
I got a lucky penny and a mustard seed
      Dm                      G7
But a warm and tender love is all I need
      C
And I want a love that lingers
Am                          C
And is stronger through and through
                      G7
So I'm gonna cross my fingers
                      C       Em
That I find a girl to love me true
G7                     C
And I'm gonna love her too

Repeat #2,3

G7                     C
And I'm gonna love her too
G7                     C
And I'm gonna love her too
G7                     C
And I'm gonna love her too

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Angel On Paper
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Delmar Williams and Paul Borst

C           G            D7                  G
An angel on paper that's all that's left for me
               G7           C
I sit here and look at your picture tonight
D7                                    G
Oh how my empty arms long to hold you tight
                       G7          C
Your footsteps say you walked away out into the night
D7                                                   G
A star just fell the moon just hit my angel's out of sight
   C        G            D7                  G
An angel on paper that's all that's left for me
   C                G           A7                D7
No more to see your loving face you're just a memory
G                 G7             C
Why did I have to fall so hard I knew it couldn't be
   D7                                               G
An angel's face on paper that's all that's left for me
                     G7               C
Why does it seem the nicest things in life don't come to stay
D7                                            G
You took the thrill of living when you walked away
                      G7          C
My friends say not to worry now a new love there will be
   D7                                               G
An angel's face on paper that's all that's left for me

Repeat #2

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Sam Bush - Angel to Be

Mary was a friend of mine
Very close at Heart to me
I had to let her fly away
Into the night an angel to be

Nothing more that hurt me so
Than to stand and say good-bye
She had always told me
“Son, this day will come”

And in her final days
In a weakened voice she said
“It's time together, together that we pray
Don't you ever feel cheated
Coming up you had what you needed
Nothing in this world ever happens by mistake
Son, please have faith”

Now the years have passed
I remember vividly
She said “Say with me
And the pain will pass”

Mary was a friend of mine
Very close at Heart to me
I had to let her fly away
Into the night an angel to be
Into the night an angel to be
Into the night an angel to be
Into the night an angel to be
“Son, please have faith”


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Angel With A Broken Wing
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Dick Heard and Jimmy Hinson

G       D7           G
See the angel in the corner 
     C                G
With teardrops on her cheek
C                      G
She's listening to the jukebox 
A7               D7
Play sad old memories

G            D7            G
Don't bother asking her to dance 
    C                 G
She needs the time to cry
C                     G      Em
She's an angel with a broken wing 
C              D7     G
Falling out of love tonight

C                     G      Em
She's an angel with a broken wing 
C        D7          G
Who knew what heaven was
         C          G               Em
Till the man she worshipped let her down 
A7                D7
Oh what a fool he was

   G        D7           G
If she ever fell into my arms 
C                        G
Lord knows I'd treat her right
         C            G      Em
She's an angel with a broken wing 
C              D7     G
Falling out of love tonight

         C            G      Em
She's an angel with a broken wing 
C              D7     G
Falling out of love tonight

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Angela Jones
Written and recorded by John D. Loudermilk

C             F                 C
Doot'n do doo doot'n do doo doo Angela Jones (Angela Jones)
              F                 C
Doot'n do doo doot'n do doo doo Angela Jones (Angela Jones)
G7            C              G7               C
I'll meet you at your locker when school's dismissed
G7              C                 D7           G7
I'll carry your books home if you just give me one little
Repeat #1
G7         C                G7             C
You know I love you darling more than I do life
G7             C                 D7          G7
Some day we'll get some preacher and let him make us man and
Repeat #1
G7           C              G7      C
Each night I pray to heaven way up above
G7             C              D7           G7
That you won't ever forget me and give somebody else your
Repeat #1
G7          C              G7               C
I love your kind of loving it's always been true
G7         C               D7          G7
I love the way you whisper I'll always be in love with
Repeat #1

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Crooked Still 
Angeline The Baker

Angeline the baker, lives on the village green
The way I always loved her, beats all you've ever seen
Angeline the baker, Angeline I know
Should have married Angeline, twenty years ago

Angeline the baker, age of 43
Fed her sugar candy, but she still won't marry me
Angeline the baker, Angeline I know
Should have married Angeline, just twenty years ago

Her father was a baker, his name was Uncle Sam
I never can forget her, no matter where I am
She said couldn't do hard work, because she is not stout
Baked the biscuits every day and poured the coffee out

Angeline the baker, age of 43
Fed her sugar candy, but she still won't marry me
Angeline the baker, Angeline I know
Should have married Angeline, just twenty years ago

I bought Angeline a brand new dress, neither black nor brown
It was the colour of a stormy skies, before the rain came down
Sixteen horses in my team, the leader he was blind
I dreamed that I was dying, I saw my Angeline

Angeline the baker, age of 43
Fed her sugar candy, but she still won't marry me
Angeline the baker, Angeline I know
Should have married Angeline, just twenty years ago

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Angels Don't Fly They Just Walk Out On You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by John Fountain and William J. Webb
[3/4 time]

C                  F            C
Deep into midnight far from the warm light
                                       G7
Beneath the shadows of a cold crescent moon
C                        F           C
I watched her leaving no shouting or screaming
                                     G7          C
Just the sound of our hearts as they fall out of tune

F                          C
Angels don't fly they just walk out the door
                                              G7
I know cause her footsteps I still hear on my floor
F                             C           Am
You might think I'm crazy but I know it's true
C                          G7          C
Angels don't fly they just walk out on you

                            F                C
Now I'm lost in my memories and smoky nights bring me
                                             G7
As close to the truth as any man should ever be
C                              F                 C
Seems the love that I gave her could never quite save her
                                G7             C
From a wild restless heart that just had to be free

Repeat #2

F            C             G7          C
Angels don't fly they just walk out on you

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Angels Rejoiced

A house not a home was the picture Satan painted
For sweet little sister and me
Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
His heart was so hardened that he would not believe

In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud
His Sundays were spent out with the gambling crowd
I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God
For Satan held his hand down the path of sin he trod

Not long ago our circle was broken
When God called on mother one night
In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
Asking our daddy to raise her children right

The angels rejoiced in heaven last night
I heard my daddy praying til God made it right
He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes
While mother with the angels rejoiced last night

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Angels Rock Me To Sleep

My heart is sad my soul is weary
While sailing oe'r life's rugged plain
The clouds are dark the day is dreary
It seems 

   Angels rock me to sleep in the cradle of love
   Bear me over the deep to heaven above
   When the shadows shall fall and the savior shall call
   Angels rock me to sleep in the cradle of love

There is no earthly friend to guide me
No one to call to heaven's goal
But Christ the savior stands beside me
To cheer and comfort my poor soul

At last the harbor I am nearing
I see the lights along the shore
I hear my friends and loved ones cheering
I'll soon be safe for ever more

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Anger and Tears
Recorded by Mel McDaniel
Written by Carol W. Chase and Howard Russell Smith

C                        F
I left home this morning didn't say a word
    C                                        G7
The sound of your crying is the only thing I heard
     C                F
What I had to say you wouldn't wanna hear
     C                        G7        C
So I left you alone with your anger and tears

                F
Anger and tears anger and tears
   C                                              G7
Is that all that's left us after loving all these years
    C                       F
As slowly as love grows how soon it disappears
     C                         G7            C
In a house full of anger and a heart full of tears

                       F
A face like an angel a voice like a dove
  C                                         G7
I knew you were sent here from somewhere up above
C                      F
Am I to blame for your changing through the years
     C                            G7        C
Have I been the cause of all your anger and tears

Repeat #2
                         F
I know that sometimes my temper ain't so good
      C                                                 G7
Cause things haven't worked out the way we thought they would
    C                          F
But let's don't give in to our doubts and our fears
      C                        G7        C
Let's try to put an end to our anger and tears

Repeat #2



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Ann
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Billy Ed Wheeler

G                                                    D7
I know I'll never meet another hunk of woman like my Ann
                   C                     D7
Cause she makes me feel like a great big man
               G                                                  D7
I'm a gonna go tell her mama what I think about her say thank you ma'am
           C   D7            G
For giving me  your daughter Ann

            C
She sure is stacked from her toes to the pretty little nape
                                                      G
Of her neck she's packed like a seed in a grape she's smooth as marble skin
           C
When I see her I believe I'm a real young guy
                                                    A7                 D7
And every time I go to work I think I might die if  I can't hurry home again
                 G                                     D7
If the good Lord worked all night a making me a female plan
           C               D7             G
I'd say no thank you Lord  I'll just keep Ann

                                                       D7
How could I ever look at any other woman when I've got Ann
               C                      D7
Oh it feels so good when she takes my hand
               G                                                   D7
I'm a gonna go tell her daddy what I think about her say thank you man
           C   D7            G
For giving me  your daughter Ann

            C
When I come home and I feel like I've been run over
                                                G
By a ten-ton truck she can rub my shoulders and soothe my aches and pains
             C
If I lose my job and I'm down to a silver dollar
                     
And I feel like a dried up gourd in a holler 
         A7                       D7
She can  cool my brow like summer rain
                 G                                     D7
If the good Lord worked all night a making me a female plan
           C          D7                  G
I'd say no thank you  Lord I'll just keep Ann
 
      C            D7             G
Oh no thanks Lord  I'll just keep Ann

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Anna

Anna dear, they say tomorrow you'll be leavin'
If only you had been the one to tell me so
I could try, at last, to understand the reason
But the one who cares the most is always the last to know

Anna dear, the road from town is cold and lonely
If you leavebehind the one whose faith you know
Many years will pass before you find tomorrow
Why can't you believe the one who never let it show

As I stand and watch you leave I wonder
Anna didn't find enough to show you that I care
Could you feel the same again I ask forgiveness
But the one who cares the most is always the last to know
But the one who cares the most is always the last to know


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Anna Marie
BMI Work #: 8605367
Anna Marie (Larry W. Jones 01/04/2007) (song#4299)

When the robin arrives in Spring
And hops along in his glee
I wait just to listen to him sing
Sing a song for Anna Marie
Anna Marie, Anna Marie
Sweet girl with golden hair
Sunshine has come to see
And bluebirds by the pair
At your smile a rose will blush
And your voice is music fine
The rude world will noise hush
For such a lovely girl divine
Anna Marie, Anna Marie
Dove adorned of purest wing
Nere before has sung to me
Song of the golden Spring
Anna Marie, Anna Marie
You would but make me king
Oh, take this ring from me
And be my queen, Anna Marie


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The Duhks - Annabel 

Annabel, Annabel where did you go?
I've looked high and I've looked low
I've looked low and I've looked high
Tell me where does the spirit go when you die?
Oh where does the spirit go when you die?

I have packed your satin gloves and lace
All the pictures of your pretty face
And I kept the ones of you on skates
And a picture from your wedding day

Annabel, Annabel way up high
Are you kissing the starry birds in the sky
Will you come and visit us down below
Oh Annabel, Annabel where did you go
Annabel where did you go?

You will miss the humming of the spring
And the winter won't mean anything
And the summer is a lonesome dale
I am lost without you Annabel
I have lost my faith in everything
Annabel, Annabel are you free?
Will you wrap me in your legacy?
In a blanket with your sweet perfume
I am always think of thoughts of you

Annabel, Annabel where did you go?
I've looked high and I've looked low
Oh I've looked low and I've looked high
Tell me where does the spirit go when you die?
Oh where does the spirit go when you die?

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Annabelle
Gillian Welch

I lease twenty acres and one Jenny mule
From the Alabama trust
For half of the cotton, and a third of the corn
You get a handful of dust

Chorus:
We can not have all things to please us
No matter how we try
Until we've all gone to Jesus
We can only wonder why

I had a little daughter, called her Annabelle
She's the apple of my eye
Tried to give her something like I never had
I didn't want to ever hear her cry

Chorus

When I'm dead and buried I'll take a hard life of tears
For every day I've ever known
Anna's in the churchyard, she's got no life at all
She's only got these words on a stone

Chorus

Until we've all gone to Jesus
We only wonder why


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Annie's Song 
written and recorded by John Denver [3/4 time]
 
C              F   G7  Am     F          C
You fill up my sen-ses like a night in a forest
                      F      G7    Dm     F           G7
Like the mountains in spring-time  like a walk in the rain
                    F   G7   Am      F          C
Like a storm in the des-ert  like a sleepy blue ocean
               F    G7  Dm   F        C
You fill up my sen-ses  come fill me again
 
            F     G7   Am     F               C
Come let me l-ove you  let me give my life to you
                     F     G7   Dm     F           G7
Let me drown in your laugh-ter  let me die in your arms
                 F     G7   Am      F             C
Let me lay down beside you  let me always be with you
            F     G7   Dm   G7      C
Come let me l-ove you  come love me again
 
C              F   G7  Am     F          C
You fill up my sen-ses like a night in a forest
                      F      G7    Dm     F           G7
Like the mountains in spring-time  like a walk in the rain
                    F   G7   Am      F          C
Like a storm in the des-ert  like a sleepy blue ocean
               F    G7  Dm  F       C
You fill up my sen-ses come fill me again

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Anniversary Waltz
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Dave Franklin and Al Dubin

E7   A7          D7         G  D7
(The Anniversary Waltz with you)

G
Tell me I may always dance
                Am         D7
The Anniversary Waltz with you
        Am      D7
Tell me this is real romance
   Am          D7         G   Am
An anniversary dream come true

    Dm          G7        C
Let this be the answer to our future years
        E7                       Am         D7
Through millions of smiles and a few little tears
G     D7     B7     E7
May I always listen to
    Am          D7         G
The Anniversary Waltz with you

                 E7         D7   Am  D7
(The Anniversary Waltz with you)

    Am          D7         G
(An anniversary dream come true)

    Dm          G7        C
Let this be the answer to our future years
        E7                       Am         D7
Through millions of smiles and a few little tears
G     D7     B7     E7
May I always listen to
    Am          D7         Am          D7
The Anniversary Waltz (The Anniversary Waltz)
    Am          D7         G
The Anniversary Waltz with you

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Another
Recorded by Roy Drusky
written by Vic McAlpin and Roy Drusky

C                       F
You didn't love me long until the thrill was gone
     C                                G7
Then another made me your old used to be 
    C                               F
How long can his love last when the new wears oh so fast
         C                                 G7                C
There'll always be another and another and another just like me 
F                                 C
Just like me he'll understand the sorrow 
                                   G7
Of loving you today and losing you tomorrow
    C                                 F
I'd warned him but he called it jealousy 
G7                                                      C
So let him be another and another and another just like me
F                                 C
Just like me he'll understand the sorrow 
                                   G7
Of loving you today and losing you tomorrow
    C                                 F
I'd warned him but he called it jealousy 
G7                                                      C
So let him be another and another and another just like me

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Another Broken Heart

They stood on the beach one evening
Out in the moonlight so fair
Was a boy in the prime of manhood
And a girl of beauty rare

Oh I never thought that you loved me
An innocent look of surprise
Came out from beneath her lashes
And into her deep brown eyes

    Oh sir I was only flirting
    Only a playing a part
    Just another boy's life ruined
    Just another broken heart

Sir, I'm to be married this winter
Farewell as she gave me her hand
And throwing a robe around her
She left me alone on the sand

Now he goes where the crowd all passes
Always so bitter and cold
Just another boy's life ruined
Just another boy grown old

There's a rose grows in your garden
White roses the emblem of peace
And when I am dead, little darlin'
Plant that rose at my head and my feet

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Another By My Side
Recorded by Lonesome River Band
Written by Ronnie Bowman and Darryl Webb 

C
I sit and wonder why you ever left me
                                   G7
And you could never feel the way I do

You left me here behind I used to sit and cry
                                    C
And think about you darling all the time

F                                    C
But now I found another and she's my true love
          D7                           G7
She's the one I've been needing all my life
                        
Well since you set me free she's the only one for me
                                    C
Now there'll never be another by my side

                   
I told myself I'd never find a new love
                                   G7
I didn't even have the strength to try

How could I believe you were the only one for me
                                C
Cause now there's another by my side

Repeat #2


You remember how you left me for another
                                  G7
And how you hurt me darling was a shame            

I was lonesome and so blue till I found somebody new    
                                           C
Now I'm glad that things will never be the same

Repeat #2



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Another Chance At Love
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Allen Shamblin and Brent Maher
 
G                      C     G             C
I won't let my jealous heart tear my world apart
     G                          D7
If I ever get another chance at love
        G                C     G                  C
I won't make the same mistakes causing a heart to break
     G        D7                G
If I ever get another chance at love
 
        D7           C                  G
I won't be afraid to hold her close and tell her
      A7                          D7
How I need her more and more each day
        G               C      G               C
I won't let my feelings hide behind my foolish pride
     G        D7                G
If I ever get another chance at love
 
              C        G                C
I won't go to bed when something's left unsaid
     G                          D7
If I ever get another chance at love
G           C              G           C
I won't run away no matter what I know today
      G       D7                G
If I ever get another chance at love
 
        D7           C                  G
I won't be afraid to hold her close and tell her
      A7                          D7
How I need her more and more each day
        G               C      G               C
I won't let my feelings hide behind my foolish pride
     G        D7                G
If I ever get another chance at love
C       G        D7                G
Oh if I ever get another chance at love

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Another Cup Of Memories
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Dale Morris

G                             C              G
Put one out light one up pour myself another cup
                                     D7
Of the memories that keep me hanging on
        G                            C                 G
I can't help feelin' blue I think of things we used to do
                    D7            G
God I hate to spend another night alone
              C                              G
And I'll hear pictures on the wall I'll hear footsteps in the hall
                                          D7
As I stumble through a world that used to be
        G                     C              G
Put one out light one up pour myself another cup
               D7       G
Another cup of your memory
                                     C                    G
Neon lights are growin' dim from the dawn that's creepin' in
                                          D7
And it's time to struggle through another day
      G                         C            G
But I know when I go home and I find myself alone
                           D7            G
That I'll go back into the time that got away
Repeat #2
               D7       C G
Another cup of your memory

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Another Day (Live)

When the rain is fallin' you can hear me callin'
Been gone so long that I wanna cry
In all the cities that I see, this open road has taken me
To another place far away from you

I close the door behind me and fall onto the bed
There's nothing on the TV and not much in my head
When I think of you it makes me smile and I realize
It's another day without you

Now wait for me little darling
I'm coming home, I hope you'll understand
I long for you little darling
Can't wait till I can see you again

And as the days turn into weeks
I'll call you when you're fast asleep
The air outside is cold enough to snow
In all the little towns I see
Another road has taken me
To some other place far away from you

The man behind the counter says room 225
I can't recall the place I'm in by the looks inside
And sure as every hotel looks the same I realize
It's another day without you

Can't wait till I can see you again

=============================

Another Day

Another day how can I stand it
Without my ba-by by my side
This empty fee-lin' now inside
Is bound to show what I can't hide

   Just make mine straight without a chaser
   And let me drown my blues this way
   My darlin's gone my life is empty
   Nothing to live for another day

A thief could rob and take my money
If death was pending I could pray
I'm helpless now what will my fate be
As the hours drag by another day

=============================

Another Day Another Dollar

Another day another dollar
that's what I'm workin' for today
Another day another dollar
sure can't buy my blues away

   Another Day Another Dollar
   Sure can't buy my blues away

I'm just tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' jobs that I enjoy
But it ain't easy findin' somethin'
For this lonesome hearted boy

Now my life is like a highway
Just too many roads to take
You know I'll try to take the right one
Just gets harder every day

=============================

Alison Krauss - Another Day, Another Dollar Lyrics
Alison Krauss

Every Time You Say Goodbye
Another Day, Another Dollar
(dan tyminski/doobie shea music, bmi)

Another day, another dollar
That's what i'm working for today
Another day, another dollar
Sure can't buy my blues away

I'm just trying to make a living
Working jobs that i enjoy
But it ain't easy finding something
For this lonesome-hearted boy

Another day, another dollar
That's what i'm working for today
Another day, another dollar
Sure can't buy my blues away

You know my life is like a highway
Just too many roads to take
You know i'll try to take the right one
Just gets harder every day

Another day, another dollar
That's what i'm working for today
Another day, another dollar
Sure can't buy my blues away

Another day, another dollar
That's what i'm working for today, hey
Another day, another dollar
Sure can't buy my blues away

Another day, another dollar
Sure can't buy my blues away

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Alan Jackson - Another Good Reason lyrics

(Harley Allen/Carson Chamberlain)
I woke up the other night
Lying on the floor
Right beside someone
I've never seen before
She said my name's Juliet
And Romeo you ain't
Thats another good reason not to drink
Thats another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober I'm almost a saint
If I keep going on like this
I'll end up like ole Hank
Thats another good reason not to drink
I cant go see my best friend
He said stay away
Just because of what I said
On his wedding day
He oughta call a sherman
Cause she looks just like a tank
Thats another good reason not to drink
Thats another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober I'm almost a saint
If I keep going on like this
I'll end up like ole Hank
Thats another good reason not to drink
I'm gonna sue to city
About that policeman
Last night as I left the bar
He stepped right on my hand
He said 'Are you drunk or blind?'
I said 'Let me think'.
Thats another good reason not to drink
Thats another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober I'm almost a saint
If I keep going on like this
I'll end up like ole Hank
Thats another good reason not to drink
Thats another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober I'm almost a saint
If I keep going on like this
I'll end up like ole Hank
Thats another good reason
Baby let me in I'm freezing
Another good reason not to drink


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Another Heart For You To Break
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Carl Belew, Clyde Pitts, Jeannie Seely
 
C G7     C                     C7     F
I wish I had another heart for you to break
               C                F            G7           C
For my heart's out of style and hurt so much that I can't smile
  G7       C                           C7      F
I may be a fool that's not my first or last mistake
             C           G7               C
And I wish I had another heart for you to break

               C7                                 F
When your love for me died you left that an empty shell inside
           D7                            G7
An endless memory where my heart used to be
                C                           C7          F
You may hurt me again but that's the chance I'll gladly take
         C           G7               C
I wish I had another heart for you to break
F        C           G7               F   C
I wish I had another heart for you to break

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Another Honky Tonk Night On Broadway
Recorded by David Frizzell and Shelly West
Written by Milton Brown, Snuff Garrett, Stephen H. Dorff

C                   Am              C              G7
I sold my horse and saddle rode the Greydog to New York
   C                          G7
My guitar and fifty dollars between being all alone
        Dm            G7              Dm               G7
Found a job that pays ok but it costs twice as much to stay
             Dm           G7                C
So I'll just buy myself a beer and dream of home
                        Am          C                    G7
When things ain't going good that's when everything goes bad
         C                           G7
But this old bar's my home away from home
        Dm          G7             Dm                    G7
I won't worry about tomorrow cause tonight I'll drown my sorrow
      Dm               G7                C
Think about that sweet thing back in San Antoine
    F
I'm hangin' in by hangin' out till I drink the night away
       C
Till I find my name in neon lights I guess I'm gonna have to stay
        Dm                G7           Dm                G7
But I'm tired of sleepin' all alone my arms can reach to San Antoine
   Dm                    G7                  C
So tonight'll be another honky tonk night on Broadway
                       
When all that's on my mind is the love you left behind
                                              Dm   G7
That's when honkin' tonkin' helps to ease the pain
        Dm              G7
And you know that I get lonesome too 
          Dm             G7
But these cowboys know I belong to you
        Dm               G7           C
And I'm waitin' till I'm in your arms again
Repeat #3 x2

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The Avett Brothers - Another Is Waiting Lyrics

It's a fake
It's a hoax
It's a nowhere road where no one goes
Anywhere
Anyhow
Where you're following your heart right down

She's a rose
She's a queen
But she's staring at a magazine
In the dark
On that path
Where they doctor every photograph

Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything

If you care
If you like
Well I'm standing in the lantern light
With our weapons
And our love
And I use 'em both to cover up

Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything

But I love you and I care
So you got to get off that conveyor belt
If I could I would come right in and take you off myself

It's a fake
It's a con
The nature of the road you're on
Let me see
Your skeleton
Well before your life is done

Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything
Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything

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The Avett Brothers - Another Is Waiting - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

It's a fake
It's a hoax
It's a nowhere road where no one goes
Anywhere
Anyhow
Where you're following your heart right down

She's a rose
She's a queen
But she's staring at a magazine
In the dark
On that path
Where they doctor every photograph

Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything

If you care
If you like
Well I'm standing in the lantern light
With our weapons
And our love
And I use 'em both to cover up

Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything

But I love you and I care
So you got to get off that conveyor belt
If I could I would come right in and take you off myself

It's a fake
It's a con
The nature of the road you're on
Let me see
Your skeleton
Well before your life is done

Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything
Another is waiting
She isn't saying anything

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Another Lonely Night
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew, Tommy Blake, W.S. Stevenson

C                    F                                  C
I wish I'd knew what made a love go wrong that seems so right
    F                                               C
And took the sunshine from my heart left the lonely night
                      F                                 C
I've tried to get you off my mind but nothing turns out right
    F                                             C
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
    F                                             C
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
               F                  C
Another lonely night like the one before
               F                         G7
Another lonely night I want you more and more
C                     F                                 C
I've tried to get you off my mind but nothing turns out right
    F                                             C
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
    F                                             C
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
                     F                                     C
I've tried to get in touch with you I called you night and day
       F                                                       C
And if only I could hear your voice it would drive these blues away
       F                                                       C
And if only I could hear your voice it would drive these blues away
               F                  C
Another lonely night like the one before
               F                         G7
Another lonely night I want you more and more
C                     F                                 C
I've tried to get you off my mind but nothing turns out right
    F                                             C
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
    F                                             C
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night

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Another Lonesome Morning
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Clinton Codack and Wendy Special

G       D7       G
Another lonesome morning
C       G             D7
Another long lonesome day
G              D7           G
You'll have to live without him
C           D7        G
The morning seemed to say

        D7       G
Another lonesome morning
C           G          D7
You thought you didn't care
G           D7           G
But morning breezes find you
C       D7      G
Wishing he were there

Em         C         D7       G
A bobwhite sings his same old song
C      G       D7
Trying hard to please
        G        D7          G          C
And you hear the sounds that he used to love
            G        D7     Em  C
Through the rustling of the leaves
            G        D7     G
Through the rustling of the leaves

           D7             G
You losing him has taught you
C        G             D7
That you wanted him to stay
        G         D7          C
And you know that all another lonesome morning brings
   G       D7       Em  F
Is another lonesome day
    G                        C
All another lonesome morning brings
   G       D7       Em  C
Is another lonesome day
   G       D7       G
Is another lonesome day

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Another Man Done Gone

Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Gone from the county farm
Another man done gone

I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name
I didn't know his name

I don't know where he's gone
I don't know where he's gone
I don't know where he's gone
I don't know where he's gone

He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on
He had a long chain on

He killed another man
He killed another man
He killed another man
He killed another man

I'm gonna walk your log
I'm gonna walk your log
I'm by the waterfall
I'm gonna walk your log

Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone

Another man done gone
Another man done gone

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Punch Brothers - Another New World

The leading lights of the age all wondered among themselves what I would do next,
After all that I'd found, in my circles around the world, was there anything left?
"Gentlemen," I said, "I've studied the maps, and if what I am thinking is right,
There's another new world, at the top of the world, for whoever can break through the ice,"

I looked 'round the room, in that way I once had, and I saw that they wanted belief,
So I said, "All I've got are my guts and my God," then I paused, "and the Annabel Lee."
Oh, the Annabel Lee, I saw their eyes shine, the most beautiful ship in the sea,
My Nina, my Pinta, my Santa Maria, my beautiful Annabel Lee

That spring we set sail, and the crowd waved from shore, and on board the sailors waved caps,
But I'd never had family, just the Annabel Lee, so I never had cause to look back.
I just studied the charts, set the course north, and towards dark I drifted toward sleep,
And I dreamed of the fine, deep harbor I'd find past the ice, for my Annabel Lee.

After that it got colder, and the world got quiet. It was never quite day or quite night.
And the sea turned the color of sky turned the color of sea turned the color of ice.

After that all around us was vastness, one glassy desert of arsenic white,
And the waves that once lifted us, shifted instead into drifts against Annabel's sides.
And the crew gathered closer, at first for the comfort, but each morning would bring a new set
Of tracks in the snow, leading over the edge of the world, til I was the only one left.

And as the going got slower, colder and colder, my crew drifted closer to me,
At first for the comfort, but then it was more like the icebergs rammed Annabel Lee
As the floes shrieked her hull, the shouting began, and a mast snapped off in the wind,
And I woke up much later, my crew disappeared, and they never were heard from again

After that it gets cloudy,
But it feels like I laid there for days, or maybe for months
But Annabel held me, the two of us happy,
Just to think back on all we had done

I told her {We talked) of the other new worlds
We'd discover as she gave up her body to me,
As I chopped up her mainsail for timber,
I told her of all that we still had to see.
As the ice {frost} turned her moorings
To nine-tails and the wind lashed her sides in the cold,
I burned her to keep me alive every night in the loving embrace of her hold.

I can't {won't} call it rescue,
What brought me back here to this old world to drink and decline,
Pretend that the search for another new world was well worth the burning of mine.
But sometimes at night, in my dreams,
Comes the singing of some unheard tropical bird,
And I smile in my sleep,
Thinking Annabel Lee's finally made it to the top of the world.

Yeah, sometimes at night in my dreams comes the singing of some unheard tropical bird,
And I smile in my sleep, thinking Annabel Lee's finally found another new world.

=============================

Another Night

The wind is blowing 'round the cabin
I hate to hear that lonesome sound
I'm all alone and so down hearted
Since my true love she ain't around

   I hate to see the sun a sinking
   Another night to toss and turn
   Another night to dream about her
   Another night for her I yearn

She had no cause to go and leave me
For I had never done her wrong
She left our home and little children
And with another she has gone

The children they are soundly sleeping
No they don't know that their mother's gone
What can I do when they awaken
I can't tell them that their mother's wrong

=============================

Another Place Another Time

One by one they're turnin' out the lights
I keep feedin' that ol' jukebox just to hold you tight
I guess it's for the best I just put in my last dime
I heard you whisper we'd meet again
Another place another time

   Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
   After I've been holdin' you so close to me
   Won't that ol' stairway be a little hard to climb
   To a lonely room to wait for
   Another place another time

Chairs are stacked on the tables and it's closing time
They say I could wait right here forever
If they'd only let me stay
Any place would be much better
Than that ol' lonely room of mine
And a sleepless night awaitin' for
Another place another time

=============================

Another Saturday Night

   It's another Saturday night
   I'm gonna make the same ol' rounds
   Put my money in the juke box
   in the honky-tonk down town

I've been a working all week long
and ain't nothin' that's gone right
I got a payday In my pocket
It's another Saturday night.

With a pretty girl in my arms
and a lonesome juke box song
I never think of Monday morning
till that Saturday night is gone

Pretty Mama's there for me
and I'm gonna motor time
I'm like a wound up clock on Friday
I got to run down Saturday night

It's another Saturday night
I'm gonna make the same ol' rounds
Put my money in the juke box
In the honky-tonk down town

And when my money's spent and gone
tell me something it's all right
I'll have a rough one Monday morning
but it's been a knockdown Saturday night.

=============================

Richard Thompson - Another Small Thing In Her Favour Lyrics

Got her ducks all in a row
Got her bags all packed to go
She'll find some other poor pilgrim who's braver
At least she looked me in the eye
With her less than fond goodbye
That's one small thing in her favour

Got the kids in the car
Dreams will get you just so far
Then life gives you bitter pills to savour
Still she kissed me once more
As she gently slammed the door
That's another small thing in her favour

She said she felt bad
For the home that we had
And the effort I'd wasted to save her
She told me as much
As she slowly let out the clutch
That's another small thing in her favour

It's a slippery slope
To give her more rope
And I didn't exactly enslave her
And she says I'm still a part
Of her wandering heart
That's another small thing in her favour

Now there's trouble and strife
But we once had a life
For a while our vows didn't waver
I relied on her smile
And her love, for a while
That's another small thing in her favour

That's another small thing in her favour

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Another Song Another Drink
Recorded by Ralph Stanley II
Written by Joyce Morris

C            G7      C
Another song another drink
               F   G7     C
The night goes on  I'm so alone
          G7         C
I realize how much I love you
             F        G7     C
But it's too late for you to care
                  G7        C
This old barstool is my new home now
         F     G7       C
It's the only  friend I have
                    G7        C
I sit here thinking about you darling
            F    G7       C
And the new love that you found
Repeat #1
                 G7            C
That old jukebox keeps playing over
            F    G7            C
The songs I sing when you were here
                G7           C
Had it not been for this old bottle
       F       G7     C
I'd be holding you my dear
Repeat #1
             F        G7     C
But it's too late for you to care

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Another Tear
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Irl Hees
 
C                               F
Another tear somewhere there is falling
        G7                                 C
Another heart is breaking inside of me for you 
                              F
Another love is what they say dear 
        G7                             C
Another tear is getting ready just for you
 
                                       F
Now lately it's being said you've been walking 
                      G7                              C
With your head in the clouds and it doesn't make much sense
                                   F
It's plain to see my love like the eagle light above me 
       G7                    C
You'll be on to another love affair
 
                                F
Another tear somewhere there is falling
        G7                                 C
Another heart is breaking inside of me for you 
                              F
Another love is what they say dear 
        G7                             C
Another tear is getting ready just for you
 
                                      F
Now the only friend I've got seems to be the one who's not 
       G7                              C
Really cares just what happening to my heart
                                 F
Now lately it is true that's the only one for you
         G7                             C
Seems to be the one that never does his part
 
                                F
Another tear somewhere there is falling
        G7                                 C
Another heart is breaking inside of me for you 
                              F
Another love is what they say dear 
        G7                             C
Another tear is getting ready just for you

        G7                              C
Another tear is getting better just for you

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Another Texas Song
Recorded by Eddy Raven
Written by Edward Garvin Futch

 G         D7      G
I've been in this corner
               D7        G
All night I've sat right here
C                G    C
Listenin' to the band play
G       C               G
While I slowly drank my beer
                  D7       G
They played some songs of Willie's
         D7          G
That ol' Road To San Antone
      C                  G
And a guy who's drinking Lone Star
   D7                G
To forget his Baby's Gone
 C       G
If they play another Texas song I'll cry
          C                         G
Lord it's all I can do just gettin' by
          D7         G
The roads outside of Houston
                D7          G
With the thorns still in my heart
    C                    G
Her memory's strong hear one more song
     D7            G
Will Tear My World Apart
                D7          G
There's a girl down by the bandstand
             D7    G
With a Mikey Gilly shirt
C
She's faithful to Rodriguez
                              G
But What He Don't Know Won't Hurt
            D7           G
Cause she'd Waltz Across Texas At least three times tonight
      C                  G
And I bet she'll ask for Faded Love
   D7                 G
Or Who Turned Out The Lights

 Repeat #3

    C                  G
Her memory's strong so please
           D7            G
Don't play another Texas song

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Another Woman
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Dan Penn and Buzz Cason

G    C                          D7     G   B7
Only one thing can make you get over a woman
        Em   C D7
Another woman
 
        G                 D7
Well it happened and it's happened again
        G
There I was all alone again
    C               D7         G       D7
And searching for a way to get over her
G          D7
Losers now they're all the same
     G
They drink a lot and they tell the same
    C              D7             G      C D7
Old stories you've heard them all before
   G       D7
My story I told it so right
  G                               C
I drew a picture of my last night with her
D7                      G                 D7
And then you said honey I know it's wrong
       G          D7
You're lonely but you're not alone
        G
Someone like me might take you home
       C              D7            G
And it touched me all over when you said
     C                          D7     G   B7
Only one thing can make you get over a woman
        Em        C               D7            G
Another woman can pick you up and make you feel right
         C                           D7            G   B7
And only one thing can make you feel better than a woman
        Em       C               D7      G    D7
Another woman to get you through another night
    G            D7
You found me you pulled me on through
       G
Only a miracle that you could do
       C                 D7               G
Yes it happened when you touched me now I know
     C                          D7     G   B7
Only one thing can make you get over a woman
        Em        C               D7            G
Another woman can pick you up and make you feel right
         C                           D7            G   B7
And only one thing can make you feel better than a woman
        Em       C               D7      G
Another woman to get you through another night
         C         Am             D7      G
(Another woman) to get me through another night

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Another World
Recorded by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris
Written by John Leffler and Ralph Schuckett

C                                            F G7
I've always seen myself as a reckless gambler
                                        F G7
Risking all that I had whenever I could
Am                  Dm
But then one day it happened
    Am                   Dm
You appeared like from a dream
       Am                  Em
And we moved in synch like dancing
         F              G7
With our hearts in harmony
           C               F
You are my way (you are my way) 
           C                 F
To another world (to another world)
            Em                      Am
You are the one who makes me fly so high
            Dm                       G7
You are the rain when my spirits run dry
            C                 F
You give my life (you gave my life)
              C                   F
A hope that's real (a hope that's real)
                    Dm
Cause when I'm with you 
    Em      G7              C
You take me away to another world 
                                                F G7
All my life I've been called a hopeless romantic
                                       F G7
Waiting for my prince to sweep me away
           Am               Dm
But when I found you I felt different
            Am     Dm
Than I ever felt before
         Am              Em
Suddenly I was taking no chances
   F                    G7
By walking through your door
           C               F
You are my way (you are my way) 
           C                 F
To another world (to another world)
            Em                      Am
You are the one who makes me fly so high
            Dm                       G7
You are the rain when my spirits run dry
            C                 F
You give my life (you gave my life)
              C                   F
A hope that's real (a hope that's real)
                    Dm
Cause when I'm with you 
    Em      G7              Am    Em F G7
You take me away to another world 
Repeat #2

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Another You
Recorded by Johnny Tillotson
Written by Johnny Tillotson and Lucille Cosenza

G                          D7         G
I know there'll never ever be another you
                                  D7
Just when I thought that you were mine alone
G                             D7
You told me there was someone new
   G                                C
Oh it's so hard to think of finding someone else
                G          D7         G
I know there'll never ever be another you
                           D7
I can't forget the moments that we shared
G                        D7
And all the happiness we knew
G                                  C
And as I sit alone dear with these memories
                G          D7         G
I know there'll never ever be another you
                C              G
I know there'll never ever be  lips as sweet as yours
            C                     D7
No there'll never ever be another you
G                          D7
I know it's hopeless to go on this way
G                           D7
But what is there for me to do
G                              C
I've lost the only girl that I have ever loved
                G          D7
I know there'll never ever be another 
G          C          G          D7         G
Never ever be another never ever be another you
           C          G          D7         G
Never ever be another never ever be another you

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Another Youngster
The Avett Brothers

Another youngster who says she doesn't care
Her number's up; another is waiting there
Just like that she vanishes in the air
Replaced with new, not worth repairing

But you're not like that, and you never were
And your star will shine well past the fragile likes of her
The crowds will come; and the hands of time, they will turn
And you'll live the dream appointed

I was lost somewhere out on the road
This old man told me he had no place he had to go
He said his life on earth was limited, you know
He said he had no need to hurry

I thought of your voice and what lay ahead of you
And if I had it all again, what would I do?
(Is, this?) my life now more than half of it through
Am I obsessed with dying?

But you're not like that, and you never were
Your star will shine well past the fragile likes of hers
The stars will come, and the stars will go
And you'll live the dream appointed

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Answer The Phone
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Cindy Walker

C                               F               C
I've called and I've called you but each time I phone
                    D7                 G7
They always tell me that you're not at home
     C                       F               C
I've written you letters and knocked at your door
    F           C       G7                 C
But don't worry darling I won't bother you anymore
                            F      C
So answer the phone when it r-ings darling
                               G7
And if somebody knocks let 'em in
    C                F                C
You don't have to be afraid that it's me
    F          G7         C
For I'll never bother you again
                           F        C
I'm writing this letter to tell you goodbye
                 D7                G7
Somebody told me how you'd sit and cry
      C                    F                 C
Cause you found a new love since I have been gone
    F        C              G7                      C
And wish I'd forget you and that I'd just leave you alone
Repeat #2
    F          G7         C
For I'll never bother you again

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Answer To Anymore
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Vic McAlpin, Roy Drusky, Marie Wilsonand Skeeter Davis 

C                                   F
You say I've been acting strange to you
     G7                                C
Well what do you think I'm supposed to do
                                F
I can't go on pretending like I have before
           G7                       C
Cause it's true I don't love you anymore
   F
I must admit the talk you've heard is true
    C                                   G7
You caused it all you made me turn from you
   C                                 F
So now the truth is out you know the score
         G7                       C
Yes it's true I don't love you anymore
                                  F
Day by day my love grew cold for you
         G7                               C
You were never there so what else could I do
                                        F
But look for all the things you left me longing for
         G7                             C
Now I've found them I don't love you anymore

 Repeat #2

          G7                       C
Yes it's true I don't love you anymore

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Answer To Weeping Willow

My love is dead and buried yonder
Beneath the weeping willow tree
What wrecks my life and makes me wonder
Is because she died for me

   Then lay me down in death beside her
   For she's all this life to me
   That I may join and e'er caress her
   In a land beyond the sea

Yes she died before I told her
That I loved her true and kind
And that I did not mean to fool her
But she left me to repine

God shall I ever get forgiveness
For the deeds that I have done
And meet up yonder her sweet charming
For I know she did me some

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Nickel Creek - Anthony Lyrics
Anthony, Anthony
Oh, he said
He can't love me
But I think he can

Yes, I think he can
And I told him that
Just before he ran
Just before he ran

Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm
And he's not lookin' back

He's not lookin' back
'Cause he doesn't want
Anything I have
Or anything I am

Anthony, Anthony
Oh, he said
He can't love me
Anthony

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The Incredible String Band - Antoine 

So still the green and golden plain in icy spring
They young French convent girls in white singing
He took the sacrament young Antoine not without a blush
He left the priest the good book the bread and cup

And took with him the voices hanging in the silver space
Not till he'd reached the vineyard rim did he look down
On the gentle valley breathing in the sun
Seeing the eastern slope where she lived he spoke her name

In love beyond his years he saw the mist come down
And knew there would be many mists
He'd look through for this mountain star
Ah, if you'd seen me there hiding in the orchard

Rejoicing in my warm salt tears
Holding to my heart the beauty of a sad song
Needing, needing you

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Any Bar In Birmingham
Recorded by Don Rigsby
Written by Larry Shell, Tim Stafford, Kim E. Williams

C                         G7
Righteous reverend Ronnie Shaw 
                             C
God's right hand man in Arkansas
                      F
Thirty years a man of faith
                     G7
Turning sinners into saints
                         F
He's the shepherd of his flock
     G7                      Am
That little church in Little Rock
F             C                             G7
Fifty weeks a year his voice rings loud and clear
                          F
Gives God everything he's got
G7
But two weeks every year Ronnie Shaw just disappears
         C                               F
When the pressures of his life bring him down
C                             G7
God only knows where he'll be found
                  F
Any bar in Birmingham
C                            G7
Before you judge please understand
                        C
Every preacher's just a man
                        F
Empty just like you and me
                            G7
Sprits willing the flesh is weak
                         F
Forgive for each shot he takes
    G7                         Am
Gin on his breath tears on his face
F                   C                       G7
Father Son and Holy Ghost have mercy on his soul 
                    F
Temporary fall from grace 
Repeat #3
                  F
Any bar in Birmingham
G7                F
Any bar in Birmingham
G7                F
Any bar in Birmingham

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Balsam Range - Any Old Road (Will Take You There)

He slammed the door behind him, called his daddy "dumb"
He left home with tomorrow a-ridin' on his thumb
No particular direction, seventeen and scared
Hitched a ride beside the road, driver said "Son, where you goin?'"
He said "anywhere but here"
If you don't know where you're goin', any old road will take you there
When it's ramblin' seeds you're sowin', you can't find the will to care
Any way you travel, red dirt, clay or gravel
Lost without a prayer, destination anywhere
Any old road will take you there
A little all night café, a young woman there in tears
The waitress says "You want some coffee? Does anybody know you're here?"
She slowly tells a story, says "he don't love me anymore,
I left my ring there by the bed and I don't know what lies ahead
I've never been this 'gone' before"
Bridge
Sometimes the road is narrow, sometimes the path is straight
At times we face so many curves our turns are hard to take
Ending
Out there runnin' scared, in the middle of nowhere
Any old road will take you there

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Any Old Time

When I received your letter, you were down and out, you say
At first I thought I would tell you, just to travel on the other way
But in my memory lingers, all you once were to me
And I'm going to give you another chance to prove what you can be

Any old time, you want to come back home
Just write me a line and say no more you'll roam
You'll have your chance to play the game fair
When you left me, sweetheart, you only left a load of care

Now that you're down, I'm going to stick by you
If you'll only say that your roaming days are through
You'll find me here like the day you left me alone
Any old time, you want to come back home

Now that you're down, I'm going to stick by you
If you'll only say that your roaming days are through
And you'll find me here like the day you left me alone
Any old time, you want to come back home


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Any Ole Reason
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt
Written by Roger Springer, Slugger Morrissette, Mark Chesnutt

C                                            C7
I used to come in here maybe once or twice a year
    F                      C
But only when I had a good excuse
                                  C7
I'd have one or two then be on my way
           D7                        G7
But that's way before she told me we were through
            C                                       C7
Now any ole reason will do any ole thing that I can use
    F                                       C
The days the nights the clouds the rain the moon
                                                C7
I don't have to think about the love I live without
       F              C             D7
Or the heart she left never will be used
        F       G7          C
Really any ole reason will do
                                            C7
At first I told myself she'd never cross my mind
F                              C
Unless I was to see her eye to eye
                                               C7
Only when I felt alone would I turn her memory on
       D7                               G7
Well I guess that means I told myself a lie

repeat #2

                                                C7
I don't have to think about the love I live without
       F              C             D7
Or the heart she left never will be used
        F       G7          C
Really any ole reason will do
     F       G7          C
Yeah any ole reason will do

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Any Ole Time
Recorded by Lonesome River Band
Written by Tom Botkin, Kevin Denney, Mike Rogers

  G       C            G
Any ole time you get lonely
                            D7
Any ole time you're feeling blue
        C                G
Call me up and I'll come running
                 D7             G
Any ole time you want something new

If you get tired of all your old loves
                         D7
If your heart gets broke into
     C                    G
Girl just come on down to my world
                D7       G
I'll be waiting here for you

Repeat #1

If you get hurt and run around on
                     D7
If you want somebody true
     C                          G
Well I'll be there girl at your saying
                 D7             G
Any ole time you want something new

Repeat #1 x2

                 D7             G
Any old time you want something new

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Anymore (aka I don't believe you love me anymore)
recorded by Roy Drusky
written by  Vic McAlpin, Roy Drusky, Marie Wilson

Intro:
C G7                           C
I don't believe you love me anymore                                     
F
Lately you've been acting strange to me     
G7                              C
Somehow it's not the way it used to be                                       
F
You're doing things you never dared to do before      
G7                           C
And I don't believe you love me anymore  
F
I felt your love grow colder day by day     
C                                    G7
When I tried to hold you close you turned away      
C                                   F
There must be someone else you're longing for      
G7                          C
And I don't believe you love me anymore                                     
F
Greener pastures now you think you've found    
G7                                    C
But what will happen when the grass turns brown
                                     F
I'm hearing things on you I've never heard before      
G7                           C
And I don't believe you love me anymore

Repeat #2

Tag:     
G7                           C
No I don't believe you love me anymore

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Dolly Parton - Anyplace You Want To Go lyrics

Crushed velvet drapes the walls of the room
Pillows all colors shapes and sizes on the floor
Mirrors on the ceiling reflect the candles burning low
Just close your eyes and travel anyplace you want to go
To lover's lane or far away to the mountain peaks of Spain
Crise along the Amazon where the deep blue waters flow
Our imagination will take us anyplace you want to go
[ el.banjo - fiddle ]
Thought we can only go there in our minds
Cause we cannot afford such luxuries so kind
The little room we live in is not much we both know
But the dreams we share can take us anyplace we want to go
Tonight we'll go to some majestic island ride the waves when the tie is rising
Lying in the silver sands where gentle breezes blow
The beauty of our love can take anyplace we want to go
To lover's lane...
Anyplace you want to go


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Anything But Lonesome
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Glenn Sutton

G                    C                G
She doesn't go there just to hear the music
                D7             G
Or try to get a memory off her mind
                  C           G
She never hustles drinks from strangers at the bar
        A7                             D7
And she always leaves alone at closing time
    G              C            G
She always has the conduct of a lady
                                      C
Her clothes are neat her manners well refined
                                      G
And she's not your average honky tonk angel
    C              D7              G
She just prefers a crowd at crying time
                     C            G
She just wants to be anything but lonesome
A7                        D7
Any place except alone at home
         G           C            G
She just wants to be anything but lonesome
    C                      D7            G
For lonesome is what she's been much too long
                     C            G
She just wants to be anything but lonesome
    C                      D7            C D7  G C G
For lonesome is what she's been much too l-o-n-g

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Anything Leaving Town Today
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Tom T. Hall and Dave Dudley

C
There are places I would like to see I know                                        
But not the place where you told me to go
      F                        C
So anything that moves will be ok
              A#7   G7           C
I'll take anything leavin' town today
                               
You may think that I'm jokin' when I'm talkin'        
But to get away from you I may try walkin'
       F                             C
I want somethin' that's movin' right away
             A#7   G7           C
I'll take anything leavin' town today

   F
Anything leavin' town today
     C
I've got a sudden urge to get away
    F
I'd like to cut my time up waitin' down
      D7                                   G7
But I know there ain't no airport in this little bitty town

C
Don't think I'm leavin' just for what I think of you
But I'd even crawl not knowin' where I'm crawlin' to
      F                               C
Don't think it has it hasn't leave it lay
             A#7   G7           C
I'll take anything leavin' town today

Repeat #3,4

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Dolly Parton - Anything's Better Than Nothing lyrics

Friends ask how I'll get along without you they say it's so sad we're apart
I have to agree that I don't seem like me I'm havin' a ball with my heart
Anything's better than nothing nothing's not too much to lose
Anything's better than nothing nothing's what I have with you
I've got to admit that it hurts me I don't like to fight or to fuss
But now you and me are just happy we're free and everyone's crying but us
Anything's better than nothing...
[ fiddle - ac.guitar ]
It really must be disappointment to see love and dream turn to smoke
I can't blame my friends when their teardrops begin
I once thought that love made a home
Anything's better than nothing...
Nothing's what I have with you...


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Anyway
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Bobby Bond

G
There's a big bird out on a runway darlin'
See it's spreadin' its silver wings 
   C                  G
To take you up to the sky
           D7                         C            G
Isn't that where you always wanted to be anyway anyway
There's a ticket in your purse there darlin'
                          C                  G
That says your destiny is written in another town
               D7                         C            G
But isn't that where you always wanted to be anyway anyway
  Am                               G
I knew that I could never hold you on the ground for long
           F                             G
Cause your restless ways you never quite concealed
      Am
And I knew that merely chains of love 
     G
Just couldn't be as strong
       A7                                     D7
As the things that were pulling you away from me oh Lord
          G
There's a long road a stretchin' befor you darlin'
                                 C                 G
That will take you far away from my two protectin' arms
           D7                         C            G
Isn't that where you always wanted to be anyway anyway
           D7                         C            G
Isn't that where you always wanted to be anyway anyway

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Anywhere But Here
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Bob DiPiero, Buddy Cannon, John S. Sherrill

G                                      D7
Hey mister what time does the next bus leave
G                         D7
I'm a party of one out of Tennessee
  G                             D7
I won't be back for a long long while
G                                   D7      G
Give you eighty-five dollars to the highway mile
        C
I ain't got no luggage as you can see
       G                  D7   G
Just a whole lot of heavy memories
                            D7       G
I was finally up for just a settling down
                              D7      G
When I found out she'd been a fooling around
           C
Ah you can send me north you can send me south
G                  D7      G
Just don't send me past my house
 C
Don't ask me where I'm going cause I don't care
         G                         D7        G
I want a ticket that'll take me anywhere but here
                            D7        G
A ticket that'll take me anywhere but here
                                 D7
Well I hear it's cold up in Saskatoon
G                                  D7
But it couldn't be colder than our bedroom
    G                         D7
The skies are blue down in Alabam
G                           D7     G
But they won't be any bluer than I am

repeat #3 x2

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Anywhere Is Home When You're With Me
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by George Doering and Ellen Doering

G                        C            G
I spent some time in the hills of old Kentucky     
D7                              G
I've travelled south on down to Tennessee                       
C           G
I thought I found true love in Carolina      
D7                      G
But I woke up next day in misery    
C                       G
I'm going back to you cause you're the one I love
A7                           D7
Next to you is where I wanna be
G                C                      G
We'll travel all around this whole wide country      
D7                                G
Cause anywhere is home when you're with me                  
 C              G
I went to see some friends in old Virginia    
D7                      G
Ate loads of barbeque in Alabam                 
 C                 G
I played a lot of bluegrass down in Georgia  
D7                         G
I wound up lonesome in Louisianne

Repeat #2     

C                       G
I'm going back to you cause you're the one I love
A7                               D7
Together we will sing sweet harmony
G                C                      G
We'll travel all around this whole wide country      
D7                                G
Cause anywhere is home when you're with me      
D7                                C G
Cause anywhere is home when you're with me

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Anywhere The Wind Blows

Anywhere the wind blows
thats the way your heart goes
There is no warmth or fireside glow
to keep your love at home
Seems like anybody knows
enough to keep your loved ones home
yet you're still a rolling stone
spending too much time alone

Those lovers living far away
only hear the words you want to say
They don't make you get inside that place
you kept locked up for so long
what if someone thanks you everyday
took the best and worst and still she stayed
would you tend that garden come what may
or would you still find something wrong

Anyway?..

If absence makes your heart grow fonder
maybe even more you'll want to wander
'cause time stands still when you're around her
and the real world rushes in
but if absence makes your heart grow colder
then you're gonna cry on my shoulder
and think of things you might have told her
and sweet things that might have been

Anyway..?

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Apart For A While 
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                             F
Apart for a while not forever alone
   C                                     G7  D7
We got memories to share got pictures we own
G7                         C  Gm
We got the friends that we k-new 
   C                 F
We gotta marriage on file  
         C      G7          C    F
Together again  apart for a while

C                     F
Everything happens to me 
                          C
And everything happens to you
                             D7
So if one should outlive the other 
                          G7
Let these words guide him through
           C                      F
God is not dead so death's out of style 
         C     G7          C
Together again apart for a while

                      F
Everything happens to me 
                          C
And everything happens to you
                             D7
So if one should outlive the other 
                          G7
Let these words guide him through
           C                      F
God is not dead so death's out of style 
         C     G7          C
Together again apart for a while

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The Avett Brothers - Apart From Me Lyrics

I was scared but I couldn't admit it
Hatred planted out of fear
Fight or flight, no choice but to hit it
The road, it calls on me my dear

I was lost as lost can be
Being praised for being found
All that praise got lost on me
As a mood swing was headed down

Apart from me
I would not dare take someone in love with me
Where I'm going
The part you'll see
How true it is and how back then
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it

Your touch was nothing more
Than a child's goodbye and hello
It always left me feeling
Worse when it was time to go

Apart from me
I would not dare take someone in love with me
Where I'm going
The part you'll see
How true it is and how back then
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it

And most of us out there got fooled
Cause the gold it glittered in the night
We chased it fast like drunk buffoons
The banker lived the artist died

And all our clothes were washed in gray
All our buildings and our cars
As the fluorescent light of day
Bleached the sky and took the stars

Apart from me
I would not dare take someone in love with me
Where I'm going
The part you'll see
How true it is and how back then
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it

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Dolly Parton - Appalachian Memories lyrics

You oughta go north somebody told us
'cause the air is filled with gold dust
And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
Now I don't recall you said it
But we've lived so long on credit
And so we headed out to find our promised land
Just poor Appalachian farm folk
With nothing more than high hopes
We hitched our station wagon to a star
But our dreams all fell in on us
'Cause there was no land of promise
And it's a stuggle keepin'sight of who you are
Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern heart is weary
I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I'll keep leanin'on sweet Jesus
I know He'll love and guide and lead us
Appalachian memories keep me strong
Ya know I've been thinkin'a whole lot lately
About what's been and what awaits me
It takes all I've got to give what life demands
You go insane if you give in to it
Life's a mill and I've been through it
I'm just thankful I'm creative with my hands
Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern eyes are teary
Don't I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I'll keep leanin'on my Jesus
I know he'll love and guide and lead us
Appalachian memories keep me strong
I'll keep lookin' to the Father
Keep our heads above the water
Appalachian memories keep me strong


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Alan Jackson - Appalachian Mountain Girl lyrics

"Appalachian Mountain Girl"
Beneath the floor and never greens
that kept the ridge on high
there lives a green-eyed mountain girl
that stoled my heart one night
She loved me like I never know
and chased me down below
To never feel her touch again
or taste that mountain snow
That Appalachian Mountain Girl that haunts me from above
my heart will never beat the same without her mountain love
I often wakeup late at night
dreaming of about her
then walked on floor till morning comes
and hope she will return
That Appalachian Mountain Girl that haunts me from above
my heart will never beat the same without her mountain love
Sometimes the wind will blow just right
and I think I can smell
The flowers that headlined the road
That led me to this hell
That Appalachian Mountain Girl that haunts me from above
my heart will never beat the same without her mountain love


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Dolly Parton - Applejack lyrics

He lived by the apple orchard in this little orchard shack
His real name was Jackson Taylor but I called him AppleJack
Now old AppleJack was loved by everyone he ever knew
AppleJack picked apples but he picked the banjo too
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song for me and I'll sing
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song, let your banjo ring
Now I'd go down to AppleJack's almost everyday
We'd sit and we'd drink applejack that old AppleJack had made
Then he'd take his banjo down then he'd ask me if I'd sing
And he would play the banjo and I'd play my tambourine
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song for me and I'll sing
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song, let your banjo ring
That's when I was just a kid and now that I am grown
All I have are memories, old AppleJack is gone
Oh but he left me his banjo and it always takes me back
And everytime I play it I still hear AppleJack
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song for me and I'll sing
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song, let your banjo ring
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song for me and I'll sing
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song, let your banjo ring
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song for me and I'll sing
Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
Play a song, let your banjo ring


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April Called Your Name
BMI Work #: 8648033
April Called Your Name (Larry W. Jones 01/25/2007) (song#4350)

I opened my sleepy eyes one April morning
Every season in Spring is the same
For some reason I heard, without warning
The month of April called your name
And the world that's mine turned into Spring
Bluebirds came to sing their happy song
But when I looked out, I didn't see a thing
For there was no doubt that you were gone
Years come and go and things renew
Every season in Spring is the same
But every season now finds me blue
Though every April calls your name
And the world that's mine turned into Spring
But when I looked out, I didn't see a thing
Years come and go and things renew
Every season in Spring is the same
But every season now finds me blue
Though every April calls your name
If we could go back to Springtime, darling
And turn back the hands of time with care
I'd give you love and take the blame, darling
And if April called your name, I'd be there


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April Come She Will
Paul Simon

April, comes she will,
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain.
May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again.

June, she'll change her tune.
In restless walks she'll prowl the night.
July, she will fly,
And give no warning to her flight.

August, die she must.
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold.
September, I'll remember.
A love once new has now grown old.


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April Fool
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by John Lilly

G                      B7
April fool I'm just an April fool
Am            E7          Am             E7
Thinkin' bout you with my heart broke in two
A7                      D7
What in the world can I do
                  G   C
I'm just an April fool
G               D7
We met when the blossoms bloom
                G
Spring had only begun
          A7
I gave my heart to you
      D7                   G
While you were just havin' fun
repeat #1
             D7                G    C
(April fool  I'm just an April fool)
G            D7
April turned into May
                           G
The blossoms fell from the trees
                   A7
You laughed when I begged you to stay
D7                     G
You made a fool out of me
repeat #1
D7                G   C G
I'm just an April fool

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Aragon Mill

At the east end of town At the foot of a hill
There's a chimney so tall That says "Aragon Mill"
But there's no smoke at all Comin' out of the stack
For the mill has pulled out And they ain't comin' back 

   And the only sound I hear is the sound of the wind
   As it blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. 

There's no children at all In the narrow, empty streets
Since the looms have all gone It's so quiet I can't sleep.
Now I'm too old to change And I'm too young to die
And there's no place to go For my woman and I. 

Now the mill has closed down It's the only sound I know
Tell me where will I go? Tell me where will I go?

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Are The Good Times Really Over For Good 
  by Merle Haggard
C                                                                   F
I wish a buck was still silver and it was back when the country was strong
            G7                                    C
Back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along
                                                                       F
Before the Beatles and yesterday when a man could still work and still would
       G7
Is the best of the free life behind us now 
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good
                                                   
                                                   F
Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell
     G7                                            C
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell
                                                              F
I wish a Ford or a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
       G7
Is the best of the free life behind us now 
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good
       
                                                          F
I wish Coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be
       G7                                  C
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV
                                                              F
Before Microwave ovens when a girl could still cook and still would
       G7
Is the best of the free life behind us now
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good
 
                                                 F
Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell
     G7                                             C
Standup for the flag and let's all ring the liberty bell
                                                                     F
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that'll still last ten years like they should
    G7
The best of the free life is still yet to come
                                         C
And the good times ain't really over for good



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Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by James A. Talley

C                           F                    C
You never picked no peaches never rode no boxcar train
                                     D7               G7
Never worked out on the road gang or slept out in the rain
    C                               F                  C
But when you see a good man have to struggle sweat and strain
       F                  C                 G7                C
When a man can't feed his children don't it make you stop and think
         F             G7      C
Are they gonna make us outlaws again
   F              G7           C
Is that what it's comin' to my friend
  F           G7               C                  Am
I can see why Pretty Boy Floyd done the things he did
         F             G7      C
Are they gonna make us outlaws again
 
                                    F                C
I'll tell you folks there's trouble and tension everywhere
                   D7               G7
Everybody's askin' where's it gonna end
C                           F                  C
There ain't nobody answered there ain't nobody there
     F                      C       G7              C
I'll tell you folks there's trouble there's trouble everywhere
Repeat #2
                          F                 C
Hard times and breadlines ain't no sight to see
                        D7             G7
When a man is hungry it ain't no crazy dream
C                             F              C
Blues is fine for singing but mighty hard to eat
     F                  C          G7             C
Them engines won't keep rolling if there ain't no gasoline
Repeat #2
                             F             C
There's always been a bottom always been a top
                        D7                 G7
Someone took the orders someone called the shots
C                             F               C
Someone took the beating Lord someone got the prize
     F                   C        G7                   C
That may be the way it's been but that don't mean it's right
Repeat #2
         F             G7      C
Are they gonna make us outlaws again

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Are You Afraid To Die

Are you a stranger to God
Carried away with your pride
Tell me sinner did you ever stop to think
Are you afraid to die 

   Are you afraid
   Are you unsaved
   Are you afraid to die 

Call on him while he's near
Moments are swift passing by
Will you seek him where he may be found
Are you afraid to die 

Are you too wicked to cry
Would you to God's bosom fly
Soon he's coming like a thief in the night
Are you afraid to die

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Are You Afraid To Speak Our Savior's Name
Recorded by The Osborne Brothers
Written by Bobby Osborne

G                                    D7  C         G
Today there's so much talk about the old fashioned ways
                               D7
And how this world of ours has changed
       G                        D7 C  G
People no longer care what they do or say
                             D7                 G
Don't you think it's time we speak our Savior's name
        C                   G
Are you afraid to speak our Savior's name
         C                   G      D7
Is it so hard for you to say Jesus' name
            G                 D7       G
He died for you and for me to save our shame
                              D7                 G
Don't be afraid or ashamed to speak our Savior's name
                                        D7       C        G
This old world's not up today enough to speak of Canaan's land
                             D7
And the one who died for our shame
  G                       D7       C      G
Until we get together and love out fellow man
                                    D7                G
The only way to get to heaven is to know our Savior's name
        C                   G
Are you afraid to speak our Savior's name
         C                   G      D7
Is it so hard for you to say Jesus' name
            G                 D7       G
He died for you and for me to save our shame
                              D7                 G
Don't be afraid or ashamed to speak our Savior's name
                              D7                 C    D# G
Don't be afraid or ashamed to speak our Savior's name

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Are You Alone

How often I think of the old days
I remember well the love we once knew
We parted now and strayed from each other
But somehow I can't help wondering about you
   
    Are you alone with a memory
    Haunted by dreams of the past
    Just waiting for someone to tell you
    You're playing a game that won't last

Last night I was dreamin about you
I thought you were back here with me
I prayed that you'd stay here forever
Too soon I realized it couldn't be

Someday when your love here is faded
And we meet on that highway with no end
We'll stroll hand in hand there forever
In a land where our love can bloom again

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Are You Ashamed To Call Me Darlin'
Recorded by the Lonesome River Band
Written by Dick Charles and Jimmy Wakely

  G
You said our love was all that mattered
                              D7
I never thought you'd make me cry
       G
Now my dreams have all been shattered
                   D7          G
You turn your head when I walk by
Are you ashamed to call me darlin'
                      D7
After all I've been to you
             G
You broke my heart and left me lonely
                D7         G
Are you ashamed to call me dear
Each lonely night as you lay sleeping
                       D7
Dreaming in your sweet repose
    G
All alone and broken hearted
            D7            G
I listen to the wind that blows

Repeat #2

When you are down and need a friend
                        D7
You know that I will be around
           G
To kiss the lips that once betrayed me
                 D7             G
And hold the hand that turned me down

Repeat #2 x2

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Are You Coming Back To Me

My days and nights are lonely darling since you left and went away
I still recall those unkind words were said that day
It hurts me so to know you're leading a life that I'm to blame
Believe me darling I'll do better just the same

Then come on back and lets begin our love anew
Deep down inside there's still a lonesome for you
Those unkind words were spoken dear we will just let them be
Please tell me darling are you coming back to me

Each night I go to bed the dreams I dream my dear are all of you
How I just love to gaze into your eyes of blue
There'll never be another sweetheart that can take the place of you
Tell me you still care for me, dear, please do

* Refrain


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Are You From Dixie

Hello there stranger how do you do
there's something I'd like to say to you
You seem surprised I recognize
I'm no detective but I just surmise

You're from the place I'm longing to be
your smiling face seems to say to me
You're from my homeland my sunny homeland
tell me can it be?

   Are you from Dixie I say from Dixie where the fields of cotton beckon to me
   I'm glad to see you tell me I'll be you and the friend I'm longing to see
   Are you from Alabama Tennessee or Caroline
   Any place below the Mason Dixon Line
   Are you from Dixie I say from Dixie 'cause I'm from Dixie too.

It was a way back in old '89
When first I crossed that Mason Dixon Line
Gee but again I long to return
To those good old folks I left behind

My home was way down in old Alabam'
On the plantation near Birmingham
and there's one thing certain I'm surely flirtin'
With those southbound trains

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Are You Honest 
Recorded by Cowboy Copas

G                      C
Are you honest are you true
         G               D7
When you say that I love you
G                             C
If you are dear please let me know
        G         D7         G
For you know dear I love you so

                       C
Are you honest with me dear
         G                    D7
When you say that you want me near
G                                C
Please don't try dear to make me cry
        G      D7           G
Are you honest please don't lie

                        C
Are you honest when you say
          G             D7
That your love won't go astray
G                              C
Tell me now dear that you will be
           G        D7        G
My one and only and stay with me

                            C
Are you honest please don't lie
       G              D7
If you do I'll almost die
G                            C
Tell me true dear so I won't pine
        G      D7      G
Are you honest are you mine

Repeat #2

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Are You Lonesome Tonight

Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

Like the rose on the vine I am clinging to you
As I did when we drifted apart
I am wishing you back to that little shack
Where I kissed you and called you sweetheart

Does the chair in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you miss me and wish I was there?
Is your heart filled with pain? Shall I come back again?
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?

I have counted the days, I've counted the nights
I've counted the months and the years
I have counted on you since we drifted apart
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?

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Are You Lost In Sin
Recorded by J.D. Crowe  
Written by Jesse McReynolds and Jim McReynolds

G
Are you lost in sin my brother 
                         D7
Can you hear God calling you
             C                G
His voice is coming down from heaven
              D7           G
And His words are kind and true
           C                           G
Oh please (oh please) listen won't you brother
                   D7
God is calling you today
           C                           G
He'll come (He'll come) for you so unexpected
                  D7             G
So now's the time to change your way
If you're not prepared to meet Him
                          D7
When He comes to take you in
             C                  G
You'll never reach the gates of Heaven
                D7           G
And you'll lose your soul in sin
Repeat #2
When this life on earth is over
                         D7
And you reach the Pearly Gate
            C             G
Will you be ready then my brother
                D7        G
To meet the one who there awaits
Repeat #2

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Are You Missing Me

The day that I kissed you and told you goodbye
Your lips told me that you would wait
But your lips deceived me and told me a lie
While your heart was sealing my fate

   Are you all alone
   With a memory?
   Now that I am gone
   Darling, are you missing me?

Out of the clear sky a letter then came
And just like a bolt from the blue
My castles came tumbling a I read it o'er
I still can't believe that it's true

It said that in spite of the vows you had made
The glitter of gold turns your head.
And while I was trying employment to find
You married another instead

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Are You On The Road To Loving Me Again
Recorded by Debbie Boone
Written by Debbie Hupp and Bob Morrison

C                    F                C
Are you here just to pass the time of day
                   F               G7
Or is it love that brings you back way
        C                              F
Did you miss me in the time we've been apart
        D7                             G7
Are you looking for the way back to my heart
        C                        F
Are you on the road to loving me again
        G7                               C
Did the trail at Yellow Creek come to an end
                                F
Did you realize the future lies right here where it began
        C              G7        C
Are you on the road to loving me again
                 F            C
I don't need any promises and such
                 F              G7
Only you and the way we used to touch
     C                               F
Do I really see or could my heart be blind
      D7                              G7
Is it really me you're coming home to find
        C                        F
Are you on the road to loving me again
        G7                               C
Did the trail at Yellow Creek come to an end
                                F
Did you realize the future lies right here where it began
        C              G7        C
Are you on the road to loving me again
                                 F
Are you on the road to loving me again
        G7                               C
Did the trail at Yellow Creek come to an end
                                F
Did you realize the future lies right here where it began
        C              G7        C
Are you on the road to loving me again

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Are You Sad Tonight
Recorded by J.D. Crowe
Written by Glenn R. Lawson
 
C                          G7
Are you sad tonight do you sleep all alone
                                            C
Did you think the love we had had turned to stone
                           G7
I just had to call to make sure you're alright
                                 C
Even though you don't love me anymore
  Dm                        G7
I stopped in at a bar had a drink to refuse  
         F                          G7
We spent laughing loving living and letting go
           C                    G7
Seems like ten years ago we had love and we had hope
                                       C
We had everything we needed to make it through
                      G7
But love has a way of changing day to day
                                     C
Now darling I've just got to talk to you
       Dm                          G7
Oh the years will move along we'll forget all the wrong things
      F                                 G7
We've done and said and felt about each other
C                          G7
Are you sad tonight do you sit all alone
                                            C
Did you think the love we had had turned to stone
                           G7
I just had to call to make sure you're alright
     F                           G7
Even though you don't love me anymore

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Leftover Salmon - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way

Lord it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar
Where do we take it from here?
Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars
It's been the same way for years
We need a change

Somebody told me, when I came to Nashville
Son you finally got it made
Old Hank made it here, and we're all sure that you will
But I don't think Hank done it this way
No, I don't think Hank done it this way

Ten years on the road, makin' one night stands
Speedin' my young life away
Tell me one more time just so's I'll understand
Are your sure Hank done it this way?
Did ol' Hank really do it this way?

Lord I've seen the world, with a five piece band
Looking at the back side of me
Singing my songs, and one of his now and then
But I don't think Hank done 'em this way
I don't think Hank done 'em this way.
Take it home.

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Are You Teasing Me

When we're all alone and I'm in your arms
Are you teasing me
When you're tellin' me how you thrill to my charms
Are you teasing me?

    Are you untrue when I'm not with you
   When we're apart are you free
   Tell me dariing while our love is still young
   Are you teasing me?

You say that my kiss sends your heart in a whirl
Are you teasing me
And that youll be mine till the end of the world
Are you teasing me?

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Are You Teasin' Me

When we're all alone and I'm in your arms
Are you teasing me
When you're tellin' me how you thrill to my charms
Are you teasing me

    Are you untrue when I'm not with you
    When we're apart are you free
    Tell me darling while our love is still young
    Are you teasing me

You say that my kiss sends your heart in a whirl
Are you teasing me
And that youll be mine till the end of the world
Are you teasing me

You tell me my love could make your life complete
Are you teasing me
And n'ere from my arms would you long to be free
Are you teasing me

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Are You Tired Of Me My Darling

Are you tired of me my darling
Did you mean those words you said
When you spoke in fond affection
On the day that we were wed

   Tell me could you live life over
   Would you make it otherwise
   Are you tired of me my darling
   Answer only with your eyes

Did you ever rue the springtime
When we first each other met
And you told me that you'd love me
Words my heart can n'er forget

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Are You Waiting Just For Me

   Are you waiting just for me my darling
   While I'm far across the deep blue sea
   Or have you found someone else my darling
   Please tell me are you waiting just for me

While I'm writing you tonight my darling
There's such a burning deep within my breast
I know you promised that you would be faithful
Well tell me honey have you stood the test

You've never given me a cause to doubt you
You have always been so true and kind
But my spirits keep on sinking lower
Fearing that a new love you will find

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Are You Walking And Talking For The Lord
Author: Hank Williams
Artist: Carl Story and The Rambling Mountaineers
Album: Atteriam Tape API-C-1508A - 1988 

Would you lend a helping hand 
To some poor sinner man
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' for the Lord
Would you stop and try to save
On your journey to the grave
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' for the Lord
Chorus
Are you walkin' (are you walkin')
Are you talkin' (are you talkin')
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' for the Lord
Are you traveling in his light
Ev'ry day and ev'ry night
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' for the Lord
If your soul should testify, 
Would the world hear your reply
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' for the Lord
Would you stop and shout His name 
Or bow your head in shame
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' for the Lord
Chorus
Banjo Break 
Chorus


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Are You Washed In The Blood

Have you been to Jesus for His cleansing power
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Are you trusting in His grace this hour
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

   Are you washed (are you washed) in the blood (in the blood)
   In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb
   Are your garments spotless are they white as snow
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are you walking daily by your Saviour's side
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Do you rest each moment in the crucified
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Lay aside these garments that are stained with sin
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb
There's a fountain Flowing for the soul unclean
Oh be washed in the blood of the Lamb.

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Aristocrat
Written and recorded by Tex Morton 
 
C                                          F
I've seen some horses in my time but never one to buck
   G7                                          C
As well as old Aristocrat with him I've had no luck
                                           F           C
I've traveled with the Skuthorpes and I've had lots of tries
  C                  F           G7                C
I seem to hear young Lance again as he gets up and cry
                                        F
Come 'round and listen all you boys who think that you can ride
     G7                                                   C
I've got a horse in here that always throws them high and wide
                                 F             C
Bring your knee pad saddles I'll give a tenner flat
   F            C           G7                C
If you can stay ten seconds on my horse Aristocrat
                             F
He's thrown them in the east thrown then in the west   
C                                                 G7
Thrown them in the north where the riders are the best
C                        F
Seen him throw them high seen him lay 'em flat
                                   G7               C
But I've yet to meet the fella who could ride Aristocrat
                                     F
Now Mulga Ned from River's Head said fifty pounds I'll back
  G7                                     C
Meself to turn that outlaw into a lady's hack
                                   F                  C
While he rode he cracked a whip to show what he could do
   F            C             G7                C
He went so high we understand he cut a cloud in two
                              F
Another guy came in to try he walks up to the chutes
   G7                                      C
He had a cowboy saddle and a pair of fancy boots
                               F                C
He legged him on the outlaw he thought he was a cinch
    F                    C            G7                  C
Now we use his boots and saddle cause we haven't seen him since
                                   F
A lanky guy from way out west came in to show us how
   G7                                                C
He said I'll ride your horse sir if my saddle you'll allow
                              F                   C
When he got on the outlaw his height was six foot four
   F             C                 G7                    C
He landed on his head and now he's just five foot and no more
Repeat #3

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Arizona Waltz
Written and recorded by Rex Allen, Jr.
  
G7     C
Let me hold me you in my arms
              D7
And dance the Arizona Waltz
          G7                                 C  G7
While the songbirds fills the night with melody
       C                               D7
Linger closer in my arms and dance the Arizona Waltz
         G7                               C
It's the dreamy waltz you always save for me
    F                            C
And when the lights are low I'll steal a kiss
G7                 C  G7
Just like I always do
       C                                 D7
Let me hold you in my arms and dance the Arizona Waltz
       G7                       C
I'm in heaven when I waltz with you 
    F                            C
And when the lights are low I'll steal a kiss
G7                 C  G7
Just like I always do
       C                                 D7
Let me hold you in my arms and dance the Arizona Waltz
       G7                       C
I'm in heaven when I waltz with you 

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The Osborne Brothers - Arkansas
(Damon Black)

Though the brambles took the cabin I was born in
And the briers reclaim the fields I used to plow
There's a yearning in my heart to be going
To that forty acre patch God sow in sprouts.
Arkansas are your rivers still flowing
Is your cotton growing white as snow
Are the squirrels a barking upon old Crowley's ridge
Has the girl I was sparking on gone and burned another bridge.
Arkansas, Arkansas.
I have known the troubles I was born to know
I have wanted things a poor man's born to want
And in all my dreams and memories I go running
Through the fields of Arkansas from which I stroll.
Arkansas are your rivers still flowing
Is your cotton growing white as snow
Do the young men still piddle with the thought of growing rich
And slowly turn the old folks sittin' whittling on a stick.
Arkansas, Arkansas...


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Arkansas Traveler

Oh once upon a time in Arkansas
An old man sat in his little cabin door
And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear
A jolly old tune that he played by ear

   It was raining hard but the fiddler didn't care
   He sawed away at the popular air
   Though his rooftop leaked like a waterfall
   That didn't seem to bother the old man at all

A traveler was riding by that day
And stopped to hear him a-fiddling away
The cabin was afloat and his feet were wet
But the old man still didn't seem to fret

So the stranger said Now the way it seems to me
You'd better mend your roof said he
But the old man said as he played away
I couldn't mend it now it's a rainy day

The traveler replied that's all quite true
But this I think is the thing for you to do
Get busy on a day that is fair and bright
Then patch the old roof till it's good and tight

   But the old man kept on a-playing at his reel
   And tapped the ground with his leathery heel
   Get along said he for you give me a pain
   My cabin never leaks when it doesn't rain

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The Osborne Brothers - Arms Of Fire lyrics

It hurts when you hold me lately
So come on and hurt me baby
The spell that I'm in
The burn on my skin
The love, the hate, the high of the pain
You're everything that drives me crazy
You got me flying down a James Dean highway
Love drunk and sliding sideways
Not watching the road
Not holding the wheel
You can't even hear the tires squeal
And once again I go down in flames
In your arms of fire
I can't escape
Staying or leaving, hurts either way
Waking a wire, I'll never cross
Cuz everything in me is wantin' to fall
To your arms of fire
Your kiss, my soul demands it
I tried the cold but I can't stand it
No
Drawn to a spark, deep in the dark
It's pulling me, tugging me, tares me apart
Here's my heart, go on and brand it
In your arms of fire
I can't escape
Staying or leaving, hurts either way
Waking a wire, I'll never cross
Cuz everything in me is wantin' to fall
To your arms of fire
It hurts when you hold me lately
So come on and hurt me baby
In your arms of fire
I can't escape
Staying or leaving, hurts either way
Waking a wire, I'll never cross
Cuz everything in me is wantin' to fall
To your arms of fire
To your arms of fire


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Around Here
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Richard Fagan and Jeff Moore

G
Well I couldn't help but overhear you talkin' to Mary Lou
                                       A7                       D7
And when she shot you down I knew that something was wrong with you
       G                                                    C
You're leaving Mississippi and your fast talking just won't go
       G                      D7                     G
If you wanna win her love you gotta take it nice and slow
G
You gotta say yes ma'am no ma'am treat her like a lady
    C
And open up the door for her take a little time
     G                                            D7
Well get to know her better before you can try to hold her near
G                                   C
Be polite ask her just right if you wanna get lucky on a Saturday night
      G                   D7        G
Cause that's the thing to do around here
Now I hate to tell you buddy but you're going about this all wrong
                                           A7                 D7
Go trade your suit for jeans and boots and put an old Stetson on
G                                                C
Give a little wink and a smile when you tip your hat
           G                D7                    G
And you're only a few steps away from a girl like that
Repeat #2
    D7                             G
Now if I was up in New York city I hope you do the same for me
   D7                                   C                D7
So listen up friend I'll tell you again you're down here where we say
Repeat #2

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Art of Virtue
Adrienne Young
Adrienne Young / Will Kimbrough

Gonna start a revolution,
Made of action, not of words
Practicing the Art of Virtue
A joy ride on the learning curve

Gonna keep my eyes wide open
Till I have something to say
Start to put my house in order
Save some money for a rainy day

Gonna do just what I ought to
Finish what I say I?ll do
Spend my time on something useful
Worry less and speak the truth

I'd like to learn some moderation
Know just when enough's enough
Meditate on being tranquil
Injure none and bear no grudge

I let go of my resistance
Son of God is inside me
I'm waitin' for the real thing, honey
Ain't nothin' wrong with chastity

If I could walk the path of Jesus
Live each day the best I can
Follow in those humble footsteps
I might reach the promised land

Gonna start a revolution
Made of action, not of words
Practicing the Art of Virtue
A joy ride on a learning curve

Come and join this revolution
Made of action, not of words
Practicing the Art of Virtue
It's all the rage, oh have you heard

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Arthritis Blues 
Recorded by Ramblin Jack Elliott
Written by Butch Hawes

C                                 F
Went to the the doctor looked sad well he looked in his book
       C                           F            C
And he told me what I had and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
 
                                     F
Arthritis is a thing to miss it will leave you walking
       C                     F            C
With a double twist and it's all kinds of trouble
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                                    F
You can't stand up and you can't lay down you can't sit in a chair
          C                           F            C
You can't roll on the ground and it's all kinds of trouble
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow 
 
Doctor doctor doctor get your X-ray machine well it feels so good
           C                      F            C
Just about like morphine and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                                    F
If you get to Heaven tell the judge for me I've had sixteen years
       C                     F            C
Of the third degree and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
 
                                                          F
You can chase it away with your sweet apple jack you wake up in the mornin'
         C                               F            C
And it's squattin' on your back and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                                   F
Gin rum and whiskey will ease the pain you'll wake up in the morning
           C                         F            C
And you're right back again and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                       F
Arthritis is the thing to miss it will leave you walkin' 
       C                     F            C
With a double twist and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                   F
If I live to be forty-three you'll find me runnin' 
       C                F            C
Like a Model T and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                     F
Arthritis is a thing to miss it will leave you walkin'
       C                     F            C
With a double twist and it's all kinds of trouble
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
                                                          F
You can chase it away with your sweet apple jack you wake up in the mornin'
         C                               F            C
And it's squattin' on your back and it's all kinds of trouble 
G7                 C
Gonna find you somehow
Arthritis is the thing to miss

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Arthur And Alice
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Bobby Braddock

C          Em    Am            C
Arthur and Alice played shuffleboard
F       G7        Am    C
Down in Dinington today
                     Em          Am          C  
Then they packed the best picnic they could afford
    F             G7        C
And drove down by old Tampa Bay
Am                  Em 
Forty-nine years on assembly lines
F                    Fm
Way back up Michigan way
    C            Em             Am      C
Now they're in a trailer in the Florida pines
F          G7        C F   C   
Arthur and Alice are doin' okay
           Em         Am         C             
Arthur and Alice make love every night
F             G7          C
Love in their own special way
             Em           Am         C      
Sometimes by just holding each other tight
F               G7       C  
Hoarding dreams of yesterday
Am                            Em
But then sometimes they still love a good storm
F                          Fm
Just like on their wedding day
C              Em       Am          C  
Way down where even the winters are warm
F          G7        C F   C     
Arthur and Alice are doin' okay
           Em         Am          C 
Arthur and Alice have seven grand kids
   F         Am     C
In Ann Arbor and in LA
                Em         Am          C 
They'll come to visit last winter they did
  F             G7           C 
A Busch Gardens Disney World day
            Am                       Em           
Poor Arthur he's got a bad heart and she's nearly blind
   F                         Fm 
At least that's what doctors say
        C               Em       Am            C   
But his heart's full of love and she reads his mind
F          G7    F          G7     
Arthur and Alice Arthur and Alice  
F          G7        C F   C  
Arthur and Alice are doin' okay

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Artificial Heart
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by John Hall and Johanna Hall

G
I can see it coming signs appear to me
D7                   G
For that any day now you are gonna leave
    A7              D7      C                    D7
But this time I can stop it before the teardrops start
      C             Em         G          D7         G
Gonna go on down to Louieville and get an artificial heart
 
                                   Em
Artificial heart one that does its part
     Am                            C
With just a little beating now and then 
D7  G      D7                          C    D7      G
Artificial heart would be too smart to fall in love again  
 
 
I don't want an ending and I don't wanna cry
D7                           G
I can't stand the heartbreak watching my sweet dreams die
  A7                  D7     C                  D7
I need a heart that's strong but then of course true
       A7  D7     Em          C     D7      G
Yes an artificial heart would never get the blues
 
Repeat #2
 
                Bm              Em
My heart's been broken too many times
        C                      G    D7
I don't know that it will ever mend again
    Bm                      Em
You forsaking this heart of mine
             C          Am    G  C
I think it's time to go trade it in
 
D7     G                                  Em
For an artificial heart one that does its part
     Am                            C
With just a little beating now and then 
D7  G      D7                          C    D7      G
Artificial heart would be too smart to fall in love again  
 
Repeat #2 

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Artificial Rose
Recorded by Dave Dudley
Written by Tom T. Hall

C
The little waitress wore an artificial rose
                               G7
I met her in a truck stop long ago
               C             C7                 F
She brought my coffee with a smile and then sat down
       C               G7                C
And we started talkin' bout my wanderin' round
I recall the night I gave her that red rose
                                G7
Just a little joke between us I suppose
        C                  C7               F
But she laughed and tucked it in her golden hair
         C               G7             C
And from that day on she always wore it there
F            C           G7         C
Never blooms never grows artificial rose
As time went out I got to know her well
                                       G7
Grew to love her but I knew I couldn't tell
          C           C7               F
About the other woman farther down the line
        C               G7             C
But she trusted me said I was not that kind
F            C           G7         C
Never blooms never grows artificial rose
One night when I had traveled many miles
                                           G7
I pulled in and thought I'd see her loving smile
        C           C7              F
But she only left a package tied in red
      C                  G7                C
And inside a little tear stained note that read
She said I've found out now I return to you
                                        G7
This rose that I've been wearin' like a fool
         C            C7                F
May your life be cold and lonely as can be
          C          G7               C
Like this artificial rose you gave to me
F            C           G7         F   C
Never blooms never grows artificial r-ose

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Artificial Tears
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Bob Morrison and Ron Hellard

C                            F
Don't come to me with you're sorry
       C         G7         C
Saying you won't hurt me anymore
                                F
Cause I can't buy a word you're crying
                C   G7           C
I've seen those artificial tears before
 
                   F
Just yesterday I believed you
         C       G7                   C
But this time my poor heart knows the score
                              F
Now I can't buy a word you're lying
                C   G7           C
I've seen those artificial tears before
 
G7                        C
Oh you're such a great pretender
      G7                               F
Don't you get tired of putting on your show
G7                                 C
Heart to heart just tell me you're unhappy
     D7                                  G   G7
Take off your mask and let your feelings show
 
      C                       F
Cause I'm making plans for my future 
       C              G7           C
And my future doesn't live here anymore
                               F
So don't pretend your heart is breaking
                C   G7           C
I've seen those artificial tears before
  
Repeat #3,4
 
F               C   G7           C
I've seen those artificial tears before

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As I Roved Out
Traditional

As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree

I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around well the tears fell from her
Sayin' "False young man, you have deluded me

A diamond ring I owned I gave you
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie that had the land"

"If I'd married the lassie that had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
When misfortune falls sure no man can shun it
I was blindfolded I'll ne'er deny"

Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turned around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold sure it's brass I find

And I wish the Queen would call home her army
From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I will meet again.


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As If I Didn't Know
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Mel Tillis and Hal Bynum
 
C               F      G7        C
I don't have to read between the lines
                     F         G7         C
I know the time will come when you're not mine
          F             C             F  G#
Even if I lose you I'll never let you go
             C                G7       C   F G7 C
I'll keep on loving you as if I didn't know
 
                  F          G7      C
Tell me what's so wrong with holding on
              F           G7     C
Something you believed in for so long
           F           C               F   G#
Even if it hurts me it doesn't have to show
             C                G7       C   F C
I'll keep on loving you as if I didn't know
 
F     Am       F                C
As if I didn't know that it was over
  Am              F             C  G7
Although I didn't lose you long ago
Am         F                   C             F     G#
I'll go on pretending that our love is never ending
             C                G7       C   F C F
I'll keep on loving you as if I didn't know
 
C            F             C
Maybe I just wanna make it last
          F      G7     C
Maybe I'm living in the past 
              F             G7    C              F   G#
Maybe I can't change things cause you're already gone
             C                G7           E7
I'll keep on loving you oh is that so wrong
       Am       F                  C
And if I didn't know that it's was over
  Am          F              C  G7
Before I even loved you long ago
Am            F                C             F     G#
I'll go on pretending that our love is never ending
             C                G7       C
I'll keep on loving you as if I didn't know
 
Am            F                C             F     G#
I'll go on pretending that our love is never ending
             C                G7       C   F C
I'll keep on loving you as if I didn't know

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As Long As I Live

   As long as I live ( As long as I live )
   If it be one hour ( If it be one hour )
   Or if it be ( or if it be ) one hundred years
   I'll keep remembering ( I'll keep remembering )
   For ever and ever ( For ever and ever )
   I love you dear ( I love you dear )
   As long as I live

It's over you said that night you left me
That we'd forget that we'd ever met
I haven't forgotten I wonder if you have
Or is your heart to full of regret

I never thought that night you left me
That life alone could be so sad
It may sound funny but I'll never forget you
You're the only joy that I ever had

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As Long As I Love You   
Written and recorded by Dolly Parton

C          F           C
Hurt is no stranger to me
    F      C           G7
And oh how well I know misery
F                      C           F
You always hurt me but I always forgive
         C           F         C    F
And I'll hurt for as long as I love you
         C               F         C
And I'll love you for as long as I live

                 F              C
Oh it's my fault for loving you so deeply
F          C          G7
I give you my love completely
F                   C               F
I give you love but hurt is all you give
         C           F         C    F
And I'll hurt for as long as I love you
         C               F         C
And I'll love you for as long as I live

       F                              C
For as long as I love you there'll be pain
       F                    D7               G7
Though tears come and go my love remains the same
F                           C           F
I'll always forgive you you know that I will
         C           F         C    F
And I'll hurt for as long as I love you
         C               F         C
And I'll love you for as long as I live

                     F         C    F
Yes I'll hurt for as long as I love you
         C               F         C
And I'll love you for as long as I live

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As Long As I'm Rockin' With You
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Bruce Channel and Kieran Kan
 
G
Wherever I'm going wherever I'm staying it doesn't matter 
                         C                 G
Long as I'm staying with you  staying with you
I'm always happy whatever I'm doing it doesn't matter
                        C               G
As long as I do it with you  do it with you
D7          C                    G
I may never have much silver and gold
    D7                      C                      G
But I've got something more precious and warmer to hold
             Em                                   C
And that old rocking chair don't scare me like it used to
           G          D7                       G
It doesn't matter  as long as I'm rocking with you
                          
Wherever I'm working whatever it's paying it doesn't matter 
                          C                 G
Long as it's working with you  working with you
These things I believe in some people call dreaming
                                               C
It doesn't matter as long as I'm dreaming with you
              G
Dreaming with you
repeat #2
 
C          G          D7                       G
It doesn't matter  as long as I'm rocking with you

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As Long As The Wind Blows

No one can ever hold the wind
So don't waste your time a-holding on to me
Just let me love and I'll be gone again
For there's one thing little girl that you must see

As long as the wind blows, as long as the river flows
As long as train whistle screams
As long as a wind goose flies, as the flood tides rise
There's just no way of holding me

Me this chain gang can never hold
A man with such a wandering restless soul
Just turn your back and that's the last time that you will see
This old wandering boy from Tennessee

* Refrain

Mama it's so good to be back home
It's not right for you and Papa to be here alone
But listen to that late evening train
Well I could of swore I heard it call my name

* Refrain


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As Long As The Winds Blow
Recorded Jim and Jesse
Written by Curly Putman

G
No one can ever hold the wind
         C                             G
So don't waste your time holding on to me
     D7                            G
Just let me love then I'll be gone again
    A7                            D7       G
For there's one thing little girl you must see


As long as the winds blow as long as the rivers flow
   D7                         G
As long as the train whistles scream

As long as the wild goose flies as long as the flood tides rise
D7                             G
There's just no way of holding me


Mister this chain gang can never hold
  C                                  G
A man with such a wandering restless soul
     D7                                             G
Just turn your back and that's the last time you'll see
A7                     D7         G
This old wandering boy from Tennessee

Repeat #2


Momma it's so good to be back home
         C                                 G
It's not right for you and papa to be here alone
    D7                          G
But listen to that late evening train
     A7                        D7      G
Well I coulda swore I heard it call my name

Repeat #2

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As Long As We Can
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Roni Rivers and Agnes Wilson
 
C                                 F                C
I never fail to count my blessing when each day is done
      F               C                                       G7
But I always wait and count you last cause you're my greatest one
    C                      F                     C
And I ask God to let me be with you till my life ends
                        F       C       G7        C
Cause I wanna stay here in your arms as long as I can

               G7 C    F     C        G7 C
We're gonna st-ay here we're gonna st-ay here
                         F      C                  G7
We're gonna stay in each others arms as long as we can
            C         F    C                 F                     C
We're gonna live with no regrets loving each other like the day we met
                             F      C       G7         C
And we're gonna stay in each others arms as long as we can

                              F               C
I could never ask for love no greater than we share
   F              C                               G7
To me I'd find no better love if I searched every where 
       C                      F                     C
You'll always be my only love just like it's always been
                        F       C       G7        C
Cause I wanna stay here in your arms as long as I can

Repeat #2

                             F      C       G7         C
And we're gonna stay in each others arms as long as we can

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Alison Krauss - As Lovely as You

The big moon is rising so bright in the sky
But it won't shine brighter than the stars in your eyes
It rises above me, so bright, so blue
And I won't see anyone as lovely as you

Take me into the night
Past these lonely dreams in my heart
I love you more than I could show you
More than I could know in my heart

So lay down beside me and hold me tonight
For your love has found me and it feels so right
These thoughts in my mind are so scattered and few
And I won't see anyone as lovely as you

Take me into the night
Past these lonely dreams in my heart
I love you more than I could show you
More than I could know

Take me into the night
Past these lonely dreams in my heart
I love you more than I could show you
More than I could know in my heart, in my heart

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As Low As You Can Go
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

E7                             Em
I came home early this morning and she was gone
E7                                       Em
So I turned to the mirror but the mirror seemed to say
                   Am
Down in the valley across the city
C                       F                    C
Through the dark alleys filled with self-pity
      Am         G7      F            Am
Where people are victims of their own fears
Em                        Am
Have you come down to the devil's table
C               F
Drinking poison till you're not able
Am              G7       F             Am
To see how your laughter has turned to tears
C                            G7
Boy you're as low as you can go
Dm                 F                Am
You left more than tracks along the road
C                             G7
Among the seeds that you have sown
Dm           F                   C
There lies a man you should have known
Repeat last verse x2

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As Of Now
Recorded by Melba Montgomery and George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery

C
As of now I'm startin' my life over
                                   F
You're gonna see a great change in me
                               C
Those dark clouds overhead are hangin' by a string
    D7                                        G7
And soon they'll break and fall just wait and see
C
As of now I'm lookin' for a new love
                        F
One I can always depend upon
                         C
Remember what I say I'll have a better day
         G7                         C
Like the ones I had before you came along
F
As of now I'm gaining back my pride
                                G7
Soon I'll have a new love by my side
C                       F
One I can rely on to be true
    G7                                C
And hope he don't turn out to be like you
As of now I'm gonna be a new girl
                                   F
You'll see a change in me all over boy
                                  C
And you won't know me then you'll just remember when
    D7                            G7
You used me in a game just like a toy
C
As of now I'm stoppin' all my weepin'
                               F
I'm tired of feelin' sorry for myself
                              C
It's time I had some fun it's over and it's done
    G7                            C
Now I'll go celebrate because you left
repeat #3
    G7                                C
And hope he don't turn out to be like you

=============================

Alan Jackson - As She's Walking Away lyrics

We never spoke a word
But every thought she had I heard from across the room
If we were standing face to face
I couldn't find the words to say give me one more move
I don't even know her name
I guess foolish prides to blame
Now I'm falling in love as she's walking away
and my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
Now I'm falling in love as she's walking away
Wise man next to me did say
'Bout the one that got away
Son I missed my chance
Don't you let regret take place
Of the dreams you have to chase
Ask her to dance, go on, son
You might fall down on your face
Roll the dice and have some faith
Now I'm falling in love as she's walking away
and my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
Now I'm falling in love as she's walking away
You might fall down on your face
Roll the dice and have some faith
Now I'm falling in love as she's walking away
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
Now I'm falling in love as she's walking away


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As Soon As I Touch Calvary
Recorded by Paul Williams and The Victory Trio
Written by Rusty Goodman

G                                          C
Friend don't worry about this heavy load I carry
            G                           D7
Don't be concerned if it sends me to my knees
      G                                   C
For I know a place where all my load will lighten
          G                D7           G
I'll be alright as soon as I touch Calvary
         C                                G
If these feeble hands of faith could only reach out
                                        D7
Through this dark and dreary storm of unbelief
       G                                     C
And if He'll just slip His nail scarred hand into my hand
          G                D7           G
I'll be alright as soon as I touch Calvary
                                     C
Very soon now I'll reach the hill of Golgotha
                G                                 D7
I'll touch that cross so cruelly fashioned from a tree
       G                                   C
And if just one precious drop of His blood touches me
          G             D7                G
I'll be alright because I've touched Calvary
         C                                G
If these feeble hands of faith could only reach out
                                        D7
Through this dark and dreary storm of unbelief
       G                                     C
And if He'll just slip His nail scarred hand into my hand
          G                D7           G
I'll be alright as soon as I touch Calvary
C             G             D7             G
Yes I'll be alright because I touched Calvary

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Dolly Parton - As Soon As I Touched Him lyrics

He came to me like a bright idea
Shining like the sun
And the way his eyes burned into mine
I knew he must be the one
Oh, he drew me in like a magnet does
So I couldn't pull away
But the kind of lovin' that I gave to him
I'm not ashamed to say
1st Chorus:
Oh, as soon as I touched him
Soon as I touched him
I felt like a woman
And the feelin' made me close my eyes
I was born again
An' I heard myself cryin'
Like a new born baby cries
He told me what I meant to him
Swore that I was sent to him
All my lovin' went to him
Now he's gone, oh, he's gone
Now I hide myself from the light of day
So no one else can see
A part of him that I can't forget
That's growin' deep inside of me
2nd Chorus:
Oh, as soon as I touched him
Soon as I touched him
I felt like a woman
And the feelin' made me close my eyes
I was born again
An' I heard myself cryin'
Like our new born baby cries
Fade:
Repeat 1st Chorus


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As Tears Go By
Recorded by J.D. Crowe
Written by Andrew Loog Oldham Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
 
G         A7             C  D7
It is the evening of the da-ay
G         A7                 C   D7
I sit and watch the children pla-ay
C             D7        G           Em
Smiling faces I can see but not for me
C         Am                D7
I sit and watch as tears go by
G           A7             C   D7
My richness can't buy everythi-ing
G         A7               C  D7
I long to hear to children si-ing
C              D7         G           Em
Doing things I used to do thinking of you
C         Am                D7
I sit and watch as tears go by
G         A7             C  D7
It is the evening of the da-ay
G         A7                 C   D7
I sit and watch the children pla-ay
C          D7              G                   Em
All I hear is the sound of rain falling on the ground
C         Am                D7 G A7 C D7 G
I sit and watch as tears go by

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As The Honky Tonk Turns
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt
Written by Roger Springer, Tommy Nixon, Mark Chesnutt

C                       G7                 C     G7
As the honky tonk turns and the world goes round
                     C        G7                C
I'll be sittin' on a barstool pouring cold ones down
                    F                        C
Watching hearts get broken from hard lessons they've learned
                    G7                        C
It's just a typical evening as the honky tonk turns

                 G7                 C     G7
Ole Frank always plays the same ol' songs
        C             G7                      C
And sometimes he even thinks that he's George Jones
       F                                C
But it tears ole Lester up to hear that jukebox play his life
          D7                      G7
And he'll tell us once again just how he lost his wife

                  C     G7                 C    G7
As the honky tonk turns and the world goes round
                     C        G7                C
I'll be sittin' on a barstool pouring cold ones down
                    F                        C
Watching hearts get broken from hard lessons they've learned
                    G7                        C
It's just a typical evening as the honky tonk turns

                         G7           C     G7
Last night I watched Charlene fall in love
        C               G7               C
For the third time this week that I know of
    F                              C
But tonight she'll be here feeling sorry for herself
         D7                                   G7
Drinking like there's no tomorrow and leaning on somebody else

repeat #1

                    G7                        C
It's just a typical evening as the honky tonk turns

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As We Kiss Our World Goodbye
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent and Daryle Singletary
Written by Billy Wayne Yates
 
G    D7         G                     C       G
Time just stood still it's the moment that we will
        D7       C         G      C            D7     G
Leave behind the love that I have searched for all my life
          D7       G                C      G
I see you standing there I hope you know I care
              D7      C       G
I know you'll cry and so will I 
      C        D7        G
As we kiss our world goodbye
 
      D7                 G
I can feel the mountains tremble
       D7                 G
As the sun falls from the sky
      D7              G
I can hear the angels weeping
      C        D7        G  D7
As we kiss our world goodbye
 
     G        D7      G               C        G
This war that we must fight no matter wrong or right
       D7        C     G
Either way we'll die today
      C        D7        G
As we kiss our world goodbye
 
Repeat #2
 
       G       D7       G                  C       G
I just feel my heart go weak as I force my lips to speak
              D7             G
I'll hold you tight one last time
      C        D7        G
As we kiss our world goodbye
 
Repeat #2 x2
      C        D7        G
As we kiss our world goodbye

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Ashamed Of Myself
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Charles Singleton and Rose Marie McCoy

G         C          G                C          G
I feel so ashamed of myself I feel so ashamed of myself
  C       G         C       G           C   D7        G
I fell in love with someone new and I'm so ashamed of myself
             C            G                 C            G
Well it's so sad but it's true well it's so sad but it's true 
  C               D7    C            G  D7         G
I broke my baby's heart into and I'm so ashamed of myself
C                                     D7                G
Since I've been gone she's been alone I had no right to be untrue
  C
I can't control my heart and soul
G                      A7             D7
I've got to do what my heart tells me to
    G  C          G             C             G
I'm so ashamed of myself I feel so ashamed of myself
   C        G      C        Am          G   D7        G
It ain't no fun to hurt someone and I'm so ashamed of myself
C                                     D7                G
Since I've been gone she's been alone I had no right to be untrue
  C
I can't control my heart and soul
G                      A7             D7
I've got to do what my heart tells me to
    G  C          G             C             G
I'm so ashamed of myself I feel so ashamed of myself
   C        G      C        Am          G   D7        G
It ain't no fun to hurt someone and I'm so ashamed of myself

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Ashamed To Own The Blessed Savior
Recorded by Jim and Jesse
Written by John Bailes and Walter Bailes

C F                     C
Upon the lonely tree of Calvary
   G7                        C
My Savior took the blame for me
     F                        C
Then do you think that I'd disown Him
     G7                        C
When His own blood He shed for me
 F                         C
Ashamed to own the Blessed Savior
 G7                         C
Ashamed of Him who died for you
    F                         C
Someday I know that you'll be sorry
    G7                    C
For He will be ashamed of you
   F                   C
Oh brother how can you deny Him
 G7                          C
Ashamed to own God's gift of love
    F                 C
Our only promise of tomorrow
    G7                   C
Our precious Savior from above
Repeat #2
   F                    C
Oh Lord above look down upon me
       G7                    C
Though I'm not worthy now to pray
       F                          C
Please cleanse me now and make me holy
     G7                    C
That You would own me everyday
Repeat #2
    G7                    C
For He will be ashamed of you

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Ashes by Now
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell

C
This morning is Monday where are you now
                                     G7
Teasin' my memory teaching me how to lay low
             F
When I don't want to

C
Well love is elusive this I know now

It's making me crazy leaving me out
       G7                F
In the open when I don't want to

C
The moments of pleasures never do last

They're gone like a suitcase full of your past
G7                 F
Long gone and in a hurry
 
Am                           C
Baby I can't go through this again
                Am                             C
I don't need to go down more then I've already been
            Am                                C
Just like a wild fire you're running all over town
               Am                                C
As much as you burn me baby I should be ashes by now
 

The second street beggars alone in their life

Drunk on a sidewalk to hide from the night
     G7                     F
Like I am they're just like I am

Repeat #4 
 
            Am                                C
Just like a wild fire you're running all over town
               Am                                C
As much as you burn me baby I should be ashes by now

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Ashes Of Love

   Ashes of love cold as ice
   You made the debt and I'll pay the price
   Our love is gone there's no doubt
   Ashes of love the flame burned out

The love light that gleamed in your eyes
Has gone out to my surprise
We said goodbye my heart bled
I can't revive our love, it's dead

I trusted dear our love would stand
Your every wish was my command
My heart tells me I must forget
I loved you then I love yet

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Aspencade
BMI Work #: 8490014
Aspencade (Larry W. Jones 10/29/2006) (song#4102)

Sunlight through ponderosa pines
Autumn colors on parade
Like the taste of sweetest wines
Is the beauty of Aspencade
As September days unfold
Memories I just can't evade
Green leaves turned to gold
It's the beauty of Aspencade
Aspencade is a time of life
When the world forgets its strife
Look and you will surely find
Why life and love are intertwined
People are smiling everywhere
Music for love is always played
It's the season for all to share
In the beauty of Aspencade
Aspencade is a time of life
When the world forgets its strife
Look and you will surely find
Why life and love are intertwined
Sunlight through ponderosa pines
Autumn colors on parade
Like the taste of sweetest wines
Is the beauty of Aspencade
The beauty of Aspencade


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Aspens On The Hill
BMI Work #: 8566964
Aspens On The Hill (Larry W. Jones 12/09/2006) (song#4214)

Outside of Denver grew a grove of Aspens on the hill
Where I rode with my darlin' long ago
The stars that were shining are up there shining still
As when we rode among those Aspens on the hill
We sang old cowboy love songs
And watched the birds fly to their nests
And we knew our love was more that just a thrill
The love that we had darlin', surely was the best
When we rode among those Aspens on the hill
When my end of days comes darlin'
And it's time for me to die
Please don't forget me, that I cry
If you visit me in sadness, think of the love we knew
And let your teardrops fall on leaves of Aspens where I lie
My love for you is endless though I may see you no more
Aspen leaves are falling, I can feel the chill
Kiss me goodbye darlin', just as you did before
When we rode among those Aspens on the hill


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At Calvary
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by William R. Newell     
       
G
Years I've spent in vanity and pride
D7                     G
Caring not my Lord was crucified 
    
Knowing not it was for me He died
   D7     G
On Cal-va-ry
                         
By God's word at last of sin I learned 
D7                     G
Then I trembled at the law I spurned
 
Till my guilty soul in glory returned
   D7     G
To Cal-va-ry
C                         G
Mercy there was great and grace was free
D7                    G
Pardon there was multiplied to me
C                            G
There my burdened soul found liberty
   D7     G
At Cal-va-ry
       
Now I've given to Jesus everything
D7                   G
Now I gladly own Him as my King
Now my raptured soul can only sing
   D7     G
Of Cal-va-ry
Oh the love that drew salvation's plan
   D7                        G
Oh the grace that brought it down to man
                  
Oh the mighty gulf that God did span
   D7     G
At Cal-va-ry
Repeat #3 x2
C                            G
There my burdened soul found liberty
   D7     G
At Cal-va-ry

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At It Again
Traditional

Geordie's a man I had na seen lately,
I met wi' his brother in toon,
Says I de ye think that he's still off the drink?
Oh nae, he's at it again.

Chorus:
Aye, we telled him, and Aye we warned him,
And aye, he promised but then,
At the turn o' yer back he'd be right off the track,
And noo he's at it again.

I asked him is Geordie still makin' good whisky,
He's prone tae distill noo and then,
He'd been testin' a sup, and near blew hesel' up,
And noo he's at it again.

Geordie's the lad fer coortin' the ladies,
He's tall and handsome but vain.
He wed five or six but they tired of his tricks,
And noo he's at it again.

Instrumental Break

I remember when Geordie discovered the horses,
Then swore no tae back them again.
All his horses got bate, he had divil a' heat,
And noo he's at it again.

The Bailey caught Geordie doon poaching the Salmon,
And after the coort he was ta'en.
But the truth for to tell he'd the rest in his cell,
And noo he's at it again.


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At Mail Call Today
Recorded by Gene Autry
Written by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
[3/4 time]

G                                        D7
At mail call today dear your last letter came
                                               G
I just stood there smiling till they called my name
                            G7              C
As I read it over the skies turned to grey
    D7                                     G
And tears dimmed my eyes love at mail call today
                                         D7
I can't understand love what happened to you
                                             G
The day that I sailed love you said you'd be true
                       G7         C
But now it's over what more can I say
   D7                                 G
My poor heart was broken at mail call today
                                     D7
I slept in the foxhole amid shot and shell
                                            G
I'm telling you darling it's worse than all hell
                              G7          C
I thought you would wait love while I was away
    D7                              G
But my castles tumbled at mail call today
                                     D7
I hope you'll be happy with somebody new
                                       G
But always remember my heart beats for you
                            G7           C
Good luck and God bless you wherever you stray
    D7                              G
The world for me ended at mail call today

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At the Beach
The Avett Brothers

I know that you're smiling, baby
I don't even need to see your face
Sunset at the shoreline, we are laughing, breaking up
Just like the waves
Are you feeling, feeling, feeling like I'm, feeling
Like I'm floating, floating, up above that big blue ocean
Sand beneath our feet, big blue sky above our heads
No need to keep the stressing from our everyday life on our minds
We have got to leave all that behind

Well, I have got a sister
And she has got a baby with brand new eyes
And her daddy is an engineer
And they just took her to the sea for the first time
Now they're under, under, underneath a big umbrella
Summer, summer, summer time to help us forget, nine to fives
We have got to leave all that behind

I have worries to give to the sea
We can walk dear the pier is farther than it seems

Midnight at the shoreline, fireworks above us
A screaming bloom
They're sent by some teenager and kid whoever you are
I am thanking you
Now we're dancing, dancing, dancing with no music
What is happening, happening, happening and no feelings
Except this is right
We just had to leave all that behind

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At The Club Alibi
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens
 
C                                     G7
Meet me tonight just across the state line
               C
At the Club Alibi
 
                               G7
When we pass each other on the street
                Dm
We just walk on by
G7                                 C         G7
Cause people talk we still got the ties that bind
    C
And anything else we've got to say
            Dm
Well we can say tonight
           G7                    Dm
When we're caught up in the music
G7
Lost in the laughter close to each other
         C
One more time
 
                                     
So meet me tonight at the Club Alibi
                       G7
You tell him your lies honey I'm telling mine
             C                      F
Where nobody knows us or cares what we're doing
           C                             G7
Honey meet tonight just across the state line
               C
At the Club Alibi
 
                              
There's a country band in the corner 
            G7
Playing The Love Sick Blues
 
And the drinks the good time Charlie pours
            C             G7
They really turn you loose
        C
There's nothing right and nothings wrong
          Dm
It's just you and me
          G7
And we're caught up in the music lost in the laughter
                             C
Close to each other one more time
 
Repeat #3
F             C                             G7
Honey meet me tonight just across the state line 
               C
At the Club Alibi

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At The Corner Of Walk And Don't Walk
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Kenny Beard and John Jarrard

C                                  F
I'm callin' from a pay phone I was headin' out of town
G7                                      F         G7     C
I really Meant to leave this time but I guess I'm havin' doubts
                                   C7              F
It's hard for me to walk away from all we could've had
   G7                                     C
So I'm callin' just to tell you where I'm at

                                             C7                 F
I'm at the corner of walk and don't walk and I can't make up my mind
G7                               F   G7         C
One way leads me back to you and one leaves you behind
                                   C7                 F
I'm standin' at the crossroads and I'm really in some pain
       G7                                            F       G7       C
At the corner of walk and don't walk darlin' and the light's about to change

                                  F
I'm hopin' that you'll tell me to turn my car around
G7                                         F           G7        C
That you never meant to hurt me and you'll make things right somehow
                                        C7                    F
But the phone just keeps on ringin' and though my heart's had enough
  G7                                 C
I just can't bring myself to hang it up

Repeat #2

       G7                                            F       G7       C
At the corner of walk and don't walk darlin' and the light's about to change

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At The End Of A Long Lonely Day

At the end of a long lonely day without you
My world seems to fall on it's face
Well, I'm alright through the day but the day fades away
At the end of a long lonely day

   Another day wishing you were here
   I dread each lonely night Lord their filled with tears
   Oh how I've cried yes I've cried and these tears I can't hide
   At the end of a long lonely day

At the end of the day I go back to my room
And watch as the sun fades away
And the loneliness there with its grief and despair
At the end of a long lonely day

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At The End Of A Long Lonely Day Without You

At the end of a long lonely day without you
When the world seems to fall in my face
I'm all right through the day, but the day fades away
And a long lonely night takes its place

Another day to wish that you were here
I dread each lonely night that's filled with tears
Though I've tried and I've tried, these are tears that I can't hide
At the end of a long lonely day

At the end of the day I go up to my room
And I watch while the sun fades away
And the lonliness there brings me grief and despair
At the end of a long lonely day

* Refrain

Another day to sit alone and cry
It makes no difference if I live or die
With the world locked outside, I just lay there and cry
At the end of a long lonely day

* Refrain


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At the End of the Day
Yonder Mountain String Band

Many times I've been out in the cold lonely world,
with my heart full of sorrow and pain.
Then I sing an old familiar song of the place I belong,
and my mind starts to think of home again.

So many miles and so many roads,
so many people who don't even know my name.
So many times I've looked to western skies,
and nowhere I go is quite the same
as that sweet home waiting for me,
at the end of the day.

Now my feet grow tired and the wind grows wild
and the road never seems to end.
My mind races on, but the sunlight she is gone,
thoughts of home start to fill my head.

So many miles and so many roads,
so many people who don't even know my name.
So many times I've looked to western skies,
and nowhere I go is quite the same
as that sweet home waiting for me,
at the end of the day.

And it's too much confusion and too many lies,
too many times my heart has been broken right in two.
I've shed too many tears thinking about those times;
cried too many rivers over you...

Now the light up ahead it means that I am near,
I can smell the woodsmoke in the air.
And when I go back out again and I long to return,
my old home, I know she'll be there.

So many miles and so many roads,
so many people who don't even know my name.
So many times I've looked to western skies,
and nowhere I go is quite the same
as that sweet home waiting for me,
at the end of the day.

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At The First Fall Of Snow

I talked with a stranger so sad and forlorn
His garments were sack cloth all tattered and torn
He told me a story of sorrow and woe
His heart went to heaven at the first fall of snow

He spoke of his angel a dear baby girl
He loved every footstep he loved every curl
But she went to heaven just one year ago
The angels came for her at the first fall of snow

He still had the dolly that she use to love
he held and caressed it and gazed up above
he whispered my baby you're waiting I know
I'll bring you your dolly at the first fall of snow

And there as I listened my eyes filled with tears
I know she was part of his happier years
His frail bady trembled he spoke soft and low
I'll be with my darling at the first fall of snow

I just couldn't tell him how felt inside
I patted his shoulder my feeling to hide
He sniled as we parted cause he didn't know
That we lost our darling at the first fall of snow


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The Incredible String Band - At The Lighthouse Dance 

Waiting for the queen to come, waiting for her to show up
While out on the rocks all the ships
Were sinking we laughed as the dance began
Oh, how we danced at the lighthouse dance

Stepped outside took a look, shook the sweat felt madly sad
I was dreaming of angels, I saw the ships sinking
But one pulled in, I asked the sea captain tell me where you've been
He turned his gaze into the days and he showed me this movie

Oh, do you dance, you serenader?
Oh, do you die, you masquerader?
Oh, do you land, you space invader?

I could see the dance through the cracked window pane
Alice smiled at me I felt quite lame
The dance group played I can't recall their name
They played quite well but all their numbers sounded the same

Oh, how we danced at the lighthouse dance
We danced, I grooved, I sighed, I cried

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Atlanta Is Burning

Two years we've been fighting though it seems like a hundred
Away to the south there's a home I onece knew
Where mu loved ones are waiting for a word from the Captain
That the battle has ended for the gray and the blue
I left dear old Georgia on the first day of April
The grass in the valley was just turning green
I married my Sally just a week before leaving
We now have a baby that I've never seen
She wrote me a letter that told of our baby
He's just like his daddy is the words that it said
But thats been so long now that it seems like foever
And Lord I'm so homesick I wish I were dead
Atlanta is burning the horizon is flaming
The thunder of cannons in the distance I hear
I think of my Sally and the son that she gave me
If I could just see her and the baby so dear
A bullet has found me and the darkness is falling
The pain is unreal and my body so weak
The Captain is calling but I cannot answer
My thoughts wonder southward as I go to sleep


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Atlanta Is Burning - Original
Original Version By The Boys From Indiana

Three years we've been fighting, though it seems like a hundred.
Away to the South is the home I once knew.
Where my loved ones are waiting, for word from the captain
That the battle has ended for the gray and the blue.
I left dear old Georgia on the first day of April.
The grass in the valley was just turning green.
I married my Sally, just a week before leaving.
We now have a baby that I've never seen.
She sent me a letter, that told of our baby.
He's just like his daddy were the words that she said.
But that's been so long now, that it seems like forever.
And Lord I'm so homesick I wish I were dead.
Atlanta is burning, the horizon is flame.
The thunder of cannons in the distance I hear.
I think of my Sally, and the son that she gave me.
If I could just see her and the baby so dear.
A bullet has found me, and the darkness is falling.
The pain is unreal and my body's so weak.
The captain is calling, but I cannot answer.
My thoughts wander Southward as I go to sleep.
My thoughts wander Southward as I go to sleep.


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Auctioneer
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written Leroy Van Dyke and Buddy Black

Hey well alright sir here we go there 
And what are ya' gonna give for 'em
I have a six hundred dollar down here 
Now ten and now twenty-five and now thirty-five
And now there fifty now sixty 
Will ya give me sixty now seventy-five 
Seventy-five another eighty-five dollars 
Oughta buy 'em there

G
There was a boy in Arkansas 
    C
Who wouldn't listen to his ma
     D7                                G      D7
When she told him that he should go to school
     G
He'd sneak away in the afternoon 
       C
Take a little walk and then pretty soon
      D7                            G
You'd find him at the local auction barn
          C
Well he'd stand and listen carefully 
         G
And then pretty soon he began to see
        A7                            D7
How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly
   G
He said oh my it's do or die 
     C
I've got to learn that auction cry
      D7                           G
Gotta make my mark and be an auctioneer
Twenty-five dollar bid it now thirty dollar thirty
          C
Will you gimmie thirty make it thirty
            D7                                          G
Bid it on a thirty dollar will you gimmie thirty dollar bid
Thirty dollar bid it now thirty-five
         C
Will you gimmie thirty-five
To make it thirty-five to bid it a thirty-five
D7                                        G
Who woulda bid it at a thirty-five dollar bid
                
Well as time went on he did his best 
    C
And all could see he didn't jest
   D7                                    G   D7
He practiced calling bids both night and day
    G
His pop would find him behind the barn 
       C
Just a working up an awful storm
      D7                         G
As he tried to imitate the auctioneer
        C
His dad said son we just can't 
         G
Stand to have a mediocre man
        A7                         D7
Selling things at action using our name
     G
I'll send you off to auction school 
    C
And then you'll be nobody's fool
    D7                            G
You can take your place among the best
Thirty-five dollar bid it now forty dollar forty
         C
Will you gimmie forty make it forty
            D7                                        G
Bid it on a forty dollar will you gimmie forty dollar bid
Forty dollar bid it now forty-five
         C
Will you gimmie forty-five
To make it forty-five to bid it a forty-five
D7                                        G
Who woulda bid it at a forty-five dollar bid
So from that boy who went to school 
      C
There grew a man who played it cool
   D7                                  G   D7
He came back home a full fledged auctioneer
        G
And the people came from miles around 
        C
Just to hear him make that rhythmic sound
     D7                                  G
That fill their hearts with such a happy cheer
    C
His fame spread out from shore to shore 
       G
He had all he could do and more
A7                        D7
Had to buy a plane to get around
    G
Now he's the best in all the land 
      C
Let's pause and give that man a hand
         D7                    G
He's the best of all the auctioneers
Forty-five dollar bid it now fifty dollar fifty
         C
Will you gimmie fifty make it fifty
            D7                                        G
Bid it on a fifty dollar will you gimmie fifty dollar bid
Fifty dollar bid it now fifty-five
         C
Will you gimmie fifty-five
To make it fifty-five to bid it a fifty-five
D7                               G
Sold that hog for a fifty dollar bill
 
Hey well alright sir open the gate 
And let 'em out and walk 'em boys
Here we come with lot number 29 in 
What'd ya gonna give for 'em
I have a twenty-five I oughta get thirty-five
And now a fifty make it fifty bid it along at fifty
Now sixty will ya give me sixty now seventy-five
And now eight-five and now nine-five
A hundred and now twenty-five
And now it's at seventy-five
And a two and a three and a four
And a five and a six now seven
Now eight hundred dollars 
And a buy 'em there

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August 15, 1985
The Avett Brothers

Jim: Uh, this is August the 15th 1985. Seth is just now 5 years old, Bonnie is just now 12, and Scott is 9 years old.
*Mumbles*
Jim: Nine and a half?
Bonnie: Ha!
Scott: Yeah, nine and a half. Nine and three quarters.
Jim: You're not nine and a half.
Scott: I'm 'bout eleven.
Jim: *laughs* no you're not.
Bonnie: Nu'uh.
Jim: Okay, let's talk about fun things. Seth, start out.
Scott: I didn't read all my books, and now I can't watch any TV.
Jim: That's right.
Bonnie: That was Scott not Seth
Seth: Um, I didn't play with much toys.
Jim: Okay.
Seth: And I didn't *mumbles*
Jim: Okay, Scott. Scott's talking about he was gonna read a bunch of books for this summer and he hasn't read 'em all so he doesn't get to watch TV until he reads them. Uh, it's pretty simple there.
Jim: Seth, what have you been doing?
Seth: Nothing.
Jim: Well, that's good since the last time we talked you were three years old then and now you're five and you haven't been doing anything. Bonnie what would you like to talk about?
Bonnie: Um, I don't know.
Scott: Carolings.
Jim: No, let's not talk about-
Bonnie: I rode Cyclone.
Jim: Let's not talk about Carolings, let's talk about something that is important for posterity.
Scott: What's posterity?
Jim: That's for years from now. Okay, Scott.
Bonnie: I'm getting ready to start a new school.
Jim: Yeah we start a new year of school.
Scott: Daddy kicks my butt every day *laughs*
Jim: That's not true, he should but he doesn't.
Seth: Uh, Let me talk.
Jim: Okay, go ahead.
Seth: Scott picks his butt more.
Jim: Scot-SETH!
Bonnie: No, he did that a long time ago.
Jim: I think, maybe we better stop this one again.
Bonnie: Want to?
Jim: Yeah.

Jim: Okay Seth, would you like to sing a song? What's your favorite song?
Seth: If I were a kitten, I would stay outside.
Jim: If you were a kitten, you'd stay outside?
Bonnie: Where'd you get that song from?
Seth: I made it up
Bonnie: Oh! Sing it to the tape.
Jim: Sing it.
Seth: If I were a kitten, I would stay outside. I don't know, I don't remember the rest of it.
Scott: If I were a chicken, I would stay inside.
Seth: Scott!
Seth: If I were a picking, I would pick outside.
Jim: You start school this year, don't you Seth?
Seth: No I don't.
Jim: Oh, I thought you did.
Seth: Okay, I'm gonna start kindergarten.
Jim: That's school isn't it?
Bonnie: Yeah.
Seth: But I hope I don't like it.
Bonnie: Why? It's fun.
Seth: Because I hate it.
Bonnie: It's the best grade.
Scott: It is!
Jim: You're gonna be starting and you're gonna be riding-
Seth: I don't like it because they have five parties.
Jim: You're gonna be riding the big bus. When Scott gets on you won't be left behind anymore.
Seth: I'll be with Scott?
Scott: But you don't kiss me and hug me at school.
Seth: Okay, Scott.
Bonnie: Oh Scott, don't be ridiculous.
Jim: He's your little brother, let him kiss your face if he wants to.
Bonnie: Yeah.
Scott: In the bathroom.
Jim: That'll pass away quick enough.
Jim: Okay, Bonnie you get to go to school this year. Where are you gonna go to school?
Seth: No she doesn't.
Bonnie: Mt. Pleasant.
Jim: You're really looking forward to that aren't you?
Seth: Yup, I know.
Jim: This has been a pretty good sized summer for you. You haven't gone a lot of places or done a lot of things.
Bonnie: Like last year.
Jim: Like last year.
Seth: Last year?
Jim: But, you have gone and had someone look at your teeth. Didn't you?
Bonnie: Yeah.
Seth: Her teeth is rotten.
Bonnie: I have to get a gum graft.
Jim: A gum graft?
Bonnie: They have to get gums from the top of my mouth and put down there at the bottom.
Jim: Sounds terrible.
Bonnie: I'm gonna have to get braces in a year.
Seth: Yeah.
Jim: That sounds terrible, but you'll-
Bonnie: They put 'em in pretty neat. The plastic bands that you wrap, and they just peel off the plastic and they're on.
Jim: Really?
Bonnie: So it won't take too long.
Jim: That'll be good.
Seth: Yeah, good, good, good.
Jim: Okay, uh, this'll be a change for you going to Mt. Pleasant, not A.P. Allan. What do you think is going to be different at Mt. Pleasant?
Bonnie: The people, the teachers, the school, the atmosphere, the smell, and everything.
Jim: Yeah, I think that pretty well covers everything. Okay Scott, you'll be going to A.P. Allan. You'll be in the fourth grade?
Scott: And I don't wanna be going, learning decimals.
Bonnie: Aw, they're easy.
Jim: Fourth grade, who's class do you want to be in?
Scott: Mrs. Peterstaff
Bonnie: Mrs. Peterstaff?
Jim: Oh, I thought you didn't like her.
Scott: Well, I like her more than anybody else.
Bonnie: Mrs. Grace is nice.
Jim: You don't know, you don't know anybody else. Give 'em a chance.
Seth: You know Mrs. Mist.
Jim: Well, you'll be going to A.P. Allan without Bonnie, and this'll be the first time you've ever gone to school without Bonnie.
Bonnie: Well, he'll have Seth.
Jim: Yeah, you'll have Seth. Are you looking forward to going without Bonnie?
Scott: No.
Seth: Hey! Why are you tearing up my thing? Hey, Scott.
Bonnie: Who made this Lego thing?
Jim: Okay Scott, who's your favorite singers?
Scott: You know.
Seth: Dear Hon John?
Jim: What's your favorite song? Michael Jackson? Boy George? *laughs*
Scott: No, uh lemme think.
Jim: Okay, well Bonnie who are your favorite singers?
Bonnie: Duran Duran.
Jim: I see, and what's your favorite song?
Bonnie: From them? Um, View To A Kill.
Jim: And what's your favorite song from everybody-anybody?
Bonnie: I don't know, it'd probably be View to a Kill or, I don't know.
Jim: Did you know that Simon Le Bon had an accident last week?
Bonnie: Yeah, he almost got killed.
Jim: Yeah, I know
Bonnie: That was terrible!
Jim: We were all hoping he would
Scott: That was great!
Bonnie: We were not!
Bonnie: Is he still gonna go on in that race?
Seth: Now, Daddy tell me all my things!
Scott: What's a yacht race?
Bonnie: Boats.
Jim: Tell you all your things. Okay, what's your favorite food?
Scott: He was going to race?
Bonnie: He's been racing.
Jim: Shh. Would y'all mind holding it down while Seth and I are talking? What's your favorite food?
Seth: Um, watermelon.
Jim: Watermelon? We had some watermelons in the garden this year, didn't we? They were tasty.
Seth: Yeah, they were good.
Jim: Yeah, you like donuts?
Seth: Yeah.
Bonnie: Chicken.
Jim: Pie, and chicken, and broccoli.
Bonnie: Potatoes.
Scott: Ugh!
Jim: Beets, and lettuce and greens.
Scott: And green rice!
Jim: And green rice.
Seth: Ugh, green rice.
Seth: And my favorite singer is the Bark.
Jim: I'd say Debarge, DeBarge. Okay, let's talk about green rice for a minute. How do ya like green rice?
Seth: UGH!
Bonnie: It's yucky.
Jim: You hate it?
Scott: It's gross.
Seth: Daddy, but Daddy, but Daddy-
Jim: What's your worst food?
Seth: Daddy, tell me what my-
Scott: Green Rice.
Seth: Daddy?
Jim: What?
Seth: ...Oh. Tell me what my favorite song is.
Jim: I asked you what your favorite song was. What is your favorite song?
Seth: Rhythm of the night, dance until the morning light, forget about the worries on your mind.
Jim: I thought you liked Common Man. "I'm just a common man."
Seth: I do, but I like *mumbles* too.
Bonnie: *laughs*
Jim: Okay, cut it off.
Bonnie: Okay.

Jim: Scott forgot to say something, go ahead.
Scott: I forgot what it was called.
Jim: What's your favorite food?
Scott: No, I'm talking about the worst.
Jim: What's your worst food?
Scott: Uh, what's it called, uh?
Jim: Stroganoff?
Scott: Yeah!
Jim: You don't like stroganoff?
Scott: No.
Bonnie: My worst food is greens.
Jim: You like greens?
Bonnie: No, they're my worst.
Jim: Oh, you hate it.
Scott: Aw, I like greens, Bonnie.
Seth: I tried them before, but I don't like 'em.
Bonnie: Scott, you said that you liked greens-that you would only eat greens 'cause it would make mother feel better.
Scott: No I didn't!
Jim: How about greens in a sandwich?
Seth: Aw, yuck!
Jim: With lettuce and tomato.
Bonnie: Yuck
Seth: Yuck!
Jim: Mayonnaise and mustard?
Bonnie, Seth and Scott: EW!
Seth: Do you like that?
Jim: No!
Seth: I hate it too.
Jim: With some big pieces of watermelon in it.
Seth: Yeah, I love that.
Jim: Yeah, I thought you'd eat it if it had watermelon in it.
Seth: I'd eat all of it.
Jim: Alright Scott, what else would you like to say?
Scott: That's all.
Bonnie: Well on that other tape-
Scott: No I'mma say something!
Jim: Go ahead.
Jim: Scott.
Bonnie: Don't try to do that. But Daddy-
Scott: Cut it off, cut it off, cut it off!
Bonnie: Shh, But Daddy, on our last tape we had the whole tape side covered.

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Richard Thompson - Auldie Riggs Lyrics

My name is Auldie Riggs
And I am a seaman, second rate
I'll tell you quite a tale
If you've got the price of a drink there, mate
Do you recognize my face?
The picture ran for a week or more
When I left her lifeless body on the floor

I am a drunken sot
They threw me off a dozen crews
My brain's begun to rot
I'm so beholden to the booze
And I broke that Liza's neck
I squeezed her till she breathed no more
And I left her lifeless body on the floor

And I don't feel no sympathy
And your disgust to me's the highest praise
She had it coming don't you know
Cause I got wise to all her little ways

Whores and b*tches, all are Riggs' slaves

There's many I've dispatched
Now tell me was it 8 or 9?
I throttled 'em, I stabbed 'em
Dissolved 'em in a vat of lime
I used to know their names
But Liza was the last, the whore,
And I left her lifeless body on the floor

And you won't get no remorse from me
I'm happy as a kitten with the cream
I did her and the others too
I dare to do what some men only dream

How I love to hear that piercing scream

That Mary was a tramp
She used to give the boys a wink
I took some souvenirs
Before I drowned her in the sink
I kept her cheating heart
And her pretty eyes, which I did adore
And I left her lifeless body on the floor

Well I left her lifeless body
I left her lifeless body
Her dirty cheating body
I left her lifeless body on the floor

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Richard Thompson - Auldie Riggs Dance Lyrics
[Instrumental]

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Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party

In the sky the bright stars glittered
On the bank the pale moon shone
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

   I was seeing Nellie home
   I was seeing Nellie home
   And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
   I was seeing Nellie home

On my arm a soft hand rested
Rested like as ocean foam
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

On my lips a whisper trembled
Trembled till it dared to come
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

On my life new hopes were dawning
And those hopes have lived and grown
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

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Autumn Of My Life

In the Spring of my life, she came to me
She brought sunshine where winter winds had blown
Then I took her for my wife, in the spring of my life
And she brought me a joy I never known

And the years, they went by in the spring of my life
And in summer, she blessed me with a child
Love continued to grow, in the summer of my life
And in every morning sun I saw her smile

But in the autumn of my years, I noticed the tears
And I knew our life was in the past
Though I tried to pretend, I knew it was the end
For the autumn of my life had come at last

Now what, what do you say to a child of ten?
How do you tell him his daddy's going away?
Do I tell him that I reached the autumn of my life
And that he'll understand some winter's day?

Now the rose can't be found on a snow covered ground
And the Sun can not shine through cloudy skys
But I'm richer you see for the years she gave to me
And I'm content in the autumn of my life

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Avery County

Tonight I'm dreaming of Avery County
Where the cool mountain breezes blow
O'er the laurels and rhododendrons
And my sweet Avery County Rose

I can hear the old folks singing
While the fiddles softly play
I can hear that banjo ringing
Thru the valley at close of day

The fragrance of the flowers
Fill the air with sweet perfume
As my sweetheart walked beside me
Neath that Avery County moon

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Alison Krauss - Away Down the River

Baby dry your eyes
There's no need to cry
Cause I'll see you again
It might be a while
Before you understand

I'm just away down the river
A hundred miles or more
Crossing over Jordan
To the other shore
I'll be standing waiting
With all who've gone before
I'm just away down the river
A hundred miles or more

Now the pictures on the wall
Will help you to recall
They're not there
To make you sad
But to remember
All the good times we had

I'm just away down the river
A hundred miles or more
Crossing over Jordan
To the other shore
I'll be standing waiting
With all who've gone before
I'm just away down the river
A hundred miles or more

When it's time to leave
You're gonna feel the mountain breeze
And the snow will fill the stream
And carry you to me

I'm just away down the river
A hundred miles or more
Crossing over Jordan
To the other shore
I'll be standing waiting
With all who've gone before
I'm just away down the river
A hundred miles or more

[Chorus]

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Billy Strings Lyrics
Away From The Mire

Remember the time
We were both eye to eye
And we both knew the reasons why
It seemed like we faced the world on our own
Before we collide
Can we just take a moment
Collecting reflections of this
And remember the paths that we chose

Spring lied to us this year again
I can't stand to face the fear again
You could always laugh about those things
It's enough to make a man feel sour
Burning minutes every day by the hour
Just to end up gone like everything else

Let go of the pain and hold onto the rhythm
It's consciously held back in you
You're drowning a sorrow that's long been at rest
The past is a hell, it can creep up inside you
So let me remind you of this
It's the reason your troubles exist

Spring lied to us again this year
And still, I can't stand to face the fear
Will you always laugh about those things?
It's enough to make a man stay humble
Every day is just a new chance to stumble
Just to end up gone like everything else

If ever a time
Comes around in the wheel
To replace where we stand side-by-side
We'll be ready and able to fly
Away from the mire
And the senseless decisions
Of somebody's wasted desire
Through the smoke and the wind and the fire

Spring lied to us this year again
I can't stand to face that fear again
You could always laugh about those things
It's enough to make a man feel sour
Burning minutes every day by the hour
Just to end up gone like everything else

Remember the time
We were both eye to eye
And we both knew the reasons why
It seemed like we faced the world on our own
Before we collide
Can we just take a moment
Collecting reflections of this
And remember the paths that we chose

Spring lied to us again this year
And still, I can't stand to face the fear
Will you always laugh about those things?
It's enough to make a man feel sour
Burning minutes every day by the hour
Just to end up gone like everything else

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Alan Jackson - Away In A Manger

Away in a manger, no crib for his bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
And stay by my cradle 'til morning is neigh.
Instrumental
Believe me, Lord Jesus, I asked thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me I pray
Bless all of the dear children in thy tender care
And take us to heaven to live with thee there...


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Away on a Lonely Dark Hill

One day on a bright April morning
As the sun stretched over the sky
Stood a man with his hands tied behind him
Awaiting his sentence to die

The birds hushed their singing at daybreak
For Christ had his place to fulfill
From a lovely bright mansion in Heaven
To away on a lonely dark hill

They made him walk that Calvary
He had to drink the bitter cup
One could hear hammers ring in the stillness
Then the soldiers they lifted him up

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Away Out On A Mountain
Song by Jimmie Rodgers

I'll pack my grip for a farewell trip
Kiss Susie Jane goodbye at the fountain
I'm going, said I, to the land of the sky
Away out on the mountain

Where the wild sheep grows and the buffalo lows
And the squirrels are so many you can't count them
Then I'll make love to some turtle dove
Way out on the mountain

When the north winds blow and we're gonna have snow
And the rain and the hail comes bouncing
I'll wrap myself in a grizzly bear coat
Away out on the mountain

Where the snakes are vile and the zebras? wild
And the beavers paddle on walking canes
Then I'll send my boots with a buffalo hide
Away out on the mountain

Where the whippoorwills sing me to sleep at night
And the eagle roosts on the rocks of spontan
I'll feast on the meat and the honey so sweet
Way out on the mountain

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Away Out On The Saint Sabbath

Away out on the old saint Sabbath
Lay down to take my rest
My knapsack for my pillow
And my gun upon my chest

   Please don't bury me on the lonesome prairie
   Please don't bury me on the lone prairie
   You can bury me in the east
   You can bury me in the west
   Please don't bury me on the lone prairie

My father he lies sleeping
Beneath the deep blue sea
I have no father no mother
There's none but hell and me

My mother she lies sleeping
Beneath the church yard rocks
Her body lies there moldering
And her spirit has gone to God

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Aweigh, Santy Ano
Traditional

From Boston Town we're bound away,
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano.
Around Cape Horn to Frisco Bay,
We're bound for Californi-o.

Chorus:
So Heave her up and away we'll go,
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano.
Heave her up and away we'll go,
We're bound for Californi-o.

She's a fast clipper ship and a bully crew,
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano.
A down-east Yankee for her Captain, too.
We're bound for Californi-o.

Chorus

Back in the days of Forty-nine,
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano.
Those were the days of the good old times,
Way out in Californi-o.

Chorus

When I leave ship I'll settle down
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano.
I'll marry a girl named Slly Brown
Way out in Californi-o.

Chorus

There's plenty of gold, so I've been told,
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano.
Plenty of gold so I've been told
Way out in Californi-o.

Chorus


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Babies In The Mill
Written and recorded by Dorsey M. Dixon

G                           C                       G
I used to be a factory hand when things were moving slow
                                      A7                  D7
When children worked in cotton mills each morning had to go
G                              C               G
Every morning just at five the whistle blew on time
                                         D7               G
And called them babies out of bed at the age of eight and nine
                                       C                G
Come out of bed little sleepy head and get your bite to ea
t                                          D7              G
The factory whistle's calling you there's no more time to sleep
                                   C                  G
The children all grew up unlearned they never went to school
                                         A7                  D7
They never learned to read and write but learned to spin and spool
G                            C                G
Every time I close my eyes I see that picture still
                                 D7                 G
When textile work was carried on with babies in the mill
                                C                      G
To their jobs those little ones was strictly forced to go
                                       A7                 D7
Those babies had to be on time through rain and sleet and snow
G                                 C                  G
Many times when things went wrong their bosses often frowned
                                 D7                G
Many times those little ones was kicked and shoved around

Repeat #2                                   
C                        G
Old Timer can't you see that scene that though the years go by
                                     A7              D7
Those babies all went on the job the same as you and I
G                                           C                     G
I know you're glad that things have changed while we have lots of fun                                 
D7             G
As we go in and do the jobs that babies used to run

Repeat #2

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Babies Stop Your Crying
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Tommy Dee

F                      C
Babies stop you crying please stop your crying
                         G7
I just can't stand it anymore
C
Though the times are trying 
                      C7        F
It's time your little eyes were drying
             C              G7           C
Your mommy's gone she don't live here no more
 
 
If you could see their little faces 
Gathered around their places
                              G7
At the table where we used to sit
             C
If you could see all the tears 
             C7       F
And the heartaches we share
           C       G7             C
Then you'd know we still love you yet
 
 
Laid awake every morning 
And as the new day is calming
                            G7
They cry for mommy's loving care
   C
Oh where has mommy gone  
               C7         F
Daddy's when's she coming home
        C         G7                 C
I can't tell them another's love you share
 
Repeat #1

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Baby Blue Eyes

I wonder if I'll ever forget you
And if our love that's true ever dies
I can't forget the kisses you gave me
Or memories of your two baby blue eyes

   I'll always keep a memory of you
   Visions of eyes as blue as the sky
   And that's why each night there's tears on my pillow
   I'm dreaming of your two baby blue eyes

Now when day is done and shadows are fallen'
My love will sleep 'til morning sunrise
I lay awake just tossing and turning
I'm longing for dreams of baby blue eyes

Now day after day try to keep smiling
And a broken heart I try to disguise
Now night after night my lonely heart's calling
It's calling for you my baby blue eyes

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Dolly Parton - Baby Come Out Tonight lyrics

Baby, won't you come out tonight
Just come up the hill
'Cause there's a full moon on the risin'
Hey baby, can't you steal away
You know I really need to see you tonight
I just got word you was packin' it in
What's the matter
This old town got you crazy again
I can see the sad look in your eyes
But I don't know how to say goodbye
And tommorrow, you're gonna have your day
Take your wife and you're gonna run away
Baby while I'm wailin'
You'll be sailin' like a hog across the bay singin'
Ooo, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Mmmmm, baby, won't you come out tonight
Oh baby, won't you come out tonight
We'll run up the hill and we'll dance in the moonlight
Let me gaze into your eyes 'til we both go blind
Oh baby, can I see you tonight
I'm just tryin' to find a way to make it last
Good friends, they seem to slip away so fast
An' I know we're both headed down seperate tracks
An' when ya' go, baby don't look back
There won't be no more sleepin' over on a Tuesday night
No more runnin' to the races for a dark horse at midnight
No more dancin' after hours
Singin' in the showers
Or clingin' to each other in the soft mornin' light singin'
Ooo, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh baby, won't ya' come out tonight
Oh baby, won't ya' come out tonight
I'll meet ya' on the corner
And you'll be there at midnight
Oh baby, can you steal away
You know I really want to see ya' tonight
Ooo baby, can you come out tonight
We'll run up the hill and dance again in the moonlight
Oh baby, can you steal away
I really wanna see you tonight
Fade:
Oh baby, won't ya' come out tonight
Come up the hill
There's a full moon on the rise
Oh baby, can ya' steal away
Baby, won't ya' come out tonight
Oooooo...


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Baby Don't Go
Written and recorded by Marvin Rainwater

G                D7     C        G
Baby oh baby you know I love you so
             D7   C            G
Baby oh baby baby please don't go
C        G
Ah-ah ah-ha
Well now you got me beggin'
                 D7
Like you used to do
      G
But I know you'd never do to me
D7                G
Like I've done to you
        D7   C            G
Oh baby baby please don't go
C        G
Ah-ah ah-ha
Well I'll tell you baby what I'll do
               D7
If you want me to
    G
I'd spend the rest of my natural life
D7             G
Makin' love to you
        D7   C            G
Oh baby baby please don't go
C        G
Ah-ah ah-ha
Well if I ever leave again
                   D7
This is my promise true
        G
It will only be to bring
D7                G
Something back to you
            D7     C        G
Oh baby you know I love you so
             D7   C            G
Baby oh baby baby please don't go
C        G
Ah-ah ah-ha
D7   C            G
Baby please don't go
C         G
(ah-ah ah-ha)
D7   C            G
Baby please don't go
C        G
Ah-ah ah-ha

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Richard Thompson - Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself Lyrics

Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
She might wipe her tears on a rusty nail
Rest her cheek on a cold steel rail
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself

Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
I said, baby, she don't know what to do with herself
When trouble comes down, it comes in threes
Catches her breath and she falls to her knees
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself

And I gaze on, gaze on
And I gaze on, gaze on

Ah baby, she don't know what to do with herself
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
She presses her lips on the window pane
Cries, "God in Heaven again and again"
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself

And I gaze on, gaze on
And I gaze on, gaze on
And I gaze on, gaze on

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Baby Girl

   Little girl ( little girl ) baby girl
   She's my darling little precious baby girl
   Like an angel to me and I know that he
   Sent from Heaven my little baby girl

She's as sweet as the flowers of springtime
Her blue eyes they sparkle so bright
Just a touch of her little baby hand
Seems to guide my weary footsteps day and night

How those two little arms try to hold me
Her little heart's a blessing to our home
And at night when I'm far far away
As dream of her I'm never all alone

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Leftover Salmon - Baby Hold On Lyrics

Baby, hold on, I'm comin' home to you
You know it's been so long
Since we danced by the light of the moon
Oh, I just can't wait to see you smilin' again
So baby, hold on, I'm gonna be home soon

All the time I'm away, you're always on my mind
Any hour of the day, I can remember how fine
So much I want to say to you, so much to feel
As the skies turns gray to blue, two days behind the wheel

Baby, hold on, I'm comin' home to you
You know it's been so long
Since we danced by the light of the moon
Oh, I just can't wait to see you smilin' again
So baby, hold on, I'm gonna be home soon

Every time I hear your voice on the telephone line
I can keep it movin' one more day knowin' that you're still mine
No one else in this whole wide world can love me like you do
Gonna be in your arms again before the night is through

So baby, hold on, I'm comin' home to you
You know it's been so long
Since we danced by the light of the moon
Oh, I just can't wait to see you smilin' again
So baby, hold on, I'm gonna be home soon

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh

So baby, hold on, I'm comin' home to you
You know it's been so long
Since we danced by the light of the moon
Oh, I just can't wait to see you smilin' again
Baby, hold on, I'm gonna be home soon
Yeah, baby, hold on, I'm gonna be home soon

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Dolly Parton - Baby I'm Burning lyrics

You look at me that way
I know what your eyes say
Your eyes reflect love and desire
I see that you need me
I need you to please me
You touch me and set me on fire
It's the way that you love me
The way that you touch me
The way that you whisper my name
I cannot resist you
Each time I kiss you
Then everything goes up in flames
Chorus:
Baby I'm burning out of control
Baby I'm burning body and soul
Hot as a pistol of flaming desire
Baby I'm burning
You got me on fire
I'm on fire
This red hot emotion
Puts fireworks in motion
It looks like the fourth of July
There's no use in fighting
The fire you've ignited
Just stand back and watch the sparks fly
Repeat Chorus
Baby I'm burning
Baby I'm burning
Baby I'm burning
Baby I'm burning
Repeat Chorus
Fade:
Repeat Chorus Twice


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Baby I'm In Love With You

Baby I'm in love with you
Drowned in your eyes so blue
Tell me that you love me too
I just want to be with you

Come and let me hold your hand
Till I make you understand
I just want to be your man
Baby I'm in love with you

I'm forever building dreams
Around your pretty head it seems
Do you want to spoil my dreams
By saying that you'll never be mine

I'll take an ocean trip
Just to kiss your dear sweet lips
I would walk a million miles
To hear you say you love me too

I'm forever building dreams
Around your pretty head it seems
Do you want to spoil my dreams
By saying that you'll never be line

I'll take an ocean trip
Just to kiss your dear sweet lips
I would walk a million miles
To hear you say you love me too
I'll be your for ever more
Baby I'm in love with you


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Baby Made It Good
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Buddy Cannon and Steve Smith

C                   F            C
The last time I saw baby she was standing at the window
       F                                   G7
With a look of please-don't-hurt-me in her eyes
    C                F
Her lovin' lips were trembling 
          C
Cause she knew that I was leavin'
        F               G7       C
And the last time I saw baby she cried
                  F         C
I told her when I met we'll live and love together
    F                              G7
But that's as far as we can let it go
   C                   F
It worked just like we said it would 
    C
But it was gettin' much too good
      F                  G7               C
And I knew while I still could I'd better go
      F            A#7      G7
Cause baby made it good she told me that she could
C                F            C
We did our thing together but nothin' lasts forever
       F                               G7
And we satisfied ourselves like lovers should
    C               F         C
She told me love is never any better than you make it
      F                G7           C
And I hate to go cause baby made it good
F            A#7      G7
Baby made it good she told me that she could
F            A#7      G7                    C
Baby made it good she told me that she could

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Alison Krauss - Baby Mine

Baby mine don't you cry
Baby mine dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part, baby of mine

Little one when you play
Don't you mind what they say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear, baby of mine

If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
Oh those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right
To hold you

From your head down to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Sweet as can be, baby of mine

All of those people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right
To hold you

From your head down to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Sweet as can be, baby of mine

Baby of mine


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Alison Krauss - Baby Now That I Found You Lyrics

Baby
Now that Ive found you
I wont let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You dont need me
Now

Baby
Now that Ive found you
I wont let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You dont need me
You dont need me oh, no

Baby, baby
When first we met
I knew in this heart of mine

That you were someone I couldnt forget.
I said right
And abide my time

Spent my life looking
For that somebody
To make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just cant let you

(guitar & fiddle solo)

Baby, baby
When first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldnt forget.
I said right
And abide my time

Spent my life looking
For that somebody
To make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just cant let you

Now that I found you
I built my world around you

I need you so, baby even though
You dont need me now
Baby, now that Ive found you
I wont let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You dont need me
You dont need me no, no

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Baby She's Gone
Written and recorded by Jack Scott

C
My baby-baby-baby she's gone from me
My baby-baby-baby she's gone from me
    F
She left me here alone alone and so blue
       C
Yes my baby-baby-baby she was so untrue
   G7         D7     F          G7      C
My baby she's gone I don't know what to do
What to do what to do
         F
Well she left me here out in the cold
C
Don't know why her love is so bold
      F
All I know she's gone she's gone away from me
        C
And I'm sittin' here waitin' goin' crazy
   G7         D7     F          G7      C
My baby she's gone I don't know what to do
What to do what to do
C
My baby-baby-baby she's gone from me
My baby-baby-baby she's gone from me
    F
She left me here alone alone and so blue
       C
Yes my baby-baby-baby she was so untrue
   G7         D7     F          G7      C
My baby she's gone I don't know what to do
What to do what to do
 
          
Well she left me she done found someone new
 
I'm alone alone and blue
    F
I'm sittin' here moaning I feel all down
  C
I don't know why I keep on hangin' around
   G7         D7     F          G7      C
My baby she's gone I don't know what to do
What to do what to do
         G7         D7
Well may baby she's gone
  C           G7      C
I guess she's gone to stay

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Baby Sister
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Shirl Milete

C                           D7
Baby sister what a waste to see you in this place
  F                 G7            C   G7
I lose my mind from worrying over you
     C                               D7
In a bar room filled with people all higher than a steeple
    F              G7                C
But I know why you do the things you do
      F                  G7                F   C
And I curse the man that made you what you are today
  F              G7               C        G7
I hope he dies a thousand times a thousand ways
     C                          D7
Your eyes are filled with tears sis let's get out of here
        F             G7              C
Cause I love you baby sister let's go home
      F                  G7                F   C
And I curse the man that made you what you are today
  F              G7               C        G7
I hope he dies a thousand times a thousand ways
     C                          D7
Your eyes are filled with tears sis let's get out of here
        F             G7              C
Cause I love you baby sister let's go home
        F             G7              C
Cause I love you baby sister let's go home

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Richard Thompson - Baby Talk Lyrics

Oh, I care for you, honey, at my own expense
But some thing's spoiling my sentiments
You open your mouth and it makes no sense
All you ever give me is baby talk

You're a fine grown woman and that's a fact
But who could tell from the way you act
When I pull up the car and we climb in the back
All you ever give me is baby talk

I love sweet nothings, sitting in the dark
And I like to bill and coo
But it breaks my heart the minute you start on
Goo, goo, goo and a-coochee coo

You drive me crazy, where will it end?
I feel embarrassed in front of my friends
It's a wonderful thing that you learned how to walk
All you ever give me is baby talk

Oh, well, I love sweet nothings, sitting in the dark
And I like to bill and coo
But it breaks my heart the minute you start on
Goo, goo, goo and a-coochee coo

I'm sending you back to nursery school
When you start talking, you sound like a fool
You can't even eat with a knife and a fork
And all you ever give me is baby talk
All you ever give me is baby talk

Well, all you ever give me is

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Baby We're Really In Love

If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love
If you're happy with me like I'm happy with you
old cupid just gave us a shove

If you're thinkin' of me like I'm thinkin' of you
then I know what you're thinkin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.

I run around in circles and turn in fire alarms
I'm nutty as a fruit cake when you're not in my arms
If you're meant for me like I'm meant for you
baby we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.

If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love
If you're countin' on me like I'm countin' on you
old cupid just give us a shove

If you're dreamin' of me like I'm dreamin' of you
then I know what you're dreamin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.

Now folks think I've gone crazy
and I don't feel too sure
And yet there's nothin' wrong with me
that weddin' bells won't cure

If you go for me like I go for you
baby we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.

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Baby What About You lyrics and chords
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Wendy Waldman and Josh Leo
  
F                    C                 F
Everybody thinks I'm crazy it's going around
                        C                      F
The girl's headed for a heartbreak she's going down
                            C                      F
They say I'm always wanting something that I can't have 
G7              C
Baby what about you
F                  C                  F
Everybody says you really ought to go home 
                      C                         F
Tell the man that you love him when you're all alone
                     Am                    G7    F
I don't really think that that's something I can do 
G7              C
Baby what about you
    G7            C
Sometimes late at night when I'm missing you   
        G7               C
And I'm calling out your name
        Am
I don't know if it's wrong I don't know if it's right 
         F                        G7
But I'll follow my heart just the same
                         C                   F
I don't really think I'm crazy for taking my time 
                         C                   F
I'm just looking for the answers I've got to find 
                         Am   G7   F
They say it's gonna be a long hard ride
G7              C
Baby what about you
Repeat #3,4
G7              C
Baby what about you
G7              C
Baby what about you
G7              C
Baby what about you
G7              C
Baby what about you

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Baby Why Not
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                                  G7
Oh baby why not just take one more chance
                                     C
And risk all we got on this luckless romance
                                 F
If someone asks why we'll say we forgot
               C        G7       C
And went kinda crazy oh baby why not
   G7                    F     C
If love needs a fool for it to survive
   G7                       F         C
It sure looks to me like we both qualify
                                     F
And a pair of fools will always beat one
                  C         G7            C
So let's play the cards and get this deal done
                               G7
Oh baby why not bet big on the bliss
                                       C
And laugh in the face of what all odds insist
                                 F
If someone asks why we'll say we forgot
                  C        G7       C
And both lost our minds oh baby why not
G7      C              G7                    C
Oh babe please you and I are exactly what we need
   F                         C
So let's throw away all care move out on the edge somewhere
G7
Find a place and just swing there in the breeze
repeat #1
    F          C        G7       C
And went kinda crazy oh baby why not
    F             C        G7       C
And both lost our minds oh baby why not

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Baby You've Got What It Takes
Recorded by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Written by Clyde Otis, Brook Benton, Murray Stein

C
Well now it takes more than a robin to make the winter go
   F                         C
It takes two lips of fire to melt away the snow
        G7                 F          G7          F
Well it takes two hearts a cookin' to make a fire grow
              G7                 C
And baby baby you've got what it takes
It takes a lot of kisses to make our romance sweet
       F                        C
Ooh it takes a lot of lovin' to make my life complete
           G7             F        G7                 F
Mmm and it takes a lot of woman to knock me off of my feet
              G7                 C
And baby baby you've got what it takes
       F      C
I said mmmmmm mmmmmm
F
Mmmmmmmm  
         G7                      C
You know you've got just what it takes
Because it takes more than an effort to stay away from you
   F                             C
It takes more than a lifetime to prove I'm gonna be true
          G7             F          G7            F
Ah but it takes somebody special to make me say I do I do
              G7                 C
And baby baby you've got what it takes
Repeat #3,4
F           G7                 C
Baby (baby) you've got what it takes
    F    G7                 C
And baby you've got what it takes

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Baby's Got A Hold On Me
Recorded by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Written by Jeffrey Hanna, Robert Carpenter, Josh Leo 

C
Sitting on the front porch trying to keep still                            
G7
Baby's looking finer than a fifty dollar bill
C
Pretty blue eyes and it isn't hard to see                
G7      C
My baby's got a hold on me

Long blond hair down the middle of her back                        
G7
She got the keys to her Daddy's Cadillac
C
Got every little thing that I'm ever gonna need             
G7      C
Baby's got a hold on me                             
G7
Got a hold on  got a hold on me      
C                    G7      C
Got a hold on baby's got a hold on me

We got a full tank of gas looking for a thrill                             G7
A three day weekend a lot of time to kill
C
Put the top down but we're never gonna freeze                   
G7      C
Cause baby's got a hold on me

Repeat #3

There's a full moon shining on a Carolina night                             G7
Five o'clock girl across the interstate line
C
Gotta catch her waiting and that's how it's gonna be                   G7      C
Cause baby's got a hold on me

repeat #3 x2

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Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On
Recorded by Mel McDaniel
Written by Bob McDill

G           C      G              C
Down on the corner by the traffic light
G           C       G           C
Everybody's looking as she goes by
F               C              F         C          G
They turn their heads and they watch her till she's gone
D7              C              D7         G
Lord have mercy baby's got her blue jeans on
              C        G          C
Up by the bus stop and across the street
G             C       G         C
Open up their windows to take a peek
F            C               F      C       G
And she goes walking rocking like a rolling stone
D7             C              D7         G
Heaven help us baby's got her blue jeans on
Em        D7               C         G
She can't help it if she's made that way
C            G             C        D7
She's not to blame if they look her way
Em        D7               C       G
She ain't really trying to cause a scene
C                     D7
It just comes natural-ly  no the girl can't help it
G          C           G           C
Well up on Main Street by the taxi stand
G                  C          G         C
There's a crowd of people and a traffic jam
F              C        F           C       G
She don't look back she ain't doing nothing wrong
D7              C              D7         G
Lord have mercy baby's got her blue jeans on
Repeat #3,1
D7             C              D7         G
Heaven help us baby's got her blue jeans on

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Alison Krauss - Baby, Now That I've Found You Lyrics

Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though

You don't need me now
Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don't need me

You don't need me no, no
Baby, baby, when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine

That you were someone I couldn't forget
I said right, and abide my time
Spent my life looking for that somebody
To make me feel like you

Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can't let you
Baby, baby, when first we met

I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn't forget
I said right, and abide my time

Spent my life looking for that somebody
To make me feel like you
Now you tell me that you want to leave me

But darling, I just can't let you
Now that I found you
I built my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don't need me now
Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don't need me
You don't need me no, no...

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Crooked Still 
Baby, What's Wrong With You?

Oh, baby
Tell me, baby
Tell me, baby
Honey what's wrong with you?

You don't love me, baby
You don't love me, baby
You don't love me, baby
Honey, like you used to do

Who, baby
Who been here, baby?
Who been here, baby?
Honey, since I been gone

Somebody, baby
Somebody, baby
Somebody, baby
Been fishin' in my pond

Caught all my perches
Caught all my perches
Caught all my perches
And now he's gone

Who, who, baby?
Who, who, baby?
Tell me baby
Who's been jiving' you?

Who's never told you?
Who's never told you, baby?
Who's never told you?
Didn't I tell you true?

Asked you this morning
Asked you this morning, baby
Asked you this morning
Please, bake me some bread?

And you told me
Well you told me, baby
Oh, you told me
Said "Johnny, I'd rather see you dead"

Oh, baby
Tell me, baby
Tell me, baby
Oh, honey what's wrong with you?

(Oh, baby)
What's wrong with you?
(What's wrong with you?)
What's wrong with you?
(What's wrong with you?)
What's wrong with you?
What's wrong with you?
(You caught all my perches)
(Bake me some bread)
(Fishin' in my pond)

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Back Down To Hung Up On You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Larry Butler and Dean Dillon
[3/4 time]
 
C                                    F
Oh I`ve come to the point where I`ve had one too many
    C                       G7
And one short of having too few
      C                    F
Oh my bottle of freedom is one drink from empty
        C            G7         C
And I`m back down to hung up on you
                          F
I come here to escape and some say too often
    C                           G7
But not as much as I would like to
         C                F
Cause as high as I get is how low I`ll be fallin`
   C            G7         C
Oh back down to hung up on you
        G7                 F                 C
Feeling nothing at all for awhile sure feels better
                                   G7
Than the hurtin` you`re puttin` me through
       C                   F
But as sure as I am of the sunrise tomorrow
        C            G7         C
I`ll be back down to hung up on you
Repeat #3
                           F
Yes as sure as I am of the sunrise tomorrow
        C            G7         F C
I`ll be back down to hung up on you 

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Back From The Wine
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Larry Kingston and Frank Dycus

G                 C         D7            G
When life gets to rough you reach for the crutch
    C                       D7
And hang on to what you can find
   G                 C            D7          G
So when my wife went wild leaving me with our child
  C      D7            G
I simply turned to the wine
             C           D7        G
And slowly I fell to the bottom of hell
      C                  D7
Where sanity crosses the line
    G           C      D7           G
And just like a fool I bathe in the pool
    C            D7           G
The bitter sweet swirl of the wine
     C         D7   C                G
Then my little girl changed my whole world
                               D7
She cleared the clouds from my mind
     C             D7        C            G
With love from the start she tugged at my heart
    A7                              D7
And slowly brought me back from the wine
G                 C         D7             G
The road back was rough but she never gave up
       C                                D7
When I stumble she said daddy take your time
    G       C            D7         G
She left me alone with a faith ever strong
    C          D7            G
And she led me back from the wine
C          D7            C  G
She led me back from the wine

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Dolly Parton - Back Home lyrics

(Dolly Parton)
Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home
Why I can't believe it's been this long
Since I've seen mom and dad
When I left my mountain home behind
I left them both so sad
My brothers and my sisters that were babies then are grown
Years have past and now at last, I'm on my way back home
Back home, back home
Yes I'm going back home
To the factory smoke and city life, I'm sayin' so long
I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone
And I've spent a lot of time a' wishin' I could go back home
I got a letter from mama an'
Mama asked me if I'd come back home
She says it sure is lonesome now
Since all of us kids are all growed up and gone
I just can't hardly stand the thoughts of
Momma and daddy being left there all alone
That's really all I need to know
And now I'm on the road back home
Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home
To the smog an' smoke an' city life, I'm sayin' so long
I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone
And I've spent a lot of time a' wishin' I could go back home
Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home


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Back Home Again
Written and recorded by John Denver   

C                                     F
There's a storm across the valley the clouds are rolling in    
G7                              C
The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders
                                       F
There's a truck out on the four lane a mile or more away    
G7                                  C
The whining of his wheels just makes it colder
                                       F
He's an hour away from riding on your prayers up in the skies
    G7                              C
And ten days on the road are barely gone                               
F
There's a fire softly burning  supper's on the stove    
G7                                          C    C7
And there's a light in your eyes that makes him warm 
F                G7           C    C7
Hey it's good to be back home again 
F         G7                  C                F
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend        
G7                             C
Yes and hey  it's good to be back home again
                                   F
There  all the news to  tell him  how'd you spent your time    
G7                                    C
And what's the latest thing the neighbors say
                                    F
And your mother called last Friday  sunshine made her cry    
G7                                 C   C7
And you  felt the baby move just yesterday 
F                G7            C     C7
Hey it's good to have you home again
F         G7                  C                F
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
G7                             C     C7
Hey it's good to have you home again 
F                G7             C              F
Oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down    
D7               G7                C  C7
And feel your finger feather soft upon me    
F             G7           C                   F
The kisses that I live for the love that lights my way    
D7             F               G7
The happiness that living with you brings me 
C                                      F
It's the sweetest thing I know of just spending time with you
         G7                                C
It's the little things that make a house a home
                               F
Like a fire softly burning and supper's on the stove      
G7                               C    C7
And a light in your eyes that makes me warm 
F                   G7         C    C7
Hey it's good to be back home again
F         G7                  C                F
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
G7                                     C
Hey and yes it's good to have you home again
G7                                    C
Hey it feels so good to be back home again

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Back In My Baby's Arms Again
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Dallas Frazier and Arthur Leo Owens

C
Honey bees are gonna be hummin' 
Guitar strings are gonna be strummin'
                                G7
When I'm back in my baby's arms again
      C
Happy wheels are gonna be turnin' 
Flames of love are gonna be burnin'
                    G7          C
When I'm back in my baby's arms again
        F
No more tears are gonna be fallin' 
       C
I done heard my true love a callin'
                                       G7
Open arms are waitin' yonder round the bend
          C
Rivers of honey are gonna be flowin' 
Big sweet flowers are gonna be growin'
                    G7          C
When I'm back in my baby's arms again
                       G7
Back in my baby's arms again
C          G7          C
Back in my baby's arms again
The voice of love is gonna be talkin' 
Hand in hand we're gonna be walkin'
                                G7
When I'm back in my baby's arms again
        C
Big old swings are gonna be swingin' 
Water springs are gonna be springin'
                    G7          C
When I'm back in my baby's arms again
Repeat #2
                    G7          C
When I'm back in my baby's arms again

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Back In The Saddle Again

I'm back in the saddle again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where the long-horn cattle feed
On the lowly jimson weed
I'm back in the saddle again.

Ridin' the range once more
Totin' my old forty-four
Where you sleep out every night
Where the only law is right
I'm back in the saddle again.

   Whoop-pi-ti-yi-yo
   Rockin' to and fro
   Back in the saddle again
   Whoop-pi-ti-yi-yay
   I go my own way
   Back in the saddle again.

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Back On The Street Again
Steve Gillette

I'm back on the street again,
Gotta stand on my own two feet again
I'm walkin' that lonely beat again,
Rememberin' when, oh, oh rememberin' when.

Got a tear in my eye again,
To remind me that I might cry again.
Feelin' sad and wonderin' why again,
Rememberin' when, oh, oh rememberin' when.

I remember a time when I thought the world was mine.
The world belongs to somebody else now,
And I'm just standin' in line.

So I'm thinkin' of me again.
That's the way it's gonna be again.
I'll wait and I'll see til then,


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Back Pocket Money
Recorded by Jimmy C. Newman
Written by Tom T. Hall

G                                    D7
My baby won't give me no back pocket money
                                            G
She's afraid I'll spend it on the girls downtown
                                       C
Front pocket money just the nickel and dime stuff
          G       D7         G
Sure cuts down on my running around
                          D7
Back pocket money holding cold cash
                                      G
Makes all the girls think I'm a fancy Dan
                                   C
Front pocket money won't make them girls smile
         G            D7                G
Oh and I wish I was a back pocket money man
                                            D7
Well a rooster ain't worth much if he can't crow some
                                              G
But my baby said leave all them little chicks alone
                                    C
So she won't give me no back pocket money
         G              D7                      G
Said I'd do much better doing all my crowing at home
Repeat #2
                    D7                G
Yeah I wish I was a back pocket money man
                    D7                G
Lord I wish I was a back pocket money man

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Richard Thompson - Back Street Slide Lyrics

Those backstreet women, watch what you say
You turn your back and they slide away
They run next door, they give it all away
Doing the slide

The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
They're gonna get you, dead or alive
Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
Doing the backstreet slide
Do it all day, the backstreet slide

Gatemouth woman leaning on the fence
She's got no teeth, she's got no sense
You don't need much intelligence
Doing the slide

The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
They're gonna get you, dead or alive
Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
Doing the backstreet slide
Do it all day, the backstreet slide

Slide over here, slide over there
Spreading that scandal everywhere
Stab you in the back and they just don't care
Doing the slide

Now slander is a loving tongue
They speak your name to everyone
Never is a curse left unsung
Doing the slide

The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
They're gonna get you, dead or alive
Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
Doing the backstreet slide
Do it all day, the backstreet slide

The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
They're gonna get you, dead or alive
Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
Doing the backstreet slide
Do it all day, the backstreet slide

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Richard Thompson - Back Street Slide (Live) - 1983, Hamburg 

Those backstreet women, watch what you say
you turn your back and they slide away
they run next door, they give it all away
doing the slide
The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
they're gonna get you, dead or alive
stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
doing the backstreet slide
do it all day, the backstreet slide
Gatemouth woman leaning on the fence
she's got no teeth, she's got no sense
you don't need much intelligence
doing the slide
The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
they're gonna get you, dead or alive
stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
doing the backstreet slide
do it all day, the backstreet slide
Slide over here, slide over there
spreading that scandal everywhere
stab you in the back and they just don't care
doing the slide
Now slander is a loving tongue
they speak your name to everyone
never is a curse left unsung
doing the slide
The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
they're gonna get you, dead or alive
stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
doing the backstreet slide
do it all day, the backstreet slide
The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
they're gonna get you, dead or alive
stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
doing the backstreet slide
do it all day, the backstreet slide

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Back To Back
Recorded by Jeanne Pruett
Written by Jerry McBee and Jeanne Pruett

C                  F               C
We should be happy just the way we are
                                F      C                 G7
We got a brand new house with a circle drive and a fancy car
             C        F          C
But furs and diamonds and a Cadillac  
                   F           C        G7      C
Don't mean a thing when you're sleeping back to back
            F                    C
You look at your wall I stare at mine
                    F       C                 G7
But we never really seem to say what's on our mind
                     C    F             C
We don't talk things over we ignore the facts
                         F         C        G7      C
That our love can't live when it's sleeping back to back
                              F                 C
When I fell in love with you  you didn't have a dime
                        F      C                G7
But we spent our nights making love not marking time
                   C       F              C
And I'd trade this mansion for a run down shack
                    F          C        G7      C
And a man who don't believe in sleeping back to back
Repeat #2

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Back To Back (We're Strangers)
Recorded by Johnny Duncan and June Stearns
Written by Marian Francis

F                  C              G7                  C
Back to back we're strangers turn around and let's be friends
                               F
You smile at me I smile at you each time we dance by
                          C                  D7                   G7
I can tell by the way she holds you like the one with me love has died
C                                      F
Let's introduce them to each other who knows where it might end
                   C              G7                  C
Back to back we're strangers turn around and let's be friends
        F                         C
Back to back we're strangers turn around and let's be friends
D7                          G7
Reverse the situation let a new thrill began
C                             F
Me wanting you you wanting me though why should we pretend
                   C              G7                  C
Back to back we're strangers turn around and let's be friends
Repeat #3
        F          C              G7                  C
Back to back we're strangers turn around and let's be friends

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Back To Denver
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Bobby Bond

C
Judy your breakfast was good 
I'd have me some more if I could
     F                      C
Your biscuits and love have filled me 
     F                  C
Your beautiful presents sustil me
       F                       C
You're treatin' me just like a king 
  F                       C
I know what tomorrow will bring
       F                    G7
That's kind of a comforting thing
    C
But sometimes I wish I was 
F                       C
Thumbin' my way back to Denver
     Dm                   G7
With nothin' to bother my mind 
    Dm                G7                   C
And nothin' ahead but blue sky highway and time
Your shutters you keep closed up tight 
You iron my shirts about right
    F                        C
The coffee and cake that you bring me
    F                             C
The songs and the rhymes that you sing me
    F                  C
Are nice but once in a while 
  F                        C
I wish you'd forget how to smile
    F                         G7
And though you intrigue me in style
Repeat #3 

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Back To Dixie

I'm goin' down to the Cumberland River
In the state of Tennessee
Gonna walk the ground where I spent my childhood
I'm goin' back back to Dixie.

I spent my life a foot loose drifter
Like a gypsy is I'm a travelin' man
Can't find no place where I'm contented
Can't find no folks I understand

Ain't got no wife ain't got no family
At least that is I know about
And if I should die right where I'm standing
No one would know that I've checked out

Come drink my wine and take my coffee
You can have my beans they're in the can
I'm gonna go back to where I started
Gonna end my life a happy man.

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Back To Old Smoky Mountain
Recorded by Gene Autry
Written by Hugh Cross

G         D7
There's a place I love so                    
G
I want the world to know           
D7                  Em
I'm always dreaming I'm always scheming 
A7                           D7
For the place that I want to go
G       C         G
Back to Old Smoky Mountain
C                            G
Back to that old hometown of mine    
D7                 G            E7
The birds in the trees and the honeybees
A7                       D7
Cling to the honeysuckle vine
G                C           G
There's a little girl that's waiting
C                              B7
Praying each night and day for me
E7                A7
Back to Old Smoky Mountain
D7                      G
Back to my home in Tennessee
D7
Ever since I left my home                     
G
Out in the world too roam             
D7             E7
I've been so lonesome oh so lonesome
A7              D7
For my mountain home

Repeat #2,3

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Back To The Barrooms

   Now it's back to the barrooms
   Right back to drinkin' again
   Maybe someday you'll love me enough to stay with me
   And whisky won't be my best friend
   Now it's back to the barrooms again

Now the bartender knows me, he knows how you do me
And he knows why I'm back here again
He must be given a prize for his patience
For bartenders do understand
Now it's back to the barrooms again

With the loud music roarin', the bartender pourin'
My shaky legs tryin' to stand
It's over and over I've tried to stay sober
But, look what a failure I've been
Now it's back to the barrooms again

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Back To The Barrooms Again
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Dave Kirby
 
G                       C      G                      D7
Now it's back to the barrooms  right back to drinking again 
      G                      C
Maybe someday you'll love me enough to stay with me 
    G                       D7
And whisky won't be my best friend 
                                  G
But now it's back to the barrooms again 
  
                          C
The bartender knows me he knows how you do me 
    G                          D7
And he knows why I'm back here again 
G                    C
He should be given a prize for his patience 
      G                  D7
Cause bartenders do understand 
                             G
So it's back to the barrooms again 
  
                                C
With the loud music roaring the bartender pouring 
    G                       D7
And my shaky legs trying to stand 
     G                  C
It's over and over I've tried to stay sober 
    G                        D7
But look what a failure I've been 
                              G
Now it's back to the barrooms again 
 
Repeat #2

       D7                        G
Oh yes it's back to the barrooms again

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The Osborne Brothers - Back to the Country Roads lyrics
(Richard Jarvis)

I can see the sadness in your eyes
Knowing that I'm goin' to leave
If I told you the reason you'd never understand
'Coz the truth you never could see.
So I'm goin' back to the country roads
Back where the tall corn grows
Back where the river's running free
Back where the air is clear back where I can hear
The whippoorwills sing me to sleep.
--- Instrumental ---
I've enjoyed the sweetness of your smile
And your soft touch that warms me when I'm cold
If you want me you can find me look down that country road
I'll be walking and looking for my soul.
So I'm goin' back to the country roads
Back where the tall corn grows
Back where the river's running free
Back where the air is clear back where I can hear
The whippoorwills sing me to sleep...


=============================

Back To The Cross

I'm out on the sea filled with sorrows
Tossed like a ship who ran ashore
I'm seeking the help of my saviour
By the way of the cross I must go

Back to the cross and to Jesus
Back to the cross I am called
I've drifted too far and I've wandered
From the saviour that once was my home

The sins of this world have overcome me
Have pushed and left me to roam
So I'm going to back to my saviour
Back to the cross and home

The joy of these life are too fleeting
And wrapped in troubles around
I've lost the church of the stranger
I've drifted too far from home

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Back Up Against The Wall
Recorded by Travis Tritt
Written by James Cobb and Buddy Buie

G
I was dealin' up and down the highway 
                                 C
Till they caught me with a heavy load
     D7
They sentenced me to hard labor 
C                          G
Workin' on the side of the road
Now I don't deny I was guilty
                       C
And I know I broke the law
      D7
I was hungry and broke and couldn't see no hope 
       C                       G
And my back was up against the wall
Now I'm right outside of your window 
                         C
Honey open up and let me in
  D7
I broke out of jail this morning 
    C                        G
And I ain't never goin' back again
I just had to stop by for a minute 
                         C
And I can't stay long at all
      D7
Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun 
       C                      G
And my back is up against the wall
I was shackled to a three-time loser 
                  C
A man named Jefferson
    D7
One night we got to talkin' 
      C                   G
And I asked him what he'd done
He said a man fell over my razor 
                           C
In the middle of a barroom brawl
    D7
But don't you see it was him or me 
       C                       G
And my back was up against the wall
repeat #3,4,3,4
  D7
I gotta run you see I'm under the gun 
       C                      G
And my back is up against the wall
       D7
Yeah I gotta run you see I'm under the gun 
       C                      G
And my back is up against the wall

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Back Where It's At
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Bobby Bond

C               Em
Lately it seems everything I see
F                                G7
Tells me life is movin' much too fast
    C                     Em
And underneath the strain folks don't act the same
    F                  G7            C
And if that's progress I'll take the past
      G7                              F                C
Gonna find a country road with grassy fields on either side
          G7                                     C
Gonna put on my boots and my jeans and a country hat
G7                                     F                 C
Sit by stream as the sun goes down and straighten out my mind
F                  G7                 C
Soothe my soul and go back where it's at
You can have your concrete cities 
            Em
And you can have your poison air
        F                                  G7
You can have your smoke a rolling from the stack
      C                      Em
Don't offer me your pity and don't you call me square
     F                   G7                     C
Just because I see where things have jumped the track
      G7                              F                C
Gonna find a country road with grassy fields on either side
          G7                                     C
Gonna put on my boots and my jeans and a country hat
G7                                     F                 C
Sit by stream as the sun goes down and straighten out my mind
F                  G7                 C
Soothe my soul and go back where it's at
Repeat last verse

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Back Where We Belong
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Jim Rushing and Keith Sewell

G           A#7          C                               G
Feelin' low tension high that's the way things were last night
              A#7          C                   G
Compromise in short supply two hearts throwin' stones
                  A#7            C                             G
I swallowed pride called a truce stubbornness nearly cooked my goose
                      A#7                    C             G
I drew a queen when I burned the deuce we're back where we belong
C          A#7       F                C
Back where we belong now I know where we went wrong
                    A#7             F             C
Not enough weak and too much strong back where we belong
      A#7     F                       C
I can testify love can kiss the tears goodbye
                      A#7       F             C
You've been there and so have I back where we belong
               A#7            C                         G
Who's fault or who's to blame waste of time baby what a shame
                      A#7           C             G
There's no excuse for playin' games back where we belong
                A#7           C                  G
A soft caress a tender kiss I don't recall it as sweet as this
              A#7            C             G
Makin' up for what we missed back where we belong
C          A#7       F                C
Back where we belong now I know where we went wrong
                    A#7             F             C
Not enough weak and too much strong back where we belong
      A#7     F                       C
I can testify love can kiss the tears goodbye
                      A#7       F             C
You've been there and so have I back where we belong

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Backing To Birmingham

Read an ad in Chicago's Sunday paper
Help wanted, semi driver needed bad
I walked in I said I'd like to see the foreman
I told him all the experience that I had
Said son you're just the man I needed
Handed me the keys and shook my hand
He pointed to the truck and said I'll see you
Take that load of steel to Birmingham
Well I finally got inside and got it started
Put it into gear and started backing up
Tried every way to get it going forward
Oh, but I ain't never drove a big old truck
Well it wasn't easy backing through the traffic
And I'll bet I'm the first truck driving man
That ever left Chicago in a semi
And backed it all the way to Birgingham
Well the police pulled me over down in Nashville
What do you think you are doing, I just smiled
I said I just got tired of going forward
And I thought I'd drive it backwards for a while
I backed it in a truck stop and said fill it
And check the oil it probably needs a can
Oh, he said tell me which way are you backing
I said I'm backing south to Birmingham
Well, there must be a button on here somewhere
That I can push to turn this thing around
Well I can make it fine out in the country
But I sure have trouble getting through the town
But if I keep it up I'll finally make it
And I'll bet I'm the first truck driving man
That ever left Chicago in a semi
And back it all the way to Birmingham


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Richard Thompson - Backlash Love Affair Lyrics

An iron maiden stole my heart away-o black day
Her siren songs seemed to call to me-o destiny
She spat her thrash metal lyrics right into my mind
The stage thundered and the
Smoke bombs made me blind
She sang, Hello, Liebchen, wollen Sie ein Jig-a-jig, nein?

She says, left, right, right, left
Come on Joe, don't be slow
Up, down, down, up
Come on Joe, time to go
In, out, out, in
Do it if you love me Joe
I know it's art for art's sake
But how much more can I take
What's my share of this backlash love affair

Her hair extensions down to her knees, what a tease
She got tattoos everywhere you look she's a comic book
Why she goes for my type I'll never understand
She's so demure when we promenade hand in hand
And when we get back home she
Let's me know she's in command

She says, left, right, right, left
Come on Joe, don't be slow
Up, down, down, up
Come on Joe, time to go
In, out, out, in
Do it if you love me Joe
I know it's art for art's sake
But how much more can I take
What's my share of this backlash love affair

Those iron maidens, cool as a marble slab
They wrap around you and the cold knives cut and stab
I can't live my life as someone else's shish kebab

She says, left, right, right, left
Come on Joe, don't be slow
Up, down, down, up
Come on Joe, time to go
In, out, out, in
Do it if you love me Joe
I know it's art for art's sake
But how much more can I take
What's my share of this backlash love affair

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Backside Of Thirty
Written and recorded by John Conlee

C                         F          G7
Making money at 30 with a wife and a son       
C                       D7          G7
Then a short 5 years later  it all comes undone      
C                          F          G7
She's gone back to mama with the boy by her side        
C                           G7         C
Now I'm wine drunk and running with them on my mind            
F                      C
I'm on the backside of thirty and back on my own   
E7                    F           G7
An empty apartment don't feel like a home      
F                      C
On the backside of thirty the short side of time                        
G7         F
Back on the bottom with no will to climb 
C                              F              G7
It's dawn Monday morning and I just called in sick          
C                   D7                 G7
I skipped work last Friday to drink this month's rent    
C                        F            G7
And when my friends ask me I tell 'em I'm fine       
C                           G7         CB
ut my eyes tell the story that my lies can't hide 

Repeat # 2 & 3

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Backwards And Forwards

[Verse 1]
'Round and around in a circle we go
Where we will wind up, nobody knows
One stinkin' lover, and one stinkin' friend
Tips backwards and forwards, and backwards again

[Chorus]
We'll never know what the future will hold
If the story's never told
Everything ending before it begins
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again

[Verse 2]
You come to see me, but I'm down in town
I tried to reach you, but you're not around
One's going crazy while one's doing fine
Day will be coming when we're out of time

[Chorus]
We'll never know what the future will hold
If the story's never told
Everything ending before it begins
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again

[Verse 3]
We seem to find love just when it's gone
No one can hold on like this for too long
Writing a love song nobody sings
Playing a game where nobody wins

[Chorus]
We'll never know what the future will hold
If the story's never told
Everything ending before it begins
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again
We'll never know what the future will hold
If the story's never told
Everything ending before it begins
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again
Backwards and forwards, and backwards again

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Backwards with Time
The Avett Brothers

Folk always told me that my heart would grow
The older the man, yeah, the stronger the stone
Am I losing my mind?
Am I growing backwards with time?

Some say with age that a purpose comes clear
I see the opposite happening here
Are we losing the fight?
Are we growing backwards with time?

I was young and love was fun
Now it's so serious
Now all the fun has equal pain
There's something wrong with this
For all I know there's more I don't
Oh the little I have learned
For every year of knowledge gained
Is a negative year I've earned

Folk always told me that my heart would grow
The older the man, yeah, the stronger the stone
Am I losing my mind?

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Richard Thompson - Bad Again Lyrics

I thought you liked me so I got bolder
You seemed to like the little things I told you
Then you turned round, I got the old cold shoulder
Babe, you didn't give me no warning

I thought you cared from the way you kissed
Must be a signal that I missed
When did reality start to twist
Babe, you didn't give me no warning

Now I'm bad again, I'm bad again
I must have done something but I don't know when
I'm bad again, I'm bad again
Maybe you'll love me in the morning

The table's set and it's time to dine
A little soft music, a little French wine
You talk about your mother, dear, all the time
And I can't stop myself yawning

I put a TV in the doghouse and my favorite chair
I spend so much of my time in there
I'm guilty of some dark deed somewhere
Babe, you didn't give me no warning

Now I'm bad again, I'm bad again
I must have done something but I don't know when
I'm bad again, I'm bad again
Maybe you'll love me in the morning
Maybe you'll love me in the morning

I thought you liked me so I got bolder
You seemed to like the little things I told you
Then you turned round, I got the old cold shoulder
Babe, you didn't give me no warning

Now I'm bad again, I'm bad again
I must have done something but I don't know when
I'm bad again, I'm bad again
Maybe you'll love me in the morning

Yes I'm bad again, I'm bad again
I must have done something but I don't know when
I'm bad again, I'm bad again
Maybe you'll love me in the morning
Maybe you'll love me in the morning

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Bad Bad Day
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written and Don Gibson

C                           G7
It's been a bad bad day for me
                F           C
It's been a sad sad day for me
                                  F
My baby left went her way now I'm left here to pay
                G7          C
It's been a bad bad day for me
                              G7
It's been a dark dark day for me
              F                    C
The sun won't shine on my blue misery
                            F
Tears are falling like rain only sorrow remains
                G7          C
It's been a bad bad day for me
G7                      C
Everywhere I go trouble greets me
G7                                 C
Sorrow seems to know just where to meet me
D7                           G7
Why oh why does this old day deceive me
D7                                      G7
Wish my love would please come back and greet me
            C               G7
It's been a bad bad day for me
                F                       C
There's nothing left but an old used to be
                               F
And it sure does get old being left in the cold
                G7          C
It's been a bad bad day for me
Repeat #3,4
                G7          C
It's been a bad bad day for me

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Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Jim Croce

G                                      A7
Along the south side of Chicago is the baddest part of town
           B7                C                  D7                  G
And if you go down there you better beware of a cat man named Leroy Brown
                              A7
Now Leroy he means trouble he stands bout six foot four
        B7                       C                     D7                 G
All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lover and the gentlemen call him sir
                             A7
He's bad bad Leroy Brown the baddest man the whole darn town
B7                   C        D7                     G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog
                                 A7
Now Leroy he's a gamblin' man he likes his flashy clothes
   B7                 C                   D7                   G
He likes to wave that big diamond ring in front of everybody's nose
                                     A7
He's got a custom Continental and an Eldorado too
              B7            C                   D7           G
You'll find a 32 gun in his pocket son he got a razor in his shoe
Repeat #2
                            A7
Well Friday bout a week ago Leroy was shootin' dice
           B7                    C
And at the edge of the bar sat a gal named Betty
D7                       G
And ooh that girl looked nice
                                       A7
Well he cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began
    B7              C                          D7                G
Ol' Leroy learned a lot about foolin' with the wife of a jealous man
Repeat #2
                                                A7
Well the two men took to fightin' and when they pulled them from the floor
B7                  C                    D7               G
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone
Repeat #2 x2

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Bad Day For The Blues
Recorded by David Ball
Written by David Ball and Tommy Polk

G                          C
The sun is comin' up its a brand new day
D7                                 G
Warm winds are blowin' my troubles away
               C
She loves me I love her too
    D7                             G
Its lookin' like a bad day for the blues
                            C
That old dark cloud finally rolled on by
D7                  G
Misery has gone goodbye
                      
Woke up and hit the road
           C
That's all they could do
    D7                             G
Its lookin' like a bad day for the blues
         C                         G
Yeah its lookin' like a bad day to weep and moan
D7                         G
Lookin' like true love has finally come along
   C                          G
My heart his higher than that Whippoorwill
         D7
Than the tallest tree on the highest hill
G                           C
There ain't a cloud hangin' in my sky
D7                            G
Lonely days finally rolled on by
                             C
Just like the weatherman I'm tellin' you
    D7                             G
Its lookin' like a bad day for the blues
Repeat #3,4

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Richard Thompson - Bad Monkey Lyrics

Sweet Warrior
Bad Monkey
One thing always leads to another
In life and love they say
You got too close and now
That boy's gonna make you rue the day
You grab his ankles when he flies
You catch him when he falls
Here's the thing to say to him
Before you climb the walls:

Shame, shame on you, you Bad Monkey
One day you're up, next day you're down
Why do you monkey my heart around
Shame, shame on you, you Bad Monkey
I'm not coming on the roller coaster with you

I see your nerves are jangled, honey,
You're a walking emotional wreck
He's dealing you some jokers
Off the bottom of the deck
He goes from joy to suicide
About 15 times a day
Here's the thing to scream out loud
From 100 miles away

Shame, shame on you, you Bad Monkey
One day you're up, next day you're down
Why do you monkey my heart around
Shame, shame on you, you Bad Monkey
I'm not coming on the roller coaster with you

Where's the joy in a boy who dribbles
When he drinks his tea
I've seen better manners from
A baby chimpanzee
On fairground rides you grip the sides
And scream until you're blue
You'll be screaming the rest of your life
If he gets hold with you

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Bad Moon Rising
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by John C. Fogerty

G         D7         G            D7             G
I see the bad moon a-rising I see trouble on the way
      D7              G                D7        G
I see earthquakes and lightening I see bad times today
C                           G
Don't go round tonight it's bound to take your life
D7        C               G
There's a bad moon on the rise
       D7           G                  D7            G
I hear hurricanes a-blowing I know the end is coming soon
           D7         G                  D7              G
I hear the rivers overflowing I hear the voice of raging ruin
C                           G
Don't go round tonight it's bound to take your life
D7        C               G
There's a bad moon on the rise
            D7              G                     D7                G
Hope you've got your things together hope you are quite prepared to die
           D7                  G               D7              G
Looks like you're in for nasty weather one eye is there for an eye
C                           G
Don't go round tonight it's bound to take your life
D7        C               G
There's a bad moon on the rise
   C                           G
No don't go round tonight it's bound to take your life
D7        C               G
There's a bad moon on the rise

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The Incredible String Band - Bad Sadie Lee 

I was born in Wild Wyoming I always fancied roaming
'Til I rode into Old Dodge City now I'll stay there til I die
Oh I'm wanted in Texas and Tennessee
Dead or alive Bad Sadie Lee I take just what I want as I pass by

I can draw faster than a man can see
I can shoot better than Annie Oakley
Ain't no one around who shoots better than me
And I'll show you just what I mean

I fired a shot at a buzzard on a limb
Killed him stone dead but it went through him
Shot a buffalo down in Mexico
Shot a blasted Jim Crow in a bar I never had been

I don't have to wait for Sadie Hawkins Day
All I have to holler is the word okay
They know I'll shoot them if they run away
But there's one true love I've had

The man I loved was called Daniel Boone
We crooned beneath the watermelon moon in June
But he left me for a ginger-haired ornery raccoon
And that's what turned me bad

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Bad Seed
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Bill Anderson

C             F               C             F
Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now
C              F          C    G7      C
Packing up and disappearing in-to thin air
F                             C
Girls in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart take root                     F            C
Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere       
F                C      F       C
I need lots of sunshine I need lots of raindrops               
F                C
And I need to breathe the open airF                         
C
I hope to beg your pardon your town just ain't my garden               F            C
Bad seed won't grow just anywhere   
G7                         C
So honey kiss goodbye to your bad seed
G7                           C
My love is not the kind that you needF                         
C                   F
I could stay here with you but I wouldn't play fair
C                    F            C
Cause bad seed don't grow just anywhere                          
F              C
And you're looking at the baddest of the bad seed            
F                C                F
Next stop is Jacksonville now I don't know but I've got the feeling
C                F          C      G7          C
And I might just kinda like it somewhere round there
F                              C
Hear tell there's fertile land white pearly silver sand                   
F            C
And bad seed won't grow just anywhere

Repeat #2                         
F           C
Hmm let me tell you honey I'm the bad seed

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Bad Things I Do
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

C                        G7
It's hours past midnight I'm on my way home
    F         C                         G7
And my guilty conscience won't leave me alone
    C                           F        C
For I've been out cheatin' with somebody new
F             C      G7           C
What makes me do the bad things I do
                           G7
Back there at a truck-stop I washed my face
    F             C                         G7
And I checked the mirror for each tell-tell trace
    C                       F             C
For lipstick or makeup that might leave a clue
F             C      G7           C
What makes me do the bad things I do
  F                     C
I don't understand what gets in my mind
   D7                    G7
To make me keep cheatin' time after time
     C                   F          C
I've got a good woman so loving and true
F             C      G7           C
What makes me do the bad things I do
                      G7
Tomorrow at breakfast I hope she won't see
F                C                          G7
Through my lying answers when she questions me
     C                     F              C
I'll tell her that I met a friend we once knew
F             C      G7           C
What makes me do the bad things I do

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Chris Thile - Balboa

If I had one wish
We could see this picture card
It's from a city park called Balboa
Ticket to 50 cents
There's gardens and elephants
And buildings like they have in Spain
I wish I was on my way to Balboa
Sweet Balboa
I wanna meet the world
Boys if you just begun
In the harbor of the sun
Not the ultra zone of Julian
I wanna meet the world
Balboa folks are coming from all over
The Americans
So we can come from Julian
It's only 40 miles between us and the world
Boys if you just begun
In the harbor of the sun
Not the ultra zone of Julian
Without the other hardlock minor suns
Stop picking apples now that the golds are gone
So what you say we put the baskets down boys
Lets hitch a ride to town boys
Lets hear the fountain poor
Lets hear the lions roar
Lets meet the world
Lets meet the world

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Bald Knob Arkansas

I hear that train a comin'
Comin' down the line
Gonna meet you at the station
Gonna see that gal of mine

    Bald Knob Arkansas see my Linda Lou
    I will be her lovin' man and always lover her true
    Til I'm bald headed too

I'm awful tired and hungry now
Got nothin' in my craw
I'm on my way back to see my girl
Back in Bald Knob Arkansas

Got a blue eyed girl a waiting there
Sweetest I'd ever saw
Well I'm on my way to make her mine
Back in Bald Knob Arkansas

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Ballad False Start
The Avett Brothers

Love writes a letter and sends it to Hate:
"My vacation,s ending, I'm coming home late
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
And I can't wait to see you again"

Hate reads the letter and throws it away
"No one here..."

I'm so happy right now I can barely stand it.

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The Avett Brothers - Ballad False Start (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Love writes a letter and sends it to Hate:

"My vacation's ending, I'm coming home late
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
And I can't wait to see you again

Hate reads the letter and throws it away

"No one here...

I'm so happy right now I can barely stand it.

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Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Recorded by Burl Ives
Written by Tom Blackburn and George Burns

G                         C     G
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
                      A7          D7
Greenest state in the Land of the Free
G                         C
Raised in the woods so he knew every tree
D7                                        G
He killed himself a bear when he was only three
     C    G
Davy Davy Crockett 
D7                   G
King of the wild frontier 
                              C        G
Off through the woods he went marching along
                A7              D7
Making up yarns and a singing a song
G                           C
Itching for fighting always righting a wrong
D7                                  G
He was rangy as a bear and twice as strong
Repeat #2
                             C          G
Fought single-handed through the Indian War
                              A7           D7
Till the tribes went west and peace was in store
G                       C
The rest of his life he took the stand
D7                               G
That justice was due the redskin man
Repeat #2
 
                            C        G
He went off to Congress and served a spell
                         A7          D7
Fixing up the government and laws as well
G                          C
Took over Washington so we heard tell
D7                                      G
And patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Repeat #2
                        C          G
He heard of Houston and Austin and so
                       A7          D7
To the Texas plains he just had to go
G                           C
Where the land was free and there was room to grow
D7                               G
And he fought and died at the Alamo
Repeat #2
                           C              G
Davy's land is the biggest Davy's land is best
                          A7       D7
From grassy plains to the mountain crest
G                    C
He's ahead of us all meeting the test
D7                            G
Following his legend into the West
Repeat #2

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The Osborne Brothers - Ballad of Forty Dollars lyrics
(Tom T. Hall)

Well, the man who preached the funeral
Said it really was a simple way to die
Well, he laid down to rest one afternoon
And never opened up his eyes.
They hired me and Fred and Joe
To dig the grave and carry up some chairs
It took us seven hours and I guess
We must've drunk a case of beer.
I guess I ought to go and watch them put him down
But I don't own the suit
Anyway when they start talking
About the fire and hell, well, I get spooked.
So I'll just sit here in my truck
And act like I don't know him when they pass
Anyway when they're all through
I got to go to work and mow the grass.
Well, here they come and who's that ridin'
In that big ole shiny limousine
Hmm, look at all that chrome I do believe
That that's the sharpest thing I've seen.
That must belong to his great Uncle
Someone said he owned a big ole farm
When they get parked I'll mosey down
And look it over, that won't do no harm.
Well, that must be the widow in the car
And would you take a look at that
That sure is a pretty dress you know
Some women do look good in black.
Why he's not even in the ground
And they say that his track is up for sale
They say she took it pretty hard
But you can't tell too much behind a veil.
Well, listen ain't that pretty
When the bugler plays the military taps
I think that when you's in the war
They always hired and played a song like that.
Well, here I am and there they go
And I guess you'd just call it my bad luck
I hope he'll rest in peace but trouble is
That fella owes me forty bucks...


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Ballad Of Jed Clampett

Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed
Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
Then one day he was shooting for some food,
And up through the ground come a bubbling crude
(Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea)

Well the first thing you know old Jed's a millionaire
Kin folk said Jed move away from there
Said California is the place you oughta be
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
(Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars)

Well now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
You're all invited back again to this locality
To have a heaping helping of their hospitality
(Beverly Hillbillies, that's what they call 'em now,
Nice folks Y'all come back now, ya hear?)

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Ballad Of Sally Rose
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

G                          C          G
Her momma picked him up in south Minnesota
                                   D7             G
He promised her the world but they never got that far
                              C    G
For he was last seen in that '59 DeSota
                           D7             G
When Sally was born in the black hills of Dakota

                                   C           G
She was washed in the blood of the dying Sioux nation
                          D7        G
Raised with a proud but a wandering heart
                                        C        G
And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation
                                  D7             G
But she had stars in her eyes and greater expectations

   C            G          D7           G
No rings on her fingers no bells on her toes
     C           G              A7          D7
With bugs on her headlights and runs in her hose
            C             D7        G           C
Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose
G                  D7          G
Adios South Dakota adios Sally Rose

              D7                G
They've got a national monument carved out of stone
       D7                           G
On the side of a mountain where her forefathers roamed
                                  C         G
Playin' cowboys and Indians right under the nose
                              D7          G
Of Theodore Roosevelt and the sweet Sally Rose

                              C              G
So she left Rapid City in the blue moonlight hour
                                    D7          G
With her eye on the highway and her foot on the floor
                             C             G
And turnin' the dial she was pulled by the power
                               D7           G
Of the word coming out of that broadcasting tower

repeat #3

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Ballad Of The Green Berets
Recorded by SSgt. Barry Sadler
Written by Robin Moore and Barry Sadler

C                 G7       C
Fighting soldiers from the sky
G7                        C
Fearless men who jump and die        
F                   C
Men who mean just what they say          
G7                 C
The brave men of the Green Berets               
G7       C
Silver wings upon their chest          
G7            C
These are men America's best            
F                C
One hundred men we'll test today         
G7                    C
But only three win the Green Beret                    
G7       C
Trained to live off nature's land
G7                        C
Trained in combat hand to hand        
F                  C
Men who fight by night and day        
G7                    C
Courage deep from the Green Berets

Repeat #2               

G7         C
Back at home a young wife waits    
G7                      C
Her Green Beret has met his fate       
F                C
He has died for those oppressed        
G7              C
Leaving her this last request                    
G7       C
Put silver wings on my son's chest         
G7               C
Make him one of America's best           
F                    C
He'll be a man they'll test one day         
G7              C
Have him win the Green Beret

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Ballad Of Thunder Road
Don Raye / Robert Mitchum

Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load
When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road.

Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town
The revenoors chased him but they couldn't run him down
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode
He'd go by like they were standin' still on Thunder Road.

Chorus:
And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load
There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil's thirst
The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first.

On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four
A Federal man sent word he'd better make his run no more
He said two hundred agents were coverin' the state
Whichever road he tried to take, they'd get him sure as fate.

Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last
The tank is filled with hundred-proof, you're all tuned up and gassed
Now, don't take any chances, if you can't get through
I'd rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.

Chorus

Roarin' out of Harlan, revvin' up his mill
He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville
With T-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred.

Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike,
Then right outside of Bearden, they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at 90; that's all there is to say.
The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day.

Chorus


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Ballad of Treason
Abigail Washburn

This kiss is a crime, let's not waste time
The cover of night is breaking
We even the score, we capture five more
Make a forbidden offering

Our heads are two states, let's pull down the gates
Declaring freedom
Send out our armies, bring death to our colonies
Harmony drowns out the cries of our generals

Climb up to the tree top, I'll be on the mountain top
Looking for you across the valley
First word you heard, oh, the sky is on fire
Crying for the dying daylight
I need you, I need you, I need you

Bodies on pyres, waiting for fire
The judge and the generals, dangerous diction
The faithful assemble, the crowd starts to tremble
The cavalry arises and begins to fall

The treason proclaim, fires bursts into flame
Doom sows right the sparks in to the blue

Climb up to the tree top, I'll be on the mountain top
Looking for you across the valley

First word you heard was sky is on fire
Crying for the dying daylight

I need you, I need you, I need you

This world is a shackle, I shout to the crowd
"Bring down the walls of Jericho"

Climb up to the tree top, I'll be on the mountain top
Looking for you across the valley
First word you heard was the sky is on fire
Crying for the dying daylight

I need you, I need you

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Ballinderry
Arr. Tommy Makem

'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry
'Tis pretty to be in Aughalee
'Tis prettier to be on bonny Ram's Island
A-sitting forever beneath a tree

Chorus:
O chone, O chone, O chone, O chone

For often I sailed to bonny Ram's Island
Arm in arm with Phelim my demon
He would whistle and I would sing
And we would make the whole island ring

Chorus

"I'm going," he said, "from bonny Ram's Island
Out and across the deep blue sea
And if in your heart you love me Mary
Open your arms at last to me"

Chorus

'Twas pretty to be in Ballinderry
Now it's as sad as sad can be
For the ship that sailed with Phelim my demon
Is sunk forever beneath the sea

Chorus


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Balo's Song

Well me and my horse Balo we're going to the fair
We're gonna ride the bucks and run the barrels see everything that's there
We're gonna wink at all the women flag a tail at all the mares
We'll be hellbent for leather when we go to the fair

We're gonna shave and brush and shower shine our shoes up good and bright
We're gonna strap on all our leather stuff and cinch it up real tight
We're gonna jog around the warm up ring and lean against the rail
And check out all that horsy stuff like eyes and legs and tails

We're gonna jog in to the show ring with our head set good and proud
When the announcer calls the names out we hope he does it good and loud
We're gonna win us a blue ribbon and show off for the crowd
Well I guess we'll bring the stands down when Balo takes his bow

We're gonna strut around the grand stand and down the old midway
I'll be munchin' popcorn while Balo's chompin' hay
We're gonne find ourselves a saddle with something cute on either side
And me and my horse Balo might just join 'em for a ride

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Bamboo
Van Ronk

You take a stick of bamboo,
you take a stick of bamboo,
you take a stick of bamboo,
you throw it in the water,
Oh, oh, Hanaah.

You take a stick of bamboo,
you take a stick of bamboo,
you take a stick of bamboo,
you throw it in the water,
Oh, oh, Hanaah.

River, she come down.
River, she come down.

You travel on the river,
you travel on the river,
you travel on the river,
you travel on the water,
Oh, Oh, Hanaah.

You travel on the river,
you travel on the river,
you travel on the river,
you travel on the water,
Oh, Oh, Hanaah.

River, she come down.
River, she come down.

My home's across the river,
my home's across the river.
My home's across the river,
my home's across the water.
Oh, Oh, Hanaah.

My home's across the river,
my home's across the river.
My home's across the river,
my home's across the water.
Oh, Oh, Hanaah.

River, she come down.
River, she come down.
You take a stick of bamboo,
you take a stick of bamboo,
you take a stick of bamboo,
you throw it in the water.


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Band Keeps Playing On
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Red Simpson and Fuzzy Owen

C                                             F
You walked in with me but you walked out with someone else
G7                                 C
And left me sitting here alone all by myself
                        C7      F
I thought you were over him but I was wrong
              C        G7                         C
My world just stopped  but the band keeps playing on
     F                                         C
They just keep playing cause they don't notice you are gone
    F                                 C                   G7
You walked right out on me while they played our favorite song
    C                              F
And before you reached the door my teardrops reached the floor
              C        G7                         C
My world just stopped  but the band keeps playing on
                                              F
You said that you'd forgotten him and no more did you care
G7                                        C
But when he walked in your eyes lit up to see him there
                          C7             F
He asked you to dance and just like that you were gone
              C        G7                         C
My world just stopped  but the band keeps playing on
Repeat #2

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Band Of Gold
Recorded by Charly McClain
Written by Ronald Dunbar and Edith Wayne

C                                         G7
Now that you're gone all that's left is a band of gold
                       F
All that's left of the dream I hold is a band of gold
        Em             Dm
And the memory of what love could be
   C              Dm        C
If you were still here with me
                                              G7
You took me from the shelter of a lover I had never known
                   F
Or loved any other we kissed after taking vows
    C                 F    Dm
But that night on our honeymoon
   C         Dm       C
We stayed in separate rooms
                             G7
I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
                    F
Filled with sadness filled with gloom
                 C                F            Dm
Hoping soon that you'll walk back through that door
    C                Dm    C
And love me like you did before
                                       G7
Since you're gone all that's left is a band of gold
                       F
All that's left of the dream I hold is a band of gold
        Em             Dm
And the memory of what love could be
   C              Dm        C
If you were still here with me
Repeat #3,4

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Bandera
Recorded by Mona McCall
Written by Guyanne McCall and Justin Trevino

C                                         F
I guess Bandera was too far to ask you to come
                   C
To just dance with me
  G7
I sat there thinking with neon lights blinking
                          C
So lonesome for your company
 
 
My mind holds a picture of you and I waltzing
    F                    C
And holding your hand in mine
    G7
The picture it's fading but fresh in my feelings
                                   C
And feelings get stronger with the tide
 
 
I thought a cowboy would ride across Texas
     F                       C
With no thought of time or a mile
   G7
If he thought that he had a lady there waiting
                       C
To offer a dance and a smile
 
 
My eyes found the dance floor my ears heard the 4/4
   F                    C
My heart ached with old memories
     G7
Well I guess Bandera was too far to ask you to come
                   C
To just dance with me

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Bang Bang
The Avett Brothers

Another bang bang shoot 'em up movie
Pride and vengeance all around
Another bang bang shoot em' up movie
Meant to blow my mind
Make my heart pound
Bridges and tempers on fire
Please turn it off, I'm tired
Of bang bang bang shoot 'em up movies

Have you ever had a gun pointed directly at you
And there isn't any doubt it's loaded and ready to go
Well I have twice and I don't recall any heroes on the scene
Just adrenaline and fear and a few souls who have unfortunately seen

A lot of bang bang shoot 'em up movies
People putting people in the ground
Bang bang shoot 'em up movies
Meant to turn my head
Make my heart pound
Fiction and commerce conspire
Please turn it off I'm tired
Of bang bang bang shoot 'em up movies

I live in the country because I love peace and quiet
But all of my neighbors have closets full of machine guns
And every Sunday they're out there, pretending to be Rambo
And I'm in here pretending like Sunday is still sacred

Conceal and carry your fear
Don't need no weapons here
I've had all I can stand
Of the bloodthirsty leading man

If you think there isn't any connection between
All the violence you see in real life and what's on the screen
Well it seems painfully clear to me
That you're living in a fantasy

Another bang bang shoot 'em up movie
Living room like a battle ground
A bang bang shoot 'em up movie
Meant to push the envelope
Make me say 'wow'
If I never hear gunfire again I'll be fine
So please turn it off I'm tired
Of bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang

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The Osborne Brothers - Banjo Boy Chimes lyrics
(instrumental)


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Banjo Pickin' Girl
Abigail Washburn

Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world, I'm a banjo pickin' girl
I'm goin' around this world baby mine

Goin' to Tennessee baby mine
Goin' to Tennessee baby mine
Goin' to Tennessee don't you try and follow me
Goin' to Tennessee baby mine

Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world, I'm a banjo pickin' girl
I'm goin' around this world baby mine

Goin' to Chattanooga baby mine
Goin' to Chattanooga baby mine
Goin' to Chattanooga and from there on to Cuba
Goin' to Chattanooga baby mine

Goin' to North Carolina baby mine
Goin' to North Carolina baby mine
Goin' to North Carolina and from there off to China
I'm goin' off to China baby mine

I'm goin' across the ocean baby mine
I'm goin' across the ocean baby mine
I'm goin' across the ocean no, now don't you change my notion
I'm goin' across the ocean baby mine


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Richard Thompson - Bank Vault In Heaven Lyrics

Got a bank vault in heaven, got my name on the door
Every day I get richer, add a little bit more
Come you tellers and lenders and lend me some more
Got a bank vault in heaven and it's mine for evermore

And the angels sing, "Fly, fly, fly"
The angels sing, "Fly, fly, fly"
Fly from the darkness that covers you all
Fly to the sky where the only wall is infinity, infinity

Going to shine down from heaven right into your room
Take the minds of your children right off to the moon
Every mud hut and igloo, every penthouse and farm
I'll shine down from heaven and I'll do my snake-charm

And the angels say, "Sing, sing, sing", "Sing, sing, sing"
Oh, the whole world is singing the same happy tune
Something so low even hound dogs can croon to insanity, insanity

Oh, there's a signpost in heaven, in the firmament blue
You can run to the wastelands, but it points straight at you
I've got a bank vault in heaven, what joy will it bring
All you Punchs and Judys, I'll be pulling your strings

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Banks Of Sicily
Hamish Henderson

Chorus:
Fare thee well, ye banks of Sicily,
Fare thee well, ye valley and shore.
There's no Jock will mourn the loss of ye;
Poor bloody soldiers are weary.

The piper is tuned up and piping away;
He can't come to toon for his vino today.
The skies o' Messina are cloudy and grey,
And the song that he's playing is eerie.

It's march doon the square, and light on the bay,
Packs on your back and the boats are away.
Waiting your turn while the pipes and drums play,
And the song that they're playing is eerie.

The drummer is polished, the drummer is grand.
He cannae be seen for his straps and his bands.
He's raised himself up for a photo and stand
To leave wi' his Lola, his dearie.


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The Incredible String Band - Banks Of Sweet Italy 

And must you go my flower my gem
My laughter and my hope of joy
To follow fortune through all the world
Make luck pursue you my darling boy

The sun shines bright in France
Yellow it shines on high Barbaree
Oh, be my light of day
Carry not long on the banks of sweet Italy

A golden ring is a precious thing
Red stockings and shoes of green
A dwelling place with painted door
A wide white bed to love you in

Summer's gone with calm days
Ungentle now is Biscay Bay
A cold fear claims my heart
God save all sailors from the cruel waves

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Banks Of The Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk
Just to walk a little ways
And as we walked along we talked
All about our wedding day

   Only say that you'll be mine
   In no others arms entwined
   Down beside where the waters flow
   On the banks of the Ohio

I took her by her lily white hand
I dragged her down that bank of sand
There I threw her in to drown
I watched her as she floated down

Returning home between twelve and one
Thinking of what a deed I'd done
I'd killed the girl I loved you see
Because she would not marry me

The very next day about half passed four
The sheriff's men knocked at my door
He said young man come now and go
Down to the banks of the Ohio

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Bar In My Car
Tom Butt or Davis / Smith (?)

I just talked to the weatherman.
It's gonna rain on me today.
I dropped my bubblegum in the sand,
And I had to throw it away.
I got out of bed, sratched my watch and wound my head.
I'm so mixed up that I can't think.
I'm gonna build me a bar in the back of my car,
And drive myself to drink.

There's a little black cloud raining down on my head
Washin' all my dreams away.
Every stoplight I see turns red.
I guess it just ain't my day.
I might as well give up, my mind's an empty cup,
I'm a ship gettin' ready to sink.
I'm gonna put a bar in the back of my car,
And drive myself to drink.

I just talked to the weatherman.
It's gonna rain on me today.
I dropped my bubblegum in the sand,
And I had to throw it away.
I got out of bed, sratched my watch and wound my head.
I'm so mixed up that I can't think.
I'm gonna build me a bar in the back of my car,
And drive myself to drink, sha-la,
Drive myself to drink.


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Barbara Allen

In scarlet Town where I was born
There was a fair maid dwelling
Made many a youth cry well a day
Her name was Barbara Allen

It was in the merry month of May
When green buds they were swelling
Sweet William came from the west country
And he courted Barbara Allen

He sent his servant unto her
To the place where she was dwelling
Said my master's sick, bids me call for you
If your name be Barbara Allen

Well, slowly, slowly got she up
And slowly went she nigh him
But all she said as she passed his bed
Young man I think you're dying

Then lightly tripped she down the stairs
She heard those church bells tolling
And each bell seemed to say as it tolled
Hard hearted Barbara Allen

O, mother, mother go make my bed
And make it long and narrow
Sweet William died for me today
I'll die for him tomorrow

They buried Barbara in the old church yard
They buried Sweet William beside her
Out of his grave grew a red, red rose
And out of hers a briar

They grew and grew up the old church wall
Till they could grow no higher
And at the top twined a lover's knot
The red rose and the briar

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Barbara Allen

In London town where I was born
There lived a fair maid dwellin'
Made every youth cry well away
And her name was Barbara Allen

I sent a servant to your town
Where Barbara she was dwellin'
My master sent and he sent for you
If your name is Barbara Allen

T'was in the merry month of May
When all the flowers were a-bloomin'
A young man on his death bed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen

Oh Nellie Mae on her way home
Were the words so sweet love singin'
And as they sang they seemed to say
Hard hearted Barbara Allen

Oh the more she ran oh the more she mourned
'Till she could not stop her cyin'
Oh pick me up and take me home
For I am surely a-dyin'

Oh father my father go dig my grave
Go dig it long and narrow
Sweet William died for me today
So I'll die for him tomorrow

Oh they buried her in the old churchyard
Buried sweet William down beside her
On William's grave grew a red red rose
On Barbara's grew a great briar

Oh it grew to the top of the old churchyard
It grew till It could not grow no higher
And there they tied in a true love's knot
The red red rose 'round the briar

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Barbara Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Bob McDill and Wayland Holyfield

G                                      G7      C
Barbara put your coffee down I need to talk to you
D7                               C       G
What I wanna talk about won't be easy to do
                                       G7      C
Lately there's a change in you we both know it shows
                 G                     D7             G
If it's what I'm thinking don't let me be the last to know
C         G                           C              G
If you've found a stronger feeling in someone else's arms
               D7   Em        D7      Am  D7
Then I'll just step aside and let you go
      G       C        G              C                G
But I was the first to hold you and I was the first to touch you
                D7             G
So don't let me be the last to know
                                   G7   C
Barbara look at me don't turn your eyes away
    D7                                   C                  G
I'm waiting and I'm listening if there's something that you wanna say
                                     G7      C
Barbara if it's not true then please tell me so
                 G                     D7             G
If it's what I'm thinking don't let me be the last to know
Repeat #2
                    D7             G
Please don't let me be the last to know

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Barefoot Nellie

Redheaded pecker sittin' on a limb
Ma Chicken Nellie got a hen
Wrung his neck and plucked him clean
Funniest chicken you ever seen

   Hey Barefoot Nellie
   Ho Barefoot Nellie
   Hey Barefoot Nellie
   You're the one for me.

Nellie went to town one day
Ridin' on a load of hay
Sold a man a trip to Mars
And now she sits behind the bars.

Nell put on her Sunday dress
Most of it was lookin' best
Made out of an old feed sack
Poppy wrote right on the back.

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Barely Beatin' Broken Heart
Recorded by Highway 101
Written by Roger Miller and Justin Tubb

C
If you see me in some corner looking like all hope is gone
       F                                           C
If you see me sit for hours and you wonder what is wrong
                                      F
Well it hurts to talk about it but my world just fell apart
      C                             G7             C
I'm a walkin' talkin' cryin' barely beatin' broken heart
        
Did you see the teardrops fallin' and the tremble in my hands
            F                                         C
Then you'll know that there's a story and nobody understands
                                     F
It's a sad and lonely story but I'll try to make it short
      C                             G7             C
I'm a walkin' talkin' cryin' barely beatin' broken heart
           F                              C
Should you wonder how I got this way then listen listen good
   F                                C               G7
He left me for another thought he'd be the last who would
       C                            F
So I'm tryin' to forget him lookin' for a place to start
      C                             G7             C
I'm a walkin' talkin' cryin' barely beatin' broken heart
Repeat #3  You may wonder...         

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Barely Holding On
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Jan Crutchfield and Jerry Crutchfield

G
Overheard you yesterday talking to a friend
                                             C
Never dreamed you felt this way where have I been
     Am               Em         C             Em
What happened to that feeling it used to be so strong 
G       Am                      C      D7        G
But you told your friends we're barley   holding on
 
 
How could I have been so blind 
Now two hearts might break
                                             C
I only hope there still is time or is it too late
       Am                  Em
Is the flame of love still burning 
      C             Em
Or is it completely gone
G     Am                 C      D7        G
All I know is that we're barley   holding on
 
        Bm
Holding on sounds so hopeless 
       C
But at least there is still a chance
    G                 B7            C
The truth is you mean everything to me
       Am              Em
Let me hold you let me love you
      C                  Em
Let's find out what went wrong
G            Am               C      D7        G
It's killing me to know we're barley   holding on

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Barroom Girls

Oh the night came undone like a party dress
And fell at her feet in a beautiful mess
The smoke and the whiskey came home in her curls
And they crept through the dreams of the barroom girls

Well she tosses and turns because the sun is unkind
And the heat of the day is coming in through the blinds
But leave all the blue skies for the rest of the world
Because the neon will shine for the barroom girls

   Oh the barroom girls go by your side
   Like the ponies who pass on a carousel ride
   And all of the colors go 'round in a swirl
   When you dance in the arms of the barroom girls

Now she rolls to her feet when she can't sleep no more
And looks at her clothes lying out on the floor
Last night's spangles and yesterday's pearls
Are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls

Last night's spangles and yesterday's pearls
Are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls

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Barrooms To Bedrooms
Recorded by David Wills
Written by Seymour S. Rosenberg and David Wills
[3/4 time]

C                 F                 C
Take a minute and think what you're doing      
D7                      G7
You're giving your love to any man          
C             F             C
When they tell you they love you  you believe them                   
G7           C       C7
But it never works out like you planned     
F                                           C
From barrooms to bedrooms that's where your love goes
                                D7       G7
And I know you're unhappy cause woman it shows           
C                 C7             F
They won't let you be a lady cause everyone knows                 
C               G7              C
From barrooms to bedrooms that's where your love goes
                       F             C
You've been lookin' in all the wrong places    
D7                            G7
For a true love you can't seem to find    
C           F              C
But if you just look over your shoulder                
G7                C    C7
You'll see I've been here all the time     
F                                      C
From barrooms to bedrooms that's where love goes
                                D7       G7
And I know you're unhappy cause woman it shows          
C                          C7                     F
So let me love you and I'll take you from the life that you know
                 C            G7         F  C
From barrooms to bedrooms I'm taking you home

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Bartender's Blues
James Taylor

Now I'm just a bartender
And I don't like my work
But I don't mind the money at all
I see lots of sad faces
And lots of bad cases
Of folks with their backs to the wall

Chorus:
But I need four walls around me to hold my life
To keep me from going a-stray
And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

I can light up your smokes
I can laugh at your jokes
I can watch you fall down on your knees
I can close down this bar
I can gas up my car
I can pack up and mail in my key

Chorus

Now, the smoke fills the air
In this honky-tonk bar
And I'm thinking 'bout where I'd rather be
But I burned all my bridges
I sank all my ships
And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea

Chorus

First appeared as a JT duet with George Jones on the
album 'My Special Guests' in the 80's. Recently
revived by Trisha Yearwood on the 'Thinkin' Bout You'
album, once again as a duet with George Jones.


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Bartered Heart
BMI Work #: 9141213
Bartered Heart (Larry W. Jones 09/25/2007) (song#5019)

I bartered a heart filled with love
For lips filled with empty kisses
That you were just casting away
I bartered dreams of a lifetime
For what seems to be just lost time
That I spent with you every day
Dear, I thought that you would be there
To keep me from feeling so blue
Now my heart knows you didn't care
And you didn't care to be true
I know you're filled up with your pride
And you don't need me by your side
But lips filled with empty kisses
Emptied my heart of love for you
The love that I gave you was true
But I guess that's gone out of style
I didn't know little things about you
That were big mistakes by a mile
Golden dreams are now colored blue
And my poor heart now is on trial
Well, it's time that we said goodbye
I need to see happier days
Those days when I had a good cry 
Sure has made my broken heart pay
I bartered a heart filled with love
For lips filled with empty kisses
That you were just casting away


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Richard Thompson - Bathsheba Smiles Lyrics

She smiles and veins turn to ice
She smiles and heads bow down

She works the room
Air-kisses every victim twice
She spreads her joy around

Do you close your eyes to see miracles?
Do you raise your face to kiss angels?
Do you float on air to hear oracles?

Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
No doubt can cross her mind, cross her mind
  (Bathsheba)

Bathsheba knows
She knows you better than yourself
Confess it on your knees

She shares her love
And sharing love is sharing wealth
Dig in your pockets, please

Do you close your eyes to see miracles?
Do you raise your face to kiss angels?
Do you float on air to hear oracles?

Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
No doubt can cross her mind
  (Bathsheba)

No pain, no gain's a strain
But she never seems to hurt
Catwalk pilgrims sing this song
Hello heaven, goodbye dirt
And no hair shirt

Do you close your eyes to see miracles?
Do you raise your face to kiss angels?
Do you float on air to hear oracles?

Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
No doubt can cross her mind
  (Bathsheba)

Do you close your eyes?
Do you raise your face?

Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
  (Bathsheba)
Bathsheba smiles

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Richard Thompson - Bathsheba Smiles - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

She smiles and veins turn to ice
She smiles and heads bow down
She works the room
Air-kisses every victim twice
She spreads her joy around

Do you close your eyes to see miracles
Do you raise your face to kiss angels
Do you float on air to hear oracles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can cross her mind
Cross her mind

Bathsheba knows
She knows you better than yourself
Confess it on your knees
She shares her love
And sharing love is sharing wealth
Dig in your pockets please

Do you close your eyes to see miracles
Do you raise your face to kiss angels
Do you float on air to hear oracles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can cross her mind

No pain no gain's a strain
But she never seems to hurt
Catwalk pilgrims sing this song
Hello heaven, goodbye dirt
And no hair shirt

Do you close your eyes to see miracles
Do you raise your face to kiss angels
Do you float on air to hear oracles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can cross her mind

Do you close your eyes
Do you raise your face
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles

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Baton Rouge 

[Verse 1]
Well, I'm gonna leave Texarkana
I'm going down to Louisiana
I'm gonna try my luck in Baton Rouge
I'm gonna follow old Red River down
Till I see the lights of town
Man, I ain't gonna get no sleep in Baton Rouge

[Chorus]
Saying, Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
I'm gonna get me some alligator shoes
Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
I'm gonna wear 'em out in Baton Rouge

[Verse 2]
It was a Texas girl that broke my heart
Then she tore my truck apart
Hey, I guess I'll get me another in Baton Rouge
I like crawfish, I like rice
And I like girls that treat you nice
Hey, I'm going to find me one in Baton Rouge

[Chorus]
I said, Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
I'm gonna get me some alligator shoes
Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
I'm gonna wear 'em out in Baton Rouge

[Verse 3]
Hey, I'm gonna learn to walk that walk
I'm gonna learn to talk that talk
I'm gonna learn to dance in Baton Rouge
Ain't life just like a cul de sac?
I'm a Texas boy and I'm going back
Soon as I catch my breath in Baton Rouge

[Chorus]
Said, Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
I'm gonna get me some alligator shoes
Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
I'm gonna wear 'em out in Baton Rouge

[Outro]
Hey, I'm gonna strut my stuff in Baton Rouge
Hey, I'm gonna cool my heels in Baton Rouge

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Battle Of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

   We fired our guns and the British kept a coming
   There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
   We fired once more and they began to running
   Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we seen the British come
And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drums
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by suprise
If we didn't fire a musket 'til we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire 'til we seen their faces well
We opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em

Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

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Bayou Boys
Recorded by Eddy Raven
Written by Eddy Raven, Troy Seals, Frank Myers

G                       D7
Passion in the backseat parked out in the cane
                                                G
Ever since the first time I ain't ever been the same
                          D7
I gave up on baseball and I threw down my glove
                         C        G
I discovered girls and I got into love
                               D7
Me and my friend Aldo he's the one who had the car
                                       G
We made all the dances we made all the bars
                               D7
Told each other secrets and we wore each other's clothes
                                  C            G
One night I stole his woman and I wonder if he knows
C         G   D7      G
Sleep all day run all night
C           G               D7
Chasing the ladies cause we knew they might
   C               G       D7            G
We raised a lot of hell we made a lot of noise
C         G            D7    G
Everybody knew we were Bayou boys
C         G            D7    G
Everybody knew we were Bayou boys
                                     D7
Sweet Marie was dangerous with those dark seductive eyes
                                         G
She had me sayin' maybe baby before I realized
                             D7
She loved me so deeply and I tried to hold on
                                         C                G
But changin' don't come easy when you've been this way so long
repeat #3

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Be A Good Girl (Till I Get Back In Town)
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Baker Knight

C
When those other guys start 
Hangin' round outside of your front door
                             G7
Tell 'em that I said to stay away
C               C7
It won't be too long till 
        F
I'll be comin' back to you
G7                               C
And this time I'm comin' home to stay
F        G7
Shut the window when it's rainin' 
         C
Till the sun comes shinin' through
F             G7             C
Don't let temptation get you down
      
Just remember that I love you 
    F
And always will be true
        G7                           C
So be a good girl till I get back in town
When the bright lights of the city 
Start to sparkle in your eyes
                                    G7
Close the door and dream a dream of me
C               C7
It won't be too long till 
        F
I'll be comin' back to you
   G7                             C
So dream about the way it's gonna be
repeat #2
        G7                           C
Oh be a good girl till I get back in town

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Be Better To Your Baby
Written and recorded by Justin Tubb

C                                 D7
Be better to your baby and you'll have a better baby
G7                                  C
Better love her before she walk out on ya
                                  D7
Be better to your baby and you'll have a better baby
G7                                      C
And if you don't I'll steal her love doggone ya
    F                                 C
And lest I should forget you were the best love she can get
      D7                              G7
Cause if you don't she's bound to get unhappy
C                                    D7
So be better to your baby and you'll have a better baby
G7                                      C
And if you don't I'll steal her love by cracky
                                  D7
Be kinder to your baby and you'll have a kinder baby
G7                              C
If you want her love you got to earn it
                                     D7
So be better to your baby and you'll have a better baby
G7                                       C
And if you don't I'll steal her love dat burn it
    F                                 C
And lest I should forget you were the best love she can get
    D7                      G7
You haven't been doing that exactly
C                                    D7
So be better to your baby and you'll have a better baby
G7                                      C
And if you don't I'll steal her love by cracky

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Be Good To My Little Baby Girl

Be good to my little baby girl
She's all I got left in this old world
She's warm and she's sweet
Lord she means the world to me
Be good to my little baby girl.

Her eyes light up when I mention your name
Lately she smiles all the time
She needs someone strong who won't do her wrong
I'm hoping that you'll be the kind.

I can see her as a child sittin' on her mama's knee
Sometimes I think I failed her back then
'Cause I was runnin' wild I was always runnin"round
I never was the dad I should have been.

She told you of her past of the ones that done her wrong
You know her heart's been broken in two
She deserves some happiness and she thinks you're the best
I believe her so I'm counting on you.

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Be Happy That You Have What You Have
BMI Work #: 9210592
Be Happy That You Have What You Have (Larry W. Jones 10/26/2007) (song#5118)

Be happy that you have what you have while you have it
Or you may have to find out that what you have is gone
Take a look at what you see while you can still see it
Or you may see that what you saw is now far long gone
Be sure to help what you can help if you can help it
Cause you can't help a thing if you don't help it along
Treat with true love what you can treat while you can treat it
If you don't treat your love sweet then your sweet will be gone
- instrumental -
Buddy, if you know what's good then better treat her good
And you should thank the moon as soon as it shines above
Now don't tarry if you're very sure she'll marry you
Because that same girl I'll give a whirl for her same love
Be happy that you have what you have while you have it
Or you may have to find out that what you have is gone
Take a look at what you see while you can still see it
Or you may see that what you saw is now far long gone
Be happy that you have what you have while you have it
Or you may have to find out that what you have is gone


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Be Honest With Me

Be honest with me dear whatever you do
Remember you're mine dear so always be true
Wherever you wander on land or on sea
If you really love me be honest with me

My poor heart would break dear if you were untrue
Asleep or awake dear I'll dream about you
Oh you are my darlin' you're all that I see
If you really love me be honest with me

Some day I'll return dear and make you my own
And how I will yearn dear when I'm all alone
I'll never forget dear your sweet memory
If you really love me be honest with me

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Be Not Afraid
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by Jeannie C. Riley
[3/4 time]
 
C                     F
Tossed to and fro the disciples were fearing
C                                      G7
Their very lives they were lost out at sea
C                      F
High winds were raging waves all around them
C                G7             C
Then among storm fear not be at peace
                        F
He came to them walkin' on water and talkin'
C                                         G7
Though they had known Him still they were afraid
     C                  F
Then Jesus spoke gently lo I am with thee
C                          G7          C
He ceased the winds and He settled the waves
            F                C
Be not afra-id it's only the Master 
                               G7
Calming the storm removing all harm
           C   F                C
Be of good che-er your Savior's here now
              G7                                C
So be of good faith for I'm here to stay be not afraid
                                  F
Once my ship was sinkin' twas the end I was thinking
C                                             G7
For there was no life boat between me and the sea
         C                      F
Then the Lord in compassion put His love to action
C                        G7             C
Then His dear sweet hand in love lifted me
Repeat #3
 
              G7                                 F  C
So be of good faith for I'm here to stay be not afraid

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Be Proud Of The Grey In Your Hair

Lay down that cane and start moving
While you can get out of your chair
Put on those shoes and start walkin'
Be proud of the gray in your hair.

Well I hope you see what I'm sayin'
Einstien could very well be right
That man's greatest victory is dyin'
Don't never give up without a fight

Said you know how it feels to be lonesome
You know what it means when you're blue
There ain't no use to sit and worry
For there ain't nobody worryin' about you.

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Brad Paisley - Be The Lake lyrics

There ain't nothing I would rather see
Than you drying off on this dock
I've been thinking, it's so good to be me
But girl, on second thought
Wish I could be the beach towel that you laid down on
Or that two-piece that's fitting you so right, it's wrong
Or the sunshine kissing on your skin
Wish I could be the lake that you're swimming in
Well, I'm hiding behind these Ray-Ban shades
Staring at you like I do
I'm right here beside you and it's killing me
'Cause I can't get close enough to you
Wish I could be the beach towel that you laid down on
Or that two-piece that's fitting you so right, it's wrong
Or the sunshine kissing on your skin
Wish I could be the lake that you're swimming in
Or maybe that book you laid on your chest
When you drift off like you do
Or maybe that 25 SPF
You keep rubbing all over you
Wish I could be the beach towel that you laid down on
Or that two-piece that's fitting you so right, it's wrong
Or the sunshine kissing on your skin
Wish I could be the lake that you're swimming in
Wish I could be the lake that you're swimming in


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Be There For Me Baby
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Tommy Rocco and Charlie Black

C                                  G7
Every morning I go scratch for the almighty buck
  C                                             G7
I dream the American dream but it don't seem to change my luck
      F        C       F           C
Oh it gets downright depressing it wears the soul down to the bone
  F                C       F                   Dm           G7
I don't think that I could make it if I had to make it alone
   C                         F           Dm
So be there for me baby come sunup or sundown
         G7
When the winter wind's whistlin' at the window 
                C               G7
Together we can hold our ground
    C                      F                      Dm
The secret to survivin' is dividin' the burden by two 
   G7                                         C
So be there for me baby and I'll be there for you
                                          G7
I know you expected more out of life than bills and a broom
    C
But that's all you're gettin' from the man 
                     G7
You were bettin' had hung up the moon
       F          C     F           C
Oh but love's got compensation it's enough to get us through
         F         C          F            Dm            G7
It's too bad we're not in the money ah but we got me and you
   C                         F           Dm
So be there for me baby come sunup or sundown
         G7
When the winter wind's whistlin' at the window 
                C               G7
Together we can hold our ground
    C                      F                      Dm
The secret to survivin' is dividin' the burden by two 
   G7                                         C
So be there for me baby and I'll be there for you
   G7                                         C
So be there for me baby and I'll be there for you

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Be True To Yourself

   Be true to yourself little darlin'
   Life is short don't live it in regret
   If you're not happy here go find another
   And I'll pretend that we had never met

I watched, I wondered why you've grown so quiet
Deep in thought you seem so far away
Say, have you changed your mind about our future
Don't lead me on if you don't want to stay

Don't be a fool and think you'll learn to love me
If you don't have those feelings for me now
Look deep inside your heart and answer truly
Am I the one you just can't live without

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Beacon In The Night
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Darrell Edwards and Herby Treece

G                              C               G
Many souls are drifting on the troubled sea of sin
                          A7             D7
The under tow of evil has pulled so many in
  G                                 C                    G
Tonight the troubled ways of sorrow fill our hearts with pride
C                      G             D7            G
We're so blind that we can't see the beacon in the night
    D7                            G
The beacon in the night is always shining 
    D7                               G
And darkest clouds can have a silver lining
                                   C                  G
Just set your torch for glory then don't turn left or right
C                G              D7            G
Heavens shore is lighted by the beacon in the night
                            C                     G
When the mist of wickedness conceals the beacon's lights
                                    A7                   D7
And you're drifting through the fog somewhere out in the night
    G                                   C                G
The one who whispers peace be still and calms the raging sea
C               G            D7                   G
He's the beacon in the night He'll rescue you and me
    D7                            G
The beacon in the night is always shining 
    D7                               G
And darkest clouds can have a silver lining
                                   C                  G
Just set your torch for glory then don't turn left or right
   C                  G             D7            G
Be guided straight to heaven by the beacon in the night

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Bear Creek Blues

Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down
Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down
It makes me feel like I'm on my last go-'round,

The water on Bear Creek, it tastes like cherry wine
The water on Bear Creek, it tastes like cherry wine
You take one drink of it, you're drinking it all the time

If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get like Jesse James
If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get like Jesse James
You'll take two old pistols
and hold up that Bear Creek train

I'm going high, high up on some lonesome hill
I'm going high, high up on some lonesome hill
Look down on Bear Creek where my good gal used to live

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Bears Lyrics

Some folks say there ain't no bears in Arkansas
Some folks never seen a bear at all
Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw
Some folks got a bear across the hall

Some folks say that bears go around smelling bad
Others say that a bear is honey sweet
Some folks say this bear's the best I ever had
Some folks got a bear beneath their feet

Some folks drive the bears out of the wilderness
Some to see a bear would pay a fee
Me, I just bear up to my bewildered best
And some folks even see the bear in me

So meet a bear and take him out to lunch with you
And even though your friends may stop and stare
Just remember that's a bear there in the bunch with you
And they just don't come no better than a bear

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Richard Thompson - Beat The Retreat 

Beating my retreat
Back home to you
Beating my retreat
Back home to you

Burning all my bridges
I'm burning all my bridges
I'm burning all my bridges
I'm running back home to you

I'm trailing my colors
Back home to you
I'm trailing my colors
Back home to you

This world is filled with sadness
This world is filled with sadness
This world is filled with sadness
I'm running back home to you

I'll follow the drum
Back home to you
I'll follow the drum
Back home to you

There was no sense in my leaving
There was no sense in my leaving
There was no sense in my leaving
I'm running back home to you

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Richard Thompson - Beat the Retreat (live) Lyrics

I'm beating my retreat
back home to you
i'm beating my retreat
back home to you
i'm burning all my bridges
i'm burning all my bridges
i'm burning all my bridges
i'm running back home to you
I'm trailing my colours
back home to you
i'm trailing my colours
back home to you
this world is filled with sadness
this world is filled with sadness
this world is filled with sadness
i'm running back home to you
I'll follow the drum
back home to you
i'll follow the drum
back home to you
there was no joy in my leaving
there was no joy in my leaving
there was no joy in my leaving
i'm running back home to you

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Brad Paisley - Beat This Summer lyrics

Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-ho
Like the Ferris wheel goes around and around
Well the trouble with up is there's always a down
First I'm holding your hand and we're on the boardwalk
There's heaven right here on these streets and these docks
But the sun keeps settin', the days go fast
And the sand on the beach is like an hourglass
I can just feel it all slipping away
And babe I can already say that
As long I live, whatever I do
As great as it is, you know what's a bummer
I ain't ever gonna beat this summer with you
Baby it's true
The taste of your kiss is so bittersweet
I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you
Before you know it it's all gonna stop
They'll be rolling up windows and puttin' up tops
Be a cold wind blowin' the leaves through the air
And you won't find a tan line anywhere (anywhere)
Baby I know that it ain't over yet
So let's make the most of what we have left
But it's hard living for this moment we're in and
Knowing it's all gonna end?
As long I live, whatever I do (Whatever I do)
As great as it is, you know what's a bummer
I ain't ever gonna beat this summer with you
Baby it's true
The taste of your kiss is so bittersweet
I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you
Yeah looking at you, girl, standing there
Got your wayfarers on and the sun in your hair
And just like the song in a seashell, you'll be stuck in my mind
Bouncing around in my head
And baby I can tell
As long I live, whatever I do (Whatever I do)
As great as it is, you know what's a bummer
I ain't ever gonna beat this summer with you
Baby it's true
The taste of your kiss is so bittersweet
I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you


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Richard Thompson - Beatnik walking Lyrics

Hand me down my walking shoes
And Mr. Murdoch's news
I'm going thunder rain or shine
Got a papoose on my back
We're on the right track, Jack
To leave the beatnik blues behind
Amsterdam, where good things come in threes
Ease your troubled mind and shoot the breeze
Take the path down to the mill
I'm going to get my fill
I'm going to eat till the pot runs dry
Anne Frank's house and Rembrandt's tomb
I'd better make some room
'Cause Brother Vincent's on my mind
Life goes on behind the tiles and chintzes
Dirty water fit for kings and princes
Dutch is not a loving tongue
You say your piece and run
You show you care in other ways
Sailors in their Sunday best
I'm feeling overdressed
I've got to lose these blacks and greys
Amsterdam, where good things come in threes
Soothe your troubled mind and shoot the breeze
Hand me down my walking shoes
Hand me down my walking shoes
Got to leave these beatnik blues behind

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Alison Krauss - Beaumont Rag			
[Instrumental]



 

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Beautiful Beautiful Brown Eyes

Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
I'll never love blue eyes again.

Last night I staggered in the bar room
Fell right down on the floor
These were the words that I uttered
I'll never get drunk anymore.

Oh Willie oh Willie I love you
Love you with all of my heart
Tomorrow we were to be married
But liquor has kept us apart.

For seven long years I've been married
Wish I was single again
A girl doesn't know half her troubles
Until she has married a man.

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Beautiful Blue Eyed Blonde

I know a girl in Carolina, she's the sweetest girl in town
Big blue eyes that sparlke like dew drops on the ground
To meet her is to love her, she makes your heart grow fond
Heaven's not far above her, she's a beautiful blue eyed blonde

I met her in November, one cold and dreary day
She brought the sunshine with her, that's in my heart today
No need to say I love her, for she's like the day just dawned
She brightens the world with her laughter, she's a beautiful blue eyed blonde

If I had all the gold in the treasury, and all of the riches on earth
I would not trade my sweetheart, for I know just what she's worth
Her voice is like sweetmusic, she makes my heart grow fond
You'd love her if you'd see her, she's a beautiful blue eyed blonde

Every night I dream I'm near her, then I wake to sind she's away
But I hope someday we'll marry, and be together always
If all my dreams were realones, and after the day had dawned
I'd awake and find her near me, my beautiful blue eyed blonde


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Beautiful Bouquet

For pleasure I went walking out through the fields one day
I started gathering flowers to make a sweet bouquet
Each flower that I gathered. each one played a part
Each flower stood for someone held dear to my heart 

   Beautiful bouquet I'm gathering today
   Picking the colours that'll never fade away
   Each flower has a meaning so dear to me
   Each flower is a treasure chestof sweet memories 

Violets for my sweetheart, a white rose for my dad
A red rose stood for mother, the best friend that I had
Forget-me-nots stood faithfully for tried true friends of mine
Daisies for the puppy loves that I left far behind 

Lilies are for grandma, who watches from afar
Poppies are for brother, who lost his life at war
I put them all together, tomake a sweet bouquet
A rainbow full of colours that will never fade away

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Beautiful Brown Eyes

Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
I'll never love blue eyes again

Willie I love you my darling
Love you with all my heart
Tomorrow we might have been married
But rambling has kept us apart

* Refrain

Down through the barroom he staggered
And fell down at the door
The last words that I heard him utter
I'll never see brown eyes no more

* Refrain

Seven long years I've been married
Wish I was single again
A woman mever knows her troubles
Until she has married a man

* Refrain


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Beautiful Home

There's a beautiful home far over the sea
With mansions of bliss for you and for me
A beautiful home so wondrously fair
That the savior for me has gone to prepare

   There's a beautiful home (a beautiful home)
   far over the sea (far over the sea)
   There's a beautiful home (a beautiful home)
   for you and for me (for you and for me)
   Its glittering powers (its glittering powers)
   of sun out shine (of sun out shine)
   That beautiful home (that beautiful home)
   someday shall be mine (someday shall be mine)

In that beautiful home a crown I shall wear
With the glorified throng their stories to share
But the doors of that home can never be known
Til the savior we see upon His white throne

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Beautiful Isle O'Er The Sea

I will not be your sweetheart
I'll tell you the reason why
My mother always told me
To pass a drunkard by

   Beautiful isle o'er the sea
   Beautiful isle o'er the sea
   Beautiful isle o'er the sea
   There's someone waiting for me

Now young man I will tell you
If you want my heart my hand
You better quit your drinking
And be a sober man

Go prove yourself be faithful
Go prove yourself be true
And sometime in the future
Perhaps I'll marry you

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Dolly Parton - Beautiful Lie lyrics
(David McDade)

Everytime the bluebird sings
My heart takes wings to the sky
The bluebird greyside fly
To my place in your eyes
Cause after all, I did all I could
And you did your best, just the same
Nobody won, we both lost, no one's to blame
But I'll fly away to you, if only pretending
We'll be like bluebird do, the beautiful lie
The beautiful lie, the beautiful lie
Everytime the bluebird sings
My heart takes wings to the sky
The bluebird greyside fly
To my place in your eyes
Cause after all, I did all I could
And you did your best, just the same
Nobody won, we both lost, no one's to blame
But I'll find my way to you, if I'm only pretending
And we'll be like bluebirds, live the beautiful lie
We'll be like bluebirds, live the beautiful lie


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Beautiful Life
Traditional

Each day I do a golden deed
By helping those who are in need
My life on earth in but a span
And so I'll do the best I can

Life's evening sun is sinking low
A few more days and I must go
To meet the deeds that I have done
Where there will be no setting sun

To be a child of god each day
My light must shine along the way
I'll sing his praise while ages roll
And strive to help some troubled soul

* Refrain

While going down life's weary road
I'll try to lift some traveler's load
I'll try to turn the night to day
Make flowers bloom along the way

* Refrain

The only life that will endure
Is one that't kind and good and pure
And so for god I'll take my stand
Aach day I'll lend a helping hand

* Refrain

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - The Traveler


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Beautiful Mabel Claire

Along the green lanes in the springtime
I gathered the violets blue
Echoing yet with the bee-song
And wet with the morning dew

Gathered them for sweet Mabel
Beautiful Mabel Claire
Clasped in her dainty fingers
And braid in her shining hair

And then when the summer was fairer
For the love of those brown, brown eyes
I gathered the royal roses
Fairer than sunset skies

And then comes dreary November
Making me moan and weep
For closing her brown eyes softly
Dear Mable has gone to sleep

Closing her brown eyes softly
Beautiflu Mabel Claire
No more will I gather the roses
To braid in her shining hair


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Beautiful Moon Of Kentucky

There's a beautiful moon shining down on Kentucky
Where the fields of bluegrass are growin'
'Neath the beautiful moon shining down on Kentucky
Tomorrow that's where I'll be going

For the girl that I love she waits for me know
To return from ol' sunny Tennessee
'Neath the beautiful moon shining down on Kentucky
Tomorrow that's where I will be

Well I left my old home way down in Kentucky
And headed for old sunny Tennessee
But I'm on my way back to the hills of Kentucky
With my darling once more there I'll be

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Beautiful Morning Glory

I've travelled all over the country
And I seldom sleep in a bed
When my feet get tired of walking
I simply stand on my

Beautiful morning glory
Kissed and caressed by the dew
Beautiful morning glory
Good morning glory to you

I stopped at a house for a hand-out
I'd rather do htat than to beg
When up jumped a big yellow hound-dog
And bit a hunk out of my

* Refrain

A little boy gave me his football
I said "Watch me kick it a block"
Now my foot's wrapped up in a bandage
'Cause inside the ball was a

* Refrain

I once had a bald-headed girl friend
I knoked off her wig at a dance
And when I stooped over to get it
She kicked me right in the

* Refrain

One day I went out to the ball game
And peeped thru a knot-hole up high
A guard took a big water pistol
And squirted me right in the

* Refrain


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Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem

Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
Shining afar through shadows dim
Giving the light for those who long have gone
Guiding the wise men on their way
Unto the place where Jesus lay
Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on. 

   Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem      (Star of Bethlehem)
   Shine upon us until the glory dawns.
   Give us a light to guide the way
   Unto the land of perfect day
   Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, shine on (shine on) 

Oh Beautiful Star the hope of light
Guiding the pilgrims through the night
Over the mountains till the break of dawn
Into the light of perfect day
It will give out a lovely ray
Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on (shine on) 

Oh Beautiful Star the hope of rest
For the redeemed the good and blessed
Yonder in glory when the crown is won
Jesus is now the star divine
Brighter and brighter he will shine
Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on (shine on)

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Beautiful Temptation
Recorded by Freddie Hart Written by Jim Foster

G                    C
Beautiful temptation you're so fine
D7                   G                    D7
Beautiful temptation you're messin' up my mind    
G                  C
You get me all excited right down to my toes   
D7                                          G
My feet they want to follow you everywhere you go
C                    G
Beautiful temptation every night it seems
C
Close my eyes and there you are 
G                  D7
Walking through my dreams
G          D7      G               C
So full of passion running wild in my imagination
D7                                    G
I see love all over you you beautiful temptation
D7                                    G
I see love all over you you beautiful temptation

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Beautiful Texas Sunshine
Written and recorded by Doug Sahm

G
Bluebonnets on the hillside 
C
Mallow in the air
D7
Smile on the face of people you meet 
      C                  G
Cause they ain't going nowhere
Oh your smile has never been brighter 
         C
And your body never looked so fine
        D7
And you wile away the beautiful day
                       G
In the beautiful Texas sunshine
If you will feed the dogs 
    C
And honey bring me another beer
D7
Come over here and sit by me
    C                    G
And tell me baby how you feel
Well I know the time has come
     C
That I got to be moving on
      D7
But I always say a beautiful day
                       G
In the beautiful Texas sunshine
Oh your smile has never been brighter 
         C
And your body never looked so fine
        D7
And you wile away the beautiful day
                       G
In the beautiful Texas sunshine
Well if I knew what I was doing 
    C
I'd left a long time ago
D7
Pack my bags my guitar case
    C               G
And head on down to Mexico
Well it sure does hurt me baby
   C
To see you honey sit and cry
    D7
But you got to understand I'm a moving man
                    G
I'll be back by and by
               D7
And we'll just wile away the beautiful day
                       G
In the beautiful Texas sunshine

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Beautiful Way To Live
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Ben Peters

C                    Dm
When I wake up every morning 
G7                            C
You're the first thing that I see                           
Dm
And like a new day that is dawning 
G7                          C
I feel the warmth come over me                       
Am
I can face the world a courage                           
F
I can make it through the day                             
Dm
Cause I know your love comes with me 
G7                     C
Standin' by me all the way                           
Dm
Oh what a beautiful way to live     
G7                          C
Just givin' you all the love can give                             
Dm
Oh what a wonderful thing to see
G7                             C
That you don't want nobody but me                     
Dm
I don't know how I'm deserving 
G7                           C
To be blessed with all these things                             
Dm
Like the sweet love you keep serving 
G7                   C
And the happiness it brings                  
Am
I don't worry bout tomorrow                          
F
The way I always used to do                       
Dm
Cause tomorrow I'll be sharing 
G7                     C
Awesome yesterday with you

Repeat #2 x2

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Nickel Creek - Beauty and the Mess Lyrics
Blue waters blue eyes color me
If any could come this close I'd let them see
Get it out again and play 'em one more song
It's all they really want and who's to say that's wrong

Ain't that what you want them to know?
All they get of you is what they get out of the show
The rest is mine, I guess, the beauty and the mess to hide

I pull myself under and down I go again
It's just a little bit hard letting them in
Looking at the world through elusive eyes
I hide in the spotlight it's a great disguise

Ain't that what you want them to know?
All they all they get of you is what they get out of the show
The rest is mine, I guess, the beauty and the mess to hide

Behind the melody the words don't mean a thing
But every tone I play would give whatever I've not said away
Behind the melody the words don't mean a thing
But every tone I play would give whatever I've not said away
Behind the melody the words don't mean a thing
But every tone I play would give whatever I've not said away

Ain't that what you want them to know?
All they, all they get of you is, all they get of you is
What they get out of the show
The rest is mine I guess the beauty and the mess

Ain't that what you want them to know?
All they get of you is what they get out of the show
The rest is mine I guess the beauty and the mess
The rest, the rest is mine, I guess the beauty and the mess
The rest, the rest is mine I guess
I guess the beauty and the mess to hide

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Beauty Of My Dream

One day I met the beauty of my dreams
Pretty eyes she had you ought-a seen
Brown hair that flowed down behind
I saw it all and yet I was so blind

We wound up in her part of town
Bright lights with our music all around
I gazed into her eyes and she in mine
She had me in a trance it was so fine

Now I cry cry cry
I can't get over her though I try
I'm blue blue blue
I should have known she never could be true

Well I find as the night has faded on
I found your house the neighbors say your gone
The girl she don't live here anymore
Oh the pain to me that lies in store

So all I have is a picture in a frame
She disappeared the same way she came
She made a wreck of me and I find
She's out of sight but always on my mind

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Dolly Parton - Because I Love You lyrics

I lie in bed beside you and watch you while you sleep
And wonder who I was before I loved you
Lying here beside you feeling so complete
Thinking how I love and need and trust you
Because I love you I'm a brand new person now because you love me
I can face the world and have the cause I love you
Because you love me because I love you
[ strings ]
Sweeter even still is knowing that you're lying there
And let you soon awake and reach to hold me
And anyway you want me that's the way that I am yours
Love as strong as this lets you control me
Because I love you...
Because I love you...


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Because Of Him
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Colbert Croft and Joyce S. Croft

C
I know I've been saved because of Jesus                                  
G7
I know I've been saved because of Him    
F                G7   C                     Am
I'm glad He heard my plea He reached and set me free  
D7             G7               C
I know I've been saved because of Him
Some people look at me and think I'm different
                                     G7
Some people look at me and think I'm strange    
F               G7  C                    F
But I got something new that the world can't undo  
G7                              C
I know I've been saved because of Him

Repeat #1

Well it feels so good since I got this feeling
                                      G7
And it feels so good since my faith I know    
F              G7    C                   F
I'm walking in the light since Jesus won the fight  
G7                              C
I know I've been saved because of Him 

Repeat #1 x2  

G7                              C
I know I've been saved because of Him  
G7                              C
I know I've been saved because of Him  
G7                              C
I know I've been saved because of Him  
G7                              C
I know I've been saved because of Him

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Because Of Losing You
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

G                                  C
This falling out of your love baby  will hurt for quite awhile
D7                                  C                D7    G    D7
But I'll pick me up and dust me off  then straighten up my smile
G             D7     G               C
Then I'll see things like love again  from a different point of view
D7                         C          D7     G
Perhaps a little wiser now because of losing you
C                                   D7            G
I've got to get me off my knees and learn to walk alone
A7                                    D7
Reach inside and find the strength to make it on my own
G                                      C
The reddest rose will fade and whither  without the taste of rain
    D7                         C             D7      G    D7
And someday my forget you nots will die from lack of pain
G                                    C
Then these aching arms that miss you  will reach for someone new
    D7                          C          D7     G
And maybe I can love her better because of losing you

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Dolly Parton - Because One Of Us Was Wrong lyrics

I'm sorry I was weak enough to step out on you
Well I should have been strong enough not to step out on you too
I know that I'd hurt you and I stepped out for spite
Because one of us was wrong don't mean the other one was right
I'm not making excuses for myself I was wrong as I could be
But you shouldn't have cheapened yourself trying to get even with me
My conscience bothers me mine won't let me sleep at night
Because one of us was wrong don't mean the other one was right
Two wrongs don't make one right and now we both got heartaches
But if we both try we can forgive each other for our mistakes
We let no wonderful love slip through our hands we's better hold on tight
Because one of us was wrong don't mean the other one was right
Because one of us was wrong don't mean the other one was right


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Because We Are Young
Recorded by Mac Wiseman 
Written by Howard Johnson

C                                  G7
Because we are young they say I'll forget you
                                 C
They say I'll forget that I ever met you
                            C7         F
And maybe they're right but just for tonight
                    C     G7             C
Don't say we're not right because we are young
                   F                   C
Though our love is young we still have control
                D7                 G7
We know we must wait without being told
   C                    C7               F
We still have our pride we've nothing to hide
                C     G7             C
Don't cast love aside because we are young
                                     G7
I know they mean well when they criticize me
                                          C
I wish in their hearts they knew what's inside me
                    C7               F
I know my own heart love must have a start
            C     G7             C
Why keep us apart because we are young
              F                        C
And someday I hope they'll know how we feel
          D7                       G7
When they realize that our love is real
   C                        C7         F
So please hold me tight and just for tonight
                    C     G7             C
Don't say we're not right because we are young

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Because You Can't Be Mine
written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C                                          F
What makes something you can't have always look so good
    C                                   G7
Why does something out of reach seem so fine
     C                                 F
What makes you thrill me more than any girl I know
  C               G7                   C
I guess it's just because you can't be mine
 
    G7                        C      F        C
Why can't I be contented with what belongs to me
                                     G7
And be satisfied with what's already mine
     C                            F
What makes a stolen moment such a precious thing
  C               G7                   C
I guess it's just because you can't be mine
 
                                  F
What makes me always want a woman I can't have
    C                                 G7
Why does someone else's silver always shine
   C                                 F
My passion rises every time you come around
      C               G7                   C
And I guess it's just because you can't be mine
 
Repeat #2

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Because You Live To Love Me
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
Written by Cindy Walker

G                   C       D7        G
Because you live to love me I love to live
E7                   Am     D7
Because the love you give me
                  G          C    G
Gives me all that life could ever give
                     C       D7          G
And just because you need me and tell me so
E7                     Am
There's really nothing else I need
D7           G    D7
Or I need to know
 
G           C
Because you stand by me whatever may be 
      G    Am         Bm        G        C
I can walk that extra mile down that old rocky road
    A7                   D7
And carry my load with a smile
G                 C             D7            G
For I possess the greatest gift that life can give
E7                  Am      D7        G
Because you live to love me I love to live
 
C          D7                    G
I love you darling for giving me hope
                      E7
And the will to carry on
Am                         D7
For believing in me with a world of faith
G
When the worlds faith in me seems gone
 
C                  D7
And I love you too for smiling through
G                        E7
Whether skies or blue or gray
Am                     D7
With your hand in mine come rain or shine
              G       C
And loving me all the way
 
Repeat #2

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Bed By The Window

Two old friends shared a room in a home for the elderly
Confined to their beds their bodies giving way
Old Joe lay by the window and watched the day go by
And Bill lived to hear him tell about the world outside

They shared with each other the stories of their lives
And relived all their memories and dreams of a better time
Outside the leaves were changing, summer turned to fall
And from the bed by the window old Joe described it all

   From, the bed by the window he'd tell how the children played
   The lovers in the park, the ducks out on the lake
   The little boy swept the sidewalk when the sun came up each day
   From the bed by the window he told it just that way

On a cold winter morning in the light of the dawn
The bed by the window was empty old Joe had passed and gone
They moved Bill by the window he couldn't hold back the tears
He'd finally see the view outside after all these years

   From the bed by the window he couldn't see out at all
   There was nothing out that window but an old brick wall

A new friend shares a room in a home for the elderly
Confined to his bed his body has given way
Now Bill lay by the window as the days go by
And his new friend left to hear him tell about the world outside

   From, the bed by the window he'd tell how the children played
   The lovers in the park, the ducks out on the lake
   The little boy swept the sidewalk when the sun came up each day
   From the bed by the window he told it just that way

Two old friends shared a room in a home for the elderly

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Bed On The Floor

Make me a bed right down on your floor
Make me a bed right down on your floor
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor

I'm a poor lonesome boy
I'm a long way from home
I'm a poor lonesome boy
I'm a long way from home
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor

The sheriff's on my trail with a big forty-four
The sheriff's on my trail with a big forty-four
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor

Clock strikin' midnight and daylight to go
Clock strikin' midnight and daylight to go
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor

Bed on the floor love bed on the floor
Make me a bed right down on your floor
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor

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Bedlam Boys (Tom Of Bedlam)
Traditional

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I traveled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel.

Chorus after every verse:
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink or money.

I now repent that ever
Poor Tom was so disdain-ed
My wits are lost since him I crossed
Which makes me thus go chained

I went down to Satan's kitchen
For to get me food one morning
And there I got souls piping hot
All on the spit a-turning

There I took up a caldron
Where boiled ten thousand harlots
Though full of flame I drank the same
To the health of all such varlets

My staff has murdered giants
My bag a long knife carries
For to cut mince pies from children's thighs
And feed them to the fairies

The spirits white as lightening
Would on me travels guide me
The stars would shake and the moon would quake
Whenever they espied me

No gypsy, slut or doxy
Shall win my mad Tom from me
I'll weep all night, with stars I'll fight
The fray shall well become me

And when that I'll be murdering
The Man in the Moon to the powder
His staff I'll break, his dog I'll shake
And there'll howl no demon louder

So drink to Tom of Bedlam
Go fill the seas in barrels
I'll drink it all, well brewed with gall
And maudlin drunk I'll quarrel

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand years I have traveled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel.


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Bedtime Comes Earlier At Our House
Recorded by Charly McClain
Written by Danny Hogan and Butch Carter

C                                               G7
Every time every time you lay your body next to mine
 
Then I know you're gonna love me 
                               C
Like you're never gonna let me go
                      F              C        G7    C
Then we touch then we feel then it's love all over again
 
                                         G7
I don't wake up on the wrong side of the bed
                                      C
Cause the way you wake me up makes me real glad
                            F
We found one love that goes around 
           C             G7         C
That's why bedtime comes earlier at our house
 
Repeat #1
                                        G7
It's so good to hear you say I love you too
                                C
So I take you in my arms then I squeeze you
                                  F
You've got something I can't live without
           C             G7         C
That's why bedtime comes earlier at our house
 
Repeat #2 
                      F              C        G7    C
Then we touch then we feel then it's love all over again

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Beekeeper
Aoife O'Donovan

In the middle of everything I started to see
You said you were a beekeeper, but I heard no bees
I asked you where do you get your honey
You said darling I'm a beekeeper, I'm up to my knees.

Oh I'm a lonely sailor on a sinking boat
Sometimes I think I'm a mermaid but I never float
You asked me why I didn't send you a note
I threw my pen in the gutter with what I wrote.

Oh, oh, just like a dove on a bay riverside with a little black crow.
Wanna know all of the ribs on your cage.
Tell you that a part of me lives in you, and I'm a goddamn fool
Make your move or get out of the game.

At the end of the tunnel I can see the light
I promised you I wouldn't go down without a fight
I know it won't always be black and white
'Cause there are demons and things that go bump in the night.

So swallow your bitter pill
You said you were a thrill seeker but what's your thrill?
It's the way you walk, it's the way you stand still
And the way that you look at me and always will.

Hey, today's the day, are you ready to fall, are you ready to jump
From a plane with a stranger on your back
High in the sky, you look back and where am I at - I'm a man in disguise
Tongue-tied you started to crack

Started to crack and the sky's turning black
And I'm stuck in you like a thumbtack
Between my legs and my arms you're alarmed
And I won't hurt you just want to charm you.

Wanna be there, and I wanna be there
I won't let you go
A beekeeper a thrill seeker
Hit the ground running,"Told you so"

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Been All Round This World

Workin' on the new railroad mud up to my knees
Workin' on the new railroad mud up to my knees
Workin' for ol' John Henry he's mighty hard to please
I been all 'round this world.

Hang me oh hang me till I'm dead and gone
Hang me oh hang me till I'm dead and gone
Don't care much 'bout dyin' it's bein' in jail so long
I been all 'round this worId.

Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Marchin' me to the gallows that'll be the end of me
I been all 'round this world.

Up on Blueridge Mountain there I'll make a stand
Up on Blueridge Mountain there I'll make a stand
Rifle on my shoulder six shooter in my hand
I been all 'round this world.

If you see a rich girl send her on down the line
If you see a rich girl send her on down the line
If you see a poor girl I'll bet she's a friend of mine
I been all 'round this world.

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Railroad Earth - Been Down This Road 

Come round amen corner
And there she standin in the door
Staring in the eyes of my poor sole
Been around I wore those shadows
That Sooner or later drag ya down
Hang around your heart and your mind
I... been down this road before
I... don't go there anymore

Ahhh honey I look in your eyes
It carries me far away
Take me right back to the day
In my mind
I've been down where nothing matters
And your knocking everybody down
Stumbling every place in town
With an open door
I... like to open up the door.
I... can't go there anymore

Ahhh you're a devil
You can push those buttons
Til there's no more water
In the well
Fires burnin in hell
Flowin in my veins
I've been around I know you brother
I know how this story goes
You and me pushin it
To blow then I feel fat
I... like to even up the score
I... don't go there anymore

Come round amen corner
And there she standin in the door
Starin in the eyes of my poor sole
Been around I wore those shadows
That Sooner or later drags ya down
Hang around your heart and your mind
I... like to open up the door
I... been down that road before
I... don't go there anymore

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Beep Beep
Donald Claps / Carl Cicchetti

Chorus:
Beep beep (beep beep),
Beep beep (beep beep),
His horn went beep beep beep (beep beep).

While riding in my Cadillac, what to my surprise,
A little Nash Rambler was following me, about one-third my size.
The guy must have wanted to pass me out
As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep).
I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn.

Chorus

I pushed my foot down to the floor to give the guy the shake,
But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind, he still had on his brake.
He must have thought his car had more guts,
As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep).
I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn.

Chorus

My car went in to passing gear and we took off with gust,
And soon we were doing ninety, must have left him in the dust.
When I peeked in the mirror of my car, I couldn't believe my eyes.
The little Nash Rambler was right behind, you'd think that guy could fly.

Chorus

Now we're doing a hundred and ten, it certainly was a race,
For a Rambler to pass a Caddy would be a big disgrace.
The guy must have wanted to pass me out as he kept on tooting his horn.
I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn.

Chorus

Now we're doing a hundred and twenty, as fast as I could go.
The Rambler pulled alongside of me as if we were going slow.
The fellow rolled his window down and yelled for me to hear:
"Hey, buddy, how can I get this car out of second gear?"

Note: First recorded by the Playmates in 1958.


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Beer On A Boat
Recorded by Ashton Shepherd
Written by Marvin Green, Thomas Akins, Benjamin Hayslip

C    F                        G7                   C
It's gonna be a scorcher of a day and the water is callin'
       F                      G7                     C
Got an iced down cooler and a seventeen footer we're haulin'
     A7                         F
Baby back her down the ramp and don't jackknife it
      A7                         F
Let's see how many people we can fit inside it
  G7
I think we've got half the town invited for
     C                   F
Some beer on a boat on a Saturday
  G7                    C
A few good friends just floatin' away
                                 F
The world looks better through a cool pair of shades
          G7                  C
With some beer on a boat on a Saturday
        F                       G7                         C
Got the girls on the inner tube hangin' on tryin' to prove what they got
           F                  G7                           C
And if you ain't wet yet then Buddy's gonna get you with a belly flop
             A7               F
There's some boys on the dock wavin' and whistlin'
     A7                         F
Some old men yellin' that we're messin' up their fishin'
    G7
But they're just jealous cause they know they're missin' 
Repeat #2
      D7
Ain't nothin' like a sunny day 
                                    F
To make your troubles fade away and disappear
         D7                                          F     G7
Wouldn't be all bad if we all ran out of gas and got stuck here
                   C                   F
With some ice cold beer on a boat on a Saturday
  G7                    C
A few good friends just floatin' away
                                 F
The world looks better through a cool pair of shades
          G7                  C
With some beer on a boat on a Saturday
 
                                    F
Gettin' redder by the minute but we got it made
          G7                  C
With some beer on a boat on a Saturday

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Richard Thompson - Beeswing Lyrics

I was nineteen when I came to town
They called it the Summer of Love
They were burning babies, burning flags
The hawks against the doves
I took a job in the steamie
Down on Cauldrum Street
And I fell in love with a laundry girl
Who was working next to me

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

Brown hair zig-zag around her face
And a look of half-surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights
There was animal in her eyes
She said, "Young man, oh can't you see
I'm not the factory kind
If you don't take me out of here
I'll surely lose my mind"

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
She was a lost child, she was running wild
She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

We busked around the market towns
And picked fruit down in Kent
And we could tinker lamps and pots
And knives wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down
Get a few acres dug
Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug

She said "Oh man, you foolish man
It surely sounds like hell
You might be Lord of half the world
You'll not own me as well"

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

We was camping down the Gower one time
The work was pretty good
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost
And I thought maybe we should
We was drinking more in those days
And tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run
With the rambling itch

Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough
Back on the Derby beat
White Horse in her hip pocket
And a wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once
A man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan
Was too much settling down

And they say her flower is faded now
Hard weather and hard booze
But maybe that's just the price
You pay for the chains you refuse

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Well I wouldn't want her any other way

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Richard Thompson - Beeswing - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

I was nineteen when I came to town
they called it the Summer of Love
They were burning babies, burning flags.
The hawks against the doves
I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
And I fell in love with a laundry girl who was working next to me

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

Brown hair zig-zag around her face and a look of half-surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes
She said "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind
If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind"

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
She was a lost child, she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

We busked around the market towns 
and picked fruit down in Kent
And we could tinker lamps and pots and knives 
wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down, get a few acres dug
Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug
She said "Oh man, you foolish man, it surely sounds like hell.
You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well"

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

We was camping down the Gower one time, the work was pretty good
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost and I thought maybe we should
We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch

Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough back on the Derby beat
White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once, a man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan was too much settling down
And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze
But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Well I wouldn't want her any other way

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Before Believing
Recorded Emmylou Harris
Written by Danny Flowers

C      F                                C          G7
Winter summer seasons is taken over its quiet like new fallen snow
  C        F                  C                  G7
I told you summer stories but outside is getting mighty cold
  F                   G7      C
I told you everything I could about me
F        C            A#7  F
Told you everything I could

C                     F                                  C
How would you feel if the world was falling apart around you
                                       G7                  C
Pieces of the sky were falling in your neighbor's yard but not on you
F
Wouldn't you feel just a little bit funny
G7                            C
Think maybe there's something you oughta do

               F                             C           G7
Solutions that never lay down before you the answers are all around
C            F                       C          G7
Believing is all the friend you need to talk to believing in you
  F                   G7      C
I told you everything I could about me
F        G7           A#7   F  C
Told you everything I could

  F                   G7      C
I told you everything I could about me
F        G7           B7   F C
Told you everything I could



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Before I Found The Wine
Recorded by Tommy Cash
Written by Jimmy Peppers

C                                  F
Yesterday I had a future and I was happy
           G7                                C
I had your love and the whole wide world was mine
                                               F
I had money to spend and a woman who called me darling
        G7                          C
Yes but that was before I found the wine
F                                   C
Before I found the wine my life had meaning
                         D7               G7
There were happy days at my house all the time
  C                                    F
I remember when you told me I hung the moon and made your sunshine
        G7                          C
Yes but that was before I found the wine
                                    F
I wish that I could go back to your world
         G7                                C
Hold you close to me and know that you are mine
                                       F
And I wish that I could hear you say I love you
         G7                             C
Just the way you did before I found the wine
Repeat #2
        G7                          F  C
Yes but that was before I found the wine

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Before I Go To Bed
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew and Clyde Pitts

C                 F            G7             C
I'll always dress my very best before I go to bed
                   F         G7                 C
I'm dressing up to go to bed just like I always do
                  F                    G7                C
Cause I might see you in my dreams and I'll look nice to you
                    F           C                   G7
I hope you like the tie I own I remembered you like red
C                 F            G7             C
I'll always dress my very best before I go to bed
F                                  C
What I'm doing may sound funny but I wouldn't laugh if I could
      F                          D7                 G7
Cause if I lose you in my dreams you'll be gone for good
   C            F                  C                  G7
So until I hold you in my arms and say what should be said
C                 F            G7             C
I'll always dress my very best before I go to bed
                F                  C                  G7
So until I hold you in my arms and say what should be said
C                 F            G7             C
I'll always dress my very best before I go to bed
                  F            G7             C
I'll always dress my very best before I go to bed

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Before I Lost You
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Jack Green and Clay Allen

C                              F
I hear your new love sends you pretty 
          C              G7
Something different each day
    C           F                C         G7
And he never forgets to call whenever he's away
         C                     C7                 F
He sends you candy and flowers tied in ribbons of blue
           G7                            C
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you
             F       C            G7
He takes you dancing out with the crowd
         C          F        C           G7
And when you walk beside him he looks so proud
        C                        C7            F
He does thoughtful little things that I didn't do
           G7                            C
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you
F     G7            F                 C
I was afraid if you looked at someone else
      F            G7      C           G7
You'd leave me for him and I'd be by myself
      C                         C7               F
Jealousy made me blind too late I know that it's true
           G7                            C
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you
                           C7                    F
Jealousy made me blind too late I know that it's true
           G7                            C
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you

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Before I Met You

I thought I'd seen pretty girls in my time
That was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
That was before I met you 

   I thought I was swinging the world by its tail
   I thought I could never be blue
   I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
   That was before I met you 

I wanted to ramble and always be free
That was before I met you
I never saw one that could ever hold me
That was before I met you 

They say a man must reap what he's sown
Darlin', I hope that's not true
For once I made plans of living alone
But that was before I met you

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Before I Share Your Love
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew, Tommy Blake, W.S. Stevenson
 
C                                     G7
I learned before we met that love was blind
                                       C
And sometimes it leaves a broken heart behind
                                     F
We loved and lost before and now you know
    G7                      F              C
And before I share your love  I'll let you go
 
    F                            C
I'd do most anything to make you happy
       F                                     G7
But to share your love would drag me down to low
        F                               C
And I'd rather lose the love we have completely
    G7                      F              C
Yes before I share your love  I'll let you go
 
    F                            C
I'd do most anything to make you happy
       F                                     G7
But to share your love would drag me down to low
        F                               C
And I'd rather lose the love we have completely
    G7                      F              C
Yes before I share your love  I'll let you go

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Before I'm Fool Enough
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Allen Reynolds

G                   C        G
I'm going away babe I cannot stay
                                D7
It's gonna hurt for a long long time
              G        C                 G
But I've been with you and I've been without you
    C       G            D7           G
And neither way gives me any peace of mind
                   C         G
I may leave in the wee small hours
                        C            G
I'm not brave enough to kiss you goodbye
    Em                          G
But once I get the nerve up I'm going
                          D7               G
Before I'm fool enough to give it one more try
                       C                  G
Much more than halfway I've tried it your way
                               D7
But you don't see me the way I do
                 G       C             G
You really don't want me you want your daydreams
       C       G     D7            G
Simple love is all I ever promised you 
Repeat #2
Em                          G
Once I get the nerve up I'm going
                          D7               G
Before I'm fool enough to give it one more try

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Dolly Parton - Before Our Weakness Gets Too Strong lyrics

What are we doing in this place alone is our desire to relive our past this strong
True love we knew in the past is gone but our weakness lingers on
Let's go home before our weakness gets too strong
Long ago we let the flame of love burn out of control
Now we have no reason to reach for love that has grown cold
If we live our past in the present our future will be gone
Let's go home before our weakness gets too strong
[ fiddle ]
Line with temptation we raced into the past
On a road too small to let the past and the present pass
Are we going too fast to turn back and leave the past alone
Let's go home before our weakness gets too strong
Long ago we let the flame...
Let's go home before our weakness gets too strong


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Before She Changed Your Mind
Written and recorded by Melba Montgomery

C                                                 G7
A future filled with sorrow cross my path of happiness
    F           G7                 C
The day another won your heart and sweet caress
                                    C7              F
The world I now live in is cold and filled with misery
                  C               G7                 C
As long as I live without you the blues won't let me be
             G7                  C
She took you from me and left me lonely
D7                             G7
Is it wrong to keep on wanting you
C                                 C7               F
I still love you even though it's been a long long time
                    C
Come back to me the one you love 
G7                      C
Before she changed your mind
                                                   G7
I'll face each new tomorrow with thoughts of loneliness
   F                  G7                 C
No day goes by that's different from the rest
                                       C7             F
Your memory lingers everywhere there's blues on every street
                  C            G7                 C
And all I have is heartaches I know I'm doomed to keep
             G7                  C
She took you from me and left me lonely
D7                             G7
Is it wrong to keep on wanting you
C                                 C7               F
I still love you even though it's been a long long time
                    C
Come back to me the one you love 
G7                      C
Before she changed your mind

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Before The Cold Winds Blow

The weather finally broke in the middle of april
Jacob loaded up his wagon with last years furs.
He'd have to make the trip alone 'cause it would be too risky
For his pretty wife sarah and the unborn child she carried with her.

It took three weeks to reach the mississippi ribbon
And he turned south toward new orleans
For a boy from the mountains it was easy to get caught up
In the sights and sounds of the city
And the things he'd never seen.

   And the river rolls on Like an endless river
   The sun light glistens on the rocks below
   He can hear her voice in the rippling water
   Saying please be home before the cold winds blow.

He fell in With a bad companion
Said give me your money or I'll take your life
Jacob drew his pistol and in less than a heart beat
The stranger lay dead on the floor and someone had to pay the price.

And after three long years in a Louisiana prison
He stands on the hill that overlooks his farm
With his woman by his side thanks god for his blessings
And most of all for the blonde hair child resting in his arms.

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Before the Heartache Rolls In
New Grass Revival

Theres a chill in your kissin
And a thrill Ive been missin too long
This love is deceivin, babe, Im believin
This things going wrong
cause your eyes betray your heart and soul
And your love for me is growin old
And I think maybe Id better pack my bags and

Chorus:
Roll like the wind, better roll till the highway ends
Gonna roll on outta her
Before the heartache rolls in

Theres a lonesome sound that keeps rollin
round inside of me
Those wheel on the highway are whinin on by
Baby I gotta leave
If I dont get out now while my minds in control
Then Ill never be able to ever let go
And I think maybe I better head outta here and

Repeat chorus

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Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Recorded by Freddy Fender 
Written by Ben Peters and Vivian Keith
 
C                               F                   C
If he brings you happiness then I wish you both the best          
F              G7              C
It's your happiness that matters most of all
G7        C                              F              C
But if he ever breaks your heart  if the teardrops ever start
F       C                G7            C
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls
                                       F             C
Though it hurts to let you go darling I want you to know          
F               G7              C
That I'll stand by you if ever you should call
G7     C             C7           F               C
And if I should ever hear that he made you shed a tear
F       C                G7            C
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls         
F        G7       C
I'll be there anytime you need me by your side
D7                G7
To dry away every teardrop that you cried      
C                         F               C
If he ever leaves you blue just remember I love you
F       C                G7            C
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls

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Before The Rain (Larry W. Jones 02/04/2007) (song#4390)

I can see the storm clouds gather
Looks like my world is gonna end
A rose without the thorns was better
When love was new way back then
The love we had was sweet together
Back when you were my new bride
But love was lost in bad weather
And the petals on the roses died
After the sunshine comes the storm
Washing the litter down the drain
I wish that things were still as warm
As our love was before the rain
- instrumental -
The love we had was sweet together
Back when you were my new bride
But love was lost in bad weather
And the petals on the roses died
After the sunshine comes the storm
Washing the litter down the drain
I wish that things were still as warm
As our love was before the rain


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Before The Ring On Your Finger Turns Green
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant

C                        G
He's just leadin' you on honey he'll be gone
           D7                        G
Before the ring on your finger turns green
                     D7
Your new love is the playboy kind 
                         G
He's not looking for the ties that bind
                       C
He'll leave you with a tortured mind 
           D7                        G
Before the ring on your finger turns green
Repeat #1
                      D7
He's fickle cheap and phoney too 
                      G
Just like the ring he gave to you
                       C
I know cause I've been through it too 
         D7                       G
When the ring on my finger turned green
Repeat #1
           D7                        G
Before the ring on your finger turns green

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Before The Sun Goes Down

Well pack up your car go on and leave
and tell your folks that we are through
Honey that ain't going to make me grieve
cause I know just what you'll do

You'll pout and cry and swear that I
am the meanest man in town
But I'll bet money that you'll be back
before the sun goes down

   Before the sun goes down you'll be all ready for some lovin'
   You'll run to your daddy for some kissin' and huggin'
   And I'll be waitin' around
   For I know you'll be home before the sun goes down

Honey there ain't nothing else in the book that you ain't said
All kinds of names and low down things
I've heard them all from A to Z
And when you've had your say you'll up and run away and swear you're leavin' town
But you'll cool off come a draggin' it back before the sun goes down

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Before Too Long
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Joe Hayes

G7                           C
(Before too long will be too late)
I bought some poison yesterday  
F
To help me through your wedding day   
C
Of all the most heartbreakin' things    
G7
Was your engagement ring   
C
If metal poison ruins a man     
F
Then mixed with this that's in my hand  
C
Becomes the dose that I must take  
G7                        C
Before too long will be too late 
F                                    C
Tomorrow starts new things for you but ends it all for me     
F                              C          G7
When you face him and say I do I'll face eternity    
C
And by the time they find me here          
F
You'll be on your way to God knows where    
C
The shock is just too much to take  
G7                        C
Before too long will be too late   
G7                        C
(Before too long will be too late)  
F                                    C
Tomorrow starts new things for you but ends it all for me     
F                              C          G7
When you face him and say I do I'll face eternity    
C
And by the time they find me here          
F
You'll be on your way to God knows where   
C
So I have planned my own escape   
G7                        C
Before too long will be too late 

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Before You Go

You're wanting to be free i know that you don't love me
But let me hold you close before you go
I won't let the teardrops fall until your steps are down the hall
But let me hold you close before you go

Before you go and say goodbye, let your heart beat with mine
This memory I'll have of you while I'm alone
Let the time cease to be these last moments you're with me
But let me hold you close before you go

All the pain will come soon, loneliness will fill the room
But let me hold you close before you go
My heart is breaking in two there's nothing left I'm losing you
But let me hold you close before you go

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Dolly Parton - Before You Make Up Your Mind lyrics

Before you make up your mind to leave me
Before you make up your mind to walk out the door
Before you telle me that it's all over
Let me say what I have to say it won't take me all day
And if you still wanna leave don't stay for I won't try to hold you anymore
Does she really love you way that I love you
Does she treat you right even when you've done wrong
If she's woman enough to forgive you way that I'm willing to
If she ain't then don't go for I still love you so we all make mistakes I know
Give these thoughts a little time before you make up your mind
[ guitar ]
Does she really love you way that I love you
Will she treat you right even when you do wrong
If she's woman enough to forgive you way that I'm willing to
If she ain't then don't go for I still love you so we all make mistakes I know
Give these thoughts a little time before you make up your mind
Give these thoughts a little time before you make up your mind


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Before You Met Her
Recorded by The Gibson Brothers
Written by Eric Gibson

C                  F                      C
Before you met her she said she'd be mine forever
F                C      G7           C
But you were too clever and took her away
                          F                       C
With no guilt or sympathy you stole my whole life from me
F                   C     G7      C
I'm left with a memory of her for you
C7         F
I can't complain about rules
                           C
Cause that's not what good losers do
         D7
I lost a game I can't be the same
       G7
When I know the score
C                            F                  C
I think of her night and day I hope she's happy this way
F                   C            G7                  C
Oh Lord could there be a mistake she's not here with me
                                 F                 C
Grown men aren't supposed to cry but look in these watery eyes
F                      C                    G7          C
All the words that she spoke were just lies I hurt so inside
Repeat #2 x2 
C                  F                      C
Before you met her she said she'd be mine forever
F                C      G7           C
But you were too clever and took her away
F                 C      G7           C
Yeah you were too clever and took her away

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Before You Travel On
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton

G7     C              F             Fm
A look down look down that lonesome road  
C    Am  Dm     G7     C  Am Dm
Before you travel travel on
G7     C          F             Fm
A look up look up and seek your Maker       
C       Dm    G7  C
Before Gabriel blows his horn        
Am           Em
Now I'm weary totin' such a load
Am                   Em       Dm  G7
A treading down that lonesome road     
C              F             Fm
Look down look down that lonesome road
C      Am  Dm     G7     C
Before you travel travel on
G7   C                F           Fm
True love true love a what have I done       
C   Am     Dm       G7       C  Am Dm
A that you should treat me treat me so
G7       C        F           Fm
Well you cause me to walk and talk          
C     Dm  G7  C
Like I've never done  before

repeat #2

G7     C                F             Fm
A look down look down a that lonesome road  
C    Am  Dm     G7     C  Am Dm
Before you travel travel on
G7     C                F             Fm
A look down look down a that lonesome road    
C    Am  Dm     G7     C
A before you travel travel on
G7     C                F             Fm
A look down look down a that lonesome road    
C    Am  Dm     G7     C
A before you travel travel on

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Before Your Heartaches Came
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Merrill St. John
 
G
Is your love just as strong
      C         Am
Is it still the same
          D7
Does your heart skip a beat
         C       G
When you hear my name
                      G7
Does my touch mean as much
      C     Am
As it did before
  D7                   G
Before your heartaches came
 
  C         D7         G
Before your heartaches came
      A7
Now I wonder I wonder
      D7
Which one is to blame
       G
When I hold you close
         C         Am
Does the warmth go deep
     D7
Am I last on your mind
         C     G
When you fall asleep
                   G7
Do you dream of me now
       C     Am
As you did before
  D7                   G
Before your heartaches came
 
Repeat #2,3

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Dolly Parton - Behind Closed Doors lyrics

My baby makes me proud
Lord, don't he make me proud
He never makes a scene
Hangin' all over me in a crowd
'Cause people like to talk
Lord, don't they love to talk
But when they turn out the lights
I know he'll be leavin' with me
Chorus:
And when we get behind closed doors
Then we let out hair hang down
Then he makes me glad that he's my man
And no one knows what goes on behind closed doors
My baby makes me smile
Lord, don't he make me smile
I'm never far away
Or too tired to say I want to
I'm purring like a kitten
When e's out in public with me
But when they turn out the lights
He brings out the tiger in me
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Behind closed doors


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Behind Every Good Man There's A Woman
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Don Reed and Vernon Oxford

C          F        C
I've got a story to tell 
             F             C
So listen my friend listen well
     F                    C             F
This story is told to the young and the old
C            F                  C
Behind every good man there's a woman
     F               C          F
Some men will try to say it's a lie
    C            F                  C
But behind every good man there's a woman
                 F                  C
Yes behind every good man there's a woman
          F              C
The woman that I have in mind
                F               C
Just happens to be that wife of mine
F                               C              F
Well she really stuck by me and made me what I am
    C            F                  C
Yes behind every good man there's a woman
Repeat #2

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Behind These Prison Walls Of Love

Behind these prison walls of love dear
Forever more I know I'll be
Condemned because you love another
No one will ever set me free

   In my heart sweet memories linger
   Of the days when you were mine
   Behind these prison walls of love dear
   Visions of a past entwined

I know my love for you seems strange dear
But it's all I'll ever know
I'll content myself with memories
If it pleases you to go

   Just remember precious darling
   When we face the judge above
   All of our vows will be unbroken
   Behind these prison walls of love

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Behind This Last Goodbye
Recorded by Lorrie Morgan
Written by Gerald Smith and Charles Harter

G                                        D7
With a gentle hand he sweeps a strand of hair 
             C             G
Back from my eyes and sees me cry
                                              D7
And with a tenderness he'll press his lips to mine 
          C              G
And for a while he holds me tight
            Am             C              D7              G
And oh he's careful not to close the door behind his last goodbye
             Am                C               D7         G
He leaves me breathless and he makes the woman in me come alive
          Am                C           DY                 G
And I'm a fool who lets him in time and again don't ask me why
Am                C
While the moments turn to precious memories 
                                  G
The questions go unanswered in my mind
                Am             C               D7              G
And though he's careful not to burn the bridge behind his last goodbye
                                          D7
He wanders in and out my life through the shadows 
       C                  G
Like a thief would in the night
                                          D7
Oh he leaves but when he leaves he leaves more 
            C          G
Than just a woman satisfied
                Am             C              D7              G
And though he's careful not to close the door behind his last goodbye
Repeat #2
                                         D7
With a gentle hand he sweeps a strand of hair 
             C                G
Back from my eyes and sees me cry
                                              D7
And with a tenderness he'll press his lips to mine 
               C                G
And against my will he says goodbye

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Behind Those Stone Walls

Twas in St Louis city where I first saw the light
Brought up by honest parents on a pathway of right
I was left on orphan at the age of ten years
On mother's grave I shed many tears

I'd scarcely reached manhood when I left my old home
With some other fellows to the west we did roam
Seeking employment though scarcely could find
We seemed so poor and the people unkind

Was in New York City where we first met our fate
We were arrested while roaming the streets
The charges were burglars the theft it was called
But they said it would place us behind the stone walls

We were marched next morning to the courthouse for trial
My pal was downhearted so I gave him a smile
We pleaded for mercy but was shown none at all
They gave us twenty years behind the stone walls

We were handcuffed next morning and marched to the pen
We arrived there at midnight with a few other men
The doors were thrown open we marched in the halls
Just learn to be a convict behind the stone walls

While lying that night on a pallet of straw
I swore I would never again break the law
There's none but your mother to bear your downfall
When you are a convict behind the stone walls

Come all you young fellows and listen to me
When you lose life's pleasures you've lost liberty
I've tasted life's pleasures it's bitter than gall
It'll lead to a cell behind the stone wall

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Behold, The Rock Of Ages

There ain't no kingdom bigger
Ain't no money worth
Be you saint or sinner
Be in heaven or on earth
Behold the Rock of Ages
Feel that fiery sword
Forgive me, for now I see you, Lord

Can't leave Momma cryin'
Can't leave my sister dear
Brother, saint or sinner
Sending promise I am near
You'll see me in the darkness
I'll reach to touch your heart
Forgive me, for now I see Lord

Ain't no water sweeter
Ain't no ocean deep
Jordan, mighty river, catch the tears
Let Momma sleep
Behold the Rock of Ages
Feel that fiery sword
Forgive me, for now I see you, Lord

If I could beg forgiveness
When the gates swing open wide
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Are standin' side by side
Behold the Rock of Ages
Feel that fiery sword
Forgive me, for now I see you, Lord

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Believe
by Steve Ivey

Daniel in the lion's den never had a doubt
he knew that God would spare him and shut that lion's mouth!
David stood with his little sling and one round stone
took down the mighty warrior, but he didn't stand alone.
Believe
And you can move a mountain
Believe
And the water will part
Just a seed 
Full of faith and hope
Is all you need
Planted deep in your heart
Just believe, just believe!
Zacchaeus was a little man, so he climbed up in a tree,
he knew that God would change his heart, if he could only see
Moses led the people to the waterside,
'cause he knew there'd be a path to walk when they arrived
Believe
And you can move a mountain
Believe
And the water will part
Just a seed 
Full of faith and hope
Is all you need
Planted deep in your heart
Just believe, just believe!
Just Believe
And you can move a mountain
Believe
And the water will part
Just a seed 
Full of faith and hope
Is all you need
Planted deep in your heart
Just believe, just believe!


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The Avett Brothers - Bella Donna Lyrics
Second Gleam

Baby, I asked you not to keep me waiting.
I told you now to keep me waiting.
Now the afternoon is fading on.

Donna, Bella Donna have you seen me?
Have you ever really seen me
Like I want for you to see me now?

Lonesome like you were when you were sixteen.
When maybe even I weren't listening.
Did I help when I was kissing you?

Donna, Bella Donna are you listening?
And were you ever really listening
Like I want for you to listen now?

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Belle Parker
Yonder Mountain String Band

Verse 1:
I had a girl in New Orleans
Belle Parker was her name
She'd hold me down and tell me
Everything's gonna be alright
Preached to me of blue skies,
Silver linings through the rain
And if I ever needed anyone to blame...
Chorus:
Oh Blame time, daddy
Blame the rain
Safe but somehow, time's the same
Tell me anything, Just tell me loud
Blame time, daddy, blame the rain

Verse 2:
The velvet queen of New Orleans
Belle Parker was her name
We'd walk the town,
with a drink or two and the southern night
Louisiana sunshine Mississippi rain
And if I ever needed anyone to blame

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3:
She'd love to talk, and I'd let her,
Belle Parker was her name
She'd come around again, and again, and again
Sittin' through the sunshine
I'm waitin' on the rain
And If I ever needed anyone to blame

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Belles Of Southern Bell
Recorded by Del Reeves
Written by Don Wayne

C                                                G7
There's a Southern Bell Telephone Company in our town
                                            C
And every afternoon I'm right there hangin' around
                                                  G7
Them telephone operators walkin' up and down that street
                                          C
Any fool can figure out what I'm there to see
                                                G7
Oh I'm watchin' the Belles Of Southern Bell go by
                                              C
Swingin' their hips an' rollin' their pretty eyes
Them high heels clickin' make me start a-kickin                   
F
My heels up to the sky
G7                                      C
Watchin' the Belles Of Southern Bell go by
                                                          G7
Well the google eyed traffic cop out in the middle of the street
                                                C
Lookin' ever which a way except where he oughta be
                                                   G7
With both arms waving giving everyone the go ahead sign
                                            C
You can tell directing traffic's not on his mind 

Repeat #2 

Cause he's a watching...                                                   
G7
They say that the hem lines' gonna be shorter this year
                                          C
This sounds like mighty sweet music to my ears
                                                        G7
I wouldn't have you thinkin' that I'm the wrong kind of guy
                                                C
I just sorta got an eye for the finer things in life

Repeat #2 

And I'm a watching...

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Bellville Georgia

I'll tell you all a story that I think you'll understand
Travelin' thru Georgia ramblin' across the land
I passed the Bellville depot and something said to me
Stop here son there's something you should see

I stopped a while and rested on the depot steps
The tall pines wavin' in the breeze the air was clear and fresh
That Georgia winter sunshine was warmin'up my back
And I saw the train comin' down the track

   God came thru Bellville Georgia
   He was ridin' on the noon-day train
   It's all power to Him and praise His holy name
   He never got off of the train
   He never got off of the train.

I've never had a day like that since I have been alive
My body full of feelin' there was vision in my eyes
I've traveled this world over just to meet that certain train
And I knew my life will never be the same

Well I don't know where He's goin' but I know He likes to ride
Across the hills and valleys through the prairies thru the skies
And I know the time is comin' if the world don't ever change
Everybody's got to meet that train.

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Leftover Salmon - Bend In The River Lyrics

Running through a field of clover
Yellow hair a-flying through the breeze
Now that the rainstorm is over
The sun's shining down on you and me

Never have I seen such a vision
In my wildest memory
When I wake up in the morning
Your face is all that I see

Oh, won'tcha take me down
To the bend in the river
Hold me close under the willow trees

And tell me, darling
That you'll love me forever
And together we'll set our spirits free

River flowing blue and lazy
Carry my troubles right downstream
Sun hanging low and hazy
Right in the middle of a summertime dream

Now that you're right beside me
Never am I gonna let you go
Feeling so free and easy
Just watching that river flow

Oh, yeah, won'tcha take me down
To the bend in the river
Hold me close under the willow trees

And tell me, darling
That you'll love me forever
And together we're gonna set our spirits free

Take me down
To the bend in the river
Hold me close under the willow trees

And tell me, darling
That you'll love me forever
And together gonna set our spirits free

Oh, yeah, won'tcha take me down
To the bend in the river
Hold me close under the willow trees

And tell me, darling
That you'll love me forever
And together gonna set our spirits free

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Beneath a Neon Star
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Red Rowe 

C                                                       F
Beneath a neon star in a honky tonk I fell in love with you
                             A7            D7       G7       C
Sittin' at the bar neath the neon star you said you loved me too
           G7                      C
Was it the wine when your eyes met mine
           G7                         C   G7
Was it the beer that made you call me dear
C
Still in any old rate on our very first date
                        F
You made my dreams come true
                         G7         Dm        G7        C
Beneath a neon star in a honky tonk I fell in love with you
 
                                                        F
Beneath a neon star in a honky tonk I fell in love with you
                             A7            D7       G7       C
Sittin' at the bar neath the neon star you said you loved me too
           G7                         C
Was it the band that made you hold my hand 
           G7                C    G7
Was it the cold or the funny jokes 
       C
It was love on sight on the very first night 
                   F
You promised to be true 
                           G7         Dm        G7        C
Beneath the neon star in a honky tonk I fell in love with you
 
                                                          F
Beneath the neon star in a honky tonk I fell in love with you
                             A7            D7       G7       C
Sittin' at the bar neath the neon star you said you loved me too
           G7                         C
Was it the song that made our love so strong
           G7                     C      G7
Was it the dance that started our romance
       C
On the night we met I could never forget 
                  F
Said you loved me too
                         G7         Dm        G7        C
Neath the neon star in a honky tonk I fell in love with you

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Beneath Still Waters (2003 Remaster)
Song by Emmylou Harris

Beneath still waters, there's a strong undertow
The surface won't tell you what the deep water knows
Darling, I'm saying I know something's wrong
Beneath still waters, your love is gone
Even a fool could see that you'll soon be leaving me
But each and every heart must take its turn at misery
And this time it's me and I'll cry alone
Beneath still waters, your love is gone
Even a fool could see that you'll soon be leaving me
But each and every heart must take its turn at misery
And this time it's me and I'll cry alone
Beneath still waters, your love is gone
Beneath still waters, your love is gone
Beneath still waters, your love is gone

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Beside the Yellow Line
The Avett Brothers

In time, won't be long
Until we meet again
Except we'll just be friends
My God, yeah I know
That's just the way it goes
Out here on the road
Beside the yellow line

'Bout five years ago,
I came about this way
But I doubt they'll know my face
The land hasn't changed
The stars still pierce the black
And I'm glad that I came back
Beside the yellow line

The mind of a girl,
It's hard to understand
But I guess 'cause I'm a man
Her heart fears are unknown
Until I am gone
Gotta leave her all alone
Beside the yellow line

And the call of the road,
Unlike the railroad tracks
Unlike the airplane's path
Her voice floats through the land
And it takes me by the hand
So once again I stand
Beside the yellow line


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Best Man
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Jerry Fuller

C             Em     Am    G7 C
I am gathered here together 
   F      G7           C
To wish a close friend goodbye
    F    G7               C      Am
But I'm afraid I'll go to pieces again
    D7                    G7
The minute that you march by
    C            Em     Am   G7 C
The announcement in the paper
          F      G7          C
Said that I'm to be the best man
  F             G7          C    Am
I found out too late that I love you
         D7       G7            C
And I'll die when he takes your hand
F                   Em
I'm the best man in more ways than one
      Dm         G7      C
But I waited too long to prove it
      F                  Em
Cause I didn't know that I'd love you so 
    D7                               G7
And find what I need just in time to lose it
        C       Em       Am     G7 C
Now the wedding march is playing
    F        G7           C
And soon the knot will be tied
    F       G7          Em         Am
But I won't conceal the way that I feel 
          D7                  G7
When it's my turn to kiss the bride
         C           Em          Am      G7 C
Then I'm sure you'll know that I love you
           F          G7        C
Cause I'll hold on as long as I can
    F         G7     C                 Am
And maybe someday if things don't work out
D7                   G7           C   F  C
You'll discover that I'm the best man

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Best O' The Barley
Brian McNeill

For he's the best o' the barley, cream o' the crop
Easy on the water and I'll tell you when to stop
Would you please charge your glasses with the real pure drop
And drink tae the best o' the barley

My uncle Jim he served his time on the shores of the Forth as a joiner
And three pounds ten a week was all he earned
But the wages were better working Michigan pine so he sailed on an ocean liner
To build a better life with the trade he'd learned
And the shore he reached in twenty-three, the home of the brave, the land of the free
Was dry as the devil's tongue on judgment day
But to find a dram in a foreign land it's the natural gift of a Falkirk man
And Lady Liberty looked the other way
Or so I've always heard my uncle say

My uncle Jim was a child of his time, and the tricks of the time they were dirty
And the dirtiest of all was the one they played
On the working man's dollar and the poor man's dime between twenty-nine and thirty
For they killed all the steady jobs in the building trade
And the only way that Jim could see was to play the game with Lady Liberty
Though no one ever told him all the rules
And when fainter hearts were homeward bound Jim sold Michigan ice by the pound
With a leather sling and an iron hook for tools
Just to show the yankees how to keep their cool

My uncle Jim he could keep good time when the band played an eightsome reel
And he loved to waltz away the summer nights
And the spring in his step kept him in his prime through the turns of fortune's wheel
As it spun him through the darkness and the light
And to dance the jig called history Jim took the hand of the century
And he never let her steal a backward glance
From the D-Day beaches to the cold lakeshore he whirled her round and round the floor
To show her how a Scotsman takes his chance
And he never missed a measure of the dance

Here's a health to the best o' the barley
To Scotland and the best o' the barley


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Best Of Intentions
Written and recorded by Travis Tritt

Em        C             D7
I had big plans for our future 
         Em           C           G
Said I'd give you the whole world somehow
  Em           C            D7
I tried making good on that promise 
            Em    C               G
Thought I'd be so much further by now
C                       D7
Never could build you a castle 
     C                             Cm
Even though you're the queen of my heart
         G                    C     D7       G
But I've had the best of intentions from the start
Em              C           D7
Now some people think I'm a loser 
      Em       C          G
Cause I seldom get things right
    Em          C           D7
But you make me feel like a winner 
         Em      C               G
When you wrap me in your arms so tight
C                         D7
Please tell me you will remember 
   C                    Cm
No matter how much I do wrong
     G                   C        D7   G
That I had the best of intentions all along
  Em                    D7
I gave you a ring and I promised you things 
  G
I always thought we'd do
       F                       C
But my best-laid plans slipped right through my hands 
   D7
To show my love for you
       Em                C
And if you could read my heart 
           G              C
Then you'd know without exception
       Am           C    D7   G
It was all with the best of intentions
 
repeat #5,6
   Em        C         D7
So here I am asking forgiveness 
    Em           C           G
And praying that you'll understand
Em            C            D7
Don't think I take you for granted  
       Em            C       G
Girl I know just how lucky I am
C                          D7
Though you deserve so much better 
          C                  Cm
You won't find devotion more true
      G                      C
Cause I've had the best of intentions 
     G                      C
Girl I've had the best of intentions
         G                 C        D7     Em C D7
Yes I've had the best of intentions loving you  
   Em C G
Oh oh

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Nickel Creek - Best Of Luck 

Don't touch
Don't look
Don't think
Best of luck

She tried as hard as she could
But he knew it wasn't good enough
And wouldn't ever be so she had to start
Hiding how she felt but she loved him
He knew it and if his hands weren't tied
He would really liked to help her

Don't touch
Best of luck

He's still shaking it off buys flowers for his wife
Guilty he couldn't even think of life without her
Gets home lookin' like he's seen a ghost
She's ready for the worst, but when he tells her
She breaks down crying, "I'm so sorry"

Don't touch
Don't look
Don't think
Best of luck

Don't touch
Don't look
Don't think
Best of luck

We didn't want our love to end in high school
In college I called everyday till the day I met you
A year ago we got in touch, I asked you to forgive me
It should've ended there but I forgot I wasn't eighteen

Don't touch
Best of luck

She'll try as hard as she can
But he'll know it isn't good enough
And won't ever be so she'll have to start
Hiding how she feels but she loves him
And he knows it still
His hands are tied even if he wants to help her

Don't touch
Don't look
Don't think
Best of luck

Don't touch
Don't look
Don't think
Best of luck

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Dolly Parton - Best Woman Wins lyrics

Who do you think you are
What do you think this is
A game you can play
Tryin' to steal him away
Well, I don't need a heartache like this
Well, don't think I don't go through hell
But heaven is what we both want
He's easy to love, but he's hard to give up
And if you think I will, well, you're wrong
Chorus:
The best woman wins
I will fight 'til the end
I'll lay down and die if I must
I'll beg and I'll plead
I will suffer and bleed
But he must make a choice between us
This soap opera play that we're in
Is just like you watch on t.v.
But I never thought that I'd ever get caught in it;
Starring you, him and me
In love as in war all is fair
So a fight to the finish begins
When you fight from desire
You fight fire with fire
So may the best woman win
Repeat Chorus
So may the best woman win


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Best Worst Thing
Recorded by Curtis potter
Written by Ray Pennington

C                           D7
Look at me and tell me that you love me
F             G7              C  D7 G7
Speak my name as only you can do
       C                              D7
Let me hold you so your warmness will give me strength
F                      G7            C
To say the things that I must say to you
 
             F    G7                  C
For it's the best worst thing I could ever do
    D7                              G7
Yet it hurts me to hurt you but she needs me
    C                              D7
She don't love me like you love me but she loves me
             F    G7                    C  G7
And it's the best worst thing I'll ever do
 
   C                         D7
So just listen to the sounds of my voice
F               G7         C       D7 G7
Look at all the sadness in my eyes
     C                              D7
Then you'll know just how much I'll be missing you
   F                   G7              C
Oh there's nothing any sadder than goodbye
 
             F    G7                  C
For it's the best worst thing I could ever do
    D7                              G7
Yet it hurts me to hurt you but she needs me
    C                              D7
She don't love me like you love me but she loves me
             F    G7                    C
And it's the best worst thing I'll ever do
             F    G7                    C
Yes it's the best worst thing I'll ever do

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Bestest Friend
written and recorded by Mac Davis 

G
Who wipes me off when I spill gravy on my shirt
                           A7             D7
Who knows exactly where to kiss me when I hurt   
G                               C
And who'll make love to me in satin sheets or in the dirt    
G      D7               G
You Babe  you're my bestest friend  

Who takes me home when I get too drunk to dance
                            A7            D7
Who bravely puts up with my uncles and my aunts    
G                         C
And who discretely whispers I forgot to zip my pants    
G     D7                G
You Babe  you're my bestest friend     
C                              G
Who comes down to bail me out when I get in a jam    
C                                G              D7
And helps me tell the police where I live and who I am    
G                            C
And who pats my back when no one else could give a damn    
G     D7                G
You Babe  you're my bestest friend     
C                     G
Who can be as gentle as a sparrow in my hand   
C                                      G                D7
Or meaner than a junk yard dog when she's fighting for her man
    G                            C
And who's the only one I'll ever love or understand    
G     D7                G
You Babe  you're my bestest friend                             
D7                G
I'm talking about you Babe  you're my bestest friend 

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Bet Your Heart On Me
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Jim McBride

C          G7        C
You took a chance on him   
F                    G7       C
He broke your heart and left you crying                      
Am
You lost your will to love again
F              G7
You ain't even trying
C            G7     C
All you need is someone   
F             G7    C
Who will love you tenderly                  
Am
Well here I am so take my hand   
F        G7       C
And bet your heart on me                 
G7       C
You can bet your heart on me      
F       G7   C
Honey you can be a winner                 
Am
Forget about the last time out
F               G7
You were just a beginner
C                     C7
Don't be afraid cause you've got it made
F
If you'll just let it be   
C                  Am
So lay your love down one more time    
F        G7       C
And bet your heart on me                  
G7     C
Love is more than just a game              
F        G7      C
That's why it hurts so much to lose it                   
Am
I've got something for the pain
F                G7
So why don't you use it
C
Lucky stars are shining
F          G7        C
Shining so you can believe                  
Am
That my love is a sure thing girl   
F        G7       C
So bet your heart on me

Repeat #3,4,3,4 

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Leftover Salmon - Better Lyrics

Underneath the sun
That's where I met her
She took me in her car
Oh, it couldn't be better

I love the way she
She sings to me
She got the hungry hold on me

Hey, better, it couldn't be better
Well, it couldn't be better
No, it couldn't be better

She took me to her home
She took off her sweater
She disconnect the phone
Oh, it couldn't be better, yeah

Yeah, I love the way she
She clings to me
She got the hungry hold on me

Better, it couldn't be better
Well, it couldn't be better
Lil' darlin', it couldn't be better, better

She like to get away
You know that I let her
Don't mind the games she plays
Oh, it couldn't be better, yeah

Yeah, I love the way she
She sings to me
She got the hungry hold on me

Better, hey, it couldn't be better
Oh oh, it couldn't be better
Lil' darlin', it couldn't be better

Couldn't be better, hey it couldn't be better
See lil' darlin', well it couldn't be better
No, it couldn't be better

Couldn't be, couldn't be, couldn't be better
It couldn't be better, it couldn't be better
Lil' darlin', it couldn't be better

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Better Call A Preacher
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Steven Cohen, Rick Lagneaux, Sammy Kershaw

G
I thought I saw an angel just the other night
Wearin' five inch heels and a dress too tight
C
Showin' much more than a man should see 
G
Looking at her looking back at me
   D7
My insides were shakin' like I'd caught the flu
G                              D7           G
Better call a preacher cause a doctor won't do
 
                     G7
I'm in love with you honey I came to testify
    C
Now you're the one for me 
                              G
I want the world to see I got nothin' to hide
       D7
It's a bad case of lovin' so I'm tellin' you
G                              D7           G
Better call a preacher cause a doctor won't do
Well she started walkin' toward me from across the room
And my heart was a poundin' and before I knew
    C
She smiled and whispered something in a southern drawl
  G
I started breathin' heavy had to lean against the wall
  D7
I shuttered and I muttered like a lovesick fool
G                              D7           G
Better call a preacher cause a doctor won't do
repeat #2 x2
                     G7
I'm in love with you honey yeah yeah

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Balsam Range - Better Days 

I been travelin' on a dark road,
Underneath the rising storm,
I don't care which way the wind blows,
I got no one to keep me warm.

Thirty miles from west Virginia,
Thirty miles from Tennessee,
Just tryna find some kind of highway,
Where my mind belongs to me.

(chorus)
Oh, hold on.
Oh, i'm gone.
On my way to better days.

I got a picture in my pocket,
Someone who used to make me smile,
There will be no other like her,
In a hundred million miles.

I'd rather be a stranger,
Than to stay here and survive,
Cause there's nothing left to keep me,
It's just keeping me alive.

(chorus x2)
Oh, hold on,
Oh, i'm gone.
On my way to better days.

Oh, hold on,
Oh, i'm gone.
On my way? to better days.

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Better Days To Come

Don't remind me of things in my past
Oh, I've fallen down along the way
You're not the first, you won't be the last
In fact you're the second one today
But that don't get me down, what's done is done
And I refuse to relive yesterday
I believe my best days are yet to come
If I can only get this one out of the way

   I don't think about tomorrow
   Yesterday is past and gone
   Don't judge me by my past and I'll try
   And do better in days to come

Should you see me cryin' today
Oh, it won't be 'cause I'm lookin' back
I don't deal with old memories that way
Those tragic scenes have faded to black
They don't get me down, what's done is done
I've only room to feel today's pain
When the sun comes up on another day
I'll put yesterday behind me once again

It won't get me down, what's done is done
And I refuse to relive yesterday
Cause I believe my best days are yet to come
If I can only get this one out of the way

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Better Farther On
Written and recorded by Doyle Lawson

C            F
As we travel through the desert 
C                      G7
Storms beset us on our way
C              F
But beyond the River Jordan 
C               G7      C
Lies a field of endless days
                 G7    C
Farther on still go farther
                             G7
Count the mile stones one by one
C             F
Jesus will forsake you never
C            G7      C
It is better farther on
              F
Oh my brother are you weary
C                       G7
Of the roughness of the road
C                    F
Does your strength begin to fail you
C              G7        C
Let the Savior bare your load
Repeat #2
                 F
At my grave will you be singing
C                              G7
Though you weep for one that's gone
C             F
Singing as we once did singing
C            G7      C
It is better farther on
Repeat #2

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Better Here
The Avett Brothers

What can I drink tonight to make it easier on me?
What can I think about to get it off my mind?

What can I say if I can't tell the truth
The only thing that will make it better here is you, is you

Where can I go that I won't end up lost again?
What do I tell them when they ask?

Do I pretend, and act confused?
When the only thing that will make it better here is you, is you

Who's leading here? What are they thinking?
All heart, no brains, that's me, that's me

Who's left to love when everyone is leaving?
All heart, no brains, that's me, that's me

How can I laugh when I don't think it's funny?
My happiness is not your toy

I won't sit around becoming what I lose
But the only thing that will make it better here is you

Is you
Is you
Is you
Is you


=============================

Better Late Than Never

Better late than never
Better let you see
Better late than never
Darlin' wait for me

The other night I seen my girl
We had a date
Supposed to been there at seven
Showed up at eight

Yonder comes a man into my house
For his revenue
He said I'll pay it up my friend
Give me a day or two

Now if you love your women
Like I do mine
Give 'em a little lovin'
Just any time

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Better Luck Next Time

So your of love has finally reached its ending
The winner smiles as you are left behind
You will taste the better cup of love's illusion
Just chalk one up and better luck next time

Better luck next time for now you're reaping
All the bitterness that once was mine
Live and love then learn the fate that's pending
A broken heart but better luck next time

There's no way that we can look into the future
But a lesson we may learn from scenes behind
In the future there's a promise of tomorrow
If given you then better luck next time

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Better Me
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Sterling Whipple
 
C
She sat down near the bar
       F                             G7
Like a diamond that's only just been pawned
C
Tension stirred the darkness
       F                               G7
As the hunters quickly loaded up their guns
 
  C                       F
I wondered at myself as I scrambled
                           G7
For the place there by her side
         C
Ah she's not my kind of game
          F                             G7
But I can see that she won't stay alone tonight
 
           C                   F
And better me than someone who used her
       G7               C
Better me than somebody cruel
                                  F
Such easy prey in a night full of hunger
       G7               C
Better me than somebody cruel
 
   
With pretty words so sincere
  F                                G7
I eased into her mind and took her body home
    C                               F
She flinked away a tear and told me just tonight
                         G7
She couldn't stand to be alone
 
    C
She spoke about a man she'd lost 
    F                                 G7
And looked at me I knew then what she had to hear
C                               F
Something in her moved me and I took
                          G7
Her in my arms and said I loved her
 
       C                   F
Better me than someone who used her
       G7               C    Am
Better me than somebody cruel
                                     Em
At first my love for her woke up the pleasure
               F
And the thrill that a first love for me
            C                  Am
Was just an emptiness to build 
      
These things never turn out
         Em
Like you think they will
      F                   G7         C    G7
Cause now and then it all turns into love 
           C                   F
And better me than someone who used her
       G7               C
Better me than somebody cruel
                                  F
Such easy prey in a world full of hunger
       G7               C
Better me than somebody cruel

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Dolly Parton - Better Move It On Home lyrics

I've been sittin' here looking at the clock big daddy
allready you're a half hour late.
I've been pulling back the curtains, peeping out the window
wish you wouldn't make me wait
You better move it on home, boy, you better move it on home.
I've been sittin' here listening to the jukebox playing
and forgettin' where I ought to be.
Zipping on a cool one having me some good fun
Time got away from me.
I better move it on home, I better move it on home.
[CHORUS:]
Better spin them wheels and make it on back
to heaven on earth and lovers' at
like a rolling stone, you better move it on home.
[SOLO]
(bridge)
I've been here cooking you a nice hot supper
and you can't even eat it on time
heating up the meat loaf and stiring up the gravy
is kind a messing up my mind
You better move it on home boy, you better move it on home.
I've been speeding through the traffic, passing everyone
I remember what I forgot.
Stepping on the gas and driving kind of fast
hoping I wont get stopped.
Better move it on home, better move it on home.
[CHORUS:]
(2x)
[SPOKEN:]
She: Better move it on home, boy right on this time or I'm gonna shake it.
He: I'm on my way babe, but the traffic is murder
She: That's what I thought the trouble is at home, if you're not at home soon.
He: Traffic is messing up my mind
She: ... and you're messing up mine.


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Better Off When I Was Hungry
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Dave Kirby
 
G                     C           G
I read they're havin' rain in California
    C                G                  D7
And Lord I hope that you're not gettin' wet
           G           C                G                  C
That's the only way on earth I have for knowin' how you're doin'
         G                   C                  G
When you left you said you'd call but you ain't yet
                         C              G
And I think I was better off when I was hungry
    C                G                     D7
And fightin' off the wolves from our front door
      G                   C                  G                 C
But I wrote a song and it came on strong and left you once too often
      G                  C              G
Now I think I was better off when I was hungry
                     C                G
My guitar brought us here to Beaumont Texas
      C               G                     D7
And I bought you everything your eyes could see
      G                C               G              C
But a mansion couldn't hold you with nobody's arms to warm you
  G                C              G
I guess I gave you everything but me
                         C              G
And I think I was better off when I was hungry
    C                G                     D7
And fightin' off the wolves from our front door
      G                   C                  G                 C
But I wrote a song and it came on strong and left you once too often
      G                  C              G
Now I think I was better off when I was hungry

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Better Off Without You
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Marshall Chapman, Dennis Walker, Fontaine Brown

G7          F
Room 16 the Palms Motel
                           C
Now I can rest behind that door
G7                            F
My life with you has become a living hell
C
Don't wanna live like that no more
Am                   F
And whatever it will take
Am                F          G7    C
I will do to make this final break yeah

           F          C
Better off without you
           F           C
Better off without you
               G7            C
Better off without you in my life

G7                F
So I'll unpack my bag
                       C
And kick off these old shoes
G7                                   F
This room is a good as anyplace I've ever been
C
For lookin' at the truth
Am                       F
Now it's all so clear to me
Am               F             G7  C
What a blind man could plainly see yeah

repeat #2

G7
Oh God here comes the tears
F
I'm gonna stay right here
G7
I'll cry I've cried before
F                      G7 C
But I won't go back no more

G7                         F
Looks like a change in the weather
                       C
I can hear it start to rain
G7                  F
I hope it's not too long this time
C
Before the sun comes out again
Am                 F
But if it rains forever
Am              F      G7  C
I will still be better off yeah

repeat #2



=============================

Dolly Parton - Better Part Of Life lyrics

We're all together once again
For the first time in I don't know when
We were so close once upon a time
There were five of us kids at home
Two girls, three boys and Dad and Mom
But that was in the better part
Of life we left behind
Remember that old swimming hole
Where we would swim so long ago
And all them possum grapes and muskedines
And do you recall the time
We all got drunk on homemade wine
That was in the better part
Of life we left behind
Life was simple for us then
If only it could be again
How I wish we could go back in time
But time moves on and nothin' lasts
Except the memories from the past
Memories from the better part
Of life we left behind
Remember how we talked as kids
Of what we'd be when we got big
And all the dreams that we held in our minds
I wanted to be a singin' star
And you all said that I'd go far
But that was in the better part
Of life we left behind
Remember all the fun we had
Back when they say times were bad
And life was good to us and things were fine
We had fun and we had love
And a mom and dad to care for us
But that was is the better part
Of life we left behind
Life was simple for us then
If only it could be again
How I wish we could go back in time
But time moves on and nothin' lasts
Except the memories from the past
Memories from the better part
Of life we left behind
Sweet memories from the better part
Of life we left behind


=============================

Brad Paisley - Better Than This lyrics

That sleepy little campfire poppin kinda crackling
We were Heating up the pork and beans
Bubu said man it don't get any better than this
If you know what I mean
We sat there for a minute listening to the crickets
Thinkin this is pretty hard to beat
Til Jr stood up spit in the fire
Said boys I hate to disagree
But if a bus load of women, really good looking women,
Just suddenly pulled in here
Old Joe t Garcia showed up with fajitas and a 100 gallon keg of beer and Haggard dropped by
And brought Willie with him
And they started taking requests
Well don't get me wrong boys this is pretty good
But it could get better than this
Bill Dance and Hank Parker floated by in a boat
And volunteered to be our fishing guides
And Richard petty pulled up in the old '43 car
And asked us if we wanted a ride
We'd all sit around singin poncho and l
Lefty playing poker and smoking big cigars
Now don't take offense y'all I'm perfectly content
Just sittin here under the stars
But if a bus load of women, really good lookin women,
Just suddenly pulled in here
And Old emril degasi showed up with kilbasi
And a 100 gallon keg of beer
If Haggard dropped by and brought willie with him
And they started taking requests
Don't get me wrong boys this is pretty good
But it could get better than this
But if a bus load of women, really good lookin women,
Just suddenly pulled in here
And little Jimmy Dickets showed up with fried chicken
And a 100 gallon keg of beer
Mearl Haggard dropped by and brought willie with him
And they started taking requests
Don't get me wrong boys this is pretty good
But it could get better that this


=============================

Better Times A-Coming

Well the cows went dry the hens don't lay
there's no place I can borrow
Give the landlord all the news
and the rent comes due tomorrow

Lots of money in the bank
they say that's where they keep it
Not only wouldn't they loan me some
they wouldn't let me see it

 So pick away on the old banjo
Keep that guitar strumming
Put more water in the soup
There's better times a-coming

Well Mary Lou could pull a plow
if only I would let her
Twice as strong as any ox
and she don't smell much better

I didn't kiss that Mary Lou but once
and then I had to leave her
Make's my collar get so tight
I start to burn with fever

Well a man came by the other day
a-huntin manual labor
I told him I hadn't seen the guy
why don't he ask the neighbor

So come on boys get your gals
and kick your heels up higher
Don't let no one steal your gal
just hold her a little tighter

My rooster used to chase a hen
he just kept getting thinner
He nearly ran himself to death
so I bought him in for dinner

Cotton crops are mighty poor
the weeds are really a-growin
I need a woman pretty bad
to help me with the hoein'

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Punch Brothers - Between 1st and A

I've never dwelled on leaving
Only getting somewhere

But darling I'll miss these evenings
In my fourth floor walk-up
Villagers stumbling below
Trying to catch each other
On the very street where I caught you

With three drinks Maybe more
Four blocks In the summer rain
And one kiss At my door
We brushed Off the cabs
Looked up Past the fire escape
To find us Looking back
At what we're leaving to get somewhere

Darling I'll keep that apartment
In some loud And reckless Recess of My heart
I moved There alone To leave With a girl like you
Your love Drives it home And I might look over my shoulder 
But I'll never dwell on leaving If I'm getting somewhere 

=============================

Punch Brothers - Between First and A

I've never dwelled on leaving
Only getting somewhere
But darling I'll miss these evenings in my fourth floor walk-up
Villagers stumbling below
Trying to catch each other on the very street where I caught you

With three drinks, maybe more
Four blocks in the summer rain and one kiss at my door
We brushed off the cabs
Looked up past the fire escape
To find us looking back
At what we're leaving to get somewhere

Darling I'll keep that apartment
In some loud and reckless recess of my heart
I moved there alone to live with a girl like you
Your love drives it home and I might look over my shoulder
But I'll never dwell on leaving If I'm getting somewhere

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Between My House And Town
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Sanger D. Shafer

G                   E7       A7
You finally got the nerve to tell me
    C         D7              G     D7
You no longer want me hangin' round
  G         E7            A7
I knew all along it would happen
                                           D7
So there's this a new place darlin' that I found
         G           E7           A7
And it's just on the outskirts of somewhere
    C            D7          G    D7
The only traffic is downward bound
     G                  E7         A7
It's alright to cry out loud cause I feel so far out
         C                D7                   G
That the sun will go down between my house and town
                        E7                A7
Please don't feel sorry darlin' cause you hurt me
          C                 D7            G   D7
Well I'll just make way for your your new man
G                 E7            A7
I could feel this sad bad day a comin'
                                         D7
So there's this new place darlin' that I plan
Repeat #2
         C                D7                   G
Yeah the sun will go down between my house and town

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Alan Jackson - Between The Devil And Me lyrics

This world can take you by the hand
And tempt the soul of any man
But you can choose your path
There's two roads you can take
One way is right and one is wrong
The flesh is weak but love is strong
And she's all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open wide
Invitin' me to step inside
I'll be your friend he calls again
I know it's him
The flames are spreadin everywhere
But through the smoke
I see her there
She's all I see
Between the devil and me
I hold her in my arms tonight
So safe and warm I close my eyes
And a cool breeze blows
Across our bodies in the dark
Outside her reach is my concern
Somewhere I know a fire burns
And she's all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open wide
Invitin' me to step inside
I'll be your friend he calls again
I know it's him
The flames are spreadin everywhere
But through the smoke
I see her there
She's all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open wide
Invitin' me to step inside
She's all I see
Between the devil and me


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Between The Rows
Blue Highway

I remember my Dad sayin' "Get up this morning, son"
Get your brother too, we've got to get some work done."
We'd dread the next 10 hours then to the fields we go
I'd cuss the mules as Dad was sayin', "son, stay between the rows."

Back when times were good and times were bad
Daylight would fade and we'd always be glad
To get back to our pillows and dream of where we'd go
to find a better way, a little brighter day
Just to find the best times we'd ever had
were out with Dad between the rows.

My Dad worked the farm for sixty years before he died
And even before that day, I'd look at him and cry
Cause I knew he never had that much and probably never would
But now I see he had more than a man now ever could
chorus

Back when times were good and times were bad
Daylight would fade and we'd always be glad
To get back to our pillows and dream of where we'd go
to find a better way, a little brighter day
Just to find the best times we'd ever had
were out with Dad between the rows.

I remember my Dad sayin' "Get up this morning, son"

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Dolly Parton - Between Us lyrics

Let's start by stopping long enough to talk things over
Since there's a new love burning between us
With openminded understanding between us
Let's both feel free to talk of this new love
Let there be no deep dark secrets between us let's never hide behind a false disguise
Let there be no hidden feelings between us an honest love is a love that will survive
In our love let's share a friendship between us always close enough to talk things out
Let's be honest with ourselves and with each other
And our love will never know mistrust or doubt
Let there be no deep dark secrets...
An honest love is a love that will survive


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Beulah Land

I'm kind of homesick for a country
to which I've never been before.
No sad goodbyes will there be spoken,
And time won't matter anymore
Chorus:
Beulah Land I'm longing for you,
and someday on thee I'll stand.
There my home shall be eternal,
Beulah Land... sweet Beulah Land
I'm looking now across that river
to where my faith is gonna end in sight.
Theres just a few more days to labor,
Then I'll take, my heavenly flight
*Refrain


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Beyond The Blue
By Emmylou Harris    
Written by Beth Nielsen Chapman
 
G               Em
Away beyond the blue 
G               Em
Away beyond the blue     
    Am             Em
One star belongs to you 
    Am       C      G
One star belongs to you 
 
                   Em
And every breath I take 
    G              Em
And every breath I take 
    Am             Em
I'm closer to that place 
    Am     C       G
I'm closer to that place 
     
     A7
Yeah baby I'm gonna meet you there 
       Em
On the outskirts of the sky 
     A7
Yeah baby I'm gonna meet you there 
Em          D7
And we will fly 
G               Em
Away beyond the blue 
 
G               Em
Away beyond the blue 
    Am              G
One star belongs to you 
 
                   Em
This life is but a dream 
G                  Em
This life is but a dream 
   Am              Em
Go gently down the stream
  Am           C    G
Go gently down the stream 

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Beyond The Great Divide
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Jack W. Routh and J.C. Crowley

C           F       C
There'll be greener pastures
            F      C
Across that border line
F         G7    C         F
We'll see new horizons my darlin'
      C        G7      C
Far beyond the great divide

         F          C
Pools of clear blue waters
           F      C
Star light in the sky
F         G7      C       F
You'll be mine forever my darlin'
      C        G7      C
Far beyond the great divide

          F      C
Somewhere in the distance
         F           C
Northern lights will shine
F         G7      C          F
You'll be there beside me my darlin'
      C        G7      C
Far beyond the great divide

F         G7      C       F
You'll be mine forever my darlin'
      C        G7      C
Far beyond the great divide

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Beyond the River Bend
Written and recorded by Hazel Dickens

C
There's a path that leads back through my memories
                                   G7
And how often I've walked it these days
        C
Where I find sweet peace among the flowers
                    G7               C
On the grassy banks beyond the river bend
But it's only a memory yes it's only a memory my friend
                                   G7           C
Yes it's only a memory I can never go back home again
Down by the river down by the old river bend
                            G7                   C
Down by the river the sweet fragrance of flowers win
Oh it seems life's troubles and trials
                         G7
Get harder and harder to mend
C
Oh how sweet it would be to sit down
                    G7               C
On the grassy banks beyond the river bend
Repeat #2

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Beyond The Sunset For Me
Written and recorded by Doyle Lawson

C
My soul is now thrilling with joy He is filling
       F                           C
When I think of what's over life's sea
Our loved ones are waiting they're now congregating
           G7         C
Beyond the sunset for me
Beyond the sunset in that better home
    F
The sunset angels are waiting to carry me home
   C                      G7
In Heaven with Jesus I'll be
C
Beyond the sunset of life all cares will vanish away
    F
The sunset will shine as the light of the day
C          G7         C
Beyond the sunset for me
Such comfort in knowing that I'll soon be going
         F                     C
Where my soul shall forever be free
I see Jesus standing on the shore by the landing
           G7         C
Beyond the sunset for me
Repeat #2 x2
           G7         C
Beyond the sunset for me

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Beyond You
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Bill Gatzimos and Crystal Gayle

G      D7       C        G
Nobody holds me like you can 
                   C   D7     G
Lately you´ve been holding me back 
     C               D7
It´s time to let you know 
     G              C
It´s time to let me go 
G           D7        G
Gotta get a hold of myself 
Bm               C            G
Reckon I need to see some new places 
  Bm          C                G
A little time alone will do me good 
          D7              G        C
Being without you I´ll be thinking about you 
G           D7            G
Gotta reach beyond dear beyond 
                                C   G
Nothing I´ve ever done has been harder 
                   C          G
All these years no one´s been closer 
      C                  D7
Can´t sweep you under my bed 
G                   C
Just can´t shake my head 
    G                 D7           G
And expect my wanting you to shake away 
Bm                  C              G
Reckon it´s time to find a few new faces 
  Bm          C                G
A little time alone will do me good 
          D7              G              C
Being without you I´ll be thinking about you 
G           D7            G
Gotta reach beyond dear beyond 
Em        D7              G        C
Being without you I´ll be thinking about you 
G             D7          G
Gotta reach beyond dear beyond you

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Bible

By the Deer Creek Boy
I was wondering in the wilderness
I was worry about my soul
I was feeling so lost and lonely
There was only one place I could go
I said Momma, do you have a bible you can loan me
Lately, I've been feeling lonely, like I've drifted off the path
I said Momma, do you have a bible you can loan me
She said no son, but I got one that you can have
She said we all lose our way son
That devil really good, to test in faith
You see this bible belong to your grandma
And I was lost so i went to her one day
I said Momma, do you have a bible you can loan me
Lately, I've been feeling lonely, like I've drifted off the path
I said Momma, do you have a bible you can loan me
She said no son, but I got one that you can have
She said no son, but I got one that you can have
Check video on YouTube


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Big Ball In Boston

Big ball in Boston big ball in town
Big ball in Boston gonna dance around.

Little glass of sherry little glass of wine
Let's have a party let's have a time.

My love's in jail boys my love's in jail
My love's in jail boys who'll go her bail?

Roll on the ground boys roll on the ground
Eating soda crackers ten cents a pound.

Look at all the pretty girls walking down the street
Kicking up their heels they're happy on their feet

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The Osborne Brothers - Big Ben lyrics
(instrumental)


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Big Big Heartaches
Recorded by Melba Montgomery 
Written by Melba Montgomery and Carl Montgomery

C                                       F
At night I try to sleep but sleep won't come
     G7                                   C
So I walk the floor and greet the morning sun
                                 F
The past with all its lurin' memories
G7                                  C
Control this broken heart inside of me
                   F
Big big heartaches hurt me so
G7                        C
How can I make my foolish heart let go
                   F
Big big heartaches keep hanging on
G7                              C
Big big heartaches since you're gone
                                F
I guess that I will always be a fool
   G7                                C
My heart will always tell me what to do
                                      F
My mind tells me it's best to let you go
   G7                                    C
My heart cries out that I still love you so
                   F
Big big heartaches hurt me so
G7                        C
How can I make my foolish heart let go
                   F
Big big heartaches keep hanging on
G7                              C
Big big heartaches since you're gone
G7                              C
Big big heartaches since you're gone 

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Big Big World
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson, Red West

G
9-1-27 Avenue
                 C                      G
Walked up to the door hello sir how are you
            C             G
No I'm just lookin' for a friend livin' in apartment 10
              C                D7          G
You say she's gone tell me how long has it been
       C       G           C       G
It's a big big city it's a big big world
        C         G      C            G
How's a boy gonna find a little bitty girl
        C       G
In this big big world
D7    G
Goin' out find myself a telephone
        C                                            G
I got a pocket full of dimes I know her last name is Jones
Joneses Joneses all I see page 19 to 23
C                               G
Big big world can be unkind the telephone just took my last dime
       C       G           C       G
It's a big big city it's a big big world
        C         G      C            G
How's a boy gonna find a little bitty girl
        C       G
In this big big world

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Big Blue Roses
Recorded by Feller and Hill
Written by Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall

G                       C
Big blue roses round my door
         D7                      G
Seems to me they were always red before
                          C
Big blue roses don't look real
         D7                           G
Are they blue or is it just the way I feel
                                         D7
We dreamed a wedding in the spring and a love for ever more
                                  G
A picket fence a cottage and some roses round the door
                                   D7
When you decided you'd move on and all our plans fell through
                                                G
It got so cold in mid July the roses all turned blue
Repeat #1
                               D7
We planted roses in the spring with tender loving care
                                  G
We treated them like babies every minute we could spare
                                           D7
We watched them grow we watched them bloom and reach up for the sky
                                                 G
We took care of the roses but we let a good love die
Repeat #1
         D7                           G
Are they blue or is it just the way I feel

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Richard Thompson - Big Chimney Lyrics

All of my life, I feed the big chimney
Coke and ore, I pour it in
Food for the hungry mouth of the monster
Got to keep the production rolling

Black ore, brown ore and Santander
Pour that Blue Billy onto the bell
Eighteen hundredweight on the barrow
Lift that ore and push like hell

Pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

Drive the steel bar into the tap hole
Pour the metal down into the sows
Blasted one side, frozen the other side
Rain and snow and sleet and blow

Taller than the church's steeple
Forever the big chimney owns my soul
I'm midwife to a pig of iron
Born of flame and sweat and coal

Pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

All of my life I feed the big chimney
Coke and ore, I pour it in
Food for the hungry mouth of the monster
Got to keep the production rolling

Pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron
Making pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron, pig iron

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Big City (Turn Me Loose)
recorded by Merle Haggard 
Written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway
 
C                           F
I'm tired of this dirty old city 
C                                       G7
Entirely too much work and never enough play
    C                            F
And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks 
      C                G7         C
Think I'll walk off my steady job today
 
                           F                          C
Turn me loose set me free  somewhere in the middle of Montana
                          G7
Gimme all I got coming to me
    C                        F                     C
And keep your retirement and your so called social security
                 G7               C
Big City turn me loose and set me free
 
                                  F
Been working everyday since I was twenty
C                                            G7
Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done
C                                            F
There's folks who never work and they've got plenty
      C                        G7          C
Think it's time some guys like me had some fun
 
repeat #2

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Big City Girls
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Baker Knight

C
Now big city girls drive big fine cars 
                        G7
And they wear expensive clothes
And where they get all their money from 
                                     C
Well you're talkin' to a feller that knows
I came to town about a week ago 
            C7                        F
To put some money and the savings and loan
                           C
I met a big city girl in a big fine car 
        G7                 C
And she took every penny I owned
     F                  C
Yeah big city girls are pretty as the dickens 
    G7                 C
And fickle as they can be
            F                   C
I thought a big city girl's got easy pickings 
        G7                   C
With an old country boy like me
Now we got a talkin' bout this and that 
                                    G7
When she told me that her daddy was sick
She had a takin' to the doctor man 
                                    C
And she had to have the money right quick
So I let her have it like a good old boy 
    C7                   F
She took it and away she fled
                          C
Well I found out later he needed a doctor 
        G7                     C
Like he needed her holdin' her head
Repeat #3
Now there's not a car runnin' on the road 
                         G7
That automobile wouldn't pass
Ah but every time we drove a thing round the block 
                          C
We had to fill it up with gas
We kept on a goin' from place to place 
     C7                  F
Till all of my money was gone
                          C
And all she left me was a kiss on the cheek 
         G7                     C
When she told me she was movin' on
Repeat #3

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Big Girls Don't Cry
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Liz Anderson

G  C
Oh mama mama who told you that lie
D7                                    G
Whoever told you that big girls don't cry
                               D7
When I was a baby on my mama's knee
                                              G
She would kiss all my teardrops away so tenderly
                                              D7
I'd get hurt and the tear would well up in my eye
                                                    G
Then she'd hold me and tell me that big girls don't cry
   C
Oh mama mama who told you that lie
D7                                    G
Whoever told you that big girls don't cry
                                     D7
Then out of nowhere like an angel he came
                                           G
I fell for his kisses and he promised me a ring
                                        D7
He held me caressed me then told me goodbye
                                                  G
Mama don't let them tell you that big girls don't cry
   C
Oh mama mama who told you that lie
D7                                    G
Whoever told you that big girls don't cry
   C
Oh mama mama who told you that lie
D7                                    C   D7 G
Whoever told you that big girls don't c-r----y

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James King - Big House on the Corner 
Artist: James King

You can see the ad in the morning paper
House for sale, the owner's leaving town

He won't need it any longer
He'll like the price you'll give
For the big house on the corner
Where love used to live

This happy couple used to live there
Until the winds of sorrow left it alone and bare

I'm the lonely man that's selling
For most any price you give
For the big house on the corner
Where love used to live

She was all I had all I ever wanted
But now she's gone so I can't stay in town

I'm the lonely man that's selling
For most any price you give
For the big house on the corner
Where love used to live

This happy couple used to live there
Until the winds of sorrow left it alone and bare

I'm the lonely man that's selling
For most any price you give
For the big house on the corner
Where love used to live

This happy couple used to live there
Until the winds of sorrow left it alone and bare

I'm the lonely man that's selling
For most any price you give
For the big house on the corner
Where love used to live
Yeah, the big house on the corner
Where love used to live

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Big Man In A Big House
Recorded Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Harlan Howard

F                    G7
(He's a big man in a big house)
     C                    F                         C
Well when he was a kid he dreamed about a big house on a hill
                  F                   G7
Far far away from Shantytown and poverty
C                     F                          C
He was only sixteen a kid full of dreams when he ran away
            F                 G7                         C
He left his mom a note sayin' you'll be proud of me some day
           F            C
When I'm a big man in a big house
     F                  C
With acres and acres of ground
          F            C
I'll be a big man in a big house
       F                  C
With a big high fence all around
  F                  C      G7
A big high fence all around
        C                 F                     C
Well he settled down in a great big town and he worked so hard
                             F                  G7
But the harder he'd work the more he'd spend it seemed
    C                                   F                   C
And all his new found friends they made fun of him and said come along
          F                    G7               C
And we'll show you how you can fulfill all your dreams
Repeat #2
       C                      F              C
He was just twenty-one when a loaded gun was his downfall
                              F                      G7
For he joined the gang he did something he shouldn't do
         C               F                       C
Then one rainy night the police came by and they took him in
        F                        G7                   C
And the judge said son there's a place for kids like you
           F            C
Now he's a big man in a big house
     F                  C
With acres and acres of ground
           F            C
Yes he's a big man in a big house
       F                  C
With a big high fence all around
  F                  C
A big high fence all around
     F                  C
With acres and acres of ground

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Big Midnight Special

Woke up this morning heard the whistle blow
The jailor said come boy it's time to go

Big midnight special shine your light on me
Big midnight special shine your ever loving light on me

I've never had the blues so in my life before
'Til my baby left me at the station door

They put him in a pullman guards around his door
Said you off to Atlanta to serve ten years more

He looked all around him in the pullman car
Saw the men wearing clothe hats smoking big cigars

Took him off in Atlanta at the end of the line
Said you start serving time boy for your awful crime

That whistle makes me lonesome on that midnight train
But he knows I'm a-waiting 'til it brings him home again

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Big Ol' Train
Robert Joseph Regan/Kimmie Rhodes

I wish I was on a train
Takin' me somewhere far away
Where it's headed I don't care
I could be happy anywhere
On a big ol' train
Flyin' down the track
Rockin to the rhythm of the clickety clack
Hey Engineer, make the whistle blow
Holler all aboard and away we go
Grab me up like an ol' mail sack
No return, I won't be back
You can just take me either way
Long as it's to the light of day
On a big ol' train...
In a silver liner paradise
I'll sit and watch the world go by
Wavin' as I'm passin' through
And I won't stop until I do
On a big ol' train...


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Big Rock Candy Mountain

One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said boys I'm not turning
I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains
So come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short handled shovels, no axes saws or picks
I'm a goin to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains

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Big Smoky Holler
BMI Work #: 8617205
Big Smoky Holler (Larry W. Jones 01/08/2007) (song#4302)

There's a mountain place that I love so
It's so little, not many people know
But I'm always dreaming, always scheming
For that little place that I love so
Back to Big Smoky Holler
Back to that little homestead of mine
Down in a little valley, in a way back alley
Where the honeysuckle smells so fine
There's a little mountain girl who's waiting
That I've been praying each night to see
Back in Big Smoky Holler
Back in that little valley in Tennessee
Ever since I left for parts unknown
My heart's let me know it's been too long
I've been so lonely, oh, so lonely
For Big Smoky Holler
And that little Tennessee mountain valley home
Back to Big Smoky Holler
Back to that little homestead of mine
Down in a little valley, in a way back alley
Where the honeysuckle smells so fine
There's a little mountain girl who's waiting
That I've been praying each night to see
Back in Big Smoky Holler
Back in that little valley in Tennessee


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Big Spike Hammer

Can't you hear the whistle of my big spike hammer
Lord it's busting my side
I've done all I can do to keep that woman happy
Still she's not satisfied

   Hey hey Della Mae
   Why do you treat me this way
   Hey hey Della Mae
   I'll get even some day

I'm the best hammer swinger on this big section gang
Big Bill Johnson is my name
Lord this hammer that I swing for a dollar and a half a day
I'll all for my Della Mae

Now I've been lots of places, not much I ain't done
There's still alot of things I'd like to see
Lord this hammer that I swing or the woman that I love
Yes, one's gonna be the death of me

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Osborne Brothers - Big Spike Hammer  Lyrics

Can't you hear the ripple on my big spike hammer
Lord, it's bustin' my side
I've done all I can do to keep that woman
Still she's not satisfied.

Hey, hey, Delta May
Why do you treat me this-a-way
Hey, hey, Delta May
I'll get even some day.

I'm the best hammer swinger
In this big section game
Big Bill Johnson is my name
Lord the hammer that I swing
For a dollar and a half a day
It's all for my Delta May.

Hey, hey, Delta May
Why do you treat me this-a-way
Hey, hey, Delta May
I'll get even some day.

--- Instrumental ---

Now I've been lots of places, not much I ain't done
There's still lotta things I'd like to see
Beats that hammer that I swing or the woman I love
One's gonna be the death of me.

Hey, hey, Delta May
Why do you treat me this-a-way
Hey, hey, Delta May
I'll get even some day.

Big spike hammer, big spike hammer...

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Richard Thompson - Big Sun Falling In The River Lyrics

Well, she spins me round
And she turns me down
And I don't know why
And I don't know why

Did she just refuse me?
Did she just accuse me?
And I don't know why
And I don't know why

She's always bugging me, hugging me
Faking me, shaking me
Haunting me, taunting me

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water
Big love dying like the dying day

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water
We're done but she don't
Have the nerve to say

On the bridge of sighs
She close her eyes
And she looks away
And she looks away

As a compromise
She softly lies
And she looks away
And she looks away

The world is crashing around me
And flashing around me
And smashing around me

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water
Big love dying like the dying day

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water
We're done but she don't
Have the nerve to say

On the pleasure wheel
Pain is all I feel
And she bites her lip
And she bites her lip

She's always bugging me, hugging me
Faking me, shaking me
Haunting me, taunting me

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water
Big love dying like the dying day

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water
We're done but she don't
Have the nerve to say

Big sun falling in the river
Big sky shining in the water

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Big Train From Memphis

When I was young I spent my summer days
playing on the track.
The sound of the wheels rolling on the steel
took me out took me back

   Big train from Memphis
   Big train from Memphis
   now it's gone gone gone
   gone gone gone

Like no one before he let out a roar
and I just had to tag along
each night I went to bed with the sounds in my head
and the dream was the song

Well I rode 'em in and back out again
and you know what they say about trains
But I'm tellin you when that Memphis train came through
this old world was not the same

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Big Wheel Cannonball
Recorded by Dick Curless
Written by Vaughn Horton

C                                              F
This great and mighty nation will sing forever more       
G7                                         C
Of the pioneers brave engineers and heroes by the score
                                                          F
But the world of transportation has its own breed just as great
         G7                                                     G
It's the men of steel behind the wheels of the big rigs haulin' freight                                   
F
Listen to the rumble listen to the roar       
G7                                                   
C
Of the big wheels on the highways from the mountains to the shore                                                      
F
Ole Buffalo Bill and Casey Jones would never have the gall   
G7                                                       C
To risk their fate on the interstate on the Big Wheel Cannonball
                                                         F
There's a lotta speculation when the big wheels roll at night
     G7                                             C
Some think their destination is a truck stop on the right
                                                         F
With a little ole cat eyed waitress or a hot shot on the make    
G7                                                C
But some I know would rather go for a hot chuck wagon steak
                                   F
Listen to the rumble listen to the roar         
G7                                          C
Hear the jingle of the jukebox see the action on the floo
                                                  F
Those giddy-up go-go babies do the monkey and the crawl
       G7                                             C
When a swingin' combination plays the Big Wheel Cannonball
                                               F
I try to keep my schedule the way most drivers do     
G7                                                  C
It's food and drinks and forty winks and then go ballin' through
                                                    F
But tonight I got a hang up she's the cutest little doll     
G7                                                 C
I'll see ya on the straight away on the Big Wheel Cannonball
                                                   F
On the Big Wheel Cannonball on the Big Wheel Cannonball
        G7                                          C
Tonight she's ridin' shotgun and I warn you one and all
                                                F
When a devil from St Luie takes an angel on his haul      
G7                                          C
Don't look for any halo round the Big Wheel Cannonball      
G7                                          C
Don't look for any halo round the Big Wheel Cannonball

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Big Wide Wonderful World Of Country Music
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Gene Nash
 
D7     G        C         G                C
It's a big wide wonderful world of country music
        G          C                  G       D7
And the whole wide world is singing a country song
       G        C         G                D7
It's a big wide wonderful world of country music
        G     Em   Am       D7      G
And the whole wide world is singing along
 
D7         G                 C
It started many years ago in Nashville and in Chicago
D7                G         D7
On a thing called radio and then
         G
Well the music really got around
C                         G
Made its way from town to town
                   D7             G
And all around the world and back again
 
Repeat #1
 
A country song is a simple song
   C
So jump right in and sing along
G                                           Am     D7
You'll sound right you can't sound wrong my friend
G
Say you're in for a big surprise
   C
So let's join voice up to the skies
    G               D7        G
Get set we're gonna harmonize again
 
Repeat #1
 
Now you belong to a worldwide club
    C
You made no news so there's no rub
G
You need no card you need no stub
    Am        G
And there are people on down the block who'll say
  C
I heard that song you hummed today
    G                      D7            G
And you can bet folks have heard it everywhere
 
                C         G                C
It's a big wide wonderful world of country music
        G          C                  G       D7
And the whole wide world is singing a country song
     G          C         G                D7
It's a big wide wonderful world of country music
        G     Em   Am       D7
And the whole wide world is singing 
    G     Em   Am       D7
The whole wide world is singing
    G     Em   Am       D7      G
The whole wide world is singing along

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Dolly Parton - Big Wind lyrics

Big wind big wind's comin'
From daylight till dusk we've been a workin' in the dust
Pickin' cotton workin' side by side
Oh I can't forget I still remember yet the way my daddy looked at me and cried
Big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin' hurry up now be quick don't stall
You know we can't be slow take the kids and get below
If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all
I ran across the field so scared my lips was scaled
To warn my mom to storm was on its way
Now I knew I'd won the race when I'd see my mama's face
And the way she looked at me and said
Big wind's a comin'...
[ guitar ]
Oh but dad was on the cellar and by now the sky was yellow
The wind was blowin' trees were fallin'
And outside I heard him cryin' and as he lay there dyin'
It seemed I could still hear him sayin'
Big wind's a comin'...
Big wind big wind's comin'


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Bile Them Cabbage Down

Went up on the mountain
Just to give my horn a blow
Thought I heard my true love say
Yonder comes my beau

   Bile them Cabbage down
   Turn them hoecakes round
   The only song that I can sing
   Is bile them cabbage down

Took my gal to the blacksmith shop
To have her mouth made small
She turned around a time or two
And swallowd shop and all

Possum in a Simmon tree
Raccoon on the ground
Raccoon says you son-of-a-gun
Shake some Simmon's down

Someone stole my old 'coon dog
Wish they'd bring him back
He chased the big hogs through the fence
And the little ones through the crack

Met a possum in the road
Blind as he could be
Jumped the fence and whipped my dog
And bristled up at me

Once I had an old gray mule
His name was Simon Slick
He'd roll his eyes and back his ears
And how that mule would kick

How that mule would kick
He kicked with his dying breath
He shoved his hind feet down his throat
And kicked himself to death

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Billy Boy
Traditional

1. Oh where have you been Billy boy
Oh where have you been charming Billy?
I have been to seek a wife
She's the joy of my life
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

2. Did she bid you to come in Billy boy
Did she bid you to come in charming Billy?
Yes she bade me to come in
Let me kiss her on her chin
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

3. Did she set for you a chair Billy boy
Did she set for you a chair charming Billy?
Yes she set for me a chair
And the bottom wasn't there
She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

4.=1.

THE JONES BROTHERS - The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands


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Billy Cline
Written and recorded by Rose Maddox

C
Tell me that you love me Billy Cline
                                  G7
Tell me that your love is true as mine
C                          F
Tell me that you love your own turtle dove
C                G7            C
Tell me that you love me Billy Cline
Now who is it knows Billy Cline
                            G7
He lives at the foot of the hills
C                    F
In a shady nook by a babbling brook
C                G7           C
He runs his dear old father's mill
Repeat #1   Well tell?
Now if I was a little bird
                               G7
I'd never build my nest on the ground
C                    F
I'd build my nest in some tall oak tree
C                   G7               C
Where the wild boys couldn't tear it down
Repeat #1   Well tell?
Now if I was a little fish
                              G7
I'd swim to the bottom of the sea
C                             F
I'd swim to the bottom of the deep blue sea
C                 G7             C
Where no bad boys couldn't catch me
Repeat #1   Well tell?

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Billy Grey

Billy Grey rode into Gantry, back in '83
There he did meet young Sarah McRae
The wild rose of morning, that pale flower of dawning
Herald of springtime in his young life that day. 

Sarah she could not see the daylight of reality
In her young eyes Billy bore not a flaw
Knowing not her chosen one was a hired gun
Wanted in Kansas City by the law. 

Then one day a tall man came riding 'cross the badlands
Lying to the North of New Mexico
He was over her to say he was lookin' for Bill Grey
A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw. 

Well, the deadly news came creepin' to Billy fast sleeping
There in the Claredon bar and hotel
He fled toward the old church, there on the outskirts
Thinkin' he'd climb to that old steeple bell. 

But a rifle ball came flying, face down he lay there dying
There in the dust of the road where he fell
Sara she ran to him just cursing the law man
Accepting no reason knowin' he was killed. 

Sarah lives in that same old white frame house
Where she first met Billy some fifty years ago
And wild rose of morning she's faded with the dawning
For each day of sorrow the long years have sown. 

And written on the stone where the dusty winds have long blown
Eighteen words to a passing world say
"True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason
Justice is cold as the Cranger County clay." 

Yes . . . true love knows no season . . . .

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Billy Overcame His Size
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Billy never made the football team 
                       G7
Cause Billy's size was small

But Billy's brother was a mighty lad 
                              C
And played lot of high school ball


And Billy's daddy never favored him 
                       F
He cared to the bigger guys
                  C
But later on in a bigger way 
G7                 C
Billy overcame his size


The years flew by and Billy grew 
                      G7
But he never got very big

We called him Shorty but never got mad 
                         C
He was always good for a dig


But we paid no mind when he fell in line 
                        F
And left with the other guys
                           C
And the sergeant left that skinny frame 
    G7                 C
But Billy overcame his size

F
Billy overcame his size 
     C                  Am
Yeah Billy overcame his size
      C       G7
Later on in a bigger way 
                   C
Billy overcame his size


Billy's brother made a football star 
                       G7
And the biggest man in town

And the scholarship that kept him home 
                          C
Never seemed to bring him down


But on the other hand his brother Bill 
                         F
Put pride in his daddy's eyes
                           C
When he died to save those other men 
G7                 C
Billy overcame his size

F
Billy overcame his size 
     C                  Am
Yeah Billy overcame his size
        C                        G7
When he died to save those other men 
                   C
Billy overcame his size

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Billy The Bum
John Prine

Billy the bum lived by the thumb
And sang of the hobo's delight
He'd prove he could run
Twice as fast as the sun
By losing his shadow at night
Now he loved every girl
In this curly headed world
But no one will know it seems
For two twisted legs and a childhood disease
Left Billy just a bum in his dreams

Chorus:
And he was just a gentle ol' boy
A real florescent light
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
And your bullets they can't harm him
Nor your knives tear him apart
Humiliation killed him
God bless his little heart

Now he lived all alone
In a run down home
Near the side of the old railroad track
Where the trains used to run
Carrying freight by the ton
And blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back
But the children around Billy's home town
Seemed to have nothin' better to do
Than to run 'round his house
With their tongues from their mouth
And make fun of that crippled old fool

Chorus

Now some folks they wait
And some folks they pray
For Jesus to rise up again
But none of these folks
In their holy clothes
Ever took Billy on as a friend
For pity's a crime
And it ain't worth a dime
To a person who's really in need
Just treat 'em the same
As you would your own name
Next time that your heart starts to bleed

Chorus


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Acoustic Syndicate - Billy the Kid
Artist: Acoustic Syndicate
Album: 2005-05-29: Smilefest 11, Deerfield, Mills River, NC, USA

Ohh Ohhhhhh
Let me Dry your eyes and hold you close
You're the one i love the most Baby!
I never Thought i'd be without you
Honey please go down on me
One last time before you leave Baby!
I Don't Know what i'm Gonna do
We used to find shit funny, now all we do is worry
And never know, whatcha letting go until that moments throught
I'll Do it your way, if only you'll stay
You can make heaven wait
Cause baby You're too Too much
Of a Good Thing
On my hand and my knees
Whenever you please
Anything you say
Cause Baby you're too too much
Of a Good Thing
You know how to please me right
I'm Trippin' on ya, thinking what I'm missing every night Baby!
Why Can't we work it out?
You keep it real, That's what's Up
You make me feel that good good ah
We can't afford to let go now
I'll let you do what you want, I'll make you so damn sure
You made the right choice, To stick by your boy
When I give you That affection
I'll Do it your way, If only you'll stay
You Can't make heaven wait
Cause baby You're too too much
Of A Good Thing
On my hand and my knees
whenever you please
Anything you say
Cause baby you're too too much
of a Good Thing
I Get Down, d-down d-down d-down d-down, to the ground!
Begging for you stay
Begging for you stay
Don't go
No, no, no, no turn around
Oh, Oh gonna do it your way
I'll do it your way

You're too much
Wahoooo
You're too much
T-t-t-t-t-too much, Yeah
Of a Good Thing
Too Too much
Of A Good Thing

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Billy The Kid

I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid
I'll sing of the reckless deeds that he did
Way out in New Mexico a long time ago
When a man's only friend was his own forty-four

When Billy the Kid was a very young lad
In old Silver City he went to the bad
Way out in the west with a knife in his hand
At the age of twelve years he killed his first man

Fair Mexico maidens play guitars and sing
Songs about Billy their boy bandit king
Now here is young manhood that reached its sad end
He'd notch on his pistol for twenty-one men

Now 'twas on the same night that poor Billy died
He said to his friends:"I'm not satisfied
It's twenty-one men that I've put bullets through
And sherriff Pat Garrett's gonna make twenty-two"

Now this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
The bright moon was shining and the hour was late
Shot down by Pat Garrett who once was his friend
The poor outlaw's life had reached its sad end

Now this is the true song of Billy the Kid
These were the reckless deeds that he did
Way out in New Mexico a long time ago
When a man's only friend was his own forty-four

There's many a fine boy with a face fine and fair
Who starts out in life with a chance to be square
But just like poor Billy he wanders astray
Then he loses his life in the very same way

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Biloxi
Recorded by Johnny Duncan
Written by Jesse Winchester

C                                                      Dm
Well the sun's comin' up and I'm staring in a cup of tequila
G7                                        C      G7
Tryin' to find the courage to turn myself around
    C                                   Dm
And every time I take another sip I can see her
G7                              C    Dm G7
Looking back at me like I might drown
          C                               Dm
There's a dark-eyed lady lying alone in Biloxi
      G7                                              C     G7
These miles that I've gone are beginning to rattle my bones
    C                                              Dm
Sometimes it takes leaving for a man to see he was lucky
      G7                               C
So seaboard highway take this poor boy home
                                        Dm     
All I can see ahead is a big lonely highway
G7                                         C   Dm G7
Taking me further and further away from my home
C                                     Dm
I was a fool who always wanted things my way
  G7                                           C
I guess it takes time for a fool to see he was wrong
repeat #2 
                                                     Dm
Straining my eyes I can almost see the lights of the city
G7                                               C   G7  
Where the sun is beginning to fall down into the bay
     C                                         Dm  
Oh I don't think I've ever seen her looking so pretty
     G7                                C
Oh Biloxi this time I'm coming home to stay
repeat #2 
          Dm                  G7                C
There's a dark-eyed lady this poor boy's coming home

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Doc Watson
Bird Dog

Johnny is a joker
A very funny joker
He thinks he's so cool now
Top dog in the school now
That dirty little hound's been hangin' 'round my baby
He's a bird dog

Hey, bird dog, keep away from my quail
Hey, bird dog, you're on the wrong trail
Bird dog, you better leave my lovey-dove alone
Hey, bird dog, get away from my chick
Hey, bird dog, you better get away quick
Bird dog, you better get a chicken little of your own

Alright, Mr. Marty Stuart

Johnny kissed the teacher, mm
Tiptoed up to reach her
He's the teacher's pet now
Well, he knows what he can get now
Johnny made the teacher let him sit next to my baby
He's a bird dog

Hey, bird dog, keep away from my quail
Hey, bird dog, you're on the wrong trail
Bird dog, you better leave my lovey-dove alone
Hey, bird dog, keep away from my chick
Hey, bird dog, you better get away quick
Bird dog, you better get a chicken little of your own

Uh-huh, Mr. Auldridge
Uh-huh
Everybody, let's pick a little now

Hey, bird dog, keep away from my quail
Hey, bird dog, you're on the wrong trail
Bird dog, you better leave my lovey-dove alone
Hey, bird dog, keep away from my chick
Hey, bird dog, you better get away quick
Bird dog, you better get a chicken little of your own

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Railroad Earth - Bird In a House 

i want to sing my own song, that's all
cried the bird and flew into a wall
'there must be some way out,' he cried,
and his desperation echoed down the hall

[just another bird in the house
dyin' to get out] x2

i want to join my own kind, that's all
cried the bird and flew into a wall
'there must be some way out,' he cried,
and his desperation echoed down the hall

[just another bird in the house
dyin' to get out] x2

i'm gonna smash my way out, that's all
cried the bird and smashed from wall to wall
'there must be some way out,' he cried,
and his desperation echoed down the hall

[just another bird in the house
dyin' to get out] x2

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Railroad Earth - Bird in a House (Live) 

I want to sing my own song that's all
cried the bird and flew into a wall
there must be some way he cried
and his desperation echoed down the hall

Just another bird in a house
dying to get out
just another bird in a house
dying to get out

I want to join my own kind that's all
cried the bird and flew into a wall
there must be some way out he cried
and his desperation echoed down the hall

just another bird in a house
dying to get out
just another bird in a house
dying to get out

I'm gonna smash my way out that's all
cried the bird and smashed from wall to wall
there must be some way out he cried
and his desperation echoed down the hall

just another bird in a house
dying to get out
just another bird in a house
dying to get out

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Bird On The Wire
Leonard Cohen

Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.

If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.

But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.


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Birds Of A Feather
Written and recorded by Joe South

G                 C                    G               D7
I remember back a long time ago in the days of my childhood
       G                C                   G                  D7
In the evenin' when the sun was sinkin' low walkin' in the wildwood
G                     C                   G               D7
Skippin' and flippin' through the flowers we'd go hand-in-hand
        G                     C        G               D7
Lookin' back on all the happy hours anybody could understand
        C        D7
You and me babe  just got to be now
           G                E7
Birds of a feather la la la la la la 
C
We should be together like
G                           E7
Birds of a feather la la la la la la 
D7                        G
We should be together now yeah  oh yeah  
                 C                     G               D7
You and I didn't have a lot of friends didn't have too much to say
        G                C               G                      D7
So they never did let us join in all the games that you used to play
G                      C                 G              D7
Seems like it was only yesterday down at Lincoln Junior High
  G                              C        G                 D7
I remember what the kids used to say when we'd go strollin' by
        C                  D7
You and me now sure 'nough got to be now
           G                E7
Birds of a feather la la la la la la 
C
We should be together like
G                           E7
Birds of a feather la la la la la la 
D7
Got to be together now    
G                 E7          C
Time goes rollin' by and they say that you and I
            G        B7
Will go our separate ways
    C                       D7          G
But birds of a feather will always be together
Sure enough now
                  C                      G               D7
Your folks didn't want me hangin' 'round said that I was bad for you
        G                 C            G                D7
So we'd meet on the other side of town down a long dark avenue
G                       C               G                  D7
But they can't keep the two of us apart long as you really love me
G                              C                G              D7
I got a feelin' way down in my heart that's the way it's gonna be
        C                   D7
You and me babe sure 'nough got to be now
           G                E7
Birds of a feather la la la la la la 
C
We should be together like
G                                               E7
Birds of a feather  birds of a feather la la la la la la 
C
We should be together like
G                           E7
Birds of a feather la la la la la la  

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Birds Of America 

Oh creature
The echo of your call
Dead in the water like a broken bell
It's all I have to remind me
Little more

One feather
The perfect shade of opal
Is all I have to remind me
Little more

It was a crime unto nature and all we know
Laid in wait
Forty long days and nights
I lured you my lowly hide
Over here

At long long last our hour arrived
Net in hand
Clambering grab to the starlight
I fear you'll sing no more

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Birds Were Singing Of You, The

Last night the pale moon was shining
Last night when all was still
I wandered alone in sadness
Out among the woodland hills

I heard the birds a-singing
Out among the trees and views
And every bird, my darling
Was singing, was singing of you

   Was singing, singing of you, my love
   Was singing, was singing of you
   And every bird, my darling
   Was singing, was singing of you

I think of you in the daytime
I dream of you at night
I wake and wish you were here, love,
And tears are blinding my sight

The flowers that slumber so sweetly
The stars above the blue
Oh heaven itself, my darling
Is thinking, is thinking of you

I open my window so gently
And look on the dreamy view
The world itself, my darling
Is sighing, is sighing for you

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Birmingham Daddy
Written and recorded by Gene Autry

G
Yonder comes a train a Frisco train
                         G7
Comin' down the railroad track
            C
I'm a-goin' away a-leavin' today
                        G
It ain't gonna bring me back
      D7
I'm a-leavin' you good momma
                         G
An' I ain't never comin' back
I'm a-leavin' town my baby turned me down
                  G7
Goin' back to New Orleans
    C
I'm lookin' for a gal a brand new gal
              G
I ain't never seen
      D7
I'm a-lookin' for me a momma
                   G
Lord I ain't never seen
If love was liquor and I could drink
                     G7
I'd be drunk all the time
       C
I'd go back to town in Birmingham
                       G
With a loving momma of mine
       D7
I'd go back to Birmingham
                     G
With a loving gal of mine
If you got a good gal a good ol' gal
                            G7
You sure better keep her at home
        C
Cause a red-headed momma yes sir boy
                  G
I can't leave her alone
      D7
Yes a red-headed momma
                       G
I sure can't leave her alone

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Bitter Green

On the bitter green she walked the hills above the town
Echo to her footsteps as soft as ider down
Waiting for her master to kiss away the tears
Waitin' through the years

Bitter Green they called her walkin' in the sun
Lovin' everyone that she me
Bitter Green they called her waitin' in the sun
Waitin' for someone to take her home

Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea
Some say he was a prison'r who never was set free
Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist
Dreamin' of a kiss

But now that bitter green is gone the hills have turned to rust
There comes a weary stranger his tears fall in the dust
Knealin' by the churchyard in the autumn mist
Deamin' of a kiss

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Bitterweeds
Recorded by Larry Sparks
Written by Sonya Wood and Barbara Wilkinson

Em                        D7
Wild flowers grew out her backdoor
                         Em
Down the hill and to the road
                         D7
Where young men came and picked them
                         Em
And to others they would go
Am                 Em
Watching through a dusty window
B7                       Em
Sometimes from dusk till dawn
Am              Em
Waiting for the man she favored
B7                   Em
But he never came to call  
G                D7
Bitterweeds were all her garden grew
                   Em
I guess she always knew
G                D7
Bitterweeds were all she had
                Em
To look forward to
              D7
Her neighbors said she was crazy
                                  Em
Cause she stared when they walked by
             D7
They say she wore a black rose
                         Em
But they never asked her why
Am                Em
There were rumors never denied
B7                    Em
Growing tall like her grass
Am                   Em
Gossips said she was widowed
B7                            Em
Talked ? bout a love from her past
Repeat #3
Em                            D7
Last Monday church bells were ringing
                             Em
Down the hill six men walked slow
                           D7
She finally left that old cabin
                        Em
Taking secrets that she knows
Am                 Em
Watching through a dusty window
B7                       Em
Sometimes from dusk till dawn
Am              Em
Waiting for the man she favored
B7                   Em
But he never came to call

Repeat #3 x2

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Railroad Earth - Black Bear 

come into my cavern for a spell
outside the ice-queen's come again to dwell
what am i like? an image strong & dark
where has it gone . . the warmth from my heart?

black bear
black bear

ponder the power in the paw
shiver at the strength built in the jaw
what is it like to pulse at winter sleep?
to fall in a dream a million miles deep?

black bear
black bear

i wake again with all i need to know
the honey-trail tells me where to go
& when i arrive i close my eyes to see
what's stirring in the hollow of the tree

black bear
black bear

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Black Coffee
Recorded by Lacy J. Dalton
Written by Hillary A. Kanter and Even Stevens

G
Black Coffee blue morning
C
Toast is burnin' and the rain keeps pourin'
G           D7         G
Bad feeling I'm losing you
Black Coffee green envy
C
Jealous of the way that you used to love me
G           D7         G
Bad feeling I'm losing you
C
I don't know if I can live without you 
I don't know if I can understand it
G
Don't know if I can know if I can    
C
If I could only think of one good reasonTo make this crazy love affair worth leaving
G                                        D7
Oh you know that I would you know that I would
G
Black Coffee red warning
C
No good news in the news this morning
G           D7         G
Bad feeling I'm losing you

Repeat #1,2

G
Black Coffee blue mornin'
C
Toast is burnin' and the rain keeps pourin'
G           D7         G
Bad feeling I'm losing you                       
D7         G
I got this bad feeling I'm losing you

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Black Diamond Strings 

[Chorus]
Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Drinking 1 W. Harper
Playing Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond strings
'Cause it's all you can get

[Verse 1]
Black Diamond Strings on a catalogue guitar
That's pretty high cotton whoever you are
You break one, you change one, that's as good as it gets
You can play all year long on two or three sets

J.W. Crowell was a hell of a man
He played two nights a week in a hillbilly band
He played at the Ice House on Telephone Road
And he played in the yard just to lighten his load

[Chorus]
Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Drinking 1 W. Harper
Playing Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond strings
'Cause it's all you can get

[Verse 2]
Say hey, J.W, come on, play that frog line
Let old Rodney sit in, hell, he's going on nine
His fingers are bleeding, but he's keeping good time
Playing Black Diamond strings, and he'll never quit trying

And Cosette, she told 'em both
She said, "You boys pack it up, it's time to go home
We got church in the morning and it's coming up dawn
Don't make me say it again or I'm gone
You can stay here forever, but you're gonna walk home"

[Chorus]
Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Drinking 1 W. Harper
Playing Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond strings
'Cause it's all you can get

[Chorus]
Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Drinking 1 W. Harper
Playing Black Diamond strings
Black Diamond strings
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond strings
'Cause it's all you can get

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Black Eyed Susan

All I want in this creation
Pretty little white and a big plantation

Hey, little black eyed Susan
Hey, little black eyed Susan
Hey, little black eyed Susan, Hey!

All need to keep me happy
Two little boys to call me pappy

* Refrain

Up Red Oak and down salt water
Some old man gonna lose his daughter

* Refrain

Black eyed Susan went huckleberry pickin'
The boys got drunk and Susan took a lickin'

* Refrain

Some got drunk and some got boozy
I went home with black eyed Susan

* Refrain

Black eyed Susan about half grown
Jumps on the boys like a dog on a bone

* Refrain

I asked her to be my wife
She come at me with a barlow knife

* Refrain

Love my wife, love my baby
Love my biscults sopped in gravy

* Refrain


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Black Eyed Susie

Black eyed Susie went to town
All she wore was a gingham gown

Hey Black eyed Susie
Ho Black eyed Susie
Hey Black eyed Susie Jane.

I may get drunk I may get woozy
But I'm comin' home to Black eyed Susie

Black eyed Susie's long and tall
Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall

Hey old man I want your daughter
To chop my wood and carry my water

Black eyed Susie lives in a holler
She won't come and I won't call her

All I want in this creation
Pretty little wife on a big plantation.

All I need to make me happy
Two little boys to call me Pappy.

One name Sop and the other name Gravy
One sop it up and the other gonna save it.

Up Red Oak and down salt water
Some old man gonna lose his daughter.

Black eyed Susie went huckleberry pickin'
Came home late and took a lickin'.

Love my wife and love my baby
Love my biscuits sopped in gravy.

Goin' back home with a pocket full of money
Somebody there to call me honey.

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Black Jack County Chains

I was standin' by the road in Black Jack County.
Not knowing that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
For men like me who didn't have a penny to their name.
He locked my legs in 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.

All we had to eat was bread and water,
Everyday we had to build his road a mile and a quarter,
A Black Snake Whip would sting our backs if some poor fool complained,
But we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.

Then one night while the Sheriff lay a sleepin',
We all gathered round him slowly creepin',
Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
When we beat him to death wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.

The wounds have all healed and I am thankful,
And there's nothing left but scars around my ankle.
But best of all no man will ever be a slave again,
To a Black Snake Whip and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.

But best of all no man will ever be a slave again,

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Black Jack Davey

Black Jack Davey come a running through the woods
Singing so loud and gaily
Made the hills a round him ring
Then charmed the heart of a lady, charmed the heart of a lady 

How old are you my pretty little miss
How old are you my honey
Answered him with a philly and a smile
I'll be sixteen next Sunday, be sixteen next Sunday 

Come go with me my pretty little miss
Come go with me my honey
I'll take you across the deep blue sea
Where you never shall want for money, never shall want for money 

She pulled off her high heeled shoes
Made of Spanish leather
She put on her low heeled shoes
And they both went off together, both went off together 

Last night I lay on a warm feather bed
Side my husband and baby
Today I lay on the cold, cold ground
Side of Black Jack Davey, side of Black Jack Davey

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The Incredible String Band - Black Jack Davy - Live In Canada, 1972 

Black Jack David is the name that I bear been alone in
the forest for a long time
But the time is coming when
a lady I'll find I will love her
Hold her singing through
the green green trees

And the skin on my hands is like the leather I ride
and my face is hard from the cold wind
But my heart so warm with
the song that I sing
Charm a fair lady
Singing through the green green trees

Fair Eloise rode out that day
From her fine fine home in the morning
In the flush of the dawn came a sound to her ear
Drifting and floating
Singing through the green green trees

Now fifteen summers was
all that she'd seen
And her skin was as soft as the velvet
But she's forsaken her fine fine home
And Black Jack David is
Singing through the green green trees

Last night she slept on a fine feather bed
Far far from Black jack David
But tonight she will sleep on the cold cold ground
And love him and hold him
Singing through the green green trees

Saddle me up my fine gray mare
Cried the lord of the house next morning
For the servants tell me
my daughter's gone
With Black Jack David
Singing through the green green trees

And he rode all day and he rode all night
But he never did find his daughter
But he heard from afar
come adrift on the wind
Two voices laughing
Singing through the green green trees

Oh Black Jack David is
the name that I bear
Been alone in the forest for a long time
But now I have found me a lady so fair
I will love her and hold her
Singing through the green green trees

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The Duhks - Black Mountain Lullaby

(Verse)
Gather round my table 
Say grace with me
In my little trailer
In the mountains of Wise county

Grief is mine forever
Sadness my story
Down in Inmate Holler
In the mountains of Wise County

(Chorus)
Bye, baby, baby bye
Little baby bye bye 
Bye, baby, baby bye
Little baby bye bye 

(Verse)
Mountain drops are made of
Thousand power boulders
That brought down the hills and 
On to our shoulders

Lord, let me bare him
For safe keeping 
Lord, let me shield him
From the dearest Jeremy

(Chorus)
Bye, baby, baby bye
Little baby bye bye 
Bye, baby, baby bye
Little baby bye bye 

(Instrumental break)

(Verse)
Momma will rock you 
Till you are sleeping
Angels will hold you
In their keeping

I will grow a memory (?)
Make their money (?)
You're name will live here
In the mountains of Wise County

(Chorus)
Bye, baby, baby bye
Little baby bye bye 
Bye, baby, baby bye
Little baby bye bye

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Black Sheep

In a quiet little village not so very far away
There lived a rich and aged man whose hair was turning gray
He had three sons his only ones, both Jack and Tom were sly
While Ted was honest and could be, he would not tell a lie

They tried thier best to ruin Ted in the old man's eyes
Their poison soon began to work till Ted was much despised
One night the old man said, begone you're heartless to the core
There are the words the lad then said as he stood by the door

Don't be angry with me Dad, don't turn me from your door
I know that I've been wayward but I won't be any more
Give me just another chance put me to the test
You'll find a black sheep loves his dad far better than the rest

Year by year sped quickly by, the father had grown old
Called Jack and Tom to him and said I give you all my gold
I only need this little room a place at your fireside
One night on Jack's returning home he brought with him a bride

The wife began to hate the Dad, more and more each day
One night he heard the three declare, the old fool is in our way
They all agreed to send him to the poorhouse that was near
Then like a flash the black sheep's words came ringing in his ears

* Refrain

A wagon drove up to the door, it was the poorhouse van
The brothers pointed to their Dad and said there is your man
Just then a manly form appeared and pushing through the crowd
Don't take my Dad, the stranger said this will not be allowed

You took away his property and all that he could save
You even sold the little spot that marked your mother's grave
I'm still his son but not your kin from now till judgement day
The Father clasped the black sheep's hand, the crowd then heard him say

Oh don't be angry with me son I turned you from my door
I know that I was foolish I've repented o're and o're
I wish I'd given you my gold for you have stood the test
I found the black sheep loves his Dad far better than the rest


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The Osborne Brothers - Black Sheep Returned To The Fold lyrics
(Fred Rose)

Oh, long is the night I have travelled
The way was so bitter and cold
I long for the day when my shepard will say
The black sheep returned to the fold.
Forever my dreams are of heaven
A treasure more precious then gold
The church bells will ring and the angels will sing
The black sheep returned to the fold.
--- Instrumental ---
My mission on earth now is ended
My body is weary and cold
The words have been blessed in this heacen of rest
The black sheep returned to the fold.
So bury me there in the churchyard
The story of life has been told
And let it be known by the words on the stone
The black sheep returned to the fold...


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Black, Blue
The Avett Brothers

Nobody will call
Not as long as I keep my phone off the line
Not as long as I keep my voice down inside of my mouth
But it's getting harder to hide
And the brightness of the colors makes it hard to describe
And the voices that seem to come from all sides
Make it hard to decide

Black, blue, her, you

I know a woman who said
'Oh if I could just turn back the clock
When I was still scared and my hair was still dark
And my hands were clean
But now all my choices are spent
And the men that I've known, they don't know what I meant
And Cupid's arrow is backwards and bent
When it's flying for me'

Black, blue, her, you
White, green, him, me

Nobody will say
Oh what a fine upstanding man
With his ducks in a row, and his fifty-year-plan
Complete with an ending
But it's getting harder to see
And the time between daylight seems longer to me
And the person I am, and the person I'll be
Refuse to meet

Black, blue, her, you
White, green, him, me

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Tony Rice - Blackberry Blossom

Can you tell me what happened to the blossom
Blackberry blossom when the summertime came?
The blackberry blossom, oh the last time I saw one
Was down in the bramble where I rambled in the spring
The bramble was wild I was torn by the briars
My love he wooed me as I lie there
With a flower in my hair and my cheeks all flashy
Was the blackberry blossom from the blackberry bush

When I picked the berry I didn't miss the blossom
The blackberry blossom was white as the snow
But the berry that it brings is sweeter than molasses
And black as the wings of the Arkansas crow
The Arkansas crow is a devil and a demon
Known for his cackling and his screaming
Driving away the swallow and the thrush
From the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush

I was picking berries when that crow flew above me
Carrying my lover so far away
Now each spring I lay a blackberry blossom
By a cold gravestone on the Arkansas clay
The Arkansas clay is rocky and hard
With weeds growing over in the old graveyard
And the day settles down to an evening hush
Over the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush

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Blackberry Boogie
Written and recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford

G           C           G
Along about sunup every day
                     D7        G
I grab my bucket and I'm on my way
                     C             G
I go down the road a runnin' and a kickin'
                            D7                 G
I'm headed for the patch to do some blackberry pickin'
                 C            G
I fill my bucket right to the top
                    D7       G
It makes my lips go flippety-flop
                      C                G
I hear a little voice and it sounds so sad
                          D7                 G
It said don't pick me now cause I ain't ripe dad
C          G       C          G
Blackberry boogie  blackberry boogie
    C
I'm brought back like a flip
     D7                      G
When it's blackberry pickin' time
                       C             G
I went to see my gal I set my bucket down
                       D7               G
She said hi there baby are you goin' to town
                         C                G
I said uh-uh honey I'm a goin' where they scratch
                          D7                G
I'll meet you in a minute in the blackberry patch
                         C             G
She grabs her bucket and she jumps and squeals
                           D7                  G
I'm headin' for the bushes and she's hot on my heels
                           C                G
I start pickin' on one end she picks on the other
                          D7           G
We meet in the middle and she yells oh brother
C          G       C          G
Blackberry boogie  blackberry boogie
     C
Oh I love that girl
       D7                            G
When I meet her in the middle of the patch
                         C               G
We go through the briars walkin' hand in hand
                     D7               G
Pickin' blackberries just to beat the band
                          C            G
I grab her for a kiss she said turn me loose
                       D7                   G
Your lips are all blue from that blackberry juice
                   C             G
I hug her once and said don't be coy
                       D7            G
You know I'm your blackberry pickin' boy
                      C             G
I kissed her then and she let out a sigh
                     D7                  G
And said let's go to my house and bake a pie
C          G       C          G
Blackberry boogie  blackberry boogie
     C
I'll be back little gal
          D7                 G
When it's blackberry pickin' time

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Lonesome River Band - Blackbirds & Crows

Eva was a fast thing, most everybody knew
While other girls were runnin' wild, Eva flew
Her life was the fast lane but it soon began to show
So I begged her with me to go
To a little home here in Idaho
With the blackbirds and the crows

One year we were happy and tried to keep our lives on track
While I was lookin' to the future, Eva was lookin' back
She said she missed the old life and she was truthful I suppose
But the truth was she could never leave
The truth was at nights I'd grieve if I had to let her go

Blackbirds sat on the fence line
Crows flew through the sky
I whispered low into Eva's ear
Eva your gonna die
She's half a mile out, a quarter across
Beneath those wheat field rows
And no one knows who put her there
But the blackbirds and crows

Folks come by, we sit around
And I tell them how she's gone
Tell them how she packed her bags and wrecked our happy home
Oh I tell them she's down in Atlanta, doing cocaine and God only knows
But Eva's not gone, she's here with me
Right here where she'll always be with the blackbirds and crows

Blackbirds sat on the fence line
Crows flew through the sky
I whispered low into Eva's ear
Eva your gonna die
She's half a mile out, a quarter across
Beneath those wheat field rows
And no one knows who put her there
But the blackbirds and crows

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Blackest Crow

As time draws near my dearest dear when you and I must part
How little you know of the grief and woe in my poor aching heart
Each night I suffer for your sake, you're the girl I love so dear
I wish that I was going with you or you were staying here 

I wish my breast were made of glass wherein you might behold
Upon my heart your name lies wrote in letters made of gold
In letters made of gold my love, believe me when I say
You are the one that I will adore until my dying day 

The blackest crow that ever flew would surely turn to white
If ever I prove false to you bright day will turn to night
Bright day will turn to night my love, the elements will mourn
If ever I prove false to you the seas will rage and burn
 
And when you're on some distant shore think of your absent friend
And when the wind blows high and clear a light to me pray send
And when the wind blows high and clear pray send your love to me
That I might know by your hand light how time has gone with thee
 

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Dolly Parton - Blackie, Kentucky lyrics

In my home town of Blackie, Kentucky
He came passin' through one dark, gloomy day
And I considered myself as lucky
When he told me he would take me away
And though he was older, it made me no difference
His promise of riches was all I could see
At last I could leave the coal mines of Kentucky
And know something better than sad poverty
Blackie, Kentucky, you know that I'll miss you
But there are other places in the world I'd like to see
So I must take this chance to be somethin' more than nothin'
But I'll always hold you in my memory
But I've never adjusted to sociable livin'
The friends that he knows, they're all strangers to me
Thousands of miles from Blackie, Kentucky
In a mansion with a husband that never loved me
He won't let my family and friends come to visit
Because they are country and poor, he's ashamed
Oh, but I'd give my life, Lord, if I could just go see them
All that's changed about me is my name
Blackie, Kentucky, oh Lord, how I miss you
If I could come back home, I'd never leave you anymore
I'd like to see my poor, hardworking, coal-minin' Daddy
And Mama, and the kids, and the friends I knew before
My world is as black as the coal in Kentucky
He won't let me leave him - there's no way to win
I'll take my own life, dear God, please forgive me
But I've got to get back home to Blackie once again
An' I've left him a note, in the mornin' he'll find it
It's my last request and he can't refuse me
I've told him to bury me back in Blackie, Kentucky
Where my family and my friends can come and visit me
Blackie, Kentucky I'm comin' home to you
But different from the way you remember me before
So make me a place and I'll lay me down to rest
And I'll sleep in your arms forevermore
I'll sleep in your arms forever more


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Blackie's Gunman

With a draw from either hand
I was known as Blackie's gunman
The best two gunman in the land
I could shoot the ace of diamonds

With the dice I had no equal
Some of them are with us now
Most of them are sadly sleeping
Neath the weeping willow bough

Many a cowboy's game I've played in
Left that night with all their gold
As a sport I was broken
As a sport I let it go

I once loved a girl named Nellie
How we loved no tongue can tell
But I know I'll never meet her
Oh it was hard to say farewell

Her eyes were like the deep blue water
And her hair was golden curls
And her cheeks were golden velvet
And her teeth were snow white pearls

Together we lived in a cottage
And our life it was a dream
And the angels they watched o'er us
Made our life one happy dream

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Alan Jackson - Blacktop lyrics
"Blacktop"

This ain't no song 'bout the good old days
 Simpler times or easy ways
 Oh how I long for an old dirt road
 Greener grass or a lighter load
 I was glad to see the blacktop
 When they laid it down in '65
 Yeah I was glad to see the blacktop
 No more dust in my eyes
 Rain would fall and the mud would rise
 Through my toes in the summertime
 All those teen would drive and play
 Dust would fly like a dandelion
 I was glad to see the blacktop
 When they laid it down in '65
 Yeah I was glad to see the blacktop
 No more dust in my eyes
 I stomp my toes on rocks and stones
 Slept in fairy mo park homes
 Watch my momma shake that line
 Dusting clothes off hanging in a hot sunshine
 I was glad to see the blacktop
 When they laid it down in '65
 Yeah I was glad to see the blacktop
 No more dust in my eyes


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Blame It On Texas
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt
Written by Ronnie Rogers and Mark Wright

G                                       C
Been havin' a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont  
D7                                  G
I loved that town but I just couldn't stay                              
C
Two-stepped all the way to Amarillo
D7                         G
Shuffled my way into Santa Fe       
Em             D7             C
I just had to see the sun set out in Frisco    
Em     D7      C                  D7
The Golden Gate is great but it ain't home              
G
Give me a rodeo            
C                       G
Blame it on Texas don't blame it on me  
D7                                     G
I am what I am and that's what I'm gonna be        
C                            G        C
You can say what you wanna say about my insanity            
D7                      G
Blame it on Texas don't blame it on me                          
C
Met a girl out in eastern Oklahoma    
D7                       G
Her daddy was a Tulsa millionaire                                       
C
With miles and miles of oil wells he'd leave her     
D7                               G
Well all a man could want was waitin' there        
Em                  D7         C
But one night while she lay sleeping I slipped away     
Em     D7     C                D7
Like no man in his right mind would do          
G
Call me a fool

repeat #2        

C                            G        C
You can say what you wanna say about my insanity            
D7                      G
Blame it on Texas don't blame it on me

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Blame Me
Recorded by Darrell Mccall
Written by Darrell McCall and Donny Young

C               G
Blame me if you want to
                                             D7
But I'll just keep on keep on keep on loving you
C                      G
Lie to me find someone new
                              D7             G
But I'll just keep on keep on keep on loving you
I met you not so long ago
    C        G
And oh how I fell
For every time you looked at me
     A7               D7
Your eyes that cast a spell
         G
But that spell became a broken dream
         C              G
For your love was never true
And no matter what they say
          D7             G
I'll just keep on loving you
Repeat #1
C   D7     G C G
B-l-a-m-e  m---e

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Railroad Earth - Blazin' a Trail 

Blazin' a Trail
Blazin' a Trail
House on Fire
Gotta get me down the trail
I gotta run fast as I can run
And when the Postman come
He'll be staring in the Sun & I'll be gone

Blazin' a Trail
Blazin' a Trail
Ass on Fire
Gotta get me outta here
I gotta run fast as I can move
And when the bondman knocks
He'll be looking round the block and I'll be gone

Blazin' a Trail
Blazin' a Trail
House on fire
Gotta quit this hell
Gotta run Fast as I can move
And when the Postman come
He'll be staring in the sun and I'll be gone

Blazin' a Trail
Blazin' a Trail
Crawlin thru the shitpipe
Busting outta here

Warden on my back
Troopers on my track
They're never takin me alive
I ain't never going back

I gotta run
As fast as I can move
And when the postman come
He'll be staring in the sun and I'll be gone
And when the bondman knocks
He'll be looking round the block and I'll be gone
I'll be gone
I'll be gone

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Bleeding White
The Avett Brothers

I'm bleeding white from my clothes but I'm laying in the snow
so nobody knows I'm dying

If I stand on my feet will the plan be complete or is the plan mean I'm trying
I left you behind, but you can find me if I don't wander too far away

Perhaps in another life I would be more like you
Or you more like me, let's just disagree

Don't say you know my type, I'm one of a kind
Let's thank god for merciful variety

I left you behind, but you can find me if I don't wander too far away

It's too far along to feign ignorance
Too far along to play it down

And you're far too smart to fall for the part that I've been playing

I'm bleeding gold in the streets but there's no one to see because the kingdom is empty
They all left in the night spirits broken in spite of all the promise of morning
They all left me behind, but I can find you if you don't wander too far away

If you don't wander too far away
If you don't wander too far away
If you don't wander too far away
If you don't wander too far away

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Bleeker Street
Paul Simon

Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank
Like a shroud it covers Bleeker Street
Fills the alleys where men sleep
Hides the shepherd from the sheep

Voices leaking from a sad cafe
Smiling faces try to understand
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
On Bleeker Street

A poet reads his crooked rhyme
Holy, holy is his sacrament
Thirty dollars pays your rent
On Bleeker Street

I heard a church bell softly chime
In a melody sustainin'
It's a long road to Canaan
On Bleeker Street
Bleeker Street


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Bless Your Heart
Recorded by Freddie Hart
Written by Jack Lebsock and Freddie Hart

C              C7     F
Bless your hea-rt for loving me
           C             D7
And heaven knows I don't deserve you
G7         C   C7     F
Bless your hea-rt for loving me
            C                   G7               C
Sweet sweet baby I'll try to be worthy of loving you
    F                              C
You came into my life and took the world off of my shoulders
F                            C              G7
Honey you're an angel in the eyes of this beholder
           C   C7     F
Bless your hea-rt for loving me
              C                        D7
Mere words cannot express what you are worth
G7         C   C7     F
Bless your hea-rt for loving me
                 C                G7
I know I've been given a taste of heaven 
              F
Right here on earth
           C
Bless your hea-rt

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Blinded by Stars

My blood does remember the rhythm of a drum
Beat by a boy soldier whose revolution won
I've carried pretty flowers to fallen heroes graves
& stood in silence honoring the price our fathers paid

This was their flag but this ain't their fight
Dirty with oil tattered by spite
This was their flag but this ain't their fight

So what do you call justice & what is freedom for
Don't let the towncrier decide if we go to war
'cause this ain?t about your medla
The choice is of the soul
& hate is never brave while mercy's always, always sold

Blinded by stars tangled in stripes
This is our flag but this ain't our fight
Dirty with oil tattered by spite
This is our flag but this ain't our fight
This is my flag but this ain't my fight

Now I was born a rebel, I question what I'm told
No wonder this young skin I'm wearin?
Feels so old

Don't be blinded by stars tangled in stripes
This is our flag but this ain't our fight

Dirty with oil tattered by spite
This is our flag but this ain't our fight
This is my flag but this ain't my fight

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Bloody Mary Morning

Chorus:
It's a bloody Mary morning
Baby's left me without warning
Sometime in the night
And I'm flying down to Houston
Forgetting her the nature of my flight

As we taxi toward the runway
With the smog and smoke reminding me
Of how I feel
Just a country boy who's learning
That the pitfalls of the city are extremely real

All the nightlife and the parties
Temptation and a seat
The order of the day
It's a bloody Mary morning
And I'm leaving baby
Somewhere in L.A.

[ Chorus ]

Now our golden jet is airborne
And flight #50 cuts a path across the morning sky
And a voice comes through the speaker
Reassuring us flight #50 is the way to fly

And our hostess takes an order
Coffee, tea, or something stronger to start off the day
It's a bloody Mary morning
And I'm leaving baby somewhere in L.A.

[ Chorus - x3 ]

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Blowin' In The Wind
Bob Dylan

How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
The answer is blowin' in the wind.


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Blowing In The Wind
Bob Dylan

The answer is blowing in the wind

1. How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man
Yes and how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
Yes and how many times must cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

2. How many times must a man look up
Before he sees the sky
Yes and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
Yes and how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

3. How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
Yes and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head
And prittend that he just doesn't see
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

FLATT & SCRUGGS - Changin' Times


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Blowing Smoke
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Billy Spencer, David Ball, Tommy Polk

G                      D7                 G
Beneath this neon haze here in this honky tonk
                                D7
I tell everyone who'll listen I don't miss her being gone
C                                                       G
I've got a big smile painted on my face that's all they see
                                   D7               G
Guess there ain't no limit to what some people will believe  
C                              G
I say I've burned her memory but I'm just blowing smoke
C                                D7
There's embers in the ashes that haven't yet grown cold
G                                                  C
In the darkness here I hide a tear hoping it don't show       
G                                D7                    G
Well I say I've burned her memory but I know I'm just blowing smoke                                        
D7                 G
I don't want to face the truth that I'm still in love with her
                                    D7
So I tell 'em she's just history as far as I'm concerned
C                                               G
Got over her the minute that she walked out the door
                                          D7                   G
I just look 'em in the eye and lie that's what honky tonks are for

Repeat #2      

C                                 G
I can fool 'em one I can fool 'em all I play the part so well
A7                             D7
I'd give all I ever owned if I could only fool myself

Repeat #2                                        

D7                    G
Well I say I've burned her memory but I know I'm just blowing smoke

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Blue
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

C    G7    C F  C
Blue b-l-u-e so blue           
G7                  C  G7
What can I do I'm lost without you
C                  G7          C
For a little while I owned the world                   
G7      C
For a little while I had a girl
F                                  C
Once I was happy with just to have around
D7                          G7
Was the only true love that I have ever found 
C    G7    C F  C
Blue b-l-u-e so blue           
G7                  C  G7
What can I do I'm lost without you
C    G7    C F  C
Blue b-l-u-e so blue           
G7                  C  G7
What can I do I'm lost without you
C                  G7             C
For a little while stars shown so bright                   
G7              C
For a little while things was just right    
F                       C
Now I'm left behind guess I wasn't your kind     
G7                         C
With heart sickened mind lonely too      
G7    C F  C
Blue b-l-u-e so blue           
G7                  F  C
What can I do I'm lost without you

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Alison Krauss - Blue & Lonesome Lyrics

The lonesome sound of a train going by
Make me wanna stop and cry
I recall the day he took you a way
I'm blue, I'm lonesome too

When I'm hear that whistle blow
I wanna pack my suitcase and go
The lonesome sound of a train going by
Make me wanna stop and cry

In the still of the night, in the pale moonlight
The wind it moans and sighs
There awful blues, I just can't lose
I'm blue, I'm lonesome too

When I'm hear that whistle blow
I wanna pack my suitcase and go
The lonesome sound of a train going by
Make me wanna stop and cry

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Blue and Lonesome
Blue and Lonesome
Recorded by Alison Krauss
 
C                       F           C
The lonesome sound of a train going by 
                 G7       C
Makes me want to stop and cry 
                         F    C
I recall the day it took you away 
                 G7       C
I'm blue and I'm lonesome too 
     G7               C
Well when I hear that whistle blow 
D7                     G7
Well I want to pack my suitcase and go 
    C                   F           C
The lonesome sound of a train going by 
                 G7       C
Makes me want to stop and cry 
                                 F        C
In the still of the night in the pale moonlight 
             G7       C
The wind did moan and cry 
                       F          C
These lonesome blues I just can't loose 
                 G7       C
I'm blue and I'm lonesome too 
Repeat #2
                       F          C
These lonesome blues I just can't loose 
                 G7       C
I'm blue and I'm lonesome too 
                 G7       C
I'm blue and I'm lonesome too

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Blue And Lonesome

The lonesome sigh of train going by
Make me wanna stop and cry
I recall the day he took you are way
I'm blue,I'm lonesome,too

When I'm here the whistle blow
I wanna pack my trank and go
The lonesome sigh of train going by
Make me wanna stop and cry

In the still of night in the pale moonlight
The wind,it moans and sight
There awful blues I just can't lose
I'm blue,I'm lonesome,too

* Refrain


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Blue Beam In My Blue Moon
BMI Work #: 8579909
Blue Beam In My Blue Moon (Larry W. Jones 12/18/2006) (song#4242)

You're the blue beam in my blue moon
Just a dream that used to shine on me
You're the blue beam in my blue moon
It seems that you no longer care for me
Now, a star can be a guiding light
The moon can light a love at night
But a golden moon that's on the rise
Will turn to blue if that love dies
You're the blue beam in my blue moon
Just a dream that used to shine on me
You're the blue beam in my blue moon
It seems that you no longer care for me
Now, a star can be a guiding light
The moon can light a love at night
But a golden moon that's on the rise
Will turn to blue if that love dies
You're the blue beam in my blue moon
Just a dream that used to shine on me


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Alan Jackson - Blue Blooded Woman lyrics

Blue blooded womans
She loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
The lady I love loves silk and satin
She was raised uptown with a silver spoon
Well, I was born on a farm just south of Jackson
We had an old Ford tractor and a country moon
She loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
She's Saks Fifth Avenue perfection
Caviar and dignified
Well, I live my life in Wal Mart fashion
And I like my sushi southern fried
She loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
She loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
She's a blue blooded woman, I'm a redneck man.


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Blue Blue Day

It's been a blue,blue day I feel like running away
I feel like running away from the blues
My love her been untrue she's found somebody new
It's been a blue,blue day for me

I feel like crying,dyin'what can I do
I feel like praiyin'sayin'I'm glad we're through
It's been a blue,blue day I feel like running away
I feel like running away from the blues

How can I make bilieve that I don't sit and grieve
It's been a blue,blue day for me
I can't pretend and say that I don't love her anyway
It's been a blue,blue day for me

I feel like cryin'dyin'what can I do
I feel like prayin'sayin'I'm glad we're through
It's been a blue,blue day I feel like running away
I feel like running away from the blues
I feel like running away from the blues


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Blue Bonnet Lane

In my lonely heart there lingers
A dream that haunts me again
Of a girl with eyes like the flowers
That grew down in Blue Bonnet Lane

 On the sweet and happy hours
In my heart they will always remain
Like the sweet fragrance of the flowers
That grew down in Blue Bonnet Lane

I can see a pale moon rising
Above a blue misty plane
As I walk with my blue eyed darling
In my memory once again

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Blue Darlin'
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Leslie Lyle

C                        C7        F
I was a fool broke every rule blue darlin'
        C                                  G7
Saw the tears take the place of your sweet smile
        C                  C7         F
I acted smart I broke your heart blue darlin'
      C             G7                 C
And I lost the only love in life worth while
          C7     F
So please please forgive me
    C                               G7
I'm sorry for the wrong things I've done
               C           C7       F
My heart would cry if ever I should lose you
     C                  G7        C
Blue darlin' you're the only only one
          C7     F
So please please forgive me
    C                               G7
I'm sorry for the wrong things I've done
               C           C7       F
My heart would cry if ever I should lose you
     C                  G7        C
Blue darlin' you're the only only one
                        G7        C
Blue darlin' you're the only only one

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Blue Diamond Mines

I remember the ways and the bygone days
When we were all in our prime
How us and John L. we gave the old man hell
Down in the Blue Diamond Mine

When the whistle blowed and the rooster crowed
Two hours before daylight
When a man done his best and he earned a good rest
And had seventeen dollars at night

   In the mines in the mines
   In the Blue Diamond Mines
   I've worked my (whole-1*) (poor-2*) (- -3*) life away
   In the mines in the mines
   In the Blue Diamond Mine
   Go fall on your knees and pray.

You old black gold you've taken my lungs
And your dust has darkened my home
And now that we're old you're turning your back
But where else can an old miner go

It's  Algoma Block and it's Big Leatherwood
And now it's Blue Diamond too
The pits they are closing get another job
But what else can an old miner do

John L. had a dream but it's broken it seems
And the union is letting us down
Last night they took away my hospital card
Saying why don't you leave this old town.

So I'll go downtown and I'll hang around
And maybe it ain't so bad
But when you get home your kids will meet you at the door
Saying what did you bring me dad

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Blue Eyed Boston Boy

He was just a blue eyed Boston boy his voice was low with pain
I'll do your bidding, comrade mine if you will do the same
But if you should ride and I should fall you'll do as much for me
While mother at home is awaiting the news so write to her tenderly 

She's waiting at home like a patient saint her pale face filled with woe
Her heart will be broken when I am dead I'll see her face no more
Just then the order came to charge for a moment hand touched hand
They answered aye and on they rode that brave and devoted band 

Straight way was the course to the top of the hill and the Rebels with shot and shell
Plowed furrows of death midst the toiling ranks and guarded them as they fell
There soon came a horrible dying sound from the heights they could not gain
And those whom doom and death had spared rode slowly back again 

But among the dead at the top of the hill lay the boy with the golden hair
And the tall dark man who rode by his side lay still beside him there
There was none to write to the blue-eyed girl the words her lover had said
While mother at home is awaiting her boy she'll only find he's dead 

While mother at home is awaiting her boy she'll only find he's dead

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Blue Eyed Darling

The days have passed by so slowly
Since you've gone and left me blue
If ever you decide to roam dear
Remember I'm waiting just for you

   Won't you be my blue eyed darlin
   Won't you come back home to me
   Don't tell me that you've found another
   Darling please don't set me free

At night as I lay down to sleep dear
The tears are flowing down my cheeks
Because you left me such a memory
And now I'm all alone you see

Someday you'll come and I'll be gone dear
Somewhere to start my life anew
But if you never do return dear
Remember I've waited just for you

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Blue Eyed Love
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Sam Cooke

G
When I wake up in the morning
 
And I see you lying there
                    G7              C
Smiling through the tangles of your hair
 
It's a time that makes me realize
                                 A7
How much I want you by my side I need you
      D7
Honey yes I do
 
G  Bm           Am
Blue  blue eyed love
C                  D7      C              D7
Makes me feel like singing fits me like a glove
G  Bm           Am
Blue  blue eyed love
      C               D7
It'll take at least a life time
              G
For me to get enough
 
 
When I hold you in the night time 
 
When there's only you and me
                              G7              C
And we've locked the world outside and thrown away the key
 
It's a time that makes me know for sure 
     G                       A7
I'll never ask for anymore I want you 
      D7
Honey yes I do
 
Repeat #2
C                      Bm
There are times when I just can't find a friend
C                            D7
So I try to hold on till I'm holding you again
Repeat #2

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Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
As we kissed goodbye and parted
I know we'd never meet again

    Love is like a dying ember
    Only memories remain
    Through the ages I'll remember
    Blue eyes crying in the rain

Now my hair has turned to silver
All my life I've loved in vain
I can see her star in heaven
Blue eyes crying in the rain

Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting
Blue eyes crying in the rain

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Blue Fiddle Waltz
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Averal Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Lisa Silver
[3/4 time]

F                          A7
Under the moonlight in the Tennessee hills   
A#7                     
F
He whispered I'll love you forever                        
A7
My heart is singing the same melody     
A#7        Dm            A#7       Dm
That we fell in love to oh it all ended too soon    
G7
But tonight I'll be dreaming we're dancing together
C                    F
Blue fiddle play the blue fiddle waltz    
G7                     C  G7
And bring back a memory or two
C                  F
Help me remember a love I have lost   
C                    G7          C
Oh blue fiddle play the blue fiddle waltz     
F                     C
This Maidens Prayer for an old Faded Love   
F                Am    D7                G7
Is that he'll think of me when he's missing someone

Repeat #2 

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Blue Highway
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Don Henry and Bob Simon

C           Dm  G7
Another highway another heartache 
C         Dm     G7
Travelin' man routine
Em                       Am
Eight days from home and all alone 
        Dm      F      G7
In this whining time machine

C         Dm   F        G7
I spend a mile thinking bout you 
C       Dm         G7
Only to praise the blues
Em                     Am
My eyes are sad on the road ahead 
         Dm         F         G7
While my heart's at home with you

        C    F
On this blue highway 
  Dm              F   C
Between your love and me
              Am   F
Nothin' but a blue highway 
   Dm        G7        C
As far as my heart can see

        Dm               G7
Another evening one more motel
C          Dm            G7
I phone to tell you good night
Em                  Am
Not much to say but it's okay
           Dm         F       G7
Cause your voice will hold me tight

repeat #3

A#7                           F
I know you're worried bout my night life
A#7                F
Wanderin' coast to coast
Fm                  C
But time and time I leave behind
    Dm  C F        G7
The one I love the most

        C    F
On this blue highway 
  Dm              F   C
Between your love and me
              Am   F
Nothin' but a blue highway 
   Dm        G7        Am
As far as my heart can see
        C    F
On this blue highway 
  Dm              F   C  G7
Between your love and me

repeat #3 

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Blue Is The Way That I Feel

Well I'm on my way tonight
And I hope the road is right
For I've got to have you back
Even if I have to steal
Blue is the way that I feel

I've been on this road so long
I guess your love for me is gone
But I'm coming back somehow
For my love for you is real
Blue is the way that I feel

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Blue Jungle
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Freddy Powers

G                               D7
Daylight Monday morning turning off the Great White Way
                                               G
Through the smoke and haze the city starts its day 
                                  C
It's a day to day survival in the battle zone
           D7              G
And a blue jungle with you gone

                            C
It's a blue jungle with you gone
       D7                       G
It's a cold empty city when you walk these streets alone
                                        C                Am
Like a world past is screaming when you hear the whistle moan
           D7              G
And a blue jungle with you gone

                                 D7
The weekend party's over and I'm sober once again
                                           G
And it's hard to face the world without my friends
                                         C
And it's a dog eat dog existence just to make it all alone
           D7              G
And a blue jungle with you gone

                            C
It's a blue jungle with you gone
       D7                       G
It's a cold empty city when you walk these streets alone
                                        C                Am
Like a world past is screaming when you hear the whistle moan
            D7              G
It's a blue jungle with you gone

       C    D7              G
It's a blue jungle with you gone

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Blue Lonely Winter
Recorded by Goldie Hill
Written by Jimmy Newman and Roy A. Baham

G    C
Blue lonely winter 
G                     D7
Blue lonely nights so long
G    C
Blue snowflakes falling 
        D7                 G
And the blue lonely winter alone
D7
Where are the flowers 
G
The sun and the moon
He must have taken them 
              D7
Cause they're gone
    G                            C
And he left me right here in the middle
     D7                 G
Of a blue lonely winter alone
Repeat #1
     C
Blue snowflakes falling 
        D7                 G
And the blue lonely winter alone

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Dolly Parton - Blue Me lyrics

Blue me, blue me
Blue is the color
That fits best on me
I'm blue
Just as blue as can be
Blue me, Blue me
I cry
And I die
I lie awake at night
And I question why
Must it be
I can never be free
Blue me, Blue me
My heart is heavy
But it's empty inside
No one to love me
Or to lay down beside
I'm blue
The queen of sorrow
Wears royal blue
My luck ain't changin'
Is it ever goin' to
I'm blue, Oh I'm blue
Why must I wear this robe of blue misery
Blue me, Blue me
Ooh
This sad old feeling
Is breakin' me down
No satisfaction with these blues hangin' 'round
Lord, I'm blue
Oh, I'm so blue Why can't I shake it tell me where will this end
When will I get out of this blue rut I'm in
Oh, I'm blue
Looks like the blues just took a liking to me
Blue me, Blue me Blue me, Blue me
Blue is the color that fits best on me
Ooooh, I'm blue
I'm just as blue as can be
Blue me
Blue me


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Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

    It was on a moonlight night the stars were shining bright
    When they whispered from on high your love has said good-bye
    Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
    Shine on the one that's gone and said good-bye

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Blue Mule
Ridin' with the wind
She's come and gone again

Some said she came from Georgia
Some said from Tennessee
But there never was another
Like my old blue mule
Lord know there'll never be
She could jump right over a mountain
She could outrun a diesel train
Her mother was that blue ox Babe
She was born in the eye of a hurricaine

Well I raced my blue mule
It was down in Tennessee
Against Molly and the Ten Brooks
All the people came to see
Ten Brooks was the favorite
People said I was a fool
Ridin' high wide the gates
And on my pretty blue mule

Hey blue mule, ridin' with the wind
She's come and gone again
Hey blue mule, ride on, ride on, blue mule

Around the track like a whirlpool
Old Molly had the lead
Then Ten Brooks nosed on out ahead
Boys, it was a wild stampede
Comin' in the final lap
Neck and neck, it was a duel
And my blue mule started flyin'
Which was agianst the rules

When we hit the finish line
The very last time around
I swear my blue mule she came out in front
Fifty feet from the ground
The crowd was cheerin' Ten Brooks
It was a sight to see
But overhead and out of sight
Was my old blue mule and me

Hey blue mule, ridin' with the wind
She's come and gone again
Oh look at her ride
Hey blur mule, ride on
Ride, ride, ride, blue mule

Well she never knew that race was run
She never came back down
She won that race in outer space
Not on solid ground
So when a storm is ragin'
And you hear a mournful wail
It's just me ridin' on my old blue mule
With the lightenin' stickin' her tail

Hey blue mule, she's ridin' with the wind
She's come and gone again
Oh hey blue mule, oh ride on
Ride on, oh ride on, blue mule
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride, ride on, ride on, blue mule


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Blue Night

Blue night I got you on my mind
Blue night I can't keep from crying
You met someone that was new
You quit someone that you knew was true
Blue night I got you on my mind

Blue night blue as I can be
I don't know what'll become of me
Where we used to walk I walk alone
With an aching heart because my love is gone
Blue night blue as I can be

Blue night 'cause I'm all alone
I used to call you on the telephone
I used to call and it made you glad
Now I call and it makes you mad
Blue night 'cause I'm all alone

Blue night all by myself
Since you put me on that shelf
There's just one thing that you must know
You're gonna reap just what you sow
Blue night, all by myself
Blue night, all by myself

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Blue Prairie
Recorded by Rex Allen Jr.
Written by Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer

Am           F            Em
Blue prairie blue are the skies
Dm           E7         Am         F  E7
Blue are the sighs of a night wind fallin'
Am           F            Em
Blue prairie blue are the hills
Dm           E7          Am         F   E7
Blue are the trills of a night bird callin'
Am
Every beating heart beats a rhythm that is blue
                             C
And the moon has cast a blue reflection in the dew
Dm
So the wind while on its way 
D#m                           Em  C  G7
Seems to cry and sigh and say bl-----ue
Am           F           Em
Blue prairie blue echoes ring
Dm        E7        Am      F       Am
Blue as I sing of a longing blue as you
Am
Every beating heart beats a rhythm that is blue
                             C
And the moon has cast a blue reflection in the dew
Dm
So the wind while on its way 
D#m                           Em  C  G7
Seems to cry and sigh and say bl-----ue
Am           F           Em
Blue prairie blue echoes ring
Dm        E7        Am      F       Am
Blue as I sing of a longing blue as you

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Blue Railroad Train

Blue railroad train
Going down the railroad tracks
It makes me feel so doggone blue
To listen to that old smokestack

Come back again
Let me hear the whistle blow
You're taking the sun and leaving the rain
And I hate to see you go

Blue railroad train
Leaving me far behind
Gimme back the good old days
And let me ramble down the line

Blue railroad train
Leaving me her alone
You treat me good you treat me bad
You're making me think of home

I've got the blues
I'm longing for your company
It's many miles from where I am
To the only one for me

It's lonely here
Waiting for the manifest
I hope that engineer is kind
Enough to let me be his guest

I'm not as bad
As you might think I am
I hobo here I hobo there
I've traveled these states around

Blue railroad train
A good old pal to me
You take me where I want to go
And my transportation's free

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Blue Ridge
Richard J.Malis, Robert Artis

Ch. Blue Ridge do you call to all your children
Like you've been calling me
Blue Ridge why are you calling me home?

1. There came a time when I traveled too far
To too many places and too many bars
But all that I traveled and all that I learned
Were no consolation for all that I yearned
The dew on the laurel the tall swayin' pines
The clear mountain water the bluest of skies
Take me back take me back to

Ch.

The dew on the laurel the tall swayin' pines
The clear mountain water the bluest of skies
Take me back take me back to

Ch.

Blue Ridge why are you calling me home?

THE SELDOM SCENE & Jonathan Edwards - Blue Ridge


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Blue Ridge Cabin Home

There's a well beaten path in the old mountainside
Where I wandered when I was a lad
And I wandered alone to the place I call home
In those Blueridge hills far away

   Oh I love those hills of old Virginia
   From those Blueridge hills I did roam
   When I die won't you bury me on the mountain
   Far away near my Blueridge mountain home

Now my thoughts wander back to that ramshackle shack
In those blue ridge hills far away
Where my mother and dad were laid there to rest
They are sleeping in peace together there

I return to that old cabin home with the sigh
I've been longing for days gone by
When I die won't you bury me on that old mountain side
Make my resting place upon the hills so high

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Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

When I was young and in my prime
I left my home in Caroline
Now all I do is sit and pine
For all the folks I left behind

I've got them Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And I stand right here and say
My grip is packed to travel and I'm scratchin' gravel
For that Blue Ridge far away

Well I'm gonna stay right by my Pa
And I'm gonna do right by my Ma
I'll hang around that cabin door
No work or worry anymore

I've got them Blue Ridge Mountain blues
Gonna see my old dog Trey
Gonna hunt the possum where the corn tops blossom
On that Blue Ridge far away

Now I see a window with a light
I see two heads of snowy white
It seems I hear them both recite
Where is my wandering boy tonight

I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues
And I stand right here to say
Every day I'm counting 'til I find that mountain
On that blue ridge far away

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Blue Ridge Mountain Girl
Blue Highway

It's so cold here in Chicago
The wind can cut you like a knife
Another day, another dollar
What a way to spend a life

She was young and I was restless
There's nothing sadder in the world
Said goodbye to my Virginia
And the Blue Ridge Mountain girl

I can see her standing by the window
And there's nothing sadder in the world
Than those green eyes, all red from crying
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl

In my hands I hold a letter
That says she made a pretty bride
And as I lay here in the darkness
She lays by another's side

I've got money in my pockets
Silver rings that I wear
But I'd trade them all this minute
For the gold that's in her hair

And I can see her standing by the window
And there's nothing sadder in the world
Than those green eyes, all red from crying
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl

And I can see her standing by the window
And there's nothing sadder in the world
Than those green eyes, all red from crying
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl

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Blue Ridge Mountain Memories

   Blue Ridge Mountain memories
   Dreams of home so dear to me
   I wish life could be like it used to be
   In my Blue Ridge Mountain memories

I still envision that old homestead on a hillside far away
I can see the Blue Ridge Mountains where I spent my childhood days
When I start wishin' things could be the way they were back then
I can close my eyes and wander back again

I can still see Mom and Daddy and remember how they cried
When I headed west searchin' for a better way of life
Though I found fame and fortune I feel empty and alone
Riches can't replace a parent's love or home

Now Mom and Dad are resting near the Blue Ridge Mountain cabin
They sleep there overlooking the only place they've ever known
I've been all around this whole wide world but nothing can compare
To the beauty of that Blue Ridge Mountain home

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Alan Jackson - Blue Ridge Mountain Song lyrics

"Blue Ridge Mountain Song"
He met her in the fall of '93 in the hills of Tennessee
She was barely 17, he was tall and strong and lean
They were deep in love by June
Hand in hand beneath that moon
And she sang a little blue ridge mountain song
And he'd just hum along
And they'd dance all night till dawn
On a hillside all alone
They were young and they were free
Like a mountain melody
In love as they could be
Singing that blue ridge song
She married in her mama's wedding gown
Bought a house and settled down
He worked driving all around
All at large from town to town
And he'd come home every night
And she'd be waiting in the front porch light
And she'd sing a little blue ridge mountain song
And he'd just hum along
And they'd dance all night till dawn
On the front porch all alone
They were young and they were free
Like a mountain melody
In love as they could be
Singing that blue ridge song
They couldn't tell him what was wrong
But they just didn't know
It wasn't very long until Jesus called her home
And he got down on his knees
Said "God don't take my love from me"
Just let her sing a little blue ridge mountain song
Like she has all along
And I'll dance with her till dawn
On a hill side all alone
And we'll spend eternity like a mountain melody
In love as we can be
Singing that blue ridge song
Now he lives there all alone
In the house that they call home
In his heart there lies a void (?)
From the absence of her voice
And he lays down every night
Dreams about that front porch light
Where she sang a little blue ridge mountain song
And he'd just hum along
And they'd dance all night until dawn
On the hillside all alone
They were young and they were free
Like a mountain melody
In love as they could be
Singing that blue ridge song
Little blue ridge mountain song
Singing that blue ridge song
Sing a little blue ridge mountain song
Sing a little blue ridge mountain song
Singing that blue ridge song
Sing a little blue ridge mountain song
Sing a little blue ridge mountain song
Singing that blue ridge song
Sing a little blue ridge mountain song
Sing a little blue ride mountain song
Little blue ridge mountain song


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Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green
James Lunsford

1. Blue Ridge Mountains turning green
I wanna go home again
To see my mountain friends
Spring time opens up my heart
Makes me want to share
The good old mountain air
Life's so young and free for all
For those who answered the Blue Ridge Mountain call
Blue Ridge Mountains turning green
I wanna go home again
To see my mountain friends

2. Sunrise breaks the morning dew
Walkin' on new plowed ground
A distant cow bell sound
Tall trees reach the misty blue
And all of their leaves are green
Shadows on the mountain stream
Dogwood and mountain laurel bloom
Welcome mat for nature's living room
Blue Ridge Mountains turning green
I wanna go home again
To see my mountain friends

3. Night time gathers in the crowd
Listen to the children sing
Hear the banjos ring
Blue Ridge Mountains music sound
Comes from a lonely hill
Listen to the whippoorwill
Old-time fiddles that I hear
Playing a tune that I love so dear
Blue Ridge Mountains turning green
I wanna go home again
To see my mountain friends

Blue Ridge Mountains turning green

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Sit Down Young Stranger


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Blue Roan
BMI Work #: 9172947
Blue Roan (Larry W. Jones 10/11/2007) (song#5065)

Blue Roan ridin' with the wind
Down the race track and gone again
Some said he came from Tennessee
But where he came from is unknown
Folks come on race day just to see
Me and my beautiful Blue Roan
My Blue Roan can jump a mountain
Race all around the Pontchartrain
He's kin to Babe the Blue Ox clan
And the wind of a hurricane
Well, race day came for my Blue Roan
That Kentucky Derby was a sight to see
The line outside was ten miles long
They all came to see Tenbrooks, Molly and me
They said Tenbrooks had what it takes
And the jockey on the Blue Roan was a fool
When they opened those Derby gates
I just told my Blue Roan, try to play it cool
Blue Roan ridin' with the wind
Down the race track and gone again
Ride on Blue Roan, ride on 
Ride on Blue Roan
Down the race track like a whirlwind
Old Molly was taking the lead
But Tenbrooks matched her chin to chin
A Kentucky Derby stampede
Neck to neck in the final lap
My Blue Roan was racing so fast
That he just flew up in the sky
Right before the finish line passed
Officials saw my Blue Roan's stunt
Seen from their viewpoint on the ground
Folks said my Blue Roan was out front
Up in the air flyin' around
Well, they gave old Tenbrooks the win
But it sure was a sight to see
My Blue Roan flyin' in the wind
And ridin' on his back was me
Blue Roan ridin' with the wind
Down the race track and gone again
Ride on Blue Roan, ride on 
Ride on Blue Roan
Well, Blue Roan knew who won the race
And so he never came down again
He's still racing through outer space
Never on solid ground to win
If you see winds blowin' Pontchartrain
Soundin' like a big freight train's moan
It will be me holdin' the rains
Of a flyin' too fast Blue Roan
Blue Roan ridin' with the wind
Down the race track and gone again
Ride on Blue Roan, ride on 
Ride on Blue Roan


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Blue Side
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by David Lasley and Allee Willis

G                 Em        Am       D7
It's the same old me in the same old clothes
G        Em        Am             D7
Same old face that you're sure to know
G        G7              C
Same old blue side of me baby
         Am       C        G  D7
With the same old love for you
G                 Em         Am       D7
It's the same old day in the same old week
G                  Em                Am             D7
I got the same old shivers won't you sail away with me
G        G7              C
Same old blue side of me baby
         Am       C        G
With the same old love for you
       C            Bm       Em
Oh the blue side is the true side
Am               D7           G
For anyone who's had a broken heart
        Am           Bm      Em
And the blue side is the you side
      A7                               D7
Cause you won't give this love another start
        G        Em          Am        D7
Got the same old legs in the same blue jeans
   G            Em            Am       D7
In the same old head lies the same old dream
G        G7              C
Same old blue side of me baby
         Am       C        G
With the same old love for you
        Am           Bm      Em
And the blue side is the you side
      A7                               D7
Cause you won't give this love another start
         G        G7              C
It's the same old blue side of me baby
         Am       C
With the same old love
         G        G7              C
It's the same old blue side of me baby
         Am       C        G
With the same old love for you

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Alan Jackson - Blue Side Of Heaven lyrics

"Blue Side Of Heaven"
Don't be sad darlin' I love you
And I'll take you with my soul's memory
I'm just going ahead to tell them about you
So they will all know you the way that I do 
And I'll meet you dear on the blue side of heaven
Where angels sing and days never end
And I'll dance with you on the blue side of heaven
Where God will bless our love once again 
I'll teach them all the songs that we love dear
And I'll tell them of our babies at home
I'll hug and kiss all of our loved ones
Who came before so I'm not alone 
And I'll meet you dear on the blue side of heaven
Where angels sing and days never end
And I'll dance with you on the blue side of heaven
Where God will bless our love once again 
So let me go and tell me you love me
I'm not afraid as darlin' I know
That someday soon you'll be there with me
We'll be together as long as time goes 
And I'll meet you dear on the blue side of heaven
Where angels sing and days never end
And I'll dance with you on the blue side of heaven
Where God will bless our love once again 
So don't be sad you know that I love you
And I'll see you when it comes to your time
We'll walk along some beautiful river
Hand in hand on life's other side


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Blue Side of Lonesome
Recorded by George Jones       
Written by Leon Payne
[3/4 time]
 
G                            D7
I'm calling to tell you it's over
                               G
Yes darling you're now free to go
                               D7
You're saying you're sorry you hurt me
                                G   G7
But you can't hurt me no more I know
 
       C                         G
You're asking me where this call comes from
     D7           A7         D7
Oh I hope that it won't interfere
        G                       D7
If your new romance turns out a failure
                                G
Well here's where to find me my dear
 
                             D7
I'm just on the blue side of lonesome
                             G
Right next to the Heartbreak Hotel
                            D7
In a tavern that's known as Three Teardrops
                            G
On a bar stool not doing so well
 
                            D7
The floor's got a carpet of sorrow
                           G
But no one can weep in the aisle
                                   D7
And they say someone broke the bar mirror
                         G    G7
With only the ghost of a smile
 
    C                        G
The hands on the clock never alter
    D7           A7            D7
For things never change in the place
           G                  D7
There's no present no past no future
                                       G
We're the ones who have lost in life's race
 
repeat #3

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Blue Skies And Teardrops

   Blue skies and teardrops got me down
   And the wheat straw in the wind keeps blowing round and round.
   Miles full of emptiness is all I've found
   And the road says you've got to move along.

Does anybody passing by know how I feel?
As another morning settles like the dust behind my heels
In the shadow of a restless soul born on wheels
I'm bound to sing the highway's in the song.

Now the wandering song within me is a song I've learned
When I heard the freight trains whistle and my head was turned
The carefree chorus of that liner as she burned
Now the lineman says you've got to move along.

Now I left the years and miles lying where they fell
Among the book my soul was written and the tales my shoes could tell
I left them lying there for someone else to tell
And the road says you've got to move along.

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Blue Sky Cathedral
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Chuck Jones and Michael Lunn

G
My granddaddy never went to church
        C                      G
He felt closer to God with his hands in the dirt
      C
Doin' hard work with the sun on his face
Am                        D7
Sweat on his brow and the wind in his hair
     C            D7
He'd say a prayer anywhere

        G
He'd be standin' in the middle of fresh mown field 
    C                         G
The spirit would move him and he'd just kneel
          C
And start givin' thanks for God's green earth 
            Am             D7
And when he came to church he'd prefer his

G        Em   G    D7       C          G  Am  D7
Blue sky cathedral with its white pine steeple 
G                                     C                       F
Sunrise for its stained glass windows singin' along with that songbird hymnal
              C           G  C  D7         G        C     G  D7
Made his soul fly like an eagle under that blue sky cathedral 

G
Every now and then some folks from town 
     C                       G
They dropped in and tried to bring him round
         C                        Am
Into the fold but he'd just smile fix 'em some tea 
            D7               C                           D7
And let 'em talk a while and then when they'd leave he'd say to me

G                                         C                         G
Girl some people gotta have four walls to keep the word to hear the call
    C               Am          D7
And that's okay and as for me I do better underneath my

G        Em    G   D7       C          G  Am  D7
Blue sky cathedral with its white pine steeple 
G                                     C                       F
Sunrise for its stained glass windows singin' along with that songbird hymnal
               C           G C   D7       G        C    G
Make's my soul fly like an eagle under my blue sky cathedral 

F                                       C
It's been years since he's been gone we buried him upon the hill
    D#                           D7
But it don't matter where I am I feel him with me still under my

 
G        Em    G   D7       C          G   Am  D7
Blue sky cathedral with its white pine steeple 
G                                     C                       F
Sunrise for its stained glass windows singin' along with that songbird hymnal
               C           G C   D7       G        C    G
Make's my soul fly like an eagle under my blue sky cathedral 

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Blue Sunday

It's Sunday, blue Sunday, another lonely week will soon be gone
It's Sunday, blue Sunday, I'll spend another weekend all alone
I wonder where the blues will end my happiness will start
I wonder where it all begins this living with a broken heart

It's Sunday, blue Sunday, where can my darling be
Why is it every Sunday, we're apart
It's Sunday, blue Sunday, I've been right here alone the live long day
It's Sunday, blue Sunday, it seems that all my life it's been this way

Four walls to keep me company and a phone that just won't ring
The postman passes every day but he never leaves a thing
It's Sunday, blue Sunday, blue Monday's on its way
And I wonder what another week will bring


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Blue Texas Waltz
Written and recorded by Billy Joe Shaver
[3/4 time]

C          G7
Blue Texas waltz my friend
       C
We are sweethearts again
                G7
Here's where it all began
                       C
Dancing the blue Texas waltz
                       G7
You are the one I have waited to hold
                           C
You are more precious than diamonds or gold
                       G7
Now is the time all my dreams will come true
                       C
Dancing the blue Texas waltz with you
Repeat #1
                       G7
Way over there in that star studded sky
                     C
Acres of memories go twinkling by
                       G7
Love that was here has come back alive
                            C
With you and the blue Texas waltz tonight
Repeat #1

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Alison Krauss - Blue Trail of Sorrow

Blue trail of sorrow
Lies upon the ground
And I get so lonely
Since you let me down

Well, I used to be so happy
Walkin' on these streets
Now there's just sadness
Everywhere I meet

Start walkin', baby, walk all over town
Sweet tears of sadness fallin' down
Keep lookin', baby, and I won't be around
Blue trail of sorrow on the ground

Now when I had a dollar
You'd stick right by me
Now I've got nothin'
But blues for company

Well, I think I'll leave tomorrow
I'm tired of this old town
But it won't be hard to find me
If you look down on the ground

Start walkin', baby, walk all over town
Sweet tears of sadness fallin' down
Keep lookin', baby, and I won't be around
Blue trail of sorrow on the ground


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Blue Trail Of Sorrow
Recorded by Dan Tyminski
Written by Jeff White

G    C        G           C        G
Blue trail of sorrow lies upon the ground
D7                                   G
And I get so lonely since you let me down
               C     G             C        G
Well I used to be so happy walking on these streets
D7                                    G
Now there's just sadness everywhere I meet
C             G    C             D7
Start walkin' baby walk all over town
C              D7              G
Sweet tears of sadness fallin' down
C            G    C           D7
Keep lookin' baby I won't be around
C             D7            G
Blue trail of sorrow on the ground
    C            G            C              G
Now when I had a dollar you'd stick right by me
D7                                 G
Now I've got nothin' but blues for company
             C          G            C             G
Well I think I'll leave tomorrow I'm tired of this town
D7                                                      G
But it won't be hard to find me if you look down on the ground
Repeat #2 

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Nashville Bluegrass Band - Blue Train Lyrics

I heard that whistle when I heard you speak
Felt that rumble underneath my feet
I knew I bought myself a first class seat
On the blue train

I knew you'd break me down and leave me flat
I saw it coming but I turned my back
I feel like a nickel on the railroad track
Here comes the blue train

Blue train, blue train
Broken hearts ride free
On the blue train, blue train
Coming for to carry me

It's not the first time I've been down this line
I've done some traveling with this heart of mine
Seems to be a longer ride each time
On the blue train

When I get home I'm gonna lock my heart
Try to tear away the wounded part
I'm gonna get myself a good head start
And outrun the blue train

Blue train, blue train
Broken hearts ride free
On the blue train, blue train
Coming for to carry me

Blue train, blue train
Coming for to carry me
On the blue train

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Blue Umbrella
John Prine

Feelings are strange especially when they come true
And I had a feeling you'd be leaving soon
So I tried to rearrange all my emotions
But it seems the same no matter what I do.

Chorus:
Blue umbrella rest upon my shoulder
Hide the pain while the rain makes up my mind
Well, my feet are wet from thinking this thing over
And it's been so long since I felt the warm sunshine
Just give me one good reason
And I promise I won't ask you any more
Just give me one extra season
So I can figure out the other four.

Day time makes me wonder why you left me
Night time makes me wonder what I said
"Next time," are the words I'd like to plan on
But, "Last time," was the only thing you said.

Chorus


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Dolly Parton - Blue Valley Songbird lyrics

She was born in a place called Blue Valley
At the foot of the Tennessee hills
With the blue birds and blue bells
And blue mountain water
And the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill
But there was no peace in the valley
Her daddy, a cruel, ruthless man
Used and abused her mind and her body
So her mama said run while you can
So at fifteen she took to the highway
Belongings and guitar in hand
And she buried herself in her music
The one thing she did understand
And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet
Her voice has that high, lonesome sound
She hurts, and her songs are the best way to show it
So the Blue Valley songbird keeps traveling around
She hopes someday she will make it
And everyone says that she will
When she comes to town, crowds flock around
To see the girl from the Tennessee hills
She writes her letter back home to her mama
In care of the preacher in town
They're sacred to her so she reads them at church
And so her daddy cannot track her down
And she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby
Whenever she turns off the lights
She's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy
From mem'ries and miseries and dreams gone awry
Blue dress, blue shoes, a blue Cadillac
A band dressed in blue by her side
Instruments tied to the top and the back
'Cause the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight
One nighters, honky tonks, years flying by
She never made it, but Lord knows she tries
Expressing the feelings she holds inside
And the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight
Oh the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight
And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet


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Blue Velvet
Recorded by Bobby Vinton
written by Bernie Wayne/Lee Morris

G7       C     Em
She wore bl-ue velvet
Dm         G7             C
Bluer than velvet was the night
Dm
Softer than satin was the light
G7       C    Dm
From the stars
G7       C     Em
She wore bl-ue velvet
Dm         G7              C
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Dm
Warmer than May her tender sighs
G7       Gm
Love was ours
F                  Fm
Ours a love I held tightly
C
Feeling the rapture grow
F                    Fm
Like a flame burning brightly
Em                Dm           G7
But when she left gone was the glow 
   C     Em
Of bl-ue velvet
Dm        G7                    C
But in my heart there'll always be
Dm                         G7          Gm    C
Precious and warm a memory through the years
      F                  G7                C
And I still can see blue velvet through my tears

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Blue Virginia Blues

Have you ever been to Richmond in November
When the cold Virginia rain is coming down
Friends I'm here to tell you it's no pleasure
When you're all alone and a stranger to this town.

Don't take me wrong I do like East Virginia
And Richmond's full of hospitality
Except for one Virginia girl I know of
Who made a perfect love wreck out of me.

   Blue blue Virginia blue
   There's no blue like blue Virginia blue
   No other girls in the whole wide world
   Will break your heart like Virginia girls
   There's no blue like blue Virginia blue

She called me up in St Paul Minnisota
Said I need you here in Richmond right away
Take the bus I'll meet you at the station
Bring your clothes 'cause I want you to stay.

My bus pulled in the station late this evening
And there's no one around this place but me
She must have changed her mind or she's forgotten
And her name's not in the phone directory.

I wish I had the money for a taxi
And a warm and cozy place to go lie down
Instead of standin' all alone in Richmond
While the cold Virginia rain is comin' down.

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Blue Winter
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Ben Raleigh and John Gluck

G               D7              G
It's gonna be a blue winter without you
                G7              C
It's gonna be a blue winter for me
            D7
While other lovers sit holding hands
     G    F#  G
By a warm fireplace
A7
I'll be home all alone
D                       D7
Longin' for your warm embrace
G               D7              G
It's gonna be a blue winter without you
                  G7            C
I'm headin' for a blue winter I see
               D7
Our love's too young to grow old
        G                         Em
Darlin' don't leave me out in the cold
                  D7              G
Don't let it be a blue winter for me
               D7
Our love's too young to grow old
        G                         Em
Darlin' don't leave me out in the cold
                  D7              G  Em
Don't let it be a blue winter for me
                  Am   D7         G
Don't let it be a blue winter for me

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Blue Yodel #4

She's long she's tall, she six feet from the ground
She's long she's tall, she six feet from the ground
She tailor made, lord she ain't no hand me down
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

She got eyes like diamonds, lord her teeth shine just the same
She got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
She got sweet ruby lips, and a hair like a horse's mane
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

Every time I see you mama, you're always on the street
Every time I see you mama, you're always on the street
You hang out on the corner, like a police on his beat
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you're gone
Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you're gone
Listen hear sweet mama, I'm gonna put your air brakes on
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

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Blue Yodel Number Four

She's long she's tall
She's six feet from the ground
She's long she's tall
She's six feet from the ground
She's tailor made, you know she ain't no hand me down

She's got eyes like diamonds
Lord her teeth shine just the same
She's got eyes like diamonds
And her teeth shine just the same
She's got ruby lips and hair like a horse's mane

Every time I see you mama
You're always on the street
Every time I see you mama
You're always on the street
You hang out the corner like a police on his beat

Every time I need you mama
Lord I always find you gone
Every time I need you mama
Lord I always find you gone
Listen hear sweet mama, I'm gonna put your hair brace on


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Blue Yodel Number Three

She's long she's tall she's six feet from the ground
She's long she's tall she's six feet from the ground
She's tailor made Lord she ain't no hand me down
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.

She's got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
Well she's got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
She's got red ruby lips she's got hair like a horse's mane
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.

Everytime I see you mamma well you're always on the street
Everytime I see you mamma you're always on the street
You hang out on the corner like the policeman on his beat
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.

Everytime I need you mamma Lord I always find you gone
Everytime I need you mamma I always find you gone
Listen here sweet mamma you better put your air brakes on
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.

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Bluebird Wine
Song by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell

Baby brought me in out off the highway
Made me put my money in the bank, bank
Straightened out my crooked way of thinking
Made it purely pleasure when I drank
And it's all right
I've just hit my stride
Right off the bat
Lord, I'm drunk on bluebird wine
Now baby taught me a different way of thinkin'
Like how to spend my evenings here at home
Listening to the music on the radio
Drinking all the bluebird we can hold
And it's all right
I've just hit my stride
Right off the bat
Lord, I'm drunk on bluebird wine
Well baby says he'd really love a party
We'll get some friends together feelin' fine
Any friend of mine is worth his habit
A belly full of baby's bluebird wine
And it's all right
I've just hit my stride
Party just started
Lord I'm drunk on bluebird wine
And it's all right
I've just hit my stride
Right off the bat
Lord, I'm drunk on bluebird wine

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Bluebirds And Hoot Owls
BMI Work #: 8621618
Bluebirds And Hoot Owls (Larry W. Jones 01/11/2007) (song#4316)

Hoot owls hooting in the daylight
Bluebirds singing away in the night
That picture, you'll say, isn't right
But that's how I feel, and the feeling's real
Anytime that I'm with you
Hoot owls hooting in the daylight
Bluebirds singing away in the night
My heart is telling me it's alright
Cause that's how I feel, and the feeling's real
Anytime that I'm with you
Who, who, who is the girl for me
Hoot owls are hooting, can't you see
Blue, blue, blue days are gone from sight
Bluebirds singing away in the night
Anytime that I'm with you
My heart is telling me it's alright
Cause that's how I feel, and the feeling's real
Bluebirds and hoot owls know how I feel
Who, who, who is the girl for me
Hoot owls are hooting, can't you see
Blue, blue, blue days are gone from sight
Bluebirds singing away in the night
Anytime that I'm with you
Bluebirds and hoot owls know I'm in love with you


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Bluebirds Are Singing For Me

There was a girl I loved so dearly
She lived away back in the hills
When the bluebird sings, I miss my darling
She loved me I know, she always will

   There's a bluebird singing (there's a bluebird singing)
   In the Blue Ridge mountains (in the Blue Ridge mountains)
   It's calling me back to my home
   Oh, I can hear (Oh I can hear)
   The bluebirds calling (the bluebirds calling)
   Calling me back to my home

Now tonight I'm far from the blue ridge mountains
Far from my home back in the hills
But I'm going back to the blue ridge mountains
These memories they haunt me still

When I reached home I was so lonely
The one I loved had gone away
That bad news came from her mother
She's sleeping there beneath the clay

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Bluegrass Christmas
Recorded by The Lewis Family
Written by Del McCoury
 
C                                    Am
The cold wind is blowing through the tall Georgia pines
     F       G7                 C
They say Colorado is white with snow
                  G7              Am
A winter storm is moving down the coast of Carolina
     F                                          G7
It's looking more like Christmas everywhere you go
 
    C                                Am
The city streets are filled with the sound of people shopping
F             G7          C
Christmas all aflame everywhere
    F                 G7          C               Am
But what I'd like for me can't be put beneath the tree
          D7                              G7
You can't wrap what I'd like to have this year
 
         F   G7    C
I want a bluegrass Christmas
F             G7             C
Just like the ones I used to know
F             G7               C         Am
Christmas for me is not what's under the tree
       D7                         G7
It's a house filled with music of ones that I love so
 
       F            G7             C
I want green on the Christmas tree white on the ground
    F         G7         C
The tinsel of silver and gold
    F            G7      Em                 Am
But if I had one wish to bring me Christmas cheer
           D7        G7             C
I'd want a bluegrass Christmas this year
 
G7         C                        Am
I want the family all together with friends dropping in
        F                     G7               C
And the house filled with the smell of momma's pie
                      G7              Am
I'd like to see daddy sittin' in that same old easy chair
      F                              G7
While all the kids wait for Santa to arrive
 
      C                          Am
Let's bring out the guitars I'll play my old banjo
      F            G7           C
Let's sing Rudolph Winter Wonderland
          F             G7           C          Am
But don't let the music stop till we play Rocky Top
D7                      G7
Away In A Manger Little Town Of Bethlehem
 
         F   G7    C
I want a bluegrass Christmas
F             G7             C
Just like the ones I used to know
                                F
Where the tree tops glisten and children listen
       D7                             G7
Like a family singing those old songs ones that I love so
 
Repeat #4 x2
                  F   G7    C
I'm dreaming of a bluegrass Christmas

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Osborne Brothers - Bluegrass Express  Lyrics

Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
This train soon be gone and I'm going home
On the Bluegrass Express.

She'll cross the river at Newport town
Louisville, Lexington, she's southbound
Richmond, Winchester, Bowling Green
Prettiest places I've ever seen.

Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
This train soon be gone and I'm going home
On the Bluegrass Express.

--- Instrumental ---

Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
This train soon be gone and I'm going home
On the Bluegrass Express...

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Bluegrass Melodies
Recorded by The Osborne Brothers
Darrell Statler 

G  B7     C   G
Bluegrass melodies           
D7             G   D7 Em D7
Sing me a sweet mountain song        

G             D7      Em        G
In the summer in the evening momma and papa       
C               D7          G    D7
Would sit down on the front porch swing
G         D7    Em            G
Me and my banjo papa with his fiddle   
 C              D7              G   D7
And momma with the tunes she would sing

G  B7     C   G
Bluegrass melodies                         
D7
My how I'd love to sing along
G  B7     C   G
Bluegrass melodies           
D7             G    D7 
Em D7
Sing me a sweet mountain song     

G                  D7
The songs would tell a story         
Em             G
Of some heart that was broken   
C               D7         G  D7
Or sometimes she'd sing Uncle Pen           
G               D7
Then she'd do one soft and gentle           
 Em            G
That would make me cry a little      
C            D7       G    D7
How I wish I could hear one again           

G         D7          Em            G
All that's left is a memory of a little wooden cabin    
C           D7             G   D7
And two country graves side by side    
G           D7          Em              Dm
But on a summer evening sometimes I start believing  
C          D7               G
I hear momma singin' one more time

G  B7     C   G
Bluegrass melodies                         
D7
My how I'd love to sing along
G  B7     C   G
Bluegrass melodies          
 D7             G    D7 Em D7 G
Sing me a sweet mountain song 

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The Osborne Brothers - Bluegrass Music's Really Gone To Town lyrics

(Justin Tubb)
Bluegrass music's really gone to town
Bluegrass music's really hit the ground
From New York to Bakersfield Calgary and Jacksonville
Bluegrass music's really gone to town.
I remember back when I was just a boy
In the hills of east Tennessee
I cut my teeth on Uncle Pen
They called it mountain music then.
That's why bluegrass means so much to me
I never thought I would live to see today there'd be bluegrass in Carnegie Hall
But them city folks got smart and love them country folks at heart
I guess they like their music after all.
Bluegrass music's really gone to town
Bluegrass music's really hit the ground
From New York to Bakersfield Calgary and Jacksonville
Bluegrass music's really gone to town.
--- Instrumental ---
They even got it on TV
College kids think it's the latest thing
Solemn gown and Texas shoes
Boston College barbeque.
Bluegrass really makes the rafter's rings
But kids today they think that is the same
They gotta think for each day in the week
But if you wanna see 'em go just give them footprints in the snow
Bluesgrass is the only thing for me.
Bluegrass music's really gone to town
Bluegrass music's really hit the ground
From New York to Bakersfield Calgary and Jacksonville
Bluegrass music's really gone to town...


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Bluegrass Saturday Night
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent

C                                                      F
Three hundred days of traveling pickin' music from the soul
       C                                                     G7
It's a life that's not for all but it's the way we choose to go
    C                                            F
The rangers and the music keep us runnin' to the stage
         C                              G7                        C
And that blue moon keeps shinin' bright it's a bluegrass Saturday night
     F                                     C
That sweet fiddle keeps on playin' and the sound's intoxicatin'
                                                     G7
Banjo pickin' loud and clear it rings on through the night
         C                                                          F
Load the bus with the band and biscuits tell the folks about Martha White
     C                        G7                        C
Everything's gonna be alright it's a bluegrass Saturday night
                                                  F
A thousand miles of blacktop many times just over night
        C                                                 G7
Writin' songs and sharing stories it's a different way of life
        C                                                     F
There's no other way of living we'll keep rolling through the land
       C                            G7                      C
With a song upon our hearts till we join Heaven's bluegrass band
     F                                     C
That sweet fiddle keeps on playin' and the sound's intoxicatin'
                                                     G7
Banjo pickin' loud and clear it rings on through the night
         C                                                          F
Load the bus with the band and biscuits tell the folks about Martha White
     C                        G7                        C     C7
Everything's gonna be alright it's a bluegrass Saturday night
         F                               C
Hunter's fiddle keeps on playin' and the sound's intoxicatin'
                                                     G7
Big K pickin' loud and clear it rings on through the night
         C                                          F
Josh and Mickey keep on singin' listen to them harmonize
        C                            G7                 C
Special thanks to Martha White for a bluegrass Saturday night
                                                         F
Hey Augie take me back to Nashville time to hold my baby tight
     C                     G7                 C
Everybody say goodbye to a bluegrass Saturday night

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Bluegrass Truck Driver

There's a Truck Driver down in old Kentucky
And he loves to listen to that Bluegrass music
Everywhere he goes you can hear that old banjo
And they call him the Bluegrass Truck Driver

When the jukebox starts playing country music
You can bet he'll have that Bluegrass song
When you hear the guitar and the banjo ringing
You'll know the Bluegrass Truck Driver's back in town

Everytime he goes into a truck stop
He always starts the Bluegrass music spinning
He does that old Kentucky buck then climbs back on his truck
That's why they call him the Bluegrass Truck Driver

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Dolly Parton - Bluer Pastures lyrics

I was lookin' for greener pastures
When I left my old Kentucky home
I was chasin' after dreams I thought I'd master
So I left the one that loved me all along
Thinkin' only of myself and doin' better
Didn't care about the grief I left behind
Didn't even make a card or write a letter
So sure I'd be successful in no time
Now I'm heading for bluer pastures
And back to the one who's heart I broke
To the bluegrass state of Kentucky
Where he waits with open for me I hope
Ain't it funny how you are when you're younger?
How what you have is never good enough
How the years will find you searchin' through your plunder
Lookin' for the treasures you gave up
Well the seasons came, they went
The dreams all shattered
While the grass just stayed a lonely shade of brown
Then I realized I'd lost all that had mattered
So with foolish pride aside, I'm homeward bound
Now I'm heading for bluer pastures
And back to the one who's heart I broke
To the bluegrass state of ole Kentucky
Where he waits with open for me I hope
Now I'm heading for bluer pastures
Where the bluegrass waves sweetly in the wind
Where the bluegrass music's always playin'
To the haunting sound of Monroe's mandolin
I'm heading for bluer pastures


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Blueridge Mountain Home

There's a well-beaten path on an old mountainside,
Where I wandered when I was a lad,
Where I wandered alone from the place I call home
In those Blue Ridge hills far away

Chorus:
Oh, I love those hills of old Virginia
From those Blue Ridge hills I did roam;
When I die, won't you bury me in the mountains,

Far away in my Blue Ridge Mountain home.
Now my thoughts wander back to that ramshackle shack
In those Blue Ridge hills far away.
My mother and dad were laid there to rest;

They are sleeping in peace together there.
I return to that old cabin home with a sigh;
I've been longing for days gone by.
When I die won't you bury me on that old mountainside
Make my resting place upon a hill so high.


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Blues Ain't Workin' On Me
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by George Teren and Tom Shapiro

C             F                C            F               C
There's a new expression on my face I ain't seen in quite a while
                F
Must be a smile
C             F               C        F               C
There's a new direction in my life and I can't wait to see
               F Am
Where it takes me
              F
I'm no longer lost in the past
C                     F           G7
Even my troubles just roll off my back
       C           F          G7       F   C
No the blues ain't workin' on me those old memories
F             G7
Can't put the hurt in my heart
C           F          C        Am      F
And love is lettin' me know I'm finally free
    G7                F
And cause of you I'll always be
G7                            C  F
No the blues ain't workin' on me
C           F                  C               F                C
Anytime the sun would start to shine some dark cloud would come around
                       F
And start raining down
C                 F               C            F                C
Since I found the shelter of your arms I don't feel the rain no more 
          F   Am
So let it pour
               F
Might be times when we lose our way
C                       F           G7
But I know tomorrow I'm still gonna say
Repeat #2

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Blues For My Darling
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by Thomas Glenn Fletcher

C                      F             C
Hellion don't leave me don't say goodbye
                                G7          C
Was the cry of this lady with a tear in her eye
                          F              C
You said that you love me and I said the same
                      G7                 C
So William I'm asking will you change my name
                          F             C
But I left on a steamboat I left on the run
                        G7           C
That all aboard whistle had ended my fun
                     F          C
William oh William I know I can hear
                          G7           C
Her voice on the river so lonesome and clear
                             
Hear the steamboat whine on the river this morning
It's singing my song it's sending me a warning
Hear the steamboat whine on the river this morning
                G7                    C
It's singing my song the blues for my darling
                       F                  C
I told her I loved her would she wait for me
                            G7          C
But I feel with sadness was all I could see
                        F                  C
Now she'll find another that's what she'll do
                       G7             C
And that is the reason I'm feeling so blue
Hear the steamboat whine on the river this morning
It's singing my song it's sending me a warning
Hear the steamboat whine on the river this morning
                G7                    C G7 Dm Am C
It's singing my song the blues for my dar----ling

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The Incredible String Band - Blues for the Muse 

I wake up in the early when I see my day walk in
I wake up in the early when I start to begin
I drink up my coffee to drive dreams away
And I think about leaving but remain for the day

Oh, glory but I just stay blind
Think about my loving, yes, some of the time

I want to take it easy
Ain't it hard like they say
But I can play

And most any morning, most any morning
I like to be born into my guitar day

They say it's all butterflies
Don't let your dreams get in your eyes
But Orpheus made the sunrise
'Cause he knew how to play

Well, she sings so fadey, I called my guitar lady
She's a noted writer, I just can't seem to let her be
And she is my flower, I call her my easy hour
She's a low special, and baby that's enough for me

I got sorrow spells, I got sorrow spells
She showed up low to the blues away
And it's raining in the ocean, raining in the ocean

And stones on the mountain and just like they say
I'm just the string striker, just the lamplighter
I ain't no price fighter, it's easy to play

Well, she sings like the seashore
Tonight I don't ride on your seesaw
I will call up the angels if they have a little word to say

And I think I'll try cloud walking
It's just my face you see here talking
And it's just the guitar singing
And I have to let her have her way

And it's all right, you're in the graveyard now
And it's all right, you're in the graveyard now

You may weep, you may moan
You may pass your life so gay
But lucky in life, I swear sometimes
Surely going to have to meet your leaving day

Well, she sings like the seashore
Tonight I don't ride on your seesaw
I will call up the angels if they have a little word to say

And I think I'll try cloud walking
It's just my face you see here talking
And it's just the guitar singing
And I have to let her have her way

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The Incredible String Band - Blues For The Muse - 2010 Remastered Version 

Blues For The Muse

I wake up in the early when I see my day walk in;
I wake up in the early when I start to begin.
I drink up my coffee to drive dreams away,
And I think about leaving but remain for the day.

Oh Glory but I just stay blind,
Think about my loving, yes, some of the time

I want to take it easy,
Ain't it hard like they say,
But I can play.

And most any morning, most any morning
I like to be born into my guitar day.

They say it's all butterflies,
Don't let your dreams get in your eyes,
But Orpheus made the sunrise,
'Cause he knew how to play.

She sings so fadey,
Called the sweet guitar lady.
She's a noted writer, I just can't seem to let her be.
And she is my flower, I call her my easy hour.
She's a low special, Baby that's enough for me.

And it's all right, you're in the graveyard now.
Well it's all right, you're in the graveyard now.

You may weep, you may moan,
You may pass your life so gay,
But lucky in life, I swear sometimes,
Surely going to have to meet your leaving day.

Well, she sings like the seashore,
Tonight I'm going to ride on your seesaw.
I will call up the Angels if they have a little word to say,
And I think I'll try cloudwalking.
It's just my face you see here talking,
And it's just the guitar singing,
And I have to let her have her way.

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Blues For Your Own

Did you ever wonder why
All you do is sit and cry
Could it be that your baby's left and gone
Your happiness is through
Memories are no use to you
Now you've got the blues for your own

   You walk through the night and you wonder
   Or you sing yourself a sad and lonesome song
   In time the pain will end, 'til then you've got a friend
   'Cause you've got the blues for your own

You say you just don't care
About a casual affair
That'll bring back memories better left alone
You can't chase them away
These blues are here to stay
Now you've got the blues for your own

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Blues In My Mind

Now I often hate you for these blues in my mind
What makes me love you am I losing my mind
I wonder where I'm gonna wind up
I just can't make my crazy mind up

Too many kisses brought me too many tears
Tears that I'll carry with me all through the years
I'm just a broken hearted guy
Worry put these blues in my mind

Now I'm going crazy with these blues in my mind
How can you just keep on confusing my mind
You got a jealous air about you
Maybe I'm better off with out you

I just can't make my heart believe that it's true
The trouble with me is havin' trouble with you
I'm just a broken hearted guy
Worry put these blues in my mind

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Blues Stay Away From Me

   Blues stay away from me   
   Blues why don't you let me be
   I don't know why you keep on haunting me

Love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
It seems somehow we never can agree

Life is full of misery   
Dreams are like a memory
Bringing back your love that used to be 

Tears so many I can't see
Years don't mean a thing to me
Time goes by and still I can't be free

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Bluest Heartache Of The Year
Recorded by Kenny Dale
Written by Warren W. Wimberly
 
C           C7          F
Bluest Heartache of the year
G7                        C   G7
Lonesome memories I can't bear
C                      F
I still love you but I know you don't care
             C      G7               C
I've got the bluest heartache of the year
  
                         F
You looked so pretty out there on the floor
G7                       F                C
Dancing with him while I watched from the door
                         F
He holds you closer than I ever dared
             C      G7               C
I've got the bluest heartache of the year
 
Repeat #1
 
                           F
If there's a prize for the world's biggest fool
G7                        F           C
I'd win for sure and then I'd start a school
                         F
For all young lovers who run out of tears
             C      G7               C
And have the bluest heartache of the year
Repeat #1 
F            C      G7               F  C
I've got the bluest heartache of the year

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Boat Of Life
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Burl Stephens

C                                 F             C
My friend is the going rough with troubled seas around
                                   D7                    G7
Do angry winds beset your soul and dark clouds on you'll frown
C                                  F            C
Have you ever looked for bread and only found a stone
                                         G7           C
Could it be because you're paddling your boat of life alone

                                     F                C
Is the raft you once had charted now both blurred and marred
                                D7             G7
Is your soul and body weary the task of rowing hard
C                                F              C
Have you ever looked for joy and disappointment known
                                         G7           C
Could it be because you're paddling your boat of life alone

                                      F               C
My friend there is one who knows your every fault and sin
                                      D7                 G7
And He knows you struggle and through all your life fold in
C                              F               C
So why not call on Jesus He'll help you safely on
                          G7            C
Oh my friend it's foolish to paddle all alone

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Boat Of Love
Recorded by Bill Monroe and Jimmy Martin
Written by James B. Smith

G
I can hear the voice (I can hear the voice)
Of the boatman coming (of the boatman coming)
And I'll be ready (and I'll be ready)
                 D7
When He calls my name (when He calls my name)
              G
So happy I'll be (so happy I'll be)
On my way to Heaven (on my way to heaven)
                                      D7      G
I hear the angels (I hear the angels) sweetly sing
                     
On the boat of love (on the boat of love) 
D7          G       D7          G
Down at the harbor (down at the harbor) 
             Em
It's waiting there (it's waiting there)
            D7
For you and me (for you and me)
          G
I have no fear (I have no fear) 
                                     C
Christ is the captain (Christ is the captain)
G                                         D7             G
He'll guide us o're (He'll guide us o're) life's rolling sea
Let's get on board (let's get on board) 
That great excursion (that great excursion)
And sail the sea (and sail the sea) 
       D7
To the home above (to the home above) 
               G
Don't wait too late (don't wait too late)
To make your reservation (to make your reservation)
                                                D7      G
It's the boat of God's (it's the boat of God's) eternal love
Repeat #2
 
On the boat of love (on the boat of love) 
Will soon be sailing (will soon be sailing)
It's heading for (it's heading for) 
            D7
That golden shore (that golden shore)
               G
Don't wait too late (don't wait too late)
To make your reservation (to make your reservation)
                                      D7      G
Heaven is my home (Heaven is my home) for evermore
Repeat #2

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Boatman's Dance (Live)

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Boatman dance, boatman sing
Boatman do 'bout anything
When the boatman come to town
Look out boys your daughters gone

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Lead

Pass the whiskey 'round,
Pass it 'round I say
Pass the big ol' jug around
Well finish off by the break of day

Boatman dance, boatman sing
Boatman do 'bout anything
When the boatman come to town
Look out boys your daughters gone

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Lead

Pass the big ol' mug 'round,
Pass it 'round I say
Pass the big ol' mug around
Well be all south by the break of day

Boatman dance, boatman sing
Boatman do 'bout anything
When the boatman come to town
Look out boys your daughters gone

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Lead

Grab yer partner by the hand
and grab her now I say
grab yer partner by the hand
Gonna spin gonna freak 'til the break of day

Boatman dance, boatman sing
Boatman do 'bout anything
When the boatman come to town
Look out boys your daughters gone

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Lead

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Boatman dance, boatman sing
Boatman do 'bout anything
When the boatman come to town
Look out boys your daughters gone

Dance Boatman Dance
Dance I say
Dance Boatman Dance
Dance all night with a hole in your pants

Lead

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Boats to Build Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's time for a change
I'm tired of that same old same
The same old words, the same old lines
The same old tricks and the same old rhymes
It's days precious days
They roll in and out like waves
I got boards to bend and I got planks to nail
I got charts to make and I got seas to sail

[Chorus]
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
It will be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
Because I've got boats to build

[Verse 2]
Now sails are just like wings
And the wind can make 'em sing
Songs of life, songs of hope
Songs to keep your dreams afloat

[Chorus]
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
It will be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
Because I've got boats to build

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Bob Dylan's Dream
Bob Dylan

While riding on a train goin' west,
I fell asleep for to take my rest.
I dreamed a dream that made me sad,
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.

With half-damp eyes I stared to the room
Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon,
Where we together weathered many a storm,
Laughin' and singin' till the early hours of the morn.

By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung,
Our words were told, our songs were sung,
Where we longed for nothin' and were quite satisfied
Talkin' and a-jokin' about the world outside.

With haunted hearts through the heat and cold,
We never thought we could ever get old.
We thought we could sit forever in fun
But our chances really was a million to one.

As easy it was to tell black from white,
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right.
And our choices were few and the thought never hit
That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split.

How many a year has passed and gone,
And many a gamble has been lost and won,
And many a road taken by many a friend,
And each one I've never seen again.

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
That we could sit simply in that room again.
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat,
I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.


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Bob Said It Aw (And Called It Western Swing)
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Jim Halley

G                       C
I was raised on western swing 
             G            C
Like to hear Tommy Duncan sing
        A7               D7            G
When he talked about the bubbles in my beer
                        C
And he sing about Faded Love
            G          Em
Beneath the neon stars above
     A7                 D7                G
Yeah Bob said it aw and called it western swing
 
                            C
It ain't nothing new but it might be to you
    A7                             D7
And if you listen long enough I'll bet you'll love it too
      C                 G                       E7
Bob's no longer with us but he'll always be the king
A7                 D7                G
Bob said it aw and called it western swing
 
                            C
It ain't nothing new but it might be to you
    A7                             D7
And if you listen long enough I'll bet you'll love it too
      C                 G                       E7
Bob's no longer with us but he'll always be the king
A7                 D7                G
Bob said it aw and called it western swing
 
     A7              D7                G
Yeah Bob said aw and called it western swing

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Bobby And Sarah
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Irl Hees

C
It started out a dream young Bobby 17
                          F
When he spied sweet Sarah Trueheart
    C
He boldly came around she gently turned him down                            F
Said they probably wouldn't share hearts
G7             C
Bobby kept his head on straight
F
Walked up to her gate
                      C
Saying I have come to court you
    G7                C
She couldn't turn him down
They dated for a while then Bobby with a smile                             F
Said that soon they would be married
  C
A twinkle in her eye sweet Sarah with a sigh
                            F
Said they probably wouldn't marry
G7             C
Bobby kept his head on straight
F
Said just don't be late
                      C
For I know you really love me
    G7                C
She couldn't turn him down
Now Bobby's got a wife he's happy with his life
                        F
And sweet Sarah wants a baby
    C
She wants a girl and boy to be their daddy's joy                        F
But her Bobby just said maybe
G7              C
Bobby's got his head on straight
F
Sarah couldn't wait
                           C
Now there's Joe and little Mary
   G7                C
He couldn't turn her down

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Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog For Christmas
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C
Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
  G7
I know you plan to bring an electric train
    C
But Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
    G7                               C
And that's the only song we hear him sing


Santa please remember Bobby's lonely
    G7
The closest neighbor's farm is quite a ways
        C
And the country school don't have no children Bobby's size
        G7                                C
And I'd like to give him something he can raise

Repeat #1


Butch and Susie won't be here for Christmas
    G7
And Bobby won't see his cousins now till spring
   C
If we can find a playmate he can play with
G7                               C
Santa that'll be all you have to bring

Repeat #1

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Dolly Parton - Bobby's Arms lyrics

Bobby's arms, they are warm when he holds me
Bobby's arms always comfort and console me
When I'm in his arms held tight
I know everything's alright
Just as long as I'm inside bobby's arms
Chorus:
Bobby's arms always welcome me inside
Bobby's arms always hold me when I cry
Bobby's arms are my shelter from life's storms
And I feel so safe in Bobby's arms
Bobby's arms, they are strong but they're tender
Bobby's arms reach for me and I surrender
When he reaches out for me, I'm never out of reach
And I always want to be in Bobby's arms
Repeat Chorus


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Body And Soul

See that train coming round the bend,
Carrying the one that I love
Her beautiful body is still here on earth,
But her soul has been called up above

   Body and Soul, Body and Soul,
   That's how she loved me, with Body and Soul

Her beautiful hair was the purest of gold,
Her eyes were as blue as the sea,
Her lips were the color of summer's red rose,
And she promised she would always love me

Tomorrow as the sun sinks low
The shadows will cover her face
As her last sun goes down, she's laid beneath the ground
And my teardrops are falling like rain

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Punch Brothers - Boll Weevil

Boll Weevil told the farmer 
You better treat me right
I'll eat up all your cotton
Sleep in your grain rail tonight

Boll Weevil told the farmer
You don't need no Ford machine
I'll eat up all your cotton
You can't buy no gasoline

Yonder comes a spider
Crawling up and down the wall
He must've been going
To get his ashes hauled

I don't see no water
But I'm about to drown
I don't see no fire
But I'm burning down 

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Bombed Boozed And Busted
Recorded by Joe Sun
Written by Dennis Knutson and Joe Sun

C            G7         C      F                        C
I get bombed boozed and busted a-living on a honky tonk time
             G7         C      D7                         G7
I get boozed stoned and busted Lord you made a mess of my mind
  C                          C7
I mention every thought that I'd survive 
    F                            D7
The day you drop a bomb that I'm still alive 
           C      G7        C      G7                   C
With these bombed booze and busted living on honky tonk time
                            C7                    F
The jukebox is my heartbeat it's the rhythm of my soul
              C                                                   G7
I hang around every bar in town and play the saddest songs that I know
   C                                  C7                   F
Oh I should be dead from drinking but no matter how hard I try 
                      C                   G7                 C
I'm a walking talking living proof that a broken heart don't die
                    G7         C      F                        C
Oh I've been bombed boozed and busted a-living on a honky tonk time
                G7         C      D7                         G7
I'll get boozed stoned and busted Lord you made a mess of my mind
   C                            C7
Oh I bet you never thought that I'd survive 
    F                            D7
The day you drop a bomb that I'm still alive 
           C      G7        C      G7                   C
With these bombed booze and busted living on honky tonk time
 
Repeat #3

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Bonaparte's Retreat

Met the girl I love in a town way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above she was the sweetest girl I ever did see
So I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat

   All the world was bright as I held her on that night
   And I heard her say Please don't ever go away
   So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
   I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat

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Richard Thompson - Bone Through Her Nose Lyrics

Oh, the drones on the corner, don't look her in the eye
When she comes out to play
And three times now at the Club Chi-Chi
They've turned her away

Last week she was the belle of the ball
But another week passes
It's time to cast off crutches
Scars and pebble glasses

She's got everything a girl might need
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
Hasn't got a bone through her nose

She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
Hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose

Oh, she gets her suits from a personal friend, Coco the clown
She got dustman's jacket, inside out, it's a party gown
If it's bouffon's, she's got bouffon's, if it's tat, she got tat
She got hoochie coochie Gucci and a pom-pom hat

She's got everything a girl might need
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose

She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, no

Well, her ma writes cook books
She wrote one once and it sold one or two
Her pa's in the city, he's so witty
He calls it the zoo

Her boyfriend plays in Scritti Politti
Aunt Sally's brown bread
In a few more years she can marry some fool
And knock it on the head

She's got everything a girl might need
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose

She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose

She hasn't got a, oh, she hasn't got a, oh

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Boney Fingers
Hoyt Axton

See the rain comin' down and the roof won't hold 'er
Lost my job and I feel a little older
Car won't run and our love's grown colder
But maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Oh! the clothes need washin' and the fire won't start
Kids all cryin' and you're breakin' my heart
Whole darn place is fallin' apart
Maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Chorus:
Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get?
( Whoo-whoo ) Boney Fingers - Boney Fing-ers.

Yea! I've been broke as long as I remember
Get a little money and I gotta run and spend 'er
When I try to save it, pretty woman come and take it
Sayin' maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Chorus

Yea! the grass won't grow and the sun's too hot
The whole darn world is goin' to pot
Might as well like it 'cause you're all that I've got
But, maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Chorus


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Bonita and Bill Butler
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I grew up in the scantling yards of Wheeling, West Virginia
A wheelhouse cub looking for an open door
In the packet ways a Sweeney wed the keel of my Bonita
Just two months from her timbers 'til she moored
I paid the fare in billet on her maiden voyage to Vicksburg
And talked my way to hand the tiller on the course
In her planks I carved a notch and sealed the vow 'Be my Bonita'
And her dowry was my life between the shores

I was born with rouging ways, and she steered me like a woman
From the port calls and the bawds that lead me stray
The calliope serenades, made the old towns come running
And the boys would gamble shards to pull her chains
The striker's boast would fain me loss, about the wrecks the shoals were keeping
And how the old girl's got poor Billy's ransom saved

On the lake at Bistineau, she set the wharf at Dixie
With a thousand bales of cotton on her main
As the great raft disappeared, the watermark went sinking
And she was stuck right hard, a listing on the bank
With the furnace still a blaze, I stood my last upon her
Then climbed the prow and took a landsman's trade
'A derelict now Milady' said the watch log I've concorded
'Have the bosun sound us eight bells for the change'

Cause I was born with rouging ways, and she steered me like a woman
From the port calls and the bawds that lead me stray
The calliope serenades, made the old towns come running
And the boys would gamble shards to pull her chains
And I would take to wider walks, so the gin I stopped a drinking
At three scores aloft this crooked frame
The striker's boast would fain me loss, about the wrecks the shoals were keeping
And how the old girl's got poor Billy's ransom saved

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Bonnie Blue Eyes

Goodbye my little bonnie blue eyes
Goodbye my little bonnie blue eyes
You've told me more lies than the stars in the skies
Goodbye my little bonnie blue eyes

I saw my little bonnie last night
She looked so dear to me
She's the only girl I ever loved
She's now gone back on me

Oh stand at the gate and weep
Oh stand at the gate and weep
Oh stand at the gate and weep and morn
Oh bonnie wont you love me once more

Come and lay your hand in mine
Come and lay your hand in mine
Come and lay your arms around my neck
And say that you will be mine

Oh you know what you promised me
Oh you know what you promised me
You promised that you'd marry me
Oh you know what you promised me

I've stayed in the country too long
I've stayed in the country too long
The only wrong that I have done
I've stayed in the country too long

Come and go with me too the train
Come and go with me too the train
Come and go with me and see me get on
Goodbye my little bonnie I'm gone

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Bonnie Dundee
Traditional

Tae the lairds i' convention t'was Claverhouse spoke
E'er the Kings crown go down, there'll be crowns to be broke;
Then let each cavalier who loves honour and me
Come follow the bonnet o' bonnie Dundee.

Chorus:
Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can
Saddle my horses and call out my men
And it's Ho! for the west port and let us gae free,
And we'll follow the bonnets o' bonnie Dundee!

Dundee he is mounted, he rides doon the street,
The bells they ring backwards, the drums they are beat,
But the Provost, douce man, says "Just e'en let him be
For the toon is well rid of that de'il o' Dundee."

Chorus

There are hills beyond Pentland and lands beyond Forth,
Be there lairds i' the south, there are chiefs i' the north!
There are brave duniewassals, three thousand times three
Will cry "Hoy!" for the bonnets o' bonnie Dundee.

Chorus

Then awa' to the hills, to the lea, to the rocks
E'er I own a usurper, I'll couch wi' the fox!
Then tremble, false Whigs, in the midst o' your glee
Ye ha' no seen the last o' my bonnets and me.


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Bonny

Every word on my mind
Bonny is your good-bye
Black,black,black,black is the day
No sun is shining in my world
Bonny,since you went away

Sad,sad,sad,sad in my heart
All my loughter's turned to tears
Bonny,since you've been apart

Every pretty flower has
Turned to brown
They all look like me
With their head tied down
My heart only sing the sadness song
Bonny,since you've been gone

Cry,cry,cry,you know I cry
Every word on my mind
Bonny is your good-bye
Every word on my mind
Bonny is you good-bye


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Bonny Portmore
Traditional

Oh Bonny Portmore, I sorrow to see
Such a woeful destruction of your ornamentry
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day,
Till the longboats from Montrien came to float it away

Oh Bonny Portmore, you shine on where you stand,
And the more I think on you, the more I think long,
If I had you now as I had once before,
All the Lords of old England, could not purchase Portmore

All the birds in the forest, they beat and they bleat
Sighing where shall we shelter? Where shall we sleep?
For the Oak and the Ash they are all cut and down,
And the walls of Bonny Portmore are all down to the ground

Oh Bonny Portmore, you shine on where you stand,
And the more I think on you, the more my heart warms,
If I had you now as I had once before,
All the Lords of old England, could not purchase Portmore


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Brad Paisley - Bonus: Cornography lyrics
(Feat. James Burton & the Kung Pao Buckaroos)

The Grand Old Op'ry Theatre proudly presents:
Cornography.
Kung Pao!
Episode two: The continuing adventures of the Kung Pao buckaroos.
The three cowboys needed a place to bed down for the night.
So I suggested the establishment of Miss Kitty May,
(Or she may not).
A former love and a woman of questionable repute.
So they walked into the saloon and asked for Miss Kitty.
And just then, they heard a voice sayin:
"Hi, boys. You lookin' for these."
And the littlest cowboy turned around to see two huge 38s pointed right at his face.
(Jimmy, you can't say that!)
(What? She had huge guns.)
Smith and Wesson revolvers.
Oh boy, were they loaded.
Cornography.
She's aiming them right at us.
(Softer, George, it's more effective.)
She's aiming them right at us.
Everybody duck!
Not you, Jimmy. You stand up normal.
They dropped the money they owed her, an' she bent over to pick it up,
And, oh, that moon was beautiful.
(Now Jimmy, you can't say that!).
Out the window. I couldn't see it till then George:
There were mountains in the way.
Cornography.
"You guys are gonna get in trouble for this."
That  woman sure chaps my.
Ask her out then.
I think he's got a little thing for her, George.
(Louder, Bill, it's more effective.)
I think he's got a little thing for her, George.
It's not THAT little.
(That was worth a three or four, Bill.)
All, right, Jimmy, let's get serious now.
So the little cowboy was tryin' not to act too excited.
But when I look at a woman that beautiful, it's hard.
(Jimmy!!!).
What? It's very difficult.
I hope they're not recordin' this.
Yeah.
Ah.
Cornography.
An' I said: "Little cowgirl, how would you like a little cowpoke?"
"Here we go."
Ooh yeah. Need a little buckaroo?
In your dreams short barrell.
Bum chicka bow wow.
Oh my God.
So the Kung Poo Buck.....
So the Kung Pao Buckaroos rode off into the sunset.
Tune in next time for more action and romance.
Yeah.
(Softer, George, it's more effective.)
Yeah.


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Carolina Chocolate Drops 
Boodle-De-Bum-Bum

I went down in the alley
Trying to sell my coal today
I went down in the alley
Trying to sell my coal today
When a woman come out and hollered
Scared my mule away

She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
She had the boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum-bum

I went down with that man Jackson
To sell his ice and coal
I went down with that man Jackson
To sell his ice and coal
But he spendin' all his money
Buyin' sweet jelly roll

He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
He had the boodle-de, boodle-de, boodle-de-bum-bum

We went down on 18th and Central
Just two blocks west of State
We went down on 18th and Central
Just two blocks west of State
And when he saw them pretty women
Man, I could not wait

He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
Jackson had the boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum-bum
What'd she say?

She said money don't excite me
And that we all know well
She said money don't excite me
And that we all know well
Now Jackson pulled out a hundred dollars
Man, she almost fell

She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
Jackson had the boodle-de, boodle-de, boodle-de-bum-bum

Now, they talked like this
Oh no, Jackson, I won't do it
Well, I did it
Yeah

He got down on all on fours
Boy, she start to run
Oh, Jackson, what you gon do?
He got down on all on fours
Man, she start to run
She had that boy's big paycheck
Said, "Gals, I had some fun!"

I had the boodle-de-bum-bum
I had the boodle-de-bum-bum
Jackson had the boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum-bum

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Boogie Till The Cows Come Home
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Clay Blaker and Roger Brown

G
I'm gonna polish my best boots 
                         D7
I'm gonna put on my best hat
I'm gonna drive on down to the dance hall 
                          G
That sits by the railroad tracks
         
Well the band there mixes fiddles 
                   C
With a wailing saxophone
              D7
And when they play that swing 
It only means one thing
                                       G
You're gonna boogie till the cows come home
          
There's a wood stove in the corner 
                        D7
There's saw dust on the floor
They've got a flashing neon 
                              G
Lone Star sign hanging by the door
           
All they sell is beer and setups 
                             C
So you'll have to bring your own
              D7
But when they play that swing 
It only means one thing
                                       G
You're gonna boogie till the cows come home
C                       G
Faded Love and Milk Cow Blues 
                               D7
The Oklahoma Stomp and Born To Lose
         C                      F
Tip your hat to the Rose of San Antone
D7
Here we go with the Cotton Eyed Joe
                                      G
We're gonna boogie till the cows come home
It's an old southwest tradition 
                      D7
And a guaranteed good time
There's people of all ages here 
            C
From one to ninety-nine
G
Even if you show up by yourself 
                     C
You don't have to be alone
                D7
Cause when they play that swing 
It only means one thing
                                      G
You're gonna boogie till the cows come home
repeat #5 x2
D7
Here we go with the Cotton Eyed Joe
                                      G
We're gonna boogie till the cows come home

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Dolly Parton - Book Of Life (Bonus Tracks) lyrics

Is my name written there on those pages bright and fair
Is my name written in the book of life
If you want to be up there then down here you must prepare
And your name must be in the book of life
Get down on your knees and pray you from sin must turn away
Or your name won't be in the book of life
If you'll turn to Jesus now at his feet just humbly bow
Then your name will be in the book of life
Don't you know that Christ was sent that from sin you could repent
So your name could be in the book of life
You will have a great surprise if you fell to recognize
That your name must be in the book of life
Get down on your knees and pray you from sin must turn away
Or your name won't be in the book of life
Don't delay and don't forget that from sin you could repent
Then your name will be in the book of life
Is my name written in the book of life


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Book Of Memories
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Austin
[3/4 ]

C                G7         F     C
You've stolen my world from under me
   F        G7    F       C
My cheating and deceiving me
    F          G7       F      C
And now you've gone and set me free
           G7      F   C
It's in my book of memories

  F        G7      F     C
Inside the book of pages black
     F    G7          F       C
With photographs that take me back
              G7          F
I'll hide the dreams that used to be
     C     G7      F   C
Here in my book of memories

         G7         F       C
The photograph that shows a bride
      F        G7     F         C
And a man with joy he could not hide
    F        G7         F       C
And one of a boy on his daddy's knee
           G7      F   C
It's in my book of memories

Repeat #2

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Richard Thompson - Boom Town Lyrics

Well, I'm a poor boy from Wabash, they call me oil trash
I've rubber-necked and rousted around
And every damn job the boss he says
"Hoss, it ain't worth pumping from the ground"

So I come here to Boomtown doing just fine
Till the shit hits the fan, alright
Now I can't get no pay and I'm wasting away
Flushed out and busted in boomtown tonight

My baby she's mad, she thinks I'm all bad
She'd like to see me work myself to death
She said, "Go out and get yourself another damn job"
I said, "Honey, just save your breath"

Oh, that sweet little thing, she threw back my ring
I bet she held it up to the light
Now the kids are all yakking, my baby she's packing
Flushed out and busted in Boomtown tonight

Oh, Boomtown is busted, the rigs are all rusted
There's no lights on my Christmas tree
Well, I tried El Paso and I tried Amarillo
But I didn't find a drop of Texas tea

Well, they hit us when we're down, and we can't get up
Though we're trying with all of our might
Now the bottle's run dry and I'm wondering why
Flushed out and busted in Boomtown tonight
Yes, I'm flushed out and busted in Boomtown tonight

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Bootleg John

In the land of Breathed County was raised a crooked man
Made the county dry and the prices high
For the bootleg whiskey man
His age was barely twenty-one, his family was ashamed
They had a son who left his home
For a bootleg whiskey game

   Bootleg John won't you come on home
   Your family's all alone
   You're runnin' wild and your baby child
   Wants his daddy home

His wife she loved hime dearly tho' he seldom came around
She'd always cry when he said goodbye
But she never could hold him down
Twelve pistols in his pocket his shotgun on the floor
He made his run to Lexington
To the bootleg whiskey store

His car was full of whiskey, his hand was on his gun
He was set to go but he didn't know
He was makin' his last run
The sheriff pulled him over and he shot the lawman down
They locked him well in the county jail
And the jailer slapped him down

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Boots Of Spanish Leather
Bob Dylan

Oh, I'm sailin' away my own true love,
I'm sailin' away in the morning.
Is there something I can send you from across the sea,
From the place that I'll be landing?

No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love,
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'.
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled,
From across that lonesome ocean.

Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden,
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona.

Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

That I might be gone a long time
And it's only that I'm askin',
Is there something I can send you to remember me by,
To make your time more easy passin'.

Oh, how can, how can you ask me again,
It only brings me sorrow.
The same thing I want from you today,
I would want again tomorrow.

I got a letter on a lonesome day,
It was from her ship a-sailin',
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again,
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.

Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way,
I'm sure your mind is roamin'.
I'm sure your heart is not with me,
But with the country to where you're goin'.

So take heed, take heed of the western wind,
Take heed of the stormy weather.
And yes, there's something you can send back to me,
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.


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Borderline
Alison Krauss & Union Station

So you're on your own lookin' down the road that goes only by one way
And you don't need the signs to see lonely still runs both ways
So who's the fool that would think the ties would be better off undone
Did your heart even warn you when you veered from the path that was narrower and straight

On the borderline
Somewhere between the flight for freedom
Feeling like you can't move on
The chore will be the time
Takes you off of my mind and out of my heart I know
And when you cross over there's no turning back
Once that burning bridge is gone

I may lose but I'm in it for the long run
Loving you for good reason could be the wrong one
I don't want to lose control but the heart won't learn
To let it well enough for long

On the borderline
Somewhere between the flight for freedom
Feeling like you can't move on
The chore will be the time
Takes you off of my mind and out of my heart I know
And when you cross over there's no turning back
Once that burning bridge is gone

So you're on your own lookin' down the road that goes only by one way

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Bordertown Woman 
Recorded by Mel McDaniel  
Written by Max D. Barnes

C
Hell couldn't be any hotter 
                              Dm
Than Nogales on the Fourth of July
    G7
But two steps over the border 
                                       C
There ain't nothin' gringo money won't buy
Tequila was flowin' like water 
                      F
Met a lady I couldn't refuse
                      C
I woke up dead with a rag on my head 
      G7                      C
And a bad case of border town blues
           F               C
Bordertown woman let go of me
          G7                              C   C7
Let me go home to the girl I love in Tennessee
           F                C
Bordertown woman give me my shoes
           G7
And let me get out of town 
                         C
I'm coming down with the blues
Nogales couldn't be any hotter 
                           Dm
Than that look in Dolores' eyes
     G7
Love ain't never been any better 
                                 C
Wasn't nothin' than she wouldn't try
She knew I had run out of money 
                             F
And I was gettin' in over my head
So I gave her my watch 
      C
And I carved one more notch 
       G7               C
On the foot of Dolores' bed
Repeat #3
 
          G7
Ah let me get out of town I'm coming down
                               C
With those mean old bordertown blues

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Doc Watson 
Born About Six Thousand Years Ago

I was born about six thousand years ago
They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know
I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Little Moses on the water
And I can whip the man that says it isn't so

I saw Noah when he built that famous ark
I slipped into it one night when it got dark
I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale, and I pulled the lion's tail
I can whip the man that says it isn't so

I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan

Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a little song
While all of them old timers took their stand

Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, (hee, hee, she did)
We was married in Milwaukee secretly
Then I took her out and shook her, and I went with General Hooker
To fight mosquitoes down in Tennessee

I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller)
And through all his books, I tutored him with ease
Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one day
And I played with his flowing whiskers in the breeze

I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan

Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a little song
While all of them old timers took their stand

I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old booger)
Saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
When the applese they were eating, from the bushes I was a-peeping
I can prove it from the man that ate the core

I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade
And I know the game was poker that they played
I was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club
Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin', and now he's dead

I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan

Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a little song
While all of them old timers took their stand

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Born in Country Music
Recorded by Dick Curless
Written by G. Martin

C               F             C
Born in Mississippi raised in New Orleans
G7                                 F             C
Cotton fields and paddle wheels is all I've ever seen
                             F              C
Momma played the banjo daddy was a trombone man
F               C     G7             C
Born in country music raised on Dixieland
F                             C
Born with country music in my soul
    D7                                   G7
But my feet walked Bourbon Street when I was twelve years old
        C                             C7
Now I'm eatin' dirty rice and country ham
F               C     G7             C
Born in country music raised on Dixieland
                    F               C
When daddy sold the farm he sold my momma's dreams
      G7                                   F         C
But a lot of luck and a pickup truck moved us to New Orleans
                                     F                 C
It wasn't long my dad was known as a big time trombone man
F               C     G7             C
Born in country music raised on Dixieland
Repeat #2
F               C     G7             C
Born in country music raised on Dixieland

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The Incredible String Band - Born In Your Town 

Born in your town on this young morning
oh certainly I have good luck coming
sadly sadly have I mourned making heavy my burden
such toils to entwine me
no more to endure them

A lover is to me she is my companion
six strings at my hand to the morning I tuned them
oh warm room I have and a warm place for sleeping
black coffee to waken me
no more to be dreaming

The wings of the albatross long since I saw him
the hair of the goats as they walk to the island
in the hands of the watchers a page is turned over
and the echoes flow on rippling on
on the face of the river

What would I wish for if wishing were having
in the streets of your town I see nothing worth stealing
for autumn speaks leaves to the lost deeps forever
and the clouds echo on echoing on
on the face of the river

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Balsam Range - Born Ramblin' Man 

Verse 1
I'm awake in a sleepy old town
It's deserted there's no one around
Don't care where I'm goin', don't know where I've been
Don't know where it started or how it will end
That's the life of a born ramblin' man

Verse 2
I met a girl from the town of "Nowhere"
I couldn't stay, it got restless back there
I don't blame her for givin', Lord, I needed her then
She knew my way of living, wild and free as the wind
That's the life of a born ramblin' man

Verse 3
If the plans that I made yesterday
Fall apart on some lonesome highway
I'll sleep by the roadside till it's mornin' again
Wash my face in the water from the creek around the bend
That's the life of a born ramblin' man

Verse 4
The semi's keep passin' me by
That ol' sun's gettin' hot in the sky
A shade tree, old bottles, and battered beer cans
Dust from a tractor plowing up the rich land
Seen it all as a born ramblin' man

Ending
That's the life of a born ramblin' man


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Born To Be With You

Do I find peace of mind ?
Yes I do, 'cos I was born to be with you

Wonderful love come be
So I knew that I was born to be with you

By your side satisfied
Through and through
'Cos I was born to be with you


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Born to Die

He came to earth, a promise to fulfill
A rugged cross, He bore up Calvary's hill
And for my sins, he cried father please forgive
Born to die, So that I might live
Chorus:
Born to die
A cruel cross to bear
Born to die
So that I his love may share
Born to die
His precious life to give
Born to die
So that I might live
Accused of sin, yet silent he remained
No one came forth, to witness for his name
Between two thieves, he bowed his head and he cried
It is finished now, I came to die?


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Born To Lose

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.

Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
When I wake and find that you're not there
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.

Born to lose my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.

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Born To Ride

Coming down from Tennessee, riding on the line
Studying about that gal of mine, couldn't keep from crying

Honey baby I'm bound to ride
Don't you want to go

Going to Atlanta, just to look around
Things don't sult me, I'll hunt another town

* Refrain

Riding on a streetcar, looking o'er the town
Eating salty crackers, ten cents a pownd

* Refrain

Working on a railroad, saving all I can
Looking for that woman that ain't got no man

* Refrain

If die a railroad man, bury me under the ties
So I can see old number nine as she goes rolling by

* Refrain

See that train a-coming, coming round the bend
Goodbye, my little darling, I'm on my way again

* Refrain


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Born To Run
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley 

G                            C                  G
Well I never did crawl and I never did toe that line
                      C               G
No man is a master to me I ain't that kind
       C
I just put on my traveling shoes
                                         D7
If you wanna win you just can't lose the time
        G
Or stay behind
 
           C       G
Well I was born to run
       C            G
To get ahead of the rest
     C         G             D7     G
And all that I wanted was to be the best
        C    G        C     G
Just to feel free and be someone
      C          G          D7      G
I was born to be fast I was born to run
 
                           C                  G
Well I take the chances sometimes I've made mistakes
                            C                 G
But you don't get nothing unless you take the breaks
          C
Living as dangerous as dynamite
                                                    D7
Sure makes you feel nervous but it makes you feel alright
               G
Makes you feel alright
         
 Repeat #2
G                         C            G
Nobody's gonna make me do things their way
                         C             G
By the time you figure it out it's yesterday
        C
Well it comes to he who waits I'm told
                                    D7
But I don't need it when I'm old and gray
              G
Yea I want it today
 
Repeat #2

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Born With The Blues
recorded by George Jones & Merle Haggard
 
C                               F
Dad was my hero  God called him away
          C                 G7
Momma was lonely  and I was afraid
               C                        F
With no one to lean on  I turned to the booze
                C      G7                        C
Hard times come early  when you're born with the blues
 
                                           F
Railroads were leaving  and airplanes were in
                  C                 G7
The great war was brewing  about to begin
           C                    F
Hungry and lonesome  nothing to lose
            C       G7                C
Raised in a boxcar  and born with the blues
 
                                F
Born with the blues  trouble in mind
            C                           G7
Smoking and drinking  by the time I was nine
                 C                          F
In debt from the start  I'm still paying my dues
          C       G7                C
Crazy and lonely  and born with the blues
 
                                            F
In spite of the cocaine  and in spite of it all
              C                     G7
God gave me a woman  to cushion the fall
                        C                     F
You're like Paul of the bible  spreading good news
           C        G7                C
A man on a journey  and born with the blues
 
Repeat #3

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Borrowed Love
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Earl Scruggs and Randy Scruggs

G                              C
At every glance you steal from me
             D7              G
I catch your eyes still offering
                                C
You've got desire bought with deceit
               D7               G
Cause borrowed love ain't never free
                             C
I vainly swear in my starved mind
              D7                 G
To crave your look only one more time
                                   C
And pray not to reap what we might sow
            D7                   G
If borrowed love should start to grow
         Em   G             C
Borrowed love not yours for givin'
         Em   G           C
Borrowed love not mine to seek
         Em   G               C
Borrowed love this road we're takin'
           D7
Toward one another's awful steep
            G                C
Forgiveness for what passion wreaks
                D7                   G
Bears a hurtful cost that don't come cheap
                        C
Its wages paid with misery
               D7               G
Cause borrowed love ain't never free
         Em   G             C
Borrowed love not yours for givin'
         Em   G           C
Borrowed love not mine to seek
         Em   G               C
Borrowed love this road we're takin'
           D7
Toward one another's awful steep
         G                     C
At every glance you steal from me
             D7              G
I catch your eyes still offering
                                C
You've got desire bought with deceit
               D7               G
Cause borrowed love ain't never free

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Richard Thompson - Borrowed Time Lyrics

There's riders in this county, they're taking heads for bounty
Wake up, Corinne, they come to ride us down
Sweetness we have tasted, the time to move is wasted
They're riding like a hurricane through this town

We've been too many nights, sleeping in a feather bed
You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head
You got to stand and fight for what you believe
You got to face death with your heart on your sleeve
Life is a card-game, you've soon got to leave

Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time

If you say that you want your freedom, they'll hear you in every kingdom
They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down
Well, the judge, he was deluded and the sheriff, he soon colluded
And they swore they'd hang me six feet off the ground

They'll hunt you down 'cause you dare to tell the truth
A man ain't safe these days under his own roof
But you can't live your life under no man's thumb
They'll all pay double for what they've done
Our day's coming but their day's come

Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time

You can't live your life under no man's thumb
They'll all pay double for what they've done
Our day's coming but their day's come

Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time

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Richard Thompson - Both Ends Burning Lyrics

Well, I bought me a horse with a broken leg
They said that she never could win
"Only fit for a bullet", they said
She'll be coming out of a tin

So I took her home, I fed her on hay
I tied her up with a sling
Well, she just kept howling all of the night
And that's the reason I sing

Well, both ends burning, both ends burning
That's how she got her name
Both ends burning, both ends burning
I never will sleep again

Ah, both ends burning, both ends burning
That's how she got her name
Both ends burning, both ends burning
I never will sleep again

I took her to the race-track one fine day
They couldn't believe their eyes
They said, if that nag even stays on her feet
We're gonna give you first prize

Ah, both ends burning, both ends burning
That's how she got her name
Oh, both ends burning, both ends burning
I never will sleep again

Oh, both ends burning, both ends burning
That's how she got her name
Both ends burning, both ends burning
I never will sleep again

She ran so fast that it took my breath
You never did see such a win
But when she crossed that finishing line
I was just too tired to grin

Ah, both ends burning, both ends burning
That's how she got her name
Oh, both ends burning, both ends burning
I never will sleep again

Oh, both ends burning, both ends burning
That's how she got her name
Both ends burning, both ends burning
I never will sleep again

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Richard Thompson - Both Ends Burning (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

Well I bought me a horse with a broken leg
They said that she never could win
Only fit for a bullet, they said
She'll be coming out of a tin

So I took her home, I fed her on hay
I tied her up with a sling
Well, she just kept howling all of the night
And that's the reason I sing

Well, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That's how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again

Ah, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That's how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again

I took her to the race-track one fine day
They couldn't believe their eyes
They said, if that nag even stays on her feet
We're going to give you first prize

Ah, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That's how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again

O Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That's how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again

She ran so fast that it took my breath
You never did see such a win
But when she crossed that finishing line
I was just too tired to grin

Ah, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That's how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again

O Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That's how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again

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Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell

Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice-cream castles in the sky
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked to clouds that way.
But now they only block the sun,
They rain and snow on everyone.
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way.
I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow,
Its cloud illusions I recall,
I really don't know clouds at all.

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at clouds that way.
But now its just another show
you leave 'em laughing when they go
And if you care don't let them know
Don't give yourself away.
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all.

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way.
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
But something's lost and something's gained
In living every day.
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all.


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Both Sides The Tweed
Dick Gaughan

Dm F Bb Gm
What's the Spring breathing jasmine and rose?
F Am C
What's the Summer with all its gay train?
Dm F Bb Gm
Or the splendor of Autumn to those
F C Dm
Who bartered their freedom for gain?

Chorus:
Bb F Am
Let the love of our land's sacred right,
Dm Am C
To the love of our people succeed.
Dm F Bb Gm
Let friendship and honor u--nite,
F C Dm
And flourish on both sides the tweed.

Instrumental break

Let virtue distinguish the brave,
Place riches in lowest degree,
Think them poorest who can be a slave,
Them richest who dare to be free.

Chorus

Let friendship and honor unite,
And flourish on both sides the tweed.


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Bottle Of Wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

Ramblin' around this dirty old town
Singin' for nickels and dimes
Times getting tough, I ain't got enough
To buy a little bottle of wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

Little hotel, older than Hell
Dark as a coal in a mine
Blanket too thin, I lay there and grin
'Cause I got a little bottle of wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

Pain in my head and bugs in my bed
Pants are so old that they shine
Out on the street tell the people I meet
"Won'tcha buy me a bottle of wine?"

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

Well, a preacher would preach, teacher would teach
A miner would dig in a mine
I ride the rods trustin' in God
A-huggin' my bottle of wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

I went to the zoo for an hour or two
And the weather was pleasant and fine
While wanderin' by a gorilla said hi
Did you have a little bottle of wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

While strugglin' through to meet the latest guru
I was the two-hundredth person in line
I turned to a friend and saw the same in the end
Why don't we get a little bottle of wine

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over

Jolie bouteille, sacrée bouteille
Veux-tu me laisser tranquille?
Je veux te quitter, je veux m'en aller
Je veux recommencer ma vie

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Je veux recommencer ma vie

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Boulder To Birmingham
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Bill Danoff and Emmylou Harris

D7                   G
I don't wanna hear a love song
Em            C                G
I got on this airplane just to fly
  D7                      C
I know there's life below me
    D7                              G
But all that you can show me is the prairie and the sky

D7                   G
I don't wanna hear a sad story
Em          C              G
Filled with heartbreak and desire
         D7
The last time I felt like this
                   C            G
I was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire

    Em             A7
And I stood on the mountain
C                             G
In the night and I watched it burn
             D7                G
I watched it burn I watched it burn

                C                    G
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
                D7                 G
I would hold my life in his saving grace
                     C                   G
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
                     D7                   G
If I thought I could see I could see your face

         D7                 G
Well you really got me this time
        Em              C         G
And the hardest part is knowing I survived
             D7
I've come to listen for the sound
                           C       G
Of the trucks as they move down on Highway 95

    Em                  A7
And pretending it's the ocean 
C                      G
Coming down to wash me clean
           D7                       G
To wash me clean if you know what I mean

Repeat #4

                     D7                   G
If I thought I could see I could see your face

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Bound To Ride

Coming down from Tennessee riding on the line
Thinking about the girl of mine couldn't keep from crying

   Honey babe I'm bound to ride
   Don't you want to go

Riding on a streetcar looking o'er the town
Eating saltine crackers ten cents a pound

Working on a railroad saving all I can
Looking for that woman ain't got no man

If I die a railroad man bury me under the ties
So I can see old number nine as she goes rolling by

See that train a coming round the bend
Goodbye my little darling I'm on my way again

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Bouquet In Heaven

When it's decoration day in Heaven
There's a bouquet I'm longing to see
There's a flower somewhere in the bouquet
That means all the world to me

Now she left the old homeplace is lonely
Since mother has been called away
And I know I can never more see her
'TiI we meet on that decoration day.

I remember the night the angles called her
To live on that beautiful shore
It left us so lonely here without her
It can never be like home anymore.

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Bow Down Your Head And Cry
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Aaron Allan

G         D7          G                 C                  G
As I went down to the river poor boy to watch the ships go by
                D7           G                        D7     G
My sweetheart's stood on the deck of one she waved to me goodbye
  
                                      C                      G
Bow down your head and cry (poor boy) bow down your head and cry
                                                   D7       G
Stop thinking of that woman you love bow down your head and cry
                                          C              G
I followed her from months and months she offered me her hand
                                                          D7       G
We were just about to get married when she ran off with a gambling man
           D7        G              C                  G
He come at me with a big jack knife I went at him with lead
                                         D7                  G
And when that fight was over poor boy he laid down beside me dead
Repeat #2
             D7      G                 C                        G
They took me to that big jailhouse the months and months rolled by
         D7                   G                      D7           G
The jury found me guilty poor boy and the judge said you're gonna die
             D7        G                     C              G
And yet they call this justice poor boy then justice let it be
                                        D7      G
I only killed a man who's just a fixin' to kill me
Repeat #2

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Bowling Green

[Verse 1]
My daddy love that farm
He damnly worked these all to death
He love the fiddle tune he played them
To his dying breath
My mama was a saint
[?] she left this earth too soon
If there's a heaven up above
They're dancing to a fiddle tune

[Chorus]
Bowling Green
Bowling Green
There's nothing left to those foothills
But a lonesome melodies
You can have my years
But you can't have my memories
I'll see you in my dreams bowling green

[Verse 2]
We'd often file the [?] in the hardest part of June
We come in through diner then we play todoto
He'd love to [?] the wagner the one from Tennessee
A little soldier's joy called it payday in the army

[Chorus]
Bowling Green
Bowling Green
There's nothing left to those foothills
But a lonesome melodies
You can have my years
But you can't have their memories
I'll see you in my dreams bowling green

[Verse 3]
We tune in the [?] gather around I don't feel cold
We listened to Tommy Jackson's course the [?]
Now those days are over but the thoughts come back to me
Of the simple life down on the farm outside the bowling green

[Chorus]
Bowling Green
Bowling Green
There's nothing left to those foothills
But a lonesome melodies
You can have my years
But you can't have their memories
I'll see you in my dreams bowling green
Bowling Green
There's nothing left to those foothills
But a lonesome melodies
You can have my years
But you can't have their memories
I'll see you in my dreams bowling green

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Box Seat In Heaven
Recorded by The Wildwood Valley Boys
Written by Aubrey Holt
[3/4 time]

G                      C                 G
She'd talk about Jesus while down on her knees
                                        D7
She'd read from the bible and make us believe 
    G                      C            G
She said if you listen and trust in the Lord
                     D7              G
A box seat in heaven shall be your reward
  C                                    G
A box seat in heaven on the very first row
                                        D7
Reserved for my mother she's up there I know
       C                                         G
Taking care of God's children like they were her own
                        D7            G
May God bless my mother she has a new home
                                  C           G
When life's book is opened and we walk to the stand
                                             D7
I know God will smile when He takes mother's hand
       G                         C            G
And if box seats are offered for life's final game
                            D7                G
The first one that's issued will have momma's name
Repeat #2

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Boy From Tupelo
Written and recorded by Emmylou Harris
 
C                        F
You don't love me this I know
                              C
Don't need a bible to tell me so
                           G7
I hung around a little too long
                       C
I was good but now I'm gone

         F                     C
Like the buffalo that boy from Tupelo
                     G7                          C
Any way the wind can blow that's where I'm gonna go
                    F
I'll be gone like a five and dime 
             C
It'll be the perfect crime
                      G7
Just ask the boy from Tupelo 
                             C
He's the king and he oughta know

                               F
The shoulder I've been leanin' on
                               C
Is the coldest place I've ever known
                                  G7
There's nothin' left for me round here
                            C
Looks like it's time to disappear

Repeat #2

                         F
You don't love me this I know
                              C
Don't need a bible to tell me so
                        G7
It's a shame and it's a sin
                             C
Everything I could'a been to you

                     F
Your last chance Texaco 
                       C
Your sweetheart of the rodeo
                           G7
A Juliet to your Romeo the border 
                   C
You cross into Mexico

                      F
I'll never understand why or how 

                          C
Oh but baby it's too late now
                      G7
Just ask the boy from Tupelo 
                            C
He's the king and he oughta know

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Boy What A Girl
Recorded by Hawkshaw Hawkins Jr.
Written by Ronnie Aaron Boswell and Harold F. Hawkins II

G7     C              F                G7
Well I guess they can just call me one lucky guy
      C              F                G7
Cause I wake up each morning with her in my life
F                       G7       Em                   C
Things couldn't get any brighter cause I'm right here beside her
F            D7                 G7
I'm her everything and she's my world
           F     G7         C
Boy what a girl  man what a woman
    G7           F                     C
Yes sir she's my lady and she makes me proud
        F                 G7                      C         G7   C
There's something special about her that makes me stand out in a crowd
          F         G7         F     G7         C
Isn't she something boy what a girl  man what a woman
G7     C               F               G7
For no matter what she always seems to understand
     C               F                  G7
When I fall short of what she's needing in her man
F                 G7     Em                C
There ain't no comparing she just keeps on caring
F                              D7                 G7
And what a sight to see in her blue jeans and her curls
Repeat #2
        F                 G7                      C         G7   C
There's something special about her that makes me stand out in a crowd
          F         G7         F     G7         C
Isn't she something boy what a girl  man what a woman
           F    G7         C
Boy what a girl man what a woman

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Boys And Lucy Brown
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Leona Williams and Ron Williams

C                           G7             C
We've been planning on this party all year long
D7                                                 G7
Thought we had it all fixed up so nothing could go wrong
    C                            F                  D7
The boys are all awaiting at the ice cream store in town
   G7                                                 C
We sent our friend to pick 'm up our old friend Lucy Brown
 
 
Now where are the boys and Lucy Brown
                  D7              G7
She's supposed to pick them up in town
    C                           F               D7
The soda pop is gettin' hot the fire is burning down
    G7                                      C
Now where are the fellows and good ol' Lucy Brown
 
                               G7            C
Wayne had his guitar was gonna pick a little song
D7
Warren said he got some sticks 
                           G7
To toast some marshmallows on
C                      F               D7
We're all awaiting the moon is big and round
    G7                                      C
Now where are the fellows and good ol' Lucy Brown
 
Repeat #2 
                         G7            C
I know some girls that's gonna be real mad
     D7                                           G7
When we find out all the fun that good ol' Lucy's had
            C
There ain't no car like it coming down 
    F                  D7
The road that leads to town 
            G7
We're gonna throw her in the river
                       C
When we catch ol' Lucy Brown
 
Repeat #2
 
    G7                                      C
Now where are the fellows and good ol' Lucy Brown

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Chris Thile - Brakeman's Blues

Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me

I went down to the depot and I looked up on the board
I went down to the depot and I looked up on the board
It said it's good times here but better on down the road

I'll eat my breakfast here and eat my dinner in New Orleans
I'll eat my breakfast here and eat my dinner in New Orleans
I'm gonna find me a woman lord I ain't never seen

Where was you momma when my train left the shed
where was you momma when my train left the shed
I was standing by my front door wishing to god I was dead

I went to a little gypsy at a fortune telling place
I went to a little gypsy at a fortune telling place
She read my mind and then she slapped my face

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Bramble And The Rose, The

We have been so close together
Each a candle each a flame
All the dangers were outside us
And we knew them all by name

   See how the bramble and the rose
   Intertwine
   Love grows like the bramble and the rose
   Round each other we will twine

Now I've hurt you and it hurts me
Just to see what we can do
To ourselves and to each other
Without really meaning to

So put your arms around me
And we'll sing a true love song
And we'll learn to sing together
Sing and laugh the whole night long

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Brand New Broken Heart

Life to me is just a heartache
Since the day you said goodbye
Now I've nothing left to live for
All I do is sit and cry

   I can't outlive the memory of you
   Since the day we had to part
   All I have just a memory
   And a brand new broken heart

All I have is just a memory
A picture painted in my heart
It hurts to know you're gone forever
And forever more we'll be apart

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Brand New Dance
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley
 
C
Darlin' you're tired I can see in your eyes
  F            C
I know how you feel 
      F      C          G7         C
We've been together too long to conceal 

What's in our hearts maybe we should part
          F       C     G7
But after so many years
C          F          C          G7         C
That would only bring loneliness sorrow and tears 
    F
And anyway


I never would never could never will ever kill 
       C                       G7
What's between us so let's try again
              C         F       G7        C
We'll start a brand new dance between old friends


There will always be days when it don't seem to pay
        F            C
When it just doesn't rhyme 
     F               C      G7          C
Well that's bound to happen some of the time


Our best days aren't gone we don't need to move on
     F               C
Well maybe we should try
      F                     C
But I don't think you could take it 
    G7            C  F
And neither could I  anyway

Repeat #2


Darlin' come here loves not disappeared
       F            C
You're just feelin' low
     F                  C                G7        C
Well let me tell you my darlin' that's a feelin' I know 
 
It don't mean too much we just got out of touch 
          G7      C
Well it's easy to change
      F      C             G7      C
Cause lovin' you's not too hard to arrange
    F
And anyway
 
Repeat #2
 
                            F       G7        C
Yes we'll start a brand new dance between old friends
                        F       G7        C
We'll start a brand new dance between old friends

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Brand New Heartache 
Recorded by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris
Written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
 
C                                        C7
A guy moved into town I ain't seen you around
  F                G7               C   G7
I feel a brand new heartache coming on
   C                                             C7
It happened once before when a guy moved in next door
  F                G7               C   C7
I feel a brand new heartache coming on

F    G7               C   C7
W-hy can't I trust in you
F    G7            C                G7
W-hy do you try to make me blue the way you do
     C                                       C7
Tonight we had a date and you're three hours late
  F                G7               C
I feel a brand new heartache coming on

F    G7               C  C7
W-hy can't I trust in you
F    G7            C                G7
W-hy do you try to make me blue the way you do
    C                                         C7
You said we'd have a ball you never showed at all
  F                G7               C   C7
I feel a brand new heartache coming on
  F                G7               C
I feel a brand new heartache coming on

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Brand New Low

C                                   F
My heart just hit a brand new low I don't know what to say
     G7                                C
Each time it seems I need you most you turn and walk away
                                F
Each little thing I try to do I do to make you gay
                    C                    G7         C
My heart just hit a brand new low you're leavin' me today

     G7                         C
I've always been the fall guy a guy who never won
    D7                               G7
But when I found your love my dear I thought you were the one
  C                                           F
I think of all the things we've planned but I know they'll never be
                    C                    G7             C
My heart just hit a brand new low you're walkin' out on me

                                         F
I wish you'd make your mind up dear just what it's gonna be
G7                             C
If you don't want my love then why not set me free
                                      F
About the time I'm doin' fine you say take me back please
                    C                    G7             C
My heart just hit a brand new low you're walkin' out on me

Repeat #2

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Brand New Me
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Carl Chambers

C                  F             C              F
You took my broken heart put the pieces back in place
                  A#7                 F               G7
Took my two empty arms and filled the space with your embrace
         Am             F               G7               Am
Then you dried away the tears and put a twinkle in their place
         A#7           Dm               G7
Then you gently hung a smile back on my face
    C              F              C              F
You polished up my songs made the reasons for my rhymes
                A#7            F               G7
Repainted every color in those faded dreams of mine
         Am                F             G7              Am
Then you swept out all the ashes and you built a burnin' fire
   A#7               Dm              G7
To give me light and keep me warm at night
           F
You made a brand new me one like I never see
           C             Am             G7
And when I look into the mirror I still can't believe
            F                          G7  Am
The way you finished me you made me so complete
         A#7            F             G7        C  G7
From the mess I used to be you made a brand new me
    C                F              C              F
You found the love I lost somewhere deep inside my soul
                 A#7              F              G7
In prison by the darkness left to die out in the cold
         Am              F           G7                 Am
But with tender words of promise you relit the light of hope
    A#7                 Dm               G7
Now I have the time for all the world to know
           F
You made a brand new me one like I never see
           C             Am             G7
And when I look into the mirror I still can't believe
            F                          G7  Am
The way you finished me you made me so complete
         A#7            F             G7        Am
From the mess I used to be you made a brand new me
         A#7            F             G7        C
From the mess I used to be you made a brand new me

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Brand New Old Harvest Moon
BMI Work #: 8673819
Brand New Old Harvest Moon (Larry W. Jones 02/02/2007) (song#4375)

Harvest moon beams are falling again, dear
A brand new old harvest moon is in the sky
And it brings sweet mem'ries of you, dear
On this new September harvest moon night
Soft moon beams are falling again, love
From that brand new old harvest moon above
The sky is full of old stars shining bright
On this new harvest moon September night
I feel the breeze blow through the trees, dear
And I see the leaves come falling with a sigh
Every single one keeps calling your name, dear
And each one mingles with every tear that I cry
These September harvest moon beams haunt me
Since you left me with the warm Summer wind
They only remind me that you didn't want me
But each moon beam sees me fall for you again
- instrumental -
I guess I'll never know where you've gone, dear
But I'm sure that you will sometimes think of me
Now, the chill of September comes upon me, dear
As I stand here in the night time Autumn breeze
These new September harvest moon beams haunt me
Since you went and left with the warm Summer wind
They shine to remind me that you didn't want me
But with every beam I seem to fall for you again


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Brand New Shoes

I'm breaking in a brand new pair of shoes
Don't look at me like you think I've got the blues
'Cause I'm walking 'round and around and I'm seeing most of the town
I'm just breaking in a brand new pair of shoes

   Ah ha so I'm talking to myself
   Oh no she's not putting me on the shelf
   I'm just breaking in a brand new pair of shoes

I'm doggone if I'm gonna cry the blues
My feet are sore but I've got no time to lose
'Cause I'm wanting her here with me and I'm needing her company
I'm just breaking in a brand new pair of shoes

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Nickel Creek - Brand New Sidewalk 

Brand New Sidewalk
Five years ago
you pressed your hand
into a brand new sidewalk
its well worn now
and though some tried
yours is the only print there

you might not have meant to but
its time you cant take it out
youre shy about what fortune lent you
is that what this is about?

Smile while you can
cause when they find
youre not amused, not really
they rob you blind
of what they gave
yes you gave them that power

you might not have meant to but
its time you cant take it back
you cry about where fame sent you
without a plan of attack

five years ago
i warned you, dear
as a concerned admirer
you never new, you never heard
the veil was still in place

thank god you hate to listen
cause i would not be here
lifting the veil to kiss you
next to a brand new sidewalk

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Brand New Strings
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Steve Leslie and Keith Sewell

G
Daddy came runnin' 'cross the railroad tracks
Said boy you won't believe your ears
There's pickin' on the front porch at Johnny Stacks
C                            G
He ain't played like that in years
      C                   D7      G
Ain't played nothin' like that in years
    C                           G
His heart is poundin' like that ole guitar
C                      G
Lord just listen to it ring
A#7                        C
All he ever played was the blues before
Em
But love can do wonderful things
    G                 D7        G
Hey Johnny's got some brand new stings
They say she's a waitress down in Carbondale
He met her at the county fair
She's a good Baptist girl with amber eyes
    C                  G
And long long chestnut hair
          C         D7      G
Lord have mercy way down to here
Repeat #2
    C                           G
His heart is poundin' like that ole guitar
C                      G
Lord just listen to it ring
A#7                        C
All he ever played was the blues before
Em
But love can do wonderful things
Repeat #2 
                  D7        G
Johnny's got some brand new stings
                  D7        G
Johnny's got some brand new stings 

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Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Oh you have such a pretty face
You favor a girl I once knew
I imagine that she's in Tennessee
Oh Lord I should be there too.

But I left Tennessee in a hurry dear
The same way that I'm leaving you
For love is mainly just memories
And everyone's got them but few.

   It's a brand new Tennessee waltz
   You're literally just waltzing on air
   It's a brand new Tennessee waltz
   With no telling who will be there

When I leave it'll be like I found you love
Descending victorian stairs
I'm feeling like one of your photographs
With not even you left to care.

Have all your passionate violins play
A tune for a Tennessee kid
Who's feeling like leaving another town
With no place to go if he did.

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Branded

Well I'm branded wherever I go
Trying to outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
Might as well be wearing a ball and chain
Cause everywhere I travel see my picture
With a number by my name

Spent some time in San Francisco locked up for vagrancy
I busted out a time or two took a run at getting free
They put me back in the jailhouse I finished serving my time
Turned me loose and the man said I'll dog you to the end of the line

Well I'm branded wherever I go
Trying to outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
Might as well be wearing a ball and chain
Cause everywhere I travel see my picture
With a number by my name
The trouble with the truth it always comes around
Seems to be there waiting for me in every town
Well I'm guilty of the crime of trying to get back home
Don't want to bother nobody just want to be left alone

Well I'm branded wherever I go
Trying to outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
Might as well be wearing a ball and chain
Cause everywhere I travel see my picture
With a number by my name

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Branded Man
written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                                  C              G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
                                D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
  G                                     C              G
I paid the debt I owed them but they're still not satisfied
                  D7             G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
 
                                 C               G
When they let me out of prison I held my head up high
                                  D7
Determined I would rise above the shame
       G                           C                  G
But no matter where I'm living the black mark follows me
                   D7           G
I'm branded with a number on my name
 
Repeat #1
                                       C              G
If I live to be a hundred I guess I'll never clear my name
                                   D7
Cause everybody knows I've been in jail
   G                                   C                    G
No matter where I'm living I've got to tell them where I've been
                           D7          G
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail
 
Repeat #1
 
tag:              D7             G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold 



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Branded Wherever I Go
Recorded by Roy Acuff 
[3/4 time]
written by Fred Rose

I received the letter you wrote, dear
In which you said you'd wait for me
I'm asking you to please not wait, dear
It will only ruin your life I see

Please don't wait for me, darling
We could never be happy I know
I'll always be an ex convict
And branded wherever I go

In three years my sentence is over
Them gates will swing wide for me
The warden will say I'm a free man
But my name will never be free

Please don't wait for me, darling
We could never be happy I know
I'll always be an ex convict
And branded wherever I go

May God bless you for your kindness
You've stuck with me through thick and thin
I love you too much to disgrace you
In closing God bless you again

Please don't wait for me, darling
We could never be happy I know
I'll always be an ex convict
And branded wherever I go

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Dolly Parton - Brave Little Soldier lyrics

I'm a brave little soldier
I must be bold and strong
A brave little soldier
And I must carry on
I'm a brave little soldier
A brave little soldier
I'm a brave little soldier
I must fight, I must win
I'm a brave little soldier
Through hell and back again
I'm a brave little soldier
A brave little soldier
Per rum, pum, pum
Per rum, pum, pum
Per rum, pum, pum, pum, pum
Ye though I am marching through the valley filled with fear
My steps are sure and sturdy and my aim is straight and clear
The enemy is stalking me just waiting for the kill
Like david slewed galiath
I will claim this battle field
I'm a brave little soldier
I must do what I can
I'm a brave little soldier
And I must take a stand
I'm a brave little soldier
A brave little soldier
Marching, marching onward
Searching out the light of truth
I did not start the war
But it's a battle I can't lose
Faith will be my armor
And love my sword and shield
I must defeat the enemy
I will, I will, I will
A brave little soldier
I must be bold and strong
A brave little soldier
And I must carry on
A brave little soldier
A brave little soldier
I'm a brave little soldier
A brave little soldier
Brave, little soldier


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Brave Wolfe (I Went To See My Love)
Traditional

I went to see my love, thinking to woo her,
I sat down by her side, not to undo her;
But when I looked on her my tongue did quiver;
I could not speak my mind while I was with her.

Love, here's a diamond ring, long time I've kept it;
All for your sake alone if you'll accept it.
When you this token view, think on the giver;
Madame remember me or I'm undone forever.

Then forth went this brave youth and crossed the ocean.
To free Americay was his intention.
He landed at Quebec with all his party.
The city to attack, both brave and hearty.

Montcalm and this brave youth together walk-ed.
On the plains of Abraham like brothers talk-ed.
Till each one took his post and did retire.
Twas then these numerous hosts commenced their fire.

The drums did loudly beat, with colors flying.
The purple gore did stream, and men lay dying.
Then shot from off his horse, fell that brave hero;
We'll long lament his loss that day in sorrow.

He rais-ed up his head where the guns did rattle.
And to his aid he said,"How goes the battle?"
"Quebec is all our own, they can't prevent it."
He said without a groan, "I die contented."

Repeat first verse


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Bravest Cowboy

I am the bravest cowboy that's ever tried the West
I've been all around the Rockies got bullets in my breast
I've been all around the Rockies got bullets in my breast

In eighteen hundred and sixty three I joined the immigrant band
We marched from San Antonio down by the Rio Grande
We marched from San Antonio down by the Rio Grande

I went out on the prairie I learned to throw the line
I learned to pocket money but I did not dress so fine
I learned to pocket money but I did not dress so fine

I went out on the prairie and learned to rob and steal
And when I robbed that cowboy how happy I did feel
And when I robbed that cowboy how happy I did feel

I wore a wide brim high hat my saddle too was fine
And when I courted a pretty girl you'd bet I called her mine
And when I courted a pretty girl you'd bet I called her mine

I courted her for beauty for love it was in vain
They carried me down to Dallas to wear a ball and chain
They carried me down to Dallas to wear a ball and chain

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Brazos Valley Breakdown
BMI Work #: 9197947
Brazos Valley Breakdown (Larry W. Jones 10/19/2007) (song#5093)

Now, fiddler get your bow
And play a do-si-do
River in the valley
Black cat in the alley
Saw those strings to the moon
Don't let it end too soon
Now, fiddler let me hear
Breakdown music in my ear
Brazos Valley Breakdown
Two steppin' toe to toe
Fiddler, now you get down
A Texas breakdown show
- instrumental -
Brazos Valley Breakdown
Two steppin' toe to toe
Fiddler, now you get down
A Texas breakdown show
Swing your little darlin'
To a breakdown romance
And scoot your cowboy boots
To a Brazos Valley dance
Saw those strings to the moon
When the Texas sun goes down
Don't let it end too soon
Brazos Valley Breakdown!
Don't let it end too soon
Brazos Valley Breakdown!


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Railroad Earth - Bread and Water (Live) 

hard lessons for my meal last night
cold cruelty on my plate
a faithful heart & years on the side
it's goin' down with a bitter taste

it's goin' down . . it's goin' down
goin' down like bread & water
can you hear? can you hear?
can you hear me when i cry?

no comfort in my bed last night
old man trouble on my head
same old singer . . brand new song
same old story . . brand new friend

it's goin' down . . it's goin' down
goin' down like bread & water
can you hear? can you hear?
can you hear me when i cry?

oh the lion . . oh the lion
oh the lion . . help me lord!
can't you hear me? can't you hear me?
can't you hear me callinâ out?

hard numbers were my bread last night
hard travelin' on my slate
it's gettin' hard to send it off
oh my friend take a look at my plate

it's goin' down . . it's goin' down
goin' down like bread & water
can you hear? can you hear?
can you hear me when i cry?

oh the lion . . oh the lion
oh the lion . . help me lord!
can you hear me? can you hear me?
can you hear me callinâ out?
oh the lion!

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Break Away Break Away
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Boudleaux Bryant AND Felice Bryant

G7                C
(Break away break away)
                              F
Break away (break away) break away 
                C
(break away) my lovesick heart 
      G7                     C
Don't stray too far till the teardrops start
                              F
Break away (break away) break away 
                  C
(Break away don't fall too deep
       G7                             C
She'll make you weep break away break away
           F                     C
You're too late it seems she has other dreams
                G7                          C
You'll find the right someone somewhere someday
        F                        C
She's a doll it's true but she's not for you
            G7                             C
So lovesick heart of mine break away break away
           F                     C
You're too late it seems she has other dreams
                G7                          C
You'll find the right someone somewhere someday
        F                        C
She's a doll it's true but she's not for you
            G7                             C
So lovesick heart of mine break away break away
G7               C
Break away break away

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Break My Heart
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Irl Hees 

C                            C                            F
You told me one day you'd be mine
        A#7          G7
All the time I never dreamed
                         C
That your heart would be untrue
                            F     A#7
Now you tell me that you're going away
            G7                            C
You took my heart and you painted it with blue
      
  Am                   C
I never understood the reason
Am                      F
Why you put my heart to shame
G7                    Am
Break my heart if you go
         F            G7
Break my heart if you stay
                   Am  F
I don't need it anymore
G7                          C
Break my heart walk out the door
 
                               F         A#7
You told me darling that you'd always be true
         G7                          C
Couldn't wait to be near you all the time
                       F          A#7
Then I saw you walking out with a heart
      G7                         C
Now I know why you never will be mine

Am                             C
Please don't leave me here without you
Am                         F
You're the only thing I've got
G7                    Am
Break my heart if you go
         F            G7
Break my heart if you stay
                   Am  F
I don't need it anymore
G7                          C
Break my heart walk out the door
 
G7                    Am
Break my heart if you go
         F            G7
Break my heart if you stay
                   Am  F
I don't need it anymore
G7                          C
Break my heart walk out the door

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Leftover Salmon - Breakin' Thru - Featuring Reese Wynans/Jerry Douglas/John Cowan Lyrics

It's been a long journey, it's been a long, long time
Holding on tight on long hard climb
Breaking down walls all along the way
Better make it in this world is what I hope they'll say

Now I can see the tide slowly turning
While fires of yesterday are slowly burning
And it feel like we're finally breakin' through now
All these dreams are really coming true somehow

When it seems like we're never gonna make it through the night
Somewhere in the darkness I could see a guiding light
From a place deep down inside a vision came to me
Burning like the sunrise over the deep blue sea

You only get one chance to make it happen in this life
There's a whole lot more than just trying to survive
And it seem like we're finally breakin' through now
All these dreams are really coming true somehow
Breakin' through, breakin' through, breakin' through

Well, as I watch these circles start to come around
And the thunder in the distance makes a mournful sound
Careful what you wish for, you may never be the same
Running through the wilderness while the moonlight calls your name

I finally ride back where I belong
Feeling right home where there can be no wrong
And it feel like we're finally breakin' through now
All these dreams are really coming true somehow
Breakin' through, breakin' through now, breakin' through

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Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller

? If my friends should ask for me,
Here at home is where I'll be
There's no one I care to see,
I'm breaking in a brand new broken heart
Now the heartaches have begun,
There's a job that must be done
I have no time for havin' fun,
I'm breaking in a brand new broken heart
Leave me alone and let me cry, cry, cry
There are tears that must be cried
Till there's no more tears inside
Let me take the count of ten,
Then I'll bounce right back again
Let me be alone till then,
I'm breaking in a brand new broken heart
I'm breaking in a brand new broken heart

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Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) 
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Amy Grant and Christopher Eaton

C      Dm       Am       F    Dm
I have traveled many moonless nights
         Am           G7     C
Cold and weary with a baby inside
      Dm     Am        F
And I wonder what I've done
     Dm     Em       F
Holy Father You have come
                     Em         Am Dm
And chosen me now to carry Your Son
     Am      Dm   Am F   Dm
I am waiting in a silent prayer
     Am  F           Am   G7 C
I am troubled by the load I  bear
     Dm       Am      F
In a world as cold as stone
       Dm        Am    F
Must I walk this path alone
G7         F    G7         C
Be with me now  be with me now
                 F       A7   C
Breath of heaven hold me together
F     E7   Am      F         C     G7
Be forever near me breath of heaven
C                F          A7  C
Breath of Heaven lighten my darkness
          E7      Am       F           C
Pour over me Your Holiness for You are holy
G7        Am F  Dm Am Dm
Breath of Heaven
       Am Dm         Am    Dm
Do you wonder as You watch my face
     Am    Dm              Am  G7 C
If a wiser one should have had my place
      Dm    Am    F
But I offer all I am 
        Dm    Am      F
For the mercy of Your plan
G7         F      G7      F  G7   C Am
Help me be strong help me be help me
C                F       A7   C
Breath of heaven hold me together
F     E7   Am      F         C     G7
Be forever near me breath of heaven
C                F          A7  C
Breath of Heaven lighten my darkness
          E7      Am       F           C
Pour over me Your Holiness for You are holy
                 F       A7   C
Breath of heaven hold me together
F     E7   Am      F         C     G7
Be forever near me breath of heaven
C                F          A7  C
Breath of Heaven lighten my darkness
          E7      Am       F           C
Pour over me Your Holiness for You are holy
G7        C     G7 F
Breath of Heaven
C                G7 F
Breath of Heaven
          C
Breath of Heaven

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Briar Rose
Aoife O'Donovan

Rose, Briar Rose
Why you look so sad, I don't know
Did you prick your thumb? Did
You skin your knee
Running down the stairs looking for me?

Everything's on fire and everyone's asleep
And they're burning wheels at the king's feet
You, where'd you go? Who you running from?

Everyone loves a sleeping beauty
On the stage or on the screen
So you take it like a man, do what you can
While you can try not to scream
Your daddy, he came upstairs to tuck you in
Why'd you look so scared?
Where's the queen? Your mother, dear
She's in the next room over
Finger in her ears

She doesn't want to hear
She thinks you're a liar
So you light a match and you cast
Your spell and you start the fire
Then you try to run, but you don't get far
You're gonna lie for a century
Dreaming in the dark

Everyone loves a sleeping beauty
On the stage or on the screen
So you take it like a man, do what you can
While you can try not to scream

Someday I'll come looking for you
Through the roses and the thorns
I'll come crawling through it all
It might take a hundred years
But I'll be here when the smoke clears
To tear down the wall

Everyone loves a sleeping beauty
The northern lights are out tonight
Aurora, can you hear me? I know you're weary
If you open up your eyes, you'll be alright

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Brid Og Ni Mhaille
Traditional

Is a brid og ni mhaille, s' tu a d'fhag mo chroi craite,
'S chuir tu arraingeacha an bhais frid cheartlar mo chroi;
Ta na ceadta fear i ngra le d'eadan ciuin naireach,
Is go dtug tu barr breathacht.ar Thir Oirghialla mas fior.

Nil ni ar bith is aille na'n ghealach os cionn a' tsaile,
Na blath ban na n-airne bhios ag fas ar an draighean;
O siud mar bhios mo ghra-sa nios trilsi le breathacht,
Beilin meala na hailleacht' nach ndearna riamh claon.

Is buachaill deas og me 'ta triall chun mo phosta,
'S ni buan i bhfad beo me mura bhfaighidh me mo mhian;
A chuisle 's a storin, dean reidh agus bi romhamsa,
Ceann deireanach den Domhnach ar Bhoithrin Dhroim Sliabh.

Is tuirseach 's bronach a chaithimse an Domhnach,
Mo hata 'mo dhorn 's me ag osnail go trom,
'S me ag amharc ar na boithre 'mbionn mo ghra-sa ag gabhail ann,
'S i ag fear eile posta 's gan i bheith liom.


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Dolly Parton - Bridge lyrics

The bridge so high the bridge so tall here is where it's started on bridge
The moon is big and yellow and the stars're all aglow
From the bridge I see reflection in the waters far below
You kissed me for the first time here held me awfully tight
And the bridge became our favorite place we came here often in the night
One night while standing on the bridge desire swept through a spoke
Passion took us by the hand and showed us where to go
From the bridge we saw a meadow so we ran together there
Where we found love together hurry motions filled the air
The bridge so wide the bridge so long
Where once we stood together tonight I stand alone
Tonight while standing on the bridge my heart is beating wild
To think that you could leave me here with our unborn child
My feet are moving slowly closer to the edge
Here is where it's started and here is where I'll end it


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The Incredible String Band - Bridge Song 

Beautiful Girl:
To the South a brightness
It is not the moon deep dreams unfurling
It is not the starlight far but near
I feel in my heart bright joy stirring
Look yonder love, see it comes more clear

To the South a brightness
City of light unfolds its glory
How it calls me on through the night
Pinnacles of gold, towers of the silver bright
And the soul of city calls,
Come, be my bride tonight

To the South a brightness

And I must go
The bridge opens its arms and bends low
And you my love must go where you will

See you

Seeker:
Beloved how I love, how I love
To see things through the magic of your eyes
To share things that make your spirit rise up
But try as I might, and try as I may
I can't see anything

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Bridge To Memory Lane
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Kent Westberry and Eddie Burton
 
C                                        Dm  F
Last night I burned the bridge to memory lane
     G7                            C
I'll never walk that road with you again
                                  F      Em        Dm
In someone else's arms I let love slowly light the flame
     F                  G7               C
Last night I burned the bridge to memory lane
 
                   F             G7                   C
I finally shut the window on the past then closed the door
    F                C                         G7
And you won't see me going off the deep end anymore
      C             F                  G7                 C
I was holding on to feelings that were pulling though the past
     F            G7                C
Till my mind took forgetting you to heart
 
                                         Dm  F
Last night I burned the bridge to memory lane
     G7                            C
I'll never walk that road with you again
                                  F      Em        Dm
In someone else's arms I let love slowly light the flame
     F                  G7               C   G7
Last night I burned the bridge to memory lane
    C               F             G7              C
Now I don't see you anymore since I found someone new
    F                   C                               G7
The first time I looked in her eyes was the last time I saw you
      C               F           G7             C
While she was hanging on to me at last I let you go
      F                 G7              C
Cause her love filled a fire down in my soul
 
Repeat #1
     F                  G7               C   G7 C
Last night I burned the bridge to memory lane

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Bridge Washed Out
recorded by George Jones
written by Slim Williamson

Intro:
G                         C
The bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side

       
Well when I woke up this mornin' the rain was a-pourin' down
      C                                                            G
I was gonna wed me a little river girl just over the bridge across town
                                                               C
I'm runnin' up and down the river and my nerves are drivin' me wild
          G                     C
Cause the bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side

 
Rain oh rain stop fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky
    C
The preacher and my bride is a-waitin' 
                                     G
And my weddin' bells are startin' to chime
                                                       C
I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me outta my mind
    G                     C
The bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side


Now I got one foot in the water the other foot solid on the ground
       C                                                      G
When I try to swim that ragin' old river I know if I try I'll drown
                                                           C
There's not a boat around me they've all gone out with the tide
        G                     C
And the bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side 

Repeat #2 

                          C
The bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side

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Bridget Flynn
Traditional

I've a nice little house, I've a cow or two and grass,
I've a plant garden running by the door.
I've a shelter for the hens, and a stable for the ass,
Aye, what could a man want more?
Will she go? I don't know,
But a bachelor is easy and he's free.
I've lots to look after, sure I'm living all alone,
Nobody's looking after me.

Now me father often tells me I should go and have a try,
To find a girl that owns a bit of land.
And I know the way he says it he has someone on his mind,
And me Mammy has the whole thing planned.
Will she go? I don't know,
but t'would mollify them greatly to agree.
Now there's little Bridget Flynn, it's her I'd love to win,
But she never has an eye for me.

Now there's a little girl who is worth her weight in gold,
And that's a decent dowry, don't ye see?
And I mean to go and ask her, the minute I get bold,
If she'll come and have an eye for me.
Will she go? I don't know,
but I'd love to have her sitting on me knee.
And I'd sing like a thrush on a hawthorn bush,
If she'd come and have an eye for me.


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Bridget O'malley
Traditional

Oh Brid Og O'Malley, you have left my heart breaking.
You've sent death pangs of sorrow to pierce my heart sore.
A hundred men craving for your breathtaking beauty.
You're the fairest of maidens in Oriel, for sure.

No spectacle is fairer than the moonbeams on the harbour,
Or the sweet scented blossoms of the sloe on the thorn.
But my love shines much brighter, in looks and in stature,
The honey-lipped beauty who never said wrong.

I'm a handsome young fellow, who is thinking of wedlock,
But my life will be shortened if I don't get my dear.
My love and my darling, prepare now to meet me,
On next Sunday evening on the road to Drum Slieve.

Tis sad and lonely I pass time on Sunday,
My head bowed in sorrow my sighs heavy with woe.
As I gaze upon the byways that my true love walks over,
Now she's wed to another and left me forlorn.


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Bright Morning Stars

Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a'breaking in my soul

Oh where are our dear fathers
Oh where are our dear fathers
They're down in the valley a praying
Day is a'breaking in my soul

Oh where are our dear mothers
Oh where are our dear mothers
They've gone to heaven a shoutin
Day is a'breaking in my soul

Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a'breaking in my soul

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Bright Sunny South

From the bright sunny south to the war I was sent
E'er the days of my boyhood I scarcely had spent
From its cool, shady forest and deep flowing streams
Ever fond in my memory and sweet in my dreams

Oh, my dear little sister, I still see her tears
When I had to leave home in our tender years
And my sweet, gentle mother, so dear to my heart
It grieved me sincerely when we had to part

Said my kind-hearted father as he took my hand
"As you go in defense of our dear native land
Son, be brave, but show mercy whenever you can
Our hearts will be with you 'til you return again"

In my bag, there's a Bible to show me the way
Through my trials on Earth and to Heaven someday
I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword
In defense of this land and the word of the Lord

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Brighter Mansions

There's a little church on Sunday morning
Where I go to kneel and pray
It's a place that God reserves for all
While here on earth we stay

It's a place to lose your cares and worries
And to leave the load you bear
It's a stepping stone on the road to glory
There's a brighter mansion over there

    There's a brighter brighter mansion a brighter brighter mansion
    In a world that's free from care
    It's a home eternal in the Heavens
    There's a brighter mansion over there

There the Savior standing at God's right hand
Who will harken to our call
By His sweat and blood on the cross at Calvary
Gave His life for one and all

Now by grace thru faith we attain His mercy
And with beauties we will share
There's a sacred promise that He made to all
There's a brighter mansion over there

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Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy

Tis true the rain that has no end
It's hard to find a faithful friend
And when you find one just and true
He's dropped the old one for the new
   
   Bring back my blue eyed boy to me
   Bring back my blue eyed boy to me
   Bring back my blue eyed boy to me
   That I may ever happy be

Must I go bound and have no free
Must I love a boy that don't love me
Or must I act the childish part
And love that boy that broke my heart

Last night my lover promised me
To take me across the deep blue sea
And now he's gone and left me alone
An orphan girl without a home

O dig my grave both wide and deep
Place marble at my head and feet
And on my breast a snow white dove
To show to the world I died for love

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Bring Back My Peace Of Mind
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Buck Owens

C             F                         C
Bring back my peace of mind let me live again
            G7                               C
End my long lonely nights make my heart beat again
C7            F                           C
Drive my grey skies away let the sunshine begin
              G7                            C
Bring back my peace of mind and let me live again
            G7                     F      C
I miss your fingertips I miss your loving lips
           G7                               C
I miss the tender little things you used to do
           G7                      F        C
I tried so hard to find some other peace of mind
    D7                                        G7
But now I must face the fact there's just one you
Repeat #1
              G7                            C
Bring back my peace of mind and let me live again

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Bring Back My Wandering Boy

Out in the cold world and far away home
Some mother's boy is wandering all alone
With no one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
Some mother's boy is homeless tonight

Bring back to me my wandering boy
For there is no other who's so apt give me joy
Tell him that his mother with faded cheeks and hair
Is at the old home place awaiting him there

Out in the hallway, there stand a vacant chair
And an old pair of shoes he used to wear
Empty is the cardle he used to love so well
Oh, how I miss him no tongue can tell

* Refrain

Well I remember those parting words he said
We'll meet up yonder where tears are never shed
In that land of sunshine away from toil and care
When life is over, I'll meet you up there

* Refrain


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Bring It On Back To Me
Recorded by Jan Howard
Written by Harlan Howard
 
Intro:

G7
Bring it on back bring it on back 
                    C
Bring it on back to me


You took your heart from me
    F
And gave it to someone new
    G7
But I won't be discouraged
                    C
Honey I'll wait for you


Until you bring it on back to me
F
Bring it on back to me
     G7
When your heart's in need of sympathy
                          C
Honey bring it on back to me


Oh bring it on back to me
F
Well bring it on back to me
     G7
When she throws it aside so carelessly
                          C
Honey bring it on back to me

G7
Bring it on back bring it on back 
                    C
Bring it on back to me


You got a crazy mixed up heart
F
Don't know what it's all about
    G7
But I'm the one that loves you
                    C
Someday you'll find out


And then you'll bring... 

Repeat #3,4

G7
Bring it on back bring it on back 
                    C
Bring it on back to me

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Bring Me My Queen
Abigail Washburn

Take all my money Take all my dreams
I'll swim all across your ravaging seas
Just don't play me the fool
Don't make it all new
It's time time time time time
Bring me my queen

She takes all my love, takes all my notions
Tears them all down til the earth loses motion
Bring me my queen (2)

She takes all my love, takes all my notions
Tears them all down to the ground
Oh, bring me my queen

She takes all your friends
Takes all your lovers
Buries all their bodies in her heart's deepest cover
Just don't play her the fool
Don't make it all new
It's time time time time time
Bring me my queen

She takes all my love, takes all my notions
Tears them all down til the earth loses motion
Bring me my queen (2)

She takes all my love, takes all my notions
Tears them all down to the ground
Oh, bring me my queen


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Bring On The Blues

It's a steep and windy road
and it's a mighty heavy load
For this one man to live life this way
I'm spending most of my time
thinkin' with a worried mind
I got a feeling this feelings' here to stay

So bring on the blues
bring on the blues
It's the one thing I just can't lose

I maybe right I maybe wrong
I'll leave this world this one ol' song
About the way that I'm feelin' tonight
Been 'round the world sailed the sea
I got the feelin' I'm losin' this fight

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Alan Jackson - Bring On The Night lyrics

It's twilight
And the street lights, are comin on
I'm in a stream of cars, on this boulevard
Headed home
And I can hardly wait
For you to make what wrong today seem right
It's been a long hard day
So bring on the night
Bring on the night
And pull down the shades
Lock the world outside
And throw the key away
And turn on the feelings
And turn out the lights
Lets call it a day
And bring on the night
From 9 to 5
It's the same old grind, all week long
And the only thing
That keeps me sane, is comin home
When the sun goes down
You know how to set things right
Let's put the day behind us
And bring on the night
Bring on the night
And pull down the shades
Lock the world outside
And throw the key away
And turn on the feelings
And turn out the lights
Lets call it a day
And bring on the night
Lets call it a day
And bring on the night


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Bring On The Wonder
Susan Enan

I can't see the stars anymore living here
Lets go to the hills where the outlines are clear

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

I fell through the cracks at the end of our street
Lets go to the beach, get the sand through our feet

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls for too long

I don't have the time for a drink from the cup
Let's rest for a while 'til our souls catch us up

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls, so hang on

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long.


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The Avett Brothers - Bring Your Love (demo) Lyrics

Bring your love to me,
I will hold it like a newborn child,
One of my own blood,
And I might even sing a song
To keep it calm

If you're wondering am i capable
God knows I am

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The Avett Brothers - Bring Your Love to Me Lyrics

Bring your love to me
I will hold it like a newborn child
One of my own blood
And I might just even sing a song
to keep it calm

If you're wondering, am I capable
God knows I am
And if it's meant to be
I will go alone, God knows I can
Just not as well, and besides what kind of fun is there
to be had with no one else?

And I can only stand here still
And I can only hope you will
keep me in focus long enough to tell
I'm trying to help (that's all)

Bring your love to me
I will hold it like a dandelion
One I want to save, one I want to keep
from the breeze that follows me and no one else

I can only stand here still
And I can only hope you will
keep me in focus long enough to tell
I'm trying to help

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Railroad Earth - Bringin' My Baby Back Home (Live) 

I'm bringin my baby back home
Bringin my baby back home
Worries are over
Dark clouds are gone
I'm bringin my baby back home
Bringin my bluebird day
Tear the bummers away
My Worryin's over
Been away too long
And I'm bringin my baby back home

I'm bringin my baby back home
Bringin my baby back home
Worries are over
The dark cloud is gone
I'm bringin my baby back home

It's all gonna be OK
Throw out the broken curse
Goodbye doctor Goodbye nurse
It's all gettin better cos it's over gettin worse
And I'm bringin my baby back home
Bringin my baby back home

Dark clouds are flying my worries are gone
I'm bringin my baby back home

The cats gonna gather round
The dog's gonna leap and bound
Put up the stand
Bring a marchin band
I'm bringin my baby back home

I'm bringin my baby back home
Bringin my baby back home
Dark days are over
my worries are gone
I'm bringin my baby back home

I'm bringin my baby back home
bringin my baby back home
Dark clouds are flying my worries are gone
I'm bringin my baby back home

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Bringing In The Georgia Mail

See the engine puffing, boy she's making time
That old trains wearing out the rail, rail, rail
Heading for the mountain that she's got to climb
Bringing in the Georgia mail

Ninety miles an hour and she's gaining speed
Listen to the whistle moan and wail, wail, wail
Has she got the power I'll say yes indeed
Bringing in the Georgia mail

See the driver's travel watch her spin the track
Ought to put that engineer in jail, jail, jail
Has he got her rolling watch her ball the jack
Bringing in the Georgia mail

Rocking and a reeling spouting off the steam
Stoke the fire and hope the brakes don't fail, fail, fail
Serving all the people listen to her scream
Bringing in the Georgia mail

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Bringing It Home
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier

G
Well I'm tired of traveling down this rocky old road
                                                 D7
This old heart of mine is a hurting from a heavy load
     C                                 G   Em
Only Jesus knows the way my heart went wr-ong
        G                 D7                   G
But the Lord He knows I'm about to bring it on home

                             D7
Whoa I'm bringing it yes I'm bringing it
            G                                  C
Hum yes I'm bringing it hear me talking I said I'm bringing it
         G                     D7                       G
This old heart's been away too long and I'm bringing it home


When the angels come and carry me away
                                             D7
And I have to face the Lord on that judgment day
     C                                         G    Em
I've got to have the power to stand before His thr-one
             G                  D7                    G
That means a change in my heart and I'm a bringing it home

repeat #2


Someday somewhere you'll hear the trumpet sound
                                                         D7
There'll be lightning and thunder and earthquakes in the ground
     C                                                 G  Em
Well don't ya let the devil tell you that your hope is g-one
              G                  D7                 G
There'll be a whole lotta hearts that will never go home

repeat #2

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Bringing Mary Home

I was driving down a lonely road one dark and stormy night
When a little girl by the roadside showed up in my headlights
I stopped and she got in back and in a shaky tone
She said: My name is Mary, please won't you take me home? 

She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night
There was something strange about her, for her face was deathly white
She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone
I'll never will forget that night I took Mary home

I pulled into the driveway where she told me to go
Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door
But I just could not believe my eyes 'cause the back seat was bare
I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there

A light shone from the porch, someone opened up the door
I asked about the little girl that I was looking for
Then a lady gently smiled and brushed a tear away
She said: It sure was nice of you to go out of your way

But thirteen years ago today a wreck just down the road
Our darling Mary lost her life and we miss her so
Thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shone
You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing Mary home

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Broadcast For My Heart
BMI Work #: 9210597
Broadcast For My Heart (Larry W. Jones 10/27/2007) (song#5123)

Make a broadcast just for my heart
Announce it on the air
Play it at the top of the charts
That you still want me there
Darling, though we are far apart
You know my love is true
Make a broadcast just for my heart
And all the world will know it too
Sweetheart, I wish I weren't alone
I need you here beside of me
I hear your voice when on the phone
But it's still you I need to see
Make a broadcast just for my heart
Announce it on the air at night
Your voice will be a work of art
That will turn darkness into light
- instrumental -
Sweetheart, I wish I weren't alone
I need you here beside of me
I hear your voice when on the phone
But it's still you I need to see
Make a broadcast just for my heart
Announce it on the air
Play it at the top of the charts
That you still want me there
Darling, though we are far apart
You know my love is true
Make a broadcast just for my heart
And all the world will know it too


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Alison Krauss - Broadway Lyrics

I stood on faith and the corner of ambition
I came here to sink or swim
And to show them all that they were wrong
And though I never thought I'd make it this far

So the curtains are down
For the moment I'm someone
There were those in the wings who waited, who came this way
Now there gone
But there's always someone at home who never forgets who you are

When I'm down and I'm growing old
I won't be along no railroad track
I won't be bound to a life out in the cold
It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway
And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home

When I'm down and I'm growing old
I won't be along no railroad track
I won't be bound to a life out in the cold
It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway
And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home

Can't go on, I'm on the top of my better years
I'm going home, it's too lonesome on the bottom rung here

It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway
And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home

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Richard Thompson - Broken Doll Lyrics

You called for me so here I am
Not a boy and not a man
Man enough to know the odds are long
They dress you up and keep you clean
Like courtiers around a queen
Show you good from bad, right from wrong
All the tears in the world
All the tears in the world
Won't mend a Broken Doll
The little things in life escape her
Dolls are made of rags and paper
China cracks and chips so easily
Doesn't have the will, the strength
To hold the world out at arm's length
Skin's too thin, eyes too wide to see
All the tears in the world
All the tears in the world
Won't mend a Broken Doll
Wish I could give love to you
And life to you and hope to you
As you look through me to something else
In your face I think I see
Twisted-up infinity
Angel soul imprisoned in a shell
All the tears in the world
All the tears in the world
Won't mend a Broken Doll

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Broken Down In Tiny Pieces
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by John Adrian

C              Em          C7         F               Am
Broken down in tiny pieces love ain't really all that much
F                       C            D7             G7
Just a song you used to whisper or a smile I try to touch
C              Em          C7         F                Am
Broken down in tiny pieces love ain't hardly worth the time
F                    C              G7                C
Just a nickel that I borrowed for a dream that cost a dime

F               E7              F
Take me back to where I started you can help me mend
                  C             G7                   C
Here I am in tiny pieces please put me back together again

               Em          C7        F              Am
Broken down in tiny pieces love's a special kind of thing
F                  C            D7              G7
Like a snowball in December you remember in the spring
C                       Em       C7     F                 Am
And you were all that I remember of the things I tried to find
F                     C          G7                      C
In between the broken pieces you keep running through my mind

F                  E7              F
Can't you see I'll always love you it will never end
                  C             G7                   F   C
Here I am in tiny pieces please put me back together a-gain

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Broken Down Merry Go Round lyrics and chords | Jimmy Wakely | Margaret Whitin
Broken Down Merry Go Round
Recorded by Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting 
Written by Arthur Herbert and Fred Stryker
[3/4 time]

C
You said that you loved me
              G7
But it wasn't long till I found
That you had me riding
              C     G7 C
A broken down merry go round
Sweet kisses you gave me
                G7
But soon it was all over town
That you had me riding
              C     G7 C
A broken down merry go round
    F                      C
You told me that you would always be near
G7                      C
Love me my dear through sorrow and tears
    F                  C
But all I've left is a brass souvenir
  D7                      G7
Instead of a ring made of gold
                 C
My poor heart is breaking
                 G7
You've made me a fool and a clown
Or you had me riding
              C     G7 C
A broken down merry go round
Repeat #3, 4 

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Broken Down Tramp

I'm a broken down tramp without money
My clothes are all tattered and torn
And I am so sad and so lonely
I wish I had never been born

All through this wide world I have wandered
Inquiring for something to do
But whenever I ask for a job of work
They say they have none for a tramp

Now drink was the cause of my downfall
And the money I had I've outrun
And the friends that were mine when I had it
Now pass by and call me a bum

Now don't be too hasty to judge me
As I drift along with the tide
My clothes may be ragged and dirty
But a clean heart is beating inside

One night on a dark lonely railroad
A hobo all hungry and cold
Saw an empty boxcar on the siding
He climbed in and closed up the door

Six months he had rode on the railway
When the brakeman came 'round with his light
He was shoved from the car and was killed by the train
Because he was only a tramp

Now young men, let this be a warning
For all you who long for the road
Better stick to the straight life and don't be like me
A poor bum to die in the cold

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Broken Engagement

They were standing by the window
On the night he kissed her cheek
He had waited long in silence
Waited long for her to speak

When at last he whispered softly
As the cool breeze kissed her head
She had waited long to tell him
What they told her he had said

Oh they say you love another
That you never did love me
If these words be true my darling
I'll forever set you free

They are true he hardly answered
As the sun and stars above
When they told you my intentions
Then they told you of my love

He turned deathly pale and angry
Left her standing by the gate
Sent a message by her sister
But the message came too late

God in Heaven sent an Angel
To relieve her ache and pain
She went drifting off to Heaven
On an Angel's snow white wing

He was standing by her casket
As he looked upon her face
Then he realized he loved her
And no one could take her place

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Broken Hearted Lover

How could I be feeling happy
When you don't love me anymore
You took my love and all my kisses
And you left my heart so sore

   I'd rather swim across the ocean
   Without the help of God or man
   Than be a broken hearted lover
   When I have done the best I can

I thought that you were an angel
When I first looked into your eyes
But now I know all about you
I know your home's not in the skies

Stop, look and listen for that whistle
And when you hear that lonesome sound
You'll know by the whistle of that freight train
Your broken hearted lover's gone

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Broken Hearted Melody
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Hal David and Stoney Edwards

C                     G7                        C
Broken hearted melody once you were our song of love
                             G7       C                    Am
Now you keep on taunting me  with the memory of his tender love
   C              Am     C             Am
Oh broken hearted melody must you keep reminding me
F             G7           F              G7
Of the lips I long to kiss and the love I miss         
               C
Since you went away night and day they play
                
                    Am     C               Am
That broken hearted melody that he used to sing to me
F                 G7               F              G7
When our love was young and bright and he held me tight
             C
Suddenly I'd found I was heaven bound
   Am          C      G7                        C
Broken hearted melody once you were our song of love

                               G7       C                    Am
Now you just keep taunting me  with the memory of his tender love
   C              Am        C                   Am
Oh broken hearted melody oh won't you bring him back to me
F           G7             F         G7
Sing to him till he yearns for me he returns
                 C           G7          C
No more will you be a broken hearted melody 
       G7          C
Broken hearted melody

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Broken Lady
Recorded by the Gatlin Brothers
Written by Larry Gatlin

G              C    G             C
She's a broken lady waiting to be mended
       G            C             G
Like a potter would mend a broken vase         
         C    G             C
A broken lady waiting to be mended
                G           D7                 C  G
And have what's left of the pieces put back in place
                                                                  
Her love was like a fortress around a man she would have died for
       C                           G
Taking care to take care of all he needed
        A7
But the lady's fortress slowly turned into a prison
        D7               C              D7
And the warning signs he gave she never heeded
    G
She vowed every morning that what God joined together
       C                            G
No one else in the world could pull apart 
         A7
Then the walls came tumbling to the ground
                                            D7
And her world came crashing down around her heart 
Repeat #1  

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Broken Man's Lament
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Mark Germino

G                       C                   G
I was once a broken man I was once a broken fool
                                              D7
Lost my wife and children to one basic broken rule
G                                        C              G
Now I live my life in silence though I'm not quite in a shell
                                  C               G
I drink and listen to that song a whiter shade of pale
     C               G
Oh a whiter shade of pale

                                      C              G
I was a good shade tree mechanic so I sent myself to school
                                                          D7
They smoothed out my rough edges in my hands they put new tools
    G                          C                   G
The instructor once he told me I could work on any line
                                    C               G
I could tune and make a diesel sing just like Patsy Cline
   C               G
Oh just like Patsy Cline

                         C                               G
Well I met my wife to be through my mother's best friend son
                                                  D7
She'd been a barroom singer she was as good as anyone
      G                                 C                G
But I asked her to stop singing and the girl she did not flinch
                                        C                  G
Next day she went and bought that man a brand new crescent wrench
     C                  G
Oh a brand new crescent wrench

                                   C                   G
Well we had three fine children as eight years went on by
                                                      D7
I learned to supervise a line my knuckles stayed bone dry
          G                                C           G
But after supper I kept hearing her by the kitchen radio
                                      C              G
Singing sweet but desperate harmony a little bit too low
     C              G
Oh a little bit too low

                            C                      G
She left three months later I'd just come home for lunch
                                    C                 G
The note said easy come hard go but still love you so much
                                                   C            G
She said I don't know if I'll be back or if you'll want me if I come
                                             C                  G
But if and when that happens dear you better let my sweet dream run

   C                  G
Oh let my sweet dream run

Repeat #2,1




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Broken Pieces of My Heart
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Jan Crutchfield

C
It's a shame we didn't make it
                                      F
Everybody thought we were the perfect pair
   Dm
Anytime I needed someone
        F           G7                  C    Dm G7
I could always turn around and find you there
      C
But a good loves don't come easy
                                            F
And sometimes the strongest love could fall apart
        Dm               A7
Now I'm looking for some memories
      Dm                 G7           C    F
Going through the broken pieces of my heart
       C
It's a shame we didn't make it
                                        F
Heaven knows it's not because we didn't try
        Dm
But sometimes you just can't help it
         F            G7              C  Dm G7
And it's best to walk away and let it die
C
All I want is some small keepsake
                                            F
From a love that seemed to have the perfect start
       Dm               A7
So I'm looking for some memories
      Dm                 G7           C    F
Going through the broken pieces of my heart
C
I'm not looking for the answer
Cause I know that without question
     Em               F   Em  F
When love's gone it's gone
       Dm
I just thought I might find something
       G7
Hidden somewhere in the pieces
        F    C    G7
I could take along
Repeat #4
       Dm               A7
So I'm looking for some memories
      Dm                 G7           C
Going through the broken pieces of my heart

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Broom Of The Cowdenknowes
Traditional

How blithe each morn was I tae see
My lass came o'er the hill
She skipped the burn and ran tae me
I met her with good will.

Chorus:
O the broom, the bonnie, bonnie broom
The broom o the cowdenknowes
Fain would I be in the north country
Herding her father's ewes

We neither herded ewes nor lamb
While the flock near us lay
She gathered in the sheep at night
And cheered me all the day

Hard fate that I should banished be
Gone way o'er hill and moor
Because I loved the fairest lass
That ever yet was born

Adieu, ye cowdenknowes, adieu
Farewell all pleasures there
To wander by her side again
Is all I crave or care


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Brother Bluebird
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

G            C            G
I just saw a bluebird fly over
                                             D7
And I could swear he looked straight down at me
    G            C               G
But I suppose he thought I was a brother
       C             G           D7             G
And no wonder I'm as blue as any bluebird could be
                C                   G
I never thought bluebirds got up so early
                                        D7
The sun's not up yet it's just breaking dawn
  G                 C             G          C
I guess like me you been too busy weeping or sleeping
      G              D7               G
And I just heard you sing the saddest song
    C                                  G
Hey brother bluebird what are we gonna do
We're two of a kind both out of our minds
                          D7
From the hurt we're goin' through
G                          C              G
Would you trade your wings do anything to have her
          C                     G        D7              G
Cause you love her well brother bluebird you've got company
             C             G        D7              G
Hey wait for me oh brother bluebird you've got company

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Brother I'm Getting Ready To Go

The lord's saved me I want the world to know
I'm on my way to glory land
There I'll see Jesus and take Him by the hand
Brother I'm getting ready to go

   I'm getting ready to go I know
   I'm leaving this world here below
   Ain't nothing in this world can turn me back I know
   Brother I'm getting ready to go

Say there wake up while yet you have time
And in the glory land wave
Jesus will hear you and answer your call
Get ready to meet him today

Brother don't wait till it is too late
Jesus might call for you today
It's awful to know when you leave this old world below
If you are not ready to go

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Brother Jukebox
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Paul Craft

G7      C       F      C
Brother jukebox sister wine
                       G7
Mother freedom  father time
          C       C7   F
Since you left me by myself
           C        G7          C
You're the only family I've got left
Repeat #1
               G7           C
I come down to the same old cafe
                         F           C
Where I've tried to wash my troubles away
          F              G7      C     F
I'm still down I'm still out all alone  
       C             G7             C
But it beats staying home all night long     
Repeat #1
F          C        G7          C
You're the only family I've got left

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Brother To The Blues
Recorded by Lonesome River Band

G                    C            G
Well I first saw the light of day 32 years ago
                                         D7
And a lot of things have changed this is true
G                          C                  G
But there's one thing that stayed the same no matter where I go
                   D7             G
I've always been a brother to the blues
     C                                  G
I've traveled down the road that has no end
                                      D7
I've fought the devil knowing I can't win
    C                            G    C
The life I lead is not the one I cho-ose
G                  D7             G
I've always been a brother to the blues
              C         G
People try to tell me I bring it on myself
                                   D7
But all they've ever known is good news
G                C             G
So they can take their therapy just leave me alone
                   D7             G
I've always been a brother to the blues
Repeat #2
              C              G
Daddy told me son nothing in this world is free
                                   D7
And Lord I know I've had to pay my dues
G                   C               G
But it don't matter what I think or what I think I've earned
                   D7             G
I've always been a brother to the blues
Repeat #2
                   D7             G
I've always been a brother to the blues

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Brother, (Buddy) Can You Spare A Dime?
Gorney / Harburg

Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower way up to the sun
Of bricks and morter and lime
Once I built a tower, and now it's done
Buddy can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum
A half-a-million boots went sloggin' through hell
And I was the kid with the drum

Say don't you remember, you called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say don't you remember, I was your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?


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Brotherly Love
Recorded by Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Jimmy Stewart and Tim Nichols

C                                               F
We shared the same last name and the same color eyes
C                                   G7
We fought like tigers over that old red bike 
C                                      C7
I'm battin' first and you can't use my glove
   F                        Am           G7
It wouldn't take long until push came to shove
    F                      G7                   C
But we looked out for each other with brotherly love
 
                                    F
You hated girls till I had my first date
  C                                              G7
I brought her home from the movies you stayed up late
C                           C7
Three on the couch watchin' T.V.
      F                        Am               G7
I was smilin' at her while you were laughin' at me
    F                       G7                C
But I wouldn't trade it for nothin' brotherly love
F                   G7
There's a bond that brothers know
    C                F
And it gets stronger as we grow
  Dm                 G7               C
A love that time and miles can't come between
Am              G7
We disagree but in the end
           F            C
There will never be two closer friends
    Dm        G7      F                G7
And brotherly love is something we all need
C                                                F
They share the same last name and the same color eyes
    C                                   G7
But they fight like tigers over one ol' red bike
C                              C7
And lookin' at them reminds me of us
        F               Am            G7
They're gonna fight and they're gonna fuss
    F                     G7                     C
But they've got something special it's brotherly love
     F                     G7                     C
Yeah they've got something special it's brotherly love

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The Osborne Brothers - Brothers in Korea lyrics

(Lou Osborne) (1950's)
 It was on the 27th of November
 Uncle Sam sent for him to go,
 Said, "Bring your clothes for three days
 Until you are signed up for more."
 CHORUS:
 It's sad, it's sad but it's true;
 He had to report over there
 The people aren't happy unless
 They're fighting in a battle somewhere.
 He's in Korea today.
 He's fighting for the loved one back home.
 He's far across the sea
 He may never come home.
 You can wander around in the bar room
 And find drunkards loafing around
 But never do they have to answer
 A call to serve Uncle Sam...


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Brown Eyed Kentucky Girl

I traveled to Kentucky to court a fair young girl
Whose eyes were of the darkest brown and her hair had a charming curl
She had the sweetest lips to kiss that I had ever found
And she made me feel as if I was the only man around

Some people think of horses when you talk of the Bluegrass State
Others think their bourbon is what makes it so great
But the reason that the Bluegrass State stands in my memory
Is that brown eyed Kentucky girl she means so much to me

I remember very clearly it was on a warm spring night
We declared we loved each other and to marry would be right
It was a short time later in the month of July
Our lives were joined together we were one she and I

Many years have come and gone since the day that we met
Our love has grown much stronger and it is growing yet
We have a happy home and children we have three
We still enjoy each other this Kentucky girl and me

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Brown Eyes

Today I feel so sad and weary
I want a love that cannot be
All I need to make me happy
Let those brown eyes smile at me

Let those brown eyes smile at me, dear
That's what I wish with all my soul
Let those brown eyes smile at me, dear
Turn my blue moon back to gold

Now we've been sweetheart so long darling
Now you're growin' tired of me
The last time that we were together
Those brown eyes didn't smile at me

* Refrain


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Brown Mountain Light

Way up on old Linville Mountain
Where the bear and the catamount reign
A strange ghostly light appears every night
Which no scientist or hunter can explain.

In the days of the old covered wagon
When they camped on the flats for the night
With the moon shinin' dim o'er the old canyon rim
They watched for that brown mountain light.

High on the mountain
And down in the valley below
It shines like the crown of an angel
And fades as the mists come and go

Way over yonder
Night after night until dawn
A faithful old slave comes back from the grave
Is searching for his master who's long gone.

Many years ago a southern planter
Came huntin' in this wide world alone
Then so they say the hunter lost his way
And never returned to his home.

His trusting ol' slave brought a lantern
And searched but in vain day and night
Now the ol' slave is gone
but his spirit lingers on

And the lantern it still casts it's light.

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Brown To Blue
by George Jones

G                                        C                    
We stood there in the courthouse room so close yet far apart
D7                                  G                       
You had brought your lawyer and I'd brought a broken heart
                                           C                 
The judge pronounced the words the way you wanted him to do
    D7                                      
And changed your name from Brown to Jones
                       G       
And mine from Brown to Blue   
  C                                    
I couldn't keep my tears from falling
G                        
On the courtroom floor  
   C                              
By law they took away my rights
   G           D7     
To love you anymore
   G                          
My world just seemed to stop
              C                      
While I stood there so close to you
     D7                                      
They changed your name from Brown to Jones
                       G     
And mine from Brown to Blue
                                    C                   
The judge forgot to tell me how I'd live my life alone
     D7                           G                   
What I would do without you after loving you so long
                                 C                       
He didn't seem to care that I am still in love with you
   D7                                      
He changed your name from Brown to Jones
                       G       
And mine from Brown to Blue   
repeat #2

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Brown's Ferry Blues

Hard luck poppa counting his toes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord Lord. got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Hard luck poppa can't do his stuff
Trouble with him he's been too rough
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.

Two old maids a-sitting in the sand
Each one wishing that the other was a man
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Two old maids done lost their style
If you want to be lucky you got to smile
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.

Early to bed and early to rise
And your girl goes out with other guys
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
If you don't believe me try it yourself
Well I tried it and I got left
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.

Hard luck poppa standing in the rain
If the world was corn he couldn't buy grain
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
His knees knock together but he's raring to go
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.

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Brush Arbor Meeting

Some gold morning when this life is o're
I'll fly away ( in the morning )
To a home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away ( I'll fly away )

Years ago, when I was just a boy in the Oklahoma hills
They didn't have a church in which to pray
So the people got together and they built one of their own
Just a shelter made of poles with a roof of hay

Well, it wasn't just a Baptist or a Church of the Nazarene
But people of all faiths came there to pray
And it didn't make no difference the color or the time
And lots of folks would sing till break of day

And they called ti a Brush Arbor meeting
You could hear the people singing far away
Just praising the Lord, and shouting victory
I can still hear them singing today
There is power, power, wonder working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb

Now a day the churches are so pretty and so nice
And they all have different names upon their door
I wish we all would sshout and sing like we used to long ago
And come together like they did before

* Refrain

Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
It's good enough for me

* Refrain


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Buachaill On Eirne
Traditional

Buachaill on Eirne me 's bhreag-fainn cailin deas og.
Ni iarrfainn bo spre leithe ta me fein saibhir go leor.
'S liom Corcaigh a mheid dha taobh a ghleanna's Tir Eoghainn
'S mur nathrai me beasai me n'toidhr ar Chontae Mahaigheo

Radchaidh me 'marach a dheanamh leanna sa ghleann
Gan coite gan bad grainnin brach ar bith liom,
Ach duilliur na gcraoch mar eadai leapg os mo chionn
'S oro sheacht m'anam deag thu 's tu 'feachaint tharam anall

Buachailleacht bo, mo leo, nar chleacht me ariamh
Ach og imirt 's ag ol 's le hogmhna deasg fan sliabh,
Ma chaill me mo stor ni moide gur chaill me mo chaill,
'S ni mo liom do phog na 'n bhrog ataim a caitheamh le bliann

A cuisle 's a stor na pos an scanduine liath
Ach pos an fear og, mo leo, mura maire se ach bliain
No beidh to go foill gan o no mac os do chionnn
A shilfeadh na deora trathnona nor maidin go trom.


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Bubbles In My Beer

Tonight in a bar alone I'm sittin'
Apart from the laughter and cheer
The scenes from the past rise before me
While watchin the bubbles in my beer

A vision of someone who loved me
Brings a lone silent tear to me eye
I know that my life's been a failure
Just watchin' the bubbles in my beer.

I'm seeing the road that I've traveled
A road paved with heartaches and tears
I'm seeing the past that I've wasted
While watching the bubbles in my beer.

I think of the hearts that I've broken
And of the golden chances that have passed me by
The dreams I once made now are empty
As empty as the bubbles in my beer.

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Bubbling In My Soul
Recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Written by Tommy James and Jerry Organ

C
Well it's bubblin' bubblin' 
                                 G7
Bubblin' bubblin' bubblin' in my soul
Hallelujah I'm so glad 
                    C
I'm in the heavenly fold
The joy that someday will be mine 
                      F
The half has not been told
               G7
That's why His joy is bubblin' 
                        C
Bubblin' bubblin' in my soul
My cup is running over now 
                     F
Since Jesus saved my soul
           G7
I sing and shout both day and night 
                    C
Since Jesus made me whole
He filled my heart so full of joy 
                        F
And sweet peace gave to me
               G7
Now praise His holy name 
                           C
I'm saved on through eternity
repeat #1,2,1,2

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Dolly Parton - Bubbling Over lyrics

You're the one that puts the sparkle in my eyes
You're the one that puts the laughter in my smile
You're the one that puts the meaning in my life
And I'm bubblin' over, bubblin' over, bubblin' over
Because you are mine
Bubblin' over with the joy that only love can bring
Bubblin' over with the song you taught my heart to sing
And I'm so happy lovin' you that anyone can see
That I'm bubblin' over, bubblin' over, bubblin' over
Because you love me
I have never known a love that felt like this
You're the one I want to share my lovin' with
Your gentle way of lovin' me and your thoughtfulness
Keeps me bubblin' over, bubblin' over, bubblin' over with happiness
Bubblin' over with the joy that only love can bring
Bubblin' over with the song you taught my heart to sing
And I'm so happy lovin' you that anyone could see
That I'm bubblin' over, bubblin' over, bubblin' over
Because you love me
Yes, I'm bubblin' over, I'm bubblin' over, I'm bubblin' over
'Cause you love me


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Buddies In The Saddle

One stormy day, me and my buddy
Started on our roundup ride
The wind and dust blew hard around us,
My buddy strayed far from my side

   We were buddies in the saddle,
   We were buddies in our home,
   We were buddies herding cattle,
   We were buddies everywhere we roamed

I'll ne'er forget the day I found him,
He was so weak he could not speak
I'll ne'er forget the smile he gave me,
Then the poor boy fell asleep

I took him up in my saddle
And carried him across the plain
My mother nursed him every moment
To try to make him well again

I've never had a pal so near me,
He took the blame for everything
I'd die for him just any moment,
And for me he'd do the same

But now by buddy's gone and left me,
And it's so hard to struggle 'long
So hard to believe that he has left me,
I can't realize that he has gone

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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
(She Wore Red Dresses)
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C            F                              C
She wore red dresses with her black shining hair
              G7                    C
Aw she had my baby and caused me to care
                F                     C
Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry
                   G7                          C
Cause she wore red dresses and told such sweet lies
        F                        C
I never knew him but he took her away
                   G7                     C
On my knees like a madman for vengeance I prayed
                       F                       C
While the pain and the anger destroyed my weak mind
                G7                           C
Aw she wore red dresses and left the wounded behind
                  F                               C
I searched till I found them then I cursed at the sight
                  G7                       C
Of their sleeping shadows in the cold neon light
                    F                               C
In the dark morning silence I placed the gun to her head
                   G7                      C
Cause she wore red dresses but now she lay dead

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Buffalo Gals

Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight Come out tonight
Buffalo gals wont you come out tonight
And dance by the light of the moon

Now I got a gal with a wart on her chin
Toes turned out and her eyes turned in
Prteey good gal for the shape she's in
Tell me is she coming out tonight

Give you five dollars if you come out tonight
Come out tonight Come out tonight
Give you five dollars if you come out tonight
And dance by the light of the moon

I got a gal at the top of the hill
Top of the hill Top of the hill
She's a moonshiner's daughter
But I love her still
Tell me is she coming out tonight

Me and my gal we sit on the stoop
Sit on the stoop Sit on the stoop
Here dad came out and made me loop the loop
Tell me is she coming out tonight

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Tony Rice - Bugle Call Rag

You're bound to fall for the bugle call;
You're gonna brag 'bout the Bugle Call Rag.
Thin or fat, young or old;
Shake their shoulders bold.
You're bound to fall for the bugle call;
You're gonna brag 'bout the Bugle Call Rag.
Hold me baby; Let's syncopate to that blue melody;
Just hesitate while a break they take Shh!
While we're dancing please hold me tight; step lively don't lag.


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Alan Jackson - Buicks To The Moon lyrics

How long will I love you
I don't really know
I'd like to think forever
Is how far we could go so let me paint a picture
Of how it's gonna be
The day you don't mean everything to me
When a nickel's worth a dollar
And gold ain't worth a dime
When they build a ship
On waters that will take you back in time
When the stars have all been counted
And I stop lovin' you
Honey they'll be driving
Buicks to the moon
Now you don't have to worry
About what comes to pass
This old world may wear out
But my love's gonna last
If they ever build that highway to the moon
I'll just fond somethin else to promise you
When a nickel's worth a dollar
And gold ain't worth a dime
When they build a ship
On waters that will take you back in time
When the stars have all been counted
And I stop lovin' you
Honey they'll be driving
Buicks to the moon
Oh when the stars have all been counted
And I stop lovin' you
Honey they'll be drivin'
Buicks to the moon


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Build My Mansion

(Just) build my mansion next door to Jesus
And tell the angels I'm coming home
It doesn't matter who lives around me
Just so my mansion sets near the throne

I have no castles no earthly kingdom
But my cabin will do 'til I get home
My mansion's yonder on the hills of glory
Oh I hope my mansion sets near God's throne

It seems like it's been a long time ago and get just yesterday
That Mom and Dad sat me down and told me about Jesus
They said Son, there 's a land and it's called Heaven
I'll never forget that day I'm saved because of it

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Building On Sand
Recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Written by Carl Butler
[3/4 time]

C
They're building great mansions
            C7          F
But they're building on sand
                    C
Their treasures are worthless
                     G7
When before God they stand
    C                 C7       F
The rock of Salvation is Jesus alone
                C          G7            C
So build on Him brother He cares for His own
 
                               C7            F
Here so many are searching for pleasure each day
                    C                      G7
They don't take the time to kneel down and pray
        C
They're lost yes they're sinking 
       C7             F
In the quick-sands of time
                 C         G7         C
No thought of salvation of God's love divine

Repeat #1 

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Balsam Range - Building the Fire 

Verse 1
Ashes and embers, there's nothin' so sad
That's all that's left of the love that we had
'Cause deep in the night on the wild side of town
You were buildin' the fire that burned it all down

Verse 2
Ain't nothin' here but a whisper of smoke
Driftin' away with the promise you broke
Our dreams fell apart the night that I found
You were buildin' the fire that burned it all down

Chorus
We had a mansion, a love on the hill
Filled it with passion, faith, and good will
But, all that remains is just dust on the ground
'Cause you were buildin' the fire that burned it all down
You built the fire that burned it all down

Verse 2
In the arms of a stranger, there in the dark
With no thought of the days when you lit a spark
Well, everybody could see it for miles around
You were building the fire that burned it all down

Ending
You lit the fire that burned it all down


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Bully Of The Town

Looking for that bully Bully of that town
Looking for that bully that bully can't be found
I'm looking for that bully of the town

When I walk this levee round and round
Everyday I may be found
When I walk this levee round
I'm looking for that bully of the town

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Alison Krauss - Bum Biddy

Everyone in this room has been associated with Whitey
Either through basketball or the mall or various odd
Jobs he does around town for free or at most a dollar
And I'm guessing 99% of you have either laughed in Whitey's
Face or ruthlessly made fun of his feet or voice or sister
Or shortness when he wasn't looking
But the next time you'd see him he'd still go out of his way to 
Smile and wave at you and ask you about your mother's
Operation or something like that because he, unlike us,
Actually cares about someone other than himself

The reason I bring this up to you is because I was the worst
Offender of all
My life was simply going nowhere
Then a tiny little man rushed to my side
He should've gotten a big thank you
Instead he got a Porta-Potti ride

I was such a shithead
But he never quit on me
'Til I told him he was useless
And his sister was freaky
Once when we were watching Sunday football
A fuzzy screen was all that we could see
Whitey came over with a hanger
And spent the game atop our T.V.

And when the lightning struck him
He let out a wicked, loud yell
But we just turned up the volume
And ignored the burning smell
We should all rot in hell

I went to high school with Whitey
As a joke I told him to meet me at the prom
When he got there, I said:


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Bummin' An Old Freight Train

Bummin' an old freight train, oh Lord
Bummin' an old freight train
A thousand miles away from home
Just a Bummin' an old freight train

I was a wild and reckless hobo, left my happy home
Started out on a western trip all by myself alone
My pocketbook was empty and my heart was filled with pain
A thousand miles away from homejust a Bummin' an old freight train

* Refrain

I was standing on a platform smokin' a cheap cigar
Waitin' for an old freight train to catch an empty car
My pocketbook was empty, my heart was filled with pain
A thousand miles away from home just a Bummin' an old freight train

* Refrain

I pulled my cap down over my eyes, I walked up to the train
Caught the stirrup of a sleepin' car and never did look back
A thousand miles away from home just a Bummin' an old freight train

* Refrain


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Bummin' An Old Freight Train

I was wild and reckless this hobo
And I left my happy home
And I started out on a westward trip
All by myself alone.

Oh my pocket book was empty and my heart it was filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just bummin' an old freight train.
Just a' bummin' an old freight train oh Lord just bummin' an old freight train
I'm a thousand miles away from home just bummin' an old frieight train.

I was standing on that platform And smokin' a cheap cigar
I was waiting for that old freight train to find me an empty car
Well I pulled my cap down over my eyes as I walked along the track
I caught the stirrup of a sleepin' car And I never did look back.

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Burden Bearer

I'll take these burdens and lay them at His feet
They're just to heavy Lord and I am just too weak
I'll give them all to Jesus, friend I know He'll take yours too
He's the burden bearer and He knows just what to do
Chorus
The Burden Bearer will carry your heavy load
There's nothing too big for His arms to hold
He said cast your cares upon me when you're bent way down low
The Burden Bearer will help your troubled soul
If you have a burden, friend and if it's hard to bear
Take it to the Good Lord down on your knees in prayer
He promised not to give you more than you can take
He knows when you're burdened. He knows your heartache
He took the cross of Calvary; such a weight was on Him
His back was heavy laden down with our sin
He took our sorrow then and there He proved
The Burden Bearer did what we could not do
Chorus
The Burden Bearer will carry your heavy load
There's nothing too big for His arms to hold
He said cast your cares upon me when you're bent way down low
The Burden Bearer will help your troubled soul
Leave it there. Leave it there.
Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there
He said cast your cares upon me when you're bent way down low
The Burden Bearer will help your troubled soul
The Burden Bearer will help your troubled soul


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Burg'Ler Beau

I'll tell you a story 'bout a burgler beau who went to rob a house,
He crept in at the window, as silent as a mouse
He thought of all the money he'd get as under the bed he lay
and all at once he saw a sight that made his hair turn grey!
The old maid she entered the room "I am so tired" she said.
And thinking everything alright, she never looked under the bed
She pulled out her teeth and a big glass eye and a wig from off her head
The burglar had 99 fits and came from under the bed
The old maid, she wasn't sleepy a bit, so she grabbed him around the neck
she said "Man if you don't marry me, I'll blow off the top a yo head"!
He didn't scream nor holler very loud cause he had no place to scoot.
He looked at the wig and the big glass eye and said
"madam for God's sake, SHOOT!"


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Burglar Man

(D)I'll tell you a story 'bout a burglar man who went to rob a (A)house
He creeped in at the window just as quietly as a (D)mouse
Thinkin' of the money that he would get, as under the bed he (A)lay
He certainly saw a sight that night that made his hair turn (D)gray
About nice o'clock an old maid came in, "I'm so tired" she said
Thinkin' everything would be alright, she forgot to look under the bed
She pulled out her teeth, and her big glass eye, and her hair came from off'n her head
That burglar man had nineteen fits as he crawled from under the bed
She drew a pistol from out of the drawer, and to this burglar man said
"Young man if you don't marry me, I'll blow off the top of your head"
We'll he looked at her teeth and her big glass eye, and he had no place to scoot
So he turned to the old maid standin' by, and said "Woman, for the Lord's sake shoot"
Now the burglar man is dead I know, but I don't know where he's gone
Up above, or down below, I'm now thru singin' this song


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Burn Like A Rocket 
Recorded by Billy Joe Royal
written by Gary S. Burr

G
Someone wave goodbye 

Come and wave goodbye
C                                  G
I'll be leaving won't you hold the door
          D7                    C                   G
Well if I said I loved you well I don't love you anymore


I know it's gonna hurt 

But you treated me like dirt
  C                          G
I always repaid every debt I owed 
            D7                      C                   G
Well if you think you're lucky well you're not lucky anymore

        C             G
Well we burned like a rocket
             C                    G
You said you loved me just like I love you
           C          G
But find a dime in your pocket
    C                      D7
And you're on the phone to someone new

Repeat #3

G
Someone had to break 

One of us had to break
    C                                      G
Now I do without all the things I need you for 
          D7                     C                 G
Well if I said I love you well I don't love you anymore 

            D7                     C                 G
Oh yes if I said I love you well I don't love you anymore

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Burn Me Down 
Recorded by Marty Stuart
Written by Don Sessions and Eddie Miller

intro: NC

Touch me  turn me on  and burn me down

C                       Am
Your lips hold a wild desire 
           C                     Am
And give a kiss like the devil's fire 
C                              F
Your kind of love could burn a town  
C                G7             C
Touch me turn me on and burn me down 

                           Am
Your touch brings me to my knees 
C                                Am
You got me begging please please please 
C                         F
Take my heart and melt it down 
C                G7             C
Touch me turn me on and burn me down 
                  
     F                 C
Your wild love I can't tame
Am          F         C
Your kisses burn like flames                   
                     F
I go crazy when your around                              
C                   G7             C
So touch me turn me on and burn me down

                           Am
I'm devoured by your fiery flame 
C                           Am
My lips can only speak your name 
C                        F
Just spread my ashes all around 
C                G7             C
Touch me turn me on and burn me down 

Repeat #3

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Burn That Candle
Recorded by Charline Arthur  
Written by Winfield Scott

G
Burn that candle night and day
                          D7
Burn that candle light my way
G                      C
Keep that doorway open wide
           G                      D7              G
Till we're strollin' through that doorway side by side
 
                                D7
Keep that candle burnin' bright mother
                           G
I'll be kinda late tonight mother
                            D7
There's a yellow moon above mother
                          G
Shinin' on the one I love mother
 
Repeat #1

                                 D7
While that candle's burnin' high mother
                          G
I'll be with my sugar pie mother
                              D7
We'll be comin' home you know mother
                             G
Lookin' for that candle glow mother
 
Repeat #1
 
                              D7
After we have had the wedding mother
                               G
To the candle we'll be headin' mother
                              D7
So before we're winin' dinin' mother
                                  G
Start that candle light a shinin' mother
 
Repeat #1

                                  D7              G
Till we're strollin' through that doorway side by side

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Burn Thru
Abigail Washburn

It started out simple, started out clean
like a starlit night, smell of rain

But the days stacked up and the air grew thin
Gravity pullin. pullin me down in
Push up from the bed, feel my feet hit the floor
Dreamt I was runnin thru a field of fog
Now there's shandows in my tracks but I ain't lookin' back
at the rest of you

Hey I'm trying so hard to see the light, see the light
To see it burn thru
Hey I'm trying so hard to see the light, see the light
To see it burn thru, hey hey hey
I'm not going down with the rest of you
I'm not going down with the rest of you

No you're asking for answers, you want a clarion call
But your drowning in echoes, bouncing off walls
I ain't no prophet, I got no horn to blow

So let the darkness fall, let the sky char to black
Let the animals out, let the plague come back
I say now rock me in the morning burn my body out
til the light comes thru, til ya gotta shout

We all want something else, we all want something else


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Alan Jackson - Burnin' The Honky Tonks Down lyrics

She's burnin' the honky tonks down
Burnin' the honky tonks down
Smoke's been rising all over town
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She caught me runnin' around
She was dancin' in the ashes
When they caught her with them matches
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
Well she's burnin' the honky tonks down
I tried but I could not put them out
Did the best to save the whiskey
But the flame's just too risky
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She couldn't stop that honky tonk sound
It was sizzlin' like a griddle
When I ran out with my fiddle
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's down in the jailhouse now
Said she felt no remorse
For breakin' out that torch
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
Burnin' the honky tonks down
Smoke's been a rising all over town
She's burnin' the honky tonks down


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Dolly Parton - Burning lyrics

When I look at you
I melt like a candle
You light a fire in me
What am I to do
I just hope I can handle
The heat and the smoke blinding me
This feeling, this fire
This burning desire
Is raging its way through my soul
And if you feel the same
Help me fan the flames
'Til we're burning out of control
Burning to know you
Burning to show you
And I've felt this way from the start
Burning with passion
I do hope it's lasting
And it's burning a hole in my heart
You kindle in me
A warm glowing feeling
A spark and a flicker of hope
It's more than a game
And like moths to a flame
We're drawn to its warmth and its glow
These embers of love
Are fueled by the notion
This could be an eternal flame
Consumed by the blaze
I fear it's too late
'Cause this torch that I hold bears your name
Oh, and I'm burning to know you
Burning to hold you
It's grown to a flame from a spark
Burning with passion
I do hope it's lasting
And it's burning a hole in my heart
Oh, I'm burning with passion
I do hope it's lasting...
I've had so many dreams fall apart...
And it's burning a hole in my heart...
I'm burning
Oh, I'm burning
Mmmm, I'm burning oh, I burning ooh


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Burning an Old Memory
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Larry Boone, Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson

C         G        C             G
I used to love him that ain't no lie
                                     G7
We had a good thing till we said goodbye
          C                           G    C
Then with one touch he sit my heart a blaze
        G                              A7    D7  G
Now I'm burning that ol' memory with a brand new flame
 
                C              G
A perfect match that's what we are
                                    G7
I'm getting over him underneath the stars
              C                               G  C
The smoke has cleared from the hold he had on me
    G                              A7    D7  G
I'm burning that ol' memory with a brand new flame
 
       C                      G
One by one those ol' memories burn
         C                           D7
You came along when I had nowhere to turn
              G           C          G    C
That's when I thought I'd never love again
    G                              A7    D7  G
I'm burning that ol' memory with a brand new flame
 
                  C             G
When I'm with you I'm without a doubt
                                         G7
We've got a flame I don't ever wanna put out
              C                    G    C
And here with you is where I wanna stay
     G                              A7    D7  G
It's burning that ol' memory with a brand new flame
 
Repeat #3
                                   A7    D7  G
I'm burning that ol' memory with a brand new flame 

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Burning Down The Town
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Wayne Perry and Joe Diffie

G
I hope the clouds are gathering
                 C
Around her house tonight
                     G
She's putting on her makeup
                       D7
And Lord she's looking right
 
  G
I know just where she's headed 
                         C
And I know my part ain't there
                         G
So I pray for rain cause my old flame
       D7               G
Is out burning down the town 
 
    D7
The fire still burns but the table turned 
C                   G
She don't yearn for me
    D7
Somewhere tonight she's glowing bright
    C                D7
For all the world to see
 
   G
Oh Lord don't let her do it
                      C
Please turn her heart around
                           G
I'm praying for rain cause my old flame
       D7               G
Is out burning down the town
 
     D7
Each night I spend without her
                   C
Leaves no room for doubt
                          G
That all these tears from crying
              D7
Never put her out
 
G
Lord I know she's burning
                       C
Cause the smoke is all around
                           G
I'm praying for rain cause my old flame 
       D7               G
Is out burning down the town
  
Repeat #3,4
    C           G
I'm on my knees begging please
   D7                 G
To send some rain downtown

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Balsam Range - Burning Georgia Down

The Yankee letter said that they'd be comin' any day
And if we planned on gettin' out alive we best be on our way
Our tattered grey was torn between if we should run or fight
But our Southern pride swelled up inside as we dug in for the night
Then we heard a rider callin', "They're comin' down the road!"
And the firey flash of twenty-pounders started to explode
'Tried our best to stop them but our efforts were in vain
In the distance you could hear the sound of Dixie's last refrain
They're burnin' Georgia down
Those devils dressed in blue
They took the higher ground
Dying's all we can do
And let us, bound to fall
Smell the smoke and the cinder
They're burnin' Georgia down
But we never will surrender
Sherman left Atlanta leading sixty thousand of his best
Spreading the destruction over 50 miles abreast
Marching to the sea, leavin' nothing in their path
Factories, farms, and churches; nothing spared their wrath
Oh
Christmas Day in '64, they cut off our supplies
And then they offered Mr. Lincoln up Savannah as a prize
And though our lines are broken
We fought on till the end
And pray someday we'll find a way to Dixie once again
They're burnin' Georgia down
Those devils dressed in blue
They took the higher ground
Dying's all we can do
And let us, bound to fall
Smell the smoke and the cinder
They're burnin' Georgia down
But we never will surrender
They're burnin' Georgia down
But we never will surrender

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Richard Thompson - Burning Man Lyrics

Out there in the desert air
Penguin meets the polar bear
Hey ho, pilgrim
Light the precious flame

Burning man with flames for eyes
Burning man lights up the skies
Hey ho, pilgrim
Anarchy's the game

And I'll care for you for a day or two
Strangers meeting in the darkness
Underneath the arch of wheels
Funny how it heals

Gather in from all around
Gather at the sacred ground
Hey ho, pilgrim
Spin the wheel of sin

Mad Max and hulks of rust
Out there in the desert dust
Hey ho, pilgrim
Without you and within

And give me bread, and I'll give you wine
Dragon cars and silver walkers
Wear the art and build the shrine
Yours or mine

Out there in the desert air
Penguin meets the polar bear
Hey ho, pilgrim
Light the precious flame

Burning man with flames for eyes
Burning man light up the skies
Hey ho, pilgrim
Anarchy's the game

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Burning The Bridge Back To You
BMI Work #: 9182184
Burning The Bridge Back To You (Larry W. Jones 10/16/2007) (song#5074)

You left for the final time today
This time you say that you'll stay away
You crossed the final bridge on your own
I don't understand why you did, dear
But I can't forbid you 'cause you're gone
Dear, I'm burning the bridge back to you
The river's too wide to swim, it's true
There's only sorrow for tomorrow
As the bridge burns right in two
Dear, I'm burning the bridge back to you
Now, sweetheart, you know my love was true
And I never hid my heart from you
I believed in you so strong
And I don't know what went wrong
I wanted to ask you to return
But now I'll just say so long
Dear, I'm burning the bridge back to you
The river's too wide to swim, it's true
There's only sorrow for tomorrow
As the bridge burns right in two
Dear, I'm burning the bridge back to you
- instrumental -
Dear, tomorrow you may look behind
But a burning bridge is all you'll find
You'll have to just keep right on moving
Until in time you may comphehend
That my burning bridges when you go
Won't mean I'll not love you til the end
Dear, I'm burning the bridge back to you
The river's too wide to swim, it's true
There's only sorrow for tomorrow
As the bridge burns right in two
Dear, I'm burning the bridge back to you


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Dolly Parton - Burning The Midnight Oil lyrics

Writer Porter Wagoner
Here we sit lookin' at each other seems we're at a loss for what to say
Ties bind us both with someone else we don't want to hurt but we must break
And tonight I'll sit home a thinkin' and tonight I'll sit home a drinkin'
We both live in seperate homes where there's no love at all
Stayin' up late burning the midnight oil
Tomorrow we'll meet here in the same place where love and desires just won't
wait
In each other's arms we'll dream for a little while
Then when it's time to leave it'll nearly drive us wild
And tonight again I'll sit home a thinkin'...
Stayin' up late burning the midnight oil


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Dolly Parton - Burning To Burned lyrics
(Dolly Parton/Bill Owens)

You lied to me
I can't believe
That I've been such a fool
I thought this time
I might find
Someone who would play by the rules
My mind said no
But my heart said go
And again I've made the wrong turn
Now here I stand
My heart in your hands...
And I've gone from burning to burned
Ah, you'd think by now
I'd know how
To keep this heart of mine safe
It goes to show
You just never know
Who can you trust these days
How could I make
The same mistake
But as far as I'm concerned
Got myself to blame
Got to close to the flame
Now I've gone from burning to burned
Everyone knows
The old saying goes
That a fool in love
Never learns
But I guess I forgot
'Cause the fire was too hot...
Now I've gone from burning to burned
Oh I guess I forgot
'Cause the fire was too hot...
Now I've gone from burning to burned


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Richard Thompson - Burns Supper Lyrics

Oh, you speak the words locked in my breast
It's late for me, let an old man rest
One more black and tan on the barricades
To keep me safe from loving

When I close my eyes, close my eyes
To the cold flame of the northern lights
When I close my eyes, close my eyes
And I see you still in the shuttered night

What a new-found friend is honesty
To see ourselves as others see
To see the shy boy inside the man
Is that all I am? Just starved of loving

When I close my eyes, I close my eyes
To the cold flame of the northern lights
When I close my eyes, close my eyes
And I see you still in the shuttered night

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Bury Me
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam with Maria McKee
Written by Dwight Yoakam 

G       C             G
Bury me along the big sandy 
                        D7
Down in those blue gray mountains
G                     C
Rest my soul in those hills of coal 
G          D7             G
Until this old earth does tremble
              C
Now don't you mourn for me 
        G               C               D7
When my soul is free no woman don't you cry
         G       C
You just bury me along the big sandy 
G       D7            G
Under a blue Kentucky sky
                          C
This old town of sin it's about to do me in
       G                   D7
I don't know how much I can stand
        G                          C
With my knees on the street and my heart at their feet
G             D7               G
I'm forced to beg from Satan's hand
Repeat #1,2
                               C
When I came to this land I was strong and I could stand
    G                     D7
But now I've somehow gone astray
      G                          C
Yet I still see the truth in the teaching of my youth
    G               D7                G
And I know that the Lord ain't turned away
Repeat #1,2
        D7            G            D7            G
Under a blue Kentucky sky  under a blue Kentucky sky

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Bury Me Beneath The Pines

So bury me under the lonesome pine tree
There they'll forever sway over me
There I can hear the sound of the lonesome dove
In that beautiful land of peace and love

These lonesome pines are calling me home
Never again will I ever roam
They'll carry me home and put me to rest
In that mighty fine land that I love best

For years I've been away but the time has come today
I'll return to my homeland never to stray
For the rest of my days I'll rest in peace
And never again no one to please

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Bury Me Beneath The Willow

   Oh, bury me beneath the willow
   Under the weeping willow tree
   So she will know where I am sleeping
   And perhaps she'll weep for me

My heart is sad I am lonely
For the only one I love
When shall I see her oh no never
'Til we meet in heaven above

She told me that she dearly loved me
How could I believe it untrue
Until the angels softly whispered
She will prove untrue to you

Tomorrow was to be our wedding
God oh God where can she be
She's out a courting with another
And no longer cares for me

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Bury Me Beneath The Willow V.2

Bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
When she hears that I am sleeping
Maybe then she'll think of me

My heart is sad and I'm in sorrow
Weeping for the one I love
When shall see her, oh, no never
'Til we meet in heaven above

Tomorrow was to be our wedding
But Lord, oh Lord, where can she be
She's gone, she's gone to find another
She no longer cares for me

She told me that she did not love me
I couldn't believe it was true
Until an angel softly whispered
She no longer cares for you

Place on my grave a snow white lily
To prove my love for her was true
To show the world I died of grieving
For her love I could not win


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Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

O bury me not on the lone prairie
These words came low and mournfully
From the cold pale lips of a youth who lay
On his dying bed at the close of day

He'd wasted time til upon his brow
The shadowed clouds were gatherin' now
He thought of his home and his friends so nigh
Oh the cowboys gathered to see him die

I fancy I'll listen to the well known word
Of the free wild wind and the song of birds
He thought of his home and the cottonwood there
And the songs her learned in his childhood hour

I often thought I'd be laid when I die
In the old churchyard by the green hillside
By the side of my father let my grave be
O bury me not on the lone prairie

O bury me not on the lone prairie
Where the wild coyotes may howl over me
Where the buffalo roams and the winds blow free
O bury me not on the lone prairie

I want to be laid where mothers prayers
And sisters tears will mingle there
Where friends will come and weep over me
O bury me not on the lone prairie

O bury me not and his voice fell there
We heeded not his dying prayer
In a narrow grave just six by three
We buried him there on the lone prairie

We buried him there on the lone prairie
Where the buzzards fly and the wind blows free
Where rattlesnakes rattle and the tumbleweeds
Blow across his grave on the lone prairie
 

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Bury Me Under The Pines
Recorded by Ralph Stanly
Written by Rena Archuleta and Ralph Stanley

C
So bury me under the lonesome pine tree
                 F  G7          C
There they'll forever sway over me
There I can hear the sound of the lonesome dove
                  F  G7             C
In that beautiful land of peace and love
These lonesome pines are calling me home
      F  G7             C
Never again will I ever roam
They'll carry me home and put me to rest
                    F  G7            C
In that mighty fine land that I love best
Repeat #1
For years I've been away but the time has come today
                  F     G7          C
I'll return to my homeland never to stray
For the rest of my days I'll rest in peace
          F  G7           C
And never again no one to please
Repeat #1

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Bury Me With My Boots And Spurs
BMI Work #: 8643016
Bury Me With My Boots And Spurs (Larry W. Jones 01/21/2007) (song#4343)

Darlin', hold me closely to your breast
Just as you did in sunny days gone by
Let me slumber now and go on to my rest
Darlin', please don't let me see you cry
My life, sweetheart, is swiftly falling
And there's one request I must confer
When I have ended all life's calling
Please bury me with my boots and spurs
Darlin', from the first I have loved you
And you know that we've never been apart
A blush of rose still warms your cheek too
As lovely as it was right from the start
The west Texas wind is blowing colder
Please grant my request that I prefer
Just let my head rest on your shoulder
And bury me with my boots and spurs
The cowboy crossed the darkened valley
Where the breath and life of all men go
His ride through life found its finale
Where he now sleeps beneath the rose
By the rocky trail the cowboy's resting
Decorated by a garland that was hers
A cowgirl's love was his daily blessing
She buried him with his boots and spurs


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Bury The Bottle With Me
Recorded by Dick Curless
Written by Hank Cochran and Darrell McCall

Em        G               Em
There's a stone in yonder graveyard
     G                    G7
With my name carved in it deep
         C            G
It don't tell my life story
      C               G
These things it can't repeat
              Em
I never had a family
  G            G7
I never took a wife
      C         G
All I had was a barroom
      C             G
And I drank away my life
   Em
So bury the bottle with me
    G                 G7
For it's what tore me down
   C          G
So I won't be alone tonight
     C                  G
When they put me in the ground
          C             G
When they lower my body down
               Em
A drunker is a sinner
   G               G7
On this I place no doubt
       C                    G
Oh the Lord won't share His palace
         C               G
With the things he lives without
                      Em
For the bottle is the devil
    G               G7
And drinkin' is his name
        C              G
Now the bottle is what took my soul
    C            G
And petrified my brain
Repeat #3 

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Bush Hogging To Bluegrass

Author: Name: Darrel Hooper
[Verse 1]
Well I was on my tractor today just a bushhogging away.
Oh what an early start to my day.
When I put those ear buds on, that came with my telephone
I begin to hear the old songs play.
[Chorus]
Bluegrass songs and the gospel songs; 
I was bushhogging to the bluegrass songs.
Bluegrass songs and the gospel songs; 
I begin to hear the old songs play
[Verse 2]
So as I cut around those fields, the songs played at will
Through the wires and buds sticking in my ears.
Well I thanked the Lord above, for it was all peace and love
And it helped to calm all my fears.
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Well I know the times have changed, but great music is my aim
And I strive to perfect it every day. 
But I can't pick and sing While I'm driving this machine
So give me those Bluetooth ear buds please.


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Bustles And Bonnets
R. Gullane

The humpback, the bowhead, the blue and the gray
The right whale, the spermwhale have near had their day
But here in their twilight there must be a way
To bring the kings back to the ocean

It's five thousand years they've been hunted and chased
From the warm Bay of Biscay to the Antarctic waste
Oft times to make shapely those ladies of taste
Whose perfume brought death to the ocean

Chorus:
The seven seas are deep and wide
Four ancient winds blow restlessly
There's neither peace nor place to hide
All for your bustles and bonnets

Gone are the days of the kayak and spear
The old sailing ships when a sailor knew fear
The harpoon explodes and the cannon's the gear
Wreaks the death some would still call a harvest

No more are the days when we netted and hauled
The factory ships slaughter what floats, swims or crawls
The law of the sea now is leave bugger all
To reap without sowing's the fashion


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Dolly Parton - Busy Signal lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Busy signal
That's what I get when I call you
Busy busy
Talking to someone new
I wish I knew
I shouldn't worry 'cause it's probably his mother
Or then again it could even be his little brother
On the line
Making me lose my mind
Hang up hang up hang up hang up
Come on hang up hang up hang up
Gotta talk to my baby
Gotta tell him I'm sorry
Busy signal
How can I tell him I'm sorry
When I said I didn't care
I didn't mean a word I said
Talking outta my head
I've got to reach him now and tell him that I love him
And from now on I'll stay right by his side and love him
All the time
So please somebody quit tying up the line
Hang up hang up hang up hang up
Come on hang up hang up hang up
Gotta talk to my baby
Gotta tell him I'm sorry
I didn't mean to hurt you baby
I really really love you baby


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But Not Today
Written and recorded by Jeanne Pruett
 
C
Today out of the clear blue
 
You've asked me to just forget you
                                 G7
Go my way never let you cross my mind
              C
But I've been sitting here and trying
 
To find a way to keep from crying
                 G7              C
I may find a way someday but not today
 
 
Someday I won't remember
 
The way your shaving lotion lingers
                                        G7
Or the softness in your eyes would meet mine
      C
I may even learn to let go
 
Of the memories of how we loved so
                 G7              C
I may find a way someday but not today
 
F
There may come a day 
       C
When I forget the day we met
                                         G7
When you held me in your arms it felt so fine
      C
I may learn to give it all up
 
I may drink wine from our lovie cup
                 G7              C
I may find a way someday but not today

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Dolly Parton - But You Know I Love You lyrics

When the mornin' sun
Streaks across my room
And I'm wakin' up
From another dream of you
Yes, you know I'm on the road
Once again it seems
All that's left behind
Is a chain of broken dreams
But you know that I love you
You know that I love you
Oh, I love you
And how I wish that love
Was all we'd need to live
What a life we'd have
'Cause I've got so much to give
But ya' know I feel so sad
Down inside my heart
That the dollar sign
Should be keepin' us apart
But you know that I love you
You know that I love you
Oh, how I love you
And if only I could find my way back to the time
When the problems of this life
Had not yet crossed my mind
And the answers could be found in children's nursery rhymes
I'd come runnin' back to you
I'd come runnin' back to you
Mmmmm
But you know we can't
Live on dreams alone
Got to pay the rent
So I must leave you all alone
'Cause you know I made my choice many years ago
And now this travelin' life
Well, it's the only life I know
But you know that I love you
You know that I love you
Oh, I love you
But you know that I love you
You know that I love you
Oh, how I love you
But you know that I love you
You know that I love you
Oh, how I love you
Fade:
But you know I love you
But you know I love you
Oh, I love you
But you know that I love you
But you know that I love you
Oh, how I love you
But you know that I love you
But you know that I love you
Oh, how I love you


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Dolly Parton - But You Loved Me Then lyrics

Remember all the castles that we once built in the sand
Remember how we used to go and visit fairy land
Remember how we'd search for that pot of gold at the rainbow's end
But you loved me then
And the flowers the we picked from the fields where we did run
And the sunbeams that we'd catch from the summer's golden sun
And the butterflies we'd chase as we'd go running through the wind
But you loved me then
Now I walk through the ruins of our castles in the sand
When you left I lost my way forever and the fairy land
Now the rainbows have all gone and the flowers have all died
And the sunbeams that we caught have all gone free again
And the butterfiles we chased have all gone with the wind
And you no longer care but you love me then
(And you no longer care) but you love me then
(And you no longer care) but you love me then


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Butter Beans
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Lyrics written by Charles D. Colvin
Music is like "Just As I Am" written by Red Foley

C                     G7
Just a bowl of butter beans
                           C
Pass the corn-bread if you please
C7                      F
I don't want no collard greens
      C         G7             C
All I want is a bowl of butter beans

                        G7
Just a piece of country ham
                        C
Pass the butter and the jam
C7                       F
Pass the biscuits if you please
         C            G7              C
And some more of them good ol' butter beans

                       G7
Bread and gravy is all right
                    C
Turnip sandwich a delight
C7                        F
But my children all still scream
    C       G7             C
For another bowl of butter beans

                          G7
When they lay my bones to rest
                     C
Place a rose upon my chest
C7                    F
Plant no blooming evergreens
      C         G7             C
All I want is a bowl of butter beans
 
Repeat #1

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Dolly Parton - Butterflies lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I would spin for you a blanket
Out of gold and silver threads
I would let my gentle bosom
Be a pillow for your head
I'd caress your perfect body
On a rosy bed at night
Play you love songs on a golden harp
And sing you Butterflies
In a diamond-studded chalice
On an emerald-plated tray
I would bring to you sweet nectar
And gifts of bright array
I would paint for you a castle
In a blue and yellow sky
Paint you happy ever after
And paint you Butterflies
Butterflies, my heart flutters with the notion
I get high on the wings of sweet emotion
Darling I, I just think of you and I get butterflies
I get close to you and I get butterflies
If only I were magic
I would make the wishes true
I would wave a magic wand
And be in Paradise with you
But I'm just a girl that loves you
I will love you all my life
But I do have a magic feeling
And it gives me butterflies
Butterflies, my heart flutters with the notion
I get high on the wings of sweet emotion
Darling I, I just think of you and I get butterflies
We should fly away together, you and I
Off to paradise forever, I get high
I get close to you and I get butterflies
I think of you and I get butterflies
I will spin for you a blanket out of gold and silver threads
If only I were magic, I would make the wishes true
I would wave a magic wand and be in paradise with you


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By The Hands Of God  
Recorded by Carl Story
Written by E.C. McCarty
 
G
Every tree upon the mountain
        C
All the water in the fountain
          G
They were made (they were made)
                D7
By the hands of God
      G
Every pebble in the alley
      C
Every flower in the valley
          G
They were made (they were made)
D7              G
By the hands of God
 
     C
Everything that you see growing
         G
By God's hand the seed was sowing
                                         D7
With hands of love He placed them in the sod
        G
Brother sisters sing and shout it
         C
Brothers sister never doubt it
          G
They were made (they were made)
D7              G
By the hands of God
 
 
Winds that drive the ship to harbor
              C
The rain that fall upon the arbor
          G
They were made (they were made)
                D7
By the hands of God
         G
Rippling waters tell the story
       C
Of the Master up in glory 
          G
They were made (they were made)
D7              G
By the hands of God
 
         C
For everything God has a reason
           G
Swings the earth and makes a season
                                     D7
He speaks to them with just a simple nod
         G
The holy book tells all about it
         C
Brothers sisters never doubt it
          G
They were made (they were made)
D7              G
By the hands of God
 
Repeat #1,2

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By The Light Of the Silvery Moon
Recorded by Burl Ives
Written by Gus Edwards and Edward Madden

G            G7             C
By the light of the Silvery Moon
          D7
I want to spoon
                 G            D7
To my honey I'll croon love's tune
      G                      C    Am
Honey moon keep a shining in June
     E7  Am  G          A7         G
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams
                  Em
We'll be cuddling soon
A7     D7      G
By the silvery moon

             G7             C
By the light of the Silvery Moon
          D7
I want to spoon
                 G            D7
To my honey I'll croon love's tune
      G                      C    Am
Honey moon keep a shining in June
     E7  Am  G          A7         G
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams
                  Em
We'll be cuddling soon
A7     D7      G
By the silvery moon

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By The Mark

When I cross over
I will shout and sing
I will know my savior
By the mark where the nails have been 

   By the mark where the nails have been
   By the sign upon his precious skin
   I will know my savior when I come to him
   By the mark where the nails have been

A man of riches
May claim a crown of jewels
But the king of heaven
Can be told from the prince of fools 

On Calvary Mountain
Where they made him suffer so
All my sin was paid for
A long, long time ago

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By The Side Of The Road

Now people who would rather live in splendor
Brag about their silver and their gold
People who would trade God's promise
For its treasure to hold

Now people who would rather live in mansions
People who would rather live abroad
But I'd rather have a little log cabin
By the side of the road

   I'd rather live by the side of the road
   And try to point souls to the heavenly cross
   Than to be a king or millionaire
   And live in mansions and bright array

I'd rather do my neighborly deed
Or help some traveler or a friend in need
I'd rather live by the side of the road
And help some pilgrim along life's way

I'd rather have a cabin by the roadside
Where the pilgrim along life's way
Help to point souls to Jesus to that city on high
Every day I want to help scatter roses
Every night I want my light to shine abroad
With a welcome from my little bay wind
By the side of the road

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By The Time I Get To Phoenix 
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Jim Webb

Dm                                     C
By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
       Dm                                  C
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
       F                        G7                 Em
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving
Am         Dm                             A#
Cause I've left that girl so many times before

       Dm                                C
By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
       Dm                                   C
She'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call
    F                     G7            Em
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing
Am      Dm          A#
Off the wall that's all

       Dm                             C
By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleeping
            Dm                          C
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
           F           G7               Em
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
       Am            Dm                C
Though time and time I try to tell her so
F               Dm    E7             A7
She just didn't know  I would really go

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By The Touch Of Her Hand

There are days so dark
That I seek in vain
For the face of my own true love

But the darkness hides
He is there to guide
By the light of the moon above

   Oh the lonesome pines
   Oh the lonesome pines
   Where I met that sweetheart of mine
   With her hand in mine
   And our hearts entwined
   As we strolled through the lonesome pines

Bright stars above
Two sweethearts in love
As we sang to the cooing doves

He has brought me back
To that mountain shack
By the touch of her hand in love

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By Your Side
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Ben Peters

G                          C             G
If it's wrong to feel this way about you baby
                                       C
Then I'm wrong as any woman could ever be
    Am          D7           G   C
I'd rather be a woman than a lady
          G                 D7              G
If that's what it takes for you to care for me

D7      G
I wanna walk by your side
C
Take every step you're takin'
G          E7                 A7     D7
Make every move you're makin'   everyday
        G
I wanna sleep by your side
C
Share every dream you're dreamin'
G     D7             G
Every night in every way

                         C               G
I don't mind if it takes time for you to love me
                                        C
Time is all I've got except my love for you
        Am           D7                G    C
Long as I can try to keep you thinkin' of me
       G              D7                G
It may not be love at first but it will do

D7      G
I wanna walk by your side
C
Take every step you're takin'
G          E7                 A7     D7
Make every move you're makin'   everyday
        G
I wanna sleep by your side
C
Share every dream you're dreamin'
G     D7             G
Every night in every way

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Bye Bye Love
Felix and Boudleaux Bryant

There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy and I sure am blue
She was my baby till he came in
Goodbye to romance it might have been

Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I'm gonna cry
Bye bye love
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness
I think I'm gonna die
Bye bye my love goodbye

I'm through with romance I'm though with love
I'm thtough with countin the starts above
Now here's a reason I'm so free
My loving baby walked out of me

* Refrain

SPECTRUM - The Opening Roll


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C C Waterback
Recorded by Merle Haggard and George Jones
Written by Merle Haggard

C                 F           C
C C Waterback and one Tequila sunrise 
                             D7                       G7
One's for my aching head the other's for my bloodshot eyes 
     C                             F                            C
Last night I let it all hang out I guess that's how my head got sore 
                G7                      C
C C Waterback I can't stand the pain no more  

                               F                   C
Last night we got invited to a party at the Jones' place 
                      A7                 D7                   G7
For fun and games and booze and things I guess I must drunk a case 
         C
But that lady of mine she drank warm red wine 
         F                      C
Till she couldn't even find the door 
F                   C      A7      D7      G7        C
She wound up in ole Jones' bed and I wound up on the floor

Repeat #1 x2

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C'mon Sixty Five
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jackson Lee Leap

C                               F                   C
Somewhere on the old Kern River there's an old cane pole 
               G7         C
That waits for me  patiently  this city job might drag me down
    F                C            G7             C
But one fine day I'm gonna be set free  wait and see
    F                                   C
And then I'm gonna go down to where the waters touch the sky 
F                            C                G7
Where the old men's laughter goes like a lullaby
 
      C    F           C
Sixty five c'mon sixty five  it's a sin to waste my life away
                      G7        C    F           C
But I can't wait till I'm sixty five c'mon sixty five 
                                  G7     F          C
There's a gold watch if I get out alive  past sixty five 
                             F          C
Now somewhere in my memories I recall a boy  
     G7            C
Seventeen  full of dreams  dreams and life just stripped away 
  F          C               G7                 C
A layer at a time now what's left  ain't hardly me 
   F                                C
Oh but I saved up a little here and there to get me by 
F                                  C               G7
Enough to mend my ragged wings and once again I'll fly 
      C    F           C
Sixty five c'mon sixty five  it's a sin to waste my life away
                      G7        C    F           C
But I can't wait till I'm sixty five c'mon sixty five 
                                   G7       F          C
Lord the object of the games is to survive  past sixty five
                                        F            C
I've heard it said that hard work never did a body's body 
    G7                   C
Any harm  well they were wrong  cause all these years of lifting things 
  F              C                G7                C
I should of left alone took their toll  my will was strong 
    F                                    C
And the day that I walk out of here I'll hold my head up high 
F                                         C                G7
Then I'll pawn this stupid watch and kiss thirty years goodbye 
Repeat #2 
                                    F                   C
Now somewhere on the old Kern River there's an old cane pole 
               G7         C
That waits for me  patiently  

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C-Sections and Railway Trestles
The Avett Brothers

Verse 1

You're long and strong like a railway trestle
Dad's just a muscle and mama just a vessel
Bent a cough[?] on over, cuddle & nestle
Dad's just a bear you can tackle down and wrestle
Son, give me time I'm a bona fide mess-up
Mama says no; maybe dad'll say yes sir
Did you do wrong? Well go ahead confess up[?]
Dad just a muscle and mama just a vessel

Verse 2

You all blue and your mama like a rattle
Came out looking like a Smurf in a battle
Me in the nosebleeds, mama in the saddle
Brave like a Sioux brave going into battle
Emotion going like a stampede of cattle
Real like rain and coffee in Seattle
Anesthesiologist fiddle and faddle
You all blue and your mama like a rattle

Verse 3

Oh life's so clear like a Rivera mural
Lucifer's teeth, introduce the epidural
Doctor Jones, do you need a heaven referral?
God sent you down to me and my girl
She's long and tall and healthy as hell
But the plan went to hell when the little fella fell
Boy went headfirst into her pelvis
1956 shakin' like Elvis

Verse 4

Yesterday-born and already thinkin'
Body like a Ford and a mind like a Lincoln
Mama and Papa in love and sinkin'
Into a brand new situation drinkin' up
Coffee like a fish on the second and third shift
Loving every single ever-loving minute of this
Standing ovation for the OR specialist
Let me get close, wanna give my son one kiss, on his head

Verse 5

Planning for the future; health and dental
Picking up my baby boy, easy and gentle
Soup for the family:
Sausage and lentil
Beans and greens
Arugula and fentil (sic)
Don't go to sleep, I'm about to go mental
But nothing so far has been accidental
Can't keep my life so it's gotta be a rental
Picking up my baby boy, easy and gentle


Verse 6

You're long and strong like a railway trestle
Dad's just a muscle and mama just a vessel
Bent a cough[?] on over, cuddle & nestle
Dad's just a bear you can tackle down and wrestle
You can have a pop-tent or you can have a castle
Try to change people but it's gonna be a hassle
Don't have to be an astronaut for NASA
But it's always good to get a gown and a tassel
Son, have fun with your life it's a drama
Just one period and all kinds of commas
Now you got a onesie but then you get pajamas
You know you've got me and you know you've got your mama

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Cabin Home On The Hill

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
It seems there's a longing for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and cry
In our little cabin home on the hill 

   Now someone has taken you from me
   And left me here all alone
   Just listen to the rain beat on my window pane
   In our little cabin home on the hill. 

I hope you are happy tonight as you are
But in my heart there's a longing for you still
I'll just keep it there so I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill 

Now when you have come to the end of the way
And there's no more happiness for you
Just let your heart drift (turn) back once more, if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill.

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Cabin In Caroline

There's a cabin in the pines in the hills of Caroline
And a blue-eyed girl is waiting there for me
I'll be going back someday and for her I'll never stray
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline

   Oh the cabin in the shadows of the pines
   And a blue-eyed girl way down in Caroline
   Someday she'll be my wife and we'll live a happy life
   In the cabin in the hills of Caroline

I'm packin' my grip for that long long trip
Back to the hills of Caroline
I want to see that blue-eyed girl she's the sweetest in the world
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline.

And when it's late at night and the moon is shinin' bright
And the whipoorwill is calling from the hill
Then I'll tell her of my love beneath the stars above
How I love her now and I know I always will.

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Cabin Of Love

I'm only a dreamer of romance
My love dreams can never come true
I'll just pretend that I'm happy
And smile thru these tears dear at you

   I dreamed of a cabin of love dear
   Where all of our dreams would come true
   But another has taken my cabin
   And left me so lonely and blue

Nestled around my cabin
That means all the world to me
Our love sweet heart will always linger
For you are a part dear of me

Where is the love we once cherished
Why didn't our love dreams come true
All I can do now is dream dear
Of a cabin sweetheart dear and you

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Cabin On A Mountain

There's a cabin on a mountain far away in Tennessee
Dearest place this side of heaven and it's where I long to be
I've rambled this world over sailed upon the deep blue sea
But in a cabin on a mountain's where my heart will always be

   I said good-bye to my blue-eyed mountain sweetheart
   Dearest girl in this whole wide world to me
   Every night of her I'm dreamin'
   In a cabin on a mountain far away In Tennessee.

Now my ramblin' days are over for tonight I'm on my way
To that cabin on a mountain in Tennessee so far away
I searched this wide world over sailed upon the deep blue sea
But in a cabin with my darlin's where my heart will always be

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Cabin On The Hill

There's a happy childhood home in my memory I can see
Standing out upon the hill 'neath the shadow of the tree
If I only had my way it would give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill.

 Oh I want to wander back to the cabin on the hill
'Neath the shadow of the tree I would like to linger still
Just to be with those I love joy my heart would over fill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill

But the saddest of it all I can never more return
To that happy childhood home matters not how much I yearn
If I only had my way it would give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill

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Billy Strings 
Cabin Song

Take me back to the woods where she left me
Let me walk through them hills all alone
Where your love still wanders through the valley
And the vines have covered up our cabin home

Far away in a great Northern forest
There's a place where I once loved a girl/so well(?)
And I feel like my poor heart is breaking
For the girl that I used to love so well

Take me back to the woods where she left me
Let me walk through them hills all alone
Where your love still wanders through the valley
And the vines have covered up our cabin home

Well the years fly by just like an eagle
And it's castin' a shadow down below
My memories are piercin' like a needle
And I know that I got nowhere left to go

Take me back to the woods where she left me
Let me walk through them hills all alone
Where your love still wanders through the valley
And the vines have covered up our cabin home

If I ever make it back to our cabin
Well, that's where I wanna be forever more
When I die, you can lay me there beside her
Where the vines have covered up the door

Take me back to the woods where she left me
Let me walk through them hills all alone
Where your love still wanders through the valley
And the vines have covered up our cabin home


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Cadillac Style
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Mark Petersen

C
Well I ain't Burt Reynolds and I ain't Tom Selleck
  
I got bills up the pike and my car's an old relic
      F                      C         F
I get Chevrolet pay but I've got a big smile
         C                 G7          C
Cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style
Well I don't have a condo in Panama City
You could say I'm a member of the Poor Boy Committee
      F                         C               F
But I kinda feel rich when I've been with her a while
         C                 G7          C
Cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style
     F                         C
Well about ten thirty Lord she puts me in drive
G7                            C
Turns all the lights down and man alive
F                       C
All eight cylinders are firin' in line
    D7                       G7
I'm never out of gas and I'm always on time
       C
Well I ain't Goldfinger and I ain't Joe Fashion
And you can't buy much with the checks I'm cashin'
          F                       C             F
So people if you wonder why I'm a ridin' with a smile
              C                 G7          C
It's cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style
repeat #3,4
                          G7          C
Yeah my little baby loves me Cadillac style
                          G7          C
Well my little baby loves me Cadillac style

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Cajun Moon
recorded by Ricky Skaggs  
written by Jim Rushing 

C
The moon is full and my heart is high
G7                 C
I love to dance oh me oh my 
Gonna have more fun than a tree in a coon
G7                               C
Tonight's the dance of the Cajun Moon 
Pick ups and wagons 'round the river road shack
G7                 C
Bonfires draw in a crowd out back 
Step through the door and I see my Sheri
G7                                  C
That's when I see her mamas eyes on me 

F     C     G7        C
Cajun Moon  nugget of gold
F        C            G7
River of light on the bayou
F                C    G7           Am
You're just like rain to a love in bloom so
F        C      G7    C
Shine on me  oh Cajun Moon  

Guitar a squeeze box a fiddle a bow
G7                               C
Little band a-playing every song they know 
Old woman sitting there and yelling for more
G7                                          C
My heart is willing but my feet  they're so sore 

repeat #3 

Once more we're waltzing to Jolie Blond
G7                   C
I lean in closer and Sheri responds 
Her mama's smiling as we slip from the room
G7                            C
To sit and stare at the Cajun Moon 

repeat #3

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Caledonia
Dougie McLean

I don't know if you can see the changes
that have come over me
These past few days i've been afraid
that I might drift away.
I've been telling old stories, singing songs,
That make me think about where I come from,
That's the reason why I seem so far away today.

Chorus:
Let me tell you that I love you,
That I think about you all the time.
Caledonia, you're calling me.
Now I'm going home.
But if I should become a stranger,
No it would make me more than sad.
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.

I have moved, and I've kept on moving,
Proved the points that I needed proving,
Lost the friends that I needed losing,
Another's on the way.
I have kissed the girls and left them sighing,
Stolen dreams, yes there's no denying.
I've traveled hard sometimes with conscience flying
Somewhere with the wind.

Chorus

Now I'm sitting here before the fire,
The empty room with forest choir.
The flames have cooled, don't get any higher.
They've wavered, now they've gone.
I'm steady thinking, my way is clear,
And I know what I will do tomorrow.
The hands have shaken, And kisses flowed,
And I will disappear.

Chorus


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California Autumn
Artist: Tony Rice
Album: California Autumn

Verse:
Autumn leaves look like they'd be 
sweet as bourbon whiskey
But they'll bring you down 
like summer rain
And they took away the girl 
who that once was with me

Chorus:
Well it looks like its gonna be another California Autumn
In my soul now
It looks like its gonna rain but you know it ain't now
All the pretty girls have gone away now
So best time you'll ever find to runaway

Chorus

Why She went away I'll never know
She doesn't know 
she took the summer with her
I'll pass this way some other day
And I'll leave behind 
lonesome memories of her

Chorus x 3


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California Bloodlines
John Stewart

Had I been born in New York City
A New York City girl I'd know
Workin' in the concrete, not the sunlight
Livin' in the New York rain and snow

Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California woman in my song
Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California heartbeat in my soul

And just to think I might have never known you
If I had lived my life in Tennessee
But I really could have never let that happen
For you and California are in me

Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California woman in my song
Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California heartbeat in my soul

Have you wondered where we were before we were born
Rollin' 'round the heavens like a song
I know it's then I saw the big Sierras
Saw a California sunrise comin' on

Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California woman in my song
Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California heartbeat in my soul

Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California woman in my song
Oh, there's California Bloodlines in my heart
And a California heartbeat in my soul


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California Blues

Well I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
Yes I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
I'm leavin' you mama 'cause you know you don't treat me right.

Let me tell you something that mama you don't know
Let me tell you something good gal you don't know
Well I'm a do-right papa
I got a home everywhere I go

   I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
   I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
   I may ride the blinds
   I ain't got no railroad fare.

Let me tell you mama while I sing this song
Listen to your daddy sing you this lonesome song
You got me worried now but I won't be worried long.

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California Cotton Fields

My driftin' memory goes back to the spring of '43
When I was just a child in Mama's arms
My Daddy plowed the ground and prayed
that some day he could leave
This run down mortgaged workload of a farm.

Then one night I heard my Daddy saying to my Mama
That he'd finally saved enough to go
California was his dream for paradise that he had seen
In pictures in magazines that told him so

   California Cotton fields
   Where labor towns were filled with great men with broken dreams
   California cotton fields
   As close to wealth as Daddy ever came

Almost everything we had was sold or left behind
From Daddy's belt to the fruit that Mama canned
Some folks came to say farewell and to see what all we had to sell
Some just came to shake my Daddy's hand.

The Model A was loaded down and California bound
And good luck was just about four days away
The only change that I recall happening to my Daddy
Was when his dark hair turned to silver gray.

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California Cottonfields
Recorded by Merle Haggard 
Written by Dallas Frazier
 
G                  D7               F          C
My drifting memory goes back to the spring of '43
     G                             D7
When I was just a child in momma's arms
   G                D7                  F                C
My daddy plowed the ground and promised someday we would leave
     G                  D7       G
This run-down mortgaged Oklahoma farm
 
D7                              C            G
Then one night I heard my daddy saying to my momma
A7                                D7
That he'd finally saved enough to go
G          D7              F            C
California was his dream a paradise for he had seen
G           D7             G
Pictures in magazines that told him so
 
G   C      D7
California Cottonfields
      C                D7                C               G
Where labor camps were filled with weary men with broken dreams
    C      D7
California Cottonfields
   C                  D7         G
As close to wealth as daddy ever came
 
                     D7              F      C
Nearly everything we had was sold or left behind
     G                                      D7
From my daddy's plow to the soup that momma canned
     G                 D7                   F             C
Some folks came to say farewell or see what all we had to sell
     G                  D7         G
Some just came to shake my daddy's hand
 
D7                               C          G
That model A was loaded down and California bound
A7                               D7
A change of luck was just 4 days away
G                   D7              F            C
But the only change that I remember seeing in my daddy
G                      D7               G
Was when his dark hair turned to silver gray
 
Repeat #2

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California On My Mind
Recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Well I got California on my mind
                          G7
I'm leaving this old town behind
C
I'm tired of sitting and I'm tired of pining
F
I'm going back where the sun is shining
C         G7           C
I got California on my mind


Well I got stuck in this dingy city
F
But I'm not gonna stay
C
I'm tired of these red brick buildings
D7                  G7
And I'm gonna leave today

C
It's been one cold and dreadful winter
F
And I'm going back to the grapevine center
C          G7                  C
Pack up my things and be on my way

Repeat #1


Well I got a gal in Redwood city
F
That I'd sure like to see
C
And I'd bet my bottom dollar
D7                   G7
She's still sweet on me

C
Well I'm a homesick bat couldn't be no sicker
F
I'm proud to say that I'm a prune picker
C             G7            C
This town and me just don't agree

Repeat #1

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Call Him Me
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Jimmy Dickens and Skip Graves

G                                   G7
If you ever get to feeling that you want me back again
           C                                        G
Cause your new love's not what you thought he would be
                                      G7
Well my angel don't be crying you can have me anytime
       C             G       D7           G
If you find yourself another and call him me
        C                                     G
You can have the heart you've broken here's a torn up Valentine
                                    D7
To remind you of the wreck you left me
        G                              C                G
You can have me if you want me but ole me has changed a lot
        C               G                   D7                G
You can have me back if you'll find someone else and call him me
                              G7
If you ever ever miss me then here's the thing to do
       C                               G
Make believe you're in a world of fantasy
                                                   G7
Use your charms and lovin' sweet talk and pick out any fool
           C             G                  D7            G
And you'll have me for a lifetime if you'll only call him me
Repeat #2 
        C                                     G
You can have the heart you've broken here's a torn up Valentine
                                    D7
To remind you of the wreck you left me
        G                              C                G
You can have me if you want me but ole me has changed a lot
        C              G                 D7           G
You can have me if you want me if you'll only call on me

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Call Me Long Gone

They call me long gone I'm leavin' town
Don't try to follow I can't be found
I'll take my rainbow and the sunshine free
And the only worry that I have's in the sole of my shoe.

They caught me bummin' in the park one day
You saw me thumbin' on the old highway
Well listen baby don't you know
That your dear old daddy's got a home every where I go.

Well you took my money and my big fine farm
You thought you'd beat me but you didn't by far
Well the big boys got me oh but I got away
And you're gonna miss your dear old daddy some of these days.

Just need to follow that old black crow
Happy-go-lucky every where I go
Ain't got no worries ain't got no cares
An easy road and a lonesome road is all I share.

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Call Me Mr. In Between
Recorded Burl Ives  written by Harland Howard

C        F
Well I'm too old for girls and I'm too young for women
     C
I've looked all around and my hopes are a-dimming
  G7
I feel like a fish not allowed any swimming
                     C
And it makes a fella mean
   F
To feel he's a part of the Lost Generation
  C
I feel like a choo-choo that can't find the station
  G7
I work like a dog with no recreation
                    C
They call me Mr. In-Between
      F
Got a hotrod Chevy with a twin carburetor
    C
And I know a gal that's a real sharp tomater
    G7
And she's got a Daddy with a Caddy that'll date 'er
               C
You see what I mean
      F
Those sweet little things just set me a-drooling
    C
I'm too big for sodas and I'm too old for schooling
G7
Too young for loving but I'm too old for fooling
                    C
They call me Mr. In-Between
  F
I feel like a sailboat kept in a bottle
  C
I feel like an engineer that can't find the throttle
    G7
I'm too small to walk but I'm too big to toddle
                      C
And Lordy I'm turning green
  
   F
To see all the men making time with the ladies
    C
The high school kids at the show with their babies
      G7
While I run around like a dog with the rabies
                    C
They call me Mr. In-Between

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Call Of The Canyon lyrics and chords | Jimmy Wakel
Recorded by Jimmy Wakely
Written by Billy Hill

C           Am    Fm
Just a melancholy echo
C                  Am     Fm
Lingering when the day is through
G7       C    C7     F
It's the call of the canyon
C     Am       Dm       G7 C   G7
Once again I'm dreaming of you
C             Am         Fm
Every night I search the moonlight
C               Am    Fm
Up and down the river shore
G7       C    C7     F
It's the call of the canyon
C     Am     Dm      G7   C   F  C
Maybe I will see you once more
                G#          Dm
Standing there alone by the ashes
G7     Dm                 G7    C
Of the fire we said would never die
A7                  Dm
Will I ever find an ember
D7                         G7  Dm  G7
Burning from the days gone by
C             Am     Fm
Then I hear a lonely whisper
C           Am      Fm
As a little spark I see
G7       C    C7     F
It's the call of the canyon
C        Am        Dm     G7 C  F C
Bringing back your answer to me
C            Am     Fm
Now I hear a lonely whisper
C           Am      Fm
As a little spark I see
G7       C    C7     F
It's the call of the canyon
C        Am        Dm     G7 C
Bringing back your answer to me

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Doc Watson 
Call Of The Road

When I was a boy, I had to know
What I would find just over the hill
And while still a lad, I had to go
And so you see I'm rambling still

Life's golden cup was filled for me
With happiness, and measures untold
But I left the one, who cared for me
A treasure's worth, so much more than gold

Young men that roam, take heed today
The call of the road, can be so unkind
It will lead you on, like a fickle kiss
And a wasted life, is all you'll ever find

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Call Of The Wine
Recorded by Landon Dodd

C                                 F
It wakes me every morning just as plain as day  
G7                             C
I hear it every minute since you went away
                                         F
I've tried to find but there's no way to drive you from my mind    
G7                            C
And today I heard the call of the wine                                      
F
My friends say I've gone the way that lonely people do     
G7                                               C
I've turned to wine to cloud my mind I'm hurtin' over you
                                F
Everyday's a hundred years I've lost all trace of time    
G7                            C
And today I heard the call of the wine
F                             C
The call of the wine keeps on coming through
D7                                G7
Speaking loud and clear while I'm missing you
C                                  F
My poor heart keeps aching all the time    
G7                            C
And today I heard the call of the wine                                      
 F
The barstools in this place is such a sight to see     
G7                                                   C
They ride a lot of broken hearts and one's been named for me                                    
F
I'm right at home where neon lights shine on this hurt of mine
    G7                            C
And today I heard the call of the wine                             
 F                             C
The call of the wine keeps on coming through
D7                                G7
Speaking loud and clear while I'm missing you
C                                   F
My poor heart keeps hurtin' all the time    
G7                            C
And today I heard the call of the wine                                   
F
My poor heart keeps achin' all the time    
G7                            C
And today I heard the call of the wine

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Call On Me
Written and recorded by Jeanne Pruett

G          C
Call on me call on me
    G              D7              G
And let me know my love is all you need
                                  C
If you think that life has double crossed you
G                                   D7
And there's nothing left to hold on to
G                                  C
Honey I'll stay close to you on my knees if I have to
       G           D7            G
If you need me for anything just call
           C
Call on me call on me
G                          D7
I will follow anywhere you lead
G          C
Call on me call on me
    G              D7              G
And let me know my love is all you need
                                     C
There's been days my life seemed too demanding
G                           D7
And I've wondered how can I go on
G                       C
Then your love found me wrapped it's arms around me
       G           D7            G
If you need me for anything just call
Repeat #2 x2

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Callin' Baton Rouge

[Verse 1]
I spent last night in the arms of a girl in Louisiana
And though I'm out on the highway, my thoughts are still with her
Such a strange combination of a woman and a child
Such a strange situation stoppin' every hundred miles, callin' Baton Rouge

[Verse 2]
A replay of last night's events roll through my mind
Except a scene or two, erased by sweet red wine
And I see a truck stop sign ahead so I change lanes
I need a cup of coffee and a couple dollars change, callin' Baton Rouge

[Chorus]
Operator, won't you put me on through
I gotta send my love down to Baton Rouge
Hurry up, won't you put her on the line
I gotta talk to the girl just one more time

[Verse 3]
Hello, Samantha dear, I hope you're feelin' fine
And it won't be long until I'm with you all the time
But until then I'll spend my money up, right down to my last dime
Callin' Baton Rouge

[Chorus]
Operator, won't you put me on through
I gotta send my love down to Baton Rouge
Hurry up, won't you put her on the line
I gotta talk to the girl just one more time

[Outro]
Callin' Baton Rouge
Sweet Baton Rouge
My Baton Rouge
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

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Callin' Your Name
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Larry Cordle and Chris Austin

C
Well I'm callin' callin' callin' your name
                                                        G7
I don't believe I'm gettin' through I think it's all in vain             
C                              F
Cause you're fallin' fallin' fallin' out of love
                                   G7         C
It seems the best that I can do is never good enough
F                                               C
Once I meant the world to you or was it just an act
                                                        G7
If you loved me like you used to you couldn't turn your back   
 C                            F
And leave me leave me taking the blame
C               G7           C
Callin' callin' callin' your name
Now I'm holdin' holdin' barely holdin' on
                                                G7
It's just about all I can do while sittin' here alone             
C                            F
To keep from callin' callin' callin' your name
C               G7           C
Callin' callin' callin' your name

Repeat #2                            
F
Callin' callin' callin' your name
C               G7           C
Callin' callin' callin' your name

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Calling From Heaven
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by Carter Stanley

G
As you go along from day to day
               D7             G
No thoughts of God no time to pray
Though He gave His life that you and me
             D7              G
And this old sinful world be free
Oh the voice I heard from heaven's throne 
          D7              G
Was Jesus calling for His own 
It sounds so sweet the Lord was saying 
                                    D7      G
To His children are you lost in sin forever more
We've strayed so far from the word of God
            D7                 G
The path of sin too long we've trod
Let's journey home and join the band
             D7           G
To live with Him in glory land
Repeat #2
Some people say they don't believe
           D7            G
But if you ask you shall receive
He'll lead you on to heaven's door
               D7           G
Where pain and sorrow is no more
Repeat #2 x2

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Calling My Children Home 
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates 

C
Those lives were mine to love and cherish 
                                G7
To guard and guide along life's way
          C
Oh God forbid that one should perish
         G7              C
That one alas should go astray


Back in the years with all together
                               G7
Around the place we'd romp and play 
          C
So lonely now I oft' times wonder
             G7                  C
Oh will they come back home some day 

                    F        C
I'm lonesome for my precious children 
                  G7
They live so far away
            C    F  C
Oh may they hear my calling  calling  
              G7        C
And come back home some day


I gave my all for my dear children
                                 G7
Their problems still with love I share 
                 C
I'd brave life's storm defy the tempest 
              G7            C
To bring them home from anywhere


I lived my life my love I gave them 
                                    G7
To guide them through this world of strife 
           C
I hope and pray we'll live together
              G7              C
In that great glad here after life

Repeat #3

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Calling Your Name

Since you went away, dear, I 've been so alone
You've let me the children, but you've broken up their home
But you couldn't stop your cheating and running around
Now everybody's talking about how you let them down

My heart it is aching, you should be ashamed
The children are crying and calling your name

Oh, Mommy, oh, Daddy, I think that it's a shame
I know you both love me, but I don't know who's to blame
But you couldn't stop your cheating and running around
Now everyvody's talking about how you let them down

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Calm On The Water lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

In a dream I was walkin' in a beautiful field
I was gathering flowers at the foot of a hill
When a bright light descended and it spread o'er the land
Jesus stood on the mountain and He held out His hand

Then He came down from the mountain, 
headed down to the sea
And the children strowed flowers in the path at His feet
And He was filled with compassion and the beasts from the wild
Came as gentle as lambs and they all walked at His side

There's a calm on the water, a hush in the crowd
There's peace in the valley, there's a stillness about
There's a light in the darkness, there's joy in His love
Ain't that a wonderful feelin', let us lift Him up

Then He suddenly vanished from the crowd down below
Reappeared on the mountain in a radiant glow
He said your questions are many but the answer is love
I'll draw all men unto me if I be lifted up

There's a calm on the water, a hush in the crowd
There's peace in the valley, there's a stillness about
There's a light in the darkness, there's joy in His love
There is life everlasting, let us lift Him up

He said if I
Be lifted up
He said if I be lifted up, what did he say
He said if I
Be lifted up
He said if I be lifted up

Let's lift Him higher and higher
And higher and higher each day
Let's lift Him up
He said if I
Be lifted up
Oh if I be lifted up

There's a calm on the water, a hush in the crowd
There's peace in the valley, there's a stillness about
There's a light in the darkness, and joy in His love
It's a wonderful feelin', lift Him up

He said if I
Be lifted up
He said if I be lifted up, that's what he said
He said if I
Be lifted up
If I be lifted up


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Calm The Storm

Come and calm ( Calm this raging storm )
The storm for me ( Calm the storm for me )
Roll the clouds ( roll those heavy storm clouds )
Out of the way ( All the clouds away )
Make me see ( See the light that's shining )
The blessed light ( See the blessed lighthouse )

When you calm ( When you calm )
The storm for me

All my life I've jeard the story
About a man from Galilee
How he calmed the reging river
And he walked the stormy sea
I can feel the winds a-blowing
Here upon my bended knees
So I'm callin' out to you, Lord
Come and calm the sea for me

* Refrain

Shining through the angry waves
( The angry waves )

Just as long ( Long as you're the captain )
As you're the captain ( captain of this vessel )
When my ship ( When my battered ship )
Is lost at sea ( Ship is lost at sea )
Then I know ( then I'll surely know )
I'll reeach the harbor ( Soon I'll reach the harbor )
When you calm ( When you calm )
The storm for me


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Crooked Still 
Calvary

There's a hill lone and grey
In a land far away
In a country beyond the blue sea;
Where beneath that fair sky
Went a man forth to die
For the world and for you and for me

Oh, it bowed down my heart
And the teardrops will start
When in memory all the grey hill I see;
For 'twas there on its side
Jesus suffered and died
To redeem a poor sinner like me

Behold, faint on the road
'Neath the world's heavy load
Comes a thorn-crowned man on the way;
With a cross, he is bowed
But still on through the crowd
He's ascending that hill lone and grey

Hark, I hear the dull blow
Of the hammer swung low;
They are nailing my Lord to the tree
And the cross they up-raise
While the multitude gaze
On the blessed Lamb of dark Calvary

Oh, it bowed down my heart
And the teardrops will start
When in memory all the grey hill I see;
For 'twas there on its side
Jesus suffered and died
To redeem a poor sinner like me

How they mocked him in death
To his last laboring breath
While His friends sadly wept o'er the way
But though lonely and faint
Still no word of complaint
Fell from Him on that hillock of grey

Then a darkness come down
And the rocks went around
And a cry pierced the sad-laden air;
'Twas the voice of our King
Who received death's dark sting
All to save us from endless despair

Let the sun hide its face
Let the earth reel space
Over man who their Savior have slain;
But, behold, from the sod
Comes the blessed Lamb of God
Who was slain, but is risen again

Oh, it bowed down my heart
And the teardrops will start
When in memory all the grey hill I see;
For 'twas there on its side
Jesus suffered and died
To redeem a poor sinner like me

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Railroad Earth - Came Up Smilin' 

Little Johnny started out runnin', down down to the water's edge
He took a dive in the wild river, he took a dive from a rocky ledge
Way down in the dark water, a long time gone, Mama said "Oh no!"
Just then his little head popped up - WHATDOYA KNOW!?

Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'
Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'

Little Johnny bought a ticket, into the haunted house did go
Way down in a dark dungeon, way down in a witch's throat
Mama worryin'. Daddy worryin', "Where did my boy go?"
Just then his little head popped up - What do ya know?

Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'
Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'

Little Johnny started out runnin', down down to the water's edge
He took a dive in the wild river, he took a dive from a rocky ledge
Way down in the dark water, a long time gone, Mama said "Oh no!"
Just then his little head popped up - WHATDOYA KNOW!?

Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'
Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'
Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'
Ohh, oh-o-oh-o-oh, He came up smilin'


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Brad Paisley - Camouflage lyrics

Kevin wasn't really all that popular in school
But I remember well the day I thought now that guy's pretty cool
He pulled into the parking lot and everybody cheered
Because he had gone and painted his entire Chevy Cavalier camouflage
Camouflage it disappears when it pulls out of his garage
Camouflage-camouflage
I asked Jenny to the prom and her mom knew how to sew
So she made a matching tux and gown from Duck Blind Mossy Oak
We took pictures in the backyard before we went to the dance
And the only thing that you can see is our faces and our hands
Camouflage,
Camouflage you should've seen the way it popped with her corsage
Camouflage, camouflage, ain't nothing that doesn't go with camouflage
You can blend in in the country
You can stand out in the fashion world
Be invisible to a white tail, irresistible to a redneck girl
Camouflage, camouflage
Oh you're my favorite color camouflage
You can blend in in the country
You can stand out in the fashion world
Be invisible to a white tail, irresistible to a redneck girl
Well the stars and bars offend some folks and I guess I see why
Nowadays there's still a way to show your southern pride
The only thing as patriotic is the old red white and blue
Is green and gray and black and brown and tan all over too
Camouflage, camouflage
Designed by Mother Nature and by God
It's camouflage, camouflage
Oh you're my favorite color camouflage


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Camping In Canaan's Land

I have left the land of bondage with its earthly treasures
I've journeyed to a place where there is love on every hand
I've exchanged a land of heartaches for a land of pleasures
I'm camping, I'm camping in Canaan's happy land

   Every day I'm camping, camping, in the land of Canaan's land
   And with rapture I survey its wondrous beauties grand, on glory
   Glory, hallelujah, I have found the land of promise, and
   I'm camping, I'm camping in Canaan's happy land

Out of Egypt I have travelled, thru the darkness dreary
Far over hills and valley's and across the desert sands
But I've landed safe at home where I shall not graw weary
I'm camping, I'm camping in Canaan's happy land

* Refrain

Yes, I've reached the land of promise with its scenes of glory
My journey ended in a place so lovely and so grand
I've been led by Jesus to this blessed land of story
I'm camping, I'm camping in Canaan's happy land

* Refrain


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The Country Gentlemen - Camptown Races

Well, I came down there with my hat caved in
Oh I'll go back home with my pocket full of tin oh doo-dah day
Goin' to run all night, goin' to run all day
I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag, somebody bet on the bay.

Well, the Camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah
Ah the Camptown race track's five miles long oh doo-dah day
Goin' to run all night, goin' to run all day
I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag, somebody bet on the bay.

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Can I Count on You
recorded by McBride & the Ridewritten by 
Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth, Terry McBride
 
C                  F            C
YOU WERE THERE THE FIRST TIME I STUMBLED            
G7                C
WILL YOU BE THERE EACH TIME I FALL              
F         C
WILL YOU CARE FOR ME FOREVER       
 G7                             C
DARLING PROMISE YOU'LL LOVE ME MOST OF ALL                  
F          C
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME I'LL BE TRUE       
G7                  C
DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO               
F                    C
WHEN TIMES GET HARD WILL YOU SEE ME THROUGH              
 G7                  C
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW CAN I COUNT ON YOU                    
 F                 C
WHEN THE YEARS HAVE TURNED MY HEAD TO SILVER         
G7                      C
WILL YOU STILL WEAR THAT BAND OF GOLD                  
 F             C
SAY YOU'LL BE HERE ALWAYS BESIDE ME      
G7                      C
WILL I STILL HAVE YOUR HAND TO HOLD                  
F          C
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME I'LL BE TRUE       
G7                  C
DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO              
 F                    C
WHEN TIMES GET HARD WILL YOU SEE ME THROUGH               G7                  C
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW CAN I COUNT ON YOU
 

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Can I Draw The Line
Recorded by Carl and Pearl Butler
Written by Carl Butler and Mildred Burk
[3/4 time]

C                                          F
We meet here in secret on the dark side of town
                    G7                    C
There's others home waiting while we slip around
                                              F
The wrong that we're doing seems right to the wine
             C            G7             C
When we part tonight dear can I draw the line
               F                C
Can I draw the line will I ever win
                                    G7
As temptations come back to fool me again
              C                               F
I'm trying to treat you like an old friend of mine
                   C       G7             C
But with heaven so near me can I draw the line
                                             F
We're drawn like the moth that seeks out the flame
                 G7                       C
Our lips craving kisses that bring others shame
                                      F
There must be an ending a place and a time
               C         G7             C
With your arms around me can I draw the line
Repeat #2

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Can I Have What's Left
Recorded by Billy Parker
Written by Jimmie Helms

C                                G7
Can I have what's left when he's through with you
                                C
I love you so much I don't care what he's used
                            C7        F
When you grow old to him to me you'll be brand new
G7                               C
Can I have what's left when he's through with you
                               G7
Can I have what's left when he puts you down
                           C
And the people are talking all over town
                         C7        F
They'll never understand how I can still love you
G7                               C                C7
Can I have what's left when he's through with you
     F                                 C
Just anything that's left at all would be beyond my wildest dreams
     D7                                 F                    G7
Just anything he's overlooked when he's through with all his schemes
C                              F                 D7
When you see that using you is all he intends to do
G7                               C
Can I have what's left when he's through with you
C7  F   C   D7  F   G7
C                              F                 D7
When you see that using you is all he intends to do
G7
Can I have what's left just anything at all 
                                              C
Can I have what's left when he's through with you

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Can I Trust You With My Heart
Recorded by Travis Tritt
Written by Stewart Harris and Travis Tritt

C
When you meet that certain someone 
            F
You've been searchin' hard to find
           C
It's a new love full of passion 
         Dm                 G7
That can sometimes make you blind
        C
I don't mind being swept away 
     F
If I know right from the start
   C
So before we go much further girl 
G7                      C    F G7
Can I trust you with my heart
       C
In the time we've spent together 
       F
I have learned to trust in you
   C
So many things you've given 
         Dm             G7
Before I even asked you to
      C
But reality and romance 
    F
Are sometimes far apart
          C
So what I really need to know is 
G7                      C
Can I trust you with my heart
      F
Can I cast my cares upon you 
        C
Can you stand the heavy load
      Am
Can I count on you to walk me 
          Dm               G7
Down that long and winding road
       F
If you promise me these simple 
       C
Things I can guarantee
        F               G7
You can always count on me
 
      F
Can I cast my cares upon you 
        C
Can you stand the heavy load
      Am
Can I count on you to walk me 
          Dm               G7
Down that long and winding road
                C
When two hearts solely surrender 
        F
And are sworn to understand
   C
It completes a perfect union 
          Dm          G7
Between a woman and a man
          C
So please don't misunderstand me 
        F
I don't want to go too far
        C
Without knowing just one answer 
G7                      C    F
Can I trust you with my heart
       C
Please girl give me just one answer 
G7                      C
Can I trust you with my heart

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Can You Build Your House (On Another Man's Grave)
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Joyce Allsup

G                              C
I know you can take her if you want her    
G                              D7
For she's always been temptation's slave         
G                        C
But will you be happy when you've won her         
G                   D7            G
When you build your house on another man's grave   
C                           G
So if you have a good side I'm appealing
                                            D7
In your hands you've got my life to take or save     
G                           C
Your victory maybe sweet for the moment        
G                   D7            G
Can you build your house on another man's grave
                                 C
There's been so many others just like you    
G                                D7
Who didn't want a girl just what she gave   
G                                C
So before you take her be sure your conscience             
G                   D7            G
Will let you build your house on another man's grave

repeat #2  

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Can You Forgive

Dear girl, I know I broke your heart
The thought of it I can't outlive
Come back to me don't let us part
Dear girl, Can you gorgive

Forgive, forgive is number one
Forgive it is number two
I can forgive, I know I can
You can forgive, can't you ?

I've loved you long, and always will
I'm yours my whole life through
I will forgive, I will forget
You will forgive, won't you ?

* Refrain

My heart, dear girl, is sinking fast
I have not long to live
Let us both forget the past
And say we will forgive

* Refrain


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Can You Match That Kind Of Love
Recorded by Johnny Duncan and June Stearns
Written by Don Devaney

C                  F        C
My love for you is like old wine
              G7          C
Rare and gets better with time
                     F         C
And like good wine I can't get enough
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love

                   F      C
My love for you is like a fire
        G7       C
Fans by winds of desire
                        F          C
It's out of control and burning me up
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love

  F                          C
I just love everything about you
   Fm                       C
If you walk out I think I'd die
  F                        C
I don't think I could live without you
D7                          G7
I hate to think I'd have to try

C             G7           C
Can you match that kind of love
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love

                     F      C
My love for you is a summer storm
        G7         C
Wild  exciting and warm
                   F          C
My love is endless like stars above
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love
              G7           C
Can you match that kind of love

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Nickel Creek - Can't Complain 

I made her smile, I made her cry
Cleared her head and made her wonder why
I helped her live, I made her want to die
But she can't complain, she can't complain

She tried to date a friend of mine
I was at his house when she came to say goobye
He stood her up and she took it as a sign
But I can't complain, I can't complain

We took off for the weekend, had quite a time
Shared everything we'd ever tried
I told her I could love her, told her I could lie
So she can't complain, she can't complain

She didn't care if she saw me in her life
I left it up for her to decide
She couldn't see the end, neither could I
So I can't complain, I guess I can't complain

She moved here, bought the first house she could find
I moved in, we locked ourselves inside
I guess we just kidnapped each other's minds
So we can't complain, we can't complain, mmm

I cheated on her with a friend of mine
There are no days when we don't fight
But remember, I warned her, and I'm a guy
So she can't complain, no she can't complain

She knows she can't complain
She can't complain
No, she can't complain...

No, she can't complain, she can't complain
She can't complain, she can't complain
No, no, she can't complain, she can't complain
She can't complain, she can't complain
She can't complain

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Can't Control The Wind
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Bill Anderson, Roger Pirtle, Pat Lovely

C      G7    Am  C         F
When I was a boy daddy was my guiding light
                                           G7
We'd take walks and talk about fishing and girls and life
F                    G7                  C       G7    Am   C
He'd help me with my homework cheered me up when I was down
F                             G7              C      F
Best friend that I ever had I miss havin' him around

C            F                             C
And he'd say do the very best you can with all that you've been blessed
    E7                                  F                G7
And if the load's too great for you the Lord will do the rest
F                 Em          E7          F
Keep one thing in mind if all else should fail
C         Em          Am   C   F       G7         C
You can't control the wind but you can adjust the sail

C     G7       Am  C        F
Daddy lost his job when the factory closed
                                             G7
Times were hard bills to pay he was troubled and it showed
F                 G7         C      G7  Am  C
He said son don't worry it's all to no avail
F                         G7                    C
We can't control the wind but we can adjust the sail

  Em                       F
I think of his advice when life turns its back on me
Dm                                      G7
There is no mountain I can't climb if I start down on my knees
     F                      C
I'll do the very best I can with all that I've been blessed
    E7                                 F                G7
And if the load's too great for me the Lord will do the rest

     F                 Em      E7              F
I'll keep one thing in mind if all else should fail
  C     Em          Am   C   F     G7         C    Am
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail

     F                      G7                   C
No I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail

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Alison Krauss - Can't Find My Way Home

Come down off your throne and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting so long
Somebody holds the key

But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

Come down on your own and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key

But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home

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Can't Get Too Much Of A Good Thing
Recorded by Lee Greenwood with Barbara Mandrell
Written by Dennis Morgan and J.D. Martin
 
C             F         Dm       C               F  Dm G7
Mornings like this were made for holding you closer
     C       F         Dm          G7          C    Dm G7
Turn off the alarm and pretend the night's not over 
F                           Em
Let's take the time just to be with each other
     Dm                  G7   C  Dm
It's something you can't over do 
      F                 Em
Honey I get enough of a day to day struggle
    Dm               G7
But baby I never get tired of you
F   C        Dm        C
Ooh baby you can't too much of a good thing 
         Dm         G7
When the feeling is right 
F   C        Dm            C
Ooh baby you can't get too much of a good thing
            E7          Am
I thank you morning and night
        Dm              G7       C
For the good things you do in my life
 
           F            Dm   G7          C   F Dm G7
Coffee for two with you is a special occasion
                 C       F          Dm
You'll know I'll even do nothing at all 
       C            F   Dm  G7
With a little persuasion 
        F       Em
And ooh baby my goal in life
     Dm              C
I'll do anything you choose
       F                  C
Oh but staying right here by your side
   Dm     G7     C
Is what I really wanna do
Repeat #2
F                Em            Am
Baby right now I wish we could say
        Dm          C        A7
There's 48 hours in every day
F   C        Dm        C
Ooh baby you can't too much of a good thing 
         Dm         G7
When the feeling is right 
F   C        Dm            C
Ooh baby you can't get too much of a good thing
            Em          Am
I thank you morning and night
        Dm              G7       C
For the good things you do in my life

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Can't Go Home
Brewer & Shipley

Lately I've been passin' days
Singing songs that I've never sung before
And here it comes, the sunrise, and I can't close my eyes
Though I'm feelin' so tired

Makin' up a thousand rhymes
'Bout a place that I thought I knew so well
And here it comes, the sunrise and I can't close my eyes
Knowin' I can't go back home

I can't go home. I can't go home.
I wanna go home, home again

Lady Luck she was a friend
But she died when the frozen winter fell
And here it comes, the sunrise, and I can't close my eyes
Knowin' I would wake up here.

I can't go home. I can't go home
I wanna go home, home again

I can't go home. I can't go home
I wanna go home, home again

Ooh... Ooh... Ooh...
I wanna go, I wanna go home again


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Can't Help But Wonder
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Sharon Sanders

C                               F
Another Friday evening with the TV set 
C                                  F
Star Spangled's playin' and you're not home yet
C                   G7               Am
You said you had to work down at the office late tonight
    F                C                 G7
And I can't help but wonder what she's like
     C                       F
It's just that loneliness is hard to take
C                        F
Wondering where and if I made a mistake
C        G7                   Am
Or did I smother you till you broke away to love her
    F                C      G7
And I can't help but wonder
F          G7                 C           Am
I know her lipstick's not the same as mine
    F                          G7              C
Her voice is not as coarse her hair's a darker brown
F            G7              C
But does she love you like I do
   Am         F               G7              C
Or is there a part of you too restless to tie down
               F      C              F
Can't help but wonder can't help but wonder
C                      F
Well the coffee's warm and strong again
C                          F
And I left the porch light on again
        C      G7              Am
And the sheets they're just as cold again
      F              C
And I can't help but wonder
F          G7                 C           Am
I know her lipstick's not the same as mine
    F                          G7              C
Her voice is not as coarse her hair's a darker brown
F            G7              C
But does she love you like I do
   Am         F               G7              C
Or is there a part of you too restless to tie down
               F
Can't help but wonder   
Repeat #3

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The Incredible String Band - Can't Keep Me Here 

I'm going way over the white skyline
And I'll sing and be happy
And you can't keep me here, no how

And I'll sing and be happy
And my world is my own
And I'll do what I want to
And you can't keep me here, no how

Hey baby, don't cry for me
Hey baby, when the sun comes up, I'll be free

And I'm going way over the white skyline
And I'll sing and be happy
And you can't keep me here, no how

Ah baby, don't cry for me
Hey baby, when the sun comes up, I'll be free

And I'm going way over the white skyline
And I'll sing and be happy
'Cause you can't keep me here, no how

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The Incredible String Band - Can't Keep Me Here - 2010 Remastered Version 

I'm going way over the white skyline
And I'll sing and be happy
And you can't keep me here no how.

And I'll sing and be happy
and my world is my own
And I'll do what I want to
And you can't keep me here no how.

Hey baby, don't cry for me
Hey baby, when the sun comes up I'll be free.

And I'm going way over the white skyline
And I'll sing and be happy
And you can't keep me here no how.

Ah baby, don't cry for me
Hey baby, when the sun comes up I'll be free.

And I'm going way over the white skyline
And I'll sing and be happy
Cause you can't keep me here no how.

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Can't Nobody Say I Didn't Try
Written and recorded by Delbert Mcclinton

C                    C7           F
I was there when she fell for the first time
             G7                              C
I picked her up and saw the heartache in her eyes
                     C7              F
I guess I knew right then how little chance I had to win
          G7                  C
But can't nobody say I didn't try

                       C7              F
She was nineteen years old and already lonely
     G7                            C
Lord only knows how many men she's tried
                         C7       F
Why she went from man to man I'll never understand
          G7                  C
But can't nobody say I didn't try

  F                                  C
I thought that I was just the man to tame her
    G7                             C
And save her from the wild side of life
        F                     C
But the wild side had already claimed her
       D7                                  G7
Living way out on the edge that's what she loves

  C                   C7              F
I read something in a book once about women
       G7                        C
Like a rose they last while they last
                       C7          F
But she only blooms at night there under the neon lights
          G7                  C
But can't nobody say I didn't try

                   C7          F
She only blooms at night there under the neon lights
          G7                  C
But can't nobody say I didn't try

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Can't Say Goodbye
Recorded by Russell Moore IIIrd Tyme Out
Written by Greg Luck
 
G                C             G
I just read your letter of goodbye
                  C                D7
Said there was no hope for you and I 
G                     C            G
You made me think you really cared for me
     C                D7                G
Just goes to show how wrong a heart can be
 
                        C                  G
I should have turned my head and walked on by 
           C                      D7
I wouldn't be so blue each lonely night
          C                G           D7 Em
Dreams of holding you have passed me by
C                 D7                  G
Tears of this old heart can't say goodbye
 
                   C               G
I felt the love we made was all in vane
                     C                  D7
Though I thought our hearts would never change
G                   C             G
What did he do what did he say to make you change your mind
C                    D7                G
I could just take my heart on down the line
 
                        C                  G
I should have turned my head and walked on by 
           C                      D7
I wouldn't be so blue each lonely night
          C                G           D7 Em
Dreams of holding you have passed me by
C                 D7                  G
Tears of this old heart can't say goodbye
C                 D7                  G
Tears of this old heart can't say goodbye

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Can't Stay Here Anymore

You know that I can't stay here anymore
I'm leaving away from this old town for sure
You made me out to be a fool now there's nothing left ot do
You know that I can't stay here anymore

There's rumore that you've been running 'round
It's now become the gossip of the town
I can't hold up my head no more so I'm walking out that door
You know that I can't stay here anymore

* Refrain

I've been working hard everyday
Trying to make a better way
It makes no difference what I do there ain't no way to pleasing you
You know I can't stay here amymore

* Refrain


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New Grass Revival - Can't Stop Now

Can't say I didn't know what I was doin'
And I can't pretend the things just got out of hand
I should've kept my distance while I was still strong
But I got caught up in the feeling, I was carryin' along
And it's too late, baby, can't stop now

Well, I walked right in with my eyes wide open
I was blind when you told me you'd be mine
Just as soon as you were free
I should have slowed down before push came to shove
But I was already fallin', now I'm deep in love
And it's too late, baby, can't stop now

Can't stop now
It's my crazy heart running out of control
Can't stop now
I'll be falling apart somewhere down the road
I might be headed for a breakdown
I can't stop now

Well, I'm sitting here wondering
Why I ever let myself fall?
Yes, I keep hearing promises
But nothing seems to change it all

Well, the love we made
It's got a life of it's own
It'll keep on going, baby, long after you're gone
And it's too late, baby, I can't stop now

Can't stop now
It's my crazy heart running out of control
Can't stop now
I'll be headin' for a fall somewhere down the road
I might be headed for a breakdown
I can't stop now, no I can't

Can't stop now
It's my crazy heart running out of control
Can't stop now
I'll be falling apart somewhere down the road
I might be headed for a breakdown
I can't stop now

I might be headed for a breakdown
But I can't stop now

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Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Clyde Beam, Charles Jiles, W.S. Stevenson
 
C      G7         C
I walk along this lonesome street
F            C
To my lonely room
F                 C
Silence greets me at the door
D7               G7
Shadows share my gloom
  C         G7     C
I sit there in the darkness
   F                  C
My heart cries out in vain
   F         C       G7        C
Oh can't you hear me call your name
 
     F
I've been to the places 
     C
That we used to go
      F
And I find all the people 
     C          G7
That we used to know
     C
Each time I ask about you
   F                  C
My heart cries out in vain
   F         C       G7        C
Oh can't you hear me call your name
 
     F
I've been to the places 
     C
That we used to go
      F
Now I find all the people 
     C          G7
That we used to know
     C
Each time I ask about you
   F                  C
My heart cries out in vain
   F         C       G7        C
Oh can't you hear me call your name

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Can't You Hear Me Calling
Bill Monroe

The days are long the night are lonely
Since you left me all alone
I want you so, my little darling
I've worried so, since you've been gone

Sweetheart of mine can't you hear me calling
A million times that I love you best
I mistreated you,darling, I'm sorry
Come back to me is my request

I remember, dear the night we parted
A big mistake has caused it all
If you return, sunshine will follow
If you stay away, 'twill be my fall

* Refrain

The nights are long my little darling
Oh, how I need your sweet embrace
When I awoke, the sun was shining
When I looked up I saw your face

* Refrain

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - The Best Of The Early


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Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy
Recorded by Rex Allen
Written by Thurland Chattaway

C
From the nursery creepin' a little boy came peepin'
                               G7
Shyly peepin' through a golden curl
At a tiny bundle such a funny bundle
D7                     G7
Was a tiny little baby girl
C
Came to town that mornin' as the day was dawnin'
                       C7                  F
Mother thought t'would fill his heart with joy
                             C
But he shook his little head and to his mammy said
D7                               G7
Gee I wish that you had bought a boy
C                                        D7
Can't you take it back and change it for another
  G7                                    C
I don't want no little sister don't you see
                                    G7
Cause I'd rather have a little baby brother
          D7                       G7
Who could play a game of ball with me
C                                          D7
For it ain't no fun to play with dolls and such things
  G7                              C
A girl you know could never fix a toy
                                    F
So I'll tell you what to do if it's just the same with you
          G7                               C
Can't you take it back and change it for a boy
Now ain't it awful funny did it cost much money
                            G7
Won't it be an awful lot of care
It t'ain't a good one mother you'll have to get another
D7                          G7
Can't you see it hasn't any hair
C
Don't its teeth come with it will its nose grow will it
                 C7           F
Don't it make an awful lot of noise
                   C
Take it back today take it right away
    D7                                G7
And buy one where they only sell just boys
Repeat #3,4  

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Gordon Lightfoot

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

But time has no beginnings and the history has no bounds
As to this verdant country they came from all around
They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall
Built the mines, mills and the factories for the good of us all

And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring
The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring
Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day
And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay

For they looked in the future and what did they see
They saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea
Bringing the goods to a young growing land
All up from the seaports and into their hands

Look away said they across this mighty land
From the eastern shore to the western strand

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
Open her heart let the life blood flow
Gotta get on our way 'cause we're moving too slow

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
Open her heart let the life blood flow
Gotta get on our way 'cause we're moving too slow
Get on our way 'cause we're moving too slow

Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declining
The stars they come stealing at the close of the day
Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping
Beyond the dark ocean in a place far away

We are the navvies who work upon the railway
Swinging our hammers in the bright blazing sun
Living on stew and drinking bad whiskey
Bending our backs til the long days are done

We are the navvies who work upon the railway
Swinging our hammers in the bright blazing sun
Laying down track and building the bridges
Bending our old backs til the railroad is done

So over the mountains and over the plains
Into the muskeg and into the rain
Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe
Swinging our hammers and drawing our pay
Layin' 'em in and tying them down
Away to the bunkhouse and into the town
A dollar a day and a place for my head
A drink to the living, a toast to the dead

Oh the song of the future has been sung
All the battles have been won
On the mountain tops we stand
All the world at our command
We have opened up her soil
With our teardrops and our toil

For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
And many are the dead men too silent to be real


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Cancel Tomorrow
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Red Lane and Dottie West

C        F C
Cancel tomorrow 
               G7
I need no more time

I've wasted our words 
                       C    G7
Running you through my mind

       C          F C
You'll love me fore-ver 
             G7
Not counting today

So cancel tomorrow 
                         C  G7
Or it will just be in my way

    C           F    C
You promised me true love 
                 G7
That never would die

You promised no heartaches 
               C    G7
No hurt or goodbyes

    C            F  C
But now it's all o--ver 
                G7
What else can I say

But cancel tomorrow 
                        C
Or it will be just like today
         F C
Cancel tomorrow



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Cannonball Blues

Oh listen to the train coming down the line
Trying to make up all their lost time
From Buffalo to Washington
You can wash my jumper starch my overalls
Catch a train they call the Cannonball
From Buffalo to Washington

My baby's left me she even took my shoes
Enough to give a man these doggone worried blues
She's gone she's solid gone

Yonder comes the train coming down the track
Carry me away but it aint gonna carry me back
My honey babe my blue eyed babe

I'm going up north I'm going up north this fall
If luck don't change I wont be back at all
My honey babe I'm leaving you

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Cannonball Blues (aka Solid Gone)
Recorded by Doc Watson
Written by A.P. Carter 

C
Sometimes I'm happy and sometimes I'm blue
                            F
But today I'm so lonesome I don't know what to do
            C    G7          C
My blue eye babe she's solid gone
 
   F                                C
Oh Lord I love that woman but she's gone
      F                                   C
And I know I'm gonna miss her since she's gone
G7          C
She's solid gone
 
 
Listen to that train come a rollin down the track
                                     F
It's a takin' her away oh God and it ain't
                                    C
A-gonna bring her back oh yes she's gone
G7          C
She's solid gone 
 
 
When my baby left me she even took my shoes
 
And that's enough to give a man those 
F                                  C
Doggone worried blues oh yes she's gone
G7          C
She's solid gone
  
   F                                C
Oh Lord I love that woman but she's gone
      F                                   C
And I know I'm gonna miss her since she's gone
G7          C
She's solid gone
 
 
Would you listen to that engine pullin' around the curve
                                     F
She's a whistlin' and a pulllin' boy strainin' every nerve
              C    G7          C
And now she's gone she's solid gone

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Cannonball Blues (Solid Gone)
Carter Family

You may wash my jumper babe
Starch my overalls
I'm going to ride that train
That they call the Cannon Ball
From Buffalo down to Washington

Yonder comes the train, babe
A-running down the track
Takin' me away, but it will not bring me back
My honey-babe, my blue-eyed gal

Chorus:
Oh now I'm down here crying
Cause she's gone
Feeling like dying
'Cause she's gone
She's a-solid gone

Well you know my baby left me,
Even took my shoes
Enough to give a man the dog-gone weary blues
'Cause she's gone
She's a-solid gone

Yonder comes that train now
A-whistling round the curve
A-whistling and a-blowing, babe
Straining every nerve
'Cause she's gone
She's a-solid gone

Chorus

Some days I'm happy
Sine days I'm blue
Some days I feel so bad I don't know what to do
'Cause she's gone
She's a-solid gone

Going up north, going up north next fall
If my luck don't change
I won't be back at all
My honey-babe, I'm a-leaving you

Chorus

Repeat first verse

----------

Arr. Bruce Phillips

Starch my old collar, wash my coveralls,
I'm gonna ride that train they call the Cannonball,
From Washington to Buffalo.

See that train a-coming, yonder round the bend,
To carry me away and I ain't coming back again
Goodbye babe, I'm leaving you.

My baby left me, she even took my shoes,
That's enough to give a man those lowdown worried blues,
Baby's gone, she's solid gone.

I'm going up North, going up North this fall,
If my luck don't change, ain't coming back at all.
Goodbye babe, my blue-eyed babe.


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Cannonball, The

You can wash my jumper starch my overalls
Catch that train they call the Cannonball
From Buffalo to Washington

Yonder comes the train coming down the track
Carrying me away but it aint gonna carry me back
My honey babe my blue eyed babe

My baby left me she even took my shoes
Enough to give me the doggone worried blues
She's gone she's solid gone

I'm going up north I'm going up north this fall
If my luck don't change I wont be back at all
My honey babe I'm leaving you

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Can't Break The Habit
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Merle Haggard and Leona Williams
 
G                     C            G
I can kick any habit  that is if I want to
                  D7           G
Or I can lay off  whatever I'm on
                       C                G
But of all the things  that I've been a slave to
                          D7            G
Hey you're the one thing  I can't leave alone
 
                  C                  G
I can't break the habit  love is too strong
                 D7                            G
I can't take the cure now  I've been hooked to long
             C                          G
I crave your loving  wouldn't quit if I could
                D7                        G
Can't break the habit  cause I have it to good
 
                           C                G
I can stay off the bottle  go straight if I want to
                    D7                     G
Or I can stay high  till the curtain comes down
                           C                G
I used to get around love  and move on if I had to
                          D7          G
But you're the one thing  I can't get around
 
Repeat #2

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Can't Stay Here Anymore

You know that I can't stay here anymore
I'm leaving away from this old town for sure
You made me out to be a fool now there's nothing left to do
You know that I can't stay here anymore

There's rumor that you've been running 'round
It's now become the gossip of the town
I can't hold up my head no more so I'm walking out that door
You know that I can't stay here anymore

I've been working hard everyday
Trying to make a better way
It makes no difference what I do there ain't no way of pleasing you
You know I can't stay here amymore

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Can't You Hear Me Calling

The days are long the nights are lonely
Since you left me all alone
I worried so my little darling
I worried so since you've been gone
   Sweetheart of mine can't you hear me calling
   A million times that I love you best
   I mistreated you, darling, I'm sorry
   Come back to me is my request
I remember dear the night we parted
A big mistake had caused it all
If you come back sunshine will follow
If you stay away twill be my fall
The nights are long my little darling
Oh how I need your sweet embrace
When I awoke the sun was shining
I looked up and I saw your face

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Captain
Abigail Washburn

Oh the water, oh the water, so clear and blue and free

Thought I heard old big leg Lula
Calling me boys, singing come on home

If I can just make it through January and February
I'll march on through boys, I'll march on through

Oh the water, oh the water, so clear and blue and free

I asked the foreman what time of day it was
He was so hard-hearted, he just walked away

I asked the judge what be my crime
He said if I don't hang you I'll give you 99

If you wanna please your captain
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high
Sink'em low boys, sink'em low boys
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high

Hail the Captain, hail his gun
Hail the chiefman and his prodigal son

I've seen him preaching, and I've seen him run
I've read his bible, I don't owe him none

I don't owe him none boys, I don't owe him non
I'll be a witness to the rising sun

If you wanna please your captain
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high


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Crooked Still 
Captain, Captain

Captain, Captain, tell me true does my sweet Willie sail with you?
No my dear, he isn't here for he is drowned in this ocean, dear

Answer me, oh give me joy for I love my soldier boy
Oh no, lady, he's not here. Dropped down dead in the gulf, my dear

Get me a chair to sit upon, and pen and ink, come write it down

On every line I will shed a tear: on every verse cry oh, my dear

Captain, Captain, build me a boat, out on these waters I must float
Searching for my Willy dear, for he has drowned in this ocean dear

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Caravan
Mike Auldridge

Night and stars above that shine so bright
The myst'ry of their fading light
That shines upon our caravan

Sleep upon my shoulder as we creep
Across the sand so I may keep
The mem'ry of our caravan

This is so exciting
You are so inviting
Resting in my arms
As I thrill to the magic charms
Of you beside me here beneath the blue
My dream of love is coming true
Within our desert caravan

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Careless Hands  
recorded by Dottie West
written by Bob Hillard and Carl Sigman

C                   F             C
I let my heart fall into careless hands          
G7                           C
Careless hands that broke my heart in two                        
F                   C
You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand         
G7                                C
Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through                 
F                        C
You've brought me joy and dear I loved you so    
D7                                      G7
But all that sunshine didn't make the roses grow             
C                              F
If you don't change someday you'll know the sorrow of         
C          G7               C
Careless hands that can't hold on to love                  
 F                        C
You've brought me joy and dear I loved you so    
D7                                      G7
But all that sunshine didn't make the roses grow             
C                              F
If you don't change someday you'll know the sorrow of         
C          G7               C
Careless hands that can't hold on to love

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Careless Kisses
Recorded by Red Foley

C                                  F
Your careless kisses your careless kisses            
C                   G7
Are causing me to care less for you              
C                    F
Your careless kisses your careless kisses         
C              G7                C
Makes me wonder if your heart is careless too                 
F                C
You tell me it's nothing you only kiss my friends hello               
D7               G7
Please tell me darling how many people can I know               
C                    F
Who share your kisses your careless kisses               
C     G7            C
That's causing me to care less for you                                  
F
Your careless kisses your careless kisses            
C                   G7
Are causing me to care less for you              
C                    F
Your careless kisses your careless kisses         
C              G7                C
Makes me wonder if your heart is careless too                 
F                C
You tell me it's nothing you only kiss my friends hello
               D7               G7
Please tell me darling how many people can I know               
C                    F
Who share your kisses your careless kisses               
C     G7            C
That's causing me to care less for you

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Careless Love

Love oh love careless love
Love oh love careless love
Love oh love oh careless love
See what careless love has done

Once I wore my apron low (3x)
I couldn't keep you from my door

What oh what will mama say (3x)
When she learns I've gone astray

I love my mama and papa too (3x)
See what I get for lovin' you

Now I wear my apron high (3x)
You pass my door you walk on by

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Carolina Country Morning
Written and recorded by Eddy Raven

C                           F
There's a shadow across the moon tonight
          C                 G7
There's a soft rain falling slow
          C                  F
There's a railroad along the riverside
          C           G7      C
Hear that night train whistle blow
                      F
There's a lady in Carolina
         C                G7
Took her time to care for me
         C               F
When the sun climbs into morning
    C      G7         C
Carolina's where I'll be
     F           G7           C
It's another Carolina country morning
F               G7           C     F
Each day better than the day before
             G7       Am                F    Am
Good morning sunshine memories and good times
         F                    C
Carolina I'm knocking at your door
                           F
Still the clover up on the hillside
        C                       G7
See the breeze slip through the pines
        C              F
Quite a woman that Carolina
    C      G7            C
Carolina's pulling on my mind
repeat #3

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Carolina In My Mind
James Taylor

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind

There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something warm and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Dark and silent last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

With a holy host of others standing 'round me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind


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Carolina In The Morning
Recorded by Dean Martin
Written by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson
 
C
Nothing could be finer
                              G7
Than to be in Carolina in the morning
Dm
No one could be sweeter 
                       G7
Than my sweetie when I meet her
           C
In the morning
 
F                 C
Where the morning glories
F                C
Twine around the door
D7
Whispering pretty stories
  G7
I long to hear once more
 
C
Strolling with my girlie
                                     G7
Where the dew is pearly early in the morning
Dm
Butterflies all flutter up
    G7                            C
And kiss each little buttercup at dawning
 
                                   C7
If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day
F
I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say
C
Nothing could be finer
                              G7   C
Than to be in Carolina in the morn-ing

Repeat #2,3,4

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Carolina In The Pines

She came to me said she knew me
Said she'd known me a long time
And she talked of being in love
With every mountain she had climbed

And she talked of trails she'd walked up
Far above the timberline
From that night on I knew I'd write songs
For Carolina in the pines.

There's a full moon on the fourteenth
First quarter twenty-first
And a full moon in the last week
Brings a fullness to the earth.

There's no guess work in the clockwork
Of the world's heart or mine
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines.

As the frost grows on the windows
The wood stove smokes and glows
As the fire glows we can warm our souls
Makin' rainbows in the coals.

And we talk of trails we walk up
Far above the timberline
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines.

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Carolina Morning
Don Jackson

It's a Carolina Morning
I got you and Carolina in my soul
It's me and you in Laurel Mountain
And the frost has just dropped in
It's a mountain invitation
Sent out to the northern winds
And the heavens thrust the hillside
In latest fashion for the fall
And the breeze writes a windsong
Named it Carolina Fall
It's a Carolina Morning
And the leaves are red and gold
It's a Carolina Morning
I got you and Carolina in my soul
Baby lay down here beside me
The logs are cracklin' on the fire
And outside the leaves are fallin'
As the fall starts to retire
As we go on to tomorrow
Leave the blazin' hills behind
We will save a little corner
For Carolina in our minds
It's a Carolina Morning
And the leaves are red and gold
It's a Carolina Morning
I got you and Carolina in my soul
 

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Carolina Mountain Home
recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Len Wright and Elmer Scarborough
 
C             F                C
I left my old home back in the mountains
                             G7
For many long years I roamed around
                F                C
I can hear that lonesome whistle blowing
               G7              C
I'm going back there to settle down
 
  F                   C
I love those Carolina mountains
                           G7
And the little girl I left behind
      C         F        C
But I know I'll never forget her
          G7              C
Oh how I long to make her mine
 
  C             F          C
I looked out my window and wondered
                              G7
If everything there looks the same
      C        F              C
I can see the blue eyes of my darling
               G7                  C
I'm going back there to change her name
 
  Repeat #2

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Carolina Pines

Just an old house with the roof fallin' in
Standin' on the edge of the field
Watching the crops grow like its always done before
Nobody lives here anymore

The sun's going down on the Carolina pines
I'm a long way from home
I miss that love of mine broken windows empty doors
Nobody lives here anymore

Old memories come whistling like the wind
Through the walls and the cracked window panes
And the grass is growing high around the kitchen door
Nobody lives here anymore

Once there were children and a few hired hands
A hard working woman and a bone tired man
Now that old sun steals across a dusty floor
Nobody lives here anymore

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Carolina Star

Back in the hills oh slow rollin' hills
Where North Carolina comes close to the stars
There's livin' a lady who's shinin' so high
They call her the "Carolina Star' 

She works at the factory from Monday through Friday
She's raisin' three daughters alone
Their daddy's away, he's chasing a dream
They're waitin' for the day that he comes home 

   Oh, Carolina
   Even stars get lonesome now and then
   Oh, Carolina
   Don't you worry, he'll be comin' home again 

He's playin' his songs in Nashville
He's pickin' for tips in a bar
He's broke and all alone, but he ain't ready to come home
He's gonna be a country singin' star 

Sometimes she wakes up just thinking of him
She remembers him beside her in the night
While out across those hills that old moon is settled in
And those Carolina stars are shining bright 

Yes he loves you and he's comin' home again.

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Carolina Sunshine Girl

Moon moon I can see you smilin' low
You made me think of a sweetheart
A little girl that I loved so
After I've wondered the whole night through
Wonderin' if you think of me
While I'm on my lonesome thinkin' of someone
I'm thinkin' only of you

   My Carolina sunshine girl
   You have turned my heart to stone
   My Carolina sunshine Girl
   You have left me all alone

I wonder why I sit and cry
When I really should laugh
At your little old photograph
For you're the sweetest angel in this world

And I love love love you
My Carolina sunshine girl

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Carolyn
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Tommy Collins
 
C       Dm                              Em
Carolyn let me tell you what I've heard about a man today
   F                                 C        Dm
He didn't come home from work and he went away
                  C    F             G7              C
Till he came to a city bright in the night time like day
                                   Dm                           Em
There they say he met up with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet
 
      F                          C
Their warm lips like a honeycomb dripped with honey
Dm                           C              Dm
Something about the smell of strange perfume 
              G7            C
Made him feel warm and not alone
                               F
Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own 
 
    C        G7         C
And sometimes when he's lonely
                                     F
And I believe that man might do that sometimes out of spite
    C                          G7    F
But Carolyn a man will do that always 
                         C
When he's treated bad at home

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Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn

Well a big cardboard suitcase and a four-year old buick
Well aint's this a hell of a life
A hot Texas farm road and some quality foot wear
And me with three kids and a wife

Well, Rose, it ain't easy, cause I do get lonesome
And I know it's a sad thing to say
It's easy forgetting your wife and your family
When you're five hundred miles away

Well, Rose, if you hear me try to forgive me
Cause i feel it coming on me again
Come saturday night I'll be in El Paso
With Carolyn at hte broken wheel Inn

The driveway needs paving and monday's your birthday
And the kids all need new shoes agian
But hot damn my soul I'll spend twenty dollars
With Carolyn at the broken wheel Inn

* Refrain


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Carolyn The Teenage Queen
Recorded by Lonesome River Band
Written by Wendy Smith

G                         C              G
When I was pushing thirty she was in her teens
                         C              G
Oh how she loved me this pretty teenage queen
                               C               G
But a few years after marriage she loved me no more
                                 C             G
When I was pushing forty she was barely twenty four
D7                         C                 G
Then the trouble started between Carolyn and me
D7                          C                D7
I was satisfied at home but she longed to be free
     G                                    C                  G
Been searching for that something and the pastures looked so green
                            C                   G
Through the eyes of Carolyn Carolyn the teenage queen
                                 C                 G
Each day her love grew colder at night she'd go to town
                  C                   G
Gossip came to me Carolyn was running round
                                C               G
I didn't want to believe it but knew it must be true
                                C                G
I couldn't stand to lose her so knew what I must do
D7                        C            G
Carolyn I was thinking as I cleaned my gun
D7                               C                  D7
Go out and have a good time it's your last night of fun
       G                          C            G
Twelve o'clock one o'clock till a quarter till two
                                   C              G
I'm still burning the midnight oil waiting up for you
                               C                    G
Car pulled in the driveway the man wore a badge and gun
                                  C                  G
Said you got a wife named Carolyn I think you better come
                              C                   G
In a wreck out on the highway she'd met her final end
                                          C               G
I stared in her face so deathly white she cheated me once again
D7                            C                  G
Each night I think of Carolyn laying beneath the soil
D7                                   C                 D7
Each night my mind grows weaker as I burn the midnight oil
   G                                       C                G
My mind has thoughts of her bad sides that my heart's never seen
                                C                   G
I'm still in love with Carolyn Carolyn the teenage queen
                               C                   G
I'm still in love with Carolyn Carolyn the teenage queen

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Carry Me Across The Mountain
Artist: Dany Tyminski
Album: Carry Me Across the Mountain

Every day is a gamble, if you really want to make it through
When you live on the side of the mountain, and the babies all need food
I was the youngest one among us, I got sick and would not eat
Daddy prayed accept his fate, but Mommy would not heed
Chorus:
Carry me across the mountain, before it is too late
Heal my broken my body, death not be my fate
Carry me across the mountain, don't give up on me
I am but a helpless child, whose life depends on thee
Daddy warned against it, said you may not make it through
Momma wrapped me in her arms, crying what else can I do
There is a place across the mountain top, across the mountain side
They say there is a doctor there, might save our baby's life
*Refrain
Now I stand upon the mountain top, before my mother's grave
And every year I visit here, to thank her for that day
*Refrain


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Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass

Well the week is gone good people
And Friday's here at last
I'm going to take my old banjo
Play me a little bluegrass

I'm going were the mountains are higher
And the bluegrass is all around
Play me a song for my true true love
Listen to that mournful sound

Carry me back to the bluegrass
That's where I long to be
I'm going to take my weary soul
And head down to Torny creek

I long long to see the old folks
I long to see my home
I long to hear from my true true love
And have her all alone

I've got a girl she lives down yonder
In a little place called Buffalo
As soon as I get back to her
That's where I want to go

* Refrain

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Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie
Recorded by Gene Autry
Written by Carson J. Robison

C
Oh carry me back to the lone prairie
                                          G7
Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free
C          Dm          G7   C
And when I die you can bury me
Dm                G7                    C
Neath the western skies on the lone prairie
             Dm         G7        C
I'm a roving cowboy far away from home
             Dm              G7      C
Far from the prairie where I used to roam
                  Am                        Dm
Where the doggies wander and the wind blows free
                   G7                     C
Though my heart is yonder on the lone prairie 
 
Oh carry me back to the lone prairie
                                          G7
Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free
C          Dm          G7   C
And when I die you can bury me
Dm                G7                    C
Neath the western skies on the lone prairie

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Carry Me Back To The Mountains

Carry me back to the mountains
Back beneath the southern sky
Lay me to rest in the mountains
There's where my sweetheart lies

I get so lonesome and weary
No matter where I roam
So carry me back to the mountains
Back to my home sweet home

I was a wild careless youngster
Longing to roam from the start
I left my home in the mountains
And broke my poor darling's heart

I caught a train at the crossing
And never told her goodbye
Then someone wrote me a letter
And told me my sweetheart had died

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Carryin' On This Way
Written and recorded by Dale Watson

C                                          Dm
Good mornin' fella you don't look too good today
                               
Your eyes are red your skin is pale 
              G7              C
You look like you could use a shave
                                                            Dm
You had a good time last night look at the price you had to pay
                                         
You think that you'd know better than to still 
   G7               C
Be carryin' on this way
                                      Dm
Look at the gray stickin' out of your hair
You think that you could take a hint
          G7                          C
There's a reason mother nature put it there
While you're out there makin' more wrinkles
                                        Dm
Your family's makin' more memories everyday
                                          
Y think that you'd know better than to still
   G7               C
Be carryin' on this way
F             Am              G7                  C
Crashin' into 40 might better think about growin' up
          Dm                                            G7
You got a wife and kids that lean on you are you strong enough
    F             Am                 G7                         C
Get down off your high horse ain't nobody listenin' to what you say
    Dm
You think that you'd know better than to still
   G7               C
Be carryin' on this way
                                                              Dm
I rinse off the toothbrush put the lid back on the toothpaste tube
                                                          G7      C
Then I look up in the mirror just to get me one more good look at you
                                                                 Dm
Man you can't be as dumb as you look it ain't too late to make a change
                                         
You think that you'd know better than to still 
   G7               C
Be carryin' on this way
Repeat #3
 
         Dm
Yeah you think that you'd know better than to still 
   G7               C
Be carryin' on this way

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Cars
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee

C                    G7      Am             G7
She was sittin' on a car lot looking like a dream
F            G7        C
Underneath a string of lights
     G7        Am       C
A 49 model and I was sixteen
      F           G7            C
But I knew it was love at first sight
         Am                C
Then the man said son I'll make you a deal
      F             C        G7
And I knew I had to make her mine
  C       G7              Am         C
I held my breath and slid behind the wheel
F         G7         C
It was my very first time
    G7     F          C
Cars  just motors and wheels
F          C         G7
Rubber and glass and steel
      F       C    G7       Am
Still I think back over the years
    F         C         G7
And it sounds strange I suppose
         F      G7       C
But it's cars I remember most
                      G7            F             G7
She was parked on the street by the First Baptist Church
      F            G7            C
As we ran down the steps hand in hand
             G7            F            G7
My brand new Chevy waiting there at the curb
       F            G7            C
And we waved to the crowd and got in
         Am                G7         C
Well the miles went by and so did the years
      F                    C       G7
And I thought that we were doing alright
         C             G7       F             G7
Till she packed up the kids and picked up the keys
    F          G7       C
And just drove away one night
repeat #3
                         G7       Am           G7
Well the years have gone by and a lot of thing changed
  F              G7       C
I hardly see the kids any more
           G7        Am       C
Took a new job and I moved to LA
    F               G7     C
And bought me a two seater Porsche
        Am                       C
There's lots of pretty girls out here and you know
F          C       G7
I could be doing alright
    C         G7           Am           G7
But mostly at night I just drive up the coast
    F           G7   C
And look at the city lights
repeat #3 x2

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Carter's Blues

As I walked out one morning fair
To view the fields and taste the air
For to view the fields and nettles around
I thought I heard some lonesome sound
O thought I heard my true love say
O do turn and come this way 

You love some other and you don't love me
You care not for my company
You love some other and I know why
Because he has more gold than I
But gold will melt and silver will fly
My love for you will never die 

There is a flower I've heard them say
That can be seen from day to day
And if that flower I only could find
To cure this aching heart of mine 

So fare you well my charming little love
O meet me in that land above
And when we meet there in that land
We'll take no more this parting hand

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The Boxcars - Caryville 

I ran into a friend from high school
And we stopped and talked a while.
A successful man who'd found his place in life.
He asked me where I lived.
I said Cerrybottom Caryville
Towards Shady cove 'bout 3 miles on the right.
He laughed and he said damn son,
You gotta drive to get out there,
In God's country where the air
And water's clear.
I said hold on just a minute
And to listen to the truth.
I don't think God's been 'round this place in years.
God don't live in Cherrybottom or in Caryville.
There's pills and meth,
and violence all around.
And if He does then I'm convinced he's sleepin' at the well.
I don't think God lives in Caryville.
I remember when I was a kid
This was a nicer place.
The people took pride in
the land they loved.
But nowadays it's gone to hell,
And it's a damn disgrace.
And it ain't no place for the Man
from up above.
God don't live in Cherrybottom or in Caryville.
There's pills and meth,
and violence all around.
And if He does then I'm convinced he's sleepin' at the well.
I don't think God lives in Caryville.
No I don't think God lives here,
In Caryville.

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Case of Sorrow
Recorded by The Survivors 
(Tony Booth, Darrell McCall, Cutis Potter)
Written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
 
C           G7                            C
I've got to get together with my heart in mind
                  G7                           C
Find out which is stronger leave the other one behind
             F                             C
They've been tearing me apart like there's no tomorrow
          D7                                G7
And I'm a walking talking breathing case of sorrow
 
           C                   Dm
And I need warm loving arms to hold me
G7                                C
Sweet lips to help me through the night
                                 Dm
The dreams that comes true every morning
       G              G7               C
With a sleepy wake up smile to make it right
 
                  G7                       C
I've got to start all over and find myself again
                    G7                             C
I guess my heart is stronger than my mind has ever been
                  F                              C
Somewhere there's happiness that someone may let me borrow
           D7                                G7
To cure my walking talking breathing case of sorrow
 
           C                   Dm
And I need warm loving arms to hold me
G7                                C
Sweet lips to help me through the night
                                 Dm
The dreams that comes true every morning
       G              G7               C
With a sleepy wake up smile to make it right
       G              G7               C
With a sleepy wake up smile to make it right

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Casey Jones

Come all you rounders for I want you to hear
The story of a brave engineer
Casey Jones was the rounder's name
On an eight six-wheeler boys he won his fame

Now the caller called Casey 'bout half-past four
He kissed his wife at the station door
He mounted to the cabin with his orders in his hand
Said; "I'm gonna take my trip to the promised land"

 Casey Jones mounted to the cabin
Casey Jones with his orders in his hand
Casey Jones mounted to the cabin
Said;"I'm gonna take tke my trip to the promised land

Pour on the water boys shovel on the coal
Stick your head out the window see the drivers roll
Gonna run her 'til she leaves the rail
'Cause I'm nine hours late with the western mail

Now Casey passed out of South Memphis on the fly
Heard the firemane say " Boy you got a white-eye "
The switchman knew by the engine's moan
That the man at the throttle was Casey Jones

Now Casey got to that certain place
Old number nine stared him straight in the face
He said to fireman " Boy you better jump
Cause there's two locomotives and they're bound to bump"

Well Mrs. Casey Jones she sat there on the bed
She got the telegram that her poor husband was dead
She said; "Go to bed children and hush your crying
'Cause you got another papa on the Salt Lake line"

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Casey's Last Ride
Kris Kristofferson

1. Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down,
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below.
Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors,
Of silent desperation, never speaking to a soul.
The poison air he's breathing has the dirty smell of dying,
'Cos it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain.
But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes,
Of the clicking of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains.

Ch.1 "Oh," she said: "Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you.
"Here," she said: "just a kiss to make a body smile.
"See," she said: "I've put on new stockings just to please you.
"Lord," she said. "Casey, can you only stay a while."

2. Casey leaves the underground and stops inside The Golden Crown,
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones.
 Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men,
Who reach for anything they can to keep from going home.
Standing in the corner, Casey drinks his pint of bitter,
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by.
Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason,
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye.

Ch.2 "Oh," she said: "I suppose you seldom think about me.
"Now," she said: "now that you've a family of your own.
"Still," she said: "It's so blessed good to feel your body.
"Lord," she said: "Casey, it's a shame to be alone."


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Richard Thompson - Cash Down Never Never Lyrics

Young love, I wish you well
Shotgun and wedding bells
Semi-semi and the damp is peeling
Hole in the roof wet the baby's head

Back streets, real scum about
Need a car, a little run-about
Some down and a fistful later
Sign on the line like the nice man said

Need a Slumberland or a Frigidaire
Or a video, sign right there

In over your head, head, cash down
Never, never cash down
Never, never cash down

Get a job, good overtime
Shop floor, assembly line
Six months and no more company
No more factory, no more shift

Get a job, you're gonna go far
Hot wire and a crow bar
Nobody's gonna feed the baby
That's if they catch you, if, if, if

Vegetating, frustrating
Repossessions, distressing

In over your head, head, cash down
Never, never cash down
Never, never cash down

Never, never
Nothing's so hard as living on the easy plan

Need a Slumberland or a Frigidaire
Or a video, sign right there

In over your head, head, cash down
Never, never cash down
Never, never cash down

Never, never
Nothing's so hard as living on the easy plan

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Cash on the Barrelhead
recorded by the Louvin Brothers
written by Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
 
C
Got in a little trouble at the county seat
                                              G7     C
Lord they put me in the jailhouse for loafing on the street
 
When the judge heard the verdict I was a guilty man
                                     G7          C
He said forty five dollars or thirty days in the can
 
C7         F                      C
That'll be cash on the barrelhead son 
                  G7                   C
You can make your choice you're twenty one
C7       F              C
No money down no credit plan 
           G7                         C
No time to chase you cause I'm a busy man
 
 
Found a telephone number on a laundry slip
                            G7             C
I had a good hearted jailer with a six gun hip
 
He let me call long distance she said number please
                                  G7             C
And no sooner than I told her she shouted out at me
 
C7         F                      C
That'll be cash on the barrelhead son 
             G7                   C
Not part not half  but the entire sum
C7       F              C
No money down no credit plan 
                    G7                          C
Cause a little bird tells me you're a traveling man
 
 
Thirty days in the jailhouse four days on the road
                               G7           C
I was feeling mighty hungry my feet a heavy load
 
Saw a greyhound coming stuck up my thumb
                               G7               C
Just as I was being seated the driver caught my arm
 
C7         F                      C
That'll be cash on the barrelhead son 
              G7             C
This old grey dog is paid to run
C7              F                       C
When the engine stops  the wheels won't roll
                    G7                                C
Give me cash on the barrelhead I'll take you down the road

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Cash On The Barrelhead

Got in a little trouble at the county seat
Lord they put me in the jailhouse, for loafing on the street
When the judge heard the verdict, I was a guilty man
He said forty-five dollars, or thirty days in the can

   And that'll be cash on the barrelhead, son
   You can take your choice, you're twenty-one
   No money down, no credit plan
   No time to chase you, 'cause I'm a busy man

Found a telephone number, on a laundry slip
Had a kind-hearted jailer, with a six-gun hip
He let me call long-distance, She said, "Number, please?"
No sooner than I told her, she hollered out at me

   That'll be cash on the barrelhead, son
   Not part, not half, but the entire sum
   No money down, no credit plan
   'Cause a little bird tells me that you're a traveling man

Thirty days in the jailhouse, four days on the road
I was feeling mighty hungry, my feet a heavy load
Saw a Greyhound a coming, stuck up my thumb
Just as I'd been seated, the driver caught my arm

   That'll be cash on the barrelhead son
   This old gray dog, gets paid to run
   When engine starts, oh the wheels won't roll
   That'll be cash on the barrelhead, I'll take you down the road

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Casting My Shadow In The Road
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs 
Written by Jimmy Rushing and Randy Scruggs
 
C                     G7      C
There was a warm wind weaving through the trees
          F     G7        C
It was an early breath of spring
       Am         G7      F
Like a young bird soon to leave its nest
  G7
I yearn to spread my wings
           C
Though the teardrops fell like a morning rain
  G7            Am
I knew I had to go 
      F
I had always dreamed of
C          G7            C
Casting my shadow in the road 
 
                     G7      C
I couldn't count the times I said goodbye
     F    G7    C
To a city limit sign
       Am        C         F
Or the countless sweet and gentle farms
        G7
And the towns I've left behind
       C
Oh but passion rides on the prairie winds
    G7            Am
And recent winter snow 
    F
And I still dream of
C          G7            C
Casting my Shadow in the road
 
 
When the evening comes I often stop
   F             C
To rest my weary feet
 
But when the morning sun begins to rise
      F                G7
And I feel the urge to leave
  Am            Dm
A night of rest fans the flame
     F         G7    Am  C
That burns within my soul 
  F
A burning need for 
C          G7            C
Casting my shadow in the road
 
When the evening comes I often stop
   F             C
To rest my weary feet
 
But when the morning sun begins to rise
      F                G7
And I feel the urge to leave
  Am            Dm
A night of rest fans the flame
     F         G7    Am  C
That burns within my soul 
  F
A burning need for 
C          G7            Am
Casting my shadow in the road
 
  F
A burning need for
C          G7            C
Casting my shadow in the road

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Catalog Dreams
Recorded by Joni Harms
Written by Joni Harms and Jim Varsos
 
C
She could see herself a-sewin' on that brand new machine
       F                                             G7
As she took the time to look through that mail order magazine
         F                              C
It would sure make her life easier with all she has to do
    G7                                                    C
But family needs come first she'll have to wait a year or two

       F
And it came from Sears and Roebuck a thousand pages long
     C
Everything from A to Z anyone could ever want
        F
Puttin' away a little extra ain't as easy as it seems
       G7                        C
So way out here we dream catalog dreams


Dad came in from workin' tired as a dog
F                                       G7
Sat down by the fire and picked up that catalog
    F                                 C
His eyes fell on the tractor with the mowin' arm and rake
    G7                                                     C
But he knew that kind o' money was more than he could ever make

Repeat #2


When supper time was over daddy turned to me and said
    F                                               G7
You wanna do a little dreamin' take that catalog to bed
F                     C
Up there in the quiet layin' all alone
G7                                             C
I stumbled on a page started a dream all of my own

         F
Cause if I could learn to play on that Silvertone guitar
C
Maybe make a record and one day be a star
F
Daddy'd have his tractor and mom her new machine
            G7                   C
I'd buy 'em all of their catalog dreams

                  G7                   C
I'm gonna buy 'em all of their catalog dreams

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Billy Strings 
Catch & Release

Well I woke up this morning 'bout a quarter past 4
I grabbed my cap and my bag and slipped out the door
I hooked up my tracker to the U-haul hitch
Went and picked up Vince and we headed out to peep the sitch'
...Figured we'd try to go get into some smallies in the clear water...
Praying there wasn't nothin' to get snagged up on

So we're cruisin' somewhere near Livingston
I had some herb in my bowl and I lit it again
I was jabbered in the jaw and crimson in the eye
On the way to Dale Hollow I was floatin' like a butterfly
Then I got stung by a bee

Had to squeeze the mustard, uncle Vinnie said "wow"
I saw then I saw the lights flash and my heart sank down
Then a man strolled up with a real nice lean
And I rolled down my window and he smelled my weed
He said "I'm officer Looper the Tennessee state trooper and I'll take your license
And your registration
And your grass."
I guess it was only a matter of time

He said "where you headin'?" I said "to catch some bass"
He said "step on out under my magnifying glass"
He made me watch his fingers and touch my nose
Then he made me count to 30 but then he let me go
Made my day
I reckon it was a little catch and release

So that there's my story and I want you to know
If you're gonna go fishin' ya better take her slow
Better look both ways and keep her in line
Let this be a lesson to you and your partners in crime:
Always watch your six and nine
Don't roll through the stop sign
You don't always need to make the verses rhyme
Don't be mixin' liquor with your wine
If you feel so inclined, keep me in mind
And by the way only break one law at a time


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Catch The Wind
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Donovan Phillips Leitch
[3/4 time]

G7     C                F            C           F
In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty I want to be
C                F       G7     C    G7
In the warm hold of your loving mind
   C            F                C              F
To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
C                    F       G7        C    F
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind

C                      F             C            F
When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while behind your smile
C                  F         G7       C    G7
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find
    C              F                  C
For me to love you now t'would be the sweetest thing 
        F
T'would make me sing 
C                    F       G7        C    F
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
 
C                      F
When rain has hung the leaves with tears 
  C                F
I want you near to kill my fears
   C             F            C       G7
To help me leave all my blues behind
C                F                C              F
Standing in your heart is where I want to be and long to be
C                    F       G7        C
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind

                     F       G7        C
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind

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Catfish John

   Mama said don't go near that river
   Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
   Come the morning I'd always be there
   Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.

Let me dream of another morning
And the time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
Cotton fields as white as snow.

Catfish John was a river hobo
Lived and died on the river bend
Lookin' back I still remember
I was glad to be his friend.

Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
Traded for a chestnut mare
Still he never spoke in anger
Though his load was hard to bear.

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Caught In The Crossfire
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Terry Herd and Rhonda Vincent
 
Em                                  G7
In the month of June five years ago that's when I came to be
Am                                      B7
Though I'm not yet worldly wise my eyes can clearly see
  Em                          G7
I love my mom and daddy too I pray my soul to keep
Am                            B7             Em
I ask for a happy home when I lay me down to sleep

                            G7
Lately mommy cries at night she thinks that I won't hear
Am                               B7
When daddy said my name today he wiped away a tear
  Em                                G7
I know that something isn't right I see it in their eyes
Am                                 B7             Em
Oh how I wish it wasn't so but the truth can't be denied

                                 G7
I'm caught in the crossfire of a war that can't be won
Am                          B7
Mom calls me her little man daddy's only son
  Em                               G7
I love 'em both but I can't choose which one to leave behind
Am                               B7              Em
I'm caught in the crossfire of a world that's so unkind
 
                               G7
Before you go to sleep tonight say a prayer for me
Am                             B7
I'm one of the millions from a broken family
   Em                          G7
My wish is but a simple one my needs they are but few
Am                              B7             Em
The promise of a happy home and love to see us through

Repeat #3 x2 

                                   G7
I love 'em both but I can't choose which one to leave behind
Am                               B7              Em
I'm caught in the crossfire of a world that's so unkind

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Cavan Girl
Thomas L. Moore

As I walk the road from Killeshandra, weary I sit down.
For it's twelve long miles around the lake to get to Cavan Town.
Lough Oughter, on the road I go, once seemed beyond compare.
Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl so fair.

At the Cavan cross, each Sunday morning, there she can be found.
She seems to have the eye of every boy in Cavan town.
If my luck will hold, I'll have the golden summer of her smile,
And to break the hearts of the Cavan men, she'll talk to me awhile.

Now autumn shades are on the leaves, the trees will soon be bare.
Each red-gold leaf around me seems the colour of her hair.
My gaze retreats to find my feet, but once again I sigh,
For the broken pools of sky remind, the colour of her eye.

So next sunday evening finds me homeward, Killeshandra bound
To work the week till I return to court in Cavan town.
When asked if she would be my wife, well at least she'd not said, "No",
So next sunday morning, rouse meself, and back to her I'll go.

Repeat First Verse


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Brad Paisley - Celebrity lyrics

Someday I'm gonna be famous
Do I have talent well no
These days you don't really need it
Thanks to reality shows
Can't wait to date a supermodel
Can't wait to sue my dad
Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari
On my way to Rehab
Cause when you're a celebrity
It's adios reality
You can act just like a fool
And people think you're cool
Just cause your on T.V.
I can throw major fits
When my latte isn't just how I like it
They say I've gone insane
I'll blame it on the fame
And the pressures that go with....
Being a Celebrity
[Break]
I'll get to cry to Barbara Walters
When things don't go my way
I'll get community service
No matter which law I break
I'll make the supermarket tabloids
They'll write some awful stuff
But the more they run my name down
The more my price goes up!
Cause when you're a celebrity
It's adios reality
No matter what you do
People think you're cool
Just cause your on T.V.
I can fall in and out of love
Have marriages that barely last a month
When they go down the drain
I'll blame it on the fame
And say it's just so tough...
Being a Celebrity
So let's hitch up the wagons
And head out West
To the land of fun in the sun
We'll be a real world bachelor
Jackass Millionaires hey hey Hollywood
Here we come!
Yeah when you're a Celebrity
It's adios reality
No matter what you do
People think you're cool
Just cause your on T.V.
Being a Celebrity...
Yeah Celebrity!


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Chains
Abigail Washburn

Carried on a fire
Like a spark in black smoke
To a place where no one spoke his name

Burning black
Expectations
Could a destination make his name

Running out of time standing still
Something's gotta change or nothing will
You gotta leave your home rattle all your bones
And shake off of your chains
All of your chains... 4x

New to an old town
But a town that knew him
She could stare right through his youthful face

Morning came
A cool collector
And the more and more she took she took the less he gave

Running out of time standing still
Something's gotta change or nothing will
You gotta leave your home rattle all your bones
And shake off of your chains
All of your chains... (4x)

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Railroad Earth - Chains 

There are notes that ring eternal
there are songs that will remain
momma sang a song of love
I've carried all my days

And I find my own voice singin'
in a voice that I once heard
I recognize the feelings
I recognize the words

Chorus

oh, here it comes again              
oh, some things never end

there are things that aren't forgotten
there are things that still remain
events of long ago, now

somehow form a chain
grandpa cracked a whip down
it's stung a long, long time

daddy picked that whip up
cracked that back of mine
in a moment high confusion
has got a grip on me

i wonder how that whip now

is in the hand i see

CHORUS

there are scars that aren't forgotten
there are scars that still remain
events of long ago now 
somehow form a chain

can you find it in the mirror?
can you find it in your heart?
look into tomorrow
do you stop before you start?

do you find your own voice ringin'
in a voice that you once heard?
do you recognize the feelings?
do you recognize the words?

oh, here it comes again
oh, some things never end

there are things that aren't forgotten
there are things that will remain
events of long ago
somehow form a chain

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Chairman Of The Board
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Jerry Crutchfield and Buck Maxwell

C                                           G7              C
Last night I dreamed this heart of mine was chairman of the board                                     
D7         G7
When my mind called for a meeting on whether to afford  
 F                             C
To take another chance upon your love that's hurt me so
                                             G7               C
You're cheating love that's let me down more than you'll ever know   
G7                    C
As Chairman of the Board my heart then rose to say
                         D7       G7                    F
This meeting's called to order so let's proceed without delay
                         C
Then heartaches took the floor said she's hurt us once again
                                G7                      C
Just like we all knew she would it seems that trouble's all she's been            
C7   F
Love can be kind love can be cruel
C                        G7              C
Love can fool a hurt and love can hurt a fool
                                         G7                 C
Then wishes hopes and dreams all rose to plead for one more chance                                     
D7           G7
But my memory said you're askin' too much of this romance     
F                               C
Then teardrops rose to speak against takin' you back again
                                              G7              C
That tied the vote at three and three and the deadlock had to end   
G7                    C
As Chairman of the Board my heart could break this tie
                              D7            G7              F
Aw the tension slowly mounted as both sides stood eye to eye
                                   C
And as I was just about to cast my vote to complete love's foolish game                               
G7                        C
My tear filled eyes woke me up and I was cryin' out your name
            C7   F
Love can be kind love can be cruel
C                        G7              C
Love can fool a hurt and love can hurt a fool

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Chalk Up Another One

You should get a medal dear for every broken heart
For every life you've ruined cause you think you're so smart
I never even had a chance and now my life is lost
Once more you've had your fun and you don't care how much it cost

   Oh Chalk up another one, another broken heart
   Chalk up another one, a heart you tore apart
   You picked me for a fool my dear how well I played the part
   Chalk up another one, another broken heart

Broken vows and shattered dreams mean little dear to you
Cause once you said you love me and now you say were through
Well all is fair in love and war I guess you taught me so
Cause in this crazy game of love you hit an all time low

I have only pity in this evil life you choose
This unfair game you're playing where everyone must lose
But let me tell you something some day you won't forget
Add me to your collection and you'll wish we never met

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Chalkboard Of My Heart
BMI Work #: 9138388
Chalkboard Of My Heart (Larry W. Jones 09/24/2007) (song#5013)

When I was just a little lad
I went to my new writing class
I didn't write words that were sad
But with sweet love words I did pass
I held the chalk and drew two hearts
One heart for you and one for me
But you broke my chalk in two parts
And erased those love words from me
I'm now grown but I can't forget
And those big bitter tears still start
I think of you, and with regret
That empty chalkboard of my heart
I'm settled for the way things are
But like nettles of stinging darts
Careless words drove my dreams afar
And broke the chalkboard of my heart
- instrumental -
If you'd have loved me as you should
My poor heart wouldn't feel this way
Maybe you just misunderstood
When you erased those words away
Out across my floor I still walk
Thinking of my love words then
But I can't write with broken chalk
On the chalkboard of my heart again
I'm settled for the way things are
But like nettles of stinging darts
Careless words drove my dreams afar
And broke the chalkboard of my heart


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Dolly Parton - Change lyrics

Someday when I'm over you
And when I think I'm able to
Well, I might try to be
Your friend again
But your restless heart
And rovin' eyes
My jealousy, these
endless fights
I've got to get out of your life
Or I will never mend
Chorus:
I guess I'll die a bit each day
But I'm always dying anyway
And I don't have the heart to
Stay, and I can't take the pain
I know we've tried to no avail
Our heaven now has
Turned to hell
The same old hurt
We know so well
And something's got
To change
We both know it's got to end
The passion's gone
It's just pretend
And one of us has got
To make the move
We might as well just give it up
We've lost respect and
There's no trust
And without this, there's
No real love
It's just some sad excuse
2nd Chorus:
I guess I'll die a bit each day
But I'm always dying anyway
And there's nothing left but walk away
Ain't this a crying shame
A change of pace
A change of heart
A change of place
A place to start
And we'll be better off apart
Our only chance is change
Tag:
And we never will
But something has to change
Fade:
But someday when I'm over you
And when I think I'm able to
Then I will try to be your friend again
But I don't want to see
Your face 'til then
Change, I need a change
I need a change
We need a change


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Changes
Phil Ochs

(Intro: G/A/D/Em/G/A/F#m/Bm/Em/A/D/Em/A/D )

G A D Em
Sit by my side, come as close as the air,
G A F#m
Share in a memory of gray;
Bm Em A D
Wander in my words, dream about the pictures
Em A D
That I play of changes.

Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall
To brown and to yellow they fade.
And then they have to die, trapped within
the circle time parade of changes.

Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind,
Visions of shadows that shine.
Til one day I returned and found they were the
Victims of the vines of changes.

The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark
Swings through a hollow of haze,
A race around the stars, a journey through
The universe ablaze with changes.

Moments of magic will glow in the night
All fears of the forest are gone
But when the morning breaks they're swept away by
golden drops of dawn, of changes.

Passions will part to a strange melody.
As fires will sometimes burn cold.
Like petals in the wind, we're puppets to the silver
strings of souls, of changes.

Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else,
One last cup of wine we will pour
And I'll kiss you one more time, and leave you on
the rolling river shores of changes.

Repeat first verse


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Tony Rice - Changes

Sit by my side, come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray
And wander in my words
And dream about the pictures that I play of changes

Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall
To brown and to yellow they fade
But then they have to die
Trapped within the circle time parade of changes

Moments of magic will glow in the night
All fears of the forest are gone
And when the morning breaks
They're swept away by golden drops of dawn of changes

Passions will part to the [Incomprehensible] melody
As fires will sometimes turn cold
Like petals in the wind
We're puppets to the silver strings of souls of changes

Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else
One last drop of wine we will pour
I'll kiss you one more time
And leave you on the rolling river shore of changes

Sit by my side, come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray
And wander in my words
And dream about the pictures that I play of changes

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Changes Of Love
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl T. Conley and Randy Scruggs
 
G
Been staring through the window at a couple on the street
   Bm                    Em         G       C
My mind goes back to the times when you and me
                 G
Never would have dreamed 
        C             G          Em D7
But the pain from the changes of love 
                 G
Could do the bad scene
I could sit here trying to forget about you
    Bm               Em          G        C
But I could go crazy before I do would it matter
                G
With nothing to lose
       C              G          Em D7
It's a shame when the changes of love 
              G
Won't let you choose
 
                        F   C           G
Been going through some changes without you
                        F   C              Em D7
Been going through some changes what can I do
       C              G          Em D7
It's a shame when the changes of love 
              G
Won't let you choose
 
 
Lying here lonely with a stranger in my arms
Bm                           Em         G           C
Trying to start a fire but I ain't even warm around you girl
           G
I couldn't refuse
       C              G          Em D7
It's a shame when the changes of love 
              G
Won't let you choose
Repeat #3
 
       C              G          Em D7
It's a shame when the changes of love 
              G
Won't let you choose

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Changing Partners

We were waltzing together to a dreamy melody
When they called out change partners and you waltzed away from me
Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze upon the floor
And I'll keep on changing partners 'til I hold you once more

Though we danced for one moment and too soon we had to part
In that wonderful moment something happened to my heart
So I'll keep changing partners 'til you're in my arms and then
Oh my darlin' I will never change partners again

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Nickel Creek - Chant Of The Wanderer

Take a look at the skies where the whippoorwill trills
And the mountain so high where the cataract spills
Take a look at the falls and the rippling rills
Hear the wanderlust calls of the whispering hills

The rippling rills, the cataract spills, the whippoorwill trills
The rippling rills, the cataract spills, the whippoorwill trills
The rippling rills, the cataract spills, the whippoorwill trills

Let me live on the range where the tumbleweeds grow
Let the silver sands change where the prairie winds blow
Let the wanderers sing where the wanderers go
Let the melody ring, for it's happy I know

The wanderers go, the prairie winds blow, the tumbleweeds grow
The wanderers go, the prairie winds blow, the tumbleweeds grow
The wanderers go, the prairie winds blow, the tumbleweeds grow

Let me follow the trail where the buffalo roam
Let a silver cloud sail where the setting sun shone
Let the local wolf wail in a broken heart tone
Let it storm, let it gale, still the prairie's my home

The broken heart tone, the setting sun shone, the buffalo roam
The broken heart tone, the setting sun shone, the buffalo roam
The rippling rills, the cataract spills, the whippoorwill trills
The wanderers go, the prairie winds blow, the tumbleweeds grow
The broken heart tone, the setting sun shone, the buffalo roam

The prairie's my home

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Charley Is My Name
Written and recorded by Johnny Duncan

G                  C             G     D7       G
I was sittin' in a honky tonk in Texas drinkin' beer
C                   G                    A7          D7
Tryin' to find some peace of mind from a broken love affair 
         C                        G
When she walked right up and said hey boy 
    B7                Em  G
You sure look down to me 
       C                   G                  Am       D7   G
If you got the blues maybe you could use some feminine company 
        C                    G
And her eyes were green like few ain't seen 
        Am           D7           G
And her hair was the color of the sun 
  C                G             A7                       D7
A Leo child with a Texas smile I knew right then I should run 
              C               G            Am        D7       G
She said I've lost a few just like you you know I've felt the pain 
        C                  G                    Am      D7    G
But you can't stay down so dance this round and Charley is my name 
                  C                    G       D7    G
Needless to say I spent the night with Charley by my side 
    C                 G                     A7              D7
The days to come were filled with fun as we took love for a ride 
    C                 G                B7             Em   D7
She laughed and cried whenever I'd say love is just a game 
    C                       G                Am      D7    G
And through her tears she'd say I'm real and Charley is my name 
        C                    G
And her eyes were green like few ain't seen 
        Am           D7           G
And her hair was the color of the sun 
  C                G             A7               D7
A Leo child with a Texas smile I wish I never had run 
         C                     G         Am           D7      G
Now it's down a road that will never end somehow it's not the same 
    C                      G                    Am      D7    G
And through my tears I can see her smile sayin' Charley is my name 
    C                      G                    Am      D7    C   G
And through my tears I can see her smile sayin' Charley is my name

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Charlie And Nellie

Dear Nellie since I left the city
I've found I've changed my mind
I hope you wont think me untruthful
Or do me the least unkind

I think we're both mistaken
I know you'll never suit me
I owe my heart to another
Of course kind friends will agree

Please send me my ring and pictures
Also my letters and books
My clothes with many kind wishes
Respectfully yours Charlie Brooks

I heard all about it dear Charlie
I knew it would end this way
I hope you will always live happy
With your loving little wife Miss Gray

Now here's your ring dear Charlie
Don't give it to her I pray
Unless you tell her twas once mine
I wore it one year today

One year today dear Charlie
So happy were we both
You vowed you'd never forsake me
But I find you untrue to your oath

Here's your picture dear Charlie
It's almost faded away
Because I kissed it so often
And this you can tell Miss Gray

As far as your letters dear Charlie
I burned them as they came
I feared by reading them over
Would cause our love to inflame

I must say goodbye dear Charlie
My letter is near an end
Remember I'm always and always
Forever and ever your friend

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Charmin Betsy

Rich girl lives in a big brick house
Poor girl she does the same
My gal lives in the Nashville jail
It's a brick house just the same

She'll be coming round the mountain Charmin Betsy
She'll be coming round the mountain Cora Lee, poor thing
And if I never see you again
Good gal remember me

Rich girl rides in a Cadilac Eight
Poor girl she does the same
My gal rides in a T-Model Rord
But she gets there just the same

* Refrain

Rich girl wears the best perfume
Poor girl she does the same
My gal don't wear no perfume at all
But she gets there just the same

* Refrain

Rich girl wears a satin dress
Poor girl she does the same
My gal wears a burlap bag
But she gets there just the same

* Refrain


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Charming Beauty Bright

Once I courted a fair beauty bright,
And on her I placed my whole heart's delight;
I courted her for love, and her love I did obtain
Do you think I've any reason of love to complain?

But when her old father came this for to know
That me and his daughter together would go,
They locked her up and kept her so severe
That I never got sight but once more of Molly, my dear

And then I was forced to her father's to go
To see whether my true love had forgot me, yes or no,
She made me this reply with the tears all in her eyes
I never will forget you until the day I die

Although they keep me so tightly confined
But that is no reason I shall alter my mind,
I might have had a man and a man of high degree
But I always will prove kind to the man that loves me

Then I was forced to the army to go
To see whether I could forget my love or no;
But when I got in sight with my armor shining bright
It made me think of Molly, my heart's delight

Then seven long years I served one old king
At the end of seven years I returned home again
With my heart so full of grief and my eyes so full of tears
Oh how happy I'd a-been to got sight of my dear

O then I was forced to her father's to go
To see whether my true love had remained, yes or no
The old woman saw me come, she wrung her hands and cried
Said," Sir, my daughter loved you, and for your sake she died"

O then I was struck like a man that was slain
The tears from my eyes fell like showers of rain,
My grief, my grief, it is more than I can bear
My true love is in her grave and I wish I was there

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Charmin' Betsy

Rich girl lives in a big brick house
Poor girl she does the same
My gal lives in the Nashville jail
It's a brick house just the same

She'll be coming round the mountain Charmin' Betsy
She'll be coming round the mountain Cora Lee poor thing
And if I never see you again
Good gal remember me

Rich girl rides in a Cadilac Eight
Poor girl she does the same
My gal rides in a T-Model Ford
But she gets there just the same

Rich girl wears the best perfume
Poor girl she does the same
My gal don't wear no perfume at all
But she gets there just the same

Rich girl wears a satin dress
Poor girl she does the same
My gal wears a burlap bag
But she gets there just the same

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Dolly Parton - Chas lyrics

Chas I cook your a breakfast and send you to work
I mend your clothes Chas I iron your shirts
There's so much thought in each thing that I do
And all of the time Chas I'm loving you
And I greet you each evening Chas when you come home
I miss you so badly while you are gone
And if I make you happy then I'm happy too and all of the time Chas I'm loving you
Chas I rock your babies I teach them to talk
I care for your wife Chas because she can't walk
I do all the things she's unabled to do and all of the time Chas I'm loving you
I want you so much but your wife need you Chas
You'll never be mine and I'll never ask
I know that you love her and I love her too but all of the time Chas I'm loving you
I look at you Chas you look at me but what I am thinking must never be
I love you so much and it's hard to resist
I want you but I I couldn't take you from sis
But all of the time Chas I'm loving you


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Railroad Earth - Chasin' a Rainbow 

Well I ran and I hustled, from the road I came
Looked out the shelter on the thunder and the rain
Storm passed over and the sun shown down
And the colors showed the way
Just chasin' a rainbow
Ain't no good reason why
Just chasin' a rainbow
Far across the sky

Well the track got muddy and the wheels bogged down
Lost a lot of good men, they wandered into town
Track got rocky on a hard luck mile
Lonely as the day is long

Just chasin' a rainbow
Far across the sky
Just chasin' a rainbow
Ain't no good reason why

Sometimes it seems like a lo-o-ong time ago
Like a long time ago
Sometimes it seems like a lo-o-ng time ago
Sometimes it feels like a li.i.ifetime

Well, there's a big rain comin', you can smell it in the air
Wind kickin' up, birds flying everywhere
Take to the meadow 'til the air comes clear and the colors show the way

There's a new day comin' on down the line
A lost friend tryin' to set aside
Is it all just chance any way you go,
Or a message in the mystery?

Just chasin' a rainbow
Far across the sky
Just chasin' a rainbow
Ain't no good reason why

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Alan Jackson - Chasin' That Neon Rainbow lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride)
Daddy won a radio
Tuned it to a country show
I was rocking in the cradle to the crying of a steel guitar
Mama used to sing to me
She taught me that sweet harmony
Now she worries 'cause she never thought
I'd ever really take it this far
Singing in the bars and
Chasin' the neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted
Is too pick this guitar and sing
Just trying to be somebody
Just wanna be heard and seen
Chasin' that neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
An atlas and a coffe cup
Five pickers in an old Dodge truck
Heading down to Houston for a show on Saturday night
This overhead is killing me
Half the time I sing for free
But when the crowd's into it
Lord it makes this thing I doing seem right
Standing in the spotlight
Chasin' the neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted
Is too pick this guitar and sing
Just trying to be somebody
Just wanna be heard and seen
Chasin' that neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
Daddy's got a radio
He won it thrity years ago
He said 'Son I just now we're gonna hear you singing on it someday' I
made it up to Music Row Lordy don't the wheels turn slow But I wouldn't
trade a minute I wouldn't have it any other way Just show me to the
stage
I'm chasin' the neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted
Is too pick this guitar and sing
Just trying to be somebody
Just wanna be heard and seen
Chasin' that neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
I'm chasin' the neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream


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Chasing Memories
Written and recorded by Frank James

C                              F
Nostalgia overtook me late one evening
        C                               G7
Like it does so often as the years pass by
         C                                   F
Thinking of old friends the laughter and the places
    G7                           C
The loved ones lost too many sad goodbyes

            D7                                G7
I'm chasing memories for that's all I have to cling to
         D7                                   G7
Checking old honkytonks where no one knows my name
        C                            F
Crusin' lonely streets with houses I once lived in
        G7                                     C
Chasing memories catching heartaches tears and pain

                                   F
I tell myself just stop don't even go there
    C                                     G7
But my haunted house of memories draws me in
    C                                      F
Old ghost drop by of friends and loves now faded
          G7                                 C
While the jukebox wails those old songs play again

                                     F
Someday I'll find peace when I cross over
        C                                             G7
Through those swingin' doors that old crowd waits for me
          C                                     F
Those old places I called home where loved ones beckon
       G7                      C
And no longer will I chase old memories

Repeat #2

            G7                                     C
I'm chasing memories catching heartaches tears and pain

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Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee lyrics

Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a huge jacuzzi
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
Got a little crazy but we never got caught
Chorus
Down by the river on a Friday night
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talking 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute
Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
Well we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone
I dropped her off early but I didn't go home
(Chorus)
(First and Second Verses)
(Chorus)


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Chattanooga Dog

There's a fairground down in Chattanooga
Where a kiddie train runs up and down the track
There's an old black hound with his tongue hanging down
And he chases that train down the track (measure and a half pause)

 I've been chasing you like a Chattanooga dog
Even though I know you don't care
I've been chasing you like a Chattanooga dog
And it ain't gonna get me nowhere

I've been thinking you're just like that old train
Anybody gets a ticket they can ride
But I'm like that hound pup, I won't ever give up
I'll give anything to be by your side

Every day when the kiddies come for playing
To ride that old kiddie train once more
There's an old faithful hound that always hangs around
And he runs til his feet get sore

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Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy
recorded by Red Foley
written by Harry Stone and Jack Stapp
 
C
Have you ever passed the corner of fourth and grand 
                                    C7
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoeshine stand
F
People gather round and they clap their hands
       C
He's a great big bundle of joy
          G7                                          C
He pops a boogie-woogie rag the Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy
 
 
He charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe
                                   C7
He makes the oldest kind-a leather look like new
    F
You feel as tho you wanta dance when he gets thru
       C
He's a great big bundle of joy
          G7                                          C
He pops a boogie-woogie rag the Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy
 
C7     F                                 C
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear the way he makes it pop
    D7
You ought to see him fan the air
         G7                                             C
with his hoppity hippity hippty hoppity hoppity hippity hop
 
 
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
                                       C7
He likes to get 'em early when they're feelin fine
F                                             C
Everybody gets a little rise and shine with a great big bundle of joy
          G7                                          C
He pops a boogie-woogie rag the Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy
 
C7     F                                  C
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear the way he makes it pop
    D7
You ought to see him fan the air
         G7                                             C
with his hoppity hippity hippty hoppity hoppity hippity hop
 
 
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
                                       C7
He likes to get 'em early when they're feelin fine
F                                             C
Everybody gets a little rise and shine with a great big bundle of joy
          G7                                          C
He pops a boogie-woogie rag the Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy

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Cheap Love Affair

   Don't go so far away love, try to stay around
   For losing you would be more than I could bear
   Though I'm tied to another, I hope someday she'll set me free
   For I don't want a cheap love affair

I knew we loved each other the night that we first met
It just happened there was nothing we could do
Let me stay with my children 'til they can understand
That I love them and they'll know I love you too

So darling please forgive me don't give me all the blame
Though' I know that it doesn't seem so fair
When I'm free I'll make you happy if you'll only wait for me
But I don't want a cheap love affair

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Cheated Too
Written and recorded by Wilma Lee Cooper

F                                              G7
Cheated in the past by another one who made me blue
                                                               C
Now you see I know what heartaches are cause I've been cheated too
                                      F             C
You think that you're the only one to have a broken heart
                                                          G7
You think that you're the only one to be cheated from the start
    F                                                G7
But darling let me tell you now whatever you've gone through
                                                              C    C7
Will not compare with what I've known cause I've been cheated too
F                                              G7
Cheated in the past by another one who made me blue
                                                               C
Now you see I know what heartaches are cause I've been cheated too
                                   F             C
Perhaps we can forget the past and start a life anew
                                                 G7
If you remember that you're mine and I belong to you
      F                                                  G7
We'll never speak an unkind word that once made our life blue
                                                        C   C7
And then we'll never have to say that I've been cheated too
F                                              G7
Cheated in the past by another one who made me blue
                                                               C
Now you see I know what heartaches are cause I've been cheated too

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Cheater's Kit
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Rory Bourke, Gene Dobbins, Johnny Wilson
 
C                               F    C      Dm
I've been watching you watching Mary at the office
     C                                 G7
It's plain to see what you two have in mind
    C
The wife's at home and she believes
     F                  C
That she's your one and only
   F                         C
So here's some things you're gonna need
  G7                  C   F
Before you cross that line
 
C                   F             C
You're gonna need a bunch of good lies
   F             G7       C  F C
To fit into your cheaters kit
  F                    C
A kindless heart and a face of stone 
         D7               G7
When you lie to her about it
 
    C
And you're gonna need a big ol' broom
   F             G7       C     F C
To cover up your cheatin' cracks
F             C
Alcohol and a place to fall
     G7                 C   F
When she won't take you back
 
  C                              F       C        Dm
I overheard you ask her if she'd like to meet you later
C                             G7
Have a drink in some secluded place
      C                          F                C
She's waitin' warm and weary and you're in such a hurry
    F              C              G7            C   F C
You can't hear the music that you might have to face
 
Repeat #2,3
 
       C                                 F     C     Dm
You're probably gettin' to see your kids every other Sunday
    C                                  G7
And you might get to keep them twice a year
   C                                   F                C
So before you rush into the night like some ol' western cowboy
F               C               G7              C   F C
Have your kit together boy when you walk out of here
 
Repeat #2,3

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Cheatin' Fire
Recorded by Johnny Bush with Leona Williams
Written by Johnny Bush

C             F               C
Cheatin' fire it's gonna burn higher
Do we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
      Am                   C
Every night it's still the same
     F           C
Pour fuel on the flame
            Am                 G7                   C
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone will get burned
                          F               C
Here we are again too far gone to gain control
                                    G7
And we can't find a way to kill the flame
       F           C
We get lost in our love
      F                 C
Don't know which way to turn
                   G7              C
So we just build a fire and let it burn
Repeat #1
Well it doesn't feel so wrong
          F                  C
Cause the fire's gone out at home
                                              G7
And right now this feeling's more than we can stand
   F                   C       F                 C
We find we're just too weak to fight this strong desire
                        G7               C
And tonight we'll build another cheatin' fire
Repeat #1

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Cheatin' Kind Of Life
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Joshua Williams and Rhonda Vincent

G
You put me out you knocked me down
                              F
You say I've cheated all over town
             C                     G
Well I don't blame you I've been untrue
                D7                                     G
Well that don't chance the fact I'm still in love with you


I steered you wrong I told you lies
                          F
Too many times I made you cry
            C                  G
For all the night you spent in strife
    D7                              G
I'm givin' up this cheatin' kind of life

                C                    G
Don't pack your bags don't close the door
                                         D7
You won't find another man who loves you more
              G                   C
Just one more chance I'll make it right
    G              D7               G
I'm givin' up this cheatin' kind of life


I'll turn around I won't look back
                                 F
We'll put this train back on the track
               C                 G
This time I'll love and hold you tight
    D7                                 G
And forget about this cheatin' kind of life

Repeat #3 x2  

                            C
I won't let ya go without a fight
    G              D7               G
I'm givin' up this cheatin' kind of life

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Cheating Is
Recorded by Barbara Fairchild
Written by Rafe VanHoy

C
Cheating is a thing that starts when you bring
                                                F
Two lonely people face to face with a brand new kiss
G7
She blames him he blames her
                                                       C
But neither one is ever quite sure which way it really is
    F
And all of the time in the back of their minds
                                                       C
They know they're gonna have to lie bout where they've been
Cheating is a thing that'll take a little ring
    G7                                             C
And break it into pieces that'll never go together again
Cheating is the part of loving that starts
                                             F
When true love isn't what lovers are looking for
G7
A stranger here a stranger there then you turn around and swear
                              C
That you'll never go back for more
    F
And lying at night when you're holding him tight
                                                C
Is sometimes that a cheater's heart just has to learn
Cheating is a thing that's guaranteed to bring
    G7                                C
Two unhappy people to the point of no return
    F
The worst of cheating is the sad little kids
                                            C
Hanging in the middle while mommy and daddy choose
Cheating is a game where nobody wins
        G7                                                   C
And the ones that aren't big enough to play are the ones who lose

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Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Leonard Cohen

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.

Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."

And then you got away, didn't you babe....

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.


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Cherokee Fiddle
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Michael Martin Murphy

C                              F
When the train pulled into the station
                 G7         Ab             Am
He rolled up his sleeve and rosined up his bow
Ab            C                   F
Fiddle upside down Orange Blossom Special
         G7                                              C
Cause if you wanna make a living you gotta put on a good show
                    Am            C
When he'd smell the smoke and the cinders
                    Am                   Dm
He'd slick back his hair and open up his case
G7                     C                           F
He'd play the Cherokee Fiddle he'd play it for the whiskey
           G7                             C
Cause good whiskey never let him lose his place
            
                                    F
He was always there playing for the miners
            G7          Ab             Am
The Devil's Dream was a song they understood
Ab            C          F
And then he'd go back to Oklahoma
         G7                                                    C
But he'd wait till the trains were running and the weather was good
                
Repeat #2 

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Cherokee Shuffle
Susan Nikas

Verse (2 A parts)
Well the days are growing short and the nights are long,
And the crops are almost in
Summer is over and fall is here
And the harvest is near an end
So we'll harness up the horse and cart
Head on into town
Join the dancers in their best
As they do-see-do around

Chorus (2 B parts)
We'll dance all night to the Cherokee fiddle
With the banjo ringing clear
Do-see-do to the fiddle and the bow
Forget that winter's near, forget that winter's near
Cherokee shuffle is my favorite tune
As we two-step round the floor
We'll dance all night, til the broad daylight
And beg for just one more, beg for just one more

Verse (2 A parts)
Well there's no time for dancing round
and holding each other near
When you work from sun to sun
and harvest time is here
But the autumn wind's blowin' crisp and clear 
It's the changing of the year
The barn is full and the wood is cut
and dancing time is here


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Cherokee Tresses Laced In Blue
BMI Work #: 8602140
Cherokee Tresses Laced In Blue (Larry W. Jones 01/02/2007) (song#4287)

Way over in an Oklahoma mesa
Where antelope and yearlings play
There I used to ride my pony
Side by side with a Cherokee maid
She was fairer than the fairest
Maiden that Oklahoma ever knew
And adorned beneath her headress
Cherokee tresses laced in blue
Call of the trail meant we'd be parted
Before the Winter winds had blown
It seemed our love had barely started
And such love as I had never known
A Cherokee maiden was my treasure
Her love was kind and oh, so true
Only dreams now bring me pleasure
Of Cherokee tresses laced in blue


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Chew Tobacco Rag
Recorded by Pee Wee King 
Written by Billy Briggs

G
Well I like to smoke my old corn pipe
                               D7     G
But I've chewed tobacco nearly all my life
P-ting putune p-tine p-ting putune 
                          D7           G
Chew tobacco chew tobacco chew tobacco rag
I like to smoke cigarettes sometimes 
                             D7         G
But when it comes to dippin' I draw the line
Repeat #2 
If you chew tobacco don't spit on the floor
            D7          G
Expectorate in the cuspidor 
Repeat #2 
If you never had a chew in your life before
                               D7           G
Why don't you try cause you're sure to want more
Repeat #2 
Just get a big plug and you bite off the end
                        D7          G
And let it run down and off of your chin
Repeat #2 
You can smoke cigarettes while the sun goes down
                               D7          G
But I'll chew tobacco and I'll spit on the ground
Repeat #2 
Now all day long you can smoke your pipe
                               D7       G
But I'll chew tobacco and I'll spit all night
Repeat #2 
I like to smoke cigarettes sometimes 
                                   D7         G
But when it comes to dippin' there I draw the line
Repeat #2 

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Chewing Gum

Mama sent me to the spring, she told me not to stay
I fell in love with a pretty little girl, and could not get away

Chawing chewing gum, chewing chawing gum
Chawing chewing gum, chewing chawing gum

First she give me peaches, next she give me pears
Next she give me fifty cents, kissed me on the stairs

Mommy don't 'low me to whistle, poppy don't 'low me to sing
They don't 'low me to marry, I'll marry just the same

I wouldn't have a lawyer, I'll tell you the reason why
Every time he opens his mouth he tells a great big lie

I wouldn't have a doctor, I'll tell you the reason why
He rides all over the country and makes the people die

I wouldn't have a farmer, I'll tell you the reason why
Because he has so plenty to eat, 'specially pumpkin pie

I took my girl to church last night How do you reckon she done?
She walked right up in the preacher's face and chewed her chewing gum

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Dolly Parton - Chicken Every Sunday lyrics

Just because all my dresses are just cotton hand-me-downs
This family calls me the lower class
Cause we're only poor folks on the other side of town
They won't let him walk up my path
But my mama says don't worry when they say those things about ye
You remember you're just as good as him
Just because they got that big house settin' way upon the hill
Why you don't have to look up to them
We've got chicken every Sunday and the preacher comes around
And every Saturday morning daddy takes us all to town
And we'd go to the picture show or picnics on the ground
Oh that's the lower class and I'm glad that's what I am
[ guitar ]
Cause my mama don't belong to the ladies social set
My daddy can't afford the country club
His folks look down on me and they don't let us date
Cause they think that I'm not good enough
But my mama says forgive him honey he ain't worthy of
And in anything you're too good for him
Just because they've got money and a big fine house
Well we won't take no self off of them
We've got chicken every Sunday...
We've got chicken every Sunday...


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Child's Song
Murray McLaughlan

E A E
Goodbye momma goodbye to you too pa
F#m A Amaj7
Little sister you'll have to wait a while to come along
E A E
Goodybye to this house and all it's memories
F#m A Amaj7
We just got too old to say we're wrong
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Got to make one last trip to my bedroom
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Guess I'll have to leave some stuff behind
E E/D# D/C# E/B Amaj7
It's funny how the same old crooked pictures
E E/D# D/C# E/B Amaj7
Just don't seem the same to me tonight

E A E
There ain't no use in sheding lonely tears mamma
F#m A Amaj7
There ain't no use in shouting at me pa
E A E
I can't live no longer with your fears mamma
F#m A Amaj7
I love you but that hasn't helped at all
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Each of us must do the things that matter
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
All of us must see what we can see
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
It was long ago you must remember
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
You were once as young and scared as me

E A E
I don't know how hard it is yet mamma
F#m A Amaj7
When you relaize you're growning old
E A E
I know how hard is not to be younger
F#m A Amaj7
I know you've tried to keep me from the cold
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Thanks for all you done it may sound hollow
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Thank you for the good times that we've known
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
But I must find my own road now to follow
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
You will all be welcome in my home

E A E
Got my suitacse I must go now
F#m A Amj7
I don't mind about the things you said
E A E
I'm sorry Mom I don't know where I'm going
F#m A Amqj7
Remember little sister look ahead
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Tomorrow I'll be in some other sunrise
E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7
Maybe I'll have someone at my side
E Amaj7
Mamma give your love back to your husband
E Amaj7
Father you've have taught we well goodbye

E A E A E
Goodbye Mamma goodbye to you too pa


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Childish Love

Oh childish love I could not hold
I thought your love was a pot of gold
But you can write a few short lines
And tell your love ten thousand times.

You left me in this world alone
Your childish heart I could not win
You tore apart our little home
A childish love will always end.

When you have wed another man
I hope he'll give his life to you
I hope he'll always treat you kind
Just like I did when you were mine.

There's just one thing I have not told
Your picture framed in a ring of gold
I'll always wear it on my hand
The diamond sealed in a golden band

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Children
Written and recorded by Joe South

G                                 D7
Children  go and run and jump and play
                              G
You'll be   men and women someday
                    B7
Then you'll have to leave
     C                         G
Your world of make believe now children
D7                                   G
Young (children) carefree (children) children

                                         D7
Children (children) need someone to understand     
                                     G
Children  need someone to hold their hands
                               B7
Yeah  to cheer you when you're sad
   C                             G
To spank you when you're bad now children
D7                                    G
Haughty (children) naughty (children) children

Em         D7
Pride goes before destruction
  C           G             D7
A holy spirit goes before a fall
Em             D7
Don't you know that we're all children
C                G               D7
And it's all for one and one for all  mmm

G                                   D7
Children (children) call each other names 
                         G
Children playing grownup games
                             B7
And the things that's really sad
   C                                  G
We lose the faith we had when we were children
D7                               G
Loud (children) proud (children) children

                                            D7
Children (children) who think that they are grown  
                                G
Children with children of their own
                       B7
From the cradle to the grave
    C                       G
Why must we all behave like children 

(na na na na na na na na na na na na )
D7                                G
Lost (children) lonely (children) children
D7          G        D7             G
Lost lonely children young carefree children
D7            G        D7          G
Growing young children lost lonely children

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Children Are Crying And Calling Your Name

Since you went away, dear, I've been so alone
You've left me the children, but you've broken up our home
But you couldn't stop your cheating and running around
Now everybody's talking about how you let them down

   My heart it is aching, you should be ashamed
   The children are crying and calling your name

Oh, Mommy, oh, Daddy, I think that it's a shame
I know you both love me, but I don't know who's to blame
But you couldn't stop your cheating and running around
Now everybody's talking about how you let them down

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Children Go Where I Send Thee

Children go where I send Thee (Oh lordy)
How will I send thee
Oh I'm gonna send thee one by one

For one was a little bitty baby born,
Children born in Bethlehem

Two was Paul and Silas
Three was the Hebrew children
Four was the four that stood at the door
Five was the five that came back alive
Six was the six that didn't get picked
Seven was the seven that never got to heaven
Eight was the eight that waited at the gate
Nine was the nine that stood in the line
Ten for the ten commandments

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Chill Factor
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                  Am      D7                    G
Seems like every November  when the weather gets bad
           Am        D7                   G
I start to remember  all the good love we had
                    C                                 G
The long nights get longer I wish a friend would come by
                Am    D7                    G
The forecast is zero  and the chill factors high
 
                           C                       G
You know the chill factors higher on a clear windy day
                         Am           C              G
But there's no wind this morning  and no wind on the way
                          C     
But there's a snowstorm inside me 
                             G     
Where there's no high record wind
                    Am       D7             G
And I'm colder this morning  than I've ever been
 
                   Am      D7                    G
Seems like every November  when the weather gets bad
           Am        D7                   G
I start to remember  all the good love we had
                    C                                 G
The long nights get longer I wish a friend would come by
                Am    D7                    G
The forecast is zero  and the chill factors high

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Chilly Winds
John Phillips / John Stewart

Chorus:
I'm goin' where them chilly winds don't blow.
Gonna find a true love. That is where I want to go,
Out where them chilly winds don't blow.

Sing your song, sing it soft and low.
Sing it for your baby and then I'll have to go,
Out where them chilly winds don't blow

Wish I was a headlight on a west bound train.
I'd shine my light on cool Colorado range,
Out where them chilly winds don't blow.

If you're feelin' lonely, if you're feelin' low.
Remember that I loved you more than you will ever know.
Goin' where them chilly winds don't blow.

Chorus

I'm leavin' in the springtime, won't be back till fall.
If I can forget you, I might not come back at all.
Out where them chilly winds don't blow. (Repeat twice)


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Chime Bells

Out on the mountain so happy and free
There lives a maid and she's waiting for me
Out on the lake we'll drift with the tide
And hear those chime bells ring

Oh, chime bells are ringing
Yodel--O--Hoo-Dee--
Mocking Birds singing
Dee--Oh--Oo--Oh--Oo--Oh--Oo--Hee
Sleep my little lover
Oh--Dee--Oloho--Dee
Upon a summer's eve

Moonbeams were shining as I kissed her there
Night-birds were singing Perfume filled the air
Each little star just twinkled with glee
While Heaven smiled on me

* Refrain


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China Doll
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Cindy Walker

C                                 Dm
Sometimes I go down  to old China town
              G7                  C
And just walk around  just wander around
                                           Dm
Where amber lights gleam  and blue shadows fall
                G7                 C
Just dreaming a dream  of my China doll
                                   Dm
A silk Chinese coat  a little blue fan
           G7                  C
Coral pink lips  and tiny pale hands
                                  Dm
Oh my China doll  my lonely tears fall
              G7                                C
I'll never forget you never forget you my China doll
                                   Dm
Sometimes I go down  and just hang around
              G7                   C
And just hang around  a boat China bound
                                         Dm
And I'd give the world  to just leave it all
                 G7                C
And sail on that boat  to my China doll

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The Incredible String Band - Chinese White 

The bent twig of darkness
Grows the petals of the morning
It shows to them the birds singing
Just behind the dawning

Come dip into the cloud cream lapping
I can't keep my hand on the plough
Because it's dying

But I will lay me down with my arms
Round a rainbow
And I will lay me down to dream

Oh, will your magic
Christmas tree be shining
Gently all around?

Climbing up these figures
The sun is tugging at my shoulder
And every step I take
I think, my feet are getting older

I see the crystal dreams unfolding
I can't keep my eyes on the book
Because it's mouldering

But I will lay me down with my arms
Round a rainbow
And I will lay me down to dream

Oh, will your magic
Christmas tree be shining
Gently all around?

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The Incredible String Band - Chinese White - 2010 Remastered Version 

The bent twig of darkness
Grows the petals of the morning;
It shows to them the birds singing
just behind the dawning.
Come dip into the cloud cream lapping;
I can't keep my hand on the plough
Because it's dying.

But I will lay me down with my arms
round a rainbow,
And I will lay me down to dream.
Oh, will your magic Christmas tree be shining
Gently all around?

Climbing up these figures
The sun is tugging at my shoulder.
And, every step I take,
I think my feet are getting older.
I see the crystal dreams unfolding,
I can't keep my eyes on the book because it's mouldring.

But I will lay me down with my arms
round a rainbow,
And I will lay me down to dream.
Oh, will your magic Christmas tree be shining
Gently all around?

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Chittlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County

There's a quiet and peaceful county in the state of Tennessee
You will find it in the book they call Geography
Not famous for its farming its minin' or its stills
But they know there's chittlin' cookin' in them cheatham county hills

   When it's chittlin' cookin' time in cheatham county
   I'll be courtin' in them cheatham county hills
   And I'll pick a cheatham county chittlin' cooker
   I've a longin' that the chittlin's will fill

There's an art in chittlin' cookin' and all good chittlin cooks
They must master it by practice cause it ain't reknowned in books
In the hills of cheatham county in sunny Tennessee
When chittlin's are in season is where I long to be

Of all good things put be for me
I think chittlin's are the best
And when I press that dying pillow
Let chittlin's by my last request

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Alison Krauss - Choctaw Hayride			
[Instrumental]


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Dolly Parton - Christina lyrics

Christina our first born you are so soft and warm as you lie between us softly sleeping
We gaze in admiration at God's tiny creation
And thank him and ask for your safe keeping
You were conceived through love you are a part of us
Christina you are a dream come true
We'll place you in God's hands and place you in our plans
Christina we'll take good care of you
And as we watch you grow we will always let you know how much we love you Christina
We'll take pride in all you do and we will always stand by you
Because we love you Christina Christina
You made our house a home brought joy we've never known Christina we love you so
With innocence sweet and fair blue eyes and angel hair
Through the years we'll watch you as you grow
We'll hold your little hand we'll love you all we can
We'll try to teach you right from wrong
You are God's gift to us we can't thank him enough
For letting us have you for our own
And as we watch you grow...
Christina


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Christmas At Home
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent
 
G                                                       C
Flying home for Christmas it's been planned for several months
                         G                  Em                C
I count the days cause I just can't wait to see the sights of home
             G                              C
Growing ever anxious as I watch the falling snow
                                           D7
My mind begins to travel to a time so long ago

Em                   D7               C                    G
Like candy canes and hand made things socks hanging on the mantle
Em            D7          C                 D7
Turkey baking decorations hand dipped candy apple
G                                           C
All the plays and happy times are faces all aglow
     Em              C                D7                G
As I pray to God for blessings on our Christmas time at home

                                                   C
Soon I'll be with family precious time we'll spend together
                 G               Em               C
Laughing sharing memories of the moments we still treasure
              G                              C
Spirit of the season and the joy and love it brings
                                                    D7
As I travel home for Christmas and enjoy the simple things

Repeat #2 x2



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Nickel Creek - Christmas Eve 

It was Christmas Eve
And your message to me read,
I really need to talk to you today
We sat in your car that night
Cried and said it all
Then parted knowing nothing

You headed north
And I made my way back south.
Stumbling through the door, I hit the ground
And there I laid,
With 10, 000 words to say
That all amount to one thing

Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet

Now it's New Year's Eve
So I fake like I'm all right
To say I'm moving on would be a lie
'Cause I still believe
Though you're wounded and so am I
That we still have something

Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Over yet
Over yet
Over yet

Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet
Please, darling, wait
It's not all over yet

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Christmas In Cabo San Lucas  
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Douglas W. Colosio, Jame Dyar, Scott Joss
And Kevin Williams

C         G7          C
Christmas in Cabo San Lucas 
F                       C
Down where the ocean is blue  
G7                    C
Christmas in Cabo San Lucas 
    F          G7         C
The only thing missing is you

               G7            C
There's tinsel lights on the palm trees
    F                        C
And candy canes stuck in the sand
        G7                        C
There's no snow on the beaches of Baha
    D7                        G7
And I won't need gloves on my hands

Am                       E7
The snowman we made last December
C           C7       F
Won't be comfortable here
                        C
Wintertime's cold in Chicago
        G7                       C
So it's south of the border this year

Am                       E7
The snowman we made last December
C              C7       F
Wouldn't be comfortable here
                            C
And we know it's cold in Chicago
        G7                       C
So it's south of the border this year

                     G7          C
I'm having Christmas in Cabo San Lucas 
F                       C
Down where the ocean is blue  
        G7                        C
Sipping brandy on the white sandy beaches
    F          G7         C
The only thing missing is you

        F          G7         C
And the only thing missing is you



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Christmas In Prison
John Prine

It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good
We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood
And I dream of her always even when I don't dream
Her name's on my tongue and her blood's in my stream.

Chorus:
Wait awhile eternity
Old mother nature's got nothing on me
Come to me, run to me, come to me now
We're rolling my sweetheart
We're flowing by God!

She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire
Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire
Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail
She's sweeter than saccharine at a drug store sale.

Chorus

The search light in the big yard swings round with the gun
And spotlights the snowflakes like the dust in the sun
It's Christmas in prison there'll be music tonight
I'll probably get homesick. I love you. Goodnight.

Chorus


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Christmas In The Mountains
Recorded by Larry Sparks
Written by Bill Castle
 
G
The mountains and the meadows
    C
Are covered up with snow
D7
Home fires are burning bright
                           G
The winter winds of winter blows
 
Christmas bells are ringing
    C
The lights are on the tree
     D7
It's Christmas in the mountains
                     G
That's where I wanna be
 
   C
Oh see the Christmas colors
        G
There's silver and there's gold
   A7
Oh see the star lights glisten
D7
Upon the falling snow
    
    G
The family is all together
C
Singing around the tree
     D7
It's Christmas in the mountains
                     G
This is the place to be
 
 
A candle lights the window
        C
There's wood upon the fire
    D7
The clock is striking midnight
                      G
This is the Christmas time
 
The children are a-sleeping
    C
The gifts are neath the tree
     D7
It's Christmas in the mountains
                     G
That's where I wanna be
 
Repeat #3,4

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Doc Watson 
Christmas Lullaby

Hush my babe, lie still and slumber
Holy angels guard thy bed
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently stealing on thy head

How much better art thou attended
Than the son of God could be?
When from heaven he descended
And became a child like thee

Soft and easy is thy cradle
Coarse and hard the savior lay
When his birthplace was a stable
And his softest bed was hay

Hush my babe lie still and slumber
Holy angels guard thy bed
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently stealing on thy head
Gently stealing on thy head

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Christmas Reunion

Our Christmas reunion, always in the past
Was something in our hearts so dear
A like in the chain will be missing this year
Our sorrow will be hard to bear

The family will gather at home as before
For that's what you'd want us to do
Our Christmas reunion, this year will be sad
Only God knows how much we'll miss you

Your place by the fireside will look so alone
With you not in your rocking chair
We'll miss the sweet smile and the touch of your hand
At our Christmas reunion this year

We'll pray for the courage to smile and pretend
That you're back with us again
Our Christmas reunion we'll have as before
Your memory will never grow dim


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Dolly Parton - Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) lyrics

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows that turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa's on his way he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase to kids from one to ninety two
Although it's been said many times many ways
Merry Christmas merry Christmas merry Christmas to you


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Christmas Time
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent
 
G                                  D7
Tears fall in the snow thinking of Christmas time
                                 G
A year without you here to share our Christmas time
      C                                  Bm
In my mind I see your face my heart will always have a place 
         Am          D7            G
Together sharing all our happiness at Christmas time
 
   Am               D7        G            G7
No matter where you go you'll always be at home
      A7                       D7
Right here in my heart with me at Christmas time 
  C                        Bm
A thousand miles away your love will always stay
      Am         D7            G
Right here in my heart with me at Christmas time
 
                               D7
Sitting here alone thinking of Christmas time
                                       G
Remembering family all at home sharing our Christmas time
              C                       Bm
Our life will never be the same in my heart you still remain
         Am                D7           G
Oh how I miss your smiling face with me at Christmas time
 
   Am               D7        G            G7
No matter where you go you'll always be at home
      A7                       D7
Right here in my heart with me at Christmas time 
  C                        Bm
A thousand miles away your love will always stay
      Am         D7         G
Right here in my heart with me at Christmas time
  
   C                          Bm
No matter where you go you'll always be at home
      Am         D7            G
Right here in my heart with me at Christmas time

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Christmas Time Back Home

Back up in the mountains in that old home town of mine
There's not a brighter time of year than that of Christmas time
The bells in the little churchthey all begin to chime
Telling all for miles around Rejoice! It's Christmas time!

Christmas bells are ringing I hear the times so sweet
The carolers are singing; I hear them in the street
Outside the white snow falling inside my heart I find
A world of joy and peace on earth back home at Christmas time

A candle in each window; they give a golden glow
While out among the shimmering pines lights sparkle in the snow
And through the lonely mountaintops the wind's shrill echoes cry
For peace on earth good will toward men and faith that will not die

High above our little town so bright to be so far
There shines upon the whole wide world His gift our guiding star
Everyone in each home can feel a peace sublime
And know the joy the Yuletide brings to all at Christmastime

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Christmas Time Is Coming

Snowflakes falling my old home is calling
Tall pines are humming Christmas time is coming.

 Can't you hear them bells ringin' ringin' joy to all here them singin'
Let it snow and I'll be going back to my country home
Christmas times a' coming Christmas times a' coming
Christmas times a' coming and I know I'm going home.

Holly's in the window home where the wind blows
Can't walk for running Christmas time is coming.

Home fires burning my heart's yearning
For the folks at home when Christmas time is coming.

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Christmas Time On Rocky Top
Recorded by The Osborne Brothers
Written by Ronny Scaife and Scott Rouse

G                            C       G
When it's Christmas time way down on Rocky Top
    D7             G
The snow begins to fall
                          C       G
And the ones we love head home to Rock Top
D7                      G
Ain't got no worries at all
                                          C       G
Cause there's a big orange moon a-shining down on Rocky Top
D7                 G
The field is snowy white
                                      C             G
And the bowl filled with sugar coated orange cotton candy 
   D7                     G
Is what we'll dream about tonight
   D7                                   G    D7 G       C G
On Rocky Top (Rocky Top) it's Christmas time on Rocky T-o-p
        Em                         A7
There's magic everywhere when that football's in the air
         G     D7  G    D7 G
And it's Christmas time on Rocky Top
                        C              G
Well the pumpkin pie is filling up the kitchen
         D7                 G
With the scent of sugar and spice
                    C             G
And the TV's on and everyone's at home
   D7                      G
To cheer on the orange and white
                              C             G
The tree's decked out and the stockings are hung
        D7                        G
And the fire's burning orange and bright
                           C          G
There's a grin or smile on everyone's face
       D7              G
In the Tennessee hills tonight
Repeat #3
                             C             G
When it's kickoff time we'll kick back and watch
       D7                     G
As the other team faces their fears
                                   C           G
Cause they'll stand toe to toe and look eye to eye
       D7             G
At the Tennessee Volunteers 
Repeat #3
        Em                         A7
There's magic everywhere when that football's in the air
         G     D7  G    D7 G
And it's Christmas time on Rocky Top

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Christmas Time's A Coming

Christmas time's a coming
Christmas time's a coming
Christmas time's a coming
And I know I'm going home

Can't you hear them bells
A ringing, ringing
Joy to all oh hear them singing
When it's snowing I'll be going
Back to my country home

* Refrain

Snow flakes a falling
My old home's a calling
Tall pines a humming
Christmas time's a coming

* Refrain

Candle lights a burning
My old heart's a yearning
Not far from the homeland
Christmas time's a coming

* Refrain

Holly in the window
Home where the wind blows
Can't walk for running
Christmas time's a coming

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Christmas Without You lyrics
(Dolly Parton/Steve Goldstein)

Christmas without you
White Christmas and I'm blue
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you
The fireplace keeps burning and my thoughts keep turning
The pages of memories of time spent with you
Old Christmas songs we knew and used to make love to
Make it hard to get used to
Christmas without you
Christmas without you
White Christmas and I'm blue
I love you I miss you
So sad but so true
Christmas without you
Like a mystery with no clues
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you
The sweetest gift I know would be if the new snow
Could fall on your footsteps on this Christmas Eve
The most joyous Christmas if luck could be with us
Would be if Saint Nicholas brought you home to me
Christmas without you
White Christmas and I'm blue
I love you I miss you I need you
So sad but so true
Like a mystery with no clues
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you


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Church In The Mountain

Verse 1: 
D/// D/// D/// D/// 
There's a church back in the mountain
D/// D/// A/// A///
That keeps standing on a hill
D/// D/// D/// D/// 
And sometimes I go to see it
D/// D/A/ D/// D/// 
And I guess I always will
Chorus: 
G/// G/// D/// D///
I was happy Sunday morning
D/// D/// A/// A/// 
Sitting by my Mother's knee
G/// G/// D/// D/// 
And it seemed Jesus whispered
D/// D/A/ D/// D/// 
Won't you put your trust in me
[Break] 
Verse 2: 
Now this church back in the mountain
Many memories it will keep
Many souls were saved within it
Now with Jesus are asleep
Chorus: 
I was happy Sunday morning
Sitting by my Mother's knee
And it seems Jesus whispered
Won't you put your trust in me
[Break]
Chorus: 
I was happy Sunday morning
Sitting by my Mother's knee
And it seems Jesus whispered
Won't you put your trust in me
YouTube Video: Song Starts at :30 seconds


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Church In The Wildwood, The

There's a church in the valley by the wildwood
No lovelier place in the dale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dell

   Oh, come to the church by the wildwood
   Oh, come to the church in the dale
   No spot is so dear to my childhood
   As the little brown church in the dell

How sweet on a clear Sabbath morning
To list to the clear ringing bell
It's tones so sweetly are calling
Oh, come to the church in the dell

There, close by the church in the valley
Lies one that I love so well
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, neath the willow
Disturb not her rest in the dell

There, close by the side of that loved one
Neath the tree where the wild flowers bloom
When the farewell hymn shall be chanted
I shall rest by her side in the tomb

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Church Street Blues

Lord I been hangin' out of town in that low down rain
Watchin' good time Charlie friend is drivin' me insane
Down on shady Charlotte Street the green lights look red
Wish I was back home on the farm in my feather bed.

   Get myself a rockin' chair
   To see if I can lose
   Them thin dime hard times
   Hell on Church Street blues.

Found myself a picker friend who's read yesterday's news
Folded up page twenty-one and stuck it in my shoe
Gave a nickle to the poor my good turn for the day
Folded up my own little folder threw it far away.

Lord I wish I had some guitar strings Old Black Diamond brand
I'd string up this old Martin box and go and join some band
But I guess I'll just stay right here just pick and sing a while
Try to make me a little change and give them folks a smile.

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Cimarron Roll On
Recorded by the Willis Brothers 
Written by Johnny Bond

G7            C
Cimarron roll on  
G7           C
To my lonely song
C7        F
Carry me away 
G7                  C
From these skies of gray

G7                 C
Though I'm feeling blue 
C7                F
I'll roll on with you
G#           C
To the ocean blue 
G7              C
Cim-ar-ron roll on

G7            C
Cimarron roll on  
G7           C
To my lonely song
C7        F
Carry me away 
G7                  C
From these skies of gray

G7                 C
Though I'm feeling blue 
C7                F
I'll roll on with you
G#           C
To the ocean blue 
G7              C
Cim-ar-ron roll on

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Cindy

You ought to see my Cindy she lives way down south
She's so sweet the honey bees swarm around her mouth

 Get along home Cindy Cindy
Get along home Cindy Cindy
Get along home Cindy Cindy
I'll marry you some day

The first I seen my Cindy she was standing in the door
Her shoes and stocking in her hand her feet all over the floor

She took me to her parlor she cooled me with her fan
She said I was the prettiest thing in the shape of mortal man

She kissed me and she hugged me she called me suger plum
She throwed her arms around me I thought my time had come

Oh Cindy is a pretty girl Cindy is a peach
She threw her arms around my neck and hung on like a leech

And if I was a sugar tree standing in the town
Each time my Cindy passed I'd shake some sugar down

And if had a needle and thread fine as I could sew
I'd sew that gal to my coat tails and down the road I'd go

I wish I was an apple a-hanging on a tree
Every time that Cindy passed she'd take a bite of me

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Cindy Gal

C'mon, now
We gon' talk about you, Cindy

Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Where did you stay last night?
Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Cross the river last night?

Hey!
Wanna hear that banjo sing
And hear that fiddler a-ring
Grab your partner if you got 'em

Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Cross the river last night?
Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
Oh, Cindy gal
I'ma ask you one question
Where'd you stay last night?

Play!
Woo-hoo!
Take 'em home!
Shake her hand and tell your father goodbye!

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Cindy's Crying
Tom Paxton

Cindy's cryin' but it ain't no use -
She's got a habit and she can't get loose.
Stoppin' each and ev'ry man she meets,
Gonna be a hooker on Bleecker Street.
On Bleecker Street,
Honey, makes you feel like cryin'.
You said you'd leave it and I hope you're tryin'.
Oh, they call it livin', and it feels like dyin'

Police stopped her on the street today,
She was holdin' and they took her away.
Threw her in jail and they made her wait,
She was cryin' "Oh, Jesus, let me just get straight.
Let me just get straight".
Honey, makes you feel like cryin'.
I know you can make it but you better start tryin'.
Oh, they call it livin', Baby, someone's lyin'.

Cindy, Cindy, whatcha gonna do?
Got no money and you're way past due.
You got every last penny I had,
The man is restless and your credit is bad,
And your credit is bad,
Honey, makes you feel like cryin'.
We can make it but we better start tryin'.
Oh, I ain't leaving you and I ain't lyin'.

Now Cindy went South and took the cure,
"This time, Honey, I'm straight for sure".
Went to the corner to the grocery store,
You were gone ten minutes and I know you scored,
And I know you scored,

Repeat First Verse


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Cindy's Gonna Cry
Recorded by Johnny Crawford
Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
 
Am                 F             G7
(Cindy's gonna cry Cindy's gonna cry)
            C
I know that Cindy's gonna cry 
When I tell her
F            G7          C
That I don't love her anymore
G7            Dm              G7
I know she'll find it hard to speak
       Em                  Am
As the tears roll down her cheek
                   D7              G7
And I'll feel like running out the door
            C             Em
I know that Cindy's gonna cry
       C          F
When I ask her to give back
    G7                C
The ring she's had so long
             Dm            G7
And when she puts it in my hand
       Em                Am
I know every speech I've planned
     D7                    G7
Will come out sounding all wrong
         F
My Cindy gave so much to me
                        C
And she loved so faithfully
     Em
Oh I never meant to hurt her so
    F
But although she's not to blame
                         
Somehow I don't feel the same
        G7     F
So I've got to let her go
C
I know that Cindy's gonna cry
When I tell her 
     F     G7           C
That I may cry a little too
G7         Dm            G7
But I just gotta face it now
         Em                 A7
And I'll see it through somehow
             F
Cause though Cindy's gonna cry
                  G7     C
I just can't help loving you
G7         Dm            G7
But I just gotta face it now
         Em                 A7
And I'll see it through somehow
             F
Cause though Cindy's gonna cry
                  G7     C
I just can't help loving you

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Circle Of Friends
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Naomi Martin

G                         D7            G
Did you hear the story of Jean and John Jones
          C         G
Peggy and Charlie Belew 
C                         G
They were a foursome in a circle of friends
                         D7
That included Rodney and Sue
G                     D7                 G
They pledged together because there were eight
                       C           G
When they got with the couple next door
   C             G    C        G
It came out real neat rich and complete   
                 D7        G
With exactly two tables of four 
 
                        C         G
There's a triangle in a circle of friends
                            D7
And I guess that I'm just a square
    G                      C         G
But I'm just old fashioned enough to believe
                            D7  G
That you must draw the line somewhere
 
                                   D7            G
At first they'd change partners in bridge or the dance
          C        G
A natural thing to do
    C                            G
But good ol' John Jones kept his better bridge hand
                     D7
Under the table with Sue
 
    G                          D7         G
But Charlene and Peggy stopped by now and then
               C           G
To call on the couple next door
    C               G          C              G
But not me makes it three with John Jones and Jean 
                                  D7      G
And the circle's been broken like never before
 
Repeat #2

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Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends
Recorded by David Ball
Written by William C. Spencer and David Ball
 
C                       F
She lives in a world of grace and class
C                     G7
French champagne in a crystal glass
C                     F
Members of the uptown society
C                         G7
Don't understand what she sees in me
C                F                   C
We went out on a picnic on our first date
                  G7
Plastic forks and paper plates
         C                        F
Well the old water wheel is still turnin' round
C                          G7       C
Wadin' in the water as the sun goes down
F
I'm just a square in a circle of friends
         C
But when we're all alone Lord I fit right in
F
Old fashioned love that's the latest trend
C                          G7        C
And I'm just a square in a circle of friends
                       G7        C
I'm just a square in a circle of friends
                      F      C
She said no one would ever believe
                          G7
We carved our initials in that old tree
    C                                F
She said I haven't done this kind of thing in years
C                        G7          C
No one's ever thought of bringing me here
Repeat #3
F
I'm just a square in a circle of friends
         C
But when we're all alone Lord I fit right in
F
Old fashioned love that's the latest trend
C                          G7        C
And I'm just a square in a circle of friends

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Circles Around Me 

We were riding down through the grapevines
When I heard someone say your name
Hand on my shoulder, just a little bit older now
And I remember everything

High in Telluride, up on Bridal Veil
Ten thousand feet above the sound
The news came around and sent me to count all my blessings
And to thank you for all the good friends that I've found

Hey, hey, hey
How in the world did we get this far
Hey, hey, hey
Holding tight to the tail of a shooting star
Hey, hey, hey, you're running circles around me
Circles around me now

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Circuit Rider
Country Gentlemen

The stormy clouds were rolling the rain was pouring down
swollen creeks were rising in the hollows all around
all living things took shelter in the comforts of their home
but there rode a lonely rider through the stormy night alone
There came a blast of thunder it made an awful sound
A big oak tree exploded went crashing to the ground
but the rider never faltered he rode the whole night through
yes daddy was a man of god with godly work to do
Circuit rider take the gospel to the people in the hills
Let the church be where you find it if it be the master's will
The widow sister Johnson they say has passed away
they need you for the funeral when they bury her today
that Miller boy's been sparking that girl from down in Fife
He's waiting for you preacher to make that girl his wife
When daddy rode the circuit he was gone for 20 days
or maybe even longer if they needed him to stay
he never was a selfish man with any of his time
he always said the needs of god mean more to me than mine


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The Incredible String Band - Circus Girl 

Circus girl, how could you love me?
You're so far above me, you hang by your knees and your toes
Circus girl, can you even hear me?
Down in the crowd, your silver skirt hangs back over your breast

Such beautiful legs and you sparkle and flirt
I don't mind lipstick all over my shirt
You fly through the air, you've got princess hair
I'm really impressed

Circus girl, you fly higher than the house of lords
You look serene
Circus girl, your picture cheers hospital wards
You met the queen

The ringmaster's hat is as black as a wellington boot
He's mean he cracks his whip
But if he tries to beat you or even mistreat you
I'll give him some lip

Circus girl, you ride wild horses running real quick
You smoke long cigars and you don't get sick
You dance on tightropes sleep on knives
If I married you would I want other wives

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Citizen Kane
Skip Battin / Kim Fowley

Fat ugly fat man swam
In a red tire made of stone.
A painted lady paddled next to him
With two poodles on her lap.
Garbo quietly picked a flower
While the chauffeur won his checker game.
And Barrymore took a noon day nap
And diamond fell like rain.

Cisco Kid had a bald headed waitress
Trapped 'neath a bed of brass.
The French cook served them chocolate ants
And cold cuts on the grass.
Louilla ripped her zebra pants
In the polo lounge,
And Errol Flynn was not let in
Cause he was coming down.

Chorus:
Up in Xanadu diamonds fell like rain.
Citizen Kane was king. Poor Citizen Kane.

Valentino suddenly appeared
In his midnight blue tuxedo.
Had a falcon on his shoulder
Eating chicken from his hands.
And Fatty Arbuckle waddled by
On way to the bath house green.
Frankenstein ate the leading lady
And licked the carcass clean.

Chorus


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City Folks Call Us Poor
Recorded by Larry Sparks
Written by Marshall Warwick  

G                 B7            C
Moonlight shining on the grassy meadow
G                   D7             G
Looks like diamonds shining in the night
              B7             C
Whippoorwills singing in the white oak
G                 D7                G
Coon dogs barkin' in the bright moonlight
C                            G
Honeysuckle smells just like sweet perfume
C                          G
Old dogs lyin' over by the door
C                      G
Watermelon rinds momma puts up in a jar
                   C            G
And the city folks they call us poor
                B7          C
Singin' Rock Of Ages on the front porch
G                  D7                    G
Watchin' fireflies light up the mountain dew
                  B7            C
Listenin' to Bill Monroe on the Opry
G                 D7              G
Singin' somethin' 'bout his Uncle Penn
Repeat 2
                B7             C
God He paints a picture in the evenin' sky
G               D7                   G
Blue and purple orange and shades of red
                    B7            C
He knows we can't afford no fancy paintings
   G              D7           G
So we look at the real thing instead
Repeat 2
                 C            G
Oh the city folk they call us poor

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City Lights

A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The cabarets and honky-tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights

Lights that say forget her name in a glass of sherry wine
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights

The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights

=============================

City of Gold

How sadly we miss the folks around the fireside
The ones that have crossed the great chilling tide
No crepes will be hung on the doorknob of heaven
And Jesus will lay your burdens aside

    A beautiful light will guide me to heaven
    A beautiful home where we'll never grow old
    It's circle complete we'll have a reunion
    A handshakin' time in that city of gold

Satan will try to lead you astray
Do all in his power to guide you his way
Don't let temptation guide your poor soul
There's only one way seek Jesus today

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City Of New Orleans
Steve Goodman

Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday Morning Rail
Got fifteen cars, fifteen restless riders
Three conductors, twenty five sacks of mail
Well all out on southbound odyssey as the train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolling past the houses, farms and fields
Passing towns that have no name and freightyards full of old black men
And graveyards of rusted automobiles

(*)
Singing, Good Morning America, how are you ?
Yeah don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
And I'll be gone 500 miles when day is done

Dealing cards with the old men in the club car
And it's a penny a point there ain't no-one's keeping score
Oh won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
You can hear the wheels a-rumblin through the flow
And the sons of Pullman porters and the song of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steam
And the mothers with their babes asleep, go rockin'to the gentle beat
The rhythm of the rails is all they dream

(*)
Midnight on the City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
We're halfway home We'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling to the sea
And then all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
Old steel rail it ain't heard the news
Conductor sings his song again, the passengers will please refrain
Well this train's got the disappearing railroad blues

(**)
Singing, goodnight America, how are you ?
Hey don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
And I'll be gone a long long time when day is done

(**)


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City Of Refuge
Abigail Washburn

I got a mother, I got a father
Diamond lace and a stark white collar
She looks good, He makes the dollars
I'm just free to do what I wanna,
oh, I gotta run, run run, I gotta run

Momma's at ease in socialite graces
Poppa remembers the names with the faces
I can speak on the topic of religion
I just can't seem to make a clear decision
So I gotta run- run, run, run to the City of Refuge
I gotta run, I gotta run

Momma's got a lover, Poppa's thinks he's sober
Pray on my knees the clouds keep rolling over
torn diamond lace, and booze on his collar
They never ask if the secrets pull me under
Under white sheets where all I do is wonder
When I'm gonna run- run, run, run
Run to the City of Refuge
Where everyone is made new
I gotta run, I gotta run

Where there's a mother, where there's a father
Adam's on the roof and Eve is in the gutter
Eden's on the far side where the circle started
To run with the Gods you gotta run harder
Run run run
Run to the City of Refuge
Where everyone is made new
Where our burdens lay in the towns where we came from


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City That Lies Four Square

I am going to that city where the lights are hanging high
I am going to where no troubles can come
Will you meet me there my father in the city that lies four square
And we'll all live together over there

I can see the pearly gates open, I can see my Saviour's hand
I can hear his tender voice calling come
Come up here my little children to the city that lies four square
And we'll all live together over there

I am going to that city where the lights are hanging high
I am going where no troubles can come
Will you meet me there my mother in the city that lies four square
And we'll all live together over there

I am going to the city where the lights are hanging high
I am going where no troubles can come
Will you meet me there my children in the city that lies four square
And we'll all live together over there

I am going to that city where the lights are hanging high
I am going where no troubles can come
Will you meet me there my Saviour, in the city that lies four square
And we'll all live together over there


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Punch Brothers - Clara

Someday don't wake up I want you to get some rest
Someday if she's hungry I'll bring her to you
Clara once upon a time your mother didn't love your father the best
But he made believe that she did one day it was true

Go back to sleep my daughter
Go back to sleep my wife
I'm waiting for you there

Someday I wake up and she's still a song to play
Someday but you're ready to hear it's for you
Clara once upon a time your father knew he'd scare your mother away
Singing lovers live in a dream that keeps coming true

Go back to sleep my daughter
Go back to sleep my wife
I'm waiting for you there

It's gonna be a long night
It's gonna be a long night
And the sun may never shine
On what I think I've seen in your eyes
On what I think I've seen in your eyes
'Cause your eyes are not a window
Your eyes are not a window
Your eyes are not a window
They're a one way mirror to my soul

Someday don't wake up I want you to get some rest

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Class Of '49
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Red Sovine and Benny Whitehead

C                                  D7   F               C
Well it feels so good to be comin' home after all these years
                                   D7 F         G7       C
Well it feels so good to know that I  can still cry real tears
                                    C7               F
Over there's my ole alma mata still covered with ivy vine
                              C  Am      F        G7 C
Where I was voted most likely to succeed class of '4-9

                                  F                  C
There's a little ice cream parlor where many an afternoon
                         Am  F        G7    C
I sat and boasted of the day I'd be a big tycoon
                                          C7                   F
And my classmates sat and listened with admiration of my great mind
                           C  Am      F        G7 C
So I was voted most likely to succeed Class of '4-9

   F              C             G7                    C
In that big house upon the hill lives the girl I left behind
  F        C          D7                      G7
I hated to but I knew she'd only slow down my climb
  C                                 F                      C
I can't wait to see all their faces when they see that I'm back
                                Am      F            G7       C
And how surprised they're gonna be when I pull up in this Cadillac


I wanna thank you again for the ride young man
    C7                        F
And thanks for this bottle of wine
                    C  Am      F             G7   C
The guy most likely to succeed thinks you're very kind
    F               C  Am      F        G7 C
The guy most likely to succeed class of '4-9

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Classic Situation (Live)

Sleep on it, see if it makes a difference in the morning
Go to work, get through the day and try not to remember
Even if we had something to say,
Would you hold it dear, would it fly away with you, with you

Long ago, it felt like we were both so much younger
Here we are a repeat of a classic situation
Did you build us up just to say how high?
Would you let me down?
Even notice that I was with you, with you
There you go, gone again without an explanation
So anyway get through the day and try not to remember
Even if we found nothing to say
Would it finally hide all the reasons to stay with you, with you

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Cleanin' Up The Streets Of Memphis
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Joseph Luman

C                                           F
Well I caught me a train and I went down to Memphis
            G7                                      C  G7
There was a railroad bull a waitin' in the yard for me
            C                         F
He asked me where I's from and I said Texas
            G7                         C
And he said now you're a guest of Tennessee
                                                F
So he loaded me up and they took me down to the station
                 G7                         C  G7
And he told that judge to throw the book at me
             C                                       F
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis
     G7                           C
That judge has made a Texan outta me
          G7                        C 
So when I get out I'm goin' back to Texas
  D7                            G7   
I don't want me no part of Tennessee
             C                                       F
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis
     G7                           C
That judge has made a Texan outta me
                                            F
Well I've rode freight trains from Texas to California
            G7                              C      G7
And I never had nothin' like this to happen before
             C                                       F
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis
        G7                          C  
I ain't never goin' back to Memphis anymore
Repeat #3 Cause when I get...
        G7                           C
Oh that judge had made a Texan outta me
          G7                           C
Yeah that judge had made a Texan outta me
        G7                           C
Oh that judge had made a Texan outta me

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Clementine

1. In a cavern in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty-niner
And his daughter Clementine

Ch. Oh my darling oh my darling
Oh my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry Clementine

2. Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine

3. Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at mine
Struck her foot against a splinter
Fell into a foaming brine

4. Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles mighty fine
But alas! I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine

5. How I missed her how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
But I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine


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Climbing Up The Mountain

   I'm climbing up the mountain and I'm going home
   Climbing up the mountain going stone by stone
   Climbing up the mountain when my work is done
   Climbing up the mountain to the sky

Moses freed his people from the pharaoh's hand
Forty years they wandered through the desert sand
Led them out of Egypt to the promised land
And then he climbed on up to the mountain to the sky

Martin helped his people in a powerful fight
Led them in the struggle for the civil rights
Birmingham to Selma leading black and white
And then he climbed on up to the mountain to the sky

Each of us is given heaven's work to do
Doesn't take more courage than is granted you
Eye upon the prize and you can see it through
And then you'll climb up on the mountain too

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Clinch Mountain Blues

Livin' up on top of the mountain
Livin' up where the hills are steep
Got no home ain't got no place to sleep
Got no place to sleep

Roll on roll on Clinch Mountains
Roll on you old Clinch Mountain blues
I can't lose these Clinch Mountain blues
These Clinch Mountain blues

Goin' back to mother and daddy
Goin' back to see them both someday
When I'm there it's there that I'll stay
There that I will stay

Travelin' down this old rocky road
Travelin' down this road to find my way
Back to the old folks and my home so gay
My home so gay

Leavin' right now yes I'm leavin'
Packin' up clothes but I've none to pack
Leave these Clinch Mountains and I ain't a-comin' back
I ain't a-coming back

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Clingin' To My Baby's Hand
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Red Lane and Dottie West

C                         F   C
I won't say he won't ever stumble
                              G7
But I'm clingin' to my baby's hand
                              Dm  G7
I won't say he won't bring me trouble
                             C
But I won't say I won't understand

                             E7 Am
I won't say he'll love me forever
      C           E7   F
Cause forever's a long long time
                  G7         C  F
But I will say he will never e--ver 
    Dm      G7    C
Say she was never mine

F                 C
Tomorrow could be forever away
D7                              G7
Still I'd love him no less than I love him today
   C       E7                 Am       F
So tonight sleep will find me while it still can
C                G7        C
Just clingin' to my baby's hand

F                 C
Tomorrow could be forever away
D7                              G7
Still I'd love him no less than I love him today
   C       E7                 Am       F
So tonight sleep will find me while it still can
C                G7        F  C
Just clingin' to my baby's hand

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Clock On The Wall
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Donald Webb
 
G
Clock on the wall
                              D7
You don't help my troubles at all
      C             D7
Cause since my baby left
          C         D7      G
You don't keep good time at all
 
     C             D7
Your hours seem so long
         G               Em
And your minutes seem so slow
         C
And your seconds 
                             D7
They don't seem to matter at all
 
G        C
Oh oh so clock on the wall
D7               G
Your bells won't chime
           Am         D7            G
Without my baby in my arms one more time
         C
Oh oh so clock on the wall
D7                    G
Please turn back your hands of time
             A7
And bring my baby 
           D7            G
Back in my arms one more time
 
 
Clock on the wall you're making me
           D7
A piece of you
   C              D7
If you could only talk 
    C       D7      G
And tell me what to do
 
   C              D7
If you could only tell me
          G            Em
About the time for one day
      C                      D7
Maybe I could beg my baby to bed
 
Repeat #3,4 
 
             A7
And bring my baby 
           D7            G
Back in my arms one more time

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Clocks
Written and recorded by Emmylou Harris

G                       C
Old brown clock ticking on my shelf
G               C
Take my mind to someplace else
G                         C
Little gold clock ticking by my bed
G                           C
Funny little people dancing round my head
G                 C
Morning brings me things to do
G                 C
Morning brings me thoughts of you
G                           C
Gentle sunshine through the curtain lace
G                        C
Some of which shining on your sweet face
         F     C
Counting hours making days
         G             C
Watching time throwing love away
               G
Nothing golden never stays
C                             G
That's what I heard the poets say
               C
Time is always taking me
G              C
Places I don't want to be
G                    C
But when the morning rise the moon
G                   C
I know a bird day's coming soon
Repeat #3,2

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Clocks And Spoons
John Prine

Clocks and spoons and empty rooms
It's raining out tonight
What a way to end a day
By turnin' out the light
Shoot the moon right between the eyes
I'm sending most of me to sunny country side

Runnin' through sky of blue rollin' in the sun
Every day has a way of overflowing one
Shoot the moon right between the eyes
I'm keeping most of me in sunny country side

Don't know how I did that now wonder where it's gone
Must have spent the way I went waitin' for the dawn
Shoot the moon right between the eyes
I'm screaming, "Take me back to sunny country side".


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Close By

You've gone so far away, my darling
Each time I think of you I cry
I press your picture to my bosom
Then I feel that you're close by

Years have passed you've not returned dear
Now they say that you have died
But your soul will live forever
Now I know you'll be close by

I saw you last while you were leaving
The tears from you I tried to hide
You took me in your arms and said dear
Your memory I keep close by

They buried you in a lonely graveyard
And a spot they left beside
There I'll sleep 'till Jesus calls us
So that we can be close by

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Close Enough For Lonesome
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Bob McDill
 
C        G7           F       C       F
Dim blue lights and a sad sad jukebox
      C                G7
And a crowded hardwood floor
C          G7   F          C        F
Two lonely eyes search the darkness
     G7        C
At a table all alone
 
                   G7            F          C    F
Well a smile and a drink and the talk comes easy
         C               G7
While we dance the music plays
C           G7       F        C       F
Then in the darkness we cling together 
         G7          C
Till our pride slips away
 
         F
Down the rode a mile or two
     C
In a third rate motel room
   F                              C
We turn the key and lock away the world
         F
It ain't fancy it ain't much
         C           F
It ain't really even love
                          G7                C
But it's close enough for lonesome ain't it girl
 
         G7   F      C        F
Dark and warm we lie together
        C           G7
And the lonely goes away
C           G7        F      C     F
No it's not love that we are making
          G7         C
But we'll take it anyway
 
Repeat #3
 
     F                G7                C
It's close enough for lonesome ain't it girl

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Close The Door Lightly

Turn around
don't whisper out my name
For like a breeze it might stir a dyin' flame
I'll miss someone if it eases you know
So close the door lightly when you go.

Take your tears to someone elses eyes
They're made of glass and they cut like wounding lies
Memories are drifting like the snow
So close the door lightly when you go.

   Who was the one who wasted time
   Who was the one who stole my mind
   Who was the one who made me feel unkind
   So fare thee well sweet love of mine

Don't look back to where you once had been
Look straight ahead if you're walking in the rain
And find a life if the path is dark and cold
And close the door lightly when you go.

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Close The Door Lightly When You Go
Eric Andersen

Turn around, don't whisper out my name,
For like a breeze, it might stir a dying flame.
I'll miss someone, if it eases you to know.
So, close the door lightly when you go.

Take your tears to someone else's eyes
They're made of glass
And are cut like wounded lies
Memories are drifting like the snow
So close the door lightly when you go

Chorus:
Who was the one that stole my mind
Who was the one that robbed my time
Who was the one who made me feel unkind
So fare thee well, sweet love of mine

Don't look back to where you once have been
Look straight ahead
When you're walking through the rain
And find a light
If the path gets dark and cold
But close the door lightly when you go

Chorus

Repeat First Verse

Chorus


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Dolly Parton - Closer By The Hour lyrics

You're the sweetest one I know and I just can't let you go
I just dream of holding you inside my arms
I go home each night to stay but I just can't stay away
And we get closer closer by the hour
We get closer by the hour though we've tried with all our power
To stay away from each other's arms
We get closer by the hour like the bee goes to the flower closer closer by the hour
We come closer with each kiss and I feel your lips insist
But I do your will and love you more and more
Although we know it's wrong we can't stay where we belong
And we get closer closer by the hour
We get closer by the hour...


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Closer Than Ever
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Norro Wilson, Carmol Taylor, George Jones

G7                    C               G7
Honey I'm home and at last the day is over
            D7                              G7
You've been running through my mind all day long
                               C        G7
And there's something I'm just dying to tell you
          D7                    G7
We're not loving enough here at home
    C            F       C
And maybe it's a woman's intuition
    G7                         C
For I have those same feelings too
                      C7     F
We've been living not loving together
        C          G7           C
And I'm so glad to hear it from you
             G7                                F C
Turn out the lights come to bed let's get to together
                  D7                                       G7
Cause when you're touching me you mean so much to me in my arms
           C                  C7             A# F
You know I care I'll be right there it'll be better
         G7               C
We'll be closer than ever again
G7               C
Closer than ever again

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Closing Night
The Avett Brothers

The show was over it's all in the name
It never was before but this ain't the same
So try to imagine a time and a place
Where the enemy won and the hero was slain

And poetic justice burns in the minds
Of five diying soldiers on the front lines
With nobody's singing in nobody's ears
No one's disappointed, nobody hears

I know a lady, promise her name
The price of her visit suffering and pain
And we gladly waited and we gladly paid
We watched the sun rise, she never came

An electric current moves us around
We sank to our knees to worship the sound
But nobody told us that we'd rise again
Imagine a hero unable to win
Imagine a hero unable to win


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Closing Time Till Dawn
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Warren Robb

G                  C          D7             G
With wine I try to satisfy my hunger for the past
                      C
In a bar each night I lose my mind 
     A7              D7
In a world of tinted glass
        G                C
But the wine that brings forgetfulness 
     G
Will leave me all alone
C         G          D7               C  G
Somewhere in between closing time and dawn

         C
Then I'm forced to face that lonely world 
G
Outside those swingin' doors
          C
Where the darkness and the emptiness 
     A7               D7
Only make me miss you more
    G             C
And all across my tortured mind 
     G
Your memory marches on
C         G          D7               C  G
Somewhere in between closing time and dawn

         C
Then I'm forced to face that lonely world 
G
Outside those swingin' doors
          C
Where the darkness and the emptiness 
     A7               D7
Only make me miss you more
    G             C
And all across my tortured mind 
     G
Your memory marches on
C         G          D7               C  G
Somewhere in between closing time and dawn

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Brad Paisley - Cloud Of Dust lyrics

West Texas forecast more of the same
Sunny and mild no chance of rain
That old John Deere tractor ain't moved in days
Oh, but he's out there climbin' back on
Because he's yet to admit that his crops are all gone
She stares out the window fightin' back tears
And watches him wastin' his time in the fields
They're havin' problems payin' the bills
And she knows that it won't be long
Before the bank finally places a lien on the farm
Chorus
And the tractor keeps rollin'
The dust rises high
Creating the only cloud in the sky
He's holdin' his ground
But it's gettin' tough
He's keepin' his faith
In the Lord up above
And prayin' for rain
Through a cloud of dust
Yesterday somethin' in town caught his eye
The old hardware store had a help wanted sign
He thought about stoppin' but he drove on by
'Cause he just can't bear to let go
After all it's the only life he's ever known
Chorus
Yeah, he's holdin' his ground
But it's gettin' tough
He's keepin' his faith
In the Lord up above
And prayin' for rain
Through a cloud of dust
West Texas forecast more of the same
Sunny and mild no chance of rain


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Cloudy Days

Dark clouds hangin' over me
When will they go away
Rain is in my eyes and I can't see
Life's become just cloudy days

Why she done me like she done
I guess I'll never know
She knows I need her more than anyone
I made a point to let it show

   Cloudy days don't the sun ever shine anymore
   Stormy weather will you always be around
   When I'm down I can't stand cloudy days

I recall a time when times where good
Lord it seems so long ago
But you know they say if the rain won't come
The grass'll have no chance to grow

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Cluck Old Hen

My old hen's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 8 and sometimes ten
That's enough for the railroad men

   Cluck old hen cluck and sing
   You ain't laid an egg since late last spring
   Cluck old hen cluck and squall
   Ain't laid an egg since late last fall

Cluck old hen cluck when I tell you
Cluck old hen or I'm gonna sell you
Last time she cackled cackled in the lot
Next time she cackles cackle in the pot

My old hen she's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 1 sometimes two
Sometimes enough for the whole damn crew

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Coal Miner's Blues

Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues
My troubles keep coming by threes and by twos

Blues and more blues, it's that coal black blues
Blues and more blues, it's that coal black blues
Got coal in my hair, got coal in my shoes

There blues are so blue, they are the coal black blues
There blues are so blue, they are the coal black blues
For my place will cave in, and my life I will lose

You say they are blues, there old miner's blues
You say they are blues, there old miner's blues
Now I must have sharpened these picks that I use

I'm out with these blues, dirty coal black blues
I'm out with these blues, dirty coal black blues
We'll lay off tomorrow with the coal miner's blues


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Coal Tattoo
Billy Ed Wheeler

Travelin' down that coal town road,
Listen to those rubber tires whine;
Goodbye to Buckeye and White Sycamore,
I'm leavin' you behind.
I been a coal man all my life
Layin' down track in the hole,
Got a back like an ironwood bent by the wind
Blood veins blue as the coal.

Somebody said "That's a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head."
I said "That's a blue print left by the coal.
Just a little more and I'd be dead"
BUt I love the rumble and I love the dark
I love the cool of the slate.
But it's on down the new road lookin' for a job.
It's the travelin' and lookin' I hate.

I stood for the union, walked in the line,
Fought against the company.
I stood for the U. M. W. of A.
Now who's gonna stand for me?
I got no home and I got no pay,
Just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal.

Someday when I die and go
To Heaven, the land of my dreams,
I won't have to worry on losin' my job
To hard times and big machines.
I ain't gonna pay my money away
On dues and hospital plans.
I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
And sing in the angel band.

Repeat First Verse


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Coast Of Colorado
Recorded by Skip Ewing
Written by Max D. Barnes and Skip Ewing

C                            F
I know leavin' me is killin' you     
C                                     F
But I know it's something you have to do     
Dm         G7    Am            F
Remember I said  I'd always be there 
Dm               G7                 C
I still feel the same I ain't goin' anywhere 
                 F      G7                    C
Till the 31st of April  till it snows here in July 
                       F       G7                       Am
Till the seas take California  and wash up on the great divide 
                   F        G7                   Am
And even when that happens  if you're not back I know       
F             Dm               G7              C
I'll still be waiting for you  on the coast of Colorado     
                               F
I can't say goodbye to you for good     
C                            F
And I know you'd stay if you could 
Dm              G7               Am                F
There must be a part of you that you still need to find 
Dm                      G7                      C
I'll be waiting for you if you ever change your mind 
Repeat #2 
                 Dm       G7              C
Still be waiting for you  on the coast of Colorado 

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Coast to Coast 
recorded by Asleep at the Wheel
 
G                                   
It's not just the bedroom where she used to lay her head
                                            D7  
Or the front room by the fire where we once passed the night instead
       G                                   C
Though I have left these rooms and gone as far as I could drive
G                        D7  G
Even in the motels along U S 405
 
                   D7      G
Coast to coast and wall to wall
                                           D7
It's a memory not much more than five feet tall
        G                                C
But the shadow that it's casting seem to fall
G        D7                G
Coast to coast and wall to wall
 
        
California seems like someplace I could catch my breath
                                  D7
Get my mind off someone who still worries me to death
     G                            C
Even though she's gone her memory unlocks every door
G                              D7         G
Haunts me now in places I have never seen before
  
Repeat #2
 
E7                              C
I'm rolling down the highway or strolling down the hall 
     A7                                 D7
When things are going my way and then a memory comes to call
 
Repeat #2

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Coastline Charlie
Recorded by Dick Curless
Written by Larry Kingston

C
It's hard for me to remember back 
      F
But I think they named me Charlie Black
    G7                              C
The doctor said I'd die but I lived somehow
G7          C
Now they've changed my name but not my luck 
    F
The Black is gone but Charlie stuck
G7                                     C   G7
Coastline Charlie is what they call me now
      C
I was hatched in Tennessee 
         F
But that didn't mean a thing to me
G7                              C
Soon as I could walk I aimed it south
G7           C
I thumbed my way to New Orleans 
   F
To try my luck with the Cajun queens
    G7                                     C
And Coastline Charlie is what they call me now
     F
Coastline Charlie is my name 
         C
At least that's how they pegged me
      F
And I wouldn't change it back again 
     C                G7
Even if the good Lord begged me
    C
The only place I can be found 
          F
Is on the courtin' side of a Portland town
    G7                                    C
And Coastline Charlie's what they call me now
Yes you could say I'm the rowdy sort 
  F
I got a pet in every port
    G7                         C
And I'll do anything that time allows
G7     C
Up and down the coastal lines 
     F
I've upped and down 'em many a time
    G7                                     C
And Coastline Charlie is what they call me now
G7         C
Now when I die please humor me 
    F
And take my body out to sea
    G7                         C
And drop me in as close as law allows
G7           C
Cause by and by the tide might bring me in 
   F
To shore for one more fling
    G7                                     C
And Coastline Charlie is what they call me now
Repeat #3
    G7                                     C
And Coastline Charlie is what they call me now
    G7                                     C
And Coastline Charlie is what they call me now

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Coat Of Many Colors

Back through the years I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
And how my mama put those rags to use

There were rags of many colors and every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
Mama sewed the rags together sewin' every piece with love
She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of

When she sewed she told a story from the Bible she had read
'Bout a coat of many colors Joseph wore again
she said Perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to wear it Mama blessed it with a kiss

   A coat of many colors that my mama made for me
   Made only from rags but I wore it so proudly
   I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be
   With my coat of many colors that my mama made for me

Now with patches in my britches and holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school
Just to find the others laughin' and makin' fun of me
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me

Now I did not understand it for I felt almost rich
And I told them of the love my mama sewed in every stitch
Then I told them all the stories mama told me while she sewed
How my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes

They did not understand it though I tried to make them see
That one is only poor if they choose to be
I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me

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Cobblestone Mountain
Steve Cash

cobblestone mountain it was made by hand
from the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man
cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand
from the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land
magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

listen to me children here's a riddle and a rhyme
'bout a man who built a mountain that an angel couldn't climb
he built it with the skill and the magic that he learned
when he found the holy river and the river boat burned

cobblestone mountain it was made by hand
from the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man
cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand
from the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land
magic and mortar in a cobblestone land

listen to me children here's a word to the wise
I got it from the man with the cobblestone eyes
take it with a chuckle or a grain of salt
but if the cobblestone buckles then it's all your own fault

cobblestone mountain it was made by hand
from the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man
cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand
from the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land
magic and mortar in a cobblestone land
magic and mortar in a cobblestone land
magic and mortar in a cobblestone land


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Billy Strings & Don Julin Lyrics
Cocaine Blues

Sniffing that cocaine all over town
Honey don't let my deal go down
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be
It was made for horses not for men
Doctor said it'll kill ya but he didn't know when
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be

Well tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be
Yeah tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let that cocaine be
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be

I'm walking up the fields, struttin' down Main
Trying to find a nickel for to buy cocaine
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be
It'll burn out your nose, make your eyes turn red
That doggone cocaine will kill you dead
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be

Well tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be
Yeah tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let that cocaine be
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be

Well I don't know what I'm gonna do
It's killing my friends, gonna kill me to
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be
Now some of you people you think your tough
Sniffing that cocaine just like snuff
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be

Well tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be
Yeah tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let that cocaine be
Hey, hey buddy let the cocaine be


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Coffee's Cold
Abigail Washburn

Some folks say the times are hard
I just say oh my lord
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Every seed that I do sow
harvest time nothin's grown
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Fore I have ten dollars saved
I'll be resting in my grave
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

I been broke a thousand times
no one cares to spare a dime
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

When I lay my burden down
peace nor comfort have I found
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Angels I am on my knees
but you'll never sing for me
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Some folks say the times are hard
I just say, oh my lord
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill


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Cold As The Ashes In The Snow
BMI Work #: 8740408
Cold As The Ashes In The Snow (Larry W. Jones 03/09/2007) (song#4512)

It's cold up here when the snow begins to blow
The geese have flown because I watched them go
There's something you didn't tell me but now I know
Your love turned as cold as the ashes in the snow
You were here beside me when the grass was green
Then something happened and you were seldom seen
Dear, I wish you would have stayed to make love grow
Your love turned as cold as the ashes in the snow
Cold as the ashes in the snow
Your love turned as cold as the ashes in the snow
You were here beside me when the flowers bloomed
Dear, I never suspected that our love was doomed
I still miss your warm kiss dear, even though I know
Your love turned as cold as the ashes in the snow
Cold as the ashes in the snow
Your love turned as cold as the ashes in the snow
Your love turned as cold as the ashes in the snow


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Cold Beer Signs And Country Songs
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Red Stegall and Glenn Sutton

C                            F                  C
You never did approve of the things that I call fun
                                                  G7
You often said if a jukebox had a heart I'd marry one
    C                             F                   C
You said if that's the way I felt you'd be better off alone
                                            G7              C
And you were right cause in a honky tonk is where I feel at home
                                        F               C
Let me bathe my soul in neon lights and party dolls and wine
                                              G7
Then play my favorite songs till I run out of dimes
      C                                       F                C
Cause I'll bet I've danced a million miles to that Rose of San Antone
                                        G7                    C
Cause cold beer signs and country songs have always turned me on
                                    F             C
Tonight I'll drink as many beers as I think I can hold
                                                        G7
And you won't have to wait up late like all those times before
    C                                F               C
And you won't have to wonder where I go or what I'll do
                                             G7               C
Cause tonight it's Sue I'll go home with not who I'll go home to
Repeat #2  And let me...

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Cold Brown Bottle
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Joe Gough
 
G                   C              D7            G
You ease my mind so memories won't bring me down again
    A7                                 C        D7
The twisted feeling is more than I can stand my friend
   C                              G            C     G
It seems you know just what to do without some early turn
         A7             C              G
Oh brown bottle do your magic one more time
 
C        D7                         G     C      G
Oh brown bottle's by the dozen look beautiful to me
       A7                              C    D7
Go and let the staff of life stamp out reality
       G                  C                          G
Smokey places and country music help easy my worried mind
         A7             C              G
Oh brown bottle do your magic one more time
 
                     C           D7                     G
You may not doubt is nothing new you've heard this tale before
    A7                              C                 D7
She messed up my head where I can't think straight anymore
   C                            G        C    G
If only I could just forget the hurt she left behind
         A7             C              G
Oh brown bottle do your magic one more time
 
C        D7                         G     C      G
Oh brown bottle's by the dozen look beautiful to me
       A7                              C    D7
Go and let the staff of life stamp out reality
       G                  C                          G
Smokey places and country music help easy my worried mind
         A7             C              G
Oh brown bottle do your magic one more time
 
         A7             C              G
Oh brown bottle do your magic one more time

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Cold Cheater's Heart

It's an old familiar story of a boy and a girl
And a love that went wrong from the start
How Bobby he loved Mary and she thought she love'd him
But she found she had a cold cheater's heart

And that life out on the farm Ain't what she had in mind
When she promised to honor and obey
So she took to runnin' 'round all over town
Ain't it funny how life turns out that way

The years have tumbled by Bobby turned an ol' blind eye
To the things he hoped just weren't true
And then came that fateful day when he had been away
Oh they say he came home just too soon

He found them lyin' there oh it was more than he could bear
He found a gun she cried don't be rash
But two shots filled the air he stood right there and stared
The deed was done it was over in a flash

That old judge looked down and sighed he said Bobby you'll have to die
The law is clear and it must take it's toll
Think on the deed you've done your race on earth is run
And may God have mercy on your soul

On a cold November morn in a prison so forelorn
The warden prayed as did the parson too
And the crowd gathered there they heard him loud and clear
His final words were Mary I love you

It's an old familiar story of a boy and a girl
And a love that went wrong from the start
How Bobby he loved Mary and she thought she love'd him
But she found she had a cold cheater's heart

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Cold Coffee Morning
Written by Bill Anderson and Jon Randall
Recorded by Jon Randall

G                                 C                  G
The saddest face I've ever shaved is staring back at me 
                            A7                   D7
My eyes look like a roadmap Lord I ain't slept a wink 
G                                  C               G
So I turned on the radio heard the forecast on the news 
                      C           G             D7             G
They're calling for a cold coffee morning and a warm beer afternoon 
               C    G                   C                G
Better get out my umbrella there's some teardrops coming down 
                                           D7
The radar has detected a heartache west of town 
G                                 C                  G
Now I'm directly in the path of a love that died too soon 
                C           G             D7             G
It's gonna be a cold coffee morning and a warm beer afternoon 
                                C             G
She hit me like a hurricane and blew my heart away 
                               A7           D7
She clouded up my thinking and rained on my parade 
G                              C                  G
I'm here in the aftermath with nothing to hold on to 
              C           G             D7             G
Nothing but a cold coffee morning and a warm beer afternoon 
Repeat #2          
                C           G             D7             G
It's gonna be a cold coffee morning and a warm beer afternoon 

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Cold Cold Hands
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Lawton Williams

C
There they lay in the wreckage 
       F           C
By the side of the road
    F                               C
She was cheating on me and I didn't know
    F                               C
The girl that I love and some other man
                      G7        C
Even in death holding cold cold hands
                    
On the ground there lay branches 
F                 C
Broken off of the tree
F                                 C
Broken in two like this heart within me
F                                    C
This is too much for my sad heart to stand
                             G7        C
They left this world holding cold cold hands
                  
Now I stand by the highway 
F                C
Viewing what has occurred
F                                    C
Why would the Lord take a woman like her
F                                   C
What will I do with this solid gold band
                        G7        C
I can't place it on her cold cold hand
F                                   C
What will I do with this solid gold band
                        G7        C
I can't place it on her cold cold hand 

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Cold Cold Heart

I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In angerunkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life to try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

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The Incredible String Band - Cold February 

As I beside some winter's fire
Sat writing words strange and steady
Amongst my own internal choir
Came voices to my mind unready

Of those, who died on either side
While friends cry o'er their bones unburied
Go sighing through the north east winds
These cold days of February

Some clerk with papers and his pen
Some banker with his poison pity
Some captain careless of his men
These fan the flames that maim the cities

And bigots in the name of Christ
By thorny paths obscure and muddy
Can fear to roam through years of cold
Bewailing how their hands are bloody

Whether they were from here or there
Their race and place I would not be heeding
The men who caused such bitterness
If hearts they have let their hearts be bleeding

Who neither for age nor the young child
Would turn the shot of the arms they carried
Go bear the guilt a weary ways
For the cold days of February

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Richard Thompson - Cold Feet Lyrics

I know you're the wayward kind
The way you always drag behind
Show me a horse and I'll feed it hay
Show me the cart and I'll throw it away

Prettiest face I've ever seen
It looked like something in a magazine
To a blind man it's plain to see
That I need you and you need me

I've got cold feet, it's a-crazy chasin'
Things get serious, time is a-wastin'
I cross my fingers but they don't seem to meet
There's no need to tell me that I've got cold feet

Took me home to tell your dad
That you were the best girl I've ever had
I stayed for dinner, I couldn't refuse
I spilt the tea and I ate the news

Ah, you must think you're really neat
Got me tied down to my seat
I can't move, it's hard to think
Cramp in my eyes and I can't blink

Well, I've got cold feet, it's a-crazy chasin'
Things get serious, time is a-wastin'
I cross my fingers but they don't seem to meet
There's no need to tell me that I've got cold feet

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Cold Gray Light Of Gone
Recorded by Vince Gill with The Del McCoury Band
Written by Otto Kitsinger

C                         F               C
Oh I woke up this morning long before the dawn 
                                              G7
I stumbled to the kitchen and put some coffee on 
    C                              F             C
The house was deathly quiet I knew something was wrong 
     F           C                G7                 C
Then suddenly it dawned on me the cold gray light of gone 
                                          F                  C
Oh there's nothin' quite as lonely as the cold gray light of gone 
                                D7           G7
Waking up and finding out she's never coming home 
        C                                F                C
And the note that said it's over Lord it chills me to the bone 
                                          G7                 C
Oh there's nothin' quite as lonely as the cold gray light of gone 
                                      F                 C
Oh I've sat and cried for hours and I tried to clear my head 
                                                  G7
I even went and laid back down on her side of the bed 
    C                                  F              C
Her perfume lingered on the sheets our love once laid upon 
    F          C                  G7                 C
Her memory's destroying me in the cold gray light of gone 
 
Repeat #2 x2
                                          G7                 C
No there's nothin' quite as lonely as the cold gray light of gone

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Cold Gray Tomb of Stone

passing by a lonesome graveyard
everything i love is gone
weeping as they lay my darling
neath a cold gray tomb of stone

in this world i`m left to wander
with no one to call my own
while my precious darling`s sleeping
neath a cold gray tomb of stone

out there in that lonesome graveyard
she is sleeping all alone
and i burried my heart with her
neath a cold gray tomb of stone

skies above are dark and stormy
all the sunshine,all is gone
for the while my love is sleeping
neath a cold gray tomb of stone

my heart is dead and yet i`m living
traveling through this world alone
i wish that i was with my darling
neath a cold gray tomb of stone

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Cold Hard Rain

That rain is fallin'
that cold hard rain It's fallin'
it's fallin' on my window tonight

You left me my darlin'
with all this pain Darlin'
you left me all alone tonight

   I don't think that I can go on
   Woke up this mornin'
   found you were gone

That rain is fallin'
that cold hard rain It's fallin'
it's fallin' on my window tonight

You left me my darlin'
with all this pain Darlin'
you left me all alone tonight

And now it's fallin'
that cold hard rain It's fallin'
it's fallin' on my window tonight

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The Boxcars - Cold Hard Truth 

It's the hand you hold I've been told
Not the way you play the cards.
If you can't see when it's time to fold,
Then you won't get very far.
And you never know what the dealer Holds,
But You know the price you'll pay.
In the Devil's game you could lose your soul.
Take a chance or walk away.
Sometimes you win
Most times you lose.
That's the cold hard truth.
Well you can't get by on a poor man's pay
And never buy your needs
And a drink might take the pain away,
But it brings you to your knees.
If a love is kind enough to stay
Till all your days are gone,
You can have some comfort on your way,
It's still an uphill run.
Sometimes you win
Most times you lose.
That's the cold hard truth.
Sometimes you win
Most times you lose.
Sometimes you win
Most times you lose.

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Richard Thompson - Cold Kisses Lyrics

Here I am in your room going through your stuff
Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough
Here in your drawer there's lacy things
Old credit cards and beads and bangles and rings

But I think I've found what I'm looking for
Hidden away at the back of the drawer
Here's the life that you led before

Old photographs of the life you led
Arm in arm with Mr. X Y and Z
Old boyfriends big and small
Got to see how I measure up to them all

There is a place we all must start love
Who were you holding in that fond embrace
I've found a door into your heart love
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?

Here I am behind enemy lines
Looking for secrets, looking for signs
Old boyfriends, big and small
Got to see how I measure up to them all

This one's handsome, not too bright
This one's clever with his hands alright
Tougher than me if it came to a fight

And this one's a poet, a bit of a wet
Bit of a gypsy, a bit of a threat
I wonder if she's got over him yet

Old passions frozen in the second
Who were you holding in that fond embrace
Hearts have a past that must be reckoned
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?

Time to put the past away
That's your footstep in the street I'd say
Tie the ribbon back around it
Everything just the way I found it

And I can hear you turn the key
And my head's buried when you see me
In a Margaret Miller mystery

And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?
Do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?

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Richard Thompson - Cold Kisses - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

Here I am in your room going through your stuff
Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough
Here in your drawer there's lacy things
Old credit cards and beads and bangles and rings
Well I think I've found what I'm looking for
Hidden away at the back of the drawer
Here's the life that you led before

Old photographs of the life you led
Arm in arm with Mr X Y and Z
Old boyfriends big and small
Got to see how I measure up to them all
There is a place we all must start, love
Who were you holding in that fond embrace
I've found a door into your heart, love
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses

Here I am behind enemy lines
Looking for secrets, looking for signs
Old boyfriends big and small
Got to see how I measure up to them all
This one's handsome, not too bright
This one's clever with his hands alright
Tougher than me if it came to a fight
And this one's a poet, a bit of a wet
Bit of a gypsy, a bit of a threat
I wonder if she's got over him yet

Old passions frozen in the second
Who were you holding in that fond embrace
Hearts have a past that must be reckoned
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses

Time to put the past away
That's your footstep in the street I'd say
Tie the ribbon back around it
Everything just the way I found it
And I can hear you turn the key
And my head's buried when you see me
In a Margaret Miller mystery
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses
Do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses

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Cold Missouri Waters
James Keelaghan

My name is Dodge, but then you know that
It's written on the chart there at the foot end of the bed
They think I'm blind, I can't read it
I've read it every word, and every word it says is death
So, Confession - is that the reason that you came
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game
Since you mention it, well there's thirteen things I'll name
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters

August 'Forty-Nine, north Montana
The hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry
Lightning strikes in the mountains
I was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly
Pick the drop zone, C-47 comes in low
Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you go
See the circle of the fire down below
Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters

Gauged the fire, I'd seen bigger
So I ordered them to sidehill and we'd fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river
We'd have it licked by morning even if we took it slow
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead
There was no way down, headed for the ridge instead
Too big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead
Flames one step behind above the cold Missouri waters

Sky had turned red, smoke was boiling
Two hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind
I don't know why I just thought it
I struck a match to waist high grass running out of time
Tried to tell them, Step into this fire I set
We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get
But they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead
I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters

And when I rose, like the phoenix
In that world reduced to ashes there were none but two survived
I stayed that night and one day after
Carried bodies to the river, wonder how I stayed alive
Thirteen stations of the cross to mark to their fall
I've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more
I'll join them now, those that left me long before
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri shore


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Crooked Still 
Cold Mountains

Cold mountains they are here around me
Cold waters gliding down the stream
Oh in my sleep I think I've found him
But when I wake it's just a dream

True when I wake and cannot find him
Along my bed a weeping morn
Just like the raindrops without numberin'
It's all because I'm left alone
It's all because I'm left alone

I hate the time when I must leave you
I hate the time when we must part
And though I've loved you without measure
Give me my hand and you'll have my heart

I'll come back home and we'll get married
I'll take you to the wedding bed
And you can love with me til morning
Upon my breast you lay your head

Cold mountains they are here around me
Cold waters gliding down the stream
Oh in my sleep I think I've found him
But when I wake it's just a dream

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Cold On The Shoulder

All you need is time
All you need is time time time to make it bend
Give it a try don't be rude
put it to the test It'll give it right back to you
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day

Take it around
take it to town
Try to defy what you feel inside
You better be stong your love belongs to us
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.

All you need is is trust
An you need is trust trust trust
to make it show
I want to know everything you've done
if you get a tent tell it to the eskimo
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.

All you need is faith
All you need is faith faith faith
to make it nice
Kick it around don't be rude
if you gonna make a mistake don"t you make it twice
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.

It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.

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Cold Wind

   What's that knockin' at my door
   Hard times (hard times) (hard times)
   What's that blowin' in my window
   Cold wind (cold wind) (cold wind)
   Let the cold wind blow and the hard times roll
   Ain't gonna worry no more.

Now summer's gone and winter times a' comin'
And the cold winter winds gonna blow
You should come on home and 1 wouldn't be alone
Wouldn't have to worry any more.

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Cold Winds Blow
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Harold Lowry
 
C                        A#7             C
Big and little towns are all the same to me
                           A#7            C
I walk down the street and this is what I see
F                   G7     C              F
People inside their houses having lots of fun
C              A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me
 
                A#7                 C
Every morning I walk up to the back door
                             A#7          C
Of houses it seems like that I've been to before
  F                G7       C            F
I say take pity on me I'm a poor boy you see
C              A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me
               A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me
 
                       A#7          C
I've traveled round to almost every town
                     A#7                 C
In my life I've done lots of wondering a-round
  F             G7       C           F
I wanna go back home but everyone is gone
C              A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me
 
                           A#7         C
My daddy said it can never come to any good
                        A#7                  C
Said I wouldn't make anything of myself if I could
         F          G7        C                 F
I had to walk alone tonight I know my daddy was right
C              A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me
               A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me
               A#7                C
Rain falls and cold winds blow on me

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Colder Than Winter
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C                A#7     F                C
It's colder than winter  right here in my heart
               A#7       F             C
Lord I'm gonna miss her  she's torn me apart
F                   C        F                       Em  Dm
I couldn't make you love me  I couldn't give you any more
     C           A#7     F                    C
It's colder than winter  since you closed the door
                 A#7     F              C
It's colder than winter  I'm freezing inside
                      A#7     F                    C
And my tears won't be bitter  even though our love died
F                   C        F                       Em  Dm
I couldn't make you love me  I couldn't give you any more
     C           A#7     F                    C
It's colder than winter  since you closed the door
A#7            F         C              Em   G7
Every time the sun sets  I shed another tear
        A#7        F    Dm                     G7  Em Dm
And the lonelier I get  wishing you were still here
F                   C        F                       Em  Dm
I couldn't make you love me  I couldn't give you any more
     C           A#7     F                    C
It's colder than winter  since you closed the door
 
                 A#7     F                    C
It's colder than winter  since you closed the door

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Collection Of Failures
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Gordon Terry and Curtis Maze
[3/4 time]
 
C                                C7
Alone and rejected the multitude stands
   F                C                            G7
On grounds of cruel judgement where losers shake hands
    C                                   C7
All prisoners of sorrow life termers of pain
    F          C             G7             C     C7
All sharing misfortune cause they're losers again

  F                                   C
Collection of failures the club diary reads
     F                      D7          G7
Each member's a victim of a lover's ill deeds
      C                     C7
Sleep walker day dreamer oh who could that be
   F          C         G7             C  C7
An example of fiction a description of me

  F                                   C
Collection of failures the club diary reads
     F                      D7          G7
Each member's a victim of a lover's ill deeds
      C                     C7
Sleep walker day dreamer oh who could that be
   F          C         G7             C
An example of fiction a description of me

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Colleen Malone

It's been ten years and three since I first went to sea
Since I sailed from old Ireland and home
But those hills lush and green were a part of my dreams
When I dreamed of my Colleen Malone

On the day I returned to my sorrow I learned
That the angels had called her away
To a grave on a hill overlooking the mill
That's the place where she's sleeping today

   As the soft breezes blow through the meadow I go
   Past the mill with the moss covered stone
   Up the pathway I climb through the woods and the vines
   To be with my Colleen Malone

She was faithful each day as I sailed far away
There was no one but me that she loved
I remember those eyes soft and blue as the skies
And her heart was as pure as a dove

All the years of my life I will not take a wife
I will live in this valley above
Planting flowers around in this soft gentle ground
That is holding my Colleen Malone

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Colly Davis

There is blood upon the mountain
And the wind is rising higher
Plunging through the darkness
Colly Davis makes his way
There's a dead girl left behind him
And he swears they'll never find him
Though he's lost his knife and lighter
In the brush along the way

Now a light rain start a falling
Like the sound of voices calling
They found her car back off the road
With Sally Jean inside
And the word goes to her cousins
That it's time to go out hunting
But the sheriff wants to stop us
So you'd best just take a knife

They work back from the police
Cause they know he wants to reach there
But this ain't police business
Up on White Oak Hill tonight
It's their own he left behind him
It's their own know how to find him
And he'll never hear a footstep
And he'll never see a light

Colly Davis runs the mountain
And he twisits his foot and cries out
And curses in the darkness
And turns at every sound
There's a blue police light flashing
On the higher ground above him
But it might as well be Heaven
With her kinfolk all around

Now the sheriff wants some coffee
And he tells the men to call him
But they nod to each other
That the killer got away
And the sheriff he just glances
He knows they'll never answer
Oh where is Colly Davis
And his shallow mountain grave

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Color Me America

I'm red and white and blue, these are colors that ring true
To all I am and feel and love and do
I stand proud and brave and tall, I want justice for us all
So color me america, red, white and blue.

I see red when evil speaks, spilling red blood on our streets
And I feel blue from grief and sorrow that it brings
But the white and light of love, God's own spirit like a dove
Lifts us up and hands to us an olive branch.

Oh, sweet freedom may you stay in our land and lives always
And may peace and beauty fill our hearts anew
And may we all stand up for you, may our thoughts and deeds be true
And be worthy of your stripes, red, white and blue.

I am red and white and blue, these are colors that ring true
To all I am and feel and love and do
I stand proud and brave and tall, I want justice for us all
So color me america, red, white and blue.

Oh, sweet america, God won't you shed your grace on thee.
And crown thy good in brotherhood from sea to shining sea
Oh, color me america, red, white and blue, color me america...

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Colorado
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by David C. Kirby
 
G                                     C            G
There's a place where Mother Nature's got it all together
    C          D7      C   G            D7
She knows just when to let wild flowers bloom        
    G                             C                  G
Somehow she always seems to know  exactly what she's doing
    C            D7     C       G     D7
And the Lord saw fit to furnish elbow room

         G         G7          C
Have you ever been down to Colorado 
  D7                              G     D7
I spend a lot of time there in my mind 
       G           G7          C
And if God doesn't live in Colorado
     D7                                     G
I'll bet that's where he spends most of his time

G                             C            G
I'd love to be there watching early in the morning
    C         D7     C      G            D7
The sun comes up and crowns the mountain king
      G                     C           G
If by chance you dare to be high upon a mountain
     C          D7      C    G          D7
I'll swear that you can hear the angels sing
 
Repeat #2



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Railroad Earth - Colorado (Live) 

Colorado
on the rise through new elevations
new days begun
fuel the ride with anticipation
& sweet summer sun

down the rocks run the cool rushing waters
. . . movin' along
memories of some sweet days
& some new ones comin' on

colorado
summertime

fill the heart with new animation
be here again
fill the high with sweet celebration
rememberin' when

down the rocks
run the cool rushing waters
singin' a song

memories of some sweet days
& some new ones just begun

colorado
summertime
colorado
summertime

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Colorado Girl
Artist: Townes Van Zandt

I'm goin' out to Denver
See if I can't find
I'm goin' out to Denver
See if I can't find
That lovin' Colorado girl of mine
Well, the promise in her smile
Shames the mountains tall
The promise in her smile
Shames the mountains tall
She can bring the sun to shining
Tell the rain to fall
It's been a long time, mama,
Since I heard you call my name
Ah, been a long time
Since I heard you call my name
I got to see my Colorado girl again
I'll be there tomorrow
Mama, don't you cry
I'll be there tomorrow
Now, mama, don't you cry
I got to kiss these
Lonesome Texas blues goodbye
I'm goin' out to to Denver
See if I can't find
I'm goin' out to to Denver
See if I can't find
That lovin' Colorado girl of mine
That lovin' Colorado girl of mine


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Colorado Rocky Mountain High
John Denver / Mike Taylor

He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin' by a song
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long

But the colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory

Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

And the colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)

Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land

And the colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky mountain high

It's a colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire and everybody's high
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high do de do


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Colorado Waltz
Recorded by Roz Brown
[3/4 time]

G
There's a place I long to be 
       Am             C
Just a mile above the sea
         D7                    G
Where we dance to the Colorado Waltz
You can hear the fiddles play
        Am                C
And the pine trees softly sway
      D7                    C
As we dance to the Colorado Waltz
        C                     G
You can dance to the Waltz of Kentucky
                               D7
Or the beautiful Waltz of Tennessee
         G
But your hearts will be light 
             Am        C
While you're dancing tonight
       D7                      G
To the strings of the Colorado Waltz
Where the mountains touch the sky
        Am               C
And the lazy clouds roll by
      D7                    G
As we dance to the Colorado Waltz
Then you'll never want to roam 
          Am       C
From your Colorado home
       D7                       G
Or the memories of the Colorado Waltz
Repeat #2 
But your hearts will be light 
             Am        C
While you're dancing tonight
       D7                      G
To the strings of the Colorado Waltz

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Colors Of Your Heart
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell

G                   Am  C                    G
Colors of your heart    like the colors on a pinwheel 
C        G              D7
Spinning around turning away
G      C       G   Am  C              G
Colors of your eyes    tell me you're changing
C              G       D7                        G
Tell me you're leaving and that it's too late to try
C            G   Am  C                  G
Diamonds and sand    slide through your hands 
            D7
Like you've done through mine
C          G   Am  C              G         D7
Did I look away    or did I never say how I needed you
G      C       G    Am C               G
Colors of your heart   like the places you're going
C                 G       D7               G
There's no way of knowing what did I do so wrong
C            G   Am  C                  G
Diamonds and sand    slide through your hands 
            D7
Like you've done through mine
C          G   Am  C              G         D7
Did I look away    or did I never say how I needed you
G      C       G   Am  C              G
Colors of your eyes    like the blues in a bottle
C               G    D7                G
They taking you down let them wash you away

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The Avett Brothers - Colorshow Lyrics

Be loud let your colors show
Try to keep the madness low
If they hear and it's wrong
And they come with torches on
Yeah come on

Be loud let your colors show
Try to keep the madness low
I tell them no with my hands
Make them understand the plan of it
Bright and gone

And I'm done forever
It's you and me forever
Cause I'm done forever
It's you and me forever

Be loud let the others know
First a whisper then it grows
I tell them go with my hands
Make them understand the last of it
Yeah come on, pain and all

Leave out pack your things and go
Leave the baby makers home
There's a time (now) and a place (now)
Someone built to take the race
When it calls you go head down

Head down don't you make a sound
Keep your plans all to yourself
They'll come true they follow you
They're what you're obligated to
Don't you listen to nobody else

And I'm done forever
It's you and me forever
Cause I'm done forever
See it's you and me forever

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The Avett Brothers - Colorshow (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Be loud let your colors show
Try to keep the madness low
If they hear and it's wrong
And they come with torches on
Yeah come on

Be loud let your colors show
Try to keep the madness low
I tell them no (no) with my hands (no)
Make them understand the plan of it
Bright and gone

And I'm done forever
It's you and me forever
Cause I'm done forever
It's you and me forever (alright!)

(yeah!)

Be loud let the others know
First a whisper then it grows
I tell them go with my hands
Make them understand the last of it
Yeah come on, pain and all

Leave out pack your things and go
Leave the baby makers home
There's a time (now) and a place (now)
Someone built to take the race
When it calls you go

Head down don't you make a sound
Keep your plans all to yourself
They'll come true they follow you
They're what you're obligated to
Don't you listen to nobody else

And I'm done forever
It's you and me forever
Cause I'm done forever
See it's you and me forever

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Colours
Donovan

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time, I love the best.

Blue is the colour of the sky
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time I love the best.

Green is the colour of the sparklin' corn
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time I love the best.

Mellow is the feeling that I get
when I see her, mm hmm,
when I see her, uh huh.
That's the time, that's the time I love the best.

Freedom is a word I rarely use
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
Of the time, of the time when I been lost.


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Columbus Stockade Blues

Way down in Columbus, Georgia
Want to be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Friends all turned their backs on me

   Go and leave me if you wish to
   Never let it cross your mind
   If in your heart you love another
   Leave me little darling, I don't mind

Last night as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke I was mistaken
I was peering through the bars

Many a night with you I've rambled
Many an hour with you I've spent
Thought I had your heart forever
Now I find it's only lent

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Come A Little Bit Closer
Recorded by Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke written by 
Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Wes Farrell

C                         F                 C
In a little cafe just the other side of the border         
She was sitting there giving me looks that made my mouth water
      F
So I started walking her way she belonged to Bad Man Jose
      G7                                              C   F  G7
And I knew yes I knew I should leave then I heard her say-ay-ay
                  C             F          G7
Come a little bit closer you're my kind of man so big and so strong                  
C              F             G7          C
Come a little bit closer I'm all alone and the night is so long
                             F                  C
So we started to dance in my arms she felt so inviting
                                  F                  C
And I just couldn't resist just a one little kiss so exciting       
F
Then I heard the guitar player say va-moose Jose's on his way
      G7                                                C   F  G7
And I knew yes I knew I should run but then I heard her say-ay-ay
                  C             F          G7
Come a little bit closer you're my kind of man so big and so strong                  
C              F             G7          C
Come a little bit closer I'm all alone and the night is so long
         C                    F                   C
Then the music stopped when I looked the cafe was empty      
C                      F                      C
And I heard Jose say man you know you're in trouble plenty     
F
So I dropped the drink from my hand and out through the window I ran               
G7                          C     F   G7
And as I rode away I could hear her say to Jos-e-yay-yay
                  C             F          G7
Come a little bit closer you're my kind of man so big and so strong                 
 C              F             G7          C
Come a little bit closer I'm all alone and the night is so long Tag:G7                
C             F          G7
Come a little bit closer you're my kind of man so big and so strong                  
C              F             G7          C
Come a little bit closer I'm all alone and the night is so long

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Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone

They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
And away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell

I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks were black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink

I wish I was a little sparrow
And I had wings to fly so high
I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover
And when he'd ask, I would deny

Oh love is handsome, love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows older
And fades away like morning dew

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Come All You Tender Hearted
Traditional

Come all you tender hearted
Your attention I will call
I'll tell you how it started
Come listen one and all

Last Wednesday night, there was a light
Seen shining on a hill
A mother and with all her might
While every thing was still

She went into a neighbors house
Some hundred yards away
She set down to tolk to them
But she did not mean to stay

Don't stay too long dear mother there
For we'll be lonesome here
I'll get some liniment she said
Then I'll return again

But when she started home again
Her house was in a flames
She cried Oh Lord my babies are gone
And I'm the one to blame

She cried alas how sad they sleep
Wrapped up in a red hot flame
She bursted all asunder then
And the flames rolled over her head

Her little ones lay on the ground
They both lay face to face
Each other did entwine
Each other did enbrace


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Come And Dine
Recorded by Paul Williams and The Victory Trio
Written by Charles B. Widmeyer

G
Jesus has a table spread
          C
Where the saints of God are fed
   D7                                 G
He invites His chosen people come and dine
With His manna He doth feed
    C
And supplies our every need
       D7                              G
Oh tis sweet to sup with Jesus all the time
         D7                               G
Come and dine the Master calleth come and dine
        A7                            D7
You may feast at Jesus' table all the time
       G                            C
He Who fed the multitude turned the water into wine
       D7                          G
To the hungry calleth now come and dine
The disciples came to land
     C
Thus obeying Christ's command
        D7                               G
For the Master called unto them come and dine
There they found their heart's desire
          C
Bread and fish upon the fire
        D7                         G
Thus He satisfies the hungry every time
Repeat #2
Soon the Lamb will take His bride
      C
To be ever at His side
        D7                            G
All the host of heaven will assembled be
Oh twill be a glorious sight
        C
All the robes is spotless white
         D7                          G
And with Jesus they will feast eternally
Repeat #2
         C             D7            G
Come and dine come and dine come and dine

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The Country Gentlemen - Come and Sit by the River

I could see that you're ready to go home
There's some TV shows that you're missing
But you know how an old love loves to talk
And he needs someone who will listen

Come and sit by the river with me for a while
And I'll tell you a story that's true
Of when I was a boy playing here on the shore
And the grass was so green and the water so blue

Well our house stood right over there
Of course they took it down for the highway
I can see my moma's tears, we've been there for twenty years
And you know we would still if I had my way

In those days you could often find me here
With the rest of the nieghborhood children
There was so much we could do, there was fishin' swimmin' too
There was always some raft that we were building

* Refrain

Many years I have watched this river flow
Rolling down from the hills to the ocean
I have seen the waters high, almost fierce and rushing by
I have seen in nearly dry and without motion

Now at last you can see what it has come to
Oh we prospered but poisoned the waters
Now the turnes have all been played and the piper must be paid
Not by us but our sons and daughters

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Come Back (When You Can Stay Forever)
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro, Bucky Jones

C                Am               F
I'm an open door you keep walking through
     C                                  F
With all my love I've let you have your way
    C                         Am              C
But I just can't go on loving off and on with you
     F                           G7
I've taken all the leaving I can take
C    Em        Am           C
Come back when you can stay forever
F           C       Dm           G7
Do all your leavin' while you're gone
C    Em        Gm              Am
Come back when you can stay forever
F                 C              Dm    G7   C
Love's not really love unless it lasts that long
                          Am                  F
We must look at love from different points of view
    C                             F
And I just can't pretend it isn't so
    C                            Am               G7
But one day you may need from me what I need from you
    F                              G7
And when you do you'll never wanna go
Repeat #2
     Em        Gm              Am
Come back when you can stay forever
F                 C              Dm    G7   C
Love's not really love unless it lasts that long

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Come Back Darling

Tonight as I sit by my window
I'm reading your letter so true
I'm hoping to find it in your letter
Where you say I'll come back to you.

   Oh come back to me little darlin'
   I miss you each day and each night
   Oh come back to me little darlin'
   Don't leave me alone all my life

I know I can never be happy
No matter whatever I do
I know it's harsh and lonely without you
Oh won"t you come back and be true.

Oh what will I do without you
My life is so lonely and blue
No matter what happens my darlin'
I just can't forget loving you.

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Come Back Little Pal
Recorded by Roy Acuff
Written by Roy Hall

G                          D7
I am lonely tonight little pal
                            G
I am lonely I'm sad and I'm blue
                          C
There an empty spot in my life
    G          D7        G
And no one can fill only you

                           D7
Oh please come back little pal
                   G
Oh please come and stay
                            C
My heart is withered like a petal
     G      D7        G
Of a rose I saw dying today

                            D7
I am thinking of you little pal
                     G
I am thinking you so sad
                           C
You're the pal that always loved me
       G        D7     G
Truest pal that I ever had

                          D7
Remember we walked in the moonlight
                    G
We walked we talked alone
                      C
Was then that we were parting
    G     D7            G
And never again will we roam

Repeat #2

                       D7
But think of me little pal
                        G
I am surely thinking of you
                         C
You're the only pal that ever
       G     D7          G
Was to me so kind and so true

Repeat #2



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Dolly Parton - Come Back To Me lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Come back to me
Come back and say you're still in love with me
Come back and say that I am all you'll ever need
Baby come back come back to me
Oh please come back to me
Come back and say you'll work it out with me
Come back to stay and say you're never gonna leave
Baby come back, come back to me
Oh and kiss me once again as only you can
Touch me like nobody else can do
Oh, oh, and hold me and show me you're still my man
And that you didn't need somebody new
Oh come back to me
Come back and hold this torch that's burning me
Come back and promise me eternity
Baby come back, won't you come back to me?
Kiss me once again as only you can
Touch me like nobody else can do
Oh, oh, oh, and hold me and show me you're still my man
And that you didn't need somebody new
Oh, come back to me
Come back and mend this broken heart in me
Without your love I know I'll never be complete
Baby come back, won't you come back to me
Oh please come back to me
Baby come back, baby come back to me
Baby come back, come back and say I'm all you need
Come back, won't you come back to me
Come back to me
Come back and say you're still in love with me
Come back and say that I am all you'll ever need
Baby come back won't you come back to me
Oh, please come back to me
Come back and hold this torch that's burning me
Come back and promise me eternity...


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Come Back To Me In My Dreams

Oh, I'm sending a prayer up to Heaven
On a beautiful cloud you see
So you will know that I want you
In my beautiful memories and dreams

   Come back to me in my dreams love
   Come back to me in sweet dreams
   I'm heartbroke I'm sad and I'm weary
   Come back to me in my dreams

When the bright moon shines up in Heaven
And the beautiful stars are a'gleam
It seems that you are so near me
But yet it is only a dream

It seems I'll never more see you
Till we meet in Heaven it seems
But I hold you close to my heart love
In my beautiful memories and dreams

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Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
John Prine

The last time that I saw her
She was standing in the rain
With her overcoat under her arm
Leaning on a horsehead cane
She said "Carl, take all the money"
She called everybody Carl
"My spirit's broke"
"My mind's a joke,"
"And getting up's real hard"

Chorus:
Don't you know her
When you see her?
She grew up
In your back yard
Come back to us
Barbara Lewis
Hare Krishna
Beauregard

Selling bibles at the airports
Buying Quaaludes on the phone
Hey, you talk about
A paper route
She's a shut in without a home
God save her, please
She's nailed her knees
To some drugstore parking lot
Hey, Mr. Brown
Turn the volume down
I believe this evening's shot

Chorus

Can't you picture her next Thursday?
Can you picture her at all?
In the Hotel Boulderado
At the dark end of the hall
I gotta shake myself and wonder
Why she even bothers me
For if heartaches were commercials
We'd all be on T.V.

Chorus


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Come from the Heart Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was a young man, my daddy told me
A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago
If you want to have someone to hold onto
You're going to have to learn to let go

[Chorus]
You got to sing like you don't need the money
Love like you'll never get hurt
You got to dance like nobody's watching
It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work

[Verse 2]
Now here is the one thing that I keep forgetting
When everything is falling apart
In life as in love, you know I need to remember
There's such a thing as trying too hard

[Chorus]
You got to sing like you don't need the money
Love like you'll never get hurt
You got to dance like nobody's watching
It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work

You got to sing sometimes like you don't need the money
You got to love sometimes like you'll never get hurt
You got to dance, dance, dance like nobody's watching
It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work

=============================

Come Go With Me

Come go with me to yonder valley
Where we once stood beneath the tree
Where we once planned our life together
I can't forget come go with me

Come let us live some moments over
Then maybe you won't want to leave
I love you then and will forever
I can't forget come go with me

I can't forget the flowers blooming
The rose that I pick for you
Time changed you but I'm not changing
I loved you then and I still do

Come go with me to yonder valley
Where on the largest of the trees
I'll carve your name to prove I love you
I can't forget come go with me

I love you then and I still do

=============================

Come Here Son

Sow in the garden, sow in the sand
Sow making love to a walleyed man
Fire in the mountain come here son
Sal let me chew your rosin son

Two little Indians one old squaw
Sitting on a rock in Arkansas
Fire in the mountain come here son
Fire in the mountain run boy run

Hold my fiddle and hold my bow and
I'll slap heck out fo cotton eye Joe
Fire in the mountain come here son
Sal let me chew your rosin son

I've got candy, I've got gum
Sal let me chew your rosin son
Come here son, come here son
Sal let me chew your rosin son


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Come Home Daddy
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Terrye Newkirk

C                                                 F             D7
I've been pining away I guess you could say I'm a fool for your love
  G7                               C         G7    C
I sit at home most every night and count the stars above
                                               F          D7
You just don't understand I need a man I can't hold a memory
G7                                          C
Aw come home daddy make sweet sweet love to me 
                                             F             D7
Anybody can see the trouble with me is these empty Boudoir blues
G7                                          C          G7       C
If I ever get you back home again I'm gonna brand your rambling shoes
                               
But you won't want to leave you wouldn't believe 
        F            D7
All the love I guarantee 
G7                                          C
Aw come home daddy make sweet sweet love to me 
E7                      Am
Send a card send a wire say you're on your way
D7                         G7
Don't be late I can't wait another lonely day
E7                      Am
Send a card send a wire say you're on your way
D7                         G7
Don't be late I can't wait another lonely day
 
       C                                         F               D7
Better put on the speed 'cause honey I need your attention right away
  G7                                  C              G7    C
I hate to tell you but second best is looking better every day
                                               F          D7
You just don't understand I need a man I can't hold a memory
G7                                          C
Aw come home daddy make sweet sweet love to me 
G7                                          C
Aw come home daddy make sweet sweet love to me 

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Come Home To Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Lamoyne Harden
[3/4 time]

C          F         C
Lying here thinking  and I happen to think
                       G7
Blaming myself for the things that I said
C           F        C
Hoping that you can  forget and forgive
                    G7
My life without you ain't no way to live

C                G7
Come home to me  come home to me
C                               G7
It just won't be right till you do
C                G7
Come home to me  come home to me
C                               G7
I can't take one more night all alone
        C
Come on home

              F          C
Baby you left a hurting  only your love can heal
                            G7
And I understand that's how I made you feel
C            F            C
Well my life without you  would just fall apart
                         G7
Right from the body come my lonely heart

Repeat #2

    F
The moon through the window
               
Is my shade of blue
       G7
As I'm holding your pillow

Longing for you baby

Repeat #2

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Come In Out Of The Pain
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Don Pfrimmer and Frank Myers

D7     G               D7      C          G
I'd be lyin' if I said I never prayed for this
D7    C        G        D7  C             G
I can show you here and now how much love you've missed
    Em                      D7                  C
I'm happy that you're sad I know that sounds so wrong
    G               F#m      D7
But darlin you must know the pains gone on too long
G       D7         C    G      D7       C    D7
Come in out of the pain let me dry your tears
G         D7       C        G          D7      C
He's been gone for days and I've loved you for years
F#m            D7   C
Lay down in my arms there ain't no shame
   D7                     G    C       D7         G
So don't just stand there girl come in out of the pain
C           G               D7    C                 G
Well I know how a heartache feels shattered when it breaks
D7     C     G        D7       C            G
And if you believe in me he'll be your last mistake
Em                        D7               C
I can't stop the wind and I can't stop the rain
          G       F#m      D7
But I can promise you that I can stop your pain
Repeat #2
       D7       C     D7 G       D7         C
Let me dry your tears   (come in out of the pain)
G               D7      C         D7        G
Girl I've loved you for years and years and years

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Come In Stranger
Johnny Cash

She said, come in stranger,
It's good to have you home.
I hurried through 'cause I knew it was you
When I saw your dog waggin' his tail.
Honey, why didn't you let me know by mail?
You been gone so long.

She said, come in stranger,
I know you're weary from all the miles.
Just sit right there in your easy chair
Tell me about the places you've been.
How long it'll be before you leave again.
I hope it's a long, long while.

She said come in stranger,
Everything around home is fine.
I've watched and waited for you to get back
And I miss you all the time.

She said come in stranger
I miss you when you're gone
I walk the floor and I watch the door,
And then I lie awake, wonder where you can be.
I'd give anything to have you here with me.
It's so lonesome all alone.

She said come in stranger
Won't you listen to my plea
Stay long enough so the one I love
Won't be a stranger to me.
She said come in stranger
Won't you listen to my plea
Stay long enough so the one I love
Won't be a stranger to me.


=============================

Come Live With Me 
recorded by Roy Clark
written by Boudreaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
 
G                                                   C
Come live with me and be my love share my bread and wine
   G             D7            G
Be wife to me be life to me be mine
                                                  C
Come live with me and be my love let our dreams combine
   G             D7            G
Be mate to me be fate to me be mine
 
C                                     G
With these hands I'll build a roof to shield your head
C                                              G       D7
And with these hands I'll carve the wood for a baby bed
     G                                               C
Come live with me and be my love  share my bread and wine
   G                 D7             G
Be part of me be the heart of me be mine
 
C                                G
I'll try to do my best for you I promise you
C                                            G                  D7
I'll laugh with you and I'll cry with you my whole life through
     G                                                        C
Come live with me and won't you be my love share my bread and wine
   G                 D7             G
Be part of me be the heart of me be mine

=============================

Come on Down To My World
Recorded by J.D. Crowe and the New South
Written by Larry Rice 
 
C                             F
Yesterday I finally found out where you are
    G7                                C
But I don't think that I should look around
                                            F
With you out there and me down here there's just no in between
   G7                                C
So I'll just wait for you to come on down
Why don't you come on down to my world
F               G7
Come on down to my world 
    F            G7                  C
The door is open you know where I'll be
 
Why don't you come on down to my world
F               G7
Come on down to my world
   F                   G7               C
My heart is closed and you have got the key
                                    F
The plans we made began to fade you changed your mind
    G7                                C
And left me for the new love you have found
                                  F
The only thing now I have left to do is cry
   G7                                C
So I'll just wait for you to come on down
Repeat #2

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Come On Home Boy
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Harlan Howard

G                                               C
He got a letter saying guess you don't remember me
    D7                                                  G
But I'm the gal that you courted before you ran away to sea
                                                   C
You never even wrote a letter even to your mom and dad
          D7
Well it's too late to write your daddy 
                                G
And your momma's feeling mighty bad
                           C
Won't you come on home boy come on home boy
     D7                G
Your momma's all alone since your dad's been gone
                      C
Well come on home boy come on home boy
     D7                               G
Your momma's mighty blue from missing you
                                                             C
Well he caught him a train up in Frisco headin' back to Tennessee
D7                                                         G
Thinking of a mom and daddy that used to rock him on their knees
No more fishing in the creek with daddy no huntin' 
                     C
When the leaves turn brown
      D7
Every turn of the wheel seemed to tell him 
                        G
Son you gone and let us down
repeat #2
                                            C
He walked up to the cabin as it was gettin' dark
D7                                                  G
Saw ol' Blue by the doorstep wondered why he didn't bark
                                                           C
He called but nobody answered he looked around and then he cried
     D7                                                G
Underneath the weeping willow were two crosses side by side
repeat #2
          D7                               G
Yeah your momma's mighty blue from missing you

=============================

Brad Paisley - Come On In lyrics

1, 2
Got up this morning, headed down the road
I saw this pilgrim with a heavy load
Were my eyes lyin' at what I'd seen?
Hello, stranger. Remember me?
Hang your coat on that nail
kick your shoes off let 'em sail
I set my suitcase down in the den
Welcome stranger, come on in
Come on in, come on in
It's so good to see you again
It don't matter where you been
welcome stranger, come on in
I'll make the coffee, I'll get the cream
We'll open up a bottle of old Jim Beam
We'll hoot and holler to your favorite song
Welcome stranger, welcome home
I sure did miss you there's no doubt
The days got longer after you checked out
But the pain got stronger when it kicked in
Welcome stranger, come on in
Come on in, come on in
It's so good to see you again
It don't matter where you been
welcome stranger, come on in
It don't matter where you been
welcome stranger, come on in
welcome stranger, come on in


=============================

Crooked Still 
Come On In My Kitchen

When a woman's in trouble everybody throws her down
You look for your good friends, none can be found
You better come on in my kitchen
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors

My papa's dead, mama's soon to be
I ain't got nobody to love and care for me
You better come on in my kitchen
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors

The man that I love I crave to see
But he's up the country and he won't write to me
You better come on in my kitchen
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors

The man that I love I stole him from my best friend
Some joker got lucky and stole him back again
You better come on in my kitchen
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors

I went to the mountains far as my eyes could see
Some other gal got my man and ah, nobody's got me
You better come on in my kitchen
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors
You better come on in my kitchen
Cause it's going to be raining outdoors

=============================

Come On Over
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by Barry Gibb  

C
If my life gets like a jigsaw
F                      C
With the pieces out of place
        G7                          C
Come on over put a smile back on my face
 
And if all my bad days came at once
F                           C
You would know just what to do
        G7                        C
Come on over baby you will see me through
 
    F              G7               C  F
And if you think I need you come on over
                C
Bring your love around
        Em          G7
You can dry away my tears
    F              G7               C  F
And if you think I need you come on over 
              C        Em             G7
Lay your body down you know I will be here
                         C
When you bring your love around
 
 
When I cannot see in front of me
F                     C
And I know my darkest day
        G7                       C
Come on over you can take it all away
 
    F              G7               C  F
And if you think I need you come on over 
                C
Bring your love around 
        Em          G7
You can dry away my tears
    F              G7               C  F
And if you think I need you come on over 
              C        Em             G7
Lay your body down you know I will be here
                                C
When you bring your love around here
    F              G7               C  F
And if you think I need you come on over 
                C              Em           G7
Bring your love around you can wipe away my tears
    F              G7               C  F
And if you think I need you come on over 
              C        Em             G7
Lay your body down you know I will be here
                          C
So bring your love around here
 
        G7                          C
Come on over put a smile back on my face
F       C
Come on over

=============================

Brad Paisley - Come On Over Tonight lyrics

You know I'm stubborn, set in my ways, said I'd never
Fall in love, used all the old cliches
But just now when you called and my heart rate hit the roof
I realized it's time to eat my words and face the truth
So come on over tonight we'll sit on the swing
Watch the pigs fly by flappin' their brand new wings
Just sit back and relax and watch me eat my hat
While the oak trees sprout dollar bills
And I look you in the eye
To finally say the words I swore I'd never say
In my whole life
So come on over tonight
I called my buddies, they're comin' too
After the way I ran my mouth they can't
Believe it's true
They're bringin' pizza and sweet tea
And I hope that you don't mind
But they said they've gotta see this
And they promise to be quiet
So come on over tonight we'll sit on the swing
Watch the pigs fly by flappin' their brand new wings
Just sit back and relax and watch me eat my hat
While a big ol' bolt of lightning
Strikes me not just once, but twice
As I say the words I swore I'd never say
In my whole life
Yeah, come on over tonight
Me fallin' in love, that's one of those things
That I swore would never come true
But I'm startin' to think that nothin' is impossible now
That I found you, nothin'
Yeah, come on over tonight we'll sit on the swing
Watch the pigs fly by flappin' their brand new wings
Just sit back and relax and watch me eat my hat
See the premiere performance of demons on ice
As I say the words I swore I'd never say
In my whole life
Say, come on over
Hey, come on over
Said, come on over tonight


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Come Sit By The River
Charles Roehrig

1. I can see that you're ready to go home
There's some TV show that you're missing
But you know how an old man loves to talk
And he needs someone who will listen

Ch. Come and sit by the river with me for a while
And I'll tell you a story that's true
Of when I was a boy playing here on the shore
And the grass was so green and the water so blue

2. Well our hose stood right over there
Of course they took it down for the highway
I can see my mamma's tears, we'd been there for twenny years
And you know we would still if I had my way

3. In those days you could often find me here
With the rest of the neighbourhood children
There was so much we could do, there was fishing, swimming too
There was always some raft that we were building

Ch.

4. Many years I have watched this river flow
Rolling down from the hills to the ocean
I have seen the waters high almost fast and rushing by
I have seen it nearly dry and without motion

5. Now at last you can see what it has come to
So we've prospered but poisoned the waters
Now the tunes have all been played and the piper must be paid
Not by us but our sons and daughters

Ch.

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Sit Down Young Stranger


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Come Take Care Of Me
Recorded by Charly McClain 
Written by Danny Hogan, Larry Rogers, Henry Carter

G
I want you for my lover
                  Em
I need you for my friend
                    Am
Please make it last forever
             D7
If we try we can
                G
Teach me how to please you
        Em
I'll fulfill your needs
                    Am
I'll give to you my lifetime
                    D7
Won't you come take care of me
                     C
In the middle of the night
                       Bm
It's so hard to hold a dream
                            Am
So wrap your arms around me tight
                   D7
Everything will be alright
                            G
Won't you come take care of me
If ever you get lonely
                        Em
And some things got you down
                   Am
Your welcome to my shoulder
                     D7
Cause I'll always be around
Repeat #3
                            Am
So wrap your arms around me tight
                   D7
Everything will be alright
                            G
Won't you come take care of me

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Come The Morning I Must Fly
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Danny Epps and Bettye Holman

C                      Dm
I'll be leaving in the morning 
F                        C
Carrying the sun upon on back
                       Dm
Save your tears for my going 
F                       C
This night is all we'll have
                     Dm
Calmly soft and warm beside me 
F                          C
Let me drink of your sweet wine
                        Dm
Like a bee in search of honey 
F        G7             C
Come the morning I must fly
 
                          F
That old sun will soon be rising 
G7                       C
Across the technicolored sky
                    Dm
Then I'll be just a memory 
F        G7             C
Come the morning I must fly
 
                          Dm
Now the time has come for leaving 
F                     C
Too much dust upon my shoe
                                      Dm
But they'll be white and clean in the morning 
F                         C
By the tall grass and the dew
                      Dm
My old heart keeps on caring 
F                         C
Wild geese calling in the night
                              Dm
I'll turn a blind eye to your caring 
F        G7             C
Come the morning I must fly
 
Repeat #3 

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Come To My Bedside
Eric Andersen

Come to my bedside my darling
Come over here, close the door
Lay your body soft and close beside me
And drop your petticoat upon the floor

I waited for you oh such a long time
I tried to grow and be a better man
Then you knew your love has made one poor heart wealthy
Though my clothes may lay tattered in your hand

Your breast has told my ear life's golden secrets
Your back has shown my fingers endless rows
Your lips have whispeted wisdom that is timeless
About life and death and things I never knowed

So come to my bedside my darling
Come over here, close the door
Lay your body soft and close beside me
And drop your petticoat upon the floor

Your eyes are bluer than the mountain water
Your hair is flowing dark, flowing long
Your skin has more gold than the morning sunrise
It is softer than the breeze of a summer's dawn

I miss you more with every passing sunset
I plan a plan on every new day born
Words cannot describe one thing I'm sure of
And its in my loving arms where you belong

So come to my bedside my darling
Come over here, close the door
Lay your body soft and close beside me
And drop your petticoat upon the floor


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Come Walk In My Shoes
Written and recorded by Liz Anderson

G                                   C
If you have never gone to where you don't belong 
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while
                                          C
If you don't know the pain of love that's all in vain 
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while
  G7                              C
I tried to live in your world and found I don't fit in
  A7                         D7
Instead I've been neglected  that's where I've been
            G                      C
If you have never seen a world without a dream 
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while
                                      C
If you have never cried for love that lived and died 
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while
                                    C
If you have never gone to where you can't go on 
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while
    G7                             C
You think my eyes look lonely from cryin' all the time
   A7                               D7
If they look sad from your side you should see them from mine
            G                     C
If you have never seen the end of everything 
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while
D7                      G
Come walk in my shoes a while

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Come Walk With Me

Come walk with me down lover's lane
Where we once walked together
For old time sake I'm asking of you dear
Then I'll go away forever

I think of the life we could have together
And relive the past they wouldn't make last
So come walk with me down lovers lane
Then I'll go away forever

This little band of gold I'll keep it forever
As a token of a love that never could be
It's the story of my life the past with no future
And all that is left is a sad memory

=============================

The Incredible String Band - Come With Me 

I have a ship both sleek and fine
Sleek and fine
I point her bows wherever I will
The Seven Seas they all are mine

I call the winds
(I call the winds)
I call the winds
(I call the winds)
I call the winds, her sails to fill

If you will flee away with me
Flee away with me
And bid farewell to the land you know
I'll show you marvels presently

And wonders
(And wonders)
And wonders
(And wonders)
And wonders that the earth does show

The shouting mountains
(Oh, speak on sir)
The diamond valleys
(Oh, speak on sir)
The caves where sleep the stars by day

Eve's clouded bower
(Oh, speak on sir)
Adam's garden
(Oh, speak on sir)
The secret land that love does see

Oh, come with me
(Oh, come with me)
Oh, come with me
(Oh, come with me)
I will come with thee

The gentle spring rains will lave your face
  (Oh, sweet waters)
The winds will bear your train
The morning birds will sing your song
The earth will call your name

The stars will be your canopy
The sun your candle flame
The greeny-gold wheat your incense sweet
My heart your windowpane

Oh, come with me
(Oh, come with me)
Oh, come with me
(Oh, come with me)
I will come with thee

=============================

Dolly Parton - Comes And Goes lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

Now and then, here and there, I still see you
And sometimes my memory lets me hear your voice, so soft and low
But like the wind you travel in, you seem to come and go
At times, my mind is crystal clear
And then I think of you
Then the spin of the room I'm in
Brings you into view
Love that once
Held my mind completely in control
Now makes it spin like tornado wind
As it comes and goes
Well, look who's here
I told myself that you'd be coming soon
I hope that you can stay for a little while
It's so lonesome in this room
And you look just the same today
Do you still love me so?
What's that you say, you can't stay?
You seem to come and go
At times my mind is crystal clear
And then I think of you
Then the spin of the room I'm in
Brings you into view
Love that once
Held my mind completely in control
Now makes it spin like tornado winds
As it comes and goes


=============================

Comin' Back To Me
Jefferson Airplane

Part A: Verse

F D# F D#
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
4 G||-----6-----6-----|-----4-----4-----|----6------6-----|-----4-----4-----|
- D||-----------------|---4-----4-----4-|-----------------|---4-----4-----4-|
4 A||-8-9---8-9---8-9-|-6-----6-----6---|-8-9---8-9---8-9-|-6-----6-----6---|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

C# D#
e|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------||
G|----6-----6-----|----4-----4-----||
D|---6-----6----6-|-4-----4-----4-||
A|-4-----4-----4---|-6-----6-----6---||
E|-----------------|-----------------||

Part B: Pre-Chorus

D# F F#
e||-------------| |-----------------||
B||-------------| |---0-----0-------||
3 G||-----4-----6-| 4 |-----------------||
- D||---6-----8---| - |-----8-----8---8-||
4 A||-6-----8-----| 4 |-9-----9-----9---||
E||-------------| |-----------------||

repeat 3X

Part C: Chorus

F#
e||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----||
D||---4-----4-----4-|---4-----4-----4-||
A||-----------------|-----------------||
E||-2-----2-----2---|-2-----2-----2---||

Part D: Bridge

C#
e||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----7-----7-----|-----4-----4-----||
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-||
A||-4-----4-----4---|-4-----4-----4---||
E||-----------------|-----------------||

repeat 5X


Intro:
play parts A, B, and C 2X, second time with recorder solo

Part A:
F D#
The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
F D#
The winter looked the same as if it never had gone
C# D#
And through an open window where no curtain hung

Part B:
D# F F#
I saw you
D# F F#
I saw you
D# F F#
Comin'...

Part C:
C#
...back to me

One begins to read between the pages of a look
The shape of sleepy music and suddenly you're hooked
Through the rain upon the trees that kisses on the run

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

Part D:
C#
You can't stay and live my way
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
You always say you won't go away
But I know what it always has been
...it always has been

A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
Most of the time I just let it go by
Now I wish it hadn't begun

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
I realize I've been here before
The shadow in the mist could have been anyone

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

Small things like reasons are put in a jar
Whatever happened to wishes wished on a star
Was it just something that I made up for fun

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

play parts A, B, and C (with recorder solo) and fade out

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COMIN' BACK TO ME- Jefferson Airplane

TUNING: E B E G# B E (E chord)
CAPO on 2nd fret

Part A: Verse

e ||------------------|-----------------|
B ||------------------|-----------------|
4 G#||-----3------3-----|-----1-----1-----| (repeat)
- E ||---0------0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|
4 B ||-4------4-----4---|-2-----2-----2---|
E ||------------------|-----------------|

e |-----------------|-----------------||
B |-----------------|-----------------||
G#|-----3-----3-----|-----1-----1-----||
E |---2-----2-----2-|---0-----0-----0-||
B |-0-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----2---||
E |-----------------|-----------------||

Part B: Pre-Chorus

e ||-------------| |-----------------||
B ||-------------| |-----------------||
3 G#||-----1-----3-| 4 |-----0-----0-----||
- E ||---2-----4---| - |---5-----5-----5-||
4 B ||-2-----4-----| 4 |-5-----5-----5---||
E ||-------------| |-----------------||

repeat 3X

Part C: Chorus
(E chord)
e ||-----------------|-----------------||
B ||-----------------|-----------------||
G#||-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----||
E ||---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-||
B ||-----------------|-----------------||
E ||-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---||

or

e ||---------0-------|---------0-------||
B ||-----------0---0-|-----------0---0-|| (or any other variation)
G#||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
E ||---0---0---------|---0---0---------||
B ||-----------------|-----------------||
E ||-0---------------|-0---------------||

Part D: Bridge
e ||------0-------0---|-----------------||
B ||--------0-------0-|-----3-------3---||
G#||------------------|-------1-------1-||
E ||---2--------2-----|---2-------2-----||
B ||-0--------0-------|-0-------0-------||
E ||------------------|-----------------||

repeat 5X


Intro:
play parts A, B, and C two times, second time with recorder solo

Part A:
The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
The winter looked the same as if it never had gone
And through an open window where no curtain hung

Part B:
I saw you I saw you
Comin'...
Part C:
...back to me

One begins to read between the pages of a look
The shape of sleepy music and suddenly you're hooked
Through the rain upon the trees that kisses on the run

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

Part D: (Bridge)
You can't stay and live my way
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
You always say you won't go away
But I know what it always has been
...it always has been

A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
Most of the time I just let it go by
Now I wish it hadn't begun

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
I realize I've been here before
The shadow in the mist could have been anyone

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

Small things like reasons are put in a jar
Whatever happened to wishes wished on a star
Was it just something that I made up for fun

I saw you I saw you
Comin' back to me

play parts A, B, and C (with recorder solo) and fade out

(from Surrealistic Pillow, 1967)


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Coming To The Dance
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Allen Reynolds and Chuck Cochran

G                     D7
Turn your back to the wind 
G                     D7
Turn your face to the sun
C                     G
Think of love as your friend
                 D7
You could try it again
G                  D7
All the baggage of time
G                    D7
All the times it was wrong
C                 G
What's it mean anyway
                   D7
Can't you throw it away
C            D7         G
You know how lonely you are
          C    D7         G
Under the bruises and the scars
                   C    D7       G
Are you willing to take one more chance
C   D7                G
Are you coming to the dance
                  D7
You could make it alone
G                         D7
But what a shame it would be
C                 G
If you don't ever know
                   D7
How sweet love can grow
repeat #3
            C   D7          G
Will you be dancing through life
          C      D7     G
Under the starry starry night
C                D7           G
Forever together through this life
C           D7        G
Will you be coming to dance
             C                G
And will you dance as man and wife
            C     D7          G
Through all struggles and the strife
C              D7           G
Forever lovers through this life
C           D7            G
Will you be coming to the dance
C           D7            G
Will you be coming to the dance
C           D7            G
Will you be coming to the dance
C           D7            G
Will you be coming to the dance
C           D7            G
Will you be coming to the dance 

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Common Man
Recorded by John Conlee
written by Sammy Johns

G                              C
As the maid poured wine and we began to dine 
  D7                        G
I knew I was feeling out of place 
                         C
At a table as large as a river barge 
    D7                             G
And I love you written all on your face 
 
  C
I appreciate your hospitality 
      G                  D7
But I wish that we would go 
       G                              C
Let me drive us to McDonalds and I'll talk to you 
           D7                          G
Concerning something you should really know 
 
                              C
I'm just a common man drive a common van 
   G                   D7        G
My dog ain't got a pedigree if I have my say 
      C                   G                             D7
Gonna stay that way cause high browed people lose their sanity 
      G      D7               G
And a common man is what I'll be 
 
                           C
I'll take a Chevrolet just any day  
             D7                      G
So give your daddy back his Mercedes Benz 
                                 C
And there's some common people I hang out with 
           D7                           G
They're my good time buddies they're my friends 
 
        C
And I'd rather chug-a-lug a mug of Budweiser Beer 
           G                D7
Than sip a crystal glass of wine 
             G                    C
So won't you make your mind up to believe in me 
               D7                G
And leave this high living world behind 
 
Repeat #3

        Am               Em
Yes I'm happy just being free 
        Am               Em
And I'm happy just being me 
      Am                 D7  G
And I hope that you will see 
 
Repeat #3

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Confessing

I know that I hurt you and I'm confessing
Since you've been gone I'm feeling mighty low
Please let me hear from you don't keep me guessing
I need you more than you could ever know

Now I'm to blame I treated you unkind
I broke your heart and now you're breaking mine
I know I done you wrong and I'm confessing
Please take me back and try me one more time

How could I ever think I'll love another
The way I treated you it was a crime
You are the only one I love no other
Please take me back and try me one more time

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Confidence And Common Sense
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Durwood Haddock

C              F
Well daddy had confidence and common sense
      C
And a woman like momma to lean against
                G7                  C
Nothin' in this world would get 'em down
                     G7               C
Momma was twenty and daddy was twenty-one
                                   G7                    C
Left the hometown loaded down with nothin' but faith and love
           F
They had a change of clothes and heaven knows
         C
How they made it in dad's ol' car
                                             G7               C
Roadside parks were where they slept and the meals were candy bars
                        G7                 C
Well they got as far as money would go one night
                                                        G7      C
Daddy looked around kinda liked the town and he found a job all right
F                                     C
Oh the pay was small but after all he had to start somewhere
                               G7                  C
A mouth to feed was on the way yes I would soon be there
F                                             C
No they never dreamed there was a chance that they might fail in life
F                    G7                 C
Oh a cold impersonal world was all they found
              F
But daddy had confidence and common sense
      C
And a woman like momma to lean against
                G7                  C
Nothin' in this world would get 'em down
                                G7                 C
They made their home in a house where the rent was low
                                            
Yeah it looked pretty bad but they were glad 
G7                      C
They'd found a place to go
             F                                    C
No it wasn't too much but for forty a month won't buy you everything
                              G7              C
To them it was a castle mom a queen and dad a king
                G7                   C
As time went by things were bound to change
                                  G7                 C
So here I am a full grown man and proud of my family name
F                                  C
Cause my folks taught me how to be strong and to see life through
                                          G7               C
When things are tough I'm smart enough to know what I must do
   F                                            C
No I've never dreamed there was a chance that I might fail in life
         F               G7              C
Though a cold impersonal world was all I found
             F
But I've got confidence and common sense
      C
And a woman like mama to lean against
                G7                   C
Nothin' in this world's gonna get me down

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Congratulations (You're Absolutely Right)
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Buck Owens and Don Rich

C
If you see me walking round in circles
                             G7
If you see me staring at the sky
       C                                F
If you think I still miss you since you left me
        G7                        C
Congratulations you're absolutely right
                                         F
If you think life's been empty since you left me
       C                             F  F# G7
If you think that I cry for you each night
       C                          F
If you think I take you back in a minute
        G7                        C
Congratulations you're absolutely right
If you think that I try to call your number
                                      G7
If you think I drive by your house at night
       C                             F
If you think I still love you like I used to
        G7                        C
Congratulations you're absolutely right
                                         F
If you think life's been empty since you left me
       C                             F  F# G7
If you think that I cry for you each night
       C                          F
If you think I take you back in a minute
        G7                        C
Congratulations you're absolutely right
        G7                        C
Congratulations you're absolutely right

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Conscience Turn Your Back
Written and recorded by Johnny Bush

G                                C                G
I let the darkness hide me while I'm slipping out again
           C            G
To see the one that I'm not supposed to know
  C                               G
I promised you so many times each time would be the last
    A7                     D7
But I love her too much to let her go
   G                                    C                 G
So tonight while we're alone to share a love that we must hide
              C                D7                 G
Oh conscience please turn your back just one more time
        C                        G
I can't bring myself to tell her about me and you
C                                     G               D7
I don't want to hurt her and it would kill her if she knew
   G                              C              G
So until I find a way to end this double life of mine
              C                D7                 G
Oh conscience please turn your back just one more time
Repeat #3

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Consider The Children
Recorded by Bonnie Owens
Written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway
[3/4 time]

C                   F                           C
Please consider the children don't walk out and leave
              F                               G7
Remember they need you just the way they need me
C                    F                         C
They'll grow up half attended with just half a home
             F         G7             C
Consider the children  don't leave us alone

                  F                        C
I'll consider the reason if you promise to stay
                       D7                            G7
And if you still wanna see her I won't stand in your way
C                   F                              C
You're a big man in their world don't break up our home
             F         G7             C
Consider the children  don't leave us alone

                  F                        C
I'll consider the reason if you promise to stay
                       D7                            G7
And if you still wanna see her I won't stand in your way
C                   F                              C
You're a big man in their world don't break up our home
             F         G7             C
Consider the children  don't leave us alone

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Constantly
Written and recorded by Melba Montgomery

C                                         G7
If my face shows that I'm lonesome when a tear falls on my cheek
                                     F               C
And to you I seem a stranger keep to answer when you speak
                                C7                   F
If at times I seem unhappy deep inside it's the real me
           C                              G7              C  G7
Since I've lost my one and only I've been hurtin' constantly
       C                           G7
If you see me talkin' to myself at night walkin' along
                                          F                    C
These aren't the only foolish things I've done since he's been gone
                            C7                    F
I may suddenly start cryin' if I'm home or on the street
                           C              G7              C
Since I've lost my one and only I've been hurtin' constantly
            F               C              G7              C
(Since I've lost my one and only I've been hurtin' constantly)
F                        C       G7       C
All the time I'm hurtin' all the time I'm blue
F                              C                  G7
Can't find consolation when my heart won't forget you
      C                         C7                   F
If at times I seem unhappy deep inside it's the real me
                           C              G7              C
Since I've lost my one and only I've been hurtin' constantly
           F               C              G7              C
Since I've lost my one and only I've been hurtin' constantly

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Dolly Parton - Control Yourself lyrics

Chorus:
Control yourself, control yourself
If you wanna make him care for you, oh
Control yourself, control yourself
Though its gettin' mighty hard to do
I let him tell me all those lies
And then I look into his eyes
And then it begins, I go in a spin
He's the boy that I dreamed about
And now that we are going out, girl you'd better
Repeat Chorus
And when he's holding me so near
He whispers sweet things in my ear
And then it begins, all over again
I just want him to hold me tight
Tell me that everything's alright, girl you'd better
Repeat Chorus
Yeah, its gettin' mighty hard to do
Getting mighty, mighty hard to do
Yeah, its gettin' mighty hard to do
Oh its gettin' mighty hard to do


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Coo Coo's Nest

Dream a little dream of you
With your golden hair and your eyes so blue
Like a song Tchikovski played
That makes me come on slowly

Your raven hair that makes me mad
It's your insane smile that makes me glad
It's the California dreamin'
And the Mississippi smile
That makes me come on slowly

Trying to be real cool and soft
So I won't take a chance of turning you off
Watchin' how you're operating when the chips are down
That makes me come on slowly

It isn't that I wanna wanna make it all come true
Baby if I had a chance to be in love with you
Watchin' how you're operating when the chips are down
That makes me come on slowly

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Richard Thompson - Cooksferry Queen Lyrics

Well, there's a house in an alley
In the squats and low-rise
Of a town with no future
But that's where my future lies

It's a secret, but no secret
It's a rule, but no rule
Where you find the darkest avenue
There you'll find the brightest jewel

Now my name, it is Mulvaney
And I'm known quite famously
People speak my name in whispers
What higher praise can there be

But I'd trade my fine mohair
For tied-dyes and faded jeans
If she wanted me some other way
She's my Cooksferry Queen

She gave me one pill to get bigger
She gave me one pill to get small
I saw snakes dancing all around her feet
And dead men coming through the wall

Well, I'm the prince of this parish
I've been ruthless and I've been mean
But she blew my mind as she opened my eyes
She's my Cooksferry Queen, yeah

Well, she's got every rare perfection
All her looks beyond compare
She's got dresses that seem to float in the wind
Pre-raphaelite curls in her hair

She could get the lame to walking
She could get the blind to see
She could make wine out of Thames river water
She could make a believer out of me

Yes, I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
She's my bright jewel of the alley
She's my Cooksferry Queen

Yes, I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
She's my bright jewel of the alley
She's my Cooksferry Queen

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Richard Thompson - Cooksferry Queen - 24-Bit Digitally 

Remastered 01 Lyrics
Well there's a house in an alley
In the squats and low-rise
Of a town with no future
But that's where my future lies

It's a secret, but no secret
It's a rule, but no rule
Where you find the darkest avenue
There you'll find the brightest jewel

Now my name it is Mulvaney
And I'm known quite famously
People speak my name in whispers
What higher praise can there be

But I'd trade my fine mohair
For tied-dyes and faded jeans
If she wanted me some other way
She's my Cooksferry Queen

She gave me one pill to get bigger
She gave me one pill to get small
I saw snakes dancing all around her feet
And dead men coming throught the wall
Well I'm the prince of this parish
I've been ruthless and I've been mean
But she blew my mind as she opened my eyes
She's my Cooksferry Queen

Yeaaaaah

Well she's got every rare perfection
All her looks beyond compare
She's got dresses that seem to float in the wind
Pre-Raphaelite curls in her hair

She could get the lame to walking
She could get the blind to see
She could make wine out of Thames river water
She could make a believer out of me

Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
She's my bright jewel of the alley
She's my Cooksferry Queen

Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
She's my bright jewel of the alley
She's my Cooksferry Queen

Oooooh

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Copy Cat
Recorded by Cowboy Copas and Cathy Copas
Written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
 
G
When I say I love you
 
You say I love you too
              D7
You're just a copy cat copy cat
 
Copy cat copy cat
                    G
Adorable little ol' copy cat
 
 
When I say I need you
 
You say I need you too
              D7
You're just a copy cat copy cat
 
Copy cat copy cat 
                    G
Adorable little ol' copy cat
 
         D7
And if I say I like to stay at home
   G
Or tell you that I'm lonesome when I'm alone
   A7
Or say I'm gonna change
                          D7
My brand of cologne you'd just say  me too
 
G
I'm not complaining as long as I have you
             D7
You'll be my copy cat copy cat 
 
Copy cat copy cat
                      G
I'll be your copy cat too
 
 
Darling I love you darling I love you
              D7
You're just a copy cat copy cat
 
Copy cat copy cat
                    G
Adorable little ol' copy cat
 
 
Dearest I need you dearest I need you
              D7
You're just a copy cat copy cat
 
Copy cat copy cat 
                    G
Adorable little ol' copy cat
 
    D7
You never tried to flirt when I tried before
       G
When I feel bad your little eyes get full
     A7
When I say grace you say wonderful
    D7
I'm happy me too
 
Repeat #4
 
D7
I'll I'll love love you you too too
                  G
I'm your copy cat too

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Cora Is Gone

The wind through the night is blowing so lonesome
Singing to me a song
A whippoorwill call is just a reminder
Pretty girls have hearts made of stone

   I'll wake with the blues at dawn
   My darling Cora is gone
   I don't know why she told me goodbye
   But my darling Cora is gone

The ring that she wears I bought for her finger
Purchased her raiment so fine
Gave her my last green back dollar
And now she's left me behind

Drifting along like a brush on a river
Caring not where I roam
Going to live in a deep forest
Dark hollow will be my new home

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Corina Corina

Corina Corina where you been so long
Corina Corina where you been so long
I ain't had no lovin' since you're been gone.

I love Corina tell the world I do
I love Corina tell the world I do
Just a little more lovin' let your heart be true

Corina Corina what's the matter now
Corina Corina what's the matter now
You won't write me no letters you don't love me no how

Goodbye Corina it's fare you well
Goodbye Corina it's fare you well
When I'll get back any one can tell.

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Cornbread And Butterbeans

Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' them beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Hoein' corn and cotton too, and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over
Goodbye, don't you cry, I'm going to Louisiana
To buy a coon dog and a big fat hog and marry Susie Anna
Sing-song, ding-dong, I'll take a trip to China
Cornbread and butterbeans, then back to North Carolina
Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' them beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Hoein' corn and cotton too, and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over

Wearin' shoes and drinking booze, it goes against the Bible
A necktie will make you die and cause you lots of trouble
Streetcars and whiskey bars and kissing pretty women
Women, yeah that's the end of a terrible beginning

Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' them beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Hoein' corn and cotton too, and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over
Goodbye, don't you cry, I'm going to Louisiana
To buy a coon dog and a big fat hog and marry Susie Anna
Sing-song, ding-dong, I'll take a trip to China
Cornbread and butterbeans, then back to North Carolina
Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' them beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Hoein' corn and cotton too, and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over
Goodbye, don't you cry, I'm going to Louisiana
To buy a coon dog and a big fat hog and marry Susie Anna
Sing-song, ding-dong, I'll take a trip to China
Cornbread and butterbeans, then back to North Carolina

I can't read and don't care and education is awful
Raising heck and writin' checks, it ought to be unlawful
Silk hose and frilly clothes is just a waste of money
Come with me and stay with me and say you'll be my honey

Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' them beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Hoein' corn and cotton too, and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over
Goodbye, don't you cry, I'm going to Louisiana
To buy a coon dog and a big fat hog and marry Susie Anna
Sing-song, ding-dong, I'll take a trip to China
Cornbread and butterbeans, then back to North Carolina
Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table
Eatin' them beans and makin' love as long as I am able
Hoein' corn and cotton too, and when the day is over
Ride the mule and cut the fool and love again all over
Goodbye, don't you cry, I'm going to Louisiana
To buy a coon dog and a big fat hog and marry Susie Anna
Sing-song, ding-dong, I'll take a trip to China
Cornbread and butterbeans, then back to North Carolina

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Cornbread And Buttermilk
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Roland Johnson and Earl Nunn
 
G
When you was just a little boy remember how your ma
                               A7            D7
Just before suppertime how she laid down the law
    G
You youngens wash behind your ears 
Your dirty hands and then
    C             G             D7            G
Eat cornbread and buttermilk to grow you into men
Keep a-eatin' that cornbread and buttermilk 
A country boy's delight
  C            G         A7              D7
I eat it every mornin' I eat it noon and night
     G
Some people like fried chicken while others like their ham
    C             G          D7             G
But cornbread and buttermilk made me what I am
Misery in the stomach dyspepsia or the gout
                            A7               D7
Cornbread and buttermilk is sure to help you out
   G
So my advice to you all is to eat it all the time
      C             G               D7               G
Cause cornbread and buttermilk will keep you feelin' fine
Repeat #2
I went to see my girl one night she sat me down to dine
                                A7         D7
On food I'd never heard of like caviar and wine
  G
I got up from the table as hungry as could be
  C                  G           D7                     G
I slipped off to the kitchen and that's where she found me
I'm eatin' that cornbread and buttermilk 
A country boy's delight
  C            G         A7              D7
I eat it every mornin' I eat it noon and night
     G
Some people like fried chicken while others like their ham
    C             G          D7             G
But cornbread and buttermilk made me what I am

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Corner Girl
Abigail Washburn

Found you in a corner
Why'd you close your eyes?
I see you

Always in the corner
I hear them telling lies
I see you

What do you see from the corner?
Is it bigger than the sky?
Show me now

Always in the corner
They don't see your sky
Show me now

Take me to your corner
Watch your sunshine rise
Beautiful

Together in the corner
We will close our eyes
I see you

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The Incredible String Band - Cosmic Boy 

I'm calling to you my cosmic boy
For I want to say hello
And I see you smile, your shining joy
Ah, you look so high, you look so high

And I shall dance for you
The sweetest dance that I can do
Yes, I shall dance the sweetest dance I can

Ah, you're looking so finy
All soft-eyed and shiny
And when you look how you are
Ah, I'm so proud, proud you are a friend of mine

And I shall dance for you
The sweetest dance that I can do
Yes, I shall dance the sweetest dance I can

All along the soft pink clouds, yes
On the rolling clouds endless, endless

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Cottage In The Country
Written and recorded by Isla Grant

G
There's and old cottage waiting in the country
                       D7
Waiting for someone to call
There's an old kettle boiling by the fire
                                   G
There's and old welcome mat in the hall
There's an old mom and dad there awaiting
      G7                          C
For a son that's been gone for so long
                                       G
There's and old cottage waiting in the country
D7                           G
Waiting for that boy to come home
Many years ago he had to leave them
                                 D7
And travel far across the stormy sea
To fight for the things that he believed in
                                G
With a song and a guitar on his knee
But they hoped and they prayed he'd return to them
           G7                       C
Though the weeks slowly turned into years
                              G
Many nights they have been so lonely
         D7                          G
And many nights there have been many tears
Repeat #1, 2
The old man is tired and weary
                        D7
His back bend over with age
The old woman she sits by the fire
                        G
And just gazes into the flames
On a table that's standing beside her
        G7                             C
Are the pictures of the son she misses so
                               G
The son she held and kissed so dearly
        D7                     G
When he left her so many years ago
Repeat #1, 2
C                                      G
There's and old cottage waiting in the country
D7                           G
Waiting for that boy to come home

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Cottage In The Pine
Written and recorded by Dick Curless

C                       F
I'm dreaming today of a home far away
C                         G7
Back where the sun always shines
          C                        F
Where the wild flowers sway to the soft wind everyday
C          G7             C
Back to my cottage in the pine

    F   C         F                  C
Ooo hoo oooo hooo hear the soft wind cry
    F   C         G7                   C
Ooo hoo oooo hooo I'll be there by and by

                                F
How my heart will thrill to the song of the whippoorwill
           C                             G7
And to the fragrance of the roses in the air
        C                                F
With my sweetheart by my side down those ole trails we will ride
       C               G7           C
In the land that's the answer to my prayer


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Cotton Eyed Joe

Do you remember Long time ago
Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe

I could have been married long time ago
If it hadn't 'a been for Cotton Eyed Joe
If it hadn't 'a been for Cotton Eyed Joe

Old bull fiddle and a shoe-string bow
Wouldn't play nothin' but Cotton Eyed Joe
Wouldn't play nothin' but Cotton Eyed Joe

Play it fast or play it slow
Didn't play nothing but Cotton Eyed Joe
Didn't play nothing but Cotton Eyed Joe

Where do you come from where do you go
Where do you come from Cotton Eyed Joe
Where do you come from Cotton Eyed Joe

Come for to see you come for to sing
Come for to show you my diamond ring
Come for to show you my diamond ring

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Cotton Fields
Huddie Ledbetter

1. When I was a pretty little baby
My mama would rosk me in the craddle
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a pretty little baby
My mama would rosk me in the craddle
In them old cotton fields back home

Ch. Well when them cotton boats get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texacana
In them old cotton fields back home

2.=1.

Ch.

In them old cotton fields back home
In them old cotton fields back home

THE OSBORNE BROTHERS - Voices In Bluegrass


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Cotton Mill Man
Recorded by Jim and Jesse
Written by Joe Langston
 
C
I was born in the shadow of a cotton mill smokestack
                  G7     C
Down in Alabama's bottom land 
                                                
Where my Grandpappy broke his back pullin' on a cotton sack 
                       G7          C
To raise my pa to be a cotton mill man
         Am                  Em
I've got lots of memories of government commodities
     Am                     Em
When all our meat came in a can
Am
While the boss-man on the hill
Em
Bought his steak and ate his fill
    F#                               G7          Em
And called upon to clean his grill a cotton mill man
F                 G7
Lord don't let my son grow up
   F           G7          C
To be a sweaty cotton mill man
I grew up in the gloom of a cotton mill weave room
                                     G7      C
With weaver's glue and callouses all over my hands
I didn't have a honeymoon I couldn't leave my cotton loom
                                G7          C
I swore my son would never be a cotton mill man
Am                     Em
I watched my woman cry when our baby daughter died
  Am                     Em    Am
I couldn't make her understand why a doctor never came
    Em
The lack of money was to blame
      F#                             G7          Em
And I cussed the day that I became a cotton mill man
F                 G7
Lord don't let my son grow up 
   F           G7          C
To be a sweaty cotton mill man
The company taught us all the rules 
On how to work with spinning spools
                                 G7        C
So the bosses' son could drive a big black sedan
The company owned the houses
And the company owned the grammar school
                             G7          C
You'll never see an educated cotton mill man
     Am                             Em
They figure you don't need to learn anything but how to earn
    Am                      Em
The money that you pay upon demand 
Am
To the general store they own
   Em
Or else they'll take away your home
    F#                             G7          Em
And give it to some other homeless cotton mill man
F                 G7
Lord don't let my son grow up
   F           G7          C
To be a sweaty cotton mill man
F                 G7
Lord don't let my son grow up
   F           G7          C
To be a sweaty cotton mill man

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Cotton Pickin' Railroad Blues
BMI Work #: 8597796
Cotton Pickin' Railroad Blues (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2006) (song#4253)

Now, I was born in Texarkana
In the middle of a cotton patch
Yeah, I was born in Texarkana
Not far from the railroad track
I picked cotton in the heat of day
Heard the train's whistle at night
I picked cotton in the heat of day
Thought of disappearin' from sight
That old train's load of new cotton
Disappeared down the track from view
I rode some dreams I've forgotten
With the cotton pickin' railroad blues
Now, my Daddy was a cotton picker
My Mama was a hard working soul
Now, what can I say about my sister
Except that Texarkana took its toll
When I think about pickin' cotton
I just put on my travellin' shoes
And on the track of dreams forgotten
Sing the cotton pickin' railroad blues
That old train's load of new cotton
Disappeared down the track from view
I rode some dreams I've forgotten
With the cotton pickin' railroad blues
When I think about pickin' cotton
I just put on my travellin' shoes
And on the track of dreams forgotten
Sing the cotton pickin' railroad blues


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Cottonwood Tree
BMI Work #: 8544828
Cottonwood Tree (Larry W. Jones 11/29/2006) (song#4189)

Why is this trail so sad and lonely
The tale is of a faded love
One that will never come again
Under moon and stars above
Oh, bury me 'neath the cottonwood
Under the cottonwood tree
For she must not have understood
How much she meant to me
I heard her say that she loved me
How could I see her words untrue
The cottonwood tree has whispered
Her false love wasn't meant for you
Oh, bury me 'neath the cottonwood
Under the cottonwood tree
For she must not have understood
How much she meant to me
Tomorrow was our marriage day
On what lost trail could she be
Her carriage has gone another way
She's withdrawn her love from me
Oh, bury me 'neath the cottonwood
Under the cottonwood tree
For she must not have understood
How much she meant to me
Oh, bury me 'neath the cottonwood tree


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Dolly Parton - Could I Have Your Autograph lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Hello, I don't know me from Adam, you don't know me from Eve
I just came here tonight 'cause I was lonely
You're no Elvis Presley, I'm no Marilyn Monroe
But I do think you're sexy, just thought I'd tell you so
Hey could I have your autograph
Your name and your number on a small photograph
I'd like to know you and what you're all about
Hey could I have your autograph
I've had my eyes on you and you're worth lookin' at
Could I ask you out or should a lady do that
You may not be famous but you look like a star
You should be in movies as cute as you are
Hey could I have your autograph
Your name and your number on a small photograph
Could I interest you in a romance perhaps
Hey could I have your autograph
Got my heart in my hands and my head in the clouds
And you're everything every girl dreams about
And being with you would be heaven no doubt
What I wouldn't do for your autograph
Oh could I have your autograph
Oh could I have your autograph
Hey could I have your autograph
I like your body could I help you work it out
Maybe moving to the music playing on the phonograph
Hey could I have your autograph
Oh could I have your autograph
You know you're just the kind to makes a woman real proud
Would you take a chance on a girl from the South
Could I have your autograph


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Could It Be

I can tell by that far away look in your eye
That you're waiting for a chance to be leaving
Where did I go wrong did I stay away too long
Did something come between us I don't understand.

   I will run to where you are going
   Any place you're yearning to roam
   But there's something there you're not showing
   Could it be you don't love me anymore
   Could it be you don't love me anymore.

With this sweetest song
I would borrow the sun
And light up the world for you and me
Seems we've only just begun
you're already on the run
And I didn't even know the race was on.

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Alison Krauss - Could You Lie Lyrics
(Ron Block)

Go on and lie I've heard it all before
You had no shame this pain I feel you've never known
The rain outside is shifting in the wind
The road is looking lonelier alone again.

Love is real then love goes on and on
The words you say condemn you as the guilty one
I guess you're not the kind you claim to be
Always looking out to get your love for free.

Could you lie and say you love me just a little
One more wrong will keep us one more night
When quiet fades at the light of day
I see the truth it's on your face again.

When morning breaks my heart won't understand
Spend a lifetime raising houses on the sand
The rain outside is shifting in the wind
The road is looking lonelier alone again.

Could you lie and say you love me just a little
One more wrong will keep us one more night
When quiet fades at the light of day
I see the truth it's on your face again.

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Could You Love Me One More Time

Could you love me one more time
With a love that really is mine
I've waited so long they say you've gone wrong
Have I lost you forever this time

   We'll go down by the river
   I'll ask you one last time
   As the night breezes blow I'll whisper so low
   Could you love me one more time

Do you think that I'd believe
This talk that's going around
I've heard lots of things that somehow seem strange
But darling I wouldn't throw you down

I know that you're my weakness
I know you'll be my downfall
I'm not sorry we met and I'll never forget
That I gave you my heart soul and all

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Count Me Out

Taking me for granted was your first mistake
And that was the beginning of my last heartache
And then you added insult to my injury
When you started treating me just as you please

   Count me out of future plans you might be making
   No more foolish chances am I taking
   You played love's game too rough, as for me I've had enough
   'Cause the going's got too rough so count me out

Things I thought important never bothered you
And you kept on 'till you killed all my love for you
Doing as you pleased became a part of you
And you can't blame me now for walking out on you

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Counterfeit Love
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Paul Craft

G           C                 G
Counterfeit love don't try to pass it
           D7               G
Lend it or spend it misrepresent it
            C                  G
Counterfeit love I know you've got it
            D7                  G
Cause I can spot it counterfeit love
               C          G
It is not love they offer me
             D7      G
Just a reasonable facsimile
           C              G
Hot of the press one hour rolled
                   D7               G
In the basement of your counterfeit soul
Repeat #1
                      C                G
If a counterfeit coin or a counterfeit bill
         D7                      G
Is proof enough to send a man to jail
                         C         G
You should be booked for suspicion of
                   D7          G
A bogus heart in a counterfeit love
Repeat #1
                 C                G
I know the signs and the earmarks of
             D7                   G
Your kind of false oh counterfeit love
              C           G
Two lips just made to say goodbye
                 D7              G
A restless smile and a wanderin' night
Repeat #1

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Counting My Teardrops
Recorded by Johnny Tillotson 
Written by Johnny Tillotson and Paul Tannen

C         F                  G7               C
I'll keep counting teardrops till you're back again
                                   G7
They say a little tear can hurt an awful lot
                                                       C
But it'll break your heart when it's caused by someone who's forgot
                       C7         F
They say a little tear won't ever go away
                                G7                 C
Till someone who forgot to stay home comes home to stay
    F                             C
I'm counting my teardrops as they fall one by one
     G7                            C    C7
Each tear reminds me that you said good-bye
    F                          C
I'm counting my teardrops as I sit alone and cry
              F                  G7               C
And I'll keep counting teardrops till you're back again
                                 G7
Things aren't right  my world is at an end
                                        C
And my dreams have gone to pieces seems I just can't win
                         C7         F
Since you've been gone I don't know what I'll do
                                      G7                        C
Cause my dreams were all built around dreams that'll never come true

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Country Ain't Country
Recorded by Travis Tritt
Written by Casey Beathard and Carson Chamberlain
 
C                             F            C
He was raised on a tractor in overalls and boots
                                          F           C
Been to college and then law school since leaving his roots
                        F         C
Came home in a Lexus he left in a Ford 
F             G7         C
Country ain't country no more
                        F           C
He told his daddy catch up with the times
                                F          C
He said now a days people trade heifers on line
                               F              C
Dad ain't sealing deals with a handshake like before
F             G7         Am   G7
Country ain't country no more 
   F             G7         C
No country ain't country no more
         F                      C
The back forty was sold to make up for hard times
     G7                    C
Then sold by the half acre lots overnight
    F                      C
The houses went up and the trees were cut down
    G7                         C
And there went the finest deer hunting around
     F          C             Dm
Lord everyone's locking their doors 
      F             G7         C
Cause country ain't country no more
                                    F            C
Now his dad sits in traffic looking round at the change
                                    F         C
Watching crews turn the county road into four lanes
                                F      C
The old Sunday drive has turned into a chore
F             G7         Am  G7
Country ain't country no more 
     F             G7         C
Lord country ain't country no more
repeat #3
                                F          C
There's no turning back and you just can't ignore
     F             G7         Am  G7
That country ain't country no more
   F             G7         C
No country ain't country no more

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Country Blues

Come all you good time people
While I have money to spend
Tomorrow might be a monday
And I neither have a dollar of friend

When I have plenty of money
My freinds were all standing around
Just as soon as my pocket book was empty
Not a friend on earth to be found

I wrote my woman a letter
I told her I's in jail
She wrote me back an answer
Saying honey I must come to go your bail

All around this old jailhouse is haunted
Forty dollars won't pay my fine
Corn whiskey has surrounded my bady
Pretty womans a-troublin' my mind

For if you don't quit your drinkin'
Sometime you'll be just like me
A workin' out your livin'
In the penitentiary

When I'm dead and buried
And my pale face turned to the sun
You can come around and mourn little woman
And think of what you've done


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Country Boy
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

C
Now I'm just a simple guy
            F                 C
But there's one thing sure as shooting
  F                     C
I hate those folks that think that they're
   D7           G7
So doggone high fluting
    C
I'd be the same in Hollywood
   F               C
Or right in my own kitchen
  F                  C
I believe in fussing when you're mad
    G7                     C
And scratching when you're itching
I'm a plain old country boy
  F                 C
A corn-bread loving country boy
F               C
I raise cane on Saturday
      D7              G7
But I go to church on Sunday
      C
I'm a plain old country boy
  F                 C
A corn-bread loving country boy
         F                 C
I'll be looking over that old gray mule
         G7              C
When the sun comes up on Monday
Where I come from opportunities 
F                   C
They never were too good
F                 C
We never had much money 
       D7               G7
But we done the best we could
   C
Ma doctored me from youngin-hood 
     F               C
With Epsom salts and Iodine
        F                  C
Made my diapers out of old feed sacks 
    G7                   C
My 'spenders out of plow lines
Repeat #3,4
Every time the preacher called 
F                 C
Ma always fixed a chicken
F                  C
If I'd reach for a drumstick 
      D7            G7
I was sure to get a licking
    C
She always saved two parts for me 
    F                C
But I had to shut my mouth
          F               C
T'was the gizzard and the north end 
     G7             C
Of a chicken flying south
Repeat #3,4

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Country Boy And City Girl
Written and recorded by Clay Walker

C                                   F
I'm not the kind to take things for granted
C                                    G7
A simple mind and two strong working hands
    C                                        F
But right at the time I thought my feet were planted
C                    G7                 C
You came along and uprooted this simple man
                                           F
A strong willed woman with every chance to show it
    C                                         G7
But I didn't mind cause you made my life worthwhile
C                                      F
A beautiful woman with every reason to know it
C                              G7                C
You liked my courage and honey I sure liked your style
F                 C         G7                  C
A country boy and city girl makin' life in this old world
F                   C                     G7
We went against the grain and against all odds
   F                 C        Am                    F
It don't matter what they say I'm gonna love you anyway
                                G7                  C
And time won't undo what you've gone and done to my heart
                           F
I always thought we'd stay together
    C                                    G7
And I still think about you from time to time
    C                                    F
But I should have known nothing lasts forever
    C                G7             C
But I'd never be the one to say goodbye
repeat #3 I remember country...
         F
No honey time won't undo 
            G7                  C
What you've gone and done to my heart

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Country Boy Rock And Roll

You can tell I'm from the country
See I'm from out of town
But I'm begining to catch on
I'm letting muy hair down 
I've been a rocking, I've been a rolling
I guess to some folks I look foolish
Just let it make a fool out of me

I have worked in fields of cotton
I have worked in fields of corn
But I've seen nothing like it
Since the day that I was born
I've been a rocking, I've been a rolling
I guess to some folkes I look foolish
Just let it make a fool out of me

I walked in a crowded dance hall
And I didn't know a soul
Some hillbillies, started picking
Everybody rocked and rolled
I've been rocking, I've been a rolling
I guess to some folks I look foolish
Just let it make a fool out of me

I have spent all the egg money
Corn and cotton I have sold
I'll mortgage my old homestead
Stay in town to rock and roll
I've been a rocking, I've been a rolling
I guess to some folks, I look foolish
Just let it make a fool out of me


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Country Club
Recorded by Travis Tritt
Written by Catesby Jones and Dennis Lord

C
I took a double take out on the interstate 
       F                      C
When I saw her makin' eyes at me
So I followed her down the clubhouse drive 
         D7               G7
Past the pool on the 18th green
       C
In the parkin' lot I said it's mighty hot 
F                       C
Maybe I could buy you a beer
             F
She said I'm glad you asked 
         C       A7
But I'll have to pass
           D7          G7         C
Cause only members are allowed in here
                                  F
And I said well I'm a member of a country club 
                 C
Country music is what I love
                    G7
I drive an old Ford pickup truck 
                        C
I do my drinkin' from a dixie cup
                     F
Yeah I'm a bona-fide dancin' fool 
                      C
I shoot a mighty mean game of pool
                  G7
At any honky tonk roadside pub 
                  C
I'm a member of a country club
Lord you look so invitin' thought it might be excitin' 
      F                 C
For a woman with a limousine
To go bouncin' around in a beat up truck 
       D7              G7
With a man in wore out jeans
     C
It's five o'clock before Friday night 
F                    C
Here's where the fun begins
         F               D7    G7 A7
So don't worry bout your reputation 
      D7           G7       C
Cause you can tell all your friends
                  F
I'm a member of a country club 
                 C
Country music is what I love
                    G7
I drive an old Ford pickup truck 
                        C
I do my drinkin' from a dixie cup
                     F
Yeah I'm a bona-fide dancin' fool 
                      C
I shoot a mighty mean game of pool
                  G7
At any honky tonk roadside pub 
                  C
I'm a member of a country club
 
                  F
I'm a member of a country club 
                 C
Country music is what I love
                    G7
I drive an old Ford pickup truck 
                        C
I do my drinkin' from a dixie cup
                     F
Yeah I'm a bona-fide dancin' fool 
                      C
I shoot a mighty mean game of pool
                  G7
At any honky tonk roadside pub 
                  C
I'm a member of a country club
 
                  G7
At any honky tonk roadside pub 
                  C
I'm a member of a country club

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Country Comfort
Bernie Taupin / Elton John

Soon the pines will be falling everywhere
Village children fight each other for a share
And the 6:09 goes roaring past the creek
Deacon Lee prepares his sermon for next week

I saw grandma yesterday down at the store
Well she's really going fine for eighty four
Well she asked me if sometime I'd fix her barn
Poor old girl she needs a hand to run the farm

And it's good old country comfort in my bones
Just the sweetest sound my ears have ever known
Just an old-fashioned feeling fully-grown
Country comfort's in a truck that's going home

Down at the well they've got a new machine
The foreman says it cuts man-power by fifteen
Yeah but that ain't natural well so old Clay would say
You see he's a horse-drawn man until his dying day

Now the old fat goose is flying cross the sticks
The hedgehog's done in clay between the bricks
And the rocking chair's creaking on the porch
Across the valley moves the herdsman with his torch


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Country Girl

I was raised in the country, that's a natural fact
Food on the table from the garden out back
Everyone working to make the land their own
Red clay crackin' where the silver queen grows

Runnin' with your cousins from yard to yard
Livin' was easy but the playin' was hard
Didn't have much, nothing comes for free
All you needed was your family

I am a country girl
I've been around the world
And every place I've been
Ain't quite nothin' like
Livin' in the South
Oh honey, shut your mouth
I am a country girl
I am a country girl

Biscuits in the morning and gravy too
Fried chicken in the afternoon
Jaw draggin', eatin' sweet potato pie
Takin' half an hour to say goodbye
Blackberry patches scuffin' on by
Sweet Georgia peaches and dandelion wine
The best kind of food is made by hand
The only place to get it is from the land

I am a country girl
I've been around the world
And every place I've been
Ain't got nothin' like
Livin' in the South
Oh honey, shut your mouth
I am a country girl
I am a country girl

All day I dream about a place in the sun
Kinda like where I'm from
With the tall grass blowin' in the breeze
Runnin' barefoot 'round the tall oak tree
All day, I dream about a place I've been
A place where the skin I'm in
Feels like its supposed to be
And anyone around who looks at me says

I am a country girl
I've been around the world
And every place I've been
Ain't got nothin' like
Livin' in the South
Oh honey, shut your mouth
I am a country girl
I am a country girl

Livin' in the south
Oh honey, shut your mouth

I was born in the country, that's a natural fact
On these long city days I wanna look back
See tobacco fields a row after row
Red clay a crackin' where the silver queen grows

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Country Girl  
recorded by Dottie West                   
[3/4 time]   
written by Red Lane and Dottie West
 
C     G7                   C      D7    G7
I was born a country girl  I will die a country girl
   C                F
My world is made of blue skies and sunshine 
C                F           C      G7         C
Green fields and butterflies I'm so glad I'm a country girl
           G7
Birds sing good morning country girl 
 C                 D7          G7
And I sleep to the sounds of a whippoorwill
C                   F
My day is made with puppies and kittens 
G7          F       C      G7         C
Meadows and daisies I'm so glad I'm a country girl
 
G7                                                   C
Running over hills playing in the woods free breezes blowing
G7                                                           C
Honey bees swarming blackbirds a flying wonder where they're going
                                                          G7
Picking stick-me-tights off my gain and dress darkness is falling
                                                             C
Fire wood to carry eggs to gathering supper's ready mother's calling
 
      G7                   C      D7    G7
I was born a country girl  I will die a country girl
   C                F
My world is made of blue skies and sunshine 
C                F           C      G7         C
Green fields and butterflies I'm so glad I'm a country girl
           G7
Birds sing good morning country girl 
 C                 D7          G7
And I sleep to the sounds of a whippoorwill
C                   F
My day is made with puppies and kittens 
G7          F       C      G7         C
Meadows and daisies I'm so glad I'm a country girl

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Country Girls
Recorded by John Schneider
Written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser

C                    Am
I've been to California 
          F              C
Where the ladies look so fine
     F                  C
They take a long-haired country boy 
Dm                  G7
And softly bend his mind

     C                Am
Made love in New York City 
           F                 C
Where they dress in silk and pearls
    F                            C
But Lord I swear there's nothing anywhere
       Dm            G7      C
That's better than a country girl

      F                                     C
Cause country girls are sweeter than Tupelo honey
    G7                                        C
And country girls are warmer than the Georgia sun
     F
They know how to touch you they know how to love you
                           C
Take you right out of this world
Am     G7        F        G7      C
I'm so glad that God made country girls

                      Am
There's women in Chicago 
         F                   C
In their high rise penthouse rooms
Am                      F
With fine champagne and other things 
          Dm                G7
You could drown in their perfume

    C                         Am
But I'll take a night down in Mobile 
     F                      C
Just looking out across the bay
       F                  C
With a country girl lying next to me 
Dm        G7     C
Taking my breath away

Repeat #3

     Am     G7        F        G7      C
Yeah I'm so glad that God made country girls



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Country Music All Around The World
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Ted Harris

C                   G7
Country music's all around the world
                                    C
I've heard it play in every foreign land
                              F
The universal language of the universe
G7                       C
Somethin' everybody understands
                               G7
I never let no sand get in the shoes of mine
                                     C
I've spent my life just ramblin' all around
                                    F
But I always felt at home no matter where I went
      G7                          C
Cause everybody plays the country sound
                                G7
One springtime in Alaska just a few years back
                                           C
As I mushed my team of Huskies through the snow
                                F
Another dogsled passed me doing ninety five
       G7                          C
He was headin' for a country music show
repeat #1
                                G7
I was over in ol' Moscow when I heard about
                                     C
There's a man you know that recently retired
                                        F
They caught him in the henhouse with an ole guitar
G7                            C
Playin' country music got him fired
                              G7
Across the sea in Germany one sunny day
                                    C
I watched a man a paddlin' down the Rhine
                      F
Poor ol' man he never saw that waterfall
       G7                             C
He was singin' somethin' bout a sweet Fraulein
Repeat #1
G7                       C
Somethin' everybody understands

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Country Music In My Soul
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Bobby Bond

C
I've been travelin' the highways 
        F
With my guitar for so long
                                  C
Shakin' hands and meetin' lots of folks
                             F
Livin' my life my way with a handshake and a song
                                 G7
Not carin' much if I was rich or broke
      C               F           C  F
Cause there's country music in my soul 
C      F             D7            G7
Simple music for the young and the old
     C               G7    C               F
I'll keep on singin' songs keep on keepin' on
      C               G7          C
Cause there's country music in my soul
                           F
I met a man in Illinois he came to hear my show
                                      C
Brought his wife and all his fourteen kids
                          F
Why he took the trouble I swear I'll never know
                                      G7
But I'd gave them everything I had to give
repeat #2
                                   F
When the final curtain falls and I go meet the Lord
                                        C
And He asks me what I think I'd like to do
                                F
I'll humbly request He seat the people on the floor
                                 G7
I'd kinda like to sing 'em all a tune
      C               F           C  F
Cause there's country music in my soul 
C      F             D7            G7
Simple music for the young and the old
     C               G7    C               F
I'll keep on singin' songs keep on keepin' on
      C               G7          C  F
Cause there's country music in my soul
C       G7          C  F
Country music in my soul
C       G7          C
Country music in my soul

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Brad Paisley - Country Nation lyrics

We work in the factories and the fields
Assembly lines and coal mines and the steel mills
That's what we do but there's more to us than that
If you wanna know who we are, it's on the logos of our caps
We're mountaineers, volunteers
We're the tide that rolls, we're Seminoles
We're the herd, the long steer
We drive Ford and Chevrolet
Cheer 24 and 88
We crank up our music Friday nights
On two thousand country stations
Yeah, we're one big country nation, that's right
We might fix your water pump, and your AC
Bring your apple pie, and fill your glass of tea
Take that FedEx package to your door
But underneath that apron or that uniform
We're Wild Cats, Wolverines
We're Tigers, Buckeyes, Bruins
Bulldogs, Hogs and Hurricanes
We pray before we race
Cheer 14 and 48
We drink ice cold beer on Friday nights
Yeah, we're one big country nation, that's right
We're all across the map
Down city streets and old dirt roads
We're the fabric of this nation
And we're a nation on our own
We're mountaineers, volunteers
Blue Devils, Heels n' Rebels
Fightin' Irish and Cavaliers
We soup up our Chevrolets
Cheer 24 and 88
And we crank up the same songs Friday night
On two thousand country stations
Yeah, we're one big country nation, that's right


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Country Party
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Ricky Nelson

C                   F         C                 F
I went to a country party reminisce with my old friends
C                                 F       G7    C
Chance to share some memories and play my songs again
                          F     C                F
When I got to the country party they all knew my name
   C        Am       G7                C
No one recognized me I didn't look the same
         F   G7    C        F          G7     C
But it's all right now I've learned my lesson well
    F                C               F      G7         C
See you can't please everyone so you got to please yourself
                 F            C            F
People came from miles around everyone was there
C                      F               G7    C
Conway brought Loretta Haggard brought Bobby Bare
            F      C             F
Over in the corner much to my surprise
        C                 Am            G7                   C
There's Waylon Willie and Mickey Gilley listenin' to Charley Pride
Repeat #2
                      F         C                       F
I played them all the old songs thought that's why they came
   C                   F         G7        C
No one heard the music it didn't sound the same
              F             C               F
Said hello to Ramblin' Rose she belonged to me
C                   Am         G7                 C
Sang a song about a honky tonk and it was time to leave
Repeat #2
                      F               C                  F
Someone opened up the closet door and out stepped Johnny Cash
C                                      F                G7     C
Playin' his guitar like a Ring Of Fire June was singin' in the back (Jackson)
                            F       C                F
If you gotta play a country party I wish you a lotta luck
       C           Am       C         G7                 C
But if memories of all I've sang well I'd rather drive a truck
Repeat #2

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Country Pride
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Dale Morris and Jim Sahnger

C                                         F                 C
Did you ever see the winter skies through cracks in bedroom walls
                                         G7
From a bed you slept on sideways to make room
          C                              F                 C
For three brothers and your sister under blankets thin and small
                      G7                        C
And you prayed to God make springtime come real soon
                                       F                  C
In the morning you would hit the floor before the rooster crows
                                                   G7
Then you'd feel the flash of cold run through your veins
       C                                     F                C
On the way down to the schoolhouse you would curse the winter snow
                           G7                C
Cause you have no boots to stop the freezing pain
        G7  C         F
Country pride country pride 
        C                            G7
You may leave there but you carry it inside
           F                                  C
There's no man this side of heaven who should ever try to hide
                                       G7                 C
That he made his way in this old world because of country pride
                                             F         C
Momma fixed our lunch the best she could but never had enough
                                          G7
To feed growing kids with hungry in their eyes
       C                             F                     C
But we always seemed to make it even though the times were tough
                          G7             C
We were country folks and we had country pride
Repeat #3
                                       G7                 C
That he made his way in this ole world because of country pride

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Dolly Parton - Country Road lyrics

Saw you turnin' down main street in your big, black fancy car
You were dressed up fit to kill, with a pretty girl on your arm
You spun around and you headed up town
Where the neon lights all shine
Left me choking in a cloud of dust
You never pay me no mind
Chorus:
You're livin' in the fast lane
I guess I'm just too slow
I never wore silk or fancy furs
Just plain ole calico
I'll never be a fast lane lover
And they're the only kind you take up town
I am just a country road
That you keep turnin' down
If you ever hit a dead end street
If it's love that you're looking for
You can always turn around
And beat a path right to my door
Do I have to draw you a map
You seem to know your way around
So when you're tired of spinnin' your wheels
Baby, we can go to town
Repeat Chorus
I'll never be a fast lane lover
And they're the only kind you take up town
I am just a country road
That you keep turnin' down
I am just a country road
That you keep turnin' down
Repeat Chorus


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Country Roads
John Denver, Bill Danoff, Tafty Neert

1. Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah river
Life is old there older than the tree
Younger than the mountains growin' in the breeze

Ch. Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

2. All my memories gother 'round her
Miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eye

Ch.

I hear her voice in the morning hours she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get
A feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Ch.

Take me home, country roads

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - The Award Winning


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Country Singer
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Jimmie Morris

C            F            C
I just wanna be a country singer
                F          G7
I don't care to be a super star
        C        F                 C
There's too many stars up there in heaven
F            G7                  C
I just wanna sing and play on my guitar
 
F                               C
I don't claim to be a space age cowboy
                               G7
I couldn't pretend to be there anyway
C            F            C
I just wanna be a country singer
    F              G7             C
And raise a little cane along the way
 
             F              C
All I ask of life is let me live it
                   F              G7
And tell you how I see it now and then
C              F                    C
Without you my dreams would burn to ashes
   F            G7
So open up your heart and soul
                   C
And let me sing to you
 
F                         C
I just wanna be a country singer
                                 G7
Now's the first is where I wanna be
C          F            C
I'd rather be a country singer
     F              G7         C
Than be a space age cowboy any day

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Country Sunshine  
recorded by Dottie West
written by Dottie West, Bill Davis, Dianne Whiles

You say you love me and its inviting, to go where life is more exciting
But I was raised on country sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine, green grass beneath my feet
Running through the fields of daisies, wading through the creek
You love me and its inviting, to go where life is more exciting
But I was raised on country sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine, I'm happy with the simple things
A Saturday night dance, a picture show and the joy that a bluebird brings
I love you please believe me, I won't want you to ever leave me
But I was raised on country sunshine
There's just something bout the morning that make each day a joy to see
The nighttime brings a peaceful feeling that rests inside of me
I love you please believe me, I won't want you to ever leave me
But I was raised on country sunshine
You love me and its inviting, to go where life is more exciting
But I was raised on country sunshine
Mmm, mmm I was raised on country sunshine
Oh, oh I was raised on country sunshine
Mmm, mmm I was raised on country sunshine

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Courage To Go Home
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Jack Lebsock

C                            F
Here I sit all alone in this barroom
    C                             G7
Any other Friday night I would be home
      C
But I nearly lost my whole week's check 
     F
On a horse named Can't-Go-Wrong
     C                    G7            C
No I don't think I've the courage to go home
       F
For my little girl's been waiting 
         C                          G7
For that new dress with pretty bows
      C                  Am
And I promised Johnny he could 
          D7             G7
Spend the evening at the show
       C
Not to mention my sweet Mary 
         F
Could be worried sick cause I'm still gone
     C                    G7            C
No I don't think I've the courage to go home
                                               F
I left that track with just five dollars in my pocket
     C                                     G7
Just enough to drown my troubles I've been told
           C
But if the strength I'm needin' 
                     F
Don't come from this bottle that I hold
        C                G7            C
I don't think I have the courage to go home
Repeat #2
                          G7            C
No I don't think I've the courage to go home

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The Incredible String Band - Cousin Caterpillar 

My cousin has great changes coming
One day he'll wake with wings
My cousin has great changes coming
One day he'll wake with wings

Cousin caterpillar
Seven pairs of legs for you
My cousin caterpillar
Can you tell me just what they do?

Well, all that I can say is that they seem to help some way
To pull my little body along, pull my little body along
Well first I didn't know their use but worrying you only lose
So I said I love you and I love what you do, come on do your thing

My cousin as you see takes his changes easily
Oh happy we, could we take each change so easily?
Then all that we would say is that it seem to help some way
To pull our little bodies along, to pull our little bodies along
[Incomprehensible] do your thing

My cousin has great changes coming
One day he'll wake with wings

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The Incredible String Band - Cousin Caterpillar (Live In Canada, 1972) 

My cousin has great changes coming
One day he'll wake with wings

Cousin Caterpillar, seven pairs of legs for you
Cousin Caterpillar, can you tell me what they do?

Well, all that I can say
Is that they seem to help some way
To pull my little body along

Well first I didn't know their use
But worrying you only lose
So I said I love you and I love what you do
Come on do your thing

Cousin Caterpillar, white and silky threads for you
Cousin Caterpillar, can you tell me what they do?

My cousin as you see
Takes his changes easily
O happy we
Could we take each change so easily
Then all that we could say
Is that it would seem to help some way
To pull our little bodies along
So we say I love you and I love what you do
Come on do your thing

=============================

The Incredible String Band - Cousin Caterpillar - 2010 Remastered Version 

My cousin has great changes coming
One day he'll wake with wings

Cousin Caterpillar, seven pairs of legs for you
Cousin Caterpillar, can you tell me what they do?

Well, all that I can say
Is that they seem to help some way
To pull my little body along

Well first I didn't know their use
But worrying you only lose
So I said I love you and I love what you do
Come on do your thing

Cousin Caterpillar, white and silky threads for you
Cousin Caterpillar, can you tell me what they do?

My cousin as you see
Takes his changes easily
O happy we
Could we take each change so easily
Then all that we could say
Is that it would seem to help some way
To pull our little bodies along
So we say I love you and I love what you do
Come on do your thing

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Brad Paisley - Cover Girl lyrics

Page three of the canyon tribune
There's a story about the fair and a picture of you
In black and white, blue ribbon, best damn shoes
Already know what happens now
The editor of Vogue rolls through town
Sees that picture, tracks you down, and
Next thing you know
They're gonna put you on the cover girl
You outshine them other girls
And everybody will discover girl
What I already know
That there ain't another girl anywhere in the whole world
As pretty as you, the only trouble girl is that you have to go
And roll your cover girl
Four long secrets out and there's paparazzi outside your house
And peace and quiet are gone now
That's the thing of the past
Red carpet, you're looking hot
And I think I'm too but I guess I'm not
'Cause it's hey, hey Paisley, get out of the shot
As the cameras flash
They're gonna put you on the cover girl
You outshine them other girls
And everybody will discover girl
What I already know
That there ain't another girl anywhere in the whole world
As pretty as you, the only trouble girl is that you have to go
And roll your cover girl


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Cow Puncher Blues
BMI Work #: 8448186
Cow Puncher Blues (Larry W. Jones 10/16/2006) (song#4072)

Well, I'm an old cow puncher
I'm punchin' those longhorn cows all day
I'm an old cow puncher
I'm punchin' those longhorn cows all day
I got a mean old trail boss
Can't wait to draw my pay
Well, I punch those longhorns, baby
Til that Texas sun goes down
Yeah, I punch those longhorns, baby
Til that Texas sun goes down
But I'm ridin' out now honey
Gonna take my sweet baby to town
Well, these old cow puncher blues
Feel like I got 'em all the time
Yeah, these old cow puncher blues
Feel like I got 'em all the time
But I'm gonna see my sweet Texas baby
Get these old cow punchin' blues off my mind
Well, I'm an old cow puncher
I'm punchin' those longhorn cows all day
I'm an old cow puncher
I'm punchin' those longhorn cows all day
I got a mean old trail boss
Can't wait to draw my pay


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Cowboy Boots
Written and recorded by Dale Watson

C                             F
A Texas night under the Texas moon
      G7                                   C
Women dressed up nice making all the right moves
                                         F
The ones that catch my eye ain't wearing shoes
     G7                                C
Yeah I like my women dancing in cowboy boots
     F                                              C
In a sundress short shorts mini dress or tight blue jeans
     D7                                         G7
In a high top low crop leggin' leather swinging machine 
      C                                      F
I say lordy oh lordy kicking it up like they do
             G7                                     C
Yeah there's nothing like a woman dancing in cowboy boots
                                                  F
Now there ain't nothing wrong with a lady in high heels
         G7                       C
A little Tony Lama momma oh is my ideal 
                                               F
Aw scootin' across the floor like a dream come true
         G7                                       C
Yeah you gotta love a woman dancing in her cowboy boots
     F                                              C
In a sundress short shorts mini dress or tight blue jeans
     D7                                         G7
In a high top low crop leggin' leather swinging machine 
      C                                      F
I say lordy oh lordy kicking it up like they do
            G7                                         C
There ain't nothing like a woman dancing in her cowboy boots
             G7                                            C
Yeah there's something about a woman dancing in her cowboy boots
      G7            C
Yodel lay lo lay le eee

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Cowboy Boots 

[Verse 1: Dierks Bentley]
They were made to ride and ramble
They were made for desert stars
They ain't broke in 'til they've broken
A few horses and some hearts
Kickin' dust up instead of habits
Got some bad ones they should lose
That's why they call 'em cowboy boots

[Verse 2: Dierks Bentley]
They were made to count a band off
Two-step across the floor
Push down on a throttle
Hide a bottle, kick down doors
They'll make you feel ten feet tall
And cool like Chris LeDoux
That's why th?y call 'em cowboy boots

[Chorus: Dierks Bentley]
Don't be surprised
Th?y got a warning in their name
And the one that's got 'em on
Can't take all the blame
They got a reckless reputation
That they always live up to
That's why they call 'em cowboy boots

[Verse 3: Ashley McBryde]
They were made to crush a beer can
Stomp out a cigarette
They were made to wear 'til they wear out
So I ain't hung mine up yet
They're good at holdin' ground
These ropers ain't got roots
That's why they call 'em cowboy boots

[Chorus: Dierks Bentley & Ashley McBryde]
Don't be surprised
They got a warning in their name
And the one that's got 'em on
Can't take all the blame
They got a reckless reputation
That they always live up to
That's why they call 'em cowboy boots

[Bridge: Dierks Bentley]
They're good at goodbye
Gettin' gone's what they do
I had to learn the hard way
That cowgirls wear 'em too

[Chorus: Dierks Bentley & Ashley McBryde]
Don't be surprised
They got a warning in their name
And the one that's got 'em on
Hey, can't take all the blame
They got a reckless reputation
That they always live up to
Rollin' in just like the wind
And leavin' right out of the blue
Yeah, they always do
That's why they call 'em cowboy boots

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Cowboy Jack

He was just a lonely cowboy
With a heart so brave and true
He learned to love a maiden
With eyes of heaven's own blue

They learned to love each other
And named their wedding day
When a quarrel came between them
And Jack he rode away

He joined a band of cowboys
An tried to forget her name
But out on the lonely prairie
She waits for him the same

One night when work was finished
Just at the close of day
Someone said sing a song Jack
Twill drive those cares away

When he reached the prairie
He found a new made mound
His friends they sadly told him
They'd laid his loved one down

They said as she was dying
She breathed her sweetheart's name
And asked them with her last breath
To tell him when he came

Your sweetheart waits for you Jack
Your sweetheart waits for you
Out on the lonely prairie
Where the skies are always blue

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Cowboy Pride

Recorded By Michael Martin Murphey
Written By Ian Tyson

Well, I'm writing you this letter
And it's a long time overdue
You're thinkin' "Just mind your own business"
I wouldn't blame you if you do
You know our range is gettin' smaller
Hear you're all busted up inside
But it ain't the Broncos that'll kill you
It's just that damned old cowboy pride
Cowboy pride can always get a man through
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you
Good women are hard to find
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind
I hear you're running with that waitress
And she's under age and wild
You know your wife's the best there is, fella
Would you move in with that child?
She stuck with you through the hard times
Think of all the nights she cried
Will she be another victim
Of that same old cowboy pride

Guess it's time to close my letter
It's just somethin' that I had to do
You know I made the same mistake once
Before she fell in love with you
So go home to your wife and family
It's time to put the past aside
So you don't end up like me now
Nothin' left but cowboy pride
Cowboy pride can always get a man through
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you
Good women are hard to find
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind
Don't end up like me now
With nothin' left but cowboy pride

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Cowboy's Sweetheart
Written and recorded by Patsy Montana 

G
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
          A7
I want to learn to rope and ride
          D7
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
                      G
Out west of the great divide
          
I want to hear the coyotes howling
                       C
As the sun sets in the West
                        G    E7
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
    A7     D7       G
The life I love the best
I want to ride old paint get him on a run
          A7
I want to feel the wind in my face
  D7
A thousand miles from all the city lights
                     G
Going at a cowhand's pace
I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd
                                C
While the moon shines down from above
                                G           E7
I want to strum my guitar and a-yodel a dee hee
   A7         D7     G
Oh that's the life I love
Now I have found my cowboy sweetheart
       A7
And he taught me to rope and ride
    D7
And we settled down in a California town
                      G
Out west of the great divide 
Our two little cowgirls had two kids of their own
                              C
That makes me a yodeling grandma 
                                      G           E7
I'm still riding side by side with my cowboy sweetheart
       A7              D7          G
He's a rootin' tootin' cowboy grandpa

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Cowboy's Toughest Ride
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Kim Williams, Randy Boudreaux, Clay Walker

D7       G
See that cowboy at the bar 
    C                   D7
The one at the end with all the scars
       Am                     C              D7
He got stomped by the meanest bronc in Santa Fe
          G
But if he looks a little down and out 
C                        D7
It ain't that bronc he's thinkin' about
          Am                  D7              G
It's that girl that broke his heart along the way
       C               D7
When a cowboy falls he falls hard 
    G         D7       Em
And sometimes he falls way too far
    Am               C                D7
And you can bet that when he hits the ground
      C               D7
He'll get back up and play the part 
G    D7     Em
Even with a broken heart
      Am                 C             D7
He'll hold the reins and hide the pain inside
Am              D7                G
Love's always a cowboy's toughest ride
D7        G
Girl just listen to me now
C                      D7
I should know what I'm talkin' about
      Am              C                      D7
Cause everything I've learned I learned from you
     G
I've rode some broncs from hell 
C                    D7
And it hurt me every time I fell
        Am                  D7             G
But not half as much as the pain of losing you
repeat #2

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Cowboys Don't Cry
Written and recorded by Eddie Raven   
                    
C                       F                                      C
Shoulda seen it coming  shoulda known you weren't that kind of girl
G7                                                            C
Didn't like the life style  ya didn't understand the cowboy's world
                       F                          C
Lookin' back I wonder  when it was you finally realized 
   G7                                    C
No matter how you hurt me  cowboys don't cry

F             G7            C
Cowboys don't cry they move on
F        G7          C               Am
One more rodeo and a few more broken bones
F        G7              C                 Am
Nothings better than one good eight second ride
F            G7                          C
They win you lose you try  cowboys don't cry

                            F                              C
For me it was a passion for you it was a fashion show each day
G7                                                  C
I was boots and saddles you were double D and Santa Fe
                           F                                  C
But you never said forever so I guess you never did tell me a lie mmmmm
G7                                      C
Honey that still hurts me cowboys don't cry

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Cowboys Dream
Recorded by Rex Allen

G             C            G
Last night as I lay on the prairie
                  A7           D7
And looked at the stars in the sky
    G             C         G
How I wondered if ever a cowboy
      C             D7           G
Would drift to that sweet by and by
        C    A7
Roll on mmm  roll on
D7                          G
Roll on little doggies roll on  roll on
D7   G  C     A7
Roll on ro-ll on
D7                          G
Roll on little doggies roll on
        C    A7
Roll on mmm  roll on
D7                          G
Roll on little doggies roll on  roll on
D7   G  C     A7
Roll on ro-ll on
D7                          G
Roll on little doggies roll on

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Cowboy's Wild Song To His Herd

One beautiful night when the moon was full
And the air was crisp and clear
A cowboy lay on the star lit plain
And thought of his home so dear

He thought of his mother he loved so well
And his slumber of sleep was blurred
Not a sound to be heard but throws of the night
As he sang a wild song to his herd

The cattle are lying so quite and still
On a carpet that mantles the west ?
While the golden lanes from the sky of night
Sing peace to the cowboys stress ?

Still he thinks of his mother in a far away land
And his thoughts by his memory was stirred
And he steals himself the old home again
As he sang a wild song to his herd

He's far from the din of the city noise
Where the lanes of folly do shine
He's far from the jaws of the dies sin ?
And the flow of sparkling wine

He's in the great west with its mantle of green
Where his neighbors say never a word
A land of marriage of mountains and plains
Where a cowboy sings low to his herd

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Dolly Parton - Cowgirl & The Dandy lyrics

In the airport lounge he sat with his cane and durby hat
The grandest man that I had ever seen
Outside the heavy rains had grounded all the planes
So I asked him if he'd like some company
In my rhinestone studded suit and my cowgirl high heel boots
I must have been a site for him to see
But he said pull up a chair as I fumble with my hair
A more unlikely pair you'll never see
I was Mogon David wine he was Chevly fifty-nine
But there we sat the cowgirl and the dandy
He was ski resorts in Aspen and summers in Paris
I was Grand Ole Opry Nashville Tennessee
The cowgirl and the dandy as different as could be
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennessee
Then somewhere in between his Harvey's Bristol cream
And the beer that I kept sippin' at his table
We somehow came together for a night of stormy wheater
Now there's a little bit of class in this old cabin
And there's a little bit of country in the dandy
The cowgirl and the dandy...
He was ski resorts in Aspen...


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Cowgirls Heart 
Written and recorded by Becky Hobbs

G
I met you at the rodeo in town
                                  Em    C
And loved you on a blanket on the ground
Am                      D7
Underneath the Oklahoma stars
    Am               D7             G
You sure knew how to win a cowgirls heart
We rode down a thousand dusty roads
                          Em  C
I was so in love I didn't know
Am                                      D7
Breaking broncs ain't your only work of art
    Am               D7               G
You sure knew how to break a cowgirls heart
    C                 D7     Bm             Em
And though you're far away I think of yesterday
        C           D7              G
And the crazy way I felt being your girl
          C                D7     Bm        Em
Though it darn near did me in I'd do it all again
  C                                     D7
I wouldn't trade those memories for the world
Repeat #3
  G
I read about you every now and then
                                    Em C
And all the silver buckles that you win
Am                              D7
But I remember how you got your start
    Am               D7             G
You sure knew how to win a cowgirls heart
    Am               D7                G
You sure knew how to win this cowgirls heart

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Cowpoke
Recorded by Don Walser
Written by David Houston and Tillman Franks

C                               Am
woo hoo doo woo woo hoo ooo woo ooo

C                          F            C
I'm lonesome but I'm happy rich but I'm broke
F                           C          F      Am
And the good Lord knows the reason I'm just a cowpoke
C                         F        C
From Dallas to Austin the ranges I know
F               C           F             Am
I just love the wind no one cares where I go

C                               Am
woo hoo doo woo woo hoo ooo woo ooo

C                    F                  C
I ain't got a cent in these old worn out jeans
F           C             F       Am
Stop eating steaks and go back to beans
C                          F         C
I'll pick up a ten spot in Houston I know
F                C         F     Am
For a-riding the broncs in a big rodeo 

C                               Am
woo hoo doo woo woo hoo ooo woo ooo

C                         F            C
Maybe in the springtime a filly you'll find
F                     C           F         Am
And I might spend all summer with her on my mind
C                         F             C
But I'll never be branded I'll never be broke
F                    C      F        Am
I'm a carefree range riding drifting cowpoke

C                               Am
woo hoo doo woo woo hoo ooo woo ooo

C                          F                C
I'm lonesome but I'm happy I'm rich but I'm broke
F                           C          F      Am
And the good Lord knows the reason I'm just a cowpoke

C                               Am
woo hoo doo woo woo hoo ooo woo ooo

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Richard Thompson - Coyotes Lyrics

Was a cowboy I knew in South Texas
His face was burnt deep by the sun
Part history, part sage, part Mexican
He was there when Poncho Villa was young

And he'd tell you a tale of the old days
When the country was wild all around
Sit out under the stars of the milky way
And listen while the coyotes howl

They go, whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo
Whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo

Now, the longhorns are gone
And the drovers are gone
The Comanches are gone
And the outlaws are gone

Geronimo's gone
And sand bass is gone
And the lion is gone
And the red wolf is gone

Well, he cursed all the roads in the old land
And he cursed the automobile
Said, this is no place for an hombre like I am
In this new world of asphalt and steel

Then he'd look off someplace in the distance
At something only he could see
He'd say all that's left now is the old days
Damned old coyotes and me

And they go, whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo
Whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo

Now, the longhorns are gone
And the drovers are gone
The Comanches are gone
The outlaws are gone

Now, Quantro is gone
Stan Wantee is gone
And the lion is gone
And the red wolf is gone

One morning they searched his adobe
He disappeared without even a word
But that night as the moon crossed the mountain
One more coyote was heard

And he'd go, whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo
Whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo

Whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo
Whoo, yip, whoo, yip, whoo
Whoo, du, yip, whoo, yip, whoo, whoo

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Cradle Of Love
Recorded by Johnny Preston
Written by Jackie L. Fautheree and Wayne Gray

G                               Em
Well rock-a-bye baby in the treetop
              G                     Em
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
              C               D7
So rock-a-bye baby in the treetop
              G     Em
When the wind blows mmm-mmm

G                           Em
Well Jack be nimble Jack be quick
            G              Em
Jack jumped over the candlestick
             C        D7
He jumped so high up above  
          G      C         G
He landed in the cradle of love

Repeat #1

G                                 Em
Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle
               G        Em
The cow jumped over the moon
               C                     D7
And on her way down she met a turtle dove
              G       C                G
Said let's go rockin' in the cradle of love

Repeat #1 x2 
 

G                         Em
Jack and Jill went up the hill 
                 G
To get a pail of water
                   C          D7
Jack fell for Jill gave her a shove 
          G        C         G
They fell into the cradle of love

Repeat #1

G                   Em
Mmmmm-mmmm-mmm-mmmm-mmmm 

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Crawdad

   You get a line and I'll get a pole honey
   You get a line and I'll get a pole babe
   You get a line and I'll get a pole
   And we'll go down to the Crawdad hole
   Honey sugar baby mine.

Get up old man you slept too late honey
Get up old man you slept too late babe
Get up old man you slept too late
Last piece of crawdad's on your plate
Honey sugar baby mine.

Get up old woman you slept too late honey
Get up old woman you slept too late babe
Get up old woman you slept too late
Crawdad man done passed your gate
Honey sugar baby mine.

Along come a man with a sack on his back honey
Along come a man with a sack on his back babe
Along come a man with a sack on his back
Packin' all the crawdads he can pack
Honey sugar baby mine.

What you gonna do when the crawdads die honey
What you gonna do when the crawdads die baby
What you gonna do when the crawdads die
Sit on the bank until I cry
Honey sugar baby mine.

I heard the duck say to the drake honey
I heard the duck say to the drake baby
I heard the duck say to the drake
There ain't no crawdads in this lake
Honey sugar baby mine.

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Crawdad Song
Recorded by Doc Watson

C
Well you get a line and I'll get a pole honey
                                   G7
You get a line and I'll get a pole babe
C
You get a line and I'll get a pole
      F
We'll go down to the crawdad hole 
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Well I sit on the bank till my feet get cold honey 
                                      G7
Sit on the bank till my feet get cold babe
C
Sit on the bank till my feet get cold   
F
Watching them crawdads jumpin' in a hole  
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back unhuh 
                                           G7
Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back babe
  C
A great big sack on his back
       F
Caught more crawdads he can pack
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Well he fell down and he busted that sack unhuh
                                        G7
That man fell down and busted that sack babe
        C
Yeah he fell down and he busted that sack
     F
Just watch them crawdads backing back
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Well what did the hen duck say to the drake honey
                                       G7
What did the hen duck say to the drake babe
C
What did the hen duck say to the drake
      F
There ain't no crawdads in this lake
C     G7   C
Honey baby mine

Repeat #1

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Richard Thompson - Crawl Back (Under My Stone) Lyrics

This time you hurt me
You really did it this time you did
Did you count your fingers
After shaking my hand, God forbid

Riff raff crawling from the slums
Right there in front of all your chums
I swear by the pricking of my thumbs
I'll make your day and melt away

I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
But you won't have to stand next to me

You won't have to introduce me
You won't have to think about
Talk about, care about, me
I'll crawl back

I've got a nerve just showing my face
Don't you think
Scruffy little likes ought to know
Their place don't you think

Old boy, sorry to intrude
Damn shame pretty bloody rude
I should be horsewhipped and sued
Then I'll go quietly my tail between my knees

I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
But you won't have to stand next to me

You won't have to introduce me
You won't have to think about
Talk about, care about, me
I'll crawl back

I want to be middle class
Floors and ceilings made of glass
I just want to be, I just want to be free

You had me in a second you had it
All reckoned, you did
You guessed my game and my name
Rank and number, you did

Somehow I gave myself away
Some code, some word I didn't say
I missed one line in the play
And the trap shut tight and you did me all right

I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
But you won't have to stand next to me

You won't have to introduce me
You won't have to think about
Talk about, care about
You won't have to ask about

Fuss about, discuss about
You won't have to mind about
Swear about, forget about, me
Crawl back, I'll crawl back
I'll crawl back, crawl back

I'll crawl back
Crawl back, crawl back
I'll crawl back

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Crazy as Me
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I'm used to being alone.
Except for six month playings without rings and phone bills that I've waited for.
This is the life that I choose.
I got no complaints if he is;
If he ain't, I guess he'll send me a rose.

Just don't ask me for the truth if you choose to lie honey.
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key.
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem.
I can't find nobody as crazy as me.

I still love what I know.
I love to ride alone and sing a song and listen to the radio.
You can ride alone and if you change your mind, well, that's just fine,
But there is somethin' that you got to know.

Just don't ask me for the for the truth if you choose to lie honey.
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key.
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem.
I can't find nobody as crazy as me.

Just don't ask me for the for the truth if you choose to lie honey.
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key.
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem.
I can't find nobody as crazy as me.

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Crazy Blue Eyes
Recorded by Lacy Dalton
Written by Jill Croston and Mary McFadden
[3/4 time]

G
Momma I always love losers
                   D7
Momma I never will change
      C                     G
These young desperadoes who can't be tied down
     A7               D7
Have driven me almost insane
G
Momma I never pick winners
                    D7
I've only myself to blame
    C                      G
But I'd rather gamble on a young desperado
      D7                       G
Cause I've always loved a good game
C                       G
Why do I fall for those crazy blue eyes
      C                          D7
Those mavericks who won't settle down
      C                     G
But I never could stand the touch of a man
      D7                  G
Who'd brand me to keep me around
Momma please don't feel sorry
                                   D7
I've known what I've done from the start
       C                   G
Well I chose a man I could love with my body
    A7                         D7
But none I could touch with my heart
Repeat #3  
C                       G
Why do I fall for those crazy blue eyes
      C                          D7
Those mavericks who won't settle down
      C                     G
But I never could stand the touch of a man
      D7                  Em
Who'd brand me to keep me around
         C               G
And I'll live till I die believing the lie
        D7                    G
Cause I love those crazy blue eyes
D7         G
Crazy blue eyes

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Crazy Dream
Written and recorded by Joe Carson

C                             F
I'm living in a crazy dream I know it can't be real
G7                                                C
Everything has changed and now my broken heart is healed
                                    F
You're loving me like I love you at least that's how it seems
      G7                           F      G7    C
But I know this can't be more than just a crazy dream
G7                              F                C
Fate has played a hand and everything has turned around
       G7                              D7              G7
You've given up your reckless past and finally settled down
     C                                   F
They say that dreams can't last for long they have to end it seems
      G7                                F     G7    C
But I pray I'll never wake up from this crazy crazy dream
                                   F
If this is just a crazy dream I'll wake and you'll be gone
G7                                            C
You'll be back in your world and I'll be all alone
                                       F
I wish I could find a way to make this crazy dream come true
        G7                         F     G7   C
Cause I know that I will always be crazy over you
Repeat #2

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Crazy Dreams
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Sanger D. Shafer, Donny Kees, Aaron Barker
 
F  G7 C              A#7     F
Crazy dreams I still believe in
   G7 C              G7
Crazy dreams I still have them
       C
You're in my arms each night
       F            Dm
Saying you'll never leave
       G7    C       G7           C
You're still mine in all my crazy dreams
 
      G7
I get out there pretty far
                                  C
Wishing on a different star every night or two
       G7
You're always by my side right here in my mind
    C
Out there in the blue
       Am             D7
In the land of hearts desire
    Am             D7
You set my soul on fire
C                               G7
Just the way you always used to do
 
Repeat #1
  G7
I once had a friend who said I was living in
             C
Some kind of fantasy
    G7
Now what kind of a friend would keep on butting in
      C
Where he shouldn't be
Am           D7   Am              D7
He should realize right behind my eyes
     C                             G7
Or a million places he could never see
 
Repeat #1
F      G7    C       G7           F         G7 C
You're still mine in all my crazy dreams crazy dreams

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Alison Krauss - Crazy Faith

I lit my love and watched it burn: 
Asking nothing in return.
Except the lessons I will learn.
From holding crazy faith.

I've been touched by that bright fire.
Down to the root of my desire,
While the smoke, it rises higher.
Glowing crazy faith.

You're not asking if I love this man.
I know you don't, you don't believe you can.
Yet I've seen the love open like a dancers fan.
It's crazy, I know, but my faith says so:
It tells me.

Am I a fool for hanging long?
Would I be a fool for being long gone.
When is daylight gonna dawn,
On my crazy faith.

The questions will not let me sleep,
The dance is buried way too deep.
But the bottom lover, lover's keep,
Made by crazy faith.

You're not asking if I love this man.
I know you don't, you don't believe you can.
Yet I've seen the love open like a dancers fan.
It's crazy, I know, but my faith says so:
It tells me.

Love you're losin', those you love,
Let the hope fly from the glove.
Do not search the skies above.
Search your crazy faith.

Love is lightning, love is ice.
It only strikes the lucky twice.
Once or you will know the price.
And once for crazy faith.

You're not asking if I love this man.
I know you don't, you don't believe you can.
Yet I've seen the love open like a dancers fan.
It's crazy, I know, but my faith says so.


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Crazy Heart

   Crazy heart I wish I didn't love you
   And I could turn around and walk away
   I've only got a half a mind to leave you
   Your crazy heart is driven' me insane

Like a wild east wind so uncertain
You're changing like the weather everyday
One night we're in love the next I'm hurting
Your crazy heart is driven' my insane

Now I only want a love that I can count on
And hold to the promises you made
How can it feel so right and then go so wrong
Your crazy heart is driving me insane

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Freddie Mercury

C                           F          A#7    F
Oh this thing called love I just can't handle it
     C                   F         A#7      F
This thing called love I must get 'round to it
        C     G#           A#7          C
I ain't ready crazy little thing called love
                               F          A#7       F
Well this thing called love it cries in a cradle at night
   C                  F                      A#7  F
It swings it jives it shakes all over like a jellyfish
        C       G#           A#7          C
I kinda like it crazy little thing called love
              F        A#7                   F
There goes my baby she knows how to rock and roll
              G#                 D7           G7
She drives me crazy she gives me hot and cold fever
                                  G
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat
           C              F           A#7   F
I gotta be cool relax get hip and get on my tracks
       C                             F               A#7  F
Take a backseat hitchhike and take a long ride on my motorbike
          C     G#           A#7          C
Until I'm ready crazy little thing called love
Repeat #4,1
G#           A#7          C
Crazy little thing called love 
G#           A#7          C
Crazy little thing called love 
G#           A#7          C
Crazy little thing called love 
G#           A#7          C
Crazy little thing called love 

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Crazy Love
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Van Morrison 

C              Em                F        C
I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles
                     Em       F        C
And the heavens open up every time she smiles
                   Em         F         C
And when I come to her that's where I belong
            Em            C
I'm running to her like a river's song
                 G7   Am   G7   F     G7
She give me love love love love crazy love
            C         Am   G7   F     C
She give me love love love love crazy love
                          Em             F           C
She's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down
                   Em           F        C
And when I come to her when the sun goes down
             Em           F       C
Take away my trouble take away my grief
             Em               F            C
Take away my heartache in the night like a thief
Repeat #2
G7    F               C      G7
Yes I need her in the daytime
      F               C    G7
And I need her in the night
              F             C         Am
But I want to throw my arms around her
Dm                       G7       C    G7
Kiss her and hug her and hold her tight
C            Em             C
And when I'm returning from so far away
                  Em                    F     C
She gives me some sweet lovin' brighten up my day
                 Em                F             C
Yes she makes me righteous and she makes me feel whole
             Em  C        F          C
She makes me mellow right down to my soul
Repeat #2 x2
F     C
Crazy love

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Richard Thompson - Crazy Man Michael Lyrics

Within the fire and out upon the sea
Crazy man Michael was walking

He met with a raven with eyes black as coals
And shortly they were a talking

Your future, your future I would tell to you
Your future you often have asked me
Your true love will die by your own right hand
And crazy man Michael will cursed be

Michael he ranted and Michael he raved
And beat up the four winds with his fists, oh
He laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore
For his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss, oh

You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad land
Your sorcerer's words are to taunt me

He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
And struck down the raven through the heart, oh
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
And the cold earth did wonder and startle

Oh, where is the raven that I struck down dead?
And here did lie on the ground, oh
I see that my true love with a wound so red
Where her lover's heart? It did pound, oh

Crazy man Michael, he wanders and calls
And talks to the night and the day, oh
But his eyes they are sane and his speech it is plain
And he longs to be far away

Michael, he whistles the simplest of tunes
And asks of the wild wolves their pardon
For his true love is flown into every flower grown
And he must be keeper of the garden

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Crazy What A Lonely Heart Will Do
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Jimbeau Hinson and Paulette Carlson

G7       C                      G7
Take the blame off of me put it on my lonely heart
                       C  G7
Guilty of still loving you 
          C                           G7
Cause you left it all alone it's been looking for a home
                                        C   G7
And it's crazy what a lonely heart will do

             C       F           G7           C
Like running to open arms like a love starved child
        F         G7        C
Holding on to the memory of you
                   F       G7      C
Trying to ease the pain by running wild
         F            G7                C
Ain't it crazy what a lonely heart will do

                                    G7
So don't look down on me with those eyes that I love
                    C       G7
Only to show you disapprove
          C                        G7
Cause I'm doing my best it takes a lot to forget
                                        C  G7
And it's crazy what a lonely heart will do

Repeat #2
 
        F            G7                C
Yeah it crazy what a lonely heart will do

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The Incredible String Band - Creation 

The messengers with sharpened heels
Flew backwards into whose galloping arms
And the impassioned Phoenix
Drawls a sad goodnight to fiction's tomb

Then come to me secretly
And with your silken feather
And with your silken feather
Open your rooms, open your rooms

Never, in fact, as he gazed amazed
At two lost eyebrows lisping into the unexpected
And the archetypal postman delivering your seed letters
Whose eyes are black eggs really
Upon a long shore, upon a long shore
Open your door, open your door

Ask anyone�, he muttered, as he spat a small
Brilliant blue insect, whirring into the gauze
I would advise stilts for the quagmires
And camels for the snowy hills and any survivors
Their debts I will certainly pay
There's always a way, there's always a way

I smiled with that gallantly concealed forceful nervousness
That has proved that oysters cry
And that I have come to know and accept as myself
And plucking a barbed feather from the morose universe
I called him deathless, and he left before he could reply
Open your eyes, open your eyes

Our first father, Abraham, whose bosom
Was the unique soul of the humans
Was certainly as bewildered as we are
If not infinitely more so, and with an ancient
Ceremonial gesture of dismissal, he pointed forward

Verily, verily
Verily, verily
Verily, verily
Verily, verily

The first day was golden
And she colored the Sun
And she named it Hyperion
And she made it a day of light and healing

The second was silver
And she colored the Moon
And she named it Phoebe
And she made a day of enchantment and the living waters

And the third was many-colored
And she colored the Earth
And she made a day of joy
With the scarlet strength of seed

In the fourth black and white were mingled into quicksilver
And she colored Mercury
And she made a day of wisdom
And the signs that are placed in the firmament

The fifth was bright blue
And she envisaged Jupiter
And she made a day of awe and circles, circles
And she sent it to guide the blood of the universe

The sixth was burning with icy, green flames that glowed white
And of her beauty she made Venus
And she made a day of love
Whereby all beings are united

The seventh was rich purple of the mollusks
And she colored Chronos
And she made a day of idleness and repose
Whereon all beings cease from struggle

Verily, verily
Verily, verily
Verily, verily
Verily, verily

I am the pebble in your very own eye
I am the sword and your enemy dies
I am the storm and the hurricane wind
I am the thorn of an unkind friend

I am desire what color my eyes?
I am Loki, wizard of lies
Catch me, find me, see me if you can
I am the guilt of an honest man

I am the pebble in your very own eye
I am the sword and your enemy dies
I am the storm and the hurricane wind
I am the thorn of an unkind friend

I am desire what color my eyes?
I am Loki, wizard of lies
Catch me, find me, see me if you can
I am the guilt of an honest man

Then seven times we raised our arms
And with cat-stretch
Sent our foot spells
Yawning into the multitudes

In need we called upon the mother of all living
Three times for succor, but with ambitious spears
They made us change, they crouched behind
Their mirrors and fought on

I will not allow them praise
That broke the harmonious globe in splintered fragments
And yet, they moved perforce with a perfect pattern
And complemented harmony with discord, and light with darkness

It was then
That we stepped out of our world machine
Between the palm and the fingers
Peeling like gloves

And for each eye that shed one tear
We made of that tear an ocean
And in the five directions
We loosed our several craft

Wild sea, I say today
Please, be a sweet cow for me
Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea

Gentle as lightning, easily
Take me to the root of the world tree
Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea

Your face is consumed in a bruised sky's glance
By the brazen wall with your sword and lance
Where [Incomprehensible]
Where dappled maidens, endless danced
'Round the root of the world tree

Wild sea, I say today
Please, be a sweet cow for me
Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea
[Incomprehensible]

Wild sea, my love is salty for me
Every ripple in her body is a wave in me
Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea

Hold tight, sleep tight
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]

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Crescent City
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Lucinda Williams

G           C
Everybody's had a few  
                       G
Now they talkin' about who knows who
                      Am
I'm goin' back to the Crescent City 
      F                      G
Where everything's still the same
                           C
This town has said what it has to say 
                   G
Now I'm after that back highway
                Am
And the longest bridge 
          F                    G
I've ever crossed over Pontchartrain
          Dm                         G
Tu le ton son temps that's what we'd say 
           Dm               G
We used to dance  the night away
          Dm                G
Me and my sister  me and my brother 
           Dm                G
We used to walk  down by the river
               C
Momma lives in Mandeville 
             G
I can hardly wait until
              Am
I can hear my zydeco 
    F                  G
And laissez le bon ton roulet
              C
Take rides in open cars 
                           G
My brother knows where the best bars are
                    Am
Let's see how these blues'll do 
F                                G
In the town where the good times stay
repeat #2 x2

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Richard Thompson - Cressida Lyrics

Love that holds its breath for fear
Of scaring love away
I rush my lines, I care too deeply
Oh, will she keep me for idle games?

I raise my eyes to see her there
Shining in a daydream
I raise my eyes, I see too much
I know her touch, what her touch would mean

I stare into, I stare into
The dying flames

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Richard Thompson - Crimescene Lyrics

Broken glass, a broken chair
A lamp hangs by a thread
Scattered pages, spattered walls
Mayhem on the bed

Peace is gone and love is gone
And darkness wins the day
A soul is torn away
A soul is torn away

A crumpled shirt, a hank of hair
A shoe print made of blood
Phone ripped out, shades all drawn
A life is hammered shut

And I should ball my fists and scream
Against the dying of the dream
But I can't aim my rage at fate
Where's the face to pin the hate?

But I can't aim my rage at fate
Where's the face to pin the hate?
Where's the face to pin the hate?

A ticket booked, a suitcase packed
A diary on the desk
Free will's just a walk on part
In this ugly humoresque

Peace is gone and love is gone
And darkness wins the day
A soul is torn away
A soul is torn away

A soul is torn away
A soul is torn away

And I should ball my fists and scream
Against the dying of the dream
But I can't aim my rage at fate
Where's the face to pin the hate?

But I can't aim my rage at fate
But where's the face to pin the hate?

Here we stand around like victims
Waiting for the crime
Waiting for the butcher's knife
Just one cut at a time

You plan and he plans
You sleep while he steals
Your wheels can only spin
Inside of other wheels

Peace is gone and love is gone
And darkness wins the day
A soul is torn away
A soul is torn away

A soul is torn away
A soul is torn away
A soul is torn away

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Cripple Creek

I got a girl and she loves me
She's as sweet as sweet can be
She's got eyes of baby blue
Makes my gun shoot straight and true.

   Goin' up Cripple Creek goin' in a run
   Goin' up Cripple Creek to have some fun.

Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep
I'll wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep
Roll my breeches to my knees
I'll wade ol' Cripple Creek when I please

I went down to Cripple Creek
To see what them girls had to eat
I got drunk and fell against the wall
Old corn likker was the cause of it all

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Dolly Parton - Crippled Bird lyrics

A broken heart like a broken wing
It must have its time to mend
I am like a crippled bird
In hopes one day to fly again
I loved you so and I was faithful
I cared more than words could say
But love is cruel and life is hateful
Now youæ?³e gone and flown away
Chorus:
Oh, to die, æ?£would be a pleasure
Slow to heal, but quick to cry
Fragile as a sparrowæ?¯ feather
Crippled bird too blue to fly
Oh, the loss is cold and shameful
And the grief so deep and sharp
There is nothing quite as painful
As a true blue broken heart
Repeat Chorus
Fragile as a sparrowæ?¯ feather
Crippled bird too blue to fly


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Acoustic Syndicate - Critter
Artist: Acoustic Syndicate
Album: Acoustic Syndicate

Mockingbird is quietly just staking out old Crow, They'll soon be getting in each other's hair
Old Cat, he's checking out that Mockingbird, Cat, he's been around for years and years
He knows the meaning of harassment, Some critters they can drive a cat to tears

Chorus
Living here ain't all it's cracked up to be, Some of us can't handle all the pain
Some of us are smarter than others but I can't get myself out of the rain
Ole Cat he's been checking out Miss Mousy, Miss Mousy she's been checking out Ole Cat
She's thinking that he might be getting slow in his old age, Cat thinks Mousy's getting kinda fat

But Ole Snake, he's got everybody scared of him,
He gets paid for protection class by class

He's slick, shrewd and cold-blooded, he's just not a very nice guy
He can't help it, he's a snake in the grass

Repeat Chorus

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Dolly Parton - Cross My Heart lyrics

I know there's times when you must wonder
If my love is true, and I'm satisfied
I wish I knew a way to show you
I'm forever yours for the rest of my life
Chorus:
I cross my heart and hope to die
I'll always be here by your side
My love grows stronger as the time goes by
Cross my heart and hope to die
And all those times we're not together
You're in my heart and you're on my mind
You're like a part of me that's missing
I cross my heart and hope to die
Chorus:
I cross my heart and hope to die
I'll always be here by your side
My love grows stronger as the time goes by
Cross my heart and hope to die
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
I cross my heart and hope to die
I cross my heart


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Cross Over The Bridge
Bennie Benjamin / George Weiss

If you're a guy that's had a gal in each and every port
And you've forgot the rules of love that life has always taught
And if you broke as many hearts as ripples in a stream
Well, brother, here's the only way that you can be redeemed

Chorus:
Cross over the bridge, cross over the bridge
Change your reckless way o'livin', cross over the bridge
Leave you fickle past behind you and true romance will find you
Brother, cross over the bridge

If you have built a boat to take you to the greener side
And if that boat is built of ev'ry lie you ever lied
You'll never reach the Promised Land of love, I guarantee
'Cause lies cannot hold water and you'll sink into the sea

Chorus

I know it isn't easy to resist temptation's call
But think of how your broken heart will hurt you when you fall
'cause some day you will find that you are hopelessly in love
And she'll belong to someone else as sure as stars above

Chorus


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Railroad Earth - Crossing The Gap

Hello morning star, you are my old friend
You are death beginning, to me you're a ten
I'm racing the dawn, but I'll never win
Roadsigns mark time, till I see you again.

There are things I'd change, but what's been done is done
But one to many thrills, and now I've come unspun
I sleep and I dream and lie on some strange bed
I almost lost the story, but I know it never ends, it never ends

I'm crossing the gap on my way home
Above my head just sky and stone
Cross the river from the Jersey side
at the end, of a long, long ride.

I'm begging the sun for just a bit more time
Moonlight, it's alright to sit down this line
So goodbye morning star, daylight's come again
I crossed one hundred rivers, there's one more ahead
yeah just ahead.

I'm crossing the gap on my way home
Above my head just sky and stone
Cross the river from the Jersey side, at the end, of a long...

Yes I'm crossing the gap on my way home
Above my head just sky and stone
Cross the river from the Jersey side, at the end, of a long
of a long, of a long, long ride.


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Railroad Earth - Crossing the Gap (Live) 

I'm crossing the gap on my way home
Above my head just sky and stone
Cross the river from the Jersey side, at the end, of a long, long ride

Hello morning star, you are my old friend.
You are death beginning, to me you're a ten.
I'm racing the dawn, but I'll never win.
Roadsigns mark time, till I see you again.

There are things I'd change, but what's been done is done
But one to many thrills, and now I've come unspun
I sleep and I dream and lie on some strange bed
I almost lost the story, but I know it never ends, it never ends

I'm crossing the gap on my way home
Above my head just sky and stone
Cross the river from the Jersey side at the end, of a long, long ride.

I'm begging the sun for just a bit more time
Moonlight, it's alright to sit down this line
So goodbye morning star, daylight's come again
I crossed one hundred rivers, there's one more ahead
yeah just ahead

I'm crossing the gap on my way home.
Above my head just sky and stone.
Cross the river from the Jersey side, at the end, of a long...

Yes I'm crossing the gap on my way home.
Above my head just sky and stone.
Cross the river from the Jersey side, at the end, of a long, of a long, of a long, long ride.

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Crossroads Bar, The

I walked out tonight for a ramble round
I didn't mean to stay just to view the town
When I saw her smiling from afar
As she walked into that crossroads bar

Well I walked inside and sat me down
Ordered sweet red wine and I drank it down
She came and set beside me there
With a dark brown eyes and the red, red hair

I told her that I loved her true
Anything you want I'll surely do
Said a man like you don't get too far
With a girl like me at the crossroads bar

I like smoky light and a lonesome song
And I won't do right if I can do wrong
You want the moon to burn behind the darkest star
And you won't find love at the crossroads bar

Come all my friends and take my advice
Keep your love at home with your lovely wife
You're better off than you think you are
And you won't find love at the crossroads bar

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Crowd Around the Corner
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

C     Am                 Em
Those stormy years leave deep and endless
F                 C
Trails across his face
                       G7            C
He'll wander back when morning rolls around
            Am                 Em
For it's an old man's right to spend his life 
     F               C
Just searching for a place
                     G7               C
Where he can sit and watch the sun go down
       Am                 Em
Time's run its course and freed the horse 
     F                      C
That pulled him through his prime
                       G7              C
And placed a different light above his brow
    Am               Em
Now towering rows of buildings grow
   F                C
In fields he left behind
                        G7         C
And life seems twice as heavy as a plow
   Am
So crowd around the corner boys
    C
And take your good old time
                                F
And pass along a piece of yesterday
  Am               Em
A tender breeze of memories 
   F                    C
Is blowing through your mind
                  G7                C
Softer than those strands of silver-gray
    Am                   Em
The golden chain the old men clings
       F                  C
To the watch inside their vest
                          G7           C
That tells them when it's time to move along
     Am                   Em
Just rambling through the avenues 
        F                 C
They'll sometimes stop to rest
                        G7               C
But it's hard to find a place where they belong
   Am
So crowd around the corner boys
    C
And take your good old time
                                F
And pass along a piece of yesterday
  Am               Em
A tender breeze of memories 
   F                    C
Is blowing through your mind
                  G7                C
Softer than those strands of silver-gray
                     G7                Am
And sweeter than the things we've seen today

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Cruising Down The River
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Nellie Tollerton and Eily Bendell

C                            D7
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
     G7                         C               G7
With one you love the sun above waiting for the moon
    C                       D7
The old accordion playing a sentimental tune
C        Am             A7   D7     G7   C
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

                                                F
The birds above all sing of love a gentle sweet refrain
    D7                                                G7
The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain
     C                        D7
Just two of us together we'll plan our honeymoon
C        Am             A7   D7     G7   C
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
 
                               D7
Cruising down the river with a sentimental tune
C        Am             A7   D7     G7   C
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

                                                F
The birds above all sing of love a gentle sweet refrain
    D7                                                G7
The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain
     C                        D7
Just two of us together we'll plan our honeymoon
C        Am             A7   D7     G7   C
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

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Brad Paisley - Crushin' It lyrics

I sure could use an attaboy or a big old high five
I'd love to hear "you're killing it, dude", yeah it's bit a long time
Since I hit one out of the park or nailed it as they say
I guess I've been in a dry spell but that's about to change
Cause every week has a weekend, by this time Friday night
I'll be done with my third can of cold Bud Light
And I'll be crushin' it, yeah I'll be crushin' it
They say your baby's mad cause you told her that you'd hang some pictures for her
You know the ones she framed late last spring of you and her in Florida
You're up on the ladder when it shatters into smithereens
She shakes her head, looks at you and says
"Ain't you good for anything?" and you say
Every week has a weekend, by this time Friday night
You want a margarita, I'll get Tequila and ice
And I'll be crushin' it, with a cold one in my other hand
I'll be crushin' it, when I'm finished with my can
I can stomp it with my boot, crunch it with my fist
Smash it on my forehead, yeah I got this
I'll be crushin' it, oh I'll be crushin' it
I figured this out in college, walking past them Gothic columns
That I was gonna probably wind up somewhere near the bottom
I was never gonna be the best and brightest guy around
But like the great George freakin Straight, I'm the king of getting unwound
And every week has a weekend, by this time Friday night
I'll be done with my third can of cold Bud Light
And I'll be crushin' it, every weekend's a weekend
Yeah I'll be crushin' it, by this time Friday night
I'll be crushin' it, I'll be done with my third can
Oh, I'll be crushin' it, of cold Bud Light
I'll be crushin' it, I'll be crushin' it


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Cry
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Churchill Kohlman

G7      C                                E7
If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye
        Am                                Em
It's no secret  you'll feel better if you cry
     F             Fm                      C                Am
When waking from a bad dream don't you sometimes think it's real
         Dm                           G7
But it's only false emotions that you feel

        C                                  E7
If your heartache seems to hang around too long
         Am                                 Em
And your blues keep getting bluer with each song
F                 Fm           C               Em
Remember sunshine can be found behind a cloudy sky
            Dm            G7        C
So let your hair down and go on and cry

G7      C                                  E7
If your heartache seems to hang around too long
         Am                                 Em
And your blues keep getting bluer with each song
F                 Fm           C               Em
Remember sunshine can be found behind a cloudy sky
            Dm            G7        Gm   A9
So let your hair down and go on and cry
            Dm            G7        C
So let your hair down and go on and cry
 
F                 Fm           C               Em
Remember sunshine can be found behind a cloudy sky
            Dm            G7        Gm   A9
So let your hair down and go on and cry
            Dm            G7        C
So let your hair down and go on and cry

Repeat last verse

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Cry Cry Cry 
Written and recorded by Jack Scott 

C              Am
Afraid to walk down the street 
F                G7
Afraid you might pass me by
    C               Am     F
And I don't want my friends 
              G7
My friends to see me cry
        C
Cause I said we were through 
  Am
I said we were through
F         G7               C
But now I cry cry cry over you
             Am
Afraid to go out tonight
F                            G7
Afraid I'll be caught in the pale moonlight
  C                  Am         F
A vision of you will then appear 
                      G7
And I'll sit down and cry my dear
        C
Cause I said we were through 
  Am
I said we were through
F           G7               C
But still I cry cry cry over you
F             C
Maybe someday fate will change 
G7      C
Perhaps rearrange
F                   C
Bring the love that used to be 
D7             G7
Along with you back to me
     C           Am
Then I won't cry cry cry cry
F           G7
Cry cry cry cry cry cry
    C                 Am
But until that day oh I shall cry 
F           G7               C
Cry cry cry cry cry cry over you
       F
Well I saw you last night 
        C
Walking hand in hand 
G7               C
How my tears did flow
     F            C
Then I had to run run and hide 
  D7            G7
I don't want no one to know
       C              Am
That I cried over you cried over you 
F           G7
Cry cry cry cry cry cry
     C              Am
Oh I cried over you cried over you  
F           G7               C
Cry cry cry cry cry cry over you

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Cry Cry Darling

Cry cry darling
That's what I'll do If you should leave me with the blues
Cry cry darling
That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my heart

   For me there'll be no moonlight
   If ever we should part
   Cry cry darling, that's all I do
   Cause you're the one that's in my heart

Cry cry darling
My eyes will cry and never dry if you should go
Cry cry darling
When shadows creep I'll just weep all night I know

   You know how much I'd miss you
   If ever we should part
   Cry cry darling
   That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my heart

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Cry From The Cross

One morning in Jerusalem about the break of dawn
A great trial was in session, they tried our blessed lord
They scorned him and they mocked him, they made him carry the cross
On top of Calvary mountain, they crucified my Lord

   Oh the cry (Jesus cried) from the cross
   Forgive him blessed father, he died upon the cross
   Oh the cry (Jesus cried) from the cross
   The son of God was dying, to save the world from loss

Saint Peter he denied him at that awful trial at night
He said he never new him, it was an awful sight
He looked upon Saint Peter with eyes of perfect love
Saint Peter's heart was broken, he prayed to God above

Crying father it is finished then he bowed his head and died
The world was left in darkness, the graves were open wide
An earthquake shook Jerusalem the dead walked into town
The multitudes were frightened, God's wrath came pouring down

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Cry Myself To Sleep   
recorded by the Louvin Brothers
written by Paul Kennerley
 
C                       G7           C
I just kissed the one I love for the last time
F                                C
Never have her soft lips been so sweet
      F                             C
She's gone away and won't be back forever
           G7                             C
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
 
          G7                             C
I'm gonna go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
G7                                 C
Not because I'm sad  but cause I'm weak
        F                               C
I can't stand the thought of life alone without her
           G7                             C
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
 
                     G7                    C
Just before she said goodbye she called me darling
F                                  C
And slowly ran her fingers down my cheek
  F                                       C
I thought I'd die when she said she still loved me
           G7                             C
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep

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Cry Of The Whippoorwill
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Terry Herd and Rhonda Vincent

G          C                 G
Now listen close and you can hear
               C                      G
Their mournful cries ring through the darkness

Lovers lost and all alone
        D7          G
Spirits two forever roam


Like a night-bird's wail when the wind is still

The sound of river and a whippoorwill

Like the driving rain on a roof of tin
             D7               G
Her words of love call out to him


In the chill of the night through falling snow

Two hearts run wild nowhere to go

Crossing hills and valleys wide
             D7                G
To meet once more on the other side

repeat #1


It's a bitter wind that sings her song

About a love so right and yet so wrong

And promised hearts where passions dwell
           D7             G
No one can see no one can tell


Souls lost in time they were never found

Frozen in solid on the cold hard ground

Forever wild forever free
               D7            G
Wrapped in the arms of eternity

repeat #1 x2

       C            G
Lovers lost and all alone
        D7          G
Spirits two forever roam

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Dolly Parton - Cry, Cry Darlin' lyrics
(J.D. Miller & Jimmy Newman)

Cry, cry darlin' that's what I'll do
If you should leave me with the blues
Cry, cry darlin' that's what I'll do
If you're the one that I should lose
For me there will be no moonlight
If ever we should part
Cry, cry darlin' that's all I'll do
'Cause you're the one that's in my heart
Cry, cry darlin' my eyes would cry
And never dry if you should go
Cry, cry darlin' when shadows creep
I'll just weep all night I know
You know how much I'd miss you
If ever we should part
Cry, cry darlin' that's all I'll do
'Cause you're the one that's in my heart
Oh, cry, cry darlin' that's all I'll do
'Cause you're the one that's In my heart


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Cryin' Heart Blues

Crying the blues
I'm crying because I have lost you
Blues I can't lose
I guess it's too late now to try
I've tried to chose another to love but it's no use
Crying heart blues, there's nothing that's left but to cry

I'll always remember I love you
My teardrops won't let me forget
Each tear is a wish to be near you
They started the day that we met
A trail of tears will lead you to me if you want me
And from my hopeless my crying heart flees


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Crying Heart Blues
Recorded by: Johnny and Jack
Written by J. Brown
[3/4 time]

C                                            G7
Crying heart blues I'm crying because I have lost you
                                                C
Blues I can't lose I guess it's too late now to try
                                              G7
I've tried to choose another to love but it's no use
                                               C
Crying heart blues there's nothing left but to cry
     G7                C
I'll always remember I loved you
   G7                        C
My teardrops won't let me forget
     G7                   C
Each tear is a wish to be near you
     D7                      G7
They started the day that we met
           C                                G7
A trail of tears will lead you to me if you want me
                                              C
And from my tears my hopeless my crying heart flees
Repeat #2,3

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Crying Holy To The Lord

   Crying holy unto the Lord
   Crying holy unto the Lord
   If I could I surely would
   Stand on the rock where Moses stood 

Lord I ain't no stranger now
Lord I ain't no stranger now
I've been introduced to the Father and the Son
Lord I ain't no stranger now 

Sinners run hide your face
Sinners run hide your face
Sinners run to the Lord and hide your face
Lord cried out "No hiding place"

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Crying My Heart Out Over You

Out somewhere the music is playing soft and low
And a stranger hold the one that I love so
I was blind I could not see that you mean the world to me
But like a fool I stood and watched you go

Now I'm crying my heart out over you
Those blue eyes now they smile at someone new
Ever since you went away I die a little more each day
For I'm crying my heart out over you

Each night I climb the stair up to my room
It seems I hear you whisper in the gloom
I miss your picture on the wall and your footsteps in the hall
While I'm crying my heart out over you

* Refrain


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Crying On Your Shoulder Again
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Larry Boone and Paul Nelson

C             G7          C
Turning up my collar to a cold Kansas morning
F            G7         C     Em
Storm clouds forming up ahead
    F                 G7
Old highway you're so lonely
         C                F
But when love dies you've always
         Em          Dm         G7
Been the only one to help me forget
        F                                         G7
Now I'm right back to where you're all that I got left
          C   F              G7       C
So here I am  crying on your shoulder again
F             G7
Dying just to hold her
Am                F
Lord it sure gets cold here
Am              G7          C
Walking with my back to the wind
F          Dm  F      G7      Em       C
And here I am  crying on your shoulder again
                G7         C
Standing near a truck stop kicking up some loose rocks
F                G7               C    Em
It's back to the blacktop and the blues
   F                   G7
Oh highway she was one love
  C                  F
I thought I could be sure of
       Em          Dm             G7
But as sure as she found somebody new
     F                       G7
Love always leads me back to you
Repeat #2
                   F             G7       C
I'm crying and I'm dying just to hold her crying

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Cryin' Heart Blues

Crying the blues
I'm crying because I have lost you
Blues I can't lose
I guess it's too late now to try
I've tried to chose another to love but it's no use
Crying heart blues there's nothing that's left but to cry

I'll always remember I love you
My teardrops won't let me forget
Each tear is a wish to be near you
They started the day that we met
A trail of tears will lead you to me if you want me
And from my hopeless my crying heart flees

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Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord

Lord I ain't no stranger now
Lord I ain't no stranger now
I've been introduced to the Father and the Son
Lord I ain't no stranger now

   Cryin' holy unto the Lord
   Cryin holy unto the Lord
   Lord if I could I surely would
   Stand on that rock where Moses stood

Sinners run and hide your face
Sinners run and hide your face
Run to the rocks and hide your face
The rocks won't have no hiding place

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Cryin' My Heart Out Over You

Oh somewhere the music's playing soft and low
And a stranger holds the one that I love so
I was blind I could not see that you meant the world to me
But like a fool I stood and watched you go

   Now I'm crying my heart out over you
   Those blue eyes now they smile at someome new
   Ever since you went away I die a little more each day
   For I'm crying my heart out over you

Each night I climb the stairs up to my room
It seems I hear you whisper in the gloom
I miss your picture on the wall and your footsteps in the hall
While I'm crying my heart out over you.

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Cuban Soldier

Far away in a Spanish dungeon
A Cuban soldier lay
Slowly dying from the torture
Inflicted day by day
He begged to send a message
But this kindness was denied
So he called his comrades to him
And told his story ere he died

   When Cubie gains her freedom
   And the Spaniards cease to reign
   There's a loved one on that island
   I will never see again
   Oh find her for me comrades
   And tell her you were by my side
   And I bid you take this message
   To a soldiers promised bride

Tis the same old story comrades
Love weeps when beauty is done
When Cubie was struggling for her freedom
I was ordered to my gun
Though I'm a captain dying
The struggle will soon be o'er
Tell her I said to meet me
Where the soldiers fight no more

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Osborne Brothers - Cuckoo Bird Lyrics

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies
But I never give her water
Till the forth day of July.

It is often that I wonder
Why women love men
And I look back and I wonder
Why men are men.

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies
But I never give her water
Till the forth day of July.

Gonna build me another castle
On a mountain so high
So then I can see my true love
As she passes by.

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies
But I never give her water
Till the forth day of July.

--- Instrumental ---

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds
I know you of old
You have robbed my poor pockets
Of silver and of gold.

Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies
But I never give her water
Till the forth day of July...

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Nickel Creek - Cuckoo's Nest 
[Instrumental]

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Cumberland Gap

Me and my wife and my wife's pap
We all live down in Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap
Mmm ,way down yonder in Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap is a noted place
Three kinds of water to wash your face

* Refrain

The first white man in Cumberland Gap
Was Doctor Walker, an English chap

* Refrain

Daniel Boone on Pinnacle Rock
He killed Injuns with his old flintlock

* Refrain

Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
Fo'teen miles to the Cumberland Gap

* Refrain


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Cup Of Loneliness
recorded by George Jones
written by George Jones and Burl Stephens
 
G                         
I see Christian pilgrims so redeemed from sin
D7                       C           G
Called out of darkness a new life to begin
                                     
Were you ever in the valley when the way is dark and dim
D7                            C               G
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him
 
                                        
Did you ever have them laugh at you and say it was a fake
D7                           C                G
The stand that you so boldly for the Lord did take
                                        
Did they ever mock at you and laugh in ways quite grim
D7                            C               G
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him
 
                                 
Did you ever try to preach then hold fast and pray
D7                             C              G
And even when you did it there did not seem a way
                               
And you lost all courage then lost all your vim
D7                            C               G
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him
 
                                       
Oh my friends 'tis bitter sweet while here on earthly sod
D7                              C               G
To follow in the footsteps that our dear Savior trod
                                        
To suffer with the Savior and when the way is dark and dim
D7                            C               G
To drink of the bitter cup of loneliness with Him
 

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Doc Watson
Curly Headed Baby

She's my curly headed baby
She's from sunny Tennessee
She's my curly headed baby
She's more than all the world to me

I have loved her since I met her (yes sir)
More than any tongue can tell
If she ever prove falls hearted
It would be so hard to say farewell
Yodeleyie-ie-ie-ie

Now let me tell you 'bout some women (hmmhmm)
I can tell you how they'll do
They gonna be cryin' on your shoulder
And be flirting with another too

She's my curly headed baby
She's from sunny Tennessee
She's my curly headed baby
She's more than all the world to me
Yodeleyie-ie-ie-ie

When I look into her blue eyes
There's more than words can ever say
I could never love some other
No one else can make me feel this way

She's my curly headed baby
She's from sunny Tennessee
She's my curly headed baby
She's more than all the world to me
Yodeleyie-ie-ie-ie

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Dolly Parton - Curse Of The Wild Weed Flower lyrics

Today tomorrow and forever that's how long our love will last
I'll never stop loving you no never today tomorrow and forever
We've got the kind of love most people dream about
We're sure of our love in our mind there's no doubt
And I know that you ove me by the things you do and say
And our love keeps growing stronger day after day
Today tomorrow and forever...
Each day you let me know just how much you care
And you know if you need me you know I'm always there
You don't have to say you love me over and over again
I know because you show me and I know our love won't end
Today tomorrow and forever...


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Curtains Of Sorrow

The curtains of sorrow have descended
O'er my world like the shades of the night
Alone with my memories I wander
I am lost Dear with no guiding light

Oh where is the moon that shown so brightly
And where are the stars that spell love
Where are the blue skies that linger
That smile from the heavens above

You've broken my heart Dear forver
I don't seem to care now or try
My future seems dark and so dreary
I can't keep the tears from my eyes

There's a curtain of sorrow O'er the moonbeams
There's a shade of gray sky up above
The starlignt has lost all its splendor
And I've lost the sweetherart I love


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Custom Made Woman Blues

Well I tried to be the kind of woman you wanted me to be
And it's not your fault that I tried to be what I thought you wanted to see
Smilin' face shinnin' hair clothes that I thought you'd like me to wear
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues.

Yes I tried to be the kind of woman you wanted me to be
And I tried to see life your way and say all the things you'd like me to say
Lovin' looks gentle hands an guaranteed to keep a' holdin' your man
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues.

And now you say you're tired of me and all of those things I thought you wanted me to be
Is it true you want some one who knows how to think and do on her own
Lord it's hard to realize the lessons I learned so was young were nothing but lies
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues.

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The Incredible String Band - Cutting The Strings 

There now, they've all gone
Almost as if they never had been
I turn my eyes backwards
I gaze into my own gaze
I turn my eyes inwards
I gaze into my own face

I built my prison stone by stone
(I built my prison stone by stone)
How many useless knots I tied
(How many useless knots I tied)

I dug the footfalls in my path
(I dug the footfalls in my path)
How many useless tears I cried
(How many useless tears I cried)

Here to build in worlds of beauty
No one made a joy a duty
No one, no one but me

I saw the birds that flew so free
(I saw the birds that flew so free)
I envied them their grace divine
(I envied them their grace divine)

I saw the dancer's airy steps
(I saw the dancer's airy steps)
Theirs was a different world than mine
(Theirs was a different world than mine)

Here to build in worlds of glory
No one made my sad, sad story
No one, no one but me

When useless walls come tumbling down
Sparrows will sing on the fallen stones
Adam will pull the knife from his brow
Eve will lick the salt from his wounds

Free to make my own tomorrow
Free to free my heart from sorrow
Free to hear and smell and see
Free to be me, free to be free

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Cuttin' The Rug | Randy Brow
Written and recorded by Randy Brown
 
G    C                  D7              G
What did the mirror say when you walked by today
       Em          A7           C           D7
Was it kind was it cruel was it truthful to you
             C             D7             G
And when the morning comes will you still look the same
            Am          A7             C            D7
You're that girl with a smile a little fun a little while
 
G             C   D7              G
A cuttin' the rug and cuttin' the ties
               D7              G
And there's no reason for weak alibis
              C    D7                G
No stories to tell and no reason for lies
              C        D7              G
A cuttin' the rug babe and cuttin' the ties
 
    C                      D7                   G
And when the evening comes and you're out there on the town
        C                 Am         A7             D7
Cuttin' across a hardwood floor neon lights wanting more
 
Repeat #2
                C            D7       G
Now that you're with the one that you hid from me
          C          Am          A7          D7
When he's out on the town do you feel like a clown
 
           G             C   D7              G
While he's a cuttin' the rug and cuttin' the ties
               D7              G
And there's no reason for weak alibis
              C    D7                G
No stories to tell and no reason for lies
              C        D7              G
A cuttin' the rug babe and cuttin' the ties
            C        D7              G
Cuttin. the rug babe and cuttin' the ties

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Cyclone of Rye Cove
Recorded by Doc Watson
Written by A.P. Carter and Doc Watson

C                      F       C
Oh listen today to the story I tell
                               G7
It's saddened with tear dimmed eyes
     C                     F         C
Of a dreadful cyclone that came this way
             G7          C
And blew our schoolhouse away
    F        C
Rye Cove Rye Cove
                              G7
The place of my childhood and home
         C                   F             C
Where in life's early morn I once loved to roam
                G7         C
But now it's so silent and lone
                                 F            C
When the great storm appeared it darkened the air
                                   G7
And the lightning flashed over the sky
         C                        F       C
Then the children all cried don't take us away
                G7      C
But spare us to go back home
Repeat #3
                          F           C
Oh the mothers so sad and fathers the same
                           G7
They came to this horrible scene
     C                         F               C
Then searching and crying each found their own child
           G7        C
Dying on a pillow of stone
                        F               C
Lord give us a home far beyond the blue skies
                              G7
Where storms and cyclones are unknown
    C                       F            C
And there will we stand and gladly clasp hands
                           G7       C
With our children in their heavenly home
Repeat #3 

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Cyclone Of Rye Cove

Oh listen today and a story I'll tell,
In sadness and tear rimmed eyes,
Of a dreadful cyclone that came this way,
And blew our schoolhouse away

: Rye Cove (Rye Cove), Rye Cove (Rye Cove),
The land of my childhood and home,
Where life's early morn I once loved to roam,
But now it's so silent and lone

When the cyclone appeared it darkened the air,
And the lightning flashed over the sky,
And the children all cried, don't take us away,
But spare us to go back home

There were mothers so dear and fathers the same,
That came to this terrible scene,
Searching and crying each found their own child,
Dying on a pillow of stone

Oh give us a home far beyond the blue sky,
Where storms and cyclones are unknown,
And there by life's strand we'll clasp the glad hand,
Our children in their heavenly home

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D-18

In a pawn shop in Odysessa in the fall of '64
The pawn shop man was leavin' he was lockin' up the door
I ran up just in time and I holler'd just through the screen
Hey, man, you got any good guitars in here,
he said "I got this D-18"

So I gave him a hundred dollars and I took that sucker home
I cleaned it up and strung it hit a chord and heard that tone
It was crisp and clean rich and full all a guitar ought to be
I said Thank you, Mr, Martin, you made this D-18 for me

   Said Thank you, Mr. Martin, I'm alright
   'Cause once again this old guitar helped me through the night
   I'm mighty grateful to you, you know how to make 'em right
   I said Thank you, Mr. Martin, I'm alright

If I'm feelin' down and worthless and I haven't got a dime
Wonderin' if I spent my life just wastin' my time
I pick up that old guitar some paper and a pen
I say Thank you, Mr. Martin, you saved my life again.

I've written songs about my lovers my family and my friends
My wife my child the old home place and the road that never ends
Heros hobos rock n' roll and a honky tonk queen
I wrote 'em all without exception on my Martin D-18

Now It was made way back In '43 when I was just a kid
I believe it's about the best thing Mr. Martin ever did
It plays real good stays in tune and never treats me mean
Thank God for Mr. Martin and that fine old D-18.

Well there's your Galagher your Gibson your Goya Gretch and Guild
I've played every kind of guitar that them guitar makers build
I' picked on a lot of axes but the best I've ever seen
Is my funky beat up wonderful old Martin D-18.

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Dolly Parton - D.i.v.o.r.c.e. lyrics

Our little boy is four years old and he's quite a little man.
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand.
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-P-R-I-S-E.
But the words we're hiding from him now tears the heart right out of me.
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today.
Me and little J-O-E will be going away.
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me.
Oh I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Watch him smile, he thinks it's Christmas or his fifth birthday.
And he things C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words and I turn my head when I speak
Cause I can't spell away this hurt that's dripping down my cheek.
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today.
Me and little J-O-E will be going away.
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me.
Oh I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.


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D.J. For A Day
Recorded by Jimmy C. Newman
Written by Tom T. Hall

C
You won't answer when I call you
F                       C
You won't answer when I write
F                     C
You're out in someone else's arms
D7                   G7
In a new place every night
C
So here is what I would like to do
F                  C
If I could have my way
F                C    G7    C   C7
I'd like to be a D.J. for a day
F                      C
I'd play Your Cheatin' Heart       
G7             C
Just A Girl I Used To Know    
F                C
I'd play the saddest songs         
D7            G7
You ever heard on your radio    
C
I'd dedicate my love to you
F                  C
And every song I'd play
F               C    G7    C
If I could be a D.J. for a day

Repeat #2

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Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me Lyrics

Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead
Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head
Another day that could have been me there instead
Nobody loves me here, nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

You hit the booby trap and you're in pieces
With every bullet your risk increases
Old Ali Baba, he's a different species
Nobody loves me here, nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

I'm dead meat in my HumV Frankenstein
I hit the road block, God knows I never hit the mine
The dice rolled and I got lucky this time

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

I've got a wife, a kid, another on the way
I might get home if I can live through today
Before I came out here I never used to pray
Nobody loves me here, nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me

Dad's in a bad mood, dad's got the blues
It's someone else's mess that I didn't choose
At least we're winning on the Fox evening news
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

Dawn Patrol went out and didn't come back
Hug the wire and pray like I told you, Mac
Or they'll be shoveling bits of you into a sack

Dad's gonna kill me

And who's that stranger walking in my dreams
And whose that stranger cast a shadow 'cross my heart
And who's that stranger, I dare speak his name
Must be old death a-walking
Must be old death a-walking

Dad's gonna kill me

7 muzzle monkeys standing in a row
Standing waiting for the sandbox to blow
Sitting targets in the wild west show
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me

Another angel got his wings this week
Charbroiled with his own Willie Pete
Nobody's dying if you speak double-speak

Dad's gonna kill me

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Dad's Old Fiddle
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Glenn Martin

C                                       F           C
There's two nails in the wall above the door in the hall
                                       G7
Where Dad's old fiddle hung for twenty years
  C                           F                     C
I recall as just a boy how my heart would beat with joy
                          G7              C
When Daddy would play the song I loved to hear
                F      C     G7     C
And Daddy would play

                                     F            C
Daddy never left us any will telling us what he'd give
                                  G7
But everybody knew his fiddle was mine
    C                             F              C
But the fiddle was all he left so I had to teach myself
                       G7             C
And I bet I played his song a million times
            F      C     G7     C
And I would play

                                       F            C
Well if dad could see me now oh I know that he'd be proud
                                   G7
To hear his old fiddle played once again
    C                             F               C
But maybe it won't be long till I join him in his song
                             G7        C
And together we'll play this song once again
               F      C     G7     C
And then we'll play

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Daddy
Written and recorded by Donna Fargo

G
Well I'm finally gonna write you that letter
                                   D7
That was owed you for a long long time                                   
I can't say much for me                                    
G
But I do hope that ya'll are doing fine     
C
Well how is Berry and Virginia                                  
G
Are they still living down on the farm    
D7
You know sometimes I get so lonesome daddy                       
G
I wish I'd never left home                                                          

Are you working hard these days
                                                         D7
Are you doing all the things the doctor said you oughta do                                              
Did you sell all your tobacco                                              
G
Did the crops bring in what you thought they would       
C
Well I might as well got to the point                                       
G
Last night I tried to call you on the phone         
D7
What I'm getting at                                              
G
I guess is if I had the money daddy I'd come home             

C                              G
Cause every night I hear an old southbound train whistle a-blowing    
D7                    G
And daddy it's calling me home                                            

I've been to New York Chicago                                           
D7
Wheeling West Virginia and Nashville Tennessee                      
And singers are as thick as fleas on a dog's back
                      G
By the way how's old Lee      
C                  
And I done changed my name so many times                         
G 
I don't even know who I am    
D7                      
And daddy I sure miss them pinto beans                            
G
And corn bread and country ham                                           
Now I know I should've listened when you said
                                          D7
I didn't have no business coming way out west                                                  
That a girl belongs at home on the farm                                                  
G
Where she was born raising younguns like all the rest       
C
Well I know it now that's why I'm writing
                                    G
And why I tried to call you on the phone         
D7
What I'm really trying to say                                          
G
Is if you'll send me the money I'll come home            

C                              G
Cause every night I hear an old southbound train whistle a-blowing    
D7                    G
And daddy it's calling me home           
C                              G
Cause every night I hear an old southbound train whistle a-blowing   
 D7                    C   G
And daddy it's calling me h-ome

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Dolly Parton - Daddy Come And Get Me lyrics

In this mental institution, lookin' out through these iron bars
How could he put me in here, how could he go that far
Yes I need help but not this kind, he didn't love me from the start
But it's not my mind that's broken, it's my heart
Oh Daddy come and get me and take me home with you
I'm depending on you Daddy, there's nothing I can do
And you said that I could come to you if I ever was in need
But Daddy I can't come to you, you'll have to come to me
When he said he loved another, I was crazy with jealousy
That's 'cause I was crazy over him and I couldn't stand to set him free
And I couldn't stand to lose him and I cried and cried for days
And he said that I was crazy but he just put me in here to get me out of his way
Daddy come and get me
Oh Daddy come and get me and take me home with you
I'm depending on you Daddy 'cause there's nothing else I can do
And you said that I could come to you if I ever was in need
But Daddy I can't come to you, you'll have to come to me
Oh Daddy, come and get me


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Daddy Come Home
Recorded by George Jones and Georgette Jones  
written by Bobby Braddock
[3/4 time]

G                         C
A year and a half may not seem like much time
        G                   D7
But its almost forever when you're only nine
    G                        C
Yes she still adores him and tears fill her eyes
       G             D7         G
As she clings to her pillow and cries

                          C
Daddy come home oh please daddy come home
      G                           D7
Sweet daddy are you out there somewhere all alone
    G                     C
Was mommy mean to you did I treat you wrong
G        D7         G
Daddy oh daddy come home

                       C
Down on the coast in a honeymoon sweet
          G                       D7
Someone's tossing and turning and trying to sleep
    G                         C
Was that just the wind in the pines cross the bay
     G           D7          G
Or a small voice from so far away

repeat #2

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Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Recorded by Wayne Newton
Written by Peter Callender and Geoff Stephens

C                                  Dm
The love between the two of us was dying 
       C                          Dm
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave 
    C                                F               D7
But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw 
   C               Dm      G7    C
My little daughter running after me  
Dm  G7  C
Cry-ing daddy don't you walk so fast 
F
Daddy don't you walk so fast 
      C         E7                Am        D7
Daddy slow down some cause you're makin' me run 
C               G7      C
Daddy don't you walk so fast 
 
                                        Dm
Now it broke my heart to tell my little daughter 
         C                           Dm
That her daddy had to run to catch a train 
    C                           F                D7
She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good 
  C                 Dm        G7   C
I turned around and there she was again 
G7           C
And she said daddy don't you walk so fast 
                 F
My darling cried daddy don't you walk so fast 
      C         E7                Am        D7
Daddy slow down some cause you're makin' me run 
C               G7      C
Daddy don't you walk so fast 
 
                                 Dm
If only for the sake of my sweet daughter 
       C                                     Dm
I just had to turn back home right there and then 
    C                                F            D7
And try to start a new life with the mother of my child 
  C                F          G7     C
I couldn't bear to hear those words again 
F             G7
She cried and said 
 
repeat #2 

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Daddy Frank
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp
                                G7
Sister played the ringing tambourine

Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
                                        C
She read our lips and helped the family sing


That little band was all a part of living
                                    G7
And our only means of living at the time

And it wasn't like no normal family combo
                                     C
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind

Am                             C
Frank and mama counted on each other
Am                                    C
Their one and only weakness made them strong
F                            C
Mama did the driving for the family
D7                             G7
And Frank made a living with a song

Am                             C
Home was just a camp along the highway
Am                                C
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down
F                              C
Don't ever once remember going hungry
               F    C       G7     C
But I remember mama cooking on the ground

Repeat #1 & 2

Am                            C
Don't remember how they got acquainted
  Am                               C
I can't recall just how it came to be
      F                                C
There had to be some special help from someone
    D7                             G7
And blessed be the one that let it be

Am                             C
Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing
Am                               C
Daddy Frank was born without his sight
F                                 C
And mama needed someone she could lean on
        F         C      G7      C
And I believe the guitar man was right

Repeat #1 & 2

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Daddy Number Two
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Glenn Barber and Joe Melson

G
I don't mind his daddy's picture on our table
                                     D7
I understand he's the father of your child
        C                              D7
I don't mind his little visits here on Sunday
     A7                                      D7
Even though he shares our world for a little while
 
     G
I'll pretend that I don't see the way he looks at you
                      B7                 C  D7
Any fool can see he's still in love with you
        G            C        G                C
I'll be daddy number two baby I'll do that for you
                   G          B7                C D7
Because I love you I'll do anything you want me to
               G                C
If you'll just tell me one more time
         G          C              G            D7
So I can satisfy my mind that I am daddy number two
                   C   D7 G
But husband number one to you
 
                                                     
When you see them both together I know it bothers you
                                D7
He's the image of his father we both know it's true
          C                              D7
Does that old world deep inside you stop turning
     A7                      D7
Am I only just some stranger outside the gates
 
  G
I can't help the way I feel I don't know what to do
                      B7                 C  D7
Any fool can see he's still in love with you
        G            C        G                C
I'll be daddy number two baby I'll do that for you
                   G          B7                D7
Because I love you I'll do anything you want me to
               G                C
If you'll just tell me one more time
         G          C              G            D7
So I can satisfy my mind that I am daddy number two
                   C   D7 G
But husband number one to you

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Daddy Sang Bass

I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were
Trying to make a living out of blackland dirt
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud

   Daddy sang bass
   Mama sang tenor
   Me and little brother would join right in there
   Singin' seems to help a troubled soul

One of these days and it won't be long
I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne
No the circle won't be broken won't be broken
Bye and bye lord bye and bye

   Daddy sang bass
   Mama sang tenor
   Me and little brother would join right in there
   In the sky lord in the sky

I remember after work
Mama would call in all of us
You could hear us singin' for a country mile
Now little brother has done gone on
I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while

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Dolly Parton - Daddy Was An Old Timer Preacher Man lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Daddy was an old time preacher man
He preacher the word of God throughout the land
He preached so plain a child could understand
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
He told the people of he need to pray
He talked about God's wrath and judgement day
He preached about the great eternity
He preached hell so hot that you could feel the heat
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Aunt Leanona would get up to testify
And we'd sing "In The Sweet By And By"
The we'd sing "I'm On My Way To Canaan Land"
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Revivals and camp meetings went for weeks
Folks came from all around to hear him preach
Daddy said if one is saved it's worth it all
But the aisles were always filled at altar calls
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Daddy worked for God but asked for no pay
For he believed that God provides a way
We never had a lot but we got by
Guess it's 'cause the Lord was on Daddy's side
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man


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Daddy Won't Be Home Again For Christmas
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C              C7             F         D7
Daddy won't be home again for Christmas
           G7                               C   G7
And I just hope that this little check will fit
C              C7             F         D7
Daddy won't be home again for Christmas
          G7                              F       C
But maybe this will serve to let you know I don't forget

                         C7               F       D7
The Christmas tree where I'll be won't be lighted
        G7                                  C         G7
But the rain and cold will let me know December's here
C                  C7              F      D7
Forgive me for the letters I don't answer
           G7                               C
But I keep thinking I'll be home again each year

Repeat #1
 
                         C7                F               D7
I know Santa Claus won't bring you all the things you need
    G7                          C     G7
But maybe he'll be kinder if he knows
C                         C7               F           D7
That I won't be home this year to play the famous roll
      G7                                 C
And besides I'm much to thin to wear his cloths

Repeat #1

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Daddy's Girl
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Glenn Martin

C                           F              C
I recall the night that you came into this world  
G7                                  F                  C
I couldn't believe the doctor when he said it's a little girl
                                      F            C
I said now Doc you must be wrong you see I want a boy     
F           C                 G7              C
Then he laid you in my arms and my heart sang with joy
(Daddy's girl daddy's girl        
F                 
C
I'm the center of daddy's world  
G7
I know I'm daddy's number one       
F
For he loves me like I was his son        
C
Daddy's Girl)                            

F             C
I recall the day I took you to a baseball game    
G7                               F             C
You brought along your baby doll and half its baby things
                                       F                  C
We sat there a-playin' house while the Dodgers played the Braves    
F               C                   G7          C
And everyone in the bleachers looked at us as if to say

repeat #2                             

F            C
I recall the day I took you on a fishin' trip
G7                             F                C
You said daddy won't that hook hurt the fishes' lip
                                         F                      C
And you said if they don't get air those things in the can will die
F                C                   G7                C
So we turned the worms all loose and chased some butterflies

repeat #2                          

F                 C
I recall the day that your young man come to call      
G7                      F                   C
Seems like only yesterday you swam and played football
                             F                   C
But I know the time has come that I must set you free   
F         C                 G7                   C
But no matter where you are you know what you are to me 

repeat #2 x2

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Daddy's Hands
written and recorded by Holly Dunn
 
C                               G7
I remember daddy's hands folded silently in prayer
    Am              F              C          G7
And reaching out to hold me when I had a nightmare
          C                         G7
You could read quite a story in the callous' and lines
F                 C         G7                C
Years of work and worry had left their mark behind
 
                                  G7
I remember daddy's hands how they held my mama tight
    Am        F        C              G7
And patted my back for something done right
          C                                G7
There are things that I'd forgotten that I loved about the man
         F        C          G7              C
But I'll always remember the love in daddy's hands
 
                            F               C
Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was crying
        Em     Am           Dm                  G7
Daddy's hands  were hard as steel when I'd done wrong
        C                                    F            D7
Daddy's hands weren't always gentle but I've come to understand
          C      G7              C
There was always love in daddy's hands
 
                         G7
I remember daddy's hands working 'til they bled
Am           F                 C           G7
Sacrificed unselfishly just to keep us all fed
   C                          G7
If I could do things over I'd live my life again
    F              C           G7              C
And never take for granted the love in daddy's hands

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Dolly Parton - Daddy's Moonshine Still lyrics

Folks say my daddy wasn't much of a man
For disobeying the laws of the land
Folks say that my daddy wasn't fit to kill
Oh and I know it was true what the people said
Cause we'd all've been better of dead
Than to live a life of shame and strife
Cause of daddy's moonshine still
My mama was always sweet and kind
But she grew old before her time
Worryin' about the way we had to live
Yeah my daddy put the wrinkles in my mama's face
He drunk his share of all he made
And just one more reason I grew to hate
My daddy's moonshine still
Chorus:
Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin'
But to break mama's heart
And to tear our home apart
Make our lives a livin' hell
Them old mason jars that daddy made us wash
And set them out to sun on our back porch
'Til he got ready to take 'em up on the hill
And when daddy got word of the revenue
He made us kids help hide his brew
Made us swear that we never knew
About daddy's moonshine still
Yeah and two of my brothers drove across the state line
Once a week with a load of moonshine
And the wounds that came from that won't ever heal
Cause on a moonshine run one rainy night
My two brothers lost their lives
And oh my god how I despise
My daddy's moonshine still
Repeat Chorus
Well it broke mama's heart but she understood
The day that I left home for good
But I had to find me another way to live
Well I sent mama money nearly every day
And how I made it, well I'd rather not say
But at least it took me far away
From daddy's moonshine still
My bootlegging daddy was known quite well
And he made our home a livin' hell
And I ain't forgot it and I know that I never will
My mama finally died she just gave up
And daddy finally died from drinkin' that stuff
And bad memories haunt the rest of us
From daddy's moonshine still
Repeat Chorus


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Daddy's Wild Wood Flower
Author: Ralph Stanley

MAMA WAS HIS WILD WOOD FLOWER, MY DADDY USED TO SAY
AND TO PROVE TO HER HE LOVED HER, HE'D PLAY IT EVERY DAY
MOM WOULD LOOK AT HIM AND SMILE, SHE'D SAY GOD BLESS MY MAN
I DON'T REGRET ONE SINGLE TIME, THAT I GAVE HIM MY HAND
CHORUS
THE WILD WOOD FLOWER (WILD WOOD FLOWER)
WAS HIS FAVORITE SONG
AND WHEN HE PLAYED FOR MAMA
OUR HOUSE BECAME A HOME
MOM TOOK SICK AND PASSED AWAY, THIS WAS HIS DARKEST HOUR
HE CAME HOME THAT VERY DAY, AND HE PLAYED THE WILD WOOD FLOWER
TIME WENT BY AND HE GREW OLD, HE'D SIT AND PLAY FOR HOURS
MEMORIES OF MOM ON HIS OLD GUITAR, HE'D PLAY THE WILD WOOD FLOWER
CHORUS
ONE NIGHT AS I WALKED BY HIS HOUSE, I THOUGHT I HEARD HIS SONG
I HEARD MOMA TALKIN' BUT MOM HAD LONG BEEN GONE
I LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW, AND SAW GOD'S MIGHTY POWER
THERE SAT MOM AND DADDY, HE WAS PLAYIN' THE WILD WOOD FLOWER
CHORUS
AS HE GREW OLD, HE COULD PLAY NO MORE, AND HIS MIND BEGAN TO FAIL
WE'D OFTEN FIND HIM IN THE FIELD, HE SEEMED SO OLD AND FRAIL
ONE DAY WE COULDN'T FIND HIM, AND AFTER MANY DAYS
FOUND HIM LYIN' WITH THE WILD WOOD FLOWERS, UP ON MAMA'S GRAVE
CHORUS, (THEN THE LAST TWO LINES)


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Dolly Parton - Daddy's Working Boots lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

My dear hard workin' daddy works his life away for us
That's the way that daddy shows to us his love
And Daddy's two hard working hands
They're callous and they're sore
And Daddy's workin' boots have walked a million miles or more
As long as I remember, I remember Daddy workin'
Workin' on the job or either on the farm
Tryin' to provide for the family that he loves
And Daddy's working boots have taken many steps for us
Chorus:
Daddy's workin' boots have served as his foundation
Though just like him, they're tired and worn
For years they've helped him stand
Daddy's working boots have filled their obligation
They've walked that rocky road with a mighty, mighty man
Dear lord above, I know up there my Daddy's got a mansion
And a great reward that's long been overdue
And when it comes my Daddy's time to be with you in heaven
Spoken:
Won't cha let him walk your golden streets
In a pair of brand new golden boots
Repeat Chorus
Daddy's workin' boots


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Daddy, You've Been On My Mind
Bob Dylan

Perhaps its the color of the sun cut flat
And covering the crossroad I'm standing at
Or maybe its the weather or something like that
But Daddy, you've been on my mind

I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset
I am not pleading or saying I can't forget
I do not walk the floor bowed down and bent, but yet
Daddy, you've been on my mind

Even though my mind is hazy and my thoughts they might be narrow
Where you been don't bother me or bring me down in sorrow
It don't even matter to me where you're waking up tomorrow
Daddy, you've just been on my mind

I am not asking you to say words like yes and no
Please understand me, I got no place for you to go
I'm just breathing to myself pretending not that I don't know
Daddy, you've been on my mind

When you wake up in the morning, baby, look inside your mirror
You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near
I'd just be curious to know If you can see yourself as clear
As someone who has had you on her mind


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Dolly Parton - Dagger Through The Heart lyrics

Oh, you're out there tonight with another.
And my pain is so dreadfully sharp.
I picture you with her and shudder,
It's like a dagger through the heart.
Do you think that my feelings don't matter,
Or your cheatin' or hurtful remarks.
When you leave me all broken and shattered,
It's like a dagger through the heart.
Oh, I know I'm a fool to keep stayin',
When you've made hurtin' me such an art.
Tossed around like a used box of crayons,
It's like a dagger through the heart.
Oh, you cut me to pieces so often,
Like a knife or a poisonous dart.
I would be better off in my coffin,
It's like a dagger through the heart.
Oh, I know I'm a fool to keep stayin',
When you've made hurtin' me such an art.
Tossed around like a used box of crayons,
It's like a dagger through the heart.
Like a dagger through the heart.
Through the heart.


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Daisy Mae

Oh Daisy Mae my darling oh Daisy Mae
When I'm with you my darling all my cares away
And don't you know sweet heart that I love you so
Cause you're my darling precious Daisy Mae

So nice and neat your kisses so very sweet
In my opinion darling you just can't be beat
And now that I've found you no one else will ever do
I've tried to make you happy Daisy Mae

You're everthing you're every song that I sing
Your lovely little hand looks lovely with that ring
It won't be long till we hear that wedding song
And you'll be mine all mine Miss Daisy Mae

How can I wait till we have this final date
And we'll be married darling that will seal our fate
But laying jokes aside you'll make a wonderful bride
And I'll be proud of you my Daisy Mae

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Dallas

Dallas packed her suitcase and drove off in the brand new car I bought her
Made leaving me look easy, I guess she made it look harder
I took her out of Texas when she was just a girl
But Tennessee and me couldn't take Texas out of her
CHORUS:
Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennessee
If I could move Texas east, well she'd be here with me
Then nothing else would come between the two of us
If Dallas was in Tennessee
Well now she's leaving Memphis and everything has left behind her
I hope that golden ring on her hand serves as a reminder
That true love is a treasure, that seldom often found
And you can stay together, there is no common ground
REPEAT CHORUS x2


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The Duhks - Dance Hall Girls
(Bozeemon Boogie)

These dance hall girls, they don't treat you kind
They give you their bodies, but you never reach their minds
Well, they fill you up with lipstick lies
When they put you down some, don't ya be surprised
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

Well, I saw her mountains, and I kissed her plains
I held her sunshine, and I drank her rains
Well, I went so far, that I broke too fast
Thought I had me a winner picked, but I came in last again
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

(Chorus)
I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
I never realized they called this sacred ground

My sense of time, hell, I'm a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time

Gonna get some cash, gonna go back home
These dance hall girls really know how to make a man feel alone
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

(Chorus)
My sense of time, hell, I'm a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna blow this town
These dance hall girls really know how to drag a poor boy down
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

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The Duhks - Dance Hall Girls / Bozeemon Boogie 

These dance hall girls, they don't treat you kind
They give you their bodies, but you never reach their minds
Well, they fill you up with lipstick lies
When they put you down some, don't ya be surprised
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

Well, I saw her mountains, and I kissed her plains
I held her sunshine, and I drank her rains
Well, I went so far, that I broke too fast
Thought I had me a winner picked, but I came in last, again
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?

I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
I never realized they called this sacred ground

My sense of time, hell, I'm a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time

Gonna get some cash, gonna go back home
These dance hall girls really know how to make a man feel alone
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
I never realized they called this sacred ground

My sense of time, hell, I'm a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna blow this town
These dance hall girls really know how to drag a poor boy down
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

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Dance Little Jean
Recorded by John Denver
Written by Jimmy Ibbotson

G
Played a wedding for the money                                            
C
And I wish I could have told the bride and groom          
D7
Just what I think of marriage                                
G
What's in store after the honeymoon
I was rumbling through the verses                                       
C
About how men and women ought to live apart      
D7
How a promise never made could not be broken
                         G
And would never break a heartSuddenly from out of nowhere
                                           C
This little girl came spinning across the floor    
D7
Her crinolines were billowing                                 
G
Beneath the skirt of calico she wore
As her joy fell on the honored guests                                     
C
Each one of them was drawn into her dream         
D7
And they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands
                                  G
And hollered at her dance little Jean         
C                                 G
They said dance little Jean this day is for you                         
A7                D7
Two people that you love stood up to say I do
C                                     G                C
Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was answered today
     D7                    G
Your Momma's marrying your dad
Well this cynic's heart just melted                                     
C
As I figured what this get together meant          
D7
And how it ended years of tears                                             
G
And sad confusions that the little girl had spent They told the band to pack it up                                   
C
About the time the couple cut the cake       
D7
But we stayed and we played all night long
                                         G
For love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake          
C                                 G
We played dance little Jean this day is for you
                         A7                D7
Two people that you love stood up to say I do
C                                     G                C
Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was answered today
     D7                    G
Your Momma's marrying your dad        
C                                 G
We sang dance little Jean this day is for you                         
A7                D7
Two people that you love stood up to say I do
C                                     G                C
Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was answered today
     D7                    G
Your momma's marrying your dad

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Dance The Night Away
Recorded by The Mavericks
Written by Raul Malo

C             G7        C    G7
Here comes my happiness again
C             G7                   C   G7
Right back to where it should have been
C               G7            C   G7
Cause now she's gone and I am free
C             G7            C  G7
And she can't do a thing to me
C            G7              C   G7
I just wanna dance the night away
C        G7            C   G7
With senoritas who can sway
C         G7                 C     G7
Right now tomorrow's looking bright
C             G7            C    G7
Just like the sunny morning light
       C              G7
And if you should see her 
C              G7            C   G7
Please let her know that I'm well 
           C   G7
As you can tell
    C             G7
And if she should tell
         C            G7
You that she wants me back
         C  G7        C  G7
Tell her no   I gotta go
repeat #2,3,2

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Dance With Me
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by John Hall and Johanna Hall
 
C                     D7
Dance with me like it used to be
    F       G7          C        Dm G7
And whisper you love me once more
   C                 D7
Oh dance with me and you will see
  F        G7               C
I love you more than ever before
 
       F
Let me hold you tight if just for tonight
C
And then you will find
     F
Only heaven knows how I miss you so
    D7                  G7
And when you were still mine
 
C                     D7
Dance with me like it used to be
    F       G7          C        Dm G7
And whisper you love me once more
   C                 D7
Oh dance with me and you will see
  F        G7               C
I love you more than ever before
   F      G7         C
Oh please dance with me

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Alan Jackson - Dancin' All Around It lyrics

She said, I don't usually dance
This close to strangers
You know a girl can't be too
Careful with her heart
But I saw you and thought that you
Looked harmless
But when you smile that way I'm not
So sure you are
I said, I don't usually come here
For the dancinYou can tell that by the way I move
When I saw you I thought that it
Was hopeless
But I just had to ask you for a
Dance or two
Somewhere in the stars it must
Be written
Girl we've got to take this chance
That we've been given
If there's a heaven here on earth
I think we've found it
If this ain't love we're
Dancinall around it
The music's stopped and we're still
Holding each other
This feels like the beginning
Of forever
Chorus
If this ain't love we're
Dancinall around it
She said I don't usually dance
This close to strangers


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Dancin' On Glass
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Charles Robinson and Jeff Lysyczyn

C     G              C             D7   G
Don't talk about it  not even your best friend 
C     G                    C    D7         G
Could understand this situation that we're in
C     G                  C              D7        G
We've both known better  you're holding someone's heart
C          D7    G              C        D7     G
And you're gonna break it if we let this go too far
    C        G                     Am
But we never planned on falling in love
C              G           C                    Bm  Am
It happened so fast me and you'd go together so soon
          D7         G    C G
But we're dancing on glass
C            G          C        D7     G
It's like an addiction  we can't put it down 
C          D7   G           C          D7     G
A delicate condition flying this close to the ground
    C        G                     Am  C
But we never planned on falling in love
               G           C                    Bm  Am
It happened so fast me and you'd go together so soon
          D7         G
But we're dancing on glass
C                  G     C                G
So let's play with fire  try not to think about
C         G              C        D7     G
How badly in the burning we can't put it out
    C        G                     Am  C
But we never planned on falling in love
                G           C                    Bm  Am
It' happened so fast me and you'd go together so soon
          D7         G            C            Bm    Am
But we're dancing on glass me and you we're so smooth
          D7         G
But we're dancing on glass

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The Avett Brothers - Dancing Daze Lyrics

I've seen the way you deal with things
The troubles that this life will bring
If it gets to you then I can tell by the way you sing
You act like it just doesn't mean a thing

I see you dancin' all your, dancin' all you, dancin' all your daze
Maybe you can tell me how it is you got that way
Dancing all your, dancing all your, dancing all your daze
Come on, come on there's got to be a way

There's all these things that get me down
This dirty world is full of clowns
They'll build you up just so they can knock you down
Laugh at you while your there on the ground

But not you
I see you dancin' all your, dancin' all you, dancin' all your daze
Maybe you can tell me how it is you got that way
Dancing all your, dancing all your, dancing all your daze
Come on, come on there's got to be a way

I really like the way it feels
I look at you and it's real

I see you dancin' all your, dancin' all you, dancin' all your daze
Maybe you can tell me how it is you got that way
Dancing all your, dancing all your, dancing all your daze
Come on, come on that's got to be the way

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Dancing in the Moonlight

We get it almost every night
When that moon is big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

Everybody here is out of sight
They don't bark and they don't bite
They keep things loose they keep it tight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

We like our fun and we never fight
You can't dance and stay uptight
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody was dancing in the moonlight

Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

We get in almost every night
And when that moon is big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

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Dancing With The Angels

There's a pathway of darkness there's a pathway of bright
And they meet at the old crossroads
The Angels are calling if your spirit will hearken
All is forgiven,lay down your weary load

You'll be dancing, dancing, dancing with the Angels
Just like old Danyel in the Lions den
The door will be open and the feastspead out before you
Dancing with the Angels while the Lions lord

Old Saian's dark powers are hungry for confusion
Unsatisfyed ever greedy for more
If you look to your heart at the spirit there a blooming
If it's bright and shining sun can harm you no more

* Refrain

King Angels of mercy are waiting there to greet you
Standing on the shoes of ever lasting light
They saying come and join us across the shining water
Our lanterns of love will guide us though the night

* Refrain


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Dancing Your Memory Away
Recorded by Charly McClain
Written by Eddie Burton and Thomas Allen Grant
[3/4 time]

C                             F
It's Friday night you must be alone 
G7                              C
That's the only time you'd ever phone 
                C7          F
But if you drop by don't be surprised 
      G7                       C
Cause darling I won't be there tonight 
                        F                      C
I'm dancing your memory away  in the arms of a stranger 
            G7                     C     C7
For now I'm okay  my hearts out of da-ng-er 
                  F                           C
Tonight while I'm waltzing as the band softly plays 
            G7                                        C
I'm getting by one song at a time dancing your memory away 
                            F
Once twice tell me how many times 
G7                          C
Was I a fool for your lying eyes 
            C7              F
But I won't be your fool anymore 
   G7                             C
At least not while I'm out on the floor 
repeat #2 x2

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The Incredible String Band - Dandelion Blues - 2010 Remastered Version 

You meet a girl,
She moves soft eyes and pulls you in the game.
Perhaps you do not wonder her reasons or her name.
You'll follow her on out the room,
How sweet her body flows,
Say take it easy,
make it lazy,
That's the way to go.

Do believe it's easy, Do believe it's easy,
Do believe it's easy don't even have to try.

You may lip your flute or pick your strigs to hear the music grow,
Maybe you'll stand by a while, it all comes through you so,
Just maybe you will hit magic sounds that call you to your heart,
And gently you will follow down and view yourself apart

Do believe it's easy, Do believe it's easy,
Do believe it's easy don't even have to try.

If when the moon's a toothy smile you meet a whirling wind,
Whirls you clear to nowhere and forgets where you came in,
There is no call to worry, or be sorry that you came,
You may maze along there for a space, oh buddy and then come back to your name.

Do believe it's easy, Do believe it's easy,
Do believe it's easy don't even have to try.

Now, if your man gets busted and you hope to go his bail,
Suppose you cannot borrow money, you may go to borrow the mail,
Yes, if yor mangets busted and you hope to go his fine,
You may laze along to the judge's house, sweet woman, and set it on he line.

Do believe it's easy, Do believe it's easy,
Do believe it's easy don't even have to try.

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Railroad Earth - Dandelion Wine 

Way out in the pines
Where the tall trees grow
There lives a woman
In a house that she calls home
She's waiting in the door
In her dress so fine
We're gonna spend the afternoon
Drinking dandelion wine

Summertime is here, lord
Why did it take so long
Wintertime just did me in
Man, everything went wrong
But now I'm going back again
To the country where I'll find
My baby with a gallon jug
Of that dandelion wine

Kenny's on his tractor
And he's pulling in the hay
And his son Davy's got a shotgun
Says he'd rather it that way
Me, I'm just waiting
For that wagon to go by
And I'll pass them up my gallon jug
Of that dandelion wine

Sometimes I sing for money
Sometimes I sing for food
But most times I sing for nothing
'Cause it's all that I can do
But if you can spare a nickel
If you can spare a dime
I'm damn sure gonna spend it on
Some of that dandelion wine

So you can tell my city woman
I ain't coming back no more
'Cause I'm gonna have a high time
Without ever waiting for
All of my best days you just come and go
I'm gonna live before I die

So just pass me up that gallon jug
Of your dandelion wine
So just pass me up that gallon jug
Of your dandelion wine
Oh, so just pass me up your gallon jug
Of that dandelion wine

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Daniel
Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and, I can see Daniel Waving goodbye,
Lord it looks like Daniel must be the clouds in my eyes.

Daniel my brother, you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain
Of those scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died, you see more than I,
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky.

The say Spain is pretty though I've never been,
Daniel says it's the best place he's ever seen,
Oh and, Daniel should know he's been there enough,
Lord, I miss Daniel, Lord I miss him so much.

Chorus.


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Daniel Boone
BMI Work #: 8617207
Daniel Boone (Larry W. Jones 01/09/2007) (song#4304)

Back when the country was very new
There came a man folks knew as Boone
He wore mocassins and a coonskin hat
Folks just called hin Dan, Daniel Boone
A man of big adventure the legends say
Rebecca Bryan made him glance her way
But the Cumberland Gap was calling soon
To this famed explorer Dan, Daniel Boone
Trails that Daniel blazed are still there
Not many since have matched his fame
And those few that have are well aware
Of the Wilderness Road of Daniel's name
In the legends of the Indians of the East
A name still lives, though long deceased
A man whose hat was from a wilderness coon
Folks just called him Dan, Daniel Boone


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Daniel Prayed

I heard about a man one day who wasted not his time away
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
He cared not for the things of man he trusted one who would not fail
Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night

   Oh, Daniel served the living God while here upon this earth he trod
   He prayed to God every morning noon and night
   He cared not for the kings decree he trusted God to set him free
   And he prayed to God every morning, noon, and night

They cast him in the lion's den because he would not honor men
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
The jaws were locked and it made him shout, and God soon got them
safely out
Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night

Now brother, let us watch and pray like Daniel did from day to day
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
We too can gladly daring do the things that God will take us through
Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night

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Richard Thompson - Danny Boy Lyrics

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

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

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

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Richard Thompson - Danny Boy (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

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

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

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

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Danny's Song
Anne Murray

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
And we've just begun, I think I'm gonna have a son
He will be like you and me, as free as a dove
Conceived in love, the sun is gonna shine above

Chorus:
And even though we ain't got money
I'm so in love with ya honey
Everything bring a chain of lo-o-o-o-ve
And in the mornin' when I rise
Bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything's gonna be all right

Love a guy who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up, love him and he'll bring you luck
And if ya find he helps your mind, better take him ho-ome
Yeah 'n' dontcha live alone, try to earn what lovers own

Chorus


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Danville Girl

My pocket book was empty
My heart was full of pain
Ten thousand miles away from home
Bumming the railroad train

It was standing on the platform
Smoking a cheep cigar
listening for that next freight train
To carry an empty car

Well I got off at Danville
Got stuck on the Danville girl
You bet your life she's out of sight
She wore those Danville curls

She took me in her Kitchen
She treated me nice and kind
She got me in the notion
Of bumming all the time

She wore her hair on the back of her head
Like high-tone people do
But the very next train come down the line
I bid that girl adieu

I pulled my cap down over my eyes
Walked down to the track
Then I caught a westbound freight
Never did look back

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Darby's Castle
Kris Kristofferson

1. See the ruin on the hill
Where the smoke is hanging still
Like an echo of an age long forgotten
There's a story of a home
Crushed beneath the those blackened stones
And the roof that fell before the beams were rotten
Cecil Darby loved his wife
And he laboured all his life
To provide her with material possessions
And he built for her a home
Of the finest wood and stone
And the building soon became his sole obsession

Ch. Oh it took three hundred days
For the timbers to be raised
And the silhouette was seen for miles around
And the gables reached as high
As the eagles in the sky
But it only took one night to bring it down
When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground

2. Though they shared a common bed
There was precious little said
In the moments that were set aside for sleepin'
For his busy dreams were filled
With the rooms he'd yet to built
And he never heard young Ellen Darby weepin'
Then one night he heard a sound
As he laid his pencil down
And he traced it to her door and turned the handle
And the pale light of the moon
Through the window of the room
Split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Sit Down Young Stranger


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Darby's Ram

Wasn't he a big one boys
Wasn't he a big one boys
Wasn't he a big one boys
Before they cut him down

This old ram he had a horn
It reached up to the moon
A man went up in January
And he never got back 'til June

Well the wool that growed on that ram's back
Reached up to the sky
Eagles built their nest in it
For I heard the young ones cry

* Refrain

My daddy had a ol' buck sheep
And then you heard him say
One of the finest ram's sir
And every foot he had sir
That ever fed on hay

He had four feet ot walk sir
And he had four feet to stand
And every foot he had sir
Would cover and acre of land

* Refrain

Now the butcher man that cut him down
Was washed away in the blood
And the little boy that filled the bowl
Was drowned away in the flood

* Refrain


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Darcy Farrow

Where the Walker runs down to the Carson Valley plain,
There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name
The daughter of old Dundee and fair was she
And the sweetest flower that bloomed o'er the range.

Her voice was sweet as the sugar candy
Her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down.
Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
That shine in the night out of Yerrington town.

She was courted by young Vandermeer
And quite handsome was he I am to hear
He brought her silver rings and lacy things
And she promised to wed before the snows fell that year.

But her pony did stumble and she did fall.
Her dyin' touched on the heart of us all.
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet to his brain
And we buried them together as the snows began to fall.

They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too.
At dusty Sundown to her name they drink a round
And to young Vandy whose love was true.
 

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Dark And Stormy Weather

   Dark and stormy weather
   It still inclines to rain
   The clouds hang over center
   My love's gone away on the train

We met loved and parted
I thought the world of you
You left me broken hearted
To me you proved untrue

I'm leaving old Virginia
There's nothing here for me
I know you love another
In the grave I'd rather be

You told me that you loved me
I believed just what you said
But now you love another
I wish that I was dead

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Dark and Thorny

Dark and stormy is the desert
Through which pilgrims make their way
Yet beyond this vale of sorrow
Lie the fields of endless day

Oh young soldiers are you weary
Of the roughness of the way
Does your strength begin to fail you
And your vigor to decay

Jesus Jesus will go with you
He will lead you to his throne
He whose thunder shapes creation
He who bids the planets roll

Around him are ten thousand angels
Ready to obey his command
They'll all be there to hover round you
Til you've reached the heavenly land

There on flowery hills of pleasure
Lie the fields of endless rest
Love and joy and peace forever
Reign and triumph in your breast

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Dark and Thorny

Dark and thorny is the desert
Through which pilgrims make their way
But beyond this vale of sorrow
Lie the realms of endless day

Dear young soldiers do not murmur
At the troubles of the way
Beat the tempest fight with courage
Never faint but watch and pray

He whose thunder shakes creation
He that bids the planets roll
He that rides upon the tempest
And whose sceptre sways the whole

Jesus Jesus will defend you
Trust in him and him alone
He has shed his blood to save you
And will bring  you to his throne

There on flowering fields of pleasure
And the hills of endless rest
Joy and peace and love shall ever
Reign and triumph in your breast

There ten thousand flaming seraphs
Fly across a heavenly plain
There they sing immortal praises
Glory Glory is their theme

See the heavenly host in rapture
Gazing on the shining bands
Wondering at their costly garments
And the laurels in their hands

There upon the golden pavement
See the ransomes marched along
While the splendid courts of glory
Sweetly echo in with their song

Here I see the undershepherds
And the flock they've led below
Here with joy they dwell together
Jesus is their shepherd now

Hail you happy happy spirits
Welcome to the blissful plain
Glory honor and salvation
Reign sweet Jesus ever reign

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Dark As A Dungeon

Come and listen, young fellers, so young and so fine
And seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mines
It will form as a habit and seep in your soul
'Til the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal

   Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
   Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
   Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
   It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

There's many a man who I've known in my day
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope or a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mines 

Well I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner that's digging my bones

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Dark As The Night

Dark as the night and blue as the day
I'm lonesome my darling since you went away
Sometimes I wonder what made you stray
Dark as the night and blue as the day.

 Blue as the sky there's blues in my heart
Yes it's dark outside since we've been apart
Oh tell me please tell me why did you stray
Dark as the night I'm blue as the day.

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Dark As The Night Blue As The Day
Recorded by Michael Cleveland, Dan Tymiski, Vince Gill
Written by Bill Monroe

C
Dark as the night and blue as the day
                        G7             C
I'm lonesome my darling since you went away
Sometimes I wonder why did you stray
                       G7              C
It's dark as the night I'm blue as the day
            F                         C
Dark as the night there's blues in my heart
                                   G7
It's cold outside since we've been apart
               C
Tell me please tell me why you betrayed
                       G7              C
It's dark as the night I'm blue as the day
            F                         C
Dark as the night there's blues in my heart
                                   G7
It's cold outside since we've been apart
               C
Tell me please tell me why you betrayed
                       G7              C
It's dark as the night I'm blue as the day
                       G7              C
It's dark as the night I'm blue as the day

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Punch Brothers - Dark Days

Mother, listen to my heart. 
Mother, listen to my heart, 
Just as one beat ends, another starts. 
You can hear no matter where you are 
Sister, hide our love away
From the evil we both know.

It can see us through these dark days, 
Though they seem to darken as I go. 
Our love will see us through these dark, dark days sister, '
Til it lights the way back home. 
Sister, hide our love away. 

It can turn the whole world upside down, 
Shake it 'til the sky falls to the ground. 
We don't have to reap the fear they sow, 
Friends, as long as we hide our love away, 
In the good they'll never know. 

It can see us through these dark days, 
Though they seem to darken as I go. 
Our love will see us through these dark, dark days sister, '
Til it lights the way back home. 
Sister, hide our love away. 

Mother, listen to my heart, 
Just as one beats ends, another starts. 
You can hear no matter where you are.

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Dolly Parton - Dark End Of The Street lyrics

At the dark end of the street that's where we always meet
Hiding in shadows where we don't belong living in darkness to hide our wrong
You and me at the dark end of the street you and me
I know time's gonna take its toll we have to pay for the love we stole
It's a sin and we know it's wrong oh but our love keeps a coming on strong
Steal away to the dark end of the street you and me
They're gonna find us yes they're gonna find us
They're gonna find us Lord some day
You and me at the dark end of the street you and me
And when the daylight hours roll around and by ten we're both downtown
If we shoud meet just walk on by oh my darling now please don't you cry
Tonight we'll meet at the dark end of the street you and me


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Dark Haired True Lover

I once had a dark haired true lover
She was all this world to me
She promised herself to another
Now don't you think this was mean

   Take back every word you have spoken
   Let it be as though we never met
   For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken
   I'll forgive but I'll never forget

I was young when I wrote my first letter
I blotted the lines with tears
But now I am old I know better
We parted for many long years

Oh Ruth, Oh Ruth how I love you
You just seem to me like a bird
Although you went back on your promise
Although you went back on your word

We parted in the month of September
Some said we parted for life
But I hope someday or another
I'll call you my sweet darling wife

I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me their own
For I'm out in this wide world a wandering
I'm tired of living alone

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Richard Thompson - Dark Hand Over My Heart Lyrics

Becky loved me and I let her
Wish I could have loved her better
On the day we pulled apart
She primed a time-bomb in my heart

Now there's a shadow hiding
Now there's a horseman riding
Lover of all broken things
Standing waiting in the wings

Sometimes I wonder why
I love and let it die
I can't give, I can't live
Just to hold back, hold back

There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart

You call me fraud and faker
You call me user, taker
You say I throw you scraps
I prove my strength by holding back

But I shine my honor brightly
Swear my allegiance nightly
But through my hands it slips
The same old demons paint their lips

Sometimes I wonder why
I love and let it die
I can't give, I can't live
Just to hold back, hold back

There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart

There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
Oh, there's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart

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Dark Hollow

I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to be home alone knowing that you're gone
Would cause me to lose my mind

   So blow your whistle freight train
   Carry me further on down the track
   I'm going away I'm leaving today
   I'm going but I ain't coming back

I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to be in some big city
In a small room with you love on my mind

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Dark Moon
Ned Miller

Dark moon, way up high up in the sky
Oh, tell me why, oh tell me why
You've lost your splendor
Dark moon, what is the cause your life withdraws
Is it because, is it because I've lost my love

Mortals have dreams of love's perfect schemes
But they don't realize, their love can sometimes bring the

Dark moon, way up high up in the sky
Oh, tell me why, oh tell me why
You've lost your splendor
Dark moon, what is the cause your life withdraws
Is it because, is it because I've lost my love


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Dark Road's A Hard Road To Travel

   A dark road's a hard road to travel
   A light road is always the best
   A dark road will lead you to trouble
   A light road will lead you to rest

I'm going to see my new jail tomorrow
It's a place I have never been before
And when my woman comes tomorrow
I'll meet her with a smile at the door

Don't ever be downhearted
Where there's a will there's a way
Tomorrow the sun may be shining
Although it is cloudy today

Don't this road look dark and lonesome
Don't the sea look blue and deep
Will you ever think of me darling
When you can not hear me speak

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Dark Skies

I don't need a perfect lover to hold me in the rain
Someone to ease my pain when I feel blue
If I lost you to another think I'd drown down here for sure
Won't you stay with me and be my only cure

   Dark skies may cloud my days but that don't bother me
   As long as I can hold you close to me

I don't need a part-time lover to leave me in the cold
With empty arms to hold when I need you
Tell me that there is no other send the cold wind from my door
Give you all of my love and more if you want me to

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Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn

The sun is slowly sinkin'
The day's almost gone
Still darkness falls around us
And we must journey on

The sun is slowly sinkin'
The narrow way leads home
Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet
The darkest hour is just before dawn

Like a shepherd out on the mountain
A'watchin' the sheep down below
He's coming back to claim us
Will you be ready to go

The darkest hour is just before dawn
The narrow way leads home
Lay down your soul
Let Jesus in
The darkest hour is just before dawn
The darkest hour is just before dawn


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Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn, The

   The darkest hour is just before dawn
   The narrow way leads home
   Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet
   The darkest hour is just before dawn

The sun is slowly sinking
The day is almost gone
Still darkness falls around us
And we must journey on

Like a shepherd out on the mountain
A watching the sheep down below
He's coming back to claim us
Will you be ready to go

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Darkest Hour Just Before Dawn
Recorded Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs
Written by Ralph Stanley
[3/4 time]

C                 F
The sun is slowly sinking 
    C      G7     C
The day is almost gone 
                     F
Still darkness falls around us 
    C       G7      C
And we must journey on 
    F               C
The darkest hour is just before dawn 
                     G7
The narrow way leads home 
    C                 F      C
Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet 
                    G7          C
The darkest hour is just before dawn
                           F
Like a shepherd out on the mountain 
  C            G7           C
A watching the sheep down below 
                    F
He's coming back to claim us 
     C      G7       C
Will you be ready to go

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Darlin Do You Know Who Loves You

Darlin do you know who loves you
Do you know whose heart you won
I'll be lonely here without you
When these parting words do come

Take me back to my old country
Let me hear the lonesome dove
Where a blue eyed girl is waiting
For this mountain boy to love

Can't you see the sun a sinkin'
Over the mountains over the sea
Where the days will last in memory
It may be the last of me

Take me back to Roanoke valley
Gently lay me down to rest
Place a kiss upon my forehead
For I'm the boy who loves you best

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Darlin Nellie Gray

There's a low, green, valley on the old Kentucky shore
Where I've whiled many happy hours away,
Just a sitting and a singing by the little cottage door
Where lived my darling Nellie Gray 

When the moon had climbed the mountain, and the stars were shining too
Then I'd take my darling Nellie Gray
And we'd go floatin down the river in my little red canoe
While my banjo sweetly I would play 

One night I went to see her, but she's gone the neighbors say
And the white man had bound her with his chain
They have taken her to Georgia for to wear her life away
As she toils in the cotton and the cane 

   Oh, my poor Nellie Gray, they have taken you away
   And I'll never see my darling, anymore
   I'm sitting by the river and a weeping all the day
   For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore 

Now my canoe is under water, and my banjo is unstrung
I am tired of living, anymore
My eyes shall be cast downward, and my songs will be unsung
While I stay on the old Kentucky shore 

Now I'm getting old and feeble, and I cannot see my way
I can hear someone knocking on my door
I can hear the angels singing, and I see my Nellie Gray
So farewell to the old Kentucky shore 

   Oh, my darling Nellie Gray, up in heaven, so they say
   And they'll never take you from me, anymore
   I'm coming, coming, coming, as the angels clear the way
   So farewell to the old Kentucky shore

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Darlin'
Recorded by Jeanne Pruett
Written by Ray Griff
 
G
Darlin' dearest darlin'
C             G              D7
Put your arms around me baby please
G
Darlin' dearest darlin'
C                G    D7         G
Kiss me one more time before you leave
   D7
If you must go be on your way 
                                  G
Before I start and beggin' you to stay with me
    D7
I'm getting weak from being strong 
                                  A7         D7
First thing that you know I'll be down on my knees
G
Darlin' dearest darlin'
C            G               D7
Always in my heart and in my thoughts
G
Darlin' dearest darlin'
C                G    D7         G
Havin' loved you once I'll never stop
Darlin' dearest darlin'
C             G              D7
Put your arms around me baby please
G
Darlin' dearest darlin'

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Darlin' Brown Eyes

The moon was shining last night
You're many miles from my side
As the train rolls on I'm thinkin' of home
And my little darlin' brown eyes

My little darlin' don't cry
You're little darlin' brown eyes
You're mine you're mine to love all the time
You're my little darlin' brown eyes

The train was on the fly
I watched the stars in the sky
The break of dawn and the hills of home
You're my little darlin' brown eyes

I've come back darlin' brown eyes
I've come back darlin' don't cry
Back to stay, never to stray
You're my little darlin' brown eyes

* Refrain


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Darling Alalee
Traditional

1. Sweet Alalee, so dear to me
She's gone for ever more
My home was down in Tennessee
Before the cruel war

Ch. Then carry me back to Tennessee
There's where I long to be
Among the fields of yellow corn
With my darling Alalee

2. Oh why did I from day to day
Keep wishing to be free
And from my master run away
And leave my Alalee

Ch.

3. They said that I would soon be free
And happy all the day
And if they'll take me back again
I'll never run away

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Country Songs Old & New


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The Incredible String Band - Darling Belle 

Papa would take me to the park to see the swans
By hansom cab trotting so high
Holding his hand to see the swans
Hissing louder than rustling dresses of gracious ladies bustling by

See swan ships come sailing in
White as the clouds on a windy day

James I suppose would be in school
James I suppose would be in school

I was I was learning to spell laughing at loud smells
Avoiding the rod of the cod faced master
Was it your absence made me quiet at noon?
Playing British Bulldogs on the gravel
Was it your presence colored my dream?

I burrowed in cupboards like a mole all Saturday
Under old chairs and old ladies knees
I framed your half remembered face
With frail white embroideries

Calling for you down the mousy garden
Calling for you down the mousy garden

O did you meet him at the ball? Eighteen years on
Tall soldier now and you full grown
Belle did you meet him at the ball?
Belle did you meet him at the ball?

O do you remember me? Thin girl with cold hands
You in your scarlet and you knew my name
Step to the veranda under the wisteria in the mysterious November

Dancing as if with death or fate to the moon black ballroom
Of the silk skinned lake
Kissing me you lifted my skirt under the willow trees

Keep the home fires burning though your heart is yearning
Though the boys are far away they dream of home
There's a silver lining in the dark clouds shining
Turn that lining inside out till the boys come home

Did I see you march to the train? Did I cry was my nose red?
My two day bride can you feel me in your memory?
I will be the redness in your iron fire
How could I write? My words would seem sad or gay

We regret to inform you
We regret to inform you
We regret to inform you

Meet me by gaslight in the dark dawn
On waterloo bridge we will walk arm in arm
Hearing the leaves fall with whisper into the foggy dew
When we are dead, when we are dead

Now she sits in her brother's widow's house
Her skin like a lizard her aura like a daffodil
Sits like a sign in the children's chair
Migrant guest from relative to in-law
She stares into the embers

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The Incredible String Band - Darling Belle (Live) 

papa would take me to the park to see the swans
by hansom cab trotting so high
holding his hand to see the swans
hissing louder than rustling dresses of gracious ladies bustling by

see swan ships come sailing in
white as the clouds on a windy day

James I suppose would be in school
James I suppose would be in school

I was I was learning to spell
laughing at loud smells
avoiding the rod of the codfaced master
was it your absence made me quiet at noon
playing british bulldogs on the gravel
was it your presence coloured my dream
I burrowed in cupboards like a mole all saturday
under old chairs and old ladies knees
I framed your half remembered face
with frail white embroideries
calling for you down the mousey garden
calling for you down the mousey garden

o did you meet him at the ball
eighteen years on
tall soldier now and you full grown
Belle did you meet him at the ball

o do you remember me
thin girl with cold hands
you in your scarlet and you knew my name
step to the veranda under the wisteria
in the mysterious november
dancing as if with death or fate
to the moon black ballroom
of the silk skinned lake
kissing me you lifted my skirt
under the willow trees

keep the home fires burning
though your heart is yearning
though the boys are far away
they dream of home
there's a silver lining
in the dark clouds shining
turn that lining inside out
till the boys come home

o did I see you march to the train
did I cry was my nose red
my two day bride can you feel me in your memory
I will be the redness in your iron fire
how could i write
my words would seem sad or gay
we regret to inform you
we regret to inform you

meet me by gaslight in the dark dawn
on waterloo bridge we will walk arm in arm
hearing the leaves fall with whisper into the foggy dew
when we are dead
when we are dead

now she sits in her brother's window's house
skin like a lizard aura like a daffodil
migrant guest from relative to inlaw
she stares into the embers and remembers

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Darling Corey

   Wake up wake up darling Corey
   What makes you sleep so sound
   The revenue officers are coming
   They're gonna tear your still house down

Well the first time I seen darling Corey
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
Had a forty-four around her body
And a banjo on her knee

Go away go away darling Corey
Quit hanging around my bed
Your liquor has ruined my body
Pretty women gone to my head

Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold cold ground
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Gonna lay darling Corey down

Can't you hear those bluebirds a singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound
They're preaching darling Corey's funeral
In some lonesome graveyard ground

Wake up wake up Darlin Corey
And go get me my gun
I ain't no man for fightin'
But I'll die before I run

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Darling Daisies

When first I met my darling daisies
Down by the garden wall
I was walking along the street so shady
I was going for a twilight call

   I love to sing and dance among the roses
   Down by the garden wall
   Tis there I'd like to meet my daisies
   When I make a twilight call

She was sleeping in a bed of roses
Dreaming of the by and by
While the little birds around were singing
Up above the branches so high

If you want to see a bright eyed beauty
Bright as the stars that shine
Just come and go with me some evening
To see this pretty girl of mine

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Darling Little Joe
John Duffey

1. What will the birds do mother in the spring
When they come together the crumbs around my door
Will they fly from the trees and tap upon the window
And why Joe wanders out no more

2. What will the kitten do mother all alone
Will he stop from his frolic for a day
Will he lay on the rug by the side of my bed
And he did before I went away

3. What wil Thomas the old gardener say
When you ask him for flowers for me
Will he give you the rose he has tendered with care
The first fairest bloom from the tree

4. "Keep Tag, Mother, my poor little dog.
I know he will mourn for me too.
Keep him 'til old and useless (unless) he grows.
Sleepin' the whole summer through.

5. Show him the coat, Mother,that I used to wear.
Of his master, who then will be dead.
Speak to him often and kindly of Joe.
And pat him on his brown shaggy head."

6. And you dearest mother will miss me for a while
But in heaven I'll no larger grow
Can any kind angel will know at the gate
When you ask for your darlin' little Joe

When you ask for your darlin' little Joe

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Play It Like It Is


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Darling Nellie Across The Sea

Oh the night was dark and stormy
When this message came to me
It was from my darlin' Nellie
Who had sailed across the sea

 I was wanderin' through the grave yard
When I found where Nellie lay
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt to pray

But remember; darlin' Nellie
There's a home for us on high
I will meet you darlin' Nellie
When they lay me down to die

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Darling Nellie Across The Sea

Oh the night was dark and stormy
When this message came to me
It was from my darling Nellie
Who is far across the sea

 Oh dear Jack I know I'm dying
I've no friends or parents nigh
But remember dearest Jackie
There's a home for us on high

Oh dear mother I must leave you
I must go across the sea
I must find my darling Nellie
Who so dearly cared for me

 I was wondering through the grave yard
When found where Nellie lay
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt and prayed

Now I'm left alone in sadness
On the fields the flowers wave
And the girl I love is sleeping
In the cold and silent grave

 Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping
Close beside her let me lie
Where the blooming flowers are creeping
There oh lay me when I die

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Darling Nelly Gray

There's a low green valley by the old Kentucky shore
Where we've whiled many happy hours away
A-sitting and a-singing by the little cottage door
Where lived my darling Nelly Gray

Oh my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away
And I'll never see my darling any more
I'm a-sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day
For you're gone from the old Kentucky shore

One night I went to see her but "she's gone" the neighbors say
The white man bound her with his chain
They have taken her to Georgia to wear her life away
As she toils in the cotton and the cane

* Refrain


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Darling, I'm Living In The Past

You told me that you loved me and always would be mine
But now you've gone and left me with troubles on my mind
Everybody told me that our love wouldn't last
There's nothin' in my future so I'm living in the past

Tear drops heart ache
I knew that our love wouldn't last
Lonely worried
Darling I'm living in the past

Some day I know your new love is gonna let you down
But I'll be waiting for you I'll still be around
Now you're free and happy living much too fast
While I'm blue and lonely and living in the past

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Darlin' Brown Eyes

The moon was shining last night
You're many miles from my side
As the train rolls on I'm thinkin' of home
And my little darlin' brown eyes

My little darlin' don't cry
You're little darlin' brown eyes
You're mine you're mine to love all the time
You're my little darlin' brown eyes

The train was on the fly
I watched the stars in the sky
The break of dawn and the hills of home
You're my little darlin' brown eyes

I've come back darlin' brown eyes
I've come back darlin' don't cry
Back to stay never to stray
You're my little darlin' brown eyes

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Darlin' Corey

Wake up wake up darling Corey
What makes you sleep so sound
The revenue officers are coming
They're gonna tear your still-house down.

Well the first time I seen darling Corey
She was sitting by the banks of the sea
Had a forty-four around her body
And a five-string on her knee.

Go away go away darling Corey
Quit hanging around my bed
Your liquor has ruined my body
Pretty women gone to my head.

Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold damp ground
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
We're gonna lay darling Corey down.

Can't you hear them bluebirds a-singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound
They're preaching darling Corey's funeral
In some lonesome graveyard ground.

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Daughter Of The Vine
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Benny Williams

C                                F                C
A blind man can see darkness and when the shadows fall
                                   G7
I quickly close the curtains of my mind
  C                              F               C
I hear the voice of yesterday so sweetly when it calls
                    G7              C
And I reach for the daughter of the vine
                              F                 C
Happiness is dead and gone my dreams have flown away
                                         G7
Like captive birds free from the trap of time
  C                       F               C
Tomorrow is a silent song forgotten yesterday
                   G7              C
When I turn to the daughter of the vine
    F                        C
The fingers of forgetfulness caress my troubled brain
                                    G7
And gently wipes her memory from my mind
      C                          F                 C
Those healing hands of happiness soon take away my pain
                   G7              C
As I reach for the daughter of the vine
                           F                 C
On the sea of sorrow their pride's a sinking ship 
                                   G7
So abandon it and leave your hopes behind
     C                         F                     C
Your crutches are not broken although your wings are clipped
                         G7              C
You'll be rescued by the daughter of the vine
    F                        C
The fingers of forgetfulness caress my troubled brain
                                    G7
And gently wipes her memory from my mind
      C                          F                 C
Those healing hands of happiness soon take away my pain
                  G7              C
As I cling to the daughter of the vine
                  G7              C
As I cling to the daughter of the vine

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Daughter's Lament
(from "The Hunger Games" soundtrack)

"Come in, come in my father dear
And spend this hour with me
For I have a meal
And a very fine meal
I fixed it up for thee, thee
I fixed it up for thee."

"No, I ain't comin' in.
No, I ain't comin' in
To spend this hour with thee
For I have to go down in the mines
I'll return this night to thee, thee
I'll return this night to thee."

Then she got up her arrow and bow
Her arrow and her string
And she went down to the forest deep
And sweetly she did sing, sing
And sweetly she did sing

Up spoke-up spoke a mockingjay
Up from a willow tree
Saying, "You had a father in the mines
Who's gone this day from thee, thee
Who's gone this day from thee."

"Woe be, woe be mockinjay.
Woe be, woe be to thee.
I'll send an arrow through your heart
For to bring such news to me, me
For to bring such news to me."

Up spoke-up spoke that mockingjay,
"Don't waste your time with me.
Go home and mind that pretty little girl
Her father no more to see, see
Her father no more to see."

And she went home to her house that night
That house so cold and mean
And she held her sister close to her side
And never more did sing, sing
And never more did sing


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David's Song
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton

C                             F
As I sit here in this Loser's Cathedral  
G7                                  C
I hear the sad songs that the jukebox played
                                      F
Then I dream about Where Love Used To Live dear    
G7                             C
And all the things that I let slip away                                    
F
With that One Exception I had never cheated    
G7                                 C
But Temptation And Wine they both were strong
                                        F
Now we're left with the Marriage On The Rocks dear      
G7                              C
Where used to stand a Sweet And Happy Home
                                  F
I'm still singin' the song Almost Persuaded    
G7                                  C
And darlin' You Still Mean The World To Me
                                     F
And I'm sure that we could always be together   
G7                                C
If you'd only Have A Little Faith in me                                 
F
Now you're back and Already It's Heaven    
G7                            C
And I should Thank My Lucky Stars above
                                   F
That My Woman's Good To Me and now forever      
G7                           C
We'll Be Livin' In A House Full Of Love

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Dawn The Day You Left Me, The

So early on that morning, the moon still way up high
The moon still way up high
Though soon enough the sun would warm the colors of the sky
I lay awake I could not sleep or even close my eyes
And dear you seemed so restless too I should have realized

The house was dark the moonlight was inviting and so strange
I went out by the window to watch the morning change
And just before the break of dawn and bird began to sing
And somehow then it came to me just what the day would bring

   That dawn the day you left me was so beautiful and sad
   How could I have turned away from the troubles that we had
   I know you tried to make me see and no I never would
   Too late that dawn the day you left I finally understood

A stray old cat did walk the fence outside my window bed
He stopped and looked my way and then he went without a care
And I wondered when he'd ramble back or why he ever should
But I knew that he was just like you and that he never would

   That dawn the day you left me was so beautiful and sad
   How could I have turned away from the troubles that we had
   Those words you spoke now ring so true just like you said they would
   Too late that dawn the day you left I finally understood

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Dawn's Early Light (Live)

That old prairie wind is blowing.
I can feel it on my face.
As a land rolls out before me.
Everything now
is in its place.

My old home
no, I'll never go to.
My old home
I'll never see.
For I must ride now
across these flat lands
fleeing the man go'ed
and murdered me.

By the dawn's early light
oh, I'm gonna saddle up and ride.
By the dawn's early light
ride through the night
into the dawn's early light.

In the state of Indiana
lived the man who killed my son.
I shot his ass dead.
I did in Indy.
After ten long years on the road.

But that old man he was not a loner.
Had two brothers, don't you see?
They flipped a coin.
Down to their fate decide
which one would come and murder me.

By the dawn's early light
oh, I'm gonna saddle up and ride.
By the dawn's early light
ride through the night
into the dawn's early light.

Sun comes up and down in a valley
In the air sensation over me.
And I see cold men up around the corner.
Both of the brothers riding right in front of me.

Down in a valley its two against one.
All men reaching for their guns.
Three. Three. Three shots
fire down in a valley.
Two men dying in the morning sun.

By the dawn's early light
now my boy laying by my side.
By the dawn's early light
as I lay me down to die
in the dawn's early light.

By the dawn's early light
now, I'm gonna saddle up and ride.
By the dawn's early light
ride through the night
into the dawn's early light.

Riding along
into the night

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Day After Forever
recorded by George Jones
written by Max D. Barnes

C                                 F
If you think you can depend on me you're right you can
       G7                              F              C
If you think that I'm in love with you you're right I am
                          F
But nothing lasts forever all good thing's must end
         C      G7        C
And it's only a matter of time

          F                    C
Day after forever I'm out that door
               G7                    C
One way or the other to return never more
                  F                  C
Don't count on me baby for I will be gone
          G7                           C
Day after forever honey you're on your own

                                       F
If you think I love you more than life you're right I do
       G7                                F                 C
If you think you're in my heart and soul you're right it's true
                             F
But I must leave you someday although I worship you
         C      G7        C
And it's only a matter of time

          F                    C
Day after forever I'm out that door
               G7                    C
One way or the other to return never more
                  F                  C
Don't count on me baby for I will be gone
          G7                           C
Day after forever honey you're on your own
          G7                           C
Day after forever honey you're on your own

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Day Drinker
Recorded by Johnny Duncan
Written by Sonny Curtis

C                    G7
Day drinker habitual no-count drunk 
                C
And bum all day long
Em  F               G7            F
Day drinker I ain't had one sober thought 
G7             C
Since you been gone
                         
I find the livin' on the byway 
F                             C    G7
Trying to make a dollar and a dime
C
I beg and spend my salary 
F
On a ninety cent room at some hotel
  G7          F      C       G7             C
A twenty cent jug of bootleg sneaky beatin' wine
Repeat #1
My life's a mere existence 
F                  C   G7
A daily search for wine
C
But if I had resistance 
    F
I'd find myself a good woman to love
G7           F       C       G7             C
Forget about you and bootleg sneaky beatin' wine

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Day is Done
Recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary
Written by Peter Yarrow

G                  Am
Tell me why you're crying my son
D7                            G
I know you're frightened like everyone
Em                       Am
Is it the thunder in the distance you fear
Bm                C         Am
Will it help if I stay very near 
D7   G
I am here           
C               G
And if you take my hand my son            
D7                   G
All will be well when the day is done           
C               G
And if you take my hand my son            
D7                   G
All will be well when the day is done       
D7          G           D7          G
Day is done day is done day is done day is done                   
Am
Do you ask why I'm sighing my son
D7                                 G
You shall inherit what mankind has done
Em                     Am
In a world filled with sorrow and woe
Bm            C           Am
If you ask me why this is so 
D7             G
I really don't know

Repeat #2                    

Am
Tell me why you're smiling my son
D7                             G
Is there a secret you can tell everyone
Em                    Am
Do you know more than men that are wise
Bm                  C           Am
Can you see what we all must disguise 
D7                  G
Through your loving eyes

Repeat #2       

D7          G           D7          G
Day is done day is done day is done day is done

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The Avett Brothers - Day That Marvin Gaye Died Lyrics

I think I dreamed you, again last night.
I hope wherever you are, things turned out right.
But it's never the same, when you lose and you gain.

I see the truth now
I see the truth now
I just want to hold you
I should have told you
We are in love
We are in ...

You tan stomach; and that mole on your lip.
We coulda had it all in one time; if I didn't slip.
Trip on my words; and land on my heart.

I see the truth now
I see the truth now
I just want to hold you
I should have told you
We are in love
We are in ...
We are in ...
We are in ...

The road can be cold
And it's always long.
The sermon I whisper these days
Are the words to a song
Are you in the old town?
Are you buckled in?

It's not the same
Our lives are not the same
I still want to hold you
I should have told you
We are in love
We are in ...

Love is on it's way
The dying wish of Marvin Gaye
Michelle I know you'll understand
The answers in your hands
The answers in your hands

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Alison Krauss - Daybreak in Dixie			
[Instrumental]



 

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Alison Krauss - Daylight

Daylight falls and I'm lost in the big parade.
Hold my hand, darling, I'm afraid of the daylight.
Shade is dark.
Cool and languid for life or love.
Safe in shadows; never stark as the daylight.
As the daylight.

When I was just knee high,
My Momma told me, never try,
To be someone that I am not.
Yet over time I had forgot,
The wandering child, so lost at play:
He's found himself but he can't find his way,
In the daylight.
Oh, the daylight.

Ooh, daylight.
Ooh, daylight.

Life is short, and there's no turning back the time.
Fragrant meadows and rocks to climb in the daylight.
In my mind,
There's a corner I need to turn.
Lessons lived is a lesson learned in the daylight.
In the daylight.

I miss the forest shade,
You took me there, the promise I made,
To never leave the dark so deep.
Safe and soothing, yet I fear,
As I recall and now reflect,
I see it's safer to connect,
To the daylight.
Oh, the daylight. (Light.)

Ooh, daylight.
Ooh, daylight.

(Instrumental break).

Daylight falls and I'm lost in the big parade.
Hold my hand, darling, I'm afraid of the daylight.
Of the day...


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Daylight Strangers Midnight Friends
Written and recorded by Mel Street
 
C                    F                    Dm
A lovely little cafe on the other side of town
C                     Dm               G7
A hidden corner table with no one else around
C                       F                  Dm
Reaching for a lifetime in just an hour or two
C                          G7                   C
Knowing when we leave here I can't go home with you
 
F        C          F  C        F
Daylight strangers     midnight friends
C                         Dm                G7
Knowing we should give in afraid it's gonna end
C                              F             Dm
And every time's the last time time and time again 
C                  G7           C
Daylight strangers and midnight friends
 
                    F                Dm
Lying in the shadow of an unfamiliar room
C                         Dm                  G7
Making plans and promises that never can come true
C                      F                 Dm
Clinging to each other for just a moment more
C                               G7                   C
Knowing that we'll be strangers when we walk out the door
 
F        C          F  C        F
Daylight strangers     midnight friends
C                         Dm                G7
Knowing we should give in afraid it's gonna end
C                              F             Dm
And every time's the last time time and time again 
C                  G7           C
Daylight strangers and midnight friends

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Days Of '49
Traditional

I'm old Tom Moore, I'm a bummer sure in the good old golden days.
They call me a bummer and a gin-sack too, but what cares I for praise?
I roam around from town to town just like a roving sign,
And the people all say there goes Tom Moore, in the days of '49.

Chorus after every verse:
In the days of old, the days of gold, how often I remind.
In the days of old when we dug up the gold
In the days of '49.

My comrades they all loved me well that jolly craven crew.
A few hard cases I recall though they all were brave and true.
Whatever the pinch they would never flinch they would never fret or whine.
Like good old bricks they stood the kicks in the days of '49.

There was New York Jake the butcher's boy, he was always getting tight,
And every time that he got full he was spoiling for a fight.
Then Jake rampaged against a knife in the hand of old Bob Syne.
And over Jake, they held a wake, in the days of '49.

There was Poker Bill one of the boys who was always in a game.
Whether he lost, whether he won, to him it was the same.
He would ante up and draw his cards and go about full blind.
In a game of death Bill lost his breath in the days of '49.

There was Rag-Shag Bill from Buffalo I never will forget.
He would roar all day and roar all night, and I guess he's roaring yet.
One day he fell in a prospect hole, a roaring bad design.
And out that hole there roared Bill's soul in the days of '49.

Of all the comrades I have had there is no one left to boast.
I'm left alone in my misery like some poor old wandering ghost.
As I pass by from town to town they call me the wandering sign.
There goes Tom Moore, a bummer sure, in the days of '49.


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Chris Thile - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

Dead Leaves and the dirty ground when I know
You're not around shiny tops and soda pops when I
hear your lips make a sound when I hear your lips make a sound

thirty notes in the mailbox will tell you that I'm coming home 
and I think I'd better sick around for a while so you're not
alone for a while so you're not alone

soft hair and a velvet tongue I wanna give you what you give to me 
and every breath that is in your lungs is a tiny little
gift to me

if you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down the hall 
if i could just hear your pretty voice I don't think I'd
have to see at all I don't think I'd have to see at all

I didn't feel so bad til the sun went down
I got back home no one to wrap my arms around
to wrap my arms around
to wrap my arms around

any man with a microphone can tell you what he wants the most 
and you'll know why you love at all if you're thinking of the
holy ghost if you're thinking of the holy ghost

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Richard Thompson - Dead Man's Handle Lyrics

Keep your weight on the dead man's handle
Or the wheels won't hold the rail
Keep your weight on the dead man's handle
Or the steam brake's bound to fail

She'll jump boys and she'll slip
If your hand should lose it's grip

On the dead man's handle
The dead man's handle
The dead man's handle

Keep your mind on the journey's end
Remember all of your skills and learning
Gonna need them now
Remember all of your words of warning
Gonna need them now

There's just one bridge left to cross
Keep her moving or the day is lost

The dead man's handle
The dead man's handle
The dead man's handle

Keep your mind on the journey's end
Look down, look down, look down
The valley is burning, fire without end
Look down, look down, look down

And you'll never get back on the tracks again
Keep your weight on the dead man's handle
Till you see that the day is won
Too many's the foolish man who's fallen
'Cause he jumped the gun

See ahead, your brother stands
Ease the brake, stretch out your hand

The dead man's handle
The dead man's handle
The dead man's handle

Keep your mind on the journey's end
Keep your weight on the dead man's handle
Or the wheels won't hold the rail
Keep your weight on the dead man's handle

Or the steam brake's bound to fail
Oh, she'll jump boys and she'll slip
If your hand should lose it's grip
On the dead man's handle

The dead man's handle
The dead man's handle

Keep your mind on the journey's end
Ah, keep your mind on the journey's end

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Dead Or Alive

Dead or alive, dead or alive
Ten thousand dollars dead or alive
One night my sweetheart got a little reckless
I just couldn't hold my trigger finger still
And the barrel was pointed at the county Marshall
But I only meant to scare him not to kill
Now the foothills of these mountains hold my secret
Only they know what is over there in that shack
But the chances are some bloodhounds gonna find me
And some other dirty dog will take me back. 
-CHORUS-
People always said that I'd amount to nothin'
That to bury me would be a waste of earth
But if they'll just put my price upon my tombstone
Then the world can see what I was really worth 
-CHORUS-


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Billy Strings Lyrics
Dealing Despair

Well the folks around here don't get along anymore
Everybody's dealing despair
Few are the flowers to stop and smell
Exasperation lingers in the air

Well it must be something in the water, my darling
And I'm wakin' on the wrong side of the bed
I long for existence in tune with the others
I turn to the hatred within

Come, go surrender to the evil
Do your part to feed the burning flame
You know I don't want your opinion
I just wanna blow out your brains

Well the dreams that I had, now are all dead and buried
The bleakness and misery succeed
Run with the hurt, take part of the malice
Swim through the hatred and greed

Come, go surrender to the evil
Do your part to feed the burning flame
You know I don't want your opinion
I just wanna blow out your brains

Come, go surrender to the evil
Do your part to feed the burning flame
You know I don't want your opinion
I just wanna blow out your brains
Yes I just wanna blow out your brains

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Dealing With the Devil
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Eddy Raven and Sanger D. Shafer

G
Don't ask me where she came from
      D7               C               G
All I know is that she gave me back my pride
                                   D7
She reached out her hand to save a man
                  C               G
Who slid about as far as he could slide

    C
She probably came from heaven
                                     G    Em
Who else could have sent her but the Lord
        C
I'm not dancing with those demons
        D7                        G
I'm not dealing with the devil anymore

      C              G
Go to sleep my weary lady
       C                      G
Heaven knows you've done your chore
         C                 G       Em
You were sent here just to save me
        C
I'm not dancing with those demons
        D7                        G
I'm not dealing with the devil anymore


I live for the whiskey
        D7                C             G
And the good time and the ladies of the night

Then the whiskey took control
            D7                C             G
And left me waltzing with the witches in my mind

C
Imaginary bottles fill my empty pockets 
             G     Em
Lying on the floor
        C
I'm not dancing with those demons
        D7                        G
I'm not dealing with the devil anymore

Repeat #3 x2

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Dear Abby
John Prine

Dear Abby, Dear Abby ...
My feet are too long
My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
My friends they all tell me that I've no friends at all
Won't you write me a letter, Won't you give me a call
Signed, Bewildered

Bewildered, Bewildered...

Chorus:
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up Buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
My fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
Signed, Unhappy

Unhappy, Unhappy...

Chorus

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
You won't believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me It's all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed, Noise-maker

Noise-maker, Noise-maker

Chorus

Dear Abby, Dear Abby...
Well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
We were sitting in the back seat just shooting the breeze
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
Signed, Just Married

Just Married, Just Married...

Chorus

Signed, Dear Abby


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Dear Alice
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Lewis Anderson

C          F          C
Dear Alice I got your letter yesterday
F          C                Am              F
I tried to call you but the phone just rang away
        Dm             G7
In Hollywood I knew it would
     C       F              C
I've decided the things are looking too good now
F           C             Am    F
And I don't wanna move to LA anyhow
Dm        G7
Even if I could
    C                  F       Dm
But remember that I'll love you 
        G7         C
For the rest of my life
F             Em        Am
Always were a darn good lover 
        Dm           G7    C
But you didn't wanna be my wife
           F               C
Guess I'll close now but I hope that everything is fine
F           C                 Am                F
But most of all I hope you've got your peace of mind
Dm             G7
Living way out there
    C                  F       Dm
But remember that I'll love you 
        G7         C
For the rest of my life
F             Em        Am
Always were a darn good lover 
        Dm           G7
But you didn't wanna be  
       Em             F
No you didn't want to be 
Dm                 G7    F   Fm
You didn't want to be my wife
       C
I love you   goodbye

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Dear Companion

I once did have a dear companion
Indeed I thought his love my own
Until a dark eyed girl betrayed me
And then he cares no more for me

Just go and leave me if you wish to
It will never trouble me
For in your heart you love another
And in my grave I'd rather be

Last night you were sweetly sleeping
Dreaming in some sweet repose
While I, a poor girl, broken hearted
Listened to the wind that blows

When I see your babe a laughing
It makes me think of your sweet face
But when I see your babe a crying
It makes me think of my disgrace

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The Incredible String Band - Dear Old Battlefield 

Just another rusty brother
Seeing his old role replayed
Looking in the world like a broken mirror
Seeing his old face displayed

They come and go, come and go
Why do you advertise goodbye
Living a lie will lay you low
What can I tell you, what can I sell you
But the truth will make you high

Death is unreal that's the way I feel
There's more to be revealed
Lovers and friends meet again and again
On the dear old, on the dear old
On the dear old battlefield

Death is unreal that's the way I feel
There's more to be revealed
Lovers and friends meet again and again
On the dear old, on the dear old
On the dear old battlefield

I will see my memory
Lightly let me go
I know that we will always be
But time passed fast and slow

Age long cradle song
Almost had me sleeping for good
If not for the plan of the magic man
Who finally helped me out of the wood

On the dear old battlefield

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Dear Old Mother

Oh, the fields were turning brown all around that southern town
The boy came down the highway all alone
And his face was looking sad, he was thinking of his dad
And his mother that he left at home sweet home

   Dear old mother how I miss you
   How I long for your sweet face and sunny smile
   I would give up all I own just to be with you at home
   And to linger there for just a little while

Oh, the morning glory vine around the cabin door would twine
And the mockingbird would sing along the tree
Then we'd take our dear old book and go down beside the brook
And there for hours she'd sit and read to me

Now I'm in this world alone, the old folks are not at home
They've gone up to a happier home above
The mockingbirds are singing yet and I never will forget
My mother and dad were all I had to love

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Dear One

At the end of day when works all over
And the shadows of night settle down
My thoughts turn back to the one that loved me
My sweetheart and my home town

There's a dear one dear one waiting
Waiting back in my home town
It's a sweet one called my missess
Waiting back in my home town

We once walked to church on Sunday morning
All of our friends gathered round
I will meet her again to be wed at the altar
When I get back to my home town

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Death Came Creeping In My Room

Soon one morning death came creeping in my room
Soon one morning death came creeping in my room
Soon one morning death came creeping in my room
Oh my Lord what shall I do (I do)

Death's done come and took my Mother away
Death's done come and took my Mother away
Death's done come and took my Mother away
Oh my Lord what shall I do (I do)

Death's done come and took my Father away
Death's done come and took my Father away
Death's done come and took my Father away
Oh my Lord what shall I do (I do)

Ride on, Death 'cause you can't do me no harm
Ride on, Death 'cause you can't do me no harm
Ride on, Death 'cause you can't do me no harm
Oh my Lord what shall I do (I do)

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Death Is Only A Dream

Sadly we sing and with tremulous breath
As we stand by the mystical stream
In the valley and by the dark river of death
And yet 'tis no more than a dream 

   Only a dream, only a dream
   Of glory beyond the dark stream
   How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking
   Where death is only a dream 

Why should we weep when the weary ones rest
In the bosom of Jesus supreme
In the mansions of glory prepared for the blessed
For death is no more than a dream 

Naught in the river the Saints should appall
Though' it frightfully dismal may seem
In the arms of our Savior no ill can befall
They find it no more than a dream 

Over the turbid and onrushing tide
Doth the light of eternity gleam
And the ransomed the darkness and storm shall out ride
To wake with glad smiles from their dream

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Brad Paisley - Death Of A Married Man (feat. Eric Idle) lyrics

I had a heart attack
(He had a heart attack)
While I was playing charades
Everybody yelled
"Heart attack!"
(Pledge of allegiance)
But it was too late


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Brad Paisley - Death Of A Single Man lyrics

Remember when we got the news
Confirming our worst fears
I said he wouldn't make it six months
And others gave him a year
And sure enough last Saturday
We paid our last respects
He left us here still in this life
And he's gone on to the next
I'd never seen him wear a tie
But he looked so natural, almost lifelike
The preacher spoke, his mother cried
When he said "Son, you may now kiss the bride"
Everyone cheered, I thought how odd
I didn't understand
Why with champagne and cake we celebrate
The death of a single man
So many flowers, he was so loved
Prior to the bride
As a matter of fact
The maid of honor should be disqualified
To all his friends, it's a wake-up call
If it happened to him
It can happen to us all
Nothing says it's over man
Like a bad 80's cover band
How can we dance to My Sharona
At the death of a single man
He was so young
So full of dreams
Before the day he fell
Now he's gone on to a better place
Or possibly to hell
Now here we are, seems so unfair
It's poker night and there's one empty chair
So many things we're gonna miss
His happy smile and that great laugh of his
I think of him in the afterwife, life
I guess all good things must end
So with Jack and Coke, we'll make a toast
To the death of a single man


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Death Of Queen Jane
Child 170

Queen Jane lay in labor full nine days or more
'Til the women were so tired, they could stay no longer there (2x)

"Good women, good women, good women as ye be
Will you open my right side and find my baby"

"Oh no," cried the women, "That thing it never can be
We will go to find King Henry, and hear what he say."

King Henry, he was called for, and King Henry, he did come
"And what ails, my lady, your eyes they look so dim?"

Henry, dear Henry, will you do one thing for me?
That's to open my right side and find my baby"

"Oh no," cried King Henry, "That's a thing I never can do
If I lose the Flower of England, I shall lose the branch too"

There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was born
But poor Queen Jane who carried him lay cold as a stone.


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The Boxcars - December 13th 

He said son do you remember
Where you were that dreadful night?
On the 13th of December
When that couple lost their lives.
I said I followed close behind them. As they drove up the mountain side. Watched em pull off on the shoulder. And it was murder in my eyes.
So you can lock me up inside the cold walls of a prison. Let me spend the rest of my life. You can put me in that chair so the whole world can listen. Hopin' they'll hear me cry. You can't hurt me anymore. And I've already hurt myself. Cause my mind. And all these memories
Will be my own private hell.
He said boy can you explain them. How this gun exhibit A. Was found beside these 2 bodies. At the bottom of the lake.
I said I saw him lay beside her. Beside the woman I had wed. From that point I don't remember
What I did or what I said.
So you can lock me up inside the cold walls of a prison. Let me spend the rest of my life. You can put me in that chair so the whole world can listen. Hopin' they'll hear me cry. You can't hurt me anymore. And I've already hurt myself. Cause my mind. And all these memories
Will be my own private hell.
Yeah my mind and all these memories
Will be my own
private hell.

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Deck of Card
By Tex Ritter 
written by Richard F Beckham 
Spoken: Strum softly  

G7               C
During the North African campaign a bunch of soldier boys
              F    C
had been on a long hike and they arrived in a little town
                    C        F             C
called Cassino. The next day being Sunday, several of    
G7           C                 G7
The boys went to church. After the chaplain had read the prayer  the text was taken up.                       
E7
Those of the boys who had a prayer book took them out, but
                                G7
this one boy had only a deck of cards, and so he spread them out.  The Sergeant who commanded the boys saw the cards and said,                         
G7
"Soldier put away those cards."  After the service was over, the
                  C
soldier was taken prisoner and brought before the provost marshal.
F                  C
The marshal said, "Sergeant, why have you brought the
                                 C             F
man here?" "For playing cards in church, Sir."  "And what    
C          G7                C       G7
have you got to say for yourself, son?"  "Much, Sir."
                                            E7
Replied the soldier.  The Marshall said, "I hope so, for if not I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished."
                   Am
The soldier said, "Sir, I've been on the march for about
                                 D7
six days, I had neither Bible nor prayer book, but I hope to
             G7                              C
satisfy you, Sir, with the purity of my intentions." With that, the boy started his story:  You see Sir, when I look at the "ACE", it reminds me thatthere is but one God; And the "DEUCE" reminds me that the Bible is divided intotwo parts; The Old and the New Testaments And when I see the "THREE", I think of the Father, the Son,and the Holy Ghost And when I see the "FOUR", I think of the four Evangelistswho preached the Gospel.  There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John And when I see the "FIVE", it reminds me of the five wisevirgins who trimmed their lamps.  There were ten of them, fivewere wise and were saved.  Five were foolish and were shut out And when I see the "SIX", it reminds me that in six days,God made this great heaven and earth; When I see the "SEVEN", it reminds me that on the seventh day,God rested from His great work; And when I see the "EIGHT", I think of the eight righteouspersons God saved when He destroyed this earth.  There wasNoah, his wife, their three sons and their wives And when I see the "NINE", I think of the lepers our Saviourcleansed.  And nine out of the ten didn't even thank Him When I see the "TEN", I think of the Ten Commandments Godhanded down to Moses on a table of stone When I see the "KING", it reminds me that there is but oneKing of Heaven, God Almighty And when I see the "QUEEN" I think of the Blessed Virgin Marywho is Queen of Heaven And the "JACK" or "KNAVE" is the Devil When I count the number of spots on a deck of cardsI find 365, the number of days in a year There's 52 cards, the number of weeks in a yearThere's 4 suits, the number of weeks in a month There's 12 picture cards, the number of months in a year There's 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter So you see, Sir, my pack of cards serves me as a Bible Almanac and Prayer Book. 
F                               Fm                  C
And friends this is a true story because I knew that soldier

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Deck Us All With Boston Charlie!
Walt Kelly

Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley'garoo!

Don't we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby lilla boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker n' too-da-loo!
Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloup, 'lope with you!

Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon,
Willy, folly go through!
Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarum bung-a-loo!

Duck us all in bowls of barley,
Ninky dinky dink an' polly voo!
Chilly Filly's name is Chollie,
Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, Woof, Woof!
Tizzy seas on melon collie!
Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, Goof, Goof!


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Deep Blue Sea

Where is my sailor boy
Oh where is my sailor boy
He lies on the bottom of the deep deep sea
And he can't come back to me

Please tell me deep blue sea
Is he sleeping peacefully?
The wind from the north is blowing icy cold
Please keep him warm for me

   What does the deep sea say
   Oh what does the deep sea say
   It moans, it groans, it flashes and it foams
   And rolls on its weary way

I stand on the beach alone
And gaze at the misty blue
Deep sea as you hold him to your breast
Does he mention my name to you

If only my dreaming soul
Some token of love could find
If only a wave would show my where he sleeps
Then I'd leave this world behind

A beautiful rose one day
I placed on the crest of a wave
Deep sea take it please
And lay it so it falls above his watery grave

The driftwood I watched in vain
My rose never came back again
Deep sea take another message to my love
Saying I'll meet him above

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Deep Down lyrics and chords | Crystal Gayl
Deep Down
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Gary Nicholson and Kevin Welch
 
C                       G7
Silver tears fall on my pillow case
Am              F
Damage has been done
C                 G7
Ties are bond and all are laced
    Am                     F            G7
And I can't understand the strangers we became
   C    G7 F   G7            C    G7  F G7
Oh deep down I know I really need you
C    G7 F     G7      C   G7 F G7
Deep down you need me too
C    G7       F               C
Deep down I'm so in love with you
                     G7
Say some things that I don't mean
Am                         F
But I need somethings that I don't say
C                   G7
Not as far apart as we might seem
Am                     F                G7
We just let this crazy world get in the way
Repeat #2
Am               F
We can turn this whole thing around
   Dm            C       F        G7
If that whatever true is love is 'bout
Repeat #2
 
G7 C    G7 F  G7             C    G7 F G7
Oh deep down (way deep down) deep down
C    G7 F  G7        C
Deep down (deep deep down)
     G7 F G7 C    G7 F  G7
Deep down    deep down (way deep down)
C    G7 F  G7   C
Deep down  deep down

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Deep Elem Blues

When you go down in Deep Elem
Just to have a little fun
Better have fifteen dollars
When that policeman come

   Oh sweet mama
   Daddy's got them Deep Elem blues
   Oh sweet mama
   Daddy's got them Deep Elem blues

When you go down in Deep Elem
Put you money in your pants
Those Deep Elem women
They don't give a man a chance

When you go down to Deep Elem
Put your money in your socks
Them Deep Elem women
They will throw you on the rocks

I used to know a preacher
Preached the bible through and through
He went down to Deep Elem
Got them Deep Elem blues

Now once I had a sweetheart
Meant the world to me
Went down to Deep Elem
She ain't what she used to be

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Deep In Love And Buried In The Blues
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Joe Gracey
 
G                                      C                G
That first night we met I knew and you probably felt it too 
                                     D7
So I tried my best to stay away from you
         G                         C            G
But this need of mine can get real serious real quick
                C        G      D7     G
Now I'm deep in love and buried in the blues
 
       C                        G
If you wanna see me scared just tell me that you care
                                     D7
I'd be secretly relieved if you just go
           G                          C                      G
Why cast a shadow in the dark I can't lay with this cheating heart
                C        G      D7     G
But I'm deep in love and buried in the blues
 
                                      C              G
Last night I told you straight but my heart vowed to break
                                      D7
Cause the only time I'm happy is with you
        G                        C                G
I tried not to let it show but I guess you oughta know
                   C        G      D7     G
You got me deep in love and buried in the blues
 
           C                        G
If I can't have all of you then I'd rather let it cool
                                      D7
And be just another dream you had one day
             G                                C          G
But it's too late for I've been burned by the fire of no concern
                C        G      D7     G
And I'm deep in love and buried in the blues
 
                      C        G      D7     G
You've got me deep in love and buried in the blues

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Deep In The Heart Of Texas

1. The stars at night
Are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas
The prairie sky
Is wide and high
Deep in the heart of Texas

2. The sage in bloom
Is like perfume
Deep in the heart of Texas
Reminds me of
The one I love
Deep in the heart of Texas

3. The coyotes wail
Along the trail
Deep in the heart of Texas
The rabbits rush
Around the brush
Deep in the heart of Texas

4. The cowboy cry:
Ki-yip-pee-yi
Deep in the heart of Texas
The "doggies" bawl
And bawl and bawl
Deep in the heart of Texas


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Deep in the Night

Deep in the night
I hear the darkness
Bones tell the body
Rest in its arms

I hear the calling
Of life's sweet embrace
Resting too soon

Deep in the night
I feel the stardust
Blue tells the heavens
Fall from the sky

I feel the shadows
Of time's own longing
Falling away

Deep in the night
I pray a candle
To tell the snowfall
Wait for sunrise

I pray a halo
Of man's cold morning
Holds to the light

I pray a halo
Of man's cold morning
Holds through the night


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Deep River

You're running wild deep river
You're just like the one that I love so
You never stop running deep river
Like her you're always on the go

   Hey I'm feelin' low down deep river
   I can't go on I've had enough
   I'm gonna dive to your bottom deep river
   I'm divin' in but I'm not comin' up.

Now if I had a big boat deep river
I would have you rock me to sleep
And some where down the stream I'd anchor
In the port of broken dreams

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Deep River Blues

   Let it rain let it pour
   Let it rain a whole lot more
   'Cause I got them deep river blues
   Let the rain drive right on
   let the waves sweep along
   'Cause I got them deep river blues.

My old gal's a good old pal
And she looks like a water fowl
when I get them deep river blues
Ain't no one to cry for me
And the fish all go out on a spree when
I get them deep river blues.

Give me back my old boat
I'm gonna sail if she'll float
cause I got them deep river blues
I'm goin' back to Mussel Shoals
Times are better there I'm told
cause I got them deep river blues.

If my boat sinks with me
I'll go down don't you see
cause I got them deep river blues
Now I'm gonna say good-bye
'N if I sink just let me die
cause I got them deep river blues.

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Deep Water

I'm drifting into deep water
I'm starting to care for you
And you're getting me in deep water
Be careful what you do.

You want a romance
and I'm sick in love
I know I'll regret it when it ends
I'm drifting into deep water
Why can't we still be friends.

It's so restless in this deep water
And I'm caught between right and wrong
My love's as true as deep water
Your love won't last that long.

Where will it lead me and when will it end
I can't help but wish I only knew
And I'm drifting into deep water
So deep in love with you.

I'm winding up in deep water
So deep in love with you.

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Deeper And Deeper
Author: Bob Lucas
Artist: New Grass Revival
Album: Commonwealth (1981)

Old freind, you've been gone too long
Yesterday I sang one of your songs
And it made me remember
Like a bolt out of the blue
First there's life and then there's you
I love you
Chorus
Deeper and deeper as time hurries by
Steeper and steeper the paths of our lives
Where we are going and where we have been
All of us waiting ot come back again
And when I see you again
We'll speak the words that are spoken by freinds
How are you, well missed you
But not until you're gone away
Will find the words to say
I love you


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Alison Krauss - Deeper Than Crying Lyrics

Leaving is the longest word I ever learned
In the time it takes to say it, the whole world has turned
If a heartbeat lasts a lifetime then I've lived before
'Cause I remember standing at this open door

This path is not the one I'd choose to travel
Even as we watch what tied us unravel
And the tears fall like rain
Deeper than crying, the loving still remains

Neither wants to be the one to say goodbye
And neither wants to be the one who's left to cry
But in our secret heart of hearts, we both know
That the time for patching up has passed and it's time to go

This path is not the one I'd choose to travel
Even as we watch what tied us unravel
And the tears fall like rain
Deeper than crying, the loving still remains

So I'll be the one to pull our tangled lives apart
I won't dodge the angry words that hide a broken heart
And my calm fare-thee-wells cannot obscure
That deep inside, my heart is also hurtin' so

 This path is not the one I'd choose to travel
Even as we watch what tied us unravel
And the tears fall like rain
Deeper than crying, the loving still remains

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Deeper Than That
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Tim Mensy and Brenda Anderson

C                     Em                F              G7
With a closet full of clothes she's got nothing to wear
     C              Em                                F   G7
It's almost time to go  she can't do a thing with her hair
    F                 C
She asks me do I look alright
       F                  G7
I said baby you look just fine
       F                   G7                    C
But my love goes deeper my love goes deeper than that
    F                  G7              C
The beauty I see can't be bought off a rack
     Am                   F                C               F
When God made her he used heaven and earth He held nothing back
                           G7                    C    Em F G7
But my love goes deeper my love goes deeper than that
      C                              F              G7
We're out on the town so she thought we'd celebrate
   C                               Em        F             G7
We raised our glass and toasted in memory of our first date
F                          C
Looking back we've come so far
F                          G7
I'm still proud when she's on my arm
       F                   G7                    C
But my love goes deeper my love goes deeper than that
    F                  G7              C
The beauty I see can't be bought off a rack
     Am                   F                C               F
When God made her he used heaven and earth He held nothing back
                           G7                    C
But my love goes deeper my love goes deeper than that
     Am                   F                C               F
When God made her he used heaven and earth He held nothing back
                           G7                    C
But my love goes deeper my love goes deeper than that
   F                   G7                    C
My love goes deeper my love goes deeper than that

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Deja Vu
Deja Vu 
Written and recorded by Johnny Bush
 
G         Am       D7          G        Em
It's deja vu again it's me and you again
      C                       D7
For a moment then deja's gone again
             Am
She looked a lot like you
D7            G        Em
But then they always do
     C                  D7             G
It's really nothing new it's just deja vu
 
            C
Sometimes I close my eyes
                        G    D7      G
I see your face another time another place
     C
Such happy memories of you in love with me
        G           D7
It's so real what a waste
  Am              D7       G         Em
I look forward to our nest rendezvous
     C            D7               G  C  G
When it's deja vu deja me and deja you
 
            C
Sometimes I close my eyes
                        G    D7      G
I see your face another time another place
     C
Such happy memories of you in love with me
        G           D7
It's so real what a waste
      Am      D7            G           Em
Maybe deja vu is all I have left of you
          C       D7               G  C  G
When it's deja vu deja me and deja you
 
         Am         D7               G
I try to hold on to deja me and deja you

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Delaware

Lord I have strayed to far from my home
And the ones who are waiting for me there
I long to hear them singing the songs I love so well
Callin' me back home to Delware

Oh Delware keeps on callin me
what I wouldn't do to be there
For I'm weary of the road and I feel so all alone
And I long to be home in Delware
Yes I long to be home in Delware

And in the night I dream of the place I call home
And the geese flyin' high up o'r the lake
And the mournin' doves callin' in the evenin' of the day
But I'm far far away when I awake

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Richard Thompson - Demons In Her Dancing Shoes Lyrics

Don't go walking down Chapel Street
Down Chapel Street they'll jump you
Cut your throat as soon as give you the eye

Those wholesome girls down Chapel Street
They need some place to move their feet
Before they soothe you with a lullaby

At Bridie's place the music's loud
And there's my angel in the crowd

Well, she's the kind of squeeze
That you can't refuse
Bedroom eyes and demons
In her dancing shoes

She's the kind of tease
That means good news
Bedroom eyes and demons
In her dancing shoes

On Chapel Street the totters' carts
Cry, old rags and lumber
People gassing like the Tower of Babel

On Chapel Street there's coffee bars
Where the villains meet the stars
And money's changing hands under the table

We're gonna dance till they shut the door
Till they clear the floor, till they beg for more

Well, she's the kind of squeeze
That you can't refuse
Bedroom eyes and demons
In her dancing shoes

She's the kind of tease
That means good news
Bedroom eyes and demons
In her dancing shoes

My girl, she's a piece of work
She finally got my number
Loves those cast-offs and those hand-me-downs

Dresses like a bride-to-be
From some other century
Stylish rags and ripped up wedding gowns

But you don't have to face the mess
When every day is fancy dress

Well, she's the kind of squeeze
That you can't refuse
Bedroom eyes and demons
In her dancing shoes

She's the kind of tease
That means good news
Bedroom eyes and demons
In her dancing shoes

Gonna dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
Gonna dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
Gonna dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
Gonna dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
Yes, dance

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Denouncing November Blue (Uneasy Writer)
The Avett Brothers

November came and went,
Like a summer that I spent,
With a no name girl that walked in jelly shoes.
I returned to my home,
With a heart part made of stone,
And I cried all night for a girl I never knew.
From the east it comes,
Her love and the rising sun,
And I pray each time they come, it's not the last.
You see I've got strong,
I made it through what came along,
But I can't move on for the beauty of the past.

Came across a pretty girl,
For about a month she was my world,
And I held her hand, and swore we'd never part.
I moved on, she stayed behind,
I said I'd call, she said she'd write,
We lost touch the moment I drove off.
I left town like a gambler with,
The sense of cashin' all the chips,
Before I lost them all on a bad deal.
I made believe I was in a race,
Drove ten thousand miles in seven days,
While writing a book called "Being A Free Man".
Met more people than the president,
The good times came and the good times went,
And I learned how to ignore my hunger pangs.
I looked ahead to the open road, thought about the people and what they know,
And wrote a book called "People Don't Know Nothin".
(no matter what they tell ya, man)

Once I spent my last dime,
And counted the ratio of miles to time,
I looked up to my disdain and my surprise.
I had driven my car around the world,
Ended back in the town with the girl,
So I wrote a book called "Life in Prison".
(Volume. 1)
I see that girl every now and then,
And we drink to having such good friends,
And apologize for the way it did not last.
Funny thing that it's all true,
And I'll always love November Blue,
But I turned her down for the beauty of the past.

November came and went,
Like a summer that I spent,
With a no name girl that walked in jelly shoes.
I returned to my home,
With a heart part made of stone,
And I cried all night for a girl I never knew.

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Denver Woman
Written and recorded by Johnny Duncan

C                 F               C
I saw her for the first time in a small cafe 
      F             Dm    G7          C
Where I was pickin' songs just to get along 
                  F                C
A Denver woman so fine she took my breath away 
         F                 Dm      G7        C    G7
When she smiled and said I sure do like your songs 
   C                 F                   C
At first I think she came just to dig my music 
          F            Dm   G7         C
But later on a special gold filled her eyes 
                F                    C
Warmer than the sweet red wine she's drinkin' 
F                 Dm         G7    C
What comes next I suppose is no surprise 
          F                  G7           C
Cause the first time she let go was in my arms 
         F               G7            C
She's as pure as a Rocky Mountain airy breeze 
           F                         G7             C       Am
She said I always knew that it would take a special man for me 
C       Dm                 G7             C
And the first time she let go Lord it was me 
                         F                 C
Nights get cold when the snow falls in the Rockies 
    F                   Dm       G7       C
But the fireplace has a warm and friendly glow 
                              F             C
I've got my friends my guitar and my Denver woman 
      F                 Dm         G7      C
And I remember well the first time she let go 
Repeat #3
        Dm                 G7             C
And the first time she let go Lord it was me 

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Deportee
Woody Guthrie / Martin Hoffman

The crops are all in, the peaches are rotting
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps
They're flying us back to the Mexican border
To pay all our money just to wade back again

Some of us are illegal and some are not wanted
Our work contract's out and we have to move on
600 miles to that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws, like thieves on the run

Chorus:
Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be deportee

The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon
A fireball of lightning that shook all the hills
Who are these friends now all scattered like dry leaves?
The radio says they are just deportees

Chorus

We died in your hills, we died in your deserts
We died in your valleys and we died on your plains
We died 'neath your trees and we died in your bushes
Both sides of the river, we died just the same

Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?
Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
To fall like dry leaves and to rot on the topsoil
And be called by no name except deportees?

Chorus


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Dolly Parton - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) lyrics

The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps
You're flying them back to the mexican border
To pay all their money to wade back again
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis a-mi-gos, Jesus and Maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be deportee
Some of us are illegal and some of us are not wanted
Our work contract's out and we have to move on
But it's 600 miles to that mexican border
They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like theives
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis a-mi-gos, Jesus and Maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be deportee
My father's own father, waded that river
They took all the money he made in his life
My brothers and sister come work the fruit trees
They rode the truck til' they took down and died
The airplane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon
A fireball of lightning that shook all our hills
Who are these dear friends all scattered like dry leaves
The radio said they were just deportees
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis a-mi-gos, Jesus and Maria
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be deportee
No, all they will call you will be deportee
All they will call you will be deportee


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Alan Jackson - Designated Drinker lyrics

Here's my keys
I want you to take them
I think im gonna need you, to get back home
Hold on to my hat, i dont want to loose it
I couldnt stand for something else to be gone
I'm sure you know the reason I'm here cryin
I think you'll understand why
Tonight
I'm the designated drinker
I just lost
The one who wrapped me 'round her finger
I need to get
To where I can't think of her
So, tonight
I'm the designated drinker
I came here, to get you to help me
I need a friend, to see me through
I hated to call, I knew you would'nt mind at all
I know you know
I 'd do the same for you
I'm not the kind that likes to drown my sorrows
I may hate myself tomorrow
But Tonight
I'm the designated drinker
I just lost
The one who wrapped me 'round her finger
I need to get
To where I can't think of her
So, tonight
I'm the designated drinker
We need to get
To where we can't think of her
So, tonight
We're the designated drinkers
Woah tonight
We're the designated drinkers


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Alan Jackson - Designated Drinker (Alan Jackson With George Strait) lyrics
(Alan Jackson)

Here's my keys, I want you to take 'em
I think I'm gonna need you to get back home
Hold on to my hat, I don't wanna lose it
I couldn't stand for something else to be gone
I'm sure you know the reason I'm here cryin'
I think you'll understand why
Tonight, I'm the designated drinker
I just lost the one that wrapped me around her finger
I need to get to where I can't think of her
So tonight, I'm the designated drinker
I came here to get you to help me
I need a friend to see me through
I hated to call, I knew you wouldn't mind at all
I know you know I'd do the same for you
I'm not the kind that likes to drown my sorrow
I may hate myself tomorrow
Oh but
Tonight, I'm the designated drinker
I just lost the one that wrapped me around her finger
I need to get to where I can't think of her
So tonight, I'm the designated drinker
We need to get to where we can't think of her
So tonight, we're the designated drinkers
Oh tonight, we're the designated drinkers


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Desperado
The Eagles

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one,
But I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Will hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
The queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, you know you ain't gettin' younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you on
And freedom, oh freedom well,
that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you.
Let somebody love you.
Let somebody love you before it's too late.


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Desperados Waiting For A Train
Clark Guy

Yeah, I'd play the Red River Valley.
He'd sit in the kitchen and cry.
Run his fingers through seventy years of livin'
And wonder if every well he'd drilled run dry.

We were friends, me and this old man,
Like desperados waitin' for a train,
Desperados waitin' for a train.

From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him
To a place called the Green Frog Cafe.
There was old men with beer guts and dominos
Lying 'bout their lives while they played.
I was just a kid, they all called me "Sidekick"
Like desperados waitin' for a train.
Like desperados waitin' for a train.

He's a drifter, he's a driller of oil wells.
He's an old school man of the world.
He taught me how to drive his car when he's too drunk to,
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls.
And our lives was like, some old Western movie.
Like desperados waitin' for a train.
Like desperados waitin' for a train.

One day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty.
He's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin.
To me he was a hero of this country,
So why's he all dressed up like them old men,
Drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two,
Like desperados waitin' for a train.
Like desperados waitin' for a train.

The day before he died I went to see him.
I was grown and he was almost gone.
So we closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen,
And sang us one more verse to that old song.
(spoken) He said, "Yeah, Jack, that old son-of-a-bitch is a-comin'".

We're desperados waitin' for a train.
Was like desperados waitin' for a train.

Note: One arrangement is to lead or follow immediately
with a verse and chorus of "Red River Valley".


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Desperate Dreams
Written and recorded by Eddy Raven
 
C                   Dm
Whoever said it was gonna be easy
F                   C
Wasn't in love with you
                              Dm
But I'd do the same ol' thing over again
F              C
If I had it to do
 
                          Dm
So hold me close just for old time sake
F                  C
I don't want it to end
                               Dm
What's one more kiss before we say goodbye
F                            C
What's one more time between friends
 
                    F         C
Desperate people do desperate things
F         G7          C
Lying and learning to steal
                               Am
I am desperate people thinking desperate things
F    G7        C
Even desperate dreams
 
                      Dm
Nobody ever loved you more than I do
F                       C
I've never loved you no less
                             Dm
This ain't no way to treat a good guy like me
F                    C
I always gave you my best
 
                    F         C
Desperate people do desperate things
F         G7          C
Lying and learning to steal
                               Am
I am desperate people thinking desperate things
F    G7        C
Even desperate dreams
                          F         C
Honey desperate people do desperate things
F         G7          C
Lying and learning to steal
                               Am
I am desperate people thinking desperate things
F    G7        C
Even desperate dreams

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Nickel Creek - Destination

You don't owe me
one more minute of your wasted time
you act like it's all fine

but all the years I gave you
thinking you knew that you wanted me
I wanted to believe

I've gotta make a destination
find where I'll be loved
This time I've got no hesitation
and I'll be movin' on
(to where I belong)
and I'll be movin' on

I'm tired of trying
to describe what you will never see
how that we could be

gave up and lost her
now you're looking for a little grace
well look at my face

I've gotta make a destination
find where I'll be loved
This time I've got no hesitation
and I'll be movin' on
(to where I belong)
and I'll be movin' on

empty corner gotta keep movin'
taking hits while you've been missing
night after night after I hear you

say we're solid
but I know we're looking through the cracks
in our little patch

it isn't hard to leave
knowing that I'll be getting life on track
never looking back

I've gotta make a destination
find where I'll be loved
This time I've got no hesitation
and I'll be movin' on
(to where I belong)
and I'll be movin'

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Destination Life
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Donna Noeline Dean

G                               C
Picking up her clothes from the bedroom floor    
G                                 D7
She dressed in the dim light shinning from the hall
G                            C
Quietly she slipped into the moonlit night
D7                       G
Leaving all her troubles behind                                      
C
He over looked the little things that means so much
G                           D7
There was no sincerity left in his touch
G                             C
Anyway she tried to please he put her down  
 D7                          G
He cannot criticize her if she ain't around          
C                                           G
And she's driving like there's no tomorrow no turning back
                                     D7
Clinging to what dignity is still in tackEm                            
G             C
Face to face with freedom and determined to survive
D7          G
Destination life                                 
C
On the road she thinks about the way things were   
G                             D7
If only he'd respected loved and cared for her
G                       C
He had opportunities to do things right   
D7                                G
He missed the chance to hear her say goodbye

Repeat #3

Em                             G
It wouldn't have taken much to keep her from walkin'   
C                             D7
But she gave up and let the miles between them do the talkin'

Repeat #3

D7          G
Destination life

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Detour

Headed down life's crooked road
Lot of things I never knowd
Cause I didn't know I now pine
Trouble got in the trail
Spent the next five years in jail
Should have read that Detour sign

 Detour there's a muddy road ahead
Detour paid no mind to what is said Detour
Oh these bitter things I find
Should have read that Detour sign

When I've got to the place
Where it said "a-bout face"
I thought that all my worries were behind
But the farther I go
More sorrow I know
Should have read that Detour sign

When I've got stuck in the mud
All my hopes dropped with a thud
My life seemed to pass before my eyes
Got no will power to get
From the hole that I'm in yet
Should have read that Detour sign

Should have read that Detour sign

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Detroit City
Mell tillis, Dunny Hill

Last night I went to sleep in the Detroit city
I dreamed about those cotton fields back home
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother
I dreamed about the girl who's been waiting for so long

I want to go home I want to go home
Lord, how I want to go home

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit city
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars and by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

* Rerain

Cause you know I rode a frieght train north to Detroit city
And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time
So I think I'll just take my foolish pride and put it
On the southbound freight and raid
And go on back to the loved ones the ones I left waiting so far behind


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Deuces Wild
Recorded by Frankie Laine

C            F
Deuces wild  deuces wild
C                          G7
He came my way to play the game
C                     F               C
Up and down the river looking all the while
                               G7     C
For a man who plays poker with deuces wild
                                  G7     C
He's the man who plays poker with deuces wild                      
F               C
When I was just a lad before I turned bad                        
G7
No more than the age of ten  
C                    F                C
I heard my poor old ma pleading with my pa       
G7                C
Please don't go gambling again                              
F               C
Well known in New Orleans and along the river streams
                      G7
As destinies gambling child     
C                     F               C
With tattoos on his arm he had a good luck charm    
G7                C
The words were deuces wild            
F
Deuces wild  deuces wild
C                 G7       C
He came my way to play the game                                   
G7     C
He's the man who played poker with deuces wild
                        F                C
Soon he disappeared and then through the years
                      G7
My ma slowly died in shame   
C                     F                  C
As so as I was leaving I swore that I'd get even     
G7                 C
With him who gave me my name                   
F              C
So I began to deal on the Natchez Keel                           
G7
Who's Captain sure liked my style
C                        F               C
Revenge was in my will I had to find and kill    
G7              C
The man with deuces wild           
F            C      G7       C
Cut a card play it hard making myself a name
                                     G7     C
He's the man who played poker with deuces wild                      
F                C
Many years had passed and I lived them fast                         
G7
My search set my soul on fire
C                           F          C
They knew me up and down in every levy town   
G7               C
As one with a crazy desire                           
F                C
And with my own two hands I had to break the man
                        G7
Who gambled with such a smile  
C                              F             C
I would put a bullet through the man with that tattoo     
G7                C
Who sure loved deuces wild                      
F               C
Up and down the river looking all the while
                               G7     C
For a man who plays poker with deuces wild
                                  G7     C
He's the man who plays poker with deuces wild                        
F                C
One day I played a hand with tough Dixie Dan                        
G7
Who came up from Mobile way
C                            F               C
When he saw he was beaten he said that I was cheating    
G7                           C
His gun quickly pushed the cards away                                
F                C
As I heard the bullet scream an old gent stepped between
                            G7
He looked up and smiled and died
C                         F               C
And tattooed on his arm I saw a good luck charm    
G7                C
The words were deuces wild             
F
Deuces wild  deuces wild
C                          G7
He came my way to play the game
C          F            C      G7       C
Cut a card play it hard making myself a name                        
F               C
Up and down the river looking all the while
                                       G7     C
Looking for a man who plays poker with deuces wild

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Developing My Pictures
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery
[3/4 time] 

C                 F                         C
I'm developing my pictures my mind's a dark room
                             D7                 G7
The proofs I'm searching for will be made clear soon
    C             F                      C
I'm developing my pictures of the girl I admire
                             G7            C
Soon I will see you know you as you really are

             G7       C        G7               C
I'm told you wear two faces to hide things from me
     G7           D7     G7     D7            G7
I've heard you've spoken very unkind words of me
  C     G7          C       G7          C
I don't believe hearsay and take what I see
         F      G7               C
But I've got to believe you love me

                  F                         C
I'm developing my pictures my mind's a dark room
                             D7                 G7
The proofs I'm searching for will be made clear soon
    C             F                      C
I'm developing my pictures of the girl I admire
                                   G7            C
For I want to see you and know you as you really are

                                   G7            F  C
Yes I want to see you and know you as you really ar-e

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Devil In Disguise

She's the devil in disguise
You can see it in her eyes
She's telling dirty lies
She's the devil in disguise in disguise.

Now a woman like that all she does is hate you
She doesn't know what makes a man a man
She'll talk about the times that she's been with you
She'll speak your name with everyone she can.

Unhappiness has been her close companion
Her soul is full of jealousy and doubt
It gets her up to see a person crying
She's just the kind that you can live without

Her number always turns up in your pocket
Whenever you are looking for a dime
Well it's all right to call her but I'll bet you
The moon is full and you're just wasting time.

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Devil's Disciple
Recorded by Johnny Bush 
Written by Wynn Preston
 
C         G7           C
When love goes out the window
                F
I come stealing in
               C
I make my home deep inside
                    G7
On hearts of broken men
 
C           G7         C
When I cast my spell upon you
                        F
There's nothing you can do
                   C
I'm the devil's disciple
G7                      C
Shake hands with mister blue
 
           G7      C
She walked out and left me
                         F
I brought misery to your mind
                      C
And the pain you feel inside you now
                    G7
Just increased with time
 
C           G7          C
You'll wish you'd never met me
                    F
Any time before I'm through
                   C
I'm the devil's disciple
G7                      C
Shake hands with mister blue
 
G7              F               C
I am the misery in your tangled mind
D7                 G7
I am the teardrops falling from your eyes
C       G7       C
I would walk the floor with you
                        F
While you wear out your shoes
                   C
I'm the devil's disciple
G7                      C
Shake hands with mister blue
 
           G7      C
So take my hand my foolish friend
                   F
And listen well to me
                      C
I'll make your life a living hell
              G7
Of lonely misery
C     G7               C
So if you're wondering who I am
                       F
That's come to call on you
                   C
I'm the devil's disciple
G7                      C
Shake hands with mister blue
 
F                  C
I'm the devil's disciple
G7                      C
Shake hands with mister blue

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Devil's Little Angel

Devil's little Angel please leave me alone
Don't make me love you know that it's wrong
Devil's little Angel please go away
For I'd only love you more each day

I'll love you my darling as long as I live
If I could but hold you oh what would I give
Devil's little Angel you must be unkind
For God don't make Angels true love can't find

You can't understand my feeling for you
I know you'd be honest if you really knew
The torture I'm suffering God only knew
So if you don't love me please let me go

* Refrain


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Devilish Mary

I once dressed up and went to town
To court a fair young lady
I inquired about her name
Her name was Devilish Mary

Come a-fa-la-ling
Come a-ling, come l-ling
Come a-fa-la-ling
Come a dairy, come a dairy

Me and Mary began to spark
She got all in hurry
She made it up all in her mind
She'd marry the very next Thursday

* Refrain

We had not been married for about two weeks
Before we ought to been parted
I hadn't said but a single word
She kicked up her heels and started

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - Devonside Lyrics

By Devonside she was a-marching
It was a gang of no great size
And surrender was the banner that she carried
And hungry was the shiver in her eyes

She met a boy, his health was failing
She dropped the banner and took her prize
And the only food she had was bread and morphine
Ah, but he fed on the shiver in her eyes

By Devonside his love was drifting
He looked for comfort otherwise
And there never was a rope or chain about him
Ah, she held him with the shiver in her eyes

Ah, she said, my John, I'll be your pillow
I'll be your lover, mother, whore and wife
And he knew that he loved and never seen her
When the light fell from the shiver in her eyes

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Diamond In My Crown
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

C                      F              C
As each long day rolls by and falls behind me
                                                G7
In the lonely night there's a peacefulness I've found
           C          F           C             F
Though I'm weary even then when I rise to start again
              C         G7            C
There'll be a diamond a diamond in my crown

                       F               C
I have wasted all that life has laid before me
                                               G7
I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown
      C             F             C                 F
But I shall not disavow all these ties that bind me now
              C         G7            C
There'll be a diamond a diamond in my crown

         F                                 C
Shinning down someday I know brighter than all their streets of gold
                                         G7
When the burdens that I carry I will lay down
        C              F                   C          F
And the sorrows I have known I'll see them all be overthrown
              C         G7            C
There'll be a diamond a diamond in my crown

                        F                 C
With the passing of the years I will grow stronger
                                              G7
Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning round
         C             F        C             F
Then the closer I will be to my sweetest victory
              C         G7            C
There'll be a diamond a diamond in my crown



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Diamond In The Rough

While walking out one evening
Not knowing where to go
Just to pass the time away
Before we gave the show
I met a little salvation band
Singing with all its might
I gave my heart to Jesus
And left the show that night

The day will soon be over
And degging will be done
And no more gems be gathered
So let us all press on
Till Jesus comes to claim us
And says it is enough
The diamonds will be shining
No longer in the rough

While reading through the Bible
Some wondrous sights I see
I read of Peter, James and John
By the Sea of Galilee
And Jesus when he found them
He found them very tough
And they were precious diamonds
He gathered in the rough

Ã[email protected] * Refrain


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Diamond Joe
Traditional

There is a man you hear about
Most anywhere you go,
His holdings are in Texas
And his name is Diamond Joe.
And he carries all his money
In a diamond-studded jar.
And he never had much bother
For the process of the law.

I hired on with Diamond Joe, boys,
I did offer him my hand,
And he gave a string of horses
So old they could not stand.
And I nearly starved to death, boys,
He did mistreat me so.
I never saved a dollar
In the pay of Diamond Joe.

Now his bread it was corn dodger
And his meat I could not chaw,
And he drove me near distracted
With the waggin' of his jaw.
By the tellin' of this story,
I aim to let you know
There never was a rounder
That could lie like Diamond Joe.

I tried three times to quit him, boys,
But he did argue so
That I'm still punchin' cattle
In the pay of Diamond Joe.
And when I'm called up yonder
And it's my time to go,
Give my blankets to my buddies...
And give the fleas to Diamond Joe.


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Diamonds And Horseshoes
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
Written by Bert Pellish and Mitchell Tableporter

F                        C                 Am
(Diamonds and horseshoes diamonds and horseshoes)    
G7                 C
How rich and lucky I'd be                                
F           Fm
If teardrops were diamonds I'd be a millionaire     
C             Am             Dm           G7
I've cried so many teardrops much more than my share
C                       F         Fm
Darling I love you with all of my heart    
C                     G7               C
And I've been so lonesome since we've been apart 
F                       C                 Am
Diamonds and horseshoes diamonds and horseshoes    
G7                 C  C7
How rich and lucky I'd beF                       
C                 Am
Diamonds and horseshoes diamonds and horseshoes  
G7                       C
I know you'll soon come to me                                  
F         Fm
If heartaches were horseshoes how lucky I'd be    
C              Am               Dm           G7
I'd lose all these heartaches you'd be here with me    
C                      F          Fm
And darling I love you and my love is true    
C          Am           G7             C
I'd give up my diamonds and horseshoes for you 

Repeat #2  

F            C
(Diamonds and horseshoes)

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Diamonds In The Rough

While walking out one evening
Not knowing where to go
Just to pass the time away
Before we gave the show 

I met a little salvation band
Singing with all its might
I gave my heart to Jesus
And left the show that night 

   The day will soon be over
   And begging will be done
   And no more gems be gathered
   So let us all press on 

   Till Jesus comes to claim us
   And says it is enough
   The diamonds will be shining
   No longer in the rough 

While reading through the Bible
Some wondrous sights I see
I read of Peter, James and John
By the Sea of Galilee 

And Jesus when he found them
He found them very tough
and they were precious diamonds
He gathered in the rough

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Diane
Recorded by Ed Bruce
written by Ronnie Rogers

G               C            G
Diane if you're gonna do him wrong again                         
D7               G
You might as well do the wrong again with me                      
C            G
I haven't told a soul nobody knows about you and me
                             D7
Diane if you're gonna do him wrong again
                                          G
You might as well do the wrong again with me                 
C            G
We both lost our heads in the red wine                                     
D7
Left the lounge and drove to another town
G                    C          G
Spent the night in a ten dollar mansion                
D7           G
You woke me the next morning crying              
C                G
You ask me to forget about the things we did
                                 D7
Said you had no cause to be with me
G                  C              G
And I believed you loved him so I stayed away                   
D7                      G
Diane you're back again and you swore you wouldn't be

Repeat #1                   
C           G
Here we sit at the same corner table                               
D7
Playing the same songs with our dimes
G           C              G
Talking the same old conversation           
D7                 G
Losing our heads again in the red wine

Repeat #1 

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Diary Of My Mind
Recorded by George Jones
Written by John Starks and Sadie Starks

G               C              G
I can bring you back anytime I want to
  D7                                         G
I remember an angel in your veil of white so fine
                   C           D7                     G
You're always very near well I feel that you're still here
        C           D7          G
It's so real in the diary of my mind
                  C                        G
On the first page there we are down by the river
         D7                              G
With the flowers blooming in the warm sunshine
                    C              D7                     G
Speaking love words soft and sweet and as our lips slowly meet
      C               D7          G
We're together in the diary of my mind
    C                              G
Yes I can bring you back anytime I want to
            C        G                D7
Even though you been gone a long long time
   G               G7       C         G
Oh I just close my eyes and then I realize
             C            D7          G
You're right there in the diary of my mind
                 C                      G
On the next page I can smell the yellow roses
            D7                             G
You brought to this world our baby girl so fine
                   C     D7                 G
A princess for the queen I was such a happy king
            C            D7          G
You're both still in the diary of my mind
                        C                 G
Yes even comes the page I don't like to remember
    D7                                    G
But history shows that kingdoms fall with time
             C               D7                  G
Mistrust and deceit then the bottle it brought defeat
           C                        D7          G
That's the last scene that's in the diary of my mind
Repeat #3 But I can?
   
             C           D7          G
You're still here in the diary of my mind

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Doc Watson
Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep

Did Christ o'er sinners weep
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Spring forth from every eye

The Son of God in tears
Angels with wonder see
Be thou astonished, O my soul
He shed those tears for thee

He wept that we might weep
Each sin demands a tear:
In heaven alone, no sin is found
And there's no weeping there

Did Christ o'er sinners weep
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Spring forth from every eye

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Richard Thompson - Did She Jump or Was She Pushed Lyrics

She was there one minute and then she was gone the next
Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck

Oh she fell from the roof to the ground
There was glass lying all around
She was broken in a hundred pieces
When her body was found

She used to live life, she used to live life with a vengeance
And the chosen would dance, the chosen would dance in attendance

She crossed a lot of people
Some she called friends
She thought she'd live forever
But forever alwasy ends

Did she jump or was she pushed
Did she jump or was she pushed
Did she jump or was she pushed

Oh she used to have style, she used to have style and she used it
And they say it turned bad when the truth came `round and she refused it

They found some fingerprints
Right around her throat
They didn't find no killer
And they didn't find no note

Did she jump or was she pushed
Did she jump or was she pushed
Did she jump or was she pushed

Oh did she jump or was she pushed
Did she jump or was she pushed
Did she jump or was she pushed

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Did She Mention My Name

It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day
And talk about the hometown a million miles away
Is the ice still in the river are the old folks still teh same
And by the way, did she mention my name

Did she mention my name just in passing
And when the morning came do you remember if she dropped a name or two
Is the hometeam still on fire do they still win all the games
And by the way, did she mention my name

Is the landlord still the looser do his signs hang in the hall
Are the young girl still as pretty in the city in the fall
Does the laughter on their faces still put the sun to shame
And by the way, did she mention my name

Did she mention my name just in passing
And when the talk ran high did the look in her eye seem far away
Is the old roof still leaking when the snow turns to rain
And by the way, did she mention my name


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Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas
Written and recorded by Ole Rasmussen

G                  D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
                  G7           C
He shines down on lovers every night
    D7
And when he shines above the night's just made for love
  A7                         D7
I bet he's happy up there so bright
G                  D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
                     G7               C
Who climbed a ladder made of stars to see
                   D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
        C     D7        G
That is where I long to be
     D7              G
With him up above to help us with our love
A7                              D7
We'd be happy with his light so bright
G                  D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
                    G7            C
I wish we were with him there you see
                   D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
        C        D7                G
That is where my heart will always be 
     D7              G
With him up above to help us with our love
A7                              D7
We'd be happy with his light so bright
G                  D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
                       G7               C
Who climbed the ladder made of stars to see
                   D7             G
Did the man in the moon come from Texas
        C        D7                G
That is where my heart will always be

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Did You Ever Go Sailing

There's an old ramshackle shack where in dreams I wander back
And listen to the southern melody
T'was the place where I was born on a bright October morn
And it's nestled at the end of my river of memories

Did you ever go sailing down the river of memories
To the little log cabin that's nestled among the sycamore trees
Where the sunshine is cheery and nothing in the world grows dreary
That's my cabin at the end of my river of memories

There's a mother old and gray at the end of memory's way
I'll meet her there tonight among the trees
With a smiling welcome she so sweetly beckons me
To the cabin at the end of my river of memories

When the twilight shadows fall many childhood voices call
Back again to the days that used to be
And in answer to their prayer I will soon be sailing there
To the cabin at the end of my river of memories

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Crooked Still 
Did You Sleep Well?

"Good mornin', my darlin'," I said from the door
"My bags are all packed, you won't see me anymore."
The room it was empty except for your clothes
And a picture of the forest through the dimly lit smoke

Did you sleep well?
Did you sleep fine?
Did you sleep much at all?
All night I heard two voices from out here in the hall
The first one was lonesome and the second one was clear
The first one was familiar as the second drew near

She walked to the window to expose the light
Her breath hung in silence like the fog in the night
The sun raised its head from behind the frost
She sat down by the stove with her long legs crossed

Did you sleep well?
Did you sleep fine?
Did you sleep much at all?
All night I heard two voices from out here in the hall
The first one was ancient but the second was a gun
The first one was laughin' before the second was done

She drew up her eyes and then turned my way
Her mouth it was movin' but the words tried to stay
Her posture was thin and her tears they were tall
Like the picture of the forest in the fire in the hall

Did you sleep well?
Did you sleep fine?
Did you sleep much at all?
All night I heard two voices from out here in the hall
The first it was singing and the second dressed in red
The first one was hungry and the second was well fed

My struggles were hard and my journey was long
My food was your beauty and my water your song
I returned for your voice and your precious melody
I heard them both but you sang not for me

Did you sleep well?
Did you sleep fine?
Did you sleep much at all?
All night I heard two voices from out here in the hall
The first was a flower and the second was a train
The first issued warning and the second brought the rain

Day is breaking, it's time for me to leave
Each breath I'm taking reminds me to grieve
You've proven false but another will be true
Walking tall in the darkness the whole night through

Will you sleep well?
Will you sleep fine?
Will you sleep much at all?
All night you'll hear two voices from out there in the hall
The first will be a mirror and the second one a dove
The first will be an echo and the second silent love

Will you sleep well?
Will you sleep fine?
Will you sleep much at all?
All night you'll hear two voices from out there in the hall
The first will be a mirror and the second one a dove
The first will be an echo and the second silent love

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Didn't I
Written and recorded by Dottie West 

C                                A7         D7
Didn't I try hard enough to understand your ways
G7                                  F              C
Didn't I stay strong enough through all our stormy days
                                         F
Like ivy clinging to our little house so close were you and I
G7                                                           C
Then came the day you just walked away and I lost you didn't I
F                              C
Didn't I kiss you often enough didn't I hold you tight    
D7                           G7
And didn't I say I love you each time we kissed goodnight
C
Darling please tell me what I didn't do 
Dm                                G7
Cause I tried so hard to make you seeThat above everything in this world 
F                         C
You were all that was for meAnd you know I've thought I was all that you wanted    
F
In fact you've told me so    
G7
But I guess I failed somewhere along the way
                                    C
And just where I'd give my life to know
Like ivy clinging to our little house so close were you and I
G7                                                           C
Then came the day you just walked away and I lost you didn't I

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Alison Krauss - Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby Lyrics

Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)

You're mama's gone away and you're daddy's gonna stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby

Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)

Everybody's gone and the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby

You're a sweet little baby
(You're a sweet little baby)
You're a sweet little baby
(You're a sweet little baby)

Honey and a rock and the sugar don't stock
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby

Don't you weep pretty baby
(Don't you weep pretty baby)
Don't you weep pretty baby
(Don't you weep pretty baby)

She's long gone with her red shoes on
Gonna need another lovin' baby

Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)

You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin' baby

Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby
(Go to sleep you little baby)

Come on lay your bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever lovin' baby

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Didn't We
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Graham Hamilton Lyle and Troy Harold Seals

C                          F
I think of all the times I needed you 
C                                  F
And you would come to me cause you wanted to 
        C                          G#
Oh when we built a fire that would last through the night 
     F                       Fm
It'd still be burnin' in the mornin' light 
C                   F
Oh we must've had a thousand ways 
C             F
Oh taking our breath away 
C                       F
We took a chance or two didn't we 
C                            F
And made some mountains move didn't we 
         C                   G#
And from out of the blue the storm clouds came 
F                  Fm
It started rainin' just let it rain 
C      F             C      F
Oh our careless love oh our careless love 
Dm              G7
Sadness yes but no regrets 
Dm                    G7
When we had a baby oh we had the best didn't we
                            C
I'm askin' you didn't we oh didn't we 
                       F
And every now and then I'm feeling sure 
C                          F
And it takes me a while to let you go 
         C                 G#
You were more than a lover more than a friend 
F            Fm
Never before never again 
C             F
Oh will it be you and me 
C                  F
We had had it good didn't we 
              C                   F
I want to say oh we must've had a thousand ways 
C             F
Oh takin' our breath away 
   C                     F
Oh you and me him and me you and me 
                            C
I'm askin' you didn't we oh didn't we 

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Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby

Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Your momma's gone away and your daddy's gone to stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby

Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby

You're a sweet little baby
You're a sweet little baby
Honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby

Don't you weep pretty baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
She's long gone with the red shoes on
Gonna meet another lovin baby

Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin baby

Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever lovin baby

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The Avett Brothers - Die Die Die Lyrics
The Avett Brothers
Emotionalism

Die Die Die
She's fighting with the sky 
She thinks she can 
Livin' within a lie 
She thinks she can 
But nobody knows what lies behind 
The days before the day we die 
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die 
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die 
Die, die, die 

She puts her hands against 
The life she had 
Living with ignorance 
Blissful and sad 
But nobody knows what lies behind 
The days before the day we die 
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die 
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die 
Die, die, die 

You can try to swim the sea 
But say goodbye to you and me 
You can try to swim the sea 
You can try to hold the breeze 
You can try to hide the sun 
But say goodbye to everyone 
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die 
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die 
Die, die, die.

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The Avett Brothers - Die Then Grow 

Can you say your name to me, put mine after yours?
Can we build a house of glass without windows or doors?
Will you learn to love yourself the way I know you should?
Will we find the courage there to call our friendship good?
Call it good, call it good

The world is closing in on me, I think it's time I go
And with your sad young eyes you've taught me things I didn't know
And my heart broke down to powder there and I wish I'd let it show
And I listened as you said to me you'd rather die than grow
Die than grow, die than grow

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

So I watched as those who ask for love, demanding some respect
Became the last in line to have what they come to expect
As what nobody taught them that they so rightly deserve
And the hums of their misfortune peaked, the hardest lesson learned
Leasson learned, lesson learned

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

To watch us fall is why they came
And fall we did, to the call of the highway
Don't go home, don't look ahead, don't look behind
Everything we were is dead

Then a well of hope and talent sprang, and I caught a glimpse of light
And I drank from there as the colors rang out loudly from your eyes

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
Don't let romance or beating hearts change what we came to do

Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you

Die then grow
Die then grow
Die then grow
Die then grow

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Died A Rounder At Twenty-One

He drank whiskey for his liver
smoked cigarettes for his lungs
He loved women for his ego
he died a rounder at twenty-one

He never worked down at the saw mill
he couldn't stand that hot sunshine
He had twenty-one years of real life
he lived a thousand in that time

One night when the blues had got him
he must have drank three fifths of rum
He got mean as hell when I told him
he'd never live past twenty-one

Well if a man ever hit me harder
well I don't know where or when
He picked me up off that old bar floor
he said I'd like to be your friend

One night I heard him talkin'
to an old man at the bar
He said Dad, you know I love you,
I just don't like where you are

Tell Mama to turn my light on,
turn down my feather bed
I'll be twenty-one tomorrow
but tomorrow he was dead.

It was twenty-one miles to the graveyard
twenty-one roses red
Told the story of the rounder
who at twenty-one he was dead

He drank whiskey for his liver
smoked cigarettes for his lungs
He loved women for his ego
he died a rounder at twenty-one.

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Diesel On My Mind

I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car
Well it's raining and the road is really bad
I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air
I've got a feeling that I might have made him mad

He closed the gap between us, pushed the pedal on the floor
He's makin' ninety in that big old diesel truck
I can hear the names he's calling me above the engine's roar
And the words won't be found in Webster's books

There's a diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour
My reflection in my mirror is mightly pale
I can hear St.Peter calling, I can almost smell the flowers
Can this compact take the impact, there's a diesel on my tail

Well I'm huffin' and puffin' and I'm trying to make the grade
And I wish I had some pedals on this cart
And I'm slippin' and a-slidin' and afraid to touch the brake
For the two of us could never stand the jar

* Refrain

Well I'm slippin' and a-slidin' trying to hold it on the road
And I tell you I just got to win this race
While I'm tremblin' and a-shakin' he is pouring on the coal
So close that I can steal his licence plate

* Refrain


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Diesel On My Tail

I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car
Well it's raining and the road is really bad
I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air
I've got a feeling that I might have made him mad

He closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor
He's makin' ninety in that big old diesel truck
I can hear the names he's calling me above the engine's roar
And the words won't be found in Webster's books

There's a diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour
My reflection in my mirror is mighty pale
I can hear St.Peter calling I can almost smell the flowers
Can this compact take the impact there's a diesel on my tail

Well I'm huffin' and puffin' and I'm trying to make the grade
And I wish I had some pedals on this cart
And I'm slippin' and a-slidin' and afraid to touch the brake
For the two of us could never stand the jar

Well I'm slippin' and a-slidin' trying to hold it on the road
And I tell you I just got to win this race
While I'm tremblin' and a-shakin' he is pouring on the coal
So close that I can steal his license plate

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Different Drum
Recorded by Linda Ronstadt 
Written by Michael Nesmith

C         F             G7        C
You and I travel to the beat of a different drum
   F         G7          C
Ah can't you tell by the way I run
F          G7            C     F    G7
Every time you make eyes at me whoa oh
C           F        G7          C
You cry and moan and say it will work out
    F     G7         C
But honey child I've got my doubts
    F             G7
You can't see the forest for the trees
   F
Oh don't get me wrong it's not that I knock it
     G7
It's just that I am not in the market
      F                G7        C
For a boy who wants to love only me
        F              G7
Yes and I ain't saying you ain't pretty
C       Em        Am      G7
All I'm saying is I'm not ready
    D7
For any person place or thing
   Dm                           G7
To try and pull the reins in on me
   C       F       G7        C
So goodbye I'll be leaving I see no sense
        F          G7             C
In this crying and grieving we'll both live a lot longer
F      G7           C
If you live without me
    
repeat #3,4,5

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Dig A Hole In The Meadow

Wake up, wake up darling Cory,
What makes you sleep so sound,
The revenuer officer's a comin',
Gonna tear your still house down.
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow,
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground,
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow,
Gonna lay darling Cory down.
Now the last time I seen darling Cory,
She was standin' by the banks of the sea,
A forty-four buckled around her,
And a banjo on her knee.
Chorus 
Go away, go away darlin' Cory,
Quit hangin' around my bed,
Your liquor has ruined my body,
Pretty women gone to my head.
Chorus
Wake up, wake up darling Cory,
And go get me my gun,
I ain't no man for trouble,
And I'll die before I run.
Chorus


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Dig A Hole In The Meadow (Alternate)

Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Just to lay little Lulie down
The first time I saw little Lulie
She was standing in the still house door
Brogan shose all in her hand
An her stockin' feet on the floor
* Rerfrain
Wake up, wake up, little Lulie
And go get me my gun
I ain't no man for trouble
But I'll die before I'll run
* Refrain
Last time I saw little Lulie
She was standing on the banks of the sea
Two pistols strapped round her body
And a banjo on her knee
* Refrain
Wake up, wake up, little Lulie
What makes you sleep so sound
The highway robbers are comin
Gonna tear your playhouse down
* Refrain


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Dig A Little Deeper In The Well

Dig dig a little deeper in the well boys
Dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water
You gotta dig a little deeper in the well.

My daddy used to tell me don't be fooled by what you see
If you want to get to the heart of things you gotta look way down deep
Second place don't get it son winners got to come in first
There's nothin' worse than to take a drink that leaves you with a thirst

A good man needs a good womanshe's the rock that'll make him strong
Now she'll be there to lean on when the whole world's done him wrong
Ain't nothin' like good lovin' that's how it's meant to be
Find yourself a good woman son like your mama's been to me.

The mighty river's flowin' where the water's cool and sweet
Don't be fooled by a muddy dream be careful when you drink
Life is what you make it sometimes a livin' hell
If you want to find that promised land dig a little deeper in the well

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Dim Dark Corner
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke  
written by Harlan Howard

C                             F
Love can't live in a dim dark corner
           G7                        C
Love needs sunshine the rain and the air
                              F
Yes here we are in a dim dark corner
           G7                                   C
Tasting forbidden fruit and too much in love to care
F                                    G7      C
What's to become of us I guess in my heart I know
D7                                               G7
One of those times your conscience will keep you home
          C                   F
Here I'll be in this dim dark corner
           G7                            C
Hopelessly loving you waiting and crying alone
F                                    G7      C
What's to become of us I guess in my heart I know
D7                                               G7
One of those times your conscience will keep you home
          C                   F
Here I'll be in this dim dark corner
           G7                            C
Hopelessly loving you waiting and crying alone

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Dim Lights Thick Smoke

   Dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music
   Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
   Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music
   You'll never make a wife to a home-loving man

A home and little children mean nothing to you
A house filled with love and a husband so true
You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you meet
And the only home you'll know is the club down the street

A drinking and dancing to a honky tonk band
Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
Go out and have your fun, you think you've played it smart
I'm sorry for you and your honky tonk heart

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Richard Thompson - Dimming Of The Day Lyrics

This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side

What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart
Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away
I need you at the dimming of the day

Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant

I see you on the street in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
I'm living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day

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Richard Thompson - Dimming Of The Day/Dargai Lyrics

This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in the river of my tears
When all my will is gone, you hold me swaying
I need you at the dimming of the day

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tides
You know just where I keep my better side

What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart?
Now all the bonny birds have winged away
I need you at the dimming of the day

Come the night, you're only what I want
Come the night, you could be my confidant

I see you on the street in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me?
I'm living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day

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Dolly Parton - Dirty Job lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

It's a dirty job
But somebody's got to do it
Better get to it
Somebody's gotta do it
Whatever it takes, whatever it takes
Any work at all
Is better than none
Better buckle down to it
Gotta get the job done
Gotta earn my pay... I gotta earn my pay
I can't wait around on the lottery
And there ain't no millionaires
Lookin' for me
And somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody
I can think of better things
I'd rather do
I might get lucky
And I'm hopin' to
But until I do
I gotta compromise
The job ain't much
But at least it's mine
It beats standin'
In the unemployment line
Put pride aside
And I'll improvise
Even if I do get a better job
Somebody else
Has gotta fill my spot
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody
Somebody
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
It's a dirty job
It's a low-down dirty job
Somebody
Even if the rules are too hard to follow
Even when pride is too hard to swallow
It's another day so it's another dollar
That's what it's all about, Oh
It's a dirty job
But somebody's got to do it
Better get to it
Somebody's gotta do it
Whatever it takes
Gotta keep the faith
Any work at all
Is better than none
Better buckle down to it
Gotta get the job done
Gotta earn my way
And it's a workin' day
The job ain't much
But at least it's mine
It beats standin'
In the unemployment line
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody's gotta do it, do it
Somebody
Somebody
It's a dirty job
Somebody's gotta do this low-down dirty job
Somebody
It's a dirty job, it's a dirty job
It's a low-down dirty job
Somebody
Somebody
Somebody


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Dirty Sishes Blues

I come in this morning a quarter past eight
Expecting her nagging for gettin home late
But she didn't scold me ro tell me it's wrong
For I didn't see her, my sweetheart was gone

Dirty sishes, dirty dishes, I'm losing my mind
My baby done left me and traveled behind
And now I'm so lonely, and lonely I'll be
With no one to wash all my dishes for me

A note on the table and here's how it read
Now, you've been cheatin' that's all that she said
I just stood there bawling, the tears were in vain
For now I know she'll never believe me again

* Refrain

Now I never cheated, believe me it's true
Or broken a promise that I made to you
You'll never know just how happy I'll be
If you will come back and wash dishes for me

* Refrain


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Distance Between You And Me
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
Take a rock tie a rope throw it down in the sea
Let it fall to the bottom nobody knows how deep
Stare real hard through the water and you might just perceive
             G7              C
The distance between you and me
                  G7              C
Yeah the distance between you and me
Take a map of the world and measure with your hand
All of the miles across all of the land
Write it down add it up you might understand
                   G7              C
About the distance between you and me
                  G7              C
Yeah the distance between you and me
      F                  C
I lie awake and hear you breathing
     F                      C
Only inches from me in this bed
         F                          C
Not much space but it's all that we needed
                       G7          C
To live alone now that our love is dead
Repeat #3
Climb the earth's tallest mountain 
To where it reaches the sky
Take a gun fire a bullet straight up out of sight
Where it stops in the heaven 
                 
Well that ain't half as high
                G7              C
As the distance between you and me
                G7              C
As the distance between you and me

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Distant Land To Roam

I remember very well on one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home for a distant land to roam

   Mother said (mother said) my dear boy (my dear boy)
   I hope to see you next year again
   Fare you well (fare you well) fare you well (fare you well)
   So I left my dear old home for a distant land to roam

Now I wandered far away from my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming coming home never more from thee to roam

And these words she said to me as she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more may we meet at God's right hand

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The Avett Brothers - Distraction #74 Lyrics

I was in love with your beauty from the day you walked my way.
Oh how I wish that was enough to have made me want to stay.
See I'm as true as I try to be and I must say my girl.
I tried the best to give to you all of the truest in the world.

But when I left your house that morning in that ragged thunderbird
Tried so hard to fight the voices from the devil's that I heard.
See there's a highway to the right of us I took it years ago.
And since a year ago can't drive past, without turning down that road.

And I knew it,
I never should have turned the wheel
And I knew it,
The voices calling me were real
I knew it
Listen to the song they sing
I knew I was wrong
And I knew I was wrong

So give me a try at describing just how difficult it is.
When you kinda love two girls to figure out which one you miss.
Stumble away from your stairway with your perfume on my clothes.
Well I kinda loved two girls but now I've kinda lost 'em both.

And I knew it,
I never should have turned the wheel
And I knew it,
The voices calling me were real
I knew it
Listen to the song they sing
I knew I was wrong
And I knew I was wrong

And if I could gather up the damage that I rendered in my life.
Place it on a scale and weigh against the damage done that night.
Then it'd be safe to say the weight of all I did and didn't do.
Would surely float against the slightest wrong I ever did to you.

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The Avett Brothers - Distraction #74 (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

I was in love with your beauty from the day you walked my way.
Oh how I wish that was enough to have made me want to stay.
See I'm as true as I try to be and I must say my girl.
I tried the best to give to you all of the truest in the world.

But when I left your house that morning in that ragged thunderbird
Tried so hard to fight the voices from the devil's that I heard.
See there's a highway to the right of us I took it years ago.
And since a year ago can't drive past, without turning down that road.

And I knew it,
I never should have turned the wheel
And I knew it,
The voices calling me were real
I knew it
Listen to the song they sing
I knew I was wrong
And I knew I was wrong

So give me a try at describing just how difficult it is.
When you kinda love two girls to figure out which one you miss.
Stumble away from your stairway with your perfume on my clothes.
Well I kinda loved two girls but now I've kinda lost 'em both.

And I knew it,
I never should have turned the wheel
And I knew it,
The voices calling me were real
I knew it
Listen to the song they sing
I knew I was wrong
And I knew I was wrong

And if I could gather up the damage that I rendered in my life.
Place it on a scale and weigh against the damage done that night.
Then it'd be safe to say the weight of all I did and didn't do.
Would surely float against the lightest straw I ever did to you.

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Crooked Still 
Distress

So fades the lovely blooming flower
Frail smiling solace of an hour
So soon our transient comforts fly
And pleasure only blooms to die

Is there no kind, no healing hour
To soothe the anguish of the heart
Spirit of grace be ever nigh
Thy comforts honor me to die

Let gentle patience smile on pain
Til dying hope revives again
Hope wipes the tear from sorrows eye
And faith points up towards the sky

So fades the lovely blooming flower
Frail smiling solace of an hour
So soon our transient comforts fly
And pleasure only blooms to die

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Divine Bell
Abigail Washburn

On this road of life you have harbored pain and strife
standing at the gates of hell
Oh, but when you hear it ring it will end all suffering
It's God's Great Divine Bell

Hear it ring
Hear it ring
All the joy that it brings
How loud must be the sound to turn this world around
To God's great Divine Bell
To God's great Divine Bell

You have washed your hands of sin in the blood of the lamb
But you drank from Satan's well
But when you here it toll heaven and earth are gonna roll
To God's great Divine Bell

This world's gone wrong and it won't be long
Till man shall fall
But I'll pay no mind to that earthly chime
When I hear that Divine Bell


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The Avett Brothers - Divorce Separation Blues 

I'm gonna keep on living
Even though I sometimes do
Fantasize about disappearing
Down in the ocean blue
Just to get some peace and quiet
From the warfare inside my heart
Well I've been under ear-splitting fire
Ever since we've been apart
Well I'm gonna wash the dishes
Pay the bills and watch the news
I've got the tough education
No celebration
Divorce separation blues

Yodel eh hee yodelo lodi lay he yodel lay he

Well I'm gonna keep on waking
And rising up before the sun
And lying in the dark wide awake
When everybody else is done
And sleeping in their beds so peaceful
Dreaming with the love they choose
I've got the tough education
No celebration
Divorce separation blues

Yodel eh hee yodelo lodi lay he yodel lay he

And I'll sign on
The line beneath my name
The road is gone
I can't go back the way we came

Well neither one of us
Really wanna hear the town
We try to keep our friends at bay
Try to keep the gossip down
Well some folks just want the dirt
And don't even care if it's true
But then again who cares who's talking
I'm worried for myself and you

And I'll sign on
The line beneath my name
The road is gone
I can't go back the way we came

They say one of every two
Bound to be set aflame
Every level of resentment
Responsibility and blame
Well now I'm bound to break a promise
One I made to God and you

I've got the tough education
No celebration
Divorce separation blues

I've got the tough education
No celebration
Bad communication
Worse interpretation
Love deprivation
Pain allocation
Soul deprivation
Cold desolation
Life complication
Resuscitation
Divorce separation blues

Yodel eh hee, olay hee, olay hee, olay hee
Yodel eh hee yodelo lodi lay he yodel lay he

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Dixie Blues
Merle Haggard

1. I've got the blues for Mississippi
I've got the blues for Tennessee
Anywhere south of the Dixie line
Where I long to be
When I get this lonesome feeling
Down in my rambling shoes
I'm going head down stream to New Orleans
Cause I've got the Dixie blues

Ch. Talking about Memphis
Talking about a town
Thinking about my southern girl
Talking about Chicago
Where the cold wind blows
I ain't gonna chance it well

2. When I get the blues for Georgia
And Carolina is calling me
I'm gonna pack my grip and I'll be gone
Like the south wind blowing free
When I get this lonesome feeling
Down in my rambling shoes
I'm gonna head down stream to New Orleans
Cause I've got the Dixie blues

Ch.

3.=2.

ROANOKE


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Dixie Chicken
George / Martin

I've seen the bright lights of Memphis
And the Commodore Hotel
And underneath a street lamp I met a Southern belle
Well she took me to the river, where she cast her spell
And in that Southern moonlight, she sang a song so well

If you'll be my dixie chicken, I'll be your Tenessee lamb
And we can walk together down in dixieland
Down in dixieland

Well we made all the hot spots. My money flowed like wine
Then that low down Southern whiskey began to fog my mind
And I don't remember church bells or the money I put down
On the white picket fence and boardwalk of the house at the edge of town
But boy do I remember the strain of her refrain
The nights we spent together, and the way she called my name

If you'll be my dixie chicken, I'll be your Tenessee lamb
And we can walk together down in dixieland
Down in dixieland

Well it's been a year since she ran away
Yes that guitar player sure could play
She always liked to sing along
She's always handy with a song
Then one night in the lobby of the Commodore Hotel
I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well
And as he handed me a drink he began to hum a song
And all the boys there, at the bar, began to sign along

If you'll be my dixie chicken, I'll be your Tenessee lamb
And we can walk together down in dixieland
Down in dixieland


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Dixie Land For Me

I'm dreaming tonight of Dixie
That's where I like to roam
The roosters crow at the break of day
In my Dixie home sweet home

Oh the people here they just don't care
I never saw the beat
That road ashead is mighty long
But it's Dixie Land for me

I was going back to my old home
In the mountains far away
The wild red roses smell so sweet
And the ripling waters play

* Refrain

Yes, city life is not for me
Or knowing where the neighbors speak
That road ahead is mightly long
But it's Dixie Land for me

* Refrain

That road ahead is mighty long
But it's Dixie Land for me


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Dixie Road
recorded by Lee Greenwood
written by Don Goodman, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pamela Rose 

G
I would pick and we would sing  
To the rhythm of that front porch swing    
C                                    G
The moonlight held the spotlight that we shared 
I found new notes on that old guitar  
She believed I could be a star
A7                                D7
She told me that she wanted to be fair     
G
She said Love will only hold you down  
Boy you're glory bound   
C                                  G
We can't share a world with different dreams 
So I chased mine and she found hers too  
But someone else made hers come true                   
D7           G
Now I'm a star but every time I sing 
My heart goes drifting down a dusty Dixie road
C                      G
Taking my mind back in time 
L.A. lights burn like hell once you know                        
D7             G
You left heaven waiting down the Dixie road  
Every night I'm in a different place  
And I'm searching every stranger's face  
C                                    G
Trying to find the girl that's just not there 
She's back there in Montgomery  
And I'm clear across the country                 
D7              G
But whenever I'm alone I go back there 

Repeat #3

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Dixieland

There's a place in Dixie where I want to be
Friend's a-waiting there to welcome me
I'm a gonna see 'em when the sun goes down
In dear old dixie where I'll settle down

There'll be banjers a-playing on that old platform
A few kind faces with smiles so warm
We'll all shake hands and gather round
When I get back to Dixie and that old home town

There'll be Nunior Cha Yaw and Diddley too
Daddy, little Ralph and big Jack too
We'll all join hands and dance around
When I get back to Dixie and my old home town

There's a girl a-waiting at the old home place
A great big smile upon her face
I'm gonna marry her and build a home
And from dear old Dixie I'll never roam


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Dixieland For Me

I'm dreaming tonight of Dixie
That's where I like to roam
The roosters crow at the break of day
In my Dixie home sweet home.

Oh the people here they just don't care
I never saw the beat
That road ahead is mighty long
But it's Dixie Land for me

I was going back to my old home
In the mountains far away
The wild red roses smell so sweet
And the rippling waters play

Yes city life is not for me
Or knowing where the neighbors speak
That road ahead is mighty long
But it's Dixie Land for me

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Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Dolly Parton

C
Oh sometimes I go walking through fields where we walked
      F                       C
Long ago in the sweet used to be
         
And the flowers still grow but they don't smell as sweet
                     G7              C
As they did when you picked them for me
 
         Am         C           F            C
And when I think of you and the love we once knew
      F                        C
How I wish we could go back in time
 
Do you ever think back on old memories like that
             G7         C
Or do I ever cross your mind
 
       F
Do you ever wake up lonely in the middle of the night 
            C
Because you miss me do you darling
       G7                              F
Oh and do your memories ever take you back 
                       C
Into another place and time
  
    F
And do you ever miss the feelings 
 
And the love we shared when you were 
C
With me tell me darling
             G7         C
Or do I ever cross your mind
 
       Am      C         F             C
Oh how often I wish that again I could kiss
           F                    C
Your sweet lips like I did long ago

And how often I long for those two loving arms
                     G7         C
That once held me so gentle and close
 
    Am              C           F            C
And when I think of you and the love we once knew
      F                        C
How I wish we could go back in time
 
Do you ever recall those old memories at all
             G7         C
Or do I ever cross your mind
Tag:
             G7         C
Or do I ever cross your mind

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Do I Have To Say Goodbye
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Jim McBride and Peter McCann
 
C          D7         Em
I've tried talking to you
           C          D7           Em
But you've always got something to do
C                      D7           Em
You're so caught up in chasing your dreams
C                        D7
There's no time left for me
Em        D7       Em
Maybe you don't realize
    C            Am        D7
The way that I'm hurting inside
             G       Em              G
Do I have to say goodbye to make you understand
       D7       Em
Should I tell a lie about some other man
C                    Bm          Em        Am  C
What's it gonna take to make you listen to me
   D7        G     Em  G
If I were to walk away would you see me leave
            D7    Em
What does a woman say to make a man believe
    C                  Am           D7      G
Can we talk tonight or do I have to say goodbye
C       D7         Em
I'm not asking too much
C                       D7         Em
Just some time with the one that I love
   C               D7         Em
In fact doing what we used to share
C              Am         D7
Don't you know that's not fair
Repeat #2 x2

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Do Me With Love
Recorded by Janie Fricke
Written by John Schweers 

C                                   F
Words are cheap and I love yous are free              
C                           G7
So unless you mean it don't spend them on me           
C                       F
Don't look twice if you're keeping score                     
C               G7           C
Cause heartaches are high priced and I've paid it before               
F C              F
Do me with l-ove    don't do me wrong            
C                      G7
You know my heart's been broken to long            
C                    F
And I've had one to many tears to fall              
C               G7
So do me with love do me with love                  
C
Or don't do me at all                                          
F
I've taken some wrong roads and I've lost track              
C                                  G7
Of lovers who gave their hearts then wanted them back          
C                         F
So I need someone who needs someone too                 
C        G7                     C
But spare me the memories if you're just passing through

repeat #2 x2              

F             C               G7
So do me with love do me with love                   
C
Or don't do me at all

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Do My Heart A Favor
Recorded by Freddie Hart
Written by Bobby George and Vern Stovall

G                                 C
Just when I think I'm almost over you
G                                  D7
You come back just like you always do    
G                                  C
You make me fall again and then you're gone              
G
Why don't you do my heart a favor       
D7       G
Please leave me alone                                         
C
I'm just a stopping place to bring your blues
G                                 D7
When somebody else grows tired of you    
G                                   C
And from the past I know you won't stay long              
G
Why don't you do my heart a favor        
D7       G
Please leave me alone  
C                 D7               G
You just use this heart of mine to lean on
A7                                 D7
While you wait for someone else to come along    
G                               C
You know your love will never be my own              
G
Why don't you do my heart a favor       
D7       G
Please leave me alone 

Repeat #3

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New Grass Revival - Do What You Gotta Do (live)

Sometimes you've got to take the heat
If you're gonna walk down on the mean street
Take the heat and you see it through
'Cause sometimes it comes down to
Do what you gotta do

Sometimes it goes right down to the wire
And you might have to walk through the fire
Walk on, boy all the way through
Sometimes it just comes down to
Do what you gotta do

Well, there's people that'll tell you
It's just no use
And there's people that'll tell you
That you're gonna lose
People that'll tell you
Anything you're gonna listen to
Do what you gotta do

Someday they're going to call your name
They'll come looking for some one to blame
What's your name, boy
Hey, you just tell them true
'Cause they can't take the truth from you
So do what you gotta do

Well, they'll call you a hero or a traitor
But you'll find out that, sooner or later,
Nobody in this world is gonna do it for you
Do what you gotta do

There ain't nobody in this world
That's gonna do it for you
Do what you gotta do

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Do You Care For Me
  
Recorded by Charlie Walker
C                  C7              F
Do you care for me like I care for you
G7                               C
Do you long for arms to hold you tight
                   C7              F
Do you dream of me like I dream of you
G7                            C
Does your heart need my heart tonight
                   C7               F
Are you missing me like I'm missing you
G7                                C
I'm so lonesome since you've been away
                  C7             F
Do you cry for me like I cry for you
G7                            C
Does your heart need my heart tonight
                   C7              F
Do you care for me like I care for you
G7                               C
Do you long for arms to hold you tight
                   C7              F
Do you dream of me like I dream of you
G7                            C
Does your heart need my heart tonight

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Do You Ever Fool Around
recorded by  Joe Stampley
written by Don Griffin and Jerry Strickland  

C                   F
If the time and the place was right          
G7                       C
Would you meet me sometime late at night                      
F
And make love like we both need to       
G7                 C
Is this something we could do                         
F
It takes a lotta nerve  to take a chance            
G7                        C
It would be worth it for the sweetest romance                 
F
Hope we can get together sometime               
G7                     C
Now here's the question that's on my mind 
C7          F
Do you ever fool around
G7                       C
Could you lay your wings aside        
C7         F
Does an angel ever touch the ground
G7               C
Do you ever fool around                        
F
I know this would be a first time thing        
G7                C
To make love outside your ring                        
F
You're not free and you have your doubts         
G7                         C
But with this feeling we'll work it out                        
F
'Cause there's a need  deep inside that's shows          
G7                        C
You won't say yes but you won't say no                  
F
And no matter how hard you try
G7                                     C
You can't hide the want that's in your eyes 

Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - Do You Hear The Robins Sing lyrics

Where you live you say the view is so beautiful
And the astroturf that's on your lawn stays green the whole year around
And the buildings are so tall they almost reach heaven
But do you ever ever hear the robins sing
Do you hear the robins singing in the springtime
While a mockingbird sings his happy song
Is all the beauty in your world this artificial thing
Do you ever ever hear the robins sing
[ ac.guitar ]
Where I live the butterflies still kiss the roses
And forgetmenots still grow along the shady lane
And the weeping willow trees still swaying in the breeze
And often I still hear the robins sing
Do you hear the robins...
Do you ever ever hear the robins sing


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Alison Krauss - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? 

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
And miss it each night and day
I know I'm not wrong, the feeling's getting stronger 
The longer I stay away

Miss the moss-covered vines, tall sugar pines
Where mockingbirds used to sing
I'd love to see that old lazy Mississippi
Hurrying into Spring

The moonlight on the bayou
A Creole tune that fills the air
I dream about magnolias in bloom
And I'm wishin' I was there

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that's where you left your heart
And there's one thing more, I miss the one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans


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Do You Know What It's Like To Be Lonesome
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
Written by Bert Pellish

G7     C              E7         A7      Em
Do you know what it's like to be lonesome       
D7                      G7
Do you know how it feels to be blue       
C           A7              D7      A7         Dm
Do you still get a thrill from the dreams  we used to share        
D7
And the stars that we wished upon

G7                             D7   G7
Have you noticed they're still there    
C           E7         A7      Em  A7
And if you only knew how I miss you     
D7                         G7      D7 G7
Miss your lips touching mine so tenderly            
C              A7         D7      Fm
Well if you know what it's like to be lonesome             
C            G7     C   G7
Then darling please hurry home to me    
C           E7         A7      Em  A7
And if you only knew how I miss you     
D7                         G7      D7 G7
Miss your lips touching mine so tenderly            
C              A7         D7      Fm
Well if you know what it's like to be lonesome             
C            G7      C   Fm
Then darling please hurry home to me           
C      G7            F  D7 C
Oh darling please hurry home to me

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The Avett Brothers - Do You Love Him (Live) Lyrics

Do you love him?
Do you love him?
Do you love him, my dear?
Does he hold you?
Does he hug you?
Does he keep you near?
And as you lie together, does he whisper in your ear?
Do you love him?
Do you love him?
Do you love him, my dear?
In the evening, those tired evenings, at twilights first glare
Does he lay in your lap?
Do you play with his hair?
And when he falls asleep, Do you just stare?
Do you love him?
Do you love him?
Do you love him, my dear?
Late in the night when you fear the unknown
Does he warm up your mind?
As you chill to the bone
I do love you, I do feel you, Each day and night
But I can't tell right from wrong, or fear from insight
But you always knew everything and that is what is clear
Do you love him?
Do you love him?
Do you love him, my dear?

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Dolly Parton - Do You Think That Time Stands Still lyrics

You left, you didn't say goodbye
You never gave me a reason why
My tears have dried now, it's been awhile
Now there you stand, you're back again
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think that time stands still?
Things have changed
I've rearranged so many things
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think that time stands still?
It never has, it never will
Do you think that time stands still?
You want to start where we left off
Somebody found the love you lost
Love has its price, we pay the cost
We lose and learn, now it's your turn
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think that time stands still?
Things have changed
I've rearranged so many things
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think that time stands still?
It never has, it never will
Do you think that time stands still?
Oh, do you think
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think
Do you think that time stands still?
Do you think
Do you think that time stands still?


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Do You Want To Live In Glory?
Lonesome River Band

Do you want to live in glory (up in glory)
Oh dear friend forever more (forever more)
Do you want a life eternal
Somewhere on that golden shore

Many times I sit there crying
And a friend was passing on
All those times you gave me comfort
And the strength to carry on

Do you want to live in glory (up in glory)
Oh dear friend forever more (forever more)
Do you want a life eternal
Somewhere on that golden shore

From this world of pain and sorrow
To that golden promised land
There are goals for tomorrow
I know God can hold my hand

Do you want to live in glory (up in glory)
Oh dear friend forever more (forever more)
Do you want a life eternal
Somewhere on that golden shore

As my time one earth grows shorter
I'll not fear that last long day
For a better home awaits me
And sweet Jesus leads the way

Do you want to live in glory (up in glory)
Oh dear friend forever more (forever more)
Do you want a life eternal
Somewhere on that golden shore

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Do You Wonder Why

Last night I heard those nightbirds calling
Brings back memories of days gone by
It makes me think of you my darling
And do you wonder why

Do you wonder why I love you
After what you did to me
Why oh why do I think of you
But I do It's plain to see

In all my dreams of our life together
I think of you and then I sigh
I just don't know what makes me love you
And do you wonder why

And now that we have parted strangers
We have said our last goodbye
I can't forget I love you truly
And do you wonder why

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Do-Re-Mi
Woody Guthrie

Lots of folks back East they say, leaving home most every day
Beating the hot old dusty way to the California line
Cross the desert sands they roll, getting out of the old dust bowl
Think they're going to a sugar bowl, but here is what they find
The police at the port of entry say,
"You're number fourteen thousand for today."

Chorus:
Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi
You'd better get back to beautiful Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi.

You want to buy a house or a farm, that can't do nobody harm
Or take your vacation by the mountain or the sea
Don't swap your old cow for a car, you'd better stay right where you are
Better take this little tip from me:
Cause I look through the want ads every day
And the headlines in the papers always say

Chorus


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Does It Have To End This Way

Oh the cold wind blows outside my window
The dark clouds linger up above
The bright side of my life has faded
For I may lose the one I love

   After all our years together
   And I cherished every day
   Oh darling won't you please consider
   Does it have to end this way

Oh come up closer to me darling
Let me gaze into that face
Where once a vision sweet contentment
A bitterness has took it's place

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Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Alison Krauss & Union Station

Sometimes I wonder where you're coming from
When you roll in like thunder just
To turn around and run
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay

You smell like moonlight and
Early morning rain
Pray tell a fool might surrender to your pain
Or find a cure for your decay

You're at your best with an
Ache in your chest
And that worn out old song that you play
Only Jesus and you long to teach us
Should no one be left to betray

I don't know the answer but
I know who to blame
You can choose the dancer or
You could choose the flame
I think you'll find they're
One and the same
It doesn't have to be this way

You're at your best with an
Ache in your chest
And that worn out old song that you play
Only Jesus and you long to teach us
Should no one be left to betray

I don't know the answer but
I know who to blame
Pray tell a fool might surrender to your pain
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay

Sometimes I wonder where you're coming from
When you roll in like thunder just
To turn around and run
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay
It doesn't have to be this way

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Dog Bite Your Hide

Now honey you know you ain't living right
You sleep all day and you're gone all night
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide

Like a black cats back you're full of fire
You're always jumping here and there
Dog bite your hide little hide I hope you're satisfied

Now all the things that you have done
Has killed my soul made my spirits run
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide

And if you don't stop your playing around
I'm gonna tear your ash hopper down
Dog bite your hide little hide then I'll be satisfied

Now honey you think that you're just it
Cause you made me have a running fit
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide

But my craw is full I'm leavin' you
My gizzard's cracked I'm feelin' blue
Dog bite your hide little hide then I'll be satisfied

I'm gonna tear your reputation down
Gonna cut a wide swath for miles around
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide

Then I'm gonna stand around and laugh
When you roll your eyes like a dying calf
Dog bite your hide little hide then I'll be satisfied

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Dog Gone Shame

You've been stepping out on me
I'm gonna leave 'em at your feet
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame

Every time I leave town
People say you're stepping round
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame

I'll set you in the shade
Give you everything I made
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame

I've done all that I can do
To try and get along with you
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame

Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame

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Dog House Blues

I went downtown thought I had a dime
Got home this morning didn't have a dime
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.

Come home this morning about half past eight
She said honey you're out too late
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.

I went in the house to start the fire
She kicked me out in the middle of the night
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.

I fell in the yard mad as I can be
Said to my dog make room for me
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.

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Alan Jackson - Dog River Blues lyrics

Well I first kissed you on a hollow log
Down by the river they call the Dog
We fell in love and we vowed that day
Like the flow of the river our love wonæ?° change
Well we married that spring and we built a house
On the bank of the river where the rock juts out
Now the riveræ?¯ still here but youæ?®e long gone
You left me and the river here all alone
I got the Dog River blues
Iæ?³e walked holes in both my shoes
Now I still got the river but I ainæ?° got you
I got the Dog River blues
Well the rain came down and the river rose up
Filled up the cab on my pickup truck
It came in the house and down the hall
And washed your picture right off the wall
Chorus
Well my heart still yearns and the river still rolls
And I pray someday itæ?£l bring you home
So if you change your mind honey Iæ?£l be here
Waiting on the banks of that olDog River
Chorus


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Hot Rize - Doggone 

I want do it even tho I could
I want do it just because I should
I want do it if it's my turn
I want do it and I never learn

I'm doggone I want change my way
Yea doggone no matter what you say
It's up to me just let me be

I know that you might be right
I don't care if I cause a fight
Might be the best thing to do
I want do it cause you told me too

Yea I'm doggone I want change my way
Yea I'm doggone no matter what you say
It's up to me honey let me be

Can't make me do what you say
Can't make me see it your way
Can't make me just like you
Can't make me cause I don't want o

Yea I'm doggone I want change my way
Yea I'm doggone no matter what you say
It's up to me honey let me be

Wait a minute baby Where you going to
I can not coming home to you
Never thought that you'd walk away
Never thought that I'd hear you say

That I'm doggone I want change my way
Yea I'm doggone no matter what you say
Yea I'm doggone I want change my way
Yea I'm doggone no matter what you say
It's up to me just let me be

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Doggone That Train
Written and recorded by Jimmy Davis

C                                        C7
I took my girl to the depot put her on a north bound train
  F                       C               D7            G7
I held her hand I held it long and strong never to hold again
C                                               F                  C
The tears streamed down my cold pale cheeks she didn't even bat an eye
F                          C              G7              C
It was a blue blue day for me I mean when Coreen said goodbye

    G7        C                  F             C
Dog-gone that train that took my gal away from here
    G7
She left me blue left me lonesome too 
   D7                    G7
My heart will be hard to cheer
C   G7     C          C7                 F
May-be someday she'll catch a southbound train
    G7              C
And come back to me again

                                      F                        C
The fireman blew his whistle loud the brakeman says we're long gone
       G7                                         D7              G7
As the train pulled out she dropped a note saying so long papa so long 
C                                          F                 C
She says I'm going north where men are men then I'll be satisfied
F                          C              G7              C
It was a blue blue day for me I mean when Coreen said goodbye

Repeat #2

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Billy Strings 
Doin' Things Right

I keep doin' things right
It's like I can't do wrong
Man, I feel so tired
It's prob'ly 'cause I've been awake so long

And I got a little rhythm
Playin' through my head
And I'd like to keep it goin'
Otherwise I might wake up dead

We gotta stick together, baby, through thick and thin
If we're gonna see the sun come up again
It don't matter where you're from, what shade you are
Keep a-reachin' for the sun and the moon and the stars

When you're feeling all alone
You need some ears to pull
You can call me up, baby
'Cause you know my heart is feelin' full

It's a peaceful easy livin'
Down here on Earth
With my eyes on the bright side
[?]

We gotta stick together, baby, through thick and thin
If we wanna see the sun come up again
It don't matter where you're from, baby, what shade you are
Keep a-reachin' for the sun and the moon and the stars

You couldn't tell me no rules
I wouldn't learn sometime
And if I did you wrong
You know eventually I'm gonna get mine

It's just the way of the world
She's got the master plan
And with her in mind
You know I'm tryin' to be a better man

Come and listen, little children
To the words I say
We've got to stand together
To put an end to hate today

It don't matter where you're from
Or what age you are
Well you can make the difference
You can be somebody's shooting star

We gotta stick together, baby, through thick and thin
If you wanna see the sun come up again
No matter where you're from, what age you are
You keep reachin' for the sun and the moon and the stars

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Doing My Time

On this old rock pile with a ball and chain
They call be by a number not a name, Lord, Lord
Gotta do my time, gotta do my time
With an aching heart and worried mind

When that old judge looked down and smiled
He said I'll put you on that good road for a while, Lord Lord
Gotta do my time, gotta do my time
With an aching heart and a worried mind

You can hear my hammer you can hear my song
I'll swing it like John Henry all day long, Lord Lord
Gotta do my time, gotta do my time
With an aching heart and a worried mind

It won't be long, just a few more days
I'll settle down and quit my rowdy ways Lord Lord
with that gal of mine, with that gal of mine
She'll be waiting for me when I've done my time

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Dolly Dear
Written and recorded by Cowboy Copas

C                     F      C
Dolly is the sweetest gal in town
                  D7         G7
Loved by the boys from miles around
    C               F                C
She looks so pretty walking down the street
   F            C             G7      C
My heart goes a-flutter every time we meet
      F                       C
Dolly dear (Dolly dear) Dolly dear (Dolly dear)
You're the sweetest little honey 
And I'd part from all my money
        G7              C
Just to have you always near
                  F       C
Dolly has eyes so big and blue
                       D7       G7
Dolly has a heart that could be true
C                     F      C
Pretty blond hair and lips divine
    F      C                       G7       C
I'd give a million dollars just to make her mine
Repeat #2
                      F       C
I want just one thing in this life
F                        D7    G7
Oh pretty Dolly will you be my wife
C                               F        C
I'll buy you pretty dresses and diamonds too
F          C            G7        C
Dolly dear Dolly I'm in love with you
Repeat #2
 
                     F     C
When I pass o'er the great divide 
             D7          G7
I wanna have Dolly by my side
   C                      F      C
If I'm not waitin' by the pearly gate
F           C             G7       C
Wait for me Dolly cause I might be late
Repeat #2 x2

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Domestic Life
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Gary Harrison and J.D. Martin

C
Cruising in a station wagon 
Tryin' to keep the muffler from dragging
Dm                     G7
Sometimes it all seems so defeating
       Dm                         G7
As I'm hustling to make it to the cub scout meeting
C
Ooh I dream about Mexico 
Where all the pretty people go
Dm                       G7
We're on the budget that just won't budge
Dm                   G7
Not much money but a whole lot of love
            C
Living that domestic life 
                     G7
Happy children and a pretty wife
                            F
Our Cocker Spaniel's always having puppies 
                  G7
How could anybody be so lucky
                 C
See me mowin' my domestic yard 
                      Em
Lord I owe my soul to Mastercard
A7                      F
But it seems to suit me to a T 
     G7                C
That domestic life's alright with me
Our neighbor's names are Fred and Ruth 
He wears a lot of leisure suits
Dm                 G7
She sells Avon and Tupperware too 
Dm                           G7
We're always ducking all the bull they shoot
C
Ooh I'll never be president 
    
And we never seem to save a cent
    Dm                        G7
But things are looking better everyday 
         Dm                      G7
Hell I'm Sergeant At Arms of the PTA
            C
Living that domestic life 
                     G7
Happy children and a pretty wife
                            F
Our Cocker Spaniel's always having puppies 
                  G7
How could anybody be so lucky
                 C
See me mowin' my domestic yard 
                      Em
Lord I owe my soul to Mastercard
A7                      F
But it seems to suit me to a T 
     G7                C
That domestic life's alright with me
                  G7       C
We're living that domestic life 

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Don Juan
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Laying Martine

C
Well I was dancin' with my baby on a Saturday night
                         G7
In a border town down in Texas
Yeah the records were spinnin' everybody was grinnin'
                             C
And you know the music was infectious
Well when we got to our seats I went for somethin' to eat
                                     F
And when I came back my eyes stopped dead
                                     C
Some guy was throwin' a line to that baby of mine
    G7             C
And this is what I said
                                            G7
Don Juan Don Juan hey get your hands off my woman
But now I understand that you're a ladies man
                                       C
But I'll pretend you didn't know I was comin'
                                                  F
A Don Juan Don Juan whoa you picked the wrong senorita
                             C
She belongs to me and when I count to three
              G7       C
You better be gone Don Juan
                                      
Well he started to rise and there was blood in his eyes
                                      G7
And he yelled to the crowd he's gonna get me
But when my right hit his jaw you know he fell to the floor
                           C
A just as he was tryin' to deck me
And when he get to his feet he stumbled out on the street
                     F
And somebody shouted ole 
                                            C
He turned and shook his fist said you'll be sorry for this
    G7                  C
And once again I had to say
repeat #3
What do you mean you thought she was my sister

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Don Quixote
Gordon Lightfoot

Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be

He is wild but he is mellow
He is strong but he is weak
He is cruel but he is gentle
He is wise but he is meek

Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a battered book into his hand
Standing like a prophet bold
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
'Til he can shout no more

I have come o'er moor and mountain
Like the hawk upon the wing
I was once a shining knight
Who was the guardian of a king

I have searched the whole world over
Looking for a place to sleep
I have seen the strong survive
And I have seen the lean grow weak

See the children of the earth
Who wake to find the table bare
See the gentry in the country
Riding off to take the air

Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a rusty sword into his hand
Then striking up a knightly pose
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
'Til he can shout no more

See the jailer with his key
Who locks away all trace of sin
See the judge upon the bench
Who tries the case as best he can

See the wise and wicked ones
Who feed upon life's sacred fire
See the soldier with his gun
Who must be dead to be admired

See the man who tips the needle
See the man who buys and sells
See the man who puts the collar
On the ones who dare not tell

See the drunkard in the tavern
Stemming gold to make ends meet
See the youth in ghetto black
Condemned to life upon the street

Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a tarnished cross into his hand
Then standing like a preacher now
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves
He gallops off across the dusty plain
In vain to search again
Where no one will hear

Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be

He is wild but he is mellow
He is strong but he is weak
He is cruel but he is gentle
He is wise but he is meek


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Don't Be Sad
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                           C            G
Well don't be sad cause you got what you wanted
                           C                D7
You should be glad to know that I'm finally gone
           G             C
Don't feel bad or be disappointed 
          G            D7         G
Cause you got what you wanted all along
D7                       G
Wasn't it you who said a blinded fool could see
    D7                          G
The clear plain truth about how deeply cruel 
         C
It is to live a lie here with each other 
G
And mourn a love that won't recover
D7                              G
As I recall those were the very words I heard you use
repeat #1 So don't be sad
D7                            G
And wasn't it me who asked so stupidly if there were
D7                        G
Things that I could maybe do or try to somehow
C
Hold what fell apart together 
G
But you just coldly told me never
D7                                 G
To even entertain the thought that our love would survive
repeat #1 So don't be sad 
C       G            D7         G
Yes you got what you wanted all along

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Don't Blame It All On Me

If our love should fade like a cold winter day
Don't blame it all on me
Their true love has flown, I have known friends will say
Don't blame it all on me
There was a time dear when we were so gay
I heard you say love only you
But some day with the dawn all our love may be gone
Don't blame it all on me

Now you left and know all our love is so wrong
Don't blame it all on me
For there was a time when our love was a song
Don't blame it all on me
For after all dear, I too have a heart
You have it now, don't break it apart
Someday our romance may break up just by chance
But don't blame it all on me

You just can't go on with no smile in your heart
Don't blame it all on me
Our freinds they all say that we too soon must part
Don't blame it all on me
Now if you'll cange dear, I will change too
And maybe then we'll find love anew
Someday with the dawn all our love may be gone
But don't blame it all on me


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Don't Bother To Cry

Don't bother to cry cause I ain't lookin'
Don't bother to sigh cause I won't hear
You told me a lie and I believed you
Tho' you're cryin' you are still lying dear

Weep no more my lady
Oh, weep no more and moan
Save your teardrops baby
Cause your Daddy's lovin' heart has truned to stone

Don't tell me your lies if I should leave you
Don't pull at your hair it won't help at all
You did it before and fooled my heart dear
Now you might as well talk to the wall

Don't bother to cry cause I ain't lookin'
Don't bother to sigh cause I won't hear
I p;ayed the game fair but you've been cheatin'
As you sew, so you'll reap, so sorry dear

Weep no more my lady
Oh, weep no more and more
Save your teardrops baby
Cause your Daddy's lovin' heart has turned to stone

* Refran


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Don't Break The Heart That Loves You
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Benny Davis and Murray Mencher
 
G               D7
Don't break the heart that loves you handle it with care
                G                                      E7
Don't break the heart that needs you darling please be fair
Am         C                    G
Why do you flirt and constantly hurt me
           A7                        D7
Why do you treat our love so carelessly
G            D7
You know I'm jealous of you and yet you seem to try
   G                          C
To go out of your way to be unkind
     Am                             G                    E7
Sweetheart I'm begging of you don't break the heart that loves you
Am               D7       G
Don't break this heart of mine
Spoken:
D7
Darling please don't hurt me please don't make me cry
I don't know what I'd do if you'd ever say goodbye
         G
Remember I love you so much and love's life's greatest joy
       C
Please don't break my heart like a child breaks a little toy
     Am                             G                    E7
Sweetheart I'm begging of you don't break the heart that loves you
Am               D7       G
Don't break this heart of mine

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Brad Paisley - Don't Breathe lyrics

Oh yeah, sure, no problem
I'll just throw away these feelings
Let go of all these hopes
And never think of you
No offense, but you've lost it
If you think I'll just forget you
And decide that I don't love you
Do you realize what you're tellin' me to do
Chorus
It's like sayin' don't breathe
Or don't blink
Well darlin' I don't think you understand
See, I can't just turn this off
It's like sayin' don't eat
Or don't sleep
Our love's just one of those things
That I've gotten used to doin' way too long
You don't have to worry
I'm not gonna stop you
You can pack up all your things
And head on out that door
But don't stand there and tell me
How you think it would be best
To leave my feelings in the past
And not allow myself to love you anymore
Chorus
It's like sayin' don't eat
Or don't sleep
Our love's just one of those things
That I've gotten used to doin' way too long


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Dolly Parton - Don't Call It Love lyrics

Nobody believes that I really care for you
They don't think my heart is true
I don't think you agree
You know I'm a lifetime gaurantee
So if they ask you what you mean to me
Don't call it love
Heaven's above
We got a better thing, baby
Don't call it love
'Cause that ain't enough
Just tell 'em you're my everything
Go on and tell 'em baby
Nobody believes we got somethin' they ain't got
They've never seen a fire this hot
They never got that far
We're burning as bright as any star
So if they ask you what your feelings are
Don't call it love
Heaven's above
We've got a better thing, baby
Don't call it love
'Cause that ain't enough
Just tell 'em you're my everything
Go ahead and tell 'em baby
Feels so good, holding tight
Loving you through the night
Oh and they can call it what they like
But they ain't got it right
No, no, no
Don't call it love
Heaven's above
We've got a better thing, baby
Don't call it love
'Cause that ain't enough
Just tell them you're my everything
Oooo...
Don't call it love
Heaven's above
We got a better thing, baby
Don't call it love
'Cause that ain't enough
Just tell 'em you're my everything
Fade:
Oh, oh, oh
Don't call it love
Heaven's above
We got a better thing, baby
Don't call it love
'Cause that ain't enough


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Don't Call Me From a Honky Tonk
Recorded by Tony Booth with Amber Digby
Written by Harlan Howard

G                                    G7           C
You call and say you're lonesome you want me back again
D7                               G
But as you talk I hear a jukebox play
                                G7                 C
So hang the phone up darling go back and join your friends
     D7                       G
Have you forgotten why I went away
      C                         G
Don't call me from a honky tonk expecting sympathy
A7                                          D7
For you still love the night life more than you love me
G                                   G7                 C
If you want me you'll have to leave that way of life behind
      D7                                                   G
Don't call me from a honky tonk and think you'll change my mind
                                     G7              C
I sat and waited for your call cause darling I still care
  D7                                        G
I blame your restless heart for what you've done
                                  G7                 C
If you had called me on the phone from any place but there
  D7                             G
I might have come on back on the run
Repeat #2
      D7                                                   G
Don't call me from a honky tonk and think you'll change my mind

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Alan Jackson - Don't Change On Me lyrics

Girl, you're my sunshine
Chase away the raindrops
Make it all worthwhile
Make all the pain stop
Just like a river
Keep love flowing
Don't let our world stop
Keep it going
I like you just the way you are
Honey, don't change on who you are
Don't change on me....
don't you change on me
Girl, your my lucky star
Honey, don't change on who you are
Don't change on me, don't you change on me
If there's a heaven
Then this is my prayer
Lord knows I want to know you
If we should meet there
And then forever
We'll walk together
Nothing but sunshine
No more stormy weather
If there's a heaven
Then this is my prayer
Lord knows I want to know you
If we should meet there
And then forever
We'll walk together
Nothing but sunshine
No more stormy weather


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Don't Cheat In Our Home Town
recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Ray Pennington and Roy Marcum
 
C                               C7             F
Tonight my heart is beating low and my head is bowed
G7                                                        C
You've been seen with my best friend on the other side of town
                                C7                 F
I don't mind this waiting don't mind this running around
                    C                 G7                C
But if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town
 
    F                                C
How can I stand up to my friends and look 'em in the eye
F                                    C              G7
Admit the question that I know would be nothing but lies 
C                            C7          F
You spend all your past time making me a clown
                    C                 G7                C
But if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town
 
                                 C7             F
Now there are no secrets in this little country town
G7                                           C
Everyone knows everyone for miles and miles around
                                          C7         F
Your bright eyes and your sweet smile are driving me insane
                        C              G7               C
You think it's smart to break my heart and tear down my name 
 
Repeat #2

Tag:
   F               C                 G7                C
So if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town

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Alan Jackson - Don't Close Your Eyes lyrics

I know you loved him along time ago
And even now in my arms you still want him I know
But darlin' this time let your mem'ries die
When you hold me tonight don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
Don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darling just once let yesterday go
And you'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Maybe I've been a fool holding on all this time
Lying here in your arms knowing he's in your mind
But I keep hoping someday that you'll see the light
Let it be tonight, don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
Don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darlin' just once let yesterday go
And you'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
And don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darlin' just once let yesterday go
And you'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes...


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Don't Cry Darlin'
Recorded by David Allan Coe and George Jones
Written by Dean Dillon

C             Em
Drunk totally drained
       C                    F
On the verge of going crazy on the edge of insane
                               Em C                    A7
I know you'd prayed I'd make it     but I never pulled through
  D7                       G7
I gave up on going on girl just like I gave up on you
              F           C
But don't you cry darlin' though it's a cryin' shame
  G7                               C                C7
I was hooked on that whisky so bad I didn't know my name when I died
          F           C                    Am
But don't cry darlin' well it's not you're fault
      C        F                       G7         C
I was stealin' time from the devil and I just got caught
                               Em
You know hon David left you so long ago
                          C                               F
He didn't want to darlin' aw but his dying words told you so
         
But that strong stuff aw it was always his weakness
    C                          A7
But hell any man can be a fool
      D7
And I know that he was so ashamed and sorry
              G7
For all those bad things that he did to you
Repeat #2

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Don't Cry For Me When I'm Gone
Written and recorded by Becky Hobbs

G
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
                        Am
Just let my memory live on
G                                      C
Think of all the good times that we've known
         G       D7          G
Oh don't cry for me when I'm gone
This world's a temporary place
                                           Am
And a hundred years from now won't know my name
G                                         C
But I've lived the life I wanted right or wrong
         G       D7          G
So don't cry for me when I'm gone
Repeat #1
Daddy's waiting there for me
                                      Am
A welcome sight for these old eyes to see
G                                   C
I'll be so happy up there in my new home
         G       D7          G
So don't cry for me when I'm gone
Repeat #1
C        G       D7          C
So don't cry for me when I'm gone
         G
When I'm gone

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Don't Cry To Me
Just cry now lonesome heart, don't cry to me

You let her go I told you no
And my words you didn't heed
Just cry now lonesome heart
But don't cry to me

You should have known you'd be alone
Do don't beg for sympathy
Just cry now lonesome heart
But don't cry to me

Her love you won't forgot
The pain you caused her you'll regret
Each day you're gonna miss
Her smile, her touch, her kiss

* Refrain


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Don't Do It
Don't do it won't be on your mind
Just because you are the reckless kind
It'll leave you with the blues the kind that you can't lose
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind

If you're thinkin' about steppin' out tonight
Even tho' your baby treats you right
It's not the thing to do cause cheatin' leaves blue
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind

* Refrain

That little girl who lives across the way
She's bound to make you want to cheatr some day
You'll want to hold her tight, kiss her ruby lips goodnight
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind

* Refrain


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Don't Do This To Me
Written and recorded by George Jones
[3/4 time]

C                               F
I've tried hard in pleasing you tell me you're leaving
       G7                               C
I must know the reason don't do this to me
                             F
My love's like a flower that grows every hour
     G7                            C
It's my only power don't do this to me

      G7                           C
Don't grieve it don't leave it why don't you believe it
   G7                      C                 G7
It needs you it pleads you but say don't you see
C                           F
You're free to abuse it yes you can misuse it
    G7                                      C
But please don't refuse it don't do this to me

                          F
Don't treat me so wrongly for I love you only
      G7                                  C
Don't leave me so lonely don't do this to me
                            F
Cause I love you honey much more than all money
      G7                                     C
Don't think that it's funny don't do this to me

Repeat #2  x2

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Brad Paisley - Don't Drink The Water (feat. Blake Shelton) lyrics

Empty house, Empty Rooms, Empty bottle of Petron
I need to go out but not around here
There ain't nowhere we haven't gone
There's this travel agent that I know who says Cozumel is real nice
And so he got me a deal on a flight and a room and a little bit of free advice
Don't drink the water
I told him that's ok
I ain't going down
To Mexico to drink the water anyway
Blake ain't you been there yeah
(Blake) I've been there a time or two
They got some sweet Senoritas
That are more than glad to meet you
But I'm tellin you boy that whatever you do
Don't drink the water
Ok ok
I ain't going down
To Mexico to drink the water anyway
Corona or Tecate or my old friend Jose
I ain't going down
To Mexico to drink the water anyway
On this trip anything I sip better have a kick and a burn
Strong enough to get you off my mind
Little by little and a little grub of worm
Don't drink the water
That's what they say
I ain't going down
To Mexico to drink the water anyway
No one I know goes to Mexico
To drink the water anyway


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Dolly Parton - Don't Drop Out lyrics

Am I to face these lonely halls alone
And when you leave, who's gonna walk me home
Cause when you walk out the door I won't see you no more
And you're the one I adore so baby
Chorus:
Don't drop out of my life, baby, don't be a fool
(Don't drop out, baby, don't drop out now)
You're old enough to know you're too young to face the world so cruel
(Don't drop out, baby, don't drop out now)
You're not prepared to do anything
So if you wanna buy me that diamond ring, well
Don't drop out of my life, baby, don't drop out
My parents say you're lazy but you can be smart if you try
And I know you've got a heart cause you've never ever made me cry
They say you're no good so baby do what you should
And stay here by my side oh darlin'
Repeat Chorus
(Don't drop out, baby, don't drop out now)
Don't drop out of my life
Baby, don't drop out
(Don't drop out, baby, don't drop out now)


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Don't Fence Me In  
recorded by Dave Dudley
written by Cole Porter
 
G
Oh give me land lots of land  
                                        D7
Under starry skies above don't fence me in
 
Let me ride through the wide open country 
                           G
That I love don't fence me in
 
                                   G7
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
C
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
G                         E7      C      G     D7       G
Send me out forever but I ask you please don't fence me in
 
             C
Just turn me loose let me straddle my old 
                              G
saddle underneath the western skies
      C                                                        G 
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder till I see the mountain rise
                                         G7
I wanna ride to the ridge where the west commences
C
Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses
G                           E7          C      G     D7       G
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences don't fence me in

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Alison Krauss - Don't Follow Me Lyrics

When I step on board that big jet plane
I'll be leaving our love behind
I hope its wings will carry me somewhere
I can mend this heart of mine

CHORUS
So don't follow me, don't follow me
I'm bound to a place I can't recall
I feel the big jet slice through midnight skies
I'll search for the answers alone
And wait for the time to go home

Hear the wind outside, blowin' loud strong
Hear the mighty engines moan
I'll be far from here when the sun comes up
And a love that has grown?

CHORUS

I feel the wheels touch down as I awake from a dream I left with you
I hope a better day will find us soon
The love that we thought to be true

CHORUS

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Don't Forget Me Little Darling

At my window sad and lonely
Often do I think of you
And I wonder little darling
If you're thinking of me to

Don't forget me little darling
When from you I'm far away
But remember little darling
We may meet again soemday

You may meet with fairer faces
Some may tell you I'm not true
Don't believe them little darling
No one loves you as I do

* Refrain


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Don't Get Above Your Raising

Now I got a gal thats sweet to me
She just ain't what she used to be
Just a little high hearded
Thats plain to see
Don't get above your raising
Stay down on earth with me

Now looky here gal don't you high hat me
I ain't forgot what you used to be
When you didn't have nothing
That was plain to see
Don't get above your raising
Stay sown on earth with me

Now you need not hold your head so high
Every time you pass me by
For it don't mean nothing
To me you see
Don't get above your raising
Stay sown on earth with me

Now looky here gal you better be yourself
And leave that other stuff on the shelf
You're country baby
That's plain to see
Don't get avobe your raising
Stay down on earth with me


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Don't Get Along With The Blues
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley                    

G              D7      C          G
I woke up this morning holding my head
        Em            C         D7
And the girl with the Hollywood face
        G         Em         C            G
And I'm out every evening to run with the crowd
      Em            D7       G
But I feel Like I'm going no place
                     D7   C          G
Cause my heart won't love no one but you
   Em          G    D7         G
My heart won't love no one but you
                   D7        C            G
Yeah I met lots of women for one night of love
    Em            C               D7
Who gave it their heart and their soul
    G        Em           C     G
But all that leaves me is never enough
      Em          D7               G
And I feel like a wheel that won't roll
                     D7   C          G
Cause my heart won't love no one but you
   Em          G    D7         G
My heart won't love no one but you
C               Em
Ooh girl you're wearing me down now
  C             D7           G
I can't feel at home without you
C               Em
Ooh well you're wearing me down girl
      C         D7             G
And I don't get along with the blues
Repeat last verse

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Punch Brothers - Don't Get Married Without Me 

You're right, we're wrong for now
Just bailing water while the ship goes down
When we could float away on separate rafts
To die another day

But it's more than time apart, my love
It's time to handle this without kid gloves
Ripping the Band-Aid off may not be pretty
Least the bleeding's stopped, I think

Let's not fool ourselves
Taking a break is dragging out a breakup too long
Help yourself to whatever you like with whomever you like
But don't get married without me

We lost the battle won
That doesn't mean we can't have any fun
This war's not over yet
We called a truce, no need to get upset

I know you know I still love you
Anyone else is a lateral move at best
And who says I'll be able to move at all
'Til I cozy back up to you this fall but still

Let's not fool ourselves
Taking a break is dragging out a breakup too long
Help yourself to whatever you like with whomever you like
But don't get married without me

Let's not fool ourselves
'Cause we aren't cowards, we aren't liars
We're just two people who are not in love
Right now

Let's not fool ourselves
Taking a break is dragging out a breakup too long
Help yourself to whatever you like with whomever you like
But don't get married without me

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Don't Give Up On Me
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                        F                 C
Lord don't give up on me I'll do right someday
                                  G7
Lord don't turn me out don't turn away
C                            F    C
I'm just a wandering pilgrim all alone
             G7           C
And Lord I'm only halfway home

                          F           C
Wait just a little longer I need some time
                                        G7
Make me just a little stronger so I can fly
C                                        F        C
It's a long way up from a very bottom to heaven's dome# 
             G7           C
And Lord I'm only halfway home

                         F                 C
Lord don't give up on me I'll do right someday
                                  G7
Lord don't turn me out don't turn away
C                            F    C
I'm just a wandering pilgrim all alone
             G7           C
And Lord I'm only halfway home

             G7           C
And Lord I'm only halfway home



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Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler
Jimmie Skinner

Don't fall in love with me darling I'm rambler
Although you the sweetest sweetheart in this world
It's all for your sake dear that I'm leaving
Don't give your heart to a rambler, little girl

I handed you a line and I'm sorry
You're just a little sweeter that the rest
Believe me when I say I don't want to hurt you
Or do anything to mar tour happiness

* Refrain

If I'd never had the blues, little darling
Or the lure of the road on my mind
But I'm bound to hear the whistle of a fraight train
And the boxcars as they rattle down the line

* Refrain


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Don't Go City Girl On Me
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Mike Kosser and Rafe VanHoy

C
With your blouse halfway open 
                                          C7
And your skirt a flappin' high above your knees
  F
I declare you'll catch your death of cold 
                                   C
With all that skin a wavin' in the breeze
         F
You're a hot country woman 
                                 C
And you sure know how to country please
       G7                F                             C
Pretty woman of the coun-try but don't go city girl on me
You've got an eye for Cadillac's 
                                       C7
And great big stacks of hundred dollar bills
F
You're like a hound dog chasin' rabbits 
                                    C
And each sugar daddy's just another meal
            F
Girl you're playing with the big boys 
                                          C
Don't you realize that you're just little league
       G7                F                         C
Pretty woman of the coun-try don't go city girl on me
G7                                                     F
Pretty country woman you got the bright lights in your eyes
G7
But the true love I can give you 
                                   F
Is worth more than all them uptown lights
C
And that good life you've been looking for 
F                            C
You ain't gonna find on city streets
           G7                F                            C
I love you woman of the coun-try so don't go city girl on me
           G7                                            C
I love you woman of the country so don't go city girl on me

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Don't Go My Love
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by James Valentini and Frank Saulino

D7     G         D7     Em        D7
What a beautiful gift a heart can be 
             C                  G
When there's someone to receive it
                 D7       Em   D7
What a beautiful sound is honesty 
     C                    D7
When there's someone to believe it
Em
I used to say that 
  B7            Em        E7      A7
I didn't need a love that I could keep
         G         D7   Em     D7
But I've spent too many nights alone 
C        D7      G
Cryin' myself to sleep
         C     D7      C     B7
So don't go my love oh oh my love
C          D7        B7     Em
I need you more than ever before
Am              D7    G   D7
Oh oh don't you go my love
       G        D7       Em       D7
What a sweet surprise to have the ties 
     C                G
That only fools would sever
                       D7         Em         D7
But it's worth all the blues that we've been through 
   C                  D7
If love could last forever
    Em              B7
And when I think of all the times 
     Em             A7
Love almost slipped away
  G      D7       Em      D7
I know I need you so much more 
     C           D7   G
Than words could ever say
repeat #3  

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Don't Go Near The Water
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Chapin Hartford and Jim Foster

G
Your momma used to worry bout that big muddy river
D7                                G
Honey do you remember you let the screen door slam 

When you stepped off the front porch

Hear your momma callin' don't be late
A#7
I could hear you daddy holler 
C                 G
Son she's my only daughter

                 A#7
You'd stick your nose in the honey suckle 

Down by the gate
      C
I can still hear your momma callin' 
                  G
Don't go near the water

   C          F      C        F
We fell right in way over our heads 
       C         F        C    F
But we didn't go near the water
  G       C       G         C
A love as deep so young and sweet 
        D7
And the nights got hotter and hotter
   G           C           G        C
We sure enough gettin' our feet wet momma 
       G         C        G
But we didn't go near the water


You hear the rockin' chair squeakin' 

As you sneak up the back stairs

Momma waitin' like a grizzly bear
        A#7                  C                  G
But you had to get the honey suckle out of your hair
           A#7
But in the morrnin' light we looked her right in the eyes
       C                                  G
And it wasn't a lie we didn't go near the water

repeat #3 x2

Your momma used to worry bout that big muddy river 

D7
She should have worried bout me
              G           C           G        C
Cause we were sure enough gettin' our feet wet momma 
       G         C        G    C
But we didn't go near the water
G         C
Didn't go near the water
G         F        G
Didn't go near the water

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Don't Go Out Tonight

Now don't go out tonight little darling
Do not leave me here alone
Stay at home with me my darling
I'm so lonesome while you're gone

I here a knockin' at my door
And a footstep on the floor
Now they're bringin' home my darling
Here he lies drunk upon the floor

* Refrain

Now he's dying, yes he's dying
Soon I'll be left all alone
I pray that God's won tender mercy
Will save him from a drunkard's doom

* Refrain


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Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Richard Leigh

C          Am    Dm           G7
Don't know when  I've been so blue
C          Am               E7
Don't know what's come over you
Am           C       D7
You've found someone new
    F                Em         F      G7
And don't it make my brown eyes blue
C           Am    Dm          G7
And I'll be fine  when you're gone
C         Am             E7
I'll just cry  all night long
Am     C     D7
Say it isn't true
    F                Em         C
And don't it make my brown eyes blue
Am         Em       F            C
Tell me no secrets  tell me some lies
Am         Em              F   C
Give me no reasons give me alibis
Am          Em          F             C
Tell me you love me and don't make me cry
Dm     Em        F
Say anything but don't say goodbye
C        Am   Dm           G7
I didn't mean to treat you bad
C      Am               E7
Didn't know just what I had
Am        C     D7
But honey now I do
    F                Em
And don't it make my brown eyes 
F                Em
Don't it make my brown eyes
F                           C
Don't it make my brown eyes blue

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Don't Lead Me On
Written and recorded by Mel Street

G  D7                 G
My eyes they crave to see you 
                          G7
My lips burn to feel your kiss
      C                   G
And I know I'm nearest to heaven 
                          D7
When I hold an angel like this
  G
I need love that lasts forever 
                   G7
And not just for a day
        C                    G
Darling please don't lead me on 
      D7               G
If we can't go all the way
              C
Don't lead me on cause 
                         G
We know that cheating is sin
    D7             G
And darling please don't tempt me
    A7                      D7
Our resistance's wearing so thin
    G
Now don't put your arms around me 
                               G7
Cause you know I'd want you to stay
    C                    G
And please don't lead me on 
      D7               G
If we can't go all the way
                
I think you've always known 
                      G7
How I've been wanting you
         C               G
And your lips tell me so tenderly 
                     D7
How much you want me too
        
And it could be so easy 
                        G7
Let temptation have its way
    C                    G
But please don't lead me on 
      D7               G
If we can't go all the way
              C
Don't lead me on cause 
                         G
We know that cheating is sin
    D7             G
And darling please don't tempt me
    A7                      D7
Our resistance's wearing so thin
    G
Now don't put your arms around me 
                               G7
Cause you know I'd want you to stay
    C                    G
And please don't lead me on 
      D7               C  G
If we can't go all the way

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Don't Leave The Leaving Up To Me
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Justin Trevino and Levi Mullen 

C                                                       C7
You're telling me it's over and there's nothing left to say
    F                C            D7               G7
But I still have the love for you I'll carry to my grave
  C                                                C7
I know that I can't keep you if you long to be set free
     F               G7            C
Just don't leave the leaving up to me
    G7                                    C
For I just can't believe we're through no matter what you say
   D7                               G7
My heart won't let me be the one to turn and walk away
    C                                                    C7
But if that's the way you want it that's the way it will be
     F               G7            C
Just don't leave the leaving up to me
                                                C7
I want you to be happy even though it breaks my heart
   F                  C         D7              G7
To know that you'd be satisfied with tearing us apart
C                                          C7
So if I must let you go then I'll do it willing
     F               G7            C
Just don't leave the leaving up to me
Repeat #2 
   F               G7            C
No don't leave the leaving up to me

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Don't Leave Without Taking Your Silver
Recorded by George Jones
Written by D. Black
[3/4 time]

G                        C             G
You said I'm taking everything that is mine
                  D7           G
Right down to the clock on the wall
  C                             G
I watched as you packed up your things
         A7                          D7
Then you turned and said well that's all

   G           D7               G
Oh but you overlooked just once item
                          G7              C
It's as much yours as the cloths that you wear
                                G
Don't leave without taking your silver
                  D7         G
You left it right here in my hair

     C                  G
It's yours for I didn't have it
    D7                     G
The moment you captured my soul
        C                         G
First a little streak showed then slowly it wove
     A7                    D7
It's way right in with the gold

        G       D7       G
I don't see how you over looked it
                      G7         C
For we both know that you put it there
                                   G
So don't leave without taking your silver
                  D7         G
You left it right here in my hair

         C                         G
No don't leave without taking your silver
                  D7         C  G
You left it right here in my hair

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Don't Let A Little Thing Like That
Recorded by Vernon Oxford

C                                                     G7
Your bag is packed and waiting dear now you can start walking
                                                      C
You say our love has had its day the time is past for talking
                                    C7               F
I know our little girl will cry and ask for you each day
G7                                               C
Don't let a little thing like that stand in your way
G7                                 F               C
Don't let a little thing like that tear your world apart
G7                                 F              C
Don't let a little thing like that hold onto your heart
                                             C7                 C
With her face against the window pane she'll watch for you each day
G7                                               C
Don't let a little thing like that stand in your way
                                                         G7
Her little feet will walk the floor her little eyes will stare
                                                  C
Around the room and back again but mommy won't be there
                                  C7                F
When's mommy coming home her tear filled voice will say
G7                                               C
Don't let a little thing like that stand in your way
Repeat #2

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Dolly Parton - Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Our love affair is bitter sweet
Insecure and incomplete
And I've often wondered why your leaving's been so long delayed
It's all become so complicated
Maybe you feel obligated
And out of simpathy for me you stay
But I had rather live alone
Than live with someone who doesn't love me
And I'd rather have you go than stay
And put me down a thinkin' you're above me
Our love affair is so wound up
It's best that we unwind
And if you don't love me, leave me
And don't let it trouble your mind
You've waited much too long to leave afraid of how I'd take it
And I'm deeply touched by your concern but I think I can make it
It won't be easy for a while but I'll forget in time
And if you don't love me, leave me and don't let it trouble your mind
I had rather live alone
Than live with someone who doesn't love me
And I'd rather have you go than stay
And put me down a-thinkin' you're above me
Our love affair is so wound up
It's best that we unwind
And if you don't love me, leave me
And don't let it trouble your mind


=============================

Dolly Parton - Don't Let Me Cross Over lyrics

I'm tempted my darlin' to steal you away
Don't let me cross over, stay out of my way
'Cause you know that I love you and I'm not the stealin' kind
But I'm faced with heartache here at love's cheating line
Chorus:
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another and can never be mine
I know one step closer would be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
I've tried to forget you but what else can I do
When your eyes keep saying that you want me too
And I know if I lose you not a dream will I have left
I don't want to cheat dear, but I can't help myself
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line


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Don't Let My Glass Run Dry
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Tommy Hill and Red Sovine

G                      G7           C
Don't let my glass run dry my heart can't stand the pain
  D7                            G
I wish that I had died before I walked away
            G7                   C
The words I heard are causin' my ears to burn
    D7                               G
And what I saw was just too much for me to learn

                       G7          C
Don't let my glass run dry fill it to the brim
     A7                              D7
This achin' heart of mine had better learn to swim
        G              G7             C
For I'm gonna drown my sorrow and the pain within
      D7                                     G
Don't let my glass run dry please fill it up again

                       G7           C
The taste of her sweet kisses on my lips still burn
  D7                            G
I never thought that to another she would turn
                G7             C
Right before my eyes I saw her break each vow
      D7                               G
Don't let my glass run dry the way I'm feelin' now

                                   C
Don't let my glass run dry fill it to the brim
     A7                              D7
This achin' heart of mine had better learn to swim
        G                             C
For I'm gonna drown my sorrow and the pain within
      D7                                     G
Don't let my glass run dry please fill it up again

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Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Pete Wasner and Vince Gill

C                       F
We've been up all night long
                    G7                       C
Tryin' to solve the problem till it's almost dawn
                                               F
Ain't no time for sleeping if our love is everything
                     G7                  C
Cause I ain't giving up you ain't giving in
              F                   G7                  C
Don't let our love start slippin' love start slippin' away
          F                             G7           C
Cause the life we have been livin' gets harder every day
              F                   G7                  C
Don't let our love start slippin' love start slippin' away
                                 F
A wounded love walks a real thin line
              G7                        C
And no communication will kill it every time
                                       F
So open up your heart baby we can work it out
                   G7                C
We got the kind of love people dream about
repeat #2
G7                     F
It's past the point of right or wrong
G7                  F    G7   C
We'll find a way to just hold on
Repeat #2
              F                   G7                  C
Don't let our love start slippin' love start slippin' away

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Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes

Don't let Smokey mountain smoke get in your eyes
If you do I'm tellin' you
You'll wan't to live there the rest of your life
If Smokey mountain smoke gets in your eyes

If you're looking for a place you will love
Smokey mountain Cherokee
The closest place to Heaven that I know of
Smokey mountain Tennessee

* Refrain

Gattlinburg precious jewel the mountain treasure
Smokey mountain paradise
You'll want to live in the smokies forever
If Smokey mountain smoke gets in your eyes

* Refrain


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Don't Let That Happen To Us
Recorded by Carl Smith and Betty Jean Robison
Written by Carl Belew and Clyde Pitts

C
I'm so happy we're still happy and together
        G7                                    C
And I'm happy you're still dreamin' dreams of only me
It's too bad the way our neighbor's dreams 
F
Just crumble into dust
        C           G7                 C
Darlin' let's don't let that happen to us
        G7                                  C
Darlin' let's don't let us be just two more losers
G7
Thanks to our old fashioned love 
D7                             G7
We both can afford to still be choosers
C                               F
We both seen many wedding rings suddenly turn to rust
        C           G7                 C
Darlin' let's don't let that happen to us
There's so many broken hearts and homes around us
    G7                               C
But our old fashioned love is always new
We seen married couples stroll through life 
F
Without true love or trust
        C           G7                 C
Darlin' let's don't let that happen to us
        G7                                  C
Darlin' let's don't let us be just two more losers
G7
Thanks to our old fashioned love 
D7                             G7
We both can afford to still be choosers
C                               F
We both seen many wedding rings suddenly turn to rust
        C           G7                 C
Darlin' let's don't let that happen to us
                 G7                 C
Darlin' we won't let that happen to us

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Don't Let the Old Man In
Written and recorded by Toby Keith

C
Don't let the old man in 
        F
I wanna leave this alone
               G7
Can't leave it up to him 
              C
He's knocking on my door
And I knew all of my life 
         F
That someday it would end
           G7
Get up and go outside 
              C
Don't let the old man in
     F
Many moons I have lived
          C
My body's weathered and worn
                 D7
Ask yourself how old you'd be
                       G7
If you didn't know the day you were born
       C
Try to love on your wife
         F
And stay close to your friends
           G7
Toast each sundown with wine
              C
Don't let the old man in
Repeat #3
        C
When he rides up on his horse
        F
And you feel that cold bitter wind
              G7
Look out your window and smile
              C
Don't let the old man in
              G7
Look out your window and smile
              C
Don't let the old man in

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Don't Let Them Change Your Mind
Written and recorded by Cowboy Copas

C                                          G7
While you're far away from me I'm thinking of the days to be
                                 C
I remember how we loved in yesterday
                                         G7
And there lingers in my heart since that day we had to part
                                          C
Don't let them change your mind while I'm away
  F                             C
I know they tell you sweetheart that I'm no good for you
    F                          C              G7
But darling please remember my love is always true
   C                         G7
Be faithful to me sweetheart till I return someday
                                          C
Don't let them change your mind while I'm away
                                      G7
Oh you promised you would write to me every day and night
                                    C
And I waited for your letters every day
                                        G7
But my waiting's been in vain for those letters never came
                                          C
Don't let them change your mind while I'm away
Repeat #2
                                       G7
Oh it leaves me feeling blue dear when I don't hear from you
                                     C
And I wonder if your love could ever stray
                                      G7
Darling please don't be untrue for my heart loves only you
                                          C
Don't let them change your mind while I'm away
Repeat #2

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Don't Let True Love Slip Away
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Buck Owens

C           F              Em        C
Who's gonna love you after I've gone away
            F                  G7       C
Who's gonna kiss the lips that I kissed today
    C7          F        G7                  Am
And who's gonna hold you when you're old and gray
   F     C   F    C    G7   C
Oh don't let true love slip away
          F             G7         C
Once in a lifetime true love comes along
          F            G7        C
Handle it gently don't let it go wrong
C7            F           G7           Am
Treat it with kindness or soon it will fade
   F     C   F    C    G7   C
Oh don't let true love slip away
                 F              G7          C
For true love is something that money can't buy
                 F            G7                  C
So don't take it lightly true love's the staff of life
C7            F            G7          Am
You'll travel forever down life's lost highway
   F   C   F    C    G7   C
If you let true love slip away
   F     C   F    C    G7   C
So don't let true love slip away

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Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Gladys Certain, Louise Stacey

Well, I've been all around this whole wide world
Been down to sunny Alabam
My mama always told me, Son
Never let your deal go down

Don't let your deal go down
Don't let your deal go down
Don't let your deal go down
Till your last gold dollar is gone

Well, the last time I seen that gal of mine
She was standing in the door
She said Honey I'll be a long time gone
You'll never see your gal no more

* Refrain

Well, I'm going sown the railroad track
Gonna take my rocking chair
If there doggone blues don't leave my mind
I'm gonna run away from here

* Refrain


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Don'T Let Your Sweet Love Die

Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the fall
Don't take away the smiles and leave the tears
My heart believes in you, please say you love me true
Don't leave me now to face the lonely years
I drifted all alone, no one to call my own
And then you came like an angle from the sky
You said we'd never part, don't leave and break my heart
Be mine alone, don't let your sweet love die
When flowers fade we say, they'll bloom again someday
Will you love me when the rose buds open wide
Or is your kiss to be only a memory
I need you, so don't let your sweet love die
Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the fall
Without you, life would be like death to me
I've grown so used to you, I can't believe we're through
Don't say goodbye, don't your sweet love die


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Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die 
recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Clarke VanNess and Zeke Clements 

C                                  C7             F
Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the fall
      G7                                 C
Don't take away the smiles and leave the tears
                                C7                 F
My heart believes in you please say you'll love me true
      G7                               C
Don't leave me here to face the lonely years
 
                       C7             F
I drifted all alone no one to call my own
    G7                                   C
And then you came like an angel from the sky
                               C7                 F
You said we'd never part don't leave and break my heart
   G7                                   C
Be mine alone don't let your sweet love die
 
                                   C7               F
When flowers fade they say they'll bloom again some day
         G7                             C
Will you love me when the rosebuds open wide
                      C7       F
Or is your kiss to be only a memory
  G7                                    C
I need you so don't let your sweet love die
                            
                                   C7             F
Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the fall
   G7                              C
Without life would be like death to me 
                            C7                  F
I've grown so used to you I can't believe we're through
   G7                                   C
Be mine alone don't let your sweet love die

tag:

  G7                                    C
I need you so don't let your sweet love die

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Don't Lie
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Chet Biggers and Frank Mandeville

C                      F         C
That old photograph of ours sure looks out of place
               G7             C
Laying on your bag out in the hall
                    F                 C
You're taking it to remind you of our better days
                        G7               C
The ones you say you'll miss when you're gone
           F            C
Don't lie  don't try to fool me
F                             C
Cause boy I know what's going on
           F             C   Am       F           G7
Don't lie  you owe it to me  leave me well enough alone
F                        G7                C
So just go ahead and say goodbye but don't lie
                        F              C
Well I've seen all her letters in the closet
                      G7                  C
Caught a trace of her perfume on you that night
                         F            C
So don't stand there and act so brokenhearted
            G7                   C
And tell me how it's killing you inside

Repeat #2

  Dm                       F
Just come out and say it don't worry I can take it
                      Dm            G7
Don't you think that I deserve the truth

Repeat #2 

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Don't Look At My Shadow

New York City years ago tourist in the rain
Singing on a swing shift for pennies
Thinking about the bayou, cajun river song
Almost got my broke in Texas

It's been a long, long, long way
I've go some more to go
Don't look at my shadow, it's behind me
It's been a long, long, long way
Thirty-two years or so
I'm thinking about my past quite amusing

Purple peacock, honky tonk, Eunice, Louisiana
Bourbon whisky free son just tune up the piano
Well I played in clubs in New Orleans
Bringing home a dollar
College boys drink beer throw the bottle

* Refrain

L.A.Forum, Sports Arena, 20,000 fans
I'm glad you've come to listen
I've got to give you everything I can
Well, I've always tried to play my music
I played it best I could
I hope you out there in the crowd can hear me good

* Refrain

You know California dreamin' Lord
It put me down for good
Colorado, Rocky mountains, saved my senses


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Don't Make It Easy For Me
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl Thomas Conley and Randy Scruggs

C
You're on my mind I'm in the dark
You're taking your time I'm falling apart
     F
Girl you're holding mine in your hands and you know it
                                                   C
I'll get it right if you give me the chance to get closer
     F
I'll give you my heart if that's what you're after
                                                       C
I'll give you my love if that's all the matters to get over
     Am         F          G7        Am           F         G7
Yeah that's all right with me if you want to play hard with me
              F        C
Don't make it easy for me
Down on my knees take a look at me
I'm easy to please so why can't you be
     F
Girl you're holding mine in your hands and you know it
                                                   C
I'll get it right if you give me the chance to get closer
Repeat #2
 
     Am         F          G7        Am           F         G7
Yeah that's all right with me if you want to play hard with me
              F        C
Don't make it easy for me

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Don't Make Me Build Another Wall
Recorded by Melba Montgomery
Written by Melba Montgomery, Carl Montgomery, Bill Hayes

C                                   F
Not long ago this heart of mine was broken
    C                                   G7
And around this heart of mine I built a wall
     C                             F
Just living like there never was tomorrow
     G7                                          C
Then I met you that's when I knew the wall would fall
     G7                               C
This wall is falling from around this heart of mine
  F                             G7
I can't resist your tender kiss that's all divine
   C                            F
To lose you now would be my big downfall
   G7                                 C
So please don't make me build another wall
                                      F
I'm free now from the prison built by heartbreak
      C                                    G7
Where memories from your love have kept me bound
     C                                     F
But in your arms I've found true love and freedom
    G7                               C
I'm glad you crumbled my wall to the ground
    G7                               C
The wall has fallen from around this heart of mine
  F                             G7
I can't resist your tender kiss that's all divine
   C                            F
To lose you now would be my big downfall
   G7                                 C
So please don't make me build another wall

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Punch Brothers - Don't Need No

Don't need no chorus cashin' candy now
Don't need no callus crush to come around
And I don't know who you are

You and your boys ain't got nothing on me
I've had my last eight drinks in here for free
Cause that's my friend tending bar
Yeah I got a friend who tends bar
And she won't let me tip her

When I get tired tonight she'll take me home
And if it's cold under the cover she'll keep me warm
Sweet lovely friend who tends bar
And lovely friends, who ten

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Don't Pay The Ransom
Recorded by Nat Stuckey
Written by Dalton Roberts and Jack Shoemake

G                                   C
Last night I stopped off for a beer on my way home
      G                                   A7         D7
And I saw this broken hearted sweet thing crying all alone
   G                                      C
My tender heart was deeply touched at the sight of a woman's tears
          G
So I said hi there and I pulled up a chair 
    D7                     G
And ordered us a couple of beers
   C
We must have drunk a gallon of brew 
       G
When I looked at my watch it was half past two
    A7                                          D7
And I suddenly realized I hadn't even called my wife
G
And knowing what would happen to me when I get home
         C
I nearly broke my neck getting to the phone
    G                            D7                G
And here's what I told her in an effort to save my life
                                C
Don't pay the ransom honey I've escaped
D7                                             G
Considering what I've been through I'm in good shape
                                                    C
Well my wrist and ankles are a little sore from the tape
    G                    D7           G
But don't pay the ransom honey I've escaped
                                         C
Now if you got tied up somewhere tonight on your way home
     G
In a poker game or with a good looking dame 
       A7                 D7
And it slips your mind to phone
      G
Don't blow your cool like a crazy fool 
              C
And tell your woman where you've been
     G
Your situation requires imagination 
         D7                  G
And I've got a suggestion my friend    tell her...
Repeat #3 
                        D7           G
No don't pay the ransom honey I've escaped

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Don't Put An End To Me
Written and recorded by Melba Montgomery

C                                F    C
I feel you're tryin' to drive me away from you
                                        G7
For there's been a change in everything you say and do
        C                                 F         C
Tell me love that I'm just thinkin' wrong put me at ease
      F               G7                  C
Don't rush don't hurt don't put an end to me
      G7                   F      C
Don't put an end to me and all my happiness
D7                                   G7
You're what I want and need to share life with
       C                            F            C
Please tell me what I accuse you of can't really be
      F               G7                  C
Don't rush don't hurt don't put an end to me
                                F    C
I feel the ending is as near as your goodbye
                                  G7
And I see a gleam of love for her deep in your eyes
       C                                  F       C
If you say I'm right you're wanting me to set you free
       F                    G7            C
You'll rush you'll hurt and put an end to me
      G7                   F      C
Don't put an end to me and all my happiness
D7                                   G7
You're what I want and need to share life with
       C                            F            C
Please tell me what I accuse you of can't really be
      F               G7                  C
Don't rush don't hurt don't put an end to me

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Don't Put Down The Honky Tonks
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Sanger D. Shafer and William Ellis

G                              C
Don't put down the honky tonks until you been inside
     D7                                            G
Some go to dance some go to drink and losers go to hide
                                               C
Darkness hides the heartaches each night until last call
   D7                                                    G
So don't put down the honky tonks until you're tried 'em all
                              C
Pretty painted faces on every other stool
    D7                                                  G
And in between each painted face there sits a hard luck fool
                                              C
If you slip and stumble you don't have far to fall
   D7                                                    G
So don't put down the honky tonks until you're tried 'em all
   D7                                     C                    G
No don't put down the honky tonks they're homes for fools like me
  D7                                               G
A place inside to run and hide and drown their misery
                                                 C
I sacrificed the chance I had to heed the neon's call
   D7                                                    G
So don't put down the honky tonks until you're tried 'em all
Repeat #3
   D7                                                    G
No don't put down the honky tonks until you're tried 'em all

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Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There

You pull the string, she's your plaything
You can make her or break her, it's true
You abuse her, accuse her, turn around and use her
Then forsake her any time it suits you

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided, bleached out hair
Well, if she acts that way, it's cause you had your day
Don't upt her down, you helped put her there

She hangs around playing the clown
While her soul is aching inside
She's heartbreak's child cause she just lives for your smile
To build her up in a world made by men
At the house sown the way, you sneak and you pay
For the love, her body, her shame
Then you call yourself a man, you say you just don't understand
How a woman could turn out that way

Well, there's more to her that power and paint
Than the men she picks up at the bar
Well, if she acts that way, it's cause you had your day
Don't put her down, you helped put her there


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Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox 
(Alan Jackson/Roger Murrah/Kweith Stegall)

Don't rock the jukebox I wanna hear some Jones
My heart ain't ready For the Rolling Stones
I don't feel like rockin' Since my baby's gone
So don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song

Before you drop that quarter Keep one thing in mind
You got a heartbroke hillbilly Standing here in line
I've been down and lonely Ever since she left
Before you punch that number Could I make one request

Don't rock the jukebox I wanna hear some Jones
My heart ain't ready For the Rolling Stones
I don't feel like rockin' Since my baby's gone
So don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song

I ain't got nothin' Against rock & roll
But when your heart's been broken You need a song that's slow
Ain't nothin' like a steel guitarTo drown a memory
Before you spend your money baby Play a song for me

Don't rock the jukebox I wanna hear George Jones
My heart ain't ready For the Rolling Stones
I don't feel like rockin' Since my baby's gone
So don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song

Ya don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song


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Don't Say A Word
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Geoff Stephens and Les Reed

C           E7        F
Don't say a word just kiss me 
A7      Dm           G7           C
Kiss me kiss me (for soon we must part)

        B7     Dm
We only have a little time 
G7                       C
You're feeling sad I can tell
A7             Dm
I know my love what's on your mind 
D7                      G7
My heart is breaking as well

            C           E7        F
But darling don't say a word just give me 
A7      Dm              G7           C   G7
Give me give me all the love you can give
C                     F
And let your heart be with me 
F#m     Dm         G7          C
With me with me as long as you live

                      F
Don't say a word just kiss me 
A7      Dm          G7           C   G7
Kiss me kiss me for soon we must part
C                    F
And when you're gone please miss me 
F#m     Dm           G7          C    F  C
Miss me miss me with all of your heart

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Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me

You tell me today that you're going
Far away just to make you a name
You tell me that you're descontented
And that you are searching for fame
Somehow I can't realize we're parting
I have grown used to having you near
The strings in my heart love are breaking
I just can't say goodbye to you dear

Don't say goodbye if you love me
For 'twould make my heart overflow
Kiss my lips once 'ere you leave me
Just don't say goodbye when you go

Each night I will kneel by my bedside
I will pray one sweet prayer just for you
I will ask of the kind one in heaven
Just to make all your dreams dear come true
If this love should be our last meeting
I will always love you just the same
I will keep a sweet memory of you
You will live in my heart like a flame

* Refrain


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Don't Seem Like We've Been Together All Our Lives
By Merle Haggard
 
G
Since we first said I love you it's been twenty years tonight
  C                            D7
I moved by and love refused to go
G
It seems like only yesterday or maybe just last summer
C             D7         G
Most of all a year or so ago
 
C                                           G
Don't seem like we've been together all our lives
      D7                                C                   G
Don't seem like we've been settled down since we got out of school
    C                                            G
Who'da thought we'd still love each other when twilight years arrived 
      D7                                    G
Don't seem like we've been together all our lives
 
 
The baby came in April of 1964 
    C                                  D7
She looked like me but still she favor you
G
I can't believe the years have already come and gone
      C                  D7            G
Seems like everything we own is nearly new
 
Repeat #2

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Don't Sell The Land

Don't sell the land, mama
Please don't sell the land
My heart's in these hills, mama
please don't sell the land

My daddy he was born here, here in these hills
My daddy's lying quiet now but he's with us still
Mama, on your wedding day daddy brought you here
Held you safely in his arms and promised his last share

* Refrain

I'll help you pay the taxes, we still have some time
I'll farm that little furrow, I'll work down in the mine
I know how hard it is, mama, with eleven kids to feed
But we can still make it, mama, if you will hear my plea

* Refrain

Don't worry about my schooling don't need it anyhow
I've got to fill my daddy's shoes and I plan to start right now
I know you carried it all alone so, mama, lean on me
We've lost the most important thing but we built a family

* Refrain


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Don't Send Me No Angels
recorded by George Jones
written by Wayne Kemp
 
C                            F                 C
When the storm clouds gather and I'm losing my way
                                            G7
She stands right beside me she lights up my day
          C                            F                 C
She's the one thing I found right in a world that's gone wrong
                                     G7             C
She's the words and the music to the world's finest song
 
F                       C
Lord let me keep her at least for a while
                                                     G7
I promise that I'll love her till I've walked my last mile
          C                         F                C
When your trumpets are sounding and you've played my song
                        G7                C
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own
 
                                          F                  C
She stayed with me through the hard times that's still going on
                                                 G7
That old feeling between us it's still coming on strong
        C                         F              C
When my eyes close forever and my last breath is gone
                        G7                C
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own
 
repeat #2

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Don't Sing A Song About Texas
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Sanger D. Shafer

G
Don't sing about a Luckenbach Texas
And don't sing no San Antonio Rose
    C                          G
And don't sing that song about Dallas
       A7                    D7
Yeah I know very well how it goes
         G
Get your New York honky tonk to honkin'
Turn that music up and do it right
C                         G  E7
Don't sing no songs about Texas
A7                    D7         G
Cause that's where my heart is tonight
Hey get your New York fingers off that Texas fiddle
Don't wanna hear no part of Faded Love
    C                            G
And don't sing In The Streets Of Laredo
   A7                     D7
Or Beneath Those Stars Up Above
Repeat #2
New York ain't no place for a cowboy
Broadway ain't no place to hold a dance
       C                                     G   E7
And if you're gonna play the guitar play the melody
     A7                                D7
This place is lookin' worse with every glance
Repeat #2
            A7       D7       G
Yeah that's where my heart is tonight

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Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Merle R. Haggard and Leona Williams

G
Don't sing about a Luckenbach Texas 
                               G7
Don't sing that San Antonio Ro-se
C                          G
Don't sing that song about Dallas
      A7                    D7
Hey I know very well how it goes
              G
Yeah get your New York honkey tonk to honkin'
                                   G7
And turn the music up and do it right
    C                         G  E7
But don't sing no songs about Texas
D7                               G
Cause that's where my heart is tonight 
C                                  G
Well New York ain't no place for a cowgirl
C                               G
Broadway ain't no place to have dance
          C                    G            A7
If you're gonna play the music play the melody
                                       D7
This place is lookin' worse with every glance
Repeat #2
Hey get your New York fingers off that Texas fiddle
                                      G7
Don't want to hear no part of Faded Love
    C                            G
And don't sing In The Streets Of Laredo
   A7                     D7
Or Beneath Those Stars Up Above  
Repeat #2
   C                         G  E7
No don't sing no songs about Texas
D7                               G
Cause that's where my heart is tonight

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Richard Thompson - Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands Lyrics

When the party hit full swing, I saw you come reeling in
You had that six pack in a stranglehold
Now you stagger, now you sway, why don't you fall the other way?
'Cause I've got something here worth more than gold

I said, Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
They don't mend with sticky tape and glueâ?�
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
And that's my very best advice to you

Call me precious, I don't mind, 78's are hard to find
You just can't get the shellac since the war
This one's the Beltona brand, finest label in the land
They don't make 'em like that anymore

I said, Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Unless you wanna wind up black and blueâ?�
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
And that's my very best advice to you

Darling, though you're twice my size, I don't mean to patronize
Honey, let me lead you by the hand
Find a lap or find a chair, you can park it anywhere
Just don't rest your cheeks against my man

I said, Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
They don't mend with sticky tape and glueâ?�
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
And that's my very best advice to you

No shindig is half complete without that famous polka beat
That's why they invite me, I suppose
Waltzes, Strathspey's, eightsome reels, now you know how good it feels
Crank that handle babe, away she goes

I said, Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Unless you wanna wind up black and blue
I said, Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
And that's my very best advice to youâ?�

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Don't Squeeze My Sharmon
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Carl Belew and Van Givens
[3/4 time]

C                           C7            F
Did you hear what happened  last Saturday night
                  G7                       C
While dancing and drinking we all got half tight
                                C7                 F
This sweet thing named Sharmon  was a dancing with me
                       C       G7                 C
When up jumped her boy friend  and he hollered at me
                                 C7                F
Please don't squeeze my Sharmon  don't hold her so tight
                   G7                        C
You'd best heed my warning it's the last one tonight
                             C7               F
She's soft and she's gentle  and sweet as can be
                     C          G7                 C
And if Sharmon needs squeezing  then leave that to me
                        C7             F
Along about midnight  I was feeling no pain
                G7                   C
And me and Miss Sharmon were dancing again
                          C7         F
Then Hank and big Harlan  got into a fight
                    C       G7              C
And I heard someone holler  as out went the lights
Repeat #2
F                    C          G7                 C
And if Sharmon needs squeezing  then leave that to me

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Don't Step Over An Old Love

All the things that we have done together
All the joys and sorrows that we've shared
Made me feel our love would last forever
Now I know you never really cared

Don't step over an old love
To get somebody new
Don't step over an old love
Who always has been true to you

When my back was turned he caught your fancy
And he turned an innocent affair
Into something more than just a friendship
While my dreams all crumbled in despair

* Refrain

Now you think you're happy with your new love
You don't think he's been untrue to you
Wait until you hear the whole town talking
Than you'll feel these heartaches like I do

* Refrain


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Don't Stop Being You
Randall Hylton

1. I love your hair and your pretty eyes
I love your smiles and I love your sighs
Every kiss is light as morning dew
Promise me you won't stop being you

2. I love the time that we spent alone
I love your voice on the telephone
No one ever treats me like you do
Promise me you won't stop being you

Ch. Just be your sweetheart and I'll be happy
But the special way you are and I'll be fine
Don't stop doing all those little things that please me
Fill my name as you fill my frame of mind

3. You're all I want you're all I need
You make my world a happy dream
If you ever change what will I do?
Promise me you won't stop being you

4.=3.

Promise me you won't stop being you

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Return Engagement


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Don't Stop Gypsy
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Larry Cordle

G7         C F C
Don't stop Gypsy
          F                            G7
Don't you give up your ways and settle down
             C
You're still young
        F                        G7
There's still a lot of life that hasn't been seen
         Am                             F
Take the world as it comes and get your rest in between
                       G7
Chance will never come around again

         C   F  C
Goodtime highway
         F                           G7
With the wind in your hair as you're ridin' 
                C
To wherever you please
        F                              G7
You can take your guitar and play your songs to the stars
           Am                 F
While they twinkle above your head
                   G7
And who cares what tomorrow brings

          Am                              G7
Don't you tangle with romance cause it'll leave you alone
    F      G7     C
And crying in the end
    Am                         G7
The life that you lead must be simple and free
     F              G7
It's not your fault my friend
           C F C
Don't stop Gypsy

G7         C F C
Don't stop Gypsy
F                         G7                          C
Run while you can for the sun will soon shine on your face
         F                  G7
Take the little you own and tell her back home 
        Am                    F
That it just wouldn't work anyway
                               G7              C
You'll never stop Gypsy oh and leave her again today

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Don't Stop The Music
written and recorded by George Jones        
[3/4 time]
 
C                           F             C
Don't stop the music let it play one more song
    G7                     F              C
The same one that's played tonight for so long
                       F          C
She's out with another I saw them tonight
        G7                       F              C
Sitting there close together she knows that not right
 
   G7                          C
So don't stop the music let it play one more song
    D7                     G7
The same one that's played tonight for so long
   C                 F               C
My pockets are empty I spent my last dime
         G7                    F             C
But I've just got to hear that song one more time
 
                            F              C
Don't be mad at me Mister I know that it's wrong
    G7                     F             C
But I want you to hear the words of that song
                              F          C
So don't stop the music don't make me go home
  G7                         F             C
I know she's not there and I cry all night long
 
Repeat #2

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Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Ray Griff

C                        F
It's been nice it's been fun
          G7                                               C
It's been doin' a lotta crazy things that that I had never done
                         F
It's been good it's been sweet
          G7                                               C
It's been feelin' the wind blow in my hair sand beneath my feet
          F                                  C
It's been right and it's been lovely all the way
   F                                D7            G7
So let's not make your leaving turn into a cloudy day
   
      C                              D7
Don't take any wooden nickels if you know what I mean
      G7                                 C                G7
Don't plant any yellow daisies where the grass ain't green
      C                              D7
Don't buy any one way tickets to the isle of golden dreams
      G7                                         C
Don't take any wooden nickels if you know what I mean
                          F
We've made love we've had laughs
           G7                                                   C
We've been takin' each day that comes along we're lazy and laid back
                             F
We've sipped wine we've held hands
        G7                                                     C
He have opened our hearts and minds to one we feel in where we stand
        F                               C
We have kept from gettin' heavy all the time
    F                                 D7             G7
And even though the end is here let's try to keep it right
repeat #2 

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Richard Thompson - Don't Take It Laying Down Lyrics

There's a time for peace and love
There's a time to just survive
If I hadn't raised my head
You would have buried me alive

Don't take it lying down
Give them as good as they gave you
Don't take it lying down
That turn the cheek stuff won't save you now

If I speak who's going to hear?
I'm drowned out with the tide
Love to hear your point of view
Could there be another side?

We can't pick without a choice
We can't drink without a well
When you though you'd stopped our voice
You woke the sleeping lion as well

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Don't Tell Mama
Recorded by Gary Allan
Written by Kim Williams, Jerry Laseter, Buddy Brock

C
I was headed north on Highway Five 
     F
On a star-lit Sunday night
       G7                                C
When a pickup truck flew by me out of control
As I watched in my headlights 
           F
He swerved left then back right
         G7                            C
He never hit the brakes as he left the road
                               
I found him lying in the grass 
F
Among the steel and glass
        G7                          C
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
                                   
And through the blood and tears 
   F
He whispered in my ear
  G7                            C
A few last words just before he died
                      F
Don't tell mama I was drinking
     C                          G7
Lord knows her soul would never rest
C                             F
I can't leave this world with mama thinking
  G7                              C
I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
I still think about that night 
    F
And how that young man died
        G7                              C
And how others sometimes pay for our mistakes
                                 
The last thing on his mind 
      F
As he left this world behind
    G7                                 C
Was knowing someone else's heart would break
repeat #3
                      F
Don't tell mama I was drinking

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Don't Tell Me What To Do
Recorded by Pam Tillis
Written by Harlan Howard and Max D. Barnes

G               C              D7
We tried and we tried but it's over
                                     G   D7
Guess I didn't fit the image in your mind
        G          C            D7
Now you tell me to find another lover
    A7                             D7  C G D7
But baby aren't you gettin' out of line
G          C          D7
Don't tell me what to do
                           G      D7
You've already said we are through
      G
I'm a page that you've turned
       C           Am
I'm no longer your concern
D7
Don't tell me what to do
                           G
I'll love you forever if I want to
                    C            D7
You're no longer in charge of my thinkin'
                                    G   D7
You're already in love with someone else
      G        C               D7
So if I'm into all night honky tonkin' 
     A7                                D7    C G D7
Well I'm a big girl I can take care of myself
repeat #2 So don't tell... x2

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Doc Watson
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles

Don't tell me your troubles
I got troubles of my own
Don' t tell me your troubles
Leave me alone

Leave me alone
Go on home
Tell it to a friend
I got troubles of my own

You say your sweet love left you
And what to think about me
I got them same old heartaches
And the same old misery

Leave me alone
Go on home
Tell it to a friend
I got troubles of my own
Troubles of my Gown

It happens to the best of us
And that's what they always say
To take it bowin' like a man
They don't stand in my way

You tell that's she's a no good
She's as mean as she can be
It's written all over your lonesome face
And any heartbrake fool can see

Leave me alone
Go on home
Tell it to a friend
I got troubles of my own
Troubles of my own

It happens to the best of us...

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Richard Thompson - Don't Tempt Me Lyrics

That gorilla you're dancing with
May not have too long to live
He's putting his hands in the wrong places
It's time to rearrange his face
He's gonna dance with me instead
And I'm gonna tap dance on his head

Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
I'm half way out of my seat

He's got the looks, he's got the lolly
Driving me clean off my trolley
Doing the jitterbug, doing the jive
Doing the shimmy, snakes alive
That's not a dance, that's S E X
Ban that couple, certificate X

Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
I'm half way out of my seat

Oh, I'm a patient man, but it's out of hand
If there's one thing that I can't stand

Get your mittens off my gal
Or you'll end up as mincemeat, pal
I've got friends, mean sons
They've got knives, chains, guns
Gas grenades, knuckle-dusters
Lazy Susans, blockbusters

Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
I'm half way out of my seat, oh

I'm sitting here calm as I can
While you polish the floor with another man
I'm not mad, I'm a cuddly toy
Just keep me away from a laughing boy
You say he's a relative, some hope
If he's your uncle, I'm the Pope

Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
I'm half way out of my seat, oh

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Don't Think I Don't Love You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier

G                                   C
Your old cheatin' heart has finally caught you
  D7                                G
A thousand times I told you that it would
                                     C
A great big wall of pride has come between us
                    D7            G
And I wouldn't even love you if I could

                                          D7
So don't think it ain't been fun cause it ain't
                                       G
Don't think I still can't care cause I can
C                         D7              G     C
Don't think my mind won't change cause it won't
G                        D7          G
Don't think I don't love you cause I don't

                                           C
Well all my tossing and turning nights are over
  D7                         G
I don't even feel a touch of blues
                              C
Once more I can see the sun a shining
                D7            G
Shining cause I know I'm over you

Repeat #2

                         D7          G
Don't think I don't love you cause I don't

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Don't Think I'll Cry
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Wayland Patton

G                                   C
My tears would fall each time you'd leave me
   G                                              D7
My heart would break each time you take your love away
               G                  C
Those days are gone yeah you best believe me
             G                  D7                    G
Cause if you walk out this time you're walking out to stay

                     C                  G
And don't think I'll cry and I won't be blue
                                               D7
No I won't be wasting my time waiting here for you
              G
Next time you walk out my heart's door
             C               G
You won't be welcome here no more
                         D7                 G
I'll find another love a waiting when we're through

                               C
It'd be so hard trying talk it over
      G                             D7
After all this time we'd say we are through
         G                               C
We spend apart much more time than we're together
           G           D7                G
And I been left behind too many times by you

Repeat #2

                         D7                 G
I'll find another love a waiting when we're through

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Don't Think Twice
Bob Dylan

There ain't no use in sitting and wondering why (Babe)
If you don't know by now
There ain't no use in sitting and wondering why (Babe)
It will never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on
Don't think twice it's all right

There ain't no use in truning on your light (Babe)
The light I've never known
There ain't no use in turning on your light ( Babe)
I'm on the dark side of the road
Well, I wished there was something you would do or say
To try to make me change my mind and stay
We never did to much talking in the rain
Don't think twice it's all right

There ain't no use in calling up my name (Gal)
Like you've never done before
There ain't no use in calling up my name (Gal)
Cause I can't here you anymore
Well, I'm a thinking and a wondering walking down the road
How I just loved the woman her child I am told
I had given her my heart, but she wanted my soul
Don't htink twice it's all right

So long honey baby
Where I'm bound I can't tell
Goodbye to good word babe
So I'll just say fair the well
Now I ain't saying that you treated me unkind
You could have done better, but I don't mind
You just kind of wasted my precious time
Don't think twice it's all right


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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Bob Dylan

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right

I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right


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Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs

Darling, I have come to tell you
Though it almost breaks my heart
That before the morning, darling
We'll be many mils apart

Don't this road look rough and rocky
Don't that sea look wide and deep
Don't my baby look the sweeter
When she's in my arms asleep

Don't you hear the nightbirds calling
Far across the deep blue sea ?
While of others you are thinking
Won't you sometimes thinking of me ?

* Refrain

One more kiss before I leave you
One more kiss before we part
You have cause me lost of trouble
Darling, you have broke my heart

* Refrain
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Don't Throw Your Life Away

You say you'll never be my wife cause you've done wrong in life
And from it all your heart is bruised and torn
But God will forgive you and darlin' I will too
But let me love you, Don't throw your life away

He used your heart for his fun now the damage has been done
Don't wish that you had never been born
For the mistake has been made your love's too sweet to waste away
But let me love you, Don't throw your life away

He treated you mean and cheap and your heart I know was deep
A rose you found was full of deadly thorns
He dragged your name beneath his feet and now he shuns you on the street
But let me love you, don't throw your life away

Come into my waiting arms, we'll fight life's bitter storms
My loving you I'm not sorry for
And if your love's not meant for me then wrong I'll always be
But let me love you, don't throw your life away


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Don't Touch Me   
recorded by Dottie West  
written by Hank Cochran
 
C                                       D7
Your hand is like a torch each time you touch me
     F            G7            C
That look in your eyes pulls me apart
                                   D7
Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in
      F                     G7           C
Don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart
 
                                   D7
Your kiss is like a drink when I'm thirsty 
        F           G7              C
And I'm thirsty for you with all my heart
                                                  D7
But please don't love me then act as though we've never kissed
      F                     G7           C
Don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart
 
F                                C
Don't give me something that you might take away
F                                     D7          G7
To have you then lose you wouldn't be smart on my part
      C                            D7
Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in
      F                     G7           C
Don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart
         F                     G7           C
No don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart 

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Don't Wait Till Tomorrow
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Lister
[3/4 time]

G               D7                       G
Don't wait till tomorrow be sure let her know 

                            C
Don't wait till tomorrow to tell her you love her
   D7                          G
If you love her then let it be now
              G7            C
For sometimes tomorrow just slips through your fingers
    D7                 G
And love gets away somehow

D7                         C         G
Love is more precious than silver or gold
    D7                    C              G
And life is so empty when love has grown cold
         G7            C
Tomorrow she may be no more than a memory
       D7                       G
If you love her be sure let her know

Repeat #2

                D7                       G
Don't wait till tomorrow be sure let her know 

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Don't You Know I Love You Charlie Brown

Don't you know that I love you Charlie Brown
I just lose my senses when you come around
With that little lock of hair that won't turn down
Don't you know that I love you Charlie Brown

Don't you know that I love you Charlie Brown
I think you're the cutest little boy in town
You're so bashful every time I come around
Let me get a little closer Chrlie Brown

If you'd just love me I wouldn't give a hoot
If all the other girls think you're so cute
I'm so jealous of them always hanging around
Don't you know that I love you Charlie Brown

Never grow up Charlie always be a boy
For you bring so many people so much joy
You're so funny even though you're not a clown
Don't you know that I love you Charlie Brown


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Donal Agus Morag
Traditional

Bhi moran daoine uasal ann,
Bhi tuatanaigh na h-Alban ann,
Bhi 'n maistir scoile 'san ministir ann,
Bhi an laoch Mac Amhlaigh ann,

Curfa:
Donal, 'se Donal,
'Se Donal a rinne an bhainis,
Donal agus Morag a rinne an
Bhainis ainmeil

Bhi cearcan ann, is bhi geoidh ann,
Bhi corr is dosean sgairbh ann,
Seo bha iad is bhi car bi ann,
'Se cearc na n-ean a b'fearr dhiubh ann.

Curfa

Bhi braidain 's bric on Eirne ann,
Is fluirse feoil na bhfia n-ean ann,
Feol mart is lao, ba bhlasta bhi
Bhi uanfheol friochta is oisfheoil ann,

Curfa

Bhi 'n di go fial 's go fairsing ann,
Bhi brannda is fion na Spainne ann,
Bhi poitin stil is mead le mil,
Bhi beoir is leann na h-Eireann


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Donald And Lydia
John Prine

Small town, bright lights, Saturday night,
Pinballs and pool halls flashing their lights.
Making change behind the counter in a penny arcade
Sat the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray

(Spoken:) Lydia

Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat
Behind her small eyes sunk deep in her fat.
She read romance magazines up in her room
And felt just like Sunday on Saturday afternoon.

Chorus:
But dreaming just comes natural
Like the first breath from a baby,
Like sunshine feeding daisies,
Like the love hidden deep in your heart.

Bunk beds, shaved heads, Saturday night,
A warehouse of strangers with sixty watt lights.
Staring through the ceiling, just wanting to be
Lay one of too many, a young PFC:

(Spoken:) Donald

There were spaces between Donald and whatever he said.
Strangers had forced him to live in his head.
He envisioned the details of romantic scenes
After midnight in the stillness of the barracks latrine.

Chorus

Hot love, cold love, no love at all.
A portrait of guilt is hung on the wall.
Nothing is wrong, nothing is right.
Donald and Lydia made love that night.

(Spoken:) Love

The made love in the mountains, they made love in the streams,
They made love in the valleys, they made love in their dreams.
But when they were finished there was nothing to say,
'Cause mostly they made love from ten miles away.

Chorus


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Railroad Earth - Donkey for Sale (Bonus Track) 

Goin down to Eva's for a jump and a holler
gonna suck up on a bottle for a quarter and a dollar

Aw honey, honey got a wag in her tail
Aw honey, honey got a donkey for sale

Jumpin' on a back beat, love to feel the crack
movin' the caboose a little further down the track

Aw honey, honey got a wag in her tail
Aw honey, honey got a donkey for sale

California is shinin' brite
Colorado, what a delight
New Jersey ain't, New Jersey ain't
New Jersey ain't what it used to be

Teddy's in the corner workin' up a sweat
Been workin' for a year and he aint paid yet
Aw honey, honey got a wag in her tail
Aw honey, honey got a donkey for sale
Old man Stewart burned his house down in a fire
Put his britches in the oven and his pork chop in the dryer

Aw honey, honey got a wag in her tail
Aw honey honey got a donkey for sale

Pennsylvannia is lookin' sweet
Knockin' me off my feet
New Jersey ain't, New Jersey ain't
New Jersey ain't workin' out for me

Six shots for everyone, a tax rebate!
I'm a man of the people and I'm feelin great

Aw honey, honey got a wag in her tail
Aw honey, honey got a donkey for sale

California ain't lookin' right
Colorada ain't worth the price
New Jersey is, New Jersey is
New Jersey is where I want to be

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Don't Blame It All On Me

If our love should fade like a cold winter day
Don't blame it all on me
Their true love has flown I have known friends will say
Don't blame it all on me

There was a time dear when we were so gay
I heard you say love only you
But some day with the dawn all our love may be gone
Don't blame it all on me

Now you left and know all our love is so wrong
Don't blame it all on me
For there was a time when our love was a song
Don't blame it all on me

For after all dear I too have a heart
You have it now don't break it apart
Someday our romance may break up just by chance
But don't blame it all on me

You just can't go on with no smile in your heart
Don't blame it all on me
Our friends they all say that we too soon must part
Don't blame it all on me

Now if you'll change dear I will change too
And maybe then we'll find love anew
Someday with the dawn all our love may be gone
But don't blame it all on me

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Don't Bother To Cry

Don't bother to cry cause I ain't lookin'
Don't bother to sigh cause I won't hear
You told me a lie and I believed you
Tho' you're cryin' you are still lying dear

Weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more and moan
Save your teardrops baby
Cause your Daddy's lovin' heart has turned to stone

Don't tell me your lies if I should leave you
Don't pull at your hair it won't help at all
You did it before and fooled my heart dear
Now you might as well talk to the wall

Don't bother to cry cause I ain't lookin'
Don't bother to sigh cause I won't hear
I played the game fair but you've been cheatin'
As you sow so you'll reap so sorry dear

Weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more and more
Save your teardrops baby
Cause your Daddy's lovin' heart has turned to stone

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Don't Cheat In Our Hometown

Tonight my heart is beatin' low and my head is bowed
You've been seen with my best friend on the other side of town
I don't mind the waitin' don't mind the runnin' around
But if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town.

 How can I stand up to my friends and look em' in the eye
Admit the questions that I know would be nothin' but lies
You spend all your pastime makin' me a clown
But if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town.

Now there are no secrets in this little country town
Every one knows every one for miles and miles around
Your bright eyes and your sweet smile are drivin' me insane
You think it's smart to break my heart and run down my name.

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Don't Close Your Eyes

I know you loved him a long time ago
And even now in my mind you still want him I know
But darling this time let your memories die
When you hold me tonight don't close your eyes

 Don't close your eyes let it be me
Don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darlin' just once let yesterday go
You'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes

Baby I've been a fool holdin' on all this time
Lyin' here in your arms knowin' he's in your mind
But I keep hoping some day that you'll see the light
Let it be me tonight don't close your eyes

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Don't Come Crying To Me
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Reed Nielsen and Vince Gill

G7         C                      F
Don't come crying to me when it's over
G7                              C    G7
Don't you come a-knockin' at my door 
           C                       F
Don't come crying to me I won't be waiting
C                G7              C
Like I've done a hundred times before
    F                         C
You promised you'd love me forever
    G7                                     C
Now it's all over town you've changed your mind
         F                           C
Well you call me and say let's get together
        D7                               G7
But I'm sorry I won't take you back this time
           C                      F
Don't come crying to me when it's over
G7                              C    G7
Don't you come a-knockin' at my door 
           C                       F
Don't come crying to me I won't be waiting
C                G7              C    G7
Like I've done a hundred times before
Repeat #3
C                G7              C
Like I've done a hundred times before

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Don't Cry to Me

Just cry now lonesome heart but don't cry to me

You let her go I told you no
And my words you didn't need
Yes cry now lonesome heart
But don't cry to me

    You should have known you'd be alone
    So don't beg for sympathy
    Just cry now lonesome heart
    But don't cry to me

    Her love you won't forgot
    The pain you caused her you'll regret
    Each day you're gonna miss
    Her smile her touch her kiss

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Don't Do It

   Don't do it and it won't be on your mind
   Just because you are the reckless kind
   It'll leave you with the blues the kind that you can't lose
   Don't do it and it won't be on your mind

If you're thinkin' about steppin' out tonight
Even tho' your baby treats you right
It's not the thing to do cause cheatin' leaves you blue
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind

That little girl who lives across the way
She's bound to make you want to cheat some day
You'll want to hold her tight kiss her ruby lips goodnight
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind

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Don't Drink From A Whiskey Bottle

   Hey bartender
   Pour a round for me
   I can't go home it's getting' late
   My baby don't love me

All you boys gather round
if whiskey rules your life
Stay out of bars and ol' pool halls
and marry you a wife

Trouble Trouble
will find you anyway
You're bound to die a drunkard's life
if you don't mind your ways

I had a girl she loved me true
I was livin' way to fast
Now I live in a whiskey dream
my end has come at last

One more thing I'll tell you
If you life gets out of hand
Don't drink from a whiskey bottle
You'll die a lonely man

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Don't Ever Leave Me Darlin'

You are the one the one that I live for
I'd die if we were apart
My thoughts are with you when we're not together
Don't ever leave me darlin' don't ever break my heart.

 Don't ever leave me darlin'
I'd die a million times
Your love means more than life to me
Yes I love you can't you see.

My thoughts wander back to the day I first saw you
I saw that you were the one
That was ten years ago and now I'm even fonder
Don't ever leave me darlin' or I'll be all alone

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The Boxcars - Don't Fall In Love With a Girl Like That

Now don't fall in love with a girl like that.
Her heart is in shackles and chains.
You'll search for the key but you won't find where it's at.
Her kind of love will drive you insane.
She told you he was gone forever, that she wanted someone like you all the while.
And it was easy for you to believe her.
She removed all the doubt with a wink and a smile.
But don't fall in love with a girl like that.
Her heart is in shackles and chains.
You'll search for the key but you won't find where it's at.
Her kind of love will drive you insane.
It took flowers and diamonds to charm her.
But money can't buy you a place in her heart.
So before you play the knight in shining Armor, just know you're not the first to be torn all apart.
Now don't fall in love with a girl like that.
Her heart is in shackles and chains.
You'll search for the key but you won't find where it's at.
Her kind of love will drive you insane.
You'll search for the key but you won't find where it's at.
Her kind of love will drive you insane.

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Don't Fence Me In

Wildcat Kelly was lookin' mighty pale
Standin by the sheriff's side
When that sheriff said I'm taking you to jail
Wildcat raised his head and cried

 Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above
don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open spaces that I love
don't fence me in
I want to be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
don't fence me in.

Just turn me loose and let me wander over yonder
where the purple mountains rise
On my kayoose let me straddle my old saddle
underneath the western skies

I want to ride to the range when the west commences
Howl at the moon 'til I lose my senses
I won't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
don't fence me in

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Don't Forget Me Little Darling

At my window sad and lonely
Often do I think of you
And I wonder little darling
If you're thinking of me to 

   Don't forget me little darling
   When from you I'm far away
   But remember little darling
   We may meet again someday 

You may meet with fairer faces
Some may tell you I'm not true
Don't believe them little darling
No one loves you as I do

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Don't Forget This Song

My home's in old Virginia among the lovely hills
The memory of my birthplace lies in my bosom still

I did not like my fireside I did not like my home
I have a mind for rambling so far away from home

It was on one moonlight evening the stars were shinning bright
And with an ugly dagger I made the spirits fly

Twas then the sobber struck me as plain as you can see
I'm doomed I'm ruined forever throughout eternity

I courted a fair young lady her name I will not tell
Oh why should I disgrace her when I am doomed for hell

But now upon my scaffold my time's not very long
You may forget the singer but don't forget this song

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Don't Get Above Your Raisin'

Now I got a gal that's sweet to me,
But she just ain't what she used to be
Just a little high headed; That's plain to see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me. 

Now looky here gal don't you high head me
For I ain't forgot how you used to be
When you didn't have nothin' That was plain to see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me. 

You need not hold your head so high
Every time you pass me by
For that don't mean nothin To me you see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me. 

Now looky here gal you'd better be yourself
And leave that other stuff on the shelf
You're a country baby That's plain to see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me

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Don't Get Married
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Tommy Collins
 
C                         G7
Julie they've taken me to prison 
                                        C
I pulled the gun and robbed the jewelry store
                                   G7
The only thing I took was that big diamond
                                       C
You know the one you said you wish was yours
 
                                     G7
The diamond in the window called for money 
                                      C
The price was just too much for me to pay
                                        G7
But the price I'm paying now is so much bigger 
                                   C
Oh Julie don't I have the right to say
 
C7        F                      C
Don't get married Julie wait for me 
          G7            F               C
Don't get married cause someday I'll be free
 
                                      G7
Julie when I serve the time they gave me
                                            C
I'll walk out through the gates and I'll be free
                                G7
I hope you didn't only want the diamond 
                                  C
Cause I pray that you also wanted me
 
C7        F                      C
Don't get married Julie wait for me 
          G7            F               C
Don't get married cause someday I'll be free

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Punch Brothers - Don't Get Married Without Me

You're right were all for now
Just bail the water while the ship goes down
When we could float away
On separate rafts to die another day.
But it's more than time apart my love,
It's time to handle this without kid gloves.
Ripping a band-aid off may not be pretty least the bleeding stops,
I think.

Let's not fool ourselves,
Taking a break is dragging out a break up too long.
Help yourself to whatever you like with whomever you like but
Don't get married without me.

We lost the battle won
That doesn't mean we can't have any fun .
This war's not over yet,
We called a truce no need to get upset.
I know you know I still love you
Anyone else is a lateral move.
At this point who says I'll be able to move at all
'Til I cozy back up to you this fall.
Ooh still.

Let's not fool ourselves,
Taking a break is dragging out a break up too long.
Help yourself to whatever you like with whomever you like but
Don't get married without me.

Let's not fool ourselves
'Cause we aren't cowards, we aren't liars.
We're just two people who are not in love right now.

Let's not fool ourselves,
Taking a break is dragging out a break up too long.
Help yourself to whatever you like with whomever you like but
Don't get married with-
Oh don't get married without me.

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Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler

   Don't fall in love with me darling I'm a rambler
   Although you're the sweetest sweetheart in this world
   It's all for your sake dear that I'm leaving
   Don't give your heart to a rambler, little girl

I handed you a line dear and I'm sorry
You're just a little sweeter that the rest
Believe me when I say I don't want to hurt you
Or do anything to mar our happiness

If I'd never had the blues, little darling
Or the lure of the road, dear on my mind
But I'm bound to hear the whistle of a freight train
And the boxcars as they rattle down the line

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Don't Go Out Tonight

   Now don't go out tonight little darling
   Do not leave me here alone
   Stay at home with me my darling
   I'm so lonesome while you're gone

I hear a knockin' at my door
And a footstep on the floor
Now they're bringin' home my darling
Here he lies drunk upon the floor

Now he's dying yes he's dying
Soon I'll be left all alone
I pray that God's warm tender mercy
Will save him from a drunkard's doom

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Don't Laugh

If I cry when I kiss you or when we say goodbye
Don't laugh don't laugh
If I say I'll always love you and I will 'til I die
Don't laugh don't laugh.

 I could never find another there's no need for me to try
So I beg of you my darlin' please don't laugh if I cry
If I say I'll always love you and I will until I die
Don't laugh don't laugh.

Honest darlin' I'm not teasing when I say you are the best
Don't laugh don't laugh
And if you will take the chance I'm sure my love will stand the test
Don't laugh don't laugh.

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Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Well, I've been all around this whole wide world
Been down to sunny Alabam
My mama always told me, Son
Never let your deal go down

   Don't let your deal go down
   Don't let your deal go down
   Don't let your deal go down
   Till your last gold dollar is gone

Well, the last time I seen that gal of mine
She was standing in the door
She said honey I'll be a long time gone
You'll never see your gal no more

Well, I'm going sown the railroad track
Gonna take my rocking chair
If there doggone blues don't leave my mind
I'm gonna run away from here

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Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die

Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Don't take away the smile and leave the tears
My heart believes in you, please say you love me too
Don't leave me here to face the lonely years

I drifted all alone, no one to call my own
and then you came like an angel from the sky
You said we'd never part, don't leave and break my heart
Be mine alone, don't let your sweet love die

When flowers fade away they'll bloom again some day
Will you love me when the rosebuds open wide
Or is your kiss to be only a memory
I need you so, don't let your sweet love die

Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Without you life would seem like death to me
I've grown so used to you, I can't believe we're through
Don't say goodbye, don't let your sweet love die

I need you so, don't let your sweet love die

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Don't Neglect the Rose

There stands a rose down in your garden
You left it there so all alone
It's been neglected feels unwanted
Since no love to it is shown
 
It's beauty now is fastly fading
Once it was the brightest red
It's withering fast its head is bowing
And no kind words to it are said
 
Please don't neglect the rose in your garden
Show it your love every day
Then it will bloom for you in all its beauty
And it will not fade away
 
I guess by now you know my story
Don't neglect a love that's true
For it may prove to be the sweetest flower
That will ever bloom for you
 
It could be a mother sister or brother
A husband wife or little child
Or it may be your own true lover
That you've neglected all the while

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Don't Our Love Look Natural

We're gathered in this room today
To say our last goodbye
Friends and kin folk stay away
It's down to you and I
It's just a simple service
And much too late to say
Those tender words unspoken yesterday

   Now don't our love look natural lying there
   You could almost expect it to get right up and care
   It faded in it's prime and died before it's time
   Now don't our love look natural lying there

I know the day our love was born
But i don't know when it died
I think we could have saved it
But it seems nobody tried
A love like time can slip away
And vanish with the dawn
And you can't bring it back
No When it's gone

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Don't Put Off 'til Tomorrow

You have no doubt in your mind
there's a heaven up above
And you mean to change before the end
But you hold onto treasures
you possessed here on earth
Feasting your soul on sin

   Don't put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today
   For tomorrow may be too late
   Sinner give your heart to Jesus won't you kneel down and pray
   For tomorrow may be too late

You say you'll change tomorrow
but tomorrow never comes
These words you keep repeating everyday

How sad will be the story
when you're laid in your grave
In torment forever you will pay

There's a wreck on the highway
there's blood on the road
That lifeless body lies cold

They'll never know Jesus
they've waited too long
They'll never live in that heavenly fold

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Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me

They tell me today you are going
Far away just to make you a name
They tell me that you're discontented
And that you are search-ing for fame

   Don't say goodbye if you love me
   For 'twould make my heart overflow
   Kiss my lips once ere you leave me
   Just don't say goodbye when you go

Somehow I can't realize we're parting
I have grown used to having you near
The strings in my heart love are breakin'
I just can't say good-bye to you dear

Each night as I kneel by my bedside
I will pray one sweet prayer for just for you
I will ask of the kind one in heaven
Just to make all your dreams dear come true

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Don't Sell The Land

   Don't sell the land Mama
   Please don't sell the land
   My heart's in these hills Mama
   please don't sell the land

My Daddy he was born here, here in these hills
My Daddy's lying quiet now but he's with us still
Mama on your wedding day Daddy brought you here
Held you safely in his arms and promised his last share

I'll help you pay the taxes we still have some time
I'll farm that little furrow I'll work down in the mine
I know how hard it is Mama with eleven kids to feed
But we can still make it Mama if you will hear my plea

Don't worry about my schooling don't need it anyhow
I've got to fill my Daddy's shoes and I plan to start right now
I know you carried it all alone so Mama lean on me
We've lost the most important thing but we built a family

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Don't Step Over An Old Love

All the things that we have done together
All the joys and sorrows that we've shared
Made me feel our love would last forever
Now I know you never really cared

Don't step over an old love
To get somebody new
Don't step over an old love
Who always has been true to you

When my back was turned he caught your fancy
And he turned an innocent affair
Into something more than just a friendship
While my dreams all crumbled in despair

Now you think you're happy with your new love
You don't think he's been untrue to you
Wait until you hear the whole town talking
Than you'll feel these heartaches like I do

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Don't Think About It Too Long

[Chorus]
If you're gonna think about it
Don't think about it too long
'Cause too long is a?long,?long time
And too?long will be gone

[Verse 1]
Well, if we're?gonna pick a tune
We oughta pick it now
Tune up that old 28'
And pass the jar around

[Chorus]
If you're gonna think about it
Don't think about it too long
'Cause too long is a long, long time
And too long will be gone

[Verse 2]
You can pick up that old demijohn
As smooth as it is strong
Tip it up and take a swig
And trouble soon be gone

[Chorus]
If you're gonna think about it
Don't think about it too long
'Cause too long is a long, long time
And too long will be gone

[Verse 3]
Hey, grab your partner, swing around
And we'll all have a time
'Cause time won't take the time to wait
So right now have a time

[Chorus]
If you're gonna think about it
Don't think about it too long
'Cause too long is a long, long time
And too long will b? gone

[Verse 4]
All the girls are goin' hom?
And I think I will too
And if I can't go home with you
I don't know what I'll do

[Chorus]
If you're gonna think about it
Don't think about it too long
'Cause too long is a long, long time
And too long will be gone

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
Well, if you're gonna think about it
Don't think about it too long
'Cause too long is a long, long time
And too long will be gone

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Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky

Darling, I have come to tell you
Though it almost breaks my heart
But before the morning darling
We'll be many miles apart 

   Don't this road look rough and rocky
   Don't that sea look wide and deep
   Don't my baby look the sweetest
   When she's in my arms asleep 

Can't you hear the night birds crying
Far across the deep blue sea
While of others you are thinking
Won't you sometimes think of me 

One more kiss before I leave you
One more kiss before we part
You have caused me lots of trouble
Darling you have broke my heart

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Don't Throw Your Life Away

You say you'll never be my wife cause you've done wrong in life
And from it all your heart is bruised and torn
But God will forgive you and darlin' I will too
But let me love you Don't throw your life away

He used your heart for his fun now the damage has been done
Don't wish that you had never been born
For the mistake has been made your love's too sweet to waste away
But let me love you Don't throw your life away

He treated you mean and cheap and your heart I know was deep
A rose you found was full of deadly thorns
He dragged your name beneath his feet and now he shuns you on the street
But let me love you don't throw your life away

Come into my waiting arms we'll fight life's bitter storms
My loving you I'm not sorry for
And if your love's not meant for me then wrong I'll always be
But let me love you don't throw your life away

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Don't Worry 'bout the Mule, Just Load the Wagon

Well you said you wouldn't leave me 'cause you didn't want to grieve me
And you couldn't stand to see tears in my eyes
But you said you loved another and it ain't like he's your brother
So I guess it's time for me to realize

Don't worry 'bout the mule just load the wagon
I can make it baby and I ain't bragging
If you think I'm going to cry your feet are draggin'
Don't worry 'bout the mule just load the wagon

Well I think that I'll surrender you keep looking out the windows
And it's plain that you don't love me any way
All you do is walk and piddle while I'm playing second fiddle
I don't think that I can stand another day

Don't worry 'bout the mule just load the wagon
I can make it baby and I ain't bragging
If you think I'm going to cry your feet are draggin'
Don't worry 'bout the mule just load the wagon

For a long time I've been knowin' in your eyes it's all been showin'
And I knew some day someone would take my place
These cold kisses you've been givin' and the way that we've been livin'
There's enough to make a man start turning grey

Don't worry 'bout the mule just load the wagon
I can make it baby and I ain't braggin'
If you think I'm going to cry your feet are draggin'
Don't worry 'bout the mule just load the wagon

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Don't You Call My Name

You ran around you had your good times
You said you loved me just the same
When the chips are down and you get lonely
You come running back to me calling my name.

 Don't you call my name 'cause I won't answer
Don't you call my name 'cause I won't be there
You cheated on me dear for your last time
Don't you call my name little girl 'cause I don't care.

I used to cry and wait for you dear
While you played your cheatin' game
It's your turn now just keep on cryin'
Can't hear you cry little girl
don't you call my name.

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Don't You See That Train

Farewell sweetie mine I hate to see you go
Out into the cruel world alone
Hear the bell on that train hear the whistle blow
It's taking you and leaving me to mourn

   Don't you see that train dee-dee-dee
   See that train hey hey
   She's leaving she's leaving on that train
   Don't you see that train dee-dee-dee
   See that train hey hey
   And I'll never see my sweetheart again

I know well I know I did not treat her right
That is why I'm feeling sad and blue
Wo wo wo is me I'm left alone tonight
She's gone away but I still love her too

Hey hey what a day it's left me like a rag
Don't know what to do I feel so bad
Think I'll take a drink or two to drive my blues away
For if I don't I'll die because I'm sad

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Dooley

Dooley was a good old man
He lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters and a forty gallon still
One gal watched the boiler the other watched the spout
Mama corked the bottles when old Dooley fetched them out

   Dooley, slipping up the holler
   Dooley, trying to make a dollar
   Dooley, give me a swaller and I'll pay you back some day

The revenuers came for him a slipping through the woods
Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his goods
Dooley was a trader when into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the ton

I remember very well the day old Dooley died
The women folk looked sorry and the men stood 'round and cried
Now Dooley's on the mountain he lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone

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Door Number Three
Jimmy Buffett / Steve Goodman

Oh, I took a wrong turn, it was the right turn
My turn to have me a ball
The boys at the shop told me just where to stop
If I wanted to play for it all
I didn't know I'd find her on daytime TV
My whole world lies waiting behind door number three

I chose my apparel, I wore a beer barrel
And they rolled me to the very first row
I held a big sign that said, 'Kiss me I'm a baker
And Monty I sure need the dough'
Then I grabbed that sucker by the throat until he called on me
'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three

And I don't want what Jay's got on his table
Or the box Carol Merrill points to on the floor
No, I'll hold out just as long as I am able
Or until I can unlock that lucky door
Well, she's no big deal to most folk
But she's everything to me
'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three

Oh, Monty, Monty, Monty, I am walkin' down your hall
Got beat, lost my seat, but I'm not a man to crawl
Though I didn't get rich, you son of a bitch
I'll be back just wait and see
'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three
Yes, my whole world lies waiting behind door number three


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Billy Strings & Don Julin Lyrics
Dos Banjos

The times have changed, the times have changed
Humanity has lost its way
The people now, the people now
How they survive, I don't know how

My mama said, make many friends
They'll give to you, you'll give to them
They count more than money son
Just care for music friends and fun

What will you do, what will you do?
When everything you've listened to
It's all a lie, it's all a lie
You're gonna hang your head and cry

The times have changed, the times have changed
Humanity has lost its way
The people now, the people now
How they survive, I don't know how

And when I go to canaan's land
My friends I hope you'll take my hand
And we will leave this world below
And with our loved ones we will go

The times have changed, the times have changed
Humanity has lost its way
The people now, the people now
How they survive, I don't know how


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Nickel Creek - Doubting Thomas 

What will be left
When I've drawn my last breath?
Besides the folks I've met
And the folks who've known me
Will I discover a soul-saving love?
Or just the dirt above and below me

I'm a Doubting Thomas
I took a promise
But I do not feel safe
Oh, me of little faith

Sometimes I pray for a slap in the face
Then I beg to be spared 'cause I'm a coward
If there's a master of death
I bet he's holding his breath
As I show the blind
And tell the deaf about his power

I'm a Doubting Thomas
I can't keep my promises
'Cause I don't know what's safe
Oh, me of little faith

Can I be used to help others find truth?
When I'm scared, I'll find proof that it's a lie
Can I be led down a trail dropping bread crumbs
To prove I'm not ready to die?

Please give me time
To decipher the signs
Please forgive me for time
That I've wasted

I'm a Doubting Thomas
I'll take your promise
Though I know nothing's safe
Oh, me of little faith
Oh, me of little faith

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The Incredible String Band - Douglas Traherne Harding - 2010 Remastered Version 

Douglas Traherne Harding

When I was born I had no head
My eye was single and my body was filled with light
And the light that I was, was the light that I saw by
And the light that I saw by, was the light that I was

And many's the time that I've passed by the river
And saw no tollman and needed no ferryman to cross
And I enjoyed the world aright
For the sea itself floweth
And warm I was and crowned.

But one day walking by the river
I met a tollman with an angry face
And many's the time I passed through his tollgate
And paid no silver and paid no fee
But rather I did hide my sheep and goats under the bags of oatmeal
And cold I was, no crown did I wear

But if you're walking down the street
Why don't you look down to the basement
And sitting very quietly there is a man who has no head
His eye is single and his whole body also is filled with light

And the streets are his and all the people
And even the temples and the whole world
And many's the time he walks to the river
And seeing the ferryman and seeing the tollman
The light within him leaps to greet them
For he sees that their faces are none but his own

One light, the light that is one thought the lamps be many

You never enjoy the world aright
"Till the sea itself floweth
In your vein and you are clothed
With the heavens and crowned with the stars"

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Dolly Parton - Down lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Spent all my money on everyone else
Why I just kept handing it out right and left
They didn't appreciate none of my help
I have found
Had me a man
I was so much in love
But he just walked off after using me up
I cried like a baby
It hurt me so much and I'm down
Yeah, I'm sure down
I know that I'm down but I'm gonna get up
I just need some time
Just need a little streak of good luck
And you know that it's rough when your bitting the dust like I am
You try to do right but tell me where does that get you
People just use you and then they forget you
Well it wont take me long
To get my feet back on solid ground
But now I'm down
When I get my life back in order again
Well I'll still be willing to help out my friends
And if you need some body or wished it had been, look around
I'll be spending my money on everyone else
Well I'll just be handing it out right and left
I'll find a new love i wont live by myself
I'm just down, now, yeah I'm down
I know that I'm down but I'm gonna get up
I just need some time
Just need a little streak of good luck
And you know that it's rough when your bitting the dust like I am
You try to do right but tell me where does that get you
People just use you and then they forget you
Well it wont take me long
To get my feet back on solid ground
But now I'm down
I know that I'm down
But I'm bound to get up


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Punch Brothers - Down Along the Dixie Line 

Way down in Dixie, oh do they miss me
Banjos are strumming
Horseflies are humming
Ripe melons on the vine
The gold and the grey weeds
Saying look away
Way down along the Dixie Line

I spent my childhood walking the wildwood
Freight trains are squalling
Eyeballs are bawling
Four engines at a time
I was so happy with Momma and Pappy

Can't you hear those drivers wail?
Can't you see those bright rails shine?
Wanna catch that fireball man
Leave that North Land far behind

A river of whiskey flows down in Dixie
They pulled up the tracks now
I can't go back now
Can't hardly keep from crying
Oh do they miss me way down in Dixie

Can't you hear those drivers wail?
Can't you see those bright rails shine?
Wanna catch that fireball man
Leave that North Land far behind

Can't you hear those drivers wail?
Can't you see those bright rails shine?
Wanna catch that fireball man
Leave that North Land far behind
Wanna catch that fireball man
Leave that North Land far behind

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Down Among The Budded Roses

Little sweetheart we have parted
from each other we must go
Many miles may separate us
in this world of care and woe

But I can't forget the promise
that you made me in the lane
When you said we'd be together
when the roses bloom again

 Down among the budded roses
I am nothing but a stem
I have parted from my darling
never more to meet again

But I treasure dear your promise
that you'll meet me in the lane
Where we'll always be together;
when the roses bloom again

Now this parting gives me sorrow
and it almost breaks my heart
Tell me darling will you love me
when we meet no more to part

Or will this parting be forever
will there be no coming day
When our hearts will be united
and all sorrows pass away

Darling meet me up in Heaven
that's my true and earnest prayer
If you love me here on earth dear
then I'm sure you'll love me there

There our hearts will be united
free from every pain and care
In the land of life eternal
in that city bright and fair

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Down At Ginny's
Recorded by Tony Booth, Darrell McCall, Curtis Potter
Written by Guyanne McCall and Justin Trevino
 
C                                        F
Ginny's ain't no place to be when you're lonely
       C                                                      G7
She'll serve up your conscious with sad wine in three quarter time
       C
You'll find yourself hoping you won't care
                F                            C
But knowing you will when the band starts to play
                                 G7                            C
Worried that the beverages could haunt you you still choose to stay
 
      G7
I can walk through the doors on a good night
     F                     C
Your memory might leave me alone
       D7
If I'm lucky enough to find someone to lean on
                       G7
I'm not inclined to go home
 
         C
But on a slow night like this one the misery kills me
    F                    C
And staying is all I can do
F                    C
Loneliness empties a bottle
    D7          G7            C
And empty leads right back to you
 
Repeat #1
                           G7                      C
Down at Ginny's forgetting might be just one drink away

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Down At The Bottom of A Broken Heart
Written and recorded by David Ball

C
I was sitting on top of the world 
                    G7        C
Deep in love with a blue eyed girl
                               F
But the blue eyed girl told me goodbye 
      C                   G7         C
And I fell like raindrops out of the sky

F
Down at the bottom of a broken heart 
C
You will find her name
F
Written there on a block of stone 
     G7
That once was a burning flame
    C                    F
Now it's cold lonely and dark 
    G7                             C
Way down at the bottom of a broken heart


Well I took my love for my Sally Ann 
                       G7          C
And I buried it deeper than a Chinaman
                                 F
Where no one goes and no one can see 
     C                  G7       C
Well there ain't nobody here but me

Repeat #2

G7                               C
One day true love's gonna set me free 
G7
But till then I'll be here deep in misery

Repeat #2

                          F
Yeah it's cold lonely and dark 
    G7                             C
Way down at the bottom of a broken heart

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Down At The Corner Bar
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Carl Barney and Tony Booth

C                             D7
Down at the corner bar you'll find me
G7                             C     G7
Sittin' there beneath the neon stars
    C                              D7
And like as not I'll have some ol' floozy in my arms
G7                 C
Down at the corner bar
                                       D7
Well you might say this night Lord has got the best of me
      G7                                    C   G7
There must be something I keep be searching for
          C                                     D7
Well this night I say I'll go straight home but something inside of me
G7                     C
Takes me to the corner bar
Repeat #1
                                     D7
My baby said she's sick and tired of sittin' home alone
    G7                          C   G7
Someday I know I'm gonna go too far
       C                                  D7
Well I know some night when I come in I'm gonna find her there
G7                           C
She'll beat me to the corner bar
                            D7
Down at the corner bar I'll find her
G7                             C    G7
Sittin' there beneath the neon stars
    C                                D7
And like as not I'll find her in the arms of some ol' drunk
G7                 C
Down at the corner bar
G7                               C
Yeah I'll find her at the corner bar

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Down At The End Of Memory Lane

Down at the end of Memory lane
Many have walked it in gladness
I was the one to walk it last
I walked it alone in sadness

I received a letter from my love
Opened it and this is what it said
I am sorry if I hurt you but now it is too late
For another man my darling I have wed

I remember her sweet smiling face
And her little freckled nose
And her golden hair hanging down her back
Tied with a big blue ribbon bow

We were childhood chums together there
I loved her with all my heart and soul
But she married another without a thought or care
And she left me in this world alone and cold

You have heard of the weeping willow
Of that weeping willow tree
And when I die I want you to bury me
Beneath that weeping willow tree

When I'm dead and buried love
Never no more in this world to see
There is one request grant me darling
Won't you see that my grave is kept clean

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Down At The Twist And Shout
Written and recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter  

C
Saturday night and the moon is out
        G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
       D7
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
        G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
       G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
      D7                               G
Gonna dance to a band from a-Louisiana tonight
       D7
Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans
G
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
      D7
But I heard that music on the radio
      G
And I swore some day I was gonna go
     Em
Down Highway 10 past Lafayette
   A7
To Baton Rouge and I won't forget
   D7
To send you a card with my regrets 
                                 G
Cause I'm never gonna come back home
Repeat #1
           D7
They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie
G
A golf storm blowing into town tonight
D7
Living on the delta's quite a show
     G
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
    Em
And here up north it's a cold cold rain
    A7
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
       D7
Except when the paper says Beausoleil 
                                  G
Is coming into town baby let's go down
Repeat #1
           D7
Bring your mama bring your papa bring your sister too
G
They got lots of music and lots of room
     D7
When they play you a waltz from 1910
    G
You gonna feel a little bit young again
     Em
Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll
    A7
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
    D7
But you learn to love at the fais-so-do
                             G
When you hear a little Jolie Blon
Repeat #1

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The Incredible String Band - Down Before Cathay 

Through red forests that lean against the hills
I wandered with my heart in my hand
My cloak wound down to the shores of Cathay
Where the gold lay scattered on the sand

Night was young back before the dawn
Casting kisses at the day
Shipping the sea bestriding the earth
Down before Cathay

The admirable deeds of Khubla Khan
We admired from the deck of our cedar wood ship
Observing the domes that prance from Mandalay
Where the dogs they sleep all the day

We gazed upon the Towers of Tyre
That rose coarse and spicy in the air
But we sailed up the coast to sidon
Where the gazes are so rare
Where the gazes are so rare

The ship shone its lamp across the silent air
That swirled before Cathay
And there on the sand that courts the amber sea
Our fair bodies we cast away

Night was young back before the dawn
Casting kisses at the day
Sipping the sea bestriding the earth
Down before Cathay

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Down By The Old River
Written and recorded by Dick Curless
  
C                                               F
There's a little girl a waiting down by the ole river
                    C                   G7
Waiting just for my love so I got to go meet her
               C                  F
She say she is lonely just for me only
            C                  G7              C
I got to go down to please her down by the ole river

F                                                        C
She's been mine for years I haven't seen her a long long time
F                                                                 G7
She said on my return if my love for her still burns she would be mine
                        C                       F
There's a little girl a waiting down by the ole river
                    C    G7                  C
Waiting just for my love so I got to go meet her


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Down By The River
Recorded by Heidi Hauge

G                C           G
I saw you by the river so distraught 
                    C                D7
Misguided where the rivers cross and fork
    C                D7
You looked at me and said 
G                        C
The truth has cleared my head
                       D7          G
My journey turns to an end I had a call
                 C                   G
You carried on a dream so strong and deep
                       C             D7
That followed you each night in your sleep
    C                  D7
You knew this place by heart
G                     C
Your dream had left a mark
                        D7               G
It was guided where the rivers cross and fork
          C                      G
Where the rivers run together my heart will not forget
                             A7               D7
My days has been like heaven since the day we met
G                   C                G
And I will tell you all the sweetest things
C       G                 D7            G
From my heart down by the river where I live
                     C              G
One day you couldn't hold onto your life
                C               D7
Your sorrow had hurt you like a knife
    C                D7
But nothing it could tell 
G                  C
Your letter of farewell
                 D7             G
My prayers still keep on asking why
                  C          G
I'm standing here again all alone 
                      C           D7
My dream has died and turned to a stone
    C                  D7
You knew this place by heart
G                       C
Your dreams have left a mark
                        D7               G
It was guided where the rivers cross and fork
Repeat #3
C       G                 D7            C  G
From my heart down by the river where I live

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Down By The Riverside
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Clay Walker

G            D7                   Am
The wind was blowing through your hair 
C                       G        D7
The moon was shining on your face
G                 D7              Am
You looked like a picture sittin' there 
C                             G
And time stood still there in that place
    Am                    C                   D7
The water was singing our hearts were beatin' fast
    Am                          C               D7
Two high school lovers thinkin' it would always last
            C    G         D7          G
Down by the riverside on a warm summer night
   C         Em              D7
We gave into passion for the very first time
   C            G         D7        Em
We fumbled with love till we got it right
             C       D7          G
And we found heaven  down by the riverside
           D7            Am
Now you're nothing but a ghost 
C                    G     D7
That still haunts my memory
G          D7             Am
And you're always waitin' there 
C                            G
When I go walkin' through my dreams
Am                            C                  D7
There's no happy ending but I know our love will last
Am                             C      D7
Cause when I close my eyes you always take me back
Repeat #2
     D7          G
On a warm summer night
   C         Em              D7
We gave into passion for the very first time
   C            G         D7        Em
We fumbled with love till we got it right
             C       D7          G
And we found heaven  down by the riverside

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Down Down Down

   I'm going down down down    going down down down
   I've got nobody to love me now
   I'm sorrow bound bound bound since you left this town
   Since you left I'm going down down down.

Now why do I always feel so lonely
And why do I hang my head so low
I love you my darlin' and you only
Don't know where you are but there I've got to go.

Now what were so many of your reasons
Now could it be you never gave us time
Well in your heart if you desired a new love
If so then your love is not worth mine.

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Down East Boy
Written and recorded by Lloyd Snow

C                                    F
When the sun came up this morning it found me eastward bound
G7                                             C
Finally taken all I can of this city life I've found
                                     F                Dm
So I'm heading back to places that I couldn't wait to leave
G7                                                   C
City life's no kind of life for a down east boy like me
                                    F
I've traveled west to Edmonton been south to New Orleans
G7                                                           C
And the folks back home would not believe some places I have seen
                                  F                  Dm
I spent some time in Montreal was alone there on the street
G7                                                         C
Cause city life's no kind of life for a down east boy like me
F                                      C
I need to feel the green grass growing underneath my feet
G7                              C
I need to watch the sunset as I walk along the beach
F                                         C
I need to feel the morning breeze when it blows in from the sea
  G7                                                   C
A city life's no kind of life for a down east boy like me
                                           F
When the sun goes down on my hometown I'll be only miles away
G7                                                       C
I swear this time when I get back that's where I'm gonna stay
                                F                Dm
Tomorrow you will find me in my home down by the sea
G7                                                     C
A city life's no kind of life for a down east boy like me
Repeat #3
G7                                                               C
Those city lights they shine too bright for a down east boy like me

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Dolly Parton - Down From Dover lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I've tried concealing
When he left he promised me he'd be back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me, I wish that he would hurry down from Dover
He's been gone so long, when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
At any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover, from Dover, from Dover
My folks weren't understanding, when they found out they sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face
My mamma said I was a fool, she did not believe it when I told her
Momma, everything's gonna be all right 'cause soon he would be coming down from Dover
I found a place to stay out on a farm takin' care of that old lady
She never asked me nuthin' so I never talked to her about my baby
I sent a messgae to my mom with a name and address of Ms. ol' Grover
And to make sure he got that information when he came down from Dover
I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed me
He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was usin' me
He wouldn't leave me here like this, I know it can't be so, it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this alone, he'll be coming down from Dover
My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where I'm lying
Our baby has been born, but something's wrong, it's too still, I hear no crying
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her
So dying was her way of tellin' me he wasn't coming down from Dover, from Dover, from Dover
Down from Dover


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Down In Caroline

In the shadow of the pines
Lives a girl and I know that she is mine
Life's worth livin' any time
Down in Caroline.

It's no matter where I roam
she'll be waitin' there I know
And I'll find that gal of mine
down in Caroline

She is waiting there for me
Soon her smile I know I will see
She's all mine where I can be
Down in Caroline

Curly hair and eyes of blue
And a heart of love all for you
And I know her love is true
Down in Caroline

Arms that hold me close and tight
And lips that kiss me goodnight
And I know her love is right
Down in Caroline

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Down In Mexico
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller

Down in Mexicali
There's a crazy little place that I know
Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce
And the boss is a cat named Joe

Chorus:
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico

Well, the first time that I saw him
He was sittin' on a piano stool
I said "Tell me dad, when does the fun begin?"
He just winked his eye and said "Man, be cool."

Chorus

Bridge (* ==> "In Mexico" in background before phrase):
(*)All of a sudden in walks this chick
(*)Joe starts playing on a Latin kick
(*)Around her waist she wore three fishnets
(*)She started dancin' with the castanets
(*)I didn't know just what to expect
(*)She threw her arms around my neck
(*)We started dancin' all around the floor
And then she did a dance I never saw before.

So if you're south of the border
I mean down in Mexico
And you wanna get straight,
Man, don't hesitate
Just look up a cat named Joe.

Chorus

[Spoken by Carl Gardner:]
Yeah, como esta usted senorita
Come with me to the border, south of the border, that is
In Mexico, yeah in Mexico
You can get your kicks in Mexico
Come with me baby, come with me, come with me, crazy, yeah

Notes:

Recorded by the Coasters in 1956.


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Down In Texas Today
Recorded by Curtis Potter
Written by Mel W. Holt

G                           C
Down in Texas today there's this song that they play
        D7                                 G    D7
It's an all your better bars and road side inns
     G                              C
It's that tune that I made up about her and me in love
      D7                         G
But I never wanna hear that song again
           C                     G
When those twin fiddles play somebody's sure to say
         A7                               D7
That ol' boy loved that gal but love went wrong
       G                    C                      A7
It was catching on so great I just up and left the state
         D7                                       G
But down in Texas today they're still playing our songs
 
                                      C
All these years I have known that I'd write a real big song
          D7                             G     D7
When that special woman came to claim my heart
           G                        C
We'll it's still playing on but the thrill of it's gone
         D7                                G
With the love that quits before it hit the charts
 
           C                     G
When those twin fiddles play somebody's sure to say
        A7                               D7
That ol boy loved that gal but love went wrong
          G                      C          A7
It's been almost a year but from all that I hear
     D7                                       G
Down in Texas today they're still playing our songs

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Down In The Boondocks
Recorded by Billy Joe Royal
Written by Joe South

G                     C
Down in the boondocks down in the boondocks
D7                       C                             G
People put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in
                            C
I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society
D7                   C                    G
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks
                                        C               G
Every night I watch the light from that house up on the hill
                          C                    B7             Em
I love a little girl that lives up there and I guess I always will
    C                  D7          C                          D7
But I don't dare knock on her door cause her daddy is my boss man
C                    D7            C                  D7
So I'll just have to be content to see her whenever I can
Repeat #1
G                               C                  G
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack
                     C                 B7                    Em
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never never will look back
  C                     D7
Until that morning I'll work and slave
         C          D7         C                    D7
And I'll save every dime but tonight she'll have to steal away
   C               D7
To see me one more time
Repeat #1
  
D7                   C                    G
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks
D7                   C                    G
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks

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Leftover Salmon - Down in the Hollow Lyrics

went down in the hollow
where the wild redtails fly
and the oaks and the sycamores
reach up to the sky
the old river was
clear outta sight
back to a time
on a cold southern night

way up in the hills
in the woods dark and deep
the light and the shadows
silently creep 
the owl and the whippoorwill
called out through the mist
and the call of the moonlight
and the will of the winds

if I could return
to the days of my youth
and the time that I spent
in those Tennessee woods
seems like just yesterday
but it was so long ago
how the time slips away
so much more than we know

went down in the hollow
where the wild redtails fly
and the oaks and the sycamores
reach up to the sky
the old river was
clear out of sight
back to a time
on a cold southern night
went back to a time
on a cold southern night

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Alison Krauss - Down In The River To Pray 

As I went down to the river to pray
Studyin' about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O sisters let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O sisters let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studyin' about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O brothers let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
Come on brothers let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studyin' about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the star and crown?
Good lord show me the way

O fathers let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O fathers let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studyin' about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way

O mothers let's go down
Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
Come on mothers let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studyin' about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the star and crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O sinners let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O sinners let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studyin' about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord show me the way

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Down In The Valley

Down in the valley valley so low
Hang your head over hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow dear hear the wind blow
Hang your head over hear the wind blow.

Roses love sunshine violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you
Know I love you dear know I love you
Angels in heaven know I love you.

If you don't love me love whom you please
Throw your arms 'round me give my heart ease
Give my heart ease love give my heart ease
Throw your arms round me give my heart ease.

Build me a castle forty feet high
So I can see him as he rides by
As he rides by love as he rides by
So I can see him as he rides by.

Write me a letter send it by mail
Send it in care of Birmingham jail
Birmingham jail love Birmingham jail
Send it in care of Birmingham jail.

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Doc Watson 
Down In The Valley To Pray

As I went down in the valley to pray
Studyin' about that good old way
And who shall wear the stary crown
Good Lord, show me the way

Oh fathers, let's go down
Let's go down come on down
Oh fathers, let's go down
Down in the valley to pray

As I went down in the valley to pray
Studyin' about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

Oh mothers, let's go down
Come on down don't you wanna go down
Come on mothers and let's go down
Down in the valley to pray

As I went down in the valley to pray
Studyin' about that good old way
And who shall wear the stary crown
Good Lord, show me the way

Oh brothers, let's go down
Let's go down come on down
Come on brothers and let's go down
Down in the valley to pray

As I went down in the valley to pray
Studyin' about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

Come on sinners and let's go down
Let's go down oh, come on down
Come on sinners and let's go down
Down in the valley to pray

As I went down in the valley to pray
Studyin' about that good old way
And who shall wear the stary crown
Good Lord, show me the way

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Down In The Willow Garden

Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet
There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below

I drew my saber through her which was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river which was an awful sight
My father often told me that money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little miss whose name was Rose Connelly

Now he sits by his old cabin door a wiping his tear-brimmed eyes
Mourning for his only son out on the scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun the devil is waiting for me
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly

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Down Memory Lane

We were waltzing in the light of the old Virginia moon
As the fiddles played thier music so low
I was happy as a king with the girl of my dream
Until she whispered sweetheart I must go

Oh, I'll never forget the night when we met
You found me when my heart was low
Now my heart will always yearn
'Til the day when you return
And we'll dance to the Old Virginia Waltz


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Dolly Parton - Down On Music Row lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Down on Music Row
Down on music Row
If you want to be a star
That's where you've got to go
I could feel a change a comin'
I left my hometown a hummin'
With my ol' guitar a strummin'
Songs that I had wrote
I was on my way to Nashville
I just couldn't hardly wait
'Till I could sing my songs
To the folks on Music Row
I got into Nashville early
Sleepy, hungry, tired and dirty
And on the steps of RCA
I ate a stale, sweet roll
In the fountain at the hall of fame
I washed my face and read the names
In the walkway of the stars
Down on Music Row
Down on Music Row
Down on music Row
If you want to be a star
That's where you've got to go
I waited there 'till eight o'clock
When office doors became unlocked
Then I started walkin'
Down the streets of Music Row
Just a walkin' up and down the street
Tryin' to find out who to see
To help me get on record
And to hear the songs I'd wrote
But I found it goin' rough
Everyone was all tied up
Either in a conference
Or in the studio
They said that I could leave a tape
But they'd suggest I didn't wait
'Cause everyone was awful busy
Down on Music Row
But I could feel that change a comin'
And I just kept right on a hummin'
With my ol' guitar still strummin'
All them songs that I'd wrote
And then Chet and Bob at RCA
Well, they listened to my songs that day
And they both told me that I was on my way
Down on Music Row
Down on Music Row
Down on music Row
If you want to be a star
That's where you've got to go


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Down the Line

Born out in the country raised out on a farm
Got my education out behind a barn
Left one Sunday morning in a driving rain
Hitchhiked to the freight yard and caught the railroad train

Oh, engineer, let your whistle whine
Oh, get me out of here, a little further down the line

I've been to California and I've been to New Orleans
Been to New York City and everywhere between
I've eat beans and taters your finest caviar
Drank brandy from a snifter and moonshine from a jar

Spent a year in prison with a number for my name
Fed me bread and water tied to a ball and chain
I swore the day they slammed the door and the jailer locked me in
If they ever let me out of here I'll never go back again

Been dreaming of the day when I return back to my home
its where I want to settle down never more to roam
Sit me on a tractor and point me to the fields,
I will plow the furrows my hands upon the wheel

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Down The Road

Now down the road just a mile or two
Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue
About so high and her hair is brown
The Prettiest thing boys in this town

Now anytime you want to know
Where I'm going, down the road
Get my girl on the line
You'll find me there most any old time

Now everyday and Sunday too
I go to see my Pearly Blue
Before you hear that rooster crow
You'll see me headed down the road

Now old man Flatt he owned the farm
From the hog lot to the barn
From the barn to the rail
He made his living by carrying the mail

Now every time I get the blues
I walk the soles right off my shoes
I don't know why I love her so
That gal of mine lives down the road

Repeat First then Last

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Down The Road Of Life

Wandering down the road of life
Wandering what's over the hill
Don't know what I'm searching for
Don't guess I ever will

Must I go thru hours of care
I wish I knew what lies over there
Wandering down the road of life
Wandering what's over the hill


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Down The Trail I Go
BMI Work #: 9289280
Down The Trail I Go (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2007) (song#5182)

I won't even bother for the right words to say
Saw my darlin' with another cowboy today
She knows how much I love her cause I told her so
Put on some new horse shoes and down the trail I go
I never did see that cowboy before today
But he held my darlin' in some familiar way
Now it may seem peculiar but here's what I know
Put on some new horse shoes and down the trail I go
- instrumental -
Well, I thought my darlin's thoughts were the same as mine
And I'd like to think our likes were about the same
Our future all was planned and I thought all was fine
Until into our town that cowboy stranger came
I never did see that cowboy before today
But he held my darlin' in some familiar way
Now it may seem peculiar but here's what I know
Put on some new horse shoes and down the trail I go
Now it may seem peculiar but here's what I know
Put on some new horse shoes and down the trail I go


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Down To My Last Broken Heart
Recorded by Janie Fricke
Written by Chick Rains

C              F                    C
Well I've been down to my last dime down to my last dance    
G7                    C
Down to the last time down to my last chance
     F                                 C             Am
Well I've been down to nothing left at all a time or two
     G7
This time I think I'm down to something I can't afford to lose

            F                      C
I think I'm down to my last broken heart
                       G7
I think I'm falling in love with you
                   C
I'm just afraid to start
            F                                 C
But until I know for sure our love won't fall apart
                  G7                     C
Cause I think I'm down to my last broken heart

           F                                 C
Well I can feel the spark of love and it's a sweet dream
    G7                   C
But will there be enough to keep on burning
          F                                   C                  Am
Well I've felt the flame of love before and I watched it burning out
     G7
This time I wanna know for sure without a doubt

Repeat #2 

                G7                     F   C
Yes I think I'm down to my last broken hea-rt

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Down To The River To Pray

As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way

   Oh sisters let's go down
   Let's go down come on down
   Oh sisters let's go down
   Down to the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way

   Oh brothers let's go down
   etcetera

As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way

   Oh fathers let's go down
   etcetera

As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way

   Oh mothers let's go down
   etcetera

As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way

   Oh sinners let's go down
   etcetera

As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way

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Alison Krauss - Down To the River To Pray (From "O Brother, Where Art Thou?") 

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, sisters, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O, sisters, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, brothers, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
Come on, brothers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, fathers, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O, fathers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, mothers, let's go down
Come on down, don't you want to go down
Come on, mothers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, sinners, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O, sinners, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

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Alison Krauss - 
Down to the River To Pray (Soundtrack Version) 

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, sisters, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O, sisters, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, brothers, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
Come on, brothers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, fathers, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O, fathers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, mothers, let's go down
Come on down, don't you want to go down
Come on, mothers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way

O, sinners, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O, sinners, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way

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Down To The Valley To Pray

As I went down to the valley to pray
Studying about the good ol' days
And who will wear the robe and crown
Oh Lord show me the way.

Oh (l.brother 2.sister; 3.father; 4.mother; 5.children)
Let's go down
Come on down won't you come on down
Oh (l.brother; 2.sister; 3.father; 4.mother; 5.children)
Let's go down
down to the valley to pray.

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Richard Thompson - Down Where The Drunkards Roll 

See the boys out walking
The boys, they look so fine
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine

Soon they'll be bleary eyed
Under a keg of wine
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

See that lover standing
Staring at the ground
He's looking for the real thing
Lies were all he found

You can get the real thing
It will only cost a pound
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

There goes a troubled woman
She dreams a troubled dream
She lives out on the highway
She keeps her money clean

Soon she'll be returning
To the place where she's the queen
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

You can be a gambler
Who never drew a hand
You can be a sailor
Who never left dry land

You can be Lord Jesus
All the world will understand
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

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Down Where The River Bends

Its hard to keep tears out of my eyes
This might be our last goodbye
Our country calls you to defend a great land
So do your part just like a man

   Down where the river bends
   With god's help we'll meet again
   Under the same old sycamore tree
   Proud of each other and the land of the free

I go down to the ocean blue
Its just as close as I came to you
This old ocean might keep us apart
But it won't keep you dear out of my heart

If the worst should happen and the poppies should wave
Over your far distant, lonely grave
All the rest of my life I'll spend in prayer
I'll meet you in heaven there'll be no war there

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Down Where The Still Waters Flow

Dark shadows always were with me
I walked in the night all alone
My loneliness was my companion
A true friend I never had known

Somewhere the lights are bright, dear
And happiness waits there, I know
Come, love, let us wander
Down where the still waters flow

Then passed the dark and the shadows
A bright ray of sunlight shown down
So happy the day that I met you
We win the love found today

* Refrain

We walk hand in hand together
All worries and cares pass away
And now all my life has a meaning
To win the love found today

* Refrain


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The Avett Brothers - Down With the Shine Lyrics

Down with the shine, the perfect shine
That poisons the well and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride, every time
Down with the glistening shine

Its in with the new, and out with the old
Out goes the warmth, and in comes the cold
Its the most predictable story told
In with the young, out with the old

Down with the shine, the perfect shine
It poisons the well and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride, every time
Down with the glistening shine

A belly full of high dollar wine, a fat hand, a fat wallet too
Things change and get strange, with the movement of time.
Its happening right now to you.

Down with the shine, the perfect shine
It poisons the well and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride, every time
Down with the glistening shine

Its a real bad time to bring up the truth
But we searched we found no fountain of youth
Not in spain no where near any where close to here

There's nothing good cause nothing last
And all that comes it comes here to pass
I will voice my pain but the change wouldnt last
All that comes it comes here to pass

Down with the shine, the perfect shine
It poisons the well and ruins my mind
I get took for a ride, every time
Down with the glistening shine

I get took for a ride, every time
Down with the glistening shine

I said down with the glistening shine.


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Down Yonder
Recorded by Red Foley
Written by Wolfe Gilbert

C              D7             G7            C
Railroad train railroad train hurry up some more
D7                         G7           C
Put a little steam on just like never before
D7                  G7           C
Hustle on bustle on I've got the blues
D7                     G7
Yearning for my Swanee shore
Dm         D7                                   G7
Brother if you only knew you'd want to hurry up too
C    G7             C             C7
Down yonder someone beckons to me
F    C              F
Down yonder someone reckons on me
C               G7      C     G7
I seem to see a race in memory
C                   G7      C
Between the Natchez and the Robert E Lee
D7
Swanee shore I miss you more and more
      G7
Every day my mammy land you are just simply grand
C    G7              C                  C7
Down yonder when the folks get the news
F     C             F
Don't wonder at the hullabaloos
C                       G7          C
There's daddy and mammy Ephraim and Sammy
D7           G7         C
Waitin' down yonder for me
Repeat #2
     G7              C                  C7
Down yonder when the folks get the news
F     C             F
Don't wonder at the hullabaloos
C                       G7          C
There's daddy and mammy Ephraim and Sammy
D7           G7     D7           G7
Waitin' down yonder waitin' down yonder 
D7           G7         C
Waitin' down yonder for me

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Dolly Parton - Downtown lyrics

When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalks where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
And go downtown
Things'll be great when you're downtown
No finer place for sure, downtown
Everything's waiting for you
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows, downtown
Or maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close, downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of the music that they're playin'
Making conversation while you're on the dance floor swayin'
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
And go downtown
Where all the lights are bright, downtown
Waiting for you tonight, downtown
You're gonna be alright now
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
You can forget all your troubles
Just forget all your cares
And go downtown
Things'll be great when you're downtown
Don't wait a minute more, downtown
Everything's waiting for you
Downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown, waiting for you tonight
Downtown, you're going to be alright now
Get on, get on, get on downtown
Fade:
Downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown, waiting for you tonight
Downtown, you're going to be alright now
Get on, get on, get on downtown


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Dolly Parton - Dr. Robert F. Thomas lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Dr. Robert F. Thomas
May his name forever stand
Dr. Robert F. Thomas
Was a mighty, mighty man
And he enriched the lives
Of everyone that ever knew him
And in my song I hope to sing
Some of the praise that's due him
Dr. Thomas was a man
The Lord must have appointed
To live among us mountain folks
In eastern Tennessee
And he delivered more than half
The babies in those mountains
Among those babies
He delivered me
There was no way to drive along
The roads back in those mountains
But Dr. Thomas got there
Just the same
He often rode on horseback
To get where he was needed
But if he had to walk
He always came
Dr. Robert F. Thomas
May his name forever stand
Dr. Robert F. Thomas
Was a mighty, mighty man
And he enriched the lives
Of everyone that ever knew him
And in my song I hope to sing
Some of the praise that's due him
Dr. Thomas was a friend
A neighbor and a doctor
Though he seldom got a dime
For all he'd done
And I remember lots of times
We sent for Dr. Thomas
But I don't recall a time
He didn't come
They say a man is judged
By the deeds he does while livin'
A judgement when he stands
Before the Lord
And I know heaven holds a place
For men like Dr. Thomas
And I know that he'll receive
His just reward
Dr. Robert F. Thomas
May his name forever stand
Dr. Robert F. Thomas
Was a mighty, mighty man
And he enriched the lives
Of everyone that ever knew him
And in my song I hope to sing
Some of the praise that's due him


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Railroad Earth - Drag Him Down

The scene he saw was horrifying
People screaming, people crying
. . Took a look & turned around
Run, runnin' for higher ground

Fire tryin' to drag him down
Fire tryin' to drag him down
He was run, run, runnin' for higher ground
With the fire tryin' to drag him down

The face he saw was terrified
Fear unholy filled the eye
Sound & fury filled the air
. . Turned away & he disappeared

Fire tryin' to drag him down
Fire tryin' to drag him down
He was run, run, runnin' for higher ground
With the fire tryin' to drag him down

He felt his heart fill up with hate
Revengeful hounds stood at the gate
He knew he had to beat them down
. . Make his way for higher ground

Fire tryin' to drag him down
Fire tryin' to drag him down
He was run, run, runnin' for higher ground
With the fire tryin' to drag him down

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Railroad Earth - Drag Him Down (Live) 

I've got fire for a heart
I'm not scared of the dark
You've never seen it look so easy
I got a river for a soul
And baby, you're a boat
Baby, you're my only reason
If I didn't have you, there would be nothing left
The shell of a man who could never be his best
If I didn't have you, I'd never see the sun
You taught me how to be someone, yeah
All my life, you stood by me
When no one else was ever behind me
All these lights, they can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
All my life, you stood by me
When no one else was ever behind me
All these lights, they can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
I've got fire for a heart
I'm not scared of the dark
You've never seen it look so easy
I got a river for a soul
And baby, you're a boat
Baby, you're my only reason
If I didn't have you, there would be nothing left
The shell of a man who could never be his best
If I didn't have you, I'd never see the sun
You taught me how to be someone, yeah
All my life, you stood by me
When no one else was ever behind me
All these lights, they can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me
All my life, you stood by me
When no one else was ever behind me
All these lights, they can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
All my life, you stood by me
When no one else was ever behind me
All these lights, they can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Nobody can drag me down
(end)

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Dragging My Dreams To Mexico
BMI Work #: 9186256
Dragging My Dreams To Mexico (Larry W. Jones 10/18/2007) (song#5081)

Well, the big interstate gets lonely
When you're finally an old has-been
But now heading south is the only
Way I know to ease this pain within
My friends tried many times to tell me
That one day she wouldn't be around
And now that she has gone and left me
All my dreams are dragging on the ground
Under this billboard by the highway
I sit down and strum my old guitar
Waiting for someone going my way
A flat bed truck or old beat up car
- instrumental -
Nothing seems to matter anymore
I've got no friends to call amigo
Out here standing in the rain that pours
I'm dragging my dreams to Mexico
I'm dragging my dreams to Mexico
South of the border at Laredo
Flagging any truck or car that slows
I'm dragging my dreams to Mexico
I'm dragging my dreams to Mexico
South of the border at Laredo
Flagging any truck or car that slows
I'm dragging my dreams to Mexico


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Dream Angus
Arr. Kirk MacGeachy

Can ye no hush yer weepin'?
A' the wee lambs are sleepin'.
Birdies are nestin', nestin' the gether,
Dream Angus is hirpin' O'er the Heather

Chorus:
Dreams tae sell, fine dreams tae sell,
Angus is here wi' dreams tae sell.
Hush noo my bairnie, and sleep without fear,
Dream Angus will bring you a dream, my dear.

Hark noo the curlews cryin'-o
Faint the echoes dyin'-o.
A' the wee birds are noo lyin' sleepin',
But my bonnie bairnie's weepin', weepin'.

Chorus

Sweet the laverock sings at morn.
Heraldin' the bright new dawn.
Wee lambs they cooris doon the gether
Alang wi' their ewies in the heather.

--------------------------------------------

Chorus:
Dreams to sell, fine dreams to sell,
Angus is coming with dreams to sell.
Hush now wee bairnie and sleep without fear,
For Angus will bring you a dream, my dear.

Can you no hush your weepin'?
All the wee lambs are sleepin'.
Birdies are nestin', nestin' together,
Dream Angus is hurtlin' o'er the heather.

Chorus

Sweet the laverock sings at morn,
Heraldin' in a bright new dawn.
Wee lambs, they coorie down together
Along with their ewies in the heather.

Chorus

Note: Dream Angus is also know as Angus Og, a male child of the Celtic
Goddess Dana. His name means "ever young", and was seemingly Lord of
Death and Rebirth as well as ruler of the Celtic underworld.


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Dream Appointed
The Avett Brothers

Another youngster who says she doesn't care
Numbers up, another is waiting there
And just like that, she vanishes in the air
Replaced with new, not worth repairing

But you're not like that, and you never were
And your star will shine well past the fragile likes of hers
The crowds have come, the hands of time will turn
And you'll live the dream appointed

I was lost out there, on a road
This old man said, he had no place he had to go
He told me said, his time on earth was limited, you know
He had no need to hurry
The thought of your voice and what lay ahead of you
And if I had it all again, what would I do?
And is my life now, more than half of it through?
Am I obsessed with dying?

But you're not like that, and you never were
And your star will shine well past the fragile likes of hers
The crowds have come, the hands of time will turn
And you'll live the dream appointed, mmmm

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Dream High
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Joe Henry and Mike Reid  

C             F                        G7       C
Someday every person on this earth someway everyone
    Am          F
Someday we will learn what life is worth
         C                            F
Just how precious is each birth every one
           Dm       G7   Em             F
Though the dark and cold threaten every soul
C                                         G7
Look into your heart for what you need to know
Em              F  G7       Em
If you're gonna dream dream high
Am            Dm            C          F             G7
Never let the fear of the unknown be a reason not to try
C       F  G7       Em                   Am
While I live let me learn to give what's mine
Dm                   C   G7       C      G7
And at the journey's end know the reason why
       F             C F G7    C    Am G7
If you truly want to fly dream high
C                 F
People  some will fly beyond the stars
G7      C
People  some will fall
    Am          F
But maybe if we believe in who we are
G7                           C         F
Though the distance seems to far after all
      Dm   G7   C                F
Never be denied reach for what's inside
C                                 G7
Look into your heart for what you need to find
Repeat #2
Em      F  G7       Em                   Am
While I live let me learn to give what's mine
Dm                   Em  C      G7       C      G7
And at the journey's end let me know the reason why
       F     Am      C           F      C   F  C
If you truly want to fly you can surely fly
       F             C F G7    C
If you truly want to fly dream high

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Alison Krauss - Dream Lover

Every night I hope and pray
A dream lover will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms
And know the magic of her charms
'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, where are you
With a love, oh, so true
And the hand that I can hold
To feel you near as I grow old
'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover, until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Till all my lover's dreams come true
'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Till all my lover's dreams come true
'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Please don't make me dream alone
I beg you don't make me dream alone
No, I don't wanna dream


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Dream Of A Miner's Child

A miner was leaving his home for his work
When he heard his little child scream
He went to the side of the little child's bed
She said daddy I've had such a dream

   Oh daddy don't go to the mines today
   For dreams have so often come true
   Oh daddy oh daddy please don't go away
   For I never could live without you

I dreamed that the mines were all flaming with fire
And the miners all fought for their lives
Just then the scene changed and the mouth of the mine
Was covered with sweethearts and wives

Go down to the village and tell all your friends
That as sure as the bright sun does shine
There's something a going to happen there today
Oh daddy don't go to the mine

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Dream Of Me

My life on the road has always been hard on me and you
And everytime we say goodbye it gets harder to do
But when I'm far away somewhere alone and a' missin' you starts
All I got to do is picture you and I can feel you in my heart

   So dream of me everytime you get to feelin' blue
   Dream of me and I'll be dreaming of you

I've been a lot of places but there's just no place like home
And I'm always on my way back to you every minute that I'm gone
So when you get to feelin' lonely just remember we won't always be apart
Close your eyes and think of me you can feel me in your heart

Jim and Jesse McReynolds; Music Among Friends

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Alison Krauss - Dream of Me

Somewhere, someday we'll be close together
Wait and see
Oh, by the way
This time the dream's on me

You'll take my hand
And you'll look at me adoringly
But as things stand
This time the dream's on me

It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I, at least
Supply the shoulder you cry upon

To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true but
This time the dream's on me

It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I, at least
Supply the shoulder you cry upon

To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true but
This time the dream's on me


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Dreaming

Dreaming of the arms that held me oh so tight
Dreaming of the smile I cherished day and night
Dreaming of the heart that never will be true
But I guess that's what I always will do

   Dreaming (dreaming) dreaming (dreaming)
   Dreaming of the love that never will be true
   Dreaming (dreaming) dreaming (dreaming)
   That is what I always will do

Dreaming of the lips that I love to kiss
Dreaming of the charm I never can resist
Dreaming of the word you spoke that wasn't true
But I guess that's what I always will do

East Ohio Grass; Remembers Hal James
Doyle Lawson; I'll Wander Back Someday

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Alison Krauss - Dreaming My Dreams With You Lyrics

I hope that i won't be that wrong anymore
i hope that i've learned this time
i hope that i find what i'm reaching for
the way that it is in my mind

someday i'll get over you
i'll live to see it all through
but i'll always miss
dreaming my dreams with you

i won't let it change me
not if i can
i'd rather believe in love
and give it away
as much as i can
to those that i'm fondest of

someday i'll get over you
i'll live to see it all through
but i'll always miss
dreaming my dreams with you

someday i'll get over you
i'll live to see it all through
but i'll always miss
dreaming my dreams with you
*******************
note:
the forget about it album is complete.

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Dreaming Of A Little Cabin

In dreams of yesterday I wandered
Back to my little cabin door.
I strolled beside an old rock garden
And saw familiar scenes once more.
I heard the organ softly playing
Its music came so sweet and low.
And I heard my mother sweetly singing
As oft I did so long ago.

   I was dreaming of a little cabin
   And I heard somebody call my name.
   I Looked and saw a sweet old lady
   And it seemed I was a child again.
   She gently put her arms around me
   And kissed her little boy once more.
   I knew it was the same sweet mother
   That had kissed me many times before

I heard her sing the "Rock of Ages"
And "Silver Threads Among the Gold".
She told me once again of Jesus
Within that little cabin fold.
She opened up her faded Bible
Where the family records used to be
And I knew it was the same sweet mother
That years ago had cradled me.

An orphan through this world I wander
Since mother left the old homestead.
No one to pray for me at twilight
No place to lay my weary head.
I miss her voice so gently calling
I miss her precious guiding hand.
But I know that when I reach God's city
I'll hear her call my name again.

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Dreaming Of Christmas
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent
 
C                  F              G7               C
I look outside and see the family driving down the lane
                    F                G7             C
I haven't been this excited since we hung the candy canes
    F
The tree is filled with presents
      C                          F
As we celebrate the birth of the Baby in the manger
            D7               G7
Who brought peace and joy to us
 
    C    F      G7        F          G7
I'm dreaming of Christmas what a celebration 
        F                C
It's my favorite time of year
         F      G7
I'm dreaming of Christmas 
        F           G7              F     G7  C
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
 
                F               G7         C
Biscuits on the table chocolate gravy in a can
                 F           G7             C
Made with Martha White and a pair of loving hands
F                                C
Sets up on the hillside slip and slide out in the snow
        F
Throw a log into the fireplace
        D7              G7
Warm up from the bitter cold
 
Repeat #2
 
F             G7
Grab your hat put on your coat
C             F
Hurry up come on let's go
                            G7
Singing out for everyone we know

Repeat #2
 
        F           G7              F     G7  C
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

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Dreaming With My Eyes Open
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Tony Arata

C
I spent half my life on bended knee beggin' somebody to change
        A#7                   F                   C
And the other half prayin' to God that they never would
And all it got me was twice as lost when it all turned out the same
    A#7                      F            C
But all that beggin' finally did somebody good
                    G7                      F
I used to dream all night of a day that was gone
                     G7                     F
But come the morning light forever from now on
            G7                         F  C
Gonna do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
           A#7          F            C
I'll do my looking back with my eyes closed
               G7                             F  C
We can do some livin' or spend our whole life hopin'
                 A#7       F          G7
In the end we're left with the one we chose
              F                           C
So I'll do my dreaming  with my eyes wide open
Every time the world moved on I fell a little further behind
     A#7             F                 C
From running back or following someone home
Until I learned that one step forward will take you further on
       A#7                F                       C
Than a thousand back or a million that ain't your own
repeat #2
               G7                             F  C
We can do some livin' or spend our whole life hopin'
                 A#7       F          G7
In the end we're left with the one we chose
              F                           C
So I'll do my dreaming  with my eyes wide open

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Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
Recorded by Jimmie Rodgers
Written by Waldo O'Neal and Jimmie Rodgers

C           F           C
My heart is longing for you dear
  F                           C
I cared for you more than you knew
F                           C
Though you have broken each promise
    D7                     G7
And yesterday's dreams are untrue
C             F          C
Alone I'll be yearning tomorrow
     F                           C
When sunshine brings memories of you
   F                       C
My sunshine will turn into sorrow
     D7           G7           C
As I dream of the love we once knew
             F         C
Why should I always be lonely
     F                      C
When sunny and blue are the skies
      F                      C
While shadows and loneliness linger
    D7            G7          C
I'm dreaming with tears in my eyes
            F               C
Why did you promise me sweetheart
F                 C
Never to leave me alone
F                        C
Yesterday's sunshine has faded
       D7                       G7
You're love wasn't true like my own
Repeat #2,3

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Dreaming's All I Do
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

C         Am     F                 C
I woke up crying I thought I had a dream
Em                G7     F                     C   Am
But you would not answer up when I called your name
C           Am     F                 C
I ran to my window but all I saw was rain
Em                  G7        F                   C
I know you're going somewhere girl I can feel the pain
      Am                Em            F          C
But I wouldn't dream of sleeping with anyone but you
    Em           Am       F          Dm     G7
And everyone who knows me knows that I love you
     Am                Em            F          C
No I wouldn't dream of sleeping with anyone but you
Em             Am       F          G7    C
But anyone can tell you dreaming's all I do
                  Am    F                 C
You always were a gypsy drifting like the wind
Em              G7       F            C     Am
You never met a stranger just another friend
C               Am    F                C
A tenderhearted lover in a white laced gown
Em                     G7      F                   C
But when it's time for leaving you always bring me down
 
      Am                Em            F          C
But I wouldn't dream of sleeping with anyone but you
    Em           Am       F          Dm     G7
And everyone who knows me knows that I love you
     Am                Em            F          C
No I wouldn't dream of sleeping with anyone but you
Em             Am       F          G7    C
But anyone can tell you dreaming's all I do
Em              Am       F          G7    C
Yes anyone will tell you dreaming's all I do

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Dreams

I had a dream of you the other night dear
A dream I could not live in true life I fear
You talked with a friend of mine so lovingly
Oh God, oh God a crazy dream please let it be

   Dreams, dreams of you dear
   Tears, tears are so sincere
   Love, love that I can't hide
   These dreams are breakin' down all my pride

While music played he danced and held you oh so tight
The same way we did when our love was young and bright
Then he kissed you under lights that were so dim
I couldn't stand to see you there alone with him

I realize a dream is only fantasy
But tell me why these dreams seem so real to me
Every night I have this same old misery
I guess it's just because of all my jealousy

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Dreams
Yonder Mountain String Band

If my love for you
was still meant to be
Skies would change from red to blue
Tossed away like a broken wedding glass
Fractured over paid and gone

All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true

The court was made of auctioneers
And people took whatever's theirs
They left the city square
I'd come from over there

All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true

A house down the street
Buckets of paint on the floor
nMy feet should feel the cold
My head's what I need to hold

All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true

Wild child are your dreams ever tame
Night to night are they the same
It will take some tim
It will be just fine
Cause you're genuine
You're genuine

All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true
All your dreams come true

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Dolly Parton - Dreams Do Come True lyrics

Intro:
Like the morning sun
His love moved across every inch of my body
And the heat from the fire burned me up with desire
I thought I'd died and gone to heaven for sure
This morning when I opened my eyes
There to my surprise
Lay that angel I thought had been only a dream
And so I said a little prayer
And thanked God, that he was there
Oh, this is a dream come true

1st Chorus:
Dream do come true
I know 'cause I found you
I never thought they did
But now I do
Dreams do come true
It was love at first sight
And it was love all night
And the way he made love to me
Fulfilled all my fantasies
Ooo, this is a dream come true

2nd Chorus:
Yes, dreams do come true
I know 'cause I found you
I never thought they did
But you're living proof
That dreams do come true

Tag:
Dreams do come true
And I am so in love with you


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Dreams Of Mother

Oh the moon shines bright tonight on the valley.
It brings back memories of Mother and home.
Where we once played in the days of childhood.
But now she sleeps quiet as the years roll along.
Chorus:
Oh Mother is sleeping at church by the roadside.
She sleeps so quiet as the years roll along.
And some day I know she'll smile and be happy
As we sing together around the White Throne.
Her life here on earth is still in my memory.
She prayed that I'd never, no never do wrong.
And I'll keep trusting in the dear Savior
While Mother's at rest as the years roll along.


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Dreams Of Nectar
Abigail Washburn

The first day I stepped foot in this fair country
Border man took my paper, told me I would be free
Border man took my paper, told me I was now free

Walkin' out into the open air, well, what did I see
Birds flyin on a west wind, sure an omen for me

Opened up my momma's suitcase, saw the holes in my shoes
Kicked off my old home soil knowin' I couldn't lose
I kicked off that dried-up soil knowin' I couldn't lose

Wear my hands down on three jobs from morning thru night
Weary eyes don't see the difference'tween the dark and the light
Weary eyes don't see the difference'tween the dark and the light

10 years later poppa wrote me sayin mama had died
Wish that I could see her face now, the hope in her eyes
Wish that I could see her face now, the hope in her eyes

I'm just old now, all alone, in a land of fertile lies
I see my unborn babies, tired birds in the sky
I see my unborn babies, tired birds in the sky

Before I die grant me one thing, grant one thing to me
Don't let me dream of nectar, make me the fruit on the tree


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The Incredible String Band - Dreams Of No Return 

Dreams of no return
Waking in the early dawn
Dreams of no return
Waking in the early dawn

To whom I sourly yearned
In my weakest spell
But what I could not know
You could not show me

Old hotel the walls weep and the door leans
The blackbird quits the eaves
And the lonesome spider sings
Saw my sweet and soothing prayer was air

Why should you care
I never saw the tomb you they laid
There was already too much shade
What could it bring? What if you know?

I need no hand of yours
But still I feel you kiss
While I have words to sing
Perhaps you treasure nothing from before

In the time I had no friends
I held your picture like a tongueless bell
When I really saw I was wrong
I wrote this song to seem a fond farewell

I've been in the north west world
Looking out on an endless view
When you were any reason
Why? Was I really any use to you?

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Dreams of the everyday housewife    
recorded by Glen Campbell written by Chris Gantry
[3/4 time]
 
C7               C   
She looks in the mirror and stares at the 
              F
Wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
                                 G          C
And thinks of the young man that she almost married
F             C           Dm           E7
What would he think if he saw her this way
 
    C
She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion 
   F
As something comes into her mind
                        G             C
Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood
    F          C            Dm         G7
And all of the boys she had waiting in line
 
   C            Dm            C        Dm
Oh such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
    C        Dm        C           G
You see everywhere any time of the day
                          F                         C
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me
 
 
The photograph album she takes 
                    F
From the closet and slowly turns the page
                           G         C
And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
    F            C            Dm            E7
The first one he gave her now withered with age
 
    C
She closes her eyes and touches the 
                 F
House dress that suddenly disappears
                              G
And just for the moment she's wearing the gown
     F               C          Dm      G7
That broke all their minds back so many years
 
Repeat #3

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Dreamy Doll
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Ron Hargrave and Sheb Wooley

G       Em               C         D7  G
I had a dream last night it wasn't you
          Em               C            D7 G
And in my dream last night you loved me too
           Em          C
I held you close to me I felt this extasy
      G            Em            Am            D7
And I knew I could feel you were mine you were real
G           Em          C   D7     G
Dreamy doll dreamy doll    (dreamy doll)
                 Em     C                   D7 G
You whispered in my ear please don't let me go
         Em                 C                     D7  G
And as I held you tight the whole world seemed to glow
                 Em           C
You pressed your lips to mine I tasted love's sweet wine
      G            Em            Am            D7
And I knew I could feel you were mine you were real
G           Em          C   D7     G
Dreamy doll dreamy doll    (dreamy doll)
            Em                C      D7   G
And when my dream was through I was alone
          Em        C              D7  G
And I was cryin' to cause you were gone
         Em             C
How many teardrops fell heaven can only tell
     G           Em             C          D7
So I tried and I schemed it was all just a dream
       G   Em C G
Dreamy doll

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Dreamy Eyes
Written and recorded by Johnny Tillotson

C      Am   F      G7       C      Am
Dreamy eyes you've got such dreamy eyes
F    G7  C         Am  F      G7        C   Am F
When I'm away from you I'm so alone and blue
G7     C        Am   F G7      C   Am
When I take you home I feel so all alone
    G7     C   Am  F          G7     C
And then I realize I love you dreamy eyes
F                           C
Your eyes hold a dream of a love for two
  G7               C
A love so warm and rare
  F                C          Am
I hope to see that dream come true
           D7       G7
A dream we both can share
C      Am          G7       C      Am
Dreamy eyes you've got such dreamy eyes 
    G7    C   Am   F           G7     C
And I see paradise within your dreamy eyes 
F                           C
Your eyes hold a dream of a love for two
  G7               C
A love so warm and rare
  F                C          Am
I hope to see that dream come true
           D7       G7
A dream we both can share
C      Am          G7       C      Am
Dreamy eyes you've got such dreamy eyes 
    G7    C   Am   F           G7     C   F C
And I see paradise within your dreamy e-y-e-s 

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Richard Thompson - Drifting Through The Days Lyrics

Sitting in the evening
Dreaming of the old times
When a job was there for the steady and strong
I see old faces flickering in the firelight
Faces of condemned men who did no wrong

Drifting through the days
Drifting through the days

A man needs work for his own salvation
A man feels reward for his sweat and his pain
But life's satisfaction has passed us over
And many in this town won't see work again

Drifting through the days
Drifting through the days

I've stood at the gates of a hundred factories
Walked off to other towns looking for pay
Now my hope is gone and I'm crushed like the others
The army of forgotten men, mouldering away

Drifting through the days
Drifting through the days
Drifting through the days

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Drifting Too Far From The Shore

Out on the perilous deep
Where dangers silently creep
And storms so violently sweep
You're drifting too far from the shore

   Drifting too far from the shore
   Drifting too far from the shore
   Come to Jesus today, let him show you the way
   Drifting too far from the shore

Today the tempest rolls high
And clouds overshadow the sky
Sure death is hovering nigh
Drifting too far from the shore

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Drifting With The Tide

As my boat draws near the harbor
Knowing soon that you'll be mine
But if another has you darling
I'll go drifting with the tide

   I have crossed the great wide ocean
   I have waited for the time
   But if another has you darling
   I'll go drifting with tide

A long, long time has passed my darling
Since that night you made those vows
I know my heart would break with sorrow
If you should say it's over now

I'm in love with you my darling
And I'm praying you'll be mine
But if you change your mind my darlin
I'll go driftin with the tide

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Drink Up And Go Home

You sit there a-crying, crying in your beer
You say you've got troubles, my friend listen here
Don't tell me your troubles got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home

   I'm fresh out of prison, six years in the pen
   Lost my wife and family, no one to call friend
   Don't tell me your troubles, got enough of my own
   Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home

Back there sets a blind man, so blind he can't see
Yet he's not complaining, why should you or me?
Don't tell me your troubles, got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home

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Drinking Them Beers
Recorded by Tompall Glaser
Written by Bill Chappell 
 
G
Last night I had a little talk with myself
C                     G
Just me and me man to man
I said self I think it's time I laid it on the line
      D7                            G
And I tried my best to make me understand
Drinking them beers shedding them tears
  C                       G
O-ver a love that's grown cold
Wasting time  yours and mine
    D7
And wasted time can make a man grow old
       G
I said self you'll ruin your health
     C                         G
They say alcohol will cook the brain
I answered me  that well may be
       D7                                  G
But ya know it sure works good to kill the pain
Last night I had a little talk with myself
C                G
Bout an old love affair
I said self can't you see she's killing you and me
    D7                               G
And we both know that she don't even care
Repeat #2,3
Drinking them beers shedding them tears 
     C                             G
Crocodile over a love that's grown cold 
Wasting time yours and mine
    D7
And wasted time can make a man grow old
           G
A man grow old

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Drinking Thing
Recorded by Gary Stewart
Written by Wayne Carson
 
C               F                G7
Everyday I tell myself it's temporary
F                          Dm
That it's only cause she's young
               F            G7
That makes her want another man
     C                   F           G7
Even though she makes me feel unnecessary
     F              G7           C
I've found a way to help me understand
C7            F
I've got this drinking thing
             C
To keep from thinking things
               F
Bout where you been who you been with
            C     C7         F
What you've done  and it's a lonely thing
             C
But it's the only thing
          F              G7           C
To keep a foolish man in love hanging on
                     F                 G7
If I wait up at home I'll only ask her questions
F                       Dm
She'd probably tell the truth 
F               G7
So I don't even ask
     C                F                G7
So I sit here on this barstool feeling helpless
      F               G7             C
And I wonder just how long a man can last
Repeat #2

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Richard Thompson - Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee Lyrics

Way down in New Orleans everythings fine
All them cats just drinkin' that wine
Drinkin' that mess is sure delight
When they get slop drunk they sing all night
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De Drinkin' Wine
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De Drinkin' Wine
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De
Pass that bottle to me!
Well I got a nickle you got a dime
Lets get together and by some wine
Wine over here Wine over there
Drinking that mess everywhere!
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De Drinkin' Wine
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De Drinkin' Wine
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De
Pass that bottle to me!
Yeah!
Piano Solo
Roy Boy!
Guitar Solo
Weeeeeeellll
Wine Wine Wine Elderberry
Wine Wine Wine Oh Sherry
Wine Wine Wine Blackberry
Wine Wine Wine Half and Half
Wine Wine Wine Oh Boy
Pass that bottle to me
Yeah!
Piano Solo
Well all the way down on Bourbon Street Willies been
Uncle Willie wasn't selling but a little gin
One cat order a bottle of wine
Tip that cat for a dollar and a dime
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De Drinkin' Wine
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De Drinkin' Wine
Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De
Pass that bottle to me!
Wine Wine Wine Elderberry
Wine Wine Wine Oh Sherry
Wine Wine Wine Blackberry
Wine Wine Wine Half and Half
Wine Wine Wine Oh Boy
Pass that bottle to me!

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Alan Jackson - Drive 

It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine; put on a motor
Built out of love, made for the water
Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten
It was just on old plywood boat
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make her whine
He'd say, "you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides"
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When daddy let me drive
Just an old half ton shortbed ford
My uncle bought new in '64
Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford
With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two honds on the wheel
I canö³t replace the way it mode me feel
And I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
And he'd say, "a little slower son you're doing just fine"
Just a dirt rood with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
I'm grown up now three daughters of my own
I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile and say
It was just an old worn out Jeep
Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say, "turn it left and steer it right,
Straighten up girl, you're doing just fine"
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain
When daddy let me drive
When daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
Daddy let me drive


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Alan Jackson - Drive (For Daddy Gene) lyrics

It was painted red the stripe was white
It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine; put on a motor
Built out of love, made for the water
Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten
It was just on old plywood boat
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make her whine
He'd say, "you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides"
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When daddy let me drive
Just an old half ton shortbed ford
My uncle bought new in '64
Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford
With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I canö³t replace the way it mode me feel
And I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
And he'd say, "a little slower son you're doing just fine"
Just a dirt rood with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
I'm grown up now three daughters of my own
I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile and say
It was just an old worn out Jeep
Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say, "turn it left and steer it right,
Straighten up girl, you're doing just fine"
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain
When daddy let me drive
When daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
Daddy let me drive
It's just an old plywood boat
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke


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Drive In Show
Recorded by Eddie Cochran
Written by Fred Dexter

G                 C
Come on baby to a drive-in show
  G                  D7
I know just the very place to go
G                     C
I'll be over pick you up at eight
G                D7         G
This will be our very first date

                          C
When we're parking in the drive-in show
G                       D7
We'll be sitting in the moonlight row
G                        C
I'll bet my peanuts to a candy bar
G                    D7      G
You'll be cuter than a movie star

C                        F
When it's over and we're heading back
C                        G
We'll stop in for just a little snack
C                   F
Six hot dogs oughta be just right
G                      C
After such a wonderful night

Repeat 1,2,3,1

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Drive Me To Drink
recorded by George Jones 
written by Mike Huffman and Gene Dobbins
 
C
Tonight do me a favor
 
On your way to do me wrong
F
Drop me at a honky tonk
                    C
Don't leave me here alone
 
 
I washed and waxed the car today
                  Am
I even filled the tank
          C
If you're gonna drive me crazy
G7          C
Drive me to drink
 
 
All the mothers and your lovers
 
Will be happy I suppose
F
You'll be in his arms again
                    C
And I'll be off the road
 
 
The highway will be safer
                        Am
And they'll have you to thank
          C
If you're gonna drive me crazy baby
G7          C
Drive me to drink
 
G7
You're in the driver's seat
C
It's all up to you
     F           C
I'll be your dedicated man
                   G7
Or your designated fool
 
C
But if you're hell-bent and bound to bolt
                           Am
I can't change the way you think
          C
If you're gonna drive me crazy baby
G7          C
Drive me to drink
 
 
Tag:           C       
Well if you're gonna drive me crazy baby
G7          C
Drive me to drink

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Drive South 

[Verse 1]
I didn't say, we wouldn't hurt anymore
That's how you learn, you just get burned
We don't have to feel like dirt anymore
Though love's not learned, baby it's our turn

[Pre-Chorus 1]
We were always lookin' for true north
With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course
But I left that motor runnin'
Now if you're feelin' down and out

[Chorus]
Come on, baby, drive South
With the one you love
Come on, baby, drive South

[Verse 2]
I'm not talkin' about retreatin', no sir
Gonna take our stand in this Chevy van
Windows open on the rest of the world
Holdin' hands all the way to Dixieland

[Pre-Chorus 2]
We've been tryin' to turn our lives around
Since we were little kids, it's been wearin' us down
Don't turn away now, darlin'
Let's fire it up and wind it out

[Chorus]
Come on, baby, drive South
With the one you love
Come on, baby, drive South

[Bridge]
I heard your momma callin', I think she was only stallin'
Don't know who she's talkin' to, baby, me and you
We can go south with a smile on, ain't gonna pack my nylons
Just leave these legs showin', it gets hot down where were goin'

[Pre-Chorus 1]
We were always lookin' for true north
With our heads in the cloud, just a little off course
But I left that motor runnin'
Now if you're feelin' down and out
Come on, baby, drive

[Chorus]
Come on, baby, drive South
With the one you love
Come on, baby, drive South
With the one you love
Come on, baby, drive South

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The Osborne Brothers - Drivin' Nails In My Coffin lyrics

(Gerald Irby)
My sweetheart has gone and I'm so lonely
She said that she and I were through
I started out drinking for past time
Drivin' nails in my coffin over you.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Everytime I drink a bottle of booze
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you.
--- Instrumental ---
Ever since the day that we've parted
I've been so sad and so blue
I'm always thinking of your love
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Everytime I drink a bottle of booze
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you.
--- Instrumental ---
Now you've turned me down you don't want me
There's nothing now I can lose
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
And worryin' my darlin' over you.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Everytime I drink a bottle of booze
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you.
I keep drivin' those nails over you...


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Drivin' Wheel
David Wiffin

Just came up on the midnight special.
How about that?
My car broke down in Texas.
She stopped dead in her tracks.

I just called to tell you that I want you
I just called to tell you how I feel.
I feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.
Feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.

They took my money on the night train.
What a terrible time.
I gave my promise I would be there with you
Next Saturday night.

I just want to tell you that I need you.
I just want to tell you how I feel.
I feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.
Feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.

You can't say much in a phone call, baby.
You know how it is.
I have to tell you this one short thing.
Won't you listen to this.

I just want to tell you that I love you, baby.
I just want to tell you how I feel.
I feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.
Feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.

I feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.
Feel like some old engine, done lost my drivin' wheel.


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Driving My Life Away
Recorded by Eddie Rabbitt
written by David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens
		
C
Well the midnight headlight find you on a rainy night
                                         F
Steep grade up ahead slow me down making no time
           C
Gotta keep rolling
Those windshield wipers slapping out a tempo
                                              F
Keeping perfect rhythm with the song on the radio
           C
Gotta keep rolling
    F              A#                      F              C
Ooh I'm driving my life away looking for a better way for me
    F              A#                      F
Ooh I'm driving my life away looking for a sunny day
C
Well the truck stop cutie coming on to me
                                                F
Tried to talk me into a ride said I wouldn't be sorry
                   C
But she was just a baby
Well waitress pour me another cup of coffee
                                                     F
Pop me down jack me up shoot me out heading down the highway
                C
Looking for the morning
Repeat #2 & 1

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Driving Nails

My sweetheart is gone and gone and I'm so lonely
She said that she and I were through
I started out a-drinking for a past time
Driving nails in my coffin over you

I'm driving nails in my coffin
Even time I drink a bottle of booze
I'm just driving nail in my coffin
Driving nails in my coffin over you

Now ever since the day that we parted
I've been so sad so blue
I can't help thinkin' about her
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze

* Refrain

Well you turned me down you don't want me
There's nothing more I can do
I'll be driving nails in my coffin
Wrryin' my darlin' over you

* Refrain


=============================

Driving Nails In My Coffin

My sweetheart is gone and I'm so lonely
She said that she and I were through
I started out a-drinking for a past time
Driving nails in my coffin over you

   I'm driving nails in my coffin
   Even time I drink a bottle of booze
   I'm just driving nail in my coffin
   Driving nails in my coffin over you

Now ever since the day that we parted
I've been so sad so blue
I can't help thinkin' about her
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze

Well you turned me down you don't want me
There's nothing more I can do
I'll be driving nails in my coffin
Worrying' my darlin' over you

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Drop Some Silver In The Jukebox
Recorded by Dick Curless
Written by Don Wayne

C                             G7
I walked into a tavern it was cheap and small
                                      F                  C
With an ancient sign and jukebox that leaned against the wall
                                   C7              F
A girl stood near the jukebox with sad and hurting eyes
       G7                            C
When I asked if she was lonely she replied

                                    G7
Drop some silver in the jukebox and I'll dance with you
                                           F              C
Though there's other guys around here much handsomer than you
                                     C7             F
But you seem like a good guy so I'll give you first chance 
          G7                              C
Drop some silver in the jukebox and we'll dance

                                    G7
So I fed the silent jukebox just to dance with her
                                         F              C
And she played the longest saddest songs that I've ever heard
                                        C7              F
Then I asked her if she'd join me for a drink or two or three
        G7                                  C
And she threw that same ol' message back to me

                                         G7
Drop some silver in the jukebox and I'll drink your wine
                                 F                    C
And listen to that case of blues that you got on your mind
                              C7              F
For your hearts either broken or badly bent I think
          G7                              C
Drop some silver in the jukebox and we'll drink

                                           G7
So we talked and danced and drank right up till closing time
                                                 F                  C
And when we walked out from the tavern why I had spent my last thin dime
                                                  C7       F
So I ask her if she'd care to hear a little music up at my place
    G7                                 C
She shoved that same ol' message in my face

Repeat #4

          G7                              C
Drop some silver in the jukebox and we'll drink

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Richard Thompson - Drowned Dog Black Night

Oh, little light that shines
Put down your shuttle love and come to the blind
The night is hissing like a mad, mad snake
Clouds are rolling in, and the storm is right behind

Oh, little hand in my hand
All the madness of the world is on the move
The night is [Incomprehensible] like it's blind, drunk and anger
And feeling in the dark for a poor man's door

Drowned dog black night, drowned dog black night
Tie down whatever's loose, nail those shutters tight
There'll be nothing left at all at the end of a black night

Oh, my comfort and joy
Why should we turn and run like all the rest?
Let's keep to our intentions now
Be like tomorrow, a sun should rise in the West

Drowned dog black night, drowned dog black night
Tie down whatever's loose, nail those shutters tight
There'll be nothing left at all at the end of a black night

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Drowning My Troubles
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Ray Pennington
 
C                    F               C
Two eyes in a mirror staring back at me
F              A7            D7              G7
Circles on the bar where the glasses used to be
C                                  F                D7
Drinking to keep from thinking but my mind won't go dim
         C                A7
But I'll keep drowning my troubles
    D7               G7     C
But they're learning how to swim
 
                          F                   C
Sweet think in the corner keeps giving me the eye
F             A7                   D7                 G7
I've got your message baby but I'm out with my misery tonight
C                               F                 D7
I might slip away later but the chances are kinda slim
     C                A7
I've been drowning my troubles
    D7               G7     C
But they're learning how to swim
 
F                       C
Here's to the lady that went the other way
F                    D7                 G7
Here's to her memory that just won't go away
C
Even if my money holds out 
       F                     D7
I know I'll never get rid of them
         C                A7
But I'll keep drowning my troubles
      D7               G7     C
Cause they're learning how to swim
 
Repeat last verse

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Drowning Sailor

The crew upon this ship are sailingIs deafened by the ocean's roarThey are tossed by the mighty breakersToward the rocks upon the shore

 Jesus savior be our captain And guide us through this awful storm And help to save each drowning sailor Who has tumbled overboard

This world is like a grand old oceanThe church is like a ship at seaWe are helpless little sailorsLord we're helpless but for thee

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Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
Gram Parsons / Roger McGuinn

Chorus:
He's a drug store truck drivin' man
He's the head of the Ku Klux Klan
When summer rolls around
He'll be lucky if he's not in town

Well, he's got him a house on the hill
He plays country records till you've had your fill
He's a fireman's friend he's an all night DJ
But he sure does think different from the records he plays

Chorus

Well, he don't like the young folks I know
He told me one night on his radio show
He's got him a medal he won in the War
It weighs five-hundred pounds and it sleeps on his floor

Chorus

He's been like a father to me
He's the only DJ you can hear after three
I'm an all night musician in a rock and roll band
And why he don't like me I can't understand

Chorus

When summer rolls around
He'll be lucky if he's not in town


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Drunkard's Hell

It was on one dark and starless night
I heard and saw an awful sight
The lighting flashed and the thunder roared
All around the drunkard's feet

I started home to change my life
To see my long neglected wife
I found her kneeling by her bed
She said our darling baby was dead

I took her by her trembling hand
She was so weak she could not stand
On bended knees I prayed a prayer
That God might save and protect us there

Who preached like Paul who once did say
Our sins have all been washed away
That whiskey stay as far from me
as the mountains are from the deep blue sea

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Richard Thompson - Dry My Tears and Move On - Live Lyrics

If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on

You treated me just good enough until now
But if you're tired of me I'll get over you somehow
Oh, if you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on

If you don't need me there's someone else who needs me out there
She's kind and tender and one day I'll find her I swear
So set me free while I've still got time
Don't try to hide your shame, dear, from my eyes
Oh, if you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on

Faded love
As if you need a reason
Am I out of your dreams
Or just out of season
Oh the flame of love
Oh you wouldn't understand
You hide it in your heart
You don't hold it in your hand

If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on

My suits got creases and my shoes have got shine
Let me know soon I'll find a better use for my time
Oh if you don't want me
If you don't want me
Oh, if you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
I'll dry my tears and move on
I'll dry my tears and move on

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Dublin Blues 

[Verse 1]
I wished I was in Austin in the Chili Parlor Bar
Drinking Mad Dog Margaritas and not caring where you are
But here I sit in Dublin just rolling cigarettes
Holding back and choking back the shakes with every breath

[Chorus]
So forgive me all my anger, forgive me all my faults
There's no need to forgive me for thinking what I thought
I loved you from the get go and I'll love you till I die
I loved you on the Spanish Steps the day you said goodbye

[Verse 2]
Now I am just a poor boy, work's my middle name
If money was a reason, well, I would not be the same
I'll stand up and be counted, I'll face up to the truth
I'll walk away from trouble, but I can't walk away from you

[Chorus]
Forgive me all my anger, forgive me all my faults
There's no need to forgive me for thinking what I thought
I loved you from the get go and I'll love you till I die
I loved you on the Spanish Steps the day you said goodbye

[Verse 3]
I have been to Fort Worth and I have been to Spain
I have been too proud to come in out of the rain
I have seen the David, I've seen the Mona Lisa too
I have heard Doc Watson play "Columbus Stockade Blues"

[Chorus]
Forgive me all my anger, forgive me all my faults
There's no need to forgive me for thinking what I thought
I loved you from the get go and I'll love you till I die
I loved you on the Spanish Steps the day you said goodbye

[Outro]
Well I wished I was in Austin, hmm, in the Chili Parlor Bar
Drinking Mad Dog Margaritas and not caring where you are

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The Incredible String Band - Ducks On a Pond 

Ducks on a pond, ducks on a pond
Very pretty swimming round
The lion and the unicorn journey very far
The answers are the question, sir
The lady soothes the lion's fur
Meek as a lamb he follows her
Wherever angels are
Sing me something

I asked the ice it would not say
But only cracked or moved away
I thought I knew me yesterday
Whoever sings this song

Ducks on a pond, ducks on a pond
Very pretty swimming round
Greetings on you kings in the sky
Who'll buy me a mynah bird
Play me a magic word
Speak of hopes with thoughts absurd
Thoughts floating by
Little ducks, pretty birds
Clouds across the sky
Sing me something

I asked the ice it would not say
But only cracked or moved away
I thought I knew me yesterday
Whoever sings this song

Moving pieces on the plains of troy
Carving faces on the rocks of joy
Pretty lady washing the tiles
Soapy pictures like crocodiles
Chilly, chilly, chilly, chilly winds blowing
Lovely spring coming soon
Chilly, chilly, chilly, chilly winds blowing
Lovely spring coming soon

I wear my body like a caravan
Gypsy rover in a magic land
Misty mountains where the eagles fly
Lonely valleys where the lost ones cry
I had a little letter full of paper
Inky scratches everywhere
Always looking, looking for a paradise island
Help me find it everywhere

Peacocks talking of the color gray
Awaking soundly in darkest day
A howling tempest on a silent sea
Lovely Jesus nailed to a tree
I had a little letter full of paper
Inky scratches everywhere
Always looking, looking for a paradise island
Help me find it everywhere

Mad as the moon when merlin falls
Silver castles and silver halls
Taking lessons from the piper's son
Learn to play while the world is young

Boys and girls come out to play
The moon doth shine as bright as day
Leave your sorrows and leave your sleep
And join your playfellows in the street
Come with a whoop or come with a call
Come with a goodwill or not at all
Up the ladder and down the wall
A ha'penny loaf will serve for all

Following my fortune now the holy grail is found
And the holy bread of heaven it is given all around
Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more
I ain't got no home in this world any more
I ain't got no home in this world any more
Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more

Poor as the birds but to give their songs away
Gathering possessions 'round to make a bright array
Dark was the night, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world anymore
I ain't got no home in this world anymore
I ain't got no home in this world anymore
Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more

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The Incredible String Band - Ducks On A Pond - 2010 Remastered Version 

Ducks on a pond, ducks on a pond
Very pretty swimming round
The lion and the unicorn journey very far
The answers are the question, sir
The lady soothes the lion's fur
Meek as a lamb he follows her
Wherever angels are
Sing me something

I asked the ice it would not say
But only cracked or moved away
I thought I knew me yesterday
Whoever sings this song

Ducks on a pond, ducks on a pond
Very pretty swimming round
Greetings on you kings in the sky
Who'll buy me a mynah bird
Play me a magic word
Speak of hopes with thoughts absurd
Thoughts floating by
Little ducks, pretty birds
Clouds across the sky
Sing me something

I asked the ice it would not say
But only cracked or moved away
I thought I knew me yesterday
Whoever sings this song

Moving pieces on the plains of troy
Carving faces on the rocks of joy
Pretty lady washing the tiles
Soapy pictures like crocodiles
Chilly, chilly, chilly, chilly winds blowing
Lovely spring coming soon
Chilly, chilly, chilly, chilly winds blowing
Lovely spring coming soon

I wear my body like a caravan
Gypsy rover in a magic land
Misty mountains where the eagles fly
Lonely valleys where the lost ones cry
I had a little letter full of paper
Inky scratches everywhere
Always looking, looking for a paradise island
Help me find it everywhere

Peacocks talking of the color gray
Awaking soundly in darkest day
A howling tempest on a silent sea
Lovely Jesus nailed to a tree
I had a little letter full of paper
Inky scratches everywhere
Always looking, looking for a paradise island
Help me find it everywhere

Mad as the moon when merlin falls
Silver castles and silver halls
Taking lessons from the piper's son
Learn to play while the world is young

Boys and girls come out to play
The moon doth shine as bright as day
Leave your sorrows and leave your sleep
And join your playfellows in the street
Come with a whoop or come with a call
Come with a goodwill or not at all
Up the ladder and down the wall
A ha'penny loaf will serve for all

Following my fortune now the holy grail is found
And the holy bread of heaven it is given all around
Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more
I ain't got no home in this world any more
I ain't got no home in this world any more
Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more

Poor as the birds but to give their songs away
Gathering possessions 'round to make a bright array
Dark was the night, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world anymore
I ain't got no home in this world anymore
I ain't got no home in this world anymore
Farewell sorrow, praise God the open door
I ain't got no home in this world any more

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Dumas Walker
Recorded by the Kentucky Headhunters
Written by Doug Phelps, Gregory Martin, Richard Young, Fred Young

C
Let's all go down to Dumas Walker
          F                C
Let's all go down to Dumas Walker
            G7
We'll get a slaw burger fries and a bottle of ski
C
Bring it on out to my baby and me
Yeah we're headed to the drive-in on a Saturday night
Just me and my baby and a six-pack of lite
F
Got a pocketful of money and I'm raring to go
C
Down to Dumas Walker right after the show
G7                                 F
They'll be shooting marbles in the back of the store
D7                           G7
And laying money down on the floor
Repeat #1
C
He takes all his orders down one at a time
                  
Don't need a pad he's got a photogenic mind
F
He don't like the young folks hanging around
C
He's here to let ya know we got a law in this town
G7                                 F
You oughta see him reeling when he walks through the door
D7                           G7
The marble king is ready for more
Repeat #1

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Dolly Parton - Dumb Blonde lyrics
(Curly Putman)

Don't try to cry your way out of this
Don't try to lie or I'll catch you in it
Don't try to make me feel sorry for you
Just because I'm blonde
Don't think I'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool
When you left you thought I'd sit
An' you thought I'd wait
An' you thought I'd cry
You called me a dumb blonde
Ah, but somehow I lived through it
And you know if there's one thing this blonde has learned
Blondes have more fun
You flew too high up off the ground
It's stormy wheater an' had to come back down
But I've found new thread for my old spool
Just because I'm blonde
Don't think I'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool
When you left you thought I'd sit
An' you thought I'd wait
An' you thought I'd cry
You called me a dumb blonde
Ah, but somehow I lived through it
And you know if there's one thing this blonde has learned
Blondes have more fun
You flew too high up off the ground
It's stormy wheater an' had to come back down
But I've found new thread for my old spool
Just because I'm blonde
Don't think I'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool


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The Incredible String Band - Dumb Kate 

Dumb Kate, she's no Indian, no Mexican neither
Come up from San Diego long ago
Settled in Nome Alaska, best place that she could be
Half the people there froze right to the bone
Warm 'em up Kate

Nobody does business like Kate do
Dumb as she is
She's so dumb, she don't know just when to stop
Dumb as she is

Oh, oh, she don't quit givin' it
No, no, she don't quit givin' it
If the corn liquor don't get to you
Kate will

She used to serve tables down at the Last Post grill room
Where they chewed on the beef with a lean and a hunted jaw
While waiting for that slow train
Going where the sun is glowing
She'll keep your blood just moving right till the thaw

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Dolly Parton - Dump The Dude lyrics
(S. Dorff/A. Rich)

Hey girl, I wanna give you some friendly advice
He's got you cryin', oh he's done it again
He's made a date and he didn't show
You know he's done this to you so many times
When you gonna let him go
He doesn't treat you little a lover should
He could be so downright cruel
Can't understand why you're hangin' with him
Girl, don't you be a fool
Go on and dump the dude
You know he's got a rotten attitude
He always leaves you in a cryin' mood
Take my advice, don't you think twice
Listen to what I'm telling you
Go on and dump the dude
You know that we've been friends for so many years
And I've never ever seen you this way
So torn apart, how he gets to your heart
With all the little games that he plays
Just give him up, get him out of your life
Promise me that once and for all
You're gonna tell him that it's over and done
The very next time he calls, ain't you now
Dump the dude
You know he's got a rotten attitude
He always leaves you in a cryin' mood
Take my advice, find somebody nice
Listen to what I'm telling you
Go on and dump the dude
Girl, I know you may think this is none of my business
But the fact that we're friends I believe that makes it my business
I care about you but I ain't preachin'
I think you should dump the dude
I don't know why you'd want to settle for less
When you could have so much more
You know that you deserve only the best
So what are you waiting for?
Go on and dump the dude
You know he's got a rotten attitude
He always leaves you in a cryin' mood
Take my advice, don't you think twice
Find yourself somebody nice
Go on and dump the dude


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Duncan
Paul Simon

Couple in the next room
Bound to win a prize
They've been goin' at it all night long
Well I'm tryin' to get some sleep
but these motel walls are cheap
Lincoln Duncan is my name
and here's my song, here's my song

My father was a fisherman
my mama was a fisherman's friend
and I was born in the boredom and the chowder
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the maritimes
headed down the turnpike for New England, sweet New England

Holes in my confidence
holes in the knees of my jeans
It's left without a penny in my pocket
Oo-o wee I's about as
destituted as a kid could be
And I wish I wore a ring
so I could hock it I'd like to hock it

A young girl in a parking lot
was preaching to a crowd
singin sacred songs and
reading from the Bible
Well I told her I was lost
and she told me all about the Pentecost
And I seen that girl as the road to my survi-ival

Just later on the very same night
when I crept to her tent with a flashlight
and my long years of innocence ended
Well she took me to the woods sayin'
"Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!"
And just like a dog I was befriended
I was befriended

Oh, oh, what a night
Oh what a garden of delight
Even now that sweet memory lingers
I was playin' my guitar
lying underneath the stars
Just thankin' the Lord for my fingers


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Richard Thompson - Dungeons for Eyes 

He's smiling at me
The man with the blood on his hands
The man with the snakes in his shoes
Am I supposed to love him?
He's smiling at me
The hero who chained up the dogs
Mephistopheles shorn of his tail
Am I supposed to love him?
Am I supposed to shake his hand?
Souls whisper to me
Souls torn from bodies
Souls lost and wandering
Smile that smile
But eyes don't lie
It's black in there, and bloody
Dungeons for eyes
He's got that smell
The musty old smell of a priest
The damp and mold of neglect
The smell of fresh earth dug over
But how we forgive
Old rivalries half-forgot
We smile as best as we can
But I can't let it go
But I can't let it go
I can't forgive you, I can't forgive me
Souls whisper to me
Souls torn from bodies
Souls lost and wandering
Smile that smile
But eyes don't lie
It's black in there, and bloody
Dungeons for eyes
Dungeons for eyes

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The Incredible String Band - Dust Be Diamonds 

I fished for a plow, it was heavy as lead
And tired in my body, I wished for a bed
When I lay claim to nothing, seems everything's mine
When I lay claim to nothing

Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time

King Jesus, he whispered, "It is not so far"
And Buddha declared, "It is right where you are"
Oh, tell me how many tears have you dried
Tell me how many

Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time

The things that you claim are the things you will be
And the actions of now are tomorrow's memory
So buy for a million, sell for a dime
Buy for a million

Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time

Somebody tells you the world's all wrong
And somebody tells you the road is so long
And if you have an argument, please see your mind
If you have an argument

Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time

The man on the corner is singing the blues
And the man in the office is studying the news
So you're looking for trouble, so trouble you'll find
So you're looking for trouble

Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time

I used to have to wind up my clockwork heart
And my face was addicted and I did not feel part
So look in the end act, see my secret crime
Look in the end act

Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Oh, dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time
Dust be diamonds, water be wine
Happy, happy, happy all the time, time, time

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Dust Bowl Children

Papa's name Hannibal Mama was a Hanamurai
Everything we owned got all burned up in the great depression fire
Strip mines and one crop farming drained the green earth dry
We lost it all but only love was left cause that's the one thing money can't buy

    Yeah we're all dustbowl children
    Singing a dust bowl children
    When the crops won't grow
    And the dust just blows
    When the green fields are gone
    When the green grass growing fields are gone
    When the green fields are gone
    When the green grass growing fields are gone

Well they say in California there's work of every kind
Well the only job I got out there was waiting in a welfare line
Well once I had a dollar once I had a dream
Now every kind of work is done by great machines

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Dust In A Baggie
Billy Strings & Don Julin 

I ain't slept in seven days, haven't ate in three
Methamphetamine has got a damn good hold of me
My tweaker friends have got me to the point of no return
I just took the lighter to the bulb and watched it burn

This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

Well if I would have listened to what Mom and Papa said
I wouldn't be locked up in prison, troubled in the head
I took that little pop and sucked until my mind was spun
I got twenty years to sit and think of what I've done

This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

Sometimes I sit and wonder where my little life went wrong
These old jailhouse blues have got me singing this old song
My life is a disaster, Lord and I feel so ashamed
In here where they call by a number, not a name

This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

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Dust On The Bible

I went to a home one day to see some friends of mine
Of all their books and magazines not a Bible could I find
I asked them for the Bible when they brought it what a shame
For the dust was covered o'er it not a finger print was plain

   Dust on the Bible dust on the Holy Word
   The words of all our prophets and the sayings of our Lord
   Of all the other books you'll find there's none salvation holds
   Get that dust off the Bible and redeem your poor your soul

You can read your magazines read of love and tragfic things
But not one word of Bible verse not a scripture do you know
When it is the very truth and its contents good for you
But if dust is covered o'er it it is sure to doom your soul

If you have a friend you'd like to help along life's way
Just tell him that the Good Book shows a mortal how to pray
The best advice to give him that will make his burden light
Is to dust the family Bible crade the wrong way for the right

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Dusty Gravel Lanes

VERSE 1:
NOW BACK IN '52 WHILE RIDING THE RIDGES BLUE
I HAPPENED UPON A CABIN IN THE PINES
IT TOOK ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD DAYS
WHERE I SOMETIMES WORKED AND PLAYED
I'M LONGING TO GO BACK THERE ONE MORE TIME.
CHORUS:
TO GO BACK (to go back) TO GO BACK( to go back)
FOR A VISIT AND A CHAT WITH DEAR OLD FRIENDS
SOMEHOW IT JUST CAN BE, FOR MY FRIENDS I JUST CANT SEEEEEEE
AND THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.
VERSE 2
OH THOES DUSTY GRAVEL LANES THERE'S SO MANY WITHOUT NAMES
AND MANY I HAVE TRAVELED THRU THE YEARS
AS I TAKE A LONG LOOK BACK THERE'S ME AND MY OLD DOG JACK
AND MEMORIES OF THAT OLD AND TATERED SHACK.
CHORUS:
TO GO BACK (to go back) TO GO BACK( to go back)
FOR A VISIT AND A CHAT WITH DEAR OLD FRIENDS
SOMEHOW IT JUST CAN BE, FOR MY FRIENDS I JUST CANT SEEEEEEE
AND THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.
VERSE 3
WELL I SAT AND PRAYED AWHILE, OH HOW IT MADE ME SMILE
JUST TOO SEE ALL THE THINGS THE LORD HAS MADE
I JOURNEYED UP TO THE CABIN DOOR, 
WALKED AROUND ON THE OLD PINE FLOOR
WHAT A PLEASURE IT'S BEEN TO COME BACK HOME AGAIN
CHROUS:
TO GO BACK (to go back) TO GO BACK to go back)
FOR A VISIT AND A CHAT WITH DEAR OLD FRIENDS
SOMEHOW IT JUST CAN BE, FOR MY FRIENDS I JUST CANT SEEEEEEE
AND THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.
AND , THE DUSTY GRAVEL LANES DON'T SEEM THE SAME.


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Alison Krauss - Dusty Miller	
[Instrumental]


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Dying A Sinner's Death

Here I lay upon my dying pillow
Around my bed there's someone getting dark
They are watching the saddest thing that can happen
They are seeing a sinner as he dies

As death's cold shadow hovers o'er me
To all sinners I plead with my last breath
Don't shun the work of God that's what I've done
And tonight I'm dying a sinner's death

No one can know until he faces it
How bad dying a sinner can be
I'm facing it now as I plead with you
Don't let it be with you as it is with me

* Refrain

My eyes feel so heavy as death claims me
No one can truthfully say I'm going to rest
When you look upon my face please have pity
Yes pity and hope for the best

* Refrain


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Dying Californian

Lay up nearer brother nearer
For my limbs are growing cold
And thy presence seemeth dearer
When thine arms around me fold

I am dying brother dying
Soon you`ll miss me in your berth
For my form will soon be lying
`Neath the ocean`s briny surf

Tell my father when you see him
That in death I prayed for him
Prayed that I might only meet him
In a world that`s free from sin

Tell my mother God assist her
Now that she is growing old
That her child would glad have kissed her
When his lips grew pale and cold

Listen brother catch each whisper
`Tis my wife I speak of now
Tell oh tell her how I miss her
As the fever burns my brow

Tell her she must kiss my children
Like the kiss I last impressed
Hold them as when last I held them
Held them closely to my breast

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Each Night At Nine

A thousand miles dear, a thousand more
Across the waters, across the shore
I'll say a prayer dear for you and mine
please think of me dear, each night at nine

I'll hold your picture close to my heart
It takes your place dear while we're apart
Helps to remind me that you're still mine
To feel your nearness, each night at nine

The bugle's playing, out go the lights
Gee, but it's lonesome these army nights
Please tell the kiddies I'm doing fine
Give them my love dear, each night at nine


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Each Night I Dream of You Darling

Would you never call me darlin
Do you believe all those lies
Will you break my heart darlin
When you say your last goodbye

    Each night I dream of you darlin
    Those sparkling eyes of heavenly blue
    Please tell me that you still love me
    I could never love no one but you

Many nights we strolled together
Down lover's land you and me
There you whispered that you loved me
No other's darlin you would be

I will give you back your letters
And your picture stained with tears
It would be so hard my darlin'
To go on without you through the years

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Each Season Changes You

It was springtime when I found you like a flower
And our love grew warmer with the summer sun
In the fall I soon could see your love was changing
Broke my heart to see what wintertime had done

   Like the weather your heart changes with each season
   Springtime, summer, fall, and winter too
   Though I know I'll never understand the reason
   I still wonder why each season changes you

Come spring, you said that you were sorry
And the summer brought a golden memory
In the fall again, I saw your love was changing
And the winter brought the same old misery

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Dolly Parton - Eagle When She Flies lyrics

She's been there, God knows, she's been there
She has seen and done it all
She's a woman, she know how to
Dish it out or take it all
Her heart's as soft as feathers
Still she weathers stormy skies
And she's a sparrow when she's broken
But she's an eagle when she flies
A kaleidoscope of colors
You can toss her around and round
You can keep her in you vision
But you'll never keep her down
She's a lover, she's a mother
She's a friend and she's a wife
And she's a sparrow when she's broken
But she's an eagle when she flies
Gentle as the sweet magnolia
Strong as steel, her faith and pride
She's an everlasting shoulder
She's the leaning post of life
She hurts deep and when she weeps
She's just as fragile as a child
And she's a sparrow when she's broken
But she's an eagle when she flies
Tag:
She's a sparrow when she's broken
But she's an eagle when she flies
Oh, bless her, Lord
She's an eagle when she flies


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Dolly Parton - Early Morning Breeze lyrics

I open up my door to greet the early morning sun
Closing it behind me and away I do run
To the meadow where the meadow lark is singing in the tree
In the meadow I go walking in the early morning breeze
I cup my hands to catch a multi-colored butterfly
Perched upon the petals of flowers growing wild
Freeing it I watch it as it flies away from me
To visit with the flowers in the early morning breeze
Chorus:
Rainbow colored flowers kissed with early morning sun
The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums
Drops of morning due still linger on the iris leaves
In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze
Misty-eyed I look about the meadow where I stray
For its there I find the courage to greet the coming day
For there among the flowers I kneel gently to my knees
To have a word with God in the early mornig breeze
2nd Chorus:
A rainbow colored meadow kissed with early morning sun
The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums
Drops of morning due still linger on the iris leaves
In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breez


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Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot

In the early mornin' rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved ones so
In the early mornin' rain with no place to go

Out on runway number nine, big seven-o-seven set to go
But I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
Now the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well now there she goes my friend, well she's rolling down at last

Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
Where the mornin' rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying o'er my home in about three hours time

This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me
'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground, as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So I'd best be on my way in the early mornin' rain

You can't jump a jet plane, like you can a freight train
So I'd best be on my way in the early mornin' rain


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Early One Morning
Traditional

Early one morning,
Just as the sun was rising,
I heard a maid sing,
In the valley below.

Chorus:
Oh, don't deceive me,
Oh, never leave me,
How could you use
A poor maiden so?

Remember the vows,
That you made to your Mary,
Remember the bower,
Where you vowed to be true,
chorus:

Thus sang the poor maiden,
Her sorrows bewailing,
Thus sang the poor maid,
In the valley below.


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Earth Rider
John Stewart

Good Earth Rider singing
And his songs are all the same
I can laugh and I can cry and I can feel the pain
Good Earth Rider singing what his two good eyes can see
That across the hills from Placerville
The wind sure does feel free

In the stinking concrete cities
Oh I never do feel clean
The air is dirt and the ladies skirts are enough to make me mean
Good Earth Riders look around, and I think that you'll agree
That across the hills from Placerville
The wind sure does feel free

Good Earth Rider singing and songs are all too clear
I'm alone, love me please, does anybody hear?
Good Earth Riders all the same, looking to be free
And across the hills from Placerville
The wind sure calls to me


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Ease Me To The Ground
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Bud Reneau
 
C
I've never had to live without your love
    F       G7         C
And now you say you're leaving
   F               G7          C                 F
So let me learn to stand alone before you let me down
                   Dm
If you must let me down 
G7             C
Ease me to the ground
 
                                     
I've never had to sleep without your arms
  F     G7   C
Already I am weary
    F                       G7     C            F
The darkest nights ahead of me are soon to come around
                     Dm
So take me where I'm bound 
    G7             C
And ease me to the ground
 
F                         Dm
Let my fall be slow cause I've got so far to go
   G7                                    C
To ease the pain that's waiting there to grieve me
F                          Dm
Let me just be near you to see you and to hear you
     D7                    G7
Till I'm strong enough for you to leave me
 
     C
I've always had your hand to lead the way
      F    G7      C
Where ever I would stumble
    F               G7              C                F
And clinging to you now is the only way I'll make it down
                     Dm
It's such a long way down 
   G7             C
So ease me to the ground

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East Bound Freight Train

I never was so lonesome for my home town
Seems I never was so far away
Now I can here the freight train a blowing
I'll be gone before the break of day

I'll have to quit my daily rambling
Tonight I'm gonna start my journey back
Sitting on the top an old box car
Sailing down that silvery stream of track

East bound freight train east bound freight train
Take me home again
East bound freight train east bound freight train
Let me stay 'til the end

Now I'll never stray from my home town
Never leave again to roam
I know that I was born to wander
But I'm gonna stick around my home

Now I see the smoke a rolling
Out on that old smoke stack
I'm sitting on the top of an old box car
Sailing down that silvery stream of track

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Yonder Mountain String Band - East Nashville Easter (Live)

Engine's running hot
But now it's burnin' down
Everyone says that this is going well
But I can hear every sound

Four gray walls
Make it all seem right
But everything looks wrong
In these cheap hotel lights

Going up and down
Down and out

Cheap cologne and expensive perfume
I've never seen so many lost souls in my life
Air so thick, so busy and loud
One crazy young man standing out in the crowd

One of these days when the sun comes up and I'm tossin' and turnin' alone
I'm gonna pull myself up outta this state
I'm gonna make everything seem alright, alright
Know how it feels with the sun in my eyes, still that heartbroken wind's at my door
One of these days I'm gonna wreck myself and this engine won't run no more, no more

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East Virginia
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Eric Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin

C
I was born in East Virginia 
C7        F          C
North Carolina I did go
        F               C
There I met the fairest maiden 
             G7            C
Her name and age I did not know
Her hair it was a light brown color 
C7            F               C
Her lips they were red ruby's red
       F                       C
On her breast she wore a white lily 
        G7               C
There I longed to lay my head
Repeat #1
I'd rather be in some dark holler 
C7        F             C
Where the sun no longer shines
        F              C
Than to know she loved another 
       G7                  C
And to know she'd never be mine
Repeat #1
             G7            C
Her name and age I did not know

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East Virginia Blues

I was born in East Virginia
North Carolina I did go
There I courted a fair young maiden
But her age I did not know

Oh her hair was dark and curly
And her cheeks were rosy red
On her breast she wore a lilly
Where I longed to lay my head

Molly dear, go ask your mother
If you my bride might ever be
If she says no, come back and tell me
And I'll run away with thee

No I'll not go ask my mother
Where she lies on her bed of rest
In her hand she holds a dagger
To kill the man that I love best

The ocean's deep and I can't wade it
And I have no wings to fly
I'll just get some blue-eyed boatman
For to row me o'er the tide

I'll go back to East Virginia
North Carolina ain't my home
I'll go back to East Virginia
Leave old North Carolina alone

I don't want your green back dollar
I don't want your watch and chain
All I want is you my darling
Say you'll take me back again

For you know I'd like to see you
At my door you're welcome in
At my gate I'll always greet you
For you're the girl I tried to win

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Eastbound And Down
Recorded Jerry Reed
Written by Jerry Reed and Dick Feller

G                  A7
Eastbound and down eighteen wheels are rolling
C                   D7                G
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
                                 A7
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
C                  D7               G
I'm eastbound just watch ole Bandit run
          Em                               C
Keep your foot hard on the pedal son never mind them brakes
       A7                  B7              Em
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make
                                            C
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarkana
          A7                              B7
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes
repeat #1  x2
    Em                            C
Ole Smokey's got them ears on and he's hot on your trail
A7            B7                  Em
He aint gonna rest till you're in jail
So you got to dodge 'em and you got to duck 'em
           C
You got to keep that diesel trucking
     A7                               B7
Just put that hammer down and give it hell
repeat #1  

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Brad Paisley - Eastwood (feat. Clint Eastwood) lyrics

Hi, what about Western? Yeah
[Clint Eastwood]
You want Western? This is Western.
[Instrumental]


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Easy And Free (Jock Stewart)
Traditional

Well me name is Jock Stewart
I'm a canny {auld,gaun} man,
But a rovin' young fellow I've been.

Chorus:
So be easy and free
When you're drinkin' wi' me,
I'm a man you don't meet every day.

I have acres of land,
I have men at command,
But I've always a shilling to spare.

Chorus

So come fill up your glass
Of brandy or wine,
And whatever the cost I will pay.

Chorus


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Easy As Pie
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Rory Bourke, Gene Dobbins, Johnny Wilson  

D7        G          Em C            D7        G
She meant nothing to me just another one night stand 
D7      G       Em        C              D7        G
She was easy as pie and I had her eating out of my hand 
C              D7        G
Had her eating out of my hand 
 
D7      G       Em    C            D7      G
She was easy to touch smiling as I came on strong 
D7      G       Em        C                D7          G
She was easy as pie and I knew it wouldn't take me too long 
C                D7          G
Knew it wouldn't take me too long 
 
D7                     C                          G
Now here comes morning and my way of thinking has changed 
       D7                    C
Oh she came on so tender but look who surrendered 
         Am                    D7
When the lady wasn't playing a game 
        G       Em      C           D7     G
Now I'm easy as pie the lady had herself a plan 
D7       G       Em             C             D7         G
And it's easy to see that she's got me eating out of her hand 
 
D7      G       Em      C           D7     G
Now I'm easy as pie the lady had herself a plan 
D7       G       Em             C             D7         G
And it's easy to see that she's got me eating out of her hand 
C             D7         G
Got me eating out of her hand

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Easy For You To Say
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Jack W. Routh and Randy Sharp

C
These things happen
Am         A#7          Am    C
Love never comes with a guarantee
   A#7  C
No hard feelings
       Am              A#7            Am       C
But it looks like this love was never meant to be
                F      G7
That's easy for you to say
F          C             F                       C
You've got another who's willing and waiting for you
                G7
That's easy for you to say
F              C            F                        C
You're not the one with the heart that's breaking in two
                 G7
You tell me it's better this way
                F      C
That's easy for you to say
Am       A#7 C
There'll be  changes
Am          A#7           Am         C
Times never been known to ever stand still
Am  A#7 C
Lonely  losers
Am        A#7             Am       C
Hold to a promise they'll never fulfill
repeat #2
                A#7
You tell me you know that it's wrong
                 C
To walk out this way
               A#7
But in time my true love will come
F                      G7  C
And I'll thank you someday
repeat #2
G7              F      C
That's easy for you to say

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Easy From Now On  
recorded by Emmylou Harris  
written by Susanna Clark & Carlene Carter 
 
C             F
There he goes gone again
C                      G7
Same old story's gotta come to an end
C                F
Loving him was a one way street
C                             G7
But I'm getting off where the crossroads meet
 
C                        F
It's a quarter moon in a ten cent town
C                     G7
Time for me to lay my heartaches down
C                    F
Saturday night gonna make myself a name
C                          G7
Take a month of Sundays to try and explain
              
              F       C        Am                 F
It's gonna be easy to fill the heart of a thirsty woman
          C        G7
Harder to kill the ghost of a no good man
            F      C         Am         F
And I'll be riding high in a fandangled sky
                C  Dm               F  C  Dm   G7  C
It's gonna be e-as-y  it's gonna be ea-sy from now on
 
              F
Raw as a whip but clean as bone
C                          G7
Soft to the touch when you take me home
C                               F
When the morning comes and it's time for me to leave
C                            G7
Don't worry about me I got a wildcard up my sleeve
              
Repeat #3

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Easy Loving 
written and recorded by Freddie Hart
 
C            F       C
Easy loving  so sexy looking
F               C        D7                     G7
I know from the feeling  that it comes from the heart
C            F                C
Easy loving  every-day's Thanksgiving
F               C          G7                       C
To count all my blessings  I wouldn't know where to start
 
C7    F                       C
Every time I look you over so real to life it seems
  F                                  C             G7
Upon your pretty shoulders there's a pair of angel wings
C            F          C
Easy loving  seeing's believing
F                     C       G7             C
Life with you is like living  in a beautiful dream
 
C7    F                       C
Every time I look you over so real to life it seems
  F                                  C             G7
Upon your pretty shoulders there's a pair of angel wings
C            F          C
Easy loving  seeing's believing
F                    C       G7             C
Life with you's like living  in a beautiful dream 

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Easy Lovin' Kind
Written and recorded by Mel Street

C              F       G7     C
She's not just another pretty face
                                                     C7
And the joy her love has brought me could never be replaced
         F                        C
I knew I loved her the first time she touched her lips to mine
F         C               G7          C
She's all woman she's the easy lovin' kind
          F                        C        G7     C
She don't claim to be an angel but she's heaven to me
        F                           C        G7
And the door to paradise she opened so tenderly
            C                    F
She brought sunshine to my world just knowing that she's mine
          C               G7          C
She's all woman she's the easy lovin' kind
                    F      G7        C
I never dreamed I'd find a love like this
                                              C7
But now my dream 's reality with every tender kiss
          F                     C
I wake up smilin' every morning just knowing that she's mine
F         C               G7          C
She's all woman she's the easy lovin' kind
     F         C               G7          C
Yeah she's all woman she's the easy lovin' kind

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Brad Paisley - Easy Money lyrics

I remember working on a rooftop
In the hot summer sun all day
Now I work two hours a night
It feels a lot more like play
'Fore Kenny joined the band
He used to hang dry wall
Ben worked down at Valentino's
So when you see us up here and think
Man they're lucky
You don't have to tell us 'cause we know
[Chorus]
Yeah, we're laughing all the way to the bank
'Cause it all just seems so funny
A bunch of guys like us
In a big tour bus
Making that easy money
Desperado hauled cattle
Grady drove trucks
Justin had a hot dog stand
Kevin sold records
And Brent sold shoes
And Gary was a garbage man
[Repeat chorus]
I used to have an ex-girlfriend
That didn't understand
She said boy you're going nowhere fast
You oughta get a real job
Why don't you quit that band
Now she can kiss my backstage pass
[Repeat chorus 2x]


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Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues
Herb Pederson

Ch. It's an easy ride from good times to the blues
I've been riding that old highway flashing signs to help me
choose
Hell I know I've done you wrong
Didn't take me long
It's an easy ride from good times to the blues

1. Driving ninety nine and making time
Hauling for the Red Ball line
A hundred thousand hours behind the wheel
Just a little smile from you
The rig is running thru
Took me fifty nights alone to break with you

Ch.

2. Starlight coffee out in sixty four
Waitress said she'd offer more
The sun was going down in her life too
Strong coffee and a tin pot lover
Looking to the rooms to cover
My early morning thoughts roll back to you

I've been riding hard and my wheels call your name
Well San Antone you summer love how could it be the same
You old gray mare you wait
Said I were no saint
If you can live with that your way you'll be again

Ch.

It's an easy ride from good times to the blues

THE SELDOM SCENE - The New Album


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Easy Time
Recorded by Eddy Raven
Written by Eddy Raven and David Powelson
 
G                            Dm
I realize that we don't talk enough
C                        G
Living on the run seldom does
                                  Dm
You don't have to worry we're all right
C                                G
You're the only sure thing in my life
 
Bm   C    G                 D7             G
Easy time lying here loving you doing easy time
Bm   C    G                D7             C
Easy time I'm still loving you doing easy time
 
G                            Dm
So close your eyes and go to sleep
C                                         G
Outside this room there's no one else but me
                           Dm
You're the only one I care about
C                                       G
You're the only one I couldn't live without
 
Bm   C    G                 D7             G
Easy time lying here loving you doing easy time
Bm   C    G                D7             C
Easy time I'm still loving you doing easy time
 
     G               C
Easy time doing easy time
              G               C
Lying here in love doing easy time
           G               C
Doing easy time doing easy time
              G               C
Lying in this love doing easy time

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Eating Out Of Your Hand

Eating out of your hand you think you've got me on string
You've fooled me more then once but let me tell you just one thing
Someday I'll leave you woman then you'll understand
A man can only take so much of eating out of your hand.

I'm tired of eating out of your hand I'm tired of getting told
These blues are leaving me as of now I'l1 be the one so bold
You better walk the chalk line and let this poor man be
Or else you'll find yourself alone footloose and fancy free.

When I come home you're waiting to question what I've done
You have my free time planned for me I work from sun to sun
If only you would realize that old stuff gets old
A man likes just a little time that he can call his own.

You're oh so domineering your wish is my command
Your jealous heart won't let me live you boss me and demand
New clothes a diamond ring so fine a Cadillac is grand
On payday I'm your victim and I'm eating out of your hand.

Bill Harrel; Live At McClure
Bill Harrel; Twenty Bluegrass Originals
Bill Harrel; Reno and Harrel
Bill Harrel; Tally Ho

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Echoes And Shadows
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Merrill St John
 
C
There comes a time everyday
      F
In my life that I say
   G7                   C    G7
Oh why did you leave me alone
         C
And as I search through the years
      F
And I look through the tears 
                G7                        C
There's nothing but echoes and shadows of you 
 
F                     C
Echoes and shadows of you
    G7                      C
Are dim but they burn in my mind
F                     C
Echoes and shadows of you
               G7
Are all that's left
                    C
Of a love like your kind
 
                       
They said when we split apart
     F
That this pain in my heart
      G7                  C   G7
Would slowly and surly go away
         C
But they were oh so wrong
         F
For it's been so very long
      G7                            C
Still there's echoes and shadows of you
 
Repeat #2

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Crooked Still 
Ecstasy

Oh when shall I see Jesus and reign with him above
And from the flowing fountain drink everlasting love

Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest
And I'd praise God in his bright abode

Whene'er you meet with troubles and trials on your way
Cast all your cares on Jesus and don't forget to pray

Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest
And I'd praise God in his bright abode

Gird on the gospel armor of faith and hope and love
And when the combat's ended he'll carry you above

Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest
And I'd praise God in his bright abode

Oh, do not be discouraged for Jesus is your friend
And if you lack for knowledge he'll not refuse to lend

Oh had I wings I would fly away and be at rest
And I'd praise God in his bright abode

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Eddystone Light
Traditional

My father was the keeper of the Eddystone light
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me!

Chorus:
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free,
Oh for the life on the rolling sea!

One night, as I was a-trimming of the glim
Singing a verse from the evening hymn
A voice on the starboard shouted "Ahoy!"
And there was my mother, a-sitting on a buoy.

Chorus

"Oh, where are the rest of my children three?"
My mother then she asked of me.
One was exhibited as a talking fish
The other was served on a chafing dish.

Chorus

Then the phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair.
I looked again, and my mother wasn't there
But her voice came echoing back from the night
"To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light!"

Chorus


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Edward
Thomas Percy

'Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid,
Edward, Edward,
Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid,
And why sae sad gang yee O?'
'O I hae killed my hauke sae guid,
Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my hauke sae guid,
And I had nae mair bot hee O.'

'Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid,
Edward, Edward,
Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid,
My deir son I tell thee O.'
'O I hae killed my reid-roan steid,
Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my reid-roan steid,
That erst was sae fair and frie O.'

'Your steid was auld, and ye hae gat mair,
Edward, Edward,
Your steid was auld, and ye hae gat mair,
Sum other drule ye drie O.'
'O I hae killed my fadir deir,
Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my fadir deir,
Alas, and wae is mee O!'

'And whatten penance wul ye drie for that,
Edward, Edward?
And whatten penance wul ye drie for that?
My deir son, now tell me O.'
'Ile set my feit in yonder boat,
Mither, mither,
Ild set my feit in yonder boat,
And Ile fare ovir the sea O.'

'And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and you ha,
Edward, Edward?
And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and you ha,
That were sae fair to see O?'
'Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa,
Mither, mither,
Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa,
For here nevir mair maun I bee O.

'And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife,
Edward, Edward?
And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife,
Whan ye gang ovir the sea O?'
'The warldis room, late them beg thrae life,
Mither, mither,
The warldis room, late them beg thrae life,
For thame nevir mair wul I see O.'

'And what wul ye leive to your ain mither deir,
Edward, Edward,
And what wul ye leive to your ain mither deir,
My deir son, now tell me O.'
'The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir,
Mither, mither,
The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir,
Sic counseils ye gave to me O.'

dois = does
brand = sword
sae = so
drap = drip
bluid = blood
gang = go, walk
hauke = hawk
guid = good
mither = mother
mair = more
reid = red
deir = dear
steid = steed
erst = before, earlier
frie = free
auld = old
hae = have
drule = grief
drie = suffer, undergo
fadir = father
whatten = what
Ile = I'll
feit = feet
thame = them
ha = hall
tul = till
fa = fall
maun = must
bairns = children
thrae = through
ain = own
sall = shall
sic = such


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Eggs And Marrow Bones
Traditional

There was an old woman in our town, in our town did dwell
She loved her husband dearly, but another man twice as well

She went to the see the doctor to see what she could find her,
To see what she could find, sir, for to make her old man blind

"Feed him eggs and marrow bones, feed them to him all
And that will make him so damn blind that he cannot see you at all."

So she fed him eggs and marrow bones. She fed them to him all
And that did make him so damn blind that he couldn't see her at all

"Well, now that I'm getting old and blind, I'm tired of my life
So I'll go to the river's edge, and there I'll end my strife"

"To drown yourself to drown yourself!" said she, said she, "now that would be a sin,
I'll go down to the river bank and kindly push you in."

So the old woman, she took a running jump for to push the old man in
The old man he stepped aside, and the old woman she fell in

She yelled for help, she screamed for help. Loudly she did bawl.
The old man said "I am so goll-durned blind that I cannot see you at all."

She swam along, she swam along till she came to the river's brim
But the old man he got a big long pole, and he pushed her further in

So now the old woman is dead and gone, and the devil has got her soul
And wasn't she just a durned old fool, that she didn't grab that pole

Eggs, eggs and marrow bones will make your old man blind
But if you want for to do him in, creep up from behind


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Eight More Miles To Louisville

I've traveled o'er this country wide seeking fortune fair
Up and down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere
From Portland East to Portland West back along the line
I'm going now to the place that's best that old hometown of mine

   Eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
   Eight more miles on this old road and I'll never more be blue
   I knew some day that I'd come back I knew it from the start
   Eight more miles to Louisville the hometown of my heart

There's bound to be a gal somewhere that you like best of all
Mine lives down in Louisville she's long and she is tall
But she's the kind that you can't find a traveling through the land
I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand

Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
A humble little hut for two we'll never want to roam
The place that's right for that love sight is in those bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville

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Eight Thirty Blues

It's eight-thirty now I'm still waiting for you
I wonder where you can be
You promised to come home but now I'm all alone
And I've got those eight thirty blues

You better stop your rambling and stay in your place
Or else I won't be waiting for you
But if you won't listen just do as you please
I won't have those eight thirty blues

It's eight thirty now but you don't seem to care
How long I've waited for you
Sweetheart when you get home you'll find you're all alone
Then you'll have those eight thirty blues

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Eighteen Wheels

I can't believe you told me you don't love me anymore
'Cause I stayed out on the road too much to care
But ain't I gotta make a living and it's the only thing I know
To feed the kids and buy the clothes you wear

But if you think you'd be better off with someone else beside you
Pack your things and get on out the door
When I service up my rig and I'll find out where I'm going
I don't think I want to see you anymore

When I put eighteen wheels on the highway
And the freight yard fades out of sight
I put you farther from my mind with each grindin' of the gears
I'll be holdin' someone else tomorrow night

There's a pretty girl waitin' down in Monroe
Who'll meet me at the docks when I get in
When I'll put eighteen wheels on the highway this time
I ain't never coming back to you again.

All I ever wanted when I come in off the road
Was a few kind words to make me feel at home
And a hug from all the children wife beside the door
To let me know they missed me while I's gone.

But you never once was with me
and I've known for oh so long
It's a different road we're travelin'
you and I
Don't you try to fool me with your tears
cryin' don't become you
There ain't nothin' you can do but say good-bye

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Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses
Recorded by Kathy Mattea
Written by Gene Nelson and Paul Nelson

G
Charlie's got a gold watch
      C
Don't seem like a whole lot
      D7
After thirty years of drivin'
C                    G
Up and down the interstate
But Charlie's had a good life
    C
And Charlie's got a good wife
    Am
And after tonight 
          C                      D7
She'll no longer be countin' the days
         C                  G
Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses 
         Em           A7       D7
Ten more miles on his four day run
C                                 Em    C
A few more songs on the all night radio
          G                     C
And he'll spend the rest if his life 
         D7          G
With the one that he loves
They'll buy a Winnebago
    C
Set out to find America
D7
Do a lotta catchin' up
C             G
A little at a time
With pieces of the old dream
        C
They're gonna light the old flame
Am
Doin' what they please
        C                  D7
Leavin' every other reason behind
Repeat #3, x2

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Einstein The Genius (Theory Of Relativity)
Henry Jankiewicz

Einstein was a genius, not like you and me.
He wrote two equations every day.
On mondays he wrote three.
On mondays, he wrote three.

Chorus:
Albert, dance around.
Albert, be profound.
Albert let your hair stick out,
Your socks hang down.

A man stared through a telescope until his eyes were red.
He stared in outer space and saw
The back of his own head.
The backside, of his head.

A Man got in a spaceship and flew a hundered miles.
Busted through the speed of light.
He came back a child.
He came back a child.

I had a frame of reference.
I laid on the fence.
Along came relativity.
I haven't seen the damn thing since.
Seen the damn thing since.

A wave and a particle were walking side by side.
One said to the other,
"Which one of us am I?"
"Which one, of us am I?"

Einstein had a fiddle. He loved to {shout,dance} and sing.
Man if that ain't genius,
That ain't anything.
That ain't anything.


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El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
Jorge Milchberg / D. A. Robles; P. Simon

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tired out to the ground
He gives the world
Its saddest sound
Its saddest sound

I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Notes:
Jorge Milchberg / D. A. Robles, 1933
English lyric Paul Simon, 1970


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Balsam Range - Eldorado Blue 

Eighteen commitment day, friends moved on but she stayed in Eldorado and married the boy next door
Worked first shift by the interstate selling hot coffee and giving out change for the pay phone, never needed to much more
But then everyday someone would ask, why don't you leave this all behind? She'd look up, kinda laugh, don't you think it's crossed my mind? But there
Aint nobody waiting down in Arkansas
And I don't know no one in old Baton Rouge
Ain't no way I'm going down to Wichita, and leaving Eldorado blue
(2nd verse)
Harvest moon, the Radio, shooting stars on a gravel road miles from nowhere. It don't get no better than that. City lights burn bright to pull you in, blind your eyes to what matters, you want catch me in none of that
And this old town just going down with the setting of the sun. The life I leads the one for me, but it ain't for everyone, and there

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Eleanor Rigby
John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Oh, look at all the lonely people
Oh, look at all the lonely people

1. Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding
has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar
by the door
Who is it for?

Ch. All the lonely people where do they all come from?
All the lonely people where do they all belong?

2. Father McKenzie writing the words to a sermon that no-one will
hear
No-one comes near
Look at him working darning his socks in the night when
there's nobody there
What does he care?

Ch.

Oh, look at all the lonely people
Oh, look at all the lonely people

3. Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with
her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks
from the grave
No-one was saved

Ch.

Oh, look at all the lonely people
Oh, look at all the lonely people

Ch. All the lonely people where do they all belong?
All the lonely people where do they all come from?

COUNTRY GAZETTE - All This, And Money, Too!


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Nickel Creek - Elephant in the Corn 
(Instrumental)

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Chris Thile - Elephant in the Room

Thank God for fermentation
Fermentation for the wine
Thank wine for conversation
With these relatives in-law of mine

Thank these relatives for you, babe
Thank you for the bouncing boy
Doing the best that he can do to keep this

Family entertained as it navigates
The treacherous waters of talkin' small
On this of all Thanksgivings
When even the weather can go from 0 to an all out brawl
In seconds, just listen:

Been kind of a warm November
God, you and the Climate Change again
Why you gotta be all doom and gloom?

Whoo, boy! 'least no one's mentioned the giant elephant in the room

Feels good to be together, whether
You think the world is ending soon
Or about to get better, so when

The bottles being passed, better fill your glass
Cheers, we're in it for the long haul
On this of all Thanksgivings
When even our sports can go from zero to an all out brawl
In seconds, be careful

Have you ever spent time in Cleveland? No
South Side of Chicago? No
St. Louis? No
Ever heard about a fellow named Ricketts? Yes
Anything to do with his politics? No
How 'bout them Cubs?
How 'bout them Cubs?

Just don't you mention a giant elephant
I mentioned it once and I think I got away with it

Just say, Hey, what giant elephant in the room?

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Railroad Earth - Elko (Live) 

Pull in from the desert road
Park your wagon, drop your load, and shut 'er down
Poor boy you're bound to die

Been a long hot desert ride
Wasatch, Bear River, Devils Slide and Elko
Poor boy you're bound to cry

Poor boys and gamblers, road dogs and ramblers
shutting it down for the night
Winners and losers, hookers and boozers
drawn like a bug to the light

Grab a whiskey at the bar
sit down to your deck of cards
and throw your chips in
Poor boy you're bound to cry

Emerald, Misty, Violet Blue
got a winking eye on you, and all night to wait
Poor boy you're bound to die

Poor boys and gamblers, road dogs and ramblers
shutting it down for the night
Winners and losers, hookers and cruisers
crawling to the Elko tonight

All alone, all alone
been so long on this dusty road
oh mama, I need a place to land
Need a card, I need a card
hit me lord, not too hard
oh mama, I need a winning hand

Morning coffee, steak and eggs
stretch your legs, get down the road and rollin'
Poor boy you're bound to cry

She's a camptown on the ol' UP line
Always shows up right on time at Elko
Poor boy you're bound to die

Poor boys and gamblers, road dogs and ramblers
shutting it down for the night
Winners and losers, hookers and boozers
drawn like a bug to the light

Poor boys and gamblers, road dogs and ramblers
shutting it down for the night
Winners and losers, hookers and cruisers
crawling to the Elko tonight

All alone, all alone
been so long on this dusty road
oh mama, I need a leg to stand on
I need a card, I need a card
hit me lord, not too hard
oh mama, I need a winning hand

All alone, all alone
been so long on this dusty road
oh mama, I need a place to land
Need a card, I need a card
hit me lord, not too hard
oh mama, I need a winning hand

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Ellen Smith
Peter DeGraff

1. Poor Ellen Smith how was she found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
Her clother were all scattered and thrown on the ground
The blood marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

2. They pick up their rifles and hunted me down
They found me a-loafing in all around the town
They pick up her body and carried it away
And now she is sleeping in some lonesome old grave

3. I got a letter yesterday I read it today
The flowers on her grave have all faded away
Someday I'll go home and say when I go
On poor Ellen's grave pretty flowers I'll stow

4. I've been in this prison for twenty long years
Each night I see Ellen through my bitter tears
The warden just told me that soon I'll be free
To go to her grave 'neath that old willow tree

5. My days in this prison are ending at last
I'll never be free from the sins of my past
Poor Ellen Smith how was she found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Country Songs Old & New


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Nickel Creek - Elsie 
(Instrumental)

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Dolly Parton - Elusive Butterfly lyrics
(Bob Lind)

You might wake up some morning
To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon
You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something I'm not sure of
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As I ran searching after something to believe in
You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long abandonned ruins of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past you followed close by heavy breathing
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something I'm not sure of
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love


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Emotion Devotion
Written and recorded by Roy Drusky

C           F                  C
To want and need you here with me
    F              C      F    C
And have to do without you   (emotion)
                F                C
To be apart but with you constantly
    F             C         F    C
And never have to doubt you   (devotion)
F                         A#7 F         C
This can't be livin' like livin' should be
     F                        A#7 F        C
It's too hard on you and it's too rough on me
G7
Emotion and devotion and a plain ol' fashion notion
Tell me this just can't be the way for love to live
Airline flights and sleepless nights
And mentally disturbing sights
And everybody wantin' me to give
                                 C
There's gotta be a better way to live
           F                 C
I dream of hidden acres with no road
F              C        F   C
Where I can be with you   (emotion)
   F               C
No daily papers to corrode
F        C              F    C
My every thought of you   (devotion)
F                     A#7 F       C
I long for you lonely longin' for me
F                 A#7     F    C
Knowin' that love demands reality

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Emotions

Emotions are making me care more for you
I've found a heart I know will always be so true
But still dearest darling I feel kinda blue
Keep wondering if someday somehow I might lose you.

Emotions are making me long for your kiss
For safe in your arms I know heavenly bliss
Emotions in my heart are calling for you
If you confess I bet you have emotions too.

Emotions can bring you much sorrow and pain
Emotions can be the sunshine after rain
Emotions are charged with the power of fate
These same emotions make you love or make you hate.

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Chris Thile - Empire Falls

I envy the quiet lives that for all I know don't exist 
Outside of a lazy book that won a Pulitzer Prize 
I picked up 'cause you said it opened up your eyes. 

I'm wired now and will be 'til I find a person who could eat at the Empire Grill 
Who's seen a black mercedes at the textile mill 
and spreads the word to all the folks expression hasn't killed. 

I'll follow that car down to Boston, and ask what it wanted in Maine. 
Coffee at least for my trouble, and I'll be a hero if I came back with something to say . . . 

Too late, they wouldn't like me there 
and though they might not mind my inquisitive stare, 
every single one of them is too polite to care 
why I'm enchanted by a way of life in disrepair, 
but I'm not taking apple pie eating, Jack and Coke drinking, hopeful lie telling, anywhere, 
America, through camera eyes, On a Hollywood body that could make you all cry. 

Maybe I'll go to the movies (a comedy would be ideal. 
Something that probably won't happen) 'cause this made up town is much too real.

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Empty Arms

You'll own the deed to my heart for a lifetime
It's yours to have and keep or throw away
The memories you have me I'll keep forever
They're all I have but in my heart they'll stay

I've known a long long time, this day was coming
And now I feel relieved that you are gone
But if aomeday you feel, like you could love me
There empty arms will welcome you back home

I'm sure you'll find the happiness you're seeking
The best in life, someday I hope you'll find
And when you do, if I can see you happy
Then maybe somehow I'll find peace of mine

* Refrain


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Empty Feelin'
Recorded by Johnny Tollotson
Written by Paul Tannen and Paul Hart

C       F         C       G7
Dom dom doo doowa dom dom doo doowa 
C       F         C       G7
Dom dom doo doowa dom dom doo doowa 
 
C           F             C            G7
I've got an empty feelin' since you've gone
C           F                C      G7
And I don't feel as though I can go on
Am            F
I can't go anywhere afraid I'll see you there
G7                         F
Afraid I'll fall apart and then
                   C                       G7
That empty feelin' will start you're in my heart
C          F              C         G7
I miss the lips I used to kiss each night
C          F                 C       G7
I miss the arms that used to hold me tight
Am                  F
The mention of your name just fills my heart with pain
G7                      F
And so I fall apart and then
                   C                        G7
That empty feelin' just starts you're in my heart
Am      F               G7                  Em
I never knew how lonely nights could really be
F                D7                           G7 F
Until I got this empty feelin' deep inside of me
Repeat #2
Am            F
I can't go anywhere afraid I'll see you there
G7                         F
Afraid I'll fall apart and then
                        C                  G7
That empty feelin' will start you're in my heart
C       F         C       G7
Dom dom doo doowa dom dom doo doowa 
C       F         C       G7
Dom dom doo doowa dom dom doo doowa 

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Alison Krauss - Empty Hearts Lyrics
(Michael McDonald - Michael Johnson)

Are you leaving, are you going?
Did you think you could lose that feeling without me knowing
Are you wishing you'd never met me
Does it take some train whistle blowin' to forget me.

All the losing and the knowing
That you love her still
Could be nothing to what empty hearts must feel
Tell me what an empty heart must feel.

Are you leaving are you going?
Did you think you could lose that feeling without me knowing
Are you wishing you'd never met me
Does it take some train whistle blowin' to forget me.

Did you think you could lose that feeling without me knowing
All the losing and the knowing that you love her still
Could be nothing to what empty hearts must feel
Tell me what an empty heart must feel...

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The Incredible String Band - Empty Pocket Blues - 2010 Remastered Version 

My pockets empty baby
Singin' the blues for you
My pockets empty baby
You know I love the truth
Even my old kettle
Is whistling the blues for you
Back again
I'm still waiting for
Back again
with you
The nights are lonely baby
I need you all the time
I am lonely baby
Need your lips on mine
Even my old kettle
Is whistling the blues for you
Back again
I'm still waitin'
I'm goin' back again
With you
My pockets empty baby
Singin' the blues for you
My pockets empty baby
You know I love the truth
Even my old kettle
Is whistling the blues for you
Back again
I'm still waiting
I'm going back again
With you.

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Empty Saddles
Recorded by The Sons Of Pioneers
Written by Billy Hill

Em                  A7                 Em
There's a something strange in the old corral
        C        Em                  B7
There's a breeze though the wind has died
Em               A7         Em    Cm
Though I'm alone in the old corral
G                      Gm
Seems there is someone by my side
G     G7             C
Empty saddles in the old corral
G            A7     Am   D7
Where do you ride tonight
        G               G7          C              Cm
Are you roundin' up the doggies the strays of long ago
        G               D7   G  C G
Are you on the trail of buffalo
      G7             C
Empty saddles in the old corral
G            A7     Am    D7
Where do you ride tonight
          G               G7          C           Cm
Are there rustlers on the border or a band of Navajo
        G               D7 G  C G
Are you headin' for the Alamo
Em         Cm
Empty guns covered with rust
                    Gm
Where do you talk tonight
D#
Empty boots covered with dust
Cm                  Am    D7
Where do you walk tonight
G     G7             C
Empty saddles in the old corral
   G             A7      Am   D7
My tears will be dried tonight
          G                          C            Cm
If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal
      G              D7     G
Empty saddles in the old corral
Repeat #4,5

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Empty Wallet And A Broken Heart
Recorded by Ira Louvin
Written by Anne Young

G                      C           G
You couldn't keep your hand off my wallet
                                     C
And I couldn't keep your love off my mind
                      G
Looking for trouble I got it
A7                       D7
My heart's walking round blind
    G              C          G
Too late something told me to watch it
                            C
You might just be playing a part
                                G
Now I'm outta dough and tell me where can I go
        D7                        G
With an empty wallet and a broken heart
                        C           G
If you'd only kept your hand off my wallet
                                 C
And if I'd kept your love off my mind
                              G
We might have just kissed and forgot it
       A7                      D7
And by now I'd be way down the line
Repeat #2
            D7                        G
I've got an empty wallet and a broken heart

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Alison Krauss - End of a Summer Storm

It's easy to be happy on a sunny day, but I often like it better when the day is grey
Maybe it rains, and maybe you'll stay here inside, here with me.

You and I share a love of the weather, come and sit beside me and we'll watch together,
Bright and brave, safe and warm, as we wait for a summer storm.

Don't be afraid; don't be afraid. There's a rising wind and a falling rain,
Beautiful patterns on the window pane. Fast and free, then it's quiet again
At the end of a summer storm.

You and I share a love of weather, now you are beside me and we watch together
Bright and brave, safe, warm, at the end of a summer storm.

There's a rising wind and a falling rain, beautiful patterns on the window pane
Fast and free, then it's quiet again
At the end of a summer storm
At the end of a summer storm.

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End Of Memory Lane

Down at the end of memory lane
There's many who have walked it in gladness
I was the one who walked it last
I walked it alone in sadness

I received a letter from my love
I opened it and this is what it said
I'm sorry if hurt you but now it is too late
For another man my darliung I have wed

I remember her sweet little face
And her little freckled nose
With her golden hair hanging down her back
Tied with a big blue ribbon bow

We were pals and chums together there
I loved her with all my heart and soul
But she married another without a thought or care
And she left me in this world alone and cold

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End Of The Line

True love it has been untill now dear
They tell me that true love is blind
But right now I see It's as plain as can be
You've come to the end of the line

You thought you would leave me broken hearted
You thought you would leave me way behind
Well I've paid my fare you've had more than your share
You've come to the end of the line

You've rode for half fare until now dear
But you boarded the wrong bus this time
So I have a transfer for you
well you made me blue
You've come to the end of the line

You thought you would leave me broken hearted
You thought you that would break this heart of mine
Well I've had enough you can pack up your stuff
You've come to the end of the line

Well I've had enough
you can pack up your stuff
You've come to the end of the line

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End of the Road

Soon I'll lay my burden down and I'll wear a starry crown
I'll be happy at the end of the road
Where there's never grief or pain everyone will be the same
What a meetin' at the end of the road
 
Life is often hard to bear many worries woes and cares
And we often wonder how we bear the load
But there is a better way Jesus went and paved the way
What a meetin' at the end of the road
 
Now don't walk this road of sin, let the savior enter in
Let him lead you to his blessed abode
Where there is no other way and he'll call you any day
What a meetin' at the end of the road
 
Soon I'll lay my burden down and I'll wear a starry crown
I'll be happy at the end of the road
Where there's never grief or pain everyone will be the same
What a meetin' at the end of the road

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Endless Highway

Endless highway as far as I can see
The road will take me back to her tonight
It's been so long since I've seen her smile
I'll be counting all the miles 'til I get home.

   How many hours 'til I hold her?
   How many days before we hit the road again?
   Endless highway
   she don't know how much I miss her

Headed down this road and bound for Tennessee.
Lonesome feeling deep inside my heart
Longing for this weary night to end
I'll think about her try to keep my tired eyes open
Come the morning light I'll be back home again.

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Dolly Parton - Endless Stream Of Tears lyrics

I cry awake at night and hug my pillow
And pray that I will die before I wake
No such luck
Another day of cryin'
Don't know how much more my old heart can break
Flooded with these memories and emotions
The tears like rain keep on falling down
They say that I'll forget
But my face is just as wet
As it was the day you left this town
Chorus:
Drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in an endless stream of tears
It's relentless and I'm defenseless
Drowning in an endless stream of tears
I can't believe that I can talk about it
I never thought I'd live to see this day
But a broken heart won't kill you
You just want to die
But you have to go on livin' anyway
I feel it through and through
And I've never been so blue
And I cried a river over you
Repeat Chorus
Oh, I'm drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in this endless stream of tears


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Engine 143

Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind 

Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time 

Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
His head was against the firebox door the flames are rolling high
I'm glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C&O road 

The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three 

The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see
And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee

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England's Motorway
Blue Highway

Come my little son and I will tell you what to do
Undress yourself and get into bed and a tale IÕll tell to you
It's all about your Daddy son, He's a man you seldome see
For he's had to roam far away from home
Far away from you and me

Ch) But remember lad, he's still your Dad
though he's workin' far away
in the cold and heat, 40 hours a week
on England's motorway

2) Sure we'd like to have him here--for sure it would be fine
To have him living here at home and be with us all the time
But beggars can't be choosers and we'll have to bear the load
For we need the money your Daddy earns
A-workin' on the road

CHORUS

3) When you fall and cut yourself and get up feeling bad
There isn't any use to go a-runnin' to your Dad
For the only time since you were born that's he had to spend with you
He was out on the line a-makin' his time
He was workin' on a crew

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Enjoy The Ride      
Recorded by Ricky Skagss
Written by Don Rollins, Tommy Conners, Vincent Williams

C
Another day another chance
             G7
To right the wrongs begin again
            Am
All you can do is do your best
              F                C
Shake off the past forgive yourself

F             C
It's just the world we're living in
         G7
Not many saints too many sins
           Am
You're not alone we're all inclined
            F
To slip and fall and cross the line

            C               G7
We live and learn with each mistake
            Am       G7      F
To get back up thank God for grace

     C                          G7
Lift up your chin brush off the dust
C                                    F
Wash your hands of the things you've done
    C                            D7
Sometimes you fall sometimes you fly
    F                   C
Its only life enjoy the ride

F          C
As long as you have air to breathe
              G7
Then you have all the time you need
             Am
To give your love for all it's worth
    G7   F                      C
And make amends to those you've hurt

F            C                 G7
This is your life for heaven's sake
           Am             G7      F
Redeem yourself and thank God for grace

Repeat #4

                                 D7
Sometimes you fall sometimes you fly
    F                   C
Its only life enjoy the ride
    F                       G7
Its only life enjoy the ride
        C
Another day another chance

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Billy Strings Lyrics
Enough To Leave

Enough to kill you
Enough to put you down
Seems like everywhere you turn
Is like a hard wind comin' down
Enough to leave me
Enough to leave me here
And though the room is empty now
I can almost feel you here

What am I supposed to do with my afternoons?
Know I won't hear your call, know I won't see you soon
What can you say to me to ease my heart and pain?
Could you send a ray of light to come down and dry the rain again?

I'd give you diamonds
I'd give you rings and pearls
If you could stay a while with me
And just hold on to this world
Feelin' sorry
For things I haven't said
And there's a lot I'd like to say
Before your final page is read

What am I supposed to do with my afternoons?
Know I won't hear your call, know I won't see you soon
What can you say to me to ease my heart and pain?
Could you send a ray of light to come down and dry the rain again?

Its finally over
It's finally over now
And you can rest assured, my friend
'Cause you'll be restin' anyhow
I hate to leave you
Hate to say goodbye
I surely hear your voice come through
In the early morning skies

What am I supposed to do in my afternoons?
Know I won't hear your call, know I won't see you soon
What can you say to me to ease my [heart and/hardened?] pain?
Could you send a ray of light to come down and dry the rain again?

Mercy


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Erie Canal
Traditional

We were forty miles from Albany,
Forget it, I never shall!
What a terrible storm we had one night
On the E-ri-e Canal.

Chorus:
Oh, the E-ri-e was a-rising,
And gin was getting low,
And I scarcely think
We're gonna get a little drink
Till we get to Buffalo-o-o,
Till we get to Buffalo.

We were loaded down with barley,
We were loaded down with rye,
And the captain, he looked at me
With a gol-durn wicked eye.

Chorus:

The captain he come up on deck
With a spyglass in his hand
But the fog it was so tarn-ol' thick
That he couldn't spy the land

Chorus:

The cook she was a grand ol' gal,
She had a ragged dress.
And we hoisted her upon a pole
As a signal of distress.

Chorus:

Well, the captain, he got married,
And the cook, she went to jail;
And I'm the only son-of-a-gun
That's left to tell the tale.


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Eskimo Pie
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                                          C             G
You can talk about your frauleins and your pretty geisha girls
                                 D7
And about the one you got in the USA
G                                  C             G
But I found myself a sweetheart in Alaska way up high
                              D7     G
She's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

                                   D7
Well she's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie
                                                        G
She lives south of the north-pole and I know the reason why
                                              C
She's my Eskimo baby and I'll love her till I die
         G                    D7     G
She's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

                                    C                  G
Crossing o'er the frozen river to a valley filled with snow
                                                 D7
I lost all my directions and I knew not where to go
G                                   C                 G
When a warm hand fell upon me and a voice said with a sigh
                                   D7              G
I will take you to my igloo mister I won't let you die

Repeat #2

                                      C                 G
And there came the day of parting and we had to say goodbye
                                                          D7
As I crossed back o'er the river I could faintly hear her cry
G                               C               G
I know that someday I'll return I must before I die
                                    D7     G
Cause she's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

Repeat #2



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Etiquette Blues
Recorded by Chad Morgan

C
I'm the bloke what wrote the book on etiquette
                                  G7
I know how your tucker should be eat                                  
C                  A7
Now I have wrote this little book about the things I saw   
D7                                                 G7
So take them down and don't forget that what I say is law 
C
Always leave your spoon stuck in your coffee
                                       G7
Start with your soup first sound your 'A's'   (slurp)
                                   C                A7
Napkins are to catch the food that bounces off your knife
D7                             G7
Tuck your napkin in so it will stay
C
Take two toothpicks you might sometimes drop one
                            F
Many other pointers I could mention                         
G7   C                A7
Always gesture with your fork Friday means its fish or pork   
D7                           G7   C
Oh thank you for your very kind attention Always mix your peas with your potatoes                                          
G7
Then eating with your knife won't seem so hard
                         C                          A7
And when somebody ask for bread just grab it in your mitt
D7                               G7
Chuck it at them like you deal a card
C
Always keep your elbows on the table                           
F
Many other pointes I could mention                               
C          A7
Always let your ice-cream melt loosen two holes in your belt   
D7                           G7   C
Oh thank you for your very kind attention 
Never cut spaghetti up in pieces                              
G7
Eat it like a chicken eating worms                                       
C             A7
And when you're eating cake be sure to eat the icing first      
D7                   G7
Watch out for bacteria and germs
C
Always laugh when noting funny happens (LAUGH) 
                          F
Many other pointes I could mention                  
C                         A7
Bog in first and never wait lick the gravy off your plate   
D7                           G7   C
Oh thank you for your very kind attention

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Leftover Salmon - Euphoria Lyrics

Well, ma's out there twitchin' in the kitchen
And dad's in the livin' room, fussin' and a-bitchin'
I'm out here kickin' the gong for you, euphoria

Euphoria, when your mind starts reelin' and a-rockin'
Your inside voice starts squealin' and squawkin'
Floatin' around on a belladonna cloud singin', euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria

There's a man in the corner sittin' underneath the table
Sad, makin' faces at a union label, yo
Grittin' his ears and he rolled his eyes and holler, euphoria

Euphoria, when your mind starts reelin' and a-rockin'
Your inside voice starts squealin' and squawkin'
Floatin' around on a belladonna cloud singin', euphoria

Yeah, patted Eve on the bottom, patted Adam on the back
We're all smilin' at the serpent and the serpent smiled back
I took a bite of the apple, two bites gone, holler, euphoria

Euphoria, when your mind starts reelin' and a-rockin
Your inside voice starts squealin' and squawkin'
Floatin' around on a belladonna cloud singin', euphoria

Euphoria, when your mind starts reelin' and a-rockin
Your inside voice starts squealin' and squawkin'
Floatin' around on a belladonna cloud singin', euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria, euphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria, euphoria

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Evangeline  
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Robbie Robertson

C
She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
                      G7
Alone in the pale moonlight

Waiting for a man a riverboat gambler
                        C
Said that he'd return tonight


They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
                       G7
Loving the whole night through

He was a riverboat gambler off to make a killing
                        C
And bring it on back to you

F          C
Evangeline Evangeline
G7                     C
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
     G7             C
That pulled her man away


Bayou Sam from South Louisiana
                    G7
Had gambling in his veins

Evangeline from the maritime
                   C
Was slowly going insane


High on the top of a Hickory Hill
                                G7
She stands in the lightning and thunder

Down on the river the boat was a sinking
                          C
She watched that Queen go under

Repeat #3 x2 

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Eve Stole The Apple
Abigail Washburn

Old folks told me you're not coming home
Old folks told me gotta move along
Like a ripe ol' fruit on a borrowed vine
I hang around, oh, lord, I hang around

Eve stole the apple from the tree good lord
I know she could be me, I know she could be me

Big brother told me I got something wrong
Big brother told me sing a different song
Like a tolling bell in its final hour
I'll make a sound, oh, lord, I'll make one sound

Another man done gone he sang this song good lord
I know he could be me, I know he could be me

'Round the mountain there's another shore
'Round the corner there's another door
Like a bleeding man on his native soil
I'll stand my ground, oh lord, I'll stand my ground

They nailed him to the cross for no sin good lord'
I know he could be me, I know he could be me

They nailed him to the cross
Another man done gone
Eve stole the apple
From the tree good lord
I know she could be me
I know she could be me
I know she could be me


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Nickel Creek - Eveline 

Eveline grips the railing
As her lover calls her to the sea
Won't you sail with me?

She can't hear him
Just a step away from happiness
And sanity blurs, drives her crazier

"Eveline, take care of your father
I cared for you", words her dying mother spoke
Kill her too

Eveline stays

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Dolly Parton - Even A Fool Would Let Go lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

It's funny how love goes
Cause I know this could never work out
But honey, how love grows
Even though there's no reason to doubt
This can never be
You keep saying it's wrong
Neither one of us is free
Still I want to hold on
When even a fool would let go
Cause he knows that there's no use in trying
Even a child would say no
When he knows that he'll end up crying
Tell me now, is it wise holdin' you
Even a fool would let go
Love has no reason
Like the words in a song that don't rhyme
My love has no season
I just know that it's there all the time
Maybe just you and me
I can't believe that it's wrong
Thinking about you and me
Just makes me want to hold on
When even a fool would let go
Cause he knows that there's no use in trying
Even a child would say no
When he knows that he'll end up crying
Tell me now, is it wise holdin' you
Even a fool would let go
Tell me now, is it wise holdin' you
When even a fool would let go


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Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Recorded by Emmmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell

C                     F
She's a rounder I can tell you that
C                          G7
She can sing 'em all night too
C                            F
She'll raise hell about the sleep she lost
C             G7      C
Even cowgirls get the blues

                                F
Especially cowgirls they're the gypsy kind
C                                G7
And need their reins laid on 'em loose
C                                    F
She's lived to see the world turned upside down
C        G7               C
Hitching rides out of the blue
 
                      F
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
                            C
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
                            F
Get this feeling like she's too far gone
G7                      C
The only way she's ever been

                            F
Lonely nights are out there on the road
C                        G7
Motel ceiling stares you down
C                           F
There must be safer ways to pay your dues
C             G7      C
Even cowgirls get the blues

Repeat #3

                      F
Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
                            C
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
                          F
Get this feeling like the restless wind
G7                      C
The only way she's ever been

repeat #3

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Even If I Have To Steal
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Ralph L. Carter
[3/4 time]

C                 F                 C
Even if I have to steal your love I want you
                  G7               C
Heaven help me my heart is in your hands
                         G7           C
When you look at me with your eyes so inviting
                     G7       C
Tempting me to cross over the line
            F                    C
That's when I lose control of my conscience
                       G7              C
And I'd do anything at all to make you mine
                  F                 C
Even if I have to steal your love I want you
                                 
And I'll steal you from him if I can
                  F                 C
Even if I have to steal your love I need you
                  G7               C
Heaven help me my heart is in your hands
                               G7           C
When you're near me I'm like a thief on the corner
                      G7         C
Without honor I don't notice the shame
          F                     C
It's only when I'm alone I feel guilty
                             G7             C
My conscience hurts me but I still feel the same
Repeat #3
                  F                 C
Even if I have to steal your love I want you
                  G7               F    C
Heaven help me my heart is in your h-ands

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Even Now
Barry Manilow, M. Panzer

1. Moon in the sky softly creeping
Over the town from above
And I lie awake hardly sleeping
So lonely for only your love

Ch. Even now each night I remember
Days of summer when blossoms filled each bough
In the cold gray days of December
My darling I miss you even now

2. When will I see you again
Come to my arms where you belong
My world will be empty till then
Cause you are the words to my song

Ch.

In the cold gray days of December
My darling I miss you even now

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - New Horizon


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Even The Bad Times Are Good
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
written by Carl Belew and Clyde Pitts 

G
If there's a chance that your heart misses 

The words I try to say with kisses
     D7                               G
If I don't seem to look as happy as I should

I wouldn't want to live without you 
  C
I love everything about you
    G        D7            G
Yes even the bad times are good

            D7
Your middle name should be perfection 
      G
Cause that's what you are to me
A7                                     D7
Even in my darkest moments you make it easier to see
G                                     C
I wouldn't change one thing about you if I knew that I could
    G        D7            G
Yes even the bad times are good


You never let me feel mistreated 

Your love is all I've ever needed
     D7                                 G
When I was weak somehow you always understood

You're not afraid of stormy weather 
    C
And that's what keeps our love together
    G        D7            G
Yes even the bad times are good

repeat #2



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Evening Bells Are Ringing

Moonlight shinning over Dixie
To my heart will ever bring
Dreams of snowy fields of cotton
Everywhere the darkies sing

   In the evening in the moonlight
   In dear old Tennessee
   And the evening bells are ringing
   Across the hills so tenderly

Moonlight makes me sigh for you dear
Makes me long to hold your hand
I know I'm missing hugs and kisses
Far away from Dixieland

My darling come come I am waiting
Come let me hold you very near
We'll build a bower among the flowers
Growing down in Dixieland

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Dolly Parton - Evening Shade lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

My train of thought was broken by a sudden burst of laughter
Something badly needed to brighten up the chores
Seemed old Mrs. Bailey had accidentally fell
In the water being used to scrub the floors
Now Mrs. Bailey was the meanest matron at the home
She believed in lots of work with little play
And we laughed till we bent double
Though we knew we'd get in trouble
But trouble's all we had at evening shade
Now evening shade was where they claim to teach you understanding
To teach you love and keep you off the streets
And all the kids that live here are said to be a problem
Juvenile delinquents so to speak
But understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger
An iron has no gentle touch and love ain't learned from hate
The reason we were here is 'cause we had no one who cared
But they cared even less at evening shade
Little Susan Bradley, one night had wet her bed
Mrs. Bailey took the razor strap and beat her half to death
And I knew that something must be done to put an end to this
And so I started talking plans with the older kids
Plans were that Joe Johnson would steal the kerosene
And I would get some matches when nobody seen
Beckie Adams would make sure the kids were all outside
Billy Watson would look out for the evil eye
Now Mrs. Bailey took a nap at three o'clock each day
We knew that she'd be a'sleeping as the plans got underway
Now that its all over and the sun is going down
There's no evening shade 'cause we burned it to the ground


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Evening Train, The

I heard the laughter at the depot
But my tears fell like the rain
When I saw them place the casket
In the baggage coach of the evening train

The baby's eyes were red from weepin
His little heart is filled with pain
Oh dad he cried they're takin mama
Away from us on the evening train

I turned to walk away from the depot
It seems I heard here call my name
Take care of baby and tell him daring
That I'm goin home on the evening train

I pray that god will give me courage
To carry on til we meet again
It's hard to know she's gone forever
They're carryin her home on the evening train

I heard the laughter at the depot
But my tears fell like the rain
When I saw them place the casket
In the baggage coach of the evening train

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Ever Fallen in Love with Someone

You Shouldn't Have
You spurn my natural emotions
You make me feel like dirt
And I'm hurt
And if I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that's worse
Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with?
I can't see much of a future
Unless we find out what's to blame
What a shame!
And we won't be together much longer
Unless we realize that we are the same
Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with?

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Every Day I Have To Cry Some
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Arthur Alexander

G                           Am
There was a little girl I'd planned to marry
D7                     G
This was my love and I didn't wanna share it
                                  Am
I thought that love would make my life bright and sunny
    D7                                G
She said she couldn't love me cause I didn't have no money
                    Am
Every day I have to cry some
D7                  G
Every day I have to cry some
                      Am
Dry the water from my eyes some
D7                  G
Every day I have to cry
                          Am
I had me a girl I guess I really loved her
D7                G
Every night I was thinkin' of her
                  Am
But you can't mix love with money
      D7                     G
Cause if you do you're gonna hurt somebody
repeat #2
                 Am
Lawd I know that I'm just a poor man
D7                            G
But is it wrong to love cause I'm not a rich man
                   Am
Every time you mix love with money
D7                    G
Every time it's gonna hurt somebody
Repeat #2

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Every Drop Of Water
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin

G
Life is kinda like a roller coaster
                          C              D7
Up and down over and over again until it ends
    G
The way I figure it's all grist for the mill
                                                   C
There's a lesson to learn from every hard spill we take
                 D7
And there are no mistakes
C                  G            C           G
We're all diamonds in the rough we'll shine soon enough
         Am                G                  C     D7
It's the struggles in this life that make you strong
  C                    G           C            G
Embrace the good times and the bad keep in mind when you're sad
     Am               G              C
Both tears of joy and sorrow lead us home
              D7               G
Every drop of water shapes the stone
Now you'd never know it be looking at me now
                                              C
But not long ago I was down for the count and scared
                     D7
Didn't think I had a prayer
    G
But I found the faith to get over that mountain
                                      C                      D7
It took a while but nobody's countin' anyway and I'm here to say
Repeat #2
          Em             C               Am            D7
There's a masterpiece in every heart and ever changing work of art
C                  G            C           G
We're all diamonds in the rough we'll shine soon enough
    Am               G               C
Let tears of joy and sorrow lead you home
              D7               G
Every drop of water shapes the stone
                                                              C    G
Life is kinda like a roller coaster up and down over and over again

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Every Fool Has A Rainbow
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C              F
Every fool has rainbow 
G7                    C
But he never seems to find
    F                     C
The reward that should be waiting
       D7         G7
At the end of the line

      C                F
He'll give up a bed of roses 
      G7                  C
For a hammock filled with thorns
       F             C
And go chasing after rainbows 
      F      G7       C
Every time a dream is born

                     F
And every fool has a rainbow 
G7               C
That only he can see
      F          C
Every fool has a rainbow 
        F    G7         C
And the rule applies to me

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Every Good Reason
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Ray Griff
 
C                           G7
I have every good reason to leave you 
                             C
After the way you've hurt me so
    A7                D7
But every good reason I have for leavin' 
      F           G7               C
Never seems to be enough for me to go
                              D7
Every time that you're untrue I tell myself I'm leavin' you
G7                      C
That I won't see you anymore
                                  D7
But my heart always rules my mind and I forgive you every time
  F             G7             C
I never seem to make it to the door
Repeat #1 x2

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The Avett Brothers - Every Morning Song (demo) Lyrics

Hurt so bad
you don't come around here anymore
worse than that
nothing's really helping
I've been thinking about drinking again.
It's alright if you finally stop caring
just don't go and tell someone that does.
'Cuz even thought I know there's hope in every morning song,
I have to find that mellody alone.
Her name became the flame unto the fire
magpie on a wire, warned of those
dead unto the high
shamelessly alive until the low.
It's alright if you finally stop caring
just don't go and tell someone that does.
'Cuz even though I know there's hope in every morning song
I have to find that mellody alone.
We can go ahead
if no one notices
what's the point of it
I have to ask.
How you learn to see
hope eternally
when you're sure to be
oh even last
hurt so bad
more than I expected that it would
worse than that
it seems to be lasting just a little longer than it should.
It's alright if you finally stop caring
just don't go and tell someone that does.
'Cuz even though I know there's hope
in every morning song
I have to find that mellody alone
have to find that mellody alone
I have to sing that mellody alone.

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Every Other Friday At Five
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Steven Dale Jones

C          G7                   Am
One out of two ain't gonna make it
F             G7         C   G7
Those are the odds these days
         C             G7
And in a world of statistics
          F            Em
He's left tryin' to survive
     Dm             G7     C
Till every other Friday at five
              G7                Am
He counts the days and then the hours
     F               G7            C   G7
Till he can hold his babies in his arms
               C               G7
And they'll be staring out the window
        F               Em
When he pulls up to the drive
   Dm             G7     C
On every other Friday at five
    F                              Em
For forty-eight hours they're with him again
C      Dm          G7               Am
But on Sunday afternoon he's out of time
           F
Some folks call him a deserter 
        C                F
But his kids know he'll arrive
   Dm             G7     C
On every other Friday at five
             G7             Am
So let's not put 'em in the middle
    F           G7             C     G7
And play tug-of-war with their hearts
        C          G7
But let mommas and daddies
    F                  Em
Say hello and wave goodbye
   Dm             G7     C
On every other Friday at five
Repeat #3
 
   Dm             G7     C
On every other Friday at five

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Every Third Monday
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Larry Cordle, Larry Shell, Billy Henderson

C
He drives to Charlotte every third Monday
                    G7            C   F
And checks into the Twelve Oaks Motel
   C
He calls it business and he calls the number
              G7            C
Of a woman he knows all too well

F                           C
Every third Monday when his wife packs his suitcase
G7                           C
He looks her straight in the eye
F           G7     Am         F
Every third Monday he finds a new way
   C        G7            C  G7
To tell her that same old lie

     C
Back home in Atlanta in a cafe for lovers
                  G7           C   F
She slips off her gold wedding ring
     C
To a stranger in a back booth she whispers I'd love to
                     G7           C
Two can play at this old cheatin' game

F                  C
Every third Monday she packs his suitcase
G7                            C
She looks him straight in the eye
F           G7     Am          F
Every third Monday she finds a new way
   C        G7            C
To tell him that same old lie

F           G7     Am         F
Every third Monday he finds a new way
   C        G7            C
To tell her that same old lie

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Every Time I Ask My Heart
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Larry Hovis
 
D7                  G
Every time I ask my heart
                      C
Should I take another chance
                    D7
I'm reminded at the start
                    G
I'm so foolish with romance
 
D7                  G
Every time I ask my heart
                         C
Why can't love be all it seems
                        D7
Must it always end this way
                       G       C     G
Nothing left but empty dreams (empty dreams)
       C                             G
But my heart doesn't know the reason why
       A7                           D7
All it knows is that it wants to cry
 
                      G
But I guess I'll fall again
                       C
Though I know it isn't smart
                        D7
And I feel it with each beat
                    G
Every time I ask my heart
 
D7                     G
But I guess I'll fall again
                       C
Though I know it isn't smart
                        D7
And I feel it with each beat
                    G
Every time I ask my heart

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Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratching You
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Jeremy Slate and Glen Campbell

C                   Em           C             F
You know my love my only wish is happiness for you
     C         Em      Am        C    D7               G7
So I work real hard to strike it rich but every time I do
  C              Em               C           F
I blow it all on some old witch I hardly ever knew
C        Em    Am     C      D7      G7         C
How come every time I itch I wind up scratching you

                         Em            C             F
When every thing's ain't going right I hurry home to you
    C       Em           Am      C  D7              G7
You kiss my lips and you comfort me as only you can do 
        C              Em                  C              F
But the eagle flies on Friday night and my senses fly off too
C        Em    Am     C      D7      G7         C
How come every time I itch I wind up scratching you

  D7                            G7
I dream of coming home to you a knight in shining armor
         F                    C
Cause it seems to me that you rate much more
       D7                 G7
Than a broken down busted farmer

C            Em          C                F
Every time I get ahead I act like someone new
  C         Em          Am      C       D7             G7
I waste the whole night talking big and spending money too
       C              Em       C                 F
Then I sneak in bed beside you feeling broke and blue
C        Em    Am     C      D7      G7         C
How come every time I itch I wind up scratching you 

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Every Time The World Goes Round
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Bob Montgomery and Earl Sinks

C              F
Every time the world goes round 
C                      G7
Twenty-four hours that way
C                  F
And every time the world goes round 
           C           G7      C
I love you twenty-four hours a day
F
Every time the world goes round 
C
I fall a little more for you
                       F
Before this world goes round again 
              C          G7           C
I hope you're fallin' in love with me too
               F
Every time the world goes round 
C                  G7
Another day passes by
C                 F
Lucky spell every day I live 
    C          G7     C
And you're the reason why
Repeat #2
               F
Every time the world goes round 
C               G7
Till the end of time
C                F
All the lovin' I got is yours 
         C          G7       C
That you say you're mine all mine
repeat #2

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Every Time You Leave
recorded byEmmylou Harris
written by Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
 
C      Em       F         G7                C
E-very time you leave you tear the soul from me 
               G7             C
I die a little more each time part 
        Em         F
I can't control my dreams 
   G7                  C
My heart can't seem to learn 
                     G7            C
To turn and lock its door when you return 
 
  G7                    C
I know that you'll come back again 
   G7              C
As soon as you get blue 
    G7               C
And I know what will happen then 
    D7                 Dm    G7
One kiss and I'll give in to you 
C      Em       F         G7                C
E-very time you leave you tear the soul from me 
                      G7
But I want to live so I'll forgive 
               C
Every time you leave 

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Alison Krauss - Every Time You Say Goodbye Lyrics

Look at the sky baby
What do you see?
Looks like the tears that I cry
Fallin' down like rain on the ground
Every time you say goodbye

Take a look around now
Why don't you feel
The way that cold wind stings and bites
And your words just are like arrows through my heart
Every time you say goodbye

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

Look at the sky baby, see how it cries?
Ain't it just like my tears
Fallin' down like rain on the ground
Every time you say goodbye

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

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Every Which Way But Loose 
Recorded by Eddie Rabbitt 
Written by Snuff Garrett, Stephen Dorff, Milton Brown

C
I've always been the kind of man
    G7
Who doesn't believe in strings
Am
Long term obligations 
         E7
Are just unnecessary things
    F                  G7
But girl you've got me thinking
          E7                Am
While I'm drinking one more beer
       D7
If I'm headed for a heartache
             Dm              G7
Then why the hell am I still here

    C
I'm testing my resistance
         G7
And it's wearing mighty thin
Am
I've got the feeling I should leave
  E7
Before the roof caves in
   F                G7
My mind tells me to move along
       E7           Am
But my body begs me stay
          D7
And now I feel the need to hold you close
    Dm             G7
And love the night away

      
While you're turning me
F
Every which way but loose you turn me
C
Every which way but loose
  G7                                C
Inside the fire is burning me in my mind
                      C7
You just keep turning me
F
Every which way but loose
C                      A7
Baby there's no excuse to turn me
Dm          G7      F    C
Every which way but loose

             
When the sun comes up in the morning
          G7
It should find us someplace new
    Am
But right this minute all I want
      E7
Is to lay here next to you
      F                   G7
Those memories still keep calling me
     E7              Am
From somewhere in my past
       D7
Better hurry if they want me
            Dm             G7
Cause I can feel me fading fast
             
Repeat #3

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Everybody Bring A Song
Written and recorded by Dottie West

C                         G          D7                   G
I'm the girl who told the world this town's too small for me
C                       E7                        Am      D7
Now I'm back I want the whole town to drop by for my apology
G                                    C                 A7
Won't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
     D7                                                    G
Well bring a band through friendship and everybody bring a song
C         G            D7             G
Everybody bring a song sing a song to me
  C                E7               Am       D7
A good old fashion love by neighbor hospitality
G                                    C                 A7
Don't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
D7                                                       G
Bring good news and your dancin' shoes everybody bring a song
C              G                     D7              G
I know who the last come through the door he's gonna be
   C              E7               Am                  D7
He may be shy but he's the guy who said he'll wait for me
   G                                    C                 A7
He won't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
    D7                                                       G
And he's my man when he takes my hand well everybody bring a song
repeat #2
                                     C                 A7
Don't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
D7                                                       G
Bring good news and your dancin' shoes everybody bring a song
     D7           G          D7           G
Everybody bring a song  everybody bring a song
     D7           G          D7           G
Everybody bring a song  everybody bring a song
     D7           G
Everybody bring a song

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Everybody But Me
Recorded by Ernie Ashworth
Written by Dave Burgess

F         G7        C             G7
Everybody everybody everybody but me
C               F       C
Everybody's got someone caring
                  F            C
Everybody's got a love they're sharing
F         G7            C
Everybody everybody but me
             F       C
Everybody is getting ready
             F     C
Everybody is going steady
F         G7            C
Everybody everybody but me
F                             C
I stay home on a Friday night go to bed at eight
   F                            D7                G7
On Saturday night I'm all alone still ain't got a date
C            F     C                      F     C
Everybody is out romancing having fun and going dancing
F         G7            C
Everybody everybody but me
Repeat #3
F         G7            C
Everybody everybody but me

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Everybody In The Whole World Holding Hands
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

G                        C          D7               G
Wish every boy and every girl could feel the arms of love
C                       G            D7
Every crying face could wear a smile again
       G           C               D7          G
People pulling all together loving helping one another
     C           D7                  G
Everybody in the whole world holding hands

       C                   G
Oh how green will grow the grass 
                           D7
Love can rule the world at last
G                      C  G  C
Life a child can under-st-and 
D7                                   G
Everybody in the whole world holding hands

                              C          D7              G
There will be food for all to eat  shoes for everybody's feet
C                      G               D7
Room enough for all to have a piece of land
        G           C                  D7          G
And the wars cannot exist when there's all togetherness
     C           D7                  G
Everybody in the whole world holding hands

          C           D7                  G
With everybody in the whole world holding hands
       C                   G
Oh how green will grow the grass 



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Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes
Recorded by Dean Martin
Written by Irving Taylor and Ken Lane

C         E7             F
Everybody loves somebody sometime
Dm        A#                 G7
Everybody falls in love some how
C                 Em        Dm
Something in your kiss just told me
   G7          C   G7
My sometime is now

C         E7             F
Everybody finds somebody someplace
Dm                 A#             G7
There's no telling where love may appear
C               Em          Dm
Something in my heart keeps saying
   G7           C
My someplace is here

                       C7
If I had it in my power
        F                 A7                Dm
I would arrange for every girl to have your charm
Am                      Em
Then every minute every hour 
      Dm                  A7                  Dm   G7
Every boy would find what I've found in your arms
 
C         E7             F
Everybody loves somebody sometime
Dm              A#            G7
And although my dream was overdue
C                 Em         F
Your love made it well worth waiting
    G7           C
For someone like you

                       C7
If I had it in my power
        F                 A7                Dm
I would arrange for every girl to have your charm
Am                      Em
Then every minute every hour 
      Dm                  A7                 Dm   G7
Every boy would find what I've found in your arms

C         E7             F
Everybody loves somebody sometime
Dm              A#            G7
And although my dream was overdue
C                 Em         F
Your love made it well worth waiting
    G7           C
For someone like you

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Everybody Makes Mistakes
Recorded by Lacy J. Dalton
Written by Billy Sherrill and Lacy J. Dalton

C     G7 D7            G7  C
Break my heart  hearts get broken
      G7 D7             G7     C
Steal me blind  money's just a token
                        D7
But the stranger that I love 
        G7               Em
Is even stranger than he seems

C             D7
The honesty I thought we had 
    G7                 Em
Was some crazy thing I dreamed
C               D7
Another B grade movie 
    G7         D7     Em
For life's big silver screen
        C
But the king of hearts 
   D7               Em
He always takes the queen


G7 D7 C          G7 D7 C
Ooooh baby baby  ooooh baby baby
          Em
Everybody makes mistakes 
          C
Everybody makes mistakes
          Em
Everybody makes mistakes
          C
Everybody takes and takes

     G7 D7           G7  C
Take my love  love's for taking
      G7 D7               G7  C
Break my heart  a heart's for breaking
                          D7
And the strangers that we love 
          G7                 Em
Are often stranger than they seem

Repeat #2,3

          Em
Everybody makes mistakes
          C
Everybody makes mistakes

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Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Lord I wanna go to heavenbut I don't wanna die
I long for the day that I'll have a new birth 'stead of grievin' here on earth
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Once upon a time there was a man his name was Heas-i-kie
He walked with God both day and night but he didn't want to die
He cried Oh Lord, please let me live, oh, mend these broken bones
God smiled down on Heasikie and gave him fifteen years to go.

When Jesus walked upon this earth he knew his father's friends
He knew that he must give his life to save the soul of man
When Judas had betrayed him his father heard his cry
He was brave enough unto his death but he didn't want to die.

Earl Scruggs Revue; Live At Kansas State

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Alison Krauss - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Once upon a time there lived a man and his name was Isaac
He walked with God both day and night but he didn't wanna die
He cried, oh Lord, please let me live, death is close I know
God smiled down on Isaac and gave him fifteen years to go.

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna die
Well, I long for the day when I'll have new birth 'cause I love the livin' here on earth
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

When Jesus lived here on this earth he knew his father's plan
He knew that he must give his life to save the soul of men
When Judas had betrayed him his father heard him cry
He was brave until his death but he didn't wanna die hey.

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna die
Well, I long for the day when I'll have new birth 'cause I love the livin' here on earth
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die


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Everybody's Somebody's Fool  
recorded by Connie Francis
written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
 
C                                          F
The tears I've cried for you could fill an ocean 
    G7                                 C
But you don't care how many tears I've cried
                                   F
And though you only lead me on and hurt me 
C                G7            C
I couldn't bring myself to say goodbye
 
                             F
Cause everybody's somebody's fool 
G7                     C
Everybody's somebody's baby
                                    F
And there are all exceptions to the rule 
  C             G7         C
Yes everybody's somebody's fool
 
                               F
I told myself it's best that I forget you 
   G7                                 C
Though I'm a fool at least I know the score
                            F
Yes darling I may try to do without you 
 C                  G7               C
It hurts but I come running back for more
 
                             F
Cause everybody's somebody's fool 
G7                     C
Everybody's somebody's baby
                                    F
And there are all exceptions to the rule 
 C              G7         C
Yes everybody's somebody's fool
 
                                       F
Someday you'll find someone you really care for
 G7                                C
And if her love should prove to be untrue
                                           F
You'll know how much this heart of mine is breaking
 C                     G7              C
You'll cry for her the way I cried for you
 
                             F
Cause everybody's somebody's fool 
G7                     C
Everybody's somebody's baby
                                    F
And there are all exceptions to the rule 
 C              G7         C
Yes everybody's somebody's fool

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Everybody's Sweetheart
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C      F                              C
When I told my baby do what you wanna do
       F                                  C
Well I had no idea just what she'd put me through
      G7                        F
Every night she's runnin' round singin' songs in your hometown
      G7                               F        G7
There ain't no one to love me when the sun goes down
           F                                                 C
Well she's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
  F                                                         C
I should've kept her barefoot barefoot and pregnant all the time
  D7                           F
I used to be the first in line now I've fallen way behind
      D7                     G7                         C
She's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
         F                                              C
All that country club money Lord it sure looked good to me yeah it did
        F                                                   C
Playing golf with those fat cats how much better could life be
         G7                          F
They all think I've got it made they see your face on every page
         G7                  F G7
Of every magazine across the USA
Repeat #2
G7                             F
If you see her tell her hi and everything will be all right
G7                                F     G7
Tell her that I love her till the day I die
           F                                                 C
Well she's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
  F                                                         C
I should've kept her barefoot barefoot and pregnant all the time
  D7                           F
I used to be the first in line now I've fallen way behind
      D7                     G7                         C   Am
She's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
      D7                     G7                         C
She's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine

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Everybody's Talkin'
Fred Neil

Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind

People stop and stare
I can't see the faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keep shinin'
Through the pouring rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off on the northest wind
Sailing on a summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a storm

Everybody's talkin' at me
Can't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind

I won't let you leave my love behind


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Everybody's Had The Blues
by Merle Haggard
  
G                   C     A7
Everybody sings the blues sometimes 
    D7                  G
And everybody knows the tune 
                        C       A7
And everybody knows the way I'm feeling 
      D7                  G
Cause everybody's had the blues
 
  D7     C         D7     C
A lonely song some one is gone
  G
A story old as time 
D7   C       D7       C
Love hate or want and wait 
     G                 D7
Till misery fills your mind
    G                   C       A7
But everybody knows the way I'm feeling 
      D7                  G
Cause everybody's had the blues

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Dolly Parton - Everyday Hero lyrics
(B. Tosti/R. O'Hearn)

He takes the train into the city
To him it's more than just a working day
Cause he knows he can change the world in his ordinary way
She's got a job, she has a family
She tries to keep them both together
She's barely getting by, saving everything she makes
Day by day it seems it's getting harder to win
How much longer, ready for their ship to come in
These are the times of the everyday hero
This is the battlefield of the working man
Trying to survive, staying alive, giving it all that he can
With a fire in his soul that keeps burning
And a dream in her heart that won't die
Living day to day, there's no easy way in this everyday life
They started out as high school sweethearts
He promised her a life of luxury
And though they don't have riches they have everything they need
The eyes of her child are her diamonds
The gift of his love are her pearls
Together they plan, taking a stand to make this a better world
But never breaking, knowing that their dreams will begin
Getting stronger in each other's arms
These are the times of the everyday hero
This is the battlefield of the modern world
There's a spirit inside that keeps us alive, giving it all that we can
With a fire in our soul that keeps burning
And a dream in our hearts that won't die
Living day to day, there's no easy way in this everyday life
Everybody has a special reason
There's a chosen road to follow
Just remember nothing good comes easy
Don't surrender till you you find your rainbow
These are the times of the everyday hero
This is the battlefield of the working man
Trying to survive, staying alive, giving it all that he can
With a fire in his soul that keeps burning
And a dream in her heart that won't die
Living day to day, there's no easy way in this everyday life
These are the times of the everyday hero
This is the battlefield of the modern world
There's a spirit inside that keeps us alive, giving it all that we can
With a fire in our soul that keeps burning
And a dream in our hearts that won't die
Living day to day, there's no easy way in this everyday life


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Everything
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Jeff Jones, Rusty VanSickle, Terry Clayton

C
I don't own a brand new Benz
           F                G7       C    G7
I drive an old pick up with rust and dents
        C
I can't afford to live with the upper class
        F                   G7    C
I got a three room one bath fixer up
          F            C
But all I got is all I need
          Dm                G7
A fishing hole and a summer breeze
        F          C
My best girl by my side
        Dm               G7
Lost in love on a starry night
          F                   C
And all I want are the simple things
             Dm C F G7       C    G7
And all I've got     is everything
          C
There's a little spot down by the lake
   F                G7        C   G7
We pack a lunch and spend the day
   C
We spread the blanket on the ground
       F             G7    C
Be the only ones for miles around
          F            C
But all I got is all I need
Repeat #2
Am                G7                F
There's no better place that can be found
C                       Dm               G7
Than to be with her and watch the sun go down
          F            C
But all I got is all I need
Repeat #2
F    G7            C
Well I've got everything

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Everything I Had Going For Me Is Gone
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Hank Cochran

C
Gonna sit here and feel sorry for myself
                                G7
The one I want is with somebody else
    C                          F
And it's nobody's fault but my own
                       G7        C
Everything I had going for me is gone
         F
I didn't know what a good thing I had
                                     G7
So let it go and oh the future looks bad
        C                         F
So I'll punish me by sittin' here alone
                       G7        C
Everything I had going for me is gone
Those sweet morning kisses I recall
                                      G7
Wonder if they ever cross his mind at all
    C                             F
How can everything so right go so wrong
                       G7        C
Everything I had going for me is gone
         F
I didn't know what a good thing I had
                                     G7
So let it go and oh the future looks bad
        C                         F
So I'll punish me by sittin' here alone
                       G7        C
Everything I had going for me is gone
F                      G7        C
Everything I had going for me is gone

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Alan Jackson - Everything I Love lyrics

Coffee keeps me up and I can't sleep
And when I drink too much then I can't eat
Losing you has led me to believe
Everything I love is killing me
Everything I love is killing me
Cigarettes, Jack Daniels and caffeine
And that's the way you're turning out to be
Everything I love, gonna have to give up
'Cause everything I love is killing me
I guess I made a big mistake
Thinkin' you're a habit I can break
Well, I'm addicted to you now I see
Everything I love is killing me
Everything I love is killing me
Cigarettes, Jack Daniels and caffeine
And that's the way you're turning out to be
Everything I love, gonna have to give up
'Cause everything I love is killing me
Everything I love, gonna have to give up
'Cause everything I love is killing me


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Everything I Own
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by David Gates

C                     Am           F            C   G7
You sheltered me from harm kept me warm kept me war-m
C                   Am        F           C  G7
You gave my life to me set me free set me free
    Dm     F            G7
The finest years I ever known
Dm           F                G7
Were all the years I had with you
    F            C  Dm      G7
And I would give anything I own
    F          C       Dm       G7
I'd give up my life my heart my home
  F          C    Dm      G7
I would give everything I own
        F             C
Just to have you back again
                     Am             F            C G7
You taught me how to love what it's of what it's o-f
C         G7                Am
You never said too much but still you showed the way
      A#        F        C    Dm     F               G7
And I knew from watching you  nobody else could ever know
    Dm      F                 G7
The part of me that can't let go
repeat #2
         Am
Is there someone you know you're loving them so
                F
But taking them all for granted
        Dm                        F
You may lose them one day someone takes them away
         A#7                              G7
And they don't hear the words you long to say
repeat #2 
        F              C
Just to touch you once again

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Everything is Beautiful
Written and recorded by Ray Stevens
 
C               F      C
Jesus loves the little children
G7              C              G7
All the little children of the world
        C
Red and yellow black and white
         F               C
They are precious in his sight
      F                G7              C
Jesus loves the little children of the world
 
                         Am         D7
Everything is beautiful  in its own way
                G7                                      C
Like the starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day
                       Am           D7
Everybody's beautiful  in their own way
            G7                                C
Under God's heaven the world's gonna find the way
 
                 G7       F               C
There is none so blind as he who will not see
                      G7             F                   C
We must not close our minds  we must let our thoughts be free
               G7             F                                    C
For every hour that passes by you know the world gets a little bit older
                     G7                      F             C
It's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
 
repeat #2
             G7                                       F            C
We shouldn't care about the length of his hair or the color of his skin
            G7                                    F                C
Don't worry about what shows from without but the love that lives within
          G7                                       F              C
And we're gonna get it all together now everything gonna work out fine
            G7
Just take a little time to look on the good side my friend and 
F                         C
straighten it out in your mind
 
repeat #2

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Everything Is Cool
John Prine

Everything is cool
Everything's okay
Why just before last Christmas
My baby went away

Across the sea to an island
While the bridges brightly burn
So far away from my land
The valley of the unconcerned

I was walking down the road, man
Just looking at my shoes
When God sent me an angel
Just to chase away my blues

I saw a hundred thousand blackbirds
Just flying thru the sky
And they seemed to form a teardrop
From a black haired angel's eye

That tear fell all around me
And it washed my sins away
Now everything is cool
Everything's okay

Everything is cool
Everything's okay
Why just before last Christmas
My baby went away

And I find it real surprising
For myself to hear me say
That everything is cool
Everything's okay
Everything is cool
Everything's okay

Why just before last Christmas
My baby went away.


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Everything Is Possible 

[Verse 1]
You may try to have a perfect life
This you cannot do
This you cannot do but you may try
It ain't look like others have this life
This perfect state of bliss
But if you scratch the surface
There is one thing that you missed

[Chorus]
Everything is possible
Everything can change
Anything can happen
Nothing stays the same
Everything is possible
You can't deny it's true
So who's to say something wonderful
Won't happen to you

[Verse 2]
You may try to have all sunny days
This you cannot do
You've got to be brave at stormy nights
Before the rains come shine it through
So put away the razor blade
Put away the rope
Change the old prescription
For a brand new bottle of hope

[Chorus]
Everything is possible
Everything can change
Anything can happen
Nothing stays the same
Everything is possible
You can't deny it's true
So who's to say something wonderful
Won't happen to you

[Bridge]
No one can escape the sins and errors of this fortune
No one leaves the earth and disappears, disappear

[Chorus]
Everything is possible
Everything can change
Anything can happen
Nothing stays the same
Everything is possible
You can't deny it's true
So who's to say something wonderful
Who's to say something wonderful
Who's to say something wonderful
Won't happen to you

[Outro]
Everything is possible
Everything is possible
Everything is possible
Everything


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Balsam Range - Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) 

Saw your picture on a poster, in a cafe out in Phoenix
Guess you're still the sweetheart of the rodeo
As for me and little Casey, we still make the circuit
In a one horse trailer and a mobile home
And she still asks about you all the time
And I guess we never even cross your mind

But oh sometimes I think about you
And the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
With the sunlight on your hair
And oh the crowd will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters is not gold

Well old Red he's getting older, and last Saturday he stumbled
But you know I just can't bear to let him go
Little Casey she's still growing and she's started asking questions
And there's certain things a man just doesn't know
Her birthday came and you never even called
I guess we never cross your mind at all

But then sometimes I think about you
And the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
With the sunlight on your hair
And oh the crowd will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters is not gold

Everybody said you'd make it big someday
And I guess that we were only in your way
But someday I'm sure your gonna know the cost
Cause for everything you win there's something lost

But oh sometimes I think about you
And the way you used to ride out
In your rhinestones and your sequins
With the sunlight on your hair
And oh the crowd will always love you
But as for me I've come to know
Everything that glitters is not gold

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Everything's A Wreck (Since You're Gone)
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Dottie West and Bill West

G                                    C
The grass on the lawn is almost knee high
      D7
Cause I can't start the mower 
A7                  D7
I've tried and I've tried
    G                                   C
The electric is off in just half of the house
    D7
And I can't figure out what's wrong
                                  G
Everything's a wreck since you've gone

                                          C
The sink in the kitchen is all stopped up too
    D7
And since you've always fixed it 
A7                   D7
I don't know what to do
   G                                             C
My favorite past time lately is watching Edge of Night
    D7
And now the TV won't come on
                                  G
Everything's a wreck since you've gone

D7                           C      G
Everyday something else just falls apart
    A7
But how can I keep them going 
            D7
Without the knowhow or the art
G
I thought I'd change the color 
                          C
Of the room I shared with you

    D7
And don't you know the ladder broke
A7                    D7
Now even the floor is blue
    G                                        C
Our poor old little parakeet doesn't sing anymore
     D7
Like me he's lonely all day long
                                  G
Everything's a wreck since you've gone

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Dolly Parton - Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way) lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

When I look out over a green field of clover
Or watch the sun set at the end of the day
I get kind of moody when I see such beauty
And everything's beautiful in its own way
When I see a fountain flow from a mountain
Or see April showers bring flowers to May
I can't help but ponder; life is such a wonder
And everything's beautiful in its own way
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold
And everything's beautiful in its own way
When I see the clouds form a black summer windstorm
That uproots the harvest and hurls it away
In the midst of such anger, destruction and danger
The storm's even beautiful in its own way
When I see leaves drop off from the treetop
Or see the snow fall on a cold winter's day
My thoughts seem to wander into the blue yonder
God made all things beautiful in their own way
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold
And everything's beautiful in its own way, in its own way, in its own way


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The Incredible String Band - Everything's Fine Right Now (Live In Canada, 1972) 

Who's that knocking on my door?
Can't see no-one right now.
Got my baby here by me,
can't stop, no, no, not now.

Oh, come a little closer to my breast,
I'll tell you that you're the one I really love the best,
and you don't have to worry about any of the rest,
'cause everything's fine right now.

And you don't have to talk and you don't have to sing,
You don; t have to do nothing at all;
Just lie around and do as you please, you don't have for to fall.

Oh, come a little closer to my breast,
I'll tell you that you're the one I really love the best,
and you don't have to worry about any of the rest,
'cause everything's fine right now.

Oh, my, my, it looks kind of dark.
Looks lie the night's rolled on.
Best thing you do is just lie here by me,
of course only just until the dawn.

Oh, come a little closer to my breast,
I'll tell you that you're the one I really love the best,
and you don't have to worry about any of the rest,
'cause everything's fine right now.

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The Incredible String Band - Everything's Fine Right Now - 2010 Remastered Version 

Who's that knocking on my door?
Can't see no-one right now.
Got my baby here by me,
can't stop, no, no, not now.

Oh, come a little closer to my breast,
I'll tell you that you're the one I really love the best,
and you don't have to worry about any of the rest,
'cause everything's fine right now.

And you don't have to talk and you don't have to sing,
You don; t have to do nothing at all;
Just lie around and do as you please, you don't have for to fall.

Oh, come a little closer to my breast,
I'll tell you that you're the one I really love the best,
and you don't have to worry about any of the rest,
'cause everything's fine right now.

Oh, my, my, it looks kind of dark.
Looks lie the night's rolled on.
Best thing you do is just lie here by me, of course only just until the dawn.

Oh, come a little closer to my breast,
I'll tell you that you're the one I really love the best,
and you don't have to worry about any of the rest,
'cause everything's fine right now.

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Billy Strings 
Everything's The Same

I'm goin' to Florida
I'm goin' to Maine
No matter where I roam, everything's the same
I can sketch out a plan
Change my name
No matter where I roam, everything's the same

I've been a lock-pick
I've been a thief
I'll lie to your face and make you believe
I'll tear through town like a hurricane
No matter where I roam, everything's the same

I killed a rounder
I killed a priest
I stole the gold right out of their teeth
I've sold my soul for fortune and fame
No matter where I roam, everything's the same

I'll drink your whiskey
I'll drink your beer
By this time tomorrow, I'll be anywhere but here
Burn down your orchard and dance in the flame
No matter where I roam, everything's the same

It's always "goodbye"
It's always "farewell"
The day I slow down be a cold day in hell
I'm on the run; it's a crying shame
No matter where I roam, everything's the same

Well, I'm on the run; it's a crying shame
No matter where I roam, everything's the same

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Everytime You Say Good-Bye

Look at the sky baby what do you see?
Looks like the tears that I've cried
Falling down like rain on the ground
Every time you say good-bye.

Take a look around now why don't you feel
The way the cold wind stings and blinds
And each time we part like arrows through your heart
Every time you say good-bye.

   There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
   There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
   I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
   Love has gone away and put these tears in my eyes.

Look at the sky baby see how it cries
Ain't it just like my tears
Falling down like rain on the ground
Every time you say good-bye.

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The Incredible String Band - Evolution Rag 

We're the fish men and the sea apes
Look at our tails and scales
And our big tough leader, away he wails

He thinks he is the king pin but he's outraced
By those little weedy stranger with the grin on his face
But that is the illusionist, the circus man
And the whole man murdering sea is his caravan

Eat air croquettes, my children dear
If you want to save yourself time and tears
History picnickers follow me
Evolution up the slopes of the sea
Up the slopes of the sea, up the slopes of the sea

Out on the land, out on the land singing hurray
While a million years pass by and we get well on our way
Grandma clears the trash left by previous picnic slaves
And with just one swipe of her ragged fins uncovers the caves

Singing Billy go store the map safely underground
He does but what is this that he has found

The map has gone how will we grow old
Grandma's tears have made the barbecue cold
I find myself saying here's where I came in
The illusionist has vanished like a red hot gin
Like a red hot gin, like a red hot gin

Oh yeah

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Excuse Me For Living
Recorded by Freddie Hart
Written by Hugh X. Lewis

C                                            G7
I quit going to the places you and I used to go
                                                              C
When I heard that you'd been callin' me that old silly so and so
                                    C7                 F
Was I silly when I kissed you was I just your favorite clown
                   C        G7                 C
Was I just another stand in until another came around

               F                         C
Forgive me for loving you pardon me if I still cry
                    G7                                   C
When I see you with someone new I just wish that I could die
                    F                            C
Oh you threw me out of your life I can't help it if I'm blue
              G7                               C
Excuse me for living if this is living without you

                                                 G7
Seems I'm always in your way to avoid you I have tried
                                                          C
That just doesn't seem to be a place big enough for me to hide
                               C7                  F
I'll do anything to please you I won't call you up again
                          C       G7                          C
You don't have to say you know me just let me see you now and then

               F                         C
Forgive me for loving you pardon me if I still cry
                    G7                                   C
When I see you with someone new I just wish that I could die
                    F                            C
Oh you threw me out of your life I can't help it if I'm blue
              G7                               C
Excuse me for living if this is living without you

              G7                               C
Excuse me for living if this is living without you

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The Incredible String Band - Explorer 

I can no longer hear you call 'cross the airwaves
Fog on the line has shaken my will not to yield
The one left here, my command all gone down
I'm caught, caught, where the cold dark fingers trace

Where the men who failed, they lie and kiss the dark earth's face
I am lost, lost, by the storm clouds am tossed
Now here comes the snow deep
And I will take a sleep, sweet Margaret my dear tell me
It was long and a strong and sweet year indeed to get lost in

I've seen the survivors when they come home from the ice fields
The lace and the ladies' flush and a pearl on the eye
Fine bone china and the log fire spark high
But I'm back in the wasteland low
Where the ripe seed never gets blown

What chance I'll see to sun on the lea, hear the cornfield moan
I am lost, lost, by the storm clouds am tossed
Now here comes the snow deep
And I will take sleep, sweet Margaret my dear, tell me
It was a long and a strong and a sweet year indeed to get lost in

No one to hear me when I cry
No one to hold me when I sigh
No one to watch me when I die
How will I live again?

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Expressing My Love
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Johnny Mathis

C                     G7           C
A million words could never make a start
                    G7                  C
To tell someone you love what's in your heart
F               G7                  C
Some things may seem foolish what I do
      F               G7       C
But I must express my love for you
            G7                           C
I'll send a rose to the one I'm thinking of
               G7                 C
A long distant call expressing my love
              F  G7            C
I'll spend my days finding new ways
           F          G7               C
Letting me know in my heart I love you so
               G7                  C
I'll write you letters twice every day
             G7                 C
I love you I love each one will say
              F  G7            C
I'll spend my days finding new ways
           F          G7               C
Letting me know in my heart I love you so

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Face Lost In The Crowd

I am a face lost in the crowd
A defeated man no one cares about
For the dreams I've had are gone somehow
I'm just a face lost in the crowd

All hopes of wealth and fame are gone
And darkness looms where the sun once shone
No light is there the fire's burned out
And I'm just a face lost in the crowd

The tears I've shed now blur my eyes
The friends I've known would not recognize
This broken man with no way out
I'm just a face lost in the crowd

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Brad Paisley - Facebook Friends lyrics

She was looking at shoes on Amazon
A pop-up ad said, "Find anyone."
She thought about the first boy that she loved
Just a couple clicks and there he was
That night she sent a friend request
The next day she sat down at her desk
And four simple words "Hey, how you been?"
And she felt 17 again
And that's the thing about Facebook friends
It doesn't matter how long it's been
Someone you never thought you'd ever see again
And suddenly you're Facebook friends
They started out just catching up
That led to meeting him for lunch
Before long they're meeting in some bar
Before long they're kissing in some car
And that's the thing about Facebook friends
It doesn't matter how long it's been
Someone you never thought you'd ever see again
And suddenly you're Facebook friends
Oh if there was anybody else
She'd be sittin' in judgement
Thinking they should be ashamed of themselves
For God's sakes you've got a husband and a minivan
And this was not part of a plan
She fantasized they'd start a new life
He'd finally up and leave his wife
But one day she turned her laptop on
And his whole profile page was gone
And that's the thing about Facebook friends


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Facing The Wall
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Hank Mills and Charlie Walker

G                C       G
Facing the w-all feeling lonely
                                D7
But it offers me a place to cry unseen
G                C       G
Facing the w-all feeling lonely
                           D7                  G
I can't face the room with all these shattered dreams
                                       C
I brought her here to dance and have a good time
D7                                        G
And for a while I've thought that she was mine
                                              C
Then through the door walked someone from her past
                      G                  D7               G
The things that I had planned with her I knew would never last
Repeat #1
                                   C
I turn around and look at them but I know
D7                                     G
These tears I hide inside would surely show
                                   C
I'll just stand here alone and cry until
                       G              D7                G
I hear their footsteps leave the room and everything is still
Repeat #1

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Faded Coat Of Blue

My brave boy sleeps in his faded coat of blue
In a lonely grave unknown lies a heart that beats so true
He sank faint and hungry among the famished brave
And they laid him sad and lonely within a nameless grave

   No more the bugle calls oh weary one
   Rest noble spirits in their graves unknown
   For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
   Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue

He cried "Give me water and just a little crumb
And my mother she will bless you through all the years to come
And tell my sweet sister so gentle good and true
That I'll meet her up in Heaven in my faded coat of blue"

No dear one was nigh him to close his mild blue eyes
No gentle voice was by him to give him sweet replies
No stone marks the lonely sod on a lad so brave and true
In a lonely grave he's sleeping in his faded coat of blue

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Faded Flowers

The flowers I saw in the wildwood
Have since dropped their beautiful leaves
And the many dear friends of my childhood
Have slumbered many years in their graves

But the bloom of the flowers I remember
Though their smiles I may never more see
For the cold chilly winds of December
Stole my flowers' companions from me

   It's no wonder that I'm broken hearted
   And stricken with sorrow should be
   For we have met we have loved we have parted
   My flowers companions and me

How dark looks this world and how dreary
When we part from the ones that we love
There is rest for the faint and the weary
And friends to meet with loved ones above

For in heaven I can but remember
When from earth my soul shall be free
There no cold chilly winds of December
Shall steal my companions from me

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Faded Garden Rose
BMI Work #: 9172944
Faded Garden Rose (Larry W. Jones 10/10/2007) (song#5062)

I picked a rose from the garden
Where all the garden roses grow
I picked a rose from the garden
Then I carefully placed it in a vase for show
The rose I picked was not so new
Who knows where a faded love goes
The rose I chose was just for you
I picked a petal from a faded garden rose
A rose is nice most of the year
But when cold ice comes it will close
Like love's door when love is not here
I hold a petal from a faded garden rose
- instrumental -
A rose is nice most of the year
But when cold ice comes it will close
Like love's door when love is not here
I hold a petal from a faded garden rose
Our old love is a memory
That can't live again, I suppose
I'll keep a souvenir for me
I'll keep a petal from a faded garden rose
I'll keep growing garden roses
Water them with the tears that flow
And when they fade for mistakes made
I'll pick a petal from a faded garden rose


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Faded Love

As I look at the Ietters that you wrote to me
It's you that I'm thinking of
As I read the lines that to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love

I miss you darling more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love.

As I think of the past and all the pleasures we had
As I watch the mating of the dove
It was in the springtime that you said good-bye
I remember our faded love.

Patsy Cline; Live At The Opry
Bob Wills; For The Last Time
The Osborne Brothers; Up This Hill And Down

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Faded Love and Winter Roses

Faded love and winter roses
Always bloom in memory
Faded love and winter roses
Yearning hearts that used to be

    Will they meet again tomorrow
    Where they parted yesterday
    Give me back the winter roses
    And the love you took away

Faded love and winter roses
Spring forth with a lonely tear
Faded love and winter roses
Still recall these yesteryears

    Will I always be a dreamer
    Dreamin of a used to be
    Faded love and winter roses
    Bloom and die in memory

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Fadin' In Fadin' Out
Recorded By Tommy Overstreet
Written by Bobby Braddock and Sonny Throckmorton  

C
Well I was foolin' round toolin' down Interstate 40
F
Listenin' to my favorite country show
                                 C                Am
Hank sang from the heart when he sang my favorite part
Dm                         G7
The volume started gettin' low
     C
So I started turnin' the knob and slowin' burnin'
F
Thinkin' baby about our love affair
                          C                  Am
You come in so strong and all at once you're gone
F             G7           C
Just like you weren't even there
Baby your love's like a far off radio station 
F
Playin' my favorite song
                         C               Am
Comin' in so clear I can almost feel you here
       F
Fadin' in (fadin' in) fadin' out (fadin' out) 
            C
Then you're gone
Well sometimes your love's so overpowering 
F
Sometimes it's over over night
                     C        Am
You let me down then you come around
Dm                                 G7
Swear to God you're gonna treat me right
  C
I never know where you are comin' from
F
Never know when you're gonna go
                             C        Am
You start fadin' in then you fade out again
F              G7        C
Like the music on my radio
Repeat #3
       F
Fadin' in (fadin' in) fadin' out (fadin' out) 
            C
Then you're gone
       F
Fadin' in (fadin' in) fadin' out (fadin' out) 
            C
Then you're gone

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Osborne Brothers - Fair and Tender Ladies Lyrics

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court young men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone.

They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
Then away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell.

I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks are black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink.

Oh love is handsome love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows old
And fades away like morning dew.

And fades away like morning dew...

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Fair And Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone

They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
And away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell

I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks were black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink

I wish I was a little sparrow
And I had wings to fly so high
I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover
And when he'd ask, I would deny

Oh love is handsome, love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows older
And fades away like morning dew

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Fair Weather Lover
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Dottie West and Bill West

C    G7      C                 C7            F
Fair weather lover that's what you've always been
G7                                        C
My fair weather lover you're leaving once again
                            G7
When the sun is shining and everything looks rosy
                                 C
This is when you say you love me so                                 
G7
But when a storm appears oh it's all a different story
                             C
Just when I need you most of all     
G7      C                 C7            F
Fair weather lover that's what you've always been
G7                                        C
My fair weather lover you're leaving once again
                             G7
You're always by my side and understand when I'm smiling
                                 C
This is when you say you love me so                               
G7
But when times are bad oh it's all a different story
                             C
Just when I need you most of all     
G7      C                 C7            F
Fair weather lover that's what you've always been
G7                                        C
My fair weather lover you're leaving once again
                                    C7            F
Oh but this time it don't matter go find yourself another     
G7                    C
It's farewell fair weather lover

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Fallen Leaves

All alone in a wigwam
In eighteen sixty-three
There lived a fair Indian maiden
They calledher Fallen Leaves

Pretty as the stars up above you
Fair as the moon in the trees
Because she was born in October
They called her Fallen Leaves

There came a trooper one morning
Just at the break of day
He stopped to rest at the wigwam
Of the shy little Indian maid

Fallen Leaves the breezes whispered
Fallen Leaves the breezes sighed
When he rode on that evening
Fallen Leaves rode by his side

One night while she lay sleeping
The moon was shining bright
He stole away from the campfire
Then rode into the night

Fallen Leaves the breezes whispered
Fallen Leaves the breezes sighed
Our in that lonesome old forest
Fallen Leaves she lingered and died


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Falling Leaves

Falling leaves that lie scattered on the ground
The birds and flowers that were here now can't be found
All his friends that he oince had are not around
They are scattered like the leaves upon the ground.

Some folks drift along through life and never thrill
To the feeling that a good deed brings until
It's too late and they are ready to lie down
Beneath the leaves there scattered on the ground.

Lord let my eyes see every need of every man;
Let me stop and always lend a helping hand
Then when I'm laid beneath that mossy ground
There'll be more friends around than leaves upon the ground.

To your grave there's no use taking any gold;
It's no use when it's time for hands to fold.
When you leave this world for a better home some day
The only thing you'll take is what you gave away.

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Dolly Parton - Falling Out Of Love With Me lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

The hardest thing I've done or that I'll ever do
Was to just walk off and leave you
But I knew I had to leave you
'Cause I couldn't stay and watch you
Falling out of love with me
The worst pain that I've ever known
Or that I'll ever know
Was to see your love-a-dying
And to have to watch it dying
And I couldn't stand to watch you
Falling out of love with me
I'm hurting now, but still it's better
I left while love was still alive
It was dying and I'd rather
I didn't have to watch it die
The loneliest I've ever been
Or that I'll ever be
Now that I'm without you
But I couldn't stand to watch you
Falling out of love with me
I'm crying now, but still it's better
I left while love was still alive
It was dying and I'd rather
I didn't have to watch it die


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Dolly Parton - False Eyelashes lyrics
(Bob Tubert & Demetrius Tapp)

Folks back home think I'm a star now when they hear my records play
They say there home town girl made good and she'd go a long long way
Mom wonders why I don't drive back in that big fine car I own
The truth is I don't have a car and I'm ashamed to go back home
A pair of false eye lashes and a tube of cheap lipstick
A pair of worn out high heel shoes and a dress doesn't fit
These are all my possessions all I have to my name
And a record played in my home town is my only claim to fame
I'm so glad that dad can't see me now, his favorite little girl
Singing in this dingy place on the wrong side of the world
And I'm glad that I can't see the boy that offered me his name
For I was blind and turned from him in this empty search for fame
A pair of false eye lashes and a tube of cheap lipstick
A pair of worn out high heel shoes and a dress doesn't fit
These are all of my possessions, all I have to my name
And a record played in my home town is my only claim to fame
Yes a record played in my home town is my only claim to fame


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Richard Thompson - False Or True Lyrics

I tell you secrets that don't even matter
I give you keepsakes but only to flatter
I don't believe in myself, I don't believe in myself
So why should anyone else?

Will I be a thief for love?
Soon or never, ever false or true

New tricks for old dogs, no sleight, no deceiving
I wish I were someone that you could believe in
I don't believe in myself, oh, I don't believe in myself
So why should anyone else?

Will I be a thief for love?
Soon or never, ever false or true
False or true

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Chris Thile - Falsetto

February swings my time like
From worry to despair
There's a lifetime of friendships to
Repair between America
And everybody else

Cause froggy thinks the courtship's going pretty well
Says buddy if you saying this you can go to hell
With you movies and you marches
Your speeches and your stupid songs

And your girly falsetto girly falsetto
Falling from the highest heights and the ribbons running
Through your viper vintage mikes

I tried to look away
From that time life
But I see it everywhere
Its another die of try
And 100 for the characters
To still at wandering when he's gonna crack

Cause froggy thinks his whistle is the liberty bell
Says buddy if you saying this you can go to hell
With your Viva La Resistance
Your facts and your stupid songs

And your girly falsetto girly falsetto
Falling from the highest heights and the ribbons running
Through your viper vintage mikes
Cause everything is going great you should be super psyched

Don't tell it like it is don't tell it like it was
Just tell it like I want it to be
Don't tell it like it is don't tell it like it was

I tried to write in of my time life
With Roger's 18th slam of soul
And now with all him gone above
Can't hear his groans
Strokes with that kind of graze

Shut up and sing in falsetto sing in falsetto
Falling from the highest heights like the ribbons running
Through your viper vintage mikes
Cause everything is going great you should be super psyched

Put the false in falsetto let your voice go jello
In to disco night
The further it can go the faster in will fall in line
You entertainers need to keep the entertainment light

Don't tell it like it is
Entertainers better keep the entertainment light
Don't tell it like it was
Entertainers better keep the entertainment light
Just tell it like I want it to be
Don't tell it like it is
Entertainers better keep the entertainment light
Don't tell it like it was
Entertainers better keep the entertainment light
Just tell it like I want it to be
I'll put the false in falsetto let my voice go jello
In to this goodnight

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The Boxcars - Familiar with the Ground

This old job is overrated
But I knew I had to take it.
Cuz' there ain't that many of em' to be found.
Now I'm stuck here in the middle.
Gettin' by on a little,
And there ain't no way to turn my life around.
I know how it feels to be flyin' high.
Right at home
With The clouds in the sky.
As long as I never look down,
Lately I've grown familiar with the ground.

I'm lucky to have a woman.
And she knows that I'm comin' home
As soon as I can lay
this guitar down.
I'm thinkin' about my babies

But always were itmaybe they won't know me
When I roll into town.
I know how it feels to be flyin' high.
Right at home
With The clouds in the sky.
As long as I never look down,
Lately I've grown familiar with the ground.

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Punch Brothers - Familiarity 

It's on
Again you hate it but you know it then
You know it and so do your friends
And you can sing together when
It's on
Pretend you love it because you love them
As you explode out of your phones (amen)
to make some music of your own (amen)
You can hate it softly to yourself alone
A man among amens

A ringing bell, or programmed drums or both
I couldn't tell but I rejoice

A smoke machine or a swinging thurible
it was hard to see but I lifted up my voice
We've come together over we know not what...

A call to prayer, or the last for alcohol
we didn't care; We knelt and bowed our heads

Or did we dance? Like we may never get another chance to disconnect
We've come together Over we know not what to say I love you

I love you, I love you
I mean it, I want feel it
God help me feel it
I love you
God knows I mean it
God help me feel it
God knows we mean it
God help us feel it...

We lie in bed
The wireless dancing through my head
Until I fear the space between my breath
I see an end to where I don't love you like I can
Cause I've forgotten how it feels (amen)
To love someone or thing for real (amen)
Darling when you wake, remind me what we've done
That can't be shared, or saved, or even sung
It's on
Again you nod your head and take my hand
Though im not sure where we'll go (amen)
To worship more than what we know (amen)
As long as you're there I won't be alone
A man among amens



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Dolly Parton - Family lyrics

When it's family, you forgive them for they know not what they do
When it's family, you accept them, 'cause you have no choice but to
When it's family, they're a mirror of the worst and best in you
And they always put you to the test
And you always try to do your best
And just pray for God to do the rest, when it's family
Some are preachers, some are gay
Some are addicts, drunks and strays
But not a one is turned away, when it's family
Some are lucky, others ain't
Some are fighters, others faint
Winners, losers, sinners, saints, it's all family
And when it's family you trust them and your heart's an open door
When it's family, you tolerate what you'd kill others for
When it's family, you love and hate and take, then give some more
Somehow you justify mistakes, try to find some better way
To solve the problems day to day, in the family
You take the trouble as it comes and love them more than anyone
Good or bad or indifferent, it's still family
You choose your lovers, you pick your friends
Not the family that you're in, nah
They'll be with you 'til the end, 'cause it's family
And when it's family, you forgive them for they know not what they do
When it's family, they're a mirror of the worst and best in you
When it's family, when it's family
Let me be all that I should be to the family


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Family Reunion
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Rusty Gabbard and William Holt

G
Come one come all to the family reunion
                         D7
With mother and daddy so sweet
     G
Come one come all to the family reunion
                D7              G
It might be the last time we'll meet
 
 
Now mother is sick she's tired and weary
    D7               G
She can't go another mile
 
She loves her children and she wants them near her
D7                          G
Once more just to see their smile
 
Come one come all to the family reunion
                         D7
With mother and daddy so sweet
     G
Come one come all to the family reunion
                D7              G
It might be the last time we'll meet
 
 
What good will the roses do daddy up yonder
   D7                      G
So why don't you give them today
 
While he is still living and loving his children
D7                        G
To daddy it's better this way
 
Come one come all to the family reunion
                         D7
With mother and daddy so sweet
     G
Come one come all to the family reunion
                D7              G
It might be the last time we'll meet

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Family Ties Won't Be Broken In Heaven

Down here we say goodbye to our loved ones
Thru all the pain, it's so hard to be strong
But God heals the wounds when the circle is broken
And we'll see them again, it won't be long

CHORUS ~

Family ties won't be broken in Heaven
For we'll all be together on that shore
There will be no goodbyes
To bring tears to our eyes
Cause the circle won't be broken anymore
In Heaven we won't know separation
Mom and Dad will never have to go away
And we'll all be a part of God's great family circle
And with Jesus we're united to stay

Tag ~

There will be no goodbyes
To bring tears to our eyes
Cause the circle won't be broken anymore


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Family Who Prays

The family who prays will never be parted
Their circle in geaven unbroken shall stand
God will say Enter my good faithful servant
The family who prays never shall part

Satan has parted fathers and mothers
Filling their hearts with his envy and hate
Aiding their pathway down to destruction
Leaving their children like orphans to stray

* Refrain

Wars and tornadoes are taking our loved ones
Leaving us tearful with sad aching hearts
But we shall join them over the river
For the family who prays never shall part

* Refrain


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Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --
She sends her regards.

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L. Cohen


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The Avett Brothers - Famous Flower of Manhattan 

I found a flower in a field
A field of cars and people, Rows of concrete, paint, and steel
Manhattan is where it grew

And I thought, to cut it from its stem
And take it from the cracks
Between bricks that it lay in
And save it from city strife
Away from the city life

Then someone, they whispered in my ear
A county girl can't be made out of anybody here
Don't touch it, it loves you not
Don't touch it, it loves you not

Cause blue birds, Don't fly without their wings
And when we put them in a cage
The world can't hear them sing
So selfish when greed sets in
Possession, the king of sin

And people don't ever let you down
Forever find a way to kill whatever love they've found
A heart beat and I want it too
Manhattan is where she grew

So I left and I let the flower be
And yesterday saw the flower on cable TV
Much prettier than here with me
For all of the world to see
Much prettier than here with me

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Brad Paisley - Famous People lyrics

Well you're the first car in an hour or so
I'm glad you stopped in, it's sure been slow around here today
Just like every day
Well I couldn't help but notice your California plates
And I thought I recognized that name on your credit card
You're a movie star
I can't wait to get back home and tell all my buddies
That I met one of the most famous people in the country
Chorus
Well, I only go to movies when I'm down in Bowling Green
And cable don't come out this far so I never watch TV
I know you played in something but I'm gonna need some help
Hey wait, weren't you in Cannonball Run, no, oh well
Allow me to introduce myself
My name ain't John, this is somebody else's greasy shirt my name's Kurt
This is the town that I grew up in
I've never seen L.A., the closest I've been to Hollywood is Dollywood
But when you get back to Beverly Hills, you can tell all your buddies
That you met one of the most famous people in the country
Chorus
'Cause I caught the record small mouth down on Kentucky Lake
And I threw the winning touchdown pass the night that we won state
And I'm still signing autographs after all these years
Oh, yeah I guess I'm gonna need yours, sign um here
I've been thinking about doing some acting someday
If I ever do make it out to L.A., can I give you a shout
Maybe crash on your couch
If you hear of any roles that are floating around
That would put me and Ashley Judd making out in a steamy love scene
I'd work pretty cheap
If the phones are down, just ask around you'll get a hold of me
'Cause I'm one of the most famous people in the country
Tag
You're talkin' to one of the most famous people in the country


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Far Away Heart
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Lee Emerson

G                                       C
Don't let it happen don't find somebody new
D7                                      G
Don't let the loneliness make a fool of you
                                               C
Don't be tempted by the moonlight while we are apart
G                                   D7       G
Just remember you're in love with a far away heart
  C                       G
A far away heart but it's true
     C                         G             D7
With only lonely duties hadn't taken me from you
G                                                  C
And sent me far across the seas away from you sweetheart
    G                                       D7       G
But have no fear you're always here in this far away heart
                                                  C
I'm so happy when you write me but when I read it through
D7                                             G
I can see some tears have fallen on the letter too
                                                    C
Don't cry darling think about when our love got its start
     G                                             D7       G
That old love light's still burning bright in this far away heart
  C                       G
A far away heart but it's true
     C                         G             D7
With only lonely duties hadn't taken me from you
G                                                  C
And sent me far across the seas away from you sweetheart
    G                                       D7       G
But have no fear you're always here in this far away heart

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Far Cry

I remember the face of an angel
The love that was faithful and true
I left that dear girl in the mountains
For a ramblin' life empty and blue

Sweet roses bloom where they're layin'
Wild flowers seed on the wind
That valley was closer to heaven
Than any place this poor fool has been

   It's a far cry from here to Virginia
   But I'd crawl every inch of that ground
   My teardrops fall like rain on the roof
   For that Blue Ridge home where I'm bound

This highway's a ribbon of lonesome
Don't care where I lay my head down
For ten years it's died broken hearted
My sweet mountain darlin' is gone

I remember the face of an angel

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Far From Me
John Prine

As the cafe was closing
on a warm summer night
Cathy was cleaning the spoons
The radio played the "Hit Parade"
And I hummed a long with the tune
She asked me to change the station
Said the song just drove her insane
But it weren't just the music playing
It was me that she was trying to blame.

Chorus:
And the sky is black and still now
On the hill where the angels sing
Ain't it funny how an old broken bottle
Looks just like a diamond ring
But it's far, far from me

Well, I leaned on my left leg
in the parking lot dirt
Cathy was closing the lights
A June bug flew from the warmth he once knew
And I wished for once I weren't right
Why we used to laugh together
And we'd dance to any old song.
Well, you know, she still laughs with me
But she waits just a second too long.

Chorus

Well, I started the engine
and I gave it some gas
Cathy was closing her purse
Well, we hadn't gone far in my beat old car
And I was prepared for the worst.
"Will you still see me tomorrow?"
"No, I got too much to do."
Well, a question ain't really a question
If you know the answer too.

Chorus


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Alison Krauss - Far Side Bank Of Jordan Lyrics

I believe my steps are growing wearier each day
Still I've got a journey on my mind
Lures of this old world have ceased to make me want to stay
And my one regret is leaving you behind

If it proves to be his will that I am first to go
And somehow I have a feeling it will be
When it comes your times to travel like [Incomprehensible] feel lost
For I will be the first one that you'll see

And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan
I'll be waiting, drawing pictures in the sand
And when I see you coming, I will rise up with the shout
And come running through the shallow waters, reaching for your hand

Through this life we've labored hard to earn our meager fare
It's brought us trembling hands and flaring eyes
I'll just rest here on the shore and turn my eyes away
Until you come, then we'll see paradise

And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan
I'll be waiting, drawing pictures in the sand
And when I see you coming, I will rise up with the shout
And come running through the shallow waters, reaching for your hand

And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan
I'll be waiting, drawing pictures in the sand
And when I see you coming, I will rise up with the shout
And come running through the shallow waters, reaching for your hand

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Far Side Of The Bed
Recorded by Lorrie Morgan
Written by Susie McCoy
 
D7                        G    C                     G
All the feeling lived and died in the miles that lay between us
                       Am        D7                       G
And I love you doesn't mean much from the far side of the bed
D7                           G    C                   G
Now there's time for looking back the chosen memories for keepin'
                 Am           D7                     G
And I cry as you lay sleepin' on the far side of the bed
                        C                           G
There was once a raging love on the far side of the bed
                        Bm     C                          D7
Where this touching was enough to ease the pain inside my head
                          C                           G
Now I can't turn back the time and I cannot raise the dead
                                Am     D7                     G
And now there's just a favorite memory on the far side of the bed
D7                   G   C                        G
After close of every day there's another day I've missed you
                       Am      D7                       G
And an empty goodnight whisper from the far side of the bed
D7                          G    C                    G
With all my memories packed away like a suitcase I'll be taken
                      Am     D7                     G
I'll be gone when you awaken on the far side of the bed
Repeat #2

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Alison Krauss - Faraway Land

When years seem like days to me
No time on my hands
I run away to a place in me
To a faraway land

When home seems so far from me
Heaven's lights look dim
It's just as far as my deepest heart
Where my heart's Father lives

His quiet voice speaking in silence everyday
If I will only listen to the words He has to say
I'll walk in His Spirit, see Him in my face
I will live, 'cause He will live in my place

When life seems so hard to bear
When shadows look real
The circumstance is your Father's care
Go by faith not what you feel

If you have been running too
Stop now in your tracks
Turn again to the one in you
Put your burden on His back

His quiet voice speaking in silence everyday
If I will only listen to the words He has to say
I'll walk in His Spirit, see Him in your face
I will live, 'cause He will live in my place

When years seem like days to me
No time on my hands
I run away to a place in me
To a faraway land


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Fare Thee Well Marianne
Traditional

Fare thee well, my own true love
Fare thee well, my dear
The ship is sailin' and the wind blows free
And I am bound away to the sea, Marianne

Ten thousand miles away from home
Ten thousand miles or more
The sea may freeze or the Earth may burn
If I never more return to you, Marianne

The lobster boiling in the pot
The bluefish on the hook
Their sufferings long but it's nothing like
The ache I bear for you, Marianne

And if I had a flask of gin
Sugar here for two
And a great big bowl to mix them in
I'd pour a drink for you, Marianne

So fare thee well, my own true love
Fare thee well, my dear
The ship is sailing and the wind blows free
And I am bound away to the sea, Marianne


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Farewell Lovely Bonnie
BMI Work #: 9182187
Farewell Lovely Bonnie (Larry W. Jones 10/17/2007) (song#5077)

Deep in some lone valley
Beyond the purple sage
Where sad whippoorwills call
Upon their prairie stage
Farewell lovely Bonnie
There I will go to hide
But I will dream of lovely Bonnie
Wherever I may ride
My Bonnie don't want me
But I now understand
She wants a cattle baron
A big ranch house and land
And what I have none of
Is any silver or gold
But I could give her all my true love
More than ranch houses hold
- instrumental -
If I were a teacher
I'd write with a fine hand
Letters that might reach her
And her heart understand
I'd write by the river
Where waters flow so wide
And I would dream of lovely Bonnie
Wherever I may ride
Farewell lovely Bonnie
I'll dream of lovely Bonnie
Wherever I may ride


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Farewell Nellie

Farewell Nellie farewell darling
Soon with strangers I must roam
Don't forget the one that loves you
Far away from friends and home

     Fly across the ocean birdie
     Fly across the deep blue sea
     Take this message to my darling
     She'll be glad to hear from me

You have told me that you love me
But you haven't proved it true
So I'll go and court some other
That will love me more than you

When the whippoorwills are singing
Across the dark and lonely sea
When you're thinking of ten thousand
Will you sometimes think of me

How my heart is filled with sorrow
And my eyes are filled with tears
No I'll not forget you darling
If I live ten thousand years

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Alan Jackson - Farewell Party lyrics

When the last breath of life, is gone, from my body,
And my lips, are as cold, as the sea,
When my friends, gather round, for my, Farewell party,
Won't  you, pretend, you love me.
There l be flowers, from those, who will cry  when I go,
And leave you, in this, ole world alone,
I know, you'll have fun, at my, Farewell party,
I know, you'll be glad, when I'm gone.
Don't be, mad at me, for wanting, to keep you,
Till my life, on this, ole world is through,
You'll be free, at the end, of my, Farewell party,
But I'll, go away, loving you.
There will  be flowers, from those, who will cry, when I go,
And leave you, in this, ole world alone,
I know, you'll have fun, at my, Farewell party,
I know, you'll be glad, when I'm gone.
Oh I know, you'll be glad, when I'm gone.


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Farmers Blues
Recorded by Marty Stuart
Written by Marty Stuart and Connie Smith
[3/4 time]

G
Who'll buy my wheat who'll buy my corn
           C                    G
To feed my babies when they are born
                                            D7
Seeds and dirt a prayer for rain that I can use
G
I work the land I watch the sky
          C              G
I talk to God and wonder why
             Em          D7                  G
But it's the only life I know these farmer's blues
          D7
I see the seasons come and go
        C             G
Sending rain fire and snow
                                       D7
I'm at the mercy of it all this life I choose
            G
Sometimes I hang my head and cry
          C                  G
When that evening train goes by
                Em          D7
I wish it could take me far away
               G
These farmer's blues 
   
The tractor's old the fence is down
          C              G
Put on my suit and go to town
                                            D7
I ask for a loan and I know well they might refuse
        G
Back at home still by my side
          C                 G
The one I love with worried eyes
          Em         D7                  G
Waits for me to love away these farmer's blues
Repeat #2

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Farmer's Daughter
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
  
C                   F               C
Tonight there'll be candlelight and roses
                                                    G7
In this little country chapel that's almost falling down
            C                 F                  C
There'll be tears in this old farmer's eyes this evening
       D7                             G7
When I give my one possession to that city boy from town

    C                F                 C
His hair is a little longer than we're use to
                                            F
But I guess I should find something good to say
                                      C
About this man whose won the farmer's daughter
         G7                        C
And will soon become my son-in-law today

F                          C
Momma left eight years ago December
           G7                         C
And it was hard to be a dad and momma too
    F                                C
But somehow we made home of this old farmhouse
    D7                        G7
And love was all my baby ever knew

C               F                    C
He could be the richest man in seven counties
                                   F
And not be good enough to take her hand
                                         C
But he says he really loves the farmer's daughter  
      G7                                   C
And I know the farmer's daughter loves the man



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Farmer's Song
Written and recorded by Murray McLauchlan

G
Dusty old farmer out working your fields
                               D7
Hanging down over your tractor wheels
The sun beatin' down turns the red pain to orange
                         G
And rusty old patches of steel
There's no farmer songs on that car radio
                               C
Just cowboys truck drivers and pain
                D7         G              Em
Well this is my way to say thanks for the meal
      Am              D7          G
And I hope there's no shortage of rain
Straw hats and old dirty hankies
                     D7
Moping a face like a shoe
Thanks for the meal here's a song that is real
                            G
From a kid from the city to you
Repeat #3
The combines gang up take most of the bread
                                    D7
Things just ain't like they used to be
Though your kids are out after the American dream
                                G
And they're workin' in big factories
If I come by when you're out in the sun
                              C
Can I wave at you just like a friend
                D7         G         Em
These days when everyone's taking so much
        Am       D7          G
There's somebody giving back in
Repeat #3 

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Farther Along

   Farther along we'll know more about it
   Farther along we'll understand why
   Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
   We'll understand it all by and by

Tempted and tried will oft make you wonder
Why it should be thus all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested though in the wrong

When death has found and taken our loved ones
Leaving our home so lonely and dreary
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year

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Fast As You
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
Maybe someday I'll be strong maybe it won't be long
F
I'll be the one who's tough 
C
You'll be the one who's got it rough
   D7                F                  C
It won't be long and maybe I'll be real strong
Maybe I'll do things right maybe I'll start tonight
F
You'll learn to cry like me 
C
Baby let's just wait and see
D7               F                     C
Maybe I'll start tonight and do things right
F                                                   C
You'll control me and oh so boldly rule me till I'm free
         F
Till the pain that shakes me finally makes me 
                 G7
Get up off of my knees
          
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
C
Maybe I'll be fast as you maybe I'll break hearts too
F
But I think that you'll slow down 
          C
When your turn to hurt comes around
D7                          F             C
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you
repeat #3,4
D7                          F             C
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you

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Fast Company
Recorded by Bobby Flores
Written by Eddie Miller and Skeets McDonald
 
C
I wish you knew what I go through
                      G7
When night time comes around
 
But you're too busy having fun
                        C
On the brighter side of town
 
 
I heard about your stepping out
                    G7
And want no part of me
 
You changed your pace and I lost the race
             C
Of fast company
 
                 F         C
You're with that fast company
                              D7                 G7
When you know that you should be right here with me
           F                C
These open arms wait patiently
  G7                                           C
I still believe someday you'll be my fast company
 
 
I'll wait until you have your fill
                        G7
Of the brighter side of town
 
And when you're thorough feeling blue
                   C
I'll still be easy found
 
 
These same two arms that held you tight
                     G7
To reach in desperately 
 
To hold the one who had her fun
          C
Fast company
 
Repeat #3

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Richard Thompson - Fast Food Lyrics

Big Mac, small Mac, burger and fries
Sheave 'em in boxes all the same size
Easy on the mustard, heavy on the sauce
Double for the fat boy eats like a horse

Fry them patties and send 'em right through
Microwave oven going to fry me too
Can't lose my job by getting in a rage
Got to get my hands on that minimum wage

Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
Got to make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant
Shakes' full of plastic, meat's full of worms
Everything's zapped so you won't get germs

Water down the ketchup, easier to pour on
Pictures on the register in case you're a moron
Keep your uniform clean, don't talk back
Blood down your sh*t going to get you the sack

Sugar, grease, fats and starches
Fine to dine at the golden arches

Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
Got to make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant
Shakes' full of plastic, meat's full of worms
Everything's zapped so you won't get germs

Baby thrown up, booth number 9
Wash it down, hose it down, happens all the time
Cigarettes in the coffee, contact lens in the tea
I'd rather feed pigs than humanity

Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
Got to make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant
Shakes' full of plastic, meat's full of worms
Everything's zapped so you won't get germs

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Fast Movin' Train
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Billy Troy and Bennie Boling
 
G    Em                              B7
Well ever since I met you seems like everything's a blur
C                            G
Things are going faster everyday
    Em                                 B7
And like the midnight special we ain't slowing down for curves
   C                                    D7
We know we're on a downhill run all the way
    C              D7          G
Our love is like a fast movin' train
 
  C                       G
A fast movin' train won't stop for anything
     D7                                  G
Like you and me it's rolling through the steam
     C                        G            Em
It's never turning back we're on a one way track
    G              D7          G
Our love is like a fast movin' train
 
        Em                       B7
There's never been a mountain so steep we couldn't climb
    C                                G
Our love has never faltered or never failed
      Em                         B7
We'll keep it all together as we travel down the line
    C                               D7
Our hearts are riding on the Five-O-Main
   C               D7                G
Forever we'll keep rollin' down this rail
 
Repeat #2 x2
     C                        G            Em
It's never turning back we're on a one way track
    G              D7          G
Our love is like a fast movin' train

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The Duhks - Fast Paced World

We've forgotten what is sacred,
We've forgotten what is sacred,
Not love, not culture, not family or nature

Everybody follow me, I will show you the way,
I know all the ins and outs,
Of how this world should be turning
With God as my leader, I'll feed you all kinds of lies,
And you'll believe me,
'Cause even God has lost his name with time

Time after time, his name has been misused,
Manipulation through fear,
To get you to adhere
Empty threats without proof, will only lead to paranoia,
If we don't think for ourselves, well then what do we got?

We've forgotten what is sacred
In this fast-paced world,
We take and keep taking,
Without thinking of what we're giving

Oh, nothing is sacred in this fast-paced world
Not love, not culture, not family or nature

Suburbia land, where everything is made easy
Don't worry, we'll wipe you clean of your identity
Supermarkets and box malls for your convenience
All the Ma and Pop stores, no longer have your allegiance

With cookie cutter houses, cars and jobs
We'll all be the same, we won't have to think anymore
About our neighbors gossiping, about our freaky differences
We won't have to worry, won't have to take any chances

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Fast Way Of Livin'
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Dixie Davis and Larry Davis

C
Every night you'll find me on a barstool somewhere
                        D7        G7
Drowning my sorrows and hiding my tears
    C
Too weak to face the future since my baby said goodbye
                                         G7          C
I know this fast way of living is just a slow way to die
 
 
Well I'm a honky tonk man in a honky tonk crowd
                                    D7              G7
And you'll always find me where the music's playing loud
     C
With that laughing and dancing and the time just seems to fly
                                         G7          C
I know this fast way of living is just a slow way to die
 
 
The times running out for this honky tonk man
                               D7        G7
But I'll keep the pace just as long as I can
    C
I'm running from something that's already passed me by
                                         G7          C
I know this fast way of living is just a slow way to die
 
 
Well I'm a honky tonk man in a honky tonk world
                                      D7         G7
And you can bet you'll find me with a honky tonk girl 
     C
With that laughing and dancing and the time just seems to fly
                                         G7          C
I know this fast way of living is just a slow way to die
 
Repeat #4

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Fast Women Slow Horses And Wine
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Words and music by Rusty Harp
[3/4 time]

C                      F          C
I used to have money a home and a car
                      D7        G7
A horse and a dog and my old guitar
  C                         F              C
A pretty young wife just as sweet as could be
                           G7     C
Now all I've got left is a family tree
                F          C
Fast women slow horses and wine  
                         D7         G7
Have made me an old man ahead of my time
   C                        F           C
My hair once black now with silver does shine
                              G7         C
On account of fast women slow horses and wine
                            F          C
I first started playing the horses for fun
                             D7         G7
The years rolled along but I never once won
  C                     F            C
I then started slipping around on my wife
                       G7         C
And I'll regret it the rest of my life
Repeat #2 
 
                          F             C
I've lost all my money my wife took the car
                          D7        G7
My home horse and dog and my old guitar
    C                    F         C
Her new husband is a big hillbilly star
                                G7          C
And the women all swoon when he plays my guitar
Repeat #2 
                              G7         C
On account of fast women slow horses and wine

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Fastest Grass Alive

The most wanted fastest grass alive
Livin' on somewhere on that mountain side
Finger picking good kentucky side
Wanted fastest grass alive

Up rocky top there live the brede brothers
Alvis, Rufus, Festus, Fred and little will
They can lay that a gluegrass down
Sicker than a blue tip hound
And sweeter than the moonshine from their still

* Refrain

The sheriff sent a posse up that mountain
He said place them bred'n boy under arrest
But the posse went stone blind on music and moonshine
They must be up there cause friend
They ain't come down the mountain yet

* Refrain


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Fate Of Dewey Lee, The

Twas on one Saturday evening
About the hour of ten
In a little mining town
Where trouble did begin
Everybody there were drinking
There were whiskey everywhere
Dewey Lee got to thinking
He had no business there

He was so tall and handsome
His heart so true and brave
Joe Jenkins pulled his pistol
And sent him to his grave
He took the life of Dewey
When life had just began
And Dewey went to Heaven
While Joe went to the pen

He took the life of Dewey
Because he would not tell
We know he murdered Dewey
For Dewey's pistol fell
His mother sits now weepin'
She weeps and mourns all day
She prays to meet her boy
In a better world some day

So hearken to my story
And what I have to say
Get right with your Maker
We'll meet Him again some day
The clerk said, "Stand up, boy
And listen to your crime!"
They sent him down to Richmond
To serve out his time

Young men all take warning
For this you must outlive
Don't take the life of anyone
For life you cannot give
You may possess great riches
Put many beneath the sod
But money won't hire a lawyer
When you stand before your God

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Father Along
Traditional

Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder
Why it should be thus all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested tho' in the wrong

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up, my brother live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year

* Refrain

Faithful till death said our loving Master
A few more days to labor and wait
Toils of the road will then seem as nothing
As we sweep thru the beautiful gate

* Refrain

When we see Jesus coming in glory
When He comes from His home in the sky
Then we shall meet Him in that bright mansion
We'll unserstand it all by and by

* Refrain

EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTADT, DOLLY PARTON - The Trio


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Father Knows Best
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs 
Written by Mike Curtis and Lenny LeBlanc

C                                 F                 C
Daddy told me not to ride my bike across that rocky creek
                                  G7
You know it's swift in places and son it's pretty deep
    F                        C            Am
But hardheaded full of pride I went on anyway
       C                             G7                 C
And if daddy hadn't been watchin' me I wouldn't be here today
             F                 C
Father knows best father knows best
   G7                                C                C7
If he hadn't been looking out for me I'd be in such a mess
  F                          C               Am
I swore from then on I would do just what he said
                   F     G7           C
Cause father knows best  father knows best
                                F                  C
I remember back in high school about sixteen years old
                                      G7
My friends said let's go drinking but daddy told me not to go
    F                                       C                    Am
Now I'm so glad that I stayed at home cause it turned out he was right
         C
When the papers came the next morning 
            G7                 C
Well it was there in black and white
Repeat #2
Am                  C              F               C
Today a man knocked on my door and said your daddy died
  F                                  D7                   G7
I tried holdin' back the tears but I just stood there and cried
    F                         C                     Am
Now Lord you know I loved him why did he have to go away
     C                    G7               C
Then lookin' up to heaven I heard somebody say
             F                 C
Father knows best father knows best
    G7                         C                       C7
I'm always looking out for you so your heart can be at rest
     F                                 C                  Am
I'll see you through the bad time just remember what I've said
                   F     G7           C
Cause father knows best  father knows best
                  F     G7                    C
Your father knows best  son your father knows best

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Father Of Judy Ann
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Bill Owens

C       F
I'm the father of Judy Ann     
C
The girl you led astray           
G7
You're the reason my Judy Ann              
 C
Took her life todayI didn't come here just to scare ye                
C7       FI 
came here to use this gun                     
C
And you're gonna pay with your life 
G7              C
For what you've doneJudy Ann was just sixteen        
G7
You're married with a family
You got my little girl in trouble            
F               C
Now you're gonna answer to me
She left a note on the river bank                  
C7        F
Tortured words I still can see                             
C
And I won't rest till you're laid to rest             
G7              C
You took my only child from me

repeat #1,2

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Father Son and Holy Ghost

He was the blessed father of Abraham
Brought his people to the promised land
Poured milk and honey at their feet
Told them to ask they shall recieve

    Do you know the father son and the holy ghost
    The prince of peace and the heavenly host
    He delivered us from sin and he'll come this way again
    Do you know the father son and the holy ghost

He cured the blind the sick and the deaf
He raised poor Lazarus up from the dead
Turned pure water into wine
And sent his only son to die

When you know these miracles to be true
Trust what the Lord has in store for you
Believe me my friend you best get right
Cause this could be the night we all take flight

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Faultless Memory
BMI Work #: 9290957
Faultless Memory (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2007) (song#5188)

Back when we married, I was her faultless man
That's what she remembers looking at her band
She only saw the good, not the bad in me
It's good that she has a faultless memory
She only saw the good, no remembrance of the bad
I wish now that I would have seen more of what I had
I'm glad that she recalls all good things that came to be
For love I owe my all to her faultless memory
- instrumental -
The kids are grown and the hard times are a blur
And I've never known another friend like her
I can find no fault in her true love for me
It's good that she has a faultless memory
She only saw the good, no remembrance of the bad
I wish now that I would have seen more of what I had
I'm glad that she recalls all good things that came to be
For love I owe my all to her faultless memory
Now, I know she knows the way things really were
To all the hard times she never does refer
She'll be my best friend into eternity
I love her ways and her faultless memory


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The Avett Brothers - Feb. 20, 2000 

The whipping of the flag above
it sung me to sleep
and I awoke to feel her hair
dancing on my cheek

I awoke with the crazy feeling
that I was where I belong
and the sun warmed a remembered love
in my head I heard this song

Dont leave, youve finaly made it home
aint this the girl that you wanted all along
I know it hurts to think about
everything that went wrong
but I think its over now

And I can't believe how her hands
still fit perfectly in mine
if I don't take my chances now
I'll be searching all my life

Trying to find the feelings that I knew
with this lovley country girl
if those plans are just a young mans mistake
why am I still so set on her

Don't leave, youve finaly made it home
aint this the girl that you wanted all along
I know it hurts to think about
everything that went wrong
but I think its over now

And more than ever, now I hear
that sweet old voice inside my ear
it says

Dont leave, youve finaly made it home
aint this the girl that you wanted all along
I know it hurts to think about
everything that went wrong
but I think its over now
Her hair is still soft and sweet
her eyes still green, her heart still beats
for you and for the lord above
be done with the pain and get on
with the love

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The Avett Brothers - February Seven 

I went on the search for something true.
I was almost there when I found you.
Sooner then my fate was wrote
Perfect blade to slit my throat
And beads of lust released into the air.
When I awoke you were standing there.

I was on the mend when I fell through.
The sky around was anything but blue.
I found as I regained my feet
A wound across my memory
That no amount of stitches would repair.
But I awoke and you were standing there.

There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no end.
There's no returning to the spoils
Once you've spoiled the thought of them.
There's no falling back asleep
Once you've wakened from the dream
Now I'm rested and I'm ready,
I'm rested and I'm ready to begin.
I'm ready to begin.

I went on the search for something real.
Traded what I know for how I feel.
But the ceiling and the walls collapsed
Upon the darkness I was trapped
And as the last of breath was drawn free
The light broke in and brought me to my feet.

There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no end.
There's no returning to the spoils
Once you've spoiled the thought of them.
There's no falling back asleep
Once you've wakened from the dream.
Now I'm rested and I'm ready
I'm rested and I'm ready
Yeah I'm rested and I'm ready
I'm rested and I'm ready
Yeah I'm rested and I'm ready
I'm rested and I'm ready
To begin
I'm ready to begin

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Chris Thile - Feedback Loop

La-la-la bla-bla-bla
One man's music is another man's noise
Oh can't you hear it rise
The ones since heroes battle cry
And from the trenches we dug into the void
Here our voices rise
La-la-la bla-bla
Life don't matter this is our battle cry

I'm gonna rip you and yours into one
With my invisible indignation
I'm coming with soon as you follow me
Won't you follow me

Why won't you follow me now
Used to bet liar
I'm searching night skies

Slow hot grin foes
Feedback loop I play it to sooth my small ears
Big mouth
Feedback loop I play it to sooth my closed eyes
Closed mind open wounds
Open hate for anyone out of the feedback loop
I play it to sooth my

So break out your self darling
I'll be your choir
We'll lock the church
We'll make the congregation wait outside

La-la-la bla-bla-bla
Raise the rafters
With this here battle
Cry won't make things better
But that might not matter
It's a battle cry
It's just a battle cry

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Dolly Parton - Feel's Like Home lyrics

Something in your eyes makes me want to lose myself
Makes me want to lost myself in your arms
There's something in your voice makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts
The rest of my life
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long I've felt so low
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done
Chorus:
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
A window breaks down a long dark street
And a siren walls in the night
But I'm alright cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see through the dark there's light
If you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
If you knew how happy you are making me
I've never thought I'd love anyone so much
Repeat Chorus


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Feeling Blue

Chorus
I'm a feeling blue tonight little darling
So lonesome and blue I could die
I'm a feeling blue tonight little darling
Too late, too late, we said goodbye
Well, the Sun comes up and the Sun goes down and all I do is cry
This world keeps spinning around and around and we've done said goodbye
The roses fade and the grass does turn and what good does it do
I know you won't be coming home and that's why I'm so blue
Repeat Chorus
Banjo
Just a cloudy day and a foggy rain, is the story of my life
I know you've found some other love you'll never be my wife
The summer comes and the summer goes and I'm still missing you
I know you won't be coming home and that's why I'm so blue
Repeat Chorus
Banjo/Fiddle
Repeat Chorus
Too late, too late, we said goodbye


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Feeling Like A Woman lyrics and chords - Barbara Mandrel
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Jerry Chesnut

C                        F
When you put me down the word got around 
C
And it wasn't long until I found
F
Every man that came around 
                     C
Had one thing on his mind
                       F
They looked at me like so much dirt 
      C
Which only added to the hurt
  D7                            G7
I never knew the world was so unkind
C                   F
I went to work in a tavern 
C
The hours were long and the pay was short
      F                                    E7
And I waited hoping you'd walk through the door
   F                G7
In just one night I overheard 
     C               F
More sly remarks and dirty words
     C                 G7            C
Than I'd ever heard in my whole life before
                                    F
And if I ever needed someone it was then
          C          F          C       D7     G7
If not to love me to least have been my friend
               C              E7
That's when he came to me and picked me up 
     F                D7
From where you let me fall 
           C                         F
And had me right back feeling like a woman 
   G7         C
In no time at all
                                 F
And when I really needed someone where were you
             C               F         C       D7     G7
Who were you holding when my world was falling through
         C                  E7
He stood beside me when you left me 
         F                D7
Standing back against the wall
           C                         F
And had me right back feeling like a woman
    C                         F     G7    C   F C
I'm right back feeling like a woman after all

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Feeling Single Seeing Double
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Wayne Kemp

G7     C
Well I really had a ball last night
  F                        C
I held all the pretty boys tight
                                     
I was feeling single seeing double 
F
Wound up in a whole lotta trouble
    C
But today I'll face the big fight 
      G7                     C
But I really had a ball last night


When I came home from work this morning 
   F                C
My baby was feeling low

And he told me what was on his mind 
        D7                    G7
Then he told me where I could go
       C
Well I didn't go where he told me to
          F                     C
Cause the water was cold in the lake
            F                     C          A7
Now there's something fishy 'bout this whole deal
        D7          G7      C
I don't see where I made my mistake

Repeat #1
 

When I woke up this morning 
     F              C
Like me the sun was high

Well I started walking the long way home 
        D7          G7
Just to think of an alibi
       C
Well I couldn't think of a doggone thing 
     F                   C
That hadn't already been said
     F                   C          A7
So I guess I better just play it by ear 
D7        G7      C
Cause I'm already dead
 
Repeat #1


But today I'll face the big fight 
      G7                     C
But I really had a ball last night

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Feels Like A Saturday Night
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl T. Conley and Randy Scruggs
 
C
Well I traveled all over looking for sweet paradise    
G7                                           C
But I never seen nothing even come close to last night Yeah I grew up loving and singing the songs of the south 
 G7                                       C
I still love my music but honey you got me now        
A#7       F           C
And oh momma you treat me so right            
G7
You make me feel like a winner                          
C
I don't have to put up a fight       
A#7       F           C
And oh momma you treat me so right     
G7                                           C
It's Monday morning but I feel like it's Saturday night  Well I woke up this morning feeling like a brand new man             
G7                                          C
And that's a whole lot better than holding my head in my hands You're a real hard lover I thought about you all night long      
G7                                    C
I got rid of my fever another one is coming on

 Repeat #2

 I been a stranger to women that comes from the heart     
G7                                            C
Yeah you came along we were all just a shot in the dark Oh but you've got it all and it looks like I can't get enough        
G7                                            C
And I'm looking at you girl and I feel the meaning of love

Repeat #2        

A#7       F           C
And oh momma you treat me so right     
G7                                           C
It's Monday morning but I feel like it's Saturday night

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Feels Like Love
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C            Am        F        G7
Look what my heart has gotten into 
C            Am     F    G7
The sweetest gift I ever knew
C         Am             F        G7
It's even better than my favorite shoes
C            Am        F
Look what my heart has found in you
                   C        F          C
Well it feels like sunshine feels like rain
        F          C            F         C
Lord it feels like love finally called my name
        F        C             F        C
I wanna jump and shout I wanna sing and dance
                   Am           F
Lord it feels like love wants a second chance
C            Am        F       G7
Look what my heart can clearly see
C          Am         F    G7
How much I crave your company
C         Am            F      G7
A true companion I will always be
C            Am        F
Look what my heart has done to me
repeat #2
C             Am    F     G7
Looks like my heart has become
C          Am        F     G7
The safest place for us to run
C            Am               F      G7
I'll be here for you when the day is done
C             Am        F
Looks like my heart has found someone
repeat #2

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Richard Thompson - Fergus Laing Lyrics

Fergus Laing is a beast of a man
He stitches up and fleeces
He wants to manicure the world
And see it off in pieces
He likes to build his towers high
He blocks the sun out from the sky
In the penthouse the champagne's dry
And slightly gassy

Fergus Laing, he works so hard
As busy as a bee is
Fergus Laing has 17 friends
All as dull as he is
His 17 friends has 17 wives
All the perfect shape and size
They wag their tails and bat their eyes
Just like Lassie

Fergus he builds and builds
Yet small is his erection
Fergus has a fine head of hair
When the wind's in the right direction

Fergus Laing and his 17 friends
They live inside a bubble
There they withdraw and shut the door
At any sign of trouble
Should the peasants wail and vent
And ask him where the money went
He'll simply say, it's all been spent
On being classy

Fergus' buildings reach the sky
Until you cannot see 'um
He thinks the old stuff he pulls down
Belongs in a museum
His fits are famous on the scene
The shortest fuse, so cruel, so mean
But don't call him a drama queen
Like Shirley Bassey

Fergus Laing he flaunts the law
But one day he'll be wired
And as they drag him off to jail
We'll all shout, "You're fired!" 

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Fever
John Davenport / Eddie Cooley

Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night.

Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night.

Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago.

Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth
Fever - I'm afire, fever yea I burn forsooth.

Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said "Daddy-O don't you dare"
Give me fever - with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever - I'm his Missus, Oh daddy won't you treat him right.

Now you've listened to my story, here's the point I have made:
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade

They give you fever - when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever - till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn.
What a lovely way to burn.
What a lovely way to burn.

Notes:
Charted by Little Willie John (# 24 in 1956).
Charted by Peggy Lee (# 8 in 1958).
Charted by The McCoys (# 7 in 1965).
Charted by Rita Coolidge (# 76 in 1973).


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Field Of Flowers
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Paul Evans and Paul Parnes

G
We met in a field of flowers
 
And she put all the flowers to shame
D7                    G
Roses the poppies the violets the daisy's 
     A7                 D7
Will never again be the same
 
  G
I remember those happy hours
 
When we said we never would part
D7                    G
Roses the poppies the violets the daisy's
         D7                  G
Are just what I need near my heart 
 
    C
But then I went wondering
                                   G
But I miss her more and more every day
    A7
And while I was wondering 
                                           D7
Her heart was breaking and she was pinning away
 
       G
As she lies in that field of flowers
 
Her smile I will never more see
D7                    G
Roses the poppies the violets the daisy's
     D7                 G
Have taken my baby from me
  
Repeat #3,4
 
    D7        G            D7                 G
The roses the daisy's have taken my baby from me

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Fields Have Turned Brown, The

I left my old home to ramble this country
My mother and dad said son don't go wrong
Remember that God will always watch o'er you
And we will be waiting for you here at home

   Son don't go astray was what they both told me
   Remember that love for God can be found
   But now they're both gone this letter just told me
   For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown

For many long years this world I have rambled
No thoughts of the day when I would return
Now as I go home and find no one waiting
The price I have paid to live and to learn

=============================

Fifteen Years Ago Today

I was happy, oh so happy
Living down old Mississippi way
I was living with my pappy
Fifteen years ago today

When I left him in the gloaming
I recall I heard him say
You'll be sorry that you're going
Fifteen years ago today

I met a slicker from the city
And he stole my heart away
How he fooled me what a pity
Fifteen years ago today

And he told me if I'd go with him
That a fortune we would me
But he left me for another
Fifteen years ago today

Now I'm sitting by my lonesome
For each wrong I now must pay
I remember I wasn't lonesome
Fifteen years ago today


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Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth
The four square city stands
It's gem set walls of jasper shine
Not made by human hands
One hundred miles its gates are wide
Abundance entrance there
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare

   When the gates swing wide on the other side
   Just beyond the sunset sea
   There'll be room to spare as we enter there
   Room for you and room for me
   For the gates are wide on the other side
   Where the flowers ever bloom
   On the right hand on the left hand
   Fifty miles of elbow room

Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here
And long for elbow room
I want to reach for altitude
Where fair flowers bloom
It won't be long til I shall pass
Into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
 

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Fifty-Fifty
Author: Dan Campbell

You can have the pink flamingo strutting
like a superstar model among the weeds.
If I can have the cooing mourning dove 
From the feeder as it scatters seeds,
You can have the red barn, the Mickey Mouse 
hiding in the loft, the bird's nest by the door, 
if I can have the treehouse in the red oak,
with its birch bark roof and pine plank floor
You can have your top secret skeletons
in soundproof closets, I won't say a word
if I can have my imprisoned dreams freed 
then watch them sprout wings and soar like a bird
You can have the Fort Knox aquarium 
with schools of goldfish shipped from Wall Street
if I can have the greenhouse and Venus Flytrap
that went vegan and refuses to eat meat
You can have the butler, the one named Jeeves
who taught you English and made great lemonade
if I can have the email and phone number
of Mademoiselle Arnaud, our former French maid
You can have your top secret skeletons
in soundproof closets, I won't say a word
if I can have my imprisoned dreams freed 
then watch them sprout wings and soar like a bird
You can have the pool to swim at midnight, 
the overflowing birdbath that quenches the parched lawn
if I can have the yard of scampering chipmunks,
the howling alley cats and lovesick toads croaking until dawn
You can have the entire house, window to window,
the roof and basement, all the hardwood floors,
if I can have the screened porch at sunset, 
the neighboring galaxy, any aliens knocking on the door
You can have your top secret skeletons
in soundproof closets, I won't say a word
if I can have my imprisoned dreams freed 
then watch them sprout wings and soar like a bird


=============================

Dolly Parton - Fight And Scratch With Porter Wagoner lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1970

Fight and scratch fight and scratch that's all we ever do
There surely must be more to love than to fight and scratch with you
You you to fight and scratch with you
Well you just bought a foal last month now you want a wig
It looks like you couldn't understand my paycheck ain't that big
Well what about the dough you lose in them poker games downtown
I figured you'd mention that smart aleck
Yeah and that brand new boat and that fishin' gear
But no uhhuh I don't reckon that'd count really
Fight and scratch fight and scratch...
Sometimes I swear I think that you're the devil in disguise
Cause when you're mad you oughta see the fire fly from your eyes
Well you don't look so cute yourself when you're mad at me
And if you don't like the way I look then you know how to leave Bossy Catfish
Fight and scratch fight and scratch...
Well I love you and you love me but we're always findin' fault
But the way we fight you wouldn't know that we had any love at all
We just fight like cats and dogs we'll leave then come right back
For what excitement would we have if we didn't fight and scratch
Fight and scratch fight and scratch...
Why don't you drop dead oh you'd like me to and I'll live forever just for spite
Why don't you keep your big mouth shot
Well why don't you just make me if you think you're big enough
Yeah and I could whip you with both hands tied behind
Yeah you just try it with me and I'll knock your brains out
With a stick of soap that's good Catfish
What's a catfish why'd you call me that
They're all mouth and no brains boy that's really good
It's all I can do to keep from laughin' hah
That's funny you sure are a fynny little fellow


=============================

Dolly Parton - Fighting Kind lyrics

You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
Oh yes you did you started it like you start all our fights
No I didn't do no such thing and that a dirty lie
Nothin's ever your fault and nothin's ever mine
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
Well you've burned the supper up again that's nothin' new
I just figured you'd pack that all on me
Well you're the one that caused it oh it's always me
When you're always lookin' faults ain't hard to find
We delight in pickin' fights cause our love's the fightin' kind
Two lovers both too stubborn to take the blame for anything
So we blame it on the other
Some love is understanding and there's careless love in line
It takes all sorts and mine and yours is known as the fightin' kind
Okay Miss Priss what is it now now I know you done this
What how am I supposed to shave that ain't never been my problem
Now I don't care about you using my razor
But did you have to use my brand new blade
New blade boy it's good that is really good
That's real good to think I went to all that trouble tryin' to fix that nice for you
That's fixed up nice I'll probably keep it for washin' the soap off the wall
Oh there ain't no soap or I ain't got no television in the bathroom
And that new blade that you vedrudged me had already been used
Two lovers both too stubborn to take the blame for anything
So we blame it on the other
What's mine is yours what's yours is yours and so on down the line
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind


=============================

Find 'em, Fool 'em And Leave 'em Alone

Now boys gather 'round, take a tip form me
I'm sure that you will all agree
If you let a gal foot you with fate
You'll soon be swinging on the golden gate

You'll miss out on all the fun
If you make love to only one
You'd better take heed to my little song
Find 'em, fool 'em and leave 'em alone

That little love bug is the cutest thing
At first its sweet but it makes its sting
You'll find the wound is hard to treat
Be sure you play this little game neat

* Refrain

Now if you find a gal you like
Just date her once but no more than twice
If you don't watch her little ways
She'll spoil your happy ramblin' day

* Refrain


=============================

Find My Love
The Avett Brothers

What makes it easy to treat people bad?
Some things you say and you can't take 'em back
What makes it easy to run from the past,
like a child runs from the dark?
Which is the poison and which is the wine?
The scent and the colors are so much alike
And how much of each will it take to decide,
when you're at the table alone?
Where do you go when it's perfectly clear?
You might find your way, but you won't find it here
What makes it easy to sound so sincere,
when you know that you don't care?
Love gets lost
Love gets lost
Find my love
Find my love

How can you tell when goodbye means goodbye
Not just for now, for the rest of your life
How can you stand there with love in your eyes
And still be walking away
Love gets lost
Love gets lost
Find my love
Find my love
Find my love
Find my love

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Alison Krauss - Find My Way Back To My Heart Lyrics
(mark simos/devachan music, bmi)

I used to laugh at all those songs
`bout the rambling life, the nights so long and lonely
Well, i ain't laughin' now
Now that i'm caught up, it seems
In all the same ambitious dreams
That only lonely life allows

And the home i don't go home to
The friends i don't see
Aren't the part of this life
That endears it to me

If that's the price i have to pay
For doing things my own way
Then it's what i'll have to do somehow

Chorus:
Till i find my way back to my heart
For there's no one but me's gonna take my part
It's too early to say that it's over
Or to find we can make a new start
It's too early to say
Till i find my way back to my heart

I thought at least we'd meet again
Since we have been the best of friends and lovers to each other
Meet again and speak our minds
Force no issues, turn no blind eye
Toward the road that lies ahead

But it seems that i missed you
By a coast and a song
When time gets so short
"so what?" turns to "so long"

I cannot keep your love inside
It's a flame i cannot hide forever
In the name of hanging on

Chorus

I used to laugh at all those songs
`bout the rambling life, the nights so long and lonely

=============================

Brad Paisley - Find yourself lyrics

When you find yourself
In some far off place
And it causes you
To rethink some things
You start to sense
That slowly you're becoming someone else
And then you find yourself
When you make new friends
In a brand new town
And you start to think
About settlin' down
The things that would have been lost on you
Are now clear as a bell
And you find yourself
That's when you find yourself
When you go through life
So sure of where you're headin'
And you wind up lost
And it's the best thing that could have happened
'Cause sometimes when you lose your way
It's really just as well
Because you find yourself
Yeah, that's when you find yourself
When you meet the one
That you've been waitin' for
And she's everything
That you wanted and more
And you look at her and you finally start
To live for someone else
And then you find yourself
That's when you find yourself
We go through life
So sure of where we're headin'
And then we wind up lost
And it's the best thing that could have happened
'Cause sometimes when you lose your way
It's really just as well
Because you find yourself
Yeah, that's when you find yourself


=============================

Find 'Em Fool 'Em And Leave 'Em Alone

Now boys gather 'round take a tip from me
I'm sure that you will all agree
If you let a gal fool you with fate
You'll soon be swinging on the golden gate

You'll miss out on all the fun
If you make love to only one
You'd better take heed to my little song
Find 'em fool 'em and leave 'em alone

That little love bug is the cutest thing
At first its sweet but it makes its sting
You'll find the wound is hard to treat
Be sure you play this little game neat

Now if you find a gal you like
Just date her once but no more than twice
If you don't watch her little ways
She'll spoil your happy ramblin' day

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Fire And Smoke
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

G                                  Bm          Em
In and out of honky tonks from one town to the next
    D7             Am                 C        D7    G
But anything worth lovin' Lord's just too hard to forget
                           Bm               Em
Every day's another way of feeling more the same
           D7              Am             C  D7         G
Looks like I'll run out of highway before I  outrun the rain
                    C
If there's fire and smoke
           Em                   G
Ooh what a rush I got when your love was hot
                  D7
Oh but I couldn't see
              Am                             C
That when the flame burned out you'd leave a cold dark cloud
        D7      G
Raining down on me
D7     G                               Bm           Em
So I'm reaching out to someone wishing she were you instead
    D7           Am              C       D7  G
And everything I left behind was waiting up ahead
                           Bm              Em
Pullin' on the bottom baby looking back on you
D7              Am                    C    D7        G
Cause anyway is the right way babe as long as I pull through
Repeat #2
                  Am                          C
Yeah and when the flame burned out you left a cold dark cloud
          D7                     G
A raining down a raining down on me

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Fire Gets Higher
Recorded by Mel Street
Recorded by Laying Martine Jr.
 
G                                  D7
Oh the dress you were wearing it's hanging on the door
                               C            G
The ribbons from your hair lay there on the floor
                                          C
The rings on our fingers keep saying it's wrong
        D7                                G
But the love we are feeling is burning so strong
 
        D7               C            G
And the fire gets higher each time we kiss
D7                    C             G
We say we can't go on cheating like this
                                       C
But if I couldn't love you I could not exist
        D7                            G
And the fire gets higher each time we kiss
 
                     D7
Each time I see your eyes fill with tears
                               C            G
I know that you're thinking we shouldn't be here
                                        C
But each time we break up we can't stay apart
      D7                                     G
Cause reason can't put out this flame in our heart
 
        D7               C            G
And the fire gets higher each time we kiss
D7                    C             G
We say we can't go on cheating like this
                                       C
But if I couldn't love you I could not exist
        D7                            G
And the fire gets higher each time we kiss
 
        D7                            G
And the fire gets higher each time we kiss

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Richard Thompson - Fire In The Engine Room Lyrics

Well, Luke told Danny, Danny told Betsy
Betsy told me and I'm telling you
You'd better stop doing the things you do
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

Damp it down or we're all going under
Run them hoses, it's smoldering again
Better line up in a human chain
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

Fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

And I don't know how you come to reason
That somehow treason isn't treason
It must be the head-hunting season
And there's room in the old trophy room

She's making eyes at the fool with the shovel
That son of a grease-gun must be insane
I hose it down and he fans the flames
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

And you know how uncertainty can linger
With a rattlesnake wrapped around your finger
One day it might wake up and sting you
Here's a toast to the bride and the groom

Oh, fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

Fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

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Richard Thompson - Fire In the Engine Room (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) Lyrics

Well Luke told Danny, Danny told Betsy
Betsy told me and I'm telling you
You'd better stop doing the things you do
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

Damp it down or we're all going under
Run them hoses, it's smouldering again
Better line up in a human chain
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

Fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

And I don't know how you come to reason
That somehow treason isn't treason
It must be the head-hunting season
And there's room in the old trophy room

She's making eyes at the fool with the shovel
That son of a grease-gun must be insane
I hose it down and he fans the flames
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

And you know how uncertainty can linger
With a rattlesnake wrapped around your finger
One day it might wake up and sting you
Here's a toast to the bride and the groom

Oh, fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room

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Billy Strings
Fire Line

It's a careless wind that carries me, across the great divide
From the wretched underworld, to the place where fear resides
Behind the line you hold, you can only hold so long
When you see my forky tongue, and you hear my twisted song

My sign is the fire line, uncontrolled
My bitter ruthlessness is a beacon to behold
Like cancer grow on, someday to die
Where the water's flowing, I'm gonna drain the river dry

It's a poison dream
Keeps me running through the night
I'll take it on, then some more
By the dawning of the sickly morning light

Burn through the midnight oil, and the bridges I can't cross
Somehow I find myself in everything you've lost
We've seen it all before, but it comes as no surprise
Just like reflections of the fire in your eyes

It's a poison dream
Keeps me running through the night
I'll take it on, then some more
By the dawning of the sickly morning light

And when the work is done and the Devil's called his time
You'll feel a stale breeze, blow through ash and pine
And you may ask yourself, "Where did the endgame lie?"
A question I might ask if I could stop to wonder why

It's a poison dream
Keeps me running through the night
I'll take it on, then some more
By the dawning of the sickly morning light

It's a poison dream
Keeps me running through the night
I'll take it on, then some more
By the dawning of the sickly morning light

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Dolly Parton - Fire's Still Burning lyrics

Familiar sounds tell me it's morning the night has been so dark and long
Each night without you just gets longer
While this torch I still carry just burns stronger
I know I never will stop loving you my tears just can't put out the flame
Or drown my hopes of your returning cause baby the fire's still burning
[ steel ]
Wherever you are I hope you're happy although your love for me has died
But if you ever need or want me I'll take you back any time
I know I never will stop...
Yes baby the fire's still burning


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Fireball Mail

Here she comes, look at her go
There she goes, eaten that coal
Watch her fly, look at her sail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail

Let her go, look at her steam,
Here the low, whistle and scream
Like a hound dog wagging its tail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail

Engineer, making up time,
Tracks are clear, look at her climb
See that freight, clear the rail,
I'll bet she's late, late, late, the Fireball Mail

Watch her swerve, look at her sway,
Get that curve out of the way
Watch her fly, look at her sail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail

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First And The Last Time
Recorded by Jana Kramer

Written by Skip Black, Jana Kramer, Jon Mark Nite
G7              C               F            G7
I've always had one foot in and one foot out door
            C                                      G7
That's just how it is when your heart's been broke before
              C                                 G7
I don't wanna live like that and love like that again
             Am                    C        F          G7
I just wanna know right here right now that you're all in
C                 F             C
Say what you mean mean what you say
G7
Walk for walk or just walk away 
     C                 F
No I don't want you to go
  G7
I just want you to say 
         C                     F
That you need me like you need sunrise
C        G7                           C       F       G7
You're a fan of forever feels like so hold me hold me now
                                 C    G7
Like it's the first and the last time
        C                    F             G7
I wanna fall into you like I never fall in now
        C                 F         G7
I wanna feel you heal the scars somehow
             Am                    C        F          G7
I just wanna know right here right now that you're all in
C                 F             C
Say what you mean mean what you say
G7
Walk for walk or just walk away 
     C                 F
No I don't want you to go
  G7
I just want you to say 
         C                     F
That you need me like you need sunrise
C        G7                           C       F       G7
You're a fan of forever feels like so hold me hold me now
                                 
Like it's the first and the last 
                             C
Like it's the first and last time

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Richard Thompson - First Breath Lyrics

Let's love what's left
Last dance, first breath

New friends hard won
Old hearts shine on

The frost is cruel
And fades the sign
On that little place
That I call mine

Let's love what's left
Like new born, first breath

Old stars, new shine
Old cup, new wine

Sun rise, moon glow
Someday we'll know

Inch by inch
Word by word
The lock is sprung
That caged the bird

Let's love what's left
Last dance, first breath

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The Incredible String Band - First Girl I Loved 

First girl I loved
Time has come I will sing you this sad goodbye song
When I was seventeen
I used to know you

Well, I haven't seen you now since many is the short year
And the last time I seen you, you said you'd joined the Church of Jesus
But me, I remember your long red hair falling in our faces
As I kissed you

I want you to know, I just had to go
I want you to know, we just had to grow

And you're probably married now, house and car and all
And you turned into a grownup female stranger
And if I was lying near you now
I wouldn't be here at all

We parted so hard
Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar
And making love to people
I didn't even like to see

I would think of you
And I mean in the six sad morning
And in the lonely midnight
Try to hold your face before me

I want you to know, I just had to go
I want you to know, we just had to grow

You're probably married now, kids and all
You turned into a grownup female stranger
And if I was lying near you now
I'd just have to fall

Well, I never slept with you
Though we must have made love a thousand times
We were just young, didn't have no place to go
But in the wide hills and beside many a long water
You have gathered flowers and they do not smell for me

I want you to know, I just had to go
I want you to know, we just had to grow

So it's goodbye first love and I hope you're fine
I have a sweet woman
Maybe someday to bear babies by me, she's pretty
Is a true friend of mine

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The Incredible String Band - First Girl I Loved (Live In Canada, 1972) 

First girl I loved,
Time has come I will sing you
this sad goodbye song,
When I was seventeen, I used to know you.

Well, I haven't seen you, now, since many is the short year,
And the last time I seen you, you said you'd joined the
Church of Jesus.
But me, I remember your long red hair falling in our faces
As I kissed you.

Well, I want you to know, we just had to grow;
I want you to know, I just had to go.

And you're probably married now, house and car and all,
And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
And if I was lying near you now,
I probably wouldn't be here at all.

Well, we parted so hard;
Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar,
Making love to people
That I didn't even like to see.

Well, I would think of you.
Yes, I mean in the six sad morning.
And in the lonely midnight,
Try to hold your face before me.

Well, I want you to know, I just had to go;
I want you to know, we just had to grow.

And you're probably married now, kids and all,
And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
And if I was lying near you now,
I'd just have to fall.

Well, I never slept with you
Though we must have made love a thousand times.
For we were just young, didn't have no place to go,
But in the wide hills and beside many a long water
You have gathered flowers, and they do not smell for me.

Well, I want you to know, I just had to go.
I want you to know, we just had to grow.
So it's goodbye first love, and I hope you're fine.

Well, I have a sweet woman
Maybe some day to have babies by me,
she's pretty,
Is a true friend of mine.

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Alan Jackson - First Love lyrics

(Alan Jackson)
I was fifteen, she was eighteen
The prettiest thing I'd ever seen in my life
I loved her at first sight
I found her in Marietta, a town north of Atlanta
I brought her home to see my folks
They loved her too
We were together for a long time
Thought it would be for all time
But things change and rearrang
She had to go
She left me cryin' in '79
An airline pilot, in Carolina
I was a wreck, can't drive a check
It broke my heart
My first love was an older woman
There's been many since
But there'll never be another
Built in 1955, snowshoe white, overdrive
I never should've sold her, I'll always love her
She was mine
Years went by, teardrops dried
I got her back, I was surprised
In '93, a gift to me on Christmas Eve
We were both older, so I restored her
Could've sold her, for a lot more
But I will never she's mine forever
Until I go
My first love was an older woman
There's been many since
But there'll never be another
Built in 1955, snowshoe white, overdrive
I never should've sold her, I'll always love her
She was mine
I'll never sell her she's mine forever
I love her so


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First Step
Recorded by Tracy Byrd
Written by Doug Crider and Verlon Thompson

C   G7
The lights were hot and the beer was not 
        C
And the band was playin' loud
    G7
The house was full 
                       C
But her eyes pulled me right across the crowd
       F                             G7
I said how's a guy like me to get to know you
    F                       G7
She said not so fast let me show you
             C                 F
She said the first step is the two-step
    C
I'm here to dance and nothing more
                     F        G7
Swing me around that hardwood floor 
C                        F
If you wanna run with me crawl before you walk
          C           G7                  C
The first step is the two-step then we'll talk
   G7
We sang along with every song 
        C
And the room was spinnin' round
   G7
We danced in line she felt so fine 
       C
And we hardly hit the ground
          F                          G7
So I said maybe we could make a reservation
         F                               G7
For some wine with candlelight and conversation
repeat #2
     
    G7                                    C
The first step is the two-step then we'll talk

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Dolly Parton - Fish Out Of Water lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I feel so out of place here
With this high society
These high fallutin' people
Don't know what to make of me
I feel like a minnow in a sea of Moby Dicks
A small fry in a big pan
They're caviar -- I'm fish sticks
Fish out of water
I know I don't belong
Fish out of water
Everything I do is wrong
My style of hair, the clothes I wear
The way I speak, the things I eat
The way I act, my lack of tact
Nothin' seems to fit
Fish out of water
Flounderin' round
Out of my element
But I'm just as good as they are
Why do I feel second rate
It's like, "Sorry Charlie,
We want only tuna with good taste"
I guess you could say Wal-Mart
Is quite a way from Gucci's
I'm Timex, they're Rolex
I'm Captain D's, they're sushi
Fish out of water
I've had it to the gills
Fish out of water
With these yuppie-guppie frills
Yeah, I'm a square in a round hole
A catfish in a goldfish bowl
A little fish with lots of soul
Out of my element
Fish out of water
Flounderin' round just for the Halibut
Save me, save me
S.O.S. somebody
Save me, save me
Somebody rescue me
Fish out of water
Somebody throw me in
Fish out of water
On a scale of one to ten
I'm a two, perhaps a three
Compared to the big fish in the sea
I'm washed ashore so save me please
I'm in an awful fix
Fish out of water
Rescue me
And you better do it quick
Fish out of water
It's such a culture shock
Fish out of water
My stomach's tied in knots
Fish out of water
Fish out of water


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The Avett Brothers - Fisher Road to Hollywood 

Regret for every step I took
From Fisher Road to Hollywood
Feelin' bad and actin' good
Never was content

It was hostel moves and hotel rooms
Watch my friends promote their dooms
From Pontiac to Newport News
Nothin' made much sense

And I had to leave a few behind
When they replaced the apple wine
With cocaine and codeine pills
I knew I was done

And I didn't really say goodbye
They'll walk their path and I'll walk mine
I will find other ways
To tear my body down

CHORUS

I am staying here with you
I've done all I know to do
They say "stand up straight and take your eyes
Off the wooden floor"
No, I didn't find what I was looking for
Still I had to go
From Fisher Road to Hollywood
Still I had to go
From Fisher Road to Hollywood

They taught some bigger words to me
At the university
Only it's a curse to speak
Without some regard

For the ones I'm talking to
Do I sound like a friend to you
Do we even speak the same
Language anymore

CHORUS

I am staying here with you
I've done all I know to do
They say "stand up straight and take your eyes
Off the ballroom floor"
Of course I didn't find what I was looking for
Still I had to go
From Fisher Road to Hollywood
Still I had to go

Still I had to go
From Fisher Road to Hollywood 

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Fishin' On The Mississippi
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Bob Morris

C        F                            C
Well I'm fishin' in the middle of the Mississippi river
        G7                   C
And the water's too muddy to drink
      F                     C
A big catfish chewin' in my little toe
       G7                    C
And my baby's waitin' on the bank
 
                                     F
Well I tried to make a livin' on the Mississippi river
       C                   G7
It's a mighty hard life to live
        C                          F
But I'm gonna build a house for my pretty little baby
        C              G7     C
And I'm gonna build it on the hill
                              F
Don't you know if I'm lucky I catch you catfish
C                     G7
Sell 'em for a dollar bill
       C                       F
Then I buy another board and a pocketful of nails
        C            G7     C
For the little house on the hill
repeat #1
                                   F
Well my daddy told me that there's sure gonna be
        C                 G7
A lotta hard times comin' around
         C                        F
Well I'd rather be fishin' on the Mississippi river
       C              G7        C
Than a diggin' in the cold cold ground
                                  F
Well I couldn't make whiskey like all of the others
         C                 G7
Cause my baby would set me free
      C                           F
And I have to go runnin' down the Mississippi river
         C         G7         C
When the law comes callin' on me
repeat #1 x2

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Fit To Be Tied Down
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Wynn Varble and Charles Victor

C                           F  C
This ain't hoops this ain't hopscotch                                 
F   C
And this ain't dodge ball in the sandlot               
F                                        C  F C
And this ain't cards it's our hearts we're dealing with now        
G7                F          G7      C   F C
No more games for me girl I'm fit to be tied down
                           F   C
I've lost at love got some bruises                                               
F  C
But the heart that don't give up never really loses              
F
Since I met you                                       
C     F C
It don't make sense to keep on playing around   
G7                     F         G7      C   F C
Anyone can see you've got me fit to be tied down       
G7           F        C
Tie me down wrap me up in forever     
G7              F          C          Am
I've found something sweet in surrendering now        
F        C        G7
Take me off this merry go round               
C                  F C
Going round in circles has got me nowhere
                                F  C
But a love like yours is really so rare       
 F                                   C    F C
And I'm amazed at the treasure I've finally found       
G7                F          G7      C
I'm on bended knee cause I'm fit to be tied down
G7           F        C
Tie me down wrap me up in forever     
G7              F          C          Am
I've found something sweet in surrendering now       
 F        C        G7
Take me off this merry go round

repeat #1

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Five Foot Two
recorded by Dean Martin
written by Ray Henderson, Samuel Lewis, Joseph Young
 
C             E7
Five foot two eyes of blue    
A7
But oh what those five foot could do    
D7              C
Has anybody seen my girl                    
E7
Turned up nose and turned down hose
A7
Never had another beau    
D7              C
Has anybody seen my girl                                   
A7
Now if you run into five foot two covered with fur
D7
Diamond ring and all those things
G7               F
Bet your life it isn't her 
C              E7
Could she love could she woo
A7
Could she could she could she coo    
D7      G7      C
Has anybody seen my girl

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Five Hundred Miles
Hedy West

If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four,
Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home,
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name.
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way,
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.

Repeat first verse

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.


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Five Minutes
Recorded by Lorrie Morgan
Written by Beth Nielsen Chapman

C              Em              F               C
You look so disbelieving at my suitcase by the door
                  Em          F          G7
My taxi is on its way I can't take it anymore
F                C           F            C
Lately you've forgotten what loving me is about
     Dm             C            G7           C
Well now you've got five minutes to figure it out

           F                                           C
You've got five minutes to tell me what I've needed to hear
           F                                             G7
You've got five minutes to show me that you're really sincere
                F
That's not much time to change my mind 
             C          Am
It'll take a miracle no doubt
               C            G7           C
And you've got five minutes to figure it out

                   Em              F                C
Now I've got your attention here's what I've got to say
                     Em               F              G7
You'd better do some talking cause my taxi is on its way
F                  C              F                   C
We used to set the nights on fire now every day's the same
    Dm             C            G7            C
But now you've got five minutes to kindle the flame

Repeat #2

        Em                                   F               C
You can start with please don't leave me and end with I love you
Em                            F               C
And if you'd only kiss me the way you used to do 
Am              D7           G7  Am G7
You could see a miracle come true

Repeat #2

F                C            G7           C
You've still got five minutes to figure it out

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Dolly Parton - Flame lyrics

I find myself remembering things I thought I'd forgot
I thought I'd gotten over you but I can see I've not
And seeing you has made me realize how wrong I've been
And the torch I've carried for so long is burning bright again
The flame is burning bright again it just took my seeing you to know
That the flame had not burned out it just had flickered low
Yes I still love you just as much as I ever did before
The flame is burning bright again and I can't fight it anymore
Could it be your seeing me has set your heart on fire
Could it be old memories has filled you with desire
Oh if after all this time you find that you still feel the same
Then come and take my hand and walk with me into the flame
The flame is burning bright again...


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Flame In My Heart
Recorded by George Jones and Melba Montgomery
Written by George Jones and Bernard Spurlock
[3/4 time]

G                              G7
You cheated on me (you cheated me)
              C
I tried to be fair (I tried to be fair)
              G                     D7
But you don't believe in doing your share
                    G                       G7
But I've learned my lesson (I've learned my lesson)
              C
And now I can say (and now I can say)
                G      D7       G     C        G
The flame in my heart  is dying away (is dying away)

     C                           G
Your kisses don't thrill me like they used to do
     C                      G               D7
Your arms only chill me I'm glad that we're through
                  G                           G7
My heart was once yearning (my heart was once yearning)
              C
But now I can say (but now I can say)
                G      D7       G     C        G
The flame in my heart  is dying away (is dying away)

                                   G7
You fool me a while (you fool me a while)
                     C
You thought you were wise (you thought you were wise)
         G                        D7
You even believed I fell for your lies
                          G                          G7
But the trick's turned on you (the trick's turned on you)
             C
Now gladly I say (now gladly I say)
                G      D7       G     C        G
The flame in my heart  is dying away (is dying away)

Repeat #2



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Flame in my Heart

You cheated on me I tried to be fair
But you don't believe in doing your share
But I've learned my lesson and now I can say
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away

    Your kisses don't thrill me like they used to do
    Your arms only chill me I'm glad that we're through
    My heart was once yearning but now I can say
    The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away

You fooled me a while you thought you were wise
You even believed I fell for your lies
But the trick turned on you now I can say
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away

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Flash of Fire
Recorded by Hoyt Axton
Written by Hoyt Axton and Catherine Smith

G                                                         D7
I thought you were a friend of mine I thought you were my buddy
                                                              G
But I found out a short while ago your thoughts were dark and muddy
    G7                                                           C
You scare me half to death my friend with the things you say and do
       G                    A7            D7              G
So I'm goin' to heaven in a flash of fire with or without you
                         A7            D7              G
Hey goin' to heaven in a flash of fire with or without you
                                        D7
Easy come and easy go some call me Easy Money
                                                            G
And sometimes life is full of laughs and sometimes it ain't funny
    G7                                              C
You may think that I'm a fool and sometimes that is true
        G                    A7            D7              G
But I'm goin' to heaven in a flash of fire with or without you
                         A7            D7              G
Hey goin' to heaven in a flash of fire with or without you
                                                         D7
Some can dance and some can sing and some can play their fiddle
                                                          G
I've been right and I've been left and I've been down the middle
    G7                                             C
You don't have to see my side or share my point of view
          G                    A7            D7              G
Cause I'm goin' to heaven in a flash of fire with or without you
                         A7            D7              G
Hey goin' to heaven in a flash of fire with or without you
Repeat #1

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Flat Top Gibson Guitar
Recorded by Lloyd Snow
Written by Pat Maher
[3/4 time]

G                                  D7
The first day I saw him I'll never forget
                                        G
Downtown on the sidewalk where we first met
                                           C
On a small wooden stand by the old timer's bar
                 G              D7
He was singing a song strumming along
                             G
On an old flat top Gibson guitar

                                          D7
His tall weary frame showed long years of neglect
                                         G
And his pride had been buried beside his respect
                                        C
Recalling the day pushed his memory too far
                        G                     D7
But when all's said and done he was second to none
                               G
On that old flat top Gibson guitar

                                         D7
On warm summer's evening when hours were mine
                                           G
I'd be down there with him from seven till nine
                                          C
A boy of twelve years dreaming of being a star
                   G                       D7
So he taught me to play in his own special way
                               G
On that old flat top Gibson guitar

                               D7
We grew as close as father and son
                                                G
Yet we knew that the time for the parting would come
                                      C
Then came the night he was not by the bar
           G                       D7
I felt so alone that I cried going home
                                        G
For him and that old flat top Gibson guitar

                                     D7
My mother was standing by our garden gate
                                      G
Pointing to a car leaving dust in its wake
                                         C
Your friend came by she said in that old car
                   G                       D7
And he left on the lawn what you wanted so long
                          G
An old flat top Gibson guitar

                                           D7
The years have gone by and I'm up with the greats
                               G
I traveled all over the United States
                                                  C
And I've searched every crowd but with no luck so far
                      G                  D7
Wonder where could he be and does he see me
                                          G
Still playing that old flat top Gibson guitar

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Flat Top Guitar Blues
Written by and recorded by Lloyd Copas

C
I went down to Nashville on a Saturday night
                          Am
To see the barn dance jubilee
     C
Well I met a boy with a flat top guitar
                     G7        C
He really picked the blues for me oh Lord
                     G7        C
He really picked the blues for me
I asked him if he knew a song called Alabam
                           Am
Or a song about sunny Tennessee
   C
He said he thought he might and Lordy what a sight
                    G7           C
When he played that flat top for me oh Lord
                    G7           C
When he played that flat top for me
Some people like songs about the mountains
                               Am
And others about the deep blue sea
     C
Just gimme that ole boy and his flat top guitar
                     G7        C
And let him pick the blues for me
                     G7        C
Yes let him pick the blues for me
If you ever come to Nashville on a Saturday night
                                    Am
Be sure and see that barn dance jubilee
    C
You will hear the people sing and the banjos they will ring
                               G7        C
And the flat top will play the blues for me
                               G7        C
And the flat top will play the blues for me

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Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Liz Anderson

C                                              F      C
I noticed how you smiled just now surprised at having seen
    F             C                                G7
How I ate up your flattery then licked the platter clean
     C                                        F    C
I've been so starved for pretty words however insincere
     F         C             G7           C
Till as for me flattery will get you everywhere
   G7                               F                   C
So brag me up and make me smile and I'll do things your way
    G7              C              F            G7
Say pretty words to me and I'll do anything you say
      C                                         F       C
Don't worry if they're true or not the truth is I don't care
    F         C             G7           C
And as for me flattery will get you everywhere
                                           F        C
Another loves said hurtin' words until our love was gone
     F              C                                  G7
He'd always get the shoe to fit and I'd have to put it on
    C                                             F      C
Say words unkind and soon my mind will close from ear to ear
    F         C             G7           C
And as for me flattery will get you everywhere
   G7                               F                   C
So brag me up and make me smile and I'll do things your way
    G7              C              F            G7
Say pretty words to me and I'll do anything you say
      C                                         F       C
Don't worry if they're true or not the truth is I don't care
    F         C             G7           C
And as for me flattery will get you everywhere
    F         C             G7           C
And as for me flattery will get you everywhere

=============================

Punch Brothers - Flippen 
[Instrumental]

=============================

Flora
Arr. Stookey / Travers / Mezzetti

When first I came to Louisville, my fortune there to find,
I met a fair young maiden there, her beauty filled my mind.
Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, they gave my heart no rest.
The name she bore was Flora, the lily of the west.

I courted lovely Flora, she promised ne'er to go.
But soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe.
They said she meets another man who holds my love in jest.
And yet I trusted Flora, the lily of the west.

'Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree,
He spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree.
The answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast.
I was betrayed by Flora, the lily of the west.

I stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand.
I seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand.
All in my desperation I stabbed him in his chest.
I'd killed a man for Flora, the lily of the west.

And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea.
They placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.
Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest.
Still I love my faithless Flora, the lily of the west.


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Crooked Still 
Florence

Not many years their rounds shall roll
Each moment brings it nigh
And all your glories stand revealed
To our admiring eye
You wills of nature speed your course
You mortal powers decay
Fast as you bring the night of death
You bring eternal day

You weary heavy-laden souls
Who are oppressed sore
You travelers through the wilderness
To Canaan's peaceful shore
Through beating winds and chilly rains
And waters deep and cold

And enemies surrounding you
Have courage and be bold

The storms and hurricanes arise
The desert all around
And fiery serpents oft appear
Through the enchanted ground
Dark night and clouds and gloomy fear
And dragons often roar
But when the gospel trump we hear
We'll press for Canaan's shore

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Flower Of Love
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Margie Singleton and Leon Ashley
 
G                                        C
Well it ain't gonna be as long now as it has been
G                                       D7
I gotta feeling that me and love are in tune
                    G                    C
Well it ain't gonna be as long now as it has been
    G                   D7                 G
Somewhere the flower of love is waiting to bloom
 
C                     G
Sunshine and laughter just over the hill
D7                 G
All I got to do is cry
C                 G
Someone's waiting true love to give
D7                     G
Just over on the other side
 
                                         C
Well it ain't gonna be as long now as it has been
G                                       D7
I gotta feeling that me and love are in tune
                    G                    C
Well it ain't gonna be as long now as it has been
    G                   D7                 G
Somewhere the flower of love is waiting to bloom
 
C                     G
Sunshine and laughter just over the hill
D7                 G
All I got to do is cry
C                 G
Someone's waiting true love to give
D7                     G
Just over on the other side

                                         C
Well it ain't gonna be as long now as it has been
G                                       D7
I gotta feeling that me and love are in tune
                    G                    C
Well it ain't gonna be as long now as it has been
    G                   D7                 G
Somewhere the flower of love is waiting to bloom
 
                        D7                 G
Somewhere the flower of love is waiting to bloom

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Brad Paisley - Flowers lyrics

Long stem things of beauty
Created by the good Lord
Cut down in the prime of their lives
Boxed up, wrapped in paper
Delivered to your front door
Just to wind up in your garbage can outside
[Chorus]
Tell me how many flowers have to die
Before you give this love another try
I've asked you to forgive me at least 9 dozen times
Tell me how many flowers have to die
I'm crazy and I'm desperate
I had you and I blew it
And right now I've got nothing left to lose
I've got a Visa in my wallet
And I'm not afraid to use it
How long the needless violence lasts
Is really up to you
[Repeat chorus]
Stop the senseless killing
Can't you hear the roses cry
Baby, how many flowers have to die
Tell me how many flowers have to die


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Flowers Around The Tombstone
BMI Work #: 8669192
Flowers Around The Tombstone (Larry W. Jones 01/02/2007) (song#4370)

Around the flowered mound of an old ranch hand
Cowered against the wind and the rain I stand
Along with friends who loved him more than gold
The saga of another fine old cowboy's life is told
Flowers around the tombstone ground are growing
Hear the mournful howl of the cold wind blowing
All his cowboy friends knew that he was going
Gathered all around like flowers on the ground
Some cowboys live their life for spills and thrills
Never with a good deed do their hard hands they fill
Until it's too late and the cold of death they feel
They never do see the flowers growing on the ground
Before my time comes, I'll just do the best I can
I'll follow the cowboy code and extend my hand
And when I'm laid beneath the cold hard ground
Cowboys will gather like flowers growing 'round
- instrumental -
Some cowboys live their life for spills and thrills
Never with a good deed do their hard hands they fill
Until it's too late and the cold of death they feel
They never do see the flowers growing on the ground
Before my time comes, I'll just do the best I can
I'll follow the cowboy code and extend my hand
And when I'm laid beneath the cold hard ground
Cowboys will gather like flowers growing 'round


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Flowers For Mama
recorded by George Jones  [3/4 time]
written by 
Eddie Noack, Cindy Walker, Al Rumley
 
C                    F          C
Papa brought flowers for mama today
                           D7                   G7
And all the grown children but it's not mother's day
  C                   F          C
I don't have no money not even a dime
                               G7              C
But I brought mama flowers like I have all the time
 
                         F                C
Everyday I pick flowers  from this pretty hill
                       D7        G7
A small box of Daisies and a few Daffodils 
  C                     F              C
I bring them to mama at the end of the day
                          G7            C
And say flowers for mama  here's mama's bouquet
 
                           F            C
They brighten her face and she holds me close
                                 D7               G7
She'd say they are more precious than a beautiful rose
    C                        F                C
And she wore a smile sweeter than millions of flowers
                                G7             C
A smile that I'll carry through life's darkest hours
 
Spoken:
Now mama was lying there  yes  they tell me she passed away
And she was surrounded by flowers that out shined my bouquet
I know mine aren't fancy but still all the while
They were placed in her hand and I know I saw mama smile
 
F                  C
Flowers for mama I picked them today
               D7            G7
Not very much  just a simple bouquet
C                   F            C
Mom wasn't so fancy but up there above
                              G7              C
She's the prettiest flower in God's garden of love

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Flowers From The Hillside
I've been gathering flowers from the hillside
To wreathe around your brow
But you've kept me a-waiting so long, dear
That the flowers have all withered now

I know that you have seen trouble
But never hang down your head
Your love for me is like the flowers
Your love for me is now dead

* Refrain

It was on one bright june morning
The roses were in bloom
I shot and killed my darling
OH, what will be my doom

* Refrain

Those eyes can't see these roses
Those hands can't hold them you know
Those lips so still can not kiss me
They are gone from me forever more

* Refrain


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Flowers In The Dell
Author: Fred J. Eaglesmith
Artist: Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels
Recording: Live: Ralph's Last Show

While traveling on the train one morning, just to take a ride
The car was full I did not know who I sat down beside
Then she said, it's been a long time, I felt my blood run cold
For there beside me sat the girl who turned my heart to stone
She said she was sorry for what she'd done, she was starting life a new
And though she'd told me many times before, this time I believed it was true
So I took her to a parlor car, I got down on my knees
And as I held her in my arms she said she'd marry me
Chorus
A little cabin in the countryside, 
Curtains and fancy frills
A little girl with dark brown eyes
And flowers in the dell, in the dell
And flowers in the dell
Break
The train pulled into the Lincoln Station; I reached to help her down
But she ran into another man's arms as soon as her feet touched the ground
Then she turned and looked and I heard her laugh for the whole wide world to see
And as she turned I reached and grabbed her before she could walk away
The whistle blew, I heard her scream, I'll hear it to my dying day
And as she struggled I turned and threw her beneath the wheels of the train
The Judge he said ninety nine years granted no parole
They put me in a cell in shackles and chains and nailed up the door
Repeat Chorus
In the dell, and flowers in the dell


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Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Paul Simon

Through the corridors of sleep
Past the shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion.
I don't know what is real,
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

The mirror on my wall
Casts an image dark and small
But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection.
I am blinded by the light
Of God and truth and right
And I wander in the night without direction.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

It's no matter if you're born
To play the King or pawn
For the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow,
So my fantasy
Becomes reality,
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.


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Flowers Of Love

Those pretty wild flowers I love them so well
The flowers know secrets that I'll never tell
I go out to pick a bouquet of all
And bring them all in before the leaves start to fall

When the leaves start to fall and the flowers have died
If only little darling I could be by your side
Tho' it breaks my heart to hear your name
Soon the wild flowers will bloom again in the spring

I wish I could see her and talk of our love
And of all the pretty flowers sent here from above
Oh maybe I'll see her in Heaven someday
And pick pretty flowers as we go on our way

The memories of you dear I'll never erase
There'll never be another that can take your place
I'll still keep our secret with the flowers of love
And we'll pick them together in Heaven above

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Floyd County
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                       F          C
It's a sad day in Floyd County Mr. Jones
F                 C      G7                 C   G7
Yeah the grief is strong for the man that's gone
           C               F             C
And at the grave his woman cries and she moans
F            C                G7         C
Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County Mr. Jones
        A#7         F              C
The six children he raised are all weepin'
         A#7         F        C
For this soft spoken mountain man
         A#7           F        C                     F
Who feed them with the money he earned in those black mines
        C             G7             C
And the food he could raise with his hands
repeat #1
           A#7        F              C
Though the world knew nothing of his wisdom
       A#7        F                C
Or the honest and simple things he did
             A#7   F              C        F
There's some folks cryin' on this hillside today
     C              G7            C
That know about the humble way he lived
repeat #1
         A#7          F             C
Now this house in the holler stands empty
           A#7            F         C
Though his presence in my memory is plain
             A#7               F       C               F
You know I'd swear that I just saw him walkin' up that hill
             C                G7           C
I guess this place just won't never be the same
repeat #1

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Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
Jack Clement / Johnny Cash?

From the back door of your life you swept me out dear
In the bredline of your dreams I lost my place
At the table of your love I got to brush off
At the Indianapolis of your heart I lost the race

Chorus:
I've been washed down the sink of your conscience (gulp)
In the theatre of your love I lost my part
And now you say you've got me out of your consience
I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart

In the garbage disposal of your dreams I've been ground up dear
On the river of your plans I'm up the creek
Up the elevator of your future I've been shafted
On the calendar of your events I'm last week

Chorus


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Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal

Fly around my blue-eyed gal
Fly around my daisy
Fly around my blue-eyed gal
You almost drove me crazy.

Once I had a fortune
I laid it in a trunk
Lost it all all gambling
One night when I got drunk.

Wished I was in the West country
Sittin' in a big armchair
One arm 'round my whiskey barrel
The other 'round my dear.

If I had a scolding wife
Tell you what I'd do
Trade her off for a Barlow knife
Paddle my own canoe.

It's every day and Sunday too
It seems so dark and hazy
I'm thinking about my blue-eyed gal
She's done run me crazy.

If I had no horse at all
I'd be found a' crawlin'
Up and down this rocky road
A' looking for my dariing.

Went up on the mountain
To give my horn a blow
Thought I heard somebody say
Yonder comes my beau

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Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

Fly around my pretty little miss
Fly around my daisy
Fly around my pretty little miss
You almost drive me crazy

The higher up the cherry tree
The riper grows the cherries
The more you hug and kiss the girls
The sooner they will marry

Coffee grows on white oak trees
The river flows with brandy
If I had my pretty little miss
I'd feed her sugar candy

Going to get some weevily wheat
I'm going to get some barley
Going to get some weevily wheat
And bake a cake for Charlie

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Fly Into Love
Recorded by Charly McClain
Written by Lewis Anderson and Mark Wright

C           Am              F                C
Way down in Sad Town in the valley of broken dreams 
                        Am
We're both prisoners of past loves 
    F                    G7
And things that'll never be 
          C           Am
Something tells me if you held me 
    F                C
The clouds would disappear 
                            Am
We could leave our troubles all behind 
    F             G7      C
And nothing could keep us here 
                      A#7             Am         F
We could soar like an eagle touch the sky like a dove
         C                     Am        A#7      Dm
We could fly to the top of the world and fly into love 
A#7 F       C
F---ly into love 
         Am              F               C
Sunshine all the time is just beyond the hill 
             Am                F              G7
True love is waiting there and we can find it still 
     C                Am         F             C
Your blue eyes are my blue skies forever is in sight 
                     Am               F   G7   C
Let's put our dreams together now and fly away tonight 
Repeat #2 x2

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Fly Little Bluebird

Poor little bluebird, in a pink cherry tree
Why are you looking so sorrowful at me
Is it because you're as lonely as I
No one to love you and no place to fly

Fly, little bluebird, fly away
No need to linger, no need to stay
Time you were leaving, time to take wings
Up in the blue sky, your blue heart can sing

Flowers are blooming, on the green mountain side
Mybe I'll go there my sorrows to hide
Or should I stay here waiting so true
It wonders me greatly what I should do

* Refrain

Even a love nest in a pink cherry tree
Can't hold a wild heart that longs to be free
If I should leave here to see her today
Would she still love me or turn me away

* Refrain


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Flyin' South

Summer's gone and winter times a-coming
And where I am ain't where I want to be
I can hear my southern home a-calling
And it's calling out the old wild goose in me

Flyin', flyin', south to Dixie
Lord I feel so lonesome and alone
Stayin' ain't no use cause my hearts an old wild goose
Tomorrow I'll be flyin' south an home

I've got kissin' kin down in kentucky
I've got losts of Alabam'
Mama's a-waitin' down in Mississippi
And my sis is in south carolina's honeyland

Grandma and Grandpa's down in Georgia
My sweetheart's waitin' back in Tennessee
There's a little part of all the southland in my heart
And, honey, in the south is where I long to be

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Fog Has Lifted lyrics

I can see the sunshine again
And I can see the blue sky where there once was fog and rain
We know each other now clear through and through
The fog has lifted between me and you
I loved you the first time I saw you for it seemed like I had known you all my life
Well I loved you too but it takes a long time
To know what hurts you what helps you and know how you feel deep inside
I'm so happy you found out before it was too late
Our beautiful love could have turned into hate
Forgiving and understanding gives us a clear view
The fog has lifted between me and you now there's the sunshine again
And there's a blue sky where there once was fog and rain
We know each other now clear through and through
The fog has lifted what a beautiful view mhm


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Foggy Foggy Dew

When I was a batchelor I lived all alone
I worked at the weaver's trade
And the only only thing I ever did that was wrong
Was to woo a fair young maid
I wooed her in the winter-time
And in the summer too
And the only only thing I ever did tha was wrong
Was to keep her from the foggy foggy dew

One night she appeared at my bedside
As I lay sleeping there
The moonlight gleamed on her pale pale face
And glistened on her coal black hair
She wept, she cried, she tore her hair
Ah me! what could I do ?
So all night long I held her in my arms
Just to keep her from the foggy foggy dew

Now I am a batchelor, I live with my son
We work at the weaver's trade
And every single time that I look into his eyes
He reminds me of the fair young mind
He reminds me of the winter-time
And of the summer too
And the many many times that I held her in my arms
Just to keep her from the foggy foggy dew


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Foggy Mountain Top

If I'd only listened to what my mama said
I would not be here today
A lying around this old jailhouse
Wasting my poor life away

   If I was on some foggy mountain top
   I'd sail away to the West
   I'd sail all around this whole wide would
   To the girl I love the best

Oh she caused me to weep and she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
Oh the lonesome pines and the good old times
I'm on my way back home

Now if you see that girl of mine
There's something you can tell her
She need not fool her time away
To court some other feller

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Foggy River

Your love is colder than a foggy river
Rollin on a heart of stone
You left me stranded on this foggy river
Cold and helpless and alone

   I knew someday that you would turn me down
   I got worries on my mind
   Yes I'm doomed to sail this foggy river
   Till I leave my love behind

There's no tomorrow on this foggy river
Only memories linger on
A mist of sorrows fills this foggy river
Everything I had is gone

I can't escape this broken heart of mine
I've no freedom anymore
Heaven help me on this foggy river
Till I reach that distant shore

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Follow Me
John Denver

It's by far the hardest thing I've ever done
To be so in love with you and so alone

Follow me where I go what I do and who I know
Make it part of you to be a part of me
Follow me up and down all the way and all around
Take my hand and say you'll follow me

It's long been on my mind
You know it's been a long, long time
I've tried to find the way that I can make you understand
The way I feel about you and just how much I need you
To be there where I can talk to you
When there's no one else around

Follow me where I go what I do and who I know
Make it part of you to be a part of me
Follow me up and down all the way and all around
Take my hand and say you'll follow me

You see I'd like to share my life with you
And show you things I've seen
Places that I'm going to places where I've been
To have you there beside me and never be alone
And all the time that you're with me
We will be at home

Follow me where I go what I do and who I know
Make it part of you to be a part of me
Follow me up and down all the way
Take my hand and I will follow you


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Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash

1. I hear the train a comin' it's rollin' 'round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck at Folsom prison and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps rollin' on down to San Antone

2. When I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blow I hang my head and cry

3. I bet there's rich folks eatin' from a fancy dinning car
They're prob'ly drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars
Well I know I had it comin' I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me

4. Well if they freed me from this prison if this railroad train was mine
I bet I'd movin' over a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom prison that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

FLATT & SCRUGGS - Nashville Airplane


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Fond Affection

Once I loved your fond affection
All my hopes on you was spent
Till a dark eyed girl persuaded
And you care no more for me 

Go on and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart to love another
Never on earth will I call you mine 

When I'm dead and in my coffin
And my pale face towards the sun
Will you come and sit beside me
And think of what you've done 

When I'm dead and in my coffin
And the shroud about me bows
Will you come and scatter roses
Upon your lover's mound

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Fool And The Angel
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Jimmy Duncan

C            Am           Dm           G7
(Here is the story of the fool and the angel)
    C                       Dm      G7
The fool and the angel once fell in love
      C                        Dm  G7
While heaven was watching from up above
    Dm            G7        C        Am
The fool gave his love in a reckless way
    Dm                  G7
For fools only live for today
    C                     Dm      G7
The love to the angel was not the same
    C                       Dm     G7
She couldn't believe it was just a game
    Dm           G7          C         Am
She gave all the love in her heart and soul
    C              G7      C
For true love's an angel's goal
Dm       G7         C        Am
How do I know these things I say
    Dm        G7      C
The answer is all too clear
Dm           G7       C      Am
I'm just the fool who walked away
     Dm         G7    Dm  G7
When heaven was oh so near
        C                      Dm  G7
Now the fool and the angel are far apart
    C                              Dm     G7
The fool learned too late what was in his heart
    Dm             G7       C    Am
But always there's spark of hope remain
    C              G7    C
The fool finds his angel again
    Dm             G7       C    Am
But always there's spark of hope remain
    C              G7    C
The fool finds his angel again

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Fool Hearted Me
BMI Work #: 9254807
Fool Hearted Me (Larry W. Jones 11/19/2007) (song#5168)

Fool hearted me, fool hearted me
Well, I let my heart go astray
In fact, I just gave it away
Fool hearted me
I left it in care of a girl
Who had not a care in the world
Fool hearted me
I know I should have been wiser
I was a fool to not size her
Now she's long gone and set me free
And all the world can clearly see
Fool hearted me
- instrumental -
Fool hearted me, fool hearted me
She said I was her everything
I bought a big engagement ring
Fool hearted me
I gave her a car that ran so fine
She ran away with a friend of mine
Fool hearted me
That girl told me that she loved me so
Then she ran around with so and so
She molded my fool heart just like clay
Then she cruelly threw it far away
Fool hearted me
Fool, fool hearted me
Fool hearted me
Yeah, fool hearted me
Oh, me


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Fool Me
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Joe South
 
C                    F                     C
Ain't it kinda funny they say a fool never learns
          F        C         F
Play with fire and it always burns
         C                     F                   C
Don't it kinda getcha down you treat me worse than before
    F      C               F
But I keep comin' back for more
C              F            C       F
Cause you're a deceiver and I'm a believer 
C                  G7    F                       G7
It's just a game I know  but I can't seem to let go
C           F                C
So fool me  fool me one more time
                      Am
You can fake just for old time's sake
C               F
Look in my eyes tell me those lies
         G7       F       G7       C
And just fool me  fool me one more time
E
                         F                       C
Don't it make you wonder why I keep playin' make believe
       F            C        F
Do you really think I'm that naive
         C                       F                C
Don't it make you sad I'm actin' like I've got it made
     F           C            F
Even though it's just a masquerade
C              F            C       F
Cause you're a deceiver and I'm a believer 
C                  G7    F                       G7
It's just a game I know  but I can't seem to let go
Repeat #2 x2
 
        F       G7       C
Come on fool me one more time
      F       G7       C
Honey fool me one more time 

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Fool's Castle
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins
 
C
It's a big house on a hilltop 
     F              C
Fine carpets on the floor
                          
Expensive polished marble 
        D7              G7
Are the steps up to the door
      C
Vines are climbing up to the roof top 
              F                        C
As if there's something they'd like to hide

People call it the Fool's Castle 
                 G7         C
And I'm the fool that lives inside

    F                            C
The girl is gone that warmed the castle 
                            G7
Now it's dark the flame has died
       C
It's a big house on a hilltop 
        F                C
Without love and without pride

People call it the Fool's Castle 
                 G7         C
And I'm the fool that lives inside


She used to live here I thought she was lucky 
             F               C
She had what most girls only dream of
                             
I gave her diamonds silk and satin 
           D7             G7
I gave her everything but love
            C
And with my giving I gave her nothing 
           F                C
She wanted only to be by my side

Yes they call it the Fool's Castle 
                 G7         C
And I'm the fool that lives inside

Repeat #2



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Fool's Gold
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Russ Freeman
 
F    C              F           C
If I only knew then what I know now
    F                      C
You wouldn't be sayin' goodbye
      F       C          F     C
But I let you down I was never around
         F                       C
When you needed me there by your side
F                G7
I took a perfect love 
    Em                 Am
And gave you a perfect heartache
F                Em
I took a band of gold 
           D7          G7
And made a 24-carat mistake
And turned it into 
Am                                 F
Fool's gold and I was a fool cause I let you go
Am                                 F
Fool's gold yes I was a fool cause I didn't know
Am               Em
Too many times I just didn't try
    Am                    D7            Am
And now all I hear is you sayin' goodbye
F                   C            F      C    F
Starin' at an empty hand full of fool's gold
   C                       F           C
If I'd spent the time just holdin' you tight
    F                        C
And sharin' my feelings with you
     F          C              F            C
Then you'd understand what's inside of this man
          F                   C
And you'd know what I'm goin' through
F                 G7
I know that I was wrong 
Em                Am
Now that it's too late
F                Em
I took a band of gold  
           D7          G7
And made a 24-carat mistake
Repeat #3

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Fool's Thin Air
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark

C         F              C
There's a sweet dream on your pillow
          G7               C
There's a sad song in your eyes
          F                 C
There's a sunshine behind a dark cloud
   G7                      C
Up above you in fools thin air

         F                  C
She's an old friend she's a good friend
        G7             C
Hair of golden eyes of satin
                 F                      C
She's a won't be long friend till she's gone friend
               G7                   C
And leaves you hangin in fools thin air

       F              C
Like a lion rules the jungle
            G7                        C
You're just flyin' through fools thin air
                F                       C
That don't mean nothin' when you've got something
    G7                    C
You believe in to get you there

Repeat #2

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Foolish Heart
Song by Alison Krauss

I think I'll take my foolish heart, my friend, and head right for the door.
There'll be a better world waitin' if I do.
'Cause I know I've been down this road a time or two before,
The only time I let my heart turn to you.
Now, I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.
Still somethin' deep inside keeps tellin' me to make the sacrifice,
And askin' me to walk the extra mile.
I've walked it now to many times with freedom for the price.
Too many times to fight back tears behind my smiles.
Now, I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.
I know I must seem quite unkind to wander off tonight
And leave the moon up above to hold your gaze.
It's only that my foolish heart is bound with foolish pride.
Maybe some day I'll see the sunshine upon your face.
Now I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door...

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Foolish Pride

Once I had a true love sweeter than the stars above
And I loved her with all my heart
It brought tears in her eyes when I told her goodbye
All because of my fool foolish pride

Oh foolish pride I can't live with you
For you have driven away my darling
You have broken her heart now you're keeping us apart
Foolish pride I'll never forgive you

We would sit all alone she would talk of our home
And of days when she'd be my own wife
So softly she would say when is our wedding day
I'm so happy my darling I could cry

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Footlights
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                      C             G
I live the kinda life  most men only dream of
                         D7                 G
I make my livin' writin' songs  and singin' them
                                        C                            G
But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over
                          
But I'll hide my age and make the stage 
    D7                             G
And try to kick the footlights out again
                                 C                                    G
I throw my old guitar across the stage and then my bass-man takes the ball
                          D7                           G
And the crowd goes nearly wild to see my guitar nearly fall
                                    C                                G
After twenty years of pickin' we're still alive and kickin' down the wall
                                         D7                          G
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out and walk away without a curtain call
  C
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
                                    G
And try to hide the mood I'm really in
                             D7
And put on my old instamatic grin
                                     G
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
Repeat #1

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Footprints In The Snow

Now some folks like the summertime when the they can walk about
Strolling through the meadow green it's pleasant there no doubt
But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground
For I found her when the snow on the ground

   I traced her little footprints in the snow
   I found her little footprints in the snow
   I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way
   For I found her when the snow was on the ground

I dropped in to see her there was a big round moon
Her mother said she just stepped out but would be returning soon
I found her little footprints and I traced them in the snow
I found her when the snow was on the ground

Now she's up in heaven she's with the angel band
I know I'm going to meet her in that promised land
But every time the snow falls it brings back memories
For I found her when the snow was on the ground

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Footsteps In The Night
Recorded by Curtis Potter
Written by Mel Holt

G7   C                      F                 C
When you're all alone up in your room late at night
                              D7          G7
And you hear footsteps in the street down below
     C                           F            C
Then you'll know I'm passing and watching the light
                   G7          C
In your window and wanting you so 
 
      D7                    G7
We've parted and broken the vows that we made
      D7                        G7
Still I have to know you're all right
    C                          F            D7
You said you don't love me but you know I'm near
         G7                    C    F  C
When you hear footsteps in the night
 
G7   C                       F            C
When you go out dancing with your someone new
                         D7           G7
Do you ever think of the love in your past
C                           F           C
I wonder if now you're just sharing the view
                 G7                     C
I miss kisses however it's me you loved last
 
     D7                           G7
When he said goodnight and you're gone up the stairs
    D7                           G7
And after you've turned out your lights
   C                        F          D7
If you feel I knew you will it bring a tear
         G7                    C
When you hear footsteps in the night

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The Incredible String Band - Footsteps Of The Heron 

One day as I sat in a big noisy crowd
There was me and the whole of my conscience
And I thought that I wouldn't be missed if I went
And that my going would be of no importance

And I've nothing to do and I've nowhere to go
I'm not in the slightest way upset
I'm not chasing a hope or a dream or a plan
And I'm not even chasing the sunset

So I walked down this street I had no one to meet
And my thoughts kinda gently were flowing
When I popped this pussycat because it lying
And I [Incomprehensible] where I was going

And I've nothing to do and I've nowhere to go
I'm not in the slightest way upset
I'm not chasing a hope or a dream or a plan
I'm not even chasing the sunset

The pussycat laughed and he followed me down
We walked through the crowds without motion
He said he would stay, but he ran clear away
I just laughed at his lack of devotion

And I've nothing to do and I've nowhere to go
I'm not in the slightest way upset
I'm not chasing a hope or a dream or a plan
I'm not even chasing the sunset

I met me this fink, tried to buy me a drink
And he says, â?½I don't care 'bout no money"
I said, "Neither do I, but I'd buy you a guy
If I thought you were trying to get funny"

And I've nothing to do and I've nowhere to go
I'm not in the slightest way upset
I'm not chasing a hope or a dream or a plan
And I'm not even chasing the sunset

This man I did meet, spoke to me through his feet
And he said, "I don't care either 'bout no money"
I said, "Neither do I but I buy wings to fly
'Cause without them the sun ain't so sunny"

And I've nothing to do and I've nowhere to go
I'm not in the slightest way upset
I'm not chasing a hope or a dream or a plan
And I'm not even chasing the sunset

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The Incredible String Band - Footsteps Of The Heron - 2010 Remastered Version 

One day as I sat in a big noisy crowd,
There was me and the whole of my conscience.
And I thought that I wouldn't be missed if I went,
and that my going would be of no importance.

And I've nothing to do,
And I've nowhere to go;
I'm not in the slightest way upset.
I'm not chasing a hope,
or a dream or a plan;
And I'm not even chasing the sunset.

The pussycat laughed and he followed me down,
As we walked through the crowds without motion;
He said he would stay, but he ran clear away,
I just laughed at his lack of devotion.

I met this fink, tried to buy me a drink,
And he says, I don't care 'bout no money."
I said, "Neither do I, but I'd buy you a guy,
If I thought you were trying to get funny."

This man I did meet, spoke to me through his feet,
And he said, "I don't care either 'bout no money."
I said, "Neither do I but I buy wings to fly,
'Cause without them the sun ain't so sunny."

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Footsteps So Near

There's a tale that they tell down in ol' Wolf County
About a murderous husband and his family of three
One day his neighbors from over the hill
it was so deathly still

The killer he left a note and I know how it read
I hope you don't find me I'd rather be dead
Then live in your jailhouse for the rest of my days
'Til the jury it hangs me for my wicked ways

Sometimes at night I wake to the sound
Of the men in the distance and baying of hounds
Once on a full moon in the spring of the year
I heard breaking branches and footsteps so near

Well the posse searched it was five days or more
He head in the caves gave himself up
'Fore he got to the courthouse a man a shot him down

He said I'm not sorry for what I have done
But I cannot live like a man on the ran
I'm glad that you killed me you can dig me my grave
It can't be much worse thanthat dark lonely cave

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For A Dancer
Jackson Browne

Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must have thought you'd always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found

I don't know what happens when people die
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear
That I can't sing
I can't help listening
And I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
Crying as they ease you down
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away
(Right on dancing)
No matter what fate chooses to play
(There's nothing you can do about it anyway)

Just do the steps that you've been shown
By everyone you've ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Another's steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone

Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
And just as easily it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
(The world keeps turning around and around)
Go on and make a joyful sound

Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know


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For a Little While
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Don Henry

C
When the tide comes up and the sun goes down
     F        G7   C
Sure as on Montego Bay
 
All the rum and gin inside of me
F               G7       C
Can't chase the memories away
                              
By the time you've read the things I said
   Am              Dm  C A#7
My ship put out to sea
Am     G7                      C
I just needed to be free for a little while
 
 
As the lights go out in a beach front bar
    F           G7       C
Two hearts in a Jamaican night
 
In a room upstairs my mind prepares
   F        G7      C
To turn off reality lights
             
And I close my eyes and fantasize
     A7                Dm   C A#7
Till sleep unfolds its wings
Am    G7                         C
And I fly to you in dreams for a little while
 
   A#7                Am
My memory wasn't this freedom I found
    C                     F
Old sailors and fools are drawn to the sound
       A#7                      Am
And as long as they find me and never around
     D7              G7          C
I'll sing about your smile for a little while
 
 
And I close my eyes and fantasize
     A7                Dm   C A#7
Till sleep unfolds its wings 
Am    G7                         C
And I fly to you in dreams for a little while
      G7                         C
Yes I fly to you in dreams for a little while 

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For All I Know
written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                  C                 G
For all I know you never cared about me
                D7                   G
And chances are I never crossed your mind
                C             G
Maybe you won't understand me calling
    A7                                 D7
But darling it's been such a long long time
 
G              C                    G
For all I know there may be someone with you now
             D7                    G
But maybe he won't mind a friendly call
                       G7             C
You've already made it clear that you stopped loving me
        G              D7             G
And for all I know you never cared at all
 
        C                                 G
I can't help it if I sound like I've been crying
                                         D7
Cause darling I've been crying all night long
  C                                              G
I just call to let you know just how much I need you
    A7                              D7
And for all I know you may be there alone
 
G                        C                 G
Surely you must know I'd give the world to see you now
                           D7               G
And could be you'd like to have me one more time
                       G7             C
You've already made it clear that you stopped loving me
        G            D7               G
But for all I know I may have lost my mind
C       G            D7               G
And for all I know I may have lost my mind



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For Baby (For Bobbie)
John Denver

I'll walk in the rain by your side,
I'll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand.
I'll do anything to help you understand,
I'll love you more than anybody can.

And the wind will whisper your name to me,
Little birds will sing along in time,
The leaves will bow down when you walk by,
And morning bells will chime.

I'll be there when you're feeling down,
To kiss away the tears if you cry.
I'll share with you all the happiness I've found,
A reflection of the love in your eyes.

And I'll sing you the songs of the rainbow,
Whisper all the joy that is mine.
The leaves will bow down when you walk by,
And morning bells will chime.

Repeat first verse

The leaves will bow down when you walk by,
And morning bells will chime.


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For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
Paul Simon

What I dream I had:
Pressed in organdy;
Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy;
Softer than the rain.
I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays.
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alley ways,
As I walked on.

And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night.
We walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight,
I held your hand.
And when I awoke and felt you warm and near,
I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears.
Oh I love you, girl.
Oh, I love you.


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For Free
Joni Mitchell

I slept last night in a good hotel
I went shopping today for jewels
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
And the children let out from the schools
I was standing on a noisy corner
Waiting for the walking green
Across the street he stood
And he played real good
On his clarinet, for free

Now me I play for fortune
And those velvet curtain calls
I've got a black limousine
And two gentlemen
Escorting me to the halls
And I'll play if you have the money
Or if you're a friend to me
But the one man band
By the quick lunch stand
He was playing real good, for free

Nobody stopped to hear him
Though he played so sweet and high
They knew he had never
Been on their T.V.
So they passed his music by
I meant to go over and ask for a song
Maybe put on a harmony...
I heard his refrain
As the signal changed
He was playing real good, for free


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For Love Of Yesterday
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice
 
C               Dm      G7                 C   E7 Am
I wake up every morning   I miss you by my side
G7                  F          D7
It's not your fault I'm lonely
             G7
Heaven knows you've tired
C         Dm         G7                     C   E7 Am
Every day I'm crying   for the love I threw away
   G7           F        Dm     G7         C     G7 C F
My heart is slowly dying    for love of yesterday
 
G7        C         G7 C F G7              C    E7 Am
All of my tomorrows        seems so out of place
G7         F             Dm G7        F
Times were mine to borrow   I cherish yesterday
 C         Dm        G7  F          C        Dm
(Yesterday yesterday     yesterday  yesterday
       G7            C
For my love of yesterday)
 
C              Dm           G7                    C   E7 Am
I wish I could stop feeling   and living with the pain
G7            F         Dm              G7
Tomorrow's so uncertain   but yesterday don't change
 
(Yesterday don't change)
C                    Dm       G7               C   E7 Am
I wouldn't trade old memories   you and I have made
G7          F       C  Dm    G7         C
I'd give my tomorrow     for love of yesterday
           Dm          G7            C
(Yesterday yesterday)  love of yesterday

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For Love's Sake
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

D7           G              C        G
Honey if you only knew what I've the will to do
          D7       C          G
Endure or take all for love's sake
                               C    G
Baby there'd be no denyin' any sacrifice
                     D7       C          G
That I'm prepared to make all for love's sake
            C       F     G
As evidence I offer up my heart 
               C      F       D7
Begging you to use every last part
                G
Baby I'll stand shielding you 
       C       G
And it hurt me to pursue
               D7        C          G
Each blazing embrace all for love's sake
            C       F     G
As evidence I offer up my heart 
               C      F       D7
Begging you to use every last part
G                           C        G
Honey if you only knew what I've the will to do
          D7       C          G
Endure or take all for love's sake
                               C    G
Baby there'd be no denyin' any sacrifice
                     D7       C          G
That I'm prepared to make all for love's sake
            C       F     G
As evidence I offer up my heart 
               C      F       D7
Begging you to use every last part
           G    C D7
For love's sake 
           G    C D7
For love's sake 
           G
For love's sake

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For Loving Me

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Everything you had is gone
As you can see thats what you get for loving me

I ain't the kind to hang around
With any new love that I've found
Moving is my stock and trade
I'm moving on, I'll think of you when I'm gone

* Refrain

So don't she'd a tear for me
I'm not the love you'd thought I'd be
Not a hungry boy like you
So don't be blue I'll have a thousand fore I'm through

* Refrain

There you go you're crying again
There you go you're crying again
Then someday when your poor heart is on the mend
I jist might pass this way again

* Refrain


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For The Bible Tells Me So

When you're troubled and distressed
Pray to God please give you rest
He will I know for the Bible tells me so
Ask your father in the sky
To cleanse a sinful soul that crys
He will I know for the Bilbe tells me so

For the Bible tells me so
And I want the world to know
He will I know
For the Bible tells me so

If you're wanting peace of mind
Leave old Satan far behind
Take up they cross and follow him
Moses stood on holy ground 
He felt God's presence all around
I know, I know, for the Bible tells me so

* Refrain


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For The First Time
Miriam Eddy

Ch. For the first time in a long time
I want the sunshine to shine on me
I want those hillsides to feel me walkin'
And I want your love all over me

1. Ten years ago I guess you know
I gave my heart and hand
But she left me here to grieve and never know
All my days have been like nights
My nights have been long days
But when I saw you I knew I'd love again

Ch.

Ch.

Ch.

And I want your love all over me

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Sit Down Young Stranger


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Dolly Parton - For The Good Times lyrics

Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that were burning
Chorus:
Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the rain drops
Blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time
For the good times
I'll get along and you'll find another
And I'll be here if you should find you ever need
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
They'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me
Repeat Chorus
For the good times
For the good times


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For The Life Of Me
Recorded by Dick Curless
Written by Joe Allison and Joyce Harris

C                  F                C
How can there be a song without the music
                   G7               C
How can there be a wave without the sea
                                     F
The lightning needs the thunder as a speaking voice
    C           G7                  C
And I must have you for the life of me
                   F            C
How can there be a baby with no cryin'
                 G7             C
A future with no past can never be
                                     F
A hummingbird can't live unless it's free to fly
    C           G7                  C
And I must have you for the life of me
  F
I know that sunshine follows rain 
C
I know that pleasure follows pain
G7                              C
And I know that I must have you somehow
F
Every ship waits for the crew 
C
And every rose waits for the dew
    F      Dm        G7  Dm G7
But I need you right now
C                   F           C
How can there be an end with no beginning  
             G7              C
So run to me I'm waiting helplessly
                                       F
And break these shackles of impatience make me live
    C           G7                  C
For I must have you for the life of me

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Richard Thompson - For The Sake Of Mary Lyrics

For the sake of Mary I kicked the reds
Junked the juice, drink coffee instead
Straightened my teeth, bent my back
Cut my friends dead from the old rat pack, for Mary

She bought me this silk suit, watch and chain
She put the rhythm in my stride again
She showed me the way to make her feel good
If I could do more then I surely would, for Mary, for Mary

For the sake of Mary I do what I can
She still don't trust me to be her man
I say the right thing but my timing's bad
She thinks I'm like the rest but I'm the best she's ever had

For the sake of Mary I was cook first class on the Belfast B
But when she sailed she sailed without me
In Needle Pete's got my last tattoo
In bleeding letters of red and blue, for Mary

For the sake of Mary I changed my drift
Got a good job on the graveyard shift
She set her heart on a pretty little place
I want to see the tears of joy on her face, for Mary

For the Sake of Mary I keep the flame
I don't want to be the villain again
She's had her bad times and it's shook her about
I don't want to take the easy way out
For the sake of Mary

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Richard Thompson - For Whose Sake? Lyrics

For whose sake
For whose sake
Did I deliver
Sighs of love and vows forever?

For whose sake
For whose sake
Did I learn real from true?

Fast times
What a scene you left behind
Skins shed and bitter morsels said

And now you shine your little star
And did you come so far
Ahh you who you think you are?

For whose sake
For whose sake
Did I endeavor
Pledge myself forever?

For whose sake?
For whose sake?
I know your signs
And I know your lines

But I don't know you
I don't know you
I don't know you

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Forbidden Angel
Recorded by Mel Street
written by John Riggs and Mel Street

C                                           F           C
Girl you kiss me like a woman though you're barely seventeen
                 F          C         G7
There's no doubt you're old enough to satisfy
    C                                 F                 C
But I know they'd call me guilty if I loved you all the way
F               C             G7            C
Why does heaven let forbidden angels out to play
          F                           C
Forbidden angel I know I must let you go
                    F       C                                    G7
While everything in me says love you my better judgment tells me no
  C                                F               C
I love you so I know I can wait to unlock heaven's door
F                 C            G7           C
When my forbidden angel is not forbidden anymore
                                     F                  C
You're so warm so sweet and eager to try your wings and fly
                   F    C               G7
But someday you'll understand the way I feel
   C                                    F                C
So just keep your halo shining and I'll love you all the more
F                 C            G7           C
When my forbidden angel is not forbidden anymore
Repeat #2

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Forest For The Trees

When first unto this land I came
She was a virgin paradise
The truth was there for all to see
No falsehood and no lies.

She was overflowing
With everything we need
We took so much we never saw
The forest for the trees.

This land she is my lover
She fills me with desire
Seasons come and seasons go
Earth water wind and fire.

I cleared this land with my bare hands
She gave me everything so free
She gave so much I couldn't see
The forest for the trees.

I'm an addict with a habit
I'm kept so well supplied
With all my greed and hope and love and fear
1 can't be satisifed.

I took my young son up on a clear cut mountain
I fell down on my knees
I prayed that he would someday see the forest for the trees
I pray that we might someday see the forest for the trees.

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Forest Lawn
Tom Paxton

Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket.
Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.
Let the drum and bugle corp blow taps while the cannons roar.
And sixteen liveried employees pass out souvenirs from the funeral store.

I want to go simply when I go
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know
With a casket lined in fleece
And fireworks spelling out "rest in peace."
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn

Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn they understand there.
And they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there,
With sixteen planes and a last salute, dropping a cross in a parachute.

I want to go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know,
With a hundred strolling strings
And topless dancers with golden wings.
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn

Oh, come, come, come, come,
Come to the church in the wild wood.
Kindly leave a contribution in the pail.
Be as simple and as trusting as a child would,
And we'll sell you the church in the dale.

To find a simple resting place is my desire.
To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
My likeness done in brass, will stand in plastic grass,
And weights and hidden springs tip it's hat to the mourners filing past.

I want to go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know.
I'll lie beneath the sand
With piped in tapes of Billy Graham.
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.

Rock of ages cleft for me
For a slightly higher fee.
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.


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Forever
Recorded by Johnny Duncan
Written by Buddy Killen

G       C       G       C
Hold me kiss me whisper sweetly
G           Am         G   C D7
That you'll love me forever
G       C       G       C
Want me need me tell me sweetly
G           Am         G   Dm G
That you'll love me forever
   C             G               Dm  G
Forever and ever my love will be true
   C             A7             D7
Forever and ever I'll love only you
G            C            G            D7       G
Baby hold me  and kiss me  and whisper  so sweetly
                   Am G                          C G
That you'll love me   that you'll love me forever
   C             G               Dm  G
Forever and ever my love will be true
   C             A7             D7
Forever and ever I'll love only you
G       C       G       C
Hold me kiss me whisper sweetly
G           Am         G   C D7
That you'll love me forever
G       C       G       C
Want me need me tell me sweetly
G           Am         G
That you'll love me forever

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Forever Ain't That Long Anymore 
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent 
Written by Wayne Southards and William Blake
 
C   G7                          C
Somewhere tonight a woman cries alone
G7                             C
Broken vows from the love that has gone wrong
    Em                                    F
Her dreams and plans lay shattered on the floor
                           G7   C
Forever ain't that long anymore

     G7                               C
Just down the street he tries to wave goodbye
    G7                                   C
His world has been destroyed because her love has died
   Em                                 F
He watched as she just walked out the door
                           G7
Forever ain't that long anymore

         C                  F            C
With the best of intentions their hearts believed
                       F         G7
That it would last for all eternity
Am       G7         F
Oh the despair when love turns to war
C                  G7      C
Forever ain't that long anymore

G7                                         C
When the fighting stops and the healing is through
G7                                 C
Forgetting not that easy when they start anew 
        Em                                  F
They'll try love again just like they did before
                           G7
Forever ain't that long anymore

Repeat #3

Am       G7         F
Oh the despair when love turns to war
C                  G7      Am  F
Forever ain't that long anymore
C                  G7      C
Forever ain't that long anymore


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Forever And Ever, Amen
Randy Travis

You may think that I'm talking foolish.
You've heard that I'm wild and I'm free.
You may wonder how I can promise you now
This love that I feel for you
Always will be.

You're not just time that I'm killing.
I'm no longer one of those guys.
As sure as live, this love that I give
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die.
Oh baby,

Chorus:
I'm gonna love you forever,
Forever and ever, amen,
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather,
As long as old women sit and talk about old men.
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful,
I'll be happy to tell you again.
I'm gonna love you
Forever and ever,
Forever and ever, amen.

They say time takes its toll on a body,
Makes a young girl's brown hair turn gray.
Well, honey, I don't care.
I ain't in love with your hair.
And if it all fell out,
I'd love you anyway.

Well, they say time can play tricks on a memory.
Make people forget things they knew.
Well, it's easy to see.
It's happening to me.
I've already forgotten every women but you.
Oh baby,

Chorus:
I'm gonna love you forever,
Forever and ever, amen,
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather,
As long as old women sit and talk about old men.
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful,
Just listen to how this song ends.
I'm gonna love you
Forever and ever,
Forever and ever, amen.
I'm gonna love you
Forever and ever,
Forever and ever,
Forever and ever, amen.


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Forever Blue
Recorded by The Mavericks
Written by Raul Malo

C                       G7
Why was I so wrong when everything was right
                                                      C
I thought that you would long for my arms to hold you tight
                         G7
You never even called or stopped to say hello
                                                  C
So now I'm sad and blue while you're just glad to go
                            G7
Remember all the times when you were missing me
                                     C
Cause I'd gone so long but not eternally
                          G7
I always turned around to find my way back home
                                              C
But the only thing I found was I found myself alone
          F                         G7
And I may never find another one to hold me
F                        G7
I may never find another one so true
      F                                 G7
Maybe I'll just find myself all sad and lonely
      F                            G7
Maybe I'll just never find another you
                       C            G7                    C
Forever lonely forever blue forever knowing that you were true
        G7                     C
Forever thinking you'd love me too
          F                                 G7
So you've gone and now I don't know what to do
                                  C
So I guess I'll always be forever blue
                          G7
Will you be so kind as to leave my heart alone
                                                C
That's where it needs to be so it won't hurt no more
                             G7
As long as you're around and not here with me
                                           C
My smile will be a frown forever blue I'll be
Repeat #3,4
          F                                 G7
So you've gone and now I don't know what to do
                                  C
So I guess I'll always be forever blue

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Forever In Blue Jeans
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Neil Diamond and Richard Bennett

G
Money talks
                                C
But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk
                           G         Am
And long as I can have you here with me
                D7            G         D7 C D7
I'd much rather be forever in blue jeans
G
Honey's sweet
                             C
But it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat
                           G       Am
And if you'd pardon me I'd like to say
        D7             G
We'd do okay forever in blue jeans
Maybe tonight
                     C                      G
Maybe tonight by the fire all alone you and I
        F              C                          D7
Nothing around but the sound of my heart and your sighs
repeat #1,2,3,1
C                          G       Am
And if you'd pardon me I'd like to say
        D7             G
We'd do okay forever in blue jeans babe
C                          G         Am
And long as I can have you here with me
                D7            G
I'd much rather be forever in blue jeans babe

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The Whites - Forever You 

Though we're apart and time is still, deep in my heart one vow holds true.
I swore it then and I'll swear it now, Now and for always forever you.
Amazing love the flame burns true, Forever you, forever you.
We'll count the nights like lovers do, Forever you, Forever you.
And if the sun should fail to shine, and cloud our world a shade of blue.
Take comfort in these words of mine, Now and for always forever you.
Amazing love the flame burns true Forever you, forever you.
We'll count the nights like lovers do, Forever you, forever you.
Now and for always forever you.

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Forever Yours   
recorded by Dottie West
written by Jimmy Peppers
 
C       F      G7          C
Forever y-ours I'll always be 
       E7               C                      G7 
Please s-ay that you'll give your sweet love to me
C       F      G7           C
Forever y-ours my love will be 
            F            G7           C
I will take care of you  say you love me
 
          Dm         G7          C
I started living the day I found you 
                F           G7                C
I love you with all my heart  say you love me too
            F           G7               C
I will stay beside you  and I will guide you 
        F       G7                     C
Forever y-ours  please say that you're mine
 
          Dm         G7          C
I started living the day I found you 
                F           G7                C
I love you with all my heart  say you love me too
            F           G7               C
I will stay beside you  and I will guide you 
        F       G7                     C
Forever y-ours  please say that you're mine

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Forever's A Long Long Time
Recorded by Jimmie Davis 
Written by Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis

C                                F
You swear your love will last forever 
     G7                    C
That I can always call you mine
                               F
But before we make our vows to God dear
   G7                 C
Forever's a long long time 
 
   F                          C
Forever's a long long time my darlin'
                                         G7
Are you sure that time won't change your mind
        C            F               C
Are you certain your love won't grow cold dear
   G7                 C
Forever's a long long time
                                 F
Will you always love my trustin' heart dear
   G7                       C
Or will you someday make it pine
                          F
The years may lead you to another
   G7                 C
Forever's a long long time
   F                          C
Forever's a long long time my darlin'
                                         G7
Are you sure that time won't change your mind
        C            F               C
Are you certain your love won't grow cold dear
   G7                 C
Forever's a long long time

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Alison Krauss - Forget About It Lyrics

Forget about it
I'm admitting I was wrong and I'll just take what's mine and walk right out the door.

Forget about it
I'll split and I'll be gone and you'll have memories you'll find hard to ignore.

Cause after all I'll see you sometime baby when I can't recall how you drove me crazier.

Forget about it
When forever's over I won't remember how much I loved you anymore.

Forget about it
Put me out of your head now that your free and easy out there on the town.

Forget about it
When you're lyin' in bed just wishin I was there to lay on down

Cause after all I'll see you sometime baby when you will recall how I drove you crazier.

Forget about those star-lit nights
layin by the fireside holdin' you tight
I can't remember when it felt so right
So just forget about it

(Bridge)

Forget about it
When you see me on the street don't look don't wave don't try to tease me with your smile.

Forget about it
If we chance to meet somewhere don't think it's cause I'm tryin' to reconcile.

Cause after all
I see you sometime baby
When I can't recall how you drove me crazier
Forget about those star-lit nights
Layin by the fireside holdin' you tight
I can't remember when it felt so right
So just forget about it

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Forget Him
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Ricci Mareno and Charlie Black

C                      F
I see the look in your eyes 
                C
Every time he's near you
                    F
I see the fire burn high 
                    C
When he speaks your name
F
Don't let him under your skin 
D7
Stop it before it begins
F
Please baby don't let him win
C          F
Forget him forget him
G7                            C
He'll break your heart if you let him
G7          C
Baby please forget him 
                     F
He plays a kind of a game 
              C
That can only hurt you
                              F
He'll promise love that won't die 
                  C
But he'll let you down
F
He knows the right words to say 
D7
Don't let them lead you astray
F
Don't let him take you away
repeat #2 x2

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Forget Me Not

Oh my lady, sweet love of mine
Forget me not while I'm away
Across the blue slow rollin' ocean
I will return to you some day

Through the4 dark and dreary night
I dreamed I held you here beside me
When I awoke I heard behind me
The sound of guns and distant drums

Forget me not,I feel so 'lone lost and lonely, like a child
May be I just need to see somebody smile

Are you thinking of all the times
When we were runnin' on through the green fields
My eyes are closed, still I see the green fields
They seem to sing, they seem to sing

Forget me not, I feel so 'lone lost and lonely, like a child
May be I just need to see someday smile


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Forgetfulness For Sale
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Bill Anderson

C
I saw a neon invitation flashing red and green temptation
                                             G7
And the sign read we've got whiskey wine and ales
         C
Come and step into our shadow leave outside whatever matters
                  G7                C
Tonight we've got forgetfulness for sale
I heard the jukebox saw the dance floor 
I said this is my last chance for happiness
                           G7
For after all all else has failed
     C
So I gave the man my money some woman whispered honey
                        G7                C
And I thought I'd found forgetfulness for sale 
       F                       C
In the bargain basement of the honky tonk
           G7                             C
Where they teach you not to think and for awhile you don't
  F                                         C
I laugh and dance and drink and the all the world was gay
     D7                                G7
Till morning came and all the numbness wore away  
        C
Now I'm right back down to hurtin' 
So afraid of I've learned for certain
                                 G7
That forgetting you is all to no avail
        C
I'd pay any price their asking 
        
But it's just too big a tasking
                    G7                C
No one's got enough forgetfulness for sale
         
I'd pay any price their asking 
        
But it's just too big a tasking
                    G7                C
No one's got enough forgetfulness for sale

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Forgettin' Bout You
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Don Williams and Allen Reynolds

C
Since you've gone gone gone I'm here all alone
                G7              C
I spend my time forgettin' bout you
 
I never had much time now it's mine all mine
               G7              C
I spend it all forgettin' bout you
 
          F
All those things that you've said they went over my head
            C     G7        C
But I don't worry not about you
         F
I may be slow lettin' go but I'll make it I know
           C     G7              C
There's no hurry forgettin' bout you
 
 
There'll be love that is true there'll be someone new
                 G7              C
When I'm through forgettin' bout you
 
But it goes round and round it's all up and down
                G7              C
Waiting through forgettin' bout you
 
          F
All those things that you've said they went over my head
            C     G7        C
But I don't worry not about you
         F
I may be slow lettin' go but I'll make it I know
           C     G7              C
There's no hurry forgettin' bout you
 
         F
I may be slow lettin' go but I'll make it I know
           C     G7              C
There's no hurry forgettin' bout you

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Forgive And Forget
Written and recorded by Eddie Rabbitt

C                      Em         F                      G7
When a man cheats on a woman it's understood he's just a man
           F                   G7            C
But when a woman cheats on her man no one forgives
                         C7         F                Fm
I drove her out into the night with teardrops in her eyes
         C        G7                 C
And only now I realize the fool I've been
                Em        F               C
Why couldn't I  love her  and try to understand her
                             Dm
Instead I said things that I regret
             C                F                 C
Why couldn't I just hold her  and say it didn't matter
                G7          C
Why couldn't I  forgive and forget
                                   Em       F                      G7
It's not her fault she slipped one time she never was the cheating kind
           F              G7                  C
But when a woman's unsatisfied she's bound to roam
                         C7          F                Fm
But I got mad I just saw red I never heard a word she said
             C                G7              C
And what I'd give to have her back here in my arms  
Repeat #2

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Forgive Me

Forgive me for all the pain I've caused you
Forgive me for unkind words I've said
I thought once that I could live without you
Please forgive me and I'll make it up somehow

I left you and left you broken hearted
I left you but now I can't forget
I thought once that I could live without you
But I'm paying with a broken heart instead

I wish I had never made you blue sweet heart
I wish I could live it over now
I thought once that I could live without you
Please forgive me and I'll make it up somehow

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Punch Brothers - Forgotten

Help is on the way
I guess it wasn't mine to say we're too far gone
But I've been here before and though it's changed I know the door locks on the outside

A wolf nipped at my heels
I tried to reinvent the wheel with sticks and straw
And the wrong half of the hourglass was full when I heard her voice on the outside
On the outside
On the outside

Hey there
It's all gonna be fine
You ain't gonna die alone
You ain't gonna be forgotten
Hey there
It's all gonna be fine
You ain't gonna die alone
You ain't gonna be forgotten

It's on the outside
It's on the outside

Hey there
It's all gonna be fine
You ain't gonna die alone
You ain't gonna be forgotten
Hey there
It's all gonna be fine
You ain't gonna die alone
You ain't gonna be forgotten
Hey there
It's all gonna be fine
You ain't gonna die alone
You ain't gonna be forgotten
Hey there
It's all gonna be fine
You ain't gonna die alone
You ain't gonna be forgotten 

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Forgotten Man

Forgotten man who lie asleep, across the ocean's waves
Who fought and died, for the flag that waves
Across their lonely graves

The flag still waves, so proud and free
Across our land today
Let's not forget the boys who died
Across the watery spray

* Refrain

Their pictures hang, upon the wall
But their names are not mentioned at home
As the years go my our memories dim
We forget our loved ones are gone

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - Forgotten Pictures Lyrics
(Instrumental)

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Richard Thompson - Fork in the Road Lyrics

That Esperanto lullaby is keeping me in stitches
I don't know what she's saying but the sound of it bewitches
But it's over my head
She thinks she's queen for a day, hooray!

Which way, passion or poison
Which way, get the highway code
All questions, no answers
Standing here at a fork in the road
A fork in the road

Eglantine, she takes her time, she takes good aim and fires
Her crystal ball is hard to read when it's tangled in the wires
But it's over my head
She thinks she's queen for a day, hooray!

Miss Carnaby she wants to be calliope on meth
She fits the job description if she doesn't bleed to death
But it's over my head
She thinks she's queen for a day, hooray!

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Forsaken Love

They stood in the moonlight beside the gate
Goodbye my darling I know you'll wait
He sees her weeping and smile through her tears
Saying I've been true love through these long years

For on tomorrow at the break of day
He was to journey far far away
He held her closer his promised bride
And to her questions these words replied

   I've loved you always yes I've been true
   My heart shall ever beloved for you
   O darling believe me far over the sea
   Through life or death so faithful I'll be

One year past by he's coming home
His pilgrimage over no longer to roam
And smiling he thinks of her shinning eyes
Shinning with welcoming glad surprise

A dandy letter he takes from his breast
To which his extended lips were pressed
And reading once more by the warming light
These words he had spoken to her that night

Once more he seeks the old garden gate
But he rides a land alas it's too late
The wedding is over the knot is tied
He finds his darling another's bride

And later they found him there on the grass
A pistol near by tells what had passed
A crop of letters that explained the deed
And in the pale moonlight these words did read

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Fort Worth Dallas or Houston
Recorded by George Hamilton IV 
Written by John D. Loudermilk

G7      C               A7      D7
In Fort Worth Dallas or Houston or in San Antone
G7                                  C                G7
There's a little girl a-waitin' for me and she's all alone
   C                   A7     D7
In Beamount Lubbock or Austin or in El Paso
F             G7   C
She waits for me I know
F                                C
I don't care if she is pretty or sexy
   D7                                          G7
As long as she comes from deep in the heart of Texas
                      C                    A7      D7
Somewhere round about Fort Worth Dallas or Houston or ol' El Paso
F             G7   C
She waits for me I know
G7      C               A7      D7
In Fort Worth Dallas or Houston or in Abilene
G7                         C              G7
Down there she's a-waitin' the girl of my dreams
   C                A7   D7
In Wichita Falls or Waco or San Angelo
F             G7   C
She waits for me I know
F                        C
Don't even know what her name is 
D7                                G7
Just know she's somewhere down in Texas
                      C                    A7      D7
Somewhere round about Fort Worth Dallas or Houston or ol' El Paso
F             G7   C
She waits for me I know 
F             G7   C
She waits for me I know

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Alison Krauss - Fortune Teller
					
Went to the fortune teller
To have my fortune read
I didn't what to tell her
I had a dizzy feeling in my head

Said she'd take a look at my palm
Said "Son do you feel kind of warm?"
And she looked into her crystal ball
Said "You're in love."

Said it could not be so,
Not with all the girls I know.
Said when the next one arrives
Looking into her eyes.

I left there in a hurry
Much to my big surprise
The next thing I discovered
The fortune teller told me lies

So I ran back to that woman
Mad as I could be
Told her I didn't see nobody
How she made a fool out of me

At last something shook me
As if it came down from above
And now the fortune teller
And I fell in love


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Forty Four Gun

Don't you remember on that rocky mountain side
Where we laid down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west 

Now hand me down my old gray hat
It's hanging there on a nail
Before this time tomorrow morn
I'll be gone on that long long trail

Ifin you see me standing on the porch
With a forty four in my hand
Just tell them all I've killed myself
Cause you've gone to some far distant land

I wish to the lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would have seen them to brown eyes
Or heard that flattering tongue

I never will listen what another man says
Let his hair be black or brown
Unlessin he's on some scaffold high
Crying darlin I wish to come down

Don't you remember on that rocky mountain side
Where we laid down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west

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Forty Miles From Popular Bluff
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writers Larry Kingston, Frank Dycus
Copyright 1970

I never had a pair of shoes that weren't old hand me downs
And daddy's morning coffee came from old left over grounds
Moma wore nojeweiry or any store buoght stuff
Our home was on the hillside forty miles from Popular Bluff

Forty miles back in Missouri there's different way of life
Where a man think of his neighbor and not his neighbor's wife
Life is far from fancy sometimes kinda ruff
But contentment makes it worth it forty miles from Popular Bluff

Our only family treasure was a beat up radio
It took us to the places we knew we'd never go
We never had much money but we aleays had enough
Cause money never mattered much forty miles Popular Buff

* Refrain

Near every whinter when the snow on the grund
The road would all be closed and we couldn't get to town
But if daddy had his tobacco and trandma had her snuff
The winters didn't seem so long forty miles from Popular Buff

* Refrain


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Forty Years Of Trouble

Forty years I've been gone
I served my time it's been so long
I took a life I know it was wrong
I served my time lord knows I'm going home

   Shackled to a ball and chain
   I worked in the snow I worked in the rain
   I laid the tracks never rode the train
   Forty years of suffering forty years of pain

I had a wife and a little queen
I've had a son I've never seen
All I have left now it seems
Is a broken heart and broken dreams

Now I'm old, I've done my time
Ain't nothin left but to sit and pine
Nobody here even knows my name
I have no one but myself to blame

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Fountain Of Sorrow
Jackson Browne

Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true
You were turning 'round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes

Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
Although for a while, our path did seem to climb
But when you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
Like a fountain from a pool

Chorus:
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight

Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past
I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you
There's this loneliness springing up from your life
Like a fountain from a pool

Chorus

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright


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Four Bare Walls And A Ceiling
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Louis Mann and Lloyd Copas

C                     F
Four bare walls and a ceiling
    C              G7
Are all that I can see
      C                   F
These walls were once our mansion
    G7                      C
But now they're a prison to me
    F             C
The memory of our love dear
    F          C      G7
Has chained me to the past
       C          F
Like a prisoner I cannot be free
          G7                C
From your love that did not last
      F              C
These walls close in upon me
   F          C      G7
Sealing in my broken heart
        C          F
There's misery all around me
  G7                        C
A prisoner of love from the start
                      F
Four bare walls and a ceiling
      C             G7
Close in on me from above
      C                   F
These walls look back and tell me
     G7                     C
That I'm just a prisoner of love
                          F
These walls were once our mansion
    G7                      C
But now they're a prison to me

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Four In The Morning
George C. Remaily

Fm Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
Four in the morning and the water is pouring down
Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm

Stove don't work and my baby has just just left town
Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
I'm lying on my back cause there just ain't nothing to drink no
Db Ab
Empty bottles on the floor
Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
Dirty dishes in in the sink
Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
Watching a cockroach crawling in an old bean can yes I am
Db Ab Eb Bb Fm
He said when your baby left you I bet it's tough to be a man
Bb Fm Bb Fm
Tough to be a man baby tough to be a man

solo

Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
Saw her again and she took back off she said yes she said
Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
It dont make no difference now Cause I shot her dead she's dead
Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
She met Joe with her legs and knees all bandaged up yea
Db Ab
Came asking for some money
Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm Bb Fm
And all I had was a buck yea that's all I had

Db Ab Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm
Four in the morning and the water is pouring down
Bb Fm Bb Fm
Four in the morning four in the morning four in the morning


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Four O Thirty Three
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery

C
Well the two new people that's moved to the middle of the block 
                                                         G7
And we're the talk of the town and don't you think we're not
    F                  C
For we've got love and happiness people envy us you see     
                                           G7            C
For we found heaven right here on earth at four O thirty three
Yes we found what most people are looking for    
                                                   G7
And it's not a lotta money to spend on a real fine car
    F             C
But it's a window where a bird flies and sings so free    
                  
And there's whole lotta windows in this little house 
   G7            C
At four O thirty three
    G7                           D7                 G7
The four thousandth block proves what true love can do
                            D7             G7
Once a lonely place but was sold to me and you
C
Oh all around the house you can see little children play
                                                  G7
And they're not other people's kids were proud to say
     F              C
They are the symbol of our love for all the world to see
                                                G7            C
They're a part of heaven right here on earth at four O thirty three
And all hours of the day you can see many people drive by
                                                 G7
For a look at the house they think fell from the sky
     F                   C
They say that this place would make them happy as you and me
                                                 G7            C
And the whole town's tryin' to buy this house at four O thirty three
Repeat #3
                                               G7            C
We're not gonna sale our happy little house at four O thirty three
                                                     G7            C
Wouldn't take a pretty penny for the love we have at four O thirty three

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Four Rode By
Ian Tyson

Four rode by, rode through here
Three McLean boys and that wild Alex Hare
They were armed, all were armed
It was them, I'd have known them anywhere

Willy Palmer's stallion was no twenty dollar cayuse
And when the wild ones stole him, he hightailed it into town
Usher in those days was keeping order in the district
But before he'd ridden thirty miles, the McLean Boys shot him down

Four rode by, rode through here
Three McLean boys and that wild Alex Hare

A shepherd know as Kelly saw the wild ones as they passed
And they shot him with a rifle, and they took his watch and chain
When the posse found them there in the lonely cabin
A hunger took their fight away, and no one else was slain

Four rode by, rode through here
Three McLean boys and that wild Alex Hare

They hung the boys in January, 1881
The first time in that province that they'd strung up brothers three
And their son killed nineteen Germans across the sea back in 17
One thing that's for damn sure, they're a wild old family

Four rode by, rode through here
Three McLean boys and that wild Alex Hare
They were armed, all were armed
It was them, I'd have known them anywhere


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Four Strong Winds
Ian Tyson

Chorus:
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high,
All those things that don't change, come what may.
But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on.
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.

Guess I'll go down to Alberta, weather's good there in the fall.
Got some friends that I can go to workin' for.
Still I wish you'd change your mind, if I asked you one more time,
But we've been through that a hundred times or more.

Chorus

If I get there before the snow flies, and if things are looking good,
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare.
But by then it would be winter, not enough for you to do.
And those winds sure do blow cold way up there.

Chorus


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Four Thieves Gone
The Avett Brothers

Four thieves gone
One woke up
Said we can't use the songs we wrote
Swear I've heard that very line
I can't claim this music mine

Three thieves left
One got smart
I saw him leaving in his car
From the road
I heard him scream
It lacks originality

Two thieves left
They both agree
They live and die off melody
One just fell dead
On his back
When we listen to the track

One thief left
He went to jail
He left a mile on paper trail
He's in for life
He doesn't care
It's worth the songs that put him there

Four thieves gone
Four thieves gone
Four thieves gone
Four thieves gone

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Four Walls Around Me

Oh why did you leave me in this lonesome place
With four walls around me and a memory of your face
Why can't I be happy why can't I forget
With four walls around me I wish we'd never met

   With four walls around me it gets so lonesome dear
   Dreaming of you darling and wishing you were here
   Four walls around me my heart is full of pain
   Trying to forget you but it's all in vain.

Oh someday you'll be sorry you left me al1alone
With four walls around you you'll remember how you done me wrong
Your time is coming and I know it won't be long
You'll have nothing there but four walls and a memory of this song

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Four Walls of Raiford

Well, there were four walls of Raiford closing in on me
Doing three to five hard labor for armed robbery
I had two years behind me, but I could not wait the time
Every time I thought about it, well, I died some more inside.

I had stripes on my back, memories that hurt
For the only time that I´d see the sun shine was when I went to work
Digging ditches for the chain gang, sleeping in the cold
Oh Lord, please forgive me for I could not wait no more.

Chorus:
I´m coming home to see Jesus, well, it feels so close this time
Please take mercy on a soldier from the Florida-Georgia line
When they find me they must kill me; oh Jesus, save my soul
I can´t go back down to Raiford, I can´t take that anymore.

Well, these last few years behind me, Oh Lord, they´ve been so sad
I fought proudly for my country when the times were bad
Now, they say that I am guilty, When they find me I must die
Only me and Jesus know that I never stole a dime.

Well when that war was over, there was no work here for me
I had a pretty wife and baby and two kids I had to feed
Now I´m one of America´s heroes, When they shoot me down
Won´t you fly Old Glory proudly, put my medals in the ground.

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Four-Twenty Special

Yonder comes that Four-Twenty Special
Fastest train on the line
And when you hear that whistle a' blowin'
You will know she's right on time.

One night while a poolin' down through Dixie
The fireman said "look ahead"
And the sight they saw made the blood run cold
North bound freighter straight ahead

I've worked on this railroad most of my life
And I guess I'll work 'til I die
But I've never seen a train like the Four-Twenty Special
Her lonesome whistle made me want to cry

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Fourteen Minutes Old
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Dennis Knutson and A.L.(Doodle) Owens

C                                    G7
Well I've had all the time I need to wonder
                               C
Just how much I miss her being gone
                                F
And I'm already wishing she was close enough to hold
    G7                             C
Her memory's only fourteen minutes old
F                                    C
Some big old tears just fell from my blue eyes
      F                                   G7
And I guess they must have been there all along
C                                        F
There's still some coffee in her cup and its not even cold
    G7                             C
Her memory's only fourteen minutes old
                                   G7
Well every passing minute makes me want her
                                C
Right back in my arms where she belongs
                                  F
And I'm already missing past when she was mine to hold
    G7                            C
Her memory's only fifteen minutes old
F                                    C
Some big old tears just fell from my blue eyes
      F                                   G7
And I guess they must have been there all along
C                                        F
There's still some coffee in her cup and its not even cold
    G7                             C
Her memory's only fifteen minutes old
G7                                C
Her memory's only sixteen minutes old
        G7                          C
And the coffee in her cups not even cold

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Fox On The Run

   She walks through the corn leading down to the river
   Her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun
   She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
   And left me to die like a fox on the run
   Like a fox, like a fox, like a fox, like a fox, on the run

Everybody knows, the reason for the fall
When woman tempted man down in paradise's hall
This woman tempted me, and took me for a ride
Like the lonely fox, I need a place to hide

We'll pour a glass of wine, to fortify our soul
We'll talk about the world and friends we used to know
I see a string of girls, who'll put me on the floor
The game is nearly over and the hounds are at my door

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Richard Thompson - Francesca Lyrics
Sweet Warrior
Francesca

Who shook the stars from her eyes
Who shook the stars from her eyes
Who took the shine
Made water out of wine
And left her alone in the world

Who put a cloak round her soul
Who put a cloak round her soul
Who stole the prize
That glittered in her eyes
And left her the fool of the world

O Francesca
Who's going to save you now
O Francesca
Who's going to save you now
It takes guts to put your hand up
To risk it all and stand up to the
Tongue twisters
Campaign of whispers

Who dragged her name
Through the dirt
Who dragged her name
Through the dirt
Trampled it down
Burned it to the ground
Left her the orphan of the world

Who put that twist in her vows
Who put that twist in her vows
Who took her speech
Bent it out of reach
Put out the light of the world

Who laid her down, took her rose
Who laid her down, took her rose
Who took her flower
Now she charges by the hour
Left her the w**** of the world

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Francis Lee

In the evening by the moonlight
Down beside the silver sea
We strolled hand in hand together
You and I my Francis Lee

    Please forgive me little darlin
    If you set my conscience free
    My lonely heart is broken
    Over you my Francis Lee

Francis Lee I dearly love you
Though I said that we must part
Many times I have regretted
That I broke your lovin' heart

I'm alone now sad and lonely
Oh how grave my sorrow be
Your sweet memory still haunts me
And my conscience bothers me

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Frank Mills
Jerome Ragni / James Rado / Galt MacDermot

I met a boy called Frank Mills
On September twelfth right here
In front of the Waverly
But unfortunately I lost his address.

He was last seen with his friend,
A drummer, he resembles George Harrison of the Beatles
But he wears his hair tied in a small bow at the back.

I love him but it embarrasses me
To walk down the streets with him.
He lives in Brooklyn somewhere
And wears this white crash helmet.

He has golden chains on his leather jacket
And on the back are written the names
Mary, and Mom, and Hell's Angels.

I would gratefully
Appreciate it if you see him, tell him
I'm in the park with my girlfriend
And please

Tell him Angela and I
Don't want the two dollars back,
Just him!

Notes:

From "Hair". Lyrics by Jerome Ragni and James Rado.
Music by Galt MacDermot.


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Frankie
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka

C                         Am   Dm               G7
Though you've found a new love I still miss you so
C            Am         Dm               G7
I just can't forget you but you'll never know
E7                 F          G7             C  Am Dm G7
Frankie my darling I'll never let you see me cry
C               Am         Dm             G7
Once I was your sweetheart now I'm just a friend
C                     Am Dm         G7
Once you really loved me now I just pretend
E7                 F          G7             C  F C
Frankie my darling I'll never let you see me cry
   F                 Fm
Oh Frankie (Framlie) I'd rather hide 
      C
These teardrops (teardrops) deep down inside
    D7
I'm crying (crying) but you'll never see 
                                  G G7
I'd rather cry than have you pity me
C         Am                Dm               Am   G7
Though my nights are lonely since we've been apart
     C                Am     Dm             G7
I'll always keep this secret deep within my heart
E7                 F          G7             C  Am Dm G7
Frankie my darling I'll never let you see me cry
C                    Am              Dm G7 C
Frankie wherever you are  I love you

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Frankie And Johnnie

Frankie and Johnnie were lovers
Lordy how they did love
They swore to be true to each other
Just as true as the stars above
He was her man but he's doing her wrong

Frankie she was a good woman
Just as every one knows
She gave her man a hundred dollars
Just to buy him a new suit of clothes
He was her man but he done her wrong

Johnnie went down to the corner
He asked for a glass of beer
Frankie went down in an hour or so
Said has my loving Johnnie been here
He's my man but he's doing me wrong

I ain't gonna tell you no stories
I ain't gonna tell you no lies
I saw your lovin' Johnnie
Making love to Nellie Bligh
He's your man but he's doing you wrong

Frankie went home in a hurry
She didn't go for fun
She hurried home to get a hold of
A big forty four gun
He's her man but he's doing her wrong

Roll me over darling
Roll me over slow
Roll me on my right side
Cause my left one hurts me so
He's my man but he done me wrong

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Fraulein 
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Lawton Williams
 
C                                     F
Far across deep blue waters  lives an old German's daughter
       G7                      C
By the banks of the  old river Rhine
                                    F
Where I loved her and left her  but I can't forget her
G7                   C
I miss my pretty Fraulein
 
                         F
Fraulein  Fraulein  look up toward the Heaven
     G7                            C
Each night when the stars start to shine
                              F
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
G7                    C
You are my pretty Fraulein
 
                        F
When my memories wander away over yonder
       G7                     C
To the sweetheart that I left behind
                       F
In a moment of glory a face comes before me
               G7         C
The face of my pretty Fraulein
 
                       F
Fraulein Fraulein walk down by the river
   G7                            C
Pretend that your hand's holding mine
                              F
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
G7                    C
You are my pretty Fraulein

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Free Born Man

I was born in the Southland
Twenty some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time
When I was four years old.

   I'm a free-born man
   My home is on my back
   I know every inch of highway
   Every foot of back road every mile of railroad track

I got a gal in Cincinnati
Got a women in San Antone
I always love the girl next door
But anyplace is home.

I got me a worn out guitar
I carry an old tote sack
I hocked it about two hundred times
But I always get 1 back

Well you may not like my appearance
You may not like my song
You may not like the way I talk
But you like the way I'm gone

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Free Little Bird

I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm free at my age as a bridie in the cage
I'm as free a little bird as I can be

Carry me home little birdie carry me home
Carry me home little birdie carry me home
Carry me home to my wife she's the joy of my life
Carry me home little birdie carry me home

I'll never build my nest on the ground
Neither in the forks of a tree
I'll build my nest in the ruffle of her dress
Where the bad boys can never bother me

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Free To Be
Written and recorded by Eddy Raven

C                        F             G7           C
In the spotlight with my shadow and my guitar on my knees
F                                                    G7
People in the smoke filled room all look the same to me
         C              F             G7             C
Though I saw her in the corner when I stood up and I bowed
         F                             G7               C
Ain't if funny how they always seem to stand out in the crowd
 
F                    G7               F             C
She says she's never been in love but she's free to be
    F                    C           D7             G7
Her soft eyes work their magic and I felt the chemistry 
     F             G7            F                C
Then all at once I realized this trap surrounding me
F                           C                 F
Here I am in love again and I'm not free to be
 G7              C
(I'm not free to be)
                       F           G7               C
When I autographed her program she kissed me on the cheek
  F                                                 G7
I fought with my composer thinking words I couldn't speak
         C                   F              G7              C
Then she pulled my face down closer and she whispered in my ear
       F                              G7              C
If you ever change your mind sometime remember me and you
 
F                    G7               F             C
She says she's never been in love but she's free to be
    F                    C           D7             G7
Her soft eyes work their magic and I felt the chemistry 
     F             G7            F                C
Then all at once I realized this trap surrounding me
F                           C                 F G7 C
Here I am in love again and I'm not free to be

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Free To Go
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
Baby now I understand 
How time can alter any plan
                        C
Then gently lead you to know 
                            G
Truth hopes lies will never show
     A7                     C
That love only pauses for a while 
       Am     C       G
And is always free to go
Honey I learned not to seek 
Any promise hearts must keep
                       C
After mine had come to know 
                   G
And disappointedly so
     A7                     C
That love only pauses for a while 
       Am     C       G  C
And is always free to go
   D7    C      D7
At every fading glance 
I reach to take it in my hands
           C                           D7
As if that touch might be the one last chance
           G
And though all those distant dreams 
Seldom turn out what they seem
                        C
In the rush to let them grow 
                            G
Their loss had taught me to know
     A7                     C
That love only pauses for a while 
       Am     C       G
And is always free to go
Repeat #3,1
     A7                     C
Yeah love only pauses for a while 
       Am     C       G
And is always free to go

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Freeborn Man

Well, I was born in the Southland
Twenty-some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time
When I was four years old

   I'm a free born man
   My home is on my back
   I know every inch of highway
   And every foot of back road
   Every mile of railroad track

I got a gal in Cincinnati
Got a woman in San Antone
I always loved the girl next door
But anyplace is home

I got me a worn-out guitar
I carry an old tote sack
I hocked it about two hundred times
But I always get it back

You may not like my appearance
May not like my song
May not tike the way I talk
But you like the way I'm gone

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Billy Strings 
Freedom

All white as snow and black as night
You know you can't give up the fight
There with the stars up in the sky
The angel band sings by and by

I want to walk, I can't sit down
I want the road, I want the crown
Fear not the day when all is lost
This Earthly wealth ain't worth the cost

Shadows and light in pairs that cling
Allow your soul the right to sing
All through the night, the moon will shine
The whispers heard defeat the time

Allowed to be with feasting eyes
And life alone, it is the prize
And all the things you thought you knew
Accuse the sky of being blue

Freedom from these trials in this troubled world below
Freedom from these trials in this troubled world below

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Freewheeler
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Jesse Winchester

Am    C           Am  
I got nothing and nobody 
    F                C
And nowhere I got to be
        F           C     
And I'm going owing no one 
                      G7
And with no one owing me
      C            Am
I can pack up in a minute 
       F            C 
And be ready set to go
       F               C          
Oh and if you're gonna love me 
                       G7         C
Then there's something you should know
           G7  C
I'm a real freewheeler
      F          C
And I can't slow down
      F      C
I'm a rollin easy
      G7       C
I'm a spinning round
Am     C                Am  
When I leave you may be cryin' 
        F             C
I guess I'll be cryin too
       F                C
But to have my precious freedom 
                              G7
There's not much that I won't do
       C               Am
I will ride rough shot over lovers 
       F               C
Taking trust returning pain
         F                 C
Not just one time not just two times 
                G7    C
I mean time and time again
Repeat #2
Am      C                Am 
Well my pockets might be quiet 
           F                C
They don't jingle like they should
    F           C
You might not believe me 
                         G7 
But that emptiness feels good
         C           Am
I am the lily of the valley 
      F              C
Never toil and never spin
      F                C
I can live on rain and sunshine 
             G7         C
With my only friend the wind
Repeat #2 

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Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotton

Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know what route I've gone

When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I'll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them all that I'm gone to sleep

When I die, lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by

When I die, Lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them all that I'm gone to sleep

MAC WISEMAN


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Freight Train Blues

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
The humming of the driver was my lullaby
And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry

I got the freight train blues Lawdy Lawdy
Got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
And when the whistle blows I gotta Oh Lawdy
Guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues

My daddy was a fireman and my mammy dear
Was the only daughter of the engineer
My sweetie is a brakeman and that ain't no joke
It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke

Aeroplanes and autos always leave me cold
The moaning of a steamboat never stirs my soul
The only thing that makes me want to navigate
Is a wildcat whistle on a south bound freight

I know I'm old enough to quit this running round
I've tried a hundred times to stop and settle down
But every time I find a place I'd like to stay
I hear a freight train holler and I'm on my way

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Freight Train Boogie

Casey Jones he was a mighty man
But now he's resting in the promised land
The kind of music he could understand
Was an eight wheel driver under his command

   He made the freight train boogie
   All the time
   He made the freight train boogie
   As he rolled down the line

When the fireman started ringing the bell
Everybody on the line could tell
Casey Jones was a coming to town,
On an 8-wheel driver that was burning 'em down

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Dolly Parton - Fresh Out Od Forgiveness lyrics
Writers Bill Owens, Gene Gill
Copyright 1960

Don't tell me you're sorry for thing you caused me
And from from now on you'll be true
And don't don't you ask me to forgive you again I'm fresh out of forgiveness
for you
Now I, I gave you everything I knew how to give
Now I've done done everything you've ever asked me to do
But even even a fool gets so tired being fool I'm fresh out of forgiveness for
you
No I I can't I just can't I can't forgive you this time if I did oh I know you
do
Well you're just too just too wrong and you hurt me hurt me again
And I'm fresh out of forgiveness for you I'm fresh out of forgiveness for you


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Fretting Of Getting Over You
BMI Work #: 9156167
Fretting Of Getting Over You (Larry W. Jones 10/02/2007) (song#5036)

I'm fretting of getting over you
And darling, now more and more I cry
Because every time I hear your name
My poor heart tells me it wants to die
I'm forgetting how to live again
My dear, since I'm without you, it seems
The more I'm letting you in my dreams
There are no moments when you are not
Still in my heart and still on my mind
And I do not dare to take a chance
To look for a new love I can't find
I'm regretting that my world is blue
Please forgive me for being so blind
I'm fretting of getting over you
- instrumental -
I'm forgetting how to live again
My dear, since I'm without you, it seems
The more I'm letting you in my dreams
There are no moments when you are not
Still in my heart and still on my mind
And I do not dare to take a chance
To look for a new love I can't find
I'm regretting that my world is blue
Please forgive me for being so blind
I'm fretting of getting over you


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Friday Night Blues
by John Conley  written by Sonny Throckmorton and Rafe Vanhoy
 
G
He's been working all week he's got mental fatigue
         Am
And that old couch sure looks fine
    D7
All week he's been gone she's been sitting alone
Am           D7         G
Slowly going out of her mind
 
 
As he kicks off his shoes for the six o-clock news
      Am
She's get-ting all prettied up
         D7
Oh she's wanting to boogie he's wanting to lay there
Am            D7           G
She's got the Friday Night Blues 
 
C       G
And the Friday Night Blues they get in your shoes
         Am
And they work to get you down
       D7
Oh and there ain't a lady that I ever knew
           Am         D7           G
Who didn't need her a night on the town
 
C       G
But the hills and the bills and a week's worth of deals
            Am
Has got him feeling more than used
        D7
Oh he's kicking his shoes off she's putting hers on
Am            D7           G
She's got the Friday Night Blues
 
 
Oh there once was a time she was top of the line
    Am
Her nights like teenage dreams
    D7
Now it's operas at noon dancing around with her broom
Am             D7      G
Talking to her washing ma-chine
 
 
Oh the girl down the street says her old man is neat
    Am
And she makes it sound so true
    D7
Now she's feeling lonely thinks she's the only
Am           D7           G
One with the Friday Night Blues
 
Repeat #2
 
C       G
And the Friday Night Blues they get in your shoes
         Am
And they work to get you down
       D7
Oh and there ain't a lady that I ever knew
           Am7        D7           G
Who didn't need her a night on the town

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Friend Of The Devil
Grateful Dead

I lit out from ~eno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around.

Chorus:
Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in utah in a cave up in the hills.

Chorus

I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air.

Chorus

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
The first one's named sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight.
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail,
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail.

Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.

Chorus


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Friends In Low Places
Recorded by Garth Brooks
Written by Dewayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee

G
Blame it all on my roots I showed up in boots
    Am
And ruined your black tie affair
    D7
The last one to know the last one to show
          G
I was the last one you thought you'd see there

                               
And I saw the surprise and the fear in his eyes
       Am
When I took his glass of champagne
  D7
I toasted you said honey we may be through

But you'll never hear me complain

      G
Cause I got friends in low places

Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases
   Am                  D7
My blues away and I'll be okay
G
I'm not big on social graces

I think I'll step on out to the oasis
      Am               D7     G
Cause I've got friends in low places


Well I guess I was wrong I just don't belong
    Am
But then I've been there before
     D7
Everything's all right I'll just say goodnight
         G
And I'll show myself to the door


Hey I didn't mean to cause a big scene
     Am
Just give me an hour and then
     D7
I'll be as high as that ivory tower
            
That you're living in

Repeat #3  x3

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Froggy Went A' Courtin'

Froggy went a' courtin' and he did ride uh huh
Froggy went a' courtin' and he did ride uh huh
Froggy went a' courtin' and he did ride
Sword and a pistol by his side Uh huh uh huh oh yeah.

Well he rode up to Miss Mouse's door
He knocked so hard that he made it roar

Well he said to Miss Mousie Will you marry me?
Oh Miss Mousie how I love thee"

Where will the wedding supper be
We'll get married in a Sycamore tree

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From A Distance
Julie Gold

From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man

From a distance we all have enough
And no one is in need
There are no guns, no bombs, no diseases
No hungry mouths to feed
From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace
They're the songs of every man

God is watching us, God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance

From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I can't comprehend
What all this war is for
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the hope of hopes; it's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves
It's the song of every man


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Balsam Range - From a Georgia Battlefield 

All my glorious dreams of battle and my uniform of gray
Now are ruined as my blood spills
On this rock on Georgia clay
16 summers I have seen past
But to suffer in this summer
I declare I don't remember
I ever felt a harder one.

Take this message to my mother
13 miles from Birmingham
Tell her I was a good soldier
And I died a brave young man

We have fought through heat and hunger,
sleepless nights and bitter frost.
But if Sherman takes Atlanta,
then our calls are surely lost.

Sir, I have no boots to give you
mine were through sometime in May.
But you can take my gun and powder.
I won't be needing them today.

Take this message to my mother
13 miles from Birmingham
Tell her I was a good soldier
And I died a brave young man

In my pocket there's a Bible
with a lock of hair inside for my sweet Amanda Walker
who would make a lovely bride

For the angels now are coming.
For my final breathe is near.
Guess for me, this war is over.
But my eyes will show no fear.

Take this message to my mother
13 miles from Birmingham
Tell her I was a good soldier
And I died a brave young man

Take this message to my mother
13 miles from Birmingham
Tell her I was a good soldier
And I died a brave young man

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From a Jack to a King
recorded by David Houston
written by Ned Miller

D7               G
From a jack to a king 
                     D7
From loneliness to a wedding ring
 
I played an Ace and I won a Queen 
                          G
And walked away with your heart
 
D7               G
From a jack to a king 
                              D7
With no regrets I stacked the cards last night
    
And Lady Luck played her hand just right 
                        G
To make me king of your heart
 
chorus
 
G7         C
For just a little while 
                       G
I thought that I might lose the game
             A7
Then just in time 
                          D7  G  
I saw the twinkle in your eye
 
D7               G
From a jack to a king 
                     D7
From loneliness to a wedding ring
  
I played an Ace and I won a Queen 
                         G
You made me king of your heart
 
repeat chorus 

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From Boulder To Birmingham
Emmylou Harris / Bill Danoff

I don't want to hear a love song
I got on this airplane just to fly
And I know there's life below
But all that it can show me
Is the prairie and the sky

And I don't want to hear a sad story
Full of heartbreak and desire
The last time I felt like this
It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire
And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn
I watched it burn, I watched it burn.

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.

Well you really got me this time
And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive.
I've come to listen for the sound
Of the trucks as they move down
Out on Ninety Five
And pretend that it's the ocean
Coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean
Baby do you know what I mean

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.


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From Cotton To Satin

Cotton to satin
Birmingham to Manhatten
From a pick-up to a long limousine
Cotton to satin Birmingham to Manhatten
She had to follow her dream.

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

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

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

David Parmaley; I Know A Good Thing

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Richard Thompson - From Galway To Graceland Lyrics

Oh, she dressed in the dark and she whispered, 'Amen'
She was pretty in pink like a young girl again
Twenty years married and she never thought twice
She sneaked out the door and walked into the night

And silver wings carried her over the sea
From the west coast of Ireland to West Tennessee
To be with her sweetheart, oh she left everything
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

She was humming 'Suspicion', that's the song she liked best
She had 'Elvis, I Love You' tattooed on her breast
When they landed in Memphis, well her heart beat so fast
She'd dreamed for so long, now she'd see him at last

She was down by his graveside day after day
Come closing time they would pull her away
Ah, to be with her sweetheart, oh she'd left everything
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

Ah, they came in their thousands from the whole human race
To pay their respects at his last resting place
But blindly she knelt there and she told him her dreams
And she thought that he answered or that's how it seems

Then they dragged her away, it was handcuffs this time
She said, "my good man are you out of your mind
Don't you know that we're married? See, I'm wearing his ring"
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King
I come From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

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From Graceland To The Promised Land
By Merle Haggard
 
G                         Am              C                 G
From the Sun years of the Fifties and the birth of rock and roll
D7                                  G
Millions screamed to see him do his thing
                  Am      C              G
Elvis touched the life of every ear that heard him
                           D7             G
And they couldn't help but listen when he sang
 
       C                             G
It's a long way from Memphis to that mansion in the sky
       D7                           G
But he kept his faith in Jesus all along
       C                              G             C
It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land
    G             D7               G
But Jesus finally came to lead him home
 
                         Am            C                G
From the days of Love Me Tender to his momma's last farewell
D7                                  G
Some say he knew how long he had to stay
                      Am              C                G
His life was two days longer than the one who gave him life
                       D7            G
And he almost knew the number of the days

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From Mother's Arms To Korea
Written and recorded by Charles and Ira Louvin
[3/4 time]

G
From mother's arms to Korea
                                 D7
And tomorrow I'll face the front lines
         G
Well the next line was wrote by his buddy
                    D7         G
From a foxhole to a mansion on high
They sent her an unfinished diary
                               D7
That she once gave her darling son
   G
It starts the day when he left her
                   D7      G
And ends neath the enemy's gun
Repeat #1
Last night I saw mother kneeling
                          D7
By the old hearthstone to pray
      G
In my dream I thought I was with her
                  D7            G
And that's all my darling could say
Repeat #1
Please tell his sweetheart who's waiting
                          D7
For his ship to anchor at shore
   G
To change her plans and forget him
               D7      G
Her lips he'll kiss no more
Repeat #1

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From Now On I Won't Be Hanging Around
Recorded by The Earls Of Leicester
Written by Gladys Stacey, Wayne Walker,
Louise Certain and Marijohn Wilkin

C                              G7
From now on I won't be hanging around
                               C
From now on I won't be hanging around
                        F            D7
I've taken all I can go find another man
     G7                        C
From now on I won't be hanging around

                                    G7
It's a long time I've waited little darling
                                 C
Just hoping someday you'd settle down
                               F
But now it's too late it's all over 
     G7                        C
From now on I won't be hanging around

repeat #1

                                      G7
I've tried and I've tried to make you love me
                                       C
But bright lights and bright life I've found
                                        F
It's the only love you've ever known my darling
     G7                        C
From now on I won't be hanging around

repeat #1


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From Saturday Night To Sunday Quiet
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by John Schweers
 
C
We worked all week long
    F                             C
The Lord knows we're near for the weekend 
 
By Wednesday I'm planning
     F         C               G7
What I'm gonna wear just to surprise him
 
              C
Cause if it's champagne and candles
     F
Or a drive in and cokes
     C        Em   Am
In a crowd or all alone
  F
I know how Saturday night lives
      G7                              C
And I can hardly wait till we're back home
 
     G7       C               F
From Saturday night to Sunday quiet
                    C
When it's woman and man time
                     G7
And the curtains are drawn
              C               F
From Saturday night to Sunday quiet
                       C
From the good times in town
                    G7         F         C
And soft sheets and gowns when we're all alone
 
                         F
Sometimes unplanned some good friends
               C
Drop in on the weekend
 
Then we're part of the crowd
        F           C         G7
And the laughter is loud with people talking
 
             C
But when the music is low
       F
And he whispers I love you
         C        Em        Am
Makes me think of things to come
      F
Cause after all the last goodbyes
  G7                                  C
I know we'll at last we'll finally be alone
 
Repeat #3
         F             C
From the good times in town
                    G7        F         C
And soft sheets and gowns and we're all alone

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From Strangers To Lovers To Friends
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Hillman Hall and Glenn Ray
[3/4 time]

C          G7            C
I'm really glad that you called me
                  G7            C
Hon I'm happy you found someone new
          F                     C              Am
I've been looking myself and if I find someone else
    D7                        G7
The first soul I'm telling is you

C            G7          C
We're better off to have known love
      C7                 F
We're more than we might have been
                 C                 Am
How many can say they went all the way
C                 G7        C
From strangers to lovers to friends

                  G7              C
Things could have turned out much different
                   G7         C
We could have been strangers again
        F                       C               Am
We were lucky to learn once the bridge has been burned
     D7                     G7
Only fools try to cross it again

C                  G7       C
Oh I know that I'm going to miss you
      C7                      F
And although I'm hurt now and then
                  C                       Am
I'll never regret what we went through to get
C                 G7        C
From strangers to lovers to friends

F                     C
I'm not one bit sorry I loved you
    F                  C
Hon I'd do it all over again
  F                           C              Am
I remember with pride when we walked side by side
C                 G7        C
From strangers to lovers to friends



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From The Manger To The Cross

The story's in the Bible it's a message sad but true
The life our Saviour lived on earth is told
Found upon the pages of the Master's book of truth
Every word so precious to my soul

From the manger to the cross rugged cross of Calvary
The road that Jesus walked for you and me all alone
By the world forsaken still He shed His blood for me
From the manger to the cross the rugged cross of Calvary

Amidst the stranger'ss cattle where the birth of Jesus came
The lonely manger kept Him from the cold
And there was the beginning of the journey Jesus made
Today it is the greatest story told

Many wonders were revealed while here on earth He dwelled
He healed the sick and made the blind to see
Five thousand were the numbers of the hungry who did feast
He blessed and multiplied the bread and meat

No earthly treasures did He own He sought no wealth or fame
Weary was the path He had to trod
Here He suffered many things for this world knew Him not
He died upon the cross the Son of God

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From Then Till Now
Written and recorded by Melba Montgomery

C                     F            C
It's been a long time since I have held you
           F                  C
Since that day you broke your vow
                    F        C
And now without you time has no meaning
    F           C         G7             C
And it's been a long time from then till now

                   F            C
My friends tell me that I might make it
          F               C
So far no one has told me how
               F       C
It seems a day goes on forever
    F           C         G7             C
For it's been a long time from then till now

                F              C
Each day I live the hurt grows stronger
           F              C
I long for love you won't allow
                    F               C
Each faithless hand that's reachin' for you
    F           C         G7             C
For it's been a long time from then till now

=============================

From Your Heart To Mine

It was only yesterday that I heard you say
You wanted me more than silver or gold
Now another's love you have and our love has grown cold
It's a long way from your heart to mine

It's a long long way from your heart to mine
I didn't really mean to be unkind
But I cheated and I lied and I ever made you cry
It's a long way from your heart to mine

It was such a short time from the day we met
I held you closely in my arms
Then you went away and I went astray
It's a long way from your heart to mine

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Frost on the Bluegrass

[Verse 1]
I headed north, to the factory, straight out of High School
Forty years, I made my livin', on that [?]
But come November, my shift here's over
I'm going back to that old home I left behind

[Chorus]
When the frost lays heavy on the bluegrass
And those chilly autumn winds begin to blow
When those leaves of gold and red lay like a blanket in the hollers
I'm going back to my old mountain home

[Verse 2]
We've all heard you can take the boy out of the mountains
But rest assured, they are still in the heart of me
Even after all this time of being chained in this old city
I still hear the hills of home a-callin' me

[Chorus]
When the frost lays heavy on the bluegrass
And those chilly autumn winds begin to blow
When those leaves of gold and red lay like a blanket in the hollers
I'm going back to my old mountain home

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
When the frost lays heavy on the bluegrass
And those chilly autumn winds begin to blow
When those leaves of gold and red lay like a blanket in the hollers
I'm going back to my old mountain home
I'm going back to my old mountain home

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Frozen Heart
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Rick Yancey
 
G                                C
Frozen heart that's standing all alone
        D7                          G
Chilled because your love forever's gone
                                     C
Needing you like a cold hand needs a glove
        G         D7                G
Take my heart and warm it with your love

                                    C
I can't count the times I've hid my face
       D7                      G
Crying just to be in your warm embrace
                                         C
The winter of your love is falling at my door
          G            D7          G
Since you said I don't love you anymore
             
                                 C
Frozen heart that's standing all alone
        D7                          G
Chilled because your love forever's gone
                                     C
Needing you like a cold hand needs a glove
        G         D7                G
Take my heart and warm it with your love

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The Incredible String Band - Frutch (The Chelsea Demo Sessions, 1967) 

Now I met me a girl and her name was Frutch
And she liked dirt and me very much
She said if she'd met me during the war
And she found me hiding underneath the door
Even if she was German and I was Dutch
She wouldn't shoot me
She was a fine girl, Frutch
Shot me last Tuesday

Now I met me a girl and her name was Scrot
She kept a notebook with many a jot
About how to turn a banknote into a cat
And many such things just as useful as that
But I told her she wouldn't dig it if she turned
into a piece of gunshot
She didn't listen
She was a fine girl, Scrot
I got her right here in my shoulder now

Now I met me a girl and her name was Blit
And she bought a do-it-yourself submarine kit
She tried it in the bath and it went down the plug
And she was inside it, she was making it chug
When she found there wasn't no place at all for
her to sit
She didn't worry none
She was a fine girl, Blit
She was still standing when she passed Norroway
for the fourth time

Now I met me a girl and her name was Twing
She looked like a yoyo without a string
She rolled up and down like a solid hoop
Right round the block and right through the soup
And right through the stew and the chicken stuffing
She was a fine girl, Twing
She was a good cook as cooks go... she went!

Now I met me a girl and her name was Plof
She had a car with a nasty cough
She fed it with aspirins and vitamin pills
Lotions and potions for to cure all ills
'Til you couldn't see the car for three miles of froth
Big Claimsville
She was a fine girl, Plof

Car don't cough no more
Just sits in the garage all day long
And screams for the doctor
Hypochondriac!

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Dolly Parton - Fuel To The Flame lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

You kindle the fire of love inside me
Each time our lips meet
I'm not strong when we're alone
Your kisses make me weak
You must know how I feel
But do you feel the same
Everytime you kiss me
You add fuel to the flame
My eyes light up when I see you
I burn with desire
Each time you're near
You say you'll care
But still I'm not sure
But please don't ask me to love you
If you're not gonna change my name
Everytime you touch me
You add fuel to the flame
This fire you started inside me
Has reached my very soul
You're adding fuel to a flame
That's already burning out of control
When you give me your name
I give you everything
Everytime you kiss me
Adds fuel to the flame
Yes everytime you touch me
You add fuel to the flame


=============================

Fugitive Breakdown

I hurried through the darkness
The last time my darling to see
I heard those bloodhounds crying
The sheriff was coming after me

She had the sun in her hair
Lips like cherry wine
She loved nobody else
Now I sit and pine

They said I killed a stranger
They tried to hang me high
I ran as fast as I could go
I wished that I could fly

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Fugitive's Lament

I hear the sad howling of coyotes prowling
It sounds so mournful to me
It brings back memories of cherished loved ones
Of ones I'm longing to see

   I'm riding away out on the lone prairie
   The rangers are searching for me
   I'm riding away from my home in Texas
   A fugitive ever to be

I had a good mother I had a good father
They handed a warning to me
The men that I ran with committed a murder
And laid the blame on me

Little Maggie my sweetheart I know she's lonely
And longs for me to return
My happiness ended the night we parted
And now for her I yearn

How lonely how dreary with nothing to cheer me
My thoughts go stealing back home
My life of sadness will never know gladness
I'm branded forever to roam

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Dolly Parton - Full Circle lyrics

You've seen me naked in more ways than one
You've seen me done up, seen me come undone
We've cried in the darkness, we've laughed in the sun
We've been forever, yet we've just begun
Chorus:
We've come full circle, all the way 'round
Through the good times, the bad times, through life's ups and downs
Still we've stayed together throught thick and through thin
Yes, we've come full circle
Thank God, we're still friends
You know the soft spots under my skin
Deep down inside me, where no one has been
And we've sailed troubled waters, we've soared on the wind
But time's only sweetened this love that we're in
Chorus:
And we've come full circle, all the way 'round
Throught the good times and bad times, through life's ups and downs
Still we've stayed together through thick and through thin
Yes, we've come full circle
Thank God, we're still friends
Tag Chorus:
We've cried in the darkness, laughed in the sun
We've come full circle and we've just begun
We've come full circle, we've been all the way 'round
We've come full circle, we've been all the way 'round
You know we've cried in the darkness, and we've laughed in the sun
We've stayed together, and we've just begun
Fade:
We've come full circle, we've been all the way 'round
I'm so glad you're still my friend
We've come full circle, and I'd do it all again


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Full Moon On The Rise
BMI Work #: 8490026
Full Moon On The Rise (Larry W. Jones 10/30/2006) (song#4106)

There's a full moon on the rise And an emptiness inside
It came as a dark surprise That you'd never be my bride
You said that we would wed Under a full moon on the rise
But you have gone and left me Though I have waited patiently

There's a full moon on the rise And an emptiness inside
Should I wait for your return Will I ever see that blessed day
I know my heart will ever burn For one who chose to go away
There's a full moon on the rise And an emptiness inside

It came as a dark surprise That you'd never be my bride
You said that we would wed Under a full moon on the rise
But you have gone and left me Though I have waited patiently
There's a full moon on the rise And an emptiness inside


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Full Time Daddy
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Buck Owens

C                      A7
Well I'm gonna be your full time daddy 
     D7            G7       C
Or I won't be your daddy at all
                  A7
I'm gonna be your full time man 
       D7                    G7
Or I'm not gonna answer your call
    C
I'm sick and tired of this song and dance 
     F
From now on I'm gonna wear the pants
    C                 A7
And I'm gonna be your full time daddy 
     D7            G7       C
Or I won't be your daddy at all
                  A7
I'm gonna be your number one 
  D7         G7     C
I don't like number two
                    A7
Number three well I might be 
D7                  G7
Just between me and you
         C
Well I'm all through bein' your puppy dog 
    F
All through with jumpin' when you say frog
C                 A7
I'm gonna be your full time daddy 
     D7            G7       C
Or I won't be your daddy at all
Repeat #1
         C
Well the next time you treat me like a mouse 
F
I'm gonna rent your half of the house
    C                 A7
And I'm gonna be your full time daddy 
     D7            G7       C
Or I won't be your daddy at all
                      A7
Yes I'm gonna be your full time daddy 
     D7            G7       C
Or I won't be your daddy at all

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Richard Thompson - Fully Qualified to Be Your Man Lyrics

I don't want to be your friend anymore
You've got fifty friends knocking at your door
Life is short, so please understand
I'm fully qualified to be your man

You know zoology is up my street
And your anatomy is far from discreet
I'm good and ready for my entrance exam
I'm fully qualified to be your man

I've been studying your every need
I've got statistics that'll make you plead
I'll put my thesis right in your hand
I'm fully qualified to be your man

Maroon room, perfumes of Araby
Sineads in braids in shades of Carnaby

Now there's diplomas you can get in the mail
And there's diplomas you can get in jail
But I'm a genius at being your fan
I'm fully qualified to be your man

Crystal balls and shawls and lava lamps
I'm a counter culture vulture, don't put the damps on me

Now you're my favorite subject or two
I've been really boning up on you
Let me know when it's safe to land
I'm fully qualified to be your man

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Richard Thompson - Fully Qualified To Be Your Man - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

I don't want to be your friend anymore
You've got fifty friends knocking at your door
Life is short, so please understand
I'm fully qualified to be your man

You know zoology is up my street
And your anatomy is far from discreet
I'm good and ready for my entrance exam
I'm fully qualified to be your man

I've been studying your every need
I've got statistics that'll make you plead
I'll put my thesis right in your hand
I'm fully qualified to be your man

Maroon room, perfumes of Araby
Sineads in braids in shades of Carnaby

Now there's diplomas you can get in the mail
And there's diplomas you can get in jail
But I'm a genius at being your fan
I'm fully qualified to be your man

Crystal balls and shawls and lava lamps
I'm a counter culture vulture, don't put the damps on me

Now you're my favorite subject or two
I've been really boning up on you
Let me know when it's safe to land
I'm fully qualified to be your man

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Funny Face
written and recorded by Donna Fargo  [3/4 time]
 
F                     C
Funny face I love you funny face I need you
   G7                          C    G7
My whole world's wrapped up in you
 
         C       F           C
When the roads I travel seem all up hill 
        G7                         C
And the colors in my rainbows turn blue
    F              G7      C
You kiss my tears away you smile at me and say
 
G7                      C
Funny face funny face I love you
F                     C
Funny face I love you funny face I need you
G7                           C               C7
These are the sweetest words I've ever heard
F                         C            F     C
Funny face don't leave me funny face believe me
   G7                          C    G7
My whole world's wrapped up in you
 
         C           F             C
And when I hurt your feelings like I sometimes do
    G7                      C
And I say those mean things we know are not true
       F                G7       C
You forgive my childish ways you hold me close and say
  
repeat #2 

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Funny What A Pair Of Fools Will Do
Recorded by Carl Belew and Betty Jean Robinson
Written by Carl Belew and Van Givens

C                                      F
You're so good to me and I'm so bad to you
    G7
You won't slip around on me 
                    C
And I just can't be true
I tried hard to make you happy 
    F
You keep making me feel blue
         G7                              C
Ain't it funny what a pair of fools will do
                                    F
Every time you turn your back on me I slip around on you
       G7
Though I've never caught you slippin' round 
                     C
I know each time you do
You're tryin' hard to make me happy 
F
But I keep makin' you feel blue
         G7                              C
Ain't it funny what a pair of fools will do
       G7                             C
Take a look at me then take a look at you
      D7
We're livin' proof there's nothing 
       G7
That a pair of fools won't do
      C                                      F
You'd stopped loving me if I did the same to you
         G7                              C
Ain't it funny what a pair of fools will do
         G7                              C
Ain't it funny what a pair of fools will do

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Funny When You Feel That Way

I cant forget how queer I felt
When first I fell in love
I had a most sincere tactor
Squeezing a lady's glove

Her lovely hand was in it
As I waltzed around so gay
I thought myself in paradise
It's funny when you feel that way

   It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   I thought myself in paradise
   It's funny when you feel that way

Again we met one afternoon
As we were all alone
I pumped up nerve to ask if she
Would one day be my own

She blushed and said go ask poppa
And ask him if I may
I danced a cantor around the room
It's funny when you feel that way

   It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   I danced a cantor around the room
   It's funny when you feel that way

The old boy said that we might we
And so he crowned my bliss
I shall be a double man
In about a month from this

Though it seemed to me somehow the time
Will never pass away
For I long to hear the wedding bells
It's funny when you feel that way

   It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   I long to hear the wedding bells
   It's funny when you feel that way

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Richard Thompson - G Ethsemane Lyrics

Among the headstones you played as boys
Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys
Just up the river from a smoke and the noise
Gethsemane

And there's war whoops and secret signs in the trees
Estuary smells coming up on the breeze
Oh, perfect endless days like these
Oh, Gethsemane, ah, Gethsemane

Sailboat on the cadie, pushbike on the quay
In your eyes there's fire, in your hand destiny
Oh, be something, be something fine, fine

Just down the river into the noise and the smoke
Being daring with the staring, uncaring folk
Who laugh with you, laugh at you, you'll never get the joke
Gethsemane

And they broke your spirit there in the marines
Flushed your head down inside the latrines
Frozen in your sacrament, derailed in your teens
Never saw the enemy, oh, Gethsemane

And those bosses betrayed, soon let you go
The fire in your eyes, how could they know
Oh, be something, be something fine, fine

Now you've got your own boys, hell bent for leather
Dead before they're 18 or bitter old men forever
They never saw the halo moon rise over the river
Of Gethsemane

Now there's a pain in your head, puts lead in your shoes
Better get it seen to, it's going to be bad news
How did the perfect world get so confused?
Oh, Gethsemane, oh, Gethsemane

Who sucked out the freedom days without end
Under the weight of it all you must bend
Oh, be something, be something fine
Be something, be something fine, fine, fine

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Galvanized Washing Tub
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Cottonseed Clark and Chet Turner

G
Did you ever take your Saturday bath 
And try to wash and scrub
While squatting down on your haunches 
     D7                 G
In a galvanized washing tub
If not then you ain't missed a thing 
But I'm tellin' you what's right
                            
I done it till I was almost grown 
D7                     G
Every doggone Saturday night
In summertime it was bad enough 
But in winter it got rough
A-spreading papers and filling kettles 
    D7               G
And all that sort of stuff
But gettin' ready for that ordeal 
Was only half the rub
Of takin' a bath on Saturday night 
     D7                 G
In a galvanized washing tub
Did you ever stand there stripped to the skin 
I wood stove bakin' your hide
A-dreadin' to punch you darned foot 
       D7              G
In for fear you'd burn alive
Finally you got the temperature right 
And into the tub you'd crawl
And when that cold steel touched your back 
      D7                        G
You'd squeal like a fresh stuck hog
You get out of the tub and next to the stove 
And stand there a-drippin' and a-shakin'
The front of your body is a-freezin' to death 
          D7                G
While the backside you're a-bakin'
A-shiverin' and a-shakin' and a-burnin' 
And a bakin' that's the price I had to pay
That awful ordeal will haunt me 
D7                G
Until I'm old and gray
I ain't thru yet thru somethin' else 
But I've bein' a-wantin' to say
I was the youngest of all the kids 
     D7                G
That bathed every Saturday
There we all bathed according to age 
And I fell last in order
Which meant I had to wash myself 
D7                          G
In the same dead-blamed old water
I'm a man of clean habits 
And believe in a bath a week
It helps to keep me healthy 
D7                 G
And it freshens my physique
But if I had my druthers  
I'd rather eat a bug
Than to take my Saturday bath again 
     D7                 G
In a galvanized washing tub

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Galveston
Recorded by Glen Campbell
Written by Jimmy Webb

F 
G            C   D7 G                    G7        C      Am
Galveston oh Galveston I still hear your sea winds blowin'
  D7    G                 C      Am
I still see her dark eyes glowin'
            D7  Em      C                G
She was twenty-one when I left Galveston
G            C   D7 G                    G7        C       Am
Galveston oh Galveston I still hear your sea waves crashing
      D7  G               C       Am
While I watch the cannons flashing
        D7 Em      C                 G
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston
 
A#                       C      A#     C
I still see her standing by the water
Dm                            A#
Standing there lookin' out to sea
           Gm      C7        F
And is she waiting there for me
       Am             Dm      Gm  C D7
On the beach where we used to run
G            C  D7  G           G7       C     Am
Galveston oh Galveston I am so afraid of dying
       D7 G                  C     Am
Before I dry the tears she's crying
         Em                   C      Bm     Am
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
         E7   C          G
At Galveston   at Galveston

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Galveston Flood

It was the year of 1900 that was 80 years ago
Death come'd a howling on the ocean and when death calls you've got to go
Galveston had a sea wall just to keep the water down
But a high tide from the ocean blew the water all over the town.

Wasn't that a mighty storm
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
It blew all the people away.

The sea began to rolling the ships they could not land
I heard a captain crying Oh God save a drowning man
The rain it was a falling and the thunder began to roll
The lightning flashed like Hell-fire and the wind began to blow

The trees fell on the island and the houses gave away
Some they strived and drownded others died every way.

The trains at the station were loaded with the people all leaving town
But the trestle gave way with the water and the trains they went on down
Old death the cruel master when the winds began to blow
Rode in on a team of horses and cried death won't you let me go.

The flood it took my mother it took my brother too
I thought I heard my father cry as I watched my mother go
Old death your hands are clammy when you've got them on my knee
You come and took my mother won't you come back after me?

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Galway Bay
Traditional

It's far away I am today from scenes I'd wandered by,
And long ago, the hour, I know, I first saw Illinois.
For time, nor tide, nor waters wide, could wean my heart away.
Forever true, it flies to you, my own dear Galway Bay.
Oh grey and bleak by shores and creeks, the rugged rocks abound,
And sweet and green the grass between, as grows on Irish ground.
The friendships fond, and wealth abound, and the love that lives always.
Bless every home beside your foam, my own dear Galway Bay. 
Had I youth's blood an hopeful mood and a heart of fire once more,
For all the gold the world might hold I'd never leave your shore.
I'd be content with whatever God sent, with neighbors old and grey.
I'd lay my bones 'neath churchyard stones, above you Galway Bay.
The blessings of a poor old man be with you night and day
The blessings of a lonely man, whose heart will soon be clay.
It's all of heaven I ask of God upon my dying day,
My soul will soar forevermore above you Galway Bay.


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Dolly Parton - Gamble Either Way lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Being born was the worse and the first mistake I ever made
The doctor didn't spank me, he just slapped me in the face
And the cup of love was always quenching someone else's thirst
Leaving me to swallow the bitter taste of hurt
'Cause I was raised an orphan
Never wanted as a kid until the year I turned 13
Then everybody did, strangers pass me back and forth
Men just took me as they pleased
And others had a Cinderella slave to cook and clean and weep
Though the deck is stacked against you
Win or lose, you have to play
The hand a life has dealt you
And It's a gamble either way
On a dust road at 15 in a yellow cotton dress
With the desert sun like an angry dragon breathing down my neck
And the dry cracked plains would make me think of a prehistoric time
Or should I fear what lay before me less than what I'd left behind
A 15 year old girl don't have no trouble hitching rides
But sometimes when you're riding free
You'll pay the highest price
On back roads and in back seats
And in a cheap highway motel
But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else
Though the deck is stacked against you
Win or lose, you have to play
The hand a life has dealt you
And It's a gamble either way
16 caught me crying, underneath the scarlet light
On the door steps of a stranger on a cold and rainy night
When I walked into the parlour here
Other pieces seemed to fit
I was good at pleasing strangers
So I made the most of it
Either way it's all a gamble
So view the stakes and know the odds
And lay your cards upon the table
Do all the dealing from the top
Though the deck is stacked against you
Win or lose, you have to play
The hand a life has dealt you
And It's a gamble either way


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Gambler's Blues (St. James Infirmary)
Traditional

I went down to old Joe's barroom,
On the corner by the square.
The drinks were served as usual,
And a goodly crowd was there.

On my left stood old Joe McKennedy,
And his eyes were bloodshot red;
He turned to the crowd around him,
These are the words he said:

I went down to St. James Infirmary
To see my baby there,
She was lyin' on a long white table,
So sweet, so cool, so fair.

Went up to see the doctor,
"She's very low," he said;
Went back to see my baby
Good God! She's lying there dead.

Let her go, let her go, God bless her;
Wherever she may be
She may search the wide world over
And never find a better man than me.

Oh, when I die, please bury me
In my ten dollar Stetson hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So my friends'll know I died standin' pat.

Get six gamblers to carry my coffin
Six chorus girls to sing me a song
Put a twenty-piece jazz band on my tail gate
To raise Hell as we go along.

Now that's the end of my story
Let's have another round of booze
And if anyone should ask you just tell them
I've got those Gambler's Blues.

Notes:
There is an amazingly detailed bit of background of this song at
http://robwalker.net/html_docs/letterthirteen.html .


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Gambler's Yodel

Pretty mama's gone, she went away from me
Lord, I think she's gone to sunny Tennessee
Oh Lord, that woman, she gonna be the death of me
Yeee heee yayee heee, she'll be the death of me

When my baby went, she left me in the rain
Talk about your trouble, talk about your pain
Had to listen to the whistle on that lonesome train
Yeee heee yayee heee, Lord on that lonesome train

Well, the lightning flashed and the thunder it did roll
The lightning flashed and the thunder it did roll
Just like this trouble that's rolling through my soul
Yeee heee yayee heee, have mercy on my soul

There comes a time when a gambler's luck is gone
And when it comes he better leave them dice alone
Some dirty rounder took my woman and my money and gone
Yeee heee yayee heee, he took my woman and gone

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Dolly Parton - Games People Play lyrics
(Joe South)

Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
Oh they whine away the hours
In their ivory towers
Til they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine
La la la mmm da da da
La la la mmm da da dee
I'm talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Oh they make one another cry
Break their hearts and they say good-bye
Cross their heart and they hope to die
That the other was to blame
Neither one will ever give in
So they gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' 'bout the way it might have been
And it's a dirty rotten shame
La la la mmm da da da
La la la mmm da da dee
I'm talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Oh they teach how to meditate
Read your horoscope and teach you faith
The furthermore the hell with hate
Come on and get on board
Look around and tell me what you see
What's a-happenin' to you and to me
God grant me the serenity
To just remember who I am
La la la mmm da da da
La la la mmm da da dee
I'm talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play


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Garage Sale Today
Recorded by George Jones
[3/4 time]

C                            F           C
Please feel at home neighbor as you look around
F                 C                              G7
Browse through my treasures they're all good and sound
C                          F         C
A lifetime of memories are now on display
F              C       G7          C
She's gone and left me garage sale today

                              F         C
A piece of white netting that once was apparel 
F           C                      G7
White satin slippers now faded and pale
C                               F           C
There's a book of pressed roses a bridal bouquet
F           C      G7          C
Handle them gently garage sale today

  F                                C
A broken down cradle in light baby blue
    F                   C          G7
How well I remember the day it was new
C                        F       C
A laughter of angels our baby at play
F          C       G7          C
Wrap it up quickly garage sale today

                           F           C
Two bottles a nickel and a glass for a dime
F                C                           G7
The chair cost a dollar and it's just in its prime
C                                 F              C
The old skillet it cost a quarter each picture a dime
F                C            G7          C
Each treasure so priceless to sell it's a crime

                                     F                C
There's a stack of used school books grades 1 through 4
F           C                G7
Broken Crayolas all over the floor
C                         F        C
An old one legged dolly a like new sleigh
F             C        G7          C
Take them all with you garage sale today 

  F                                   C
A pair of old pillows from off of the bed
      F                     C             G7
Where we slept together the night we were wed
C                                     F            C
And there's an old leather bible that taught us to pray
F           C         G7          F  C
Now I can't sell them garage sale to-day

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Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet

Death is an angel sent down from above
Sent for the buds and the flowers we love
Truly 'tis so, for in heaven's own way
Each soul is a flower in the Master's bouquet

   Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet
   Beautiful flowers that will never decay
   Gathered by angels and carried away
   Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet

Let us be faithful till life's work is done
Blooming with love 'til the reaper has come
Then we'll be gathered together someday
Transplanted to bloom in the Master's bouquet

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Gathering Flowers From The Hillside

   I've been gathering flowers from the hillside
   To wreath around your brow
   But you've kept me a-waitin' so long, dear
   The flowers have all withered now

I know that you have seen trouble
But never hang down your head
Your love for me is like the flowers
Your love for me is dead

It was on one bright June morning
The roses were in bloom
I shot and killed my darling
And what will be my doom?

Closed eyes cannot see these roses
Closed hands cannot hold them, you know
And these lips that still cannot kiss me
Has gone from me forever more

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Richard Thompson - Genesis Hall Lyrics

My father, he rides with your sheriffs
And I know he would never mean harm
But to see both sides of a quarrel
Is to judge without hate or love

Oh, oh, helpless and slow
And you don't have anywhere to go

You take away homes from the homeless
And leave them to die in the cold
The gypsy who begs for your presents
He will laugh in your face when you're old

Oh, oh, helpless and slow
And you don't have anywhere to go

Well, one man he drinks up his whiskey
Another, he drinks up his wine
And they'll drink till their eyes are red with hate
For those of a different kind

Oh, oh, helpless and slow
And you don't have anywhere to go

When the rivers run thicker than trouble
I'll be there at your side in the flood
'Twas all I could do to keep myself
From taking revenge on your blood

Oh, oh, helpless and slow
And you don't have anywhere to go
Oh, oh, helpless and slow
And you don't have anywhere to go

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Gentle On My Mind
John Hartford

It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
It's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads, by the rivers of my mem'ry, that keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walkin'
It's knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the back roads, by the rivers of my mem'ry, and for hours you're just gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of soup back from the gurglin' cracklin' caldron in some train yard
My beard a roughening coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Though cupped hands 'round a tin can I pretend hold you to my breast and find
That you're waving from the back roads, by the rivers of my mem'ry, ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
That you're waving from the back roads, by the rivers of my mem'ry, ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
FLATT & SCRUGGS - Nashville Airplane


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Alison Krauss - Gentle on My Mind

It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch

And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried up on some line

That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit, together walking

It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find

That you're moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's crying to her mother
'Cause she turned and you were gone

I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind

But not to where I cannot see
You walking on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

You dip your cup of soup, back from a gurgling
Crackling caldron, in some train yard
Your beard a roughening coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across your face

Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find

That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memories
Ever smiling, ever gentle on my mind


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Gentle River

I've lived a life full of sorrow
With no where to run or to hide
Happiness you'll see is borrowed
All I want is you by my side

[Chorus:]

Gentle river take me away
to the time of happier days
All I need is love and company
Gentle river bring him back to me
You can spend all your time a'cryin
Listen here I don't need your sympathy
Cause I've made my life to live it
All I need is you here with me...

[Chorus]

Gentle river bring em' back to me

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Gentle Tranquil Meaning
BMI Work #: 9166060
Gentle Tranquil Meaning (Larry W. Jones 10/09/2007) (song#5057)

I see the way your long hair lays
Upon your soft shoulders hanging down
And it's with wonder night and days
To look upon your skin warm and brown
Life has a gentle tranquil meaning
Any time I know you're around
Almost like angels are convening
Where your feet walk on the ground
I was a lonely man until you came
Now I'll never be that same lonely soul
You even let me go and change your name
And now my once empty heart you console
Life has a gentle tranquil meaning
Any time I know you're around
Almost like angels are convening
Where your feet walk on the ground
- instrumental -
Like old trees when they're growing in the Spring
My old heart's knowing it has found a friend
Like the bluebirds when they begin to sing
My life with you is worth living again
Life has a gentle tranquil meaning
Any time I know you're around
Almost like angels are convening
Where your feet walk on the ground
Almost like angels are convening
Where your feet walk on the ground


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The Incredible String Band - Gently Tender 

Gently tender falls the rain
Washing clean the slate again
But leave me please, behind my brain
This light doesn't shadow on her

Shadows dancing through the pink milk blankets
Where my mind lay dreaming gently of my loving you
Sometimes I think I was true
But then I loved the stone beneath my feet as much, usually

Gently tender snow-drop grows
See the past tense quietly go
Kill the chord but let me know
This light doesn't shadow on her

Shadows dancing through the green bush trees
Where my toes crept breathing lightly of my loving you
Sometimes I think I was true
But then I loved the stone beneath my feet as much, usually

Slowly spitting crawls the snake
See the branches bend and break
Venom that might easily shake
This light doesn't shadow on her

Good, good loving, she gave me good loving
Good, good loving, she gave me good loving
Good, good loving, she gave me good
And now all my wine is water
To her all my wine is water
All water, and my pearls are clear

Good, good loving, she gave me good
Good, good loving, she gave me good
Good, good loving, she gave me good
And now all my wine is water
To her all my wine is water
All water, and my pearls are clear

She gave to me good loving
She gave to me good loving
She gave to me good loving
Ohh good loving

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The Incredible String Band - Gently Tender - 2010 Remastered Version 

Gently tender falls the rain,
washing clean the slate again;
But leave me please, behind my brain,
this light doesn't shadow on her
Shadows dancing through
the pink milk blankets,
where my mind
Lay dreaming gently of my loving you.
Sometimes I think I was true, but then I loved the
stone beneath my feet as much, usually.

Gently tender snow-drop grows,
see the past tense quietly go.
Kill the chord but let me know this light
doesn't shadow on her.
Shadows crawling through the green bush trees
where my toes crept
Breathing lightly of my loving you.
Sometimes I think I was true, but then I loved the
stone beneath my feet as much, usually.

Slowly spitting crawls the snake,
see the branches bend and break.
Venom that might easily shake
this light doesn't shadow on her.

Good, good loving, she gave me good loving, good,
good, loving, she gave me good loving,
Good, good loving, she gave me good.
And now all my wine is water,
to her all my wine is water,
All water, and my pearls are clear.
And now all my wine is water,
to her all my wine is water.
All water, and my pearls are clear.

She gave to me good loving,
she gave to me good loving,
Oohhhhhhh good loving.

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Genuine Healer Of Time
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Larry Patton and Ronald Knuth
[3/4 time]

C               F           C
I've never been inside your barroom
                         D7          G7
It's the first time I've tasted your wine
    C             F            C
Someone said that wine numbs a memory
                  G7            C
But her memory is stronger than wine
                    F          C
On the wall there's a mirror before me
                D7          G7
Reflecting what she made of me
  C           F        C
A sad looking face and tears now replace
             G7        C
The man that I used to be
            F         C
The genuine healer is time
             F            C
And if I can hold onto my mind
                 G7         C            F
And place what's left of my heart in the hands
       C       G7        C
Of the genuine healer of time
                F              C
The darkness in here tells the story
          D7          G7
Of many a heartbroken man 
    C            F           C
The hands on the clock never linger
              G7              C
But they move as slow as they can
               F             C
Now I know the whiskey won't help me
                      D7         G7
And I find there's no comfort in wine
C                F             C
There's only one thing that is stronger
                 G7        C
It's the genuine healer of time
Repeat #3
                 G7         C            F
And place what's left of my heart in the hands
       C       G7        C
Of the genuine healer of time

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Doc Watson 
George Gudger's Overalls

As I walked out one mornin'
In the Alabama chill
I saw some old friends hangin'
From a tree on Hobie's Hill
By their tattered legs, they dangled
Drippin' down along the spine
It was old George Gudger's overalls
A-dryin' on the line

George Gudger, he's an honest cuss
And he loves to work his land
And I'd long admired his overalls
That I held there in my hand
My brand-new pair was stiffer
Than a starched-up Sunday suit
But his could walk around by thereselves
And plow the corn to boot

Now the knees looked almost bloody
From the red Hale County clay
George Gudger's debts and prayers
Had kept him kneelin' down all day
Old George owes me money
But I owe him my respect
If his overalls will fit me
Boy, I'll forget about his debt

I stepped into them big old legs
Like fallin' down a mine
Then I heard a ragged chuckle
And there stood old George behind
A smile of old tobacco juice
Just tricklin' down his chin
He said, "You might as well try walkin' 'round
In someone else's skin"

"But son, if you like them old friends of mine so much
I guess I can let 'em go
Had to lend them to my wife last year
While she's carryin' Little Joe
She bent down in the fields one day
And split that tired old seam
And now she's gone and beat 'em half to death
On that rock there by the stream

Yeah, the knees looked almost bloody
From the red Hale County clay
George Gudger's debts and prayers
They kept him kneelin' down all day
You know I walked just like a drunken man
They dang near made me fall
They kept tryin' to steer me back towards Gudger's place
'Cause they're still Old George's overalls

At home, before the mirror
I seemed to be a different man
In my mind, I kept seein'
His farmed-out patch of land
So I took him back his overalls
And a week's supply of food
I also left my brand new pair
And I sneaked home in the nude

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Georgia Bound

I'm Georgia bound, gotta find my baby
That gal of mine has left this town, town, town
Just losin' her, gonna drive my crazy
I'm on my way I'm Georgia bound

That gal of mine left me this morning
Said she was tired of hanging round, round, round
But I don't care can't live without her
gotta bring her back I'm Georgia bound

* Refrain

Two red, red lips as sweet as honey
And golden hair, her eyes so brown, brown, brown
She's on that train bound for Atlanta
I'll bring her back, I'm Georgiaa bound

* Refrain


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Georgia Girl

As I sit here alone with my memories
Thinking back to the years long ago
To the pine covered hills down in Georgia
And the sweet girl that I used toknow
She was young and in love with my only
I was footloose and foolish I guess
So I wondered right out of her sweet Georgia heart
And the fact that I'm lonely tells the rest

How I miss my Georgia girl today
How I miss the pine woods
And the red hot Georgia clay
I miss my simple life, so many miles away
How I miss my Georgia girl today

There's a moon shining bright on my doorstep
Like I've seen shining bright in her eyes
But it's cold here in Feirbanks, Alaska
And I shilver thougt the long winter night
Fifteen years have slipped through my fingers
I'm forgetten I know by this time
But I'd walk through the snow
Down to Georgia in the cold
If I through she'd be waiting this time

* Refrain


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Georgia On My Mind

Georgia, georgia
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Georgia, georgia, a song of you
Come as sweet and clear as
Moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams
I see the road leads back to you
Georgia, Georgia, no place I find
Just an old sweet song
Keep Georgia on my mind


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Georgia Pineywoods
As performed by The Osborne Brothers

Chorus:
Miss those Georgia Pineywoods
Wonder if they miss me
Lonesome for those Pineywoods
Ancient home of the Creek and the Cherokee and me

I was born in the Georgia Pineywoods
Fifteen miles to the grocery store
No T.V., no gold plated shiney goods
Cracked linoleum on the floor
We had cows in the back fields grazin'
Chickens cacklin' out in the pen
Life was good but it's amazin'
How I didn't see that back then.

* Refrain

When I looked for Indian arrowheads
I was happy as Borden's cow
I've lost all my Indian arrowheads
They ain't no good to me here no how.
I get paid now by the hour
And lead my typical suburb life
Got credit cards and buyin' power
And I owe more money than Caesar's wife

* Refrain


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Georgia Rose
Author: Bill Monroe

Chorus
Way down in the blue ridge mountain
Way down where the tall pines grow
Lives my sweetheart of the mountain
She's my little Georgia rose
Now come and listen to my story
A story that I think is true
My little rose that bloomed in Georgia
With the hair of gold, and the heart so true

* Refrain
Her mother left her with another
A carefree life she had planned
The baby now is a lady
The one her mother couldn't stand
* Refrain
We often sing those songs together
I watched her do her little part
She smiled at me when I would tell her
That she was my sweetheart
* Refrain


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Georgia Waltz
Recorded by Mac Wiseman
Written by George Krise

C              G7      C
The moon shown down in Georgia
           G7    C
I held you in my arms
   F        C       E7        C
We danced a waltz a beautiful waltz
    F           C        G7
You smiled with all your charm
 
    C          G7        C
And all of the boys grew jealous
                          F
We danced the whole night through
                  C
A lovely night of splendor and
             G7        C
That Georgia waltz and you
 
                     F
Those memories still haunt me
     G7             C
They seem to linger near
                     F
The band was playing softly
  D7                G7
I whispered in your ear
C            G7    C
And told you how I love you
                          F
You said that you love me too
                         C
How do you think I could ever forget
             G7        C
That Georgia waltz and you 
            
           G7    C
I told you how I love you
                          F
You said that you love me too
                         C
How do you think I could ever forget
             G7        C
That Georgia waltz and you

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Doc Watson 
Georgie

As I walked over London Bridge
One misty morning early
I heard some fair young maiden say
"Lord, spare me the life of Georgie"
Go saddle me up my milk white steed
And bridle him so gaily
Then I'll ride away to the King's High Court
And plead for the life of Georgie

She rode all day and she rode all night
'Til she was wet and weary
Then combing back her long, yellow hair
She pled for the life of Georgie
She pulled out a purse all filled with gold
Just like you've never seen many
And she said, "Young lawyers, fee yourselves
And plead for the life of Georgie"

But Georgie rode up and he pled for himself
He says, "I never murdered any
But I stole sixteen of the king's best steeds
And I sold them in Romany
Then the oldest lawyer at the bar says
"George, I'm sorry for you
But your own confession condemns you to die
May the Lord have mercy upon you"

As Georgie was a-walking through the streets
He bid farewell to many
Then he bid farewell to his own true love
Which grieved him worse than any
If I was over on yonder hill
Where kisses I've had a-plenty
With my sword and and my pistol by my side
I'd fight for the life of Georgie
Georgie was hanged with a golden cord
Just like you've never seen many
For he was a member of the royal race
And loved by a virtuous lady

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Doc Watson 
Georgie Buck

Georgie Buck is dead
The last thing he said
"Don't put no shortnin' in my bread"

Georgie Buck is dead
The last thing he said
"Don't put no shortnin' in my bread"

Down the road
Down the road I see
Trouble in my way
Trouble in my way
Trouble in my way down the line

Georgie Buck is dead
Last word he said
"Don't let a woman have her way
"If she have her way
She be gone all day
Don't let a woman have her way"

Whoah!

Down the line
Down the line
Down the line I see
Trouble in my way
Trouble in my way
Trouble in my way down the line

Georgie Buck is dead
The last word he said
"Don't put no shortnin' in my bread"
Put no shortnin in my bread...
Put no shortnin' in my bread...

Down the line
Down the line
Down the line I see
Trouble come my way
Trouble come my way
Trouble in my way down the line

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Richard Thompson - Georgie on a Spree Lyrics

Me mammy told me, Isabel,
Now don't stay out too late
One day they'll throw you out of school
So get yourself a steady date
But Georgie meets me every night
We go out and we have a bite
Eyes of blue, and money too,
He's rattling the garden gate,
And I can hardly wait

When Georgie's on a spree
All the girls are jealous of me
'Cause I'm the one he spends his money on
We spend it, one two three,
Driving in his Chevrolet
I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen
When Georgie's on a spree.

We don't see bad company
We mix it with the best
Rubbing shoulders with the rich
And no time for the rest
When I see something that I need
My Georgie buys the street for me
And when we're tired of the Ritz
He's got a little nest
Where I put him to the test.

When Georgie's on a spree
All the girls are jealous of me
'Cause I'm the one he spends his money on
We spend it, one two three,
Driving in his Chevrolet
I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen
When Georgie's on a spree.

One day Georgie hung his head
And sadly he did say
Little girl, I'm leaving you
I have to go away;
But I'll be back in a week or two,
And I'll be thinking just of you
Sit beside your telephone
Until that lucky day
When I come home to stay

When Georgie's on a spree
All the girls are jealous of me
'Cause I'm the one he spends his money on
We spend it, one two three,
Driving in his Chevrolet
I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen
When Georgie's on a spree

He's the king and I'm his queen
When Georgie's on a spree

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The Avett Brothers - Geraldine 

I come from a place
where every name
and every place
seem so familiar

In came this progress
In her black dress
look at the mess
she is a killer

Much like you and I
and every case that's made
There has to be a traitor

It's me this time
And i'm trading fun for right
Will I regret the notion later?

Geraldine is the name that comes to mind
When I go back to reminiscing
Abilene's a woman for my childhood
I spent the evenings kissing

I'm a fool for treating her alive
And loving something cold and rocky
The homophobic gentlemen
they'll barricade but their efforts couldn't stop me

In came this progress
In her black dress
look at the mess
she is a killer

In came this progress
In her black dress
look at the mess
she is a killer

In came this progress
In her black dress
look at the mess
she is a killer

oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

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Get Along Down Town

I wouldn't marry in the wintertime
Or the spring when the birdies call
Court them girls in the summertime
Leave them in the fall

Get along down town
Get along down town
Get along down to Newport town
To lay my money down

Rich girl uses cold cream
Poor girl uses lard
My gal uses axle grease
But she rubs it twice as hard

* Refrain

Beefsteak when I'm hungry
Whiskey when I'm dry
Greenback when I'm hard up
Heaven when I die

* Refrain

I'd marry up with that girl of mine
Try to settle down
But everytime the wold goose calls
Get along down town

* Refrain


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Brad Paisley - Get Even lyrics

After how he treated you he cheated you and lied
I guess you could go curl up into a ball and cry
Or you could turn a heartache into sweet revenge at last
Cause two can cheat at this game baby, pay backs a blast
Get even with him, with me
You been done wrong for so long but now you're free
Don't get angry, don't get filled with jealousy
Get even with him, with me
If I know that jackass well there's one thing he can't stand
He wasn't faithful in the least but, find another man
He's going to go crazy thinking about how much he lost
Your lips, your kiss, your touch, come on
Let's really piss him off!
Get even with him, with me
You been done wrong for so long but now you're free
Don't get angry don't get filled with jealousy
Get even with him, with me
Get even with him, with me
You been done wrong, for so long now you're free
Don't get angry don't get filled with jealousy
Get even with him, with me


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Get Lost You Wolf

I've been around this world a lot, I've had a lot of fun
I'm sometimes in the money and I'm sometimes on the bum
I've had my share of loving with the women, I have a way
But last night in a country town things turned the other way

I walked up to a pretty girl, I thought I'd have my way
For she had lots of smiles for me but not a word to say
I took her boldly by the hand with a heart so light and gay
When I rose up off the ground these words I heard her say

Get lost, drop dead, begone you wolf I say
What makes you think that you're so cute, you're getting in my way
I've been around a bit my lad and I ain't no one's fool
Get lost, drop dead, begone you wolf, you're nothing but a fool

What makes you think you're cute my lad as if no one could see
Why, you've got hay seed in your hair, you're bending at the knees
I'm telling you you're just a fool, you'd better be on your way
I turned around, my head dropped down, once more I heard her say

* Refrain


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Get Me Back To Tennessee
Recorded by Dave Dudley
Written by Randall Jay Rogers

C              G7            F
Get me back to Tennessee I'm homesick     
D7           G7            C
For my sunny overgrown country town                       
G7              F
I thought I'd like to be a west coast cowboy      
D7                         G7
But I got lonely as the sun went down     
C             G7            F
The ladies living here sure are different     
D7                  G7                C
They took my hard earned money now they're gone               
G7           F
Never did they ever satisfy me       
 D7          G7                C
Like a hard lovin' country girl back home                
G7            F
Get me back to Tennessee I'm homesick    
 D7           G7            C
For my sunny overgrown country town              
 G7            F
Get me back to Tennessee I'm homesick      
D7      G7            F
I'll ride anything eastern bound 
C           G7                F
Hitchhikin' days they're bout over    
D7          G7           C
Not many pickup strangers anymore                   
G7               F
Shave my face and cut my hair this morning      
D7                               G7
Well maybe I'll have better luck than before 
C                G7               F
Mister thank you for the ride I'm glad to know        
D7            G7        C
You're goin' all the way to Alabam                    
G7        F
Just let me out on 65 in Nashville   
 D7        G7            C
My sunny overgrown country town 

Repeat #3

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Alison Krauss - Get Me Through December Lyrics

How pale is the sky that brings forth the rain
As the changing of seasons prepares me again
For the long bitter nights and the wild winter's day
My heart has grown cold, my love stored away
My heart has grown cold, my love stored away

I've been to the mountain, left my tracks in the snow
Where souls have been lost and the walking wounded go
I've taken the pain, no girl should endure
But faith can move mountains of that I am sure
Faith can move mountains of that I am sure

Just get me through December
A promise I'll remember
Get me through December
So I can start again

No divine purpose brings freedom from sin
And peace is a gift that must come from within
And I've looked for the love that will bring me to rest
Feeding this hunger beating strong in my chest
Feeding this hunger beating strong in my chest

Just get me through December
Promise I'll remember
Get me through December
So I can start again

I've been to the mountain, left my tracks in the snow
Where souls have been lost and the walking wounded go
I've taken the pain no girl should endure
Faith can move mountains of that I am sure
But faith can move mountains of that I am sure

Get me through December
A promise I'll remember
Get me through December
So I can start again

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Get On Up

Get on up some glad morning
Get on up a new days dawning
Live forever with Jesus by and by
Get on up Heaven's waiting
Friends and loved ones celebratin'
When I get up to my mansion in the sky

This old body's getting weary
This whole world's so dark and dreary
I can't wait to see my new home up on high
Where I'll rest from all my labor
Paul and Silas gonna be my neighbor
When I get up to my mansion in the sky

And if death should overtake me
I know my Lord's gonna wake me
Gonna get up with a brand new body glorified
With troubles and trials far behind me
Gloryland that's where you'll find me
When I get up to my mansion in the sky

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Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In The Bed
Kinky Friedman

You uppity women I don't understand
Why you gotta go and try to act like a man,
But before you make your weekly visit to the shrink
You'd better occupy the kitchen, liberate the sink.

Chorus:
Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed
That's what I to my baby said,
Women's liberation is a-going to your head,
Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed.

Early every morning you're out on the street
Passing out pamphlets to everyone you meet.
You gave up your Maiden Form for Lent
And now the front of your dress has an air scoop vent.

Every single brakeman that's ever come along
Had a little woman always tellin' him that he's wrong.
Eve said to Adam, "Here's an apple you horse"
And Delilah defoliated Samson's moss.

Chorus

Mean-hearted harpies are breaking all the laws
Tearing up their girdles and a-burning up their bras,
Now the air is dirty and the sex is clean
And your coffee makes my hair turn green.

So damn emancipated in your mind and your body,
Gonna have to cancel all your lessons in karate.
If you can't love a male chauvinist
You'd better cross me off your shopping list.

Chorus


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Richard Thompson - Gethsemane Lyrics

Among the headstones you played as boys
Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys
Just up the river from a smoke and the noise
Gethsemane

And there's war-whoops and secret signs in the trees
Estuary smells coming up on the breeze
Oh, perfect endless days like these
Oh, Gethsemane, Gethsemane

Sailboat on the cadie, push bike on the quay
In your eyes there's fire, in your hand destiny

Oh, be something, be something fine, fine

Down the river, into the noise and the smoke
Being daring with the staring, uncaring folk
Laugh with you, laugh at you, you'll never get the joke
Gethsemane

And they broke your spirit there in the marines
And flushed your head down inside the latrines
Frozen in the sacrament, derailed in your teens
Never saw the enemy, oh, Gethsemane

And those bosses betrayed, soon let you go
The fire in your eyes, how could they know?

Oh, be something, be something fine, fine

Now you got your own boys hell bent for leather
Dead before they're 18, or bitter old men forever
They never saw the halo moon rise over the river
Of Gethsemane

Now there's a pain in your head, puts lead in your shoes
Better get it seen to, it's gonna be bad news
How did the perfect world get so confused?
Oh, Gethsemane, oh, Gethsemane

Who sucked out the freedom days without end?
Under the weight of it all you must bend

Oh, be something, be something fine
Be something, be something fine, fine, fine

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Gettin' Back To Norma
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Ray Griff

C
Well I left one early mornin' 
                                       F
When the dew was like a blanket on the grass
G7
And I said goodbye to Norma 
                               C
In a note without a forwarding address
Well my life seemed kinda dull 
                                              F
Compared to all the things I'd heard and read about
     G7
Well there wasn't much excitement in our town 
                    C
So I decided to get out
Well that ol' grey dog 
                                           F
Was kind enough to carry me away for seven skins
            G7
Lawd and we rolled into Chicago 
                                               C
Just in time to catch the rain and the howlin' winds
Well the cottage streets and overtones 
                                     F
Of sex and violence ripped me to the core
           G7
Lawd and I stood the mass confusion 
                                   C
For a while but I can't take it anymore
                  F
Gotta get back to Norma 
                     C
And the world I left behind
                  G7
Gotta get back to Norma 
                       C
And the Norma frame of mind
Well I'm a goin' home to mockin' birds 
                        F
Picnics on a Sunday afternoon
            G7
Lawd and my lust for life is over 
                                   C
And the air has all gone out of my balloon
Well I've had my fill of unruly nights 
                             F
Women that are classified as broads
          G7
And I'm a goin' home to sweet Norma 
                          C
Get a little closer to my Lord
                  F
Gotta get back to Norma 
                     C
And the world I left behind
                  G7
Gotta get back to Norma 
                       C
And the Norma frame of mind

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Dolly Parton - Gettin' Happy lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Without a love to call my own my life was incomplete
It seems I couldn't help but think that love was not for me
But my life took on a different twist when I met me a man that I couldn't resist
I didn't know what all I'd missed, and I'm a gettin' happy
Oh, I'm a gettin' happy
Yeah, I'm a gettin' happy - all my lonely days are gone
I'm a gettin' happy - no more lonely nights alone
I got someone to call my own and now my life is like a song
And he helps me sing along - I'm a gettin' happy
Oh, I'm a gettin' happy
Oh, people used to talk of love and I couldn't understand
About the fire and the desire in lovin' a good man
Oh, but now I know just what they meant since I met me a man that was Heaven sent
Wonder where the sadness went, cause I'm a gettin' happy
Oh, I'm a gettin' happy
I'm a gettin' happy - all my lonely days are gone
I'm a gettin' happy - no more lonely nights alone
I got someone to call my own and now my life is like a song
And he helps me sing along - an' I'm a gettin' happy
Oh, I'm a gettin' happy - whoo!
Yeah, I'm gettin' happy - all my lonely days are gone
I'm a gettin' happy - no more lonely nights alone
I got someone to call my own, now my life is like a song
Got someone to sing along and I'm a gettin' happy
Oh, I'm a gettin' happy
Hey, hey I'm a gettin' happy - all my lonely days are gone
I'm a gettin' happy - no more lonely nights alone
'Cause I'm a gettin' happy


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Dolly Parton - Getting In My Way lyrics

I wish I could forget you, but I won't
I wish I loved another, but I don't
It's just the same, day after day
Your memory keeps getting in my way
But I'm hoping I will be alright
But I don't even sleep at night
I close my eyes I see your face
Your memory keeps getting in my way
I don't know why I can't forget you
I don't see why I should let you
Keep messing up my mind with all those thoughts of yesterday
Your memory keeps getting in my way
It's easy for someone to lie
I'm saying I'll forget you and I'll try
Here's hoping that I will someday
Your memory keeps getting in my way
I don't know why I can't forget you
I don't see why I should let you
Keep messing up my mind with all those thoughts of yesterday
Your memory keeps getting in my way


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Getting Over You

I told myself so many times that you still love me
In a vain attempt to keep my courage strong
But somehow I can't make myself believe it
'Cause the way you're acting lately proves I'm wrong

The cards are on the table the writing's on the wall
I can see you're gonna leave me and the tears are gonna fall
It's time I started doing anything I have to do
To help myself start getting over you

There's not a thing that I can do to change the future
And I sure can't change your mind 'cause I've tried
So I might as well admit I'm gonna lose you
'Cause that leavin' kind of looks there in your eye

Larry Sparks; Blue Mountain Memories

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Alison Krauss - Ghost In This House Lyrics

I don't pick up the mail, I don't pick up the phone,
I don't answer the door, I just soon be alone
I don't keep this place up, I just keep the lights down,
I don't live in these rooms, I'm just rattled around

I'm just a ghost in this house,
I'm just a shadow upon these walls,
As quietly as a mouse,
I haunt these halls,
I'm just a whisper of smoke,
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire,
That once burned out of control,
You took my body and soul,
I'm just a ghost in this house

I don't care if it rains, I don't care if it's clear,
I don't mind stayin near, There's another ghost here,
He sits down in your chair, And he shines with your light,
And he lays down his head, On your pillow at night

I'm just a ghost in this house,
I'm just a shadow upon these walls,
I'm living proof of the damage heartbreak does,
I'm just a whisper of smoke,
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire,
That once burned out of control,
You took my body and soul,
I'm just a ghost in this house

That once burned out of control,
You took my body and soul,
I'm just a ghost in this house

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Ghost Of A Chance
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Jim Rushing and Carl Jackson

C                               F
He lies all alone in his bed he thinks of the weekend they met
        G7                                         C     Dm G7
His old heart will never forget their world when romance
C                                 F
He'd answer if someone should ask that somehow she slipped through his grasp
G7                                                 C      D7
His future is linked to the past by the ghost of a chance
G7           C                       F    Em
He hears her voice as she enters the room
    Dm                      G7                      C    D7 G7
She offers her soft hand to him in the light of the moon
             C                      F    Em Dm
He holds her close they sway to the tune
      F                       G7                      C
For a while he is lost in the dance with a ghost of a chance
                                              F
He's moved by the gown that she wears and the single red rose in her hair
       G7                               C     Dm G7
In his mind he places it there all over again
      C                                   F
These moments in time hold him fast these memories out of his past
      G7                                   C      D7
Won't die as long as he has the ghost of a chance
Repeat #2
      F                       G7                      C
For a while he is lost in the dance with a ghost of a chance

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Ghost Of Another Man
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Bowling, George Richey, Frank Dycus

G                           D7            C                  G
He's living in that big old house that he knows was built by me
             B7       Em        A7                 D7
He's playing with the baby that belongs to her and me
   G                D7             Em   C            G
At night he loves a woman that was held by these two hands
   C         D7     G       C           D7               G
It must be a living hell to live with a ghost of another man

                  D7       C             G
My name is in the sidewalk out by the patio
                  B7               Em            A7            D7
He can't help but see what's still there with me everywhere he goes
G                        D7               Em     C             G
He'd gladly walk through hell and back to forget what he can't stand
   C         D7     G       C           D7               G
It must be a living hell to live with a ghost of another man
 
C                                 G    D7      G
Surely I must haunt him when they turn out the lights
          D7           G            A7               D7
I'm right there in the bedroom with him and her each night
       G                  D7        Em    C                   G
And he wonders if he just loved her oh as good as I loved her then
   C         D7     G       C           D7               G
It must be a living hell to live with a ghost of another man

   C         D7     G       C           D7               C  G
It must be a living hell to live with a ghost of another man

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Richard Thompson - Ghosts In The Wind Lyrics

Call my name?
Did you call my name in the night?
In the whispers and sighs
In the whispers and sighs of the night

Ah, ghosts in the wind
Yeah, ghosts in the wind

Now this old house moves
This old house moves and moans
The tongues of the night
The tongues of the night stir my bones

Ah, ghosts in the wind
Oh, ghosts in the wind

When will my sore heart ever mend

I'm empty and cold
I'm empty and cold like a ruin
The wind tears through me
The wind tears through me like the ruin

Ah, ghosts in the wind
Oh, ghosts in the wind

When will my sore heart ever mend

Ghosts in the wind
Ah, ghosts in the wind

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The Avett Brothers - Gift for Melody Anne Lyrics

I want to get back
I want to get square
I want to get back all the hopes and the dreams that I had
That the good lord above us can't spare
Like that actor said I don't want to lose heart
I don't want to get beat beat down by the big big world
I'll quit before I even start

Lord I just want my life to be true
And I just want my heart to be true
And I just want my words to be true
I want my soul to feel brand new

I want to hold hands yeah
Yeah and I want make love
I want to keep running all day and and all night
Even when my mind tells my body that's enough

And I want to stand up yeah and I want to stand tall
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter
I don't want to tell them that I didn't give my all

And I just want my life to be true
I just want my heart to be true
I just want my words to be true
I want my soul to feel brand brand new
Like a fresh coat of paint
We can make it anything but blue
Anything but blue

Now when your dreams start saying I can't come true
You'd be better off without me
Don't let em go, don't let em go

I don't want to go broke, not from one bad deal
I don't want to be up all night crying in my hands
For a girl that isn't even real

Lord I just want my life to be true
And I just want my heart to be true
And I just want my words to be true
And I just want my song to be true
And I just want my heart to be true
And I just want my life to be true
And I just want my words to be true
And I just want my heart to be true
And I just want my life to be true
And I just want my song to be true
And I just want my life to be true
I want my soul to feel brand new
I want my soul to feel brand new

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Gift Of Love
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Frank Dycus and David Ball

G
I heard that nothing in life is free
          Em               C
A gift of love you gave to me
D7
It matters now not what they say
A7                                D7
Every night with you is Christmas day
              G                C
Wrapped up in ribbons silk and lace
                            G
The look of love is on your face
                D7
An angle from a dream has set me free
A7             D7               G  C
With a gift of love she gave to me
 
G
There's one old saying that I believe
               Em           C
It's better to give than to receive
D7
So all the love you give so true
A7                             D7
I'd like to give right back to you
           G               C
So hold me in your love so strong
D7                       G
It's in your arms loving on 
                          A7
I see the flame is on the rise
D7                     G
I see the fire in your eyes
 
Repeat #1,2
G               D7
An angle from a dream has set me free
A7             D7               G
With a gift of love she gave to me

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The Avett Brothers - Gift to Melody Anne Lyrics

I wanna get back
I wanna get square
I wanna get back on the hopes and dreams that I had
That the good lord above us can spare
Like that actor said
I don't wanna lose heart
I don't wanna get beat beat down by the big big world
I'll quit before I even start.

Lord, I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
I just want my words to be true (I just want my words)
I want my soul to feel brand new

I wanna hold hands
Yeah, and I wanna make love
And I wanna keep running all day, and all night
Even when my mind tell my body "that's enough"
And I wanna stand up
Yeah, and I wanna stand tall
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter
I don't wanna tell them that I didn't give my all

And I just wan my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my heart you be true (just want my heart to be true)
I just want my words to be true (I just want my words)
I want my soul to feel brand, brand new
Like a fresh coat of paint
We could make it anything but blue
Anything but blue

Now, when your dreams start saying
"I can't come true, you'd be better off without me"
Don't let them go
Don't let them go

I don't wanna go broke
Not from one bad deal
I don't wanna be up all night crying in my hands for a girl
That isn't even real

Lord, I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my words to be true (I just want my words to be true)
And I just want my song to be true (Just want my song to be true)
And I just want my life to be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my words to be true (I just want my words to be true)
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)
And I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
And I just want my song to be true (Just want my song to be true)
And I just want my life to be true (I just want my life to be true)
I want my soul to feel brand new
I want my soul to feel brand new

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Gilgarry Mountain (Whiskey In The Jar)
Traditional

As I was a going over Gillgarry Mountain,
I spied Colonel Farrell and his money he was countin'.
First I drew me pistol and then I drew me rapier,
Sayin' stand and deliver for I am your bold receiver.

Chorus:
Well shirigim duraham da
Wack fall the daddy oh, wack fall the daddy oh
There's whiskey in the jar.

He counted out his money and it made a pretty penny,
I put it in me pocket to take home to darling' Jenny.
She sighed and swore she loved me and never would deceive me
But the devil take the women for they always lie so easy.

I went into me chamber all for to take a slumber
To dream of gold and girls and of course it was no wonder.
Me Jenny took me charges and she filled them up with water,
Called on colonel Farrell to get ready for the slaughter.

Next morning early before I rose to travel,
There came a band of footmen and likewise Colonel Farrell.
I goes to draw me pistol for she'd stole away me rapier,
but a prisoner I was taken I couldn't shoot the water.

They put me into jail with a judge all a writin'
For robbing Colonel Farrell on Gilgarry Mountain.
But they didn't take me fists so I knocked the jailer down,
And bid a farewell to this tight fisted town.

I'd like to find me brother the one that's in the army,
I don't know where he's stationed in Cork or in Killarney.
Together we'd go roving o'r the mountains of Killkenney,
And I swear he'd treat me better than me darling' sporting Jenny.

There's some takes delight in the carriages and rolling,
Some takes delight in the hurley or the bowlin'.
But I takes delight in the juice of the barley,
Courting pretty maids in the mourning oh so early.


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Gilligan's Island
Television Theme

Just sit back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship

The mate was a mighty sailing man
The skipper brave and sure
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour
A three hour tour

(Thunder)

The weather started getting rough
The tiny ship was tossed
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Minnow would be lost
The Minnow would be lost

The ship set ground on the shore of this
Uncharted, desert isle
With Gilligan...
The Skipper, too...
The millionaire...and his wife...
The movie star
The professor and Mary Ann
Here on Gilligan's Isle

So this is the tale of our castaways
They're here for a long, long time
They'll have to make the best of things
It's an uphill climb

The first mate and his skipper, too
Will do their very best
To make the others comfortable
In the tropic island nest

No phone, no lights, no motor car
Not a single luxury
Like Robinson Crusoe
It's primitive as can be

So join us here each week, my friends
You're sure to get a smile
From seven stranded castaways
Here on Gilligan's Isle


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Gimmeakiss
The Avett Brothers

Gimme a dance, gimme a chance, gimme your hands
Give me just a little bit of your sweet romance
Give me your hands

I know what they say about me
Hell, I started most of them rumors myself, you see
So give 'em to me

It won't take long for me to tell you who I am
You hear my voice right now, well that's pretty much what I am

So gimme a smile, gimme a while, gimme a mile
Give me just a little bit of your sweet denial
Just give me a smile

I know what you said about me
I figure maybe I had a breach in judgement, I forgive you, see
So give 'em to me

It won't take long for me to tell you what I am
You hear my voice right now, well that's pretty much what I am

I'm bailin' on my life
Cause I'm wailing on my life
So please just gimme a kiss

Well, I know you're waiting for a ring
Ease up little lady, see, I'm not promising anything

So gimme a chance, gimme a dance, gimme your hands
Give me just a little bit of your sweet romance
Just give me your hands

I know what they say about me
Hell, I started most of them rumors myself, you see
So give 'em to me

It won't take long for me to tell you who I am
Well, you hear this voice right now, well that's pretty much all I am

I'm bailin' on my life
Cause I'm wailing on my life
So please just gimme a kiss
The Avett Brothers

Gimme a dance, gimme a chance, gimme your hands
Give me just a little bit of your sweet romance
Give me your hands

I know what they say about me
Hell, I started most of them rumors myself, you see
So give 'em to me

It won't take long for me to tell you who I am
You hear my voice right now, well that's pretty much what I am

So gimme a smile, gimme a while, gimme a mile
Give me just a little bit of your sweet denial
Just give me a smile

I know what you said about me
I figure maybe I had a breach in judgement, I forgive you, see
So give 'em to me

It won't take long for me to tell you what I am
You hear my voice right now, well that's pretty much what I am

I'm bailin' on my life
Cause I'm wailing on my life
So please just gimme a kiss

Well, I know you're waiting for a ring
Ease up little lady, see, I'm not promising anything

So gimme a chance, gimme a dance, gimme your hands
Give me just a little bit of your sweet romance
Just give me your hands

I know what they say about me
Hell, I started most of them rumors myself, you see
So give 'em to me

It won't take long for me to tell you who I am
Well, you hear this voice right now, well that's pretty much all I am

I'm bailin' on my life
Cause I'm wailing on my life
So please just gimme a kiss

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Ginseng Sullivan
Author: Norman Blake

[D] About three miles from the Batelle yard
From the reverse curve on [G] down
[D] Not far south of the town depot
[G] Sullivan's shack was [Bm] found
[A] Back on the higher [D] ground.
[D] You could see him every day
walking down the [G] line
With an [D]old brown sack across his back
And his [G] long hair down [Bm] behind
[A] Speaking his worried [D] mind.

Chorus:
[D] It's a long way to the delta
From the [G] North Georgia hills
A tote sack full of [D] ginseng
Won't pay no travelling [G7] bills
Now, [C] I'm too old to [D] ride the rails
Or [Em] thumb the road [A] alone
So I [D] guess I'll never [G] make it back to [D] home
My [D] muddy water [G] Mississippi [A] delta [D] home.

[D] The winters here, they get too cold
The damp it makes me [G] ill
Can't [D] dig no roots in the mountain side
With the [G] ground froze hard and [Bm] still
Gotta [A] stay at the foot of the [D] hill.
[D] But next summer, when things turn right
The companies will pay [G] high
I'll [D] make enough money to pay my bills
and [G] bid these mountains good[Bm]bye
[A] Then he said with a [D] sigh:

Chrous:


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Ginseng Sullivan

About three miles from the back town yard
The river curves on down
Not far south of the town depot
Sullivan's shack was found
Up on the higher ground.

You could see him every day
Just walking down the line
With his old brown sack across his back
Long hair down behind
Speaking his worried mind.

   It's a long way from the delta to the North Georgia hills
   A tote sack full of ginseng won't pay my travelling bills
   I'm too old to ride the rails I'll bum the road alone
   So I guess I'll never make it back to home
   My muddy water Mississippi Delta home.

The winters here they get too cold
The damp it makes me ill
Can't dig no roots on the mountain side
With the ground froze hard and still
Gotta stay at the foot of the hill.

But next summer
things turn right
The companies will pay high
I'll make enough money to pay my bills
Bid these mountains goodbye
Then he said with a sigh.

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Girl At The Crossroads Bar

I walked out tonight for a ramble round
I didn't mean to stay, just to view the town
When I saw her smilin' from a far
As she walked into that crossroads bar

Well I walked inside and sat me down
Ordered sweet red wine and I drank it down
She came and set beside me there
With a dark brown eyes and the red, red hair

I told her that I love her true
Anything you want I'll surely do
Said a man like you don't get too far
With a girl like me at the crossroads bar

I like smokey lights and a lonesome song
And I won't do right if I can do you wrong
You want the moon to burn behind the darkest star
And you won't find love at the crossroads bar

Come all my friends and take my advice
Keep your love at home with your lovely wife
You're better off than you think you are
And you won't find love at the crossroad bar


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Girl From The North Country

If you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the wind blows cold on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
For she once was a true love of mine.

Well if you're going in a snowflake storm
Where the rivers freeze and summers end
Will you see that she has a coat so warm
To protect her from the howling wind.

Please see for me if her hair hangs low
And flows in ringlets 'round her breasts
Please see for me if her hair hangs low
For that's the way I remember her best.

Well I wonder if she'll remember me you know
Many times I've often prayed
In the stillness of my night
In the brightness of my day.

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Girl I Use To Know
Written and recorded by David Ball
 
G7
I don't much like summer nights
C
Palm trees blowing in the breeze
         D7
And I've got no use for a full moon
         G7          D7
Shinning down on the sea
   G7
It brings to mind another time
      C
And a girl I used to know
     D7                   G7          C
That loved me and held me then let me go
 
G7
I don't go near the water now
                      C
Cause I'm afraid I'll surly drown
      A7
And I have a sea of heartaches
                 D7
That took a hold and pulled me down
    G7
The ocean waves brings back yesterdays
        C
And the girl I used to know
     D7                   G7          C
That loved me and held me then let me go
 
G7
I don't go near the water now
                      C
Cause I'm afraid I'll surly drown
      A7
And I have a sea of heartaches
                 D7
That took a hold and pulled me down
     G7
Wish I'd forget some mistakes
    C
The way she turned the lamp down low
    D7                   G7          C
And loved me and held me then let me go

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Girl In The Blue Velvet Band

One night while out for a ramble
The hour was just about nine
I met a young maiden in Frisco
On the corner of Geary and Pine

On her face there was beauty of nature
And her eyes just seemed to expand
Her hair was so rich and so brilliant
Entwined in a blue velvet band

We strolled down the street together
In my pocket she placed her small hand
She planted the evidence on me
The girl in the blue velvet band

I heard the scream of the siren
And the girl in the blue velvet band
She left me to face all the trouble
With a diamond that was worth ten grand

They sent me to San Quentin for stealing
God knows I'm an innocent man
The guilty one now she lie's dying
The girl in the blue velvet band

Last night when bed-time was ringin
Standing there close to the bars
I fancied I heard a voice calling
Far out in the ocean of stars

I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving
But I'll carry the name of a man
That served ten years in prison
For the girl in the blue velvet band

And when I get out I'll endeavor
To live in some other land
And I'll bid farewell to old Frisco
And the girl in the blue velvet band

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Girl Like You
Recorded by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers 
Written by Tompall Glaser

C                 G7    C                         F      C
There's a jukebox in my ear playing so loud I can hardly hear
                     G7                     C
And it's a telling a story bout a girl like you
                   G7     C                    F          C
And each selection that I make tells me how my heart will break
               G7                    C
For falling in love with a girl like you
          G7                            F               C
Well it's just an old machine without a heart but oh so mean
                                            G7
Says I probably spend my whole life feeling blue
     C           G7       C                            F        C
I'll just put in one more dime and play that same song one more time
                G7                     C
Cause I want to hear about a girl like you
          G7                            F               C
Well it's just an old machine without a heart but oh so mean
                                            G7
Says I probably spend my whole life feeling blue
        C             G7    C                      F     C
I guess that I should go on home but I can't stand to be alone
                  G7                      C
Cause I'll always dream about a girl like you

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Girl Of The North Country
Bob Dylan

Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm,
When the rivers freeze and summer ends,
Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm,
To keep her from the howlin' winds.

Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best.

I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night,
In the brightness of my day.

So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.


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Girl On The Greenbriar Shore

'Twas in the year of '92,
In the merry month of June,
I left my mother and a home so dear
For the girl I loved on the greenbriar shore

My mother dear, she came to me
And said "Oh son, don't go, "
"Don't leave your mother and a home so dear
To trust a girl on the greenbriar shore "

But I was young and reckless too,
And I craved a reckless life
I left my mother with a broken heart
And I choosed that girl to be m' wife

Her hair was dark and curly too
And her loving eyes were blue;
Her cheeks were like the red red rose
The girl I loved on the greenbriar shore

The years rolled on and the months rolled by
She left me all alone
Now I remember what mother said
Never trust a girl on the greenbriar shore

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Girl You Came And Eased My Mind lyrics and chords 
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Charlie Black

C                          D7
Girl you came and eased my mind
             F                      C
And you were kind in your own happy way
       Am        D7       G
Did we fly right past the sorrows 
       A#    F        C
Did we laugh away the hours
     F           C    D7         G
On a front porch on a summer night
   C                       D7
We did oh we left a lonely world
           F                      C
My smiling girl you were always a different one
          Am     D7       G
And you'd always leave me grinnin'
       A#         F        C
It was then while you were winnin'
   F          C      D7                          G
My confidence I must confess stole away my loneliness
F                 D7                                G
I remember days a minute long with a thousand crazy memories
       C                              D7
It was you that I could count upon to drop my weary head down on
F                         C
You were my understanding long haired girl
                             D7
Times when I was feeling low and my world was turning cold
F                      C          D7                 G
You'd touch me and I'd know I was indeed a fortunate soul
F                     D7
I remember winds that caught your hair
                          G
And the smile that always found you there
C                          D7                G
Girl you came and eased my mind and you were kind

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Girlfriend Is Better

I . . . who took the money?
who took the money away?
i . . . it's always showtime
here at the edge of the stage
i, i, i, wake up and wonder
what was the place, what was the name?
we wanna wait, but here we go again...

i . . . takes over slowly
but doesn't last very long
i . . . no need to worry
everything's under control
o - u - t but no hard feelings
what do you know? take you away
we're being taken for a ride again
i got a girlfriend that's better than that
she has the smoke in her eyes
she's moving up, going right through my heart
she's gonna give me surprise
better than this, know that it's right
i think you can if you like
i got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
and nothing is better than that

down, down in the basement
we hear the sound of machines
i, i, i'm driving in circles
come to my senses sometimes
why, why, why, why start it over?
nothing was lost, everthing's free
i don't care how impossible it seems

somebody calls you but you cannot hear
get closer to be far away
only one look and that's all that it takes maybe that's all that we need
all that it takes, all that it takes
all that it takes, all that it takes
i got a girlfriend that's betther than that
and she goes wherever she likes. (there she goes...)

i got a girlfriend that's better than that
now everyone's getting involved
she's moving up going right through my heart
we might not ever get caught
going right through (try to stay cool) going through, staying cool
i got a girlfriend that's better than that
and nothing is better than you

i got a girlfriend thats better that this
and you don't remember at all
as we get older and stop making sense
you won't find her waiting long
stop making sense, stop making sense... stop making sense, making sense
i got a girlfriend that's better than that
and nothing is better that this
(is it?)

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Girls Women and Ladies
Recorded by Ed Bruce
Written by Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Ron Peterson

C              F              C
There was only me and her and him    
F                                                 G7
The bar was giving last call so I thought I'd move on in 
C               F                  C
And I was slick and feeling like a man     
 F
So I took the stool between 'em                                       
G7       C
And ordered one more round for me and her  and him
                            F               C
I placed my arm across the back of her bar stool              
 F                                             G7
And I don't remember what I said but at the time it sounded cool
                C              F               C
She pushed her drink away and never looked at me          
F
She just paid her tab tipped the man                           
G7          C
And left me sitting there alone  with him                     
F                 G7                C
And he said there's girls and there's women and there's ladies
         F                 G7               C
There's yeses and there's no's and there's maybes        
 F           G7                  C                     F
There's teasing and pleasing they start learning when they're babies         
G7                              C
There's girls there's women and there's ladies
                                 F               C
Well he pushed his old straw hat back and he grinned            
 F                                     G7
And he said ain't they all a mystery Sonny it's a sin                
C              F                     C
But they're all sitting on the world we're trying to win           
 F
Ah but you know I love a mystery                                         
G7      C
So let's drink another round to you and me  and them 

Repeat #3          

F                 G7                C
There's girls and there's women and there's ladies        
 F         G7               C
There's yeses and no's and there's maybes        
F           G7                  C                     F
There's teasing and pleasing they start learning when they're babies            
G7                      C
I love all girls and women and the ladies

Repeat last verse

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Give Him One More As He Goes

My sweetheart is a shy little miss
And one I fondly adore
And when you ask her for a kiss
She'll give you just one and no more

She'll give you just one and no more
She'll give you just one and no more
And when you ask her for a kiss
She'll give you just one and no more

Her dad was feelin old man
He always had a feelin for me
I can tell you when this feelin began
When his daughter I first went to see
I was bidding my sweetheart good night
In the usual manner you know
When a voice from the house said stick him towse ?
And give him one more as he goes

And give him one more as he goes
And give him one more as he goes
When a voice from the house said stick him towse ?
And give him one more as he goes
It was over the garden wall in a manner I'll tell you not slow
He exclaimed with a swear and his foot smote the air
And I'll give him one more as he goes

And I'll give him one more as he goes
And I'll give him one more as he goes
He exclaimed with a swear and his foot smote the air
And I'll give him one more as he goes

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Give Me Flowers My While I'm Living

In this world today while we're living
Some folks say the worst of us they can
But when we are dead and in our caskets
They always slip some lilies in our hand

    Won't you give me my flowers while I'm living
    And let me enjoy them while I can
    Pleae don't wait till I'm ready to be buried
    And then slip some lilies in my hand

In this world is where we need our flowers
A kind word to help us get along
If you can't give me flowers while I'm living
Then please don't throw them when I'm gone

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Give Me Heaven 
Recorded by Jimmy Newman 
Written by Randy Lee

C
Treat me mean and treat me bad 
        F
Make me lonely make me sad
          C
But don't forget 
           G7             C     F G7
To give me heaven once in awhile
          C
Here's my heart tear it apart 
        F
Make my tears like raindrops start
          C
But don't forget 
           G7             C      F  C
To give me heaven once in awhile
              F
You kept your love from me so long 
            C
It's been a hurtin' price to pay
            D7
But I don't mind if I can't just be sure
     G7
I'll have your love someday
        C
Make me blue and make me cry 
          F
But don't ever say goodbye
         C
Oh don't forget 
           G7             C
To give me heaven once in awhile
repeat #3,4

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Give Me Jesus
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Fernando Ortega

C                     Am
In the morning when I rise
       F       C
In the morning when I rise
       Em             F
In the morning when I rise 
        G7 C
Give me Jesus 
        Em Am         F  C
Give me Jesus give me Jesus
        F             C
You can have all this world
Am      F  G7 C
Give me J-e-s-us
             Am
And when I am alone 
    F         C
And when I am alone
    Am        F
And when I am alone 
        G7 C
Give me Jesus
Repeat #2
G7       C         Am
And when I come to die
    F              C
And when I come to die 
    Em             Am
And when I come to die 
G7      F  G7 C
Give me J-e-s-us
Repeat #2
        Em Am         F  C
Give me Jesus give me Jesus
        F             C
You can have all this world
    A#7               Am
You can have all this world
        F             Em
You can have all this world
Am      F  G7 C
Give me J-e-s-us

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Give Me Just One More Day Lord
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery and Melba Montgomery

G
In thy holy name won't you give me just another day 
D7                               G
There's some things I need to do before I pass away 

I have some friends that wants to live right 

But now they're goin' wrong 
D7                                            G
Give me just one day Lord then I'll be comin' home
 

Brother James from down the road won't pray in church next Sunday 
D7                                         G
Give me just one day Lord give me just one day 

When I tell him what you can do he'll still be prayin' Monday 
D7                                         G
Give me just one day Lord give me just one day
 
Repeat #1


You raised money Reverend Brown preachin' Revelations
D7                                         G
Give me just one day Lord give me just one day
 
When I tell them what You can do then he'll make all donations 
D7                                         G
Give me just one day Lord give me just one day
 
Repeat #1

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Give Me The Roses While I Live

Wonderful things of folks are said
When they have passed away
Roses adorn the narrow bed
Over the sleeping clay

   Give me the roses while I live
   Trying to cheer me on
   Useless are flowers that you give
   After the soul is gone

Kind words are useless when folks lie
Cold in a narrow bed
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
Now should the words be said

Let us not wait to do good deeds
Till they have passed away
Now is the time to sow good seeds
While here on earth we stay

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Give Me The Willow
BMI Work #: 9092070
Give Me The Willow (Larry W. Jones 08/29/2007) (song#4886)

Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
I want it to know that I'm crying too
Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
And I'll plant it in my garden of blue
Willows are always weeping and lonely
Planted beside a stream that's lonely too
Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
My dreams of you are all alone and blue
Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
Let me cry like that lonely willow too
Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
And I'll plant it in my garden of blue
- instrumental -
Willows are always weeping and lonely
Planted beside a stream that's lonely too
Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
My dreams of you are all alone and blue
Years have passed since I begged you to return, dear
How long can I last with these tears for you
Give me the willow, dear, that cries for you
And I'll plant it in my garden of blue
Dear, I'll plant it in my garden of blue


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Give Me Your Hand

As an army we're marching toward heaven
So it's best that together we stand
We may not have the same rank or title
But we're soldiers so give me your hand

Oh, I care not what church you belong to
Just as long as for God you may stand
If your heart today is as my heart
You're my brother so give me your hand

You may not come to our great cathedral
But belong to some small praying band
But if you love my Chirist, the Redemer
You're a Chiristian, so give me your hand

* Refrain

We are bound for that beautiful city
Where before the white throne we shall stand
And we'll be as one there together
Hallelujah, so give me your hand

* Refrain


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Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine

Just at the close of a bright summer day
Just as the twilight had faded away
Soft on the breeze like the coo of a dove
Someone was singing an old song of love

   Tell me you love me and say you'll be true
   I love nobody in this world but you
   Your heart and my heart in love will entwine
   Give me your love and I'll give you mine

Come along with me to the quiet shady nook
Where flowers bloom at the side of the brook
Nature is sleeping, the birds are at rest
I'll place a wild rose on your beautiful breast

I've something to ask you while you're by my side
A question of love, of groom and of bride
And if you refuse me my heart it will pine
Give me your love and I'll give you mine

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Railroad Earth - Give That Boy a Hand 

Sometimes livin'll put a grin on your face
Steppin' in brown stuff, it aint no big disgrace
You must have had angels, who worked overtime
Just when ya throw the towel in, it all works out fine

Everybody, everybody, everybody give that boy a hand
Couldn't happen, couldn't happen, couldn't happen to a better man

So roll from your board room, rock on your porch
Crack me one open, light up your torch
Call it a wrap boy, ride in that herd
Oh, by the way my friend . . .
I won't say a word

Everybody, everybody, everybody give that boy a hand
Couldn't happen, it couldn't happen, couldn't happen to a better man

Aw yeah!

I'm ridin' a back road, with it all open wide
It gives me a laugh, & a smile inside
All of those miles, with you my old friend
Lost for so long, found in the end

Everybody, everybody, everybody give that boy a hand
Couldn't happen, couldn't happen, it couldn't happen to a better man

Aw yeah!

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The Osborne Brothers - Give This Message To Your Heart lyrics
(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin)

Give this message to your heart
Read my letter one more time
Don't let me tear our world apart
Please don't read between the lines
Give this message to your heart.
I don't know what made me lie to you
Most of all I just don't know why I cheated on you
Give me the chance that I'd give you
Give this message to your heart.
--- Instrumental ---
It's hard to ask you to forgive
For you have more than done your part
But if you don't then I can't live
Give this message to your heart.
I don't know what made me lie to you
Most of all I just don't know why I cheated on you
Give me the chance that I'd give you
Give this message to your heart...


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Give Us A Happy Home
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Wayland Patton and Michael White

C                                F           G7
He's been wounded already in the struggle of life
C                    F        G7
Battered by a raging storm of strife
D7          G7           D7
Caught in a whirlwind of heartbreak and pain
            Dm             G7
And blinded by its drivin' rain

    C                  F             G7
The innocent victim of crimes of the heart
   C                               F    G7
He witnessed his young world being torn apart
   D7         G7        D7
He can't understand why mommy and daddy
     Dm                       G7
Have forsaken the family they had

      Am            G7           F
So he whispers this prayer every evening
      Am            G7      D7
As he kneels by his bedside alone
    F         C                   D7                  G7    Am
Put mommy and daddy back together again and give us a happy home
D7               G7    C
Please give us a happy home

                          F                      G7
At night he can hear them in their room down the hall
    C                  F                   G7
The anger rang clearly through his bedroom walls
   D7       G7              D7
He silently listened tucked snug in his bed
               Dm        G7
To each bitter word they said

    C                      F             G7
Now he and mom each have a room of their own
   C                             F           G7
He sees dad on weekends and they talk on the phone
    D7             G7          D7
His questions need answers but all they will say
               Dm        G7
Is you'll understand why someday

Repeat #3

      Dm                            Am
Oh he tries to act just like he's a man
    E7                C
And hold all the hurt inside
A7       D7                G7     D7   Am
But it's hard for a little boy to understand
D7               G7      C
Grown-up reasons for goodbye

Am            G7           F
So he whispers this prayer every evening
      Am            G7      D7
As he kneels by his bedside alone
    F         C                   D7                  G7    Am
Put mommy and daddy back together again and give us a happy home
D7               G7    Am  Em D7 G7 C
Please give us a happy home

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Give Us Rain
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Bill Joe Foster

C                F           G7              C
Grandpa raised a family on a worn out cotton farm
                      F             G7         Am
Borrowed money on his word he never did nobody harm
    F              A#7                G7             C
Sometimes he'd get discouraged when a dry spell came around
                   F                     A#7
He's go out in the cotton field and he'd kneel down on the ground

        C    F      D7      G7     C
Give us rain on the dry old ground today
                      G7             Am
Give us rain wash the troubled times away
  F              C                G7         Am
I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
    A#7                F            C
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain

               F         G7              C
I moved to the city when I turned twenty-two
               F              G7            Am
I saw a way of living that my grandpa never knew
      F                 A#7         G7                C
I'm a different kind of farmer in a different kind of field
                  F         A#7
Planting words of hope in a ground as hard as steel

Repeat #2

                          F              G7            C
There's a crop of thirsty people in this dry old dusty town
                      F               G7                 Am
They grow up fast and wither when the scorching sun came down
F                   A#7            G7                C
Although there is a difference the need is still the same
                    F                 A#7
Just like grandpa's cotton field they need a little rain

Repeat #2

A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain
A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain



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Giving My Soul Back To Him

There's love
There's love in his sweet word
There's peace
There's peace to feel within
There's life
There's life he gave this world
So I'm giving my soul back to him

There's the image of him in everyone
He gave us his love with he gave us his son
So wash in the blood and cleanse your soul from sin
God gave you life that never will end

* Refrain

I wandered lost from my savior's arms
Caught in the sea and couldn't calm the storm
Then God gave me place that only he could aend
Now I'm back on the track and I'll never leave again

* Refrain


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Glad To Let Her Go
Written and recorded by George Jones

C
You took her from my side  
                          G7
The day you took her from me
                              
And you thought that it would hurt my pride
                                    C
But there were things you failed to see


You thought you stole away her love
      C7                F
But I want the world to know
                             C
Yes it's true she turned her back on me
G7                        C
But I was glad to let her go
  
                              F
Yes you thought that you were foolin' me
                          C
And even though it wasn't right
       D7
Let me thank you for you set me free
                        G7
From a lot of sleepless nights

C
My love for her had died
                     F
Yes it was over long ago
                         C
And it's true she walked away with you
G7                        C
But I was glad to let her go

                           F
Yes you knew that you were cheating me
                          C
And even though it wasn't right
       D7
Let me thank you for you set me free
                        G7
From a lot of sleepless nights

C
My love for her had died
                     F
Yes it was over long ago
                         C
Yes it's true she walked away with you
G7                        C
But I was glad to let her go

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The Incredible String Band - Glancing Love 

You used to lie out in some Persian garden
You strode cat lithe the streets of New York
You saw me silent eyed aching in the front row

Heart of fire
To ease your cool desire
Heartless love come and lie beside me
And I'll try to find your glancing love

You flashed cruising through the glances
Cast by chances of romances
With nonchalance you cast your gown
Writhing to the ground wildest dream
You stretched away unseen

You used to lie out in some Persian garden
You strode cat lithe the streets of New York
You seemed so serene as you glided from the screen

Angel eyes
I eased back amongst the sighs
Heartless love come and lie beside me
And I'll try to find your glancing love

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Glass Of Wine
Traditional

1. Come little girl let's go get married
My love is so great how can you slight me
I'll work for you both late and early
And at our wedding my little wife you'll be

2. Oh Willie dear, let's both consider
We'll both too young to be married now
When we're married we're bound together
Let's stay single just one more year

3. He went to the bar where she was dancing
A jealous thought came to his mind
I'll kill that girl my own true lover
For I let another man beat my time

4. He went to the bar and he called her to him
Said: Willie dear, what you want with me?
Come and drink wine with the one that loves you
More than anymore else you know, said he

5. While they were in the bar a-drinking
That same old thought came to his mind
He killed the girl his own true lover
He gave her poison in a glass of wine

6. She laid her head over on his shoulder
Said: Willie dear, please take me home
That glass of wine that I've been drinking
Has gone to my head and done me wrong

7. He laid his head over on the pillow
Let me read you the Lord let me tell you one line
Molly, I'm sorry to tell you
We both drank poison in a glass of wine

8. They told their arms around each other
They cast their eyes into the sky
Oh God, oh God, ain't this a pity
That the both true lovers are bound to die?

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - On The Road


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Billy Strings & Fences
Globe

I want a lock of your hair
I'm pretty sure it cures disease
All you gotta do is lay your hands on me
Until the illness leaves
I want us to be happy
Live better than our families
All we gotta do is lay beside the creek
Until we grow a tree

We're swimming in the rivers and
We're driving on the roads
We're always moving forward like a fly
Upon a globe

I swear I'll try to believe
You love me just how God made me
A lack of faith, a man with no belief
Who passes in his sleep
And I'll be your Kentucky
Pressed in your book, a dried-up leaf
All you gotta do is promise to read me
Though chapters may be brief

We're swimming in the rivers and
We're driving on the roads
We're always moving forward like a fly
Upon a globe

When I wake up with a fever
It must have been a dream I can't recall
It always feels like the rain is coming down
As soon as I come up
When I'm freezing through the evening
Your heart is burning like an anthracite
It quickens me in spite of
All Decembers' wrath
Throughout the aftermath

Swimming in the rivers and
We're driving on the roads
We're always moving forward like a fly
Upon a globe
We're swimming in the rivers and
We're driving on the roads
We're always moving forward like a fly
Upon a globe

When you cross the stream
Well you do so to find me
And walk along the salmon like psalm
And the steps you take
My break me without warning
And remind me of the sorrow in the song

Swimming in the rivers and
We're driving on the roads
We're always moving forward like a fly
Upon a globe
We're swimming in the rivers and
We're driving on the roads
We're always moving forward like a fly
Upon a globe

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Glory To The Lamb

   Oh glory oh glory oh glory to the lamb
   Hallelujah I am saved and I'm so glad I am
   Oh glory oh glory oh glory to the lamb
   Hallelujah I am saved and I'm so glad I am

On Monday I am happy on Tuesday full of joy
Wednesday I've got the faith the devil cant destroy
On Thursday and Friday walking in the light
Saturday I've got the victory and Sunday's always bright

I fell in love with Jesus and he fell in love with me
That's the very reason I've got the victory
I'm happy when it's raining I'm happy when it shines
I'm happy now with Jesus I'm happy all the time

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Go Against The Wind
Written and recorded by Eddy Raven

G                 C
Met a girl out in Monterey
        Am                      G
She had raven hair and eyes for me
                              Em
She kissed me soft oh but she loved me hard
    Am                         D7
She tried to make me something I could never be
               C
Now there's an airplane on the runway
          B7           G
That's me on my way out
Am               D7               G
Heading for some place I've never been
      C
And I never said goodbye
        B7                    G
I never stopped to wonder why
Am                 C  D7          G
Sometimes you just go against the wind
                                   C
Now some guys they always take the easy way
           Am            C
They never rock the boat never make no waves
                     Em
But me I never could see it like that
         Am                  D7
Life's a little too short to play it so safe
Repeat #2
Am                            D7
I'm just a dreamer travellin' light
Am                         D7
Another rebel on a one-way flight
 
C                      G
Screamin'  through the night

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Go Away   
Recorded by Lorrie Morgan
Written by Stephony Smith, Cathy Majeski, Sunny Russ

C         F
Touche touche
                                   C
You're right there's nothing I can say
                    D7
I'm a swishy washy girl
                       G7
But it's a wishy washy world

                   C
Go away  no wait a minute
                 F
I want out but I want in it
                       G7
I'm all confused but I admit it
                  C
Go away no wait a minute

               F
Se 'La Vie 'La Vie
                                 C
That's what you get when you get me
                              D7
I have the right to change my mind
                          G7
At least a couple hundred times

Repeat #2

F
I need some help I'm not quite myself
C                        C7
And lately I'm a nervous wreck
         F
My whole world has changed
                            D7
The reason I'm strange is I love you
                           G7
And baby that scares me to death

Repeat #2

F                       G7
I'm all confused but I admit it
                  C
Go way  no wait a minute

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Go Away Little Girl
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin

C
Go away little girl
Go away little girl
    D7    G7        D7  G7        C
I'm not supposed to be alone with you
  Am
I know that your lips are sweet
                        D7
But our lips must never meet
  G7        E7      A7       D7        G7   Em
I belong to someone else and I must be true
   C
Go away little girl
Go away little girl
     D7         G7        D7     G7       C
It's hurting me more each minute that you delay
             F
When you are near me like this
Dm              Em
You're much too hard to resist
A7    Dm               G7                  C
So go away little girl before I beg you to stay
Go away oh please don't stay
It'll never work out
             F
When you are near me like this
Dm              Em
You're much too hard to resist
   Am F
So go away little girl
Dm        Em
Call it a day little girl
A7           Dm               G7                  C
Oh please go away little girl before I beg you to stay

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Alison Krauss - Go Hither to Go Yonder		
[Instrumental]


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Go Home

While drinking alone in a tavern one day
My eyes they hardly could see
I heard a kind voice ringing so loud and clear
And here is what the voice said to me

Go home ( go home ) go home ( go home )
And kneel by your bedside and pray
Go home ( go home ) go home ( go home )
God will answer your prayer today

I staggered across the room to the door
I almost fell on the floor
I'm sure there was laughter but I could not hear
For the words that still ring in my ears

God sobered my mind and He saved my soul
And he erased my thoughts from all fear
Then back to the tavern I preached of these words
The words that still ring in my ear

The crowd started leaving with heads bowed so low
As the bartender picked up the key
As he locked the door he murmured these words
Was the same words that God spoke to me

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Go Out And Find Somebody New

I've tried so hard to make you happy
There's just one thing left to do
But if I can't ever make you happy
Go out and find somebody new

I love you like the trees love sunshine
God knows how much I love you
But if I can't ever make you all mine
Go out and find somebody new

I've tried so hard to make you love me
Just like other sweethearts do
But if I can't ever make you love me
Go out and find somebody new

I know I'll miss you so much darling
I know my heart will break in two
I know I want you to be happy
Go out and find somebody new

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Alison Krauss - Go Rest High on That Mountain
					
I know your life on earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren't afraid to face the Devil
You were no stranger to the rain

Go rest high on that mountain
Son your work on earth is done
Go to Heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son

Oh, how we cried the day you left us
We gathered round your grave to grieve
Wish I could see the angels' faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing

So go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to Heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son

So go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to Heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son

Go to Heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son


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Go Rest High On That Mountain
Vince Gill

I know your life on earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren't afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rain

Chorus:
Go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son

Oh, how we cried the day you left us
We gathered 'round your grave to grieve
I wish I could see the angels' faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing

Chorus

Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son


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Go Tell Aunt Nancy

Go tell Aunt Nancy, go tell Aunt Nancy
Go tell Aunt Nancy the old gray goose is dead
It's the one she's been saving, the one she's been saving
The one she's been saving to make a feather bed
She died last Friday, she died last Friday
She died last Friday with an achin' in her head
Old gander's weeping, old grander's weeping
Old gander's weeping because his wife is dead
The goslins are mourning, the goslins are mourning
The goslins are mourning because their mother's dead


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Go Tell Aunt Rodie

Go tell Aunt Rodie
go tell Aunt Rodie
Go tell Aunt Rodie
the old gray goose is dead

It's the one she's been saving
the one she's been saving
The one she's been saving to make a feather bed

She died last Friday
she died last Friday
She died last Friday with an achin' in her head

Old grander's weeping
old grander's weeping
Old grander's weeping because his wife is dead

The goslin's are mourning
the goslin's are mourning
The goslin's are mourning because their mother's dead

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Dolly Parton - Go Tell It On The Mountain lyrics

Go tell it on the mountain over the hills and everywhere
Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born
While shepherds kept their watch o'er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens there shown a holy light
Go tell it on the mountain...
The shepherds feared and trembled when low above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Saviour's birth
Go tell it on the mountain...
[ piano ]
Go tell it on the mountain...
Go tell it on the mountain...


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The Avett Brothers - Go To Sleep 
Emotionalism

Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think that you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man

Twenty-one days lost at sea I fought
For twenty-two years non-stop I've talked
Through the desert, pissed drunk, and confused I walked
I spit a tooth in the palm of my hand

Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think that you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man

Well the wind and the trees are ganging up on me
They sing my funeral song in harmony
Well I just want to walk home on the drunk I need
But they keep singing and singing and singing to me...
La, La, La, La, La, La (I hear them singing)
La, La, La, La, La, La (Singing for me)
La, La, La, La, La, La (Oh!)

Well I wish things were different, true, and deep
But everything that's so shallow is everything about me
If only I could just take all my money and leave
I hope the people on the ground will understand
I hope the people out there will understand

Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think that you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man
La, La
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man
La, La
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man

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God Bless the Child
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Arthur Herzog and Billie Holiday

G                     C
Them that's got shall get
     G                C
Them that's not shall lose
       Dm    G        Dm          G   C
So the Bible said and it still is news
               F
Momma may have papa may have
    Bm            E7                   Am  D7
But God bless the child that's got his own
               G
That's got his own
                    C
Yes the strong gets more
          G         C
While the weak ones fade
Dm            G          Dm       G
Empty pockets don't ever make the grade
C              F
Momma may have papa may have
    Bm            E7                   Am  D7
But God bless the child that's got his own
               G
That's got his own
Em                       A7
Money you've got lots of friends
F#                 Bm  B7
Crowding round the door
Em                        A7
When you're gone spending ends
Bm         E7      Am  D7
They don't come no more
     G         C
Rich relations give
         G         C
Crust of bread and such
    Dm           G
You can help yourself
    Dm             G
But don't take too long
 
C              F
Momma may have papa may have
    Bm            E7                   Am  D7
But God bless the child that's got his own
               G
That's got his own

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God Bless The Soldier
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent

G                      D7           G
I met a soldier on the base at Fort Hood
                                        D7           G
I said how do you do it he said there's bad with the good
                  C                                G
And no matter how tough it gets the soldier stands strong
            D7                                            G
Keeping our family flag and country free and righting the wrong

                        D7       G
I met a soldier she was thanking me
                                       D7         G
At first it was strange to hear then I started to see
                      C                      G
What it meant to have someone appreciate her sacrifice
         D7                                   G
And everything she gives for us defending our rights

              C                        G
God bless the soldier as they walk the streets
                  D7
Let them know how much it means 
                      G
To have them keep our country free

                        D7          G
When you meet a soldier stand and salute
                                         D7              G
Take a moment to show your love for everything that they do
          C                    G
Don't be afraid give them your praise
                D7
For this is the stranger that is willing 
                       G
To give their life for you
D7               G
God bless the soldier



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God Bless the USA
Written and recorded by Lee Greenwood

C
If tomorrow all the things were gone
    F
I'd worked for all my life
      Dm
And I had to start again
             A#7             G7
With just my children and my wife
    C
I'd thank my lucky stars
      Em
To be livin' here today
          Dm
Cause the flag still stands for freedom
         Am                 F
And they can't take that away
        G7
And I'm proud to be an American
         F                C
Where at least I know I'm free
      G7
And I won't forget the men who died
    F                  C
Who gave that right to me
             Am       Em
And I gladly stand up next to you 
      F              Em
And defend her still today
            Dm               C
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
    F         G7  C
God bless the U-S-A
         
From the lakes of Minnesota
       F
To the hills of Tennessee
           Dm
Across the plains of Texas
     A#7            G7
From sea to shining sea
     C
From Detroit down to Houston
    Em
And New York to LA
             Dm
Well there's pride in every American heart
         Am                  F
And it's time we stand and say
Repeat #3,4,3,4

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God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign

I've gotta home in that rock don't you see
I've gotta home in that rock don't you see
I've gotta home in that rock just beyond the mountain top
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me

God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see
God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see
God gave Noah the rainbow sign no more water but for next time
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me

Poor old Lazarus poor as I don't you see
Poor old Lazarus poor as I don't you see
Poor old Lazarus poor as I when he died he had a room on high
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me

East and west the fire will roll hide thy me
East and west the fire will roll hide thy me
East and west the fire will roll how will it be for my poor soul
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me

When this world's all on fire hide thy me
When this world's all on fire hide thy me
When this world's all on fire let thy bosom be my pillow
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me

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God Holds the Future in His Hands
Recorded by Rickey Skaggs
Written by William S. Monroe

C
Dread not the things that are ahead
                              G7
The burdens great the sinking sands
    C
The thorns that o'er the path are spread
                     G7     C
God holds the future in His hands


God holds the future in His hands
                        G7
And every heart He understands
   C
On Him depend He is your friend
                    G7     C
He holds the future in His hands


We know not what tomorrow hides
                           G7
Of sun or storm or good or ill
   C
We only know His dear hand guides
                   G7     C
And He will be our Father still

Repeat #2


His hand created earth and sky
                                G7
The zephyrs and the storms that rage
    C
And years to come and years gone by
                  G7   C
To Him are but an open page

Repeat #2


Live close to Him and trust His love
                               G7
Assured that while on earth we roam
    C
Whate'er may come He bends above
                      G7     C
To guide His children safely home

Repeat #2

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God Is Watching
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Mickey Harris and Louise Tomberlain

C                                 F        C
As you travel onward through this world of sin
                                 D7       G7
And your heart is heavy from the load within
           C                      F         C
Bring your cares to Jesus he will save your soul
                                G7       C
He will wash your sins away and make you whole

                             F        C
God is watching over all the children here
                         D7                G7
He will stand beside you though the way be drear
          C                     F          C
When your load is heavy and you just can't win
                                   G7      C
He will lift your burden if you'll let Him in

                                 F         C
When you feel like no one really cares for you
                                   D7      G7
And you feel like quitting He will see you through
     C                             F       C
Well just look upward while you're on your knees
                                 G7           C
Pray your prayers to Jesus and I think you'll see

                             F        C
God is watching over all the children here
                         D7                G7
He will stand beside you though the way be drear
          C                     F          C
When your load is heavy and you just can't win
                                   G7      C
He will lift your burden if you'll let Him in

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God Keeps The Wild Flowers Blooming
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Abshire
 
G                              C                  G
I been working all day long on some old forgotten place
                                                      D7
A place where mom and papa rest beneath the cold cold clay
           G                                C             G
Though the tears may fill my eyes there's a smile upon my face
                                   D7                   G
I see God remembered mom and daddy put flowers on their grave

                                     C              G
And there's wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's graves
                                          D7
There's no tame ones ever brought here anymore
        G                                    C               G
For the family they've all gone I've been in prison much too long
                                        D7                G     C  G
But God keeps the wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's grave

Spoken:
                 C                                         G
You know I still remember just as though it was only yesterday
                                                                     D7
All the hell that my mom and dad went through to live on from day to day
        G                      C                       G
But the love they both gave us oh it was surely heaven sent

And all the heartaches that I know I've caused 'em 
D7                    G
God knows I'll always regret

Repeat #2

                                       D7             G
God keeps the wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's grave



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Richard Thompson - God Loves a Drunk Lyrics

Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven?
Will the pubs never close, will the glass never drain
No more D.T.'s and no shakes and no horrors
The very next morning you feel right as rain

'Cause God loves a drunk, the lowest of men

Like the dogs in the street and the pigs in the pen
But a drunk's only trying to get free of his body
And soar like an eagle high up there in heaven
His shouts and his curses they are just hymns and praises
To kick-start his mind now and then

O God loves a drunk, come raise up your glasses, Amen

Does God really care for your life in the suburbs?
A dull little life full of dull little things
Bring up the babies to be just like Daddy
And maybe you'll be there when He gives out the wings

But God loves a drunk, although he's a fool
How he wets in his pants and he falls off his stool
And he can't hear the insults and whispers go by him
As he leans in the doorway and he sings Sally Racket
He can't feel the cold rain beat down on his body
And soak through his clothes to the skin

O God loves a drunk, come raise up your glasses, Amen

Will there be any pen-pushers up there in Heaven?
Does clerking and wage-slaving win you God's love
I pity you worms with your semis and pensions
If you think that'll get you to the kingdom above

But God loves a drunk, although he's a clown
You can't help but laugh as he gags and falls down
But he don't give a cuss for what people think of him
He screams at his demons alone in the darkness
He's staying alive for just one more pint bottle
Won't you throw him a few pennies, friend

God loves a drunk, for ever and ever, Amen

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God Loves His Children

I was a stranger brother right in sin
Didn't even have the love of God within
But now I've found Him and I'm glad to say
I love my saviour more everyday

God loves His children brother yes I know
He will protect you anywhere you go
Just call the point He will get you there
God will protect you brother anywhere

Brother take warning while yet you have time
Don't let old Satan lead you on down the line
Just tell old Satan to stay out of your way
God loves His children brother everyday

I'm glad I've found and I'm on my way
I'm going to follow Jesus everyday
Nothing can change me and I'm glad to say
God loves His children brother everyday

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God Made Her Special
Recorded by Wayne Kemp
Written by Wayne Kemp and Danny Walls
[3/4 time]

G7                                   C
(God made her special especially for me)
                          F
She's a woman I know that He must have made
    G7                                  C
And we know that heaven never made a mistake
                              F
For He made her so perfect as only God can
   G7                              C
He created a woman for this lonely man
                     F
Each morning the sun refuses to shine
     G7                                         C
Till she opens her blue eyes and tells me she's mine
                                     F
There's no darkness in my world when she's standin' by
    G7                              C
Yes God made her special and I know why
    F                    C
Yes God made her special and He made her for me
      F                     C              G7
Cause I think He wanted the whole world to see
C                             F
Now I know that one day He'll need her again
G7                                          C
But I hope that He'll let her be mine until then
Repeat #3

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God Must Be A Cowboy At Heart
Written and recorded by Dan Seals

G        C             G
Campfire coffee from a tin cup in my hand   
C                                G
It sure warms the fingers when it's cold               
C        G
Playing an old guitar a friend I understand   
A7                               D7
It sure smoothes the wrinkles in my soul
G               C                G
Sleeping in the moonlight with a blanket for a bed   
C                               G
It leaves a peaceful feeling in my mind                  
C               G     D7   Em
Waking up in the morning with an eagle over head         
G           D7             G
Makes me long to fly away before my time
                                         C
And I Think God must be a cowboy at heart       
 D7                        G     D7
He made wide open spaces from the start        
 G                                   C
He made grass and trees and mountains and a horse to be a friend    
D7                              G
And trails to lead old cowboys home again     
C                           G
Night life in big cities is all right for a while   
C                                    G
It sure makes you feel good when you're there        
C                           G      D7     Em
But the country's so pretty it goes on and on for miles   
A7                            D7    G
It takes away my troubles and my cares 

Repeat #3 

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God Save The Queen Of The Honky Tonks
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery

C
God save the queen of the honky tonks
    G7                          C  G7
And keep her away from men like me
  C                                 F        D7
I can't forget the first one that I took her to
    G7                                     C      G7
The place that I called home to her seemed strange
    C                                 F            D7
The simple things that I loved in her began to disappear
        G7                          C     G7
And her old fashioned ways began to change
   C
So God save the queen of the honky tonks
                       D7          G7
Forgive a fool like me who put her there
      F                 G7
She's out there in some honky tonk 
   F               G7
An angel that some devil wants
                               C
So keep her away from men like me
                                        
She picked up the glass she thought was Coke 
    F               D7
And as she drank it down
       G7
Like a fool I laughed when she almost choked 
      C               G7
And I ordered another round
    C
She watched me close and caught on fast 
     F                   D7
Till she thought she fit in
    G7
But heaven knows she don't belong 
                  C
With that kind of men
Repeat #2
    G7                               C
Yes God save the queen from men like me

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Dolly Parton - God Won't Get You lyrics

Sometimes in my sleep I hold you close against my skin
Wakin'up I wish that I could sleep and dream again
æ??ause only in my dreams can I know how it might have been
But cheaters never win, Their Heartaches never end
But sometimes I get crazy as lovers often do
Trying to please him and wondering if sheæ?¯ pleasin'you
Though they have ever right to any part of us they choose
I still live just for you and our secret rendezvous
Chorus:
Torn between two lovers on the jukebox
Iæ?¦ thinkin'how I could have wrote that song
Wonderin'if God loves us when weæ?®e cheatin?
Oh, but why he lets us feel things if itæ?¯ wrong
And I guess I should be gingin?"Rock of Ages"
"Amazing Grace" and some of those good songs
But my cheatin'heart will tell on me tomorrow
If you think that God wonæ?° get you, well youæ?®e wrong
Thou shalt not commit, itæ?¯ written in the ten
The spiritæ?¯ always willin? but the flesh is weak again
And youæ?®e as close to heaven as I might ever fly
And angel in disguise
A wrong that feels so right
Chorus:
Torn between two lovers just keeps playing
I donæ?° want to be right if lovin'you is wrong
Iæ?¦ wonderin'if God loves us when weæ?®e cheatin?
Oh, but why we have to feel things if itæ?¯ so wrong
I guess I should be singin?"Rock of Ages"
"Amazing Grace" and some of those good songs
But my cheatin'heart will tell on me tomorrow
If you think that God wonæ?° get you, well youæ?®e wrong
My cheatin'heart will tell on me tomorrow
If you think that God wonæ?° get you, well youæ?®e wrong


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Dolly Parton - God's Coloring Book lyrics

Today as I was walking
In the fields just down the way
I sat down on a fallen log
To pass the time away
And as I looked around me
The more that I did look
the more I realize that I am viewing
God's coloring book
I saw a golden ray of sunlight
A silver drop of dew
A soft, white floating cloud
Sailing cross the sky 'a blue
A yellow dandelion
Pretty evergreen
And some red and orange flowers
Growing wild along the stream
And the more I look around me
And the more that I do look
The more I realize that I am viewing
God's coloring book
The greyness in an old man's hair
The pink in baby's cheeks
The blackness in a stormy sky
The brown in fallen leaves
And the multicolored rainbow
Stretched out across the sky
And the purple haze at sunset
Just before the night
And the more I look around me
And the more that I do look
The more I realize that I am viewing
God's coloring book
Then I turn my face toward the sky
And say a silent prayer
Though God doesn't speak to me
I see him everywhere
He is all around me
He's everywhere I look
And each new day is but a new page
In God's coloring book
Tag:
Each new day is but a new page
In God's coloring book
Hmmmmmm


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God's Highway

There's a highway up in heaven and the streets are all pure gold
There'll be shouting there forever in the home land fo the soul
I shall meet with all my loved ones and the saints gone on before
On that highway up in heaven on that peaceful golden shore

Oh, I'll walk down heavens highway some sweet day
And I know I'll hear my blessed savior say
Welcome to your home in heaven that I have prepared for you
For your cares and worries now on earth are through

I'll be singing with the angels in those mansions there on high
Be at home with my dear Savior, never more to say goodbye
Then again I'lll see my monm and daddy who went on before
Walk through glory shouting, singing on God's highway ever more

*Refrain


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Goin Where I've Never Been Before

Goin where I'm goin where I ain't never been before
Goin where I ain't never been before
Goin where I ain't never been before

Little gal good gal you ain't no part of me
Little gal you ain't no part of me
Little gal you ain't no part of me

Goin where goin where the climate suits my clothes
Goin where the climate suits my clothes
Goin where I ain't never been before

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Goin' To Chicago Blues

Oh, well, I waked up this morning
Going to Chicago blues
Waked up this morning
Going to Chicago blues
And that city don't need
Another bad funky girl like you

Hurried down sunshine
Show me what tomorrow brings
Hurried down sunshine
Show me what tomorrow brings
Yesterday, it was rainin'
Well, today rains the same old thing
Alright, now

Evil, haunted woman
There's nothing bad that you won't do
Evil, haunted girl
There's nothing bad that you won't do
You got a handle on my money
And I gotta put up with you
Alright, now

Waked up this morning
Going to Chicago blues, Lordy, Lord
Waked up this morning
Going to Chicago blues
And that city don't need
Another bad funky girl like you

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Going Across the Mountain

    Going across the mountain
    Oh fair ye well
    Going across the mountain
    Hear my banjo tell

Going across the mountain
Join the boys in blue
When this war is over
I'll come back to you

Got my rations on my back
My powder it is dry
Going across the mountain
Crissie don't you cry

Waitin' 'fore it's good daylight
If nothin happens to me
I'll be way down yonder
In old Tennessee

'Spect you'll miss me when I'm gone
But I'm going through
When this fightin's over
I'll come back to you


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Going Ape over You

Stand on my head if you want me to
Walk on my hands like a monkey do
I might as well to be in the zoo
'Cause you got me going ape over you
Swing by my tail 'cept I ain't got none
You make my heart go doodle-dee-dum
Give me a 'nanner and peanuts too
'Cause you got me going ape over you
Yeah you make me grin from ear to ear just like a chimpanzee
You've got a way of bringing the Tarzan out in me
We'll build a house up in a tree
Play kissy face just you and me
Sing a song of love di-deeddle-dee-doo
'Cause you got me going ape over you
Stand on my head if you want me to
Walk on my hands like a monkey do
I might as well to be in the zoo
'Cause you got me going ape over you
Yeah you make me grin from ear to ear just like a chimpanzee
You've got a way of bringing the Tarzan out of me
We'll build a house up in a tree
Play kissy face just you and me
Sing a song of love di-deeddle-dee-do
'Cause you got me going ape over you
Yeah you've got me going ape over you
Skiddley-oh-bote-'n, you've got me going ape over you
Skiddley-oh bote-'n doo-oo-ooo


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Going Back To Harlan

Shady Grove, my little miss
Shady Grove, my darling
Shady Grove, my little miss
I'm going back to Harlan

Every time I go this road
It's always dark and cloudy
Every time I see that girl
I always tell her howdy

* Refrain

If you see my little miss
If you see my darling
If you see my little miss
Tell her I'm going to Harlan

* Refrain


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Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains

   Going back to the Blue Ridge mountains
   Going back gonna leave today
   Going back to the Blue Ridge mountains
   Honey baby I'm going away

You can't be my little darling
You can't be my little pet
You have caused me lost of troubles
Honey baby I'm going away

You have caused me lost of trouble
You have had your little way
Now I'm fed up with you plenty
Honey baby I'm going away

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad

Oh, it's going down the road feeling bad
Bad luck's all I've ever had
Going down the road feeling bad, Lord, Lord
And I ain't' a-gonna be treated this a-way

Got me way down in jail on my knees
This old jailer he sure is hrd to please
Feed me corn, bread and peas, Lord, Lord
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way

Sweet mama, won't you buy me no shoes
Lord, she's left me with these lonesome jailhouse blues
My sweet mama won't buy me no shoes, Lord, Lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

And these two-dollar shoes they hurt my feet
The jailer won't gi'me enough to eat
Lord, these two-dollar shoes they hurt my feet, Lord, Lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

I'm going where the climate suits my clothes
Lord, I'm going where these chilly winds never blow (hmmhmm)
Going where the climate suits my clothes, Lord, Lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

Yes, I'm going down the road feeling bad, Lord, Lord
Lord, I'm going down this road feeling bad
Bad luck is all I've ever had (it sure is)
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

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Going Down, Down, Down

I'm going down, down, down
Going down, down, down
Got nobody to love me now
I'm sorrow bound, bound, bound
Since you left this town
Since you left I'm going down, down, down

I never thought my life would be s lonely
I never thought my head could hang so low
I love you my dearling and you only
Don't know where you are but now I've got to go

* Refrain

For oh so many were your reasons
Could it be you never gave us time
In your heart if you desier a new love
If so that your heart is not with mine

* Refrain
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Going Going Gone
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Jan Crutchfield 

C          F               C
It's over  I left the door unlocked again
F                 Em
But this time someone new walked in
F                 A#7  G7
While she was all alone
   C         F                   C
He told her  that there was much more to life to see
F                   Em         Dm
Than she would ever see with me
          G7          C
Now she's going going gone
           F                   C
It's over  I never thought I'd see this day
F                     Em
When everything would walk away
F               A#7 G7             C
That I depended on  God he'll hold her
F                      C
To make sure she don't change her mind
F                     Em           Dm
I've lost her all the way this time
      G7          C
She's going going gone
F                  Am                   Dm           F
I should have paid attention there were many warning signs
    G7           A#7           A7
But I just never thought she'd walk away
    Dm
Now here I stand in silence just an echo 
       G7                A#7 G7
Of the words I heard her say
              C    F                      C
She said it's over   and much too late to change her mind
F                     Em           Dm
I've lost her all the way this time
      G7          C
She's going going gone

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Going Going Gone
Written and recorded by Marty Stuart

G            C             G
Just another stranger in a lonesome town
                                D7
One more lonely night without a home
        G                 C               G
I can't sleep for looking back on all the wasted years
             C           D7          G
I've lived a life that's going going gone
                   C                  G
When I was young I gave myself to the reckless life
                                   D7
Met trouble along the way at every turn
       G                  C                G
Always searching for some peace to feed my restless soul
      C               D7               G
Never cared 'bout the bridges I always burn 
Repeat #1
                    C               G
The fields of discontent have never let me down
                                     D7
And the mirror tells a story all its own
        G                     C          G
There's just one thing that I know about tomorrow
          C            D7           G
When it's all said and done I'll be alone
Repeat #1
 
                C           D7          G
Oh I've lived a life that's going going gone

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Going Home To Stay

Going to my home in the mountains
The mountains is where I want to be
You know I've never been happy
Since I left those hills of Tennessee

Went away from home to save my mind
Forty years and I feel like eighty-nine
Going back home going to stay
Where me and my guitar will sing and play

Going up in holler
Head up a moonshine still
I'll be so happy when I get there
Gonna dance all over them hills

Don't know why I ever left there
Must have been out of my mind
For staying away from the mountains
When I wanted to go back all the time

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Going Like Wildfire

Your charms are closing in on my just like a prairie fire
It looks like very soon your gonna be my one desire
You really sold me with your smile and personality
You're giong like wildrfire with me

Wildfire you're going like wildfire
No matter where or how I've done, there you are
Sweeping on and getting closer darling can't you see
You're going like wildfire with me

When I took one first look at you I knew enough was said
Was like a brick wall tumbled down and hit me on the head
You've got me walking on a cloud I don't know A from Z
You're going like wildfire with me

* Refrain

I've even gone along so far to think of rice and rings
To choose a honeymoon night the balls and all those things
They can't be very far ahead if only you'll agree
You're going wildfire with me

* Refrain


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Going Out The Same Way You Came In
Recorded by Big Tom McBride

C                                       G7
Oh we're going out the same way we came in
                                          C
Don't matter who you know or where you've been
                                         F
Makes no difference who you are Skid Row Joe or superstar
       C             G7                C
You're going out the same way you came in

                                      F
We are born into this world without a thing
       C                            G7
And we leave it just as naked as we came
        C                           F
You may drive a Coup de Ville own a mansion on a hill
           C                  G7               C
Don't mean nothing when Saint Peter calls your name

                                          G7
Oh you're going out the same way you came in
                                 C
Someone will notify your next of kin
                                            F
Some will weep and some will moan some will spit upon your stone
           C             G7                C
But you're going out the same way you came in

                                      F
Oh they lay you out in all your fancy clothes
            C                                G7
And they'll figure out just who and what you own
         C                                F
Then the lawyers line their nest and your kinfolk gets the rest
       C             G7                C
Oh you can't take it with you when you go

                                          G7
Oh you're going out the same way you came in
                                                 C
Makes no difference who you know or where you've been
                                         F
Makes no difference who you are Skid Row Joe or superstar
       C             G7                C
You're going out the same way you came in

repeat last verse

                          G7                C
Yeah you're going out the same way you came in

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Going Round This World

I'm going to Chatanooga baby mine
Going to Chatanooga baby nine
Going to Chatanooga from there on to Cuba
Going to Chatanooga baby mine

Going round this world baby mine
Going round this world baby mine
Going round this world with a banjo pickin' girl
Going round this world baby mine

Gonna write me a letter baby mine
Write me a letter baby mine
Write me a letter gonna tell that you're better
Gonna write me a letter baby mine

* Refrain


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Going Somewhere To Forget
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Jim Weatherly and David Ball

G                         G7               C
Hello  yes I'm calling to arrange a little trip
              G                                   D7
Somewhere far away from here by train or plane or ship
G                                G7                C
I'd like to leave today it don't have to be first class
                G         D7                          G
No it's not for pleasure  but I'll tell you since you asked

                       C                                      G
I'm going someplace to forget someplace her memory won't show up
                       D7                         G
So far everywhere I've been hasn't been quite far enough
                     C                             G
Is there a rocket to the moon I haven't been there yet
                          D7                          G
I just need to leave real soon I'm going someplace to forget

                                                       C
No  there's not much luggage just this old suitcase of mine
                    G                              D7
Things that make me think of her I've got to leave behind
G                                     C
Yes  I'll be returning  when  I don't know
                  G                    D7               G
It all depends on how long it takes my heart to let her go

Repeat #2

                          D7                          G
I just need to leave real soon I'm going someplace to forget

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Going Through The Big D
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt
Written by Ronnie Rogers, Mark Wright, Jon Wright

G                                 D7                G
Six short months we went together decided it should be forever
                  C                 A7                      D7
Two paychecks are better than one a diamond ring and it was done
G                                         D7         G
Bought her a house like I said I would in subdivided neighborhood
                           C                      A7
The fuse got short and the nights got long it was over long gone
         D7                      G
Before I knew where I was headed to


I'm goin' through the big D and don't mean Dallas
D7                       G
I can't believe what the judge had to tell us
                           C
I got the Jeep she got the palace
    G                           D7         G
I'm goin' through the big D and don't mean Dallas

                                 D7               G
Things like this are never final I'm still payin' on the vinyl
                C                 A7                     D7
Flooring in the laundry room it's multi-colored and waterproof
       G                                       D7             G
It's a little bit tough to face my friends the ones that said I jumped in
                    C                        A7             D7
The river of love a little too soon that was August this is June 
                     G
And it's a different tune

repeat #2


I'm goin' through the big D and don't mean Dallas
D7                       G
I can't believe what the judge had to tell us

I got the Jeep she got the two bedroom mortgage is due
                  C
Sidin' light blue palace 
    G                           D7         G
I'm goin' through the big D and don't mean Dallas

                                D7         G
I'm goin' through the big D and don't mean Dallas

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Going To See My Baby

I'm going to see my baby because I'm nearly crazy
I'm going to see my darling baby now
She's gone from me maybe, my curly hearded baby
But she will always keep a solemn vow

My curly hearded baby she's gone from me now
She's gone from my home in Tennessee
Her love was like the sunshine her fact was like the roses
She's gone oh she's gone now from me

She left me in the springtime although she was pining
Pining for the love that we had know
She was sweet as the sunshine that shone down from heaven
But now she's gone and left me all alone

* Refrain

I had her as a baby young and sweet and lovely
But now she's living on a far off shore
She left me oh so lonely for her on earth I'm grieving
Some day we'll meet and never part no more

* Refrain


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Going To The Races

I'm going to the races
To see my pony run
And if I win any reenbacks
We're sure gonna have some fun

They say we can't get married
They say I'm not worthy of you
they don't know what they're talking about
they don't know what we've gone through

* Refrain

Now when you see me coming
Better raise your window high
And when you see me leaving little girl
Hang down your head and cry

* Refrain

Now when you go a-courtin'
There's something you should do
That long tail blouse that you wear
Don't do a thing for you

* Refrain


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Going To The West

In this fair land you'll stay no more
Here labor is in vain
You'll leave the mountains of our birth
And seek the fertile plains
You're going to the west

   You say you will not go with me
   You turn your eyes away
   You say you will not follow me
   No matter what I say
   I'm going to the west

The years have passed since we first met
When you became my bride
Now I must journey far away
Without you by my side
I'm going to the west

You'll leave me here, in this land I love
Mid scenes so bright and fair
Where fragrant flowers are blooming
And music fills the air
You're going to the west

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Going to Write Me a Letter

Gonna write me a letter
Gonna send it on the foam
Gonna send it to my baby
Gonna beg him to come home

He wanted me for to marry
My papa he said no
Said that he didn't like him
Told him that he would have to go

He's gone he's gone

I led him down to the water
Watched him sail away on a boat
Left me there broken-hearted
Broken-hearted and all alone

He's gone he's gone

Gonna write me a letter
Gonna send it on the foam
Gonna send it to my baby
Gonna beg him to come home

He's gone he's gone

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Going Where The Lonely Go
written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C               F
Rollin with the flow 
                C
Going where the lonely go 
             G7
Anywhere the lights are low 
                C
Going where the lonely go
 
                    F
Making up things to do
 
Not running in all directions 
          C
Trying to find you 
                     G7
I'm rolling with the flow 
                C
Going where the lonely go 
 
                 F
I've got to keep going 
            C
I can't lay down
                   G7
Sleep won't hardly come 
                             C
When there's loneliness all around 
                  
                 F
I've got to keep going
                     C
Traveling down this lonesome road 
                     G7
I'm rolling with the flow 
                C
Going where the lonely go

repeat #3 & 4



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Going 'round This World

I'm going to Chatanooga baby mine
Going to Chatanooga baby nine
Going to Chatanooga from there on to Cuba
Going to Chatanooga baby mine

Going round this world baby mine
Going round this world baby mine
Going round this world with a banjo pickin' girl
Going round this world baby mine

Gonna write me a letter baby mine
Write me a letter baby mine
Write me a letter gonna tell that you're better
Gonna write me a letter baby mine

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Goin' Home
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Harlan Howard

C
I'm goin' home  I've been gone so doggone long
                                 G7
Now at last the ramblin' fever's gone
I'm goin' home  I know that momma cried with joy
                                  C
To see her wandering boy a-movin' home
I'm goin' home  I left in search of happiness
                                  G7
I have to admit without very much success
I'm goin' home  I've got holes in both my shoes
                                  C
And a bad case of blues I'm goin' home
          F                               C
I'm goin' home  I'm walkin' ridin' when I can
  D7
I said I'd be a wealthy man 
                                          G7
But things don't always work out like you plan 
          C
I'm goin' home  I'll make it back there with my friends 
                            G7
Many will ask me where I've been
I'm goin' home  I've got holes in both my shoes
                                  C
And a bad case of blues I'm goin' home

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Goin' Up

Goin up I'm goin' way up
Just to see my Savior there
Goin up I'm goin' way up
Let Him free my soul from sin

There's a man who is standing at the pearly gates
And I know He'll let me in
For I'm goin' there to see my Savior
Let  Him free my soul from sin

Oh I want to be ready when He calls for me
I want to wear a long white robe
I want to wear those golden slippers on my feet
When He calls me I must go

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Gold

[Verse 1]
It ain't easy
Nobody said it would be
You finally find that greener grass
But you're still in the weeds
Ain't it crazy
All the time that you spend
Drivin' through the rainbow for the pot at the end

[Chorus]
I got some rust on my Chevy but it's ready to roll
I got a rhinestone sky and a song in my soul
It ain't a smooth ride, life, it's a winding road
Yeah, it might be gravel, but it feels like gold

[Verse 2]
I've been climbing
Trying to get to the view
I'm at the bottom but the sky's still pretty damn blue
They say heaven
Is somewhere on the other side
But I ain't waitin'
Hell, I'm thinkin', it's a state of mind

[Chorus]
I got som? rust on my Chevy but it's ready to roll
I got a rhineston? sky and a song in my soul
It ain't a smooth ride, life, it's a winding road
Yeah, it might be gravel, but it feels like gold

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Warren Haynes - Gold Dust Woman

Rock on gold dust woman
Take your silver spoon
Dig your grave

Heartless challenge
Pick your path and I'll pray

Wake up in the morning
See your sunrise loves to go down
Lousy lovers pick their prey
But they never cry out loud
Cry out

Did she make you cry
Make you break down
Shatter your illusions of love
And is it over now do you know how
Pick up the pieces and go home.

Rock on ancient queen
Follow those who pale
In your shadow

Rulers make bad lovers
You better put your kingdom up for sale
Up for sale

Well did she make you cry
Make you break down
Shatter your illusions of love
And is it over now, do you know how
Pickup the pieces and go home.

Well did she make you cry
Make you break down
Shatter your illusions of love
And now tell me
Is it over now, do you know how
Pickup the pieces and go home
Go home
Go home

Pale
Shadow
Of a woman
Pale
Shadow
Of a dragon
Dust woman

Pale
Shadow
Of a woman
Black widow
Pale
Shadow
She's a dragon
Gold dust woman
Woman, woman

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Gold On The Rainbow

They say there is gold on the rainbow
But it seems so hard for me to find
All my thoughts still are lingering back there
With that dear one I've left behind

Oh my dream girl still love you
But where, oh where can you be
They say there is gold on the rainbow
I'm afraid there's no gold there for me

Through this whole world I'll keep on wandering
Tho' my thoughts will always be of you
They have taken you from me ny darling
But they can't take my memories of you

* Refrain


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Gold Watch And Chain

Darling, how can I stay here without you
I have nothing to cheer my poor heart
This old world would seem sad, love, without you
Tell me now that we're never to part

I will pawn you my gold watch and chain, love
I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will pawn you this heart in my bosom
Only say that you'll love me again

Take back all the gifts you have given
But a ring and a lock of your hair
And a card with your picture upon it
It's a face that is false, but is fair

Tell me why that you do not love me
Tell me why that your smile is not bright
Tell me why you have grown so cold-hearted
Is there no kiss for me, love, tonight

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Golden Ring
Bobby Braddock / Rafe Van Hoy

In a pawn shop in Chicago,
On a sunny summer day.
A couple gazes at the wedding rings,
There on display.
She smiles and nods her head,
As he says: "Honey that's for you.
"It's not much, but it's the best,
"That I can do."

Golden ring, (Golden ring.)
With one tiny little stone,
Waiting there, (Waiting there.)
For someone to take to it home.
By itself, (By itself.)
It's just a cold metallic thing.
Only love can make a golden wedding ring.

In a little wedding chapel,
Later on that afternoon,
An old upright piano,
Plays that old familiar tune.
Tears roll down her cheeks,
And happy thoughts run through her head.
As he whispers low:
"With this ring, I thee wed."

Golden ring, (Golden ring.)
With one tiny little stone,
Shining ring, (Shining ring.)
Now at last it's found a home.
By itself, (By itself.)
It's just a cold metallic thing.
Only love can make a golden wedding ring.

In a small two room apartment,
As they fought their final round,
He says: "You won't admit it,
"But I know you're leavin' town."
She says: "One thing's for certain,
"I don't love you any more."
And throws down the ring,
As she walks out the door.

Golden ring, (Golden ring.)
With one tiny little stone,
Cast aside, (Cast aside.)
Like the love that's dead and gone.
By itself, (By itself.)
It's just a cold metallic thing.
Only love can make a golden wedding ring.

In a pawn shop in Chicago,
On a sunny summer day.
A couple gazes at the wedding rings,
There on display.

Golden ring.

Note: Recorded by Tammy Wynette and George Jones, among others.


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Golden River

I hate to see night shadows fall, I hate to see a moon above
For it brings me dreamds of happy days gone by
When my darling Lola Lee strolled along the shore with me
And we watched the golden river glide on by

Golden river, golden river, you took my love from me
On your waves of golden hue, you carried her away with you
And broke my heart a million, million ways

Now I sit and wonder why I feel so blue and cry
As I watch the moonclimb slowly in the sky
It was on a night like this when she gave me her last kiss
Climbed in her birch canoe and sailed away

* Refrain


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Golden Rocket

From old Montana down to Alabam'
I've been before and I'll travel again
Your triflin' women can't keep a good man down
You dealt the cards but you missed a play
Now hit the road and be on your way
I'm gonna board the golden rocket and leave this town

I was a good engine a-running on time
But baby I'm switchin' to another line
So honey never hang your signal out for me
I'm tired of running on the same old track
Bought a one-way ticket and I won't be back
This golden rocket's gonna roll my blues away

Hear that lonesome whistle blow
That's your cue and by now you know
That I got another true love a-waitin' in Tennessee
This midnight special's a-burnin' the rail
So woman don't try to follow my trail
This golden rocket's a-rollin' my blues away

That old conductor he seemed to know
That you done me wrong I was feelin' low
For he yelled alound We're over that Dixon line
The brakeman started singin' a song
Said "You're worried now but it won't be long"
This golden rocket is leavin' your blues behind

Then the porter yelled with his southern drawl
Let's rise and shine, good mornin' ya all
And I sprang to my feet to greet the new born day
As I kissed my baby in the station door
That whistle blew like it never did before
Of the golden rocket that rolled my blues away

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Golden Slippers

Oh, my golden slippers are laid away
Cause I don't spect to were'em till my wedding day
And my long tall coat that I love so well
I will wear up in the chariot in the morn
And my long white robe that I bought last June
I'm gonna get changed cause it fits too soon
And the old grey horse that I used to drive
I will hitch him to the chariot in the morn

Oh, them golden slippers
Oh, them golden slippers
Golden slippers I'm gonna wear
Because they look so near
Oh, them golden slippers
Oh, them golden slippers
Golden slippers I'm a gonna wear
To walk the golden street

Oh, my ol' banjo hangs on the wall
Cause it ain't been turned since way last fall
But the folks all say we'll have a good time
When we ride up in the chariot in the morn
There's old Brother Ben and his sister Luce
They will telegraph the news to Uncle Bacco Juice
What a great camp meeting there will be that day
When we ride up in the chariot in the morn

* Refrain

So, its goodbye, children, I will have to go,
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
And your ulster coast, why, you will not need
When you ride up in the chariot in the morn
But your golden slippers must be nice and clean
And your age must be just sweet sixteen
And your white kid gloves you will have to wear
When you ride up in the chariot in the morn

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Golden Streets Of Glory lyrics

Glory to His name, oh, holy, holy
There's a city where the streets are paved in gold
A land where the milk and the honey flow
And a mansion which for me
'Cause my bible tells the story
I just hope my feet are clean enough
To walk upon the golden streets of glory
Green meadows where the little children play
No sorrow there, just one long happy day
And none will litter there except the pure and the holy
I just hope my feet are clean enough
To walk upon the golden streets of glory
And when I've reached my journey's end
And if I'm worthy to go in
Golden streets of glory, I walk on
And the golden streets of my new home
Will lead me up to the master's throne
With the angel band I'll sing
Glory to His name, oh, holy, holy
I just hope my feet are clean enough
To walk upon the golden streets of glory
Hallelujah, I just hope my feet are clean enough
To walk upon the golden streets of glory
And when I've reached my journey's end
And if I'm worthy to go in
Golden streets of glory, I'll walk on
And the golden streets of my new home
Will lead me up to the master's throne
With the angel band I'll sing
Glory to His name, oh, holy, holy
I just hope my feet are clean enough
To walk upon the golden streets of glory
Hallelujah, I just hope my feet are clean enough
To walk upon the golden streets of glory


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Golden Wings Of Time
BMI Work #: 8542819
Golden Wings Of Time (Larry W. Jones 11/29/2006) (song#4186)

The western sun is setting, quickly setting
As evening shadows come to claim their own
Eyes that no longer see are not regretting
The golden way she raised a cowboy's son
Oh, asleep is she who sincerely loved me
Not for what I was, but should have been
Autumn leaves and those that fall in Winter
Can they ever turn from gold to green again
In her easy ways she loved me completely
Summer days were of the warmest kind
No other love could come to me as sweetly
As she who's flown on golden wings of time
On a poor cowboy's wages she raised a son
And taught us both what true love means
Now she's gone like the western setting sun
Like a lovely swan on time's golden wings
In her easy ways she loved me completely
Summer days were of the warmest kind
No other love could come to me as sweetly
As she who's flown on golden wings of time


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Gone (That'll Be Me)
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                    C           G
That'll be me you'll see walking away
                     C                     G
That'll be me you'll see for the last time today
                                      C
That'll be me you'll see for not very long
           G         D7             G
That'll be me you'll see that'll be gone
D7               G
Remember how you warned me 
D7                    G
Bout all your leavin' plans
       B7                     Em
Well I know this might seem unexpected 
A7                               D7
So prepare yourself the best you can
repeat #1
D7                     G
Think back on when you threatened 
D7                G
And never left no doubt
  B7                         Em
Although this could be kinds sudden 
    A7                         D7
I'm sure you can figure it all out
repeat #1
C          G         D7             G
That'll be me you'll see that'll be gone

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Gone And Left Me Blues

My weary heart for you is crying
Getting old and paying for its dues
For you have left me oh so lonely
I've got those gone and left me blues

You know that we should be together
Though I'm the one that's been untrue
Please take me back and say you love me
I got those gone and left me blues

I might have known that you'd be leaving
I knew you'd borne your walking shoes
Why did you break those vows of promise
And bring about those awful blues

Don't say that you have gone forever
The nights are much to lonely now
Alone I hope that you'll return dear
I've got to get you back some how

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Gone Away With a Friend
Artist: Ralph Stanley

I looked into the face of an old saint of God, 
I thought your race has ended, your lifes crown you've won, 
Seperated for the present, but soon to live again,
And he's only gone away with a friend,
Chorus:
Gone away with a friend, someone closer than a brother
with somebody who loves you more than children, dad or mother
And he holds your very soul in the palm of his hand
Let it read on my tombstone, gone away with a friend.
He's a constant companion through life's joy and pain, 
All my hopes and cares I hold in his dear name
And when my soul breaks free from these ties that hold me here
I'm going away with Jesus no other friend so dear
Chorus


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Gone But Not Forgotten

Since first we met somehow I knew
It wouldn't last our whole life through
Now sure enough years later on
I look for you and you are gone 

 Gone but not forgotten
You're still in my memory
Gone but not forgotten
I'll stay right here till you come home to me. 

 One rainy night and a no good fight
When I woke you were outta sight
Now after all that we've been through
I thought I'd hear just once from you. 

 I search for you most every day
More sorry now than words can say
Maybe you don't live in this world
But you'll still be my only girl.

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Alan Jackson - Gone Country lyrics

She's been playing in a room on a strip
For ten years in Vegas
Every night she looks in the mirror
But she only ages
She's been reading about Nashville and all
The records that everybody's buying
Says 'I'm a simple girl myself
Grew up on Long Island'
So she packs her bags to try her hand
Says this might be my last chance
She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes
Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holding out in the village
He's been writing songs speaking out
Against wealth and privilege
He says 'I don't believe in money
But a man could make him a killin'
Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than Dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backwards as they used to be'
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
He commutes to LA
But he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are piling up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally
He says 'Honey I'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition
But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children
Lord it sounds so easy it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all'
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots
He's gone country
He's gone country
Everybody's gone country
Yeah we've gone country
The whole world's gone country


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Alan Jackson - Gone Crazy lyrics

Here I am all alone again tonight
In this old empty house
It's hard to learn what you don't think you need
You can't live without
Never leave the sound of the telephone
But ever since you left
I've been gone
Gone carzy, goin' out of my mind
I've asked myself the reasons,
at least least thousand times
Goin' up and down this hallway
Tryin' to leave the pain behind
Ever since you left, I've been gone
I never saw your face this many times
When you were really here
The things you said I never understood
Are now crystal clear
I never spent this much time at home
But ever since you left,
I've been gone
Gone carzy, goin' out of my mind
I've asked myself the reasons,
at least least thousand times
Goin' up and down this hallway
Tryin' to leave the pain behind
Ever since you left, I've been gone


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Gone For Good
Recorded by Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent
Written by Jimmy Melton

G                         D7
You used to kiss me every afternoon
C                           G
When you walked through the door
                            D7
You'd smile and tell me all about your day 
C                        G
But you don't do that anymore

             C
We no longer take the time 
                   G
To talk the way we should
                   D7
If we keep letting things go bad
C               D7       G
They'll soon be gone for good

                 C                     G
What's not going on here is tearing us apart
           A7                                    D7
Building a wall of doubt that stands between our hearts
                      C                         G
We can't go like this forever it's time we understood
   G7              C             D7                       G
If we keep letting things go bad they'll soon be gone for good

                          D7
You used to reach out and touch me 
C                    G
In the middle of the night
                    D7
Now we sleep facing different walls
C                       G
Silent wars are hard to fight

                     C
But that's just what can happen
                       G
And I was so afraid it would
                   D7
If we keep letting things go bad
C               D7       G
They'll soon be gone for good

Repeat #3
 
                      C                         G
We can't go like this forever it's time we understood
   G7              C             D7                       G
If we keep letting things go bad they'll soon be gone for good

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Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Lyrics

Some sunny day, baby
When everything seems okay, baby
You'll wake up and find that you're alone
'Cause I'll be gone

Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong

And everyone that you meet, baby
As you walk down the street, baby
Will ask you why you're walkin' all alone
And why you're on your own

And just say I'm gone
Gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong
Oh, now, come on, yeah!

And if you change your way, baby
You might get back to stay, baby
You better hurry up if you don't wanna be alone
Or I'll be gone

Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong
You done me wrong, now, now!

Some sunny day, baby
When everything seems okay, baby
You'll wake up and find that you're alone
'Cause I'll be gone

Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, gone, gone
'Cause you done me wrong

You done me wrong
You done me wrong
Well, well, well, well
Well, well, well, yeah

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Brad Paisley - Gone Green (feat. Emmylou Harris) 

Well he traded in his dumb old Ford
For a new smart car with an extension cord
Now he's saving gas and got a cheaper note
But he's got no way to haul his boat
It's the little things we take for granted
When we sacrifice to save the planet
The darndest thing I've ever seen
That old redneck has done gone green
Down the road, old man McGower
You know he runs his house on the solar power
Now his lights are bright and the music plays
Sort of dark and quiet on the cloudy days
It's the little things we take for granted
When we sacrifice to save the planet
The darndest thing you've ever seen
This old redneck has done gone green
The life we knew is coming to a halt
Sad but true, and it's our own fault
We put our own crimson necks right in the noose
We got strung out on that black dinosaur juice
Not long ago someone told me
To quit using paper, stop killing trees
She said soon there won't be no more books
I swear to God on a stack of nooks
It's the little things we take for granted
When we sacrifice to save the planet
The darndest thing I've ever seen
My redneck world has done gone green
The whole dang place has done gone green


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Gone Home

All of my friends that I loved yesterday
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
The songbirds that sing in the dell seem to say
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )

   They've joined the heavenly fold
   They're walking the streets of pure gold
   They left one by one as their work here was done
   Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have)

Life here is lonely since they've gone before
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
The old weeping willow that stands by the door
Sadly says (they have gone home) gone home (they have )

The trumpet will sound on that Great Judgment day
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
We'll see all our friends that have gone on that way
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )

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Gone Out Of My Mind
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Bob Morrison, Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman

C                             F
Your love just came to visit  your memory came to stay
       G7                     F                   G7
It's a shame that being gone  don't mean you went away
C                     E7             C
For it won't be over  till the day I find
F                  G7             C
That one of us has gone out of my mind
G7                            F   C
Either I'll forget or I'll go cra-zy
G7                           F         G7
One way or another I'm gonna leave you behind
C                            E7          C
I know that I'll be tortured by your memory
     F             G7             C
Till one of us has gone out of my mind
 
                            F
I'll give up on loving you  or else I'll go insane
   G7                             F                  G7
It really makes no difference  as long as there's no pain
C                             E7         C
I know it's just a matter of  misery and time
     F             G7             C
Till one of us has gone out of my mind
Repeat #2
     F             G7             C
Till one of us has gone out of my mind

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Gone To The West
Robin & Linda Williams

He says he has no more to say
He says he can no longer stay
In these bleak and bitter winter nights
Where love and hope have taken flight

Out in California they sleep out every night,
In the morning the big orange sun shines bright;
You can hardly count the blessings of the day;
And there's no memory of yesterday

Well, the north wind blasts down the cold steel tracks
Roaring like a high ball express
In the dark blue dawn of tomorrow he'll be gone
Gone, gone to the West.

He says, "Not even you can hold me down
To this sad and broken town."
He told me, "Let the memories go
Oh, you're a fool to hold on so."

Out in California the lights are coming on
As the sun sinks and day is done
While shadows fall on these empty streets
Where yesterday our hearts once beat.

Well, the north wind blasts down the cold steel tracks
Roaring like a high ball express
In the dark blue dawn of tomorrow he'll be gone
Gone, gone to the West.

[Break]

Well, the north wind blasts down the cold steel tracks
Roaring like a high ball express
In the dark blue dawn of tomorrow he'll be gone
Gone, gone to the West.
(Oh, gone, gone to the West. Yea, gone, gone to the West.)


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Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss

Some sunny day-hay baby
When everything seems okay, baby
You'll wake up and find out you're alone
Cause I'll be gone
Gone, gone, gone really gone
Gone, ga-gone, cause you done me wrong

Everyone that you meet baby
As you walk down the street baby
Will ask you why you're walkin' all alone
Why you're on your own
Just say I'm gone
Gone, gone, gone
Gone, ga-gone, cause you done me wrong

If you change your way baby
You might get me to stay baby
Ya better hurry up if ya don't wanna be alone
Or I'll be gone
Gone, gone, gone
Really gone
Gone, ga-gone
Cause you done me wrong

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Gonna Buy Me A Jukebox
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Glenn Sutton

C                              G7
I'm gonna buy me a jukebox and put it in the den
                                   C
And decorate the walls all barroom style
                               C7              F
I'm gonna hire a bartender and invite all your friends
     G7                               C
Then maybe you'll stay home once in a while

                                 G7
I've tried so hard to change you but you keep drifting back
                                        F             C
To all the things you used to do on the wrong side of track
                                  C7                    C
So I've made up my mind right now here's what I'm gonna do
      G7                                                 C
Gonna fill our house with things that bring happiness to you

Repeat #1

                                      G7
If you can't beat 'em join 'em you've heard that said before
                                        F                    C
And I guess I'd better join you cause I keep coming back for more
                                     C7                  F
And I'd rather take you like you are and lose to someone new
  G7                                                  C
I guess it's love what makes me do the silly things I do

Repeat #1

     G7                               C
Then maybe you'll stay home once in a while

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Gonna Dig A Hole In The Ground

Oh John, john, john1
You better not fool around
Go get a pick and a shovel
Gonna dig a hole in the ground

Set me down in my easy chair
To rest my weary bones
My body's full of aches and pain
My better days are gone

Carry me down in the Cedar Gove
Where the honey suckle blooms
Lay me down in the yellar clay
Beside my lover's romb

* Refrain

Fifty-one years of married life
Twenty-one single at home
Lord ninety-nine years upon this earth
Twenty-seven of them all alone

John, you can have my one-eyed mule
He'll work and till the ground
You'll need him to haul me to my grave
Before the sun goes down

* Refrain



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Gonna Drink Milwaukee Dry
Recorded By Charlie Walker
Written by Curly Putman

G                      C
They make it here they break it here
D7               G
Milwaukee is the place for beer
                   C
My baby's gone and I'm alone
    D7                       G
She got a Birmingham bus and went back home
                    C
And didn't even say goodbye
   D7
So tonight I'm gonna try
                   G
To drink Milwaukee dry
    C
She never should'a left me
                                          G
She should'a known I couldn't stand up to it
    C
You might say I done her a little bit wrong
      D7
But I didn't mean to do it
   G
So why do I worry about the past
                  C
What's done by is by
    D7
And tonight I'm gonna try
                   G
To drink Milwaukee dry
                       C
Play me songs make 'em blue
D7                            G
Bartender bring me barrels of brew
                        C
Call the man where they make it at
    D7                     G
And tell him to send every can he can
                         C
And keep 'em working overtime
      D7
Cause tonight I'm gonna try
                   G
To drink Milwaukee dry
Repeat #2 
    D7
And tonight I'm gonna try
                   G
To drink Milwaukee dry

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Gonna Ease My Worried Mind
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Owen W. Priester, Jr.

C
I'm going downtown and get a jug of wine
                                 C7
Find an easy loving momma with a million dollar smile
          F               C
I'm gonna ease my worried mind
           G7                                       C
Well we're going out stepping gonna ease my worried mind


My woman was a-lippin' with the blues on my mind
                            C7
I'm going honky tonking and have a good time 
          F               C
I'm gonna ease my worried mind
      G7                                    C
I'm a-walking the dog gonna ease my worried mind 


My baby done me wrong I'm about to lose my mind
                    C7
I don't care if the sun don't shine
          F               C
I'm gonna ease my worried mind
     G7                                       C
They light at night I'm gonna easy my worried mind


They say ever dog gonna have its day
                  C7
This is mine I'll be on my way
          F               C
I'm gonna ease my worried mind
      G7                                   C
Gonna do it up right gonna ease my worried mind
      
      G7                                   C
Gonna do it up right gonna ease my worried mind

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Gonna Find Me a Bluebird
Written and recorded by Marvin Rainwater
 
C     C7        F                          C
Gonna find me a bluebird let him sing me a song
                      G7      F     G7   C
Cause my heart's been broken  much  too  long
      C7         F                           C
Gonna chase me a rainbow through a heaven of blue
                      G7      F      C
Cause I'm all through crying  o-ver  you
 
      C7    F                C
There was a time my love was needed 
           G7        F           C
My life completed my dreams came true
     C7       F                C
Then came the time my life was haunted 
          G7     F    G7   C
My love unwanted all  for  you
 
C     C7        F                          C
Gonna find me a bluebird let him sing me a song
                      G7      F     G7   C
Cause my heart's been broken  much  too  long
      C7         F                           C
Gonna chase me a rainbow through a heaven of blue
                      G7      F      C
Cause I'm all through crying  o-ver  you

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Gonna Float Down A River
BMI Work #: 8713813
Gonna Float Down A River (Larry W. Jones 02/26/2007) (song#4451)

Gonna float down a river
Float down it all day long
Cause my love's an Indian giver
And she done me wrong
Gonna float down to the ocean
Sail out across the blue
Cause my heart has the notion
That I'm through with you
I remember the time when love words were spoken
My heart was sublime, and grey days were few
But now the words don't rhyme and the song is broken
Love words unspoken, because of you
- instrumental -
Gonna float down a river
Float down it all day long
Cause my love's an Indian giver
And she done me wrong
Gonna float down to the ocean
Sail out across the blue
Cause my heart has the notion
That I'm through with you


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Gonna Get A Life
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt
Written by Frank Dycus and Jim Lauderdale

G                       D7
Gotta find something to ease my mind 
                    G
Gotta get it off of you
                             D7
You tear at my heart strings one more time 
                            G
With what you're puttin' me through

                D7
I'm not much on hanging around 
                        G
Where I'm not wanted at all
                      D7
I'm not gonna be your lovesick clown 
                          G
Waitin' for your beck and call

                                           C
I'm gonna get a life that's what I'm gonna do
            D7                   G
So startin' now you can find one too
                                        C
I'm gonna get a life like I should have done
            D7                          G
A long time ago before you wrecked this one

                             D7
This'll be the last time you spin your wheels 
                   G
Leaving like a maniac
                         D7
You don't care about the way I feel 
                          G
There's no need in coming back

Repeat #3 x2

                     D7
Yeah I'm gonna get a life 
                    G
Before the gettin's done  



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Gonna Get There Soon
Martha Adcock

1. In the shelter of the mountain I will rest my weary burdens
I will cling to the rock of my soul
I will stay right there with Jesus and I'll live for Him alone
For He washed away ma sins and made me whole

Ch. Gonna get there soon gonna be a river to cross
Gonna get there soon ain't gonna let my soul be lost
Gonna get there soon whatever the cost
Then I'll follow Him I'll get across

2. There is lightning on the mountain there is thunder in the hills
There is fury in the heaven but my Lord is ever still
There is storm upon the waters and I can't see through the clouds
But I know He shows the way and always will

Ch.

3. Jesus always brings the sunshine and He leads us to the day
He will keep us from the darkness He protect us when we stray
If we trust His hand to guide us and entreat Him when we pray
He will surely lift us up and show the way

Ch.

Then I'll follow Him I'll get across

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - The Classic Country Gents Reunion


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Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

   I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
   Gonna lay down my old guitar
   Oh I wish I could tie it to my side
   And take it along with me

There's no one to cry for me   
There's no one to cry for me
I've wandered so far away don't you see
And there's no one to cry for me

I'm sick in a lonesome bed
I'm sick in a lonesome bed
There's no one to hold my aching head
And I'm sick in a lonesome bed

I'm telling this world goodbye   
I'm telling this world goodbye
I'm telling the world and my dear little girl
I'll soon tell them all goodbye

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Gonna Lay Me Down Beside My Memories
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Ray Griff

G
I wish I could wakeup feeling the way I used to
C                                     G
Full of myself and ready to start the day
  C                             G              E7
I wish I could turn my head and find you in my bed
A7                                     D7
Instead of that empty pillow where you lay
  G
I wish I could call your name and hear you answer
C                                           G
Look into your eyes and listen to your warm laugh
    C                          G                   E7
But of all those times we knew are over for me and you
A7                       D7              G
And there's only one way I can bring 'em back
                                C
Gonna lay me down beside my memories
      D7                                 G
Gonna turn my thoughts to how it used to be
                    
Gonna hold you in my mind reach out 
    C                  A7
And touch old lonesome times
      D7                        G
Gonna lay me down beside my memories
I wish we could sit down and do us a little talking
C                                            G
Run through the past and sort out a thing or two
    C                       G                      E7
But you don't agree one bit you just wanna call it quits
   A7                     D7             G
So there's only one thing left for me to do
Repeat #3 x2

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Gonna Make Her Mine

[Verse 1]
Well, up the road a mile or two, at the head of Long Branch Holler
Lives a girl that caught my eye the first time that I saw her
She's a beauty queen, a living dream, a rose among the pines
When the sun comes up tomorrow, I'm gonna make her mine

[Chorus]
She's the beauty of the holler, old man Foster's daughter
She's the only one for me till the end of time
She's all I think about, then I finally ask her out
There ain't no doubt about it, I'm gonna make her mine

[Verse 2]
Well, it's never been a secret, I admit I'm kinda shy
But I won't let it stop me now, I'm gonna have to try
I'll never get another chance, so I'll just let it fly
When the sun comes up tomorrow, I'm gonna make her mine

[Chorus]
She's the beauty of the holler, old man Foster's daughter
She's the only one for me till the end of time
She's all I think about, then I finally ask her out
There ain't no doubt about it, I'm gonna make her mine

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
She's the beauty of the holler, old man Foster's daughter
She's the only one for me till the end of time
She's all I think about, then I finally ask her out
There ain't no doubt about it, I'm gonna make her mine

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Gonna Paint The Town

She's came from the hills of Kentucky
With waving long black hair
And lips as sweet as warm red wine
No others can compare
Chorus
I'm going honky tonking
Everything's turned upside down
But when I find that gal of mine
We're really Gonna paint this town
They say we can't get married
They say I'm not worthy of you
They don't know what they're talking about
They don't know what we've gone through
* Refrain
Now when you see me coming
Better raise your window high
And when you see me leaving lawd, lawd
Hang down your head and cry
* Refrain


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Gonna Settle Down

Tonight I'm all alone no place to call my own
Don't have no one to love me anymore
I'm gonna pack up my grip and take a long long trip
Back to the one that I love so

   Oh I long to go back to my darling
   Back to the one I love so well
   I know she'll be my wife and we'll settle down for life
   Cause she's the one that means the world to me

I can't forget the day I left and went away
You told you me I'd be sorry some old day
I found it to be true so I'm heading back to you
Sweetheart I'm tired and I want to settle down

When I get back to her my rambling days are over
We'll build a little cottage on the hill
We'll think of days gone by sweetheart just you and I
And there we'll live so happy ever more

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Gonna Take Me Away From You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Darrell Edwards
[3/4 time]

C
For so long I have waited while your heart hesitated
    G7                             C
Now there's only one thing left to do

Your hearts so divided that I finally decided
      G7                C
Gonna take me away from you

      F                 C
Gonna take me away from you
     F             C               G7
So I can't see the things that you do
       C                       F             C
It may not make much sense but in my heart's defense
      G7                C
Gonna take me away from you


With every click of the track my mind will go back
       G7                     C
To the wonderful love we once knew

But it's all over now I'll forget you somehow
       G7                C
When I take me away from you

Repeat #2

      F                 C
Gonna take me away from you
     F             C               G7
So I can't see the things that you do
       C                       F              C
With a heart full of pain I'll catch that old train
        G7                C
That'll take me away from you

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Good As Gold
B. Danoff

Ch. Good as gold and fine as diamonds
Worth it's weight and waiting for
God love will get you through the worst of times
Better than good times will get you through no love

1. I've been rich and I've been poor
Rich is better at the store
Poor is easy when you're looking for the treasure
I've been in and out of love affairs
Up and down those dark sweet stairs
Rich or poor don't matter in the pleasure
Love has no measure

Ch.

2. I was young and she was older
I was shy and she was bolder
I would hold her in the night till we were sleepin'
She taught me when she taught me how
She left me then and I know now
Love's the only thing worth keepin'
It doesn't cheapen

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Good As Gold


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Good As Gone
Recorded Tony Booth
Written by Dennis Knutson and Jim Shaw
 
C
Even though she lays beside me
        F              C
She's a thousand miles away
 
And her eyes keep trying to tell me
                            G7
What her lips can't seem to say
 
      C
And I love to feel her near me
      F                  C
But I know it won't last long
   F              C
As love goes from good as gold
G7          C
The good is gone
 
 
Hands that used to know me
     F               C
Have forgotten who I am
 
Arms that used to hold me
                     G7
Only want me now and then
 
   C
My world around me crumbles
   F                 C
As right goes slowly wrong
    F              C
And love goes from good as gold
G7          C
The good is gone
 
            G7          F    C
The good is gone almost over now
        D7            G7
Once so strong hardly know her now
      C
And I love to feel her near me
      F                  C
But I know it won't last long
   F              C
As love goes from good as gold
G7          Am
The good is gone
   F              C
As love goes from good as gold
G7          C
The good is gone

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The Incredible String Band - Good As Gone - 2010 Remastered Version 

A strange thought just crossed my mind paid the rains back in kind.
Twas the thought of sweet May coming on.
The days are running so slow, my heart is aching to go,
and my feet surely itch for the road.

Mm the long hot summer.
Oh now the summer long.

I have been tied to this land since the day I was planned,
By the need to feed mmm my body and my mind;
Look you can work 'till you're grey, waste your whole life away;
What security then do you find?

Mm the long hot summer.
Oh now the summer long.

I don't have no one to cheat, don't have no one to beat,
You know, I just need some room to uncurl,
I don't have no aim in view, just some dreams to pursue,
As I wallow around in the world.

Things I must do places to see,
Things I must do, now I've nothing now to hold me here,
And I'll take the southward road.

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Good Bunch of Biscuits

Back in the days when I was a lad
There was only one thing that could make me glad
A good bunch of biscuits a good batch of biscuits
Mama could make mighty good gravy
And there was never no buts nor maybes
We'd get biscuits a good bunch of biscuits

Papa didn't cuss but just a little bit
But if mama didn't cook 'em he'd throw a big fit
Pass me them biscuits those High Life biscuits
And us little kids all sixteen of us
If mama didn't make 'em you could hear us fuss
I want another biscuit a good bunch of biscuits

Three times a day seven days a week
We just couldn't resist it
Clean up the plate that was our fate;
We didn't leave a solitary biscuit
I don't see how mama ever did make 'em
Enough to keep up with the way we ate 'em
A good bunch of biscuits a fine bunch of biscuits

I love a man sop red-eyed gravy
With a biscuit so light it'll drive you crazy
A good bunch of biscuits a good bunch of biscuits
Most of us kids had our fingernails nipped
It was caused by grabbin' them hot-fried biscuits
Goodness gracious they're good biscuits

I turned eighteen I got me a wife
Oughtta be slapped for it the rest of my life
But I got biscuits a fine bunch of biscuits
If I ever get rich we'll have a lot more
But I'll keep eatin' just like I was before
Goodness gracious they're good biscuits

A good bunch of biscuits a fine bunch of biscuits
Goodness gracious I got biscuits

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The Incredible String Band - Good Dog 

This dog is no puppy dog
She's strange as the trees
She's brown as the mountain
And white as the breeze

She walks on the water
Without any boots
Her eyes arc as fine
As the music of flutes

But she will not sweep chimneys
Nor will she pluck corn
But she is the best little dog
That ever was born

I have lain in the womb
Of the rocks, cold and chill
While she speaks in my heart
With the voice of the hill

And when I am risen
And ready to run
She will laugh without laughter
To welcome the sun

But she will not learn language
Nor will she bear scorn
But she is the best little dog
That ever was born

The water God offered me
The ring of his rings
To buy the dog from me
To teach the poor kings

The ring's on my finger
The dog runs behind
Since watery palaces
Would never suit her mind

But as yet she can't fly well
Nor play on the horn
Still she is the best little dog
That ever was born

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Good Enough For Nothing
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Tommy Hill and Red Sovine

C
You put me down to all our friends 
                    F
Each time they come around
    G7
You make me feel just like a heel 
                        C
I've had all that I can stand


Looks like we won't make it 
                       F
I'm not beggin' you to stay
G7
Here's your suitcase 
                                C
The bus stop is just two blocks away

        F
I ain't good enough for nothin' 
       C
That's all I've heard you say
        D7
I'm not even gonna have the blues 
G7
When you walk away

          C
I'm gonna celebrate your leavin' 
                         F
With a peaceful night at home
        G7
I ain't good enough for nothin' 
                      C
Leave ol' good enough alone


You're walkin' high wavin' me goodbye 
                       F
With a smile upon your face
G7
And I want to keep you 
                  C
In my memory that way


You're a happy soul that's searchin' 
                    F
So for the midnight sun
          G7
While ol' good enough for nothin' 
                          C
Has things mighty good at home

Repeat #3,4

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Good Golly Miss Molly
Recorded by Little Richard
written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco

G
Good golly Miss Molly sure like to ball
                C                  G
Good golly Miss Molly sure like to ball
                          D7
When you're rocking and a-rolling
C                       G
Can you hear your momma call


From the early early morning till the early early night

You can see Miss Molly rocking at the house of blue lights
                C                  G
Good golly Miss Molly sure like to ball
                          D7
When you're rocking and a-rolling
C                       G
Can you hear your momma call


My momma 'n' poppa told me son you better watch your step

If I knew my momma 'n' poppa I'd have to watch my dad myself
                C                  G
Good golly Miss Molly sure like to ball
                          D7
When you're rocking and a-rolling
C                       G
Can you hear your momma call

Repeat #1


I am going to the corner gonna buy a diamond ring

Would you pardon me kiss me ting-a-ling-a-ling
                C                  G
Good golly Miss Molly sure like to ball
                          D7
When you're rocking and a-rolling
C                       G
Can you hear your momma call 

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Good Hearted Woman
Yonder Mountain String Band

A long time forgotten
Are dreams that just fell by the way.
And the good life he promised
Ain't what she's living today.
But she never complains
Of the bad times or bad things he's done, Lord.
She just talks about the good times they've had
And all the good times to come.

She's a good-hearted woman
In love with a good-timin' man.
She loves him in spite of his ways
That she don't understand.
Through teardrops and laughter,
They'll pass through this world hand in hand,
A good-hearted woman
Lovin' her good-timin' man.

He likes the night life,
The bright lights, and good-timin' friends.
When the party's all over,
She'll welcome him back home again.
Lord knows she don't understand him,
But she does the best that she can.
'Cause she's a good-hearted woman;
She loves her good-timin' man.

She's a good-hearted woman
In love with a good-timin' man.
She loves him in spite of his ways
That she don't understand.
Through teardrops and laughter,
They'll pass through this world hand in hand,
A good-hearted woman
Lovin' her good-timin' man.

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Good King Venceslav

Good king Venceslav look out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay 'round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man come inside
Geth' ring wait a fuel


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Alison Krauss - Good Love After Bad

I just begin to believe again
I get so taken in
When you love me the way you do
And then you turn around and take it all away again
I keep playing the game
But my love is going bad
I can't seem to win back what I had
Some day I'm gonna quit this - this is mad
Throwing good love after bad
Well it's hard to just call it a day
Turn and walk away
When you know you could draw the hand any minute
That depended if you stayed and played
It's hard to let it go
When you want it so bad
Even when you know
It could make you so sad
Some day I'm gonna quit this - this is mad
Throwing good love after bad
Sometimes when you hold me near
Close is not quite close enough
All the rest of the world could disappear
And all I would need is your sweet love
Sometimes when you hold me near
Close is not quite close enough
All the rest of the world could disappear
All I would need is your sweet love
I just begin to believe again
I get so taken in
When you love me the way that you do
And then you turn around and take it all away again
I keep hanging in
But my love is going bad
I can't seem to win back what I had
Some day I'm gonna quit this - this is mad
Throwing good love after bad
Some day I'm gonna quit this - this is mad
Throwing good love after bad

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Brad Paisley - Good Morning Beautiful lyrics

Good mornin beautiful
how was your night
mine was wonderful
with you by my side
and when i open my eyes
and see your sweet face
its a good mornin beautiful day
i couldnt see the light
i didnt know day from night
i had no reason to care
since you came along
i can face the dawn
cause i know youll be there
Good mornin beautiful
how was your night
mine was wonderful
with you by my side
and when i open my eyes
and see your sweet face
its a good mornin beautiful day
i never worry
if its rainin outside
cause in here with you girl
the sun always shines
Good mornin beautiful
how was your night
mine was wonderful
with you by my side
and when i open my eyes
and see your sweet face
its a good mornin beautiful day
Good morning beautiful day
good mornin beautiful
its a beautiful day
good mornin beautiful
good morning
good morning beautiful
what a beautiful day
good morning beautiful


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Good Morning Country Rain
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Eddy Raven

C                    G7
Good morning country rain
     F                    C
It's good to be back home again
                     F
Magic that I can't explain
G7                   C
Good morning country rain
                       F
Like a warm and tender kiss
G7                   C
In the early morning mist
                           F
While the fog hangs on the cane
G7                   C    F
Good morning country rain
Repeat #1
 
                     F
I have often sat for hours
G7                       C
Watching dew fall on the flowers
                  F
Oh I hope I never change
G7                   C    F
Good morning country rain
Repeat #1
                      F
Many times I think of you
G7                           C
And all the troubles we been through
                    F
It can drive a girl insane
G7                   C    F
Good morning country rain
Repeat #1

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Good Morning To You

I peddled my papers for five long years
The news of the day was my worry and care
With worry and tears till I felt I was through
When a sweet voice whispered, Good morning to you

She smiled at me sweetly and bid me good day
Then she left me happy my heart in a daze
I wondered if angels could be so true
As the one who had said, Good morning to you

I went back to my papers next morning st five
My heart in a flutter no sleep in my eye
But my hopes took a tumble, me heart lost its pride
When she came into view, a gent by her side

The nearer she came the madder I got
I swore I would kill him right there on the spot
But I lost all my anger and felt like a cad
When she presented her charming old dad

Then I went over to her fell on my knees
But stars, dots, and dashes were all I could see
I tried to propose like other men do
But all could say was, Good morning to you

She smailed at me sweetly and gave me her hand
Said, Come on my darling for I understand
Instead of me answering the parson I do
I popped up and said, Good morning to you


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Good Old Fashioned Cry
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones, Johnny Mathis, Virginia Franks
 
G              C              G
When I feel so lonesome and I think that I
         D7                               G
Can't go on without you there's no use to try
               C                  G
Then I tell my heart the things I need to do
C       G               D7                 G
Run and hide and have a good old fashioned cry

C                              G
When my memories start talkin' back to me
                                     D7
And I almost feel the lips that said goodbye
G           C                    G
Then I tell myself the thing for me to do
C          G               D7                 G
Is run and hide and have a good old fashioned cry

                 C               G
Sometimes when I feel I've taken my last step
      D7                                    G
And I can't make one more move without your help
               C                   G
Then I tell my heart the thing for me to do
C          G               D7                 G
Is run and hide and have a good old fashioned cry

repeat #2

C       G               D7                 G
Run and hide and have a good old fashioned cry



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Good Ones And Bad Ones
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Joe Chambers and Larry Jenkins 
[3/4 time]

C
Some come from heaven and some crawl from hell
                                    G7
And the good fight the bad for your soul

But it's hard to tell the lie from the truth
                               C
When you find one that easy to hold


There's no way of knowing which one you been loving
                          C7           F
Till you leave 'em or you lose her for good
       G7
And by then it's too late you just mark it up to fate
                        C
Either way you end up a fool

       F                 C
It's a fine line between heaven and hell
         G7                           C
When the good makes you feel like you should
       F                 C
It's a fine line between heaven and hell
         G7                         C
When the bad makes you feel just as good


A good one will love you for all that she's worth
                            G7
A bad one will take you for more

A good one will cherish the key to your heart
                            C
And a bad one a key to your door


A good one will love you for richer or poorer
                   C7       F
But that makes the bad even worse
       G7
A good one will love you till death do you part
                                C
And a bad one makes sure you go first

Repeat #3  

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Good Things
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, Carmol Taylor

C
When I wake up early in the morning
                                     F          C
The first thing on my mind is loving you um hum hum

When I see a honeybee kissing on the flowers
                                       F                      C
I feel good cause it makes me think of you and the things you do
 
I got what I want and I'm proud of it

I'll tell the world I sure do love it
            F                G7        C
Baby you've made good things happen to me

F
Good things happen in the morning
C
Good things happen in the evening
D7                              G7
Everything you do makes me feel fine
F
Ever since the day I found you
C
It's good just good being around you
F                          G7                 C
And the very best thing of all is that you're mine


When I go to bed late in the evening
                                    F          C
The last thing on my mind is loving you um hum hum

No teardrops stain my pillow
                                 F                       C
I just lay there and dream sweet dreams of you all night through
 
Oh woman of mine I'm you warmin'

I like loving early in the mornin'
            F                G7        C
Baby you've made good things happen to me

repeat #2 

     F                      G7                 C
Yeah the very best thing of all is that you're mine
     F                      G7                 C
Yeah the very best thing of all is that you're mine 



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Richard Thompson - Good Things Happen To Bad People Lyrics

Sweet thing, believe me
You'll never deceive me
You stared me down without blinking
That's when I really started thinking

You must have been running around
You must have been running around
'Cause you were smiling

Your friends say you're antsy
For something fancy
Like a caged bird that's broken free
You want to fly high and mess on me

Well I know you've got a secret or two
Your hair's in a brand new 'do
And you're so happy

Good things happen to bad people
Good things happen to bad people
But only, but only, for a while
You cried the day I walked you down the aisle
And I know you've been bad
From the way you smile

Mona Lisa what a teaser
What's that strange cologne I'm smelling
You know more than you're telling

Well I know you been running around
I know you been running around
'Cause you're so happy

Good things happen to bad people
Good things happen to bad people
But only, but only, for a while
You cried the day I walked you down the aisle
And I know you've been bad
From the way you smile
[x2]

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Good Things Outweigh The Bad
Recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Written by Josh Graves and Jake Lambert
[3/4 time]

G                                C            G
I've been sitting here thinking  back over my life
                        A7              D7
All of the good things  the trouble and strife
                 G                          C
Well my share of heartache yes so many I've had
                      G            D7           G
But I still think the good things  outweigh the bad

                    C                         G
Well I've rocked my babies at night when they cried
                         A7        D7
I've seen the teardrops  turn into smiles
                  G                             C
And that's when I realize all the bad luck I've had
                   G            D7           G
And I know all the good things  outweigh the bad

                          C           G
Well I never have riches  no money to spare
                            A7         D7
Just a sharecropper's wages is my only fare
              G                       C
Yes making my living just working the land
                      G            D7           G
But I still think the good things  outweigh the bad

Repeat #2

                            C                  G
Yes I've worked the cotton  in the heat of the day
                            A7                D7
And then paid the landlord  nearly all that I made
               G                          C
Well I've seen high water take all that I had
                      G            D7           G
But I still think the good things  outweigh the bad

Repeat #2

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Alan Jackson - Good Time lyrics

"Good Time"
Work, work all week long
Punchin' that clock from dusk till dawn.
Countin' the days till Friday night
That's when all the conditions are right.
For a good time
I need a good time.
Yea, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
I cashed my check, cleaned my truck
Put on my hat, forgot about work
Sun goin' down, head across town
Pick up my baby and turn it around
Good time,
Aahh, I need a good time
I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
Time for a good time
HEY!
Pig in the ground, beer on ice
Just like ole Hank taught us about
Singin' along, Bocephus songs
Rowdy friends all night long
Good time
Lord, we're having a good time,
Yea, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Whew
Heel toe dosey doe
Scootin' our boots, swingin' doors
B & D Kix and Dunn
Honkin' tonk heaven, Double shotgun
Good time,
Lord, we're havin' a good time
Cause I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Shot of Tequila, beer on tap
Sweet southern woman set on my lap
G with an O, O with a D
T with an I and an M and an E
And a good time
Shhheww, good time
I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ahh, turn it up now.
A Shot of Tequila.
Beer on tap.
A good looking woman.
To set on my lap.
A G with an O, an O with a D
A T with an I an M with an E
That spells good time
A good time
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
Time for a good time
Twelve o'clock, two o'clock three o'clock four
Five o'clock we know were that's gonna go
Closing the door, shuttin' em down
Head for that Waffle House way across town
Good time
Ohh, we're havin' a good time.
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ohh, yea, a good time.
I need a good time.
Yea, a good time.


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Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues  
recorded by Leon Russell
written by Danny O' Keefe
 
C                                            F
Everybody's gone away said they're moving to LA
                          G7                         C
There's not a soul I know around everybody's leavin' town
                                                                      F
Some caught a freight some caught a plane find the sunshine leave the rain
                                  G7                                      C
They said this town'll waste your time I guess they're right it's wastin' mine
 
                          F     G7                          C
Some gotta win some gotta lose  good time Charlie's got the blues
G7                          C
Good time Charlie's got the blues
 
                                                     F
My heart keeps telling me you're not a kid at thirty-three
                              G7                                   C
You play around you lose your wife you play too long you lose your life
                                                               F
I got my pills to ease the pain can't find a thing to stop the rain
                           G7                           C
I'd love to try and settle down but everybody's leavin' town
 
                          F     G7                          C
Some gotta win some gotta lose  good time Charlie's got the blues
G7                          C
Good time Charlie's got the blues

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The Avett Brothers - Good to You 

I know you were needing more of me than I gave
when we heard that your cousin had crashed and passed away
I hate it when I talk without thinking
I will do what you are needing me to do

I wanna be good to you
I wanna be there for you
And when I come home, will you still want me to?

When your best friend got married I was off and gone
You said it wasn't a problem, that there was nothing wrong
with putting my work, my art, and my songs
before spending time at the wedding
As I listened over the phone-line, you talked and you sounded so sad
Alone in a room full of strangers, some dude saying I treat you bad
Who is this guy and what does he know?
Apparently more than I do

I wanna be good to you
I wanna be there for you
And when I come home, will you still want me to?
And when I come home, will you still want me to?

When you were born I promised myself I'd always be there for you
To help you feel safe and never alone, no matter what life put you through
Time passed by, I lost my way, and didn't find it for years
A strong young woman now stands in her place
The child has disappeared
Now that I'm home, do you still want me here?

I wanna be good to you
I wanna be there for you
I wanna be good to you
And when I come home, will you still want me to?
And if I come home, will you still want me to?

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Dolly Parton - Good Understanding lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1970

When we married we agreed that we'd both do as we please
Just as long as we done each other right
Through the years our love has grown now our love is twice as strong
Cause we've got a good understanding
Yes we've got a good understanding and a love that has never been demanding
We both love each other so and that's all we need to know
Cause we've got a good understanding
It's been your unselfish love that has always helped me up
When temptation reached out its hand to see
And when I could have gone wrong I would think of you at home
And I'd think about our good understanding
Yes we've got a good understanding...


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Good Woman's Love

I was a rover on land and on sea
Till a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning it was so imcomplate
Till a good woman's love put me back n my feet

Still I hope when I go home in the evening
And she'd waiting there
And I know that no matter what happen
She'll always care
Snd when the night come and the moonshine above
I'm a man with the dream and a good woman's love


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Goodbye Baby
Written and recorded by Jack Scott

F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
G7                  C
I'm gonna leave you now
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
G7             C
Johnny's going away
         F            Am
You were wrong pretty baby bye bye
   F               Am
Oh so wrong pretty baby bye bye
    F               Am
Yes so wrong pretty baby bye bye
G7               C
Please don't you cry
Am
Oh oh 
F       Am
Goodbye baby baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby baby bye bye
G7                  C
I'm gonna leave you now
   F       Am
Oh goodbye baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
F       Am
Goodbye baby bye bye
G7             C
Johnny's going away
        F           Am
Take my hand pretty baby bye bye
         F           Am
One more time pretty baby bye bye
        F           Am
Take my hand pretty baby bye bye
G7               C
Hope you'll understand
Am
Oh oh
F       Am
Goodbye baby
F       Am
Goodbye baby
F     Am
(Good bye bye)
F     Am
(Good bye bye)

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Goodbye Comes Hard For Me
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins

C                                C7          F
I just remembered something that I forgot to do
    G7                                  C     F          C
The bedroom door needs painting and the walls are fading too
                               C7                 F
Angie's bike needs fixing that all takes time you see
                   C           G7                     C
And I know I'm not fooling you goodbye comes hard for me

                                            C7            F
So I'll just check for things once more and look in every room
  G7                                        C        F         C
I must have dropped my comb somewhere and a man must stay well groomed
                                        C7             F
It seems I have the right to stay but I know you don't agree
                     C            G7                     C
When it's goodbye to all our love goodbye comes hard for me

G7                              C           F       C
Goodbye comes hard for me and I hoped you'd grab my sleeve
  D7                                          G7
I thought that you might change your mind and ask me not to leave
   C                                C7                   F
My face is wet I've cried I guess I loved you now you're free
                     C            G7                     C
When it's goodbye to all our love goodbye comes hard for me

                                    C7                   F
My face is wet I've cried I guess I loved you now you're free
                     C            G7                     C
When it's goodbye to all our love goodbye comes hard for me

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Goodbye in Telluride

[Verse 1]
Baby, you ain't gotta wait forever
Before you go and break my heart
If you're thinking that we shouldn't be together
Just leave me in the dark a little longer

[Pre-Chorus]
Do it on the highway, do it on the drive way
Chevrolet backing out
But not here in this cafe booth with you
Don't ruin this perfect town

[Chorus]
Say it's over over on the west coast somewhere
In the middle of the city, new years eve time square
If you gotta let me go I'm gonna be alright
Just don't tell me goodbye here in Telluride
No, don't take me down low when we're up this high
Don't you tell me goodbye here in Telluride

[Verse 2]
Ever since we touched down in Colorado
I could tell something wasn't right
'Cause you look at those snow capped mountain
You won't look into my eyes

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Goodbye Is All We Have
Alison Krauss & Union Station

'm soaring the sky, I can hear the birds
And man they don't lie
How you gonna catch me, When I'm this high

I'm moving on
I got the words to a brand new song
How you gonna catch me, when I'm this gone

(Chorus:)
Gone tomorrow here today
Just in case you got somethin' to say
I'll be leaving with the rest if goodbye
Is all we have

I disconnected the phone
Told the neighbors I'll be heading home
As soon as the light hits the morn

I'm heading north
Gonna see what this heart's really worth
I guess it's time to be on my own

(Chorus:)
Gone tomorrow here today
Just in case you got somethin' to say
I'll be leaving with the rest if goodbye
Is all we have

I sure would love to see you tonight
Maybe try to end this fight
If I don't hear you knockin on my door
Then I'll know for sure

(Chorus:)
Gone tomorrow here today
Just in case you got somethin' to say
I'll be leaving with the rest if goodbye
Is all

(Chorus:)
Gone tomorrow here today
I'll be leaving with the rest if goodbye
Is all we have

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Goodbye Kisses
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Lefty Frizzell and Lloyd Copas

C                      G7
Goodbye kisses goodbye love affair
                           C
Goodbye happiness my heart cries despair
                           C7              F
Goodbye to all my dreams I watch them walk away
             C       G7          C
They're gone forever forever far away

                         G7
Hello loneliness come in Mr. Blue
                                        C
Don't let it make you sad when I cry in front of you
                           C7                 F
Just make yourself at home within this lonely room
                  C              G7            C
We had so much in common you and I and old man blue

C                      G7
Goodbye kisses goodbye love affair
                           C
Goodbye happiness my heart cries despair
                           C7              F
Goodbye to all my dreams I watch them walk away
             C       G7          C
They're gone forever forever far away

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Goodbye Lefty
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                  D7      G
I'd love to hear a jukebox play
             C        G
I love you a thousand ways
      C              G                  D7
Or if you've got the money I've got the time
           G        D7      G
I'd walk a mile for Mom and Dad
                   C       G
And the good times that we had
          C
Look what thoughts will do
         G        D7     G
When you sing old pal of mine
 
        D7
But the old old man is gone
            C             G
There'll be no more Lefty songs
    C                G         D7
How much he meant to me nobody knows
               G         D7    G
The long black veil that Alice wore
                        C       G
Like words he sang some years before
C             G     D7                  G
She loved him too   that's the way love goes

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Goodbye Little Darlin'

Lately you treat me so cold
And turning your back when you speak
You always give me the cold shoulder
And the only kiss you give me is on the cheek

So goodbye little darlin' I'm leavin'
I'll never again walk thru your door
I can tell by the way that you treat me
That you don't love me anymore

You never put your arms around me
And hold me the way you used to do
I can't stay any more, I'm not wanted
It's all over darlin' me and you

* Refrain


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Goodbye Old Pal

Along about round-up time In Texas way out West
I lost a friend and a pal, boys I laid him down to rest
I weeped and moaned over his grave and to me boys it was sad
'Cause I knew down beneath that mound lay the best pal I ever had 

Oh de lady a, de oh lady oh, de ladie

My best pal was my old paint horse and now he's gone to rest
I laid him down beneath that mound in Texas away out West
Where the cactus blooms over his grave and the coyotes cry
I know he sleeps in perfect peace beneath the Texas sky 

Dear old pal it breaks my heart to leave you here alone
Now I'll go and ride the range on the Texas roan
But my love for you old pal it shall linger on
I will always think of you although you're dead and gone

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Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye
Written and recorded by Cowboy Copas
 
G                     D7
I'm going away for to leave you
                      G
I'm going away for to leave you
          G7          C
I'm going away for to leave you
    D7                 G
Goodbye sweetheart goodbye
 
                    D7
The train is at the station
                    G
The train is at the station
           G7   C
No use for me a waiting
    D7                 G
Goodbye sweetheart goodbye
 
                      D7
I saw you through the window
                      G
I saw you through the window 
           G7          C
He had his arms around you
    D7                 G
Goodbye sweetheart goodbye
 
                    D7
I'll go down to the ocean
                G
And if I take a notion
          G7           C
I'll jump right in the ocean
    D7                 G
Goodbye sweetheart goodbye
 
                   D7
The girl I love so dearly
                    G
Was pretty as could be
           G7      C
The girl I love so dearly
    D7                 G
Has turned her back on me
 
                      D7
I'm going away for to leave you
                      G
I'm going away for to leave you
          G7          C
I'm going away for to leave you
    D7                 G
Goodbye sweetheart goodbye

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Goodbye To The Plains

Goodbye to the pals of the prairie
Goodbye to the pals of the plains
Goodbye to the dash and the danger
Goodbye to the heartaches and pains

Goodbye to my faithful old pony
Take care of him, boys, when I go
I'm riding away on life's roundup
Away to where the sun sinks low

Goodbye to the whoop-rushing cattle
Goodbye to the clanking of spurs
Goodbye to the laugh and the chatter
Goodbye to the wildlife and steers

Goodbye to the dawning's first blushes
That fair in the east faintly glow
I'm riding away on life's roundup
Away to where the sun sinks low

Goodbye to the girls and the boys
Goodbye to all of my friends
Goodbye to the dear girl, my sweetheart
For I know this is my end

For the pale rider comes with his summons
And I'm willing and ready to go
For I'm riding away on life's roundup
Away to where the sun sinks low

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Goodbye, Old Pal

It was long about a round up time in Texas away out west
I lost a friend, a pal, boys, I laid him down to rest
I weeped and mourned over his grave, to me boys it was sad
Cause I knew down down beneath that mound lay the best pal ever had

My best pal was my old pinto horse and now he's gone to rest
I laid him down beneath that mound in Texas away out west
Well the cactus blooms before his grave and the city
I know he sleeps in perfect peace beneath the Texas sky

Dear old pal, it breaks my heart to leave you here alone
Now I'll go and ride the range on the Texas road
But my love for you old pal, it shall linger on
I will a always thik of you although You're dead and gone


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Gosh I Miss You All The Time
Long

When whippoorwill are calling
Night is gently falling
That when I miss you most
When I'm feeling lonely
Thinking of you only
That's when I miss you most

I'm deep in meditation
Searchin all creation
For the one that's so divine
I'll miss you when its day light
I'll miss you when its midnight
Gosh I miss you all the time

When church bells are ringing
Nightingales are singing
Thats when I'll miss you most
When I'm feeling lonely
Thinking of you only
Thats when I'll miss you most

* Refrain

When old friends get together
In any kind of weather
I feel like I'm left behind
I miss your arms a stealing
Around me so appearling
Gosh, I miss you all the time

* Refrain

JIM AND JESSE - The Story


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Gospel Plow

Well I got my hands on the gospel plow
And I wouldn't take nothin' for my  journey now
Keep your hands on that plow of  God

Hold on hold on
Keep your hands on that plow hold on

Well Matthew Mark Luke and John
All those prophets are dead and gone
Keep your hands on that plow of God

I never been to heaven but I've been told
The streets up there are made of gold
Keep your hands on that plow of God

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Gospel Ship

   I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship
   I'm a-going far beyond the sky
   I'm gonna shout and sing 'til heaven rings
   When I hid this world goodbye

I have good news to bring, and that is why I sing
All my joys with you I'll share
I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship
And go sailing through the air

I can scarcely wait, I know I won't be late
I'll spend my time in prayer
And when the ship comes in, I'll leave this world of sin
And go sailing through the air

If you are ashamed of me, you ought not to be
Yes, you'd better have a care
If too much fault you find, you will sure be left behind
While I'm sailing through the air
When I bid this world goodbye

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Got A Heartsick Feeling
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Cindy Walker

G                                                C
I got a heartsick feeling and I'm telling you no lie
                   G                             D7
I'm so lost and so lonesome I could lay down and die
                   G                            C
Cause my baby done left me she left me high and dry
                  G       D7                 G
I got a heartsick feeling and it's making me cry
               C                        Em     G
Keep traveling down tears like mountain streams
     Em        C                              D7
Keep traveling down all your good for nothing dreams
                   G                   C
Cause my baby done left me she told me goodbye
                  G       D7                 G
I got a heartsick feeling and it's making me cry
                  C                        Em     G
So keep traveling down tears like mountain streams
         Em        C                              D7
And keep traveling down all your good for nothing dreams
                   G                   C
Cause my baby done left me she told me goodbye
                  G       D7                 G
I got a heartsick feeling and it's making me cry

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Got Lonely Too Early This Morning
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Got lonely too early this morning
F               C
Long about 3:30 am

Woke up in a big empty bed room
    D7              G7
The TV had gone off again

C
Got lonely too early this morning
F                          C
Hey lonely was laying like dirt
F                         C
Got lonely too early this morning
G7                    C
Before I was ready to hurt


I try to stay clear of all our old friends
F                       C
Start me to thinking of you

I try not to bother you darling
        D7                          G7
Cause I know that you don't want me too

C
Try to look over me calling this morning
F                            C
I know it's on wrong time of day
F                         C
But I just had to talk to somebody
G7                               C
You know I can't find nothing to say

repeat #2,3

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Got My Heart Set On You
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Bud Reneau and Dobie Gray

C
Ever since the day I met you 
E7
I feel like I'm walking on air
    F
And lately I'm convinced it's no coincidence 
  G7
I run into you everywhere
C
And though I've heard your love is taken
E7
I gotta believe what's in your eyes
      F
Would I be out of line if I suggested a time
       G7
And we get together one of these nights
       C            E7
Got my heart set on you 
       F                 C
You're everything I ever wanted
       Am           E7           F
Got my heart set on you it can't be anything 
              G7
But love baby I'm bettin' on it
C
I don't wanna give you the wrong impression 
E7
I'm not the kind who rushes in
         F
But baby every time I see you before I even leave you 
      G7
I can hardly wait to see you again
Repeat #3
 
    Am                 G7
Now I don't mean to be comin' on strong 
   F                   C
Or taking anything for granted
    Am                        G7
But love is a thing that just comes along
    D7
You don't understand how it got outta hand
           F                    G7
But you're in it right from the start
repeat #3 

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Got Syrup In My Front Pan

Got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue, 
Been boiling all night darling ,just for you.
You don't have to listen, but i'd like it if you wanta, 
To my sticky sappy love song full of double entendre
And you don't have to take that flight to Rhwanda, 
'cause i'll give you more huggin' than a green anaconda
Got syrup in my front pan ,hot sap in my flue, 
Throwin' big hardwood in my firebox, it's true
Van Morrison sang about tupelo honey, 
But it's not the kind of sweet stuff that makes us any money
And Janet left his planet, dammit Janet that wasn't funny
Van had more wild nights, but his days stopped being sunny
I've got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue, 
Got fire coming out my smokestack, darlin' it's true
I've been boilin' for a month, it ain't even march, 
I got smoke in my eyes and my throat's gettin' parched
But if you would just come on down to the arch, 
I'd take a spike in the face from Kirraly, Karch
Got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue, 
I'll explain that Karch Kirraly lyric if I need to (he was a volleyball player)
'cause I can't put words together like Bob Bernstein, 
And I don't have the golden voice of Richard Ruanne
My throat's always scratchy, i'm 60 years old, 
I sound like Tom Waits with a real bad cold
Got syrup in my front pan , hot sap in my flue, 
Been boilin' darlin' the whole night through
You are my love, you are my gal, 
But i'm lost in space, open the pod door ,Hal
And i'm not trying to put the blame on you dear, 
But you left your manchild in the sugarhouse with too much beer
Got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue, 
You know my stack temperature's 602
Late at night, under the covers, 
You don't get nothin' fancy, i'm your grade B lover
There's two dogs between us, we ain't said three words, 
I'm watching Red Green reruns, you're flinging angry birds
Got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue 
And i'm boiling, boiling, boiling, boiling, did I say boiling a time or 2?
You can still take that flight to Rwuanda, 
I'll get you to the airport in our old rusty Honda
You'll find out Africa don't have no anacondas, 
I'm not Henry, Jane or Peter, but I couldn't be more Fonda you
Got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue. 
I'm still boiling, darling, boiling the whole night through
This song's coming to and end, I hope it didn't cause you tension, 
'cause i'm always on the sticky end of marital dissention
To the folks in front, this is a good time to mention, 
I might be needing me a ride back home to Benson
I've got syrup in my front pan, hot sap in my flue


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Got The All Overs For You
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

C                                        F
Love's vibrations I can feel them when I hold you
       G7                           C
I just tremble and my passion rises high
                                           F
For the flavor of your sweet lips keeps me hungry
           G7                            C
And it's a hunger that only you can satisfy

        F                          C
Got the all overs for you all over me
           G7                      C
And it's a feeling made for lovers only
       F                                 C
It's a blessing heaven sent and meant to be
        G7                         C
Got the all overs for you all over me

        F                          C
Got the all overs for you all over me
           G7                      C
And it's a feeling made for lovers only
       F                                 C
It's a blessing heaven sent and meant to be
        G7                         F  G7
Got the all overs for you all over m--e
         C
All over me

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Got To Have Room To Change My Mind
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Steve Wariner

C                          Dm           F
You have heard me say I've gotta be free
             G7                 C
You say that you can't live without me
                          Dm               F
But I can't belong to somebody all the time
                 G7                C
I've got to have room to change my mind
                             Dm
That don't mean that I don't love you
         G7        F                     C
It don't mean that you're not special to me
                             
It just means that right now 
   Dm                       F
Oh I'm not the settlin' kind
                 G7                C
I've got to have room to change my mind
                     Dm      F
I don't ever want to hurt you
           G7            C
That's one thing I won't ever do
                            Dm
If you could look inside of me 
                      F
I know that you could see
                 G7                C
I've got to have room to change my mind
                             Dm
That don't mean that I don't love you
         G7        F                     C
It don't mean that you're not special to me
                             
It just means that right now 
   Dm                       F
Oh I'm not the settlin' kind
                 G7                C
I've got to have room to change my mind
F                G7                C
I've got to have room to change my mind

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Gotta Good Thing Going
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent

G                                      C
Been workin' hard to keep our lives in check
D7                         G
Most times everything just seems a wreck
The house is turned upside down
               C
And daughter's boyfriend hangs around
    A7                            D7
But all in all when you do an evaluation
            G                        C
We've got a good thing goin' you and me
     D7                            C              G
It's hard to see how lucky between bills jobs and family
We've been through things both good and bad
              C
And once lost everything we had
        D7
But our love always seems to see us through
      C                D7           G
We've got a good thing goin' me and you
                                         C
I know you've thought of leavin' once or twice before
             D7                          G
It's not the life you intended or you're cut out for
                                     C
A wife that's home to cook and clean honey that sure ain't me
          A7                                 D7
But we've made it work and it deserves a celebration
repeat #2
                                       C
You called today and said let's take a break
         D7                           G
From the day to day and ever constant rat race
Well your call was just in time 
          C
I thought I was gonna lose my mind
          A7                               D7
Now we're on the way to some rest and relaxation
repeat #2
We've been through things both good and bad
              C
And once lost everything we had
      D7                            G
We've got a good thing goin' me and you

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Gotta Sell Them Cows 
(Larry W. Jones 09/24/2007) (song#5011)

When I was almost five my Daddy would strive
To learn me about the birds and bees in life
Son, you cain't go around lookin' at the ground
And be real careful now 'bout hookin' a wife
Go and have your fun but listen son
The whole money world is full of lies
You've gotta sell them cows before they die
And the milk before it dries
Now ol' cowboy Bill with some time to kill
He rode way out on the Chisholm trail alone
His old pony quit when he bit the bit
And ol' cowboy Bill had to walk back home
It was then he said to his trail boss Fred
Don't be surprised when I tell my goodbyes
You've gotta sell them cows before they die
And the milk before it dries
Now, cowboy Vance went to the big barn dance
With both his cowboy boots all shined as well
He saw Mary Lou and fell in love, it's true
The rest of the story only he can tell
Mary Lou, his wife, led him a life of strife
And cowboy Vance forgot the dance and cried
You've gotta sell them cows before they die
And the milk before it dries
Now son, the lesson learned is don't get burned
Before the page is turned you've gotta get wise
You've gotta sell them cows before they die
And the milk before it dries


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Gotta Travel On

   I've laid around and played around this old town too long
   Summers almost gone, winters coming on
   I've laid around and played around this old town too long
   And I feel like I've gotta travel on

Poppa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Johnny can't come home, no, Johnny can't come home
Poppa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Cause he's been on the chain gang too long

High sheriff and police riding after me
Riding after me, yes, coming after me
High sheriff and police riding after me
And I feel like I've gotta travel on 

Want to see my honey, want to see her bad
Want to see her bad, oh, want to see her bad
Want to see my honey, want to see her bad
She's the best gal this poor boy ever had

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Grain Of Salt
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Monty Criswell and David Ball

G7            C        F            C
You caged the wild man that raged inside me
F               C  G7  Am                      Dm
Took a hellbent cowboy made his hands sure and steady
G7                 C          F                C G7 Am
But today when you walked out what was I gonna do
                  Dm            G7              C
But reach for the closest thing I could hold on to
                     F                         C
Yeah I'm taking this heartache with a grain of salt
                  G7                       C
A little lime and tequila as the teardrops fall
              F                C           E7     Am
And I'm gonna sit here until I chase every memory off
    D7          Dm        G7              C
I'm taking this heartache with a grain of salt
G7             C       F               C
Sittin' in the shadows as the sun goes down
F              C      G7   Am          Dm
A little loose change will buy another round
G7               C       F                           C  G7 Am
Oh come tomorrow morning there'll be a high price to pay
                  Dm            G7                         C
Oh but that's all right because tonight I ain't feeling no pain
Repeat #2
F              C        F       C           Em     Am
Yeah I'm gonna sit here until I chase every memory off
D7          Dm        G7              C
Taking this heartache with a grain of salt

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Grand Ole Opry Show
Author: Randolph E. Ginter

I've Been Waiting For Sometime
To Get A Chance To Go
I Have Never Made It There 
The Grand Ol' Opry Show
If I Miss One Saturday
Because I'm out of town(not around)
I'll Go Ask The Neighbor Gal
If she'll tape the hoedown
(Chorus)
Grand Ol' Opry
It's My Favorite Show
Country Music
On The Radio
Fiddle Playin
Can I get a pass
Banjo( or Dobro) Pickin
Playin My Bluegrass
I have listened to the show
Since I have been a boy
I could always visualize
Me & Buck & Roy
I wish I could get a chance
If only for one night
To be there on that famous stage
Now That would be a sight
(Chorus)
Grand Ol' Opry
It's My Favorite Show
Country Music
On The Radio
Fiddle Playin
Can I get a pass
Banjo (or Dobro) Pickin
Playin My Bluegrass
Sonny likes to pick those tunes
And Bobby likes to sing
Ricky likes to harmonize
And Charlie the Bowstring
It is just my heritage
That I want you to know 
Bluegrass and my Daddy's Roots
And me and my banjo(or Dobro)
Copyright 2009, Randolph E. Ginter
Randolph E. Ginter Song Lyrics Volume #1
11/10/2009 Copyright # PAu003438380


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Grand Ole Opry Song

Come and listen to my story if you will I'm gonna tell
About a gang of fellars down at Nashville
First I'll start with old Red Foley doing his Chatanooga Shoe
We can't forget Hank Williams with his Good Lord Lovesick Blues

It's time for Roy Acuff go to Memphis on his train
Minnie Pearl and Rob Brassfield with Lazy Jim Day
Turn on your radio I know that you will wait
Hear Little Jimmy Dickens sing 'Take An Old Cold Water and Wait'

There'll be guitars and fiddles and banjo pickin' too
Bill Monroe singing out them Old Kentucky Blues
Ernest Tubb's number Two Wrongs Won't Make a Right
At the Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night

There is Uncle Dave Macon his gold tooth and plug hat
Cowboy Copas singing Tragic Romance
Signed Sealed and Delivered with Sam and Curt McGee
And the master of ceremony is the Mr.George D. Hay

There is Lonzo and Oscar a-poppin' bubble gum
George Morgan singing Candy Kisses yum yum
Got a hole in my bucket bringing in that Georgia mail
We'll play the Bluegrass Breakdown and dance to the Chicken Reel

You can talk about your singers in all kinds of way
But none could sing the old songs like Bradley Kincaid
With his old hound dog Buitar and the famous 'Blue tail fly'
Stringbean and Hank Snow and fiddlin' Chubby Wise

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Railroad Earth - Grandfather Mountain 

High up in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Still and lying on his back
Our ancient host, Grandfather Mountain
Many million years and counting
Laying on his back, counting stars
Up in the sky, above his head

Eyes and nose of solid granite,
They're the oldest eyes upon the
Planet, watching ages come and go

A cloud comes by and sits his upon nose
He blows it down the ancient valley
Towards the busy town

Tell me old man, what are you dreamin'?
Tell me old man, how are you today
Tell me old man, what are you dreamin'?
Tell me old man how are you today
Hey, hey, hey!

Find a day and cross the
Swinging bridge and climb his
face and feel the grace the
blowing breeze and shining sun

While you're here and have a minute,
Take the view and glory in it
Year by year floating by Grandfather Mountain

Tell me old man, what are you dreamin'?
Tell me old man, how are you today?
Tell me old man, what are you dreamin'?
Tell me old man, how are you today?
Hey, hey, hey!

Just watching the years fade away
Just watching the years fade away
Just watching the years wash away
Just watching the years wash away

Just watching the years wash away
Just watching the years fade away

Tell me old man, what are you dreamin'
Tell me old man, how are you today
Tell me old man, what are you dreamin'
Tell me old man, how are you today
Hey, hey, hey!

Just watching the years fade away
Just watching the years fade away
Just watching the years wash away
Just watching the years wash away

Just watching the years wash away
Just watching the years fade away

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Doc Watson 
Grandfather's Clock

My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
And it weight not a penny's weight more
It was bought on the morn that my grandpa was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

Ninety years without slumbering (tic tac tic tac)
His life's seconds numbering (tic tac tic tac)
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

At watching its pendulum swing to and fro
Many hours he had spent as a boy
As he grew into manhood the clock seemed to know
For it shared every sorrow and joy
And it struck twenty-four as he entered the door
With his beautiful and blushing bride
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

My grandfather said that of those he could hire
Not a servant so faithful he'd found
For it wasted no time and it had but one desire
At the close of each week to be wound
Yes it kept in its place but not a frown upon its face
And its hands never hung by its side
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

Then it rang an alarm in the dead of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
That his hour for departure had come
Yes the clock kept the time
With a soft and muffled chime
As we stood there and watched by his side
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

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Grandma Harp
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                F             C
Grandma's maiden name was Zona Villines
                                            G7
And there's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines
C              F              C
Born in Newton County down in Arkansas
     D7                  G7
Then in 1901 she married grandpa
   C                F               C
We laid her soul to rest one Sunday morning
              F                   C
And everybody knew she'd done her part
                         F             C      A7
Don't get set to hear no hidden family legend
       D7             G7              C
Just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
           F         C
Just think about the times that she lived through
                                G7
And to think about the changin' world she saw
C            F                   C
Now some how she reared a decent family out of poverty
D7                                  G7
And for seventy years she loved the same ole grandpa
C         F                         C
To me her passin' brought a closin' chapter
                      F                 C
To a way of life that I loved within my heart
                              F                 C      A7
I just mean to say I think we owe her something special
          D7             G7              C
If just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
repeat #1,2

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Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                                                  F
The family once received a homemade Christmas card
    C                        G7               C
And everyone was thrilled to read the verse inside
                                       Am              Dm
Cause every line was printed where the print should be
              C                           G7    C
And grandma's name was neatly signed with pride

               F                                    C
It simply read my prayers and thoughts are with you
           G7                       C
And all my Christmas wishes are for real
                        Am                Dm
I'm just good enough at poetry to make it rhyme
            C                      G7   C
And to also let you know the way I feel

                             F                  C
Grandma's homemade Christmas card from long ago
                     G7                       C
Hangs proudly in the tree top with the tinsel snow
         Am                          Dm                    C
It's the only Christmas card that we keep from year to year
G7   C                                           F    C G7 C
Yeah grandma's homemade Christmas card is always here

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Grandpa
Recorded by the Judds
Written by Jamie O'hara 

C                          F
Grandpa  tell me about the good old days
             C                             G7
Sometimes it feels like  this world's gone crazy
C                        F
Grandpa  take me back to yesterday
                      C            G7             C
When the line between right wrong  didn't seem so hazy

              F
Lovers really fall in love to stay
                  C
Stand beside each other come what may
               G7
Promise really something people kept
                              C
Not just something they would say  
                F
Families really bow their heads to pray 
            C
And daddy's really never go away
         F       G7                         C
Wooo ooh grandpa tell me about the good old days

                       F
Grandpa  everything is changing fast
           C                          G7
We call it progress  but I just don't know
C                         F
And grandpa  let's wander back into the past
               C        G7      C
And paint me a picture  of long ago

              F
Lovers really fall in love to stay
                  C
Stand beside each other come what may
               G7
Promise really something people kept
                              C
Not just something they would say and then forget
                F
Families really bow their heads to pray 
            C
And daddy's really never go away
         F       G7                         C
Wooo ooh grandpa tell me about the good old days

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Grandpa's Mandolin

Looking through old memories in my cedar closet stashed away
I found the old mandolin Grandpa used to play
I picked it up and held it close thinking 'bout those years ago
And all the great music Grandpa made

Weathered worn but never frail with calloused hands he gently played
To bring an easy feeling to a hard working day
When times were tough as they could be he never once complained to me
He'd just let the music sooth the the pain

When Grandpa played the mandolin the family gathered 'round
To sing the old time songs generations handed down
I remember every single phrase from every song he played
Wish I could sing a song with Grandpa today

I recall 1961 the year Grandpa passed away
The family gathered 'round once more to sing Amazing Grace
Now this mandolin's reminding me of what my Grandpa taught to me
That music makes the world a better place

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Grapes On The Vine

There are songs that birds don't sing to people
There are secrets you keep right through to the end
There are heros they hide until forever
And I'm singin' this song for one of them

He's the man that you passed on the road there
The one with his life on the loose
Goin' either somewhere or nowhere
Goin' without me without you

For he is this world's constant orphan
Travelin' out his long time
Livin' on apples from orchards
And dyin' from grapes on the vine

You can find him in big city winters
Out where the mission bell crys
And sorrow echos through the suburbs
And tries to close all his eyes

And dream of his railroad existance
As if it were some kind of dream
As if the extent of the distance
Were what his heart would go him

You can find him in Pittsburg at Christmas
You can find him in Buffalo in June
And he knows all the back roads between them
Like a Gypsy he pulls a broom

And it's route twenty-two all over again
Stake it well down and try to look like sombody's friend
Look strong at the men smile for the girls
Puzzle at the rest of the world

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Grass Won't Grow On A Busy Street
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Ray Pennington

G
The wind and I have a lot in common
It seems we're always in a race with time
C                              G
We never know just where we're goin'
               D7            G
Or think about what we leave behind
            D7             G
Grass won't grow on a busy street
                                      D7
You can't take the bitter and make it sweet
You can't draw water from a well that's dry
                                   
Rain won't fall from a clear blue sky
                           G
Grass won't grow on a busy street
Now love will bloom in any season
But I found out some time ago
   C                       G
My heart just beats in one direction
                    D7           G
I won't give a true love time to grow
Repeat #2
I never was a little baby
If you don't believe me ask my dad
C                           G
Anything I do I do it right boys
                           D7               G
When I'm good I'm good but when I'm bad I'm bad
Repeat #2 x2

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Grave In The Valley

There's a grave in the bend of the valley
Where the shadows sweep over so still
There my darling is sleeping so peaceful
In a grave at the foot of the hill

On the night when I'm lonely and thinkin'
Of my sweetheart who's now gone away
I go back to the place where she's sleeping
I'm just longing to see her some day

God gave us the joy that we wished for
Just a few nights together to be
Then he carried her to heaven's bright portal
There where she will be waiting for me

For I often go back to the valley
Where the willows weep over her head
There to be just once more with my darling
By her side though I know she is dead

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Grave On The Green Hillside

There's a little grave on the green hillside that lies to the morning sun
And the way worn feet often wander there when the cares of the day are done
We sometimes sit in the twilight fall and talk of a far off land
And we sometimes feel in the twilight there the touch of a vanished hand

   Grave on the green hillside grave on the green hillside
   In the years to come we will calmly sleep in a grave on the green hillside

And this land is full of these little graves in the valleys plains and hills
There's angel too for each little grave an angel procession fills
I know not how but I sometimes think that they lead us with gentle hand
And a whisper falls on a willing ear from the shore of a far off land

And these little graves are but wayside marks that point to a far off land
And they speak to the soul of a better day of a day that's near at hand
Though we first must walk through the chartless fields yet Christ will be our guide
We will reach the shore of a far off land through a grave on a green hillside

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Gravity
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I left home when I was seventeen
I just grew tired of falling down
And I'm sure I was told
The allure of the road
Would be all I found

And all the answers that I started with
Turned out questions in the end
So years roll on by
And just like the sky
The road never ends

And the people who love me still ask me
When are you coming back to town
And I answer quite frankly
When they stop building roads
And all God needs is gravity to hold me down

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Greasy Creek

I came down from Kentucky, a place called Greasy Creek
That cornbread and buttermilk was all I had to eat
I have served my country, work for Uncle Sam
But cornbread and buttermilk made me what I am

Oh give me that cornbread and buttermilk, a country boy's delight
I eat it every morning and I eat it every night
Some people like friend chicken, others like their ham
But cornbread and buttermilk made me what I am

My daddy raised some 'taters beans and cabbage too
He always raised plenty of corn to make his mountain dew
Daddy had some horses and cattle on the farm
But cornbread and buttermilk never did no harm

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Great Balls Of Fire lyrics
(Blackwell/Hammer)

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love can drive a girl insane
You broke my will oh but what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
I like that love cause I thought it was funny
You came along and you move me honey
I change my mind this love is sure fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Ooh kiss me baby, ooh it feels good
Ooh hold me, hold me, I would love to love you
Like a lover should
'Cause you're fine, and so kind
I tell the world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine
I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
I'm real nervous but it sure is fun
You broke my will but I love you still and
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Ooh kiss my baby, ooh it feels good, ooh hold me
Baby, you ought to love me like a lover should
'Cause you're fine, and so kind
I tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine
I love that you love cause I thought it was funny
You came along and you move me honey
I change my mind, this love is sure fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Kiss me baby, ooh it feels good
Ooh hold me, hold me
You ought to love me like a lover should
'Cause you're fine and so kind
I tell the world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine
I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
I sure am nervous
But I'm sure havin' fun
I change my mind, this love is sure fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, you broke my will, but what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
You broke my will but I love you still
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Goodness gracious great balls of fire


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Great Big Wall In China
Abigail Washburn

You can tell a flower to bloom
On the other side of the moon
But for you and me it's hard to see her glory in the sun
Even if she climbs high into an ashen sky
A fading light far out of sight
will signal her blooming day

So a spaceship we must build
Set off from our window sill
The journey's long to carry on, especially in the dark
Even if we ask a distant star where the blooming flowers are
She may shoot us back on her jumbled ray
To the land from whence we came
but from space we'll see

They built a great big wall in China
Built it up to the pearly gates
I wanna land right beside her
Hither come what may

The storyteller stands
Upon the city gate and says,
I too have seen a coming dream
I talked to stars,
got close to mars,
got shot back to where we are
I wish all could see what I have seen
The trembling light of a distant flower in the night

They built a great big wall in China
Built it up to the pearly gates
Gotta take down the banner boys
Hope it's not too late


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Great Grand-dad

Great grand-dad when the land was young
Barred the door with a wagon tongue
For the times was rough, and the redskins mocked
He said his prayers with a shot-gun cocked

He was a citizen tough and grim
Danger was duck soup to him
He ate corn pone and bacon fat
Great grandson would starve on that

Great grand-dad was a busy man
Cooked his grub in a fryin' pan
He picked his teeth with a hunting knife
And he wore the same suit all his life

Twenty-one children came to bless
The old man's home in the wilderness
Doubt this statement if you can
Great grand dad was a busy man

Twenty-one boys and how they grew
Tall and strang on the bacon too
Slept on the floor with the dogs and cats
And hunted in the woods in their coon-skin caps

Twenty-one boys and not one bad
They never got fresh with their great grand-dad
For if they had, he'd have been right glad
To tan their hides with a hickory gad

He raised them rough but he raised them well
When their feet took hold on the road to hell
He straightened them out with an iron ramrod
And filled them full of the fear of God

They grew strong in heart and hand
Firm foundation of our land
Twenty-one boys and a great grand-son
He's a terrible time with that one


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The Incredible String Band - Greatest Friend 

The greatest friend I have in life
Has brought me here to dwell
Awhile among your green, green hills
And by the watery well

The water from that wondrous well
Has made my eyes to see
And loosed my tongue to sing with joy
That such a friend can be

The greatest friend I have in life
Was hidden long from me
Above the mountains, cold and wide
Beneath the sacred tree

That sacred tree whose bark I touched
Whose leaves did tell to me
The ancient tales that made me sure
My friend would come to me

My greatest friend a song has given
To sing where I may go
To sing among the green, green hills
And where the waters flow

The waters from that wondrous well
That make my eyes to see
And make my mind to ever show
My greatest friend to me

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The Incredible String Band - Greatest Friend - 2010 Remastered Version 

The greatest friend I have in life
Has brought me here to dwell
Awhile among your green green hills
All by the watery well
The water from that wondrous well
Has made my eyes to see
And loosed my tongue to sing with joy
That such a griend can be
The greatest friend I have in life
Was hidden long from me
Above the mountains cold and wide
Beneath the sacred tree
That sacred tree whose bark I touched
Whose leaves did tell to me
The ancient tales that made me sure
My friend would come to me

My greatest friend a song has given
To sing where I may go
To sing among the green green hills
And where the waters flow
The waters from that wondrous well
That made my eyes to see
And made my mind to ever show
My greatest friend to me.

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Greatest Gift Of All
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

F           C             G7               C
Love is the greatest  the greatest gift of all

                           F
I love everything that God created 
         C              D7                G7
From the largest things right down to the small
            C                 F
But when he gave me you right away I knew 
            C             G7               C
Love is the greatest  the greatest gift of all

                             F
Thought I had all life could offer 
         C           D7            G7
But everything I had now seemed so small
          C                       F
When I compare them to the joy of loving you
            C             G7               C
Love is the greatest  the greatest gift of all

                     F
There is no way to explain it 
           C       D7             G7
But you'll know it the minute you fall
         C                  F
For that feeling that comes from loving
            C        F           C
Love is the greatest love is the greatest
F           C        G7      F  C
Love is the greatest gift of a--ll

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Greatest One Of All
Recorded by Melba Montgomery
Written by George Riddle

C                                         F
Although the heartaches one can know in a lifetime
          G7                              C
There are many that can cause a great downfall
                                 F
But I know for sure I have in my possession
    G7                             C
The saddest bluest greatest one of all
    F                              C
The greatest one of all of all the heartaches
      D7                                 G7
Was a guilt from you reminding me you're gone
         C                                    F
You must surely be the world's champion heart breaker
      G7                              C
Cause you left me the greatest one of all
                                         F
I should think for you to have a special title
    G7                                C
And hang your picture in some shining hall
                                          F
You're an expert when it comes to causin' heartache
    G7                              C
And you gave me the greatest one of all
    F                              C
The greatest one of all of all the heartaches
      D7                                 G7
Was a guilt from you reminding me you're gone
         C                                    F
You must surely be the world's champion heart breaker
      G7                              C
Cause you left me the greatest one of all

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Greatest Sorrow Of All
BMI Work #: 8760990
Greatest Sorrow Of All (Larry W. Jones 03/15/2007) (song#4518)

Sometimes you feel glad
Sometimes you feel sad
Sometimes life isn't worthwhile
Things can make you so mad
Some things just don't add
And then sorrow replaces a smile
There are sorrows we know
Through the years as we go
Some of them we can't explain
Like, why do sorrows cling
And sunshine never bring
A red rose instead of the rain
There's sorrow when you're lonely
And when you're far from home
There's sorrow when a mother's only
Son decides it's time to roam
There's sorrow when sweethearts quarrel
And all those tears start to fall
But when you lose someone sweet as laurel
That's the greatest sorrow of all
- instrumental -
There's sorrow when you're lonely
And when you're far from home
There's sorrow when a mother's only
Son decides it's time to roam
There's sorrow when sweethearts quarrel
And all those tears start to fall
But when you lose someone sweet as laurel
That's the greatest sorrow of all


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Nickel Creek - Green And Gray 

I'm in a room full of people hanging on one person's breath
We would all vote him most likely to be loved to death
I hope he still wants it but it might remind him of when
He aimed for the bull's eye and he hit it nine times out of ten

That one time his hand slipped, and I saw the dart sail away
I don't know where it landed but I'm guessing between green and gray
And I thought nothing of it but it still haunts him like a ghost
With all eyes upon him except two that matter the most

He says, "Green is the color that everyone sees all around me
Gray is the color I see around her, she's just a blur"
The more the crowd cheers
The less I can hear and they don't really care what I play
Might be for her but for now it's between green and gray

We paid and we cheered, now we're gone and to us that feels right
But for him every one of those evenings turns into a night
With another hotel room where he lays awake to pretend
That he's doing fine with his notebook and Discman for friends

He says, "Green is the color that everyone sees all around me
Gray is the color I see around her, she's just a blur"
Night after night what I hear, what I write
Fills the room and my head starts to sway
Might be for her but for now it's between green and gray

I want you to love me, he whispers, unable to speak
And he wonders aloud why feelings so strong make the body so weak
Then he awoke, now he's scared to death somebody heard
If it was you and you know her, please don't say a word

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Nickel Creek - Green And Grey
(Chris Thile)

Man, of all of the people, hanging on one person's breath.
We would all vote him, but frankly to be loved to death.
I hope he still wants it, but it might remind him of when,
He aimed for the bullseye and he hit it that time, silent sign.

That one time his hand slipped and I saw, the dart sailed away.
I don't know where it landed, but I'm guessing between green and grey.
Well, I thought nothing of it but it still haunts him like a ghost.
With all eyes upon him except two that matter the most.

He says: "Green is the colour that everyone sees all around me.
"Grey is the colour I see around her.
"She's just a blur.
"The more the crowd cheers, the less I can hear,
"For they don't really care what I'm playin'.
"It might be for her but for now it's between green and grey."

We paid and we cheered, now we're gone and to us, that feels right.
But for him, every one of those evenings turns into the night.
With another hotel room where he lays awake to pretend,
That he's doin' fine with his notebook and deskman for friends.

He says: "Green is the colour that everyone sees all around me.
"Grey is the colour I see around her.
"She's just a blur.
"Night after night while I hear what I write,
"Fills the room an' my head starts to sway.
"Might be for her but for now it's between green and grey."

"I want you to love me," he whispers her name, 'bout to speak.
 And he wonders aloud why feelings so strong make the body so weak.
Then he awoke, now he's scared to death somebody heard,
If it was you and you know her, please don't say a word.

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Green Green Grass Of Home
J. Putman

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

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

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

3. Then I awake and look around me
There's four grey walls that surround me
Then I realised, realised that, that I'd only been dreaming
For there's a garden and there's a sad old park grave
On and on we'll walk at day break
Then again I'll touch the green green grass of home

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

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - New Look, New Sound


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Green Grow The Lilacs

In once had a sweetheart but now I have none
The way he has done me I care not for one
The way he has done me contented I'll be
For he loves another much better than me

Green grow the lilacs all sparkling with dew
I'm lonesome for my darling since parting from you
The next time I meet him I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to red, white and blue

I passed by his window both early and late
The look that he gave me it made my heart ache
The look that he gave me was harmful to see
For he loves another much better than me

* Refrain

Wrote him a letter with rosey red lines
He sent me an answer all twisted entrines
Keep your love letters and I'll keep mine
Write to your sweetheart and I'll write to mine

* Refrain


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Green Grow The Rashes, O
Robert Burns

There's naught but care on every hand,
In every hour that passes, O.
What signifies the life o' man
An 't were na for the lasses, O.

Chorus:
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend,
Are spent amang the lasses, O

The warly race may riches chase,
An' riches still may fly them, O;
An' though at last they catch them fast,
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O.

Gie me a canny hour at e'en,
My arms about my dearie, O
An' warly cares an' warly men
May all gae tapsalteerie O.

For you sae douce, you sneer at this,
Ye're naught but senseless asses, O!
The wisest man the warl' e'er saw,
He dearly lo'ed the lasses, O.

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes, O :
Her 'prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses, O.


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Green Light On The Southern
Norman Blake

Standing on the side track at the south end of town 
On a dry hot dusty August day the steam pipe blowin' down 
The foreman with his long oil can oiling the old valve gear 
Waiting for the fast mail train the semifore to clear.

The engineer in his old I cab, his gold watch in his hand 
Looking at the water glass and letting down the sand 
Rolling out on the old main line, taking up the slack 
Gone today, but so they say, tomorrow he'll be back.

Oh, if I could return 
To those boyhood days of mine 
And the green light on the southern 
Southern railroad line.

Creeping down the rusy rails of the weed-grown branch line 
Section houses gray and white by the yard limit sign 
The hoggers call the old high ball, no more time to wait 
Rollin' down to Birmingham with a ten car local freight.

The whistle screams with a hiss of steam, the headlight gleams clear 
The driver's roll and the green and gold getting mighty near 
Handing up the orders to the engine crew on time 
It's the Alabama Great Southern A.G.S. railroad line.


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Green Pastures

Troubles and trials often betray those
Causing the weary body to stray
But we shall walk beside the still water
With the good shepherd leading the way

   Going up home to live in green pastures
   Where we shall live and die never more
   Even the Lord will be in that number
   When we have reached that heavenly shore

Those who have strayed were sought by the master
He who once gave his life for the sheep
Out on the mountain still He is searching
Bringing them in forever to keep

We will not heed the voice of the stranger
For he would lead us on to despair
Following home with Jesus our savior
We shall all reach that country so fair

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Green Pastures In The Sky
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Osburn Thorpe

C                                  A#
The Shepherd leads me out to green pastures
          C      G7           C
Where the clear  sweet waters flow
                        A#         C
Though evil shadows are all around me 
                G7           C
I'm not afraid  He's there I know

                             A#
The storms may come and rage around me
        C      G7       C
I'm not alone  He is my shield
                    A#           C
And when I'm weary  alone and forsaken
                G7       C
He lifts me up  He is so real

                                        A#
Though I may stray into fields that are barren
              C         G7    C
Where danger awaits me  I may go
                        A#       C
The Master will search  until He finds me
                     G7       C
He'll guide me back  into the fold

                                      A#
I'm one of His sheep He will love and protect me
       C     G7               C
When I call  He's there close by
                            A#        C
The day draws near for that final journey
                       G7     C
To that green pasture  in the sky

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Green Rollin Hills

Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to Heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here
They'll keep me and never let me go. 

My Daddy said don't ever be a miner
For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own
Cause of hard times everywhere
I can't find a dime to spare
These are the worst times I've ever known. 

So I'll move away into some crowded city
In some northern fact'ry town you'll find me there
though I'll leave the past behind
I'll never change my mind
These troubled times are more than I can bear 

But someday I'll go back to West Virginia
To the green rolling hills I love so well
Yes, someday I'll go home
And I know I'll right the wrong
These troubled times will follow me no more

Yes, someday I'll go home
And I know I'll right the wrong
These troubled times will follow me no more.

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Green Rolling Hills 
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Utah Phillips, Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens 
 
C                 G7            C
The green rolling hills of West Virginia
        F                              G7
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
       C                                 F
Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here
        C           G7           C
They'll keep me and never let me go

                    G7        C
My daddy said don't ever be a miner
      F                                G7
For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own
          C                       F
Cause the hard times everywhere I can't find a dime to spare
C                   G7              C
These are the worst times I've ever known

Repeat #1

                  G7                C
So I'll move away into some crowded city
        F                                    G7
In some northern factory town you'll find me there
            C                          F
Though I'll leave the past behind I'll never change my mind
      C                  G7              C
These troubled times are more than I can bear

Repeat #1

                G7           C
Someday I'll go back to West Virginia
       F                             G7
To the green rolling hills I love so well
    C                          F
Yes someday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong
      C                   G7           C
These troubled times will follow me no more

                             F
Yes someday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong
      C                   G7           C
These troubled times will follow me no more



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Green Snakes
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Elton Williams and Jimmie Peters

G                             C                   G
One fool on a stool is what I heard the bartender say
                                                     D7
I never thought my own life would ever turn out this way   
                    G        C                   G
Green Snakes on the ceiling  walking walls I can see  
                                D7                   G
One fool on a stool and on this stool sits this fool me
        
                     C              G
One fool on a stool  one drink to a hand
                                                     D7
No thread for your needle no ma'am I ain't seen your man     
   G                           C           G
Anything you want to tell me I got no time for  
                       D7            G
Just order your drink  make room for more

                              C                   G
One fool on a stool is what I heard the bartender say
                                                     D7
I never thought my own life would ever turn out this way   
                    G        C                   G
Green Snakes on the ceiling  walking walls I can see  
                                D7                   G
One fool on a stool and on this stool sits this fool me



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Dolly Parton - Green-eyed Boy lyrics

I flew off to the wild blue yonder
'Cause I had a dream
And I had to go
But I'm filled with a sense of wonder
From the love I shared
With a green-eyed boy
Lips as sweet as mountain honey
A body warm as home made wine
But he had no dreams
And no means for money
But he had me just anytime
Chorus:
Take me back, If just in memory
Fill my cup again with joy
The fire still burns in the old rock chimney
And I still burn for that green-eyed boy
Now he was pretty
With chiseled features
Like the movie stars in the magazines
My first love and the son of a preacher
I fantasized me was James Dean
But the world outside kept pulling at me
Offered me fame, respect, and gold
Designer clothes and a fancy mansion
Expensive cars, so I chose those
Repeat Chorus Twice
Ooh, ooh, how I love that green-eyed boy
Ooh, ooh, ooh, and I still miss
That green-eyed boy
Fade:
Do you think about me
When the nights are long and cold
Do you ever miss me
Do you my green-eyed boy


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Greenland Whale Fisheries
Traditional

'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three
And of June the thirteenth day,
That our gallant ship her anchor weighed,
And for Greenland bore away, brave boys,
And for Greenland bore away.

The lookout in the crosstrees stood
With spyglass in his hand;
There's a whale, there's a whale,
there's whalefish he cried
And she blows at every span, brave boys
She blows at every span.

The captain stood on the quarter deck,
And a fine little man was he;
Overhaul, overhaul! Let your davit tackles fall,
And launch your boats for sea, brave boys
And launch your boats for sea.

Now the boats were launched and the men aboard,
And the whale was full in view.
Resolved was each seaman bold
To steer where the whalefish blew, brave boys
To steer where the whalefish blew.

We stuck the whale the line paid out,
But she gave a flourish with her tail,
The boat capsized and four men were drowned,
And we never caught that whale, brave boys,
And we never caught that whale.

To lose the whale, our captain said,
It grieves my heart full sore,
But oh! to lose (those) four gallant men
It grieves me ten times more, brave boys
It grieves me ten times more.

The winter star doth now appear,
So, boys we'll anchor weigh;
It's time to leave this cold country
And homeward bear away, brave boys
And homeward bear away.

Oh Greenland is a dreadful place
A land that's never green
Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow
and the daylight's seldom seen brave boys
But the daylight's seldom seen.


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Greenlight On The Southern

Standing on the sidetrack at the south end of town
on a hot dry dusty august day the steam pipe pouring down
the fireman with his long oil can oiling the old valve gears
waiting for the semaphore the fast mail train to clear

The engineer in the old high cab his gold watch in his hand
looking at the waterglass and letting down the sand
rolling out on the old main line taking up the slack
gone today so they say but tomorrow he'll be back

oh if I could return
to those boyhood days of mine
and the greenlight on the southern southern railroad line

creeping down the rusty rails of the weed grown branch line
the section houses gray and white by the yard limit sign
the hoggers call the old high ball no more time to wait
rolling down to birmingham with a 10 car load for freight

the whistle scream with a hiss of steam the headlight gleams clear
the drivers roll on the green and go getting mighty near
handing up the orders to the engine crew on time
it's the Alabama great southern AGS railroad line

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Doc Watson 
Greenville Trestle High

I remember as a boy
How I'd wander and enjoy
I'd watch the trains as they'd go by
And the whistle's lonely sound
You could hear for miles around
As they rolled across that Greenville trestle high

But the whistles don't sound like they used to
Lately not many trains go by
Hard times across the land
Mean no work for the railroad man
And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high

On the river bank I'd stand
With a cane pole in my hand
Watch the freight trains up against the sky
With black smoke trailing back
As they moved along the track
That runs across that Greenville trestle high

But the whistles don't sound like they used to
Lately not many trains go by
Hard times across this land
Mean no work for the railroad man
And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high

When the lonesome whistles wind
I get ramblin' on my mind
Lord, I wish they still sounded that way
As I turned to head for home
Lord, she'd rumble low and long
Towards the sunset at the close of day

No, the whistles don't sound like they used to
Lately not many trains go by
Hard times across the land
Mean no work for the railroad man
And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high

No, the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high

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Alison Krauss - Grey Eagle			
[Instrumental]


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Grey Funnel Line
Cyril Tawney

Don't mind the rain or the rolling sea.
The weary night never worries me,
But the hardest time in sailor's day
Is to watch the sun as it dies away.
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line.

The finest ship that sails the sea
Is still a prison for the likes of me.
But give me wings like Noah's dove,
And I'd fly up harbour to the one I love.
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line.

Of Lord if dreams were only real,
I'd have my hands on that wooden wheel,
And with all my heart I'd turn her round,
And tell the boys that we're homeward bound.
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line.

I'll pass the time like some machine,,
Until blue water turns to green
Then I'll dance on down that walk ashore,
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.


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Richard Thompson - Grey Walls Lyrics

I took my darling down
I took my darling down
To that big grey house down the lane
And then the doctor said
He said it's in her head
She's never going to be right again
I kissed my love goodbye
She didn't blink an eye
They took her down the hall
She never looked back at all

Behind grey walls
Somewhere there's a soul
Behind grey walls
She's out of control
Crying out for help
No one can hear
O Lord have pity on her
O Lord have pity on her

My darling walks the floor
My darling walks the floor
She walks every minute that she can
I heard my darling say
I heard my darling say
She don't know who I am
Cigarette burns down her arm
Said she tried to do herself harm
Tied her arms in the back
Trussed her up like a sack

Behind grey walls
Somewhere there's a soul
Behind grey walls
She's out of control
Crying out for help
No one can hear
O Lord have pity on her
O Lord have pity on her

I saw my darling's face
I saw my darling's face
It looked so pale in the distance
She stared out from her room
Into the dying gloom
And I saw her poor tears glisten
Pills to keep her calm
More punctures than a junkie in her arm
Tied her down on the bed
Seventy volts through her head

Behind grey walls
Somewhere there's a soul
Behind grey walls
She's out of control
Crying out for help
No one can hear
O Lord have pity on her
O Lord have pity on her

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Groundhog

Way down yonder in the forks of the branch
Way down yonder in the forks of the branch
The old sow whistles and the little pigs dance
Groundhog, groundhog

Well come on Grandpa get your dog
Come on Grandpa get your dog
We're going up the holler to catch a groundhog
Groundhog, groundhog

Well yonder comes Jimmy with a ten foot pole
Yonder comes Jimmy with a ten foot pole
Twist that groundhog out of his hole
Groundhog, groundhog

Well come on Pappy bring your gun
Come on Pappy bring your gun
We got that groundhog on the run
Groundhog, groundhog

Well yonder comes Sally with a snicker and a grin
Yonder comes Sally with a snicker and a grin
Groundhog grease all over her chin
Groundhog, groundhog

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Groundhog Blues

Hunt up the matting, whistle up the dog
Hunt up the matting, whistle up the dog
Going to the new ground to get a groundhog
Groundhog, groundhog, groundhog, groundhog

I dug down and it wasn't very deep
I dug down and it wasn't very deep
There laid a whistle-pig sound asleep
Groundhog, groundhog, groundhog, groundhog

I took me a pole and I twist him out
I took me a pole and I twist him out
Good gracious alive, ain't a groundhog stout !
Groundhog, groundhog, groundhog, groundhog

I took him home and I tanned his hide
I took him home and I tanned his hide
He made the best shoe-strings ever was tied
Groudhog, groundhog, groundhog, groundhog

I cut him up and put him on to bile
I cut him up and put him on to bile
Good gracious alive, you could smell him for a mile
Groundhog, groundhog, groundhog, groundhog


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Guantanamera
Jose Marti

Yo soy un hombre sincero,
De donde crecen las palmas
Yo soy on hombre sincero,
De donde crecen las palmas,
Y antes do morirme quiero,
Echar mis versos del alma.

Chorus:
Guantanamera,
Guajira Guantanamera,
Guantanamera,
Guajira Guantanamera.

Mi verso es de un verde carlo,
Y de un carmin encendido,
Mi verso es de un verde carlo,
Que busca en el monte amparo.

Chorus

I am a truthful man from this land of palm trees,
Before dying I want to share these poems of my soul
My verses are light green
But they are also flaming red.

(the next verse says)
I cultivate a rose in June and in January
For the sincere friend who gives me his hand
And for the cruel one who would tear out this heart
With which I live
I do not cultivate thistles or nettles
I cultivate a white rose

Qultivo la rosa blanca
En junio como en enero
Qultivo la rosa blanco
En juno como en enero
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da da su mano franca.

Chorus

Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon que vivo
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon que vivo
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo
Cultivo la rosa blanco.

Chorus

Con los pobres de la tiera
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
Con los pobres de la tiera
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
El arroyo de la sierra
Me complace mas que el mar

Chorus


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Guess We Thought The World Would End
Recorded by Bobby Helms

G                    D7          G
Guess we thought the world would end

                        D7
We never thought of the future
                       G
The past we didn't let in
                         C
Time stood still while I held you
         G           D7          G
Guess we thought the world would end

                           D7
All of it was wrong and we knew it
                    G
We didn't try to pretend
                      C
We only lived for the moment
         G           D7          G
Guess we thought the world would end

C                            G
We never thought of the heartaches
D7                     G
We'd bring to somebody else
C                        G
Blinded by love for each other
A7                    D7
We only thought of ourselves

G             D7
You belong to another
                 G
We'll never love again
               C
For a moment I held you
         G           D7          G
Guess we thought the world would end

                              C
Time stood still while I held you
         G           D7          G
Guess we thought the world would end

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Guide Me Lord
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Johnny Gimble

C                              F
I was born in sin and lost but Jesus paid the cost
    G7                         C
And pardoned me from all iniquity 
                            F
So till I see His face I'll daily ask His grace
   G7                                  C
To guide me on the path He planned for me

                                       F
Guide me lord through the day guide me Lord this I pray
        G7                           C
Through all hardships temptation and strife
                                         F
Guide me lord through Thy might guide me Lord by Thy light
     G7                           C
That Thy will might be done in my life

                             F
God loved us everyone and He gave His only son
G7                                   C
To save our souls from sin He gladly died
                                F
So trust in Him today and He'll wash your sins away
     G7                              C
Then daily He will be your light and guide

Repeat #2

G7       C
Guide me Lord 

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Guilty
Randy Newman

Yes, baby, I been drinkin'
And I shouldn't come by I know
But I found myself in trouble
And I had nowhere else to go

Got some whisky from the barman
Got some cocaine from a friend
I just had to keep on movin'
Til I was back in your arms again

Guilty, baby I'm guilty
And I'll be guilty the rest of my life
How come I never do what I'm supposed to do
How come nothin' that I try to do ever turns out right?

You know, you know how it is with me baby
You know, I just can't stand myself
And it takes a whole lot of medicine
For me to pretend that I'm somebody else


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Guilty As Sin
Written and recorded by Mel Street

C
In lovin' arms with tender kisses
    F                 C
She helps me start my day
And lets me know that she loves me
                   G7
In so many special ways
          C
She don't talk about last night
       F                C
Or the places that I've been
                         F
Lord she loves me like a saint
                     C
But I'm as guilty as sin
        F
Yes the devil knows my weakness
       C
On the other side of town
When temptation gets the upper hand
                       G7
My resistance tumble's down
   C
My conscience tells me treat her right
      F            C
But I lose control again
                         F
Lord she loves me like a saint
                     C
But I'm as guilty as sin
I hope she never has to suffer
       F              C
Lord I hope she never knows
Bout the wild side of my life
                   G7
The part she never chose
           C
But I'm so thankful that she's waiting there
     F           C
When I come home again
                        F
Yes she loves me like a saint
                     C
But I'm as guilty as sin
Repeat #3,4
                        F
Yes she loves me like a saint
                     C
But I'm as guilty as sin

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Richard Thompson - Guitar Heroes Lyrics

I can't go out with my friends on a Saturday night
My guitar's like a woman and you know I've got to treat her right
I've got to practice all night and day
I've got to play the way my heroes play
I've got to learn how the do it the Django way -
O my teacher says they're going to kick me out of school
'Cause I'm nothing but a bebop, twang-headed rock and roll fool
If I don't do my homework I've got to go
But they can't teach me what I've got to know
How do I make my guitar sound like Les Paul?
I'll do the washing up later, let me practice if I choose
But how does Chuck Berry make it bounce right out of the grooves?
My girlfriend says she's going to dump me any day soon
If I don't stop strumming my guitar and get out of my room
If I don't get a life she's going to look elsewhere
She says, there's some normal boys out there
I said, I'll catch you up when I've cracked this James Burton tune
My Mum and Dad say they're going to put me out in the street
I'm excommunicated till I get a job and get on my feet
They say I'm not making a contribution
But I'm still searching for a musical solution
I've got to know how the Shadows get that beat
Well I played and I played till my fingers bled
I shut out all the voices but the voice in my head
Now I stand on stage and I do my stuff
And maybe it's good, but it's never good enough
To tell you the truth, I always hid it -
I still don't know how my heroes did it
I still don't know how my heroes did it
Guitar Heroes
Guitar Heroes
Guitar Heroes
Guitar Heroes

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Guitar Polka
Recorded by Rosalie Allen with Chet Atkins
Written by James B. Harris and Al Dexter

C
A cowboy rode one day down to old Monterey
                      G
Across the sleepy Rio Grande
He met a lovely gal a senorita pal
                              C
With eyes that seemed to understand
                                G
While sweet guitars were softly playing
                                C
Across the floor they soon were swaying
                          G
Me like a-you she kept on saying
                                C
As she would gently squeeze his hand
D7         G
She say me like to talk we take a little walk
           C
She say me like to kiss 
His heart would skip and miss
          D7               G
T'was the nearest thing to heaven
   D7       G
To have and hold her tight 
Until the morning light 
         C
T'was to sweet to last
But not of loves soon past
                  G
He rode away from old Monterey
    D7                G
And left her alone to pine
           C               G
He's going back across the border
                        C
To see the gal of yesterday
                               G
And they will dance the guitar polka
                        C    G
When he returns to Monterey
Repeat last verse
                        C
When he returns to Monterey

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Guitars Cadillacs
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad 
D7
And cry myself to sleep
                                        G
You showed me how this town can shatter dreams
                                 D7
Another lesson bout a naive fool that came to Babylon
                                          G     D7
And found out that the pie don't taste so sweet
         G                 D7
Now it's guitars Cadillacs hillbilly music
                                 G    D7
And lonely lonely streets I call home
        G                 D7
Yeah my guitars Cadillacs hillbilly music
                                          G
It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on
There ain't no glamor in this tinseled land 
D7
Of lost and wasted last
                                         G
And painful scars are all that's left of me
Oh but thank you girl for teaching me 
D7
Brand new ways to be cruel   
                                                G    D7
And if I can find my mind now I guess I'll just leave
Repeat #2 x2
D7                                        G
It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on
D7                                        G
It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on

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Gulf Coast Highway
Recorded by Emmylou Harris with Willie Nelson
Written by Daniel Flowers, Danny Flowers, James H. Brown Jr.,
James Hooker and Nanci Griffith

C                     F          C
Gulf Coast Highway he worked the rails
                                               F
He worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells
              Am              G7          C
He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
         F               C                 G7                C
The only thing he's ever known is this old house here by the road

            Am                 G7                     C
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
        F           C                G7                C
He will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring

                               F          C
She walked through spring time when I was home
                                    F
The days were sweet our nights were warm
            Am                   G7               C
The seasons change the jobs will come the flowers fade
             F             C              G7           C
And this old house felt so alone when the work took me away

             Am                   G7                     C
And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
         F           C                G7                C
She will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring

                   F        C
Highway ninety the jobs are gone
                              F
We tend our garden we set the sun
            Am            G7                 C
This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow
       F                  C              G7                C
Once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road

            Am               G7                     C
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
      F           C                G7                C
We'll fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring

            Am               G7                     C
Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
      F           C                G7                C
We'll fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring



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Gum Tree Canoe

On the Tom Big Bee River so bright I was born
In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn
It was there that I first met my Julah so true
And I rowed her around in the gum tree canoe 

    Sing row away row o'er the waters so blue
    Like a feather we'll float in my gum tree canoe
    Sing row away row o'er the waters so blue
    Like a feather we'll float in my gum tree canoe 

All day in the fields of soft cotton I'd hoe
And think of my Julah and sing as I go
I'd catch her a bird with a wing of true blue
And at night row her around in the gum tree canoe

With my hand on my banjo and my toe on the oar
I would sing her a song to the river's soft roar
While the bright stars shone down on my Julah so true
And they danced in her eyes in the gum tree canoe 

One day the old river took us so far away
That we couldn't get back so we thought we'd just stay
We spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue
And she took us in tow in the gum tree canoe

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Richard Thompson - Guns Are The Tongues Lyrics

Carrie ran a murderous crew
Dedicated through and through
And the chance to prove
They never squandered

And they liked to kill so clean
Save the innocent, kill the mean
But from time to time a bullet wandered

Carrie kept her souvenirs
Kept her scrapbook down the years
Of her brave boys
How she cried to read it

And a few fell by the way
Or lost the stomach for the fray
So young blood was always needed

Carrie noticed him right away
The way his whole body would sway
Like a trawler boy finding his legs ashore

They said he was just nineteen
A head case but his record was clean
Just the kind they were looking for

Carrie watched him through the crack
As they teased him behind his back
They called him Little Joe

'Cause he scraped the ceiling
And when he was the worse for wear
She took him up the stair
And soon he fell for her brand of healing

She said, I'll lie like a rose on your pillow
Let me twine the laurel in your hair
I want to smell my love on your fingers

If you want to be mine, Little Joe
You must harden your mind, Little Joe
We've got to fight for what is ours

Bring peace to the grave of my brother
Bring peace to the grave of my father
Dry the old eyes of my mother, Little Joe

There's a roadblock down the way
Thick with soldiers night and day
They'll hear the noise
All the way to Glengarry

If you show you've got the stuff
That you're sworn and brave enough
Then you'll stand tall
In the eyes of your Carrie

And I will lie like a rose on your pillow
And I'll twine the laurel in your hair
I want to smell revenge on your fingers

Guns are the tongues, Little Joe
The only words we know
The only sound that'll reach their ears
Bring peace to the grave of my brother
Bring peace to the grave of my father
Dry the old eyes of my mother, Little Joe

Now Little Joe would've jumped clear
But for the awful fear
Of scraping his knees there on the gravel

The car was a rolling bomb
Blew all to Kingdom come
They marveled how far
His boots had traveled

Another hero snatched from my pillow
I used to twine the laurel in his hair
I want to smell sacrifice on my fingers

Guns are the tongues, Little Joe
The only words we know
The only sound that'll reach their ears
Bring peace to the grave of my brother
Bring peace to the grave of my father
Dry the old eyes of my mother, Little Joe

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Gunsmoke Trail
Recorded by Tex Ritter
Written by Glenn Spencer and Rex Koury

G                            C
Gunsmoke trail oh tell me of days gone by
        G                        D7
Though alone you still wind your way
        G                               C                 C7
All the ghostly horsemen ridin' as they speed the eastern mail
     D7                                     G      C        G
It's up to you to see them through gunsmoke trail (gunsmoke trail)

C                                   G
The gunsmoke now has faded from the blazing 44
    D7                           G
The stagecoach is rusting on the hill
    C                                  G
The wagon wheels you used to feel will sing their song no more
    A7                      D7
The sound of the caravan is still
 
G                             C
Gunsmoke trail no traveler to care where you go
         G                     D7
Sands of time are hard in your way
       G                             C             C7
Bet if heaven ever let you you could tell a rugged tale
       D7                                  G     C  G
That's why I hate to see you fade gunsmoke trail

                                     C             C7
Bet if heaven ever let you you could tell a rugged tale
       D7                                  G      C        G
That's why I hate to see you fade gunsmoke trail (gunsmoke trail)

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Guysboro Train
S. Rogers

1. There's no train to Guysboro so the man says
So it might be a good place to be
I sit in the station and count out my change
And I wait for the Guysboro train

2. I sit in your kitchen and talked about woes
And I sung of your withering days
Shattered your temple brought on your fall
Now I wait for the Guysboro train

Ch. I ride for all time
On the Guysboro line
I go by the north county rail
North sure's begun
The man I've become
And rides on the Guysboro train

3. No train to Guysboro now ain't that a shame
Though I know there will be one in time
The house that's alone will soon be gone
Razed for the Guysboro line

4. People they're simple like mayflowers sweet
Both grown by the north county rain
The interval is dear but will soon disappear
Under the Guysboro train

Ch.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Good As Gold


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Gwen  
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Ricci Mareno and Jerry Gillespie

 C     G7     F    C
Gwen  congrat-ula-tions
F          C                      G7                  C
You took a man who was strong and made him do wrong tonight
       G7           F   C
Gwen  I fought temp-ta-tion
F       C                      G7               C
But the fire in my soul burned out of control tonight
 F                   Dm
You were the spider I was the fly
F                      Dm             C
You weaved your web so well I couldn't run
F             Dm
I got a woman waiting at home
F                   Dm             G     G7
And she believes in me what have I done  what have I done
 C     G7        F    C
Gwen  how can I face her
F    C                   G7              C
When I let you win and I fell into sin tonight
 F                   Dm
You were the spider I was the fly
F                      Dm             C
You weaved your web so well I couldn't run
F             Dm
I got a woman waiting at home
F                   Dm             G     G7
And she believes in me what have I done  what have I done
 C     G7        F    C
Gwen  how can I face her
F    C                   G7              C
When I let you win and I fell into sin tonight

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Gypsy Davie

Oh, the Gypsy Davie came a-ridin' along, singin' so loud and gaily
With his old guitar and a lusty song, he charmed the heart of a lady
The heart of a pretty little lady

"How old are you, my pretty little miss? How old are you, my lady?"
"Come next week. I'll be sixteen. I've a husband and a baby
A man and a pretty little baby"

"Oh, would you leave your house and land, your husband and your baby?
Would you leave them all behind to go with the Gypsy Davie
Ride along with the Gypsy Davie?"

She dressed in silks and rings of gold and shoes of Spanish leather
Then she got on a pony fine and they rode off together
And they rode off together

That night when the man of the house came home, asking for his lady
Well, the only answer that he got: "She's gone with the Gypsy Davie
Rode away with the Gypsy Davie"

He called for his boots and he called for his hat, his pistol, and his saddle
Then he sprang on his very best horse and after them did travel
And after them did travel

When he saw the man who'd wronged him so, his wrath was hotly kindled
Then he thought of his lady's tender love, and his anger slowly dwindled
His anger slowly dwindled

"Oh, would you leave your house and land, your true love and your baby?
Oh, would you leave us all behind to go with the Gypsy Davie
With the likes of the Gypsy Davie?"

"I care not for your house and land, and you can have my baby
Yes, I'll leave you all behind to go with the Gypsy Davie
For I love this Gypsy Davie"

When the silks and the gold and the rings were gone, old Davie would not tarry
He says, "You're not a Gypsy girl and you I cannot marry
You I cannot marry"

As a beggar now she's dressed in rags. In her heart, she's still a lady
Tonight she'll cry herself to sleep thinkin' about her baby
True love and her baby

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Dolly Parton - Gypsy Joe And Me lyrics

We might have slept in a rail yard or camped by the river bank
We fed ourselves from the fruit of the land
And quenched our thirst with rain
We never did allow no roots to grow beneath our feet
Life just had no pattern for Gypsy Joe and me
All we had was each other and the rags upon our back
The closest thing to a home we new was some abandoned shack
But we had all we needed and the rest we didn't need
Life was free and simple for Gypsy Joe and me
Now Gypsy was my little dog, I found by the road in a ditch
And so I named him Gypsy, cause that name just seemed to fit
Oh and Joe he was my man, the flower of my soul
Thou he never said he loved me, I just always seemed to know
While standing by the highway, thumbin' for a ride
The speeding wheels of a passing car, took Gypsy's life
I lost him where I found him and his loss was misery
Now there's no more Gypsy, there's just Joe and me
Well the winter came and the snow did fall
And the night was cold and still
And the rags we wore were not enough
And Joe he caught the chill
And he told me how he loved me
And in my arms he went to sleep
Now there's no more Gypsy, no more Joe, there's just me
While standin' here on the edge of this bridge
Lookin' down I see
The face of Joe and Gypsy, lookin' back at me
And somewhere in the distance I can hear them callin' me
Tonight we'll be together again
Gypsy, Joe and me


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Richard Thompson - Gypsy Love Songs Lyrics

Tropical night, Malaria moon
Dying stars of the silver screen
She danced that famous Gypsy dance
With a hole in her tambourine

I was young enough and dumb enough
I swallowed down my Mickey Finn
She'd hijacked a few hearts all right
I went into a tailspin

Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again

I put my arm around her waist
Says she, young man, you're getting warm
The room was going somewhere without me
And she laughed as she read my palm

Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again

Stillborn love, passionate dreams, pitiful greed
And the silver tongues of the tinker girls
Who throw their book of life at you
But don't know how to read

She was third generation Transylvanian
I was the seventh son of a seventh son
I begged the band don't play that tune
Please don't beguine the begun

When I awoke, she'd cut and run
She stole my blueprints and my change
Just a horseshoe and a note on the bed
And all it said was--strange

Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again

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Gypsy Rover
Child 200

The gypsy rover came over the hill
Down through the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.

Chorus:
Ah-de-do, ah-de-do-da-day,
Ah-de-do, ah-de-da-ay
He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.

She left her father's castle gates
She left her own fine lover
She left her servants and her state
To follow the gypsy rover.

Her father saddled up his fastest steed
And roamed the valleys all over
Sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover.

He came at last to a mansion fine,
Down by the river Claydee
And there was music and there was wine,
For the gypsy and his lady.

"He is no gypsy, my father" she said
"But lord of these lands all over,
And I shall stay 'til my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover."


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Half A Chance
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C              F                  C
Give me half a chance to make you love me
               F                  G7
Give me half a chance to make you stay
C              F                 C
Give me half a chance before you leave me
F      C                 G7            C
Half a chance before you turn and walk away
G7                           F
I'm holding on just like you told me
G7                          Am
I put my heart right on the line
G7                           F
You know your love it really sold me
      Dm            G7                 C
But I never had the chance to make you mine
Repeat #1 Just give me...
G7                            F
You said you'd never say it's over
G7                                    Am
Well I guess my heart can't beat your pride
G7                           F
You said I'll always be your lover
           Dm          G7                  C
But you're gone and my tears still haven't dried
Repeat #1 Just give me...
F      C                 G7            C
Half a chance before you turn and walk away

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Half A House
Recorded Floyd Tillman and Merle Haggard
Written by Floyd Tillman
  
C                               C7              F
They say a house is just half a house without a woman
    C                                   G7
And now I guess that old saying must be true
          C                C7             F
When I go home it ain't no home without a woman
             C             G7                   C
Cause my old house is just half a house without you

              C7                          F
Well like the world without a sound to go around 
        A7                                 D7        G7
Welcome home I still hear the echo of that faded old sound
            C              C7               F
Just like a ship in desert sands what can I do
             C             G7                   C
Cause my old house is just half a house without you

Repeat 

F            C             G7                   C
Cause my old house is just half a house without you

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Half As Much

If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel so blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you

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Half Breed
Recorded by the Canadian Sweethearts
Written by John D. Loudermilk
  
G                                C                   G
Your pappy was a trader and your mammy was an Indian maid boy
                                 C                   G
Your pappy was a trader and your mammy was an Indian maid boy
                            C                       G
We know all about it and we don't want a half breed around boy
                    D7                  G
Tomorrow by sunrise ya better be out of town boy
           C                           G                  C
Half breed their hot on your trail boy half breed but you better not run
G          C                                               G
Half breed you'd better get a gun boy better get a gun and stand boy
C                        G
You better get a gun and stand 
                  C                        G
A man is a man as long as he can stand and think straight
                  C                        G
A man is a man as long as he can stand and wake boy
                         C                      G
So don't let 'em dog you no don't let 'em don't let 'em boy
                         D7                     G
You're a human being and you're just as good as them boy
Repeat #2

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Half Heaven Half Heartache 
Recorded by Gene Pitney
Written by Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold, George Goehring 

C
My arms reach out for you I kiss you tenderly
             Am
But when you touch my lips 
F              G7
You're kissing him not me why must it be
C                     F              Fm
Half heaven half heartache my lovin' you darlin' love
C                           G7
Can't you forget that other love you knew hmm
            C                     E7              C
Within your angel eyes a world of dreams are there
    Am                  F           G7
Yet I'll keep wondering if they are mine to share 
Oh it's just not fair
C                     F              Fm
Half heaven half heartache my loving you darlin' love
C                        Dm     G7 C
Oh let my love be strong enough to take away the heartache
   F              Fm                   C      G#
To make my life a heaven on earth with you-ou-oo-ou
C                     F              Fm
Half heaven half heartache my loving you darlin'
C                        Dm     G7 C
Oh let my love be strong enough to take away the heartache
    F              Fm                   C      G#    C
And make my life a heaven on earth with you-ou-oo-oo-ou

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Half Moon Rising (Live)

There's a house somewhere i know where's the fire's burn all night long
There's a swing outside on the porch where i feel i could rock away the dusk until the dawn
And even though the wind may be howlin'
Stars are bright and they push me on and on
There's a half moon risin' in the south eastern skies
There's a cold wind blowing across the great divide
And the stars they guide my way across the night
There's a half moon rising, pushin' me on to another mountain top
Push me on, no i'll never stop, push me on home
There's a half moon rising in the south eastern skies tonight now the shoes on my feet, those soles broken down and my coat is tattered and worn
And the hunger in my belly, and the fever in my head will vanish 'ere my first glimpse of home
And even though the rain may now be fallin'
The passion is deep and pushes me on
There's a still at dawn like the sound of your loves breath as she lies sleeping
Down below me now in the valley is the only piece on earth that i ever want to know
And her lips are as soft as i remember
She alone has brought me back on home

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Half of Me is Gone
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by Dallas Frazier

G                                        D7
I walked a thousand miles last night and never left my room
                                        G
My tremblin' hands kept waitin' for the phone
                                    C
I counted every crack that's in the ceilin' and the wall
            D7                 G
Without you baby half of me is gone

                           D7
I realize the many times I was unfair
                                   G
And darlin' hurtin' you I know was wrong
                                      C
I hope that you'll forgive me for the fool I was
                    D7                 G
And find it in your heart to come back home

Repeat #1

                                            D7
Well nothin' been the same since you walked out that door
                                     G
My loneliness is more than words can say
                                      C
Night and day the only thought that's on my mind
                 D7                G
Is having you to come back home to stay

Repeat #1

            D7                 G
Without you baby half of me is gone

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Crooked Still 
Half Of What We Know

Your lonesomeness I know
And your garden will not grow
You can weed it all you want, you're still too slow
If it wasn't for the sun, all the roses would've won
And you pin up on my blouse a blue ribbon

Your lonesomeness I know
It was mine not long ago
But I see it in your eyes, all dark with woe
'Cause the stills have all run dry
Pretty women passed you by
They're lying in a pile waiting to die

And what if I never gave you keys to the kingdom fine
And what if I never made you walk that crooked line
And what if my love was raging-then would you be mine?
'Cause only half of what we know comes true in time
Half of what we know comes true

Your lonesomeness I see, but I know it's not for me
And the mountains all have crumbled to the sea
And the mermaid finds you there, puts flowers in your hair
And thus begins your nautical affair

And what if I never gave you keys to the kingdom fine
And what if I never made you walk that crooked line
And what if my love was raging-then would you be mine?
'Cause only half of what we know comes true in time
Half of what we know comes true

Your lonesomeness I feel
I can see it when we kneel at the altar where the ocean bites your heels
But the beach is turning black and the sand storm holds me back
And I lost you when you tumbled through the cracks

And what if I never gave you keys to the kingdom fine
And what if I never made you walk that crooked line
And what if my love was raging-then would you be mine?
'Cause only half of what we know comes true in time
Half of what we know comes true in time
Half of what we know comes true in time
Only half of what we know comes true

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Half Over You
recorded by George Jones
written by  K. Staley
 
C                         F                  C
I've seen rock bottom and I've sailed to the top
                       G7
Now I'm somewhere in between
  C                              C7              F
I believe that it's over but sometimes I'm still blue
                    C            G7        C
There's no place so lonely being half over you
 
      F                             C
Don't feel much like climbing cause I don't want to fall
                                        G7
Here in the memory I don't feel much at all
     C                        C7         F
I've almost accepted the fact that we're through
                    C            G7        C
There's no place so lonely being half over you
 
                           F              C
I wasn't this bad off when first you were gone
                        G7
Cause misery kept me company
    C                           C7         F
And then I remember the heights we've been to
                    C            G7        C
There's no place so lonely being half over you
 
Repeat #2
Tag:

F                   C            G7        C
There's no place so lonely being half over you

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Half The Way
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Bobby Wood and Ralph Murphy
 
C            Em           Am           G7
Half of your love is just not what I'm after 
F            Em            G7
Part of your world is just not what I need
F            Em           Am           G7
Some of your time is like one glass of water 
Dm             Em          G7
Just leaves me thirsty for wine 

   C          G7     Am               Dm            G7
So fill me up to the top oh don't you stop till I'm overflowing
C    G7     Am
Love is the seed and babe  
  Dm          E7              Am             C      G7
I need you to keep it growing stronger every day oh no  
                       C
Don't take me half the way (don't take me half the way) 
G7                     C
Don't take me half the way (don't take me half the way)  

        Em          Am          G7
Never before have I settled for second 
F         Em          G7
All of my life I have hungered for more
F         Em             Am             G7
Now I can see where your sweet love can lead me 
Dm           Em          G7
This is what I've waited for  

Repeat #2

C            Em           Am           G7
Half of your love is just not what I'm after no
F            Em            G7
Part of your world is just not what I need
F             Em               Am            G7
Now I can see where your sweet love can lead me
Dm           Em          G7
This is what I've waited for  

Repeat #2



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The Incredible String Band - Half-Remarkable Question 

Who moved the black castle
Who moved the white queen
When Gimme and Daleth where standing between?

Out of the evening growing a veil
Pining for the pine woods that ached for the sail
There's something forgotten I want you to know
The freckles of rain they are telling me so

Oh, it's the old forgotten question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

And an elephant madness has covered the sun
The judge and the juries they play for the fun
They've torn up the roses and washed all the soap
And the martyr who marries them dares not elope

Oh, it's the never realized question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

Oh long, oh long ever yet my eyes
Braved the gates enormous fire
And the body folded 'round me
And the person in me grew

The flower and its petal
The root and its grasp
The earth and its bigness
The breath and its gasp

The mind and its motion
The foot and its move
The life and its pattern
The heart and its love

Oh, it's the half-remarkable question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

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Halfway Home Café
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written Paul Overstreet and John Barrarco

C                        G7
I was pouring coffee for table number one  
Am                C        F
I couldn't help but hear him what was going on
C                          G7
It got my attention when I heard a young man's voice      
 Am                    G7          F
Saying sheriff I'll be going now if it's alright with you boys      
G7                                Am
Those years I spent in prison stole too much time from me        
F             C      Dm            G7
I won't waste another minute if I'm really free         
F                                  C
I'm goin' home my family's waiting for me at homeI'm amazed that they still love meAm                      
G7                F   G7
They forgive me for the bitter seeds I've sown
Am                G7            F
Heaven knows I've been away too long   
G7            C
So now I'm going home                           
G7
A burger and a special for table number eight      
Am            C            F
I was busing number seven when I heard her young heart break
   C                               G7
He told her it was over they could never meet again        
Am               G7                 F
That he found a taste of courage twisted on his wedding band
    G7                                 Am
Her tears began to fall but they could not touch his heart 
 F                 C                Dm                 G7
I heard him say I'm sorry but it was all wrong from the start

Repeat #2         

 G7                             Am
There's a million other stories from the Halfway Home Cafe
       G7                            F                G7
It's a never ending saga and they're played out every day         
C                      G7
But this one's finally over the foods all put away        
Am                C            F
And the coffee pot stands empty at the Halfway Home Cafe  
 C                     G7
But over in the corner at table number three       
Am           G7              F
Sits a father and a runaway well it looks that way to me         
G7                             Am
I said I hate to interrupt you but it's really getting late   
 F                    C                Dm            G7
The young girl looked up smiling she said mister that's ok

Repeat #2

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Halfway Loved
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Wayne P. Walker and Max Powell

C             G7       C
I'd rather be loved by many
    F                             C
And make believe that everyone is true
     F                                   C
Than think that I'd be more than halfway happy
                   G7               C
If I let myself be halfway loved by you
                G7           C
I'd rather have sweethearts aplenty
  F                           C
A new one almost every day or two
  F                                  C
I know that I'd be more than halfway sorry
                   G7               C  C7
If I let myself be halfway loved by you
F                              C
Half a love is all you've ever offered
                          D7        G7
Ask any heart you've left broken in two
    C         G7       C
I'd rather be safe and lonely
    F                                       C
And give up half the dreams that might come true
    F                                   C
The chance I'd have to take is just not worth it
                   G7               C
If I let myself be halfway loved by you
              G7       C
I'd rather be safe and lonely
    F                                       C
And give up half the dreams that might come true
    F                                   C
The chance I'd have to take is just not worth it
                   G7               C
If I let myself be halfway loved by you

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Hall Of Shame
Recorded by Melba Montgomery
Written by George Riddle

C
Should they ever build a hall of shame 
    F                   C
For those that can't be true
    F                    C
Someone should give them your name 
   D7                G7
To see what they can do
   C
To place you there among the rest 
    F                     C
Who have cheated in loves game
       F             C
They'd surely find a place for you 
        G7      C
In this hall of shame
   G7
It certainly is no honor 
      C
Not a thing to be proud of
    D7
But after all the part you've done 
G7
You destroyed our love
  C
I worship you but to my regret 
     F                    C
Your feelings weren't the same
  F                    C
I know that you'd feel right at home 
        G7      C
In this hall of shame
For all the heartaches I have known 
  F                  C
I must say you're to blame
  F             C
I know you'd be elected 
D7              G7
To this hall of shame
  C
A broken heart some memories 
    F              C
You left for me to claim
        F              C
There's just one place where you belong 
       G7      C
In the hall of shame
repeat #3,4 

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Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

(Repeat to fade)


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Hallelujah I'm Ready

   Hallelujah (I'm ready) I'm ready (Hallelujah)
   I can hear the voices singing soft and low
   Hallelujah (I'm ready) I'm ready (Hallelujah)
   Hallelujah I'm ready to go
   
In the darkness of night not a star was in site
On a highway that leads down below
But Jesus came in and saved this soul from sin
Hallelujah I'm ready to go

Sinners don't wait before it's too late
He's a wonderful Savior you know
Well I fell on my knees and he answered my pleas
Hallelujah I'm ready to go

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Hallelujah, I'm Ready
Traditional

Chorus:

Halle(C)lujah (I'm ready) I'm (G) ready (hallelujah).
I can hear the voices singing soft and (D7) low.
Halle(C)lujah (I'm ready) I'm (G) ready (hallelujah).
Hallelujah I'm (D) ready to (G) go.

In the (G) darkness of night not a (C) star was in (G) sight,
On a highway that leads down (D7) below.
But (G) Jesus came in and (C) saved my soul from (G) sin,
Hallelujah I'm (D7) ready to (G) go.

Chorus

Sinners don't wait until it's too late,
He's a wonderful Saviour you know.
Well I fell on my knees and he answered my pleas,
Hallelujah I'm ready to go.

Chorus

As performed by Ricky Skaggs on the CD "Family and Friends"


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Halo
Abigail Washburn

Dark is the night
Gray is the day
It's cold outside
but his halo lights my way

He says to me
I wanna light you up
I wanna light you up
in the dark and the day
My halo's bright
Follow the way

It's hard to see
It's hard to say
I'm without knowing
but his halo lights my way

The water is wide
This side I can't stay
I don't know where I'm going
but his halo lights my way


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Hand Me Down Heart
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Lonnie Wilson and Zack Turner

C                      F
Baby I ain't gonna lie this ain't my first ride
     G7                                       C
I've saddled up and bruised my hide a time or two
                    
It's true I'm not a brand new man 
          F
I've been around the block and back again
         G7                                          C
But I've already been broken in yeah I'm the one for you
Well if you don't mind a hand me down heart 
I've got just the thing for you
It's been used and it's been bruised 
       G7
But it still beats like new
           C
It's got a few burned valves it's a little worn out 
                        F
But baby it'll love you true
                       C
So if you don't mind a hand me down heart 
G7               C
I've got one for you
Well I've seen a few miles and years 
     F
I've cried a few thousand tears
    G7                                        C
But honey let me calm your fears and leave no doubt
Cause when you got a rebuilt heart 
    F
You only use the very best parts
         G7                                   C
And it's guaranteed to start loving you right now
repeat #2
 
It's got a few burned valves it's a little worn out 
                        F
But baby it'll love you true
                       C
So if you don't mind a hand me down heart 
G7               C
I've got one for you

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Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness Lyrics

Well, I wove the rope and I picked the spot
Well, I struck out my neck and I tightened the knot
Oh, stranger, stranger, I'm near out of time
You stretch out your hand, I stretched out mine

Oh, maybe just the hand of kindness
Maybe just the hand of kindness
Maybe just a hand
Stranger will you reach me in time, in time

Well I scuppered the ship and I bent the rail
Well, I cut the brakes and I ripped the sail
And they called me a Jonah, it's a sin I survived
Well, you stretched out your hand, I stretched out mine

Maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
Oh, maybe just a hand
Stranger will you reach me in time, in time

Oh, shoot that old horse and break in the new
Oh, the hung are many and the living are few
I see your intention, here's my neck on the line
You stretch out your hand I stretched out mine

Well maybe just the hand of kindness
Oh, maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand
Stranger will you reach me in time, in time

Oh, maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand
Stranger will you reach me in time, in time

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Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

Well I wove the rope and I picked the spot
Well I struck out my neck and I tightened the knot
O stranger, stranger, I'm near out of time
You stretch out your hand, I stretched out mine

O maybe just the hand of kindness
Maybe just the hand of kindness
Maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

Well I scuppered the ship and I bent the rail
Well, I cut the brakes and I ripped the sail
And they called me a Jonah, it's a sin I survived
Well, you stretched out your hand, I stretched out mine

Maybe just the handof kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
O maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

O shoot that old horse and break in the new
O the hung are many and the living are few
I see your intention, here's my neck on the line
You stretch out your hand I stretched out mine

Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
O maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

O maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

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Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness (Live) - 1984, Cannes Lyrics

Well I wove the rope and I picked the spot
Well I struck out my neck and I tightened the knot
O stranger, stranger, I'm near out of time
You stretch out your hand, I stretched out mine

O maybe just the hand of kindness
Maybe just the hand of kindness
Maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

Well I scuppered the ship and I bent the rail
Well, I cut the brakes and I ripped the sail
And they called me a Jonah, it's a sin I survived
Well, you stretched out your hand, I stretched out mine

Maybe just the handof kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
O maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

O shoot that old horse and break in the new
O the hung are many and the living are few
I see your intention, here's my neck on the line
You stretch out your hand I stretched out mine

Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
O maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

O maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time

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The Avett Brothers - Hand-Me-Down Tune 
Emotionalism

Hand-Me-Down Tune
I dreamt of a suit a suit so fine I dressed my words in
Sewn and tailor made with song in mind made of melody
Stitched by threads of notes with perfect pitch, perfectly composed
Sound in tune and key, a code of rhythm, and harmony
But when I awoke my coat was worn and my words were plain
Each song that I sang all the notes were wrong and poorly played
Both my sleeves had holes, my knees were patched, my shoes needed soles
No clever disguise no way to hide my offensive tone

But I, I wish for you more than I can give, than I can do
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune

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Handful Of Friends
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Don Carroll

Em                 C
Our love has faded away
Em                    G7
How wrong I was yesterday
      Am                         F
I let love slip right through my hands
        G7                  C
Just to please a handful of friends
Em                        C
They said that you were a bad girl
Em                           G7
Loose talk kept my mind in a whirl
     Am                               F
So I walked out on our dreams and our plans
        G7                  C
Just to please a handful of friends
               G7
But they don't know 
     F                C
That I still love you so
      G7     F                     G7
And I wonder if you'd even care to know
Em                     C
If you will but let me atone
Em                           G7
I'll prove I've a mind of my own
          Am              F
If you'll come back to me again
            G7                C
I'm a gonna drop a handful of friends
          Am              F
If you'll come back to me again
            G7                C
I'm a gonna drop a handful of friends

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Handle With Care
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Kent Westberry and Jimmy Dickens

C                                 G7
Handle with care please treat her gently
                                 C
Don't break her heart like I did before
                     C7      F
Don't do what I did  I was unfair
                C          G7          C
Please love her for me but handle with care
                               G7
Hold her forever don't let her go
                                               C
You might lose her like I did a long long time ago
                        C7          F
I've hurt her so deeply left her in despair
                C          G7          C
Please love her for me but handle with care
                     C7      F
Don't do what I did  I was unfair
                   C          G7          C
Oh please love her for me but handle with care

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Handmade Cross

I was walkin through the darkness on a cold and lonely night
The shadows gripped at everything and held them from my sight
The trees gave way to moonlight on the hills beyond my gaze
And my eyes caught sight of something there in the foggy midnight haze

The air was damp the night was cold and quiet deathly still
I climbed up through the grey moonlight and stood upon that hill
What I'd seen from down below before me now did lay
It was a handmade cross with stones around to mark a six foot grave

The cross was rough and made of wood a worn and weathered pine
Bound together tightly with bits of wire and twine
The weeds grew up between the stones that marked that narrow grave
And I wondered who so long ago had in this ground been laid

We know now what became of him, but not from where he came
Were his last days filled with loneliness with sorrow or with pain
And who was left behind to grieve and make this humble tomb
And who has come before me to his place of final doom

How did he make his way in life will in death he do the same
Was his soul possessedof goodness of sorrow or of shame
And does this cross above him mean he was a christian man
Or did he believe this earthly death for him would mean the end

I stood there in the silence and felt a deathly chill
Wonderin' if my own short life could end upon some hill
With noone left behind to make a place for me to lay
With a handmade cross and stones around to mark a six foot grave

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Hands
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Sandy Mason and Bill Backer

C
Hands we've got hands 
Hands for bakin' hands for buildin'
F
Hands for love and holdin' children
C           G7
Hands la da da 
C
Hands we've got hands
Hands to wave and hands to pray
F
Hands to wipe the tears away
C           G7
Hands la da da la da da
F                          C
So take my hand and I will lead you
F                          G7
To see the mirrors of your soul
Am                           F
Just touch my hand and I can teach you
D7                          G7
The most important thing of all of all
C
Hands we've got hands
Hands to hold other hands
F
And walk much better through this land
C           G7
Hands la da da la da da
Repeat #3,4,1,2

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Hands Can Say A Lot Beneath The Table
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Arthur Leo Owens
 
C                C7                   F
The man who sits across from me don't know it
      C                               G7
But tomorrow he'll be looking for his mind
C                     C7            F
I'll bet that he'd go crazy at this table
      C              G7              C
If he knew what your hand is telling mine
 
F                              C
And as they unlock beneath the table
                                          G7
When lips can't say what they want you to know
C             C7               F
And as they unlock beneath the table
C                      G7            C
And yours just told me all I need to know
 
                  C7              F
He couldn't be suspicious and not show it
        C                                 G7
There's no telling what he'd do if we got up
C                C7             F
He doesn't know about the conversation
       C               G7               C
That's been going on beneath this table cloth
 
F                              C
And as they unlock beneath the table
                                          G7
When lips can't say what they want you to know
C             C7               F
And as they unlock beneath the table
C                      G7            C
And yours just told me all I need to know
     
                            G7            C
And your hands just told me all I need to know

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Handsome Molly

Well I wish was in London
Or some other seaport town
Step my foot in a steamboat
And sail the ocean round

   Sailing round the ocean
   Sailing round the sea
   I'd think of Handsome Molly
   Wherever she may be

I saw her at church last Sunday
She passed me on by
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eye

Her hair as black as a Raven's
Her eyes were black as coal
Her teeth shown like lilies
Out in the morning cold

Now do you remember Molly
When you give me your right hand
Said if you ever married
I'd be your man

Now you've broke your promise
Go marry whom you please
My heart is broken
'Til I get some ease

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Hang In There Girl
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

C             C7                                  F        Dm
Hang in there girl don't let go of me girl Lord I need you   
      G7                                                  F    C    Dm G7
Be my night and day girl be my every way girl just let me love you
     C                           C7           F        Dm
Hang in there girl got a big big love you can lean on
       G7                                             C
All of me belongs to you so do what you wanna do just make yourself at home

       F                                        Em      C
If I'm jealous of you and if I'm selfish too so what so why not
         F
All that I look forward to begins and ends with you
D7                             G7  Dm G7
You're the only life that I've got
            C                               C7             F   Dm
And it's so good to be alive I'm a man satisfied thanks to you
     G7                                                        C  G7
Hang in there girl you're all I've got in the world to hang on to

           C                               C7             F   Dm
Oh it's so good to be alive I'm a man satisfied thanks to you
     G7                                                        F  G7
Hang in there girl you're all I've got in the world to hang on to
     F        C
Hang in there girl



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Hang Out The Front Door Key

Percy Wilson Gay left his wife one day
Then she'd always says'be home on time'
Don't have me a-waitin' here when dinner time comes near
Be here when we set down to dine

He promised her he would, then he swore he'd be good
Percy never could quite settle down
For when his work was thru he'd find a friend or two
They would just play around the town

He called her on the telephone
This is what he'd sing to her alone
Hang out the front door key love
Hang out the front door key

Don't wait up for me love I may be out 'til three
I'm with a very sick friend love who'd do the same for me
So leave a light in hte fall tonight
And hang out the front door key

One nigtht when he got home he found himself alone
Where she had gone he knew not where
Although it served him right he had an awful fright
To think he could not find her there

She called him up and three said'yes dear this is me'
How does it seem to be at home all alone
I'm with some freinds of mine, having so good a time
I don't know just when I'll be home

On the table he found a little note
He poened it and this is what it wrote
Hang out the front door key love
Hang out the front door key

Set upb awhile for me love just as I have for thee
I'm with a very sick friend love who thinks a lot of me
Your little wife's gonna like night life
So hang out the front door key


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Hang Up My Gloves
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G                           C
I'm gonna hang up my gloves throw in the towel
    G
And walk right out door
          C
I'm gonna find me a brand new baby
                         G
Who don't wanna fight no more

                                   C
You won the winning round when you brought me down
   G
In front of everybody I knew
          C                 G
I'm gonna hang up my gloves throw in the towel
    D7                        G
And let 'em give the round to you

                           C
Well our love's a fighting arena
        G
And our friends have a ring side view
         C
Well the Friday night fight
      G                   C                       G
Can't hold a light to the way I have to fight for you

                         C
Well I fought my best to win your love
  G
I threw every punch I knew
             C                 G
So I'm gonna hang up my gloves throw in the towel
    D7                        G
And let 'em give the round to you

Repeat #1,2

                                 C
Well it's a life long fight both day and night
     G
Just keeping you around the house
    C
But now I understand you got a corner man
                        G
Now I'm a gonna put you out

                        C
Well I hung on the rope till I give up hope
      G
Cause you just can't be true
          C                 G
I'm gonna hang up my gloves throw in the towel
    D7                        G
And let 'em give the round to you

Repeat #1,2

          C                 G
I'm gonna hang up my gloves throw in the towel
    D7                        G
And let 'em give the round to you

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Hang Your Head In Shame

Oh does your concience ever bother you
Every time you hear my name
Oh try to think of all that I've gone through
And hang your head in shame

Someone came along and took my place
Then you gave me all the blame
Oh you should go somewhere and hide your face
and hang your head in shame

Now when you said I was the only one
Was it just your little game
Oh try to think of all the harm you've done
And hang you head in shame

I should hate you but I love you still
In my heart I've kept a flame
Dear you'll be sorry darling yes you will
And hang your head in shame

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Hangin' In And Hangin' On
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Gary Nicholson, Terry McBride, Ray Herndon and Marvin Thomas

C                      F
Hangin' in and hangin' on
                         C
Once we let go then it's gone
                         G7
With some faith and some trust
                           F
There's still a future for us
        G7             C
Hangin' in and hangin' on
          G7         F           C
Lately it seems like our ship is sinkin'
             G7         F
The only way out is overboard
       C              G7
But if this love goes down 
     F         C
Well I'm going with it
                         Am
Cause I still believe in us
F            G7         C
Darlin' I'll never give up
Repeat #1
  Am                   F          C
I want you to know I'm in this forever
               G7         F
No matter what we must go through
                G7            C
I'll do what it takes to keep you
                       F
Hangin' in and hangin' on
                         C
Once we let go then it's gone
                         G7
With some faith and some trust
                           F
There's still a future for us
        G7             F
Hangin' in and hangin' on
                         C
Once we let go then it's gone
                         G7
With some faith and some trust
                           F
There's still a future for us
        G7             C
Hangin' in and hangin' on

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Hangin' On Alone
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Larry Gatlin
 
C              F          C
You hurt me so many times before
                                   G7
And I wanted to walk right out the door
      C                  F              C
But I meant every word I told you in my vow
                                 G7              C
And I just can't bring myself to walk out on you now
 
        F                       C
Hangin' on (hangin' on) hangin' on (hangin' on)
                                   G7
But how long can I keep hangin' on alone
  C                 F                C
I wish you'd try to help me make our house a home
  F       C       G7                C
Until you do I'll just keep hangin' on 
 
        F                       C
Hangin' on (hangin' on) hangin' on (hangin' on)
                                   G7
But how long can I keep hangin' on alone
  C                 F                 C
I wish you'd try to help me make this house a home
  F       C       G7                C
Until you do I'll just keep hangin' on
  F       C       G7                C
Until you do I'll just keep hangin' on

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Nickel Creek - Hanging By A Thread 

There's a kind of emptiness that can fill you
There's a kind of hunger that can eat you up
There's a cold and darker side of the moonlight
And there's a lonely side of love

With you here
Baby I am strong
No sign of weakness
With you gone
Baby I am hanging by a thread

There's a certain kind of pain that can numb you
There's a type of freedom that can tie you down
Sometimes the unexplained can define you
And sometimes the silence is the only sound

With you here
Baby I am strong
No sign of weakness
With you gone
Baby I am hanging by a thread

With you here
Baby I am strong
No sign of weakness
With you gone
Baby I am hanging by a thread

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Hangman's Boogie
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
written by Larry Cassidy

C
I've gotta be a leaving when the moon goes down
    F                            C
I'm gonna be a swinging when the sun comes round
   G7
My days are numbered there's no future for me
     C                          G7
They caught me rustling they're gonna hang me

C
I'm gonna do the boogie with the drop me beat
F                             C
Just a corny rhythm where you swing your feet
    G7
I'm gonna be dancing in the strangest way
          C                       G7       C
Doing the hangman's boogie at the break of day

      F                       C
Swing high (swing high) swing low (swing low)
       D7               G7
It's a doggone pity but I gotta go

C
My baby says she loves me but I know she lied
   F                              C
My lawyer said he'd spring me but he must have died
        G7
They're gonna be sorry when I'm far away
          C                       G7       C
Doing the hangman's boogie at the break of day


To do this little boogie you just hang around
    F                                 C
You start it with the rhythm then you swing on down
    G7
The music gets hotter then you let it go
     C                          G7
Everybody's watching you're the star of the show

C
So if you want to learn it here's the thing to do
     F                              C
Just shoot your loving momma if her hearts untrue
        G7
They'll have you dancing in the same old way
          C                       G7       C
Doing the hangman's boogie at the break of day

      F                       C
Swing high (swing high) swing low (swing low)
       D7                 G7
It's a one way ticket but man what a show

C
I hear the warden coming so I'll say goodbye
  F                              C
I hear the music playing and the time is nigh
    G7
I'm gonna be dancing in the strangest way
          C                       G7       C
Doing the hangman's boogie at the break of day

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Railroad Earth - Hangtown Ball 

My name is Abraham Bell
I came west in 49
I came for riches and gold
Here I met the end of the line
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin to the banjo
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
Listen to the wind tonight, you'll hear me calling
Calling

My name is Tom Quinn
It was gamblin' did me in
The bullets went wild and loose
They put me in the Hangtown noose

Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
Listen to the wind tonight, you'll hear me calling
Calling

My name is Jud McKee
Two other men and me
For murder and robbery
We went swingin' from the old oak tree

Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
Look up in the moon tonight, you'll see me falling
Fallin'

Every day's another day to send another on his way
The Devil's running loose in old Hangtown
Every day's another day to beg for mercy, kneel and pray
Before they string you up and drop you down

Rob each other, Kill each other
Father Brother Sister Mother
The Devil's running loose in old Hangtown.
Everyday's another day to beg for mercy, kneel and pray
before they string you up and drop you down

My name is Gideon Black
I came to get my life back
But my life here came to no good
It ended in the hangman's hood

Here lies old Jack Snow
A meal for the for the peckin crow

My name is Elias Cole
I was tried by a drunken mob
For a shooting in the Jackal Saloon
I went swinging by the light of the moon

Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball
Look up in the moon tonight
You'll see me falling, fallin'

Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball. gettin full of liquor
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, swingin with the ladies
You'll hear me calling, Calling

My name is Abraham Bell
I came west in 49
I came here full of hope
I ended in the hangman's rope

Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, dancin' to the banjo
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball. gettin full of liquor
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball, swingin with the ladies
Have yourselves a Hangtown ball

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Hank Williams Said It Best 

[Verse 1]
One man's hawk is another man's dove
One man's hug is another man's shove
One man's rock is another man's sand
One man's fist is another man's hand
One man's tool is another man's toy
One man's grief is another man's joy
One man's squawk is another man's sing
One man's crutch is another man's wing
One man's pride is another man's humble
One man's step is another man's stumble
One man's pleasure is another man's pain
One man's loss is another man's gain
One man's can is another man's grail
One man's anchor is another man's sail
One man's right is another man's wrong
One man's curse is another man's song

[Chorus]
For every father's daughter, for every mother's son
The only thing the same is that it ain't for anyone
Hank Williams said it best, he said it a long time ago
Unless you have made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw

[Verse 2]
One man's deuce is another man's ace
One man's back is another man's face
One man's reason is another man's rhyme
One man's dollar is another man's dime
One man's tree is another man's post
One man's angel is another man's ghost
One man's rain is another man's drought
One man's hope is another man's doubt
One man's false is another man's fair
One man's toupee is another man's hair
One man's hand is another man's stub
One man's feast is another man's grub
One man's dread is another man's dream
One man's sigh is another man's scream
One man's water is another man's wine
One man's daughter leave another man crying

[Chorus]
For every father's daughter, for every mother's son
The only thing the same is that it ain't for anyone
Hank Williams said it best, he said it a long time ago
Unless you have made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw

[Verse 3]
One man's famine is another man's feast
One man's pet is another man's beast
One man's bat is another man's ball
One man's art is another man's scrawl
One man's friend is another man's foe
One man's Joseph is another man's Joe
One man's hammer is another man's nail
One man's freedom is another man's jail
One man's road is another man's rut
One man's if is another man's but
One man's treasure is another man's trash
One man's landing is another man's crash
One man's word, another man's lie
One man's dirt, another man's sky
One man's skin is another man's color
One man's killer is another man's brother

[Chorus]
For every father's daughter, for every mother's son
The only thing the same is that it ain't for anyone
Hank Williams said it best, he said it a long time ago
Unless you have made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw


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Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life
Moe Bandy

Chorus:
You wrote Your Cheatin' Heart about
A gal like my first ex-wife.
You Moaned The Blues for me and for you.
Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.

The Cold, Cold Heart and a doubtful mind,
I have known a few myself.
And the gal that loved me Half As Much
As she loved somebody else.

Chorus

I've heard that blue old whipporwill, too
And the Lonesome Whistle whine.
I know that feelin' so cold, so real
When The Blues Come Around at midnight.

We've never met, I know and yet
I know you well, My Friend,
And if ever I, get to heaven on high
I hope you'll shake my hand.

Chorus


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Happiest Days Of All, The

I wondered today on the sea shore
The waves and the winds are low
I thought of the days gone by Maud
Many long years ago

We lingered by the gently flowing billows
And watch the golden sunset fade away
And there among the sweet ocean breezes
We talked about our future wedding day

   Gathering up the shells from the sea shore
   Gathering up the shells from the sea
   Those were the happiest days of all Maud
   Gathering up the shells from the shore

When the waves are rolling on the ocean
And the golden moonbeams on the pebbles shine
At your cottage by the sea I'll come again Maud
When the waves are rolling gently sweetheart mine

Now I am growing up in years Maud
My locks are all silver and gray
But the vows that we made on the shore Maud
Are fresh in my memory today

No more bright shells we will gather
As the waves come dashing as of yore
She lies neath the white pebbled sand
Just covered up with shells on the shore

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Alison Krauss - Happiness Lyrics

With your love I was complete
Like a haven safe from harm
Till the bitter stole the sweet
I was perfect in your arms

A precious while
I had your smile
Till it all fell apart
With one change of heart

The pain and regret will fade
But a fact of love will still remain
You can't always trust happiness

Love like a sweet parade
Till the saddest part when the music fades
You can't always trust happiness

If a single star I see
Ever made a wish come true
It would bring you back to me
But the best my heart can do

Is to love again
I don't know when
Still it's worth all I fear
The heartaches and the tears

Love like a lesson learned
When we pass the point of no return
You can't always trust happiness

There in love's steady glow
Hides the power to hurt us so
You can't always trust happiness

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Happiness Is My Belief
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Jean Chapel

C                   F
Happiness happiness is my belief
C                   G7
Happiness brings us only relief
     C                     F
From trouble that's always just underneath
C                   G7      C
Happiness happiness is my belief
           F               C
Now do you believe me (yes sir)
              F               C
Do you really believe me (yes sir)
               F
Now you really believe me (yeah)
  C                   G7     C
I couldn't be happier than I am
(Tell us more a little bit more)
                    F
I saw a man walkin' down the road
          C              G7
He seemed hardly able to carry the load
  C                       F
I stopped and asked if he needed a lift
             C                       G7        C
He said it's been three days since a meal I've sniffed
                       F
We traveled on till we found a place
    C                 G7
You should-a seen the look on his face
          C                     F
Cause the food on his plate was piled up high
      C                  G7           C
I was paid double when I saw that man cry
Repeat #2
(Tell us more a little bit more)
                          F
One day an ole car with a family of six
       C                       G7
Had an ole flat tire they were tryin' to fix
  C                           F
I stopped and asked if they'd traveled long
         C                  G7                    C
And that tire looked better than the one they put on
                           F
My heart went out to these people I met
    C                        G7
The look on their faces I'll never forget
    C                                F
And I said here's twenty dollars and that left me two
      C                   G7                  C
But I feel like a million when these things I do
Repeat #2

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Happy Anniversary 
recorded by Roy Rogers
written by Bill Eldridge and G. Stewart

Intro:
G          C     D7       G
My darling Happy Anniversary
 
                                        C
I've watched the gold in your hair turn silver
        D7                                 G
And the sparkle in your eyes dim more each day
                                     C
And the clutch of your hands getting weaker
          D7                         G
All these things say it wasn't yesterday
 
                 D7       G
So darling Happy Anniversary
       D7               G
You've made my life for me
                  D7          G
Once again thanks for the memory
           C     D7       G
My darling Happy Anniversary
 
                               C
The paper we signed has turned yellow
    D7                               G
Its crumbling edges tend to tell its age
                            C
Its meaning we will cherish forever
           D7                            G
But in the book of our lives it's just a page
 
                 D7       G
So darling Happy Anniversary
       D7               G
You've made my life for me
                  D7          G
Once again thanks for the memory
           C     D7       G
My darling Happy Anniversary
           C     D7       G
My darling Happy Anniversary 

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Happy Anniversary Baby
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Rory Bourke
 
G D7
I wake up in the morning and I tiptoe down the hall
                                            C                  G
Past the kid's room to the kitchen take the fryin' pan off the wall
                                        D7
Then I fix his favorite breakfast and I put it on a tray
                                        C    D7  G
Hurry back to where's he sleepin' and I kiss him awake
          Am   D7
Happy anniversary
G             C       G
Baby you been good to me 
      C                               D7
And I thank the Lord you came into my life
          Am   D7
Happy anniversary
G               C
You're all I'll ever need 
                Am    D7               G
And it makes me happy knowing I'm your wife
    D7
Ten years ago this morning seems like only yesterday
                                        C            G
A little girl came down the aisle but a woman walked away
                              D7
If I had to do it over oh I'd do it all the same
                                              C  D7        G
Cause I love you now like I loved you then in sunshine and rain
Repeat #2 x2

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Happy Birthday Dear Heartache
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Archie Jordan and Mack David

C           Am     Dm  G7
It's just a year today
Dm             G7      C   G7
One year since he went away
C        E7            F    Dm
So happy birthday dear heartache
                G7    C   G7
You're one year old today
C               Am     Dm   G7
There'll be the cake tonight
Dm         G7        C    G7
One candle I'm gonna light
C        E7            F    Dm
So happy birthday dear heartache
               G7      C
Old love still burns tonight
F                  Fm
When he walked out I felt my heart break
Em                      A7
That's when you came to me dear heartache
F           Fm         C   A7
You made my heart your home
D7                      Dm   G7
Now look how big you've grown
C               Am       Dm  G7
Looks like each guest is here
Dm            G7               C    G7
The blues the memories and the tears
C        E7            F    Dm
So happy birthday dear heartache
               G7         C   F
Same time same place next year
C        E7            F    Dm
So happy birthday dear heartache
               G7         C
Same time same place next year

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Happy Hour
Written by Steve Gillette and David MacKechnie 
the song is copyrighted (c) 1983 by Ensign Music, BMI /
Lion's Mate Music, ASCAP
Recorded by Ted Hawkins

G          C
Welcome to happy hour blinking on the neon sign
D7
She won't mind if I stopped for just one 
  C                           D7
I could still make it home in time
   G                                    G7
As my eyes grow accustom to the smoke a dimmed lights
  C                         D7
I see the juke-box near the door

There she is in another mans arms 
C                       D7
Slow dancing across the floor

           C                             G
So this is happy hour two drinks for the price of one
                    D7                C              G
People laughing and having fun what a great place to be
           C                      G
Welcome to happy hour they gather here everyday
                       D7                                G
Cheating is one of the games they play this time it's on me

                                 G7
You're dancing and your eyes are closed
  C                      Am
I wander what world your in
D7
What will you tell me when you get home
C                         D7
Where will you say you've been

       G                               G7
At the sound of laughter of his pretty words
     C                      D7
Take away whatever made you blue

When the fun is over what will you do 
     C                              D7
When there's nothing left of us but you

           C                             G
So this is happy hour two drinks for the price of one
                    D7                C              G
People laughing and having fun what a great place to be
           C                      G
So this is happy hour they gather here everyday
                       D7                                G
Cheating is one of the games they play this time it's on me

           C                      G
Welcome to happy hour they gather here everyday
                        D7
Cheating is one of the games they play
       C              G             C
What a great place to be welcome to happy hour
                   G
Two drinks for the price of one
                    D7
People laughing and having fun 
                  G
This time it's on me

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Happy In Prison

   I am happy in a prison
   Yes, I'm happy anywhere
   In my soul my savior's risen
   Of 10,000 he is fair

Glory, glory, hallelujah
Sinners lay your burdens down
Glory, glory, hallelujah
For a cross receive a crown

When the food is low and failing
And the children bare for clothes
I look up to father's healing
For I know my savior knows

Any cost, a fire is burning
And its coming draweth nigh
But I'm happy, always happy
Though in prison I must die

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Happy I'll Be

Jesus come and hold my hand
While I walk this rocky road
Travellin' to a better land
Where my friends will meet me I know

   Oh I'll soon (yes I'll soon) be on my way (be on my way)
   Seems every time (seems every time) I kneel to pray
   I hear my friends a'callin me
   In the home above (in the home above) happy I'll be

I'm so tired and all alone
But I must keep travellin' on
I'll keep goin' until I die
I'll meet my friends (I'll meet my friends) up there on high

When I reach that home on high
And bid my troubles on earth goodbye
I'll be glad this life is o'er
This rocky road (this rocky road) I'll walk no more

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Happy On My Way

I want to thank Jesus for the way that I feel
I'm so full of religion I just can't be still
I want to sing it and shout it and let the people know
That I'm saved by his mercy and I'm ready to go

   (That's why I'm Happy) Yes I'm happy happy on my way
   (Rejoicing and singing) His praises everyday
   For Jesus is near me and there he will stay
   (That's why I'm happy) Yes I'm happy happy on my way

I just can't see why you sinners go on
Livin' in sorrow doin' so wrong
Hidin' your face from the savior above
Denying yourself his wonderful love

What a wonderful feeling just to know I am saved
And the Savior will guide me 'til I enter the grave
And then he will greet me at heaven's open door
And I'll live in glory with Him forever more

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Happy Or Lonesome

Come back to me in my dreaming
Come back to me once more
Come with the love light beaming
Like in the days of yore

I wonder if you still love me
And if your heart is still true
When the spring roses are blooming
Then I'll come back to you

   Somewhere a heart is breaking
   Calling me back to you
   Memories of loved ones waiting
   Each happy home and you
   
   Absence makes my heart fonder
   Is it the same with you
   Are you still happy I wonder
   Or do you feel lonesome too

When the sun is sinking
In the golden west
And the birds and flowers
They have gone to rest

Come tell me that you still love me
And that your heart is still true
When the spring roses are blooming
Then I'll come back to you

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Happy Sunny Side Of Life, The

There's a sunny side where no ills betide
There's a road that we must go
There is pleasant vales verdant hills and dales
Where sweet flowers ever grow

   Oh the happy (happy) sunny (sunny) pretty rolling dales
   Where the sweetest gladness ever there prevails
    (sweetest joy and gladness ever there prevails)
   Where the sunshine lingers on the hill
    (sunshine ever lingers on the grand majestic hills)
   On the sunny side of life
    (on the happy sunny side of life)

There's shady dells where no gladness dwells
And the clouds obstruct the view
But a brighter way like the light of day
Is awaiting now for you

Let us sing a song as we go along
Let us banish care and strife
That the world might know as we onward go
There's a sunny side of life

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Happy Tracks
Recorded by Kenny Price
Written by Ray Pennington
 
C
I know that you've heard people say many many times
    F                                                                 C
You don't pass through this world but once you get yours and I'll get mine
                                                  F
But I've got a philosophy I believe I'd rather go by
C                  F              G7                C
And if you'll just listen you may want to give it a try
Leave a lotta happy tracks as you go down life's road
F                                         C
Leave a lotta happy tracks everywhere you go
                                            F
Leave a lotta happy tracks and keep this in mind
C                   F             G7             C
Others will have to follow in the path you leave behind
As you walk the tangle streets of life notice your fellow man
    F                                               C
And when he gets in trouble just lend him a helping hand
                                                F
Sow good seeds in your fields of life as you go along
C                    F                     G7           C
Let others reap your happiness a long time after you're gone
Repeat #2
Don't ever use a good friend for a personal gain
   F                                                C
To gain wealth and lose one friend would only be in vain
                                                        F
Let your happy tracks be many leave them everywhere you go
C                   F                G7             C
Others will have to harvest each and every seed you sow
Repeat #2

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The Avett Brothers - Happy Trails (Live) Lyrics

Happy Trails to you
Until we meet again
Happy trails to you
keep smiling on till then

Who cares about the clouds when we are together
just sing a song about sunny weather

Happy trails to you
Until we meet again
Happy trails to you
keep smiling on till then

Some trails are happy one, other trails are blue
Its the way you write that counts
heres a happy one for you

Happy trails to you
till we meet again

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Nickel Creek - Happy Trails

Some trails are happy ones
Others are blue
It's the way you ride the trail that counts
Here's a happy one for you

Happy trails to you
Until we meet again
Happy trails to you
Keep smiling until then

Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring that sunny weather

Happy trails to you
'Til we meet again

Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring that sunny weather

Happy trails to you
'Til we meet again
'Til we meet again

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The Avett Brothers - Happy Trails - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

Happy Trails to you
Until we meet again
Happy trails to you
keep smiling on till then

Who cares about the clouds when we are together
just sing a song about sunny weather

Happy trails to you
Until we meet again
Happy trails to you
keep smiling on till then

Some trails are happy one, other trails are blue
Its the way you write that counts
heres a happy one for you

Happy trails to you
till we meet again

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Happy With The One I've Got
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Wood Newton and Rand Bishop
 
C
We landed in St. Louis on a wing and a prayer
     F
That thunderstorm had given us both a big scare
G7
Trying to calm my nerves with Long Island Iced Tea
    Am                     F
The Sky Line Lounge out on concourse C
 
        C
She was charming she was beautiful
 
In her blue collar suit
    F
She said she liked my accent my Lucchese boots 
  G7
I couldn't get a flight till 9 the next day
        Am                    F
She was gettin' real close to sweeping me away
 
            G7
Yes she was awful sweet she was all over me
  C
I wondered how far it would go
      D7
I was tempted I'll admit more than a little bit
F                    G7
After all who'd ever know 
         C
When the waitress asked sir would you
     F
Like another one
 
G7                 F
What she meant was mind breaking 
       G7              F
When I look down at my ring
       G7             F
I said no thank you I better not
    C              G7       C
I'm happy with the one I've got
 
 
I guess I was staggered by the sobering thought
   F
It wasn't a question of gilt or getting caught
G7
Till that night I didn't know what I'd do
      Am
But a waitress's simple question
       F
Got me facing the truth
 
    C
I'm somebody's lover I'm somebody's friend
    F
I'm somebody someone can trust till the end
  G7
I know because of what I prove to myself
     Am                    F
In a real life story I can never tell
 
Repeat #3,4
 
                   G7       C
I'm happy with the one I've got
                   G7       C
I'm happy with the one I've got

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Dolly Parton - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby lyrics
(M. Sylvia & G. Lopez)

Happy, happy birthday baby
Although you're with somebody new
Thought I'd drop a line to say
That I wish this happy day
Would find me beside you
Happy, happy birthday baby
No, I can't call you my baby
Seems like years ago we met
On a day I can't forget
Cause that's when we fell in love
Do you remember
The names we had for each other
I was your pretty
You were my baby
Oh, how could we say goodbye
Hope I didn't spoil your birthday
I'm not acting like a lady
So I'll close this note to you
With good luck and wishes too
Happy happy birthday baby


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Harbor For A Lonely Heart
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Jenny Yates and Kostas Lazarides

G           C                  G
One day she saw with eyes wide open 
    Am      D7               G
She did not know much at the start
                   C
And in her time of need 
    Am          C            D7     G
She cried for a harbor for a lonely heart
  
         C             G
Too many years in many places 
    Am   D7             G
Too many lines and many parts
                   C
A search in hungry eyes 
         Am          C            D7     G
Saw only traces of a harbor for a lonely heart
D#                 G
Calling out to the heavens 
D#                    G
From the voice in her soul
D#                     A#7
In the silent night it beckons 
  D7        A7         D7
A star that guides her home
    G      C                G
The moon reflecting off the waters 
Am       D7                  G
Lights a pathway through the dark
                   C
And held in unseen hands 
    Am           C            D7     G
She drifts for a harbor for a lonely heart
Repeat #3,4
               C
Held in unseen hands 
         Am           C            D7     G
Lord she drifts for a harbor for a lonely heart

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Harbor Of Love

There's coming a time on the great judgement morning
When the Savior will welcome you home
Will you be prepared for the journey to heaven
On the great ship that carries God's chosen ones home

   Oh the waters' so deep on the river of Jordan
   And the lite shines so bright from heaven above
   And the midnite is past a new day is dawning (from heaven on high)
   Oh the great ship will anchor in the harbor of love.

If you're wandering in sin away from God's teaching
Won't you ask him to show you the way
Fall down on your knees in the chapel next Sunday
And meet all your friends in heaven some day

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Hard Ain't It Hard

First time I seen my true love
He was walkin' by my door
The last time I saw his false hearted smile
Dead on his coolin' board

It's hard and it's hard ain't it hard
To love one that never did love you
Hard and it's hard ain't it hard great God
To love one that never will be true

There is a house in this old town
That's where my true love lays around
Takes other women right down on his knee
Tells them a tale that he won't tell me

Don't go to drinkin' and to gambling
Don't go there your sorrows to down
This hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace
The meanest damn place in this town

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Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas lyrics

Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair
Maybe I'll move somewhere
Maybe I'll get a car
Maybe I'll drive so far that I'll lose track
Me, I'll bounce right back
Maybe I'll sleep real late
Maybe I'll lose some weight
Maybe I'll clear my junk
Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine
(chorus)
Me, I'll be just fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But, still I won't let sorrow bring me way down.
(repeat chorus)
Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew
Maybe I'll just lie low
Maybe I'll hit the bars
Maybe I'll count the stars until dawn
Me, I will go on
Maybe I'll settle down
Maybe I'll just leave town
Maybe I'll have some fun
Maybe I'll meet someone and make him mine
(chorus) 2x


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Hard Game of Love

In the hard game of love I'm the last one to fall
But I gave it my heart and I gave it my all
I didn't know that she played a game with no rules
So I climbed aboard the old ship of fools

 And it's a lonesome old world, my sweetheart is gone
I can't sleep at all. And I pray for the dawn
It's the last time I'll hurt, it's the last time I'll cry
When I lay down tonight, gonna lay down and die

In the still of the night as the lonesome wind blows
My sanity wanes; it comes and it goes
I feel like a child in a house all alone
Whose mother and dad will never come home

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Hard Hearted

   Hard hearted heart breaker
   Dream stealer, love maker
   Hard hearted heart breaker
   How many hearts have you broken today

How many hearts have you broken today
How many lives have you caused to go wrong
How many hearts have you broken in two
Just because your heart has proved untrue

How many lies have you told other guys
Just like the ones you told to me
Honey, someday you'll learn that the tide will have to turn
Just keep on breaking hearts and you will see

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Railroad Earth - Hard Livin' (Live) 

Many come together, put your hand on me.
Not feelin mama, and then a blind man sees.
Been sleep walkin', then he turns to me.
OH YEAH

I'm workin' on a new thing, workin' on a sunday mornin',
Were gonna be forgiven, of that hard livin'

This steam rollin', heading for a crack,
Cruise controller blowing rigt on past.
Sleep walkin', put your hand on me.
OHHH

I'm workin' on a new thing, workin' on a sunday morning,
Were gonna be forgiven, of that hard livin'

And the lonely ones, they're happy to see.
When you hear him call your name?
Carrying a heavy load, carrying a heavy load.
When the bullets that protect you, come raining down on your head.
You're feeling like you almost God,
Carrying a heavy load, carrying a heavy load.

Ah don't cry mama, it's gonna be okay.
So sorry, that it went that way.
Like a stray sheep, heard you calling me.
Iiiiiii can see. *unsure*

I'm workin' on a new thing
Workin' on a sunday morning,
Were gonna be forgiven, of that hard livin'.
Workin' on a sunday morning
Were gonna be forgiven, of that hard livin'.
I'm workin' on a new plan.
I'm workin' on a new plan!
Feel like I'm being forgiven, of that hard hard hard livin', hard livin'.

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Hard Luck Ace  
Recorded by Lacy J. Dalton
Written by Aaron Anderson and Lacy J. Dalton

C                              F  C
On a cold and foggy evening in 1959
                D#7             C
Waylon Jennings nearly lost his life
                                      F             C
The Big Bopper talked the outlaw into giving up his seat
                 A#7              C
With Buddy Holly on that midnight flight
 
         F                                C
Well the paper said it must have been the snowstorm
   F                           C
Or that the pilot made a grave mistake
         F                  D#7           F               C
Well the rest all died that night but the lone wolf he survived
                       A#7               C
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
 
                                 F         C
We were on the road with Haggard back in '85
                        D#7            C
The year they wrote The Amber Waves of Grain
                           F               C
The Okie from Muskogee was speaking for us all
                           A#7               C
When he wrote that song to bring the farmers aid

    F                                   C
But just last month I heard that he got tired
    F                                C
And went away to rest and write some place
     F                  D#7         F           C
Tell Merle we're on his side ?ause he and Mama Tried
                       A#7               C
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
 
F                            C
Some of them are with us and some of them are gone
A#7                                  G7
Some of them are out there somewhere barely hanging on
F                         C
Each one is a treasure no one can take his place
                       A#7               C
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
 
                              F            C
I remember meeting Janis in a bar in Santa Cruz
                  D#7          C
With a dealer she pretended to ignore
                                            F                  C
She was swiggin' southern comfort and every time her glass ran low
                   A#7                 C
The man behind the bar poured out some more
 
      F                                 C
And I saw the dealer slip her something quickly
        F                                C
Do you 'pose he knew she had no time to waste
             F                D#7      F                  C
And when she stumbled for the door and revved up that old Porsche
                         A#7               C
Well I said hat's off to another hard luck ace
 
                  F             C
They say Hank Jr. fell off of a mountain
                D#7             C
Said he'd never walk or sing no more
                                     F                      C
Well the devil made the deal but you don't cheat the man of steel
                     A#7         C
And Hank just had to even up the score
 
    F                          C
Now some called it a family tradition
F                                 C
Others say that he just fell from grace
                F            D#7           F            C
Well you should see Bocephus now Lord he'd do his daddy proud
                       A#7               C
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace

Repeat #5

             F                 C
Hat's off to another hard luck ace
F         C
Hard luck ace

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Hard Luck in Heaven

While on this old earth Lord I've suffered I've cried
Things don't work out Lord as hard as I've tried
I'll have up in glory a crown for my prize
But knowin' my luck Lord it'll be the wrong size

    Hard luck in Heaven please say it ain't so
    Cause down here on earth Lord it's all that I know
    When I'm in my mansion will the roof leak there too
    Hard luck in Heaven please say it ain't true

I've always been hard luck it's always been true
So I'm not expecting any different from you
When I get my wings Lord they won't fit me right
I'll be flappin' in circles o'er the city of light

Now Lord please forgive me for thinkin' this way
But hard times just haunt me each night and each day
When the angels start singing and they hand out the harps
Knowing my luck Lord mine'll be tuned too sharp

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Hard Luck Joe
Recorded by Johnny Duncan
Written by Bobby Goldsboro

C                                  F   Fm
I'm an empty pocket I'm a worn out shoe
             C    Am    D7              G7
I've learned everything I ever tried to do
C                   C7           F    Fm
I'm a broken bottle I'm a fallen star
           C    Dm      G7       C  G7
Doesn't anybody need an old used car
C                                        F   Fm
I never been too lucky I never heard the boss
          C        Am D7          G7
I'm not a has been    I'm-a never was
C                   C7             F    Fm
I'm a drop of water I'm a grain of sand
         C    Am Dm        G7      C
Never anybody    to lend a helpin' hand
F             Dm              Em              G7  C
Hard luck Joe you all know me I live in every town
F               Dm            Em       Dm     G7
I never seem to get a break I just get pushed around
C                                    F  Fm
I'm a burned out candle I'm a broken toy
                      C        Am D7                G7
I heard the jeers and laughter    of every girl and boy
C                  C7               F   Fm
All I am is wasted I live a life of pain
                   C    Am Dm    G7     C
Hard luck Joe they call me all I see is rain
F             Dm              Em              G7  C
Hard luck Joe you all know me I live in every town
F               Dm            Em       Dm     G7
I never seem to get a break I just get pushed around

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Richard Thompson - Hard on Me 

Hard on me, hard on me
Why do you grind me small?
Hard on me, hard on me
At every fence I fall

I bite my rage
I stop my breath
I shake my cage
I swim with emptiness

Hard on me, hard on me
Like they were hard on you
Hard on me, hard on me
So I can stumble too

My circuits seize
My senses jam
I don't know who to please
Trapped inside the Wicker Man

You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me

Hard on me, hard on me
Why do you grind me small?
Hard on me, hard on me
At every fence I fall

Unzip my heart
Unbraid my veins
Unstitch my wantonness
And loosen up my reins

Before I dare
Go on that hill
In dumb despair
Unfreeze my will

You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me

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Hard On My Heart

It's a shame I fell in love with a knocked out beauty queen
She's hard to hold for a simple man like me
When it comes her cocktail hour it's my Miller time
I can't come up to her lifestyle and she can't come down to mine

She's hard on my heart but easy on my eyes
She cast a spell I'm in heaven's hell lord, I'm hypotized
I'm just like a sparrow flying where the eagles fly
She's hard on my heart but easy on my eyes

Her long blonde hair keeps flowing like a river wide
Sometime it's hard to stay afloat and ride
But when I put my arms around her, she makes it all worth while
She tames my restless spirit at the same time, she drives me wild

* Refrain


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Hard Rocking Chair

Oh darling I can't stay here
Oh darling I can't stay here
For there's nothing here but a hard rocking chair
Oh darling I can't stay here

I wish I had her tied to my side
I wish I had her tied to my side
If I had her by my side
we'd run away and hide
I wish I had her tied to my side

I wish I was a birdie in the spring
I wish I was a birdie in the spring
Like a birdie in the spring
I could hear my darling sing
I wish I was a birdie in the spring

So darling you know you done me wrong
So darling you know you done me wrong
You done me wrong
I'm leaving you this song
So darling you know you done me wrong

I wish I was a little turtle dove
I wish I was a little turtle dove
Like a little turtle dove
I'd fly to the one I love
I wish I was a little turtle dove

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Hard Times
Stephen Foster

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears,
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay.
There are frail forms fainting at the door.
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

There's pale drooping maiden who foils her life away
With a worn out heart, whose better days are o'er.
Though her voice it would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.


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Hard Times Come Again No More

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count the many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times come again no more

   It's a song a sigh of the weary
   Hard times hard times come again no more
   Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
   Oh hard times come again no more

Though we seek mirth and beauty and music bright and gay
They are frail forms a-waiting by our door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading seems to say
Oh, hard times come again no more

It's a sigh that is wafted across the lowly plains
It's a wail that is heard upon the shore
It's a dirge that is murmured across the lonely grave
Oh hard times come again no more

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Brad Paisley - Hard To Be A Husband To Be A Wife lyrics

You wouldn't believe the number of times I've heard somebody say
How come some guy, some handsome prince, hasn't swept you away
But I take off on that tour bus, a different city every night
And doing what I love to do makes it hard to be a wife
You wouldn't believe the number of times I've been asked that myself
Folks can't understand why a heart like mine is still on the shelf
But I'm married to my music and I have been most my life
That makes it hard to be a husband
It makes it hard to be a wife
Cause I'd rather play the Grand Ole Opry
Than go out to dinner and a movie
Right now I'm not thinkin' bout a family of my own
Cause the band's on stage and I'm late for my show
There's folks who think my life is lacking
Cause my time at home is usually spent packing
You might assume that I don't' have a clue what love's about
Oh, but I know love
Of that I have no doubt
Cause you wouldn't believe the way it feels to hear somebody say
Your song sure means a lot to me
It got me through a real tough day
And if hearing words like that means giving up my social life
Then I've got all the friends I need on that front row
And I've got all the friends I need on that back row
And we can't see those folks unless we're never home
And that makes it hard to be a wife
And hard to be a husband
And hard to be a wife


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Brad Paisley - Hard To Be A Wife lyrics

F/ Chely Wright
You wouldn't believe the number of times I've heard somebody say
How come some guy, some handsome prince, hasn't swept you away
But I take off on that tour bus, a different city every night
And doing what I love to do makes it hard to be a wife
You wouldn't believe the number of times I've been asked that myself
Folks can't understand why a heart like mine is still on the shelf
But I'm married to my music and I have been most my life
That makes it hard to be a husband
It makes it hard to be a wife
Cause I'd rather play the Grand Ole Opry
Than go out to dinner and a movie
Right now I'm not thinkin' bout a family of my own
Cause the band's on stage and I'm late for my show
There's folks who think my life is lacking
Cause my time at home is usually spent packing
You might assume that I don't' have a clue what love's about
Oh, but I know love
Of that I have no doubt
Cause you wouldn't believe the way it feels to hear somebody say
Your song sure means a lot to me
It got me through a real tough day
And if hearing words like that means giving up my social life
Then I've got all the friends I need on that front row
And I've got all the friends I need on that back row
And we can't see those folks unless we're never home
And that makes it hard to be a wife
And hard to be a husband
And hard to be a wife


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Hard Traveling

I've been doing some hard traveling I thought you knowed
I've been doing some hard traveling way down the road
I've been doing some hard traveling hard drinking hard gambling
I've been doing some hard traveling Lord

I've been doing some hard rock mining I thought you knowed
I've been leaning on a pressure drill way down the road
Well the hammer flying and the air hose sucking
And six feet of mud and I sure been a ducking
And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord

I've been riding them fast passengers I thought you knowed
I've been hitting them flat wheelers way down the road
I've been ridin' them blind passengers dead enders
kickin' up cindersI've been doing some hard traveling Lord

I've been layin' in a hard rock jail I thought you knowed
I've been layin' out ninety days way down the road
Darned old judge he said to me it's ninety days
for vagrancy And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord

I've been doing some hard harvesting I thought you knowed
From North Dakota to Kansas City way down the road
Cutting that wheat and stacking that hay trying to make a dollar a day
And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord

I've been walking that Lincoln highway I thought you knowed
I've been hitchin' on sixty six way down the road
Got a heavy load got a worried mind looking for a woman that's hard to find
And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord

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Hard Worker
The Avett Brothers

I'm a hard hard worker everyday
I'm a hard hard worker, I'm workin' everyday
I'm a hard hard worker, and I'm savin' all my pay
If I ever get some money put away
I'm gonna take it all out to celebrate
I'm a hard hard worker everyday

Well, I woke up early this morn'
And I woke up early this morn', morn', morn'
Yeah I woke up early this morn'
And I got up early to sing
And I got up early to sing
I got up early to sing
Cause I'm a hard hard worker, I'm workin' everyday
I'm a hard hard worker, and I'm savin' all my pay
If I ever get some money put away
I'm going to take it all out to celebrate
I'm a hard hard worker everyday

Well, I give my thanks to the lord
And I give my thanks to the lord, lord, lord
Lord please give me some more
And I got way down on my knees
Sayin' "Lord can ya' help me if ya' please, please, please
Can ya' save me from this workin' man's disease???

Load in
Load out
Get down
Get out
Drive home
Too late
My mind stays crooked
And my back stays straight
I'm a hard hard worker everyday
I'm a hard hard worker and I'm savin' all my pay
If I ever get some money put away
I'm going to take it all out to celebrate
I'm a hard hard worker everyday
I'm a hard hard worker everyday
I'm a hard hard worker everyday

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Hard, Ain't It Hard

First time I seen my true love
He was walkin' by my door
The last time I saw
His false hearted smile
Dead on his coolin' board

It's hard and it's hard ain't it hard
To love one that never did love you
Hard and it's hard ain't it hard, great God
To love one that never will be true

There is a house in this old town
That's where my true love lays around 
Takes other women right down on his knee
Tells them a tale that he won't tell me

* Refrain

Don't go to drinkin' and to gambling
Don't go there your sorrows to down
This hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace
The meanest damn place in this town

* Refrain


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Harold's Super Service
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Robert Wayne Edrington

G
Now me I work at Harold's Super Service
                                 D7
We specialize in service all the way
            G                          C
And there's only one thing that really bugs me
     D7                                     G
This big ol' boy in his stripped down model A


At Harold's Super Service we do grease jobs
                                   D7
We fix thirty or forty flats every day
    G                               C
And just about the time we get real busy
     D7                                        G
Here comes that guy in his stripped down model A


He said gimme fifty cents worth of regular 
                              D7
Check my oil too if you don't mind
         G                        C
Put some air in my tire won't you mister
D7                               G
Check my windows too if you have time


Last night I dreamed I died and went to heaven
                                    D7
To that mighty Super Service in the sky
      G                        C
I was satisfied of pumping gas forever
        D7                         G
For the angels in the sweet by and by


Now the pearly gates was just around the corner
                                      D7
I could see the new ones coming every day
          G                              C
Now I was changing plugs on Moses' magic carpet
        D7                                       G
When up through the clouds there came this model A
 

He said gimme fifty cents worth of regular 
                              D7
Check my oil too if you don't mind
         G                        C
Put some air in my tire won't you mister
D7                              G
Wash my windows too if you have time



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Harper Valley P.T.A. 
Recorded by Jeannie C. Riley
Written by Tom T. Hall

G
I wanna tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
          C
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
         G
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
         C                              D7                G
She said mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.

     
The note said Misses Johnson you're wearing your dresses way too high
     C
It's reported you've been drinking 

And a running round with men and going wild
       G
And we don't believe you ought to be a bringing up 

Your little girl this way
       C                       D7                G
It was signed by the secretary Harper Valley P.T.A. 

           
Well it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
          C
They were sure surprised when Misses Johnson 

Wore her miniskirt into the room
           G
And as she walked up to the blackboard 

I can still recall the words she had to say
             C                                   D7                G
She said I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.  


Well there's Bobby Taylor sitting there 

And seven times he's asked me for a date
       C
Misses Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
           G
And Mister Baker can you tell us why your 

Secretary had to leave this town
              C
And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep 
    D7                                  G
Her window shades all pulled completely down
 
      
Well Mister Harper couldn't be here 

Cause he stayed to long at Kelly's Bar again
           C
And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath 

You'll find she's had a little nip of gin
         G
Then you have the nerve to tell me you think 

That as a mother I'm not fit
             C
Well this is just a little Peyton Place 
    D7                           G
And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites  

  
No I wouldn't put you on because 

It really did it happened just this way
           C                     D7                G
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.  
           C                     D7                G
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.

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Dolly Parton - Harper Valley Pta lyrics
(Tom T. Hall)

I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widow wife
Who had a teenage daughter that attended Harper Valley Junior High
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
And she said, "Mama, I've got a note here from the Harper Valley PTA"
Well the note says "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high
It's been reported you've been drinkin' and a runnin' round with men and goin' wild
Now we don't believe you ought to be a bringin' up your little girl this way"
And it was signed by the Secretary, Harper Valley PTA
Well it happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon
And boy, were they surprised as Mrs. Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
And as she walked up to the blackboard I can still recall the word she had to say
She said "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley PTA
Now there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date
And Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
And Mr. Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town
And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down
Now Mr. Harper couldn't be here 'cause he's stayed too long in Kelly's bar again
And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin
And then you have the nerve to tell me as a mother you think that I ain't fit
Well this is just a little Payton place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrits
Now I wouldn't put you on because it really did, it happened just this way
That day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA
That day my Mama socked it to 'em at the Harper Valley PTA


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Harvest
Neil Young

Did I see you down in a young girl's town
With your mother in so much pain?
I was almost there at the top of the stairs
With her screamin' in the rain.

Chorus:
Did she wake you up to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup
With the promise of a man.

Did I see you walking with the boys
Though it was not hand in hand?
And was some black face in a lonely place
When you could understand?

Chorus

Well I see you give more than I can take?
Will I only harvest some?
As the days fly past will we lose our grasp
Or fuse it in the sun?

Chorus

Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup
With the promise of a man.


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Harvest Moon Wedding
BMI Work #: 8602142
Harvest Moon Wedding (Larry W. Jones 01/02/2007) (song#4289)

It was a harvest moon wedding
That we saw when September played its tune
At that harvest moon wedding
Was when I fell in love with you
We could feel love that was spreading
So we made our plans right then
It would be a harvest moon wedding
When September played its tune again
I could hardly wait for September
But when it finally played its tune
I guess you forgot to remember
You took away the harvest moon
I went to another harvest moon wedding
Just to see what I had been deprived of
I saw you at your harvest moon wedding
And I saw I'd lost my harvest moon love
I could hardly wait for September
But when it finally played its tune
I guess you forgot to remember
You took away the harvest moon
I went to another harvest moon wedding
Just to see what I had been deprived of
I saw you at your harvest moon wedding
And I saw I'd lost my harvest moon love


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The Lonesome River Band - Harvest Time 

Cool and cloudy nights upon Boll Mountain, Alabama
Flashing through my mind was Big Homer's reputation
The clouds rolled by and then I saw the shadow of a lady

I was stealing corn from Homer Lawson's field
A man who really didn't give a damn
It was Homer's lovely daughter Julie Ann

The rattle of the cornstalks and the bark of Homer's hound dog
They say he shot ol' Mountain Joe for just one ear of corn
I smelled the perfume in her hair as she sat down beside me

Made me hug the ground and lie dead still
And laughed the day they laid him in the ground
Whispered, "Papa's running moonshine again"

Well, I can hear the breaking of the sticks
From someone's footsteps
I thank God for cloudy nights and Alabama's whiskey stills
But shaky legs just can't get up and run
And harvest time in Homer Lawson's field

And as I lay there breathless, the next thing I expected
I thank God for cloudy nights and Alabama's whiskey stills
Was a blast of hell from Homer Lawson's gun
And harvest time in Homer Lawson's field

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Brad Paisley - Harvey Bodine lyrics

Harvey Bodine
Died at 11:09
And he left behind
A miserable wife.
And at 11:14
His heart came back on the screen.
Thanks to that defib machine,
He came back to life.
Oh but those five minutes were heaven.
A peace unlike he'd ever known.
And as he came back to the living
He thought "Please God, don't make me go
Back to life."
They told him what happened.
How that green line had flattened.
Oh, Harvey just started laughing.
He said, "You're telling me I died."
(You're telling me I died?)
Oh, and he thought about that woman.
How she treated him for years.
All a-yellin' and a-screamin'
And the nagging and the tears
And the way it wasn't really all that bad
When he lost his life.
Because those five minutes were heaven.
A peace unlike he'd ever known.
And now he was back with the living
And he found himself reaching for the phone.
He called his lawyer, he called his priest
Told 'em bout how they restarted his heart
How his wedding vows were technically
'Til death do us part.
You'll probably judge me
Then so be it.
But you know boys, here's how I see it
Harvey Bodine
Died at 11:09
And he left behind
A miserable wife.
Oh, but at 11:14
My heart came back on that screen.
Thanks to that defib machine,
I've come back to life.


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Richard Thompson - Has He Got a Friend for Me Lyrics

Saturday night and I'm all alone
No ring on the door bell, no ring on the phone
And nobody wants to know anyone lonely like me

Your boy friend's good looking, he's got it all there
He looks like God made him with something to spare
You look good together, scurrying off down the street

Has he got a friend, has he got a friend for me
Has he got a friend, has he got a friend for me

He's got the haunt of the sea in his eyes
He wouldn't notice me passing by
I could be in the gutter, or dangling down from a tree

If you know someone who is graceful and wise
Doesn't mind girls who are clumsy and shy
I don't mind going with someone that I've never seen

Has he got a friend, has he got a friend for me
Has he got a friend, has he got a friend for me

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Has It Been That Bad For You
Written and recorded by Johnny Bush
 
C                                    F
Sometimes I think you hate to see me smile
    G7                               C    G7
Why do you make me feel my love's on trial
C                                  F
I could understand if I had been untrue
G7                            C  G7
Baby has it been that bad for you
 
    C                               F
The chill between us cuts me to the bone
          G7                           C    G7
Don't you know my heart belongs to you alone
C                                       F
What have I done please tell me what to do
G7                            C
Baby has it been that bad for you
 
     F                                    C
This love of ours could stand the test of time
                  D7                G7
If yours was only half as strong as mine
C                G7              F
As for me you're way too much to lose
G7                            C
Baby has it been that bad for you
  
Repeat last verse
 
G7                            C
Baby has it been that bad for you  

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Hasta Luego My Love
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Jennifer Kimball, Tommy James, Terry McBride

G           C       D7              C       G    C D7 C
I know it's getting late I hear the mission bells
G          C     D7                C       G   C D7 C
Parting is bittersweet but this is not farewell
D7            C        G    D7            C
As I give you one last kiss just remember this
D7         G         C
We'll meet again senorita 
D7      G            C
I won't forget lying here in your arms
D7          G          C
You make it so hard to leave ya 
Am    D7       G    C D7 C
Hasta Luego my love
G           C          D7                C       G  C D7 C
We knew the time would come we'd have to say goodbye
G             C     D7              C     G    C D7 C
I'll hold you in my dreams each and every night
D7          C     G      D7         C
I know as I walk away my heart will say
Repeat #2
 
D7              C   G   D7    C
I will miss you mi amor yo te quiero
D7         G         C
We'll meet again senorita 
D7      G            C
I won't forget lying here in your arms
D7          G          C
You make it so hard to leave ya 
Am    D7       G
Hasta Luego my love
               C           D7             G
La la la la la la la la la Hasta Luego my love 
               C           D7             G
La la la la la la la la la Hasta Luego my love 
               C           D7             G
La la la la la la la la la Hasta Luego my love 
               C           D7             G
La la la la la la la la la Hasta Luego my love 

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Hat Trick
Recorded by Tracy Byrd
Written by Glenn Sutton and Jim Weatherly

C             G7     C       F                  C
You packed up all my clothes and put 'em by the door
F                   C                               G7
Is this your way of telling me I don't live here anymore
       C                     F           G7       C
You've gone and called a cab and told me where to go
    F                   C               G7              C
Two hearts that used to be on fire have just gone up in smoke
    F            C            G7                    C
Now I ain't no magician can't change the way things are
F                C                          G7
I can't make you love me if it's not in the cards
F              C              F        G7      Am
I can't wave a magic wand and make you want me near
    F          C                     G7         C
But I can do a hat trick I'll put it on and disappear
            G7    C         F                    C
Now I ain't gonna crawl and I won't jump through hoops
F                   C                      G7
To try and make you love me like I used to do
       C           G7      C        F      G7      C
You've pulled this stunt before and I kept holdin' on
    F                  C                   G7                 C
But this time when you close the door look around and I'll be gone
    F            C            G7                    C
Now I ain't no magician can't change the way things are
F                C                          G7
I can't make you love me if it's not in the cards
F              C              F        G7      Am
I can't wave a magic wand and make you want me near
    F          C                     G7         C
But I can do a hat trick I'll put it on and disappear
   F               C                     G7         C
So I'll just do my hat trick I'll put it on and disappear

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Richard Thompson - Haul Me Up Lyrics

Oh, haul me up, please help me I'm drowning
Haul me up to where I can breathe
Haul me up where the air is sweeter
Stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please

Well, I'm walking in a sea of molasses
Every step I take oh, it sucks me down
The more I fight, the more that it grips me
If I sink much further, I'm looking to drown

Haul me up, I'm lost in confusion
Haul me up, I'm up to my knees
Haul me up, I'm stuck in the quicksand
Stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please
Haul me up

Oh, haul me up, please help me I'm drowning
Haul me up to where I can breathe
Haul me up where the air is sweeter
Stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please

Now here comes Jezebel, sweet as the morning
Holds out a cup and I'm tempted to drink
Six thousand voices ringing in the rafters
Now how can I dream when I can't even think?

Haul me up, now the banshees are wailing
Haul me up, now the sirens are singing
Haul me up, now the furies are screaming
Oh, stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please
Oh, haul me up

Haul me up, please help me I'm drowning
Haul me up to where I can breathe
Haul me up where the air is sweeter
Stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please

But now I'm fighting but this disease has got me
But what is this sickness that has no name?
Who are these friends that kill me with kindness?
I don't know the rules but I'm trapped in the game

Haul me up, I'm lost in confusion
Haul me up, I'm up to my knees
Haul me up, I'm stuck in the quicksand
Stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please

Haul me up, now the banshees are wailing
Haul me up, oh now the sirens are singing
Haul me up, now the furies are screaming
Stretch out a hand, a hand, brother please
Oh, haul me up, haul me up, haul me up, haul me up

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Haunted Heart
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Buddy Brock and Kim Williams

C
Go down a road called yesterday 
Take a left on the lost highway
           F               C
And make a right on memory lane 
            G7           C
Drive until you feel the pain
At the river of tears take one last turn 
Cross the bridge that just won't burn
          F                    C
A rundown house is love's graveyard 
                         G7         C
That's where you'll find my haunted heart
           F                   C
My haunted heart can't rest in peace 
                         G7
It's buried with her memory
              F               C
It's a living hell here after dark 
          G7             C
All alone with a haunted heart
Late at night a slamming door 
Shadows move cross the floor
          F              C
Footsteps fall on silent stairs 
                G7           C
I hear her call but no one's there
Her photograph hangs by the bed 
A grim reminder love is dead
           F                   C
The love I killed just won't depart 
                   G7            C
It's a living hell in my haunted heart
repeat #3
                     G7             C
I said I'm all alone with a haunted heart

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Have A Drink On Me
Recorded by Mac Wiseman
Written by Peter Buchanan and Lonnie Donegan
 
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
Well in eighteen eighty down a dusty road
C                                      D7 G
Along came a miner with a big fat load
He was caked in dirt from his head to his foot
    C                                     D7 G
His hair so black that it looked like soot
Well he reined in his mule and hitched him to the rail
C                                          D7 G
He said old fella it's the end of the trail
Well he ambled on down to the old saloon
C
He said I know it's early and it ain't quite noon
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
Have a drink have a drink have a drink on me
Em
Everybody have a drink on me
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
Have a drink have a drink have a drink on me
Em
Everybody have a drink on me
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
Well I just got a letter from down in Tennessee
C
It said my uncle died and left an oil well to me
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
I've been diggin' all my life and I nearly got to hell
C
But my uncle dug potatoes and he struck an oil well
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
Repeat #3
Well black gold yellow gold I guess it's all the same
C
Take my tip and give up the mining game
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me
Well sell your shovel and your old long johns
C
You can make a fortune writing Adam Faith songs
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me 
Repeat #3
D7                         G
Hey hey everybody drink on me 

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Have A Feast Here Tonight

There's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got my dog
How will I get him I know
I'll get me a briar and twist it in his hair
That way I'll get him I know

I know ( yes I know )
I know ( I surely know )
That's how I'll get him I know
I'll get me a briar and twist in his hair
That way I'll get him I know

I'll build me a fire and I'll cook that old hare
Roll him in the flames and make him brown
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down

To lie down ( to lie down )
To lay down ( to lay down )
Find me a place to lie down
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down

I'm going down the track and my coat ripped up my back
Soles on my shoes are nearly gone
A little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones

Weary bones ( weary bones )
Lazy bones ( lazy bones )
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
A little way's ahead there's an old farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones

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Have I Loved You Too Late
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Randall Hilton 
  
D7       G        Bm              C        G
You were somebody special in this heart of mine
      D7                     G    D7
But I never really knew till today
       G              Bm           C        G
Then I heard you were leavin' with somebody else
       D7                            G
Then I wondered have I loved you too late
 
      C                G
Is it too late to ever hold you
                 A7        D7
With more than a passing embrace
      G                                   C
I was blind I was foolish but I cared all along
   D7                           G
Oh darling have I loved you too late
 
D7         G                Bm       C             G
There were times there were others I turned to for love 
           D7                     G    D7
Through it all I kept seeing your face
       G              Bm           C        G
Then I heard you were leavin' with somebody else
       D7                        G
Then I knew I'd made a bitter mistake
 
      C                G
Is it too late to ever hold you
                 A7        D7
With more than a passing embrace
      G                                   C
I was blind I was foolish but I cared all along
   D7                           G
Oh darling have I loved you too late
 
      D7                           G
Oh my darling have I loved you too late

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Have I Told You Lately

Have I told you lately that I love you
Could I tell you onece again aomehow
Have I told with all my heart and soul how I abore you
Well, Darling, I'm telling you now

This heart would break in two if you refuse me
I'm no good without you anyhow
This world would end today if I should lose you
Oh, Darling, I'm telling you now

Have I told you lately that I love you
When the stars are shining in the sky
Have I told you how the nights are long when I'm not with you
Oh, Darling, I'm telling you now


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Have This Love On Me
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Johnny Russell

G                                                       D7
There you stand holding her like you know you shouldn't do 
                                           G
She belongs in my arms she don't belong to you
 
But it seems (but it seems) all my dreams (all my dreams) 
                  C
Of love can never be so my friend (so my friend)
      G                       D7                     G
So my friend (so my friend no no) have this laugh on me 
 
C                     G
Take her and love her like I plan to do
C                     A7            D7
But pray no other can ever take her love from you
      G
Maybe time (maybe time)
                                                C
We'll be kind (we'll be kind) and erase her memory
                                  G
So my friend (so my friend) oh my friend (oh my friend)
   D7                    G
Oh oh have this laugh on me 
 
C                     G
Take her and love her like I plan to do
C                     A7            D7
But pray no other can ever take her love from you
      G
Maybe time (maybe time)
                                                C
We'll be kind (we'll be kind) and erase her memory
                                  G
So my friend (so my friend) oh my friend (oh my friend)
   D7                    G
Oh oh have this laugh on me 
 
C                   G
(Have this laugh on me)

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Have You Come To Say Goodbye

Have you come to say goodbye my darling
Was the love you promised just a lie
Why go on pretending any longer
Tell me have you come to say goodbye

Now as I gaze into your eyes tonight dear
You act so cold and strange i wander why
Could it be that you know longer want me
Tell me have you come to say goodbye

You may forsake me but I'll always love you
And I'll never let you leave my mind
My life will never be the same without you
Tell me have you come to say goodbye

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Have You Ever Been A Fool
Recorded by Jake Penrod

C
Have you ever been a fool
                       G7
Have you ever tried to break all the rules
 
And did you find out how it feels
 
To lose a love that's real
                     C
Have you ever been a fool
 
 
Have you ever played the part
                      G7
Of the one who breaks everybody's heart
 
Till the day you break your own
 
And you wind up all alone
                     C
Have you ever been a fool
 
                       F
Have you ever been too blind
                         C
To see the hurt you left behind
                           D7
All the damage that you've done
                           G7
All the while you had your fun
 
                     C
Have you ever looked around
                                 G7
And watched your castles as they tumble to the ground
 
Then you'll know just what it's like
 
To feel like me tonight 
                     C
Have you ever been a fool
 
Repeat #3,4

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Have You Ever Looked Into Your Heart
Recorded by Jerry Vale
Written by Billy Barberis, Bobby Weinstein, Teddy Randazzo

G        C                G
Have you looked into your heart
    D7             Am    D7  Am
Did you find a memory or two 
D7                        Em
Even though the flame has died
D7                    Am    C
Maybe there's a spark inside
         D7               G
Have you looked into your heart
         C                         G
Have you searched through all your dreams
    D7              Am       D7 Am
Did you ever find a trace of me 
D7                        Em
Even though you say we're through 
D7                       Am  C
That I'm not the one for you 
         D7               G    C G
Have you looked into your heart
B7               A7
When the evening shadows 
     Em   B7        Em
Fall upon my window pane
  A7       Em     A7
I find I'm crying over and over 
                  D7   G
And over and over again 
C                G
Since we've been apart 
    D7               Am     D7   Am
All I do is pray for your return 
D7                       Em
Take a look and you will see
D7                    Am    C
Maybe there's a place for me
         D7               G
Have you looked into your heart
     C                G
Ever since we've been apart 
    D7               Am     D7   Am
All I do is pray for your return 
D7                       Em
Take a look and you will see
D7                    Am    C
Maybe there's a place for me
         D7               G
Have you looked into your heart

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Have You Found It Yet
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Hank Cochran and Red Lane

G            C         D7                       G
I can't seem to forget that look of leaving you wore
            C          D7             G
As you left I wondered if I'd see you anymore
                  C          D7            G
You said you were leaving to find a way to forget
       Am     D7       G
I just wonder have you found it yet
                     Am          D7
I just wonder if you found it yet
G                                         Am         D7
Wonder if you'll be returning there'll be no regrets
G
When your freedom fire stops burning
                  B7        C                   G
The world will be our world we'll be happy I'll bet
       Am     D7       G
I just wonder have you found it yet
                     Am          D7
I just wonder if you found it yet
G                                         Am         D7
Wonder if you'll be returning there'll be no regrets
G
When your freedom fire stops burning
                  B7        C                   G
The world will be our world we'll be happy I'll bet
       Am     D7    G
I just wonder yes I wonder
     Am     D7       G
Oh I wonder have you found it yet

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Have You Seen My Dear Companion

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
They say a strange girl has betrayed me
And that he cares no more for me

Don't you remember the day last summer
The sun so warm the skies so blue
The little birds did sing so sweetly
The day I feel in love with you

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
But now the stars have turned against me
And so he cares no more for me

Oh when the dark falls on the mountain
When all the world has gone to sleep
I will go down by the fair bright waters
And there I'll set me down and weep

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he's gone to some far country
And that he cares no more for me

I wish that I were some swallow flying
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
There join those little birds in their crying
Remembering you and your dear face

Oh have you seen my dear companion
Oh have you seen my dear companion
Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me


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Have You Someone In Heaven A'waiting

Have you someone in heaven a'waiting
Expecting you on that beautiful shore
Be ready to join that great band of angels
Where they welcome you into that heavenly door

Come sinners take heed while Jesus is bleeding
Please never be caught in the pathway of sin
For jesus may call you name in the morning
When heaven's gates open will you enter in

* Refrain

The vision will hear the prayer of the sinner
No matter how dark no matter how late
He'll welcome you home to the heavenly mansion
Take a straight narrow way to that beautiful gate

* Refrain


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Have You Someone In Heaven Waiting
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice
Written by Carter Stanley

C                F         C
Have you someone in heaven awaiting
                                G7
Expecting you on that beautiful shore
            C               F       C
Be ready to join that great band of angels
                         G7               C
When they welcome you in-to that heavenly door

                             F        C
Come sinners take heed while Jesus is pleading
                                         G7
Please never be caught in the pathway of sin
              C        F           C
For Jesus may call you home in the morning
                             G7             C
When the heaven's gates open will you enter in

Repeat #1

                         F             C
The Savior will hear the prayer of the sinner
                                 G7
No matter how dark no matter how late
                  C         F        C
He'll welcome you home to a heavenly mansion
                           G7               C
Take a straight narrow way to that heavenly gate

Repeat #1

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Alan Jackson - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas lyrics
(Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane)

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on, our troubles will be miles away.
Here were are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.
Through the years we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now...


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Haven't I Always
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Hank Cochran
 
C                            F  G7
Who will take you back again
        C        G7
Haven't I always
C                             F  G7
Who forgive for all your sins
          C     G7
Haven't I always
 
C             G7     C
Who's waiting by the telephone
F
Hope and pray that you'd come home
G7
And who did it honey all alone
          C      G7
Haven't I always
 
C                        F  G7
Who wants you back again
        C       G7
Haven't I always
C                             F  G7
Who forgive for all your sins
          C
Haven't I always

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Nickel Creek - Hayloft

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun

It started with the hayloft a-creakin'
Yeah, it just started in the hayloft
With his long johns on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn, out to the hay

Young lovers and they are not sleeping
Young lovers in the hayloft
With his gun turned on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn up to the hay

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun

Hayloft
Hayloft

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run.

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun

It started with the hayloft a-creakin'
Yeah, just started in the hay
With his long johns on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn, out to the hayloft

Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
With his long tall gun, Pop went a-creepin'
To blow their hayloft bedheads straight off

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run

My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun

Hayloft
Hayloft
Hayloft

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He Ain't Never Done Me Nothing But Good

By The Isaacs
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
Why Job was a righteous man the devil could not doubt it
He surely loved the savior there was no doubt about it
Satan cursed his body from his feet to his head
Then he told him all of his children and cattle were dead
Then Job's wife said why don't you curse your god at night
And Job said woman you speak like a foolish child
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
Well I gave my heart to Jesus and took him as my savior
And cast my life to the chosen one and started out for heaven
Soon I was forsaken my friends left me one by one
But the good lord walked beside me and never left me alone
He fed me when I was hungry and cheered me when I was sad
And he has been the dearest friend this child has ever had
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
History tells of polycarp who died for the gospels' sake
They built a fire around his feet and tied him to a stake
But the fire could not consume him so they pierced him with a sword
The blood ran down, put out the fire, but still he praised the Lord
Now all these years I've served him
He's done me nothing but good
Well I won't repent and I won't recant,
Just tell me why I should
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good
Oh, He ain't never done me nothing
Done me nothing but good
Nothing but good


=============================

He Delivered Me

When my soul was deep in sin had no peace no joy within
my Lord (my Lord) delivered (delivered) me (delivered me from bondage)
He brought me from the darkest place Set my feet on the rock to stay
My Lord (my Lord) delivered (delivered) me (he delivered me)

   My Lord (my Lord) in Love (in love) delivered (delivered) me within
   My soul he made the joybells ring he gave me wondrous victory.
   I shout (I shout) and sing (and sing) because (because) I'm gladly free
   My Lord (my Lord) delivered (delivered) me.

Praise his name forever I'll sing
blessings to me he will ever bring
my??.
He will guide me along the way
and protect me everyday
my ??..

He will take me to his name above where I'll live forever in his love
my?..
In that blessed home with this soul I will sing while the ages roll
my??

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Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have To Be lyrics

When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new
It always winds up being more like a job interview
My momma used to wonder if she'd ever meet someone
Who wouldn't find out about me and then turn around and run
I met the man I call my dad when I was five years old
He took my mom out to a movie and for once I got to go
A few months later I remember lying there in bed
I overheard him pop the question and prayed that she'd say yes
And then all of a sudden
Oh, it seemed so strange to me
How we went from something's missing
To a family
Lookin' back all I can say
About all the things he did for me
Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
I met the girl that's now my wife about three years ago
We had the perfect marriage but we wanted somethin' more
Now here I stand surrounded by our family and friends
Crowded 'round the nursery window as they bring the baby in
And now all of a sudden
It seemed so strange to me
How we've gone from something's missing
To a family
Lookin' through the glass I think about the man
That's standin' next to me
And I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
Lookin' back all I can say
About all the things he did for me
Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
Yeah, I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
Because he didn't have to be
You know he didn't have to be


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He Had It On His Mind
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Vic McAlpin and Roy Drusky 

G7                             C
(All the time he had it on his mind)
                                     F
I never thought he'd try to take you from me
  C                                   G7
A lifelong friend would never be that kind
   C                                F
He made believe that he could never want you
     G7                            C
When all the time he had it on his mind
   F                          C
He had it on his mind all the time
         G7                            C
But kept telling me desire had made me blind
                                        F
As a friend he couldn't see how I could love you
     G7                            C
When all the time he had it on his mind
                                F
To think of times I trusted you together
    C                               G7
Now tomorrow the wedding bells will chime
   C                                 F
To you and our best friend I'll be a stranger
      G7                            C
Cause all the time he had it on his mind
   F                          C
He had it on his mind all the time
         G7                            C
But kept telling me desire had made me blind
                                        F
As a friend he couldn't see how I could love you
     G7                            C
When all the time he had it on his mind
    G7                            C
Yes all the time he had it on his mind

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He Holds The Lantern (While His Mother Chops The Wood)
Recorded by Tex Morton
Written by Alan L. Grey, Arthur Terker, Roy Jordan

G                       C
I know the best hearted fellow 
     D7                   G
He'd even give his oldest shirt a way
                              C
The neighbors all know he's a kind hearted fellow 
    D7                           G
And here's what you'll hear them say
                               C                G
He holds the lantern while his mother chops the wood
                             D7
He holds the lantern just as any good son should
G                          C               G
He's mighty handy and he's always standing by
           C                         D7                  G
When she's through chopping one load he'll get her a new supply 
                               D7
And when she is exhausted he's equal to the test
                                  G
He lays right down beside her and helps his ma to rest
                         C
While she is axing he is busily relaxing
             G                 D7               G
He holds the lantern while his mother chops the wood
                               C                G
He holds the lantern while his mother chops the wood
                            D7
He holds the lantern and he surely does it good
G                        C                 G
She hacks and hacks away until her back is sprained
          C                     D7                       G
While her son holds the lantern so her eyes will not get strained
                                  D7
You'll never find him stopping to take a holiday
                                G
Cause when it comes to chopping every day is Mother' Day
                                C
While she's perspiring her dear son is most inspiring 
             G                 D7               G
He holds the lantern while his mother chops the wood
                               C                G
He holds the lantern while his mother chops the wood
                              D7
While she is pantin' he pants too that's understood 
G                            C               G
He's tender hearted when she chops he almost cries 
               C                  D7                   G
He can't stand seeing mother work so he just shuts his eyes
                                       D7
He's big and strong and healthy and he weighs two fifty net 
                                G
But moving those big muscles is what he ain't done yet
                                   C
But he's sure respected her and to show he's not neglectin' her
             G                 D7               G
He holds the lantern while his mother chops the wood

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He Knocked Me Right Out Of The Box
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Harlan Howard

C                              F
He knocked me right out of the box
      G7                           C
I'm a walkin' to the bench kickin' rocks
                                     F
I might as well hang up my glove and my socks
   G7                          C
He knocked me right out of the box
                                    F
Thought the game was in the bag and all I had to do
    G7                           C
Was coast along for just another inning or two
                                    F
Then he stepped up to the plate and with one mighty swing
   G7                               C
He won the game my baby's heart and I guess everything
Repeat #1
                             F
He sent me to the showers my head was in a spin
      G7                             C
And I don't think I'll ever play the game of love again
                         F
But if I ever do you can bet without a doubt
  G7                         C
I ain't gonna think I've won until the final out
Repeat #1
   G7                          C
He knocked me right out of the box

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He Knows What I'm Crying About
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by George Jones

G
You think I'm not going through
          C                  G
All these things I'm telling you
                                    D7
But believe me what I say is really true
               G
Cause he's the one who left me here
         C              G
He's the one who didn't care
                      D7     G
And he knows what I'm crying about
I gave him my very best
       C                G
He was wrong to give me less
                                        D7
And destroy the love I tried so hard to hold
           G
He made me shed a million tears
     C                     G
I've just wasted all these years
                     D7     G
So he knows what I'm crying about
   C                     G
He knows what I'm crying about
I bear the shame he's to blame  
        D7
There's no doubt
         G
He never even tried to say 
   C                 G
Or accept the love I gave
                     D7     G
So he knows what I'm crying about
                     D7     G
Oh he knows what I'm crying about

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Dolly Parton - He Left Me Love lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

He left me love enough to last a lifetime
A lifetime filled with loving memories
And so I have no reason to search for new love
Time could never take his love from me
And my mind is filled with memories, sweet and tender
My heart is filled with love he left for me
And each thought of him just makes love grow sweeter
He left me love to last eternally
I just close my eyes and I still see him
And in dreams, he loves me just like he used to do
He even wakes me with a tender kiss every mornin'
A kiss that lingers on my lips the whole day through
And my mind is filled with memories, sweet and tender
And my heart is filled with love he left for me
And each thought of him just makes love grow sweeter
He left me love to last eternally
Oh, yes, he left me love


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He Made Me Free
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Darrell Edwards
[3/4 time]

C                    G7           C               F
I had drifted for so long with my life so full of wrong
         C                                   G7
That the Lord should have turned His back on me
       C                  G7        C               F
But He took the trembling hand of a lost and lonely man
          C                  G7                C    F  C
Broke the chains from mortal shame and made me free
                     G7          F                 C
Yes He took away the sin from my soul where it had been
                                        G7
And He helped my blinding eyes again to see
        C          G7               C              F
Yes and now I understand the beauty of salvation's plan
           C                  G7               C
Out on the cross You paid the cost and made me free
                      G7          C              F
I had sunk so deep in shame never calling on His name
        C                              G7
All the joys of life had turned to misery
         C               G7            C                  F
But then He gave me back control of my lost and wandering soul
            C              G7                C    F  C
Removed the fears dried my tears and made me free
                     G7           F               C
Yes He took away the sin that had stained me deep within
                                          G7
And He gave me back the fate that I might see
        C              G7                C              F
Now I'm so glad I understand the promise of salvation's plan
           C                  G7               C
Out on the cross You paid the cost and made me free

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He Never Came Back

An old Jane about 49 came in to view the town
She registered up at Smith's Hotel as Miss Ada Brown
She said she was just 25 and that she was in love
With a young lad about 16, she called him her turtledove

The wedding day at last arrived, the birds did merrily sing
He touched her up for a hundred to go out and buy the ring

   He never came back, no, he never came back
   He's been gone for a year or more
   That sassy young thing better have that ring
   When we meet on that beautiful shore

I went down to a restaurant as hungry as a bear
And a raving thief I did, I grabbed the bill of fare
The waiter said, now what for you, a piece of steak, I said
He taken my order and bowed his head and slowly walked away

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He Never Got The Picture
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Allan Phillips and Bobby Reed

G7          C                               F
He lays her picture on the table then he'll reach and pick it up
  G7                                C            G7
Between each sip of whiskey just to have another look
   C                              F                Dm
He always sits there by the phone expecting her to call
           C             G7         C   C7
I guess he never got the picture at all
       
F       A#7      F               C        G7       C
She was once his whole world now all that he's got left
    F       A#7        F              C          G7
Are whiskey soaked old memories and a faded photograph
   C                                  F              Dm
It seems his mind blocks out the time too painful to recall
         C             G7         C
Cause he never got the picture at all
                           F
He gazes at the photograph like he don't understand
   G7                                       C             G7
It seems as though he doesn't know that she loves another man
    C                              F              Dm
And image that he holds so high of her will never fall
         C             G7         C   C7
Cause he never got the picture at all
F       A#7      F               C        G7       C
She was once his whole world now all that he's got left
    F       A#7        F              C          G7
Are whiskey soaked old memories and a faded photograph
   C                                  F              Dm
It seems his mind blocks out the time too painful to recall
         C             G7         C   F
Cause he never got the picture at all
      C             G7         C
No he never got the picture at all

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He Remembers Her
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Chet Hinesley and Doug Stone

C                              Dm
The calls are made at night he longs to hold her tight
      G7                                 C  G7
Still keeps her picture right beside his bed
        C                  Dm
Now and then a day goes by when he doesn't cry
G7                                  C
But then he struggles with tomorrow again
 
F    Dm      G7   Am       Dm     G7
He remembers her  just the way we were
Am        G7    C       F              G7
Every one tells me that time heals the hurt
    Am              C           F          Dm
But time's stealing memories so I'm making sure
G7                C  Am Dm G7
That he remembers her
 
  C                         Dm
I talked about the way they used to laugh and play
G7                           C  G7
Kid around and pray together too
     C                      Dm
I've got a sparing mind but more and more I find
  G7                            C
Reminding him reminds me of her too
 
F    Dm      G7   Am       Dm     G7
He remembers her  just the way we were
  Am             G7 C    F         G7
I tell him their stories again and again
   Am         C            F              G7
Of how much I love her how much she loved me
 
Repeat #2 So he remembers her ... 
 
             C
He remembers her

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He Rode All The Way To Texas
recorded by Dolly Parton, Emylou Harris, Linda Rondstat
written by John Starling
 
C
A light shines from my window
F                       G7
Just can't sleep no more Lord it hurts 
               C
So much to be alone
 
But the real men never do admit
F                          G7
It's them that might be wrong 
                                      C
At least that's what he told me in his song
 
 
He rode all the way to Texas
F                 C    G7
On an old freight train
                              C
Didn't miss the girl he left behind 
 
He rode all the way to Texas
F             C    G7
Didn't shed a tear letting you know
                       C
That's he's the moving kind
 
 
The freedom that he's sings about
F                   G7
Guess I'll never know
                                        C
Just can't shake the guilt or kill the pain
 
But he lets me ride when the lights turn low
F                      G7
Get on board the radio and take a ride
                 C
To Texas on his train
 
Repeat #2
G7                                         C
He's letting you know that he's the moving kind

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He Stands Real Tall
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Cal Veale

G                C        G
Folks know I'm a poor boy poor as I can be
    C                 G         C             G
But they all know I'm happy and they all envy me
                      C         G
I get to thinkin' I'm kinda big although I'm kinda small
    C               G           D7                      G
But when good folks respect you it makes you stand real tall
  C                  G              D7                       G
Although I'm wearing ragged clothes you'll find their always clean
   C                  G             A7                 D7
My wife works hard to keep 'em nice proudest girl I've seen
  G                C                G
A little girl that loves me I'm the luckiest man of all
C                 G             D7                         G
Find a man that's loved so much you'll find he stands real tall
                   C            G
I won't get rich a farmin' I'll do the best I can
  C                  G                C                G
I ain't got much but what we've got I got it from this land
                       C           G
We've almost saved the money gonna pay it off next fall
    C            G             D7                         G
And any man that has this much you'll find he stands real tall
   C                  G               D7               G
It isn't clothes that make a man it's what you'll find inside
      C              G               A7                   D7
Don't judge a man or think he's weak because you seen him cry
  G            C       G
A man can be a big man even though he's small
C                 G           D7                         G
Find a man that's loved a lot you'll find he stands real tall
C                G           D7                         G
Find a man who's loved a lot you'll find he stands real tall

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James King - He Stopped Loving Her Today 

He said, "I'll love you till I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall
Went half-crazy, now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again

Kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single 'I love you'

I went to see him just today
Oh, but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

You know, she came to see him one last time
Oh, and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

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He Taught Me To Yodel
Recorded by Margo Smith
Written by Tom Emerson, Paul Roberts, Esther Van Sciver

G
I went across to Switzerland 

Where all the yodelers be
D7
To try to learn to yodel 

With my yodel-oh-ee-dee

G
I climbed a big high mountain 

On a clear and sunny day
A7
There I met a yodeling guy 
     D7
In a little Swiss chalet

G                     C
He taught me to yodel yodel-oh-ee-dee
D7                    G
Diddly-odel-oh-ee-dee diddly-odel-oh-ee-dee
                      C
He taught me to yodel yodel-oh-ee-dee-ay-dee
D7                       G
Yodel-oh-ee-dee-yodel-oh-dee


So now I wanna teach you 

How to yodel just like me
D7
It's easy when you're singing

To go yodel-diddly-oh-oh-dee

G
First take a deep breath

Then you exhale one two three
A7
Then you'll hear a yodel 
       D7
If you listen close to me

G                         C
Yeah this is how to yodel yodel-oh-ee-dee
D7                    G
Diddly-odel-oh-ee-dee diddly-odel-oh-ee-dee
                     C
This is how to yodel yodel-oh-ee-dee
D7                             G
Diddly-odel-oh-ee-dee-yodel-oh-dee

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He Thinks I Still Care
Recorded Connie Francis
Written by Dickey Lee and Steve Duffy

C         G7      C
He thinks I still care

               F              C
Just because I asked a friend about him
               G7                 C
Just because I spoke his name somewhere
                        C7        F
Just because I rang his number by mistake today
C         G7      C
He thinks I still care

               F                  C
Just because I haunt the same old places
                          G7           C
Where the memories of him lingers everywhere
                               C7     F
Just because I'm not the happy girl I used to be
C         G7      C
He thinks I still care
 
    F                              C
But if he's happy thinking I still need him
                                     G7
Then let that silly notion bring him cheer
F                              C
Oh but how could he ever be so foolish
        D7                       G7
Tell me where did he get such an idea

C                  F               C
And just because I asked a friend about him
                   G7                 C
And just because I spoke his name somewhere
                                 C7     F
Just because I saw him then went all to pieces
C         G7      C
He thinks I still care
          G7      F   C
He thinks I still c-are

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He Thought He'd Die Laughing
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Joe Poovey and Gene McCaslin

G                    C         G
His mind was numb by alcoholic beverages
    C           D7            G
And his courage quite what it should be
            C                    D7               G
But he just happened to pick the wrong ole boy to brag to
          A7                                        D7
He didn't know the home he was wreckin' belonged to me
        G                  C               G
Well he bought a round and related all his good times
        C                D7                G
With my wife and all the places where they hid
            C                 D7              G
But when he bragged about his plan to take my children
           C                D7       C D7       G
He said he thought he'd die laughing     and he did
           C           D7              G
The sudden shock of realization when I told him who I was
          C                D7            G
Brought a sobering look of fear into his eyes
            C             D7         G
I struck so quick that he had no indication
       A7                                      D7
He was tried convicted and sentenced by my own hand
           G           C              G
He was the only guilty party not by a long shot
  C                          D7                      G
I remember now the countless times when she left the kids
           C                  D7                 G
But he was one man who really had his last laugh on me
           C                D7      C D7       G
He said he thought he'd die laughing    and he did
           C                D7      C D7       G
He said he thought he'd die laughing    and he did

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He Took White Roses From Her Hair

   Oh Willie my darling come back
   I will ever be faithful and true
   Oh Willie my darling come back
   I'll forever be faithful to you

I remember once that he said
He loved me better than his life
He called me his darling his wife
Then asked me to be his own bride

Oh darling he said I am sure
Your heart is made of a stone
He took a white rose from my hair
Then left me a standing alone

 The next fateful day Willie was dead
He was found in the pond near the mill
Oh the clear precious waters so fair
That flows from the branch of the hills

His blue eyes were forever closed
And damp was his golden hair
And close to his pale lips was found
The white rose he took from my hair

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He Took Your Place

Upon the rugged cross of Calvary
Was there my blessed Savior cried
Forgive them for they know not what they do
Oh, sinner friend, for thee he died

   His hands are gently knocking on your door
   Outside he's pleading to come in
   His heart is breaking as he waits for you
   To wash you free from every sin

Someday he's coming back to claim his own
We'll fly to Heaven's golden shore
A crown of life he gives on that glad day
With him we'll live forever more

Those cruel thorns they pierced my Savior's head
The blood was flowing down his face
In shame, forsaken there he hung and died
Oh, sinner friend, he took you place

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He Walked All the Way Home
Blue Highway

In the grim and final hour of the War between the States
He had enough dying, all the grief that he could take
From the Appamattox Courthouse, where the deed was sadly done
There was no place left for him to go but home

He walked all the way home to Southampton County
To carry all he owned and try to forget
Wearing sadness like a mantle for the friends he lost in vain
He walked all the way home to start his life again

In the end he knew the reasons but so many had been lost
For years to come the fallen would sleep beneath the cross
What he held in angry silence, time could never burn away
It was just the saddest price he'd ever pay

He walked all the way home to Southampton County
To carry all he owned and try to forget
Wearing sadness like a mantle for the friends he lost in vain
He walked all the way home to start his life again

When he stopped to take some water at a little roadside place
A pretty southern widow sadly looked into his face
As they talked a while his blue eyes seemed to ease her broken heart
One day he came back and took her home

He walked all the way home to Southampton County
To carry all he owned and try to forget
Wearing sadness like a mantle for the friends he lost in vain
He walked all the way home to start his life again

He walked all the way home to start his life again

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He Was A Friend Of Mine
Shorty George

He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine.
Never had no money to pay his fine
He was a friend of mine.

He died on the road, (twice)
Never had no money (to) pay for his board,
He was a friend of mine.

He never done no wrong, (twice)
He was just a poor boy, a long way from home,
He was a friend of mine.

I stole away and cried, (twice)
Never had no money and I can't be satisfied,
He was a friend of mine.

He was a friend of mine, (twice)
When I hear his name
You know I just can't keep from crying,
He was a friend of mine.


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He Was My Brother
Paul Simon (aka Paul Kane)

He was my brother
Five years older than I
He was my brother
Twenty-three years old the day he died

Freedom writer
They cursed my brother to his face
Go home outsider
This town's gonna be your buryin' place

He was singin' on his knees
An angry mob trailed along
They shot my brother dead
Because he hated what was wrong

He was my brother
Tears can't bring him back to me
He was my brother
And he died so his brothers could be free
He died so his brothers could be free

Capo 2nd fret
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Intro:
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D C
e:|-----2-----0-----|-0h2---0h2-------|-----0-----------|-3-----3---2-----|
B:|-----3-----------|-----------3-----|-----1-----1-----|-1---------------|
G:|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-----------|-0---------------|
D:|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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D
E:|-----2-----0-----|-0h2---0h2-------|-----2-----0-----|-0h2---0h2-----2-|
B:|-----3-----------|-----------3---3-|-----3-----------|-----------3-----|
G:|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
D:|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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Verse 1
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D C
E:|-----2-----2-----|-0h2-------2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----3-----------|-------3-------0-|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G:|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-------0---------|-----0-----------|
D:|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
He was my

D Bm G
E:|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----2-----|-3---------3-----|-----------0-----|
G:|-----2-------2---|-----4-----------|-------4---------|-------0---------|
D:|-0-------0-------|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|
A:|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
| | | | | | | |
brot....h.....er five years

A
E:|-3---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------0-----|-------2---3-----|-------3---2-----|-------2---3-----|
G:|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A:|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
E:|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
older than I

(strum a bit) D C
E:|-0---------------|-----2-----------|-0h2-------2-----|-----------------|
B:|-------3---2-----|-----3-----3-----|-------3---------|-----1-----1-----|
G:|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-------0---------|
D:|-----2-------2---|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----2-------2---|
A:|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
He

D Bm
E:|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----1-----1-----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----2-----|-3---------3-----|
G:|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|-----4-----------|-------4---------|
D:|-----2-------2---|-0-------0-------|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
A:|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
was my bro...th.......er

G A
e:|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-------2---3-----|-2---------------|
G:|-------0---------|-------0---------|-----------------|-2---------------|
D:|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-2---------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|
E:|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
twenty three years old The day he
died

Play intro between each verse... And strum/pick a bit more each time..
Play the rest of the verses..

Last verse
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D C
e:|-----2-----2-----|-0h2-------2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----3-----------|-------3-------0-|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G:|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-------0---------|-----0-----------|
D:|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
He was my

D Bm G
e:|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----2-----|-3---------3-----|-----------0-----|
G:|-----2-------2---|-----4-----------|-------4---------|-------0---------|
D:|-0-------0-------|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|
A:|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
| | | | | | | |
brot....h.....er tears can't

A
e:|-3---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------0-----|-------2---3-----|-------3---2-----|-------2---3-----|
G:|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A:|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
E:|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | |
bring him back to me

Play the next A bar then... Strum lots

D C D Bm G A D
He he was my brother and he died so his brothers could be free

Bm G A (intro)
Oh God, he died so his brothers could be free

(And finish with a big strum on D)


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He Was On To Something

bridge: F   C   G7   C   Am    Em    F    C   G7   C

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He Went To Paris
Jimmy Buffett

He went to Paris lookin' for answers
To questions that bothered him so
He was impressive, young and aggressive
Savin' the world on his own
But the warm summer breezes
The French wines and cheeses
Put his ambition at bay
The summers and winters
Scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away

Then he went to England, played the piano
And married an actress named Kim
They had a fine life, she was a good wife
And bore him a young son named Jim
And all of the answers and all of the questions
He locked in his attic one day
'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'
And twenty more years slipped away

Well the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady
And left him with only one eye
His body was battered, his whole world was shattered
And all he could do was just cry
While the tears were a-fallin' he was recallin'
Answers he never found
So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean
And left England without a sound

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's
And drinks his Green Label each day
Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin'
But he don't care what most people say
Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile and he'll say
'Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
But I had a good life all the way'

He went to Paris lookin' for answers
To questions that bothered him so


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He Will Set Your Fields On Fire

There's a call that rings from the throne it springs
To those now gone astray
Saying "Come ye men from your load of sin
There at the altar lay"
Many do not heed that the chains of greed
that their conscience never tire
Be assured my friend if you still offend
He will set your fields on fire

Now if you don't from sin retire
He will set your fields on fire
You have heard Jesus' call
And in death your soul must fall
Now my friend if you desire
You may join the heavenly choir
And rejoice with him free from every sin
When He sets this world on fire

You have heard his voice seen His soul rejoice
That trusted in his grace
You have blushed with sin as He knocked within
But still you hide your face
From the blessed Lord and His own true word
But still you say retire
Leave the downward path kindle not His wrath
Or He'll set your fields on fire

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Dolly Parton - He Would Know lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

In my mind I've made love to you often
But only in my mind can it be so
'Cause there's someone at home that's countin' on me
And if I did, I'm sure that he would know
Yes, he would know, yes, he could tell
For, he has loved me long enough to know me very well
And if I lied, he'd see it in my eyes
I know my guilt would show and he would know
But I must admit you're someone very special
And it would be so easy to let go
Makin' love to you could be so easy
But if I did, I'm sure that he would know
Yes, he would know, yes, he could tell
For, he has loved me long enough to know me very well
And if I lied, he'd see it in my eyes
I know my guilt would show and he would know
My conscience just won't let me make love to you
I know it would be sweet, but I just can't
When I go home to him I must be able
To look him in the eyes and say I ain't
'Cause he would know, yes, he could tell
For, he has loved me long enough to know me very well
And if I lied, he'd see it in my eyes
I know my guilt would show and he would know
He would know


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He'd Still Love Me
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Glenn Sutton and Hugh X. Lewis

G                      C             G
You're here to tell me just how much he loves you
                      D7
And he'll do anything you want him to
        C                             G
And you think he'll follow you to the end of the world
      A7                                 D7
But before you pack your bags I'd better warn you girl
G                C                 G
Other girls have been in love with him
                                     D7
And the only chance you'll ever have is very slim
        C                                        G         C
And you think your dreams would all come true if he were free
         G   C         G    D7              G
But he's not and if he were he'd still love me
     D7                                 C                      G
He'd still love me because he remembers the little things I've done
     A7                                     D7
Like ironing shirts and pressing suits when he had only one
    G                                   C
And knowing this you're still expecting me to set him free
      G                  D7              G D7
But I won't and if I did he'd still love me
    G                                   C
And knowing this you're still expecting me to set him free
      G                  D7              C  G
But I won't and if I did he'd still love me

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He'll Be The One
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Steve Wariner
 
G7  C                  G7
The hurt shows on your face
          F                        C   G7
There's a trickle of sweat on your brow
    C                  G7
And pain is all he has given you
        F                     C   G7
And you manage to make it somehow
 
   C                          G7
So take my advise and take my hand
         C         C7        F
And I'll make everything all right
     G7                     Dm
Then he'll be the one who's hurt
          G7           C    G7
While I'm loving you tonight
 
C                       G7
He don't know what he's done
   F                        C     G7
By being rude to someone so sweet
    C              G7
And he has taken a winner
    F                 C   G7
And changed it into defeat 
 
   C                          G7
So take my advise and take my hand
         C         C7        F
And I'll make everything all right
     G7                     Dm
Then he'll be the one who's hurt
          G7           C
While I'm loving you tonight
 
    G7                     Dm
Yes he'll be the one who's hurt
          G7           F    C
While I'm loving you tonight

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He'll Have To Stay
Recorded by Skeeter Davis
Written by Joe Allison, Audrey Allison, Charles Grean 
[3/4 time]

C                        F                C
I am glad you've finally called me on the phone 
                                       G7
I've been waiting here tonight but not alone 
              C                C7              F
You broke the date that we had made just yesterday 
            C                  G7                 C   G7
Now there's someone else who's here he'll have to stay 
       C             F              C
I have found another love I know is true 
                                        G7
And he holds me much more tenderly than you 
       C                   C7              F
Loving you's not worth the price I have to pay 
        C               G7                  C
Someone else is in your place he'll have to stay 
       F
Once I loved you with all my heart 
    C
But now I must say no 
    F
You broke my heart too many times 
   C                  G7
So now you'll have to go 
      C                F                C
I can hear the jukebox playing soft and low 
                                         G7
And you're out again with someone else I know 
            C                  C7                   F
My love was blind I'm not your kind that's all I'll say 
           C                  G7                 C
So you can hang up I'm in his arms he'll have to stay 
Repeat #2

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He'll Take You In

Let not your heart be troubled for he will take you in
His invitation stand forevermore
He's right there where you let him to take you by the hand
And lead you to that everlasting shore

He'll take you in
He'll take you in and give you shelter from the storm
He'll take you in
He'll take you in and there your mortal life transform
How can you be so down and out, you should jump right up and shout
He'll take you in
He'll take you in
He'll take you in

Let not your soul be weary for he will strengthen you
Even in the weakest times you'll find
Him reaching out his arms to lift you up again
You know he'll take you in every time

* Refrain

You'll be walking on the water with your feet on hallowed ground
If you have the faith to follow in his will
You'll be one with the spirit the father and the son
He'll deliver you sanctified and sealed

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - He's A Go Getter lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

He's a go getter, go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
Now I've got a neighbor that lives down the road a ways
His wife holds down a steady job, he don't turn his hand all day
I know that most of you will know the kind I'm talkin' about
The kind that rather than have to work, he'd rather do without
But he's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
There's a group of men in the court house yard any time that you go by
Playin' checkers and tradin' odds and makin' jokes about their wives
They wait all week for pay day and they hold the money's plenty
And the wife that's worked those long hard hours never gets a penny
But he's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
Yes he's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
He's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her


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He's A Jolly Good Fellow
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton

G                 C
He's a jolly good fellow 
   G                            D7
He can laugh the loudest of 'em all
G                 C
He's a jolly good fellow 
         G          C        G       D7       G
But that jolly good fellow's world's about to fall
                                      D7
Tonight he's out with all his friends downtown
                                        G
I bet it's never crossed his mind you'd slip around
                               G7         C
He's the life of the party but if he only knew
                       G      D7               G
When he's holding that bottle I'm here holding you
Repeat #1
                                      D7
He's feeding that old jukebox all his dimes
                                G
Talking with the boys about the good old times
                  G7           C
Buying booze like it was going out of style
                         G              D7                G
Se let's don't spoil his party cause he ain't got long to smile
Repeat #1
                    C        G       D7       G
Yes that jolly good fellow's world's about to fall

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Dolly Parton - He's Alive lyrics

The gates and doors were barred
And all the windows fastened down
I spent the night in sleeplessness
And rose at every sound
Half in hopeless sorrow
And half in fear the day
Would find the soldiers breakin' through
To drag us all away
And just before the sunrise
I heard something at the wall
The gate began to rattle
And a voice began to call
I hurried to the window
Looked down into the street
Expecting swords and torches
And the sound of soldiers' feet
But there was no one there but Mary
So I went down to let her in
John stood there beside me
As she told me where she'd been
She said they've moved Him in the night
And none of us know where
The stone's been rolled away
And now His body isn't there
We both ran towards the garden
Then John ran on ahead
We found the stone and empty tomb
Just the way that Mary said
But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in
Was just an empty shell
And how or where they'd taken Him
Was more than I could tell
Oh something strange had happened there
Just what I did not know
John believed a miracle
But I just turned to go
Circumstance and speculation
Couldn't lift me very high
'Cause I'd seen them crucify Him
Then I saw Him die
Back inside the house again
The guilt and anguish came
Everything I'd promised Him
Just added to my shame
When at last it came to choices
I denied I knew His name
And even if He was alive
It wouldn't be the same
But suddenly the air was filled
With a strange and sweet perfume
Light that came from everywhere
Drove shadows from the room
And Jesus stood before me
With His arms held open wide
And I fell down on my knees
And I just clung to Him and cried
Then He raised me to my feet
And as I looked into His eyes
The love was shining out from Him
Like sunlight from the skies
Guilt in my confusion
Disappeared in sweet release
And every fear I ever had
Just melted into peace
He's alive yes He's alive
Yes He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive yes He's alive
Oh He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive He's alive
Hallelujah He's alive
He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive He's alive He's alive
I believe it He's alive
Sweet Jesus


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He's All I Need
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Hank Cochran and Glenn Martin

C
The pain was just a temporary thing
                                    C7
He came into my life just like a dream
         F                              G7
He could never be what you have been to me
                                      C
He's done all you were but he's all I need
He does the same things that you used to do
                                            C7
Somehow it's not the same as it was with you
      F
Since things have been so bad
          G7
He's been so good for me
                                     C
He's not all you were but he's all I need
     E7                               F
He's all I need to make it through my night
         D7
And when things seem wrong
                   G7               Dm   G7 F 
He's all I need to make things seem alright
C
He could never take the place of you
But he knows I don't even want him to
   F
In time I've learned to love him
             G7
I hope he'll still love me
                                     C
He's not all you were but he's all I need
G7                                   C   A#7 C
He's not all you were but he's all I need

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He's Coming Back To Earth Again

I walked into a church one day
While traveling on my way
I gave my heart to Jesus then
He's coming back to earth again

He's coming back to earth again
To claim his children here
And if we will abide in him
He'll take us home where there's no fear

My path seems brighter as I go
And I want the world to know
His precious blood your soul will cleanse
He's coming back to earth again

* Refrain

Dear friend's I'm singing every day
Take this straight and narrow way
Let Jesus in turn from your sin
He's coming back to earth again

*Refrain


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He's Got A Way With Women
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Steve Wariner

C                     F
I'm not known to be a talker
D7                  G7
I just can't be the pushy kind
C                        F
But I know a real smooth operator
           C
He's got a way with women 
G7               C
He got away with mine
F                       C
I stood and watched him put it on her
F       D7      G7
He used all the standard lines
F                           C
She must have really fallen for them
F          C
He's got a way with women 
G7               C
He got away with mine
F                        C
I don't think she really loves him
F          D7        G7
I'm hoping she'll be back in time
F                    C
All I can do is wait for her
F          C
He's got a way with women
G7               C
He got away with mine
F          C
He's got a way with women 
G7               F   C
He got away with mine

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He's Got To Catch Me First
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

G                                              C
Oh there's a great big jealous man looking for me
    D7                                       G
And he's got blood in his eyes it's plain to see
                           G7             C
Every time he mentioned my name is with a curse
          D7
Yeah he's really out to get me 
                                G
But I know he's got to catch me first

                                                C
Well I guess I had a little too much party last night
  D7                                                G
I met a pretty woman and we were gettin' it on just right
                                      G7                   C
I didn't know she was married must've worn her ring in her purse
          D7
Yeah he's really out to get me 
                                G
But I know he's got to catch me first

            C                                               G
Oh but when you're at a party and everybody's partying with you
    C                                                      D7
You do a lotta somethin' but who remembers doin' what with who
         G                       G7               C
Well his plans may be to tar and feather me maybe worse
          D7
Yeah he's really out to get me 
                                G
But I know he's got to catch me first

repeat #3

          D7
Yeah he's really out to get me 
                                G
But I know he's got to catch me first

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He's Just On My Mind
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Justin Trevino, Ron Williams, Leona Williams

C                       C7                    F
Just because you see me smile don't think I'm happy
     C                                     G7
If I act like things are alright it's just pretend
     C             C7        F
If I walk away and never say goodbye at all
    C                 G7         C
I'm alright he's just on my mind again
                       C7                 F
If the telephone don't ring but I'm there talking
     C                           G7
If nobody's at my door and I say come on in
     C                C7              F
If I drive around the block in my own drive way
    C                 G7         C
I'm alright he's just on my mind again
    G7                     C
Sometimes I go crazy in my mind
       D7                                  G7
But at least I've got him with me one more time
   C               C7              F
So excuse me for a moment but he's made his way back in
    C                 G7         C
I'm alright he's just on my mind again
Repeat #3

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He's My Dreamboat
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by John D. Loudermilk

C                                        F
He's my dreamboat asleep in English class
                  Fm
He's my dreamboat mowing his folk's grass
C                 G7                     C   G7
He's my dreamboat with the dreamy dreamy eyes
        C                           F
He's my dreamboat working on his car
                  Fm
He's my dreamboat strumming his guitar
C                 G7                     C
He's my dreamboat with the dreamy dreamy eyes
         F       Fm           C       Bm    A7
Well now I dream of dreamboat in everything I do
Dm                                D7           G7
And I know that darling dreamboat dreams of me too
C                                      F
He's my dreamboat coffee in a Dixie cup
                  Fm
Darling dreamboat that crazy silly nut
C                 G7                     C
He's my dreamboat with the dreamy dreamy eyes
                                         F
He's my dreamboat asleep in English class
                  Fm
He's my dreamboat mowing his folk's grass
C                 G7                     C
He's my dreamboat with the dreamy dreamy eyes

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Railroad Earth - Head 

All the world is lying, sleeping
Everyone in bed
Me, I'm still out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

Tryin' to turn on my own head
Turn on my own head
Me, I'm still out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

All the world is in darkness
Every light is dead
Me, I'm still out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

Tryin' to turn on my own head
Tryin' to turn on my own head
Me I'm still out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

All my world is in ruin
Every dream is dead
Me, I'll be out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

Tryin' to turn on my own head
Tryin' to turn on my own head
Me, I'll be out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

Tryin' to turn on my own head
Tryin' to turn on my own head
Me, I'll be out flying
Tryin' to turn on my own head

[Incomprehensible]

Tryin' to turn on my own head
Tryin' to turn on my own head
Tryin' to turn on my own head

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The Avett Brothers - Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise 

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There's a darkness upon you that's flooded in light
And in the fine print they tell you what's wrong and what's right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

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The Avett Brothers - Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I'm frightened by those who don't see it
Where nothing is owed, deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone you'll never reject it
Decide what to be and go be it
There was a dream
One day I did see it
Like a bird in a cage
I broke in an demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid
with a head full of doubt
So I scream 'till I die
'till the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There's a darkness upon you that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell you what's wrong and what's right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I'm frightened by those who don't see
There was a dream
One day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage
I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid
With a head full of doubt
So I scream 'till I die
And the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There was a dream
One day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage
I broke in a demanded that somebody free it
There was a kid
With a head full of doubt
So I scream 'till I die
And the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
And I'm frightened by those who don't see it

=============================

Head Of The Holler

Have you ever been to the head or the holler
That's where the big dogs romp and waller
The women there are long and lean
And some I fear are apt to be mean

Roll on head out
You'll like it there's no doubt
There ain't no better place to be
Than the head of the holler in Kentucky

The first time I went to the head of the holler
I wore a bow tie and a snow white collar
When daylight came come crawlin' in
And the best thing I wore was a silly grin

The next time I went to the head of the holler
I saw more moon that I could swaller
I flew like a bird and a tryin to sing
'Til I fell from a tree and broke one wing

Now my gal lives in the head of the holler
Her love shines like a silver dollar
She feeds me butter staight from the churn
And her ma and pa don't give a durn

I'm a going back to the head of the holler
You can go too if you want to follow
But don't you fool with that gal of mine
I'll cut you down like a lonesome pine

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Head Over Heels

I think I'll go across the ocean
If I don't change my notion
I've just got to forget you if I can 

   I'm feeling so blue
   I don't know what to do
   Because I'm
   head over heels in love with you 

Every day is sad and lonely
For I'm thinking of you only
I just can't sleep when I lay down 

Oh I'd like to be forgiven
But this life ain't worth living
If have to sit and worry over you 

Oh the nights are long and dreary
All I do is sit and worry
I just can't bear the thought of losing you

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Head Over Heels In Love With You
Recorded by Porter Wagoner
Written by Lester Flatt
 
G
I think I'll go across the ocean
 
If I don't change the notion
                 D7              G
I've just got to forget you if I can
    C                 G
I'm feeling so blue I don't know what to do
                  D7                 G
For I'm head over heels in love with you
 
 
Every day is sad and lonely
For I'm thinking of you only
             D7             G
I just can't sleep in early down
    C                 G
I'm feeling so blue I don't know what to do
                  D7                 G
For I'm head over heels in love with you
 
Oh I'd like to be forgiven
But this life ain't worth living
                   D7         G
If have to sit and worry over you
    C                 G
I'm feeling so blue I don't know what to do
                  D7                 G
For I'm head over heels in love with you
 
Oh the nights are long and dreary
All I do is sit and worry
                      D7                 G
I just can't bear the thought of loosing you
    C                 G
I'm feeling so blue I don't know what to do
                  D7                 G
For I'm head over heels in love with you
 

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Headed For A Heartache
Recorded by Gary Morris
Written by Kent Blazy

Em               G                                 Em
I'm headed for a heartache better stop before it's too late
                   C             D7        C
It's a chance that I gotta take  because I fell in love
                 G                        Em
I'm headed for a hard time that girl just blows my mind
               C              D7                   G
I'm blinded by love this time and I'm headed for a heartache
C                  G
I shoulda listened my friends all warned me
D7                                 Em
They swore she'd take my heart and run
C                   G                   Em
She was so tempting I didn't heed their warning
    A7
Now she's got me where I wanna be
   D7
My trouble's just begun
                 G                                 Em
I'm headed for a heartache better stop before it's too late
                   C             D7        C
It's a chance that I gotta take  because I fell in love
                 G                        Em
I'm headed for a hard time that girl just blows my mind
               C              D7                   G
I'm blinded by love this time and I'm headed for a heartache
    C                G
The moment I met her I wanted to love her
D7                                 Em
But I told myself I better take it slow
C                   G               Em
Well she was a lady not a one night lover
        A7
Well it may not last cause I'm falling fast
   D7
My heart's running out of control
                 G                                 Em
I'm headed for a heartache better stop before it's too late
                   C             D7        C
It's a chance that I gotta take  because I fell in love
                 G                        Em
I'm headed for a hard time that girl just blows my mind
               C              D7                   G
I'm blinded by love this time and I'm headed for a heartache

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Headin' South
Artist: The Boys From Indiana

You been cheatin', you been lyin', you been weepin', you been cryin'
For so long I've tried to live with you in vain.
You been moanin', you been grievin', but this time this boy is leavin'
And tonight I'm headin' South on that old train.
Chorus:
I can hear the whistle blowin', and I know just where I'm goin'
I can hear the rattlers callin' through the rain.
Too much takin' and no givin', this old life ain't worth livin'
And tonight I'm headin' South on that old train.
You been ravin', you been howlin', you been sittin', you been prowlin"
From now on someone else will play your game.
You been trackin', you been playin', but no more cause I ain't stayin'
And tonight I'm headin' South on that old train.
Chorus 
Repeat Chorus
Repeat last line of Chorus


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Heading Back to Arkansas

Pretty girls that treat you nice
Headin' back to Arkansas
Kiss 'em once they'll kiss you twice
Headin' back to Arkansas
Had a place to sleep at night
Headin' back to Arkansas
I had shoes that fit me right
Headin' back to Arkansas

    Cross the mountains like a crow
    Where I'll fly she'd never know
    Where my frozen heart will thaw
    Headin' back to Arkansas
    Headin' back to Arkansas

Goin down the railroad track
Got a biscuit in my pack
You can hear a mountain song
You'll go dancin' all night long

Peaches growin on the trees
Melons taller than your knees
Singin' while you do your chores
Neach the oak and sycamore

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Dolly Parton - Headlock On My Heart lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Backstory:
Tabloid prediction:  Dolly Parton will announce she's falling madly in love with a 300 pound professional wrestler.  She'll write a song about their relationship titled "Headlock on My Heart" and feature her massive muscleman in the video.
Dolly:  Now this actually came out in this magazine.  Now, you folks I'm sure buy these every week at the supermarket, right?  And you know they never put anything in these magazines that's not true, right?  So I figured since I was gonna fall in love anyhow, why wait?  So I went out and I found me a 300 pound wrestler and I sat down and I wrote a song called "Headlock on My Heart" and I did a video.  As a matter of fact, in the same magazine on a page opposite, there was a picture of Hulk Hogan.  Now, I love Hulk Hogan.  My Daddy's crazy about him, so I called Hulk, I said "Would you do this?"  'Cause the song is a fantasy, and it's about a guy named Starlight Starbright.  He said "Aw sure, I'd do anything with you, Dolly!"  I said "Well, thanks, Hulk, I ought to hug your neck!"  So wouldn't that be something if me and Hulk really wound up getting married?  Watch this video...

Song:
The first time that I saw him
Was in a wrestling magazine.
Then I watched him on TV,
Then I bought a ringside seat.
His name was Starlight Starbright,
The greatest in the land.
He sprinkled stardust in my eyes
I was his biggest fan.
He's got a headlock on my heart.
It was a takedown from the start.
He's a master of the art.
He's got a headlock on my heart.
Spoken:
Referee:  300 pounds of magic right here in the ring tonight.
Starlight Starbright:  Wrestling


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Hear Jerusalem Moan

Well I got a home on the other shore
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
I know I'll live there forever more
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan

    Don't you hear Jerusalem moan, don't you hear Jerusalem moan
    Thank God there's a Heaven and a ringin' in my soul
    and my soul set free
    Don't you hear Jerusalem moan

Well now Sister Mary she wears a chain
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
And on every link is a Jesus' name
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan

The devil wears a hypocrite shoe
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
you don't watch out he's gonna step 'em on you
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan

Now the Methodist preacher is a mighty fine man
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
Showin' us the way to the promised land
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan

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Hear The Whistle Blow A Hundred Miles

Lord, you ought to been uptown
And seen that train come down
You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

Oh, I'm walking these ties
With tears in my eyes
I'm trying to read a letter from home
From my home, from my home
From my home, from my home
I'm trying to read a letter from my home

If this train runs right
I'll be home Saturday night
I'm five fundred miles away from my home
Away from home, away from home
Away from home, away from home
I'm five fundred miles away from home

You could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


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Heart and Soul

    Heart and soul mind and body
    We were as close as close can be
    Heart and soul mind and body
    Now I feel pain in every part of me

We found love and whirlwind romance
The feeling was right and the passion strong
Love was a thrill and satisfying
How could we know it would somehow end

Your feelings changed you found another
Some things about me you can't accept
I tried to change but I can't forget her
We grew apart and then love soon left
 

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Heart First
Recorded by Jeanne Pruett
Written by Johnny Wilson, Kim Morrison, Scott Phelps
 
G              Em     C                  G
I've had other lovers before we met each other
           C                      G
And I know better than to jump in blind
    C                     G
The mountain might be too steep
        C                  G            Em
And the river might be too deep there's danger there
    C            Em                  D7   C     G
But I don't care tonight I'm falling free heart first
             C         G         Em
Falling into love with you heart first
C                Em      D7  C     G
I can see you're falling too heart first
                  C        Em                     C
Letting all those feelings through together we're falling
D7    G
Heart first
 
                 Em      C              G
We're taking our chances that's the way romance is
          C                      G
We may be crazy but we can't say no
      C            G           C              G
We're ready to try again throw caution to the wind
   Em                  C
So close your eyes and hold on tight
Em                    D7 C     G
Tonight we're falling in heart first
Repeat #2 
 
C     G                  C         G         Em
Heart first falling into love with you heart first
C                Em      D7  C     G
I can see you're falling too heart first
                C        Em                     C
Letting all the feelings through together we're falling
D7    G
Heart first 
Repeat #2 

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Chris Thile - Heart In a Cage

Well I don't feel better
When I'm fucking around
And I don't write better
When I'm stuck in the ground
So don't teach me a lesson
Cause I've already learned
Yeah the sun will be shining
And my children will burn

the heart beats in its cage

I don't want what you want
I don't feel what you feel
See I'm stuck in a city
But I belong in a field

He gets left left left left left left left

Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone

the heart beats in its cage

All our friends, they're laughing at us
All of those you loved you mistrust
Help me I'm just not quite myself
Look around there's no one else there
I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around

I get left left left left left left left

I'm sorry you were thinking I would steal your fire.

the heart beats in its cage
the heart beats in its cage
the heart beats in its cage

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Heart Made Of Stone
BMI Work #: 9289281
Heart Made Of Stone (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2007) (song#5183)

I never let love plant seeds very deep
I told my heart it was useless to try
For looking back on the loves I had known
Seeds that were planted just withered and died
Then you came along and you caught my eye
You planted love's flower in a heart made of stone
The garden that you tended was once left alone
With old seeds of love scattered to places unknown
You planted love's flower in a heart made of stone
- instrumental -
I thought I could hide but that was only my pride
I told my heart that all true love had died
I was just too afraid to again let love live
I started to roam and never looked for a home
Then you came along with so much true love to give
You planted love's flower in a heart made of stone
The garden that you tended was once left alone
With old seeds of love scattered to places unknown
You planted love's flower in a heart made of stone
You planted love's flower in a heart made of stone


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Heart Mender
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Richard Leigh and Milton Blackford

C             Em                    Dm      G7
I should have known that love would make me blue
C          Em               Dm      G7
I couldn't stop myself from wantin' you
F             Em             Dm            G7
And all those lies like lullabies how they hypnotize me
F              C                  Dm          G7
And now you're gone but what went wrong still mystifies me
C            Dm    G7     C                         Am
How I need a heart mender someone went and broke my heart
             Dm    G7                C
How I need a heart mender to mend my heart
              Em                Dm          G7
Just when you think you found a love that's true
C                Em                 Dm       G7
That's just when love will turn its back on you
F              Em               Dn  G7
It seems right now I don't know how I'll forget it
F             C               Dm      G7
But time will heal the hurt I feel it hurt just let it
C            Dm    G7     C                         Am
How I need a heart mender someone went and broke my heart
             Dm    G7                C
How I need a heart mender to mend my heart
             Dm    G7     C                         Am
How I need a heart mender someone went and broke my heart
             Dm    G7                C
How I need a heart mender to mend my heart
             Dm    G7     C                         Am
How I need a heart mender someone went and broke my heart
             Dm    G7                C
How I need a heart mender to mend my heart

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Heart Of Stone
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Kostas

C             F             C
This heart of stone sure is missing you
        G7                               C
Sure is wishing you were back where love belongs
              F                C
This heart of stone has not forgotten you
                G7                            C
But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong
G7                             C
Memory have made its will grow tired and weak
G7                            C
Silently it turned from being bold to meek
F                           C
Till finally it gave into a sad defeat
D7                              G7
Aching more and more with every fragile beat
repeat #1
G7                                C
Loneliness has slowly stripped it of its pride
G7                              C
Leaving just an empty well here behind
F                           C
Without a hope of anyway it could survive
D7                              G7
Stranded there alone and simply left to die
repeat #1
                G7                            C
But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong

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Heart Of Texas
Recorded by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings
Written by Billy Joe Shaver

G
The heart of Texas is where I was born
                                                 C
By twist of fate the lone star state's where I'm coming from
                    G
God almighty's been good to me
Where I grow'd up learning about the Alamo
                                                 C
With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go
                   G
You can be all you want to be
          D7
Yeah it's right there where the best is
C                               G
Smack dab in the heart of Texas thank you Ma'am
Papa run off before I was born
                                                C
Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun
                  G
We grew up in the cotton fields
So I learned how to work and I learned how to fight
                                                      C
I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by
              G
God gave me a way to go
When my sweetheart listened to the songs I played
                                                          C
She said I love you honey but there ain't much money in a serenade
                    G
I need a man with a real job
          D7
Now she's back there where I left her
C                                 G
God knows I still think about her now and then
        D7
But she knows these clothes I'm wearing
       C                                     G
Is the kind that shirt tails always flapping in the wind
I made my music from coast to coast
                                                  C
Been over the water couldn't get no hotter then I dang near froze
             G
Remember the Alamo
The road was long but the heart is strong
                                         C
I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home
         G
Texas is home sweet home
          D7
Yeah it's right there where the best is
C                               G
Smack dab in the heart of Texas thank you man
         D7
Where my songs are always playing 
C                                      G
And them good ol' Texas gals say honey where you been
          D7
Yeah it's right back there where the best is
C                               G
Smack dab in the heart of Texas thank you man

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Alison Krauss - Heart strings Lyrics

Way up north where the snow flies and the sun don't hardly shine
If it weren't for my true love, I'd long ago lost my mind
I'd long ago lost my mind

There's good folks here, good folks there, most everywhere I go
But the land of my heart is down where the snow white cotton grows
Where the snow white cotton grows

When the river runs over from the melting snow, we'll take to the higher ground
When the water goes down again we'll saddle our old paint
We'll be homeward bound
Me and my love will be homeward bound

Heartstrings hold tighter than the roots of a live oak tree
Holdin' through tornado winds
Tougher than timber, stronger than steel
They'll guide me back southward again
They'll guide me back southward again

When the river runs over from the melting snow, we'll take to the higher ground
And when the water goes down again we'll saddle our old paint
We'll be homeward bound

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Heart That Time Forgot
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Sterling Whipple and Tony Martin

G7   C                               G7
Just when I feel like a night on the town
                             Dm
Old friends haven't seen you around 
F                  G7
You seem out of my life
             C                                G7
And you walk in on the arm of the new man you found
                               Dm  F                G7
There's no way that I can slip out except out of my mind

         Am            D7           G7
They say time can heal every broken heart
     Am              D7               G7
Well time's had time enough to do its part
   F               G7               C  G7
By now I should be over you but I'm not
F       C            G7              C
I'm the man with the heart that time forgot

G7     C                                    G7
I look away but clear cross this loud smoky room
                         Dm
I swear I can smell your perfume 
F                     G7
Just like rain on the wind
           C                                      G7
Your voice plays in my heart like an old favorite tune
                            Dm   F          G7
No matter how long it's too soon to see you again

         Am            D7           G7
They say time can heal every broken heart
     Am              D7               G7
Well time's had time enough to do its part
   F               G7               C  G7
By now I should be over you but I'm not
F       C            G7              C
I'm the man with the heart that time forgot

F       C            G7              C
I'm the man with the heart that time forgot

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Heart That Was Broken For Me, The

There came from the skies
In the days long ago
The Lord with a message of love
The world knew Him not
He was treated with scorn
This wonderful Gift from above

   They crowned Him with thorns
   He was beaten with straps
   He was wounded and nailed to the tree
   But the pain in His heart
   Was the hardest to bear
   The heart that was broken for me

He came to His own
To his owners He loved
The sheep that had wandered astray
They heard not His voice
But the Friend of mankind
Was halted and driven away

I will take up my cross
I will walk by His side
For the pathway of duty I see
I will follow my Lord
And abide in His heart
The heart that was broken for me

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Heart To Heart
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

G              D7         G
Heart to heart we'll hold together 
        C    D7           G
Hand in hand we'll find a way
       Em                 G
Oh the storms of life may blind us 
             C                G
But with the loving vows that bind us
                       D7         G
Heart to heart hand in hand we'll stay
                D7       G
Side by side forever and always 
       C        D7            G
Day by day till our lives are done
           Em              G
This sweet love is ours to treasure 
    C                   G
Far beyond all time and measure
                    D7     G  C
Side by side day by day as one
    D7                       C
The years cannot take what's between you and me
      A7                          D7
We'll stand here together for the whole world to see
         G     D7             G
Heart to heart there'll be no other 
        C        D7          G
Hand in hand for our love is true
       Em                 G
Oh the words that we have spoken 
          C             G
Will be a promise never broken
                       D7        G
Heart to heart hand in hand with you

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Heart to Heart Talk
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Lee Ross 

G                                     C
How foolish can you be to be ruled by jealousy
G                             D7
Could you throw away what was planned
              G                        C
Why don't you ask your heart ask it if we should part
G                 D7                     G
I need to tell my heart exactly where we stand
 
D7 G                           D7
So let's have a heart to heart talk
C                        G
Let's have an arm in arm walk
   D7                   G
My darling let's try to see eye to eye
    D7                          G
And let's have a heart to heart talk
 
                                      C
How foolish can you be to be ruled by jealousy
G                             D7
Could you throw away what was planned
              G                        C
Why don't you ask your heart ask it if we should part
G                 D7                     G
I need to tell my heart exactly where we stand
 
D7 G                           D7
So let's have a heart to heart talk
C                        G
Let's have an arm in arm walk
   D7                   G
My darling let's try to see eye to eye
    D7                          G
And let's have a heart to heart talk

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Heart With A View
Recorded by Blackhawk 

G                    C     D7
I said I'd always be around
        Em                 Am     D7  G
I never thought I'd be the one to lie
                      C   D7
But I guess I let her down
        Em            Am      D7  C
Now she sees a way to say goodbye
                     D7 Am
The curtains torn in two
       G              C         D7
Like a window you can see right through
  G            Em              C     G
A heart with a view it's clear to see
    Em                 G        C
She don't love me like she used to
G           Em            C
She set her sights on somebody new
            D7           G
She's got a heart with a view
                             C   D7
I closed my eyes and she was gone
          Em                Am D7  G
I guess I always saw things my way
                       C   D7
And it didn't take her long
        Em            Am       D7   C
Nothing I could do to make her stay
                        D7  Am
Now I'm lonely standing here
         G                  C   D7
Watching all my dreams just disappear
Repeat #2
                     D7 C
The curtains torn in two
       G              C         D7
Like a window you can see right through
Repeat #2
C           D7           G
She's got a heart with a view

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Heart Wrenching Lovesick Memories
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent  
Written by Tonya Lowman

C                               F
The Lord knows I've tried to forget you
     C                      G7
Here lately I've been doing fine
     C                   F
Last night I had a dream about you
      C             G7        C
Now I can't get you out of my mind 
    F                               C
I'd love to close my eyes and dream forever
                                   G7
If I knew you would always be with me
     F                           C
I've prayed in every way to face tomorrow
F         C               G7           C
And these heart wrenching lovesick memories
                               F
In my dreams you whispered you miss me
     C                               G7
Your eyes spoke to mine and said you care
        C                    F
And you swore to me upon the good book
   C           G7           C
To cherish the love that we share
Repeat #2 x2
F         C               G7           C
And these heart wrenching lovesick memories

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Heartache Highway
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Clay Walker

C                                       Dm
The sun's reflecting off the city limit sign
F                                       C
I better keep moving before I change my mind
                              Dm
Looking in the rearview mirror 
       Am          Dm             F
Coming home didn't make it clearer
                                G7
I didn't wanna hear her say goodbye
C                 Em               F                  C
Heartache highway why didn't I say what she wanted to hear
             Dm             F          C
Why must the most important words go unspoken
                  Em                   F               C
Heartache highway now it's too late to ever change her mind
          Dm                         G7               C
Oh it's a hell of a road when you're leaving heaven behind
                                Dm
Memories of her dance in my headlights 
F                              C
As I'm ridin' my pain into the night
                            Dm
Headin' for the next horizon 
Am           Dm              F
Watchin' the full moon risin'
                              G7
Gotta keep on driving goin' nowhere 
repeat #2 On this heartache highway...
          Dm                         G7               C
Oh it's a hell of a road when you're leaving heaven behind

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Heartache Remover
Recorded by Tony Booth

G                              D7
Walked into a package store on Fifth Avenue
                                         G
Looking for an easy way to chase away my blues
                                       G7               C
Said mister will you help me please it hurts so much to lose her
D7                                     G
I need a bottle of your best heartache remover
    C                              G
She put a stain upon my heart that I can't take away
     A7                        D7
I've tried so hard to hold her but she wouldn't stay
    G                     G7                  C
She left so many memories I've got to try and lose sir
D7                                     G
I need a bottle of your best heartache remover
                                     D7
No I've never had to live without my baby until now
                                            G
But I guess I'll have to try and find a way somehow
                                        G7             C
I'm pretty sure you've got the cure for what I'm going through sir
D7                                     G
I need a bottle of your best heartache remover
Repeat #2
    D7                                     G
Yes I need a bottle of your best heartache remover

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The Country Gentlemen - Heartaches

Heartaches
Heartaches
My loving you meant only heartaches
Your kiss was such a sacred thing to me
I can't believe it's just a burning memory

Heartaches
Heartaches
What does it matter how my heart breaks?
I should be happy with someone new
But my heart aches for you



=============================

Billy Strings 
Heartbeat Of America

Well I was walking down the street just the other day
I had a double headed nickel and a bill to pay
There was bubblegum a'blistered on the hot cement
And I was waiting like patience on a monument
Well I rolled a little spliff and tightened up my shoes
And I went to the corner where I lit the fuse
Disgusted by the loneliness I couldn't lose
I sat and wrote a little verse to the 'rona blues

I said I always wanna do the things I used to do
But everybody got a job and works enough for two
We could have a little party at the end of the day
But everybody had a family and moved away
So I'm sitting with a paper soakin' on my tongue
And feeling better than I did back when I was young
Now I'm seeing music that nobody else can see
With all the colors like a symphony surrounding me

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Heartbreak Hill
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

C
Long long time ago when we were young 
                F           C
You swore to me I'll be the one

I'll be the one you love but we had to part
                                 F              C
You asked me to wait for you and keep you in my heart
F              C
Keep you in my heart

F                                            C
Night after lonely night I'm waiting for you still
                              G7                 C
High above the lights of town here on Heartbreak Hill


Now maybe I'm the foolish kind to hold you so long
                            F              C
Have you found another love am I still the one

Am I still the one for you but you're far away
                            F          C
Do you ever dream of coming back to me someday  
F          C
Back to me someday

Repeat #2

              G7            C                  G7              C
On Heartbreak Hill alone at night I'm thinking how you held me tight
            F         C            G7                  C
And one day if I ever will see you again on Heartbreak Hill


Oh Lord if I only could go back in time I know
                                  F             C
I'd hold you in my arms again and never let you go

Never let you go my love or leave you far behind
                                     F           C
High upon this lonely hill where you swore to be mine 
F               C
You swore to be mine

Repeat #2 x2

G7                 C
Here on Heartbreak Hill 
G7                 C
Here on Heartbreak Hill

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Heartbreak Hurricane
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Jim Rushing and Larry Cordle

G
A mighty clap of thunder
          F              G
Shook the shutters on my heart
    C
She had me eating from her hand
    G
The first night in the dark


I did not see the danger
    F                   G
The night that she blew in
     C
Till she left me shaking like a dry leaf
     D7
In a high lonesome wind

     G                     F               C
Heartbreak hurricane she's gone but not forgotten
       G
Lord I still call her name
C                             G          Em
Despite the devastation sweet memories remain
       A7        D7         G
In the wake of a heartbreak hurricane
 

I know it may sound crazy
          F       G
But every now and then
  C
I have a yearning that someday
       G
She'll blow my way again


I know her name spells trouble
      F                  G
And I know my heart's at stake
      C
For a chance to win her love
       D7
It's a chance I'm glad to take

repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker lyrics

Here I sit all alone, thinkin' 'bout what I should have known
You made me think that I could need you
You weaved your magic spell and I believed you
Lookin back on you and me, promises that will never be
I truly thought we were lovers
But now I find that I'm just like all the others
Heartbreaker, wish that I had seen that love was blind
Sweet little love maker, takin my heart and leave me behind
Heartbreaker couldn't you be
Just a little more kind to me
Played with fire, felt its burn
I would have thought that I would have learned
I melted every time you kissed me
Every time you'd leave I thought that you would miss me
Heartbreaker, wish that I had seen that love was blind
Sweet little love maker, takin' my heart and leave me behind
Heartbreaker couldn't you be
Just a little more kind to me


=============================

Heartbreakin' Old Achin' Blues
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Mickey Harris and Rhonda Vincent

C
On the road so far from home
                              G7
It's a lonesome night I'm all alone
            F               C
I ain't got nothin' left to lose
                           G7         C
Except these heartbreakin' old achin' blues
              F                   C
She's waitin' there I can see her now
                            G7
Two years today we took our vows
       F                             C
It's a hard hard life but I'm tryin' to
                         G7         C
Lose these heartbreakin' old achin' blues
When I close my eyes I can see her there
                                 G7
Her ruby lips and her dark brown hair
       F               C
As her face comes into view
                               G7         C
Can't keep these heartbreakin' old achin' blues
Repeat #2 
              F                   C
She's waitin' there I can see her now
                            G7
Two years today we took our vows
            F                  C
I'm heading home and soon I'll lose
                    G7         C
These heartbreakin' old achin' blues
                    G7         C
These heartbreakin' old achin' blues

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Heartbroke
recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Guy Clark
 
G
Well who wouldn't notice the fire in your eyes 
       D7                    G
Or the bitter direction of impending goodbyes 
 
I'm falling I'm folded  I'm welded in place 
       D7                         G
At the sight of you standing with streaks down your face 
 
             Am
You got your heart broke
   D7               G
Go running from the reason 
         Am
Get your heart broke 
      D7
Don't give up on believing in me 
Am         D7
Heartbroke who kept me from leaving
        G
With my heartbroke 
 
     
Well pride when you're rich is a bore when you're lonely 
      D7                    G
Sheer madness prevails upon reason to yield 
 
But all is not lost  it is only mistaken 
  D7                      G
A small consolation but I know just how you feel 
 
             Am
You got your heartbroke
   D7               G
Go running from the reason 
         Am
Got your heartbroke 
      D7
Don't give up on believing in me 
Am          D7
Heartbroke  who kept me from leaving
        G
With my heartbroke 
 
 
Well  nobody said it was going to be easy 
   D7                          G
We all have our weak sides and need soft good touching 
 
Nobody said that it would not be worth it 
    D7         G
But human conditions can give you as such 
 
             Am
You got your heartbroke
   D7               G
Go running from the reason 
         Am
Get your heartbroke 
      D7
Don't give up on believing in me 
Am          D7
Heartbroke  who kept me from leaving
        Am
With my heartbroke 
D7
You kept me from leaving
        G
With my heartbroke 
D7           G
You got your heartbroke

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Heartbroken
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Clyde Pitts
 
C    Fm     C              A7
Heartbroken because you're gone
D7                  G7           C    G7
Don't you know that you're doing wrong
C    Fm     C          A7
Heartbroken I love you so
   D7               G7            C
It broke my heart into to see you go
 
G7
I shed these tears when I know you're not here
      C   F      C
Where you should be
G7
I want to die like the fool sits and cry 
     D7                 G7
When you don't care for me
C    Fm     C          A7
Heartbroken I love you still
D7                G7           C
And it's plain to see I always will
 
G7
I shed these tears when I know you're not here
      C   F      C
Where you should be
G7
I want to die like the fool sits and cry 
     D7                 G7
When you don't care for me
C    Fm     C          A7
Heartbroken I love you still
D7                G7           C
And it's plain to see I always will

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Hearts Aren't Made To Break  
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Roger Murrah and Steve Dean
 
G7    C                G7            F
Oh it tears me up when you go all to pieces
                     C                G7
Your cryin' eyes say you've been hurt enough
C                 G7             F
Tryin' hard don't always make it easy
      Dm                    G7                    C
Cause hearts aren't made to break they're made to love
Lately all I do is think about you
     F                               G7
It's weighin' like a stone inside my mind
C
I know I've taken you for granted
    F                              G7
And left your heart hangin' on the line
Repeat #1
Your love is finally gettin' to me
F                               G7
I can't believe the things I've done
C
And still you're standin' here beside me
F                         G7
The fool and the faithful one
Repeat #1
   Dm                    G7                    C
Oh hearts aren't made to break they're made to love

=============================

Hearts Made Of Stone     
recorded by Red Foley
written by Rudy Jackson and Eddie Ray
 
G              C                 G
Hearts made of s-tone will never break
                 D7                   G
For the love you give they just won't take
                 C                     G
You can ask them pl-ease please please break
                D7                G
And all of your l-ove is there to take
 
              C                     G
Yes hearts of st-one will cause you pain
                  D7                             G
Although you love them they'll stop you just the same
                 C                     G
You can ask them pl-ease please please break
                D7                G
And all of your l-ove is there to take
 
                                                  C
But they'll say no no no no no no no no everybody knows
              D7                       G
I thought you knew hearts were made of stone
  
              C                     G
Yes hearts of st-one will cause you pain
                  D7                             G
Although you love them they'll stop you just the same
                 C                     G
You can ask them pl-ease please please break
                D7                G
And all of your l-ove is there to take
 
                                                  C
But they'll say no no no no no no no no everybody knows
              D7                       G
I thought you knew hearts were made of stone



=============================

Hearts On Fire
Recorded by Eddie Rabbitt
Written by Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Dan Tyler

C                                            Dm
We shouldn't be together tonight but here we are 
                                                      C
I shouldn't taste the thrill of your kiss here in the dark
                               C7              F
Cause were not free to be this free or go this far 

          C                 F
Hearts on Fire  burning for each other
      C                               G7
Going down in flames somewhere in the night
         C                     F
Stealing love again when we're together
              C                G7             Am
It's too late now we can't put out  hearts on fire
 
C                                                Dm
You shouldn't feel this good in my arms  but you do
                                                        C
I shouldn't whisper these things in your ear  but their true
                        C7                F
So wrong or right  I'll stay tonight with you   

Repeat #2

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Dolly Parton - Heartsong lyrics

Chorus:
A heartsong melody play like a symphony
The sweetest music I have ever known
A song of joy and pain
The mountain angels sing
A bittersweet refreign of my Smokey Mountain Home, heartsong
Farmer's daughter if you will
And I often wonder still
In memories where I rammbled as a child
Makes me cry and makes me laugh
My reflections on the past
And the family, friends, and faith that shaped my life
Ragged clothes and hand-me-downs
Just enough to go around
But the sweetest things in life are always free
Like the songs the birds would sing
And the sweet new grass of spring
And the sacred blossoms on the dogwood tree

Repeat Chorus

And I recall the thrill and joy
Of a Smokey Mountain boy
I remember my first kiss and my first love
And the songs I'd song and write
And the dreams I'd clutch so tight
And the loved ones that gave me that extra shove
And in that little house 'a prayer
Where I spent many hour
Prassin' God and liftin' up His name
And asking Him to lead and to keep watch over me
As I headed up that rocky road to fame
And now this, Smokey Mountain girl has been all around the world
But it makes no difference just how far I roam
I still cling to that part that is so dear to my heart
My faith in God and memories of home
Repeat Chorus


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Heartstrings

Way up north where the snow flies and the sun don't hardly shine
If it weren't for my true love
I'd a long a go lost my mind
I'd long a go lost my mind

There are good folks here and good folks there most everywhere I go
But the land of my heart is down
Where the snow white cotton grows
Where the snow white cotton grows

   When the river runs over from meltin' snow
   We will take to the higher ground
   When the water goes down again
   We'll saddle our old Paint
   We'll be homeward bound
   Me and my love will be homeward bound

Heartstrings hang tighter than the roots of a live oak tree
Holdin' thru tornado winds
Tougher than timber stronger than steel
They'll guide me back southward again
They'll guide me back southward again

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Heaven

In childhood I heard of a heaven
I wondered if it could be true
That there were sweet mansions eternal
Somewhere up there beyond the blue
I wondered if people really go there
Then one day sweet Jesus came in
And I had a vision of heaven
My soul through all heaven I'll spend

Heaven (happy home above)
Heaven (land of peace and love)
Oh, it makes me feel like traveling on
Heaven (supernal), Heaven (eternal)
I'm so glad it's real

Then I got a vision of heaven
My soul overflowing with love
My heart like the Savior's is broken
For friends that will miss that home above
Then a voice from the hills of Judea
Still ringing words of sweet belief
Worlds of attraction don't thrill me
My soul has a change of relief

* Refrain


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Heaven Ain't Ready For You Yet
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley

G
When they carried you into the parlor
     C                         G
Your wounds were the worst I'd seen
                          Em
Cold as snow as your body trembled
D7
Cradled in the arms of morphine
G
All the kinfolk cried out loud
     C                  G
Good Shepherd save this man
                       Em
But you whispered with icy breath
      D7                       C
It is not in His hands and you said

                          G
Heaven ain't ready for me yet and you looked at me
C                             G                      C
Give me your heart and take a breath and you held my hand
                                 D7
Now I've seen your face now that we've met
                 G   C
I shall not slip away

G
Momma said to me daughter
         C                 G
You must nurse your cousin well
                           Em
So I cared for you through days and nights
         D7
But your fever I did not quell
    G
For weeks I watched you suffer pain
        C              G
That no laudanum could ease
                  Em
All I had left to do is pray
          D7                          C
Lord have mercy on him please and you said

repeat #2

    G
Now winter's lights has cooled the air
   C                    G
At last your strength's returned
                      Em
You talk to me of the life you spent
    D7
And of the life you've earned
       G
You'll waste no time on vengeance
          C             G
You've no wish to fight again
                         Em
To find peace you say in God we trust
    D7                 C
But little faith in man

repeat #2

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Heaven Is My Woman's Love
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by S. K. Dobbins

G                    D7
Heaven is my woman's love
                       G
Gently rising with the sun
                               D7
She gives me cause to face the day
                              G
And brings me joy when day is done

                     D7
Heaven is my woman's love
                    G
Heaven is the way I live
                              D7
She gives me all the love she can
                               G
And then somehow finds more to give

                          D7
And when I see her in the morning light
                          G
I feel the same as in the dark of night
                         D7
She is my everything and I'm proud of
                         G  D7 G  D7
The heaven of my woman's l--o--v--e

G                    D7
Heaven is my woman's love
                        G
Gently reaching out for me
                        D7
All she wants is what I am
                            G
Searching not for what I'll be

                     D7
Heaven is my woman's love
                      G
Happiness is what she gives
                              D7
As long as she's with me I'll find
                   G
Heaven every day I live

Repeat #3,4 



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Heaven Light Is Shining

Some have mothers who are gone are gone
Some have mothers who are gone are gone
Way up yonder in that new bright world
That heaven light is shining on me

Oh, that heaven light shining yes its shining on me
Oh, that heaven light shining yes its shining on me
Way up yonder in that new bright world
That heaven light is shining on me

Some have fathers who are gone are gone
Some have fathers who are gone are gone
Way up yonder in that new bright world
That heaven light is shining on me

* Refrain

Some have children who are gone are gone
Some have children who are gone are gone
Way up yonder in that new bright world
That heaven light is shining on me

* Refrain


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Heaven Only Knows
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

G
(For today) she is an angel 
                           D7
(The next day) heaven only knows
                                              G
(She'd find out) and I'm happy until away she goes
           
(But she's changin') like the weather 
                              D7
(First she's warm) then she's cold
                                       
(And time makes up the difference) 
            G
Heaven only knows
              C
(She's got a) sweet personality 
G
(I know it all) just how she is with me
D7                                     G
(She's the one) it's very plain to see because it shows
   C
(I love her so) from now to eternity 
        G
(I want her) she's still in love with me
D7                                                 G
(Now and then) she's still the mystery heaven only knows
         
(For today) she is an angel 
                           D7
(The next day) heaven only knows
                                              G
(She'd find out) and I'm happy until away she goes
           
(But she's changin') like the weather 
                              D7
(First she's warm) then she's cold
                                       
(And time makes up the difference) 
            G
Heaven only knows
              C
(She's got a) sweet personality 
G
(I know it all) just how she is with me
D7                                     G
(She's the one) it's very plain to see because it shows
   C
(I love her so) from now to eternity 
        G
(I want her) she's still in love with me
D7                                                 G
(Now and then) she's still the mystery heaven only knows

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Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Sanger D. Shafer

C                              F                          C
That psychoed-out psychologist asked me about my drinking ways
      F                                                            C
Every question that he asked me all related back unto my childhood days
    F
But if the truth was known I never took to drinking long
        C                                             G7
Long as she was mine   but when she left me I went to hell
                          C    F
And heaven was a drink of wine

C                                          F
That good doctor said to look at all those ink-spots 
                     C
And tell me what you see
        F                                                        C
Could I help it if they all looked like big ole broken hearts to me
F                                                               C
All my friends and kin will tell you ole Hag ain't the drinking kind
                               G7                             C    C7
But when she left me I went to hell and heaven was a drink of wine         

F                                          C
Get back get back get on back and leave me alone
          F                                             G7
Can't you see that you can't help a man that's this far gone 
C               F                            C
Hey good doctor I've got something you can't find in my mind
                               G7                             C
But when she left me I went to hell and heaven was a drink of wine
 
                G7                    C    F    C
Hey good doctor heaven was a drink of wine         

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Heaven's Bright Shore
Song by Alison Krauss & Union Station

Out on the hills of glory land
So happy and free at God's right hand
They tell of a place of marvelous grace
On heaven's bright shore
Pilgrims on earth someday will go
To live in that home forever more
Trusting in Him who died for sin
And rose from the grave

On heaven's bright shore (on heaven's bright shore)
There's gonna be no more dyin' (over there)
Not one little grave (not one little grave)
In all that fair land (that wonderful land)
Not even a tear will dim the eye
And no one up there will say goodbye
Just singing His praise through endless days
On Heaven's bright shore (on heaven's bright shore)

When I must cross that rolling tide
There'll be someone on the other side
Welcoming me to that fair land, made perfect by love
When I walk up the milky white way
I'll see that home coming in a ray
How great it must be for angels to see
A pilgrim reach home

On heaven's bright shore (on heaven's bright shore)
There's gonna be no more dyin' (over there)
Not one little grave (not one little grave)
In all that fair land (that wonderful land)
Not even a tear will dim the eye
And no one up there will say goodbye
Just singing His praise through endless days
On Heaven's bright shore
Just singing His praise through endless days
On Heaven's bright shore

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Roscoe Reed

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Dolly Parton - Heaven's Just A Prayer Away lyrics

If you're trying to reach Heaven
you talk to Jesus, you talk to Him every day.
'Cause Jesus knows, He knows that you are coming
and Heaven's just a prayer away.
If you go, if you go to church on Sunday
you get down on your knees and pray
and give your heart and your soul to Jesus.
Heaven's just a prayer away.
You are just one prayer from Heaven
as you travel down life's highway.
Just when you think that you can't make it,
well, Heaven's just a prayer away.
Of, if you go, if you go to church on Sunday
you get down on your knees and pray
and give your heart and give your soul to Jesus.
Heaven's just a prayer away.
Heaven's just a prayer away.
Away.


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Heaven's Just A Sin Away
recorded by The Kendalls 
written by Jerry Gillespie
 
G                           C
Heaven's just a sin away oh oh just a sin away
G                           A7               D7
I can't wait another day  I think I'm giving in
G                               C
How I long to hold you tight oh oh be with you tonight
G                                        D7          G
But that still don't make it right cause I belong to him
 
   C                      G
Oh way down deep inside I know that it's all wrong
         C                           D7
But your eyes keep tempting me and I never was that strong
G                     C
Devil's got me now oh oh gone and got me now
G                          A7               D7
I can't fight him anyhow I think he's gonna win
G                           C
Heaven's just a sin away oh oh just a sin away
G                            D7               G
Heaven help me when I say  I think I'm giving in



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The Duhks - Heaven's My Home 

When I was born
My Daddy said I was broken
The beginning of the end
Of a life I hadn't chosen
He taught me how to give up
He taught me how to work the system
But I never had the time
I never had the luxury

Life's hard, I've always known that
I've never been handed no welcome mat
When I die, please don't cry
'Cause heaven's my home anyhow

Shining my shoes
Seems like time for wasting
'Cause this bright sun
Is the only shine I need
They say you only live once
And the lot you get's for keeping
But glory's gonna come
And make a new man out of me

Life's hard, I've always known that
I've never been handed no welcome mat
When I die, please don't cry
'Cause heaven's my home anyhow

When I was born
My face was like the angels
I took my father by the hand
He said life won't be hard now

No, life's hard, I've always known that
I've never been handed no welcome mat
When I die, please don't cry
'Cause heaven's my home anyhow

Life's hard, I've always known that
I've never been handed no welcome mat
When I die, please don't cry
'Cause heaven's my home anyhow

When I die
When I die
When I die
Please don't cry

Life's hard, I've always known that
I've never been handed no welcome mat
When I die, please don't cry
'Cause heaven's my home

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Heavenly Bodies
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Elaine Lifton, Glorida Nissenson, Lee Ritenour
 
G                 Am
Way up in the sky moon and planets fly
C                 D7                  G
Comets streak and shooting stars fall down
                      Am
I'm just sitting here sipping on my second beer
    C             D7            G
And doing my star gazing on the ground
                                                     D7
Where all those heavenly bodies come out at night to play
                                         G
Heavenly bodies that just take my breath away yeah baby
                                          C
I'm gonna sit here from now until closing time
     G                      D7                G
Just working on making your heavenly body all mine
                       Am
Pretty blondes walk by sexy smiles say hi
    C              D7                    G
But how's a man to choose the one that's right
                     Am
Then my eyes saw you and my body knew
       C             D7        G
That I just found my angel for tonight
Repeat #2
                            D7                  C  G
Just working on making your heavenly bodies all mi-ne

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Heaven's Radio

There's a wonderful invention called the radio
You can hear it every where you chance to go
But the static in the air sometimes makes it hard to hear
But it is not so with heaven's radio

   Heaven's radio on the other shore
   For my precious savior always listens in
   It's the same old radio that was used long time ago
   For my precious savior always listens in

Daniel in the lions den with this power should surely win
For my precious savior always listens in
And I know without a doubt honest prayers will bring you out
For my precious savior always listens in

Well He set the Hebrews three from the fiery furnace free
For my precious savior always listens in
He will rescue you today in that same old fashioned way
For my precious savior always listens in

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Heavy Traffic Ahead

On Saturday night when our work is done
We load our music up on the run

   Heavy traffic ahead, heavy traffic ahead
   We got to ramble ramble there's heavy traffic ahead

We pull out of Nashville right on time
The Blue Grass special heads down the line

We traveled around from state to state
The Bluegrass boys are never late

Late in the evening about sundown
You know we've come from some other town

We do our work with a good will
On Friday night we head for Nashville

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Heckle And Jeckle
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Max D. Barnes and Max T. Barnes

C                              F
Well you and me baby know what love's all about
   G7                         C             G7
It sure wasn't easy oh but we figured it out
   C                   F
No matter what happens we'll see it through
G7                                           C
Baby don't you see there ain't no me without you
G7    F    C                 F
We're like Heckle and Jeckle Jeckle and Hyde
G7                    C
Frankie and Johnny oh Bonnie and Clyde
                           F
Just like Laurel and Hardy Bartles and James
G7                                        C
One without the other baby just ain't the same
                           F
We've held it together and together we'll stand
G7                           C            G7
You and me against the world hand in hand
  C                            F
A team of wild horses couldn't pull us apart
G7                               C
Forever joined together heart to heart
repeat #2
          Am                    C
Just like birds of a feather we fit like a glove
        F                         G7
When we snuggle together like two bugs in a rug
      F    C                 F
We're like Heckle and Jeckle Jeckle and Hyde
G7                                   C
Frankie and Johnny Willie and Waylon Bonnie and Clyde
                           F
Just like Laurel and Hardy Bartles and James
G7                                        C
One without the other baby just ain't the same
      F    C                 F
We're like Heckle and Jeckle Jeckle and Hyde
G7                                 C
Frankie and Johnny Kenny and Dolly Bonnie and Clyde
                           F
Just like Laurel and Hardy Bartles and James
G7                                        C
One without the other baby just ain't the same

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Helen

Helen the night I met you
It seemed that my heart went your way
Love was the word that told the story
I wish you were here with me today

You told me that I need not worry
That you would always be mine
Helen my darling please tell me
A place in your heart I'll always find

Helen my darling I love you
I love you with all of my heart
Darling don't ever forsake me
Say that we never will part

* Refrain

The time we are wastin' my darling
Is making my heart ache with pain
But our lives are so far apart dear
I guess I'm just hoping in vain

* Refrain


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Nickel Creek - Helena

Helena, don't walk away
Before you give me back my heart
If it were mine, it would be yours to take
I'm sorry I've let down my guard, oh Helena

You looked so sweet
I should have seen
While I was playing for fun
You were playing for keeps

You win, I lose, is there some way
You can leave me in your debt
So my girl and I can live to die another day
On that day I won't forget you, Helena

You look so sweet waiting for me
While I wait for her to give me any reason to leave
Don't waste your pretty sympathy
She's gonna be just fine

And Helena, so will we
So will everything in time, mmm

Helena, don't walk away
Did you hear one word I said?
Oh well, I never really liked us anyway
And I forgot her, I'll forget you, Helena

You're not that sweet and neither is she
Go ahead and tell her anything you want
'Cause Helena, guys like me never sleep alone at night
I don't need your sympathy 'cause I'll always be just fine

Yeah, I'll always be just fine
Yeah, I'll always be just fine
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la

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Hell Of A Funeral (A Dying Business)
F. Ebb / N. Martin

Spoken:
Funeral Directors of America, I am very deeply honored standing here;
Receiving this token of your esteem, "The Funeral Director of the Year."
Now I've been asked by all the delegates--and members of the board,
To tell you of the funeral that won me this award.
It was handled with taste and dignity, that much I can say for it;
And I'm sure it will take the family twenty years to pay for it!

Chorus:
It was a helluva fun'ral, It was a helluva fun'ral
The finest fun'ral ever booked:
I had some high school juniors who passed around petunial
And lilies everywhere you looked.
It was a helluva fun'ral, I say one helluva fun'ral
Oh, how I wish that you were there;
I had ten drum majorettes doubling on the castanets
It really was a lively affair
It really was a lively affair.
It was a helluva fun'ral, It was a helluva fun'ral
The national guard showed up for me;
And during the oration, they went into formation
And formed the letters R. I. P.
It was a helluva fun'ral, I say one helluva fun'ral
I gave it all my loving care;
The band was on its toes playing "Mexicali Rose",
It really was a lively affair.
It really was a lively affair.

A tisket a tasket, Tell us about the casket

Spoken:
Well, I'll tell you 'bout the casket, my good friends
It would-a made your poor eyes pop
It was sterling silver all around and a real formica top.
(Formica top, it had a formica top).

Well, I'll tell you 'bout the widow, my good friends,
The widow was in navy blue
With a gown designed by Balenciaga, I supplied that too.
(He sold the widow widow's weeds too).

I held the first funereal raffle, though I don't much like to boast
And I gave away a Chevrolet to the person who cried the most.
(He gave away a brand new Chevrolet). I won it myself!

There were eighteen jugglers by the grave to demonstrate their art
And when they were done, I fired a gun to let the hoot-e-nanny start.
(He fired a gun and the hoot-e-nanny begun).

I was serving beer and prtzels, 'til the hot pastrami came;
And I sold some souvenier hankies with the dear departed's name.
(He was sellin' hankies with the dear departed's name).

As a fitting finale we had the Rockettes from New Your's Music Hall;
As you can see, my very good friends
All in all, all in all:

Sung:
It was a helluva fun'ral, I say one helluva fun'ral
No other burial could compare;
It was all done up deluxe 'n' I made forty thousand bucks,
It really was a lively affair. It really was a swingin' affair!


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Hell Stays Open All Night
Recorded by George Jones
written by Bobby L. Harden 

C                                  F
She said hello and I said Hon it's me
           C                                     G7
She said I might have known  and I said oh listen please  
        C                      F
Leaving you for her was wrong  please let me come back home
         C                      G7                 C
This old town's closed down and I have no place to go
                                       F
And she said hell stays open all night long  
C                      G7
Hell never closes it's open from dawn till dawn  
       C                                        F
When I slammed the door to heaven I should have known
C          G7             C
Hell stays open all night long
                                    F
She said good-bye  don't call me anymore
    C                                G7
For the one that I love now is at my door
    C
Someone has took your place 
        F                             C
This is something you'll just have to face  
                             G7                   C
As far as I'm concerned when you have no place to go 
                                   F
Remember hell stays open all night long  
C                      G7
Hell never closes it's open from dawn till dawn  
       C                                        F
When I slammed the door to heaven I should have known
C          G7             C
Hell stays open all night long

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Billy Strings 
Hellbender

In the cold early morning in the hills of Kentucky
I woke to the sound of the rain
And the girl from last evening laid silently sleeping
Though I couldn't remember her name
My head was a pounding and the sweat poured
Around me like the faucet that she left on high
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I Never once made a dollar, which I didn't gamble
Or scramble to burn at both ends
I've raged all night long, in the hour before dawn
On spirits and bitters and blends
What's left of my day might be crimson or
Grey but never again black and white
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I'm a fool with my money and I'm a fool with
My drinking I'm sinking to bottom of the well
Adding fuel to the fire like my wildest desire
Is to spend the next lifetime in hell
I could cruise down to Hades, in a
Snow white Mercedes and a devilish look in my eye
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

There's a hard place on one side and a
Rock on the other, no corners to cut in this maze
Only one way to do it, just to grin and bear through it
I've been drinking up the courage for days
So I'll drain every cup and keep stacking them up
Till the sun stumbles out of the sky
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I'll keep on this way till my last dying day
It's a blessing I've tried to disguise
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

[Two verses only performed live once]
There's a worm in the bottle, and I'm racin' full throttle
He'll only go down when it's dry
With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

And the weeks like this, I drink like a fish
And occasionally eat like a bird
And I'm not well done [?], just a shootin' my second
And I'm already shootin' the third

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Hello Central, Give Me Heaven

Hello central give me heaven
For I know my mother's there
And you'll find her with the angels
Over on the golden stair

She'll be glad it's me a speaking
Wont you call her for me please
For I surely want to tell her
That we're sad without her here

   Hello central give me heaven
   For I know my mother's there
   You will find her with the angels
   Over on the golden stair

Poppa dear is said and lonely
Sobbed the tearful little child
Since momma's gone to heaven
Poppa dear you do not smile

I will speak to her and tell her
That we want her to come home
You just listen while I call her
Call her through the telephone

I will answer just to please her
Yes dear heart I'll soon come home
Kiss me momma it's your darling
Kiss me through the telephone

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Hello City Limits

   Hello, city limits, I see your sign
   Left all my worries way behind
   Left all my troubles and heartaches there too
   Hello, city limits, I'm starting out brand new

I need a change of scenery, I need it real bad
To help me forget all the hard times I've had
I've got a feeling I'll find a love that's true
Well, hello city limits, I'm starting out brand new

I haven't told a soul just where I'm gonna be
Cause I don't want the blues to catch up with me
I may decide to change my name too
Hello city limits, I'm starting out brand new

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Dolly Parton - Hello God lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Hello God, are you out there?
Can you hear me, are you listenin' any more?
Hello God, if we're still on speakin' terms
Can you help me like before?
I have questioned your existence,
My resistance leaves me cold
Can you help me go the distance?
Hello God, hello, hello
This old world has gone to pieces
Can we fix it, is there time?
Hate and violence just increases
We're so selfish, cruel and blind
We fight and kill each other
In your name, defending you
Do you love some more than others?
We're so lost and confused
Hello God, are you out there?
Can you hear us, are you listenin' any more?
Hello God, if we're still on speakin' terms
Can you help us like before?
Oh, the free will you have given
We have made a mockery of
This is no way to be livin',
We're in great need of your love
Hello God
Hello God, can you grant us
Love enough to make amends
(Hello God) Is there still a chance
That we could start again
Hello God, we've learned our lesson
Dear God, don't let us go
More than ever
Hello God, hello, hello
Hello God, we really need you
We can't make it without you
(Hello God) We beseech you
In the name of all that's true
Hello God, please forgive us
For we know not what we do
Hello God, give us one more chance to prove ourselves to you
Hello, God; hello, God


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Hello Heart
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Melba Montgomery and Billy Yates

C                                    F
Hello heart well I'm glad you came a knocking
         C                                             G7
Oh I can see that pretty little honey's got you back a rocking
               C                          F
Well ain't you something now you got me a jumping
             C                    G7          C
Oh where you been good to see you again hello heart

                                                          G7
Well I know it's been a long time since the hugging and a kissing
                                            C
And I'd nearly forgot just what we'd been a missing
                                              G7
Now it's good to be together oh it never felt better
                                            C
You gave me a scare I thought you were gone forever

Repeat #1

                                                     G7
You say you did a lotta hurting and you took a lotta aching
                                            C
But you never told me how close you came to breaking
                                                   G7
Now it's time for some healing she knows how we're feeling
                                                C
Her loving is enough to give us both what we're needing

Repeat #1

                               G7          C
Where you been good to see you again hello heart

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Hello I Love You
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Roger Cook and Charles Cochran

C   G7       F        C   G7    F    C
You take the darkness out of my night
G7                F          C  G7    F
You've shown your sweet love on me so bright
  G7       C      F   G7      C    F
I won't be lonely you fill my heart
   G7             C                D7          G7
My blue days have gone forever now we'll never part
        F       C G7    F    C
Hello I love you  hello again
G7         F        C G7       F
You are my sunshine   shine on again
G7          C      F  G7       C     F
This is the moment my life was bored
          G7          C
Won't you lay with me darling forever 
         D7      G7
Stay and keep me warm
                              C
Until the morning light shines
G7      F        C G7    F    C
Hello I love you   hello again
G7         F        C G7       F    C
You are my sunshine   shine on again
G7      F       C G7    F    C
Hello I love you  hello again
G7         F        C G7       C    F
You are my sunshine   shine on again
G7      F        C G7    C
Hello I love you   hello again

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Hello I'm an Old Country Song
Recorded Dale Watson
Written by Chris Wall and Dale Watson

C            G7          C
Hello I'm an old country song 
  F                      C
I ain't been around in a while 
                      G7          C
But it ain't like I'd really been gone 
         D7                           G7
I'm more like an old suit that's just gone out of style 
      C               G7       C
Hey I heard you found somebody new 
        F                     C
Someone younger more hip more alive 
F                    C         F
Not much to say so I just lift away 
       C             G7    C
Till I slid off your radio dial 
    F                C
I'm here if you ever want me 
       G7                         C
An old friend you forgot that you had 
         F              C
If those yearnings ever haunt you 
F       C        G7         C
Lend an ear I'll give you a hand 
                     G7          C
We've been through a lot you and I 
      F                          C
We've cursed we've laughed we've cried 
        F                        C
Through love and divorce and the horrors of war 
         D7                           G7
When the young ones were born and the old folks they died 
C               G7           C
Sometimes I hit too close to home 
        F                            C
And the truth ain't what you want to hear 
          F                            C          F
We're old friends you and I I wouldn't tell you a lie 
C          G7           C
Even if it spared you a tear 
Repeat #3
                G7         C
Perhaps I'm too sad and forlorn 
  F                      C
A product of some bygone age 
             G7          C
A little too haggard and worn 
        D7                            G7
Since I kicked out the footlights and walked off the stage 
C                  G7         C
I thought I'd just drop you a line 
            F                  C
And let you know hey I'm still around 
          F                 C         F
If you're ever in need just listen to me 
        C             G7          C
And say hello to that old country song 
Repeat #3
 
                G7          C
Say hello to an old country song

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Hello In There
John Prine

We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown,
A life of their own left us alone.

John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.

Chorus:
You know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day.
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello."

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more,
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.

Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
We worked together at the factory.
But what could I say if asks "What's new?"
"Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do."

Chorus

So if you're walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello."


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Hello Out There
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Kent Westberry and Wayne P. Walker
 
C                          F      G7
(Hello out there hello out there)
C
Hello out there are you sure that the girl
                        G7
In your arms belongs to you
F         G7
Hello out there I know the one that I love 
                          C           G7
Is out there tonight with someone new
   C
So if you're out tonight holding someone 
              F
So tight well hello out there
                   G7
I just want you to know 
                        C    G7
You might be holding my baby
C
Hello out there if you're dancing tonight 
                                   G7
With the girl that you see for the first time
F         G7
Hello out there please don't hold her so close 
                         C       G7
She just might happen to be mine
   C
So won't you look for me 
                           F
It could very well be well hello out there
                   G7
I just want you to know 
                        C
You might be holding my baby

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Hello Stranger

Now hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
Hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
You are a stranger
But you're a pal of mine

Now get up rounder let a working may lay down
Get up rounder let a working man lay down
You are a rounder
But you're all out and down

Every time I ride that six and fourth street car
Every time I ride that six and fourth street car
I can see my baby
From here behind these bars

She bowed her head she waved both hands at me
She bowed her head she waved both hands at me
I'm prison bound
I'm longing to be free

Oh I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
Oh I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
Oh I'll see you
When you haven't got a dime

Weeping like a willow and mourning like a dove
Weeping like a willow and mourning like a dove
There's a girl in the country
That I really love

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Hello, Mary Lou

Hello, Mary Lou, good-bye night
Sweet, Mary Lou, I'm so in love with you
I know, Mary Lou, we never part
So hello, mary lou, good-bye heart

Passed me by one sunny day
Frashed those gib broun eyes my way
I know I wanted you forever more
Now I'm not one that gets around
Swear my feet stuck to the ground
And though I never did meet you before

* Refrain

I saw your lips,I heard your voice
Bleave me, I just had no choice
Wild horsed couldn't make me stay away
I thought about a moonlight night
Arms around you good and tite
That's all I had to see for me to say

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Help lyrics
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

Help, I need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, I need somebody
Please, please help me
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in anyway
But now those days are gone and I'm not so self assured
No I finally changed my mind and I opened up the door
Help me, if you can I'm feelin' down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Won't you help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me
And now my life has changed in so many ways
My independence seemed to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I need your light, I never done before
Help me, if you can I'm feelin' down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Won't you help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me
Help me, help me, ooh
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in anyway
But now those days are gone and I'm not so self assured
No I finally changed my mind and I opened up the door
Help me, if you can I'm feelin' down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Won't you help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me
Help me, if you can I'm feelin' down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Won't you help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me
Help me, help me, ooh


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Help Is On The Way

A woman in the bible days, her last meal: almost gone
But God sent Elijah, to make His word known
He said woman don't you worry, for God sent me today
And before you even asked Him, help was on the way
Just hold on a little longer, help is on the way
A brighter day is coming for those who believe and pray
Help won't help tomorrow if you give up today
Just hold on a little longer, help is on the way
Troubles of this life come by, and burdens get you down
You think no one is listening, you think no one's around
Just remember what his word says, "trust Him and obey"
Keep you eyes towards the heavens, cause help is on the way
Just hold on a little longer, help is on the way
A brighter day is coming for those who believe and pray
Help won't help tomorrow if you give up today
Just hold on a little longer, help is on the way


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Help Me Hold On
Recorded by Travis Tritt
Written by Travis Tritt and Pat Terry

G                                 C
Baby close that suitcase you been packin'
G                              C
Just sit down and talk to me a while
  Am                                 C
I know you tried to tell me what was lackin'
      Am                               D7
But I guess I must have missed it by a mile
     G                                  C
Well this time girl I swear to you I'll listen
G                               C
Help me understand where I went wrong
     Am                          C
It's hard to find myself in this position
Am                                   D7
Scared that I'd go crazy once you're gone
             G             C
Help me hold on to what we had
                  Am        D7     G
Once our love was strong it can be again
                                   C
You said it takes two to make love last
                   Am       D7           G
You were right all along so help me hold on
                                 C
What have I got to do to make it better
G                                 C
What have I got to do to make you see
     Am                            C
That even though I promised you forever
  Am                             D7
I never knew how hard that would be
  G                            C
I realize I took your love for granted
         G                                         C
But I've learned that love worth having don't come free
    Am                                  C
And I'll pay any price it takes to keep you
Am                              D7
Satisfied and staying here with me
repeat #3 
D7           G             C
Help me hold on to what we had
                  Am        D7     G
Once our love was strong it can be again
                                   C
You said it takes two to make love last
                   Am       D7           G
You were right all along so help me hold on
                   Am       D7           G
You were right all along so help me hold on

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Help Me Make It Through The Night
Kris Kristofferson

Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose, let it fall
Lay it soft against my skin
Like the shadow on the wall

Come and lay down by my side
Till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time
Help me make it through the night

I don't care what's right or wrong
I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
'cause tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

I don't care what's right or wrong
I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
'cause tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

I don't want to be alone
Help me make it through the night


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Help Me to Be More Like Him 
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent 
Written by Linda Grimes and Rex Wiseman
[3/4 time]

G7  C                       F            C
God grant me the courage to walk in your footsteps
       Am           D7         G7
Of the one that you sent long ago
C                     F           C
Always beside me as I come to the crossroad
       Am         G7           C
Gently showing me which way to go

                               F            C
At times when I stumble let me lean on Your mercy
       Am          D7       G7
Put me back on the pathway again
C                 F            C
Wherever I'm goin whatever I'm doin'
Am         G7           C
Help me to be more like Him

G7                  F           C
Open my eyes to the road that's before me
  Am             D7           G7
I know you'll be there at the end
C                    F             C
God every day I fall short of Your glory
       Am         G7           C
Please help me to be more like Him

                         F                 C
I look all around me and this old world is changing
  Am             D7          G7
I don't know how long I must stay
    C                      F            C
But with Your hand upon me I'll do Your work Lord
    Am          G7         C
And try to show others the way

                           F               C
When the day finally comes when the angles come for me
   Am         D7          G7
To be with my loved ones again
     C                          F        C
Till I'm safe in the arms of my almighty Savior
Am         G7           C
Help me to be more like Him

Repeat #3

                     F             C
God every day I fall short of Your glory
Am         G7           Am  D7
Help me to be more like Him
       F          G7           C
Please help me to be more like Him

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Help The People
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Earl Montgomery and George Jones

D7        G             C                G
Won't somebody help the people who ain't loving
                  C                D7
Help them find an old love like we do
G               C                G
Heaven help the people who ain't loving
C           G         C           G      D7          G
They're not living if they're not loving like me and you
                 C             G          C              G
I go to bed each night looking forward to another lovely day with you
A7                                              D7
Knowing that an aging love like ours is staying true
G                C                    G
And I'm proud to know that you're the only woman 
C               G
That I need and understand
    C                 G      D7      G
And tomorrow we'll be loving hand in hand
repeat #1
                      C                 G
I know that I've been blessed with good things 
           D7                G
As much as anyone could ever be
        A7                                              D7
And our love multiplies itself with each passing day we see
G             C           G
And that only adds to the happiness we look forward to each today
    C               D7                G
And nothing in this world can make it go away
repeat #1

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Helping Me Get Over You
Recorded by Travis Tritt with Lari White
Written by Travis Tritt and Lari White

C                         F
You ask who's lying in my bed 
                        C
Is it really love we're making
                        F
My heart's hanging by a thread 
                               G7
She's the only reason it ain't breaking
       C             F
Do you ever cross my mind 
G7                        Am
Darling fact is you still do
                         Dm
That's the reason she is here 
                       G7
Wiping your old memory clear 
                          C
She's helping me get over you
                    F
Helping me get over you 
G7            C
One kiss at a time
                                   D7
Cause all the pain that we've been through 
                            G7
Still weighs so heavy on my mind
                      F
Getting past the love we lost 
G7                        Em
That's a lonely bridge to cross
Am                     Dm
So I did what I had to do 
                       G7
I had to find somebody new 
                          C
Who's helping me get over you
C                      F
I know you'd never ask his name 
                     C
In your heart I know you wonder
                             F
I'm not much good at playing games 
                                   G7
I'm just tryin' to keep from going under
              C       F
There's no forever in his eyes 
G7                        Am
It's not the love that we once knew
                     Dm
Oh and it might be a sin 
                       G7
But tonight I've got a friend 
                    C
Helping me get over you
repeat #3,4
                               Dm
Oh I did the best that I could do 
                       G7
I had to find somebody new
                    C
To help me get over you

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Helpless
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Bob Morris
 
C        F                               C      
Helpless that's what I'd be without your lips 
         G7              C    G7
And your arms to hold me tight
C        F          
Helpless that's what I'd be 
             C           
Without that dream of you 
G7            C
With me every night
 
G7                    C
I feel so weak inside when you're not around
D7                                   G7
When you're near I feel like I could tie

The whole world down
C        F                            C
Helpless oh can't you see that I'd be helpless
G7                    C
Without you here with me 

G7                    C
I feel so weak inside when you're not around
D7                                   G7
When you're near I feel like I could tie

The whole world down
C        F                            C
Helpless oh can't you see that I'd be helpless
G7                    C
Without you here with me 

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Helplessly Hoping
Stephen Stills

Helplessly hoping
Her harlequin hovers nearby
Awaiting a word
Gasping at glimpses
Of gentle true spirit
He runs, wishing he could fly
Only to trip at the sound of good-bye

Wordlessly watching
He waits by the window
And wonders
At the empty place inside
Heartlessly helping himself to her bad dreams
He worries
Did he hear a good-bye? Or even hello?

Chorus:
They are one person
They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other

Stand by the stairway
You'll see something
Certain to tell you confusion has its cost
Love isn't lying
It's loose in a lady who lingers
Saying she is lost
And choking on hello

Chorus


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Hemlocks And Primroses

Thinking of you while out for a ramble
Down by a cold frosty stream
Set down on a bed of hemlocks and primroses
And gently I fell into a dream

I dreamed I saw a pretty fair maiden
Such beauty I'd never saw before
Her dress was bound round with hemlocks and primroses
So green was the mantel she wore

Her hair was of a dark brown color
Her teeth was as ivory so white
Her eyes they shined like sparking diamonds
Or stars than shine on a cold frosty night

I drew her near then I awakened
With two empty arms and you on my mind
Heaven seemed so near while I was dreaming
It hurts to know you left me behind

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Crooked Still 
Henry Lee

Lie down, lie down, love henry lee and stay with me this night
You will have my candle and coal, my fire's burning bright
My fire's burning bright!

I won't lie down, I can't lie down and stay all night with you!
There's a lady ten times fairer than you in barnards hall for me
In barnards hall for me!

He's leaning o'er her soft pillow to give her a kiss so sweet;
But her little, thin knife held keen and sharp
She's wounded him full (for?) Deep
She's wounded him full (for?) Deep!

Oh, I will lie down, I must lie down.I welcome it said he!
There's no lady in barnards hall that I love better than thee!
I love no better than thee!

Well live my lord. Lord henry she said
For an hour, two or three
And all the cards about my waist I freely give to thee
I'd freely give to thee!

Well all them cards about your waist will do no good for me!
Love don't you see my own cards flash (flesh?) Come twinkling at my knee
Come twinkling at my knee!

She took him by his long yellow hair
She dragged him by his feet!
She threw him down a cold
Dark well some fifty fathoms deep
For fifty fathoms deep!

Lie down, lie down you pretty little bird
Lie down along my knee
No girl who would murder her own true love
Would kill a little bird like me
Would kill a little bird like me!

Oh, I wished I had my bending bow, my arrow in my string!
I'd shoot my dart right through your heart so you no longer sing
So you no longer sing!

I wished you had your bending bow
Your arrow in your string!
I'd fly on back to barnards hall
You'd always hear me sing
You'd always hear me sing!

I'd fly on back to barnards hall
You'd always hear me sing
You'd always hear me sing!

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Henry Martin
Child 250

There were three brothers in merry Scotland
In Scotland there lived brothers three
And they did cast lots which of them should go, should go, should go
For to turn robber all on the salt sea

The lot it fell first upon Henry Martin
The youngest of all the three
That he should turn robber all on the salt sea
For to maintain his two brothers and he

He had not been sailing but a long winter's night
And part of a short winter's day
When he espied a rich lofty ship
Come a bibing down him straight away

Hello, hello, cried Henry Martin
What makes you sail so high
I'm a rich merchant ship bound for fair London town
Won't you please for to let me pass by

O no, o no, cried henry martin
That thing it never can be
For I have turned robber all on the salt sea
For to maintain my two brothers and me

So lower your topsail and bail up your mizzen
Bring yourself under my lee
Or I shall give you a fast flowing ball
And your dear bodies drown in the salt sea

Then broadside and broadside and at it they went
For fully two hours or three
Til Henry Martin gave to her the death shot
Heavily listing to starboard went she

The rich merchant vessel was wounded full sore
Straight to the bottom went she
And Henry Martin sailed away
... on the salt sea

Sad news, sad news to old England came
Sad news to fair London town
There was a rich vessel and she's cast away
And all of her merry men drowned


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Dolly Parton - Her And The Car And The Mobile Home lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writers Dave Kirby, Don Stock
Copyright 1972

Well my wife and I were happy in our trailer
But she didn't dig my runnin' around all night
Well I warned you a couple of times about leavin'
Oh but you just laughed and took it kinda light
Well I should've paid attention to her warnin'
When she told me she'd leave if I didn't change
Cause when I come home about sunup this mornin'
Well I detected somethin' mighty strange
Her and the car and the mobile home are gone boys
I was takin' off while you was a carryin' on
Now things are really shot I came home to an empty lot
Yeah me and the car and the mobile home was gone
Yeas her and the car and the mobile home was gone
Well the neighbors all around me were a laughin'
And it made me feel about ten inches tall
Ha I knew you didn't think that I'd really leave you
Ah not to mention takin' home and all
Well talk about somebody be-wildered
I bet you didn't know what to do nor where to go
I found a little consolation in my wardrobe that you left scattered on the patio
Her and the car and the mobile home...
(Yeah they was gone with everything else
Except a few old western suits she'd left scattered there on the patio
And they had mud on 'em where she'd stomped around on 'em
Stepped on them Wagon wheels busted the spokes out
You know that real nice lavander suit one that she said I looked good in
Said I looked like Tom Jones that's it hangin' over in that tree
She took that piece of chalk wrote across the front of the coat
have a good time darling you know when you're hot you're hot)


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Her Hello Was My Goodbye
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Quinn Garton

G7       C
She only smiled and said hello 
         Em        A7
But your eyes were stars aglow
      Dm       G7           C      G7
And I knew her hello was my goodbye
              C
She held your hand a bit too long 
     Em          A7
As I stood there lookin' on
    Dm            G7                    C
And I watched you I watched you fall in love

           F
Was it the time was it the place 
   C
Or was it her pretty face
     G7                              C
That held you like a moth around the flame
F
Though it's hard to realize 
      C              Am
Still I know my eyes don't lie
    Dm               G7                C   G7
The fact remains you love her just the same

     C
In a twinkle of an eye 
Em             A7
My dream world fell from the sky
Dm         G7               C   G7
I knew her hello was my goodbye

       C
I know you'll try hard to explain 
    Em               A7
But won't you please fail me the pain
Dm         G7               C
I knew her hello was my goodbye

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Lonesome River Band - Her Love Won't Turn On a Dime

Throw your wallet in the river
Cause her heart don't see dollar signs
In a material world she's a down to earth girl
Her love won't turn on a dime

Any roses you send will go wilted
And a big box of chocolates will grow stale
If you're trying to show her, how much you love her
Just hug her and boy you can't fail

Throw your wallet in the river
Cause her heart don't see dollar signs
In a material world she's a down to earth girl
Her love won't turn on a dime

You can book her a cruise to the islands
You can by her that five carat ring
Oh but she'd rather have your time on her hands
Cause to her boy that means everything, and

Throw your wallet in the river
Cause her heart don't see dollar signs
In a material world she's a down to earth girl
Her love won't turn on a dime

Words from your heart
Can be any, friend
Far as she's concerned
Is worth more in the end

You can, throw your wallet in the river
Cause her heart don't see dollar signs
In a material world she's a down to earth girl
Her love won't turn on a dime
In a material world she's a down to earth girl
Oh her love won't turn on a dime
Won't turn on a dime

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Her Name Is
Recorded by George Jones
Written By Bobby Braddock

G                                 C
Oh I love her and just can't live without her 
         D7                             G
And I've got the urge to tell the world about her 
                                          C
But our love's a secret and can't see the light of day 
      D7                               G
But I went and wrote this love song anyway 

            G7             C
Her name is   her eyes are  
    D7                         G
Her hair is just like  and she measures  
                                        C
But someday I'll fill in the lines when she and I are free 
    D7                              G
And we'll walk in the sunshine  and me 
 
                              C
Oh it really is a scandal and disgrace 
   D7                                 G
To have to call your woman what's her face
                                             C
But her husband thinks he owns her heart and soul for life 
          D7                               G
And he'll kill the man who messes with his wife 
 
Repeat #2

                                        C
Yes someday I'll fill in the lines when she and I are free 
    D7                              G
And we'll walk in the sunshine  and me 
 
Her name is  



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Her Sweet Love's Calling Me

Thirty days now I've been gone out here in this world alone
But I can hear her sweet love's calling me
We're a thousand miles apart but she's here in my heart
Cause I can hear her sweet love's calling me

Her sweet love's calling me
And her lonely arms keep reaching for someone that she needs
The teardrops are falling on my cheeks
Cause I can hear her sweet love's calling me

I remember how she cried the day I said good-bye
Now I can hear her sweet love's callling me
I don't know why I ever roamed leaving love like her's at home
But I can hear her sweet love's calling me

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Chris Thile - Here & Heaven 

With a hammer and nails and a fear of failure
We are building a shed
Between here and heaven between the wait
And the wedding for as long as we both shall be dead

To the world beyond the boys and the girls
Trying to keep us calm
We can practice our lines 'til we're deaf and blind
To ourselves, to each other

Where it's fall, not winter, spring
Not summer, cool not cold
And it's warm not hot have we all forgotten that
We're getting old

With an arrow and bow and some seeds left to sow
We are staking our claim
On ground so fertile we forget who we've hurt along
The way and reach out for a strange hand

To hold someone strong but not bold enough
To tear down the wall
'Cause we're not lost enough to find the stars aren't crossed
Why align them? Why fall hard?

Not soft into fall, not winter, spring
Not summer, cool not cold
And it's warm not hot have we all forgotten
That we're getting old

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Chris Thile - Here And Heaven

With a hammer and nails and a fear of failure we are building a shed
Between here and heaven between the wait and the wedding for as long as we both shall be dead to the world beyond the boys and the girls trying to keep us calm
We can practice our lines 'til we're deaf and blind to ourselves to each other where it's
Fall not winter spring not summer cool not cold
And it's warm not hot have you all forgotten that we're getting old

With an arrow and bow and some seeds left to sow we are staking our claim
On ground so fertile we forget who we've hurt along the way and reach out for a strange hand to hold someone strong but not bold enough to tear down the wall
'Cause we're not lost enough to find the stars aren't crossed why align them why fall hard not soft into
Fall not winter spring not summer cool not cold
And it's warm not hot have we all forgotten that we're getting old

And it's fall, not winter, spring, not summer, cool, not cold
And it's warm, not hot, has everyone forgotten that we're getting old
And it's fall, not winter, spring, not summer, cool, not cold
And it's warm, not hot, have we all forgotten that we're getting old

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Richard Thompson - Here Comes Geordie Lyrics

Here comes Geordie, back in town again
Here comes Geordie, strutting down the lane
Girls all want to toy with his affection
The boys all say he loves his own reflection

Hey now, Geordie, sing us all a song
Whoa there, Geordie, where's your mother tongue?
That don't sound like Tyneside to me
Geordie, are you from Jamaicee?

Here comes Geordie in his private plane
Got to save the planet once again
Good old Geordie, righteous as can be
Chop down the forest just to save a tree

Good old Geordie went to buy a hat
Geordie says, "My head won't fit in that"
It's so swollen, much to my surprise
They're all too small, there's nothing in my size

And here comes Geordie acting in a play
He's no Gielgud or Olivier
Stiff as cardboard, isn't it a drag?
Can't act his way out of a paper bag

Here comes Geordie, back in town again
Here comes Geordie, strutting down the lane
Girls all love him, think he is the end
The boys all say the mirror's his best friend

Here comes Geordie, good old Geordie
Here comes Geordie, good old Geordie

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Alison Krauss - Here Comes Goodbye Lyrics

I can hear those lonesome midnight sighs in your sleep
I can hear the freight train's whistle cry, it's tellin' me
It's telling me, "Oh darlin' can't you see?
Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye"

Here comes goodbye, tonight
Put a hold on all your lies, it's just not right
It comes as no surprise, this time
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye

Better take some time to talk it over again with me
Better get all your things together now if you leave
It's killin' me, oh darlin' can't you see?
Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye

Here comes goodbye, tonight
Put a hold on all your lies, it's just not right
It comes as no surprise, this time
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye

I can hear your footsteps movin' slowly across my floor
I can see your shadow look back at me outside my door
What'cha waitin' for? Oh darlin' I know for sure
Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye

Here comes goodbye, tonight
Put a hold on all your lies, it's just not right
It comes as no surprise, this time
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye

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Here Comes My Baby Back Again
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Bill West and Dottie West
 
C
Here comes more tears to cry 
D7
Here comes more heartaches by
G7                      C
Here comes my baby back again
 
 
Here comes more misery 
D7
Here comes old memories 
G7                      C
Here comes my baby back again
 
C7          F     G7
My arms are open wide 
   F        C
To let more hurt inside 
G7                      C
Here comes my baby back again
 
C7         F    G7
He's sorry once again 
     F         C
Once more I'll understand 
G7                      C
Here comes my baby back again
 
C7          F     G7
My arms are open wide 
   F        C
To let more hurt inside 
G7                      C
Here comes my baby back again
 
C7         F    G7
He's sorry once again 
     F         C
Once more I'll understand 
G7                      C
Here comes my baby back again

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Here Comes Santa Claus
Recorded by Gene Autry
Written by O. Haldeman 
 
C
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus
G7
Right down Santa Claus lane
 
Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer
C
Pulling on the rein
 
F                 C
Bells are ringing children singing
F      G7        C
All is merry and bright
   F                       C
So hang your stockings and say your prayers
F                 G7      C
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight
 

Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus
G7
Right down Santa Claus lane
 
He's got a bag that is filled with toys
        C
For the boys and girls again
 
F                       C
Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle
   F      G7        C
Oh what a beautiful sight 
F                    C
So jump in bed cover up your head
F                 G7      C
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight 


Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus 
G7
Right down Santa Claus lane

He doesn't care if you're rich or poor
   C
He loves you just the same

F                       C 
Santa Claus knows we're all Gods children
     F          G7    C
That makes everything right
F                        C 
So fill your hearts with Christmas cheer
F                 G7      C
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight 


Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus 
G7     
Right down Santa Claus lane
 
He'll come around when chimes ring out
          C  
That it's Christmas morn again

F                   C                   
Peace on earth will come to all
   F       G7         C      
If we just follow the light
F                          C 
So lets give thanks to the Lord above
F                 G7      C
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight 

Repeat #1,2

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Here Comes The World Again
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Steve Karliski, Larry Kolber 
Dallas Frazier and Warren Robb 

G                      G7            C
I feel the morning sun come creeping through the blinds
          D7                                G
Once more I have to leave the shelter of my sleeping mind
                     G7          C
And face another day without you by my side
               G                   D7                  G
But what can I do when there is no you and no place to hide

                   C      G
And here comes the world again 
                  D7
Once more all the hurt begins

I think I'm over you 
                        C      G
But then here comes the world again

                           G7       C
When you were here with me each day brought something new
            D7                          G
Cause every moment meant a moment spent in loving you
                          G7              C
But now that love is gone there's nothing left for me
                G                    D7                G
And there is no way to hold back the day or your sweet memory

Repeat #2 x3 



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Here I Am 
Recorded by Chad Morgan
Written by Jerry Reed
 
C
They tell me you've been looking for someone to hold you tight
To give you lots of lovin' while the moon is shining bright
            G7
Well here I am
       C                                 G7
Mister Johnnie on the spot there ain't a thing
          C
That this here little old bloke ain't got
    A7               D7                 C
I'm loaded down with sex appeal for the women yes it's true
      D7                        G7                      C
So if want a lot of lovin' well here I am the bloke for you
They tell me you've been hunting around for a bloke with a kiss like fire
                                        G7
Well your hunting days are over girl if that's all you desire
             C
Cause here I am
                                 G7                C
I'm a perfect specimen kind of a bloke but all the sorts would wanna win
      F                                  C
Now I don't want to skite too much cause that's not the thing to do
           D7                   G7                           C
But if you wanna kiss with fire well here I've even got that too
You say you wanna get married in your mind their ain't no doubt
                                                  G7
Well honey if you wanna raise a family somebody's gotta help you out
            C
Well here I am
                                     G7                      C
Your every wish is my command here I am I've got the wedding band in my hand
            F                      C
I bought it all especially for the girls who could be true
   D7                            G7                     C
So if you wanting matrimony well here I'm the bloke for you

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Here I Am I'm Drunk Again

I said I'd never do it again
I swore my ways I would mend
But you cheated, dear, and thats a sin
Here I am I'm drunk again

I'm drunk because you are gone
At the bar I'm standing all alone
Drowning my sorrow deep within
Here I am I'm drunk again

I don't like this life of mine
Drunking whisky, beer and wine
Dear I know this is the end
Here I am I'm drunk again

* Refrain


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Here In Frisco
By Merle Haggard
 
G                               C
It's four a.m. in New York City three a.m. in Dallas
    G              Em            Am      D7
The night is still early here in Frisco
Em                  G         C
Market Street still going the same old shows are showing
    G         Em   Am  D7       G
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco
 
                                          C
They say it's raining in Chicago but it's cold and clear in Denver
     G               Em           Am     D7
Been windy all night long here in Frisco
Em               G            C
Trolley cars are clinging the big bay town is swinging
    G         Em   Am   D7      G
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco
 
    C                             G
The way I feel tonight I won't be staying long
           Em                  A7              D7
But when I leave I'll leave my heart just like in the famous song
Em               G            C
Trolley cars are clinging the big bay town is swinging
    G         Em   Am  D7       G
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco
 
Tag:
     
    G         Em   Am  D7       G
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco

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Alan Jackson - Here In The Real World lyrics

Here In The Real World
Cowboys don't cry, and heroes don't die
Good always wins, again and again
Love is a sweet dream that always comes true
Oh, if life were like the movies, I'd never be blue
CHORUS
But here in the real world
It's not that easy at all
'Cause when hearts get broken
It's real tears that fall
And darlin' it's sad but true
But the one thing I've learned from you
Is how the boy don't always get the girl
Here in the real world
I gave you my love, but that wasn't enough
To hold your heart when times got rough
And tonight on that silver screen
It'll end like it should
Two lovers will make it through
Like I hoped we would
repeat
REPEAT CHORUS
No, the boy don't always get the girl
Here in the real world


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The Incredible String Band - Here Till Here Is There 

Where will you go when days grow
Short and winds grow cold and green leaves are shaken?

There was a road as once I saw
Wound with bright ivies and trumpeting haws
Of whitest sand embroidered with flowers
That very few had taken

Where will you stay while rivers run
And days eat days and white stars are pining?

In hopes more true in hearts more gay
In love that is stronger and brighter than day
In hands that heal in thoughts that play
In all eyes shining

Why do we talk of go and stay?
(Of go and stay)
We will all be here till here is there

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Here Today And Gone Tomorrow

Here today and gone tomorrow
Our love would always be a hidden love affair
I know you love me but you're just a wandering
Today I love you but tomorrow I may not care

For absence never makes the heart grow fonder
I get lonesome for some one's company
Here today and gone tomorrow
And my loving you is just fantasy

When you're gone I wished we'd never met
For your memory remains within my heart
Here today and gone tomorrow
We can't be happy so I think it's best we part

* Refrain


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Here Today Here Tomorrow  
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Kent Blazy and Jim Dowell
 
G            Bm   C                        Bm
You say your love has been the leaving kind
    Am                C    D7
And just like all the rest I'll leave you in time
G            Bm    C
You say your heart couldn't stand the pain
Bm             C             G
If I take your love and walk away
 
D7          G    Bm    C        D7
But I'll be here today and here tomorrow
G           Bm        C
Give me one chance to prove I'm right
           G    Bm    C        Bm
As I'll be here today and here tomorrow
    C     Am            D7           G
And every night for the rest of your life
 
              Bm     C                   Bm
I know you're afraid to lose a love again
    Am              C    D7
But if you run from love how you ever gonna win
G         Bm            C
Somewhere along the way you gotta learn to trust
        Am      Bm     C               G
There's nothing we can do without your love
 
D7            G    Bm    C        D7
Cause I'll be here today and here tomorrow
G           Bm        C
Give me one chance to prove I'm right
           G    Bm    C        Bm
As I'll be here today and here tomorrow
    C     Am            D7           G
And every night for the rest of your life

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Here We Are
Recorded by George Jones and Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell

G
Did you say that you've been searching for a place you've never been
        D7                 G
Here it is darlin' here it is

And when you're down there on the bottom and you're looking out for a friend
       D7                G   G7
Here I am darlin' here I am

C                                       G
We've both grown tired of running after rainbows
        D7                  G
Here we are darlin' here we are


When it feels like you've been drifting and you don't know where you've been
        D7                 G
Come on in you can come on in

And if all you've seen is backdoors that lead you out of town
     D7                  G       G7
Turn around darlin' turn around

C                                           G
We've both grown tired of running from each other
        D7                  G   G7
Here we are darlin' here we are

C                                       G
We've both grown tired of running after rainbows
        D7                  G
Here we are darlin' here we are
        D7          G
Here we are here we are

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Here We Are Making Love Again
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Ronald Saucer and Mike Schrimpf

G                  F
Here we are makin' love again
C                      G
Here we are the way we were back then
                              F
Here we are with a world that never ends
C                  Em          D7
Here we are makin' love makin' love
       C                G
Makin' love makin' love again
    Em                      G
Why can't you and I just be friends
C                                 G
Just think of what we said we had to do 
Em                          G
Every time we try it's just pretend
         C                            D7
You keep holdin' on to me I'm needin' you
Em                              G
Try to put you from my mind and then
C                                     G
I see that smile that always turns me on
    Em                        G
You call me up and here we go again
          C                  Am    D7       G
Well it's been awhile but it ain't been too long
Repeat #1 Well here...
Em                             G
I thought you and I could pull away
C                                   G
Break the ties that help us both so long
Em                                 G
I keep thinkin' more and more each day
    C                Am    D7       G
Who cares if what we do is right or wrong
repeat #1 

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Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again lyrics

Here you come again
Just when I've begun to get myself together
You waltz right in the door
Just like you've done before
And wrap my heart 'round your little finger
Here you come again
Just when I'm about to make it work without you
You look into my eyes
And lie those pretty lies
And pretty soon I'm wonderin' how I came to doubt you
All you have to do is smile that smile
And there go all my defenses
Just leave it up to you and in a little while
You're messin' up my mind and fillin' up my senses
Here you come again
Lookin' better than a body has a right to
And shakin' me up so that all I really know
Is here you come again ...
And here I go
[break]
All you have to do is smile that smile
And there go all my defenses
Just leave it up to you and in a little while
You're messin' up my mind and fillin' up my senses
Here you come again
Lookin' better than a body has a right to
And shakin' me up so that all I really know
Is here you come again ...
And here I go (here you come again)
Here I go
Here I go (here you come again)
And here I go
Here I go (here you come again)
Here I go
Here I go (here you come again)
Here I go


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Here's A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares
Written and recorded by Travis Tritt

G                              C        G
You say you were wrong to ever leave me alone
                                     D7
Now you're sorry you're lonesome and scared
        G
And you say you'd be happy
             C              G
If you could just come back home
                           D7          G
Well Here's a quarter call someone who cares
     C                         G
Call someone who'll listen and might give a damn
                         D7
Maybe one of your sorted affairs
    G
But don't you come round here
        C               G
Handing me none of your lines
                      D7          G
Here's a quarter call someone who cares
                                 C          G
Well I thought what we had could never turn bad
                            D7
So your leaving caught me unaware
        G
But the fact is you've run
          C          G
Girl that can't be undone
                         D7          G
So here's a quarter call someone who cares
Repeat #2
C             G            D7          C   G
Yeah here's a quarter call someone who cares

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Hero's Death

'Twas on an autumn evening, an old man bent with age
He landed in a city from off of the dusty sage
Is this the express office sir ? I've come to meet my son
They told me that the train was due at this place at half past one

You've made a slight mistake, sir, I'd like for you to know
This is the express office, and not the town deport
You do not understand me, sir, with trembling lips his said
He's not coming to me as a passenger, but he's coming to me dead

Just then a whistle pierced the air, "the express", some one cried
And with a feeble tremblijhng step, the old man passed outside
Just then a casket in a box was lowered to the ground
It was an eager, anxious crowd that quickly gathered 'round

Don't handle it so roughly boys, for that's our darling Jack
He left us just as you are now, Look how he's coming back
It's broken his poor mother's heart as partings always do
Think God he died a hero's death while with the boys in blue


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Acoustic Syndicate - Heroes
Artist: Acoustic Syndicate
Album: Rooftop Garden

Today he draws a breath
Wonders why he does
Reflected images he
Wonders if it ever was.

From the rhythm of his own heart beating
His assurance to trust.

He has reached out his love to them
He's always searching for the truth.
From full color animation
To black and white, cold and aloof

But today, that does not matter
There's no need for proof.

New reason for being.
Seeing isn't always believing
And his thoughts flow
To his heroes.

From the heat of the sun to the pouring rain
Their medicine is his pain.
In his blood it flows
Because of his heroes.

To dream of diamonds
Only to wake in their dust
Consumed and wanting it all
Consumed by lust

It wears on the beauty inside
Its as sleepless as rust

To be there, to listen and to love,
An offering of what's right.
Your foundation's strong when your walls
Come crashing down.

How do you put up a fight?

You are all the colors of the rainbow,
You're a complete ray of light.

In the middle of the night
With your light on
How I pray that you are well.

All this time working the fields,
You nursed and healed us.
You let us think for ourselves.
I was thinking that I never told you

You are my heroes.

So, here's to you, my heroes,
I love you.

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Hey Boys
Mitch Jayne / Rodney Dillard / Roy Dean Webb / Herb Pedersen

When I was a young man lived along the Merrimac
Washed in the river when the water ran clean
I waited for the day I could buy me a Cadillac
And see a lot of things that I never have seen

Hey, hey, hey boys I think I'm getting old
Sittin' by the fire when the weather gets cold
I don't care down around the farm
And another little drink won't do us any harm

Rare back talk about your politics
Fight about religion and worry about war
I'll sit spittin' in the fireplace
And pour a little cider when your throat gets sore

Hey, hey, hey boys I think I'm getting old
Sittin' by the fire when the weather gets cold
I don't care down around the farm
And another little drink won't do us any harm

Instrumental (Pedal Steel Guitar + Fiddle)
Hey, hey, hey boys I think I'm getting old
Sittin' by the fire when the weather gets cold
I don't care down around the farm
And another little drink won't do us any harm

Hey, hey, hey boys I think I'm getting old
Sittin' by the fire when the weather gets cold
I don't care down around the farm

And another little drink won't do us any harm
And another little drink won't do us any harm


=============================

Hey Hey Bartender

Hey hey hey bartender
come and set me up another round
Hey hey hey bartender
got a lot of troubles I must drown

Well I guess you guess it's love
it's love it's love it's love it's love bartender
Yes I guess you guess this love has got me down
I tried I tried bartender Lordy Lordy Lordy how I tried

She Lied she lied bartender
Lordy how that woman went and lied
Well I guess it's best somehow but now I'm alone
I'm alone I'm alone bartender and I see you see it hurts to be alone

Del McCoury; I wonder Where You Are Tonight

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Hey Hey Hey

I saw you last night in my dreams love
I awoke as the clock was strikin' four
But I didn't think that I'd meet you
And now as you walk through the door

   Come sit here with me, little darlin'
   And allow me to say
   I love you sweetheart I love you
   Hey hey hey hey

As you stood there before me I wondered
If I'd ever get you off of my mind
And the tears filled my eyes when you vanished
With your golden curls that hung down behind

Won't you come back to me in my dreams love
Some dark night when I'm here all alone
Would you tell me sweetheart that you love me
Some dark night when I'm here all alone
 

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Hey Lonesome

Hey lonesome who broke your heart into
Hey lonesome who left you with the blues

I never will forget the day
That you threw my dreams away
When I told you there'd come a day
For all your wrongs to end you'd pay

Hey lonesome who does it feel to lose
Hey lonesome who left you with the blues

You didn't care what I went through
you left me here to cry
you knew my love for you was true
But still you said good bye

Hey lonesome you're gonna wear out your shoes
Hey lonesome who left you with the blues

I tried to tell you when you left
That you'd be back someday
But I've done found me some one else
And here is all I've got to say

Hey lonesome who broke your heart into
Hey lonesome who left you with the blues


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Hey Mr. Freight Train
Author: Frank Poindexter

Hey Mr. Freight Train
You're right on time again
It's always good to see you, Sir
You're one of my best friends
Hey Mr. Freight Train
I feel like a part of you
I hope that there is something some time
I can do for you
There's that old familiar odeur
Of that freight train number nine
I'm in that same old empty boxcar
That I've rode in every time
You can see my initials
Scratched on all of these four walls
Mr. Freight Train, you're a friend of mine
And your whistle is my call
Hey Mr. Freight Train...
If I had to pay my fare
For every ride I've made
I'd have to have more money
Than I'd ever even made
But I ain't worried none at all
Mr. Freight Train is my friend
As long as this ol' boxcar's empty
He will always let me in
Hey Mr. Freight Train...


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Hey Ring-A-Ding
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Eddie Curtis

G               D7                      G
Hey ring-a-ding what are you doing this evening
                                   D7
Hey ring-a-ding what are you doing tonight
G       D7                C                  Cm
Hey Mr. Ring-a-Ding dandy you're as sweet as sugar candy
G               D7                 G      C  G
Hey ring-a-ding what are you doing tonight

                D7              G
Hey ring-a-ding I wish you were near me
                                D7
Hey ring-a-ding I wish you were mine
     G          D7
Well now you've got the ring-a-ding kissing
C           Cm
This little girl's been missing
G               D7              G    C G
Hey ring-a-ding I wish you were mine

C                                 G
You've got the ring-a-ding hugger wake up
A7                               D7
You've got the ring-a-ding lover love

G               D7                G
Hey ring-a-ding I am dreaming and scheming
                             D7
Hey ring-a-ding I'll get you somehow
G       D7                C            Cm
Hey Mr. Ring-a-Ding dandy you'll be my sugar candy
G               D7        G   C G
Hey ring-a-ding let it be now

                     D7
Hey Mr. Ring-a-Ding  you'll be my sugar candy
G                     C            Cm
Hey ring-a-ding dandy you'll be my sugar candy
G               D7        G   C
Hey ring-a-ding let it be now
G               D7        G   C G
Hey ring-a-ding let it be now

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Dolly Parton - Hey, Lucky Lady lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Lucky lady, lucky lady, I was once the lucky lady
I was happy with my baby, I was such a lucky lady
Hey, lucky lady, lucky lady, you are now the lucky lady
Are you happy with my baby, you know you're a lucky lady, you lucky lady
Lucky lady, that's what I was, I was lucky to have his love
All a woman could wish for, he was that and so much more
He was mine and how I loved him before your hands ever touched him
Long before your temping eyes lured my baby from my life
Hey, hey, Lucky lady, lucky lady, you are now the lucky lady
Are you happy with my baby, you know you're a lucky lady
Lucky lady, lucky lady, I was once the lucky lady
I was happy with my baby, you know you're a lucky lady, you lucky lady
Is it love or is it pleasure, do you know you've found a treasure
Are you only having fun, do you know the prize you've won?
If you don't want something lasting, if it's just the time you're passing
Lucky lady, give him up 'cause I do love him very much
Lucky lady, lucky lady, I was once the lucky lady
I was happy with my baby, I was such a lucky lady
Hey, lucky lady, lucky lady, you are now the lucky lady
Are you happy with my baby, you know you're a lucky lady, you lucky lady
Hey, hey, Lucky lady, lucky lady, you are now the lucky lady
Are you happy with my baby, you know you're a lucky lady


=============================

He'll Take You In

Let not your heart be troubled for He will take you in
His invitation stand forever more
He's right there where you let Him to take you by the hand
And lead you to that everlasting shore

   He'll take you in He'll take you in and give you shelter from the storm
   He'll take you in He'll take you in and there your mortal life transform
   How can you be so down and out you should jump right up and shout
   He'll take you in He'll take you in He'll take you in

Let not your soul be weary for He will strengthen you
Even in the weakest times you'll find
Him reaching out his arms to lift you up again
You know He'll take you in every time

You'll be walking on the water with your feet on hallowed ground
If you have the faith to follow in His will
You'll be one with the Spirit the Father and the Son
He'll deliver you sanctified and sealed

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Hickory Wind
Gram Parsons / Bob Buchanon

In South Carolina there's many a tall pine.
I remember the oak tree that we used to climb.
But now when I'm lonesome, I always pretend
That I'm getting the feel of hickory wind.

I started out younger, had most everything.
All the riches and pleasures, what more could life bring?
But it makes me feel better each time it begins,
Callin' me home, hickory wind.

It's hard to find out that trouble is real
In a far away city, with a far away feel.
But it makes me feel better each time it begins,
Callin' me home, hickory wind.

It keeps callin' me home, hickory wind.


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Hide
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Liz Anderson
[3/4 time]

C                F
Never again will I hold you so close to me
G7                       C
For now you love someone else
                     F
Where can I go to be free from your memory 
G7                      C
Where can I hide from myself
 
            F                    C
Where can I hide and your memory won't find me
F                            C
Hide till the heartaches are gone
F                       C
Where nothing will ever remind me
G7                         C
And I'll be alone from now on
                 F
Now I'm so weary so tired of living
G7                      C
I couldn't forget about you
                     F
Here's the river may heaven forgive me
G7                            C
Of what you have forced me to do
            F                    C
Here I will hide and your memory won't find me
F                             C
Hide where the heartaches are gone
F                       C
Where nothing will ever remind me
G7                         C
And I'll be alone from now on
G7                         C
And I'll be alone from now on

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Billy Strings 
Hide And Seek

A twisted game of hide and seek
The stench of darkness and defeat
Another day without relief
Leaves me broken

Curtains falling all around
Echoes up from underground
Screaming out without a sound
Leaves me breathless

Well it's a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I don't have to worry anymore

A feast for eyes deprived of peace
Internal pressure no release
Pain eternal my disease
Neverending

Paralyzed and drowned in thought
All the things that I have lost
My salvation can't be bought
Drains me empty

Well it's a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I don't have to worry anymore

I wasn't ready to believe
Constant failure to achieve
Nothing hidden up my sleeve
I remember

Well it's a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I don't have to worry anymore

It's a dark time I do believe
A cold winds a blowin' at my door
Incredible light I'm gonna find
Where I don't have to worry anymore


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Richard Thompson - Hide It Away (Voltage Enhanced) Lyrics

I sigh when people pass by and I hide it away
I wipe a tear from my eye and I hide it away
When I need you the most
I hold the ghost of you inside

So I keep the flame and go on my way
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Hide it away, hide it away

I break down on the street and I hide it away
Can't speak, can't move my feet and I hide it away
I smile through the mask of my face
But deep and wide is the hurt inside

So I live to love some other day
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Hide it away, hide it away

When I need you the most
I hold the ghost of you inside

So I keep the flame and go on my way
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Hide it away, hide it away, hide it away

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Hide Me Oh Blessed Rock of Ages

Oh thy blessed rock of ages
Trusting now dear Lord in thee
Keep me til my journey's ended
Til they blessed face I'll see

    Hide me oh blessed rock of ages
    Til they face I'll see
    When the storms around me

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Hideaway

I can see the sad expression you were trying to disguise
You gave away your secrets with that look that's in your eyes
You don't have to tell me what you did it comes as no surprise
You don't have to give your heart to hideaway

   Hideaway, hideaway
   In my arms you'll find a safer place to stay
   If you're looking for a refuge where you can hold the world at bay
   Come to me if you just need a hideaway

It seems each time you'd meet somebody you were sure your dreams came true
You never stopped to think she might not be so good for you
You make the same mistakes but I'll be here to tell your troubles to
When it's over come to me and hideaway

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High and Dry
Recorded by Joe Sun
C                                        F
I finally come to my senses and you were gone home
G7                                    C
Thirsty and dying just me and my wine alone
                                        F
And all I can see is what used to be of you and I
C                      G7             C
A room full of dust in memories of us high and dry
F            C           G7
High and dry high and dry
 
C                                        F
I turn up my glass and think of the past and your kiss
G7                                       C
But a half empty bed is the emptiest bed that there
 is 
                                            F
If I drink enough then maybe our love won't make me cry
C                       G7                 C
Then maybe I will but I know I'll still be high and dry
F            C           G7
High and dry high and dry
C                                                          F
So I'll pick up the phone to make sure your home then I'll run to your door
G7                                           C
Praying to God that you'll give me your love just once more
                                                          F
If you'll try one more time then I promise that I'm gonna make it right
C                                     G7              C
Cause I can't live each night for the rest of my life high and dry
F            C           G7
High and dry high and dry
Spoken:
C                                          F
So you finally came to your senses and you find you're alone
G7                                                   C
But it's too late for love and the love we shared is gone
                               F
And I'm truly looking back and wondering why
C                          G7                C
This room full of dust and memories of us is high and dry
F            C           G7
High and dry high and dry 

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High and Lonesome
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss

Take me down, down to the river
Lift me high, up on the flood
And there will be no turning back
And I must find my love
I must find my love
I must find my love

Well, now, meet me in the bottom
With the serpents and the vine
And I must shout out loud
Will she still be mine?
Will she still be mine?
Will she still be mine?

I shall not rest upon the highway
I will not tire nor despair
I shall conspire, I will be there
I'll make a deal, I'll dance in hell
I'll sing out loud and louder yell
I will open every, every door, yeah

Unconversated, out in the wild words
With the lion and the dove
And if I should lose my mind
There, I must find my love
There, I must find my love
There, I must find my love

Leave me high, high on the mountain
With the naked and the free
And if I should bare my soul
Would she still care for me?
Would she still care for me?
Would she still care for me?
Would she still care for me?

I shall not rest upon the highway
I will not tire nor despair (I will not tire nor despair)
I shall conspire, I will be there
I'll make a deal, I'll dance in hell
I'll sing out loud and louder yell (I'll sign out loud and yell)
I will open every door, oh

I'm lost out on the ocean
And I will calm the seven seas
So all alone, so high and lonesome
Does she still think of me?
Does she still think of me?
Does she still think of me?

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Dolly Parton - High And Mighty lyrics

Intro:
He is high and mighty
He is high and mighty
He is there and ever waiting
Reaching out to you and me
1st Chorus:
He is high and mighty
Oh, mighty is His power
Mighty is His love
He is high and mighty
He is there with the answers
Let us lift Him up
God loves you, did you know that?
Ain't it good to know he cares
If you're burdened down with troubles
Just go to Him in prayer
Say God, I'm just a seeker
I'm empty, scared and lost
Then lay your burdens down
At the foot of the cross
He said ye shall know the truth
And the truth shall set you free
He will guide and lead you
And fulfill every need
Nothing is impossible
If you have faith enough
So if you've lost direction
Stop and just look up
2nd Chorus:
'Cause He is high and mighty
Ooh, mighty is His power, mighty is His love
He is high and mighty
He is life everlasting
Let us lift Him up
Interlude:
High and mighty
He is high and mighty
I believe, I do believe
That His love has set me free
I believe, I believe, I believe
3rd Chorus:
He is high and mighty
Oh, mighty is His power, mighty is His love
He is high and He's mighty
It's a wonderful feeling
Let us lift Him up
He said if I be lifted up
He said if I be lifted up
What did He say?
He said if I be lifted up
I'll draw all the men unto me
Let's lift him higher, higher
Higher and higher each day
Let's lift Him up
'Cause He is high and He's mighty
And He has washed my sins away
'Cause He's high and He's mighty


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Brad Paisley - High Life (feat. Carrie Underwood) lyrics

I can still remember when
Grandpa died and our ship came in
Daddy said he left momma and him more money than they'd ever seen
And just like that we were thousandaires
Had a brand new boat and a Frigidaire
And all us kids in our underwear were jumping on a trampoline
A bunch low lives living the high life
Money burning a hole right through the pockets of holey jeans
Grandpa's with Lord now, but we got a new Ford now
And we can watch the Big Orange now on a 57 inch TV, that's right
Money was gone by mid-July and we went back to just getting by
'Til momma slipped on a patch of ice outside of Chick-Fil-A
Now we knew they was a Christian bunch
So we didn't ask for all that much
Settled out of court for ten thousand bucks
And free chicken 'til I die a day
A bunch low lives living the high life
Money burning a hole right through the pockets of holey jeans
Momma's got a limp now but we all get to swim now
Cause we got an above ground sitting out by the trampoline
We walked, we rolled, we lived it up until it started running thin
We began looking for a way to spend that will again
I heard a song a couple months ago, was Carrie Underwood on the radio
Reminded me of a poem my brother wrote back in second grade
I know she didn't steal it but so what? We lawyered up and we sued her butt
These days we figured we'd pretty much get paid to go away
A bunch low lives living the high life
Money burning a hole right through the pockets of a holey jeans
This song's another one now, know I get a hot tub now
Set it next to the above ground sitting out by the trampoline
It's gonna run out some day
And that ain't gonna be a fun day
But as long as it ain't a Sunday
We can go to Chick-Fil-A and eat
[Spoken:]
Man I love those Waffle fries (I know)
That Chick-Fil-A has got some good waffle fries (I'd say, that's right)
Maybe I'll get a diet Coke, I don't know (I wish they had beer, it'd be perfect)
I like the little trays that the food comes on (I like the Polynesian sauce)


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High Lonesome Sound

When ever my soul is lonely
When ever I'm feeling blue
I start thinkin' 'bout my blue-eyed darlin'
My heart starts pinin' for you

I wanna hear that high lonesome sound
'Cause my sweet baby ain't around
When my life's got me down
I wanna hear that high lonesome sound

When I'm lost in this ocean of darkness
Not knowing which way I should turn
And my eyes are filled with the sadness
Of knowing you'll never return

Vince Gill; High Lonesome Sound

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High Muddy Water
Wakefield / Herald / Yeltin

Chorus:
Yes. now I'll swim ashore
Fro I must make it;
Although I'm up to my neck
In high muddy water.

Now the waters are deep and wide
Can't hold out long this way,
I I could spend the time
Perhaps I'd find a way

Chorus

Now I see a distant star
And I hear a restless sound
And somehting seems to say:
"Well, I'm bound for higher ground."

Chorus

Now the sun has risen vain
But I'm safe at last my friend
Deep water was my pain
But now I've reached the end

So now I'll swim ashore,
And I know I'll make it.
Although I'm up to my neck
In high muddy water


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Tony Rice - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)

Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
On this, our weddin' day
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Wait, wait along

I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
And I must face a man who hates me
Or lie a coward, a craven coward
Or lie a coward in my grave

Oh, to be torn 'twixt love and duty
S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty
Look at that big hand move along
Nearin' high noon

He made a vow while in state prison
Vowed it would be my life or his'n
I'm not afraid of death but oh
What will I do if you leave me?

Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
You made that promise as a bride
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Although you're grievin', don't think of leavin'
Now that I need you by my side

Wait along, (wait along) wait along
Wait along, wait along
(Wait along, wait along, wait along, wait along)

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High On A Hilltop

High on a hilltop overlooking a city
I can see the bright lights as they gleam
And somewhere you're dancing in some dingy bar room
And the lure of the gay life takes the place of our dream

High on a hilltop my heart cries oh Lord
Forgive her she know not the way
And give me the power to believe and some day
High on a hilltop together we'll pray

I can vision a rounder with a life so smooth
And a promise of riches for you
But you see not the danger cause you're silly with booze
And high on a hilltop I see a devil win you

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High On A Hilltop
Yonder Mountain String Band

High on a hilltop, I search the land below
Looking for that love of mine left 20 long years ago
Her love I took in vain, her love I did not earn
Love is something that you might find, but pain is what you learn
On a hilltop looking for my love below

I blew my whistle loud, I blew my whistle clear,
Picked up a fiddle, sawed off a tune, looking for my dear
I searched this whole world over, through the country and through the town
I'll keep on looking for that little girl 'til I'm in the loansome ground
On a hilltop looking for my love below

For years my heart did ramble, [???] without a home,
Put down my ancient tired eyes, rest upon my bones
But now the girl is gone, wherever she may be
I hope sometime she sees the stars and maybe thinks of me
Sees the stars and maybe thinks of me

But now the girl is gone, wherever she may be
I hope sometime she sees the stars and maybe thinks of me
Sees the stars and maybe thinks of me

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High On A Mountain

As I looked at the valleys down below
They were green just as far as I could see
As my memory returned oh how my heart did yearn
For you and the day that used to be

   High on a mountain top wind blowing free
   Wondering about the days that used to be
   High on a mountain top standing all alone
   Wondering where the years of my life have flown

Oh I wonder if you ever think of me
Or if time has blotted out your memory
As I listen to the breeze blow gently through the trees
I'll always cherish what you meant to me

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High Sierra
Harley Allen

Chorus:
D A G D
I've been higher than the High Sierra
G D C A
Lower than Death Valley must be.
D A G D
I've been right, mostly wrong
G D A D
Wrong about you, right about me.

The way I feel, I can't explain
So much passion turned to pain
The sun still shines most of the time
Did you know the sun shines when it rains

Chorus

I've been cussed and I've been praised
And I've been nothing much these days
But I'll come back, time will see
If I'm wrong about you, right about me

Chorus

Repeat last Chorus line two times


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High Steppin'
The Avett Brothers

I'm a high steppin', high bettin'
Love givin', I'm a love gettin'
I'm a stranger, I love stretchin' out my wheels
Overnightin' on the desert strip
Makin' time and losin' grip
Drivin' circles in the canyons of my mind

I'm an outsider lookin' in
I got a perfect square for a circle of friends
It's the four of us against the rest of you
But really I am all alone
I'd sell 'em out to save my own
I told them that but they don't buy the truth

I'm a high steppin', high bettin'
Love givin', I'm a love gettin'
I'm a stranger, I love stretchin' out my wheels
Overnightin' on the desert strip
Makin' time and losin' grip
Drivin' circles in the canyons of my mind

Well it's warfare out there, folks
You're either working for success
Or to be rich or, God help us, famous
Or you're working against the clock just to stay afloat
Got your nose all scraped up from the grindstone
You're digging for diamonds and only finding rhinestones
Meanwhile it's August and the tax man has never heard of summer vacation
You're either working on yourself or you're lookin' after babies
Takin' care of your old man or your old lady
And the direct line to the hospital just says "Leave a message"
See, you can only live one day at a time
Only drive one hot rod at a time
Only say one word at a time
And only think one thought at a time
And every soul is alone when the day becomes night
And there in the dark if you can try to see the light
In the most pitch black shape of the loneliest shadow
Well then you ought to sleep well
'Cause there's hope for sure
Well I don't know about all that being true but
I do know this

The best beggars are choosers
The best winners are losers
The best lovers ain't never been loved
And first place ain't easy
The hardest part is believing
The very last word is love

I'm a high steppin', high bettin'
Love givin', I'm a love gettin'
I'm a stranger, I love stretchin' out my wheels
Overnightin' on the desert strip
Makin' time and losin' grip
Drivin' circles in the canyons of my mind

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High Tech Redneck
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Byron Hill and Zack Turner

G
He got 13 channels of wrestling 
 
Coming in strong from a satellite send 
D7
Two hundred function remote control 
G
A big screen TV with stereo 
 
C
Football baseball NASCAR too 
G
With picture in a picture and it's all in view 
D7
And if it comes on just a little too late 
         G
With his VCR's he can get it on tape 
 

He's a high tech redneck  
               D7
Mayberry meets Star Trek 
     G                C
He's bumpkin but he's plugged in  
       D7        G
He's a high tech redneck  
 

He's got 20 sub-woofers in the bed of his truck 
 
A thousand watts of power and he keeps it cracked up 
D7
He ain't into hip hop he ain't into rap 
           G
He like to rattle them speakers with a Ronnie Milsap 
  
C
CD's and cassettes and digital tape 
G
A CB and radar and scamming short waves 
    D7
And if he needs to talk to his honey at home 
          G
He just a dials-up a number on his telephone  
  
Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - Higher And Higher lyrics
(Gary Jackson/Carl Smith)

All your love lifting me higher
Than I ever been lifted before
So keep it up, quench my desire
Then I'll be at your side forevermore
You know your love keeps on lifting me higher
Higher and higher
I said your love keeps on lifting me
Higher and higher
Now once I was downhearted
This little loneliness my foes and friend
But when you came, he soon departed
And he never showed his face again
You know your love keeps on lifting me higher
Higher and higher
I said your love keeps on lifting me
Higher and higher
I'm so glad I finally found you
Yes that one in a million girl
And now with my loving arms around you
I can stand up and face the world
You know your love keeps on lifting me higher
Higher and higher
I said your love keeps on lifting me
Higher and higher


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Dolly Parton - Highlight Of My Life lyrics

Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one that makes it all worth while
You're the one that taught me how to smile
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're a part of every dream I dream
You're my love, my life, my everything
I'll never love another how could I
When darlin' you are the highlight of my life
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one that makes it all worth while
You're the one that taught me how to smile
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one I always think about
And you're the one I couldn't live without
And you've always been my guiding light
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one that makes it all worth while
You're the one that taught me how to smile
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life


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Highway 14 Blues

Hwy 14 Blues E 4/4 slow or fast. 12 bar. ck August 27, 2019
rev may 5/2020

|: E7 E13sus | E7(no3) E13sus| E7 E13sus| E7(no3) E13sus |
| A7 A13sus | A7(no3) A13sus |E7 E13sus | E7(no3) E13sus|
| B7 | C7 B7 |E7 E13sus | E7(no3) E13sus : |

Got the Highway 14 blues. It's taken my life from me.
The Highway 14 blues. Show me. Where could she be?
Hwy 14, drive my happiness back to me.
There's nooks and there's crannies, all along the way.
It's filled with sad stories. It's a long highway.
Hwy 14, show me the truth. Take me there.
This Hwy 14, it's just getting me down.
Well the long night is leaving and here come the Sun. All of this
searching and still found no-one. Hwy 14, you hold the keys.
Ending - |: E7 E13sus | E7(no3) E13sus : |
It's life in the fast lane. Took my baby from me.
Life in the fast lane on Hwy 14
Life in the fast lane. Took my baby from me.
Life in the fast lane on Hwy 14.


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Highway 40 Blues
Author: Larry Cordle
Artist: Ricky Skaggs

Well, these Highway Forty blues,
I've walked holes in both my shoes.
Counted the days since I've been gone,
And I'd love to see the lights of home.
Wasted time and money too;
Squandered youth in search of truth.
But in the end I had to lose,
Lord above, I've paid my dues.
Got the Highway Forty blues. 
The highway called when I was young,
Told me lies of things to come.
Fame and fortune lies ahead! 
That's what the billboard lights had said.
Shattered dreams, my mind is numb, 
My money's gone, stick out my thumb.
My eyes are filled with bitter tears, 
Lord, I ain't been home in years.
Got the Highway Forty blues.
Instrumental Break.
You know, I've rambled all around,
Like a rolling stone, from town to town. 
Met pretty girls I have to say, 
But none of them could make me stay.
Well, I've played the music halls and bars,
Had fancy clothes and big fine cars: 
Things a country boy can't use, 
Dixieland I sure miss you.
Got the Highway Forty blues.


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Highway 52

well moma said " Son before you go
There's something I want you to do
Promise me that you won't go wrong
As you travel down Highway 52 "

I am sittling on the banks of the Ohio river
Sun rise kisses the dew
Fox hounds run and the steam boat roll
I'm sitting there on highway 52

High in the hills old West Virginia
Kentucky painted so blue
My road maps out, my shoes are made for walking
I'll be walking down old highway 52

From the old Queen City to New Boston town
Ironton and old Hanging rock
I've made ever stop, I've played every station
While travelin' there on Highway 52

So tell me my love, oh tell me my darlin'
What are you going to do
If you don't love me or care about me
I'll be headin' on down highway 52

* Refrain

You when it comes time for me to go
I'll hang up my old walkin' shoes
For the last old ride in that big white car
As they haul me down old highway 52

* Refrain


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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan

Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."

Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard where can I go
Howard said there's only one place I know
Sam said tell me quick man I got to run
Ol' Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on Highway 61.

Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
I got forty red white and blue shoe strings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things
And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son
And he said yes I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61.

Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
My complexion she said is much too white
He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61.

Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored
He was tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61.


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Highway Forty Blues

With these Highway 40 blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Counted the days since I've been gone
And I'd love to see the lights of home
Wasted time and money too
Squandered youth in search of truth
But in the end I'd have to lose
Lord above, I've paid my dues
I've got them Highway 40 blues. 

 The highway called when I was young
It told me lies of things to come
Fame and fortune lies ahead
That's what the billboard light had said
Shattered dreams my mind is numb
Money's gone stick out my thumb
My eyes are filled with bitter tears
Lord, I ain't been home in years
I got them Highway 40 blues. 

 You know I rambled all around
Like a rolling stone from town to town
Met pretty girls I'd have to say
But none of them could make me stay
I've played the music halls and bars
Had fancy clothes and big fine cars
Things a country boy can't use
Dixie land I sure miss you
I've got them Highway 40 blues.

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Dolly Parton - Highway Headin' South lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

Chorus:
Oh, on a highway headed south somewhere to Dixie
Where the cotton blooms in the spring and the snow don't fly
I'm gonna rest these chillin' bones in the Southern sunshine
And live where the weather's warm until I die
North Dakota, you got my better years
Montana, you got five years of my life
But the earth's sub-zero wind will never touch me again
A Southern girl can't live on snow and ice

Repeat Chorus

When I cross the Dixie line, I'll throw away my coat
And my goose-down underwear will have to go
I'll never live again where the weather chills you to the bone
I'm tired of livin' like an Eskimo

Repeat Chorus

On a highway headed south somewhere to Dixie
Where the cotton blooms in the spring and the snow don't fly
I'm gonna rest these willin' bones in the Southern sunshine
And live where the weather's warm until I die
Repeat Chorus & Fade


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Billy Strings 
Highway Hypnosis

I'm burning, I'm smoking
Got to keep these wheels a-turning
The hot road underneath me
This cataclysmic journey
White lines and traffic signs
Ain't nothin' I ain't missin'
I can't stand in the drivin' daze
I'm constantly road trippin'

Gone like the wind
Oh, I'll see your face again
Passing through your town before you know
I gotta do my time
With this old guitar of mine
White line fever leads me to the show

Well, the road of life I travel on, I move along so freely
Mesmerized and satisfied with the beauty that has found me
I travel on and sing my song to anyone who'll listen
Forever mindful of the gift that I been given

Gone like the wind
Oh, I'll see your face again
Passing through your town before you know
Well, I gotta do my time
With this old guitar of mine
White line fever leads me to the show

Well, the car, she is against me and I'm runnin' for my money
I need to have a hobby, my guitar, and my sweet honey
News travels fast, my friend, but I keep traveling faster
Angels, they watch over me to keep me from disaster

Gone like the wind
Oh, I'll see your face again
Passing through your town before you know
Well, I gotta do my time
With this old guitar of mine
White line fever leads me to the show

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Highway Of Regret

   Ain't talking, just walking
   Down that highway of regret
   Heart's burning, still yearning
   For the best girl this poor boy's ever met

I never thought this thing could happen
I never thought you'd be untrue
Or go away with another
And break a heart that worshipped you

It makes no difference where I wander
You never seem to leave my mind
Your face is always there before me
I think about you all the time

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Highway Of Sorrow

I once had a darling wife kind, true and sweet
Life was so bright and gay everything complete
But I fell for another who led my life astray
So I'll live in sorrow till my dying day

   Down the highway of sorrow I'm traveling alone
   I've lost all my true friends I've lost a happy home
   I'm heading for destruction I'm on the wrong track
   Down the highway of sorrow there's no turning back

I went back to my darling I got down on my knees
I begged her with tear rimmed eyes to give my poor heart ease
But she was hurt so deeply she could not forgive
So I'll live in sorrow as I long as I live

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Highway Patrol
Recorded by Junior Brown
Written by Red Simpson, Dennis Payne, Ray Rush

G
I got a star on my car and one on my chest
A gun on my hips and the right to arrest
        C
I'm the guy who's the boss on this highway
   G
So watch out what you're doin' when you're drivin' my way
       D7
If you break the law you'll hear from me I know
      G                             D7         G
I'm a workin' for the state I'm the Highway Patrol
Well you'll know me when you see me cause my door's painted white
My siren a-screamin' and my flashin' red lights
  C
I work all day and I work all night
       G
Just a-keepin' law and order tryin' to do what's right
     D7
If I write you out a ticket then you'd better drive slow
           G                    D7         G
I'm just a-doin' my job I'm the Highway Patrol
        C
I'm the Highway Patrol the Highway Patrol
   G                  D7        G
My hours are long and my pay is low
         C
But I'll do my best to keep you drivin' slow
           G                    D7         G
I'm just a-doin' my job I'm the Highway Patrol
  
If you're drivin' too fast like you shouldn't do
You can bet your boots I'm comin' after you
       C
If you wanna race then get on a race track
      G
Cause when you try to run away I'm gonna bring you back
    D7
I'm here to keep all the speeder's drivin' slow
           G                    D7         G
I'm just a-doin' my job I'm the Highway Patrol
Repeat #2
           D7                              G
I'm just a-doin' my job I'm the Highway Patrol

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Leftover Salmon - Highway Song Lyrics

I got some time
I guess I'll just settle on in for the ride
Clearin' my mind
Reachin' out through the inside

Haulin' into a new town
Just another stop along the way
Later on when the sun goes down
It's time for us to play

Tires singin' between white lines
Now I know it won't be long
Moment by moment, they're passin' us time
Just another highway song

So many miles away
From the one I need the most
Beyond any words I can say
So far and yet so close

Trading scenes outside the windows
Glimpses into other lives
Where we're headed, I just don't know
I'm just watchin' the world go by

Tires singin' between white lines
Now I know it won't be long
Moment by moment, they're passin' us time
Just another highway song

New emotions inside my mind
Left me wond'ring where to turn
Always lookin' for a sign
Crossin' rivers while bridges burn

Tires singin' between white lines
Now I know it won't be long
Moment by moment, they're passin' us time
Just another highway song

I got some time
I guess I'll just settle on in for the ride
Clearin' my mind
Reachin' out through the inside

Just another highway
Just another highway
Just another highway
Just another highway

Just another highway
Just another highway
Just another highway
Just another highway
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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Highways Run Forever
Written and recorded by Johnny Lee

C                    Am
Them highways run forever
        F                           C
It just seems like they never gonna end
G7          C                     Am
Making me a livin' just making me old
  F
I bet I can tell you some stories 
                       G7
That you've never been told
F               C
Highways run forever 
        Em                          F
It just seems like they never gonna end
          C
And every time I turn around 
F              G7      C
I'm on another highway again
                                               Am
I've been livin' out of motels never knowing a soul
    F                                         C
Sometimes this life worth livin' it sure gets old
G7           C                         Am
Met a lot of women seen a lot of lyin' eyes
      F                              G7
And I made some happy I've made some cry
         F               C
And them highways run forever 
        Em                          F
It just seems like they never gonna end
              C
Oh yeah every time I turn around 
F              G7      Am       F
I'm on another highway again oh yeah
      C
Every time I turn around 
F              G7      C
I'm on another highway again
 
F               C
Highways run forever 
        Em                          F
It just seems like they never gonna end
          C
And every time I turn around 
F              G7      Am       F
I'm on another highway again oh yeah
      C
Every time I turn around 
F              G7      C
I'm on another highway again

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Hillbilly Fever  
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by George Vaughn

G                                     C                G
When you walk up to a jukebox and you slip that nickel in
                                         A7               D7
You can bet your bottom dollar when that record starts to spin
              G                          C             G
You'll hear a fiddle and a guitar with a honky tonkin' sound
                                  D7             G
It's that hill billy fever that's spreadin' all around

          C              G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around
                                 D7
Good ole mountain music's got me down
            G                                 C        G
It's got me robbin' candles throwin' rice and slippin' around
          D7             G
Hillbilly fever's got me down

                                        C                  G
When you get that jumpy feelin' and you don't know what is wrong
                                           A7                 D7
Don't you worry 'bout it brother there's a brand new mountain song
               G                               C              G
That's got the whole dang country rockin' with that big apple beat
                                   D7                   G
It's that hillbilly breakdown that shake's you off your feet

          C              G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around
                                 D7
Good ole mountain music's got me down
          G                            C             G
I spent a Sunday down in Tennessee and here's what I found
          D7            G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around

                                             C                      G
When that love bug starts around you and you don't know you've been stung
                                    A7                 D7
Then you go and see a doctor and he says poke out your tongue
        G                                C                G
When he looks into that canyon tells you brother I've got news
                                            D7               G
You're the victim of sweet daddy and you've got the lovesick blues
          
          C             G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around
                                 D7
Good ole mountain music's got me down
             G                           C            G
I stopped in Chattanooga got a shine and I heard this sound
          D7            G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around

          C             G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around
                                 D7
Good ole mountain music's got me down
          G                                    C                G
I'm gonna one foot two foot slew foot drag and then I'll hoe it down
          D7            G
Hillbilly fever's goin' around

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Hillbilly Girl With The Blues  
Written and recorded by Lacy J. Dalton 
 
G                   C
Friends I know darn well 
         G                    C
That I'm heading straight for hell
     G                              D7
If I keep on living the crazy way I do
      G              C
But I really have to say 
     G                C
I've come a long long way
      G         D7            G
For a hillbilly girl with the blues

          C
So if you think my song's too rough 
       G
Please recall the roads been tough
                                                D7
And don't judge me darling until you've worn my shoes
       G              C          G             C
I have never tried to hide how I really feel inside
           G         D7            G
I'm just a hillbilly girl with the blues

                         C            G            C
Someday some I'll settle down in some quite little town
      G                                        D7
And I won't look back till I leave these blues behind
          G           C                 G                 C
I'm gonna play my old guitar praise the Lord and pass the jar
          G             D7              G
I'm gonna sing myself a little piece of life

                     C
Don't you know these city lights 
                   G
Can really blind a country girl
                                      D7
People often think she's too green to refuse
             G                  D7
Well there's nothing worse than neon 
         C                  A7
When the morning sun shines through
     G         D7        C         D7
To a hillbilly girl to a hillbilly girl 
     G         D7            C
To a hillbilly girl with the blues
         G
With the blues

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Hillbilly Highway
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Jimbeau Hinson and Steve Earle
 
G                                        C       G
My granddaddy was a miner but he finally saw the light
             
He didn't have much just a beat up truck 
                    C      G
And a dream about a better life
      
Grandma cried when she waved goodbye 
                     C        G
I never heard such a lonesome sound
                                                       C    G
Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop Detroit City bound
C         G    C     G       C       G    C     G
Down that h-illbilly highway on that h-illbilly highway
C        G    C                         G
That old h-illbilly highway goes on and on
                                                  C        G
Now he worked and saved his money so that one day he might send
                                              C       G
My daddy off to college to use his brains and not his hands
Grandma cried when he said goodbye 
                     C        G
I never heard such a lonesome sound
                                                     C       G
But daddy had himself a good job in Houston one more rolling down
Repeat #2  That old hillbilly...
 
                                                       C      G
Now granddaddy's rolled over in his grave the day that I quit school
                                                           C     G
I just sat around the house playin' my guitar daddy said I was a fool
                                                       C        G
My mama cried when I said goodbye I never heard such a lonesome sound
           
Now I'm standin' on this highway and if you're goin' my way
         C         G
You know where I'm bound
Repeat #2  x2 That old hillbilly...

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Hillbilly Rock 
recorded by Marty Stuart 
written by Paul Kennerley
 
G
It comes from Mississippi and down in Alabam
 
Creeping like a fever all across the land 
 
From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore
 
The people got to have it they wanna hear some more
 
       C
It's a Hillbilly Rock beat it with a drum
G
Playing that guitar like shooting from a gun
C
Keeping up the rhythm steady as a clock
D7                                        G
Doing a little thing called the Hillbilly Rock
 
Some say it came from Elvis down in Tennessee
Or It drifted here from Georgia bout 1953
Just as long as it's greasy as long as it's fast
As long as it's pumping honey it's gonna last
 
Repeat #2 
 
Way back in ole Kentucky where the blue grass grows
Through the Carolinas on the dirt red roads
Burning like a fire running wild in the woods
From Arkansas to Texas it sounds so good 
 
Repeat #2
 
So when the heat starts to rise and you got a full head of steam
Take a ride down the river and you'll see just what I mean
The juke joint's jumping when that cat goes on
The whole place is shaking there's something going on 
 
Repeat #2
 
Tag:
D7                                        G
Doing a little thing called the Hillbilly Rock
D7                                        G
Doing a little thing called the Hillbilly Rock



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Dolly Parton - Hillbilly Willy lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Now Little Will was from the hills way back in the sticks
He got his reputation from turning on them country chicks
He drove a souped up hot rod car buddy he could really
Knock those little girls off their feet yeah
Hillbilly Willy
He'd talk that ole sweet lovers talk with a hillbilly drawl
Willy wasn't much for looks he was only five feet tall
But when he talked that ole sweet talk he drove those little girls silly
They stood in line waiting for their time to court
Hillbilly Willy
Then this country cyclops who measured six foot nine
Came up to Little Will and said, "You stole that little girl of mine"
Then there was a awful brawl boy it was a dilly
When the fighting stopped there on top stood
Hillbilly Willy
Now the moral of the story is to be a lover you gotta be tough
Even if you're just five feet tall you gotta be able to strut your stuff
Now to all you lovers in radioland, if your love life's a little chilly
Bear in mind the rough, tough kind like
Hillbilly Willy
Just bear in mind the rough, tough kind like
Hillbilly Willy


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Hills and Home

Headin back to the hills and home
This old country never more to roam
This travellin' life is not for me
I'm heading back to the hills and home

Like many other wanderin lads
I went away my fortune to see
It's all the same but now I know
My fortune's here among the hills and home

I can smell the mountain laurels bloomin'
Along the road that leads up to my home
That stand of oak out behind the shed
Makes me long for the hills and home

There's a light shining from the window
The smoke is curlin from the chimney top
Mom and dad about their evening chores
I'll soon be back among the hills and home
 

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Hills of Home

There ain't much that's left here that ain't all run down
Gone are the echoes of old familiar sounds
Families have scattered parted and gone
Left a lot of good things to wither away back home

Can't you feel those hills around you
Can't you feel that touch of home
Don't you wish you'd never gone
There are some things memories can't bring home
Hills of home hills of home
Families scattered off and gone
These old hills that have been passed by
Well they've seen their share of leavin' in their time

Old familiar dirt roads winds through the piney glade
Where all the longings of childhood dreams were made
Where we passed the mossy mounds where I could run and play
Never a care to cross my mind all the livelong day

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Hills Of Home
written and recorded by Hazel Dickens

C                                 F                  C
There ain't much that's left here that ain't all run down
                       D7           G7
Gone are the echoes of old familiar sound
C                      F          C
Families are scattered parted and gone
                             G7               C
Left a lot of good things to wither away back home
                F           C
Can't you feel  those hills around you
          G7                 C
Can't you feel that touch of home
                    F           C
And don't you wish  you'd never gone
                               G7          C
There are some things memories can't bring home
               F        C
Hills of home  hills of home
                   G7      C
Families scattered off and gone
                F                     C
These old hills that have been passed by
                                         G7       C
Well they've seen their share of leaving in their time
                             F                 C
Old familiar dirt roads wind through the piney glade
                         D7                    G7
Where all the longing of childhood dreams were made
C                                F                     C
Where we passed the mossy mounds where I could run and play
                              G7               C
Never a care to cross my mind all the livelong day
Repeat #2 & 3
                                        G7       C
Yes they've seen their share of leaving in their time

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Hills Of Roan Country

In the beautiful hills, way back in Roan Country
There's where I roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tending most ever
That's where the first step of misfortune I made

I was thirty years old when I courted and married
When Armanda Gilbreath was then called my wife
Her brother stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three months later I'd taken Tom's life

For twenty five years this whole world I rambled
I went to old England to France and to Spain
And I thought of my home way back in Roan Country
I boarded a steamer and came back again

I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in the country would speak a kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next morning
A lifetime in prison was the word that I heard

When the train pulled out, poor mother stood weepin
And sister she sat, alone with a sing
And the last words I heard was, Willie God bless you
Was Will God bless you, God bless you, good bye

Sweet Martha was buried but corey was better
There's better and worse, although you can see
Boys when you write home form the prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me


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His And Hers
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Paul Craft

C                               G7
In the carport two cars his and hers
                                     C
On the towel rack two towels his and hers
                   C7           F
In the bedroom the bed with two pillows still wet
         G7                          C   G7
With the teardrops they shed his and hers
    C                             G7
The kids ride their bikes his and hers
                                      C
Say their prayers every night his and hers
                        C7             F
And it's plain from the start when the day comes too hard
        G7                              C   G7
It will break two little hearts his and hers
       C                           G7
In the courtroom two sides his and hers
                                 C
It's a question of pride his and hers
               C7         F
What a pity we say to see marriage today
G7                          C
Going separate ways his and hers
    G7                         C
Why did it have to be mine and yours
    G7                         F    C
Why did it have to be mine and yours

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His Promised Land
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Lisa Shaffer and Rhonda Vincent

C
When my way was long and all hope was gone
                       G7
I saw eternity growing near 
C
I reached out to take God's hand
He gave me strength and helped me stand
                                G7           C
To walk the stairway leading to His promised land 
         F                            C
Promised land promised land so softly sings the Angels Band
                                              G7    C G7
My soul is filled with perfect peace and love divine
           C
Come in my child and take your place a table filled by God's embrace
                      G7                  C
I journey to my final home sweet promised land
Tears will never fill my eyes I've reached my home up in the sky
                                              G7
This perfect place of splendid beauty I shall remain
C
No more struggles no more strife God give to us eternal life
                               G7           C
Open your heart and journey to His promised land 
Repeat #2
                      G7                  C
I journey to my final home sweet promised land

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His True Love Said Goodbye
Written and recorded by Johnny Tillotson

C       G7     C
I saw a little sparrow
               G7     C
With teardrops in his eyes
    F                C     F
His little heart was broken
    C         F        C
His true love said goodbye
      G7    C
I can still remember
               G7     C
The love light in his eyes
    F             C      F
But now it's gone forever
    C         F        C
His true love said goodbye
    F
And just like him
           C
I feel the pain he's going through
    F
For when you said goodbye how you made my heart cry
    C                   G7
Now I feel the same way too
   C     G7      C
So now I pray to heaven
          G7       C
To heaven please I cried
      F                 C      F
Don't leave me like the sparrow
    C         F        C
His true love said goodbye
              F        C
His true love said goodbye

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Hit 'em Up Style

While he was scheming
I was beamin' in the beamer, just beamin'
Can't believe that I caught my man cheatin'
So I found another way to make him pay for it all

So I went
To Neiman-Marcus on a shopping spree
And on the way I grabbed Soley and Mia
And as the cash box rang I threw everything away

Hey ladies
When your man wanna get buckwild
Just go back and hit 'em up style
Put your hands on his cash
And spend it to the last dime for all the hard times

Oh, when you go then everything goes
From the crib to the ride and the clothes
So you better let him know that
If he messed up, you gotta hit 'em up

There goes the dreams we used to say
There goes the time we went away
There goes the love I had but you cheated on me
And that's worth that now

There goes the house we made a home
There goes you'll never leave me alone
There goes the lies you told
This is what you owe

While he was braggin'
I was coming down the hill and just draggin'
All his pictures and his clothes in the bag and
Sold everything else till there was just nothin' left

And I paid
All the bills about a month too late
It's a shame we have to play these games
The love we had just fades away, fades away

Hey ladies
When your man wanna get buckwild
Just go back and hit 'em up style
Put your hands on his cash
And spend it to the last dime for all the hard times

Oh, when you go then everything goes
From the crib to the ride and the clothes
So you better let him know that
If he messed up, you gotta hit 'em up

Hey ladies
When your man wanna get buckwild
Just go back and hit 'em up style
Put your hands on his cash
And spend it to the last dime for all the hard times

Oh, when you go then everything goes
From the crib to the ride and the clothes
So you better let him know that
If he messed up, you gotta hit 'em up

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Hit Parade Of Love

From what I've been a hearing dear you've really got it made
You've got a lot of fellers on your lover's hit parade
If I can't be your number one I don't know what I'll do
Gonna be plumb up to the top I'm so in love with you

   On the hit parade of love I know I'll never stop
   I've got a long long way to climb before I reach top
   But if I do get there soon I'd really have it made
   Then I'll know I'm number one your lover's hit parade

Now it's your heart I'm after 'cause it's so nice and kind
Another one to take your place would sure be hard to find
So put your arms around me dear and be my turtle dove
Then I'll feel like I'm number one on your hit parade of love

Now if we work together like all good lovers should
We can make a go of it everything will turn out good
We will can so much fun we'll really have it made
Then I'll know I'm number one on your lover's hit parade

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Hitch Hiking Girl
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Ray King

C                   F
I was rolling along minding my business
  C                           G7
I didn't have a worry in this world
     C                   F
Then on up ahead on that big open road
   G7                             C
My lights picked up a hitchhiking girl

                            F
Then it all happened with a hiya hon'
      C                        G7
Can I give you a lift down the road
      C                       F
Can't take you too fast gotta learn to take it slow
     D7             G7
I've got on a heavy load

C
She said that's alright big boy

Take all the time you need
F                         C
And by the way my name is Pearl
     F                       C
So I pulled in my rig at the next truck stop
     G7                    C
Just me and my hitchhiking girl

                      F
Then it started again with a G-bend
C                       G7
Oh you sure are big and strong
    C                             F
She purred like a kitten and then I was admittin'
     D7                           G7
That this affair just couldn't be wrong

        C
Then my troubles became double with a friendly embrace
F                          C
Man she really had me in a whirl
       F                  C
When I woke up at dawn my wallet was gone
    G7                    C
And so was my hitchhiking girl

                         F
Then it all ended with a what the
    C                        G7
Boy she really took me for a ride
C                        F
Can't eat today might as well be on my way
     D7               G7
Just me and my busted pride

     C
So I headed out once more too broke to be poor
      F                             C
But a lesson I've learned from this girl
            F                       C
Now you can take it from me and the ICC
      G7                       C
Don't ever trust a hitchhiking girl



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Ho Honey Ho

Apples in the summer time
Peaches in the fall
If I don't get the girl I love
Won't hae none at all

Going to Rocky Island
Going when I'm gone
See my Candy darling
Ho honey ho

Get up on the mountain
Sow a little cane
Make a barrel of sorghum
Sweetin' ole Liza Jane

* Refrain

Back clouds a risin'
Sure sign of rain
Get your old gray bonnet
See little Liza Jane

* Refrain


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Hobo Bill's Last Ride

Riding on an east bound freight train speeding thru the night
Hobo Bill a railroad bum was fighting for his life
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the cold

No warm lights flicker 'round him no blankets there to fold
Nothing but the howling wind and the driving rain so cold
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreary kind of way
The hobo seemed contented for he smiled there where he lay

Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcare door
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor
While the train sped thru the darkness and the raging storm outside
No-one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride

It was early in the morning when they raised the Hobo's head
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead
There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold

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Hobo Blues

I got a hole in my pocket
I done packed my old knapsack
I got a train to catch a mile on down the track
Well I been hanging around this old town way too many days
I got to ramble on and I must be on my way

I got the hobo blues
I gotta go gotta go God I got the hobo blues
When I hear that whistle blow some
I gotta move gotta move God
I got the hobo blues

Some women try to hold me but I keep on movin' on
My hat don't hang in nowhere for too long
'Cause I'm caught up in the feeling of the singin' brakemans song
I got the hobo blues deep down in my bones

When I die oh won't you bury me in an old box car
With a coffee can and my old guitar
But make sure that I'm close enough to hear that passin' train
I got the freight train fever chuggin' through my veins

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Hobo's Lullaby
Goebel Reeves

Chorus:
Go to sleep you weary hobo
Let the towns drift slowly by
Can't you hear the steel rail humming
That's a hobo's lullaby

Do not think about tomorrow
Let tomorrow come and go
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the wind and snow

I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to heaven
You won't find no policemen there

I know your clothes are torn and ragged
And your hair is turning grey
Lift your head and smile at trouble
You'll find happiness some day

Chorus

Variation: Sing chorus between all verses.


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Dolly Parton - Hobo's Meditation

Tonight as I lay on the boxcar
Just waiting for a train to pass by
What will become of the hobo
When his time comes to die
There's a Master up yonder in heaven
Got a place that we might call our home
Will we have to work for a living
Or can we continue to roam
Will there be any freight trains in heaven
Any boxcars in which we might hide
Will there by any tough cops or brakemen
Will they tell us that we cannot ride
Will the hobo chum with the rich man
Will we always have money to spare
Will they have respect for the hobo
In that land that lies up there
Repeat Chorus


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Hobos Found Dixie Bound
BMI Work #: 8987045
Hobos Found Dixie Bound (Larry W. Jones 07/01/2007) (song#4753)

Slow freight train rollin' Makin' a drowsy sound
In the boxcars sleepin' Are hobos Dixie bound
Wobblin', rockin', rollin' Freight train on its way
Hobos found Dixie bound Down to Mobile Bay

Engineer at the throttle Conductor in the caboose
Hobos sharin' a bottle Tryin' to take a snooze
Wobblin', rockin', rollin' Freight train on its way
Hobos found Dixie bound Down to Mobile Bay

No more cold and rain Past the Mason Dixon line
Hobos goin' home again Where Dixie sun will shine
Wobblin', rockin', rollin' Freight train on its way
Hobos found Dixie bound Down to Mobile Bay

Dixie has the sunshine No more skies of grey
Hobos on the Dixie line Sleepin' in the hay
Wobblin', rockin', rollin' Freight train on its way
Hobos found Dixie bound Down to Mobile Bay

Wobblin', rockin', rollin' Freight train on its way
Hobos found Dixie bound Down to Mobile Bay


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Hobo's Meditation
By Merle Haggard  written by Jimmie Rodgers  [3/4 time]
 
C            G7       C
Tonight as I lay on a boxcar 
F                                C
Just waiting for a train to pass by
F                       C
What will become of the hobo 
D7                          G7
Whenever that time comes to die
 
C                 G7        C
Has the Master up yonder in heaven 
F                                  C
Got a place that we might call our home
F                          C
Will we have to work for a living 
D7        G7          C
Or can we continue to roam
 
                  G7                C
Will there be any freight trains in heaven 
F                             C
Any boxcars in which we might hide
F                                C
Will there be any tough cops and brakemen 
D7                          G7
Will they tell us we cannot ride
 
C             G7                 C
Will the hobo chum with the rich man 
F                            E7
Will we always have money to spare
F                            C
Will they have respect for a hobo 
                 G7             C
In the land that lies hidden up there
 
Repeat #3 & 4

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Richard Thompson - Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) Lyrics

My mammy told me, "Isabelle, now don't stay out too late
One day, they'll throw you out of school
So get yourself a steady date"
But Georgie meets me every night, we go out and we have a bite
Eyes of blue and money too, he's a-rattling the garden gate
And I can hardly wait

When Georgie's on a spree, all the girls are jealous of me
'Cos I'm the one, he spends his money on
He'll spend it one, two, three
Driving in his Chevrolet, I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen, when Georgie's on a spree

We don't see bad company, we mix it with the best
Rubbing shoulders with the rich and no time for a rest
When I see something that I need
My Georgie buys the street for me
When we've tired of the Ritz, he's got a little nest
We'll put him to the test

When Georgie's on a spree, all the girls are jealous of me
'Cos I'm the one, he spends his money on
He'll spend it one, two, three
Driving in his Chevrolet, I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen, when Georgie's on a spree

One day Georgie hung his head and sadly he did say
"Little girl, I'm leaving you, I have to go away
But I'll be back in a week or two and I'll be thinking just of you
Sit beside your telephone until that lucky day
When I come home to stay"

When Georgie's on a spree, all the girls are jealous of me
'Cos I'm the one, he spends his money on
He'll spend it one, two, three
Driving in his Chevrolet, I'm perfect company
He's the king and I'm his queen, when Georgie's on a spree
He's the king and I'm his queen, when Georgie's on a spree

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Hold Everything Till I Get Home
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Red Hayes and Buddy Dee

C                    F
Hold everything till I come home
   C                   G7
No matter how long I'm gone
C                   F
Don't be tempted by the money and booze
C              G7      C
Nobody's gonna fill my shoes

G7                      C
When I get back I won't even knock
D7                               G7
Cause the same ole keys fits the same ole locks
F                    C
Hold everything till I come home
   G7                  C
No matter how long I'm gone

                     F
Hold everything till I come home
   C                   G7
No matter how long I'm gone 
C                     F
Don't try to sell our little old shack
C            G7         C
Just keep it till I get back

G7                      C
Just keep everything in apple shape
D7                     G7
If you feel too frisky just put on the brake
F                    C
Hold everything till I come home
   G7                  C
No matter how long I'm gone

                     F
Hold everything till I come home
   C                   G7
No matter how long I'm gone
C                                F
Just meet 'em at the door with a 44
C              G7        C
And tell 'em I might get sore

G7                          C
If they ask for a date just show 'em the gate
D7                             G7
And if they don't like it tell them they're to late
F                    C
Hold everything till I come home
   G7                  C
No matter how long I'm gone

                F
Hold everything I'm a-coming home
   C                G7
No matter how far I roam
C                   F
When I return we're gonna be alone
C                 G7        C
We'll forget I've ever been gone

G7                 C
When I get back if you've been sweet
D7                         G7
We won't have much time to eat
F                    C
Hold everything till I come home
   G7                  C
No matter how long I'm gone

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Hold Fast To The Right

Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy
You have only a moment I know
But stay till I give you this parting advice
It is all that I have to be stow 

   Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
   Wherever your footsteps may roam
   Oh forsake not the way of a salvation my boy
   That you learn'd from your mother at home 

You leave us to seek your employment, my boy
By the world you have yet to be tried
But in the temptations and trials you meet
May your heart to the Savior confide 

I gave you to God in your cradle, my boy
And I've taught you the best that I knew
And as long as His mercies permit me to live
And I shall never cease praying for you 

You will find in your satchel, a Bible, my boy
It's the book of all others the best
It will help you to levee and prepare you to die
And will lead to the gates of the blest

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Hold Me
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Hank Cochran
 
C                                           D7
You've gotta take me in your arms honey and hold me
G7                            C
Play like you like me all the time
                                            D7
You've gotta take me in your arms honey and hold me
G7                       C
Just love my body not my mind
 
         F                           C
Cause my mind just might run off and leave you
       D7
And go back to the things that used to be
   C                              D7
So when it starts to go do like I told you
G7                             C
Take me in your arms honey and hold me
                                            D7
You've gotta take me in your arms honey and hold me
G7                            C
Play like you like me all the time
                                            D7
You've gotta take me in your arms honey and hold me
G7                       C
Just love my body not my mind
 
         F                           C
Cause my mind just might run off and leave you
       D7
And go back to the things that used to be
   C                              D7
So when it starts to go do like I told you
G7                             C
Take me in your arms honey and hold me
                                            D7
You've gotta take me in your arms honey and hold me
G7                            C
Play like you like me all the time
                                            D7
You've gotta take me in your arms honey and hold me
G7                       C
Just love my body not my mind
 
G7                       C
Just love my body not my mind

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Hold Me
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by G. Ray

C        F                  C
Hold me  let me be a little girl again
E7                      F
Don't want a lover now  I need a friend
      G7
And a warm safe place to be
C        F             G7           C
Hold me  don't want to talk I don't want to smile
E7                  F
I only want to hide and rest awhile
    G7            C
And have you hold me
                                E7
I don't want to think about the world outside your arms
F             A7             D7 G7
Everything it calls on me to d--o
C                            E7
I'm all out of giving let me take just for a minute
F                             G7
Sometimes I need to be a baby too  and have you...
Repeat #1,2,2

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Hold Me In Your Arms
Recorded by Gena Roberts
Written by Chuck Cusimano

C                                                  C7
You told me you were leaving you were only passing through
    F                C        D7                    G7
Two years we've been together time passes fast it's true
C                                                 C7
I know I'll never hold you dear leaving's in your heart
F               C    G7                   C
Hold me in your arms while my world falls apart
G7                             C
Goodbye is so hard to say it's final and it's done  
D7                                  G7
I know you won't be coming back and I'm the lonely one
C                                              C7
So let me hug you tightly before the teardrops start
F               C    G7                   C
Hold me in your arms while my world falls apart
                                                     C7
You told me not to love you that you weren't staying long
    F                C              D7             G7
But I can't help the way I feel the feeling's just begun
C                                                    C7
I'll try and stand here bravely and watch your plane depart
F               C    G7                   C
Hold me in your arms while my world falls apart
G7                             C
Goodbye is so hard to say it's final and it's done  
D7                                  G7
I know you won't be coming back and I'm the lonely one
C                                               C7
So let me hold you tightly before the teardrops start
F               C    G7                   C
Hold me in your arms while my world falls apart
F               C    G7                   C
Hold me in your arms while my world falls apart

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Brad Paisley - Hold Me In Your Arms (And Let Me Fall) lyrics

Chorus
Hold me in your arms just see how it feels
Don't make me wait forever just because you know I will
Don't leave me hangin', wishin',
waitin', just hopin' that you'll call
Darlin' hold me in your arms and let me fall
You've got reservations, well darlin' so do I
But mine are at a restaurant six-thirty Friday night
I swear you won't regret it if you agree to go
Just do me one small favor before you tell me no
Repeat chorus
When you go out shopping you try on brand new clothes
To see if something fits or not there's just one way to know
Why's it any different when someone asks you out
You might as well just try me on before you turn me down
Repeat chorus
Tag
Yeah darlin' hold me in your arms and let me fall


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Sam Bush - Hold On

Hold on to me when you're fallin'
When you're fallin' down to the ground
Hold on to me when you feel like
When you feel like you can't go on

Don't be afraid when they refuse you
Playin' with a broken heart, this ain't a game
Don't be ashamed to reach out and touch my helping hand
It's so easy to be, to be free

All you got to do is hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin' down
Hold on to me when you're fallin' down to the ground

Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'

Reach out to me when you're cryin'
When you're cryin' out in the rain
Reach out to me when you feel like
When you feel like you can't stand the pain

Don't be ashamed to hold your head up
Walking through this crowded world ain't no big thing
Don't be afraid to reach out and touch the friendly skies
It's so easy to do, take your cue

All you got to do is hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin' down
Hold on to me when you're fallin' down to the ground

Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin' down
Hold on to me when you're fallin' down to the ground

Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'

Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'
Hold on to me when you're fallin'

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Hold On (To The Love I've Got)
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Norro Wilson, Carmol Taylor, Tammy Wynette

G7
I'm gonna hold on to the love I've got
     C                          A7
In a hundred million years I'll never stop
              F
Cause there's nothin' in the world 
           G7                  C   F C
That could keep me from lovin' you
Well I'm livin' when I'm lovin' 
                              D7
And I'm lovin' every time I'm with you
          G7
Just like walkin' in the sunshine 
                         C   G7
Lord you make me feel so fine
       C
And as long as we're livin' 
                      D7
And lovin' the way we want to
  G7                                     C
I know I'm gonna be the best loved woman alive
          G7
I'm gonna hold on to the love I've got
  C
I couldn't care less if they like it or not
   F                                          G7
As long as you're satisfied with the things I do
Repeat #1
                                            D7
The thrills I feel I know are real when you touch me
      G7 
And I wake up every mornin' 
                                 C    G7
With your arms wrapped around me tight
        C                                    D7  
And the feelin' I feel is exactly the way it should be
          G7                                         C
Cause the love we've got keeps growin' every day and night
 
Repeat #3,1
           F
No there's nothin' in the world 
           G7                  C   F C
That could keep me from lovin' you
Repeat #1,2,2

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Hold On Tight (Let It Go)
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
Written by Don Schlitz and Paul Overstreet

G                                      D7              G
Well I know that I'm in trouble when I think I know it all
                            D7            G
My pride always takes a bow just before I fall
           C                           G
But you're just as right as me and I'm just as wrong as you
                                      D7              G
We're in this love together and we're bound to see it through
           C            G
So hold on tight let it go
    C              G                                  D7
Our love is always strongest when we let our weakness show
         C                      G                   C G C
We don't have to give in to the prideful winds that b-l-o-w
              G     D7     G
If we hold on tight let it go
                             D7              G
A careless word in anger can wound another's heart
                                     D7              G
In self-defense a wall is built that keeps us worlds apart
            C                                  G
Well I'm as much to blame as you and you're as innocent as me
                                       D7                 G
There's one locked door between us and forgiveness is the key
Repeat #2
C       G            Em
Hold on tight to the love that lives inside us
A7                   D7
Don't hang on to the feelings that divide us
Repeat #2
 
C             G     D7     G
If we hold on tight let it go
D7     G
Let it go 

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Hold On To God
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
Hold on hold on hold on to God 
    C                  G
And not the way of the world
Hold on hold on and put your trust 
   A7              D7
In His everlasting word
     G
Hold on hold on hold on to God 
   C                        G
In this life's storm tossed sea
     C              G       C
Yeah cling to Jesus His lifeline 
   G       D7     G
It will salvation bring
                        C          G
Satan shall lead down a pathway of sin 
                        D7
Away from your heavenly home
     G                  C          G
With many great wonders many great signs 
          D7      G
Deceiving all but strong
repeat #1,2
                 C          G
Be not misled by miraculous deeds 
                             D7
Performed in the name of the lamb
    G                    C            G
For He shall return as a thief in the night 
             D7       G
To claim His own once again
Repeat #1,2
     C              G       C
Yeah cling to Jesus His lifeline 
   G       D7     G
It will salvation bring

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Hold On Woman
Recorded by Jeanne Pruett
Written by Sharon R. Higgins 

C
Hold on woman hold on to your man
      G7
Don't turn him loose or take that 
        C
Wedding ring off of your hand
 
He's dreaming now but he'll wake up 
     C7              F
Just like little boy blue
        G7
Hold on woman keep holding on 
                   C
To what belongs to you
 
 
He thinks he's stopped loving you
 
He wants you not to love him too
                                       G7
And nothing you can do will change his mind
   Dm           G7                Dm           G7
He wants you to set him free he's blinded temporarily 
                                       C
He'll see this girl for what she is in time 
 
Hold on woman hold on to your man
      G7
Don't turn him loose or take that 
        C
Wedding ring off of your hand
 
He's dreaming now but he'll wake up 
     C7              F
Just like little boy blue
        G7
Hold on woman keep holding on 
                   C
To what belongs to you

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Hold That Tear
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill and Curly Putman

G                                                G7
You've got that look of almost cryin' in your eyes
C                            G
Once again I almost made you cry
D7
Bitter words were spoken 
    B7                    E7
And your heart was almost broken
A7                               Am D7
Angry words that often make love die

       G                                    G7
But if we'll forgive each other one more time
C                                          G
If you'll let me take you in these arms of mine
   D7                        B7        E7
To keep tears from your eyes I'll apologize
     A7           D7                G    C G
With every single word my heart can find

 
Hold that tear wait right here 
       C
Till I find the words to tell you
          G
That will keep your heart from breakin' 
          A7                  D7
That will stop your eyes from cryin'

          G
Hold that tear don't cry it 
         C
And I'll swear if you'll just try it
            G             D7          G C G
That you'll never have to cry it over me

D7        G
Hold that tear don't cry it 
         C
And I'll swear if you'll just try it
            G             D7          C  G
That you'll never have to cry it over me

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Hold to a Dream
New Grass Revival

D A G A
I'm happy to roam I can find my way to the mountains and the ocean foam.

(Riff 1)

A D G A
But if I had a map to show me the way to your heart dear I'd follow it home.

(Riff 2)

D A G A
Making my way through the dim lit streets of the old town - nowhere to go.

(Riff 1)

A D G A
Wanderin' with the sea wind in my hair I never slow down - I miss you so.

(Riff 2)


CHORUS:

Bm A G Em D
HOLD TO A DREAM - CARRY IT UP AND DOWN
Bm A G Em D
FOLLOW A STAR - SEARCH THE WORLD AROUND
Bm A G Em D
HOLD TO A DREAM - CARRY IT CLOSE TO ME
D
I'M FROZEN IN TIME
A G F#m Em D Riff 1 Riff 2
YOUR LOVE WILL SET ME FREE.


D A G A
The rain outside is beating down, I'm here at home - all alone.

(Riff 1)

A D G A
We used to stay so warm inside, now a night like this - It chills my bones.

(Riff 2)

-CHORUS-

Solo 1(banjo) - Riff 1 - Solo 2 (banjo) - Riff 2 - Solo 3 (violin)


D A G A
I miss you darlin' more and more, I'm thinkin' - Thinkin' of you.

(Riff 1)

A D G A
Late at night lying in my sleep, I'm dreamin' - Dreamin' of you.

(Riff 2)

-CHORUS- (2x)

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Hold To God's Unchanging Hand

Time is filled with swift transition
Naught of earth unmoved can stand
Build you hopes on things eternal
Hold to God's unchanging hand

   Hold to God's unchanging hand
   Hold to God's unchanging hand
   Build you hopes on things eternal
   Hold to God's unchanging hand

Trust in Him who will not leave you
What so ever years may bring
If by earthly friends forsaken
Still, more closely to Him cling

When your journey is completed
When the valley you pass through
Fair and bright the home in glory
Your enraptured soul will view

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Hold To My Unchanging Love
Written and recorded by Jeanne Pruett 
 
C
When you're tempted by a woman
G7                               C
Who could thrill you through and through
     F                          C
Just think of all the love I've given
          F     G7       C
Love I've saved only for you


Hold to my unchanging love

Hold to my unchanging love
                           
Don't go looking for another
        F    G7       C
Hold to my unchanging love
 
 
There are many who long to hold me
G7                        C
Some have promised me the world
F                           C
I'm not fooled by all their wooing
       F       G7      C
I just want to be your girl

Repeat #2 x2

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Hold Watcha Got

   Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home baby
   Hold whatcha got, and I don't mean maybe
   Been a-thinking about you and I'm on my way
   Don't sell the house, and don't wreck the car
   Stay there, honey, right where you are
   Hold whatcha got, I'm a coming home to stay

Well? in my mind I can see
That's a pretty good sign that I need you
That's why I can't wait to get back home
So squeeze yourself real good and tight
I'll be there before daylight
If you hold whatcha got, I'm a coming home to stay

Well? when I get back, honey, I ain't leaving
I been too long, a little too much grieving
When I get back this time I'm going to stay
Well we won't fuss and we won't fight
This time things is gonna be all right
If you hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

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Holdin' Heaven
Recorded by Tracy Byrd
Written by Thom McHugh and Bill Kenner

F                        C
I'm face to face with an angel 
F                           C
How'd you get those eyes so blue
         F
You're a vision in white 
           C           Am
And I been waitin' all night
D7                          G7
Just to have one dance with you 
    D7                       G7
Now all my dreams are comin' true
F           C            G7     C
I'm holdin' heaven in my arms tonight 
F          C               G7
Everything about you is so perfectly right
F               C           G7      Am
I've never been there but I think I might 
F          C            G7     C
Be holdin' heaven in my arms tonight
F                      C
I'm not sure where you came from 
F                          C
But I thank my lucky stars above
F                    C         Am
And I got the chance to have a dance
D7                       G7
But one dance just ain't enough 
D7                     G7
I think I'm fallin' in love
Repeat #2 x2
F           C            G7     C
I'm holdin' heaven in my arms tonight

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Dolly Parton - Holdin' On To Nothin' lyrics

We're holding on to nothing left to hold onto
I'm so tired of holding on to nothin'
The years have shown no kindness
For the hard times we've been through
We've squeezed the life from every dream
And still go right on bluffin'
With really nothin' left to hold onto
Chorus:
Oh why do we keep holding on with nothing left to hold onto
Lets be honest with each other
That's the least that we can do
I feel guilty when they envy me and you
We're holding on with nothing left to hold onto
We were young and foolishly mistaken
Victoms of a passion much too strong to be denied
With only tears to show for all the years that we've been fakin'
God only knows how long how hard we've tried
Repeat Chorus
We're holding on with nothing left to hold onto


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Brad Paisley - Holdin' On To You lyrics

I'm holdin' on to you
When I close my eyes
You're still in my arms
And we never said goodbye
And it's all that I can do
To go on with my life
But that's supposed to be the reason
Why I'm here tonight
In a downtown restaurant with a friend of a friend
Well she sure likes to talk and I ain't heard a single word she's said
Chorus
Oh, but every now and then I nod
And I pretend to pay attention
And I say things like, "uh huh"
And, "yeah, you're right" and "are you kiddin'"
And I laugh when it seems
Like the right thing to do
It's hard to hold a conversation
Holdin' on to you
I'd give anything
Just to hear your voice
Or see you look at me and smile
Oh but what I miss the most
Is holdin' on to you
'Cause here I am tonight
Starin' at a woman
Who's the last thing on my mind
Chorus
When I close my eyes
You're still in my arms
And we never said goodbye


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Holding

Well you asked was I holding
I said no I'm not holding
I thought you was holding, it's true
But here I'm not holding
And since you're not holding
My dear, what on Earth will we do

Now you know when I'm holding
There's no need you holding
And you know the same about me
And if you run out before I run out
You can always get some from me

Now if you ain't got none
And if I ain't got none
We can go find some other head
Find out if they're holding
Get down and start rolling
And smoke what they're holding instead

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Holding Her And Loving You
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley 
Written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield

G                      C               G   C
It's the third hardest thing I'll ever do
        G     D7      G
Leaving here  without you
                       C               G   C
And the second hardest thing I'll ever do
           G    D7    G
Is telling her  about you
Am
She's been good to me
G
When things were going rough
Am     D7
How can I tell her now good ain't good enough
   G                      C           G   C
Oh the hardest thing I've ever had to do 
           G    D7         G
Is holding her  and loving you
                          C             G     C
If she'd give me one good reason I'd be gone
          G     D7        G
She ain't done  one thing wrong
                           C               G     C
So don't expect me just to walk out of the door
             G    D7             G
I still love her  but I love you more
Am
She's been good to me
G
When things weren't going right
Am                   D7
She made my days long before you made my nights
G                      C           G   C
The hardest thing I've ever had to do 
           G    D7         G
Is holding her  and loving you
                            C           G   C
Yeah the hardest thing I've ever had to do
           G    D7         G
Is holding her  and loving you
                            C           G    C
Girl the hardest thing I've ever had to do
           G    D7         G
Is holding her  and loving you

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Holding Things Together
Words and music by Merle Haggard
 
G       D7     G
Holding Things Together
              G7       C
Ain't no easy thing to do
                         G
When it comes to raising children
                      D7
It's a job  meant for two
 
G     D7       G
Alice please believe me
           G7     C
I can't go on and on
               G        D7
Holding things together 
         G
With you gone
 
          D7      G
Today was Angie's birthday
           G7           C
I guess it slipped your mind
                 G
I tried twice to call you
                     D7
But no answer either time
 
        G       D7        G
But the postman brought a present
         G7        C
I mailed some days ago
                           G
I just signed it love from mama
   D7             G
So Angie wouldn't know
 
Repeat #1 & 2

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Hole In My Ace In The Hole
BMI Work #: 8716764
Hole In My Ace In The Hole (Larry W. Jones 02/27/20070 (song#4458)

I thought I had an ace in the hole
I thought I knew how to roll with the flow
So I took a gamble on a sure thing, as they say
But then I had to scramble just to get away
I know I played my cards right
But there was one thing I didn't know
She left me crying in the night
I had a hole in my ace in the hole
Sometimes love is like a one way street
But there's two ways that love can go
By the time I knew I felt the pain
It was like money down the drain
Through a hole in my ace in the hole
- instrumental -
Sometimes love is like a one way street
But there's two ways that love can go
By the time I knew I felt the pain
It was like money down the drain
Through a hole in my ace in the hole
Well, I thought I was a big time broker
But in love I was on the dole
Now I know I was just the big joker
With a hole in my ace in the hole


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Alan Jackson - Hole In The Wall lyrics

There's a hole in the wall
Where a nail used to be
A nail that held a picture of
The one that once held me
Now that wall's tellin' me
What I don't wanna hear
I'm tired of the word "fool"
Ringin' in my ears
Oh I guess a saner man
Would simply paint it
But I'm not sane and after all
It's my wall, ain't it
I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through
When you lose the greatest love
You've ever had
A little hole in the wall
Is enough to drive you mad
Oh I guess a saner man
Would simply paint it
But I'm not sane and after all
It's my wall, ain't it
I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through
Oh I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through


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Holiday Woman
Written and recorded by Johnny Duncan
 
G7                          C
I wish your hair was not so long
                             F
I wish your eyes were not so blue
      Dm                    G7
Maybe nights wouldn't be so long
                         C
Baby when I held without you
 
G7                      C
I just love the way you smile
        C7             F
Reaches way down in my soul
                Dm                G7
But I wish your kisses weren't so wild
                              C
I wish you weren't so warm to hold
 
        D7    G7                 C
Holiday woman from the nighttime world (holiday woman)
        D7 G7            Am        G7      C
Holiday woman why must I love your kind of girl
 
 
I'd like to keep you all alone
                            F
Cause you've got sweet sexy legs
            Dm              G7
I'd like to have you for my own
                                C
Love your nights and share your days
 
G7                        C
But sometimes I wish that I
G7        C                 F
Had never known your tender touch
      Dm              G7
Maybe then I wouldn't miss
                        C
All your love I need so much
 
        D7    G7               C
Holiday woman from the scarlet world (holiday woman)
        D7 G7            Am        G7      C   F C
Holiday woman why must I love your kind of girl
        D7    G7                 C
Holiday woman you're a good time girl (holiday woman)
        D7 G7           Am       G7       C
Holiday woman won't you come and share my world

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Billy Strings 
Hollow Heart

You move around like running water
It seems like you might never settle down
Well, I spent a lifetime waiting for you
While you were runnin' 'round the town

You'll always have a place with me, Dear
A place inside this hollow heart of mine
But it's all right, my little darling
Ain't ready to just keep steppin' down the line

Well, I had a dream that I was dying
I was bleeding while the rain was pouring down
When you appeared inside my dream, Dear
You just left me lyin' on the ground

Won't come home and say you're sorry
You just come on in and crawl your ass in bed
But it's all right, my little darling
You're crawling over someone else, instead

Them pretty eyes are always roving
And I guess you never will be true
This love of ours is a disaster
But I keep holdin' on to you

Seasons come and go while waiting
And my hollow heart is empty all the time
But it's all right, my little Darling
And you'd rather just keep steppin' down the line
But it's all right, my little Darling
And you'd rather just keep steppin' down the line

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Billy Strings 
Home

Alone for a while with myself
I feel so at home in the shade
Alone for the first time in my head
I feel so at ease there instead

Maybe I should leave my home
Maybe I could slip away

A home is a heartache, they tell me
Come in, leave your shoes at the door
The phone never rings quite on time here
The paint is a dried pool on the floor

Maybe I could finish this
Turn my back and walk away
Maybe I could slip away

At home there's a fire you've left burning
The frosted designs outline the pane
And the cold winter nights keep on turning
Stealing memories of sunshine and of rain

Maybe I could break this down
Turn around and face the day
Maybe I could slip away

Alone for a while with myself
I feel so at home in the shade
Alone for the first time in my head
I feel so at ease there instead

Maybe I should leave my home
Maybe I could slip away

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Home

Home still rocks my soul
Steals my dreams each night
I never thought I'd be turnin back
To a light that burns so bright

   I'm goin back where my heart still lives
   Back to my dear old friends
   When they reach out with welcome arms
   It'll be my journey's end

I still remember the night
We sang sweet country songs
We laughed at the good times, cried at the bad
And life just rolled along

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Home Away From Home
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew and Van Givens

C
I spent too many sleepless nights alone
              G7
In unfamiliar rooms
And though I haven't reached the breakin' point  yet
                            C
I know that it could happen soon
I'm like a ship caught in a storm 
                              F
That's just about to break in two
                         G7
And I know there's not a home  away from home 
            C
We're goin' home to
        D7
There's not a home away from home 
                                     G7
There's just a place to lay the body down
    D7
And while the body's restin' my head sits up 
                     G7   
And keeps on looking round for you
     C
I've almost reached the point of no return 
                     G7
I can see the end in sight 
And if you planned to rescue me 
                    C
I know it better be denied
Cause if the sun comes into view 
                           F 
And I wake up and find you gone
                         G7
I know I'll never find a home  away from home
            C 
We're goin' home to
repeat last verse  Yeah if the sun ...

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Home By The Sea

There's a lonely cottage by the sea side
Where the water lillies through the shore
It was there I passed my happy childhood
With a loved one that's gone before

   Then give me back my dear old home
   That old home by the sea
   And I never will wander far away
   From my home my dear old cottage home
   Yodel

Many years have passed since there I wandered
But the old cottage has been forgot
And my heart in fancy oft returned
To that dear old familiar spot

Yes my heart is like the humming sea shell
That tells of its birth where ere it roams
I will sing of my cottage by the sea shore
Of my home my dear old cottage home

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Home Far Away

   Oh lord have mercy on this weary soul of mine
   May I walk in your light everyday
   And when I've crossed that deep silent river
   I'll be happy in that home far away

I wandered away from the straight and the narrow
Driftin' like a ship lost at sea
No lighthouse to guide my weary footsteps
Til Jesus answered my plea

The lights are bright no longer I'm blinded
From the bondage of sin I'm free
He lifted me up to join salvation
I'll live on eternally

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Dolly Parton - Home For Pete's Sake lyrics

I became a woman of the world cause I was fed up with the farm
And I thought pretty clothes and city lights
Running round both day and night could do no harm
A party girl I mixed for bout myself into a fix for running wild
So I wrote my dad and mom asked if I could come back home to have my child
I received the letter from the folks back home and they said things were fine
They went on to say that Pete the boy I broke up with was about to lose his mind
But I couldn't hardly read the rest the words were being bloted by my tears
I'm feelin' so ashamed he loved me then he feels the same he still cares
So I'm going home for Pete's sake it was I who broke his heart in the first place
If he'll try me one more time for then I've made up my mind
And in the morning I'm going home for Pete's sake
Yes for Pete's sake my baby's and mine


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Home For Sale
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G             D7              G
Home for sale that's much too large 
               D7            G
Too many rooms big ole empty yard
         C                    G
Far more space than the owner needs 
               D7          G
Price includes all the memories
              D7            G
Home for sale restored like new 
             D7           G
Just a place two lives outgrew
            C                 G
A change in heart forces move away 
                   D7             G
Would like to keep but just can't stay
F                C                  G
Listen close and you might hear the sound
F                    C                G
Of what you think is rainfall leaking down
F           C                   G
The roof is fine set aside your fears 
Am                        D7
It's just a few remaining tears
G             D7           G
Home for sale not all that old 
                 D7              G
A family's dream stands dark and cold
       C                 G
Scenic views that go for free 
                D7           G
Of all the love that used to be
              D7              G
Home for sale that's much too large

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Home From The Forest

All the neon lights were flashin' and the icy wind did blow
The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow
His eyes were red his hopes were dead and the wine was runnin' low
Then the old man came home from the forest

His tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled in the street
A dozen faces stopped to stare but no one stopped to speak
For his castle was a hallway and a bottle his only friend
And the old man stumbled in from the forest

Up a dark and dingy staircase the old man made his way
His ragged coat around him as upon his cot he lay
And he wondered how it happened that he ended up this way
Gettin' lost like a fool in the forest

And as he lay there sleepin' a vision did appear
Upon his mantle shining the face of one so dear
Who'd loved him in the springtime of a long forgotten year
When the wildflowers did bloom in the forest

She touched his grizzled fingers and she called him by his name
And then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games
In an old house on a hillside in some forgotten town
Where the river runs down from the forest

With a mighty roar the big jets soar above the canyon streets
And the common con but life goes on for the city never sleeps
And to an old forgotten soldier the dawn will come no more
For the old man has come home from the forest

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Home In Tennessee

   Oh yes I'm going back to my home in Tennessee
   Back to the girl that's waiting in the cotton fields to see
   There's a mother and a dad that's waiting patiently
   And the place I'm longing for tonight's my home in Tennessee

I'll sail the skies in airplane to a place called Bunkers Hill
I'll drop from the clouds in a parachute and oh boys what a thrill
My song shall fall in no mans land and I'm in the great prairie
But the place I'm longing for tonight's my home in Tennessee

I've been to Frisco's Golden Gate also Bangor, Maine
I've been to the Rocky Mountains and back down again
And up to old New York saw the Statue of Liberty
But the place I'm longing for tonight's my home in Tennessee

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Home Is Where A Kid Grows Up 
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                  C           G
It may be down the south in Alabama
                D7                   G
Or maybe just a little old one horse town
                   C                    G
It could be on the back streets of Chicago
                      D7                       G
But if it's home it's still the greatest place around

                                 
Home's where a kid grows up 
    C                  G
And spends his younger days

Home is where I long to be 
   C              D7
No matter how far away

G                   C                      G
There may be an old sweetheart still there waiting
                   D7                  G
Can't tell I might even find a few old friends
                  C                 G
I know my mom and dad would like to see me
                           D7           G
And know I want so much to go back home again

 repeat #2,1



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Dolly Parton - Home Is Where The Hurt Is lyrics
Writers Marge Barton, Johnny  McRae
Copyright 1965

We're well known in every honky tonk in town
Not a night goes by that we don't make the rounds
People wonder why we choose to live this way
Why don't they ever stay at home I hear them say
But home is where the hurt is cause love doesn't live there anymore
Home is where the hurt is that's why we don't stay at home much anymore
What was once our happy home has come to be
A place to fuss and fight and disagree
Our lonely house with wall to all regret
And these bright lights somehow help us to forget
Cause home is where the hurt is...
That's why we don't stay at home much anymore


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Home So Fine
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

G                    Em
Home so fine a green mountain climb
  C                  D7
A lot of things have changed with time
      G
Since you were mine
                                 Em 
Them pretty little shacks on the mountain's back
     C                      D7
They laid 'em down and they put 'em in a stack
             G
It seemed so unkind
                              Em
There was a country road that I loved so
      C                     D7  
Where me and my folks would come and go
            G
Through the balance of time
                             Em
Had a covered bridge on that old road
     C                             D7 
They tore 'em both down cause they couldn't hold a load
       G 
Of ten thousand pounds
Em               D7           C                G  
Home so fine you were mine at least till I was grown
                       Em
It just goes to show a man don't know
  D7                   G
A good thing till it's gone
                               Em
There was a water hole where I used to go
    C                     D7
And dream all day with my fishing pole
      G 
And a pin hook line
                   Em
And then one day a new highway
C                               D7
Came through the valley now the water won't lay
       G
A foot deep at a time
Em               D7           C                G  
Home so fine you were mine at least till I was grown
                       Em
It just goes to show a man don't know
  D7                   G
A good thing till it's gone

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Home Sweet Home
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill and Larry Butler
 
G                           D7
Woke up this morning with a smile
                             G
And watched her sleeping for awhile
    
And I thank the Lord above me
C
For sending her to love me
A7
Deep in this heart of mine
                    D7
I have to thank Him one more time
      G                       D7
Cause in the bedroom down the hall
                        B7
I hear our newborn baby call
E7                    Am
And then I rediscover how much I really love her
           D7              G
And I'm so thankful for it all
 
     B7    C
Home sweet home 
          G            E7             A7
Makes you wonder why a man would ever roam
D7                      G    B7    C   A7
When he's got himself a home sweet home
G    D7    G
Home sweet home
 
                          D7
I hate to leave her every day
                          G
She seems a million miles away
 
And my heart would keep on hurtin'
C
But there's one thing for certain
A7
Our love will keep on growing
                 D7
And I'll make it home just knowing
G                            D7
I'll find her waiting at the door
                              B7
And she'll be in my arms once more
E7                         Am
Once again I'll rediscover how much I really love her
             D7         G
Just like so many times before
 
              B7    C
Then I'm home sweet home
          G            E7             A7
Makes you wonder why a man would ever roam
D7                      G    B7    C    A7
When he's got himself a home sweet home sweet
G    D7    C   G
Home sweet home

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Home Sweet Home Revisited

The ol' home town is sure in trouble
It's looks like it must have doubled
It's city-size since I been gone
The papers all are full of killing
Two million people willing
To die for something they've never known
The city streets of drunks junk and stone
A heaven made in hell they call their home

Now it's gone like the life of a child
When it turn its back on your mind
Tommorrow has no home sweet home
Look what they've done to mind
It's just faded into time

Grandfather's watch he gave me
Is just another memory
I have kept the way it always was
And ever since he died, it just wont run
I always knew I was his favorite one

* Refrain

And that old house we used to live in
The root is falling in
Like every other one along the Hook
It took 20 years to pay and 10 to rot
That's says it's all just a better off forgot

* Refrain


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Home To Texas
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by David Hurd
 
C
You can keep the house and the money honey both cars
 
Now you're free to spend your nights
   Dm                G7
In all your favorite bars
C                       F                    Fm
I'm no longer angry I'm just telling you the facts
C             A7         D7       G7    C
I ain't going crazy baby I'm just going back
 
        F                    C
Home to Texas like a rolling stone
                                 Dm              G7
I found out the hard way that my house is not my home
        F                             C
Back to Texas and the other life I've known
        G7                C
Back in Texas I was never alone
 
 
I've spent six years trying to live up to your dreams
                               Dm            G7
Trying to keep you happy there way beyond my means
    C                         F               Fm
The party is finally over and all my bags are packed
     C                  A7
I'll leave you with the things you love
D7        G7        C
Right now I'm going back
 
        F                    C
Home to Texas like a rolling stone
                               Dm                   G7
Someone else can take my place here in the twilight zone
        F                             C
Back to Texas and the other life I've known
        G7                C
Back in Texas I was never alone
 
 
There's 4.2 million people in these cities by the bay 
                             Dm            G7
Just one fool too many every minute that I stay
C                              F               Fm
That's why I'm going somewhere I don't have to act
C             A7                    D7      G7    C
Like somebody I can't be and that's why I'm going back
 
        F                    C
Home to Texas like a rolling stone
                              Dm            G7
Right back to Texicallie I'll do much party bowl
        F                             C
Back to Texas and the other life I've known
        G7                C
Back in Texas I was never alone
           G7                C
No back in Texas I was never alone

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Home Town

When I was young I couldn't see
How much the old town had meant to me
But it's too late to mourn and cry
As long as I live this old town will never die

It ain't fair in our home town
When people tear our buildings down
This old town won't be the same
Seems as tho it's an awful shame

The family church house is torn down too
And we've all been wondering what will we do
To find another would be kind of hard
But we will all cherish pleasant memories serving God

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Homecoming
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Carl Jackson

C                 Dm     C    F
There'll be a homecoming some morning
C          D7       G7
When Jesus calls us away
         F                C         F
I'll see mother and daddy Lord I am ready
    C        G7         C
For heaven's homecoming day
         G7        F       C
Precious ones have gone on before
    G7   F            C
Our Lord waits for no man
F                        C         Am
Salvation will gain us a ticket to see them
      C        G7          F  C
And a place in God's final plan
Repeat #1
        G7          F            C
He will come like a thief in the night
   G7         F         C
To take us to heaven on high 
      F                      C             Am
There we'll gather once more with those we adore
     C             G7          F C
In a land where we never shall die
Repeat #1 x2

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Homecoming in Heaven                
recorded by George Jones
written by Willie Nelson, Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland, Claude Gray

C                          F              C
My years have been many my loved ones are gone
                           G7
And I miss them more every day
    C                     F        C
I'm ready to move to that heavenly home
                    G7        C
And I yearn for the day I can say
 
          G7                        F             C
Take this ring from my finger these shoes from my feet
     G7                  C         G7
Take all of my worldly possessions away
     C                   F           C
Just leave me my Bible a date I must keep
                   G7         C
It's homecoming in heaven for me
 
                              F             C
I'll kiss my old mother shake hands with my dad
                              G7
I know they'll remember their boy
      C                   F          C
We'll all be so happy and I'll be so glad
                   G7        C
As our cup runneth over with joy
 
Repeat #2

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Homegrown Tomatoes
Written and recorded by Guy Clark

C
Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
     F
Than bacon & lettuce and homegrown tomatoes
G7
Up in the mornin' out in the garden
C                  G7          C
Get you a ripe one don't get a hard one
C
Plant 'em in the spring eat 'em in the summer
    F
All winter without 'em's a culinary bummer
  G7
I forget all about the sweatin' and diggin'
C                       G7            C
Every time I go out and pick me a big one


Homegrown tomatoes home grown tomatoes
F
Wha'd life be without homegrown tomatoes
G7
Only two things that money can't buy
    C                    G7        C
And that's true love and homegrown tomatoes


Well you can go out to eat and that's for sure
         F
But it's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure
G7
Put 'em in a salad put 'em in a stew
        C                  G7
You can make your very own tomato juice
        C
You can eat 'em with eggs eat you can eat 'em with gravy
F
Eat 'em with beans pinto or navy
G7
Put 'em on the side put 'em in the middle
      C                     G7      C
Put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle

Repeat #2


If I's to change this life that I lead
     F
Well I'd be Johnny tomato seed
      G7
Cause I know what this country needs
     C                     G7             C
It's homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see
  
When I die don't bury me
F
In a box in a cemetery
G7
Out in the garden would be much better
   C                     G7        C
If I could be pushin' up homegrown tomatoes

Repeat #2

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Homesick For Heaven
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs and the Whites
Written by Kelly Willard 

G                D7          G
Lately I've been longing for heaven
C                           G
Lately I've been wanting to go
C                               G
To the place where tears are forgotten
A7                              D7
To the land where living waters flow
G                         D7           G
Oh they tell me there are pleasures eternal 
                    C
Joy in His presence complete
                                 G
It must be that I'm homesick for heaven
               D7             G
And it's Jesus I'm longing to see
D7            G
Home-sick for heaven
    C              G           D7
I'm homesick but I haven't any home
   C                             G
It must be that I'm homesick for Je-sus
                   D7           G
Cause I'm homesick where ever I roam
                   D7            G
In this world I've known earthly pleasures
C                                   G
But they only seem to last a little while
C                              G
Even when I've gathered all my treasure
A7                               D7
They only seem to bring a little smile
G                          D7       G
But they tell me there's a heavenly store house
                                       C
Eyes that's never seen nor ears that's heard
                                             G
All the things He has in store for those who love Him
                     D7           G
All His children who stand on His word 
Repeat #3
   C       G        D7           C  G
Oh yes I'm homesick where ever I ro-am

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Homestead On The Farm

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they miss me while I roam
I wonder if they pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents all alone

   Now you can hear the cattle lowing in the lane
   You can see the fields of bluegrass where I'd roam
   You can almost hear them cry as they kiss their boy goodbye
   I wonder how the old folks are at home

Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so dear and a sweetheart brave and true
Just a village and a homestead on the farm

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Homeward Bound
Alison Brown

I'm sitting in the railway station.
Got a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.

Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
Silently for me.

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Honest Work
Todd Rundgren

I'm not afraid to bend my back
I'm not afraid of dirt
But how I fear the things I do
For lack of honest work
My family is lost to me
They could not bear the hurt
To see the state their boy is in
For lack of honest work

I hold no blame for anyone
'twas I who did arrange
To pay my union dues so i'd
Not have to learn or change
And when I was replaced, 'twas i
Who started down the hill
And drank away my savings 'til
I couldn't stop myself

The prophets of a brave new world
Captains of industry
Have visions grand and great designs
But none have room for me
They see a world where everyone
Is rich and smart and young
But if I live to see such things
Too late for me they come

I know I'm not the only one
To fall beneath the wheel
Such company can not assuage
The loneliness I feel
So many are resigned to be
Society's debris
But I will be remembered for
The life life took from me

For I'm not afraid to bend my back
I'm not afraid of dirt
But how I fear the things I do
For lack of honest work
Oh, how I fear the things I do
For lack of honest work


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Honey
recorded by Bobby Goldsboro
written by Bobby Russell
 
C
See the tree how big it's grown
 But friend it hasn't been too long
   G7
It wasn't big
 I laughed at her and she got mad
                                      C
The first day that she planted it was just a twig
Then the first snow came
And she ran out to brush the snow away
      G7
So it wouldn't die
Came running in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt herself
      C
And I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart
                                 G7
Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
                                 C
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
And it would sure embarrass her
       
When I came in from working late
      G7
Cause I would know
That she'd been sitting there and crying
                        C
Over some sad and silly late late show
           G7
And honey I miss you
              C
And I'm being good
                   G7
And I'd love to be with you
          C
If only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
    G7
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
    C
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her crying needlessly
       G7
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early Spring
When flowers bloom and Robins sing
    C
She went away
            G7
And honey I miss you
              C
And I'm being good
                   G7
And I'd love to be with you
          C
If only I could
 
One day while I was not at home
 While she was there and all alone
    G7
The angels came
 Now all I have is memories of Honey
                         C
And I wake up nights and call her name
 Now my life's an empty stage
                                    
Where Honey lived and Honey played
    G7
And love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed
     C
That Honey loved
And see the tree how big its grown
But friend it hasn't been to long
   G7
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
                                      C
he first day that she planted it was just a twig

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Honey Babe Blues

   Well I ain't got no honey baby now
   I guess she didn't love me anyhow
   Well it's oh me and oh my
   Ain't got no honey baby now

Well she left me on that early morning train
I'll never see my girl again
Well it's oh me and oh my
Ain't got no honey baby now

Now good girl you ain't no gal of mine
My honey babe done traveled down the line
Well it's oh me and oh my
Ain't got no honey baby now

I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
When you haven't got a nickel or a dime
Well it's oh me and oh my
Ain't got no honey baby now

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Honey In The Rock

Oh my brother, do you know the Savior
Who is wondrous kind and true?
He's the Rock of your salvation
There is honey in the Rock for you

   Oh, honey in the Rock (oh, honey in the Rock)
   Sweet honey in the Rock (sweet honey in the Rock)
   Oh it tastes just like honey in the Rock
   Oh taste and see if the Lord is good
   Oh it tastes just like honey in the Rock

Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious?
Do you walk in the way that's new?
have you drank from the living fountain?
There is honey in the Rock for you

Oh, there's honey in the Rock my brother
There is honey in the Rock for you
Leave your sins fur the Blood to cover
There is honey in the Rock for you

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Honey Won't You Open That Door
recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Mel Tillis
 
C                                       G7
Honey  honey  honey won't you open that door
 
This is your sweet daddy don't you love me no more
 
It's cold outside you make me sleep on the floor
                          C
Honey won't you open that door
 
   
I honky-tonked around Dallas
                 F
I got in a poker game
                           C
Well somebody musta been a cheating
  D7                     G7
I lost everything but my name
 
       C
Well I walked half way to Memphis
                   F
I finally got back home
                          C
But I'd a been better off where I was
                   G7          C
Cause here's where things went wrong
 
Repeat #1

I went right down to see old Bob
                    F
I thought he was my friend
                        C
The landlord said that Bob's not here
    D7                     G7
The police done hauled him in
 
       C
I went right back to little honey's house
                   F
I got me a rocking chair
                        C
Said Honey if you don't open that door
                  G7        C
I'm gonna rock on away from here
 
Repeat #1

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Honey You Don't Know My Mind

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
You can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong
Baby you don't know my mind today

Heard the music of a rail slept in every old dirty jail
And life's too short for you to worry me
When I find I can't win I'll be checking out again
Baby you don't know my mind today

I've been a hobo and a tramp my soul has done been stamped
Lord things I know I learned the hard hard way
I ain't here to judge or plea but to give my poor heart ease
Baby you don't know my mind today

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
You say I'm sweet and kind I can love you a thousand times
Baby you don't know my mind today

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Honeycomb
recorded by Jimmy Rodgers
written by Bob Merrill
 
C
It's a darn good life and it's kinda funny
        F
How the Lord made the bee and the bee made the honey
    G7
The honeybee looking for a home
C
Made my honeycomb
 
 
Then they combed the world and they gathered all
       F
Of the honeycomb up in one sweet ball
    G7
The honeycomb from a million trips
               C
Made my baby's lips
 
F
Honeycomb won't you be my baby
C
Honeycomb be my own
      G7
Got a hank o' hair and a piece o'bone
           C
And made a walking talking honeycomb
 
F
Honeycomb won't you be my baby
C
Honeycomb won't you be my own 
       G7
What a darn good life
                         C
When you got a wife like honeycomb

 
And the Lord says now that I made a bird
          F
I'm gonna look all round for a little ol' word
     G7
That sounds about sweet like turtledove
      C
And I guess I'm gonna call it love
 
 
And He roamed the world looking everywhere
        F
Getting love from here love from there
    G7
And He put it all in a little ol' part 
             C
Of my baby's heart
  
F
Honeycomb won't you be my baby
C
Honeycomb won't you be my own 
       G7
What a darn good life
                         C
When you got a wife like honeycomb

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Honeymoon Feeling
Recorded by Roy Clark 
written by Ronald Hellard and Gary S. Paxton

C                Gm
I still get that honeymoon feeling
      F                  Fm
After all these years my heart goes reeling
C              Am                D7     G7
Every time you touch me it's the living end
C                Gm
I still get that honeymoon feeling
F                      Fm                C
I can still hear those wedding bells ringing
              Am              F         G7      C
Every time we love I get that honeymoon feeling again
                   Gm            F              Fm
It seems like only yesterday you walked into my life
    C               Am                  D7          G7
And answered all my prayers and made my dreams come true
    C                Gm                   F             Fm
And even though it's been some time since I made you my wife
C           Am            F       G7        C
Every day I find I'm even more in love with you
repeat #1
                    Gm              F           Fm
I'm thankful that I wake up with an angel by my side
    C               Am              D7   G7
You make my world a better place to be
    C                    Gm               F                 Fm
And though were far from newlyweds you're still my brushing bride
    C               Am                 F        G7       C
But most of all I'm glad you show just how much you need me
repeat #1

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Honky Cat

When I look back, boy I must have been green
Boppin' in the country fishin' in the stream
Lookin' for an answer tryin' to find a sign
Until I saw those city lights honey I was blind
They said

* Get back Honky cat better get back to the woods
Well I quit those days and my red neck ways and
Oh, the change is gonna do me good.

Well I read some books and I read some magazines
About those high class ladies down in New Orleans
All the folks back home said I was a fool
They said believin' the Lord is the golden rule
You better

** Get back honky cat livin' in the city ain't where it's at
It's like tryin' to find gold in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine

They said
Stay at home boy you gotta chance the fun
Livin' in the city boy is gonna break your heart
How can you stay when your heart says no how can you stop
When your feet say go

* Refrain

** Refrain


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Alan Jackson - Honky Tonk Christmas lyrics

"Pretty Paper" is playing on the jukebox
And mistletoe is hanging above the bar
I want to thank you for this
broken heart that I got
Merry Christmas Girl
Wherever in the world you are
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
For these silent nights at home are killing me
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
But I'll be over you by New Year's Eve
"Blue Christmas" turn it up I wanna hear it
So I can unwrap all them Mem'ries in my mind
Hey Joe!! pour me some Christmas spirit
If I make it through December I'll be fine
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
For these silent nights at home are killing me
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
But I'll bi over you by New Year's Eve
Yeah I'll be over you by
New Years Eve


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Honky Tonk Healing
Recorded by David Ball
Written by David Ball and Tommy Polk

G                                            C
I did some honky tonk healing to get me over you
                  G                                  D7
It took some neon nurses around the clock to pull me through
G                                                  C
I was in critical condition my heart was broken in two
                  G        D7                  G
Due to honky tonk healing  I'm feeling good as new

              C                    G
Thank you for calling is all I can say
                                                      D7
Cause your get well wishes dear are just a little too late
G                         C                       G
Did you think that I'd be laid up heartbroken and blue
                 D7                            G
And missing your kissing well honey here's the news

Repeat #1

             C                           G
Drop by some evening if you can catch me home
                                              D7
We'll share a few memories if that's what you want
G                      C                            G
Don't be expecting the same fool you left crying in vain
                   D7                             G
It's been a smooth operation they removed all the pain

Repeat #2

C                      G        D7                  G
Yeah due to honky tonk healing  I'm feeling good as new

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Honky Tonk Heart
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Ralph Smith

C                                     G7
Your honky tonk heart would rather be where
                                           C
The jukebox is playing and smoke fills the air
 
Where the dim lights are burning
                      F
And the wine flows so free
                C           G7        C
Your honky tonk heart can't belong to me
 
                                            G7
Now you could have diamonds and sweethearts galore
                                       C
But you'd rather dance on a honky tonk floor
                                              F
And drink the red wine that you love from the start
                  C               G7         C    G7
Just another transfusion for your honky tonk heart
 
    C                                        G7
Now I learned to love you and I've waited so long
                                         C
But you'll never change and I know I was wrong
                                   F
Your honky tonk heart can never be mine
                C         G7        C
It belongs to a bar and a tall neon sign
 
                                      G7
Where broken hearts gather to try and forget
                                   C
A world full of sorrow remorse and regret
 
Darling that's where I found you
                       F
And that's where we'll part
                    C            G7         C
You're a honky tonk angel with a honky tonk heart
F                   C            G7         C
You're a honky tonk angel with a honky tonk heart

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Honky Tonk In Dallas
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Mel Tillis and Wayne P. Walker
 
C                            F
I met her at a honky tonk in Dallas
  G7                                  C
A little place that's just outside of town
                              F
Over one too many beers we discussed it
      G7                             C
And decided that we'd like to settle down
                                      F
So I bought a golden band and got the license
    G7                                     C
And found the preacher just to make things right
       F                      C
But it ended all too soon I'm on a one man honeymoon
           D7                             G7
And that's how I'm gonna spend my wedding night
          C                             F
Cause she didn't let the ink dry on the paper
     G7                          C
Till everything I own was in her name
                                     F
No she didn't let the ink dry on the paper
         G7                          C
And that honky tonk in Dallas was to blame
Repeat #2,3
         G7                          C
Yes that honky tonk in Dallas was to blame

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Honky Tonk Moon
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Pat Gallagher and Rosie Flores
 
C             E7         Am   C
I came here a little bit lonely
F         G7          C
Expecting more of the same
           E7    Am       C
When I saw you I suddenly knew
  F               G7          C
I would not leave here like I came
 
                            F
And it must be a honky tonk moon
C                       Dm   G7
Our special night to go crazy
C                       F
I hope it won't end too soon  
        C           G7         C
You and me and this honky tonk moon
 
                  E7        Am    C
We're growing too close for dancing
       F              G7         C
And we can't blame it all on the wine
            E7  Am          C
I know that you feel like I do
    F             G7        C
And love's just a matter of time
 
Repeat #2 
 
                            F
And I hope it won't end too soon
            C           G7         C
For you and me and this honky tonk moon

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Honky Tonk Myself To Death
recorded by George Jones
written by Max D. Barnes and Max T. Barnes
 
C
Well I don't know why you left me
    F                     C
But I do know that you're gone
                                                   G7
Colder nights you've turned my life into a sad old song
    C                    F
And one way or another I gotta get me over you
    C                              G7             C
And I think there's only one thing left for me to do
 
     F
Lord I don't wanna die of a broken heart
     C                   F
That would be too sad or drive my car off a cliff
    C                            G7
You see that would just hurt too bad
    C
And if I tied a rope around my neck
                  F
I couldn't get my breath
   C                            G7        C
So I think I'll just honky tonk myself to death
 
 
Well I might get a little bit crazy
    F                  C
But I don't wanna go insane
                                                              G7
Young Wendy and Dan's old whiskey well it might just kill the pain
    C                                        F
I'm gonna find the highest barstool and I'll climb up to the top
     C                           G7              C
Yeah I think I'll just drink and two-step till I drop
 
repeat #2
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And if I tied a rope around my neck
                  F
I couldn't get my breath
   C                            G7        C
So I think I'll just honky tonk myself to death

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Honky Tonk Night Time Man
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G
I'm a honky tonk night time man I can't stand no light
      C                                          G
I'm a honky tonk night time man I can't stand no light
         D7                                             G
I get my rest in the daytime I make my running round at night


I had the blues this morning I had the blues all day today
          C                                          G
I had the blues this morning I had the blues all day today
             D7                                         G
But when the sun goes down I'm gonna tuck my blues away away
 

And when my heart starts beating when the sun starts sinking low
        C                                                G
Lord my heart starts beating when the sun starts sinking low
         D7                               G
When the shadows fall I know it's time to go

Repeat #1



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Honky Tonk Season
Recorded Charlie Walker
Written by Dallas Frazier

G                                   C
Today's the first day of honky tonk season
          G                           D7
I'm gonna take in every honky tonk in town
           G                            C
I've got a license to drink for lots of reasons
               G              D7            G
And honky tonk season will be open all year round

                         
Although your clothes were never packed 
         C              G
You left me a long time back
                                  D7
But kept on fooling me by hanging round
   G                            C             G
Up until your hungry eyes could find a better prize
              C              D7               G
You found him last night and then you shot me down

Repeat #1

                                    C                 G
They said if I was smart I wouldn't try to touch your heart
                                        D7
Because I'd have to climb a barbed wire fence
         G                         C                        G
Well the fool found out last night all the other fools were right
                         C       D7                  G
I've got the brains of a buffalo nickel and thirteen cents

Repeat #1

C              G              D7            G
And honky tonk season will be open all year round

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Honky Tonk Song
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Frank Meyers and Billy Yates

C                                F                 C
I saw those blue lights flashin' over my left shoulder
                F      C                        G7
He walked right up and said get off that riding mower
       C                         F                 C
I said sir let me explain before you put me in the tank
            F     C               G7                C
She took my keys away and now she won't drive me to drink

                    F                C
I need a honky tonk song a cold cold beer
                              G7
A hardwood floor a smoky atmosphere
                 F                           C    F
A pocket full of change to last me all night long
        C               G7                   C
I gotta hear old Hank a moanin' a honky tonk song

                                         F                  C
He didn't show me much compassion when I tried to walk that line
                F         C                             G7
As he put those handcuffs on me I said give me one more try
         C                            F               C
He never even cracked a smile when he threw me in the car
                 F         C                 G7               C
So I said sir if you don't mind oh would you drop me off in a bar

                    F                C
I need a honky tonk song a cold cold beer
                              G7
A hardwood floor a smoky atmosphere
                 F                           C    F
A pocket full of change to last me all night long
        C               G7                   C
I gotta hear old Hank a moanin' a honky tonk song

F       C               G7                   C
I gotta hear old Hank a moanin' a honky tonk song

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Dolly Parton - Honky Tonk Songs lyrics

As I sit here tonite the jukebox´s playin
the song about the wild side of life
as I listen to the words they are saying
it brings memories when I was a trusted wife
It was not God who made Honky Tonk Angels
as you said in the words of youre song
too many times married men think, they´re still single
and that´s why many a poor girl do go wrong
It´s a shame that all the blame is on us women
it´s not true that only you men feel the same
from the start most every heart that´s ever broken
was because there always was a man to blame
It was not God who made HTA
as you said in the words of youre song
too many times married men think, they´re still single
and that´s why many a poor girl do go wrong


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Honky Tonk Toys
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Arthur Leo Owens and Gene Vowell

C                      F          C
Annie May Johnson gave birth to a child
                              G7
In a room in the back of this bar
C                           F
She named her Rainbow cause she came at midnight
       G7                   C
In the light of a blue neon star
                            F           C
Rainbow brought sunshine to Annie Mae's life
                                 G7
While Annie served drinks to the boys
      C                   F
She'd sit on the floor in back of the bar
    G7                         C
And played with her honky tonk toys
           F
There were honky tonk toys like beer tops and beer clocks
        C                     G7
But her most favorite toys of all
      C                        F
Was a beer carton cradle and a tablecloth blanket
      G7                       C
And a little brown beer bottle doll
                        F           C
Rainbow turned eighteen two summers ago
                            G7
Old enough to go out on her own
    C                       F
She wanted to know what her daddy was like
   G7                      C
So she left her honky tonk home
                          F         C
Annie Mae still loves the man she divorced
                             G7
So he became Rainbow's first choice
C                      F
Now all that's left of Annie Mae's Rainbow
    G7                      C
Are three little honky tonk toys
repeat #3  And there?

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Honky Tonk Troubles
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Wayne P. Walker and Irene Stanton
 
C
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day
                                   G7
Money's gone I don't know where it went
     C
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day
                      G7              C
I can't get home with more than fifty cents

                                      F             C
I work all week and take my lunch and try to save a dime
                           G7
Don't know why I bother anymore 
C                                 F                C
Friday finally rolls around and I get my take home pay
                         G7             C
But I just can't make it by that tavern door

Repeat #1

                                       F                    C
Groceries due the kids need shoes they ain't had none since June
                                         G7
And they were hand me downs at Christmas time
    C                              F              C
The wife I took the wife I got she still good and true
                         G7        C
Though I nearly make her loose her mind

Repeat #1

                             F                   C
Grandpa died and how I cried until they read the will
                                     G7
And I found out just what it left to me
   C                                 F                 C
He owned the all night place in town that never closes down
               G7             C
I found out he owned it secretly 

 
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day
                                           G7
Wish I'd took the wife and kids and headed south
     C
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day
                      G7             C
All my buddies want a drink upon the house

                      G7             C
All my buddies want a drink upon the house 

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Honky Tonk Waltz
Recorded by Ray Stevens
Written by Paul Craft

C                  F                C
A honky tonk waltz the juke box was playin'
         G7                      C
As I was swayin' that darlin' of mine
G7                C     F        C
Just a honky tonk waltz C twenty-seven
                    G7                      C   F C
Ah but it felt like heaven in three quarter time
 
                       Am F
Then a stranger walked by 
               C
That's when it happened
               Am F
She caught his eye
          G7
He came a-tappin' askin' to share
 
             C     F     C
A honky tonk waltz was a suggestion
             G7                         C
But from her expression I knew from the start 
G7                C     F                 C
That a honky tonk waltz played our love's ending
        G7                     C    F C
And the beginning of my broken heart
 
                       Am F
Then a stranger walked by 
               C
That's when it happened
               Am F
She caught his eye
          G7
He came a-tappin' askin' to share
 
             C     F     C
A honky tonk waltz was a suggestion
             G7                         C
But from her expression I knew from the start 
G7                C     F                 C
That a honky tonk waltz played our love's ending
        G7                     C    F C
And the beginning of my broken heart

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Honky Tonkers Don't Cry
Written and recorded by Dale Watson

G                        C         G
Honky tonkers don't cry  we ain't allowed
                                              D7
We have to have a good time even when we feel down
                     G     C                    G
And if a tear should fall  it's gonna land on a smile
                     D7                  G   G7
Always having a ball honky tonkers don't cry
C           G     C                     G
Cryin' in a beer  is commonplace around here
C                     G     A7                 D7
But when the sun goes down  nobody's wearing a frown
                        G     C     G
That's the life that we live  every night
                           D7                  G
That's the way that it is  honky tonkers don't cry
C           G     C                     G
Cryin' in a beer  is commonplace around here
C                     G     A7                 D7
But when the sun goes down  nobody's wearing a frown
                        G     C     G
That's the life that we live  every night
                           D7                  G
That's the way that it is  honky tonkers don't cry

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Richard Thompson - Honky-Tonk Blues Lyrics

Well, I left my home down on the rural route
I told my paw, "I'm going steppin' out
And get the honky tonk blues", yeah, the honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blues

Well, I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes
Woke up this mornin' wishin' I could lose them
Jumpin' honky tonk blues, yeah, the honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blue

Well, I stopped into every place in town
This city life has really got me down
I got the honky tonk blues, yeah, the honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, got the honky tonk blues

I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And scat right back to my pappy's farm
And leave these honky tonk blues, yeah, the honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blues

When I get home to my Ma and Pa
I know they're gonna lay down the law
About the honky tonk blues, them jumpin' honky tonk blues
Lord, I'm sufferin' with the honky tonk blues

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Honky-Tonked to Death

[Verse 1]
I guess her love began to die when I found swinging doors
And every night I stayed out late, it died a little more
I let temptation lead me on to love that's laid to rest
It didn't die of natural cause, it was honky-tonked to death

[Chorus]
I honky-tonked away the things in life that meant the most
Just like a line in that old song, I threw away the rose
I walked upon her lovin' heart till there was nothing left
Love didn't die of natural cause, it was honky-tonk?d to death

[Verse 2]
She couldn't count those lon?ly nights, nor all the tears she cried
I couldn't count the roams I'd done, nor all the times I lied
I was blinded by those neon lights and put love on the shelf
It didn't die of natural cause, it was honky-tonked to death

[Chorus]
I honky-tonked away the things in life that meant the most
Just like a line in that old song, I threw away the rose
I walked upon her lovin' heart till there was nothing left
Love didn't die of natural cause, it was honky-tonked to death

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
I honky-tonked away the things in life that meant the most
Just like a line in that old song, I threw away the rose
I walked upon her lovin' heart till there was nothing left
Love didn't die of natural cause, it was honky-tonked to death
Love didn't die of natural cause, it was honky-tonked to death

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Hooked On A Feeling
Recorded by B. J. Thomas
Written by Mark James

G                         G7             C
I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me 
                        G            D7
But girl you just don't realize what you do to me 
G                        G7
When you hold me in your arms so tight 
        Em            G7
You let me know every thing's alright 
C       D7          G
Ah  I'm hooked on a feeling 
G7        C
High on believing 
D7             G            D7
That you're in love with m--e
 
     G                 G7                          C
Your lips are sweet as candy the taste stays on my mind 
                 G           D7
Girl you keep me thirsty for another cup a wine 
G                G7                          C
I got it bad for you girl but I don't need a cure 
                 G                       D7
I'll just stay addicted and hope I can endure 
 
G                      G7
All the good love when we're all alone 
        Em           G7
Keep it up girl yeah you turn me on  
Repeat #2
G                      G7
All the good love when we're all alone 
        Em            G7
Keep it up sugar yeah you turn me on 
Repeat #2

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Hooked On Bluegrass

[Verse 1]
I finally found my drug of choice and I know I'll never quit
I'm hooked on bluegrass music and I might as well admit
I crave it several times a day, can never get too much
I feel good when I hear it so I use it as a crutch

[Verse 2]
I thought about my habit and I've yet to find a flaw
The price is alright, you can't OD, and it ain't against the law
Anything you love this much I guess could be a sin
So just in case, I turn to bluegrass gospel now and then

[Chorus]
I wake up every morning and hear my radio
Come to life with music from my favorite bluegrass show
I know that I'm addicted now, but it's the path I choose
I'm hooked on bluegrass music, it's the only drug I use

[Verse 3]
I love to go where other addicts meet and congregate
To share my drugs with others with whom I can relate
We might party all day long for three days, maybe four
Be strung out Monday morning when it's back to work we go

[Chorus]
I wake up every morning and hear my radio
Come to life with music from my favorite bluegrass show
I know that I'm addicted now, but it's the path I choose
I'm hooked on bluegrass music, it's the only drug I use

[Verse 4]
Today there are some dealers that change the recipe
But I still like it better back the way it used to be
If that old sound I grew up with should ever be outgrown
A few of us old timers could still make it on our own

[Chorus]
I wake up every morning and hear my radio
Come to life with music from my favorite bluegrass show
I know that I'm addicted now, but it's the path I choose
I'm hooked on bluegrass music, it's the only drug I use

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Hooked On Music
Written and recorded by Mac Davis

C
Well it was New Years Eve I was 14 at the time

I was celebrating 4 AM with them hoodlum friends of mine
          F
I heard a boy named Elvis Presley
                                        C
Singing That's Alright Mama on the radio  and it turned me on
       G7                                                C
I been hooked on music  hooked on music from that moment on


Well all my friends thought I had one brick less than a load

Cause I'd stop the car and I'd jump out and start dancing in the road
             F
When I heard Jerry Lee Lewis singing 
                             C
Whole Lot of Shaking Going On  it turned me on
           G7                                                C
And I been hooked on music  hooked on music from that moment on

          F
Wella I'd steal them fancy hubcaps
                                C
Off them cowboy's pickup trucks fender skirts and mud-flaps
                            F
Anything to make a buck I'd sell 'em right back to 'em
                             D7
Out behind the rodeo just to make a little money
                              G7
To treat my little honey to a rock and roll show

      C
And I hung around that skating rink where Buddy Holly played

I could not believe one man could have such fun
                                F
And still get paid then I heard that local DJ playing
                                   C
That'll Be The Day it turned me on  said turned me on
       G7                                               C
I been hooked on music hooked on music from that moment on

       F
Well I finally got some tickets to see Elvis live and hot
       C
And my girlfriend almost jumped my bones going back to the parking lot
F
I knew that it was not my great physique good looks and charm
     D7                            G7
That left that Texas teenybopper's nail-prints in my arm

     C
So I bought myself a guitar and I wrote me a lady's song

And I could change the name to fit my latest flame

And that sucker never came out wrong 
    F
I'd sit back and sing it soft and low
                                                  C
Watch 'em as it slowly turned 'em on I'd turn 'em on
       G7                                               C
I been hooked on music hooked on music from that moment on

       G7                                               C
I been hooked on music hooked on music from that moment on

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Hootenanny Express
Recorded by the Canadian Sweethearts
Written by Bob Reagan

F                           C
Climb aboard the Hootenanny ride aboard the Hootenanny 
         G7                                          C
From the coast way through the mountains through the green valleys
F                           C
Climb aboard the Hootenanny find the dreams that I've been dreaming
         G7                  C
When you ride the Hootenanny Express
Hear the lonesome sound of the outward bound
                          Am
That rolls on through the moonlight
C                        F
I'm free as the wind and gone again
C             G7       C
When the town rolls in sight
Repeat #1
Hear the clickity clack of the railroad track
                      Am
That seems to call my name
C                            F
And the same old track keeps calling back
C           G7     C
That I'm on my way again
Repeat #1

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Hootenanny Granny  
Recorded by Jim Lowe
Written by Fred Hertz and Charles Grean

C         F                C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
        G7                     C         Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
       C                 F           G7
At the age of 93 she can sing in any key
         C                 G7                  C
She's my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee
When the hootenanny came to town 
F                            C
I took my gray haired granny down
                                G7
Much to my surprise she dug the scene
    C                           F
She traded in her walking stick for a banjo and a pick
    G7                                    C
And improvised six choruses of Good Night Irene
Repeat #1
She picked the Cotton Fields in G 
F                             C
And then she rocked the Lemon Tree
                                       G7
She sang the Foggy Dew from night till dawn
    C
The Kingston Trio is the rage 
    F
But add it up they're not her age
          G7                                       C
She's the one who knows where all the flowers have gone
She helped Michael row the boat to shore 
F                              C
And when they hollered out for more
                                     G7
She sang a verse from Blowing in the Wind 
    C
She helped John Henry lay some tracks
       F
Walked along with Reverend Black 
          G7                                        C
While the crowd was walking out she sang Walk Right In
          F                C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
        G7                     C         Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
       C                  F              G7
At the age of 93 now it's Peter Paul and she
         C                 G7                  C   F C
She's my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee

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Hop High My Lula Gal

Where did you get them high top shoes
And the dress that you wear so fine
Got my shoes from a railroad man
And the dress is from a driver in the mine

    Oh hop high hop high
    Hop high my lula gal

I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain
I'll pawn you gold wedding ring
To pay my little lulu's fine
I'll pawn you my wagon and my team

Where have you been my pretty little girl
Where have you been so long
I've been in the pen with those rough and rowdy men
And honey I'm goin' back again

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Hope Of A Broken Heart
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Lois Mann and Lloyd Copas
 
C            G7             C    G7
You broke my heart when you went away
      C       D7         G7
I was blue so sad and so lonely
  C       G7      C      G7
I cried I cried I hid my pride
   C         D7         G7
To keep your love yet I lost you
 
       C
Like a child without a toy
    F
You took life's only joy
     D7                G7
When you said you were through
      C
Now a broken heart will mend
       F          D7
With a lover or a friend
   G7                          C
Oh darling please don't let it end
 
             G7             C    G7
You broke my heart when you went away
      C       D7         G7
I was blue so sad and so lonely
  C       G7      C      G7
I cried I cried I hid my pride
   C         D7         G7
To keep your love yet I lost you
 
       C
Like a child without a toy
    F
You took life's only joy
     D7                G7
When you said you were through
      C
Now a broken heart will mend
       F          D7
With a lover or a friend
   G7                          C
Oh darling please don't let it end

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Richard Thompson - Hope You Like the New Me Lyrics

I stole your style, hope you don't mind
I must try to be all I can be
It suits me more than it ever suited you
Hope you like the new me

And I stole your laugh so bright and breezy
It stops parties in mid-air
It makes me feel more devil may care
Hope you like the new me
Hope you like the new me

We all need friends to lean on
Any time, any place, anywhere
Feel free to lean on me
But please, don't do it right now
Yes, I'm much too busy right now

And I stole your walk, the one with purpose
It says there is no mountain I can't climb
It fools people all of the time
Hope you like the new me

And I stole your jokes, just the good ones
How the gang all laughed with glee
I also stole the way that you tell them
Hope you like the new me
Hope you like the new me

To steal is to flatter, what a compliment to pay
All those things that I stole from you
Well, I might give them back someday
Yes, I really might someday

And I stole your wife, hope you don't mind
She was looking bored, don't you think?
Soon have her back in the pink
Stop by and see us for tea

And I stole your soul when you weren't looking
I reached inside and cut it free
It suits me more than it's ever suited you
Hope you like the new me
Hope you like the new me

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Hopefully (I'll Be Out Of My Mind)
Written and recorded by Jeanne Pruett
 
G                 D7          G
I had two cups of coffee this morning
                G7          C      Am
Before a single tear filled my eyes
     C                   G
So I know your memory is dimming
      A7                             D7
Cause today I've only prayed once to die
 
       G           D7       G
You're losing this hold you have on me
            G7         C        Am
You see I'm forgetting with time
C               G           C
One more day of hurting for you
      G                       D7        G
Hopefully (hopefully) I'll be out of my mind
 
               D7           G
Two years is a long time to want you
                     G7       C
Without you in these two arms of mine
                      G
Desire still fills my body
    A7                           D7
But maybe I'll lose that with my mind
 
          G     D7      G
Then when day becomes tomorrow
                           G7         C
And my heart beats for the very first time
                       G       C
With love maybe I will know it
      G                       D7        G
Hopefully (hopefully) I'll be out of my mind

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Hopeless Romantic
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Billy Vera

G
Sometimes on Sundays I sit by the TV
                    Am
Watching sad movies alone
And when it comes to the part
          D7                G
Where the little dog dies I cry
Sometimes I think I was born just a little behind
               Am
Or ahead of my time 
                           D7
I live in a dream world of caring and sharing
    Am            D7     G
And good guys and nobody lies
      Am       D7
I'm a believer 
         Am                D7
And much more than anything
             G
I believe in you 
               Am    D7
You're not a deceiver
           Am                     D7
And if you told me the ocean went dry
               G   D7
I'd believe in you
   G
So call me a hopeless romantic
                  D7   G
Cause I can still believe
            D7   G     Am        D7
I can still believe in true love
    Am         D7               G  D7  Em  D7
And hopeless romantic still can find a way
        C    Bm   Am   D7    G
To make true love last these days
Have you ever noticed while telling a tall tale
                          Am
The look on the face of a child
                                D7
She accepts without question as though it was gospel
        Am        D7         G
They're only like that for a while 
 
So call me a hopeless romantic
                  D7   G
Cause I can still believe
            D7   G     Am        D7
I can still believe in true love
    Am         D7               G  D7  Em  D7
And hopeless romantic still can find a way
        C    Bm   Am
To make true love last   
          C    Bm   Am
To make true love last
         C    Bm   Am   D7      G
To make true love last  these days
      Am         D7           G
For a hopeless romantics like me 

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Hopelessly Yours
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley
[3/4 time]

G            D7       C          D7
I love you I hate you forget you but I'm afraid to
    G           D7           C        D7
You loved me or did you I'll never be sure
    C               D7         G             C
But one thing's for certain in spite of this hurting 
G           D7         G
Forever I'm hopelessly yours 

                 D7          C         D7
From laughing to crying from living to dying
     G         D7           C            D7
From Heaven to heartaches I know I can't cure
    C               D7         G             C
But one thing's for certain in spite of this hurting 
G           D7         G
Forever I'm hopelessly yours 

  D7                      C  G
I cry on the slightest of mo-tions  
        A7                       D7
Cuz I'm just going through these emotions
 
Repeat #1
 
               D7         G
I'll always be hopelessly yours 
D7         G
Hopelessly yours 

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Hoping That You're Hoping

Every minute of the day I'm thinking about you
And without you life is just a crazy dream
Every breath I take I'm hoping that you're hoping
That I'm hoping you'll return to me

Can you remember dear when you said
If I ever stopped loving you, you'd rather be dead
Well dear, I don't know what on earth changed you mind
No matter whose holding you, your heart is still mine

Every time I think about the way you cuddled up and spuddled up
And thrilled me with your charm
I get dizzy in the head and when it's seeming that I'm dreaming
I'm locked in your loving arms


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Hoping That You're Hoping
Recorded by The Louvin Brothers   
Written by Betty E. Harrison

C F    C                     G7
E-very minute of the day I'm thinking about you
                                     C
And without you life is just a crazy dream
  F    C                                    G7
E-very breath I take I'm hoping that you're hoping 
                                 C
That I'm hoping you'll return to me
G7               D7
Can you remember dear when you said
                                             G7
If I ever stopped loving you you'd rather be dead
                               D7
Well dear I don't know what on earth changed your mind
                                                G7
No matter who's holding you your heart is still mine
C F    C                              G7
E-very time I think about the way you cuddled up 
                                        C
And snuggled up and filled me with your charm
  F   C                               G7
I get dizzy in the head and then it's seeming that I'm dreaming
                          C
I'm locked in your loving arms
Repeat #1,2,1

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Hot Corn, Cold Corn

   Hot corn cold corn bring along the demijohn
   Hot corn cold corn bring along the demijohn
   Hot corn cold corn bring along the demijohn
   Fare thee well Uncle Bill see you in the morning yes sir

Well it's upstairs downstairs out in the kitchen (3x)
See you Uncle Bill just a raring and a pitching yes sir

Well it's old Aunt Peggy won't you fill 'em up again (3x)
Ain't had a drink since the lord knows when yes sir

Well yonder comes the preacher and the children are a crying (3x)
Chickens a running and the toenails a flying yes sir

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Hot Water Pipe
Written and recorded by David Ball

C
Well ice is hanging on a telephone wire
                   G7  
Not a word about a fire
C                              F 
Every blanket we got is on the bed
     C               G7                  C
It's gonna be a cold one the weather man says
 
         
Now this old place is drafty and cold
                       G7
It's going down to ten below
C                         F 
It's gonna be a cold cold night
  C                       G7           C 
I hope it don't freeze up my hot water pipe
 
 
Hot water pipe hot water pipe
                                     G7
Don't want the cold to turn you into ice
     C                    F
It's gonna be a cold cold night
  C                       G7           C  
I hope it don't freeze up my hot water pipe
 
 
Now when that north wind comes down south
                                    G7
It takes a while for things to thaw out
C                       F
You'll get by you'll be alright
C                 G7             C
Just don't let it freeze up your pipe
 
Repeat #3
 
                          G7           C 
I hope it don't freeze up my hot water pipe

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Hound Dog Song
(You Gotta Quick Kickin' My Dog Around)

Traditional

Once me & Lem Briggs and ol' Bill Brown,
We took us a load of corn to town.
My old Jim dog, the ornery cuss,
He just naturally follered us.

As we drove past the general store,
A passel of yaps came out the door.
Old Jim stopped to smell of a box,
They shot at him a bunch of rocks.

Chorus:
Everytime I go to town,
The boys keep kickin' my dog around.
It makes no difference if he is a hound,
They've gotta quit kickin' my dog around.

They tied a can to his tail,
And ran him past the county jail.
That plumb naturally made me sore.
Lem, he cussed, and Bill he swore.

Well, me Lem Briggs and old Bill Brown,
Lost no time in hoppin' down.
We whupped them town ducks up on the ground
For kickin' my old Jim dog around.

Chorus

Jim seed his duty thar and then.
He lit right into those gentlemen.
He sure messed up the courthouse square,
with rags and meat and hide and hair.

Chorus

Notes: Campaign song of James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark, senator from
Missouri, during his campaign for U.S. President in 1912. See "Champ
Clark", as well as the fiddle tunes "Sally Ann" and "Great Big Taters
in Sandy Land".


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House At Pooh Corner
Kenny Loggins

Christopher Robin and I walked along
Under branches lit up by the moon
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
As our days disappeared all too soon
But I've wandered much further today than I should
And I can't seem to find my way back to the wood, so

/ D Em F#m Bm / G A D - / : / Bm - F#m - / G - - A /

{Refrain}
Help me if you can I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky - Chase the clouds away
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

/ D - G A / / Bm - G A / F#m - D - /
/ F#m - Bm - / G A Bm - C - A - /

Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do
Got a honey jar stuck on his nose
He came to me asking help and advice
And from here no one knows where he goes
So I sent him to ask of the Owl if he's there
How to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear

{Refrain}

It's hard to explain how a few precious things
Seem to follow throughout all our lives
After all's said and done I was watching my son
Sleeping there with my bear by his side
So I tucked him in, kissed him, and as I was going
I swear that old bear whispered, "Boy, welcome home"

Believe me if you can, I've finally come
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
What do you know, there's so much to done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky - Chase the clouds away
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and - Back to the days
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin and - Back to the ways
Back to the days of Pooh
Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh

... / G A Bm - / / / / / / G A D - /

[Optional - modulate last chorus up 3 semitones.]


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Nickel Creek - House Carpenter

Well met, well met, said an old true love
well met, well met, said he
i just returned from the salt, salt sea
and its all for the love of thee

come in, come in, my own true love
and have a seat by me
its been three-fourths of a long, long year
since together we have been

i cant come in and i cant sit down
for ive only a moments time
they say youre married to a house carpenter
and your heart will never be mine

i couldve married the kings daughter fair
and she wouldve married me
but i have forsaken, her crowns of gold
and all for the love of thee

now will you forsake your house carpenter
and come along with me
ill take you where, the grass grows green
on the banks of the deep blue sea

then she picked up her darling little babe
and kisses she gave it three
saying stay right here you darling little babe
and keep your pop company

they had not been on the ship two weeks
im sure it was not three
til this true love began to weep and to mourn
and she wept most bitterly

saying are you weeping for my silver and my gold?
saying are you weeeping for my store?
or are you weeping, for your house carpenter
whose face youll never see no more?

i am not weeping for your silver and your gold
i am not weeping for your store
no i am weeping, for my darling little babe
whose face ill never see no more

they had not been on the ship three weeks
im sure it was not four
when there came a leak, in the bottom of the ship
and sank them for to rise no more

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House Of Blue Lights
recorded by Asleep At The Wheel
written by Don Raye and Freddy Slack
 
C
Lace up your boots and we'll truck on down
 
To a knocked out shack on the edge of town
       F
There's an eight beat combo that just won't quit
       C
Keep a-walking' 'til ya see a blue light lit
        G7
Fall in there and we'll see some sights
            C
Down at the house the house the house of blue lights
 
C
There's fryers  broilers  and Detroit bar-b-que ribs
                     F
But the treat of the treat
                            C
Is when they serve up those fine egg beats
             G7
You'll wanna spend the rest of your brights
            C
Down at the house the house the house of blue lights
 
 
We'll have a time and we'll some rug
 
While we dig those tunes like they should be dug
       F
It's a real homecoming' for all those cats
     C
Just boogie past the welcome mat
        G7
Fall in there and we'll see some sights
            C
Down at the house the house the house of blue lights

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House Of Gold

People steal they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on judgement day
That gold and silver will melt away

I'd rather be in a dark grave
And to know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul

What good is gold and silver too
If your hearts not pure and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray

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House Of Love
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Kenny O'Dell

G7        C                 A7
Why don't you and I build a house of love
         D7                     G               G7
Just the two of us is all we'll need to warm it up
        C                      A7
Make it yours and mine part of me and you
       D7
Let it always be where we come running to
F   G7    C         G7                C
Why don't you and I  build a house of love

                        F   C Dm
Let's fill it up to the brim
            G7      C
Oh light it up with loving and keep it shining
          Am         C          D7              G7
Where the late night hours will find us in each other's arms

           C                    A7
Then we'll hide away and you'll be all mine
       D7
And we won't come out until we're satisfied
F   G7    C         G7                C
Why don't you and I  build a house of love
F     G7   C         G7                C   F C
Let's just you and I  build a house of love

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House Of Memories
by Merle Haggard
 
G7          C         F        C
My house of memories  is all I own 
F         C       G7              C
I live in misery  now that you're gone 
G7           C       F               C
A constant reminder  of what used to be 
F            C   G7             C
Is torturing me  in my house of memories 
 
              F             A#       F
My house is a prison  where memories surround me 
                          C                         F 
There's no place to hide  where you're memory won't find me
            C         F        C    F  
My house of memories  is all I own 
        C      G7             C
I'm all alone  in my house of memories 
 
              F             A#       F
My house is a prison  where memories surround me 
                          C                         F 
There's no place to hide  where you're memory won't find me
            C         F        C    F  
My house of memories  is all I own 
        C      G7             C
I'm all alone  in my house of memories 

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House Of Sand
Written and recorded by Freddie Hart

G             C                        G
Your house of sand it won't stand very long
                                            D7
There's no foundation there to build loving on
      G          C               G
And I stood just about all I can stand
C           G            D7              G
And I can't live in your lonely house of sand

                        C                  G
Built a house of love I thought would last forever
                                           D7
But you told me you couldn't love just one man
    G                         C              G
You took my house of love and tore it all to shambles
C     G                   D7                 G
And replaced it with your crumbling house of sand

Repeat #1 x2

C          G            D7              G
No I can't live in your lonely house of sand

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House Of The Rising Sun

There is a in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
Its been the ruin of many poor girls
And me, oh lord, I'm one

My mother she's a tailor
She sews those new blue jeans
My husband he's a gambling man
Drinks down in New Orleans

My husband he's a gambler
He goes from town to town
The only time he's satisfied is when
He drinks his liquor down

Go tell my baby sister
Never do like I have done
Shun that house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun

One foot on the platform
The other's on the train
I'm going down to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Going back to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I'm going to spend the rest of my life
Beneath that rising sun


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Nickel Creek - House Of Tom Bombadil Lyrics
[Instrumental]

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Dolly Parton - House Where Love Lives lyrics

A squeaky gate a welcome lock a big shaggy dog that lives out back
And some might even call it a shack but this is the house where love lives
The paint is peelin' off of the cells the mailbox is full of bills
And it's no mansion on the hill but this is the house where love lives
There's a little boy who looks just you with freckles on his nose and eyes of blue
A little girl almost two and everybody says she looks just like you
So thank you dear for loving me though I know rich we'll never be
But that doesn't matter to you and me cause we live in the house where love lives
[ steel ]
So thank you dear for loving me though I know rich we'll never be
But that doesn't matter to you and me cause we live in the house where love lives
We live in the house where love lives


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Houston
Recorded by Dean Martin
Written by Lee Hazelwood

G                              C
Well it's lonesome in this old town
     G            C
Everybody puts me down
      G              C
I'm a face without a name
       G
Just a walking in the rain
                      D7      G
Going back to Houston Houston Houston   
                          C
I got holes in both of my shoes
           G                   C
Well I'm a walking case of the blues
      G            C
Saw a dollar yesterday
        G
But the wind blew it away
                      D7      G
Going back to Houston Houston Houston   
 
                           C
I haven't eaten in about a week
       G                    C
I'm so hungry when I walk I squeak
  G             C
Nobody calls me friend
     G
It's sad the shape I'm in
                      D7      G
Going back to Houston Houston Houston
                      D7      G
Going back to Houston Houston Houston
   
                               C
I gotta girl waiting there for me
        G                    C
Well at least she said she'd be
        G                   C
I gotta home and a big warm bed
      G
And a feather pillow for my head
              G       D7      G
Going back to Houston Houston Houston   
Repeat #1
                      D7      G
Going back to Houston Houston Houston

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Houston Again
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Russell Brown and David Ball
 
C
I don't wanna go to Houston again
                   G7
I used to go there now and then
 
I met a little girl named Mary Lou
                  C
Prettiest thing I ever knew
 
 
Her daddy's a big time cattle man
                              G7
Said he liked me a lot and he wanted grand 
 
Children he could bounce around on his knee
                           C
Him and Mary Lou got their eyes on me
 
 
I don't wanna go to Houston town  
                         F
I'm a rambling man can't settle down
                     C
If I go back they'll rope me in
   G7                          C
No I don't wanna go to Houston again
 
  G7                C
I gotta be outta my mind
G7                          C
I'm heading straight for my ruin
G7                      C
Driving down Interstate 45
D7                     G7
I'd better turn around soon
 
Repeat #1,2,3
   G7                          C
No I don't wanna go to Houston again

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How 'Bout You?
Yonder Mountain String Band

Don't tie me up and take my time
Waiting years and wondering why
I love old songs and what they know
Just turn 'em up and let 'em go

I ask myself what I need
Homesick blues and melodies
This old tune's what I desire
It's hot as hell it burns like fire, burns like fire

Chorus:
How 'bout you? How 'bout you?
I wonder where you're going to
Flyin' by and out of view
I'll keep looking, how 'bout you?

I love old lights from the radio
Nowadays I just don't know
There's less and less for me to prove
Just more folks to prove it to, to prove it to

[ Chorus ]

Telephones won't let me be
They never sound like what I need
Up all night and listenin' to
The things you say and never do, never do

[ Chorus ]

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How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

We read of a place that's called heaven
It's made for the pure and the free
These truths in God's Word He hath given
How beautiful heaven must be

How beautiful heaven must be ( must be )
Sweet home of the happy and free
Fair heaven of rest for the weary
How beautiful heaven must be

In heaven no drooping nor pining
No wishing for elsewhere to be
God's light is forever there shining
How beautiful heaven must be

* Refrain

Pure waters of life there are flowing
And all who will drink may be free
Rare jewels of splendor are glowing
How beautiful heaven must be

* Refrain

The angels so sweetly are singing
Up there by the beautiful sea
Sweet chords from their gold harps are ringing
How beautiful must be

* Refrain


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How Big A Fire
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Hank Cochran

G                     Em       A7
How big a fire must I build to melt your heart
D7                            G        D7
Tell me won't you please so I can start
   G               Em          A7
To work to void no goal is not too smart
          C           D7                 G
How big a fire must I build to melt your heart
                      Em               A7
Don't make me pay for what someone did before
       D7                    G            D7
I just want to prove my love nothing more
         G                Em             A7
But it's hard when you're working in the dark
          C           D7                 G
How big a fire must I build to melt your heart
C          D7            G
Love words I speak don't turn your head
          C           G        A7             D7
Sometimes I wonder if you ever heard anything I said
     G             Em         A7
Take me in or just tell me to depart
          C           D7                 G    Dm
How big a fire must I build to melt your heart
G         C           D7                 G
How big a fire must I build to melt your heart

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How Bout Never
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Dave Lindsey and Brent Ronen
 
G
Well hello there was a big surprise
   D7
To hear you on the phone
 
I guess I'm doing fine you know
                          G
You're right it's been so long
 
 
To say that you've been missing me
     C
That I've been on your mind
      D7
You'd love to get together
                      G
If I'll just make the time
 
              C
Well how bout never  
               G
Would never be ok
    D7
I'd really like to see you 
        G
But I'm busy every day
       
C
Well I hope it's soon enough
               G
Cause it's the visiting I can do
              D7
Well how bout never  
                  G
Is never good for you
 
 
To say you dream about me
     D7
Ever since we've been apart
 
Like nothing ever happened 
                        G
Like you never broke my heart
 
 
But now I'm finally over you
   C
My hurts come to an end
   D7
So if you didn't hear me
                 G
I'll say it once again
 
Repeat #3,4
         D7
How bout never
                  G
Is never good for you

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How Can It Be Wrong (When It Feels So Right)
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell and David Houston
Written by Norro Wilson, Danny Walls, Sammy Lyons

G
You run to meet me and I reach out my arms
                                          G7
When I hold you close it makes me feel so warm
    C                               G
And we'll slip away and be together tonight
                           D7          G
How can this be wrong when it feels so right
Even though I love you I can't call you mine
                                       G7
So we'll love each other a little at a time
   C                               G
So kiss me once more then I'll say goodnight
                           D7          G
How can this be wrong when it feels so right
    C
How can it be wrong when it feels so right
And we'll both go home to another tonight
    G                                           D7
And we'll hide our feelings and hold each other tight
                                       G
How can this be wrong when it feels so right
    D7                                 G
How can this be wrong when it feels so right

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How Can Our Cheating Be Wrong
Recorded by Jack Greene
written by Dallas Frazier

C
Like two common thieves caught stealing 
                      F      C
We've been blamed for having feeling
        F           C           D7   G7
Darling how can our cheating be wr-ong
   C         G7    C                           F       C
We both have obligations but there at war with our temptations
F                   C         G7 C
Darling how can our cheating  be wrong
    G7                            F             C
Our love is not accepted we're condemned and disrespected
    F                    C                   D7           G7
But they'd never felt or shared one precious moment we've known
           C       G7       C
There's no way for words to smother 
                       F        C
The love we're feeling for each other
F                   C         G7 C
Darling how can our cheating  be wrong
    G7                            F             C
Our love is not accepted we're condemned and disrespected
    F                    C                   D7           G7
But they'd never felt or shared one precious moment we've known
           C       G7       C
There's no way for words to smother 
                       F        C
The love we're feeling for each other
F                   C         G7 C
Darling how can our cheating  be wrong

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Dolly Parton - How Close They Must Be lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Porter Wagoner)
Copyright 1973

On a park bench on sunny afternoon sat a young boy and a girl bout seventeen
As we stood so closely by watched them hold each other's hand
On their faces love had written we're making plans
Then he said to her you're my guiding light
Then she said to him you make my whole world seem so bright
Then we saw their books of braille and that neither one could see
Then I thought how close they must be
Such tenderness my eyes have never seen two young lovers both just in their
teens
Though their world gives them no light they see more than you and me
Don't you know how close they must be
Then a car stopped just a few steps away
And a voice said Jim and Jeannie it's time to go
With their hands still clutched so tight helping each other to the car
Can you imagine just how close they are
Don't you know how close they must be


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How Come You Do Me

How come you do me like do do do
How come you do me like do
How come you do me like do do do
When I ain't done nothing to you

Ashese to ashes and it's sand to sand
I'm giving you my warning that
I ain't no monkey man
How come you do me like do do do
How come you do me like do

Ã[email protected] * Refrain

Ashes to ashes and it's dust to dust
Show me a woman that a man can trust
How come you do me like do do do
How come you do me like do

Ã[email protected] * Refrain


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How Could I Dream Such A Dream

I dreamed you were lying close beside me
And I dreamed no one else had your heart
In this dream you said you loved me
And told me that we'd never part

Oh how could I dream such a dream
How peaceful there while I sleep
But I awoke how strange it did seem
I was lost in a world so deep

You'll never know just how much I love you
And that you're in my prayers every night
But tonight you're in the arms of another
And I know what I'm feeling ain't right

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How Deep In Love Am I
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Bob McDill

Am                           C
I say that I'll be all right in a day or two
  F               C                  G7                 Am
I say it's just a passin' thing this thing I've got for you
                                  C
I tell myself it's nothin' then I see you walk by
     F        C                G7              Am
Down inside I ask my heart how deep in love am I
     C                              F
Deep enough to need a lifetime or a hand to shallow ground
    C                                   G7              C
I'm chest high in a sea of love and the waters won't go down
                                 F           C    F
Deep enough to need a savior but there ain't one around
   C                            G7             Am
It won't be long before I'll be deep enough to drown
                                    C
And I say that I'll forget you this thing I feel will fade
F              C                G7       Am
I'll hang on a little while and it'll go away
                                    C
But each night in the darkness when I turn out the light
F           C                G7              Am
All alone I ask my heart how deep in love am I
Repeat #2 x2

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How Did You Find Me Here
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle and Theresa Haggard
[3/4 time]

C
How did you find me how did you know
                                F
I'd be here in this hole in the ground
G7
I can't even see out over the edge
                            C
Looking up from all the way down


I thought I'd been left here to die
                     F
When I saw your face appear
G7
What a surprise
                    C
How did you find me here

F                                          C
I thought I could do it all of it all by myself
                            G7          F
I thought I could win every round  then I hit rock bottom
                                                G7
And the blues I got 'em you lifted me out of my fear
                    C
How did you find me here 

Repeat #3 

Thank you Lord



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How Do I Get Off The Moon
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Donny Kees, Randy Boudreaux, Kerry Phillips

G       Em                G
We took off like a rocket ship
     Em              G
To a place that we'd never been
    C       G                     C
You took me higher and higher and higher
                         D7
I never thought it would end
       Bm                  C
Then I woke up to find you left me behind
            G   D7        Em
Now what am I supposed to do
        G      D7            G    D7
Tell me how do I get off the moon
        G      Em          C             D7
Tell me how do I get these stars from my eyes
    G      Em    C          D7
And how do I get on with my life 
C             A7                 G         D7    Em
How do I hold someone new when I can't let go of you
        G      D7            G
Tell me how do I get off the moon
  Em               G             Em                   G
I never planned on leaving guess you never planned to stay
    C                   G     C
And after we've come so far together
Am                      D7
How could you just walk away
    Bm                        C
And leave me out here in this cold atmosphere
G        D7    Em
Lost without a clue
D7      G      D7            G    D7
Tell me how do I get off the moon
        G      Em          C             D7
Tell me how do I get these stars from my eyes
    G      Em    C          D7
And how do I get on with my life 
C             A7                 G         D7    Em
How do I hold someone new when I can't let go of you
        G      D7            G
Tell me how do I get off the moon
C                   A7                G          D7      Em
You made it look so easy girl now the least that you can do
        G      D7            G    C
Tell me how do I get off the moon
        G      D7            G
Tell me how do I get off the moon

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How Do You Do That
Recorded by Ed Bruce
Written by Ed Bruce and Donnie Blanz

C
At the door at five a.m.
Off to bust my back again
    G7                      C      G7
And here you are kissing me goodbye
C
Suddenly the day at hand
Doesn't seem to be so bad
    G7                         C
And once again you make things alright
              F
How do you do that
                                            C
You find diamonds in the drops of rain that fall
                 F
While I just get wet
                                 C
You let the sun shine through it all
                 G7
It's a wonder to me
              C
How do you do that
You call to say honey hurry home
You've thought about us all day long
    G7                         C
And baby tonight we're staying in
We'll count the stars on a moonless night
Watch the shadows by candlelight
    G7                                 C
And you'll love me like the first time again
Repeat #2 x2
                   G7
You're a wonder to me
              C
How do you do that

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Dolly Parton - How Does It Feel lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I know that you're out there
Knowing that there's someone out here thinkin' of you
In your heart and in your mind
I know there is no doubt that someone loves you
And I know that you know
That I'll be waiting here when you have need of me
And when the world has chained you down
I know you know my love will set you free
How does it feel to know that someone loves you
How does it feel to know that someone's always thinkin' of you
Oh and how does it feel to know that someone puts no one above you
How does it feel to know that someone loves you, someone loves you
I have come to know and love you
Like I've never known or loved another
Words have not been made
That could describe these feelings we have for each other
And I would go to any length
To let you know at all times that I care
'Cause I want you to know
That any time you reach for me you'll find me there
How does it feel to know that someone loves you
How does it feel to know that someone's always thinkin' of you
Oh and how does it feel to know that someone puts no one above you
How does it feel to know that someone loves you, someone loves you
Someone loves you, how does it feel to know it
Someone loves you, how does it feel to know that someone
Loves you, someone loves you, how does it feel, how does it feel
How does it feel to know that someone loves you
Somebody loves you, how does it feel, how does it feel
How does it feel to know that someone loves you
Someone loves you, somebody loves you
Somebody loves you, how does it feel to know it
Somebody loves you


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How Far Is Heaven

How far is Heaven let's go to night.
I want my Daddy to hold me tight.
A little girl was waiting for her Daddy one day,
It was time to meet him when she heard her 
Mommy say,
Come to Mommy darling please do not cry,
Daddy's gone to Heaven way up in the sky
Chorus 
How far is Heaven when can I go 
To see my Daddy he's there I know
How far is Heaven lets go to night
I want my Daddy to hold me tight
He was called so suddenly and 
couldn't say goodbye
I know that he's in Heaven we'll
Meet him bye and bye
The little girl trembled her tears
She could not hide
She looked up toward Heaven and 
then she replied
Chorus


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How Far Our Love Goes
Recorded by T.G. Sheppard
Written by Curly Putman, Jan Crutchfield, Buddy Killen
 
G                                           E7
Baby just relax and let my hands under your head
Am             C              Am    C             D7
You want me as much as I want you   I see it there
   G                                                E7
So let me reach across and turn the lights way down low
      C                            D7                    G
Don't hold back good lovin' let it show how far our love goes
                                            E7
Baby lay your head upon my chest hold on to me
Am                  C                 Am   C              D7
Don't hold back the feelin's that you feel let's set them free
      G                                                    E7
Let's take tonight and make tonight the best let's take it slow
    C                               D7                    G
And there'll be no doubt we finally know how far our love goes
      C
Let's make this moment last because we know the very best 
              D7
It won't last long
      C
Let's take it just as far as we can take it
                         D7
Let me know it fits that strong
G                                                 E7
Darlin' reach across and turn the lights way down low
    C                               D7                    C  G
And there'll be no doubt we finally know how far our love goes

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Dolly Parton - How Great Thou Art lyrics
Writer Stuart K. Hine

Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
Now I see the stars and I hear the rolling thunder
Thy art throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee how great Thou art oh how great Thou
art
Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee how great Thou art how great Thou art
When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
To take me home what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall kneel in humble adoration and there proclaim my God how great Thou
art
Then sings my soul...


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The Incredible String Band - How Happy I Am 

Oh, Lord how happy I am,
Oh, Lord how happy I am,
I won't feel sad 'till the whiskey's gone.
Oh, Lord how happy I am.

Oh, when I met my first woman,
you know, she was nice and kind as can be.
Now she go walking out all over towwn,
and she do just what she please.
Well, if she thinks I'm sitting here
An' I'm waiting for her to come home,
She wanna come a little closer to me right now,
and I'll tell you how happy I am.

Now, a whole lot of women in this world,
They making trouble for all you men;
They're strutting around all over town,
And then walking back home again;
Well, if you think that she's got you down,
And she's started to count to ten,
Just look at her with one eye closed,
And sing to her again.

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The Incredible String Band - How Happy I Am - 2010 Remastered Version 

Oh, Lord how happy I am,
Oh, Lord how happy I am,
I won't feel sad 'till the whiskey's gone.
Oh, Lord how happy I am.

Oh, when I met my first woman,
you know, she was nice and kind as can be.
Now she go walking out all over towwn,
and she do just what she please.
Well, if she thinks I'm sitting here
An' I'm waiting for her to come home,
She wanna come a little closer to me right now,
and I'll tell you how happy I am.

Now, a whole lot of women in this world,
They making trouble for all you men;
They're strutting around all over town,
And then walking back home again;
Well, if you think that she's got you down,
And she's started to count to ten,
Just look at her with one eye closed,
And sing to her again.

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How I Miss My Darling Mother

In my memory there's a little mountain homestead
And the flowers are still growing on the lawn
Now each time I go back home the tears start falling
How I miss my darling since she's gone

She's gone to join a happy band of angels
To sing for endless ages at God's throne
The best friend I ever had is now with Jesus
How I miss my darling Mother since she's gone

There'll never be another friend like Mother
No one can do the things for me she done
Nor can fill the vacant place she left here
How I miss my darling mother since she's gone

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Richard Thompson - How I Wanted To Lyrics

When we parted just like friends
We never tied loose ends
I could never say the words
That would make amends

Oh, how I wanted to, oh, how I wanted to
To say I loved you, to say I loved you
Oh, how I wanted to

From my blue room did you creep
A love too rare to keep
Well, I heard your step
And I turned my head to weep

Oh, how I wanted to, oh, how I wanted to
Say I loved you, say I loved you
Oh, how I wanted to

Oh, how I wanted to, oh, how I wanted to
Say I loved you, to say I loved you
Oh, how I wanted to

Now hearts do what hearts will
And my nights are sleepless still
Well, I never was the one to speak my fill

Oh, how I wanted to, oh, how I wanted to
To say I loved you, ah, to say I loved you
Oh, how I wanted to

Oh, how I wanted to, oh, how I wanted to
Say I loved you, just say I loved you, oh
Oh, how I wanted to

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Richard Thompson - How I Wanted to (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

When we parted just like friends
We never tied loose ends
I could never say the words that would make amends

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
To say I loved you
To say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

From my blue room did you creep
A love too rare to keep
Well I heard your step and I turned my head to weep

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

Now hearts do what hearts will
And my nights are sleepless still
Well I never was the one to speak my fill

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Just say I loved you
Ah just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

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Richard Thompson - How I Wanted To (Live) - 1984, Cannes Lyrics

When we parted just like friends
We never tied loose ends
I could never say the words that would make amends

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
To say I loved you
To say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

From my blue room did you creep
A love too rare to keep
Well I heard your step and I turned my head to weep

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

Now hearts do what hearts will
And my nights are sleepless still
Well I never was the one to speak my fill

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Just say I loved you
Ah just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to

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How I've Tried

You only wanted me for your pastime
Someone to tell your troubles to
I tried so hard to make you happy
It made no difference dear to you

Now you don't want to love me anymore
I've tried so many times before
I've tried and tried, oh how Ie've tried
I've tried you were never satisfied

It hurt me so when you left me
I never thought you'd be untrue
Or go away with another
And leave me lonsome and blue

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How Lonely Can You Get

Have you ever been so lonely so blue you could die
When the one you love no longer cares for you
When your trouble mind keeps bothering you won't leave you alone
When you know its all over love's grown cold

How lonely oh how lonely how lonely can you get
I'd give this wide world over If we had never met
I woudn't have these lonely night days of sad regret
Don't mind being lonely but how lonely can you get

I've tried to tell me my troubled mind to live and just forget
But I don't find that so easy and never will I guess
I'm locked up in a dream world with dreams and loneliness
And every day I ask myself how lonely can you get

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How Long Blues

Long ol' train cruel engineer
They took my baby and left me here
And how long will I keep these lonesome blues

How long how long
Has that evening train been gone
How long how long baby how long

Mean ol' blues come down on me
They're all around me they're all I see
But how long will I keep these lonesome blues

Cruel engineer can't you see
I need my baby back with me
Then I'd be rid of these mean ol' lonesome blues

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How Long Is Forever This Time
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew, Tommy Blake, Art Bishop

F       C       G7           C
(Oh how long is forever this time)
                    G7         C
You say that you'll love me forever
                        G7        C
And you say that you'll always be mine
           C7                        F
Now you're back and I can't help but wonder
       C          G7        C
Oh how long is forever this time
                         G7         C
Though my heart tells me I should believe you
                       G7         C
When I look through my memories I find
                       C7                F       C
Our love's filled with pain please don't hurt me again
                  G7        C
Oh how long is forever this time
     F                         C
Each time that you leave me my tears fall like rain
      D7                       G7
Yet I ask you to come back and hurt me again
F                                             C
One day you'll come back and you'll really be mine
                  G7        C
Oh how long is forever this time
                  G7        C
Oh how long is forever this time

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How Long Must You Keep Me A Secret
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber

C                                              G7
You hold me close you kiss my lips you call me darlin'
                                      C
But you belong to him and it hurts me so
F                                  C
Long ago you swore that you didn't love him anymore
    G7                         C
But when are you gonna let him know
    F                       C
How long must you keep me a secret
G7                          C  C7
When will you tell him bout me
    F                       C
How long must you keep me a secret
   Am      D7           G7       C
Oh darlin' when are you gonna be free
                                               G7
You met me on the darkest streets we steal our moments
                                           C
Afraid someone will come and we'll have to part
F                              C
When will it be time for me to show the world you're mine
     G7                        C
Stop keepin' me hidden in your heart
Repeat #2
D7          G7       C
When are we gonna be free

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How Many Biscuits Can You Eat
Recorded by Mac Wiseman

G
How many biscuits can you eat this morning this morning
                                   D7
How many biscuits can you eat this morning this morning
    G                         C
How many biscuits can you eat 49 and a ham of meat
     G           D7           G
This morning for breakfast so soon
Well there ain't no use of me working so hard this morning this morning
                                              D7
There ain't no use of me working so hard this morning this morning
G
There ain't no use of me working so hard 
C
But I got a woman in a rich folks yard
     G            D7            G
This morning this morning right now
She killed me a chicken and saved me a wing this morning this morning
                                                    D7
She killed a chicken and she saved me the wing this morning this morning
    G
She killed a chicken and she saved me a wing
    C                                    G
She thinks I'm a-working I ain't doin' a thing this morning
    D7           G
For breakfast so soon

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How Many Lifetimes Will It Take
Written and recorded by Dottie West

G        F#              G
How many times does your heart break 
C        B7           E7
How many tears do you cry
A7                    D7    C
How long does it take to forget 
                       D7
A love that just won't die

G        F#             G
How many nights are you lonesome 
C        B7           E7
How many days are you blue
C                          G       Em
How many lifetimes will it take me oh
   D7            G
To ever get over you

     D7
I've tried everything 
     G
From wine to someone new
    A7
But nothing or no one 
    D7
Can take the place of you

C                          G       Em
How many lifetimes will it take me oh
   D7            G
To ever get over you
C                          G       Em
How many lifetimes will it take me oh
   D7            C  G
To ever get over you



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How Many Times

   How many times must we fight
   It goes on 'til past midnight
   Day after day night after night
   How many times must we fight

You always say that I'm to blame
But you should hang your head in shame
Just because you've got the upper hand
This life I live is hard to stand

Your heart is surely made of stone
People like you should live alone
Oh you've kicked this old heart of mine around
A thousand times you let it down

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How Mountain Girls Can Love

   Get down boys, go back home
   Back to the girl you love
   Treat her right, never wrong
   How mountain girls can love 

Riding the night in the high cold winds
On the trail of the old lonesome pine
Thinking of you, feeling so blue
Wondering why you left me behind 

Remember the night we strolled down the lane
Our hearts were gay and happy then
You whispered to me as I held your close
You hoped this night would never end

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How Much Can A Lonely Heart Stand
Recorded by Skeeter Davis
Written by Sandra Rhodes
 
F                                C
Just how much can a lonely heart stand
                Em         F     G7         C
You left me one morning my world came to an end
                    Em           F           C
You said you didn't love me that it was only pretend
              Am                                  C
Now my lonely pillow is just a place for tears to land
         F                       C
Just how much can a lonely heart stand
                Em        F          G7            C
Now my heart is broken it seems that it will never mend
                    Em     F                     C
These teardrops are tokens they were all in your plan
                Am                               C
Now life has no meaning yet no one seems to understand
         F                       C
Just how much can a lonely heart stand
                Am                           C
I went out last night to see if I could live again
              Em      F               C
That's when I saw you kissing my best friend
                    Am                            C
You walked right on by me and you gently held her hand
         F                       C
Just how much can a lonely heart stand
         F                       C
Just how much can a lonely heart stand

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How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
Recorded by Patti Page
Written by Bob Merrill
[3/4 time]

C                              G7
How much is that doggie in the window
                         C
The one with the waggley tail
                               G7
How much is that doggie in the window
                            C
I do hope that doggie's for sale
                          G7
I must take a trip to California
                             C
And leave my poor sweetheart alone
                            G7
If he has a dog he won't be lonesome
                                C
And the doggie will have a good home 
Repeat #1
                              G7
I read in the paper there are robbers 
                                   C
With flashlights that shine in the dark
                             G7
My love needs a doggie to protect him
                             C
And scare them away with one bark
                          G7
I don't want a bunny or a kitty
                           C
I don't want a parrot that talks
                              G7
I don't want a bowl of little fishies
                               C
He can't take a goldfish for a walk
Repeat #1

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How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window
Recorded by Homer and Jethro
Original words and music by Bob Merrill
[3/4 time]

C                                 G7
How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Winder
                             C
I do hope that fleabag's for sale
                                  G7
How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Winder
                            C
The one with the long mangy tail
                                G7
I'll give you two-bits for that hound dog
                            C
The one with the sad achin' heart
                                  G7
Fer he looks so much like my girl friend
                        C
I can't hardly tell 'em apart
  
                          
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
                      
What kind of a dog is that
                 
That is a hot-dog Homer
                 
Boy you sure mustard that up
                      G7
I must take a trip to Louisianer
                             C
Leave her and that hound dog alone
                            G7
While I'm eatin' shrimp and jamboliar
                            C
They'll be home a-gnawin' a bone
                           G7
I don't want a monkey or a baboon
                         C
I don't want a muley old cow
                            G7
I don't want a crappie or a catfish
                      C
A catfish could never me-ow
                                  G7
How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Winder
                                C
With the basketball nose on his face
                           G7
You know what a basketball nose is
                         C
It dribbles all over the place

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How Proud I Would Have Been
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Joe Poovey

G                                         C
How proud I would have been to share your life of sin
            D7                     G
But you saw someone new I wouldn't do for you
                                 C
I wouldn't mind at all to let my morale's fall
            D7                               G
I'd like to try again how proud I would have been
                                      C
Don't think that I'm above selling my soul for love
              D7                         G
And if that's what it cost then take the price tag off
                                      C
Without your love I'll be a whole lot less than me
            D7                               G
I'd like to try again how proud I would have been
  C                          G
A sinners just an angel that slipped and fell
    C                               D7
For one like you I'd play a sinners part so well
    G                                C
I'd stoop to any length to gain your love it seems
            D7                               G
I'd like to try again how proud I would have been
Repeat #3 

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How Sad Texas Can Be
BMI Work #: 8773367
How Sad Texas Can Be (Larry W. Jones 03/22/2007) (song#4529)

How sad Texas can be
When you're all alone
With only a fond memory
Left in old San Antone
I walk at least a mile
Down to San Antone's old square
Thinking of her smile
When she was mine down there
How sad Texas can be
When mariaches play
Songs not meant for me
Of someone's wedding day
Like a dream that cannot sleep
Like a picture on the wall
Like a love I cannot keep
I picture tears begin to fall
How sad Texas can be
Through a cowboy's misty eyes
This cowboy did not see
Through a senorita's lies
How sad Texas can be
When you're left all alone
How sad Texas can be
For a cowboy in San Antone


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How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle 
 
C                               F
How she could sing the Wildwood Flower
      C                          G7
The orphan girl he would love so long
       C                                 F
In the end he knew she'd been his finest hour
    C               G7          C
And all he has left of her is a song
He first saw her standing by a cabin door
                                       G7         C
Her song was ringing out in a voice so strong and sure
To the lonesome valley he'd bring her there to be his bride
                                 G7             C
Where they would live and work together side by side
She was his sunshine she was his moon and morning star
                                 G7            C
His words would ring true on the chords of her guitar
But he was driven and lost to her for days and days
                                 G7            C
Till the lonesome valley finally drove her far away
Repeat #1
We all cling to as the years keep rolling on
                        G7                   C
One single promise of a love that's past and gone
And that lonesome valley we all walk it by ourselves
                               G7            C
Where the Wildwood Flower is a story we will tell
Repeat #1
                                F
How she could sing the Wildwood Flower
    C            G7          C
All we have left of her is a song

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How The Time Flies
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
Written by Thomas J. Coe 
 
G           Em     C
(Dickey-doo dickey-doo
           D7
Dickey-doo lacka-day-ay)
G                  Em
How the time flies when I'm near you
C                 D7
When I'm near you how the time flies
G                 Em
Seems like heaven when I'm near you
C                 D7
When I'm near you how the time flies
G
Wonder why when we're alone
    Em
The hours always pass so fast
  C
A kiss or two and then you're gone
D7
Gee the time just doesn't last
G
If the night would never pass
Em
And the sun would never rise
C
Not one moment would we waste
    D7
But golly how the time it flies
G                  Em
How the time flies when I'm near you
C                 D7           G
When I'm near you how the time flies
            Em     C
(Dickey-doo dickey-doo
           D7
Dickey-doo lacka-day-ay)
G                  Em
How the time flies when I'm near you
C                 D7           G
When I'm near you how the time flies
C            G
How the time flies

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Chris Thile - How to Grow a Woman From the Ground

I caught a string full of fish down by the damn
I'll drag them back to the field they should be dead by then
Wipe the sweat off my neck and tally ho the plow
I'm gonna grow a woman from the ground

The night was a chalkboard with a fingernail moon
If the fish ain't dead yet they will be pretty soon
Kinda like the feeling at an old folks home
Even though you love them you can't wait for them to go

I'll call her Angelina she's a teacher I once had
A halo of honey wrapped around her head
And she always used to give me some when I was a kid
I told her that I loved her and then I went and hid

I'll take you into town and I'll show you off
And there's room on your dress for a corsage
And I'll open up every door for you

I opened up my almanac and in my head I read
Cut your wrist on the fins of the fish and drain all you can
So I rolled up my sleeves and then began to draw lines just as deep as the days are long

I sewed up my wrist and sewed the ground with my blood
Staind up my clothes pretty good and I turned that dirt to mud
I couldn't help but close my eyes and lay my body down 
'Cause I heard it takes forever to grow a woman from the ground

I bleed for you now and I'm skinny as a rail
And I'll be so obliged to keep you nice and warm and safe
and won't you be so proud of me

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How To Make A Man Lonesome
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Kim Williams and Randy Boudreaux

G     Am                    Bm
Three weeks in Phoenix with one night to go
       C                           D7
You're looking too good and you're standing too close
     Am                       Bm
That song on the jukebox your dance with me smile
       C                             D7
Got me thinking of someone I haven't seen in a while
         G                      C       Am
You sure know how to make a man lonesome
      G                      D7
I see so much of my woman in you
         G                      C       Am
You sure know how to make a man lonesome
        G            D7           G
But she knows how to keep her man true
      Am                            Bm
Yes I know that it's early why am I leaving so soon
          C                         D7
Well it's too warm in here and it's me not the room
        Am                                Bm
And the way that you're starin' I've seen that look before
       C                  D7
You're making me want her all that much more
repeat #2
D7       G                      C       Am
You sure know how to make a man lonesome
        G            D7           C   G
But she knows how to keep her man true

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Richard Thompson - How Will I Ever Be Simple Again Lyrics

Oh, she danced in the street with the guns all around her
All torn like a rag doll, barefoot in the rain
And she sang like a child, toora-day toora-daddy
Oh, how will I ever be simple again

She sat by the banks of the dirty gray river
And tried for a fish with a worm on a pin
There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water
Oh, how will I ever be simple again

War was my love and my friend and companion
And what did I care for the pretty and plain
But her smile was so clear and my heart was so troubled
Oh, how will I ever be simple again

In her poor burned-out house I sat at her table
The smell of her hair was like cornfields in May
And I wanted to weep and my eyes ached from trying
Oh, how will I ever be simple again

So graceful she moved through the dust and the ruin
And happy she was in her dances and games
Oh, teach me to see with your innocent eyes, love
Oh, how will I ever be simple again
Oh, how will I ever be simple again

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How Will I Explain About You

You left me, my darling to travel alone
My heart is so lonely and blue
When friends ask about you why you're not around
How will I explain about you

   How will I explain about you
   They know I've been faithful and true
   So when they start asking why you're not around
   How will I explain about you

They saw us together for such a long time
They knew that I loved you so true
But now that you've gone and I'm left all alone
How will I explain about you

   How will I explain about you
   I can't let them know that we're through
   They wouldn't believe it could ever be true
   How will I explain about you

   How will I explain about you
   I'm leaving it all up to you
   And if you insist that our pathway must part
   How will I explain about you

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How Would You Like Being Lonesome

I don't want you crying when I'm leaving
Don't want you cuying when I'm blue
Only my thoughts make me lonesome
Wonder if you're lonesome too
Wonder if you're lonesome too

How would you like being lonesome
Someone thats through with you
My heart is sad and lonesome
Wonder if you lonesome too
wonder if you lonesome too

Why should two lovers quarrel
Why should they be so untrue
I know what it mean to be lonesome
Wonder if you're lonesome too
Wonder if you're lonesome too

* Refrain

Now give me your arm here honey
I'll say this farewell to you
I'll be so lonesome without you
But you'll be lonesome too
But you'll be lonesome too

* Refrain


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How's the World Treating You
recorded by the Louvin Brothers             
[3/4 time]
written by Boudleaux Bryant and Chet Atkins

C
I've had nothing but sorrow 
                       G7
Since you said we were through
 
There's no hope for tomorrow 
                         C
How's the world treating you
 
 
Every sweet thing that mattered 
         C7        F
Has been broken in two
                        C
All my dreams have been shattered 
G7                       C
How's the world treating you
 
 
Got no plans for next Sunday 
                 G7
Got no plans for today
 
Everyday is blue Monday 
                 C
Every day you're away
 
 
Though our pathways have parted 
        C7         F
To your memory I'm true
                       C
Guess I'll stay broken hearted 
G7                       C
How's the world treating you
 
 
Do you wonder about me 
                   G7
Like I'm hoping you do
 
Are you lonesome without me 
                       C
Have you found someone new
 
 
Are you burning and yearning 
       C7       F
Do you ever get blue
                   C
Do you think of my returning 
G7                       C
How's the world treating you

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How's The World Treating You

I've had nothing but sorrow
Since you said we were through
There's no hope for tomorrow
How's the world treating you

Every sweet thing that matters
Has been broken in two
All my dreams have been shattered
How's the world treating you

Got no plans for next Sunday
Got no plans for today
Every day is blue Monday
Every day you're away

Tho' our pathways have parted
To your memory I'm true
Guess I'll stay broken hearted
How's the world treating you

Do you wonder about me
Like I'm hoping you do
Are you lonesome without me
Have you found someone new

Are you burning and yearning
Do you ever get blue
Do you think of returning
How's the world treating you

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I Got Spurs
Recorded by Gene Autry
Joseph J. Lilley and Frank Loesser 
 
Intro:
G7     C               Am         G7          C
Yippee yay there'll be no wedding bells for today

C                F      G7     C
I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle
               F    G7  C
As I go ridin' merrily along
                 F         G7          C
And they sing Oh Ain't You Glad You're Single
                       F    G7       C
And that song ain't so very far from wrong

C7      F            C
Oh Lily Bell oh Lily Bell
                            Am
Though I may have done some foolin' 
        D7          G7
This is why I never fell
 
Repeat #1 x2

C7       F             C
Oh Sally Jane oh Sally Jane
                           Am
Though I'd love to stay forever 
        D7            G7
This is why I can't remain

Repeat #1 x2 

C7      F           C
Oh Mary Ann Oh Mary Ann
                                 Am
Though we've done some moonlight walkin'
        D7              G7
This is why I upped and ran

Repeat #1 x2 
          
                       F    G7       C
And that song ain't so very far from wrong
        F             G7         C
So I'll jingle jangle jingle all along

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Hula Love
Recorded by Buddy Knox
Written by Dave Alldred, Jimmy Bowen, Buddy Knox, Donnie H. Lanier

C                            G7
On the Isle of Filalilla out Hawaii way
                           C
A hula maiden gay strolled by a moonlit bay
There come to court her over the water
                     G7
From the savage Zingazulu land
                                     C
A Bolo chieftain grand sang her this lay
             F
And he sang hula Hawaii hula
C
Smile on your zing gang a zula
G7                      C
Moon shine above on the sweet jungle love
F
For you my bolo is swinging
C
For you my love song I'm singing
G7                   C
Come be my hula hula love (a ya ya ya)
                                                        G7
But the chieftain of the warriors from the peaceful Filalilla land
                                C
Would not give him her hand her lover took his stand
Through the rattle of the battle 
                             G7
As she heard his sweet voice strong and true 
                                  C
They fled in his canoe over water blue
Repeat #2
 
F
Hula Hawaii hula
C
Smile on your zing gang a Zula
G7                      C
Moon shine above on the sweet jungle love
F
For you my bolo is swinging
C
For you my love song I'm singing
G7                   C
Come be my hula hula love (a ya ya ya)
     F    C         F    C
Hula hula love hula hula love

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Hummingbird 
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Tim Dubois and Greg Jennings
 
G
Got tired of livin' in that one horse town
                                              C
When to that station flagged that hummingbird down

I didn't even call to say goodbye
  G
I couldn't stand to see that little girl cry
    C
And now I'm off to the city gonna make my name
D7                                          C
Those lights were callin' me to fortune and fame

         G                     C
I had to ride that hummingbird
            G
Just let me ride that hummingbird


I'm gonna make it now just any day
                                 C
I've got my guitar and I came to play

Lyin' here lonely knowin' what I lost
   G
My heart keeps asking was it worth the cost
    C
And now ain't it funny how that always seems
D7                                            C
Once you're standing there the grass ain't so green

         G                     C
I had to ride that hummingbird
          G
Why did I ride that hummingbird

   C
Oh today she called me on the telephone
         D7
She said hey country boy you been gone too long
            C
And now I'm standin' at the station looking down the line
A7                                D7
Here comes that hummingbird she's right on time

          G                     C  
I'm gonna ride that hummingbird
            G    C           G
Just let me ride that hummingbird

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Punch Brothers - Hundred Dollars 

City girls are all the same
They play you like a pinball game
Oh, what a summer

Making love to make believe
Their hearts are on, not up their sleeves
Oh, what a summer to lie under violet
Or to guys that ask for your number

Oh, would you wonder why
If I paid a hundred dollars for the chance
To see you cry and a hundred more
To see you cry again 'stead of singing?

No, nobody's warmer to the touch
Than hers but you'll never know
Know anything as cold
As the heart of a city girl

This imaginary friend
Can't remember he's pretend
Oh, what a summer to lie under neon and glass
Or to me as I ask for your number

Oh, would you wonder why
If I paid a hundred dollars for the chance
To see you cry and a hundred more
To see you cry again 'stead of singing?

No, nobody's warmer to the touch
Than hers but you'll never know
Know anything as cold
As the heart of a city girl

We took a hammer and chisel to the cornerstone
'Cause the building had to come down
In a show more pretty than practical
For to satisfy the city girls around

Oh, it was beautiful but it fell too soon
Took a few good men and left these city guys
Who would pay a hundred dollars for the chance
To see you cry and a hundred more
To see you cry again 'stead of singing

No, nobody's warmer to the touch
Than hers but you'll never know
Know anything as cold
As the heart of a city girl

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Hundred Proof Memories
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Keith Stegall and Zack Turner
[3/4 time]

C                  F             C
Love on the rocks  that's all he said
                                      G7
As he sat there beside me shaking his head
       C                           F         C
I said mister you look like you're taking it rough
                               G7                C
The next round's on me he said I don't touch the stuff

                          F                          C
Cause these hundred proof memories are stronger than wine
                      G7                            C
It don't take but one taste to send you out of your mind
                    F                              C
No I don't want the whiskey but I could sure use a ride
                         G7                                C
Cause with hundred proof memories Lord you don't think and drive

                             F            C
He said I quit drinking  the day that she left
                                       G7
I come here out of habit in spite of myself
          C                    F         C
But there ain't no liquor that money can buy
                      G7                  C
That's stronger than  what's bottled up inside

Repeat #2



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Hung Up On Loving You
Recorded by Carl Belew with Betty Jean Robinson
Written by Betty Jean Robinson

G
I'm restless when I'm not with you
A7
I'm so hung up on lovin' you
D7
Time just drags by when you're not here
                              G
Makin' the moment seem like a year
I tried to pass away the time
A7
Doin' crazy things to fill my mind
C                      G
Always together me and you
D7                       G
I'm so hung up on lovin' you
C
I'm so hung up on lovin' you
A7
We're not ashamed of what we do
C                      G
Always together me and you
D7                       G
I'm so hung up on lovin' you
I know the sun still shines as bright
A7
But something's missin' in its light
D7
I live but life just ain't the same
                             G
Your absence lights a pauper flame
My songs just seem to lose their trill
A7
Cause when you're gone I'm lonesome still
C                            G
We're not ashamed of what we do
D7                       G
I'm so hung up on lovin' you

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Dolly Parton - Hungry Again lyrics

The thrill, the desire, the excitement is gone
We seem to have found a safe comfort zone
We worked so hard to get where we are
That romance got lost on the way
It used to be never enough
We'd melt with each look and each burning touch
We laughed and we loved and we just ate it up
Back when we were hungry that way
Chorus:
Let's love like we're hungry again
Bring back the passion we had back then
The time has gone by, we forgot what it meant
Lets love like we're hungry again
Don't you miss those feelings we had at the start
And that fire that got started from each little spark
Oh it's good where we are, but I miss where we've been
Lets love like we're hungry again, now and then
Lets love like we're hungry again
Bring back the passion we had back then
The time has gone by, now we've grown too content
Lets love like we're hungry again, now and then
Lets love like we're hungry again


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Hungry Eyes
written and recorded by Merle Haggard 

C                           F             C
A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp
                           G7
Stand out in this memory I revived
         C                                F                C
Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard working hands
                     G7             C
And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes
 
                                      F                C
He dreamed of something better and my mama's faith was strong
                                     G7
And us kids were just to young to realize
     C                              F              C
That another class of people put us somewhere just below
                       G7            C
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes
 
                   F            C
Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
                       F            C
But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try
                F                 C
She only wanted things she really needed
                       G7            C
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes
 
                               F             C
I remember daddy praying for a better way of life
                                   G7
But I don't recall a change of any size
       C                         F                  C
Just a little loss of courage as their age began to show
                       G7            C
And more sadness in my mama's hungry eyes
 
Repeat #3

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Hurry Back Home
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Leon Payne

G                 C      D7                G
Don't write me no letter don't call on the phone
                 C      D7                G
I know something better please hurry back home
                 C        D7               G
Ain't gettin' no stronger waitin' here all alone
                    C      D7                G
Ain't standin' much longer please hurry back home
                      C
I get so lonely since you went away
A7                  D7
I love you only and miss you more each day
                  C      D7                 G
Just think of the kisses I miss when you're gone
                      C       D7                G
It's love that's what this is please hurry back home
Repeat #2

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Hurry Sundown
Robinson / Harburg

My seed is sown now, my field is plowed;
My flesh is bone now, my back is bowed.

Chorus:
So hurry, sundown, be on your way,
And hurry me a sun-up from this beat-up sundown day.
Hurry down, sundown, be on your way;
Weave me tomorrow out of today.

Tomorrow's breeze now, blows clear and loud;
I'm off my knees now, I'm standing proud.

Chorus

My sorrow's song, now, just must break through,
That brave new dawn, now, long overdue.

Chorus

Hurry down, sundown, get thee be gone,
Get lost in the sunrise, of a new dawn.
Hurry down, sundown, take the old day,
Wrap it in new dreams, send it my way!
Send it my way!
Send it my way!


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Alan Jackson - Hurtin' Comes Easy lyrics

I've spent a lifetime lookinfor love
Just when I find it, it comes undone
I've tried so hard to make love happen
Like some never endinpattern
I end up on the sad side of the fun
Hurtincomes easy
Hurtincomes easy
Hurtincomes easy
For me
Well, I've seen people that got it made
They've got someone and love looks great
But me, I've been to every doctor
I've tried it wild and tried it proper
And I always end up watchinlove walk away
That's Ok
Chorus
I've gotten used to getting over
And hopefully as I grow older
Love won't be so difficult to see
But now for me
Chorus


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The Boxcars - Hurtin' Inside 

You don't know what I'm going through
When I'm going through my day.
You don't understand the things I do
When I try to seem okay.
you see me walkin' with a smile,
And I'm thinking all the while
Things that I can't say.
Cause I'm
hurtin' inside.
This morning I cried
My way out the door.
I've tried it's no use
I just can't shake loose
And get back
To what I was before.
I'm looking for brighter days,
But I can't see through the clouds.
The funny thing I can't explain
Don't know when or how it came
Or what it's all about.
Got a job and a family
A roof to keep out the rain
Yeah I know that I'm a lucky man.
Got no reason to complain.
Don't you think I know it well?
But sometimes it's hard to tell
Good from all the pain.
Will I ever find my way again?
I guess now I just don't know.
Cause these blues
got a hold of me.
And just won't let me go.

I'm looking for brighter days,
But I can't see through the clouds.
The funny thing I can't explain
Don't know when or how it came
Or what it's all about.
Cause I'm
hurtin' inside.
This morning I cried
My way out the door.
I've tried it's no use
I just can't shake loose
And get back
To what I was before.
I'm looking for brighter days,
But I can't see through the clouds.
The funny thing I can't explain
Don't know when or how it came
Or what it's all about.

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Husband Hunting
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Liz Anderson

C
I'm lonely and I'm lookin' for a husband
                               F
Like I do every Friday at this time
  G7
A frisky thinkin' whiskey drinkin' husband
                                   C
I'm lookin' for a husband and he's mine
If there's a tavern in the town
                                   F
Then that's where I'll look for my man
       Dm                            G7
It's a payday and he's nowhere to be found
                       C
So I'm husband hunting again
All week long he's good as gold and then some
                                 F
A really sweet and family lovin' guy
     G7
When payday comes he's high and wide and handsome
                                       C
He's high and wide and handsome mostly high
repeat #2
I'm lookin' for a husband who is faithful
                                     F
Who's used to workin' hard for every cent
    G7
I'm lookin' for him and I'd sure be grateful
                                   C
To get to him before he drinks the rent
repeat #2 x2

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Husband Stealer
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Gary S. Paxton and Steve Paxton

G7      Dm  C             F
Husband stealer I sure do need him
       Dm                  F               C
You've taken the best part of my life from me
G7      Dm  C            F
Husband stealer you just free him
    Dm                  F                C
And break his heart but I can't wait and see
               Dm         C
I live for the love of my man
Dm             F      C
Everything was just alright
         Dm           C
You came along and confused him
    Dm               F     G7     C
And stole him like a thief in the night
Repeat #1
               Dm              C
I'm gonna hang around till you drop him
Dm                  F        C
He's gonna need someplace to land
           Dm            C
He'll be a hurtin' and a needin'
  Dm                F        G7   C
A love like mine to make him leap again
Repeat #1
Dm                      F       G7       C
You break his heart but I can't wait and see
        F   C
Husband stealer

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Hush Little Baby

Hush little baby don't say a word
Mama gonna buy you a mocking bird
If that mocking bird don't sing
Mama gonna buy you a diamond ring

If that diamond ring turn brass
Mama gonna buy you a lookin' glass
If that lookin' glass gets broke
Mama gonna buy you a billy goat

If that billy goat don't pull
Mama gonna buy you a cart and bull
If that cart and bull turn over
Mama gonna buy you a dog named Rover

It that dog named Rover don't bark
Mama gonna buy you a horse and cart
If that horse and cart fall down
You'll be sweetest little baby in town

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Dolly Parton - Hush-a-bye Hard Times lyrics

Many years you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh hard times come again no more
Oh hard times come again no more
Oh hush a bye hard times, go ye away
Cause my hungry baby wants a Gingerbread Cake
Not a cow in the barn yard no money to spend
Not an egg in the hayloft, no little red hen
Chorus:
So, hush a bye baby don't cry no more
Your mama can't give you what you're crying for
There's a wolf at the door with an angry
Cold hungry stare, he keeps howling of hard times
And the cupboard is bare
Oh, hush a bye hard times go ye to rest
Cause my ragged baby wants a new ruffled dress
And she wants some new shoes with buckles to wear
And she wants some silver bows for her golden hair
Repeat Chorus Twice
Hush a bye hard times go ye away
I don't intend to be treated this way
So, hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
Don't cry no more
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Come ye no more
Fade:
Many years you have lingered around my cabin door
Hush a bye hard times
Come ye no more
Hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
Don't cry no more
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Come ye no more


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Hypnotize The Moon
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Eric Kaz and Steve Dorff

G                              C
She knew she caught my eye and that was all it took
         Am             Em           Bm            C   D7
Ain't it strange how forever changed with just one look
    G                                     C
The magic filled the night she touched my soul like no one else
        Am             Em                   Bm           C
Yes the way that woman made me feel left me talking to myself
   D7     C                        Bm
Oh oh you better run for cover you better hide your heart
      Am                D7           G
Cause once you start to love her you know you'll never stop
    C                              G            Em
She shines like a diamond when she walks into a room
          Am        Em               C           D7       G
She could charm the stars (charm the stars) hypnotize the moon
                        C
Once I held her close I knew just where I stood
       Am          Em            Bm              C   D7
No you never get a second chance to ever feel so good
G                           C
Then and there I knew these words were etched in stone
   Am                 Em           Bm                   C
If you can't feel the power of the greatest love you've known
repeat #2
   D7     C                        Bm
Oh oh you better run for cover you better hide your heart
      Am                D7           G
Cause once you start to love her you know you'll never stop
    C                              G            Em
She shines like a diamond when she walks into a room
          Am        Em               C
She could charm the stars (charm the stars) 
D7        Am        Em               C
She could charm the stars (charm the stars)
    D7        G
Hypnotize the moon

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I Ain't Been No Where
Recorded by Chuck Mead

G
I was traveling along playing anywhere I could
When along came a virus and took away my livelihood
    C
Somebody picked it up and spread it worldwide
    G
And now for a while we have to all stay inside
    D7
You ask me how I'm doing and if I've washed my hands
          G
And I say listen Bud I've had about as much as I can stand
I ain't been nowhere man I ain't been nowhere man
     C                       G
Been sittin' in my chair man growin' out my hair man
D7                                              G
Sleepin' I've done my share man I ain't been no where
I'm in the bedroom bathroom living room dining room
Attic basement just to find an old broom
C
Hallway driveway same place as yesterday
G
Go cook read a book jog around the breakfast nook
D7
Glass clink get a drink straight from the kitchen sink
G
Can't think eyes blink man do my clothes stink
Repeat #2
I'm playin' Yahtzee Jigsaw Scrabble and Monopoly
Jenga Checkers Cards Against Humanity
C
Fortnight Minecraft Grand Theft Auto 5
G
Battleground Pac Man Black Ops stay alive
D7
Obstacle course with your daddy's old golf ball
G
Mousetrap Ping Pong Happy Hour Zoom call
Repeat #2
I'm watchin' Netflix Apple Disney and Amazon
YouTube Roku Hulu with my jammies on
C
Tiger King Schitt's Creek Maisel and South Park
G
Star Wars Star Trek Ozark's gettin' dark
D7
Porn Hub bathtub dirty old magazines
G
Lysol quarantine see what I mean now
Repeat #3
  D7
I know some place you used to go
                G
I ain't been no where

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I Ain't Built That Way
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Glenn Sutton

G7
You're a sweet little thing and I hate to put you down
                                                   D7
When the perking all over what good are the coffee grounds
C
Lovin' you's been real fantastic
     F
I've got to make a little change that's drastic
G7
I'm movin' on to bigger and better things
Forget about what I said about that ring
                         C
Cause I ain't built that way
G7
I'd rather take a beatin' than to have to make you cry
                                               D7
I got new space to wade and lot of new fish to fry
C
Settlin' down gives me a complex
  F
I don't care where I go or who I love next
G7
Don't waste time on beggin' me to stay
Settlin's a game that I never was made to play
                         C
Cause I ain't built that way
Ropin's my middle name
G7                  C
To me all towns are just the same
            D7
And when it comes to lovin' dames
  G7
I remember the face and forget the name
D7                 G7
Travel light and I live from day to day
                                        D7
And I never ever let my heart get in my way
C
Settlin' down gives me a complex
  F
I don't care where I go or who I love next
G7
Cause I'm movin' on to bigger and better things
Forget about what I said about that ring
                         C
Cause I ain't built that way

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I Ain't Crazy
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl T. Conley, Rick Farrell, Bat McGrath

C                     G7                   C
I've been working all week oh but I got it done
                    G7                  F         C
And that's a little too long to wait to have some fun
                     Em   F                 C
I'm going out on the town yeah I'm ready to rock
          G7                              F      C
I'm gonna feed that ol' jukebox till opportunity knocks
   F
Oh most of the time I'm walking the line
    C                   Am
But tonight I don't care 
        C     G7              C
I ain't crazy   but I can get there
                    G7                     C
There's a full moon crowd beneath the neon sky
             G7                            F    C
And this ol' watering hole is sure running over tonight
                       Em   F                 C
I've got some money to bur--n all I need is a friend
    G7                            F            C
Someone to pull me up should I go off the deep end
   F
Oh most of the time I'm walking the line
    C                   Am
But tonight I don't care 
        C     G7              C
I ain't crazy   but I can get there
           G7
Oh you weekend warrior's better move 
            C
It over I'm ready tonight
            G7
Ooh I get a little too risky on the whiskey 
F          C
Boy's will somebody drive
     F
Yeah most of the time I'm walking the line
    C                   Am
But tonight I don't care 
        C     G7              C
I ain't crazy   but I can get there
Am      C     G7              C
I ain't crazy   but I can get there

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Richard Thompson - I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More Lyrics

I've been gone so long, now ain't it a pity?
I ain't going to drag my feet no more
Bending my back in this hell hole city
I ain't going to drag my feet no more

Turning my ear from my friends and betters
Up to my neck in unread letters and unwritten laws

Where I come from feeling is a crime
I thought I could take you in my own good time
Like a jumped up fool, now down I climb

And I ain't going to drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more

Well, I can't live without you but I've been trying
I ain't going to drag my feet no more
I've got a short set fuse and two fists of iron
I ain't going to drag my feet no more

I did everything a man might do
To stop myself from pining after you
But it don't seem to matter no more

Penny's in my hand, now I'm going to spin it
Heads you win, don't you think for one minute?
That I care for this bed with nobody in it

And I ain't going to drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more

Biding my time is driving me senseless
I ain't going to drag my feet no more
You worked yourself right under my defenses
I ain't going to drag my feet no more

You got me in a grip that I can't shake
All my feelings are about to break
And love never rains, it pours

I worked my hands 'til they couldn't spell your name
I rolled and I roared 'til I couldn't see your face
I leaned on the jukebox 'til I couldn't hear your voice

Put my head in the sand but that won't do it
I swore I was above you but that won't do it
And I tried and I tried but that won't do it

And I ain't going to drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more

I ain't going to drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more

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Balsam Range - I Ain't Leavin' 

Verse 1
Where I come from the main street is a dirt road
And the place I live is out of the way
So, everybody always wants to ask me
Why I haven't packed my things and moved away
Well, I've been around enough to know what's out there
And I'm strong enough to say that I don't care

Chorus
I ain't leaving, I'm hangin' tough
Till the Good Lord calls me up
I'll be here until my dyin' day
All I need is with you by my side
A couple 'o kids and a simple life
Wouldn't want it any other way
Well, I'm holding to the things that I believe in
I ain't leavin'

Verse 2
Baby, I know sometimes life ain't easy
And it's a struggle just to make ends meet
And though we try and try our simple way of livin'
Won't lead us to a life on Easy Street
But it don't matter how hard the road ahead gets
I ain't ever gonna call it quits

Ending
I ain't leaving, I'm hangin' tough
Till the Good Lord calls me up
I'll be here until my dyin' day
All I need is with you by my side
A couple 'o kids and a simple life
Wouldn't want it any other way
Well, I'm holding to the things that I believe in
Baby, I've got everything that I'm needin'
I ain't leavin'


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I Ain't Mad I'm Just Leavin'
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Johnny Russell

G                                      D7
Well my old shirt pocket's filled with everything I own
                                         G
An old toothbrush three cigarettes and a dirty four-tooth comb
                                            C
My pocketbook is flat and I got no rattlin' change
  D7                                                         G
I came to this town with nothin' looks like I'm leavin' with same
            C                          G
But I ain't mad (I ain't mad) I'm just leavin' (I'm just leavin')
                                D7                    G
And I don't see anybody sittin' there by the roadside grievin'
                                        D7
I had me a girl when I first hit town I tell you she was nice
                                          G
I met this cat he became a friend started givin' me advice
                                                      C
He said that I should treat her mean and she'd always stay
    D7                                                      G
Now here's ole meanie comin' out of town and he married her today
repeat #2
                                      D7
I'd write home but mom can't read besides I'm out of stamps
                                       G
You don't see much to write home about sleepin' in a hobo camp
The wind blows cold through these worn out jeans 
                          C
Keepin' warm means movin' fast
  D7                                                      G
I had a good thing a goin' for me but my good times never last
repeat #2 

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I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent

I'm goin' back to the country, I can't pay the rent
Though I'm not exactly broke, brother I'm sure bent
Can't understand where my money went
I ain't broke but I'm badly bent. 

Well, I had a lot of money, but to the city went
I met too many good looking girls and that's where my money went
Yeah I know just where it went
No I ain't broke but I'm badly bent. 

When I get back to the country I'll be livin' in a tent
Ma and Pa will sure be mad about all the money I spent
Can't understand just where it went
No I ain't broke but I'm badly bent 

Yeah I know just where it went
No I ain't broke, but brother I'm badly bent.

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I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

I'm a'going to leave this country
I a'going around this world
I'm going to leave this country
For the sake of one little girl

Well she told me that she loved me
And it caused my poor heart grief
Now she's got her back turned on me
And she's courting whoever she please

Well I lost my money at gambling
And I lost my name you see
I am nobody's darling
And nobody cares for me

Don't you hear my banjo a'ringing
Don't you hear it's mournful sound
Don't you hear those pretty girls laughing
Standing on the cold frosty ground

Well I'll hang my head in sorrow
I will hang my head and cry
I'll hang my head in sorrow
As my darling passes by

I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I may not work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it be a wet rainy day

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I Ain't Holding On Any Longer

Well I ain't holding on any longer
Holding on to memories of the past
Well I ain't holding on any longer
I know I just ain't gonna last

    I can't go on the way I'm livin
    Can't stand the pain that I've gone through
    So I ain't holdin' on any longer
    Cause little gal I see I'm through with you

Well now you can get just what you wanted
And maybe just a little extra too
Take the money in the bank I don't need it
For it's gone like the love we once knew

    So I'll take this and you take that baby
    You take that and I'll take this that's fine
    Ain't no use to hold on I know it's over
    So you go your way I'll go mine

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I Almost Called Your Name
recorded by Freddy Fender
written by Myra Smith and Margaret Lewis
 
G                       D7                    G
We were dancing and she laughed just like you used to
                        D7                    G
She touched my hand and held me just like you used to
       C                          G
And so close to my lips the words came
                     D7                 G
That I almost  yes I almost called your name
 
       C                                 G
Yes I almost called I almost called your name
      D7                            G   G7
In so many ways you're both are the same
         C                              G
The only difference in the two  is that I still of you
                       D7                 G
Yes I kissed her but I almost called your name
 
Repeat #2

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I Always Get Lonesome When It Rains

Tonight I'm all alone with all my memories
And this old heart of mine miust bear the pain
Now I can hear the raindrops softly falling
And I always get lonesome when it rains.

There's something about the rain that makes me blue
'Cuz when the raindrops fall I think of you
Now I can hear the patter on the pane
And I always get lonesome when it rains.

I'm glad there's no one 'round to hear me cry
Nor to see me walk the floor like I'm insane
Now I can't hide my sorrow no need trying
'Cuz I always get lonesome when it rains.

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I Always Get Lucky With You 
recorded by George Jones [3/4 time]
Written by Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers, Gary Church
 
C                                         F
I've had good luck     and bad luck   and no luck  it's true
      C          G7         C     G7
But I always get lucky with you
          C
I've been turned on and turned down 
         F                         C         G7          C     C7
When the bars close at two   but I always get lucky with you 
 
       F                           C
I keep two strikes against me most all of the time
          D7                                 G7
When it's down to a phone call I'm minus the dime
             C
There's been good days and bad days 
    F
But when the day is through
     C          G7         C
I'll always get lucky with you
 
repeat #2

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Alison Krauss - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

I am a man of constant sorrow 
I've seen trouble all my day. 
I bid farewell to old Kentucky 
The place where I was born and raised. 
(The place where he was born and raised )

For six long years I've been in trouble 
No pleasures here on earth I found 
For in this world I'm bound to ramble 
I have no friends to help me now. 

(chorus) He has no friends to help him now 

It's fare thee well my old true lover 
I never expect to see you again 
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad 
Perhaps I'll die upon this train. 

(chorus) Perhaps he'll die upon this train. 

You can bury me in some deep valley 
For many years where I may lay 
Then you may learn to love another 
While I am sleeping in my grave. 

(chorus) While he is sleeping in his grave. 

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger 
My face you'll never see no more. 
But there is one promise that is given 
I'll meet you on God's golden shore. 

(chorus) He'll meet you on God's golden shore


 

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I Am A Pilgrim

   I am a pilgrim and a stranger
   Traveling through this wearisome land
   And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
   And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand

I got a mother, a sister and a brother
Who have gone to that sweet home
And I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
Over on (good Lordy over on) that distant shore

As I go down to that river Jordan
Just to bathe my weary soul
If I could touch but just the hem of His garment, good Lord
I believe (good Lordy I believe) that it would make me whole

Now when I'm dead, laying in my coffin
All of my friends all gather round
They can say that he's just laying there sleeping, good Lord
Sweet peace (Lordy sweet peace) his soul is found

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I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
A-trav'ling through this land of woe.
And there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go.
I'm going home to see my father (mother, sister, brother etc.)
I'm going there no more to roam;
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home.

I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is steep and rough;
But beauteous fields lie just beyond me
Where souls redeemed their vigil keep.
I'm going there to meet my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home.

I want to wear a crown of glory
When I get home to that bright land
I want to shout Salvation's story
In concert with that bloodwashed band.
I'm going there to meet my Saviour
To sing His praises forevermore
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home.


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Dolly Parton - I Am Always Waiting lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1973

From the start I promised you that I would always be
Waiting here at anytime you ever needed me
I love you then and I love you now as I always will
And I am always waiting willing to forgive
I'll be your shelter from the storm my love will keep you safe and warm
I'm a harbor on your stormy sea you can always come to me for I am always
waiting
My arms are always open wide and I will dry the tears you cried
If you should ever need someone darling let it be me
I will mend your broken heart and I'll replace the missing parts
I am always waiting anytime you need me
I'll be your shelter...
For I am always waiting


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I Am Going in the Morning

    I am going in the morning
    And in glory I shall dwell
    In that home that's free from sadness
    Where we'll never say farewell

Friends this day I hope to meet you
In that home bye and bye
Then we'll live up there forever
In that home beyond the sky

If you live for the Savior
He will walk by your side
And you'll be with him forever
In that happy home on high

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Dolly Parton - I Am Ready lyrics

[Verse 1]
I am ready
Oh, my children
When Jesus knocks at my door
I'll be there come morning
Don't weep for me
I'll be with my Lord

[Verse 2]
There's my bible on the table
Read it to me once more
I can hear God's heavenly angels
Singing me on through heaven's door

[Verse 3]
Hallelujah Lord
I am ready
No more sorrow
Hallelujah, yes
I am ready, I am ready
I am ready to go

[Verse 4]
Oh, Hosanna
Take my hand now
Lead me to the promised land now
I am ready, I am ready
Hallelujah, I am ready to go
Oh, Hosanna
I am ready to go
I can hear God's heavenly angels
Singing me on through heaven's door
Singing me on through heaven's door
And I am ready

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I Am The Man, Thomas

   Oh, I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man
   Look at these nail scars here in my hands

They pierced me in the side, Thomas, I am the Man
They made me bear the cross, Thomas, I am the Man 

They laid me in the tomb, Thomas, I am the Man
In three days I arose, Thomas, I am the Man

They pierced me in the Side, Thomas, I am the Man
They made me bear the cross, Thomas, I am the Man

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Hot Rize - I Am The Road

I am the road I am the way
Many walk down and many will stray
Straight and narrow far and wide
You won't be lonesome walk side by side

He's on the corner holding out his hand
He can't seem to find a place to land
Run out of luck and a way out
Now listen brother to what it's all about

I am the road I am the way
Many walk down and many will stray
Straight and narrow far and wide
You won't be lonesome walk side by side

Feeling like shes at her end
Tossed around by a wicked wind
Shes all alone in the middle of the night
Now listen sister we'll find the light

I am the road I am the way
Many walk down and many will stray
Straight and narrow far and wide
You won't be lonesome walk side by side

And we can learn from those gone before
They walked this road till their feet were sore
Showed us a place where we belong
Lets walk this road and sing this song

I am the road I am the way
Many walk down and many will stray
Straight and narrow far and wide
You won't be lonesome walk side by side

I am the road I am the way
Many walk down and many will stray
Straight and narrow far and wide
You won't be lonesome walk side by side

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I Am Weary Let Me Rest

   Kiss me mother kiss your darling
   Lay my head upon your breast
   Fold your loving arms around me
   I am weary let me rest

Through the years you've always loved me
And my life you've tried to save
But now I will slumber sweetly
In a cold and lonely grave

Now the light is swiftly fading
Brighter scenes they now do show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home

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The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You 

Load the car and write the note
Grab your bag and grab your coat
Tell ones that need to know
We are headed north

All one foot in and one foot back
But it don't pay, to live like that
So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
For never to return

Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
With him and her and you and me
Oh it's just a waste of time
It's such a waste of time

That women shes got eyes that shine
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes
She asked to dance I said it's fine
I'll see you in the morning time

Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
What you were then I am today
Look at the things I do

Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Dumbed down and numbed my time and age
You dreams to catch this world the cage
The highway sets the travelers stage
All exits look the same
Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you
The highway

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The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Load the car and write the note
Grab your bag and grab your coat
Tell ones that need to know
We are headed north

All one foot in and one foot back
But it don't pay, to live like that
So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
For never to return

Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
With him and her and you and me
Oh it's just a waste of time
It's such a waste of time

That women shes got eyes that shine
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes
She asked to dance I said it's fine
I'll see you in the morning time

Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
What you were then I am today
Look at the things I do

Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in

Dumbed down and numbed my time and age
You dreams to catch this world the cage
The highway sets the travelers stage
All exits look the same
Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you
The highway

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The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

Load the car and write the note
grab your bag and grab your coat
tell the ones that need to know
we are headed north

One foot in and one foot back
but it don't pay to live like that
so I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
for never to return

Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in
are you aware the shape I'm in?
my hands they shake, my head it spins
oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in

When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
with him and her and you and me
ah, but it's just a waste of time
yeah, it's such a waste of time

That woman she's got eyes that shine
like a pair of stolen polished dimes
she asked to dance, I said it's fine
I'll see you in the morning time

Oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in
are you aware the shape I'm in?
my hands they shake, my head it spins
oh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in

Three words that became hard to say
I and Love and You
what you were than I am today
look at the things I do

Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in
are you aware the shape I'm in?
my hands they shake, my head it spins
ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in

Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
my hands they shake, my head it spins, (spins)
Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
Dumbed-down and numbed by time and age
your dreams they catch the world a cage
the highway sets the travelers stage
all exits look the same
Three words that became hard to say
I and Love and You
I and Love and You
I and Love and You

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Dolly Parton - I Believe lyrics

I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows
And I believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows
I believe for everyone who goes astray
Someone will come to show the way
Yes I believe, Oh I believe
I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard
I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why I believe
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why I believe
I believe
Oh I believe


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Dolly Parton - I Believe In Santa Claus lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus
I believe there's always hope when all seems lost
And I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus, I'll tell you why I do
'Cause I believe that dreams and plans and wishes can come true
I believe in miracles, I believe in magic too
Oh I believe in Santa Claus and I believe in you
I believe in family, in country and in smiles
I believe in turnin' negatives to positives in life
I believe in lookin' farther up the farther down we get
I believe when someone hurts us we should forgive and forget
And I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus
I believe love should prevail at any cost
And I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in saying what you mean and meaning what you say
I believe a better attitude can make a better way
And I believe in viewing life as a journey that we're on
And lookin' at our troubles as another stepping stone
And I believe that everything in life is what it's meant to be
I believe there is a God somewhere although he's hard to see
I believe I am so therefore I should do all that I can
To be a better piece in the puzzle of God's plan
And I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus
I believe there's always hope when all seems lost
And I believe in Santa Claus
Let the little children sing it
I believe in Santa Claus, I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus, I believe in Santa Claus
Let the whole world sing it with us
I believe in Santa Claus, I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus, I believe in Santa Claus
Let the whole world sing it with us
I believe in Santa Claus
I believe in Santa Claus
I believe there's always hope when all seems lost
I believe in Santa Claus


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I Believed In You
(Don Gibson)

Vows were spoken, a heart was broken
I believed in you
You lived a life, said good-bye
I believed in you
Why did you let me believe you were mine
It's seems too funny you knew all the time
You didn't want me, didn't need me
I believed in you
-Solo-
Repeat # 2


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I Believed In You Darling

Oh you said that you loved me that your heart would be true
But now you've gone and left me, I'm so blue
I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
But now you've gone and left me, I'm so blue

   Our vows have been broken, you have proven untrue
   Another has my sweetheart and the love that I once knew
   I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
   But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue

Oh the nights are so lonely, dreams of you haunt me so
What's happened little darling I don't know
I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue

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I Believed In You Darling
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Bill Monroe

G
Oh you said that you loved me that your heart would be true
                        D7             G
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue
Oh I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
                        D7             G
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue
    C                              G
Our vows have been broken you have proven untrue
C                               G                D7
Another has my sweetheart and a love that I once knew
     G
Oh I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
                        D7             G
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue
       
Oh the nights are so lonely dreams of you hold me so
                       D7              G
What's happened little darling I don't know
Oh I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
                        D7             G
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue
Repeat #2
                        D7             G
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue

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Punch Brothers - I Blew It Off 

The sun hits the back of my neck through a crack in the windowshade
I blow it off
I blow it off
Cause I keep outside in the eaves in eyes of friends I've never made
So I blow it off
I blow it off

There's nothin' to say
That couldn't just as well be sent
I've got an American shell of twenty-first century stress

Your trouble vibrates the table, interrupts my reverie
I blow it off
I blow it off
Cause if it's that bad it ain't gettin' better face to face with me
So I blow it off
I blow it off

There's nothin' to say
That couldn't just as well be sent
I've got an American shell of twenty-first century stress

Just go ahead, bloody up your knuckles knockin' at my door
I'll blow 'em off
I'll blow 'em off
(The sun hits the back of my neck through a crack in the windowshade)
I'll blow 'em off
I'll blow 'em off
(The sun hits the back of my neck through a crack in the windowshade)
(I keep outside in the eaves in eyes of friends I've never made)
I'll blow 'em off
I'll blow 'em off

Cause there's nothin' to say that couldn't just as well be sent
We've all got an American shell of twenty-first century stress

See the oceans rise and leave the nations cryin' at heaven's door
I blew it off
I blew it off

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I Buy Her Roses
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Roger Brown and Glenn Ray

G                            C
Pardon me I need to buy some roses
      D7                                G
Would you wrap them in some paper and a bow
                     G7               C
For a long time I forgot how much she loves them
   D7                                    G
So now everyday I make sure I bring some home

D7        G     G7        C
I buy her roses sweet red roses
       D7                               G
Heaven knows that she deserves the very best
  D7      G     G7     C
I buy her roses pretty roses
      D7                                G
Cause loving her is as good as love can get

D7        G          G7                   C
Yes ma'am and a card with love to someone special
          D7                        G
So she'll never have to wonder if I care
                G7                   C
Than someday if she should come back home again
             D7                     G
They'll be a house of roses waiting there

D7        G     G7        C
I buy her roses sweet red roses
       D7                               G
Heaven knows that she deserves the very best
  D7      G     G7     C
I buy her roses pretty roses
      D7                                G
Cause loving her is as good as love can get

    D7                                 G
Yes loving her was as good as love can get

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I Came So Close To Failure
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens 
Written by Kenneth E. Hunt and Jimmy Dickens
 
C            G7          C
I came close so close to failure
                G7        C    C7
I came close to losing my home
           F                            C
I know the kids still love me and their mommy
                    G7        C
But I came so close to living alone
       F                             C
I felt small enough to drown in each teardrop
        D7                    G7
But big enough to admit I was wrong
        C
Now I'm trying hard to be the man I oughta be
                    G7        C
But I came so close to living alone
 
                       G7                 C
I didn't know just how much they meant to me
                    G7          C    C7
I guess sometimes a man must be shown
       F                                    C
When I think of what I've done a chill goes through me
                G7        C
I came so close to living alone
Repeat #2

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I Came So Close To Living Alone
Recorded by Merle Haggard                      
Written by Jimmie Davis and Ken Hunt 

C                G7       C
I came close  so close to failure 
                G7      C
I came close to living alone
           F                            C
I know the kids still love me and their mommy 
                       G7        C
But I came so close to losing my home
 
  F                                  C
I felt small enough to drown in each teardrop 
    D7                        G7
But big enough to admit I was wrong
     F                        C
When I think of what I done a chill goes through me 
                       G7        C
But I came so close to losing my home
 
  F                                  C
I felt small enough to drown in each teardrop 
    D7                        G7
But big enough to admit I was wrong
     F                        C
When I think of what I done a chill goes through me 
                       G7        C
But I came so close to losing my home
 
                   G7        C
I came so close to losing my home

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I Can
Recorded by Cowboy Copas 
Written by Lee Fykes

C                                  F
If anyone can tell a sad sad story I can
        G7                      C      F
I'm the victim in a losing love affair
   C                                  F
If anyone can say they're a loser now I can
      G7                                   C
Cause in finding love and losin' I've been there
         G7
Old blue memories they still linger
        C
For the one that once was mine
       D7                           G7
And my heart can get a pardon to be free to be free
   C                                  F
If anyone can say they're unhappy now I can
      G7                           C
Cause I'm living in a world of misery
         G7
Old blue memories they still linger
        C
For the one that once was mine
       D7                           G7
And my heart can get a pardon to be free to be free
   C                                  F
If anyone can say they're unhappy now I can
      G7                           C
Cause I'm living in a world of misery

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I Can Feel Him Touching You All Over Me
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Kent Westberry, Max D. Barnes, Harlan Sanders
 
C     G        C        D7           G
I can feel him touching you all over me
 
 
The last time that he held you
                 
Is still welded to your mind
C
And though you try your best to hide
                      D7
Your feelings I'm not blind
G
When I look into your eyes
        G7          C
I'm not sure what I see
          G        C        D7           G D7
But I can feel him touching you all over me
 
G
When I hold you in my arms
           
A part of you is gone
C
Something's missing somewhere
                       D7
I can't put my fingers on
G
Are you sure he's nothing more
     G7         C
Than just a memory
      G        C        D7           G
I can feel him touching you all over me
 
      D7
I can almost feel the love prints
     G  C            G
That he left on your skin
A7
And the torch that you keep burning
D7
In memory of him
    C                    D7
You keep saying that you love me
       G           C
I keep trying to believe
      G        C        D7           G
I can feel him touching you all over me
 
C     G        C        D7           G
I can feel him touching you all over me

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I Can Feel You In His Arms
Written and recorded by Johnny Bush

C
It was pride that spoke those bitter words 
     F                C
They came from not my heart
And as I watched you leave 
                  G7
I showed no great alarm
       C
Like a fool I thought that I'd forget 
      F              C
You'd found somebody new
           F
For when I close my eyes 
G7                C
I feel you in his arms
      F
I can feel his arms around you 
      C
Where they have no right to be
F
In my mind I pull you from them 
    C                   G7
And I hold you close to me
                C
Now through the winters of reality 
          F                 C
I'll have naught to keep me warm
             F
Cause when I close my eyes 
G7                C
I feel you in his arms
Repeat #3,4

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I Can Hear The Angels Singing

I can hear the angels singing
As I walk this rocky road
For my thoughts are all of heaven
And my Savior's blest abode

I can hear the angels singing
I can hear my Savior's voice
And I'll soon be singing with them
Through endless ages we'll rejoice

I can hear the angels singing
Of my Savior's blessed love
How he died to build a mansion
For his children up above

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Alison Krauss - I Can Let Go Now Lyrics
So Long So Wrong
I Can Let Go Now
(michael mcdonald/genevieve music, ascap)

It was so right
It was so wrong
Almost at the same time
The pain and ache
A heart can take
No one really knows
But when the memories cling and take you there
Till you no longer care
You can let go now

It's not right for me
To cling to you
Somehow i just needed time
From what was to be
It's not like me
To hold somebody down
But i was tossed high by love
Almost never came down
Only to land
Where no love is found
And i'm no longer bound
I can let go now

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I Can Live Forever
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Tony Stampley, Johnny Christopher, Harvey Hoy Lindsey

C                    G7
When you're born you enter in
                  C
To a world that's filled with sin
                     G7
But when you die you live again
            C
If you just believe
                      G7
And when this life on earth is through
                       C
We'll all be judged by what we do
                       G7
And the trumpet of the Lord shall sound
                            C
But the grave can't hold me down
                 F                    C
Cause I can live forever when I go to Heaven
                   G7                      C
Lord I can talk to Jesus yes I can see the Lord
               F                     C
Can't you just imagine living in His mansion
                    G7                         C
Walking through His kingdom the kingdom of the Lord
                G7
On the cross of Calvary
               C
Jesus died for you and me
                G7
And if you just believe in Him
                      C
You can live again my friend
                           
Repeat #3
                    G7                         F
Walking through His kingdom the kingdom of the Lord
           C
I can live forever 

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I Can Make Him Whisper I Love You
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Pete Goble

G             C                   G
Lately I have caught myself still thinking
                  C               D7
Of someone that I haven't seen in years
  G              C       G
I lose myself in my imagination
    C             D7
And pretty soon I find myself in tears

G           C                 G
Funny how a gal goes right on hoping 
           C                D7
Even after years of hope is gone
  C                               G
I know by now I've faded from his memory
    C               D7
But in my heart his memory's still so strong

      G                C               G
I can tell myself that he still thinks about me
                      C                  G
And find some comfort thinking that it's true
                     C        G
Right here within my own imagination
  C            D7             G
I can make him whisper I love you

               C                G
After all this time I should be over
                        C                D7
The heartaches that one time caused such pain
    G              C                   G
And by this time I should have found a new love
    C              D7
But years have not extinguished all the flames

   G                C               G
So I'll go right on living with his memory
             C                  D7
Even if it's just for my hearts sake
       C                      G
For as long as I have my imagination
     C               D7
I've got a hope that no one else can take

Repeat #3

  C            D7             G C G
I can make him whisper I love you

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I Can Sail To China
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by John Grazier

G
You put me on a cloud with your first kiss
Lovin' me was your only wish
      D7                       G
I was feelin' like a king on a throne
Now all there is is a constant pain
The cloud is burstin' it's pourin' rain
       D7                     G
On the emptiness I feel in my soul
                             D7
I could sail to China on the tears I've cried
C                  G
All the way to old Shanghai
            D7         C
In a broken heart on a sea of blue
      G                    D7                   G
I can sail to China on the tears I've cried for you
 
The sky above has turned so dark
And we've drifted so far apart
         D7                            G
We can't even find the time to say goodbye
Now wave so long to what might have been
Say hello to the wind
    D7                        G
And slowly disappear with the tide
Repeat #3                         
 
C     G                    D7                   G
I can sail to China on the tears I've cried for you

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I Can See It All
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Bobby Helms and Doris Helms

C
A year ago you left me 
     F                          G7
Said there was no reason to stay
     C                               G7
So I stood and watched as you walked away
    C
You didn't even turn around 
C7                F
When you heard my call
      C        G7              C 
I can close my eyes and see it all
      G7                    C
I can see it all and how it happened
    D7                   G7
You gave me no choice to choose
C                           
As I look around 
         F
I see my dreamworld fall
      C        G7              C 
I can close my eyes and see it all
      G7                    C
I can see it all and how it happened
    D7                   G7
You gave me no choice to choose
C                           
As I look around 
         F
I see my dreamworld fall
      C        G7              C 
I can close my eyes and see it all

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I Can Still See Him In Your Eyes
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dickey Lee
[3/4 time]

G                      D7        G               G7
We were sitting at the table and we saw your old flame
         C                     G
You grew restless as he passed by
                       D7     G            G7
Though you say you can hardly remember his name
      C         D7          G
I can still see him in your eyes
D7                  C              G
Oh when you whisper sweet words to me
  D7                    G
I don't hear them for I realize
                     D7        G          G7
Should our love grow dim you'd go back to him
      C         D7          G
I can still see him in your eyes
 
                        D7   G               G7
Though you say it's all over between you and him
         C              G
And it's only me you idolize
                        D7       G         G7
Then why is it when you see  him enter the room
      C         D7          G
I can still see him in your eyes
D7                  C              G
Oh when you whisper sweet words to me
  D7                    G
I don't hear them for I reply
                      D7   G                 G7
It's just a matter of time till you leave me behind
      C         D7       Em   C
I can still see him your eyes
      G         D7       G
I can still see him your eyes

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I Can Tell Tell Tell I Do
BMI Work #: 9305602
I Can Tell Tell Tell I Do (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2007) (song#5197)

Oh well, well, well, you left me blue
Dear, I can tell, tell, tell that you wanted to
Well, well, well I'll tell myself I don't need you
But i can tell, tell, tell I do
My dreams have all been defeated
Like some sad line out of an old country song
My heart I know has been cheated
Guess I just let you string, string, string me along
- instrumental -
I think of you every second
Of every minute dear, when you're not around
And I just can't help it, that's what I reckon
Since I heard that sad farewell sound
Oh well, well, well, you left me blue
Dear, I can tell, tell, tell that you wanted to
Well, well, well I'll tell myself I don't need you
But I can tell, tell, tell I do
Well, well, well I'll tell myself I don't need you
But I can tell, tell, tell I do
I can tell, tell, tell I do
I can tell, tell, tell I do


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I Can Turn You Every Way But Loose
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Dottie West and Bill West

C
You lived it up turned me down 
    F                 C
Now it's gonna be the other way around
                             A#   G7
I can turn you every way but loose
         C
You take me in then turn me out 
    F                            C
Now we're gonna take it and turn about
               G7            C
I can turn you every way but loose

F
I can turn you every way but loose 
    C
For I can never ever let you go
      G7
Can't stand to see you with someone else 

While I still love you love you so
C
Don't ask me to let you go 
F                  C
Cause honey I just want you to know
               G7            C
I can turn you every way but loose
 
F
I can turn you every way but loose 
    C
For I can never ever let you go
      G7
Can't stand to see you with someone else 

While I still love you love you so
C
Don't ask me to let you go 
F                  C
Cause honey I just want you to know
               G7            C
I can turn you every way but loose



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I Can't Be Myself
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard

C                     G7                C
It's a way of mine to say just what I'm thinking
                       G7             C
And to do the things I really want to do
    F                                 C
And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of
              G7                   C
So I can't be myself when I'm with you
 
                       G7                C
Oh you never liked the clothes I wear on Sunday
                     G7                  C
Just because I don't believe the way you do
    F                            C
But I believe the Lord knows I'm unhappy 
                 G7                   C   C7
Cause I can't be myself when I'm with you
 
F                             C
I can't be myself and be what pleases you
    F                  C                      G7
And down deep inside I don't believe that you want me to
    F                               C
And it's not my way to take so long deciding 
                G7                   C
That I can't be myself when I'm with you
 
Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - I Can't Be True lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I can't be true no matter what I do
It's a weakness of mine, nothin' to do with you
So don't expect it of me though I expect it of you
I love you, I do, but I can't be true
Men are my weakness I've got a roving eye
And I've fallen victim to many a smile
I just love the excitement of love when it's new
I'm just a hopeless romantic so I can't be true, I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
It's a weakness of mine, nothin' to do with you
So don't expect it of me though I expect it of you
I love you, I do, but I can't be true, I can't be true
Some play it safe while some like it hot
I guess you could say I never knew when to stop
But when I'm lovin' you, I'll give it all that I got
It might be different with you to know I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
Oh I get around, and I break all of the rules
Now that you know it's true, I'll leave the rest up to you
I'll be good to you, but I can't be true, I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
It's a weakness of mine, its not a weakness in you
So don't expect it of me though I expect it of you
I really love you, I do, but I can't be true, I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
Oh I get around, and I break all of the rules
Now that you know it's true, I'll leave the rest up to you
I'll be good to you, but I can't be true, I can't be true


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I Can't Believe I Lost My Everything
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Bun Wilson and Doc Richardson

C                                     F
We had love much more than I had ever dreamed of
         G7                          C
You were mine and in my castle I was king
                                      F
Life was good and what a future lay before us
      G7                                C
Now I can't believe I've lost the whole thing
       F            G7
When a man has everything 
           F         G7       C
I guess he takes too much for granted
         D7
And your love of marriage slipped away
     G7
Like snow drifts in the spring
      C                               F
Now tonight a brand new king is in my castle
      G7                              C
And I can't believe I've lost my everything
       F            G7
When a man has everything 
           F         G7       C
I guess he takes too much for granted
         D7
And your love of marriage slipped away
     G7
Like snow drifts in the spring
      C                               F
Now tonight a brand new king is in my castle
      G7                                C
And I can't believe I've lost the whole thing
                                      F
Now tonight a brand new king is in my castle
      G7                              C
And I can't believe I've lost my everything

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I Can't Change Overnight
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Johnny Mathis

Intro:
G       C          D7                G
I can't change overnight from loving you
                     C                   G
There's a love in my heart that I'd been keeping
        D7                  G
I don't know how to give it away to someone new
                   C                G
Oh you just walked away and left me weeping
        C          D7                G
I can't change overnight from loving you
   D7                              G
If I can't walk with you then I'll walk all alone
         D7                               G
Where my feet touch the ground and that's where I'll call home
                  C                    G
Though you say to forget the love that we once knew
        C          D7                G
I can't change overnight from loving you
                 C                 G
Oh I've tried to forget the lips I used to kiss
     D7                             G
Find someone to take the place of a love I still miss
                      C               G
I don't like all this loneliness that I go through
        C          D7                G
I can't change overnight from loving you
   D7                              G
If I can't walk with you then I'll walk all alone
         D7                               G
Where my feet touch the ground and that's where I'll call home
                  C                    G
Though you say to forget the love that we once knew
        C          D7                C  G
I can't change overnight from loving y-ou

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Brad Paisley - I Can't Change The World lyrics

A bomb goes off in a far off city
A siren wails right here at home
Well, sometimes life ain't all that pretty
When you're watching it all alone
You build a wall around your feelings
Just another heart afraid to break
And you don't wanna let me in
'Cause, really, what difference can I make?
I can't change the world
Baby, that's for sure
But if you let me, girl
I can change yours
I bet I can change yours
So let Jesus look down on this madness
And let the powers that be just fuss and fight
'Cause everyone needs to pick their battles
And me-I realized
I can't change the world
Baby, that's for sure
But if you let me, girl
I can change yours
I bet I can change yours
And every time you light a flame
You just get burned and you feel like it's all in vain
You feel like
You need to learn that no one's gonna save you
No, no one's gonna save you
But I'm standing here
My heart's on my sleeve
Never gonna let you down
Never ever gonna leave you,
Baby, that's for sure
Whoa, I can't change the world
But I can change yours
I bet I can change yours


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I Can't Get Around To Getting Over You
BMI Work #: 9305603
I Can't Get Around To Getting Over You (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2007) (song#5198)

I can't take your portrait off the bureau
And I can't take your pillow off the bed
I can't believe you no longer love me
I tell myself I don't believe a shred
I can't take the night light from the window
Dear, I keep thinking you might see its glow
I can't forget how cold the wind did blow
On that day when you said that you would go
I can't get around to getting over you
No matter what I say or what I do
And though it's bound to keep me feeling blue
I can't get around to getting over you
- instrumental -
When you left, you said I should forget you
You said that I would find somebody else
But I can't take back vows of love so true
So I'll just put my heart upon the shelf
I can't get around to getting over you
No matter what I say or what I do
And though it's bound to keep me feeling blue
I can't get around to getting over you
I can't get around to getting over you
No matter what I say or what I do
and though it's bound to keep me feeling blue
I can't get around to getting over you


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I Can't Get Over Me (Not Getting Over You)
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Wayne P. Walker and Chuck Reed

G                   G7               C
I can't get over me not getting over you
  D7                                  G  D7
I thought that it would be so easy to do
    G                 G7                 C
The love I threw away belongs to someone new
      D7                                 G
And I can't get over me not getting over you
  C
I bought new clothes and found new friends 
        G
Changed all the things I do
    A7
But I'm not really happy 
      D7
I'm a different shade of blue
    G
And now the pain is you 
  G7            C
A long time overdue
      D7                                 G
And I can't get over me not getting over you
  C
I bought new clothes and found new friends 
        G
Changed all the things I do
    A7
But I'm not really happy 
      D7
I'm a different shade of blue
    G
And now the pain is you 
  G7            C
A long time overdue
      D7                                 G
And I can't get over me not getting over you

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I Can't Go On Loving You
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Hank Mills

G                     C             G
I thought I could but I can't go on lovin' you
                          A7                 Am D7
It hurts too much knowin' you stopped lovin' me
          G           C              G
Don't ask me who's to blame or why I know it's true
  Em   G      D7                 G
I only know I can't go on lovin' you
                       C             G
Slowly but surely your love became a memory
                         A7          Am  D7
And heaven knows I can't live on memories
          G            C             G
Don't ask me where I'm goin' or just what I'll do
  Em   G      D7                 G
I only know I can't go on lovin' you
                       C             G
Slowly but surely your love became a memory
                         A7          Am  D7
And heaven knows I can't live on memories
          G            C             G
Don't ask me where I'm goin' or just what I'll do
  Em   G      D7                 G
I only know I can't go on lovin' you
  Em   G      D7                 G
I only know I can't go on lovin' you

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I Can't Help Myself
Recorded by Eddie Rabbitt
Written by Even (Bruce) Stevens and Eddie Rabbitt

C                                       Em
Thought I was over you  thought I could start a new
        F        G7                               C
I got a new job  new friends on the other side of town
                                    Em
But here you are again  just like a long lost friend
           F                     G7               C
And when I touched your hand  it started all over again
G7           C       F               C
I can't help myself  here comes that feeling
            F       G7                 C
Just like a rag-ing river rushing over me
G7         C            F         C
No I can't help myself  here I go falling
F                G7              C
Head over heels  falling for you again
                                Em
Why does this heart of mine  go crazy every time
       F          G7                         C
When I know down  deep inside you don't love me
                                     Em
But when you're standing there  wind blowing through your hair
         F                     G7               C
Well I'm starting to make  the same old mistake again

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I Can't Keep You In Love With Me
written and recorded by the Louvin Brothers

G                                     C
It must have been an awful thing that someone did to you
     D7                                                  G
That built the wall around your heart that I can't break through
                                  C
I can't erase I can't replace the bitter for the sweet
    D7                                      G
For I can't find my way behind your wall of memories

                                       C
If you want me why I can't keep you in love with me
    D7                                                   G
You say you're mine and I'm not blind I know you want to be
                                           C
And when you're holding me no sweeter love could ever be
    D7                                                  G
But when I'm gone somehow I can't keep you in love with me

                                          C
The worst mistake that you could make the surest way to lose
      D7                                             G
Would be to listen and believe the lies they tell to you
                                 C
There is a way you can repay the one who let you down
    D7                                                G
Let me repair your broken heart don't leave it on the ground

Repeat #2

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Alison Krauss - I Can't Let Go

Told you, baby, one more time
Don't make me sit all alone and cry
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

I'm like a fish out of water, a cat in a tree
You don't even want to talk to me
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

He won't take me back when I come around
Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

See I got a candle and it burns so bright
In my window every night
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

You don't like to see me standing around
Feel like I been shot and I didn't fall down
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

He won't take me back when I come around
Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

Turn off the trouble like you turn off a light
Went off and left me, it just ain't right
Well, it's over I know it but I can't let go

Around every corner, something I see
Brings me right back how it used to be
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

He won't take me back when I come around
Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

He won't take me back when I come around
Says he's sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I'm broken down like a train wreck
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

It's over, I know it but I can't let go
It's over, I know it but I can't let go


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I Can't Lose Something (I Never Had)
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew, Tommy Blake, W.S. Stevenson

C
I said I'd forget you 
                          F
That's what I'm trying to do
               G7
But instead of forgetting 
                              C
I'm falling more in love with you
But I try to keep thinking 
                F
Is it really so bad
                 C
For I can't lose something 
G7              C
That I've never had
                         F
And now I know you never loved me 
                                C
Oh that's what makes me feel so sad
                               D7
If I could think that you once loved me 
                          G7
I know I wouldn't hurt so bad
                            C
I should be happy that it's over 
                             F
To see you go should make me glad
                 C
For I can't lose something 
G7              C
That I've never had
                         F
And now I know you never loved me 
                                C
Oh that's what makes me feel so sad
                               D7
If I could think that you once loved me 
                          G7
I know I wouldn't hurt so bad
                            C
I should be happy that it's over 
                             F
To see you go should make me glad
                 C
For I can't lose something 
G7              C
That I've never had

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I Can't Make It Without You
Recorded by Curtis Potter
Written by Daryl W. Hall and Ray Sanders

C                       G7     C
What a good for nothing way to start the day
                     F                 C
That's how it's been since you've gone away
F                    C                               F
Whiskey in my coffee tearstained eyes that once were blue
        C               G7       C
I can't make it without you or a drink or two

  F                              C
I can't make it without you or a drink or two
                    A7         D7               G7
But it always turns out I need more than just a few
F                                  C
At night you'll find me sitting on some barstool
                        G7       C
I can't make it without you or a drink or two

                       G7          C
I'd give most anything to have you back again
                           F                            C
But I'd fall right off the wagon with some old drinking friends
F                                  C                   F
You know all about my weakness you know what I'm going through
        C               G7       C
I can't make it without you or a drink or two

Repeat #2

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I Can't Remember To Forget
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Billy Graham

D7 G    Em           C           Am
We said goodbye in a soft spring rain
       D7               G  D7
That's why my eyes were wet
  G          Em       C      Am
I laughed to hide the sudden pain
    D7            G
And said I'd soon forget
    B7             Em
Now when we meet I try to be smart
C                       G
Laugh clown laugh is my rule
    Am           D7         G          Em
But behind every smile is a tear in my heart
    A7                      D7
And behind every laugh is a fool
   G          Em         C        Am
My nights are lonely and days are long
  D7                  G  D7
I must forget you and yet
   G      Em      C         Am
No matter now how much it's wrong
  D7                G
I can't remember to forget
     B7             Em
(Now when we meet I try to be smart
C                       G
Laugh clown laugh is my rule)
    Am           D7         G          Em
But behind every smile is a tear in my heart
    A7                      D7
And behind every laugh is a fool
Repeat #3
  D7                G     C  G
I can't remember to forget

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I Can't Stand Me
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G                      C
I can't stand me since I lost you
      G                  D7
And I can't stand nobody else
        G              C
I can't stand me since you went away
      G         D7          G
And I gotta get away from myself

                                   C
I used to be a high-stepper with a lot on the ball
   G                     D7
My friends all called me Ace 
          G                         C
It took a woman like you to bring a good man down
            G               D7      G
And make me ashamed to even show my face

Repeat #1

                                      C
Oh when I look in the glass and see a grown man cry
   G                      D7
It makes me wanna hang my head
          G                       C
I used to feel real proud just to be alive
    G               D7        G
But now I think I'd rather be dead

Repeat #1
 
                                C
I'm gonna find me a river about ten miles wide
       G                    D7
With a bridge right all way cross
          G                 C
I'm gonna drag myself about half way over
    G              D7       G
And then I'm gonna throw me off

Repeat #1

                 D7          G
Yeah I gotta get away from myself

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I Can't Stand To Be Alone
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew and Clyde Pitts
 
C                           F                   C
The party's almost over and soon you'll have to go
     F                            C             G7
What can I say to make you stay I wonder do you know
    C                            F                  C
How much I need you here with me until the break of dawn
     F           C                         G7  C
I've got so many memories I can't stand to be alone
 
       F
Please tell me that you've lonely too
    C
And then your heart I'll know
       F
You'll let me kiss your warm sweet lips
    C                     G7
And then say it's time to go
       C                          F                C
Please help me pass the time away tomorrow I'll be gone
     F           C                         G7  C
I've got so many memories I can't stand to be alone
 
                                 F                 C
You see I can't erase the past I love her more and more
  F                                C                 G7
I traded her love for a thrill she knew our love was over
     C                             F                 C
I'll have to face the loneliness I know when you are gone
       F                 C                             G7  C
That's why you've got to stay with me I can't stand to be alone

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I Can't Take A Chance
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew, Johnny Mathis, Tommy Blake

G7        C                          F
You don't know how much I'm still in love with you
      G7                             C
And I wonder would it help me if you knew
                                     F
It's my pride that won't let me come around
                   Dm          G7                C
For I can't take a chance that you might turn me down
           G7                                  C
I couldn't stand to know my one last chance is gone
               D7                             G7
And though I'd have to try to face this world alone
            C                               F
Although my love someday could make me come around
                   Dm          G7                C
And make me take a chance that you won't turn me down
           G7                                  C
I couldn't stand to know my one last chance is gone
               D7                             G7
And though I'd have to try to face this world alone
            C                               F
Although my love someday could make me come around
                   Dm          G7                C
And make me take a chance that you won't turn me down

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I Can't Take It Like You Can
Recorded by Bobby Helms

G
You can laugh and say it's over 
                           C
Don't expect the same from me
                          G
I can't see where it's so funny
                        D7
That our love can never be
G
Broken hearts are never funny
                           C
This one's more than I can stand
                              G
But you're laughing while I'm crying
D7                       G   C  G
I can't take it like you can
                          C
Now I hope he'll make you happy
                      G
Just the way I wanted to
    C
And I hope that he will love you
                        D7
Half as much as I still do
G
And if crying cause you're leaving
                    C
Makes me any less a man
                      G
Sorry that I can't do better
D7                       G   C  G
I can't take it like you can
Repeat #3
I can tell you're touched to see me
                    C
Broken up the way I am
                              G
For you're laughing while I'm crying
D7                       G   C  G
I can't take it like you can

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I Can't Tell The Boys From The Girls

Well I've been a bachelor all my life
I thought the time had come to take a wife
So I moved to the city to find myself a mate
But I get all confused when I start looking for a date

Oh, I can't tell the boys from the girls
And friends it's really messing up my world
They all wear long hair and bouncy curls
And I can't tell the boys from the girls

I walked in a picture show and found a seat
This pretty little thing sat down in front of me
I leaned over and asked her if she'd like some company
But I rearly died when she truned out to be a he

* Refrain

I'm going to leave this city and go home
I guess I'll stay single from now on
But I won't make the same mistake by coming here again
Cause I can't tell difference between the hers and hims

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life Lyrics

In my nightmare everything's wrong
I'm waiting for love, but you come along
You smile, you wave, you greet me, ciao
But you seem too happy to see me somehow

Then the sky falls in on my head
Your nails grow long, your eyes turn red
You say, forever dear and a day
You swear that you're never going to go away
And my feet won't move when I run the other way

And I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up to save my life

In my nightmare you forgive me
The cruelest gift you could ever give me
You say that you understand me now
But your eyes say, brother, I'll get you somehow

Then the lightning streaks across the room
You smell like something fresh from the tomb
You squeeze too hard, you insist on kissing
When it seems like half your face is missing
And your hair's turned into reptiles hissing

And I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up to save my life

Things I done make my dreams go bad
Like Borstal boys coming home to dad
What you reap so shall you sow
My feet starting to fail me, go man go

'Cos I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up
No I can't wake up
No I can't

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Richard Thompson - I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

In my nightmare everything's wrong
I'm waiting for love, but you come along
You smile, you wave, you greet me, ciao
But you seem too happy to see me somehow

Then the sky falls in on my head
Your nails grow long, your eyes turn red
You say, forever dear and a day
You swear that you're never going to go away
And my feet won't move when I run the other way

And I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up to save my life

In my nightmare you forgive me
The cruelest gift you could ever give me
You say that you understand me now
But your eyes say, brother, I'll get you somehow

Then the lightning streaks across the room
You smell like something fresh from the tomb
You squeeze too hard, you insist on kissing
When it seems like half your face is missing
And your hair's turned into reptiles hissing

And I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up to save my life

Things I done make my dreams go bad
Like Borstal boys coming home to dad
What you reap so shall you sow
My feet starting to fail me, go man go

'Cos I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up
No I can't wake up
No I can't

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I Can't Win For Losing You
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Robert Byrne and Rick Bowles
 
G                                          G7
Hey how you been it's good to see you again
                     C
Gee it's been a long time
Am                 G         Em
How's that new man momma and dad
A7                   D7
Since I told you goodbye
G                                         G7
Well I'm still the same still raising cane
                       C
Nobody's worried about me
Am           G            Em
I come and I go just as I please
A7                 D7
Since I set myself free
                    C
But I can't win for losing you 
Am               G
I just can't get over you
Em                   A7
Being foot loose and fancy free 
C              G          D7
Ain't all it's cracked to be
                       C
And the grass ain't no greener 
Am          G
Here on the other side
Em            Am
I might win a heart or two 
D7                  C      G  D7
But I can't win for losing you
G                                        G7
Well I'm on my way there's so much to say
                            C
Lord knows that I've had my time
Am                   G          Em
But girl you can bet I'll never forget
A7                  D7
When you used to be mine
Repeat #3,4

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Dolly Parton - I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) lyrics
(Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland)

Oh sugar pie, honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else
In and out my life
You come and you go
Leaving just your picture behind
And I've kissed it a thousand times
When you snap your fingers or wink your eye
I come a running to you
Tied to you like a ball-and-chain
And there's nothing that I can do
Can't help myself
No, I can't help myself
Sugar pie, honey bunch
I'm weaker than a girl should be
I can't help myself
I'm a fool in love you see
I wanna tell you I don't love you
Tell you that we're through
And I've tried
But every time I see your face
I get all choked up inside
When I call your name
Boy it starts the flame
Burning in my heart
Tearin' it all apart
No matter how I try
My love I cannot hide
Sugar pie, honey bunch
You now that I'm weak for you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else
Ooh sugar pie honey bunch
I'll do anything you ask me to
I can't help myself
I want you and nobody else
Sugar pie, honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
No no no, I can't help myself


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I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart

Last night I told my heart's love
All under the pale blue sky
Eagerly waiting an answer
I plainly could read in her eyes

I love you sweetheart I love
And ask you to be my bride
Her face turned pale and she trembled
And sadly to me she replied

   I cannot be your sweetheart
   I cannot stay by your side
   One is waiting up yonder
   One that's claiming his bride
   
   My heart is almost broken
   Your vows only add to my pain
   I love you sweetheart I love you
   Though we may never meet again

We said goodbye in the moonlight
My heart was turned to stone
One blissful hour was made happy
But now I'm sad and alone

In this my sorrows forever
Though you may go far away
Where ever you go I'll love you
But still I can hear you say

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I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore

This world is not my home I'm just-a-passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Oh Lord you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven's not my home oh Lord what would I do
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

They're all expecting me that's one thing I know
I fixed it up with Jesus a long time ago
I know he'll take me through though I am weak and poor
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Just over in the gloryland there'll be no dying there
The saints all shouting victory and singing everywhere
I hear the voice of those that's gone on before
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

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I Can't Go On Loving You

The flame of love to ash has burned
My faded love will not return
You want me back I know it's true
But I can't go on loving you

    I can't go on loving you
    Can't stand the pain you put me through
    Torturing my mind with the things you do
    No I can't go on loving you

I wish you happiness sweetheart
It hurts to know we have to part
I'll think of you and the love we knew
Oh I can't go on loving you

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I Can't Go On This Way

When you left me you said you'd return dear
You said that you'd be back someday
Oh please let me hear from you darlin'
I just can't go on this ol' way

   I know you never did love me
   But I thought that you would dear someday
   Oh please let me hear from you darlin'
   I just can't go on this ol' way

Remember the good times together
You said that you loved me so true
As I sit here these thoughts hover o'er me
There's a love in my heart dear for you

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I Can't Stand To Ramble

I used to get so restless when I stayed at home
Couldn't stand the sight of me alone
And to stay the same was moving backwards more than standing still
To ramble 'round was my greatest thrill. 

    I can't stand to ramble no more
    I'd rather count the flowers growin' at my door
    I'd rather sit and think of places I have been before
    I can't stand to ramble no more. 

 I used to have this driving desire to be out on the road
Now it's just another weary load
And the wanderlust that used to burn is faded to a glow
In a longing for the sweet things that I know. 

 This life's got me goin' places I have been before
I hear the wolves howlin' at my door
I'd like to settle down with the best man that I know
And make some sweet old memories of our own.

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I Can't Stop Calling Your Name

I don't drink as much as I used to
I've learned when to get out of the rain
I don't sleep anymore since you left me my dear
And I can't stop calling your name.

   I call your name in the middle of the night
   I sit up in my bed wanting to hold you so tight
   But when I realize that things are not the same
   Maybe then I'll stop calling your name.

Our house don't seem to be empty
Oh the laughter and scent of you remain
Everything in our room reminds me of you
That's why I keep calling your name.

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I Could Cry

Dear when I think about you I could cry
Knowing I have let love go by
I'll just stay at home and always wonder why
Every time I see your picture I could cry

I could cry an ocean of tears
But what good would it do
I'll just keep your memory as years go gy
But when your name's mentioned darling I could cry

I don't know what this cruel world holds for me
But it really doesn't matter now you see
For when day is done and twilight hovers night
Then I miss your arms around me I could cry

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I Could Use Another You
Recorded by Eddy Raven 
Written by Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro, Bucky Jones

G                  C                G
Don't need another drink now (no no no)
                  D7          C
Been drinkin' the whole night long
G             D7      C                G
Don't need no time to think now (no no no)
                    D7       C
Been thinking since you been gone
Em                       D7
What could I use then to make it all right
C                        D7
One thing I'm missing it comes in to mind

G
I could use another you I could use somebody new
           D7                Em               C
That could do what you could do back when you loved me
G
I could use a lover's touch that could move me just as much
                  Em                   C
I could never get enough back when you loved me
Am                             D7          G
Now that we're through I could use another you

                      C             G
Don't wanna go to new places (no no no)
              D7    C
That wouldn't do no good
            D7      C            G
Don't wanna see new faces (no no no)
                       C
Though everyone says I should
Em                        D7
One thing I'm missing and one thing I need
   C                         D7
Is love like the lovin' that you gave to me

Repeat #2 x2


I could use a lover's touch that could move me just as much
                  Em                   C
I could never get enough back when you loved me
Am                             D7          G
Now that we're through I could use another you



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I Couldn't Believe It Was True

Last night I came home and I knocked at my door
And I called for my love as I oft had before
I called once again but no answer there came
No sweet lips to greet me no voice called my name

I couldn't believe it was true, oh, Lord
I couldn't believe it was true
My eyes filled with tears and I must have aged 10 years
I couldn't believe it was true

I left myself in and I walked to our bed
I found a note there and a message I read
The truth like a bolt from the blue then the dawn
My sweetheart had left me my darling was gone

* Refrain

The shock was so great I am quivering yet
I'll try to forgive her but I cannot forget
My heart breaking loss is another man's gain
Her happiness I hope will always remain

* Refrain


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I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried
Written and recorded by Rodney Crowell
 
C                                 G7
The sun is coming up and I'm just going down
                                  C
Everywhere I look the world keeps turning 'round
                               G7
Though I said I never would be satisfied
       F               G7             C
Baby I lied I couldn't leave you if I tried
 
                                 G7
Sometimes I get lost out on this sad old town
                                       C
And every bridge I cross just turns me upside down
                                     G7
And every stumbling step I take back to your side
         F                G7             C     C7
Hurts my pride I couldn't leave you if I tried
 
F
Well I could not walk away no matter what I say
                                 D7
I won't be leaving believe it or don't
                  G7
You're all that I want

C                               G7
Tears may fall but after all is said and done
                                     C
Darling please believe me you're the only one
                                     G7
And I'll admit mistakes I've made me realize
       F               G7             C
Baby I lied I couldn't leave you if I tried
 
F
I won't be leaving you no matter what I do
                                  D7
I'm gonna see it through 'til the end
          G7
And do it again

C                                     G7
Years may come and friends may go but that's ok
                              C
Darling you're the only one I need to stay
                               G7
I know I said I never would be satisfied
       F               G7             C
Baby I lied I couldn't leave you if I tried
F          G7             C
I couldn't leave you if I tried



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I Couldn't Stand The Thought Of Losing You
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Red Hayes and Al Gore

C                      F                 C
There's so many people breaking up their homes
          D7                         G7
Neighbors callin' one another on the phone
        C                  F         C
Gossips say that our break up is overdue
     F                  G7                C
Oh I couldn't stand the thought of losin' you

     F                                    C
Oh I couldn't stand the thought of losin' you
                                         G7
And with one another's help we'll see it through
           F                                    C
They can't hurt us with their talking that they do
     F                  G7                C
Oh I couldn't stand the thought of losin' you

                          F              C
I just wish that we could make them understand
        D7                                 G7
All the problems that we have are dwelt in hand
        C                 F                  C
And our troubles don't concern our neighbors too
     F                  G7                C
Oh I couldn't stand the thought of losing you

     F                                    C
Oh I couldn't stand the thought of losin' you
                                         G7
And with one another's help we'll see it through
           F                                    C
They can't hurt us with their talking that they do
     F                  G7                C
Oh I couldn't stand the thought of losin' you

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Dolly Parton - I Couldn't Wait Forever lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I couldn't wait forever
Did you expect me to
I guess you thought I'd never
Find somebody new
I lived on dreams and promises
As long as I could
I couldn't wait forever
The way you thought I would
The lonely nights grew longer
As I prayed for time to fly
I lived on hopes that you'd return
And that's how I got by
The agony of loneliness
Just got too much for me
I couldn't wait forever
Needing love so desperately
So I found new lips to kiss me
New arms to hold me tight
I found new love and happiness
To fill these empty nights
You took my love for granted
Now my heart has found a new home
I couldn't wait forever
Forever's just too long
I couldn't wait forever
Forever's just too long


=============================

I Couldn't Win

I couldn't win because she did not love me
She just pretended as she kissed me then
And then about the time I really loved her
She left me and I knew I couldn't win

I'm thankful for the happiness she gave me
I wish that I could fall in love again
I don't blame her I guess I'm just unlucky
But from the start I knew I couldn't win

Tonight I sit here drinking in this tavern
And as I order up the drinks again
I see her smiling sweetly at another
If only he just knew that he can't win

A broken heart she must have had in childhood
Now she's afraid it might happen again
She's really not to blame for all my heartaches
But from the start I knew I couldn't win

=============================

I Cried Again

Teardrops fell the night you said
I love you dear and you were wed
I watched you while you held his hand
Then bowed my head and cried again

   I cried again when I reached home
   There set your picture all alone
   I thought of things that might have been
   And bowed my head and cried again

I took your letters from the shelf
Then read them aloud just to myself
And just before I reached the end
I turned away and cried again

I thought of love I'd been denied
And how to hold it I had tried
And of dreams that we had shared
And days gone by when you cared

   Now here's the reason why I say
   That I must throw your things away
   For they would always bring my pain
   And then I'd have to cry again
   And then I'd only cry again

=============================

I Cried For Us

Love it's not I who didn't try
Hard enough, hard enough
And this is why I'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, I've had enough 

    Love you don't see
    The pain in me
    It's plain enough, plain enough
    You're never here to catch the tears
    I cried for us, I cried for us. 

I'll take my share,
But I'll be fair
There's not much stuff, easy enough
And if you choose, I'll break the news
This part is tough, so very tough 

I've tried and tried to put aside
A time to talk, but without luck
So I'll just pin this within your coat
And leave the garden gate unlocked 

And this is why I'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, I've had enough.

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I Didn't Mean To Love You
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Red Lane

C                F              C
I didn't mean to miss you but I do
                 G7             C
I didn't mean to want you but I do
I didn't mean to think about you
F               Fm         C
Thought I could do without you
                 G7             C
I didn't mean to love you but I do
I didn't mean to tell you so
F
I didn't mean to let you know
G7                            C
I didn't mean to come back to you
                 G7             C
I didn't mean to love you but I do
I didn't mean to let you know
F
I didn't mean to tell you so
G7                            C
I didn't mean to come back to you
                 G7             C
I didn't mean to love you but I do
I didn't mean to tell you so
F
I didn't mean to let you know
G7                            C
I didn't mean to come back to you
                 G7             C
I didn't mean to love you but I do

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I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Leon Payne

C                 G7              C
I come home and I sat down by the door 
                                    G7
I just sat and dream my lonely life away
             C                                       F
I just can't stand a thought that I won't see you anymore
          C       G7               F  C
I guess I die ten thousand times a d-ay

             G7                C
Without soul life comes to its end 
                                    G7
I ceased to live the night you went away
            C                                         F
If you walk through that door then I'll start to live again
          C       G7               F  C
I guess I die ten thousand times a d-ay

               G7                C
I pick up each thing you used to touch
                                    G7
I call to mine each tender word you say
        C                                              F
If I've hurt you it's just because I love you much too much
          C       G7               F  C
I guess I die ten thousand times a d-ay

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I Do All My Crying (On The Inside)
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Kim Williams, Randy Boudreaux, Stan Davis
 
C       Dm         G7                   C
For the first time tonight she's walked out
         Dm            G7               C
And each time I almost let that feeling show
    F               G7             C    Am
The only thing that saved me was myself
    D7                              G7
I'm hurting Lord but she will never know
 
C                         F
I do all my crying on the inside
C                    Am          Dm            G7
I won't give her the pleasure of seeing all my pain
    C            Em
She walks by I'm standing tall
F                 Dm                     D7
She won't see one tear drop fall from my eyes
      C           G7            F    C
Cause I do all my crying on the inside
 
  Dm                G7               C
I see her out there dancing with her new love
        Dm       G7                C
Looking over his shoulder right at me
         F                G7
Well I'd like to walk out now
           C               Am
Lord knows I've seen enough
    D7                                 G7
But I can't let her know that I'm that weak
 
Repeat #2
                      Em
When she walks by I'm standing tall
F                 Dm                     D7
She won't see one tear drop fall from my eyes
      C           G7            F    C
Cause I do all my crying on the inside

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I Do Cherish You
Recorded by Mark Wills
Written by Dan Hill and Keith Stegall

C                 Dm
All I am all I'll be
     C                            G7
Everything in this world all that I'll ever need
           C               Dm
Is in your eyes shining at me
         C                                 G7
When you smile I can feel all my passion unfolding
F                 C
Your hand brushes mine 
      F                   C               G7
And a thousand sensations seduce me cause I
  C          Am          Dm
I do cherish you for the rest of my life
          C             G7
You don't have to think twice
  C             Em             Dm
I will love you still from the depths of my soul
     Am        Em
It's beyond my control
            Am         G7          Am
I've waited so long to say this to you
Dm        C           Dm            G7      C
If you're asking do I love you this much  I do
G7    C            Dm
In my world before you 
  C                                G7
I lived outside my emotions didn't know where I was going
           C           Dm
Until that day I found you
        C                           G7
How you opened my life to a new paradise
F                  C
In a world torn by change
           F               C              G7
Still with all of my heart until my dying day
  C          Am          Dm
I do cherish you for the rest of my life
          C             G7
You don't have to think twice
  C             Em             Dm
I will love you still from the depths of my soul
     Am        Em
It's beyond my control
            Am         G7          Am
I've waited so long to say this to you
Dm        C           Dm            G7         C
If you're asking do I love you this much yes I do
Dm        C                         G7      C
If you're asking do I love you this much  I do
Am   F  C
Oh I do

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I Do My Cryin' At Night 
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Sanger Shafer, Lefty Frizzell, Arthur Owens Sr.

C                                  D7
Darlin' I've got all our friends believin'
         G7                         C
That I'm glad to have you out of my sight
                                 D7
I laugh all day long and say I'm glad you're gone
G7                C
I do my crying at night
                  G7
I do my cryin' at night
                                 C
To keep all my heartaches out of sight
                          D7
It only takes the moon to make me change my tune
G7                C
I do my cryin' at night
                                   D7
You're the missing star in my blue heaven
       G7                               C
That's why the darkness always makes me cry
                               D7
There's a hole in my sky and a big tear in my eye
G7                C
I do my cryin' at night
Repeat #2
G7                C
I do my cryin' at night

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I Do My Swinging At Home
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Billy Sherrill

G              C                  G
Nobody loves a drink anymore than me
              E7              A7
I might buy a round or two or three
G                  C                   G
I've been known to stumble and hit the floor
           A7                                 D7
Oh but I'm never too drunk to make it to your door

G            C               G
Red wine can start my head a swimming
               E7           A7
But I draw the line when it comes to women
G             C                        G
I never met a woman that could make me roam
              D7          G
Cause I do my swinging at home

             C         G           D7           G
She gives me more love better love sweeter love true love
    A7             D7
And that's where I belong
  G                C           B7                 C
I might do a lotta talking but soon you'll see me walking
G             D7          G
Cause I do my swinging at home

             C         G           D7           G
She gives me more love better love sweeter love true love
    A7             D7
And that's where I belong
  G                C           B7                 C
I might do a lotta talking but soon you'll see me walking
G            D7         G               C
I do a lotta swinging a lotta love song singing
G           D7          C  G
But I do my swinging at ho-me

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Brad Paisley - I Do Now lyrics

I never knew how people wound up in a bar
In the middle of the day
Broken souls or broken lives
From the choices that they made
I didn't know how much I had to lose
When I threw it all away
But I do now, I do now
Oh, I'd give anything
If I could just go back in time somehow
I wouldn't break your heart,
I wouldn't break those vows
If I could lift that veil and look you in the eye
And say I do now
Standing before God and all our friends
In that little church
Barely listening to a thing that preacher said
Just repeating every word
I didn't have a clue what it all meant
But girl, for what it's worth
I do now, I do now
Oh, I'd give anything
If I could just go back in time somehow
I wouldn't break your heart,
I wouldn't break those vows
If I could lift that veil and look you in the eye
And say I do now
I wouldn't break your heart,
I wouldn't break those vows
If I could lift that veil and look you in the eye
And say I do now


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I Don't Believe You Met My Baby

Last night my dear the day was falling
I went t bed so sad and blue
Then I had a dream of you

I dreamed I was strolling in the evening
Underneath the harvest moon
I was thinking about you

Then we met out in the moonlight
The stars were shining in your eyes
But another was there too

I don't believe you met my baby
You looked at him, you looked at me
I wondered who you were talking to

I shook the hand of your stranger
But I was shaking more inside
I was still wondering to

Your arm was resting on his shoulder
You smiled at him, he smiled at you
His eyes were filled with victory

He said my sister wants to marry
Then my heart was filled with ease
I knew that you would marry me


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Dolly Parton - I Don't Believe You're Met My Baby lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Autry Inman
Copyright 1955

I went strolling in the evening underneath the harvest moon
I was thinking about you
Then we met out in the moonlight the stars we shining in your eyes
But another was there too
I don't believe you've met my baby he looked at me he looked at you
You wondered who I was talking to
I shook the hand of your stranger but I was shaking more inside
I was still wondering who
His arms were resting on my shoulders he smiled at you he smiled at me
His eyes were filled with victory
He said my sister was to marry then it was oh so plain to see
I knew that you would marry me
I don't believe you've met my baby hmm hmm I knew that you would marry me


=============================

Alison Krauss - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby 

Verse 1:
Last night, my dear, the rain was fallin'
I went to bed so sad and blue
Then I had a dream of you

I dreamed I was strolling in the evening
Underneath the harvest moon
I was thinking about you

Then we met out in the moonlight
The stars were shining in your eyes
But another was there to

Chorus:
(banjo)

Verse 2:
I don't believe you've met my baby
You looked at her, you looked at me
I wondered who you were talking to

I shook the hand of your stranger
But I was shaking all inside
I was still wondering who

Your arm was resting on her shoulder
You smiled at her, she smiled at you
Her eyes were filled with victory

She said, "my brother wants to marry"
And then my heart was filled with ease
I knew that you would marry me

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I Don't Care
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Cindy Walker and Webb Pierce

G   C       G       C           G                 D7
Now I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known
C            D7     G
Just so I'll be the last
   C       G       C           G                D7
No I don't care if I'm not the first one you've kissed
C            D7    G
Darling I'll never ask 
 
D7               G       D7       G
Yesterday's gone love me from now on
   A7                          D7
Be true to me forget about the past
C          G       C           G                 D7
No I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known
C            D7     G
Just so I'll be the last 

D7               G       D7       G
Yesterday's gone love me from now on
   A7                          D7
Be true to me forget about the past
C          G       C           G                 D7
No I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known
C            D7     G
Just so I'll be the last 

C            D7    G
Darling I'll never ask 



=============================

I Don't Care Anymore

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
I don't care what you do anymore
You played with my heart
Right from the start
And I don't care anymore

Now all of my love you denied
You laughed in my face when I cried
You played with my heart
Right from the start
And I don't care anymore

* Refrain

I'm easing the load on my mind
I'm leaving the past all behind
I'm starting a new life without you
And I don't care anymore

* Refrain


=============================

I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes

I don't care if tomorrow never comes.
This world holds nothing for me.
I've been lonely night and day every since you went away,
I don't care if tomorrow never comes.
Chorus:
If tomorrow never comes and the sun don't ever shine,
It won't matter with me.
For when you went away my world ended that day,
I don't care if tomorrow never comes.
My lonely mind wanders back to the days that used to be.
My broken heart cries out for you.
If I can't have you near I can't go on, my Dear.
I don't care if tomorrow never comes.
(break and repeat chorus)


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I Don't Care If You Love Me Anymore
Recorded by The Mavericks
Written and recorded by Raul Malo

C                                       G7
Well I work all night and day to try to please you
                                C
To buy the things I never could afford
                                           G7
And now the wells run dry for me so I must leave you
            F           G7         C
But I don't care if you love me anymore
                                         G7
Well you go out on the town with eyes of cheating
                                 C
To see a world you've never seen before
                                          G7
But my heart was always there to take the beating
        F           G7         C
I don't care if you love me anymore
        F                               C
And you never show the slightest bit of heartache
       G7                             C
When I told you I was leaving you for good
         F                             C
Well you tried to justify what you did always
     D7                               G7
Some things are better left than understood
        C                                  G7
Now the world keeps turning when we're not together
                                 C
My troubles have all been washed ashore
                                                  G7
But I'll sail the seven seas and then I'll end up knowing
        F           G7         C
I don't care if you love me anymore
        F                               C
And you never show the slightest bit of heartache
       G7                             C
When I told you I was leaving you for good
         F                             C
Well you tried to justify what you did always
     D7                               G7
Some things are better left than understood
        C                                  G7
Now the world keeps turning when we're not together
                                 C
My troubles have all been washed ashore
                                                  G7
But I'll sail the seven seas and then I'll end up knowing
        F           G7         C
I don't care if you love me anymore
        F           G7         C
I don't care if you love me anymore
        F           G7         C
I don't care if you love me anymore

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I Don't Dance With Strangers 
Recorded by Becky Hobbs
Written by Jerry Hawkins and Becky Hobbs

G                                Am
The band is playing that old melody
      D7                 E7                  Am        D7
Oh it brings back summer nights and good ole Texas memories
    G                            Am
And I came here to chase away my blues
            D7        E7            Am                D7
Oh the last thing I expected was to meet someone like you
    G                                   G7                 C
But I don't dance with strangers it's a dangerous thing to do
                    D7                C             D7
I just came here to hear the band and have myself a drink or two
    G                                 G7              C
But you're tall dark and lonesome and it's driving me insane
                       Dm           D7                G
But I don't dance with strangers so honey what's your name
                                 Am
Now listen I ain't looking for romance
       D7                 E7                       Am           D7
Oh the last thing that my heart needs now is it to take another chance
    G                                  Am
But what's the harm in once around the floor
           D7          E7             Am           D7
Ooo oh and maybe later on we won't be strangers anymore
Repeat #2
                                      G7              C
And you're tall dark and lonesome and it's driving me insane
                            Dm           D7                G
Yeah but I don't dance with strangers so honey what's your name
C                      Dm           D7                G
But I don't dance with strangers so honey what's your name

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Alan Jackson - I Don't Even Know Your Name lyrics

(Alan Jackson, Ron Jackson, Andy Loffin)
Well I was sitting in a roadhouse down on highway 41
You were wiping off some ketchup on a table that was done
I knw you didn't see me, I was in a corner booth
Of course you weren't my waitress mine was missing her front tooth
So I flagged you down for coffee
But I couldn't say a thing
But I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your name
I'm in love with you baby, I don't even know your name
I've never been to good at all these sexual games
So maybe it's just better if we leave it this way
I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your  name
So I ordered straight tequila, a little courage in a shot
I asked you for a date and then I asked to tie the knot
I got a little wasted, yeah I went a little far
But I finally got to hug you when you helped me to my car
The last thing I remember I heard myself say
I'm in love with you baby, I don't even know your name
I'm in love with you baby, I don't even know your name
I've never been to good at all these sexual games
So maybe it's just better if we leave it this way
I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your  name
The next thing I remember, I was hearing wedding bells
Standing by a woman in a long white lacy veil
I raised the veil, she smiled at me without her left front tooth
And I said 'Where the heel am I and just who the hell are you?'
She said 'I was your waitress and our last name's now the same'
'Cause I;m married to you baby and I don't even know your name
I'm married to a waitress, I don't even know her name
I've never been to good at all these sexual games
I never thought my love life would quite turn out this way
Hey I'm married to a waitress and I don't even know her name


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I Don't Go Back Anymore
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Mike Reid and Troy Harold Seals 
[3/4 time]
 
Spoken:
 
A friend of mine told me 

That you were down here last night

I almost called him a liar but I see he was right

Yeah he was right

G
I'm over my anger but that's about all
     C                                 G
It's hard to recover from that kind of fall

A fool never knows when to give up
    A7                     D7
For years I remember those long nights of love

G                      C
But I don't go back anymore
   D7                              C           G
My heart's locked it's windows and bolted it's door
                                  G7           C
It's like trying to hold back the sea from the shore
G             D7      G
No I don't go back anymore


You're still just as pretty as you were back then
   C                          G
If I didn't know you I'd fall again

So don't smile and tell me that you still care
      A7                     D7
Don't stir up my feelings it just isn't fair

repeat #3

G             D7      G
No I don't go back anymore

Spoken:
 
A friend of mine told me you might be down here tonight

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I Don't Have Far To Fall
Recorded by Skip Ewing
Written by Donald R. Ewing II and Donald R. Sampson
 
C                            F
Tonight as I lay holding you you whisper
C                                     Dm  G7
Three words I didn't want to hear you say
        C                             F
Cause I don't know how I'm ever gonna answer
    Dm                    G7         C
But I'll tell you how I'm feelin' anyway
 
             F
I don't have far to fall before I reach 
    C                 F
The bottom of my heart
  C       Em       Am           Dm             G7
I already feel the fire burning in the deepest part
             F
I just can't say the words until I'm sure      
C                   F
There's no doubt at all
   Dm              G7                  C
If I'm not in love I don't have far to fall
                                     F
Please don't misunderstand the words I'm saying
C                                   Dm    G7
Hurtin' you is the last thing on my mind
  C                                         F
I just need to know that love is what we're making
Dm             G7             C
Sometimes love takes a little time
Repeat #2
   Dm              G7                  C
If I'm not in love I don't have far to fall

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I Don't Have to Live This Way
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I been up and down before
Grief won't hold me any more
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way

Thought I loved you for awhile
You were loaded up on style
Talk is cheap but I won't play
I don't have to live this way

[Chorus]
No I won't play the games that you've designed
And I won't wait to listen to your lines
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way

You won't stay another night
Or did you want another right
Now I've got the eyes to see
You get your kicks by hurting me

[Chorus]

=============================

I Don't Know

I don't know I love you so
Until the day I left you go
And then the tears began yo flow
I'm sorry dear I didn't know

And darling if you forgive me
And listen to my plea
No matter where you are my dear
I'll come begging on my knees
I know we share a broken heart
Because you loved me from the start
Oh darling free my toroubred soul
I'm sorry dear, I didn't know

I didn't care until the day
But now you've gone so far away
I realize I loved you so 
I'm sorry dear, I didn't know

* Refrain


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I Don't Know How I'll Live 
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Vic McAlpin and Roy Drusky
 
C                                F
Yesterday our love was young and gay
G7                            C
That was just before you went away
                                       F
And now there's only one thing left to say
     G7                                     C
Oh I don't know how I'll live and feel this way
 
   F                            C
If only I could find a way that you're not really gone
     F
That things are just the way they were
    C            G7
And nothing went wrong
    F
But if these blues around me
    C
Are really really here to stay
  G7                                     C
I don't know how I'll live and feel this way
     G7                                     C
Oh I don't know how I'll live and feel this way
 
                                        F
The shadows of a broken heart are at my door
     G7                              C
They seem to know you're not here anymore
                                        F
They're coming in to haunt me night and day
     G7                                     C
Oh I don't know how I'll live and feel this way
 
Repeat #2
     G7                                     C
Oh I don't know how I'll live and feel this way

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Alison Krauss - I Don't Know Why Lyrics
Every Time You Say Goodbye
(shawn colvin/sacred songs ltd., ascap)

I don't know why the sky is so blue
I don't know why i'm so in love with you
If there were no music, i would not get through
I don't know why i know these things, but i do

I don't know why somewhere dreams come true
I don't know where we'll find a place for you
Every time you look that way i lay down my life for you
I don't know why i know these things, but i do

I don't know why sun can make you cry
I don't know how i'm bound to get you back, but i'll try
They don't mean to cause you pain, they're just afraid of loving you
I don't know why i know these things, but i do

I don't know why the trees grow so tall
I don't know why i don't know anything at all
If there were no music, i would not get through
I don't know why i know these things, but i do, i do
I don't know why i know these things, but i do

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I Don't Know You (Anymore)
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Ricci Mareno and Charlie Black

C          G7          F
No I don't know you anymore
C          G7     A#7
Slowly but surely I can feel you 
F                  C
Slippin' away from me girl
           G7     A#7
Slowly but surely I can feel it 
F             G7
Leadin' up to goodbye
C                   F
Though you say it's not true
C                     F
There's a change girl in you
C          G7
No I don't know you
            F
Something's wrong
      C
I can feel it when I hold you baby
           G7          F   C
No I don't know you anymore
           G7   A#7
You try to hide what 
              F                 C
You're really feelin' inside of you girl
              G7
But your eyes tell me 
A#7                F             G7
That you're really longin' to be free
Repeat #2
           G7
No I don't know you
            F
Something's wrong
      C
I can feel it when I hold you baby
           G7          F   C
No I don't know you anymore

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I Don't Love Nobody

Well I don't love nobody, nobody loves me
All they wan't my money, they don't care for me
I want to live single, happy and carefree
I don't love nobody, nobody loves me
One day I went out walking, walking down Johnson street
I met a little old lady, she smiled at me so sweet
Said hello my honey , how are you today
Just as I started to kiss her, these words I heard her say
Lord, I don't love nobody, nobody loves me
All they wants my money , they don't care for me
I want to live single, happy and carefree
I don't love nobody, nobody loves me
Next day I went out walking, walking down Johnson street
I met the same little lady, she was dressed up so near
She smiled at me and said hello, how are you today
Tipped my hat and said hello and journeyed on my way
Cause I don't love nobody, nobody loves me
All they wants my money , they don't care for me
I want to live single, happy and carefree
I don't love nobody, nobody loves me


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I Don't Love You Much       
recorded by Emmylou Harris   
written by Guy Clark
 
C
I don't love you much do I
     F               G7                   C
Just more than human time can tell that's all
 
I don't love you much do I
   F                             G7
Remember how I kissed you in the hall
 
F                         C
See how it sparkles in my eye
F                       C                G7
I couldn't hide it if I tried and that's right
        C
I don't love you much do I 
     F                  G7                 C
Just more than anything else in this whole world
 
                               
I don't love you much do I 
     F                 G7           C
Just more than all the stars in the sky
                            
I don't love you much do I 
  F                                      G7
I think you hung the moon and that's all right
 
Repeat #2
 
I don't love you much do I
      G7                             C
I can feel it all the way across the room
                                 
I don't love you much do I  
F                                   G7
Like spring doesn't make the flowers bloom
        C
I don't love you much do I  
    F             G7            C
I'd follow you to hell and back again
                                
I don't love you much do I  
     F                               G7
Just watch me light up when you walk in
 
Repeat #2

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I Don't Mind Goin' Under
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Dallas Frazier and Arthur Leo Owens

C                                     G7
I guess you heard about my fling with Ruby by now
                                             C
How I've been supporting every honky tonk in town
                                    G7
I'm not proud of what I've done but what else could I do
                                              C
I don't mind goin' under if it'll get me over you
  F                                 C
I don't see how the honky tonks and me could ever part
   G7                                               C
As long as they can keep my mind from talking to my heart
    F                         C
I'd rather be a loser than to be somebody's fool
  G7                                          C
I don't mind goin' under if it'll get me over you
                                 G7
Somebody said they saw me waking up on the street
                                                      C
My best friend lost ten dollars when he bet it wasn't me
                                 G7
Sometimes I don't shave and very seldom shine my shoes
                                              C
I don't mind goin' under if it'll get me over you
Repeat #2
     G7                                          C
No I don't mind goin' under if it'll get me over you

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I Don't Mind Saying
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Raymond Page

C            F
I don't mind saying I've been lonesome 
          C
For those kisses that I've known
           G7
Don't mind saying I've been crying 
                     C
Just because I'm all alone
       F
I'd be lying if I told you 
        C
I don't miss you anymore
           G7
Don't mind saying I'd be glad to see you 
                     C
Walking through that door
Don't mind saying I've been missing 
Arms that used to hold me tight
        G7
Knowing how they'd feel around me 
                         C
On these cold and lonely nights
Don't mind saying that I'd like 
To feel your lips so sweet on mine
        G7
For the memory of your loving touch 
                  C
Haunts me all the time
Repeat #1,2,1,2

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I Don't Mind The Thorns (If You're The Rose)
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Jan Buckingham and Linda Young

G                          C
Come let me hold you for a while 
                G     Am              D7
All you have to do is smile I'm yours again 
G                              C
I may not like some things you do 
            G             Am                     D7
But they're all a part of you and you're my best friend 

G                D7          Em             G
I don't mind the cold when I have a fire to warm me 
C                G              A7                D7
I don't mind the rain 'cause it makes the flowers grow 
G              D7                 Am        F     C
I can take the bad times when you wrap your love around me 
Am               D7                     G
I don't mind the thorns when you're the rose 

                                 C
Stay we can work the whole thing out 
G                  Am          D7
That's what love's about and I understand 
G                              C
You didn't mean the things you said 
           G       Am              D7
They're so easy to forget when you take my hand 

Repeat #2

          Dm                      G
If it was anybody else I would be gone
D7            Em                                        D7
But you're so beautiful to me oh that I keep on holding on

Repeat #2

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I Don't Need It Done
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by John Sieger

G                             C               D7
Honey you sure do it well but I don't need it done
                                                   G
I know if I did it with you it'd be a whole lot of fun
                            C                A7
I'll send my regrets oh but I don't hedge my bets
  D7                                         G
I found a real true love now I don't need it done
                                            D7
Baby you sure look fine but I don't need it done
                                                 G
So I won't waste your time said I better let you run
                          C                        A7
I'll just move along no I don't mind waking up all alone
  D7                                           G
I found one real true love now I don't need it done
                                        C
I don't need it done oh I don't need it done
     D7                                           G
Yeah I found a real true love now I don't need it done
                                        C
I don't need it done oh I don't need it done 
       D7                                         G
Yeah I found a real true love now I don't need it done
D7             G                                            D7
Well it's been one long day all right still I don't need it done
                                                 G
You say I could stay all night until the morning comes
                              C               A7
It's not easy but I've got to give up all you got
       D7                                         G
Yeah I found a real true love now I don't need it done
repeat #3 x3

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Alan Jackson - I Don't Need The Booze (To Get A Buzz On) lyrics

(Toni Dae/Joy Swines)
I've been known to tie one on and honky tonk til half past three
But the party don't get started til my baby pours her love on me
She's a hundred proof, Lord she's smooth
She makes me moan all night long
So I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
I've tried It all from Tennessee Whiskey
To Ozark Mountain Moonshine
But it's her sweet love that packs the punch
And keeps me higher than a Georgia pine
Mr Southern Comfort don't come in a bottle
I get a double shot of love home grown
So I don't need booze to get a buzz on
My little country girl makes my head whirl and my knees begin to shake
No I can't walk no chalk line I ain't a talking or a thinking straight
I'm hooked on my baby's love there ain't nothing in a jug this strong
And I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
I've tried It all from Tennessee Whiskey
To Ozark Mountain Moonshine
Bu it's her sweet love that packs the punch
And keeps me higher than a Georgia pine
Mr Southern Comfort don't come in a bottle
I get a double shot of love home grown
So I don't need booze to get a buzz on
I wear a Blue Ribbon grin every now and then
But I don't need that to get stoned
I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
No I don't need the booze to get a buzz on


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I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair
recorded by George Jones
written by Frank Dycus, Billy Yates, Kerry Kurt Phillips
 
G                         C
I don't need your rocking chair
                         G
Your Geritol or your Medicare 
                             D7
Cause I still got neon in my veins
                            G
This gray hair don't mean a thing
 
                       C
I do my rocking on the stage
                               G
You can't put this possum in a cage
                           D7
My body's old but it ain't impaired
                          G
I don't need your rocking chair
 
                               C
I ain't ready for the junkyard yet
                                 G
Cause I still feel like a new Corvette
                                         D7
It may take a little longer but I'll get there
                               G
Well I don't need your rocking chair
 
repeat 1 & 2
 
                           C
Retirement don't fit in my plans
                                   G
You can keep your seat I'm a gonna stand
                       D7
An Eskimo needs a Frigidaire
                         G
Like I need your rocking chair
 
repeat 1 & 2
 
Tag:
                           D7
My body's old but it ain't impaired
                          G
I don't need your rocking chair

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I Don't Owe You Nothing
Written and recorded by Bobby Helms
 
G                              D7
I don't owe you nothing that's what I can always say
C                  D7                           G
You're the one who cheated you'll be the one to pay
                                   D7
I don't owe you nothing you're the one that was to blame
C            D7                        G
Give back my heart I'll give back your name
 
D7                       G
When the fun is over the years have passed us by
A7                                 D7
That's when you'll think of me and hang your head and cry
    G                                            D7
You know that I don't owe you nothing you're the one that was to blame
C            D7                        G
Give back my heart I'll give back your name
 
D7                       G
When the fun is over the years have passed us by
A7                                 D7
That's when you'll think of me and hang your head and cry
    G                                            D7
You know that I don't owe you nothing you're the one that was to blame
C            D7                        G
Give back my heart I'll give back your name

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I Don't Remember Forgetting
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Billy Foster, Jason Sellers, Lee Ann Womack

G                A7
I don't remember forgetting 
C       D7      G     D7
I don't seem to recall
G                 A7
If I neglected to show you I love you
  C     D7          G
I don't remember at all
D7                          G
Ten years of thinking we're happy
    D7                       G
Now you say that our love is gone
    D7         B7          Em
I'm racking my brain but I can't see
    A7                     D7
I'm wondering where I went wrong
Repeat #1
    D7                     G
Now you say that I've been distracted
    D7                           G
Not seeing the little things you need
    D7         B7        Em
Now I've never been more attracted
A7                   D7
How can I make you believe
Repeat #1
                  A7
If I neglected to show you I love you
  C     D7          G
I don't remember at all

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I Don't Remember Loving You
by John Conlee written by Harlan Howard & Bobby Braddock

C       G7             C
I don't remember loving you
 
And I don't recall the things
                   G7
You say you put me through
    F
You tell me that you've had
         C
A guilty conscience for so long
    F
You say that you walked out on me
        C
You say you did me wrong
                                        G7
Well I just don't see how that could be true
                              C
Cause I don't remember loving you
 
        G7              C
I don't remember loving you
 
You might talk to my doctor
                        G7
He drops by each day at two
  F
I get a funny feeling
       C
When I look into your eyes
F
There's something in your smile
              C
That gives my stomach butterflies
                                  G7
You must look like someone I once knew
                            C
But I don't remember loving you
 
G7                      F
I don't remember loving you
  G7
I heard you mention children
        F                  C
Did you say there's one or two
    F
You say I quit my job
           C
And then I drank myself insane
    F
You say that I ran down the highway
C
Screaming out your name
                                               G7
Well that's not the sort of thing that I would do
                           C
No I don't remember loving you
 
        G7              C
I don't remember loving you
 
I absolutely positively
                   G7
Know that can't be true
    F
But everyone I know here in this place
   C
Is really strange
   F
If you'll hand me my crayons
        C
I'll be glad to take your name
                                  G7
In case I run across that guy you knew
                            C
But I don't remember loving you
 
Repeat #2
 

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Dolly Parton - I Don't Trust Me Around You lyrics
(B. Owens)

You're standing much too close to me again
I'd never once touched you
But in my mind I've already sinned
You're making it hard for me to be true
I don't trust me around you
Seems like every place I go I see you there
I can't keep my eyes off you
I just stand and stare
You tempt me more than anyone I ever knew
I don't trust me around you
I don't trust me around you
I belong to someone else
Not once have I been untrue
But when I'm close to you this way I find myself wanting to
I don't trust me around you


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I Don't Wanna Cry
Recorded by the Gatlin Brothers
Written by Larry Gatlin

G                      B7         C
I don't wanna cry this early this morning
    A7                                D7
But cry I will if you go through with leaving me alone
              G        B7         C
I don't wanna cry this early this morning
                     G                     D7               G
So lay back down and love me and leave the leaving to later on
                G7          C
I don't want to think about tomorrow
     A7                             D7
Lord knows I got my hands full just worrying about today
        G                       C               A7
If it's true that God see every sparrow when it falls
  D7                                           G
I hope he'll see me falling if you up and walk away
              G        B7         C
I don't wanna cry this early this morning
    A7                                D7
But cry I will if you go through with leaving me alone
              G        B7         C
I don't wanna cry this early this morning
                     G                     D7                G
So lay back down and love me and leave the leaving for later on
   C                 G                     D7                C
So lay back down and love me and leave the leaving for later on
              G
I don't wanna cry

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I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Joey Carbone

C                                F
You look at me and I can see the feelings gone
     Dm                               G7
What happen to the dreams we plan our future on
    C                             F
You turn away and try to say what we both know
    C            Dm                    G7
But baby I can't let you go let you go away
              C
I don't wanna lose your love
G7            A#7              A7
I don't wanna be the one who's brokenhearted
      Dm            G7             C
Don't take the only love I've ever known
                            G7
I don't wanna lose your love
              A#7              A7
How could you go and stop what we have started
Dm           G7       C
Baby I don't wanna be alone
                                     F
I tried to hide the hurt inside it's plain to see
  Dm                                G7
I never could keep secrets from you anyway
   C                              F
So hard to face I can't erase the thought of you
C              Dm                                    G7
Baby won't you change your mind change your mind and stay
              C
I don't wanna lose your love
G7            A#7              A7
I don't wanna be the one who's brokenhearted
      Dm            G7             C
Don't take the only love I've ever known
                            G7
I don't wanna lose your love
              A#7              A7
How could you go and stop what we have started
Dm           G7       C
Baby I don't wanna be alone

=============================

I Don't Want No Stranger Sleepin' In My Bed
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bill Emerson and George Jones

C                          F               C
I don't want no stranger's footsteps in my bedroom
F               C                               G7
Pullin' down my window shades and messin' up my spread
        C           F              C
I don't want nobody fluffin' up my pillow
                         G7             C
I don't want no stranger sleepin' in my bed
             G7              C
If I have to cross the world without you
               G7          C
Always keep in mind what I said
F                          C
I don't want nobody's arms around you
                         G7             C
I don't want no stranger sleepin' in my bed
Repeat #1
                     G7           C
I guess that I still need some reassurance
                       G7                 C
To keep those cheatin' thoughts out of my mind
    F                                C
And though you never gave me thought to doubt you
               G7                C
Darlin' let me tell you one more time
Repeat #1
                            G7             C
No I don't want no stranger sleepin' in my bed

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I Don't Want To Be A Memory
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by James Pennington and Sonny Lemaire

C
I've been the one you talked to
     F
When things were on your mind
  G7
I tried to be a friend to you
     F                    C
When friends were hard to find
Even been your lover
    F
And gave myself to you
    Dm
But now you're asking something
  G7               C
I just don't wanna do
        F          C
I don't wanna be a memory
G7                     C
Someone you just leave behind
     F
I've always tried to be 
     C                F
Everything you'd ever need
Dm            G7       C
I don't wanna be a memory
I've given you the freedom
         F
When you felt the need to fly
      G7
And a shoulder you can lean on
  F                     C
A place where you could cry
Our time is meant so much
     F
It's more than I can face
   Dm
To think that I could somehow
G7             C
Be someone you replace
Repeat #3 x2

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I Don't Want To Sober Up Tonight
written and recorded by Merle haggard
 
G               D7         G
I don't want to sober up tonight
                D7                  G
I don't want to act like things are alright
    C                                                 G
And I don't want to change just to make you think I'm happy
                                 D7         G
That's my right  I don't want to sober up tonight
 
                  D7            G
I want to keep my mind a little hazy
                       D7                G
I don't care if all my friends think I'm crazy
    C                                      G
The way I treat myself I might be a little crazy
                                    D7         G
But that's alright  I don't want to sober up tonight
 
                  D7             G
I'm here to drown another day of misery
                         D7              G
I'm in here to spend one night without a memory
        C                                       G
And the way I'm drinking now there won't be any memory
                                    D7         G
But that's alright  I don't want to sober up tonight
 
Repeat #1         



=============================

Dolly Parton - I Don't Want To Throw Rice lyrics

She married the one I love today
When my back was turned she took him away
Now while they're all outside, waiting to throw rice
What I want to throw will surely black her eyes
'Cause I don't want to throw rice
I want to throw rocks at her
She took the only love I had
No, I don't want to throw rice
I want to throw rocks at her
It would be a way to hurt her 'cause she hurt me so bad
Well I never stole nothin' in my life
But if I get the chance I'll steal him from his wife
'Cause all is fair in love and war, maybe I'm carryin' this too far
But I feel like tying dynamite to her side of the car
No I don't want to throw rice
I want to throw rocks at her
She took the only love I had
No, I don't want to throw rice
I want to throw rocks at her
It would be a way to hurt her 'cause she hurt me so bad


=============================

I Don't Want to Wake You
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Peter McCann and Wayland Holyfield

G
While you're lying asleep you're painting a picture
     Em
That I'll always keep in my mind 
C                    D7                    G    F C D7
Stay with that dream good ones are hard to find 
    G
The warmth of your hand your breath on my skin 
        Em
And the rise and the fall of your breast
C                                        G
Takes me away it puts all my troubles to rest
          Bm                      Em
There are so many things I should tell you
      Am          G           D7  C
But a man doesn't always know how
           Bm                        Em
There's an ache and it's breakin' me open
      Am          G              D7
But I don't wanna wake you right now
  G
I open my eyes you're lying beside me
    Em
And keeping me warm in the night
C                                  G     F C D7
I never thought loving could be so right
   G
If I had my way I'd gather my wishes 
    Em
And whisper them all in your ear
C                               G
I never knew heaven could be so near
 
          Bm                      Em
There are so many things I should tell you
      Am          G           D7  C
But a man doesn't always know how
           Bm                        Em
There's an ache and it's breakin' me open
      Am          G              C
But I don't wanna wake you right now
             G
While you're lying asleep you're painting a picture
     D7                     G
That I'll always keep in my mind 

=============================

Dolly Parton - I Don't Want You Around Me Anymore lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

You think you're so smart you think that you'd throw my heart
Don't at your feet every time that you walk by
But I, I got news for you cause I don't care for you and
I don't care honey if you love me or not
If you were half as smart as you think you are
The world would be a-standing at your door
But I, I won't be there cause I no longer care and
I don't want you around me anymore
Because you can't have your way you tell me every day
I should grow up stop acting like a child
But I, I think its you that's got some growing to do
And honey I think its gonna take you quite a while
If you were half as smart as you think you are
The world would be a-standing at your door
But I, I won't be there cause I no longer care and
I don't want you around me anymore


=============================

I Don't Want Your Rambling Letters

I don't want your rambling letters
Don't want your picture in a frame
All I want is you in person
Won't you let me change your name

Mama said you'd come home soon
Papa warned me not to wait
Sister thinks that you still love me
Hurry home right away

* Refrain

I'm so tired of long distance kisses
Love by mail is all so cold
I just want you in my arms dear
Then our love just can't grow cold

* Refrain


=============================

Alan Jackson - I Dont Need The Booze lyrics

If I could have you
I know what I'd do
This time I'd be true
If I had you
If you could be mine
I'd walk that straight line
There'd be no bad times
If I had you
I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do?
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
And everything would be alright
If I had you
Well, I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do?
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
Everything would be alright
If I had you
Everything would be alright
If I had you...


=============================

I Don't Care About Tomorrow
Written and recorded by Marvin Rainwater

G7      C          G7                Em      D7      C
I don't care about tomorrow if I can make it through today
           G7     C     G7                C                 G7
What's the use to go to work now make the money and pay the bills
                  C       G7             A7                 D7
What's the use to pay the bills now on a house where no one lives
        G7        C       G7              C                G7
I don't care if I lose it all now I don't care what people say 
            C          G7                Em      D7      C     G7
And I don't care about tomorrow if I can make it through today
        C                                   G7
I don't care about tomorrow it seems so far away
             C                            A7          D7   C B7 Am
And I've got all the pain and sorrow that I can stand today
  G7              C       G7              C                G7
I don't care if I lose it all now I don't care what people say 
            C          G7                Em      D7      G7
And I don't care about tomorrow if I can make it through today
                  C         G7                 C            G7
What's the use to watch the clock now it's the same time as before
                      C         G7                   A7            D7
There ain't no use to check the doorbell there ain't nobody at the door
               G7     C     G7            C                G7
There ain't no use to go to bed now cause sleeping's outta sight
            C          G7                Em      D7      G7
And I don't care about tomorrow if I can make it through tonight
           C          G7                Em      D7      C
No I don't care about tomorrow if I can make it through tonight

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I Don't Have Anymore Love Songs
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Williams Jr.

C                                                       F
There's been some things that I've wanted to say a long time
G7                                         C
Never have I spent a day without you on my mind
                                                      F
I've tried a lot of song and I need to try one that's new
C                    G7                   C
I don't have anymore love songs to try on you

                                      F
We just can't ever get it together it seems
G7                                                 C
Your arms don't hold me the way that they do in my dreams
                                                   F
And it's hard to make up the things that you never do
C                    G7                         C
I don't have anymore love songs to make up bout you

F                                            C
I don't have anymore love songs to write for you
G7                                      C
Too many I wrote before have never come true
F                                                C
It's hard to make up and play the thing that you do
                     G7                     C
I don't have anymore love songs to sing for you

F                                                C
And I don't have anymore love songs to write for you
G7                                      C
Too many I wrote before have never come true
F                                                   C
I borrowed this song from Hank Williams Junior it's true
                           G7                     C
Cause I don't have anymore love songs to sing for you

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I Don't Know Why

   I don't know why it is that I love you
   I don't know why it is that I cry
   You have gone and now you love another
   That's why I cry I don't know why.

There was a day a sunny day
When you declared your love for me
But now you've turned from me away
Your childish vows no more I'll see.

When summertime has come and gone
You'll need a friend who's heart is true
You'll find yourself so all alone
And then you'll know what I've gone through.

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I Don't Love Nobody

Well I don't nobody nobody loves me
All they want's my money they don't care for me
I want to live single happy and carefree
I don't love nobody nobody loves me

One day I went out walking walking down Johnson street
I met a little old lady she smiled at me so sweet
Said hello my honey how are you today
Just as I started to kiss her these words I heard her say

One day I went out walking walking down Johnson street
I met the same little lady she was dressed up so near
She smiled at me and said hello how are you today
Tipped my hat and said hello and journeyed on my way

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I Don't Want Your Ramblin Letters

   I don't want your rambling letters
   Don't want your picture in a frame
   All I want is you in person
   Won't you let me change your name

Mama said you'd come home soon
Papa warned me not to wait
Sister thinks that you still love me
Hurry home right away

I'm so tired of long distance kisses
Love by mail is all so cold
I just want you in my arms dear
Then our love just can't grow ol

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I Dreamed My Baby Came Home
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Johnny Mathis
 
G                          D7
I went to sleep last night lonely and blue
                   C                G
Tears were falling like the morning dew
                             D7
But when I closed my eyes my loneliness was gone
                             G
Cause I dreamed my baby came home
             C
And you were holding me 
           G        D7      G
Kissing me like you used to do
              C
My heart went crazy 
         G                D7
When you whispered I love you
             G              D7
Yes you were standing there sweet as you could be
                   C               G
Like you had never said goodbye to me
                           D7
For just a little while my loneliness was gone
                             G
Cause I dreamed my baby came home
Repeat 

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Dolly Parton - I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven

I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven
Oh, what a beautiful sight!
And I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven
Oh, what a star-spangled night!

[Spoken:]
Last night, I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven
And just as I arrived, the old curtain lifted
And there on stage stood, who else, but Roy Aikcuff and Tex Ritter!
They said, "Well, how you doing? Come on in here, I know there's some folks you wanna see!
Over there's our newest member, your old friend Conway Twitty! Say hello, darlin'!
And there's gentlemen Jim Reeves, singin' with Heaven's choir
Roger Miller, he just got here, he's making everybody laugh
'Course you know Roy Orbison can sing just as high as anybody here
And Ernest Tubb can sing as low!
And Patsy Cline, well, bet she's the best singin' angel here
And Dottie West is probably the prettiest
There's the old peapicker, Ernie Ford, jimmy rodgers, George Morgan, Hank Williams
And the wandering boy, Web Pierce
The old honky-tonker himself Lefty Frizzell
My goodness, what a group!
Would you just listen to Mother Mabel
Over there pickin' the wildwood flower with the angel band?
You know I personally think she's just about God's favorite
And Marty Robbins, well, he's still getting more encores than anybody else up here, just like he used to down on earth
Yeah, well, there's Elvis
They still call him the King but we know they're not talking about the real king up here!"
I dreamed I was there
In hillbilly heaven
Oh, what a star-studded night!

[Spoken:]
Then I ask Roy and Tex, I said, "Well, who do you think will be showin' up, say, within the next 40, 50, 60-years?"
They handed me a big tallybook and, in it, I saw names like Johnny Cash, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Don Gibson, Mel Tillis, Farren Young, Kitty Wells
Some of the newer ones like Vince Gill and Garth Brooks
'Course they talked about Minnie Pearl, the Judds, Tanya Tucker, Reba McIntyre, Hank Jr.
Oh, of course, Buck Owens, Roy Rodgers, Gene Altry, Randy Travis, and Willie Nelson, there's old Chet!
I said, "Well, where's Porter Wagoner's name?"
Oh, there it is!
And then there was Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton! (gasp)
That's when I woke up!
I dreamed I was there
In hillbilly heaven
Oh, what a beautiful sight!
And I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven
Oh, what a star-spangled night!


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I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair

Just like old times you were here last night
And gone were my sorrows and cares
Just like old times you were gone and I
Had a dream of an old love affair

   I was alone in the darkness my dear
   Many dreams ago you left me there
   Sunlight told me you were gone and I
   Had a dream of an old love affair

Life's been so empty since you've been gone
I love you with all of my heart
Heaven was mine when you smiled last night
And said we could make a new start

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I Dreamed Of Highways
Written and recorded by Hoyt Axton and Renee Armand 

G          C                  G
When I was young I dreamed of highways
             C            G
I never knew I'd find you there
              C            G
You got yours and I've got my ways
         D7    C           G
It's all gone  and I don't care
 
                   C          G
Then come lay down here on my pillow
            C                G
I've got to see you one more time
                C               G
Don't tell lies they're hard to handle
         D7    C            G
It's too late  to change my mind
 
D7                    G
Some words don't come easy
D7                 G
Some don't come at all
  C                   G                D7
I don't think I'll be talking when you leave
 
G                 C                   G
Late last night I thought I heard you crying
                     C               G
I guess you had some trouble in your sleep
             C           G
And the only sound I can rely on
       D7          C                G
Is the song you're singing when you leave
 
Repeat #3,1
          
         D7    C           G
It's all gone  and I don't care

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Brad Paisley - I Drink,swear,steal, And Lie lyrics

I was 12 when daddy said to me
Don't take to drinking boy that road don't lead no where
And don't you ever let me hear you swear
Don't you dare
He told me that stealing's a lazy man's way
Something for nothing leaves you hell to pay so don't buy into
it
and then you can look the whole world in the eye
Honey I've tried
But Since I met you girl I've been breaking every rule
I must confess I'm just a back sliding fool
I want to drink from your loving cup
Swear I'll never give you up
Steal all your kisses underneath the moon
I wanna lie here close to you look at what you made me do
Darling you're the reason why
I drink, swear, steal and lie
Last night I threw away the 12 step book
I finally faced the fact that I am hooked on you
There's nothing more that I can do Ain't no use
Cause every time I see your angel face
My halo disappears without a trace I swear
Girl I'd admit I haven't got a prayer
But I don't care
I know this ain't exactly how I was raised
But heaven help me honey I ain't changing my ways
I want to drink from your loving cup
Swear I'll never give you up
Steal all your kisses underneath the moon
I wanna lie here close to you look at what you made me do
Darling you're the reason why
I drink, swear, steal and lie
I want to drink from your loving cup
Swear I'll never give you up
Steal all your kisses underneath the moon
I wanna lie here close to you look at what you made me do
Darling you're the reason why
I drink, swear, steal and lie
Drink, swear, steal and lie


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I Dropped Your Name
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Terry Skinner and Ken Bell
 
G7             C
I dropped your name in Chicago
             F
A flicker of change starting tomorrow
        Dm                  G7
And the reason I called you tonight
           C
Is just to explain
 
G7               C          G7
You'll be a free man in the morning
C             F
Are you happy now you got what you wanted
     Dm                   G7
Your ticket to freedom is covered with stain
         Dm                    G7
From the tears that I cried in Chicago
                    C
When I dropped your name
 
          F
Oh what a shame when true lovers
             C
Start facing blame on each other
    Am                         C
And they go their own separate ways
            D7     G7
Even though love remains
 
               C
I dropped your name in Chicago
                  F
But I stopped the rain sure as the wind blows
     Dm                       G7
I'll take what you left of my heart
              C
And I'll love again
 
G7               C          G7
You'll be a free man in the morning
C             F
Are you happy now you got what you wanted
     Dm                   G7
Your ticket to freedom is other mistakes
         Dm                    G7
From the tears that I cried in Chicago
                    C
When I dropped your name
 
Repeat #3           
 
              C
It ended last night at your farewell party
               F
The rest of my life I have to get started
Dm           G7
I celebrated alone with champagne
     Dm                  G7
At a party last night in Chicago
                    C
When I dropped your name 
 
     Dm                  G7
At a party last night in Chicago
               C
I dropped your name

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I Fall Easy
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Roger Lee Helton, Sharon King, Leona Williams

C             F                  C
Don't get too close to me I fall easy
              G7                      C
My heart's an open door for love like yours
        F             C
Whisper to me say you need me
                 G7           F  C
But don't get to close I fall e-asy
          F                      C
I've been hurt a time or two but somehow I made it through
                            D7               G7
And I still believe there's someone just for me
              F                 C
Some day I'll love again I just don't know when
              G7                 F  C
Don't get too close to me I fall e-asy
Repeat #1

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I Feel Better Now

Like many times before when I awoke this morning
It seemed that all the world had turned it's back on me
I couldn't find nobody who wore a friendly smile
My burdens finally got me on my knees

    But I feel I better now since I stole away to Jesus
    I feel better now way down in my soul
    When I awoke this morning the skies looked mighty gray
    But I feel better now since I prayed

Sometimes I get the feeling I never should be tempted
When I think this old world should be a friendly place
But then when I get careless or cold and unconcerned
My Savior lets me know its time to pray

So when your heart is troubled and burdened down with care
And when temptations rise that seem to hard to bear
Just put your trust in Jesus He won't turn you away
You'll come out smiling every time you pray

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I Feel Chained
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Bob McDill and Wayland Holyfield

C                           F             C
Rain beats on the window as we sat by the fire
                              G7
I sip on this can of beer and get a little high
C                                 F               C
While you read that magazine with rollers in your hair
                          G7              C
I just set here squirming in my reclining chair

               C7      F
I feel chained chained chained
  C            G7            C
I wonder how I ever got this way
                   C7      F
Now I feel chained chained chained
      C              G7          C
But I know that I'll never break away

                                  F             C
While you sat there a-talking I'm a-thinking to myself
                              G7
Bout the good timing man that became somebody else
C                    F           C
Everyday that passes I'm farther away
                             G7               C
Now I'm darned if I remember the reason why I stay

Repeat #2  And I?

                            F                  C
We can't talk it over cause talking just don't help
                            G7
You can't understand what I don't understand myself
C                            F                       C
It's hard to find the answer when the question isn't there
                             G7             C
So maybe what I'm needin' is another can of beer

Repeat #2  And I?

                     G7          C
But I know that I'll never break away
                      G7          C
Yeah I know that I'll never break away

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I Feel Closer To Heaven Everyday
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Thelma Wilson

C                     F              C
There's a new feeling abiding within me
                          G7        F
It's the blessed truth of knowing I am free
                                      C
It's the love of my dear Lord and the power in His word 
                        G7          C
Guiding me from where I am to eternity
                 F           C
I feel closer to heaven everyday
          Am       C
And I get one step higher when I pray
I'm so close truly I will never stray
                 G7          C
I feel closer to heaven everyday
                          F             C
Well I know that this ole soul has been reborn
                        G7              F
And my eyes have opened to the light of dawn
                                        C
Darkness had to take its flight then He filled my eyes with light
                          G7              C
That's the reason why I'm singing a happy song
Repeat 2 x2
                 G7          C
I feel closer to heaven everyday

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I Feel Like Leaving Town 
Written and recorded by Marvin Rainwater

C                                                       F
I gotta feeling you been making plans and not including me
                               G7         F               C
I gotta feeling you been doing things I'm not supposed to see
                                                        F
And I just can't help worry when you don't come home at night
                  C                   G7            C
I just can't make myself believe that every thing's alright
                                                           F
Every now and then I see a grin and nothing funny has been said
                                 G7     F                C
If I ever thought you'd laugh at me I'd wish that I were dead
                                                            F
Darling if I found you running round my mind would jump the track
                      C                G7           C
Sometimes I feel like leaving town and never coming back
                                                                F
How it hurts to spend my time alone when my heart cries out for love
                          G7        F                  C
You never leave me if you knew what I've been thinking of
                                                          F
As I sit and watch my years go by I count the things they like   
                      C                G7           C
Sometimes I feel like leaving town and never coming back
F                     C                G7           C
Sometimes I feel like leaving town and never coming back

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Richard Thompson - I Feel So Good (Live) Lyrics

I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's hear tonight
I feel so good I'm going to take someone apart tonight
They put me in jil for my deviant ways
Two years, seven months and sixteen days
Now I'm back on the street in a purple haze

And I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good
I'm goning to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to make somebody pay tonight

I'm old enough to sin but I'm too young to vote
Society been dragging on the tail of my coat
But I've got a suitcase full of fifty pound notes
And a half-naked woman with her tongue down my throat

And I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good
I'm goning to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to make somebody pay tonight

They made me pay for the things I've done
Now it's my turn to have all the fun
I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight

And I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I'm going to break somebody's heart
I'm going to break somebody's heart
I'm going to break somebody's heart

I'm goning to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to make somebody pay tonight

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Richard Thompson - I Feel So Good Lyrics

I feel so good, I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good, I'm gonna take someone apart tonight
They put me in jail for my deviant ways
Two years, seven months and sixteen days
Now I'm back on the street in a purple haze

And I feel so good, and I feel so good
Well, I feel so good, I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight

I feel so good, I'm gonna make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good, I'm gonna make somebody pay tonight
I'm old enough to sin but I'm too young to vote
Society's been dragging on the tail of my coat
Now I've got a suitcase full of fifty pound notes
And a half-naked woman with her tongue down my throat

And I feel so good, and I feel so good
Oh, I feel so good, I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight

They made me pay for the things I've done
Now it's my turn to have all the fun
Well, I feel so good, I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight

And I feel so good, I feel so good
Well, I feel so good, I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight
Oh, oh, oh
I feel so good, I'm gonna break somebody's heart tonight

Break somebody's heart
Break somebody's heart
Break somebody's heart
Oh, break somebody's heart

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Richard Thompson - I Feel So Good - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's hear tonight
I feel so good I'm going to take someone apart tonight
They put me in jil for my deviant ways
Two years, seven months and sixteen days
Now I'm back on the street in a purple haze

And I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good
I'm goning to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to make somebody pay tonight

I'm old enough to sin but I'm too young to vote
Society been dragging on the tail of my coat
But I've got a suitcase full of fifty pound notes
And a half-naked woman with her tongue down my throat

And I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good
I'm goning to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to make somebody pay tonight

They made me pay for the things I've done
Now it's my turn to have all the fun
I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight

And I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I'm going to break somebody's heart
I'm going to break somebody's heart
I'm going to break somebody's heart

I'm goning to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good
I'm going to make somebody pay tonight

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Dolly Parton - I Feel The Blues Movin' In lyrics

Though the miles are between us
I thought our love would strengthen
As it has so many times before
But something has happened
I can see it in your eyes
I can feel my world is crumblin'
And the blues are at my door
Chorus:
The last letter that you wrote was
On a blue piece of paper
That old feelin's back
The clouds are movin' in
The beginning of the end is near
I feel your love has faded into darkness
It seems I have no friend
I feel the blues movin' in
Oh it's not the words you wrote that made me sad
And broken-hearted
That's put me in this sad shape I'm in
Between the lines are mixed emotions
And there's teardrops on the paper
You said that's all I'll write today
I'll cose for now old friend
Repeat Chorus
My state of mind is desperate
And this hole that I'm sinkin' in
Gets deeper while I'm diggin' to get out
Oh please give the right answer to the questions I'm askin'
Tell me you still love me
That would turn my world about
Repeat Chorus


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I Feel The Blues Moving In

Though the miles are between us, I thought our love would strengthen
As it had, so many times before
But something has happened, I can see it in your writing
I can tell my world is crumbling and the blues are at my door

   The last letter that you wrote was on a blue piece of paper
   That old feelings back, the clouds are moving in
   The beginning of the end is near I feel your love is fading
   In the darkness, it seems I have no friend
   I feel the blues moving in

Oh it's not the words you wrote that left me sad and broken hearted
Or put me in this sad shape I'm in
Between the lines and mixed emotions are the teardrops on the paper
You said that's all I write you now I'll close for now old friend

My state of mind is desperate as the hole that I'm sinking in
Gets deeper while I'm digging to get out
Oh please give me the right answer to the question I'm asking
Tell me you still love me it would turn my world around

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I Fell For The Wine
BMI Work #: 9223420
I Fell For The Wine (Larry W. Jones 11/02/2007) (song#5133)

I see twenty twenty but as I look behind
I can see that I overlooked those hazard signs
Dear, you told me to watch it many many times
You fell for me darlin' but I fell for the wine
I remember you told me someday I would find
Nothing good to hold to when I crossed that line
Now I'm holding this bottle with you on my mind
You fell for me darlin' but I fell for the wine
Dear, I wish that I had seen more clearly the sign
Instead of wasting dreams on more cheap bottled wine
Then dear, I would have you here in these arms of mine
You fell for me darlin' but I fell for the wine
- instrumental -
Dear, I wish that I had seen more clearly the sign
Instead of wasting dreams on more cheap bottled wine
Then dear, I would have you here in these arms of mine
You fell for me darlin' but I fell for the wine
Darlin', I know you'll find somebody true and kind
He'll give you things that are due for ladies refined
All I could give now is the product of the vine
You fell for me darlin' but I fell for the wine


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I Fell In Love Again Last Night
Recorded by the Forester Sisters
Written by Paul Overstreet and Thom Schuyler

C                         F     G7
I fell in love again last night 
C                              F     G7
You keep doing everything just right 
F                     G7
You've got me wrapped around your fingers 
    C                 F
And every morning our love still lingers 
          G7              F
I fell in love again last night 

C                  G7                    C
When you kissed me the way you've always done 
         F                   C
Like the first time you were with me 
       D7         G7     F
And my heart just came undone 
                C       E7                          F  G7
Lying here this morning boy I know you're still the o-n-e 
C                         F    G7
I fell in love again last night 

C                              F    G7
You keep doing everything just right 
F                    G7
You're the reason my heart keeps beating 
    C                F
And every morning it keeps repeating 
          G7              F
I fell in love again last night 

C               G7                C
We were talking about some future plans 
        F                C
And how far we've come together 
D7              G7     F
Since the night it all began 
                        C            E7                  F  G7
Then you reached out to touch me and guess what happened th-en 
C                         F    G7
I fell in love again last night

Repeat #3
           
   G7              F
In love again last night
          G7              C
I fell in love again last night

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I Forget You Everyday
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G             Fm    C         Am
Memories is a gift  man can't live without
D7                                          G          D7
And at times we can't control the things we think about
G                    G7           C
So sometimes I still remember you in every way
    D7                                   G
But for a little while I forget you everyday
            Fm           C       Am
Seems like  I forget you just in time
           D7                           G    D7
Cause it's always just before I lose my mind
  G             G7              C            Cm
I wake up every morning hurting the same old way
                 G       D7              G
But for a little while I forget you everyday
           Fm           C    Am
Seems like I forget you everyday 
         D7                           G    D7
And it's always just before I lose my mind
  G             G7                  C        Cm
I wake up every morning hurting the same old way
                 G       D7               G
But for a little while I forget you everyday

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Dolly Parton - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know lyrics

I forgot more than you'll ever know about her.
You think you know the smile on her lips
The thrill and the touch of her fingertips
But I forgot more than you'll ever know about her.
You think you'll find heaven of bliss
In each caress, in each tender kiss
But I forgot more than you'll ever know about her.
You stole her love from me one day
You didn't care, oh, it hurt me
But you can never steal away memories of what used to be.
You think she's yours, to have and to hold
Someday you'll learn, when her love grows cold
But I forgot more than you'll ever know about her.


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Richard Thompson - I Found a Stray Lyrics

I found a stray at my back door
She was a hungry shivering soul
Her dress was rags, her shoes were holes
I found a stray at my back door

I washed the dirt from off her face
I tucked her clean into my bed
But I could never wash away
The voices calling in her head

Sometimes a smile played on her lips
That gave me joy where there was none
Until the shadow crossed her face
Like the moon across the sun

Whatever life she had to live
It was a life of moving on
I woke up one day to find
My little stray had come and gone

And she'll be out there on the road
If she's not picked up by the law
Or she'll be lying, nearly dying
At another stranger's door

I found a stray at my back door
She was a hungry shivering soul
Her dress was rags, her shoes were holes
I found a stray at my back door
I found a stray at my back door

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I Found Heaven 
 Written and recorded by Mel Street
[3/4 time]

C                            F              C
Your sweet lips invite me to heaven's front door
                  Am         D7         G7
Your arms pull me closer and offer much more
     C                         F            C
It's easy to find reasons that make it seem right
    Am              F         G7        C
But darling I found heaven in your arms tonight
                             F        C
In the corner of your eyes a teardrop appears
                           D7              G7
When you suddenly remember we shouldn't be here
      C                         F            C
These moments we're stealing we know are not right
    Am              F         G7        C       C7
But darling I found heaven in your arms tonight
      F                           C
Those little guilty feelings just brush them from your mind
    F                              C                  G7
You know how much I love you let tonight be yours and mine
C                               F                C
Let me kiss your sweet lips let my arms hold you tight
Am              F         G7        C
Darling I found heaven in your arms tonight
Repeat #3

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I Found You Among The Roses

Once again dear it's rose time it's June time
All the flowers they bloom as of you
And the robin's sweet song is singing
As I walk here to greet you once more

A year has passed here since I came here
This old love of ours to renew
And I found you among the roses
The day I come back to you

   I found you among the roses
   The day I come back to you
   All my gladness was there in a garden so fair
   Was the happiest moment I knew
   
   Your lips were the color of roses
   I pray them as flowers pray the dew
   It is there dear in your rose garden
   Where I found you

I remember the kiss that you gave me
For your cheeks like the rose flushed red
Twas a kiss dear that meant two for me
For all the harsh words I have said

Red roses a blooming around me
I loved every one of them too
For it was there dear in your rose garden
Where I found you

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I Found You Just In Time
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton

C           Dm      G7  F
I found you just in time
                       Em            
You brought meaning to this life of mine
A7                      D7
And made a broken heart a valentine
                        F             G7
At last my lonely hours are all behind
              Dm      G7  F
You kissed me just in time
                       Em
To fill the longing in these lips of mine
A7                          D7  
Just when I thought the sun would never shine
            G7      C   F C 
I found you just in time
F               Em   
Just in time to save my world
F           G7        C      
Heaven sent you to my door
F                Em  
Just in time two arms reached out
D7                       
Held me close and let me love once more
Dm        G7
Love once more
      A7     Dm   G7  F
Don't let me cry again
                       Em 
Don't ever let me hear goodbye again
A7                  D7      
Cause baby when I almost lost my mind
            G7      C   F  C
I found you just in time

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Dolly Parton - I Get A Kick Out Of You lyrics
(Cole Porter)

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at'all
So tell me why should it be true?
That I get a kick out of you
Some people go for cocaine
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrifically too
Still I get a kick out of you
I get a kick every time I see you
Standin' there before me
I get a kick though it's clear to see
You obviously don't adore me, aww
I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some guy in the sky
Is my idea of nothin' to do
Still I get a kick out of you
Yes I get a kick out of you


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I Get Lonely In A Hurry
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Johnny Mathis

G          C                        G
Well I get lonely in a hurry if you left for a minute
       D7                          G
I'd go crazy inside while you were gone
          C                        G
Yes I get lonely in a hurry if you left for another
        D7                         G
I don't think I could take it very long
                              C
There would be so many little teardrops fall
D7                                    G
I don't think that I could count them all
                               C
And I know a heart could never ache like mine
D7                             G
If I couldn't love you all the time
Repeat #1  Cause I...
                                     C
If you ever took your love away from me I'd die
D7                                   G
I don't think that I'd out live your memories
                                 C
And for sure I know that I would lose my mind
D7                             G
If I couldn't love you all the time
Repeat #1  Cause I...
        D7                         G
I don't think I could take it very long

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I Get Lonely When It Rains
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke 
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice
 
D7
When the day is dark and the clouds 
                                 G
Have done their best to hide the sun
  D7
I get to feeling low and it doesn't 
                   G
Help to talk to anyone
 
A lonely mood comes over me and
                           C
Hangs like the shadow over head
     D7
It's nothing that I can't explain
                                    G
It's just that I get lonely when it rains
 
    D7
Sometimes I get the urge to take a walk
                          G
And feel the rain upon my face
D7
Turn my collar up and take a road
                         G
That doesn't lead to any place
 
Let my thoughts run free and feel
                                 C
Them flow like the river from my mind
     D7
It's nothing that I can't explain
                                    G
It's just that I get lonely when it rains
 
D7
Funny how the rain can take you back
                              G
And make you think of certain things
   D7
Perhaps you can recall an old romance
                                  G
While staring through your window pane
 
Memories come alive and hang around
                        C
To haunt you on a rainy day
     D7
It's nothing that I can't explain
                                    G
It's just that I get lonely when it rains
 
Repeat #1
     D7
It's nothing that I can't explain
                                    G
It's just that I get lonely when it rains

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I Give All My Love To You
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent with Russell Moore

G                                     C                   G
I never thought I'd find the love I'd searched for all my life
    C                B7        Am               D7
Someone to share and comfort I envisioned in my mind
    G                         C                  G
And when I wasn't looking you appeared before my eyes
     C          B7          Am                  D7
Just you and me forever and today I'll make you mine
    C                 G            C               G
Someone so strong and special that brightens every day
  C           B7       Am              D7
A shoulder to cry on a friend in every way
G            C       G  C              G
Passionately waiting to start my life anew
      C             B7               Am     D7      G
These vows we speak before us I give all my love to you
                    C       G C               G
A loving smile each morning   arms to hold me tight
C                B7             Am                   D7
Lips to kiss the pain away when things don't go just right
    C                G               C                G
Our love will see us to the end when God says we will part
    C                 B7              Am                D7
But until then you'll be the one each day I'll share my heart
    C                 G            C               G
Someone so strong and special that brightens every day
  C           B7       Am              D7
A shoulder to cry on a friend in every way
G            C       G  C              G
Passionately waiting to start my life anew
      C             B7               Am     D7      G
These vows we speak before us I give all my love to you
      C             B7               Am     D7      G
These vows we speak before us I give all my love to you

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Alison Krauss - I Give You To His Heart

The wind is blowing down the quiet river
A shining road to carry you alone
Baby boy, my love will last forever
If you're to live, I must give you up to God

I know our God will guide, protect and keep you
He'll teach you faith and hold you by the heart
Though your mother's heart is broken by your leaving 
Our Father knows just who he is and who you are

I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
You must live, so I give you to his heart

The wind that blowing down the silent river
A shining road that leaves me all alone
A life for you, is worth losing you forever
Some day we'll stand in God's fair land, forever home.

I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
You must live, so I give you to his heart

I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
You must live, so I give you to his heart


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I Go Anywhere (To Forget You)
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Cindy Walker

G       C                    G
Oh I go anywhere anywhere to forget you
   D7                        C      G
Anyplace to be where there's no memories
     C                    G
I go anywhere anywhere to forget you
D7                             G
To forget how you've forgotten me
                           C
They may tell you how I've changed dear
      G                                   D7
How I follow where the wild crowds always go
     G                         C
They name places where they've seen me
      G               D7                         G
And I guess it's true but here's what you should know
G    C                    G
I go anywhere anywhere to forget you
   D7                        C      G
Anyplace to be where there's no memories
     C                    G
I go anywhere anywhere to forget you
D7                             G
To forget how you've forgotten me
Repeat last verse

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I Got A Hole In My Pocket
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant

G
I got a hole in my pocket and I can't go to the fair
  C                                             G
I got a hole in my pocket and I can't go to the fair
    D7                                      G
I'm blue cause I had a date to meet my baby there
When I don't show up well what'll my baby do
     C                                    G
When I don't show up well what'll my baby do
       D7                                             G
She'll travel through the tunnel of love with someone new
Oooo Oooo what'll I do my money's all gone
Baby baby it's true
  C                         D7                 G
I got a hole in my pocket I don't know what to do
I got a hole in my pocket and my money just runs on through
  C                                                 G
I got a hole in my pocket and my money just runs on through
      D7                                                G
Can't seem to save a dollar like my baby dolly wants me too
Well I told my baby we could have a little fun tonight
     C                                         G
Well I told my baby we could have a little fun tonight
       D7                                                   G
But it won't be so funny when there ain't a bit of money in sight
Repeat #2 x2
  C                             D7                 G
I got a hole in my pocket and I don't know what to do

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I Got A Name
Jim Croce

Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the North wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the babies' cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I go there proud

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free...
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
And I know I can share it if you want me to
If you're goin' my way, I'll go with you

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by


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I Got Mine
Arr. Pinkney (Pink) Anderson

I went down to a big crap game,
And it certainly was against my will.
I lost every doggone nickel I had
'Cept a greenback dollar bill.
The boys had a bet lying on the floor,
And my buddy's point was nine.
When the police came they got all of them,
But I got mine.

I got mine, let me tell ya now
I got mine.
I grabbed that money and out the back door
I went flying.
Well, ever since the big crap game
I've been livin' on chicken and wine.
I'm the leader in high society
Since I got mine.

I went down to a turkey feast,
And that dinner was certainly fine.
Fifteen minutes 'fore the table was served
All the kinfolk fell in line.
When they brought that gobbler in
Uncle Joe how his eyes did shine.
I mean, talkin' 'bout wrestlin' and grabbin', but
I got mine.

I got mine, let me tell ya now
I got mine.
I grabbed that turkey and out the back door
I went flying.
I tried to make it to a hiding place
But I didn't get there in time.
Somebody grabbed me by the collar, and
I got mine.

I went down to my best girl's house last night
The hour was just about nine.
I wasn't dressed up like Henry Ford,
But I was feeling just as fine.
I caught her on some rascal's lap
And I didn't like that sign.
So, I told that joker what I thought of him,
And I got mine.

I got mine, let me tell ya now
I got mine.
I grabbed my hat and out the back door
I went flying.
That joker grabbed a big shotgun,
And he used it might fine.
I mean, talk about a rascal runnin', but
I got mine.

I know a barber shop down in town
It's over on North Fourth [Norfolk?] Street
It's the only place on Saturday night
The big gamblers can I meet.
Some come in for a haircut
Some come in for a scrap*.
When you see my buddy and me come in,
We means to shoot some craps.
Holler: seven, eleven, won't you come, come, come!!!
If you don't seven, eleven me, dice,
I'm done, done, done
If I see the police before he sees me
I'm gonna run, run, run
'Cause I'm a leader in high society
Since I got mine.

Yes, I'm a leader in high society
Since I got mine.

Notes:
This version comes from a Jim Kweskin recording. The word "scrap" in the
last verse is said to mean "scrape", or in other words, a shave.


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I Got You
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
I've had to buy back damn near everything I own
       F
From a little man whose name is Saul 
                         C
And has a lotta money to loan
I gotta beat up '67 Chevrolet
       F
With a torn up seat that pokes a brand new hole 
                      C
In my back near every day
I got a letter from the folks over at Bell
        F
Just to let me know my next phone call 
                     C
I'd walk outside and yell
      D7
Hey I know my life seems a mess 
                                       G7
But honey things to me still look real swell
           C
Cause I've got you to see me through 
         F               C
I've got you to chase my blues
I've got you to ease my pain 
         F                   C
I've got you girl to keep me sane
   D7
So let them do what they want to do 
         F                             C
Cause it don't matter long as I've got you
I've got the landlord breathing down my neck for rent
      F
Oh he don't give a damn about my kids 
                       C
Or where the money was spent
And after all those years of payin' union dues
        F
It sure didn't seem to count for much 
                       C
When we got our layoff news
I got a note from the man over at the bank
         F
Said the next ten gallons of gas I buy 
                     C
Won't be going in my tank
      D7
Hey I know I might seem near dead 
                                   G7
But honey I think I might just get well
Repeat #3
     D7
Yeah let 'em go right ahead and sue
         F                             C
Cause it don't matter long as I've got you

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I Gotta Talk To Your Heart
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                                                            D7
I've gotta talk to your heart you've got no right to make me cry
The love I've shone for you these years can't be washed away with tears
                        G
I've gotta talk to your heart
                                                        D7
I've gotta make you understand our love is drifting far apart
Won't you please stop where you are let's not carry this too far
                        G
I've gotta talk to your heart
           C
Who was it told you all those lies that brought tears to your eyes
G
You know this never could be
   C
So before you say goodbye give me another try
    G                               D7
And I'll prove they're wrong you'll see
G                                                      D7
I've gotta talk to your heart just gotta make you understand
I've gotta try to change your mind give me just a little time
                        G
I've gotta talk to your heart
           C
Who was it told you all those lies that brought tears to your eyes
G
You know this never could be
   C
So before you say goodbye give me another try
    G                               D7
And I'll prove they're wrong you'll see
G                                                      D7
I've gotta talk to your heart just gotta make you understand
I've gotta try to change your mind give me just a little time
                        G
I've gotta talk to your heart

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I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
Bill Danoff / Taffy Nivert

I guess he'd rather be in Colorado.
He'd rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after the rain.
Once again to see him walkin',
Once again to hear him talkin'
To the stars he makes and askin' them for bus fares.

I guess he'd rather be in Colorado.
He'd rather play his banjo in the morning when the moon is scarcely gone.
In the dawn the subway's comin',
In the dawn I hear him hummin'
Some old song he wrote of love in boulder canyon.

Guess he'd rather be in Colorado.

Guess he'd rather be in Colorado.
Guess he'd rather work out where the only thing you earn is what you spend.
In the end I'm in his office,
In the end a quiet cough is all he has to show.
He lives in New York city.


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I Guess I'll Live
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Glenn Sutton and Tillman Franks

C                   G7             C
I always thought if I lost you I'd die
     F                G7                  C
Well now the time has come we've said goodbye
  F               G7              C
I know I won't forget but I'll forgive
    F                  G7               C
And if the world don't end I guess I'll live
  F               G7               C
I know now losing you is not gonna kill me
  G7                                C
Although at times I guess I wish it would
  F                  G7                C
I know I'll miss the lips that used to thrill me
        D7                                  G7
But the lesson that I've learned will do me good
    C           G7            C
Any heart could sometimes go astray
  F                  G7                C
I know that I should look at this that way
  F           G7          C
I know I gave all I could give 
   F                  G7               C
So if the world don't end I guess I'll live
   F                  G7               C
So if the world don't end I guess I'll live

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I Guess I'm Getting Tired Of Loving You
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Gary Adams

C                        G7
My eyes don't see you anymore
                                     F     C
And my arms don't hold you like they did before
                               G7
My heart don't hurt the way it used to do
                                    C
I guess I'm gettin' tired of loving you
                                G7
My sleep ain't bothered by your dreams
                                   F   C
And my mind ain't filled with your memories
                                 G7
You'll never know the change I'm going through
                                    C
I guess I'm gettin' tired of loving you
        F                                  C         G7
I guess I'm gettin' tired of you being too tired for me
      F
These nights are so long
                            D7                     G7
When there's somewhere else that you'd much rather be
      C                         G7
So go on and live your life the way you choose
                                    C
I guess I'm gettin' tired of loving you
    F                                  C         G7
Yes I'm gettin' tired of you being too tired for me
      F
These nights are so long
                            D7                     G7
When there's somewhere else that you'd much rather be
      C                         G7
So go on and live your life the way you choose
                                    C
I guess I'm gettin' tired of loving you
  G7                                C
I guess I'm gettin' tired of loving you

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I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore

There you go now, baby, and here am I
Well you left me here so I could sit and cry
Hooey baby how you drove me crazy
Guess it soesn't matter anynmore

Do you remember baby last September
How you help me tight each and every night
Golly gee what have you done to me
Guess it doesn't matter anymore

There's no use in me a-crying
And I've done everything
Now I'm sick of trying
And I've thrown away my nights
Wasted all my days over you

You go your way, baby, and I'll go mine
Now and forever til the end of time
We'll find somebody new
Baby we'll say we're through
You won't matter anymore

* Refrain


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I Guess It's Only Right That I Should Pay

You'll own a part of me my dear forever
Some things you give can never be returned
The flame of love that once burned oh so brightly
Is growing dim and how my poor heart yearns

Maybe it will break into tomorrow
But I'll remember only yesterday
And if my life is filled with pain and sorrow
I guess it's only right that I should pay


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I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
Written and recorded by Harry Nilison 

C
I'll say goodbye to all my sorrow
                              G7
And by tomorrow I'll be on my way
                                     C
I guess the Lord must be in New York City
                     
I'm so tired of gettin' nowhere
                            G7
Seein' my prayers goin' unanswered
                                     C
I guess the Lord must be in New York City
     C7                                   F    E7 D7
Well here I am Lord knocking on your back door
         G7
Ain't it wonderful to be where I've always wanted to be
                                                      C
For the first time I'll breathe free here in New York City
Repeat 
 
repeat #2 

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I Guess You Had To Be There
Recorded by Lorrie Morgan
Written by Jon Robbin and Barbara Lloyd

C                   C7            F
Hello honey how was your day well you're sure in a good mood tonight
          G7                                      C                    G7
Oh by the way I was downtown this afternoon and I saw the most amazing sight
            C           C7           F                     C       Dm
Through the window of a small cafe I saw a man and a woman holding hands
         G7
And they looked so much in love it took my breath away
          C                     G7
Can't you see it don't you understand
                        C            C7            F  Fm
Well I guess you had to be there you really had to be there
                           C                         G7
Some things you just can't explain it's just not the same 
                   F      C   G7
I guess you had to be there
       C                    C7                  F
I just stood there my heart pounding I couldn't move all I could do was stare
       G7                                             C
I kept remembering when we used to look like that two people 
                G7
With so much to share
          C                     C7            F                  C     Dm
They were talking and they were laughing just like we used to do every day
            G7                                C
And then he kissed her so tenderly what's the matter 
                       G7
You don't have much to say
Repeat #2
    F
And as I watched you with your new love
          C                            G7
I haven't seen you that happy in years
              F                     Am
We've drifted so far apart and it's hard to admit it
            Dm                   G7
But there's nothing left for you here
                      C            C7            F  Fm
So I guess you had to be there you really had to be there
                           C                         G7
Some things you just can't explain it's just not the same 
                   F        G7
I guess you had to be there
                   F  Fm    Em Dm C
I guess you had to be there

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I Had My Heart Set On You
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell and Paul Kennerley

C              G7          C
On our wedding day did you lie 
                      G7                C
Did you know that someday you'd say goodbye
F                    C
Now that you're gone another just won't do 
         G7           C
I had my heart set on you

           G7            C
We were so young when we met 
          G7          C
Sweet memories linger yet
F                    C
You were the one who made my dreams come true 
         G7           C
I had my heart set on you

                       G7                 C
And the years come and go does your heart pine
                      G7              C
When you think of the girl you left behind
  F                          C
I still wear your ring cause when I said I do 
         G7           C
I had my heart set on you

                    G7           C
Oh darling I had my heart set on you

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I Have a Dream 
Recorded by Cristy Lane
Written by Benny S. Andersson and Bjoern K. Ulvaeus 

C        G7              C
I have a dream a song to sing
           G7           C
To help me cope with anything
               G7                C
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
                 G7                 C
You can take the future even if you fail
             G7
I believe in angels
                  F            C
Something good in everything I see
             G7
I believe in angels
                F                 C
When I know the time is right for me
               G7              C
I'll cross the stream I have a dream
         G7           C
I have a dream a fantasy
           G7           C
To help me through reality
            G7                        C
And my destination makes it worth the while
                    G7                     C
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
Repeat #2,1,2
               G7              C
I'll cross the stream I have a dream

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I Have An Aged Mother

Last night while I lay sleeping
Last night while in a dream
I saw my dear old mother
Down by a misting stream

   Don't ask me why I'm weeping
   Don't ask me why I pray
   For I've an aged mother
   Ten thousand miles away

A letter here from sister dear
Come home we're all alone
Dear mother's slowly fading
She cant be living long

Yodel
Out in the cold world
Long ways from home

I'm drawing near the old home
Dear sister's at the gate
She's leading me through the doorway
Oh brother you've come to late

   Oh lead me to the casket
   Through back the linen so fine
   That I may kiss her pale white lips
   For I know they'll never kiss mine

I see the pale moon shining
On mother's whitened stone
The rose buds round them twining
Are just me all alone

Yodel
Out in the cold world
Left all alone

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I Have Been Lonely
BMI Work #: 8740406
I Have Been Lonely (Larry W. Jones 03/08/2007) (song#4510)

Yes dear, I have been lonely
Yes dear, I have been blue
But I've never loved someone
As much as I love you
You tell me that you're sorry
For each mistake you've made
You tell me that you've changed, dear
But I'm the one who paid
Now, I'll be a little forgiving
But you've got to do your part
If together we go on living
Instead of being apart
You don't know what I've been through
And that's why I'm telling you
Yes dear, I have been lonely
Yes dear, I have been blue
- instrumental -
Now, I'll be a little forgiving
But you've got to do your part
If together we go on living
Instead of being apart
You don't know what I've been through
And that's why I'm telling you
Yes dear, I have been lonely
Yes dear, I have been blue


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I Have Loved You Girl 
Written and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley

G
I have held you girl 
    C               D7              G
But you ain't never made me feel so good before 
C   D7             G
Mmm  love you some more
And I have kissed you girl 
         C                D7              G
But your lips ain't never tasted quite so sweet and warm 
C   D7         G
Mmm  sweet and warm
And I have loved you girl 
    C             D7               G
But I ain't never really loved you from the heart 
    C       D7          G    A7 G
But tonight   I'm gonna start
        C                  D7              G        D7        Em    D7
Oh with every touch you're painting pretty pictures with your hands
C                 D7               G         Em
Creating precious feelings that my body understands
                                    C                  G
I can almost hear the music playing somewhere soft and low
I have loved you girl 
    D7                    G
Mmm mmm but not like this before
Repeat #3
Yeah I have loved you girl 
    D7                    G
Mmm mmm but not like this before

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I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like Before)
Recorded by Ed Bruce
Written by Earl Thomas Conley 
 
C
I have held you girl 
    F               G7              C
But you ain't never made me feel so good before 
F     G7            C
Mmmmm love you some more


And I have kissed you girl 
         F                G7              C
But your lips ain't never tasted quite so sweet and warm
F     G7        C
Mmmmm sweet and warm


I have loved you girl 
    F             G7               C
But I ain't never really loved you from the heart 
    F       G7        C
But tonight I'm gonna start

        F                  G7              C                  Am
Oh with every touch you're painting pretty pictures with your hands
F                 G7               C         Am
Creating precious feelings that my body understands
                                    F                  C
I can almost hear the music playing somewhere soft and low
                         G7                   C
I have loved you girl mmmum but not like this before

repeat 

                         G7                   C
I have loved you girl mmmum but not like this before

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I Have No Mother Now

I hear the low winds sweeping
Through every bush and tree
Where my dear mother's sleeping
Away from home and me

    Cold in the grave she's lying
    And sorrow shapes my brow
    She's gone from me to Heaven
    I have no mother now

I see the pale moon shining
On mother's white tombstone
With roses o'er entwining
They're just like me and her

    They're just me a weeping
    As sorrow shapes my brow
    She's gone from me to heaven
    I have no mother now

Sad was the hour of parting
In a voice so low and sweet
She said loved ones I'm dying
We must in Heaven meet

    Oh yes we'll meet dear mother   
    On that eternal shore
    And dwell as one in Heaven   
    Where parting comes no more

    Oh yes we'll meet dear mother   
    On that eternal shore
    And dwell as one in Heaven   
    Where parting comes no more

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I Have No One To Love Me

It was on last Sunday evening
Just about the hour of three
When my darling started to leave me
And sail on the deep blue sea 

He promised to write me a letter,
He promised to write to me;
And I haven't heard from my darling,
Who is sailing on the deep blue sea 

My mother is dead and buried
My father's forsaken me
And I have no one to love me
But the sailor on the deep blue sea 

"Oh, captain, can you tell me,
Can you tell me where he may be?"
"Oh yes, my little maiden,
He's drownded in the deep blue sea" 

Farewell to friends and relations
This is the last you'll see of me,
I'm going to end my troubles
By drowning in the deep blue sea

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I Haven't Got The Right To Love You

Oh my dear, I hven't got the right to love you
Deep regrets of yesterday still torture me
I wish I didn't have to face this guilty conscience
Like I do each time I see you secretly

I feel that I am stealing part of heaven
Every time I hold you in my arms this way
Cause I know I haven't got the right to love you
While my heart is bound by vows of yesterday

It will be so hard for us to stay apart dear
And condemn this love thats growing day by day
Though I know I haven't got the right to love you
Can I ever tell my heart that its too late

I'd give the world if only I could hold you
Without feeling guilty of an awful crime
Though I know I haven't got the right to love you
In my heart I can held feeling that your maine


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I Haven't Seen Mary In Years

While walking one day in the country
I saw a gathering crowd
And as my footsteps drew me closer
I smelled the sweet fragrance of flowers

It looking like a family reunion
had my eyes not counted the tears
And an old man sat by a graveyard
I haven't seen Mary in years

Hold to my hand and lead me
Lead me away from here
I just brought these flowers for Mary
I haven't seen Mary in years

When Mary and I were first married
we had such plans for our child
But for no reason I started rambling
and like the four winds I just went wild

If I could live my life over
I would bring Mary such cheer
Now she's gone where she'll never meet me
I haven't seen Mary in years

Then the old man left the graveyard
and I walked right by his side
I called his name but through all his shame
his son he did not recognize

Hold to my hand and lead me
lead me away from here
How could I know it was Mama
I haven't seen Mary in years

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I Hear a Call

[Chorus]
I hear a call
Now will I answer
Forsake my all
To serve another
Though darkness falls
Stay a believer
I hear a call
Now will I answer

[Verse 1]
I see a light
Now will I follow
Fill up this life
That grows more hollow
Make joy reside
Where there lives sorrow
I see a light
Now will I follow

[Chorus]
I hear a call
From out of nowhere
And from everywhere I go
I hear a call
Now will I answer

[Verse 2]
I feel a touch
Now will I hold on
Be there with love
For those with no one
With a kindness such
It lives though I'm gone
I feel a touch
Now will I hold on

[Chorus]
I hear a call
From out of nowhere
And from everywhere I go
I see a light
Now will I follow
I feel a touch
Now will I hold on
I hear a call
Now will I answer

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I Hear A Choo Choo

   I hear a choo choo coming
   It's coming down the track
   It's taking away my darling
   Never to bring her back

My darling left me this morning
She left me feeling so blue
I'm a going to roll, rock, and ramble
Try to forget all about you

I know I can't forget her
So I won't ever try
I'll go through life a wondering
Until the day I die

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I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

Our little girl taken sick one evening
As she walked home from school
And in her death bed soon lingered
It made us so sad and so blue

Then she called me close to her bedside
And whispered these words soft and low
Tell mommy to come to me quickly
I want to kiss you both then go

I hear a sweet voice calling
Way up in heaven on high
God has made room for you daughter
Oh mommy and daddy don't cry

Take care of my little brother
Tell him I've gone to rest
I know his little heart is broken
He's all that you have left

Then she closed her eyes forever
Never to see us no more
Until we meet our darling
On that bright and peaceful shore

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I Hear A Voice Calling

   I hear a voice calling
   It must be our Lord (it must be our Lord)
   Its coming from heaven on high
   I hear a voice calling
   I've gained a reward (I've gained a reward)
   For the land where we never shall die

The savior who died, on cruel Calvary
He shed His life blood that the world might be free
So follow His footsteps, up the narrow way
And be ready to meet Him when He calls on that day

The savior has paid a great price for me
He gave His life on Calvary
So I'll follow His footsteps up the narrow way
I'll pay my debt on the great judgment day

Then she closed her eyes forever
Never to see us no more
Until we meet our darling
On that bright and peaceful shore

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I Hear My Savior Calling

My friends have gathered here around me
They know I'll soon be on my way
To live up there with Christ forever
That love-ly land far away

I hear my savior now a callin'
He bids me now to come home
I'll stead-ly follow in his footsteps
I know he'll guide me safely home

In this world we're only strangers
We have sinned and all done wrong
But if you'll kneel in prayer my brother
At jour-ney's end he'll call you home

I'm rea-dy now for the journey
I know I'll soon be on my way
Sweet an-gels voices now will guide me
Oh hea-ven can't be far away

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I Hear You Knockin'
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Jay D. Miller

C
I hear you knockin' I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
         F           G7               C
But it's no use baby calling's all in vain
No use to cryin' you done the lyin'
You tried to cheat baby you're to blame
          F           G7             C
Well it's no use baby cryin's all in vain
            F
I packed my suitcase bought my ticket
            C
It won't be long and I'll be on my way
            F
Cause I'm a leaving yeah I'm a leaving
        G7
And I'm goin' away to stay
C
I hear you knockin' I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
         F           G7               C
But it's no use baby calling's all in vain
            F
I packed my suitcase bought my ticket
            C
It won't be long and I'll be on my way
            F
Cause I'm a leaving yeah I'm a leaving
        G7
And I'm goin' away to stay
C
I hear you knockin' I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
         F           G7               C
But it's no use baby calling's all in vain

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I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer

While kneeling by her bedside in a cottage on the hill
My mother prayed her blessings on me there
She was talking there to Jesus while everything was still
and I heard my mother call my name in prayer

   Yes I heard my mother call my name in prayer
   She was pourin out her heart to Jesus there
   Then I Gave my heart to him and he saved my soul from sin
   For he heard my mother call my name in prayer

She was anxious for her boy to be just what he ought to be
And she asked the Lord to take him in his care
Just the words I can't remember but I know she prayed for me
For I heard my mother call my name in prayer

So I gave my heart to Jesus and I'm livin now for him
And someday I'll go and meet him in the air
For he heard my mother praying and he saved my soul from sin
Yes he heard my mother call my name in prayer

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Billy Strings 
I Heard My Mother Weeping

The big court room was crowded
While the jury heard my plea
I cried, "Sir, I'm not guilty
Of this crime you're accusin' me"
I guess no one believed me
For they only turned away
To give the judge their verdict
While I bowed my head and prayed

I heard my mother weeping
When the judge said, "Guilty, son
I'll have to give you life now
For this crime that you have done"
She cried, 'Don't take my darlin'
For he means the world to me
He's all I have to live for
I pray you'll set him free"

"His father was a drunkard
Went away, left us alone
I worked to earn my living
I raised our darlin' son
Now if you take him from me
His face no more I'll see
Just put your son in his place
His mother's here with me"

The judge sat there with his head bowed
At first, did not reply
And then I saw him brushing
The teardrops from his eyes
He motioned to the jury
"This sentence can't be done
God bless you, darlin' mother
I still love you and our son"

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I Heard My Savior Calling Me
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Rhonda Vincent and Dorothy Johnson

C                                F              C
There was a great revival in our little country church
                                                  G7
People came from miles around to hear about God's word
 C                               F              C
Anointed in the spirit you could feel it in the air
                                    G7               C
My life was changed that night as I bowed my head in prayer
 
           F              C
I heard my Savior calling me
                                        G7
On that blessed night I fell down on my knees
       C                        F                     C
Well I raised my hands to Jesus pure faith has set me free
                                  G7               C
Praise God I've seen the light my Savior's calling me
                                        F             C
I'm so thankful for a Savior that would make the sacrifice
                                               G7
In a selfless loving gesture giving us eternal life
        C                           F            C
It's an offer for the taking listen with an open heart
                                        G7             C
It's a choice that's up to you hear the Savior calling too
Repeat #2 x2
                                     G7                       C
Oh praise God I've seen the light my Savior's calling calling me

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I Heard The Bluebird Sing To Me

I met my boy down in the hills
That gave my lonely heart a thrill
His beauty seemed just like a breath of spring
And when I looked into his eyes
I thought it bright as summers skies
as when I held his hand in mine
I heard the bluebirds sing
They sang of wondering (Wondering what the loves mean)
Will he love me (love me if you'll ask him?)
Will his heart be (heart be true
For him for)
for then and evermore?
And when he's lonely, (lonely is he near him)
When there's sadness
(Sadness will him cheer him)
Will they always
(Always be together)
until the day they part?
I crushed him for years on
Until he'd laid our gathering down
We planned on all the mountains in the spring
All through the long cold winter months
It seemed that spring would never come
And every gloomy winter day
I heard the bluebirds sing
They sang of waiting, (waiting for the flowers)
And of counting, counting every hour
Till the bluebirds, 
(bluebirds chirps his welcome and tips the world each morn)
And though I'm waiting, (waiting for the sunshine)
I keep hating, (hating every storm cloud)
That has gathered, (gathered o'round the mountains)
To keep us for apart 
And when at last spring touched the earth
he buried all the vulner' pulse
Our time together had just floated by
So many years have come and gone
My regret is still as true and strong.
As I found it longer ago
still the bluebird sing
They chirps of loses (loses of my flower)
and of crying (cryin' about my flower)
and of counting (counting every hour)
Till the blue bird 
(opens up my world and his surroundings)
8)I moved the heaven and the earth
Until we would be reunite
I listened up my hole true pulse
I would tolded him this thousand times
though felt in fear of broken hearts
but still the bluebird sing 
I loved you always (always tried to love you)
Do you love me? (love me from the inside)
I do like you(liking is not loving)
Would you dare me? (dearing is too painful)
I will always( always be your garder)
Until the end of lives
We relived each as a friend, as it was the first time.
We planned on a never ending time.
All through this long called hugging time it seems that death would never come
As when I found it longer ago, still the bluebirds sing
They sang of friendschip (friendschip of my flower)
That in honest (honest to each other)
I was loving (loving him for always)
As since the day we've found.
though they'd discovered(discovered of each other)
Mountains will be never(never ending story)
Live's a circle(circle for the storys)
Until the end of pain


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I Hope My Wife Don't Find Out
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Larry Kingston

G                              D7
I finally found a woman that I care for
                                      G
She's taught me what true love is all about
                                C
She's given me a reason now for living 
    D7                             G
And I just hope my wife don't find out
        C
Yes the woman that I love with 
        G
And the woman that I live with
       A7                           D7
Are as different as a whisper and a shout
  G
I finally found somebody 
    C
Who makes my life worthwhile
    D7                             G
And I just hope my wife don't find out
                                      D7
If it wasn't for the kids I guess I'd leave her
                                     G
For we both forgot what happiness is about
                                      C
And to make things even worse I found another
    D7                             G
And I just hope my wife don't find out
        C
Yes the woman that I love with 
        G
And the woman that I live with
       A7                           D7
Are as different as a whisper and a shout
  G
I finally found somebody 
    C
Who makes my life worthwhile
    D7                             G
And I sure hope my wife don't find out

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I Hope We Walk The Last Mile Together
Recorded by Carl and Pearl Butler    [3/4 time]
written by Margaret Newsom Holley
 
G                            C
I hope we walk the last mile together 
        G                            D7
Hand in hand we can see the promised land 
           G                                  C
We've been through a lot of bad times but our love is forever 
      G                D7        G
And I hope we walk the last mile together 

                                 C
We made our house a home for our little ones 
      G                                            D7
We've known happiness and we've known some sadness too 
      G                            C
We've walked in the sunshine we've fought the stormy weather 
      G                D7        G
And I hope we walk the last mile together 

repeat #1 
 
                                 C
I remember when you first said I love you
         G                            D7
I didn't know that a love could be so strong 
     G                                    C
And today I find you're still mine so let come and go whatever 
      G                D7        G
And I hope we walk the last mile together 

repeat #1

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Dolly Parton - I Hope You're Never Happy lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I wish you all the luck I wish you only the best
Satisfaction in love, and true happiness
I wish you blue skies and rainbows, I wish you joy pure and sweet
I wish you all that you wish for, but only if you're with me
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I wish you nothin' but trouble if you've decided to leave
I'm just not like those heroes found in books and on TV
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I have had you too long, I have given too much
I have loved you too strong to think of giving you up
I've always envied those lovers that wish you well when you leave
And wish you luck with another; but there are others like me
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
And every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me
Yes, I'm possessive and jealous; at least I speak honestly
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I'm just not like those heroes found in books and on TV
I hope you're never happy, never ever ever happy
Never ever ever happy
With anybody but me
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I wish you nothin' but trouble if you've decided to leave
I'm just not like those heroes found in books and on TV
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I hope you're never happy
I hope you're never happy with anybody but me
I hope you're never happy


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I Hope You've Learned
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Bill Carrigan and Eugene Butler

G
I've been away for just a year 
                         D7
Have you forgotten me my dear
               G      C       G
The judge said I must pay the cost
        D7                G
I never knew how much I'd lost

           C           G
Until they sent me far away 
                          D7
Where each minute seems a day
          G       C       G
But maybe someday I'll be free 
            D7                G
Will you be waiting there for me


I'm in this cell because of you 
                             D7
The crime I did you drove me to
           G          C         G
My jealous heart just could not stand 
           D7           G
To see you with another man

Repeat #2


I hope someday that you will learn 
                         D7
And brokenhearted you'll return
           G       C            G
But listen darling please don't wait 
          D7               G
For maybe then will be too late

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I Hope You've Learned

I've been away for just a year
Have you forgotten me my dear
The judge said I must pay the cost
I never knew how much I lost

Until they send me far away
Where each minute seems a day
But maybe someday I'll be free
Will you be waiting there for me

I'm in this cell because of you
The crime I did you drove me too
My jealous heart just could not stand
To see you with another man

I hope someday that you will learn
And broken hearted you return
But listen darlin' please don't wait
For maybe then will be too late

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I Hurt
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

C                  F              C                      Em
Darkness falls the night has come I have no place to hide
             Am                  D7            G7
For memories wait and every turn they won't be denied
C                    F           G7               C Em
For now I've come to realize how much you mean to me
                 F              Dm               G7
As sadness rolls across my mind like waves on an angry sea
      C
And I hurt
 
                  F              C  G7   C
I held hands with love and trust forever 
F               G7             C
Maybe more than I was meant to feel
                   F             C              E7
Then I fell out of heaven to the bottom side of never
F                   Dm                  G7
Where loneliness is all there is that's real
      C
And I hurt
 
                   F               C                Em
A bird with broken wings will mend given time to fly
                  Am             D7                  G7
And rivers have a crossing place to bridge the other side
C                F             G7               C  Em
Those of us with broken hearts finds a place to be
            F
If time can change the healing power 
Dm                  G7
Then why do willows weep
     C
Oh I hurt

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I Just Called to Say I Love You
Recorded by Jason Allen
Written by Stevie Wonder 

C                 G7     C     G7
No New Year's Day to celebrate
             C                            Dm
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
            D7                Dm
No first of spring no song to sing
                            G7       C
In fact here's just another ordinary day
              G7         C    G7
No April rain no flowers bloom
           C                            Dm
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
            D7              Dm
But what it is is something true
                                  G7            C
Made up of these three words that I must say to you
       Dm        G7    C
I just called to say I love you
       Dm        G7             Am
I just called to say how much I care
       Dm        G7    Am
I just called to say I love you
      Dm               G7           C
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
                 G7      C    G7
No summer's high no warm July
           C                               Dm
No harvest moon to light one tender August night
          D7                Dm
No autumn breeze no falling leaves
                           G7              C
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies
             G7      C   G7
No Libra sun no Halloween
          C                                   Dm
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
            D7               Dm
But what it is though old so new
                                 G7               C
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do
       Dm        G7    C
I just called to say I love you
       Dm        G7             Am
I just called to say how much I care yes I do
       Dm        G7    Am
I just called to say I love you
      Dm               G7           C
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
  
           Dm               G7           C
Girl and I mean it from the bottom of my heart

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I Just Can't Go On This Old Way

When you left me you said you'd return dear
You said you would be back some day
Oh please let me hear from you darling
I just can't go on this old way

I know you never did love me
But I thought that you would dear someday
Oh please let me hear from you darling
I just can't go on this old way

Remember the good times together
When you said that you loved me so true
As I sit here the stars hover o'er me
there's a love in my heart dear for you

* Refrain


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I Just Can't Help Believing
Recorded by B. J. Thomas
Written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann

C
Oh I just can't help believing 
        
When she smiles up soft and gentle
       Dm
With a trace of misty morning 
      G7                         C
And a promise of tomorrow in her eyes


And I just can't help believing 
        
When she's lying close beside me
                                          F
And my heart beats with the rhythm of her sighs
C             F             C
This time the girl is gonna stay 
              F             G7
This time the girl is gonna stay
                     C
For more than just a day


Oh I just can't help believing 
        
When she slips her hand in my hand
       Dm
And it feels so small and helpless 
        G7                            C
That my fingers fold around it like a glove


And I just can't help believing 
           
When she's whispering her magic
                                           F
And her tears are shining honey sweet with love
C             F             C
This time the girl is gonna stay 
              F             G7
This time the girl is gonna stay
                     C
For more than just a day



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I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Joe Sample and Will Jennings

Am         E7
You let me down all over town
F                E7        Am
I guess by now I should be gone
                 Em            E7
Yet here I stand still in your hands
F                          E7   Am    F
Cause you're the best I've ever known
C         A7  D7
I try and try to say good-bye
F                       E7   Am
I just can't leave your love alone
C         A7  D7
And after you what will I do
F                       E7   Am
I just can't leave your love alone
            E7
I walk away most everyday
F                      E7       Am
Don't need a love that hurts me so
                 Em         E7
Then every night you get it right
F                 E7       Am
Until I'm moaning soft and low
C         A7  D7
I try and try to say good-bye
F                       E7   Am
I just can't leave your love alone
C         A7  D7
And after you what will I do
F                       E7   Am
I just can't leave your love alone

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I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Willie Nelson

G                  D7        G
I had not planned  on seeing you 
              D7          G
I was afraid  of what I'd do
             C      F       C
But pride is strong here am I 
             G    D7          G
I just can't let  you say goodbye

                     D7           G
Please have no fear  you're in no harm 
                   D7         G
As long as you're  here in my arms
              C     F            C
But you can't be so please don't cry 
             G    D7          G
I just can't let  you say goodbye

                    D7        G
What force beneath  your evil mind 
                   D7         G
Can let your lips  speak so unkind
           C        F       C
To one who loves as much as I 
             G    D7          G
I just can't let  you say goodbye

                  D7           G
Why do you stare  your face is pale
                    D7        G
Just like the wind  without a sail
             C      F            C
Please don't go and please don't cry
             G    D7          G
I just can't let  you say goodbye

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I Just Don't Give A Damn
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Jimmy Peppers

C                                          F
Now I know whose got to change the way I'm living
C                                         G7
It seem they just don't like me the way I am
C                                   F
Tomorrow I may live the way they're thinking
       C        G7                  C
Ah but tonight  I just don't give a damn
                                    F
I done everything I can to make you happy
          C                              G7
But every word I spoke you always put me down
C                                     F
Tomorrow my arms may ache and want to hold you
       C        G7                  C
Ah but tonight  I just don't give a damn
F                              C          G7      C
Tonight I just don't care what happens to you and me
            F       C              D7            G7
I wanted to get you on my side but you always disagree
       C                                F                C
If you should ever want to call me I'll be on my side of town 
                             G7                   C
But don't call tonight cause I still don't give a damn
                                    F
Oh tomorrow morning I might wake up lonely
       C        G7                F  C
Aw but tonight  I just don't give damn

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I Just Don't Like Loving You
Recorded by The Malpass Brothers
Written by Christopher Malpass

G
I walked into the living room 
                 C                  G
She was standing there with her suitcase
 
I crossed the lines she had drawn
                            D7
Tears were running down her face
     G                                C
With gentle words I pleaded if you'll stay
                 G
I'll make it all alright
 
But she said I'll never leave you
   D7                          G
If I don't pack my bags and go tonight
 
              C
She said I've always been your woman
                     G
You've never been my man
D7
You don't give me any love
                                G
While I give you all the love I can
   C
So tonight I'm gonna leave you
                          G   C
Gonna walk right out that door
                   G    D7            G
Cause I just don't like loving you anymore
 
 
As she stepped out on the front porch
  C                             G
A million things ran through my mind that day
 
The little things I should have said and done
                     D7
Too late to make her stay
       G
As she climbed into that yellow cab
    C                              G
The blue skies around me turned to gray
 
With a broken heart two empty arms
    D7                                       G
And tear filled eyes I watched love die that day
  
Repeat #2
                  D7            G
I just don't like loving you anymore

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I Just Got Wise

   Oh how I once longed for your loving
   Your cheating I couldn't realize
   But now that I've found out you're stepping
   I'm through with you baby I've got wise

I know now you never cared about me
I think you've been lying all the time
Go back to that wild crowd your used to
You go your way and I'll go mine

You asked me to meet you on the corner
You told me that we had things to do
And after I stood there and waited
You never showed up and I'm so blue

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I Just Had A Bar Of Soap
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Larry Kingston and Pete Drake

Intro: 
C             F
No Joe thanks please no drinks
  G7                C
I just had a bar of soap
 
              F          C
My baby and I just had a quarrel
                          G7        C
In fact I guess you could call it a fight 
  F                            C
I said some things and later I regretted 
  D7                                    G7
I called her names that I knew were not right
 
    C                F         C
She said get out and stay away forever
       F                                C
And it grabbed me like a rope around my throat
  F                             C
I felt so bad about the names I called her
    G7                               C
I'm gonna wash my big mouth out with soap
 
              F                        C
Don't give me none of the of the usual tonight sir
      G7                         C
Cause I just had a fight with my wife
       F
And if I go home just like I am
       C              F
She'll take me back I hope
   C          F
No Joe thanks please no drinks
  G7                C
I just had a bar of soap
                 F            C
That cafe on the corner looks inviting
                    G7             C
But I'm gonna force myself to walk ahead
    F                          C
I'm gonna be just like I am to show her
    D7                          G7
How sorry I am for the things I said
 
      C                 F             C
Gonna stop in Joe's and find myself a corner
   F                           C
To sit and call myself you big dope
    F                               C
And excuse me if you see my blowing bubbles
      G7                                  C
Cause I just washed my big mouth out with soap
 
Repeat #3
 
              F
No Joe thanks please no drinks
  G7                C
I just had a bar of soap

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I Just Lost My Favorite Girl 
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Don Adams

G                                C           G
In a barroom I'm standin' with a drink in my hand
                        D7
Trying to hide from the world
G                         C         G
Drink dulls my memory and so here I stand
               D7       G
I just lost my favorite girl
                             C       G
I'll stay till I'm no longer able to stand
                              D7
And drink till my head's in a whirl
G                         C       G
I'm living the life of an ungodly man
               D7       G
I just lost my favorite girl
                      A7        D7
Last call I heard the bartender say
        A7                   D7
I guess I must go out in the world
     G                 C            G
With no place to go to here I can't stay
               D7       G
I just lost my favorite girl
                      A7        D7
Last call I heard the bartender say
        A7                   D7
I guess I must go out in the world
     G                 C            G
With no place to go to here I can't stay
               D7       G
I just lost my favorite girl
               D7       C D7 G
I just lost my favorite girl

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I Just Need You For Tonight
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Jerry Wallace, Terry Skinner, Ken Bell
 
G
Oh she looked just like an angel  
    C                            G
But I could see the devil in her eyes
 
And before I knew what hit me
      C                           G
I was sittin' at her table buying drinks
    D7      G
And tellin' lies
 
When I said I had my freedom
                                         C   G Am
She sit back and slowly pushed her drink away
    D7
And when she turned to face me
                            G
This is all the lady had to say
 
                                 
I don't want your love forever 
       Am
I just need you for tonight
        D7
I don't want someone to hold me down
     G
Just hold me good and tight
                                    
I don't need an obligation 
          Am
Change of love don't work out right
        D7
I don't want your love forever
                    C     G
I just need you for tonight
 
 
Well I said I hear you talking
  C                                 G
Believe me I've been down that road before
 
And I said I understand
      C                               G
And I reached into my pockets for the keys
    D7             G
And headed for the door
 
And as the sunlight cast its shadows
                                            C
On the pillow where last night she laid her head
   Dm
So much for wishful thinking
                  D7                  G
I guess that lady meant just what she said
  
Repeat #3,4

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I Just Think I'll Go Away

It makes no difference where I wander
No matter what I say or do
I can't outlive this memory of you
I cry dear when I think of you

   Somehow you wouldn't let me love you
   The plans we've made have gone astray
   Instead of being blue and lonely
   I just think I'll go away

It seems we both could have been happy
If things had only turned out right
From now on each day I'll think about you
I'll dream of you dear every night

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I Just Wanna Feel Something 

[Chorus]
I just wanna feel something
Make the music right
I just wanna feel something
Lay down the rhythm tight

[Verse 1]
You play the down beat
I'll play the back
As long as we're together
We're on the right track

[Chorus]
I just wanna feel something
Before I get too old
I just wanna feel something
'Cause I despite my soul
But you sing the half heart
I'll sing the low
As long as we're together
No matter where we go
I just wanna feel something
Oohh
Ooh
I just wanna feel something
Don't you wanna feel it too
I just wanna feel something
I wanna feel it with you
'Cause love all around us
Don't you know it's we
As long as we're in the [?]
That's the way it's supposed to be

I just wanna feel something
Wanna feel it tonight
Well I just wanna feel something
I wanna feel it till it's right
Ooh
Ohh
Ohh

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I Just Want Somebody To Love Me
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Everett Corbin

C                        F
I just want  somebody to love me
           C            G7
Someone to care  for me alone
       C                 F
I just want  somebody to hold me
       C        G7     C
And to kiss me  on and on
 
        G7                   C
I don't want them  to let me go
        F                 G7
To ever leave me  here to cry
       C                 F
I just want  somebody to love  me
           C     G7        C
To love me till  the day I die
 
        G7                   C
I don't want them  to let me go
           F                     G7
For I'd be lonely  oh lonely and blue
       C                 F
I just want  somebody to love me
           C     G7            C
To love me like  I'd love them too
F          C     G7            C
To love me like  I'd love them too

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I Just Want To Be Alone
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Bill Irwin
 
G     D7  C           G                     D7
So if I'm not in your arms not kissing your lips
                  C   G D7
I just want to be alone
 
        G                           C
I don't want to go anywhere with anyone but you
      A7                                            D7
And I won't do anything without you I've nothing to do
  G                     G7
I won't try to hide the tears I cry
        C
I'm the only one who'll see
      D7                   G          D7        G
While I wait to be in your arms where I want to be
 
      D7  C           G                     D7
So if I'm not in your arms not kissing your lips
                  C   G D7
I just want to be alone
 
   G                                   C
So much in love I'm trying to keep the world from my door
        A7
I don't hate them I don't know them
                               D7
You're all the world I need anymore
  G                     G7
I won't try to hide the tears I cry
        C
I'm the only one who'll see
      D7                        C     D7        G
While I wait to be in your arms where I want to be
 
      D7  C           G                     D7
So if I'm not in your arms not kissing your lips
                  C   G
I just want to be alone

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I Just Want To Feel The Magic
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Rory Bourke and Mel McDaniel
 
G                     D7             G
A miracle man of love found me yesterday
C              G     D7
Left me with a smile you and a better way
G                      D7            G
Cast a spell around me oh no I won't mind
C                 G               D7               G
Spin your web and bind me to this love I search to find
 
D7   G                           D7              C
Oh I just want to feel the magic plum down to my soul
                           G
Thanks to the man with the ready made plan
    A7                D7
For putting you in control 
  G                     C     D7                      G
I just want to feel the magic honey put your touch on me
 
                        D7             G
I'm a slave to desire a burden in your mind
     C               G            D7
I'll never break the spell of the web you spun so fine
    G                                         D7       G
I'm bewitched by the love you give I want you all to myself
  C                  G     D7                  G
I love your touch of magic don't want anything else
 
Repeat #2
 
                                   D7            G
The life that I've been living was mostly out of place
      C             G      D7
Throw your arms and rescue rule my nights and days
G                      D7                   G
Now it's all behind me love growing all the way
    C                          G
You make things right with the touch of your hand
        D7                     G
There's only one thing left to say
 
Repeat #2 x2

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I Just Want To Love You Forever
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Donald Hare
 
C                        Dm
I remember the night she walked out again
F                                    C
I played the fool and you played the friend
                    Dm
In my confusion you helped me to see
    F                           C
The look in your eyes they were saying to me
 
                           Dm
I just want to love you forever (forever)
    F              C
And ever so let my love in
                           Dm                  F
I always knew that we'd be together (together) forever
         C
And ever again
 
                      Dm
I made up my mind the night that she left
       F                                    C
That a gambler don't win and a winner don't bet
                          Dm
You cut the cards and you dealt me a dream
F                                          C
You drew the king of hearts and I drew the queen
 
Repeat #2
 
                   Dm
Well I found out a long time ago
F                                    C
Love don't come easy love don't come slow
                            Dm
You picked me up when I was down on my knees
F
You gave your love to me girl
                         C
And that's all I'll ever need
 
Repeat #2 x2

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I Just Wish I Could Love That Much Again
Recorded by Jan Howard

C         F               G7       F        C
I've only loved one time  and that was long ago
               F            G7          F       C
I thought that he was mine  and then he hurt me so
           F          G7        F      C
I cried so very long  then once he was gone
             F             G7       F        C
And when the pain had gone I had no heart at all

      F            G7             C
And I wish I could love that much again
    G7                               C
And have that same old feeling I had then
  F             G7           C
I wouldn't care if I lose or win
       G7                          C
I just wish I could love that much again

     F            G7             C
Oh I wish I could love that much again
    G7                                C
And have the faith in life that I had then
   F               G7             C
No matter what the cost be in the end
       G7                          C
I just wish I could love that much again

  F             G7           C
I wouldn't care if I lose or win
       G7                          C
I just wish I could love that much again

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The Avett Brothers - I Killed Sally's Lover 

Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place
Somebody get my shotgun
Gonna shoot him sure as rain
You can run as fast as you want to boy
I'll kill you just the same

Somebody get my pocket blade
Gonna cut him don't you know
You can try to hide all you want to boy
There ain't nowhere to go
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place

Now Sally don't go thinkin'
That you got off so clean
I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
But I just ain't that mean
So I go and get my murder tools
I throw them in the lake
Gonna steal me an automobile
And drive so far away
Now I am a fugitive
I'm always on the run
Sally told the policeman
Exactly what I'd done
I went and got my shotgun
I went and got my blade
Killed poor Sally's lover
And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin' fellas
You listen close to me
That woman gonna bring you pain
Your heart is gonna bleed
But it ain't worth the trouble
The sufferin' or the grief
A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
I killed Sally's lover
One dark and dreary day
Sally got another
And I got sent away
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been laying with another man
And I set him in his grave

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The Avett Brothers - I Killed Sally's Lover (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place
Somebody get my shotgun
Gonna shoot him sure as rain
You can run as fast as you want to boy
I'll kill you just the same

Somebody get my pocket blade
Gonna cut him don't you know
You can try to hide all you want to boy
There ain't nowhere to go
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place

Now Sally don't go thinkin'
That you got off so clean
I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
But I just ain't that mean
So I go and get my murder tools
I throw them in the lake
Gonna steal me an automobile
And drive so far away
Now I am a fugitive
I'm always on the run
Sally told the policeman
Exactly what I'd done
I went and got my shotgun
I went and got my blade
Killed poor Sally's lover
And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin' fellas
You listen close to me
That woman gonna bring you pain
Your heart is gonna bleed
But it ain't worth the trouble
The sufferin' or the grief
A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
I killed Sally's lover
One dark and dreary day
Sally got another
And I got sent away
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been laying with another man
And I set him in his grave

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I Knew The Moment I Lost You
Recorded by Bob Wills and by Merle Haggard
Written by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan

C                                  F
A man may have his trials and tribulations 
       G7                           C
And at times he feels so low and so blue
                                   F
But from now on I will be entirely different 
      G7                     C
And I knew the moment I lost you
 
                                  F
Well to all my worries and my disappointments 
         G7                           C
There is still a little light shining through
                                      F
Still within my heart I know there is another 
      G7                     C
And I knew the moment I lost you
 
                                   F
There is nothing we can do to get along now 
       G7                         C
That's been proved unto me and to you
                            F
So why not let's be fair to each other 
      G7                     C
For I knew the moment I lost you
 
                                            F
If there's something I have done you've not forgiven
     G7                              C
Just remember that I'm human same as you
                              F
Why not let's consider our mistakes dear  
      G7                     C
For I knew the moment I lost you

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I Know But Tell Me
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew, Tommy Blake, W.S. Stevenson

C
I know you smiled at him 
             F
And then you made the light grow dim
  G7                            C
I know but tell me no it didn't happen
I try again to understand 
             F
That he just tried to hold your hand
  G7                            C
I know but tell me no it didn't happen
  F
I know before I ask you 
    C
The answer you must give
    D7
For if you say it happened 
     G              G7
I no longer want to live
    
           C
You didn't know just what to do 
             F
When he told you I was untrue
  G7                            C
I know but tell me no it didn't happen
Repeat #3,4

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I Know How It Feels

I've never been to heaven, not the one on high
But I have been to heaven just the same
Taken by an angel off to paradise
In her arms she carried me away
Well I may never see it but I know that it's real
I've never been to heaven but I know how it feels

BANJO-FIDDLE

And I've never been a gambler but I lost it all
The moment that she turned and walked away
Taking foolish chances with my baby's love
A loser at my own two-timing game
I know it was a long shot still I spun the wheel
I've never been a gambler but I know how it feels

MANDO-GUITAR

And I've never been to prison, behind them cold gray walls
But I am a prisoner just the same
Longing for my freedom I hear the highway call
But I'm held here by her memories ball and chain
Well I may not be locked up behind concrete and steel
I've never been in prison but I know how it feels
No I may not be locked up behind concrete and steel
I've never been in prison but I know how it feels


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I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome

   I know what it means to be lonesome
   And I know what it means to be blue
   I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
   When there is no one at home for you

Well my baby left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
The sweet smiling face of my darling
I may never see any more

Well I've cried and I've cried since we parted
No one knows what I have been through
You know I'd give all I own just to have you back home
I'm lonesome, lonesome for you

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I Know Where I'm Going
Fred Hillerman

I know where I'm going, and I know who's going with me
I know why love , and I know who I will marry
I need no robes of silk, nor shoes of fine green leather
As long as she is with me, when we stroll across the heather

Feather beds are soft and painted rooms are bonny
But I know she cleave them all, for her loving Winsom Johnny
All her wit and grace, like a starry cluster shine
Giving light and beauty to this simple soul of mine

I know where I'm going, and I know who's going with me
And I know why love and the Dear knows who I'll marry


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Alison Krauss - I Know Who Holds Tomorrow 

I don't know about tomorrow
I just live from day to day
I don't borrow from its sunshine
For its skies may turn to grey
I don't worry o'er the future
For I know what Jesus said
And today I'll walk beside Him
For He knows what is ahead

Many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand

Every step is getting brighter
As the golden stairs I climb
Every burden's getting lighter
Every cloud is silver-lined
There the sun is always shining
There no tear will dim the eye
At the ending of the rainbow
Where the mountains touch the sky

I don't know about tomorrow
It may bring me poverty
But the one who feeds the sparrow
Is the one who stands by me
And the path that is my portion
May be through the flame or flood
But His presence goes before me
And I'm covered with His blood

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Dolly Parton - I Know You By Heart lyrics
F/ Smokey Robinson
(G. Merrill/S. Rubicam/D. Pitchford)

Everybody wants to find a love
Somebody, somebody who will always care
We get locked up in our own worlds
With feelings and secrets we're afraid to share
But all I have to do is see you smile
And maybe, just maybe if I brush your hand
Something happens I cannot explain
And somehow, oh somehow I can understand
I, I think you're gonna find
Gonna find you
Gonna find you
I'm reading your mind
I know you by heart
And you're so much a part of me
I know you by heart, yes I do
It's no wonder I can love you the way that I do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, I know you by heart
I know everytime you're gonna call
I pick up the phone before it ever rings
And when you need some lovin' I'll be there
Beside you anticipating everything
Oh it's like I always said
You're the one I want
All I want is you
I'm inside your head
I know you by heart
Girl, you're so much a part of me
I know you by heart, yes I do
It's no wonder I can love you the way that I do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, I know you by heart
It's no wonder I can love you the way that I do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, I know you by heart
I know you by heart
And you're so much a part of me
I know you by heart, I know you, I know you, I know you
It's no wonder I can love you the way that I do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, I know you by


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Punch Brothers - I Know You Know 

You call me, why do you call me
And why do I answer, when I know
Oh I know, you were crying
Why are you crying
And how can you say that, when you know
Oh you know, that you were the son given up behind the golden gate
Now you're the bum begging up and down the lower haight

Oh you know, that you were the band going out to play one more song
Now you're the giant out on second 'cause he thought he was gone
I call her, why do I call her
And why does she answer, when she knows
Oh she knows, I was laughing
Why am I laughing,
Oh and how can I say that, when I know
Oh I know, that I was a fire-escape party over union square
Now I'm a cab driver fucking* over every fare
Oh I know, that I was a young Thile tossing off the perfect verse
Now I'm another damn yankee can't toss to first- (woohoohoo)

Lord I can't toss it to first (woohoohoo)
Oh I can't toss it to first

Oh we know that we were the band going out to play one more song
Now we're the giant out at second cause he thought he was gone?

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I Know You Rider

I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone
Gonna miss you little momma from a-rolling in your arms

I'm going down thr road where I can get more decent care
I'm going down thr road where I can get more decent care
Going back to my used to be rider cause I don't feel welcome here

I know my baby sure is bound to love me aome
I know my baby sure is bound to love me aome
Cause he throws his arms around me like a circle around the sun

I laid down last night trying to take a rest
I laid down last night trying to take a rest
But my mind kept rambling like the wild geese in the West

I'm going down to the river set in my rockin' chair
I'm going down to the river set in my rockin' chair
And if the blues don't find me, gonna rock away from here

Loving you baby just as easy as rolling off a log
Loving you baby just as easy as rolling off a log
But if I can't be your woman, I sure ain't gonna be your dog

I will cut your wood baby I will make your fire
I will cut your wood baby I will make your fire
And I will tote your water, baby, from that Fresno Bar

Sun gonna shine in my back yard some day
Sun gonna shine in my back yard some day
And the wild gonna rise up, baby, blow my blues away


=============================

I Know You're Married But I Love You Still

The day I met you my heart spoke to me
It said to love you throught eternity
Not knowing that you were another's bride
I vowed I'd always be close by your side

You know I love you and I always will
I know you're married but I love you still

You broke a heart, dear, that would die for you
I'd give the world, dear, to belong to you
The game is over now, I know I've lost
My broken heart will have to pay the cost

* Refrain


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I Know You're Not An Angel
Recorded by Red Sovine 
Written by Red Sovine and Elmo Linn

C
You take in all the nightspots 
    C7                F
Run around with other guys
                   C
The glitter of the nightlife 
                     G7
Is reflected in your eyes
  C
I know your heart is fickle 
         C7                  F
And your past is filled with shame
                     C
I know you're not an angel 
      G7                C
But I love you just the same
  F
I know they're talkin' bout you 
        C
And the things they say are true
  F
I know I shouldn't love you 
        C             G7
I can't help it but I do
Repeat #2,3,2

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I Know Your Memory Well
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Larry Randal Kingston and Harlan A. Sanders
 
C                 F            C
My eyes no longer look for new horizons
    G7                            C
The future lost my interest years ago
                        F            C
My heart has learned to live without surprises
        G7                                C
So I'll play it safe and stay with what I know
         F              C
And I kn-ow your memory well
       G7
I know loving you was heaven
  C
I know losing you was hell
                           F
Like a blind man knows the darkness
       C                  F
Like a prisoner knows his cell
  C         G7     C
I know your memory well
               F                 C
Time sometimes for me is hard to measure
      G7                          C
Cause I spend mine reliving yesterday
                         F                  C
Where the line is thin between the pain and pleasure
      G7                                   C
But I walk that line with your memory everyday
Repeat #2
            G7     C
I know your memory well

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I Leaned Over Backwards For You
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Harlan Howard

C    G7                        C
I've turned the other cheek so often
        G7                         C
That my heart has become black and blue
      G7                            C
So my conscience won't hurt when we part dear
         F           G7            C
For I've leaned over backwards for you
    G7                      C
But I've leaned as far as a man can lean
    D7                     G7
Run along to your somebody new
      C                           F
After he breaks your heart you'll remember
                  G7            C
How I leaned over backwards for you
    G7                          C
I'd known for so long you don't love me
    G7                    C
And that you had somebody new
       G7                               C
I just stayed cause I thought you might need me
      F           G7            C
Yes I leaned over backwards for you
    G7                      C
But I've leaned as far as a man can lean
    D7                     G7
Run along to your somebody new
      C                           F
After he breaks your heart you'll remember
                  G7            C
How I leaned over backwards for you

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I Left My Gal In The Mountains

I left my gal in the mountains left her standing in the rain
Went down to the railroad caught myself a midnight train
I beat my way into Georgia landed in a gambling town
Got myself into trouble shot a county sheriff down

The jury read the verdict murder in the first degree
The judge said take this prisoner to the penitentiary
They put the handcuffs on me put me on a pullman tain
Took me to Atlanta boys and tied me to a ball and chain

I left my gal in the mountains left her standing all alone
Last night I dreamed I got a letter saying honey won't you come back home
She said she was sad and lonely told me that her love was true
Then I dreamed I wrote her a letter saying honey I'm coming back to you

When I woke up this morning lying in Atlanta jail
No one here to love me no one to go my bail
Them prison bars all around me a guard walking by my door
My heart is sad and lonely boys cause I'll never see my gal no more

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I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes
Recorded by Goldie Hill
written by Slim Willet

G
I let the stars get in my eyes 
                        D7
I let the moon steal my heart
You've been gone so long I couldn't stay at home
What could I do but give to him my love 
                                                  G 
So dear to him now he's the only one I'm thinking of
Too many miles too many days 
                      D7
Too many nights I was alone
His love was so grand when he held my hand 
                                     G
You know how the moonlight lures you on
Repeat  

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I Lie When I Drink
Written and recorded by Dale Watson 

G                         D7
Oh I lie when I drink and I drink a lot
      C                          D7  C D7
Don't believe me when I've had a few
     G                    D7
Oh I lie when I drink and I drink a lot
  C          D7               G
I only drink when I'm missing you
 
       D7                         G
I walk in the bartender rolls his eyes
       D7                              G
At the same time the waitress she just smiles
               
He's heard the truth about you
               D7
She's heard it too but slightly skewed
C               D7                  G
I ain't lying I broke your heart in two
Repeat #1
   D7                                    G
At closing time I'm the last one out the door
          D7                       G
I tip the waitress the bartender I ignore
                             D7
I yell I'm never coming back that always makes 'em laugh
C            D7              G
They know me I won't keep my word
Repeat #1   Cause I lie... 
  C          D7               G
I only drink when I'm missing you

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I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size
Written and recorded by Merle Travis

C                      A7          D7                   G7        C
Well I like my chicken fryin' size when they're hangin' around my pen
                        A7        D7               G7
Young and tender not so wise like some old stewing hen
C                         F      D7                  G7
Because she's done seen a lot of ever rooster in the flock
     F               C      D7        G7               C
So I like my chicken fryin' size when I get my skillet hot
                       A7          D7           G7       C
Well I like my chicken fryin' size chicken just can't be beat
                         A7           D7                    G7
Nothing in the world can satisfy like that good old chicken meat
C                            F    D7                    G7
Now the south has brought to fame that frying chicken's name
    F                  C      D7             G7            C
But any little chicken fryin' size is pretty well near the same
                       A7     D7             G7          C
Well I like my chicken fryin' size and I bet that you'll agree
                         A7         D7               G7
I heard a little chicken passing by sure looks heavenly
C                       F    D7                      G7
From the day that I was born until Gabriel blows his horn
     F                  C      D7           G7                  C
If I don't like chicken fryin' size brother roasting ears ain't corn
Repeat #1

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I Like The Christian Life

My buddies tell me that I should have waited
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun
But I am happy and I sing with pride
I like the christian life

I won't lose a friends by heeding God's call
For what is a friend who'd want me to fall
Otheres find pleasure in things I despise
I like the christian life

My buddies shun me since I turned to Jesus
But I am happy though it burdens my soul
And I'll try to lead them to walk in the night
I like the christian life

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I Live In The Past

The day's are so lonely the night are so long
Our home is a prison since you are gone
And I'll always wonder why our love didn't last
With no hope for tomorrow I'll live in the past

A door that won't knock a phone that don't ring
The postman goes by and he don't leave a thing
A pain in my heart and tears in my eyes
My sweetheart has gone I'm left here to cry

I'm the biggest pretender you ever could see
I pretend you still love me false love couldn't be
And then I remember and I know that its true
For your with another and I know I've lost you

I'll just go on dreaming sweet dreams of the past
Of when you still love me and I thought it would last
But life is so short and time moves so fast
I'll never forget you as I live in the past

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I Long For The Hills

I saw a man a - walkin'
His hands were in his pocket
His head was hangin', lookin' at his feet 

Well he looked up and saw me
And asked me for a quarter
Or if I knew a good cheap place to eat 

Well I just shrugged my shoulders
Said, "If I could help you brother
I wouldn't be out walkin' on the street 

With nothin' more to say
Just turned and walked away
Hopin' for a richer man to meet. 

   I long for the old home
   I long for the hills
   Swingin' on the front porch
   Lord knows I ain't had my fill. 

Well I left home at fifteen
With a guitar and a dream
And a heart that needs learnin' more of life 

I never had a job long
I never was the kind
To settle down forever with a wife 

I may have met some men
That you read about in books
And there were times that I was livin' right 

But I ain't got much to show
Here livin' on skid row
No one to help this old man through the night.

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I Love
Larry Groce

I love the sky that gives away the light of day.
I love the rain that falls without my askin'.
I love the land that nurtures me when I fall down.
I love them trees that rise above this sandy ground.

I love the bird that sings for me before the dawn.
I love the dog that plays without suspectin'.
I love the cat that looks for me when I am gone.
I love the deer that stands beside his speckled fawn.

Ooh...

I love the eyes that look at me and not my clothes.
I love the hands that reach out without grabbin'.
I love the face that looks ahead and not behind.
I love the heart that understands the body and the mind.

Ooh...

I love the man who does not tell me what I am.
I love the man who knows his way is only one.
I love the man who don't know all the answers yet.
I love that man who thinks a better world will come.

I love that man who thinks a better world will come.

Ooh...


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I Love How You Love Me
Recorded by Bobby Vinton
Written by Larry Kolber and Barry Mann 

G7              C                       Am
I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me
             F                            G7
And when I'm away from you I love how you miss me
           C                             Am
I love the way you always treat me tenderly
            F           G7             C
But darling most of all I love how you love me
 
G7              C                      Am
I love how your heart beats whenever I hold you
               F                         G7
I love how you think of me without being told to
           C                              Am
I love the way your touch is always heavenly
            F           G7             C
But darling most of all I love how you love me
G7         C                              Am
I love the way your touch is always heavenly
            F           G7             C
But darling most of all I love how you love me
               Am                    F
I love how you hug me I love how you squeeze me tease me please me
             G7                     C
Love how you love me I love how you love me
 
  Am
I love how you love me  
  F
I love how you love me
  G7           C
I love how you love me

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I Love Lucy Brown
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Dallas Frazier

C                  C7                F
They tell me Homer Jones was huntin' bears
       C                                   G7
When a big ole grizzly killed his favorite hound
    C                C7               F
The grapevine says a mob has plans of burning down our town
             C        G7                C
But it don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown
  G7                          F               C
I sifted many hearts before I found a perfect pearl
   D7                                        G7
To hold my hand while travelin' through this world
   C                C7              F
So let the sun come up and shine or let the sun go down
         C        G7                C
It don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown
                  C7             F
Received a letter from the folks today
C                                 G7
Locusts eat the corn crops to the ground
    C             C7                  F
The morning paper said that beef went up ten cents a pound
             C        G7                C
But it don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown
Repeat #2
                  G7                C
It don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown

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I Love No One But You

Now tonight as I write this note to you
There's sorrow in my heart
I hate to say good bye my dear
But it's better that we part

Don't think that I've grown tried of you
Of found somebody new
For you were all I've ever had
And I've loved no one but you

Now when you read this note my dear
I hope you'll understand 
And think of the one that loves you best
This broken hearted man

* Refrain

Now that I have loved and lost
I hope you're satisfied
It will be so hard to go through this word
With a broken heart inside

* Refrain


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I Love The Blues And The Boogie Woogie
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Darrell Statler

C                   F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie
                    F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie
   D#                      F
It puts you in a groove it makes you move
       D#                         F         G7
It's a darn right thrill that you can't sit still
    C               F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie
                      F        C                G7
They play good boogie woogie a down at Rambling Rose
   C                 F              G7
On Saturday nights I go dancin' and steppin' on pretty girls toes
        C              F             C                 G7
Well my body begins to tingle when I hear those bluesy songs
         C           F                 G7
When the band starts winding up Lord I know where my heart belongs
repeat #1
                                F           C                    G7
Well if you want some real good living then girl come along with me
     C                     F                    G7
I've gotta feeling you can have some fun if you let your soul run free
     C                 F               C                   G7
They build a fire with music when they play country rock'n roll
         C                   F
Well you feel like you never felt before 
         G7
Cause it burns right through your soul
repeat #1
                    F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie
                    F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie
                    F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie
                    F                    C
Hot dang I love the blues and the boogie woogie

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I Love The Way That You've Been Lovin' Me
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Ricci Mareno and Gordon Galbraith

 D7                  G7                 C
(I love the way that you've been lovin' me)
                                 F
I know this may not come as a surprise
    G7                             C
You surely must have seen it in my eyes
A7                        Dm
Darlin' it's plain as can be
           D7                          Dm G7
I love the way that you've been lovin' me
C                                           F
There's so much that my heart would like to say
    G7                                C
And though my lips have never found a way
A7                        Dm
Each touch explains tenderly
  D7                G7                 C
I love the way that you've been lovin' me
F          G7         C
Others may search for heaven
    F       G7           C
But darlin' I just can't see
F            G7         C     Am
Why I should search for heaven
D7                          Dm G7
When heaven is mine constantly
       C                              F
Though I've become a prisoner of your love
  G7                                C
I swear by all the stars that shine above
A7                 Dm
I never want to be free
  D7                G7                 C
I love the way that you've been lovin' me
A7                 Dm
I never want to be free
  D7                G7                 C
I love the way that you've been lovin' me

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I Love To Do What I Love To
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Bobby Fisher and Chris Blake

C
Down in old Mexico  
F                        C
Where I was running from life
                        G7
I brought the love of a lady 
                        C
And went to pay for the night
        
She laughed and said keep your money
F                   C
It just wouldn't be right 
                     G7
I must have looked unbelieving
                     C
Then she said with a smile
                           
I love to do what I love to 
F                C
And that gets me through
                   F C
I take life like a river 
D7               G7
Running easy and smooth
                    C
I love to do what I love to 
F                       C
I like to live with the truth
             F
I love to do what I love to do 
G7                C
And I love loving you
                       
Before I knew I ask her 
F                   C
To come away in the night
                      G7
And on a farm in west Texas 
                  C
We can make a new life
                            
After all of them hard times 
F               C
She stood by my side
                    G7
And here's what she told me 
                C
Each time I ask why
Repeat #2
G7              C
Life was easy together 
F                    C
As the years slipped away
                   G7
And I cried like a baby 
                     C
By the bed where she lay
                                
I said honey how will I make it 
F               C
If He calls you away
                    G7
I can still see her smiling face 
                     C
I can still hear her say
                           
Just do what you love to do
F                       C
And you know you'll get through
                 F C
Take life like a river 
D7               G7
Running easy and smooth
                C
And do what you love to 
F                 C
And live with the truth
                 F
Just do what you love to do 
G7                 C
Like I love loving you
                 F
Just do what you love to do 
G7                 C
Like I love loving you

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I Love To Sing
recorded by Vernon Oxford 

C                                  F
I love to sing sing sing I love to sing
C                              G7
Sing about the beauty in God's plan
         C                         F
I love to sing sing sing  I love to sing
C         G7          C
Singing a song I understand
                                   F
Early in the morning at the first dawning
  C                    G7
I hear the beauty in a song
         C                            F
When the birds start singing when the hills start ringing
C            G7            C
Inviting the world to sing along
                                    F
The majestic mountains overflowing fountains
C                            G7
God paints a picture of pure love
         C                      F
In every flower blooming by the hour
C             G7          C
Kissed by the sunshine up above
                            F
What a revelation of God's creation
C                               G7
Singing about the beauty in the land
C                             F
Great expectation what a real sensation
C            G7                 C
He holds the world right in His hand

 Repeat #1

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I Love To Tell The Story 
recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Katherine Hankey and William Fisher
 
C                           F              C
I love to tell the story of unseen things above
   G7            C                      G7
Of Jesus and His glory of Jesus and his love
                   C       Am                E7
I love to tell the story because I know 'tis true
   F            C           G7               C
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do 
 
G7                 C        F                   C
I love to tell the story  'twill be my theme in glory
                     F        C     G7      C
To tell the old  old story of Jesus and his love 
                              F           C
I love to tell the story 'tis pleasant to repeat
     G7                C                         G7
What seems each time I tell it  more wonderfully sweet
            
                   C      Am                  E7
I love to tell the story  for some have never heard
    F          C              G7             C
The message of salvation from God's own holy word 
G7                 C       F                    C
I love to tell the story  'twill be my theme in glory
                     F        C     G7      C
To tell the old  old story of Jesus and His love 
 
                              F                 C
I love to tell the story  for those who know it best
     G7            C                             G7
Seen hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest
                       C        Am                E7
And when  in scenes of glory  I sing the new  new song
      F              C            G7            C
Twill be the old old story that I have loved so long 
  
  G7              C        F                    C
I love to tell the story  'twill be my theme in glory
                      F       C     G7      C
To tell the old  old story of Jesus and his love 
                      F       C     G7       C
To tell the old  old story of Jesus and his love 

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I Love You I Love You
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell and David Houston
Written by Norro Wilson and Danny Walls

G           C             G
If you only knew how much I love you
                   A7             D7
I wouldn't have to tell you every day
        G                       C
If your eyes could only see the love inside of me
      G          D7           G
You'd believe me every time I say
  D7        G
I love you  I love you
         C                                   D7
And this heart of mine can't help but let it show
                       G
(I love you I love you I love you I love you)
       C             D7               G   F
And my eyes tell you what you want to know
  G            C      G
I wish I could say in some other way
                        A7            D7
That your sweet love is all I'll ever need
      G                      C
There may be other words but all I've ever heard
        G          D7                G
Are the words that mean the world to me
  D7        G
I love you  I love you
         C                                   D7
And this heart of mine can't help but let it show
                       G
(I love you I love you I love you I love you)
       C             D7               G
And my eyes tell you what you want to know

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Osborne Brothers - I Love You Only Lyrics

I love you only for what you are
You may have been a queen or a fallen star
I love you only though you may be
The poorest girl on earth you're still an angel for me.

I'd climb the highest hill to prove that I love you so
I'd even shouted loud enough the world would know
I love you only though you may be
The poorest girl on earth you're still an angel for me.

--- Instrumental ---

I'd climb the highest hill to prove that I love you so
I'd even shouted loud enough the world would know
I love you only though you may be
The poorest girl on earth you're still an angel for me.

I love you only...

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I Loved This Better Than You Knew

Our hands are clasped while as forever
Perhaps we'll never meet again
I loved you as I loved no other
This parting fills my heart with pain

   As through this weary world I wander
   My thoughts alone will be of you
   In memory I will see you ever
   I loved you better than you knew

You asked and freely I'll forgive you
The happy past I must forget
And while I wander lone in silence
I hope that you'll be happy yet

Perhaps when I am gone forever
You'll sometimes sit and think of me
And wonder if I'm dead or living
Perhaps I'll think the same of you

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I Loved 'Em Every One
Recorded by T.G. Sheppard written by Phil Sampson

Em
I've known some painted ladies 
C
Who sparkled in the light 
D7                                Em
Country girls who loved a lover's moon
                            C
Some I've never really knew though I always wanted too 
D7                        Em
Some I only met once in a room
 
 
Some said they liked my smile 
C
Others of them stayed a while 
D7                      Em
While some left me in a run
                     C
This is the only way only way I know to say 
D7                Em
I loved 'em every one 
 
         
Big little short or tall
C
Wish I coulda kept 'em all 
D7
Ooh I loved 'em every one 
Em
Like to thank 'em for their charms 
C
Holding me in their arms 
D7                       Em
And I hope they had some fun
                     
Here's to the ladies 
C
In saloons and living rooms 
D7                              Em
Summer nights that lasted until dawn 
                       C
Here's to the memories everyone's a part of me 
D7                    Em
Ooh I loved 'em every one 
Repeat #3

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I Made Her Bad
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Harold Lowry

C                          F
Tonight in a barroom she's sitting
          C                         G7
While the lights are turned down so low
    C                           F
She drinking her wine and she's laughing
     C          G7            C
At a story some dumb ass just told
  F        G7
I made her bad 
     F      G7       C    G7
With all my running around
C   F     G7
She was a good girl 
    F G7      C
But I let her down
                                       F
In the wee hours of the morning she'll stagger
         C                                 G7
From the front door of the bar where she's been
  C                             F
A strange man will be walking beside her
          C           G7         C
She'll be smiling and looking at him
  F        G7
I made her bad 
     F      G7       C    G7
With all my running around
C   F     G7
She was a good girl 
    F G7      C
But I let her down

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I Made Her That Way
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Dale Ward
  
G             D7                G
See that girl over there by the jukebox
                D7             G
Hear the lonely songs that she plays
         C                          G       C
Well you ask me if I know why she's lonesome
         G        D7            G
I know a little I made her that way

    C                       G
But I knew her when she was happy
                                 D7
And I love you was all she could say
      C                          G     C
But a lot of times I let her get lonely
         G        D7            G
I know a little I made her that way

                     D7             G
Well you ask me if I know how she's living
                        D7             G
And did I know her head was dizzy from wine
      C                             G   C
Yes I know that she was everybody's baby
         G          D7           G
I know a little for once she was mine

    C                       G
Yes I knew her when she was happy
                                 D7
And I love you was all she could say
   C                              G     C
So you ask me if I know why she's crying
         G        D7            G   C
I know a little I made her that way
         G        D7            C   G
I know a little I made her that way

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I Made The Prison Band
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins, Jimmy Bryant, Ernest Ball

G
Deep inside this lonely prison 
          D7
Where the pleasures are so few
Where the walls are strong 
                                  G
And the days are long and there's nothin' new
I learned to play the guitar 
                           C
Now I'm a doin' the best I can
                   G
I guess I could be worse 
                   D7     G
Because I made the prison band
           D7     G
I made the prison band
                D7
Now there's ole bashful Bill on the doghouse bass 
C                   G
Willie on the steel guitar
He hails from Pocatello 
                               D7
Where he dragged a pretty mean bar
    G
And back on the drum there's two-time Tom 
                  C
Our in-shot tempo man
                       G
The boys call me their singin' MC 
                 D7     G
Since I made the prison band
           D7     G
I made the prison band
I've been plannin' a break since Christmas 
          D7
I had the details all worked out
But now I know that I ain't a gonna go 
               G
And there's no doubt
I had my try-out Sunday 
                           C
And the outcome changed my plans
                         G
I gotta rehearse for the Friday night show 
                 D7     G
Cause I made the prison band
           D7     G
I made the prison band
repeat #3,4

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Chris Thile - I Made This for You

Oh sweet little boy lovely wife
Fell a dumb's chicken heard the night
Oh parents who bring out the sticks
Neighbours blessing that faithful night
And anyone trying to hear
Through the den of a boar and sheer
And everyone's singing la-la-la
Fingers stuck in whats left of your ears
For not giving as good as you get
They get some c-c-come of it yet
Though you may not be holding your bed

As God is my witness
I made this for you
I made this for you

I made this for you

Fall shine through the
Mellow tone in the night
Timeless smiling through the
Dead of mauling with the
A piece of construction paper covered in
Pasting glitter stuck to it
You stay home as you wait for the part
That's the finish dissecting of faith

For one of for him and which good heart
Of sinners like us know what's better than pain

God help us
God down this
As we leave the front pages in bed
With the war raging on in our heads
I could write a swath a few melody of
Cause it's something that I just read
But I don't wanna fight fire with fire
And I don't want to preach for the choir
Giving just as much hell as I get
To people that probably like if I melt

So whether these days leave you laughing or crying
If your doing you best to be kind
This land is as much yours as mine

As God is my witness
I made this for you
I made this for you
I made this for you

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I Might Take You Back Again

   Go now don't wait
   Please don't hesitate
   Lovin' you was my great sin
   And I might take you back again

For a long time the world stood still
I loved you then and I always will
But to me you've been untrue
There is nothing I can do

Well here you are you're back again
I know that I just can't win
You broke my heart most every day
And now you best be on you're way

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I Miss The Biggest Part Of Me
Recorded by Isla Grant

C                                   F
You've gone so far away and left me all alone
   G7                                      C
My nights have turned so lonely dear since you've been gone
                                             F
I know I'm always on your mind I know you'll call me everyday
           C               G7               C
I miss the biggest part of me each time you go away

                                              F
Little things don't mean the same when you're not here with me
    G7                                 C
And memories we once shared just won't let me be
                                      F
I recall your tender smile the loving things you'd say
           C               G7               C
I miss the biggest part of me each time you go away

      G7                               C
Every minute that you're gone oh how I miss you so
           G7             D7               G7
I know you hurt the way I do each time you have to go
        C                               F                 D7
And the love that burns within my heart forever more will stay
           C               G7               C
I miss the biggest part of me each time you go away

repeat #3 

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Richard Thompson - I Misunderstood Lyrics

She said, "Darling I'm in love with your mind
The way you care for me, it's so kind
Love to see you again, I wish I had more time"

She was laughing as she brushed my cheek
Why don't you call me, angel, maybe next week
Promise now, cross your heart and hope to die

But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying goodbye
But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying goodbye

Things I tried to put shine in her eyes
Wire wheels and shimmering things
Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly

She said, "The thing that's so unique
When we're together, we don't have to speak
We'll always be such good friends, you and I"

Oh, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying goodbye
But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying goodbye

Oh, she was saying goodbye, oh, she was saying goodbye
Oh, she was saying, saying, saying
Oh, she was saying goodbye, oh, saying goodbye
And she was saying goodbye, oh, saying goodbye

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Richard Thompson - I Misunderstood - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

She said "Darling I'm in love with your mind.
The way you care for me, it's so kind.
Love to see you again, I wish I had more time".

She was laughing as she brushed my cheek
"Why don't you call me, angel, maybe next week
Promise now, cross your heart and hope to die".

But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good bye
But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good bye

Things I tried to put shine in her eyes
Wire wheels and shimmering things
Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly

She said "The thing that's so unique
When we're together we don't have to speak.
We'll always be such good friends, you and I"

Oh but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good bye
But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying goodbye

Oh, she was saying, saying, saying, saying

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I Must Be Doin' Something Right
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Ben Peters

D7           G                         G7                C
I can't give her all the things that I wish that I could give
    G        C             G               D7     A7 D7
And Lord she knows there's not much change in sight
          G                       G7            C
She could walk out any time for a better way to live
     G               D7              G    Am D7
So I guess I must be doing something right
       G                           G7             C
If she wanted to be free she could have most everything
     G        C    G             D7   A7 D7
With me she's only had an uphill fight
       G                           G7             C
But if my love was a song it's the only one she'd sing
     G               D7              G
So I guess I must be doing something right
D7        G     B7        Em  G        C              G
I must be doing something right when I hold her every night
                  C       G
When her arms are wrapped around me 
                         D7
And we love with all our might
            G         B7   Em  D7
Then I give thanks to Him above 
         C                       G
Cause He blessed this house with love
C    G              D7              G    C
So I know I must be doing something right
      G              D7              C    Am G
Yes I know I must be doing something right

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I Must Be Out Of Your Mind
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Glenn Sutton and Carl Jackson
 
C              G7    Am                F
I stare at the phone pretend that it's ringing
       C                 G7         C   G7
Making believe that it's you on the line
     C          G7      Am      F
Just calling to say you love me again
    C         G7          C   G7
But I must be out of your mind
 
  C              G7         Am               F
I go through the mail every day since you've gone
     C            G7           C    G7
Just knowing that someday I'll find
  C           G7            Am            F
A letter that tells me that you're coming home
    C         G7          C
But I must be out of your mind
 
G7        C           F
I must be out of your mind
   C                          D7         G7
My heart won't admit it's the end of the line
         C        G7           Am           F
And it's crazy to think you'll come back in time
      C         G7          C
Cause I must be out of your mind
 
G7        C           F
I must be out of your mind
   C                          D7         G7
My heart won't admit it's the end of the line
         C        G7           Am           F
And it's crazy to think you'll come back in time
      C         G7          C   F
Cause I must be out of your mind
C         G7          F    C
I must be out of your mind

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I Must Have Done Something Bad
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Red Lane
[3/4 time]

C                              C7             F
I must have done something bad sometime in my life
                  C        G7
And I paid for it time and again
C                                     C7                 F
But this time you've hurt me so bad I could lay down and die
                        C    G7                  C
And the pain grows each day  ten times ten times ten

                                         C7             F
If I thought my hand was against you why I'd cut off my arm
                     C          G7
And I'd walk off and leave it behind
C                                          C7          F
If I thought that you needed money why I'd sell my own soul
             C              G7           C
And I'd even steal from the poor and the blind

                               C7           F
I can't understand how ice can glitter like fire
               C           G7
Why you had me fooled all alone
C                                C7                  F
I gave you all that I had then I searched around for more
                 C          G7             C
And now I've got nothing at all and you're gone

                               C7             F
I must have done something bad sometime in my life
                  C        G7         C
And I paid for it time and again  and again

repeat #3

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I Narrowed This Triangle Down To Two
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Naomi Martin

C                      F               C
You laughed at me each time I said I'd do it
                       D7           G7
I know you thought I'd never have a break
F                              C
But today she crossed to close up to me
    G7                                 C
And then what happened really happened fast 
 
                F               C
Almost before I knew what I was doing 
                         D7               G7
I snatched that hair you run your fingers through
    F                                 C
And then before the crowd had time to gather 
  F             G7               C
I narrowed this triangle down to two
 
  F                              C
I narrowed this triangle down to two
                       D7               G7
With pleasure now I'll give her back to you
         F                      C
Cause as I felt the anger in me dying
    G7                           C
Somehow I knew my love was dying too
 
                    F          C
It's kind of you to offer me a lawyer
                   D7               G7
But now for once I won't be needing you
    F                                C
And I don't think the judge is gonna thank me
           G7                             C
Cause I've narrowed this triangle down to two
 
 Repeat #3
 
              G7                             C
And I've just narrowed this triangle down to two 

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I Need A Good Woman Bad
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl Thomas Conley and Tom Brasfield

G                           Em  
Make the best of some bad romances
        G        D7     G          D7
Held on much too long   to past mistakes
       Em                        C
Always holding out for something better
                     G       D7              G 
Seems I'm either too early   or a little too late
                  D7    G 
And I need a good woman bad
                  Em    D7           G
To laugh when I'm happy cry when I'm sad
             Em            C                 D7
I know she's out there somewhere waiting for me
  Em     G    D7    G
I need a good woman bad
          Em       D7        G
One I can have without being had
              Em          C   
If that ain't too much to ask 
         G    D7    G
I need a good woman bad
                          Em
I'm no stranger to taking chances
   G               D7       G     D7
In fact that don't bother   me at all
             Em                 C
Cause I'm so tired of one night stand's love
            G       D7             G  
I'm finally ready   for a lifetime fall
                  D7    G 
And I need a good woman bad
                  Em    D7           G
To laugh when I'm happy cry when I'm sad
             Em            C                 D7
I know she's out there somewhere waiting for me
  Em     G    D7    G
I need a good woman bad
          Em       D7        G
One I can have without being had
              Em          C   
If that ain't too much to ask 
         G    D7    G
I need a good woman bad

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I Need Jesus
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Willie Henderson and Willie Henderson Jr.
 
C           G7     F            C
Well I need Jesus  you need Him too
             G7         F         C
Along Life's highway to carry you through
                       A#7                F
When you're in trouble don't know what to do
             C     Am    D7          G7        C
Well call on Jesus Jesus Jesus He'll carry you through
 F               C
(He'll carry you through)
                   G7          F              C
Well sometimes I'm forsaken my load's hard to bear
                  G7            F          C
And I feel myself stumble neath my load of care
                             A#7            F
Then I ask Him this question oh my Lord how long
                      C       Am      D7
Then I hear His voice whisper whisper whisper
     G7               C     F                C
Soon you'll be coming home (You'll be coming home)
            G7     F            C
Well I need Jesus  you need Him too
             G7         F         C
Along Life's highway to carry you through
                       A#7                F
When you're in trouble don't know what to do
             C     Am    D7          G7        C
Well call on Jesus Jesus Jesus He'll carry you through
 F               C
(He'll carry you through)

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I Need Somebody To Love Me
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by John Adrian

C
Is there someone in the night who can make me feel right
                               G7
I've been feelin' wrong for so long
                                                   C
Is there someone out there with a dream that I can share
         F
Is there someone who will care if I'm gone or if I'm here
                              C
Who can help me set my spirit free
    G7                            C
I'm lonely and I need somebody to love me
I've got tender lovin' words no woman's ever heard
                             G7
The women I tried turned out wrong
                                                        C
They were noisy they were fast all the kinds that never last
        F
In this big and lonesome world there's just got to be a girl
                                     C
Who can help me to solve love's mystery
    G7                            C
I'm lonely and I need somebody to love me
F                                       C
I never had a woman waitin' on me at my door
    F                   D7
And it's got me feelin' bad you see
                         G7
And I just can't take anymore
       C
So I'm askin' anyone who had to watch the mornin' sun
                   G7
Tryin' hard not to cry
                                                           C
What you feel ain't nothin' new I've been cryin' just like you
      F
Maybe me and you should try to help each other fly
                               C
We can be what lovers ought to be
    G7                            C
I'm lonely and I need somebody to love me
    G7                            C
I'm lonely and I need somebody to love

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I Need To Know Now
Written and recorded by Bobby Helms
 
G                         C
I need to know now if you care
           G             D7
To keep me waiting is so unfair
    G
Now all the women that's after me
  C
I think I outta let 'em be
    G D7           G
But I need to know now
       D7                  G
If you care I need to know now
 
C
There's a pretty little momma
G              G7
Knocking at my door
C
Didn't you just say you love me
D7
For her I'm home no more
   G
Oh love love me true
C
That's all I want from you 
    G D7           G
But I need to know now
       D7                  G
If you care I need to know now
 
 
Now the love's that's in the heart of me
C
That's the way your's outta be but
G D7           G
I need to know now
       D7                  G
If you care I need to know now
 
If you can't decide here's what I'll do
C
String along till I can choose
    G D7           G
But I need to know now
       D7                  G
If you care I need to know now
 
Repeat #2 

=============================

I Need You Strong for Me 
Recorded by Kristy McNichol 
Written by David Shire and Carol Connors

C                            G7
Don't go changing your life  now
Am                      Em
Just cause I'm changing mine
     F               Em  Am
It's time that I was free
      Dm       D7         G7
But I need you strong for me
 
C
Don't go giving up hope now
Am                    Em
We'll keep doing just fine
     F                     Em  Am
I'll make you proud you'll see
      Dm       D7         G7
But I need you strong for me
 
F                        G7       Am
Life has its changes and love its seasons
    Dm                   G7          C
And heartaches come like they always do 
    Am
But when I try to break you
   Dm                  D7
Oh please don't let it shake you
                                  G7
Hold back cause I'm holding on to you
 
C                              G7
Keep on dreaming those dreams  babe
     Am                           Em
They got us through it time after time
       F                 Em  Am
I just need some room to grow
    F              Em Am
You know I have to go
        F                   Em  Am
But I'm not that afraid you see
     Dm       G7         C    F      C
So I need you strong for me   for me me

=============================

I Needed You

I needed you when I met you
You were just playing around
While I painted dreams of our everlasting love
You were just painting the town

Then when you said it was over
I found the heart good and true
Now that it's too late you've discovered
You needed me like I needed you

=============================

Alison Krauss - I Never Cared for You

The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all
And the sky was never blue
The stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall
And I never cared, for you

I know you won't believe these things I tell you
I know, you won't believe
Your heart has been forewarned all men will lie to you
And your mind, cannot conceive
Now all depends on, what I say to you
I know, you're doubting me
So I've prepared these statements far from true
Take heed, and disbelieve

The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all
The sky was never blue
Stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall
And I, never cared for you

The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all
And the sky, was never blue
The stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall
And I, never cared for you
And I, never cared for you
And I, never cared, for you


=============================

Alison Krauss - I Never Cared for You (Live At The Franklin Theatre, Franklin, TN/2016) 

The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all
And the sky was never blue
The stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall
And I never cared, for you

I know you won't believe these things I tell you
I know, you won't believe
Your heart has been forewarned all men will lie to you
And your mind, cannot conceive
Now all depends on, what I say to you
I know, you're doubting me
So I've prepared these statements far from true
Take heed, and disbelieve

The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all
The sky was never blue
Stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall
And I, never cared for you

The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all
And the sky, was never blue
The stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall
And I, never cared for you
And I, never cared for you
And I, never cared, for you...

=============================

I Never Did Know          
Recorded by David Ball
written by David Ball and Dean Dillon

C                       F               C
Pour that glass just as full as you can pour it
               G7           C
Cause I got an aching in my heart
                            F               C
And talk that trash just as long as you can talk it
         G7              C
My whole world is coming apart

G7                        F          C
Dance me round in circles till I get dizzy
F       C                G7
Make my head spin like a top
C                F         C
I may act like a fool gone crazy
            G7               C
But I never did know when to stop

G7                       F               C
I never did know when to quit once I got started
  F              C                 G7
I Got a habit of taking things too far
   C                       F               C
So pour that glass just as full as you can pour it
              G7              C
Cause I loved her with all my heart

                              F                C
Slide these quarters down the slot in that old jukebox
        G7         C
Feed it all it can hold
                     F                 C
Wear that record out spin it till it's red hot
     G7               C
Then give her another go

Cause.... repeat #3  

=============================

I Never Knew Love
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Larry Boone and William Robinson

C                G7         Am   C
I never knew the power of a song 
       F               G7
Till I heard the music playin' 
        F            C  F
The day momma passed on
C               G7            Am    C
Never knew what innocence was about
         F                 G7
Till the first time I laid eyes on the face
     F        C
Of a new born child
  G7         Am   F         C    F    C
I never knew love no I mean real love
  G7         Am           D7
I never knew that kind of love
     G7               F C
Till this moment with you 
             G7                   Am   C
I never understood the meaning of home
       F                G7
Till I pulled into that old dirt drive
      F              C    F
After being gone too long
C                  G7              Am   C
I didn't know what serenity really was 
       F                  G7
Till I stopped one day to listen to
     F            C
That river gently run
Repeat #3 
F              G7              C
I've known the hunger before tonight for other loves
F          G7                  Am   C
I felt the yearning I felt the fire
   Dm    C     F             G7
In their touch but this goes deeper 
        Em              Am
Than anything I've ever known
C         D7    Dm         C     F  G7
Beyond my heart clear down to my soul
C                 G7           Am    C
I never knew what beauty could behold
         F            G7
Till you looked at me and I could see
   F      C       F           C
Forever unfold oh you made me whole
Repeat #3 
Dm         G7    F  C
Till I was loved by you

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The Avett Brothers - I Never Knew You 

Well I guess it's kinda funny how
I loved you so way back when.
You say I wouldn't know you now,
Well I didn't even know you then.

We take (we take)
a lot (a lot)
and no one here can stop
that train (that train)
before (before)
it gets to where it's goin'.
And aaaahhh

Well I guess it's kinda funny how
I loved you so way back when.
You say I wouldn't know you now,
Well I didn't even know you then

I heard (I heard)
About (about)
the company you're keeping
And from (and from)
someone (someone)
Who didn't have much interest
in keeping us apart.

Well I guess it's kinda funny how
I loved you so way back when.
You say I wouldn't know you now,
Well I didn't even know you then

And so I go out friday night and talk to anyone I can.
If they can see me they can hear me run my mouth.
I tell them all I'd love to see you once again
Or maybe just run into you hanging out,
hanging out.

You know (you know)
I lie (I lie)
So it comes as no surprise
When I (When I)
Can't hide (Can't hide)
Don't really want to reunite.

Well I guess it's kinda funny how
I loved you so way back when.
You say I wouldn't know you now,
Well I didn't even know you then.

So I guess it's kinda funny how
I loved you so way back when.
You say I wouldn't know you now,
Well, I didn't even know you then.
No, I didn't even know you then.
No, I didn't even know you then.

=============================

I Never Know

I never knew how much I miss you
I never knew all the tears that I'd cry
Day after day I learn my lesson
You meant forever when you said good-bye

Last night I went out walkin'
By the café where I first met you
I sat there in the shadows
Watching young lovers do what we used to do

I keep a letter you wrote me
Sayin' that we'd never part
One day when I find another
I'll tear it to pieces like you did my heart

=============================

I Never Loved But One

Onward to the eastern skies
With blueing effort kiss the seas
I sigh in place for those blue eyes
That have hope and love for me

   For they obey have stolen away
   That heart that truly once was mine
   Like some lone bird without a mate
   My weary heart is desolate

   I look around but cannot trace
   One welcome word or smiling face
   In gazing crowds I am alone
   Because I never loved but one

Come up closer to me now
Your chestnut hair's been touched with snow
But still it is the same dear face
I loved so well long years ago

   The same as on that winter night
   You bent to me and kissed my brow
   Happy hours of trusting love
   Oh well they're all over now
   
   And I must sail the whitening foam
   Till I can see the foreign home
   Til I forget that lasting face
   I ne're can find a resting place
   
   I look around but cannot trace
   One welcome word or smiling face
   In gazing crowds I am alone
   Because I never loved but one

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I Never Picked Cotton
recorded by Roy Clark
written by Charlie Williams and Bobby George

G
I never picked cotton

Like my mother did and my brother did
       
And my sister did and my daddy died young
D7                G
Working in a coal mine
 
        
When I was just a baby
 
Too little for the cotton sack
 
I played in the dirt while the others worked
          D7                        G
Till they couldn't straighten their backs
 
 
And I made my self a promise
 
When I was old enough to run
 
That I'd never stay a single day
D7               G
In that Oklahoma sun
 
repeat #1
 
Folks said that I grew up early
 
And the farm couldn't hold me then
 
So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck
    D7                G
And I never went back again
 
 
And it was fast cars and whiskey
 
Long legged girls and fun
 
I had everything that money could bring
    D7                   G
And I took it all with a gun
 
repeat #1
 
It was Saturday night in Memphis
 
When a redneck grabbed my shirt
 
And he said go back to your cotton sack
  D7                    G
I left him lying in the dirt
 
 
And they'll take me in the morning
 
To the gallows just outside
 
And in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot
  D7                    G
I can look back on with pride
 
G
I never picked cotton

Like my mother did and my brother did
       
And my sister did and I'll never die young
D7                G
Working in a coal mine

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I Never Really Knew You
Recorded by Vince Gill with Sarah Evans
Written by Vince Gill

G                                     D7
Well I never really knew you till you said goodbye
                                      G
You said it's finally over here's the reasons why
                                          C
You said you've heard enough of all those little lies
  D7                             G
I never really knew you till you said goodbye
                                           D7
Well I thought I made you happy but you've proved me wrong
                                    G
I thought I was the one that really turned you on
                                C
When I came home tonight all my things were gone
        D7                     G
I guess gettin' over me didn't take you long
repeat #1 x2
                                         C
You said you'd heard enough of all those little lies
  D7                             G
I never really knew you till you said goodbye
     D7                             G
No I never really knew you till you said goodbye

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I Never Really Missed You (Till You Were Gone)
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Johnny Cunningham and Chris Dodson
 
C
Each morning when I'd wake up
   F             C
To start another day
                      Am
You were always there beside me
        D7                  G7
To make sure things went my way
        C
All the secret thoughts you shared with me
        F                        C
And the hard times you pulled me through
                 G7         Am     G7
But I never once stopped to realize
       F         G7           C  F C
If you would say what I would do
 
F  G7 C            F                        C
Oh I  never really missed you till you were gone
   F G7    C                F
If I could live my life all over
    C                Dm   G7
I'd sing a different song
     C     E7     F                        C  G7 Am C
Oh I never really missed you till you were gone (gone)
    F                   C
Too late I learned that what I had 
           F      G7  C
Was what I wanted all along
 
Repeat #2

=============================

I Never Will Marry

One morning as I rambled all down the seashore
The wind it did whistle, and the waters did roar
I heard a fair damsel make a pitiful sound
It sounded so lonesome in the waters around 

   I never will marry, or be no man's wife
   I expect to live single all the days of my life
   The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed
   The fish in deep water swim over my head 

She plunged her fair body in the waters so deep
She closed her blue eyes in the waters to sleep
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
She's gone where I never will see her anymore

=============================

I Once Had A Love (The False Bride)
Traditional

I once had a love and I loved her so well
And I hated all others who spoke of her ill
And now she's rewarded me well for my love
For she's gone and she's wed another

And I saw my love up to the church go
With bride and bridesmaidens she made a fine show
And I followed on with my heart full of woe
For she's gone and she's wed another

I saw my love as she sat down to dine
I sat down beside her and poured the wine
And I thought on the lass who should have been mine
She's gone and she's wed another

All the men in the forest they ask it of me
"How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?"
And I answer them with a tear in my eye
"How many ships sail in the forest?"

So dig me a grave and dig it so deep
And cover it over with flowers so sweet
And I'll lay me down for to take a long sleep
And maybe in time I'll forget her


=============================

I Only Exist

   No I'm not living I only exist
   How much longer can I go on like this
   You broke my heart and tortured my mind
   I've lost you darling you're long gone this time

My home is broken you wrecked my young life
You left me here alone to cry
These tears that are flowing will soon dry away
And some day darling I know you will pay

I knew you were no good right from the start
My friends all told me you'd break my heart
When your roaming and rambling days are through
You'll pray for a love like I had for you

=============================

I Only Make You Happy When I Cry
Written and recorded by Justin Trevino
 
C                               F
You must really love to tear me down
    G7                                C   Dm
And pry these hurtful tears out of my eyes
   C                         F
So why do I keep coming back around
        G7                         C
Seems I only make you happy when I cry
 
    D7                                      G7
Why can't I break these chains that keep me bound to you 
     C                            F
It's because I can't imagine love with someone new
D7                                  G7
And so I walk around with teardrops in my eyes
      Dm              G7           C
Seems I only make you happy when I cry
 
                                  F
My love for you is slowly killing me
    G7                                C   Dm
And life with you is a painful way to die
   C                                      F
My heart's grown used to holding this misery
        G7                         C
Seems I only make you happy when I cry
 
D7                                      G7
Why can't I break these chains that keep me bound to you 
     C                            F
It's because I can't imagine love with someone new
D7                                  G7
And so I walk around with teardrops in my eyes
      Dm              G7           C
Seems I only make you happy when I cry
  
        G7                         C
Seems I only make you happy when I cry 

=============================

I Only See You
Recorded by Ray Tombs
Written by Ginny Peters and Clifford G. Snyder

G                                   D7
In a room full of people I only see you
                                            G
With conversation all around me I only hear you
                          G7               C
Your eyes draw me to you across the crowed room
     G                   D7         G
In a room full of people I only see you
                                                        C
Is this infatuation this wild beating I'm feeling in my heart
   D7                                                        G
Is this what poets write about is the way love's supposed to start
I've known love before but what I'm feeling now 
   G7                     C
Is something that's brand new
     G                   D7         G
In a room full of people I only see you
                                  G7              C
When the party's all over and the night is almost through
            G                       D7                  G
When I need someone just to love me may that someone is you
                                                            D7
When they play all the slow songs I want to dance them with you
                                                           G
When they turn down the lights low I want to be there with you
                                      G7             C
And when the party's all over and the night's almost through
            G                       D7                  G
When I need someone just to love me may that someone is you
 
Repeat #2
C    G                   D7         G
In a room full of people I only see you

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Alan Jackson - I Only Want You For Christmas lyrics

The snow is falling   It's Christmas Eve
Presents are wrapped Under the tree
Is there one for me?
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself
I ain't gonna write no letter  Send north to the pole
Cause what I'm wanting this year Saint Nick don't need to know
Oh pick it Rudolph   Go about it Frosty
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself
So put on your Christmas stockings I'll find that mistletoe
Let's get into the the holiday spirits
And honey ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Spoken:
Wooo oooo (train noise)  Oh I had a bicycle   I had a train too
Woooo I only want you


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I Owe The World To You
Written and recorded by Tommy Cash
[3/4 time]
 
C                   F           C
Your sweet love has made me the man that I am
G7                          F              C
Your smiles and your kisses are my helping hand
                   F       C
And as long as you love me I'll always be true
              G7       C   G7
For I owe the world to you
C
Yes I owe the world to you yes I do
                   D7           G7
With you love it's always brand new
    C                          F         C
And there's no loneliness just pure happiness
              G7       C
Yes I owe the world to you
                        F             C
There were times when I thought about just giving up
      G7                           F             C
And a world full of nothing just a string of bad luck
              F     C
Then you came along right out of the blue
              G7       C
Now I owe the world to you
Repeat #2
    C                          F         C
And there's no loneliness just pure happiness
              G7       C
Yes I owe the world to you

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I Prayed for an Angel
Recorded Jack Scott
Written by Laura Veronica
 
C                     Em            F
I prayed for an angel    He sent me you 
          C        D7            G7
And to my surprise    a devil in disguise
C                    Em                 F
I worship the ground    that you walked upon
              C      G7                           C
I gave you my love   oh but just look what you've done
 
               F                           C
Right from the start you've been trouble I see
              D7                      G7
It may have a hand in what you did to me
                C     Em            F
Surly you are a devil    I know now that's true
             C      G7                  C
Cause only a devil    could do what you do
 
           Em     F
(You are a devil   I know that's true
             C       G7                 C
Cause only a devil    could do what you do
F               C      G7           C
I prayed for an angel    He sent me you

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I Pressed Through the Crowd
Artist: Charlie Sizemore

Like a prodigal son
I wandered in darkness
The clutches of sin
They clung to my soul
My burdens were heavy
My sins were so many
But when I touched Jesus
He made me whole
(Chorus)
I pressed through the crowd
Reached out and touched Jesus
The sweet holy spirit
Came into my soul
I knew I'd been changed
My sins all forgiven
'Cause when I touched Jesus
He made me whole
Like the woman who tried
Many physicians
When she touched Jesus
Was healed on that day
My sickness was different 
My sins were so many
When I touched Jesus
He washed them away
(Repeat Chorus)


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I Quit
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Max D. Barnes and Vince Gill

G                       D7
When your said you were leaving 
                  G
I said here we go again
                      D7
I ain't even breaking even 
                          G
In this game I just can't win
                      D7
The cards are stacked against me 
                  G
Your aces beat my twos
                            D7
Seems like bad luck travels with me 
                   G
Like I was born to lose
  C             G
I quit I've had enough 
   D7                    G
Of falling in and out of love
    C                       G
I'm done I'm through that's it 
     D7               G
If I can't have you I quit
                 D7
You were my only sunshine 
                      G
In a world of pouring rain
                   D7
So this will be my last time 
                        G
I can't go through this again
repeat #3
    C                       G
I'm done I'm through that's it 
     D7               G
If I can't have you I quit

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I Ran Out Of Time
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Dale Morris

C                             F           C
I wanted an education just to finish high school
                                                 G7
I didn't want to be like Willie he's an educated fool
  C                                   F            C
I quit school for the factory where I wanted to be boss
                                        G7             C
But like school it's complicated and my ambitions were lost
G7     C                          F               C
Then I wanted to be a soldier and help to win the war
                                              G7
But I didn't believe in what we were fighting for
       C                         F                C
Then I wanted to be married to a fine up-standing girl
                                          G7           C
But her parents they let me know I didn't fit in their world
G7     C                            F         C
Well I just left this party where I had a bad trip
                                         G7
I was just experimenting I was trying to forget
         C                                    F           C
And as I sit here on this bridge Lord it's so dark I feel blind
                                                 G7         C
You know I wanted so many things Lord but I just ran out of time
G7       C                                    F           C
And as I sit here on this bridge Lord it's so dark I feel blind
                                                 G7         F  C
You know I wanted so many things Lord but I just ran out of time

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Dolly Parton - I Really Don't Want To Know lyrics
(Don Robertson/Howard Barnes)

How many arms have held you
And hated to let you go
How many, how many I wonder
But I really don't want to know
And how many lips have kissed you
And set your soul aglow
How many, how many I wonder
But I really don't want to know
So always make me wonder
And always make me guess
Even if I ask you
Darlin', don't confess
No you just let that remain your secret
'Cause darlin' I do love you so
How many, how many I wonder
But I really don't want to know
How many, how many I wonder
But I really don't want to know


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Dolly Parton - I Really Got The Feeling lyrics

I really got the feeling that I'll love you for a long long time
I felt it from the moment we met you didn't ask me my sign
I love my daddy but it really don't matter what my daddy might say
I really got the feeling that I'll love you 'til my dying day
You're a gentle man
And a gentle man is getting mighty hard to find these days
And you're a tender man
And you're man enough to show your love and tender ways
I really got the feeling that I'll love you for a long long time
I felt it from the moment we met you didn't ask me my sign
I love my daddy but it really don't matter what my daddy might say
I really got the feeling that I'll love you 'til my dying day
I love those silly things you do
You make me feel once more like an innocent child of two
I really got the feeling that I'll love you for a long long time
I felt it from the moment we met you didn't ask me my sign
I love my daddy but it really don't matter what my daddy might say
I really got the feeling that I'll love you 'til my dying day
I really got the feeling got the feeling
I really got the feeling got the feeling
I really got the feeling that I'll love you 'til my dying day


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I Recall A Gypsy Woman

Silver coins that jingle jingle
Fancy shose that dance in time
Oh the secrets of her dark eyes
They did sing a gypsy thyme

Yellow clover in tangled blossoms
In a melted silky green
Where she held me to her bosom
Just a boy of seventeen

I recall the gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin against the moonlight
And the taste of lifes sweetwine

Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows
Stir the darkness in my mind
Oh gentle woman you sleep beside me
A little gnome who haunts my mind

Oh gypsy lady I hear your laughter
And the dance is in my head
While my tender wife and baby
Slumber softly in their bed

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - I Remember lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I remember, I remember
I remember momma and daddy most of all
I remember meadows and fields of golden wheat
I remember song birds and sugar cane so sweet
I remember lots of things that often I recall
But I remember momma and daddy most of all
I remember ginger bread my momma used to bake
I remember home-made toys that Daddy used to make
Yes, I remember many things that often I recall
But I remember momma and daddy most of all
I remember momma and daddy most of all
In our little country home they filled with love
I remember momma and daddy most of all
And all the things they did to make life happier for us
Yes I remember lots of things that often I recall
But I remember momma and daddy most of all
I remember candy that daddy used to bring
I remember songs my momma used to sing
Oh I Remember many things that often I recall
But I remember momma and daddy most of all
I remember momma and daddy most of all
And how they taught us children right from wrong
I remember momma and daddy most of all
How they used to hope and pray they'd live to see us grown
Oh I remember many things that often I recall
I remember momma and daddy most of all
I remember, I remember
I remember momma and daddy most of all
Most of all


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I Ride An Old Paint
Arr. Arlo Guthrie

I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan
I'm goin' to Montana to throw the hoolihan
They'll feed in the coulees, and water in the draw
Their tails are all matted, and their backs are all raw

Chorus:
Ride around little dogies, ride around real slow
For they're fiery and snuffy are rarin' to go

Old Bill Jones had a daughter and a son
One went to college, the other went wrong
His wife, she got killed in a poolroom fight
But still he's a-singin' from mornin' till night

Chorus

When I die, take my saddle from the wall
Place it on my old pony, lead him out of his stall
Tie my bones to my saddle and turn our faces to the West
And we'll ride the prairie we love the best

Chorus

Repeat First Verse

Chorus


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Richard Thompson - I Ride In Your Slipstream Lyrics

I ride in your slipstream
I wear your reflection
I echo your heartbeat
In the wind

You might say we're lovers
You might say we're strangers
You think you don't know me
But you're wearing my ring

Good road, bad road
Just don't mean a thing
Good dream, bad dream
Just don't mean a thing

Down in the while of the wheels you'll hear me sing
I'm like a TV eye in the sky but I'm right behind you
I'm like your signed confession but I'm right behind you
I'm like the child you never were but I'm right behind you

Let's ride
I ride in your slipstream
But don't try to touch me
Just trust me to love you, I love you

I ride in your slipstream
I ride in your slipstream
I ride in your slipstream

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I Rise I Fall
Recorded by Johnny Tillotson
Written by Paul Hampton

C        Am        F           G7        C
I rise I fall with each little thing you do
           Am       F           G7      C
You hurt I hurt I'm that much a part of you
F               G7         E7        Am
And when you're happy baby I'm happy too
          F           G7      C  G7
Since I'm that much a part of you
C        Am        F           G7         C
I rise I fall with each little breath you take
          Am        F          G7        C
You cry I cry cause I feel the same heartache
F               G7           E7          Am
And when you're smiling baby I'm smiling too
          F           G7      C
Since I'm that much a part of you
F             Em      F                C
Your lips are my lips my heart is your heart
F            Em              D7            G7
Never let us be further than just a breath apart
C        Am        F           G7        C
I rise I fall with each little thing you do
           Am       F           G7      C
You hurt I hurt I'm that much a part of you
F               G7            E7        Am
Everything that you feel baby I feel it too
          F           G7      C
Since I'm that much a part of you
          F           G7      C   Am  C
Since I'm that much a part of you

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I Said All That To Say All This
Recorded by George Jones

C
Last night when I said it was getting colder 

I thought you'd take the hint
                                                  
Well I wanted my arm around your shoulder 
       G7
That's what I really meant

       F
When I asked if I could drive you home   
G7
I didn't want to be alone
           C                   F
We've been friends a long long time 
       G7
Oh why can't you see what's on my mind

  F
I said all that to say all this 
            C
I want your touch and I need your kiss
      G7
Honey if I even had half the nerve 
         C
I'd give in and swallow desert

            F
Every other thing that you do to me 
            C
You make my head spin and my knees go weak
     G7
I've fallen in love and I can't resist 
                           C
I said all that to say all this


Baby I'm standing on the edge 

All I need is a little push
         
But it's hard to speak my heart so 
       G7
I keep beating around the bush

       F
When I said I need someone like you  
G7
Couldn't you see where it was leading too
           C                F
You're the only one who can do it 
        G7
Where I thought you'd see right through it

repeat #3 and 4

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I Sang Dixie
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
I sang Dixie as he died 
The people just walked on by as I cried
               F                           C
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride 
          G7       C
I sang Dixie as he died
                                        
He said way down yonder in the land of cotton
F
Old times there ain't near as rotten 
        C                         G7
As they are on this damned old LA street
C
Then he drew a dying breath 
F
Laid his head against my chest
       C             G7                C
Please Lord take his soul back home to Dixie
repeat #1
                  
He said listen to me son while you still can 
F
Run back home to that southern land
          C                              G7
Don't you see what life here has done to me
C
Then he closed those old blue eyes 
F
And fell limp against my side
        C             G7                C
No more pain now he's safe back home in Dixie
repeat #1
          G7       F   C
I sang Dixie as he died

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I Saw a Man at the Close of Day

I saw a man at the close of day
standing by a grocery door
His eyes were sunken his lips were parched
And I viewed him o'er and o'er

His little son stood by his side
And unto him he said
Oh father mother is sick at home
And sister cries for bread

He turned around went in at the door
He staggered up to the bar
And faltering on to the landlord sayin'
Just give me one dram more

A year or so I passed thereby
And a crowd stood round the door
When I asked the reason one replied
The drunkard is no more

Just then a hearse moved slowly by
No wife nor children near
They had gone before this foul murder
And left this world of care

Come all you jolly dram drinkers
By this a warning take
And quit the overflowing bowl
Before it is too late

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I Saw The Light

I wandered so aimless my heart filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear Savior in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
Praise the Lord I saw the light

   I saw the light I saw the light
   No more darkness no more night
   Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
   Praise the Lord I saw the light

Just like a blind man I wandered alone
Worries and fears I claimed for my own
Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord I saw the light

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I Saw You Today
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw 
Written by Bobby Braddock

G               C            G
Despite all the distance and time
        Em           D7          C
And the changes that I have gone through
    G             C           G
You never strayed far from my mind
      Am                     D7
And I never stop hoping once more I'll see you

       G         C   G  Am
Then I saw you today 
       D7          G   D7 Em D7
In the backyard at play
C         D7         E7
Baby blue eyes blond hair in the wind
      Am           F              G        E7  Am
She's you all over again although you went away
  D7        G
I saw you today

          C         G
I used to wish on a star
    Em        D7        C
And I used to send up a prayer
   G            C          G
To Heaven where I know you are
     Am                     D7
That someday I'd see you up there or somewhere

       G       C   G  Am
Then I saw you today 
       D7          G   D7 Em D7
In the backyard at play
C         D7         E7
Baby blue eyes blond hair in the wind
      Am           F              G        E7  Am
She's you all over again although you went away
  D7                G
I saw you I saw you today

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I Saw Your Face In The Moon

I saw your face in the moon honey
You threw a smile at me
You pretended that you were happy
But in those loving eyes I could see

You were having blue thoughts of by gone
Days you and I once knew
But I could see you smile
And you faded with the blue
When I saw your face in the moon honey
When I saw your face in the moon

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I See An Angel Everyday
Written and recorded by Billy Parker

G                             G7                      C
I've never been to heaven and walked those streets of gold
                   G                                   D7
I haven't seen the pearly gates or heard them call the roll
     G                            G7                 C
I've never heard an angel band or trumpets when they blew
                   G             D7             G
But I see an angel everyday when I come home to you
     D7                     C                   G
They say an angel's body is one thing you can't touch
    A7                                 D7
But they don't know about the one that touches me so much
G                             G7                    C
They say angels can't be seen but I know that's not true
               G             D7             G
I see an angel everyday when I come home to you
                                G7               C
An angel's not supposed to wear cowboy boots and jeans
                  G                                  D7
Or ride around in pickup trucks they fly around with wings
G                                G7            C
Someone left the gates to heaven open wide one day
                  G             D7               G
And I'm the lucky man who found the one that got away
Repeat #2
C              G             D7             G
I see an angel everyday when I come home to you

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The Duhks - I See You 

I see you, for everything you are
In this sea of people, you're the shining star
They fade away, fade away

Hear the trumpets blaze, let the carnival begin
Take over the streets like the strongest gust of wind and
Celebrate, celebrate

Luminous I see you, glorious and strong
Your laughter is the sweetest song
If I could only hear you sing all day? sing all day

If we should meet up, somewhere on a cloud
Let it rain beneath us, let the sun shine above
Let us float away? fade away

Not even time could make us fade away
Not even distance could lead our heart astray
Nothing, nothing, nothing could come between
Not even time could make us fade away
Not even distance could lead our heart astray

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I Shall Be Released
Bob Dylan

They say ev'rything can be replaced,
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
So I remember ev'ry face
Of ev'ry man who put me here.

Chorus:
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

They say ev'ry man needs protection,
They say ev'ry man must fall.
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Some place so high above this wall.

Chorus

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout so loud,
Crying out that he was framed.

Chorus


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I Should Start Running
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Paul Belvins

C        Dm        G7
Here you are in my arms again 
F              C
I should start running
           Dm
Before you break my heart again 
G7             C
I should start running
                     C7
I tried and tried to cast aside 
    F
The love I hold for you
    G7
But times like this makes me forget 
                C
That you were untrue
                      C7
My heart says run you foolish one 
     F
Your lips tell me to stay
    G7
I'm caught between a right and wrong 
                       C
And don't know which to take
         Dm        G7
Here you are in my arms again 
F              C
I should start running
           Dm
Before you break my heart again 
G7             C
I should start running

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Nickel Creek - I Should've Known Better

It's been a long time comin' and the card were stacked.
It's been a long hard road to hell and back.
Your love meant trouble from the day we met.
You won every hand, I lost every bet.

Now you'd think that I should've known better.
Now I think that I should've seen it come.
My heart sank when I read that letter.
It sank like a stone, it sank like a stone.

A cup of cold coffee, yesterday's mail.
A bad love like this is always bound to fail.
Your love meant trouble from the day we met.
If you want your things, they're on the front step.

Now you'd think that I should've known better.
Now I think that I should've seen it come.
My heart sank when I read that letter.
It sank like a stone, it sank like a stone.

All alone in my kitchen.
All alone in my head.
Somethings you can't take back, once they've been said.
I don't know what this love is for.
All I know is I don't want it anymore.

Now you'd think that I should've known better.
Now I think that I should've seen it come.
My heart sank when I read that letter.
It sank like a stone, it sank like a stone.

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I Sleep Just Like A Baby
Recorded by George Jones
Written by J. Chambers, B. Sherrill, L. Jenkins

C                                    F
By now I bet she's wondering how I'm doing
   C                                  G7
If it broke my heart when she told me goodbye
C                                    F
Well every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry
                                   F
I'll bet she even thinks I'm gonna miss her
    C                                  G7
She probably thinks she's always on my mind
C                                   F
But every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry
F                              C
She believes that I can't live without her
                F   C                   G7
And it hurts so bad some times I almost die
C                                    F
Well every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry
spoken:
You know I bet way down deep
That she thinks I'll always love her
And I'll bet she thinks I'll never love another
No matter how hard I try
C                                     F
Cause every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry
                                             F
Lord every night I sleep like a little bitty baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry

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Alan Jackson - I Slipped And Fell In Love lyrics

A drunk man walking down a rainy street
A wood floor and new socks on your bare feet
You look down and suddenly you're looking up
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
A bald tire running on an icy road
A steep hill underneath a foot of snow
A greased pig fallen off a pickup truck
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
I hope that you're feeling the way that I feel
It's just like flying but you're standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
An ice cube hiding on your kichen floor
A bad step leading up to your back door
How'd I wind up on my butt
Whoops, I slipped and feel in love
I hope that you're feeling the way that I feel
It's just like flying but you're standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
I hope that you're feeling the way that I feel
It's just like flying but you're standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
Help, I've fallen I can't getup
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love


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I Start Losing You All Over Again
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Dallas Frazier and Arthur Leo Owens

G                        C                   G
When the neon signs stop flashing through my window
                        A7            D7
When the silence of the midnight hour begins
          G                  G7           C              G
When they close the swinging doors to the honky tonk downstairs
C       G          D7       G
I start losing you all over again
         D7                             C    G   C  G
When the sun comes up tomorrow I'll get over you
         C         G                 A7              D7
For love becomes a stranger when the bottle holds my hand
    G                      G7                   C              G
But late at night when the wine gives in to the memory of your love
C       G          D7       G
I start losing you all over again
Repeat #2
    C       G          D7       G
Yes I start losing you all over again

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I Still Believe
Recorded by Lee Greenwood
Written by Doug Johnson

G
Sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's not 
C
Sometimes I can't think of one thing we've got 
D7           C            Bm       D7
In common to keep us from falling apart 
   C                    D7
To keep holding on with hope in our hearts 
G
Sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it`s hell 
C
Sometimes it seems we would be just as well 
D7         C           Bm       D7
Off on our own knowing somebody else 
       C                          D7
Then I think about all we've been through
                G
There have been so many nights that you saved me 
G7              C       G            Am     C
There have been so many mornings you gave me 
    D7         C          Bm         D7
The courage to get up and get out of bed 
   C                       D7
To face the world one more day 
                G
There have been so many trials we've conquered together 
    C       G              Am          C
And so many miles of rough roads we've weathered 
    D7      C            Bm              Am
And I swear forever that I'll never leave 
      C    D7        G
Cause lady I still believe
You bring out my best you can bring out my worst 
    C
You feed every hunger then leave me burning with thirst 
           D7                      Bm          D7
And at the moment that I know that I'll surely die 
     C                      D7
Your love is my fountain of life
 
Repeat #3,4
   C    D7        G
Oh lady I still believe

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I Still Believe In You
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by John Jarvis and Vince Gill

C                        G7
Everybody wants a little piece of my time
F                          C          G7
But still I put you at the end of the line
C                         F
How it breaks my heart to cause you this pain
Dm                       C              G7 F
To see the tears you cry falling like rain
            C              Am
Give me the chance to prove 
                 F     G7
And I'll make it up to you
C                  A#7
I still believe in you 
       Dm               C    F G7
With a love that will always be
C                      A#7
Standing so strong and true  
     Dm              C  F   G7  C
Baby I still believe in you and me
                          G7
Somewhere along the way I guess I just lost track
     F                        C       G7
Only thinking of myself never looking back
C                               F
For all the times I've hurt you I apologize
    Dm                       C          G7  F
I'm sorry it took so long to finally realize
            C              Am
Give me the chance to prove 
                 F     G7
And I'll make it up to you
C                  A#7
I still believe in you 
       Dm               C    F G7
With a love that will always be
C                      A#7
Standing so strong and true  
     Dm              C  F   G7  F
Baby I still believe in you and me
     C                  A#7
Baby I still believe in you 
       Dm               C    F G7
With a love that will always be
C                      A#7
Standing so strong and true  
     Dm              C  F   G7  C
Baby I still believe in you and me

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I Still Belong To You
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

C               G7      Am    G7   F                C
I've thought of leaving you a note but every time I start
        E7          Am                   D7            G7
There's no ink blue enough to write this feeling in my heart
C         Em          Am   G7  F                     C G7
Sometimes I'd like to run away but where would I run to
C              Am                F         G7      C
My heart would keep reminding me I still belong to you
     Em         Am      C    F                     C
Many times I've had the urge to pack my things and leave
E7               Am             D7            G7
But this feeling comes and goes so I'll never do
C          Em  Am        G7    F                     C      G7
For I love you enough to stand the things you put me through
C                  Am       F         G7      C
No matter what you do to me I still belong to you
              G7                   C             F
I hurt inside but what is pride it won't keep me warm at night
C                 F              D7               G7
It has no arms to take me in and hold me like you do
C           E7     Am       C    F                   C  G7
What little bit of love you give is all I'm clingin' to
C                     Am           F         G7      C
It takes your love to make me live I still belong to you
                      Am           F         G7      C
It takes your love to make me live I still belong to you

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I Still Carve Your Name On The Pines
BMI Work #: 9228014
I Still Carve Your Name On The Pines (Larry W. Jones 11/04/2007) (song#5144)

Many years have come and gone, my darling
Most of them were filled with tears of regret
Through the years I still loved you, my darling
You were dear to me and I can't forget
I still love you just as much, my darling
Even though you are now no longer mine
I still hunger for your touch, my darling
And dear, I still carve your name on the pines
These lonely years seem to forever roll
Through them all I have tried to roll along
Oh, I have cried and the years took their toll
As I remembered our sweet old love song
- instrumental -
I still love you just as much, my darling
Even though you are now no longer mine
I still hunger for your touch, my darling
And dear, I still carve your name on the pines
I heard dear, that you had wed another
You now live in a mansion big and fine
I'd write you sometime but I won't bother
I'll stay here in my cottage in the pines
I still love you just as much, my darling
Even though you are now no longer mine
I still hunger for your touch, my darling
And dear, I still carve your name on the pines


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Richard Thompson - I Still Dream Lyrics

It was cruel of you to stand at my door and take my hand
Like a drowning man, I clung to my defenses
And ten years is a time but your looks love, it's a crime
And I lost my tongue in the tangle of my senses

And I never was to know that I'd come to miss you so
But time winds down and I turned my back long ago

But I still dream, oh darling, I still dream
Oh, I still dream, oh Lord knows, I still dream

On the killing floor, I stand with a stun-gun in my hand
Like a cowboy shooting badmen on the range
And nothing satisfies and the soul inside me dies
As I duck each punch and never risk the change

And now you look at me with that same old used-to-be
Oh, but time winds down and I turned my back long ago

But I still dream, oh darling, I still dream

Ah, but now you look at me with that same old used-to-be
But time winds down and I turned my back long ago

But I still dream, oh darling, darling I still dream
I still dream, oh Lord knows, Lord knows, I still dream
Oh, I still dream, oh darling, darling, darling, I still dream

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Dolly Parton - I Still Lost You lyrics

Nothing new, nothing different, nothing better, nothing more
Nothing else to give you I didn't give before
I gave my love completely, my heart was always yours
It wouldn't do, I still lost you
You want to give it one chance; Don't know why we should
We'd never get that far again or make the love that good
We had our chance, we blew it; And I'll never understand
Careless fools, I still lost you
You want to fan the flames of love, stir up passion's fire
Conjure up familiar lusts, stir up past desires
What we had then, we don't have now; And I would just compare
I refuse, I still lost you
Too late for starting over, it hardly ever works
Too many missing pieces, too much water, too much hurt
I already lost you once, and that makes matters worse
What's the use, I still lost you
Oh you want to fan the flames of love, stir up passion's fire
Conjure up familiar lusts, stir up past desires
What we had then, we don't have now; And I would just compare
I refuse, I still lost you
Oh what's the use, I still lost you
I lost you


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Brad Paisley - I Still Love The Night Life lyrics

How dare you accuse me of being on a leash
Just because you haven't seen me
On the town the last few weeks
You say that girl I'm seein? has somehow made me change
But I say take a closer look
Deep down I'm still the same
Yeah, I still love the night life
Even though I've settled down
I can have the time of my life
Without leavin? the house
We have our own private parties
The good times never end
Yeah, I still love the night life
It's the best it's ever been
There may not be a jukebox, but I still love to dance
We two step ¡®cross that kitchen floor
Each time we get the chance
From neon light to soft white, sawdust to squeaky clean
It's different circumstances
Ah, but some things never change
Yeah, I still love the night life
Even though I've settled down
I can have the time of my life
Without leavin? the house
We have our private parties
The good times never end
Yeah, I still love the night life
It's the best it's ever been
Yeah, I still love the night life
Even though I've settled down
I can have the time of my life
Without leavin? the house
We have our own private parties
The good times never end
Yeah, I still love the night life
It's the best it's ever been
Yeah, I still love the night life
It's the best it's ever been


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Alan Jackson - I Still Love You lyrics

I Still Love You
The door still creaks, the roof still leaks
When the rain comes fallindown
The dog still barks at every car that comes around
My boss at work, heæ?¯ still a jerk
That ainæ?° nothing new
Iæ?¦ such a dope, my heartæ?¯ still broke
æ??ause I still love you
Chorus:
My favorite picture of you is still on my windowsill
You wrote to me donæ?° ever change
And Iæ?¦ afraid I never will
When day is done the night still comes
And I still toss and turn
I still try to have some pride,
While the bridge still burns
My arms still ache, my heart still waits
And I know thereæ?¯ no use
Iæ?¦ still a fool and itæ?¯ so cruel
æ??ause I still love you
Chorus:
My favorite picture of you is still on my windowsill
You wrote to me donæ?° ever change
And Iæ?¦ afraid I never will
The door still creaks, the roof still leaks
But that ainæ?° nothing new
Thanks for the call, I guess thatæ?¯ all
Except I still love you


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I Still Love You Enough
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Ricci Mareno

C       D7                 G7                C    F  C G7
I still love you enough to love you all over again
     C                     Em                         C  Am
It's been such a long long time since you've said goodbye
  Em           Am                       D7
I thought that time would erase all the hurt 
                   G7
And my heart would mend
      C                     Em           G7     Am
But I saw you today and one look made me realize
     Em      D7                 G7                C    F C
That I still love you enough to love you all over again
    F                 Em        F                C
One look and my heart remembers the love we once knew
        Am                          D7                G7
I could feel that old sweet feelin' I got from lovin' you
        C                     Em                          G7
I don't love you as much as I did when our love found its end
Am          D7                 G7                Em
But I still love you enough to love you all over again
    F                 Em        F                C
One look and my heart remembers the love we once knew
        Am                          D7                G7
I could feel that old sweet feelin' I got from lovin' you
        C                     Em                          G7
I don't love you as much as I did when our love found its end
Am          D7                 G7                C     F Em C
But I still love you enough to love you all over again

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I Still Miss Someone

At my door the leaves are falling
a cold wild wind will come
sweethearts walk by together
and I still miss someone

   Tho I never got over those blue eyes
   I see them everywhere
   I miss those arms that held me
   When all the love was there

I go out on a party
and look for a little fun
but I find a darkened corner
cause I still miss someone

I wonder if she's sorry
for leaving what we'd begun
there's someone for me somewhere
and I still miss someone

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Mac Wiseman  - I Still Write Your Name In The Sand 

It's been many years since we were childhood sweethearts
Blissful days that I never can forget
And you know I stilllove you little darling
Though the years bring me only regret.

Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you
And I still write your name in the sand

Through the long, lonely years I have loved you
And I've waited, but only in vain
Now I know I've lost you my darling
But I still sing the same old refrain.

Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you
And I still write your name in the sand

Now I know that your heart is for another
And it grieves me more than I can stand
Though I've lost the only one that I care for
I will still write your name in the sand.

Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you
And I'll still write you name in the sand.

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I Still Write Your Name In The Snow
Recorded by Chet Atkins
Written by Billy Edd Wheeler and Chet Atkins

G                           C                  G
Well I'm almost sorry now I caught you messin' round 
                         Em         A7             D7
Cause you packed up your pickup and boogied out of town 
     G                             C
Well darlin' I think you'd like to know 
       G                 D7          G
That I st-ill write your name in the snow
C                                  G
When the snowflakes fall I guess I see 
     D7                            G
That happy you and me that used to be 
    C                                 G
And when the snow has covered all the ground 
  A7                                  D7
I hear your name and have to write it down
 
G                                           C
Well do you think of me when you're feelin' low 
    G                       D7          G
And wish you could write my name in the snow
                           C                    G
Well I once had an inklin' that you'd come back again
               Em         A7              D7
I see now that I was just tinklin' in the wind 
       G                               C
You've hurt me more than you will ever know 
      G                 D7          G
And I st-ill write your name in the snow
 
C                                         G
Well when those snowflakes fall I guess I see 
     D7                            G
That happy you and me that used to be 
C                             G
I write your name so beautifully  
         A7                                D7
But it's hard to cross the I's and dot the T's
G                                      C
Do you think of me when you're feelin' low 
    G                       D7          G
And wish you could write my name in the snow
              A7                   D7
Sonofagun I'm tired of livin' this way 
               G
I'm writin' it down

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I Stopped Living Yesterday
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier 

Intro: 
D7       G                 D7           G
It can't hurt me I stopped living yesterday
Let the icy cold wind blow
       C           G
Let it rain let it snow
                                       D7
Let a hurting heartache move inside to stay
        G
Let the shoes wear off my feet
       C                G
Let me sleep out in the street
                           D7           G
It can't hurt me I stopped living yesterday
C                           G
You were every reason I had left to live
                Em               Am                D7
But yesterday a stranger offered more than I could give
        G
I don't care which road I take
            C              G
Or how much misery's in my way
                           D7           G
It can't hurt me I stopped living yesterday
repeat #3
                           D7           G
It can't hurt me I stopped living yesterday

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I Sure Need Her Now
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Clarence Wayne Kemp and Claude Putman Jr.
[3/4 time]

C                                            F          C
I want her now but it's too late her love is turning to hate
      D7            G7
And I sure need her now 
              C                     F             C
I've done her wrong for so long her love's almost gone 
      G7            C   C7
And I sure need her now
         F                         C
I didn't want her before now she's closing the door
                            D7             G7
I walk on the wrong side of the line until now
           C                                F            C
I'm on the right side of the line now she's changing her mind
      G7             C
And I still need her now
                               F              C
I'm afraid that any day she'll turn to me and say
         D7            G7
She just don't need me now 
         C                         F            C
But I'll stay on my knees till the day that she leaves
      G7            C
And I sure need her now
         F                         C
I didn't want her before now she's closing the door
                            D7             G7
I walk on the wrong side of the line until now
           C                                F            C
I'm on the right side of the line now she's changing her mind
      G7             C
But I still need her now

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I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
Recorded by Merle Haggard
 
Am
Things I learned in hobo jungle
                       D7             G
Were things they never taught me in a class room
     Am
Like where to find a hand out
                      D7             G
While bumming through Chicago in the afternoon
 
             
Hey I'm not bragging or complaining 
                                  C
I'm just talking to myself man to man
Am                      D7             Am           D7
This ole mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a lotta doing
      Am            D7              G
But I take a lot of pride in what I am
 
  Am 
I guess I grew up a loner
                             D7        G 
I don't remember ever having any folks around
      Am
But I keep thumbing through the phone books
                           D7            G 
And looking for my daddy's name in every town

           
And I meet lots of friendly people 
                                     C
That I always wind up leaving on the lam
Am                               D7           Am           D7 
Hey where I've been or where I'm going didn't take a lotta knowing
      Am            D7              G 
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

  Am 
I never travel in a hurry
                     D7             G
Because I got nobody waiting for me anywhere
        Am 
Home is anywhere I'm living
                                D7            G
If it's sleeping on some vacant bench in City Square

          
Or if I'm working on some road gang 
                                        C 
Or just living off the fat of our great land
Am                    D7          Am            D7     
I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title
      Am            D7              G     
And I take a lot of pride in what I am 


Am                    D7          Am            D7     
I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title
      Am            D7              G     
And I take a lot of pride in what I am

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I Take The Fifth
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Dave Lindsey, Leo Taylor, Lee Bach

G7   C              F                 C
Your leaving's made quite a change in me 
                             G7             C
And it's quite a change from what I used to be
                F                C
I used to talk about you all the time
                       G7               C
But now talking is the last thing on my mind
F                G7             C
When it comes to you I take the fifth
F               C             G7
Your name don't ever cross my lips
       F           G7             C            F
Lately I refuse to talk sometimes I can hardly walk
                      G7             C    G7
But when asking about you I take the fifth
   C                          F              C
My friends must think they're talking to the wall
                     G7              C
Cause I don't have a thing to say at all
                     F               C
They question me but they don't understand
                    G7            C
I'm holding all the answers in my hand
Repeat #2
      F           G7             C         F
And I exercise my rights in this bar every night
                       G7             C
When they ask me about you I take the fifth

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The Avett Brothers - I Thank God 

This wonderful world we live in
Is God's masterpiece of art
And I live each golden moment
With his love in my heart

I thank God for blessing me
With eyes to see each wondrous day
And I thank God for hands to help
My fellow man along the way

He gave me lips to speak the simple truth
And ears to hear the magic dreams of youth

I thank God for giving me
His blessed book with words divine
For now I know, dear God I know
The miracle of life is mine

Yes, now I know, dear God I know
The miracle of life is mine

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I Think I'm Gonna Live Forever   
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Merle Haggard, Dennis Hromek, Bennie Binion
 
G                       C
When you first left me baby
                                 G
I thought I would surely lose my mind
                           D7               G
Every day of life was just another day gone by
                       C                G
Well you really had me down in a deep depression
 
                          D7            G
I wanted real bad just to crawl off and die
                                C
But now  I think I'm gonna live forever
                                        G
Hey dying ain't on my list of things to do
                       D7
I think I'm gonna live forever
       C                   D7               G
Hey it feels so good to be out of love with you
 
                     C
Hey babe you left me hanging
                                    G
Just trying to aggravate me all the way
                             D7             G
And you got it done just the way you always do
                       C             G
But all you really did was aggravate me
                       
                           D7         G
'Cause I got my health and I got over you
                               C
But now I think I'm gonna live forever
                                        G
Hey dying ain't on my list of things to do
                       D7
I think I'm gonna live forever
       C                   D7               G
Hey it feels so good to be out of love with you

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I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Randy Newman

Broken windows and empty hallways
A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with gray
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today

Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles
With frozen smiles to keep love away
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today

Lonely, lonely
Tin can at my feet
Think I'll kick it down the street
That's no way to treat a friend

Right before me the signs implore me
Help the needy and show them the way
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today


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I Think Living Is Sweet
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Everett Jimmy Corbin
[3/4 time]

C                                                       G7
I've got a house on the hill looking down in the valley below
                                                        C
Listen to an old Whippoorwill and a fast freight on the go
                                                      G7
Here in the mountains we love it's peaceful and happy retrieve 
                                                       C
With the moon and stars up above hey I think living is sweet

    F                                                     C
Yes I think living is sweet got a love that just can't be beat
                           G7                C
Life is simply a dream yes I think living is sweet

                                                   G7
I've got the sun upon high continually lighting my way
                                                  C
Songbirds fly high in the sky oh what a beautiful day
                                                          G7
I've got a woman who loves me and children play around my feet
                                                C
I'm happy as I'll ever be yes I think living is sweet

Repeat #2

     G7                C
Well I think living is sweet

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I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name

You said goodbye to me this morning
With only these few words to explain
You said you found someone you loved better
But I still hear your voice call my name

    I thought I heard you calling my name
    Funny how it still feels this way
    Your voice seemed so close but I knew
    That by now you were many miles away

I walk through the streets of the city
People passing by think it's so strange
I'm talking but there's no on beside me
But I still hear your voice call my name

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I Thought It Was You
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Gary Harrison and Tim Mensy

C                      G7        F           C     G7
I called your name out loud to a stranger yesterday
C               G7
When she turned around 
           F          G7          C
I said I'm sorry' and just walked away
F                   C             F
From a distance she had that look 
          C         Dm
And for a second or two
G7               C
I thought it was you
          F         G7       C                     F
It took a moment to catch my breath tried to brace myself
G7                 C           F          G7       C
Still don't have a clue how to leave your memory behind
               F                   Am          C            F
After all this time I hear there's one special love in each life
                       C    G7               C   F G7
Now I must look like a fool I thought it was you
C                     G7           F          G7     C   G7
I still drive by your house takin' trips down memory lane
C                        G7
We had our future worked out 
            F           G7        C
At least we did on that old porch swing
F                    C      F        C       Dm
Today in my rearview mirror I saw an old Malibu
G7                        C
And girl I thought it was you
          F         G7       C                     F
It took a moment to catch my breath tried to brace myself
G7                 C           F          G7       C
Still don't have a clue how to leave your memory behind
               F                   Am          C            F
After all this time I hear there's one special love in each life
                       C    G7               C
Now I must look like a fool I thought it was you
F             C    G7               C
Am I really a fool I thought it was you
F         G7     C
I thought it was you
F                  C
Why couldn't it be you 

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I Told Them All About You
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Cliff Friend

C
I told the whippoorwill told the daffodil

Just how pretty you smile
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you


I told the little bird every single word

That you said worthwhile
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you
 
  F                                  C
I told that big ol' mellow moon that shined above
    D7                               G7
How you roll those big blue eyes and how you could love

C
A city life instead there's gonna be a honeymoon for two
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you


I told the whippoorwill told the daffodil

Just how pretty you smile
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you


I told the little bird every single word

That you said worthwhile
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you

  F                                  C
I told that big ol' mellow moon that shined above
    D7                               G7
How you roll those big blue eyes and how you could love

C
A city life instead there's gonna be a honeymoon for two
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you

      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you
      G7                  C
Yes I told them all about you

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Dolly Parton - I Took Him For Granted lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I once was blind
But now I see
I took him for granted
She took him from me
I once had a love
But now now I have none
And I'm, I'm as blue as can be
I treated him a-wrong
And now I'm, I'm all alone
I took him for granted
She took him from me
Well if I had known then
Just what I know now
I would've treated him so differently
And if I, if I had known
Well then I
I could've shown him more love
Than he'll ever see from her
I thought I had his love
In the palm of my hand
But I, I guess she showed me
And now I, I understand
Just how she, she got my man
I took him for granted
She took him from me


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I Traded My Heart For His Gold
Recorded by Bonnie Owens

G                  C           G
I was once a happy wife living in a happy home
D7                            G
With true love so real and so strong
                          C         G
I gave up these things in life to become a stranger's wife
       D7                      G
And to live in a millionaire's home
                   C            G
In the darkness of night came a stranger
       D7                  G
And he offered me riches untold
                     C           G
I was blinded by the talk of the things that he could give
     D7                      G
So I traded my heart for his gold
  C                   G
I traded my heart for riches
   C                            G
No true love was ever bought or sold
     C                       G
This life in a millionaire's mansion
      D7                       G
Isn't worth all his silver and gold
                C            G
If I could just live my life over
   D7                       G
No riches could ever buy my love
                   C             G
I'd be happy to forget a wealthy stranger that I met
       D7                 G
And be thankful to God up above
Repeat #3

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man

I wish to the Lord I never been born
Or died when I was young
Never would've seen those two brown eyes
Nor heard your flattering tongue my love
Or heard your flattering tongue

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Well who will shoe your pretty little feet
And whose gonna glove your hand
Who will kiss your sweet red lips
When I'm in a foreign land, my love
When I'm in a foreign land

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Well don't ya remember last saturday night
When we stood side by side
You promised that you'd marry me
And be no other man's bride my love
And be no other man's bride

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

I never will listen what another woman says
Let her hair be black or brown
I'd rather be standing on the top of some hill
With the rain a-pouring down my love
With the rain a-pouring down

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Said I will shoe your pretty little feet
And I will glove those hands
And I will kiss your sweet red lips
When you're in a foreign land, my love
When you're in a foreign land

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine
I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

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I Turn To You  
recorded by George Jones
written by Max Barnes and Curly Putman
 
C                          F
Rivers turn to oceans  and flow on to the sea 
G7                        F          C
Embers turn to ashes  and love to memories 
                            F
Rain turns to rainbows  and gray skies turn to blue 
             G7                          C
But when the world turns on me I turn to you
 
                             F
A thirsty man needs water  a bluebird needs the sky 
  G7                      F                   C
A man needs his woman  or he'll wither up and die 
                     F
Roses need sunshine  violets need the dew 
    G7                         C
But not half as much as I need you
 
                      C7         F
Deep in my soul and always on my mind 
G7                   F          G7         C
Forever in my heart  you're the light that shines 
                         C7            F
Someone to hold  when no one else will do 
         G7                          C
When the world turns on me I turn to you 
         G7                          C
When the world turns on my I turn to you



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I Used It All On You
Recorded by Nat Stuckey
Written by Tom Crum
 
C            F               G7       F         G7     C
Lord there's just no love to give her I used it all on you
                                   F         D7
She's an angel and she could fill  any man's dream
     F          G7                  F                C
I do nothing to deserve her yet she treats me like a king
                               F          D7
She worships me all she wants  is my love too
            F               G7        F         G7     C
But there's just no love to give her  I used it all on you
                                            F     D7
When she turns to me it breaks what's left  of my heart
         F           G7                       F                  C
She's do anything if I'd love her but there's nowhere for her to start
                           F            D7
She holds me just the way  I wanted you to
            F               G7       F         G7     C
But there's just no love to give her I used it all on you
F           G7     C        F      G7  C
Each time I try to love her I feel so ashamed
      F               G7       C        D7                  G7
Cause there's no love only kindness and that's just not the same
     C                             F                D7
I've even learned to hate you  but what good did it do
    F                        G7        F         G7     C
For there's still no love to give her  I used it all on you
F                       G7        F         G7     C
There's just no love to give her  I used it all on you

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I Used To Know All Those Things
Recorded by Lynn Anderson
Written by Liz Anderson 

C
I used to know all those things 
Like honeymoons and wedding rings
    G7
The happiness that love can bring 
               C
I used to know all those things
A morning kiss an evening touch 
Those hours of doing nothing much
     G7
That special way a heart can sing 
               C
I used to know all those things
F
Our happy home with love inside 
                      G7
Was weakened soon and then destroyed
F                       C                   G7
When we made a room for foolish pride there too
     C
Once happy times were mine to know 
They seem to be so long ago
    G7
But once upon a wedding ring 
               C
I used to know all those things
Repeat #2
   G7
Oh once upon a wedding ring 
               C
I used to know all those things

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I Walk And I Walk And I Walk
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Charles Justice and George D'Artois
 
C                                                  G7
Yes I walk and I walk and I walk and I think about you
                                                   C  
Yes I walk and I walk and I walk And I think about you
F                             C  Am
You're so new in everything I do-oo
      C                                G7          C
Yes I walk and I walk and I walk and I think about you
  
                                  G7
I cry and I cry and I cry all day long
                                      C
Yes I cry and I cry and I cry all day long
F                           C Am  
Nothing's right now you are gone
  C                                G7          C
I walk and I walk and I walk and I think about you
 
               F                  C  
Thinking about you thinking about you
                             G7              C
Yes I walk and I worry and I always think of you
 
                                        G7
I worry and I worry and I worry all day long
                                        C 
I worry and I worry and I worry all day long
  F                                     C  Am
I thought your love was always just for me-ee
  C                                G7          C    
I walk and I walk and I walk and I think about you
 
               F                  C  
Thinking about you thinking about you
                             G7              C
Yes I walk and I worry and I always think of you
               F                  C  
Thinking about you thinking about you
                             G7              C
Yes I walk and I worry and I always think of you

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Dolly Parton - I Walk The Line lyrics
(Johnny Cash)

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the ties that bind
Because you're mine I walk the line
I find it very very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day's through
Yes I admit it, I am a fool for you
Because you're mine I walk the line
As sure as night is dark and day's light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line
You've got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that I can't hide
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide
Because you're mine, I walk that line
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine, I walk the line
Because you're mine, I walk the line
Because you're mine, I walk the line
I'm gonna walk it
I'm gonna walk the line
I'm gonna walk it, walk it, walk it
I'm gonna walk that line
I'm gonna walk it because you're mine
I'm gonna walk it, walk it
I'm gonna walk the line
I'm gonna walk it, walk it
I'm gonna walk the line
I'm gonna walk it
I'm gonna walk the line


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I Wanna Be A Christian Soldier

Well I wanna be a Christian soldier
In the army of our Lord
I'm gonna tell the love of Jesus
Till my life down here is o'er

I'm gonna tell the world he died for me
Tell em how he died in shame
Yes I wanna be a Christian soldier
And fight in my Savior's name

I love my Savior
He loves me too
I'll be His soldier
'Til my life's work is through

Well I wanna March through the valleys
Then I wanna March up the hill
And I wanna sing about the love of God
And do his blessed will

I wanna drink from the fountain
Be baptised in his love
And I wanna be there when the roll is called
On the home coming day above

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I Wanna Be There When The Lovin' Starts
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Curly Putman, Sonny Throckmorton, Don Cook

C                                     F
Somebody's gonna get love at my house tonight
G7
Some lucky fool is gonna wind up 
              C                G7
With two arms holdin' him tight
       C                                    F    Dm
It was anyone else but me it would break my heart
         G7
Turn the stereo on I'm on my way home
                                 C
I wanna be there when the lovin' starts
        G7                                     C
I wanna be there baby when the lovin' get down to it
           G7                                    C
If there's any lovin' done I wanna be the one to do it
           F                 Dm             G7      C
And when I get you alone you know I'm gonna know my part
         G7
Turn the stereo on I'm on my way home
                                 C
I wanna be there when the lovin' starts
        G7                                           C
I wanna be there baby when the lovin' get right down to it
               G7                                    C
And if there's any lovin' done I wanna be the one to do it
           F                 Dm             G7      C
And when I get you along you know I'm gonna know my part
G7
Hang on till then and don't you begin
                                 C
I wanna be there when the lovin' starts
         G7
Turn the stereo on I'm on my way home
                                 C
I wanna be there when the lovin' starts

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I Wanna Come Back To You
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Johnny Christopher and Sam Hogin

C                           G7        C
I've known about love for a long long time 
F               C
Everybody's but mine
It took a little while to see 
F                         C
Just how I wanted love to be
      F
Now I wanna come back to you 
       Em                 A7
Do you wanna come back to me
Dm                  F            C
Share the love that used to be a mystery
  F
I wanna come back to you 
       Em                 A7
Do you wanna come back to me
Dm           Em              F  C
Remember how good it used to be
       G7                C
I look back and I wonder why 
F                             C
We were both so careless with goodbye
Should have known that later on down the line 
F                           C
We were bound to change our mind
      F
Now I wanna come back to you 
       Em                 A7
Do you wanna come back to me
Dm                  F            C
Share the love that used to be a mystery
  F
I wanna come back to you 
       Em                 A7
Do you wanna come back to me
Dm           Em              F  C
Remember how good it used to be

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Dolly Parton - I Wanna Fall In Love lyrics
Writer Dolly Parton

A different lover ev'ry day
Same old book just a diff'rent page
Same old lines in the same old play
I've got to find somebody I can love all the way
I wanna fall in love, someone that I can live with
I wanna fall in love, someone to take and give with
I wanna fall in love, someone I can be real with
I wanna fall in love
I want someone to be just mine
Someone to be with all the time
A real true love is hard to find
And I don't know where I'll find him
But I've got to keep on tryin' cause
I wanna fall in love, if you hear me, listen to me
I wanna fall in love, I'm undone so come and do me
I wanna fall in love, if you got love, give it to me
Love, I wanna fall in love, someone to really need me
I wanna fall in love, someone to really please me
I wanna fall in love, when it hurts, someone to ease me
I wanna fall in love
I wanna fall in love, someone to spend my life with
I wanna fall in love, someone to fuss and fight with
I wanna fall in love, someone to make it right with
I wanna fall in love


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Dolly Parton - I Wanna Go Back There lyrics

There's a place in my mind that's suspended in time
When we were happy in love
Days warm and sweet, and the night so complete
Then life was perfect for us
It was just you and I, only love in our eyes
Not a sign of a tear on our face
No sorrow, no pain, only sunshine, no rain
Before something else took its place
Oh, I wanna go back there
Back to the time there was no doubt you cared
Back to the time love was tender and fair
I wanna go back there, I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there
Do you think if we tried we could put life aside
And see if we might make it back
I know in my heart what we had at the start
I believe it could still be like that
Oh, I wanna go back there
Away from these heartaches, these worried and cares
Back to the time love was tender and fair
I wanna go back there, I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there (say you care)
I wanna go back, I wanna go back
I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there, I wanna go back there


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I Wanna Go To Heaven
Recorded by Jerry Wallace
Written by Lorene Mann

F                 C
Yes I wanna go to heaven
G7                    C   G7
If it's anything like you
                      C
Don't know much about heaven
                          G7
But the stories I've been told
                  Dm         G7    Dm
Say the gates are bright and pearly
        G7                     C
And the streets are paved with gold
                      F C
Don't know much about angels
                          F
You're the first I've run into
                  C
But I wanna go to heaven
G7                    C   F C
If it's anything like you
                      F
Don't know much about Halo's
                 C
Never set upon a throne
                         D7
But I swear I've been in heaven
                       G7
Since the day you came along
C                     F  C
Don't know much about forever
                         F
You're the only thing in view
                  C
Yes I wanna go to heaven
G7                    C
If it's anything like you
Repeat #3,4
F                 C
Yes I wanna go to heaven
G7                    F
If it's anything like you
               C    F    C
(Anything like you) like you

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I Wanna Hear It From You
Recorded by Eddie Raven
Written by Rick Giles and Nancy Montgomery 

C                 A#7       F         C      A#7
I believe there's something you ain't told me
C                        A#7         F     C
Cause I've heard all the talk that's going round
                   A#7     F        C       A#7
Is there something missing when you hold me
C                   A#7    F       C
It's hard to keep a secret in this town
           F                        C
So I wanna hear it from you if it's over
        F                        C
I wanna hear it from you if it's really true
               F     G7
So tell me the truth baby 
      C                   A#7
After all that we've been through
        Am           F           G7           C  F
If it's gonna be goodbye I wanna hear it from you
C                    A#7  F         C      A#7
I used to think that only you could love me
C              A#7   F         C
Baby I've just had a change of heart
                   A#7     F         C      A#7
I'll find somebody else if you don't want me
C                    A#7   F      C
You'd better tell me now before I start
Repeat #2
A#7 F   A#7            F      C
Ooh ooh don't leave me in the dark
A#7 F   A#7        F    A#7                   C
Ooh ooh look in my eyes you're gonna break my heart
Repeat #2 x2

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I Want A Girl
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Willie Nelson

G                   C              G
I want a girl whose heart has been broken
     D7                       G
By a love that has passed her by
                    C              G
I want a girl whose lips have been taken
                  D7         G
By lips that have kissed and lied
C                   G
I want a girl whose heart has known pain
    D7                       G
The kind that I'm feeling in mine
C                 G
One who will understand how I feel
    A7                       D7
And one who will not make me cry
G                   C              G
I want a girl whose heart has been broken
                C       D7    G
The way that my darling broke mine
C                   G
I want a girl whose heart has known pain
    D7                       G
The kind that I'm feeling in mine
C                 G
One who will understand how I feel
    A7                       D7
And one who will not make me cry
G                   C              G
I want a girl whose heart has been broken
                C       D7    G
The way that my darling broke mine 

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I Want Some More Of This
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Glenn Barber

G                                   D7
A proper lady that's exactly what I was
                                   G
Always careful pretty is as pretty does
                              G7         C
I let a stranger talk me into one little kiss
      D7                            G
Oh it scares me I want some more of this
                                              D7
I've got a husband and he thinks the world of me
                                              G
A home and family and everything a home could be
                                       G7           C
I shouldn't be here the things he says I have to forget 
      D7                            G
Oh it scares me I want some more of this
       C                 D7             C   G
If I'm unfaithful on the days I have to lie about
            A7                        D7
Then I'm no better than those women I talked about
    G                                         D7
I'm gettin' weaker I've had my first taste of wine
                                            G
And now he whispered I've lost all track of time
                                  G7          C
If he'd stop talking I'd find the strength to refuse
      D7                            G
Oh it scares me I want some more of this
                D7                            G
Yes that's what scares me I want some more of this

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I Want the Lord to Protect My Soul

I want the lord to protect my soul

Down lifes highway alone I've trod
I've always put my trust in god
But you'll find out that you're silver and gold
Won't pay the price to protect your soul

I want the lord to protect my soul
To lead me on to heavens door
My life down here will soon be o'er
And I want the lord to protect my soul

There's many a church down life's highway
Where people sing rejoice and pray
I'll stop at one and join the fold
And ask the lord to protect my soul

When this old world is doomed in sin
You'll cry oh lord please lest me in
It will be to late to make it o'er
To ask the lord to protect your soul

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Nickel Creek - I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
I want to learn to rope and to ride
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
Out west of that great divide

I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
While the sun sinks in the West
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
That's the life I love the best

I want to ride Old Paint goin' at a run
I want to feel the wind in my face
A thousand miles from all the city lights
Goin' a cowhand's pace

I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd
While the moon shines down from above
I want to strum my guitar and yodelay-hee-hoo
Oh, that's the life that I love

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
I want to learn to rope and to ride
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
Out west of that great divide

I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
While the sun sinks in the West
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
That's the life I love the best

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I Want To Be Loved

   I want to be kissed but only by your lips dear
   For you're the only one who'll ever do
   I want someone to hug and call me honey
   I want to be loved but only by you

I want someone to help me in my sorrow
And someone whose heart is always true
Somebody who will stay with me forever
I want to be loved but only by you

If ever you decide to love me darlin'
And will tell me that your love for me is true
Then we'll be happy in our home together
I want to be loved but only by you

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Dolly Parton - I Want To Be What You Need lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

When you're not strong and need someone to lean on
Let me be your strength when you're weak
When you need somebody to comfort and love you
Let mine be the arms that you seek
I want to be what you need
Whatever it is, come to me
You'll always know where I'll be
'Cause I want to be what you need
When life gets to be more than you can endure
My hand is always in reach
And I'm always waiting, and I'm always willing
To give you whatever you need
I want to be what you need
Whatever it is, come to me
You'll always know where I'll be
'Cause I want to be what you need
Yes, I want to be what you need


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I Want To Go (Where Nobody Knows Me)
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Dick Flood

C                      F
The same old house the same old street 
    G7           C
The same old memories 
The same old friends 
F               G7            C
That I meet are always asking me
     F               G7
What happened to our love 
    C
Why did you go away
                     F
I smiled at them but died inside 
  G7               C
A little more each day
             F            C
I want to go where nobody knows me
F                C            G7
Where no one can ask me about you
C            F                  C
I want to go where there are no memories
F         C        G7           C
Maybe someday I'll forget about you
              F
I leave today catch a train 
G7            C
Somewhere far away
                   F
I'll find a way to ease this pain 
     G7                  C
That haunts me night and day
F                 G7
Somewhere in this big big world 
C
I'll leave the past behind
                 F
I'll wake up and find that you're 
G7              C
No longer on my mind
repeat #3

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I Want To Grow Old With You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock

C
I saw a sweet old couple in the park the other day

Holding hands and smiling in an old familiar way

Then I thought about you and how I'd feel without you
      G7
And I knew honey I knew

          C
I want to grow old with you

Hugging and holding you be my little old lady

And I'll be your big old baby
              G7                    C
Honey I do  I want to grow old with you


We'll move to California or the sunshine state

If they're not to crowded in two thousand twenty-eight

Pacific or Atlantic we'll still be romantic
           G7
You and me just a wait and see

Repeat #2

When we meet the Maker then we'll understand

I might start all over and be with you again

You and me together forever and ever
         G7
I hope I can but until then

               C
I want to grow old with you 

Squeezing and holding you be my little old lady

And I'll be your big old baby
                  G7                    C
Honey it's true I want to grow old with you

Repeat last verse

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I Want To Live Again 
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens 
Written by Fuzzy Owen

C                      G                 D7           G
We stopped living when our love died and I wanta live again
                                           
                                                        D7
Our love grew cold a long time ago we both know love is gone
                                          G
Yet we stay together we just keep hanging on
                                                             C
But it's wrong to live together when our love has reached an end
                       G                 D7           G
We stopped living when our love died and I wanta live again

    
I wanna be kissed like I used to be 
D7
Thrilled like I used to be
  
Loved like I used to be 
             G
I wanta live again

                                                           D7
Each time we kiss we search for love that used to fill our hearts
                                                         G
But it's all wrong the thrill is gone we're just too far apart 
                                              C
We live a life of loneliness each day that we pretend
                       G                 D7           G
We stopped living when our love died and I wanta live again

Repeat #2

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Richard Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Lyrics

I'm so tired of working every day
Now the weekend's come
I'm gonna throw my troubles away
If you've got the cab fare, mister, you'll do all right
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Meet me at the station, don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

There's crazy people running all over town
There's a silver band, just marching up and down
And the big boys are all spoiling for a fight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Meet me at the station, don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

A couple of drunken nights rolling on the floor
Is just the kind of mess I'm looking for
I'm gonna dream 'till Monday comes in sight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Meet me at the station, don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

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I Want To With You
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Steve Bogard and Jeff Stevens

C      G                         C                   G
Well I guess I've been traveling light my whole life through
                                 C                      D7
Thought if you never own nothing much nothing ever owns you
        G             C
Until I looked at you I swear I never 
B7               Em         C                   D7
Gave one thought to forever girl I never wanted to
G                           B7
Find a little spread with a creek running through
C                        A7
Build a little dream and make it come true
        G              C          G            D7
But now I want to with you girl I want to with you
G                       B7
Put I little ring third finger left hand
C                           A7
Stay with somebody who will love and understand
     G              D7 G
Girl I want to with you
C      G                    C                   G
When a man ain't looking no telling what he may find
                              C                        D7
Until I saw the light of your love I was walking round blind
       G               C
I kept running with my restless heart 
B7                       Em           C
Thinking that's just the way things are
                         D7
Girl it never crossed my mind 
                     G
I think it's time to find a little spread 
       B7
With a creek running through
C                        A7
Build a little dream and make it come true
        G              C          G            D7
But now I want to with you girl I want to with you
G                       B7
Put I little ring third finger left hand
C                           A7
Stay with somebody who will love and understand
     G              D7 G
Girl I want to with you
repeat #2

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I Wanta Be A Christian Soldier

Well I wanta be a Christian soldier
In the army of our Lord
I'm gonna tell the love of Jesus
Till my life down here is o'er
I'm gonna tell the world he died for me
Tell em how he died in shame
Yes I wanta be a Christian soldier
And fight in my Savior's name

I love my Savior
He loves me too
I'll be His soldier
Till my life's work is through

Well I wanta March through the valleys
Then I wanta March up the hill
And I wanta sing about the love of God
And do his blessed will
Oh, I wanta drink from the fountain
Be baptised in his love
And I wanta be there when the roll is called
On the home coming day above

* Refrain


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I Was Doing Her Wrong
Recorded by Charlie Walker

C
Waitress would you bring me one more shot of your best gin
                                   G7
By the way why don't you play that cheatin' song again
The one about going out and leaving her at home
                                C
Or any other low down doing her wrong songs    
The immature I used to be was rowdy loose and loud
                      C7            F
But now I'm a regular member of the crowd
                          D7                   C              F
But my drinking now's for thinking about those memories outta sight
                      G7                      C
While I was doing her wrong he was loving her right
                      F                       C
While I was doing her wrong he was loving her right
                   F                    G7
Now I'm staying at home she's out every night
        F                   C
Living alone such a pitiful sight
               G7                        C
She's doing me wrong and he's loving her right
Repeat #3
               G7                              C
She's doing me wrong and he's still loving her right

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I Was There
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens
Written by Buck Owens

G
I was there (I was there) I was there (I was there)                      
D7           G
When love crashed and burned I was thereI was there when love came around with sweet warm kisses      
C                         G
I was there when it burned into desireI was there when it ran into a raging river                       
D7          G
And then turned into a runaway wildfireI was there (I was there) I was there (I was there)     
C         F      C     G
When love came around I was thereAnd one thing certain I did all the hurtin'                
D7            G
At love's final curtain I was thereI was there when love came in like a living tornado          
C                         G
And I was there when it blew out of controlI was there when something quickly turned into nothing                         
D7               G
Just a hopeless helpless dream gone up in smoke

repeat #3 x3

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Dolly Parton - I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew lyrics

The first strange town I was ever in the county was hangin' a man
And nobody cared if he lived or he died and I just didn't understand
So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun
Washed my face in the morning dew and kept on moving along
The second strange town I was in they were laughing at a poor crippled man
Begging for nickels and dimes on the street and I just didn't understand
So I washed my face...
[ ac.guitar ]
The third strange town that I was in was settled peaceful and nice
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer and to me it didn't seem right
So I washed my face...
Now someday times are bound to change it can't be very far
And each injustice that I have seen will come before the bar
Then I'll wash my face in the morning dew bathe my soul in the sun
Wash my face in the morning dew and my journey will be done


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Dolly Parton - I Wasted My Tears lyrics
(Dolly Parton/Bill Owens)

I wasted my tears
When I cried over you
I wasted my tears
When I cried over you
I should've known
You would never be true
I loved and I lost you
Now I'm so blue
I wasted my tears
When I cried over you
You said that you loved me
And would always be true
Now you gone'n left me
Oh, what will I do
Oh, why did you leave me
For somebody new
I wasted my tears
When I cried over you
I wasted my time
When I spent it with you
But one is so blind
When love is so new
Now out of my fears have come true
I wasted my tears
When I cried over you
I wasted my tears
When I cried over you


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I Wasted My Tears When I Cried Over You

I wasted my tears when I cried over you
But I should have known you could never be true
Well I loved and I lost you and now I'm so blue
Oh I wasted my tears when I cried over you.

   You said that you loved me and would always be true
   But now you've gone and left me oh what will I do?
   Oh why did you leave me for somebody new?
   Oh I wasted my tears when I cried over you.

I wasted my time when I spent it with you
But one is so blind when love is so new
And now all of my fears they all have come true
Oh I wasted my tears when I cried over you.

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I Watched An Angel (Going Through Hell)
Recorded by Johnny Duncan
Written by Don Goodman and Mark Sherrill
 
G                      Am
She lit up the room as she walked through the door
                                 G
With a gentle kind of beauty I'd never seen before
                                   Am
Out of place like a flower growing in a field of stone
                         D7                    G
I thought heaven must be wondering where she's gone
 
          C        Am   D7        G    Em
A sweet reflection in a mirror of neon
        Am           D7             G
I could almost see a halo round her hair
                 C      Am      D7              G    Em
But teardrops or sorrow told of sadness as they fell
                 Am    D7            G
And I watched an angel going through hell
 
                        Am
A song from the jukebox reached into her mind
                                           G
And the music touched her broken heart someone had left behind
                                        Am
I watched her trembling hands raise the amber filled glass
                     D7                             G
And the magic of the whiskey took her back into the past
 
          C        Am   D7        G    Em
A sweet reflection in a mirror of neon
        Am           D7             G
I could almost see a halo round her hair
                 C      Am      D7              G    Em
But teardrops or sorrow told of sadness as they fell
                 Am    D7            G
And I watched an angel going through hell

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Alison Krauss - I Will 

Who knows how long I've loved you?
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime?
If you want me to, I will

For (and) if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For (and) the things you do endear you to me
You know I will

I will

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For (and) the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know I will

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I Will Always Be Waiting For You

It's been many weeks my dear since you told me
That you loved me so dearly and true
But today it seems to me you have changed dear
Are you telling me that our love is through

   When you're far far away from me darlin'
   If you're sad and you don't know what to do
   And you feel that no one cares about you
   I will always be waiting for you

Oh, I can't forget the day that you told me
That you'd love me and be my sweetheart
But it looks like my dear you've forgotten
For you say now that we have to part

All the days seem so lonesome and dreary
And the nights are so lonely and blue
Since you left me alone here without you
Oh, please come back I'm waiting for you

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Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
Domenico Modugno
- English words by Mitchell Parish
- Italian words by Domenico Modugno and F. Migliacci
- music by Domenico Modugno
Peaked #1 for August 4,1958
#7 for 1958
#64 for 1955-1959
#246 for the Top5000 of the Rock Era (55-94)
Dean Martin Peaked #12 on September 8,1958
#4948 for the Top5000 of the Rock Era (55-94)
The McGuire Sisters Peaked #80 on September 1, 1958
Bobby Rydell Peked #4 on September 5,1960
#60 for 1960
#2341 for the Top5000 of the Rock Era (55-94)
Al Martino Peaked  #33 on December 20,1975

In English

Sometimes the world is a valley of heartaches and tears,
And in the hustle and bustle, no sunshine appears,
But you and I have our love always there to remind us
There is a way we can leave all the shadows behind us.
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Let's fly way up in the clouds
Away from the maddening crowds
We can sing in the glow of a star that I know of
Where lovers enjoy peace of mind
Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind
Just like birds of a feather, a rainbow together we'll find
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
No wonder my happy heart sings
Your love has given me wings
Your love has given me wings
Your love has given me wings

In Italian

Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più
Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu
Poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito
E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Nel blu, dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassù
E volavo, volavo felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su
Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiù
Una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Nel blu, dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassù
Nel biu, dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lass
Annotated


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I Will Arise

Come thou fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call forth songs of loudest praise

Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount i'm fixed upon it
Songs of thy redeeming love

I will arise and go to Jesus
He will embrace me in His arms
In the arms of my dear Savior
Oh there are ten thousand charms

Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood

Here I'll raise my song in praising
Hither by Thy help I've come
And I know by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home

I will arise and go to Jesus
He will embrace me in His arms
In the arms of my dear Savior
Oh there are ten thousand charms

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I Will Rise Up / Ain't No More 

[I Will Rise Up]

[Verse 1]
In the darkest hour
In the dead of night
As the storm clouds gather
And the lightning strikes

And the thunder rolls
And the cold rain blows
The future, it holds
What, God only knows
(What God only knows)

[Chorus]
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
Until I meet my end

[Verse 2]
You should have been on the river
Back in nineteen-and-four
You could have found you a dead man
Lord, at every turn row
(Every turn row)

[Chorus]
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
Until I meet my end

[Verse 3]
You should have been on the river
Back in nineteen-and-ten
They was working the women
Like they was working the men
(Oh, like they were working the men)

[Chorus]
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
Until I meet my end

[Verse 4]
Now, Captain, don't do me
Like you done poor Shine (Yeah)
Now you done worked that bully
Until he been stone blind
('Til he been stone blind)

[Chorus]
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
Until I meet my end

[Verse 5]
Now there's some in the kitchen
And there's some on the farm
And there's some in the graveyard
And there's some going home
(Yeah, there's some going home)

[Chorus]
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
(And I will rise up)


[Ain't No More Cane]

[Chorus]
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
And I will stand tall
(Until I meet my end)
Until I meet my end
(And I will rise up)
And I will rise up
(Though I be a dead man)
I said yes and amen
(And I will stand tall)
I will stand tall
Until I meet my end

[Refrain]
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end
Until I meet my end

[Outro]
Until I, I meet my end


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I Wish I Could Fall in Love Again
recorded by Jan Howard
written by Harlan Howard and Wynn Stewart
 
C                           F
I wish I could fall in love again   
    G7                            C
And feel the way I always used to do
                            F
I wish I could fall in love again 
    G7                               C
Then maybe I'd fall out of love with you
 
  G7                 C
I know it's all over between us 
    G7           D7           G7
And you're happy with someone new
      C                         F
And I wish I could fall in love again 
     G7                              C
Then maybe I'd fall out of love with you
 
  G7                      C
Oh I know it's all over between us 
    G7           D7           G7
And you're happy with someone new
      C                         F
And I wish I could fall in love again 
     G7                              C
Then maybe I'd fall out of love with you

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Dolly Parton - I Wish I Felt This Way At Home lyrics
(Howard)

If I, could be with you forever
My restles heart
Would never want to roam
I've never been loved
The way you love me
Chorus:
I wish I felt this way at home
When you kiss me
It's words without speaking
And I don't believe that
God would call this wrong
Your arms are the refuge
I was seeking
Repeat Chorus
But I don't, and I won't
We did all that we could
He and I
We tried hard
But it's just no good
I may never be free
Cause I've no reason
And I don't expect you to wait that long
But I'll say one more time
As I'm leavin'
Repeat Chorus
Yes, I wish I felt this way at home


=============================

I Wish I Said

You take your flower dress from the chair beside the bed
That's morning in the window looking cloudy
It's the coldest thing I've ever seen the way you dress today
Now that it's good-bye for you and me
I wish I said I love me one more time
But if I ask don't tell me, what did it matter
If I said I love you one more time

The rhythm of your hair fills your dresser mirror
You've combing out the night time we put there
It's the coldest things I've ever seen your hair upon the mirror
Now that it's the last time that I'll be here
I wish I said I love you one more time
But if I ask don't tell me, what did it matter
If I said I love you one more time

Our words have all been said there's nothing else to do
We can take them back if we went to
And that's how people freeze to death alone in tented rooms
Starting with a cold like me and you
I wish I said I love you one more time
But if I ask don't tell me, what did it matter
If I said I love you one more time


=============================

Wish I Still Had You
Song by Alison Krauss

Walking out on me must be the way you show me how it feels to be her
I realize the fault is mine, I'm getting everything that I deserve

It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Sunshiney days seem to be so blue
It's over and older the tears seem much colder
Each passing day I wish I still had you

My troubles would be all over now if I could only get you off my mind
And I would give a fortune now if I could only hold you one more time

It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Sunshiney days seem to be so blue
It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Each passing day I wish I still had you

It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Sunshiney days seem to be so blue
It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Each passing day I wish I still had you

It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Sunshiney days seem to be so blue
It's over and older, the tears seem much colder
Each passing day I wish I still had you
Each passing day I wish I still had you

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The Avett Brothers - I Wish I Was 

I wish I was a flame dancing in a candle
Lighting up your living room high on the mantle
I could bring some romance without any scandal
And then when you were done you'd just put me out

I wish I was a tune you sang in your kitchen
Putting your groceries away and washing your dishes 
I could roll around your tongue and ease the tension
And then when you were done you'd just quiet down

But if I get too close
Will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off or away?
If I pull you in
Now would I push you out
Of something here you care about?
Well I'm at a loss for what to do
But I'm drawn to you

I wish I was a sweater wrapped around your hips
And when it got too cold into me you'd slip
And when the sun came back you would hang me up
And I would watch you while you undress

But if I get too close
Will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off or away?
If I pull you in
Now would I push you out
Of something here you care about?
Well I'm at a loss for what to do
But I'm drawn to you

I'm not a song
I am not a sweater
I'm not a fire
I am something better
I'm a man in love writing you a letter
Will you take it
Will you keep it
Will you read it
Believe it
I love you
I'm sorry. 

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I Wish I Was Santa Claus
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Raymond McDonald

C            F     G7
I wish I was Santa Claus  
    C            F          G7
I'd take all the whole year off
  F                 G7
Except on Christmas day
       C            F
I'd go flyin' on my sleigh
  C          G7    C
I wish I was Santa Claus

    Am                               C
I'd give away all the toys my little elves make
    Am                                 C
And leave them for the children of the world
  Am                                       C
I wish I could be there with em' when they all wake
   Dm                            G7
To see the happy little boys and girls

C            F     G7
I wish I was Santa Claus
       C              F       G7
With a belly that was big and soft
    F                   G7
I'd go flyin' out on my sleigh
     C                F
Have Rudolph lead the way
  C          G7    C
I wish I was Santa Claus

Repeat  

       F                G7
I'd go out flyin' on my sleigh
         C                F
Have old Rudolph lead the way
  C          G7    C
I wish I was Santa Claus

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I Wish I Was Wrong
Recorded by Travis Tritt
Written by Tommy Conners and Monte Warden

G C            G
I never saw it coming 
            C                G
Learned the hard way love is blind
        C              G
But you can't deny the bitter truth 
          C                 D7
When it's right before your eyes
      G  C       G
But I wish I was wrong 
        C           G
Your love for me is gone
                C
I know beyond a doubt 
           G      D7      Em C
There's no use in hanging on
      G  C       G
But I wish I was wrong
          C                      G
The world trembled there beneath me 
       C                 G
It was more than I could stand
     C                  G
That you'd take comfort in the arms 
C          D7
Of another man
  C                     G
I searched my heart for answers 
         C               G
I looked deep down in my soul
       C           G
From denial to revelation 
         C               D7
That I'd have to let you go
repeat #2
C     G  C       G
Yes I wish I was wrong

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I Wish I'd Never
Written and recorded by Carl Belew
 
C
Look at the pretty way she walks
                               G7
Listen to the sweetness in her talk
       F
That's what I said when first we met
      C                            A7
Three years have passed I can't forget
   Dm              G7             C
Oh I love to watch her I wish I'd never
 
 
Look at the pretty way she smiles
                              G7
Look at the brightness in her eyes
       F
That's what I said when first we met
      C                            A7
Three years have passed I can't forget
   Dm              G7             C
Oh I love to watch her I wish I'd never
 
F                              C
Take out your pencils and your books
F                             C
Tell of the way my heart is a jerk
    F
And jot down all those same ol' lines
    C                  A7
You cheated on me your last time
     Dm            G7             C
Oh I love to watch her I wish I'd never
G7         C
I wish I'd never
 
Repeat last verse

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I Wish It Had Been A Dream
Written and recorded by Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin

C       G7         C                G7        C
We were alone last night pretending wrong was right
Am              F                    G7     C
Time flew by it seemed I wish it had been a dream
         G7          C        Am      G7     C
You said those words again we were so close again
         G7                     F
But it's easier to awake from a dream and cry 
        C             G7      C
Than to walk away and say goodbye

   F                                  C
To count the years since we've met so long our lips have been sealed
    F                                  C                         G7
But nothing can make us forget when we kissed and how it made us feel
C      G7         C     Am        G7      C
I was afraid last night until you held me tight
         G7                     F
But it's easier to awake from a dream and cry 
        C             G7      C
Than to walk away and say goodbye

       G7         C     Am        G7      C
I was afraid last night until you held me tight
         G7                     F
But it's easier to awake from a dream and cry 
        C             G7      C
Than to walk away and say goodbye
              G7     C                  G7      C
I wish it had been a dream just you and me in a dream

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I Wish You Knew

   I wish you knew how hard I've tried to tell you
   How hard I've tried to get you off my mind
   I wish you knew how hard I've tried to sleep at night
   Since I know that you're no longer mine
   Since you let another beat my time

If only half the things were true you say about my heart
Then I would have forgotten you since we've been apart
You said I forced my lips to kiss you when we said goodbye
You even said I forced the tears that came into my eyes

There's not a thought that could be worse than knowing that you're gone
But in the picture in your mind I'm never all alone
You see me in another's arms just like I've been with you
By the way I cry for you each night I only wish you knew

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I Wish You Would Leave Me Alone
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Charlie Craig

C                          D7
If you're only staying for awhile
          G7                     C  G7
If you're bound to always moving on
           C                     F
If there's only changing in your smile
       G7                      C
Then I wish you would leave me alone
 
               F       G7         C
Cause I've had all the hurt I can take
       F        G7               C    G7
And my heart is down to its last break
   C                          F
If you can't love me from now on
       G7                      C
Then I wish you would leave me alone
 
                         D7
I know you'll be easy to love
      G7                  C   G7
Cause I'm already too far gone
           C                 F
But if you go as easy as you come
       G7                      C
Then I wish you would leave me alone
 
               F       G7         C
Cause I've had all the hurt I can take
       F        G7               C    G7
And my heart is down to its last break
   C                          F
If you don't love me from now on
       G7                      C
Then I wish you would leave me alone
      G7                      C
Yes I wish you would leave me alone

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Brad Paisley - I Wish You'd Stay lyrics

I talked to my sister in Memphis
And I told her you were movin' to town
Here's her number
She said she'd be glad to show you around
I left a map on your front seat
Just in case you lose your way
But don't worry, once you reach Sallisaw
It's all interstate
I know you need to go
But before you do I want you to know, that I
Wish you the best
And I wish you nothing less
Than every thing you've ever dreamed of
And I hope that you find love along the way
But most of all
I wish you'd stay
I figure right about sundown
You'll be in West Tennessee
And by then
Maybe I'll understand why you had to leave
I know that you've done some changin'
And I know there's no changin' your mind
And yes I know
We've been through this a thousand times
I'm sorry for still holdin' on
I'll try to let go and I'll try to be strong, and I'll
Wish you the best
And I wish you nothing less
Than every thing you've ever dreamed of
And I hope that you find love along the way
But most of all
I wish you'd stay
Yeah, everything you've ever dreamed of
And I hope that you'll find love along the way
But most of all
I wish you'd stay
I wish you'd stay


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I Woke Up From Dreaming
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier
[3/4 time]

G              C              G
We both have a morning cup of coffee
                         A7                 D7
And with tender love you reach and touch my hand
       G                                  C
And my son comes in and says good morning daddy
      G         D7             G
And I say how's daddy's little man
                         D7
Then I woke up from dreaming
               G
I woke up from dreaming
I keep dreaming you're not gone
        C
But I'd found myself alone
     G              D7   G
When I woke up from dreaming
                  C             G
We're both making plans for the future
                   A7               D7
Of the joy that we want to give our son
     G                            C
We'd saved almost enough to buy a new home
  G                D7              G
A home filled with love and family fun
Repeat #2
                    D7   C  G
Then I woke up from dreaming

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I Won't Be Back Tonight 
Recorded by Jody Nix
Written by Artie Glenn  

G                          C
I won't be back tonight or ever
D7                                   G
When I leave this time it's from now on
                                       C
You think that you are cute and mighty clever
  D7                                  G
I hope my leaving knocks you off your throne

    D7                        G
You cast your spell on me you used me for your clown
    A7                       D7
You talked behind my back to everyone in town
  G                        C
I won't be back tonight or ever
D7                                   G
When I leave this time it's from now on

                                   C
I won't be back tonight that's for certain
   D7                                     G
No need to leave the light string out for me
                            C
I'm not sure that I will be happy
    D7                                       G
But there's one thing that I do know I'll be free

   D7                      G
My time will be my time to do as I please
A7                               D7
There won't be no silly fight my heart will be at ease
      G                        C
And I won't be back tonight or ever
D7                                   G
When I leave this time it's from now on

D7                                   G
When I leave this time it's from now on

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I Won't Care What Happens To Me
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew and Van Givens

C                      F
Where will I go if you leave me
C                      G7
What will I do without you
C                                F
If you walk out of my world it's easy to see
  C               G7         C  C7
I won't care what happens to me
F                         C
I won't care what happens if you say goodbye
F                           C               G7
So please keep on loving me until the day I die
C                      F
And don't ever tell me you're setting me free
        C               G7         C
Cause I won't care what happens to me
                          F
I know what makes my life worth living
C                        G7
A beauty in everything I see
C                           F
And I know what will happen if you say goodbye
  C               G7         C  C7
I won't care what happens to me
Repeat #2

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I Won't Need You Anymore
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes

G                C      G
You're my always and forever 
Em         D7               G
You're the one who hung the moon
                C        G
After all these nights together 
A7                          D7
I still get lost in your perfume
G      C               G
And if I could write a love song 
Em    D7                  G
Every line would tell the truth
              C        G
It would be a warm and soft one 
D7                               G
He'd watch my heart would say to you
         D7             G
When you see me walk on water 
         D7                  G
When the sea don't reach the shore
         C                    G    C
When the fires of hell freeze over 
        G        D7 G
I won't need you anymore
                C      G    Em
Oh the feelings lay so easy 
      D7              G
Lying here the way we are
           C               G
And no one else could ever hold me 
D7                          G
Unlike the heavens hold the stars
Repeat #3
 
C          G        C       G        D7  G
No I won't need you I won't need you anymore

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I Wonder
recorded by Asleep At The Wheel

G              G7           C
Every time I'm near you  my heart jumps all about
   A7                D7           G
My mind can't figure out  what to do
                    G7          C
But I've been disillusioned  enough by love turned blue  
A7                 D7          G
Your love could be true  but I wonder
 
                                   D7      G
Am I  supposed to think  your love will be true
A7                           Am                   D7
And deny the part of me that says you'll leave me too
G                    G7          C
Cause yesterday reminds me  that what I've lost is gone
A7                   D7        G
Your love may linger on  but I wonder
 
                 G7           C
I heard all your stories they ring well in my ears
    A7            D7         G
But raise certain fears  and doubts 
                       G7        C
Cause yesterday reminds me  that what I've lost is gone
A7                   D7        G
Your love may linger on  but I wonder
  D7              G
I wonder   yeah I wonder

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I Wonder How John Felt (When He Baptized Jesus)
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, Carmol Taylor

C                            F                              C
Do you remember how you felt when you kissed your brand new bride
                                             D7                 G7
Or the feeling that ran through you when you held your new born child
    C                        F                     C
And when he called you daddy did you feel ten feet tall
                                           G7                     C
Well I heard about a man who must have had the greatest thrill of all
                          F                C
John was just an ordinary man like you and me
                                D7             G7
And he did lotta preaching near the Sea of Galilee
     C
Well he must have been a pretty good preacher 
      F                      C
Cause he sure could tell the news
                                              G7              C
But he said there's a man coming after me and I can't tie His shoes
                                        F
I wonder how John felt when he baptized Jesus
                     C              D7             G7
How did he feel when Jesus came and said let it be done
C                                             F
I wonder how John felt when he led Him in the water
                        C           G7                 C
Don't you know it was a blessin' to baptize God's only Son
                                   F            C
John talked to a lot of people and many saw the light
                                      D7               G7
But what about walking up and shaking hands with Jesus Christ
  C                          F                C
I wonder if he trembled when he first saw the Man
                                          G7                   C
Don't you know he felt the spirit when he touched the Master's Hand
Repeat #3 x2

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I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they miss me while I roam
I wonder if they pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents all alone

You could hear the cattle lowing in the lane
You could see the fields of blue grass where I've grown
You could almost hear them cry as they kissed their boy goodbye
Well I wonder how the old folks are at home

Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so true a sweetheart that loves you
A village and a homestead on the farm

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I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me
By Merle Haggard
 
G                          C           G
There's not much a man can do inside a prison
              D7                         G
Just take his memory trips and fight the pain
                         C                 G
And a word from home can mean so much to a prisoner
          A7                               D7
It's been years now since that last letter came
 
G                      C                G
Not a day goes by that I don't think of mama
                              D7                G
And my nights are filled with thoughts of sweet Marie
                                       C                     G
And old friends I ran around with keep on running through my mind
                          D7            G
But I just wonder if they ever think of me
 
  D7                           G
I wonder if they know that I'm still living 
          C             G             D7
And still proud to be a part of Uncle Sam
  C                              G
I wonder if they think I died of hunger
   A7                              D7
In this rotten prison camp in Viet Nam
 
G                      C                G
Not a day goes by that I don't think of mama
                              D7                G
And my nights are filled with thoughts of sweet Marie
                                   C                  G
And I remember daddy saying you'll come back a better man
                          D7            G
And I just wonder if they ever think of me 
 
                         D7            G
Oh I just wonder if they ever think of me

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I Wonder If You Know
Recorded by Johnny and Jack
Written by Ella Barrett

G                                 C
It was just by chance she came my way
        D7                                G
She was lonesome for the words I tried to say
                                   C
I accepted her the way she came to me
      D7                              G
I was wrong because I knew she wasn't free
                                   C
I didn't mean to fall in love with her
    D7                                 G
Sometimes we reach for things we don't deserve
                                    C
I knew that she belonged to someone else
        D7                            G
But within her arms I couldn't help myself
  C                                G
I wonder if you know she loves you still
                                  D7
I'm telling you because she never will
  G                                 C
I gave her up because she loves you so
      D7                          G
She's true to you I wonder if you know
                                     C
The times we've been together are so few
          D7                                G
She would pull me close while talking about you
                                   C
Her heart was only searching for a friend
  D7                               G
I fell in love and knew I couldn't win
Repeat #3

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I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Merle Haggard

G                D7               C             G
I wonder if I'll find you in some honky tonkin' bar
                                                      D7
I wonder if I'll find the hidden place you parked the car
  C                       G
I wonder if I'll find you holdin' someone tight
                    D7          G
I wonder where I'll find you at tonight
                  D7            C                  G
Walking's not the fastest way I know to make it to town
                                             D7
And I can't afford no taxi driver drivin' me around
    C                              G
And now I'm slowly walkin' towards another neon light
                    D7          G
I wonder where I'll find you at tonight
     Em                                  G
It's almost closin' time and there's one honky tonk to go
                                                    
And then checkin' out Joe's Coffee Shop 
                    D7
Is the only place I know
     C                          G
If I had some clue to follow or just a guiding light
                   D7          G
I wonder where I'd find you at tonight
               D7               C                 G
I saw a family friend of ours a girl named Martha Lou
                                                          D7
She allowed to save my feelings wouldn't tell me what she knew
      C                                  G
And I know she's got a reason why you're stayin' out of sight
                    D7          G
I wonder where I'll find you at tonight
repeat #3
                       D7          C     G
Oh I wonder where I'll find you at tonight

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I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

Tonight I'm sad my heart is weary
Wondering if I'm wrong or right
To think about you though you left me
I wonder where you are tonight

   The rain is cold and slowly falling
   Upon my window pane tonight
   And though your love seems even colder
   I wonder where you are tonight

Your heart was cold you never loved me
Though you often said you cared
And now you've gone to find another
Someone who knows the love I shared

Then came the dawn the day you left me
I tried to smile with all my might
But you could see the pain within me
That lingers in my heart tonight

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I Wonder Who's Missing You Now
Recorded by Johnny Duncan  [3/4 time]
written by Sonny Throckmorton, Craig Dillingham, Mark Sherrill

C
Last night I saw you out doing the town
                           G7
I wonder who's missing you now
I bet he's lonely and feeling low down
                           C 
I wonder who's missing you now
Somewhere a heartache is starting to show
           C7       F         
Somebody's thinking about letting go
G7
Somebody's learning what I already know
                           C
I wonder who's missing you now
I saw every man in the moon take a chance
                           G7
I wonder who's missing you now
I saw just how close you got when you danced
                           C
I wonder who's missing you now
Somewhere a sad case is watching the door
                  C7       F
Watching the time pass and walking the floor
G7
I bet he got much more than what he bargained for
                           C
I wonder who's missing you now

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I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye

Your letter came this very day
And it wiped all my dreams away
I've read it o'er a thousand times
You left me with a worried mind

    I wonder why you said goodbye
    And did you mean to make me cry
    I guess until the day I die
    That I will still be wondering why.

I dread the thought that we are through
And that you've found somebody new
I love you now and always will
I'd rather die than say farewell

I hope and pray before my time
That you'll come back and say you're mine
Bring back the love you took away
And mend the heart you broke today

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I Won't Let You Down
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Gary Burr
 
G              D7         G               D7
I may not be a rich man I may not be that wise
   G     C      D7          G        C  D7
If you expect a hero you're in for a surprise
G             C             G
But if you're hoping I will love you
      A7                   D7
Every day this world spins round
       C     D7      Em   C    G     D7      G
Then I won't let you down no I won't let you down
 
                  D7         G             D7
Don't look for an actor with all his lines prepared
      G            C D7      G     C        D7
Cause if I were an actor I'd never act this scared
              C            G        A7               D7
But if you're hoping for a lever to lift you off the ground 
       C     D7      Em   C    G     D7      G
Then I won't let you down no I won't let you down
 
C              G                 C                 D7
Everything you wanted may not be everything you'll see
    C         D7    Em            A7              D7
But I'll hold on to you if you'll just hold on to me
G          C      D7     G       C          D7
We may not have a family fifteen years from now
   G          C                 D7    G    C         D7
Oh of all the things that might be oh only this I'll vow
 
C              G                Am            D7
If the words I love you is your very favorite sound
       C     D7      Em   C    G     D7      G
Then I won't let you down no I won't let you down

     C     D7      Em   C    G     D7      G
No I won't let you down no I won't let you down

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I Worship You

I worship you and the things you do
Still you're not satisified
I paid the cost I've loved and lost
But still I worship you

When we first met and loved we were always side by side
Never then did I think you'd go wrong
But you started goin' round with the wrong kind of crowd
To my sorrow I've found you've gone wrong

I go back to our home and I lie awake 'til dawn
Still I can't get you out of my life
And my friends say next day what a price you must pay
Last night I saw someone with your wife

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The Avett Brothers - I Would Be Sad 
Emotionalism

I Would Be Sad
I would be sad because you left me all alone
I would be sad because the lies that you had told
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore
I would be sad because the love I've had before

I meant what I said when I said I would settle down with you
Although I know it's not something that you were asking me to do
And I know we are young but we won't always be so marry me
Let's not be that predictable young couple changing moving on
But I can tell by watching you that there's no chance of pushing through
The odds are so against us you know most young love it ends like this

I would be sad because you left me all alone
I would be sad because the lies that you had told
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore
I would be sad for all the love I've had before

I meant what I said when I said I would rearrange my plans and change for you
You know me I've always been the kind with easy confidence
Confident enough to honestly believe that nothing out there
Is stopping me especially not someone who's not loving me
Now listen here I told you I could live on without loving you
I was bluffing then but it seems that just might have been the truth
Well my dad told me one-day son this girl will think of what she's done
And hurting you will be the first of many more regrets to come
And he said if she doesn't call than it's her fault and it's her loss
I say it's not that simple see but then again it just may be

I would be sad because you left me all alone
I would be sad for the lies that you had told me
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore
I would be sad for all the love I had before
I would be sad for all the love I had before

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I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
I wouldn't change a single thing about you if could

The way are just suits me to a tee

A princess in a story book, a queen upon her throne

That's what you are and you belong to me.

CHORUS:

I wouldn't change you if I could, I love you as you are

You're all that I would wish for, if I wished upon a star

An angel sent from heaven, you're everything that's good

You're perfect just the way you are, I wouldn't change you if I could

Instrumental

Your eyes, your lips, your tender smile, I'd leave them as they are

And come what may, I'd love you just the same

And if I were a potter and you a piece of clay

The only thing I'd change would be your name.

CHO

Ref: Reno & Smiley & the Tennessee Cutups 1951/1959 Disc 4

Company: King


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I Wouldn't Know Where To Begin
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Bobby Bare and Charlie Williams

G
There's someone else 
              C       G
You've fallen for and I know it
                     C
You don't love me anymore 
        G
And you show it
       C
You're saying things 
                         G
Like here's where I came in
I wish that I could be like you 
Forget it all and start anew
                    D7       G
But I wouldn't know where to begin
          C           D7
I stopped looking for love 
        G
The day I met you
                C                 D7
Friends told me what you wouldn't do 
        G
And yet I'd let you
            C
Now they're saying things to me 
           G
Like start again
Oh they don't understand 
That I can only love one man
                    D7       C    G
And I wouldn't know where to begin

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I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars
 (For A Single Maple Leaf)
Written and recorded by Roy Payne
 
C
I've seen a lot of sadness
       F
In the countries of this world
         C
And I've seen the staving faces      
                      G7
Of a million boys and girls
 
         C
And I've walked the war torn country side
        F
And the bloody battered streets
      C
Where young men fought a died
             G7           C
Because they wanted to be free
 
When you think you've got troubles
         F
You just listen to the news
        C
And I'm sure you'll realize my friends
                       G7
Your troubles they are few
C
Compared to those of others
       F
In the countries of this world
    C
Why we're living in a paradise
  G7                 C
A rare and priceless world
    F
And as I watch my children
        C
Playing freely with their friends
  F
I thank God for this country
         C                 G7
It's the best we're living in
 
          C
And there are no cries of fighting solders
F
Dying on our streets
           C
I wouldn't take a million dollars
      G7           C
For a single maple leaf
 
recitation:
 
Yes friends we've got so much to be grateful for
F
All across this beautiful land
C
From the mighty Pacific Ocean
                                      G7
Right down to the shores of new found land 
 
      C
And tonight when your children
F
Pray down on their knees
    C
You ask them to ask God to bless Canada 
    G7              C
And forever keep us free
           F              C
I wouldn't take a million dollars
      G7           F   Fm  C
For a single maple leaf

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I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight
Recorded by Charlie Walker
Written by Larry Kingston and Troy Snow

C                               D7
My friend he fixed me up with a girl he said he knew
   G7                             C
He guaranteed we'd get along just fine
                                 D7
And when I went to pick her up I found out what he meant
   G7                                  F              C
He knows that strange and weird things are a hobby of mine
                         D7
I wouldn't take her to a dog fight 
G7                           C
Or any other place I've ever been
                         D7
I wouldn't take her to a dog fight 
G7                              C
Not even if she had a chance to win
               D7
Curiosity they say killed the cat
    G7                                   C
And I've been the curious sort all of my life
                            D7
I hung around convinced she couldn't really look that bad
    G7                      F               C
She got me drunk and when I woke up I had a wife
Repeat #2
 
                                   D7
Well now the years have passed and our daughter's in her teens
    G7                                    C
Her boy friend comes and hangs around the place
                            D7
He never takes her anywhere I don't dare ask him why
      G7                              F            C
Cause she's the spitting image of her momma in the face
Repeat #2

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I Wouldn't Mind Dying

By and by we're going to see the king
By and by we're going to see the king
By and by we're going to see the king
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

Wouldn't mind dying but I got to go myself
Wouldn't mind dying but I got to go myself
Wouldn't mind dying but I got to go myself
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

After death we're going to stand a test
After death we're going to stand a test
After death we're going to stand a test
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

Ezekiel saw a wheel a wheel in a wheel
Ezekiel saw a wheel a wheel in a wheel
Ezekiel saw a wheel a wheel in a wheel
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

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Dolly Parton - I Wound Easy (But I Heal Fast) lyrics
Writer Bill Owens
Copyright 1967

You're late again tonight and I know the reason why
You're out with someone else while I sit home and cry
But I'll just wait right here for you for I know your new love won't last
I wound easy but I heal fast
This is at the first your heart has gone astray
You have no resistance when temptation comes your way
But I'll forgive you this time like I've always done in my past
I wound easy but I heal fast
You know that I love you more than anything
And you know that I'll forgive you for causin' me this pain
Oh tonight my heart is breaking but I know this hurt won't last
I wound easy but I heal fast
Yes tonight my heart is breaking...


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I'd Like To Be Sixteen Again

Oh the worst mistake I could ever make was to take taht pledge and vow
Cause now I'm tied to a nagging wife and always in a row
To scared to talk I'll walk the chalk, my head I'll meekly bow
And I'd like to be sixteen again and know what I know now

Yea, I'd like to be sixteen again and know what I know now
The girl please with every squeeze make em holler wow
But its too late to change my fate such thing is not allowed
I'd like to be sixteen again and know what I know now

I've spent my youth arunning round well I tought I knew it all
But what I learned it hard mow my head is bald
I reminisce of things I missed of fields I'd liked to plough
But I'd like to be sixteen again and know what I know now

* Refrain

My teeth are gone I'm not too strong don't have to much to build
And ever a jug of Geritol won't change the way I feel
I'm like the dog to old to bite all I can do is growl
But I'd like to be sixteen again and know what I know now

* refrain


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Alan Jackson - I'd Love You All Over Again lyrics

Has it been 10 years
Since we said "I do"
I've always heard marriage made one seem like two
But you're looking better than you did back then
You still make this old heart give in
(Chorus)
And if I had it to do all over
I'd do it all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again
The preacher man said "Til death do us part"
That seemed like forever to a young man's heart
Now the days seem much shorter
The longer we love
And the memories just keep adding up
(repeat chorus)
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again


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I'd Rather Be Alone

I'd rather be alone and have you dream of me always
Than to have you say you're sorry that we are apart
I'd rather be alone and have you dream of me always
Than to be in your arms but never in your heart

I just received your letter and you asked me to come home
You say you're sorry that you went away
This is an old old story I've heard it all before
So darling this is all that I can say

* Refrain

I tried so hard my darling to make you love me then
But you would always leave me here alone
Although I could forgive you but things would be the same
And love could never change your heart of stone

* Refrain


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I'd Rather Have It This Way

I'd rather be lonely than be unhappy
I can't take the life that you lead
Your wild kind of life is not my way of livin'
And I'd rather have it this way

You promised to love me and that's all that matters
But now you've broken those vows
Your night life and bright lights were your kind of choosin'
So I'll say goodbye to you now

* Refrain

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - I'd Rather Have Jesus

I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I'd rather be His than have riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land
I'd rather be led by His nail scarred hands

Than to be a king of the best domain
Or be held in sin's dreads way
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today

I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause
I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause
I'd rather have Jesus then world wide things
I'd rather be true to His holy name

Than to be a king of the best domain
Or be held in sin's dreads way
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today


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I'd Rather Hear I Don't Love You (Than Nothing At All)

I know it's late But I had to phone 
I knew when you answered That you weren't alone
You say you're busy And I shouldn't call
I'd rather hear "I don't love you" Than nothing at all.

It hurts when you tell me I'm callin' in vain
But the sound of your voice Somehow eases the pain  
You're anxious to hang up I'm trying to stall 
I'd rather hear "I don't love you" Than nothing at all.

I can't reach out and touch you Except on the phone.
I know you'd like to hang up But I'm just hangin' on
Guess I should say good-bye Before I break down and bawl.
I'd rather hear "I don't love you" Than nothing at all.

Oh it hurts when you tell me I'm callin' in vain
But the sound of your voice Somehow eases the pain
You're anxious to hang up I'm trying to stall
I'd rather hear "I don't love you" Than nothing at all.

Oh rather hear "I don't love you" Than nothing at all.


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I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back 
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Ernest Tubb

C                                        D7
After you have finished all your running round 
        G7                         C
And you find the cards against you stacked
                           F
After you are weary and so sick inside 
     G7                         C
I'll always be glad to take you back

                                         D7
After life has taught you dear to really care 
      G7                           C
After all the rest is through with you
                                 F
Just give me a ring and you will find me here 
G7                              C
Waiting as I've always done for you

F                                 C
Though they tell me that you have strayed dear
                                    G7
That you're traveling on that other side
    C                                F
But after all they just don't really know you 
     G7                         C
I'll always be glad to take you back

                                     D7
After it's all over and yourself you find 
     G7                            C
Even though there's silver in your hair
                                   F
You can bet the world that I won't let you down 
   G7                               C
If you will only say that you still care

                                             D7
I just can't believe that you stopped loving me 
  G7                                C
I feel it deep within this heart of mine
                                         F
I'm praying for the day that you'll come back to me 
G7                            C
It's up to you I'm willing anytime

Repeat #3

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I'll Always Know
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G                   Em
Revenge must be the reason
    C                               D7
Why forgiveness was a thing I never knew
G                                   C
And someday soon I know you plan to hurt me
                                                 D7
But don't plan on getting by with the things you do

G                 Em                 G
Cause I'll always know when you been cheating
                C                       D7
And I'll always know when you've been untrue
            G
I'll always know

                     Em
Your heart is like a window
           C                         D7
But when I look inside I see another man
G                                      C
But go on and lie and tell him how you fooled me
                                       D7
But remember I saw through you're evil plan

G                 Em                 G
Cause I'll always know when you been cheating
                C                       D7
And I'll always know when you've been untrue
            G
I'll always know

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I'll Be A Hero When I Strike 
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Cochran

C
All because I walk a different street

And not helloed by some I meet
           G7                     C
That don't mean that what I do is right

Those that said that I was wrong

Now say they knew it all along
      G7                    C
Cause I'll be a hero when I strike

C7
I'll be a hero when I strike
     F                   C
Come up tight and out of sight
        F
They'll say I'm dynamite
    C
And they'd like to be there when I light
      G7                    C
Cause I'll be a hero when I strike


I love God and the flag

And I ain't the kind to stand and brag
        G7                             C
And I'm the kind to stand right up and fight

Don't need a uniform to wear

To make the people stop and stare
      G7                         C
Cause Hoss I'll be a hero when I strike

repeat #2


Won't shake hands until I'm sore

Wear medals hangin' to the floor
        G7                              C
They'll throw rocks at Franklin and his kind

They'll say boy ain't that cowboy hot

There ain't nothin' he ain't got
    G7                         C
But I'm gonna be a hero when I strike

repeat #2

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I'll Be All Smiles Tonight

I'll deck my brow with roses the loved ones may be there
And gems that others gave me will shine within my hair
And even those who know me will think my heart in light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight

I'll be all smiles tonight, Love, I'll be all smiles tonight
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight

Oh when the dance commences, Oh how I wil rejoice
I'll sing the songs he taught me without a faulting voice
When the flattering ones come around me they'll think my heart is light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smile tonight

* Refrain

And when the room he entered with a bride upon his arm
I stood and gazed upon him as though he was a charm
And once he smiled upon her as once he'd smiled
They knew not what I suffered, they found no change in me

* Refrain

And when the dance is over and all have gone to rest
I'll think of him, dear Mother, the one that I love best
He once did love me dearly and ne'er from me would part
He sought not to deceive me, false friends have changed his heart

* Refrain


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I'll Be Alright Tomorrow

   I may be a little bit tight tonight
   But I'll be alright tomorrow
   Be alright tomorrow, be alright tomorrow
   I may be a alright tomorrow
   But I'll be alright tomorrow
   Cause my baby's coming home

Ever since she left me
Things ain't been right
I've been out drinking every night
I may be a alright tomorrow
But I'll be alright tomorrow
Cause my baby's coming home

* Refrain

I got a letter just today
She's coming home to stay
Said she'd never leave my arms again
I may be a little bit tight tonight
But I'll be alright tomorrow
Cause my baby's coming home

* Refrain


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I'lL Be Broken Hearted

The chapel will be bright, but i'll be broken hearted
Wedding bells will ring, but i can't stay
You'll be dressed in white, but i'll be where i started
Alone and blue, and wandering on my way
Chorus
I'll always be your friend, no matter come what may
But all the dreams will end, upon your wedding day
You'll walk down the aisle, but i'll be broken hearted
Alone and blue, and wandering on my way
You'll wear a bridal veil, but i'll be broken hearted
You'll look lovely in your brides bouquet
Tears will fill my eyes, remembering how we parted
And I'm alone, and wandering on my way
Chorus


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I'll Be Gone
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                   F
I watch as you take off your clothes 
    C              G
And slip under the sheets
                         F            G
Then I turn and kick the boots off my feet
                     F
Hey I pull you close without a word 
      C                  G
Cause there's no need to speak
                 D7               G
Girl beauty like yours is hard to beat
But I'll be gone in the morning 
C                      G
In the morning I'll be gone
                              D7
Cause I'm not one for hanging on
G                           C
Hey please don't think that you 
               G
Done something wrong
                        D7               G
In the morning when you wake and find me gone
                 F              C       G
Just a look from fiery eyes can all but erase
              F           G
The memory of any other's face
                     F             C           G
And the passion they unleash could cause me to misplace
                      D7             G
And lose all track of time without a trace
repeat #2
                     F                 G
The sun intrudes and throws across the room its golden tracks
                 F                G
Shake the dreams now it's back to facts
                     F            G
As I turn to leave I know you had what so many lack
          D7                   G
Maybe someday that'll bring me back
Repeat #2 x2
                        D7               G
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

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Dolly Parton - I'll Be Home For Christmas 
Writers Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram)
Copyright 1943

I'll be home for Christmas you can count on me
Fileds have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree
Christmas Eve will find me where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams
Christmas Eve will find me...
If only in my dreams
Yes I'll be home I'll be home for Christmas

FROM ALBUM HOME FOR CHRISTMAS


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I'll Be Listening

When the Saviour calls I will answer
When he calls for me I will hear
When the Saviour calls I will answer
I'll be somewhere listening for my name

I'll be somewhere ( I'll be listening )
I'll be somewhere ( I'll be listening )
I'll be somewhere listening for my name ( yes for my name )
I'll be somewhere ( I'll be listening )
I'll be somewhere ( I'll be listening )
I'll be somewhere listening for my name

If my heart is right when he calls me
If my heart is right I will hear
If my heart is right when he calls me
I'll be somewhere listening for my neme

* Refrain

If my robe is white when he calls me
If my robe is white I will here
If my robe is white when he calls me
I'll be somewhere listening for my name

* Refrain


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I'll Be Long Gone
BMI Work #: 9149843
I'll Be Long Gone (Larry W. Jones 10/01/2007) (song#5023)

I'll be long gone since you don't need me
Dear, I'll be long gone since you don't care
I can't live with broken promises
I'll be long gone for another love that's fair
I'll be long gone since you don't need me
I'll be long gone for new parts unknown
If nights get long, remember, darling
True love has flown from you and is now long gone
Before I go dear, I have some questions
How long did you hide with your disguise
How long my dear, did you not need me
How long did you hide all of your lies
- instrumental -
Before I go dear, I have some questions
How long did you hide with your disguise
How long my dear, did you not need me
How long did you hide all of your lies
I'll be long gone since you don't need me
I'll be long gone for new parts unknown
If nights get long, remember, darling
True love has flown from you and is now long gone


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I'll Be Satisfied

When my soul is singing in that promised land above
I'll be satisfied
Praising Christ the Saviour for redeeming grace and love
I'll be satisfied

I'll be satisfied ( satisfied )
I'll be satisfied ( satisfied )
When my soul is resting in the presence of the Lord
I'll be satisfied

Living in a city where the soul shall never die
I'll be satisfied
There to meet with loved ones nevermore to say goodbye
I'll be satisfied

* Refrain

When I meet the ransomed over on the golden shore
I'll be satisfied
There I'll join the angels singing praises evermore
I'll be satisfied

* Refrain


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I'll Be With You
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent

C              F       C
In the morning I'll be with you
                  G7   C
I won't leave you all alone
              F          C
I know others have never followed
                 G7       C
I'll be with you till the end
 
       F                       C
I know problems are a constant bother
F     C       G7              C
Never ceasing till the day we part
           F                 C
But when I vowed to spend my life with you 
F         C            G7           C
Words you heard me say came from my heart
 
Repeat #1
 
       F                          C
Here I am with you here's where I wanna stay
F            C                G7                   C
Please don't think I'll leave at the first sign of trouble
             F                       C
Any time you need a friend or just a loving hand
F            C            G7            C
I'll be here close to you through eternity
 
Repeat #1
                 G7       C
I'll be with you till the end

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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan

Close your eyes, close your door
You don't have to worry any more
I'll be your baby tonight.

Shut the light, shut the shade
You don't have to be afraid
I'll be your baby tonight.

Well, that mockingbird's gonna sail away
We're gonna forget it
That big, fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But we're gonna let it
You won't regret it.

Kick your shoes off, do not fear
Bring that bottle over here


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I'll Be Your San Antone Rose
recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Susanna Clark
 
G
If they'll play another love song
                   D7                   G
And if that Miller Highlife light stays dim
C                                   G
And if you'll keep my glass full of whiskey
     D7                               G
I'll whisper words I wish I'd said to him
 
 
Just ask me to dance all the slow ones
                  D7                 G
Hold me close and take me 'cross the floor
C                               G
I'll gently lay my head on your shoulder
    D7                          G
And pretend this never happened before
 
C                          G
I don't want to hear a sad story
  C             D7          G
We both already know how it goes
   C                         G
So if you'll be my tall dark stranger
D7                      G
I'll be your San Antone Rose
 
 
I wish I could tell you I love you
               D7                   G
I wish that he weren't always on my mind
C                             G
If wishes were fast trains to Texas
    D7                        G
I'd ride and I'd ride how I'd ride
 
Repeat #3

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I'll Be Your Stepping Stone
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bozo Darnell and Major Luper

G            C                             G
I'll be your stepping stone while you keep stepping on
            D7
From him to him
            C                          G
I'll try to keep the pace just looking for a place
D7                 G
In your heart with them
                 G7                 C
You told me once just how my kisses thrilled you
           G                                  D7
Since that time there's been many lips you've known
              G   G7                 C
Now there you go  again in love with someone new
            G            D7                 G
And darling please don't miss your stepping stone
Repeat #1
                G7                 C
With every step I want to be there helping
         G                               D7
For it's love not jealousy that hangs me on
              G    G7                       C
When you walk out  on him look where you're stepping
            G            D7                 G
And darling please don't miss your stepping stone
Repeat #1

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I'll Break Out

Slowly the long day turns to night
Soon they'll switch off the prison lights
And in my cell I'm making plans
To be at home with you again

There walls and bars can't hold a dreaming man
So I'll be home to tuck the babies in
They can chain my body but not my mind
So I'll break out again tonight

The warden thinks I'm in for life
All he's ever seen me wear is stripes
He don't know about my blue suit and my tie
That I wear when I'm with you at night

* Refrain


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I'll Find Another Woman

I'll find another woman go find you another man
One that you can show that you're the leader of the band
Perhaps you'll love the only life you'll ever understand
I'll find another woman go find you another man

You said that you're not happy with a baby on your knee
So you leave it all alone and go stepping out on me
Well every night you're on your way to that wild side of life
You can't stand the thought to be a mother or a wife

It seems you don't care about the kind of life you choose
You know that if yoiu bamble some day you're gonna lose
This big world around you will tumble in your hand
I'll have me another woman, you'll need another man

* Refrain

Down this highway of sorrow I'll leave to you alone
For I know you'll always feel that same old tumbling stone
Another man will see you and than he'll stumble on
He'll be a victum of a woman that's gone away

*Refrain


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I'll Fly Away
Albert E. Brumley

Some glad morning when this life is o'er
I'll fly away
To a home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away

I'll fly away ( O glory )
I'll fly away ( in the morning )
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away ( fly away )

When the shadows of this life have grown
I'll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars has flown
I'll fly away

* Refrain

Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys shall never end
I'll fly away

* Refrain


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I'll Forever Say I Love You
BMI Work #: 9223413
I'll Forever Say I Love You (Larry W. Jones 10/31/2007) (song#5126)

Dear, I'll forever say I love you
For I would never make you blue
Yes, I'll forever say I love you
Darling, you know I love you true
Strolling with you in the moonlight
Just seems like the right thing to do
Dreams are rolling along alright
Making mem'ries for me and you
I'm so glad I found this new love
My heart is so bound to you, love
A sweet dream came down from above
Dear, I'll forever say I love you
- instrumental -
I'm so glad I found this new love
My heart is so bound to you, love
I adore this love you're giving
I'm living in a dream, I know
There will never be misgiving
Because darling, I love you so
Dear, I'll forever say I love you
For I would never make you blue
Yes, I'll forever say I love you
Darling, you know I love you true


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I'll Forget Needing You
BMI Work #: 9305597
I'll Forget Needing You (Larry W. Jones 12/10/2007) (song#5192)

Tomorrow dear, you'll need me to need you
But I'll be in love with somebody new
Tomorrow you'll need someone to plead to
When you're feeling so blue
You'll regret what your broken vows lead to
Tomorrow dear, you'll need me to need you
Now darling, I don't aim to mislead you
But tomorrow I won't need to need you
I won't be feeling blue
Cause tomorrow I'll forget needing you
- instrumental -
Tomorrow dear, you'll need me to need you
Now darling, I don't aim to mislead you
But tomorrow I won't need to need you
I won't be feeling blue
Cause tomorrow I'll forget needing you
But tomorrow I won't need to need you
I won't be feeling blue
Cause tomorrow I'll forget needing you


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Alan Jackson - I'll Go On Loving You lyrics

When I look into your soft green eyes
When I see your delicate body
Revealed to me as you slip off your dress
I'm reminded what I feel for you
Will remain strong and true
Long after the pleasures of the flesh
Then I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you
Me in the rain or the wind
Or the moon up in the sky
The spin of the earth or the change of the tide
I don't know what brought us together
What strange forces of nature
Conspire to construct the present
From the past
Then I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you


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I'll Go Stepping Too

Don't think I'll be hanging around
While you're having fun
I won't sit here crying over you
From now on when you step out
I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll lock the door, put out the cat
An' I'll go stepping too

Yes, I'll go stepping too, my honey
I'll go stepping too
I'll lock the door, put out the cat
An' I'll go stepping too

Now every time you come in late
We begin to fight
You tell me there are more fish in the sea
But the bait ain't what it used to be
And I've got news for you
Now after this when you step out
Then I'll go stepping too

* Refrain

From now on when you come in
An' you won't tell where you been
With your hair mussed up
An' your clothers don't fit you right
Don't start to yell if you find
I look the same way too
Then you will know that I have been
Stepping just like you

* Refrain


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I'll Just Pretend

You spurned the love I gave you darling
The love you once was proud to own
You've found someone whom you love better
And in my grief I'll walk alone

I'll just pretend that I don't love you
I'll just pretend that I don't care
And when I meet you to face dear
I'll turn my head, I'll just pretend

Those happy hours we spent together
Forever in my heart will live
That's all I have for each tomorrow
Though we will never meet again

* Refrain

I'll try my best to forget you
To love you now is such a sin
And as I'm facing all my freinds dear
They'll understand, I won't pertend

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - I'll Keep Climbing lyrics

As I travel life's pathway to that city beyond
I find the way so narrow and my strenght almost gone
Then I cry oh Lord have mercy please don't leave me all alone
Cause somehow I've got to make it make heaven my home
I'll keep climbing I'll keep climbing till I make it my home
And I'll soon be with Jesus round the great white throne
Though the way may seem rugged Lord I must travel on
I'll keep climbing I'll keep climbing till I make heaven my home
My friends they forsake me my companions are few
I'll keep my eyes toward heaven no matter what others do
I'll keep my mind upon Jesus for his way I will choose
Soon I'll reach heaven's portal seems it's almost in view
I'll keep climbing...
I'll keep climbing...
Make heaven my home


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I'lL Keep On Sailing

By Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
I'm sailing on life's river of sorrows
Just trying to keep my head above the raging water
I'll keep on praying along the way
Until I land on heavens shore forever to stay
I'll keep on sailing sailing sailing sailing sailing along 
Until my lord comes back and takes me to my heavenly home
I'll keep on singing shouting giving praising oh how the heavens will ring
When we gather up in heaven with Christ our king
If you see me sailing won't you follow me
And give your heart and soul to the one who set you free 
His loves unending as east to west
Get aboard with me as I sail along to a haven of rest
I'll keep on sailing sailing sailing sailing sailing along 
Until my lord comes back and takes me to my heavenly home
I'll keep on singing shouting giving praising oh how the heavens will ring
When we gather up in heaven with Christ our king
I'll keep on sailing sailing sailing sailing sailing along
Until my lord comes back and takes me to my heavenly home
I'll keep on singing shouting giving praising oh how the heavens will ring
When we gather up in heaven with Christ our king
When we gather up in heaven with Christ our king


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I'll Leave The Bottle On The Bar
Recorded by Merle Haggard

G               C                G
A loser doesn't always know he's losing 
                                             D7
Till he's lost the game and it's too late to win
  G                 C               G
I hope I'll call in time and you'll forgive me
      C                 D7             G
Cause I want so much to come back home again
                   C             G
And I'll leave the bottle on the bar 
                                D7
If you'll take me back to start anew
G              C             G
I'll leave the bottle on the bar 
     C            D7                G
I'll sober up and come back home to you
                       C             G
I stood by and let the bottle come between us
                                      D7
And I let it through me time and time again
  G                  C            G
Before I thought the wine was all I needed 
    C              D7               G
But now I see just what a fool I've been
                   C             G
And I'll leave the bottle on the bar 
                                D7
If you'll take me back to start anew
G              C             G
I'll leave the bottle on the bar 
     C            D7                G
I'll sober up and come back home to you

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I'll Love Nobody But You

I'll never love anybody but you, baby, baby
I'll never love anybody but you if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you

I'll always be true to you, baby, baby
I'll always be true to you if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you

I'll take you out every night, baby, baby
I'll take you out if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you


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Dolly Parton - I'll Make Your Bed lyrics

I'm not the kind of girl that married dear dad
I don't bake apple pies and cookies from scratch
I'm not even handy with a needle or thread
But you'll never go hungry and I'll make your bed
I'll make your bed a place you can't wait to go
Softer than feathers and as sweet as a rose
Smooth satin pillows I will fluff for your head
And you'll want for nothin' and I'll make your bed
I'll love you to sleep at night, wake you with a kiss
Things that I can't do, I swear you won't miss
I promised forever on the day that we meet
That's love you truly and
I'll make your bed
Do-do-do-do-do-do, de-de-de-oh-h
Do-do-do-do-do-do, de-de-de ah
Do-do-do-do-do-do, de-de-de-oh-h
I'll love you truly and I'll make your bed
I'll clothe you in dreams or I will feed you with love
Show you a magic life that few have dreamed of
I know this can be the love you'll never regret
'Cause I'm your forever and I'll make your bed
I'll make your bed a place you can't wait to go
Softer than feathers and as sweet as a rose
Smooth satin pillows I will fluff for your head
And I'll love you truly and
I'll make your bed
I'll love you to sleep at night, wake you with a kiss
Things that I can't do, I swear you won't miss
Forever and always I will prove what I said
And love you a lifetime and
I'll make your bed
And you'll want for nothing and I'll make your bed
Do-do-do-do-do-do, dum-de-de oh-h
De-de-de-de-de-de, do-do-do ah
Do-do-do-do-do-do, de-de-de oh
I'll love you truly and I'll make your bed
Do-do-do-do-do-do, da-de-de-de-oh-h
De-de-da-de-de, dum-de-de-ah
De-de-da-de, de-dum de-de-oh
I'll love you truly and I'll make your bed
Fades


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I'll Move Along
BMI Work #: 9223414
I'll Move Along (Larry W. Jones 10/31/2007) (song#5127)

Dear, I'll move along if you don't need me
I'll move along if you need to be free
I don't know how to mend your broken vows
I'll move along to a new love for me
I'll move along if you don't need me
I'll move along if your heart I can't own
In a new time zone dear, I'll remember
That you once told me you loved me alone
After I go, dear, you will remember
That all of my vows I did live up to
I'll move along without warm love's embers
And I will get along dear, without you
- instrumental -
I'll move along if you don't need me
I'll move along if your heart I can't own
In a new time zone dear, I'll remember
That you once told me you loved me alone
After I go, dear, you will remember
That all of my vows I did live up to
I'll move along without warm love's embers
And I will get along dear, without you
I'll move along without warm love's embers
And I will get along dear, without you


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Dolly Parton - I'll Never Forget lyrics

(Dolly Parton)
Sweeter than honey, as soft as a sigh
Gentle as snowflakes but warm as July
This is the way I remember your kiss
If I live forever, I'll never forget
Misty as morning, as blue as the sky
Reflections of Heaven in your loving eyes
Eyes that said more than your words ever did
And if I live forever, I'll never forget
If I live forever, I'll never forget
It's you that I'm wanting to spend my life with
Do I still love you? The answer is yes.
And if I live forever, I'll never forget
Two loving arms that I felt welcomin'
Arms that I've run to again and again
How do you erase sweet memories you miss
If I live forever, I'll never forget
Sad circumstances that stood between us
Wouldn't let us share our precious, sweet love
Do you remember, do you feel like this?
If I live forever, I'll never forget
If I live forever, I'll never forget
It's you that I wanted to share my life with
Do I still love you? The answer is yes.
And if I live forever, I'll never forget
Do you remember, do you feel like this?
If I live forever, I'll never forget


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Richard Thompson - I'll Never Give It Up Lyrics

I can't eat, I can't sleep
Knowing that you're on
Your midnight creep
I can't jump, I can't jive
Knowing that you want me
Dead or alive

There's no half way with you
You see red, white and blue
What holds your head on
Could use another screw

Come on, do your worst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
Hit me where it hurts, boy
That's the way, that's the way

Puff until you burst, boy
That's the way, that's the way
But I'll never give it up
I'll never give it up

I'll put you in my loser file
I don't need your reptile smile
I prefer you out of range
Stare at somebody else for a change

When the sky fell in, you cried
And blackness welled inside
And how your little brain
Got twisted and fried

I don't run, I don't care
Some day we're going to
Meet somewhere

You and me will rock and roll
When you crawl out of
Your sick little hole

So give me what you got
Put your money in the pot
Let's see what you are and
What you're not

You're someone I can't help betray
Because you built me up that way

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I'll Never Let Go Of You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and George Riddle

C              F                               C
I'll never let go of you not your sweet loving touch
               G7                           C
I'll never let go of you for I love you too much
             F                                  C
I want to be where you are till my life here is through
             G7                           C
If I'll live forever I'll never let go of you
                     G7                                     C
You brought sunshine into my world turned the grey skies to blue
              G7                              C
My life means everything while I'm holding to you
              F                                  C
Your nearness makes me feel that my troubles are few
             G7                           C
If I'll live forever I'll never let go of you
 
Repeat #2

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The Osborne Brothers - I'll Never Love Another lyrics

(Lester Flatt)
I'll never love another now that you've gone away
And left me here to grieve dear all alone
It seems I always lose my dear no matter how I try
I'll never love another until the day I die.
I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue
Without your loving darling what am I to do
I spend my life for you dear and now you've left me blue
I'll never love another if I can't have you.
--- Instrumental ---
My castle now have tumbled that we have built for two
And all my dreams have vanished dear with you
I'll find no one to take your place so I'll now even try
I'll never love another until the day I die.
--- Instrumental ---
Now you don't know my heartaches that you caused me to bear
Or you would never stole my love from me
I had to live my life alone and think of days gone by
I'll never love another until the day I die.
I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue
Without your loving darling what am I to do
I spend my life for you dear and now you've left me blue
I'll never love another if I can't have you...


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I'll Never Make You Blue

Since You went awy, the skies have turned togrey
I never knew I loved you this way
I can't live without you, and if you'll come back soon
Darling I'll never make you blue

I'll never make you blue, darling, I promise you
To be forever honest honest and true
The things I use to do, I'll quit them all for you
Darling, I'll never make you blue

Darling, I'm to blame, but I won't be the same
All I ask is one more chance
To prove what I can do darling, for you
I'll prove that I can make you happy, too

Please come back to me, don't leave me here to grieve
My life away tis a memory
Just let me alone and say you'll come back home
Darling, I can't live alone


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Dolly Parton - I'll Never Say Good-bye lyrics

I couldn't believe it the day that you left
Cleaned out your closet, cleared off your shelves
Loaded your car and you drove out of sight
But I never said goodbye
I'll never say goodbye
The door's always open, I leave on a light
I'm always waiting in case you drop by
I'll never say goodbye
People have told me you have a new love
My heart's not willing to give up on us
I've convinced myself they're just telling me lies
And I'll never say goodbye
I'll never say goodbye
The door's always open, I leave on a light
I never wanted you out of my life
And I'll never say goodbye
I'll never say goodbye
The door's always open, I leave on a light
I'll be loving you till the day that I die
And I'll never say goodbye
If you'll just come back, I won't even ask why
I'll never say goodbye, no I'll never say goodbye


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I'll Never She'd Another Tear

I used to sit up all night and worry little darling
For I thought you meant the world to me
But now things have changed and those days are gone forever
Oh,I'll never she'd another tear

I'll never she'd another tear now I don't care what happens
You have proved your love untrue to me
There's nothing you can do that will ever change my feeling
So I'llnever she'd another tear

With a broken heart I'll never forget the vows you made together
The many times you told me not to fear
But now youy've forgotten and you've left me here forever
Oh, I'll never she'd another tear

* Refrain

Now you should have told me that you were nly fooling
Then I'd never have learned to love you so
Then I wouldn't have all these heartches my darling
Darling the day I see you go

* Refrain



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The Osborne Brothers - I'll Never Shed Another Tear lyrics

(Lester Flatt)
I used to sit alone at night and worry little darling
For I thought she meant the world to me
But now things have changed and those days are gone forever
So I'll never shed another tear.
I'll never shed another tear, I don't care what happens
You have proved your love untrue to me
There's nothing' you can do that will ever change my feelings
So I'll never shed another tear.
--- Instrumental ---
With a broken heart I'll never forget those vows we made together
Many times you told me not to fear
But now you've forgotten and you've left me here forever
So I'll never shed another tear.
I'll never shed another tear, I don't care what happens
You have proved your love untrue to me
There's nothing' you can do that will ever change my feelings
So I'll never shed another tear.
--- Instrumental ---
Now you should have told me dear that you were only fooling
Then I'd never learn to love you so
Then I wouldn't have all those heartaches my darling
Dread in the day I see you go.
I'll never shed another tear, I don't care what happens
You have proved your love untrue to me
There's nothing' you can do that will ever change my feelings
So I'll never shed another tear...


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Dolly Parton - I'll Oil Wells Love You lyrics

I met a man in Texas and oh he was so fine
And I said to myself self I'm gonna make him mine
He owned a lot of oilwells and his bankroll sure was healthy
I knew that if I married him I'd certainly be wealthy
Oh I'll oilwells love you and I'll oilwells care
And I'll oilwells need you I'll want you oilwells dear
Well I never had no money not a penny to my name
And I said I'd find a rich man and I'd love my way to fame
So he took me in his arms I cuddled up real near
The moneybug still bit me and I whispered in his ear
Oh I'll oilwells love you...
He looked into my eyes Lord he saw a love light shine
Little did he know that that light was dollar signs
Now that we are married there ain't nothin' left to tell
We'll live happy ever after cause oil is well that ends well
Oh I'll oilwells love you...
I'll oilwells love you...


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Richard Thompson - I'll Regret It All in the Morning Lyrics

Whisky helps to clear my head
Bring it with you into bed
If I beat you nearly dead
I'll regret it all in the morning

I'm so drunk I couldn't care
If that's a wig or your own hair
Here's my ticket, take me there
I'll regret it all in the morning

I'll regret it all in the morning
When I see your smiling face
I'd rather be in any place but here

The years have left their mark
Your skin feels smooth as bark
As we shiver in the dark
I'll regret it in the morning

As you gaze around in fright
With your knuckles turning white
You're a lonely, lonely sight
To wake up to in the morning

This is no way to exist
With some girl who keeps a list
Naming all the boys she's missed
And she's longed for in the morning

I'll regret it all in the morning
When I see your smiling face
I'd rather be in any place but here

Now the room is spinning fast
And it fades away at last
When this empty night is passed
I'll regret it all in the morning

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Dolly Parton - I'll Remember You As Mine lyrics
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1975

(I'll remember you forever I'll remember you as mine)
Let's pretend tonight that it's the same as always
Let's go back just the little ways in time
Let's fill this one last night with lasting mem'ries
Let's me remember you as mine
Hold me close pretending it's still me and you love
And let me be the only thought that's on your mind
Let's pretend that you don't really have a new love
Oh no let me remember you as mine
I remember you as sunshine that gave lights to my world
I remember you as gentle as this night
I remember you as heaven that let me hold a little while
I remember you whether I remember you as mine
When you leave my arms then I will be alone love
Hold me close love me gently one last time
I won't ever picture you with no one else love no I remember you as mine
I remember you as sunshine...
As mine as mine


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I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars
And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky
When the dew drops of heaven are kissing the rose
It is then that my memory flies

Upon the wings of some beautiful dove
To hasten the message of cheer
I'll send you a kiss of affection and say
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers

When the angels of heaven are guarding the good
As God has ordained them to do
In answer to prayers that I offered to Him
I know there's one waiting for you

Go where you will on land or on sea
I'll share all your sorrows and cares
And at night when I kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers

May the angels be with you and guard you through life
And guide you up Heaven's bright stairs
And know that I love you wherever you roam
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers


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Alison Krauss - I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers Lyrics
Alison Krauss
So Long So Wrong
I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers
(public domain)

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars
And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky
Dewdrops from heaven are kissing the rose
It's then that my memory flies

Well, upon the wings of a beautiful dove
I'll hasten this message of cheer
And i'll bring you a kiss of affection and say
I'll remember you love in my prayers

Now the angels of heaven are guarding the good
As god has ordained them to do
In answer to prayers that i offer to him
I know there's one waiting for you

Now go where you will upon land or on sea
And i'll share all your sorrows and cares
At night as i kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you, love, in my prayers

Well at night as i kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you, love, in my prayers

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I'll Share My World With You
recorded by George Jones
written by Ben Wilson
 
G                        D7
I'll share my world with you
                  G
Everything that I own
           D7
My earthly possessions
                       G
They're no good if I'm alone
 
                       D7
Let me give you the sunshine
                              G
While it's fresh with morning dew
                       D7
Can't you see that I'm waiting
                       G
To share my world with you
 
                         D7
I'll share my world with you
                   G
If you'll be mine alone
                D7
I'll give you a new heart
                          G
You're the only love it's known
 
                   C
Let me give you my two arms
                             G
They'll be reaching when you do
                       D7
Can't you see they are waiting
                       G
To share my world with you
 
                         D7
I'll share my world with you
                  G
Everything that I see
               D7
Divide all the memories
                        G
One for you and one for me
 
                      C
Oh let me give you my two lips
                            G
They'll be smiling when you do
                       D7
Can't you see they are waiting
                       G
To share my world with you
                       D7
Can't you see they are waiting
                       G
To share my world with you

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I'll Sit At Home And Wait For You
BMI Work #: 8910474
I'll Sit At Home And Wait For You (Larry W. Jones 05/25/2007) (song#4675)

Now that you're gone, what can I do
To make believe I've not lost you
I'll just pretend dreams do come true
I'll sit at home and wait for you
I know tomorrow you'll be far away
Might as well be in the Milky Way
Unlike those stars that fade in day
This sorrow may never fade away
- instrumental -
I'll just pretend dreams do come true
I'll sit at home and wait for you
I know tomorrow you'll be far away
Might as well be in the Milky Way
Unlike those stars that fade in day
This sorrow may never fade away
Darling, I'll try my best not to cry
For that would only make me blue
So, until my eyes are really dry
I'll sit at home and wait for you
I'll think of you each and every night
Dear, I hope that you will be all right
Here's how I'll cope with feeling blue
I'll sit at home and wait for you


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I'll Stay Around

Now you just told me that you're leavin' 
On the next train comin' down
My love so dear you think I'll follow
I just think I'll stay around

For I know someday you'll want me
When the true love can't be found
But if you go dear I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around

Now you know dear I'll always love you
And would never let you down
But if you go dear I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around

* Refrain

Someday I'll hear that whistle blowin'
On the special coming down
You'll be looking for me baby
But I may not be around

* Refrain


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I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand

It's been many years since we were childhood sweethearts
Blisaful days that I never shall forget
And you know I stil I love you, little darling
Though the years bring me only regret

Oh, I love you, my darling, how I love you
If I talk will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me I love you
And I'll still write your name in the sand

Though the long lonely years I have loved you
And I've waited, but only in vain
Now I know that I've lost you, my darling
But I'll still sing the same old refrain

* Refrain

Now I know that your heart was for another
And it grieves me more than I can stand
Though I've lost the only one that I care for
I will still write your name in the sand

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - I'll Tag Along Lyrics

Don't mind me, friend of a friend
Bent the key to my lost weekend
Don't mind me, along for the ride
Diz, the gas man says, it's all right

Tag along
I get a taste of things
Flap my little wings
I'll tag along

You could be my kind of crowd
A little bit edgy, a little bit loud
I test the water, I feel the heat
Before I jump in with both feet

I'll tag along
I keep out of your hair
You'll hardly know I'm there
I'll tag along

Love those swirly whirly lights
Love that girl with the rips down her tights
Might have to hurl when the Molotov bites
I'll tag along

I didn't do it, it wasn't me
I was at the back, invisible, see?
I'm a 100 per cent and that's a fact
You can ask Diz, I'll be right back

I'll tag along
And get a taste of things
And flap my little wings
I'll tag along

Light fantastic, pop a few
My brain's elastic, appetite too
Cash or plastic? I'd kill for the loo
I'll tag along

I'll tag along
I'll tag along

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I'll Take The Blame

I've slipped around dear, two timein' you
Having fun dear, like some guys do
But now I'm sorry, and now I'm true
Forgive me darling, its up to you
* Refrain
But I can't blame you, if you two-time too
Because I'm guilty, for things I do
I've danced around love, played every game
And if you leave me, I'll take the blame
I ain't got much money, I'm just a pauper guy
Tryin' to live on love, dear without your love I'll die
So please don't leave me, whatever you do
Just squeeze me darling, while I'm loving you
* Refrain


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Brad Paisley - I'll Take You Back lyrics

When a freight train jumps off a track
And rolls down my road
And its summer time in Texas
And they're playing in the snow
When politicians everywhere stop telling lies
And only state the facts
Right then, that's when
I'll take you back
Let's say I get bucked off a bull and fall and hit my head
And then I get amnesia and forget the things you said
I lose my better judgement and I take up smoking crack
Right then, that's when
I'll take you back
[Chorus]
Go on keep trying
Come on keep calling
You know I like it
When you come crawling
Its like music
To hear you balling
Waa, waa, waa, waa, waa
When Donald Trump takes a part time job parking cars
When Clint Eastwood does ballet in a big pink leotard
And a donkey wins the Derby as he takes his victory lap
Right then, that's when
I'll take you back
[Repeat chorus]
The day that old morning sun rises in the west
And they pass a law in L.A. banning artificial breasts
When cars can run on water, gasoline and oil ain't worth jack
Right then, that's when
I'll take you back
[Repeat chorus]
Its like music
To hear you balling
Waa, waa, waa, waa, waa


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Alan Jackson - I'll Try lyrics

Here we are
Talkin' bout forever
Both know damn well
It's not easy together
We've both felt love
We've both felt pain
I'll take the sunshine
Over the rain
(chorus)
And I'll try
To only love you
And I'll try
My best to be true
Oh darlin' I'll try
So I'm not scared
It's worth a chance to me
Take my hand
Let's face eternity
Well I can't tell you
That I'll ever change
But I can swear
That in every way
(chorus)
I'm not perfect
Just another man
But I'm will give you
All that I am
(chorus)
I'll try
To be true to you
I'll try
I'll try
To always love you
I'll try


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I'm A Drifter

I'm a drifter like a rolling stone
Like the Mississippi river gotta keep rolling on
No one can ever tame me or ever hold me down
When the sun comes up in the morning I'll be in another town

You think that you know me and that you love me true
There's no way that I can stay and spend my life with you
No one can ever tame me or hold me down
When the sun comes up in the morning I'll be in another town

* Refrain

Like any other lover she wanted me to settle down
There's too many waiting, waiting to be found
When you're lonely drifter the blues will come around
When the sun comes up in the morning I'll be in another town

* Refrain


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I'm A Good Loser
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C               F                     C
Yeah I'm a good loser born to be that way
               F             C
This dog ain't never had his day
            F              C              F
Yeah I'm a good loser so don't worry 'bout my pride
C                 F              G7          C
Please don't look back you can't see my hurt inside
                F              C
There must be a sin I'm payin' for
                         F               C
Cause I felt my share of heartaches long before
                       Em     F                   C
This same life runs in cycles I can't say they're wrong
D7                             G7
My luck's been running bad too long
Repeat #1
                   F              C
There's no sign of changes coming soon
          F                  C
And I may never sing another tune
                       Em             F               C
Cause losin' you would probably be my biggest hurt to date 
    D7                                 G7
But don't you let my feelin's make you wait
Repeat #1 No I'm a good... 

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I'm A Hobo
BMI Work #: 8888560
I'm A Hobo (Larry W. Jones 05/17/2007) (song#4650)

Well, I was asked, how come I don't work like real men do
Now, how can I be at work and be a hobo too
Freight train's a-comin' and the sky is blue
I'm gonna be a hobo 'til my life is through
Where the four winds blow, I'm a hobo
Where the four winds blow, that's where I've been
Where the four winds blow, I'm a hobo
On any old feight train comin' 'round the bend
Well, I was asked, what do I do with the money I earn
Now, if I ever had money, it was money to burn
I used to have a job with a good return
But now I'm just a hobo with no concern
Where the four winds blow, I'm a hobo
Where the four winds blow, that's where I've been
Where the four winds blow, I'm a hobo
On any old feight train comin' 'round the bend
When the summer time comes, I'll be headin' north
When the winter time comes, I'll be headin' south
When it's spring time or autumn, it's east or west
Any place is best as long as I can stuff my mouth
Where the four winds blow, I'm a hobo
Where the four winds blow, that's where I've been
Where the four winds blow, I'm a hobo
On any old feight train comin' 'round the bend


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I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
Recorded by Merle Haggard 
Written by Liz and Casey Anderson 

C                       F               G7
Down every road there's always one more city
    F              G7            C
I'm on the run the highway is my home
                  F               G7
I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
      F            G7                  C
While Mama used to pray my crops would fail
                 F                      G7
Now I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways
   F              G7               C
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail
 
                   F                   G7
I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
  F                          G7
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
     C                  F               G7
Down every road there's always one more city
    F              G7            C
I'm on the run the highway is my home
 
                 F                G7
I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury
   F            G7           C
Of having one I love to come along
                   F               G7
She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me
    F              G7           C
For he who travels fastest goes alone
tag:
    F              G7            C
I'm on the run the highway is my home

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I'm A Pilgrim

I'm a pilgrim and a stranger
Traveling through this worrisome land
I've got a home in that yonder city
And it's not (God Load it's not)
Not made by hand

I've got a mother a sister and a brother
Who have gone on before
And I'm determined to go and meet them, good load
Over on that other shore

I'm going down to the river of Jordan
Just to cleanse my weary soul
If I could touch but the hem of His garment, good load
I do believe it would make me whole


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I'm A Stranger Here

I'm travellin' down life's sorrowful pathway
Searching for a place to stay
Nobody seems to care about me
Since Mom and Dad have passed away

I'm a stranger here in this world of sorrow
Travelin' through this world alone
I have no promise of tommorrow
No place on earth to call my home

Nobody knows the life I'm livin'
All the troubles I've gone though
I'm just a poor and helpless atranger
In this old world my friends are few

* Refrain

My journey here will soon be ended
No more in sadness will stray
I'll meet my dear old Dad and Mother
In that lovely land so far away

* Refrain


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I'm Afraid My Darlin's Gone

Oh, I'm afraid my darlin's gone
She won't be there when I get home
My heart beats true for you mu dear
And losing you has been my fear

The road is dark and cold tonight
I see your face in each head light
And as I travel all alone
I pray you're there when I get home

* Refrain

The love I have for you is real
It's not the kind someone can steal
I know someday when I get home
My heart will break to find you gone

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - I'm Alone Again Lyrics

On a gray, cloudy mornin', I rise from my bed
And I wonder if he meant all the things that he said
Well, I think of all the good times but the bad time came along
Now it doesn't matter 'cause he's gone

Now I'm alone again, I cry in my sleep
I wonder why he left, his love I tried to keep
I don't understand him and I guess, I never will
He could always make my heart stand still

He may not have loved me or cared for me at all
But through all the teardrops, he sure made me fall
And when we were together, my world was in a spin
I will never love him again

Now I'm alone again, I cry in my sleep
I wonder why he left, his love I tried to keep
I don't understand him and I guess, I never will
He could always make my heart stand still
Yes, he could always make my heart stand still

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Nickel Creek - I'm An Old Cowhand 

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned
I'm the cowboy who never saw a cow
Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how
I sure ain't fixin' to start in now
Yippee I oh ti-ay, yippee I oh ti-ay

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
And I learned to ride before I learned to stand
I'm a ridin' fool who is up to date
I know every trail in the Lone Star State
'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V-8
Yippee I oh ti-ay, yippee I oh ti-ay

We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande
And we come to town just to hear the band
We know all the songs that the cowboys know
'Bout the Big Corral where the dogies go
We learned them all on the radio
Yippee I oh ti-ay, yippee I oh ti-ay

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
Where the west is wild all around the borderland
Where the buffalo roam around the zoo
And the Indians run up a rug or two
And the old Bar X is just a barbecue
Yippee I oh ti-ay

I'm a pioneer who began from scratch
I don't bat an eye in a suit or hat
They don't call me Elmer, they call me Satch
Yippee I oh ti-ay, yippee I oh ti-ay, yippee I oh ti-ay

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I'm Beside Myself
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Carl Jackson and Ethan Reilly

C                                   F
I'd grown so used to you I took for granted
G7                                 C   F G7
Fire of love we built would always burn
    C                             F
But wrong I stand alone among the ashes
    Dm             G7             C    F G7
And losing was the hardest way to learn
C                                     F
When I think what I've lost it drives me crazy
G7                             C   F G7
Lately I've been crazy all the time
C                           F
Things I do are starting to amaze me
Dm                    G7             C
Cause I can't seem to get you off my mind
      G7           C
By my side where I need you
      G7          C   F G7
By my side no one else
       C          F
I need you always beside me
      G7      C    G7         C     F G7
Cause without you  I'm beside myself
       C          F
I need you always beside me
      G7      C    G7         C     F G7
Cause without you  I'm beside myself
            C    G7         F     C
Now without you  I'm beside myself

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I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone

I once had a sweetheart to love me
But now she has proven untrue
She's found a new love to treasure
That's why I'm walking round blue

The lies you told me are over
The heart you broke is gone
And friends they tell me I'm lucky
I'm better off now that you're gone

You broke my heart when you loved me
I've always counted on you
But now you've strayed with another
LIttle girl what more could I do

* Refrain

Some day I know you'll be sorry
You led my poor heart astray
You seemed to think it was funny
But some say darling you'll pay

* Refrain

I'm better off now that you're gone


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I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When

I'm going down this lonesome road
To find my fate or victory
Our God must help us there to win
I'm coming back but I don't know when

I hate to leave my mother dear
My father who is old and gray
But my true love I know will wait
Till come back to you some day

* Refrain

When I come back will you be here
Or will your love fade like a rose
I can never come back and find you gone
My love for you nobody knows

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - I'm Doing This For Your Sake lyrics
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1968

Someone else's arms will hold you my darling baby girl
I'll never get to see the child I've brought into this world
Because I made one mistake folks say that I'm bad
But they just don't understand the way I loved your dad
Now I thought your daddy loved me I was so sure he did
And so I gave him all my love and he said we would wed
But I guess he must chenged his mind cause she left town one day
When he found out about you he just stopped and ran away
In this home so far away from home I leave my heart today
Cause home where the heart is and with you my heart will stay
Because I love you so much why I can't make you pay
So I'm doing this for your sake I'm giving you away


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I'm Done With Crying In The Rain
BMI Work #: 9286918
I'm Done With Crying In The Rain (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2007) (song#5179)

Darling, I guess that you could see
How my poor heart was hurting me
Now I have to say I'm so glad you came my way
You eased all my sorrow and pain
I'm done with crying in the rain
I'm through with all those cloudy skies
There'll be no more rain from my eyes
And darling, you must know how much I love you so
No more sad heartaches will remain
I'm done with crying in the rain
Dear, you must have come from heaven
You took away my misery
Now there's no more stormy weather
Since you and I are together
Lonely teardrops just cannot be
Crying in the rain is now done
You brought with you the warming sun
For your endeavor, my darling you will never
Ever hear any words that complain
I'm done with crying in the rain
- instrumental -
Dear, you must have come from heaven
You took away my misery
Now there's no more stormy weather
Since you and I are together
Lonely teardrops just cannot be
Crying in the rain is now done
You brought with you the warming sun
For your endeavor, my darling you will never
Ever hear any words that complain
I'm done with crying in the rain


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New Grass Revival - I'm Down

You tell lies thinking I can't see
You can't cry 'cause you're laughing at me
I'm down
(I'm really down)
I'm down
(Down on the ground)
I'm down
(I'm really down)

How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?

Man buys ring, woman throws it away
Same old thing happen every day
I'm down
(I'm really down)
I'm down
(Down on the ground)
I'm down
(I'm really down)

How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh when you know I'm down?

We're all alone and there's nobody else
She'll still moan, "Keep your hands to yourself"
I'm down
(I'm really down)
Ah babe I'm down
(Down on the ground)
I'm down

How can you laugh when you know I'm down?
How can you laugh when you know I'm down? Whoa, oh

A baby, you know, I'm down
(I'm really down)
I guess, I'm down
(I'm really down)
I'm down on the ground
(I'm really down)

I'm down
(I'm really down)
Ah, baby I'm upside down
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(I'm really down)
Oh, baby, I'm down
(I'm really down)
I'm feeling upside down
(I'm really down)

Ohh, I'm down
(I'm really down)
Oh, baby, I'm down, yeah
Oh, baby, I'm down, yeah

Oh, baby, I'm down
(I'm really down)
Oh, baby, I'm down
(I'm really down)

Oh, baby, baby, baby
(I'm really down)
Oh, baby, I'm down
(I'm really down)

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I'm Falling For You
Recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Bonnie Owens, Buck Owens, Don Rich
 
C                                   G7
You bring me happiness and leave me loneliness
                                              C
My world is in distress cause I'm falling for you
                                   G7
You look into my eyes and tell the sweetest lies
                                                    C
You're a heartbreak in disguise and I'm falling for you
 
C7         F                            C
Oh darling when you're near my world is happy dear
             D7                              G7
But when you disappear I'm afraid that we're through
          C                G7
I love in misery you're so unfair to me 
                                       C
It's all a mystery why I'm falling for you
 

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Dolly Parton - I'm Fed Up With You lyrics
Writer Bill Owens
Copyright 1969

I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line
You say that wasn't you I saw with someone else last night
You say you've never done me wrong you've always treated me right
I know it was dark but not that dark and I'm not that blind
And I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line
I'm fed up with you and the way that you do
I used to love you now I change my mind
And I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line
I once believed everything you've said I was so in love with you
You said I was the only one now I know that wasn't true
Now I know just where I stand I'm tidin' your cheatin' line
And I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line
I'm fed up with you...
I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line


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I'm Finally Over You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier and Sanger D. Shafer

C               G7                C
Sweetheart it's been several days now 
                           F
Since they found me on the street
                             C
But since then an old friend loaned me five 
                           G7
And it's got me back on my feet

C            G7              C
This morning I'll just drink enough 
                   F
To knock me out by noon
                     C
Yes I was down for a little while 
        G7           C
But I'm finally over you

    F              C
The sun outside is much too bright 
       G7                    C
That's why I'm wearing these shades
        F                C
And the reason I haven't shaved is because 
    D7                   G7
The drugstore ran out of blades

C              G7           C
So if you hear that I'm not making it 
                                  F
Don't believe it because it's not true
                     C
Yes I was down for a little while 
        G7           C
But I'm finally over you

Repeat last verse

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I'm Free
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Leon Copeland

C                                  Dm
Though I haven't got a penny to my name
         F             G7               C
I've got wealth beyond compare just the same
                                             Dm
In my mind the greatest treasure there could be
        F              G7               C
Just to live the way I live because I'm free

                                      Dm
I'm not bound to anyone that takes my time
   F                   G7            C
Or pleasures that will pray up on my mind
                                      Dm
And I walk the roads and do just as I please
   F               G7           C
My life belongs to me cause I'm free

                                       Dm
I'm free from social ties that tend to bind me
      F                  G7               C
Or to live the life that wasn't meant for me
                                      Dm
Competing for the things that have no meaning
    F             G7               C
I'm wealthy in my mind because I'm free

                                       Dm
The ribbons of the land that keep me a knowing
          F                G7            C
There was always something new for me to see
                                   Dm
A whistle in the wind then I'll be going
   F              G7               C
To live the way I live because I'm free

repeat #1

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I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky

When I left old Kentucky
Linda kissed me and she cried
I told her that I would not wander
I'd be back by and by

I'm going back to old Kentucky
There tro see my Linda Lou
I'm going back to old Kentucky
Where the skies are always blue

Linda Lou she is a beauty
those pretty brown eyes I loved so well
I'm going back to old Kentucky
Never more to say farewell

* Refrain

Linda Lou you know I love you
I long for you each night and day
When the roses bloom in old Kentucky
I'll be coming back to stay

* Refrain


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Doc Watson 
I'm Going Back To The Old Home

I left my old home in the mountains
And the only friends I've ever had
And though I have traveled this world over
My heart's been so lonesome and sad

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Round the old home on the hill

I know my dear old mother loves me
And I know she's waiting there still
With the twinkle in her eye
And the silver in her hair
Our old cabin home on the hill

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Round the old home on the hill

It's many years now since I saw her
And I've traveled many a mile
Tonight there's a light in the window
And she's waiting at the door with a smile

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Round the old home on the hill

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I'm Going Down This Road Feeling Bad

I'm going down this road feeling bad
I'm going down this road feeling bad
I'm going down this road feeling bad, lord, lord
And I ain't gonna be treated this a-way

I'm down in that jail on my knees
I'm down in that jail on my knees
I'm down in that jail on my knees, lord, lord
I ain't gonna be treated this a-way

They fed me on cornberad and beans, etc
Takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my feet, etc
'cause you two dollar shoes hurt my feet, etc
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes, etc
That's why I'm going down this road feeling bad, etc


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Alison Krauss - I'm Gone Lyrics

When you came to me
You said love could not erase
The ever present memory of another face

I tried to make you love me
How I could I be so blind
To think I'd be the one to change your mind

And if I'm gone before you start
Well you can find me in your heart
Who can say if its right wrong
I've waited for you too long
And if I can't hold on
I'm Gone

When you came to me
I said love will find a way
For every heart that leaves another heart must stay

I guess you couldn't see
As the shadow's in the night
It seems the time for us just wasn't right

And if I'm gone before you start
Well you can find me in your heart
Who can say if its right wrong
I've waited for you too long
And if I can't hold on
I'm Gone

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I'm Gonna Make It After All

Well, I've been walked on and I've been stepped on
I've been kicked when I was down
Honey I've been too tied treated unkind
I've been hard and pushed around
And I thought I'd never find love
Till one day you came along
Now I'm a new man and I've got a feeling
I'm gonna make it after all

I've strolled I guess down the road of happiness
Where all my things or times I recall
Now I'm a new man and I've got a feeling
I'm gonna make it after all

I've been fooled and led behind
Honey I've been shaking it was shaking
Just when I found love was mine
And I'm long so used to thinking
Love would never come along
You found me girl and I believe girl
I'm gonna make it after all

* Refrain


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Brad Paisley - I'm Gonna Miss Her lyrics

Well I love her
But I love to fish
I spend all day out on this lake
And hell is all I catch
Today she met me at the door
Said I would have to choose
If I hit that fishin' hole today
She'd be packin' all her things
And she'd be gone by noon
Well I'm gonna miss her
When I get home
But right now I'm on this lakeshore
And I'm sittin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me
When I walk through that door tonight
That I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, I've got a bite
Now there's a chance that if I hurry
I could beg her to stay
But that water's right
And the weather's perfect
No tellin' what I might catch today
SO I'm gonna miss her
When I get home
But right now I'm on this lakeshore
And I'm sittin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me
When I walk through that door tonight
YEAH I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, ANOTHER bite
Yeah, I'm gonna miss her
Oh, lookie there, I've got a bite


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I'm Gonna Paint Me A Bed Of Roses
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Bobby Whitson

C
In our bedroom there's a portrait 
        F
Done in different shades of gray
     G7                                 C
That I penciled out before you broke my heart

In the sketch we're arm in arm 
           F
But in the background there's a storm
         G7                             C
That was soon to come and tear my world apart

                                      
And before my days are over 
          F
I'm gonna try my hand again
     G7                             C
Do a portrait like I wanted life to be

Put some flowers on the ground 
          F
And color springtime all around
    G7                            C
And paint a bed of roses just for me

          F                 C
I'm gonna paint me a bed of roses
        G7                                 C
One without one single cloud in a big blue sky
               F                 C
Yeah I'm gonna paint me a bed of roses
      G7                     C
Where love and passion never die

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I'm Gonna Settle Down

Tonight I'm all alone, no place to call my own
Don't have no one to love me anymore
I'm gonna pack up my grip
And take a long, long trip
Back to the one that I love so

Oh I long to go back to my darling
Back to the one I love so well
I know she'll be my wife
When we settle down for life
'Cause she's the one that means the world to me

I can't forget the day I left and went away
You told me I'd be sorry some old day
I found it to be true
So I'm heading back to you
Sweetheart, I'm tired and want to settle down

* Refrain

When I get back to her my rambling days are o'er
We'll build a little cottage on the hill
We'll think of day's gone by
Sweetheart, just you and I
And there we'll live so happy ever more

* Refrain


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I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open
Artist: Lester Flatt
Album: Lester at His Best

I just found out today the little game you play
I've been sleeping all my life away
You've been strepping so they say between midnight and day
So I'm honna sleep with one eye open from now on
Refrain:
From now on from now on all night long all night long
You won't have a chance to treat your daddy wrong
You've been stepping so they say between midnight and day
So I'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on
There's honky tonk down the road just a mile or so
I understand that's where you spend your time
Baby I got news for you your little game is through
From now on baby you're gonna tow the line
* Refrain
You thought you were being wise running around with other guys
And leaving me to spend my time alone
But you'll find out today it don't work out that way
You started a little game that two can play
* Refrain


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I'm Head Over Heels In Love With You

I think I'll go across the ocean
If I don't change my notion
I've just got to forget you if I can

Oh I'm feeling so blue
That I don't know what to do
For I'm head over heels in love with you

Everyday is sad and lonely
While I'm thinking of you only
Oh I just can't sleep when I lay down

* Refrain

All the night are long and dreary
All I do is sit and worry
I just can't bear the thought of losing you

* Refrain

Oh I'd like to be forgiven
But this life ain't worth livin'
If I have to sit and worry over you

* Refrain

Oh I'm head over heels in love with you


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Dolly Parton - I'm In No Condition lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Don't look at me with love in your eyes
Go look at somebody that can make it worthwhile
I'm hurt from a love affair I didn't want in
I'm in no condition to try to love again
Don't smile at me because it's no use
'Cause I don't have a smile that I can give to you
Someday, you might look me up, but let me be till then
For I'm in no condition to try to love again
I'm in no condition to try to love again
Man I love just broke my heart
And it must have time to mend
He have me the breeze
Now he's gone with the wind
I'm in no condition to try to love again
I'm in no condition to try to love again
Man I love just broke my heart
And it must have time to mend
He have me the breeze
Now he's gone with the wind
I'm in no condition to try to love again
No, I'm in no condition to try to love again


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I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray
To the warden of the penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

I've tried to raiser my baby right, I have prayed both day and night
that he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide, I had feared that he had died
And at last I find my baby here in jail
Yes, warden, but it's good to find my baby here in jail

I will pawn you my watch, I will pawn you my chain
I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes, I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail
Yes, warden, you know I want my baby out of jail

Then I heard the wanden say to the lady old and gray
I will send your baby boy to your side
Those wide gates swung wide apart, she held her darling to her heart
She kissed her darling boy and then she died
But smiling in the arms of her boy there she died


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I'm Leaving Tipperary
Traditional

The ship will sail in half an hour, to cross the broad Atlantic,
My friends were standing on the pier, with grief and sorrow frantic.
My trunk's well packed way down below, on the good ship Dan O'Leary,
The anchor's weighed, the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary.

Chorus:
Goodbye Mick, goodbye Pat, goodbye Kate and Mary,
The anchor's weighed, the gangway's up, I'm leaving Tipperary.
There's the steamer blazing up, I can no longer stay,
For I'm bound for New York City, boys,
Three thousand miles away. Ha Ha Ha...

Me portmanteau is all packed up, with potatoes, beans, and bacon,
If you don't think I'm watching that, in truth, you are mistaken.
But if the ship should pitch and toss, for a half a dozen fathoms,
I'll take my trunk upon my back, and walk to Castle Garden.

Give my respects to Mr. Mack, as well to Mrs. Hagan,
And I'll attend the chistening if she'll marry Pa Joe Hagan
I'm deep in love with Molly Burke, as a jackass is in clover,
And when I'm set, I'll write you bet, and pay her passage over.


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I'm Lonesome And Blue

Alone and lonesome, I'm sad and I'm blue
Just thinking of you and the love that we knew
How well I remember when I told you that day
I wanted my freedom, I was going away

Now that I'm free I'm lonesome and blue
I just can't forget all the love that we knew
I let someone's kisses lead my heart astray
I said I'd forget you that was easy to say

I'll always love you though we're far apart
I just can't hide these tears in my heart
So clearly in dream I can vision your face
In hurts me to know someone's taken my place

* Refrain


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I'm Lonesome Without You

When we were young and loved each other
More than any one will know
But that day you found a new love
And you said I had to go

Oh the road is rough and rocky
Since the day I last saw you
Another won your heart forever
And I'm lonesome without you

On down this lonely road I wander
With nothing left for me to do
Wondering if I'll ever see you
And share the love that we once knew

* Refrain

My hope is now that you'll be happy
With the new love you have found
But if you should ever change your mind dear
Remember me, I'll be around

* Refrain


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I'm Lookin' For My Red

I'm Lookin' For My Red
Have you seen my pretty gal
You know she's run away
Thought she was my only pal 
I saw her every day
If you happen to cross her
Please send her back to me
I love her with all my heart
And it is plain to see
I have called her every hour
I listen for her tone
But I never hear her bark
I miss my ol' Redbone
(Chorus)
She has run and won't come back
I'm lookin' for my Red
Took off on that ol' raccoon
And ran it till it's dead
Called her from the mountaintop
Way down in the holler
I sure wish I'd hear her howl
And see her orange collar
I'll give her a day or two
When she's tired and sore
Drag her lazy carcass home
I'll find her at the door
If you ever loose your hound
And you feel forelorn
Trust their instincts and their nose
They'll be there in the morn
(Chorus)
She has run and won't come back
I'm lookin' for my Red
Took off on that ol' raccoon
And ran it till it's dead
Copyright©2009, Randolph E. Ginter
Randolph E. Ginter Song Lyrics Volume #2
11/19/2009 Copyright # PAu003439682
http://randolph-e-ginter-song-lyrics-and-music.info/


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I'm Looking For My Mind
By Merle Haggard
 
G                  C            G
I lost my mind the day you said goodbye
                  C                  D7
I lost everything except the will to cry 
   G                    C                 G
If you find me crawling back from time to time 
C        G              D7             G
It's not you I want I'm looking for my mind
 
        C                                G
Cause I lost my mind the day I lost your love 
        A7                           D7
I'm not crazy but sometimes I wish I was 
       G               C                G
If you turn around and find me crawling slow behind 
C        G              D7             G
It's not you I want I'm looking for my mind
 
Repeat #2
 
Tag: 
C        G              D7             G
It's not you I want I'm looking for my mind

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I'm Lost And I'll Never Find The Way
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs

G        C        G       D7
Lonesome lonesome pining away
    G
Now you say it's best to part
     C
Even though it breaks my heart
    G             D7             G
I'm lost and I'll never find the way
                            C
Since you said we must part darling you broke my heart
     G                            D7
I am driftin' like a ship lost at sea
     G                     C
In a world of despair it's so lonesome there
G             D7           G
Why don't you come back to me
Repeat #1
                              C
You said you'd be true no one else would ever do
    G                                D7
I believed you with all my heart and soul
    G                       C
But you broke every vow and it's all over now
G                D7             G
I'm left in this world lone and cold
Repeat #1
Now you say it's best to part
     C
Even though it breaks my heart
    G             D7             G
I'm lost and I'll never find the way

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Alison Krauss - I'm Missing You

Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I'm still standing here
And you're miles away
And I'm wondering why you left
And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile

I spend my time
Thinking about you
And it's almost driving me wild
And that's my heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What my friends say

There's a message in the wild
And I'm sending you this signal tonight
You don't know how desperate I've become
And it looks like I'm losing this fight

In your world I have no meaning
Though I'm trying hard to understand
And it's my heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

But I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you
No matter what I might say

And there's a message that I'm sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can't bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload

'Cause I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you
No matter what I might say

I ain't missing you (I ain't missing you)
No way
Since you've been gone away (I can lie to myself these days)
I ain't missing you

And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
And I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you
No matter what my friends say

I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you (I can lie to myself these days)
I ain't missing you at all, I ain't missing you (No way, baby)

No matter what my friends say (I'm doing fine here)
And I ain't missing you at all
I ain't missing you
I keep lying to myself every time I think of you

I'm okay 
I'm doing fine here from day to day
I ain't missing you
I can lie to myself


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I'm My Own Grandpa
Dwight Latham / Moe Jaffe

Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her and soon they, too, were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my step-mother.

My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grand-child, 'cause he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too.

If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
{For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw,
This has got to be the strangest thing I ever saw}
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpaw.

Chorus:
I'm my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw
It sounds funny I know
but it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpaw.

Alternate version (perhaps not genealogically correct):

Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.

This widow had a grown-up daughter, who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law, and changed my very life,
For my daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.

To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
Which also made him grandchild, though it made me very sad.

For if he was my grandchild,
That also made him brother
To the widow's grown up daughter,
Who of course was my step-mother.

Chorus:
I'm my own grandpaw. I'm my own grandpaw.
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so.
Oh, I'm my own grandpaw.

Notes:

See also http://www.wwco.com/gean/grandpa/


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I'm Not Ready Yet
Recorded by George Jones  
Written by Tom T. Hall

G                     C                   G
I've always said that someday I was gonna leave you
                A7              D7
Some April when all the land is wet
     G             C                  G
Some spring summer fall Lord or maybe winter
                   D7                G
I'll leave someday but I'm not ready yet

         C                                         G
I know I shoulda left the day I knew your love was dieing
                      A7               D7
But I passed up every date that I ever set
      C                                           G
But I know I'll leave when my heart tells me it's ready
                     D7                  G
But I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

Spoken:
You know I must have left you a hundred times 
But you don't know that cause I was afraid I'd be ashamed that
You'd laugh when you found out just how far I'd get 
But you didn't and you don't I know you ain't gonna ever know
And some day I'll go but I'm not ready yet

         C                                         G
I know I shoulda left the day I knew your love was dieing
                     A7                     D7
But I passed up ever date this ole boy ever set
      C                                                   G
But I know I'll leave when my heart tells me George we're ready
                     D7                  G
But I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

                 D7                  G
I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

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Dolly Parton - I'm Not Worth The Tears lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Mama didn't always have those tears in her eyes
And daddy once was able to hold his head up high
But now I brought disgrace to my whole family
Now they cry, but I'm not worth
The tears they cry for me
I loved a boy and then I found that he just lead me on
So in my hurt and bitterness
I let myself go alone
But all I did was hurt myself
And shame my family
And now they cry but I'm not worth
The tears they cry for me
No I'm not worth
The salt in one tiny tear
Oh why have I brought shame
To the one I loved so dear
I'm so sorry that I hurt them
But they'll never know how sorry
And now they cry but I'm not worth
The tears they cry for me
Yes now they cry, but I'm not worth
The tears they cry for me


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Chris Thile - I'm Nowhere and You're Everything

It's not yet 6
The sun's not up
And father take away this cup is running through my throbbing head
Because if he had I'd be dead
Feeling like I'm feeling now
In between the skies and clouds
Where everyone's identity is just a picture card they need

I came from California with an appetite for my own myths
Of music, love, and what they mean
I'm told it's borderline obscene
I tried to write this song before
But had no one to write it for
My fellow travelers vacant stares leave it up for you to care

I could write a song and have the Lord put you and me in a cup he tries to pour out
Looking in at the passengers from the wing
I'm nowhere and you're everything

You came from Illinois with a cup of your very own to sip
Never on route for very long
Just there and doing something wrong
Or so your friends and parents said
But if you hadn't you'd be dead
What you've been given doesn't scare me
All your sights and sounds prepare me

I could write a song and have the Lord put you and me in a cup he tries to pour out
Looking in at the passengers from the wing
I'm nowhere and you're everything

Damn this cup
Bring me a bowl
If I can't saturate my soul
With you and him who drank it first
And last I'm ready for the worst
It's way past two and you want me there
Well he needs me here
So you have to share
I'm crying 'cause I'm in love with you
You're crying because you have no clue

I could write a song and have the Lord put you and me in a cup he tries to pour out
Looking in at the passengers from the wing
I'm nowhere and you're everything

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I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home

Back in the day of my childhood
In the evening when everything was still
I used to listen to the foxes
And my dad in them old Kentucky hills

I'm on my way back to the old home
That road winds on up the hill
But there's no light in the window
That shines long ago where I lived

Soon my childhood days are over
I had to leave my old home
For dad and mom was called to heavebn
We'll I'm left in this world all alone

* Refrain

High in the hills of old Kentucky
Stands a fond spot in my memory
I'm on my way back to the old home
That light in the window I want to see

* Refrain


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I'm On My Way Somewhere

When Louisville was eight more miles away my old heart sung a song
Well I thought I'd hug kiss my gal before so very long
But when I got to Louisville I found she wasn't true
So I'll tell you all about it now that's why I feel so blue

When I got to Louisville my gal she wasnt there
They sais she'd gone with someone else it was more than I could dear
So I'm heading out of this old town, where to I don't much care
Louisville is eight miles back and I'm on my way somewhere

I always dreamed of some sweet day when she could be my wife
And we would settle down somewhere and lead a happy life
But now I know just how things are and how they'd always be
So I know now Louisville just ain't the place for me

Right now I'm traveling down this road to get her off my mind
The thind I want to do is leave old Louisville behind
Who knows I may find fappiness and one who fills the bill
A girl htat's true and not like her that lives in Louisville

* Refrain


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I'm On My Way To Canaan's Land

I'm on my way (I'm on my way) to Canaan's land (to Canaan's land)
I'm on my way (I'm on my way) to Canaan's land (to Canaan's land)
I'm on my way (I'm on my way) to Canaan's land
I'm on my way (Praise the Lord) I'm on my way

If sister don't go (if sister don't go) it won't hinder me (it won't hinder me)
If sister don't go (if sister don't go) it won't hinder me (it won't hinder me)
If sister don't go (if sister don't go) it won't hinder me
I'm on my way, yes, My Lord, I'm on my way

If you don't go (if you don't go) it won't hinder me (it won't hinder me)
If you don't go (if you don't go) it won't hinder me (it won't hinder me)
If you don't go (if you don't go) it won't hinder me
I'm on my way (Thank the Lord) I'm on my way

If father don't go (if father don't go) it won't hinder me (it won't hinder me)
If father don't go (if father don't go) it won't hinder me (it won't hinder me)
If father don't go (if father don't go) it won't hinder me
I'm on my way (Praise the Lord) I'm on my way

I'm on my way (I'm on my way) to Canaan's land (to Canaan's land)
I'm on my way (I'm on my way) to Canaan's land (to Canaan's land)
I'm on my way (I'm on my way) to Canaan's land
I'm on my way (Praise the Lord) I'm on my way


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I'm Over You
Recorded by George Jones
written by Bobby Braddock
[3/4 time]

C               G7          C
My arms are not reaching to hold you
           F                        C
Cause your memory has stop haunting me
   G7                        C
My heart has quit aching and constantly breaking
D7                             G7
For the first time in ages I'm through

C               G7          C
This torch I've been caring for you
       F                 E7
Burned out a few seconds ago
    F                        C
Now I'm just a breeze in the tall Maple trees
             G7     C
Outside your window hello

F                C
I'm over you I'm over you
                                 G7
My prayers have been answered my dreams have come true
C                              F
After long years of trying and gradually dieing
C           G7       C
At last now I'm over you

          G7              C
I kept on believing you'd come back
      F                   C
But I spent my last night alone
     G7                   C
Oh I see you sleeping and soon you'll be weeping
D7                              G7
When they call and tell you I'm gone

C               G7           C
So I think I'll just keep on moving
   F                     E7
Up into the cool morning sky
  F                 C
I wish you the best complete happiness
                  G7              C
I forgive you God be with you goodbye

F                   C
I'm over you oh I'm over you
                                 G7
My prayers have been answered my dreams have come true
C                              F
After long years of trying I'm finally flying
C           G7       C
At last now I'm over you

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Dolly Parton - I'm Running Out Of Love lyrics
(Bill Owens)

I'm running out of love and I'm running out of patience
You seem to get worse every day
I'm running out of love, better learn to resist temptation
Or someday you'll wake up and I'll be far away
How long did you think you could keep on doing me wrong
How long did you think I'd stay quiet and take it
The love I had for you is almost gone
And I ain't gonna let you take my heart and break it
I'm running out of love and I'm running out of patience
You seem to get worse every day
I'm running out of love, better learn to resist temptation
Or someday you'll wake up and I'll be far away
You come and go just any time you want to
And you never bother to tell me where your going
And I wonder if there's anything you don't do
Someday you'll pay for the wild seed your sewing
I'm running out of love and I'm running out of patience
You seem to get worse every day
I'm running out of love, better learn to resist temptation
Or someday you'll wake up and I'll be far away


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I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
BMI Work #: 9254806
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (Larry W. Jones 11/18/2007) (song#5167)

Walking in the rain or standing in the sun
I've been waiting for my number one
But now she's coming home and I don't worry
Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
Well, it was in the spring when she went away
Couldn't eat a thing, my skies were gray
But now she's coming home and I don't worry
Yeah, I'm sitting on top of the world
I went to the depot and the switching yard
Trying to find her train was real hard
But now she's coming home and I don't worry
Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
- instrumental -
So many were the days I called out her name
Thought that I was calling out in vain
But now she's coming home and I don't worry
Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
Seen some lonely days when I was on my own
Only thing I cared about was gone
But now she's coming home and I don't worry
Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
I can see her running, holding up her hand 
Wondered if she'd forgotten her man
But now she's coming home and I don't worry
Man I'm sitting on top of the world


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I'm So Heart Broken
BMI Work #: 8794291
I'm So Heart Broken (Larry W. Jones 04/02/2007) (song#4560)

I'm so heart broken deep inside of me
Love words spoken were just lies to me
Darlin', you were to be my bride to be
But yours was just a token love, I see
You said that there was no one new
Instead, I found your words untrue
Darlin', tell me, what came over you
I'm so heart broken in this misery
- instrumental -
I'm so heart broken that you'll never know
How much it hurts for me to see you go
Can I forgive you darlin', I don't even know
I'm so heart broken deep inside of me
But I still love you, that you must know
I wish you happiness and love that grows
And I'll live with my emptiness and woes
I'm so heart broken
Darlin', I'm heart broken
I'm so heart broken deep inside of me


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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the cloud
To hide it's face and cry

Did you every hear a robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up the purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry


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I'm Thinking About You

I'm thinking about you and hoping you're true
There long weary nights I'm going thru
I'm never glad I'm talways sad
Darling you know I'm thinking about you

Darling you know what we've been thru
Darling you know we can't be untrue
I'm doing my part I'm trusting your heart
Sweetheart you know I'm thinking about you

When you were a littlw girl and I a little boy
We promised our love to share and enjoy
But the time has come when I'm far away
Thinking about you both night and day

* Refrain

I'll say my love you must do the same
To make all our dreams we promise come true
I'm doing my part, I'm trusting your heart
Darling you know I'm thinking about you

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes lyrics
Writer A.P. Carter

'Twould been better for us both had we never
In this wide and wicked world had never met,
For the pleasure we've both seen together
I'm sure, love, I'll never forget.
Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
Who is sailing far over the sea.
I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
And I wonder if he ever thinks of me.
Oh, you told me once, dear, that you loved me;
You said that that we never would part.
But a link in the chain has been broken
Leaves me with a sad and aching heart.
When the cold, cold grave shall enclose me
Will you come dear and shed just one tear
And say to the strangers around you
A poor heart you have broken lies here


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I'm Tired of Your Understanding Ways   
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by David J. Warner

C
You say that it's alright if I go out at night
                                 G7
We have an understanding you and I 

You say that life's too short to get the most out of each day
                                     C
Well I'm tired of your understanding ways

F                                  C
Just for once I'd like to know you worry
    G7              F             C
And be home waiting for me at the door
F                                  C
Just for once I'd like to know you love me
    G7                  F        C
And I wouldn't make you worry anymore


You never seem to care if I go anywhere
                                     G7
And you don't worry if I'm sometimes late

You never get upset you say everything's ok
                                    C
But I'm tired of your understanding ways 

Repeat #2

    G7                              C
Hey I'm tired of your understanding ways

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I'm Traveling Lonesome Road

I'm traveling road this lonesome road oh how I hate to go
The wind and storm a'raging high and it's awful cold
My mind drifts back to you sweetheart and I love you so
Now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road

I remember dear not long ago you said you'd be my own
I never thought that you'd go away leave me all alone
The kind of love you had for me I find sweetheart grows old
But now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road

* Refrain

All I do is roam around and look for you may dear
I know I've seached ten thousand miles oh how I need you dear
You broke my heart you left me here now I'm growing old
Why did you go and leave me dead to travel this lonesome road

* Refrain


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I'm Traveling On And On

OH, I was lost in the darkness and I wandered astray
With no one to help me see along on my way
Until I heard Jesus calling, saving
Come unto me and I'm traveling on and on

Oh, Lord I'm traveling on by my Savior
And I can never stray for Jesus leads the way
And I'll get off the wagon at the ened of my journey
Oh, Lord, I'm traveling on and on

Oh, I can hear Jesus calling and His voice sounds so sweet
And I know that the time had come to kneel at His feet
But my troubles are over for He did me come home
And I'm traveling on and on

* Refrain

Oh, the on Lord is my Savior and my hope it will stay
He will help me and protect me to the end of the way
My journey will soon be over and I'll join the happy band
And I'm traveling on and on

* Refrain


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I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled
Recorded Reference
Artist: Dudley Connell and Don Rigsby
Title: Meet Me By The Moonlight
Company: Sugar Hill

A meeting is a pleasure and a parting is grief
But a false hearted lover is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob you then take what you'­ve saved
But a false hearted lover'll take you to your grave

I'­m Troubled, I'­m Troubled I'­m Troubled in mind
If trouble don'­t kill me I'­ll live a long time

A grave will decay you and turn you to dust
Ain'­t a girl in a million that a poor boy can trust
She'­ll hug you shell kiss you and tell you more lies
Than the crossties on the railroad or the stars in the skies

CHO

I'­m goin to Georgia, I'm goin'­ to Rome
I'­m goin'­ to Georgia, gonna make it my home
Gonna build me a cabin on a mountain so high
Where the wild birds and turtle doves can hear my sad cry.

CHO. / Instrumental / CHO x 2


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I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map

I'm using my Bible for a road map
Then Commandments they tell me what to do
The twelve disciples are my road signs
And Jesus will take me safely through

There'll be no detours in heaven
No rough roads along the way
I'm using my Bible for a road map
My last stop is heaven some sweet day

I'm using my Bible for a road map
The children of Israel used it too
They crossed the Red Sea of Destuction
For God was there to see them through

* Refrain


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I'm Waiting For You To Call Me Darling

Two years ago when I first met you
You smiled at me and looked so sweet
You made me think you cared about me
But you never said that you loved me

I'm waiting to hear you call me darling
I'm waiting to hear you call me dear
You know that I have always loved you
Don't make me lonely all there years

Oh maybe I've took too much for granted
To think you could ever love me
please oh, please don't try to fool me
All you cause is misery

* Refrain


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I'm Walking

I'm walking, yes indeed
And I'm talking about you and me
And I hoping that you'll come back to me
I'm lonely as can be
And I'm walking your company
And I'm hoping that you'll return to me

What're you gonna do when a woman'drunk
You're gonna sit right and cry
And I'll be right here by your side
And for you pretty baby I even die

* Refrain

* Refrain

What're you gonna do when a woman's drunk
You're gonna sit right and cry
And I'll be right here by your side
And for you pretty baby I even die

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - I'm Wasting Your Time (And You're Wasting Mine) lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1970

There's nothing left to tie us to each other anymore
The love we knew is gone and that's a fact we can't ignore
There's nothing left to loose ends on all the ties that bind
I'm wasting your time and you're wasting mine
There's no use in wasting the good years that we have left
When we might find happiness with somebody else
There's no chance for us we can see it we're not blind
I'm wasting your time and you're wasting mine
The blame belongs to both of us I guess we didn't try
Love is like a garden that wilts if it's left to die
The flower of love can't bloom if the sun don't ever shine
I'm wasting your time and you're wasting mine
Though it hurts we know we must leave it all behind
I'm wasting your time and you're wasting mine
You're wasting mine you're wasting mine


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I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Darrell Edwards and George Jones
[3/4 time]

D7                            G
I'm wearing my heart away for you

                   C              D7
I wonder where you are tonight my love
                                    G
These memories of you just starting up
                       C                D7
My arms are cold while you hold someone new
                                  G
And I'm wearing my heart away for you

                     D7
I'm wearing my heart away for you
                          G
It cries aloud my love is true
                      C           D7
And though my darling if you only knew
                              G
I'm wearing my heart away for you

                     C           D7
My heart is near the point of no return
                                      G
Right says go back but memories still burn
                        C               D7
The dreams you left for me will have to do
                                    G
While I'm wearing my heart away for you

Repeat #2

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I'm Willing To Give You My Heart

Oh, today, I'm so sad and so lonely
The skies are dark and gray
And I'm wondering how much longer I can stand it
To go on suffering this way

Remember, at our last meeting
It seemed so hard to part
Now you know dear how much I love you
And I'm willing to give you my heart


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Chris Thile - I'm Yours If You Want Me

I'm yours if you want me
And I'm sorry if you do
'Cause I don't have that much to offer
A girl who knows as much as you

I'm scared of your body
and I'm scared of your sould
But I'd rather be letdown
Than let being with you go

I'm yours if you want me
you can see I'm not mine anymore
it didn't take much to drive me crazy
I guess I wasn't that sane before

I don't care about my future
and I don't care about your past
Those things come from and lead to right now
and they can get the hell out fast

So I'm yours if you want me
And you know what now I think you should
'cause I want you to be mine so bad
I promise I'll make it good

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Brad Paisley - I've Been Better lyrics

Darlin' after you left I got that promotion
They transferred me out to La Jolla right on the ocean
And now I'm makin' more money than
I can spend
I've got a house on the beach and a bunch of new friends
Oh, you oughta hear what they say
Tellin' me that I've got it made
But?
Chorus
I've been better
Yeah, I miss those times when we were still together
Right now lookin' back
I don't think the past has ever been this clear
And I realize sittin' here, as I write this letter
Oh, I've been better
I've been seein' a girl that I met out in Spring Valley
She's havin' the time of her life, least that's what she tells me
She says it's love and to tell you the truth
I've tried my best to feel that way too
Oh, but I always realize
When I look into her eyes
That?
Chorus
Oh, I've been better


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I've Been Known To Cry
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Hallowell

C            F                                C
Oh I've been known to cry for kisses that you gave me
    G7                              C
All those arms that used to hold me tight
F                                   C
Though I tell my heart that I don't miss you
     G7                           C
I've been known to cry for you at night
                         G7
I might say that I don't miss you 
      F    G7           C
I was glad you said goodbye
                        F
Make believe I might be lonely
       G7                                  C
But my heart knows that I've been known to cry
Repeat #1
                        G7
I might say you left no wonder 
     F       G7       C
That I found somebody new
                          F
Make believe that I don't need you
               G7                                C
That I've been known to cry because I still love you
             F                                C
Oh I've been known to cry for kisses that you gave me
    G7                              C
All those arms that used to hold me tight
F                                   C
Though I tell my heart that I don't miss you
     G7                           C
I've been known to cry for you at night

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Dolly Parton - I've Been Married (Just As Long As You Have) lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writers Dolly Parton , Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1973

Last night you went out again with what you said was your best friend
You say you need some time away from me
The sun was high when you got in but not as high as you had been
And I wonder how you would act if I done just the way I pleased
I've been married just as long as you have
And I get tired of the same old things just the same as you have
Well let me tell you this big boy when you go out for a night of joy
You better start taking me along or you'll be singing a different song
For I've been married just as long as you have
While I'm working hard all day you run around and spend my pay
You entertain your friends at my expence
But you cry and carry on when I do something on my own
And you accuse with lack of evidence
I've been married just as long as you have
And I get tired of the same old things just the same as you have
So let me tell you this sweetheart I figure I've done my part
So don't get cute and get so smart I'll tell you this before you start
I've been married just as long as you have and that's a pretty good while
(Honey you're the cat I've spent nine lives with)
I know you have you ain't spent no time at home
You're running around all over town you're here and there everywhere
(And if I could stand you long enough I might stay at home a little more)
You move so fast a umbrella'd be in your way honey if it was raining
(Oh boy now ain't that cute if your heart was as big as your mouth
You'd give everything we owned away) but I love you you little devil
So don't you ever take off and leave me now here by myself
I'll hit you right in the (I wouldn't I wouldn't trust you with yourself)
I'll hit you right in the mouth honey and it'll go (You will golly)
Ah but then you'll look you've had the mumps when I get done kissing you
(Why don't you do it now I ain't had the mumps) I'm a-gonna do it here it goes
golly
(I'll get you in line that's true)
Ho hoow woman you're killing me but I love every minute of it


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Dolly Parton - I've Been This Way Too Long lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1972

Hmm (oh ain't he cute) ah well I don't like to get up if I feel like sleeping
No and I don't like to sweep my floor if I don't feel like sweeping
[ Both ]
If you don't like the way I am then you can move along
You can't change the way I am I've been this way too long
I've been this way too long and you can't ever change me now
Don't waste your time in tryin' cause I am just what I am
I've got my way of doin' things and who can say I'm wrong
You can't change the way I am I've been this way too long
Oh and I don't like to make my bed if I don't feel like makin' it
No and I don't like to bake no bread if I don't feel like bakin' it
If you don't like the way I am then you can move along
Cause you can't change the way I am I've been this way too long
Well I don't like to hoe no corn if I don't feel like hoein' it
(You should you're corny)
And I don't like to mow no grass if I don't feel like mowin' it
(I know it's comin' through the upstairs window)
If you don't like the way I am then you can move along
You can't change the way I am I've been this way too long
If you don't like the way I am...
Oh as far as I can remember back you have been this way
(And as long as you remember I will be honey)
When you was in the first grade you was exact the same way
(First grade I was waitin' for the second)
You swiped the pencils and scattered paper all over the desk
(Oh that's real cute you're makin' up stuff)


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The Boxcars - I've Been Waiting

I've been waiting
And hesitating.
Lost, and lookin' for a sign.
I've been cryin'
And I've been lyin'
To myself, when I say I don't need you.
Like leaves in the fall,
Like shadows in the dawn,
I'm fading.
Seems I've left it all behind exept my pride.
Leavin' me nowhere else to run and hide.
I've been waiting.
Been on the chase
Tryin' to erase
A pain I can't seem to hide.
I've been fakin' it,
And barely makin' it.
Runnin' lost, I can't seem to find the way.
Like leaves in the fall,
Like shadows in the dawn,
I'm fading.
Seems I've left it all behind exept my pride.
Leavin' me nowhere else to run and hide.
I've been waiting.
I've been tryin' it,
But I'm not buyin' it.
They say time can erase your memory.
But time keeps movin' on,
And I'm still goin' wrong.
Days, months, years I don't have a clue.
Like leaves in the fall,
Like shadows in the dawn,
I'm fading.
Seems I've left it all behind exept my pride.
Leavin' me nowhere else to run and hide.
I've been waiting.

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I've Endured

Born in the mountains fifty years ago
I've trod the hills and valleys through the rain and snow
I've seen the lightning flashing I've heard the thunder roll
I've Endured, I've Endured how long can one endure

Barefoot in the summer on into the fail
Too many mouths to feed they couldn't clothe us all
Sent to church on Sunday to learn the golden rule
I've Endured, I've Endured how long can one endured

I've worked for the rich, I've lived with the poor
I've see many a heartache, there'll be many a more
Lived, loved and sorrowed been to success's door
I've Endured, I've Endured how long can one endured


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I've Forgotten You
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Angelo Petraglia, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges

C                                   Dm
Well it's snowing in Miami and it's hailing in L.A.
F                                        C
Money's growing like green apples on the trees
                                                 Dm
I've been hanging out with Elvis yeah and all my bills are paid
            F                         C
And they're giving away Cadillacs for free
Dm              F
The whole world gets along
    Dm                Em                               F
And I haven't thought about you once since you've been gone
G7             F                        C
I've forgotten you I've forgotten every single time you kissed me
        G7                                          F
I don't miss it like you think I do  I've forgotten you
                       C                                    G7
How you held me and it felt like it's what you were born to do
                              F                   C
If I lie enough it might come true I've forgotten you
                                           Dm
There's a million things about you I don't remember anymore
          F                            C
Like that time we got that cabin up in Boulder
                                      Dm
I don't remember how you kissed me up against that old oak door
         F                                     C
Ain't it funny how things fade right when it's over
Dm       F            Dm                Em                F
Yeah I'm doing fine I sleep just like a little baby every night
Repeat #3
  
Dm                     F
Can't you see how I've moved on  
   Dm                Em                               F
No I haven't thought about you once since you've been gone
Repeat #3

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I've Got A Yearning
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C          F           C
I've got a yearning to hold you tight
          F        C                 G7
A burning desire I live with day and night
C            F          C
Everything I wanna lose keeps on hanging on
     F       C     F              G7               C
This feeling isn't leaving and by now it should be gone

          F              C                  F         C    G7          C
I keep on thinking those thoughts that keep making me want you all the time
            F         C         F         C     G7          C
I should be trying to find me a way I can drive you from my mind
                F         C          F             C            G7
I know that you wanted to give and I know that you gave all you could
     C       F              C        G7            C
Wish I could accept what is over and done with for good

               F           C
But I've got a yearning to hold you tight
          F        C                 G7
A burning desire I live with day and night
C            F          C
Everything I wanna lose keeps on hanging on
     F       C     F              G7               C
This feeling isn't leaving and by now it should be gone

Repeat #1 x2



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I've Got Bluegrass On My Mind

I've got bluegrass on my mind, heading back to old Kentucky
Where the mountains look so pretty in the spring
When the dew is on the bluegrass sparkling with the sun's good morning
I've got good old bluegrass on my mind again

Let me hear the fox hounds running
High at night among the nountains
And then later when the fox horn blows them in
Let me hear the roosters crowing
Smell the ham and bacon frying
I've got good old bluegrass on my mind again

In a little cabin home where your neighbor was your neibor
And the bluegrass started growing every spring
There we danced on Saturday night to fiddle and a banjo
I've got old bluegrass on my mind again

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - I've Got That Old Feeling Lyrics

No matter what I say or do,
I just can't seem to get inside your heart
What have I done wrong?
Lately you're so far away,
You just don't seem to hold me like you used to
Something's going on

I've got that old feeling, you're leaving
I'm so tired of goodbye
I can't wait on your love forever
While you change your mind

Morning finds us face to face
I feel you staring through me while I'm talking
Familiar looks I recognize the same old looks that said goodbye the last time
Something I'm used to

I've got that old feeling, you're leaving
I'm so tired of goodbye
I can't wait on your love forever
While you change your mind

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I've Had A Beautiful Time
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G
We met downtown in the barroom
                     D7
Both of us needing a friend

You brought me home to your doorstep    
                            G
It was there you invited me in

                                
We spent the wee hours dancing
                             D7
To your favorite home stereo sounds
   
We talked about what we been needing
                           G
Discussing our ups and our downs

                               
And I've had a beautiful time
                           D7
Holding your heart next to mine

I poured out the feelings while you poured the wine
                         G
And I've had a beautiful time

                            
If I seem a wee bit uneasy
                       D7
You really sized me up right

There's somebody home still up waiting
                             G
Probably been waiting up all night

                                 
I can't say I found any answers
                              D7
But you listen while I rattle on
    
And you little beautiful lady
                           G
And you kept me from being alone

Repeat #3                         

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I've Had Choices
recorded by George Jones
written by Billy Yates and Mike Curtis  

G                           C              G
I've had choices  since the day that I was born
                        Em                 D7
There were voices  that told me right from wrong
         G              C
If I had listened  no I wouldn't be here today 
G      C   G               D7           G
Living and dieing with the choices I've made
 
      D7            C           G
I was tempted  by a early age I found
       D7                 C               G
I like drinking  oh and I never turned it down 
                             C
There were loved ones  but I turned them all away
        G                      D7           G
Now I'm living and dieing with choices I've made
 
                            C              G
I've had choices  since the day that I was born
                        Am                 D7
There were voices  that told me right from wrong
         G              C
If I had listened  no I wouldn't be here today
G      C   G                D7           G
Living and dieing  with the choices I've made
 
            D7              C                  G
I guess I'm paying  for the things that I have done
           D7          C              G
If I could go back  oh Lord knows I'd run
                           C
But I'm still losing  this game of life I play
G                          D7           G
Losing and dieing with the choices I've made
 
Repeat chorus

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Dolly Parton - I've Had Enough lyrics

Love it's not I who didn't try
Hard enough, hard enough
And this is why I'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, I've had enough
Love you don't see
The pain in me
That's plain enough, plain enough
You're never here to catch the tears
I cried for us, I cried for us
I'll take my share but I'll be fair
There's not much stuff
Easy enough
And if you choose I'll break the news
This part is tough, so very tough
I've tried and tried to put aside
The time to talk, but without luck
So I'll just pin this note within your coat
And leave the garden gate unlocked
And this is why I'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, I've had enough


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I've Just Got to See You Once More
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Little Jimmy Dickens, Billy Wallace

G              C               G
In the morning paper there's a picture of you
        D7                      G
Smiling just as you did in days before
                   C          G
Tomorrow you'll be wed and my heart is just like lead
         D7                       G
But I've just got to see you once more

               C         G
You'll look so lovely in your wedding gown
        D7                   G
It will only hurt me all the more
                      C           G
When the groom kisses you my poor heart will break in two
         D7                       G
And I've just got to see you once more

                  C       G
He's such a lucky guy  to have you for his own
      D7                  G
Funny I couldn't see that before
                      C             G
My broken heart won't mend and I'll never love again
         D7                       G
And I've just got to see you once more

           C            G
After your wedding then I'll go back home
         D7                      G
And I'll cry as I've never cried before
                      C           G
When the groom kisses you my poor heart will break in two
         D7                       G
But I've just got to see you once more

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I've Just Seen A Face
Lennon / McCartney

I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place
That we'd just met, she's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met
Na na na na na na

Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
But I had never been aware
And as it is I dream of her tonight
Na na na na na na

Chorus:
Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling me back again

I have never known
The likes of this, I've been alone
And I have missed things and kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite like this
Na na na na na na

Chorus

I've just seen a face
I can t forget the time or place
And we'd just met, she's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met
Na na na na na na

Chorus


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Billy Strings & Don Julin
I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages
(originally by Ralph Stanley)

Oh, I was standing by the bedside
Where my fevered mother lay
When she called me close beside her
And I these words I heard her say

I've just seen the rock of ages
Jacob's ladder hanging down
I've just crossed the river of Jordan
Now, my son, I'm homeward bound

Oh, as we gathered all around her
Tears began to fill my eyes
Then she called me close beside her
And whispered softly her good-byes

I've just seen the rock of ages
Jacob's ladder hanging down
I've just crossed the river of Jordan
Now, my son, I'm homeward bound

Pine trees blowing on the mountain
Where poor mother sleeps today
There she'll sleep beneath the fountain
There she'll rest beneath the clay

I've just seen the rock of ages
Jacob's ladder hanging down
I've just crossed the river of Jordan
Now, my son, I'm homeward bound

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Dolly Parton - I've Lived My Life lyrics

I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
I left the country for the city thought I was smart but I was silly
I should have known I'd get in trouble being so green
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
I met a boy and learned to love him I would have done anything for him
I've loved him more than anything I've ever seen
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
Only eighteen but it's all over I ruined my life to please my lover
I made him happy he made me cry then said goodbye
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
Only eighteen but it's all over...
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen


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I've Lost You

Friends tell me that told you wed another
They say you look so happy all the time
I just can't realize that I have lost you
Somehow I thought you always would be mine

I've love you since the day that I first met you
I thought no one could ever come between
Those promises you made have all been broken
And all have to live for now is grief

Somehow I can't believe that you'll be happy
With memories to haunt you night and day
But only time can make you learn your lesson
I'm sure you think you've reached your goal today

* Refrain

I never thought someday that I would lose you
You're just the kind that never could be true
You only wanted me just for a while dear
Just long enough to break my heart in two

* Refrain


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I've Still Got Ninety Nine

As I sat down to a gambhling game I could hardly play my hand
For thinking about that woman I love, run away with another man
Run away with another man, poor boy, run away with another man
I'm thinking about that woman I love, run away with another man

I bought her everything she needs I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work for forty years, I've still got ninety nine
I've still got ninety nine, poor boy, I've still got ninety nine
She coused me to work for forty years, I've still got ninety nine

I stroll down to the old depot just to watch the train roll by
I looked in the window saw the woman I loved, hung sown my head and cried
Hung down my head and cried poor boy, hung down my head and cried
I looked in the window saw the woman I loved, hung down my head and cried

They took me down to the old jailhouse, the door they slammed on me
Said if you'll report that moonshine still, I'll see that you got free
I'll see that you go free poor boy, I'll see that you go free
If you'll report that moonshine still, I'll see that you go free

I told my age was twenty one, the truth I told that time
Before I'll report that moonshine still, I'll go and serve my time
I'll go and serve my time poor boy, I'll go and serve my time
Before I'll report that moonshine still, I'll go and serve my time


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I've Waited As Long As I Can

I've waited fot you and I've always been true
But this waiting no longer I can stand
I know you've had time dear to make up your mind
I've waited as long as I can

I've waited to hear you say you love me
And long fot the day you take my hand
I ask again last night fot your love so divine
I've waited as long sa I can

Done all I can do said all I can say
Oh why can't I make you understand
No one will ever know the pain that I've been thru
I've waited as long as I can

* Refrain

Now I'll just say goodbye and a tear fall from my eye
For you have made it plain that I can win
I know you've had time dearto make up your mind
I've waited as long as I can

* Refrain


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I.O.U.
Recorded by Lee Greenwood 
written by Kerry Chater and Austin Roberts

G                     Em
You believe that I've changed your life forever
           Am                          D7            G
And you're never going to find another somebody like me
                     Em                           Am
And you wish you had more than just a lifetime to give back
                       D7                               G
All I've given you and that's what you believe  but I.O.U.
    C                   D7
The sunlight in the morning
    G                   Em       Am
And nights of honest loving that time can't take away
D7      G            C                  D7
And I.O.U. more than life now more than ever
  G                  Em                 Am   D7      G
I know that it's the sweetest debt I'll ever have to pay
                    Em
I'm amazed when you say it's me you live for
         Am                               D7              G
You know that when I'm holding you you're right where you belong
                             Em                        Am
And my love I can't help but smile and wonder when you tell me
                      D7                                    G
All I've done for you cause I've known all along  cause I.O.U.
    C                   D7
The sunlight in the morning
    G                   Em       Am
And nights of honest loving that time can't take away
D7      G            C                  D7
And I.O.U. more than life now more than ever
  G                  Em                 Am   D7      G
I know that it's the sweetest debt I'll ever have to pay

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Punch Brothers - Icarus Smicarus 

Get back in your hole, get dead, son
Get back in your hole, get bent
Get back in your hole, get dead, son
Get back in your hole, get bent

Crawl under a rock, get lost, boy
Crawl under a rock, get fucked
Crawl under a rock, get lost, boy
Crawl under a rock, get fucked

Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings
Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings
Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings
Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings

HA,
ha, ha

Ha

Fall over yourself and break heads, kid
Fall over yourself and break heads
Fall over yourself and break heads, kid
Fall over yourself and break heads

Crawl out of your skin, takes time, pal
Crawl out of your skin, takes time
Crawl out of your skin, takes time, pal
Crawl out of your skin, takes time

Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings
Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings
Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings
Get out of those shoes and grow wings, dear
Get out of those shoes and grow wings

HA,
ha, ha

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Ice Cold Stone

    Love me now while I'm livin
    Please don't wait until I'm gone
    And then chisel it in marble
    Warm love words on an ice cold stone

If you have these thoughts about me
Why not tell them to me now
Don't you know they'd make me happy
Whisper them as you kiss my brow

If you wait until I'm sleepin
Never to wake here again
There'll be walls of earth between us
And I could not hear you then

So my dear if you love me
If only just a little bit
Let me know now while I'm living
So I can hold and treasure it

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Icy Blue Heart
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by John Hiatt

G                         C           G
She came on to him like a slow moving cold front
                             Em          D7
His beer was warmer than the look in her eye
    C                    D7           Em
She sat on the stool and said what do you want
         G         C               D7        G
She said give me a love that don't freeze up inside
                           C            G
He said I have melted some hearts in my time dear
                              Em         D7
But to sit next to you Lord I shiver and shake
    C                     D7              Em
And if I knew love well I don't think I'd be here
G        C         D7          G
Asking myself if I had what it takes
C                       D7  G        C
To melt your icy blue heart should I start
   G                C          D7
To turn what's been frozen for years
                G
Into a river of tears
                            C          G
These days we all play cool calm and collected
                              Em           D7
Our lips could turn blue just shooting the breeze
    C                  D7         Em
But under the frost we thought he detected
  G             C           D7           G
A warm blush of red and the touch of her knee
                             C          G
He said you're a beauty like I've never witnessed
                                  Em           D7
And I've seen the northern lights dance in the air
    C                           D7         Em
But I've felt the cold that can follow the first kiss
            G          C           D7            G
And there's not enough heat in the fires burning there
repeat #3
C                       D7     G
To melt your icy blue heart ah heart

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Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Green
Purtiest gal I ever seen

Ida Red lives in town
Weighs three hundred and forty pounds

Ida Red, Ida Red
I'm just crazy about Ida Red

Ida Red, Ida Blue
Ida bit a hoecake half in two

Ida Red, Ida Red
Everybody's crazy about Ida Red

If I'd a-listend to what Ida said
I'd a-been sleeping in Ida's bed


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Idaho (Live)

From Stanley up to Sunbeam
from Clayton on to Chalice,
Heading down the Salmon river
To a rangeland palace
Sage brush all around

Where the deer and elk do roam
This place I may call home
Where the flatlands stretch for miles
And the mountains touch the sky
And the sun always shines

In Idaho, ohhhh
In Idaho, ohhhh
In Idaho, ohhhh
In Idaho

My mind is filled with images
Of saw-tooth bridges
Where the snow melt forms
Cold mountain creeks
Flowin' through the valley down below

I was standing 'neath the pine trees
On a bed of wild grass
This place has captured me, well far I can see
There ain't no place I'd rather be.

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If Anyone Ought To Know
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Bonnie Owens and Merle Haggard

G
Sittin' in a road side tavern 
    C           D7          G
The only cowboy seated here alone
                                      
Every night some lonely lady wants to 
D7                           G
Tell me all about her broken home
                                            
It's like they can see inside my mind 
     D7                            G
They act as if they know I'll understand
I guess they know it when they hear my name 
    D7                                   G    G7
And feel it when they touch my tremblin' hand
                            C
Ahhh but if anyone ought to know
                    G
The loneliness of a rolling stone
               D7                  G
It ought to be me I've always been alone
                   C
If anyone ought to know
                            G
Of things like hurt and misery  
             D7
It oughta be me
C              D7                 G  G7
Lord in heaven knows it oughta be me
                   C
If anyone ought to know
                    G
The loneliness of a rolling stone
               D7                           G
It ought to be me that's the reason I'm all alone
                   C
If anyone ought to know
                            G
Of things like hurt and misery  
             D7
It oughta be me
C              D7                 G
Lord in heaven knows it oughta be me

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If Anything Happened To You 
Recorded by Mary Duff
Written by Charlie McGettigan

D7    G     D7          G   G7
If anything happened to you                
      C                  Em        Am   D7
If my worst fears should ever come true
    C       D7        Em       Am
I'd have no reason to carry on through 
   C        D7          G
If anything happened to you
  D7     G  D7     G    G7
I cannot imagine a world
C           Em           Am   D7
Without you around me to hold
   C          D7          Em           Am
My days would be empty my pleasures be few
   C        D7          G
If anything happened to you
 
   C               G
If anyone took you away
   D7                   G      G7
Or somehow you wandered astray
C                 Am       D7
There's nowhere I wouldn't pursue
   A7                   D7  G
If anything happened to you 
   D7      G      D7        G    G7
So promise me you will take care
       C              Em        Am    D7
Was it the wicked old world out there
    C    D7          Em         Am
I'd be devastated be broken and blue
   C        D7          G
If anything happened to you
 
Repeat #3
   D7      G      D7        G    G7
So promise me you will take care
             C          Em        Am    D7
Cause it's a wicked old world out there
    C    D7          Em         Am
I'd be devastated be broken and blue
   C        D7
If anything happened 
   C        D7          G
If anything happened to you

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If Blue Is The Color Of Lonesome

If blue is the colour of lonesome
Then paint me a deep shade of blue
Blue's the way that I'm feelin'
Blue because I lost you 

 eems there's been changes in colour
But not a great change in me
If blue is the colour of lonesome
Then blue is the colour for me 

Red is the colour of the flaming love
But the flame has gone cold
You went with another and left me
Left me to cry all alone

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Alan Jackson - If Dallas Was In Tennesse lyrics

Dallas packed her suit-case
and drove off in the brand new car I bought her.
She made  leavin' me look easy, I wish she'd made it look
a little harder.
I took her out of Texas, when she was just a girl,
But ol' Tennesse an' me, couldn't take Texas out of her.
Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennesse,
If I could move Texas east,
Then she'd be here with me.
Then nothing else would come between the two of us,
If Dallas was in Tennesse.
(Inst. break.)
By now she's leavin' Memphis,
And ev'rything we had behind her.
Lord I hope the gold band on her hand,
will serve as a reminder,
that true love is a treasure, that's very seldome found,
and you can't stay together, if there's no common ground.
Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennesse,
If I could move Texas east,
Then she'd be here with me.
Then nothing else would come between the two of us,
If Dallas was in Tennesse.
Oh if Dallas was, in Tennesse.
Dallas packed her suit-case,
an' drove off in the brand new car I bought her.


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If Drinking Don't Kill Me
recorded by George Jones                    
[3/4 time]
written by Harlan Sanders and Rick Baresford
 
C
The bars are all closed
     F           C
It's four in the morning
 
Must have shut 'em all down
                      G7
By the shape that I'm in
              
              C
I lay my head on the wheel
        F           C
And the horn begins honking
 
The whole neighborhood knows
         G7         C
That I'm home drunk again
 
                      F     C
And if drinking don't k-ill me
           G7
Her memory will
                      F    G7
I can't hold out much long-er
               C
The way that I feel
 
                      F   C
With the blood from my bo-dy
                     F
I could start my own still
                      C
And if drinking don't kill me
    G7     C
Her memory will
 
          
These will old bones they move slow
       F             C  
But so sure of their footsteps
                 
As I trip on the floor 
                    G7
And I lightly touch down
 
          C
Lord it's been ten bottles 
        F        C   
Since I tried to forget her
                             
But the memory still lingers 
G7                C
Lying here on the ground



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If Fingerprints Showed Up On Skin
Recorded by Freddy Hart
Written by Kenneth E. Hunt and Freddie Hart

C  F            C                 G7                       C
If fingerprints showed up on skin wonder who's I'd find on you
                               F                      C
I'm out of my mind with worry  you been out all night again
                                  D7                          G7
But don't tell me and I won't ask where in the world have you been
C                       F                C
I don't even wanna know what you been up to
          F            C                 G7                       C
Oh but if fingerprints showed up on skin wonder who's I'd find on you
        F                         C
I can't help it this feeling this hunger deep inside
    F                                D7             G7
For loving you is the only food that keeps my world alive
C                                 F              C
I wish I didn't want and need you heaven knows I do
   F            C                 G7                       C
If fingerprints showed up on skin wonder who's I'd find on you
        F                         C
I can't help it this feeling this hunger deep inside
    F                                D7             G7
For loving you is the only food that keeps my world alive
C                                 F              C
I wish I didn't want and need you heaven knows I do
   F            C                 G7                       C
If fingerprints showed up on skin wonder who's I'd find on you
Repeat #2

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Alan Jackson - If French Fries Were Fat Free lyrics

Will I need a miss of my life
Each time I went left, I should've gone right
And love's no exception to this rule
Cause I turned around I lost you
Now I'm feeling lonesome and blue
Just the way I expect to
But there's something that I could use
To help me deal with this abuse
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
What a wonderful world this would be
If the whiskey really helped me
Forget your memory
I'd wear a smile endlessly
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
You know the more I think about you
The more sense it makes
Cause grease and love both cause heartache
So I raise my glass and toast
These things I want the most
Though I probably never see
I can't help but believing
That if French fries were fat free
And you still love me
What a wonderful world this would be
If the whiskey really helped me
Forget your memory
I'd wear a smile endlessly
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
Oh if French fries were fat free
And you still love me


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If I be Lifted Up
recorded by Emmy Lou Harris
 
G                              D7
Down in the valley while on my knees
                         G
I asked my Jesus Help me please
                                   C
He promised that He'd take care of me
   G       D7       G
If I would lift Him up
 
          
He said If I   be lifted up 
          
He said If I   be lifted up
             
I'll be your father I'll be your mother
             C               G
I'll be your sister and your brother
 
He said If I   be lifted up
                   D7           G
I'll bring joy joy joy to your soul
 
                           D7
When I am lonely when I am sad
                            G
My Jesus comes and makes me glad
                                C
He is the dearest friend I have had
  G       D7       C
I want to lift Him up
 
Repeat #2

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If I Could Be Him
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                 F       C G7     C
We're all friends you and I me and him
                                  G7
And it's wrong to want you like I do
       C       F        C
And no way can wrong be right 
                 F     C
But I'd give the world tonight
   F               C   G7      C
If I could just be him holding you
                      F     C         G7       C
I know that you could never trade his love for mine
                               G7
And I know my dreams can never be
         C       F        C
Cause no way can wrong be right 
                 F     C
But I'd give the world tonight
   F               C   G7         C
If I could just be him instead of me
      F                     C
I can see everything in you I ever dreamed of
                                            G7
But someone I called a friend stands in the way
         C    F       C                F        C
I'd give everything I own for one hour with you alone
      F               C   G7           C
Or if I could just be him for just one day
      F                     C
I can see everything in you I ever dreamed of
                                            G7
But someone I called a friend stands in the way
         C    F       C                F        C
I'd give everything I own for one hour with you alone
      F               C   G7           C
Or if I could just be him for just one day

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If I Could Be There
Recorded by Emmylou Harris   
Written by Kieran Kane and Jamie O'Hara 
 
C                                        F          C
If I could be there I'd be there tonight comforting you 
                                F       C
This road I'm on is so far away too far away 
                      F        C       F          C
If God would grant me wings to fly I'd be in your arms by and by
                                         F          C
If I could be there I'd be there tonight comforting you
       
                                              F          C
If I could be there I'd look in your eyes and say I love you 
                                        F       C
These hills and highways between us now keep us apart 
   F         C        F        C       F          C
If God would grant me wings to fly I'd be in your arms by and by 
                                              F          C
If I could be there I'd look in your eyes and say I love you
                                         F          C
If I could be there I wouldn't have this pain in my heart 
                                           F           C
Tomorrow I'll wake up with joy for the day joy for the day 
   F         C        F        C       F          C
If God would grant me wings to fly I'd be in your arms by and by
                                         F          C
If I could be there I wouldn't have this pain in my heart
   F          C
If I could be there 

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If I Could Bottle This Up
Recorded by George Jones and Shelby Lynn
Written by Dean Dillon and Paul Overstreet

C                                    D7
If I could bottle this up I'd make a million
           F                 G7                  C    Dm
If I could sell everybody in town what I've been feel-ing
C
It's guaranteed to put a smile on your face
  F                        Dm
A song in your heart after one little taste
D7                         G7                           C
A man could make a million bucks if I could bottle this up
      G7                                           C
Oh if I could take a kiss and twist it into liquid foam
    G7                                       C
And mix it with the way I melt there in your arms
Sprinkle and a twinkle or two from your eyes
      F                    Dm
And a dab of this fabulous feeling inside
D7                      G7                        C
Folks would just eat it up if I could bottle this up
Repeat #1
  G7                                     C
I can see me now people knocking down my door
     G7                                                  C
Till I could get it on the shelf of the local department store
And I can see it now going right to the top
     F                        Dm
I'll bet it would sell to the very last drop
D7                 G7                            C  G7
Folks couldn't get enough if I could bottle this up
                                      
            C                          D7
If we could bottle this up we'd make a million
            F                 G7                      C    Dm
If we could sell everybody in town on what we've been feel-ing
C
It's guaranteed to put a smile on your face
  F                        Dm
A song in your heart after one little taste
D7                     G7
The world couldn't get enough 
    F                       G7
You know they'd just eat it up
             F              G7                            C
And we could make a million bucks if we could bottle this up

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The Osborne Brothers - If I Could Count On You lyrics

(Darrell Statler)
The dreams wouldn't haunt me every night
If you were standing here most by my side
You wouldn't see me crying the way I do
Oh, if only I could count on you.
Love could be the way it should be
If you'd only give a little and not take so much from me
I wouldn't dread to face each day anew
Oh, if only I could count on you.
--- Instrumental ---
Sometimes when I'm lonely you'd lend a hand
And when I'm down and blue you'd understand
A word from you could make my dreams come true
Oh, if only I could count on you.
Oh, if only I could count on you...


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If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream
When memory recalls them now and then
And with what repture sweet my weary heart would beat
If I could hear my mother pray again

If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could hear her tender voice as then
So happy I would be twould mean so much to me
If I could hear my mother pray again

She used to pray that I on Jesus would rely
And always walked the shining gospel way
So trusting still his love I seek that home above
Where I shall meet my mother some glad day

Within the old home place her patient smiling face
Was always spreading comfort hope and cheer
And when she used to sing to her eternal king
It was the songs the angels loved to hear

My work on earth is done the life crown has been won
And she will be at rest with Him above
And some glad morning she I know will welcome me
To that eternal home of peace and love

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If I Could Only Dance With You
Recorded by Jim Glaser
Written by Patrick J. McManus  

C                                F             G7
Never dreamed I'd see you around this far from our hometown
F                G7                C           G7
Standing face to face it all comes back to me
C                                    F              G7
But I'm with her and you're with him that's how the night begins
F                        G7               C
But I've seen night time change things so easily
  
G7              C             G7                     F       G7
If I could only dance with you  it would only take a song or two
                    C        G7                 F  G7
To show you that my feelings have never slipped away
                 Am
And when we move across the floor 
G7                     F           G7                    C
You'll remember how it felt before if I could dance with you
                             F          G7
Call it luck or call it fate being here was worth the wait
F                 G7             C          G7
We've had lots of time to try to start again
C                               F              G7
I thought I was doing just fine but seeing you has changed my mind
F                    G7                         C
And when the music's right I'm gonna steal your heart again
Repeat #2 x2
G7                    C
If I could dance with you
G7              C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo
                C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo
                C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo
                C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo
                C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo
                C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo
                C              G7  F     G7
If I could only dance with you oo  oooo  ooo

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If I Could Only Fly
Recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Michael David Fuller

C                        F
Almost felt you touching me just now
C                          G7
I wish I knew which way to turn and go 
C                         F
I feel so good and then I feel so bad 
G7                       C
I wonder what I ought to do
   F                C
If I could only fly if I could only fly 
             G7                            C
I'd bid this place goodbye and come and be with you 
    F                        C
But I can hardly stand and I got nowhere to run 
        G7                              C
Another sinking sun and one more lonely night
                                 F
The wind keeps blowing somewhere everyday
C                                   G7
Tell me things get better somewhere up the way 
C                         F
Just dismal thinking on a dismal day
G7                      C
And sad songs for us to bare
   F                C
If I could only fly if we could only fly 
            G7                                 C
If we could only fly there'd be no more lonely nights
    F                            C
You know sometimes I write happy songs
     F
Then some little thing goes wrong
C                                  G7
And I wish they all could make you smile
C
Coming home soon and I wanna stay 
F
Maybe we could somehow get away
                     G7                     C
And I wish you could come with me when I go again
Repeat #2  

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If I Could Only Go Back Home Again

   If I could only go back home again
   To see the hills and feel the wind
   I'd walk the road to where it all began
   And find the man I lost back home again.

It's been awhile since I've been home
I miss the place I come from and the smell of the old wood smoke
I close my eyes I can see all of my favorite memories
How I wish I could go back home again.

The lamp is dim time moves slow
The night owl sings a song I know the darkness seems an old familiar friend
The falling rain and gentle winds rock my soul to sleep again
A quiet place this peaceful dream of home.

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If I Could Only Win Your Love

If I could only win your love
I'd make he most of everything
I'd proudly wear your wedding ring
My heart would never stray one dream away 

   Oh how can I ever say
   How I crave your love when you're gone away
   Oh how can I ever show
   How I burn inside when you hold me tight 

 If I could only win your love
I'd give my all to make it live
You'll never know how much I'd give
If I could only win your love 

 If I could only win your love
I'd give my all tomake it live
You'll never know how much I'd give
If I could only win your love.

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If I Could Put Them All Together
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Even Stevens

G                       C
I guess I ran to Rhonda for her sympathy
D7                           C                    G
Julianne does all she can to take your chains off me
                                   C
The next in line came Caroline she has your long black hair
D7                                        C             G
I can close my eyes and make believe that you are lying there

                                          C
If I could put them all together I'd have you
           G                            D7
But that's more than any mortal man can do
G                                   C
So I'm drawn to the neon lights and tortured by the truth
           G            D7                G
If I could put them all together I'd have you

                                      C
I thought that Maryanne could keep me satisfied
D7                                        C             G
But your memory staring back at me when I look into her eyes
                               C
It's hard to be contented with all the rest
D7                                                  C             G
Once you've loved the perfect woman and once you've held the very best

Repeat #2
 
C          G            D7                C  G
If I could put them all together I'd have y-ou

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If I Could Put Them All Together I'd Have You
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Even Stevens
 
C                           F
I guess I ran to Rhonda for her sympathy 
G7                           F         G7         C  G7
Julianne does all she can to take your chains off me
     C                          F
Then next in line came Caroline she has your long black hair
  G7                                  F       G7        C    G7
I close my eyes and make believe that you are not lying there
  
           C                              F
If I could put them all together I'd have you
           C                            G7
But that's more than any mortal man can do
       C                            F
So I'm drawn to the neon lights and tortured by the truth
           C            G7                C
If I could put them all together I'd have you
 
                        F
I thought that Mary Ann could keep me satisfied
         G7                              F      G7     C   G7
But your memory stares back at me when I look into her eyes
     C                    F
It's hard to be contented oh with all the rest
            G7
Once you've loved the perfect woman 
            F        G7   C
Once you've held the very best
 
Repeat #2
F          C            G7                C
If I could put them all together I'd have you

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If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

Well I packed up my old clothes and drove on down the road
Four hunderd miles or more until I reached my next show.
The wind was blowing cold and brother don't you know
This pain inside my heart just won't let go.

I never was one to follow a straight and narrow path
But I would now if it would lead me to my past.
Back to her loving arms is where I want to go
To the one who left me out in the cold.

   If I could turn back the hands of time
   To the day when she was mine
   If she'd take me back right now
   I would walk the line
   If I could turn back the hands of time.

She never wanted me to leave her all alone
She needed someone there to keep her warm at home
Her words now are so clear in my mind
If I had only read between the lines.

I'll play another smoke filled bar for tips in a jar
Another lonely night just me and my guitar
But if she would open up her heart to me again
I'd stop running down this road that has no end.

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If I Could Write A Song As Beautiful As You
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by John Adrian

C                  Em   F
If I could write a song
                C   F
As beautiful as you
        G7     E7      Am
I'd set around all day long
       F                G7
That's all that I would do

C                  Em  F
If I could write a song
                 C   F
As tender as you are
            G7     E7  Am
I'd sing it on the radio
     F      G7       C
Just like a big time star

F              C               Dm
Songs are only words that rhyme 
      G7     C
A melody set down in time
F            C  G7   Am
This will be forever true
C                G7              Am
There is no song as beautiful as you

C                  Em   F
If I could write a song
                      C    F
The way I've seen you smile
    G7          E7               Am
The world would stop its turning round
    F           G7
And listen for awhile

C                  Em   F
If I could write a song
                  C    F
The way I fell in love
   G7                   E7      Am    F
My song would light the darkest night
     G7            C
Like all the stars above

F              C               Dm
Songs are only words that rhyme
      G7     C
A melody set down in time
F            C  G7   Am
This will be forever true
C                G7              Am
There is no song as beautiful as you

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Dolly Parton - If I Cross Your Mind lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

If I cross your mind, please let me cross it slowly
Let me stop and reminisce with you for a while
And if I cross your mind, please remember only good things
Think of me as happiness if I cross your mind
There must be a million thoughts rushing through your mind
And if there's one of me love, among them that you find
Please stop for just a little while and treat it extra kind
When you think of me love, if I cross your mind
If you must hide my memory when you're with someone else
Then make mine very special when you're by yourself
For only in a memory can one turn back the time
To lovely tender moments that linger in your mind
There must be a million thoughts rushing through your mind
And if there's one of me love, among them that you find
Won't you stop for just a little while and treat it extra kind
When you think of me love, if I cross your mind
Think of only good things if I cross your mind


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If I Didn't Have You In My World 
Written and recorded by Vince Gill
                                 
C                C7     F
If I didn't have you in my world
       C                           G7
What a lonely place my world would be
     C           C7     F
If I didn't have you in my world
                 G7          C
I think I'd just pack up and leave

G7                          F
It seems like I've waited a lifetime
C               G7           F
To find someone special like you
G7                        F
If you ever walked out of my life
             G7           C  G7
I don't know what I would do

     C           C7     F
If I didn't have you in my world
       C                           G7
What a lonely place my world would be
     C           C7     F
If I didn't have you in my world
                 G7          C
I think I'd just pack up and leave

G7                       F
You gave me a reason for living
    C            G7             F
The first time I looked in your eyes
G7                            F
I shudder to think what might happen
            G7          C
If you ever told me goodbye

Repeat #1

                 C7     F
If I didn't have you in my world

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If I Didn't Know Any Better
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I turned around
Before I could run I found you already settled down in the back of my mind
I know this is just a customary feelin'
The moon is our deceiver that will leave you running blind

Your heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin'
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you

Didn't want to
Look in the eyes of the one that I would be drawn to
I'm a moth lost in a fire
And I know this is just a beautiful illusion,
A case of the confusion, between love and desire

Your heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin'
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love

When the flame burns out
And fine'ly settles down
And you'd forget I ever came around

Your heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin'
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you

I turned around
Before I could run I found you already settled down in the back of my mind

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If I Don't Love You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Burton and John Dennis Knutson

G
Well you got my heart a-feeling used and junky 
    C                                     G
The road of love is getting mighty mighty bumpy
                                                  D7
Tell me pretty mama have I filled your heart with hate
G
Well with someone new you're affiliated
    C
And it's making me feel like I'm outdated
G
If I don't love you grits ain't groceries
    D7                        G
And that's on every poor mans plate
     C
Well let me know honey tell me what's the matter
G
Let me know what's on your mind
A7
If I don't love you there ain't a cow in Texas
D7
They raise 'em there all the time
G
Well I don't want to sound like I'm demanding
  C
I just wanta get a little understanding
G
If I don't love you grits ain't groceries
    D7                        G
And that's on every poor mans plate
     C
Well won't you tell me something baby tell me what's the matter
G
Let me know what's on your mind
A7
If I don't love you there ain't a cow in Texas
D7
They raise 'em there all the time
Repeat #4

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If I Ever Get Lucky
Recorded by Merle Haggard 
written by Merle Haggard and Lou Bradley 

G                   C                             G
If I ever get lucky I'll find the right woman for me
          Em                                   A7          D7
She'll be all I ever dreamed of and all that I want her to be
            G                         C                         B7
She'll have patience and kindness and interest in things that I do
     G                   D7               G
If I ever get lucky I'll find a lady like you

                      C                        G
If I ever get wealthy I'll build a mansion somewhere
        Em                                      A7        D7
And the woman who loves me will be queen of the castle we share
            G                       C                           B7
There'll be vineyards and roses and children that look like you do
     G              D7                    G
If I ever get lucky I'll find a lady like you

     C                                                 G
If I ever get lucky I'll find someone who needs a good man
    C                                                   D7
And she'll hold out her finger and cherish this wedding band
    G                        C                         B7
And with the hand of a loser I'll do what a loser must do
         G              D7                    G
And if I ever get lucky I'll find a lady like you

Repeat #3
                    D7                    G
If I ever get lucky I'll find a lady like you

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If I Ever Need A Lady I'll Call You
Recorded by Claude Gray
Written by Gene Crysler

C
You don't smoke and you don't swear 
             G7
You wouldn't do wrong on a dare 
                                         C
And a good girl just can't chase away my blues 
But I'm out fighting loneliness 
       G7
Dating girls I know will kiss 
                                    C
But if I ever need a lady I'll call you 
          F
You drink cokes and I drink wine
    C
You don't stay out after nine 
    G7                                    C
And that's when I'm getting up to lace my shoes 
         F                        C
So don't cry when you see painted women out with me 
         G7                           C
Cause if I ever need a lady I'll call you 
Check inside your sweet heart 
         G7
Looks as pure where mine is dark 
                                     C
And an angel is the one thing I just can't use 
                              G7
I need girls of the night all aglow with neon lights 
                                    C
But if I ever need a lady I'll call you
Repeat #2
    G7                              C
Yes if I ever need a lady I'll call you 

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Alison Krauss - If I Give My Heart Lyrics
(John Pennell)

If I give my heart to you tonight
Will you still be by my side?
Or will you be gone with the morning sun
Like a restless bird in flight?

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

And if I should tell you of the love that I feel
Will you still be there for me
Or will I awake to a faded love searching for freedoms gain

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

If I give my heart to you tonight
Will you still be by my side?
Or will you be gone with the morning sun
Like a bird who yearns to fly?...

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If I Had Left It Up To You
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                         F                C
You made plans to leave a thousand times I know
      G7                                   C
And a thousand times I should have let you go
                         F            C
But each time I'd always beg you back somehow
       G7                                 C
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now
     G7                       C
It'd all be over now cept the crying
       G7                             C
I'd be used to spending all my nights alone
                          F          C
Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow
       G7                                 C
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now
     G7                       C
It'd all be over now cept the crying
       G7                             C
I'd be used to spending all my nights alone
                          F          C
Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow
       G7                                 C
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

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If I Had My Life To Live Over

There a little log hut down in old Caroline
All the doors are shut and its covered with vine
That's where I lived when just a lad
I was happy there with Mother and Dad

Now I'm alone and oh so lonely
I know my heart would be so sad
But if I had my to live over
I'd stay at home with Mother and Dad

I left my home down in old Caroline
I rambled round from time to time
I waited too long to start back home
For the ones I loved had done passed on

Now I've got no parents no place to call home
I'm out in this world and I'm on my own
My heart is broke my heart is sad
For I've got no home no Mother or Dad

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If I Had My Wife To Love Over
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Bobby Bond, Benny Williams, Conrad Pierce
 
C           E7           F
If I had my wife to love over
    C
I'd love her yes I'd love her 
     G7                    C
Like no woman's been loved before
 
 
I had a real good thing going
         F           C
Till one day she was gone
                                 G7
Leaving nothing but memories and pain
        C
Now the heartaches are showing
      F          C
And I know I was alone
                      G7          C    G7
If I'm lonely I'm the only one to blame
 
       C        E7           F
But if I had my wife to love over
    C                           G7
I'd never let her walk out that door
   C        E7           F
If I had my wife to love over
    C
I'd love her yes I'd love her
     G7                    C     G7
Like no woman's been loved before
 
          C
If you've got a good woman
     F           C
Then listen to a man
                           G7
Who's learning to live all alone
     C
Many nights I didn't hold her
         F            C
Take the time to understand
                       G7               C
And one day she turned away and she was gone
 
       C        E7           F
But if I had my wife to love over
    C                           G7
I'd never let her walk out that door
   C        E7           F
If I had my wife to love over
    C
I'd love her yes I'd love her
     G7                    F   C
Like no woman's been loved before

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If I Had To Do It All Over Again
Recorded by Roy Clark
Written by Bobby Springfield
 
C                        Em
We're not as young as we used to be
F    G7      C   G7
Baby I don't mind
C                             Em
Cause growing old with you is gonna be
F                     G7
Full of life and good times
         C
And if I had it to do all over again I'd do it with you
                                     Dm
I wouldn't want to miss a thing that we've been through
     F           G7               Em                   F
Baby nothing can compare with the good love that we've shared
         Dm               G7             C
And if I had to do it all over again I'd do it with you
 
                       Em
Looking back on life I can't complain
   F          G7                 C   G7
It ain't been easy but don't you know
C                          Em
We still had sunshine even when it rained
          F                      G7
And we've shared a love you have known
Repeat #2 x2
         Dm               G7             F          C
And if I had to do it all over again I'd do it with you

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If I Had Wings
Peter Yarrow / Sue Yardley

If I had wings no one would ask me should I fly.
The bird sings no one asks why.
I can see in myself wings as I feel them.
If you see something else keep your thoughts to yourself.
I'll fly free then.

Yesterday's eyes, see their colors fading away.
They see their sun turning to gray.
You can't share in a dream that you don't believe in.
If you say that you see and pretend to be be me,
You won't be then.

How can you ask if I'm happy goin' my way?
You might as well ask a child at play.
There is no need to discuss or understand me.
I won't ask of myself to become something else.
I'll just be me.

Repeat first verse.


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Alan Jackson - If I Had You lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride)
If I could have you
I know what I'd do
This time I'd be true
If I had you
If you could be mine
I'd walk that straight line
There'd be no bad times
If I had you
I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
Everything would be alright
If I had you
I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
Everything would be alright
If I had you
Everything would be alright
If I had you


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If I Lose

I never thought I'd need you but now I found I'm wrong
Come on back sweet mama back where you belong
I've gambled all over town find that I can't win
So come on back and pick me up again

   Now if I lose let me lose
   I don't care how much I lose
   If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm trying to win a dime
   My baby she's got money all the time

Of all the other gals I know no one can take your place
Cause when I get into a jam they just ain't in the race
So now that you're back dear let's take another round
With you here by my side dear the deal just can't go down

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Dolly Parton - If I Lose My Mind lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1971

Mama it's so good to be back home again I'm so proud to see that you are
looking well
Yes I know that I look a little weary oh but mama I have been through living
hell
You know how much I've always loved you mama
But he done things to me I couldn't understand
Why he made me watch him love another woman
And we tried to make me love another man
Mama can I feel a little different I need you now even more than I depend
And I need the love I've lost and understanding and a lot of time to get me
over him
If I lose my mind mama I wanna be here with you
Have them locked me up and see I have good care
But I just couldn't stand this torture any longer
I was afraid of what I'd do if I stayed there


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If I Make It Through Tonight
Recorded by Billy Parker
Written by Jeannie Seely and Virginia Gail Talley

C                G7        C
You just told me that it's over 
              F            C
Though you've had a lot of fun
    F              C
And you walked out without a thought
D7                          G7
Of all the harm that you've done
 
    C        G7    C
You said I'd find another
       F                 C
And by chance you may be right
      F              C
For tomorrow's still another day
     G7                  C
If I make it through the night
 
G7
Everywhere I look
          F        C
I see you standing there
D7
And I close my eyes
               Dm             G7
And smell your perfume in the air
 
             C       G7     C
There's your message on the table
      F                   C
Those words cut me like a knife
        F            C
So I'll tear it up tomorrow
     G7                  C
If I make it through the night
 
Repeat #3,4
 
      F              C
For tomorrow's still another day
     G7                  F   C
If I make it through the night

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If I Miss You Again Tonight
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Ricci Mareno, Charlie Black, Marianne Mareno

G7   C                     G7
If I miss you again tonight
C       F
And I'm longin' to hold you tight
       E7                  Am
If the mood that I'm in is just like it's been
     D7                             G7
Then I'll be awake till the morning light
     C                           G7
If I miss you just one more time
C     F
And I can't get you off my mind
          E7                      Am           C
Girl I'll know that it's true I'm still lovin' you
    F                 Fm Dm G7            C
And how will I face it      if I miss you tonight
                          F
I tried so hard to forget I thought I'd made it
  G7                                    Am          C
I cried you out of my heart and I could smile again
F                                           C
Then all at once out of nowhere your memory returned
       G7             C        F
And my heart couldn't shake it can I forget you again
                  C  A7      Dm           G7
Tell me what'll I do girl if I can't make it
     C                           G7
If I miss you just one more time
C     F
And I can't get you off my mind
          E7                      Am           C
Girl I'll know that it's true I'm still lovin' you
    F                 Fm Dm G7            C
And how will I face it      if I miss you tonight

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If I Needed You

   If I needed you, would you come to me
   Would you come to me for to ease my pain
   If you needed me I could come to you
   I would swim the seas for to ease your pain 

Well the night's forlorn and the morning's born
And the morning's born with the lights of love
And you'll mis sunrise if you close your eyes
And that would break my heart in two 

Baby's with me now since I showed her how
To lay her lily hand in mine
Who could ill agree she's a sight to see
A treasure for the poor to find

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If I Only Knew
Recorded by Bobby Helms
Written by Bob Saffer

G    D7        G            C
If I only knew how much I'd miss you 
              Am  D7  G
I'd never say bye bye bye
      D7           G     Am
Cause now I find I can't forget you 
           D7          G
Although I tried tried tried
D7           G          C
I made a big mistake to leave you 
                     F
That's why I cry cry cry
          Cm         C       A7
If I only knew you'd miss me too 
              D7  G   C
I'd never say bye bye bye
      G                      C
(If I only knew how much I'd miss you) 
              D7  Dm  G
I'd never say bye bye bye
       D7           G     Am
(Cause now I find I can't forget you) 
           D7      G
Although I try try try
 D7           G          C
(I made a big mistake to leave you) 
                     F
That's why I cry cry cry
           Cm         C       A7
(If I only knew you'd miss me too 
              D7  G   C
I'd never say bye bye bye)
G    D7        G            C
If I only knew how much I'd miss you 
              Am  D7  G
I'd never say bye bye bye
      D7           G     Am
Cause now I find I can't forget you 
           D7          G
Although I tried tried tried
D7           G          C
I made a big mistake to leave you 
                     F
That's why I cry cry cry
          Cm         C       A7
If I only knew you'd miss me too 
              D7  G   C
I'd never say bye bye bye

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If I Should Wander Back Tonight

For many years I've been a rolling stone, my darling
Like a gypsy I have roamed from place to place
Fortune never came to me
But how happy I would be
Just to look again upon your smiling face

   Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
   Would your eyes be filled with love's own tender light
   Would your arms be empty, dear would you thrill to find me near
   Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight

When budding flowers lend their fragrance in the springtime
I recall the roses twining round your door
Fancy then I homeward stay and I seem to hear you say
That you love me as you did in days of yore

Last night I dreamed that you and I were back together
I held your hand so gently in my own
Heard you say we'd never part as I pressed you to my heart
Then I woke in tears to find myself alone

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If I Was A Drinkin' Man
Recorded by Neal McCoy
Written by Byron Hill and J.B. Rudd

C                       Am
If I was a drinkin' man like I used to be
C                F                   G7
I'd get myself a bottle and you'd be history
              C            Am
You made me a thinkin' man when you walked out
C          F            G7                  C
If I was a drinkin' man I wouldn't need you now

     F                           C
I've learned to live without you one day at a time
D7                              C
Even though you're always on my mind
          F                     C
There's a bar around the corner if I wanted to forget
    D7                            G7
But I ain't givin' up on our love yet

           C            Am
If I was a drinkin' man like I used to be
C                F                   G7
I'd get myself a bottle and you'd be history
              C            Am
You made me a thinkin' man when you walked out
C          F            G7                  C
If I was a drinkin' man I wouldn't need you now

F                      C
Knowin' me like you do the kind of fool I've been
    D7                                     C
You probably think I'm three sheets to the wind
  F                          C
I wish that I could tell you that I'm feelin' no pain
D7                              G7
Oh you should see how much I've changed

           C            Am
If I was a drinkin' man like I used to be
C                F                   G7
I'd get myself a bottle and you'd be history
              C            Am
You made me a thinkin' man when you walked out
C          F            G7                  C
If I was a drinkin' man I wouldn't need you now
 
           F            G7                  C
If I was a drinkin' man I wouldn't need you now

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If I Were A Carpenter
Tim Hardin

If I were a carpenter,
And you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?

If I were a tinker
Would you still find me,
Carrying the pots I made,
Along behind me?

Chorus:
Save my love through loneliness.
Save my love through sorrow.
I have given you my only-ness.
Come give me your tomorrow.

Instrumental Verse

If I were a miller
At a mill wheel grinding,
Would you miss your colored lights
And your soft shoes shining.

Chorus

Repeat First Verse


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If I Were You
Written and recorded Terri Clark

G                                  C           D7     G     C  D7
You were standin' at my front door when I came home tonight
            G                         C                      D7
And I could tell by the look you gave me you were needin' my advice
C                                 D7
You say you want more out of life than he can give you
                Em               C
As a tear rolls down your face
              G
But girl I've seen the way he looks at you
      D7                                  G     D7
And I know someone who'd gladly take your place
          G       C               G
If I were you I'd run back home tonight
         C              G            D7
Tell him everything's alright yeah I know what I'd do
          G       C             G
If I were you I'd never let him go
    C               G                  D7
I'd have someone to hold my whole life through
          G
If I were you
                                              C
You shouldn't think you're missing out on something
            D7             G     C  D7
Because you wear a wedding band
              G
Cause I can't seem to find somebody
          C                          D7
Who wants more than just a one night stand
              C                            D7               Em      C
You know this single life I'm livin' ain't all it's cracked up to be
          G                          D7                    G    D7
So you've come to the wrong place if what you want is sympathy
          G       C               G
If I were you I'd run back home tonight
         C              G            D7
Tell him everything's alright yeah I know what I'd do
          G       C             G
If I were you I'd never let him go
    C               G                  D7
I'd have someone to hold my whole life through
repeat #2
D7        G
If I were you

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If I'd Only Met You First 
Recorded by Carl Butler
Written by Hank Cochran and Carl Butler

C                              F
Just like so many other men we hear about in song
  C                                                 G7
I wed the wrong girl just before the right one came along
       C                              F
Though I was tied to someone else the day you came my way
    C                         G7              C
But if I'd only met you first you'd be my own today
  F                             C
I knew I didn't love her on the day we said I do
    F                                 C              G7
But placed the ring upon her hand and promised to be true
  C                                     F
I thought someday I'd learn to care and so we made the vow
    C                                G7                 C
But if I'd only met you first things would be different now
                                   F
The one I hold in my heart now can never have my name
  C                                                  G7
Because the one I never loved would have to bare the shame
   C                                       F
To leave her now would break her heart and that's what makes me stay
    C                            G7               C
But if I'd only met you first it wouldn't be this way
   F                              C
So now I'm doomed to live a lie because we met too late
       F                          C                G7
She'll never set me free and so I can't ask you to wait
   C                              F
If you should find another love I won't stand in your way
    C                         G7              C
But if I'd only met you first you'd be my own today

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If Is A Bird On A Chain
Written and recorded by Eddy Raven

C               G7           C                G7 
If I could take back all the things that I've said
    C              G7        C              G7  
And change all the wrongs in life that I've led
    F             Em          E7            Am 
I'd take back the tears and a hundred other things
    C       G7           C    G7  
But if is a bird with no wings
 
     C               G7         C            G7
If a blind man could see and if losers could win
   C         G7            C           G7 
If age never showed on the face of old men
   F         Em           E7         Am  
If you could forgive that I told you lies
    C       G7              C  
But if is a bird that can't fly
 
   G7                 F         C 
If I were the man you hoped I'd be
   G7                F        G7    
If I were that man I wouldn't believe
    F          Em     E7              Am   
But I love you so and that's the real shame
C       G7        C 
If is a bird on a chain
 
           G7            C            G7    
If I had a dime then I'd try one more time
   C           G7          C          G7 
If you were at home if you had to sit alone
   F         Em       E7        Am
If I had but one more chance to explain
    C       G7        C
But if is a bird on a chain
 
Repeat #3
 
            G7        C 
But if is a bird on a chain

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Alan Jackson - If It Ain't One Thing (It's You) lyrics

If It Ain't One Thing  (It's You)
(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride)
(Track 9 - Time 3:52)
Well I guess it's just not my day
The wind blew my morning paper away
Then I cut my toe on a sliver of glass
From the stormdoor you broke when you left here so fast
If it ain't one thing it's you
If you've heard that I'm going crazy
It's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing
It's you
Well I rented that movie you hate
But that old VCR just chewed up the tape
Then I went to the freezer thought I'd cook me a steak
All I found was that old piece of our wedding cake
If it ain't one thing it's you
If you've heard that I'm going crazy
It's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing
It's you
But I never knew that I needed you so
But now that I've lost you, I can't let you go
If it ain't one thing oh it's you
If you've heard that I'm going crazy
It's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing
It's you
Oh if it ain't one thing
It's you


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If It Takes Me A Lifetime

It's true that I love you it's true you're not free
I'm trusting in tomorrow that someday you may be

So I'll go on hoping and trusting in fate
If it takes me a lifetime then I'll just wait

I'll cherish the say you and I met
Sweet memories of you I'll never forget
You lifted me up when I was down
And gave me a smile in place of a frown

I'll always be waiting it's never too late
If it takes me a lifetime then I'll just wait
This waiting is awful but still you are tied
I'm trying my best my feeling to hide

Though people are talking but still I must state
If it takes me a lifetime then I'll just wait

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If It Was Easy
Recorded by Ed Bruce
Written by Larry Kingston and Harlan Sanders

C                                F
I wish there was a way to love a lot
                C                         G7
And only hurt a little when love lets you down
C                                  F
I wish there was a way to love and run
                      C                        G7
And not find the hurt behind you when you turn around
      Am                                 F
But I guess I know why love's the way it is
  Am                              F               G7
I think I know why love is such a game of hit and miss

          C     F        G7
If it was easy  everyone would do it 
          C     F              G7    C
If it was easy  everyone would be in love
                F                   G7
If it was easy  I'd be the first to do it 
          C     F                  G7
If it was easy  I'd gladly go back through it
          C   F                 G7    C
If it was e-a-sy everyone would be in love

                                      F
I wish love was a part that you could play
                   C                     G7
And then just walk away when the curtain falls
C                                   F
I wish that you could take it as it comes
                     C                     G7
And leave it when it goes without a second thought
      Am                                     F
But I guess that's not the way it's meant to be
  Am                                 F               G7
I try my best but love just seems to get the best of me

Repeat #2

              F   C             F
If it was e-a-sy  if it was e-a-sy 
          C   F   C             F
If it was e-a-sy  if it was e-a-sy

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If It Was Up To Me
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Johnny MacRae and Steve Clark
 
G                   D7        G
All our friends are asking me about you
     D7                          G
They say I was a fool to let you go
                   C                G      C
The truth is I had no choice in the matter 
      G                D7                 G
But I hide my feelings well so they don't know
   C
If it was up to me I'd stem the tides
                     G
And move the highest mountain just to see
F           C      G
Your loving smile again
   C
If it was up to me
I'd turn the hands of time back  
       G
To the way we used to be
            D7                        G  C
And we'd be one again if it was up to me
     G           D7                   G
They ask me when we're gettin' back together
D7                                 G
They don't know it's all out of my hands
                       C                   G       C
Cause I can't help the way that you're not feeling 
    G               D7             G
Any more than I can help the way I am
   C
If it was up to me I'd stem the tides
                     G
And move the highest mountain just to see
F           C      G
Your loving smile again
   C
If it was up to me
I'd turn the hands of time back  
       G
To the way we used to be
            D7
And we'd be one again 
       C
Yes if it was up to me I'd stem the tides
                     G
And move the highest mountain just to see
F           C      G
Your loving smile again
   C
If it was up to me
I'd turn the hands of time back to 
    G
The way we used to be
            D7
And we'd be one again
                G
If it was up to me

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If It Weren't For Country Music
Recorded by Clinton Gregory
Written by Alan Syms
 
C
I sit here by the jukebox in this country bar
                                  G7
I gotta hear some fiddle and some steel guitar
A month ago my loving lady threw me out
                                         C
And I don't know what to do so I just do without
This old city brings me down it ain't been good to me
                        C7            F
But it's all that I can do to keep my sanity
        G7
But the future's looking bright cause I'm finally feeling right
                                           C
And if it weren't for country music I'd go crazy
      F                       C
I got holes in my boots I got holes in my jeans
G7                          C
Holes in my pockets man you know what that means
            F                          C
Between the bar tab and the jukebox my money's all been spent
        D7                         G7
And I'd vote for Merle Haggard for president
          C
Play some Hank play some Willie play some Restless Heart
                        C7                F
But don't play A Tender Lie cause I might fall apart
        G7
But the future's looking bright cause I'm finally feeling right
                                           C
And if it weren't for country music I'd go crazy
Repeat #3,4
        G7
Yes the future's looking bright cause I'm finally feeling right
                                           C
And if it weren't for country music I'd go crazy

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If It Weren't For Him
Recorded by Vince Gill with Rosanne Cash
Written by Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill

C             F               C
If she'd only knew what I was thinking
              F  Em               Dm   G7
If she'd only knew what was in my head
              F               C
Why can't she see my heart is breaking
         Em   F                 C
She'd be mine if it weren't for him
        F                 C
So many times I dreamed I had her
           F  Em           Dm   G7
I call her name when I lay down
              F                 C
Still I can't learn to live without her
        Em    F        C
Jealous heart is all I found
Am       G7               F
See your face would be my destiny
Am          G7                F
Now I won't take what you can give to me
Am          G7             F
This lonely place is all I hope to find
                  Em  F             C
If it weren't for him then you'd be mine
             F               C
If he'd only knew what I was thinking
             F  Em               Dm   G7
If he'd only knew what was in my head
             F               C
Why can't he see my heart is breaking
        Em   F                 C
He'd be mine if it weren't for him
         Em   F                 C
You'd be mine if it weren't for him

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The Avett Brothers - If It's the Beaches 

Don't say it's over
Cause that's the worst news I could hear.
I swear that I will
Do my best to be here
Just the way you like it.
Even though it's hard to hide,
Push my feelings all aside
I will rearrange my plans
And change for you.

If I could go back
That's the first thing I would do
I swear that I would
Do my best to follow through,
Come up with a master plan,
? Come up with a winning stance?
A guarantee, and not promise
That I'll never let your love slip
From my hands.

(Interlude)

If it's the beaches,
If it's the beaches, sand you want,
Then you will have them.
If it's the mountains, bending rivers
Then you will have them.
If it's a wish to run away,
Then I will grant it.
Take whatever you think of,
While I go gas up the truck.
Pack the old love letters up.
We will read them when we forget
Why we lived here.

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If Kisses Could Talk
recorded by Vernon Oxford
written by Everett Corbin

C                         C7                F
If kisses could talk   oh things they would say
G7                    C
They'd  go telling on you
                      C7              F
If kisses could talk  they'd give you away
    G7                     C
And make  you lonesome and blue

                    F                            C
They'd tell how you cheated  they'd tell how you lied
                  D7                          G7
They'd show how I suffered  they'd show how I cried
                C            C7               F
If kisses could talk  that's just what they'd do
G7                    C
They'd  go telling on you



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If Leavin' Was Easy
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Written by Earl Thomas Conley and Randy Scruggs
 
C       Em                  G
Between morning and evening working and sleeping
    F          C
And feeling confused
        Am                          D7
She got stuck on the highway in the 5:00 traffic
           G
Missed the 6:00 news
 
           Em                               G
She said I just saw him out there with some girl from somewhere
          F            C
They were feeling just fine
       Am                      D7
Was he too tired for love like he said he was
        G
Or just biding time
 
            Em               D7
She said if leavin' was easy I'd be gone
C                    G
Doing what he's done all along
      Am                   D7                       G
Cause tonight I need to be loved more than anything else
       Em               D7
And if I'da been easy I wouldn't be gone
    C                G
I'd be better off to be on my own
     Am                     D7                 G
Than living for someone who only lives for themselves
 
            Em                  G
She's got a front row seat with cable TV
    F              C
For her life's the screen
         Am                  D7
When she oughta be dancing instead of romancing
G
Just today's dream
 
    Em                G
She took to the limit all that was in it
    F           C
But watching it end
    Am                  D7
And remember tonight of some old flame
                           G
She'd love to get wound up again
 
Repeat #3

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If Love Was A Bottle Of Wine
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Sterling Whipple

C                                              F
If love was a bottle of wine we'd be tryin' to buy it
      Dm                                                G7
Or if we were two tramps in the street we'd be dyin' to find it
     C                                             F
Yeah some people feel they can beg borrow steal or fake it
        Dm             G7                      C
But the only people in love are the people who make it

G7                                            C
Babe I can see that you got your own personal rainbow dream
       G7                                              C
You're searching for something you got an idea what it looks like
           G7                                        C
And you're looking at me tryin' to see if we fit the picture
     Dm                                                G7    C
Well I'm looking too but there just ain't a rainbow in sight

    G7                                               C
But I know something happens each time our lips come together
    G7                                              C
The sky is a fallin' the earth underneath starts to shake
       G7                                                C
It's a pretty good place to begin if we know where we're going
        Dm                                                    G7
And I'm beginnin' to know love's a feeling that we'll have to make

Repeat #1 Yeah if love?

G7                                                    C
Ah you can buy love but you'll watch it all turn into rust
   G7                                      C
Or find it lose it two dozen times in your lifetime
   G7                                               C
Or steal it or feel that love ain't a thing you can trust
        Dm                                            G7
Now the only way to have it around is to make it each nighttime

Repeat #1  And if love?

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Alan Jackson - If Love Was A River lyrics

If love was a river
And I was a drowning man
Would you get in the water
Would you lend me a hand
If love was a river
Would you sit on the land
If love was a mountain
High above this town
Would you climb to the top
Would you never look down
If love was a mountain
Would you go around
Love rarely knocks so many times upon your door
And heaven only knows if it will come back anymore
If love was a firefly
Sitting in your hand
Would you laugh when it twinkled
Let it go again
If love was a firefly
Would you understand
If love was a party
With everyone you know
Would you dance if I asked you
Would you smile and say no
If love was a party
Would you even go
Love rarely knocks so many times upon your door
And heaven only knows if it will come back anymore
If love was a fast train on a one-way track
Would you turn in your ticket
Would you never look back
If love was a fast train
Would you even pack?


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Richard Thompson - If Love Whispers Your Name Lyrics

Next time I promise
I will be ready
Ready to move
When the clouds roll apart

Next time I promise
I will do it better
When the sun shines on me
And pierces my heart

If love whispers your name
Breathes in your ear
Sighs in the rain
Love is worth every fall
Even to beg, even to crawl

I won't act so cool
Won't be the fool
Next time
I won't quote the law
Won't be so sure
Next time

'Cause I once had it all and
I once lost it all and
I won't miss again
If the chance should come my way
If love should look my way

If love whispers your name
Breathes in your ear
Sighs in the rain
Love is worth every fall
Even to beg, even to crawl

I won't act so cool
Won't be the fool
Next time
And I won't quote the law
Won't be so sure
Next time

'Cause I once had it all and
I once lost it all and
I won't miss again
If the chance should come my way
If love should look my way

If love whispers your name
Breathes in your ear
Sighs in the rain
Love is worth every fall
Even to beg, even to crawl

Love is worth every wound
Each lonely day
Each sleepless night
Love is worth every wound
The price that you pay
To live in the light

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If My Heart Ever Gets Mended
BMI Work #: 9228007
If My Heart Ever Gets Mended (Larry W. Jones 11/03/2007) (song#5137)

If my heart ever gets mended
A new love it may try to find
But the last love has just ended
And I find she's still on my mind
This is not the first love ended
For I have had lost loves before
Now my poor heart needs attended
Because of heartaches by the score
I'm gonna search for the right love
She'll be a girl who's true and kind
If my heart ever gets mended
The last love won't be on my mind
- instrumental -
Maybe someday I will find her
And this pain in my heart will end
And maybe then it will occur
That my poor broken heart will mend
I'm gonna search for the right love
She'll be a girl who's true and kind
If my heart ever gets mended
The last love won't be on my mind
If my heart ever gets mended
The last love won't be on my mind


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If My Nose Was Running Money
Recorded by Mike Snider
Written by Mike Carr and Mike Hammonds

C                                 F              C
You say that I don't love you you say my love is untrue
                                     D7               G7
Well darlin' if I was a rich man I'd prove my love to you
    C                            F               C
I'd buy you a diamond ring and a new fur coat or two
                                       G7             C
If my nose was running money honey I'd blow it all on you

                                 F              C
If my nose was running money I'd blow it all on you
                             D7           G7
I'd buy you a Cadillac and a new Mercedes too
    C                      F                 C
I'd build you that mansion up on the mountaintop
                                 G7         C
If my nose was running money but honey it's snot

                                    F                 C
If my nose was running money let me tell you what I'd do
               
I'd buy you a John Deere tractor 
                    D7            G7
And we'd get rid of that old gray mule
    C                                         F              C
I'd carry you down to the store and buy you a brand new pair shoes
                                           G7                 C
And you not have to be plowing bare footed the way you always do

                                      F                C
If my nose was running money we could have anything we please
                                       D7            G7
The first time you wanted cash all I'd have to do is sneeze
    C                                      F                  C
Why we'd be living high on the hog and the hog wouldn't be so lean
                                           G7             C
If my nose was running money honey we'd be rollin' in the green

       F                          C
It's a booger of a problem that I got
                                          G7
I wish my nose was running money but it's snot
    C                        F            C
I'd buy you a Cadillac and a new Mercedes too
                             G7                 C
If my nose was running money I'd blow it all on you
                                   G7                 C
If my nose was running money honey I'd blow it all on you

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If One Won't The Other Will

I went one Sunday evening my true love for to see
I asked her to marry and she would not answer me

The night is almost ended tis near the break of day
I'm waiting for an answer oh what will you say

Dear sir if I must tell you I choose the single life
I never thought it soothing for me to be your wife

Then take this for your answer and for yourself provide
I have another lover and you must be denied

In the course of six weeks later this lady's mind did change
She wrote me a letter kind sir I feel ashamed

I feel as though I slighted you I cannot hear you mourn
So here's my heart come take it and claim it as your own

I wrote her back an answer I sent it back in speed
I only once did love you I loved you dear indeed

But since my mind has changed me I seek another way
Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart will have its place

Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart shall have its fill
This world is wide and lonely if one wont another one will

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If Only
Written and recorded by Jack Scott
 
C               Am
If only I could lie like you
F               G7
Smile and be so sly like you
   C            Am
If only I could say I care
F               G7
Knowing I'm not bein' fair
   C       Am
If only if only  
   F    G7       C        Am
If only I didn't care for you
    F          G7
The way that I do
   C            Am
If only I could kiss your lips
    F                   G7
And dream about someone else's lips
   C            Am
If only I could hold you tight
    F                    G7
And dream about the girl tomorrow night
   C       Am      F
If only if only if only 
G7              C
I could be like you
F               G7
I love you much much too much
   F    G7      C
To ever let you go
         F                C
And your dreamy eyes keep me alert
D7                G7
I keep a-hopin' I won't get hurt
   C             Am
If only he would let you know
    F                G7
How very very much I love you so
C               Am
Let you see how we could be
F          G7
Happy just you and me
   C       Am      F
If only if only if only
   G7                C
Oh what's the use if only
   Am      F       G7
If only if only if only
   C            Am
If only yeah if only
   F       G7                C
If only oh what's the use if only
   Am      F
If only if only 
   G7                C
Oh what's the use if only
   Am      F
If only if only
   G7                C
Oh what's the use if only

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If Only Your Eyes Could Lie
Recorded by George Jones
Written by John Charles Jarrard and Robert Lee McDill

C                                       F
Girl I can tell that you're thinking of leaving
          C                                    G7
But it'll hurt me so much you don't want me to know 
       C                                    F
You've done all you can to hide what you're feeling 
       C               G7                     C
Oh but one part of you it let's your feelings show
        F                         C
Oh your fingertips tell me you'll stay 
         G7                    C
And your warm red lips say you won't go away 
         F                   C                    Am
And your lovin' arms make me think you're still mine 
C          G7                   C
Oh girl if only your eyes could lie
                                                    F
So I say what's wrong and darlin' you just say it's nothin'
      C                                          G7
I can almost believe it hun when I hold you like this 
      C                                F
But I know in my heart that there's no tomorrow
   C                G7                          C
So just for tonight hun I'll pretend that there is
Repeat #2
           G7                   F  C
Oh girl if only your eyes could l-ie

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If Teardrops Were Diamonds
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam and Willie Nelson
Written by Dwight Yoakam

C      G7         C                           C7
If teardrops were diamonds and only mine were used
F                             C
They could pave every highway coast to coast
                            
And not be close to through
F                               C
If teardrops were diamonds cold blue
And if heartaches were rubies stacked up just like stone
C                                                      C7
It would leave a mountain 10 miles high built by mine alone
F                              C
If heartaches were rubies mine alone
    G7                                                            C
You might begin to understand the price love has to pay for being wrong
If sad thoughts were emeralds not counting in between
     C                                                       C7
Just half the ones I've had today could turn the whole world green
F                                                  C
If sad thoughts were emeralds and the world turned green
    G7
You might just get the message 
                                            C
That there's more to loneliness than can be seen
       G7         C            G7             C
If teardrops were diamonds and only mine were used

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Dolly Parton - If Teardrops Were Pennies lyrics
Wagon and Dolly Parton

An acre of diamonds I'd offer to you
A solid gold mansion, an airplane or two
This whole world would be yours to have and to hold
If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold
Chorus
If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold
I'd have all the riches my pockets would hold
I'd be oh so wealthy with treasures untold
If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold.
The tears that have fallen won� buy you a thing
The heartaches you caused me won't pay for a ring
The love that I wanted would not have grown cold
If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold.
Repeat chorus
But teardrops aren't pennies
And heartaches aren't gold


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If Teardrops Were Raindrops
BMI Work #: 8893810
If Teardrops Were Raindrops (Larry W. Jones 05/17/2007) (song#4653)

If teardrops were raindrops
That made flowers grow
I'd have a big rose garden
With row after row
It would be so very lovely
With beauty, I know
If teardrops were raindrops
That made flowers grow
A garden full of roses
And other flowers too
Every color of the rainbow
I could offer to you
Your house would be a mansion
That rich folks love to show
If teardrops were raindrops
That made flowers grow
But teardrops that I've tasted
Won't grow a single thing
And the hours that I've wasted
Show that love can sting
Love that once was growing
Would never stop its flow
If teardrops were raindrops
That made flowers grow
If teardrops were raindrops
That made flowers grow
I'd have a big rose garden
With row after row
But teardrops aren't raindrops
And love's rose garden can't grow


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If That's The Way You Feel

I don't blame you for I know you want him
That your love for me was never real
I could hold you but you'd be unhappy
But it's alright if that's the way you feel

   I know that I will always go on caring
   And my feelings now I must conceal
   I still need you and I want you with me
   But it's alright if that's the way you feel

I always knew some day I would lose you
When those lies about me were revealed
Its plain to see sweetheart you believe them
But its alright if that's the way you feel

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If The Bottle Was A Bible 

[Verse 1]
I've worked here for two years
That old man lives in here
Drinks all night and peels off all the labels
I sit back and watch him go
As he lines them up all in a row
Side by side, he sits them at his table

[Pre-Chorus]
I bet he's memorized those words printed on the side
God knows that man has read those lines a thousand times
Imagine what he'd know if the bottle was a bible

[Chorus]
I bet he's drank the river Jordan
The flesh is weaker than what they're pourin'
And right there in that bar, he'd have revival
If the bottle was a bible

[Verse 2]
He'd hold the answers in his hand
Be a prophet to the drinkin' man
In a haze of neon lights and tortured souls
But for him, it's gin and misery
Dyin' in her lovin' memory
Since he laid her in that field of granite stone

[Pre-Chorus]
Tempting fruit is best left on the vine
Cause he'd probably turn the water into wine

[Chorus]
I bet he's drank the river Jordan
The flesh is weaker than what they're pourin'
And right there in that bar, he'd have revival
If the bottle was a bible

[Chorus]
I bet he's drank the river Jordan
The flesh is weaker than what they're pourin'
And right there in that bar, he'd have revival
If the bottle was a bible
Yeah, right there in that bar, he'd have revival
If the bottle was a bible

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If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets
Recorded by Joe Diffie
Written by Kim Williams and Ken Spooner

G   C                                             G
Diablo motors had a hell of a sale downtown yesterday
     C                             A7                 D7
Word got around no money down take years and years to pay
     C                                                       G
When I got there the lot was bare but the salesman said hold on
      C                   G        E7   A7    D7      G
For a little cash I gotta two-tone Nash out behind my barn
                                     A7
If the Devil danced in empty pockets he'd have a ball in mine
       D7                                     G                  D7
With a nine foot grand a ten piece band and a twelve girl chorus line
    G                                              A7
I'd raise some loot in a three piece suit give 'em one dance for a dime
       C               G     E7      A7          D7      G
If the devil danced in empty pockets he'd have a ball in mine
     C                                                    G
Well he said friend it ain't the end let's see what I can do
       C                          A7              D7
If you own a home I've got a loan tailor made for you
     G                                     C                  G
Then above the racket a voice in my jacket said I'll tote the note
    C                   G         E7          A7       D7      G
The devil made me do it talked me into it and that was all she wrote
Repeat #2
Em                                          B7             Em
They say debt is a bottomless pit where the devil likes to play
                                             A7                 D7   G
I'd sell my soul to get out of this hole but there'd be hell to pay
Repeat #2

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If The Jukebox Took Teardrops 
Recorded by Billy Joe Royal
Written by Wyatt Easterling, Don Goodman, Michael Dee Graham and Nelson Larkin

G                                 C
If the jukebox took teardrops I'd dance all night long
    D7                            C          G
I'd sail away to yesterday on the wings of a song
                                               C
I'd close my eyes then hold you tight till the blue light of dawn
                    G         D7                G
If the jukebox took teardrops I'd cry all night long
 
   C
My baby's gone she left today
G
And I got a feeling she's gone to stay
    C
She said she needed money so I took out a loan
A7                                        D7
Now both my little honey and my money are gone
G                                C
If the jukebox took teardrops it would play a hurting song
       D7                         C             G
If the jukebox took teardrops I'd cry all night long
 
C
Mister Barkeep my old friend
G
Close the door and lock me in
     C
Just let me spend the evening out on the floor
A7                                    D7
Missing her and wishing her back once more
Repeat #1
 
C                   G         D7                G
If the jukebox took teardrops I'd cry all night long

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If The Phone Doesn't Ring
Recorded by Jimmy Buffett
Written by Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley

C                   Em       F       C
There are oceans of feelings between us
Am                        C
Currents that take us and sweep us away
              Em          F    C
That's why we seldom have seen us 
       Am         G7        C
In the light of a cold hard day
Am                           C
Lots of new friends with the same old answers
Am                       G7
Open your eyes you might see
       C               Em          F           C
If our lives were that simple we'd live in the past
       Am            G7        C
If the phone doesn't ring it's me
         
       G7                        C
If the phone doesn't ring you'll know that it's me     
        G7                    C
I'll be out in the eye of the storm
       G7                     C
If the phone doesn't ring you know that I'll be           
      G7                       C
Where someone can make me feel warm    
                Em             F           C
It's too bad we can't turn and live in the past      
       Am            G7        C
If the phone doesn't ring it's me
                       Em           F          C
I've had good days and bad days and going half mad days
  Am                       C
I try to let go but you're still on my mind
                  Em           F             C
I've lost all the old ways I'm searching for new plays
    Am         G7         C
I'm putting it all on the line
Am                           C
Lots of new friends with the same old problems
Am                       G7
Open your eyes you might see
       C               Em          F           C
If our lives were that simple we'd live in the past
       Am            G7        C
If the phone doesn't ring it's me
Repeat #3
     Em      F
It's me it's me
C    Em      F
It's me it's me
C    Em      F
It's me it's me
C    Em      F
It's me it's me        
      C             Em           F                C
If it takes all the future we'll live through the past
       Am            G7        C
If the phone doesn't ring it's me

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Chris Thile - If the Sea Was Whiskey

If the sea was whiskey and I was a diving duck
If the sea was whiskey and I was a diving duck
I'd swim to the bottom and I don't know if I'd come up

I'm just here wondering will a matchbox hold my clohtes
I'm just here wondering will a matchbox hold my clohtes
If things don't get no better then down the road I go

Whiskey and beers they don't make me drunk
Whiskey and beers they don't make me druink
These blues are gonna make me pack my trunk

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If There Was A Way
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

D7         G                      Em
I was just standing alone in this room
              G                              Em
Surrounded by memories we stopped making too soon
   G          C                   D7
Oh I was just standing I was just standing
G             Em                 G
Alone in this room alone in this room
D7             G               Em
And I was just thinking all to myself
            G                   Em
How I still want you and nobody else
   G          C                   D7
Oh I was just thinking I was just thinking
G      Em            G
All to myself all to myself
C                       G
In this darkness I move slowly 
C                       G
Always struggling to be free
A7
But I still hear your voice 
Everywhere I see the choice
       Am                  D7
That's made such a fool of me yeah
           G                        Em
I was just wondering if there was a way
                     G                       Em
To bring you back to me maybe things I could say
   G          C                    D7
Oh I was just wondering I was just wondering
               Em
If there was a way

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If There's One Angel Missing She's Here In My Arms Tonight
Recorded by Billy Parker
 
C                               C7                F
Lord I've never questioned when things don't seem right
                           C                                  G7
But I thought that I might talk with You while my baby sleeps tonight
C                                 C7             F
She's so much like an angel she's too good to be true
                           C        G7                   C   C7
If she's yours I'd like to keep her if it's alright with You

F                            C
Will You search up in heaven make sure that it's alright
                A7            D7                     G7
Be sure there's not one angel up there that's took a flight
C            F                  C         C7      F
Eyes of blue lips like wine and arms that hold me tight
                     C       G7                    C       C7
If there's one angel missing she's here in my arms tonight

Repeat #2
 
F                       C     G7                       C
If there's ever been an angel she's right here with me tonight

Thank You Lord

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If This Is Having A Good Time
Written and recorded by Mel Street
 
G                        C
Oh the jukebox fills the silent room
       G
With a sad old country song
                         C
And the laughter and the noisy crowd
         G                 D7
Makes me glad that I'm not alone
 
         G
Soon the night is gone
    C                   G
And daylight brings old memories hurtin' bad
       C       D7       G    C
And if this is having a good time
    G            D7      G
I'd just as soon have it bad
 
  D7
A hangover and a one night stand
     C              G
That I'd like to forget
       A7
I keep telling myself that I'm gonna change
    D7
But Lord I haven't yet
 
  G                     C             G
I can't drink enough to drown old memories
 
Of hurt I've had
       C       D7       G    C
And if this is having a good time
    G            D7      G
I'd just as soon have it bad
 
                 C
Drinking on this barstool
      G
And tonight I'm not alone
 
Though she's a stranger
    C             G
She listens to my troubles 
                   D7
While I am getting stoned
 
  G              C
Tomorrow I won't recall her name
    G
And how much fun I had
         C       D7       G    C
Cause if this is having a good time
    G            D7      G
I'd just as soon have it bad
 
Repeat #3,4

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If This Was Texas
Recorded by Billy Mata
Written by Jesse Shofner

G                    C           G    D7
What happened to the boy from El Paso
G                    C             Em    D7
The one who rode the broncs in the rodeo
G               C       G
Pretty lonestar princes dreamed of dancing
Em            D7
In a Broadway show
G             C             G   D7
Now I drive a New York City cab
    G                  C                  Em   D7
And leaving here's the best tip that I've had
G                 C
You're a New York waitress
G                C      Em     D7
Dance with me as far as I will go
            G     C         G
If this was Texas I'd be at home
         C                             D7
When you needed me you'd never find me gone
            G     C           G
If this was Texas you'd be my rose
    C                D7               G
And I'll be there to watch the garden grow
                C               G   D7
I've given up a lot of love for you
G                    C                 Em  D7
Now could you do the same thing for me too
G               C
I've dreamed of breaking horses
G             Em             D7
Far away from these big city blues
Repeat #3
    C                D7               G
Yes I'll be there to watch the garden grow

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If We Make It Through December
Song by Merle Haggard

If we make it through December
Everything's going to be alright, I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the falling snow

If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December, we'll be fine

Got laid off down at the factory
And their timing's not the greatest in the world
Heaven knows I've been working hard
I wanted Christmas to be right for daddy's girl

I don't mean to hate December
It's meant to be the happy time of year
But my little girl don't understand
Why daddy can't afford no Christmas here

If we make it through December
Everything's going to be alright, I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the falling snow

If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December, we'll be fine

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If We Never Meet Again This Side Of Heaven

Soon we'll come to the end of life's journey
And perhaps we'll never meet anymore
'Til we gather in heaven's bright city
Far away on that beautiful shore

If we never meet again this side of heaven
As we struggle through this world and its strife
There's another meeting place somewhere in heaven
By the river of life

Where the charming roses bloom forever
And where separation come no more
If we never meet again this side of heaven
I will meet you on that beautiful shore

Oh so often we are parted with sorrow
And action often quietens our pain
But we never shall sorrow in heaven
God be with you till we meet again

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If We're Not Back In Love By Monday
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Glenn Martin and Sonny Throckmorton
 
G                Am
We can call Mrs. Johnson 
            D7            G
To keep the kids a day or two
                         Am
Take the early flight to Florida 
         D7             G
Just the way we used to do

                          Am
Let room service bring us breakfast 
          D7              G
Make love all through the day
                             Am
If we're not back in love by Monday 
       D7              G
We can go our separate ways
 
                             C
If we're not back in love by Monday 
                       G
We can't say we didn't try
                   Am
But before we bury our love 
           D7                G
Let's make sure we've let it die

                        C
Sleep a few more nights together  
                          G
Say the things we used to say
                             Am
If we're not back in love by Monday 
       D7              G
We can go our separate ways
 
                          AM
We could find that little cafe  
         D7             G
With the funny sounding name
                     Am
Get the table by the window 
           D7            G
I'll say I love you once again

                       Am
If the violin player's still there 
                D7                 G
We'll dance you until the break of day
                             Am
If we're not back in love by Monday 
       D7              G
We can go our separate ways

Repeat#2

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If You Believe
recorded by George Jones   
[3/4 time]
written by Darrell Edwards

G
Oh the promise of tomorrow will banish all your sorrow
           D7               G
No need to grieve  if you believe
 
There will be a brighter future and a way prepared
                   D7             G
To suit your every need  if you believe
 
         C                 G
If you believe  so will it be 
                                 D7
It's true for you  it's true for me
G
Somewhere down that narrow road 
      C                  G
He'll relieve your heavy load
                      D7             G
Life's supreme reward receive if you believe
 
 
If your life is not inspiring and your days are long and tiring
     D7                 G
Rest receive when you believe 
 
Nothing here below can measure up to Heaven's lasting treasure
       D7              G
Be not deceived only believe

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If You But Care
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Kit Carson
 
C
There's a dream in my heart
                    G7
And I pray it comes true
 
I've had this dream in my heart
                     C    G7
Since I laid eyes on you
 
C
It's a dream of a home
                  G7
And I hope we can share
 
It's a dream of a love we'll have
              C    G7  C
If you'll but care
 
   F                  C
My life is built on a prayer
       D7                    G7
Of the hope that you will be there
        C
In this home that I plan
                  G7
And I hope we can share
 
It's a dream of a love we'll have
              C
If you'll but care
 
Repeat #3

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If You Came Back From Heaven
Recorded by Lorrie Morgan
Written by Richard Landis and Lorrie Morgan

C                                           F
I wouldn't know what to say I wouldn't know what to do
   Dm                            F               G7
If you came back from heaven and I could look at you
        C                          F
Would I fumble for the words would I be a little shy
        Dm                              F                    G7
Would I bust right out with laughter or break right down and cry
   C                                     F
Oh if you came back from heaven would it be like it was then
         G7                                 F          G7
Could we just pick up where we left off and try it all again
      C                                  F               Fm
Oh if you came back from heaven it would freeze me in my tracks
      C                 Fm                Dm    G7       C
And I hope God knows if He let you go I'd never send you back
                                    F
Do your kisses feel the same do you still have the same touch
Dm                      F                      G7
Will you whisper softly cause you missed me so much
         C                           F
Have you heard all my prayers when I lay down at night
Dm                          F              G7
Did you feel my body when I held my pillow tight
Repeat #2
       Em             Am               Em            Am
And if God forbid you leave this earth again while I sleep
  A#7                     G7
I hope he knows if you go you'll be bringing me
Repeat #2
                        Fm                Dm    G7       C
And I hope God knows if He let you go I'd never send you back

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If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot

If you could read my mind, love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
* I never thought I could act this way *
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back

If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just to get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone


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If You Don't Believe I Love You
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Gene Sutton and Darrell McCall

C
I'd crawl a million miles on my knees through flames
   F
To be somewhere someone spoke your name
         C                                      G7
I'd even marry your cat just to get in your family
    C
I'd turn inside out if you wanted me to
     F
Even be the town crier and I'd really sound blue 
           C               G7            C
And if you don't believe I love you just ask me

    F
I'd walk to the ends of the earth every night
C
Just to see you got safely home
F                                       D7           G7
Call you long distance around the world on a pay telephone
              C
So if there's doubt in your mind that my love's still true
    F
I'd save the broken pieces of my heart for you
           C                     G7            C
And if you still don't believe I love you just ask me


Well I'd drive through the rain sleet and the snow
     F
With no defrosters and my heater on low
       C                                    G7
Take a dog sled across Alaska to be by your side
    C
I'd count all of the stars in the heavens above
     F
Even lay down and die just to prove my love
           C                     G7            C
And if you still don't believe I love you just ask me

Repeat #2  Well I'd...

                                 G7            C
And if you still don't believe I love you just ask me

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If You Don't Believe The Bible
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Carl Jackson and Glenn Sutton

G                                  C                G
You trust your family doctor and a drug is for your fears
                              A7                      D7
You take them every day and believe they'll cure your ills
        G                              C                  A7
And you want a lawyer present when the business deal goes down
           G                                      D7             G
But you're scared to death the preacher's talking hell or heaven bound
If you don't believe (if you don't believe) 
God's holy bible (God's holy bible)
                                             D7
And your faith's (and your faith) not in the Lord 
G                            C                 A7
You can't get to heaven to receive your just reward
             G
If you don't believe (if you don't believe) 
                       C
(If you don't believe) If you don't believe
       G                            D7                 G
If you don't believe the bible then you don't know the Lord
                                    C                G
When you get on an airplane and the ground cannot be seen
                                  A7            D7
You have to put your faith in the man and his machine
G                                   C                    A7
Yet you shy away from preachers and you don't believe in prayer
       G                         D7                    G
Just because you can't see Jesus doesn't mean He isn't there
Repeat #2 x2
                       
(If you don't believe) if you don't believe
                       C
(If you don't believe) if you don't believe 
       G                            D7                 G
If you don't believe the bible then you don't know the Lord

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If You Don't Know Your Roses
Recorded by Darrell McCall
Written by Royce Glenn Sutton and A.L. Owens

C                G7                 C
I see the pretty roses that he sent you
     F              C             G7
Well if a friend is all he's ever been
     C              F               C
Then tell me why he signed the card I love you
  F                  G7                C
I love you is pretty strong for just a friend
F                               C
Let me tell you something about roses
                                    G7
They don't always make a dream come true
    C               F              C
Sometimes they just pretend to say I love you
   F                   C              G7             C
If you don't know your roses they can make a fool of you
                G7                 C
Darlin' I don't know what all he's told you
    F                 C                G7
For what he's offered you that I can't give
       C              F               C
But if love to you is just a bunch of flowers
     F              G7                      C
Then what we've got don't stand a chance to live
F                               C
Let me tell you something about roses
                                    G7
They don't always make a dream come true
    C               F              C
Sometimes they just pretend to say I love you
   F                   C              G7             C
If you don't know your roses they can make a fool of you

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The Osborne Brothers - If You Don't Somebody Else Will lyrics

(Johnny Mathis - Jimmy Fautheree - Geraldine Hamilton)
If you don't wanna kiss me say so baby
Somebody else will somebody somebody else will somebody else will
If you don't wanna kiss me say so baby
Somebody else will somebody somebody else will kiss me better.
Oh, I ain't a gonna beg you for your love anymore
Ever since the first time I have done learned the score
I thought I had to have you once with that's in the past
Since I found out I'm free from you yes I'm free at last.
If you don't wanna hold me say so baby
Somebody else will somebody somebody else will somebody else will
If you don't wanna hold me say so baby
Somebody else will somebody somebody else will hold me better.
--- Instrumental ---
Oh, I ain't a gonna beg you for your love anymore
Ever since the first time I have done learned the score
I thought I had to have you once with that's in the past
Since I found out I'm free from you, yes, I'm free at last.
If you don't wanna be mine say so baby
Somebody else will somebody somebody else will somebody else will
If you don't wanna be mine say so baby
Somebody else will somebody somebody else will soothe me better...


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Alan Jackson - If You Don't Wanna See Santa Claus Cry lyrics

Well I'm making out my list
For ole St.Nick tonight
But I'm afraid what I want this year
Can't be had
But Santa he's the kind
When he makes up his mind
Wishes can come true
And I bet my Christmas stockin'
If my wish don't come knockin'
He's gonna be blue
So baby come home
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry
He can't see where he's going
When it's snowing
If there tears in his eyes
And don't you know his ho ho ho will be
A sad sad sigh
So baby come back to me
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry
And don't you know his ho ho ho will be
A sad sad sigh
So baby come back to me
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry
So baby come back to me
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry


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If You Ever Change Your Mind
Recorded by Crystal Gayle
Written by Bob Gundry and McGee Parker

Cm          G
Sure I understand
Cm             G
Of course I'll be fine
Cm                     Bm    Em
You had to change your plans
Cm                Am
Oh well I'll just change mine
Dm                  G
But if it turns out bad
Cm                     G
And if your nights get long
Cm                   Bm  Em
And if she makes you sad
Cm            Am
No need to be strong
Cm         D7               Bm   Em
And if you ever change your mind
    Am                  D7
And find you miss those feelings 
         Bm     Em
That you left behind
Dm             G        C
We can give it one more try
D7         Bm       Em  Am
Some magic place in time
       D7               G
If you ever change your mind
Cm                 G
I guess I'd better go
Cm              G
You know I hate goodbyes
Cm                  Bm  Em
Let's not drag this out babe
Cm                     Am
I'll see ya 'round sometime
Repeat #3
 
A#7 Am
Oh  don't look back
D7
Let the heartache pass
                C           Bm   Em
And if you ever change your mind
    Am                  D7
And find you miss those feelings 
         Bm     Em
That you left behind
Dm             G        C
We can give it one more try
D7         Bm       Em  Am
Some magic place in time
       D7               G
If you ever change your mind

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If You Ever Come This Way Again
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Dean Dillon and Donny Kees

C                 F
I sure do hate to see you go 
C                        G7
It's been a blast glad I got to know you
F                G7                     C
Ain't everyday a smile like yours comes along
                    F
You've done more in such a short time 
C                      G7
To soothe my heart and ease my mind
F                       G7              C
And I'm sure gonna miss you when you're gone

F                         C
If you ever come this way again
G7                                     C
I'll be disappointed if you don't drop in
F                                  C
Maybe next time all the good times won't have to end
G7                        C
If you ever come this way again

                   F
There's your plane have a good flight 
C                          G7
Roll with the flow in your nine to five life
F                        G7                       C
While I'm rockin' in the arms of this old boat of mine
             F
Every time I hoist the sails 
C                   G7
I'll toast the wind and wish you well
F                     G7             C
And think back to the sunset in your eyes

Repeat #2

G7                        C
If you ever come this way again 
G7                        C
If you ever come this way again

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If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Troy Seals and Vince Gill

G7              C                   F
You're climbing mountains  I'm on a hill
              C                        G7   Dm
You're always running and I'm standing still
G7               C         C7        F
You live for the moment no future no past
           C       Am          Dm      G7         C   F C G7
I may be a fool to love by the rules I want it to last
       C            Em         C          F
If you ever (if you ever) have forever in mind
        G7               C    G7
I'll be here and easy to find
        C           G7       C             F
If your heart isn't ready to lay down with mine
   C         Am         Dm      G7 C    Am  Dm
If you ever (ever) have forever in mind
G7            C                     F
The music has ended still you wanna dance
  C                                  G7    Dm
I know that feeling I can't take the chance
G7               C         C7        F
You live for the moment no future no past
           C       Am          Dm      G7         C   F C G7
I may be a fool to love by the rules I want it to last
       C            Em         C          F
If you ever (if you ever) have forever in mind
        G7               C    G7
I'll be here and easy to find
        C           G7       C             F
If your heart isn't ready to lay down with mine
   C         Am         Dm      G7 C
If you ever (ever) have forever in mind

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Dolly Parton - If You Go, I'll Follow You lyrics

If you go, I'll follow you
You can't leave my love behind
If you go (if you go) I'll follow you
Even death will never end this love of mine
I have loved you for so long
With a love most true and strong
You have all I may request
And I'll love you good or bad
Where you go I'll come with you
No matter where you take me to
I'll go to hell
And back again
I'll be with you
Until the end
If you go, I'll follow you
You can't leave my love behind
If you go (if you go) I'll follow you
Even death will never end this love of mine
If you go, I'll follow you....


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If You Got To Have It Your Way I'll Go Mine
Recorded by Billy Parker
Written by Dale Vest and Tommy Overstreet
 
C
There's more between our beds than just a door
                           F
You never meet me half way anymore
    G7
You say you'd rather break before you bend
                                C
And my way is wrong nine out of ten
 
 
To you our love's as plain as abc
                                          F
But the short end of the stick belongs to me
    G7
And girl somewhere I've got to draw the line
                                       C
If you got to have it your way I'll go mine
 
       G7                              C
If you got to have it your way I'll go mine
  G7                                 C
I can't be all that wrong all of the time
                                  F
I'll quit and walk away while I'm behind
       G7                              C
If you got to have it your way I'll go mine
 
       G7                              C
If you got to have it your way I'll go mine
  G7                                 C
I can't be all that wrong all of the time
                                  F
I'll quit and walk away while I'm behind
       G7
If you got to have it your way
 
If you got to have it your way 
                                       C
If you got to have it your way I'll go mine

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If You Look Deep In Your Heart
BMI Work #: 8740409
If You Look Deep In Your Heart (Larry W. Jones 03/09/2007) (song#4513)

Darlin', if you look deep in your heart
I'm sure you'll find a memory there
The flame's not as hot as at the start
But you might find that you still care
If you look deep in your heart
Darlin', if you recall all your dreams
I'm sure you'll see me driftin' through
In the ones where moonlight gleams
Back when all of our skies were blue
If you look deep in your dreams
When evening velvet shadows fall
That's when tears start falling down
Darlin', if you look deep in your heart
You'll know I still need you around
Darlin', now that we're so far apart
I wonder if I'll ever see your return
I'll be glad to send to you a chart
You'll see that my love still burns
If you look deep in your heart


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If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
by Olivia Newton John - written by John Rostill
 
G
You came when I was happy in your sunshine
                                     C
I grew to love you more each passing day
                                 G
Before too long I built my world around you
      Am                D7              G    G7
And I prayed you'd love enough of me to stay
 
       C
If you love me let me know
             G
If you don't then let me go
         D7
I can't take another minute
     G                 G7
Of a day without you in it

       C
If you love me let it be
       G
If you don't then set me free
          D7
Take the chains away
                    C
That keep me loving you
 
G
The arms that open wide to hold me closer
                                            D7
The hands that run their fingers through my hair
                    C                  G
The smile that says hello it's good to see you 
        Am                        D7
Anytime I turn around to find you there
 
     G
It's this and so much more that make me love you
                G7             C
What else can I do to make you see
                                     G
You know you have whatever's mine to give you
      Am              D7            G
But a love affair for one can never be
 
repeat #2

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If You Need A Fool

Darling I can tell were through
That leavin' looks all over you
I'll do anything no matter what you do
Call me if you need a fool

They just aren't makin' fools the way that they used to
They don't come back for more the way I always do
So if you ever change your mind I'm not very hard to find
You can find me in the phone book under blue
Call me if you need a fool

Go and find another guy
And if he don't believe your lies
You know who will swear every word is true
Call me if you need a fool

Girl it won't cost you a dime
To break my heart just one last time
Call collect and I'll just tell um put her through
Call me if you need a fool

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Dolly Parton - If You Need Me lyrics

Intro:
If you need me, I'll be gone
The bed's still warm where you just left
But it'll be colder where I've slept
I've always been where you needed me
But I ain't the fool I used to be
You come home all hours of the night
The fragrance on you ain't old spice
Tonight when you come draggin' home
And find you need me, I'll be gone

1st Chorus:
I'll be gone like the moon when the sun comes up
Gone like the dew from the buttercup
Gone like a woman treated wrong
If you need me, I'll be gone
So, what am I still doing here?
You've been doin' me wrong for years
Tired of pickin' up and puttin' out
I'm leaving you lock, stock, and house
So, bye, bye, baby
That's it, I'm packed
I'm a'leavin' now, but I'll call back
And leave this message on the code-a-phone
Sayin', if you need me, well, I'll be gone

2nd Chorus:
I'll be gone like the moon when the sun comes up
Gone like the dew from the buttercup
Gone like a woman leavin' home
If you need me, I'll be gone
Repeat 2nd Chorus
I said, if you need me, I'll be gone

Tag:
If you need me, I'll be gone
I said, if you need me, I'll be gone


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If You Only Knew
Recorded by The Mavericks
Written by Raul Malo and Kostas Lazarides

C                                   G7
You wouldn't walk away so proud and tall
                                C
If you knew how I wanted you at all
                   C7                F
I can't hide it anymore because it's true
            G7                      C
If you only knew who's in love with you
                                       G7
Well I dream about you every night and day
                                          C
And all the sweet things that I'd like to say
                C7                F
But darling you don't even have a clue
            G7                      C
If you only knew who's in love with you
F                                       C
It feels like my heart skips a beat whenever you are near
    D7                              G7
And every time you walk away well I wish that you were here
       C                                G7
Well I know that there's a lot of other guys
                                              C
Who will promise you the world with all their lies
                 C7                F
But I'm the only one who's feeling blue
            G7                      C
If you only knew who's in love with you
repeat #3
                 C7                F
But I'm the only one who's feeling blue
            G7                      C
If you only knew who's in love with you
            G7                      C
If you only knew who's in love with you
            G7                      C  F C
If you only knew who's in love with you

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Dolly Parton - If You Say I Can lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

When my strength is not enough to face the disapointments
When nothing seems to work out like I planned
When I think I've reached the end, just stop and reassure me
Cause I can make it, if you say I can
If you say I can, then I can find the strength to do it
In knowing you believe that much in me
Tell me that I can and give me faith in what I'm doing
I'm only just as strong as you make me
But I can do it, if you say I can
When I've reached the point of thinking life's not worth the bother
When I can't seem to give what life demands
When it seems impossible to make it any farther
I can go on, if you say I can
If you say I can, then I can find the strength to do it
In knowing you believe that much in me
Tell me that I can and give me faith in what I'm doing
I'm only just as strong as you make me
But I can do it, if you say I can


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If You See A Change In Me
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Albert E. Brumley, Jr.
Written by Merle Haggard

C                                   F         C
They crucified our Jesus nailed His body to a cross
       G7      C                G7
Now He lives inside of me as my Savior He's my Boss
   C                          F                Fm
He comes in every morning and takes me where I go
    C            Am                  D7      G7      C    F
And if you see a change in me Praise God and let Him know

C                                        F                C
There's a difference in my music and the things I have to say
       G7           C           G7
Listen closer to my message and kneel somewhere and pray
    C                             F              Fm
The one who's known as Jesus goes with me when I go
    C            Am                  D7      G7      C
But if you see a change in me Praise God and let Him know

       F                                   C
Praise God and let Him know there's been a change in me
     F                              C           G7
Look inside to see that Jesus lives inside of me
  C    G7      C               F              Fm
I know He's my Savior cause He saves me every show
   C            Am                  D7      G7      C
So if you see a change in me Praise God and let Him know

Repeat #3

                 Am                  D7      G7      C
And if you see a change in me Praise God and let Him know

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If You See My Baby
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Eddie Miller and Bob Morris
[3/4 time]
 
C                   F
If you see my baby  while making your rounds
G7                                   C
In some crowded nightspot or cafe in town
                        F
Tell her I miss her and I'm still around
G7                                      C
If you see my baby in this lonesome old town

F                        C
Tell her to call me when she's all alone
F                        C         G7
Cause I'm always waiting by my telephone
C                            F
I'd still worship the ground where she walks around
G7                                      C
If you see my baby in this lonesome old town

F                        C
Tell her to call me when she's all alone
F                        C         G7
Cause I'm always waiting by my telephone
C                            F
I'd still worship the ground where she walks around
G7                                      C
If you see my baby in this lonesome old town

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If You Want To Wear A Crown
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Noack and Marvin Rumley

C                    F       C
You've got to run to win the race
             F                 G7
Go along the way and quick the pace
            F                                    C
So remember when you're worried faith is falling down
                                    G7             C
That you got to bear a cross if you want to wear a crown
            F               C
Our Lord is testing us each day
             F            G7
He'll try us out in every way
         F                         C
So don't despair when burdens fall around
                               G7             C
You got to bear a cross if you want to wear a crown
                     F           C
You've seen some men rise to the top
          F                    G7
Then fall apart if they should drop
                F                C
They can't live on without their wealth
                                   G7              C
They blame the Lord above and they never blame themselves
             F                C
Out of these fallen some will rise
             F           G7
Accept their fate and realize
               F                                     C
That their own trial to God they'll hear the trumpet sound
                                      G7             C
That you got to bear the cross if you want to wear a crown

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If You Were A Bluebird
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Butch Hancock

G
If you were a bluebird you'd be a sad one
               C
I'd give you a true word but you've already had one
              G                 D7
If you were a bluebird you'd be crying
C               G
You'd be flying home
If you were a raindrop you'd shine like a rainbow
                  C
And if you were a train stop the conductor would sing low
              G                 D7
If you were a raindrop you'd be falling 
C                G
You'd be calling home
If you were a hotel honey you'd be a grand one
                 C
But if you hit a slow spell do you think you could stand one
              G                           D7
If you were a hotel well I'd lean on your doorbell 
C               G
I'd call you my home
If I was a highway I'd stretch alongside of you
                  C
I'd help you pass by ways that had dissatisfied you
           G                   D7
If I was a highway well I'd be stretching 
C                   G
I'd be fetching you home

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If You Were Me
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Troy Seals and Graham Hamilton Lyle

G
I met someone I need to talk about 
Am                         Dm
Never been so certain with so many doubts 
G
My heart's afraid to be alone with him 
Am                           D7
In late night hours when the lights are dim 

            C   D7                  Dm            E7
If you were me  would you take that kind of chance 
              C              D7       G Am G
Step into his arms and dance into the night 
            C   D7                 Dm         E7
If you were me  would you let your feelings go 
                     C           D7          G
Or hold him back and never know  if you were me 


I've always played it safe with this heart of mine 
Am                       Dm
Same old kind of romance time after time 
    G
And now he's calling from the wilder side 
Am                            D7
Last night I felt like if I'd only tried 

            C   D7                  Dm            E7
If you were me  would you take that kind of chance 
              C              D7       G Am G
Step into his arms and dance into the night 
            C   D7                 Dm         E7
If you were me  would you let your feelings go 
                      C           D7          G  Am D7
Or hold them back and never know  if you were me 

Em                            C
Last night I felt like if I'd only tried
           D7
I might be spendin' my life by his side
            C   D7                 Dm         E7
If you were me  would you let your feelings go 
                      C           D7          G
Or hold them back and never know  if you were me 

D7          G
If you were me      



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If You Were Never Here
Recorded by David Houston
Written by Glenn Sutton

G7           C
I burned the pictures I hocked the rings
                   F    C
And I got a rid of everything
That had the slightest chance 
                   G7
To make a memory reappear
           C
I sold the house now that's the last
                       F      C
Of things that link me to the past
   F              C
So how can you be gone 
   G7             C
If you were never here
   G7
If you were never here 
        F            C
I never loved you at all
        D7
And the past will be the future 
         G                G7
Before a tear has time to fall
       C
The Salvation Army came 
                     F       C
And took the balance of your things
   F              C
So how can you be gone 
   G7             C
If you were never here
Repeat #3,4

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If You'd Like Some Lovin'
Recorded by David Ball
Written by Tommy Polk and David Ball

C                  F      G7                       C
If you'd like some lovin' I've got all you'll ever need
            Dm       D7              G7
Two arms to hold you all night tenderly
          C           F       G7                C
If you're lookin' for forever I'm as far as you need see
                   F      G7                       C  F C
If you'd like some lovin' you'll find it here with me
G7                      C      G7                C
If you're lookin' to be lonely I won't be of any help
D7                         G7
If you want someone who'll leave you 
D7                         G7
You better look to someone else
         C         F      G7                       C
If you'd like some lovin' I've got all you'll ever need
                   F      G7                       C  F C
If you'd like some lovin' you'll find it here with me
G7                  C          G7                  C
He brought you many heartaches he brought you many tears
D7                G7          D7                         G7
But what he never brought you darlin' you can find right here
         C         F      G7                       C
If you'd like some lovin' I've got all you'll ever need
            Dm       D7              G7
Two arms to hold you all night tenderly
          C           F       G7                C
If you're lookin' for forever I'm as far as you need see
                   F      G7                       C  F C
If you'd like some lovin' you'll find it here with me
                   F      G7                       C   F C
If you'd like some lovin' you'll find it here with me

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If You're Ever Gonna Love Me

If you're ever gonna love me well, I wanna know it
There's just one way that you can show it
If you don't start treatin' me better, you see
I'm a-gonna do away with me

I'm gonna go down where the water is a little deep
I'm takin' no chance now you see
If you don't start treatin' me a little bit better
I'm a-gonna do away with me

* Refrain

Now, won't you tell me how you feel about it
You're runnin' me crazy can't you see
If you don't start treatin' me a little bit better
I'm a-gonna do away with me

* Refrain


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If You're Looking For A Fool
Recorded by Tommy Overstreet
Written by Cliff Thomas, Ed Thomas, Robert McRee

C         G             D7          Em        G
If you're looking for a fool here I am here I am
                                 C
I watched you walk from table to table
  G                   C
A small drink in your hand
    G                              C
You danced with every guy that was able
  G                        C
I know I don't fit in your plans
              G             D7          Em        G  Em
But if you're looking for a fool here I am here I am
       G                     C
If you need somebody you can cheat on
  G                         C
A heart you can break every day
  G                          C
A puppet on a string you can pull on
  G                            C
A man that won't stand in your way
          G             D7          Em        G
If you're looking for a fool here I am here I am
C                    F
I'm just a poor fool in love with you
G         C                 Em               B7 Em
I'd do anything little girl that you want me to
       G                     C
If you need somebody you can cheat on
  G                         C
A heart you can break every day
  G                          C
A puppet on a string you can pull on
  G                            C
A man that won't stand in your way
          G             D7          Em        G
If you're looking for a fool here I am here I am
C         G             D7          Em        G
If you're looking for a fool here I am here I am
C         G             D7          Em        G
If you're looking for a fool here I am here I am

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If You've Got Time To Say Goodbye
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G7            C
If you've got time to say goodbye
                                  G7
Have mercy on a guy  that's gonna miss you
  Dm               G7
I know you're in a hurry
    Dm               G7             C
But consider all the hurt I'm going through
G7              C        G7             C
Let me brace my heart so I can face the part
               F               A#7
That I've been dreading for so long
              C
If you've got time to say goodbye
       G7                              C
Then I promise I won't cry till you're gone
                                   D7
I know a man should never show his feelings
    G7                               C
And I should pretend I'm glad you're leaving
G7            C
If you've got time to say goodbye
                                  G7
Have mercy on a guy  that's gonna miss you
  Dm               G7
I know you're in a hurry
    Dm               G7             C
But consider all the hurt I'm going through
G7              C        G7             C
Let me brace my heart so I can face the part
               F               A#7
That I've been dreading for so long
              C
If you've got time to say goodbye
       G7                              C   A#7 C
Then I promise I won't cry till you're gone

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The Avett Brothers - Ill With Want

I am sick with wanting and it's evil and it's daunting*
How I let everything I cherish lay to waste
I am lost in greed, this time it's definitely me
I point fingers but there's no one there to blame

A need for something, now let me break it down again
A need for something but not more medicine

I am sick of wanting and it's evil how it's got me
And every day is worse than the one before
The more I have the more I think I'm almost where I need to be
If only I could get a little more

A need for something, now let me break it down again
A need for something but not more medicine

Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

Temporary is my time, ain't nothing on this world that's mine
Except the will I found to carry on
Free is not your right to chose
It's answering what's asked of you
To give the love you find until it's gone

A need for something, now let me break it down again
A need for something but not more medicine

Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

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Illegal Smile
John Prine

When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad
Seem like total silence was the only friend I had
A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won
And it was twelve o'clock before I realized
That I was havin' ... no fun

Chorus:
But fortunately I have the key to escape reality
And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
Won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
No I'm just tryin' to have me some fun

Last time I checked my bankroll, it was gettin' thin
Sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been
I Chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end
And all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen

Chorus

Well, I sat down in my closet with all my overalls
Tryin' to get away from all the ears inside my walls
I dreamed the police heard everything I thought... what then?
Well I went to court and the judge's name was Hoffman

Ah but fortunately I have the key to escape reality
And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
Won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
No I'm just tryin' to have me some fun
Well done, hot dog bun, my sister's a nun


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Imitation Of Love
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                                  C
They're making cheap imitations of everything
            G                D7
From rubber tires to leather gloves
        G                       C
But the cheapest imitation that I've ever seen
         G    D7      G
Was your imitation of love
             C                     G
Imitation of love there's no heart in it
              D7                G
You were only foolin' you never meant it
             C                   G
Imitation of love I'm tired of livin'
              D7                     G
You were only givin' an imitation of love
                         C
Why when I first met you you were so sweet
              G                   D7
I thought you must have come from above
     G                         C
So I fell for you but when you made your play
          G    D7      G
It was an imitation of love
Repeat #2
                                    C
From the very first time that I was kissin' you lips
         G                       D7
Till the last time I was in your arms
         G                C
You were copying love and making believe
             G           D7          G
The you were faking with all of your charms
Repeat #2

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Immigrant Eyes 

[Verse 1]
Oh, Ellis Island was swarming
Like a scene from a costume ball
Decked out in the colors of Europe
And on fire with the hope of it all
There my father's own father stood huddled
With the tired and hungry and scared
Turn-of-the-century pilgrims
Bound by the dream that they shared

[Verse 2]
They were standing in lines just like cattle
Poked and sorted and shoved
Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
Some were were torn from someone they love
Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
Came a young man confused and alone
Determined and bound for America
Carrying everything that he owned

[Chorus]
Sometimes when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
"So don't take it for granted," say grandfather's immigrant eyes

[Verse 3]
Now he rocks and stares out the window
But his eyes are still just as clear
As the day he sailed through the harbor
And come ashore on the island of tears
My grandfather's days are numbered
But I won't let his memory die
Because he gave me the gift of this country
And the look in his immigrant eyes

[Chorus]
Sometimes when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
"So don't take it for granted," say grandfather's immigrant eyes
"No don't take it for granted," say grandfather's immigrant eyes

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In A Better Place
Author: Ralph Clark

CH.
Do not stand at my grave and weep I'm not there I do not sleep 
Jesus called me home with him some old day we'll meet again
When I looked upon his face, he smiled at me with his Heavenly Grace,
Now i sing with the angel band, and I'm walking with him hand in hand.

1ST 
Yes, I saw the other side and I'm standing on the shore 
Looking down from up on high with our Lord forever more
I see friends from all around and I see folks that were lost then found,
I'm with Jesus every day and yes I'm here to stay.

CH. 
Do not stand at my grave and weep I'm not there I do not sleep
Jesus called me home with him some old day we'll meet again
When I looked upon his face smiled at me with his Heavenly Grace,
Now I sing with the angel band and I'm walking with him hand in hand.

2ND
I'm in a better place right now than I've ever been before 
All the pain I had was gone, no more troubles anymore 
Please don't mourn for me no more for I'm living with the Lord
He has led me by the hand on up to that Promise Land

Ch.

3RD
Jesus is the do on the ripened grain and the gentle Autumn rain
He's the Sun that warms your day, he's the star that leads the way
He's the breeze through the forest trees and the rustling of the fallen leaves 
And the snow on the frozen ground the Lord's and everything around. 

Ch. (modi?ed) pg2
Do not stand at my grave and cry I'm not there I did not die Living with the Lord upon High, we're going to meet him in the by-and-by Do not stand by my grave and weep, pray the Lord my soul to keep Jesus called me home with him, some old day we'll meet again.
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In A Different Light
Recorded by Doug Stone
Written by Bucky Jones, Dickey Lee, Bob McDill

G7    C         G7             Am       Em
Every morning I watch you walk into the office
        F                 G7
In your business suit and matching shoes
          C           G7         Am
With your hair put up neatly you tug at your glasses
    F                 G7
And you sit down just three desks down
            F          C           Dm
And I watch you in the fluorescent glare
       F           C        G7
And my mind drifts away somewhere
          C G7       F         C
And I see y-o-u in a different light
          F            C         F            G7
With your hair falling down with love in your eyes
      C  G7            F         C
In my m-i-n-d you're a beautiful sight
      F        C         Dm
I see you in a different light
         F         G7       C
Just the way I saw you last night
G7           C            G7         Am          Em
Well there's girls at the office the guys always notice
     F                       G7
When they walk by but you're not the type
     C                 G7            Am
They don't know what I know how some things just don't show
        F                          G7
Through tailored tweeds and that's fine with me
         F              C         Dm
Let them all think what they want to
       F         C       G7
As for me when I look at you
Repeat #2 I see you...
Repeat #2 Baby it's you... 

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In A Gospel Way
Recorded by George Jones
written by Earl Montgomery and George Jones

C
We all got together on a sawdust floor
F                                  C
God was there you couldn't ask for more
                                           G7
We all fell in love last night in a gospel way
C
I love to hear my mama sing and shout
F                                    C
And tell how the Lord has helped her out
                                  G7     C
We all fell in love together in a gospel way
We all got together there under a tent
F                                  C
And listened to the man that Jesus sent
                                        G7
For God put in his mouth these words to say
C
Don't you know the Bible plainly tells
F                                 C
A real true Christian won't go to hell
                                     G7     F
If we all fall in love together in a gospel way
He's one true friend that won't let you down
F                                 C
You better be ready when he comes around
                                            G7
Let's all fall in love together in a gospel way
C
I've heard some people curse his precious name
F                             C
But we all know God stays the same
                                       G7     C
Let's all get a little bit closer in a gospel way
Repeat #1
                                     G7     C
Let's all fall in love together in a gospel way
                                          G7     C
And we'll all get to heaven together in a gospel way

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In A Letter
Recorded by Eddy Raven
Written by Dennis Linde

C
I tore my letter up I couldn't even start
                          G7
To tell you what's really in my heart
C
There's only so much that words can say
                              G7
So I sent you a piece of this beautiful day
     C                       F          C
Oh I want you to know that I took a rainbow
                     G7        C
And sent it off in a letter to you
                                    F            C
I took flowers in the spring made a sweet clover ring
                     G7        C
And sent it off in a letter to you
         F
I took a song from the lark the moon from the dark
                               G7
And a spark with the sparkling dew
          C                    F            C
So with a kiss and a hug and a whole lot of love
                    G7        C
I sent 'em off in a letter to you 
I took the mornin' sun peekin' through the trees
                               G7
And the dandelion silk tangled in the breeze
C
I folded 'em up and I sealed 'em with a kiss
                                 G7
It's the kind of letter that you can't resist
Repeat #2,3
In a day or two just you wait and see
                                 G7
You're gonna get a special delivery
C
You'll know the way I feel there can't be any doubt
                                G7
When you open it up and let the love spill out
Repeat #2,3
                    G7        C
I sent 'em off in a letter to you 
                    G7        C
I sent 'em off in a letter to you 

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In A Little Village Churchyard

In a little village churchyard
There I see a grassy mound
There my sweetheart lies a-sleeping
In the cold and silent ground
Gently waves the weeping willow
Birds they warble sweet and low
And there's no one left to love me
Since my sweetheart had to go

In that little village churchyard
There I stray with a broken heart
There is no one left to love me
Since the day we had to part

That sad day will I remember
When she called me to her side
How I watched her spirit fading
And the tears did blind my sight
Then she said, 'Goodbye my darling
Dry those teardrops from your eyes
Promise me, my little darling
That you'll meet me up on high'

In that little village churchyard
There I stray with a broken heart
There is no one left to love me
Since the day we had to part

Oft I've wandered to the graveyard
Flowers to plant with tender care
O'er the grave of my dear darling
Darkness finds me weeping there

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The Country Gentlemen - In Another's Eyes
Artist: The Country Gentlemen
Album: Picking on Garth Brooks

In another's eyes
I'm someone who
Loves her enough
To walk away from you
I'd never cheat
And I would never lie
In another's eyes, yeah
In another's eyes
I can do no wrong
And he believes in me
And his faith is strong
I'd never fall
Or even compromise
In another's eyes
In another's eyes
I'm afraid that I can't see
This picture perfect portrait
That they paint of me
They don't realize
And I pray they never do
'Cause every time I look
I'm seein' you
In another's eyes
Whoa in another's eyes
Starin' back at me
I see a sinkin' soul
Tryin' desperately
To turn the tide
Before it dies
In another's eyes, yeah
And what they don't see
Lord is killing me
It's a blessing and a curse
That love is blind
'Cause in another's eyes
I'm afraid that I can't see
This picture perfect portrait
That they paint of me
And they don't realize
And I pray to God they never do
'Cause every time I look
I'm seein' you
In another's eyes
In anthers eyes
In anothers eyes

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In December's Firelight Glow
BMI Work #: 9223412
In December's Firelight Glow (Larry W. Jones 10/31/2007) (song#5125)

Snowflakes of white came falling down, remember
In December's firelight glow
Warm flames of love became as burning embers
In December's winter cold
Words of love we there exchanged
As snowflakes of white came falling down
Oh, how did time rearrange
That December dream no more around
My darling, your sweet love I still remember
In December's firelight glow
- instrumental -
Words of love we there exchanged
As snowflakes of white came falling down
Oh, how did time rearrange
That December dream no more around
My darling, your sweet love I still remember
In December's firelight glow
Your sweet love I still remember
In December's firelight glow


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In Despair

You made me love you, you made me want you
And now I need you all the time
My heart is sad and I'm so lonely
Each night and day you're on my mind

   You broke me heart my little darling
   When I called for you, you had another there
   But a broken heart will keep on crying
   I know you know, I'm in despair

You made me forget of all the others
You made me forget of all the past
And I thought sweetheart you really loved me
My friends told me it would never last

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Dolly Parton - In Each Love Some Pain Must Fall lyrics

Darling it's not really over it just seems to be
Darling I don't really think that we want to be free
A raging storm of anger made us want to end it all
Darling don't you know in each love some pain must fall
These tiny drops of pain that's falling down our face
Tomorrow will be gone almost without a trace
It's hurtin' now but soon we'll find it doesn't hurt at all
Darling don't you know in each love some pain must fall
In each love some pain must fall that doesn't mean that it's the end
When the anger is all gone everything will be all right again
And the hurt that seems so big now tomorrow will seem small
Darling don't you know in each love some pain must fall
[ guitar ]
In each love some pain must fall that doesn't mean that it's the end
When the anger is all gone everything will be all right again
And the hurt that seems so big now tomorrow will seem small
Darling don't you know in each love some pain must fall
Darling don't you know in each love some pain must fall


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In Foggy Old London

In a far away land I'm living in dreams
So often at times I'm with you it seems
But I know I am dreaming when I think of you
In foggy old London across the deep blue

   Deep blue in the ocean it's so deep and wide
   And I've got a notion I'll cross it tonight
   And I'll fly like a bluebird up there in the sky
   In foggy old London I'll find my blue eyes

When your letter came I opened to find
You had been crying while writing each line
But you never mentioned no reason for tears
And foggy old London is so far from here

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In God We Still Trust
Recorded by Diamond Rio
Written by Bill Nash and Robert LeClair

G              C           G              C                 G
You place your hand on His Bible when you swear to tell the truth
            C               G             D7
His name is on our greatest monuments and all our money too 
    C              G                                    C
And when we pledge allegiance there's no doubt where we stand
        Am                      C            D7
There's no separation we're one nation under Him
                G             C
In God we still trust here in America
                G                                 D7
He's the one we turn to every time the going gets rough
          Em                G                    C            A7
He is the source of all our strength the one who watches over us
        C          D7           G
Here in America in God we still trust
    F                            G
Now there are those among us who wanna push Him out
     F                                  G
And erase His name from everything this country's all about
         Am                 Bm                 C
From the schoolhouse to the courthouse they're silencing His word
            F                         Am              D7
And now its time for all believers to make our voices heard
Repeat #2
        C               A7
Here in America here in America
        C           D7           G
Here in America  in God we still trust
        C           D7           G      C       G
Here in America  in God we still trust  here in America

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In His World
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Leigh Reynolds and Kostas Lazarides

F     C       G7    C     F
Every night I dream about him
      C        G7   C  F
In my world of fantasy
  C            G7    Am  G7
I pretend that we're together
F      C               G7            Am  G7
In his world there's a garden in the moonlight
F      C               G7               Am  G7
In his world there's a sweet and gentle breeze
F      C           G7               Am    G7
In his world oh he tells me that he loves me
F            C              G7
That's where my heart wants to be
F       C         G7       C
I saw a star fall from the heaven
F          C      G7         C   F
I hope the wish I made comes true
        C       G7       Am  G7
I don't want to live without him
F      C           G7        Am  G7
In his world I can see a new tomorrow
F      C              G7              Am G7
In his world where he gives his heart to me
F      C             G7              Am  G7
In his world we will share this love together
F            C              G7
That's where my heart wants to be
E7            Am
Why must I go on pretending
F           G7           C
Why can't I tell him how I feel
E7                     A7
These sweet dreams are never ending
D7                       G7
And this loneliness is real
repeat #2
F      C               G7            Am  G7
In his world there's a garden in the moonlight
F      C               G7               Am  G7
In his world there's a sweet and gentle breeze
F      C           G7               Am    G7
In his world oh he tells me that he loves me
F            C              G7 F G7 C
That's where my heart wants to be

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In Its Own Little Way
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Dottie West and Bill West
 
C                     G7
In its own little way my heart keeps missing you
                      F              C
In its own little way my heart keeps wanting you
                                    F
I'm hoping that you'll come back to stay
               C                 G7         C
My heart keeps loving you in its own little way

      G7                        F
If my heart could forget then I know I could let
D7                                             G7
Myself I'm someone new but my heart wants only you
       C              G7
In its own little way my heart keeps dreaming to
                      F              C
In its own little way my heart keeps crying to   
                                      F
Still hoping that you'll come back to stay
               C                 G7         C
My heart keeps loving you in its own little way

F              C                 G7         C
My heart keeps loving you in its own little way

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In My Dear Old Southern Home

In my dear old home
I was happy as I could be
Where the mocking birds sang every night while I rest
In that little old log cabin by the sea

There is Mother and dear old Dad
Where I left I know it made them sad
So I'm going back to that dear old shack
Where I spent my happy days as a lad

Goodbye friends I'm leaving today
Goodbye friends I'm going far away
I'll be happy as can be on my dear old Mother's knee
In that little old log cabin by the sea

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In My Dreams
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Don Cook and Rafe Vanhoy
 
Dm                G7
I never quite got over you
C               Am
I wonder if you miss me too
Dm                G7
I tried to call a time or two
C                  Am
But you were never home
Dm            G7
Tried to call again last night
C                         Am
Numbers change but that's all right
Dm                             G7
You wouldn't see me anyway but that's ok 
 
                   C   Am
I'll see you in my dreams
         F
And they never let me down
C        G7       Am     G7
The only way that I have left
F
Is love having you around
      C   Am             F
In my dreams and they've saved me up to now
         C           G7       Am      G7
Ain't it funny how a fool can see the light
F        G7       C
When the sun goes down
 
Dm              G7
Never quite got through to you
C                   Am
Like all the others seem to do
Dm                G7          C            Am
Got kinda close a time or two not for very long
Dm                     G7
Ain't if funny how you never replace
C                       Am
Loves stronger than the heart of me
Dm                              G7
Makes me keep on loving you the way I do
 
Repeat #2
F     C
In my dreams

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In My Eyes
Recorded by John Conlee
Written by Barbara Wyrick

C            G        C
She's just a woman  a hundred pounds of flesh and blood
                   G                     D7
Quick with a smile warm with a touch for me
             G                               C
She's just a woman  and not the least or the most desired
                       G                      D7
But she sets one man's heart on fire and it's me
                  G
That she wants to please
          D7                    C              G
And in my eyes God never made a more beautiful girl
      D7                       C                    G
In my eyes there's no one more lovely in all of the world
        Em             B7                 Em   D7 C Bm
And she looks at me at times with such surprise
         Am                   D7       G
When she sees how special she is in my eyes
C          G
She's only human  and she cries sometimes 
         C
When she looks in the mirror
                           G                    D7
And counts a new line that seemed to appear overnight
           G                                C
She's only human  it's not she's vain she's just afraid
                               G                     D7
That there'll come a time when I'll turn away at the sight
                       G
But I swear that's not right
          D7                  C           G
And in my eyes she just grows lovelier to me
          D7              C            G
And in my eyes she's only aging gracefully
      Em                  B7            Em   D7 C Bm
And a thousand strands on gray won't disguise
    Am                  D7       G
The woman she'll always be in my eyes
              Em                  D7
Sometimes she makes mistakes  but I'm aware of her faults
             C            D7
Her moods go up and down  but that's just because
             G                            C
She's just a woman and giving her love to only me
                 G                    D7
Without her help I would be less of a man
                  G
Than she thinks I am
          D7              C             G
And in my eyes love never changes or pretends
      D7               C     G
In my eyes her mystery never ends
    Em           B7                   Em D7 C Bm
And everything I feel as the years go by
Am                  D7                  G
Makes her love grow sweeter still in my eyes
          A7 C         G
In my eyes   she is my woman

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In My Hour Of Darkness
Gram Parsons / Emmylou Harris

Chours:
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Once I knew a young man
Went driving through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just his high-beam lights
Who'd have ever though they'd build
Such a deadly Denver bend
To be so strong, to take as long
As it would till the end

Chorus

Another young man safely strummed his
silver string guitar
And he played to people everywhere
Some say he was a star
But he was just a country boy,
his simple songs confess
And the music he had in him,
so very few possess

Chorus

Then there was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book and he
never missed a page
And I loved him like my father
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come
but I did not know just when

Chorus

Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed


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In My Life
Lennon / McCartney

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more


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In My Next Life
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Max D. Barnes
 
C                               F
The blood red sun beat down and baked the red clay ground
G7                                   C
Dust kicked up around his John Deere wheels
                          F
No trace of rain in sight again he'll lose the fight
    G7                                 C
And have to watch his crops die in the fields
 
                                     F
They stood there both in tears   his wife of many years
     G7                               C
Said John you know I hate to lose our farm
                             F
He looked into her eyes then looked up at the skies
    G7                             C      G7
And told her as he held her in his arms
 
      C                           F
In my next life I want to be your hero
    G7                                C   G7
Something better than I turned out to be
     C               C7                    F
I've lived this life behind the plough and harrow
      G7                              C
In my next life I'll make you proud of me
 
                             F
The muscles in his arms just like his run down farm
     G7                         C
Soon withered up and slowly disappeared
                      F
One hard working man  two hard working hands
     G7                        C     G7
Were giving up after all these years
 
    C                           F
His aging eyes grew dim and the lady that worshipped him
    G7                          C
Sat crying on a chair beside his bed
                                    F
Her hands caressed his brow and she said it's alright now
    G7                           C
And as he slowly slipped away he said
 
Repeat #3



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In My Own Backyard
Recorded by Joe Diffie
Written by Kerry Phillips, Andy Spooner, Joe Diffie
 
C                                   F          C
I thought that life was runnin' off leavin' me behind
                                  F                        C
So like a fool I jumped the fence just to see what I could find
    F                                            G7                C   F
But love kept disappearing like children chasing fire flies in the dark
       C                            G7            C
And to think that I once had it all in my own backyard
F                                             C
You'd never know it now but I used to have it all
  F               Em             F          Dm                    G7
A swing set and a plastic pool a shaggy dog that lived to fetch a ball
   F                         Fm
An angel with a glass of tea laughing at the kids and me
    C                A#7              A7
All soakin' wet from washing that old car
       C                            G7            C
And to think that I once had it all in my own backyard
                                F                        C
That bare spot's grown over now where third base used to be
And the weeds have choked out all the flowers 
F                           C
But they can't kill the memories
F                                             G7            C  F
Lord I'd love to run back home but there's no one there for me
         C                           G7              C
And that grass I used to hate to mow sure is looking green
Repeat #2 
    F                                             C   A#7 G#
Ooh you'd never know it now but I used to have it all
C                 G7            C
Once I had it all in my own backyard

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In My Own Mind 

I get up in the mornin'
I drink a cup of coffee
I look out of the window
I try to get a-started
I turn it all over
Plough it all under
I plant 'em in the spring time
I pick 'em in the summer

I live in my own mind
Ain't nothin' but a good time
No rain, just the sunshine
Out here in my own mind
I live where I can breathe
Ain't nothin' but a cool breeze
Nobody that it won't please
Out here where you can breathe

Mandy and Dary
They'll show back up any day
That's one thing you can count on
But sometimes they'll be long gone
I'd rather be huntin'
Hooked on fishin'
I read it on the t-shirts
But if you don't believe it

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In My Tennessee Mountain Home

Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straight back chair on two legs, leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a-playin' with June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin' fireflies when evening shadows fall.

    In my Tennessee mountain home, life is peaceful as a baby's sigh
    In my Tennessee mountain home, crickets sing in the fields nearby. 

Honeysuckle vine clings to the fence upon the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fencepost sings a melody 

Walking home from church on sunday with the one you love
Just laughin', talkin', making future plans
And when the folks aren't looking you might steal a kiss or two
Sittin' in the porch swing holdin' hands.

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In Person
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Liz Anderson

G                                    D7
You gave the heart you gave to me in person
                                      G
You made those vows you made to me in person
                                 G7
Then when your love had lost its glow
    C                          Am
You sent your friend to let me know
  D7                                G
I wish you would have told me so in person
                                   D7
I placed my ring upon your hand in person
                                   G
I should have got it back again in person
                             G7
But so afraid my tears would start
    C                           Am
You sent your friend to do your part
    D7                                   G     G7
You really should have broke my heart in person
   C                              G
If love is gone then I can't understand
       A7                              D7
But it hurts so much to hear it second hand
  G                                   D7
I once appeared at your front door in person
                                    G
But I won't appear there anymore in person
                                G7
And though you sent someone you knew
   C                         Am
To tell me that our love was through
  D7                                G
I know I'll still be missing you in person
  D7                                G
I know I'll still be missing you in person 

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In Some Room Above The Street
Recorded by Gary Stewart
Written by Sterling Whipple

G                          C
There's no place for us to hide
D7                   G
In the neon world outside
                          C
So I suppose we'll always be
D7                     G
In some room above the street
                            C
The city lights glow on the shade
D7                                 G
But they can't find the love we've made
                                     C
It's strange that love could come so sweet
D7                     G
In some room above the street
G7                     C
In some room above the street
D7                             G
Like thieves in bed is when we meet
                        C
Awake upon the break of day
A7                              D7
Then like the night we'll steal away 
G                             C
And I can make it through the hours
D7                             G
I spend with mine and you with yours
                             C
Cause when I close my eyes I see
D7                         G
You in some room above the street
Repeat #3
G                         C
But if he wants your love tonight
D7                             G
Don't turn away don't hurt his pride
                             C
Close your eyes and think of me
D7                     G
In some room above the street

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In Tall Buildings
Artist: John Hartford
Album: Nobody Knows What You Do

Someday my baby, when I am a man,
and others have taught me
the best that they can
they'll sell me a suit
they'll cut off my hair
and send me to work in tall buildings
So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I'm going to work in tall buildings
When I'm retired
My life is my own
I made all the payments
it's time to go home
and wonder what happened
betwixt and between
when I went to work in tall buildings
So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I'm going to work in tall buildings
So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I'm going to work in tall buildings


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In The Baggage Coach Ahead
Recorded by Mac Wiseman
Written by Gussie L. Davis
 
C                Am           C             Am
On a dark stormy night as the train rattled on
        C                      F
All the passengers had gone to bed
                            C
Except one young man with a babe in his arms
    D7                    G7
Who sat with a bowed down head
    C        Am        C
The innocent one began crying  
               C7               F
As though it's poor heart would break
                        C
One angry man said make that child stop its noise
    D7          G7     C
For its keeping all us awake
                Am            C          Am
Put it out said another don't keep it in here
      C                            F
We've paid for our berths and want rest
                          C
But never a word said the man with the child
      D7                      G7
As he fondled it close to his breast
C            Am     C             Am
Where is its mother go take it to her
C        C7          F
A maiden then softly said
                            C
I wish that I could was the man's sad reply
          D7          G7    C
But she's dead in the coach ahead
          B7    C                  Dm      F
While the train rolled onwards the husband sat in tears
G7                           C      F         C
Thinking of the happiness of just a few short years
       B7          C             Dm        F
Baby's face brings pictures of a cherished one that's dead
                  C           A7
The baby's crying can't waken her
       D7      G7    C
In the baggage coach ahead

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Dolly Parton - In The Beginning lyrics

At the beginning there was love and we thought it was enough
We saw no farther than each other's arms
And though the roof leaked o'er our heads just a blanket for our bed
But then we had our love to keep us warm
But the winter winds blew cold our new love was growing old
And our words were filled with anger and regret
Our bills were more than we could pay and we both longed for the days
Of the freedom that we knew before we wed
But there was something greater still than all our fights and monthly bills
It was the knowledge of a child well on its way
And though we both longed to be free we talked it over and we agreed
That we'd wait till baby came to seperate
Then at last the day arrived and the tears filled both our eyes
As we held our newborn baby in our arms
And the love we thought was gone lived there three times as strong
It's not the end it's the beginning of our home
It's not the end it's the beginning of our home mhm


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The Avett Brothers - In the Curve (Bonus Track) Lyrics

i've never taken this curve
driving this fast before
a glowing stop sign
and both lanes are mine
no seatbelts attatched to my door

well my speed meter dont work
so i'm gonna guess 95
maybe i'll fix it
and maybe i wont
it depends on my being alive

well my bottle of bourbon is gone
it flew away all by itself
if ever you find it
my photo behind it
in memory of me on your shelf

well it's been raining all day
and it's been raining all night
a slip and slide highway
and i'm going sideways
i'm loose
but my steering wheel's tight

My 63 ford is a bull
she's four thousand pounds at least
but metal surrenders
when oak trees meet fenders
and engines go throuh the front seats

well i lost control in the curve
and a gas line broke in the wreck
i walked from the ashes
with just a few scratches
my crusifix warm on my neck

Well my good lord was with me tonight
just riding beside me tonight
and now we're just talking
just hitchhiking walking
we'll see you in concord tonight

and now we're just walking
just hitchhiking talking
we'll see you in concord tonight

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In The Garden
By Austin C. Miles (1868-1946)

I [C] come to the garden alone [C7] . .
[Fdim7] While the [F] dew is [Dm7]still on the [C] roses;
And the [Dm] voice I [G7] hear, falling [C] on my [A7] ear,
The [D7] Son of God dis [G7] clo [D7] .. [G7]ses.

Chorus:

And He [C] walks with me and He [G7] talks with me
And He [Dm] tells me [G7] I am His [C] own
And the joy we [E7] share as we [A] tarry [D7] there,
None [C] other has [G7] ever [C] known.
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds stop their singing.
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.
I'd stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me is falling.
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe,
His voice to me is calling.

1 1 1 17 - 4 dim7

4 2min7 1 1

2min 57 1 67

57 57 57-27 57

Intro 57

1 1 57 57

2m 57 1 1

1 37 6m 27

1 57 1 1


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In The Garden By The Fountain
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Roger Brown

G            C
Everything I ever wanted
G                       D7
All that my heart could hope to possess
G                C
Filling my every waking moment
G                D7       G
With contentment and happiness
C         G
In the evening he'd be waiting
C                D7       G
I would go there anticipating
              C            G
In the garden past the fountain
                 D7
Near the weeping willow tree
G          C
By the ivy covered arbor
G                    D7        G
My one and true love waits for me
                C
As time past as it's inclined to
G               D7
More and more I sensed a change
G                C
Subtle hints and indications
G                   D7         G
The torch I carried was all in vain
C               G
And so I said before you leave me
C                  D7            G
For old times sake will you meet me
repeat #2
                   C
First I begged him then I pleaded
G                   D7
Sadly it was all to no avail
G                C
Then I reached inside my pocket
G                    D7        G
What happened next I can never tell
C              G
Is there still though no one knows it
C            D7     G
Underneath a bed of roses
repeat #2 x2

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Dolly Parton - In The Ghetto lyrics

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another little hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
People, can't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
While the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys him a gun, steals a car
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down in the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto
And a young man dies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn'
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And its mama cries


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Dolly Parton - In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) lyrics

We'd get up before sun-up to get the work done up
We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down
We've stood and we've cried as we have bristly watched
A hailstorm a' beatin' our crops to the ground
We've gone to bed hungry many nights in the past
In the good old days when times were bad
Chorus:
No amount of money could buy from me
The memories that I have of then
No amount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again
I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed
And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board
An' I've seen momma layin' in suffer and sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad
We've got up before and found ice on the floor
Where the wind would blow snow through the cracks in the wall
And I couldn't enjoy then, havin' a boyfriend
I had nothing decent to wear at all
So I long for a love that I never had
In the good old days when times were bad
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
In the good old days when times were bad
In the good old days when times were bad


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In The Gravelyard

   In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
   Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
   Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
   I'll never be a free man, so they say

Warden hear my plea, listen now to me
I killed a man that I caught with my wife
You'd probably done the same, so I am not to blame
Sentenced to the rest of my life

In the driven rain with a ball and chain
My hammer rings a low mournful sound
It sings a little song for the ones who done me wrong
Who lie beneath the cold, cold ground

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In The Highways

In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord

   I'll be somewhere a workin
   I'll be somewhere a workin
   I'll be somewhere a workin
   I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord

When he calls me I will answer
When he calls me I will answer
When he calls me I will answer
I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord

In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord

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In The Hills Of Shiloh
Shel Silverstein

Have you seen Amanda Blaine
In the hills of Shiloh?
Wanderin' in the morning rain
In the hills of Shiloh

Have you seen her at her door
Listenin' for the cannons' roar
And a man who went to war
From the hills of Shiloh

Have you heard her mournful cry
In the hills of Shiloh?
Have you seen her haunted eyes
In the hills of Shiloh?
Have you seen her runnin' down
Searchin' through the sleepin' town
In her yellowed wedding gown
In the hills of Shiloh

Have you seen her standin' there
In the hills of Shiloh?
Wind a-blowin' through her hair
In the hills of Shiloh
Listenin' for the sounds of guns
Listenin' for the rollin' drums
And a man who never comes
To the hills of Shiloh

Have you heard Amanda sing
In the hills of Shiloh?
Whisperin' to her wedding ring
In the hills of Shiloh
Hear her singin' soft and low
Poor Amanda doesn't know
'Twas ended forty years ago
In the hills of Shiloh


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Nickel Creek - In The House Of Tom Bombadil 
Instrumental

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In The Jailhouse Now

I had a friend named Ramblin Bob
He used to steal gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy around
Well I found out last Monday
That Bob got locked up Sunday
They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown

   He's in the jailhouse now
   He's in the jailhouse now
   Well, I told him once or twice to
   stop playin cards and shootin dice
   He's in the jailhouse now

Bob liked to play his poker
Pinochle whist and euchre
But shootin dice was his favorite game
He got throw'd in jail with nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he refused to the fine

Well I went out last Tuesday
I met a girl named Suzie
I said I was the swellest guy around
Well we got to spendin my money
And she started to callin me honey
We took in every cabaret in town
We're in the jailhouse now

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In The Middle Of A Memory
Recorded by Carl Belew
Written by Carl Belew and Clyde Pitts

C                      G7
I'm in the middle of a memory
                          C
I wouldn't cry if she was here with me
                       F
I'm not ashamed for anyone to see
G7                     C
I'm in the middle of a memory
Now if you see a lonely man walk by
                          G7
And if you see a teardrop in my eye
It's all because my baby said goodbye
                             C
But here's the reason that I really cry
repeat #1
I never knew a love could be so blind
                             G7
But just as long as my heart rules my mind
I'll help my heart and let the teardrops flow
                         C
So if you'll ever see me cry you'll know
repeat #1

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New Grass Revival - In The Middle Of The Night

Listen while you read!
Well, I tell you a story that's got no end
I forgot my love and I lost my friend
The murder was easy to soft my charm
But this darkness is about to do me some harm

I locked my doors and my windows too
But that ol' wind still whistled through
I used to be so close to you

In the middle of the night
Somethin' just ain't right, midnight
Where's that mornin' light? Midnight
I'm used to makin' it by myself
Oh Lord, but this here is somethin' else

My head feels hot but my hands are so cold
I saw few years and I feel so old
Sweet Sally don't come around no more
She read my palm and showed me the door

I got nowhere to pretend
I feel like it's either me or them
Your love was made for three am

In the middle of the night
Somethin' just ain't right, midnight
Where's that mornin' light? Midnight
I'm used to makin' it by myself
Oh Lord, and this here is somethin' else

Somethin' else, this here is somethin' else
Somethin' else, this here is somethin' else

I got a love that is ice cold fire
Deep blue dreams and red desire
Father, son and holy ghost
Where's the one I need the most?

I'll admit that I've been wrong
I've been singing the same old song
I've been feelin' the way I feel too long

In the middle of the night
Somethin' just ain't right, midnight
Where's that mornin' light? Midnight
I'm used to makin' it by myself
Oh no, but this here is somethin' else

I'm used to makin' it by myself
Oh Lord, but this here is somethin' else
Somethin' else, but this here is somethin' else
Somethin' else, but this here is somethin' else

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Billy Strings 
In The Morning Light

So in the morning when I see her in the light
She comes through to me in any kind of weather
And I know I'll never see a brighter day when she smiles with her eyes
Even with a clouded heart chocked full of doubt
She can sing away the worry of rejection
She's a wonder to behold I'll lover her
Till I'm growing old and that's the plan

But if I could find more that's worthy
I'd surrender it all
I'm not sure that I deserve the love that I receive
But I give it all to her

Captivating when she moves across the floor
I remember what it is I came here for
And it seems so easy now
I can't believe it but somehow, I made her mine
And every now and then the past will ring a bell
And I'm not looking back I'm only moving forward
If I knew then what I do now
I wouldn't be here anyhow, but it's been clear

But if I could find more that's worthy
I'd surrender it all
I'm not sure that I deserve the love that I receive
But I give it all to her

So if I come to some conclusion by tonight
I'll be free from all the sorrow I've been drinking
Swear I'll never let her down
I couldn't bear to hear the sound of her steps leaving
And in the evening when the sun is running low
I'll walk bravely through the fields of burning ember
And I'll remember everything she said to me back
When our love was first in bloom

But if I could find more that's worthy
I'd surrender it all
All the praise that I could earn
Means nothing without hers
Not sure that I deserve, all the love that I receive
But I give it all to her


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In The Name Of Love
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by Carmol Taylor, Earl Montgomery, George Richey

G                   Dm        G              C
Guess who called me yesterday apologized for going away
                       Am                D7
And said I'm still the one he's dreaming of
    G           D7           G              C
And did he ever sound so low when he said I need you so
   Am                 D7                  G
He wants to come back home in the name of love
                    Dm
Guess who said that he was wrong 
    G                 C
And even cried on the telephone
Am              A7            D7
Said he'd be as true as stars above
G                       D7
Guess who said he would do right 
   G                C
If I'd let him come home tonight
   Am                 D7                  G
He wants to come back home in the name of love
  F#                                  Bm
I guess who's gonna let him come back to her life once more
C                       G              A7             D7
Guess you're right it's me and I'll be waitin' at the door
   G            Dm          G                  C
No more sadness only smiles he'll be here in a little while
Am                  D7                  G
Tonight he's comin' home in the name of love
                Dm          G                  C
No more sadness only smiles he'll be here in a little while
Am                  D7                  G
Tonight he's comin' home in the name of love
Am                  D7                  G
Tonight he's comin' home in the name of love
                    Dm        G              C
Guess who called me yesterday apologized for going away
    Am                  D7                  G
But tonight he's comin' home in the name of love

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Alison Krauss - In The Palm Of Your Hand

If I could have the world and all it owns
A thousand kingdoms, a thousand thrones
If all the earth were mine to hold
With wealth my only goal

I'd spend my gold on selfish things
Without the love that Your life brings
Just a little bit more is all I'd need
Till life was torn from me

I'd rather be in the palm of Your hand
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees
Your grace provides for me

If I should walk the streets, no place to sleep
No faith in promises You keep
I'd have no way to buy my bread 
With a bottle for my bed

But if I trust the one who died for me
Who shed His blood to set me free
If I live my life to trust in You
Your grace will see me through

I'd rather be in the palm of Your hand
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees

If I could have the world...
If I could have the world and all it owns


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In The Pines

The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia line
The engine passed at six o'clock
And the cab passed by at nine

   In the pines, in the pines
   Where the sun never shines
   And we shiver when the cold wind blows

I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
A long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home

Little girl, little girl, what have I done
That makes you treat me so
You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn
You caused me to leave my home

My father was an engineer
Died a mile out of town
His head was found in the driving gear
But his body was never found

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Osborne Brothers - In the Pines  Lyrics
(Alan Riggs)

Little girl, little girl, what have I done
That makes you treat me so
You've caused me to weep, you've caused ne to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home.

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And you shimer
When the cold wind blows.

--- Instrumental ---

The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia line
The engine passed at six o'clock
And the cab went at nine.

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And you shimer
When the cold wind blows.

--- Instrumental ---

The longest train I ever saw
Was nineteen coaches long
The only girl I'll ever love
Is on that train and gone.

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And you shimer
When the cold wind blows...

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In The Room Over Mine

We pass in the hallway almost everyday
Though I've never really met him we don't have too much to say
Though I feel that I know him for every night about this time
When he's a walkin and a talkin in the room over mine

   He may be thinking of things that might have been
   Or of his family and how he's missing them
   Oh it's hard to know what's going on in a troubled man's mind
   But I can hear him walking and talking in the room over mine

Well its plain to see he's had a troubled mind by the lines across
his face
And the sadness that dims his eyes search for a better place
Well I know just how he really feels every night about this time
When he's a walking and a talking I'll be in that room of mine

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In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain

I grew up on the side of Clinch Mountain
With the beauties and the music of the woods
The sweet song of the bright bubbling fountain
and the warble of the birds I understood 

   When I've sung my last song in the evening
   And the sun sets in the golden west
   All the scenes of this world I'll be leaving
   In the shadow of Clinch Mountain I will rest

Long ago said the oak and the cedar
Singing deeply in a whisper of the past
Stood not then this great towering leader
nor the fountain where the crystal gems are kept (passed?)

Then I asked how this green lofty mountain
in the caldron the lonely desert stood
Said this song of the bright sunny fountain
We were given by the waters of the flood 

Out that gate I have passed since my childhood
O'er the railway through the tunnel to the west
singing songs of the Clinch Mountain wildwoods
Song that people found and birds loved the best

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In The Shadow Of The Pines

We had wandered in the shadow of the pines
The moon looked down on you and me
And a darkness stole across the summer sky
And a shadow came between my love and me

   Oh, darling, come love me as before
   Come back to leave me nevermore
   At that spot I'm sad and lonely
   And the sun no longer shines
   Come and meet me in the shadow of the pines

Oh, you went away and left me and my tears I could not hide
You went away and not a word was said
While my throbbing heart was breaking underneath its load of pride
And the pine trees sobbed in pity o'er my head
   
All our future is o'er shadowed by the darkness of despair
And across life's path the sun no longer shines
Oh, I'd give this whole world gladly once again to meet her there
And reunite in the shadow of the pines

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In The Shadows Of My Mind
recorded by Vernon Oxford
written by E. E. Collins 

C                    F
In the shadows of my mind
  C                                G7
I see her just the way she used to be
     C                       F
When I'm alone at night  and I turn off the lights
         C                    G7            C
She goes walking  through the shadows of my mind

                                  F
It's just a girl I used to know a long long time ago
  C                               G7
I did her wrong just one too many times
    C                          F
Now every single night  when I turn off the lights
         C                   G7            C
She goes walking through the shadows of my mind

Repeat # 1
                                 F
I've been trying to forget but I haven't forgotten yet
C                                G7
Through the day I seem to make it fine
    C                            F
But when I lay down at night and finally close my eyes
         C                   G7            C
She goes walking through the shadows of my mind

Repeat # 1



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In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red
Written and recorded by Dorsey Burnette  

G                       C
In the spring the roses always turn red
    D7                                                 G
But not if you don't have some place to lay your weary head
                       C
Now my woman she don't cry anymore
        D7                                              G
She got use to dusty highways ragged clothes and living poor

                                   C
I met her she was seventeen in the springtime of her years
D7                                                       G
Side by side we laughed and cried but the good times disappeared
                              C
And all she had left was some wore out hand me downs
   D7                                                G
An album full of photographs and the good time party gals

Repeat #1

                                  C
I meant to fill up her cup with a new kind of life
      D7                                             G
Cause the pain inside her heart really cut me like a knife
                                        C
We went running across the country with grit in our eyes
D7                                                            G
Sometimes she wished to God that she could lay right down and die 

Repeat #1
 
                                    C
Now every Sunday I take roses where she was laid to rest
       D7                                               G
It's a lonely world without her it gets hard to do your best
                                              C
But there's a road that leads to heaven where there's no more pain to bear
    D7                                                      G
I'm gonna do my best to make it cause I know that she'll be there

Repeat #1 

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Dolly Parton - In The Sweet By And By lyrics
(Sanford F. Bennett/Joseph P. Webster)

There's a land that is fairer than day
And by faith we can see it afar
For the father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blest
And our spirit shall sorrow no more
Not a sign for the blessing of rest
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
In the sweet by and by, ohh


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In The Valley Of The Shenandoah

As we sit alone tonight
In the stillness of the night
I picture happy scenes of long ago
Of a maiden fair and bright
Who is sleeping there tonight
In the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

It was in the month of June
When the roses were in bloom
When I held her in my arms and softly said
Darling in the coming spring
I'll be coming back again
To the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

When I left her all alone
In our Shenandoah home
She promised she'd be waiting there for me
But the angels came along
And took her from our home
From the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

When the evening shadows fall
In memory I recall
A pledge when giving her a ring
Darling in the coming spring
I'll be coming back again
To the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

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Punch Brothers - In Wonder 

Mother, Father: I'm standing
Standing and I'm not about to fall
When I can speak I'll tell you not to worry
Or be sorry for anything,
'cause no one understands this world at all

My father swept me over his shoulders
Above the empty cars to see the fair
A slowly spinning wheel of smiling neighbors,
and flowers from my mother
Who sang to me that night of love and death,
'cause everybody sings of love and death.

We dreamt our sons and daughters a high wire
Connecting the four corners of the earth
The wire disappeared and left them standing on nothing;
in thin air
They're standing and they're not about to fall;
standing and they're not about to fall

Child you'll grow up
In wonder, like we'll grow old
Like our parents did, and their parents before
It was written on the faces in the waiting room
the day you were born

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Alison Krauss - In Your Eyes Lyrics

In your eyes, I see gentle rain
Springtime comes, in love again
puts me back on my feet again
and in your eyes, i feel no pain

and in my mind, I saw love walk past
a lovers dream within my grasp
I never knew I could fall so fast
but in your eyes I found love at last

I found your love waiting at my door,
I found a dream come true
I've never known a love like this before
and if you take me there, I'll be waiting for you

I found your love waiting at my door,
I found a dream come true
I've never known a love like this before
and if you take me there, I'll be waiting for you

In your eyes, I see gentle light
it gives me hope, it gives me life
it gives me love when I hold you tight
and in your eyes I found love tonight
and in your eyes I found love tonight

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In Your Loneliness
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Harley Allen

C                       G7
You try and you try but each day goes by
    C                      C7  F                       C
And each night still finds you thinking of the love we knew
                           G7
You smile and pretend that we'll just be friends
         C                     F       G7    C
But each night still finds you in your loneliness
F                  Em
In your loneliness do you miss my kiss
F                        C
Need my arms to hold you tight
F                    Em
From your easy chair no one seems to care
Dm          F     G7
Not so easy there tonight
     C                     G7
So I live and I learn that bridges I burn
     C                  C7 F                       C
Just come back to haunt me and I close my eyes and see
                               G7
That the pain that you feel we both share until
     C                       F         G7    C
Your own heart sets you free from your loneliness
Repeat #3
     C                     G7
So I live and I learn that bridges I burn
     C                  C7 F       G7    C
Just come back to haunt me in your loneliness
F       G7    C
In your loneliness

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The Avett Brothers - Incomplete And Insecure 

I haven't finished a thing since I started my life, don't feel much like starting now.
Walking out lonely has worked like a charm, I'm the only one I have to let down.

But watching you makes me think that that is wrong.

I can go on with my insecure nature, I can keep living off sympathy.
I can tell all the people that all of the success is a direct reflection on me.

But watching you makes me think that that is wrong.

What is important? What's really important? Am I not to know by my name?
Will I ever know silence, without mental violence, will raining at night go away?
It's up to you, my father call on me.

I haven't finished a thing since I started my life, don't feel much like starting now. (x4)

I haven't finished a thing since I started my life (x2)

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Independence Day
Gretchen Peters

Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light,
Though she looked a little worried and weak.
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again,
But daddy left the proof on her cheek.
And I was only eight years old that summer.
And I always seemed to be in the way,
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day.

Well word gets around in a small, small town.
They said he was a dangerous man.
Mama was proud, and she stood her ground,
But she knew she was on the losin' end.
Some folks whispered, and some folks talked,
But everybody looked the other way.
And when time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day.

Chorus:
Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing.
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning.
Let the week be strong, let the right be wrong.
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay.
It's Independence Day.

Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July.
By the time that the firemen came,
They just put out the flames and took down some names
And sent me to the county home.
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong,
But maybe its the only way.
Talk about your revolution,
It's Independence Day.

Chorus

Roll the stone away.
It's Independence day.


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Indian Lake
Recorded by Freddy Weller
Written Tony Romeo

G                                                C
Indian Lake is a scene you should make with your little one
           D7                                            G
Keep it in mind if you're looking to find a place in the summer sun
                                                      C
Swim in the cove have a snack in the grove or you can rent a canoe
   D7                                             G
At Indian Lake you'll be able to make it like the Indians do

           D7         G
You take a bus marked Lakewood Drive
                                   D7
And you keep on riding till you're out of the city

Where the air is fine with the sweet smelling pine
        G
And the country side's pretty


And you'll see daffodils peeping over the hills
     C                 D7
Or a honey loving mama bear
     C                  A7                G           E7
Just take a left at the bridge go down to Quaker town Ridge
A7                     D7
And in a minute you're there

G                                                C
Indian Lake is a scene you should make with your little one
           D7                                            G
Keep it in mind if you're looking to find a place in the summer sun
                                                      C
Swim in the cove have a snack in the grove or you can rent a canoe
   D7                                             G
At Indian Lake you'll be able to make it like the Indians do

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Indiana
Andy Mitchell

Fare thee well, now, Indiana, your green land has been good to me.
There I traveled, there I settled, there I raised up my family.
But the cord has never severed, and the longing each day it has grown.
So, tomorrow, I'll be leaving for the land that I call my home.

All my friends say that I'm crazy, going back to such poverty,
America is, so they say now, the land of opportunity.
But the shy hare runs so swiftly and the heron slowly flies.
These are treasures from my homeland that all your money can never buy.

As our ship lies in the harbor, I shall look back on your shore.
And I'll feel sadness that I'm leaving your green land forever more.
But as our ship lies on the ocean and each day we are out on the sea.
All the dreams I've had for years now, drawing nearer reality.

Repeat First Verse.

Notes:

Posted to a forum on www.mudcat.org by Andy Mitchell, the song's author,
December 5, 2001:

Hi guys, First of all can I thank Christine Primrose for telling me, not
only about this discussion but for letting me know of this great website.
Incidentally she is the greatest singer I know and all her albums are in
the media of her native Gaelic tongue so check them out. They are on the
Temple label and I think Flying Fish does them in the States. Anyway,
about Indiana; I wrote the song and tune about 15 years ago. I was then
living in the village of Ullapool in the far north west of Scotland and my
best friends Tom and Val Brian had, quite a few years earlier, moved out to
Terre Haute, Indiana. I had missed them a lot and I was delighted to hear
from them that they decided to come back home to stay. They loved Indiana
but the "old calling" was too strong a force. I decided to write the song,
trying to seeing things from Tom & Val's point of view. I had never
recorded the song but when my mate Andy Irvine was singing in Ullapool, he
heard me sing it and "demanded" it from me. The oul Irish rascal did a
really beautiful version of it but changed it into an Irish song -actually,
I find it a great honour that someone makes my song their own. In musical
terms there's nothing stolen between Scots & Irish but a lot of sharing. A
couple of wee corrections though; Andy sings " and the shy hare runs so
swiftly" I wrote "And the red deer runs so freely". Actually, the latest
version of the song and my personal favourite has only recently been been
recorded by Dave Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic, "The Drover Road" CFA-008
Centerfire Music. Denise Withnell sings the song and has a divine voice.
Dave and Denise contacted me prior to recording and made sure that they
used my original words. Another great version is from Nancy Curtens from
Portland Oregon. And John D, I'm not from Oban, but what the hell, it,
close enough. Actually I'm from Balintore ( a wee Easter Ross Village),
lived in Ullapool for over 25 years and recently moved to the Isle of Skye.
My day job is repairing things on fishing boats and I've been intending to
do an album since we had big black round things with a wee hole in the
middle. I've just never got round to doing it but if anyone books me for a
wee tour in USA, then I'll do one overnight - Opportunist - moi - never.
Le durachd Andy Mitchell


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Indiana Waltz
Recorded by Jack Scott
[3/4 time]

G                    C         A7      D7              G
Beneath the stars we heard two guitars playing Indiana Waltz
                     C            A7    D7             G
And just by chance I asked you to dance to the Indiana Waltz
  C                 G                 A7             D7
I loved you then my heart stood still I love you now I always will

G                        C       A7      D7              G
I'll thank the stars and playing guitars for the Indiana Waltz
  C                G                 A7             D7
I have you near my heart stood still I love you now I always will
G                        C       A7      D7              G
I'll thank the stars and playing guitars for the Indiana Waltz

                     C         A7      D7              G
Beneath the stars we heard two guitars playing Indiana Waltz
                     C            A7    D7             G
And just by chance I asked you to dance to the Indiana Waltz
  C                 G                 A7             D7
I loved you then my heart stood still I love you now I always will

G                        C       A7      D7              G
I'll thank the stars and playing guitars for the Indiana Waltz
  C                G                 A7             D7
I have you near my heart stood still I love you now I always will
G                        C       A7      D7              G
I'll thank the stars and playing guitars for the Indiana Waltz

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Infamous Angel
Written and recorded by Iris Dement

G                                    C
Last night before I went to sleep my knees dropped to the floor
                 G                                         D7
I turned my eyes up to the sky and I prayed please help me Lord
G                                    C
You know I've sowed my wild oats and now the fun's all gone
                 G                            D7         G
And then I heard these tender words and I put them in my song

                       C                     G
Infamous Angel come on home   to someone who loves you
                        D7
And knows you needed to roam
G                                   C
Grab your things a ticket's waiting at the bus depot
             G     D7          G
For Infamous Angel destination home

                                        C
I heard Heaven's choir rejoicing as the tears broke from my eyes
                   G                              D7
And all at once it lifted the weight from my past life
G                               C
I found a pen and I left a note on the dresser drawer
         G         D7                 G
Infamous Angel she don't live here anymore

Repeat #2
   
                                 C
Then I hurried out the back door as quickly as I could
                   G                                          D7
I went flying down two flights of stairs till on the street I stood
G                                   C
And there I took that final look at my old neighborhood
                           G           D7               G
Then I ran down the street proclaiming angel's gone for good

                     C                     G
Infamous Angel going home   to someone who loves her
                        D7
And knows she needed to roam
G                                             C
She grabbed her things and claimed the ticket at the bus depot 
             G     D7          G
For Infamous Angel destination home
C        G     D7          C  G
Infamous Angel destination h-ome



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Innocent Road

Gonna read the good book every day
Gonna let the Savior show me the way
Gonna let Him take me by the hand
As I walk along to the promised land

    Home home I'm goin home
    Goin down that innocent road

Gonna take a swim in the river wide
Gonna lay my burdens on the other side
Gonna take a walk down the Jerico road
Gonna lay down my heavy load

Goin to rejoice when the angels sing
Gonna take a ride on the speckled wing
Gonna see my friends and my loved ones there
All eternal joys we can share

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Inside That Heart Of You
BMI Work #: 9166052
Inside That Heart Of You (Larry W. Jones 10/08/2007) (song#5049)

Darlin', you've got to figure it out
It's as easy as eating some cake
Darlin', you've got to figure it out 
Before my heart breaks
Now darlin', all you need is some room
A secret place where you can begin
All you have to do is look within
And that's all it takes
Just help me look for a sunny day
Any little pretty day will do
Don't need any storms comin' my way
Darlin', I just need to lose these blues
Don't bother looking up your old friends
Cause you don't need somebody who's new
Now, all I need is to know just when
You'll have me inside that heart of you
- instrumental -
Now darlin', I have a dream
And I hope that you do too
Cause I'm running out of steam
Being so alone and blue
Just help me look for a sunny day
Any little pretty day will do
Don't need any storms comin' my way
Darlin', I just need to lose these blues
Don't bother looking up your old friends
Cause you don't need somebody who's new
Now, all I need is to know just when
You'll have me inside that heart of you


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Into My Arms Again
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Miller

G
The music from the honky tonks
                      D7
The lonely songs they play
Comin' through my window
        G        C   G
Cause I live not far away
There tempting me to come back
                         C
To the things we used to do
                        G
But the honky tonks and lonely songs
       D7                 G
I left behind when I left you
    D7
The nightlife with its party's
       C                     G
That's you're style of being gay
  A7
Although it meant I lost your love
D7
I couldn't live that way
  G
I hope someday you'll think
                        C
Enough of me and try to change
                       G
And come away from the honky tonks
D7                G
Back into my arms again
repeat #3,4 
             C                  G
Oh won't you come away from the honky tonks
D7                G
Back into my arms again

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Doc Watson 
Intoxicated Rat

The other night when I come in
So drunk I couldn't see
I hooked my toe in the old doormat
And fell as flat as I could be

I had me a little old bottle ol' booze
And I didn't have no more
When I fell down, the cork flew outta the bottle
And spilled it

There's a little old rat in his hidin' place
He got that whiskey scent
He slipped right up and he got him a...
And back to his hole he went

Says back to his hole he went
Back to his hole he went
He slipped right up and he got him a... He just drank it all
And back to his hole he went

He slipped right up to my puddle of gin
And he lapped up more and more
He says, "Doggone, my red-eyed soul
I'm a-gonna get drunk once more"

"I'm gonna get drunk once more
I'm a-gonna get drunk once more"
He says "Doggone, my red-eyed soul
I'm a-gonna get drunk once more"

He washed his face with his front paws
And on his hind, leg he sat
And he's a-gettin' pretty high when he winked one eye
And he says, "Hey, where's that old tom-cat?"

"Now where's that old tomcat?
I said where's that old tomcat?"
He's a-gettin' high when he winked one eye
And he says, "Hey, buddy, where's that old tom-cat?
I can lick him and his brother"

The old tomcat come a-slippin' in
Dashed over to the middle of the floor
The cat jumped over and the rat got sober
And he never got drunk no more

He didn't get drunk no more
No, he never got drunk no more
The cat jumped over and the rat got sober, poor little feller
And he never got drunk no more

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The Incredible String Band - Invocation 

You that create the diversity of the forms
Open to my words
You that divide it and multiply it
Hear my sounds

I make yield league to you
Ancient associates and fellow wanderers
You that move the heart in fur and scale
I join with you

You that sing bright and subtle
Making shapes that my throat cannot tell
You that harden the horn
And make quick the eye

You that run the fast fox and the zigzag fly
You size less makers of the mole
And of the whale
aid me and I will aid you

I make a blood pact with you
You that lift the blossom and the green branch
You who make symmetries more true
You who consider the angle of your limbs

Who dance in slower time
Who watch the patterns
You rough coated
Who eat water

Who stretch deep and high
With your green blood
My red blood let it be mingled
Aid me and I will aid you

I call upon you
You who are unconfined
Who have no shape
Who are not seen

But only in your action
I will call upon you
You who have no depth
But choose direction

Who bring what is willed
That you blow love upon the summers of my loved ones
That you blow summers upon those loves of my love
Aid me and I will aid you

I make a pact with you
You who are the liquidness
Of the waters
And the spark of the flame

I call upon you
You who make fertile the soft earth
And guard the growth of the growing things
I make peace with you

You who are the blueness of the blue sky
And the wrath of the storm
I take the cup of deepness with you
Earth shakers

And with you the sharp and the hollow hills
I make reverence to you
Round wakefulness
We call the earth

I make wide eyes to you
You who are awake
Every created thing both solid and sleepy
Or airy light

I weave colors 'round you
You who will come with me
I will consider it
Beauty

I will consider it
Beauty, beauty

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Irma Jackson
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C
I'd love to shout my feelin's from a mountain high
         G7
Tell the world I love her and I will till I die
There's no way the world will understand that love is color blind
                                 C
That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine
I remember when no one cared about us bein' friends
                             G7
We were only children and it really didn't matter then
But we grew up too quickly in a world that draws a line
                                     C
Where they say Irma Jackson can't be mine
      F
If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
                  G7
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
There's a muddy wall between us standin' high
                                  C
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die
She tells me she's decided that she'll go away
                                     G7
And I guess it's right but she alone should have the final say
But in spite of her decision forcin' us to say goodbye
                                    C
I'll still love Irma Jackson till I die

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Iron Curtain

There's an iron curtain darlin' That's between your heart and mine
and it seems its getting stronger all the time
You don't want me you don't need me But I'll keep on hangin' 'round
And I know someday my love will tear that iron curtain down

    Don't be afraid to love me for I know that it will last
   Darlin is it fair to judge me by someone in your past
   You don't want me you don't need me but I'll keep on hangin' 'round
   And I know someday my love will tear that iron curtain down

Someone's hurt you in the past dear and the memory lingers on
But to live your life in darkness is a shame
If you'll only let me love you soon your heartaches will be gone
Let my lovin arms become your iron curtain from now on

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Dolly Parton - Is Forever Longer Than Always lyrics
(Porter Wagoner & Frank Dycus)

Your trembling hands held me near
Your soft warm lips whispered in my ear
You said you'd always love me
And we'd always be together
And you promised me your love would last forever
Is forever longer than always?
You're gone from me now and you have been for days
And in my mind I can't find the reason why you didn't stay
Unless forever is longer than always
Is forever longer than always
You're gone from me now and you have been for days
And in my mind I can't find the reason why you didn't stay
Unless forever is longer than always
Is forever longer than always?


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Is Goodbye That Easy To Say
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Marijohn Wilkin and Benny Joy

C                               G7
It hurts me so to see you go my darling
                                       C
But I can see you don't really want to stay
                           C7               F
Can you pretend that we've never known each other
   C            G7      C
Is goodbye that easy to say
                                 G7
Will you still feel the same way tomorrow
                           C
Or will you regret walking away
                      C7          F
Can you leave without feeling any sorrow
   C            G7      C   C7
Is goodbye that easy to say
   F               C       D7                   G7
Am I losing you forever is this the end of everything
              C                G7
Will you look back will you be sorry
                                 C   G7
Will you miss the love you threw away
            C                           F
How can you break the heart that really loves you
   C            G7      C
Is goodbye that easy to say
                                        F
How can you break the heart that really loves you
   C            G7      C
Is goodbye that easy to say
                G7      C
Is goodbye that easy to say

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Is Her Love Any Better Than Mine
Recorded by Jeanne Pruett
Written by Ray Griff

C      G        D7          G
Is her love any better than mine
 
              G7         C
Is satin much nicer than cotton
       G                         A7   D7
Do you sleep with sweet peace of mind
         G          G7           C
Are your dreams any different in her world
       G        D7          G
Is her love any better than mine
 
                 G7        C
Our mansion much closer to heaven
       G                        A7   D7
Just a kiss to thrill you every time
         G             G7           C
Does she hold you more tightly than I did
       G        D7          G
Is her love any better than mine
 
       D7                       C              G
Is her love any better once the chains were to hard
                                 A7    D7
Have you found what you couldn't find
        G        G7           C
Has she made you forget me completely
       G        D7          G
Is her love any better than mine
 
C      G        D7          C   G
Is her love any better than mine

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Is It Any Wonder That I Love You
Recorded by Bob Luman
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice

C                       F
There's been times when life's been rough
    C       F      C
And we just barely had enough
    F                    C              G7
The clothes we wore were far from being new
    C               F
You never asked for anything
    C         F      C
You just held on and shared my dream
   F         C      G7     C
So is it any wonder I love you
          F             C
Is it any wonder that I love you
          F             C              G7
Is it any wonder that I feel the way I do
C                F
When I thought I couldn't win
    C       F           C
You gave me strength to try again
   F         C      G7     C
So is it any wonder I love you
                    F
Now you've got some worry lines
  C      F     C
A little old before your time
    F             C                G7
I'm sorry for the things I put you through
C           F
What I am I couldn't be
C      F      C
If you hadn't stayed with me
   F         C      G7     C
So is it any wonder I love you
Repeat #2

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Is It Over Now

You lie in our bed and dream of another
You don't even know you whisper his name
And now if your heart belongs to another
Oh what will I do, you're driftin away

   Our once happy home is lonely and dark now
   Have you went astray and broken your vows
   I just can't believe these things that I'm hearing
   You're breakin my heart is it over now

I wish that I knew what happened to you dear
And I only hope we'll make it somehow
But that doesn't change the way that I'm feeling
It hurts me to say that it's over now

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Brad Paisley - Is It Raining At Your House lyrics

Is it raining at your house like it's raining at mine
Do you miss me like I miss you, is it cloudy all the time
Do you tremble when the phone rings and you think I'm on the line
Is it raining at your house like it's raining at mine
1st Chorus
Does it thunder and lightnin' even when the sun shines
Is it raining at your house like it's raining at mine
Is it raining at your place just like it is over here
If it is then sweetheart like me I know you're scared
I just called you to console you like any old friend would do
Is it raining at your house and by the way I still love you
Repeat chorus
Tag
Is it raining at your house like it's raining at mine


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Dolly Parton - Is It Real lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner

Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1971
You came into my life at a time when I was down
And I thought I'd never love again but I think different now
You took my hand and helped me up and I thank you for your precious love
And words cannot express the way I feel but is it real
Is it real this love that you have offered me so freely
You tell me that you love me but darling do you really
Don't make me love and lose again don't make me go through that again
I've known that hurt and I know how it feels oh is it real
Well you could mend my broken heart with love as sweet as yours
And I want to believe it's real but how can I be sure
And you could heal the hurt I've known with the love that you have shown
And all the needs you have I fulfill but is it real
Is it real this love that you have...
Is it real


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Alan Jackson - Is It Really Over lyrics

Last night she walked out and slamed the
door, she said she wouldn't be back, but I've
heard many times before.
Now I wonder is it really over--all the cryin we done, all the things we use to say, all the
places we've been.
No it would never be over if it was left up to
me, but honey I can't make you love so I'll
just set you free.
Why does it matter anymore--these days people fall in and out of love just cause they
can--lovers arent lovers for life--thru thick
and then..They will split before you say when?
So is it really over--all the cryin we done, all
the things we use to say, all the places we've
been????


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Is It Too Late Now?

   Is it too late now to tell you that I love you
   Or is there still a chance for me somehow
   Oh they tell me now that you have found another
   Darlin' please don't say it's too late now

I know this heart of mine could never stand it
If I should have togive you up somehow
Oh won't you say that you'll give me one more chance dear
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now

Well I confess I know I done you wrong, dear
Oh can't you see my side again somehow
All I ask of you is to give me one more chance dear
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now.

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Is It Too Soon To Tell
Recorded by Marsha Thompson
Written by Michael Noble, Jeff Pennig, Marsha Thornton
 
G                  B7               E7
Soft sudden breeze magnolia trees a new moon above
A7                   D7              G   G#  Am  D7
Skipping a stone the lake is our own wishing well
G                    B7
Stars in your eyes a touch of your hand 
   E7                  C
It sure feels like love
          D7      G   C G  D7
Is it too soon to tell 
 
G               B7                E7
Is just me does this seem to be a dream coming true
A7                   D7                G     G#    Am   D7
Are you the one that I'm falling under loves sweet spell
G               B7            E7
Am I a fool for asking you to feel this way too
   C         D7      G
Oh is it too soon to tell
 
  C
I don't wanna wait until it's too late
   G                     Em
To say what's on my mind
          A7                         D7
There may never be a better place in time
   G                       B7
We still have to say those three little words
    E7                        C
But they say believe they will
          D7      G   C G  D7 G
Is it too soon to tell
 
    C
I'm not gonna wait until it's too late
   G                     Em
To say what's on my mind
           A7                         D7
There will never be a better place or time
 
For you to be mine
G                 B7
You're saying yes sealed with a kiss
E7
Two hearts just fell
C                D7      G   E7
Yes it's not too soon to tell
C               D7      G
No it's not too soon to tell

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Is It True

Is it true that you are leavin'
That you're go-in' far away
Is it true that you don't love me
Is there nothin' you can say

    Is it true that you love another
   That you just want to be free
   You know I'd never try to hold you
    If you no longer love me

Is it true the words you told me
Now are told to someone new
While my heart is slowly breakin'
Tell me dar-lin' is it true

Is it true you'll soon forget me
After we have said goodbye
Is it true that you'll be happy
While I sit alone and cry

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Is It True Or False  
Recorded by Billy Crash Craddock
Written by Henry Morgan, Alan Grey, Ginger Grey

Dm    G                    Bm
Is it true or false I'm in love with you
       Em      Bm            Am
Yes my darling you know it's true
                    C
Is it true or false you're in love with me
Am    F#m              G7
Oh my darling I wish I knew
        Dm           Em          Am
I could try guessing but I might lose my one chance
F#m    Em         C            Am        F#m
So I'm confessing you hold the key to my romance
      G                           Am
Is it true or false we'll share a dream for two
    F#m    Am      D7         G
The answer darling depends on you
F#m    Em         C            Am        F#m
So I'm confessing you hold the key to my romance
      G                           Am
Is it true or false we'll share a dream for two
    F#m    Am      D7         G
The answer darling depends on you

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Is The Grass Any Bluer

ou rolled out of Rosine a dedicated man
You drove those country back roads to a thousand one-night stands
The music from your mandolin, spread like wildfire in the wind
And echoed through the hollows and the hills, so tell me, Bill

   Is the grass any bluer on the other side
   Did it look like gold Kentucky when the gates swung open wide
   Bet the good Lord's got you playin' somewhere up there every night
   Is the grass any bluer on the other side

I heard you on the Opry when I was just a kid
I tried my best to learn to sing and play the way you did
Just like me the day you died, the guitars and the fiddles cried
The music ain't the same without you Bill, we miss you still

Just like me the day you died, the guitars and the fiddles cried
The music ain't the same without you Bill, we miss you still-ill-ill

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Is There A Way
Recorded by Marsha Thornton 
Written by Dean Folkword and Kostas Lazarides

G7         C        F                C
Is there a way that I can come back to your heart
                   F             G7
Is there a way to end this time apart
  C                   F             C  F
I want you back like we were yesterday
        C       G7          C
Tell me darling  is there a way
                     F                  C
Cause it's a road of endless twists and turns
                   F                    G7
And a fool like me finds things hard to learn
   C                  F           C   F
To have your love and let it slip away
           C               G7          C
Oh give me one more chance  is there a way
  F                               C
I finally found the bottom of the bottom of my heart
F                                C           G7
Ever since you've been away it's torn me all apart
      C            F                  C
Now I lie alone at night and dream of yesterday
F             C       G7           C
Oh I want you back babe is there a way
Repeat #3
F             C       G7           C
Oh I want you back babe is there a way

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Is There Hope For This Heartbreak

In this world of broken hearted
You can sing about my one and only pain
Now I cry my eyes and wonder
Will I walk this dark and lonely road again

Is there one more hope for this heartbreak
Is there one last chance or goodbye
If I had one wish I would end all this heartache
Oh I wonder how long I could cry

You could count the stars in heaven
You could count a million waves on the sea
You'll never know how many teardrops
That I shed for somethin' never meant to be

Without love in this lifetime
You can count on little boys bein' blue
So don't wait until tomorrow
You may never find yourself a love so true

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Is There Something On Your Mind
Written and recorded by Jack Scott

G
Is there something on your mind
G7              C
That you're not telling me
               D7
I've loved you oh so long
            G
I know when some thing's wrong


Is there something on your mind
G7         C
Oh tell me darling 
                  D7
There's something wrong I know

You're troubled some
                       G
Tell me what's on your mind

    D7        G
The places we go
    D7         G
The friends we know
        A7        D7
They're asking me too
A7               D7
What's come over you

         G
Is there something on your mind
G7         C
Oh tell me darling
            D7
I'll try to smile

Let's talk awhile
                       G
Tell me what's on your mind

Spoken:
 C
So tell me darling have I been untrue
D7              G
Tell me darling tell me now

Sung:

G
Just what's on your mind
G7         C
Oh tell me darling
                D7
Now that you're here

Now that you're near
                       G
Tell me what's on your mind

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Is This All There Is To A Honky Tonk
Recorded by Tony Booth
Written by Robert Duncan and Donald Tunison

C                             F
Each and every night she sits waiting
     G7                       C
Till its become a part of her life
                                 F
She wonders if she's been enough woman
      G7                  C
While trying to be a good wife
       G7
So she fixes her makeup  and brushes her hair
                                   
Walks to the corner  to see if I'm there
           C                  F
Though the jukebox is playing the music is loud
G7                             C
I hear her voice echo over the crowd
                          F
Is this all there is to a honky tonk
   G7                                C
Is this what keeps you from me every night
                          F
Is this all there is to a honky tonk
     G7                                 C
Just barstools and cheap California red wine
                                  F
Well I turned on the barstool and looked into her eyes
G7                            C
It doesn't take me long to realize
                                  F
That what I've been looking for I won't find in this place
G7                           C
All that I need I see in her face
      G7
I see warm and love and need in me
Her words keep coming back to me
   C                      F
Is this all there is to a honky tonk
   G7                                 C
Is this what you choose from me every night
                          F
Is this all there is to a honky tonk
     G7                                 C
Just barstools and cheap California red wine
     G7                                 C
Just barstools and cheap California red wine

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The Osborne Brothers - Is This My Destiny lyrics

(Helen Carter)
Cursed with sorrow pain
And woe full of feeling I can't show
Hopeless love what else for me
Is this my destiny?
God in heaven surely made
For every man somewhere a maid
Someone stole my love from me
Is this my destiny?
At night I toss and wonder why
I must live while others die
The grave would be escape for me
From this my destiny.
--- Instrumental ---
At night I toss and wonder why
I must live while others die
The grave would be escape for me
From this my destiny...


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Is This The Beginning Of The End
Recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Wynn Stewart, Wally Lewis, Billy Mize
 
C                             F
I just don't seem to know you anymore 
                                  G7
You're only with me every now and then 
    C                              F
And you don't kiss me like you did before 
   C        G7               C
Is this the beginning of the end 
 
                                  F
Is there a broken heart for me in store 
                             G7
While I'm holding you do you pretend 
     C                               F
That I'm someone else you're longing for 
   C        G7               C
Is this the beginning of the end 
 
          F                     C
There's a far away look in your eye 
F                        G7
Am I losing you my heart cries 
C                                 F
Hold me close and put my heart at ease 
        G7
Whisper I love you once again 
C                                  F
Just three words can make my heart believe 
        C       G7               C
This is not the beginning of the end 
 
Repeat #3

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Isis
Bob Dylan

I married Isis on the fifth day of May,
But I could not hold on to her very long.
So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.

I came to a high place of darkness and light.
The dividing line ran through the center of town.
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right,
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.

A man in the corner approached me for a match.
I knew right away he was not ordinary.
He said, "Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?"
I said, "I got no money." He said, "That ain't necessary."

We set out that night for the cold in the North.
I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word.
I said, "Where are we goin'?" He said we'd be back by the fourth.
I said, "That's the best news that I've ever heard."

I was thinkin' about turquoise, I was thinkin' about gold,
I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace.
As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold,
I was thinkin' about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless.

How she told me that one day we would meet up again,
And things would be different the next time we wed,
If I only could hang on and just be her friend.
I still can't remember all the best things she said.

We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice.
He said, "There's a body I'm tryin' to find.
If I carry it out it'll bring a good price."
It was then that I knew what he had on his mind.

The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous.
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn.
When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious,
But I made up my mind that I had to go on.

I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty.
There was no jewels, no nothin', I felt I'd been had.
When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly,
When I took up his offer I must-a been mad.

I picked up his body and I dragged him inside,
Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover.
I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied.
Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her.

She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise.
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed,
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes.
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead.

She said "Where ya been?" I said "No place special."
She said "You look different." I said "Well I guess."
She said "You been gone." I said "That's only natural."
She said "You gonna stay?" I said "If you want me to, Yes."

Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child.
What drives me to you is what drives me insane.
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain.


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Island
Recorded by Eddy Raven
Written by Eddy Raven and Troy Seals

C                                    F
There was a time there was a place I loved
G7                                        C
That was my moment that's just the way it was
                                        F    Dm
Careless and crazy running to God knows where
    G7                                           C
Now where is that heartland where is the one who cares
  G7                                           C
I can hear you calling wandering boy come home soon
G7                                      C
I hear the music I see your face in the moon
Em                                            F
Who am I fooling there's no need for me to pretend
        C                G7                     C
I might sail forever and never find that island again
                                             F
I fight with my memory find all the pieces I can
     G7                                          C
Of a beautiful woman who trusted her heart in my hands
                                                   F   Dm
Now what kind of sailor would let such a dream get lost
G7                                             C
Tonight we'd be sailing out under the southern cross
repeat #2
Em                                            F
Who am I fooling there's no need for me to pretend
        C                G7                     C    F
I might sail forever and never find that island again
        C                G7                     C
I could sail forever and never find that island again

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Isle Of Newfoundland
Recorded by Singers For Fishermen
 
C                           F
In the cold Canadian waters north from the coast of Maine
           C                                                 G7
There's an island called Newfoundland swept by snow wind and rain 
       C                F                C               F
On the island there's a village with its customs and its ways
                   C              G7                C
The little town of Carmanville my home of childhood days
                                    F
Those childhood days were something carefree all the time
          C                                               G7
There's a girl in every story and you know there's one in mine 
    C                 F            C              F
She broke my heart so often and it stays a little sore
                  C               G7               C     C7
That's the reason I left home and can't go back no more 
          F
Where the people make a living on the land and on the sea
          C                                           G7
There are people on the island that mean the world to me 
  C              F        C                    F
I wish I had the power to change the course of time
                  C               G7                C
And live again in Newfoundland my home of childhood times
Spoken:
                                            F
I'd like to watch the fishing boats as they sail across the bay
   C                                               G7
To see again the farmers sow his seeds and cut the hay 
          C             F               C                 F
Well this island has no strangers cause everybody is your friend
                        C            G7                         C
This little isle called Newfoundland oh I'd sure love to see it again
Repeat #3
   F             C               G7                C
To live again in Newfoundland my home of childhood times

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Isn't It Grand
Traditional

Look at the coffin with golden handles.

Chorus (after each first line):
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody-good cry
And always remember: The longer you live,
The sooner you'll bloody-well die.

Look at the flowers, all bloody withered.

Look at the preacher, bloody {nice fellow, sanctimonious}.

Look at the mourners, bloody great hypocrites.

Look at the widow, bloody fine female.


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Istanbul (Not Constantnople)
Jimmy Kennedy / Nat Simon

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Bridge:
Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks'

Do do do, do-do-do dododododo
Oh, oh-oh-oh...
Do do do, do-do-do dododododo
Do do do, do-do-do dododododo
Do - Istanbul
{Repeat}

{Bridge}

So take me back to...

Istanbul!


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It Ain't Easy
Abigail Washburn

I know, I know, I know you
I know you know you know me too

So, when the sun went down
And I lost your eyes
I prayed to God let the light
Shine off you again
It ain't easy leavin' you

Without a sound
I remove your crown
Your green dress glows
As the stars go round
I pray to God let the darkness
Cheat the dawning light

So, when the sun went down
And I lost your eyes
I prayed to God let the light
Shine off you again
It ain't easy leavin' you

I know, I know, I know you
I know you know you know me too

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It Ain't Funny Enough
Recorded by Ira Louvin
Written by Anne Young

G
I've heard a lotta talking had a lot of advice 
D7                    G
Since you told me goodbye
C                         G
Some say it's funny how a big grown boy
A7                      D7
Can act like a baby and cry
G
They say it's mighty funny how a heart can change
D7                      G
Whenever the going gets rough
C                                G
Like I tried to tell 'em if they felt this pain
D7                        G
They'd say it ain't funny enough
     C                        G
They all think it's funny but I ain't laughing
         D7                     G
It's the wrong kind of funny to me
     C                            G
When you left me it hit me like a ton of bricks
  A7                           D7
I went down like a rock in the sea
G
It may seem funny to a lot of my friends
D7                       G
How me and my baby wound up
C                            G
Well I've tried to laugh and hold up my chin
D7                 G
But it ain't funny enough
I do less sleeping than the waves on the sea
D7                    G
I roll and tumble all night
C                          G
I do more weeping than the willow tree
A7                     D7
Nothing ever works out right
Repeat #4,3,4
   D7             G
No it ain't funny enough

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It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Richard Leigh

C        Am    F        G7
Same old story they all hand me 
C        Am       F                  G7
Preacher tells me these are troubled times
C                             F                    Am
But I know the Lord's been in tougher scrapes than this one
C              Am    G7          F
It ain't gonna worry ain't gonna worry no
C              G7       C
It ain't gonna worry my mind
       Am    F     G7
Got no money in my pocket 
C             Am   F           G7
You don't get rich working overtime
C                                F
But as long as you can't buy the springtime in Virginia
C              Am    G7          F           C
It ain't gonna worry ain't gonna worry me no more
               G7       C
It ain't gonna worry my mind
 
Am      G7            F        C      Am     G7       C
Love is all that ever made you richer if the truth be told
Am          G7      F    C      Am  G7          Dm   G7
Moonlight's been my only silver the sun my only gold
C     Am      F         G7      C     Am              F      C
Go on wishing and go on praying go on saying I'll hit better times
                               F           Fm
But how in the world could she love me any better
C                   Am    G7          F          C
Lord it ain't gonna worry ain't gonna worry Lord no 
               G7       C
It ain't gonna worry my mind

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It Ain't Me, Babe
Bob Dylan

Go 'way from my window,
Leave at your own chosen speed.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I'm not the one you need.
You say you're lookin' for someone
Never weak but always strong,
To protect you an' defend you
Whether you are right or wrong,
Someone to open each and every door,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

Go lightly from the ledge, babe,
Go lightly on the ground.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I will only let you down.
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who will promise never to part,
Someone to close his eyes for you,
Someone to close his heart,
Someone who will die for you an' more,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

Go melt back into the night, babe,
Everything inside is made of stone.
There's nothing in here moving
An' anyway I'm not alone.
You say you're looking for someone
Who'll pick you up each time you fall,
To gather flowers constantly
An' to come each time you call,
A lover for your life an' nothing more,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.


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It Ain't Nothing New
Recorded by Randy Travis and Rhonda Vincent
Written by Larry E. Cordle, Larry Shell, Betty Key

G                                        D7
They say that once the new wears off the test of love begins
                                               C                 D7
When the spark that lit the fire don't burn as bright as it once did
   G                           C                Am
If lovers lose that old desire hearts can break in-two
    C                D7                    G
The hard work starts when it ain't nothing new
G7                                      C
It ain't nothing new but after all this time
     A7                                 D7
This love of ours still hasn't lost its shine
     G                                  C              Am
It's making up when we've been mad that I look forward to
C           D7               G
Even though it ain't nothing new
                               D7
Now love don't come as easy as it once did and so
                                         C                G
Sometimes we seem to say the things that cut and hurt the most
                              C              Am
But then we pull together and somehow see it through
C                    D7                    G
That's what it takes when it ain't nothing new
repeat #2
Tag:
Am             D7            G
Even though it ain't nothing new 

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It Ain't That Way 
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Dale Siegenthaler
 
C
I'd like to think the world's a better place
                               G7
And put a smile on everybody's face
       Dm                               G7
They'd see the world without a shade of gray
                  C
But It ain't that way
 
 
I wish every living soul could have a home
                               G7
And not one person had to live alone
     Dm                                  G7
Wish every house was built on Moon Light Bay
                  C
But it ain't that way
 
     Am                F               C
Wish every child could know within his heart
                     Am              G7
That mom and dad and love will never part
    Am                   F                    C
And live with friends in peace till judgement day
                  G7                   C
But it ain't that way no it ain't that way
 
 
I wish every haunted soul could truly find
                                      G7
A resting place with joy and peace of mind
    Dm                             G7
I'd like for every dog to have his day
                  C
But it ain't that way
 
 
I'd like to sing the world a happy song
                                G7
And listen to my neighbors sing along
     Dm                                G7
We'd sing until there's no more cloudy days
                  C
But it ain't that way
 
Repeat #3 
 
 
Maybe if we all join hands and pray
              G7                C
It'll be that way it'll be that way

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Alison Krauss - It All Comes Down To You

Who do you think you're talkin' to
You know me and I know you
Your silence and your stony face
You don't have the ground to waste
Your love is gone 'cause it all comes down to you

What can we say when all is said
A house divided cannot stand
Your head and heart and chary gaze
Life is just too short to waste
Your love is gone 'cause it all comes down to you

I've paid for you and you don't seem to mind
I'm bending over backwards, you're not satisfied
What more can I offer to leave 'pon the alter
Your love is gone 'cause it all comes down to you

What can we do when all is done
Your life's not the only one
Just take a look beyond yourself
The reason of your private hell
Your love is gone 'cause it all comes down to you

I've paid for you and you don't seem to mind
I'm bending over backwards, you're not satisfied
What more can I offer to leave 'pon the alter
Your love is gone 'cause it all comes down to you


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It Couldn't Have Been Any Better
Recorded by Johnny Duncan with Janie Fricke 
Written by Ray Griff
 
C                          F           Dm
She just sat there and she brushed her hair
G7                        C
Lord it sure was dark and long
                     F         Dm
I got up and drank a half warm beer
G7                         C
Found my boots and put 'em on

                           F          Dm
She was not sure where she stood with me
G7                          C
As she straightened out her clothes
                         F
So I kissed her warm red lips again
G7                       C
And I whispered soft and low  baby

                          F
It couldn't have been any better
   G7                     C
It couldn't have been any sweeter
   F                         Dm
We couldn't have climbed any higher
        D7                     G7
If we'd been to the top of the world

   C                     F
We couldn't have got any closer
G7                        C
We couldn't have gone any farther
   F                      Dm
It couldn't have been any better
    G7                     C
And you're my best friends girl

                       F         Dm
With a tender look she said good night
G7                   C
And I turned to walk away
                         F        Dm
Just before I closed the door and left
G7                      C
I could hear her softly say baby

Repeat #3,4,3

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It Do Feel Good
Written and recorded by Donna Fargo

G              C                           G
I'm kicking my heels together free again I feel like me again
  D7                          G    D7   G
I know without a doubt I'm in love love love
    C                               G
And I don't have to make believe or feed a guilty conscience
D7                      C  D7   G
Love set me free and it do feel good


I just went through this painful thing of questions without answers
                                    D7
Kept coming up with nothing for the longest time

My heart kept racing with my conscience and claiming all my daydreams
                       G
Way out in front of my mind


And that awful gnawing feeling like you're gonna die from hunger
    G7                                               C
You don't find out where you're going and how to get there
    D7
But now it's worth all that confusion cause I found me an answer
                                      G
And I know love is alive again within me
 
Repeat #1


I've finally figured out how yesterdays fit into tomorrows
                                             D7
And I've learned that little doubts are just unfinished dreams

And I guess I'll keep on learning the same lessens all over
                            G
And nothing is as bad as it seems


And I've just got to accept the fact that I have to accept the fact
     G7                                     C
That love goes through changes just like we do
    D7
And an occasional distraction a little quiet a little action
                                         G
And a whole lot of patience will make it grow

Repeat #1  x2

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Alison Krauss - It Doesn't Matter Lyrics

It doesn't matter what I want
It doesn't matter what I need

It doesn't matter if I cry
Don't matter if I bleed
You've been on a road
Don't know where it goes or where it leads

It doesn't matter what I want
It doesn't matter what I need

If you've made up your mind to go
I won't beg you to stay
You've been in a cage
Throw you to the wind, you fly away

It doesn't matter what I want
It doesn't matter what I need

It doesn't matter if I cry
Don't matter if I bleed
Feel the sting of tears
Fallin' on this face you've loved for years

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It Don't Get Any Better Than This
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Max D. Barnes, Buddy Cannon, Norris Wilson
 
C
I could honky-tonk in Texas on Saturday night 
    F
And dance myself out on the floor 
G7
Luckenbach Texas and the neon lights 
    C           G7            C
And everybody's screaming for more 
 
                                  F
It just don't get any better than this 
                                  C
That's about as good as good ever gets 
                                            G7
If there's anything better it's something I missed 
   F                  G7          C
It just don't get any better than this 
 
 
I have chased that lonesome whistle rolling down the line 
       F
It's a feeling that's hard to explain 
       G7
But an Okie from Muskogee can leave his blues behind 
C           G7          C
Riding on a fast moving train 
 
Repeat #2
 
 
Down in Louisiana near ole New Orleans 
  F
I found one of life's greatest thrills 
G7
While you were on the bayou loving Mary Sue 
      C               G7             C
I was in Detroit City making Coupe Deville's  
 
Repeat #2 


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Alison Krauss - It Don't Matter Now Lyrics

It's finally come
Is that sorry on your breath?
Where were you when I was sitting back here
Missing you to death?
Don't matter now

How? I wanna know
Can you tell me plain and true?
How high will you fly
Without me there to be your sky?
Well, it don't matter now

Don't mean to leave you standing on your own
I think back on days and nights we had long ago
Maybe love is just a game you play
This much I do know
It don't matter now

It's finally come
Is that sorry on your breath?
Where were you when I was sitting back here
Missing you to death?
It don't matter now

Now I don't tell stories
And I don't pretend
And I won't be around to say I told you then
'Cause it seems like something's finally broken
That'll take a while to mend
But it don't matter now

Is that sorry on your breath?
Where were you when I was sitting back here
Missing you to death?
It don't matter now
It don't matter now
It don't matter now

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It Don't Feel Like Sinning To Me
Recorded by the Kendalls 
written by Curly Putman and Michael Kosser

C                                    F                 C
When we're holding each other in the dark hours of the night
                                   G7
There are those who say it's wrong but it's right
              C                     F
Cause the way that we feel how much sin can it be
        C               G7         C
Lord it don't feel like sinning to me
      F                          C
No it don't feel like sinning to me
           F               C
Feels like love feels like love
      F                          C
No it don't feel like sinning to me
           F               C
Feels like love feels like love
                                   F       C
So let them talk about us let them gossip away
                                    G7
Jealous tongues will find something evil to say
       C                         F
But if they could remember first love they recall
        C               G7         C
That it don't feel like sinning at all
repeat #2

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The Avett Brothers - It Goes On And On 

I lost my fear in your arms
I lost my tears in your car
I lost my will in your candle lit eyes
And all my love in your yard
Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
No way am I, it goes on.
Violent is the motion in my heart and in my body and mind.
And silent is the feeling that I lost but I'm determined to find.
And love is but an ocean, unrealistic notion, but I cling to her devotion, and I let it pull me down to the floor.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
I found my will in your car
I caught my tears in your arms
'I found myself on that four county drive'
And found my love in your guard
Oh, Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
No way am I, it goes on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.
It goes on, on, on, on.

Specifically opinion on poor county trap?
Saying love goes on? or the lie?

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It Happened Last Night
Recorded by Connie Francis
Written by Leonard Whitcup and Earl Wilson

C
Oh it happened last night as we sat in the movies
                  G7                   C
On the very first date for you and for me
Oh it happened last night as we sat in the movies
                     G7                  C  F C
You were close by my side as cute as can be
            F          G7         C
There was a girl and a boy in the picture
      G7                    C
And I watched their romance unfold
       F               G7         C
Making believe you and I were the sweethearts
     D7                  G7
With love to have and to hold
                      C
As they kissed on the screen 
I felt your hand in mine dear
                 G7
And I started to thrill 
                   C
The way all lovers do
A7                  Dm    G7                 C
Oh it happened last night at the movies with you
Repeat #2,3
G7                  C     G7                  C
Oh it happened last night  at the movies with you

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It Hurt Me More 
recorded by Louvin Brothers
 
G                                      D7
I came back to you believing this time we'd work things out
                                        G
Even though we tried it once before and failed
                                   D7
I put both my arms around you as I vowed my love again
                                        G
And completely cast myself beneath your spell
 
                                         D7
But the second time around it turned out just like the first
                                           C             G
Except the second time around I think the  heartache was worse
                                    C
For twice I put my faith in you and twice you let me down
       D7                           G
But it hurt me more the second time around
 
                                       D7
I think I'll write myself a letter and address it to a fool
                                       G
Cause nobody but a fool would love you so
                                      D7
And if you came back tomorrow and you wanted me again
                                                  G
I don't believe I'd have the strength to tell you no
  
                                         D7
But the second time around it turned out just like the first
                                           C             G
Except the second time around I think the  heartache was worse
                                    C
For twice I put my faith in you and twice you let me down
       D7                           G
But it hurt me more the second time around

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It Hurts As Much In Texas
Recorded by George Jones and Ricky Van Shelton
Written by Dennis Knutson and A. L. Owens

G                                 D7
Hey we broke up in Nashville on a cold and rainy night
                                           G
My tears mixed with the cold rain drops as she walked out of sight
                                   C
So I put Nashville in my rear view mirror and headed south
        D7                                                     G
Cause I thought the girls in San Antone would knock her memory out

                                    C
But it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee
D7                                                     G
Lone star lonely down and blue is what they're callin' me
                                               C
I thought these Texas dance halls nights would kill my misery
       D7                                       G
But it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee

                                           D7
My heart still lives in Nashville with the girl I long to see
                                  G
I'm tryin' to forget the way that she broke up with me
                                          C
I thought that I could two step her sweet memory from my mind
    D7                                                     G
But she still waltzes through my dreams and wakes me up at night

Repeat #2

        D7                                       G
Yeah it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee

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It Hurts To Hurt All The Time
BMI Work #: 8837764
It Hurts To Hurt All The Time (Larry W. Jones 04/22/2007) (song#4594)

Everyday I feel the burden
Of words spoken at goodbye
And everyday since then, darlin'
In every way I want to cry
It hurts to be alone and free
And watch the time rollin' by
I can't convert this memory
Into tomorrow's bye and bye
Darlin', you're still in my heart
And you know you're on my mind
That will never die and depart
As long as I'm among mankind
Darlin', it still makes me sad
To think we had to draw the line
And it hurts to hurt all the time
- instrumental -
I try to hold on to every minute
But time will take some of them away
In every one of them, you're in it
And I've got plenty left to stay
I don't look forward to tomorrow
So, I just look back at yesterday 
Don't you hear the sorrow when I say...
Darlin', you're still in my heart
And you know you're on my mind
That will never die and depart
As long as I'm among mankind
Darlin', it still makes me sad
To think we had to draw the line
And it hurts to hurt all the time
Yes darlin', it hurts to hurt all the time


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It Hurts To Know

Today I'm here thinking about you
It seems I don't know what to do
No way turn nothing to love for
It hurts to know that I've lost you

It hurts to know you're with another
After what you put me through
It hurts to start my life all over
To start all over without you

Someday my darling he will leave you
Just like the one he left before
And then you'll know how much it hurts you
You'll cry, can't sleep and walk the floor

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It Just Don't Seem Right
BMI Work #: 9286149
It Just Don't Seem Right (Larry W. Jones 12/02/2007) (song#5175)

It just don't seem right to be wrong for so long
Thought I could get along without our love song
Oh no, it just don't seem right deep in the night
Dreaming that I could live without you in sight
It's too late, I know, to say I miss you so
It just don't seem right to be wrong for so long
Darling, I never knew how I would miss you
And how I would miss your sweet kiss too
I sing a broken song, of a love long gone
Oh no, it just don't seem right deep in the night
If you'd come back to me, I would make things right
It just don't seem right to be wrong for so long
- instrumental -
It's too late, I know, to say I miss you so
It just don't seem right to be wrong for so long
Darling, I never knew how I would miss you
And how I would miss your sweet kiss too
I sing a broken song, of a love long gone
Oh no, it just don't seem right deep in the night
If you'd come back to me, I would make things right
It just don't seem right to be wrong for so long
If you'd come back to me, I would make things right
It just don't seem right to be wrong for so long


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It Just Takes Practice
Recorded by Jeannie Seely
Written by Jeannie Seely and Gail Talley

G
I'll get over you before too long 
D7
Just wait and see
And I won't need you any more 
G
Than you need me
You just can't be that important 
   C
My life can't be over yet
        D7
And I'm sure it just 
                  G
Takes practice to forget
     D7                 G
They say practice makes perfect 
               D7             G
Well I'll just practice every day
   D7              G
My hurt is big but not so big 
     A7              D7     C
That I can't make it go away
G
Someday I'll stop remembering 
  C
Although I haven't yet
      D7
And I know it just 
                  G
Takes practice to forget

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It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Lefty Frizzell and Abe Mulkey

C       G7                                      C
Hmm hmm hmm   hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm 

I made a big mistake when I introduced her to my friend
                                    G7
And gave him a chance to dance with her
     C
As I watched them in the crowd I could hear my heart beat loud
                                  G7                C
Cause it meant goodbye to me when she said hello to him
        G7                                      C
Hmm hmm hmm   hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm 


She just held on to his hand when it was break time for the band
                                      G7
And it was plain to see that I'd lost out
     C
So I slipped away to cry felt so low I could die
                                  G7                C
Cause it meant goodbye to me when she said hello to him 
        G7                                      C
Hmm hmm hmm   hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm 


Is there anywhere to go where a broken heart won't show
                                     G7
Everyone must know what's wrong with me
         C
They can tell by my ways I go round lost in the days
                                  G7                C
Cause it meant goodbye to me when she said hello to him 
        G7                                      C
Hmm hmm hmm   hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm  hmm hmm hmm 

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Dolly Parton - It Might As Well Be Me lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writers Dolly Parton , Dorothy Jo Hope
Copyright 1970

I'm lookin' for a way to get out there's no hope for you and me
We'll never get along everything we do is wrong
You and I both know one of us has to go and it might as well be me
We stopped loving a long time ago and now all we do is disagree
There's no use to pretend there's no need to try again
You and I both know one of us has to go and it might as well be me
There's no use for us to live a lie
When we're just wasting the best years of our lives
We'll never get along everything we do is wrong
You and I both know one of us has to go and it might as well be me
You and I both know one of us has to go and it might as well be me


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Dolly Parton - It Must Be You lyrics

Just like the tide goes with the sea
We belong together, you and me
Just like the dawn followed by day
We'll always be together
And that's just how it will stay
Chorus:
It must be you that's always walking in my dreams
It must be you who'll always be right next to me
So when you find yourself alone
Just think of me and I'll be there
Must be you by my side the whole way through
Just like the fresh white winter snow
Our love is pure and it will always grow
And when we're in those autumn years
Together, we'll look back, but we won't shed a single tear
Repeat Chorus
When you find yourself alone
Just think of me and I'll be there
Must be you by my side the whole way through


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Brad Paisley - It Never Woulda Worked Out Anyway lyrics

Oh lighten up, where's your sense of humor
They're just tiny little rumors
That I started 'cause I'm lookin' out for you
Oh settle down, I'm just a little jealous
And I'm sure those other fellas
Never once believed the lies I told were true
Like the time I told that cowboy that you used to be a man
And the doctor you were datin' that you hide your wedding band
Even if I am responsible for scaring them away
You really ought to thank me, I was doin' you a favor
'Cause it never woulda worked out anyway
Oh can't you see, the reason that I'm doin'
All the crazy things I'm doin'
Is because I really care about you girl
And I'll admit I go a little farther
Than I know I probably oughta
But it's all because I need you in my world
Like the time I told that lawyer that you spent a year in jail
And the salesman you were seein' you hang out at cheap motels
Even if I am responsible for scaring them away
You really ought to thank me, I was doin' you a favor
'Cause it never woulda worked out anyway
I can't stand the thought of you with anybody else
I know I've gone overboard but I can't help myself
Like the time I told that dentist you had seven little kids
And you doubled as a dancer at the strip joint on the ridge
Even if I am responsible for scaring him away
You really ought to thank me, I was doin' you a favor
'Cause it never woulda worked out anyway
It's all because I love you and I can't stop thinkin' of you
And it never woulda worked out anyway


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It Only Hurts When I Cry
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam 
written by Dwight Yoakam and Roger Miller 

G                        C
The only time I feel the pain   
D7                     G
Is in the sunshine or the rain                            
C
And I don't feel no hurt at all       
D7                       G
Unless you count when teardrops fall                               
C
I tell the truth except when I lie       
D7                   G
And it only hurts me when I cry                               
D7
You couldn't tell it by this smile                      
G
But my recovery took awhile                                
D7
I worked for days and nights on end                      
G
Just to walk and talk again                              
C
You can't believe the time it takes                        
D7
To heal a heart once it breaks

Repeat #1 

G                      D7
Oh maybe every now and then                         
G
I have a small heartache again                            
D7
You wouldn't know to look at me                                  
G
There's tiny scars that you can't see                        
C
It was a struggle to survive                       
D7
I'm probably lucky I'm alive Repeat #1                               
C
I tell the truth except when I lie      
D7                   G
And it only hurts me when I cry

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It Takes One To Know One

Little girl you stand out in the crowd
You're laughing and talking much too loud
But I see a little tear peaking through
It takes one to know one and I know you

   It takes one to know one and I know you
   The little tear through your smiles I see through
   You've been hurt and your frightened you're so blue
   It takes one to know one and I know you

 Little girl please take hold of my hand
Just go right on and cry I'll understand
Pay no mind if start crying too
It takes one to know one and I know you

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It Was A Very Good Year
Ervin Drake

When I was seventeen, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small-town girls and soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights, on the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stairs
With perfumed hair that would come undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five--very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means, we'd ride in limousines
Their cheuffers would drive
When I was thirty-five

And now the days grow short
I'm in the autumn of my life
And I think of it all as vintage wine from fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

It was a very good year


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Dolly Parton - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels lyrics

As I sit here tonight, the juke box playing
The tune about the wild side of life
As I listen to the words that you are saying
It brings memories of when i was a trusting wife
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song
Too many times married men think they're still single
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
Break
It's a shame that all the blame is on us women
It's not true that only you men feel the same
From the start most every heart that's ever broken
Was because there always was a man to blame


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Richard Thompson - It Won't Be Long Lyrics

Ev'ry night when ev'rybody has fun,
Here am I sitting all on my own,
It won't be long yeh, yeh,
It won't be long yeh, yeh,
It won't be long yeh, yeh,
Till I belong to you.

Since you left me I'm so alone,
Now you're coming, you're coming home,
I'll be good like I know I should,
You're coming home, you're coming home.

Ev'ry night the tears come down from my eyes,
Ev'ry day I've done nothing but cry.
It won't be long yeh, yeh.

Since you left me I'm so alone,
Now you're coming, you're coming home,
I'll be good like I know I should,
You're coming home, you're coming home.

Ev'ry day we'll be happy, I know,
Now I know that you won't leave me no more.
It won't be long yeh, yeh

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It Won't Be The Same This Year
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C                     F                C
It's time to pack our bags and hit the highway
                    F             G7
And head on out for Christmas holiday
     C               F             C
I'll fall apart when I pull in the driveway
        Dm                    G7             C   F G7
It's my first time home since brother passed away
    C                F               C
His favorite time of year was always Christmas
               F              G7
We'd reminisce about the days gone by
   C               F                 C
Oh how I wish that he was still here with us
   Dm          G7             C
My memories of him will never die
         Am
When the stockings are hung 
                      D7
Silent night has been sung
    F                    D7
And Christmas is finally here
   Dm           G7        C
It won't be the same this year
           F                     C
Losin' my big brother hurt so badly
                          F                G7
It's helped me learn what Christmas really means
        C            F                   C
There's nothing more important then your family
      Dm               G7             C
We're all the children of the King of kings
repeat #3 x2

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It Won't Hurt
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                    C                   G
It won't hurt when I fall down from this barstool
                         C              D7
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
         G              C             G      C
It won't hurt cause the whiskey eases misery
         G              D7                  G
But even whiskey cannot ease you're hurtin' me
            C                 G
Today I had another bout with sorrow
                            D7
You know this time I almost won
        C                               G
If this bottle would just hold out till tomorrow
                          D7            G
Well I know that I'd have sorrow on the run
                     C                   G
It won't hurt when I fall down from this barstool
                         C              D7
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
         G              C             G      C
It won't hurt cause the whiskey eases misery
         G              D7                  G
But even whiskey cannot ease you're hurtin' me
                       C            G
Your memory comes back up with each sunrise
                                         D7
I reach out for the bottle and find it's gone
          C                                 G
Yeah Lord somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me
                       D7          G
To face this cold cold world on my own
                     C                   G
It won't hurt when I fall down from this barstool
                         C              D7
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
         G              C             G     C
It won't hurt cause the whiskey eases misery
         G              D7                  G
But even whiskey cannot ease you're hurtin' me
C    G              D7                  G
Even whiskey cannot ease you're hurtin' me

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Alison Krauss - It Won't Work This Time Lyrics
(aubrey holt/bmi)

You walked up yesterday and you told me you were leavin'
Left a note sayin' momma won't be back
But you'll come back and i've got news for you dear
You won't have a home and that's a fact

Don't you come back on your knees asking my forgiveness
Pack your bags and move on down the line
Don't you roll them eyes at me, tellin' me your sorry
It's too late babe, and it won't work this time

I've always been around, lord when you needed someone
I played the role 'til i knew each line by heart
But now it's time to change, won't you find another playmate
Someone who'll be glad to play the part

Don't you come back on your knees asking my forgiveness
Pack your bags and move on down the line
Don't you roll them eyes at me, tellin' me your sorry
It's too late babe, and it won't work this time

Don't you come back on your knees asking my forgiveness
Pack your bags and move on down the line
Don't you roll them eyes at me, tellin' me your sorry
It's too late babe, and it won't work this time

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It Won't Work This Time

Woke up yesterday and you told me you were leavin'
Left a note sayin' prob'ly wouldn't be back
But you'll come back again now and I got new for you dear
You won't have a home and that's a fact

   Don't you come back on your knees Askin' my forgiveness
   Pack your bags and move on down the line
   Don't you roll those eyes at me tellin' me you're sorry
   It's too late babe and it won't work this time

I've always been around lord when you needed someone
I played the role tell I knew each line by heart
But now it's time to change won't you find another playmate
Someone who might want to play the part

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Alison Krauss - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 

Do you remember the last time I said
If I ever thought of lying
I'd rather think of dying instead
And the last time you called me
To say we were through
How it took a million tears
Just to prove they all were for you

But it wouldn't have made any difference,
If you loved me
How could you love me
When it wouldn't have made any difference,
If you loved me
You just did not love me

'Cause I know of hundreds of times I could be
In the most unfaithful arms
That you always picture me
Though I can't always show proof I was true
No one else could change my mind
Or stop me coming home to you

But it wouldn't have made any difference,
If you loved me
How could you love me
When it wouldn't have made any difference,
If you loved me
You just did not love me

Enough to believe me
Enough not to leave me
Enough not to look for
A reason to be unhappy with me
And make me regret ever wanting you

It wouldn't have made any difference
Wouldn't have made any difference

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Crooked Still
It'll End Too Soon

It'll end too soon if it ends at all
But I don't worry now
The friends of summer be the friends of fall

Days unravel in a seamless thread
I'll dream and I'll live on
When the dream is dead

Years from now
When I'm so very gone
Know that I did my best to carry on

From the saddest sads to the funnest fun
We kept it together
What's done is done

It'll end too soon if it ends at all
But I don't worry now
The friends of summer be the friends of fall

May your days unravel in a seamless thread
I'll dream and I'll live on
When the dream is dead

I've been to the future and back and all is fine
Endless days of flawless time
You pick up a thing or two along the way
I was gone back then, still I'm gone today

I've been playing it close
Playing it kind of safe
I just stay and the goes
Whenever there's time to waste

I've been playing it close
I've been playing it kind of safe
I just stay and the goes
Whenever there's time to waste

It'll end too soon if it ends at all
I don't worry now
The friends of summer be the friends of fall

May the days unravel in a seamless tread
I'll dream and I'll live on
I'll dream and I'll live on...

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Punch Brothers - It'll Happen 

It'll happen
It's gonna happen babe
But it hasn't happened yet
I'm not gonna let you get
ahead of yourself
It's your Achilles heel
Though I want it as bad as you
We've gotta try to see it through
Our own excitement
Your excitement babe
Hasn't let that happen yet
and it won't if you forget
What happened last time

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It's a Great Day to Be Alive Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I got rice cooking in the microwave
I got a three day beard, I don't plan to shave
And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say, I'm doing all right
I think I'll make me some homemade soup
I'm feeling pretty good and that's the truth
It's neither drink nor drug induced, no I'm just doing all right

[Chorus]
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

[Verse 2]
It's been fifteen years since I left home
Said good luck to every seed I'd sown
Gave it my best, then I left it alone
I hope they're doing all right
Redbird, redbird what do you see?
He says, "I see a lone wolf looking at me
Head in the clouds but harmless as a tree
I guess he's doing all right"

[Chorus]
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

[Bridge]
Sometimes it's lonely
Sometimes it's only me and the shadows that fill this room
Sometimes I'm falling, desperately calling, howling at the moon
Awooo
Awooo

[Verse 3]
It's a colorful life that we go through
It's neither black or white, nor just shades of blue
Maybe I'll grow me a fu man chu

[Chorus]
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

[Chorus]
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

Awooo

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It's A Long Long Way To The Top Of The World

Its a long way to the top of the world
But its only a short fall back down

A young fool filled with green, I let ambition rule me
Like a hunger that gnawed at my soul
I worked hard made my fortune but lost the heart of my darling
She got lonely and her love soon grew cold

Its a long long way to the top of the world
On a rough road that winds round and round
Its a long long way to the top of the world
But its only a short fall back down

Now I'm a big man with money but at love I'm a pauper
Though what I once had now another man claims
I've reached the top of the world but my heart hit rock bottom
I can't make love to fortune and fame

* Refrain


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It's All Going To Pot
By Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Written By Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson and Larry Shell

G
Well now it's all going to pot 
                      D7
Whether we like it or not
                                    
Best I can tell the world's gone to hell 
                               G
And we're sure gonna miss it a lot
                      
All of the whiskey in Lynchburg Tennessee 
                      C
Just couldn't hit the spot
        D7
I gotta hundred dollar bill friend 
                                            G
You keep your pills cause it's all going to pot
                           
That jackle babble head in a box 
                         D7
Must think I'm dumb as a rock
                                             
Readin' me the news while I'm kickin' off my shoes 
                             G
And it's scarin' me outta my socks
                                            
That Red Headed Stranger I'm not 
                          D7
But buddy let me tell you what
                                          
If you ask ol' Will he'll say here's the deal 
                          G
Friends it's all goin' to pot
Repeat #1,2
Well I thought I had found me a girl 
                             D7
Sweetest little thing in the world
But all my jokes went up in smoke 
                                 G
When I caught her makin' eyes at Merle
He said sweet little honey with her eye on your money's 
                           C
Gonna take every penny you got
             D7
I said she's never gonna get it cause I've already spent it 
                        G
Merle it's all goin' to pot
Repeat #1,2
        D7
I gotta hundred dollar bill friend 
                                            G
You keep your pills cause it's all going to pot

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It's All In My Mind
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Wynn Stewart and Vern Stovall
[3/4 time]

C                     F        Fm
I just turned out the lights upstairs
  C            Am         D7    G7
I told you goodnight once again
       C         C7       F         Fm
Oh but I did not hear you whisper a word
            C        G7
You must be sleepin' so I won't come in
           C                  F               Fm
I told the kids to be quieter mommy needs her rest
    C                        Am           D7   G7
How much silence in this old house must I find
      C             C7       F           Fm
Why I even expected oh but nobody showed up
    C              G7             C
I'm alone now it's been all in my mind
         G7                         F         C
Yes it's all in my mind you've left nothin' behind
       D7                      G7
I just sit here and dig up all the memories I can find
          C                C7           F            Fm
I'll just turn on that old tv hon while you pour the wine
  C                 G7        C
I love you but it's all in my mind
G7        C                C7           F            Fm
I'll just turn on that old tv hon while you pour the wine
  C                    G7        C
I love you oh but it's all in my mind
     F        C               G7        F  C
This house is empty it's been all in my mind

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It's All In The Movies
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G                    C                       G
They were so much in love with life happy in every way
                   C                                  D7
But love the movie began with somehow got lost in the play
                    C
Like a fire burning out of control 
                         G
You got caught up in the actor's role
                    C        D7                 G
And you cried on my shoulder when it came to an end
                      C                      G
But that's all in the movies it won't happen to you and I
                  C                    D7
That's all in the movies so baby don't cry
                C                      G
It's all in the movies it won't happen to us I know
                C      D7                 G
It's all in the movies just a bad picture show
                  C                      G
That's all in the movies it won't happen to you and I
                  C                    D7
That's all in the movies so baby don't cry
                C                      G
It's all in the movies it can't happen to us I know
                C      D7                 G
It's all in the movies just a bad picture show

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The Duhks - It's All Right Ma 

Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses, both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece, the hollow horn
Plays wasted words, proves to warn
That he not busy being born, is busy dying

Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover that you'd just be
One more person crying

So don't fear if you hear a foreign sound to your ear
It's all right, ma, I'm only sighing

As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all except hatred

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh colored Christ's that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
Not much is really sacred

And though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you've got to dodge
And it's all right, ma, I can make it

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have to stand naked

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have to stand naked

Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, ma, to live up to

You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks they really found you

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit
To satisfy, ensure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forget
That isn't not he or she or them or it
That you belong to

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be nothing more
Than something they invest in

But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
And if my thought, dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's all right, ma, it's life and life only

I'm only sighing
I'm only sighing
I'm only sighing

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It's All the Same
Adrienne Young

One foot in front of the other
Is hard as hell these days
It's my choice, a case of any color
What makes me walk away'

One thought after another
Round and round they go
I've got to sit still, try to recover
Breathe into what I know

I know there's one god above us
And that god made everything
And it don't matter how you worship
How you see the clothes he wore

It's all the same
It's all the same

One truth over another
My pride your misery
Wrought this land from the hand of a brother
In the name of Liberty

Granddaddy fought, fought in the big war
While they went without at home
We sacrifice driving in our big cars
Chariots of modern Rome

I know there's one god above us
And that god made everything
And it don't matter how you worship
How you see the clothes he wore

It's all the same
It's all the same

One war after another
Blind to history
Those to come, will they forgive us'
For this waste of life and energy

One day after another
Waiting for the Son
We stake it all on the coming of a savior
Who'll right all the wrong we've done

I know there's one god above us
And that god made everything
And it don't matter how you worship
How you see the clothes he wore

It's all the same
It's all the same

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Dolly Parton - It's All Wrong, But It's All Right lyrics

Hello, are you free tonight
I like your looks, I love your smile
Could I use you for a while
It's all wrong, but it's all right
The amber sunset glow has died
My needs are very much alive
Is it ok if I stop by
It's all wrong, but it's all right
1st Chorus:
It's all wrong, but it's all right
Just close your eyes and hold me tight
Tell me sexy lovin' lines
It's all wrong, but it's all right
It may be wrong if we make love
But I just need someone so much
And who knows it might last for life
It's all wrong, but it's all right
Repeat 1st Chorus
2nd Chorus:
It's all wrong, but it's all right
Just close your eyes and fantasize
Tell me sexy lovin' lines
It's all wrong, but it's all right
Fade:
Repeat 1st and 2nd Chorus


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The Duhks - It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding 

Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow horn
Plays wasted words proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying
So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright, ma
I'm only bleeding
For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Do what they do just to be
Nothing more than something they invest in
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forget
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to
Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
It's alright, ma
I'm only dieing

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Alan Jackson - It's Alright To Be A Redneck lyrics

Ba bom bom...
It's alright to be a redneck
It's alright to ride around in a dirty ol'  truck
Catch a bunch of fish and shoot a bunch of duck
It's alright to be a redneck
Chase around girls on Friday night.
You wanna make 'em feel alright
Chorus:
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright to be a redneck
It's alright to be a redneck
It's alright to work hard in the sun all day
Drink a couple beers after balin' hay
It's good to be a redneck
Drive down Ernie's for some barbecue
Showin' off your brand new boots
Chorus:
It's alright, it's alright,
It's alright to be a redneck
Bridge:
The kids are gonna cry
and the chickens gonna fry
Oh, you know it
Your car won't run
so your cousin's comin' by to tow it
Ba bom ba bom...
It's alright to be a redneck
It's alright to have a girl
name'a Thelma Lou
That don't mind a little kiss
when you got a little chew
Party on the road
By the light of the moon
Dancin' to a country tune
Chorus:
It's alright, it's alright,
it's alright to be a redneck
it's alright, it's alright,
it's alright to be a redneck
Tag
Yeah...it's alright, it's just right,
it'a alright to be a redneck
Ba bom bom...


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It's Been A Great Afternoon
by Merle Haggard

G
Last night we had a hell raisin' time
C                                  G
Nippin' on tequila  and suckin' on limes
                                   
Sunrise chased the good time away
         A7                                         D7
And good morning would have been the wrong thing to say
           G
'Cause the poundin' in the top of my head
    C                       G
Hey didn't leave me any too soon
                             A7
I can't say we've had a good morning
   C                 D7            G
Oh but babe it's been a great afternoon
 
    C
You nursed me through the morning honey 
G
while I was really down
         A7                       D7
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
         G
Yes last night we had one hell raisin' time
    C                            G
But today won't be forgotten too soon
                             A7
I can't say we've had a good morning
       C                D7         G
No but babe it's been a great afternoon, yes sir
 
Repeat 2

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It's Been A Long Time Sweetheart
BMI Work #: 8924889
It's Been A Long Time Sweetheart
(Larry W. Jones 06/02/2007) (song#4699)

It's been a long time, sweetheart
Since I said so long and went away
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Dear, I've counted every single day
I read your letters, every single word
Of how you cried while I've been gone
Let me say, sweetheart, I just heard
A few more days and I'll be home
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Since I held you in my arms
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Since I fell for your charms
Dear, I can't help but visualize
When all my dreams come true
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Soon I'll be steaming home to you
- instrumental -
It's been a long time, sweetheart
But that doesn't matter now
It's been a long time, sweetheart
But my heart is as true as love allows
I told the captain to stow the chart
When I return I'll ne're more roam
It's been a long time, sweetheart
A few more days and I'll be home
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Since I held you in my arms
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Since I fell for your charms
Dear, I can't help but visualize
When all my dreams come true
It's been a long time, sweetheart
Soon I'll be steaming home to you


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It's Cold In California
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Leona Williams
Written by Freddy D. Powers and Nate Green

G                     D7      G
There's a boy here in old California
                  D7     G
Who I know like I know myself
                   B7            C         F
And he's living in hell but he's taking it well
         G       D7         G
And it's cold in California tonight
               D7              G
It's cloudy in California this evening
                   D7           G
This old jet plane soon will be leaving
                        B7             C            F
When these bright shiny wings meet the shinning moonlight
         G       D7         G
It'll be cold in California tonight
                       D7           G
She'll be drinking her first cup of coffee
                             D7        G
And she'll be talking to the people in flight
                    B7               C        F
And I knew from the start that she'd break my heart
        G       D7         G
Oh it's cold in California tonight
                      B7       C             F
Though the weather is fine the chill that is mine
         G       D7         G
And it's cold in California tonight
                  D7         G
Lord it's cold in California tonight

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It's Finally Friday
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dennis Robbins, Dewayne Mize, Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes

C
I got a hundred dollars smoking in my billfold
  G7                             C
I know I oughta save it but it's burning a hole
      
Right through my pocket and into my skin
     G7                           C
Come Monday morning I'll be broke again

                        G7
It's finally Friday I'm free again
                             C
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
                        G7
It's finally Friday I'm outa control
                                                C
Forget the working blues and let the good times roll

        
I got a little sugar baby down the road
      G7                       C
She's sitting on a radio and rocking on roll
         
We'll dance up a storm and later all night
         G7                                     C
We'll be working on doing all the wrong things right

Repeat #2

G7
Monday I'll be hurting with my head in a vice
C
Tuesday I'll be wondering if I'll ever survive
F                              C
Wednesday and Thursday I'll be slowly tuning in
G7                                  C
Friday I'll be revving up my motor again

Repeat #2

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Alan Jackson - It's Five O' Clock Somewhere lyrics

The sun is hot and that ol' clock is movin' slow
And so am I
Workday passes like molassas in wintertime
But it's July
Gettin' paid by the hour and older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call him somethin'
But think I'll just call it a day
Chorus:
Pour me somethin' tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
Well this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon
And half the night
Tomorrow morning I know there'll be hell to pay
Hey, but that's all right
Ain't had a day off now in over a year
My Jamaican vacation is gonna start right here
If the phones for me
You can tell 'em I've just sailed away
Chorus:
Pour me somethin' tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
I could pay off my tab
Pour myself in a cab and be back to work before 2
At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
Jimmy Buffett spoken:
Funny you should ask, Alan
I'd say
Pour me somethin' tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
Pour me somethin' tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
He don't care
And I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
Alan: He don't care
I don't care
Together: It's five o'clock somewhere
Jimmy: What time zone am I on?
What country am I in?
Alan: It doesn't matter
It's five o'clock somewhere
Jimmy: It's always on five in Margaritaville, come to think of it
Alan: I heard that
Jimmy: You've been there haven't you?
Alan: Yes, Sir
Jimmy: I've seen your boat there
Jimmy: All right.
That's good
Alan: Stumbled my way back
Jimmy: OK Just want to make sure you can keep it between the
navigational beacons
Alan: Between the bouys.
I got it
Jimmy: All right.
It's five o'clock.
Let's go somewhere
Alan: I'm ready.
Crank it up
Jimmy: Let's get out of here
Alan: I'm gone


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It's Funny What A Fool Will Do
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Johnny Mathis and George Jones

C         C7                F
Here am I without your arms again
   C                                      G7
Oh how many times have you walked out and walked back in
      C          C7          F
And I cried just like a baby after you
           G7                     C
Oh oh it's funny what a fool will do
        G7                              C
Is your love worth all these heartaches I don't think so
  G7                                      C
I still hold you and yet I know I need to let you go
                   C7               F
Still my arms goes right on wanting you
        G7                     C
Oh it's funny what a fool will do
               C7         F
Here am I with empty arms again
         C                                     G7
Counting all the times that you walked out and walked back in
        C          C7          F
Still I cried just like a baby after you
           G7                     C
Oh oh it's funny what a fool will do
        G7                              C
Is your love worth all these heartaches I don't think so
  G7                               C
I still hold you and yet I need to let you go
                 C7          F
Yes I cried just like a baby after you
        G7                     C
Oh it's funny what a fool will do
           G7                     C
Oh oh it's funny what a fool will do

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Alison Krauss - It's Goodbye And So Long To You Lyrics

You can send me pretty flowers
You can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won't pay
Leap to my desires, nothing else will do
It's goodbye and so long to you!

You can hang around and love me
You can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall, but I won't fall
Kiss me when you're dreaming, no good that will do
It's goodbye and so long to you!

You can give me your affection
You can give me all your love
Give me all the things I crave, but I'll be brave
All the things you offer, make me sad and blue
It's goodbye and so long to you!

You can hang around and love me
You can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall, but I won't fall
Kiss me when you're dreaming, no good that will do
It's goodbye and so long to you!

You can call me your own darling
You can call me what you may
Call me on the telephone I won't be home
Keep your old love letters, I'm all through with you
It's goodbye and so long to you!


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It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You

It's a grand to have someone to love you
Someone who knows your every care
Someone to cheer you when you're lonely
Just call for her and she'll be there

The kind of love that you can treasure
The kind of love that stands the test
It's grand to have someone to love you
Someone to hold you to their brest

It's grand to have someone to love you
Who thinks you're king upon her throne
Then she's the queen of all your treasures
Your castle is a happy home

* Refrain


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It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night
Written and recorded by Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell
aka The Notorious Cherry Bombs

G                                          C      G
She used to call me baby I thought she was such a lady
    C                  G                          D7
But my how things have changed since time's moved on
     G                                      C     G
I'll give her my last dollar now all she'll do is holler
      C          G      D7      G
Oh my life has become a country song
   
                                              C         G
I've learned she can resist me by the way she always disses me
    C               G                          D7
And comes to bed at night with that cold cream on 
    G                                             C        G
Sometimes I might feel frisky but these days it's just too risky
     C                G                            D7              G
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long
        D7                   G
All day long it goes all day long
     A7                                    D7
If a tree fell in the forest if she didn't hear it would I still be wrong
  G                                      C          G
I guess I should admit it she ain't ever gonna quit it
     C                G                            D7              G
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long
  
Man I remember when her eyes used to be so blue and shiny 
                          C               G
God you oughta see what's happened to her hiney
 
(Rodney - her what) (Vince - her hiney)
         C                      G                  D7
Man that thing in big enough to land a small plane on 
 
(Rodney - small plane) (Vince - I'm telling' ya)
  G                                                  C        G
I used to roll her in the clover but thank God those days are over
     C                G                            D7              G
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long
        D7                    G     A7
All day long she moans on and on if someday they drop the big one 
        D7
I'd say sweet Jesus she's gonna finally leave me alone
G                                         C            G
It's all right if we say it cause the radio won't play it
     C                G                            D7              G
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long
     C                G                            D7              G
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long

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It's In My Mind To Ramble

It's been quite a while since I've seen you my dear
I've been gone a long, long time
All these nights on the road I've been talking to myself
I can't believe I left you behind

It's in my mind to ramble, I hope you understand
Sometime I find I just have to go
I know it's hard, my darling, forgive me if you can
For you know that I love you so

Now back in the days when we were together
You were always so good and kind
But one night I stole away and I took to the road
I guess I just don't know my mind

* Refrain

And now I'm coming back to our home, honey babe
Please accept me though I've been wrong
I think my wandering ways are going to vanish in a haze
And I'll realize that's where I belong

* Refrain


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It's Jesus And Me

I traveled alone, upon this lonesome way
My burdens so heavy, and dark was my day
I looked for a friend, not knowing that He
Had all the time, been looking for me
Chorus
Now, it is Jesus and me, for each tomorrow
For every heartache, and every sorrow
I know that I can depend, upon my new found friend
And so till the end, it's Jesus and me
The road may be long, to Heaven's pearly gates
I know that it's narrow, and I know that it is straight
But Jesus is there, through eternity
We'll travel along, just Jesus and me
So?Chorus
Forever I'll sing, of his great love for me
Forever I'll tell it, on land and on sea
I'll stay by his side, contented I'll be
For all of my life, it's Jesus and me
Chorus 
-----------------------------------------------------------
*When the weather is nice, we step out and go strolling
But when it gets too hot, we like to go bowling
When you're not in the sun, life sure can be fun
You can drop by and see, it's Jesus and me
Chorus
*We joke back and forth, clean sub-jects - nothing coarse
Like he might say, "Luke, use the force
He's the brother - that I never had
He says "Knock it off squirt - or I'm telling dad"
So it's.. Chorus
* But the best thing for me is his singing and dancing
He swings his long hair and beard, his robes flow entrancing
Though he wears sandals, he taps, and his songs are like raps
It's really something to see, that's Jesus and me.
Chorus (2)


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Osborne Brothers - It's Just the Idea  

It's not your kiss so much I miss
It's not your touch I miss so much
That makes me cry the whole night long
It's just the idea that you're gone.

It's just the idea a bitter idea
That it lasted long enough and now you're gone
It's not the first that I'm alone
It's just the idea that you're gone.

--- Instrumental ---

It's just the idea a bitter idea
That it's really over and you're really gone
It's not the loneliness that hurts
It's just the idea that you're gone.

It's just the idea that you're gone..

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Richard Thompson - It's Just the Motion Lyrics

When you're rocked on the ocean, rocked up and down, don't worry
When you're spinning and turning round and around, don't worry
You're just feeling sea-sick, you're just feeling weak
Your mind is confused and you can't seem to speak
It's just the motion, it's just the motion

When the landlord is knocking and your job is losing, don't worry
And the baby needs rocking and your friends are confusing, don't worry
You're just feeling sea-sick, you're just feeling weak
Your mind is confused and you can't seem to speak
Oh, it's just the motion, it's just the motion

Blown by a hundred winds, knocked down a hundred times
Rescued and carried along. Beaten and half-dead and gone
And it's only the pain that's keeping you sane
And gives you a mind to travel on

Oh the motion won't leave you, won't let you remain, don't worry
It's a restless wind and a sleepless rain, don't worry
'Cause under the ocean at the bottom of the sea
You can't hear the storm, it's as peaceful as can be
It's just the motion, it's just the motion

Blown by a hundred winds, knocked down a hundred times
Rescued and carried along. Beaten and half-dead and gone
And it's only the pain that's keeping you sane
And gives you a mind to travel on

Oh the motion won't leave you, won't let you remain, don't worry
It's a restless wind and a sleepless rain, don't worry
'Cause under the ocean at the bottom of the sea
You can't hear the storm, it's as peaceful as can be
It's just the motion, it's just the motion
It's just the motion, it's just the motion

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It's Mighty Dark To Travel 
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Bill Monroe

G
It's mighty dark for me to travel
       C                  G
For my sweetheart she has gone
The road is rough and filled with gravel
               D7      G
But I must journey on alone
To me she was a little angel
Sent down to me from God above
           C                G
And on the day that I first met her
            D7        G
Then I told her of my love
Repeat #1
Many a night we strolled together
Talking of our love so fair
            C              G
My love for her will never vanish
           D7            G
For I know I'll meet her there
Repeat #1
Traveling down this lonesome highway
Thinking of my love that's gone
        C             G
Knowing soon we'll be together
               D7        G
She's the only love I've known
Repeat #1 x2

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Dolly Parton - It's My Time lyrics

It's my time
Gather round girls
You I grew up with
My old friends that I used to scuff with
Need you round me
At this time
You've all had your turn to cry
An old friend stood closely by
Friends of mine
Stand by me
'Cause it's my time
It's my time
It's my time
It's my time to cry
Mm mm mmm
It's my time to cry
Oh oh oh oh
It's my turn to cry yeah
It's my time
Gather round boys
I used to play house with
Come here boys
I first kissed on the mouth with
Need your tender words so kind
You've all had your misty eyes
An old friend stood by to dry
Friends of mine
Stand by me
'Cause it's my time
It's my time
It's my time
It's my time to cry
Whoa whoa
It's my time to cry yeah
It's my turn to cry mmm
Fade:
It's my time
It's my time
It's my time to cry mmmm


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It's Never Too Late

Now darling I've loved, I've never done wrong
I've been fair to you you know all along
Why treat me this way you're breaking my heart
I'm lonesome for you we're so far apart

Its never too late to start over new
I've loved you so long you know I've been true
Please come back to me my heart is so blue
It's never to late to start over new

Now when you are tried your new love gone down
I hope you'll return I'll still be around
I love you so well you know I will wait
But remember these words, it's never too late

* Refrain


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It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Hank Cochran and Glenn Martin
 
G                    G7          C
She was always there each time I needed you 
        G                          D7
holding on to me like I held on to you
   G                     G7             C
We still don't have what you and I once had
        G         D7           G    G7
No it's not love  but it's not bad
 
        C                 G
No It's Not Love not like ours was  it's not love
    C        G                    D7
but it keeps love from driving me mad
    G               G7               C
And I don't have to wonder who she's had
        G         D            G
No it's not love  but it's not bad
 
                   G7           C
I turn to her when you leave me alone
          G                                       D7
sometimes even when you're here and you're still gone
      G               G7                C
She's slowly changing what you leave so sad
         G         D7           G     G7
No  it's not Love  but it's not bad
 
        C                 G
No It's Not Love not like ours was  it's not love
    C        G                   D7
but it keeps love from driving me mad
    G               G7               C
And I don't have to wonder who she's had
        G         D7           G
No it's not love  but it's not bad

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Dolly Parton - It's Not My Affair Anymore lyrics

? I never knew what this could do
Seeing another woman with you
But I can't stay here
'Cause I never would get over you
Baby, that'll never do
I gotta get loose
? Somebody take me out of this place
Keep my eyes from seeing your face
'Cause you love her the way you once loved me
Darling, I can't believe it's true, no
? It's not my affair anymore
You're not my man to care for
It's not my affair anymore
I'll close the door
? So many things we've left unsaid
So many questions in my head
Well, I never lock the back door
Ooh, and somehow you keep slipping on in
Taking me back once again to a memory
Trails like a shadow from a feelin'
And it just grows, don't I know
? It's not my affair anymore
You're not my man to care for
It's not my affair anymore
? All of the laughter
(Remember) Ooh, the mornings after
(Remember) The moonlight, the candle light, the shady light
(Remember) Ooh, and it seemed so right
? It's not my affair anymore
You're not my man to care for
It's not my affair anymore
? The moonlight, the candle light, the shady light
(Remember) Ooh, and it seemed so right
? It's not my affair anymore
You're not my man to care for
It's not my affair anymore
? It's not my affair anymore
It's not my affair anymore
It's not my affair anymore
It's not my affair anymore

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Alison Krauss - It's Not Over

You can tell everyone love is over and done
You can pack all your things and go
You can lie to yourself and say there's nothing else
But there's something I think you should know

(And) It's never really over even though you say we're through 
You may be over me but can't you see 
It's not over if I'm not over you

There's not much I can do if it's over for you
I'll just wish you the best when you leave
But you've played such a part in my life and in my heart
You'll always be a part of me

(And) It's never really over even though you say we're through 
You may be over me but can't you see 
It's not over if I'm not over you

You may be over me but can't you see 
It's not over if I'm not over you 


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It's Only The Wind

She would sit by her window and gaze out
Down the road where her children had gone
One by one they left seeking their fortune
And left their old mother alone

Sometime late at night she would call me
Sir did I here a knock at the door
I would say it was only the wind man
Just as I had told her before

It's only the wind
Your children are not at the door
It's only the wind
The wind restless wind, nothing more

Sometime she would talk of her children
Of her son and her doughter so fair
She said they were much like the wild wind
They sometime neglected to care

One night I heard somebady knocking
But I saw as I went to the door
She was there in her chair by the window
Her eyes closesd in rest forever more

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - It's Over Lyrics
(Nelson Mandrell)

The nights are so lonely and the days pass me by
True love has faded, left me behind
So we'll just move along and stop wasting time
It's over all over now.

It's over, end of the line
It's over and you're doing fine
It's over and over and over
I'm asking why you're leaving, it's over now.

Gone are the love songs that only we knew
Robbed by the cold wind that sings the night through
Gone is the sweet love tried but untrue
It's over all over now.

It's over, end of the line
It's over and my desperate heart
Is still trying to find some way hoping
You'll stay 'cause it's over. all over now.

It's over, all over now...

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Dolly Parton - It's Such A Heartache lyrics
(Even Stevens/Hillary Kanter)

Each time I dial your number I never get an answer
It seems like you're avoiding me
I can't take unhappy endings so I just keep pretending
You'll see the light eventually
Can't stop my heart from breaking, can't stop my hands from shaking
Can't keep my eyes from crying, can't believe your love is dying
Can't stop the rain from falling, no answer when I'm calling
My love, it's so confusing, it's such a heartache losin' you
Feels like some tragic movie please say you'll come back to me
Dreamin' of you night after night
I'm havin' trouble sleepin
Your memory is keepin' these feelings runnin' through my mind
Can't stop my heart from breaking, can't stop my hands from shaking
Can't keep my eyes from crying, can't believe your love is dying
Can't stop the rain from falling, no answer when I'm calling
My love, it's so confusing, it's such a heartache losin' you
It's such a heartache, I don't know what to do
It's such a heartache and it's tearin' me in two
You took away the dream I wanted more than anything
Can't stop my heart from breaking, can't stop my hands from shaking
Can't keep my eyes from crying, can't believe your love is dying
Can't stop the rain from falling, no answer when I'm calling
My love, it's so confusing, it's such a heartache losin' you
Can't stop my heart from breaking, can't stop my hands from shaking
Can't keep my eyes from crying, can't believe your love is dying
Can't stop the rain from falling, no answer when I'm calling
My love, it's so confusing, it's such a heartache losin' you


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It's the Whiskey That Eases the Pain 

[Verse 1]
It ain't love, it ain't money that makes this world turn around
When you hit rock bottom you still may not be on the ground
I can tell you something in case you're walking with a cane
It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain

[Verse 2]
Eve told Adam that she had apples for sale, yeah
Adam bought the first one and I bought the last one and went to hell
I can tell you something in case you're walking with a cane
It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Verse 3]
Well I'll drink doubles and chase these troubles away
And while you're waking up tomorrow I may still be living today
Hey, hey
If you need a crutch don't try to walk with a cane
I already told you, I already told you
It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain

[Verse 4]
Well it ain't love, it ain't money that makes this world turn around
Around and around and around
When you hit rock bottom you still may not be on the ground
On the ground
I can tell you something in case you're walking
In case you're walking
In case you're walking
It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain
Hey
It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain
Pain, pain
It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain

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Alan Jackson - It's Time You Learned About Goodbye lyrics

(Alan Jackson)
Well I've been on the wrong side
Of the front door too often
Watched you slam it in my face
Well I may have learned the hard way
I'm not a soft one
Tonight I'm standin in your place
Cause you taught me a lot about leavin
Won't even have to try
So here's your lesson in heartache and grievin
And a chance for you to cry
Cause it's time you learned about goodbye
I've stood behind you
And I've laid beside you
But I won't do that anymore
Cause I'm tired of bein
Just here when you want me
Tonight I'm walkin out that door
Cause you taught me a lot about leavin
Won't even have to try
So here's your lesson in heartache and grievin
And a chance for you to cry
Cause it's time you learned about goodbye
It's time you learned about goodbye


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Dolly Parton - It's Too Late To Love Me Now lyrics

It's too late (1)
say you want
and it's too late
You know my love for you was so great
It's too late to love me now
It's too late (2)
say you love
and it's too late
I know the feeling is so sad
It's too late to love me now
Don't you know how hard I've been trying to hold on just for you (3)
loving you in every day by day
then someone came into my life turned my dreams around
He's taken all the love you threw away
REPEAT (1)
REPEAT(2)
REPEAT(3)
It's too late to love me now x2


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The Incredible String Band - Ithkos 

Sardis
(Oud Tune)
Lesbos, dawn, Lesbos, evening
Aegean Sea, dreams fade
Port of Sybaris, go down Sybaris
Huntress, hold my gaze

I sailed out from Sardis just one day past
Ithkos, Ithkos
Sailed ot meet the dawn on Lesbos fair
Ithkos, Ithkos

My marchant's task on this isle is done
I call soft evening forht
To ease up my care

Aphrodite's temple is sweet with sandorac
Bright torches start the night to praise her
Ithkos wipes his mouth and drops the wineskin
Salt wind fresh in his mind

Bark brown eyes has Ithkos from Sardis newly come
The carmined lips of Lesbos fail to please
And through the noisy night
Just one plaintive song will match his heart

The beautiful Aegean sea
Brings out a weeping need in me
I can't stand by like a thief in the night
While that aching lovely light shines on

Dreams fade now, a new day rings
Trade pulls the galleon ever on
To rich Sybaris, port of our call
Beyond the blue Aegean

How sweet the sight of peopled shores
To a wanderer as I, kown from here to Lydia far
Pale Sybaris knows not my tread
And fear stalks in my heart for reason unknown

Gotta come right out and say it
Pale Sybaris I bear you great scorn
Tlakin' 'bout your fluted pillars and your muted life
It's worse to me than death's own chariot rollin'

Oh hold my gaze light of day
That my thoughts they will not stray
To Hippolyta
The vows that set her free, denied me

It was right there in Sybaris famed
That I met with her who's named
Hippolyta

Oh hold my gaze bring not the sight
Of that awful wondrous night

Far outside the city walls
Hte Huntress Dance does call
Hippolyta
And the vows that set her free, denied me

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Its Good Bye And So Long To You

You can hang around and love you
You can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall but I won't fall
Kiss me when your dreamin note that will do
Its good bye and so long to you

You can send me pretty flowers
You can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won't pay
Dream of my desire nothing else will do
Its good bye and so long to you

You can give me your affection
You can give me all your love
Give me all the things I crave but I'll be brave
All the things you offer make me sad and blue
Its good bye and so long to you

You can call me your own darling
You can call me what you may
Call me on the telephone, I won't be home
Keep your old love letter, I'm all though with you
Its good bye and so long to you

Its good bye and so long to you


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Its Raining Here This Morning

Oh its raining raining raining here this morning
As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame
With a smile I try to greet each early dawning
But they've given me a number for my name

Mary a little raindropps are fallin close to me
Makes the streams and rivers just as muddy as can be
Its raining raining raining here this morning
As the Mississippi flows on to the sea

How I wish that I could see my little darling
And hole her in my arms just as before
I used to tell her every day I loved her
But now she doesn't love me anymore

She knew that I was guiltless of this one crime
And said that she'd be waiting there for me
But she has found somebody else to wander
Where the Mississippi folws on to the sea

Its raining raining raining here this morning
And I am just as weary as can be
I wish that I could follow all the raindropps
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea

But there's no way to prove that I'm not guilty
So I will have to suffer all the shame
Go and tell her for me little raindrops
That they've given me a number for my name


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Its Time To Wake Up

When Jesus heard about Lazarus He came to Bethany
Found Lazarus four days in the grave
He told Mary and Martha he's only asleep
Then Lazarus heard him say
Oh Lazarus, Oh Lazarus, Oh Lazarus
Its time to wake up
Oh Lazarus, Oh Lazarus, Oh Lazarus
Its time to wake up
The sinner lost and dying hears about Calvary
How Jesus can wash your sins away
Satan tries to hold on and rock him back to sleep
But he hears the Holy Spirit softly say
Oh sinner, Oh sinner, Oh sinner
Its time to wake up
Oh sinner, Oh sinner, Oh sinner
Its time to wake up
One day Gabriel will blow the trumpet loud
Announcing the resurrection day
The voice of Jesus will penetrate the ground
And all sleeping saints will hear him say
Oh saint, Oh saint, Oh saint
Its time to wake up
Oh saint, Oh saint, Oh saint
Its time to wake up


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It's A Long Long Road

   It's a long long road to wander all alone.
   It's a cold cold wind hear it moan.
    Crying like a lost child out in the night.
    Searching for the way and looking for the light.

Back in the days when we were happy
Our love was the warmth and the light.
But now the dark shadows are falling
And day is quickly fading into night.

When the sun goes down behind the mountain
And the chilly wind is blowing through the pines.
How often do I think about my darling
And the sunny garden where the roses twine.

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It's All In The Game
Recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Carl Sigman

C      G7          C
Many a tear has to fall
         Dm   G7     C
But it's all  in the game
G7                   C
All in the wonderful game
        F     G7 C
That we know  as love
                   Am
You had words with him
         C        D7      G7
And your future's looking dim
                                D7   G7
But these things your heart can rise above
                         C
Once in a while he won't call 
         Dm  G7     C
But it's all in the game
        
Soon he'll be there by your side
       F  G7     C
With a sw-eet bouquet
                    Am
And he'll kiss your lips
    Em     Am           D7
And caress your waiting fingertips
         C                      G7   C
And your heart  your heart will fly away

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It's Good To See You

   It's good to see you, so good to see you
   Oh how I've missed you since I've been gone
   Cause I've crossed the ocean, travelled through many lands
   And it's good to see you, to be in your home. 

There's something in me that makes me wonder
There's many a land I have to see
And when I'm far away in a land of strangers
I know my good friends think on me. 

Oh it's a wonder when it comes to friendship
No matter how far, no matter how long
There's a constant thread that's never broken
And it ties me to my friends at home

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It's Goodbye and So Long to You

You can hang around and love me
You can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall but it won't fall
Kiss me when your dreamin no good that will do
It's goodbye and so long to you

You can send me pretty flowers
You can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won't pay
Bend to my desires nothing else will do
It's goodbye and so long to you

You can give me your affection
You can give me all your love
Give me all the things I crave but I'll be brave
All the things you offer make me sad and blue
It's goodbye and so long to you

You can call me your own darling
You can call me what you may
Call me on the telephone I won't be home
Keep your old love letters I'm all through with you
It's goodbye and so long to you

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It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You

It's grand to have someone to love you
Someone who knows your every care
Someone to cheer you when you're lonely
Just call for her and she'll be there

The kind of love that you can treasure
The kind of love that stands the test
It's grand to have someone to love you
Someone to hold you to their breast

It's grand to have someone to love you
Who thinks you're king upon her throne
Then she's the queen of all your treasures
Your castle is a happy home

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It's Just A Road 

They say a road goes on forever
But you know that's just a lie
You can hear it in the songs
Of the drifting rambling kind
Sure this one's taken me
Many miles away from home
One time all the way
Clear down to San Antone

[Chorus]
Think of all the words written
For the one that takes you home
Those you never travelled
The one you broke down on
Red dirt gravel blacktop
Mud the cobblestone
There really ain't no mystery
To me it's just a road

I've heard a road is just for dreamers
That are only passing through
I've seen enough to notice
It ain't exactly true
No it might not be poetic
The way it looks to me
It's a line on the map from point A to point B

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It's Me Again Lord

Troubles come and I can't find an answer
Lonely nights I spend in agony
I have no other friend that I can turn to
So here I am Lord back upon my knees
 
    It's me again Lord I've got a prayer I need an answer
    It's me again Lord I've got a problem I can't solve
    Well I don't mean to worry you but here I am facing something new
    And I need help that only comes from You it's me again Lord

I know You're mighty busy in Your Heaven
Forming worlds and hanging stars to shine
But You promised if I'd ask that I could see them
So here I am Lord asking one more time

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It's Mighty Dark To Travel

   It's mighty dark for me to travel
   For my sweetheart she is gone
   The road is rough and filled with gravel
   But I must journey on and on

To me she was a little angel
Sent down to me from God above
And on the day that I first met her
Then I told her of my love

Many a night we strolled together
Talking of our love so fair
My love for her will never vanish
Oh I know I'll meet her there

Traveling down this lonesome highway
Thinking of my love who's gone
Knowing soon we'll be together
She's the only love I've known

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It's Never Too Late

Now darling I've loved I've never done wrong
I've been fair to you you know all along
Why treat me this way you're breaking my heart
I'm lonesome for you we're so far apart

   Its never too late to start over new
   I've loved you so long you know I've been true
   Please come back to me my heart is so blue
   It's never to late to start over new

Now when you are tired your new love's gone down
I hope you'll return I'll still be around
I love you so well you know I will wait
But remember these words it's never too late

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It's Only The Wind

She would sit by her window and gaze out
Down the road where her children had gone
One by one they left seeking their fortune
And left their old mother alone

Sometime late at night she would call me
Sir did I here a knock at the door
I would say it was only the wind man
Just as I had told her before

It's only the wind
Your children are not at the door
It's only the wind
The wind restless wind nothing more

Sometime she would talk of her children
Of her son and her daughter so fair
She said they were much like the wild wind
They sometime neglected to care

One night I heard somebody knocking
But I saw as I went to the door
She was there in her chair by the window
Her eyes closesd in rest forever more

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It's Raining Here This Morning

Oh it's raining, raining, raining here this morning
As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame
With a smile I try to greet each early dawning
But they've given me a number for my name 

   Many a little raindrops are falling close to me
   Makes the streams and rivers just as muddy as can be
   It's raining, raining, raining here this morning
   As the Mississippi flows on to the sea 

How I wish that I could see my little darling
And hold her in my arms just as before
I used to tell her every day I loved her
But now she doesn't love me anymore 

   She knew that I was guiltless of this one crime
   And said that she'd be waiting there for me
   But she has found somewhere else to wander
   Where the Mississippi flows on to the sea 

Its raining, raining, raining here this morning
And I am just as weary as can be
I wish that I could follow all the raindrops
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea 

   But there's no way to prove that I'm not guilty
   So I will have to suffer all the shame
   Go and tell her for me little raindrops
   That they've given me a number for my name

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It's Raining Today
The Avett Brothers

It's raining today, let's stay in our room
Be patient, babe, the clouds will break soon
But I must confess, I'm glad if they stay
I don't want to leave, it's raining today

Here and then gone, invisible dawn
All of the edges are frayed
No warmth on my shoulders
No breeze to carry these old worries away
My hat's on the porch, it's heavy and soaked
I'm on the steps and I don't have a coat
What do I do?
What can I say?

It's raining today, the house framing crew
All can sleep in, the brick masons, too
The boss wants it done, but he'll have to wait
I can't go to work, it's raining today

It's raining today, what does it mean?
Probably not much of anything
Still, I can't resist, to let my thoughts stray
What harm will it do? It's raining today

Here and then gone, invisible dawn
All of the edges are frayed
No warmth on my shoulders
No breeze to carry these old worries away
My hat's on the porch, it's heavy and soaked
I'm on the steps and I don't have a coat
What do I do?
What can I say?

It's raining, it's raining
It's raining, it's raining
It's raining, it's raining
It's raining, it's raining

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It's So Long And Goodbye To You

You can send me pretty flowers you can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won't pay
Leap to my desire, nothing else will do
It's goodbye and so long to you

You can hang around and love me you can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall but I won't fall
Kiss me when you're dreaming, no good that will do
It's goodbye and so long to you

You can give me your affection you can give all your love
Give me all the things I'll crave but I'll be brave
All the things you offer, make me sad and blue
It's goodbye and so long to you

You can call my your own darling you can call me what you may
Call me on the telephone I won't be home
Keep your old love letters, I'm all through with you
It's goodbye and so long to you

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I'd Like to be a Train

If I could be what I'd like to be
I'd like to be a train
Cause trains don't have no heart to break
And they don't feel no pain

If love was wine a sweet red wine
I drink away my pain
I'd drink until my heart was filled
With love instead of shame

Why can't love be like a hickory tree
That stands so strong and tall
Why can't I find a heart that's true
Who'll never say goodbye

Oh what a shame you'll never change
I guess I always knew
But there's no girl in the whole wide world
I'd love as much as you

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I'd Rather Be Alone

I'd rather be alone and have you dream of me only
Than have you say you're sorry that we are apart
I'd rather be alone and have you dream of me only
Than to be in your arms but never in your heart

Well I've just received your letter you asked me to come home
You say you're sorry that you went away
This is an old old story and I've heard it all before
So darlin' this is all that I can say

I tried so hard my darlin' to make you love me then
'Cause you would always leave me here alone
And although I could forgive you things would be the same
Nothing could ever change your heart of stone

The Bluegrass Album; California Connection

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I'd Rather Be Lonesome

[Chorus]
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
I'd rather be blue than green with jealousy
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
'Cause I know you'll never be true to me

[Verse 1]
Hey, little girl, you'd better pack your bags
And head on down the track
Hit the road with a spring in your step
And don't think about lookin' back
I heard you'd been seen runnin' out
On the other side of town
And I don't need a woman like you
That keeps on draggin' me down

[Chorus]
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
I'd rather be blue than green with jealousy
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
'Cause I know you'll never be true to me

[Verse 2]
Well, I won't be walkin' the floor no more
Waitin' for you to come in
Hopin' to hear you at the door
And wonderin' where you've been
This misery and heartache's
Detrimental to my health
I'm thinkin' that I'm better off
Right here by myself

[Chorus]
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
I'd rather be blue than green with jealousy
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
'Cause I know you'll never be true to me

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
I'd rather be blue than green with jealousy
I'd rather be lonesome than to try to love you
'Cause I know you'll never be true to me
'Cause I know you'll never be true to me

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I'D Rather Die Young

Verse 1
They say that you left town this morning
You didn't tell me goodbye
Why did God ever make me
And why can't I lay down and die

Chorus
After loving you for so long dear
Life alone would be so blue
I'd rather die young and be forgotten
Than live to grow old loving you

Verse 2
I wondered alone with the nightlife
Making my rounds like the rest
Another has the love that I treasured
He wanted the one I love best


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I'd Rather Have It This Way

I'd rather be lonely than be unhappy
I can't take the life that you lead
Your wild kind of life is not my way of livin'
And I'd rather have it this way

You promised to love me and that's all that matters
But now you've broken those vows
Your night life and bright lights were your kind of choosin'
So I'll say goodbye to you now

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I'll Be All Smiles Tonight

I'll deck my brow with roses the loved ones may be there
And gems that others gave me will shine within my hair
And even those who know me will think my heart in light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight 

   I'll be all smiles tonight, Love, I'll be all smiles tonight
   Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight 

Oh when the dance commences, Oh how I will rejoice
I'll sing the songs he taught me without a faulting voice
When the flattering ones come around me they'll think my heart is light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smile tonight 

And when the room he entered with a bride upon his arm
I stood and gazed upon him as though he was a charm
And once he smiled upon her as once he'd smiled at me
They knew not what I suffered, they found no change in me 

And when the dance is over and all have gone to rest
I'll think of him, dear Mother, the one that I love best
He once did love me dearly and ne'er from me would part
He sought not to deceive me, false friends have changed his heart

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I'll Be Alright Tomorrow

I may be a little bit tight tonight
But I'll be alright tomorrow
Be alright tomorrow, be alright tomorrow
I may be a a little bit tight tonight
But I'll be alright tomorrow
Cause my baby's coming home

Ever since she left me
Things ain't been right
I've been out drinking every night

I got a letter just today
She's coming home to stay
Said she'd never leave my arms again

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I'll Be Home Someday

I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor
Who was just about to cross the swelling tide
I asked if she would do me a favor
Just take a message to the other side

If you see my savior tell Him that you saw me
When you saw me I was on my way
You may meet some old friends who may ask about me
Just tell them I'll be home some day

Now you'll have to take this journey on without me
It's a debt that soon or later must be paid
If you see my savior don't forget to tell Him
Don't forget to tell him what I say

You may chance to see my father or my mother
Or some friends who have gone before
You may chance to see my sister or my brother
But try to see my savior first of all

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I'll Be Satisfied

When my soul is singing in that promised land above
I'll be satisfied
Praising Christ the Savior for redeeming grace and love
I'll be satisfied

I'll be satisfied ( satisfied )
I'll be satisfied ( satisfied )
When my soul is resting in the presence of the Lord
I'll be satisfied

Living in a city where the soul shall never die
I'll be satisfied
There to meet with loved ones never more to say good-bye
I'll be satisfied

When I meet the ransomed over on the golden shore
I'll be satisfied
There I'll join the angels singing praises ever more
I'll be satisfied

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I'll Break Out Again Tonight

Slowly the long day turns to night
Soon they'll switch off the prison lights
And in my cell I'm making plans
To be at home with you again

   These walls and bars can't hold a dreaming man
   So I'll be home to tuck the babies in
   They can chain my body but not my mind
   So I'll break out again tonight

The warden thinks I'm in for life
All he's ever seen me wear is stripes
He don't know about my blue suit and my tie
That I wear when I'm with you at night

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I'll Drink No More Wine

Tonight as I write you I pray you will find
You're driving me crazy plum out of my mind
If you'll come back darling I'll treat you so kind
I'll buy you fine clothes and I'll drink no more wine

   I'm waiting I'm waiting for you to return
   The longer I wait the more my heart burns
   If you'll come home darling I'll treat you so kind
   I'll never mistreat you I'll drink no more wine

It's been one year darling since you told me goodbye
And the pillow stays wet with tears from my eyes
If you'll come back darling I'll treat you so kind
I love you I love you I'll drink no more wine

The day that you left me I thought it was grand
I was a happy-go-lucky man
But tonight dear it's different as I write these lines
My happiness has folded, luck's left me behind

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I'll Find Another Woman

I'll find another woman go find you another man
One that you can show that you're the leader of the band
Perhaps you'll love the only life you'll ever understand
I'll find another woman go find you another man

You said that you're not happy with a baby on your knee
So you leave it all alone and go stepping out on me
Well every night you're on your way to that wild side of life
You can't stand the thought to be a mother or a wife

It seems you don't care about the kind of life you choose
You know that if you ramble some day you're gonna lose
This big world around you will tumble in your hand
I'll have me another woman
you'll need another man

Down this highway of sorrow I'll leave to you alone
For I know you'll always feel that same old tumbling stone
Another man will see you and than he'll stumble on
He'll be a victum of a woman that's gone away

*Refrain

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I'll Fly Away

Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away 

   I'll fly away oh glory
   I'll fly away (in the morning)
   When I die hallelujah by and by
   I'll fly away 

When the shadows of this life have gone
I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
I'll fly away 

Oh how glad and happy when we meet
I'll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I'll fly away

Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away

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I'll Get By

Don't feel blue when I tell you I'm leavin
Please don't cry now when I set you free
Though I know that my heart will be breakin
I'll get by don't you cry over me

   When that cold rain is fallin outside dear
   And you're happy far over the sea
   Don't be thinkin of me in my sorrow
   I'll get by don't you cry over me

No don't shed any tears they'd be wasted
Our love it was never meant to be
That's why I don't want you to worry
I'll get by don't you cry over me

I knew all the time you weren't happy
That someday I'd have to set you free
So forget about me and my troubles
I'll get by don't you cry over me

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I'll Go Stepping Too

Don't think I'll be hanging around while you're having fun
I won't sit here crying over you
From now on when you step out I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll lock the door, put out the cat and I'll go stepping too

   Yes, I'll go stepping too, my honey
   I'll go stepping too
   I'll lock the door, put out the cat
   And I'll go stepping too

Now every time you come in late we begin to fight
You tell me there are more fish in the sea
But the bait ain't what it used to be and I've got news for you
Now after this when you step out then I'll go stepping too

From now on when you come in and you won't tell where you been
With your hair mussed up and your clothes don't fit you right
Don't start to yell if you find I look the same way too
Then you will know that I have been stepping just like you

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I'll Just Pretend

You spurned the love I gave you darling
A love you once was proud to own
Your found someone who you love better
And in my dreams I walk alone

   I'll just pretend that I don't love you
   I'll just pretend that I don't care
   And when I meet you face to face dear
   I'll turn my head I'll just pretend

Those happy hours we spent together
Forever in my heart will live
That's all I have for each tomorrow
For we will never meet again

I'll try my best to forget you
To love you now is such a sin
And as I'm facing all my fears, dear
They'll understand I won't pretend

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I'll Just Take a Train and Ride

    Go and leave me if you wish to
    ANd I hope you're satisfied
    When I my heart starts a breakin'
    I'll just take this train and ride

Standin by this lonesome railroad
Thinking of the days gone by
How you left me little darlin
And I hung my head and cried

This very spot that I'm now standing
I once held you as my own
But the whine of that old freight train
Broke apart our happy home

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Richard Thompson - I'll Keep It With Mine Lyrics

You may search at any cost
But how long can you search for what's not lost?
Everybody will help you
Some people are very kind
But if I can save you any time

Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine

I can't help it, if you might think I'm odd
If I say I'm loving you, not for what you are, but for what you're not
Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find
But if I can save you any time

Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine

The train leaves at half past ten
But I'll be back tomorrow at the same time again
The conductor, he's weary
He's still stuck on the line
But if I can save you any time

Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine

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I'll Look Over You
By Merle Haggard

C    F                               C
I'll look over things you do because I love you so 
            G7                        C
And I'll be standing on the sidelines while you play 
          F                        C
It's your life to live the way you want to live 
         G7                                  C
And I'll look over you if you'll just let me stay 
 
        F                                  C
It's no fault of yours if I can't give the thrill you need 
           G7                              C
And I know someday you'll find someone who can 
          F                               C
Though it hurts to see you stare at every guy you see 
          G7                       C
I'll look over you and try to understand 
 
     F                               C
I'll look over things you do because I love you so 
            G7                         C
And I'll be standing on the sidelines while you play 
          F                        C
It's your life to live the way you want to live 
         G7                                  C
And I'll look over you if you'll just let me stay 

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I'll Love Nobody But You

   I'll never love anybody but you, baby, baby
   I'll never love anybody but you if you'll be my girl
   Oh yes believe me it's true
   Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you

I'll always be true to you, baby, baby
I'll always be true to you if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you

I'll take you out every night, baby, baby
I'll take you out if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you

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I'll Love Noone But You

Now tonight as I write this note to you
There's sorrow in my heart
I hate to say goodbye my dear
But it's better that we part

   Don't think that I've grown tired of you
   Or found somebody new
   For you were all I've ever had
   And I love no one but you

Now when your read this note my dear
I hope you'll understand
And think of the one that loves you best
This broken hearted man

Now that I have loved and lost
I hope your satisfied
It'll be so hard to go through this world
With a broken heart inside

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I'll Love You Til the Day I Die

Though a roamer in life I've rambled
For riches my life's been denied
But in love I found wealth full and freely
With its help I'll keep troubles in stride

Love knows no boundaries or pathways
It has no clinging or ties
Too precious to live here without it
I'll love you til the day I die

Though the trials and troubles are many
At times I stand woefully bent
Still I long for each moment of livin
My heart poureth o'er til the end

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I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning

On Sunday when the church bells start ringin'
They're ringin' for you and for me
Let's all gather 'round at the altar
And pray that our souls may be free

I'll meet you in the church Sunday mornin'
And we'll all kneel down and pray
We'll pray to our Lord up in heaven
To guide us safe home on our way

It's a place where we all meet on Sunday
To worship our Lord up above
And let all our sins be forgiven
And meet with our loved ones above

In heaven I hear a voice callin'
From the land where there's no endless days
Let's all be prepared to meet Jesus
the path is narrow too at home far away

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I'll Meet You In The Morning

I'll meet you in the morning by the bright riverside
When all sorrow has drifted away
I'll be standin' at the portals when the gates open wide
At the close of life's long weary day

I'll meet you in the morning with a how do you do
And we'll sit down by the river and when all the rapture is renewed
You'll know me in the morning by the smile that I wear
When I meet you in the morning In the city that is built four square

I will meet you in the morning in the sweet by and by
And exchange the old cross for a crown
There will be no disappointments and nobody shall die
In that land when life's sun goeth down

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I'll Never Forsake You

I am so happy that you love no other but me
All of my life I've tried to win your love you see
And I still wonder if you will be happy with me
When we are married and I've taken you my wife to be

I have waited so long for the words you just said
I always thought that you loved another instead
But you have told me with your own sweet lips so red
And I am waiting for the day when we shall wed

If you should ever forsake me my love I would pray
Take me my maker up in heaven where white angels stay
Cause I could never go on living without you this way
If we are to part I'd rather you take me today

No no I'll never forsake you I'll always be true
And we'll be happy together because I love you
And when I think of us parting sweetheart it runs through my head
If we cant be happy together my love I would rather be dead

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I'll Never Grow Tired Of You

It's been a long time since you drifted away
Now there's nothin' to live for it seems
But darlin' no matter where you are tonight
You'll be here with me inmy dreams

I 'll nevergrow tired of you sweetheart
No mat-ter what you may do
They tell me lately you're livin' so wrong
But I'll never grow tired of you

I see your two blue eyes each night in my dreams
But when I awake you're not thee
Come back to me and let's start life anew
Losin' you's so hard to bare

I still wonder why you've drifted away
From the happiness that may have been
I can vision the time you'd someday be mine
Cherish the love I can't win

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I'll Never Love Another

I'll never love another now that you've gone away
And left me here to grieve dear all alone
It seems I always lose my dear no matter how I try
I'll never love another, 'til the day I die

   I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue
   Without your loving darling, what am I to do
   I've spent my life for you dear now you've left me blue
   I'll never love another if I can't have you

Our castle now has tumbled down that I had built for you
And all my dreams have vanished dear with you
I'll find no one to take you place so I'll not even try
I'll never love another, 'til the day I die

Now you don't even know the heartache that you caused me to bear
Or you would never stole my love from me
I'll have to live my life alone and think of days gone by
I'll never love another, 'til the day I die

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I'll Never Make You Blue

Since you went away the skies have turned to gray
I nev-er knew I loved you this way
I can't live without you and if you come back soon
Darlin' I'll never make you blue

I'll nev-er make you blue darlin' I'll promise you
To be forever honest and true
The things I used to do I'll quit them all for you
Darlin' I'll never make you blue

Darl-in' I'm to blame but I won't be the same
All I ask is one more chance
To prove what I can do dar-lin' for you
I'll prove that I can make your heart be true

Please come back to me don't leave me here to grieve
My life will wait for your memory
Just let me alone and say you'll come back home
Darlin' I can't live alone

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I'll Never See Your Face Again

How many times have I seen you with a tear upon your check
And that beautiful attempt at a smile
You wave good-bye and wish me well and don't forget to write
Once again I have you counting the miles

The pained expression in your face
The frailty of your form
As you slowly faded from my sight
It's a picture in my memory I never will forget
Though I haven't seen your face in a while

Always looking toward the next horizon
Never looking back on where I've been
Tomorrow is another day you know that I'll be back someday
I guess that's just the way the story ends
For I find myself alone without a friend

You know for every fond farewell there always was hello
And I hoped that it would help to ease your pain
And now I stand in these new shoes
the tears are rollin' down
For I know I'll never see your face again

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I'll Never Shed Another Tear

I used to sit alone at night and worry little darling
For I thought you meant the world to me
But now things have changed and those days are gone forever
So I'll never shed another tear

   I'll never shed another tear now I don't care what happens
   You have proved your love untrue to me
   There's nothing you can do that will ever change my feelings
   So I'll never shed another tear

With a broken heart I'll never forget the vows we made together
The many times you told me not to fear
But now you've forgotten and you've left me here forever
So I'll never shed another tear

Now you should have told me dear that you were only fooling
Then I'd never learn to love you so
Then I wouldn't have all these heartaches my darling
Dreading the day I see you go

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I'll Not Be a Stranger

I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
I'm acquainted with folks over there
There'll be friends there to greet me
There'll be loved ones to meet me
At the gates of that city four square
   
    Through the years, through the tears, they've gone one by one
    But they'll wait at the gate until my race is run
    I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
    I'm acquainted with folks over there

I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
I've a home on the streets paved with gold
I'll feel right at home there
In that beautiful somewhere
With the loved ones whose memory I hold

I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
There'll be no lonely days over there
There'll be no stormy weather
But a great time together
On the streets of that city four square

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Richard Thompson - I'll Regret It All in the Morning Lyrics

Whisky helps to clear my head
Bring it with you into bed
If I beat you nearly dead
I'll regret it all in the morning

I'm so drunk I couldn't care
If that's a wig or your own hair
Here's my ticket, take me there
I'll regret it all in the morning

I'll regret it all in the morning
When I see your smiling face
I'd rather be in any place but here

The years have left their mark
Your skin feels smooth as bark
As we shiver in the dark
I'll regret it in the morning

As you gaze around in fright
With your knuckles turning white
You're a lonely, lonely sight
To wake up to in the morning

This is no way to exist
With some girl who keeps a list
Naming all the boys she's missed
And she's longed for in the morning

I'll regret it all in the morning
When I see your smiling face
I'd rather be in any place but here

Now the room is spinning fast
And it fades away at last
When this empty night is passed
I'll regret it all in the morning

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I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars
And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky
When the dew drops of heaven are kissing the rose
It is then that my memory flies

Upon the wings of some beautiful dove
To hasten the message of cheer
I'll send you a kiss of affection and say
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers

When the angels of heaven are guarding the good
As God has ordained them to do
In answer to prayers that I offered to Him
I know there's one waiting for you

Go where you will on land or on sea
I'll share all your sorrows and cares
And at night when I kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers

May the angels be with you and guard you through life
And guide you up Heaven's bright stairs
And know that I love you wherever you roam
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers

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I'll Stay Around

Now you just told me that you're leaving
On the next train coming down
I love you dear but I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around

   For I know someday you'll want me
   When your true love can't be found
   But if you go dear I won't follow
   I just think I'll stay around

You know my dear I'll always love you
And I'd never let you down
But if you go dear I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around

Someday you'll hear that whistle blowing
On the special coming down
You'll be looking for me baby
But I may not be around

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I'll Take The Blame

I've slipped around, dear, two-timing you
Having fun now, like some guys do
But now I'm sorry and now I'm true
Forgive me, darling, its up to you

   Well I don't blame you if you two-time, too
   Because I'm guilty for the things I do
   I've slipped around, love, played every game
   And if you leave me I'll take the blame

I ain't got much money, I'm just a pauper guy
Trying to go on, dear without your love, I'll die
So please don't leave me, whatever you do
Just squeeze me, darling, while I'm loving you

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I'll Talk It Over With Him

I'm gonna sit down and rest gently lean on His breast
I'll talk it all over with Him
I'll see my mother and dad truest friends I ever had
I'll talk it all over with Him

   I'm gonna sit I'm gonna stand up gonna walk all around
   I'll talk it all over with Him
   I'll meet old' Peter and Paul but the best of it all
   I'll talk it all over with Him

Up in that land of sweet rest with the good and the blessed
I'll talk it all over with Him
And by my Savior's dear side I will ever abide
I'll talk it all over with Him

So many things in this land I shall ne'er understand
I'll talk it all over with Him
I'll still be true to my Lord as we live in accord
I'll talk it all over with Him

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I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall
Recorded by Merle Haggard 
Written by  D. Kerran and C. Howard
 
C                                  Dm
Most of my life I've almost been a winner 
     G7                             C
I've come so close but never really won 
                    C7          F
Just when I thought I'd finally made it 
  G7                               C
I find myself back where I started from 
      
  Em              Dm            F
I hate to say I'm giving up but I believe 
G7                            C
Losing's just become a way of life for me 
Em                           F
Losing wouldn't be so bad at all 
        Dm          G7              C
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall
 
                                      Dm
Then you came along and had me had me believing
    G7                                  C
For once in my life my luck had finally changed
                       C7          F
And now you say you're gonna leave me
G7                                 C
Seems everything I do winds up the same
 
Repeat #2
 
Tag:
Em                           F
Losing wouldn't be so bad at all 
        Dm          G7              C
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall

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I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone

I once had a sweetheart to love me
But now she has proven untrue
She's found a new love to treasure
That's why I'm walking round blue

The lies you told me are over
The heart you broke is gone
And friends they tell me I'm lucky
I'm better off now that you're gone

You broke my heart when you loved me
I've always counted on you
But now you've strayed with another
LIttle girl what more could I do

Some day I know you'll be sorry
You led my poor heart astray
You seemed to think it was funny
But some say darling you'll pay

I'm better off now that you're gone

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I'm Blue, I'm Lonsome

The lonesome sigh of a train going by
Makes me want to stop and cry
I recall the day it took you away
I'm blue I'm lonesome too

   When I hear that whistle blow
   I want to pack my suitcase and go
   The lonesome sound of a train going by
   Makes me want to stop and cry

In the still of the night in the pale moonlight
The wind, it moans and cry
These lonesome blues I just can't lose
I'm blue I'm lonesome too

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I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When

   I'm going down this lonesome road
   To see my fate or victory
   God must help us there to win
   I'm coming back but I don't know when

I hate to leave my mother dear
My father who is old and gray
But my true love I know you'll wait
For me to come back to me to stay

Will you be here when I come home
Or will your love fade like a rose
I could never come back should you be gone
My love for you nobody knows

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I'm Going Across The Sea

I'm going across the sea stay forever more
Left my little darlin' standing in the door
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea

Wind is howling low wind is howling high
Go with me my pretty little love 'til the day I die.
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea.

Wouldn't you give a nickel wouldn't you give a dime
Wouldn't you give one dollar bill to call your name as mine?
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea.

Donie Donie Donie what makes your face so red
Working out in the crops son fever in my head
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea.

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I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky

   I'm going back to old Kentucky
   There to see my Linda Lou
   I'm going back to old Kentucky
   Where the skies are always blue

When my left old Kentucky
Linda kissed me and she cried
I told her that I would not linger
I'd be back by and by

Linda Lou is she is a beauty
Those pretty brown eyes I loved so well
I'm going back to old Kentucky
Never more to say farewell

Linda Lou you know I love you
I long for you each night and day
When the roses bloom in old Kentucky
I'll be coming back to stay

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I'm Going Back To The Old Home

I left my old home in the mountains
And the only friends I ever had
And while I rambled this world over
My heart felt so lonely and sad

   I'm going back to the old home
   Back to the place I love so well
   Where the sweet waters flow and the wildflowers grow
   Back to the old home on the hill

I know that dear old mother's waiting
Waiting alone on that hill
With the silver in her hair and a twinkle in her eye
In the old cabin home on the hill

Years have gone by since I saw her
I've traveled many a mile
But tonight there's a light in the window
And she's waiting at the door with a smile

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I'm Gonna Get My Picture Took

I'm gonna get my picture took
And then I'll have it painted blue
To show you how I'm looking now
Because I loved and trusted you

I'm gonna get my picture took
Just a wee forget me not
A small reminder of the one
Who loved you true but you forgot

I'm gonna get my picture took
I'll even put it in a frame
So you can see the harm you've done
Every time you hear my name

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I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow

For six long years I've been here in this prison
livin my life behind bars in this dirty cell
tomorrow they're goin to take me down to nashville
and send my soul to heaven or to hell

 But I'm goin to love you like there's no tomorrow
I'm gonna love you like there's no yesterday
I'm gonna hug and kiss away your sorrow
I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow

the warden said my last request was granted
you could come and stay with me tonight
you're the only one who ever really loved me
so hold me in your arms hold me tight

i know that my life will soon be over
and the life of our baby child is just begun
there's only one thought thats left to haunt me
just to think that what i've lost i might have won

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I'm Gonna Love You One More Time

    I'm gonna love you one more time
    And give you a chance to be true
    If you leave me again we'll no longer be friends
    For I'm tired of playing hide and seek with you

Oh I just read the letter you wrote me
And these tear stains you cannot deny
I can see that you're tired of your new love
I will answer in just a few lines

After searching this wild world all over
I'm surprised to have found you again
I had made up my mind to forget you
But my heart was too broken to mend

Once you've been in the arms of another
But now you are trying to flee
From the cold empty world he left you
Now you're ready to come back to me

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I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open

I just found out today the little game you play
I've been sleeping all my life away
You've been stepping so they say between midnight and day
So I'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on

 From now on (from now on) all night long (all night long)
You won't have a chance to treat your daddy wrong
You've been stepping so they say between midnight and day
So I'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on

There's honky tonk down the road just a mile or so
I understand that's where you spend your time
Baby I got news for you your little game is through
From now on baby you're gonna toe the line

You thought you were being wise running around with other guys
And leaving me to spend my time alone
But you'll find out today it don't work out that way
You started a little game that two can play

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I'm Just A Ghost In This House

I don't pick up the mail I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door I just ' soon be alone
I don't keep this place up I just keep the lights out
I don't live in this room I just rattle around

I'm just a ghost in this house I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I hold this home I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul I'm just a ghost in this house

I don't care if it rains I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind staying in there's another ghost here
He sits down in your chair and he shines with your light
And he lays down his head on your pillow at night

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I'm Lonesome Without You

When we were young and loved each other
More than anyone will know
Until that day you found a new love
Then you said I'd have to go.

    Oh the Road is rough and rocky
   Since the day I last saw you
   Another's won your heart forever
   And I'm lonesome without you.

On down this lonesome road I wander
There's nothing left for me to do
For I've still got this memory of you
And the love that we once knew.

My hope is now that you'll be happy
With the new love that you've found
But should you ever change your mind dear
Remember me I'll be around.

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I'm Lost And I'll Never Find The Way

   Lonesome, lonesome, pining away
   Now you say its best to part
   Even though it breaks my heart
   I'm lost and I'll never find the way

Since you said we must part darling you have broke my heart
I am drifting like a ship lost at sea
In a world of despair its so lonesome there
Why don't you come back to me

You said you'd be true no one else would ever do
I believed you with all my heart and soul
But you broke every vow and its all over now
I'm left in this world lone and cold

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I'm Not Over You
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Carl Jackson and Melba Montgomery

C                                                    G7
Tonight the rain that's falling only adds to my heartache
                                        F             G7
It runs quietly down my window like the tears upon my face
         C                                C7               F
And each time the lightning flashes and I hear the thunder roar
                    C       G7     C    C7
I'm reminded of the closing of the door
 
        F                        C
I'm not over you the storm still rages
    D7                                 G7
The waves of pain remind me that we're through
           F                            C
I'm slowly drowning in a sea of endless heartbreak
          F     G7                 C
I'm going under cause I'm not over you
 
                                                       G7
I keep holding to your memory but my hopes are sinking fast
                                           F              G7
The chance that you'll come back to me now fades into the past
      C                                  C7          F
Can I find a way to let you go somewhere down deep inside
                    C       G7       C    C7
By reaching for the healing hands of time

Repeat #2

          F     G7                 C
I'm going under cause I'm not over you

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I'm Not That Lonely Yet
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Bill Rice, Mary Rice, Mary Sharon Rice
[3/4 time]

G             C          D7            G
I don't wanna give you a slow dance or two 
          C             D7
I'm sorry I'm not at my best 
  G            C         G        C
I know you can see I'm incredibly blue 
    G            D7     G
But I'm not that lonely yet 
          C               D7             G
I look in your eyes while you're dancing with me 
           C              D7
And try to fulfill your request 
    G             C           G            C
But don't ask for favors when it's time to leave 
      G            D7     G
Cause I'm not that lonely yet 
    D7                    C                 G
Now don't say you want me I've heard that before 
    Em                            D7
The words weigh like stones in my head 
      G          C              G           C
There may come a time when I'll think of it more 
    G            D7     G
But I'm not that lonely yet 
                C          D7       G
It's nice to be dancing to waltzes again 
             C           D7
And maybe it helps to forget 
G                 C            G            C
You've opened the door but I'm not waltzin' in 
      G            D7     G
Cause I'm not that lonely yet 
Repeat #3
                D7     G
No I'm not that lonely yet

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I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home

Back in the days of my childhood
In the evening when everything was still
I used to sit and listen to the foxhounds
With my dad in the old Kentucky hills

     I'm on my way back to the old home
    The road winds on up the hill
    But there's no light in the window
    That shined long ago where I live

Soon my childhood days were over
I had to leave my old home
For dad and mother were called to heaven
I's left in this world all alone

High in the hills of old Kentucky
Stands the fondest spot in my memory
I'm on my way back to the old home
The light in the window I long to see

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I'm On My Way Somewhere

When Louisville was eight more miles away my old heart sung a song
Well I thought I'd hug kiss my gal before so very long
But when I got to Louisville I found she wasn't true
So I'll tell you all about it now that's why I feel so blue

When I got to Louisville my gal she wasn't there
They sais she'd gone with someone else it was more than I could bear
So I'm heading out of this old town where to I don't much care
Louisville is eight miles back and I'm on my way somewhere

I always dreamed of some sweet day when she could be my wife
And we would settle down somewhere and lead a happy life
But now I know just how things are and how they'd always be
So I know now Louisville just ain't the place for me

Right now I'm traveling down this road to get her off my mind
The thing I want to do is leave old Louisville behind
Who knows I may find happiness and one who fills the bill
A girl that's true and not like her that lives in Louisville

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I'm Only Human

I'm only human you see but you told me goodbye
I'll keep the tears in my heart yes I'll try and I'll try
I've shared your sorrow and joys now I know it's goodbye
I'm only human but I'll try not to cry

    I was happy with you by my side
    Though my life I kept shadowed with pride
    You asked if I'd be your true love and I said til I die
    Now you tell me a new love you've found

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I'M Playing Bluegrass For The Navy
(Tune: just like "Act Naturally" only different)

I'm playing Bluegrass for the Navy
They're gonna make a big star just for me.
I know I'm gonna end up a Rear Admiral.
And all I do is pick, naturally.
I'm gonna get to go first in the chow line
And the Boatswain's Mate won't make me swab the head.
My banjo brass is all I'll have to polish.
I got a permanent light duty chit instead.
Oh, I'm playing Bluegrass for the Navy
I hang out with Blue Angels now and then.
And the reverb's outstanding in the shower
Where we practice after lights out, after ten.
With my banjo in my seabag, I'll ship over.
The Chief, he promised me all bottom racks.
I 'll prob'ly be a Lifer for the bennies,
Like free dental, linen, and fart sacks. 
I'm Playing Bluegrass for the Navy
I'll let those sorry sweepers man the brooms.
I'll skate fire-watch and sea-duty.
I'll spend my hitch in TV show green rooms.
Spoken, and fade out, "Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms,
There will be a clean sweep down fore and aft, all ladders, decks, and passageways?.".
As you were, sailor.


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I'm Rolling On

I wish I was in the Southland sitting in a chair
With one arm around my old guitar
And the other one around my dear

   I'm rolling on (I'm rolling on)
   I'm rolling on (I'm rolling on)
   I'm rolling on through life just rolling on

Sitting in the moonlight blue as blue can be
Strumming on my old guitar
To give my poor heart ease

Whether I'm in the country whether I'm in the town
My old guitar is near me
Whether I'm up or down

Maybe I will marry if I can find a girl
But I'll always love my guitar
As much as I love her

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That mean's he's lost his will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

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I'm Still In Love You

I didn't know
You'd be in this place tonight
Then again I thought you might
Now I don't know what to do 

Does it show
When my poor heart skips a beat
Each and every time we meet
'Cause I'm still in love with you 

There you are
Right across the room from me
Just the way I knew you'd be
Lookin' lonesome wild and blue 

I'm alright so far
Just as long as you don't speak
That's what makes my knees go weak
'Cause I'm still in love with you 

    I've done everything I know
    To get you off my mind
    But sometimes I can't help but hope
    That you won't walk away this time 

Then I
Wouldn't have to watch you go
Wouldn't have to miss you so
'Cause I'm still in love with you 

If I knew what I know now
I'd never let you leave
I'd make it up to you somehow
And darlin' you'd come back to me

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I'm The Boss Of This Here House

When I say front I want you hop
When I start talking then I want you to stop
Cause Baby (I'm a telling you baby)
I'm the boss of this here house

When I want a kiss give me all you got
Don't give 'em to me cold, give 'em to me hot
Cause Baby (I'm a telling you baby)
I'm the boss of this here house

   Now hun you learn you can only speak
   when you've been spoken to
   I'm telling you now, I'll let you know
   when I want to hear from you

When I say rooster, you can't crow
When I say get, you better go
Cause Baby (I'm a telling you baby)
I'm the boss of this here house

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I'm Thinking About You

I'm thinking about you and hoping you're true
There long weary nights I'm going thru
I'm never glad I'm always sad
Darling you know I'm thinking about you

Darling you know what we've been thru
Darling you know we can't be untrue
I'm doing my part I'm trusting your heart
Sweetheart you know I'm thinking about you

When you were a little girl and I a little boy
We promised our love to share and enjoy
But the time has come when I'm far away
Thinking about you both night and day

I'll say my love you must do the same
To make all our dreams we promise come true
I'm doing my part I'm trusting your heart
Darling you know I'm thinking about you

* Refrain

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I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes

'Twould been better for us both had we never
In this wide and wicked world had never met,
But the pleasure we both seemed to gather
I'm sure, love, I'll never forget

   Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
   Who is sailing far over the sea
   I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
   And I wonder if he ever thinks of me

Oh, you told me once, dear, that you loved me;
You vowed that we never would part
But a link in the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad and aching heart

When the cold, cold grave shall enclose me
Will you come near and shed just one tear?
Will you say to the strangers around you
A poor heart you have broken lies here?

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I'm too Old to Stand a Broken Heart

When were young we fell in love and married
That's been so many moons ago
And through these years we've raised a family
I've cherished each moment with you Rose

But to my surprise last night you told me
You said that we would have to part
So you must know tonight my Rosie
That I'm too old to stand a broken heart

Now the children they have gone and left us
They all have families of their own
And we're alone just like we started
In our peaceful little country home

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I'm Traveling On And On

Oh I was lost in the darkness and I wandered astray
With no one to help me see along on my way
Until I heard Jesus calling saying
Come unto me and I'm traveling on and on

Oh Lord I'm traveling on by my Savior
And I can never stray for Jesus leads the way
And I'll get off the wagon at the end of my journey
Oh Lord I'm traveling on and on

Oh I can hear Jesus calling and His voice sounds so sweet
And I know that the time had come to kneel at His feet
But my troubles are over for He bid me come home
And I'm traveling on and on

Oh the on Lord is my Savior and my hope it will stay
He will help me and protect me to the end of the way
My journey will soon be over and I'll join the happy band
And I'm traveling on and on

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I'm Troubled I'm Troubled

   I'm troubled I'm troubled
   I'm troubled in mind
   If trouble don't kill me
   I'll live a long time

Now meeting is pleasure and parting is grief
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob you and take what you've saved
But a false-hearted lover'll take you to your grave

The grave will detain you and turn you to dust
Ain't a girl in a million a poor boy can trust
They'll hug you, they'll kiss you they'll tell you more lies
Then the cross ties on a railroad or the stars in the skies

I'm going to Georgia I'm going to roam
I'm going to Georgia gonna make it my home
Gonna build me a cabin in the mountains so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can't hear my sad cry

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I'm Waiting At The Gate

I'm waiting at the gate looking for my ride
Soon to take me to my home on high
Angel bands a coming From the other side
I don't want to be late I'm waiting at the gate

   I can hear the thunder the time's at hand
   Joybells are ringing in the promised land
   Jesus is a coming my soul to take
   Yes my Lord sees me waiting at the gate

I'm a' leaving the world no more to do
All of my work on earth is through
I've fought the fight I've kept the faith
Well I'm ready to go I'm waiting at the gate

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I'm Waiting For You

I'm beggin' to you and I want to go with you
You're breakin' my heart as you say goodbye
I hope and I pray we'll soon be together
My heart is so full it's hard not to cry

What will I do when the leaves start fallin'
The far distant hill will make me feel blue
Soon the flowers will die don't let love die with them
And with you gone dear what will I do

Your sweet ruby lips and hair like an angel
And your mournful eyes they keep haunting me
But to know that you're mine it makes life worth livin'
Oh the times gone by are sweet memories

I'm trusting in you but each hour seems longer
I'm counting the days when I'll be with you
Our hearts are entwined they're blessed with the future
A safe journey home I'm waiting for you

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I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling

   I'm waiting to hear you call me darling
   I'm waiting to hear you call me dear
   You know that I have always loved you
   Don't make me lonely all these years

Two years ago when I first met you
You smiled at me and looked so sweet
You made me think you cared about me
But you never said that you loved me

Oh maybe I took too much for granted
To think you'd ever love me
Please oh please don't try to fool me
'Cause all you'd cause is misery

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I'm Working On A Building

   I'm a working on building
   I'm a working on building
   I'm a working on building
   For my lord for my lord
   
   It's a holy ghost building
   It's a holy ghost building
   It's a holy ghost building
   For my lord for my lord

If I was a liar I tell you what I would do
I'd quit my lying and work on a building too

If I was a drunkard I tell you what I would do
I'd quit my drinking and work on a building too

If I was a gambler I tell you what I would do
I'd quit my gambling and work on a building too

If I was a preacher I tell you what I would do
I would keep on preaching and work on a building too

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I've Always Been a Rambler

The things dear that I say they don't mean much anyway
Cause I'm a rambler dear thats how it's got to stay
I tried dear to be true but I told them lies on you
And for those lies I'll forever have to pay

    Oh I tried to make love happen
    Didn't mean to shut you down
    For I've always been a rambler
    It's for rambling that I'm bound

When the train comes down the track and it's bringing my baby back
Hear the rails rumbling through the town
Well I'll be on that train reapin heartache and pain
And yours is the heart that I'm after now

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I've Been All Around This World

   Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone
   Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone
   I wouldn't mind the hanging Lord it's laying in jail so long boys
   I've been all around this world

Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
Working for John Henry, and he's mighty hard to please
Been all around this world

Went up on the mountain, there I took my stand
Went up on the mountain, there I took my stand
Rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand
Been all around this world

Lulu, oh Lulu, come and open that door
Lulu, oh Lulu, come and open that door
Before I have to open it with my old forty-four
Been all around this world

Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Take me down to the gallows boys that's the last they'll see of me
Been all around this world

Now if you meet a rich girl, boys, send her down the line
Now if you meet a rich girl, boys, send her down the line
If you meet a poor girl, bet she's a friend of mine
Been all around this world

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I've Endured

Born in the mountains fifty years ago
I've trod the hills and valleys through the rain and snow
I've seen the lightning flashing I've heard the thunder roll
I've Endured I've Endured how long can one endure

Barefoot in the summer on into the fail
Too many mouths to feed they couldn't clothe us all
Sent to church on Sunday to learn the golden rule
I've Endured I've Endured how long can one endured

I've worked for the rich I've lived with the poor
I've see many a heartache there'll be many a more
Lived loved and sorrowed been to success's door
I've Endured I've Endured how long can one endured

Del McCoury; And The Dixie Pals Live In Japan

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I've Found A Hiding Place

High on that lonesome road to heaven's blessed abode
For many years I was burdened with care
So often lightening flashed and raging billows dashed
My sorrow then was so heavy to bear

But since my Jesus came I praise his holy name
He sheds the light of his wonderful grace
And every night and day to him I steal away
I found a blessed hiding place

   I found a hiding place a blessed hiding place
   I said a hiding a blessed hiding place
   There's glory in my soul my hallelujah rolls
   But since my Jesus came I'm under his control

   He keeps me night and day He answers when I pray
   And from the raging storm to Him I steal away
   I hear those temptors knock I feel no temply shock
   Oh in the solid rock I found a hinding place

Just like a wandering Jew that had no place to choose
Each day I had to keep travelin' on
But now I've found the way that leads to endless days
No more in darkness I wander alone
When Satan would alarm I climb in God's strong arm
And hide away in his loving embrace
For in the solid rock the blessed solid rock
I found a blessed hidin' place

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I've Got a Bulldog

I've got a bulldog he cost five hundred
I've got a bulldog he cost five hundred
I've got a bulldog he cost five hundred
In my back yard babe in my back yard

When he barks he roars like thunder
When he barks he roars like thunder
When he barks he roars like thunder
Bite you baby gonna bite you bad

Take this hammer and give it to the captain
Take this hammer and give it to the captain
Take this hammer and give it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone babe tell him I'm gone

When you pass by oh say good morning
When you pass by oh say good morning
When you pass by oh say good morning
But I'll be gone like a turkey through the corn

When you see my long haired buddy
When you see my long haired buddy
When you see my long haired buddy
Tell him I'm gone babe tell him I'm gone

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I've Got A Darling For A Wife
By Merle Haggard
 
C                 F               C
I don't care if I never find that pot of gold
      G7                    C
Cause I've got a darling to hold
              F                       C
And she don't care if I never make it big in life
      G7                       C
Cause I've got a darling for a wife
 
      G7    F       G7        F              C
She's every-thing a man could want a girl to be
    G7     F     G7           F              C
And I just can't believe that she belongs to me
                    F               C
And I'll live every day to hold her close at night
G7                       C
I've got a darling for a wife

Repeat #2

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I've Got Bluegrass On My Mind

I've got bluegrass on my mind heading back to old Kentucky
Where the mountains look so pretty in the spring
When the dew is on the bluegrass sparkling with the sun's good morning
I've got good old bluegrass on my mind again

Let me hear the fox hounds running High at night among the mountains
And then later when the fox horn blows them in
Let me hear the roosters crowing Smell the ham and bacon frying
I've got good old bluegrass on my mind again

In a little cabin home where your neighbor was your neighbor
And the bluegrass started growing every spring
There we danced on Saturday night to fiddle and a banjo
I've got old bluegrass on my mind again

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I've Got That Old Feeling

No matter what I say or do
I just can't seem to get inside your heart
What have I done wrong
Lately you're so far away
You just don't seem to hold me like you use to
Somethin's goin' on

   I've got that ol' feelin' you're leavin'
   I'm so tired of good-bye
   I can't wait on your love forever
   While you change your mind

Mornin' finds us face to face
I feel you starin' through me while I'm talkin'
What's come over you
Familiar looks I recognize
The same ol' looks that said good-bye the last time
Somethin' I'm use to

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I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages

Oh, I was standing by the bedside
Where my fevered mother lay
When she called me close beside her
And I thought I heard her say
   
   I've just seen the rock of ages
   Jacob's ladder hanging down
   I've just crossed the river of Jordan
   Now, my son, I'm homeward bound

Oh, as we gathered by her bedside
Tears begin to fill our eyes
Then she called me close beside her
And whispered softly her good-byes

Pine trees blowing cross the mountain
Where forever she will lay
There she'll rest beside the fountain
There she'll sleep beneath the clay

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I've Lost You

Friends tell me that told you wed another
They say you look so happy all the time
I just can't realize that I have lost you
Somehow I thought you always would be mine

I've love you since the day that I first met you
I thought no one could ever come between
Those promises you made have all been broken
And all I have to live for now is grief

Somehow I can't believe that you'll be happy
With memories to haunt you night and day
But only time can make you learn your lesson
I'm sure you think you've reached your goal today

I never thought someday that I would lose you
You're just the kind that never could be true
You only wanted me just for a while dear
Just long enough to break my heart in two

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I've Lost You Forever

And each lonely night I still wait for you
At the same old Place like I used to do
I know it's no use I've Lost you forever

You can't conceal a heart that is broken
And a love like mine will never die
I can't explain how I felt when you left me
All I know is I wanted to die

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I've Never Been So Lonesome In My Life

Everything I ever loved is gone I lost my wife I lost my home
I've never been so lonesome in my life
The moon has even lost it's glow the sun don't shine anymore
I've never been so lonesome in my life

   Since you've gone I've cried to myself
   Told my heart there's nothing left
   I've never been so lonesome in my life
   I've walked the floor the streets of town
   Guess I'll never live it down
   I've never been so lonesome in my life

I heard that lonesome whistle blow seen lonesome midnights come and go
I've never been so lonesome in my life
Seen days I thought would never end when only blues come creeping in
I've never been so lonesome in my life

My love for her will linger on even though she's done me wrong
I've never been so lonesome in my life
So I'll just live my life alone maybe some day she'll come home
I've never been so lonesome in my life

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I've Still Got Ninety Nine

As I sat down to a gambling game I could hardly play my hand
For thinking about that woman I love run away with another man
Run away with another man poor boy run away with another man
I'm thinking about that woman I love run away with another man

I bought her everything she needs I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work for forty years I've still got ninety nine
I've still got ninety nine poor boy I've still got ninety nine
She caused me to work for forty years I've still got ninety nine

I stroll down to the old depot just to watch the train roll by
I looked in the window saw the woman I loved hung down my head and cried
Hung down my head and cried poor boy hung down my head and cried
I looked in the window saw the woman I loved hung down my head and cried

They took me down to the old jailhouse the door they slammed on me
Said if you'll report that moonshine still I'll see that you got free
I'll see that you go free poor boy I'll see that you go free
If you'll report that moonshine still I'll see that you go free

I told my age was twenty one the truth I told that time
Before I'll report that moonshine still I'll go and serve my time
I'll go and serve my time poor boy I'll go and serve my time
Before I'll report that moonshine still I'll go and serve my time

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I've Waited As Long As I Can

I've waited for you and I've always been true
But this waiting no longer I can stand
I know you've had time dear to make up your mind
I've waited as long as I can

   I'm waiting to hear you say you love me
   And long for the day you take my hand
   I asked again last night for your love so divine
   I've waited as long as I can

Done all I can do said all I can say
Oh why can't I make you understand
I wanted you for mine but I'm wasting my time
I've waited as long as I can

Now I'll just say goodbye the tears fall from my eyes
For you have made it plain that I can't win
No one will ever know the pain that I've been through
I've waited as long as I can

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Dolly Parton - J.j. Sneed lyrics
Writers Dolly Parton , Dorothy Jo Hope
Copyright 1970

At last I have called up with you and you're a sight to see
Could this really be my outlaw lover JJ Sneed
Could a woman with a painted face and pretty sweet disguise
Turn your heart against me with her evil cunning eyes her evil cunning eyes
JJ it's been you and me right from the very start
And ever job we ever pulled I'd always done my part
We'd really stick together until the bitter end
And it was my understanding we were whole lots more than friends
A whole lot more than friends
And it was me that kept you on when nights were dark and cold
But I guess I didn't look like much in these old ragged clothes
But you said it didn't matter cause you love me that a way
You said that no one else could ever steal your heart away steal your heart away
Do you recall the Union Bank we robbed in Franklin Town
And as we made our getaway the sheriff gunned you down
And I doctored up your bullet wounds and nursed you while you sit
But now you have betrayed me is that the thanks I get is that the thanks I get
Oh yeah JJ I'm thinking now of how we'd all begun
Of all the times we've robbed and killed with our trust wordy gun
Why we stood off a fuss it was JJ just you and I
But now you have betrayed me and for that you're gonna die
Yeah for that you're gonna die
The good old days are over as we stand here in the rain
JJ I'm gonna shoot you now I hope you'll feel no pain
I hear whoopees of the horses and fieces on my trail
I guess I'll join you soon but for now JJ farewell for now JJ farewell


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Jack Dringo
Traditional

Jackie was a punk around the age of 27
When he thought he'd give his bad blood a run.
He stole a silver dollar, spat a curse upon his pa,
And off he set a-carryin' his gun.

This Jack he was known around the town of Carson Gap
As bein' a wild and wooly man.
When he'd pick up an order of whiskey double shot,
It was: Stand there with a fair and tremblin' hand.

Chorus:
And the sound of a train in the cold of the night
Is a sound that tears at my soul.
For whenever I hear a train whistlin' down,
I remeber Jack Dringo.

Jack was gettin' mean and liquored, and his bar bill was unpaid
When he saw my little Peggy at the door.
I swore if he took another step towards my gal,
I'd stretch him out and lay him on the floor.

Chorus

There are those who do not blame me for doin' what I done,
But the sherrif he's a-lookin' to the law.
When that Jack was a-makin' for my Peggy at the door,
I blasted out his brains and watched him fall.

Chorus

Now the rest of my story does not have to be told.
It's a story of a man on the run.
Every time I hear a train a-movin' further on,
I know this cursed chase is almost done.

Chorus


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Jack O' Diamonds

Oh Sally, oh Sally, 'tis for your sake alone
That I leave my old parents, my house and my home
That I leave my old parents, you cause me to roam
I'm an old rambling cowpoke and the range is my home

Jack O' diamonds, Jack O' diamonds, I know you of old
You've robbed by poor pockets of silver and gold
Oh, whiskey, you villain, you've been my downfall
You've punched me and kicked me, but I love you for all

My foot's in my stirrup, my bridle's in my hand
I'm going to leave Sally, the fairest in the land
Her Daddy don't like me, he says I'm too poor
He says I'm unworthy to enter her door

* Refrain

They say I drink whisky, my money is my own
And them that don't like me can leave me alone
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
I'll do what I please and I'll live 'till I die

* Refrain

I'll get you up in my saddle, my quirt in my hand
I'll think of you, Sally when in some distant land
I'll think of you, Sally you caused me to roam
I'm an old rambling cowpoke and the range is my home

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - Jacob's Dream Lyrics

In the spring of 1856, with the snow still on the ground,
Two little boys were lost in the mountains above the town.
The father went out hunting; the boys had stayed behind.
While mother tended to her chores, they wandered from her side.

The two had gone to follow him and lost their way instead.
By dusk the boys had not been found and fear had turned to dread.
Two hundred men had gathered there to comb the mountainside.
The fires were built on the highest peak in hopes they'd see the light.

Oh mommy and daddy, why can't you hear our cries?
The day is almost over - soon it will be night.
We're so cold and hungry and our feet are tired and sore
We promise not to stray again from our cabin door.

Now Jacob Dibert woke one night from a strange and eerie dream.
He saw a path between two hills near a dark and swollen stream.
He told his wife he saw the boys huddled close beside a log.
For two more nights, the dream returned - this vision sent from God.

Oh mommy and daddy, why can't you hear our cries?
The day is almost over - soon it will be night.
We're so cold and hungry and our feet are tired and sore
We promise not to stray again from our cabin door.

A thousand men had searched in vain the west side of Bob's Creek.
But Jacob's wife knew of this place and said to travel east.
With a guide to take him there, Jacob came upon the scene.
And found the boys cold and still, beneath the old birch tree.

Oh mommy and daddy, look past the tears you cry
We're both up in heaven now; God is by our side.
As you lay us down to rest in the presence of the Lord,
Know that we will meet you here at heaven's door.

Oh mommy and daddy, look past the tears you cry
We're both up in heaven now; God is by our side.
And as you lay us down to rest in the presence of the Lord,
Know that we will meet you here at heaven's door.

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Jacob's Vision
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs

C
Hallelujah to Jesus who died on the tree                            
G7        C
To raise up this ladder of mercy for me 
Press onward climb upward the top is in view                                G7           C
There's a crown of right glory awaiting for you As Jacob was traveling was weary one day
                                 G7         C
While at night on a stone for a pillow did lay A vision appears of a ladder so high
                                 G7              C
It stood on the earth while the top reached the sky 

Repeat #1                         

This ladder is tall and yet so well made
                              G7      C
Stood thousands of years and never decayed I went from the heavens they reel and they rock
                                       G7        C
But the angels they guard it from the bottom to top Repeat #1

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Jacob's Ladder

   Hallelujah to Jesus who died on the tree
   To raise up his ladder of mercy for me
   Press onward climb upward the top is in view
   There's a crown of bright glory awaiting for you

As Jacob was travellin was weary one day
His head on a stone for a pillow did lay
A vision appeared of a ladder so high
It stood on the earth while the top reached the sky

This ladder was tall and yet so well made
Stood thousands of years and never decayed
High winds from the heaven's they reeled and they rocked
But the angels they guarded from bottom to top

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Jamaica Say You Will
Jackson Browne

Jamaica was the lovely one, I played her well
As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell
Hiding from the children so they would not tell
We would stay there 'till her sister rang the evening bell

Jamaica, say you will
Help me find a way to fill these empty hours
Say you will come again tomorrow

The daughter of a captain on the rolling seas
She would stare across the water from the trees
Last time he was home he held her on his knees
And said the next time they would sail away just where they pleased

Jamaica, say you will
Help me find a way to fill these lifeless sails
And stay until my ships can find the sea

Jamaica was a sweet young one, I loved her true
She was a comfort and a mercy through and through
Hiding from this world together, next thing I knew
We had brought her things down to the bay -- what could I do

Jamaica, say you will
Help me find a way to fill these sails
And we will sail until our waters have run dry


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Jambalaya
Hank Williams

Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Chorus:
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o,
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',
kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Chorus

Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue
and I'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
Swap my mon' to buy Yvonne what she need-o.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Chorus


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January Morning
Ian Tyson

Night clouds race the rolling moon
All across and down the winter sky,
Leave the wake of distant star
Cold, shining down on you and I
But the fire kept it's glowing
And it warmed the shadows on the wall--
January morning

Candles danced and trembled
As the music swirled them to and fro
We dreamed of times forgotten
Old songs and stories that we know.
Home from all our weary traveling
Leaving sorrows on the road behind--
January morning

Chorus:
These are moments apart, my friend,
Known only to you and I.
For old friends and lovers
Have no need to talk
Of the now and the where and the why

Skys streak to yellow
The stars and firelight slowly die.
Weariness from laughter
The music's flashing, soaring ride
That swept us to a wonderous world
And it left us gazing at a new--
January morning

Chorus

Repeat third verse


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The Avett Brothers - January Wedding 

She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
'Cause it's simple

No longer do we wonder if we're together
We're way past that
And I've already asked her
So in January we're gettin' married

She's talkin' to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her
But I know what she's sayin'
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we're gettin' married

And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would both surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down

I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
And in January we're gettin' married

No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin
And in January we're gettin' married
Come January let's get married

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Richard Thompson - Java Jive Lyrics

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!)

I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto, Im a coffee pot
Shoot the pot and Ill pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
And Ill cut a rug just snug in a jug
A sliced up onion and a raw one
Draw one -
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Boston bean (soy beans)
Green bean (cabbage and greens)
Im not keen about a bean
Unless it is a chili chili bean (boy!)

I love java sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto Im a coffee pot (yeah)
Shoot me the pot and Ill pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup (yeah)

Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug
an Ill cut a rug just as snug in a jug
Drop a nickel in the pot joe
Takin it slow
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy!

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Dolly Parton - Jealous Heart lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Mine is a jealous heart
Imagines things that never are
Builds a fire from a tiny spark
But that's the way of a jealous heart
Sunny skies and a rosy bed
Thorns and storm clouds up ahead
'Cause suddenly the sky turns dark
For those of us with a jealous heart
Imagination runnin' wild
Like a frantic frightened child
Any time that we're apart
I can't control my jealous heart
And you know mine is a jealous heart
And every hurt leaves a lasting scar
Don't you hate yourself for the fool you are
When you're cursed with a jealous heart
I love you more than words can tell
One day's heaven two days hell
Suspicious words like poison darts
Spoken from my jealous heart
Mine is a jealous heart
Imagines things that never are
Builds a fire from a tiny spark
But that's the way of a jealous heart
And you know mine, you know mine is a jealous heart
And every hurt, and every hurt leaves a lasting scar
Don't you hate yourself for the fool you are
When you're cursed with a jealous heart
And you know mine, you know mine is a jealous heart
Imagines things, imagines things that never are
Builds a fire from a tiny spark
But that's the way of a jealous heart


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Jealous Hearted Me

Takes a rocking chair to rock takes a rubber tire to roll
Takes the man I love to satisfy my soul
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be

Got a stove in the kitchen and it bakes nice and brown
But I need a poppa to turn the damper down
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be

You can have my money you can have my home
But for goodness sake women leave my man alone
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be

Gonna buy me a bulldog to watch him while I sleep
To watch that man of mine on his midnight creep
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be

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Nickel Creek - Jealous Of The Moon 

Tryin' on a brand new dress
But you haven't worn the old one yet
You've come too far
To turn around now

You've given up the good fight
You're as strong as anyone
You're back where you started from
I see you're back where you started from

Starin' down the stars, jealous of the moon
You wish, you could fly
Just bein' where you are, there's nothin' you can do
If you're too scared to try

Drag your pretty head around
Swearin' you're gonna drown
With a beautiful sigh
An' a river of lies

Starin' down the stars, jealous of the moon
You wish, you could fly
Just stayin' where you are, there's nothin' you can do
If you're too scared to try

Why don't you call me, I could save you
Together we'll find a God, we can pray to
That'll take you by the hand

I hate to see a friend of mine
Laughin' out loud
When she's cryin' inside
But you've got your pride

Starin' down the stars, jealous of the moon
You wish, you could fly
But you're stayin' where you are, there's nothin' you can do
If you're too scared to try

You're starin' down the stars, stay where you are
You're jealous of the moon but there's nothin' you can do
If you're too scared to try, if you're too scared to try

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Richard Thompson - Jealous Words Lyrics

O sweet Rosie Lee
Like a sister to me
But you thought I was playing you smart

Jealous words
Won't lie still
In my heart

You saw us there dancing
And you thought us romancing
Suspicion has ripped us apart

Jealous words
Won't lie still
In my heart

With your interpretation
On my reputation
You blinded yourself to the truth

Then to add some more weight
To your ramblings of late
Well, dear won't you bring us some proof?

How you cursed and you cried
As you locked me outside
You said I was bad from the start

Jealous words
Won't lie still
In my heart

Oh, I knew when we met
You'd never forget
Each pothole and bump in the road

And if I left your side
What a blow to your pride
Is you're mad at me, I suppose

The doubt in me's growing
And it hurts me just knowing
Another night's sleep will depart

Jealous words
Won't lie still
In my heart

Jealous words
Won't lie still
In my heart

Jealous words
Won't lie still
In my heart

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Dolly Parton - Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark lyrics

Her two little feet would come running into
Our bedroom almost every night
Her soft little face would be wet from her tears
And her little heart pounding with fright
She'd hold out her arms, then she'd climb in beside us
In her small voice, we'd hear her remark
"Mommie and Daddy, can I sleep here with you
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"
One day in the summer, we took some flowers
To place on some old family graves
Jeannie said, "Mommy, ain't it dark in the ground
Oh, Daddy, I'd be so afraid"
Then she looked up at her daddy and me
And said somethin' that broke both our hearts
She said, "When I die, please don't bury me
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark"
Jeannie was always afraid of the dark
And we never could understand why
'Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care
Because Jeannie was our only child
Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of
'Cause it took her one dark stormy night
I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grown
'Cause it seemed she was destined to die
But on Jeannie's grave, we placed an eternal flame
That glows and never loses its spark
And on the darkest night, there's always a light
'Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark


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The Boxcars - Jeffrey's Hell

Huntins' awful hard
if you ain't got a dog
Jeffrey's was the best
I've heard tale
One night out chasin coons
under a full moon
he lost him up the holler
by the trail

Jeffrey told his wife
Honey please don't cry
you know I know these woods like no one can
I'll find that dog tonight or go to hell trying
but she never held him in her arms again

Chorus: See that lamp burning bright
he's there another night
listen close and you can here him yell
keep your lamp turned low
there's not much more to go
as they walk another night in Jeffrey's Hell

Jeffrey and his boy
set off of the woods
where the only trail they had was one they'd made
and in the laurel and the pines
there ain't never been a sign 
of them or the dog that caused their fate

Now a hundred years have past
since Jeffrey lost his dog
I've never seen him there
but I've heard tale
If you're out chasin' coons
under a full moon
You'll see that coal oil lamp and hear him well

Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus

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Richard Thompson - Jennie Lyrics

Oh, trouble becomes you, it cuts you down to my size
And you never were less than perfect in my eyes
But I lost my way somehow for three hard winters, I held it in till now
Oh now I can't help it, oh Jennie, my love, oh Jennie, my love

Now you pin up your hair like you did when first we met
How many days of his life can a man regret?
And if my tears were a train
Then I'd cry all the way back into your arms again
Now I can't help it, oh Jennie, my love, oh Jennie, my love

Now I count the times we spent and the times we missed
Now I stand here, love un-sworn and lips un-kissed
And oh how hard I tried to kill the vision of you as another man's bride
Oh, now I can't help it, oh Jennie, my love, oh Jennie, my love
Oh Jennie my love, oh Jennie, my love, oh Jennie, my love

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Richard Thompson - Jennie (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) Lyrics

Oh trouble becomes you, it cuts you down to my size
and you never were less than perfect in my eyes
but i lost my way somehow
for three hard winters i held it in, till now
oh now i can't help it, oh jennie my love
oh jennie my love
Now you pin up your hair like you did when first we met
how many days of his life can a man regret
and if my tears were a train
then i'd cry all the way back into your arms again
now i can't help it, oh jennie my love
oh jennie my love
Now i count the times we spent and the times we missed
now i stand here, love unsworn and lips unkissed
and oh how hard i tried
to kill the vision of you as another man's bride
oh now i can't help it, oh jennie my love
oh jennie my love
oh jennie my love
oh jennie my love
oh jennie my love

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Jenny and the Summer Day
The Avett Brothers

What a darling summer time
I have a car, I have a dime
Baby, Baby
I know that won't buy anything
But I would steal you anything
Baby, Baby
The sun is hot, the wind is cool
And we are finally out of school
Baby, Baby
Well I'm in love what can I say
With Jenny and the summer day
Baby, Baby, Baby

What a darling summer time
Come on in the water's fine
Baby, Baby
I know that your afraid to swim
So I'll stay in the shallow end
Baby, Baby
The sun is hot, the wind is cool
And we are finally out of school
Baby, Baby
Well I'm in love what can I say
The sunlight burned my fear away
Baby, Baby

Ninety and risin'
Soon we'll have to hide out in the shade
Somewhere it's rainin'
And baby I can almost hear you say
That you love me
And the summer day
That you love me

What a darling summer time
I have a home in Carolina
Baby, Baby
Not far from the city lights
But we can see the stars at night
Baby, Baby
The day was hot, tonight is cool
And we are finally out of school
Baby, Baby
Well I'm in love what can I say
With Jenny and the summer day

Ninety and risin'
Soon we'll have to hide out in the shade
Somewhere it's rainin'
And baby I can almost hear you say
That you love me
And the summer day
That you love me

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Richard Thompson - Jerusalem on the Jukebox Lyrics

Jerusalem on the Jukebox, they talk in tongues on Coronation Street
Heaven help the Pharisee whose halo has slipped down to his feet
A thousand satellite comedians have died for your sins
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels, beat your wings

At poolside picnics, they chant for Ferraris and furs
Their muscle-tone sharpens but their hold on reality blurs
You can have your cake and eat it and never have to puke up a thing

Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels, beat your wings

In the bathroom mirror, they try that Joan of Arc look again
Two parts Ingrid Bergman, to one part Shirley MacLaine
The wounds of time kill you but the surgeon's knife only stings
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels, beat your wings

In video-suburbia, the blue light flickers and flames
Ecstasy and holy blackmail are the favorite games
And God has the sharpest suit and the cleanest chin
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels, beat your wings

The bride checks her hair and her make-up and here comes the groom
What one-eyed monster comes slouching into your front room
Rudolph Valentino or the curse of the two-legged things
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels, beat your wings

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Jesse James

Went down to the station, not many days ago
Did something I'll never do again
I got down on my knees and selivered up the keys
To Frank and his brother, Jesse James

O, Jesse leaves a wife, she's a mourner all her life
And the children, they were brave
But the dirty little coward, he shot Mister Howard
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

O, Jesse was a man and friend to the poor
He would never see a man suffer pain
But with he brother Frank, he robbed the Chicago bank
And he stopped the Glendale train

* Refrain

O, the people in the West, when they heard of Jesse's death
They wondered how he came to die
It was Ford's pistol ball brought him tumbling from the wall
And it laid poor Jesse down to die

* Refrain

Now Jesse goes to rest with his hands upon his breast
And the devil will be upon his knees
He was born one day in the county of Clay
And he came from a solitary race

* Refrain

This song it was made by Billy Gashade
As soon as the news did arrive
He said there was no man with the law in his hand
Who could take Jesse James when alive

* Refrain


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Jesus Answers My Prayers

When my life is in despair
Jesus answers my prayers
When I call on him he's there
Jesus answers my prayers

When trouble and strife cloud my life
When no one else seems to care
I fall on my knees
And pray to Him there
And Jesus answers my prayers

He lifts my burdens, stills my fears
Jesus answers my prayers
He gives me confort, sries my tears
Jesus answers my prayers


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Jesus Built A Bridge To Heaven
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Glen Duncan and Mark Grant

G
Jesus built a bridge to heaven
C                         G
A mighty mighty bridge to heaven
C                       G
Jesus built a bridge to heaven
           D7                 G
With three nails and two crossties


Took His people by the hand
                    D7     G
Led them cross that barren land
 
Pharaoh chased them night and day
                          D7       G
But the angel of the Lord kept him away

Repeat #1


A humble carpenter by trade
                       D7       G
You'll know Him by the works He made

No towers of stone nor works of steel
                        D7        G
But a wooden cross on a windswept hill

Repeat #1


No boulevard no avenue
                      D7    G
Not a road by man can carry you

A highway built by hands unseen
                         D7    G
To that city of gold for eternity

Repeat #1 x3

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Jesus Cares For Me
Recorded by Vince Gill and Bart Millard
Written by Bart Millard and Thad Cockrell

G     D7        G      C                 G
Jesus cares for me  it seems too good to be
C                  G        Em     G     D7        G
All my worries and doubts released Jesus cares for me
  C                                         G
I was all alone without a trace of hope for me
C             Am        C                       G    Em D7
Then you came along and gave my heart a song to sing
G     D7        G      C                 G
Jesus cares for me  it seems too good to be
C                  G        Em     G     D7        G
All my worries and doubts released Jesus cares for me
  C                                                   G
I thought I'd never see the day my life would be made new
C       Am                                       G   Em D7
Then my broken heart fell right into the arms of you
G     D7        G      C                 G
Jesus cares for me  it seems too good to be
C                  G        Em     G     D7        G
All my worries and doubts released Jesus cares for me
Repeat last verse
C                  G        Em     G     D7        G
All my worries and doubts released Jesus cares for me
C                  G     Em  G     D7        C G
All my worries are now a-sea Jesus cares for me

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Alison Krauss - Jesus Help Me To Stand 

Through trials, troubles and care
I know Jesus my savior is there
Giving me faith through darkest days
Keeping me on the narrow way

Jesus savior, help me each day
Fill me with hope, fill me with faith
Darkness retreats at the touch of Your hand
Jesus savior, help me to stand

Jesus lived through darkest pain
Rejected by men, despising the shame
Man of sorrows, acquainted with grief
He gave His life so we may be free

Jesus savior, help me each day
Fill me with hope, fill me with faith
Darkness retreats at the touch of Your hand
Jesus savior, help me to stand

I know that Jesus died for me
Canceled my debt at Calvary
Rose from the dead, unlocked Heaven's door
Trust in His love and live evermore

Jesus savior, help me each day
Fill me with hope, fill me with faith
Darkness retreats at the touch of Your hand
Jesus savior, help me to stand

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Jesus Hold My Hand
recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written Albert E. Brumley
 
G
As I wander through this pilgrim land 
           C                     G
There is a friend who walks with me
                                               E7         A7      D7
Leads me safely through the sinking sand it is the Christ of Calvary
G
This would be my prayer dear Lord each day 
           C             G
To help me do the best I can

      C                 G
For I need thy light to guide me day and night 
        C     D7      G
Blessed Jesus hold my hand
                     C               G
Jesus hold my hand I need thee every hour
                          E7         A7     D7
Through this pilgrim land protect me by thy power
G                      C                 G
Hear my feeble plea oh Lord look down on me
       C                 G
When I kneel in prayer I hope to meet you there
        C     D7      G
Blessed Jesus hold my hand
 
                                             C               G
Let me travel in the light divine that I may see the blessed way
                                              E7         A7       D7
Keep me that I may be wholly Thine and sing redemption's song someday
G                                           C             G
I will be a soldier brave and true and ever firmly take a stand
     C             G                          C     D7      G
As I onward go and daily meet the foe Blessed Jesus hold my hand
 
                                               C              G
When I wander through the valley dim toward the setting of the sun
                                        E7       A7        D7
Lead me safely to a land of rest if I a crown of life have won
G                      C         G
I have put my faith in thee dear Lord 
           C                G
That I may reach the golden strand
           C               G
There's no other friend on whom I can depend 
        C     D7      G
Blessed Jesus hold my hand

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Jesus is a Rock

    Jesus is a rock hallelujah
    He is a rock amen
    He is a rock hallelujah
    He is a rock
    Jesus is a rock amen

There's no future in building
A house upon the sinking sand
Why not build a home eternal
Forever on the rock we stand

There's no harm can overtake you
While you're holding to his hand
He will never ever leave you
He is the solid rock my friend

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Jesus Savior Pilot Me

Jesus Savior pilot me
Over life's tempestuous sea
Chart and compass come from thee
Jesus Savior pilot me

    Unknown waves before me roll
    Hiding rock and treacherous shoal
    Chart and compass come from thee
    Jesus Savior pilot me

When at last I near the shore
And the fearful breakers roar
May I hear thee say to me
Fear not I will pilot thee

    'twixt me and the peaceful rest
    Then while leaning on thy breast
    May I hear thee say to me
    Fear not I will pilot thee

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Jesus Take Hold
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                                  G7                 C
Like the ancient Roman empire this world is doomed to fall

And it's much to big a thing for mortal men
F                                   C
Just take a look around and see the writing on the wall
                     G7             C
Somehow we've got to find a helping hand

                                 F                C
This world has never been in the awful shape it's in
                                        Am
And people scorn the things our leaders do
     C                                   F              C
It's time the prayer was spoken from the heart of every man
                  G7          C
Jesus take a hold and lead us through

                              G7          C
The mighty roar of gunfire is now a local sound

And our city streets are filled with angry men
F                           C
Law is now a mockery throughout our troubled land
                         G7             C
And destruction seems to be the current trend

                                 F                C
This world has never been in the awful shape it's in
                                         Am
And our leaders seem in doubt of what to do
     C                                   F              C
It's time the prayer was spoken from the heart of every man
                  G7          C
Jesus take a hold and lead us through
                  G7          C
Jesus take a hold and lead us through



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Jesus Walked Upon the Water

[Verse 1]
Stormy waters 'round me rise
Lightning flashes 'cross the skies
Mighty tempest sometimes overfloods my soul
But I never doubt nor fear
For the Lord said he'd be near
I just hold his hand and let him take control

[Chorus]
Jesus walked upon the water
And he calmed the stormy sea
He just spoke and angry [?] ceased their role (Ceased their role)
He's the captain of salvation
He can set th? sinner free
By the power of his blood, w? can be whole

[Verse 2]
Though we'll face the storms of life
Great temptation, sin, and strife
As our captain Jesus charts our journey home
Zion ship, keep sailing straight
Built to land at Heaven's Gate
Don't despair, through Christ, the Lord, we can be strong

[Chorus]
Jesus walked upon the water
And he calmed the stormy sea
He just spoke and angry [?] ceased their role (Ceased their role)
He's the captain of salvation
He can set the sinner free
By the power of his blood, we can be whole

[Verse 3]
Fiery darts around us fly
Hitting some, and some will die
But the shield of faith will turn those darts away
We must heed his blessed commands
Make his word our saving plan
Jesus Christ, our Lord, great captain, and our stay

[Chorus]
Jesus walked upon the water
And he calmed the stormy sea
He just spoke and angry [?] ceased their role (Ceased their role)
He's the captain of salvation
He can set the sinner free
By the power of his blood, we can be whole
By the power of his love, we can be whole

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Jesus Wants Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Eddie Noack

G
I was alone in the darkness 
Trouble was all I could see
                   
Then from above He looked down with His love
                    D7          G
Now I'm happy cause Jesus wants me
C                  G
Jesus wants me yes Jesus wants me
                            A7           D7
He sent my poor soul on the road to Calvary 
G                    C               G
Now I can see He has gathered in His sheep
                                       D7          G
Now I'll stick with the Shepherd cause Jesus wants me
                           
All my friends turned me down when I was lonely
                                       
And I saw the light and I fell to my knees
  
I called out to my Lord and He heard every word
                D7          G
Praise glory my Jesus wants me
C                  G
Jesus wants me yes Jesus wants me
                        A7            D7
He saved my soul on the cross at Calvary 
G                       C               G
Drifting along till the Savior calls me home
                          D7          G
I'm so happy now cause my Jesus wants me
Repeat #2

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Jesus Will Save Your Soul

As I go along I'm singing this song
My soul is so glad and free
If I sing this song, I'll never go wrong
For Jesus will care for me

Yes, Jesus will save your soul
He'll make you as pure as gold
Then some beautiful day
With him you as shall stay
Where sorrows are never told

He pleads day by day don't turn him away
Hark to that sweet voice you hear
Place him close to your side, in his love abide
Let Jesus always stand near

* Refrain

If you would live right for Jesus tonight
Turn from your pathway of sin
Some day by his throne he'll make it your home
Where happiness never ends

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair Lyrics

Jet plane in a rocking chair
Roller coaster roll nowhere
Deaf and dumb old dancing bear
I'll change this heart of mine
This time, this time

Sea cruise in a diving bell
Run a mile in a wishing well
Soft soap and nothing to sell
I'll change this heart of mine
This time, this time

Here comes the real thing
I've been waiting for so long
For so long
I've been looking for a love like you

Crossed-line on the telephone
Crossed eyes and a canny moan
Cross fingers and head for home
I'll change this heart of mine
This time, this time

Play sick in a feather bed
Act cool when you're stony dead
I'm a fool with a size one head
I'll change this heart of mine
This time, this time

Here comes the real thing
I've been waiting,for so long
For so long
I've been looking for a love like you

Jet plane in a rocking chair
Roller coaster roll nowhere
Deaf and dumb old dancing bear
I'll change this heart of mine
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time

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Alison Krauss - Jewels 

When He cometh, when He cometh
To take up his jewels
All his jewels, precious jewels
His Loved and His own

Like the stars of the morning
His bright crown adorning
They will shine in their beauty
Bright jems for his crown

He will gather, He will gather
The jems for His kingdom
All the pure ones, all the bright ones
His loved and His own

Like the stars of the morning
His bright crown adorning
They will shine in their beauty
Bright jems for his crown

Little children, little children
O love their Redeemer
All the jewels, precious jewels
His loved and His own

Like the stars of the morning
His bright crown adorning
They will shine in their beauty
Bright jems for his crown

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Jezebel

Well Jezebel, Jezebel, Jezebel Oh Jezebel 
God's done got tired of your wicked ways 
The angels in heaven done and numbered your days 
Lawd your evil deeds God's done got tired 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Jezebel, Jezebel My God's talking 
He said he's tired of your evil ways 
Well Stop Great God stop still and listen 
Listen to the story bout Jezebel 
Her sins were so wicked Jehovah got angry 
Her soul went leapin and jumpin into hell 
Way back yonder in the olden days 
John told jezebel about her ways 
He said your evil deeds had ruined the land 
Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand 
She got mad at John cause he told her bout the gospel 
Told her servants to boil him in oil 
But they tell me God looked from the windows of heaven 
Spoke one word and the oil wouldn't boil 
Raised his hand and creation trembled 
Stamped his feet and time stood still 
Raised his voice and looked down it thundred 
John your gonna do my bid 
Jezebel, Jezebel, Jezebel Oh Jezebel 
God's done got tired of your wicked ways 
The angels in heaven done and numbered your days 
Lawd your evil deeds God's done got tired 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Then they tell me John moved through the power of the gospel 
Told Jezebel that her time was nigh 
On the book of life her days were ended 
Her time ran out and she had to die 
But the tell me God walked and his footsteps thundered 
He moved his head and his eyes flashed fire 
Clapped his hands and death came a jumping 
Jehovah was angry somebody had to die 
Jezebel Oh Jezebel Death came a leaping at Jezebel 
Then death came a knocking on Jezebel's door 
Said come on woman ain't you ready to go 
Lawd your evil deeds God's done got tired 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Then death came a leaping she jumped into hell 
Great God amighty I heard them tell that 
Nine days she lay in Jerusalem's streets 
Her flesh was to filthy for the dogs to eat 
Jezebel, Jezebel, Jezebel Oh Jezebel 
God's done got tired of your wicked ways 
The angels in heaven done and numbered your days 
Lawd your evil deeds God's done got tired 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial 
Ya got to go to judgment to stand your trial
As performed by Doyle Lawson.


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Alan Jackson - Jim and Jack and Hank lyrics

Hey you were standing by the screen door slamming
Rather clear what's taking place. You were holding on to Louie
He was packing, he was heavy that plastic handle just about to break
Well then you picked up Chloe. She knew y'all were going
She started barking like a tank. I was shocked and I was joking,
But I would not be longing. Cause I got Jim and Jack and Hank
(ch) Take your string bikinis, your apple martinis
Take what's left there in the bank. Take your flat iron and your curlers
Your sparkling water and that damn perfume I never liked
Take your black Mercedes all that stuff for ladies
To me you're just a total blank, go on and leave me Baby
I don't need you, I got,,,, Jim and Jack and Hank
Well now you left screaming and your tires screeching
That little dog right in your lap
I have become a little sad and I called up my old Dad
He said son you just woke me from my nap
I told him you had left me. He said now son don't you hate me
You know exactly what I think. You know you're better off
You can fish and you can golf. You still got Jim and Jack and Hank
(ch) Take your string bikinis, your apple martinis
Take what's left there in the bank Take your flat iron and your curlers
Your sparkling water and that damn perfume I never liked
Take your black Mercedes all that stuff for ladies
To me you're just a total blank, go on and leave me Baby
I don't need you, I got,,,, Jim and Jack and Hank
That's right ,,,,,Instrumental break
So I got out the whiskey I began to listen to songs out in my truck you couldn't crank
I started feeling empty, then again it hit me. I got Jim and Jack and Hank
(ch) Take your string bikinis, your apple martinis
Take what's left there in the bank Take your flat iron and your curlers
Your sparkling water and that damn perfume I never liked
Take your black Mercedes all that stuff for ladies
To me you're just a total blank, go on and leave me Baby
I don't need you, I got,,,, Jim and Jack and Hank
Yeh  now go on and leave me baby  I don't need you  I got Jim and Jack and Hank
That's right, you go ahead, I'll be A okay Cause I got Jose, Captain Morgan
Not to mention Old George and Tammy, Loretta, Merel, Willie Nelson, Big John Cash
How about Old Jimmy Buffet bring him in there when it's sun shining,
George Strait an old friend Can't forget Hank Jr and all his rowdy friends
I'm gonna clean out the whole closet, baby
All Yeah,,,,,,, Goodbye


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Jim Blake's Message

Jim Blake your wife is dying
Went over the wires tonight
The message was brought to the depot
By a lad all trembling with fright

He entered the office crying
His face was terribly white
Send this message to dad and his engine
Mother is dying tonight

In something less than an hour
Jim's message back to me flew
Tell wife I'll be there at midnight
I'm praying for her too

I left my son in the office
Took the message to Jim's wife
There I found the dying woman
Was scarce of breath and life

O'er hill and dale and valley
Thunders the heavy train
His engine is sobbing and throbbing
And under a terrible strain

But Jim hangs onto his throttle
Guiding her crazy flight
And his voice cries out in the darkness
God speed the express tonight

I telephoned the doctor
How is Jim's wife I asked
About the hour of midnight
Is long as she can last

In something less than an hour
The train will be along
But here I have a message
Oh god there is something wrong

The message reads disaster
The train is in the ditch
The engineer is dying
Derailed by an open switch

And there is another message
To Jim's wife it is addressed
I'll meet you at midnight in heaven
Wait for the fast express

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Jimmie Brown The Newsboy

I sell the morning paper sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
Everybody knows me
I'm the newsboy of the town

You can hear me yelling "Morning Star"
Walking on the street
Got no hat upon my head
No shoes upon my feet

Never mind sir how I look
Don't swear at me and frown
I sell the morning paper sir
My name is Jimmie Brown

I'm awful cold and hungry sir
My clothes are mighty thin
Wander about from place to place
My daily bread to win

My father was a drunkard sir
I've heard my mother say
I am helping mother sir
As I journey on my way

My mother always tells me sir
I've nothing in the world to lose
I'll get a place in heaven sir
To sell the gospel news

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Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy

You will hear me yelling, Morning Star
As I run along the street
I have no hat upon my head
No shoes upon my feet
I'm awful cold and hungry sir
My clothes are torn and thin
I wonder about from place to place
My daily bread to win

I sell the morning papers sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
Most everybody knows I am
The newsboy of the town

Never mind, sir, how I look
Don't look at me and frown
I sell the morning papers sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
My father was a drunkard sir
I've heard my mother say
And I am helping mother sir
As I journey on my way

* Refrain

My mother always tells me sir
I've nothing in the world to lose
I'll get a place in heaven sir
To sell the Gospel News
So never mind sir how I look
Don't look at me and frown
I sell the morning papers sir
My name is Jimmie Brown

* Refrain


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Mac Wiseman  - Jimmy Brown the Newsboy (Remastered) Lyrics

I sell the morning paper, sir
My name is Jimmy Brown,
Everybody knows I am,
The Newsboy of the town.

You will hear me yelling "Morning Star",
As I run along the street,
I have no hat up - on my head,
No shoes upon my feet.
I have no hat up - on my head,
No shoes upon my feet

I'm awful cold and hungry, sir,
My clothes are worn and thin,
I wander 'bout from place to place,
My daily bread to win.

Never mind, sir, how I look,
Don't look at me and frown,
I sell the morning papers, sir,
My name is Jimmy Brown.
I sell the morning papers, sir,
My name is Jimmy Brown.

My Father died a drunkard, sir,
I've heard my Mother say, and
I am helping Mother, sir,
As I journey on my way.

Mother always tells me, sir,
I've nothing in this world to lose,
I'll get a place in Heaven, sir,
To sell the Gospel News.

()

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Alan Jackson - Jimmy Buffett) lyrics

The sun is hot and that ole clock is moving slow and so am i
The work day passes like molassas in wintertime, but it's July
I'm getting paid by the hour and older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call him something, I think I'll just call it a day
CHORUS
Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
This lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night
Tomorrow morning I know they'll be hell to pay, hey but that's all right
I haven't had a day off now in over a year
My Jamacian vacation's gonna start right here
If the phone's for me, you can tell them I just selled away
CHORUS
I could pay off my tab
Pour myself in a cab and be back to work before two
At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder...
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
Jimmy: Funny you should ask, Alan.
I'd say...
Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
(twice)
Alan: He don't care
I don't care
Together: It's five o'clock somewhere
Jimmy: What time zone am I on?
What country am I in?
Alan: It doesn't matter.
It's five o'clock somewhere
Jimmy: It's always on five in Margaritaville, come to think of it
Alan: I heard that
Jimmy: You've been there haven't you?
Alan: Yes, Sir
Jimmy: I've seen your boat there
Alan: I've been to Margaritaville a few times
Jimmy: All right.
That's good
Alan: Stumbled my way back
Jimmy: OK Just want to make sure you can keep it between the
navigational beacons
Alan: Between the bouys.
I got it
Jimmy: All right.
It's five o'clock.
Let's go somewhere
Alan: I'm ready.
Crank it up
Jimmy: Let's get out of hear
Alan: I'm gone


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Jimmy's Texas Blues

Now the way I've been treated
Sometime I wish I was dead
Yes, the way I've been treated
Sometime I wish I was dead

'Cause I ain't got no place
To lay my weary head

When I want you, woman
I always find you gone
Every time I want you
I always find you gone

Listen here, sweet mama
I'm gonna put your air brakes on

Now, you may have your troubles
But I'm havin' my troubles too
Yes, you may have your troubles
I'm havin' my troubles too

Yes, I know how it feels
When you're feelin' so doggone blue

But I'm not singin' blues
Just tellin' you the hard luck I've had
I'm not singin' blues
Tellin' you the hard luck I've had

'Cause the blues ain't nothin'
But a good man feelin' bad

Some like Chicago and some love
Memphis, Tennessee
Some like Chicago and some love
Memphis, Tennessee

Give me sweet Dallas, Texas
Where the girls thing the world of me

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Alan Jackson - Jingle Bells lyrics
(James Pierpont)

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright, was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot;
We ran into a drifted bank and there we got upset
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Instrumental
Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
In a one-horse open sleigh...


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Brad Paisley - JKF 1962 lyrics

"But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." - [President John Kennedy's Rice Stadium Moon Speech]


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Joan Of Arc
Leonard Cohen

Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc
as she came riding through the dark;
no moon to keep her armour bright,
no man to get her through this very smoky night.

She said, "I'm tired of the war,
I want the kind of work I had before,
a wedding dress or something white
to wear upon my swollen appetite."

La, la, la, ...

Well, I'm glad to hear you talk this way,
you know I've watched you riding every day
and something in me yearns to win
such a cold and lonesome heroine.

"And who are you?" she sternly spoke
to the one beneath the smoke.
"Why, I'm fire," he replied,
"And I love your solitude, I love your pride."

La, la, la, ...

"Then fire, make your body cold,
I'm going to give you mine to hold,"
saying this she climbed inside
to be his one, to be his only bride.

And deep into his fiery heart
he took the dust of Joan of Arc,
and high above the wedding guests
he hung the ashes of her wedding dress.

La, la, la, ...

It was deep into his fiery heart
he took the dust of Joan of Arc,
and then she clearly understood
if he was fire, oh then she must be wood.

I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
but must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?

La, la, la, ...


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Alan Jackson - Job Description lyrics

Well i know sometimes you find it hard
To understand just what we do out here
Well that bus rolls up at home
And i just disappear
And i sure don't like to leave you
Couldn't stand for you to think that i don't care
So i wrote this job description
Just to tell you what i do when i'm not there
I sleep eighty miles an hour
To the whining of a diesel down the interstate
Dreamin' 'bout my little girls
The easy chair that sits beside the fireplace
Then we shut her down in another town
Shower up and do just what we came to do
Sing for the people
Count the money and the miles back home to you
Well each night i take the stage
With a six-piece band and a guitar in my hand
Singin' songs about my life
All the good times and the bad
Then we say goodbye and we load it up
And head somewhere i've already been
Then i lay down in that double bed alone
And i thank the lord again
I sleep eighty miles an hour
To the whining of a diesel down the interstate
Dreamin' 'bout my little girls
The easy chair that sits beside the fireplace
Then we shut her down in another town
Shower up and do just what we came to do
Sing for the people
Count the money and the miles back home to you
Well i just sing for the people
Count the money and the miles back home to you


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The Incredible String Band - Job's Tears 

We're all still here, no one has gone away
Waiting, acting much too well and procrastinating

The cross of the earth, the four winds point them
Body to body sees to anoint them
The reed, they brought him sponge and vinegar
The fiery serpents spitting gold and cinnamon
The moon was bleeding and stars were shallow
And the sword that killed him was a sword of willow

Hello I must be going well I only came to say
I hear my mother calling and I must be on my way
Oh I remember it all from before

The winter and the midnight could not hold him
The fire could not burn him nor earth enfold him
Rise up Lazarus, sweet and salty
Brother soldiers, stop your gambling and talk to me
The thieves were stealers but reason condemned him
And the grave was empty where they had laid him

Hello I must be going well I only came to say
I hear my mother calling and I must be on my way
Oh I remember it all from before

Why heroes die at sunrise? Why the birds are arrows of the wise?
Why each perfumed flower? Why each moment has its hour?
It's you, it's all true

Stranger than that we're alive, stranger than that, stranger than that
Stranger than that we're alive
Whatever you think, it's more than that, more than that
Happy man, happy man doing the best he can, doing the best he can
Happy man, happy man doing the best he can, doing the best he can
Oh happy man

Keep on walking where the angels showed
All will be one, all will be one
Traveling where the saints have trod
Over to  the old golden land
The golden angel wrote my name
Over in the old golden land

I won't need to kiss you when we're there
All will be one, all will be one
I won't need to miss you when we're there
Over in the old golden land
The golden angel wrote my name
Over in the old golden land

We'll understand it better in the sweet bye and bye
All will be one, all will be one
You won't need to worry and you won't have to cry
Over in the old golden land
The golden angel wrote my name
Over in the old golden land

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The Incredible String Band - Job's Tears - 2010 Remastered Version 

We're all still here
no one has gone away
Waiting, acting much too
well and procrastinating

The cross of the earth
(let me go through)
The four winds point them
Body to body
Seas to anoint them
The reed they brought him
Sponge and vinegar
Fiery serpents
Spitting gold and cinnamon
The moon was bleeding
And stars were shallow
And the sword that killed him
Was a sword of willow

Hello I must be going well I only came to say
I hear my mother calling and I must be on my way

O I remember it all from before

The winter and the midnight
Could not hold him
The fire could not burn him
Nor earth enfold him
Rise up Lazarus
Sweet and salty
Brother soldiers
Stop your gambling and talk to me
The thieves were stealers
But reason condemned him
And the grave was empty
Where they had laid him

Why heroes die at sunrise
Why the birds are arrows of the wise
Why each perfumed flower
Why each moment has its hour

It's you
It's all true

Stranger than that we're alive
Stranger than that
Stranger than that
Whatever you think
It's more than that, more than that
Happy man, the happy man
Doing the best he can

Keep on walking where the angels showed
(All will be one)
Travelling where the saints have trod
Over in the old golden land
In the golden book of the golden game
The golden angel wrote my name
When the deal goes down I'll put my crown
Over in the old golden land

I won't need to kiss you when we're there
(All will be one)
I won't need to miss you when we're there
Over in the old golden land

We'll understand it better in the sweet bye and bye
You won't need to worry and you won't have to cry
Over in the old golden land

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Joe Hill
Traditional

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
Alive as you or me
Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead."
"I never died," says he.
"I never died," says he.

"In Salt Lake, Joe," says I to him,
Him standing by my bed,
"They framed you on a murder charge,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead."

"The copper bosses killed you, Joe,
They shot you, Joe," says I.
"Takes more than guns to kill a man,"
Says Joe, "I did not die,"
Says Joe, "I did not die."

And standing there as big as life
And smiling with his eyes
Joe says, "What they can never kill
Went on to organize,
Went on to organize."

"Joe Hill ain't dead," he says to me,
"Joe Hill ain't never died.
Where working men are out on strike
Joe Hill is at their side,
Joe Hill is at their side."

"From San Diego up to Maine,
In every mine and mill,
Where working men defend their rights,
It's there you'll find Joe Hill.
It's there you'll find Joe Hill."

Repeat First Verse


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Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Valentine Waltz
(tune: just like "Kentucky Waltz", only different) 

Sally-Jo, be my Joe Val--entine, N' heal my hard hearted toy heart.
Little darlin', close by, pal of mine, Please say we never shall part.
Pearly Blue, Ellen Smith, Linda Lou, And the girl in the blue velvet band
Will be used to be's, while in old Tennessee, We trace valentine letters in sand
instrumental break
Sally Jo, be my Joe Val--entine, I wanna roll in my sweet baby's arms
I'm desperate as little John Hardy, In a village or homestead or farm
Those beautiful, beautiful brown eyes, Let those brown eyes smile at me
I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes, While she thinks of East Tennessee
instrumental break
Sally Jo, be my Joe Val--entine, Beause nobody's love is like mine
Next Sunday darling's my Birthday, In the holler where the sun never shines
Katy Hill, Sally Ann, Pretty Polly, And the girl with the real dreadful snake
--Are nothing but duds to this Tennessee stud, Sugar coated and left on a plate. 
instrumental break
Sally Jo, be my Joe Val--entine, And I'll work on a building for you
If my 9 pound hammer's too heavy, A stockade in Columbus will do
For you, I'd dig a hole in the meadow, Eat groundhog and boil a squirrel
In the pines, down the road, in the holler, We'll be sitting on top of the world
instrumental break
Sally Jo, be my Joe Val--entine, Because all I ever loved was you
A hundred years from now I won't be crying, & I won't have them Blue Ridge Mt. Blues
I'm using my Bible for a road map,'cause my walkin' shoes don't fit me any more
& I'm tryin' to find your Blue Ridge cabin home, where the sun forever shines in your back door.
spoken: --Think about it, darlin'...
* Justin case you was wonderin', this wonderment references 64 other bluegrass & country songs. Don't believe it? Count 'em.


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Joe's Last Train
Leroy Drumm and Pete Goble

[A]Standing by the [D]railway tracks,
his chin down on his [A]chest
The old man couldn't catch the train,
although he tried his [E7]best
The [D]sleeping roll, the [E7]coffee pot,
the [D]jug half full of [A]wine
He threw inside the [D]box car,
that [E7]went on down the [A]line
{c: CHORUS}
Poor old [D]Joe's to [E7]old to catch a [A]train
But [D]something keeps him trying just the [E7]same
Old [A]soldiers and old sailors have a place to [D]go
[A]But no one helps a [D]railroad bum like [E7]poor old hobo [A]Joe
{c: VERSE}
[A]Somewhere in his [D]memories,
there lives a younger [A]man
Who tried to leave the busy world,
he didn't under[E7]stand
He [D]gave it up and [E7]caught a train
back [D]forty years a[A]go
Trains kept getting [D]faster
while [E7]poor old Joe got [A]slow
{c: CHORUS}
Poor old [D]Joe's to [E7]old to catch a [A]train
But [D]something keeps him trying just the [E7]same
Old [A]soldiers and old sailors have a place to [D]go
[A]But no one helps a [D]railroad bum like [E7]poor old hobo [A]Joe
{c: VERSE}
He don't regret the [D]life he's lived,
the rails have been his [A]friend
if nothing else he's living free
to come and go a[E7]gain
Though [D]time has come to [E7]claim its' toll,
[D]age has slowed him [A]down
He knows he'll try his [D]luck again,
the [E7]next train out of [A]town
{c: CHORUS}
Poor old [D]Joe's to [E7]old to catch a [A]train
But [D]something keeps him trying just the [E7]same
Old [A]soldiers and old sailors have a place to [D]go
[A]But no one helps a [D]railroad bum like [E7]poor old hobo [A]Joe
[A]But no one helps a [D]railroad bum
like [E7]poor old hobo [A]Joe
Trains kept getting [D]faster
while [E7]poor old Joe got [A]slow


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Joey, Joey, Joey
Frank Loesser

Like a perfumed woman
The wind blows in the bunkhouse
Like a perfumed woman, smellin' of where she's been

Like Oregon cherries
Or maybe Texas avacados
Arizona desert
Or Oregon pine
She blows in and she sings to me
'Cuz I'm one of her own
She sings

Joey, Joey, Joey
Joey, Joey Joe
You've been too long in one town
Now it's time to go, time to go
Joey, Joey, Joey
Joey, travel on

You've been too long in one little town
Now the harvest time's come and gone
That's what the wind sings to me

When the bunk I've been bunkin' in
Gets to feelin' too soft and cozy
When the grub they've been givin' me
Gets to tastin' too good
When I've seen all I want of the ladies of the neighborhood
Then she sings to me

Joey, Joey, Joey
Joey, Joey Joe
You've been too long in the same place
Now it's time to go, time to go
Joey, time to go


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Dolly Parton - John Daniel lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

John Daniel came to town one summer afternoon
Wearin' dirty work clothes so everyone presumed
He was just another logger from the loggin' camp nearby
And he was, but there was somethin' different in John Daniel's eyes
John Daniel was a young man, not more than twenty-four
And there was an air about him that one could not ignore
And in spite of callused hands & dirty clothes, his face was kind
And I wanted so to know what was in John Daniel's mind
John Daniel, tell me where did you come from; tell me where is it you've been
John Daniel, tell me why are you different from all of these other men
John Daniel, there's somethin' about you that I don't quite understand
John Daniel, do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
I rented him a room; he went upstairs like all the rest
It was Saturday and he'd be goin' in to town, I guessed
But he left in a robe and sandals, with a Bible in his hand;
And I thought to myself, John Daniel, I don't understand
Now I'd planned to meet some friends of mine when I got off at three,
In the park we often gather to talk of love and peace
When I got there I found that a crowd had gathered 'round;
And there I saw John Daniel a sittin' on the ground
John Daniel, tell me where did you come from; tell me where is it you've been
John Daniel, tell me why are you different from all of these other men
John Daniel, there's somethin' about you that I don't quite understand
John Daniel, do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
So, "You want to be free," he said, "Well, this is how you can."
As he read from the Bible he held in his hand
We were searchin' for the truth not knowin' where to look,
Not knowin' that the answers all were in John Daniel's book
John Daniel told us all how we could be free
John Daniel taught us all a better way for you and me
He came to us in our own way so we'd be sure to see
He had the light and essence of the man from Galilee
John Daniel, tell me where did you come from; tell me where is it you've been
John Daniel, tell me why are you different from all of these other men
John Daniel, there's something about you that I don't quite understand
John Daniel, do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
John Daniel, John Daniel, John Daniel
John Daniel do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
John Daniel came to town one summer afternoon
Wearin' dirty work clothes so everyone presumed
He was just another logger from the loggin' camp nearby
And he was, but there was somethin' different in John Daniel's eyes
Ooh, John Daniel, tell me where did you come from
Tell me where is it you've been
John Daniel, tell me why are you different from all of these other men
John Daniel, there's something about you that I don't quite understand
John Daniel, do you hold the answer to a higher plan?


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John Deere Tractor

Hey momma here's a letter from your son
well I think my city days are done Ma
and it ain't been three weeks since I came

Hey momma
I do remember what you said
say your prayers before you go to bed son
and remember city women ain't the same

    I'm like a John Deere tractor in a half acre field
    trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel
    Oh I wish I was home Ma where the bluegrass is growin'
    and the sweet country girls don't complain

Hey momma
so much perfume I thought I'd drown
and the Lord didn't seem to be nowhere around
hey I fell like a flower from the vine

Ah she was pretty lord knows
I thought she would bring me joy
she laughed she called me country boy ma
and after she had been so kind

    I'm like a John Deere tractor in a half acre field
    trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel
    oh I wish I was home ma where the bluegrass is growin'
    and the fire light shimmers and shines.

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John Hardy

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line
You ought a seen John Hardy getting away
You ought to seen John Hardy getting away

John Hardy stood in that old barroom
So drunk that he could not see
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
He said Johnny, come and go along with me Poor boy
Johnny, come and walk along with me 

John Hardy stood in his old jail cell
The tears running down from his eyes
He said I've been the death of many a poor boy
But my six-shooters never told a lie
No, my six-shooters never told a lie

The first one to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue
She came down to that old jail cell
She said Johnny, I've been true to you God knows
Johnny, I've been true to you 

The next one to Visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in red
She come down to that old jail cell
She said, Johnny, I had rather see you dead
Well, Johnny, I had rather see you dead 

I've been to the East and I've been to the West
I've traveled this wide world around
I've been to that river and I've been baptized
So take me to my burying ground
So take me to my burying ground 

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on the West Virginia line
You ought to seen old John Hardy getting away
You ought to seen old John Hardy getting away

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John Henry

John Henry was a little baby boy
You could hold him on the palm of your hand
And his Papa cried out this lonesome farewell
Son you're gonna be a steel driving man lord, lord
Son you're gonna be a steel driving man

John Henry went up on the mountain
Looked down on the other side
Lord the mountain was so tall John Henry was so small
He laid down his hammer and he cried poor boy
Laid down his hammer and he cried

John Henry walked through the tunnel
Had his captain by his side
The last words that John Henry said was bring me
Cool drink of what 'for I die lord, lord
Cool drink of what 'for I die

Talk about John Henry as much as you please
Say and do all that you can
There never was born in these United States
No such a steel driving man lord, lord
No such a steel driving man

John Henry told his captain
I want to go to bed
Lord fix me a pallet, I want to lay down
Got a mighty roaring in my head lord, lord
Mighty roaring in my head

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John Henry Blues

John Henry was a little bitty boy
No bigger than the palm of your hand
He picked up a hammer and little piece of stell
Johnny gonna make a steel drivin man, Lord Lord
Johnny gonna make a steel drivin man

John Henry told his captain
The next time you go to town
Can you bring John back a nine pound hammer
I'm gonna beat that steam drill down, Lord Lord
I'm gonna beat that steam drill down

John Henry he told his shaker
Shaker you better pray
For if I miss that old little piece of steel
Tomorrow'll be your buryin' day, Lord Lord
Tomorrow'll be your buryin' day

When they invented that old steam drill
They thought that they had 'em somethin' fine
John Henry sank her fourteen feet
Steam drill only made her nine, Lord Lord
Steam drill only made her nine

John Henry was on the right hand side
The steam drill was on the left
Said before I will let that drill beat me down
I'll hammer my old fool self to death, Lord Lord
I'll hammer my old fool self to death

You can talk about John Henry as much as you want
Sing and do all that you can
But there was never born in the United States
No such a steel drivin' man, Lord Lord
No such a steel drivin' man

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
John Hurt

On a frosty night
It began to snow
Down the city street
How the wind did blow
Well, I went to the cellar
Yes, we cleared out the bar
To hear a little old feller
Play some pretty guitar

Did you hear John Hurt
Play his Creole bell?
Or the Spanish fandango
That he loves so well?
Did you love John Hurt?
Did you shake his hand?
And did you hear him play his candyman?

On a straight-back chair
With his felt hat on
He tickled our fancy
With his total old song
All the people passin'
Down McDougal Street
They cocked their heads and they listened
To the tappin' feet

And did you hear John Hurt
Play his Creole bell?
Or the Spanish fandango
That he loves so well?
And did you love John Hurt?
And did you shake his hand?
And did you hear him play his candyman?

We'd pick some together
John, Merle, and me
I like a-talkin' to Casey
And old Stagger Lee
And don't you bet your money
If you can't afford to lose
Man, you should've heard him play them Monday morning blues

Couldn't hardly find my Monday morning shoes

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Tony Rice - John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth was a southern man,
Born of an actor in Maryland,
Bound for fortune on a gas-lit stage,
Bound to die at a tender age.

Washington to Baltimore,
He played the bills and he slept with whores,
And he burned inside with a hatred deep
For the man who caused the south to weep.

Young Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more,
Tired old man when he won the war,
And he dreamed at night of his death by

And he saw his body in a ghastly dream,
Draped in black while his widow screamed.
Two silver dollars on his eyelids lay.
Abraham Lincoln has died today.

CHORUS: They said there were five and they said there were ten.
Some say there was never more than just one man.
Oh, it's awful to see Mr. Lincoln dead
In the name of God and Dixie,
In the name of God and Dixie Land.

John Wilkes Booth and his band of men
They'd failed before but would try again.
When Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun,
Then Booth declared the day had come.

The word was passed and the guns were brought,
Down to Mary Sarrat's boarding house.
Sealed in a note, Booth named just four,
But the gallows would sway with many more.

CHORUS

John Wilkes Booth went to his grave
With a bullet in his neck and a broken leg,
A patriot and his fantasy
Of redemption, grace, and bravery.

And those who hanged and those who spent
Their lives behind a jailer's fence,
Only Booth could have set them free
From the taint of the conspiracy.

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Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
Traditional

While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy,
A stick in me hand and a drop in me eye,
A doleful damsel I heard cry,
Johnny I hardly knew ye.

Chorus:
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ye
Oh my darling dear, Ye look so queer
Johnny I hardly knew ye.

Where are the eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are the eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are the eyes that were so mild,
When my heart you so beguiled
Why did ye go and leave me with child
Oh Johnny, I hardly knew ye

Where are your legs that used to run, hurroo, hurroo
Where are your legs that used to run, hurroo, hurroo
Where are your legs that used to run,
When you went for to carry a gun
Indeed your dancing days are done
Oh Johnny, I hardly knew ye

Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg,
Ye're an armless, boneless, chickenless egg
Ye'll have to put with a bowl out to beg
Oh Johnny I hardly knew ye

I'm happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurroo
I'm happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurroo
I'm happy for to see ye home,
All from the island of Ceylon;
So low in the flesh, so high in the bone
Oh Johnny I hardly knew ye

Last chorus:
...the enemy never slew ye
Oh, my darling dear you look so queer


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Richard Thompson - Johnny's Far Away Lyrics
Sweet Warrior

Johnny's joined a ceilidh band
They're known quite well throughout the land: The Drones
The Drones have signed upon a cruise
And Tracy's laying in the booze back home

She's got herself another man, a smoothy
While the kids are in the front room watching movies
She's got him in a headlock, in an armlock, in a jam
She says I can't express myself with my old man

While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
On the rolling sea On the rolling sea

Johnny's cruising out to sea
And he believes in chastity, for some
The wealthy widows bill and coo
He fends off one or two and then succumbs
Well they're hard in pirate ports in the Bahamas
He's turning her right out of her pyjamas
He's turned her every which way, to the rhythm of the sea
He says I can't express myself with my old lady

While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
On the rolling sea On the rolling sea

Johnny's home he opens up the door
While someone's sneaking out the back
And Tracy says you look so poorly,
Sores and all, you ought to see the quack
She wipes the kip from off the kiddies' noses
And he charms her with eleven battered roses
And by and by they get down to the job of man and wife
Back to the old comforts of the missionary life

While Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
Johnny's far away on the rolling, rolling
Johnny's far away on the rolling sea
On the rolling sea
On the rolling sea
On the rolling sea
On the rolling sea

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Leftover Salmon - Jokester Lyrics

Runnin' and dancin' you goin' all the time
Always party from mornin' 'till night
No time for sleepin' when you are feelin' fine
Flat out wailin' with all of your might

Well, your problem will they pack the bags?
You send them on, they run
No time to let them bother you
When you are havin' fun
You're a jokester, you've got energy to burn

Runnin' wild, you goin' all the time
Always laughin' and actin' in mime
No time for whinin' when you are feelin' fine
Always dancin' and talkin' in rhymes

Burn one

Goin' wild, you runnin' all the time
Always party from mornin' till night
No time for sleepin' when you are feelin' fine
Flat out wailin' with all of your might

Burn one

You're a jokester, you got energy to burn

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Dolly Parton - Jolene lyrics

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene
He talks about you in his sleep
There's nothing I can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He's the only one for me, Jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Jolene, Jolene


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Jonah And The Whale

God sent Jonah to the Ninevah land
To preach the gospel to the wicked men
Tell them to repent of their wicked ways
Or I'll overthrow the city in forty days

   God moves in a windstorm
   He rode in a windstorm
   God moves in a windstorm
   And he troubled everybody in their mind

Jonah went down to the seashore
To make up his mind which way to go
He boarded the ship and paid his fare
And God got angry with Jonah down there

Jonah went down from the side of man
And he called on Jesus to be his friend
Disobeyed God and he had to pray
The Lord sent a storm on the water that day

They cast poor Jonah overboard
God sent a whale and swallowed him whole
Went on down to the Ninevah land
And laid poor Jonah on a bed of sand

Jonah rose up from the sand
Went on walking to the Ninevah land
He preached the gospel at His command
Repent, repent you wicked men

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Jordan

Oh come and as you tread life's journey
Take Jesus as your daily guide
Though you may feel pure and safely
Without him walkin by your side

But when you come to make the crossing
At the ending of your pilgrim way
If you ever will need our Savior
You'll surely need him on that day

   (Now look at that) cold Jordan
   (Look at its) deep waters
   (Look at that) wide river
   Oh hear the mighty billows roll

   (You better take) Jesus with you
   (He's a) true companion
   (For I'm) sure without him
   That you never will make it o'er

That awful day of judgment
Is comin' in the by and by
We'll see our Lord descending
In Glory from on high

Oh let us keep in touch with Jesus
And in his place a love of God
We may be ever call ready
When he calls us over Jordan's tide

   (Oh what) oh what you gonna do
   (Oh what) oh what you gonna say
   (Oh how) oh how you gonna feel
   When you come to the end of the way

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Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel

I'm gonna sing you a brand new song
It's all the truth for certain
We can't live high if we get by
And get on the other side of Jordan

   Oh pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves
   Jordan is a hard road to travel
   Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves
   Jordan is a hard road to travel I believe.

The public schools and the highways
are causing quite an alarm
Get a country boy educated just a little
and he won't work on the farm

Now I don't know but I believe I'm right
the auto's ruined the country
Let's get back to the horse and buggy
and try to save some money.

I know a man an evangelist
his tabernacle's always full
The people come from miles around
just to hear him shoot the bull

You can talk about your evangelists
you can talk about Mr. Ford too
But Henry's shaking more hell out of the folks
than all the evangelists do.

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Richard Thompson - Josephine Lyrics

Josephine paces her room
Josephine wishes the stars would appear
Breathless she'll run to her tryst
On the brow of the hill
If God will

Josephine looks for a rose
To perfume the tight angry curls of her hair
He'll come this once, and maybe
Again, but where
Or when

And the leaves blow in
And the leaves blow into the hall

Josephine dresses her wound
One scent of blood and he might disappear
Or maybe he'll want to devour her
Whole and complete
In a heart beat

Josephine talks in her sleep
More friends around her asleep than awake
Cries desolation to phantoms
But nobody hears
A dream's tears

And the leaves blow in
And the leaves blow into the hall

Josephine writes on the wall
Writes all the thoughts that escape from her head
Hundreds and thousands of words
Written small on a wall
That's all

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Dolly Parton - Joshua lyrics

Well a good ways down the railroad track
There was this little old rundown shack
And in it lived a man I'd never seen
Folks said he was a mean and a vicious man
And you better not set foot on his land
I didn't think nobody could be that mean
So I took me out walking down the railroad track
I was a-gonna go down to that little old shack
And just find out if all them things I'd heard was true
There was a big black dog laying out in the yard
And it growled at me and I swallowed hard
And I heard somebody say well who are you
Oh and there he stood in the door of that shack
His beard and his hair was long and black
And he was the biggest man I'd ever seen
When he spoke his voice was low and deep
But he just didn't frighten me
'Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean
He said what you doing snooping 'round my place
And I saw a smile come across his face
So I smiled back and I told him who I was
He said come on in and pull you up a chair
You might as well since you already here
And he said you can call me Joshua
Joshua Joshua
Whatcha doing living here all alone
Joshua Joshua
Ain't you got nobody to call your own
No no no no
We talked 'til the sun was clean out of sight
And we still talking when it come daylight
And there was just so much we had to say hey
I'd spent my life in an orphan's home
And just like him I was all alone
So I said yeah when he asked if I'd stay
Oh we grew closer as time went on
And that little old shack it was a happy home
And we just couldn't help but fall in love
That big black dog and that little old shack
Sitting down by the railroad track
It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua
Joshua Joshua
Why you're just what I've been looking for
Joshua Joshua
You ain't gonna be lonesome anymore
No no
Yodel-a-he-ho
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua yeah yeah
Me and Joshua


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Joshua Gone Barbados
Eric VonSchmidt/Tom Rush

Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
Lot of misery in Georgetown, three men lying dead

And Joshua, head of the government, he say strike for better pay
Cane cutters are striking, Joshua gone away.

Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell.

Sugar mill owner told the strikers, I don't need you to cut my cane
Bring in another bunch of fellows, strike be all in vain.

Get a bunch of tough fellows, bring 'em from Zion Hill
Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, know somebody get killed.

And Sonny Child the overseer, I swear he's an ignorant man
Walking through the canefield, pistol in his hand.

But Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
People on the Island, they got no place to go.

Police giving protection, new fellows cutting the cane
Strikers can't do nothing, strike be all in vain.

And Sonny Child he curse the striking, wave his pistol 'round
They're beating Sonny with a cutlass, beat him to the ground.

There's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear the women bawl
Joshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all.

Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
Sonny Child in the hospital, pistol on his bed.

I wish I could go to England, Trinidad or Curacao
People on the Island they got no place to go.


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Journey's End

My life was filled with such sorrow
A soul with no one to care
God heard my prayer and He called me
I'll meet my Lord way up there

    A golden rainbow lights the way
    Up the path I will ascend
    To the kingdom up on high
    Is my home at journey's end

His love was so sweet and so faithful
His life he gave for you and me
Trial and temptation seemed endless
But he rose over all eternity

There's many here on this journey
So heavy the burdens they bear
As they reach up toward the heaven
He'll hear their voices in prayer

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Joy Of My Heart
Traditional

Sing ye o' the Cuillins o' Skye
Harris, Dunvegan, fair Iona
Joy of my heart, Eilean Mulligh

Whether I wander east or west
waking or dreaming, you are near me
Joy of my heart, Eilean Mulligh

Peat and heather, how they call me
Little wee bothan by the hillside
Joy of my heart, Eilean Mulligh

Whether I wander east or west
waking or dreaming, you are near me
Joy of my heart, Eilean Mulligh

Friendly hearts are waiting to greet me
Welcoming arms are there to hold me
Joy of my heart, Eilean Mulligh

Whether I wander east or west
Waking or dreaming, you are near me
Joy of my heart, Eilean Mulligh


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Dolly Parton - Joy To The World lyrics

Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
while fields and floods,
rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessing flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of His righteousness,
and wonders of His love,
and wonders of His love,
and wonders, wonders of His love.


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Alison Krauss - Jubilee

The sun came up on Monday morn,
The world was all in flames.
It's all a mortal man can do
To make it right again. 

Swing and turn, Jubilee.
Live and learn, Jubilee. 

The moon came up, I stood my ground
And swore to not give in,
To never rest and do my best
To rid this world of sin. 

Swing and turn, Jubilee.
Live and learn, Jubilee. 

The one who spoke cried tears of hope
That we might change in time,
And when I looked into her eyes
The fear I saw was mine.

Swing and turn, Jubilee.
Live and learn, Jubilee. 

The time had come to travel on.
I made my way alone.
My soul will mend at journey's end.
This road will take me home. 

Swing and turn, Jubilee.
Live and learn, Jubilee. 


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Jubilee Road

Yesterday calls and my heart goes back
Down to Mississippi by a railroad track
Where the corn and the taters and the cotton grows
On Jubilee Road
Back folks used to call me cotton top
Catching them catfish skippin those rocks
Lord l'd trade everything I got
for Jubilee Road
Ch:
Jubilee Road I can hear you calling
Jubilee Road I can hear you talking
Mississippi dream you got me walking
on Jubilee Road
Yesterday's gone don't you understand
Cotton top's grown to be a man
Big city sidewalks cover the sand
on Jubilee Road
Walking down the street to my fishing hole
Hot sand poppin up between my toes
Heaven was a place I used to know 
as Jubilee Road
Grapevine swinging in the summertime
Laughing and singing with friends of mine
Life was good there all the time 
on Jubilee Road
Ch:
There aint no cotton and there aint no corn
Can't find the place where I was born
Everyone's gone that I used to know
on Jubilee Road
Working like a fool for a dollar bill
Wanna go home but I never will
But in my mind I live there still
On Jubilee Road
Ch:


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The Incredible String Band - Juggler's Song 

Gather round friends and I'll show you what I made
Something in my bag that'll surprise you all
It's a secret, don't push, I'm not ready
Something to dazzle your eyes, oh

Something to blow your mind away
Something that I made today

The first little ball is red and green
Oh, it's pretty, yes, I know what you mean
I call it substance, do dio dio do
And what it will do I just don't know

But the trees may whisper and the hills may grow
While it's changing

The first and only juggler, I must be the best
I love to see the rings spin, never at rest
Up in the air and back to me
What it will do, I just can't see

Something to blow your mind away
Something that I made today

The next little ball is silver and black
See, it chase the first one forward and back
I call it space, do dio dio do
What it will do, I just don't know

But it seems to make a difference just to have it so
While it's changing

The next little ball is too hot to hold
I have to keep tossing it and I hope it gets cold
I call it power, do dio dio dio
What it will do, I just don't know

But it seems to make the whole thingummywhojemyflippery
Rattle and go while it's changing

The first and only juggler, I must be the best
I love to see the rings spin, never at rest
Up in the air and back to me
What it will do, I just can't see

Something to blow your mind away
Something that I made today

The next little ball is orange and blue
I can't juggle four so I'll toss it to you
And I call it time

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Punch Brothers - Julep 

I died happy in my sleep
I died happy in my sleep
Our children around and you looking down from
Heaven's a julep on the porch
Heaven's a julep on the porch
You and me rocking
A grandfather clock is tick, tick, tocking to the time
We used to wind it

She brought the sugar and the mint
She brought the sugar and the mint
And he brought the whiskey
Asked for my blessing
Yes sir I know she's
Heaven's a julep on the porch
Heaven's a julep on the porch
You and me rocking
A grandfather clock is tick, tick, tocking to the time
We used to wind it
Got time
We used to wind it

Now the time stands still
We can drink our fill
Out of silver
That will never
Tarnish like we will

You were just a girl that I should meet
You were the girl that I would meet
For drinks in the backyard
A beautiful daughter
Lifetimes of summer
And love ever after

I died happy in my sleep
I died happy in my sleep
Our children around and you looking down from
Heaven's a julep on the porch
Heaven's a julep on the porch
You and me rocking
A grandfather clock is tick, tick, tick, tick, tocking to the time
We used to wind it
Got time
We used to wind it

Oh it's tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tocking to the time
We used to wind it

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Julianne

Julianne what are you doing, making plans on leaving me?
Have I made your life unhappy, is this how it's got to be?
Will you be here in the morning when the rooster starts to crow?
Will my tears be all that's called for Julianne? I've got to know

   Dress yourself in silk and satin, put some ribbons in your hair
   But don't say you're gonna leave me, it's more than I can bear
   Go and have your night of dancing if you like those country songs
   But when all the fun is over, Julianne, come on home

Julianne, you know I love you, I can't live my life alone
Is there some way I can please you, tell me what could keep you home
I've got no gold and silver, got no diamonds for your hand
All I have is love, this love I'll give you Oh, I need you, Julianne

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Balsam Range - Julie's Train 

Two long years of struggle in the dusty fields of home
Julie she grew weary and got the urge to roam
I hear that train whistle as it passes me on by
The only thing I can do is stand here and cry
Oh lonesome train long gone
Oh lonesome train bring her home
My mind wonders back in time to dreams of yesterday
When you made those vows of love but now they're gone away
I don't know why she had to leave but I do know that she's gone
She left on that lonesome train and I'm all alone
Oh lonesome train long gone
Oh lonesome train bring her home
I guess she didn't like that livin' life out on the farm
She longed for the city with it's bright lights and charm
The only life I've ever known is worked with these two hands
But life in these dusty fields, it cost me julianne
Oh lonesome train long gone
Oh lonesome train bring her home
Oh lonesome train long gone
Oh lonesome train bring her home
Oh lonesome train long gone
Oh lonesome train long gone

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July, You're A Woman
John Stewart

I can't hold it on the road
When you're sitting right beside me
And I'm drunk out of my mind
Merely from the fact that you are here
And I have not been known
As the Saint of San Joaquin
And I'd just as soon right now
Pull on over to the side of the road
And show you what I mean

La da da da da da
La da da da da da
July, you're a woman
More than anyone I've ever known

And I can't hold my eyes
On the white line out before me
When your hand is on my collar
And you're talking in my ear
And I have been around
With a gypsy girl named Shannon
A daughter of the devil
It is strange that I should mention that to you
I haven't thought of her in years

La da da da da da
La da da da da da
July, you're a woman
More than anyone I've ever known

I can't hold it on the road
When you're sitting right beside me
And I'm drunk out of my mind
Merely from the fact that you are here
And I have not been known
As the Saint of San Joaquin
And I'd just as soon right now
Pull on over to the side of the road
And show you what I mean

La da da da da da
La da da da da da
July, you're a woman
More than anyone I've ever known

July, you're a woman
More than anyone I've ever known
More than anyone I've ever known


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Jump Off The Ship

The ship was rolling back and forth that night
the winds were blowing wildly and the shore was out of sight
when on the sea a vision it appeared
but them on board were full of doubt, crying out in fear
But then they heard the voice of Jesus speak
"Be of good cheer, cast off your fear, I'm the master of the sea"
He'll give you faith to walk on the water
He'll hold you up when your faith falters
He'll be the still small voice when the wind rages around you
Jump off the ship, don't fear the storm, He'll take care of you
And Peter spoke and said, "Lord if it's thee
bid me to come where you are standing on the sea"
Jesus' only word to him was, "Come"
Peter started walking to the Father's only Son
Then twas the wind that blew away his faith
But Jesus caught him up before he sank beneath the waves
He'll give you faith to walk on the water
He'll hold you up when your faith falters
He'll be the still small voice when the wind rages around you
Jump off the ship, don't fear the storm, He'll take care of you
Though your troubles like a millstone pull you down
remember there is one who will never let you drown
When the wind starts blowing even faster
Keep your eyes fixed only the Master
He will never leave you nor forsake you
Seek His face, draw near to Him, He'll draw near to you
He'll give you faith to walk on the water
He'll hold you up when your faith falters
He'll be the still small voice when the wind rages around you
Jump off the ship, don't fear the storm, He'll take care of you


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Jump the Broom
Adrienne Young
Adrienne Young / Will Kimbrough

"Join two hands, this broom step over
take a sweet kiss from your own true lover?

Diamond birthright Painted Flower
Seventeen years and sixteen hours
Out the window stares a girl
Kentucky wonder head full of curls
She ain't my mama this ain't my world
Too much swine for just one Pearl

Jump the broom, jump the broom
Fly me away from this dark room
Can't go too far can't leave too soon
Love take my hand let's jump the broom

Broken bottle on the floor
Whiskey drippin' down through the boards
Old man shoutin' come back and fight
Young man run into the night

Was late ast summer down by the creek
Two young lovers fell warm and sweet
Kindred spirits kindred scars
Jordan's Banks didn't seem so far

Jump the broom, jump the broom
Fly me away from this dark room
Can't go too far can't leave too soon
Love take my hand let's jump the broom

New moon risin' dark and still
Pearl's a droppin' from her windowsill
Tears burn and gather in brown eyes
Little sister waves goodbye

Now young Corey's waitin' down by the gate
Can't call the preacher
It's much too late
But that don't stop his bended knee no no

Pretty Pearl girl marry me!

Jump the broom, jump the broom
Fly me away from this dark room
Can't go too far can't leave too soon
Love take my hand let's jump the broom

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Junior's In Love
Joe Diffie

With a dozen roses in his gun rack
Junior pulled up into her side lot
He carried them up to the front porch
And hollered, "Wanda, look at what I got!"
She was sittin' there watchin' TV
With a dry wall hanger named Shorty
She pressed her nose to the screen door
And said, "They smell like WD-40!"

He said, "Now don't you be that way
You know how much I love you
I can't hardly sleep at night
And when I do I dream of you
And by the way, Shorty, I thank you
You could have had 'em put me in jail son
I'm just glad I run out of air hose
When I come at you with that nail gun

Oh, Junior's in love, ain't that a good one'
He'll track her down and then if she should run
He'll bring her some like a deer on the hood, son
Junior's in love

Wanda walked down the front steps
And said, "I hate to break up the party
But I've got to get to work by five
Would you run me over there, Shorty?"
That's when Junior turned bright red
And said, "I'm takin' her to the diner"
And he threw Shorty in the truck bed
With a busted nose and a shiner

Oh, Junior's in love, ain't that a hot one'
There's a lots of lovers and Junior, he's not one
Don't know a kiss from a hug from a shotgun
Junior's in love

Oh, you know there's an oil puddle down by the diner
And it came out this transmission
That's where he parks every night and stares through the window
In a lovesick, sorry condition...
You see...

Oh, Junior's in love, ain't that a good one'
He'll track her down and then if she should run
He'll bring her some like a deer on the hood, som
Junior's in love


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Just A Few More Days

Just a few more days of sorrow just a few more days of pain
Just a few more days of cloudiness Just a few more days of rain
Then I'm gonna live Jesus he has got a home prepared
Then I'll join the Holy Angels mother will be waiting there

Not so long ago one morning mother called me to her bed
Then she put her arms around me listen to what she said
Darlin I am going to leave you but you'll not be left alone
Jesus will protect and shield you after he has called me home

Sometimes I am sorely tempted sometimes I am sorely tried
But to overcome I'm trying taking Jesus for my guide
Though sometimes the path seems rugged but it only makes me pray
And I know if I keep trying I'll see my mother some sweet day

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Just A Little Talk With Jesus

I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in
And then a little light from heaven filled my soul
It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above
And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole

   Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
   Let us tell Him all about our troubles
   He will hear our faintest cry
   He will answer by and by
   Now when you feel a little prayerwheel turning
   And you know a little fire is burning
   You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right

Sometimes my path seems drear without a ray of cheer
And then a cloud of doubt may hide the light of day
The mists of sin may rise and hide the starry skies
But just a little talk with Jesus clears the way

I may have doubts and fears my eyes be filled with tears
But Jesus is a friend who watches day and night
I go to Him in prayer He knows my every care
And just a little talk with Jesus makes it right

You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right
Makes everything right

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Just A Phone Call Will Do

Just a phone call will do, if you can't come by
Let me hear from you my darling, I'm worried though I know not why
I just want to hear you say, yes, I'm still in love with you
If you can't come by to see me, just a phone call will co

When I don't hear from you, I get nervous inside
And it seems I go to pieces, my feelings I can't hide
When I hear my number ringing, my frey skies turn to blue
When you're many miles away dear, just a phone call will do

When I go to bed at night dear, a little prayer I always say
I'm thankful for the moment, God sent you my way
If I had the power to change things, I'd be right there with you
Many miles now separate us, just a phone call will do

* Refrain


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Just a Rose Will Do

When time shall come for my leaving
When I bid you adieu
Don't spend your money for flowers
Just a rose will do

I'll go to a beautiful garden
When my life's work is through
Don't spend your money for flowers
Just a rose will do

I want a good old-time preacher
To preach the gospel truth
I want no tales of my history
Then just a rose will do

I'll need no organization
To make a big to-do
Just have some good old-time singing
Then just a rose will do

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Just A Step Away From Paradise
BMI Work #: 9156170
Just A Step Away From Paradise (Larry W. Jones 10/03/2007) (song#5039)

I pass your house in my disguise
Hiding tears falling from my eyes
Feeling my heart beat as it cries
Just a step away from paradise
Your new love seems so happy too
I wish the best for him and you
I wish for dreams that can't come true
Just a step away from paradise
Dear, at your wedding I put on a show
To keep from showing I was crying low
I miss kissing lips that another owns
And what good are vows that can't now be known
This can't be good to always walk alone
Just a step away from paradise
- instrumental -
Your new love seems so happy too
I wish the best for him and you
I wish for dreams that can't come true
Just a step away from paradise
Dear, at your wedding I put on a show
To keep from showing I was crying low
I miss kissing lips that another owns
And what good are vows that can't now be known
This can't be good to always walk alone
Just a step away from paradise
Just a step away from paradise


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Just Ain't

I ain't gonna worry who's kissin' you
When you're far away
Because I know when the tomcat's gone
All the mice will play
I ain't gonna worry what's goin' on when you're
Out to paint the town
I ain't gonna worry where you stay
When you're out runnin' 'round. 

I just ain't (just ain't)
I just ain't (just ain't)
Just ain't. 

I ain't gonna worry what's goin' on
When I'm home sleepin' in bed.
I ain't gonna watch for you to come in
And go to sleep instead.
I ain't gonna follow you where you go
A walkin' down the street
I ain't gonna care about (who's) the other guy
That you go to meet. 

I ain't gonna care if you don't come back
I'll get along all right.
I ain't gonna mind this livin' alone
I'll still sleep at night.
I ain't gonna worry where you go
And when you say goodbye
I'll find someone else to love
I ain't gonna sit and cry.

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Just An Old House
Author Barry Ross

I'm just an old house that's tumbling down
Where once lived a family 
there's no one around 
The boards are all weathered 
and the winds blowing through 
but I have a memory of when things were new
chorus 
I'm just an old house 
With the vines growing ore
The place where a family
grew up in my door
I have a memory of days that are gone
Now can you remember the place you called home
Six little children grew up in the yard
now their all grown 
they've traveled so far
Sometimes I wonder if they still think of me
or just an old house in my memory 
Chorus


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Just Another Broken Heart

They stood on the beach one evening
Out in the moonlight fair
Twas a boy in the pride of manhood
And a girl in beauty rare

I never had thought that you loved me
An innocent look of surprise
Crept out from beneath her lashes
And into those deep brown eyes
   
   Oh sir I was only flirting
   Only a playing a part
   Just another boy's life ruined
   Just another broken heart

Sir I'm to be married this winter
Farewell and she gave me her hand
And drawing a robe around her
She left me alone on the sand

He goes with a crowd of passers
Always bitter and cold
Just another boy grown weary
Just another boy grown old

There's a rose grows in your garden
White rose is the symbol of peace
And when I am dead little darling
Plant that rose at my head and my feet

   Oh sir I was only flirting
   Only a playing a part
   Just another boy's life ruined
   Just another broken heart

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Just Another Day

Just another day how can I stand it
Without my baby by my side
This empty feeling now inside me
Is bound to show but I can't cry

Just make mine straight without a chaser
And let me drown my blues this way
The seat beside me now is empty
Nothing to live for just another day

A thief could rob and take my money
If death was pending I could pray
I'm helpless now what can my fate be
Everything is gone just another day

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Just As I Am
Charlotte Elliott / William B. Bradbury

Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, Thy love unknown
Hath broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, of that free love
The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove,
Here for a season, then above,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!


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Just as the Sun Went Down

Love like this was never known
Though you search the whole world 'round
Jesus dying for his own
Just as the sun went down

Just as the evenin' sun
Was sinkin' in the golden west
Hanging between two thieves
They crucified the Son of God

Mocked by the multitudes
They placed on Him a thorny crown
Love like this was never known
Jesus dying for His own
Just as the sun went down

By Sanhedron He was tried
Have no use for Him they cried
By the mob He was crucified
Just as the sun went down

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Just Because

Just because you think you're so pretty
Now just because you think you're so hot
Just because you think you've got something
That no other girl has got
You caused me to spend all my money
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus
But I'm telling you honey I'm through with you because, just because

Just because you think you're so pretty
Now just because you think you're so hot
Just because you think you've got something
That nobody else has got
You caused me to spend all my money
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus
Well I'm telling you honey I'm through with you because, just because


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Dolly Parton - Just Because I'm A Woman lyrics

I can see you're disappointed
By the way you look at me
And I'm sorry that I'm not
The woman you thought I'd be
Yes, I've made my mistakes
But listen and understand
My mistakes are no worse than yours
Just because I'm a woman
So when you look at me
Don't feel sorry for yourself
Just think of all the shame
You might have brought somebody else
Just let me tell you this
Then we'll both know where we stand
My mistakes are no worse than yours
Just because I'm a woman
Now a man will take a good girl
And he'll ruin her reputation
But when he wants to marry
Well, that's a different situation
He'll just walk off and leave her
To do the best she can
While he looks for an angel
To wear his wedding band
Now I know that I'm no angel
If that's what you thought you'd found
I was just the victum of
A man that let me down
Yes, I've made my mistakes
But listen and understand
My mistakes are no worse than yours
Just because I'm a woman
No, my mistakes are no worse than yours
Just because I'm a woman


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Leftover Salmon - Just Before The Evening Lyrics

As the sun sinks low, I'm leavin' for home
And the mountains stretch their shadows across the plains
The worries of the day, now just fade away
As the evening breeze brings the smell of summer rain

Before the night comes on, after the day is done
You know my favorite time, is just before the evening
That's when I think of you and all that we can do
Oh-oh, the time I love, is just before the evening

As the twilight comes stealin', it's always the same feelin'
Watchin' the daylight fade into the west
I can hear the nighthawks cry, as another day slips slowly by
Evenin' day is the time that I love best

Before the night comes on, after the day is done
You know my favorite time, is just before the evening
That's when I think of you and all that we can do
Oh-oh, the time I love, is just before the evening

So the stars will show their faces
Shining down on open spaces
Each one farther than my eyes can see
It's all unfolding in front of me

Before the night comes on, after the day is done
You know my favorite time, is just before the evening
That's when I think of you and all that we can do
Oh-oh, the time I love, is just before the evening

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Just Between the Two of Us 
By Merle Haggard with Bonnie Owens
Written by Liz Anderson
 
G                D7                            G
Just between the two of us we know our love is gone

                  C                            G
People think it's wonderful our love can be so true
                 D7                          G
You never say an angry word no matter what I do
                     C                           G
And you have so much faith in me you trust me anywhere
                       D7                              G
But the reason if they only knew is that we just don't care
 
                 C                            G
Just between the two of us let's give up this fantasy
                 D7                     G
For we no longer care enough to even disagree
          C                            G
Everybody envies us and the way we get along
                     D7                            G
But just between the two of us we know our love is gone
 
                 C                               G
Wish we could go back again to days that used to be
                    D7                             G
We fought a lot but even then I knew you cared for me
           C                               G
Now we get along so well no teardrops ever fall
                    D7                                  G
But there's no love no anything there's nothing left at all
 
Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - Just Between You And Me lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Jack Clement
Copyright 1967

So I feel so blue sometimes I want to die and so I've got a broken heart so what
They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men
And I know that someday I'll forget and love again
But just between you and me I've got my doubts about it
Just between you and me you're too much to fotget
So I've lost the only one I've ever loved and so I've never felt so low so what
I'll just tell myself each time I want to cry
That someday time will dry the teardrops from my eyes
Just between you and me I'm not so sure about it
Just between you and me you're too much to forget
You're too much to forget


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Just For Old Time Sake
Recorded by Jim Ed Brown and Rhonda Vincent
Written by Hank Hunter and Jack Keller

C  G7      C        F
Oh darling just for old time sake
     G7       C
Turn back the hands of time
A7                  Dm
Pretend that you're still mine
C        G7       C
Just for old time sake
 
                                    F
Although I know you said goodbye to me
  G7                                 C
I can't help thinking how it used to be
                                    F
I guess I'll always be in love with you
  G7                                C
I can't forget the things we use to do 
  
repeat #1
 
                                         F
Well I know that if once more we share a kiss
       G7                             C
You'll realize that it's a thrill you miss
                                       F
That old time feeling deep within your heart
      G7                                 C
Would make you give our love a brand new start
                      
repeat #1

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Just Like A Woman
Bob Dylan

Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Ev'rybody knows
That Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.

Queen Mary, she's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby can't be blessed
Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.

It was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that--

I just can't fit
Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world.
Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl.


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Just Like Rain
Artist: Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick
Album: Together

Chorus
[E]Just like rain fallin' [A]down from [E]heaven
Just like [E]rain fallin' from the [B]sky
You don't [E]know all the tears I'm [E]cryin'
All be[B]cause you told a [E]lie.
All I [A]want was for you to be [E]honest
All I [A]want[G] was for you to be [B]true
Now you're [E]sad you [A]broke a [E]promise
[E]I'm sorry to [B]say I can' believe in [E]you.

Instrumental

[E] [E] [A] [E]
[E] [E] [G] [B]
[E] [E] [A] [E]
[E] [B] [B] [E]
[A] [A] [A] [E]
[A] [A] [G] [B]
[E] [E] [A] [E]
[E] [B] [B] [E]

My lips won't [A]tell you that I'm [E]lonesome
I can't keep my [A]arms[G] from you at [B]night
And yet my [E]heart won't [A]keep a [E]secret
All the tears I [B]cried don't make it [E]right

Chorus

[E]Just like rain fallin' [A]down from [E]heaven
Just like [E]rain fallin' from the [B]sky
You don't [E]know all the tears I'm [E]cryin'
All be[B]cause you told a [E]lie.
[E] [B] [E]


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Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Bob Dylan

When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
And it's Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don't pull you through
Don't put on any airs
When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there
And they really make a mess outa you

Now if you see Saint Annie
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I don't have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Won't even say what it is I've got

Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And you're so kind
And careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howling at the moon

Up on Housing Project Hill
It's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you're lookin' to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don't need you
And man they expect the same

Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost

I started out on burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they'd stand behind me
When the game got rough
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
I'm going back to New York City
I do believe I've had enough


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Just Load The Wagon

[Verse 1]
My grandpa had a sayin' that I got from him, no doubt
One day he had me loadin' hay 'till I was plumb wore out
I said, "If I load any more, this mule will be zigzagging!"
He said, "Don't worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon."

[Chorus]
Don't you worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon
Pile it on 'till you can see them old springs a-saggin'
I ain't seen a load we couldn't pull, and I ain't braggin'
Don't you worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon

[Verse 2]
I married me a country girl, and I knew I'd found a winner
I told her to fix a couple chickens, and a hen for dinner
She said, "If you eat all that stuff, you'll bend over gaggin'!"
I said, "Don't worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon."

[Chorus]
Don't you worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon
Pile it on 'till you can see them old springs a-saggin'
I ain't seen a load we couldn't pull, and I ain't braggin'
Don't you worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon

[Verse 3]
She asked if I want children, I said, "Eight or ten!"
"Well then, we'd better soon get started," she said with a grin
"But feedin' all that bunch is gonna keep your butt a-draggin'."
I said, "Don't worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon."

[Chorus]
Don't you worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon
Pile it on 'till you can see them old springs a-saggin'
I ain't seen a load we couldn't pull, and I ain't braggin'
Don't you worry 'bout the mule, now you just load the wagon

[Instrumental Outro]

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Just Lovin' You

Well I've traveled around this world
I've seen lots of pretty girls
No one like you no one like you

For your love is warm and kind
And it eases a noisy mind
Lovin' you just lovin' you

The sweetest love I ever knew
Is the love I get from you
I always keep on lovin' you

You hold the key to my heart
And I know we'll never part
Forever I'll be lovin' you

Oh I know there is no doubt
You're the one I can't live without
I'm lovin' you only you

My every dream now is real
And I know I always will
Be lovin' you just lovin you

After travelin' around this world
There is no other girl
To take the place of lovin' you

We've known each other for so long
and our love is holding strong
I'll always keep on lovin' you

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Just One Of A Kind
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Dottie Rambo

G
Within the prison of my soul 
                          Am
Locked within my troubled mind
D7                    Am
There's a boy I can't forget 
D7                       G
Cause he's just one of a kind
Just a plain old fashioned boy 
                              Am
The kind a girl don't have to tame
D7                       Am
When he starts to settle down 
D7                             G
He's proud to let her wear his name
                          C
Within my hand I hold the key 
                     D7
Do I dare to set him free
                    Am
Got a feelin' in my mind 
D7                      G
That he's just one of a kind
Ran away from our hometown 
                           Am
Thought I'd leave his love behind
D7                     Am
But there he rode with me 
D7                    G
On the highways of my mind
Met a lot of handsome boys 
                             Am
And some boys aren't hard to find
D7                    Am
He's a rare breed I'm convinced 
D7                      G
That he's just one of a kind
repeat #2 x2
                    Am
Got a feelin' in my mind 
D7                      G
That he's just one of a kind
                    Am
Got a feelin' in my mind 
D7                      G
That he's just one of a kind

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Just One Teardrop

I saw you last night through the tears in my eyes
The dance floor was crowded and I realized
The thoughts you were having as you danced by my way
While I was one teardrop and one step away

    Just one teardrop and one step away
    My heart will be broken til my dyin day
    Your eyes told the story of the price I must pay
    While I was one teardrop and one step away

I know I will miss you and my heart will never mend
If we can't live together at least lets part as friends
I know I will miss you every single day
While I was one teardrop and one step away

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Just One Year

Just one year since you told me you loved me
And said, love, we never would part
But a link in the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad and aching heart

Will you take back everything that I gave you
Your ring, that little lock of hair
It's a card with your picture, sweetheart, on it
There'll never be another girl so fair

Hand in hand we walked along together
Hand in hand we walked along in pride
Hand in hand we walked along together
Honey, down by that big river side

I will take back everything that I gave you
that ring, that little lock of hair
But keep the card with your picture, sweetheart, on it
There'll never be another girl so fair


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Just Over In The Glory Land

I've a home prepared where the saints abide
Just over in the glory land
And I long to be by my Saviour's side
Just over in the glory land

Just over ( over ) in the glory land
I'll join ( yes join ) the happy angel band
Just over in the glory land
Just over ( over ) in the glory land
There with ( yes with ) the mighty host I'll stand
Just over in the glory land

I am on my way to those mansions fair
Just over in the glory land
There to sing God's praises and his glory share
Just over in the glory land

* Refrain

What a joyful thought that my Lord I'll see
Just over in the glory land
And with kindred saved, there forever be
Just over in the glory land

* Refrain

With the blood washed throng I will shout and sing
Just over in the glory land
Glad hosannas to Christ, the Lord and King
Just over in the glory land

* Refrain


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Just Passin' Through

Well it's Friday night at the Legion hall in some Alberta town
And from the stage I see you as you look me up and down
Later on you'll ask me if I'll share some time with you
I'll say sorry honey not tonight I'm just a passin' through

Now I may be a stranger to this little country town
But in your eyes I recognize a man who gets around
You say you want to be with me and make my dreams come true
But I pay no mind I know your kind and I'm just a passin' through

They tell me that they've never heard a singer quite so sweet
And when I play the fast ones it just knocks them them off their feet
Well I don't mind the compliment but I'm nobody's fool
I don't pay no mind they're not my kind
and I'm a just a passin' through

Well I don't know how many times before I've met a man like you
Who thinks I'm something special on account of what I do
I can tell you I'm no different from the girl who cooks for you
I'm just cookin' on this old guitar and I'm singin' songs for you

Don't think that you're the only one it happens all the time
You cowboys think you'll win my prize by handing me a line
Why don't you let me sing my songs there's other girls to woo
And I'll make a bet you you won't regret that I was just a passin' through

Well nobody told me this is how I'd have to pay my dues
But I'll be long gone before too long 'cause I'm just a passin' through

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Alan Jackson - Just Playin' Possum lyrics
(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride/Gary Overton)

I parked my car 'round back
I've got the shades pulled down
I told everybody including my mama
I was leaving town
But I've been right here
Since you've been gone
Belly-up at the bottom of a bottle
Listening to George Jones
And just playin' possum
Laying low
I've got hundred watts of hurtin'
Coming through the speakers of my stereo
Don't want to see nobody
Nowhere I want to go
I'm just playin' possum
And laying low
I'm gonna hide my heart
And be a love recluse
Oh I could cry on my best friend's shoulder
But there ain't no use
I need an expert on
The pain I'm going through
So I'll keep George on the old turntable
'Til I'm over you
And just playin' possum
Laying low
I've got hundred watts of hurtin'
Coming through the speakers of my stereo
Don't want to see nobody
Nowhere I want to go
I'm just playin' possum
And laying low
He's a-playin'possum
And he's a-layin' low goe jones voice


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Just Someone I Used to Know
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Jack Clement

G         C              G
There's a picture that I carry
                 D7   G
One we made some time ago
                    C              G
When they ask who's in the picture with me
               D7            G
I say just someone I used to know
 
G7       C                   G
Just someone I used to spend some time with
                    D7       G
Just a flame that's lost its glow
                                        C
I don't tell them of the nights I cried without you 
      G        D7            G
I say just someone I used to know
 
G7       C                 G
Just someone I used to run around with
                   D7   G
Just a friend from long ago
                                C
I don't tell them how lost I am without you
          G        D7            G
And I say just someone I used to know
                   D7            G
Yes I say just someone I used to know

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Dolly Parton - Just Someone I Used To Know lyrics

There's a picture that I carry
One we made some time ago
When they ask who's in the picture with me
I say just "Someone I used to know"
Just someone, I used to spend some time with
Just a flame, that's lost its glow
But I don't tell them of the nights I cried without you
I say just "Someone I used to know"
Just someone, I used to run around with
Just a friend from long ago
I don't tell them, how lost I am without you
I say just "Someone I used to know"
I say just "Someone I used to know"


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Dolly Parton - Just The Two Of Us lyrics

No we can't control the evil that surround us
But as long as we're together that's enough
If there were just the two of us how different things would be
No one could come between us from now on
The wagging tongues would speak no more the sounds of gossip gone
Without a prying ear to fall upon
No we can't control the evil that surround us
But as long as we're together that's enough
Though we have no power over those around us
We can act as if there's just the two of us
[ el.banjo - fiddle ]
Though clouds of doubt may drift about upon a stormy sea
I'll only draw you nearer onto me
As long as we're together we'll never walk alone
We'll build a world of sunshine of our own
No we can't control the evil...


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Dolly Parton - Just The Way I Am lyrics

If you hear me crying in the night
Pretend that you don't hear me it's alright
Don't ask me why I'm crying, please don't make a sound
I don't know why, it's just the way I am
And if you think I act a little strange
And you don't understand when I do things
Like running through the fields while the rain is pouring down
I don't know why, it's just the way I am
And even though you may not understand me
I hope that you'll accept me like I am
For there are many sides of me, my mind and spirit must be free
And I might smile when other folks would frown
I don't know why, it's just the way I am
I might go out chasing butterflies
And if I fail to catch one I might cry
And if you want me you might find me in the meadow walking 'round
I don't know why, it's just the way I am
I might be home and busy cleaning house
And in the middle of my work I might go out
And go play games with children at the playground
It makes me happy, and that's just the way I am
And even though you may not understand me
I hope that you'll accept me like I am
For there are childish sides of me
My mind and spirit must be free
I might smile when you think I should frown
I don't know why, it's just the way I am


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Just When I Needed You

Just when I needed you you left and went away
You made my life so blue both night and day
You left me here behind with a troubled worried mind
So broken hearted too just when I needed you

   I cried I cried I prayed I tried
   To forget you and never call your name
   What a shame what a shame you're the one that was to blame
   You're the one that proved untrue just when I needed you

You said it's best to part and never love again
And though it broke my heart I won't complain
You know I love you still and dear I always will
Although you proved untrue just when I needed you

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Dolly Parton - Just When I Needed You Most lyrics

You packed in the morning
I stared out the window
And I struggled for something to say
You left in the rain without closing the door
I didn't stand in your way
Now I miss you more
Than I missed you before
And now where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most
Yes, you left me
Just when I needed you most
Now most every morning
I stare out the window
I think about where you might be
I've written you letters that I'd like to send
If you would just send one to me
'Cause I need you more
Than I needed before
And now where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most
Yes, you left me
Just when I needed you most
You packed in the morning
I stared out the window
And I struggled for something to say
You left in the rain without closing the door
I didn't stand in your way
Now I love you more
Than I loved you before
And now where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most
You left me
Just when I needed you most
Oh, you left me
Just when I needed you most


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Just Wondering Why

Tonight I'm alone, I'm thinking of you dear
For yesterday you told me goodbye
Oh why did you leave and where are you going
I'm hear all alone, just wondering why 

   I can't understand, sweetheart, why you left me
   You told me your love would never die
   Then you went away and left me so lonely
   Now I'm all alone, just wondering why

Wherever you go in this world my darling
I'll never think of no one but you
When you went away, you left me so lonely
And that's why today I'm feeling so blue

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K-S-O-S
Recorded Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

C                                     F
Come gather round me boys and lend an ear
G7                                          C
I've got some things I think you all should hear
                                F
It's time to shift into another gear
                Dm
I've reached my final destination 
         G7
Bought a radio station
                                        C
And she's fifty thousand watts pure and clear

  F   C                G7
K-S-O-S help is on the way 
            C
Twenty-four hours of every day
  F            C
A voice in the wilderness 
          G7                 C
And we're here to stay K-S-O-S

  F   C                G7
K-S-O-S help is on the way 
            C
Twenty-four hours of every day
  F            C
A voice in the wilderness 
          G7                 C
And we're here to stay K-S-O-S

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Brad Paisley - Karate (feat. Charlie Daniels) lyrics

She doesn't dare go in the place with those bruises on her face
So she goes through the drive-thru and keeps her sunglasses on
She didn't know when she married that man
She'd get to know him like the back of his hand
But now she's had enough, and the battle lines are drawn
He's in a bar chasing Cuervo with Tecate
He doesn't know she's been taking karate
The way she figures it about July
She'll finally have the belt to match her eye
She's on a mission as the months pass
Five days a week and never misses a class
And now she's up to breakin' boards and concrete blocks
He's in a bar chasing Cuervo with Tecate
He doesn't know she's been taking karate
Now here it is just about July
She's gonna get that belt to match her eye
He stumbled through the door tonight
And started treatin' her rough
Well, she took one look at him and her training kicked in
And she'd finally had enough
He threw a punch, she spun around
Grabbed his arm and put him on the ground
Grabbed a cuttin' board on his way down and she kicked it in half
His knees hit the floor, his chin hit a chair
Knocked out his tooth and it flew through the air
Grabbed his head by the back of his hair and slammed him into the fridge
She landed a left, a right and then a left
She landed a roundhouse right in his chest and a scissor punch upside his head
Broke his nose, swept a leg, he started to fall
And on his way down, she took a bow, and the lights went out
He's on the floor like he went a round with Rocky
He didn't know she'd been taking karate
A hundred bucks says tomorrow night
She's got a brand new belt that's gonna match his eye
He doesn't dare go in the place with those bruises on his face
So he goes through the drive-thru with his sunglasses on


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Kathy's Song
Paul Simon

I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls.

And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies.

My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're asleep
And kiss you when you start your day.

And as a song I was writing is left undone
I don't know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can't believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme.

And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I.


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Katie and Burl
Acoustic Syndicate

I once knew the man who farmed this land, He worked himself to an early grave
He grew what he could and he saved all he could save
And now he's back to the earth where he came from.
He married a girl named Katie, They met in church on a Sunday
They went their own way and they raised four kids and they tried to live as their parents did

Chorus
Oh what can be said of a man and his wife
When it takes all they've got just to keep themselves alive
I once knew the man who farmed this land

Their first child was born in the winter time, But he was small and weak so soon the baby died
But they were strong, so they went on and with the help of each other they raised four strong.
Now the farm which I speak of now is all gone, It's all been sold to a millionaire's son
For a golf course and a business park, nothing to be grown
Old Burl he would cry if he could see his farm gone

Repeat Chorus

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Katie Dear

Oh Katie dear go ask your mother
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes come back and tell me
If she says no we'll run away
 
Oh Willie dear there's no use in asking
She's in her room a takin' rest
And by her side is a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best

 
Oh Katie dear go ask your father
If you can be a bride of mine
If he says yes come back and tell me
If he says no we'll run away
 
Oh Willie dear, there's no need in asking
He's in his room a takin' rest
And by his side is a golden dagger
To slay the one that I love best

 
So he picked up that golden dagger
And stove it through his troubled heart
Saying goodbye Katie goodbye darlin'
At last the time has come to part
 
So she picked up that bloody dagger
And stove it through her lily-white breast
Saying goodbye papa goodbye mama
I'll die with the one that I love best

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Doc Watson 
Katie Morey

Come all you fellers from far and near, and listen to my story
Gon' tell you about the plans I made to fool miss Katie Morey
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

I went down to miss Katie's house just like some clever feller
And I told her that the plums and grape were gettin' ripe and meller
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

I told her that her sister Nan that lived in yander's holler
Had sent for her to come down there and stay one half an hour
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

As we was a-walkin' through the field she squeezed my hand the fiercer
Said, "Mama she has come this way and she will catch us here, sir"
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

You will climb up yander's tree and see if she is near, sir
Then we will go to that pretty grove and court and sport an hour
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

Oh, how he heaved to climb that tree till he was nearly winded
Miss Katie stood smiled and watched to see how high he ascended
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

His heart was a-thumpin' in his breast, and the tree was gent-lie swayin'
As he looked down Miss Katie smiled and he heared what she was sayin'
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

Your ugly looks I do dispise, you look just like an owl, sir
You scratch down like you scratched up or I'm goin' back to the house sir
Teer-da-loddle-lank-thee-eye-ayy, ayy-eye-oh

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Katy Cline

Well now, who does not know Katy Cline
She lives at the foot of the hill
By the shady nook of some old babbling brook
That runs by her dear old father's mill

   Tell me that you love me Katy Cline
   Tell me that your love's as true as mine
   Tell me that you love your own turtle dove
   Tell me that you love me Katy Cline

It's way from my little cabin door
Oh it's way from my little cabin home
There's no one to weep and there's no one to mourn
And there's no one to see Katy Cline

If I was a little bird
I'd never build my nest on the ground
I'd build my nest in some high yonder tree
Where the wild boys couldn't tear it down

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Katy Daley

With her old man she came from Tipperary
In the pioneering days of '42
Her old man was shot in Tombstone City
For the making of his good old mountain dew

   Oh Come on down the mountain Katy Daley
   Come on down the mountain Katy do
   Can't you hear us calling Katy Daley
   We want to drink your good old mountain dew

Wake up and pay attention Katy Daley
For I'm the judge that's gonna sentence you
All the boys in court have drunk your whiskey
To tell the truth I like a little too

So to the jail they took poor Katy Daley
And pretty soon the gates were open wide
Angels came for poor old Katy Daley
Took her far across the great divide

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Katy Dear

Oh Katy dear go ask your mother
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes come back and tell me
If she says no we'll run away

Oh willie dear I cannot ask her
She's in her room up taking a rest
And by her side is a silver dagger
To slay the man that I love best

Oh Katy dear go sak your brother
If you can be a bride of mine
If he says yes come back and tell me
If he says no we'll run away

Oh Willie dear I cannot ask him
For he's there to up taking a rest
And by his side that silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best

Then he picked up that silver dagger
And stove it through his weary heart
Saying goodbye Katy, goodbye darling
At last the time has come to part

Then she picked up that bloody dagger
And stove it through her lilly white breast
Saying goodbye Willie, goodbye mother
I'll die with the one that I love best


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Keep A Memory

Keep a memory of our love dear
Never ever let it stray
Why betray the heart you've broken
I'll find happiness some way. 

   When I think about you darling
   I often hang my head and cry
   Words just can't explain my feelings
   Just to know I've lived a lie 

When our old friends ask about you
Many times I can't reply
Just the thought of your name darling
Makes me wish that I could die.

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Keep Me From Cryin' Today
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C           Em      C         Em
Hold me and love me and tell me
C          A7       Dm  G7
That you decided to stay
   F                       C     Am
At least put it off till tomorrow
    G7                    C
And keep me from cryin' today
             Em            C       Em
Help me make ready for the heartache
       C            A7        Dm G7
That's soon will be coming my way
   F                    C         Am
Consider how little I'm asking of you
    G7                    C
And keep me from cryin' today
F                   C
Keep me from cryin' today
G7                     Dm          G7
Help me forget in your own special way
      F                       C     Am
Let's save our goodbyes for tomorrow
    G7                  C
And keep me from cryin' today
      F                       C     Am
Let's save our goodbyes for tomorrow
    G7                    C
And keep me from cryin' today

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Keep My Love With You
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Ralph Stanley

F            C
Keep my love with you
             G7
Wherever you roam
C
Please don't ever hurt me
   G7                C
Or turn my life into woe


Yesterday someone told me
                        G7
That a new love took my place
C
But you tell me of your love dear
  G7                         C
I know that time changes are made

Repeat #1  x2

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Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy

I'm going downtown, gonna get a sack of flour
Gonna cook it every hour, keep my skillet good and greasy
All the time, time, time
Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time

Well if you say so, I'll never work no more
I'll lay around your shanty
All the time, time, time
Lay around your shanty all the time

Well I'm goin' downtown gonna get me a jug of brandy
Gonna give it all to Nancy, keep her good and drunk and goozy
All the time, time, time
Good and drunk and goozy all the time


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Keep On Funkin'

I like country music I see lost of people use it
Just to help to soothe a hurtin deep inside their soul
It don't hard to understand it I know people who clemand it
That blew ribbon brand can please 'em young and old

But that funky country sound puts a different massage down
But it don't have to say a thing at all
I just know that when I hear it nothing else come ever near it
It's in my blood it's never gonna fall

Keep on funkin' up that country music children
Grow it in the streets and hollers by the pound
Red-neck nark or junky all like it funky
Can't nobody put this music down


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Keep On Going

If you should wonder back this way when you are lonely too
Don't look for me for I will be long gone
I told you once before you left that I was through with you
You can't expect a man to linger on

You are old enough to know that a man's love will not go
When you take up with some one who you think's a little more fun
If you don't find a welcome mat a-lying in your way
Just keep on going is all that I can say

I got your letter yesterday you wanted to come home
But I've been happy since you've been away
I told you once before you left that I was through with you
So keep on going is all that I can say

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Keep On Sunny Side

There's a dark and a trouble side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side too
Though you meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side may also find you

Keep on the sunny side
Always on the sunny side
Keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us every day
It will brighten all the way
If we keep on the sunny side of life

Oh, the storm and its fury broke today
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear
Clouds and storms will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear

* Refrain

Let us green with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our Savior away
Who keepeth every one in his care

* Refrain


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Keep On The Firing Line

If you're in the battle for the lord and right
Just keep on the firing line
If you win the battle then surely you must fight
So keep on the firing line

   Brother keep on the firing line
   Keep on the firing line
   Time is getting short Jesus coming soon
   Brother keep on the firing line

There are many dangers everyone must face
If you die fighting there is no disgrace
With the lord for coward you will find no place
So keep on the firing line

God can only use the soldier he can trust
To keep on the firing line
If you wear the crown bear the cross you must
So keep on the firing line

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Keep On The Sunny Side

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view

   Keep on the sunny side   always on the sunny side
   Keep on the sunny side of life
   It will help us every day it will brighten all our way
   If we keep on the sunny side of life

Oh the storm and its fury broke today
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear
The clouds and storm will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear

Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our Savior always
To keep us every one in His care

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Keep The Change
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Billy Sherrill, Carmol Taylor, Monroe Fields

G
It was so good when he loved you
                                     D7
I could tell by the sunshine on your face

Though he bought you pretty things
                                  G
I know he made your world a happy place


And I remember when she loved you
       G7                               C
And in those days you've had someone to care
    D7
And through your long and lonely nights
                                G
When you needed someone she was there


Oh but lately you're not smiling
                                     D7
And I don't see that sunshine like before

I know you tried to make it work
                                  G
But I don't think he loves you anymore


And I know she must have hurt you
        G7                                  C
Cause I see the things you tried so hard to find
    D7
But if we'd have each other
                                       G
It might just stop this hurt we have inside

          C  D7             G
Change to m--e and keep the change
    C              G
And I won't do you like he did
    A7                    D7
And I won't hurt you like she did
G         C  D7             G
Change to m--e and keep the change

          C          G
And we'll never need another
D7                G
Once we have each other
          C  D7             G
Change to m--e and keep the change

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Keep The Lamp On Sadie

Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
Leave it on so I can see
Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find may way from the fields back to you

I know we need to talk things over
I know things haven't gone so good
Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you

It's been a rough year for the things we are pullin'
And the banks is buggin' us about what's due
And I know it worries you because it's so
But right now there's not too much we can do

I'm gonna need you by my side
so Sadie lets survive
And fight this thing to the bitter end
And keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you

I've got an uncle in St Louis who just might help us
Get over this dry spell we have now
We can sell a couple of things we have no need for
And that will help us get our feet back on the ground

But if you leave me I don't think that I can manage
Sadie keep the lamp on if you can
So keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you

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Richard Thompson - Keep Your Distance Lyrics

If I cross your path again
Who knows where, who knows when
On some morning without number
On some highway without end

Don't grasp my hand and say
"Fate has brought you here today"
Oh, fate is only fooling with us, friend

Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, keep your distance
Ah, with us it must be all or none at all

It's a desperate game we play
Throw our souls, our lives, away
Wounds that can't be mended
And debts that can't be paid

Oh, I played and I got stung
Now I'm biting back my tongue
I'm sweeping out the footprints where I strayed

Keep your distance, keep your distance
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
With us it must be all or none at all

Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
With us it must be all or none at all
With us it must be all or none at all
With us it must be all or none at all

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Richard Thompson - Keep Your Distance - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

If I cross your path again
Who knows where, who knows when
On some morning without number, on some highway without end
Don't grasp my hand and say
"Fate has brought you here today"
Oh, fate is only fooling with us, friend

Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
When I feel you close to me, what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, keep your distance
Ah with us it must be all or none at all

It's a desperate game we play
Throw our souls, our lives, away
Wounds that can't be mended and debts that can't be paid
Oh, I played and I got stung
Now I'm biting back my tongue
I'm sweeping out the footprints where I strayed

Keep your distance, keep your distance
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
With us it must be all or none at all

Keep your distance, oh keep your distance
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, oh, keep your distance
With us it must be all or none at all
With us it must be all or none at all
With us it must be all or none at all

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Kennesaw Line
Don Oja Dunaway

Well now I am just a simple man.
I go no command of the written word.
I can only try to tell y'all
About the things that I've seen and heard.
Won't you listen to this picture
Forever etched upon my mind.
The day that hell broke loose just north of Marietta all along the Kennesaw line.
The day that hell broke loose just north of Marietta all along the Kennesaw line.

Well the sun rose high above us that morning
On a clear and cloudless day
A peckerwood, he tapped on a tree
That would soon be shot away
The heat blistered down through the leaves on the trees
The air seemed hot enough to catch fire
Heaven seemed to be made of brass
The sun rose higher and higher

And then everything got real still and quiet.
My old mess mate, Walter Hood
Said, "Them boys down there they're up to something
I know it ain't no damn good"
Well it was then the storm broke, swept down on us
Rumbling through the hills
Walter sighed and he dropped his rifle
I heard him say something 'bout whippoorwills

He said, "Sammy, can't you hear 'em singing
Singing for you and me
Yes, and all the Maury Grays, Lord
Carry me back to Tennessee
God bless the First and the Twenty-seventh
The Grand Rock City Guard
Sammy, nobody every told me
That dying would be so hard"

Sammy, I think I'm hurt real bad.
Ain't this a hell of a day.
You'd best go and leave me now.
I think I need time to pray.
You know how bad I been wantin' to go home,
But I couldn't see rightly how.
Colonel Field ain't gonna have a choice this time.
Guess I'm gonna get my furlough now.

He said, "Sammy, can't you hear 'em singing
Singing for you and me
Yes, and all the Maury Grays, Lord
Carry me back to Tennessee
God bless the cowards and the brave alike
Who died where the seeds of death are sewn
And I pity those poor Yankee bastards
Who died so far from home.

Repeat First Verse, repeating last line 3 times

Note: "Marietta" is pronounced "Mayretta" by many people who live
there or nearby.


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Kenneth Little Red Hayes
BMI Work #: 9138379
Kenneth Little Red Hayes (Larry W. Jones 09/23/2007) (song#5004)

All the cowboys rode in from far away
To the big barn dance where the fiddler played
And when the caller called out, bend the bow
Kenneth "Little Red" Hayes was hot to go
Down by the river when the sun went down
At the barn dance a little ways from town
"Little Red" Hayes played the best western swing
His fiddle wouldn't rest, he made it sing
Cherokee Cowboys played Silver Lake Blues
And "Little Red" Hayes never took a snooze
He resined his bow for Billy Bayou
He could really play the fiddle so true
Down by the river when the sun went down
At the barn dance a little ways from town
"Little Red" Hayes played the best western swing
His fiddle wouldn't rest, he made it sing
Now, one of these days it will come, I know
Ken "Little Red" Hayes will hang up his bow
But he's already set the scene ablaze
We've never seen none like Little Red Hayes
Down by the river when the sun went down
At the barn dance a little ways from town
"Little Red" Hayes played the best western swing
His fiddle wouldn't rest, he made it sing


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Kentucky

Kentucky you are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me
Kentucky your laurels and your red bud trees
When I die I want to rest upon your graceful mountain so high
Kentucky that is where God will look for me

Kentucky I miss the voices singing in the silvery moonlight
Kentucky I miss the hound dog chasing coon
I know that my mother dad & sweetheart all are waiting for me
Kentucky I will be coming soon 

Kentucky you are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me
Kentucky I will be coming soon

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Kentucky Borderline
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Terry Herd and Rhonda Vincent

G
She pulled out of Mobile in the pouring rain
                                  
Moving through the darkness like a hurricane
     C
From southern New Port waters to the Cumberland so green
D7                          G
Louisville by Nashville and all points in between
D7
Poundin' out a rhythm making up lost time
                                    G
Headin' for that bluegrass state of mine
C
White smoke a rolling whistle a blowing
                                G
Listenin' to her engine keepin' time
D7             G
Kentucky borderline
Montgomery by morning Birmingham by noon
Onward through the timber upward to the moon
    C
Her lonesome whistle cries a low sighed refrain
              D7                  G
Like the boys down on Mill street singing of the pain
   D7
No one is gonna stop her from her appointed rounds
                                  G
This train is movin' on its glory bound
Repeat #2
Her lungs are full of fire breathing burning coal
A raging locomotion like thunder when it rolls
C
Singing for the mighty who cast her molten steel
G
Drawed the spike and laid the rail to ride beneath her wheels
    D7
The pride of our nation she's a monument to them
                                  G
A southern bell that mighty L and N
Repeat #2 x2
D7             G
Kentucky borderline

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Dolly Parton - Kentucky Gambler lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

He wanted more from like
Than four kids and a wife
And a job in the dark Kentucky mines
A twenty-acre farm
With a shacky house and barn
That's all he had
And all he left behind
At gambling he was lucky
So he left Kentucky
Left behind his woman and his kids
Into the gay casino
In Nevada's town of Reno
Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna love your woman in Kentucky
Who's gonna be the one to give her what she needs
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna raise your children in Kentucky
Who's gonna keep them fed and keep shoes on their feet
At the gamblers' paradise
Lady luck was on his side
Kentucky gambler played his cards just right
He won at everything he played
Kentucky gambler had it made
And he should have quit and gone on home that night
But when you love the greenback dollar
Sorrow's always bound to follow
Reno dreams fade into neon amber
And lady luck, she'll leave you on
She'll saty awhile, and then she's gone
You'd better go on home Kentucky gambler
But a gambler never seems to stop
Til he loses all he's got
And so, Kentucky gambler, he played on
He played til he lost all he won
He was right back where he started from
Then he started wanting to go home
Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody waiting in Kentucky
When you walked out, somebody else walked in
Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky
Seems to me a gambler looses much more than he wins
So you think about it
Kentucky gambler


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Kentucky Girl

   Kentucky girl are you lonesome tonight
   Kentucky girl do you miss me
   Does that old moon shine on the bluegrass as bright
   As it did on the night you first kissed me

In a valley 'neath the mountains so high
The sweetest place in all the world
In a cabin with the vines o'er the door
That's where I left my Kentucky girl

I'm far away from old Kentucky tonight
And the blue eyed girl that I love so
But I'm heading home in the silvery moonlight
With open arms she waits I know

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Kentucky Mountain

How the sad wind moans on Kentucky Mountain
And the rain is falling in her face
And by her side in the lonely graveyard
I want to lie down and take my place

She sleeping on Kentucky Mountain
And the rain is falling in her face
And by her side when this life is over
I'll lay me down and take my place

We fell in love there in the mountains
Our love was beautiful and free
She was so young when the maker called her
I guess she was not meant for me

I'm like a lonesome dove at twilight
As she flies around from tree to tree
My aching heart is full of sorrow
Since never more my love I'll see

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Kentucky Waltz

We were waltzing that night in Kentucky
'Neath the beautiful harvest moon
And I was the boy who was lucky
But it all ended too soon

As I sit here alone in the moonlight
I can see your smiling face
And I long once more for your embrace
In that beautiful Kentucky waltz

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Kern River
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

F                          C
I'll never swim Kern River again
 
It was there that I met her
                                 G7
It was there that I lost my best friend
          F
And now I live in the mountains
  Em                       F
I drifted up here with the wind
          C
And I may drown in still water
         G7                     C
But I'll never swim Kern River again
 
       
I grew up in an oil town
       F                 C
But my gusher never came in
           
And the river was a boundary
                               G7
Where my darling and I used to swim

C
One night in the moonlight
F                              C
The swiftness swept here life away

And now I live on Lake Shasta and
     G7                     C
Lake Shasta is where I will stay


There's the South San Joaquin
          F                          C
Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found

And there's a place called Mount Whitney
                                       G7
From where the mighty Kern River comes down

          C
Well it's not deep nor wide
           F                      C
But it's a mean piece of water my friend
 
And I may cross on the highway
         G7                    C
But I'll never swim Kern River again

Repeat #1



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Kern River Blues
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                                                    G7     C
Well I'm leaving town tomorrow getting' my breakfast in the sky
         F                                                    C
Well I'm leavin' in the early morning eat my breakfast in the sky
     G7                                      C
Be a donut on a paper drink my coffee on the fly
                                                   G7     C
Cause I'm flyin' out on jet plane gonna leave this town behind
    F                                             C
I'm flyin' out on jet plane gonna leave this town behind
          G7                                      C
They done moved the city limits out by the county line
                                              G7    C
Put my head up to the window watched the city fade away
       F                                           C
Put my head close to the window watch Oildale fade away
        G7                                         C
Now the blues back in the 30's just like the blues today
                                      G7       C
There used to be a river here runnin' deep and wide
          F                                        C
Well they used to have Kern River runnin' deep and wide
         G7                                      C
Then somebody stole the water another politician lied
                                                 G7      C
When you close down all the honky tonks the city died at night
         F                                               C
When you close down all the honky tonks the city died at night
        G7                                                  C
When it hurt somebody's feelings well the wrong ain't never right
                                             G7      C
Well I'm leavin' town forever kiss an old boxcar goodbye
         F                                           C
Well I'm leavin' town forever kiss an old boxcar goodbye
            G7                                         C
I dumped my blues out in the river before Kern River's dry

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Keys to the Kingdom

They called old John from the island
And they put him in the kettle to boil
And the Lord came down from heaven above
And they tell me that the oil wouldn't boil

    Oh he had the keys to the kingdom
    And the faith unlocked the door
    Oh he had the keys to the kingdom Lord
    And the world couldn't do him no harm

The king said to the Hebrew
When they were about to sound
Before you worship that idol God
Get ready to bow down

Well they put old Paul and Silas
Down in the jail below
While one did sing and the other did shout
And the angel unlocked the door

Go get your trumpet Gabriel
And move down by the sea
But don't you blow that trumpet
Until you hear from me

When you think that you've been living right
And serving God every day
Just fall down on our bended knees
He'll hear every word you say

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The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart 

The footprints over the snow
The fabric of all the lonely
C-Covering only
The fables and hands
The rest is out in the cold
Holding the last of the season
F-F-F freezin' Yeah

My my my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My love like a voice.

We're walkin' in to the fields.
We're walkin in to the forest.
The moon is before us.
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-sayin' words like I love you
D-d-d'you love me? Yeah

My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my love like a voice

Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Although we didn't make a sound.

There's nothing like finding gold
Within the rocks hard and cold
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more

I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you.

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The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart (Live) 

The footprints over the snow
The fabric over the lonely
C-Covering only
The fables and hands
The rest is out in the cold
Holding the last of the season
F-F-F-Freezin'
Ye-ah

My-my-my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice

We're walkin' into the fields
We're walkin' into the forest
The moon is before us
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-Sayin' words like I love you
D-D-Do you love me?
Ye-ah

My-my-my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice

Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Though we didn't make a sound

There's nothing like finding gold
Within the rocks and the coal
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more

I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you

My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
My, my heart like a kick drum

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The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) 

The footprints over the snow
The fabric over the lonely
C-Covering only
The fables and hands
The rest is out in the cold
Holding the last of the season
F-F-F-Freezin'
Ye-ah

My-my-my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice

We're walkin' into the fields
We're walkin' into the forest
The moon is before us
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-Sayin' words like I love you
D-D-Do you love me?
Ye-ah

My-my-my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice

Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Though we didn't make a sound

There's nothing like finding gold
Within the rocks and the coal
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more

I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you

My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
My, my heart like a kick drum

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The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 

The footprints over the snow
The fabric over the lonely
C-Covering only
The fables and hands
The rest is out in the cold
Holding the last of the season
F-F-F-Freezin'
Ye-ah

My-my-my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice

We're walkin' into the fields
We're walkin' into the forest
The moon is before us
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-Sayin' words like I love you
D-D-Do you love me?
Ye-ah

My-my-my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice

Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Though we didn't make a sound

There's nothing like finding gold
Within the rocks and the coal
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more

I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you

My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
My, my heart like a kick drum

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Kickin' Mule

As I went down to the huckleberry picnic
Dinner all over the ground
Skeppers in the meat was nine foot deep
And the green flies walking all around

The biscuits in the oven was a-baking
Beefsteak frying in the pan
Pretty gal sitting in the parlour
Lord God A'mighty what a hand I stand

    Whoa there mule I tell you
   Miss Liza you keep cool
   I ain't got time to kiss you now
   I'm busy with this mule

My uncle had an old mule
His name was Simon Slick
Love anything I ever did see
But how that mule could kick

Went to feed that mule one morning
And he met me at the door with a smile
He backed one ear and he winked one eye
And he kicked me half a mile

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Punch Brothers - Kid A 
[Instrumental]

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Kids Get Lonely
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Lou Bradley and Merle Haggard

C
Kids get lonesome too
So this song's just for you
             F
When you get lonely
    G7
All ages go insane
Even young love causes pain
             C
When you get lonely
Bad days come in pairs
It's good to know somebody cares
             F
When you get lonely
G7
Kids have bad days too
I wish I could be with you
             C
When you get lonely
    F
But we're so far apart
Then you're such a kid at heart
               C
And I love you only
G7
Kids have feelings too
Even young hearts break in two
             C
When you get lonely
     F
When we're so far apart
Babe you're such a kid at heart
               C
And I love you only
G7
Kids get lonesome too
And I'm afraid of what you'll do
                C
When you'll get lonely  

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Richard Thompson - Killerman Gold Posse Lyrics

I ride with the Killerman Gold Posse
And we rob from the rich and we give to the poor
And the poor are we, and the poor are we
And we are so poor, and we want some more

And it's just another, just another, just another, just another
Just another, just another, just another, just another day

We steal your watches and we steal your rings
And we steal your money and we steal your gold
We ride on a train like old Jesse James
In the days of old, in the days of old

And it's just another, just another, just another, just another
Just another, just another, just another, just another day

We are children, please don't take our freedom away
We are children, please don't take our freedom away
We are children, please don't take our freedom away
And it's just another, just another, just another

I ride with the Killerman Gold Posse
And we rob from the rich and we give to the poor
And I got a knife and he's got a knife
And it's trouble and strife and it's run for your life

And it's just another, just another, just another, just another
Just another, just another, just another, just another
Just another, just another, just another, just another
Just another, just another, just another, just another day

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Alison Krauss - Killing the Blues

Leaves were falling, just like embers
In colors red and gold, they set us on fire
Burning just like a moonbeam in our eyes

Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud
Killing the blues

Now I'm guilty of something
I hope you never do because there is nothing
Sadder than losing yourself in love

Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud
Killing the blues

Now you ask me, just to leave you
To go out on my own
And get what I need to
You want me to find what I've already had

Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud
Killing the blues

Somebody said they saw me
Swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud
Killing the blues


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Kind of in Love
The Avett Brothers

She's as sweet as the summer time
And strong as the sunshine
And I don't want to know her
I let myself down

I'm cold as a winter's storm
I'm soft as a grind stone
And I can't do a thing
To flag my life down

Why do you amaze me?
Why do you amaze me?
Why do you fool me into thinkin'
that I'm kind of in love with you?

She's good as a mystery
A salesman for misery
And I am bankrupt
In debt to my knees

Big brown eyes and curly hair
I wonder if she sees me stare
I can't say why I've fallen
Babe, please have mercy

Why do you amaze me?
Why do you amaze me?
Why do you fool me into thinkin'
that I'm kind of in love with you?

We sink like a ball and chain
If I knew more than your first name
Those eyes you got can't fool me
I know how this goes

We'd wrap ourselves in conversation
You tell lies and try my patience
Bite my tongue in frustration
Or you slap my face

Why do you amaze me?
Why do you amaze me?
Why do you fool me into thinkin'
that I'm kind of in love with you?

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Richard Thompson - King Henry V's Conquest Of France Lyrics

King Henry lay upon his bed
bemusing on a tribute due
a tribute due from the king of France
it hadn't been payed for so long a day
Falalala lalala falade
Oh the king he called for his lovely page
his lovely page then he called he
saying you must go to the king of France
to the king of France ride speedely
Falalala lalala falade
And then away went this lovely page
this lovely page then away went he
and when he came to the king of France
Lord! he fell down and with bending knee
Falalala lalala falade
Oh my master greets you worthy sir
Ten tonnes of gold that's his due to he
T'is due to send him this tribute home
Or in french land he soon will see
Falalala lalala falade
Oh your master is young and unturned of years
not fit to comment on my degree
And I will send him three tennis balls
that with them he might learn to play
Falalala lalala falade
Oh the page he returned to the english court
what news what news cried king Henry
such news I am afraid to speak
for with this news you will never agree
Falalala lalala falade
He says you are young and unturned of years
not fit to comment on his degree
and he will send you three tennis balls
that with them you might learn to play
Falalala lalala falade
Then Henry writes to the king of France
his pen never flew so speedily
Said I will toss you some London balls
that will shake your court so grievously
Falalala lalala falade
And then we marched into french land
with drums and trumps so merrily
and then bespeaks the king of France
he under comes proud king Henry
Falalala lalala falade
Oh the first shot that the french men gave
they killed our english men so free
we killed ten thousand of the french
the rest of them they all ran away
Falalala lalala falade
Falalala lalala falade

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Richard Thompson - King of Bohemia Lyrics

Let me rock you in my arms
I'll hold you safe and small
A refugee from the Seraphim
In your rich girl rags and all

Did your dreams die young, were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall?
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And He blessed you best of all

Your eyes seem from a different face
They've seen that much that soon
Your cheek too cold, too pale to shine
Like an old and waning moon

And there is no peace, no true release
No secret place to crawl
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And He blessed you best of all

If tears unshed could heal your heat
If words unsaid could sway
Then watch you melt into the night
Adieu, and rue the day

Did your dreams die young, were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall?
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And He blessed you best of all

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Richard Thompson - King Of Bohemia - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

Let me rock you in my arms
I'll hold you safe and small
A refugee from the Seraphim
In your rich girl rags and all
Did your dreams die young
Were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall
And there is no rest
For the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all
Your eyes seem from a different face
They've seen that much that soon
Your cheek too cold, too pale to shine
Like an old and waning moon
And there is no peace
No true release
No secret place to crawl
And there is no rest
For the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all
If tears unshed could heal your heart
If words unsaid could sway
Then watch you melt into the night
with Adieu, and rue the day
Did your dreams die young
Were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall
And there is no rest
For the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all

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King Of Fools
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Kostas

C      G7
As you look into my eyes and tell those empty lies
     C
I'll pretend they're true cause that's what I do
       G7
As you sit and hold my hand and smile at other men
     C
I'll pretend I'm blind cause I'm just that kind
E7                                    Am
I'm the king of fools and I'll always reign
D7                  G7
Over loneliness and pain
E7                          Am
The king of fools wears his crown
D7                     G7
Wherever misery can be found
E7                                    Am
I'm the king of fools and I'll always reign
D7                  G7
Over loneliness and pain
E7                          Am
The king of fools wears his crown
D7                     G7
Wherever misery can be found 
C      G7
As you walk away with him and I lose in love again
     C
I'll pretend to see that you're still with me
         G7
But I'll be there all alone like a king upon a throne
                      C
Cause I'm the king of fools 
G7                  C
Yes I'm the king of fools

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King Of The Mountain
Recorded by George Strait
Written by Larry Boone and Paul Nelson

G7 C             G7          C
I  gave her that diamond she dreamed of
                   G7          C
And I bought her a home with a view
  F                        C
I took her to the end of a rainbow
                       G7
But all I left her was blue

        C     G7          C
Seems I never had time to love her
                     C7               F
And now it seems the time just stands still
                            C
I thought I was king of the mountain
F         C      G7          C
But I was only a fool on the hill

    E7                   F           C
Now I'm here alone after leaving her lonely
                                             G7
Lord I'm living with a memory I know I can't kill
  C                         F   C
I thought I was king of the mountain
F         C      G7          C
But I was only a fool on the hill

Repeat #3

F                           C
I thought I was king of the mountain
F         C      G7          C
But I was only a fool on the hill

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King Of The Road
Artist: Roger Miller

Trailer for sale or rent, 
rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, 
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah but, two hours of pushin' broom buys a
Eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road
Third boxcar midnight train, 
Destination Bangor, Maine
Old worn out suit and shoes, 
I don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies I have found, 
short but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road
I know every engineer on every train
All the children and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no-one's around
I sing...
Trailers for sale or rent, 
rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, 
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah but, two hours of pushin' broom buys a
Eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road


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King Of The Wooden Nickel
BMI Work #: 9197939
King Of The Wooden Nickel (Larry W. Jones 10/18/2007) (song#5085)

The king arrives in all his glory
At nine when the band begins to play
Every time it's the same old story
They all watch his kingdom waste away
In jest they all bow down before him
As the steel guitar begins to moan
And he knows they're all there to welcome
The king of the Wooden Nickel home
He's the king of the Wooden Nickel
And he rules this honky tonk domain
His sceptre is a long neck bottle
His throne is a bar stool with a cane
All of the bar room jokers know him
As a man who fell from his good name
Seems he lost everything to the queen
That queen of the Silver Dollar dame
His royal cloak is all in tatters
An old duster coat that looks forlorn
The old king's dreams have all been shattered
And the subjects of his kingdom mourn
Down dirty sidewalks he now travels
And goes home alone the way he came
Seems he lost everything to the queen
That queen of the Silver Dollar dame
He's the king of the Wooden Nickel
But he's not as merry as he seems
He was at the top of the ladder
That fell down along with all his dreams
This honky tonk is where you'll find him
In this kingdom he has found his fame
And there's one to blame when dreams went dim
That queen of the Silver Dollar dame
He's the king of the Wooden Nickel
And he rules this honky tonk domain
His sceptre is a long neck bottle
His throne is a bar stool with a cane
All of the bar room jokers know him
As a man who fell from his good name
Seems he lost everything to the queen
That queen of the Silver Dollar dame


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Richard Thompson - Kiss 

U don't have 2 be beautiful
2 turn me on
I just need your body baby
From dusk till dawn
U don't need experience
2 turn me out
U just leave it all up 2 me
I'm gonna show u what it's all about

U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your

Kiss

U got to not talk dirty, baby
If u wanna impress me
U can't be 2 flirty, mama
I know how 2 undress me (Yeah)
I want 2 be your fantasy
Maybe u could be mine
U just leave it all up to me
We could have a good time

U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your

Kiss

Yes
I think I wanna dance
Gotta, Gotta
Little girl Wendy's parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta

Women not girls rule my world
I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama (Not your shoe size)
Not your shoe size
Maybe we could do the twirl
U don't have 2 watch Dynasty
2 have an attitude
U just leave it all up 2 me
My love will be your food
Yeah

U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your

Kiss

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Alan Jackson - Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' lyrics

Whenever a chance to meet some old friends on the street
They wonder how does a man get to be this way
I always got a smiling face any time and any place
And everytime they ask me why
I just smile and say
You've got to kiss angel good mornin'
And let her know you think about her when your gone
So kiss an angel good mornin'
And love her like the devil when you get back home
Now people may guess the secret of happiness
Some of them never learn
It's a simple thing
The secret I'm speaking of
Is a woman and a man in love
And the answer is in this song that I always sing
You got to kiss an angel good mornin'
And let her know you think about her when your gone
So kiss an angel good mornin'
And love her like the devil when you get back home
Kiss an angel good mornin'
And let her know you think about her when your gone
So kiss an angel good mornin'
And love her like the devil when you get back home.


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Kiss Me Once Again

Kiss me once again then if I complain
Tell me that you love me and kiss me once again

A kiss is something we have shared, that never will grow old
A kiss from you can thrill my heart and make my blood cold
For when I'm with the one I love, my heart beats wild within
When I feel your warm lips close to mine, just kiss me once again

* Refrain

Your kiss melted my heart of stone and made me think I'd win
Wiped all suspicion from my mind and made me love again
From now until eternity your heart I know I'll win
When stars strat shining in your eyes, just kiss me onece again

* Refrain


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Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Paul Campbell / Huddie Ledbetter

Well, when I was a young man never been kissed
I got to thinkin' it over how much I had missed
So I got me a girl and I kissed her and then, and then
Oh, lordy, well I kissed 'er again

Chorus:
Because she had kisses sweeter than wine
She had, mmm, mmm, kisses sweeter than wine
(Sweeter than wine)

Well I asked her to marry and to be my sweet wife
I told her we'd be so happy for the rest of our life
I begged and I pleaded like a natural man
And then, whoops oh lordy, well she gave me her hand

Chorus

Well we worked very hard both me and my wife
Workin' hand-in-hand to have a good life
We had corn in the field and wheat in the bin
And then, whoops oh lord, I was the father of twins

Chorus

Well our children they numbered just about four
And they all had a sweetheart a'knockin' on the door
They all got married and they wouldn't hesitate
I was, whoops oh lord, the grandfather of eight

Chorus

Well now that I'm old and I'm a'ready to go
I get to thinkin' what happened a long time ago
Had a lot of kids, a lot of trouble and pain
But then, whoops oh lordy, well I'd do it all again

Because she had kisses sweeter than wine
She had, mmm - kisses - sweeter - than - wine

Notes:
Lyrics by Paul Campbell, music by Huddie Ledbetter.


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Kissin' And Cussin'

Well tell me, pretty baby, do you think you're too sweet to die?
Well tell me, pretty baby, do you think you're too sweet to die?

'Cause we kiss and we cuss and we carry on
We kiss and we cuss and we carry on
Until the break of dawn

Well, I was born in the country, you think I'm easy to fool
Well, I was born in the country, you think I'm easy to fool

'Cause we cuss and we kiss and we carry on
We cuss and we kiss and we carry on
Until the break of dawn

Well, I see you smiling babe, the knife behind your back
Well, I see you smile, the knife behind your back

We kiss and we cuss and we carry on
Yeah, we cuss and we kiss and we carry on
Until the break of dawn

Well tell me, pretty baby, do you think you're too sweet to die?
Well tell me, pretty baby, do you think you're too sweet to die?

'Cause we kiss and we cuss and we carry on
We kiss and we cuss and we carry on
Until the break of dawn

Oh woman, till the break of dawn
Until the break of dawn
Until the break of dawn

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Kissing Is Crime

I know a little girl and I want her for my wife
She's pretty and sweet neat little feet and never been kissed in her life
You can ask her for a kiss she said oh what a bore
Every time she bows and declares she'll never do so anymore
   
   Born to be a better girl and never kiss again
   Afraid my ma might find it out and cause her great pain
   You may walk and talk and hold my hand but kissing is a crime
   I'll not kiss you anymore until next time

I called at her house one night but I didn't intend to stay
She laid her head on my shoulder and said the old folks are away
I kissed her a dozen times and someone came to the door
Every time she bowed and declared she'd never do so anymore

She'll see you too the door kiss and then goodnight
Every time she bows and declares she'll never do so any more

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Kitty Waltz

Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz 

The girls are singing the guitars are ringing
Their steps are so neat their music so sweet
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz 

Boys come on and join our band
The guitars are ringing the music's so grand
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz 

Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz

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Knee Deep In Bluegrass Blues
BMI Work #10839732
Knee Deep In Bluegrass Blues (Larry W. Jones 08/13/2009) (song#5972)

My darlin', today I thought things over
Guess I ought to put on my walkin' shoes
From old Kentucky I'll be a rover
Since you left me knee deep in bluegrass blues
These blue Kentucky skies have turned to gray
Since you told me those lies that hurt and bruise
I can't sleep and this ache won't go away
Since you left me knee deep in bluegrass blues
I'm tryin' to keep from cryin' at night
But now I realize there's no more use
In Kentucky I'd keep sighin' alright
Since you left me knee deep in bluegrass blues
(instrumental)
Kentucky blue grass
Grows knee deep in the Spring
But love cannot last
When it's a dying thing
These blue Kentucky skies have turned to gray
Since you told me those lies that hurt and bruise
I can't sleep and this ache won't go away
Since you left me knee deep in bluegrass blues
I can't sleep and this ache won't go away
Since you left me knee deep in bluegrass blues


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Knee Deep In The Blues

I've just been thinkin' things over
My heart is swollen with tears
My life just don't seem worth livin'
And it's been that way for years

     My skys above turned to gray now
    And I just walked the soles off my shoes
   I don't have too much to say now
   I'm just knee deep in the blues

Don't ask me why I'm cryin'
Cause I have lost about all I can lose
Well there's just no use in tryin'
I'm just knee deep in the blues

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Kneel At The Cross

Kneel at the cross, Christ will meet you there
Come while He waits for you
Listen to His voice, leave with Him your cares
And begin life anew

   Kneel at the cross, kneel at the cross
   Leave every care, leave every care
   Kneel at the cross, kneel at the cross
   Jesus will meet you there

Kneel at the cross, there's room for all
Who will his glory share
Bliss there awaits, harm can nary fall
Those who are anchored there

Kneel at the cross, give your idols up
Look unto realms above
Turn not away, to life's sparkling cup
Trust only in His love

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Alan Jackson - Knew All Along lyrics

"Knew All Along"
The things you taught me just a little while
Would've taken me a hundred years
I can't imagine travelin' these miles
Without somebody like you here
I guess I knew all along, he'd take his angels home
'Cause he loves them too much to let them stay
I guess I knew all along, he'd take his angels home
But I didn't know it was gonna be today
I remember the places that we've been
The little things we used to do
Looking back now that's when I began
To realize that I'm a lot like you
I guess I knew all along, he'd take his angels home
'Cause he loves them too much to let them stay
I guess I knew all along, he'd take his angels home
But I didn't know it was gonna be today
Friends and family help to pass the time
I'm thumbing through pictures of you
Feelin' lonesome, missin' you and cryin'
That's not what you'd want me to do
I guess I knew all along, he'd take his angels home
'Cause he loves them too much to let them stay
I guess I knew all along, he'd take his angels home
But I didn't know it was gonna be today
No, I didn't know it was gonna be today


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Knockin'

If you come a knockin' honey I don't mind but if you're not here for loving well baby don't waste my time
If you come a knockin' honey I don't mind but if you're not here for loving well baby don't waste my time
There's chicken in the fridge, half a bottle of wine, sit and eat your fill and give me what is mine
Chicken in the fridge, half a bottle of wine, sit and eat your fill and gimme gimme gimme gimme
Show me the money, show me the money, show me the money and the milk and the honey
Show me the money, show me the money, show me the money and the milk and the honey
Show me the money, show me the money, show me the money and the milk and whooo

I was watching your lips as we were walking you were talking
I wasn't listening but watching your lips
I was watching your lips while we were walking you were talking
I wasn't listening but watching your lips
Down to the corner store and right back up the stairs
Down to the corner store and right back up the stairs

If you come a knockin' honey I don't mind but if you're not here for loving well baby don't waste my time
If you come a knockin' honey I don't mind but if you're not here for loving well baby don't waste my time
There's chicken in the fridge, half a bottle of wine, sit and eat your fill and give me what is mine
Chicken in the fridge, half a bottle of wine, sit and eat your fill and gimme gimme gimme gimme
Show me the money, show me the money, show me the money and the milk and the honey
Show me the money, show me the money, show me the money and the milk and the honey
Show me the money, show me the money, show me the money and the milk and ahh

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan

Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door


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Knockin' On Your Door
Author: John Reedy

I'm knockin' on your door again my darlin'
I'm knockin' on your door please answer me
Cause I've tried to make you realize my darlin'
That no one slse was ever meant for me
Well, I remember dear you said you'd always love me
And you promised me your happyness so true
But now you gone away, dear, with another
And I wonder if you feel the way I do
I'm knockin' on your door again my darlin'
I'm knockin' on your door please answer me
Cause I've tried to make you realize my darlin'
That no one else was ever meant for me
I'm knockin' on your door again my darlin'
I'm knockin' on your door please answer me
I never read the letter that you wrote my little darlin'
I'm sailing far across the deep blue sea
I'm knockin' on your door again my darlin'
To return the letters that you wrote to me
I'm knockin' on your door again my darlin'
This time honey, I'm sure things gonna be
* Refrain
So good-bye dear, I know you'll soon forget me
And I hope that you find happoness so true
But whenever you make love, sweetheart, remember
There will never always be the same for you
* Refrain


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Billy Strings
Know It All

Well all I know is everything I've learned
And if I'm changing that's the reason that I'll turn
Into someone I can trust
Before I turn back into dust
There's an answer but I wouldn't be concerned

Out of everything I've seen and all I've heard
And everywhere I've been around the whole wide world
There's still something I can't find
I've been lost within my mind
Since you fell out of my sight without a word

Well I thought I knew it all
Till I crashed into the wall
Let me learn from my mistakes
And try to pick up all the pieces

Well the night we met I thought you were the one
Yes and when you left I nearly came undone
There's a million miles to go
At the end I still won't know
What I did to ever send you on the run

Now the memories just keep flying 'round and 'round
And I'm traveling faster than the speed of sound
Well the bigger I stand tall
It's the harder I may fall
On the day my vices lay me in the ground

Well I thought I knew it all
Till I crashed into the wall
Let me learn from my mistakes
And try to pick up all the pieces

Well all I know is everything I've learned
And if I'm changing that's the reason that I'll turn
Into someone I can trust
Before I turn back into dust
There's an answer but I wouldn't be concerned

Well I thought I knew it all
Till I crashed into the wall
Let me learn from my mistakes
And try to pick up all the pieces

Let me learn from my mistakes
And try to pick up all the pieces

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Knoxville Girl

I met a little girl in Knoxville
A town we all know well
And every Sunday evening
Out in her home I'd dwell

We went to take an evening walk
About a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
And knocked that fair girl down

She fell down on her bended knees
For mercy she did cry
Oh Willie Dear don't kill me here
I'm not prepared to die

She never spoke another word
I only beat her more
Until the ground around me
With her blood did flow

I took her by her golden curls
And dragged her round and round
Throwing her into the river
That flows through Knoxville Town

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The Incredible String Band - Koeeoaddi There 

The natural cards revolve ever changing
Seeded elsewhere planted in the garden
Fair grow trees, grow trees

Tongues of the sheer wind
Setting you foot where the sand is untrodden
The ocean that only begins

Listen, a woman with a bulldozer built this house now
Carving away the mountain, whose name is your childhood home
We were trying to buy it, buy it, buy it, someone was found killed
There all bones, bones, dry bones

Earth water fire and air
Met together in a garden fair
Put in a basket bound with skin
If you answer this riddle
If you answer this riddle,you'll never begin

Born in a house where the doors shut tight
Shadowy fingers on the curtains at night
Cherry tree blossom head high snow
A busy main road where I wasn't to go

I used to sit on the garden wall
Say hello to people going by so tall
Hallo to the postman's stubbly skin
Hallo to the baker's stubbly grin
Mrs. Thompson gave me a bear
Brigitte and some people lived upstairs

Skating on happy valley pond
Various ministers and guards stood around
The ice was nice, hallo, the invisible brethren
And there was a tent, you played cards with the soldiers in
â?½Don't worry we won't send anyone after youâ?�, they screamed

But me and licorice saw the last of them one misty twisty day
Across the mournful morning, moor motoring away
Singing ladybird, ladybird what is your wish
Your wish is not granted unless it's a fish
Your wish is not granted unless it's a dish
A fish on a dish is that what you wish

Earth water fire and air
Met together in a garden fair
Put in a basket bound with skin
If you answer this riddle
If you answer this riddle, you'll never begin

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The Incredible String Band - Koeeoaddi There - 2010 Remastered Version 

The natural cards revolve ever changing,
Seeded elsewhere, planted in the garden fair,
Grow trees, grow trees.
Tongues of the sheer wind,
Setting your foot where the sand is untrodden,
The ocean that only begins.

Listen, a woman with a bulldozer built this house now.
Carving away the mountain whose name is your childhood home.
We were trying to buy it, buy it, buy it.
Someone was found, killed there, all bones, bones, dry bones.

Earth, water, fire and air
Met together in a garden fair,
Put in a basket bound with skin.
If you answer this riddle,
If you answer this riddle,
You'll never begin.

Born in a house where the doors shut tight,
Shadowy fingers on the curtains at night.
Cherry tree blossom, head high snow,
A busy main road where I wasn't to go.
I used to sit on the garden wall,
Say hello to people going by so tall.
Hello to the postman's stubbly skin,
Hello to the baker's stubbly grin.
Mrs. Thompson gave me a bear,
Brigitte and some people lived upstairs.

Skating on happy valley pond,
Various ministers and guards stood around.
The ice was nice, hello the invisible brethren,
And there was a tent you played cards with the soldiers in,
"Don't worry, we won't send anyone after you", they screamed.
But me and licorice saw the last of them one misty, twisty day,
Across the mournful morning moor, motoring away,
Singing "ladybird, ladybird what is your wish,
Your wish is not granted unless it's a fish.
Your wish is not granted unless it's a dish.
A fish on a dish is that what you wish."

Earth, water, fire and air
Met together in a garden fair,
Put in a basket bound with skin.
If you answer this riddle,
If you answer this riddle,
You'll never begin.

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Brad Paisley - Kung Pao lyrics

THE WHAT?
BRAD( THE KUNG PAO BUFFET BUCKAROOS )
KUNG PAO
(BRAD) YEAH...ITS CHINESE
THE KUNG COW
(BRAD) THE KUNG PAO
HUH?
(BRAD) THE KUNG PAO BUFFET
THE KUNG COW (KUNG PAO)
(BRAD) THE KUNG COW ALRIGHT
THE KUNG PAO BUCKRAROOS CAFE' (BUFFET)
TUNE IN NEXT TIME
(BRAD)FOR THE ADVENTURES OF
FOR THE ADVENTURES OF
(BRAD) THE KUNG PAO BUCKAROO BUFFET
THE KUNG PAO BUFFAROO CAMPAIGN
LOLLOL ( CAMPAIGN BUFFET)
(BRAD) BUFFET
BUFFET
LET ME DO, LET ME DO THAT LINE OVER AGAIN
CAN I DO IT
(BRAD) YEAH, YEAH
THE KUNG COW (KUNG PAO)
THE KUNG
WHAT THE HELLS A MATTER WITH ME
JUST THAT,THAT ITS CHINESE
JUST, JUST A MINUTE
KUNG PAO
THE KUNG COW
THE KUNG PAO BUCKAROO BUFFET....LOL


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Lamplighting Time In The Valley

Oh there's a lamp shining bright in the cabin
in a window that's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
for the boy she is longing to see

   when it's lamp lighting time in the valley
   in my dreams I go back to my home
   Oh I can see that old lamp in the window
   it will guide me wherever I roam.

By the lamplight tonight I can see her
as she rocks in her chair to and fro
Oh she's praying that I'll come back to see her
and I know that I never can go.

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Land Of Light
R. Gullane

O sleep in peace you valleys and hills
Be safe be free as the breeze
The north wind of fear like a banshee howled
And she drove you down on your knees to pray
She drove you down on your knees

Lift up your head to the morning light
The fight o'er darkness is won
And feast your eyes on the land you love
Its life returning with the sun behold
Its life returning with the sun

And the morning walks proud, shining out like a flame
No evil could subdue
You open up your arms in friendship and joy
To welcome in the new born day
To welcome in the new

May the spirit so strong in the shadow and storm
Hold fast to what is right
And surely as you breathe the gentle air of peace
This land shall shelter in the light of love
This land shall shelter in the light


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Land Of The Navajo

   Oh the wind blows cold
    On the trail of the buffalo
    Oh the wind blows cold
   In the land of the Navajo
    In the land of the Navajo

A hundred miles from nowhere out on the desert sand
One Eyed Jack the trader hold some turquoise in his hand
By his side sat Running Elk his longtime Indian friend
He vowed that he would stay by Jack until the bitter end

Jack had gambled everything he owned to leave this wondering life
He might have had a happy home and a tender loving wife
But his hunger was for trading trapper's furs for turquoise stones
Anything that the Indians had Jack wanted for his own

Said Jack to Running Elk I'll gamble all my precious stones
Before I leave my body here among these bleaching bones
Though now my time is drawing near and I'm filled with dark regrets
My spirit longs to journey as the sun begins to set

We raped and killed we stole your land
We rule with guns and knives add whiskey to your waters
While we stole away your wives
said Running Elk what's done is done you white men rule this land
so lay the cards face up and play your last broken hearted hand

* Refrain

When your dealing cards with death the joker's wild the ace is high
Jack bet the Mississippi River running Elk raised him the sky
Jack saw him with the sun and room and upped him with the stars
Running Elk bet the Rocky Mountains Jupiter and Mars

The sun was sinking in the west when Jack draw the ace of spades
Running Elk just rolled his eyes and smiled and passed away
Jack picked up his turquoise stones and cast them to the sky
He stared into the setting sun and made the mournful cry

* Refrain

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The Avett Brothers - Laser Pants Lyrics

Fire laser pants at will.
Fire laser pants at will?
I will try.
Don't get 'em mixed up with your lazy pants.
Don't get 'em mixed up with your lazy boy. Lazy boys.
Sitting at a lazy boy wearing all my lazy pants, I looked over to my closet, took a laser glance
...laser dance. I bet Katie's got a laser boy.

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Last Best Place
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Christi Baker, Shari Baker, Steve Leslie

C                      G7
I am a pilgrim passing through
    F                                           C
And I've wandered through the world and all its beauty
                       G7
I don't know what I'll find
       F                             G7
When I cross that river to the other side
        Am             G7                F
But the Good Book said believer when you get there
                  C             G7
Heavens light old memories will fade
      C               G7    F    G7   C
And I will see by His grace last best place
                        G7
It won't be easy to say goodbye
   F                                C
To everyone I've loved here in this life
                            G7
But when He calls me I will go
    F                                       G7
And leave my brothers and dear sisters here below
       Am             G7               F
All at once I'll be rejoicing with the angels
               C            G7
Resting in the promise that someday
           C             G7   F    G7   Am
We'll meet again face to face last best place
C                           G7
Some folks dream of growing old
   F                                   C
Contented with their treasures in some mansion
                      G7
There are those weary souls
F                                  G7
Searching in vain to satisfy their passion
Am                 G7                 F
Some can't wait to ride that train to glory
           C                   G7
And see St Peter at the pearly gates
        C          G7    F    C    Am    G7
But for me God's embrace last best place 
       C           G7           F    G7   C
I will sing by His grace in the last best place

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Last Dollar Blues
Blue Highway

1) Honey, where's the money? I thought that we had plenty
We got the last dollar blues
If you tear it you better mend it, make sure that you don't spend it
We got the last dollar blues, last dollar blues

CH) I'm tired of these old empty pockets
Tired of these old worn out pair of shoes
There's nothing in that Sunday suit-coat jacket
Nothin' but a pocketful of blues

2) Where did the money go? We don't have much to show
for these last dollar blues
It's still a week till payday, we got to find a way, babe
to outlast these last dollar blues, last dollar blues

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Crooked Still 
Last Fair Deal Gone Down

It's the last fair deal goin' down
Last fair deal goin' down
It's the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord
On thar Gulfport Island Road

Please, Ida Bella, don't cry this time
Ida Bella, don't cry this time
If you cry about a nickel, you'll die 'bout a dime
She wouldn't cry, but the money won't mine

I love the way you do
I love the way you do
I love the way you do, good Lord
On this Gulfport Island Road

My captain's so mean on me
My captain's so mean on me
My captain's so mean on me, good Lord
On this Gulfport Island Road

Take camp, baby, and sing
Camp, baby, and sing
Let's camp, baby, and sing, good Lord
On this Gulfport Island Road

It's the last fair deal goin' down
It's the last fair deal goin' down
It's the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord
On thar Gulfport Island Road

I'm workin' my way back home
I'm workin' my way back home
I'm workin' my way back home, good Lord
On this Gulfport Island Road

And that thing don't keep ringin' so soon
That thing don't keep ringin' so soon
And that thing don't keep ringin' so soon
Good Lord, on that Gulfed-and-Port Island Road


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Alison Krauss - Last Love Letter 
Every Time You Say Goodbye
Last Love Letter
(sidney cox/the sidney lawrence co.., bmi)

I'm writing my last love letter
And for reasons now, i don't know where to start
Seems so many times i've written down "i love you"
Well i hope this time i can get that through your heart

Only fools will go on and keep talkin' to a wall
But i can't fool around forever
And if stone is the wall that you've built around your heart
Then i guess it's goodbye in this letter

And maybe i was wrong to ever think that you could love me
I was hoping you just couldn't find the time
Have my efforts been in vain with pen and paper?
Did you ever care, did i ever cross your mind?

Only fools will go on and keep talkin' to a wall
But i can't fool around forever
And if stone is the wall that you've built around your heart
Then i guess it's goodbye in this letter

In this letter
In this letter

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Last Move For Me, The

I've been traveling for Jesus so much of my life
Been traveling o'er land and on sea
But I'm planning on taking a trip to the sky
That will be the last move for me

   When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
   What a wonderful time that will be
   I'm ready to go washed in Calvary's flow
   That will be the last move for me

I've seen wonderful sights as I travelled afar
How little, how empty they seem
When I make my last move to that city of gold
That will be the last move for me

Here I'm bothered with packing each time that I move
And carry a load in each hand
But I'll not need one thing that I've used in this world
When I move to that heavenly land

Everything that I'll need will be furnished up there
Not even my song books I'll bring
Or the precious old Bible that showed me the way
I'll not need when I stand by my King

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Richard Thompson - Last Shift 

Stow your gear and charge your lamp
Say goodbye to dark and damp
DSS will pay your stamp
Last shift, close her down

Leave your manhood, leave your pride
Back there on the mucky side
Take the cage for one more ride
Last shift, close her down

Put the business in the black
And they've stabbed us in the back
With old school ties and little white lies
They left our town for scrap

Golden handshake, sling our hooks
Now we're nursemaids, now we're cooks
Now our kids steal pension books
Last shift, close her down

Now the scrapper boys infest
And the wrecking balls caress
Like vermin round a burial ground
They catch the smell of death

Old Grimey's lost its soul
Fifty million tons of coal
And we're beggars on the dole
Last shift, close her down
Last shift, close her down

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Last Thing On My Mind

It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
Made of sand, made of sand
In a wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand

Are you going away with no words of farewell
Can there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better
I didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind

You got reason aplenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growin'
Please don't go, please don't go

* Refrain

As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you
Each song in my breast dies of abornin'
Without you, without you

* Refrain

Darling, that was the last thing on my mind


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Last Train

Well that last train done left town
The last train done left town
I heard the whistle moaning low
But that last train done left town. Hoo-hooo-ooooo.

Now my sweet baby's on that train
My sweet baby's on that train
I wonder if I will see her again
But that last train's done gone down. Hoo-hooo-ooooo.

Now the whistle's moaning low
The whistle is moaning low
I begged my baby please don't go
But that last train's done gone down. Hoo-hooo-ooooo.

Now I'm sorry for what I've done
I'm sorry for what I've done
To leave behind your baby crying
But that last train's done gone down. Hoo-hooo-ooooo.

Well that last train done left town
The last train done left town
I heard the whistle moaning low
But that last train done left town. Hoo-hooo-hooo-hoo-hoo.

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Last Train
Abigail Washburn

Rails don't run in circles
Like this gun they only shoot straight lines
Can't stop trying to bend the ground I've covered now
And the clock ticks louder when I try to slow it down

None can judge the things I done here
I did what I had to do, and just a little bit more
Rows of faces who would never see me anyhow
I'll hitch to Juneau â??fore they figure it out

Can't you hear that last train come rollin'
Come to carry old days away
Can't you hear the hard times and high times
Slippin away

A sideways rain won't hurt ya, Like memories it only sharpens time
He had the lost look of an angel in a broken town
And I could just as well have thought to never come around

Love didn't have it in her
Dark and heavy like a twisted child
Spilt the waters of a rough and trashed out sea
Left me running on the frontage road off Highway 3

People lie for a reason
Like the law they make up your mind
Police never found me when I needed'em anyhow
And I sure don'e need'em now

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Last Train From Poor Valley

Well it was good one time everything was mighty fine
The coal tipples roared day and night
But things they got slow for no reason that I know
And ill winds they hove into sight

The mines all closed down everybody laid around
There wasn't very much that you could do
Except stand in that line to get your ration script on time
And woman I could see it killin' you

Now the soft new snows of December
Lightly fall my cabin 'round
So that last train from Poor Valley
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound

It's been a comin' on I knew soon you would be gone
Leavin' crossed your mind every day
Then you said to me things are bad at home you see
I guess I'd better be on my way

I should blame you now but I never could somehow
A miner's wife you weren't cut out to be
It wasn't what you thought just some dreams Lord that you'd bought
When you left your home and ran away with me

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Last Train to Clarksville
Mike Auldridge

Take the last train to Clarksville
And I'll meet you at the station
You can be there by 4:30
'Cause I've made your reservation
Don't be slow
Oh no no no, oh no no no

'Cause I'm leaving in the morning
And I must see you again
We'll have one more night together
'Til the morning brings my train
And I must go
Oh no no no, oh no no no
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home

Take the last train to Clarksville
I'll be waiting at the station
We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses
And a bit of conversation
Oh no no no, oh no no no

Take the last train to Clarksville
Now I must hang up the phone
I can't hear you in this
Noisy railroad station all alone
I'm feeling low
Oh no no no, oh no no no
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home

Take the last train to Clarksville,
And I'll meet you at the station,
You can be here by four-thirty,
'Cause I've made your reservation, don't be slow,
Oh, no, no, no,
Oh, no, no, no,
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.
Take the last train to Clarksville,
Take the last train to Clarksville,
Take the last train to Clarksville,
Take the last train to Clarksville.

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Balsam Range - Last Train to Kitty Hawk 

Everyone knew it was bound to happen one day
Another breakthrough with the twinkle of an eye
Scholars scratch their heads all looking for a new way
Ponder their options and look up to the sky
No, no nothing lasts forever
Nothing says goodbye like a ticket in your hand
Whoa, they say progress makes us better
Time ain't standing still for any man
All aboard the last train to Kitty Hawk
Yesterday's taking off
And tomorrow's gonna fly
(Time to spread our wings and fly)
(My brother said "the wind ain't right")
(Don't be left behind)
I guess someday they'll close down this station
We'll ride around in motor cars and never take the train
Always be new ways to reach our destination
Once we're done with taxi cabs we'll fly in jet airplanes

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Late in Life
The Avett Brothers

She was an actress and a dancer
A perfect build in careful lines
I worked this scene to my advantage
Blackmailed her into being mine

And late in life I left the family
Too old to be considered brave
Too young to make a good decision
So frozen in my tracks I stayed

And in my dreams I saw the future
As clear as master locks could change
He tied the locals to their podiums
As they would scream "We think you've changed!
We know you've changed!"

And late in life I left the family
Too old to be considered brave
Too young to make a good decision
So frozen in my tracks I stayed

And just the same as I met her
Man, I knew when it was over
She was running out the back door
I was running out the side
And you know I got to wonder,
Lord, if ever I should see her
Oh, maybe when we're older
Oh, maybe when we die

And late in life I left the family
Too old to be considered brave
Too young to make a good decision
So frozen in my tracks I stayed

And late in life I left the family
Too old to be considered brave
Too young to make a good decision
So frozen in my tracks I stayed

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Late In The Evening
Paul Simon

The first thing I remember
I was lying in my bed
I couldn't of been no more
Than one or two
I remember there's a radio
Comin' from the room next door
And my mother laughed
The way some ladies do
When it's late in the evening
And the music's seeping through

The next thing I remember
I am walking down the street
I'm feeling all right
I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah
And down along the avenue
Some guys were shooting pool
And I heard the sound
Of a cappella groups, yeah
Singing late in the evening
And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah

Then I learned to play some lead guitar
I was underage in this funky bar
And I stepped outside to smoke myself a 'J'
And when I came back to the room
Everybody just seemed to move
And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play
And it was late in the evening
And I blew that room away

The first thing I remember
When you came into my life
I said I'm gonna get that girl
No matter what I do
Well I guess I'd been in love before
And once or twice I been on the floor
But I never loved no one
The way that I loved you
And it was late in the evening
And all the music seeping through


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Late Last Night -way Down Town-

I was late last night when Willie came home
Heard him a-rapping on the door
Slipping and a-sliding with his new shoes on
Willie don't you rap no more

Oh me, oh my
What's gonna become of me
I's down town just fooling around
No one to stand by me

One old shirt is about all I've got
And a dollar is all I crave
Brought nothing with me into this world
Gonna take nothing to my grave

* Refrain

Whish I was down in old Baltimoe
Sitting in an easy chair
One arm around my old guitar
And the other around my dear

* Refrain

Whish I had a needle and thread 
As fine as I could sew 
Sew all the good looking girls to my back
And down the road I'd go

* Refrain


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The Avett Brothers - Laundry Door Lyrics

Don't push me out,
Just a little longer
Stall your mother,
Disregard your father's words.

Close the laundry door,
Tiptoe across the floor
Keep your clothes on,
I got all that I can take
Teach me how to use
The love that people say you made

Stop your parents' car
I just saw a shooting star
We can wish upon it
But we wont share the wish we made
But I cant keep no secrets,
I wish that you would always stay

Last night I dreamt the whole night long
I woke with a head full of songs
I spent the whole day
I wrote 'em down, but its a shame
Tonight I'll burn the lyrics,
'Cause every chorus was your name

Break this tired old routine
And this time don't make me leave

I am a breathing time machine,
I'll take you all for a ride

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The Avett Brothers - Laundry Room 

Don't push me out,
Just a little longer
Stall your mother,
Disregard your father's words.

Close the laundry door,
Tiptoe across the floor
Keep your clothes on,
I got all that I can take
Teach me how to use
The love that people say you made

Stop your parents' car
I just saw a shooting star
We can wish upon it
But we wont share the wish we made
But I cant keep no secrets,
I wish that you would always stay

Last night I dreamt the whole night long
I woke with a head full of songs
I spent the whole day
I wrote 'em down, but its a shame
Tonight I'll burn the lyrics,
'Cause every chorus was your name

Break this tired old routine
And this time don't make me leave

I am a breathing time machine,
I'll take you all for a ride

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The Avett Brothers - Laundry Room - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

Don't push me out,
Just a little longer
Stall your mother,
Disregard your father's words.

Close the laundry door,
Tiptoe across the floor
Keep your clothes on,
I got all that I can take
Teach me how to use
The love that people say you made

Stop your parents' car
I just saw a shooting star
We can wish upon it
But we wont share the wish we made
But I cant keep no secrets,
I wish that you would always stay

Last night I dreamt the whole night long
I woke with a head full of songs
I spent the whole day
I wrote 'em down, but its a shame
Tonight I'll burn the lyrics,
'Cause every was your name

Break this tired old routine
And this time don't make me leave

I am a breathing time machine,
I'll take you all for a ride

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Lawman's Whistle
BMI Work #: 8597800
Lawman's Whistle (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2006) (song#4257)

I was in trouble back at home
So, on the double I did roam
When I heard that southbound whistle blow
The train was rollin' through the pines
South of the Mason Dixon line
When I heard that lawman's whistle blow
Just a young cowboy playin' smart
I broke that sweet girl's heart, I know
Up there where the wide Missouri flows
Well, I got off that southbound line
Wearin' a chain they said was mine
When I heard that lawman's whistle blow
Now I'm back in Missouri feelin' shame
And there's no one but me to blame
Back up here I sure am feelin' low
I hear that southbound train rollin' by
And I just hang my head and cry
When I heard that lawman's whistle blow
Now, as I sit here I can surely tell
That I might be here for quite a spell
And I know that girl of mine will never show
They said she left Missouri in the rain
To forget someone who caused her pain
When she heard that southbound whistle blow
I hear that southbound train rollin' by
And I just hang my head and cry
When I heard that lawman's whistle blow


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Alison Krauss - Lay Down Beside Me 

I've spent my life Lookin for you
Findin' my way Wasn't easy to do
But I knew there was you All the while
And it's been worth Every mile

So lay down beside me Love me and hide me
And kiss all the hurtin' Of this world away
Hold me so close That I feel your heart beat
And don't ever wander away

Mornings and evenings All were the same
There was no music Til I heard your name
I knew when I saw you smile 
And now I can rest for a while

So lay down beside me Love me and hide me
Kiss all the hurtin' Of this world away
Hold me so close That I feel your heart beat
And don't ever wander away

And hold me so close
That I feel your heart beat
And don't ever wander away

*Alison hums
Love me and hide me

*Both hum
'Til I feel your heart beat

*both hum

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Alison Krauss - Lay My Burden Down 

Gonna lay my burden down
Lay my body in the ground
Cold clay against my skin
But I don't care at all

Can't seem to find my piece of mind
So with the earth I'll lay entwined
Six feet underground
My feet are warm and dry

When I get to the other side
I'll put your picture way up high
But I'm not coming back to you
It's just too far

If I was cast off on the sea
Would you come and look for me
Or would you just let me sink
Beneath the waves so blue

What if I had learned to fly
Fly all night till day drew nigh
Touch down upon a branch and
Scan the crowd for you

When I touch my feet on the land
I'll kiss your lips and take you in
But you know I'm not here to stay
It's just too far

Darling can't you hear me cry
My bones are broke
My tongue is tied
The moon is swaying back and forth
Against the navy sky
Is all I can see
My body is trembling on my knees
Just have a little mercy on me
Run away and hide

When I sleep the angels sing
But I cannot hear a thing
Eyes close
Dreaming of the better days gone by

When I wake the trumpets play
And I'm standing at the gates
Fall down and joy
I know my race has just been won

When I was young my momma would say
Well life is hard, but that's O.K.
If you can make it through the day
It's not that far
No, it's not that far

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Lay My Head Beneath The Rose

Darling, clasp me to your bosom
As you did in days of yore
Lay your hand upon my forehead
Ere I reach the golden shore

Life is from me fastly falling
Soon I'll be in sweet repose
When I'm gone 1 ask this favor
Lay my head beneath the rose

Darling, first you said you loved me
When you gave me hand and heart
There were roses on your cheeks, love
As we vowed we ne'er would part

One more kiss for I am going
Far beyond all earthly woe
May your life be like your cheeks, love
Covered with the blossomed rose

He has crossed the shadowed valley
Where the living waters flow
Love has answered all his pleading
And he sleeps in sweet repose

Beneath a grassy mound he's resting
Where the golden sunset glows
Love has answered all his pleading
And he sleeps in sweet repose

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Lay, Lady, Lay
Bob Dylan

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen

Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead


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Lazarus

All your money won't help you get through the great gates of heaven
All your power cannot help you over there
If you find you've been living here for the almighty dollar
You'll never have a mansion over there

   Just like the rich man who wouldn't give a crumb from his table
   He found in the end from God he couldn't run
   He found himself in the depths of hell looking up at poor Lazarus
   Crying just a drop of water to cool my tongue

There's been many a man who's had it all in this life
Thought he had it under control
In the end he found himself begging for God's mercy
In the end he found he'd lost his soul

There is victory ahead for those who hear and listen
Who trust in God in spite of great despair
For Jesus is our shield and our great high tower
And he promised to deliver us with prayer

   Just like when Lazarus reached heaven and he looked down at the rich man
   Who had no hope when his race was run
   He stood down there in the depths of hell looking up at poor Lazarus
   Crying just a drop of water to cool my tongue

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Lazy John

Work all week in the noon day sun
Fifteen cents when Saturday comes
Goin to a dance to have some fun
Why don't you get away lazy John

    Lazy John lazy John
    Why don't you get your day's work all done
    You're in the shade and I'm in the sun
    Why don't you get away lazy John

My gal lives at the end of the road
Her eyes are crossed and her legs are bowed
But We sure have a lot of fun
Why don't you get away lazy John

Goin to a dance Saturday night
Ain't coming home til the bald daylight
Then I'll take my girl back home
Why don't you get away lazy John

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Billy Strings 
Leaders

We're not the leaders anymore
All our believers washed ashore
We've got to find another door
We're not the leaders anymore

Where are the children left to play?
Let mother nature lead the way
We're gonna need her love someday
Where are the children left to play?

We're not the leaders anymore
All our believers washed ashore
We've got to find another door
We're not the leaders anymore

We stand up straight and suck our thumbs
Sometimes it feels so fucking dumb
It makes my fingers tingle numb
We stand up straight and suck our thumbs

We're not the leaders anymore
All our believers washed ashore
We've got to find another door
We're not the leaders anymore

There should have been some other way
For us to thrive and have our say
Without just throwing it away
There should have been some other way

We're not the leaders anymore
All our believers washed ashore
We've got to find another door
We're not the leaders anymore

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Leaf Of Love

The leaf of love is slowly falling
Like winter storms with rain and snow
You broke a heart in one short moment
The leaf of love is falling low

How could you go and leave me lonely
I have no one to call my own
The tree that bore my love for you dear
Has shed its leaves my love is gone

Stormy roads I'm traveling on now
Where I'll end God only knows
A beaten rock along the river
It's quiet and peaceful where it flows

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Leaning On The Everlasting Arm
recorded by George Jones
written by Elisha A. Hoffman, Anthony J. Showalter, Wilbur Jones 

G                 C
What a fellowship what a joy divine
G                          D7
Leaning on the everlasting arms
G                  C
What a blessedness what a peace is mine
G                  D7      G
Leaning on the everlasting arms
 
        C       G                        D7
Leaning leaning safe and secure from all alarms
G       C         G                  D7      G
Leaning lean-ing  leaning on the everlasting arms
 
                     C
Oh how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way
G                          D7
Leaning on the everlasting arms
G                      C
Oh how bright the path grows from day to day
G                  D7      G
Leaning on the everlasting arms
 
        C       G                        D7
Leaning leaning safe and secure from all alarms
G       C         G                  D7      G
Leaning lean-ing  leaning on the everlasting arms
 
                     C
What have I to dread what have I to fear
G                          D7
Leaning on the everlasting arms
G                    C
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near
G                  D7      G
Leaning on the everlasting arms
 
        C       G                        D7
Leaning leaning safe and secure from all alarms
G       C         G                  D7      G
Leaning lean-ing  leaning on the everlasting arms



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Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

What a fellowship, what a joy divine
Leaning on the everlasting arms
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine
Leaning on the everlasting arms 

   Leaning, leaning
   Safe and secure from all alarms
   Leaning, leaning
   Leaning on the everlasting arms 

O how sweet to walk in the pilgrim way
Leaning on the everlasting arms
O how bright the path grows from day to day
Leaning on the everlasting arms 

What have I to dread, what have I to fear
Leaning on the everlasting arms
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near
Leaning on the everlasting arms

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Leave Her Johnny
Traditional

Oh, I thought I heard the old man say
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
It's a long, hard pull to the next pay day
And it's time for us to leave her

Chorus:
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her
Oh, the voyage is done and the winds don't blow
And it's time for us to leave her

Oh, pull you lubbers or you'll get no pay
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
Oh, pull you lubbers and then be lay
And it's time for us to leave her

Oh the skipper was bad, but the mate was worse
Leave her, Johnny, leave her
He'd blow you down with a spite and a curse
And it's time for us to leave her

Repeat first verse


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Carolina Chocolate Drops 
Leaving Eden

Hush now, don't you wake up
We'll be leaving at first light
Mama's buying you a mockingbird
To lull you through the night
Across the Dan by morning
Here's a blanket for you to share
They're building down in Georgia
Daddy hears he'll find work there

And the mockingbird can sing
Like the crying of the dove
And I can't tell my daughters
All the things that I am scared of
But I am not afraid of that bright glory up above
Dying's just another way to lead the ones you love

No work for the working man
Just one more empty mill
Hard times in Rockingham
Hard times harder still
The crows are in the kitchen
The wolves at the door
Our father's land of Eden is paradise no more

And the mockingbird can sing
Like the crying of the dove
And I can't tell my daughters
All the things that I am scared of
But I am not afraid of that bright glory up above
Dying's just another way to lead the ones you love

My sister stayed in Eden
Her husband's got some land
An agent for the county thinks that they might make a stand
A hard life full of working
With nothing much to show
A long life of leaving with nowhere to go

And the mockingbird can sing
Like the crying of the dove
And I can't tell my daughters
All the things that I am scared of
But I am not afraid of that bright glory up above
Dying's just another way to lead the ones you love

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Doc Watson 
Leaving London

There's a dark and rolling sea between my love and me
As I walk through this cold, lonesome town
As I wish for a better day I need a place to stay
If it's just a floor to spread my blanket down

If I could beg, steal or borrow
A ticket on some old ship or plane
I'd leave old London tomorrow
And I'd fly to my own true love again

I'll put on a change of shirt just to wash away the dirt
And then it's over to American Express
And not a letter do I find, she didn't even send a line
And I know she has my forwarding address

If I could beg, steal or borrow
A ticket on some old ship or plane
I'd leave old London tomorrow
And I'd fly to my own true love again

Last night the Troubadour was so full they barred the door
And I sang a song that she loved so well
And it wouldn't take me long to make up another song
About a sad and a lonesome farewell

If I could beg, steal or borrow
A ticket on some old ship or plane
I'd leave old London tomorrow
And I'd fly to my own true love again

At my room I close the door, spread my blanket on the floor
Feeling like a man in a cell
Sleep finally comes to me and I drift across the sea
To the waiting arms of the girl I love so well

And if I could beg, steal or borrow
A ticket on some old ship or plane
I'd leave old London tomorrow
And I'd fly to my own true love again
Yes I'd fly to my own true love again

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Leaving On A Jet Plane
John denver

All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go


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Leavin'

Now I was a stranger in love and in town
You set me up then you put me down
You had your way with me every time
But leaving would take that load off my mind

   You wanted love and you wanted more
   People and places like never before
   You ran around like you thought I was blind
   But leaving would take that load off my mind

Now you had me fooled from the day that we met
Sweet lies you told me I'll never forget
But you can't keep lying and love and you'll find
Cause leaving will take that load off my mind

Now don't you be waiting for my knock on your door
That kind of loving I don't need no more
You had your day until it came time
For leaving will take that load off my mind

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Left Me In a Hole
Yonder Mountain String Band

Divorcee goes to the bar,
A sophisticat pulls up in his car,
A hopeful youth waits for the first star to come out
The sky above can be so mean, the clouds cover what should be seen,
And there ain't much left too keen in my book

Hangin' on to someone else, he tells you that peace sells,
And you see it like all's well, I ain't jealous
Though you used to listen to me,
My inner thoughts have made you flee,
I know you were just tryin' to be what you want to be

I let you in to see me for real,
And you walked right out that's what I feel,
You said you needed time to be alone

And like the youth I looked above,
Feeling stranded without love,
The time was wrong, and you left me in a hole,
You left me in hole (you left me in a hole),
You left me in hole

The rain it comes, the rain it goes,
The question is she friend or foe,
The story-teller looks to his toes, he's stuck here
The dragon's breath is on my neck,
Which way is home, hold on a sec,
The bartender put a bottle of beer on the table

Many people, they believe that Jesus came here to relieve,
All the problems that we breathe on each other,
And I don't care just what you do,
Well what you think, that's up to you,
You see, those thoughts of yours are not new to me at all

And is it these thoughts that made you believe,
That there's nothing here so you shall leave,
While I sit here with my guitar in my hand

And like the youth I looked above,
Feeling stranded without love
The time was wrong, and you left me in a hole,
You left me in hole (you left me in a hole),
You left me in hole

A hungry baby starts to cry, an old man's about to die,
And all I can do is sit back and sigh, "What's my problem?"
Ignore the problem, that's the key,
Said the woman beneath the tree,
If your eyes are closed, you can't see the sunrise

The phone, it rings, who could it be?
Well, it ain't her, and it's not for me,
Forgetting's as easy as 1-2-3 my friends say,
Her face is still all too clear, her leaving me was my biggest fear,
Something's got to help me steer away from her

You have your life, and I have mine,
Maybe we'll meet again some other time
Down the long road, on another plain

And like the youth I looked above,
Feeling stranded without love
The time was wrong, and you left me in a hole,
You left me in hole (you left me in a hole),
You left me in hole

You left me in hole (you left me in a hole)...

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Left on Laura, Left on Lisa
The Avett Brothers

Nobody knows it but I am so sad
Nobody knows it but I am so sad
And that is the saddest of all my girl
That is the saddest of all

We climbed the ladder to the top of my house
Never letting go of your hand
The sky trades the moon for the sun my girl
The sky trades the moon for the sun

And I gave to you my ugly brown coat
You made it pretty when you put it on
Warmth in the early morning chill my girl
Warmth in the early April

Then you said you'd trade the love of a man
Tears fell soft from your face to my hands
Said you'd trade your heart for mine my girl
I traded my heart for those days

And you made it clear it was strictly a deal
Of springtime love and that's how I should feel
So I set the clock back an hour my girl
I set the time a just right

You see somewhere back there when I was boy
Furious I had become by the point
That men are just liars and thieves of sorts
Men are just liars and thieves

But I still believe and I stand by my words
I don't know what you have seen or you've heard
But somebody's lying to you my girl
Somebody's lying to you

You really made me believe I could stay
Part with you actions in part what you said
But that was just foolish pride my girl
And those are only feelings inside

So I'm going back to the place where we met
I'm going to find the beer bottle we left
Wedged in the limbs of the tree that we sat in
Wedged in the magnolia tree

Well we hid for days like a proud pair of thieves
Too sure we were right too stubborn too leave
Wasted with the moment we lifted my girl
Stolen forever with you

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Lefty's Song 

[Verse 1]
Lefty Clark was a young man
He was a hands and Sunday athlete
Wrote stories for the paper down on main street
Chances he had chances to escape this small town life
But his brother was deaf and dumb
And couldn't be left behind
But depression was going strong then
Actors were on the role
One hot July a girl came through
In a [?] show she was city bred and beautiful
A lady to her finger tips
As much at home in her velvet shoes
Was left he was in hills

The fell in love on a courthouse square
But pretty soon her show
Moved on as she couldn't stay
And left he couldn't go

[Chorus]
So the years passed
And left the crew old
With only his brother home
And we died it was too late
To find any place sells and [?]
Some night let's have a little whiskey
For the summer on his mind
And open his trunk
And hold two velvet shoes
And sit and cry
He'd sit and cry

[Verse 2]
Most of the time he was lefty
Who always had a joke
Was good to his friends and neighbors
And never whispered of being alone
He hits sixty-eight all by himself
With tobacco on his chin
The TV diner in the oven
And a few friends dropping in
Still wants each food you chances
There's just us in the world
Late that year if you finally heard
From the long lost velvet girl
She was still so beautiful
Tall, silver haired and [?]
They'd take walks like they used to take
Before the last summer ran out

[Outro]
She said better late than never
Like you said you took a while
She smoke her life with sadness
And he spoke with a smile
He'd sit and smile
He'd sit and smile
He'd sit and smile

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Richard Thompson - Legal Matter - Live 

I told you why I changed my mind
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well I've freed my head from your garden rails

Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

My mind's lost in a household fog
Wedding gowns and catalogs
Kitchen furnishings and houses
Maternity clothes and baby's trousers

It's a legal matter, baby
Marryin's no fun
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well, I've freed my head from your garden rails

Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

You ain't the first and you ain't the last
I gain and lose my women fast
I never want to make them cry
I just get bored, don't ask me why
I just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do
And not work all day in an office just to bring my money back to you
Sorry, baby

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Leona

Leona, Leona it's over and thru
You tell him Leona about me and you
You tell him you're married, with a baby or two
You tell him Leona, you tell him you're thru

You left as I pleaded and walked out the door
To meet him to greet him to shame me once more
I knew where to find you just follow the signs
Dancing and dining, cockails and wine

* Refrain

The sidewalk was crowded in front of the bar
I heard the sirens the black police car
Two bodies lay crumbled, a woman, a man
His wife stood there by you a gun in her hand

Leona, Leona it's over and thru
The baby is crying and calling for you
For me there's no difference I've known for so long
That some day you'd leave me and now you are gone


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Leonard
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                    F           C
When Leonard finally came to California 
       F                C          G7
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
   C                F                 C
He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
       F              G7              C
And he came to hang a gold one on the wall
    Am                              F
The town in which he lived is not important
                           C                    G7
But you'll know the town I mean by the time I'm through
   Am                        F
He soon became a famous entertainer
                  G7            C
But Leonard was a name he never used
                     F              C
He was on his way to having what he wanted
F             C                  G7
Just about as close as one could be
    C            F              C
Hey once he even followed Elvis Presley
       F              G7                C
And he wrote a lot of country songs for me
       Am                          F
But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus 
                      C             G7
For years he chose to let his music go
    Am                                F
But preaching wasn't really meant for Leonard
                        G7                  C
But how in the hell was Leonard supposed to know
 
                   F              C
Well life began to twist its way around him
      F               C              G7
And I wondered how he carried such a load
   C                  F               C
He came back again to try his luck in music
    F                 G7            C
And lost his wife and family on the road
Am                      F
After that he seemed to bog down even deeper
                         C                  G7
And I saw what booze and pills could really do
      Am                           F
And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober
                     G7                  C
But I forgot about a friend that Leonard knew
                     F            C
Well Leonard gave me lots of inspiration
          F               C               G7
He helped teach me how to write a country song
       C            F               C
And he even brought around a bag of groceries
    F           G7            C
Hey back before Muskogee came along
Am                                F
Really I'm not trying to hide his show name
                     C            G7
Or the town in which this episode began
Am                                    F
Somehow I had to write a song for ol' Tommy
                   G7                   C
If just to see the smiling faces in the band
                          F           C
Well when Leonard finally came to California 
       F                C          G7
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
       C                F                 C
And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
       F              G7              C
And he came to hang a gold one on the wall

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Less Of Me

Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me, let me praise a little more
Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Think a little more of others and little less of me

Let me be a little braver when temptations let me waver
Let me strive a little harder to be all that I should be
Let me be a little meeker with a brother that is weaker
Let me think more of my neighbors and a little less of me

Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better those that I am striving for
Let me be a little meeker to a brother that is weaker
Think a little more of others and a little less of me


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Alan Jackson - Let  it be Christmas lyrics

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the hearts of all people both near and afar
Christmas everywhere
Feel the love of the season wherever you are
On the small country roads lined with green mistletoe
Big city streets where a thousand lights glow
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas, Christmas everywhere
Let it be Christmas everywhere
With the gold and the silver, the green and the red
Christmas everywhere
In the smiles of all children asleep in their beds
In the eyes of young babies their first fallen snow
 Elderlys memories that never grow old
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas, Christmas everywhere
Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the songs that we sing and the gifts that we bring
Christmas everywhere
In what this day means and what we believe
From the sandy white beaches where blue water rolls
Snow covered mountains and valleys below
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas, Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere


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Dolly Parton - Let Her Fly lyrics

There's a wreath on the door
She don't live here no more
As of today, she flew home
And we all gathered here
In sorrow and tears
It won't be the same with her gone
There's a place on the hill
That's peaceful and still
Where she'll sleep beside daddy again
The ole' family tree is shedding its leaves
But we'll all met in Heaven again
Chorus:
Oh, she's an angel
Let her fly, let her fly
She's gone home to glory
To her home in the sky
When God sees her comin'
Heaven's choir will smile
And sing, "Oh she's an angel, let her fly, let her fly
Ooh, she's an angel, let her fly"
She used to rock me when I was a child
Sing "Rock of Ages" and "In The Sweet Bye And Bye"
Her life wasn't easy, oh but how hard she tried
You know she's an angel, Lord, so let her fly
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Let her fly
Ooh she's an angel, let her fly


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Let Her In
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C             F               G7
I didn't know love would come around
C            F            G7
Walked right up to me and knocked me down
F                             C
I dropped straight down on my knees
F                    G7
Asked my little girl honey won't you help me please
        F          G7              C
Let her in  let my heart feel love again
        F             G7                 C
Let her in  don't you know how long it's been
        F           G7             C
Let her in  let her come and be my friend
     F     G7                  F C
Baby please  won't you let her in
            F                       G7
I know it's hard for you since your momma's been gone
C          F                 G7
It must be strange to see me carry on
F                      C
Honey just try to understand
F                               G7
It takes the love of a woman to complete the heart of a man
        F          G7              C
Let her in  let my heart feel love again
        F             G7                 C
Let her in  don't you know how long it's been
        F           G7             C
Let her in  let her come and be my friend
     F     G7                  F C
Baby please  won't you let her in

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Let Him Know 
Written and recorded by George Jones

C
Lost his love and started drinkin'
       F                 C
Trying hard to stop from thinkin'
                                          G7
He found out that it was not the thing to do
         C
There no reason to be sobbin'
         F                    C
It won't stop your heart from throbbin'
                           G7                C
Stop and think just why he left you there so blue

       G7
If you see you were mistaken
      F               C
Never again you'll be forsaken
                                            G7
Can't you see he wants to do the thing that right
        C
Let him know if your still grieving 
       F                 C
If you are he'll soon be leavin'
                          G7             C
Let him know then he will be right there tonight


If you think he's gone forever
          F                  C
That's no reason while he'll never
                                           G7
Change his mind when your memory starts to burn
          C
Why don't you try to be stronger 
         F                     C
Give the one you love a little longer
                           G7                 C
Give him plenty of time to think it's now his turn

           G7
If you see you were mistaken
      F               C
Never again you'll be forsaken
                                            G7
Can't you see he wants to do the thing that right
         C
There no reason to be sobbin'
         F                    C
It won't stop your heart from throbbin'
                          G7             C
Let him know then he will be right there tonight

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Let It Be You
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Kevin Welch and Harry Stinson
 
G                                            C                    G
If I could find a love to treasure with this heart and with these hands
        D7                             C                 G
I could build a strong foundation in a world of shifting sands
                                              C                   G
If I could show just what I'm made up it'd be surprise what I can do
      D7                      C         G
But I need someone to help me let it be you

                                  C           G
Cause I aim to find somebody who really understands
    D7                                        C           G
The things that make the difference between a woman and a man
                                     C            G
Yeah but all my best intentions will never see me through
     D7                          C         G
If I don't find what I'm missing let it be you

                  C               G
Let it be you who wakes me in the morning
          D7           C                 G
Let it be you who lays down with me each night
             C              G
Side by side we can dream together
            D7             C
Let it come true let it be you

          G                            C            G
There are lessons in this life I can't learn all by myself
        D7                                C               G
There's beauty I can only see through the eyes of someone else
                                          C                G
There's a place I've always heard of only love can take me to
      D7                     C         G
But I need someone beside me let it be you

Repeat #3

            D7             C  G
Let it come true let it be y-ou

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Richard Thompson - Let It Blow 

He was a species on the verge of extinction
She was an Air New Zealand hostess
They were mystically joined like Rawicz and Landauer
Like Pinky and Perky, like Porgy and Bess

Oh, he loved the pursuit and the romance
But the details were more of a chore
When the bride's veil lifted, his mind soon drifted
At least that's what happened before

Let it blow, let it snow
Let the mercury bubble and dive
Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas
Remind me I'm glad I'm alive

Oh, she loved the clinking of glasses
When the toast was to nobles and princes
In the conjugal nest she was seen at her best
With her keen eye for curtains and chintzes

And she had all of the furniture ordered
By the time they were naming the date
And her mother came speeding from distant Dunedin
To help with the flowers and cake

Let it blow, let it snow
Let the mercury bubble and dive
Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas
Remind me I'm glad I'm alive

At the Chapel of Partial Remembrance
The ushers went into a seizure
Mr. Bacchus, they said, "Should we stand on our heads
Would sackcloth and ashes displease you?"

And they honeymooned down in Ibiza
Where the sun and the nightlife were hot
As she lay on the sand, he said, "Isn't it grand?
I bring all of my wives to this spot"

Let it blow, let it snow
Let the mercury bubble and dive
Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas
Remind me I'm glad I'm alive

A life of volcanic activity
Left him nothing to spout but hot air
A long interruption since his last eruption
Was disguised by sheer devil may care

But some charm and some skill, and manoeuvre
Had him rising to meet the occasion
And for once they found bliss but news of their tryst
Got to Fleet Street and caused a sensation

Let it blow, let it snow
Let the mercury bubble and dive
Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas
Remind me I'm glad I'm alive

The Press was baying for blood now
They gave them a week at the most
We were all glad to see it reach weeks two and three
But the fourth week, the whole thing was toast

And she dragged her tail back to New Zealand
With threats of High Court and revenge
Meanwhile his eye did stray to the ample bustier
Of a novelty dancer from Penge

Let it blow, let it snow
Let the mercury bubble and dive
Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas
Remind me I'm glad I'm alive

Oh, let it blow, let it snow
Let the mercury bubble and dive
Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas
Remind me I'm glad I'm alive

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Nickel Creek - Let It Fall (live) 

Hey look, I'm not weighed down
As I walk through
The glowing wheat fields churning on the ground
As all the ravens fly away
They leave nothing
But the sun and endless blue day

I always knew I felt this way
But couldn't find the time to say
To myself I've got to let it go
Through all the joy and all the pain
With the drought and the rain
The honest truth is all I want to know

Let it fall
Let go

My kingdom's walls have fallen down
But I know that
I don't wear an undeserved crown
And though it seemed to fit me well
Underneath it
I would certainly fall down

Last summer we left things unsaid
That should be now a long time dead
And now it seems that time has put it well
The words can chase away a friend
But to a lie they'll bring an end
And throw it down the darkest, deepest well

Let it fall
Let go

Let it fall
Let go

Let it fall
Let go

Let it fall
Let go

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Sam Bush - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

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Let Me Be Your Friend

Many times I've thought about you
Many times I've wondered why
That you'd ever go and leave me
And this heart you taught to cry

   Darling wait until I see you
   Since you say it is the end
   Though I know that you don't love me
   Won't you let me be your friend

As I lay upon my pillow
Thinking of you in my dreams
Are you happy with another
I'm so lonesome here it seems

Do you ever think about me
Will you love again someday
Will you ever think my darling
Of this heart you stole away

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Let Me Fall

Let me fall, let me fall, let me fall
Little girl let me fall
Oh me, oh my let me fall
Little girl let me fall

Little girl locked in jail
Won't you please get someone to go my bail
Oh me, oh my let me fall
Little girl let me fall

* Refrain

Guess I knew five years ago
When you called me
A drunken so and so
Oh me, oh my let me fall
Little girl let me fall

* Refrain

I don't care what you say
I'm going to drink
My corn liquor anyway
Oh me, oh my let me fall
Little girl let me fall

* Refrain


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Let Me Love You One More Time

Lay your head on my shoulder
Put your little hand in mine
We'll walk down lovers lane together
Let me love you one more time

    Tomorrow you'll be with another
    Things just didn't turn out right
    But to my grave I'll carry with me
    A memory of your love tonight

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Let Me Rest

Let me rest at the end of my journey
I'm weary, tired, and old
Let me rest at the end of my journey
Heaven is my home and my goal

   Old paint is tired, his feet are all sore
   We'll ride the range no more
   Let me rest at the end of my journey
   Heaven is my home and my goal

A cowboy's life on the old Texas trail
Herding doggies is all that he knows
A cowboy's life on the old cattle trail
Leads from Texas to old Mexico

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Alison Krauss - Let Me Touch You For A While

it's been a long time coming
as you shed a lonesome tear
now your in a wonderama
I wonder what your doing here

the flame no longer flickers
you're feeling just like a fool
you keep staring into your liquor
I'm wondering what to do

I don't hardly know you
but I'd be willing to show you
I know a way to make you smile
let me touch you for a while

I'm gonna ruin my black mascara
you're drinking whiskey when it should be wine
you keep on looking in to that mirror
but to me your looking really fine

I don't hardly know you
but I'd be willing to show you
I know a way to make you laugh at that cowgirl as she's walking out your door
I know a way to make you smile
just let me whisper things
you never heard before
just let me touch you baby
just let me touch you for a while

I don't hardly know
but I'd be willing to show you
I know a way to make you smile

It's been a long time
let me touch you for a while


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Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side

In a church on Sunday morning
Sat a man unwelcome there
Judged by men and not by Jesus
He lifted up his voice in prayer

   Steer me on the righteous pathway
   Help me humbly to abide
   Hold me to your precious bosom
   Let me walk lord by your side

Several silent moments followed
It seemed that no one was in that room
Then a voice it roared like thunder
Look for me I'm coming soon

Such a change I've never witnessed
Tear filled eyes were plainly shown
Gathered there around that stranger
Saying God bless you welcome home

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Let Me Whisper

Are you waiting just for me
With your promise to be true
Always in your memory
Let me whisper I love you

As twilight gathers and stars seem to sigh
Down by the river I stroll
Thinking of you now the days have gone by
When you were my darlin' my own

As I walk alone where we two used to stroll
Close by the clear waters flow
It seems that the soft rippling water I hear
Echoes these words soft and low

Let me whisper I love you

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Let Myself Live
The Avett Brothers

The night just got darker
the moon fell out of sight.
God's hopeful stars
were drained of all their light
A dear friend of mine
who fell on hard times
He thinks his house will clean
if he shares with me mine

I never dream of you a lonely man
I used to grab at truth with those same strong hands
Then when I got sick through the thin and then the thick
I turn my back and I let myself live

Well the nights only get longer
before your sun will shine
Leave the clock alone my brother
your enemy is time
Remember what the ramblin man said
on his way back home
Don't hang your head much longer
there's more pretty girls than one

I never dream of you a lonely man
I used to grab at truth with those same strong hands
Then when I got sick through the thin and then the thick
I turn my back and I let myself live

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Let The Church Roll On

   Let the church roll on (oh my lord)
   Let the church roll on (oh my lord)
   Let the church roll on (oh my lord)
   Let the church roll on 

There's a deacon in the church (oh my lord)
And he won't do right (oh my lord)
What shall we do (oh my lord)
Turn him out and kick him out
And let the church roll on

There a drunkards in the church (oh my lord)
And he won't do right (oh my lord)
What shall we do, take the liquor pour it out
And let the church roll on

There's women in the church (oh my lord)
Got paint on their face (oh my lord)
What shall we do take some water and wash it off
And let the church roll on

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Brad Paisley - Let The Good Times Roll lyrics

Hey everybody, let's have fun
You only live but once and when you're dead you're done
You better let the good time roll, baby, oh, let's get it own mama
And I don't care if you're old now
Get yourself together and let the good time roll
Don't sit there mumbling, talkin' trash
If you want to have a ball you got to go out, spend some cash
L-l-let the good times roll, babe, oh baby, oh baby
And I don't care if you're old now, get together and let the good time roll
Hey y'all tell everybody, Ray Charles' in town
Got a dollar and a quarter and I'm just ringing the clock now
Don't let nobody, play me cheap
I got fifty cents more than I'm gonna keep
I'm gonna let the good times roll now, oh baby, oh baby
And I don't care if you're old now, get together and let the good time roll
Hey no matter whether, rainy weather
If you want to have a ball you got to get yourself together
Oh, get yourself under control
Ohh, yeah, oh


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Let The Harvest Go To Seed

We plowed this field with a red mule we would rake and we would hoe
Clear away the rocks and weeds plant the seeds and watch 'em grow
Tend the crops until they'd blossom see the corn yellow and tall
If the summer rains were kindly we'd have a harvest in the fall

You have been my true companion since the day our love was young
Darling stand beside me and watch the setting sun
If I die before you do one request I ask you please
Pray Jesus take my soul let the harvest go to seed

Oh I feel like that old mountain standin' lonesome in the sky
Where the cries of the wolf hungy winds mournful sigh
High above our little cabin lay my bones there to rest
Where the wild birds and critters still make their little nests

Oh who will reap the harvest when it ripens on the vine
Who will tend the vineyard who will drink the new wine
Darlin' please remember let the harvest go to seed
So the wild birds and critters will have enough to eat

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The Boxcars - Let the Water Wash over Me

On days like today
My thoughts drift away
To time spent on Caney Creek.
By day fishin' poles,
And deep swimmin' holes.
At night
We'd play hide and seek.
Memories fade
And soon go away.
Like the gray
That my hair has turned
But one has remained.
And with all it's pain,
Each night
In my mind it burns.
Sing sing me a song
With an old melody.
Take take me back home.
Let the water
Wash over me.
A sweet little girl
With pretty blonde curls.
She was mommy's great joy.
And she worshipped me.
Cuz' I was 13
Mommy and daddy's big boy.
By the pale moonlight,
I snuck out one night.
And walked down to old Caney Creek.
But I didn't see
that she followed me,
As I went
To the water so deep.
Tonight I weep on old Caney Creek.
And stand here a broken old man.
In the water so clear I offer a tear,
Where her fingers slipped from my hand.
Sing sing me a song
With an old melody.
Take take me back home.
Let the water
Wash over me.

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Let There Be Peace On Earth
Recorded by Vince Gill with Jenny Gill
Written by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson

C            F                  C      Am         Dm  G7
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me
C                     Bm        Em             Bm       G7
Let there be peace on earth the peace that was meant to be
     Am         Em     F        G7      C
With God as our father brothers all are we
       D7        G7            Am           G7
Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony
C   Am    Dm         G7     C                  D7  G7
Let peace begin with me let this be the moment now
C          D7     Bm       Em         Bm     G7
With every step I take let this be my solemn vow
   Am                                                   Dm
To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally
C            F        C         Dm     G7         C
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me
             F                  C      Am         Dm  G7
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me
C                     Bm        Em             Bm       G7
Let there be peace on earth the peace that was meant to be
     Am         Em     F        G7      C
With God as our father brothers all are we
       D7        G7            Am           G7
Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony
C   Am    Dm         G7     C                  D7  G7
Let peace begin with me let this be the moment now
C          D7     Bm       Em         Bm     G7
With every step I take let this be my solemn vow
   Am                                                   Dm
To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally
C            F        C         Dm     G7         C
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me

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Let There Be Woman
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jacqueline Wellman 
[3/4 time]

C                   G7           C
Adam was lonely and God sent him Eve
        F            C        D7              G7
He said let there be woman to fill this man's needs
C                               F          C
Now your name's not Eve and our home is no garden
    F               C                     G7           F   C
But you're what God intended when He said let there be woman

G7                      F            C
Let there be a woman to cling to his hand
F              C        D7           G7
Let there be a woman to stand by her man
C                          F            C
And when I am so wrong you say I'm only human
    F               C                     G7           F   C
Yes you're what God intended when he said let there be woman

                      G7         C
My world was empty so lonely and blue
F             C           D7          G7
Searching for someone and God sent me you
C                               F                        C
When you gave your love to me I must have felt just like Adam
    F               C                     G7           F   C
For I knew what God intended when He said let there be woman

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Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me

Today I feel so sad and weary
I want a love that cannot be
All I need to make me happy
Let those brown eyes smile at me

Let those brown eyes smile at me dear
That's what I wish with all my soul
Let those brown eyes smile at me dear
Turn my blue moon back to gold

Now we've been sweetheart so long darling
Now you're growin' tired of me
The last time that we were together
Those brown eyes didn't smile at me

Flatt and Skruggs; And The Foggy Mountain Boys

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Let Us Be Lovers Again

Jack and May, sweethearts were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise he made her
Many a love word he said
As most lovers do, they quarreled one night
She bid him not come any more
She gave him his hat, Jack started away
But he lingered to say at the door

'Tis up these broken cords, and let us lovers again
Darling you know I love you, to part would give me pain
Let us forget the past and make up my pet
Make up and be lovers again

Years rolled by, neither was wed
All of Jack's pleading was vain
One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead
All through life in dismay
Two lives have been wrecked, for she loved oh, too later
She goes to his grave every day 
She can't tell youy why, but it seems to her cry
The wind seems to whisper and say

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson

Once I had myself a good woman
But I just didn't treat her right
I was always leaving
Livin' a party life

True love was waiting for me
I was much too blind to see
Till she told me she would leave me
I said that's all right with me

Oh now she's gone
Realize I lost the best thing there is
And my pride keeps telling me
Let your loss be your lesson

Heaven knows I miss her lovin'
Heaven knows how much I cry
Just to think she had left me
And I know the reason why
I could tell she had been cryin'
It didn't seem to bother me
Cause I know there's no one blinder
Than a fool who just couldn't see

Now she's gone
I realize I lost the best thing there is
And my pride keeps tellin' me
Let your loss be your lesson


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Alan Jackson - Let's Get Back To You And Me lyrics

I'm always on the road
You're always all alone
And I'm not always there when I'm at home
But I'm ready for a little change
I'm ready to accept some blame
So let's back up to yesterday
Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you
It's not like it was
When we fell in love
When all we had was enough
Well I don't like the blues
I like love that's true
Honey, let's get back to me and you
Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you
Well honey, let's get on back to me and you


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Let's Get Together
Chet Powers

Love is but the song we sing,
And fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Know the dove is on the wing
And you need not know why
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moments sunlight
Fading in the grass
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
Right now
Right now!


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Let's Go To The Fair

Come on boys let's go to the fair
See the funny sights and the cool night air
Grasshopper kissing the old black crow
Road hog red do the dose do

More funny things than you ever did see
Ringtail cooms, monkeys in the trees
Pussy cat combing the tomcat's hair
Come on boys let's go to the fair

Had a banjo picking rooster the cockiest of 'em all
Strutted on the stage in his bib overalls
Close behind was old fiddling bear
Bluegrass music by a rooster and a bear

* Refrain

Old mother goose wore fancy clothes
High heeled slippers and fancy clothes
An old bare possum in his underwear
Killed himself a laughing at the county fair

* Refrain


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Let's Live For Tonight

Let's live for tonight dear and try to be gal
Tomorrow we might be apart
Let's live for tonight dear let love have it's way
For tomorrow we could have two broken hearts

Let's cast all our worries and heartaches saide
Forget what the future might hold
Let's live for tonight dear in a world all our own
For tomorrow we may have to be alone

Let's live for tonight dear and try to pretend
That we will never be alone
No matter what happens this night will be ours
What tomorrow holds, nobody ever knows

Let's live for tonight dear and try to be gay
Tomorrow we might be apart
Let's live for tonight dear, let love have it's way
For tomorrow we could have two broken hearts


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Let's Love The Bad Times Away
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Wayland Patton

C  F      C                G7        F           C
Oh please hold me one more time like you used to do
                                               G7
When you told me how your love would always be true
      C        G7               F             Fm
Let's remember together all the good times we had
    C              G7                C
And forget now the good times turned bad

            F                     C
We've grown older and wiser after all we've been through
         F         Fm                  C            G7
And this heartache reminds me how much I still love you
      C              G7           F                     Fm
Let's forget all our failures the mistakes that we both made
            C                         G7        C
And for the good times let's love the bad times away

            F                     C
We've grown older and wiser after all we've been through
         F         Fm                  C            G7
And this heartache reminds me how much I still love you
      C              G7           F                     Fm
Let's forget all our failures the mistakes that we both made
            C                         G7        C
And for the good times let's love the bad times away
 
F          C                         G7        F  C
Oh for the good times let's love the bad times away

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New Grass Revival - Let's Make A Baby King 

Well, well, well
Once upon a Christmas morning
There was a pretty little baby boy
It seems like I remember sadness
Mingling with my joy

You see, Mary, she saw the future
And all the sorrow it would bring
That's when Mary started crying
When she heard the angels sing

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)
Let's make Him Lord of all
(Let's make Him Lord of all)
Let's give Him everything
(Everything)

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)

Well, now, you remember little King David
He's this little baby's kin
He was cousin to a man named John
I know you all remember Him

Well, John said, "Let's get ready
And all you herald angels sing
And all this world also needs to know
The good news that I bring"

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)
Let's make Him Lord of all
(Let's make Him Lord of all)
Let's give Him everything
(Everything)

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)

Well, now we could use a revolution
This whole world's upside down
And we need a new direction
Got to turn this crazy thing around

We need a Lord to guide us
He's gonna show us the wrong from right
And we need a lamb to lead us
Into the land of the light

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)
Let's make Him Lord of all
(Let's make Him Lord of all)
Let's give Him everything
(Everything)

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)
Let's make Him Lord of all
(Let's make Him Lord of all)
Let's give Him everything
(Everything)

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)
Let's give Him everything
(Everything)

Let's make a Baby King
(Let's make a Baby King)

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Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C                   F            G7        F
Kiss me like you'll never see my face again
            G7            C  G7
As soft and tender as you can
C                  F          G7
Hold me like we'll never make sweet love again
F              G7          C
Please make me feel like a man
         F         G7
So let's send up a prayer 
         F            G7
For this love that we share
               F             G7          Am  C
Cause it could change in the blink of an eye
       F          G7       F             G7
No you just never know how tomorrow will go
         F            G7       Am  C
So let's make sure we kiss goodbye
         F            G7       Am C
Oh let's make sure we kiss goodbye
                F               G7
Look at me just like the day we fell in love
F                     G7            C    G7
And found the missing pieces to our souls
C               F          G7
You and me have always fit just like a glove
    F        G7             C
Wherever you are feels like home
repeat #2 x2
         F            G7       C
Oh let's make sure we kiss goodbye

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Let's Part The Best Of Friends

Each night I dream of you sweet heart
I can't see why we had to part
But there's no reason now to stay
For I was only in your way

Oh how I long to see your face
Tho' there's someone in my place
Or just to hear your voice again
Darling why not part the best of friends

I played the game of love and lost
My broken heart has paid the cost
And now that I am free to go
Somehow sweet heart I miss you so

* Refrain

You say that you are happy now
I'll try to forget the past some how
But if your new love turns you down
Remember me, I'm still around

* Refrain


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Let's Put Love Back To Work
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Larry Cordle and Mark Collie

C                                       G7
Let's put love back to work to heal the pain and hurt
                                      C
Let's build a fire inside to keep our dreams alive

Let's get back on the job 
                     F                  Dm
And see that life is all that it should be
               G7                                C
Let's put love back to work and make it work for you and me

                                   G7
We might have to start all over to ever make it right
                               C
We've come too far together to quit without a fight
                                F              Dm
We've both said things in anger painful unkind words
    G7                                            C
But we can save this union if we put love back to work

repeat #1

                                             G7
Let's don't put off until tomorrow feeling's we could share today
                          C
Love left lying idle will surely slip away
                               F              Dm
Let's make a new commitment to put each other first
      G7                                            C
Let's pull our hearts together and put love back to work

repeat #1

       
Let's get back on the job 
                     F                  Dm
And see that life is all that it should be
               G7                                C
Let's put love back to work and make it work for you and me

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Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello

Let's say goodbye like we said in a friendly kind of way
There's something wrong, your love is gone, I've no reason now to stay
We live and love, we meet and part, then broken hearts must pay
Let's say goodbye like we said hello, in a friendly kind of way

Your love sweetheart I won't forget you're always on my mind
You're all the happiness I knew, so thoughtful sweet and kind
For old times sake I'm asking you to think of me someday
Let's say goodbye like we said hello, in a friendly kind of way

I wish you happiness sweetheart in everything you do
May good luck always come your way and every dream come true
I'll remember you and the love we knew, the love of yesterday
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way

If I should meet some other dear and learn to love them too
I hope and pray somehow sweetheart they'll make me think of you
A tender smile an old love song a heart so light and gay
Let's say goodbye like we said hello, in a friendly kind of way


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Let's Work Together
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Wilbert Harrison

G
Well together we stand divided we fall
Come on now people let's all get on the ball
           C                                   G
Let's work together come on come on let's work together
Here now people
        D7                           C                   G
Because together we will stand every boy every woman and man
Make someone happy now make someone smile
Let's all work together and make life worthwhile
           C                                   G
Let's work together come on come on let's work together
Here now people
        D7                           C                   G
Because together we will stand every boy every woman and man
When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road that you travel seems all uphill
           C                                   G
Let's work together come on come on let's work together
Here now people
        D7                           C                   G
Because together we will stand every boy every woman and man
Two or three minutes two or three hours
What does it matter in this life of ours
           C                                   G
Let's work together come on come on let's work together
Here now people
        D7                           C                   G
Because together we will stand every boy every woman and man
Together we stand divided we fall
Come on now people let's all get on the ball
           C                                   G
Let's work together come on come on let's work together
Here now people
        D7                           C                   G
Because together we will stand every boy every woman and man
     D7                           C                   G
Yeah together we will stand every boy every woman and man
          D7                           C                   G
Oh I said together we will stand every boy every woman and man
     D7                           C                   G
Yeah together we will stand every boy every woman and man

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Dolly Parton - Letter lyrics

This is the first letter that I wrote back home to mom and daddy
A few days after I'd moved to Nashville
June 2nd 1964 Nashville Tennesee
Dear mom and daddy I hope this letter finds everybody well and happy
As for me I'm fine I guess I'm just a little lonesome and a whole lot homesick
I got to Nashville OK and I thought I'd better write and let you know
Cause I knew you'd be worried about me
And I don't let you know to worried about me Cause I'm gonna be alright
Once I get settled and used to bein' away from home
I didn't realize how much I loved you and all them noisy kids until I left
And I didn't reaize how hard it was to eave home eiter
Till I started to leave and everybody started cryin' includin' me
I cried almost all the way to Nashville
And I wanted to turn around a few times and come back
But you know how bad I've always wanted to go to Nashville
And be a singer and songwriter
And I believe that if I try long enough and hard enough that someday I'll make it
Don't worry about tryin' to send me any money or anything
Cause I've got a job singin' on the early morning television show
Here called the Eddie Hill Show
And a couple of folks already told me that they might record a couple of my songs
So I'll be makin' enough money to get by
And I don't want you to worryin' about me bein' hungry or anything
And Nashville's not exactly what I thought it was gonna be
But I believe I'm gonna like it here once I get used to it
And I don't want you to worryin' about me gettin' in trouble either
Cause I'll be good just like I promised you I would when I left
Well can't think of anything else to say
I guess I'd better close for now and you write me real soon
And tell everybody I said hello and I'm gonna be real anxious to hear from you
Cause I sure miss you and I love you an awful lot
With love as always Dolly


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Letter Bordered In Red
BMI Work #: 9156169
Letter Bordered In Red (Larry W. Jones 10/03/2007) (song#5038)

I was sitting at my table Monday
With no care and everything going well
When I saw the postman coming my way
And he was a happy guy, I could tell
He rang the bell and waited patiently
I opened the door to, Good Morning Fred
I wondered what this delivery could be
He gave me a letter bordered in red
The writing was on Mama's page of blue
I slowly read the words dear Mama said
Come home son, your dear old Mama needs you
Come home son, your dear old Papa is dead
Papa's last words said don't be forsaking
To return home son, from the paths you tread
Now son, your old Mama's heart is breaking
As I send this letter bordered in red
To my sorrow Papa had passed away
Any joy in my life seemed to have fled
When the postman brought this letter Monday
That said, come home son, your Papa is dead
Many harsh words when I left were spoken
If I could only take them back instead
Apologies for a tie that's broken
I write in a letter bordered in red


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Letter Edged In Black

I was standing by my window yesterday morning
Without a thought of worry or of care
When I saw the postman coming up the pathway
With such a jolly self and happy air

We rang the bell and whistled while he waited
Then he said good morning to you Jack
But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
As he handed me a letter edged in black

With trembling hands I took the letter from him
Opened it and this is what it said
Come home my boy your poor old father wants you
Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead

The last words that your mother ever uttered
Was tell my boy I want him to come back
My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking
While I'm writing you this letter edged in black


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Letter From My Darling

I can't answer her letter
For she left me no address
You should know my little darling
You left my poor heart in distress

   I got a letter from my darling
   She said she hated to go
   It broke my heart the words she wrote me
   She closed by saying I love you so

She wrote the words she knew would hurt me
She said I never could be true
I've tried I've tried my little darling
To prove my love was just for you

This letter meant goodbye forever
Though we'll have each other's hearts
Our love will fade away in sadness
Precious one why did we have to part

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Letter to a Pretty Girl
The Avett Brothers

I'm no more than a friend girl
I can see that you need more
My boots are on my feet now
My bag is by the door

And the love and the attention
That you need and ask me for
Are weakened by my actions
And lies that I have told
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

And my heart is like a mason's
Hands of weathered skin
Each scar makes it harder
For me to hurt again
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

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Dolly Parton - Letter To Heaven lyrics

An old man was sitting at his table one day
Writing a letter to pass time away
His little granddaughter climbed up on his knee
Saying won't you please write a letter for me
Oh what must I say in this letter I pray
Tell mommy I miss her since she went away
I coming to see her real soon I hope
He choked back a big lump that rose in his throat
He sealed it and wrote on that big envelope
To God up in heaven you'll get it I hope
He stamped it and handed it to her to mail
Her big eyes were shining her little face pale
She was crossing the street to the box o'er the way
And when she stepped out never looked either way
A big auto hit her and sped away fast
The little girls prayers had been answered at last
The postman was passing and picked up the note
Addressed to the Master and these words he spoke
Straight up into heaven this letter did go
She's happy up there with her mommy I know


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Letters Have no Arms

I got your letter dear sweetheart
And darlin I miss you oh so much
Your letter has cheered my but I'm lonesome
Lonesome just to feel your lovin touch

   Letters never bring me the touch of your hand
   Or none of your sweet lovin charm
   I get so lonesome for you darlin
   And you know that letters have no arms

Letters have no arms dear to hold me
Kisses on paper are so cold
These sweet things you write in your letters
I want to be with you dear with

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Let's Be Lovers Again

Jack and May
Sweethearts were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise he made her
Many a love word he said
As most lovers do
They quarreled one night
She bid him not come anymore
She gave him his hat
Jack started away
But he lingered to stay at the door

   Tie up those broken cords
   And lets be lovers again
   Darling, you know I love you
   To part would give me pain
   Let us forget the past
   And make up, my pet
   Make up and be lovers again

Years rolled by
Neither were wed
All of Jack's pleadings were vain
One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead
All through life in dismay
Two lives that have been wrecked
But she loves, oh, too late
She goes to his grave every day
She can't tell you why
But it seems to her cry
The wind seems to whisper and say

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Let's Go To The Fair

Come on boys let's go to the fair
See the funny sights and the cool night air
Grasshopper kissing the old black crow
Road hog red do the dose-ee-doe

More funny things than you ever did see
Ringtail coons monkeys in the trees
Pussy cat combing the tomcat's hair
Come on boys let's go to the fair

Had a banjo picking rooster the cockiest of 'em all
Strutted on the stage in his bib overalls
Close behind was old fiddling bear
Bluegrass music by a rooster and a bear

Old mother goose wore fancy clothes
High heeled slippers and fancy clothes
An old bare possum in his underwear
Killed himself a laughing at the county fair

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Let's Live For Tonight

Let's live for tonight dear and try to be gay
Tomorrow we might be apart
Let's live for tonight dear let love have it's way
For tomorrow we could have two broken hearts

Let's cast all our worries and heartaches a side
Forget what the future might hold
Let's live for tonight dear in a world all our own
For tomorrow we may have to be alone

Let's live for tonight dear and try to pretend
That we will never be alone
No matter what happens this night will be ours
What tomorrow holds nobody ever knows

Let's live for tonight dear and try to be gay
Tomorrow we might be apart
Let's live for tonight dear let love have it's way
For tomorrow we could have two broken hearts

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Let's Part The Best Of Friends

Each night I dream of you sweet heart
I can't see why we had to part
But there's no reason now to stay
For I was only in your way

Oh how I long to see your face
Tho' there's someone in my place
Or just to hear your voice again
Darling why not part the best of friends

I played the game of love and lost
My broken heart has paid the cost
And now that I am free to go
Somehow sweet heart I miss you so

You say that you are happy now
I'll try to forget the past some how
But if your new love turns you down
Remember me I'm still around

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Let's Pretend We're Not Married
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard and Leona Williams
 
G                       D7      G
Let's pretend we're not married tonight
                       D7         G
Let's go out and let's don't even fight
      D7
We'll wear our left-handed rings on the right
                                G
We'll pretend we're not married tonight
                       D7            G
I'll pretend that your old jokes are new
                D7              G
We'll act crazy like we used to do
           D7
We'll stay out till the bright morning light
                                G
Let's pretend we're not married tonight
                       D7       G
Let's leave all of our troubles behind
                   D7          G
And let's toast to yesterday's wine
           D7
Let's stay out until it's comin' daylight
                                G
Let's pretend we're not married tonight
Repeat #1 x2 

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Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello

Let's say goodbye like we said in a friendly kind of way
There's something wrong your love is gone I've no reason now to stay
We live and love we meet and part then broken hearts must pay
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way

Your love sweetheart I won't forget you're always on my mind
You're all the happiness I knew so thoughtful sweet and kind
For old times sake I'm asking you to think of me someday
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way

I wish you happiness sweetheart in everything you do
May good luck always come your way and every dream come true
I'll remember you and the love we knew the love of yesterday
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way

If I should meet some other dear and learn to love them too
I hope and pray somehow sweetheart they'll make me think of you
A tender smile an old love song a heart so light and gay
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way

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Lie Awake
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I wanna run away
Don't come out looking 'round
Too busy dealing with it on my own
He's right behind me
Please God I can't be found
Don't cast another stone
Feel out the night, until the sunrise
The city tells me not to go 'til dawn
And if he wakes that's when my heart breaks
And I'm as good as gone

How do I lie awake now
When I know I've got to be moving on
How do I lie awake now
When nothing's right and nothing's wrong

And in the end
Will we make our amends
Just like we're face to face another dawn
And in the light, or when the moon shines
Will you take me on home?

How do I lie awake now
When I know I've got to be moving on
How do I lie awake now
When nothing's right and nothing's wrong

How do I lie awake now
When nothing's right and nothing's wrong
How do I lie awake now
When I know I've got to be moving on
How do I lie awake now
When nothing's right and nothing's wrong

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The Avett Brothers - Life 

What comes of it? / Love it, love it
Let go of it / Love comes from it
We're not of this / world for long

Faith and promise /Keep me honest
When starvation / Falls upon us
Daylight told me /You would be

Gone with cold words / spoke upon hers
Wretched in the / tongue of their world
We're not of that world at all / We will never be 

Chorus:
Wouldn't it be fine to stand
Behind the words we say
In the best of times
Oh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise
Right here on earth

Keep it, use it / Build it, move it
Flames can't touch / how time will prove it
Watch us fly / as loud as we can
Let her heart beat / change what I am now

Chorus:
Wouldn't it be fine to stand
Behind the words we say
In the best of times
Oh, and you and I know all too well
About the hell and paradise
Right here on earth

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Life Gits Teejus Don't It

This is a, sort of a portrait in words to a lazy country boy
Now I can't think of anybody in the world that'd fit any better than me or Merle, either one
Because when it's hot in the summertime, I'm just about as lazy as I can be
And, uh, Merle's a chip off the old block, you know
Or Rosaly said he was, but...

Yes, if she hears that, I'll be murdered
A little tune that's just actually talk, though
And there's sorts of little pickin' 'long the 'hind
And this music on this sounds like somethin' somebody stole from one of those little classic ditties
You know, that's not really folk music
It's a thing called... it's a thing called "Life Gits Teejus, Don't It"

The sun comes up and the sun goes down
And the hands on the clock go 'round and 'round
And I just get up and it's time to lay down
Life gets teejus, don't it?

My shoe's untied, but shucks, I don't care
'Cause I reckon I ain't' a-goin' nowhere
I'd wash my face and comb my hair
Huh, it's just too much wasted effort

I open the door and the flies swarm in
And when I shut the door, I'm a-sweatin' again
And in the process, I crack my shin
Just one darn thing after another

The cow went dry and the hens won't lay
And the fish all quit bitin' last Saturday
My troubles keep pilin' up, day by day
And now I'm gettin' dandruff

My old great mule, you know I think the rascal's sick
For when I stuck him in the rump with a pin on a stick
He humped up his back but he just wouldn't kick
There's somethin' cockeyed somewhere

Old hound's a-howlin' so forlorn
That's the laziest dog that ever was born
He's a-howlin' because he's a-sittin' on a thorn
And he's just too tired to move over

Tin roof leaks and the chimney leans
And there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans
And I've had up the last of the pork and beans
Just can't depend on nothin'

The mouse spinnin' on on my cupboard door
He's been at it now for I guess a month or more
When he gets in there, he's sure gonna be sore
Ain't a darn thing in it

It's debts and taxes and pains and woes
Aches and miseries and that's how it goes
And now I'm gettin' a cold in my nose
Life gets tasteless, don't it?

The sun comes up and the sun goes down
And the hands on the clock go 'round and 'round
And I just get up and it's time to lay down
Life gets teejus, don't it?


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Life In Prison
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                                G7
The jury found the verdict first degree
                                  C
They swore I planned her death to be
                             G7
I prayed they sentence me to die
                                      C
But they wanted me to live and I know why
                               G7  
So I do life in prison for the wrongs I've done
                                    C
And I pray every night for death to come
                               G7
My life will be a burden every day
                                C
If I could die my pain might go away
                                     G7
Insane with rage I took my darling's life
                              C
Because I loved her more than life
                                        G7    
My dreams for her will last a long long time
                                        C
But I'd rather die than live to lose my mind
                                G7  
But I do life in prison for the wrongs I've done
                                    C
And I pray every night for death to come
                               G7
My life will be a burden every day
                                C
If I could die my pain might go away
   G7                           C
If I could die my pain might go away

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Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad

Life is like a mountain railroad
With an engineer so brave
We must make this run successful
From the cradle to the grave
Watch the curves, the fills the tunnels
Never falter, never fail
Keep your hand upon the throttle
And your eye upon the rail

Oh, blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us
Til we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In God's grace forever more

As you roll across the trestle
Spanning Jordan's swelling tide
You behold the union depot
Into which your train will glide
There you'll meet the superintendent
God the Father, God the Son
With a hearty, joyous greeting
Weary pilgrim, welcome home

* Refrain


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Doc Watson 
Life Is Like A River

Life is like a river that runs to eternity
And all must ride that river, honey, just like you or me
It's sometimes rough and muddy with rapids along the way
For some, the trip is shorter, but all must have their day

There's no dark and rolling tide between you and me
Lots of love and happiness far as the eye can see

There's a dark and muddy current that can sweep your boat from sight
If you pass that point of no return, there's a dark and end-less night
There's also a mighty boatman and he's out there every day
Just put your life in His hands and you're safely on your way

There's no dark and rolling tide between you and me
Lots of love and happiness far as the eye can see

We've rode this raging river when the banks were cavin' in
When the storms have almost beatin' us, we've always tried again
Let's keep the faith together, encouraging our friends
Until we reach that crystal sea of life that never ends

There's no dark and rolling tide between you and me
Lots of love and happiness far as the eye can see

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Life Of Sorrow

After traveling through this world of sorrow
No one on earth to call my friend
I'm on my way to old Kentucky
Where I met and loved but could not win

I've always loved you little darlin
My heart will always feel the same
I could never do one thing to hurt you
I'd rather die than bring you shame

When that cold dark shroud is wrapped around me
They lay my weary head to rest
Will you stand around and gaze upon me
For I'm the one that loved you best

When your golden hair is turned to silver
The master calls your soul to Him
Where we can be free from all our troubles
I'll meet you there at journey's end

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Alan Jackson - Life Or Love lyrics

I tried to stay on the straight and narrow
But I´ve walked a crooked path
And I´ve felt worthy of forgiveness
And deservin´ heaven´s wrath
Right on the money and off by a mile
Ahead of my time and way out of style.
Chorus:
But I´m hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
Well I try to stay away from the bottle
But I´ve reached out for the glass
I try to pull back on the throttle
But I still run out of gas
I´ve been an angel, but never a saint
Hung with the devil, don´t nobody faint.
Chorus:
´cause I´m hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
Tag:
Yesterday´s history, today is a chance
Tomorrow is a mystery, so I´m makin´ plans
Chorus:
To keep hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
I keep hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
Life or love.


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Billy Strings 
Life To Go

I've got a sad, sad story, friend
That I don't like to tell
I had a home and family
When they locked me in this cell
I've been in here eighteen years
A long, long time, I know
But time don't mean a thing to me
'Cause I've got life to go

Well, I went one night where the lights were bright
To see what I could see
I met up with an old friend
Who thought the world of me
Well, he brought me drinks and he took me to
Every honky tonk in town
Then words were said and now he's dead
I just had to bring him down

Well, it's been a long, long time now
Since I've heard from my wife
I know I'd be there with her
If I hadn't used the knife
Well, I bet that little girl of mine
Don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years
I still got life to go

Well, I'll bet there's not one man outside
That's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison
'Til my body's just a shell
No, I can't be free to go and see
The ones that I love so
I've been in here eighteen years
I still got life to go
Yes, I still got life to go
Yes, I still got life to go

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Dolly Parton - Life's Like Poetry lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line
You know life's too short to hide a good thing you feel
And I find the morning after
Is the best time to determine if it's real
Baby, finding you gave my whole world reason to rhyme
Cause life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line
Life's too short to think about right or wrong
And the only thing I wonder ?bout
Is where you been so long
Cause baby finding you gave my whole world reason and rhyme
And life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line
Until now, there's always been a missing line


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Life's Railway To Heaven
Authors: M. E. Abby, Charlie D. Tillman 

Life is like a mountain railroad, With an engineer thats brave;
We must make the run successful, From the cradle to the grave;
Watch the curves, the fill, the tunnels; Never falter, never quail;
Keep your hand upon the throttle, and your eye upon the rail.
Chorus:
Blessed Savior, Thou wilt guide us , Till we reach that blissful shore;
Where the Angels wait to jion us; In Thy praise forevermore.
You will roll up grades of trial; You will cross the bridge of strife;
See that Christ is your conductor On the lightning train of life;
Always mindful of obstruction, Do your duty, never fail;
Keep your hand upon the throttle and your eye upon the rail.
Chorus:
You will often find obstruction; Look for storms of wind and rain;
On a fill, or curve, or trestle;They will almost ditch your train;
Put your trust alone in Jesus; Never falter, never fail;
Keep you hand upon the throttle; And you eye upon the rail.
Chorus:
As you roll across the trestle; Spanning Jordan's swelling tide,
You behold the Union depot Into which your train will glide;
There you'll meet the Superintendent, God the Father, God the Son;
With the hearty, joyous plaudit, "Weary pilgrim, welcome home.
Chorus:


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Brad Paisley - Life's Railway To Heaven (feat. Marty Stuart, Sheryl Crow and Carl Jackson) lyrics

Life is like a mountain railway
With an engineer that's brave
We must make the run successful
From the cradle to the grave
Watch for curves and hills and valleys
Never falter never fail
And keep your hands upon the throttle
And your eye upon the rail
Blessed Savior, Thou wilt guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In God's praise forevermore
As you roll across the trestle
Spanning Jordan's swelling tide
You behold the Union Depot
Into which your train will glide
There you'll meet the Superintendent
God, the Father, God, the Son
With a hearty joyous greeting
Weary pilgrim, welcome home
Blessed Savior, Thou wilt guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In God's praise forevermore
Blessed Savior, Thou wilt guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In God's praise forevermore
Where the angels wait to join us
In God's praise forevermore
So turn it on, turn it up
And sing along


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Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Don Cook, John Jarvis, Dan Wilson

G          F              C       G
Drive time traffic in the pouring rain
        F             C       D7
Six car pileup in the passing lane
G          F              C          G
Can't help thinking while I shake my fist
           C       D7        G
Life's too long to live like this

        F               C        G
Mailbox filling up with bills to pay
         F             C        D7
Boss-man hanging on my back all day
G          F         C      G
Gonna work me to the bone I guess
           C       D7        G
Life's too long to live like this

C         F              C     F
Come here baby give your man a hug
G         C             G     C       G
All we've got that they can't take is love
        F                 C       F
Let 'em roll we ain't got much to lose
          A#7      C         D7            G
But these stay-put stay-home way too alone blues

         F              C  G
Ain't no future in this TV guide
         F                C      D7
Ain't no reason we should stay inside
G         F              C      G
Someone's having all the fun we miss
           C       D7        G
Life's too long to live like this

Repeat #3

           F    C D7    G          F   D7
Life's too long    yeah life's too long
G    F                   C     D7
Come here baby give your man a kiss
G          C       D7        G
Life's too long to live like this
 
Repeat last verse 

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Dolly Parton - Light Of A Clear Blue Morning lyrics

It's been a long dark night
And I've been a waitin' for the morning
It's been a long hard fight
But I see a brand new day a dawning
I've been looking for the sunshine
'Cause I ain't seen it in so long
But everything's gonna work out just fine
Everything's gonna be all right
That's been all wrong
'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
It's been a long long time
Since I've known the taste of freedom
And those clinging vines
That had me bound, well I don't need 'em
'Cause I am strong and I can prove it
And I got my dreams to see me through
It's just a mountain, I can move it
And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do
And I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And I can see the light of brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
Yes I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Yes I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
I can see the light
I can see the light
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
Repeat...


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Lights On The Hill

It's a long straight road and my engines a wheeling
I can't help but think about a good night's sleep
And the long long road and my life are a callin' me

These rough old hands are glued to the wheel
Five foot of fence from the way that they feel
And the lights coming over the hill are a blinding me

   There's rain on the road and I can see the load start to shiftin'
   Too late to see the post and I haven' got a ghost of a chance
   The windshield wipers are beatin' in time
   The song they sing is a part of my mind
   And I can't believe this is really happening to me

God I'm over the edge and down the mountain side
I know they'll tell about the night I died
Between the rain and the lights on the hill are a blindin' me

It's a long tough road from a way down south
A mans gotta find a little food for his mouth
And a home for a girl as sweet as honey can be

So it's down through the gears shes a startin to pull
The gage on the tank is a showin' full
The lights comin' over the hill are a blindin' me

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Railroad Earth - Like a Buddha 

. . . and then the river ends, ya leave the boat
& find you're walkin' . . the boat is floating
in your mind, although these words are talking
. . . this seems a very good place to sit & rest
a while before the chorus . . .

oh! & there's a feeling comin' to ya
oh! & then you're smilin' like a buddha

. . . the music draws you up a valley, & across
a mountain . . . ya gather round it like yer
gathering around a fountain . . . & when the
music is right, ya feel the spirit lockin' . . .

oh! & there's a feelin' runnin' through ya
oh! & yer smilin' like a buddha

there is magic in the air & it can take ya higher
ya take a breath, ya breathe it in & then ya catch a flier
when ya wake up on the floor ya see a golden morning

oh! from your sandal to your stupa
oh! & yer smilin' like a buddha

oh, while ya have the eyes
to look around
oh, while ya have the eyes
to carry into town
take the time to look
take the time to look . . . around

oh, while ya have the ears
to hear the sounds
oh, while ya have the ears
. . just hangin' 'round
take the time to hear
take the time to hear . . the sounds

& then yer seein' in a light ya didn't know was glowin'
& yer walkin' in a stream ya didn't know was flowin'
every beat of your heart open, love is formin'

oh! & there's a feelin' runnin' through ya
oh! & then yer smilin' like a buddha
oh! & there's a feelin' comin' to ya
oh! & yer smilin' like a buddha 

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Like A Child In The Rain

It's not that love is dead and gone
Or that you didn't try
That weight so heavy on my mind
It's the thought that you might mean it
When you call me on the phone
Just to tell me that you want me one more time

I won't be standing at your door
I stood there once before
I've known your hello and your good-bye
So why am I shaking like a child in the rain
When you tell me that you want me one more time
When you tell me that you want me one more time

Don't talk about the midnights
That come down like a stone
Can't you see that I already know
And after all the morning sun
Will burn away the dark
But even if you're there I'll be around

* Refrain

There's part of me that laughs
There's part of me that cries
There's part of me that can't make up it's mind
But living would be easier
If you never call at all
To tell me that you want me one more time

* Refrain

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Like A Picture Drawn Upon The Mist
BMI Work #: 9138376
Like A Picture Drawn Upon The Mist (Larry W. Jones 09/22/2007) (song#5002)

Dear, you promised me a true love
And you made me believe it lived
But now you have found a new love
For me, you've no more love to give
Dear, this morning when I woke up
I could see that I was alone
I couldn't find my coffee cup
What I found was your love was gone
The love that you promised, darlin'
Was felt in every little kiss
That promise is done and gone, dear
Like a picture drawn upon the mist
- instrumental -
Dear, this morning when I woke up
I could see that I was alone
I couldn't find my coffee cup
What I found was your love was gone
The love that you promised, darlin'
Was felt in every little kiss
That promise is done and gone, dear
Like a picture drawn upon the mist
That promise is done and gone, dear
Like a picture drawn upon the mist


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Alan Jackson - Like Red On A Rose lyrics

Like red on a rose
When your lips first smiled at me
I was captured instantly
To each his own
Like blue in the sky
The gaze of your willing eyes
Touched something deep inside
The truth be known
That I love you like all little children love pennies
And I love you 'cause I know that I can't do anything wrong
You're where I belong
Like red on a rose
And I love you like all little children love pennies
And I love you like good times of which I've known many
And I love you 'cause I know you give me a heart of my own
You make my blood flow
Like red on a rose


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Likes Of Me

Look outside the rain it pours
The lightning flashes and the thunder roars
I wonder if you'd stand a better chance to try to tame the elements
Rather than try to tame my soul
To think your love could ever hold
To the likes of me to the likes of me

It aint that I wouldn't like to stay
Live my life in an ordinary way
9 to 5 a family a little bitty boy upon my knee
Woman I'd only break your heart

But that kind of life just ain't in the cards
For the likes of the me the likes of me

The likes of me that knows no home
Or the town I'm in or the road I'm on
I'm a restless soul and I'll never be still
So I'll follow the sunrise over the hill

I can see the designs of the picture in your mind
You think that you could change my life
That you'd make me a perfect wife
Woman you're sweet you're lovin' and kind

So don't mess up your pretty little mind
On the likes of me on the likes of me

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Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan

The festival was over, the boys were all plannin' for a fall,
The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall.
The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down,
Anyone with any sense had already left town.
He was standin' in the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts.

He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up for everyone," he said,
Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads.
Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin,
"Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?"
Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts.

Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs,
Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair.
Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide,
A gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from inside.
Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.

Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine,
He made his usual entrance lookin' so dandy and so fine.
With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place,
He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste.
But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts.

Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town,
She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown.
She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear,
"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late," but he didn't seem to hear.
He was starin' into space over at the Jack of Hearts.

"I know I've seen that face before," Big Jim was thinkin' to himself,
"Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf."
But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim
And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him,
Starin' at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.

Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child,
She did whatever she had to do, she had that certain flash every time she smiled.
She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs
With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere.
But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.

The hangin' judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined,
The drillin' in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind.
It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring
And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king.
No, nothin' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.

Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife,
She was tired of the attention, tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife.
She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide,
Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died.
She was gazin' to the future, riding on the Jack of Hearts.

Lily washed her face, took her dress off and buried it away.
"Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him, "Well, I guess you must
have known it would someday.
Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint,
I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint."
Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the Jack of Hearts.

The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair.
"There's something funny going on," he said, "I can just feel it in the air."
He went to get the hangin' judge, but the hangin' judge was drunk,
As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk.
There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts.

Lily's arms were locked around the man that she dearly loved to touch,
She forgot all about the man she couldn't stand who hounded her so much.
"I've missed you so," she said to him, and he felt she was sincere,
But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear.
Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts.

No one knew the circumstance but they say that it happened pretty quick,
The door to the dressing room burst open and a cold revolver clicked.
And Big Jim was standin' there, ya couldn't say surprised,
Rosemary right beside him, steady in her eyes.
She was with Big Jim but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts.

Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall
And cleaned out the bank safe, it's said that they got off with quite a haul.
In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground
For one more member who had business back in town.
But they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts.

The next day was hangin' day, the sky was overcast and black,
Big Jim lay covered up, killed by a penknife in the back.
And Rosemary on the gallows, she didn't even blink,
The hangin' judge was sober, he hadn't had a drink.
The only person on the scene missin' was the Jack of Hearts.

The cabaret was empty now, a sign said, "Closed for repair,"
Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair.
She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw,
Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about the law.
But, most of all she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts.


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Brad Paisley - Limes lyrics

Ain't gotta have everything in your life
Goin' exactly right, to party!
Maybe the opposite things are a mess
And that's the best time to burn it down!
You look around here and you see all these people
You think their lives are perfect, ha, hardly.
Now I don't have all the answers
But I'll tell you the one thing I've found.
You take it all with a grain of salt
And realize sometimes it ain't your fault
You got something you don't wanna remember
That's when you need to just throw it in a blender
And have a good time
Now add tequila!
When life gives you limes
You make margaritas!
Now I don't know if you're the type
That sees the glass as half full or half empty.
I got an idea, how 'bout I never let ya get that low.
Whatever is done is done, the night is young
Let's have some fun - are you with me?
Gotta forget the sh*t that hit the fan
The only way that I know.
You take it all with a grain of salt
And realize sometimes it ain't your fault
You got something you don't wanna remember
That's when you need to just throw it in a blender
And have a good time
Now add tequila!
When life gives you limes
You make margaritas!
Have a good time
Now add tequila!
You're gonna be
You're gonna be just fine!
When life gives you limes
You make margaritas!


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Linda Lou

In the state of West Virginia among the peaceful rolling hills
There I met a mountain maid with eyes of blue
Golden hair so soft and curly and her lips were like the dew
She was the queen of West Virginia and her name was Linda Lou

   Linda Lou my Linda Lou can't you hear me calling you
   Calling like a lonesome dove my Linda Lou
   When the moon is in the blue and the stars are shining too
   Can't you hear my lonely heart calling for you Linda Lou

I recall the night I met her how I held her hand in mine
I recall the night we kissed and bid adieu
Many miles may separate us if I should cross the ocean blue
My heart is still in West Virginia with my darling Linda Lou

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Lion In The Winter
Hoyt Axton

G C G
Like a lion in the winter, I can hear the summer call
G e D
Like a ship on the ocean made of stone
G C G
And sometimes when I get lonely, I can swear I hear you call
G D
Oh, the nights are cold when you don't keep me warm

Chorus:
G C G C G
And when I first saw you I first loved you
D C G[CBA]G
With the song that I sang to the fire in your eyes
C G
But somebody told you that it wouldn't be easy
D C G
And you carried that lie for the Devil to sing

Some sail rivers deep and muddy, some sail rivers clear and cold
But the river that I'm sailing goes to sea
And sometimes I grow weary and sometimes I feel old
And sometimes I wonder if you think of me

And when I first saw you I first loved you
With the song that I sang to the fire in your eyes
But somebody told you that it wouldn't be easy
And you carried that lie for the Devil to sing

Like a lion in the winter, I can hear the summer call
Like a ship on the ocean made of stone
And sometimes when I get lonely, I can swear I hear you call
Oh, the nights are cold when you don't keep me warm


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Listen To The Mockingbird

I'm dreaming now of Hallie, sweet Hallie, sweet Hallie
I'm dreaming now of Hallie, for the thought of her is one that never dies
She's sleeping in the valley, the valley, the valley
She's sleeping in the valley, and the mockingbird shinging where she lies

Listen to the mockingbird, listen to the mockingbird
The mockingbird is singing o'er her grave
Listen to the mockingbird, listen to the mockingbird
Still singing where the weeping willows wave

Ah well I yet can remember, I remember, I remember
Ah well I yet can remember, when we gathered in the cotton side by side
'Twas in the mild mid-September, in September, in September
'Twas in the mild mid-September, and the mockingbird was singing far and wide

* Refrain

When charms of spring are awaken, are awaken, are awaken
When charms of spring are awaken and the mockingbird is singing on the bough
I feel like one so forsaken, so forsaken, so forsaken
I feel like one so forsaken, since my Hallie is no longer with me now

* Refrain


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Listening To The Rain

I'm looking out the window at the rain
The night is driving me crazy
It's just as cold inside
All the warms is gone without my baby
And in my mind something stirs
And my lips start crying out your name
While I'm a-sitting here and wondering where you are
And listening to the rain

The beating on the window can't compare with the beating
That I'm taking
The window's gone cold but look at me
I'm already breaking
Memories tugging at my heart
And it's gonna crack beneath the strain
While I'm sitting here wondering where you are
And listening the rain

My mind has got you pictured
In the arms and in the heart of some new love
I've tried to black it out
But all my mind can see is him and you love
Knowing that it might be true
That's the thing that's causing all the pain
While I'm sitting here wondering where you are
And listening to the rain

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Listening To The Wind
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                F
Listening to the wind
                              C
Trying to hear the voice of a distant friend
                       G7
Wishing you and I were close again
                 C
Listening to the wind
                 A#  F
Listening to the bre-eze
                           C
As it whispers through the poplar trees
                    G7
Do you think I mean way back then
                     C
Do you listen to the wind
                 F
Listening to the night
                                  C
Wishing we could hold and squeeze each other tight
                      G7
I can almost hear the stars so bright
                 C
Listening to the night
                 A#  F
Listening to the so-unds
                          C
Of a highway through some distant town
                      G7
I can almost hear the pale moon light
                     C
Do you listen to the night
                F
Listening to my mind
                                      C
Searching through my thoughts for the perfect time
                     G7
Using tricks and telepathy at times
                      C
Do you listen to your mind
                 A#  F
Listening to the bre-eze
                           C
As it whispers through the poplar trees
                       G7
Wishing you and I were close again
                      C
Just listening to the wind

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Little Angels
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Ronny Light, Janice Clare, Lina Richard

C                F                     C
One summer day a stranger walked up to me and said
           G7                                  C
Hey little angel would you please tell me your name
                          F          C
I just turned my head and said Laura Jane's my name
        G7                             C
He said Laura would you like to play a game
                     F              C
Too young to know or understand the reason why
            G7                             C
This little angel had to live with so much pain
                   F          C
As a child of only nine I was not to blame
       G7                         C
Now my heart must grow beyond the shame
     F                         C
Dear God keep an eye on little angels
   D7                       G7
As they lay down to sleep I pray their souls to keep
             F                     C
When mom and dad can't be there we hope you will hear our prayer
       G7                                             C
Please don't let other strangers hurt one more little angel
                  F             C
I got called into something not knowing right from wrong 
      G7                   C
Now I pray every day to be strong 
                         F              C
God help me forgive this man maybe then I'll understand 
       G7                                 C
Little angels shouldn't have to live this way
Repeat #3
       G7                                             C
Please don't let other strangers hurt one more little angel

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Little Annie

Once more I must leave you little Annie
We must part at the end of the lane
But you promised me little Annie
You'd be waiting when the springtime comes again

   When the springtime comes o'er the mountains
   And the wild flowers scatter o'er the plains
   I will watch for the leaves to return to the trees
   And I'll be waiting when the springtime comes again

When the sun shines down on the mountains
And the wild sheep are wandering all alone
And the birds and the bees are singing
Then it makes me think that springtime won't be long

Now the springtime has come on the mountains
And I'm on my way back to the lane
For you promised me little Annie
You'd be waiting when the springtime comes again

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Little Benny

One night as the stars were all shining
Little Benny knelt down by his bed
He asked the dear Lord to forgive him
For all the bad words he had said

   Please papa don't whip little Benny
   Please papa don't whip little Ben
   He's little and wants you to love him
   Please papa don't whip little Ben

You remember how Mama loved Benny
How she kissed him the morning ahe died
She told him to love and obey you
And I know little Benny has tried

Oh what if dear Mama in Heaven
Should be looking way down from the sky
And see you whip little Benny
I know it would make Mama cry

Those very bad words that he said
He learned from some old wicked men
He's little and didn't know better
Please papa don't whip little Ben

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Little Bessie

Hug me close dear mother closer
Put your arms around me tight
For I am cold and tired, dear mother
And I feel so strange tonight

Something hurts me here, dear mother
Like a stone upon my breast
Oh I wonder, wonder mother
Why it is I cannot rest

All the day as you were working
And I lay upon my bed
I was trying to be patient
And to think of what you said

How the King, Blessed Jesus
Loves His lambs to watch and keep
Oh, I wish He would come and take m
In His arms that I might sleep

Just before the lamps were lighted
Just before the children came
While the room was very quiet
I heard someone call my name

All at once a window opened
On a field of lambs and sheep
Some far out were in a brook drinking
Some were lying fast asleep

In a moment I was looking
On a world so bright and fair
Which was filled with little children
And they seemed so happy there

They were singing oh so sweetly
Sweetest songs I ever heard
They were singing sweeter mother
Than our own little birds

But I could not see the Savior
Though I strained my eyes to see
And I wonder if He saw me
Would He speak to such as me

All at once a window opened
One so bright upon me smiled
And I knew it must be Jesus
When He said come here, my child

Come up here, little Bessie
Come up here and live with me
Where little children never suffer
Suffer through eternity

Then I thought of all you told me
Of that bright and happy land
I was going when you called me
When you came and kissed my hand

And at first I felt so sorry
You had called, I would go
Oh, to sleep and never suffer
Mother, don't be crying so 

Hug me close dear mother closer
Put your arms around me tight
Oh how much I love you mother
And how strong I feel tonight

And her mother pressed her closer
To her own dear burdened breast
On the heart so near it's breaking
Lay the heart so near it's rest

At the solemn hour of midnight
In the darkness calm and deep
Laying on her mother's bosom
Little Bessie fell asleep

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Dolly Parton - Little Bird lyrics

Beauty is a rare perfume
Precious, yet doesn't last long
Youth is but a playful breeze
That blows our way once then moves on
Love is a hidden treasure
Some never find where it lies
And memory is a little bird
Flies through life, live or dies
Chorus:
Little bird
Take me aboard your beautiful wings and let me fly
Fly me away back to yesterday
And drop me off there awhile
Let me smell the rare perfume of the sweet flower of beauty again
Let me run in the playful breeze of youth long gone with the wind
Let me sit for awhile by the place where I found the treasure of love
Then sing me a song as you fly me along on our long last journey above


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Little Birdie

   Little birdie, little birdie
   Come and sing me you song
   Got a short time to stay here
   And a long time to be gone

I'm a long way from old Dixie
And my old Kentucky home
Now my parents are both dead and gone
Have no place to call my home

Now I'd rather be a sailor
Way out upon the sea
Then to be at home a marred man
With a baby on my knee

For the married man he sees trouble
And the single boy sees none
I expect to live single
Til my days on earth are done

Now I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Then to see you love another
When you promised to be mine

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Dolly Parton - Little Bit Slow To Catch On lyrics

I'm a little bit slow to catch on when I do I'm caught on
A little bit slow to move on but your baby is movin' on on your baby is movin' on
Well I couldn't see the light for the brightness
Or the sweet little smile that you gave me
I couldn't see how you were cheatin' on me
But finally I'm a catchin' on on finally I'm a catchin' on
I'm a little bit slow...
[ el.banjo ]
I couldn't see the hurt for the happy and at first that's the way you made me
It took me a while to get your style
But finally I'm a catchin' on on finally I'm a catchin' on
I'm a little bit slow...
You say you can't see the light for the darkness that surrounds you since I'm gone
You can't even sleep cause you're lonely
Well finally you're a catchin' on on finally you're a catchin' on
I'm a little bit slow...
I'm a little bit slow...


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Alan Jackson - Little Bitty lyrics

Have a little love on a little honeymoon
You got a little dish and you got a little spoon
A little bitty house and a little bitty yard
Little bitty dog and a little bitty car
Well, it's alright to be little bitty
Little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a little bitty while
A little bitty baby in a little bitty gown
It'll grow up in a little bitty town
Big yellow bus and little bitty books
It all started with a little bitty look
Well, it's alright to be little bitty
Little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a little bitty while
You know you got a job and a little bitty check
Six pack of beer and television set
Little bitty world goes around and around
Little bit of silence and a little bit of sound
A good ole boy and a pretty little girl
Start all over in a little bitty world
A little bitty plan and a little bitty dream
It's all part of a little bitty scheme
Well, it's alright to be little bitty
Little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a little bitty while


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Little Black Pony

When I was a little boy I had no time
No time for ceremonies
All I wanted was to see the world
from the back of a little black pony
From the back of a little black pony.

Mr. Lee lived across the street
had a daughter my age named Joanie
In the summertime we'd build us a boat
We'd sail to the island Coney
We'd sail to the island Coney

There used to be a medicine man come around
everybody called him a phony
But I thought he was a king when I heard him ring
A big bell on the little black pony
He was riding on a little black pony.

I said oh mister what can I give you
I haven't got much money
But I'll do anything even try to sing
if you'll let me have that pony
I gotta have that little black pony.

He said son learn to play the banjo
All the old tunes happy and lonely
And I'll be back this way someday
And you can have that pony
you can have that little black pony.

Well the old man he never came back
But I never once thought he was a phony
I just guess he must have realized
he couldn't do without that pony
He couldn't live without that little black pony.

Mr. Lee moved away and got a job in the city
That's the last I saw of Joanie
But I can't forget the cardboard boats
and I still love little black ponies
I still love little black ponies.

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Little Black Train, The

   There's a little black train a comin
   Set your business right
   There's a little black train a comin
   And it may be here tonight

   Go tell that ball room lady
   All dressed in the worldly pride
   That death's dark train is coming
   Prepare to take a ride

God sent to Hezikai
A message from on high
You better set your house in order
For you must surely die

He turned to the wall in weeping
We see and hear his tears
He got his business fixed all right
God spared him fifteen years

We see that train with engine
And one small baggage car
Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds
Will stop at the judgment bar

That poor young man in darkness
Cares not for the gospel light
Til suddenly he hears the whistle blow
And the little black train in site

Have mercy on me lord
Please come and set me right
Before he got his business fixed
The train rolled in that night

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Dolly Parton - Little Blossom lyrics
(Jeffe)

Oh dear I'm so tired and so lonesome
I wonder why mommy don't come
She told me to shut up my blue eyes
And before I woke up she'd be home
She said she was going to see Grandma
Who lives by the river so wide
And I guess my mommy's feeling bad
And perhaps she won't be home tonight
So I guess I'll go down and meet daddy
Perhaps he has stopped at the store
It's a great big store full of bottles
And I wish he wouldn't go there anymore
So out in the night with the baby
Her little heart beating with pride
'Til her tired feet entered the gin palace
With music all radiant with light
Oh daddy she cried as she reached him
I think that the music's so sweet
But it's almost suppertime daddy
Little blossom wants something to eat
A moment his blurred eyes gazed wildly
Down into her face sweet and fair
And as the demon possessed him
He grasped at the back of a chair
A moment a second was over
He lifted her fair golden head
A moment the baby's left trembled
Then poor little blossom was dead


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Richard Thompson - Little Blue Number 

My oh, my, but you do look the killer
Never mind the duds, just look at that hat
All that green chartreuse on the waistcoat
How do you come by something like that?

Where did you get that little blue number?
How do you make those rhinestones shine?
Do you go on the prowl while other folks slumber?
Did you steal those things right off of the line?
Hold your horses, that's something of mine

That little blue number, little blue number
Little blue number, little blue number

Ice blue jacket, vent down the middle
Shark-skin trimmings and all that jazz
Real rabbit's foot on a two-tone tie pin
Lots of good luck and razzmatazz

Where did you get that little blue number?
How do you squeeze into something like that?
Is that the same one I was wearing last summer?
I wish I was glad for you, but I'm sorry
Did the whole thing fall off the back of a lorry?

That little blue number, little blue number
Little blue number, little blue number

Tartan shirt with the button-down collar
Velvet hat-band, crocodile shoes
Diamond bracelets, hounds tooth pockets
Everybody saying, "Here comes good news"

Where did you get that little blue number?
Rings a bell in the back of my mind
You better come clean if you don't want to lumber
I told you three times, you don't seem to get it
That's my idea, you're taking the credit

That little blue number, little blue number
Little blue number, little blue number

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Little Cabin Home On The Hill

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
It seems there's a longing for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and cry
In our little cabin home on the hill

   Oh, someone has taken you from me
   And left me here all alone
   Just to listen to the rain beat on my window pane
   In our little cabin home on the hill

I hope you are happy tonight as you are
But in my heart there's a longing for you still
I just keep it there so I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill

Now when you have come to the end of the way
And find there's no more happiness for you
Just let you thoughts turn back once more if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill

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The Incredible String Band - Little Cloud 

How sweet to be a cloud
Floating in the [Incomprehensible]

Lying awake, late the other night
I heard above me a trembling
I looked up, it was a little cloud
From which a gold string was dangling

You know, I gave the string a little pull
Just to see what was on the other end
Just then a voice came down to me and says
"Hey, now, don't you want to be my friend"

And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair

You see I'm just a happy little cloud
I laugh and the float and the sing my song
But the other clouds don't like me none
They say, I am behaving so very wrong

You see a cloud's supposed to be sad
To cry and weep and tear its hair and all
And don't matter how hard I try
I can't get the first little tear to fall

Oh float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair

I said, "Hey, I like you little cloud
You are a nice little fellow, yes"
"You making some, kind of a joke?", said the cloud
"Now can't you see I'm wearing such a pretty dress?

You see I am the prettiest little chick cloud
That you'd find anywhere up above
I just dropped in on you awhile
To see if you could give me some kind of love

And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair
Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair

Just then the chief cloud come into view
And says, "Hey, girl, now what you think you're doing there?
I told you so many times before
You just don't seem at all to care

You know you should be floating up above
Now don't let me catch you down here again
And as my cloud rolled out of view
There come falling down a gentle shower of rain

Happy rain come falling down
Red, green, blue and golden
And every drop, as it fell, it smiled
And, throwing back its head, began singing

Oh, float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair

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The Incredible String Band - Little Cloud - 2010 Remastered Version 

How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue.

Lying awake, late the other night
Heard above me a trembling,
I looked up, it was a little cloud,
From which a gold string was dangling;
You know, I gave the string a little pull,
Just to see what was on the other end.
Just then a voice came down to me, says,
"Hey, now, don't you want to be my friend,

And float with me to distant lands,
wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair?
You see I'm just a happy little cloud,
I laugh and float and sing my song,
But the other clouds don't like me none.
They say I am behaving very wrong.
You see a cloud's supposed to be sad,
To cry and weep and tear its hair and all,
And don't matter how hard I try,
I can't get the first little tear to fall."

And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;

I said, "Hey, I like you little cloud,
You are a nice little fellow, yes."
"You making some, kind of a joke?", said the cloud,
"Now can't you see I'm wearing such a pretty dress?
You see I am the prettiest little chick cloud
That you'd find anywhere up above.
I just dropped in on you awhile
To see if you could give me some kind of love."

And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair;

Just then the chief cloud come into view
And says, "Hey, girl, now what you think you're doing there?
I told you so many times before
You just don't seem at all to care.
You know you should be floating up above, now
Don't let me catch you down here again."

And as my cloud pulled out of view,
There come failing down a gentle shower of rain.
Happy rain come failing down,
Red, green, blue and golden.
And every drop, as it fell, it smiled
And, throwing back its head, began singing,

"Oh float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair."

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Little Community Church
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe

C
I was lost in sin so long with no one to guide my way
                                 D7               G7
My soul was in darkness had been there for many a day
        C
In that little community church yard I heard that gospel song
                                 G7        C
I went inside (I went inside) to kneel and pray
Oh I kneeled down (oh I kneeled down)
And prayed to my Savior (prayed to my Savior)
              F                   G7
That He might hear (that He might hear)
                 C
And would accept me  
And then I felt (then I felt) the Holy Spirit (Holy Spirit)
          F                     G7           C
I knew my soul (I knew my soul) was saved in me 
In that little community church house I'm on my knees to pray
                                   D7            G7
I can hear them pray for me as the preacher said amen
      C
Was a vision there before me it was my Savior's face
                            G7           C
I knew that I (I knew that) was saved by Grace
Repeat #2
In that little community church house 
There's where we sing and pray
                           D7              G7
We prayed to our Father to guide us on our way
    C
All through life's long journey 
We'll need His helping hand
                                G7            C
Until we reach (until we reach) that promised land
 
Repeat #2

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Little Community Church Yard

I was lost in sin so long with no one to guide my way
My soul was in darkness had been there for many a day
In that little community church yard I heard the gospel song
I went inside to kneel and pray

    Oh I knelt down and prayed to my Savior
    That He might hear and would accept me
    Then I felt the Holy Spirit
    I knew my soul was saved in me 

In that little community church house that's where we sing and pray
We pray to our Father to guide us on our way
All through life's long journey we'll need His helping hand
Until we reach that promised land

In that little community church house among my many friends
I can hear them praying for me and the preacher saying 'amen'
And a vision there before me it was my Savior's face
I knew that I was saved by Grace

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Little Country Preacher

Little country preacher with his head bowed down in prayer
I know that he's in conference with our Load away up there
He's not hightened with his speech just plain like you and me
He reminds me of the prophets and the man of Galilee

He started out when just a lad to preach the gospel way
And when the path got hard to trod with mother he would stay
The money did not bother him for Christ he took his stand
His pay day will be paid to him at the gates of Glory Land

The little church he preaches at each Sunday for our aske
If you pass it by and don't go in you've made a big mistake
His good old fashioned voice pleads stranger enter in
God's pleading through good men to save us from our sins

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Little Covered Bridge

'Twas on a little covered bridge
We met and laughed together dear
Holding hands as lovers do
On a day so bright and clear
You said that you'd be true to me
We kissed upon the ridge
But you have found another love darling
On that little covered bridge

Found another love darling
On that little covered bridge

You broke my heart and went away
Never more to have you near
And when I die and leave this world
Would you laugh or shed a tear
And when you tell him you'll be true
And kiss him on the ridge
Will you try to think of me darling
On that little covered bridge

Try to think of me darling
On that little covered bridge


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Little Darling Pal Of Mine

In the night while you lay sleeping
Dreaming of your amber skies
Was a poor boy broken-hearted
Listening to the winds that sigh

My little darlin' oh how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darlin' pal of mine

Many a day with you I've rambled
Happiest hours with you I've spent
Thought I had your heart forever
Now I find it's only lent

There is just three things I wish for
That's my casket shroud and grave
When I'm dead don't weep for me
Just kiss those lips that you betrayed

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Doc Watson 
Little Darling Pal Of Mine

My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine

Many a day with you I've rambled
Countless hours with you I've spent
Thought I had your heart forever
But I find it only lent

My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine

Many a night while you lay sleeping
Dreaming of your rambler's eyes
I'm just a poor boy brokenhearted
Listening to the wind outside

My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine

There's only three things that I wish for
That's my casket, shroud, and grave
And when I'm dead, don't pray for me
Just kiss those lips that you betrayed

My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine

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Dolly Parton - Little Drummer Boy lyrics

Come they told me our pa ra pa pum pum a newborn King to see pa ra pa pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring pa ra pa pum pum to lay before the King pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum
So to honor him pa ra pa pum pum when we come
Little baby pa ra pa pum pum I am a poor boy too pa ra pa pum pum
I have no gift to bring pa ra pa pum pum that's fit to give a King pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pam pam ra pa pum pum
Oh shall I play for you pa ra pa pum pum on my drum
(Mary nodded yes pa ra pa pum pum the ox and lamb kept time pa ra pa pum pum
I played my drum for him pa ra pa pum pum
I played my best for him pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum)
Then he smiled at me pa ra pa pum pum me and my drum
Me and my drum me and my drum I played for him on my drum on my drum


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Little Georgia Rose

Now come and listen to my story
A story that I know is true
A little rose that bloomed in Georgia
With hair of gold and a heart so true

   Way down in the blue ridge mountains
   Way down where the tall pines grow
   Lives my sweetheart of the mountains
   She's my little Georgia rose

Her mother left her with another
A carefree life she had planned
The baby now she is a lady
The one her mother couldn't stand

We often sing those songs together
I watched her do her little part
She smiled at me when I would tell her
That she was my sweetheart

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The Incredible String Band - Little Girl 

Everybody knows good times
Everybody knows tears that fall
You and me had something higher than just good times
Something else that I just can't find without you

Without you got emptiness
Without you I've got an emptiness
That is lower
Than just about anything at all

Pick up, let me pick up
Let me pick up on your lovelight
Please let it shine on me, I want that more
Than just about anything at all

Little girl I love you, spend my walking hours in thoughts or you
You held your love light high
And it shone and it shone down on me
But you let it fall so low I could not see

Without you got emptiness
Without you I've got an emptiness
That is lower
Than just about anything at all

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Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake

Our darling wandered far away while she was out at play
Lost in the woods she couldn't hear a sound
She was our darling girl the sweetest thing in all the world
We searched for her but she couldn't be found

   I heard the screams of out little girl far away
   Hurry Daddy there's and awful dreadful snake
   I ran as fast as I could through the dark and dreary woods
   But I reached our darling girl too late

Oh I began to cry I knew that soon she'd have to die
For the snake was warning me close by
I held her close to my face she said daddy kill that snake
It's getting dark tell mommy goodbye

To all parents I must say don't let your children stray away
They need your love to guide them along
Oh God I pray we'll see our darling girl some day
It seems we still can hear her voice around our home

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Little Girl In Tennessee

Oh, a long long time ago when I left my home to roam
Down in the hills of Tennessee
Was the sweetest little girl that was ever in this world
Down in the hills of Tennessee

   Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee
   I know she's waiting there for me
   Someday I'll settle down in that little country town
   With that little girl of mine in Tennessee

Oh, she begged me not to go "You'll be sorry dear I know"
For the way that you've been treating me
So I rambled all around but nothing could be found
To take the place of her in Tennessee

Oh, someday I'll wander back to that little mountain shack
The little girl that's waiting there for me
I can see her smiling face waiting for me at the gate
The little girl of mine in Tennessee

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Little Girl That Played Upon My Knee, The

Many years have passed away and gone
Since I left my old native home
Since I left the scenes of my childhood there
Where the dark days seem to roam

I left my aged father there
And my mother so dear unto me
I left a brother and a sister fair
And a little girl that played upon my knee

Don't Ginny remember, will she ever forget
Those many hours of pleasure to me
Does she sigh when she thinks of those many happy hours
When a little girl she played upon my knee

I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy
Of my wandering so far o'er the sea
I shall soon see my home, my old native home
And the little girl that played upon my knee

I am tired of life, I cannot live
In this dark world so weary unto me
Come bury me low by the one I love so well
By the little girl that played upon my knee

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Little Glass Of Wine

Come little girl let's go get married
My love is so great, how can you slight me
I'll work for you both late and early
At my wedding my little wife you'll be

Oh Willie dear, let's both consider
We're both too young to be married now
When we're married, we're bound together
Let's stay single just one more year

He went to the bar where she was dancing
A jealous thought came to his mind
I'll kill that girl, my own true lover
Before I let another man beat my time

He went to the bar and called her to him
She said Willie dear, what you want with me
Come and drink wine with the one that loves you
More than anyone else you know, said he

While they were at the bar a-drinking
That same old thought came to his mind
He'd kill that girl, his own true lover
He gave her poison in a glass of wine

She laid her head over on his shoulder
Said Willie dear, please take me home
That glass of wine that I've just drinken
Has gone to my head and got me drunk

He laid his head over on the pillow
Let me read you the law let me tell you my mind
Molly dear, I'm sorry to tell you
We both drank poison in a glass of wine

They folded their arms around each other
They cast their eyes unto the sky
Oh God, oh God, Ain't this a pity
That the both true lovers are bound to die

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Little Gypsy Girl, The

My father, he's the king of the gypsies, it is true
My mother, she learned me some camping for to do
With my pack all on my back my friends all wished me well
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell

As I was a-walking upon a London street
A handsome young squire was the first I chanced to meet
He view-ed my brown cheeks and he liked them so well
He said, "My little gypsy girl, will you my fortune tell?"
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell

Oh yes sir, oh kind sir, please give to me your hand
It's you that have fine fortune, both houses and good land
The fairer girls are dainty, but you must cast them by
For it is the little gypsy girl who is to be your bride
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell

He took me to his castle, there were carpets on the floor
And servants there a-awaiting for to open every door
There were ladies there of honor and the music it did play
And all were there to celebrate the gypsy's wedding day
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell

So it's farewell to the gypsy life, to camping on the green
No more with my brothers and my sisters I'll be seen
Oh, once I was a gypsy girl but now I'm a squire's bride
With servants for to wait on me and in my carriage ride
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell

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Little Home In Tennessee

I am always dreaming of my little home
Back among the hills of Tennessee
I am always yearning, longing to return
To the place that means the world to me 

Just a little shack roof all turning black
Still it's a place there to me
Song birds always singing round the kitchen door
Of my little home in Tennessee 

I can see my mother standing by the gate
As I drove the old horse up the lane
She would never scold me when I came home late
How I wish that I had never cause her pain 

Just a tender smile beaming all the while
No one could be half so kind to me
Now she's gone to Heaven and she'll never return
To my little home in Tennessee 

I can still remember many years ago
When my sweetheart wandered by my side
Down among the mountains where wild flowers grow
There she promised she would be my bride 

Then another man won her heart and hand
She always meant the world to me
I was broken hearted and I went away
From my little home in Tennessee

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Little Joe

What will the birds do, mother, in the spring
Will they gather the crumbs around our door
Will they fly from the nest to the top of the tree
And ask why Joe wanders out no more

What will the kitten do, mother, all alone
Will she stray from her frolic for a day
Will she lie on the rug beside my bed
Like she did before I went away

What will Thomas, the old gardener do
When you ask him for flowers for me
Will he give you a rose he has tended with care
The fairest one that lies around the tree

I saw the tears coming to his honest eyes
He said it was the wind that brought 'em there
As he gazed on my cheeks growing paler each day
His hand trembled over my hair

Keep Tag, mother, my little dog
I know that he'll mourn for me too
Keep him though blind and older he grows
To sleep in the whole summer through

Show him my coat, mother, so he may know
That his master then will be dead
Speak to him kindly and often of Joe
And pat him on his brown shaggy head

And you, dearest mother, shall miss me for a while
But in heaven I shall no larger grow
And any kind angel you meet at the gate
Can take you to your darling Little Joe

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Punch Brothers - Little Lights 

Look at us we're glowing
Tripping the dark fantastic
Singing the phosphorescent pinks and blues
To beloved tunes
In beloved rooms
I can love it all to distraction
With this

Look at us hold each other spellbound
Every moment a polished silver
Link in a chain forever
Rattling through
Our beloved tunes
In our beloved rooms
God I've loved you all to distraction
With this

This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine

Shine little lights of ours
Like Orion's belt of stars
Connected only from afar
Shine little lights of ours
Like Orion's belt of stars
Guide us back to where we are
From where we wanna be 

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Little Liza Jane

There's a house in Baltimore
Sixteen stories high
And every story in that house
Was full of chicken pie

Oh Liza poor girl
Oh Liza Jane
Oh Liza poor girl
She died on the train

I went up on the mountain
To give my horn a blow
And every girl in the countryside
Said yonder comes my beau

When I was a little boy
I liked to go in swimming
Now I am a bigger boy
I like to go with women

I wish I had a candy box
To put my sweetheart in
I'd take her out and kiss her twice
And put her back again

One day I set a-courting
A girl as dear as life
When a woman she said to me
Mr.Jones
how is your wife

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Little Log Cabin By The Sea

There is a precious volume of pages worn and old
In that little log cabin by the sea
It is the old old bible more precious now than gold
It's the bible that my mother gave to me

   Tis the old precious bible blessed bible
   That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea)
   The precious precious bible the blessed blessed bible
   The bible that my mother gave to me

How often I have listened to the countless town and raves (?)
Round that little log cabin by the sea
While mother read of Jesus who walked upon the waves
How Jesus calmed the stormy Gallilee

How often oh how often she read of glowing mirth
With a message from the precious word above
It told of faithful Daniel who trusted in the Lord
While it lead me in the pathway that she brought (?)

There is no other volume so precious as this book
It tells me how to live and how to die
It tells me of that city oh wondrous wondrous look
And that I'll meet my loved ones by and by

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Little Log Hut In The Lane

Mamma says she don't want me because I'm getting old
Fears that I might freeze to death the weather is so cold
If I live tonight I think I will try
When the moon goes down tonight I'm a gonna say goodbye 

   I'm goin from the cotton fields
   I'm goin from the cane
   I'm goin from that little log hut
   That stands down in the lane 

Now I'm old and feeble and I cannot see my way
Mamma says I'm old and gray and only in the way
I'm leaving the little log hut the place I love to dwell
When the stars shine bright tonight I'm a gonna bid farewell

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Little Maggie

Oh yonder stands little Maggie
With a dram glass in her hands
She's drinking away her troubles
She's a courting some other man

Oh how can I ever stand it
Just to see them two blue eyes
A shining in the moonlight
Like two diamonds in the sky

Last time a saw little Maggie
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
With a forty-four around her
And a banjo on her knee

Lay down your last gold dollar
Lay down your gold watch and chain
Little Maggie's gonna dance for daddy
Listen to that old banjo ring

Pretty flowers were made for blooming
Pretty stars were made to shine
Pretty women were made for loving
Little Maggie was made for mine

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Little Maggie V.2

1. Oh, where is little Maggie
Over yonder she stands,
Rifle on her shoulder,
Six-shooter in her hand.

2. How can I ever stand it,
Just to see them two blue eyes,
Shinin' like some diamonds,
Like some diamonds in the sky.

3. Rather be in some lonely hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine,
Than to see you be another man's darling,
And to know that you'll never be mine.

4. Well, it's march me away to the station
With my suitcase in my hand,
Yes, march me away to the station,
I'm off to some far-distant land.

5. Sometimes I have a nickel,
And sometimes I have a dime,
Sometimes I have ten dollars,
Just to pay for little Maggie's wine.

6. Pretty flowers are made for blooming,
Pretty stars are made to shine,
Pretty girls are made for boy's love,
Little Maggie was made for mine.

7. Well, yonder stands little Maggie
With a dram glass in her hand,
She's a drinkin' down her troubles
Over courtin' some other man.


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Alan Jackson - Little Man lyrics

I remember walk'in round the court square sidewalk
Lookin' in windows at things I couldn't want
There's johnson's hardware and morgans jewelry
And the ol' Lee king's apothecary
They ware the little man
The little man
I go back now and the stores are all empty
Except for an old coke sign from 1950
Boarded up like they never existed
Or renovated and called historic districts
There goes the little man
There goes the little man
Now the court square's just a set of streets
That the people go round but they seldom think
Bout the little man that built this town
Before the big money shut em down
And killed the little man
Oh the little man
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
The new stores came where you do it yourself
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
Forget about the little man
Forget about that little man
He hung on there for a few more years
But he couldn't sell slurpees
And he wouldn't sell beer
Now the bank rents the station
To a down the road
And sell velvet Elvis and
Second-hand clothes
There goes little man
There goes another little man
Now the are lined up in a concrete strip
You can buy the world with just one trip
And save a penny cause it's jumbo size
They don't even realize
They'er killin' the little man
Oh the little man
It wasn't long when I was a child
An old black man came with his plow
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
Back before we'd all forgot about the little man
The little man
Long live the little man
God bless the little man


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Brad Paisley - Little Moments 

Well I'll never forget the first time that I heard
That pretty mouth say that dirty word
And I can't even remember now what she backed my truck into
But she covered her mouth and her face got red
And she just looked so darn cute
That I couldn't even act like I was mad
Yeah I live for little moments like that
Well that's just like last year on my birthday
She lost all track of time and burnt the cake
And every smoke detector in the house was goin' off
And she was just about the cry until I took her in my arms
And I tried not to let her see me laugh
Yeah I live for little moments like that
I know she's not perfect but she tries so hard for me
And I thank God that she isn't 'cause how boring would that be
It's the little imperfections it's the sudden change in plans
When she misreads the directions and we're lost but holdin' hands
Yeah I live for little moments like that
When she's layin' on my shoulder on the sofa in the dark
And about the time she falls asleep so does my right arm
And I want so bad to move it 'cause it's tinglin' and it's numb
But she looks so much like an angel that I don't wanna wake her up
Yeah I live for little moments
When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it
Yeah I live for little moments like that


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Brad Paisley - Little Moments Like That lyrics

Well I'll never forget the first time that I heard
That pretty mouth say that dirty word
And I can't even remember now
What she backed my truck into
But she covered her mouth and her face got red
And she just looked so darn cute
That I couldn't even act like I was mad
Yeah I live for little moments like that
That's like just last year on my birthday
She lost all track of time and burnt the cake
And every smoke detector in the house was going off
She was just about to cry until I took her in my arms
And I tried not to let her see me laugh
Yeah I live for little moments like that
I know she's not perfect
But she tries so hard for me
And I thank God that she isn't
Cause how boring would that be
It's the little imperfections
It's the sudden change of plans
When she misreads the directions
And we're lost but holding hands
Yeah I live for little moments like that
When she's laying on my shoulder
On the sofa in the dark
And about the time she falls asleep
So does my right arm
And I want so bad to move it
Because it's tingling and it's numb
She looks so much like an angel
That I don't want to wake her up
Yeah I live for little moments
When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it
Yeah I live for little moments like that


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Little Moses

Away by the waters so blue
The ladies were winding their way
While Pharaoh's little daughter went down to the water
To bathe in the cool of the day
Before it was dark she opened the ark
And found the sweet babe that was there

And away by the waters so blue
The infant was lonely and sad
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty
And it made little Moses so glad
She called him her own, her beautiful son
And she sent for a nurse who was near

And away by the waters so blue
They carried that beautiful child
To his tender mother, to his sister and brothers
Little Moses looked happy and smiled
His mother so good did all that she could
To raise him and teach him with care

And away by the sea that was red
Little Moses the servant of God
While in him confided, the sea was divided
As upwards he lifted his rod
And the Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's host
Was drownded in the waters and lost

And away on a mountain so high
The last that he ever did see
With Israel victorious, his hopes were most glorious
That soon all the Jordan be free
When his spirit did cease, he departed in peace
And rested in the Heavens above

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Little Mountain Church House

There's a little mountain church in my thoughts of yesterday
Where friends and family gathered for the Lord
There and old fashioned preacher taught the straight and narrow way
For what few coins the congregation could afford

Dressed in all out Sunday best we sat on pews of solid oak
And I remember how our voices filled the air
How mama sounded like an angel on those high soprano notes
And when the roll is called up yonder I'll be there.

   Looking back now that little mountain church house
   Has become my life's corner stone
   It was there in that little mountain church house
   I first heard the word I've based my life upon.

At the all day Sunday singing and dinner on the ground
Many were the souls that were revived
While my brothers and my sisters who've gone on to glory land
Slept in piece in the maple grove nearby

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Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane

Oh I'm gettin' old and feeble and I cannot work no more
The children no more gather 'round my door
And old masters and old mrs they are sleepin' side by side
Near the little old log cabin in the lane

    Oh the chimney's fallen down and the roof's all caved in
   Lettin' in the sunshine and the rain
   And the only friend I've got now is that good old dag of mine
   And the little old log cabin in the lane

Oh the trees have all growed up that lead around the hill
The fences have all gone to decay
And the creeks have all dried up where we used to go to mill
And things have changed their course another way

Oh I ain't got long to stay here what little time I've got
I want to rest content wile I remain
'Til death shall call this dog and me to find a better home
And a little old log cabin in the lane

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Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim

I am looking rather seedy now
While hohding down my claim
And the mice play shyly round me as I nestle down to rest
In the little old sod shanty on my claim

The hinges are of leaher and the windows have no glass
While the board roof letsthe howling bizzard in
And I hear the hungry coyote as he slinks up through the grass
Round the little old sod shanty on my claim

Yet, I rather like the novelty of living in this way
Though my bill of fare is always rather tame
But I'm happy as a clam on the land of Uncle Sam
In the little old sod shanty on my claim

* Refrain

But when I left my Easten home, a bachelor so gay
To try and win my way to wealth and fame
I little thought I'd come down to burning twisted hay
In the little old sod shanty on my claim

* Refrain

My clothes are plastered o'er with dough I'm looking like a fright
And everything is scattered round the room
But I wouldn't give the freedom that I have out in the West
For the table of the Eastern man's old home

* Refrain

Still, I wish that some kind-hearted girl would pity on me take
And relieve me from the mess that I am in
The angel, how I'd bless her if this her home she'd make
In the little old sod shanty on my claim

* Refrain

And if fate should bless us with now and then an heir
To cheer our hearts with honest pride of fame
Oh, then we'd be contented for the toil that we had spent
In the little old sod shanty on our claim

* Refrain

When time enough had lapsed and all those little brats
To noble man and womanhood had grown
It wouldn't seem half so lonely as round us we should look
And we'd see the old sod shanty on our claim

* Refrain


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Doc Watson 
Little Orphan Girl

"No home, no home," said a little girl
At the door of a rich man's home
She trembling stood on the marble steps
And leaned on the polished wall

Her clothes were thin and her feet were bare
And the snowflakes covered her head
"Let me come in," she feebly said
"Please, give me a little bread"

As the little girl still trembling stood
Before that rich man's door
With a frowning face he scornfully said
"No room, no bread for the poor"

Then the rich man went to his table so fine
Where he and his family were fed
And the orphan stood in the snow so deep
As she cried for a piece of bread

The rich man slept on his velvet couch
And he dreamed of his silver and gold
While the orphan lay in a bed of snow
And murmured, "So cold, so cold"

The hours rolled on through the midnight storm
Rolled on like a funeral bell
The sleet came down in a blinding sheet
And the drifting snow still fell

When morning came the little girl
Still lay at the rich man's door
But her soul had fled away to its home
Where there's room and there's bread for the poor

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Little Poplar Log House On The Hill

Now kind friends I want to tell you
Of a little country home
It is made of poplar logs upon the hill
That's where poppa died and left us
When we were very young
And momma kept us settled on he hill

   When our days work on the farm was done
   She'd would gather us around
   She would have us get down on our little knees
   She would pray for God to keep us
   Through the night until next
   In our little old poplar log house on the hill

Our father died a good man
Which we all would like to do
And I'm going there to see him some old day
When I'm get through with my singing
Lay my guitar by my side
Lord I want to play in heaven when I die

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Little Rosewood Cadket

There's s little rosewood cakes
Sitting on a marble stand
There's a package of love letters
Written by my true love's hand

Will you go and get them sister
And read them o'er tonight
For I woke and tried, but could not
For the tears would blind my sight

Please go trace the lines so slowly
Then I'll not miss even one
For the precious hand that wrote this
Its last work for me is done

You have got them now, dear sister
Come sit down upon my bed
And press gently to your bosom
This poor throbbing, aching head

Tell him that I never blamed him
Not an unkind word was said (spoke)
Tell, oh tell him, sister, tell him
That my heart in coldness broke

Tell him that I never blamed him
Though to me he proved untrue
Tell him that'll never forget him
Till I bid this world adieu

When I'm dead and in my coffin
And my shroud's around me bound
And my little bed is ready
In the cold and silent ground

Place his letters and his locket
Close together o'er my heart
Let the little ring he gave me
From my finger never part

You have finished now, dear sister
If you read them o'er again
While I listen to you read them
I will lose all sense of pain

While I listen to you read them
I will gently fall asleep
For it's sweet to wake with Jesus
Oh, dear sister, do not weep


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Little Sadie

I went out one night for to make a little round
I met little Sadie and I shot her down
Went back home got into bed
A forty-four pistol under my head

I wake up the next morning about half past nine
The hacks and the buggies all standing in line
Gents and camper are standing around
Carrying little Sadie to her burying ground

Well I began to think of what a deed I'd done
I grabbed my hat and away I run
Made a good run but a little too slow
They overtook me in Jericho

I was standing on the corner reading the bill
When up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
Said young man is your name Brown
Remember the night you shot Sadie down

Well I said yes sir but my name is Lee
And I shot little Sadie in the first degree
First degree and the second degree
If you got any papers won't you read them to me

They took me down town and dressed me in black
And they put me on a train and started me back
All the way back to that Thomasville jail
And I had no money for to go my bail

Well the judge and the jury took their stand
The judge had the papers in his right hand
Forty-one days and forty-one nights
Forty -one years to wear the ball and stripes

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Little Satchel

Under my bed you can set your little satchel
And on my head come lay your little hand
If you will be my own true lover
And I will be your loving little man

Run to the house and ask your papa
A bride of mine you'll ever be
If he says no come back and tell me
And I'll wait till you get free

When you get free well then we'll get married
Look how happy we will be
Oh we'll go to California
Any place you want to go

oh we'll go to Louisiana
Settle down and live at home

I wish I was a little angel
And over these prison walls I would fly
Fly on back to the arms of my darling
Stay at home and there I would die

As you can see I'm no little angel
Neither have I wings to fly
I'll go back all broken hearted
Weep and moan until I die

Under my bed you can set your little satchel
And on my head come lay your little hand
If you will be my own true lover
And I will be your loving little man

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The Country Gentlemen - Little Sparrow

Come all ye fair and tender ladiesain
(D)
take warning how, you court young men.
(Am) (G)
They're like a star, on a summer morning
(Am) (D)
they first appear, and then they're gone.

They'll tell to you, some loving story
And they make you think, that they love you well.
Then away they'll go, and court some other
and leave you there, in grief to dwell.

I wish I was, a little sparrow
and had wings to fly so high
I'd fly away, to my false true lover
and when she'd ask, I would deny.

Oh love is handsome, love is charming
love is pretty, while its new.
But love grows old, as love grows older
and fades away, like morning dew.

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Little Tin Soldier
Shawn Phillips

Once in a town in the black forest
A little white toy shop stood
And a little tin soldier with only one leg
Lived in a castle of wood
And across the room on another shelf
Stood a little glass shelf
And a tiny ballerina lived in there
All in a dress of lace
And from where the little tin soldier stood
They could see each other so clear
And the little tin soldier watched over her
With a love that was so dear

Then one day sadness came
The tiny ballerina was sold
The little tin soldier was thrown away
And into the gutter he rolled
The water carried him to many far-off lands
He made many children happy
As he passed through their tiny hands

But then one day they met again
In a house in the land of Eire
When the clock on the wall struck the midnight hour
They jumped into a fire
And in this fire they shall stay
Forever and a day
For the fire, Lord, is the fire of love
Just like the peaceful dove


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Little Ways
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

D7     G   D7   G
You've got your little ways to hurt me
              D7
You know just how to tear me up
                                G
Leave me in small pieces on the ground
D7     G   D7   G
You've got your little ways to hurt me
               D7
They're not to big but they're real tough
                                    G
One cold look from you can knock me down
                                   D7
To look at you and me no one would ever know
                                         G
The pain that I've endured since I won't let it show
                                        C
My friends would laugh out loud if they only knew
    D7                             G
The truth 'bout how I am just your lovesick fool
Repeat #1,2
                                      D7
The sadness in my eyes should somehow be a clue
                                     G
No one here would ever suspect sweet little you
                                             C
There have been rumors of the truth but I've kept it quiet
          D7                               G
Cause I'm too ashamed to let them know you make me cry
Repeat #1,2
 
          D7                              G
Yeah your little ways can knock me to the ground

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Little White Church

There's a little white church in the valley
That stands in my memory each day
And it seems I can hear the bells now ringing
Though I am many miles away

And many times in church on Sunday morning
That whole countryside would gather there
They would all kneel down by the altar
As they lifted up their voice in prayer

   Oh the church in the valley that little white church
   Is the place I love so well
   Now I'm sad and lonely yes I'm sad and lonely
   For that little white church in the dell

They would sing the old song Rock of Ages
Oh Christ let me hide myself in thee
And I know some of them are now waiting
Just o'er the dark and stormy sea

I know that troubles all are ended
And happy forever they will be
They are waiting and watching up yonder
For the coming home of you and me

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Little White Washed Chimney

Where the [A] Mississippi's flowing on it's [D] sunny southern [B] shores
And the [E] steamboat comes a_puffing round the [A] bend
There's a little old log cabin with a [D] grape vine o're the [B] door
And a [E] little white washed chimney at the [A] end
Oh, I went away up North when they told me I would find
Money hanging around like apples on the tree
But it was as my sweetheart told me there was nothing of the kind
And the weather was so cold I thought I'd freeze

CHO:
I'm [A] going back, yes, going back to the [D] place I love so [A] well
To the folks who'll want me all their own [E] again
To the [A] little old log cabin with the [D] grape vine o're the [B] door
And a [E] little white washed chimney at the [A] end

Verse, CHO Instrumental

I can see the smoke a_rising from that little ol' chimney top
As it welcomes me and greets me on the breeze
Then I'll start a_running and I know I'll never stop
Till I've landed in that cabin on my knees

CHO

4 bar bridge to end

Ref: Artist: Nashville Bluegrass Band
Title: Unleashed
Company: Sugar Hill SHCD 3843


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Little White-Washed Chimney

Where the Mississippi flowing on the sunny southern shores
And the steamboat comes a-puffing round the bend
There's a little old log cabin with a grape vine over the door
And a little white-washed chimney at the end

   Oh, I'm going back, yes, going back to the place I love so well
   To the folks who'll want me all their own again
   In the little old log cabin with the grape vine o'er the door
   And a little white-washed chimney at the end

Oh, I went away up North where they told me I would find
Money hanging around like apples on a tree
But it was as my sweetheart told me there was nothing of the kind
And the weather was so cold I thought I'd freeze

I can see the smoke a-rising from the little chimney top
As it welcomes me and greets me on the breeze
Then I will start a-running and I know I'll never stop
Till I've landed in that cabin on my knees

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Little Worn Snapshot
BMI Work #: 9156168
Little Worn Snapshot (Larry W. Jones 10/03/2007) (song#5037)

I have a little worn snapshot of you
Wrapped in a piece of paper colored gold
It's not here to remind me why I'm blue
But it reminds me of a love that's cold
This little snapshot's pleasing to my eye
And it brings back memories dear, of you
But as time goes by, I still sit and cry
Over a little worn snapshot of you
If I stop and think, I then shed a tear
I look at your little snapshot so small
It reminds me once more that you're not here 
And that's when I know more teardrops will fall
- instrumental -
If I stop and think, I then shed a tear
I look at your little snapshot so small
It reminds me once more that you're not here 
And that's when I know more teardrops will fall
This little snapshot's pleasing to my eye
And it brings back memories dear, of you
But as time goes by, I still sit and cry
Over a little worn snapshot of you
But as time goes by, I still sit and cry
Over a little worn snapshot of you


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Litttle Community Church House

I was lost in sin so long with no one to guide my way
My soul was in darkness had been for many a day
In that little community church house I heard that gospel song
I went inside to kneel and pray

   Oh I kneeled down and prayed to my Savior
   That He might hear and would accept me
   And then I felt the holy spirit
   I knew my soul was saved in me

In that little community church house that's where we sang and prayed
We prayed to our Father to guide us on our way
All through life's long journey we'll need His helping hand
Until we reach that promised land

In that little community church house among my many friends
I can hear them praying for me and the preacher said amen
And the vision there before me it was my Savior's face
I knew that I was saved by grace

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The Avett Brothers - Live and Die 

All it will take is just one moment and
you can say goodbye to how we had it planned
Fear like a habit run like a rabbit out and away
through the screen door to the unknown
and I want to love you and more
I want to find you and more
where do you reside when you're high
How can I find ya

Cause I wanna send you and more
I wanna tempt you and more
Can you tell that I
am alive let me prove it.

You and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
hear my voice know my name
you and I we're the same
Live like a pharaoh
sing like a sparrow anyway
even if there is no land or love in sight
we bloom like roses lead like moses out and away

through the bitter crowd to the daylight
and I want to love you and more
I want to find you and more
can you tell that I
am alive let me prove it to ya.
You and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you rejoice I complain

but you and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you and I we're the same
hear my voice know my name
you and I we're the same
I want to love you and more
I want to find you and more
where do you reside

when you hide how can I find ya
cause I wanna save you and more
I wanna tempt you and more
can you tell that I am alive let me prove it
You and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you rejoice I complain
but you and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you and I we're the same
hear my voice know my name
you and I
you and I

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The Avett Brothers - Live and Die (Single) Lyrics

All it will take is just one moment and
you can say goodbye to how we had it planned
Fear like a habit run like a rabbit out and away
through the screen door to the unknown

and I want to love you and more
I want to find you and more
can you tell that I
am alive let me prove it.

You and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
hear my voice know my name
you and I we're the same

Live like a pharaoh
sing like a sparrow anyway
even if there is no land or love in sight
we bloom like roses lead like moses out and away
through the bitter crowd to the daylight

and I want to love you and more
I want to find you and more
can you tell that I
am alive let me prove it to ya.

You and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you rejoice I complain
but you and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you and I we're the same
hear my voice know my name
you and I we're the same

I want to love you and more
I want to find you and more
where do you reside
when you hide how can I find ya
cause I wanna save you and more
I wanna tempt you and more
can you tell that I am alive let me prove it

You and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you rejoice I complain
but you and I we're the same
live and die we're the same
you and I we're the same
hear my voice know my name
you and I
you and I


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Live And Let Live

They tell me that you're going away
What makes you want to leave
You gave me your love
You gave me your vow
And you're leaving me here to grieve

   Live and let live, don't break my heart
   Don't leave me here to cry
   I never could live if we should part
   Tell me you don't mean good-bye

Stayed awake last night and I walked the floor
What makes you treat me so
Live and let live, don't break my heart
I don't want to live if you go

You're the one who made me love you so
You're the one who's making my cry
You're the one who'd break me heart if you go
Tell me you don't mean good-bye

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Alan Jackson - Livin' On Love lyrics

Two young people without a thing
Say some vows and spread their wings
Settle down with just what they need
Livin on love
She dont care 'bout whats in style
She just likes the wayhe smiles
It takes more than marble and tile
Livin on love
Livin on love, buyin on time
Without somebody nothing aint worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin on love
It sounds simple thats what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesnt take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
Two old people without a thing
Children gone but still they sing
Side by side in that front porch swing
Livin on love
He cant see anymore
And she can barely sweep the floor
Hand in hand they'll walk through that door
Just livin on love
Livin on love, buyin on time
Without somebody nothing aint worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin on love
It sounds simple thats what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesnt take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
No it doesnt take much when you get enough
Livin' on love


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Dolly Parton - Livin' With A Dead Man lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

And Oprah was talkin' on TV this mornin'
She said when love dies, there's no need to keep mourning
The honeymoon's over, there's no vital signs
Though he's the same age I am, he's grown old before my time
And I'm tired of livin' with a dead man
I don't believe that I can
Continue in the manner I've been going
I try to dress up sexy for him
My sexy clothes just bore him
He says he's got a headache
Now my disappointment's showing, ooo-ooo


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Dolly Parton - Livin` A Lie lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Spotlight's on, it's shining bright
And I like standin' in it
It's only superficial light
But I don't want to end it
It's warmth and glow has taken hold
And I'm caught uup in it's shine
A Cinderella fairy tale
I want to claim as mine
Fancy clothes, a magic coach
And happy ever after
Like something from a story book
The Cinderella chapter
But when the clock strikes midnight
And I lie awake in bed
Things my Daddy told me
Keep running through my head
You gotta walk the straight and narrow
And to thine own self be true
Gotta aim straight as an arrow
All eyes are up on you
But sometimes it feels so good
That I can almost justify
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Is it wrong for me to want
The sweeter grass that's greener?
To chase the all-American dream
I've always been a dreamer
At the top and still I've got
A heavy heart inside
I keep remembering
Things my Daddy told me as a child
You gotta walk the striaght and narrow
Gotta hold fast to the right
Gotta aim straight as an arrow
Walk onward toward the light
Oh, but when I'm out there in it
I think I might get by
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
But I don't feel right livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
All the fame and fortune
Glory and prestige
Can't make me happy if it goes
Against what I believe
And I've sacrificed my honor
My values and my pride
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, I don't feel right


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Living In The Future
John Prine

(Originally named "Jumpin Jehosaphat")

Jehosaphat the mongrel cat
Jumped off the roof today
Some would say he fell but I could tell
He did himself away
His eyes weren't bright like they were the night
We played checkers on the train
God Bless his soul he was a tootsie roll
But he's a dead cat just the same

Chorus:
We are living in the future
I'll tell you how I know
I read it in the paper
Fifteen years ago
We're all driving rocket ships
And talking with our minds
And wearing turquoise jewelry
And standing in soup lines
We are standing in soup lines

Jake the barber's lonely daughter
Went down to her daddy's shop
She plugged herself to a barber pole
And took a little off the top
Pressure on the left. Pressure on the right
Pressure in the middle of the hole
I'm goin' to Maine on a forty foot crane
I'm gonna use it for a fishin' pole

Chorus

Old Sarah Brown sells tickets down
At the all night picture show
Where they grind out sex
And they rate it with an "X"
Just to make a young man's pants grow
No tops no bottoms just hands and feet
Screaming the posters out on the street
Strangling the curious and the weak
We give 'em what they want to see - O

Chorus


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Living In The Past

You told me that you loved me and always would be mine
But now you've gone and left me with troubles on my mind
Everybody told me that our love wouldn't last
I can't live for the future so I'm living in the past

Tear drops, heartaches, I knew that our love wouldn't last
Lonely, worried darling, I'm living in the past
Someday I know your new love is gonna let you down
But I'll be waiting for you, I'll still be around
Now you're free and happy and living much too fast
While I'm blue and lonely and living in the past


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Billy Strings Lyrics
Living Like An Animal

Livin' like an animal
Down on all fours
I'm down on my luck again, can't take this anymore

I feel just like a broken stone
Drownin' in the stream
This [?] rushes over me, feels like a bad dream

Well I've worked so hard to earn my life
I never could be paid
I'm living like an animal hiding in the shade

It never should have been so hard
To fix the big machine
It was broken from the start, burstin' at the seam

Livin' like an animal
Migration to the grave
Been walkin' down this broken road, I never will be saved

Livin' like an animal
Baskin' in the sun
Rottin' from the inside out to think of what I've done
Lord, to think of what I've done

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The Avett Brothers - Living Of Love 
Emotionalism

For just one chance to find 
Love with someone that you loved to find 
For just the sense to try 
To walk ahead and leave the pain behind 
If the days aren't easy and the nights are rough 
When they ask you what you're thinking of 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love 

Your heart says not again 
What kind of mess have you got me in 
But when the feeling's there 
It can lift you up and take you anywhere 
But the gravel beneath you and the limbs above 
If anybody asks you where your coming from 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love 

Say yes we live uncertainty 
And disappointments have to be 
And everyday we might be facing more 
And yes we live in desperate times 
With faded words and shaky rhymes 
There's only one thing here worth hoping for 
With Lucifer beneath you and God above 
If either one of them asks you what your living of 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love 
Say love, say for me love

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Dolly Parton - Living On Memories Of You lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

My days are as dark as my nights
And I see no sunshine in sight
Your memory keeps blocking my view
And I'm living on memories of you
Can't eat when I'm hungry
Can't sleep when I'm tired
And all of these tears
Can't put out this fire
Your memory just won't turn me loose
And I'm living on memories of you
There's just no forgetting about you
How long can I survive without you
I just can't believe that we're through
And I'm living on memories of you
Can't eat when I'm hungry
I can't sleep when I'm tired
And all of my tears
Can't drown out this fire
Oh, your memory just won't turn me loose
And I'm living on memories of you
Yes, I'm living on memories of you


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Living Without You
Randy Newman

Milk truck brings the sun up
Paper hits my door
The subway shakes my floor
And I think about you
Time to face the emptiness
Of another lonely day
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you

It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you

Ev'ry one's got something
They are tryin' to get some more
They got something to get up for
Well I ain't about to
Nothin's gonna happen
Ain't nothin gonna change
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you

It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you


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Liza Jane
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Reed Nielsen and Vince Gill

G
You've got my number you've got my name
   A#7           C                   G
So why don't you call me little Liza Jane
You've got that body you've got that frame
   A#7           C                   G
So why don't you call me little Liza Jane
C             G           C                   G
Girl I got it bad for you there ain't nothin' I won't do
C                      G            D7          C    G
Just one kiss and I'll never be the same little Liza Jane
          C    G
Oh little Liza Jane
Now you've heard my story you've got to know my name
A#7           C                   G
Why don't you call me little Liza Jane
C             G           C                   G
Girl I got it bad for you there ain't nothin' I won't do
C                      G            D7          C    G
Just one kiss and I'll never be the same little Liza Jane
          C    G
Oh little Liza Jane
   C           G              C    G
Oh little Liza Jane oh little Liza Jane

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Loafer's Glory

There came a man from Tennessee
I must tell the story
He built a house beside the road And called it Loafer's Glory

Get away, get away, get away I say
Don't trade at Loafer's Glory

He cheated me of house and land
At trading he was able
He kept a dog to lick the pots
And a goat to clear the table

His wife Jan had one left hand
She was mighty savvy
She hoed her taters every day
And wormed her rows of cabbage

His brooding hen had ceased to lay
He thought he would help her
He ran her backwards up the hill
And fed her corn and pepper

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Locked Up
The Avett Brothers

I can't take the criticism
I'm heating up with cynicism
All the colors in the prism entering my eyes
Still can't change my mind

I'm a stubborn goat getting older
A cube of ice getting colder
A frozen heart and frozen shoulders, that is what I've got
A sweetheart I am not

Now I'll soften when it pays the bills
I'll love you in exchange for thrills
Our service calls, withdrawal will kill
I can smell fresh blood from miles away

I can't be locked up this way, I can't be locked up this way
I can't be locked up like this, oh, no, I can't be locked up this way

Now I have been their slave but I'm tired of workin'
A jackhammer tired of jerking
I'm a booty-shaker tired of twerking, you can laugh all you want
Soon enough, though, I'll be gone

I'm a dying fly on the wall
I'm a teenage girl who just won't call
I'm a deflated basketball, no needle to be found
And I just want to be around

So I can roam, so I can bounce
So I can roam out of this town

I can't be locked up like this, I can't be locked up like this
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no, I can't be locked up like this

Now I'm the worst ship that was ever built
Started sinking soon as the champagne spilled
All the dirty secrets in my quilt, they won't come out in the wash
Somebody help, my gosh

I'm a beating heart off the beaten path
The god of shame, fear my wrath
Can my filthy soul take a bath in the light of you?
In the light of truth? In the light of you

No, I can't be locked up like this, I can't be locked up like this
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no, I can't be locked up like this

I can't be locked up like this, I can't be locked up like this
I can't be locked up like this (Oh, no), I can't be locked up like this

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Chris Thile - Locking Doors

Locking doors, spotless pores, finding comfort in a total bore, the number four, 
Genealogical lore, nothing feels good unless I've felt it before. 

The neighbor's gay, he shouldn't be that way, 
I'm gonna treat him like a person but not today, when I'm old and grey, and 
he's dying of AIDS, I'm gonna stop by his bed to remind him to pray. 

Melvin is locking doors 
He makes everything a chore 
And he don't really care no more 
Melvin is locking doors 

Nervous when my little woman friend makes me kinda wanna be a man again. 
Don't wanna bend, better to offend, but I'll get pissed when she looks at other men. 

Melvin is locking doors 
He makes everything a chore 
And he don't really care no more 

Melvin is locking doors 
Locking doors, salting sores, when one wimp winces we'll win this war, 
Show me some gore, man I'm so hardcore, but it doesn't feel good unless I've felt it before. 
Nothing feels good unless I've felt it before.

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Crooked Still 
Locust In The Willow

If I was some little swallow
Had little wings and I could fly
I'd light in the arms of my own true lover
And if any courting there I'd be by

If I were a little sparrow
Had little wings and I could fly
I would alight by the side of my own true lover
And there I'd sit till the day I die

I'd 'light up in some weeping willow
Weep for weeks, for months and years
Wouldn't eat nothing but weeping willow
And what I'd drink would be my tears

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The Incredible String Band - Log Cabin Home In the Sky 

All around this wide country the winter it has now begun
Now is the time to slip away from the California sun
To a place where a man can be free as the wind
As wild as the huskies cry
Now winter is nigh let us fly to my log cabin home in the sky

With snow piling all round the door and many a log on the stove
Where the chickadee's singing a comforting song
I'll show you it's you that I love
Oh, let the wolves howl, they won't find us there by a soft oil lamp we will lie
Now winter is nigh let us fly to my log cabin home in the sky

Now there comes a time to every man
When he must turn his back on the crowd
When the glare of the lights gets much too bright
And the music plays too loud
When a man must run from the deeds he has done
Recalling those days with a sigh
Now winter is nigh let us fly to my log cabin home in the sky

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The Incredible String Band - Log Cabin Home In The Sky - 2010 Remastered Version 

All around this wide country the winter it has now begun
Now is the time to slip away from the California sun
To a place where a man can be free as the wind
As wild as the huskies' cry
Now winter is nigh let us fly to my log cabin in the sky

With snow piling all round the door
And many a log on the stove
Where the chickadee's singing a comforting song
I'll show you it's you that I love
O let the wolves howl, they won't find us here
By a soft oil lamp we will lie

Now there comes a time to every man
When he must turn his back on the crowd
When the glare of the lights gets much too bright
And the music plays too loud
When a man must run from the deeds he has done
Recalling those days with a sigh.

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Log Cabin In The Lane

I'm growing old and feeble and I can't work on more
My rusty bladed hoe I've laid to rest
My mama and my papa they are sleeping side by side
And their spirits now are roaming with the blessed

   Oh, the chimney's falling down and the roof is all caved in
   Letting in the sunshine and the rain
   And the only friend I've got now is that good old dog of mine
   And that little old log cabin in the lane

Oh the paths have all grown up that led around the hill
The fences have all gone to decay
And the creeks have all dried up where we used to go to mill
And things have changed their course another way

Oh I ain't got long to stay here, what little time I've got
I want to rest content while I remain
'Til death shall call this dog and me to find a better home
Than that little old log cabin in the lane

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Railroad Earth - Lois Ann 
Instrumental

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London Homesick Blues
Jerry Jeff Walker

Well, when you're down on your luck, and you ain't got a buck,
In London you're a goner.
Even London Bridge has fallen down,
And moved to Arizona.
Now I know why.

And I'll substantiate the rumor that the English sense of humor
Is drier than the Texas sand.
You can put up your dukes, and you can bet your boots,
That I'm leavin' just as fast as I can.

Chorus:
I wanna go home with the armadillo.
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene.
The friendliest people and the prettiest women
You've ever seen.

Well it's cold over here, and I swear,
I wish they'd turn the heat on.
And where in the world is that English girl,
I promised I would meet on the third floor.

And of the whole damn lot, the only friend I got,
Is a smoke and a cheap guitar.
My mind keeps roamin', my heart keeps longin'
To be home in a Texas bar.

Chorus

Well, I decided that, I'd get my cowboy hat
And go down to Marble Arch Station.
'Cause when a Texan fancies to take his chances,
Chances will be takin, now that's for sure.

And them Limey eyes, they were eyein' a prize,
That some people call manly footwear.
They said you're from down South, and when you open your mouth,
You always seem to put your foot there.

Chorus

Chorus


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Lone Pilgrim

I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay
And pensively stood by his tomb
When In a low whisper I heard someone say
How sweetly I sleep here alone

The tempest may howl and the loud thunder roar
And gathering storms may arise
But calm is my feeling at rest is my soul
The tears are all wiped from my eyes

The cause of my master compels me from home
No kindred or relatives nigh
I met the contingent and sank to the tomb
My soul flew to mansions on high

Go tell my companions and children most dear
To weep not for me while I'm gone
The same hand that led me through storms most severe
Has kindly assisted me on

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Lone Star State Of Mind
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Pat Alger, Fred Koller, Eugene Albert Levine

C                          Dm
Your phone call took me by surprise
G7                        C
Gee it's been a long long time
                          Dm
Since those hot and humid Texas nights
G7                          C
When we went swimmn' in the tide
                            Dm
Now Corpus Christi seems so far away
G7                            C
And I'm not talkng' 'bout the miles
                                Dm
And there ain't much I wouldn't give today
G7                      C
Just to see one of your smiles
                        F
But here I sit alone in Denver
G7                     C
Sippin' the California wine
                          F
And I've got all night to remember you
G7                          C
I'm in a lone star state of mind
                                  Dm
I just saw John Wayne on the Late Late Show
G7                      C
Saved the girl and rode away
                        Dm
And I was hoping as the credits rolled
G7                           C
He'd make it back to her someday
Repeat #3
 
       Dm                G7        Dm                 G7
It's a thousand miles or more from here to your front door
       Dm             Em          Am
I'd be there tomorrow if I left today
             Dm            G7                Em
And I'd just pack up my guitar you know it's really not that far
         F                                   G7
When you called you said I'd have a place to stay
Repeat #3
                           F
Yeah I've got all night to remember you
G7                          C
I'm in a lone star state of mind

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Dolly Parton - Loneliness Found Me lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

Loneliness found me one time too many
And I cheated ? I cheated on you
But I'd give my soul now if only I hadn't
But you see what loneliness can do
It seems that you're gone so much from me
And I try to find things to do while you're gone
But I get so lonesome just staying at home
And it's hard to enjoy things alone
Loneliness found me just one time too many
And I cheated - yes, I cheated on you
But I'd give my life now if only I hadn't
But you see now what loneliness can do
Loneliness found me


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Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Cockran

C                                        F                Ab
There hasn't been one bit of laughter in this house in so long
         C              Am          Dm   G7
Just the howling of the wind asking why 
      C                     C7
And I know this house ain't growing 
       F                         Ab
But it seems bigger since you're gone
         C     Am      Dm     G7 C      F  C  G7
And this loneliness is eating me alive         
           C                      F                      Ab
If there's any forgiveness in you wrap it up and come on home
      C              Am                     Dm   G7
Hey I may not change completely oh but I'll try 
    C                    C7
And honey you'll have to hurry 
                  F              Ab
Or there'll be no reason to come home
           C     Am      Dm     G7  C    F  C
Cause this loneliness is eating me alive     
               G7                   C
The bigger the house the harder the tear falls
           D7                   G7
I found it out since you're goodbye
    C                    C7
And honey you'll have to hurry 
                  F              Ab
Or there'll be no reason to come home
           C     Am      Dm     G7 C      Am
Cause this loneliness is eating me alive           
         Dm            G7        C
Yea this loneliness is eating me alive    

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Lonely Christmas Call
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Riddle and George Jones

C                F      C      G7        C
Won't you beckon to our lonely Christmas call

                               C7
You left a year ago this Christmas 
          F                C
And we're wondering if you miss us 
               F        C             G7
Don't know why you ever left and went away
 
    C                            C7
The kids are lonely here without you
     F               C
Even wrote old Santa about you 
                        F   C          G7        C   F
Please don't leave them all alone this Christmas day 

C                                C7
Don't you miss their arms around you 
         F          C
Do their memories surround you
                    F         C                     G7
Don't you know it's not their fault things are this way 

    C               C7
Why not show consideration 
       F                       C
To the ones whose heart you're breaking
               F       C         G7        C   F  C
Give them your gift of love this Christmas day

             F
If you could see their little faces 
             C         G7         C
As round the tree they take their places 
                                        G7
They're looking for the biggest gift of all 

       C               C7
So why not show consideration 
       F                       C
To the ones whose heart you're breaking 
                 F      C      G7        C
Won't you beckon to our lonely Christmas call

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Dolly Parton - Lonely Comin' Down lyrics

I woke up this morning in a strange place
I looked into the mirror at a strange face
Then I looked for you but you could not be found
And then I felt the lonely comin' down
I walked across the room to the empty bed
Saw the imprint on the pillow where you laid your head
The presence of you still lingered all around
And once again I felt the lonely comin' down
Then I felt the lonely dripping down my face
As I realized no one could take your place
I wondered where the love had gone that we had found
And then again I felt the lonely comin' down
I wondered where the love had gone that we had found
And again I felt the lonely comin' down
Mmm...


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Lonely Lane
BMI Work #: 8794293
Lonely Lane (Larry W. Jones 04/02/2007) (song#4562)

Now, my mailbox has one little door
But I don't get her letters anymore
This cold room has such a sad decor
As I'm walkin' on this hardwood floor
I live on Lonely Lane
Our love was all in vain
I'll never see my love again
The girl that I adore
My baggy eyes are like rough leather
They sag like cryin' in bad weather
I just don't know now as to whether
I'll be able to live happy as before
I live on Lonely Lane
Our love was all in vain
I'll never see my love again
The girl that I adore
Now, I'm so low down and so lonesome
Don't know what on earth I'll become
And my life ain't even worth a crumb
Gonna go hide behind the closet door
I live on Lonely Lane
Our love was all in vain
I'll never see my love again
The girl that I adore


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The Osborne Brothers - Lonely Lonely Me lyrics
(Bobby Osborne)

Lonely, lonely me, lonely, lonely me.
My baby said she loved me but she's gone again
I've never been so lonely yet I don't remember when
Lonely, lonely me, lonely, lonely me.

--- Instrumental ---

Somehow I've got a feeling our love was not to be
She left me all this loneliness lonely lonely me
Lonely, lonely me, lonely, lonely me
Lonely, lonely me...


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Lonely Moon

   Lonely moon lonely moon won't you shine in this cell
   And tell me that she's doing well
   Lonely moon won't you tell her I want her for mine
   But don't push her she has her own mind.

As we gaze and admire the same shining stars
Though our distances are far
We can both watch the moon go down o'er the land
As if we were hand in hand.

Souls can be together while bodies are alone
Love can melt bars and climb walls of stone
We can both watch the moon go down o'er the land
As if we were hand in hand.

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Lonely Night
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by M.L. Powers
  
C
Silent night lonely night
             F#m     D7       G7
I don't have you for Christmas
D7     G7    D7     G7
Silent night lonely night
D7           G7       C
I don't have you this year

              F           G7          C
But I'll have twelve long months to remember
              F           G7        C
And I'll have twelve long months to forget
    F          G#         C       Am
And I've had a few lonely parties
    D7                    G7
But this is the loneliest yet

C
Silent night lonely night
D7           G7       C
I won't have you this year

          F           G7          C
There are twelve long months to remember
    F           G7        C
And twelve long months to forget
    F          G#         C       Am
And I've had a few lonely parties
    D7                    G7
But this is the loneliest yet

C            A#7    A7
Silent night lonely night
Dm           G#  G7   C
I won't have you this year

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Lonely Quit Knockin' at My Door

Lonely quit knockin' on my door
Sadness don't follow me around
You're always by my side
Watchin' every tear I've cried
Lonely quit knockin' on my door

The picture that I'm lookin' at right now
Is not the one she painted when we met
All I thought I had is gone
And I'm needin' to move on
But a reason to just hasn't hit me yet

My world blacked out the moment that she left
She slammed the door and didn't say a word
Add them all up into one
Thunder lightning and big guns
And that's still the loudest sound I ever heard

A man trapped behind a cell room wall
His time's for life and nothin' left to fear
He's under lock and key and he's just the same as me
But a different kind of sentence put me here

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Lonely Tombs

I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard
When a voice from the tomb seemed to say
I once lived as you lived walked and talked as you talk
But from earth I was soon called away

   Oh those tombs (oh those tombs) lonely tombs (lonely tombs)
   Seemed to say in a low gentle tone
   Oh how sweet (oh how sweet) is the rest (is the rest)
   In our beautiful Heavenly home 

Every voice from the tomb seemed to whisper and say
Living man you must soon follow me
And I thought as I looked on those cold marble slabs
What a dark lonely place that must be 

Then I came to the place where my mother was laid
And in silence I stood by her tomb
And her voice seemed to say in a low gentle tone
I am safe with my Savior at home

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Lonesome

Lonesome
For the arms that held me tight
Lonesome
For the lips that whispered goodnight

    I pretend to be happy
    But my friends know
    Lonesome
    Don't matter where I go

Lonesome
Living in the past
Lonesome
For the love that didn't last

    Like a man lost at sea
    No place to land
    Lonesome
    For someone to understand

Lonesome
Lonesome

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Lonesome And Blue

Lonesome blue heartbroken
As here I sit alone
My sweetheart's gone and left me
Now everything's gone wrong

Her hair was dark and curly
And hung way down behind
But now she loves another
I'm run-ning on the vine

I ne-ver rode a boxcar
Until she turned me down
I'll never love no other
I'll never settle down

On down this lonesome railroad
My back to the old hometown
My past will always haunt me
And the girl who turned me down

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Lonesome Angel

Tell me why
I've got no money
Seems I'm always flat broke
Spent my life
Chasing gold mines
Worked my fingers to the bone
I'm so tired of hanging round
Get me out of this old town
Back so far and up so high
I won't ever touch the ground

It's goodbye lonesome angel
Gonna fly never coming down
The creek ran dry lonesome angel
You can look for me
Out where the sun goes down

Big ole-moon
I know you're up there
But I just can't see you tonight
Those dark black clouds
Are right behind me
I think they're looking for a fight
I'm a fool to have stayed this long
Point me out and I'll be gone
Back so far and up so high
Just a singing this sweet song

* Refrain


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Lonesome Blues

I got the lonesome blues tonight
Won't you stay here dear friend that's what I need
Someone to hold me tight well it's all right
I got the lonesome blues tonight

I got the homely blues tonight
May be got some time to lend I'll try to be
The one you miss tonight make you feel all right
I got the homely blues tonight

I got the cold cold blues tonight
Won't you try to understand if I can be
With someone else tonight when you dim the light
I got the cold cold blues tonight

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Lonesome Day

They carried my girl to the burying ground
They carried my girl to the burying ground
They carried my girl to the burying ground
I watched her as they laid her down

Today has been a lonesome day
Today has been a lonesome day
Today has been a lonesome day
And tommorrow gonna be the same old way

Go big my grave with a silver spade
Go big my grave with a silver spade
Go big my grave with a silver spade
And mark the plce where I'll be laid

*Refrain

Dig you ever here a church bell toll
Dig you ever here a church bell toll
Dig you ever here a church bell toll
You'll know by that I'm dead and gone

*Refrain


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Lonesome Depot

Have you ever stood in a lonesome depot
and told someone goodbye
you'd give anything in all this world
if she'd only break down and cry

Forget the pain and bear your shame
And beg her not to go
For when she's gone there's misery
And the loneliness will grow and grow

Oh how many years did she stand by you
And lay awake at night
Crying and prayin for you to come home
You know now you're weepin her right

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Lonesome Dove
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Larry Cordle and Carl Jackson

G
I hear a lonesome dove off in the distance
               D7              G
His cry echoes out through the hills

He's sad that his lover flew off with another
               D7        G
And I know the sorrow he feels

         C    G
Lonesome dove we're not that different
           A#7          C          D7
You sing a sad song but you're not alone
G                   C
You've been forever forsaken 
                    G    D7
By the one that you love
  Em           C             G
I know how you feel lonesome dove
A#7 C   D7    Em           C             G
Ooh ooh ooh I know how you feel lonesome dove


I've tried to run from the pain of her memory
                   D7          G
But I can't find a place I can hide

And that old lonesome dove is gonna mourn for his love
              D7     G
No matter how far he flies

         C    G
Lonesome dove we're not that different
           A#7          C          D7
You sing a sad song but you're not alone
G                   C
You've been forever forsaken 
                    G    D7
By the one that you love
  Em           C             G
I know how you feel lonesome dove
A#7 C   D7    Em           C             G
Ooh ooh ooh I know how you feel lonesome dove

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Lonesome Feeling

It's lonesome feeling when you're traveling
Down a lonesome road, down a lonesome road
Nobody cares a thing about you
It's a heavy road, it's heavy road

I wish that I was in Kentucky
With poppa and mama dear
but mama's gone now and is poppa
And Kentucky that's long way from here

* Refrain

I found the love since I've married
Her love was true as she told me so
I gave a ring with all my money
But she run off to where I never know

* Refrain


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Osborne Brothers - Lonesome Feeling  Lyrics

It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling
Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road
Nobody cares a thing about me
It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load.

I fell in love in Cincinnati
Her love was true and she told me so
I gave her rings and all my money
Where she ran off to I'll never know.

It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling
Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road
Nobody cares a thing about me
It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load.

--- Instrumental ---

I wish that I was in Kentucky
With papa and mama dear
But mama's gone and so is papa
And Kentucky's a long way from here.

It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling
Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road
Nobody cares a thing about me
It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load.

It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load...

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Lonesome For You

Now I know what it means to be lonesome
And I know what it means to be blue
And I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
When there' someone missing you

Cause I've cried and I've cried since we parted
There's no one knows what I've gone through
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
Cause I'm lonesome lonesome for you

My best friend left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
And the smiling face of my darling
I may not see no more

Now I know what it means to be worried
To be all lonesome and blue
For the one that I loved so dearly
Has turned her back on me

Oh my mind is full of sorrow
And my heart is filled with pain
And I feel so broken hearted
Wont you please come back again

Cause I've cried and I've cried since we parted
There's no one knows what I've gone through
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
Cause I'm lonesome lonesome for you

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Lonesome For You Darling

I am lonesome for you darling
Though from me you're far away
In a lonely little cottage
I am waiting day by day

Though you went away and left me
Left me alone in this old world
How it hurt me little darling
To hear you say those parting words

I can see you in the moonlight
Strolling down lover's lane
I know it's you I love my darling
Wont you take me back again

Do you think we could be happy
Do you think we could be true
To the one that's always loved you
No one loves you like I do

Wont you take me back my darling
So I can prove my love to you
If you'll accept me little darling
We will start our lives anew

I will take you back my darling
If you promise to be true
Let me look my little darling
In your loving eyes of blue

We are happy now together
In the moonlight all alone
And we'll settle down forever
In our little cottage home

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Lonesome Here Without You

It's cold outside the wind is blowing
And the snow is falling down
Now I'm so lonesome here without you
While you're somewhere running around

You done me wrong my little darling
Leaving me here this way
Some day I know I'll find you
When I do I'll make you pay

Some times at night I dream about you
Wondering why you went away
You're out there some where with another
And I'm gonna find you some day

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Lonesome Homesick Blues

I've got the lonesome homesick blues
I've got them bad babe down in my shoes
I left someone there that I might lose
That's why I've got these old homesick blues

It makes me homesick to hear your name
And hold you dear in my arms again
I'm a gonna ride that old lonesome train
To the one I left back in Maces Spring

You told me once dear you loved me so
And it's on my mind dear every where I go
I'll soon be knowing if it is so
Or has your love for me grown cold

Oh listen to that old lonesome train
It's a gonna carry me back again
To the one that told me their love was true
I'll spend the rest of my days with you

I've been away babe a long long time
Now I'm riding down this old railroad line
And the one I love there I hope to find
To ease this lonesome blue heart of mine

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Lonesome Night

In the pale moonlight we quarreled one night
Our heart's were young and free
I left her there and on that night
I though she was two-timing me

   On a lonesome night so far from home
   I heard a mournful sound
   The girl I love is calling me
   She thinks I turned her down

She begged me not to leave her there
She swore that she'd been true
But a jealous heart cannot believe
Oh how I long for you

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Lonesome Old Home

Last night I laid down everything was so fine
Had mother and dad so much on my mind
Thinking of home and the ones I love so
Everything was so great around the old home

   Then I woke up I was a dreaming
   No mother no dad no children a playing
   Everything was so quiet everybody was gone
   There was nothing left but a lonesome old home

Then I got up the sun was so bright
I looked all around but something's not right
I walked out the door and there on a hill
Stood two lonesome graves Lord it gave me a chill

As I stood there everything was so still
As I started to leave those lonesome old hills
Leaving behind where I used to roam
Momma and dad and a lonesome old home

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Lonesome Old Homesick Blues

I've got the lonesome old homesick blues
I've got 'em bad babe down in my shoes
I left someone there that I might lose
That's why I've got these old homesick blues.

It makes me homesick to hear your name
To want you near in my arms again
I'm gonna ride in your lonesome train
To the one I left back in Mason Springs

I've been away for a long long time
I'm riding down this old railroad line
To the one I left in that home of mine
this lonesome blue heart of mine.

You told me once dear you loved me so
And it's on my mind now everywhere I go
I'll soon be knowing if this is so
Or has your love for me gone cold

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Lonesome Old Song

I set here in shame while the records are playing
The blues hang around me no need to go home
I keep on a drinking and wondering about her
That lonesome old song reminds me she's gone

That lonesome old song keeps on a playing
And telling a story that makes me so blue
How the girl that I love has gone on and left me
That lonesome old song reminds me of you

I know I'm a fool to still care about her
She's been unfaithful unkind and untrue
But all that she's done right now don't matter
That lonesome old song reminds me we're thru

I know some day I'll get over losing
She's the only girl I could ever call mine
Since she's gone away my life ain't worth living
For a lonesome old song and a bottle of wine

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Lonesome Pine

I'm lonesome pine on the mountain
All alone I find no one by my side
Oh I wish I had me a dogwood tree
That would bloom beside me for company

I'm lonesome so lonesome I'll never know why
I must stand all alone till the day that die
I'll never get over this sorrow of mine
This evergreen sorrow from the lonesome pine

In the summertime when the wind blows free
There's a mournful song in the heart of me
It's the saddest song that you'll ever hear
For the lonesome pine will you shed a tear

In the wintertime when the snow falls down
And my branches drop till they touch the ground
You can hear me groan with the load I bear
For its mine all alone no one seems to care

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Lonesome Pine Special

I was walking out this morning with rambling on my mind
I am going to catch that special train for lonesome pine
You can hear the whistle blowing as she's coming down the line
That's the train I catch this morning just to ease my troubling mind

   Yodel
   Take me back to Texas back to my old home

Oh I'm weeping like a willow and I'm mourning like a dove
There's a girl out in Texas that I know I really love
Oh I'm going back to Texas where the lonesome coyotes whine
Where the longhorn cattle are lowing round that cabin home of mine

Oh give me back my rifle oh give me back my gun
Give me back my home in Texas and my rambling days are done

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Lonesome Pines

THERE'S A PATH BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS
THAT ONE ROOM HOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN
EVEN NOW THE MEMORIES LINGER
MY MAMA'S SMILE SO SOFT AND WARM

   LONESOME PINE I CAN HEAR YOU CALLIN'
   CALLIN' ME BACK TO MY HOME
   WHERE THE FOX AND HOUND THROUGH THE HILLS ARE ROAMIN'
   LONESOME PINE CALLIN' ME BACK HOME

IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I LEFT THAT CABIN
IN SEARCH OF WEALTH FORTUNE AND FAME
AND LATE AT NIGHT WHEN I'M ALONE AND LONELY
I STILL HEAR MY DADDY CALL MY NAME

SOMEDAY SOON I'M A GONNA TRAVEL
BACK TO THE LAND THAT I LOVE BEST
IN THE STILLNESS OF THE MOUNTAINS
I WILL FIND SWEET PEACE AND REST

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Lonesome River
Artist: THE STANLEY BROTHERS CARTER STANLEY RALPH STANLEY
Title: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STANLEY BROTHERS
Company: COLUMBIA DIDP 085860

[D] I sit here alone, on the banks of the river
The lonesome wind [G] blows,
The water rolls [D] high
I hear a voice [G] calliní
Out there in the darkness
I sit here [A] alone too lonesome to [D] cry

CHO:
The water rolls high
On the [G] river at [D] midnight
I sit on the shore to weep and to cry
The woman I love
She left me this morning
With no one to [C] lo..[D]..ve
or [A] kiss me good [D] night

We met there one night
On the banks of the river
Stood there holding hands
And makiní our vows
That we'd never part
And be happy forever
But a new love she's found
She'd gone from me now

CHO


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Lonesome River, The

I sit here alone on the banks of the river
The lonesome wind blows the water rolls high
I hear a voice calling out there in the darkness
I sit here alone too lonesome to cry

   Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
   I sit on the shore to grieve and to cry
   The woman I love she left me this morning
   With no one to love or kiss me goodnight

We met there one night by the banks of the river
Sat there holding hands and making our vows
Swore we'd never part and be happy together
But a new love she's found she's gone from me now

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Lonesome Road

Look down, look down that lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry
The best of friends must part someday
And why not you and I

I wish to God that I had died
Had died fore I was born
Before I seen your smiling face
And heard your lying tongue


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Crooked Still 
Lonesome Road

Look up, look down that lonesome road
Hang your head and cry, cry
Hang your head and cry

The true best friends must part you, love
So why not you and I, my love
Why not you and I

The longest train I ever saw
Was on that Georgia line
Was on that Georgia line

The only one I've ever loved
Was on that train and she's gone
Was on that train and she's gone

The darkest night I ever saw
Was the night I left my home, good Lord
The night I left my home

Look up, look down that lonesome road
Hang your head and cry
Hang your head and cry

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Lonesome Road Blues
Adrienne Young

I walked on down that lonesome line
Hung my head and I cried
I wept and I cried under a willow tree
Out by the deep blue sea
My mama, my dear papa can be found,
And my brother on a county road
Now I been down that long plank walk,
I'm on my way back home

You cause me to weep, you do cause me to moan
You cause me to leave my home
I cried last night and the night before
I swear I won't cry anymore

Your fast mail train comin round that track
Killed my brown eyed boy
They took him down that smokey track
Brought him back on a cooling board
Now I'm lookin down that lonesome line
Just as far as I care to see
I have no money lost my brown eyed boy
These blues won't set me free

You do cause me to weep, you do cause me to moan
You cause me to leave my home
I cried last night and the night before
I swear I won't cry anymore


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Lonesome Road Blues

   I'm going down this road feeling bad
   I'm going down this road feeling bad
   I'm going down this road feeling bad, lord, lord
   And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

I'm down in the jailhouse on my knees
Down in the jailhouse on my knees
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, lord, lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

They feed me on corn bread and beans
They feed me on corn bread and beans
They feed me on corn bread and beans, lord, lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

Got two dollar shoes on my feet
Got two dollar shoes on my feet
Two dollar shoes they hurt my feet, lord, lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot, Great God
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

I'm going where the weather fits my clothes
I'm going where the weather fits my clothes
I'm going where the weather fits my clothes, lord lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

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Lonesome Roads
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                   F
Where did I go wrong    
                          C
You know I've never had a clue
                            G7  F
I must've just been born no good 
                                C
Cause bad's the best that I can do
                           F
Was it just my fate in life 
                    C
To end up here this way
             G7   F
Lost and all alone 
                                C
One more black lamb that's gone astray
F                                       C
Lonesome roads are the only kind I ever travel
      F                               C
Empty rooms are the only place I ever stay
           F                                     C
I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks like trouble
                   G7                           C
Poor ole worthless me is the only friend I ever made
Repeat #3
                   G7                           C
Poor ole worthless me is the only friend I ever made

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Lonesome Town

There's a place where lovers go
To cry their troubles away
And they call it lonesome town
Where the broken hearts stay

You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you'll pay
Is a heart full of tears

Going down to lonesome town
Where the broken hearts stay
Going down to lonesome town
To cry my troubles away

In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
Maybe down in lonesome town
I can learn to forget

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Lonesome Truck Driver Blues

I leave Pittsburgh with a load of steel
Nobody knows just how I feel
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
Keep me drivin' with a worried mind

 Lonesome Truck Driver Blues
Lonesome Truck Driver Blues
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
Keep me drivin' with a worried mind
Lonesome truck driver blues

If you load too light you can't make a dime
If you load to heavy then you get a fine
Look at 'em lined up down the road
Guess I'd better dump my load

Well it's coffee cakes and pork and beans
Black eyed peas and turnip greens
Turn on my radio one time more
Hear Ernest Tubb a walkin' the floor

Oh the motor's purrin' I'm makin' time
Takin' me back to that baby of mine
She'll be purrin' like a kitten when I walk in the door
The truck driver blues I won't sing anymore

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Lonesome Valley

Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley
We've got to walk it by ourselves
There's nobody else can walk it for us
We've got to walk it by ourselves

My father's got to walk this lonesome valley
He's got to walk it by himself
There's nobody here can walk it for him
He's got to walk it by himself

My mother's got to walk this lonesome valley

Most sinners got to walk this lonesome valley

Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley

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Lonesome Wind

Lonesome wind seems to whisper to me.
But No One can I see.
Lonesome wind so blue can it really be true
That she's gone, she's gone from me.
Chorus ~
Lonesome wind that blows tonight.
Seems to know my awful plight.
Lonesome wind that whines through the lonesome pines.
I lost the one that I love tonight.
I must travel life's pathway alone.
Lonesome wind please hear my song.
Lonesome wind that blows please let me know
That I won't be here long.


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Lonesome Wind Blues

I hear the wind a-blowing through the lonesome pine
And I know my love is gone too
I hear the wind a-blowing through the lonesome pine
That's why I'm blue love, so blue

She's gone so far away thats why I'm griving
She's left me here alone among the trees
And all that I have left is just a memory
And it always haunts me with a breeze

* Refrain

I'll leave the day they try to find my darling
I don't know where on earth she can be
I know that I can't ever live without her
For each night in dreams her face I see

* Refrain


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Lonesome Without You

When we were young we loved each other
more than anyone will know
But today you found a new love
And you said I had to go

Oh the road is rough and rocky
Since the day I last saw you
Another's won your heart forever
And I'm lonesome without you

On down this lonely road I wandered
With nothing left for me to do
Wondering if I'll ever see you
And share the love that we once knew

* Refrain

My hope is now that you'll be happy
With the new love that we once knew
But if you ever cange your mind dear
Remember me I'll be around

* Refrain


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Lonesome Without You - Delmore Brothers

I am feeling mighty weary
And my heart is sad and blue
There is no one here to cheer me
And I'm lonesome without you

   Don't forget your little promise
   When you told me you'd be true
   That you'd never love another
   Never leave me feeling blue

I will dream when I am sleeping
For I long to see your face
I will dream that you are near me
By my side to take your place

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Lonesome Without You - Stanleys

When we were young we loved each other
More than anyone will know
But today you found a new love
And you said I had to go

   Oh the road is rough and rocky
   Since the day I last saw you
   Another's won your heart forever
   And I'm lonesome without you

On down this lonely road I wandered
With nothing left for me to do
Wondering if I'll ever see you
And share the love that we once knew

My hope is now that you'll be happy
With the new love you have found
But if you ever change your mind dear
Remember me I'll be around

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Long As We're Dreaming
Recorded by George Jones and Melba Montgomery
Written by Earl Montgomery

C
Long as we're dreaming life is wonderful
                                  G7
Filled with true love and warm sunshine

Each way we look we see rainbows
                               C
My heart is yours and yours is mine

                    F       G7
Each way we turn we turn to happiness
                                C
In a world where we don't stand alone
F                               C
Long as we're dreaming we don't realize
G7                           C
When we wake up love will be gone


Long as we're dreaming birds are singing
                             G7
Beside us there the grass is green

Each way we look we see ending
                               C
They know our love is pure and clean

            F             G7
Each way we turn we see a baby
                               C
In years to come he'll soon be grown
F                               C
Long as we're dreaming we don't realize
G7                           C
When we wake up love will be gone

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Long Black Veil

Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
There was someone killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the man who ran looked a lot like me

   She walks these hills in a long black veil
   She visits my grave while the night winds wail
   Nobody knows, nobody sees
   Nobody knows but me

The judge said Son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die
I spoke not a word thought it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries over my bones

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Richard Thompson - Long Dead Love Lyrics

Somebody's walking, oh, somebody's walking
There on the grave of our love
And somebody's kicking the dust and the ashes away
Why don't they just let it die?

And fade and grow cold again
Better our footsteps divide
And our memory grow old again

Oh, long dead love
Long dead love

How much dirt must you shovel on what's already dead?
Don't send flowers to remember, send thorns instead
And who's that polishing the tombstone over our heads?
Oh

Somebody's dancing on our sad misfortune
Oh, there on the grave of our love
And somebody's sweeping the splinters of my broken heart away
Why don't they just let it die?

And fade and grow cold again
Better our footsteps divide
And our memory grow old again

Oh, long dead love
Long dead love

It's been so long, it's even hard to find the right place
Was it you who paid for Burke and Hare to come in on the case?
You know grave-robbing is a sin and this is a crying disgrace
Deep in the night, the cruel intention comes stealing
Deep in the night, I can't close my eyes for that feeling

Oh, long dead love
Long dead love
Long dead love

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Billy Strings Lyrics
Long Forgotten Dream

Would you listen when the wind decides to whisper English fate?
Would you heed the words within the winds that whisper it's too late?
Would you see the reasons falling from the sky?
Or the locust screaming madly as you turn around and die?
Would you recognize some message to relay?

Have you felt the atmospheric friction churning up above?
All the traits and descriptions seem to fit just like a glove
Did you see [us scratching?] backwards through the seams
Crawling circles on our back with our dumbfounded expertise?
Just the thought of this is riddled with disease

Can you see her moving slowly to the rhythm of this song?
Would you like to tag along with us? I know it won't be long
Could she lead us back to somewhere you desire?
Could she lead us to the doorway? Would you sit down by the fire?
And would your eyes be sealed with love instead of hate?

Can you see the empty chambers of your head begin to spin
Leaving nothing but the cavity for all the living skin?
Would you settle for the empty space within?
Or just kick and scream for something else to carry your thoughts in?
One foot before the other, let's begin

Have you grown without a doubt or have you always wondered why?
Just this morning [rushing trucibly?] flash your waking eye
Do you take in or leave it as it lay?
Would you give enough to life before returning to the clay?
Would you think about tomorrow like today?

Well, [?] open
She's always hopin'
We can turn this old familiar lightnin'
Into a song
Sun keeps burning
World keeps turning
Reaching out and [?]
'Til time is gone

Would you listen for the echo of your long-forgotten dream?
You should listen for the echo of your long-forgotten dream

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Long Gone

   Long gone is how I'm leaving
   Long gone, why do you cry
   This is what you wanted baby
   So I'm gone, long gone

I have tried to make you happy
Still you say I've done you wrong
Oh I'm giving up my darling
So I'm gone, long gone

Please don't try to overtake me
What I ride will be too fast
This is it, we're through forever
I'm gone, I'm free at last

Please don't shed no tears at parting
For your tears will not atone
After all the pain you cause me
I'm gone, long gone

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Alan Jackson - Long Hard Road lyrics

"Long Hard Road"
[Chorus:]
It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on
Seems forever I've been gone
Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on
Lord I need to find my way back home
I hear the voice my sweet momma called me
Telling me to change my ways
In my mind, I smell the dogwood blooming
Takes me back to yesterday
[Chorus]
I left behind the person that I once was
I changed for good and some for bad
I've wasted days and nights on love forgotten
I've traded happiness for sad
[Chorus]
I've felt the hurt of a broken heart inside me
I've felt the joy of love unchained
I've seen the rain wash away a mountain
Like tears have washed away my pain
[Chorus]
I've watched some loved ones dear to my heart dying
I've heard a newborn baby's cry
I've walked a path of glory and of darkness
I've felt the guilt of a senseless life
[Chorus]
Drank to forget and I've drank to remember
And I've drank for love and I've drank for hate
I've danced alone with a full moon up above me
Lighting the way to heaven's gate
[Chorus]
I've felt the love of Jesus shining on me
I've felt the devil's wicked ways
Prayed for forgiveness, prayed for redemption
Prayed just to make it through the day
[Chorus]


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Richard Thompson - Long John Silver 

Long John Silver, he was on me like a rash
Gave him my trust, gave him my cash
Should have seen through him, should have seen from the start
There's nothing but black in pirate's heart
Long John Silver, Long John Silver
Don't bet your shirt on Long John Silver
Long John Silver, Long John Silver
Don't bet your shirt on Long John Silver
Long John Silver, he's good with numbers
He makes hay while other folks slumber
Gives me the brass, and he keeps all the best
The better to feather his pretty little nest
Long John Silver, Long John Silver,
Don't bet your shirt on Long John Silver
Long John Silver, Long John Silver
Don't bet your shirt on Long John Silver
Took all my money, my watch and chain
Crack his head if I see him again
Kind friends, warning take by me
Not every pirate's sailing the sea
Long John Silver, Long John Silver
Don't bet your shirt on Long John Silver
Long John Silver, Long John Silver
Don't bet your shirt on Long John Silver

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Long Journey Home

   Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
   Two dollar bill boys, two dollar bill
   Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
   I'm on my long journey home

Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
Looks like rain, boys, looks like rain
Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
I'm on my long journey home

It's dark and a raining and I want to go home
Want to go home, boys, want to go home
Its dark and a raining and I want to go home
I'm on my long journey home

Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
Feeling kind of blue, boys, feeling kind of blue
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
I'm on my long journey home

There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
Surely is a train boys, surely is a train
There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home

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Long Lonesome Road
Arr. Ian / Sylvia

Look up and down that long lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry, my lord
Hang down your head and cry.

I wish to the Lord I'd never been born,
Died when I was a baby, my lord
Died when I was a baby.

I wouldn't be eatin' this cold corn bread,
Soppin' this salty gravy, my lord
Soppin' this salty gravy.

I wish I had some fine young man
To tell all my troubles to, my lord,
To tell all my troubles to.

'Cause this young feller that I'm goin' with
Tells everything I do, my lord
Tells everything I do.

Look up and down that long lonesome road,
Hang down your head and cry, my lord
Hang down your head and cry.

Look up and down that long lonesome road,
Where all our friends have gone, my lord
And you and I must go.


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Long Long Road to Travel Alone

I always thought I'd like to roam
One day I started alone
Out in this old wide wicked world
Away from friends and home

    It's a long long road to travel alone
    And when the day is gone
    No place to pillow my head at night
    Only on the cold cold stone

 
I've travelled around from town to town
Now it's time that I settled down
I've had my fill of rambling around
And now I am homeward bound

 
One day a letter came to me
And this is what it read
Come home my boy to the old homestead
Your father and mother are dead

It's been a long road to travel alone
I wish I had never roamed
I thought I'd soon see my mother and dad
But now I am left alone

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Alan Jackson - Long Long Way lyrics

It happens every time I think about the reasons why
I'm sittin' here alone at night and not with you
Heartache takes control and lets me know just what a fool
I was and how you can't erase the things you do
And sorry just can't mend the broken heart I've handed you
Breaking hearts is what most broken hearts tell you to do
But I'm a long, long way from over you
Don't think I've ever seen so many shades of blue
They say that time will heal, don't know if I ever will
'Cause I'm a long, long way from over you
Now over you just sounds like some lost city
People tell me how to find but somehow I just never do
And maybe it's because I never wanted to at all
Of course now I see that I had the best in you
That clock just runs in circles, days just going by
Memories hold me closer, and no matter how l cry
I'm still a long, long way from over you
Don't think I've ever seen so many shades of blue
They say that time will heal, don't know if I ever will
'Cause I'm a long, long way from over you
That clock just runs in circles, days just going by
Memories hold me closer, and no matter how l cry
I'm still a long, long way from over you
Don't think I've ever seen so many shades of blue
They say that time will heal, don't know if I ever will
'Cause I'm a long, long way from over you
Aww, come on banjo
Aww, how about that mandolin there?
Alright, flat-top
How about a little of that pedal-steel guitar?
Yeah, I think we need a little bass and drums now
Aww, c'mon everybody
They say that time will heal, don't know if I ever will
'Cause I'm a long, long way from over you


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Brad Paisley - Long Sermon lyrics

They've read the scripture, they've passed the plate
And we're both prayin' he don't preach late
But he's gettin' "Amens," and that's just our luck
Yeah, it's eighty-five degrees outside and he's just gettin' warmed up
Chorus
Oh you and me, we could be soakin' up that sun
Findin' out just how fast your brother's boat'll run
I tell you there ain't nothin' that'll test your faith
Like a long sermon on a pretty Sunday
Well it's been rainin' all week long
I woke up this mornin', the dark clouds were gone
We've both been raised not to miss church
But on a day like today heaven knows how much it hurts
Chorus
See that sunlight shinin' through that stained glass
How much longer is this gonna last
Chorus


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Long Story Short
The Avett Brothers

Here I am standing ten feet between us
Beside me the door that I just came through

Where I walked past an overweight cop in an alley
With a beer gut bursting from a bullet proof jacket

Who thinks to himself
"I've got to get back to the man that I was when I was a dreamer
With a partner in crime named Brandy McGill
A girl with a love of life bigger than normal
Who still wonders when her life will begin
Her best friend Maria who seems to have everything tells her
She probably just needs a vacation away from the stress of her husband's vocation

While Maria is talking, Brandy is drifting, staring at John who just got the job
Busing tables to pay for Community College
An Associates degree in x-ray technology

John is too old to still be in college
He doesn't like class and sometimes does not go
Long story short his family was broken

He was freed from a past life as a kid on Skid row

He notices Brandy but stares at Maria
Her beauty well practiced in casting a spell

Imagining her naked he spills dirty dishes
On the lap of an elderly woman named Belle

A lady who won't live to see her next birthday
But shares a warm smile regardless of that

The mess that unfolds completely surrounds her
Not one bit of urgency enters her soul

She reaches for Roy, her husband forever
In love and connection, her small hand he holds

And nothing comes of it but a manager's anger
Not for the mess, but her father's remark
About a bad grade she had as a child

So she takes her revenge out by firing John
Who now wonders when his life will begin

Ain't it confusing to search for the will and learn
When you find it that you've lost your way

Long story short he saw a commercial that said that
The 20's are the prime of your life

But that doesn't seem to be true at this moment
As he cleans out his locker and calls his best friend
Who's too busy to talk cause he's prepping with lawyers
To keep money from his ex-wife

The mother of their only son who's naturally drawn to guns and sharp objects
Who now has no father except for on weekends two times a month

No need to worry, I'm told we're protected by the men passing laws in the house
And the senate from people who mix up the truth and reality
With movies and games and ridiculous scenarios

Long story short, best I can tell, children can't be left to raise themselves

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Long Time
Yonder Mountain String Band

Every time I walk into my room,
I see you sitting there,
and I hope that today will be the day, nothing to fear

And I've told myself so many times to wait for it to come,
but if I wait too long, I may forget you

Often times I'll analyze and criticize in my mind,
telling friends that this nonsense can't be what they want to hear

But at least they have something to say,
My own mind will ring in dull,
That's why if I wait too long, I may forget you

It's been such a long time,
I know it's sad but true,
Such a long time,
Since I've had something to say,
Such a long time,
I don't even know what I'm even looking for,
How can I find what I cannot see?

If I wait too long, I may forget you

(interlude)

Lately it seems that I've been thinking 'bout you every day,
But I can't seem to get the courage to open up to you,
And I bet that if I can, things would be better I am sure,
That's why if I wait too long, I may forget you

It's been such a long time,
I know it's sad but true,
Such a long time,
Since I've had something to say,
Such a long time,
Now that I've found what's been stuck in my mind,
I promise I will be back real soon

If I wait too long, I may forget you

(short interlude)

It's been such a long time,
I know it's sad but true,
Such a long time,
Since I've had something to say,
Such a long time,
Now that I've found what's been stuck in my mind,
I promise I will be back real soon

If I wait too long I may forget you...


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Long Time Gone

You cheated me you made me lonely
I tried to be your very own
There'll come a day you'll want me only
Cause when I leave I'll be a long time gone

    I'll be a long time gone
    I'll be a long time gone
    When I leave
    I'll be a long time gone

You're gonna be sad you're gonna be weepin
You're gonna be blue and all alone
You'll regret the day you'll see me leavin
Cause when I leave I'll be a long time gone

You'll see my face through tears and sorrow
You'll miss the love you called your own
Maybe there'll be no tomorrow
Cause when I leave I'll be a long time gone

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Long Time To Forget
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson

G                           D7
It will take a long time to forget you my dear
                      G
A long long time I'll regret you're not here
                               C
A long time remembering when I had you so near
        G           D7      G
It will take a long time to forget

                              D7
There's a lot of people out a-walking tonight
                         G
Thinking about arms that held 'em so tight
                C
Memories keep a-coming in sight
       G         D7      G
Take a long long time to forget

repeat #1 

                           D7
I know a young fellow that lived down the street
                         G
He had a good woman everything was complete
                         C
He was understanding yes she was so sweet
          G         D7      G
It took a long long time to forget

repeat #1 
  
                                 D7
Now there's an old saying you're as old as you feel
                          G
But time waits for no one and it never will
                     C
I keep a-wanting and loving you still
           G         D7      G
It takes a long long time to forget

repeat #1 

                    D7      G
It will take a long time to forget 

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Long Time Travelin'

    Been a long time travelin' here below
    Been a long time travelin' away from my home
    Been a long time travelin' here below
    Gonna lay this ol' body down

When I can read my titles clear
To mansions in the sky
I'll bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weepin' eye

May tears like a wild deluge come
And storms of sorrow fall
May I but safely reach my home
My God my heaven my all

There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast

alternate version:

Ye fleeting charms of earth farewell
Your springs of joy are dry
My soul now seeks another home
A brighter world on high

Farewell my friends whose tender care
Has long engaged my love
Your fond embrace I now exchange
For better friends above

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Railroad Earth - Long Walk Home 

steaks are in the meadow
fields are overgrown
winds of change are blowing through
the place that I've called home
they're digging at the edges
to build the power line
same old stories
but now the story's mine

so lets build a fire and throw in
the papers in the past
no need to try and save it now
it's never gonna last
it's a starry night
the moon is bright
lets call the old owl in
let him know we're leaving
say goodbye old friend

goodbye to the years here 
they've flown
goodbye to the only
home I've known
the wheels of the world 
are rolling through
and if the door is closing
i guess im running too

fourteen years my family
walked these crooked floors
forty years before my father 
opened up the doors
stony stand it all began
three hundred years before
what story id beginning
if this one is no more

goodbye to the years here 
they've flown
goodbye to the only
home I've known
the wheels of the world 
are movin' on
and if the door is closing
i guess it's time I'm gone

feels like a wave that can't be stopped
a coming day my heart will drop
feels like a war that wont be won
without a gun
so goodbye bird and bear
goodbye tree and land
goodbye to all i know like on the back of my hand
i walk the grounds and make the rounds
of this place I've loved so well
fire up the diesel 
in a last lone croft farewell

goodbye to the years here 
they've flown
goodbye to the only
home I've known
the wheels of the world 
are rolling through
and if the door is closing...

goodbye to the years here 
they've flown
goodbye to the only
home I've known
the wheels of the world 
are turning fast..

goodbye to the years here 
they've flown
goodbye to the only
home I've known
the wheels of the world 
are movin' on 
and if the door is closing
i guess it's time I'm gone

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Long Way Home
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                            Dm
Don't look inside don't look there
                F    G7           C
Cause you might find yourself somewhere
                       Dm
Walking round lost and alone 
            F    G7                   C
Without one clue that it's a long way home
                            Dm
Years and years is a lot of time 
             F            G7             C
To drag your heart across every rock you find
                             Dm
Hate is deep and its pull is strong 
                  F     G7                   C
But the passion's short then it's a long way home
       Dm               F               C
Oh and I can't take one single step for you
      Dm                 F
But I might just help to find 
                   G7
Some small pathway through
C                         Dm
Don't look back you might see 
         F   G7               C
Just how far all that used to be
                              Dm
Let your mind think on what's gone 
            F    G7                   C
Then you'll know that it's a long way home
            F    G7                   C
Yeah you'll know that it's a long way home
            F   G7              C
You'll find out it's a long way home
               Dm    G7                   F   C
There ain't no doubt that it's a long way home

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Railroad Earth - Long Way to Go (Live) 

i wore my boots out walkin'
poured my heart out talkin'
i felt the pain & i broke the chain
but i still got a long way to go

been on the road â til tomorrow
been through the joys & the sorrows
came through the flood
& i pulled through the mud
but i still got a long way to go

been in the back-room dealin'
been on a long hook reelin'
crashed in the shed
& i woke in a sunny bed
& i still got a long way to go

been on the rails & big muddy
i've crossed the trails rocky & rutted

been down the road a million miles
but i still got a long way to go

i've traveled near & traveled far
i beat a hole in my guitar
crawled with the zeroes
& i stood with my heroes
& i still got a long way to go

been in the rain & on the run
i worked a long day in the sun
i slopped the pails
& i beat the nails
but i still got a long way to go

i tried the a verse as the b verse
i took the c verse to the rewrote & changed it
then rearranged it
& i still got a long way to go

i lost my way in darkest night
i woke again & saw the light
opened the book & i . . took a look
but i still got a long way to go

tell me what . . . what is the soul of a man?
he's got to reach up his hand
tell me what . . . what is the soul of a man?
he's got to reach out his hand
& i still got a long way to go
still got a long way to go
still got a long way to go

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Long White Cadillac
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dave Alvin

C
Night wolves moan winter hills are black
        F                    C
I'm all alone sitting in the back 
                G7   C
Of a long white  Cadillac
Train whistle cries lost on its own track
           F                   C
I close my eyes sitting in the back 
                G7   C
Of a long white  Cadillac
F                         C
Sometimes I blame it on a woman
F                               C
The one that made my poor heart bleed
F                           C
Sometimes I blame it on the money
D7                          G7
Sometimes I blame it all on me
           C
Headlights shine highway fades to black
             F                   C
It's my last ride sitting in the back 
                G7   C
Of a long white  Cadillac
F                         C
Sometimes I blame it on a woman
F                               C
The one that made my poor heart bleed
F                           C
Sometimes I blame it on the money
D7                          G7
Sometimes I blame it all on me
C
Train whistle cries lost on its own track
           F                   C
I close my eyes sitting in the back 
                G7   C
In a long white  Cadillac
                G7   C
In a long white  Cadillac
                G7   C
In a long white  Cadillac
                G7   C
In a long white  Cadillac

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Long White Line

I won't be around this old town anymore for a long long time
Gonna hit the road and start looking for end of that long white line
Gonna hit the road and start looking for end of that long white line

I walk up my baby was gone without her I don't need no home
Gonna hit the road and start looking for end of that long white line
Gonna hit the road and start looking for end of that long white line

Went to bank to get my dough I don't care where I go
Gonna push this rig till I push that gal right out of my mind
If somebody wants to know whats become of this so and so
You can tell em I'm somewhere looking for the end of this long white line
Just tell em somewhere looking fot the end of that long white line

New York City old St. Joe Alburque New Mexico
This old rig is humming and rolling she's doing fine
If somebody wants to know whats become of this so and so
You can tell em I'm somewhere looking fot the end of that long white line
Just tell em I'm somewhere looking fot the end of that long white line

New York City old St. Joe Alburque New Mexico
This old rig is humming and rolling she's doing fine
If somebody wants to know whats become of this so and so
You can tell em I'm somewhere looking fot the end of that long white line
Just tell em I'm somewhere looking fot the end of that long white line

I won't be around this old town anymore for a long long time
Gonna hit the road and start looking for end of that long white line
Gonna hit the road and start looking for end of that long white line


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Alison Krauss - Longest Highway Lyrics
(Sidney Cox)

Lost in the silence surrounded by daydreams
Holding that someone that's holding my heart
Thrilled with the mem'ry of the smile that you gave me
Gives a close feeling though we're far apart.

The longest highway runs between us
Though you're just a heartbeat away
When I think of you my heart knows no distance
I've got you with me every day.

If I could be anywhere I'd truly be with you
Then once feel the embrace of your hand in mine
The longest highway can sure seem forever
Through every daydream I feel closer each time.

The longest highway runs between us
Though you're just a heartbeat away
When I think of you my heart knows no distance
I've got you with me every day...

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Longing for Love

I'm longing for a love I've never known
Someone who my feelings I can't hide
I long to kiss and hold you in my arms
Oh I love you and I'm aching so inside

    Oh you belong to someone else my darlin
    I wish that I had met you long ago
    I don't care if I don't see tomorrow
    Yes I'm longing for a love I'll never know

When we're together I can't hide my feelings
When we're apart my spirit sinks so low
If I can't make you mine I'm not worth livin
Yes I'm longing for a love I've never known

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Longing For Old Virginia

'Mid the green fields of Virginia, dear I met you
Where the roses red and white around us grew
When I held you in my arms and gently kissed you
The robins sang the sweetest song we knew

I am longing for old Virginia, for old Virginia and you
And I'm hoping the soul within you is longing for me too
To Virginia, just like the ivy, my heart clings ever true
And I reckon in the spring I'll bring a little ring
To old Virginia and you

Though tonight I'm far from you and old Virginia
I still love you as I did that day in June
And when springtime comes again to old Virginia
I'll build a little cottage just for two

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The Country Gentlemen - Longneck Bottle 
Artist: The Country Gentlemen
Album: Picking on Garth Brooks

Longneck bottle
Let go of my hand
Hey jukebox don't start playin' that song again
'Cause there's a girl at home who loves me
You know she won't understand
Longneck bottle
Let go of my hand

Hey barroom mirror on the wall
Go stare at someone else
Don't show the world the fool I am
Just keep it to yourself

Longneck bottle
Let go of my hand
Hey jukebox don't start playin' that song again
'Cause there's a girl at home who loves me
You know she won't understand
Longneck bottle
Let go of my hand

Dance floor seems you're underneath my feet
Everywhere I turn
I oughta waltz right out of them swingin' doors
But that's a step I just can't learn

Longneck bottle
Let go of my hand
Hey jukebox don't start playin' that song again
'Cause there's a girl at home who loves me
You know she won't understand
Longneck bottle
Let go of my hand

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Alan Jackson - Look At Me lyrics

I would bet my life like I bet my heart
That you were the one baby
I've never been so sure of anything before
It's driving my heart crazy, I can't hold out
I can't hold back now like I've done before
Darlin' look at me, I've fallen like a fool for you
And darlin' can't you see I'd do anything you want me to?
I tell myself I'm in too deep
Then I fall a little farther every time you look at me
How do you do that girl?
Make me feel like I'm the only man alive for you
I guess that's what it is that makes me fall like this
The first time in your arms I knew
The way you held me, it overwhelmed me
I went out of my mind
Darlin' look at me, I've fallen like a fool for you
And darlin' can't you see I'd do anything you want me to?
I tell myself I'm in too deep
Then I fall a little farther every time you look at me
Every time baby
Every time you look at me


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Look At Us
Recorded by Vince Gill 
Written by Max D. Barnes and Vince Gill

G7      C        C7              F
Look at us after all these years together
        G7                           C
Look at us after all that we've been through
G7      C        C7              F
Look at us still leaning on each other
       G7
If you wanna see how true love should be 
          C          F
Then just look at us
G7      C         C7          F
Look at you still pretty as a picture
        G7                  C
Look at me still crazy over you
G7      C        C7           F
Look at us still believin' in forever
       G7
If you wanna see how true love should be
          C
Then just look at us
G7                            D7             G7
In a hundred years from now I know without a doubt
                                     D7                  G7
They'll all look back and wonder how we made it all work out
        C    C7               F
Chances are  we'll go down in history
          G7
When they wanna see how true love should be
             C          G7
They'll just look at us 
        C    C7               F
Chances are  we'll go down in history
          G7
When they wanna see how true love should be
          C
Then just look at us 
          G7
When they wanna see how true love should be
          C          G7 C
Then just look at us

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Look Away From The Cross

Look away from the cross to that glittering crown
From your cares weary watch look away
There's a home for the soul where no sorrows can come
And there pleasures will never decay

   Look away (from the cross look away) look away (from the cross to the crown)
   From the cross to that glittering crown (glittering crown)
   Look away (way where you watch) look away (from the cross to the crown)
   From the cross to that glittering crown

Though the burdens of life may be heavy to bear
And your crosses and trials severe
There's a beautiful hand that is beckoning come
And no heartache and sighings are there

Mid the conflicts of battles of struggles and strife
Bravely onward your journey pursue
Look away look away from the cross to that glittering crown
That's a waiting in heaven for you

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Look For Me (I'll Be There)

Through this world of pain and sorrow
I have traveled night and day
But my life will soon be over
And I must jour- (and I must jour-) ney on my way

Oh look for me (look for me) for I'll be there (yes I'll be there)
Just look for me (just look for me) for I'll be there
When you reach the gates of heaven
Look for me (look for me) for I'll be there (yes I'll be there)

I'm going to a land of pleasure
Where no one ever knows a care
And when you reach the gates of heaven
Look for me (look for me) for I'll be there (yes I'll be there)

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Alan Jackson - Look Her In the Eye and Lie lyrics

You're asking me to tell you
How to deal with that old flame
When you see her out there
And you still feel the same
How she ripped out your whole heart
And took it with her when she left
Your face to face now looking at her
She's holding on to somebody else
Tell her you don't love her
And tell her you don't care
And tell her you don't need her
And you don't miss her there
And give her that cold shoulder
And say you've never cried
Just look her in the eye and lie
You may not get over
Some loves in your life
But as you get older
You'll know wrong more than right
But you might get lucky
And those feelings fade away
The chances are they'll come back around
To be ready now and just what to say
Just tell her you don't love her
And tell her you don't care
And tell her you don't need her
And you don't miss her there
And give her that cold shoulder
And say you never cry
Just look her in the eye and lie
Just tell her you don't love her
And tell her you don't care
And tell her you don't need her
And you don't miss her there
And give her that cold shoulder
And say you never cry
Just look her in the eye and lie


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Look How This World Has Made A Change

We see our friends are weeping with the badges on their door
We see their homes in mourning for the loved ones come no more
You can say just what you please, death rides on every breeze
Look how this world has made a change

   Just look how this world has made a change (made a change)
   Just look how this world has made a change (made a change)
   You can see every day how the people pass away
   Look how this world has made a change

Our friends are passing over to some far distant shore
We seek them and we call them but they answer us no more
Their throbbing hearts today tomorrow pass away
Look how this world has made a change

Dear sinner, o get ready, you must meet your god on high
For death is all around you and it will not pass you by
Death knocks at every door no matter where you go
Look how this world has made a change

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Crooked Still 
Look On And Cry

My dearest friend, it's fare you well
You slighted me but I wished you well
If never no more your face I'll see
I wouldn't serve you like you served me

You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn
And satisfied I never could be
To save my cheeks and tears for thee
Oh can't you shed one tear for me?

My dearest friend, my harmless dove
I hope to meet you in the world above
And when we meet, in peace we'll be
My dearest friend remember me

Now when I'm dead and laid to rest
Remember the one that loved you best
And when you pass by where I lie
Look on my grave, look on and cry

And now we've laid her down to rest
Beside the one that loved her best
And as you pass by where she lies
You'll sing this song, look on and cry

Remember friends, as you pass by
As you are, so once was I
As I am here to be
So get prepared and follow me
So get prepared and follow me

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Look Up Look Down That Lonesome Road

Look up look down that lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry my love
Hang down your head and cry

The darkest night I ever saw
Was the day I left my home my love
The day I left my home

Look up and down that lonesome road
Where all our friends have gone my love
Where all our friends have gone

The best of friends must surely part
So why not you and I my love
So why not you and I

Look up look down that lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry my love
Hang down your head and cry

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Look Who's Needin' Who

I haven't forgot the day you left me
The chances are I never will
I cried at least a month of Sundays
But I wondered if my heart would ever heal
And you knew how much 1 needed you
But still you turned away
Now you wantin' to come back to me
Afraid you made a big mistake
You hope it's not too late

Well look who's needin' who
It's not me crying over you
I know just what you been through
Ain't it strange
time changes things
Now look who's needing who

I don't want you thinking that I'm a cold heart
I'm not trying to turn my back on you
But the fire of love ain't always welcome
You've been through a time or two
If I remember right

It wasn't me who threw our love away
Have you forgot
not so long ago
I were where you are today
It was me begging you to stay

Thanks to anyone who can put me right on the missing words and put me right
on those that I've gotten wrong.

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Looking Back Over My Shoulder

Looking back over my shoulder wondering how I made it here
For all the smoking and the beer I couldn't tell ya,
Looking back over my shoulder wasn? t all that long ago
There was nothing in this world I didn? t know
then a bitter wind it came blowing in
And my fear was more than any man could hide
Lord that bitter wind, don? t it chill you to the bone
when you're runnin' all alone in the night

Looking back over my shoulder how many miles has it been
Will I still hear the barking dogs and the shouts of men
Looking back over my shoulder I see things I should have done
And I? ve got a funny feeling that I? ve seen my final sunrise
A bitter wind it came blowing in
Lord and all I wanted was to shout out loud
But a bitter wind carries any mournful sound
Then the one i'm sure to make if they find me

Looking back over my shoulder got some miles on me now
Not much more that I could do to keep my deal from going down
I? m tired in my bones and I've starting to wonder
Can we really call it livin' when your livin' on the run
That bitter wind it came blowin' in
And my fear was more than any man could hide
Lord that bitter wind don? t it chill you to the bone
When your running all alone in the night

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Dolly Parton - Looking Down lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1972

[ Both ]
They say the love we steal is a disgrace
That we should be ashamed to look the world in the face
But they don't know how much love we must hide
While the world looks down upon our pride
Seems there's always someone looking down down down
Not knowing inner feelings of the ones they're puttin' down
(The love we feel's as true as a baby's crying sound)
Still there's always someone looking down
We still honor the vows we made long ago
But when there's no love at home it hurts us so
And then your heart begins to look around
Love found us now the world's a looking down
Seems there's always someone...
The love we must keep silent hurts us now but love will always find a way
somehow
Till then the world will look at us and frown
But we'll love each other while they're looking down
Seems there's always someone...
Seems there's always someone looking down


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Looking for the Stone

My father found stone that was hewed out the mountain
Lord, my father found the stone that came rolling down from Babylon
My father found the stone that was hewed out the mountain
Lord it's tearin' down the kingdom of this world
Oh yes tearin' down the kingdom of this world

    I'm looking for the stone that was hewed out the mountain
    Lord I'm looking for the stone that came rolling down from Babylon
    I'm looking for the stone that was hewed out the mountain
    Lord it's tearin' down the kingdom of this world
    Oh yes tearin' down the kingdom of this world

my mother?

my brother?

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Alison Krauss - Looking In The Eyes Of Love 

I wonder should I tell you
'Bout all the crazy things I've ever done?
I've been searching all my life
And when I should have stayed, I tried to run

I was searching for an answer
In a world full of strangers
But what I found was never real enough
Now that I've found you
I'm looking in the eyes of love

Darlin' you've been good to me
You are so much more than I deserve
I never thought that I would find
Someone who's so sweet and kind like you

Please believe me when I say
This time I won't run away
I swear by all of heaven's stars above
Now that I've found you
I'm looking in the eyes of love

Looking in the eyes of love I can see forever
I can see you and me walking in this old world together
Lord my heart's found a home I've been dreaming of
Now that I've found you, I'm looking in the eyes of love

Looking in the eyes of love I can see forever
I can see you and me walking in this old world together
Lord my heart's found a home I've been dreaming of
Now that I've found you, I'm looking in the eyes of love

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Lord Build Me A Cabin In Gloryland

Many years I've been lookin' for a place to call home
But I still didn't find it so I must travel on
I don't care for the fine mansions on earth's sinkin sand
Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland

   Lord build me just a cabin in the corner of gloryland
   In the shade of his tree of life that it may ever stand
   Where I can hear the angels and shake Jesus' hand
    Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland

Listen Lord I'm not askin' to live in the midst
For I know that I'm not worthy of such splendor as this
When I ask Him for mercy while humbly I stand
Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland

I've many dear loved one's who've gone on this way
On the grapevine of mournin' shall I hear them all say
Come and join in the singin' and play in our band
Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland

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Alison Krauss - Lord Don't Forsake

Oh my Lord, Please don't forsake me
This is your child, I'm tired and sore
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need your love, my soul is poor

I can hear, the angels singing
I can see those pearly gates
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest

Oh my Lord, I can't remember
When I first said, "Come in my life," 
For I have lived my life in darkness,
My whole world is filled with strife

I can hear, the angels singing
I can see those pearly gates
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest

I can hear, the angels singing
I can see those pearly gates
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest

Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest.


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Lord Franklin
Traditional

'Twas homeward bound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamed a dream and I thought it true
Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew

With one hundred seamen he sailed away
To the icy ocean in the month of May
To seek that passage around the pole
Where we poor seamen do sometimes go

Through cruel hardships they manly strove
Their ships on mountains of ice was drove
Only the Eskimo with his skin canoe
Was the only one who ever came through

In Baffin's Bay where the whale fishes blow
The fate of Franklin no man may know
The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell
Lord Franklin among his sailors do dwell

And now my burden it gives me pain
For my long lost Franklin I'd cross the main
Ten thousand pounds I would freely give
To say on earth that my Franklin do live


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Dolly Parton - Lord Hold My Hand lyrics

Hold my hand let's not lose my way hold my hand and lead me home
Guide each step that I might take hold my hand and keep me strong
And let the path I walk be straight let the deeds I do be kind
Let me never hesitate to help my brother walking blind
Hold my hand...
And let my words have meaning of anything that I might speak
If you see me leaning on just hold my hand and straighten me
Hold my hand...
Amen


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Lord I'm In Your Care

Oh, Lord, I'm in your care
Oh, Lord, I'm in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Oh, Lord, I'm in your care

All day long I'm in your care
All day long I'm in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Lord, I'm in your care

When I was sick, I was in your care
When I was sick, I was in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Lord, I'm in your care

I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care
I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Lord, I'm in your care

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Lord Lead Me On

When the way seems dark and long
Hold to my hand dear Lord I pray
Give me grace to shout and shine
Ever in the life devine
Lord lead me on from day to day

   Oh lead me on from day to day
   I want to walk the holy way
   Oh friends forsake me all along
   I asked the Lord to lead me on

In this world of doubt and gloom
When all flowers start to bloom
Hold to my hand dear Lord I pray
I have put my faith in thee
'Til the homely hour shall be

Lord lead me on from day to day
When old age is feeling on
And my strength is almost gone
Hold to my hand dear I pray
Surely thou will n'er forsake
And in heaven I'll awake
Lord lead me on from day to day

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Lord Protect My Soul

Down life's highway alone I trod
I've always put my trust in God
But you'll find out that your silver and gold
Won't pay the price to protect your soul

   Oh I want the Lord to protect my soul
   To lead me on to heaven's door
   My life down here will soon be o'er
   And I want the Lord to protect my soul

There's many a church down life's highway
Where people sing rejoice and pray
Why don't you stop at one and join the fold
And ask the Lord to protect your soul

When this ol' world is doomed in sin
You'll cry oh Lord please let me
It'll be to late to make your call
To ask the lord to protect my soul

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Lord She Sure Is Good At Lovin' Me
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Paul Overstreet and Randy Travis

F                C       G7     C  G7
Lord she sure is good at lovin' me
 
    C                                F
The day I prayed you'd take away the loneliness I knew
   C                                     D7                   G7
My wildest dreams could not conceive the works your hands can do
   C                                              F
It feels so good to fall asleep in her arms every night
               C      G7        C
Leave it up to you to do things right

                                F
Lord she sure is good at lovin' me
                 C            D7               G7
I know you had a hand in this it's so plain to see
     C                                                        F
That I've been blessed with the very best that love will ever be
                 C    G7        C
Lord she sure is good at lovin' me

                                 F
I know that I could never find a way to repay
    C                              D7             G7
The gift of love you gave to me by sending her my way
    C                                                     F
And the very best that I could do is less than you should ask
                       C      G7        C
But I'll do the best I can to make love last

                                F
Lord she sure is good at lovin' me
                 C            D7               G7
I know you had a hand in this it's so plain to see
     C                                                        F
That I've been blessed with the very best that love will ever be
                 C    G7        C
Lord she sure is good at lovin' me

F                C    G7        C
Lord she sure is good at lovin' me

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The Incredible String Band - Lordly Nightshade 

Captured by Hitler with Oliver Twist in the tower
Guards say, "Here's pens and paper, just sit down and work for an hour"
Oh, goodness, how can we escape? But it's not worthwhile
All I can do is smile

Down gallons of glandular corridors of the dark castle
The pompous old bellman is tolling one bell
At bath time there's hippies in chains, they are crossing the hall
Where Hitler is making his new film about it all

We slip trough a pew and escape, but I just don't know
All I can do is grow

Tell me more, what then

Down Main Street I go on a duffel-coat hoping instead
For a little room, yawn, I'm so tired with this big bag of coal on my head
It's a top hat, I'm trying to sell or a lesson to learn
Vaguely seeking some fire to burn

While a whole group of middle aged persons with dwarfish expressions
And tinned conversations in Sunday blessed blue
Standing around for a photograph, watch the cuckoo
Do you need any coal? But it doesn't appear that they do

Then I offered my throat to the wolf, but I just can't die
All I can do is fly

Tell me more, what then

Safe and secure in the skirts of the midsummer wood
Cooking soup with stale words and fresh meanings, it tastes so good
The green wolf with his bunch of red roses is slinking away
All on a summer's day

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The Incredible String Band - Lordly Nightshade - 2010 Remastered Version 

Captured by Hitler with Oliver Twist in the tower
Guards say here's pens and paper just sit down and work for an hour
O, Goodness, how can we escape? but it's not worthwhile
All I can do is smile.

Down gallons of glandular corridors of the dark castle
The pompous old bellman is tolling one bell
At bathtime the hippies in chains they are crossing the hall
Where Hitler is making his new film about it all
We slip trough a pew and escape but I just don't know
All I can do is grow

Tell me more, what then

Down Main Street I go on a duffel-coat hoping instead
For a little room, yawn, I'm so tired with this big bag of coal on my head
It's a top hat I'm trying to sell or a lesson to learn
Vaguely seeking some fire to burn

While a group of middle-aged persons with dwarfish expressions and tinned conversations in Sunday blessed blue
Standing around for a photograph, watch the cuckoo
Do you need any coal? But it doesn't appear that they do
Then I offered my throat to the wolf but I just can't die
All I can do is fly

Safe and secure in the skirts of the midsummer wood
Cooking soup with stale words and fresh meanings it tastes so good
The green wolf with his bunch of red roses is slinking away
All on a summer's day.

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Lorena
H. D. Webster / J. P. Webster

The years creep slowly by, Lorena;
The snow is on the grass again,
The Sun's low down the sky, Lorena,
The frost gleams where the flowers have been.
But the heart throbs on as wildly now
As when the Summer days were nigh:
Oh! the Sun can never dip so low
Adown affection's cloudless sky!

A hundred months have passed, Lorena,
Since last I held that hand in mine,
And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena,
Though mine beat faster far than thine.
A hundred months--'twas flowery May,
When up the hilly slope we climbed,
To watch the dying of the day,
And hear the distant church-bells chimed.

We loved each other then, Lorena,
More than we ever dared to tell;
And what we might have been, Lorena,
Had but our lovings prospered well!
But then, 'tis past; the years are gone;
I'll not call up their shadowy forms;
I'll say to them: Lost years, sleep on!
Sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storms.

The story of that past, Lorena,
Alas! I care not to repeat;
The hopes that could not last, Lorena,
They lived, but only lived to cheat!
I would not cause e'en one regret
To rankle in your bosom now;
For, "if we TRY, we may forget,"
Were words of thine, long years ago.

Yes, these were words of thine, Lorena;
They burn within my memory yet;
They touched some tender chords, Lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret;
'Twas not thy woman's heart that spoke:
Thy heart was always true to me;
A duty, stern and pressing, broke
The tie which linked my soul to thee.

It matters little now, Lorena;
The past -- is in the eternal past;
Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena,
Life's tide is ebbing out so fast..
There is a future! Oh! thank God!
Of life this is so small a part!
'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod;
But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart!

Notes:
The most popular sentimental song of the Civil War had the name Bertha
in the original Henry deLafayette Webster (1824-1896) poem. But when
Joseph Philbrick Webster (1819-1875), not related to Henry Webster, did
the tune, he preferred a three-syllable name and invented Lorena, which
is still used as a given name today. It's been said that this song was
banned by at least one Civil War general as it appeared responsible for
homesickness and many desertions among soldiers.

One variation is to sing only Verses 1, 3 and 6.


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Alison Krauss - Lose Again 
Every Time You Say Goodbye
Lose Again
(karla bonoff/seagrape music, bmi)

Save me, free me from my heart this time
Train's going down the track and i stay behind

Nothing can free me from this ball and chain
I made up my mind that i would live today
And you're keeping me going, i know it's insane
Cause i love you, and lose again

When the heart calls, the mind obeys
And it knows better than me
Hold on one more day and maybe he'll be true

Nothing can free me from this ball and chain
I made up my mind that i would live today
And you're keeping me going, i know it's insane
Cause i love you, and i'll lose again

Save me, free me from my heart this time
Train's going down the track and i stay behind

Nothing can free me from this ball and chain
I made up my mind that i would live today
And you're keeping me going, i know it's insane
Cause i love you, and i'll lose again

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Alison Krauss - Losing You (Live) 

[Verse 1]
Don't sigh a sigh for me
Don't ever cry for me
This is goodbye from me
I know we're through
I'm losing you

[Verse 2]
Love sang it's song for me
Then things went wrong for me
Nights are too long for me
Because I'm looosing you

[Verse 3]
Our love ... and our devotion
Were deep ... as any ocean
Then one day, like the tide
You began to change
And you became ... a perfect stranger

[Verse 4]
Someone is holding you
Sharing the lips I knew
I can't believe it's true
That I am looosing you

[Interlude]

[Outro]
I can't believe it's true
That I am looosing ... youuuuuuuuuu ...

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Alison Krauss - Losing You - Live At The Franklin Theatre, Franklin, TN/2016 Lyrics

Don't sigh a sigh for me.
Don't ever cry for me.
This is goodbye for me.
I know we're through.
I'm losing you.

Love sang it's song for me.
Then things went wrong for me.
Nights are too long for me.
Because I'm loosing you.

Our love and our devotion.
Were deep as any ocean.
Then one day like the tide you began to change.
And you became a perfect stranger.

Someone is holding you.
Sharing the lips I knew.
I can't believe it's true.
That I am loosing you.

I can't believe it's true.
That I am loosing you.

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Losing Your Love
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Kye Fleming and Vince Gill

C                 Am
Stars are falling from your eyes 
G7                    Em
You don't feel what I feel inside
C                          Am
Your hand is warm but your heart is cold 
G7                          Em
If you're hurtin' you don't let it show
F
How much longer can we go on 
C
Acting like there's nothing wrong
F
How much farther can we drift apart 
Dm                        G7
Before all the feeling is gone
                C                  Em
I'm losing your love it's slipping away 
          F             G7
Minute by minute day by day
            C                 Em    F
Losing your love do you think I know 
                 Dm   C    F   G7  C
It's a matter of time till you let go
                       Am
I see the moon shinin' up above 
G7              Em
Reminded me how good it was
C                      Am
There's a chill comin' over me 
G7                      Em
Why can't it be like it used to be
F
I feel so helpless I can't make you stay 
C
No matter how hard I try
F
I can't deny that look in your eyes 
Dm                G7
Trying to tell me goodbye
                C                  Em
I'm losing your love it's slipping away 
          F             G7
Minute by minute day by day
            C                 Em    F
Losing your love do you think I know 
                 Dm   C    F   G7  Am
It's a matter of time till you let go
G7              C                  Em
I'm losing your love it's slipping away 
          F             G7
Minute by minute day by day
            C                 Em    F
Losing your love do you think I know 
                 Dm   C    F   G7  Am
It's a matter of time till you let go
          C            Am                C
Don't let go don't let go baby don't let go

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Lost

Lost lost lost Lost in this world without you 
Lost lost lost Lost in this world without you

Since you turned me down all I do is ramble round
And I don't care what happens to me
My heart was young and gay till the day you went away
Now life here means nothing to me

The words you said to me still haunts my memory
It seems they're on my mind both day and night
The lies that you told torture my weary soul
Love is blind I guess I couldn't see

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Lost A Stranger

We went out one evening my darling and I
She seemed so different and I wondered why
We stopped at a tavern and there I could see
That she loved another one better than me

While they dancing and I sat alone
I knew I had lost her the one I loved
Lost to a stranger I never had seen
The waltz they were playing had ended my dream

The bande was playing an old fashioned waltz
The dance floor was crowded and I wasn't long
Then up stepped a stranger I never had seen
He asked my darling will you dance with me

* Refrain


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Lost All My Money

Lost all my money but a two-dollar bill
Two-sollar bill, boys, two-dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two-dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home

Black smoke's a-rising and it surely is atrain
Surely is a train, boys, surely is a train
Black smoke's a-rising and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain

Dark and it's raining and I've got to go home
Got to go home, boys, got to go home
Dark and it's raining and I've got to go home
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain


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Lost and I'll Never Find the Way

    Lonesome, lonesome, pining away
    Now you say its best to part
    Even though it breaks my heart
    I`m lost and I`ll never find the way

Since you said we must part darling you have broke my heart
I am drifting like a ship lost at sea
In a world of despair its so lonesome there
Why don`t you come back to me

You said you`d be true no one else would ever do
I believed you with all my heart and soul
But you broke every vow and its all over now
I`m left in this world lone and cold

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Lost Dream Train Of Mine
BMI Work #: 8597798
Lost Dream Train Of Mine (Larry W. Jones 12/24/2006) (song#4255)

Hear that lonesome train roll by
It keeps rolling on down the line
Listen to that lonely whistle cry
It's that lost dream train of mine
Have you ever known a train so long
A thousand wheels slowly crawling by
I'd sing a song of what went wrong
But it'd be so sad that I would cry
Hear that 'ol lonesome whippoorwill
There's a lost love he can't find
She's like that train beyond the hill
It's that lost dream train of mine
Now, hear my lonesome blue guitar
I can make these strings all whine
Like the whistle on that train afar
It's that lost dream train of mine
Have you ever known a train so long
A thousand wheels slowly crawling by
I'd sing a song of what went wrong
But it'd be so sad that I would cry
Hear that 'ol lonesome whippoorwill
There's a lost love he can't find
She's like that train beyond the hill
It's that lost dream train of mine


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Dolly Parton - Lost Forever In Your Kiss lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1972

This is not at all like me I never thought that I could be
So overcome by anyone like this
But you caught me by surprise caught me before I realize
Now I am lost forever in your kiss
So take me if you want me love me if you will
(For you have all control of me) and I am yours until
(Till you say that you don't want me oh I hope that never will be)
For I'm lost forever in your kiss
You're on my mind constantly oh and this is all so new to me
And when you reach for me I can't resist
For I've become a part of you and I'll do anything you want me to
For I am lost forever in your kiss
So take me if you want me...


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Lost Highway

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost
For a life of sin I have paid the cost
When I pass by, all the people say
Just another guy on the lost highway

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine
Oh, the day we met I went astray
I started rolling down that lost highway

I was just a lad, nearly twenty two
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
And now I'm lost too late to pray
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway

Now boys, don't start your rambling round
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rolling down that lost highway

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Lost His Love On Our Last Date
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Conway Twitty and Floyd Cramer

G         C               G            C
It's over our love affair too late now I find I care
G              C
His sweet love no more I'll share
         G        D7          G                 C
Now he's gone I'm alone I was wrong should have known
        G       D7       G
Took me home on our last date
               C            G           C
I searched for a simple way to tell him what I had to say
G            C
I kissed him watched him walk away
        G           D7      G      C
Set him free foolishly destiny misery
     G     D7       G
Tragedy on our last date
       C            D7        G
Took a ring from my trembling finger
          C         D7        G
Brushed a tear from my baby's eyes
       C           D7            G             Em
Walked away didn't know that I'd soon miss him so
C                             D7
I guess I was too young to realize
G      C                 G           C
So bli-nd I couldn't see how much he really meant to me
G                      C
And that soon he would always be
      G          D7          G                    C
On my mind in my heart I was blind right from the start
         G       D7       G
Lost his love on our last date

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Lost John

Long John walkin' around in the rain

He's long gone Lost John
Long gone Lost John

No hat on his head no shoes on his feet
He's a beggin the women for his meat

I had an ol' dog and his name was
like a rabbit through Bowlin' Green

Lost John walked around in rain
Around the corner left him sittin' by the ol' railroad

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Lost River
BMI Work #: 8621613
Lost River (Larry W. Jones 01/10/2007) (song#4311)

Warm June night
Bright starlight
Lost river, where are you flowing to
The night is warm in June
Starlight is shining brightly too
How can they take happiness from you
Must you flow as in days gone by
Lost river, must your waters sigh
Why are you so melancholy, never jolly
Lost river, lost river
Do you hold dreams in store
Or have they gone down river evermore
You remind me of lips I've kissed, no more exists
Lost river, lost river
Once my hopes flowed with dreams
But now I know they're lost somewhere downstream
When your lonesome flow comes into view
There's something wrong, I always knew
Lost river, lost river
It's because I feel just as lost as you


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Lost Soldier Son

Our family is proud of their lost soldier son
Not because they believe in the flag or a gun
They miss him because they remember him well
And loved him so dearly 'for the day that he fell

All I knew was the pictures some stories they told
About young Carl Junior that good hearted boy
We had a connection I'll tell it to you
He liked the good music now just like I do

I see a kind face staring down from the wall
Every time that I pass through my grandparents hall
It's almost reflection his face so like mine
My uncle Carl Junior now in the great line

My mother remembers the day that she heard
As she learned of her brother she spoke not a word
A small yellow paper received on that day
It read killed in action in France far away

They still love him dearly it all seems so sad
Grandmother grandfather my mother and dad
They cherish the last things he won from afar
That one purple heart and a bright silver star

Now nothing can bring the boy back to the fold
But his precious memories ever loving we hold
When the music is playing and we're all gathered there
Our spirits rekindle no more to despair

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Lost To A Stranger

We went out one evening my darling and I
She seemed so different and I wondered why
We stopped at a tavern and there I could see
That she loved another one better than me

   While they dancing and I sat alone
   I knew I had lost her the one I loved
   Lost to a stranger I never had seen
   The waltz they were playing had ended my dream

The band was playing an old fashioned waltz
The dance floor was crowded and it wasn't long
When up stepped a stranger I never had seen
He asked my darling will you dance with me

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Dolly Parton - Lot Of You Left In Me lyrics

Oh you took your sweet love from me oh you left me sweet sweet memories
And I cry I cry like a little baby cause there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh there's still a lot of you left in me and I cry cause your love'll set me free
Your love'll set me free
I'll keep holding on to love that used to be cause there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh I still go on to all our favorite places and I still see all our friends we used to see
Oh but I'm thinkin' now I'm just not the same without you
And that there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh there's still a lot of you...
Cause there's still a lot of you left in me


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Richard Thompson - Lotteryland 

That's the place I used to work
When I was a wild, young Turk
It's now the museum of industry
School kids get in for free

Brickwork's smell of rotten eggs
Rubber works poured out the dregs
Now it smells of Dettol and pee
Lotteryland's the place to be

Where the steel mill used to stand
There's a park in Lotteryland
Be a pram pusher on parole
Go windsurfing on the dole

They can put you right to sleep
Better than Brookside or The Street
It's lucky numbers, one, two three
Lotteryland's the place to be

We don't care who runs the shop
Left wing, right wing, curse the lot
A million quid talks sense to me
Lotteryland's the place to be

Now gone is dirt and gone is strife
And gone is struggle and gone is life
Shove it, mate, I'm busy, see
Lotteryland's the place to be

Now we triple lock the doors
Streets are full of thieves and whores
In a padded cell eternity
Lotteryland's the place to be
Lotteryland's the place to be
Lotteryland's the place to be

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Louise
Paul Siebel

They all said Louise was not half bad.
It was written on the walls and window shades.
And how she'd act the little girl,
A deceiver, don't believe her, that's her trade.

Sometimes a bottle of Perfume,
Flowers and maybe some lace.
Men brought Louise 10 cent trinkets.
The intentions were easily traced.
And everybody knew at times she cried,
Ah, but woman like Louise, well they get by.

And everybody thought it kind of sad,
When they found Louise in her room.
They'd all put her down below their kind.
Still some cried when she died this afternoon.

Louise rode home on the mail train,
Somewhere to the south I heard them say.
Too bad it ended so ugly.
Too bad she had to go this way.
But the wind is blowin' cold tonight.
Good night, Louise, good night.


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Louisville
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Pat Gallagher and Jann Browne

C                         G7
I've been waiting here in Louisville
                                      C
Lots of time to kill waiting here for you
                         G7
I've had to get a job in Louisville
                                     C
Cause my hotel bill is six weeks overdue
    F                   C              F                C
You come to see me here believing that Kentucky was halfway
D7                                              G7
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
C                         G7
I've been waiting here in Louisville
                                 C
You got until my bus leaves for LA
                                 G7
Let's not fool ourselves there's something wrong
                                 C
You don't belong to me now I can tell
                             G7
Six long weeks this took but it's a game
                                C
You never meant to come to Louisville
repeat #2
    F                C              F                C
You come to see here believing that Kentucky was halfway
D7                                              G7
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
C                                   G7
Six long weeks this took but it's a game
                                C
You never meant to come here anyway
                          G7
I've been waiting here in Louisville
                                 C
You got until my bus leaves for LA
G7                               C
You got until my bus leaves for LA

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Dolly Parton - Love And Learn lyrics

That's the way love is you have to love and learn
I've lost again but can't I win these tears that I cried make my eyes burn
Each new love I'd find turns out to deepen the wrong time
And it looks like I'll just have to love and learn
Love and learn just hurt and yearn for someone who will love me in return
I'll be hurt many times before the right one I find
But that's the way love is you have to love and learn
[ steel ]
Love and learn...
Yes that's the way love is you have to love and learn


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Billy Strings 
Love And Regret

Down by the river
The water's cold
Used to have a girl but that's alright
She came to me in a dream
And slipped away like a running stream

The hours of silence
In the light of the moon
Brings to me a sense of ease
There's nothing else that I could do
For that woman won't be pleased

I see her running
But I'm not the same
I've chased after pleasure
To bury my pain
But it's resurrected
When I say her name
My love and regret are one in the same

The scream of a raven
The screech of an owl
A heartbroke and lonesome coyote howl
Those old Hartford records that we used to play
And the silence when she went away

A flower illustrated in bloom
Floating on a wisp of consciousness
She rides innocently down the river to
The place where the light lives
And shrugs off enchantment with a sigh
Dreaming from the first moment of her life
Unheard songs bathed in silver ring out as
Morning rolls into the endless

I see her running
But I'm not the same
I've chased after pleasure
To bury my pain
But it's resurrected
When I say her name
My love and regret are one in the same

I keep wandering back
To a place in my mind
Where moonlight reflections return to her eyes
To gaze at the water once more
Before turning again to the sky

Down by the river
The water's cold
Used to have a girl but that's alright
She came to me in a dream
And slipped away like a running stream

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Love And Wealth

Darling I am all alone in our little mountain home
It's lonely cold and loveless now inside
For your childish vows of love lasted only one short year
Then you went away to be another's bride

   You will never know the pain   
   That I felt the day you left
   Should you ever wed again
   Let me wish you love and wealth

For that same old whippoorwill   breaks the silence on the hill
As I stand and gaze upon it's faded wall
Where your picture used to hang   in a little golden frame
And the vision of your smile I still recall

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Love Call Waltz

The music played so sweetly
While I held you close you close to me
The memory of your love
I can't erase
It was there, I kissed you gently
And you whispered tenderly
I love you and I'll treasure every phrase
The moon, looked down so lonesome
And a night bird, whistled low
It seemed, the stars enchanted
Then did fall
It seemd, a perfect picture
While the shadows round us fell
I fell in love
While they played, the love call waltz


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Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
Written by Nancy Montgomery and Irene Kelly

C                               F
Looking at you I can see what I missed
C                   G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this
                                    F
I never knew there was so much in a kiss
C                   G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this

  F
I know this old world like the back of my hand
    C
I'd known a lot of boys but I never knew a man
F
You were something darling I just couldn't resist
   C                   F           C
Oh love can't ever get better than this
                    G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this

                                               F
You took a country boy and gave his life a new twist
C                   G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this
                                             F
I'm telling everyone you're at the top of my list
C                   G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this

  F
I made a lot of money but it didn't buy me dreams
C
Thought that I was rich but I was only in between
F
You were something darling I just couldn't resist
   C                   F           C
Oh love can't ever get better than this
                    G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this

                                F
Looking at you I can see what I missed
C                   G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this
                                                   F
I've been telling everyone you're at the top of my list
C                   G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this

Repeat #4

                    F           C
Love can't ever get better than this
                    G7          C
Love can't ever get better than this

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Love Caught Up To Me
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C               F                         C
Baby I couldn't hide no matter how hard I tried
                    G7                           C
Was foolish to have begun to believe I'd ever outrun
                   F                         C
And honey I had no call to try and escape at all
                             G7                C
Cause by the time I got free love caught up to me
                    F                C
Baby I used to have ways to avoid anyplace
                       G7                     C
That even had half the chance to cut in on my dance
                        F                             C
Yeah my cool heart hung around only if it couldn't be found
                          G7                     C
But showed up permanently when love caught up to me
E7                       F
The fascinations of each lie 
E7                         F
I told myself were reasons why
D7                      D#
The feeble boast I made alone 
G#                          G7
Sound faded worn and all outgrown
C                 F                         C
Hey I could never afford honey all it would cost
                    G7                C
To replace what you do if it ever got lost
                     F                        C
But baby I'd beg and steal just to keep how I feel
                       G7                     C
A way I never did need till love caught up to me
repeat #3,1
                            G7                C
Yeah by the time I got free love caught up to me

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Dolly Parton - Love City lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writers Porter Wagoner, Tom Pick
Copyright 1973

Welcome to Love City population two
It isn't a big place our little town but it's filled with lovely sights all
around
A park filled with flowers a beautiful lawn
The streets of the driveway that leads to our home
Just a small house on an acre of ground we call it Love City our little town
Welcome to Love City polulation two
Founded on a little love that just grew and grew between me and you
We built our home on Love's Avenue the taxes are low and it has a nice view
We've got home cooked meals that are fit for a king
And all kinds of love to fill every dream
A room just for friends if they happen to visit our Love City population two
Welcome to Love City population two
Founded on a little love that just grew and grew welcome to Love City
population two


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Love City (Postcards To Duluth)
Noel Paul Stookey

Hey, Margaret, I left you a note, did you get what I wrote?
I laid it between your records.
It said I'm changing my mind, and I'm leaving to find
An answer for both of us.

I think that it's better that we be apart;
I've got to find out what life is about.
I'll drop you a postcard from time to time
When I, when I, get to Love City.

Hey, Margaret, I landed today, and I flew all the way:
Now I know what you'll say about airplanes;
If God had meant us to fly
we'd be amply supplied with wings.
Ah, didn't he?

I can't waste a minute, a minute won't wait.
How would you like if I found it a minute too late?
Margaret, I miss you, want you by my side
While I'm, while I'm in Love City.

Hey, Margaret, I'm not comin' home, and I'll stay here
alone
If you can't get free to follow.
But Margaret, the days are so few, won't you please hurry, too?
There's so much we must do for tomorrow.

It's getting much closer, it's coming your way.
And something more beautiful happens
inside me everyday!

I'm sending a flower; they're hard to find.
They grow, as you know, in Love City.


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Love Does It Every Time
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Tony Mullins and Robert Terry
 
F     C
After eight years of drinking
       Am               C
On the bottom and still sinking
F                C                  Dm
Lost his job his house his kids his wife
    C               G7         Am
And then one Sunday morning he heard
                 C
Some church bell ringing
F                  Am                 Dm
And one preacher's sermon changed his life
Am       C     F
He'll be sober tonight
                     G7    C
I guess love does it every time
 
F     C
After six weeks of chemo
       Am              C
It's a miracle for all we know
F                      C              Dm
For that's what little Cindy's doctor said
        C               G7
All the tests they show nothing
Am                G7
Man that's really something
        F                 C                      Dm
All the prayers that were sent up must have been read
Am     G7               F
Little Cindy's gonna be fine
                     G7    C
I guess love does it every time
 
       F                   C
It can save you that's for certain
       Dm       C           F
It can kill you when you're hurtin'
          A#7               Am         Dm
It's been known to turn the water into wine
C     F                  C
And although you may not see it
         D#             Dm
It'll be there when you need it
   F            G7    C
Oh love does it every time
 
F     C
After four years of trying
    Am             C
And many nights of crying
F              Am                 Dm
They said they might as well give up
    C                           Am       C
One day she started craving raviolis and raisins
    F                         C           Dm
And before too long they were buying baby stuff
Am          G7      F
Due date is January ninth
                     G7    C
I guess love does it every time
 
       F                   C
It can save you that's for certain
       Dm       C           F
It can kill you when you're hurtin'
          A#7               Am         Dm
It's been known to turn the water into wine
C     F                  C
And although you may not see it
         D#             Dm
It'll be there when you need it
   F            G7    Am
Oh love does it every time
   F            G7    C      F              C
Oh love does it every time    does it every time

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Love Don't Hurt Every Time
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C          D7         G
Love don't hurt every time
C         D7          G
Sometimes love can be kind
   C          B7              Em      A7
So don't turn away from these arms of mine
C    Am    D7         G
Love don't hurt every time
Am         D7          G
Love has a mind of its own
Am             D7       G
Sometimes it's one way alone
B7                      Em
This time could be that once in a lifetime
     A7                     Am  D7
This feeling we feel comin' on
C          D7         G
Love don't hurt every time
C         D7          G
Sometimes love can be kind
   C          B7              Em      A7
So don't turn away from these arms of mine
C    Am    D7         G
Love don't hurt every time
   C          B7              Em      A7
So don't turn away from these arms of mine
C    Am    D7         G
Love don't hurt every time

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Love Grown Cold

Now you can take my money and you can take my pride
You can take that long road down the mountain side
Go downtown and fool around but you're not fooling me
I'm not the one you love so don't come home to me

   I'm tired of being lied to tired of growing old
   Tired of living my life for love grown cold

Now you can catch a wild bird and you can set it free
But you can't turn loose the pain that's trapped inside of me
You can teach the cheating kind to live the golden rule
My mama didn't raise me to be a dog-gone fool

Now you can take your whiskey and you can take your wine
And I might spend some lonely nights but I'll just take my time
There comes a time a broken heart just has to close it's door
Tired of giving part, just can't give no more

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Dolly Parton - Love Have Mercy On Us lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1973

I wasn't looking for you when I found you I just turned and I saw you there
And I was so lonely and lost when I found you and I needed somebody to care
And it had been so long since I'd been happy or needed or wanted or loved
And now that I've found you let my arms around you oh love have mercy on us
Have mercy on us don't let it be wrong for there is nothing to live all alone
And now that you're mine may love treat us kind oh love have mercy on us
Oh what must we do with this love for each other is it wrong to love one so much
I want to be with you and oh how I miss you oh love have mercy on us
Have mercy on us...


=============================

Brad Paisley - Love Her Like She's Leavin' (feat. Don Henley) lyrics

We cut the cake, everybody danced, and some people drank too much.
You looked like the cover, of a bride's magazine, and I looked like some guy in a tux.
I'll never forget, when your Uncle Bill, pulled up a chair and sat down,
And said "Son I've been married now 45 years, " and he pointed at you through the crowd,
And said
"Love her like she's leaving,
Like it's all gonna end, if you don't.
Love her like she's leaving,
Oh and I guarantee, she won't."
He said "It's sending her flowers, for no reason at all. And notes on the fridge every day.
An unexpected gift, at an unexpected time, that keeps the lawyers away.
And it's easy to take forever for granted, with tin cans tied to your car.
And I know she tells you that she'll always be there, but I'm telling you if you're smart, "
"You'll love her like she's leaving,
Like all it's gonna end, if you don't.
Love her like she's leaving,
Oh and I guarantee, she won't."
"Yeah, she could have any man she wants, you know it's true.
Best way to keep her, is to keep her wanting you."
"Love her like she's leaving
Oh and I guarantee she won't."
"Yeah, I guarantee she won't."


=============================

Dolly Parton - Love I Used To Call Mine lyrics

As gentle as soft breezes blowing as warm as the summer sunshine
As sweet as the dew on the roses was the love I used to call mine
Sweet memories keep on holding revealing the past in my mind
But my arms are no longer holding the love I used to call mine
Gone are the soft gentle breezes and gone is the warm summer sunshine
And gone like the dew on the roses is the love that I used to call mine
Sweet memories keep on holding revealing the past in my mind
Some other arms arms are now holding the love I used to call mine
The love that I used to call mine


=============================

Richard Thompson - Love In A Faithless Country 

Always move in pairs and travel light
Loose friend is an enemy, keep him tight
Always leave a job the way you found it
Look for trouble coming and move around it

That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love

Always make your best moves late at night
Always keep your tools well out of sight
Never pays to work the same town twice
Never hurts to be a little nice

That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
And that's the way we make love

[Incomprehensible]

Learn the way to melt into a crowd
Never catch an eye or dress too loud
You've got to be invisible, my friend
To find the joy on which we must depend

That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
Love, love, love, love

That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love

[Incomprehensible]

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Love Is
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle and Jane McGarrigle

F         G7    C   F         G7       C
Love is a shiny car love is a steel guitar
F         G7     C    F         G7      C
Love is a battle scar love is a morning charm
F         G7     C         F            G7         C
Love is a twelve-bar blues love is your blue suede shoes
F         G7     C     F         G7      C
Love is a heart abused love is a mind confused
    F
And love is the pleasures I'm told
        C    G7                      C
And for some love is still a band of gold
   G7          Am            F
My love has no reason has no rhyme
C  G7             F      C
My love cross the double line
F         G7      C    F         G7     C
Love is a mine of gold love is a man to hold
F         G7       C    F       G7      C
Love is a drowning soul love is its own reward
Repeat 2 x2
      G7             F      C
Oh my love cross the double line
      G7             F      C
Oh my love cross the double line

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Love Is A Lonely Street
E. Barrett / F. Cunningham (Acuff-Rose, BMI)

Maybe once in a lifetime 
You may find that perfect love
The kind that lives forever 
A gift from up above
And then an unkind word you say 
Or a careless love affair
Can leave a scar that you can't hide 
And you're too hurt to care.

CHO
Love is a lonely street 
For those who go astray
Its paved with broken hearts 
That someone threw away
The'll walk with memories 
The bitter and the sweet
Sorrow their destiny 
Love is a lonely street

There are times you shouldn't dare 
To grant your heart it's wish
For heartaches come so easy 
When you're hungry for a kiss
And you can't see the dangers 
Of sweet arms that hold you tight
Love is so blind when you are blue 
And wrong can seem so right

CHO

Ref: Tom Rozum
Jubilee
Dog Boy Records


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Love Is A Stranger

I love on a street of sorrow
The blues keep knocking at my door
I leave each new born day for tomorrow
For love is a stranger to me for ever more

I've changed my address, but the blues keep hanging round
There's a new street number, but sorrow's all I've found
I awaken from sweet dreams each night to find that you are gone
And love is a stranger and a memory from now on

Will this ever end I keep on wondering
Will that stranger known as love give me a smile
Must I go through life alone pretending 
Or will love be a stranger until the end of time

* Refrain


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Love Is All We Need
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Mark Sherrill and Duke Goff

C                                    F                 C
Well just across the street from our little three room shack
                       G7          C
There's a mansion that reaches the sky
                                  F                  C
With at least a dozen rooms and a great big swimming pool
                   G7              C
Two sport cars and three long Cadillac's

F                             C
And the only thing I own is a broken down old Ford
                            G7
Half the time it won't even start
C                                    F           C
But you're won't hear us fighting at four in the morning
                 G7                 C
Calling names to break each other's hearts

            F
So they can have it we don't need it
                                   G7
Let them keep it and call it their own
C                           F               C
Living that kind of life is not for you and me
                G7             C
We got love and love is all we need

                                 F               C
I've never tired of wearing that same old shaggy dress
                                G7
One I bought down at the dollar store
C                                        F                  C
Well if I watch every dime I spend and I save every stamp I can
                    G7            C
Just get the things I know we can afford

F                     C
And every afternoon I sit upon the porch
                                      G7
Watch them as they pass through those gates
C                              F          C
I may wonder what it's like to be a fancy lady
                    G7          C
But I always have a smile on my face

Repeat #3



=============================

Richard Thompson - Love Is Bad For Business 

What time of day is this? O you really look a mess
Clean down the tables and help out on the door
It's just no good to me if you're in ecstasy
Running all night with that boyfriend of yours

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Empties the tills
And it don't pay the bills
It'll do you no good

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Runs down your stocks
And it leaves you on the rocks
It'll do you no good

You better wipe that Mona Lisa smile off your face
Clean up those broken dishes, scrub down the floor
Wipe the stars out of your eyes, there's a job to do
And you've been dreaming for three weeks or more

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Drives you insane
But you're doing it again
It'll do you no good

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Pawn everything
Just to buy her a ring
It'll do you no good

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Empties the tills
And it don't pay the bills
It'll do you no good

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Runs down your stocks
And it leaves you on the rocks
It'll do you no good

Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business
Love is bad for business

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Dolly Parton - Love Is Like A Butterfly lyrics

Love is like a butterfly
As soft and gentle as a sigh
The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings
Love makes your heart feel strange inside
It flutters like soft wings in flight
Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing
I feel it when you're with me
It happens when you kiss me
That rare and gentle feeling that I feel inside
Your touch is soft and gentle
Your kiss is warm and tender
Whenever I am with you I think of butterflies
Love is like a butterfly
The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings
Love makes your heart feel strange inside
It flutters like soft wings in flight
Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing
Your laughter brings me sunshine
Everyday is spring time
And I am only happy when you are by my side
How precious is this love we share
How very precious, sweet and rare
Together we belong like daffodils and butterflies
Love is like a butterfly
As soft and gentle as a sigh
The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings
Love makes your heart feel strange inside
It flutters like soft wings in flight
Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing
Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing


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Brad Paisley - Love Is Never-ending lyrics

Seasons come and seasons go
One day sun, the next day snow
Flowers die and flowers grow
But love is never-ending
You can't kill it with goodbye
It always finds a place to hide
Inside your heart for your whole life
Love is never-ending
[Chorus]
When the lights have all gone down
It'll still be hangin' 'round
Even when you think it's lost, it can still be found
When every memory has been made
And the pages start to fade
And every prayer you ever prayed is heaven bound
When you think the ride is over
You're back at the beginning
Love is never-ending
When a man and woman start growin' old
The fire of passion may grow cold
But what they got still warms their soul
Love is never-ending
[Repeat chorus]
It keeps goin' on and on
Long after we're all gone away
Time may change what you believe
But one day the truth will set you free
Just have faith and you will see
Love is never-ending
Love is never-ending


=============================

Dolly Parton - Love Is Only As Strong (As Your Weakest Moment) lyrics
(Bill Owens)

Love is only as strong as your weakest moment
And in that moment of weakness anyone can do wrong
Oh, weak woman, like a crooked river
Follows a path of least resistance
I went in the wrong place at the right time
Where I didn't have any business
Temptation overcame me and now I
I'm ashamed of me
But how can I ask the one I love
For his forgiveness
Love is only as strong as your weakest moment
And in that moment of weakness
Anyone can go wrong


=============================

Dolly Parton - Love Is Strange lyrics
Duet with Kenny Rogers
Writers Ellas McDaniel aka Ethel Smith, Mickey Baker

Baby, love is strange
Many many people, take it for a game
My sweet baby, love is strange
Yeah Yeah
Many many people, take it for a game
Yeah Yeah
Love is strange
Love is strange
Yeah Yeah
Many many people, take it for a game
Yeah Yeah
Love is strange
Love is strange
Many people, they don't understand
They think that having love is, like having money in the hand
My sweet baby, love is strange
Many many people, seem to take it for a game
La la la la
Love is strange
La la la la
Love is strange


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The Duhks - Love Is the Seventh Wave

In the empire of the senses
You're the queen of all you survey
All the cities all the nations
Everything that falls your way
There is a deeper wave than this
That you don't understand
There is a deeper wave than this
Tugging at your hand

Every ripple on the ocean
Every leaf on every tree
Every sand dune in the desert
Every power we never see
There is a deeper wave than this
Swelling in the world
There is a deeper wave than this
Listen to me girl

Feel it rising in the cities
Feel it sweeping over land
Over borders, over frontiers
Nothing will its power withstand
There is no deeper wave than this
Rising in the world
There is no deeper wave than this
Listen to me girl

All the bloodshed, all the anger
All the weapons, all the greed
All the armies, all the missiles
All the symbols of our fear
There is a deeper wave than this
Rising in the world
There is a deeper wave than this
Listen to me girl

At the still point of destruction
At the centre of the fury
All the angels, all the devils
All around us, can't you see
There is a deeper wave than this
Rising in the land
There is a deeper wave than this
Nothing will withstand

I say love is the seventh wave

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The Duhks - Love Is the Seventh Wave / The Arch of Abundant Love

In the empire of the senses
You're the queen of all you survey
All the cities all the nations
Everything that falls your way
There is a deeper wave than this
That you don't understand
There is a deeper wave than this
Tugging at your hand

Every ripple on the ocean
Every leaf on every tree
Every sand dune in the desert
Every power we never see
There is a deeper wave than this
Swelling in the world
There is a deeper wave than this
Listen to me girl

Feel it rising in the cities
Feel it sweeping over land
Over borders, over frontiers
Nothing will its power withstand
There is no deeper wave than this
Rising in the world
There is no deeper wave than this
Listen to me girl

All the bloodshed, all the anger
All the weapons, all the greed
All the armies, all the missiles
All the symbols of our fear
There is a deeper wave than this
Rising in the world
There is a deeper wave than this
Listen to me girl

At the still point of destruction
At the centre of the fury
All the angels, all the devils
All around us, can't you see
There is a deeper wave than this
Rising in the land
There is a deeper wave than this
Nothing will withstand

I say love is the seventh wave

=============================

Dolly Parton - Love Is Worth Living lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Tom Paxton
Copyright 1968

I know what you're thinking when you look at me
The love in your eyes is so easy to see
It's real and it's good what I feel for you love is worth living when you love
like we do
I understand when you're not feeling well
If there's something on your mind I always can tell
I'm there when you need me and you're there when I need you
Love is worth living when you love like we do
Love is worth living when you love like we do
We found the happiness that very few do
You know that I want you and you know that I want you
Love is worth living when you love like we do
Love is worth living...
Love is worth living when you love like we do


=============================

Love Keeps Hanging On
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G      D7        G          D7             G
Lately I've been losin' the darkness in my head
          D7           G               D7              G
The years are catchin' up with you and me but we don't care
                               D7          G
We're growin' old together but we won't be alone
                                     D7                 G
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on
       D7        G            D7              G
Lately I've been watchin' the strands of time unwind
          D7           G               D7              G
The years are catchin' up with you and me but we don't mind
                               D7                   G
We're growin' old together but we won't we won't be alone
                                     D7                 G
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on
D7                            G
We still love to dance a slow three quarter time
    D7                                    G
But my old age won't climb the hills they used to climb
                        D7                   G
I could be mistaken but our tender years are gone
                                     D7                 G
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on
                        D7                   G
I could be mistaken but our tender years are gone
                                     D7                 G
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on

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Mac Wiseman  - Love Letters in the Sand Lyrics

On a day like today we passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand

You made a vow that you would always be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my poor heart just aches, with every way it breaks
Over love letters in the sand

The sun beams kiss the sand, my fate was in your hands
The day I met you dear
And though I find you gone, your memory lingers on
I can't forget you dear

=============================

Billy Strings Lyrics
Love Like Me

You could climb the highest mountain
You could swim the deepest sea
You could walk that lonesome valley
And never find a love like me

All the thorny roses blooming
All the leaves upon the vine
All of nature's fairest treasures
I'll not know 'til you are mine

Darling, if you'll walk beside me
I will be a steady hand
If you need a rock to stand on
Honey, I will be your man

If the sun refused to shine, Dear
And the clouds held back their rain
If the world should turn upon you
Don't forget you know my name

You could climb the highest mountain
You could swim the deepest sea
You could walk that lonesome valley
And never find a love like me

=============================

The Avett Brothers - Love Like the Movies (Live) 

So you want to be in love like the movies
But in the movies they're not in love at all
And with a twinkle in their eyes
They're just saying their lines
So we can't be in love like the movies

Now in the movies they make it look so perfect
And in the background they're always playing the right song
And in the ending there's always a resolution
But real life is more than just two hours long

So you want to be in love like the movies
But in the movies they're not in love at all
And with a twinkle in their eyes
They're just saying their lines
So we can't be in love like the movies

Well you can freeze frame any moment from a movie
Or run the whole damn thing backwards from reel to reel
But I don't see one single solitary light technician
Or one single camera in this moonlit field

I don't want to be in love like the movies
Cause in the movies they're not in love at all
With a twinkle in their eyes
They're just saying their lines
So we can't be in love like the movies.

And with a twinkle in their eyes
They're just saying their lines
And so we can't be in love like the movies.
Nooooooo
We can't be in love like movies

=============================

Alison Krauss - Love Like

Is it still love when we no longer touch?, 
Passing white sheets in the night, 
Love goes unspoken, we don't say a word, 
We simply turn out the lights.
Lost in the silence but still I can hear, 
The sound of my own breaking heart, 
I can't pretend that my world isn't falling apart.

And I don't wanna go through love like this, 
'Cause I won't ever know what I might have missed.
I wanna burn with desire, 
I want to feel the fire when we kiss, 
But I don't wanna go through love like this.

I still remember the taste of your skin, 
The sound of you saying my name, 
The way that it felt as we laid in the sand, 
And passion came crashing like waves.
The wind of your laughter, the longing, 
The love lead us to lacking inside
There must be some way for lovers to turn the trash.

'Cause I don't wanna go

Like strangers living like two people 
Who'd never known what is like to be loved.

I want to burn with desire; 
I want to feel the fire of every kiss
But I don't wanna go through love,
No, I'm not gonna go through love,
I'm not willing to go through love like this.


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Love Me Darlin' Just Tonight

    Love me darlin just tonight
    Take your arms and hold me tight
    Tomorrow you may hold another
    Love me darlin' just tonight

You say tomorrow you're leaving
WEll I hope you know the way that's right
Well I pray to God you don't leave me
Love me darlin just tonight

Try to find true love in your hard
Tomorrow we may not have to part
But if you feel you must leave me
Love me darlin just tonight

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Love Me One More Time

That night we parted long ago
I vowed my love I'd never show
Sweetheart I find that I can't hide
My love beneath this foolish pride

If I could hold you one more time
And kiss the lips that once were mine
It would ease this aching hearrt of mine
If you would say you love me one more time

Oh won't you take me back once more
Give me the love I'm longing for
It would ease this aching heart of mine
If you would say you love me one more time

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Love Me When You Can
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G7     C         F              C
I know you can't always be here with me
          G7                                   C
You can't find what all you need with just one man
                   F               C
You're hardly ever free and seldom lonely
                   F      C       G7       C
What I'm trying to say is love me when you can
          F                            C
And don't feel like I expect you to be true to me
                                    G7
Anytime you have to leave I'll understand
        C                F                 C
I don't have what all it takes to keep you happy 
                   F      C       G7       C
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
G7     C      F                 C
Let me be the one you sometimes come to 
         G7                            C
You just barely have time for one more friend
                  F                  C
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you throw me
                   F      C       G7       C
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
      F                            C
Don't feel like I expect you to be true to me
                                    G7
Anytime you have to leave I'll understand
     C            F                  C
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you throw me
                   F      C       G7       C
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can

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Love Minus Zero / No Limit
Bob Dylan

My love she speaks like silence,
Without ideals or violence,
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
People carry roses,
Make promises by the hours,
My love she laughs like the flowers,
Valentines can't buy her.

In the dime stores and bus stations,
People talk of situations,
Read books, repeat quotations,
Draw conclusions on the wall.
Some speak of the future,
My love she speaks softly,
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all.

The cloak and dagger dangles,
Madams light the candles.
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Statues made of match sticks,
Crumble into one another,
My love winks, she does not bother,
She knows too much to argue or to judge.

The bridge at midnight trembles,
The country doctor rambles,
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
The wind howls like a hammer,
The night blows cold and rainy,
My love she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing.


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Love Never Broke Anyone's Heart
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Jim Weatherly and Vince Gill

C            F              C
You say your heart has been broken
                   F       G7
And it's taking forever to mend
         C        F         C
And it's left you even more certain
     F            G7   C
That you'll never love again
            F           C
A long time ago someone told me
                   F          G7
It's not love that causes the pain
    C      F              C
Whenever a heart has been shattered
     F         G7             C
It's losing of love that's to blame
           Am    F        C
Love never broke anyone's heart
              Am     F    G7
It never left anyone scarred
     C          Am         F         C
It's not really love if it tears you apart
     F           G7       C
Love never broke anyone's heart
            F            C
I know your feelings are tender
              F                 G7
And you're so afraid they won't heal
     C            F            C
I'll prove to you love doesn't hurt you
    F                 G7               C
And I'll show you how true love should feel
repeat #3
                Am         F         C
It's not really love if it tears you apart
     F           G7       C
Love never broke anyone's heart

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Nickel Creek - Love of Mine 

Love of mine when you're born I tell myself that you'll never die
And I throw my arms around the girl who finds you
'Cause the world is rosier
through your eyes

I don't suppose you caught her name.
Never mind I'll just name her after you, love of mine
I'll fashion her into a sweet long legged icon making all praise holier
Satisfied

Oh, but she gave us to each other.
The only thing she's done for me that you could never do.
For that she'll always be remembered.
After she discovers I don't love her half as much as you

Love of mine when she goes why can't you stay,
here with me.

Love of mine when you die I tell myself that you'll never live
Even as I curse the girl who says she'll find someone worthier of the gift
Someone who wants to share it with her
far away from those who take you to have and to hold
Now I'm stuck here trying to not remember
for all these pretty words it wasn't her but love that I adored
It's my love I adored

Love of mine when you're born I tell myself that you'll never die

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Love Of The Mountains

Two trees on a hillside of the mountain
Always looking up towards the sky
Remind me of my papa and my mama
Who lived there eighty years before they died

   Now a bright moon is shining in the valley
   An old wagon leans against a stack of hay
   Two graves on a hillside by the cabin
   My mom and dad are resting there today

The burning of the green wood on the fireplace
The fallen snow around the red bud trees
The branches of the laurel by the creek bed
And the rippling waters of the gentle stream

Papa used to talk about the young days
When he and mama first were settled there
He spoke about the love of the mountains
That he and mama shared together there

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The Osborne Brothers - Love Pains lyrics
(Bob Gallion)

When I fell in love with you not long ago
You said I was the only love that you've ever known
But someone else's stole the love and the key to your heart
And I am left here all alone with the love pains in my heart.
Love pains, love pains
Love pains would leave me crying in the night
Love pains, love pains
Love pains left with this broken heart.
--- Instrumental ---
But I know I'll never change no matter how I'll try
I'll keep right on loving you and always wonder why
Why would you desert me for somebody new
And leave me all alone with memories of you.
Love pains love pains
Love pains would leave me crying in the night
Love pains, love pains
Love pains left with this broken heart...


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Love Please Come Home

As you read this letter that I write to you
Sweetheart I hope you understand
That you're the only love I knew
Please forgive me if you can

   Sweetheart I beg you to come home tonight
   I'm so blue and all alone
   I promise that I'll treat you right
   Love, oh love oh please come home

That old wind is cold and slowly creeping 'round
And the fire is burning low
The snow has covered up the ground
Your baby's hungry sick and cold

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Love Potion #9
The Clovers

I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down at Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine

I told her that I was a flop with chicks
I've been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said, now What you need is Love Potion Number Nine

She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said, I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like India ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down at Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine

I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine

Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine

- Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller


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Love Sick And Sorrow

I'm lonesome tonight while the moon shines so bright
Thinking of you little dear
I'm here all alone in my cabin at home
I'm countin' the stars in the blue

Love sick and sorrow is what you brought to me
Oh why tell me why did you go
You left me to wander in this old world all alone
I'm countin' the stars in the blue

I dream every night as I lay in my cabin
Prayin to the one up above
To keep you for me and someday will return you
I'm prayin to God up above

* Refrain

I'm taking your picture and framing in gold
Reading love letters from you
I'm longing to see you in our little cabin home
I'm counting the stars in the blue

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - Love Sneakin' Up on You

All right, let's give it to 'em!
Rainy night and I'm all alone
Sittin' here waiting for your voice on the phone
Fever turns to cold, cold sweat
Thinkin' about the things we haven't even done yet
Tell me now
I gotta know, do you feel the same?
Do you just light up at the mention of my name?

Don't worry, baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
And if your whole world is shakin', baby, feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you

Ain't nowhere on Earth for your heart to hide
Once love comes sneakin' up on your blind side
You might as well, baby, stop the rain
Stand in the track of a runaway train
Just can't fight it when a thing is meant to be
Turn this mother up 365 degrees

Don't worry, baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
And if your whole world is shakin', baby, feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you

Don't worry, baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
And if your whole world is shakin', feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you

Don't worry, baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
And if your whole world is shakin', feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you


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Love Someone Like Me

That dancin' moon is on the water you feel inclined romantic'ly
If you do I think you oughta love someone like me
There ain't no place you should be goin' ain't no need for you to leave
It's a lover's night the stars are showin' you could love someone like me

   Someone else might try and bind you
   But my love will set you free
   If your heart has got a mind to
   You could love someone like me
   You could love someone like me

That dancin' moon is on the water you feel inclined romantic'ly
If you do I think you oughta love someone like me
You've been thinkin' love won't find you honey wait right here and see
If your heart has got a mind to you could love someone like me

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Alan Jackson - Love Song lyrics

First time I felt it
Think I was five years old
I was scared had a nightmare
Momma was there for me to hold
Daddy he was different
He never said it much
But I heard him loud and clear
When he brought home that ball and glove
And it took on a brand new meaning
I wasn't just a boy no more
and she moved in next door
Where you from
What's your name?
Wanna go to my game
Got the keys to my dad's old truck
Turne the radio on
Still remember the song
We held hands and there it was
Love
pages kept on turning
There I was with someone else
For the first time in my lifetime
I wasn't living for myself
I knew I wasn't  falling anywhere I'd fell before
And it took on a brand new meaning
It was strong and it was true
Knew what I had to do
Found a ring
Hit my knees
Couldn't talk couldn't breath
My heart had me all choked up
Said I do then we cried
Wedding bells waved goodbye
The whole church knew it was
Love
And it took on a brand new meaning
When the doctor said its time to watch your miracle arrive
Thank the Lord
Cut the cord
Take her home
Help her grow
And complete the circle of...
Love....
Love....
That's the circle of Love...


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Dolly Parton - Love To Remember lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

Your love's as fresh in my memory as this morning's sunrise
And still just as beautiful to me
I can still feel the soft touch of love sweet and tender
You give me love to remember
Nights with no ending, filled with love I'm remembering
Each night that I spend with you
I can still feel your soft touch, I can still feel your warm love
You give me love to remember
And each morning when I wake up
Before I leave my pillow. I search through my dreams carefully
Just to make sure that I don't leave one tiny memory
'Cause I dream of the love I remember
Nights with no ending, filled with love I'm remembering
Each night that I spend with you
I can still feel your warm love, I can still feel your soft touch
You give me love to remember
Love to remember


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Love Will Roll the Clouds Away

As along lifes way you go
Clouds may hide the light of day
Have no fear for well you know
Love will roll the clouds away

    Love will roll the clouds away
    Turn the darkness into day
    I'm so glad I now can say
    Love will roll the clouds away

When the road is rough and long
And the world is cold and gray
Lift your voice in happy song
Love will roll the clouds away

God is watching over all
And he hears you when you pray
Trust in him when shadows fall
Love will roll the clouds away

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Dolly Parton - Love With Feeling lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

When your heart feels like a feather in a whirlwind
And you see stars in the middle of the day
And you feel so light you could fly
And you think that any moment the slightest breeze might blow you away
That's love you're feeling
That's love with feeling
Touching, tender love inside your soul
That's love you're feeling
This love with feeling
That takes you away on love wings of solid gold
When you're all alone
And each minute seems like eternity
As thoughts of love come rushing through your mind
In the middle of the night
You feel it kiss you while your alone
Don't be alarmed its only this love of mine
That's love you're feeling
That's love with feeling
Touching, tender love inside your soul
That's love you're feeling
Oh, that's love with feeling
That takes you away on love wings of solid gold
That's love with feeling
Love with feeling


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Dolly Parton - Love With Me lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I look at you and I see something special
I feel something special, something that's rare
If you feel the same way when you're lookin' at me
I know there could be a love we could share
Won't you come and love with me
Shelter your love in my castle of dreams
We'll find in each other the things that we need
Won't you come and love with me
We'll sing us a love song the songbirds would envy
A song that the angels would be proud to sing
We'll say with our hearts what no poet could capture
Say with our eyes what no artist could paint
Won't you come and love with me
Shelter your love in my castle of dreams
We'll find in each other the love that we need
Won't you come and love with me
Won't you come and love with me
Shelter your love in my castle of dreams
We'll find in each other the love that we need
Won't you come and love with me
Oh, won't you come and love with me?


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Alison Krauss - Love You In Vain

I'm waiting tonight, for you to tell me,
Do you still love me and will you remain?
My heart is breakin' with each passing hour
Please don't let me love you in vain

I used to think your love would always save me
And that you'd always stay right by my side
But I can see a change comin' over you
And the tears I cry just can't hide

No, I'm waiting tonight for you to tell me,
Do you still love me and will you remain?
My heart is breakin' with each passing hour
Please don't let me love you in vain

I can't pretend that love is just a pastime
And that you never meant a thing to me
So darlin, please don't leave me all alone,
Surrounded by your memory

I'm waiting tonight, for you to tell me,
Do you still love me and will you remain?
My heart is breakin' with each passing hour
Please don't let me love you in vain

So please don't let me love you in vain


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Dolly Parton - Love You're So Beautiful Tonight lyrics

As night falls around us love's tender embrace replaces the sun's golden light
Then love show us beauty that only love can describe love you're so beautiful tonight
As you fill our hearts with tenderness and emotions inside
Lost in each other with the world closed outside
Oh this must be like heaven it's heaven to you and I love you're so beautiful tonight
Your nearness in the silence your rapid heartbeat
Your face touching mine then you whisper on my cheek
I'll love you till the stars in the heavens lose their lights
Oh love you're so beautiful tonight
As you fill our hearts...
I'll love you till the stars...


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Dolly Parton - Love's All Over lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1972

I can see it on your face it's over it's all over it's all over me and you
Love came down like the rains from heaven
Love's all over us dripping like the morning dew
We can't hide it anymore you can't hide real love
When it's all over all over me and you
And it's wonderful to know it's all over love sweet love it's all over me and
you
Once we worried what folks would think if they only knew
Just how much love there was between me and you
Oh but it's no secret anymore it's all out in plain view
And love's all over us love's all over me and you
We can't hide it anymore...


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Alan Jackson - Love's Got A Hold On You lyrics

"Love's Got A Hold On You"
I called my doctor on the telephone
 "Help me doctor, there's something wrong
 I can't shake it, it's gone too far"
 He said, "Tell me what your symptoms are"
[Chorus:]
 I said "My hands are sweaty and my knees are weak
 I can't eat and I can't sleep
 It's turning me every way but loose"
 He said, "It sounds like love's got a hold on you
 No doubt, love's got a hold on you"
 I told my buddies I was settling down
 No more of this running 'round
 They looked at me like I was a fool
 And said "Come on tell us what's wrong with you"
[Chorus]
 Well I tossed and turned 'til the morning light
 Holding my pillow hanging on for life
 There ain't nothing I can do
 They said, "It sounds like love's got a hold on you
 Sounds like love's got a hold on you"
[Chorus]
No doubt, love's got a hold on you" (Times 3 to Fade)


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Loved You Enough (Live)

I loved you enough to let you go, dear
I loved you enough to let it ride
I'd hold your little hand in mine
But your sweet love died

I know that you've got lots of feelings
Hit me in your heart, dear, down inside
There's one thing that I can't understand
It's the look in your blues eyes

Well I guess that now you'll be going
I guess that I'll be going too
And if another holds you tight
I'll look right at my shoe

Now if you ever need me, darling
Send me your letter by mail
Send it by land, by air, by sea
If I'll show up, I just can't tell

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Lovely Place To Cry
Recorded by Tammy Wynette and George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery and Tammy Wynette

C                        F          C
I know this house is the finest one around
                D7               G7
And we are both respected in our town
        C                      F                    C
But our friends don't know the truth when they drop by
F        C        F      C      G7       C
That our house is such a lovely place to cry
                      F               C
I keep my yard cut as close as it can be
                         D7               G7
There's no litter laying round for one to see
      C                 F               C
And I know someday I'll tell this place goodbye
F        C         F      C      G7       C
But till then it's sure a lovely place to cry
               F
You don't need lonely things around you
         C       G7        C
When you have no love left in you
                F       C               G7 D7 G7
And when you're already dead before you die
C       F
But someday someone will buy this place
         C
And live happy if they try
F       C       F      C      G7       C  F C
But for us it's been a lovely place to cry
F       C       F      C      G7       C   F C
Yes for us it's been a lovely place to cry

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The Incredible String Band - Lover Man 

Baby, come tell me 'bout your tree-house
And your candy-striped pet mouse
And your car that has feet
Hey, come tell me 'bout your eyebrows that meet

And my baby, won't you tell me 'bout your chilblains?
And your right eyeball's growing pains
And your purple tractor that sings
Hey, come tell me all of those things
But if you want to tell me some more
Think you can

Oh baby, tell me 'bout your lover man
You know I'm talking 'bout him
He's one that's strutting around
Each time I get out of town
You know the one that I mean
He's one that's stealing my scene away
Baby, I'm talking 'bout him

Oh baby, won't you tell me 'bout your black rose?
And the garden where your love grows
Among the cabbages and beans
Hey, come tell me why your primroses are green
But if you want to tell me some more
Think you can

Oh baby, tell me 'bout your lover man
You know I'm talking 'bout him
He's one that's strutting around
Each time I get out of town
You know the one that I mean
He's one that's stealing my scene away
Baby, I'm talking 'bout him

He's one that's stealing my cream away
Baby, I'm talking 'bout him
Talking 'bout your lover man, talking 'bout him

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Richard Thompson - Lover's Lane 

False hand in false hand
Down Lovers' Lane, we walked, we two
Love sold for fool's gold
Down Lovers' Lane, we walked, we two

On your back I'll climb
Or you climb on mine
Deception is the rule
Down Lovers' Lane

Fine friend, fine friend
I held such dreams in my caress
Fine airs, fine airs
The best of manners and address

On your back I'll climb
Or you climb on mine
Deception is the rule
Down Lovers' Lane

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Dolly Parton - Lover's Return lyrics

And so you have come back to me
And say the old loves growing yet
You've tried through all these weary years
You've tried so vainly to forget
Chrous:
Oh no, I cannot take your hand
God never gives is back our youth
The loving heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth
Come close and let me see your face
Your raven hair is tinged with snow
Oh, yes, it is the same dear face
I loved so many years ago
Repeat Chorus
Farewell, I think I love you yet
As friend to friend, God bless you dear
And guide you through these weary years
To where the skies are always clears
Repeat Chorus


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Lover's Farewell

We have met and we have parted
We have spoke our last goodbye
You have proved to me false hearted
You may now forever go 

You have wrecked the heart I've cherished
You have done me day by day
You are false but I'll forgive you
To forget you I cannot say 

For I love you dear I love you
More than all this world I know
You have proved to me false hearted
You may now forever go 

On the river bank I'll loiter
Till I see your face once more
Then I'll plunge beneath the water
And I'll land on some far shore 

Among the trees and bushes
Where the dark green willow sway
In the cold and silent rushes
There you'll find my lonely grave 

O I wish I was white marble
Cold and white on some far shore
This poor heart would cease from troubling
And I'd feel the pain no more

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Lover's Lane

I first met you down in lover's lane
You were just like an angel with angels golden wings
We walked along we'd sing a song the birds are sing too
Seems like heaven's here on earth just to be with you

You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems that my dreams never come true

At night we'd sit out in the old porch swing
The stars were shining brightly and softly you would sing
You'd sing of happy days gone by it makes me happy too
It would be like heaven here on earth if I could be with you

You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems that my dreams never come true

I first met you down in lover's lane
You were just like an angel my little brown eyed Jane
We walked along we'd hum a song the birds are sing too
It seems like heaven's here on earth just to be with you

You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems my dreams never come true

You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems my dreams never come true

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Lover's Quarrel

Jack and May sweethearts were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise Jack made her
Many a love word was said

But they quarreled one night as most true lovers do
She bade him not come any more
She gave him his hat
Jack started to go
But he lingered to say at the door

    Tie up love's broken cords and let us be sweethearts again
    Darling you know I love you to part would cause me pain
    So let's forget the past make up and kiss
    Make up and be lovers again

Years rolled by and neither one was wed
And one morning Jack was found dead
She can not tell you why that the tears rolled from her eye
And she goes to the grave every day

Lonesome and sad her sweetheart is not there
His words they still ring in her ear

    Tie up love's broken cords and let us be sweethearts again
    Darling you know I love you to part would cause me pain
    So let's forget the past make up and kiss
    Make up and be lovers again

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Lover's Return

And so you have come back to me
And say the old love's growing yet
You've tried through all these weary years
You've tried so vainly to forget

   Oh, no, I cannot take your hand
   God never gives us back our youth
   The loving heart you slighted then
   Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth

Farewell, farewell now we must part
You never meant to do me wrong
God sent this anguish to my heart
To teach me to be brave and strong

Farewell, I think I love you yet
As friend to friend, God bless you, dear
And guide you through these weary years
To where the skies are always clear

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Alison Krauss - Loves Me Like A Rock 

When I was a little boy
(When I was just a boy)
And the Devil would call my name
(When I was just a boy)

I'd say, "Who do
Who do you think you're fooling"
  (When I was just a boy)
I'm a consecrated boy
(When I was just a boy)
Oh, singin' in a Sunday choir

My mama she loves, she loves me
Gets down on her knees and hugs me
And she loves me like a rock, oh yeah
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me

When I was grown to be a man
(Grown to be a man)
And the Devil would call my name
(Grown to be a man)

I'd say, "Who do
Who do you think you're fooling"
(Grown to be a man)
I'm a consummated man
(Grown to be a man)
I can snatch a little purity

My mama she loves me, she loves me
Gets down on her knees and hugs me
And she loves me like a rock, oh
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me

If I was a President
And the Congress would call my name

Well, I'd say, "Who do
Who do you think that you're fooling"
  (Who do you think you're fooling)
Well, I'm the President, you see
  (Well, Mister President)
I'm up on the Presidential Podium

My mama, she loves me, she loves me
Gets down on her knees and hugs me, yeah
She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me

She loves me, loves me, loves me, loves me
  (Loves me like a rock)
My mama really loves me
(Loves me like a rock)

Loves me like a rock of ages
Loves me like a rock

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Alison Krauss - Loves Me Like a Rock

When I was a little boy
And the devil would call my name
I'd say who do,
Who do you think you're fooling

I'm a country boy,
I'm a singer in a Sunday choir
My mama she loves, she loves me
Gets down on her knees and hugs me

And she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me
Well, I was grown to be a man
And the devil would call my name.

I'd say mhm who do,
Who do you think you're fooling
I'm a consummated man
I can snatch a little purity

My mama she loves me, she loves me
Gets down on her knees and hugs me
She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me.

--- Piano - Guitar Instrumental ---

And if I was a President
The minute Congress call my name
Well, I'd say who do
Who do you think that you're fooling.

I'm the President you see
I'm up on the Presidential Podium
My mama she loves me, she loves me
Gets down on her knees and hugs me.

She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me
She loves me, loves me, loves me
Loves me (loves me like a rock)...


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Lovesick And Sorrow

I'm lonesome tonight while the moon's shining bright
Thinking of you, little dear
I'm here all alone in our little cabin home
I'm counting the stars in the blue

   Lovesick and sorrow is what you brought to me
   Oh why, tell me why, did you go
   You left me to wander in this whole wide world alone
   I'm counting the stars in the blue

I dream every night as I lay in my cabin
And pray to the One up above
To keep you for me and someday you'll return, dear
I'm counting the stars up above

I'll take your picture and frame it in gold
Reading love letters from you
I'm longing to see you in our little cabin home
I'm counting the stars in the blue

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Dolly Parton - Lovesick Blues lyrics

got a feeling cause i'm blue oh lord since my daddy said good-bye
i don't know what i'm gonna do all i do is sit and cry oh lord
that last known day he said good-bye oh lord i tought i would die
halljauah hey do me he's got the kind of lovin oh lord i loved to hear him when he calls me sweet baby what a beautiful dream
i had to think it all over i lost my heart it seems i've grown to so used to that man some how and i'm nobody's sugar baby now cause i'm lonesome i've got the lovesick blues now i'm in love i'm in love with a wonderful guy that's what the matter with me now i'm in love i'm in love with the wonderful guy but he don't care about me well i tried and i tried to keep him statisfed but he just wouldn't stay but now that he his leavin this is all i've got to say i got a feelin cause i'm blue oh lord since my daddy said good-bye i don't now what i'm gonna do i lost my heart it seems i grow so used to that my man some how and i'm nobody's sugar baby now cause i'm lonesome i've got the lovesick blues.
break
i've grown so used to that man somehow and i'm nobody's sugar baby now cause i'm lonesome i've got the lovesick blues


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Railroad Earth - Lovin You 

Grab a cup in the mornin, out beneath the day *UNSURE*.
Share a glass at night, tell me how it was today.

I've been lovin' you, for so long, 
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.

Every song, every story.
Every taste, every town.
Every hope, every worry.
Every road I've been down.

I've been lovin' you, for so long, 
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.

Should this journey be ending, time carry you away.
I'll put on a brave face, get out and start again.

But I've been lovin' you, for so long, 
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.
I've been lovin' you, for so long, 
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.

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Leftover Salmon - Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes Lyrics

Look here baby now you know I can, be the one to be your man
Baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's eyes
See the lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's eyes
Look here baby now you know darn well, love you better than another man could tell
Love you baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's eyes
See the lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's eyes
Late at night when I take my rest, oh I hold your picture to my breast
Love you baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's eyes
See the lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's eyes
Love ya baby. love ya baby, mama now you know I do
Love ya baby, love ya baby, do anything for you
Late at night when I take my rest, oh I hold you picture to my breast
Love you Mama now you know I'd do, anything in the world for you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's eyes
See that lovin in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's eyes
Give me that magic in my baby's eyes, lovin' in my baby's eyes
Give me that lovin' from my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's eyes

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Dolly Parton - Lovin' You lyrics

If you've been wonderin' what I'm gonna do
While you are sleepin', am I sleepin', too
Well I just sittin' here lovin' you
Close my eyes an' lovin' you
I'm just sittin' back, sittin' here lovin' you
An' I have been wonderin' just what I would do
If I weren't sleepin', had I not found you
Well I'd be outside findin' you
I'd be walkin' on the avenue findin' you
Well, I'm just sittin' back, sittin' here lovin' you
Now the reason that you never see me runnin' 'round
Fingers on my forehead couldn't calm me down
An' he can't even get me up and on my feet
When I've got to take care of some business on the street
I have been walkin' all my streets alone
But I won't keep walkin' to keep from goin' home
Couldn't quite barely concieve of you
Aw, an' I'm just sittin' back, sittin' here lovin' you
If you've been wonderin' what I'm gonna do
While you are sleepin', am I sleepin', too
Well I just sittin' here lovin' you
I just close my eyes an' lovin' you
Aw, an' I'm just sittin' back sittin' here lovin' you


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Railroad Earth - Lovin' You (Live) 

Grab a cup in the mornin, out beneath the day *UNSURE*.
Share a glass at night, tell me how it was today.

I've been lovin' you, for so long,
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.

Every song, every story.
Every taste, every town.
Every hope, every worry.
Every road I've been down.

I've been lovin' you, for so long,
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.

Should this journey be ending, time carry you away.
I'll put on a brave face, get out and start again.

But I've been lovin' you, for so long,
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.
I've been lovin' you, for so long,
I'll be lovin' you, til I'm gone.

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The Country Gentlemen - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)

I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on the world, the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes

Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again
Coming close together
With a feeling that I'd never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friend
I don't know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind
But dreaming was as easy as believing it was never gonna end
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again

Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and the places that I"ve been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying
Talking of tomorrow and the money, love and time we had to spend

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Loving Only Me
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by Even Stevens and Hillard Kanter

C                           F
They say you're cold as ice I don't believe them
C                      D7               G7
Up goes my temperature when I'm next to you
     C                          F
They say you won't look twice I don't believe them
  C                              G7             C
I think I feel something cooking baby how 'bout you
                                 F
Someday you'll see it's gonna be no one for you only me
C                      D7                G7
Sometime sweet destiny will open up your heart
    C                               F
And that's when I'm gonna be around just you wait and see
   C                    G7                 C
No more lonely you when you're loving only me
                        F
Just give me your heart I'll never break it
C                          D7              G7
I could never hurt someone as wonderful as you
    C                    F
I'm offering you my love you don't have to take it
    C                             G7                   C
But I wouldn't pass me by cause I know what's good for you
repeat #2
                                    F
And that's when I'm gonna be around just you wait and see
   C                    G7                 C
No more lonely you when you're loving only me

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Loving Sweethearts

Once I had my loving sweetheart
Her hair was long and black as coal
The tears they fell the night she left me
It broke my heart to see her go

    We used to go strollin' in the moonlight
    But that has been some time ago
    And now the golden leaves are falling
    As I travel down this lonesome road

Now it's cold and the snow is falling
It has covered up the ground
Just a year ago we were together
Now your love can't be found

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Loving You Could Never Be Better
Recorded by George Jones
written by Earl Montgomery, Betty Tate, Charlene Montgomery

C                Em             F            C
Well here we are again tonight alone just us two
          F                  Am                  D7
Where the lights are dim and true love is coming through
C                   Em                     F               C
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
   F                 G7             C
We built ourselves a fire so let it burn
                             F                    G7
When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
          C                   F              G7
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
C                                    C7
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
            F                    D7
Like you've had so many time and how
       C         F        D7             G7       C
Loving you could never be better than it is right now
                     Em            F                 C
Tomorrow night we'll meet again to once more fan the flame
      F              Am                 D7
Cause loving you the way I do stays the same
C                    Em             F                C
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
    F                G7                    C
And love could never be better for you and me
D7     C         F        D7             G7       C
Loving you could never be better than it is right now

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Loving You Feeling Again
Recorded by Emmylou Harris and Roy Orbison     
written by Roy Orbison and Chris Price

C
When I saw you standing there on the street
                       
I found myself by your side
Dm                A#
I started wanting you again
        G7
There's just no way to hide 
              C
From that old Loving You feeling again
     
It's really got me reeling again
                 Dm
It only seems to stop 
             G7              C
To start all over again with you


I remember how you always get
                       
That certain look in your eyes
Dm              A#
You're not easy to resist
    G7
But I just walked on by
          C
With that old loving you feeling again

(loving you feeling)
                          
It's really got me reeling again

(loving you)

              Dm
Only seems to stop 
             G7              C
To start all over again with you

(loving you feeling)
F          G7           C
Loving you feeling with you

           Dm                    C
We were so close we were too far apart
              Dm                 C
I gave you my love I wanted your heart
  Am              F
Without yesterday haunting the way
A#                  G7
Maybe we'd still be together

             C
Sharing that loving you feeling again

(loving you feeling)
                  
It's really got me reeling again

(loving you)
             Dm
Will it ever stop 
              G7
And not start over again
     Em                  A7
That loving you feeling again

   Dm                G7
No matter how much I try

(loving you feeling)
     Dm         G7
This loving you feeling is why

(loving you feeling)
     Dm                G7
It's taken such a long time 
           Am
To say goodbye

    Dm     Em    F         Dm   Em F
And getting over you is so hard to do
Dm   Em   F              C
With this feeling loving you
     Dm         G7      C
That loving you feeling again

     Dm         G7      C
That loving you feeling again
     Dm         G7      C
That loving you feeling again

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Loving You Too Well

I've held you close ten thousand times
You promised to be mine
You broke my heart ten thousand ways
When you kissed me your last time

   I'm worried troubled I can't sleep
   This story I must tell
   The worst mistake I ever made
   Was loving you too well

Another man took you from me
He stole your heart away
I've often prayed to God above
You'd wander back some day

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Low And Lonely

Low and lonely, sad and blue
Thinking only, of little you
Always trying, to keep from crying
I'm low and lonely over you

Do you miss me, say you do
Tell me darling, please tell me true
Do you yearn dear, for my return dear
I'm low and lonely over you

Low and lonely, weary too
You're the only, true love I knew
Don't be long dear, you know it's wrong dear
I'm low and lonely over you

You're my darling, you're my dear
You can trust me, so never fear
How I miss you, I long to kiss you
I'm low and lonely over you

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Crooked Still 
Low Down And Dirty

She went into the graveyard with trouble on her mind
She was lookin' for the man who make her crazy
From her big brown coat she puller a silver knife
As she held it in her hand, her heart was racing

You're low down and dirty, and I love the way you do
If I stay I'll never find my way back home

Its been nine long years since you took my hand
I'll never understand what made you do it
And how you twisted up my soul, through me in a hole
I didn't come this far to see you through it

You're low down and dirty, and I love the way you do
If I stay I'll never find my way back home

Babe, I'm sorry for you, but it's what I have to do
You died that night beneath the leaves have fallen
And the devil will stand by; smilin' bright, his pitchfork high

A ghost from all these graves will come a callin'

You're low down and dirty, and I love the way you do
If I stay I'll never find my way back home

So she stabbed him in the heart
Her shinning blade it ripped apart
His skin and pierced thought the center
And I lay my body down, through me on the ground
And cover me so I can hide from my dominator

You're low down and dirty
So low down

You're low down and dirty, and I love the way you do
You're low down and dirty, and I love the way you do
You're low down and dirty, and I love the way you do
If I stay I'll never find my way back home

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Lowest Valley, The

Lord I don't want to do one thing on my own
Put me where you want me Lord where I belong
Give me the strength Lord to do thy perfect will
And when I'm in the lowest valley I can climb the highest hill

   Lord I want to be what you want me to be
   Lord I want to do the things you want me to do
   Lord I want to stay in the center of thy will
   When I'm in the lowest valley I can climb the highest hill

This world gets more wicked every day
People's hearts have grown cold, forgotten how to pray
But if I live to be a hundred I'll keep holding to your hand
Until you come and take me home to that promised land

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Lucille
(You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me)
Kenny Rogers

In a bar in Toledo, across from the depot
On a bar stool she took off her ring
I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over
I sat down and asked her her name
When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit living on dreams
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after
I'm after what ever the other life brings

In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of place
He came to the woman who sat there beside me
He had a strange look on his face
The big hands were calloused he looked like a mountain
For a minute I thought I was dead
But he started shaking his big heart was breaking
He turned to the woman and said

Chorus:
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times
But this time your hurting won't heal
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille

After he left us I ordered more whisky
I thought how she'd made him look small
From the lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room
We walked without talking at all
She was a beauty but when she came to me
She must have thought I'd lost my mind
I couldn't hold her 'cos the words that he told her
Kept coming back time after time

Chorus x 2


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Lucky Old Colorado
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Red Simpson

G         Bm          Am
I met her here in California
        D7                    G   D7
Fell in love and then she was gone
        G      Bm           Am
And she always talked about Denver
          D7                   G
And going back to her Colorado home
         Bm      C   Am
So lucky old Colorado
D7                        G     D7
You've got the girl of my dreams
    G     Bm      C   Am
She loves you Colorado
       D7                         G
That's more than she'll ever love me
                      Bm        Am
You know I'd take her back in a heartbeat
     D7                     G     D7
That is if I thought that I could
    G         Bm                Am
But she's somewhere warm in Colorado
          D7               G
And she's gone I think for good
Repeat #2 
                Bm                 Am
You know I hope she's happy in Colorado
      D7                      G  D7
And I hope that she'll always be
       G              Bm          Am
But if she ever comes back to California
  D7                            G
I hope something reminds her of me
Repeat #2
               Bm      C    Am
Yeah she loves you Colorado
       D7                         G
That's more than she'll ever love me

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Alison Krauss - Lucky One 

Verse 1
You're the lucky one so i've been told
Free as the wind blowin down the road
Loved by many, hated by none
I'd say you were lucky cause i know what you've done
Not a care in the world not a worry in sight
Everything's going to be all right
Cause you're the lucky one

Verse 2
You're the lucky one always havinfun
A jack of all trades a master of none
You look at the world with a smiling eye
And laugh at the devil as his train rolls by
Just give you a song and a one-night stand
And you'll be looking at a happy man
Cause you're the lucky one

Chorus
Were you blessed? i guess
By never knowinwhich road you're choosing
To you the next best thing to playinand winning
Is playinand losin
Verse 3
You're the lucky one i know that now
Don't ask you why when where or how
You look at the world through your smilineye
And laugh at the devil as his train rolls by
Just give you a song and a one-night stand
And you'll be looking at a happy man
Cause you're the lucky one

Chorus

Verse 4
You're the lucky one i know that now
Don't ask you why when where or how
No matter where you're at is where you'll be
You can bet your luck won't follow me
Just give you a song and a one-night stand
And you'll be looking at a happy man
Cause you're the lucky one.

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Crooked Still 
Lulu Gal

Where did you get them high top shoes?
And dress that you wear so fine?
I got my shoes from a railroading man
The dress is from a driver in a mine

Hop high, hop high
Hop high my lulu gal
Hop high, hop high
Hop high my lulu gal

I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain
I'll pawn you my gold wedding ring
To pay my little lulu's fine
I'll pawn you my wagon, everything

Hop high, hop high
Hop high my lulu gal
Hop high, hop high
Hop high my lulu gal

Where have you been my pretty little girl?
Where have you been so long?
I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men
And honey, I'm going back again

Hop high, hop high
Hop high my lulu gal
Hop high, hop high
Hop high my lulu gal

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Lulu Walls

One evening getting dark, we first met at the park
Sitting by the fountain all alone;
I lifted up my hat, and then began to chat
She said she'd love to see me at her home

   Such a star I've never seen, she's as pretty as a queen
   She's as perfect as an angel from above,
   If she'll only be my wife, I'll live happy all my life
   With that aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls

If she were only mine, I would build a house so fine
Around it so many fences tall,
It would make me jealous free, that no one else but me
Could gaze on that beauty, Lulu Walls

One evening getting late, I met her at the gate
I asked her if she'd wed me in the fall,
She only turned away, and nothing would she say
That aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls

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Lyin' Eyes

City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace, go in a style

Late at night, a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hand as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feeling down
But he knows where she's going as she's leavin'
She is heased for the cheating side of the town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I though by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

On the other side of town a boy is waitin'
With firery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipatik'
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel

She rushes to his arms, they fall together
She whisper that it's only for a while
She swears that soon she'll be comming back forever
She goes away and leaves him with a smile

* Refrain

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
And staresout at the stars up in the sky
Another night, it's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks abot a boy, she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy
She's so far gone, she feels just like a fool

My oh my, You sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how you knew life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be

* Refrain

There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes


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LyricsThings You're Selling
Yonder Mountain String Band

Well I don't need more guilt here in my life,
How the hell is that supposed to help me find the light?
And I don't need you preaching at me day and night
About the way I look, the way I walk,
The way I dress and the way I talk,
There's something that you think you see like you've ever looked at me

You say you've got it figured out,
And you seem so damn proud about it,
I never really trusted folks who have to talk so loud

That ain't to say you never looked me in the eye,
But lookin' isn't seein' when you just can't spare the time,
Besides you're selling things I just don't feel like buying,
Like guilt and pain,
Fear and shame,
Who to thank, and who to blame,
A set of rules that's bound to keep the living out of life
Who to love and who to hate,
What's too soon and what's too late,
There's some test you have to pass before you feel the love of god

Well I don't need some fear of afterlife,
How the hell is that supposed to help me find the light?
And I don't need you preaching at me day and night
About the things I do and the things I don't,
What I will and what I won't,
There's fire in your eyes sir, and it chills me to the bone

You say you've got it figured out,
And you seem so damn proud about it,
I never really trusted folks who have to talk so loud

So thanks alot man, but I'll be moving on
Yours is a hateful sermon, and it takes too goddamned long
See, life is short and I'm gonna find mine searching for the light

Yes I'm searching for the light
Searching for the light...

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Machine Gun Kelly
Danny Kortchmar

I'll tell you 'bout Machine Gun Kelly
He rode along the outlaw trail
Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man
But the woman was as hard as hell

Watch out Machine Gun
Don't let her run you 'round
Don't let a woman put you six feet in the ground
Machine Gun

I'll tell you 'bout Katherine Kelly
She was tired of being such small time
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's son
And make it in the world of crime

You'd better watch out Machine Gun Kelly
Careful of what you do now
If you keep listening to your old lady
Ain't no telling what'll happen to you now
Machine Gun

The government boys they came for Machine Gun
And took the poor boy away
They stuck him in a hole in Leavenworth prison
Where he lived until his dying day

Watch out Machine Gun
Don't let her put you down
Don't let a woman make you out to be a clown
Machine Gun

Watch out Machine Gun


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Macpherson's Lament
Traditional

1 5
Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong,
1 6m
Farewell, farewell to thee,
1 5
MacPherson's life will no be long
1 4 5
Upon yon gallows tree.

Chorus:
Say rantingly and say wantonly,
Say dauntingly gaed he;
He play'd a tune, and danc'd around
Below the gallows tree.

Take off these bands from on my hands
And give to me my sword
For there's no a man in all Scotland
But I'll brave him at his word

There's some come here to see me die
and some to buy my fiddle
but before that I will part with her
I'll break her through the middle.

So he took his fiddle in both his hands
And he broke it o'er a stone,
Saying there's no man shall play on thee
When I am dead and gone.

Chorus

The crew was coming o're the Brig of Banf
To set MacPherson free,
But they set the clock a quarter before
And they hanged him from a tree.

Chorus


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Richard Thompson - Madonna's Wedding 

Out of wedlock is my son
Two bastards now instead of one
What can publicly be done?
To rectify my honor

Oh, a wedding
That'll see me through
I'll hitch to father number two
Rent me Scotland, that'll do
Just say it's for Madonna

Get me a castle, nice and old
Lots of armor, lots of mold
We'll get headlines, nice and bold
Or my careers a goner

Tartan for the bride and groom
A few close friends
There ain't much room
Stings place for the honeymoon
If we can stand the squalor

Oh, lets do that Scotland thing
Whiskey and a highland fling
Limo waiting in the wing
To whisk you where you wanna
(Have you got the rhyme scheme on this one?)

And baby Rocco needs a dip
In holy water ain't it sick
Get me a cathedral quick
Just say it's for Madonna

And the locals think it's some big deal
They're flattered by that showbiz spiel
They thought Braveheart was for real
Upon my word of honor

And we'll get Hello magazine
To photograph the happy scene
We'll make those other divas green
With envy of Madonna

'Cause you see my dears
It's down to class
What good's talent, tits and ass?
If your lifestyle's deeply crass
Like those would be Madonnas

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Punch Brothers - Magnet 

I pinned her to the wall and said I wanna take you home
I wanna take you home
Think about it
She threw me to the floor and said I wanna take you home
I wanna take you home
Think about it
What's the center between two centers of attention
Is there a center between to centers of attention
Or only tension between two centers of attention
And then there's...
Hmm

'Cause I'm a magnet
And you're a magnet
And we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
Baby I'm a blank check
And you're a blank check
To whose order we going to pay
To whose order we going to pay
To whose order we going to pay

I laughed away a tear and said what if you took me now
What if you took me here
Think about it
She locked the hallway door and said you're gonna take me now
You're gonna take me here
Don't think about it
But I thought about it
What's the center between two centers of attention
A center of attention's its own center of attention
There's only tension between two centers of attention
And then there's...
Oh yes

'Cause I'm a magnet
And you're a magnet
And we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
Oh baby I'm a blank check
And you're a blank check
Our very own order to pay
Our very own order to pay
Our very own order to pay
'Cause we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
'Cause we're pushing each other away
We're pushing each other away
Baby I'm a magnet 

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Brad Paisley - Make A Mistake lyrics

You over think things
You say what if we're not meant to be
Well you know what so what
Make a mistake with me
Nobody goes through this life and does
Everything perfectly
We're all gonna fail so you might as well
Make a mistake with me
Bridge
Sometimes baby when we take
A chance that has this much at stake
We look back and in hindsight
What seemed wrong looks more like right
So I say worst case we'll be left with
Lots of good memories
This chance we have well it's worth that
So make a mistake with me
I'm tellin' you the right thing to do
Is make a mistake
Make a mistake
Make a mistake with me


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Dolly Parton - Make Love Work lyrics
(E. Kaz)

Of all the roads I've traveled and all the sights I've seen
The most amazing thing is the power of our dreams
And anything is possible for those who can believe
Just get your heart to rearrange its priorities
For us to make love work
We've got to try a little harder
And for love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work
It takes faith in one another to see things eye to eye
And it's hard to trust but you know it's worth the try
There's a candle in my window and whenever you feel blue
You can bet your bottom dollar I'll be there for you
For us to make love work
We've got to try a little bit harder
And for love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work
Oh I do believe in miracles
But I know they don't come easy
So why don't we give destiny
A helping hand
For us to make love work
We've got to try a little bit harder
And for love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work
Life is just too beautiful
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work


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Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Traditional

Make me a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet on your floor
Make it soft, make it low, so my good gal won't know
Make me a pallet on your floor.

(Verses attributed to Joe Parrish)

I know that I'd be satisfied,
If I could hop that train and ride
If I make Atlanta with no place to go,
Make me a pallet on your floor

cho: Make me a pallet on your floor,
Make it right down to the door,
Make it long, make it low, so my good gal won't ever know,
Make me a pallet on your floor

Give everybody my regards,
I'm goin' if I have to ride the rods,
And if I make Atlanta with no place to go,
Make me a pallet on your floor

I'm tired and I cant work no more (2x)
Well Im tired, lonesome, weary and I cant work no more,
Pretty baby now, make me a pallet on your floor

(additional verses contributed by several folks)

Come all you good time friends of mine,
Come all you good time friends of mine.
You're all around me now, well, now I'm doing fine,
But where were you when I only had a dime.

Where are all them good-time friends of mine? (repeat)
When I had a dollar bill they treated me jus' fine;
Where are they no I don't have a dime?

I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine-- (2x)
This New York water tastes like turpentine--
I'm goin' where the water taste like wine.

I'm goin' where them chilly winds don't blow; (2x)
When I get to Mussel Shoals, without no place to go,
Make me a pallet on your floor.

Honey make me down a pallet on your floor (x2)
Honey make it down make it soft and low
Then maybe my good gal she wouldn't know

I'm goin' up the country through the sleet and snow (x3)
Ain't no tellin' just how far I'll go

I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee (x3)
I told you I's a comin' so you better look for me

Honey I can't lay down 'cross your bed
No I can't lay down 'cross your bed
No you know I can't lay down cross your pretty bed
'Cause my good gal she might kill me dead

(from Mississippi John Hurt)

Make me down a pallet on your floor, (2x)
Make me a pallet down soft and low,
Make me a pallet on your floor.

Up the country, where there's cold, sleet and snow
Up the country where there's cold, sleet and snow,
I'm goin' up the country where there's cold, sleet and snow,
No tellin' how much further I may go.

Way of sleepin', my back and shoulders' tired,
Way of sleepin', my back and shoulders' tired
This way of sleepin', my back and shoulders' tired
Goin' turn over and try it on the side.

Don't you let my good girl catch you here
Please don't let my good girl catch you here
Or she might shoot you, might cut and stab you, too,
No tellin' what she might do.

(and some more verses)

Worried blues are everywhere I see
These worried blues are everywhere I see
These blues are all around me, they're everywhere I go
Make me a pallet on your floor.

I'd be more than satisfied
If I could take that train and ride
When I reach Atlanta, with no place to go
You can make me a pallet on your floor.

(from Hoyt Axton)

If I could hop that freight and ride (2x)
I'd ride through the night 'till I came you your door
Make me a pallet on the floor.

Soft talk don' do a gal no good (3x)
If it could I surely would,


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Make Room For The Blues

It's all over now but the crying
She's gone and there's nothing more to do
And today our new guest is arriving
I've got to straighten up and make room for the blues

   Take her picture from the wall
   Let it fall let it fall
   Then turn around and face the empty room
   While she's waving goodbye
   Wipe the tears from your eyes
   Then staighten up and make room for the blues

I never new a house could be so lonely
In every room there's memories left with you
In this big old chair you said you loved me only
Guess i'll move on out and make room for the blues

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Alison Krauss - Make the World Go Away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took you away
Well if you do, then forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Now I'm sorry if I hurt you
Let me make it up to you day by day
And if you will please forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away


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The Incredible String Band - Maker Of Islands 

I do my job and it's pleasing to me
It's getting so I can sail upon the roughest sea
On the roughest sea I do alright
On the roughest sea I do alright

But when my work is over and done
I get to being a lonely one

Need someone to take the wheels at night
Someone to navigate till light comes
But most of all I need
A maker of islands

Rested in the golden sunlight
Where the seas are kind
She could make me islands
For my peace of mind

If I could only see her
Look into her eyes
Then I'd lie easy, I'd lie easy, I'd lie easy
In my soul

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Makeup And Faded Blue Jeans
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard      
                   
C                                             F
In downtown Modesto I was workin' the Holiday Inn      
      C                                                    G7
I was set with a gig that would last us though out the weekend
      C                                          F
I was singing a new song I wrote on the way into town
         C                      G7                         C
When she came in the front door I found her a place to sit down
                                                     F
Hey I knew right away that she liked the words to my song
          C                                            G7
Cause she stared at the guitar followed my fingers too long
    C                                            F
And she had the likeness of a girl I'd seen in a dream
    C                          G7                    C
But lights can do wonders with makeup and faded blue jeans
                                                       F
And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my mind
     C                                                 G7
So I found a hundred reasons for lookin' away one more time
          C                                              F
She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitars
       C                      G7                  C
And to blow all my chances at bein' a big singin' star
                                                           F
With one passin' glance I could tell she was young for her age
         C                                                   G7
Yeah she got to lookin' better as she got down closer to the stage
           C                                                 F
And as she sipped on her wine I knew just the kind she would be
    C                      G7                       C
And somehow I knew she was here to do bad things to me
 
Repeat #3
                                                
I was right she could cause me to sing bad 
                          F
And fall out of love with guitars
    C                      G7                  C
And blow all my chances at bein' a big singin' star

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Making Believe

Making believe that you still love me
It's leaving me a-long and so blue
But I'll always dream still, I'll never own you
Making believe, it's all I can do
Can't hold you close when you're not with me
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you, making believe

Making believe that I never lost you
But my happy hours, I find, are so few
My plans for the future will never come true
Making believe, what else can I do
Can't hold you close when you're not with me
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you, making believe


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Making Everything Perfect
Recorded by Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent
Written by Rhonda Vincent

C                                    F                    C
I've been sitting here thinking that I oughta be drinking tonight
                         G7                 C
Maybe it would make everything so happy and right
          F                                               C
It's been twenty five years never thought we'd make it to here
    G7                                       C
I'm losing my mind thinking maybe the end is near
                               F                     C
Don't think it's been easy for me to stay married to you
                            G7                     C
There's been many a night I thought you and I were through
                                 F                         C
If you wanna stay together maybe you could help out around here
                             G7                   C
It ain't no bed of roses for me let's make things clear
F                                              C
Things seem to get better when we turn out the lights
G7                                             C
Kissing and a loving and holding each other so tight
F                                           C
We can be together stay here forever that's right
G7                                             C
Kissing and a loving making everything perfect tonight
F
What you wanna do better think things through
C
I'll be here in the kitchen oh stop don't mention
G7                                             C
Kissing and a loving and holding each other so tight
F                                           C
We can be together stay here forever that's right
G7
If we stick together we can make things better
When we said I do I agreed to work things through
                                            C
Loving no leaving making everything perfect tonight
     G7                                           C
Yeah loving not leaving making everything perfect tonight

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Making Plans

You say tomorrow you're going
It's so hard for me to believe
I'm making plans for the heartache
'Cause you're making plans to leave

The tears for me will be falling
Like a tree shedding its leaves
I'm making plans for the teardrops
"Cause you're making plans to leave

   You're making plans to forget me
   I'm making plans to miss you
   I'm getting ready to grieve

I'm making plans to be lonesome
Cause you're making plans to leave

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Dolly Parton - Malena lyrics

(A wish that Malena had wings)
Malena for hours would run in the meadow well Malena would go to play every day
She chased butterflies and she'd say with the smile
If I had wings I could fly that away
Malena would cry when we try to explain
That little girl's world's supposed to haven wings
That only in heaven can little girls fly we'd see a strange look in Malena's eyes
(A wish that Malena had wings)
We'll always remember Malena's last birthday
Boxes with bright colored ribbon and string
And the wish that she made as she blew out the candles
A wish that Malena had wings
And with all the gifts that we bought for Malena
The wish that she made we could not satisfy
But on the night of her birthday the angels fullfilled it
They gave her wings and now Malena can fly
Malena has wings and Malena can fly on the wings of an angel in heaven on high
From the time she could talk her wish was the same a wish that Malena had wings
(A wish that Malena had wings)


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Leftover Salmon - Mama Boulet Lyrics

Hey, Mama Boulet, she make a gumbo for you
Get on her wrong side, she make a mess outta you
Hey, Mama Boulet, she's a Haitian queen
She can see things that you and I can't see

Hey, Mama Boulet, she got fire in her eyes
Stare at them too long, they gonna hypnotize
Hey, Mama Boulet, she can do things we can't do
Ask her real nice, she'll turn into a crow for you

She livin' out on an island where no one dare to go
In a little shack, she's callin' to the spirits lost long ago
In the moonlight watch her sweatin', a drum beats, soft and steady
A spell is cast, a fire sparks and night time friends are ready

Hey, Mama Boulet, she got fire in her eyes
Stare at them too long, they gonna hypnotize
Mama Boulet, she make a gumbo for you
Get on her wrong side, she make a mess outta you

Hey, Mama Boulet, she's a voodoo queen
She can see things that you and I can't see
Hey, Mama Boulet, she can do things we can't do
Ask her real nice, she'll turn into a crow for you

She livin' out on an island where no one dare to go
In a little shack, she's callin' to the spirits long long ago
In the moonlight watch her sweatin', a drum beats, soft and steady
A spell is cast, a fire sparks and night time friends are ready

Mama Boulet,oh, Mama Boulet

She livin' out on an island where no one dare to go
In a little shack, she's callin' to the spirits long long ago
In the moonlight watch her sweatin', a drum beats, soft and steady
A spell is cast, a fire sparks, and night time friends are ready

Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama
Well, Mama Boulet

Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama
Well, Mama Boulet

Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama
Well, Mama Boulet

Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama, Ma
Oh, Mama, Mama
Mama Boulet

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Doc Watson 
Mama Don't Allow No Music

Mama don't allow no music playin' round here
Mama don't allow no music playin' round here
Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow
Gonna play that music anyhow
Mama don't allow no music playin' round here

Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here
Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here
Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow
Gonna play that guitar anyhow
Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here

Mama don't allow no singin' round here
Mama don't allow no singin' round here
Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow
Gonna sing that song anyhow
Mama don't allow no singin' round here

Mama don't allow no hand clapping here
Mama don't allow no hand clapping here
Well, we don't care what mama don't allow
We're gonna clap our hands anyhow
Mama don't allow no hand clapping here

Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here
Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here
Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow
Gonna stomp my feet anyhow
Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here

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Mama I Don't Believe
The Avett Brothers

I lay here pretending to sleep
Someone's always asking for something of me
I try to hide but I'm stripped of my strength
Bound by the truth, bored by the speed
And the promise of the fortune it brings
Oh mama, I just don't believe

Like it happened in a Broadway scene
Are we still acting, is this the real you and me
The words don't flow, but my heart it still bleeds
Bound by the love, the warmth that it brings
And a promise to fix everything
Oh mama, I just don't believe

Angel wings tied to memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings tied to melodies
They'll never sing for you and me

A young man whose soul was burning
The hands of the people guiding him on
He was moving along, mama he was cooking
But the calendar won, his earnings are gone
And this fortune that this young man saw
Oh mama, I don't believe in it at all

Angel wings tied to memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings tied to melodies
They'll never sing for you and me
For you and me, they'll never sing

They'll never sing
They'll never sing
They'll never sing
They'll never sing
Oh mama, I just don't believe
Oh mama, I just don't believe
Oh mama, I just don't believe

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Dolly Parton - Mama Say A Prayer lyrics

The bright lights of the city are a pretty site to see.
Perhaps they're extra pretty to a country girl like me.
Temptation waits at every turn and it won't let me be.
So mama, when you pray tonight, say a special prayer for me.
I miss your tender good-night kiss
Of love and understanding.
The good-night kisses I get now,
Are cruel and so demanding.
So mama when you pray tonight,
And while you're on your knees,
Mama say a special prayer for me.
The nights get cold and lonely when you're faraway from home,
And lonely makes it easy for a good girl to go wrong.
Evil eyes search through the night for lonely girls like me,
So mama when you pray tonight, say a special prayer for me.
I miss your tender good-night kiss
Of love and understanding.
The good-night kisses I get now,
Are cruel and so demanding.
So mama when you pray tonight,
And while you're on your knees,
Mama say a special prayer for me.


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Mama Smiled Down From Heaven
Klinefelter/Delray

(D) (G) (D)
As I sit here and stare at her empty rocking chair
(A)
Her memories still make teardrops fall. 
(D) (G) (D) (A) (D) (D7)
In the dark of the night, God turned on the light, Mama smiled down from Heaven last night
(G) (D)
Chorus: Oh the twinkle in her eye is now a star up in the sky. 
(A)
Mama smiled down from Heaven last night 
(D) 
It's not the raindrops from the sky, 
(G) (D)
Nor the tears from Mama's eyes. 
(D) (A) (D)
Mama smiled down from Heaven last night. 
(D) (G) (D)
I remember all the times, she would hold me oh so tight. 
(A)
Giving comfort to me through the night
(D) (G) (D)
She would kiss my fears away, oh, I wish that Mom could stay. 
(D) (A) (D) (D7)
Mama smiled down from Heaven last night. 
Chorus: (Repeat above chorus)
(D) (G) (D)
Well she's not here on Earth with me, in my heart she'll always be
(D) (A)
Mama smiled down from Heaven last night
(D) (G) (D)
When I see the stars above, oh, I think of Mama's love
(D) (A) (D) (D7)
Mama smiled down from Heaven last night.
Chorus:(Repeat above chorus)
 

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Mama Take Me Home
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Carmol Taylor

G                                       C
A drunk man crossed the street today he staggered all around   
  D7                                                       G
I heard his scream and saw the car that knocked him to the ground
                                   C
A silver haired old lady rushed to him and raised his head
   D7                                                      G
He must have thought she was his mama cause these words he said
                                 C
Mama (mama) my wife has gone and left me
D7                                G
Mama (mama) she left with my best friend
                                    C
Oh mama (mama) I was coming home to tell you
                G                D7            G
So mama take me home and help me live and love again
                                  C
I saw him lying there his drunken body racked with pain
  D7                                 G
I wanted so to help him but I was to ashamed
                                         C
He rolled his head from side to side and struggled for life
    D7                                                       G
You don't know how I felt 'cause I'm the friend who took his wife
                                   C
Oh Mama (mama) they took my babies from me
D7                            G
Mama (mama) she loves another man
                                    C
Oh mama (mama) it's getting hard to breath now
                G                D7            G
So mama take me home and help me live and love again

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Mama Tried

First thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young ones dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town not knowing where I'm bound
No one could steer me right but mama tried.

One and only rebel child from a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learning towards the bad I kept on turning
'Til mama couldn't hold me anymore.

   And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
   No one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried
   Mama tried to raise me better but her pleading I denied
   That leaves only me to blame cause mama tried.

My dear old daddy rest his soul left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused.

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Mama's Family Bible
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Larry Kingston

C             G7    C
The estate is being settled 
      F
There was only one thing left
                 C
My mama's family bible 
                  G7
Was laying on the chest
        C      G7           C
All the others  they didn't want it 
    F
And that was plain to see
                 C     G7        C
So I took mama's bible home with me
           G7      C
One sister got the dishes 
    F
And one the silver ware
                        C
And my brother took the radio 
                    G7
And her old rocking chair
       C   G7      C
One by one all the pieces 
       F
Of her home was packed and hauled
                     C         G7    C
But they left me the best part of it all
F      C      F               C
Mama's family bible oh what a book
                            G7
It inspired me every time I looked
           C
At all the scriptures 
F                   C
That she marked and loved
F      C      F
Mama's family bible 
       C        G7        C  G7 C G7 C
Is the treasure I'm proud of
 
    D7      C          F
Now all the dishes are broken 
                                    C
Yes and someone sold the silver ware
And the old radio 
                         G7                 D7 G7 C
Was sittin' in some junk-store in the square
    G7     C
One by one all the pieces 
   F
Of mama's life had all disappeared
                  C     G7        C
But mama's family bible  is still here
repeat #3

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Mama's Teaching Angels How To Sing
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs and the Whites
Written by Dottie Rambo

G                                  C              G
There's a voice now missing in our little country choir 
                  D7              G
Rock of Ages will never sound the same 
                      C              G
God heard her singing heaven was not complete 
                    D7            G
Now Mama's teaching angels how to sing 

C                             G
Mama's teaching angels how to sing 
C                                   G
Heaven's halls are silent when Mama sings 
           C                 G                    C
David lays down his harp and heaven's bells won't ring 
     G               D7            G
When Mama's teaching angels how to sing 

                                 C                    G
The old home it's now empty it's lonesome since she's gone 
                      D7               G
And it's hard to know she won't return again 
                                     C               G
But I'll meet her in that morning on heaven's golden hills 
                      D7            G
Where Mama's teaching angels how to sing

Repeat #2

                     D7            C  G
When Mama's teaching angels how to s-ing 

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The Avett Brothers - Mama, I Don't Believe Lyrics

I lay here pretending to sleep
Someone's always asking for something of me
I try to hide but I'm stripped of my strength
Bound by the truth, bored by the speed
And the promise of the fortune it brings
Oh mama, I just don't believe

Like it happened in a Broadway scene
Are we still acting, is this the real you and me
The words don't flow, but my heart it still bleeds
Bound by the love, the warmth that it brings
And its promise to fix everything
Oh mama, I just don't believe

Angel wings tied to memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings tied to melodies
They'll never sing for you and me

A young man whose soul was burning
The hands of the people guiding him on
He was moving along, mama he was cooking
But the calendar won, his thirties are gone
And this fortune that this young man saw
Oh mama, I don't believe in it at all

Angel wings tied to memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings tied to melodies
They'll never sing for you and me
For you and me, they'll never sing

Oh mama, I just don't believe 

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Mama's Prayer
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C                          F                       C
Back when I was doing time there's a night I can't forget
                                                      G7
A mad man with knife in hand tried to kill me while I slept
    C                                 F                       C
But somehow the knife missed its mark and I pinned the raging man
                  G7                C
Somehow my mama's prayers it worked again 
                                F                       C
One night while we were driving across the mighty Texas plains
                                                          G7
A car pulled out with its headlights out head on into our lane
   C                                  F               C
As Deanrow swerved and missed the car I felt a mighty hand
                  G7                C
Somehow my mama's prayers it worked again 
       F
Mama's prayers were always with me in the battlefields of life
C                                                    G7
She prayed for me and said amen in the name of Jesus Christ
         C                            F                    C
From the death house in San Quentin I walked away a better man
                  G7                C
Somehow my mama's prayers it worked again 
       F
Mama's prayers were always with me in the battlefields of life
C                                                    G7
She prayed for me and said amen in the name of Jesus Christ
         C                            F                    C
From the death house in San Quentin I walked away a better man
                  G7                 C
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again 
 
Repeat #3

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Richard Thompson - Man In Need (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

I packed my rags, went down the hill
Left my dependents a-lying still
Just as the dawn was a-rising up
I was making good speed
I left a letter lying on the bed
From a man in need it read
You know it's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need

All of my friends don't comprehend me
Their kind of style it just offends me
I want to take 'em
I want to shake 'em
'Til they pay me some heed
You've got to ride in one direction
Until you find the right connection

You know it's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

Who's going to give you real happiness?
Who's going to give you contentedness?
Who's going to lead you?
Who's going to feed you?
And cut you free?
Well I've sailed every ship in the sea
But I travelled this world in misery

It's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

Who's going to shoe your feet?
Who's going to pay your rent?
Who's going to stand by you?
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need?

Of a man in need?

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Richard Thompson - Man In Need (Live) - 1984, Cannes Lyrics

I packed my rags, went down the hill
Left my dependents a-lying still
Just as the dawn was a-rising up
I was making good speed
I left a letter lying on the bed
From a man in need it read
You know it's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need

All of my friends don't comprehend me
Their kind of style it just offends me
I want to take 'em
I want to shake 'em
'Til they pay me some heed
You've got to ride in one direction
Until you find the right connection

You know it's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

Who's going to give you real happiness?
Who's going to give you contentedness?
Who's going to lead you?
Who's going to feed you?
And cut you free?
Well I've sailed every ship in the sea
But I travelled this world in misery

It's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?

Who's going to shoe your feet?
Who's going to pay your rent?
Who's going to stand by you?
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need?

Of a man in need?

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Man In The Middle, The

   Three men on the mountain
   Up on Calvary
   And the Man in the middle was Jesus
   He died for you and me

Well the man on the left was a sinnin man
Tied to the cross, he bled
He could have been forgiven
But he mocked the Lord instead

You say you are the Son of God
They nailed you to that tree
Come down, come down and save us
If God your Father be

Well the man on the right was a sinner too
But he was sorry for his sins
He asked the Lord's forgiveness
And Jesus said to him

Fear not, fear not this earthly death
Before this day is o'er
You'll be with me in Paradise
On Heaven's golden shore

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Man Of Constant Sorrow

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was borned and raised
(The place where he was borned and raised) 

For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I find
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now) 

It's fare thee well my own true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train) 

You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave) 

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you'll never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)

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Man With The Blues

If you need some advice in being lonely
If you need a little help in feelin' blue
If you need some advice on how to cry all night
Come to me I'm the man with the blues

    I'm the man with a hundred thousand heart aches (a good selection all in blue)
   And I've got most any color of the blues
   So if you need a little shove in foulin' up in love
   Come to me I'm the man with the blues

You have a trusting man you can depend on
He tells you you're the one he dearly loves
Your not content to be his wife you long for the restless life
Come to me I'm the man with the blues

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Mandolin Ben
BMI Work #: 8984244
Mandolin Ben (Larry W. Jones 06/28/2007) (song#4748)

Well, I had me some money and I had me a honey
And my honey was as pretty as you've ever seen
Then Mandolin Ben showed up and came between
With fast bluegrass singin' and mandolin pickin'
Mandolin Ben stole my sweet Madelyn from me
Mandolin Ben came every night to her window to serenade
He sang fast bluegrass songs about romance
Then I lost sweet Madelyn to music Mandolin Ben played
I wondered if I would ever have another chance
Well, the only chance I had was to answer an ad
In a magazine about how to play bluegrass fast
What the heck, I sent a check so I could begin
I wondered when I made it out to Mandolin Ben
- instrumental -
I got the course in the mail and I practiced without fail
After awhile, I knew the neighbors didn't like it
When they put up a sign that read House For Sale
I plinked and I plunked until they thought I was drunk
And all of my plinkin' plunkers were sore
But I knew I couldn't quit cause the course said I'd be a hit
And I wanted to see sweet Madelyn some more
I had to do a lotta stringin' while I practiced my singin'
But all the neighbors threatened to get a rope
Every time I started singin', my doorbell started ringin'
The neighbors said that that was all she wrote
But Mandolin Ben has my sweet Madelyn
And I can't give in until I get her back again
- instrumental -
But Mandolin Ben has my sweet Madelyn
And I can't give in until I get her back again
Doggone that Mandolin Ben...
Wonder if he gives refunds


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Mansion On The Hill

Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill

Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill

I've waited all through the years love
To give you a heart true and real
'Cause I know you are living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill

The lights shine bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill

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Mansion Over The Hilltop

I'm satisfied with just a cottage below
A little silver and a little gold
But in that city, where the ransomed will shine
I want a gold one, that's silver lined
Chorus:
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And someday yonder, we'll never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold
Though often tempted, tormented and tempted
And like the prophet my pillow is stone
And though I find here no permanent dwelling
I know he'll give me a mansion my own
*Refrain
Don't think me poor Lord, deserted or lonely
I'm not discouraged, 'cause I'm heaven bound
I'm just a pilgrim in search of a city
I want a mansion, a harp, and a crown
*Refrain


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Mansions For Me

There's folks building homes as sweet as can be
They're leveling their yards they're planting their trees
But my little hut I'll just let it be
For Jesus is building a mansion for me

   Mansion for me (mansion for me)
   A mansion for me (a mansion for me)
   Built by my Lord beyond Calvary
   But my little hut I'll just let it be
   For Jesus is building a mansion for me

Each day I am getting more ready to go
I'm cleansing my sins more whiter than snow
I'm packing my troubles bound with his love
Getting ready to move to heaven above

To you who have homes in this world below
Driving fine cars wherever you roam
There's coming a time when we'll all pass away
Get ready to move with me on that day

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Many Years Ago
BMI Work #: 8490018
Many Years Ago (Larry W. Jones 10/28/2006) (song#4097)

Many years ago I told you that I love you
When you placed your little hand in mine
Through the many years you've loved me too
You have always been my warm sunshine
Many years ago we built a castle
With walls so strong they never fell apart
Love withstood every kind of hassle
And our life is still a lovely work of art
Many years ago I knew, dear
That life would bring its big and heavy loads
And if it were not for you, dear
I could not have walked life's bumpy roads
Before you came I used to walk the floor
The flame of love I truly didn't know
But you came and opened up love's door
And it's the same as many years ago 
Many years ago I called you sweetheart
And I still call you sweetheart now
When you're in my arms, the feeling starts
Just like the day we said our vows
Many years ago in the Springtime
I gave to you a sweet bouquet
Loving you has been the sweetest time
Many years ago just like today


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Maple On The Hill

In a quiet country village stood a maple on the hill
Where I sat with my Geneva long ago
As the stars were shining brightly we could hear the whippoorwill
As we sat beneath the maple on the hill

We would sing love songs together when the birds had gone to rest
We would listen to the murmur o'er the hill
Will you love me, little darling as you did those starry nights
As we sat beneath the maple on the hill

Don't forget me, little darling when they lay me down to die
Just one little wish, my darling, that I pray
As you linger there in sadness thinking darling of the past
Let your teardrops kiss the flowers on my grave

I will soon be with the angels on that bright and peaceful shore
Even now I hear them coming o'er the hill
So goodbye, my little darling It is time for us to part
I must leave you 'neath the maple on the hill

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Maple Sugar Sweetheart

Oh I left her in the mountains in the golden summertime
I told her not to worry little darling pal of mine
I told her that I loved her and always would be true
When the moon comes o'er the mountain I'll be waitin' there for you

She's my darling she's my sweetheart she's the one for me
With a heart as pure as gold and in dreams her face I see
Soon I'll be returning and the wedding bells will chime
And I'll make her mine forever when it's maple sugar time

Jerry Tuckett will play the fiddle folks will come from miles away
To the maple sugar hoedown what a happy wedding day
I'll be a country king and I'll paint a pretty scene
I'll kiss her smiling ruby lips she'll be my maple sugar Queen

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Marbletown
Blue Highway

Roll out here mister
If you need a little rest
Lay me down in Marbletown
A bone yard is the best

There was a bad bull on the railroad
Tried to pull me off this train
Lay me down in Marbletown
'Til the coast is clear again

I can hear them a-hollerin'
'We got a man down here
We got a man down'

I'm gonna flip me a cannonball
That won't stop for anyone
Lay me down in Marbletown
Wait 'til morning comes

I'm gonna roll out here in the tombstones
Wait here on my train
Lay me down in Marbletown
I hope that it don't rain

And I can still hear them hollerin'
'We got a man down here
We got a man down'

Roll out here mister
If you need a little rest
Lay me down in Marbletown
A bone yard is the best

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March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away

   Suns gonna shine in my back door some day
   Suns gonna shine in my back door some day
   Suns gonna shine in my back door some day
   March winds gonna blow my blues all away

Low down fireman dirty engineer
Low down fireman dirty engineer
Low down fireman dirty engineer
Stole my gal left me standing here

My momma told long years ago
Never to marry no girls that I know
Spend all your money and wear out your clothes
What will become of you God only knows

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Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffet

Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered in oil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp hey they're beginnin' to boil

Chorus:
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know it's nobody's fault

I don't know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue

Chorus:
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
Now I think
Must be Buffet's fault

I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Broke my leg twice I had to limp on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
Hang on

Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know this is all Alan's fault
Yes and some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And I know it's our own damn fault


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Mariano
Robert Earl Keen

Am F
The man outside he works for me, his name is Mariano
Am F G
He cuts and trims the grass for me he makes the flowers bloom
Am F
He says that he comes from a place not far from Guanajuato
Am G Am
Thats two days on a bus from here, a lifetime from this room.

I fix his meals and talk to him in my old broken spanish
He points at things and tells me names of things I can't recall
Sometimes I just can't but help but wonder who this man is
And if when he is gone will he'll remember me at all

I watch him close he works just like a piston in an engine
He only stops to take a drink and smoke a cigarette
When the day is ended, I look outside my window
There on the horizon, Mariano's silhouette

He sits upon a stone in a south-easterly direction
I know my charts I know that he is thinking of his home
I've never been the sort to say I'm into intuition
But I swear I see the faces of the ones he calls his own

Their skin is brown as potters clay, their eyes void of expression
Their hair is black as widow's dreams, their dreams are all but gone
They're ancient as a vision of a sacrificial virgin
Innocent as crying from a baby being born

They hover around a dying flame and pray for his protection
Their prayers are all but answered by his letters in the mail
He sends them colored figures he cuts from strips of paper
And all his weekly wages, saving nothing for himself

It's been a while since I have seen the face of Mariano
The border guards they came one day and took him far away
I hope that he is safe down there at home in Guanajuato
I worry though I read there's revolution every day.


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Dolly Parton - Marry Me lyrics

Well I met a boy from Grassy Branch
Fine as he can be
I met him at the big barn dance
And he took a shine to me
Sky-blue eyes, a big wide smile
And tall as a sicamore tree
He's real smart with a real big heart
And he's gonna marry me
He's gonna marry me
And we're gonna go to town
We're gonna buy some real good car
And we're gonna drive around
We'll hold hands an' touch 'n' hug
He talks so sweet to me
Cause he knows a lot about love and stuff
And he's gonna marry me
His momma don't like me one little bit
But you know I don't care
Let her pitch her hissy-fit
Cause I ain't a'marryin' her
He's always been a momma's boy
It's just plain jealousy
She's as mad as an old red hen
Cause he's gonna marry me
Oh, an' he's gonna marry me
An' he's gonna buy me a ring
We're gonna be so free
Cut momma's aprin strings
He's gonna build me a pretty little house
Have a pretty little made-for-three
Cause he done kiss me on the mouth
An' he's gonna marry me
Yeah, he's gonna marry me
He's gonna buy me a ring
We're gonna be so free
Cut momma's aprin strings
He's gonna build me a pretty little house
Have a pretty little made-for-three
Cause he's done kiss me on the mouth
So he's gotta marry me
Yeah he's done kiss me on the mouth
And he's gonna marry me
Yodel-de-de-de-de-de-de-de-de


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The Boxcars - Marshallville

In 1897 down in Marshallville.
The man John Brown was running town and the law was dead and still.
John rode in on the third of May, twelve men by his side.
They shot the sheriff and they hung the judge before the day had turned to night.
By the fifth of May news had spread.
Word finally got around to Darcy Flinn the Reverend whos' wife lay in the ground.
Two years ago on a snowy night Darcy's wife was home alone.
He returned to find his house was burned and his love lie cold as stone.
He knelt by the ashes.
Something out of place.
A knife stuck down in the ground, John Brown was engraved.
after two long years of waiting, the knife clutched in his hand.
He crossed the hill toward Marshallville a changed and broken man.
He seeks the kind of justice that a Reverend shouldn't give.
Cause on this day, Brown would pay for the wages of his sin.
Story goes at day's end, Brown lay in the street.
A dozen men as dead as him and his knife lay at his feet.
Through the years no one heard more frome the Reverend.
John Brown was killed in Marshallville and he won't be back again.

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Martha White Theme

Now you bake right (uh-huh) with Martha White (yes, ma'am)
Goodness gracious, good and light, Martha White

For the finest biscuits, cakes and pies,
Get Martha White self-rising flour
The one all purpose flour,
Martha White self-rising flour's
Got Hot Rise

For the finest cornbread you can bake,
Get Martha White self-rising meal
The one all purpose meal
Martha White self-rising meal
For goodness' sake

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Alan Jackson - Mary lyrics

"Mary"
Mary, sweet wife
 How did you end up in my life
 Beautiful girl, out of all of this world
 You chose me, to lay down with at night
 The colors of spring, are vivid and green
 Since I looked, so deep in your eyes
 All of a sudden, I'm filled with emotion
 With feelings, I used to deny
 Mary, sweet wife
 How did you end up in my life
 Beautiful girl, out of all of this world
 You chose me, to lay down with at night
 You've given me purpose, and reason to worship
 Someone much stronger than me
 Gentle and tender, and always remember
 The little things, a man really needs
 Mary, sweet wife
 How did you end up in my life
 Beautiful girl, out of all of this world
 You chose me, to lay down with at night
 As time moves along, I know we'll belong
 To each other, 'till they lay me down
 And when even then, I'll take your memory with me
 To hold me, when you're not around
 Mary, sweet wife
 How did you end up in my life
 Beautiful girl, out of all of this world
 You chose me, to lay down with at night


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Richard Thompson - Mary And Joseph Lyrics

Mary and Joseph were watching the border
Lovers with a different pose, like the worm that loves the rose
Mary is in stitches, she's tied down on the bed
While Joseph plays the ukulele standing on his head

Sad is the hour that saw them divided
People with a common blood, parted in the name of good
The father and the mother of the Royal King on earth
He'll only come when hearts are joined and peace rings in His birth

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Mary Ann

There's a girl on my mind I can't get over
Who'd break the heart of any man
Without her things just falls to pieces
Oh I'm singing about my Mary Ann

   So I'll just keep touching up my gray hair
   Live and hope someday she'll understand
   It's no matter if I live to be a hundred
   There'll always be a place in my heart for Mary Ann

I know she's out there somewhere in a world that can't be found
Just to think of her still tears me down
If teardrops were pennies I'd be a wealthy man
From the tears I've cried for Mary Ann

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Mary Dear

Goodbye Mary I must go said a lad now don't grieve so
For it's duty calls me far across the sea
Take this autumn leaf of gold said the maid we'll never grow old
Always wear it near your heart and think of me

Meet me yonder down the lane when I come back home again
Neath the tree where this autumn leaf once grew
Kiss me Mary then we'll part said the lad with a broken heart
When the leave begin to fall I'll be with you

I'll be there Mary dear, I'll be there
When the fragrance of the roses fills the air
Neath that oak tree grand and tall when the leaves begin to fall
I'll be there, yes, I'll be ther, sweet Mary dear

See the lad with empty sleeve and his comrades taking leave
They're now home again, the transport has come back
If she loved you long ago she won't love you less I know
And one arm will do to hold her to you, Jack

It was autumn time again as he wandered down the lane
There beneath that oak he found a grave
There he knelt in silent prayer for the one he loved slept there
And the tears fell on the golden leaves she gave

* Refrain


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Mary Mack
Tommy Makem

There's a nice wee lass and her name is Mary Mack
Make no mistake, she's the lass I'm goin' tae tak'
There's a lot of other chaps would follow in her track
But I'm thinking that they'd have to get up early

Chorus:
Mary Mack's father's making Mary Mack marry me
My father's making me marry Mary Mack
I'm going to marry Mary for my Mary to take care o' me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mary Mack

This wee lass, she has a lot of brass
She has a lot of gas, her father thinks I'm class
I'd be a silly ass for to let the matter pass
Her father thinks she suits me very fairly

Chorus

Now, Mary and her mother go an awful lot together
In fact you hardly ever see the one without the other
The people wonder whether it is Mary or her mother
Or the both of them together that I'm courting

Chorus

Now, the wedding day's on Wednesday and everything's arranged
Her name will soon be changed to mine, unless her mind has changed
And with making the arrangements, well I'm just about deranged
For marriage is an awful undertaking

Chorus

It's sure to be a grand affair and grander than a fair
There'll be a coach and pair for rich and poor and every pair that's there
We'll dine upon the finest fare, I'm sure to get my share
If I don't then I'll be very much mistaken

Chorus


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Mary Of The Wild Moor

'Twas on one cold winty night
And the wind blew across the wild moor
As poor Mary came wandering home with her child
She stopped at her own father's door

Oh, father, dear father, she cried
Come down and open the door
Or the child in my arms will perish and die
From the winds that blow across the wild moor

But the father wasdeaf to her cry
Not a sound of her voice did he hear
Though the watch dogs did howl and the village bells tolled
And the winds blew across the wild moor

Oh, how the old man must have felt
When the came to the door the next morn
And found Mary dead, but the child still alive
Closely clasped in it's dead mother's arms

In anguish he tore his gray hair
And the tears down his cheeks they did pour
When he saw how that night she had perished and died
From the winds that blew across the wild moor

The old man with grief pined away
And the child to it's mother went soon
And no one they say has lived there to this day
And the cottage to ruin has gone

But the villagers point out the spot
Where the willows droop over the door
Saying there mary died once a gay village bride
From the winds that blew across the wild moor


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Richard Thompson - Mascara Tears 

When I said those things, I was out of my mind
I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind
Don't take it too hard
There's another man inside me wants to break us apart

You were chic off the peg, bang up to the minute
I had to put my big foot in it
Don't shout it all about
There's another man inside me and he wants to get out

Mascara tears, bitter and black
A spent bullet drilled a hole in my back
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Black as forever, mascara tears

There's hell and hoodoo in your kitchen
Scratch the place you're itching
How long will it take
There's another girl inside you and she never got a break

Mascara tears, bitter and black
A spent bullet drilled a hole in my back
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Black as forever, mascara tears

You just moan and weep and moan and weep
Dirty rivers running down your face
Tears all down your party face

Mascara tears, bitter and black
A spent bullet drilled a hole in my back
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Black as forever, mascara tears

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Match Box Blues

Out by the river, walk down by the sea
Out by the river, walk down by the sea
I got those tadpoles and minnows arguing over me

Standing here wonderin' will a matchbox hold my clothes
I'm just standing here wonderin' will a matchbox hold my clothes
I ain't got so many matches but Lawd I got so far to go

Lawd, mama, who may your master be?
Hey, sweet mama, who may your master be?
Need I ask so many questions, can you make 'rangements for me?

That little girl cross town crochet all the time
That little girl cross town crochet all the time
Baby if you don't quit crochetin', Lawd you gonna lose your mind

Well I don't mind marriage, just can't stand settlin' down
An' I don't mind marriage, but Lord, settlin' down
Don' wanna be like no preacher, I just wanna ride from town to town

I'm leavin' town, cryin' won't make me stay
I'm leavin' town, even cryin' won't make me stay
Baby, the more you cry, the further you drive me away

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Matrimony
The Avett Brothers

Things didn't work out like they should,
Farther from how you thought they would
Do you still want my hand?
Do you think I'm still your man?
I'll change everything I can.
Matrimony...

Holy plans and holy gifts
Holy shit what did we get
You said you've got plans of your own
You're gonna work and I'll stay home.
Do you still want my hand?
Do you still think I'm your man?
I'll change everything I can.
Matrimony...

My dog is loud and my dog is wild
We're too young to have a child
Can you keep the dog next week?
I'll be gone the next three.
Do you still want my hand?
Do you still think I'm your man?
I'll change everything I can.
Matrimony...

I ain't through I ain't walking out
Leaving ain't what I'm about,
You may scream and I may shout.
But baby I love you.


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Matterhorn

We started out from Bern one sunny August morn
There was just the four of us against the Matterhorn
There was Albert the Australian and John the Irishman
Me and Bill from Britain, mad dogs in the sun

   Matterhorn, Matterhorn
   Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
   That mighty Matterhorn

Two miles up we lost John and our rations fell below
Now Al and Bill are lying beneath an avalanche of snow
Now here I am alone and I know I cannot stop
Two more yards in front of me before I reach the top

Now here I am a dying upon the Matterhorn
Not a thing for me to lie in or a thing to keep me warm
The Queen would surely knight me if I could get back down
But it's closer here to heaven than it is back to the ground

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Matty Groves

Was on the high high holy day
The very best day in the year
Little Matty Groves had gone to church
Holy words for to hear
Holy words for to hear

The first to come down was dressed in red
And the second one dressed in green
The third to come down was Lord Daniel's wife
As fair as any queen
Just as fair as any queen

Then Matty Groves says to one of his men
See the fair one dressed in white
Although she is Lord Daniel's wife
I'll be with her tonight
I'll be with her tonight

Well the little foot page was standing by
And heard every word that was said
He says Lord Daniel shall know tonight
Before I go to bed
Before I go to bed

He had 15 miles for to go that night
And 10 of them he run
He run til he come to the broke down bridge
Then he bent to his breast and swum
He bent to his breast and swum

He swum til he come to where the grass was green
He took to his feet and he run
He run til he come to Lord Daniel's Gate
Then he rattled at the bells and they rung
He rattled at the bells and they rung

What news What news Lord Daniel says
What news to me have you brung
Little Matty Groves is in the bed with your wife
And their hearts both beat as one
And their hearts both beat as one

Now if the truth you've told to me
A rich man you shall be
But if a lie you've told to me
I'll hang you to a tree
I'll hang you to a tree

He gathered him up about 50 good men
He done it with a free good will
Then he popped his bugle unto his lips
And he blowed it loud and shrill
He blowed it loud and shrill

I'd better get up said little Matty Groves
I'd better get up and go
I know your husband is a coming home
For I heard his bugle blow
I heard his bugle blow

Lay down lay down my precious one
Lay down and go to sleep
It's only my father's shepherd's horn
And he's a calling for his sheep
He's a calling for his sheep

So they laid down together again
And they soon were fast asleep
And when they awoke it was broad daylight
Lord Daniel at their feet
Lord Daniel at their feet

Get up from there your naked man
And put you on some clothes
I never intend for to have it said
That a naked man I slow
That a naked man I slow

Oh give me a chance said little Matty Groves
A chance to fight for my life
For there you have two very fine swords
And me not as much as a knife
And me not as much as a knife

Oh yes I have two very fine swords
And they cost me deep in the purse
You may have the finest one
And I will take the worst
Yes I will take the worst

Then Matty Groves struck the very first lick
And he wounded Lord Daniel sore
Lord Daniel struck the very next lick
And he drove Matty Groves to the floor
He drove Matty Groves to the floor

Then he taken his lady by the hand
And he sat her on his knee
And he says Now which do you love the best
Little Matty Groves or me
Little Matty Groves or me

Very well I like your rosy cheeks
Very well I like your chin
But better I love little Matty Groves
Than you and all of your kin
Than you and all of your kin

You can dig my grave on a pretty green hill
Dig it wide and deep
And put little Matty Groves in my arms
Lord Daniel at my feet
Lord Daniel at my feet

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Maude's Blues (Losing Is An Easy Game)
Sylvia Fricker Tyson

Losing is an easy game
Yes, losing is an easy game
It's so easy to fall, but it's so hard to climb
Pretty soon your falling all of the time
Yes, losing is an easy game
Oh, what can a loser do?
Yes, what can a loser do?
Oh, the Lord made losers so a winner could win
That's the spot he put me in
Yes, what can a loser do?
Oh everybody wins sometime
Yes, everybody wins sometime
Well, when my tome comes, gona bar that door
Ain't gonna let my good luck loose no more
Yes, everybody wins sometime.
Oh, when I've lost my last round,
Yes, when I've lost my last round,
Cradle wood and coffin wood are all the same to me
They're both carved out of that same pine tree
Yes, when I've lost my last round
Losing is an easy game
Yes, losing is an easy game
It's so easy to fall, but it's so hard to climb
Pretty soon your falling all of the time
Yes, losing is an easy game


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Mac Wiseman  - May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight? 

One night it was dark and 'twas stormy
And along came a tramp in the rain
He was making his way to some station
To catch a long distance train.

May I sleep in your barn tonight mister
It is cold lying out on the ground
And the cold north wind it is blowing
And I have no place to lie down.

Oh I have no tobacco or matches
And I'm sure that I'll do you no harm
I will tell you my story kind mister
For it runs through my heart like a thorn.

It was three years ago last summer
I shall never forget that sad day
When a stranger came out from the city
And said that he wanted to stay.

One night as I came from my workshop
I was whistling and singing with joy
I expected a kind hearted welcome
From my sweet loving wife and my boy.

But what should I find I find but a letter
It was placed in the room on the stand
And the moment my eyes fell upon it
I picked it right up in my hand.

Now this note said my wife and the stranger
They had left and had taken my son
Oh I wonder if God up in Heaven
Only knows what this stranger has done

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The Avett Brothers - May It Last 
Produced By Rick Rubin

[Chorus]
There is a sea, and I am a captain
Of something unknown, waves high as mountains
There is a key, and there is a lie
Here's to times that I catch it
May it last through the night

[Verse 1]
I'm as low as they come
I'm what shouldn't be done
Filthy and lost
Still up for trying
You're the one reason why
I look up and smile
Wishing for love
And I'm ready to forge ahead
[Chorus]
There is a sea, and I am a captain
Of something unknown, waves high as mountains
There is a key, and there is a lie
Here's to times that I catch it
May it last through the night

[Verse 2]
Dark thoughts are hidden
Masked in the shadows
Times they get strange
Cause a friend
Where all we'll fit in
Blind in our armor
Traveling fast
Judgement is past
Now it's time to go home

[Chorus]
There is a sea, and I am a captain
Of something unknown, waves high as mountains
There is a key, and there is a lie
Here's to times that I catch it
May it last through the night

[Bridge]
When the engine won't turn
When the fire won't burn
Like it did when we felt it
Deep in our hearts
Untie the rudder
Guide them away
Take me off [?]
Take me off sir

[Chorus]
There is a sea, and I am a captain
Of something unknown, waves high as mountains
There is a key, and there is a lie
Here's to times that I catch it
May it last through the night

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May You Never Be Alone

Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight
I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea
May you  never be alone like me

I believed the lies you told to me
When you whispered Dear I worship thee
Now here am I alone and blue
All because I loved no one but you

I gave up my friends I left my home
When you promised to be mine alone
Now you're gone our love could never be
May you  never be alone like me. 

In the bible God's own words do say
For ev'ry wrong some day you'll  pay
I pray the Lord to set me  free
May you  never be alone like me

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May You Never Ride Alone Like Me
BMI Work #: 13591802
May You Never Ride Alone Like Me (Larry W. Jones 11/19/2007) (song#5169)

Like a longhorn that has lost its sight
I'm so forlorn and lonesome tonight
My dream has died on the lone prairie
May you never ride alone like me
I believed you when you told me
You would be mine and we'd marry
Now I ride alone and so blue
Just because I believed in you
- instrumental -
I believed you when you told me
You would be mine and we'd marry
Now I ride alone and so blue
Just because I believed in you
I left the ranch house that was my home
When you said you would love me alone
Now I'm alone, my dreams not to be
May you never ride alone like me
Now I'm alone, my dreams not to be
May you never ride alone like me


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The Incredible String Band - Maya 

Dust of the rivers does murmur and weep
Hard and sharp laughter that cuts to the bone
Ah, but every face within your face does show
Going gladly now to give himself his own

And twelve yellow willows shall fellow the shallows
Small waves and thunder be my pillow
Upon the gleaming water two swans that swim
And every place shall be my native home

The east gate like a fortress dissolve it away
The west gate like a prison, oh, come break it down
Island, I remember, living here
Wandering beneath the empty skies

In time her hair grew long and swept the ground
And seven blackbirds carried it out behind
It bore the holy imprint of her mind
As greenfoot slow, she moved among the seasons

The great man, the great man
Historians his memory
Artists, his senses, thinkers, his brain
Labourers, his growth, explorers, his limbs

And soldiers his death each second
And mystics his rebirth each second
Businessmen, his nervous system
No-hustle men his stomach

Astrologers, his balance, lovers, his loins
His skin it is all patchy
But soon will reach one glowing hue

God is his soul, infinity, his goal
The mystery, his source
And civilisation, he leaves behind
Opinions are his fingernails

Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play
Be thou the joyful player
Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play
Be thou the joyful player

The wanderer no sense does make
His eyes being tied in the true love's knot
The trees perceive his soul
Do not detain him long

Dear little animal, dark-eyed and small
Caring for your fur with pointed paws
This hawk of truth is swift and flies with a still cry
A small sweet meat to the eyes of night

Oh, dandelion be thou thine
Reflecting the sun in sexual glory
In ever changing tongues
The ever changing story

The book, man, bird, woman, serpent, sea, sun
Blessed, oh, blessed are they of the air
Your eyes, they are the eyes of the glad land
Ye twelve that will enter the seasons

The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing
Mariners, mariners, gather your skills
The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing
Mariners, mariners, gather your skills

Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the lion heart
Three kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra
The Cobbler, the maiden, the mender and the maker
The sickener and the twitcher and the glad undertaker

The shepherd of willows
The harper and the archer
All sat down in one boat together
Troubled voyage in calm weather

Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play
Be thou the joyful player
Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play

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The Incredible String Band - Maya - 2010 Remastered Version 

Dust of the rivers does murmur and weep
Hard and sharp laughter that cuts to the bone
Ah, but every face within your face does show
Going gladly now to give himself his own

And twelve yellow willows shall fellow the shallows
Small waves and thunder be my pillow
Upon the gleaming water two swans that swim
And every place shall be my native home

The east gate like a fortress dissolve it away
The west gate like a prison, oh, come break it down
Island, I remember, living here
Wandering beneath the empty skies

In time her hair grew long and swept the ground
And seven blackbirds carried it out behind
It bore the holy imprint of her mind
As greenfoot slow, she moved among the seasons

The great man, the great man
Historians his memory
Artists, his senses, thinkers, his brain
Labourers, his growth, explorers, his limbs

And soldiers his death each second
And mystics his rebirth each second
Businessmen, his nervous system
No-hustle men his stomach

Astrologers, his balance, lovers, his loins
His skin it is all patchy
But soon will reach one glowing hue

God is his soul, infinity, his goal
The mystery, his source
And civilisation, he leaves behind
Opinions are his fingernails

Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play
Be thou the joyful player
Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play
Be thou the joyful player

The wanderer no sense does make
His eyes being tied in the true love's knot
The trees perceive his soul
Do not detain him long

Dear little animal, dark-eyed and small
Caring for your fur with pointed paws
This hawk of truth is swift and flies with a still cry
A small sweet meat to the eyes of night

Oh, dandelion be thou thine
Reflecting the sun in sexual glory
In ever changing tongues
The ever changing story

The book, man, bird, woman, serpent, sea, sun
Blessed, oh, blessed are they of the air
Your eyes, they are the eyes of the glad land
Ye twelve that will enter the seasons

The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing
Mariners, mariners, gather your skills
The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing
Mariners, mariners, gather your skills

Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the lion heart
Three kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra
The Cobbler, the maiden, the mender and the maker
The sickener and the twitcher and the glad undertaker

The shepherd of willows
The harper and the archer
All sat down in one boat together
Troubled voyage in calm weather

Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play
Be thou the joyful player
Maya, Maya, all this world is but a play

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Alison Krauss - Maybe 

Yesterday the odds were stacked in favor of my expectations
Lying above the rest, never falling from the nest
Tuesday came and went and now I'm in a little situation
Maybe it's for the best, I can live alone I guess

Maybe I can stand alone
Maybe I'm strong as stone
Even though the bird has flown
Maybe he'll fly on home

Forgive me if I'm keeping you apart from better conversation
I'm numb from all my doubt, trying to sort the whole thing out
Tell me that I'm smart enough to deal with all the information
Spinning inside my head, every word he ever said

Maybe I can stand alone
Maybe I'm strong as stone
Even though the bird has flown
Maybe he'll fly on home

(repeat chorus)

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Alan Jackson - Maybe I Should Stay Here lyrics

Maybe I should stay here
For the rest of my life
My compliments to you dear
You're so easy on the eyes
I'm likin' how my Jack and water mixes with your
Estee Lauder ooh
So maybe I should stay here
And keep makin' eyes at you
Maybe you should stay here
I beg you not to go
There's something I must say dear
I'm compelled to let you know
My intuition makes me think
That holdin' you's a possibility
So maybe you should stay here
And keep makin' eyes at me
Some lovers lose, some lovers win
But honey I don't care
Somebody said only fools rush in
But me, I'm already there
So maybe we should stay here
'Cause here's where we belong
Like me the night is lonely
Like you the night is young
There's no reason why
We shouldn't have these feelings
If it happens naturally, oh yeah
So maybe we should stay here
For all eternity, oh baby, we should stay here just
You and me


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Maybe Next Christmas
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Lester Blackwell

G            D7     C
I'm thinking now of Christmas
     D7                  G
Back home the fields are white
    D7          C
Too far away to see them
D7
Wish I were there tonight
G            D7            C
I know folks back home all miss me
    D7                     G
The children's eyes closed tight
                C       G
While I picture dad and momma
D7                 G
Kneeling by candle light
        C                      G
Yes I'd give the world just to be home
  A7                   D7
I miss them more every day
  G            D7          C
I know what it means to be lonely
D7
Lonely this Christmas I'll stay
G          D7            C
Maybe next year when the snow falls
D7                    G
I'll find my way back home
           C              G
Maybe next Christmas I'll be there
D7                 G
Never again will I roam

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The Incredible String Band - Maybe Someday 

Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along
Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along

Sitting here with my arms around my music
Thinking of the girl that I might spend
The whole of my days with

Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along
Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along

Until then I will do the best that I can
Any fine young girl that I might meet
'That I could use, keep my eye on

Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along
Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along

Mother tried the very best that she could do
That was no good, the one she chose
Did not like the way her teeth grew

Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along
Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along

One fine day I took a walk down by the river
Fair maid did lie and she did sigh
As I stooped down to kiss her

Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along
Maybe someday she will come, come along, long
Maybe someday she will come along

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The Incredible String Band - Maybe Someday - 2010 Remastered Version 

Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.
Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.

Sitting here with my arms around my music,
Thinking of the girl that I might spend
The whole of my days with.

Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.
Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.

Until then I will do the best that I can,
And any fine young girl that I might meet
That I could use, keep my eye on.

Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.
Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.

Mother tried the very best that she could do,
That was no good, the one she chose,
I did not like the way her teeth grew.

Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.
Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.

One fine day I took a walk down by the river,
Fair maid did lie and she did sigh
As I stooped down to kiss her.

Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.
Maybe someday she will come, come along long,
Maybe someday she will come along.

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Maybe You Will Change Your Mind

The time has come to say goodbye
I hate to part, this way
Our parting ways, have met again
This is goodbye today
Maybe you will change your mind
And if you do, someday you'll find
That you were wrong and I was right
About the tie, that binds
The tie that binds, our love sweetheart
Was torn to shreds by you
But if you'll piece them up again
We'll start our life anew
* Refrain
You'll find the road, gets longer dear
When I'm not by your side
And I may shed some better tears
My love I cannot hide
* Refrain


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Maybelline
Chuck Berry

As I was motivating over the hill,
I saw Maybelline in a Coup DeVille.
Cadillac rollin' on the open road,
But nothin' outrun my V-8 Ford.
Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five.
We was bumper to bumper rollin' side by side.

Chorus:
Maybelline, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' those things
You used to do.

Cadillac pulled up to hundred and four.
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more.
It done got cloudy and started to rain.
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane.
Rainwater blowin' all under my hood,
And I knew that was doin' my motor good.

Chorus

The motor cooled down, the heat cooled down,
And that's when I heard that highway sound.
Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead,
A hundered and ten, a half a mile ahead.
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still,
And I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill.

Chorus x 2


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Me And Bobby Mcgee
Kris Kristofferson

Busted flat in baton rouge
Headin' for the train
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down
Just before it rained
Took us all away to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while bobby sang the blues
With those windshield wipers slappin' time
And bobby clappin' hands we finally
Sung up every song that driver knew

Chrous:
Freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin
But it's free
Feelin' good was easy lord
When Bobby sang the blues
Feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

From the coal mines of Kentucky
To the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me, Lord
Through every thing I done
Every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord
I let her slip away
Searchin' for the home
I hope she'll find
And I'd give all my tomorrows
For a single yesterday
Holdin' Bobby's body close to mine

Chorus


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Me and God
The Avett Brothers

Well I know a preacher he's a real good man
He speaks from The Good Book and his hand
And helps all people when he can
But me and God don't need a middle man

Well I found God in a soft woman's hair
A long days work and a good sittin' chair
The ups and downs of the treble clef lines
And five miles ago on an interstate sign
My God, my God and I don't need a middle man
My God, my God and I don't need a middle man

Now I don't doubt that The Good Book is true
What's right for me may not be right for you
To church on Sunday I'll stand beside
All the hurtin' people with the fear in their eyes
And I thank the Lord for the country land
Just like Paul I thank him for my hands
And I don't know if my soul is safe
Sometimes I use curse words when I pray
My God, my God and I don't need a middle man
My God, my God and I don't need a middle man
My God, my God and I don't need a middle man
My God, my God and I don't need a middle man


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Brad Paisley - Me And Jesus lyrics

I knew a man, that once was a sinner
I knew a man, that once was a drunk
I knew a man, that once was a loser
He went out in the woods and made an altar out of a stump
And me and Jesus got our own thing going
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing going
And we don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about
We can't afford no fancy preaching
We can't afford no fancy church
We can't afford no fancy singing
But don't you know God's got a lot of good people out doing his work
And me and Jesus got our own thing going
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing going
And we don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about
Me and Jesus got our own thing going
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing going
And we don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about


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Dolly Parton - Me And Little Andy lyrics

Late one cold and stormy night I heard a dog a' barkin'
Then I thought I heard somebody at my door a' knockin'
I wondered who could be outdide in such an awful storm
Then I saw a little girl with a puppy in her arms
Before I could say a word she said, 'My name is Sandy
And this here is my puppy dog, it's name is little Andy'
Standing in the bitter cold in just a ragged dress
Then I asked her to come in and this is what she said
Chorus:
Ain't ya got no gingerbread
Ain't ya got no candy
Ain't ya got an extra bed for me and little Andy
Patty cake and bakersman
My mommy ran away again
And we was all alone and didn't know what else to do
I wonder if you'll let us stay with you
Giddy up trotty horse, going to the mill
Can we stay all night
If you don't love us no one will
I promise we won't cry
London bridge is fallin' down
My daddy's drunk again in town
And we was all alone and didn't what we could do
I wonder if you'll let us stay with you
She was just a little girl, not more than six or seven
But that night as they slept the angels took them both to heaven
God knew little Andy would be lonesome with her gone
Now Sandy and her puppy dog won't ever be alone
Ain't ya got no gingerbread
Ain't ya got no candy
Ain't ya got an extra bed for me and little (whispers) Andy


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Me And My Uncle
John Phillips

Me and my uncle come riding down
South Colorado, West Texas bound.
We stopped over in Santa Fe
That being the point 'bout half way
And besides it was the hottest part of the day.

I hitched our ponies into a stall
Went to the bar, boys, bought drinks for all.
Three days in the saddle, you know my body hurt
It being summer, I took off my shirt
And I tried to wash off some of the dust and dirt.

West Texas cowboys, all over town
With gold and silver, they's loaded down
Just in from roundup, ain't that a shame
'Cause my uncle, he starts a friendly game
And it's high-low jacks and the winner take the game.

Right from the beginning, Uncle starts to win.
Them Texas cowboys, they're as mad as sin.
Some say he's cheating, but oh that just can't be
'Cause my uncle, he's as honest as me
And I'm as honest as a Denver man can be

One of them cowboys, he starts to draw
I grabbed a bottle, slapped him on the jaw.
I shot another, hot damn he won't grow old
In the confusion Uncle grabbed the gold
And we high-tailed it down to Mexico

God bless them cowboys. God bless their gold.
God bless Uncle, rest his soul.
He taught me well, boys, taught me all I know.
He taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold.
And I left him dying there by the side of the road.

Repeat First Verse

And me, I'm just about as honest as a Denver man can be.


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Me And Paul
Willie Nelson

It's been rough and rocky travelin',
But I'm finally standin' upright on the ground.
After takin' several readings,
I'm surprised to find my mind`s still fairly sound.

I guess Nashville was the roughest,
But I know I said the same about them all.
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul.

Almost busted in Laredo,
But for reasons that I'd rather not disclose,
But if you're stayin' in a motel there and leave,
Just don't leave nothin' in your clothes.

And at the airport in Milwaukee,
They refused to let us board the plane at all,
They said we looked suspicious,
But I believe they like to pick on me and Paul.

I guess Nashville was the roughest,
But I know I said the same about them all.
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul.


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Me And That Buck Named Sam
Author: Randolph E. Ginter

Got my camo outfit on
My long johns and my hat
Gonna go a huntin' now
And I've got it down pat
Sun is coming up right now
I'm up here in a tree
I see me a silhouette
And patience is the key
Sitting here about four hours
My butt is getting sore
I am going to wait him out
About an hour more
(Chorus)
I've been trying many years
And I don't give a damn
Give each other some respect
Me and that buck named Sam
Daylight is a burning now
I see a couple does
Come on Sam and follow them
And bring this to a close
Again, he doesn't follow them
And it is plain to see
Sam he is the smart one here
It surely is not me
I'll be back before it's dark
Give it another try
Be out foxed by him again
He'll leave me high and dry
(Chorus)
I've been trying many years
And I don't give a damn
Give each other some respect
Me and that buck named Sam
Copyright ©2009, Randolph E. Ginter
Randolph E. Ginter Song Lyrics Volume #2
11/19/2009 Copyright PAu003439682
http://randolph-e-ginter-song-lyrics-and-music.info/


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Punch Brothers - Me and Us 

We go to bed and you fall asleep, fall asleep, not me,
we go to bed and I lie awake, lie awake and
float out the window and down the street, over the bridge and
into the village for a little break from me, meaning us.
I float away and you disappear, disappear,
some pretty young villager takes my hand and leads me to more
pretty young villagers forming a ring, forming a ring around
a bonfire built on a line in the sand between me an us.
Am I lost, have I lost, have they thrown me on the fire,
there to dance in the flames, far enough from you to wonder
if me still means us.
She leads me to the end of the night. A boyfriend of hers is there.
You're on his arm, but our eyes don't meet, our eyes don't meet 'cause
we only have eyes for fueling the fire, being melted down and reformed
in the image of wilder things, wilder things than us.
Are we lost, have we lost, have they thrown us on the fire,
there to dance in the flames, far enough from one another.
We fed them to the flames, but they're just getting colder and colder.
The boy's at least half again as selfish, and the girl's feeling a day
older per hour,
but there's no help for them now,
because together looks good when you're alone looks good
when you're together,
and it takes a village older and less inclined to say which is better to say
which would be better.

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Brad Paisley - Me Neither lyrics

Darlin' I've been standin' here just watchin' you all night
And I think I've even caught you watchin' me a couple times
If I don't ask I'll never know
This may sound dumb, but here we go
Do you believe in love at first sight
Me neither
I'm glad that we agree
Believe me
That's a big relief
Well, this place is awful crowded
And this music is so loud
Would you like to go and grab a bite to eat
Me neither
It's nice to finally meet a girl who doesn't move too fast
I was only checkin', that's the reason that I asked
Relationships need time to grow
You and I should take this slow
And darlin' tell me, would you like to dance
Me neither
I was just bein' polite
Thank goodness
My feet are much too tired
I'm sure you're tired too
I can see an empty booth
Would you like to maybe sit and talk a while
Me neither
We'd never get along
I'm thinkin' there's no chemistry at all
This has been a waste of time
And I'm runnin' outta lines
Don't you think it's time for me to end this song
Me neither


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Alan Jackson - Meat And Potato Man lyrics

I like my steak well done, my taters fried
Football games on Monday night
It´s just who I am
A meat and potato man
I like my coffee black
Old TV shows
My women hot and my beer ice cold
It´s just who I am
A meat and potato man
I don´t like caviar, sushi bars,
The IRS or phony stars
I´m a Haggard fan
A meat and potato man
I like my fishin´ holes, lightnin´ bugs
Flatt ´n Scruggs, and my woman´s love
It´s just who I am
A meat and potato man
I like my wrangler jeans, cowboy boots
Cornbread and beans and country roots
It´s just who I am
A meat and potato man
I don´t like politics, hypocrites
Folks with poodles dressed like kids
I´m a hounddog fan
A meat and potato man
eah, that´s what I am,
a meat and potato man.


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Medals for Mothers
Song by Daniel O'Donnell

I dreamed mama walked up
Those heavenly stairs
And medals for mothers
Were given up there
They mentioned the million things
Mom did for me
Things I took for granted
And never could see.
If there's medals for mother
For all of the deeds they have done
If there's medals for mothers
Mama you'll win everyone.
A medal of honor
Was pinned on her there
A medal for patience
And kind loving care.
A medal for duty
She won up above
But the biggest of all
Was the one for her love.
If there's medals for mothers
For all of the deeds they have done
If there's medals for mothers
Mama you'll win everyone.
Yes, Mama you'll win everyone...

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Medicine Springs

Well I wandered way back in the mountains
I was searching for fortune and fame
I found where the water runs deep from the hills
They call it the medicine springs
They call it the medicine springs

It was there that I met a fair maiden
Yellow hair and big eyes of blue
She told me one day she loved only me
That she'd forever be true
That she'd forever be true

Well I wanted the best for my darlin'
But my pockets were empty and bare
My love was so great for that starlett of mine
I took what another man had
I took what another man had

As I sit here alone in this jailhouse
With a letter I can't hardly read
It said my darlin' has left this ol' world
She's a waitin' in heaven for me
She's a waitin' in heaven for me

Some day I'll go back to the mountains
Where I'll spend the rest of my days
And the water that runs frome the side of the hill
Will water her flowery grave
Will water her flowery grave

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Alison Krauss - Medley
A Hundred Miles Or More

I've had nothing but sorrow
Since you said we were through
There's no hope for tomorrow
How's the world treating you
Every sweet thing that matters
Has been broken in two
All my dreams have been shattered
How's the world treating you
Got no plans for next Sunday
Got no plans for today
Every day is blue Monday
Every day you're away
Tho' our pathways have parted
To your memory I'm true
Guess I'll stay broken hearted
How's the world treating you
Do you wonder about me
Like I'm hoping you do
Are you lonesome without me
Have you found someone new
Are you burning and yearning
Do you ever get blue
Do you think of returning
How's the world treating you

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Billy Strings Lyrics
Meet Me At The Creek

Well I'm standin' all alone
By the river of my home
Thinkin' 'bout the days I've left behind
All the years I rode
Not a nickel can I show
And the river helps to ease my worried mind

Well the river run all night
Lord, the river runs all day
I can't run no more 'cause I'm here to stay
I had an eye for trouble
And I've lived a life of pain
I sit back and let that water heal my brain

I'm letting go of all my trouble
I think I'll be right here to stay
Well the water keeps a-churnin' while my poor heart is burnin'
Muddy water, take my pain away

Well one thing I want to know
Lord, is where we people go
When everything comes crashin' to the ground
Meet me at the creek
Grab a beer and tap your feet
See that muddy water flowin' down

I'm letting go of all my trouble
I think I'll be right here to stay
Well the water keeps a-churnin' while my poor heart is burnin'
Muddy water, take my pain away

Well I'm standin' all alone
By the river of my home
Thinkin' 'bout the days I've left behind
All the years I rode
Not a nickel can I show
And the river helps to ease my worried mind

I'm letting go of all my trouble
I think I'll be right here to stay
Well the water keeps a-churnin' while my poor heart is burnin'
Muddy water, take my pain away
Muddy water, take my pain away

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Meet Me By The Moonlight

   Meet me by the moonlight love meet me
   Meet me by the moonlight alone alone
   I have a sad story to tell you
   All down by the moonlight alone

I've always loved you my darling
You said I've never been true
I'd do anything just to please you
I'd die any day just for you

I have a ship on the ocean
All lined with silver and gold
And before my little darling shall suffer
I'll have the ship anchored and sold

If I had wings like an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
I'd fly to the arms of my darling
And there I'd be willing to die

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Richard Thompson - Meet On The Ledge

We used to say There'd come the day
We'd all be making songs
Or finding better wordsâ?�
These ideas never lasted long

The way is up along the road
The air is growing thin
Too many friends who tried
Swept off this mountain with the wind

Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
When my time is up, I'm gonna see all of my friends
Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes around again

And now I see, I'm all alone
But that's the only way to be
You'll have your chance again
And you can do the work for me

Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
When my time is up, I'm gonna see all of my friends
Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes around again

Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
When my time is up, I'm gonna see all of my friends
Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes around again

Meet on the ledge, all come and meet on the ledge
When my time is up, I'm gonna see all of my friends
Meet on the ledge, we're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes around again

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Meeting In The Air

You have heard of little Moses in the bull rush
You have heard of fearless David and his sling
You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph
And of Jonah and the whale you often sing

   There is going to be a meeting in the air
   In that sweet sweet by and by
   I am going to meet you meet you over there
   In that home beyond the sky

   The singing you will hear never heard by mortals ears
   Will be glorious I do declare
   And God's own son will be the leading one
   At that meeting in the air

There are many many others through the bible
I should like to meet them all I do declare
By and by the lord will surely let us meet them
At that meeting in the air

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Mem'ries Of May
BMI Work #: 9181051
Mem'ries Of May (Larry W. Jones 10/15/2007) (song#5068)

Darling, May brought us more springtime
Along with the flowers of May
And we heard the pealing of chimes
For the love we have to this day
No, there was no time for sadness
That bridge for us had been crossed
Dear, this gladness was meant for us
No matter what ever the cost
We have mem'ries of May
As real as the flowers of a bouquet
We have mem'ries of May
Though that springtime is now so far away
- instrumental -
We waited for the warm summer
Beneath that cottonwood tree green
Dear, those feelings we had in May
Now both of us know what they mean
And it's knowing that here you stand
That still makes me feel that same way
I remember us hand in hand
I do with those mem'ries of May
We have mem'ries of May
As real as the flowers of a bouquet
We have mem'ries of May
Though that springtime is now so far away


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Memories

Memories, memories
Memories of the one that I let go
Memories, memories
Memories of the one I still love so

My arms can't hold a memory
There's nothing there to hold
And thoughts of you can't warm me
When the nights are dark and cold
My lips can't kiss a memory
It has no lips to kiss
And just how long will I go on
With memories like this

* Refrain

Memories of the one I still love so


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Memories Cover Everything I Own

This morning found me down and troubled hurting deep inside
And if I thought it might do some good I guess I could have cried
Your memory crept into my heart like a winter morning chill
It chilled my heart my blood ran cold I guess I love you still

I try my best to think of ways to keep your memory still
You left a place in spite of me that time can't seem to kill
The pieces of my broken heart just never seem to fit
There's one still missing when I rearrange I guess I love you yet

The snow lays in the trees and turns at night from white to blue
I'm looking to replace a life of dreams I lost with you
Yes I'll be trying to fill my time so that I'm not alone
But old memories of what used to be cover everything I own

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The Osborne Brothers - Memories Never Die lyrics

(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
Memories never die.
Though someone stole you away from me
I'll hold your love in my memory
Though miles between us can keep us apart
Your picture is locked in my heart.
Memories never die
Memories never die
Though you're not here I still hold you near
'Cause memories never die.
When you first left me I cried and cried
Just like a child whose mother dies
Now when I want you I'll cry no more
You're waiting at memory's door.
Memories never die
Memories never die
Though you're not here I still hold you near
'Cause memories never die.
--- Instrumental ---
When you are tired of someone new
When you are living in mem'ries too
Try to remember the used to be
When you were in love with me.
Memories never die
Memories never die
Though you're not here I still hold you near
'Cause memories never die.
Cause memories never die...


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Memories Of Mother

On a dark stormy night the an gles called Mother
The love that we shared for such a short while
She called us around and then told us she's leaving
And then closing her eyes she went with a smile

Mother's rest in a lonesome old graveyard
On a hill far away there stands her white tomb
With the grass covered o'er it seems so neglected
When spring seasons come sweet flowers will bloom

I'll never forget the love Mother gave us
As children we played around our old home
I know her reward is a mansion in heaven
While children on earth are scattered and gone

* Refrain


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Memories Of Mother And Dad

Mother left this world of sorrow
Our home was silent and so sad
Dad took sick and had to leave us
I have no home No mother nor dad

   There's a little lonesome grave yard
   On these tomestones it did say
   On mother's "gone but not forgotten"
    On dad's "we'll meet again someday"

I often go out to the graveyard
Where they laided them down to rest
I can almost hear them whisper
Trust in god He'll do the rest

Their souls have gone up to heaven
Where they'll dwell with god above
Where they'll meet there friends and loved ones
And share with all his precious love

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Memories Of Mother - Stanleys

On a dark stormy night the angels called mother
The love that we shred for such a short while
She called us around and told us she's leaving
Then closing her eyes she went with a smile

   Mother's at rest in a lonesome old graveyard
   On a hill far away there stands her white tomb
   With the grass covered o'er it seems so neglected
   When the spring season comes sweet flowers will bloom

I'll never forget the love mother gave us
As children we played around our old home
I know her reward is a mansion in heaven
While children on earth are scattered and gone

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Memories Of The Past

I can't forget you little darlin'
Each night you're always in my dreams
Your face is always here before me
On thru the years with you I'll dream

How we used to love each other
It's just memories of the past
I should have known you were false hearted
That our love would never last

Each night I go down to the bar room
There I'll drink the warm red wine
And I'll play the lonesome jukebox
For your love is on my mind

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Memories Of Us
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dave Kirby and Glenn Martin
 
G           D7           G      C           A7
The old man who sold his apples isn't there anymore
C            D7     G             C   A7        D7
And the city square don't seem as big as it did before
G         D7            G         C                  A7
They tore down that old drugstore we used to love so much
C        D7    G              C    G         D7      G
But everything it's still the same in my memories of us
         D7             G
That old school bus has long stopped runnin' 
C                      A7
And I heard the driver died
C             D7    G              C
And the movie house is all boarded up 
A7                   D7
Where we sat side by side
G       D7             G               C                  A7
And the sign that said State Champions is covered up with dust
C        D7    G              C    G         D7      G
But everything it's still the same in my memories of us
          G7      C  D7                   G
In my memories of us things are still the same
               C             A7               D7
For yesterdays are something tomorrows cannot change
G                             G7    C                  A7
Where freckles just don't disappear and pigtails never rust
C        D7    G              C    G         D7      G
And everything it's still the same in my memories of us
   D7        C G
My memory of us

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Memories Of You Dear

Memories of you, dear
Fill my heart with pain
And I know you'll never
Be in my arms again

You say that you found another
You tell me you love him, too
My poor old heart is breakin'
Lord, I don't know what to do

I tried so hard to please you
But nothin' could be done
For now you're with another
And I'm left all alone

I know that I can't forget you
Although sometimes I may try
Regretting the day that I met you
I just sit alone and cry

Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may be
I'll always love you darlin'
And want you here with me

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Memory Is A Flower
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Jimmy Day
[3/4 time]

G                      C                 G
Memory is a flower you once wore in your hair
D7                                                        G
You were twice as lovely as we vowed that we always would care
                         C                  G
Memory is a pillow where you once laid your head
D7                                        G
Memory is a garden where our love ran and played
                              C                G
Memory is the first fight the one that tore us apart
D7                                                  G
Memory is the jealousy that drove the trust from my heart
                          C                       G
Memory is a fireside that warms the heart and the soul
D7                                                          G
Deceit and shame distrust and blame have made the fire grow cold
                          C                 G
Memory is a costume whose gift won't set me free
D7                                         G
Memory is a future whose past won't let me be
                      C             G
Memory is a lost love forever gone astray
D7                                     G
You will be my last memory on my dying day

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Memphis Special

I'm riding on that Memphis Special
I'm riding on that Memphis Train
I'm on my way to see my darlin
That I won't ever meet again

That whistle used to make me lonesome
But now it seems to sing a song
It's singin' 'bout my blue eyed darlin (trio from 'bout)
And how she's waiting for so long

Please engineer open the throttle
Fireman shovel on the coal
And when that boarder hollers "Memphis"
Her smiling face I'll see once more

I'm riding on that Memphis Specia
I'm riding on that Memphis Train
I'm on my way to see my darlin
That I won't ever meet again

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Dolly Parton - Mendy Never Sleeps lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1970

Mendy is sixteen and uncontrolable Mendy is only a child
Mendy is in with the in-crowd Mendy is ever so wild
Mendy's hair hangs straight and long Mendy feels this is a must
Mini skirts and many friends and many horrors for us
Mendy finds a plenty to do but Mendy never sleeps
Mendy slips out of the house in the evening when the sun is sinkin'
Mendy is out with the in-crowd Mendy is smokin' and drinkin'
There's a different shine in Mendy's eyes and the color is gone from her cheeks
Mendy is a swinger but Mendy never sleeps
Mendy never sleeps and Mendy is growing weak
Mendy lies lifeless and limpid are her eyes now oh Mendy please don't go to
sleep


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Alan Jackson - Mercury Blues lyrics

Well if I had money
Tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
Lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury 
And cruise it up and down the road
Well the girl I love
I stole her from a friend
He got lucky, stole her back again
She heard he had a Mercury
Lord she's crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road
Well hey now mama
You look so fine ridin round in your Mercury 49
Crazy bout a Mercury
lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road
Well my baby went out
She didn't stay long
Bought herself a Mercury, come a cruisin home
She's crazy bout a Mercury
Yeah she's crazy bout a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road
Well if I had money
I tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy me a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road


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The Incredible String Band - Mercy I Cry City 

Since you got me here
I see you're trying to steal my soul
Your army's trying so very hard
To find for me a goal

But where's your quiet pastures
Where there's time for me to be
Nothing else but what I am
That's what you seem scared to see

You cover up your emptiness
With brick and noise and rush
Oh, I can see and touch you
But you don't owe reality much

Have mercy I cry city, you're all upon my mind
And sometimes I think you keep forgettin'
That you don't know me
Mercy I cry city, you're all upon my mind

Oh, send another carriage
Chugging down your chokey tube
I hope it makes you happy
'Cause it don't do my health much good

You're slowly killing fumes
Now squeeze the lemon in my head
Make me know just what it's like
For a sin drenched Christian to be dead

Ah, show to me your glitter
And your flashing neon light
You see, I think that only the sun knows
How to be quietly bright

Have mercy I cry city, you're all upon my mind
That sometimes I think you keep forgettin'
That you don't know me
Mercy I cry city, you're all upon my mind

Oh city, what you been doin'?
All these years, what you been doin'?
Who would believe that what you been doin'
Would make such a ruin of you?

Hey city, what you been doin'?
All these years, what you been doin'?
Who would believe that what you been doin'
Would make such a ruin of you?
Tell me city

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The Incredible String Band - Mercy I Cry City - 2010 Remastered Version 

Since you got me here I see you're trying to steal my soul
You're army's trying so very hard to find for me a goal
But where's your quiet pastures where there's time for me to be
Nothing else but what I am that's what you seem scared to see
You cover up your emptiness with brick and noise and rush
Oh I can see and touch you but you don't owe reality much

Have mercy I cry city you're all upon my mind
Sometimes I think you keep forgetting that you don't know me
Mercy I cry city you're all upon my mind

Send another carriage chugging down your chokey tube
I hope it makes you happy 'cause it don't do my health much good
You slowly killing fumes now squeeze the lemon in my head
Make me know just what it's like for a sin drenched christian to be dead
Ah show me your glitter and your flashing neon light
You see I think that only the sun knows how to be quietly bright

Have mercy I cry city you're all upon my mind
Sometimes I think you keep forgetting that you don't know me
Mercy I cry city you're all upon my mind

Hey, city, what you been doing?
All these years what you been doing?
Who would believe that what you been doing
Would make such a ruin of you?

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Mermories Of Mother And Dad

Mother left this world of sorrow
Our home was silent and so sad
Dad took sick and had to leave us
I have no home, no mother or dad

There's a little lonesome graveyard
And two tombstones there they say
Oh, mother's Gone but not forgotten
Oh, dad's We'll meet again some day

I often go out to the graveyard
Where they laid them down to rest
I can almost here them down to rest
Trust in God he'll do the rest

* Refrain

Their souls have gone up to heaven
Where they rest with God above
And they'll meet with friends and loved ones
And share with all his precious love

* Refrain


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Merrimac County
Tom Rush / Trevor Veitch

Way up north by the ice bound ocean
I was born, I was born.
Way up north in the Merrimac county.
That's my home, that's my home.

When I was younger and in my schooling
I walked the mountains made of stone.
The distance sang about tomorrow,
And I did wish I was grown and gone.

And as I grew indeed I rambled
Out along the open road.
There I learned the rainbow circle.
It's truly said that's a sign of storm.

Now I'm older my dreams they wander
Far away in yesterday.
I'm going home to the Merrimac county.
And find the grass that hides my grave.

So let the birds fly down the valley.
Let the storms roam on the sea.
I was born to the rainbow circle.
Stormy mountain, that's home to me.

Note: Many listing use the spelling "Merrimack".


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Merry Christmas From The Family
Robert Earl Keen

Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk
at our Christmas party.
We were drinkin' champagne punch and homemade eggnog.
Little sister brought her new boyfriend.
He was a Mexican.
We didn't know what to think of him
Till he sang Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad.

Brother Ken brought his kids with him-
the three from his first wife Lynn,
and the two identical twins
from his second wife Mary Nell.
'Course he brought his new wife, Kay-
Talks all about A.A.,
chain smokin' while the stereo plays
Noel, Noel, the First Noel.

Carve the turkey, turn the ballgame on.
Mix margaritas when the eggnog's gone.
Send somebody to the Quik Pak store,
we need some ice and an extension cords,
a can of bean dip and some Diet Rite,
a box of tampons and some Marlboro Lights.
Halleluia everybody say cheese,
Merry Christmas from the Family.

Fran and Rita drove from Harlingen.
I can't remember how I'm kin to them.
But when they tried to plug their motor home in,
they blew our Christmas lights.
Cousin David knew just what went wrong
so we all waited out on our front lawn.
He threw the breaker and the lights came on
and we sang Silent Night, oh Silent Night.

Carve the turkey, turn the ballgame on
Make bloody marys cause we all want one.
Send somebody to the Stop 'N Go,
we need some celery and a can of fake snow,
a bag of lemons and some Diet Sprite,
a box of tampons and some Salem Lights.
Halleluia everybody say cheese,
Merry Christmas from the Family.

Feliz Navidad.


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Alan Jackson - Merry Christmas To Me lyrics

Today I took some paper from the closet
And wrapped the wedding ring
You left behind
And I addressed it to the man
Who vowed to love you
And on the little card
I wrote these words inside
Merry Christmas to me
Just one gift beneath my tree
For the fool who let you leave
Merry Christmas to me
Then I sat down in my chair
And thought about you
About the many reasons why you're gone
And I opened up the present that I gave to me
And realized how much it hurts to be alone
Merry Christmas to me
Just one gift beneath my tree
For the fool who let you leave
Merry Christmas to me


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Methodist Pie

Went down to camp meeting just the other afternoon
Just to hear 'em shout and sing
For to tell each other how they love one another
And to make the hallelujahs ring
There was old Brother Daniel and Cousin Ebeneezer
Uncle Rufus and his lame gal Sue
Aunt Polly and Melinda and old Mother Bender
Well  I never seen a happier crew

Oh  little children  I believe
Oh  little children  I believe
Oh  little children  I believe
I'm a Methodist till I die
I'm a Methodist  a Methodist  'tis my belief
I'm a Methodist till I die
Till old grim death comes a-knocking at the door
I'm a Methodist till I die

Well they all go there just to have a big time
And to eat their grub so sly
Have applesauce butter and sugar in the gourd
And a great big Methodist pie
Well you ought to hear the ringing when they all get to singin'
That good old bye and bye
See Jimmy McGee in the top of a tree
Saying  how is this for high

Then they all join hands and dance around a ring
Just a singin' all the while
You'd think it was a cyclone coming through the air
You could hear shout a half a mile
Then a bell brings loud and the great big crowd
Breaks ranks and up they fly
While I took hold of the sugar in the gourd
And I cleaned up the Methodist Pie

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Richard Thompson - Mgb-Gt Lyrics

Oh, I've got a little car and she might go far
She's the mistress of my heart now
She's a '65 with an overdrive
And I fixed her in every part now

Two in the front and two in the back
A hundred and ten on the old hog's back

My MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
Oh, my MGB-GT, she's a runner now

Oh, I welded the sills and the old floor pan
Cut the rust with the torch and the hacksaw
Took the rostyles off, put the spoke wheels on
Got a brand new Salisbury axle

When I come to town the girls all smile
They say, "Here's the man with the retro style"

My MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
Oh, my MGB-GT, she's a runner now

Lockheed discs and twin SU's
Original chrome on the grill now
She looks like a dream in her racing green
Competition's standing still now

I sprayed up her body, I strengthened the frame
I stripped her right down and I built her up again

Now an Alpine's fine if you've got the time
And a Healey'll set you back some
And a TR4 costs a little bit more
But it don't have the same attraction

Hard top handy, in case of the weather
I don't care if it rains forever

In my MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
In my MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
In my MGB-GT, she's a runner now

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Michelle
Lennon / McCartney

Michelle, ma belle.
These are words that go together well,
My Michelle.

Michelle, ma belle.
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble.

I love you, I love you, I love you.
That's all I want to say.
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understand.

I need you, I need you, I need you.
I need to make you see,
Oh, what you mean to me.
Until I do I'm hoping you will
Know what I mean.

I love you.

I want you, I want you, I want you.
I think you know by now
I'll get to you somehow.
Until I do I'm telling you so
You'll understand.

I will say the only words I know that
You'll understand, my Michelle.


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Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia

Mid the green fields of Virginia
In the veil of Shenandoah
There's an ivy covered homestead that I love
With it's white old fashioned chimney
And it's simple homelike hours
Tis the home of my dear parents now above

   There's a peaceful cottage there
   A happy home so dear
   My heart is longing for them day by day
   Where I spent life's golden hours
   In the veil of Shenandoah
   Mid the green fields for Virginia far away

Mid the green fields of Virginia
Stands an old mill by the stream
I once wondered to that spot to sing and play
And how often I would throw the stone
Into the pebbling brook
I would dream someday it'd carry me away

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Middle Man
John Prine

I was sitting in a diner
With a girl named Flo
She wouldn't say yes
But she couldn't say no
She said "Darling, Can I get a middle man?"
She was engaged to a fellow
On the lay a way plan
But she carried all her money
In a coffee can
She said "Darling, Can I get a middle man?"
The cook looked over
With a short order face
Dropped a fork
And he saw Flo's legs
Straightened his apron
And burnt my eggs
I got competition
Everywhere I go
These days

She was leaning on the juke box
And was lookin' real good
Like Natalie Wood
On a Pontiac hood
I said "Darling, I think I need a little hand"
Ya see, I've seen my downs
I've seen my ups
I seen miniature dogs
In coffee cups
But "Darling I ain't never seen a middle man"

Flo talked slow
Like real wet paint
She said
"A middle man's there
When the other ones ain't
He's got a left handed manner
That leans to the right
Sleeps all day
And keeps it up all night ..."
... I got an aunt in Ohio
And a boat that won't row
Some veterans insurance
And nowhere to go
"Darling, Can I be your middle man?"

(spoken)
If I could get the money in that coffee can
I could open me up a lemonade stand
Send all the kids off to Pakistan
Make Flo happy
If I can

Jerry Mahoney and Johnny B. Goode
Are gonna buy me a house in Hollywood
"Darling I think I got the perfect plan"
"We're gonna save half a dollars
And sell 'em to France
Buy us a record
And learn how to dance
And Darling I'll always be your middle
Darling Go buy a griddle
Darling I wanna be your middle man


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Midnight Angel

You're a midnight angel at twelve is when you start
Looking for a victim to feed your hungry heart
You say you don't love me still I wait all alone
For my midnight angel to come home

It seems I spend a lifetime between midnight and dawn
Watching from my window for a man to bring you home
Listening to the silence while waiting all alone
For my midnight angel to come home

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Midnight Flyer

Oooooooo Midnight flyer
Engineer won't you let your whistle moan
Oooooooo Midnight flyer
I paid my dues and I feel like travelin on

A runaway team of horses ain't enough to make me stay
So throw your rope on another man and pull him down your way
Make him into someone to take the place of me
Make him every kind of fool you wanted to to be

* Refrain

Maybe I'll stop in Santa Fe maybe San Antonio
Any town is where I'm bound anyway to get me gone
Don't think about me never let me cross your mind
Except when you hear that midnight lonesome whistle whine

* Refrain


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Alan Jackson - Midnight In Montgomery lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Don Sampson)
Midnight in Montgomery, silver eagle, lonely road
I was on my way to Mobile for a big New Years Eve show
I stopped for just a minute to see a friend outside of town
Put my collar up, found his name, and felt the wind die down
Then a drunken man in a cowboy hat took me by surprise
Waering shiny boots, a Nudi suit and haunting haunted eyes
He said 'Friend it's good to see you, it's nice to know you care'
Then the wind picked up and he was gone
Was he ever really there
'Cause it's midnight in Montgomery
Just hear that whippoorwill
See the stars light up the purple sky
Feel that lonesome chill
When the wind it's right, you'll hear his songs
Smell whiskey in the air
Midnight in Montgomery
He's always singing there
I climbed back on my eagle, took one last look around
Through red tail lights a shadow moved slow across the ground
Off somewhere a midnight train is slowly passing by
I could hear that whistle moaning
I'm so lonesome I could cry
'Cause it's midnight in Montgomery
Just hear that whippoorwill
See the stars light up the purple sky
Feel that lonesome chill
When the wind it's right, you'll hear his songs
Smell whiskey in the air
Midnight in Montgomery
He's always singing there
He's always singing there
Hank's always singing there


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Midnight Moonlight

Do you ever feel lonesome when you're down in San Antone
Beg steal or borrow two nickels or a dime to call you on the phone
I'll meet you at Alamo mission we can say our prayers
The Holy Ghost and the Virgin Mother will hear us as we kneel there

   In the Midnight
   In the Moonlight
   In the Midnight Moonlight Moonlight

Did you ever feel sorrow for the deeds that you have done
With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun
And the ocean is howling with things that might have been
And that last good-morning sunrise would be the brightest you've ever seen

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Midnight On The Highway

Midnight on the highway and the stars are all aglow
And it seems I'm always drivin, and I miss my darlin' so 

   Midnight on the highway, big bright moon above
   It lights the white lines for me, all the way home to my love 

Can't you hear the wheels a hummin' as we roll on through the night
My desire is to hold you and I'll be home before daylight 

Now the shadows quickly fadin' as a town comes into view
Three more miles my journey's over and again I'll be with you

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Midnight On The Stormy Deep

T'was midnight on the stormy deep
My solitary watch I'd keep
And I think of her I'd left behind
And ask if she'd be true and kind

I never shall forget the day
That I was forced to go away
In silence there my head she'd rest
And press me to her loving breast

Oh Willy don't go back to sea
There's other girls as good as me
But none can love you true as I
Pray don't go where the bullets fly

The deep deep sea may us divide
And I may be some other's bride
But still my thoughts will sometimes stray
To thee when thou are far away

I never have proved false to thee
The heart I gave was true as thine
But you have proved untrue to me
I can no longer call thee mine

Then fare-thee-well I'd rather make
My home upon some icy lake
Where the southern sun refused to shine
Then to trust a love so false as thine

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Alison Krauss - Midnight Rider Lyrics

I got to run to keep in hidin'
And I'm bound to go on ridin'
I've got one more silver dollar

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, Lord
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider

I don't own the clothes I'm wearin'
Some old bed I'll soon be sharin'
I got one more silver dollar

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, Lord
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider

I got past the point of carin'
And the road goes on forever
I got one more silver dollar

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, Lord
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, Lord
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, Lord
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, Lord
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider

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Midnight Special

Well you wake up in morning
Hear the ding dong ring
You go a-marching to the table
See the same damn thing
Well, it's on a one table
Knife, a fork and a pan
And if you say anything about it
You're in trouble with the man

Let the midnight special
Shine her light on me
Let the midnight special
Shine her ever loving light on me

If you ever go to Houston
You better walk right
You better not stagger
You better not fight
Sheriff Benson will arrest you
He'll carry you down
And if the jury finds you guilty
Penitentiary bound

* Refrain

Yonder come little Rosie
How in the world do you know
I can tell her by her apron
And the dress she wore
Umbrella on her shoulder
Plece of paper in her hand
She goes a-marching to the captain
Says I want my man

* Refrain


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Midnight Storm

We were wed in the hills of ol' Virginia
We were happy there together all alone
But I strayed away from my darlin
Through this dark and stormy night I'm goin home

   When the high wind blows from heaven
   I whisper your name alone
   I'm on my way back darlin'
   As the midnight storm rolls on

When the cold dreary rain starts fallin
And the clouds hide the bright golden moon
As I see your face right before me
I can cry as I sing this lonesome tune

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Midnight Tears
Artist: The Steeldrivers

Chorus:
Those midnight tears find me in the darkness
They make a moanful sound
No one sees and no one hears
My midnight tears, falling down

Vs.
My friends wonder how I'm doing
They look for the proof in my eyes
But they'll never know how my heart is breaking
Oh, how you can make a man cry?
Chorus

Vs.
I'm stronger with each brand new morning
I wake up swearing, I don't miss you
But till I learn to dry
The pain of goodbye
There's a nightly routine I go through
Chorus
My midnight tears falling down


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Midnight Train

No matter what I say or do you're never satisfied
I've tried and tried so many times I'm leavin you now good bye

   I'm ridin on that midnight train my head's a hangin low
   These awful blues will follow me where ever I may go

Oh why on earth was I ever born I'll never understand
To fall in love with a woman like you in love with another man

You broke a heart that trusted you why wasn't it made of stone
I'm left in a world black as night, yet I must journey on

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Midnight Train

I have been all around my old home town
I have searched everywhere I know
I can't find any trace of my girl in this place
Now there's nothing to do but go

   I'll be riding that midnight train when I'm leaving
   And I'm goin away to stay
   Always wanted to know where this engine did go
   Gonna go where it goes today

Oh she said she'd be true til the fighting was through
That she'd wait for me til the end
But she's proven untrue and our sweet love is through
So I'm catching the train again

When she hears this old song then she'll know that she's wrong
Cause I'm leaving my old home town
Oh she told me she'd wait just to be my sweet date
Then she threw down my heart to the ground

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Midnight Turning Day Blues (Blue Yodel #6)
Recorded by Merle Haggard 
Written by Jimmie Rodgers

C                                                    C7
One of these mornings I'm sure gonna leave this town
F                                               C
One of these mornings I'm sure gonna leave this town
        G7                                    C
Cause a triflin' woman  sure keeps a good man down
                                                      C7
Yes she left me this morning midnight was turning day
F                                             C
She left me this morning midnight was turning day
         G7                                   C
I didn't have no blues  till my good gal went away
                                                        C7
I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day
  F                                                  C
I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day
  G7                                  C
I wish a tornado  would blow my blues away
                                                       C7
When a man is down and out a woman don't want him round
F                                                     C
Hey when a man is down and out a woman don't want him round
    G7                                              C
But when a man's got money he's the sweetest guy in town
                                                       C7
Hey a woman will follow you right to the jailhouse door
    F                                              C
Hey a woman will follow you right to the jailhouse door
     G7                                                         C
Then she'll laugh and tell you that you can't fuss and fight no more
                                                                   C7
I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day Lord Lord
  F                                                  C
I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day
  G7                                  C
I wish a tornado  would blow my blues away
            G7        C
Yodel le-te-o le-te-o lete    

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Mighty Dark To Travel

   It's mighty dark for me to travel
   For my sweetheart she is gone
   The road is rough and filled with gravel
   But I must journey on and on.

To me she was a little angel
Sent down to me from God above
T'was on the day that I first met her
That I told her of her love.

Many a night we'd stroll together
Talking of our love so fair
My love for her will never vanish
For I know I'll meet her there.

Traveling down this lonesome highway
Thinking of my love that's gone
Knowing soon we'll be together
She's the only love I've known.

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Railroad Earth - Mighty River 

Sun risin' on the shoulder
won't take much to grow us older, no
just a little time

i was in the livin' callin'
could it be that you were callin' too
my, my

i think about it

blows out & bowls ya over
don't take long to realize, we're standin'
on shaky ground

ridin' on a backroad dreamin'
hear a voice tellin' you, you're losin'
something dear

do ya doubt it?

in the mighty river, rollin' along
in the mighty river, losin' hold
in the mighty river, over my head
oh, oh

write me down as one who knew
revenge means more revenge on you
what ya gonna do?

in a song that i once sang
i heard a bell & it just rang my blues
right away

think about it

in the mighty river, rollin' along
oh, washin' clean
in the mighty river, i'm over my head
oh, tearin' free


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The Duhks - Mighty Storm

You know the year was 1900,
15 years ago,
Death came howling on the ocean
Death calls, you gotta go
Galveston had a sea wall
To keep the water down
And a high tide from the ocean
Spread the water over the town

Wasn't that a mighty storm,
Wasn't that a mighty storm,
Wasn't that a mighty storm,
It blew the people all away

You know the trumpets gave them warning,
You'd better leave this place,
Now no one thought of leaving,
'Til Death stared them in the face
And the trains they all were loaded
The people were all leaving town,
The trestles gave way to the water
And the trains they went on down, now

chorus

Rain it was a fallin'
Thunder began to roll
Lightning flashed like hellfire
The wind began to blow
And the seas began to rollin'
And the ships they could not stand
And I heard a captain crying
Good God save a drownin' man

Death, your hands are clammy
You got them on my knee
You come and took my mother,
Won't you come back for me?
Death you cruel master,
When the wind began to blow
Rode in on a team of horses
Cried oh Death won't you let me go?

chorus x2

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Miles to Go
Alison Krauss & Union Station

It's feelin' longer now than it ever has before
Another memory is another slammin' door
It's gettin' too dark now to see

Every photograph is another lesson learned
Every sleepless night is another page I've turned
I wake up to fallin' dreams

And the petals start to fade by the picket fences
Just another shade of miles and miles to go

If I had a chance, I must've missed it long ago
If I could run away, I wouldn't have to let you go
This angel's bound to stray

Like an hourglass, I'm a soul to sinkin' sand
You try to hold my heart and I will slip right through your hands
Time just blows away

And the petals start to fade by the picket fences
Just another shade of miles and miles to go
And the tears forever flow

And the petals start to fade by the picket fences
Just another shade of miles and miles to go
And this angel's bound to stray
It's another shade of miles and miles to go


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Milk Cow Blues

Well, I woke up this mornin' looked out my door
I thought I'd hear that milk cow, I can tell the way she lore
If you see my milk cow, please drive her on home
Ain't had no milk and butter, woo, since that cow got gone

Now you've gotta treat me right, day by day
Get out that little prayer book, get on your knees and pray
'Cause you're gonna need, yes, you're gonna need my help someday
Yeah, you're gonna be sorry you went and treated me this way

Well, good evenin', don't that sun look good goin' down?
Yeah, good evenin', don't that sun look good goin' down?
And don't your bed look lonesome
When your sweet women, she hang around?

Now I've tried everythin' baby, to get along with you
Now I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna stop cryin', gonna leave you alone
If you don't believe I'm leavin', you can count the days I'm gone
You won't see, oh, you ain't gon' see my face no more

You just gonna be wonderin'
Oh, where in this world that I'm gone

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Miller's Cava

Way down in the State of Georgia
Through the swamp and Everglades
There's a hole in Plager Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave

I had a girl in Waycross, Georgia
But she had unfaithful ways
She let me feel I was unwanted
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave

I couldn't stand the way she did me
I couldn't take her low down ways
Before I'll stay with a cheating woman
I'll go live with the bears in Miller's Cave

I caught her out one Sunday morning
With a man they called Big Dave
The meanest man in Waycross, Georgia
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave

I said you'll pay both you and David
I'm gonna see you in your hrave
They laughed at me and then I shot um
I took their cheating scheming bones to Miller's Cave

They come and made me feel unwanted
But I showed her I was brave
The most wanted man in the State of Georgia
They'll never find me cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave


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Miller's Cave
Harlan Howard

Way down in state of Georgia
'Mongst the swamps and the everglades
There's a big ol' hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave

I had me a girl in Waycross, Georgia
But she had unfaithful ways
Made me feel I was unwanted,
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave

I caught her out, one Sunday morning
With a guy they call Big Dave
The meanest man in Waycross, Georgia
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miler's Cave

So I said, you'll pay, both you an' Davey
Cause I'll see you in your grave
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
And I dragged their cheatin', schemin' bones to Millers Cave

I didn't like the way she did me
Guess I showed her I was brave
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia,
Their never gonna find me, cause I'm lost in Millers Cave


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Miller's Cave

Way down in the state of Georgia
Through the swamps and everglades
There's a hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave

I had a girl in Waycross Georgia
But she had unfaithful ways
She made me feel I was unwanted
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave

I couldn't stand the way she did me
I could take her lowdown ways
Before I stay with a cheatin' woman
I'll go live with the bears in Miller's Cave

I caught her out one Sunday morning
With a man they call Big Dave
The meanest man in Waycross Georgia
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave

I said you'll pay both you and Davey
I'm gonna see you in your grave
They laughed at me and then I shot them
I took their cheating scheming bones to Miller's Cave

That woman made me feel unwanted
But I showed her I was brave
The most wanted man in the state of Georgia
But they'll never find me 'cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave

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Millionaire
David Olney

I started out with one lone dollar
gambled with a man and I won me another
bought me a gun and I robbed my brother
I'm bad but I don't care boys
gonna be a millionaire

I hopped on a ship and I sailed on the waves
dealt in rum and I dealt in slaves
Left my captain in a watery grave
I'm bad but I don't care boys,
gonna be a millionaire

Chorus:
How many of you want to see me dead
How many of you want to have my head
how many of you just live your lives
wishing you were me, boys
wishing you were me

I married rich a pretty little wife
brought her misery ev'ry day of her life
she slit her wrist with a silver knife
but you can't blame that on me boys
the money belongs to me

I found myself in a good position
to buy myself a cheap politician
bought myself a big election
that's just how it went boys
now I own a president

Chorus

When you say your prayers down on your knees
ask the Lord to forgive you please
if it crosses your mind say one for me
cause I know where I'm bound boys
I know where I'm bound

Repeat First Verse


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Milwaukee Here I Come

Milwaukee's where we before we came here
Working in a brewery, making the finest beer
She came to me on a payday night, said let's go to Tennessee
So we went down to Nashville to Grand Ole Opery

I'm gonna get on the old turnpike and I'm gonna ride
I'm gonna leave this town till you decide
Which one you want the most, them Opery stars or me
Mulwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee

We turned on the TV, Minnie Pearl was talking loud
I said she's the woman for me, I love her,there's no doubt
I'm leaving here right now to find out where she's at and if I can find her
I'll settle for little pretty Tammy Wynette

* Refrain

I'm going now and trade my old ford for an Olds
I might get all drunked up and trade it for a Rolls
One thing I know for sure, I'll always be blue
There ain't no way to get drunk enough to stop my loving you

* Refrain


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Mine And Only Mine
BMI Work #: 9206831
Mine And Only Mine (Larry W. Jones 10/26/2007) (song#5116)

Dear, my love for you is true
When I tell you I love you
I will cheer you when you're blue
I will help your dreams come true
I will share the good and bad
Dear, I'll never make you sad
Take my hand and you'll be fine
You are mine and only mine
I will always call you dear
And I'll always want you near
True love's light will always shine
In your heart as well as mine
And as for the vows we make
I will give more than I'll take
Take my hand and you'll be fine
You are mine and only mine
- instrumental -
And as for the vows we make
I will give more than I'll take
Take my hand and you'll be fine
You are mine and only mine
Whether we are rich or poor
My love will be true and sure
I will tell you, I love you
Will you tell me, Yes I do
If you honor and obey
From your side I'll never stray
Take my hand and you'll be fine
You are mine and only mine
Take my hand and you'll be fine
You are mine and only mine


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Miner's Prayer
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
When the whistle blows each morning
      D7                          G
And I walk down in that cold dark mine
I say a prayer to my dear Savior
              D7                        G
Please let me see the sunshine one more time
        C               G
When oh when will it be over
     C                        D7
When will I lay these burdens down
           G
And when I die dear Lord in heaven
               D7                             G
Please take my soul from neath that cold dark ground
I still grieve for my poor brother
            D7                      G
And I still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
              D7                        G
He'd lost his life down in the Van Lear Mine
Repeat #2
I have no shame I feel no sorrow
           D7               G
If on this earth not much I own
I have the love of my sweet children
            D7                  G
An old plow mule a shovel and a hoe
Repeat #2
D7          G
Yeah when I die dear Lord in heaven
               D7                             G
Please take my soul from neath that cold dark ground

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Miner's Prayer

When the whistle blows each morning
And I walk down in this cold dark mine.
I say a prayer to my dear savior
Please let me see the sunshine one more day.

   When oh when will it be over
   When will I lay these burdens down?
   And when I die dear Lord in Heaven
   Please take my soul from beneath that cold dark ground.

I still grieve for my poor brother
And I still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
He'd lost his life down in that Big Shoal mine.

I have no shame I feel no sorrow
If on this earth not much I own
Cause I have the love of my sweet children
An old plow mule a shovel and a hoe.

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Mingulay Boat Song
Hugh S. Roberton

Chorus"
Heel you ho, boys; let her go, boys;
Bring her head round, into the weather,
Heel you ho, boys,let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

What care we how, white the spray is?
What care we for the wind or weather?
Heel you ho, boys,let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

Chorus

Friends are waiting by the pier head,
Gazing seaward from the heather;
Heel you ho, boys,let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

Chrous

----------

Heel yo ho, boys; let her go, boys;
Bring her head round, into the weather,
Heel you ho, boys,let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

What care we though, white the Minch is?
What care we for wind or weather?
Let her go boys; every inch is
Sailing homeward to Mingulay.

Wives are waiting, by the pier head,
Or looking seaward, from the heather;
Pull her round, boys, then you'll anchor
'Ere the sun sets on Mingulay.

Ships return now, heavy laden
Mothers holdin' bairns a-cryin'
They'll return, though, when the sun sets
They'll return to Mingulay.

Notes:
Hugh S. Roberton is the founder of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir.
The Minch is a straight of the Atlantic near Mingulay.


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Richard Thompson - Mingulay Boat Song

Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Heave her head round to the weather
Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

What care we though white the Minch is
What care we boys the wind and weather
When we know that, every inch is
Closer homeward to Mingulay

Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Heave her head round to the weather
Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

Wives are waiting by the pierhead
Gazing seaward from the heather
Heave ahead round and we'll anchor
Ere the sun sets on Mingulay

Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Heave her head round to the weather
Heel ya ho, boys, let her go, boys
Sailing homeward to Mingulay
Sailing homeward to Mingulay

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Richard Thompson - Mingus Eyes

What a fool I was
What a thin disguise
Brando mumble
Mingus eyes

Was a time she fell
But then she got wise
Brando mumble
And Mingus eyes

I never had the squint of James Dean
Or the Stanislavsky tears
Or the rebel hunch that kills
Or the smile that slowly disappears

What a fool I was
What a thin disguise
Brando mumble
Mingus eyes
Brando mumble
Mingus eyes

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Minstrel Of The Dawn
Gordon Lightfoot

The minstrel of the dawn is here
To make you laugh and bend your ear
Up the steps you'll hear him climb
All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes
Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go
Listen to the strings
They jangle and dangle
While the old guitar rings
The minstrel of the dawn is he
Not too wise but oh so free
He'll talk of life out on the street
He'll play it sad and say it sweet
Look into his shining face
Of lonelines you'll always find a trace
Just like me and you
He's tryin' to get into things
More happy than blue

A minstrel of the changin' tide
He'll ask for nothing but his pride
Just sit him down upon that chair
Go fetch some wine and set it there
Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go
Listen to the strings
They jangle and dangle
While the old guitar rings

A minstrel of the dawn is near
Just like a step 'n fetchit here
He's like an old time troubador
Just wanting life and nothing more
Look into his shining eyes
And if you see a ghost don't be surprised
Like me and you
He's tryin' to get into things
More happy than blue

The minstrel boy will understand
He holds a promise in his hand
He talks of better days ahead
And by his words your fortune's read
Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go
Listen to the strings
They jangle and dangle
While the old guitar rings

The minstrel of the dawn is gone
I hope he'll call before too long
And if you meet him you must be
The victim of his minstrelsy
He'll sing for you a song
The minstrel of the dawn


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Mirrors Don't Lie
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G       C                        G
Mirrors don't lie a mirror won't lie
                                       D7
Don't be looking if you can't stand to see
        C                        G
Mirrors don't lie a mirror won't lie
                            D7                G
I know it so cause one just told the truth on me
           C                G
Facing the music won't come easy
      Em                            D7
Cause wine and roses leave a jagged scar
  G                   C                 G
I thought I knew just where to quit and draw the line
                     D7                G
But today I know for sure I've gone to far
Repeat #1
           C                  G
Tracing my footsteps won't be easy
      Em                            D7
Cause wine and roses leave a cloudy mind
  G           C              G
I never worry much about the night before
                        D7             G
Cause the morning after left me nearly blind
Repeat #1

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Misery Loves Company

I just left my home place where I couldn't sleep
For missing a woman that I couldn't keep
She just walked out and left me for somebody else
Now her memory keeps haunting me when I'm by myself.

   So break out the bottle bring on the crowd
   Tell funny stories turn the juke box up loud
   Come on sit at my table where the drinks are on me
   Just gather round me 'cause misery loves company.

Now I'm not the first one that's lost everything
To a false hearted woman with a false hearted scheme
But this is the first time I suffered myself
Help me get over this love I'll handle the next love all by myself.

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Miss Me But Let Me Go

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me.
shed not a tear in a gloom filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free.
Chrous:
Miss me a little, but not to long,
And not with your head bowed low.
But Remember the love that once was shared,
Miss me...But let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan,
A step on the long road to home
*Refrain 
When you are lonely and sick of heart,
Go to the friends we know.
And bury your sorrows in doing good deed.
Miss me......But let me go.
*Refrain


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Miss Otis Regrets
(She's Unable To Lunch Today)

Cole Porter

Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.
She is sorry to be delayed,
but last evening down in Lover's Lane she strayed, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone, madam,
She ran to the man who had led her so far astray,
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her love down, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When the mob came and got her and dragged from her the jail, madam,
They strung her upon the old willow across the way,
And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam......
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today

---

Miss O[Eb]-tis re-grets, she's un-a[Bb7]-ble to lunch to-day[Eb Eb7], ma[Ab6]-dam, [Fm]
Miss O[Eb]-tis re-grets, she's un-a[Eb/G]-ble to lunch to-day. [Bb Bb7]
She is sor[Eb]-ry to be de[Bb]-layed, [Bb7]
but last eve[Ab]-ning down in Lov-er's Lane[Ab6] she strayed, [Eb/G Eb7] ma-dam,[Ab6 Fm]
Miss O[Eb/Bb]-tis re-grets, she's un-a[F9 Bb]-ble to lunch[Bb7] to-day. [Eb]


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Richard Thompson - Miss Patsy

My dearest Miss Patsy, I'm writing to say
That I'm sorry to not be in touch
It's been quite a parade, but my thoughts never strayed
Too far, or too long, or too much

Miss Patsy, forgive all the choices I made
I've been fighting shadows on the wrong crusade
Looking for ghosts in a penny arcade
Miss Patsy, no more will I roam
Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home?

They held me to ransom back there in the foothills
And nobody stumped up a bean
Not Swifty, nor Eddie, came up with the ready
It can make you think people plain mean

I've been hanging out with some virtuous people
They emptied my bank account twice
They gave me self-confidence, even some clothes
And a truckload of love and advice

When they gave out the cyanide pills with a wink
And said, "Wait for the word, any day now, we think"
I knew it was time to pull back from the brink
Miss Patsy, no more will I roam
Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home?

Miss Patsy, I looked at myself in the mirror
Decided I needed some work
Got me a nose job, a shave and a haircut
To drive all them ladies berserk

But the arm 'round my waist was a man in dark blue
He said, "Ain't you him? We've been looking for you"
Now I'm sharing a cell with a holy kung fu
Miss Patsy, no more will I roam
Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home?

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Miss The Mississippi And You
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Bill Halley and Jimmie Rodgers
[3/4 time]

C           Am           F        D7
I'm growing tired of the big city lights
G7                       C
Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights
F                     Am           Dm
In all my dreams I am roaming once more
D7                     G7
Back to my home on the old river shore
C            C7    F             Fm
I am sad and weary far away from home
C             G7         C    G7
Miss the Mississippi and you  dear
C                 C7     F            Fm
Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam
C             G7         C   C7
Miss the Mississippi and you
F                      C
Rolling the wide world over
Am     D7        G       G7
Always alone and blue so blue
C                C7       F              Fm
Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome
C             G7         C   C7
Miss the Mississippi and you
   F                       C
Ou de le-ee ou de le-ee de ou le-ee ou de le-ee
               G7          C
Ou le-ee ou de le-ee ou de le-ee
             C7       F             Fm
Memories are bringing happy days of your
C             G7         C    G7
Miss the Mississippi and you  dear
C                C7      F               Fm
Mockingbirds are singing round the cabin door
C             G7         C   C7
Miss the Mississippi and you
F                      C
Rolling the wide world over
Am     D7        G    G7
Always alone and blue blue
C              C7       F           Fm
Longing for my homeland muddy water shore
C             G7         C
Miss the Mississippi and you
   F                       C
Ou de le-ee ou de le-ee de ou le-ee ou de le-ee
            G7  C
Mississippi and you

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Richard Thompson - Missie How You Let Me Down

Hailstones and a sickle moon and the north wind races
One more night of running my mind over lost embraces
The steps you made when you walked away
Still frozen in the ground

Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down
And lies won't break my fall
Lies won't break my fall

Your food's still sitting there at the table where you used to be
The shape of you is still in the bed there, next to me
Maybe I could find some trace of you to keep around

Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down

For far too long you kept me waiting
Reaching out into empty air
Even now you'd never say it face to face
That you really don't care

And if you never liked pulling teeth
Then why? Why did you tie me in the dentist's chair?

Ah, you left your mark on this old place, that you did
I could stew in here like a pressure cooker and screw down the lid
Or maybe I should just take a match
And burn the whole thing to the ground

Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down

Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down
Oh, Missie, how you let me down
And lies won't break my fall
Lies won't break my fall

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Missing In Action

The warship had landed and I'd come ashore
The fighting was over for me evermore
For I had been wounded they left me for dead
A stone for me pillow and snow for me bed

The enemy found me and took me away
And made me a prisoner of war so they say
But God in his mercy was with me one day
The gate was left open and I ran away

I return to the old home my sweet wife to see
The home I had build for my darling and me
The door I then opened and there on the stand
I saw a picture of her and I ran away

* Refrain

The clothes she was wearing told me the sad tale
My sarling was wearing a new bridal veil
Then I found a letter and these words I read
Missing in action she thought I was dead

* Refrain

So I kissed her picture and whispered good bye
My poor heart was breaking but my eyes were dry
I know she'd be happy if she never learned
I know she must never know I had returned

* Refrain

A vagabond dreamer forever I'll roam
Because there was no one to welcome me home

* Refrain

The face of my darling no more I shall see
For missing in action forever I'll be


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Alison Krauss - Missing You

Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I'm still standing here
And you're miles away
And I'm wondering why you left

And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight

I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time
Thinking about you
And it's almost driving me wild
And there's a heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What I might say

There's a message
In the wire
And I'm sending you this signal tonight
You don't know
How desperate I've become
And it looks like I'm losing this fight
In your world
I have no meaning
Though I'm trying hard to understand

And it's my heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What my friends say

And there's a message that I'm sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can't bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What my friends say

I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I keep lying to myself
And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What my friends say
Ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I keep lying to myself
Ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
Ain't missing you
Oh no
No matter what my friends might say
I ain't missing you

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Dolly Parton - Mission Chapel Memories lyrics
(Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton)

Tonight all is quiet in Mission Chapel
And the music, like his love, has died away
And I'm standing in the middle of these memories
Mission Chapel memories of our wedding day
I see the rice still scattered all around
That veil upon my satin wedding gown
And the wedding bells that rang are silent now
Only Mission Chapel memories all around
Tonight I'm all alone at Mission Chapel
And I'm thinking of my love so far away
While I'm standing in the middle of all these memories
Mission Chapel memories of our wedding day
I see the rice still scattered all around
That veil upon my satin wedding gown
The gown I wore when I became his bride
And now these Mission Chapel memories fill my eyes
As these Mission Chapel memories fill my eyes


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Missouri Moon
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Jennifer Lynn Strickland

C                   F     C
There's a full moon out tonight
                  F       C
All the stars are shining bright
             F                 G7
The same way that they used to do
C        F        G7  C            F       C
And it reminds me of  the night we fell in love
             F            G7
Beneath that old Missouri moon
F               G7                    C
Who'd have ever thought we'd end this way
F              G7               C
As I watch you go the tears are rollin' down my face
F               G7                C
Who'd have ever thought I'd be so blue
     B7               G7           C
As I cry beneath that old Missouri moon
 
        F        G7   C          F    C
I can't remember when it started to begin
               F             G7
That I gave my heart away to you
C        F       G7      C            F       C
And then when we touched I have never felt so much
C              F             G7
It was in that moment that I knew
Repeat #2
     B7               G7           C
As I cry beneath that old Missouri moon
G7       C     G7       C
Missouri moon  Missouri moon

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Punch Brothers - Missy 

I told her once
Get thee behind me

Cover up Missy for the love of God
I can't not look, I can't not look
And I can't do a thing about what I saw
Though I wish I could, I wish I could

She told me once
Sit down beside me

I told her twice
To get thee behind me

Strip down Missy it's 11 AM
I'm gonna wake up soon, gonna wake up soon
I bet you say that to all of the dreaming men
That get lucky with you, get lucky with you

She told me once
Lay down beside me
And I laid down beside her

Too real, too quick, too close to home,
Too much to take the task alone
Can I have just a little taste
Too hot, too sweet, too bad and too late.

I told her three times
Get thee behind me

Float away Missy like a wisp of smoke
That I could've inhaled, maybe could've inhaled
And I'll sing your praises everywhere I go
Such a pretty girl, such a beautiful girl

She told me once
You won't forget me

And I won't forget her

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The Duhks - Mists of Down Below 

Wild wind, take me home
To the mists of down below
I'll be flying come September day
With no borders in my way
You'll find me home until the May sun burns
The heavy mists of down below

Refrão:
I see the rivers flooding strong
And people wishing they belonged
Free for anywhere they want to go
When they pray they can look to the sky
And they'd see me as I pass by
Heading to the mists of down below

Without fields ripe from rain
There is no way to feed my pain
Until I fly to mists of down below
But down below is not my fate
There is no land from where I came
Not even mists of old Mexico

Refrão

So I looked hard at reasons for
The drifters going door to door
Dreaming of the mists of down below
But I'm sure they'd go anywhere they could
If wings became their neighborhoods
And there'd be nowhere they wouldn't know

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The Duhks - Mists of Down Below / Meghan Hayden's 

Wild wind, take me home
To the mists of down below
I'll be flyin' come September day
With no borders in my way
You'll find me home until the May sun burns
The heavy mists of down below

I see the rivers floodin' strong
And people wishing they belonged
Free for anywhere they want to go
When they pray they can look to the sky
And they'd see me as I pass by
Headin' to the mists down below

Without fields a-ripe from rain
There is no way to feed my pain
Until I fly to mists of down below
But down below is not my fate
There is no land from where I came
Not even mists of old Mexico

I see the rivers flooding strong
And people wishing they belonged
Free for anywhere they want to go
And when they pray they can look to the sky
And they'd see me as I pass by
Heading to the mists of down below

So I looked hard at reasons for
The drifters goin' door to door
Dreamin' of the mists of down below
But I'm sure they'd go anywhere they could
If wings became their neighborhoods
And there'd be nowhere they wouldn't know

I see the rivers flooding strong
And people wishing they belonged
Free for anywhere they want to go
And when they pray they can look to the sky
And they'd see me as I pass by
Heading to the mists of down below
Headin' to the mists down below

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Model Church

Dear wife I found a model church
And worshipped there today
It made me think of the good old times
Before my hair was gray

   The meetinghouse was finer built
   Than they were years ago
   But I found out when I went in
   It was not built for show

The sexton did not sit me down
Away back by the door
He knew that I was old and deaf
And saw that I was poor

   He must have been a Christian man
   He led me boldly through
   The long aisle of that crowded church
   To find a pleasant pew

I wish you'd heard the singing, wife
it had the old town ring
The preacher said with trumpet voice
Let all the people sing

   Oh Coronation was the tune
   The music upward roared
   I thought I heard the angel choir
   Strike on their harps of gold

I tell you wife it did me good
To sing those hymns once more
I felt just like some wrecked marine
Who gets a glimpse of shore

   It made want to lay aside
   This weather beaten form
   And anchor in that blessed port
   Forever from the storm

Dear wife the toil will soon be o'er
The victory soon be won
The shining strand is just ahead
Our race is nearly run

   We're near to Canaan's happy shore
   Our hopes are bright and fair
   Thank God we'll never sin again
   There'll be no sorrow there

There'll be no sorrow there
In heaven above
Where all is love
There'll be no sorrow there

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Chris Thile - Modern Friendship

Traveler may this year
Bring you closer to
The people you were
Closer to this time a year ago
Dear traveler you're so familiar

Listener may your ears open wider
Than they've ever been
To bitter enemies and friends alike
Dear listener have you heard me
(Dear listener you're so familiar)
Calling to you in a dream
That ends before you're ready
Floating down the river to the sea
And there the troubled waters
Take you far away from me

Reveler may your place
At the punch bowl this new year's
Be close to mine for auld lang syne
And cups of kindness deep as any ocean
Reveler we won't remember
Floating down the river to the sea
Or how the troubled waters
Took you far away from me
'Cause that was then and this is '17

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Molly

Well I did not see it comin', and at a time I could never have guessed.
Just a puff of smoke at the treeline, then a hurtin' in my chest.
So I'll just sit me down easy, lean back on this white oak tree.
Cause I know pretty soon my buddies will be comin' after me.
I've had my fill of fightin', I've seen good men fight and die.
And sometimes when the fightin' gets heavy, you can hear grown men cry.
But here's a puzzle that I can't answer, here is something I just don't know,
These Rebs and Yanks are my brothers, and I can't tell friend from foe.
Oh, Molly, won't you bring me water
Let me rest in the warmth of your smile.
Won't you lay down all of your handwork,
Come and sit by my bed for awhile?
Let me beg of you forgiveness
For the way I've lived my life.
And then let me go where the good soldiers go,
Oh, Molly, my love, my wife.
I can see your face in the sunrise, I can hear your voice in the damp.
And at night I sit and look at your picture, by the light of my coal oil lamp.
Sometimes I wonder why I'm here, it's just something that I had to do.
But I hope soon this war will be over, and I'll be comin' on home to you.
Oh, Molly, won't you bring me water
Let me rest in the warmth of your smile.
Won't you lay down all of your handwork,
Come and sit by my bed for awhile?
Let me beg of you forgiveness
For the way I've lived my life.
And then let me go where the good soldiers go,
Oh, Molly, my love, my wife.
Oh, the light seems to be fadin', the sky's all red and gold.
But why do my hands keep shakin', and why am I so damn cold?
Oh, Molly, won't you hold my hand now, as I come to this river wide.
Cause I know that I can cross easy, with you here by my side.
Oh, Molly, won't you bring me water
Let me rest in the warmth of your smile.
Won't you lay down all of your handwork,
Come and sit by my bed for awhile?
Let me beg of you forgiveness
For the way I've lived my life.
And then let me go where the good soldiers go,
Oh, Molly, my love, my wife.
And then let me go where the good soldiers go,
Oh, Molly, my love, my wife.


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Molly And Tenbrooks

Run oh Molly run, run oh Molly run
Ten-Brooks gonna beat you to the bright and shining sun
To the bright and shining sun oh Lord
To the bright and shining sun

Ten-Brooks was a big bay horse, he wore a shaggy mane
He run all 'round Memphis, and he beat the Memphis train
Beat the Memphis train oh Lord
Beat the Memphis train

Ten-Brooks said to Molly, what makes your head so red
Running in the hot sun with a fever in my head
Fever in my head oh Lord
Fever in my head

Molly said to Ten-Brooks you're looking mighty squirrel
Ten-Brooks said to Molly I'm leaving this old world
Leaving this old world oh Lord
Leaving this old world

Out in California where Molly done as she pleased
She come back to old Kentucky, got beat with all ease
Beat with all ease oh Lord
Beat with all ease

The women's all a-laughing, the children all a-crying
Men all a-hollering old Ten-Brooks a- flying
Old Ten-Brooks a- flying oh Lord
Old Ten-Brooks a- flying

Kiper, Kiper, you're not riding right
Molly's a beating old Ten-Brooks clear out of sight
Clear out of sigh oh Lord
Clear out of sight

Kiper, Kiper, Kiper my son
Give old Ten-Brooks the bridle and let old Ten-Brooks run
Let old Ten-Brooks run oh Lord
Let old Ten-Brooks run

Go and catch old Ten-Brooks and hitch him in the shade
We're gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready made
In a coffin ready made oh Lord
In a coffin ready made

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Alison Krauss - Molly Ban

Come all ye young fellas
That handle a gun
Beware of night rambling
By the setting of the sun

And beware of an accident
That happened of late
To young Molly Ban
And sad was her fate

She was going to her uncle's
When a shower came on
She went under a green bush
The shower to shun

Her white apron wrapped around her
He took her for a swan
But a hush and sigh
Was his own Molly Ban

He quickly ran to her
And found she was dead
And there on her bosom
Where he soaked, tears he shed

He ran home to his father
With his gun in his hand
Saying, 'father, dear father
I have shot Molly Ban"

Her white apron wrapped around her
He took her for a swan
But a hush and a sigh
'Twas his own Molly Ban

He roamed near the place
Where his true love was slain
He wept bitter tears
But his cries were in vain
As he looked on the lake
A swan glided by
And the sun slowly sank
In the grayed up sky

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Alison Krauss - Moments Like This

While the dying world redefines
The reasons we strive to exist
We feign control though we're bound to learn
The meaning of moments like this

'Cause in the peaceful hour, the quiet spell
Seduced by the promise of bliss
We soon forget that nothing's happened yet
We're living for moments like this

So hold me, whisper gently
This is what we live for, how we learn who we are
It defines us, ever reminding us
That life never is more precious than this

From the dim light in the greyness
The aim of the soul tends to miss
When the clouds catch fire and the ocean's pitch
We're made for the moments like this

So hold me, whisper gently
That there's nothing to fear
You'll always be near, to remind me, stand behind me
Although life can be rough we can never give up

It's in our power to face the storm with all its fury and madness
The flash of thunder roll behind us with a longing and sadness
The clouds will break

Hold me, whisper gently
This is what we live for, how we learn how we are
It defines us, ever reminding us
That life never is more precious than this

So hold me, whisper gently
That there's nothing to fear
You'll always be near, to remind me, stand behind me
Although life can be rough we can never give up

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Momma
Abigail Washburn

Momma, please tell me truly
Even though life ain't what it should be
Where can I go to fix these things inside

Cause, momma, it's hard to feel free
When it's you running thru me
Just take me now or throw away the key

And so it goes...

Life isn't easy and truth's a dreadful beauty
And everyone wants to know where they go
When they die

Momma, I can't help feeling
That this pain is of your willing
Cool rain from a cloud of strickenine

But maybe, just maybe
This soul will die before my body
And I'll live on earth in peace for evermore

And so it goes...

Lately I've thought about me
Separate from your woeful morning
And I can see a light ringing thru the sky

It sings of coming glory
Strangely tied to this awful story
It lifts the heart and gives us wings to fly

And so it goes...

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Alison Krauss - Momma Cried

Momma loved us, every one
Every daughter, every son
She gave herself so happily
That's just the way she was, you see

From dawn to dark she'd find a chore
And work it 'til it was no more
And every day until she died
In the evening, momma cried

Momma cried
There was mourning in the evening
And momma cried
'Cause her little girl was gone

Her little girl was snatched away
She was there and then just gone one day
And momma blamed herself, I'd say
But all of us had debts to pay

Momma cried
There was mourning in the evening
And momma cried
'Cause her little girl was gone

I did my best to cheer her pride
That day that something broke inside
I swore I'd find her and I tried
In the evening, momma cried

Momma cried
There was mourning in the evening
And momma cried
'Cause her little girl was gone

Momma cried
There was mourning in the evening
And momma cried
'Cause her little girl was gone


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Dolly Parton - Mommie, Ain't That Daddy lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

The snow was fallin' swiftly and it mounted on the street
Little footprints in the snow made by our children's feet
As I walked them to the good will store to get some clothes to wear
As we turned around the corner I saw you standing there
I tried to turn the children and walk the other way
I prayed they hadn't seen you then I heard the baby say
"Mommie, ain't that Daddy holding out his hand
Begging for money from that other man?"
They asked me "Ain't that Daddy?"
And "Yes" I had to say
And I wondered if I'd failed you
And made you turn this way
No, you didn't fail me, my weakness was just too strong
Because you see, I thought more of the bottle than our family and our home
No, you didn't fail me sweetheart, you loved me all you could
You had my babies and you loved me like no other woman ever would
You know I guess I'd be better off dead
Than in the awful ship I'm in
But death just don't seem to have a place for those that stay drunk on whiskey, wine and gin
You see I die a constant death over and over every day
If I could change, you know I'd do it for you, the babies and our home
But you might as well forget me for I'm just too forward gone
But I wish you would do me one last favor and do it just for me
When they ask you, "Momma ain't that Daddy?"
Just say "It used to be"


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Mommy Please Stay Home With Me

A mother went out to a party
She left at home her baby son
He cried and begged her not to leave him
But she would not give up her fun

   She kissed his cheek and tried to soothe him
   But would not heed his childish plea
   She heard him call as she was leaving
   Please mommy please stay home with me

The mother joined the merrymakers
And soon was lost in trifling joy
The mellow tunes and flitting shadows
Made her forget her baby boy

   She danced and laughed and did some drinking
   The world for her was full of glee
   But now and then these words would haunt her
   Please mommy please stay home with me

She left the party feeling dizzy
The smell of drink was on her breath
She hurried home to find her baby
In raging pain and nearing death

   The doctor came and looked on sadly
   The case was hopeless, he could see
   The baby died, these words repeating
   Please mommy please stay home with me

The mother now, her life would forfeit
To hear her baby's voice again
She grieved to think she rudely left him
To satisfy her wicked vein

   Now mothers don't neglect your duty
   This story should a lesson be
   Do not ignore your baby's pleading
   Please mommy please stay home with me

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Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
Bernie Taupin / Elton John

And now I know
Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say
I thought I knew
But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City

Until you've seen this trash can dream come true
You stand at the edge while people run you through
And I thank the Lord there's people out there like you
I thank the Lord there's people out there like you

While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers
Turn around and say good morning to the night
For unless they see the sky
But they can't and that is why
They know not if it's dark outside or light

This Broadway's got
It's got a lot of songs to sing
If I knew the tunes I might join in
I'll go my way alone
Grow my own, my own seeds shall be sown in New York City

Subway's no way for a good man to go down
Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown
And I thank the Lord for the people I have found
I thank the Lord for the people I have found


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Alan Jackson - Monday Morning Church lyrics

You left your Bible on the dresser
So I put it in the drawer
'Cause I can't seem to talk to God without yelling anymore
And when I sit at your piano
I can almost hear those hymns
The keys are just collecting dust
But I can't close the lid
You left my heart as empty
As a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the devil whisper
"Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty
As a Monday morning church
The preacher came by Sunday
Said he missed me at the service
He told me Jesus loves me
But I'm not sure I deserve it
'Cause the faithful man that you loved
Is nowhere to be found
Since they took all that he believed
And laid it in the ground
[Repeat chorus]
I still believe in Heaven
And I'm sure you've made it there
But as for me without your love, girl
I don't have a prayer
[Repeat chorus]
You left your Bible on the dresser
So I put it in the drawer


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Money To Burn
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Johnny Nelms

C              G            C          G
Memories of an old love the one I left behind
                              D7
Everywhere you seem to go now I suppose you'll find a yearn
C                  G           C                 G
Oh how I'd like to be that man he's got money to burn
C                  G           C                 G
Oh how I'd like to be that man he's got money to burn
                            D7
It's money in my pocket but heartaches in my heart
    C                       G
And how many times have you heard it said
  C                       G
A fool and his money will part
                                      D7
I thought money it was everything and was all I'd ever need
C                      G               C                     G
Oh but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed
C                      G               C                     G
Oh but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed
                            D7
Yes money in my pockets and memories on my mind
C              G            C            G
Memories of an old love the one I left behind
 
                          D7
I'm a rich man in pennies but oh what I paid to learn
C                   G               C                    G
A wealth of love is worth much more than all my money to burn
C                   G               C                    G
A wealth of love is worth much more than all my money to burn
                             D7
I thought money in my pocket was all I'd ever need
C                      G               C                     G
Oh but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed
C                      G               C                     G
Oh but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed

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Money Tree
Recorded by Merle Haggard written by Wayne P. Walker

G                    C           G
Silver and gold made you say goodbye
           D7                 G
One day it may make you wanna cry
                         C            G
When you're alone with a heart that's blue
             D7                   G
Who will you take your heartaches to

           C               G
Love can't grow on a money tree
A7                        D7
Not the kind you had with me
G                           C                 G
Someday when you're older a wiser girl you'll be
                      C               D7         G
Then you'll know that love can't grow on a money tree

                  C          G
I don't blame you for all my pain
                  D7                G
A young girl like you needs time to dream
                         C            G
You're happy now but how long will it last
               D7                      G
One day you'll be just a girl with the past

Repeat #2

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Money, Marbles And Chalk

There's an old saying that's been all around
I heard before I could walk
How somes got wealth and some's got health
Other's money, marbles and chalk

I've got money, marbles and chalk sweetheart
But I still feel like I am poor
For my money won't spend and my marbles won't roll
And my chalk won't anymore

While you were here I was happy and gay
Your presence made me for another one day
But you left me for another one day
Now I feel so alone in a crowd

* Refrain

Money, marbles and chalk is alright
For a miser who loves only gold
But give me a chance to save our romance
For I love you with all of my soul

* Refrain


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Money, Marbles, And Chalk

   I got money, marbles, and chalk sweetheart
   But I still feel like I am poor
   Cause my money won't spend, and my marbles won't roll
   And my chalk won't write anymore

There's an old saying that's been all around
I heard it before I could walk
How some's got wealth, some's got health
Others money marbles and chalk

While you were here I was happy and gay
Your presence made me feel so proud
But you left me, for another one day
Now I feel alone in a crowd

Money, marbles, and chalk is alright
For a miser who loves only gold
But give me a chance, to save our romance
For I love you with all of my soul

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Alison Krauss - Monkey Let The Hogs Out		
[Instrumental]


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Dolly Parton - Monkey's Tale lyrics

Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you
Compare to yours all their tales sound so true
The way you're actin' seems to me at all the monkey should go free
You're the one that should be locked up in the Zoo
When I married you I thought you were a man
But you're the biggest ape that's living in this land
I'd like to run you up a tree for the way you lie to me
Your swingin' round is gettin' out of hand
Oh the monkey's had...
Every monkey has its day so go ahead and play
Make your plans and tell your lies and stick to them
But from now on I remind you can wag your tail behind you
Cause you finally got yourself out on a limb
[ banjo ]
Every monkey has its day...
Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you


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Montana Cowboy

For many long years I played the lone hand
I rode my horse in many strange lands
Until one day I stopped for awhile
For two blue eyes and sunny smile

So howl away you old coyote
I hear your sad and lonesome song
'a calling me back to old Montana
Back to those hills where I belong

One day I rode away from home
I'm a traveling back but it won't be long
I'll see you again in a little while
You're my darling sweet my sunny smile

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Montana Cowgirl
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Ray Park

C
For many long years I've played a lone hand
          G7                    C
I rode my horse in many strange lands

Until one day I stopped for awhile
             G7               C
For two blue eyes and a sunny smile

        F              C
So howl away you old coyote
            G7               C
I hear your sad and lonesome song
                  F              C
You're calling me back to old Montana
              G7              C
Back to those hills where I belong


One day I rode away from home
                G7                   C
I'm a traveling back and it won't be long

I'll see you again in a little while
                  G7               C
You're my darling sweet my welcome smile

        F              C
So howl away you old coyote
            G7               C
I hear your sad and lonesome song
                  F              C
You're calling me back to old Montana
              G7              C
Back to those hills where I belong



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Doc Watson 
Moody River

Moody River, more deadly
Than the vainest knife
Moody River, your muddy water
Took my baby's life

Last Saturday evening
Came to the old oak tree
It stands beside the river
Where you were to meet me

On the ground your glove I found
With a note addressed to me
It read "Dear Love, I've done you wrong
Now I must set you free"

No longer can I live
With this hurt and this sin
I just couldn't tell you
That guy was just a friend

Moody River, more deadly
Than the vainest knife
Moody River, your muddy water
Took my baby's life

I looked into the muddy waters
And what did I see
I saw a lonely, lonely face
Just looking back at me

Tears in his eyes
And a prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love
At his finger tips

Moody River, more deadly
Than the vainest knife
Moody River, your muddy water
Took my baby's life


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The Incredible String Band - Moon Hang Low 

Let the moon hang low low down in the sky
The lower it goes the higher we fly
One small candle is just enough light
For endless moments of love bright

And the more I know you the more I know
And the more I love you the more love grows

Let the fire burn way down low
In those early hours easy hours
When the world turns slow

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Balsam Range - Moon Over Memphis 

There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done
There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done
It's shining through the smoke from the barrel of my gun

That moon over Memphis it don't understand
That moon over Memphis it just don't understand lord
That I found my woman in the arms of another man

And the sun in Chicago it won't ask me why
I ran away from Memphis and a man had to die
There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done
It's shining through the smoke from the barrel of my gun

That moon over Memphis is hanging like a judge
That moon over Memphis is hanging like a judge
It's showing no mercy on a man who held a grudge

And the stars up in heaven will never see my face
For what I did in Memphis can never be erased
There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done
It's shining through the smoke from the barrel of my gun

There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done
There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done
It's shining through the smoke from the barrel of my gun

There's a moon over Memphis
There's a moon over Memphis
There's a moon over Memphis looking down on what I've done

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Moondance
Van Morrison?

Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

Chorus:
Can I just have one more Moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love

Well, I wanna make love to you tonight
I can't wait 'til the morning has come
And I know that the time is just right
And straight into my arms you will run
And when you come my heart will be waiting
To make sure that you're never alone
There and then all my dreams will come true, dear
There and then I will make you my own
And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside
And I know how much you want me that you can't hide

Chorus

Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

One more Moondance with you in the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la in the moonlight
On a magic night
Can't I just have one more dance with you my love


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Brad Paisley - Moonshine In The Trunk lyrics

I got a '69 Camaro, a Ram Jet 502
I could win the pole at Bristol, baby, but I'm riding round with you
Bored as hell, we might as well burn this tank of gas
And if we're going nowhere, girl, let's go nowhere fast
Like there's moonshine in the trunk, and blue lights on our tail
Like if we get caught they're gonna haul us off to jail
Like we're helping out uncle Jessy, making a midnight run
Let's drive tonight like this whole county's dry
And there's moonshine in the trunk
Well they say that's how the Duke boys and NASCAR started out
They were hauling bootleg liquor and look where they are now
Chances are I got a mason jar rolling round in the back
Now white lightning's long gone, but it shouldn't be hard to act
Like there's moonshine in the trunk, and blue lights on our tail
Like if we get caught they're gonna haul us off to jail
Like we're helping out uncle Jessy, making a midnight run
Let's drive tonight like this whole county's dry
And there's moonshine in the trunk
Whoa, let's pretend we're running from the law
Whoa, like we're the Bonnie and Clyde of alcohol
Like there's moonshine in the trunk, and blue lights on our tail
And like if we get caught they're gonna haul us off to jail
Like we're helping out uncle Jessy, making a midnight run
Let's drive tonight like this whole county's dry
And there's moonshine in the trunk


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Punch Brothers - Moonshiner (Punch Brothers) 

I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow
And set up my still
And I'll sell you a gallon
For a ten dollar bill
And I'll go the the bar room
Where I drink with my friends
Where the women can't folllow
And see what I spend
God bless them pretty women
I wish one was mine
Cause their breath is as sweet as
The dew on the vine
Give me food when I'm hungry
Give me drink when I'm dry
A dollar when I'm hard up
Religion when I die (and only then)
If this whole world's a bottle
Then life's but a dram
When the bottle is empty
It sure ain't worth a damn
I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow
And set up my still
And if the whiskey don't kill me
I don't know what will
End

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Moonshiner

I've been a moonshiner for many long years
I spend all of my money on whiskey and beer
I'll go down to some holler and set up my still
I'll sell you a gallon for a two dollar bill.

I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
If whiskey don't kill me Lord I'll live 'til I die.
God bless them moonshiners they're all friends of mine
Their breath is a sweet as the dew on the vine.

I'll go down in some grocery and I'll drink with my friends
No women to bother me or see what I spend
God bless them pretty women I wish one was mine
For their breath is more sweeter than even moonshine.

God bless that pretty woman I wish she was mine
For her breath is more sweeter than even moonshine.

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More of You
The Avett Brothers

Saying hello, holding your hand
Babe can I ask, babe can I have
More of (x8) you, you
Wondering what this life's all about
But I can't see myself living without
More of (x8) you, you

I get your number
What will you say?
I get your number
With no kind of game
I get your number
I don't want to wait
I get your number
I call you today

Out on the road hungry and tired
No way to stop, nowhere to hide
A booth in the corner, a place for the night
I stood up to leave unsatisfied
I cannot forget her, I promise I've tried
I looked through the glass between me and the night
I asked what it is, my reflection replies

More of (x8) you, you

I get your number
What will you say?
I get your number
With no kind of game
I get your number
I don't want to wait
I get your number
I call you today


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More Often Than Once In A While

When every time I hear your name
I remember who's to blame
How that I was the first to be untrue
You start to pray to god above
When you lose the one you love
And I know I was to blame for losin' you

   I still remember the sound of your voice dear
   And the thrill of your sweet angel smile
   Tho you're gone yet you're still in my heart
   I miss you darling more often than once in a while

It starts with just a careless flirt
You'll never know how much you"ll hurt
The only one who's really in you heart
The way i cheated was a shame
Now you no longer wear my name
And it's oh so many years we've been apart

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More Pretty Girls Than One

   There's more pretty girls than one
   More pretty girls than one
   Any old town that I ramble all around
   There's more pretty girls than one

Now mama talked to me last night
She gave to me some good advice
Said son you ought to quit that old rambling all around
And marry you a sweet loving wife

Now look down that long lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry
I'm thinking all about them pretty little gals
And hoping that I'll never die

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More Pretty Girls Than One

My mama told me last night
She gave me good advice
Better stop your rambling round, pretty boy
And marry you a loveing wife

Look down that lonesome road
Hang down your little head and cry
For thinking of those pretty little girls
And hoping I never will die

Look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
To sing when I am gone

There's more pretty girls than one
There's more pretty girls than one
For every town I rambled around
There's more pretty girls than one


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Dolly Parton - More Than I Can Say lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Your love is like a gentle breeze
That's always blowin' over me
I know you're all I'll ever need
In each and every way
You're both ends of the rainbow
My colors and my pot of gold
I love you with a love untold
More than I can say
You are the song of every bird
You are the poet's every word
Every artist's picture
Every writer's play
You are the glow in every night
You are the warmth in each sunrise
Makes no difference how I try
It's more than I can say
And when I've needed you
You've always been there for me
Been my friend and stood by me
And held me as you loved the world away
And when I've wanted you
You have satisfied my needs
Fullfilled all my fantasies
I love you more and more each day
More than I can say
Oh and sometimes I watch you gently sleep
Listen as you softly breathe
Touch you skin and kiss you sweet
And love you all the way
I reach for you
You come to me
Love me into ecstacy
I will love you endlessly
More than I can say
And when I've needed you
You've always been there for me
Been my friend and stood by me
And held me as you loved the world away
And when I've wanted you
You have satisfied my needs
Fullfilled all my fantasies
I love you more and more each day
More than I can say
I love you more and more each day
More than I can say
More than I can say
More than I can say
More than I can say


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Brad Paisley - More Than Just This Song lyrics

Like a boat on a river this bus is floating down this old highway
Looking out the window I think about how I got here today
Anyone who's anywhere had some help getting there its true
And one of the reasons why I get to do the things I do
I met this angel
With callused hands
Who led this boy to his band
Under his wing I learned to fly
On these 6 strings through this life
You can hear them in my playing
Although he's gone
And I owe him so much more than just this song.
Like a leaf that had fallen I was drifting down the stream
Mr. Guitar came into my life and let me live this dream
His old gretch still speaking still speaking its teaching all of us a ton
He was my friend and my hero all wrapped up in one
I met this angel
With callused hands
Who lead this naive boy into his band
Under his wing I learned to fly
On his 6 strings into the night
I can still hear him playing although he's gone
And I owe him so much more than just this song.
Every face we see from we every stage we roll
With every note we play even though there gone
They live on
They live on


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More Than My Old Guitar
Recorded by Merle Haggard

C            G7     C
More than my old guitar 
F            G7     C
More than my old guitar
F                         C             F
I love my old guitar like God loves the poor
    C          G7    C
But I love you e-ven more 

                 F           C
You know there's love in our family
    F            G7        C
And not a lot of hate to ignore
    F                 C              F
And love is for music and guitar for loving
    C          G7    C
But I love you e-ven more

Repeat #1

               F        C
There'll be no need for saving
   F                 G7          C
If you knew what the Lord had in store
F                        C          F
What waits for after the mind can't imagine
    C          G7    C
But I love you e-ven more

Repeat #1

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Dolly Parton - More Than Their Share lyrics
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1968

I give an inch and you take a mile and you tell me to jump and I just ask how
high
I've been over backwards to show you I care
And someone must always give more than their share
I say I'm sorry when the fault is not mine
And I take the blame for our fights all the time
I love you so much and it doesnt seem fair
That someone must always give more than their share
I know you well enough to know you would never admit you were wrong
And you know me well enough to know I give in cause my love is so strong
If I give an inch and you take a mile if you tell me to jump well I just ask
how high
I've been over backwards to show you I care
Cause someone must always give more than their share
Yes someone must always give more than their share


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Dolly Parton - More Than Words Can Tell lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1972

When you're rocking back and forth there by the window
And the sun shines through the silver in your hair
I'll think of all the years we've spent together
And of all the good and bad times we have shared
We've seen happiness that could match heaven's beauty
And each sadness like the flaming pits of hell
But each thing we share just makes our love grow stronger
And I love you more than words could ever tell
When the golden years have slowly come upon us
And our children have all married off and gone
You know sweetheart each day our love grows more exciting
And I love you more as each day passes on
We've seen happiness that could match heaven's beauty
And we love each other more than words can tell
And each day as we grow closer to God's calling
I pray he'll call us at the same time there to dwell
We've seen happiness...
Yes I love you more than words could ever tell


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Dolly Parton - More Where That Came From lyrics

I've been through hell and half of Louisiana
Lookin' for a man like you
I know you could have any woman you want
And I know you've had a few
I know I've got some stiff competition
They ain't got nothin' on me
'Cause I've got something that you've been missin'
I practice what I preach
Chorus:
'Cause I wanna be your lover
I wanna be your friend
And I wanna be your full-time woman
Closer than your kin
I wanna be your satisfaction
Be your number one
And just when you think I can't love you any better
Well, I have just begun
'Cause there's more where that came from
There's more where that came from
And I want your clothes in my closet
My name on your mail
And I want my love to be your faucet
Drinkin' from an endless well
I want your kids to call me Mama
I want you to call me Hun
I wanna be the one you love and honor
When it's all been said and done
Chorus:
'Cause I wanna be your lover
I wanna be your friend
And I wanna be your full-time woman
Closer than your kin
I wanna be your satisfaction
Be your number one
And just when you think I can't love you any better
Well, I have just begun
'Cause there's more where that came from
That's right, there's more where that came from
2nd Chorus:
Oh, I wanna be your lover
I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your full-time woman
I'm gonna get under your skin
'Cause I wanna be your satisfaction
Be your number one
And just when you think I can't love you any better
Well, I have just begun
There's more where that came from
That's right, there's more where that came from
Tag:
Yes, I wanna be your full-time woman
I wanna be that, I wanna be that
Oh, I wanna be your lover, lover, lover
I wanna be that, I wanna be that
And I wanna be your satisfaction
I wanna be that, I wanna be that


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Crooked Still 
Morning Bugle

Here I am, too wasted for the evenin' ride
Down to Mother Mary's other place
Can I hang out here beside the fireside?
Listen to the rain fall, falling on the earth ball

You know I tried, my dear, to be like everybody else
But my body and my mind had other plans
So here I am laid out beside your fireside
Listenin' to the rain fall, falling on the earth ball

Oh say, please don't go away
Haven't got much I can call to
If you're not here
Somewhere's else outside
Some scene I'll make myself fine to keep on laughing
I'll get by with a little bit of luck again

Gonna get me a place down here for Thanksgiving dinner, don't you know
Gonna get me a lid, keep back out of sight
It keeps me mellow, gets me way down low
Playing in the morning sun, singin' with the silver tongue

Gonna dig me a hole down here in all these patchwork quilts
Keep my banjo by the side right there in bed
Pretend I'm in a rowboat down at the railroad pond
Playin' in the morning sun, playin' with the silver tongue

Oh me, what do you see
There's not much left in the cupboard
Half past three
It's time to make the survey again
The street's up, the streets gone up, town below got flooded
I'll get by with a little bit of luck again

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Morning Has Broken
Cat Stevens

D G A F# Bm G7 C F C

C Dm G F C
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Em Am D7sus D G
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
C F C Am D
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
G C F G7 C
Praise for them springing fresh from the world

F G E Am G7 C G7sus

C Dm F C
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

C F G E Am F# Bm G D A7 D

D Em A G D
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
F#m Bm E A
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
D G D Bm E
Praise with elation, praise every morning
A D G A7 D
God's recreation of the new day

G A F# Bm G7 C F C

REPEAT FIRST VERSE

C F E Am F# Bm G D A7 D

Chords: D7sus = xx0213, G7sus = xx0011


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The Avett Brothers - Morning Song 

Hurt so bad
You don't come around here anymore
Worse than that
Nothing's really helping I've been thinking
'bout drinking again

It's alright
If you finally stop caring
Just don't go and tell someone that does
Cause even though I know there's hope in
Every morning song
I have to find that melody alone

Her name became
The flame unto the fire
A magpie on the wire [...
Dead unto the high
Shamelessly alive unto the low

It's alright
If you finally stop caring
Just don't go and tell someone that does
Cause even though I know there's hope in
Every morning song
I have to find that melody alone

But we can go ahead
If no one notices
What's the point of it?
I have to ask

How you learn to see
Hope inside of me
When you're sure to be
Oh, leaving last

Hurt so bad
More than I expected that it would
Worse than that
It seems to be lasting just a little
Longer than it should

It's alright
If you finally stop caring
Just don't go and tell someone that does
Cause even though I know there's hope in
Every morning song
I have to find that melody alone
I have to find that melody alone
I have to find that melody alone
I have to find that melody alone

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Alison Krauss - Morrison's Reel Lyrics
(Instrumental)

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The Duhks - Moses Don't Get Lost 

Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea
Oh Moses, Moses take my hand | In that red sea
Take me out of Egypt land | In that red sea

Oh Moses, Moses part the waters | In that red sea
Take us to the lands of our fathers | In that red sea

Moses, Moses, Pharoah coming | In that red sea
Don't you hear those horses running | In that red sea

Promised land is just across | Across that red sea
Moses, Moses don't get lost | In that red sea

Stop and talk about your host got lost, got lost, got lost
Talkin' about your host got lost | In that red sea

Stop and talk about your host got lost, got lost, got lost
Talkin' about your host got lost | In that red sea

Oh Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea

Oh Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea

Yeah, ol Pharoah and the host got lost, got lost, got lost
Pharoah and the host got lost| In that red sea

Yeah, ol Pharoah and the host got lost, got lost, got lost
Pharoah and the host got lost| In that red sea

Oh Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea

Oh Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea

Oh Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea

Moses, Moses, don't get lost | In that red sea
Smite your rod and come across | In that red sea
In that red sea
In that red sea

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Dolly Parton - Most Of All, Why lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

We once were so close now the love light
That glowed has now gone out of our eyes
And the good life we had for some reason went bad
And the love that once lived here has died
How did we get here, where did it start
When did we walk out of each other's hearts
Where did we lose it, how did love die
When, where, and how, but most of all why
Most of all, why did we let love die
Like the withering leaves in the fall
And why did we wait 'til it was to late
To realize how much we lost
How did we get here, where did it start
When did we walk out of each other's hearts
Where did we lose it, how did love die
When, where, and how, but most of all why
When, where, and how, but most of all why


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Most Of The Time
BMI Work #: 9199031
Most Of The Time (Larry W. Jones 10/20/2007) (song#5097)

Most of the time I feel so lonely
Most of the time I feel so blue
Most of the time I feel downhearted
I wish your love for me was true
Most of the time I'm thinking 'bout you
I wonder if you think of me
Most of the time I want you back, dear
Oh, please come on back home to me
If at any time you feel lonely
If you still need a friend who's true
If at any time a dark cloud forms
I'll draw a silver line for you
- instrumental -
Dear, most of the time, not just part time
I find that I still need you near
And all of the time I need your love
Oh, please return to me, my dear
Most of the time I'm thinking 'bout you
I wonder if you think of me
Most of the time I want you back, dear
Oh, please come on back home to me


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Mother And Daddy Are Gone

The night Mother died it broke my Daddy's heart
In anguish he bowed his gray head
And the pitiful way he kept calling her name
I can't believe my angel is dead

The sparkle that once shined in my Daddy's eyes
And the spring he once had in his walk
Was replaced with a far away look on his face
As often of my sweet Mother we'd talk

Then the night finally came I was called to his side
On his face was a heavenly smile
Then he reached for my hand and said Son with a smile
In heaven I'll see our sweet angel tonight

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Mother Call My Name In Prayer

While kneeling by her beside in a cottage on the hill
My mother prayed her blessing for me there
She was talking then with Jesus while everything was still
And I heard my mother call my name in prayer

   Yes I heard my mother call my name in prayer
   She was pouring out her heart to Jesus there
   Then I gave my heart to Him and He saved my soul from sin
   For I heard my mother call my name in prayer

She was anxious for her boy to be just what he ought to be
And she asked the lord to take Him in His care
Just the worlds I can't remember but I know she prayed for me
For I heard my mother call my name in played

Then I gave my heart to Jesus and I'm living now for him
And someday I'll go and meet him in the air
For he heard my mother praying and he saved my soul from sin
Yes he heard my mother call my name in prayer

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Richard Thompson - Mother Knows Best Lyrics

So you think you know how to wipe your own nose
You think you know how to button your clothes
You don't know shit if you hadn't already guessed
You're just a bump on the log of life, 'cause mother knows best

She tells everybody she was born in a ditch
She back combs her hair 'till she looks like a witch
Wolves in her train, serpents suckle at her breast
Don't forget to wash behind your ears, 'cause mother knows best

O you lost your job, well ain't that a shame
You got nobody but yourself to blame
You deserve everything you get for such a carelessness
And don't eat your peas off the knife, 'cause mother knows best

So your baby's hungry, so your baby's sick
Don't make babies, that'll do the trick
Put another string of barbed wire in your little love nest
It's better than a cardboard box, 'cause mother knows best

She got a zombie army to serve her well
She got a thousand bloodhounds from the gates of hell
She got a hundred black horses with sulphur and coal on their breath
And she rides the unbelievers down, mother knows best

She says, "Bring me your first born and I'll suck their blood
Bring me your poor, I can trample in the mud
Bring me your visionaries, I can put out their eyes
And bring me your scholars, I'll have them all lobotomized
'Cause mother knows best"

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Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home

One night while the moon from heaven was shining
My mother was praying for me to come home
She asked her dear lord watch o'er me out yonder
To send me back home to never more roam

When I left my old home way back in the mountains
I said I'd return with honor and fame
But a young reckless heart turned wrong at the crossroads
Now as I go home I bring mother shame

When I got to the place where I spent my childhood
The silvery moon was shining so bright
When I asked my dear friends to tell me of mother
They said she was called to heaven last night

She told them of how she was longing to see me
How lonely her home since I went away
Said darling repent and ask for forgiveness
And meet mother there in heaven some day

Mother has gone to live with the angels
Her soul is at rest around the great throne
Now I have no one left here to advise me
For mother no longer awaits me at home

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Mother Of A Miner's Child
Gordon Lightfoot

She is my flower
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
The miners stop to watch as she walks
They know her love is not for sale
She will never fail me 'cause I know
I watch her grow
And the mother of a miner's child
Waits for me beside the kitchen door

She is my light
In this place where the darkness never ends
She'll guide me where the tunnels twist and bend
She's the only one who listens when I tell her
I got less than I can spend
She knows the pace
Oh mother of a miner's child
Wash away the coal dust from my face

When the night shift's done
She'll be waiting by the table when I come
Searchin' for another dream to chase
Oh mother of a miner's child
I know that you still think about the day
When we'll be movin' on
Remember dear old Daddy and
The promise that I made to carry on

Sometimes I smile
In the cage where the cables softly hum
I'd curse that old straw boss to the bone
But the mother of a miner's child
Is waiting for her paycheck to come home
Come Saturday
And he is just a miner's boy
I hope that he will find a better way

She is my flower
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
The miners stop to watch as she walks
They know her love is not for sale
She will never fail me 'cause I know
I watch her grow
And the mother of a miner's child
Waits for me beside the kitchen door


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Mother's At Rest

On a dark stormy night the angels call Mother.
Her love that we shared was such a short while.
She called us around and said she was leaving.
Then closing her eyes she left with a smile.
Chorus:
Mother's at rest in a lonesome old grave yard.
On a hill far away there stand her white tomb.
With the grass covered o'er it seems so neglected.
When the spring season comes sweet flowers will bloom.
I'll never forget the love Mother gave us.
As children we played around the old home.
I know her reward is a mansion in Heaven.
Her children on earth are scattered and gone.


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Mother's Bible

There's a book that Mother left me
That grows sweeter every day
I have often read the pages
Since my Mother passed away
When but just a baby boy
I would sit upon her knee
Mother looked just like an angel
When she read this book to me

Mother's bible Oh, how dear
With the covers, Worn and old
Mother's bible Much more sweeter
Worth much more To me than gold
And she told me Yes she told me
Just before she went to sleep
If I read it and believed it
Jesus then my soul would keep

Now my Mother's gone to heaven
And some times I feels so sad
Then I go get Mother's bible
That she left for me and Dad
Though the years there may be changes
But one change there'll never be
It's that old and faded bible
That my Mother left for me

* Refrain


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Mother's Lament (Down The Plughole)
Traditional

A mother was washing her baby one night,
The youngest of ten and a delicate mite.
The mother was poor and the baby was thin
'Twas nought but a skeleton covered in skin.

The mother turned round for the soap off the rack.
She only a moment, but when she turned back,
Her baby was gone, and in anguish she cried,
'Oh, where 'as my baby gone?' The angels replied:

"Your baby has gone down the plug'ole
Your baby has gone down the plug.
The poor little thing was so terribly thin,
He should have been bathed in a jug (in a jug).

"Your baby is perfectly happy
He's at home and safe with the Lord.
He's muckin' about with the angles above,
And he won't need a bath anymore."


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Mother's Only Sleeping

Well, I left my old home back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother wews called to Heaven that day

Mother's not dead, she's only a-sleeping
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
The birds will be singing while mother is sleeping
They will sing o're her as the grave sinks a-way

Oh, how we miss her round the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back in the mountains
Yes, Mother is sleeping way back in the hills

* Refrain


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Motherless Children

Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is dead
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is dead
See them wander from door to door
Lord, they've got no place to go
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

Father will do the best he can when your mother's dead
Father will do the best he can when your mother's dead
Father will do the best he can
Some things your father can't understand
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead, Lord
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead, Lord
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

Sister will do the best she can when your mother's dead
Sister will do the best she can
No way she'll leave you for another man
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead, Lord
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead
Nobody wants you
Nobody needs you
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead

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Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On

As a boy I learned of Jesus
With my mother here at home
Gathered there around the fireside
Mother taught us right from wrong

   Happy days I still remember
   With a mother long gone on
   Now rejoicing with the angels (up in heaven)
   Mother's footsteps guide me on

Mother's love will always guide us
As I journey on and on
There will be a great reunion
Mother's footsteps guide me on

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Mother's Only Sleeping

   Mothers not dead, she's only a sleeping
   Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
   The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping
   They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away

Well I left my old home way back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother was called to heaven that day

 Oh how we miss her around the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back the mountains
Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills

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Mother's Prayer

The postman came and brought a letter
It was from her boy who went away
She gave him up to join the colors
Each time he writes I hear her pray

   Dear God watch o'er my boy in service
   Help him win his victory
   And when this cruel war is over
   Bring him safely back to me

Then came the day they walked together
To the train that took him away
She knew her boy would be a hero
Her smilin eyes just seemed to say

Now soldier boy don't e'er forger her
She prays to God for you each day
That harm may never overtake you
While you are fighting far away

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Motorcycle Cowboy
Recorded by Merle Haggard

C
I married me a hippy ran away with a stringy haired blonde 
       F                                                 C
Lord I married me a hippy ran away with a stringy haired blonde
    G7                                                C
Now were both old and happy fishing on our own golden pond


Hey I love my biker baby she loves her guitar picking pal
       F                                                C
Lord I love my Harley mama she loves her guitar picking pal
        G7                                   C
I'm her motorcycle cowboy she's my long tall gal


When the party's over it's really over for good
                 F                                  C
I said when that party is over it's really over for good
      G7                                           C
Honey everything changes wouldn't change back if I could


Yeah ain't got no driveway park my hog out on the lawn
      F                                              C
Ain't got no driveway park my big old hog out on the lawn
      G7                                      C
Now I ain't got much money got me a long tall blonde


I'm her motorcycle cowboy she's my stringy haired blonde
  F                                                 C
I married me a hippy ran away with a stringy haired blonde
    G7                                                 C
Now were both gold and happy fishing on our own golden pond

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Mountain Dew

There's a big hollow tree down the road here from me
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You stroll 'round the bend and you come back again
There's a jug full of good old mountain dew

   They call it that mountain dew
   And them that refuse it are few
   I'll hush up my mug if you fill up my jug
   With that good old mountain dew

My uncle Mort, he's sawed off and short
He measures about four foot two
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew

Well, my old aunt June bought some brand new perfume
If had such a sweet smelling pew
But to her surprise when she had it analyzed
It was nothing but good old mountain dew

Well, my brother Bill's got a still on the hill
Where he runs off a gallon or two
The buzzards in the sky get so drunk they can't fly
From smelling that good old mountain dew

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Crooked Still 
Mountain Jumper

When I'm walking alone in the night I see the green coyote in the distance
Strolling in the desert long beneath the crescent moon
In the boomerang action of the noon gang I climb the hills and I wonder
Thunder and the lightning falls into a barren zone

Maybe someone saw me in the forest last Wednesday night, I don't know
I visit all the time but then again I try to not to be seen, in the green
'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night

I look at the bones, purplish tones, across the valley painted by the sage brush
Driest open prairie waiting for the fallen stars
On a rock edge hanging off a steep ledge I climb on down into an oak tree
Rolling in it's twisted limbs I float above the ground

Running from a rolling angry tumbleweed down a hill, in the wind
Sliding on the gravelly traveling avalanches on the slope, in the plain
'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night

On the high ground, shaken by a low sound, the desert looming in the distance
Looking at the sunlight dying through the blackened ridge
Water out of nowhere, flying through the air, I see the tidal wave and I'm under
Holding in my breath I sink into the desert sea

Swimming through the turning and churning into the afternoon sun, up above
Floating river canyon abandoned by sand and heat and all the rocks, on the plain

'Cause I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night
I'm a mountain jumper, when I ride the night...


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Mountain Laurel

   Like the Mountain Laurel in the grove dear
   My love is it's ever green
   Like the Mountain Laurel finds the grove dear
   I'll find you again

Where the mountain breezes blow
There's a place I long to go
You'll be waiting there I know
In the pine and we'll climb

Into the hills we knew in days gone by
When your heart was gay and so was I
And we'll find a love we left behind
Long ago long ago

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Mountain Pass

Well, I'm runnin' down this mountain pass at midnight;
Those truckers, they all flash their lights at me.
This highway ain't the very best companion,
'cause I know there's somewhere else I'd rather be.
The moonlight on the snow just sets me thinking
'bout the way your smile shines upon your face.
And I know this ain't the last beer I'll be drinking
Before I reach my final resting place
Oh, i...
(chorus)
...wish that I was in your arms a' sleeping,
Dreaming of the sweet love we just made,
But I'm runnin' down this mountain pass at midnight,
Wishin' I was in your arms again.
Oh my wheels are running hard against this mountain,
I finally crossed the archuleta line.
Another hour and I'll be with my darlin'
To dry those lonesome tears that she's been cryin'
But i...
(chorus)
I'm runnin' down this mountain pass at midnight;
Those truckers, they all flash their lights at me.
This highway ain't the very best companion,
'cause I know there's somewhere else I'd rather be.
Oh, i...
(chorus)
I am runnin' down this mountain pass at midnight,
Wishin' I was in your arms again.


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Mountain Road

There's a little road back in the mountains
That I traveled on when just a kid
Many years ago I was bound to travel
Now I'm sorry for the things I did

I remember how my Mom was weeping
As she held me close whispered son don't go
And Daddy's out stretched hand was trembling
His heart was breaking now I know

After many years I came to see them
My joy to grief turned like a stone
Two graves with words please hurry home son
We're waiting for you by your mountain road

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Mountain Rosa Lee

I met the girl named Jole Blon and I know her sister too
I met Ann from Old Cheyenne and I know Sue City Sue
There's sweet Marie from Tennessee and Louisiana Lou
I know them all from A to Z and I met Miss Molly too

But of all the pretty girls I met there's just one girl for me
She lives away back in the hills my Mountain Rosa Lee
Her hair is dark and curly and her eyes are big and blue
Raised on corn and taters and she loves her mountain dew

   Mountain sweet heart
   Mountain Rosa Lee
   Hillbilly baby waiting there for me
   Cheeks are red as roses and lips are meant for me
   Hillbilly baby my Mountain Rosa Lee

There's Texas Red in Texas they say she's out of sight
Pistol Packing Mama full of dynamite
Sadie from Missouri as fine as she can be
But none can satisfy me like my Mountain Rosa Lee

Now you can have your Texas gals and Louisiana Lou
I'll give you Miss Molly and sweet Sue City Sue
I'll give you Ann from Old Cheyenne and Marie from Tennessee
I'm going back to the mountains and Marry Rosa Lee

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Railroad Earth - Mountain Time 

Met a man who could not lie for silver
Met a man who would not sing for gold
Got out & his hands were shakin'
Got out somewhere down the road

Gonna be . . . All his life
Livin' . . . On mountain time

Met a man walkin' by a river
. . . His steps were all his own
Got out & his heart was broken
Got out somewhere all alone

Gonna be . . . All his life
Livin' . . . On mountain time

Met a man - his soul he could not treason
Met a man who would not wave that flag
Got out & his hands were shakin'
Got out somewhere down the road

Gonna be . . All his life
Livin' . . On mountain time
Gonna be . . All right
Livin' . . On mountain time

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Mountains O' Mourne
Traditional

Oh, Mary, this London's a wonderful sight
with people here working by day and by night.
They don't sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat
but there's gangs of them diggin' for gold in the street.
At least when I asked them that's what I was told
so I just took a hand at this diggin' for gold,
But for all that I found there I might as well be
where the Mountains O'Mourne sweep down to the sea.

I believe that when writing a wish you expressed
as to how the fine ladies in London were dressed,
Well, if you'll believe me when asked to a ball,
they don't wear no top to their dresses at all.
Oh, I've seen them meself and you could not in truth
say that if they were bound for a ball or a bath,
Don't be startin' them fashions, now, Mary McCree,
where the Mountains O'Mourne sweep down to the sea.

There's beautiful girls here, oh, never you mind,
with beautiful shapes nature never designed.
And lovely complexions, all roses and cream
but let me remark with regard to the same
That if at those roses you venture to sip,
the colors might all come away on your lip,
So, I'll wait for the wild rose that's waitin' for me
in the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea.


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The Duhks - Mountains O' Things 

The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a live of ease
And mountains Oh mountains o' things

To have a big expensive car
Drag my furs on the ground
And have a maid that I can tell
To bring me anything
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I'll revel in their attention
And mountains Oh mountains o' things

Sweet lazy life
Champagne and caviar
I hope you'll come and find me
Cause you know who we are
Those who deserve the best in life
And know what money's worth
And those whose sole misfortune
Was having mountains o' nothing at birth

Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings

Consume more than you need
This is the dream
Make you pauper
Or make you queen
I won't die lonely
I'll have it all prearranged
A grave that's deep and wide enough
For me and all my mountains o' things

Mostly I feel lonely
Good good people are
Good people are only
My stepping stones
It's gonna take all my mountains o' things
To surround me
Keep all my enemies away
Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay

I'll be dreaming, dreaming... Dreaming...

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Mountains Of Tennessee, The

Take me back take me back to my old mountain home
Take me back where my heart longs to be
Where we played by the brook in the cool shady nook
In the mountains of Tennessee

In my old mountain home where the wild roses bloom
Is a spot just like heaven to me
Take me back take me back to my old mountain home
In the mountains of Tennessee

Take me back take me back to my old mountain home
Take me back to my old mothers knee
Where the stars shine bright and the birds are free
In the mountains of Tennessee

Round my old mountain home where I used to roam
Their waiting a welcome for me
Take me back to my old log cabin home
In the mountains of Tennessee

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Railroad Earth - Mourning Flies (Live) 

what were you dreaming? . . . that made you sweat . . soaking wet . . . in a fever?
dark wings circling . . . slowly around . . slowly around . . slowly around

what grip held you? . . tossed & turned you . . tossed & turned you?
where were you going? carried away . . carried away . . & calling?

oh . . then mourning flies . . the fields awake & come alive . . darkness goes . .
the crows appear . . the scurrying squirrel . . the apple tree deer . . the sun fills
our bed . . the sun fills our bed

some cloud's caught us . . trouble all around . . trouble comin' down
six wings circling . . slowly around . . slowly comin' down . . upon me

oh . . then mourning flies . . the fields awake & come alive . . darkness goes . .
the crows appear . . the scurrying squirrel. . the apple tree deer . . the sun fills our bed
. . the cats walk our head

they were on my chest . . it was a funny feeling . .
they had a map of my heart . . pulled pieces & parts & flew away . .
the birds were on my breast . . it was a funny feeling . .
they had a map of my soul . . dug for the coal & pulled it out . .

will you ever know?. . i'll be right there with you . .
i have a map of your heart . . the pieces & parts
to make it whole again

oh . . â til mourning flies . . the fields awake & come alive . . darkness goes . .
crows appear . . the scurrying squirrel . . the apple tree deer . . carry me through
. . i'll carry you

where have you been?
tell me where have you been?
where have you been?
tell me where have you been?

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Punch Brothers - Movement and Location 

Did he ever live, in those three and twenty years,
For a thing of movement and location

If she'd raised her voice,
Not her sparkling shallow eyes,
To indict my movement and location,
Would the battle be lost?

You can watch the tape
You can try to hit your spots
But don't do it for anything
But the thrill of movement and location
Or the battle is lost.

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Moving Father's Grave
Traditional

They're moving father's grave to build a sewer
They're moving it regardless of expense.
They're moving his remains to lay down nine-inch drains
To irrigate some posh bloke's residence.

Now what's the use of having a religion?
If when you're dead you cannot get some peace
'Cause some society chap wants a pipeline to his tank
And moves you from your place of rest and peace...

Now father in his life was not a quitter
And I'm sure that he'll not be a quitter now.
And in his winding sheet, he will haunt that privy seat
And only let them go when he'll allow.

Now won't there be some bleedin' consternation,
And won't those city toffs begin to rave!
But it's no more than they deserve, 'cause they had the bleedin' nerve
To muck about a British workman's grave.


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Moving Things
Darrell Henderson

There are times
When you face becomes a picture in my mind
And the feeling that I get - so cold and lonely
It can't be described
Nostalgia grips my soul, and I reach wildly
For something left behind

Chorus:
Those (* times) are only moving things like me
Down a long highway of endless dotted lines

There are dreams
That fools like me have from time to time
The plans we made, and games we played but never won
The times we had, both good and bad
And feelings felt, both glad and sad

Chorus; (* dreams)

There are nighes
When I sing my songs to a memory of you
And with misty eyes, like L.A. skys
I know what's meant by feeling blue
But when morining the sunrise
Lord, it makes me realize

Chorus; (* songs)

Repeat chorus


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Mr Engineer

I'm gonna catch me a freight train
Lord I'm leaving this lonesome town
The one I loved and gave my heart to
For someone else she turned me down

   Engineer reach up and pull the whistle
   Let me hear that lonesome sound
   For it blends with the feeling that's in me
   The one I loved has turned me down

There's sixteen cars behind each engine
I'll ride the last one till the end of the line
I don't know where I'll go or where I'll wind up
Just anything to ease my worried mind

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The Incredible String Band - Mr. And Mrs. 

He's wearing the breaches that father bequeath'd him
Grandfather's jacket, still stained from the war
Schoolmaster's hat and mother's familiar
And thousands of souvenirs kept from before

Still wearing the bruises of coppers and robbers
Ring of the bishop on loving his pomp
Once-bitten apples of jealous dispassion
Twice-eaten hopes with the crust and the crumb

She carries a gramophone and plays the same records
Family choir claim truth equals pain
Compulsively buying the devil's selection
Of sure good for nothing again and again

Children come follow in grandfather's footsteps
Laced on her fears and her man-o-war stare
Mapping a course with the hard learned lesson
Magistrate's customer and the prefect

Mr. and Mrs. I know it's sore with the daily pitchfork
And the marshal law
Oh, chatting young lovers sweetness heart
Working together to make this world
Out of the pain the sweet gone sour
I'm going to the beautiful country don't you want to come

A check for the break in my telephone line
And people are buzzing me most of the time
I'm dialing your line I wait for my reply

I'm here, I'm here
Now I'm on my way, now I'm on my way
Oh, Mr. and Mrs., oh, Mr. and Mrs.
Well, I just can't stay
So many haters in this town, so many haters

Everyone's trying to put you down
Mr. and Mrs., oh, Mr. and Mrs.
You're in this mess
I understand you're in such a mess

Oh, Mr. and Mrs.
Palm the tears in your eyes
Talking about tears in your eyes
You know, I won't leave till you come through

Doo, we, oo, we, ooh
Doo, we, oo, we, ooh

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Mr. And Mrs. Santa Claus
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Dallas Frazier and Earl Montgomery
 
G              C                 G
Honey the snow outside is softly fallin'
                                    D7
The kids are all tucked in and fast asleep
G                        C                 G
We got a cozy den with a big old fireplace burnin'
          A7                                     D7
Don't you think it's time we think about you and me
   G                                C
As long as there's a holiday called Christmas
   A7                                  D7
As long as there's a snowflake left to fall
      G                                      A7
There ain't nobody gonna keep true love from callin' us
D7                 G
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus
               C                G
Honey do you remember our first Christmas
                 A7                 D7
Standin' by that poor old Christmas tree
G                    C               G
And all that we ever needed was each other
    A7                                     D7
And that's the way honey it's always gonna be
Repeat #2 x2
No they won't
A7      D7         G
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus

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Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker

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

I met him in a cell in New Orleans,
I was down and out.
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
As he spoke right out.
He talked of life, talked of life, he laughed, slapped his leg a step.

Chorus:
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles, dance.

He said his name "Bojangles" then he danced a lick
Across the cell.
He grabbed his pants for a better stance, then he jumped so high,
And he clicked his heels.
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh, shook back his clothes all around

Chorus

He danced for those at minstrel shows & county fairs
Throughout the south.
He spoke with tears of 15 years how his dog and him
Traveled about.
His dog up and died, he up and died, after 20 years he still grieves.

Chorus

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

Chorus


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Mr. Mudd And Mr. Gold
Townes Van Zandt

The wicked king of clubs awoke
it was to his queen turned
his lips were laughing as they spoke
his eyes like bullets burned
the sun's upon a gambling day
his queen smiled low and blissfully
let's make some wretched fool to pay
plain it was she did agree

He sent his deuce down into diamond
his four to heart, and his trey to spade
three kings with their legions come
preparations soon where made
they voted club the days commander
gave him an army face and number
all but the outlaw jack of diamonds
and the aces in the sky

He gave his sevens first instructions
spirit me a game of stud
stakes unscarred by limitation
'tween a man named Gold and man named Mudd
Club filled Gold with greedy vapors
'til his long, green eyes did glow
Mudd was left with the sighs and trembles
watching his hard earned money go

Flushes fell on Gold like water
tens they paired and paired again
but the aces only flew through heaven
and the diamond jack called no man friend
The diamond queen saw Mudd's ordeal
began to think of her long lost son
fell to her knees with a mother's mercy
prayed to the angels every one

The diamond queen, she prayed and prayed
and the diamond angel filled Mudd's hole
the wicked king of clubs himself
fell face down in front of Gold
now three kings come to Club's command
but the angels from the sky did ride
three kings up on the streets of Gold
three fireballs on the Muddy side

The club queen heard her husband's call
but Lord that queen of diamond's joy
when the outlaw in the heavenly hall
turned out to be a wanderin' boy
Now Mudd he checked and Gold bet all
and Mudd he raised and Gold did call
and the smile just melted off his face
when Mudd turned over that diamond ace

Now here is what this story's told
if you feel like Mudd you'll end up Gold
if you feel like lost, you'll end up found
so amigo, lay them raises down


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Richard Thompson - Mr. Rebound Lyrics

My sweetheart, she bounced right out of my arms
She was gone before I remembered to cling
Was I moving too slowly to catch her
Or was she by nature a slippery thing

Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Into the arms of clean up Joe
Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Mr. Rebound, as if I didn't know
As if I didn't know

He'll give her laughs and he'll give her dreams
I gave her the kids and the pots and pans
He'll do for the dash and he'll do for the sprint
But he won't do for a marathon man

Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Into the arms of clean up Joe
Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Mr. Rebound, as if I didn't know
As if I didn't know

I know for a fact, she ain't coming back
To tell you the truth, I'm a little bit glad
She may be blind with the things on her mind
But how can she stand to touch something that bad

Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Into the arms of clean up Joe
Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Mr. Rebound, as if I didn't know

Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Into the arms of clean up Joe
Into the arms of Mr. Rebound
Mr. Rebound, as if I didn't know
As if I didn't know
As if I didn't know

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Richard Thompson - Mr. Rebound - 2001 Digital Remaster 

My sweetheart she bounced right out of my arms
She was gone before I remembered to cling
Did I reach out too slowly to catch her
Or was she by nature a slippery thing

Into the arms of Mr Rebound
Into the arms of Clean Up Joe
Into the arms of Mr Rebound
Mr Rebound, as if I didn't know

He'll give her laughs and he'll give her dreams
I gave her the kids and the pots and pans
He'll do for the dash and he'll do for the sprint
But he won't do for a marathon man

I know for a fact that she ain't coming back
To tell you the truth, I'm a little bit glad
She may be blind with the things on her mind
But how can she stand to touch something that bad

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Mr. Sandman
Recorded by Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Rhonstadt 
Written by Pat Ballard
 
C           B7
Mr. Sandman bring me a dream
E7                       A7
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
D7                     G7
Give him two lips like roses in clover
C                              A7         G
And tell him that his lonesome nights are over

C       B7
Sandman I'm so alone
E7                   A7
Don't have nobody to call my own
Dm                        F
Please turn on your magic beam
    C       D7       G7 C
Mr. Sandman bring me a  dream
 
            B7
Mr. Sandman bring me a dream
E7                       A7
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
D7                     G7
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
C                              A7         G7
And tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Repeat #2 
 
            B7
Mr. Sandman bring us a dream
E7                             A7
Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam
D7                           G7
Give him a lonely heart like Poliachi
C                          A7   G
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace

C          B7
Mr. Sandman someone to hold
E7                   A7
Would be so peachy before we're too old
   Dm                        F
So please turn on your magic beam
    C       D7       C
Mr. Sandman bring us please please please
            D7       G7 C
Mr. Sandman bring us a  dream



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Dolly Parton - Mr. Sandman (With Emmylou Harris And Linda Ronstadt) lyrics
With Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt
Writer Pat Ballard

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make him the cutest that I've ever seen Give
him two lips like roses and clover Then tell him that his lonesome nights are
over Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your
magic brean Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over Mister Sandman, bring me a
dream Give him a pair of eyes with a come hither gleam Give him a lonely heart
like Pagliacci And lots of wavy hair like Liberace Mister Sandman, someone to
hold Would be so peachy before we're too old Sp please turn on yor magic beam
Mister Sandman, bring us Please, please, please Mister Sandman, bring us a
dream Written by : Pat Ballard From the album : Evangeline Label : Warner Bros
Records 7599 56880-2 (1981)


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Richard Thompson - Mr. Stupid 

Richard Thompson
Sweet Warrior
Mr. Stupid
If I say what's on my mind dear
The judge will slap me down
You got me in the corner
And it's only the second round
So I'll keep my mouth shut darling
I'll be quiet as a lamb
And I'll act just as dumb dear
As you really think I am

I can shake your hand like an orang-utang
Act goofy as a clown
Clear the streets and book your seats
Mr Stupid's back in town
You can see me shoot right through that hoop
It's a trick of great renown
Flip your lids and bring the kids
Mr Stupid's back in town

And when your friends point out you're stuck with
A neanderthal for an ex
Don't fret about it darling
I still sign my name on cheques
I could grunt my way through questions
I could scratch myself and howl
I could numb you with my dumbness
I could lay it on with a trowel

I can shake your hand like an orang-utang
Act goofy as a clown
Clear the streets and book your seats
Mr Stupid's back in town
O Mr Stupid's back in town
Mr Stupid's back in town
Mr Stupid's back in town

On your thirty seventh birthday
When he handed you that mink
Did you still feel like a victim
With your elbows in the sink?
But I've said too much already
Now I think I'll step aside
My alter ego's ready
For any questions on your mind

I can shake your hand like an orang-utang
Act goofy as a clown
Clear the streets and book your seats
Mr Stupid's back in town
You can see me shoot right through that hoop
It's a trick of great renown
Flip your lids and bring the kids
Mr Stupid, Mr Stupid's back in town

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Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.


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Mr.bottle

Well, hello Mr.Bottle
We seem to meet again
Today has been a long day
Thought it would never end
I knew that you'd be waiting
You never turn me down
I'm gonna tell you, all my troubles
In you I'll let them drown

An empty bottle on the table
And the juke box plays too loud
I seem to be so all alone
Even though I'm with a crowd
If I see my baby's sweet face
Coming through that door
I wouldn't have to drown my sorrow
In Mr.Bottle anymore

Now listen, Mr.Bottle
I think you are my friend
You've helped me over troubles
That never seem to end
I've searched my mind, so many times
To see if I was wrong
Now it doesn't seem to matter
I just want my baby home

* Refrain


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Mr.engineer

Engineer reach up and pull the whistle
Let me hear that lonesome sound
For it blends with the feeling that's in me
The one I love has turned me down

I'm gonna catch me a freight train
Lord, I'm leaving this lonesome town
The one I loved andgave my heart to
That's the one that turned me down

* Refrain

There's sixteen cars behind each engine
I ride the last one to the end of the line
I don't know where I'm going or where I'll wind up
Just anything to ease my worried mind

* Refrain


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Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires lyrics

I've got some big news, the bank finally came through,
And I'm holding the keys to the brand new Chevrolet
Have you been outside? It sure is a nice night
How ?bout a little test-drive, down by the lake?
There's a place I know about, where the dirt road runs out
We can try out the four-wheel drive
Come on now whata? ya say? Girl I can hardly wait-
To get a little mud on the tires
Cause it's a good night, to be out there soakin? up the moonlight
Steak out a little piece of shoreline, I got the perfect place in mind
It's in the middle of nowhere, only one way to get there
Gotta get a little mud on the tires
Moonlight on a duck vine, catfish on a trout line
Sun sets about nine, this time of year
We can throw a blanket down, crickets singing in the background
And more stars than you can count on a night this clear
Tell ya what we need to do, grab a sleepin? bag or two
And build us a little campfire
Then with a little luck, we might just get stuck
Lets get a little mud on the tires
Cause it's a good night, to be out there soakin? up the moonlight
Steak out a little piece of shoreline, I got the perfect place in mind
It's in the middle of nowhere, only one way to get there
Gotta get a little mud on the tires
Then with a little luck, we might just get stuck
Lets get a little mud on the tires


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Mudcat John
BMI Work #: 8535796
Mudcat John (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2006) (song#4166)

Mama said stay away from the river
And don't go fishin' with Mudcat John
That 'ol black man's hair was silver
After years of pickin' cotton was done
Mudcat John was born in Vicksburg
Mudcat John had been a slave, you know
But to me he was a brave and good man
Mudcat John was my best friend
Many long years ago
Mama said stay away from the river
And don't go fishin' with Mudcat John
That 'ol black man's hair was silver
After years of pickin' cotton was done
I dream of huntin' squirrel and possom
And white cotton fields of toil and woe
Scent of Vicksburg's magnolia blossoms
And 'ol Mudcat John workin' with his hoe
Mama said stay away from the river
And don't go fishin' with Mudcat John
That 'ol black man's hair was silver
After years of pickin' cotton was done
Mudcat John was born in Vicksburg
Mudcat John had been a slave, you know
But to me he was a brave and good man
Mudcat John was my best friend
Many long years ago


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Muddy Water

Mary grab the baby river's rising
Muddy water's taking back the land
Well this old house it won't take one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand.

The morning light showed water in the valley
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to save you just can't take them with you
The flood will swallow all we leave behind.

   I won't be back to start all over
    'Cause what I felt before is gone
   Mary grab the baby river's rising
   Muddy water's taking back our home.

Now the road is gone there's just one way to leave here.
I'll turn my back on what I've left below
Shifting land and broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know.

It's hard to say just what I'm losing
Ain't never been so all alone
Mary grab the baby river's rising
Muddy water's taking back my home.
Well muddy water's taking back my home.

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Leftover Salmon - Muddy Water Home Lyrics

Walkin' on down the track, bringing my baby back
Well, I'm on my way to that muddy water home
Things ain't been the same since she got on that train
Done jumped that rail, done left me all alone

When you hear that whistle blow, I'm headed down the road
Gonna bring my darlin' back where she belongs
Don't sleep through the night without that woman to hold me tight
Come mornin' look and I'll be gone

Walkin' on down the line, leavin' these blues behind
She's the only one who would ever let me know
Now I'm thinking back on the day before she went away
Wonderin' why she ever had to go

When you hear that whistle moan, I'm headed down the road
Gonna bring my darlin' back where she belongs
Can't sleep through the night without that woman to hold me tight
Come mornin', look and I'll be gone

Walkin' on down the track, bringing my baby back
Well, I'm on my way to that muddy water home
Things ain't been the same since she got on that train
Done jumped that rail, done left me all alone

When you hear that whistle moan I'm headed down the road
Gonna bring my darlin' back where she belongs
Can't sleep through the night without that woman to hold me tight
Come mornin', look and I'll be gone

Well, I'm on my way to that muddy water home

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Mule Skinner Blues

Good morning captain good morning son
Do you need another mule skinner
Out on your new road line

Well I like to work I'm rolling all the time
Lord I like to work boy I'm rolling all the time
I can pop my initials Right on a mule's behind

Well it's hey little water boy bring your water 'round
Lord it's hey little water boy bring your water 'round
And if you don't like your job just set that water bucket down

I work out on the new road from a dollar and a dime a day
Lord I work out on the new road I make a dollar and a dime a day
I've got three women on Saturday night Waiting to draw my pay

Well I'm going to town honey what can I bring you back
Well I'm going to town baby what can I bring you back
Just bring a pint of good rye And a John B.Stetson hat

Lord it's raining here and it's storming on the deep blue sea
Lord it's raining here and it's storming on the deep blue sea
Can't no blonde headed woman make a monkey out for me

If your house catches fire and there ain't no water 'round
If your house catches fire and there ain't no water 'round
Just throw your good gal out the window let your house just burn on down

Well I'm leaving here and I ain't gonna take no clothes
I'm leaving here and I ain't gonna take no clothes
There may be good times in this old town but it's better on down the road

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Multiply The Heartaches
Recorded by George Jones with Melba Montgomery 
Written by Kathy Dee
 
C                                     F
Once I thought two happy hearts would someday beat as one
    G7                                                C
But then a third heart came along and now our love is gone
                                F
I count the many times I said I love no one but you
    G7                                                      C
But don't be fooled by counting dreams that never will come true
             F                     C
Subtract one love and multiply the heartaches
           G7                    C
Divide the tears by every time a heart breaks
           F                    C
The answer only tells that it's too late
             G7                    C
Subtract one love and multiply the heartaches
Repeat #2
             G7                    C
Subtract one love and multiply the heartaches

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The Avett Brothers - Murder In The City 

If I get murdered in the city
Don?t go revenging in my name
One person dead from such is plenty
No need to go get locked away
When I leave your arms
The things I think of
No need to get over alarmed
I?m coming home

I wonder which brother is better
Which one our parents loved the most
I sure did get in lots of trouble
They seemed to let the other go
A tear fell from my father?s eye
I wondered what my dad would say
He said, ?I love you and I?m proud of you both,
In so many different ways?

If I get murdered in the city
Go read the letter in my desk
Don?t bother with all my belongings
Pay attention to the list
Make sure my sister knows I love her
Make sure my mother knows the same
Always remember there was nothing worth sharing
Like the love that let us share our name
Always remember there was nothing worth sharing
Like the love that let us share our name

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The Avett Brothers - Murder in the City (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

If I get murdered in the city
Don't go revengin' in my name
One person dead from such as plenty
No need to go get locked away

When I leave your arms
The things that I think of
No need to get over alarmed
I'm comin' home

I wonder which brother is better
Which one our parents love the most
I sure did get in lots of trouble
They seemed to let the other go

A tear fell from my father's eyes
I wondered what my dad would say
He said I love you
And I'm proud of you both, in so many different ways

If I get murdered in the city
Go read the letter in my desk
Don't bother with all my belongings
But pay attention to the list

Make sure my sister knows I loved her
Make sure my mother knows the same
Always remember, there was nothing worth sharing
Like the love that let us share our name
Always remember, there was nothing worth sharing
Like the love that let us share our name

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Alan Jackson - Murder On Music Row lyrics

Nobody saw them running
From 16th Avenue
They never found the fingerprints
Or the weapon that was used
But someone killed country music
Cut out its heart and soul
They got away with murder
Down on music row
The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide fame
Slowly killed tradition
And for that, someone shouldhang   ("Ahh, you tell 'em Alan")
They all say "Not Guilty!"
But the evidence will show
That murder was committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And the fiddles barely play
But drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Are mixed up in your face
Ol'  Hank wouldn't have a chance
On today's radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
They thought no one would miss it
Once it was dead and gone
They said no one would buy them ol'
Drinkin' and cheatin' songs   ("Oh, but I still buy 'em")
Well there ain't no justice in it
And the hard facts are cold
Murder's been committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And you can't hear fiddles play
With drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Mixed right up in your face
Why the Hag wouldn't have a chance
On today's radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
Why they even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back home
There's been an awful murder
Down on music row


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Muskrat

Muskrat, oh, muskrat, what makes you smell so bad?
Layin' around the farmer's house eatin' up all he had, eatin' up all he had
Eatin' up all he had, boys, eatin' up all he had

Muskrat, oh, muskrat, I'll track him through the sand
Muskrat, oh, muskrat, gonna catch him if I can, catch him if I can
I'll catch him if I can, boys, I'll catch him if I can
I found out where he's been a-using last night

Muskrat, oh, muskrat, catch you sure as you're born
Runnin' around all over the field eatin' up all my corn, eatin' up all my corn
Eatin' up all my corn, boys, eatin' up all my corn
Gnawin' on every big ear he can find

Muskrat, oh, muskrat, I'll trap him on the bank
I'll skin him out and stretch his hide and tack it on a plank, I'll tack it on a plank
Tack it on a plank, boys, I'll tack it on a plank

Muskrat, oh, muskrat, trap him on the farm
Sell the hides when they get dry to keep some pretty gal warm, to keep some pretty gal warm
Keep some pretty gal warm, boys, to keep some pretty gal warm

Muskrat, muskrat, what makes you smell so bad?
Layin' around the farmer's house eatin' up all he had, eatin' up all he had
Eatin' up all he had, boys, eatin' up all he had
Even been in the onion patch

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Billy Strings Lyrics
Must Be Seven

Dirty broken dishes
Cigarette burns on the floor
She held a look of disbelief
And wandered through the door
To have a seat and meet the parents of the child
That was heading the wrong way
And it's probably seven years
Since she turned around and hit the road that day

Paper tearing off the walls
A rotten, moldy sink
Well, he wandered to the cupboard
Just to fix himself a drink
Like there wasn't something wrong
Like he couldn't see the sorrow in the soul
And it must be seven years
Since he tipped his hat and told 'em all "So long"

Well, she was so distracted
By the color of the room
She never thought that she would see
Her little flower bloom
And take the cards that he was dealt
Into the house the big, bad wolf could not blow down
And it must be seven years now
Since they turned their lives around

She said, "Stay on track
Don't let me see you lookin' back
Never mind what's left behind and don't look back
Don't look back"

Well the house shrunk in the rearview
They left it far behind
It faded out of sight
Back to the shadows of her mind
Like the shards of shattered mirrors
Broken pieces scattered o'er the burial ground
And it must be seven years now
Since they got out of that town

She said, "Stay on track
Don't let me see you lookin' back
Never mind what's left behind and don't look back
Don't look back"

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Alan Jackson - Must've Had A Ball lyrics

Well I must've had a ball last night
I can't recall what even started out fight
I must've drank away my blues
'Cause I don't remember losing you
Well I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing
But all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well I woke up this morning underneath my bed
And someone's in the kitchen sink
With cowboy boots on and nothing else at all
Except my hat turned backway on her head
Well I must've had a ball last night
I can't recall what even started out fight
I must've drank away my blues
'Cause I don't remember losing you
Well I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing
But all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well my picture's on the table, someone tore it right in two
Well who'd do such a crazy thing
Someone took your suitcase and your little car
And I hate it 'cause the tires are new
Well I must've had a ball last night
I can't recall what even started out fight
I must've drank away my blues
'Cause I don't remember losing you
Well I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing
But all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing
But all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well, there ain't way knowing
But all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Must've Had Your Reasons (Live)

Must've had your reasons when you left without a call
I don't want you thinkin' that I shed too many tears
I never felt the need to cry for all the wonderin' why
I don't think love can ever feel that way again

I searched this whole town 'round for a whisper of your name
I don't need you thinkin' that you got the best of me
And it doesn't shame me that I spent a lot of time
Wonderin' if love can ever feel that way again

I wouldn't bet you're thinkin' 'bout me now
But that's all the same to me 'cause I don't think that much of you
Since those couple nights I spent alone,
Sitting home waiting for you to call
And you never called at all

The reason why I'm singin' this ain't that you done me wrong
It's not because I'm worried, I've left all that stuff behind
It's just I find it funny how you chose to treat a friend

A friend of ours has seen you and he said you're lookin' fine
He was talking 'bout your beauty and I was asking 'bout your mind
Besides it's not your face I find a-missin' in the end
I don't think love can ever feel that way again
I don't think love can ever feel that way again

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My Aching Heart

In time my aching heart will mend
Through all the sorrow that I'm in
And then I'll see the light sweetheart
For someone new will take your place

   So I'll stand up and be brave
   I'll grieve each minute of the way
   And on the day my tears will dry
   I'll forget I've ever lived this life

I've paid the price for loving you
And lived in dreams that could not be
I never thought it'd end this way
But I will smile again someday

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My Baby Left Her Jingling John for Folding Fred
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier

G                                               D7
Well my baby left her jingling John for folding Fred
                                            G
True love never backed up one word that she said
                                                       C
That proved to me that a black bear is green when it's red
   G                      D7               G
My baby left her jingling John for folding Fred
                                             D7
Well my baby told me honey you're poor but I love you
                                                        G
And you could make me happy just living in a little old shack
                                                     C
You seemed real happy with my jingling John's pocket money
         G                       D7               G
Till the grapevine told her that folding Fred was back
repeat #1
                                               D7
Now her love was sweeter than a great big watermelon
                                                      G
And love was fifty-fifty right done the middle of the line
                                                 C
I'd a been better off if I'd never of tasted her loving
             G                      D7                      G
She took the heart from a melon and left me nothing but the rind 
repeat #1

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My Baby's Gone

Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun
My world has ended my baby's gone

The milkman whistles softly as he cames up to my door
The mailman brings the letters by just like he did before
They seem so busy all day long as though there's nothing wrong
Don't they know my world has ended my baby's gone

* Refrain

I wake up sometimes in the night and realize you're gone
Then I toss upon my bed and wait for day to come
I try to tell my broken heart it must go on alone
When it finds the world has ended my baby's gone

* Refrain


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My Better Years

   Now you're back on my doorstep a' crying
   Like I cried through all those lonely years
   But I can't dry your tears it's been too long since love was here
   And I've already gave you my better years

And so the pages of time kept right on turning
They never stopped for us to harvest the years
And old embers of love kept right on dying
For there was no one to drown my tears.

But I've tried not to blame you
and I try not to shame you
All I can do now is wish you well
But if you should need a friend
I'll be there until the end
Just don't ask me to love you again.

   And don't come back to my doorstep a' crying
   Hoping for what's been dead so long
   For the embers have all turned to ashes
   There's nothing here but old memories and this song.

   No don't come back to my doorstep a' crying
   There's nothing here but old memories and this song.

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Dolly Parton - My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy lyrics

From a shack by a mountain stream
To a room in New Orleans
So far from my Blue Ridge Mountain home
The men I meet ain't warm and friendly
Like the one in old Virginie
Oh they ain't real like my Blue Ridge Mountain boy
I was just a little past eighteen
When I came to New Orleans
I'd never been beyond my home state line
There was a boy who loved me dearly
But I broke his heart severely
When I left my Blue Ridge Mountain boy
Life was dull in my hometown
Lights were out when the sun went down
And I thought that city life was more my style
But nights get lonely away from home
And it's easy to go wrong
The men ain't kind like my Blue Ridge Mountain boy
New Orleans held things in store
Things I'd never bargained for
And every night a different man knocks on my door
But late at night when all is still
I can hear a whippoorwill
As I cry for my Blue Ridge Mountain boy
Oh but I can never go back home
Since the boy I love is gone
He grew tired of waiting for me to return
They say he married last October
But I never will get over
Oh the sweet love of my Blue Ridge Mountain boy
Blue Ridge Mountain boy


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Dolly Parton - My Blue Tears lyrics

Fly away from my window little blue bird
Fly as far as you can away from here
And let not your song fall upon my ear
Go spread you blue wings and I'll shed my blue tears
For the one that I have loved
He has left me and gone
An' I'm in no mood for to hear your sad song
Bring not your light into my dark room, yellow sunshine
Waste not your warmth on the cold glisten here
Oh, trouble me not
Go ye elsewhere
Go light your blue sky and I'll shed my blue tears
For the only one that I have ever loved has gone away
An' I'm in no mood for the sunshine today
Tag:
Go spread your blue wings
Go light your blue sky
An' I'll shed my blue tears


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My Bluebonnet Belle
BMI Work #: 8575136
My Bluebonnet Belle (Larry W. Jones 12/15/2006) (song#4225)

My bluebonnet belle, your eyes are so blue
Let me dry your tears, my bluebonnet belle
Now come outside, I'll show you it's true
One kiss will make you my bluebonnet belle
My bluebonnet belle, here's a bluebonnet bouquet
Let these flowers tell you the love words I say
Somewhere your heart was lost
That I surely can tell
I'll love you whatever the cost
My bluebonnet belle
My bluebonnet belle, your eyes are so blue
Let me dry your tears, my bluebonnet belle
Somewhere your heart was lost
That I surely can tell
I'll love you whatever the cost
My bluebonnet belle
I'll love you whatever the cost
My bluebonnet belle


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My Broken Heart Is On The Mend
BMI Work #: 9286916
My Broken Heart Is On The Mend (Larry W. Jones 12/03/2007) (song#5177)

Hot pancakes and coffee sweet with cream
The rest of today will be a pleasant dream
Each day I'm in clover kissed with dew
Every morning I start over loving you
My broken heart is on the mend
Blue memories have come to an end
My eyes now have no tears to dry
Since you said your love will never die
- instrumental -
Each day I'm in clover kissed with dew
Every morning I start over loving you
No more old saloons at night
Pure gold is the moon's soft light
And when I hold you in my arm's embrace
I see the love that forms upon your face
My broken heart is on the mend
Blue memories have come to an end
My eyes now have no tears to dry
Since you said your love will never die


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My Brother's Will

My brother and I were out hunting
A stray bullet made him it's mark
I carried him back to the cabin
His life nothing more that a spark

He whispered to me very softly
Dear brother I'm going away
So listen and come to me closely
There's so much that I have to say

My sweetheart her pure name is Sally
Her Mother and Father have died
She's waiting alone in the valley
When I left her oh how she cried

I've promised to bring her my fortune
Return to the valley and wed
But I've had a call from my Maker
So I'll have to go there instead

He gave me the ring he had bought her
And told of the plans they had made
He spoke of how long she had waited
And for his return how she prayed

He gave me a small piece of paper
The will he had made for this day
I promised to do as he wanted
The good Lord would show me the way

He gave me his home in the valley
And all of the money he had
He asked me to marry his Sally
And promise she'd never be sad

But once long ago we were rivals
For I loved her too from the start
I made up my mind to stay single
For Sally had broken my heart


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My Brother's Bride

I walk in the garden where often we met
Think of the one I've lost but love yet
The church organ plays for your wedding I learned
My heart is broken the day I returned

Why let me believe that I was the one
Far away I dreamed of you and home
I cherished your letters and pictures inside
Memories sacred helped keep me alive

I face the place where we shared our embrace
How often you promised to be my sweet wife
Emotion chokes me so to see you pass by
And sorrow yes sorrow will mar me for life

When friends gather round them I brush tears aside
I'll try my best my feelings to hide
How lovely she looks as on by me they ride
My false sweetheart is my brothers bride

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My Brown Eyed Girl

I'll never forget the morning you left me
I tried to smile, but instead I cried
I couldn't hold my tears no longer
The moment you told me goodbye

My brown eyed darling, you know I love you
I'll always be faithful and true
Though tonight you're miles away, dear
I want you back, dear, I'll be true

My darling, I hope you will trust me
Cause I'll be waiting just for you
Night after night upon my bed, dear
I tried to sleep, but I can't for you

I know I can depend on you dear
I hope now soon you'll come back home
I'm hoping and praying for you, my darling
And the day I'll call you my own


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My Brown-Eyed Darling

I'll never forget the mornin' you left me
I tried to smile but instead I cried
I couldn't hold my tears no longer
The moment you told me good-bye

   My brown eyed dar-lin' you know I love you
   I'll always be faithful and true
   Though tonight you're miles away dear
   I want you back dear I'll be true

My darlin' I hope you will trust me
'Cause I'll be wait-ing just for you
Night after night upon my pillow
I try to sleep but I can't for you

I know I can depend on you dear
I hope that soon you'll come back home
I'm hopin' and prayin' for you my darlin'
And the day I'll call you my own

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My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Well, I went upon a mountain, I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes doing the beebop beep
'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it, yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer

Yeah! My bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah! My bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah! My bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer

Well, I'm standing on the corner with a bucket in my hand
I'm a-waiting for a woman that ain't got no man
Cause my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer

* Refrain

Well, there ain't no use for me a-working so hard
When I got a woman in the boss man's yard
'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it, yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer

* Refrain

Well, me and my baby, we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together on the running board
'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it, yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer

* Refrain


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My Cabin In Caroline

There's a cabin in the pines in the hills of Caroline
And a blue-eyed girl is waiting there for me
I'll be going back some day and from her I'll never stray
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline

   Oh, the cabin in the shadow of the pines
   And the blue-eyed girl way down in Caroline
   Someday she'll be my wife and we'll live a happy life
   In a cabin in the hills of Caroline

I'm packing my grip for that long long trip
Back to the hills of Caroline
I want to see that blue-eyed girl, she's the sweetest in the world
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline

And when it's late at night, and the moon is shining bright
And the whippoorwill is calling from the hill
Then I'll tell her of my love, greater than the stars above
How I love her now and I know I always will

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My Clinch Mountain Home

Far away upon a hill on a sunny mountain side
Many years ago we parted, my own true love and I From the sunny mountain side 

Oh she clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part
And she said don't go my darling I know twill break my heart
When we two are far apart 

   Carry me back to old Virginia back to my clinch mountain home
   Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home 

My mother's old and feeble and my father's getting gray
Carry me back to old Virginia for its there I want to stay 

Oh I held her in my arms leaned her head upon my breast
And I told her that I'd wed her when I come back from the west
To my old clinch mountain home 

In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away And the picture of my sweetheart
I'm thinking of today
On the sunny mountain side

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My Darling You Know That I Love You

   Now darling you know that I love you
   And hope you will love me sometime
   Now darling you know that I trust you
   And I hope you will soon change your mind

I wish we were both here together
While I'm writing the words to this song
But if you could write me a letter
Then it wouldn't seem so very long

Remember when we were together
You said you'd come back some day
I'm saving all my love for you darling
And that's all that I can ever say

If you ever change your mind dear
And feel that you want someone new
Just tell me all about your little secret
Then I won't feel so sad and so blue

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My Darling's Last Goodbye

Now I just heard my darlilng's last goodbye
Her precious lips can speak to me no more
The teardrops stain my cheeks although I tried
To remember that we'll meet on heaven's shore

The vows we said as planned today
So she would know no one could take her place
My love so young and fair was called away
And I'm left an empty life to face

I know someday I'll leave this empty life
To join my precious sweetheart up on high
Till then I'll bear the sorrow and the strife
For I just heard my darling's last goodbye

* Refrain


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My Darling, You Know That I Love You

Now darling, you know that I love you
And hope you will love me sometime
Now darling you know that I trust you
And I hope you will soon change your mind

I wish we were both here together
While I'm writing the words to this song
But if you could write me a letter
Then it wouldn't seem so very long

* Refrain

Remember when we were together
You said you'd come back some day
I'm saving all my love for you darling
And that's all that I can ever say

* Refrain

If you ever change your mind dear
And feel that you want someone new
Just tell me all about your little secret
Then I won't feel so sad and so blue

* Refrain


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My Darling's Last Goodbye

Now I just heard my darlilng's last goodbye
Her precious lips can speak to me no more
The teardrops stain my cheeks although I tried
To remember that we'll meet on heaven's shore

The vows we said as planned today
So she would know no one could take her place
My love so young and fair was called away
And I'm left an empty life to face

I know someday I'll leave this empty life
To join my precious sweetheart up on high
'Til then I'll bear the sorrow and the strife
For I just heard my darling's last goodbye

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My Darlin's In Heaven

There's a little cabin that's lonely today
And the love that was sheltered has vanished away
Alone now I sit by the old cabin door
And long for the home that I'll see there no more

I looked at the casket where she lay asleep
But for the one who's gone it's useless to weep
The lips that would smile and kiss me each day
Are now still forever God called her away

My darlin's in heaven she's happy I know
But each hour that passes I miss her so
The roses are fading she tended with care
And my lonely sorrow is so hard to bear

I just can't believe that in the old cabin door
My darlin' will be waiting there no more
The one that I love can't come back to me
But someday in heaven my darlin' I'll see

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My Dear Companion

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he's gone to some far country
And that he no longer cares for me 

 I wish I were a swallow flying
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
I'd join the wild birds in their crying
Thinking of you and your sweet face 

 Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all the world to me
But now the stars have turned against me
And he cares no more for me 

 Oh when the dark is on the mountain
And when the world has gone to sleep
I will go down to the cold dark waters
And there I'll lay me down and weep

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Doc Watson & David Grisman 
My Dear Old Southern Home

In my dear old southern home
I was happy as I could be
Where the mockingbirds sing
At night while they rest
In that little old log cabin by the sea

Ode-lay-ee-dee-oh-dee-oh-lay-ee
Ode-lay-ee-oh-dee-oh-lay-ee
Ode-lay-ee-oh-dee-oh-lay-ee-oh
Dee-oh-lay-ee-yay-ee-oh-lay-ee

Oft I think of my mother and dad
When I left them, I know it made them sad
But soon I'm going back to that little old log shack
Where I spent my happy days as a lad

In my dear old southern home
I was happy as I could be
Where the mockingbirds sing
At night while they rest
In that little old log cabin by the sea

Yes, my friends, I must leave you today
Soon I'll be going far away
From the old southern home I never more will roam
I'm going right back there to stay

In my dear old southern home
I was happy as I could be
Where the mockingbirds sing
At night while they rest
In that little old log cabin by the sea

Ode-lay-ee-dee-oh-dee-oh-lay-ee
Ode-lay-ee-oh-dee-oh-lay-ee
Ode-lay-ee-oh-dee-oh-lay-ee-oh
Dee-oh-lay-ee-yay-ee-oh-lay-ee

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My Deceitful Heart

   My deceitful heart keeps changing its mind
   Hurting everyone but me
   Each time I fall in love it's soon that I find
   My fickle heart longs to be free

Don't fall love with me let me warn you from the start
I'm so in love with you but I know I'll break your heart
Yes I'll only break your heart

Gee but your wonderful and I'd like to make you mine
But I don't think my love could ever stand the test of time
Could ever stand the test of time

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My Dixie Darling

   My Dixie darling
   Listen to this song I sing
   Beneath the silver moon
   With my banjo right in tune
   My heart is ever true
   I love no one but you
   My Dixie darling
   My Dixie queen

Way down below the Mason Dixie's line
Down where the honey suckles are entwined
There's where the southern winds are blowing
There's where the daisies growing

The girls of the north in the gay finery
Whirling around in the society
Singing a song of Dixie darling
Where I long to be

Going down south to have a big time
See my girl in old Caroline
I'll drink my booze and do as I please
For all those girls I long to squeeze

Singing songs of Dixie darlings
There's where I long to be going
Down where the jelly roll growing
With my Dixie queen

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My Dixie Home

I hear the special coming and I'll be on the blinds
When she pulls out for Dixie on that Mason Dixon line
Now when I left the old home I was not satisfied
When I kissed my love goodbye, she hung her head and cried

I knew a girl in Dixie, she was my childhood pal
She said if I'd quit bummin, that she would be my gal
At night I think about her, she's always on my mind
And when we played together, she was so good and kind

I've travelled this whole world over on freight trains thataway
I'm heading back to Dixie, and there I'll spend my days
I hear the special coming and I'll be on the blinds
When she pulls out for Dixie on that Mason Dixon line

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My Dream Now Is Gone
BMI Work #: 9166057
My Dream Now Is Gone (Larry W. Jones 10/09/2007) (song#5054)

Somewhere in my mind lives a memory
A dream of love that now is gone
Someone I find who is still real to me
The kind only heard in a song
Somewhere I know there's a girl I love so
I've searched high and low and above
Among all the stars and the moonlight glow
Everywhere for my dream of love
I knew her splendor was soon to depart
Now my dream, my dream now is gone
My memory renders pain in my heart
For a dream that once was my own
- instrumental -
Vows that were broken are now spoken low
Here deep in my heart where they groan
Stars and the moonlight have all lost their glow
Now my dream, my dream now is gone
I knew her splendor was soon to depart
Now my dream, my dream now is gone
My memory renders pain in my heart
For a dream that once was my own


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My Dying Bed

Our love first start started from childhood days
And parting brought me pain
I'd live for you and no other one
Sin would not have been to blame

I know I'm on my dying bed
I beg you to kneel down and pray
With love from you and the help of God
May save my soul today

If I die this way my sould will be lost
I hear old Satan calling me
It sound so different from Got I know 
Oh, Lord, please set me free

* Refrain

My friends were here and prayed for me
The lights are fading low
My heart feels light and my sould is not doomed
Dear God, I'm ready to go

* Refrain


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My Empty Arms

Theres a big bright moon tonight
And it's shining just right
Just let me hold you tight
and tell you of your charms
It don't matter to me just now
If you've broken every vow
Just let me take you
In my empty arms

You can put the blame on me
If you heart desires
I love you more and more
I'll prove it by the stars
Do you recall the time
You said I'd have to pay
I'm left here all alone
These hard hard words to say.


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Richard Thompson - My Enemy Lyrics

When you thought I was winning the game
You came and snuffed out the flame
You thought you finished me off
But you just made me strong
Each time you dealt me a blow
Each time you brought me so low
I found something inside to help me along

My enemy, enemy
How I need my enemy
Oh my enemy, enemy
How I need my enemy

Did I slight you in some little way
Or does hate help you get through the day?
One way or another, I'm happy your aim was so true
If the demons in you hadn't jarred
I would never have struggled so hard
The only thing now eating me is, what's eating you?

My enemy, enemy
How I need my enemy
Oh my enemy, enemy
How I need my enemy
[x2]

Now we're just two old men on the brink
Each waiting for the other to blink
If I should lose you, I'd be left with nothing but fate
As I see your life fall apart
I should smile but I don't have the heart
At the end of the day, it's still too much effort to hate

My enemy, enemy
How I need my enemy
Oh my enemy, enemy
How I need my enemy

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Dolly Parton - My Eyes Can Only See You lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

When your eyes meet mine, my heart beats out of time
And I burn with desire through and through
I can't help myself, I can see no one else
'Cause my eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
Your face is always in view
Oh, and my eyes can only see you
I want you so much and I long for your touch
And your eyes tell me you want me too
Oh, it may not be right, but I'm too weak to fight
And my eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
Your face is always in view
And my eyes can only see you
And my eyes can only see you


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The Incredible String Band - My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper 

Lying on the beach with desire
Rocking to the music of the waves
I was in despair, my heart needed repair
My lover had lied to me but
I was bored by what I saw there
Why? Why? Why?

My father was a lighthouse keeper
Watched the waves getting steeper
Watched the ships going down
In Cadillacs they sailed with the tide

Beneath the pier the sea, she stroked the night
I rocked a little then I moved my body again
My lover kissed my lips
I was digging what I saw there
Why? Why? Why?

My father was a lighthouse keeper
Watched the waves getting steeper
Watched the ships going down
We watched the days slip by and the stars explode
And we watched them once again

Oh, the laughter rose a cheer
Oh, the laughter so nice to hear
Oh, the laughter so good and free
Oh, the laughter so nice to see

I lay among the shells and coke cans in my lover
All the people were eating and smiling sadly in their big cars
My father looked down from his lighthouse
He saw it all he knew it all then he laughed a little
Oh, so pretty
Oh, so easy

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The Incredible String Band - My Father Was a Lighthouse Keeper (Live In Canada, 1972) 

My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper

Lying on the beach with desire
Rocking to the music of the waves
I was in despair
My heart needed repair
My lover had lied to me but
I was bored by what I saw there
Why? Why! Why?
My father was a lighthouse keeper
Watched the waves getting steeper
Watched the ships going down
In cadillacs they sailed with the tide
Beneath the pier the sea she stroked the night
I rocked a little then
I moved my body again
My lover kissed my lips
I was digging what I saw there
Why! Why? Why!
My father was a lighthouse keeper
Watched the waves getting steeper
Watched the ships going down
We watched the days slip by and the stars explode
And we watched them once again
Oh the laughter rose a cheer
Oh the laughter so nice to hear
Oh the laughter so good and free
Oh the laughter so nice to see

I lay among the shells and coke cans
In my lover
All the people were eating
And smiling sadly in their big cars
My father looked down from his lighthouse
He saw it all he knew it all
Then he laughed a little
Oh so pretty
Oh so easy

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My Father's House
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Bruce Springsteen 

C                         F       C
Last night I dreamed that I was a child 
                                  G7
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
      C         F                        C
I was trying to make it home through the forest 
              G7     C
Before the dark-ness falls

                          F           C
I heard the wind rustling through the trees 
                                 G7
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
                    C        F                C
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
               G7             C
With the devil snappin' at my heels
 
                              F            C
I broke through the trees and there in the night
                                         G7
My father's house stood shining hard and bright 
                 C        F                                C
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
                      G7             C
But I ran till I fell shaking in his arms

                           F                          C
I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
                                               G7
Will never again sir tear us from each other's hearts
      C                   F           C
I got dressed and to that house I did ride from out on the road 
            G7                     C
I could see his windows shining in light
              
                          F            C
I walked up the steps and stood on the porch

A woman I didn't recognize 
                                         G7
Came and spoke to me through the chained door
              C         F            C
I told her my story and who I'd come for
                                      G7                 C
She said I'm sorry but no one by that name lives here anymore

                         F        C
My father's house shines hard and bright 
                                          G7
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
            C          F         C
Calling and calling so cold and alone
                                               G7          C
Shining across this dark highway where all our sins lie unatoned

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My Father's Son
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Ricky Skaggs and George Green

G                            C              D7
My history is no secret it's written in the stones
       G                               C               G
In the hill beside this river rests my mother's gentle bones
                                C                 D7
And daddy there beside her home among his next of kin
          G             C                              G
And their legacy passed down to me the son of mountain men

                          C                 D7
Raised to be a miner by a miner's calloused hands
          G                                    C            G
Passed my youth between this mountains where I grew to understand
                                    C             D7
That family was the word of God and faith was its demand
    G                                     C                 G
And life and death the same came from the coal beneath this land

       D7                  G              D7              G
Well a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must defend
        C                G                               Em
But the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men
G                              C               D7
If that cup is passed to me to do what must be done
          G                             C                G
When they lay me down remind them I was just my father's son

                                         C                 D7
I've walked among these people heard the stories that they tell
     G                                    C                    G
I've crawled beside them in the mines and touched the walls of hell
                                             C                 D7
I've shared their sacred secrets known their triumph and their pain
    G                                          C              G
And right or wrong I'll stand with them on the final judgment day

                                       C               D7
They say God gives us comfort when the time of trouble comes
     G                                     C               G
They say we'll know no share of peace till we lay down our guns
                                         C                 D7
But will my boy had the chance to do the things I've never done
        G                               C               G
Or will he like me be told that he must be his father's son

       D7                  G              D7              G
Well a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must defend
        C                G                               Em
But the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men
G                                C               D7
When that cup is passed to me to do what must be done
     G                                    C                      G
On a chunk of coal just carve these words I was just my father's son

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My Favorite Lies
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Jack Ripley

G      C         D7       G
Just a few of my favorite lies
         C          G
Lately I don't even miss her
         C           D7           G
Yes it's true out of sight out of mind
                     G7         C
All my love of yesterday it has faded away
       G                          D7
I'd be lonely if I could find the time
           G        C             G
Helped her open the door when she left me
      C             D7           G
All I said was good luck and goodbye
                 G7          C
Now at last I am free like I wanted to be
            G         D7       G
These are a few of my favorite lies
    C                           G
I'm surprised I'm still talking about her
                             D7
For I can stop anytime and I will
       C                       G
But if you feel like asking me questions
                              D7
I have more lies I'm dying to tell
        G             C             G
There's no room in my heart now for sadness
     C          D7            G
I've completely forgot how to cry
                 G7            C
If she came back today I would turn her away
            G         D7       G
These are a few of my favorite lies
       C         D7       C    G
Just a few of my favorite l--ies

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The Osborne Brothers - My Favorite Memory
Album: Yesterday Today And Osborne Brothers [Decca]
(Richard D. Steadtler)

Once in life you meet someone who gives to you
The reason for that life and what some love can do
So now I'm armed for trouble times with all I need
For I have you my favorite memory.

You gave me something time can never take from me
A light that guides me when life's dark and I can't see
When I'm cold your hand to hold will comfort me
'Cause you'll be there my favorite memory.

--- Instrumental ---

Your lips were sweet your arms were warm I tasted life
You'll have my heart in all my dreams each night
Though something calls up yonder now and I must leave
You'll always be my favorite memory.

So now don't cry it's not goodbye it's just so long
I'll take you with me where I travel from now on
'Cause when I close my eyes at night and go to sleep
You're lying there my favorite memory...

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My Get Up And Go Has Got Up And Went

   How do I know my youth is all spent?
   My get up and go has got up and went
   In spite of it all, I'm able to grin
   When I think of the places my get up has been

Old age is golden, I think I've heard said
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
My ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
My eyes on the table until I wake up

As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But nations are warring and business is vexed
So I'll stick around to see what happens next

When I was younger, my slippers were red
I could kick up my heels right over my head
When I was older my slippers were blue
But still I could dance the whole night thru

Now I am old, my slippers are black
I huff to the store and I puff my way back
But never you laugh, I don't mind at all
I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all

I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed

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Dolly Parton - My Girl (My Love) lyrics
(Williams Robinson - Ronald White)

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
And when it's cold outside well I've got the month of May
I guess you say what could make me feel this way
My love my love my love talking bout my love my love
I've got so much honey you know the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song oh than the birds in trees
Oh and I know I know I know what you're gonna say
What what could make me feel this way
My love my love my love talkin' about my love my love
[ choir ]
I don't need no money don't need the right or chance for fame
And I've got all the riches baby than anyone could want to claim
Ah oh and I know I know I know...


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My God Liveth

I know my GOD liveth
I know my GOD liveth
He is my redeemer , my helper, my comforter, provider
'cause He lives
I will live and face tomorrow
And show forth His praise
I know my GOD liveth
I know my GOD liveth
He is my redeemer , my helper, my comforter, provider
'cause He lives, 
I will live and face tomorrow 
And show forth His praise
And show forth His praise
And show forth His praise
And show forth His praise
And show forth His praise
And show forth His praise


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Dolly Parton - My Hands Are Tied lyrics

To be with you is what I want more than anything
But I must share my life with the one who wears my ring
And there are tiny places I look into each night
I love you but my hands are tied
I know how much they need you and dear I understand
I know you'll never leave 'em cause you're not that kind of man
But I can't control my feelings though heaven knows I tried
And I love you but my hands are tied
My hands are tied and I can't break the ties that bind
I love you more than life but you never will be mine
I know how much you want me I can see it in your eyes
And I love you but my hands are tied
[ steel ]
My hands are tied...
Yes I love you but my hands are tied


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My Heart Can't Stop Loving You

The day's are so lonely without you by my side
You told me that you loved me but I guess that you lied
If you could see me here sittin' all alone
You'd think of the love we shared and come back home

Forget that I love you forget that I cried
Leave every memory of me behind
If it's all over please tell me that it's true
But darling my heart can't stop loving you

I waited so long to find a new love
And I know that time will heal my broken heart
But still there's a thing or two I cannot forget
Just like those words of love that said we never would part

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My Heart Skips A Beat

   Oh my heart skips a beat when we walk down the street
   I feel a trembling in my knees
   Just to know you're mine until the end of time
   Makes my heart skip a beat

Well I did a double take the day I met you
My heart turned a flip as I stood next to you
And I knew right then I never could forget you
You are my every dream come true

Well you came into my life without a warning
Turned my cloudy skies from gray to blue
You're my sunshine that comes up every morning
You are my every dream come true

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Dolly Parton - My Heart Started Breaking lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Love can make you feel just like you own the world
Or it can make you wish you've never seen it
The lips of one you love can give you cause for living
Or tell you things that never really mean it
Once I had a love I thought that it was mine just thought to take it
And all at once he left and all at once my heart started breaking breaking
Judging by my love for him I thought his love for me was just as strong
And all the things he told me I really thought he meant them all alone
He had no plans to carry out all his plans that we'd been making
Cause all at once he left and all at once my heart started breaking breaking
Oh all at once I realized love can be a cruel and hurtin' thing
It can fill your world with sunshine but it can also bring you rain
And I know where the clouds would gather in my sunny sky of love
The rain came down he let me down he left and my heart started breaking
breaking


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My Heart Will Break
BMI Work #: 9210593
My Heart Will Break (Larry W. Jones 10/26/2007) (song#5119)

Dear, my poor heart just can't understand
Why you say you love another man
It doesn't want to believe we're through
I keep walking up and down the floor
As you say you're walking out the door
My heart will break before it's over you
I believe my heart has lost its mind
I believe it's gonna break in time
My heart's already cracked, I know
And I know it won't have far to go
It keeps right on loving you the same
Now that's just not right, it's such a shame
Dear, how can you do the things you do
My heart will break before it's over you
- instrumental -
I believe my heart has lost its mind
I believe it's gonna break in time
My heart's already cracked, I know
And I know it won't have far to go
Your letters that I said I should burn
They will still be here should you return
My heart cries from what it's going through
Dear, I'll miss you in ways big and small
Even kiss your picture in the hall
My heart will break before it's over you


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My Heart Would Know
Recorded by Merle Haggard 
Written by Hank Williams
 
C       G7            C        F                     C
I could say it's over now that I was glad to see you go
    F                      C            Am
And I could tell the world that I don't love you
   G7                                       C
My lips could tell a lie but my heart would know
        G7               C     F                            C
I could give you all the blame but I'm sure the truth would show
    F                         C       Am
And I could tell my friends I found a new love
   G7                                       C
My lips could tell a lie but my heart would know
F                      C     G7                        C
I can't fool my crying heart cause it knows I need you so
F                     C       Am
I could lie about the way I'm feelin'
   G7                                       C
My lips could tell a lie but my heart would know
 
F                     C       Am
I could lie about the way I'm feelin'
   G7                                       C
My lips could tell a lie but my heart would know

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My Heart's Tonight In Texas

In the distant state of Texas
By the silver Rio Grande
Strolled a couple out one evening
Was two sweethearts hand in hand
Was a rich man's pretty daughter
And the lad she loved so dear
Though tomorrow they must part for many a year

   My heart's tonight in Texas
   Though I'm far across the sea
   The band is playing Dixie
   And that's where I long to be
   Dad says the earl I'll marry
   But although here is my hand
   My heart's tonight in Texas
   By the silver Rio Grande

To Europe she was going
To become a lady grand
For her father hoped an
Earl of course she'll wed
But she went away next morning
And her heart was true to Jack
A letter came one day and this it read

At a stately ball in England
Stood the Texas lass one night
The scenes were all splendid
And the light were dizzyingly bright
The earl knelt beside her
Asking her to be his bride
But her thoughts were by the silver Rio Grande

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My Home Among The Hills

Got a home in the hills of old Virginia I love still
And it stands near the lonesome pines
And I long to go back to the vine covered shack
Where I left that old mother of mine 

I can still see her there in that old rocking chair
In my home among the hills
And I seem to hear her say why did you go away
From your home among the hills

The pine trees stand alone near my old Virginia home
And that silver hared mother of mine
I can see her smiling face in that old familiar place
In my home among the hills

I'm leaving here today I'm going back to stay
In my home among the hills
How happy we will be near the lonesome pine trees
In my home among the hills

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My Home In The Mountains

I want to go back my home in the mountains
Where shade trees grow all around
Where grass grows so green and flowers are still blooming
I'm leaving and that's where I'm bound

I'm only a mand I don't care for riches
I'm tired of living this way
I'm going back to my home in the mountains
And this time I'm going to stay

I want to be free where the birds are still singing
And whippoorwill's call out at night
The air is still clear and neighbors say howdy
And stars in Heaven shine bright

* Refrain


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My Home's Across The Smoky Mountain

My home's across the smoky mountain
My home's across the smoky mountain
My home's across the smoky mountain
And I'll never get to see you any more, more, more
I'll never get to see you any more
Goodbye honey, suger darling
Goodbye honey, suger darling
Goodbye honey, suger darling
And I'll never get to see you any more, more, more
I'll never get to see you sny more
Rock my baby, feed her candy
Rock my baby, feed her candy
Rock my baby, feed her candy
And I'll never get to see you any more, more, more
I'll never get to see you any more


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My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountain

   My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountain (3X)
   For I never expect to see you any more

How can I keep from crying (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more

Oh how I hate to leave you (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more

I'll be leaving Monday morning (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more

Rock the baby and feed her candy (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more

Goodbye my little darling (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more

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My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains

How can I keep from crying ?
How can I keep from crying ?
How can I keep from crying ?
For I never expect to see you anymore

   My home's across the blue ridge mountains
   My home's across the blue ridge mountains
   My home's across the blue ridge mountains
   And I never expect to see you anymore

Oh how I hate to leave you
Oh how I hate to leave you
Oh how I hate to leave you
For I never expect to see you anymore

So goodbye my little darling
So goodbye my little darling
So goodbye my little darling
I never expect to see you anymore

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My Honey Lou

When the sun sets in the west my Honey Lou
Then's the time I love you best my Honey Lou
Come and look into my eyes
When the moon shines in the skies
I'll be in paradise my Honey Lou

   Last night I waited long my Honey Lou
   And told the birds my song my Honey Lou
   When the bright and silver moon
   Sheds its soft and mellow light
   I'll love you more each night my Honey Lou

When the birds have hushed their song my honey Lou
All the twilight shadows on my Honey Lou
My heart forever beats
For my honey gal so sweet
I'll lay it at your feet my Honey Lou

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My Houses Ain't Hungry

My houses ain't hungry, they won't eat your hay
So fare you well Polly, I'm going away
Your parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor
They say I'm not worthy to enter your door

My parents don't like you, you're poor I am told
But it's your love I'm waiting, not silver or gold
Then come with me Polly, we'll ride till we come
To some little cabin, we'll call it our home

Sparking is pleasure, but parting is grief
And a false headed lover is worse than a thief
A thief will just rob you and take what you have
But a faise hearted lover will lead you to the grave


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Dolly Parton - My Kind Of Man lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

If I'm not your kind of woman
Being just the way I am
Then I know you're really not
My kind of man
I don't believe you have the right
To ask me to be different
Either take me like I am
Or let me be
If you really love me
I mean, really loved or love me
You wouldn't want to change
One part of me
If you can't be satisfied with me
The way I am
If I can't make you happy
Find someone who can
If I'm not your kind of woman
Being just the way I am
Then I know you're really
Not my kind of man
I couldn't make you happy
If I let you change me
For I know you wouldn't love me
That-a way
I can only be myself
But if you want something else
Then I can see no reason
I should stay
If you can't be satisfied with me
The way I am
If I can't make you happy
Find someone who can
If I'm not your kind of woman
Being just the way I am
Then I know you're really
Not my kind of man
If I'm not your kind of woman
Being just the way I am
Then I know you're really
Not my kind of man


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My Kind Of Woman My Kind Of Man
Recorded by Vince Gill with Patty Loveless
Written by Vince Gill

G                          C         G
You don't need diamonds or big fancy cars
                                     D7
You say you're happy right where you are
C                                G
We're bound together by a little gold band
       C          G            D7         G
You're my kind of woman you're my kind of man
                         C       G
Oh living without you is my only fear
                                         D7
You still drive me crazy when I hold you near
C                                  G
My body trembles with the touch of your hand
       C          G            D7         G
You're my kind of woman you're my kind of man
       C                                  G
You're my kind of woman you're my kind of man
                          A7           D7
A match made in heaven by God's gentle hand
     C                               G
I'll love you forever together we'll stand
       C          G            D7         G
You're my kind of woman you're my kind of man
Repeat #3
       C          G                D7         C  G
You're my kind of woman and you're my kind of man

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My Lady and the Mountian
The Avett Brothers

I brought you to the river
to watch the fish swim by
and lay around that grassy bank
and breath in that blue sky

I brought you to these waters
to see what you could see
the difference in the two worlds
cant help but frighten me

But darlin, its been a long time
since Ive seen you smile that way at me
darlin, just feel the warmth here
happy's not the word
you make me free

I brought you to the mountians
to watch the clouds float by
the wind here gives me shivers
the freedom makes me cry

and being with you darlin
forget what we have not
just being at the top here
if theres anyone, theres a god

But darlin, its been a long time
since Ive seen you smile that way at me
darlin, just feel the warmth here
happy's not the word
you make me free
(Make me free now)

I gave you my decision
reguardless wrong or right
the hills, they make me feel good
they make me feel alive

Like singing with my family
on Sunday afternoon
like laughing in the morning
wrapped up tight with you

But darlin, its been a long time
since Ive seen you smile that way at me
darlin, just feel the warmth here
happy's not the word
you make me free

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My Last Old Dollar

I wrote to my girl last night
I wrote to my girl last night
I wrote to my girl that I was comin' home
But my last old dollar is done gone

Oh my last old dollar is done gone
Oh my last old dollar is done gone
Now how can a poor boy get back home
When his last old dollar is done gone

I've drank and I've rambled around
I've drank and I've rambled around
Now the time has come when I wanna go home
But my last old dollar is done gone

Now the east bound train is done run
Now the east bound train is done run
Now that train is done run and left me all alone
'Cause my last old dollar is done gone

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The Avett Brothers - My Last Song to Jenny 

Oh tell me please
that I don't have to read
between the lines
Hey this is me
and you don't have to keep
something heavy on your mind
Did you sleep?
Not a wink
Well neither did I

I've never been
too good at readin' in
between the lines
So babe spell it out
but you don't have to shout
when you're talking to me
Do you care?
Do you care?
Are you there?
Well neither am I

Don't lock your door
everyone is poor
between the lines
And I could never steal
the sadness you feel
when your changing you mind
Oh my dear
Can you hear?
Well neither can I

I want to live
and I want you to live
happy and free
But I don't know how
to seperate the now
from what used to be
Will you sleep?
Not a wink
Well neither will I

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The Osborne Brothers - My Little Girl In Tennessee lyrics

(Lester Flatt)
Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee
I know she's waitin' there for me
Someday I'll settle down to that little country town
With that little girl of mine in Tennessee.
--- Instrumental ---
Oh, a long long time ago when I left my home to roam
Down in the hills of Tennessee
There's the sweetest little girl that was ever in this world
Down in the hills of Tennessee.
Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee
I know she's waitin' there for me
Someday I'll settle down to that little country town
With that little girl of mine in Tennessee.
--- Instrumental ---
Oh, someday I'll wander back to that little cabin shack
Little girl that's waiting there for me
I can see her smiling face waiting for me in the gate
Oh, that little girl of mine in Tennessee.
Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee
I know she's waitin' there for me
Someday I'll settle down to that little country town
With that little girl of mine in Tennessee.
--- Instrumental ---
Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee
I know she's waitin' there for me
Someday I'll settle down to that little country town
With that little girl of mine in Tennessee...


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My Little Girls Little Girl
Lester Flatt

And I'll thank him until the day I die for my little girl's little girl
I sure have made a lot of friends over the past few years by making my living with a song.
Although I love my work very much I've had to spend a lot of time away from home
But there is one thing above everything else that really sets my heart a whirl and 
That's coming home and spending time with my little girl's little girl
I've made her my regular fishing buddy and she's into something all the time
and she squeals every time she sees a worm and she's always getting tangled up in the line
but we don't fret done if we don't catch none cause we're in our own little world 
I can't even thank the Lord enough for my little girl's little girl
I guess at nighttime When I tuck her in bed is one of my truly greatest joys
cause she always winds up by telling me some of the wildest bedtime stories
The next morning she'll wake up and tell me what we did last night in her little dream world
Then my whole day started out happy by my little girl's little girl 
Last week I took her to Sunday school and when they asked her who was the greatest man of all
She threw back her little shoulders and said why that's my PAPA
And you know I can't help but lover her more than anything else in the world 
Because times like this that I stand ten feet tall because of my little girl's little girl
Now I thank the Lord for making me the happy man that I am today 
cause I've got everything that I've ever dreamed of and I am just plain flat happy all the way
The good Lord has shared me with many many gifts
but one of the greatest gifts of all
is when my little girl's little girl HUGGS my neck and says I love you PAPA


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My Little Honeysuckle Rose

My little honeysuckle rose you know I love you
Even though you're many miles away
You're a sweetheart so divine and I'll always call you mine
And I'm hopin' that we meet again someday

Little honeysuckle rose how I miss you
Darlin' could you ever forget
Oh the day seemed like years and I've shed so many tears
And as I loved you then I love you yet

Among the honeysuckle vines we use to wander
When I was with the girl I loved the best
When you promised to be true I'll remember dear to you
When I pinned a lovely rose upon your breast

Now I'll say my last goodbye my little darlin'
The roses for me dear I know you'll save
After I am dead and gone if that love still linger's on
There's honeysuckle vines upon my grave

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My Little Sweetheart Of The Mountain

My little sweetheart of the mountains
With hair as red as anybody's
And her lips as sweet as honey
She shines like the morning stars

Meet me out in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Underneath the lonesome pine
We'll settle down up there forever
Mary Jane won't you be mine

I'm going back to North Carolina
Where the mountain tops are blue
Mary Jane you know I love you
And I'm coming back to you

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My Long Journey Home

Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bill, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home

Cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
Looks like rain, boy, it looks like rain
Cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain

Black smoke a-risin', and it surely is a train
Surely is a train, boys, surely is a train
Black smoke a-risin', and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain

I hear the train a-comin', and I'll soon be gone
Soon be gone, lord, soon be gone
I hear the train a-comin', and I'll soon be gone
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain

Homesick and lonesome and a-feeling kind of blue
Feeling kind of blue, lord, feeling kind of blue
Homesick and lonesome and a-feeling kind of blue
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain

It's dark and a-rainin' and I've got to go home
Got go home, boys, got go home
It's dark and a-rainin' and I've got to go home
I'm on my long journey home

* Refrain


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My Lord Has Called Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Lester Weytek

C           G7        C    G7
My Lord has called me today
                              C 
To go the straight and narrow way
                           F
So for my Lord I'll surely live
       C        G7        C
Yes my Lord has called me today
              G7  
God warned us all
                  C
To live in sin no more
               D7         
Just place our faith in Him
                   G7 
To reach the other shore
   C        G7        C    G7
My Lord has called me today
                              C 
To go the straight and narrow way
                           F
So for my Lord I'll surely live
       C        G7        C
Yes my Lord has called me today
              G7  
God warned us all
                  C
To live in sin no more
               D7         
Just place our faith in Him
                   G7 
To reach the other shore
   C        G7        C    G7
My Lord has called me today
                              C 
To go the straight and narrow way
                           F
So for my Lord I'll surely live
       C        G7        C
Yes my Lord has called me today

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My Lord Keeps a Record

    My Lord keeps a record of things in the past
    Tells us the story of a life that won't last
    And when I have reached my heavenly home
    My Lord keeps a record of things gone on

I remember when I was so young
All of the evil things I had done
But now I know my life's crown is won
My Lord keeps a record of things gone on

Many years have come and they've gone
I see King Jesus sitting there in his throne
Flying with the Angels to my heavenly home
My Lord keeps a record of things gone on

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My Losing Bet
The Avett Brothers

I waited for you
A hard thing to do
Knowin' we're through
And though I don't have to choose
To welcome you back or push you away
But wait we're not there yet
And though I'm losing the bet
There's still the sunset

I felt so surprised
When she arrived
Wearing a smile
Smiles soon turn to tears
Out on her back pier
After all the love how did I end here

Oh Lord, Oh Lord...

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My Love Follows You Where You Go
Alison Krauss & Union Station

More wishes than a thousand hearts can count for you
More smiles than a merry-go-round
The sweetest ending to a bedtime story told
My love follows you where you go

More laughter than a kindergarten out to play
One Sunday morning song that says it all
More summer than the California beach can hold
My love follows you where you go

Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin' at the unknown
I won't pretend that it's not killin' me
Watchin' you walk away slow

Take forgiveness, take a prayer, take the deepest breath
And take the answers in your heart
When you wake up and the world is cruel and cold
My love follows you where you go

Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin' at the unknown
I won't pretend that it's not killin' me
Watchin' you walk away slow

More freedom than a field of flowers in the day
More beauty than a mornin' after rain
Up the steepest hill, a dark and crooked road
My love follows you where you go

Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin' at the unknown
I won't pretend that it's not killin' me
Watchin' you walk away slow

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My Love Lies in the Ground

My love you lie in the cold cold ground
In a grave not one week old
To kiss once more your cold cold lips
I'd give my weight in gold gold
I'd give my weight in gold

I can't see clear to leave your side
I never more will roam
I'll make my bed upon your grave 
A pillow from your stone stone
A pillow from your stone

There is no fire can warm me now
No blanket made of down
The warmth I feel is from your soul
A seeping through the ground ground
A seeping through the ground

And I do not want a house of gold
Or a cold dark cave
I'll make my home in the musty soil 
That lies around your grave grave
That lies around your grave

Well I can't abide their laughter
It cuts me like a blade
I prefer the night owl call 
And the rhythm of my spade spade
The rhythm of my spade

Soon I'll be at your side
Apart we'll never be
And I won't hear those above
That make a fool of me me
That make a fool of me

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My Love Will Keep
Adrienne Young
Adrienne Young / Mark D. Sanders

Baby were you just about to kiss me
Or were you just about to leave
Come and sit down here beside me
Maybe take a moment just to breathe

Well I could say I'm sorry
And I could tell you I was wrong
I just can't say FOREVER
But here after from NOW ON

I love you in the winter when the roots grow deep
Love you in the spring when the leaves turn green
I love you in the summer when the trees grow tall
I love you in the fall of the year
When the leaves turn brown
When they cover the ground
Down where the roots grow deep
My love will keep

Why worry 'bout our future
If we're not worried 'bout our past
So don't you worry 'bout that question
You've been just about to ask

I love you in the winter when the roots grow deep
Love you in the spring when the leaves turn green
I love you in the summer when the trees grow tall
I love you in the fall of the year

When the leaves turn brown
When they cover the ground
Down where the roots grow deep
My love will keep

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My Main Trial Is Yet To Come

Sittin' alone in my cold prison cell
Watchin the sinkin' sun
My trial on earth is over now
But my main trial is yet to come

   My main trial is yet to come oh Lord
   I'll die in the morning at dawn
   But after I die in the electric chair
   My main trial is yet to come

Oh mother I'm leavin' you here all alone
I've disgraced your name I know
This trial on earth is for my life
But the main trial will be for my soul

The judge gave me the electric chair
But that don't worry me
It's what the verdict will be on that day
When the main judge's face I see

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My Mom And Santa Claus
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Clyde W. Beavers

G
Well I saw mommy in her night gown she was jumpin' all around
                       D7
Neckin' with old Santa Claus
The records kept a-playin' and mommy kept a-sayin'
                               G
Old Santa wasn't built for the cause
His tummy kept a-shakin' and mommy kept a-makin'
                            D7
Jokes about the look in his eye
I'll make a little bet I'll never forget
                              G
Mommy dancin' with Santa that night
Well it was Christmas night and all was quiet
                    D7
And I was in my bed asleep
And something woke me from the other room
                                      G
So I thought I'd better take a little peek
I sneaked up to the old keyhole
                       D7
And took a little look inside
And the sight I saw out jumps the soul
                                G
I'd a-liked to jumped out of my hide
Repeat #1,2
 
Well then I cracked the door I stuck my head inside
                          D7
And tried to get a better view
And then I stubbed my toe when I fell inside
                          G
But I got another look or two
Repeat #1,2

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My Mother's Only Son
Yonder Mountain String Band

I am my mother's only son
And you might think that
I regret the things I've done
But I can only think of one right now
And you and I both know the reason
Why you've turned your gun on me
I'm rarely held in high regard
And most folks don't seem
To trust me very far
But I can promise you one thing
I would've turned my back
And walked away
If she hadn't worn a ring

Please don't put your bullets in me
Please don't bury me
Neath the cold, cold ground
You and I alone will know the truth
Of what went on
You will never see my face
Again in town

Most nights I go to bed alone
And there's no place on this earth
That I call home
And I'll admit I have a roving eye
But I'm not the only man who turned
To look when she walked by
I don't expect to buy much time
But I need to find a way
To change your mind
And to convince you that
I could not know
She wore a ring upon her hand to mark
The vows she had spoken
So I'm begging you?

Please don't put your bullets in me
Please don't bury me
Neath the cold, cold ground
You and I alone will know the truth
Of what went on
You will never see my face
Again in town

I swear the whole world must be blind
If I'm the first man to
See murder in your eyes
How fitting now the wind is turning cold
And with my dieing breath
I curse your life
I curse your very soul

Please don't put your bullets in me
Please don't bury me
Neath the cold, cold ground
You and I alone will know the truth
Of what went on
You will never see my face
Again in town


I am my mother's only son
And you might think that
I regret the things I've done
But there's just one thing
I wish I could change
And that's the day
I met the sheriff's wife
The day that robbed me of my life
And left me in this
Shallow mountain grave

Please don't put your bullets in me
Please don't bury me
Neath the cold, cold ground
You and I alone will know the truth
Of what went on
You will never see my face
Again in town

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The Incredible String Band - My Name Is Death 

I am the question that cannot be answered
I am the lover that cannot be lost
Yet small are the gifts of my servant the soldier
For time is my offspring, pray what is my name?

My name is death, cannot you see?
All life must turn to me
Oh, cannot you see?
And you must come with me
You must come with me

I'll give you gold and jewels rare
And all my wealth in store
All pleasure's fair
If I may live but a few short years more

Oh lady, lay your jewels aside
No more to glory in your pride
Tarrying here there is no way
Your time has come that you must away
And you must come to clay

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The Incredible String Band - My Name Is Death - 2010 Remastered Version 

I am the question that cannot be answered,
I am the lover that cannot be lost,
Yet small are the gifts of my servant the soldier,
For time is my offspring, pray, what is my name?

My name is Death, cannot you see?
All life must turn to me;
Oh cannot you see?
And you must come with me,

You must come with me.
I'll give you gold and jewels rare,
And all my wealth in store.
All pleasures fair,
if I may live but a few short years more.
Oh lady, lay your jewels aside,
No more to glory in your pride.
Tarrying here there is no way,
Your time has come that you must away,
And you must come to clay.

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My Name Is Jimmy Martin

I was walking down an old dirt road and it was Sunday time
When I heard the sound that changed my life coming down the mountainside
On the hill there stood a cabin, weathered, gray and old
That front porch bluegrass picking, son, was pure Kentucky gold
They sang Blue Moon of Kentucky just the way that it was wrote
They played a song called Down the Road and they never missed a note
There was a man a'singing and he wore a big white hat
It could have been old Bill Monroe or maybe Lester Flatt
I learned to play the guitar and sing a lonesome song
I wrote a song called Tennessee, that's where my heart belongs
I took sunny mountain music to the Grand Old Opry
My name is Jimmy Martin, do you remember me
They fired me from that factory job I needed at the time
Little did I know the fame waited just on down the line
With my guitar in an old tote sack, my heart was full of joy
When this Hancock County farmer's son became a bluegrass boy
I took my music far and wide where I heard the people call
For the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling waters flow
They called me the king of bluegrass, everybody knew my name
From a little town called Sneedville the the bluegrass hall of fame
I learned to play the guitar and sing a lonesome song
I wrote a song called Tennessee, that's where my heart belongs
I took sunny mountain music to the Grand Old Opry
My name is Jimmy Martin, do you remember me


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My Native Home

I'd like to see my native home
The lofty trees, the golden sand
The rugged hills all crowded round
My mother's voice how sweet would sound

Sometimes I dream of home and friends
My dreams are false my heart is rent
And when I wake I'm all alone
My dreams are false my friends are gone

I'd like to see my heart's delight
Her beautiful face and eyes so bright
And how she'd smile as I drew near
I'd kiss her with a falling tear

It fills my heart with fondest love
To listen to that lonesome dove
She mourns as if her mate was gone
As if like me left all alone

Nine or ten years have passed and gone
And I'm still left here all alone
Virginia oh my native home
Among your hills I'd love to roam

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My Native Home

I'd like to see my native home
The lofty trees the golden sand
The rugged mountains crowded 'round
My mother's voice how sweet the sound

Sometimes I dream of home and friends
My dreams are false my heart it bends
And when I 'wake I'm all alone
My dreams are false, my friends are gone

It fills my heart with fondest love
To listen to that lonesome dove
She mourns as if her mate was gone
As if like me left all alone

I'd like to see my hearts desire
Her beautiful face and eyes so bright
And how she'd smile when I drew near
I'd kiss her with a fallen tear

A hard 10 years have past and gone
And still I'm left here all alone
Searching on my native home
Among the hills I love to roam

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My Night To Howl

Well I've been working all week long
But tonight is wine, women and song
Gonna get me a jug get away from it all
Gotta pocket full of money and I'm feeling mean
Gonna give this town something it ain't see
This country boy is really gonna have a ball

I'm gonna play loud music
Gonna drink hard liquor
Gonna chase wild women
Tonight's my night to howl

Well I'm gonna be where there's lights and smoke
Ain't gonna home til I'm flat broke
Gonna trun this town ever way but loose
Turn the juke box up til I can't think
Mr.bartender bring another drink
Cause I may wind up sleeping in the calaboose

* Refrain


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Punch Brothers - My Oh My 

Rise up blinking in the sun
Wrapped in invisible wire
Something beautiful's gonna come

Out from underneath our thumbs
To let freedom vibrate not ring
'Cause we can't listen to (listen to (listen to)) everyone
If we wanna hear ourselves sing

My oh my what a wonderful day we're having...
Why oh why are we looking for a way outside it...

I see the green grass below
I feel the warmth of the screen
Is it beautiful (maybe not (maybe not)) but maybe so
Whatever keeps us singing

My oh my what a wonderful day we're having...
Why oh why are we looking for a way outside it...
How long O Lord can you keep the whole world spinning under our thumbs... 

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My Old Cottage Home

I am thinking tonight of an old cottage home
That stands on the brow of the hill
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
But now all is quiet and still

   Oh my old cottage home my old cottage home
   That stands on the brow of the hill
   Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
   But now all is quiet and still

Many years have gone by since in prayer there I knelt
With dear ones around the old hearth
But my mother's sweet prayers in my heart still are felt
I'll treasure them awhile on earth

One by one they have gone from the old cottage home
On earth we shall see them no more
But we'll meet them again on that beautiful shore
Where partings will come never more

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My Old Kentucky Home

The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
'Tis summer, the folks there are gay
The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom
While the birds make music all the day 

   So weep no more, my lady
   Oh, weep no more, today
   We'll sing one song for the my old Kentucky home
   For my old Kentucky home far away 

The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright
By 'n by hard times come a-knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home good night 

They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon
On meadow, the hill and the shore
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon
On the bench by that old cabin door

The head must bow and the back will have to bend
Wherever the poor folks may go
A few more days and the trouble will end
In the field where sugar-canes may grow 

A few more days for to tote the weary load
No matter, 'twill never be light
A few more days till we totter on the road
Then my old Kentucky home, good night

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My Old Log Cabin

I've got an old log cabin by the side of the road
And you're welcome to rest there if you bear a heavy load
There's a picture of Jesus hanging over my door
And I talk to my Savior from my knees on the floor

Many years I have lived here just struggling along
Once the walls shook with laughter they heard many a song
It seen the joys of my family shared my grief since they're gone
Kept me dry from the rain weathered many a storm

I'm just an old feeble man now not much father to go
Soon my savior's gonna call me for He's often told me so
I'll just stay in my cabin till I've lived my life's span
And in my Savior's name I'll do all that I can

It heard me sing Rock of Ages and the Old Rugged Cross
Heard me pray for many people who's soul thought was lost
Seen me welcome many strangers who needed help on their way
Will see the angels come for me when I've lived my last day

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My Old Man
Steve Goodman

I miss my old man tonite,
and I wish he was here with me.
With his corny jokes and his cheap cigars,
He could look you in the eye and sell you a car.
That's not an easy thing to do,
but no one ever knew a more charming creature
on this earth than my old man.

He was a pilot in the big war
in the U.S. Army Air Corps
in a C-47 with a heavy load
full of combat cargo for the Burma Road.
And after they dropped the bomb
he came home and married Mom,
and not long after that
he was my old man.

And oh the fights we had
when my brother and I got him mad;
He'd get all boiled up and he'd start to shout
and I knew what was coming so I tuned him out.
And now the old man's gone, and I'd give all I own
to hear what he said when I wasn't listening
to my old man'

I miss my old man tonite
and I can almost see his face
He was always trying to watch his weight
and his heart only made it to fifty-eight.
For the first time since he died
late last night I cried.
I wondered when I was gonna do that
for my old man.


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My Old Pal
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Elsie McWilliams and Jimmie Rodgers
[3/4 time]

C                               G7
I'm thinking of you tonight old pal
                          C
And wishing that you were here
    F                          C
I'm dreaming of a time and the days gone by
D7                            G7
When you filled my heart with cheer

C                             G7
I remember the night when all alone
                 C
We sang Sweet Adeline
F                 C
No other face can take your place
D7              G7     C
In my heart old pal of mine

                                G7
Now the old pals are always the best you see
                               C
New Friends you can find every day
    F                             C
But they can't fill the places or ever be 
D7                   G7    C
Like the old pals of yesterday

                                 G7
I'm wondering just where you are tonight
                         C
And if you ever think of me
   F                            C
It would make my weary heart so light sweetheart 
D7                 G7
Your face again to see

Repeat #2,3



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My Old Virginia Home

It was on one winter day from my home I went away
Far away from friends and home I longed to roam
But tonight I'm lone and sad just a little homesick lad
And I'm longing for my old Virginia home

   I'm a lad from old Virginia bravely knocking my way back home
   To that cabin home in the mountains never more let me roam
   I'm a lad from old Virginia and I'm coming coming home
   There I'll settle down forever in my old Virginia home

Since I left that little shack how my mind has wandered back
How mother often prayed for her lad
But from her I went astray and I know I've dearly paid
So I'm coming back to mother and my dad

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My Opening Farewell
Alison Krauss & Union Station

My love stands before the open window
Staring so far away
He can almost feel the southern wind blow
Almost touching my restless days

He turns from the window to me
Sad smile his apology
Sad eyes reaching for the door

Daylight loses to another evening
And still he spares me the word goodbye
He sits alone beside me fighting his feelings
He struggles to speak but in the end I only cry

Suddenly it's so hard to find
The words that would help me speak my troubled mind
He's offering these to me as if to be kind:
There is a train everyday leaving either way
There is a train everyday leaving either way
There is a world, you know
And there is a way to go
And we'll soon be gone, it's just as well
This is my opening farewell

A child's drawing is on the table
A woman's silk lying on the floor
And he would keep me here if I were able
And lock us safe behind this open door

But suddenly it's so clear to me
I've asked him to see what he may never see
Now his kind words find their way back to me
There is a train everyday leaving either way
There is a world, you know
And there is a way to go
And we'll soon be gone, it's just as well
This is my opening farewell

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Alan Jackson - My Own Kind Of Hat lyrics

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and south-paws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lined, and all kinds of stop signs
I'll stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat.
There's two kinds of lovers, two kinds of brothers
Two kinds of babies to hold.
There's two kinds of cherries, two kinds of fairies
Two kinds of mothers I'm told I'm told
Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and south-paws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
I'll stand right here where I'm at
Cause I wear my own kind of hat.
There's two kinds of brother, two kinds of lovers
Two kinds of babies to hold
There's two kinds of cherries, two kinds of fairies
Two kinds of mothers I'm told I'm told
Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and south-paws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lined, and all kinds of stop signs
I'll stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat.


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My Own Sweet Time

You'll be hearing stories rumors around town
Of a heart that's broken and slow to come around
Let them tell their stories well even if they're true
No one's going to tell me how to forget about you.

   I'm gonna take my own sweet time
   That's what I'll do
   I'm gonna take my own sweet time
   Getting over you.

Daisies love the sunshine and roses love the dew
People try to tell me Go find someone new
Someday I'll remember to forget we ever met
But until it's over well I'm not through with you yet.

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Alison Krauss - My Poor Old Heart

Don't expect too much from my poor old heart,
You can blame me unforgiven for my scars,
you might just be the best that I can find,
but I can't seem to forget the tears I've cried,
I don't know that I will ever trust again,
it's a price I must pay for all my sins,
Time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
and my heart may be lost never to be found,

Once upon a time I did believe,
in my true love that swept me off my feet,
the nthe wind of change swept him away,
and left me drowning in my own pain
I don't know that I will ever love again,
it's a price that I must pay for all my sins,
time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
and my heart may be lost never to be found,
I don't know that I will ever love again,
it's the price that I must pay for all my sins,

time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
I don't know that I will ever trust again,
it's the price I must pay for all my sins,
time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
and my heart may be lost never to be found.

I don't know that I will ever trust again


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My Pretty Little Pink

And now, my pretty little Pink,
I once did think
That you and I would marry,
But now I've lost all confidence
And will no longer tarry.

I'll take my knapsack on my back,
My rifle on my shoulder
And march away to New Mexico,
And there I'll be a soldier.

Where coffee grows on white oak trees,
And the rivers flow with brandy.
The Rocky Mountains are covered with snow,
And the girls are sweet as candy.

<FONT face="" size=1>
Contributed by 
<A href="mailto:[email protected]">Lowell G. McManus</a>, Leesville, Louisiana, USA
January 21, 1999
</FONT>


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My Rambling Boy

He was a man and a friend always
He stuck with me in the hard old days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled around in the rain and snow

And here's to you, my rambling boy
May all your rambling bring you joy
Here's to you, my rambling boy
May all your rambling bring you joy

In Tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss said he had room for one
Said my old pal we'd rather bum

* Refrain

Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
He got the chills and he got 'em bad
They took the only friend I had

* Refrain

He let me here to ramble on
My rambling pal is dead and gone
If when we die we go somewhere
I bet you a dollar he's a rambling there

* Refrain


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My Ramona
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                   F         G7
Everybody's talking bad about Ramona
     C                   F                   G7
They say she's changed a lot since I've been gone
     C               C7             F
They say she may not be too glad to see me
      C              G7              C
Cause Ramona doesn't know I'm comin' home
                   F           G7
Ah but everybody's wrong about Ramona
             C            F                G7
They're just goin' by the way she's actin' now
       C                 C7              F
I just can't believe the things they say about her
      C                G7             C
Cause Ramona knows the things I won't allow
  G7                          C
Ramona's gonna be the way she used to be
            F                 C          G7
And I'll be proud of her just like I was before
    C                                G7
She never was the kind to like those crowded bars
    C               G7            C
And Ramona won't be seen there anymore
                   F         G7
They say I may not recognize Ramona
    C            F              G7
And goin' by the picture they describe
    C                   C7                F
The life they say she's livin' sure don't fit her
      C                    G7              C
But I know she's still the same sweet girl inside
repeat #3

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My Reckless Sweetheart
BMI Work #: 8634604
My Reckless Sweetheart (Larry W. Jones 01/19/2007) (song#4331)

Well, you said your love was for me alone
And you promised to always be my own
But when someone new came, you forgot
That just a little promise can mean a lot
My reckless sweetheart, so recklessly
You forgot that promise you made to me
You're gone and now you've made me blue
My reckless sweetheart, now where are you
The last words you said had a certain ring
And for certain, heartaches they now bring
Sweetheart, I kept my word and it never occurred
My reckless sweetheart, another you preferred
My reckless sweetheart, so recklessly
You forgot that promise you made to me
You're gone and now you've made me blue
My reckless sweetheart, now where are you
When tomorrow comes in bygone years
Then sorrows will come along with tears
You'll cry and think back on that evil day
When you said goodbye and you went away
My reckless sweetheart, so recklessly
You forgot that promise you made to me
You're gone and now you've made me blue
My reckless sweetheart, now where are you


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My Redeemer Lives Today

When my heart was black with sin
And I had no peace within
I didn't know that Jesus lives today
I was deep in the miry clay
Then Jesus set me free one day
I know, my Redeemer lives today

I know, I know my Redeemer lives today
I know, I know, no matter what men may say 
For Jesus cleansed my soul from sin
Made me pure and whole within
I know, I know, my Redeemer lives today

Now there is peace within my heart
From now on I'll do my part
I know that Jesus lives today
I know he left this world of sin
But soon He's coming back again
I know, I know, my Redeemer lives today

* Refrain


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My Rose Of Old Kentucky

She bloomed for me near a little village
In a cabin on the hill
We made our vows we'd love each other
And I know we always will

   She's my rose of old Kentucky
   I watched her bloom as the years roll by
   And to me there'll never be another
   I'll love her 'til the day I die

Oh in dreams I see my darling
In a gingham dress she looks so sweet
Oh I long for old Kentucky
And my darling was more to me

Oh I know you often wonder
So I'll tell you the reason why
She's my rose of old Kentucky
And I know she'll never lie

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My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers

C                               F                 C
For years and years I rambled I drank my wine and gambled
F              C              G7     C
But one day I thought I would settle down
                         F                    C
I had met a perfect lady she said she'd be my baby
D7                                   G7
We'd build a cottage in the old home town

C
But somehow I can't give up my good old rambling ways
     D7                                 G7
Lord the railroad trains are calling me away
  C              C7
I may be rough I may be wild
 F
I may be tough but that's just my style
  C                D7                 G7    C
I can't give up my good old rough and rowdy ways


But somehow I can't give up my good old rambling ways
     D7                                 G7
Lord the railroad trains are calling me away
  C              C7
I may be rough I may be wild
 F
I may be tough but that's just my style
  C                D7                 G7    C
I can't give up my good old rough and rowdy ways

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My Saro Jane

Oh rockaby my Saro Jane
Rockaby my Saro Jane
Nothing to do but sit aroundand sing
Rockaby my Saro Jane

I met a gal who's sweet to me
She lives down in Tennessee
Oh, Saro Jane
Nothing to do but sit around and sing
Rockaby my Saro Jane

* Refrain

I've been around here all my life
All that's left is just one wife
Oh, Saro Jane
Nothing to do but sit around and sing
Rockaby my Saro Jane

* Refrain

Now you get a line and I'll get a pole
We'll go down to the fishing hole
Oh, Saro Jane
Nothing to do but sit around and sing
Rockaby my Saro Jane

* Refrain


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My Sin Is Pride
Adrienne Young
Will Kimbrough / Tim Littlefield

I let you walk away
I kept it all inside
Swore you'd be back someday
My Sin Is Pride

I could have reached out to you
But I felt like my hands were tied
I'm always bound to prove
My Sin Is pride

Wasted so many words
When I told the truth I lied
I never will confess
My Sin Is Pride

I've chosen a narrow path
Lost sight of the road so wide
But I never will look back
My Sin Is Pride

Nobody sees the pain
Nobody knows I've cried
I never will confess
My sin is pride
I never will confess

My Sin Is Pride

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My Sinful Past

Come listen to my story
It tells of sorrow and pain
My sinful past still haunts me
I've lived my lifetime in vain

 The hand reached down to guide me
The smile was sweet to see
I heard a sinner murmur
Oh Lord, have mercy on me

I've lead a life so wicked
I've lost all I ever had
That's why I'm bound for destruction
It's sinful, it's shameful and sad

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My Songbird
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Jesse Winchester

C             F      C          G7         C
Songbird in a golden cage she'd prefer the blue
F               C      G7     C    F C
How I crave the liquor of her song
                  F       C              G7        C
Poor bird who has done no harm what harm could she do
F               C        G7       C
She shall be my prisoner her life long

   F                  C
My songbird wants her freedom
    F                 C
Now don't you think I know
            F       C    F       C               Am G7
But I can't find it in myself to let my songbird go
  F          G7      C
I just can't let her go

                  F         C         G7      C
Oh Lord when your jeweler's eye peers into my soul
F            C   G7        C
Oh Lord I am overcome with shame
                 F   C       G7        C
Take me Lord and purify heal me with a word
F            C      G7       C
Lord I beg a gift I dare not claim

   F                  C
My songbird wants her freedom
    F                 C
Now don't you think I know
            F       C    F       C               Am G7
But I can't find it in myself to let my songbird go
  F          G7      C
I just can't let her go

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Richard Thompson - My Soul, My Soul 

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

She's never gonna shake it up
She's never gonna shake it up
She's never gonna shake it up
She'll never be satisfied

She's never gonna eye me right
She's never gonna eye me right
She's never gonna eye me right
The way I want to be eyed

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

Way she crimps her curls
Way she calls that hog
Way she sips her tea
Way she smokes that log
Way she bangs the wall
Way she walks the dog

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

I showed her my invitation
I showed her my invitation
I showed her my invitation
If she didn't go and scratch me off

She gave me my party favors
She gave me my party favors
She gave me my party favors
But nothing was sweet enough

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

Haven't I flipped you a thousand times or more?
Haven't I flipped you a thousand times or more?
Haven't I flipped you a thousand times or more?

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

She's never gonna shake it up
She's never gonna shake it up
She's never gonna shake it up
She'll never be satisfied

She's never gonna eye me right
She's never gonna eye me right
She's never gonna eye me right
The way I want to be eyed

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul
My soul, my soul, my soul

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Doc Watson 
My Special Angel

You are my special angel, sent from up above
The lord smiled down on me, and sent me an angel to love
You are my special angel, right from paradise
I know that you're an angel, cause angel is in your eyes

The smile on your lips bring the summer sunshine
The tears from your eyes bring the rain
I feel your touch, your warm embrace, and I'm in heaven again

You are my special angel, through eternity
I'll have my special angel here to watch over me

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My Sweet Blue Eyed Darling

   You're my sweet blue-eyed darling
   And my love belongs to you
   All I ask (all I ask) of you my darling (my darling)
   Is love me good (is love me good) and be true

Days come and go and I still love you
And I see your smiling face
Just tell me love, that you need me
And no one's gonna take my place

And today I need an answer
And I want to hear you say
You don't belong to another
And in my arms you're gonna to stay

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My Sweet Love Ain't Around

Listen to the rain a fallin'
Can't you hear that lonesome sound
Oh my poor old heart is breakin'
Cause my sweet love ain't around

I spent the night out lookin' for her
Her friends gave me the run around
I'll go crazy here without her
Cause my sweet love ain't around

Lord I think i'll start to ramble
Got to leave this weary town
This old place is way to lonely
Cause my sweet love ain't around

Babies gone what's there to live for
My whole world has tumbled down
My hopes and dreams have all been shattered
Cause my sweet love ain't around

Hold that train tonight i'm leaving
And don't ask me where i'm bound
I can't stay here any longer
Cause my sweet love ain't around

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My Tears Are Overdue
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Freddie Hart

C                    F         C
(Just hang around my tears are overdue)
                       G7             C
If you want to see somebody cry their heart out
                G7            C            C7
For a love they lost and must live without
          F             G7     F             C
If you're not afraid my misery might rub off on you
                    F         C
Just hang around my tears are overdue
                       G7              C
If you want to hear confessions from a broken man
                G7            C                 C7
Who once held a world of love right in his hands
       F           G7               C       F
If you wanna see a heartbreak right into in front of you
     C              F         C
Just hang around my tears are overdue
            F         G7             F                  C
Now there's not a way that I can say how much it really hurts
F             G7               F                   C
When a broken heart and guilty conscience start to work
                 G7                   C
I hope you won't forget the sight you see today
              G7              C         C7
Just remember love I had then threw away
          F             G7     F             C
If you're not afraid my misery might rub off on you
                    F         C
Just hang around my tears are overdue
                    F         C
Just hang around my tears are overdue

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My Tennessee Mountain Home

Sittin'on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straight-back chair on two legs leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a-playin' with june bugs on the string
And catch the glowin'firelies when evening shadows fall

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets singing in the fields nearby

Honeysuckle vines cling to the fences along the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fence post sings a melody

* Refrain

Walkin'home from charch on sunday with the one you love
Just laughin,'talkin' makin'future plans
And when the folks ain't lookin' you might steal a kiss or two
Just sittin'in the porchswing holdin' hands

* Refrain


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My Texas Girl

All my life I've wondered if what I done was wrong
All I ever cared to do was ride my pony on
I never had no heartache was always happy and gay
Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away

   Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea
   It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity
   But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile
   And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride
   The birds have hushed their singing sadness is over the land
   The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande

Her lips were like the Russian wine her hair it hung in curls
Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world
She's gone and left me lonely I miss the touch of her hand
Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande

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My Virginia Rose Is Blooming

My Virginia rose is blooming
She's waiting there for me
In the hills of old Virginia
That's where I long to be

She wears a winning' smile
And her loving eyes are blue
She's won my heart forever
For she's the girl that's true

Beneath the scarlet maple
By the twinkling little spring
That's where I bid her promise
And gave to her the ring

Springtime is approaching'
The birds and doves are here
They are singing so sweetly
But none can sing like her

It's love that calls me to you
My rose that never fades
Or loses its crimson leaves of love
Love that's perfect made

I long to see my darlin'
there in the mist of dew
With the diamond dewdrops all 'round her
She'll be a queen in the view

She's a wild rose in the forest
A fairy in a dream
My darlings in Virginia
her age is just sixteen

I'm a long, long ways from my darlin'
Just a little too far to be
My Virginia rose is blooming
She's waiting there for me

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My Walking Shoes

My walking shoes don't fit me anymore
My walking shoes don't fit me anymore
Stay on your side of town, honey, I won't be around
My walking shoes don't fit me anymore

It's long way from here to over yonder
My feet they're getting mighty sore
I ain't coming back you've made your mind to wander
My walking shoes don't fit me anymore

* Refrain

I'll be a longtime gone from you baby
You'll never here me knock upon your door
I thought you were worth it once but I was crazy
My walking shoes don't fit me anymore

* Refrain


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My Woman Keeps Loving Her Man
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
[3/4 time]

C                          F           C
My woman still loves me in spite of my ways
                        G7
For reason I don't understand
        C                  F                 C
I guess some day she knows I'll come home to stay
                    G7               C   C7
That's why my woman keeps loving her man
F                         C
Someday she knows I'll be feeble and old
                        G7
And unable to leave her again
      C                       F            C
She's happy just knowing that someday I'll change
                    G7               C
That's why my woman keeps loving her man
                      F          C
My woman is guilty of loving too much
                   G7
A man who's only a man
        C                          F                C
And the memory she clings to gives her something to touch
                    G7               C   C7
That's why my woman keeps loving her man
F                         C
Someday she knows I'll be feeble and old
                        G7
And unable to leave her again
    C                 F                 C
And someday she knows I'll come home to stay
                    G7               C
That's why my woman keeps loving her man
                    G7               F  C
That's why my woman keeps loving her m-an

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Richard Thompson - Mystery Wind Lyrics

Mystery wind blowing tonight
Driving rain, close up tight
Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in
Don't leave a hole for the mystery wind

From some other time, from some other place
Mystery wind make a fool say grace
Lord above how great Thou art
Mystery wind blowing right through your hearts

Whistling down from out of this world
Take an honest man away from his girl
Stir up trouble in a married man's bed
Make you say things better left unsaid

The mystery wind, the mystery wind
It's a cruel wind, screams and moans
Don't know where from, don't know where it goes
Rustling the leaves around your door
Cold, cold fingers through the cracks in the floor
The mystery wind

Can't you smell it, you can almost feel it
Mystery wind, you just can't see it
Foul your water, and steal your bread
Wake up things better left for dead

Mystery wind, are you strong enough
To fight for your right when the time gets tough?
Plague and hunger and burning rain
Too many good men blown away by the mystery wind

The mystery wind
It's a cruel wind, screams and moans
Don't know where from, don't know where it goes
Rustling the leaves around your door
Cold, cold fingers through the cracks in the floor
The mystery wind

Mystery wind blowing tonight
Driving rain, close up tight
Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in
And don't leave a hole for the mystery wind
The mystery wind

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Nashville Blues

I've got the blues those Nashville blues
I've got the blues those Nashville blues
Ain't got no hat ain't got no shoes

The people here they treat me fine
The people here they treat me fine
They give me beer they give me wine

I've got the blues I've got 'em bad
I've got the blues I've got 'em bad
Somebody stole that girl I had

She's gone she's gone away from me
She's gone she's gone away from me
One thing she left she left me free

I wish I was a turtle dove
I wish I was a turtle dove
I'd fly away to the girl I love

It's hard to tell what a girl will do
It's hard to tell what a girl will do
They'll win your love and leave you blue

I'm going home to Arkansas
I'm going home to Arkansas
Gonna stay right there with ma and pa

If you find me sad please go away
If you find me sad please go away
Come back again some other day

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Alison Krauss - Nate's Waltz			
[Instrumental]


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National Hotel
Ian Tyson

All the halls are haunted
At the National Hotel
Snoring and screaming
Down the halls the demons dwell.
Every night the knocking
Come a-knocking at my door
Calling out for Shirley.
She don't live here anymore.

The radiator rumbles
She's trying to get away
From the cockroach in the corner
Who likes living this-a-way?

And the smell that keeps rising
From down in the green dining room
Makes me think of the waitress
Who's got me baying and howling at the moon.

The carpet lives on ketchup
And the lightbulbs live on flies
And the wallpaper pattern lives on anything
That it can hypnotize.

Repeat First Verse


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Natural Forces 

[Verse 1]
I rode across the great high plains
Under the scorching sun and through the driving rain
And when I set my sights on the mountains high
I bid my former life goodbye

[Chorus]
So thank you, man, I must decline
For it's on my steed I will rely
I've learned to need the open sky
Well, I'm subject to the natural forces
Home is where my horse is

[Verse 2]
We loaded up in Buffalo
And took 90 South down to Ohio
On 80 West, I'm Frisco-bound
And when I get there, I'll turn back around

[Chorus]
So thank you, man, I must decline
For it's on these eighteen wheels I ride
I learned to need the western sky
Well, I'm subject to the natural forces
Home is where my horse is

[Verse 3]
And every year, they come to town
And then drag 'em all right in the round
And Mr. Bradley calls the score
Of the cowboy there who'll try for more

[Chorus]
So thank you, man, I must decline
For it's on my three-year-old I ride
And I'll spin and run and stop and slide
But I'm subject to the natural forces
Home is where my horse is

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
The Cherokee and the Chickasaw
The Creek Seminole and the old Chocktaw
We volunteered to move, they say
And we'll understand come Judgement Day

[Chorus]
So thank you, man, I must decline
For it's on this trail of tears I ride
I've done the road, the homeless sky
Sometimes at night, I hear their voices
Home is where my horse is

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Near Me (Live)

I'll ask you once as I'm leaving
Is there anything that I can do to make you change your mind
I'll ask you once now that I'm leaving
Will you leave all of our memories behind

I told you that my mind was all askew
And I hope that you know anything at all
If we could hold onto all of our memories
And I'll face all the trouble I have caused
I need you near me, oh

How many times must I tell you
Everything that I have, I give it all to you
And though I know how you're feeling
I hope that you can see that I will make it up to you

Well, now you think that it's not working
Well, give me time and I'll show you that you're wrong
And then I'll hope that it will tell you
What a waste it would be to throw it all away

Now it's clear how wrong I was
I never want to hurt you again
To look in your eyes and see that you've cried
It pains me inside to know what I've done

Just one more time I have to ask you
Is there anything I can do to make you change your mind
And one more time as I'm leaving
Will you leave all of our memories behind

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Richard Thompson - Nearly In Love Lyrics

Love makes people so blind
That's why I can't make up my mind
If you stop me dead in my tracks
Or you just paper over the cracks

You're the one I've wanted so long
But then again I might be wrong
Now you look just right in the pale moonlight
But let me turn the headlights on

'Cause I'm nearly in love, I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes, I'm nearly in love

I'm nearly in love, I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love

I don't want to cause you doubt
But I'm really checking you out
You're the closest to my heart bar none
Except for my wallet and my gun

I never felt like this before
That's why I want to make quite sure
That it's not just a dose of the flu
That gives me the chills for you

I'm nearly in love, I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes, I'm nearly in love

I'm nearly in love, I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love

I reserve the right to love you
After all I'm the first in line
I'm not one for shout and screaming
Mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine

I'm nearly in love, I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes, I'm nearly in love

I'm nearly in love, I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love

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Richard Thompson - Nearly In Love (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) 

Love makes people so blind
That's why I can't make up my mind
If you stop me dead in my tracks
Or you just paper over the cracks

You're the one I've wanted so long
But then again I might be wrong
Now you look just right in the pale moonlight
But let me turn the headlights on

'Cause I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes, I'm nearly in love

I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love

I don't want to cause you doubt
But I'm really checking you out
You're the closest to my heart bar none
Except for my wallet and my gun

I never felt like this before
That's why I want to make quite sure
That it's not just a dose of the 'flu
That gives me the chills for you

I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes I'm nearly in love

I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love

I reserve the right to love you
After all I'm the first in line
I'm not one for shout and screaming
Mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine

I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes I'm nearly in love

I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love

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Neck Deep In The Blues
BMI Work #: 8538595
Neck Deep In The Blues (Larry W. Jones 11/22/2006) (song#4168)

Lately I'm mulling things over About this heart so full of tears
I'm not drunk, just stone sober But I'm in blues up to my ears
My bluebird long ago flew away Wish I could follow in his shoes
The song that I sing, as they say I wallow neck deep in the blues

Lately I'm mulling things over About this heart so full of tears
I'm not drunk, just stone sober But I'm in blues up to my ears
No need to ask why I'm lonely Love makes up its own rules
Now I'm just by myself only And I'm neck deep in the blues

Lately I'm mulling things over About this heart so full of tears
I'm not drunk, just stone sober But I'm in blues up to my ears
No need to ask why I'm lonely Love makes up its own rules
Now I'm just by myself only And I'm neck deep in the blues
 

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Ned Of The Hill (Eamonn A' Chnuic)
Traditional

Dark is the evening, silent the hour,
Oh who is that minstrel by yonder lone tower?
Whose heart is so tenderly touching with skill,
Oh who could it be, but young Ned of the hill?
Who sings lady love, will you come with me now?
Come and live out with me, under the bough.
I'll pillow your head, where the light faeries tread,
If you will but wed with young Ned of the hill.

Young Ned of the hill, has no castle nor hall,
No bowmen nor spearmen to come at his call,
But one little archer, or exquisite skill,
Has shot a bright shaft for young Ned of the hill.
It is hard to escape from this young lady's power,
For high is the castle, and guarded the tower,
But the mind knows the way, where the heart falls the will,
And time is gone, with young Ned of the hill.


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Nellie Kane

As a young man I went riding out on the western plain
In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane
I met my Nellie Kane

She was living in a lonely cabin with a son by another man
Five years she had waited for him as long as a woman can
As long as a woman can

   I don't know what changed my mind
   'Til then I was the rambling kind
   The kind of love I can't explain
   That I had for Nellie Kane

She hired me on to work that day to help her till the land
In the afternoon we planted seeds in the evening we held hands
In the evening we held hands

Her blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know
It was then I realized that I would never go   
That I would never go

Now many years have gone by and her son has grown up tall
I became a father to him and she became my all
She became my all

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Never Again

The stars up in the sky remind me of your eyes
And the way they use to gaze into mine
The moon up above brings back memories of love
I thought was true and so divine

   So never again, oh never no more
   Never again will I knock upon your door
   Never again but these words I can say
   I'll try not to love and stay out of your way

We had the greatest start but deep within your heart
You led me on before I knew the score
You cheated and you lied I stayed right by your side
Until one day simply closed the door

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Richard Thompson - Never Again Lyrics

Oh, who will remember
Oh, who will be sure
And still feel the silence
As close as before?

And was there a season
Without any rain?
Ah, never, oh, never
Oh, never again

The time for dividing
And no one will speak
Of the sadness of hiding
And the softness of sleep

Oh, will there be nothing
Of peace till the end?
Oh, never, oh, never
Oh, never again

Old man, how you tarry
Old man, how you weep
The trinkets you carry
And the garlands you keep

Oh, the salt tears of lovers
And the whispers of friends
Oh, never, oh, never
Oh, never again

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Never Alone
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill

C                                    Am
You were like a lost kid looking for home
C                                     Am   F
You found what you wanted right in my arms
            G7        F               G7    F
If you walk out on me just leave your memory
        G7           Am
Take my sympathy and go
       F      G7           C    Am
I love you so you're never alone
C                                    Am
If you find another woman turns your head
C                                     Am    F
And you can't understand why it hurts so bad
            G7        F               G7    F
If you walk out on me just leave your memory
        G7           Am
Take my sympathy and go
       F      G7           C     F
I love you so you're never alone
G7
There ain't no need to talk about it
Am                      G7
I can learn to live without it
                                      F G7 C
Just leave your heart right here with me
F           G7        F               G7    F
If you walk out on me just leave your memory
        G7           Am
Take my sympathy and go
F           G7        F               G7    F
If you walk out on me just leave your memory
        G7           Am
Take my sympathy and go
       F      G7           C
I love you so you're never alone
Am              C
No you're never alone
Am              C
No you're never alone
Am              C
No you're never alone

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The Avett Brothers - Never Been Alive 

Woah, money won't do the trick
But it will help
Woah, to open the doors we need it to
To help someone else.

Still we won't need it
To turn things around.
I've never been alive, Woah.
I've never been alive, Woah.
I've never been alive like I am now.

Woah, you need only tell me
When you're under the gun.
Woah, if you need someone to lend a hand
Consider it done.

Still you won't need me
To turn things around.
I've never been alive, Woah.
I've never been alive, Woah.
I've never been alive like I am now.
Like I am now.
Like I am now.
Like I am now.

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Dolly Parton - Never Ending Love lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Chorus:
I've got a never ending love for you
From now on, that's all I want to do
From the first time we met I knew
I'd have a never ending love for you
After all this time of being alone
We can love one another
Feel for each other
From now on
Feel so good I can hardly stand it
Repeat Chorus


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Never Get To Hold You In My Arms Anymore

I used to take you in my arms and hold you close to me
I used to tell you how I cared how happy we could be
Bue someone else has won your heart and knocking at your door
And I never get to hold you in my arms anymore

I tried a million times or more to forget about the past
But it seems to me your memories are the ones that always last
I lie awake and cry for you and sometimes walk the floor
But I never get to hold you in my arms anymore

I'll step aside and give you up although it makes me blue
You'll never know how much it hurts to see him holding you
I'll always care and always love you just as before
But I'll never get to hold you in my arms anymore

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Alison Krauss - Never Got Off The Ground

My father was a farmer
But his head was in the sky
He worked everyday but Sunday
'Til the day he died

He prayed for rain and thunder
And listened for the sound
In the dry years he went under
He never got off the ground

We all dream when we're younger
That we will do great things
Me, I used to have a hunger 
To wear a pilot's wings

But the circle's that I ran in
Turned my head around
And the planes I had my plans in
Never got off the ground

Don't raise your hopes
You hear so many say
The higher they get
The closer they are to flying away
Fly away

Don't raise your hopes
You hear so many say
The higher they get
The closer they are to flying away

They say there but for fortune
Is the way it would have been
If we could take a bigger portion
We'd fill our hands again

You see them on the sidewalks
In the parks all over town
Those who've taken flight
Never got off the ground


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Never Hold You
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

F
I've seen 'em watch you 
And make plans what they'll do when
                          C
Someday you are no longer mine
     F
I've heard 'em carry on bout 
How when I'm finally gone they're
                      C
Gonna treat you oh so fine
G7
But I could have told them 
F                                  C
That they'd never hold you if they tried
F
I could have told them 
That you bend and fold men 
                                      C
Who thought they would have you for a prize
F
I could have told them 
Those foolish souled men that
                              G7       C
They'd never hold you if they tr-i-e-d hey
F
I've been made real aware of pleasure 
That they'll share 
                             C
With you soon as I slip your mind
F
I've listened to 'em boast 
How I'll just be a ghost 
                               C
Once they start takin' up your time
repeat #4,5

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Never Knew Lonely
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Vince Gill and Amy Grant

C                    F
No other lover never really cared
C         G7                         C
When I've reached out for you you've always been there
                        F
Now I'm so far away and baby I'm scared 
  C          G7          C
I never knew lonely till you
                        F
You are my rock and the strength I need
C          G7           C
To keep me sane in this life that I lead
                            F
Now I'm not with you and my broken heart bleeds 
  C          G7          C
I never knew lonely till you
                        F
Never knew lonely could be so blue
C          G7           C
Never knew lonely could tear you in two
                         F
Never loved someone like I love you
       C          G7          C
Well I never knew lonely till you
                        F
I can't make up for the times I've been gone
C            G7              C
I'll prove I love you in the words of this song
                            F
Back in your arms girl it's where I belong 
  C          G7          C
I never knew lonely till you
repeat #3
                         F
Never loved someone like I love you
       C          G7          C  F G7 C
Well I never knew lonely till you

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Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You

My tender parents brought me up
Provided for me well
Twas in the city of Lanson Town
They placed me in a mill

It was there I spied a pretty fair miss
On whom I cast my eye
I asked her if she'd marry me
And she believed a lie

Three weeks ago last Saturday night
Of course it was the day
The devil put it in my mind
To take her life away

I went into her sisters house
At eight o'clock one night
But little did the sister ? think
On her I had my spite

I asked her if she'd take a walk
With me a little ways
That she and I might have a talk
About our wedding day

We walked along until we came
To my little desert place
I grabbed a stick off of the fence
And struck her in the face

I run my fingers through her coal black hair
To cover up my sin
I drug her to the river side
And there I plunged her in

I started back unto my mill
I met my servant John
He asked me why I was so pale
And it so very warm

Come all young men and warning take
Unto your lovers be true
And never let the devil get
The upper hand of you

I met my servant John

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Alison Krauss - Never Will Give Up 

When this world is caught on fire
I wanna be caught in your will

No I never will give up, no, no
No I never will no, no
No I never will give up, no, no
No I never will no, no

And when this world is caught on fire
I wanna be caught in your will
I never will give up no, no,
No I never will, no, no, no, no, no

I'll always remember, ya, ya
You know I always will, ya, ya
I'll always remember, ya, ya
Ya know I always will, ya, ya

When they crucified my Lord up on Calverie's hill
I'll always remember, ya, ya
Ya know I always will ya, ya, ya, ya, ya

No I never will give up, no, no
No I never will no, no
No I never will give up, no, no
No I never will no, no

And when this world is caught on fire
I wanna be caught in your will
I never will give up no, no
No I never will, no, no, no, no, no

I'll always keep singin', ya, ya
Ya know I always will, ya, ya
I'll always keep singin' ya, ya
Ya know I always will, ya, ya

And when they crucified my Lord up on Calverie's hill

No I never will give up, no, no
No I never will, no, no, no, no, no

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James King - Neverland

As you walk through your life
Time grows short
You lose your shine
Please never get
Please never get older
Please never get
Please never get over
Standing on my shoulders
Come away with me my love
We'll dance thorugh the daisies
Come away with me my love
Come away with me my love
We can get a little hazy
Come away with me my love
My love

So there's this place
I think you'd like
Where time's not wasted
Age and I don't fight
And I'll never get
I'll never get older
But please never get
Please never get over
Standing on my shoulders
Come away with me my love
We'll dance through the daisies
Come away with me my love
Come away with me my love
We can get a little hazy
Come away with me my love
My love

So let's retreat
Cheat the game one more time
We can beat
This age if we tried
I'll never get
I'll never get older
Please never get
Please never get over
Standing on my shoulders
Come away with me my love
We'll dance through the daisies
Come away with me my love
Come away with me my love
We can get a little hazy
Come away with me my love
My love

Come away with me my love
We'll dance through the daisies
Come away with me my love
Come away with me my love
My love

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Brad Paisley - New Again 

Mother - do not cry for me
All of this is exactly how it's supposed to be
I'm right here. Can you hear my voice?
My life, my love, my Lord....my baby boy
As they nail me to this tree
Just know the Father waits for me
God how can this be your will?
To have your son and my son killed?
Whatever happens...whatever you see...
Whatever your eyes tell you has become of me
This is not...
Not the end...
I am making all things new again
I remember when you were born
In that manger where I first held
You in my arms
So many miracles and lives you've changed
And this world repays you how?
With all this pain


=============================

Brad Paisley - New Again (With Sara Evans) 

(Brad Paisley)
Mother - do not cry for me
All of this is exactly how it's supposed to be
(Sara Evans)
I'm right here. Can you hear my voice?
My life, my love, my Lord....my baby boy
(Brad Paisley)
As they nail me to this tree
Just know my Father waits for me
(Sara Evans)
God how can this be your will?
To have your son and my son killed?
(Brad Paisley)
Whatever happens...whatever you see...
Whatever your eyes tell you has become of me
This is not...
Not the end...
I am making all things new again
(Sara Evans)
I remember when you were born
In that manger where I first held
You in my arms
So many miracles and lives you've changed
And this world repays you how?
With all this pain
(Both)
Whatever happens(Whatever happens)...whatever you see(I don't wanna see)...
Whatever your eyes tell you has become of me
This is not...
Not the end...
I am making all things new again


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New Black Suit

I've got a new black suit in a box on the shelf
It's she first new suit ever bought for myself
If it was gray or blue I would think it a prize
But that new black suit brings tears to my eyes

Mama's dying, mama's dying
And I just can't stand the thought
How can I bear it, must I wear it
That new black suit I bought

I was just last night the doctor looked at me and said
Son I've done all I can soon your mom will be dead
So I sent for the preacher and called up the kin
Before long, one by one, they'll all start comming in

* Refrain

In that new black suit that I couldn't afford
I watched them carry my mom as she goes to the lord
Then I'll think about Heaven and try not to cry
As I stand by her for that last good-bye

* Refrain


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New Dreams And Sunshine
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent and Charlie Louvin
Written by Curly Putman

C                              F
Don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives
      G7                                   C
Those dark clouds always seems to hide our blue skies
                                            F
But this Texas sun has burned its way right through my brain
    G7                                        C
Now my job is done and hard times follow just like rain

                           F
California seems to be the place to go
G7                                      C
Dreams out there come true they say and turn to gold
                                        F
But our California dreams turned out to be just lies
         G7                    C
Don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives

                                    F
But somewhere we'll find new dreams and sunshine
      G7                          C
Green fields and blue skies where blue birds fly
                                          F
Where the only rain is a summer shower to cool the nights
    G7                               C
Yes somewhere there's new dreams and sunshine

                                  F
Last night I went to Tennessee in new dreams
      G7                                     C
Where cotton jumped into your sack and money grew on trees
                                           F
But when I awoke and found I had dream and almost cried
         G7                    C
Don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives

Repeat #3
              G7                    C
Lord don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives

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Alison Krauss - New Favorite 
Miscellaneous

New Favorite
They who say it
I'll say it too
You've got a New Favorite

Your old standby
Your right hand guy
Is nothing new
You've got a New Favorite

Why do you lie about love
I saw the light go out 

And should I go
You won't say so
I know it's true
I know you got a New Favorite
I know you got a New favorite
You've got a New Favorite

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Brad Paisley - New Favorite Memory lyrics

You're fumbling around in the bedroom,
Trying to put on your shoes,
Hair still down, dress half on,
Looking like you're about to blow a fuse.
I know what's about to happen,
I can read you like a book,
You're about to shoot that cute little "yeah, we're late" look...
And there it is,
Baby, don't move,
I wanna soak this in,
I've got a new favorite memory of you.
Driving through town, running red lights
You take my hand in the car,
Finally make it to the restaurant,
And our friends are two drinks in at the bar.
I know what's about to happen,
Yeah, folks don't change that dial,
She's about to light the room up with a laugh and a smile...
And there it is,
Baby, don't move,
I wanna soak this in,
I've got a new favorite memory of you.
Yeah, I'm gonna fall farther,
Baby, I know, wait for it
And wait for it,
Here I go...
You're fumbling around in the bedroom,
Trying to take off your shoes,
Hair back down, dress half off,
You look at me...
And there it is,
Baby, don't move,
I wanna soak this in,
I've got a new favorite memory of you.
Here we go again,
I've got a new favorite memory of you.


=============================

New Fool

Sad songs and teardrops will surely mend this broken heart
Time forgets these bitter things I feel
But your days are numbered
you learned your lesson well
When you finally play a heart that plays for real

There's a new fool somewhere waiting
For you old fashioned heart-break love affair
He'll see through your intentions
with each lie that you tell
And the old ways will go out with the new somewhere

Leavin' was so easy
but old hands do make fancy moves
Enough for one fell victim to your game
But someday you'll see
that cold hearts can be broken too
And what goes 'round must come around your way

=============================

New Freedom Bell

Oh ring, or ring new freedom bell
So we will know that all is well
Its name is there for all to see
In the land of the happy and free

Now have you found that freedom soul
The Liberty Bell it may sow
So it may ring throughout the land
And we will know that freedom will stand

* Refrain

It hangs so high in the city of Berlin
Not so long ago was a city of sin
But freecom won and all is well
There now hangs the new freedom bell

* Refrain


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New Highway

I have been down a lot of roads in my time
I have taken some bad turns in my life
I wanted to stop all my stumbles and falls
But I kept on rolling and kept on going

   Now I'm riding on a new highway
   I got off Heartbreak Boulevard
   Every mile that I've been through
   Each and every avenue
   Has taken me through some rough and rocky days
   Now I'm riding on a new highway

Every crossroad that I've taken goes wrong
It's a good thing that you came along
I knew I was headed down a lonely street
But I kept on trying and kept on driving

=============================

Yonder Mountain String Band - New Horizons (Live)

Come son, take hold of my hand now
Come daughter, jump into my arms
Come sweet darling wife, move quickly I'll keep us from harm
Well, the water from the sky, it is coming
And it's rising each minute of the day
And soon our dear home and our pleasures will be washed away

There's a new horizon and it's coming my son
Coming soon but I don't know when
When the sky will dry up and stop all this raging
When we'll be coming back again
The sun is trying to start shining
But the rain is pouring down
With the thunder and the lightning
With the rain is pouring down

For two long weeks it's been falling
And rolling through streets of our town
Forcing families to flee from their homes, pulling crops from the ground
We must leave behind our pleasures
Yes darling we must leave them all behind
Come family now move quickly, higher ground we must find

The sun is trying to start shining
But the rain is pouring down
With the thunder and the lightning
Where the rain is pouring down

As I stand at this lonely hilltop, and I stare at the town down below
Tops of trees and muddy old roofs now all that do show
As the tears roll down my cheeks
And they match with the patter of the rain
Look in the distance for the horizon, pray we'll come again

=============================

New John Henry Blues

John Henry was a little colored boy
You could hold him on the palm of your hand
And his papa cried out this lonesome farewell
Son gonna be a steel drivin' man Lord Lord
Son gonna be a steel drivin' man

John Henry went upon the mountain
Looked down on the other side
Lord the mountain was so tall
John Henry was so small
He laid down his hammer and he cried Lord Lord
He laid down his hammer and he cried

John Henry walked to the top
Had his captain by his side
The last words that John Henry said
Bring me a cool drink of water 'fore I die Lord Lord
Bring a cool drink of water 'fore I die

Talk about John Henry as much as you please
Say and do all that you can
Never was born in these united states
Nonesuch a steel drivin' man Lord Lord
Nonesuch a steel drivin' man

John Henry told his captain
I want to go to bed
Fix me a pallet of straw to lay down
Got money roarin' in my head Lord Lord
Got money roarin' in my head

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Osborne Brothers - New Partner Waltz  

You're waltzing with me looking over my shoulder
That gleam in your eyes tells me I'm losing you
You're waltzing with me but your heart's with another
You'll have a new partner when the next waltz be here.

We came to the dance together
But I see that I'll be all alone when it ends
You're waltzing with me looking over my shoulder
You'll have a new partner when the next waltz be here.

--- Instrumental ---

We came to the dance together
But I see that I'll be all alone when it ends
You're waltzing with me looking over my shoulder
You'll have a new partner when the next waltz be here...

=============================

New Patches

Now and then an old friend tries to help me
by telling me theres someone I should meet
But I don't have the heart to start all over
My heart is laying at anothers feet.

You just don't put new Patches on old garments
I don't want no one else on my mind
I just don't need nobody new to cling too
I still love someone I've known a long, long time

I have built my world around a memory
and he's the only one I'll let in
Everytime I try to love somebody
in my mind I'm loving him again.

You just don't put new patches on old garments
I don't want no one else on my mind
I just don't need nobody new to cling too
I still love someone I've known a long, long time.
I still love someone I've known a long, long time.

=============================

Crooked Still 
New Railroad

Workin on a new railroad mud up to my knees
Workin on a new railroad mud up to my knees
I'm working for big John Henry and he's so hard to please
I've been all around this world

Used to have a big grey horse arrow was his name
Used to have a big grey horse arrow was his name
They caught me making liquor and they told me get off their plain
I've been all around this world

Hang me oh hang me and I'll be dead and gone
Hang me oh hang me and I'll be dead and gone
It's not the hanging that I mind it's laying in the grave so long
I've been all around this world

Single girl single girl go spend your days in town
Single girl single girl go spend your days in town
Just wait til you get married you'll work till the sun goes down
I've been all around this world

Lulu oh lulu won't you open up that door
Lulu oh lulu won't you open up that door
Before I come and open it with my old 44
I've been all around this world

Diggin on a new railroad mud up to my knees
Diggin on a new railroad mud up to my knees
Diggin for big John Henry and he's so hard to please
I've been all around this world
Been all around this world
I've been all around this world

=============================

New River Train

   I'm ridin' that New River train
   I'm ridin' that New River train
   The same old train that brought me here
   Is gonna carry me home again

Darlin' you can't love one
Darlin' you can't love one
You can't love one and have any fun
Oh darlin' you can't love one

Oh darlin' you can't love two
oh darlin' you can't love two
You can't love two and your little heart be true
Oh darlin' you can't love two

Darlin' you cant love three
Darlin' you cant love three
You can't love three and still be true to me
Oh darlin' you cant love three

Oh darlin' you cant love four
darlin' you cant love four
You can't love four amd love any more
Oh darlin' you cant love four

Darlin' you cant love five
Oh darlin' you cant love five
You can't love five you'll be sorry you're alive
Oh darlin' you cant love five

Oh darlin' you cant love six
Oh darlin' you cant love six
You can't love six six will never mix
Oh darlin' you cant love six

Oh darlin' you cant love seven
Oh darlin' you cant love seven
You can't love seven it might as well be 'leven
Oh darlin' you cant love seven

Oh darlin' you cant love eight
Oh darlin' you cant love eight
You can't love eight for a date they'll show up late
Oh darlin' you cant love eight

Oh darlin' you cant love nine
Oh darlin' you cant love nine
You can't love nine keep them danglin' on a line
Oh darlin' you cant love nine

Oh darlin' you cant love ten
Oh darlin' you cant love ten
You can't love ten when can I see you again
Oh darlin' you cant love ten

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New River Train (Alternate)

Chorus
I'm ridin' on that New River Train, 
I'm ridin' on that New River Train,
That same old train that brought me here, 
Is gonna' carry me away again.
Darlin' you can't love but one, 
Darlin' you can't love but one,
You can't love but one, and still have your fun, 
Oh darlin' you can't love one.
Oh darlin' you can't love two, 
Darlin' you can't love two,
You can't love two and your little heart be true, 
Oh darlin' you can't love two.
Darlin' you can't love three, 
Oh darling you can't love three,
You can't love three, and still be true to me, 
Oh darlin' you can't love three.
Darlin' you can't love four, 
Oh darlin' you can't love four,
You can't love four, and still come knocking on my door, 
Oh darlin' you can't love four.
Darlin' you can't love five, 
oh darlin' you can't love five,
You can't love five, you'll be sorry your alive, 
Oh darlin' you can't love five.
Oh darlin' you can't love six, 
Darlin' you can't love six,
If you try to love six, you'll be in an awful fix, 
Oh darlin' you can't love six.
Oh darlin' you can't love seven, 
Darlin' you can't love seven,
You can't love seven, it might as well be 'leven
Oh darlin' you can't love seven, 
Oh darlin' you can't love eight, 
Darlin' you can't love eight,
You can't love eight, and get thru the pearly gates,
Darlin' you can't love eight,
Oh darlin' you can't love nine, 
Darlin' you can't love nine,
You can't love nine, and be a gal of mine,
Darlin' you can't love nine,
Oh darlin' you can't love ten, 
Darlin' you can't love ten,
You can't love ten, and break my heart again,
Oh darlin' you can't love ten
Darlin' you can't love but one
oh darlin' you can't love but one,
You can't love but one, so won't you give my heart a run,
Oh darlin' you can't love but one.
* Chrous


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New Star Shining
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by John Hall and Johanna Hall

C                 Em       F                 C    G7
They didn't own a house no crib no toys were waiting
F                    C            F               C    G7
Still they had their love for the Child they were anticipating
       C               Em         F                E7
He was born one winter night on a road between two towns
     F                 C
They wrapped Him up so warm and tight 
            F          G7            C
And said it looks like heaven's come down
 
            F        G7             C      F
There was a new star shining in the sky up above
       Dm                Am               Dm                F   G7
By His light that winter night they found peace and perfect love
      F       G7        Am      Em     D7
If we want to find it I know we always will
           F           Dm      G7     C    G7
Cause that new star is shining for us still
     C              Em              F                  C  G7
They worried how to feed Him simple trade was all they knew
       F              C                   F              G7
It was hard enough to make ends meet when they were only two
        C                 Em              F               E7
But the cold the dark and hunger couldn't take away their joy
        F                        C
And she knew that day they would find a way 
         F        G7   C
For that precious baby boy
            
Repeat #2
   
      F       G7        Am      Em     D7
If we want to find it I know we always will
           F           Dm      G7     C
Cause that new star is shining for us still

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New Woman's World
The Avett Brothers

It used to be a man's world, but we didn't treat it right
It used to be a man's world, but all we did was fight
I'm glad it's finally in the hands of the women and the girls
I can't wait to see what they do with what's left of the world

Ladies, I'm sorry, but we couldn't seem to learn
How to live in peace, so Rome had to burn
And we cared about clean air, but there was money to be made
And breathing's nice, but it don't compare with getting paid

It used to be a man's world, but we didn't treat it right
It used to be a man's world, but all we did was fight
I'm glad it's finally in the hands of the women and the girls
I can't wait to see what they do with what's left of the world

Please, I beg your pardon, but we got a bit confused
Some of our brothers thought our sisters were born for getting used
Then we made the assumption that's how it should be done
Then tried to excuse ourselves in the name of fun
Don't get me wrong, hope ain't fully gone
Scores of decent men built the road I'm standing on
But a lot of it has crumbled through prideful mistakes
And ashes cover much of what the flooding didn't take

I know that we are giving you a lot to straighten out
The silver lining broke away from the thunder cloud
And it took us a few thousand years to make a mess so fine
I bet y'all sort it out in less than half the time

It used to be a man's world, excess in the extreme
Oh, it used to be a man's world, but we ran out of steam
We couldn't seem to reach the grace that's born in every girl
Still, I hope that I can lend a hand in this new woman's world
Let me know if I can help out in this new woman's world

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Punch Brothers - New York City 

Snow falls on the Hudson
Souls are lost by the lonely dozen
She was here and then she wasn't
Out there in the weather

Was it a frostbitten wind or a whisper?
I could swear I felt her

If I knew her face
If I knew her name
If I knew, would you?

How long can my heart live with the key
Kept away from its cage of locked ribs?
If it's mine, why is it in prison
Out there in the weather?

Where it's cold as it is bitter
It could die or it could find her

If you knew her face
If you knew her name
If you knew, would you?

New York City, would you give her to me?
I'd be yours forever, my old man says
"If you're good the world gives you
The things you ask for"

New York, was I wrong when I built
My dreams on a little island?
Did I ever really want them?
Bridges in all directions, three in the morning

Can't believe I never saw them
Maybe I should be going

If she knew my face
If she knew my name
If she knew, would you?

New York City, would you give her to me?
I'd be yours forever, you know what I'm after
Tell me how many times do I have to ask you?
I'd be yours forever

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Next Sunday, Darling, Is My Birthday

Next Sunday, Darling, is my birthday.
A day that should be free from care.
Best wishes and congratulations,
But only sorrow fills the air.
While friends are singing Happy Birthday,
There'll be a smile upon my face.
But when they're gone the smile will vanish;
A broken heart will take its place.
Another year has come and gone now.
The plans I made have gone astray.
The day that should be filled with laughter
Will only be another day.
The little house we planned together
Is empty now without you, Dear.
But in my dreams you're there beside me.
So let me dream that you are here.


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Punch Brothers - Next to the Trash 

She puts my body away
Next to the trash
Under the sink
Along with all the cleaning's supplies and the things that we buy 
and decide we don't need

Well it's damp and it's dark and it's lonely in here
Next to the trash
Under the sink
But everyone needs some time off now and then
'Cause I'm happy my friends
Don't feel sorry for me

She says if you're playin' the game
I hope you know you won't win it
And you can tell me next to the trash
Well I'll tell you I'm in it
Why would you want me to touch it if you know I don't need it
She's right I'm mean when I'm bored
So I dig through the trash looking for her
She would wash herself off
In the mist from the pipes
We could use more of that around here that's for sure

But it seems that whoever has thrown her away
Has forgotten the trash under the sink
Or was it a joke meant to buy her some time
All this citrus and pine make it harder to think

So I say if you're playing the game
I hope you know you won't win it
And I'll be sorry if they threw you away
It's just that they didn't
She says "Boy, you'd better take it back right now and I mean it"

She puts my body away
Then chases my mind up to the roof
It jumps in the gutter
But she pulls it out
And it's all part of having a man in the house
It jumps in the gutter she pulls it out

And it's all part of having a man in the house

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Alison Krauss - Nick's Noodle			
[Instrumental]




 

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Dolly Parton - Nickels And Dimes lyrics

I used to stand on a corner when I was a child
And I'd play my guitar and sing as the people went by
The sidewalks were crowded but I'd just sing louder cause I didn't mind
Just spending my time, spinning my rhymes and singing for nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes
I'd brighten their day as they go on their way and they'd brighten mine
A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
I knew that someday in my own special I'd repay all their nickels and dimes
I recall the sidewalk each night as I stand on the stage
As I play my guitar and sing for the people who paid
Cause I finally made it to what they all call the big time
But I still remember I still owe some nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes
A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
So if you remember a child on the corner of time
You'll know that I wrote this to repay your nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes
A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
So if you remember a child on a corner of time
You'll know that I wrote this to repay your nickels and dimes
Nickels and dimes a song at a time for nickels and dimes
A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
So if you remember a child on a corner of time
You'll know that I wrote this to repay your nickels and dimes


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Night

Night
While everyone is sleeping
Night
These memories have got me weeping
Pretty soon
Daylight will come creeping

Daylight
When I'll be just as lonely
Daylight
And I'll be thinking of you only
Night will come
Once again my past will haunt me

Cry
Every night the same old story
Talkin
To my heart but it ignores me
Night
Just darkness before me

Night
Uh-huh
Night
Huh-huh
Night

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Richard Thompson - Night Comes In 

Night comes in like some cool river
How can there be, be another day?
Take my hand, oh real companion
And we'll dance, dance till we fade away

Oh, the songs poured down like silver
They can only, only break my heart
Drink the wine, the wine of lovers
Lovers tired of being apart

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground
I lose my mind in dance forever
Lose my mind in dance forever
Turn my world around, turn my world around

Oh, this night is like no other
And this room is ringing in my ears
And these friends will never leave me
And these tears are like no other tears

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground
I lose my mind in dance forever
Lose my mind in dance forever
Turn my world around, turn my world around

Well, I may find that street tomorrow
Leave the shadow of my lonely room
See my one, my one and only
Heart and soul, I'm coming soon

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Richard Thompson - Night Comes In (Live) - 1983, Hamburg 

Night comes in
Like some cool river
How can there be
Be another day
Take my hand
O real companion
And we'll dance
We'll dance till we fade away

O the songs
Pour down like silver
They can only
Only break my heart
Drink the wine
The wine of lovers
Lovers tired of being apart

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground
I lose my mind and dance forever
Lose my mind and dance forever
Turn my world around
Turn my world around

O this night
Is like no other
And this room
Is ringing in my ears
And these friends
Will never leave me
And these tears
Are like no other tears

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground
I lose my mind and dance forever
Lose my mind and dance forever
Turn my world around
Turn my world around

Well I may find
That street tomorrow
Leave the shadow
Of my lonely room
See my one
My one and only
Heart and soul
I'm coming soon

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Richard Thompson - Night Comes In (Live) - 1984, Cannes 

Night comes in
Like some cool river
How can there be
Be another day
Take my hand
O real companion
And we'll dance
We'll dance till we fade away

O the songs
Pour down like silver
They can only
Only break my heart
Drink the wine
The wine of lovers
Lovers tired of being apart

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground
I lose my mind and dance forever
Lose my mind and dance forever
Turn my world around
Turn my world around

O this night
Is like no other
And this room
Is ringing in my ears
And these friends
Will never leave me
And these tears
Are like no other tears

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground
I lose my mind and dance forever
Lose my mind and dance forever
Turn my world around
Turn my world around

Well I may find
That street tomorrow
Leave the shadow
Of my lonely room
See my one
My one and only
Heart and soul
I'm coming soon

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Night is Left Behind
Yonder Mountain String Band

Though the night is left behind and the morning wind it blows
The night is left behind, shaking off your clothes
As I wandered in the spring, I never felt so low
As I wandered in the spring, I had no where to go

Sing your way through the hardtimes
Won't be far to go
Sing your way through the hardtimes
Something no one knows
Something no one knows

Though the morning sun does shine on folks both young and old
The morning sun was bright, she took it as her own
Though the summer blackbird flies (???)
The summer blackbird flies to some place that is real

Sing your way through the hardtimes
Won't be far to go
Sing your way through the hardtimes
Something no one knows
Something no one knows

All the fields I walk beside, the forever story told
The corn's been turning gold
The nights are growing cold

Sing your way through the hardtimes
Won't be far to go
Sing your way through the hardtimes
Something no one knows
Something no one knows

Though the night is left behind, the morning wind it blows
The night is left behind, shaking off your clothes

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Night Out (Live)

Midnight, streetlights
Give it up
I'm going home
Where the lamps are always burning
And you're always waiting
And I'm forever falling
Last one undone
Hanging out
I'm hanging on
Where someone's always yelling
Way back in the corner
And I'm forever dreaming

There's more to a dream, anyway
Shadows grow long on our face
There's more to a dream, anyway
And I won't know what's left in its place

Strange games, new names
Rearrange
Where I'm from
Wherever I am going
You know I'm always guessing
And I'm forever standing
Wait awhile and see
Nothing seems right to me
Hide me from this town
Fill me up when I'm down

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Osborne Brothers - Night Train to Memphis 

Take that night train to Memphis, take that night train to Memphis
And when you arrive at the station
I'll be right there to meet you, I'll be right there to greet you
So don't turn down my invitation.

Hallelujah, hallelujah
I'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the day
Oh we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis Tennessee
And we'll shout hallelujah all the day.

--- Instrumental ---

Take that night train to Memphis, take that night train to Memphis
You know how I'm longing to see you
Leave that 3-50-7 and arive at eleven
Then I'll be shoutin' hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah
I'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the day
Oh we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis Tennessee
And we'll shout hallelujah all the day.

--- Instrumental ---

Take that night train to Memphis, take that night train to Memphis
Tell that engineer to pull a trottle open
Keep that engine stack a smokin', I'm not kiddin' I'm not jokin'
And I'll soon be with my girl I'm hopin'.

Hallelujah, hallelujah
I'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the day
Oh we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis Tennessee
And we'll shout hallelujah all the day...

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The Incredible String Band - Nightfall 

Nightfall, o river of night flow through me
Washing the thoughts of the day on your waters away
For the morrow that dawns never knew me

Nightfall nightfall folding her dark locks around you
Her eyes they have found you
Would show you this new dream they're holding

O sleep, o come to me you who are night's daughter
And I'll give you my eyes for the colors that rise
As time's echoes reflect on your water

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The Incredible String Band - Nightfall - 2010 Remastered Version 

Nightfall, o river of night flow through me
Washing the thoughts of the day on your waters away
For the morrow that dawns never knew me

Nightfall nightfall folding her dark locks around you
Her eyes they have found you
Would show you this new dream they're holding

O sleep, o come to me you who are night's daughter
And I'll give you my eyes for the colors that rise
As time's echoes reflect on your water

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Nights In Oklahoma

Big city nights
Cold and brught
Husting through the crowd
Jammed-up freeways
You gotta stand in line
I've just got get out

So give me sweet warm nights in Oklahoma
I'm so tired of feeling alone
And when the moon climbs over Texoma
We'll be on our way back home
We're on our way back home

Southern wind
Blow on in
Lord, it's been so long
I've said goodbye
To those smoggy skies
Now I'm moving on

To those sweet warm nights in Oklahoma
I'm so tired of feeling alone
And when the moon climbs over Texoma
We'll be on our way back home
We're on our way back home


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Nine Blue Days
BMI Work #: 8673820
Nine Blue Days (Larry W. Jones 02/02/2007) (song#4377)

There's nine days which I try to survive
Nine days made of more than nine to five
Nine days as hard as climbing Kilimanjaro
Last week was seven and today ain't heaven
And day nine will surely come tomorrow
There's nine days and all of them are blue
Nine days and nine ways of missing you
What good would it do to reach the end
Each of them would find a new way to begin
There's nine days which I try to survive
Nine days with more than nine to five
Nine days as hard as climbing Kilimanjaro
Last week was seven and today ain't heaven
And day nine will surely come tomorrow
- instrumental -
There's nine days which I try to survive
Nine days made of more than nine to five
Nine days as hard as climbing Kilimanjaro
Last week was seven and today ain't heaven
And day nine will surely come tomorrow
There's nine days and all of them are blue


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Nine Hundred Miles
Arr. James Coffey

Well I'm ridin' on this train, I've got tears in my eyes
Tryin' to read a letter from my home
If this train runs me right, I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow

Well this train I ride on is a hundred coaches long
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
If this train runs me right, I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow

Now if you say so, I will railroad no more
Sidetrack my train and go home
If this train runs me right, I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow


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Nine Pound Hammer

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
For my size, Buddy for my size

   Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow
   How can I roll, when the wheels won't roll

I'm going to the mountain, just to see my baby
And I ain't coming back, no I ain't coming back 

There ain't one hammer, down in this tunnel
That can ring like mine, that can ring like mine

   Rings like silver, shines like gold
   Rings like silver, shines like gold

This old hammer, it killed John Henry
Ain't gonna kill me, ain't gonna kill me

It's a long way to Harlan, and a long way to Hazard
Just to get a little booze, just to get a little booze

Buddy when I'm log gone, won't you make my tombstone
Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal

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Nine Pound Hammer (Roll On Buddy)
Merle Travis

Chorus:
Roll on buddy! Don't you roll so slow.
How'm I gonna roll, when the wheels won't go.
Roll on buddy! Pull a load of coal
How'm I gonna pull, when the wheels won't roll.

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
For my size, buddy, for my size.

I'm a-goin' on the mountain for to see my baby
An' I ain't comin' back. Lord, I ain't comin' back.

Well when I die, you can make my tombstone
Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal.

Ain't nobody's hammer on this here mountain
Rings like mine, that rings like mine.

Well this old hammer, it killed John Henry
Killed John Henry, but it won't kill me.

An' this old hammer rings like silver
Rings like silver, rings like gold.

It's a long way to Harlan, it's a long way to Hazard
Just to get a little brew, just to get a little brew.


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Dolly Parton - Nine To Five lyrics

Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen;
pour myself a cup of ambition,
and yawn, and stretch, and try to come to life.
Jump in the shower, and the blood starts pumping;
out on the street, the traffic starts jumping,
with folks like me on the job from nine to five.
Chorus: 1,3,5.
Nine to five, what a way to make a living;
barely getting by,it's all taking and no giving.
They just use your mind, and (depending on verse) "they never give you" or
"you never get the" credit; it's enough to drive you crazy, if you let it.
Verse 2
They let you dream just to watch them shatter;
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder,
But you've got dreams he'll never take away.
In the same boat with a lot of your friends;
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in,
And the tide's gonna turn, and it's all gonna roll your way.
Chorus: 2
Nine to five, for service and devotion;
you would think that I would deserve a fair promotion;
want to move ahead, but the boss won't seem to let me.
I swear some-times, that man is out to get me.
Chorus: 4,6.
Nine to five, they've got you where they want you;
There's a better life, and you dream about it, don't you?
It's a rich man's game, no matter what they call it;
And you spend your life putting money in his pocket.


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Ninety and Nine

There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold
But one was out on the hills away
Far off from the gates of gold
Away on the mountains wild and bare
Away from the tender Shepherd's care
Away from the tender Shepherd's care

Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine
Are they not enough for Thee
But the Shepherd made answer tis this of Mine
Has wandered away from Me
Although the road be rough and steep
I go to the desert to find My sheep
I go to the desert to find My sheep

But all through the mountains thunder-riven
Up from the rocky steep
There arose a glad cry to the gate of heaven
Rejoice I have found My sheep
And the angels echoed around the throne
Rejoice for the Lord brings back His own
Rejoice for the Lord brings back His own
 

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Ninety Nine Years (And One Dark Day)

I've been in this prison twenty years or more
I shot my woman with a 44
I'll be right here till my dyin' day
I got 99 years and one dark day 

Well the food is bad and the beds are hard
I spend all day breakin' rocks in the yard
Well there ain't no change, gonna stay that way
I got 99 years and one dark day 

Ain't no singer that can sing a song
Ain't no one saying that I ain't wrong
His mind's made up, gonna stay that way
I got 99 years and one dark day 

I never learned to read, I never learned to write
My whole life's been one big fight
I never heard about the righteous way
I got 99 years and one dark day 

I remember a time many years ago
I shot my woman with a 44
I'll be right here till my dyin' day
I got 99 years and one dark day
I got 99 years and one dark day

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Ninety Nine Years is Almost For Life

The court room the judge waited there
My mother was crying when I left my chair
The sentence were sharp for it cut like a knife
For ninety nine years folks is almost for life

I dreamed of the whistle I heard the bells ring
My sweetheart was coming some good news to bring
I knew that she loved me and that she'd be true
She said she would save me I'm guilty as you

She went for a pardon or else for parole
I know she'll come back for she's part of my soul
If she ever fails me I'll be mighty blue
I'll stay in this jailhouse I'll die in here too

They said I was a criminal and to my despair
They sent me to Nashville and shaved off my hair
So come hear my story I'll tell you my fate
I'm serving in Nashville for another man's hate

I just got a letter from Nashville town
And after I read it my spirit broke down
It's sad that my sweetheart and the judge would be wed
And here in this jailhouse I wish I was dead

No matter how right folks a man he may be
Bad company will send him to prison like me
So take a good woman and make her your wife
For ninety nine years folks is almost for life

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No Ash Will Burn

I have seen snow that fell in May
And I have seen rain on cloudless days
Somethings are always bound to change
There ain't no ash will burn

Love is a precious thing I'm told
It burns just like West Virginia coal
But when the fire dies down it's cold
There ain't no ash will burn

You say this life is not your lot
Well I can't be something that I'm not
We can't stoke a fire that we ain't got
There ain't no ash will burn

In every life there comes a time
Where there are no more tears to cry
We must leave something dear behind
There ain't no ash will burn

There is one lesson I have learned
There ain't no ash will burn

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No Burdens Pass Through

The storm clouds rise no light in the sky
And my loved ones have gone and left me
There's glory divine it's riches are mine
He tells me no burdens pass through

Oh (what a day) what a day (oh what a day)
When the clouds pass away (when the clouds, clouds pass away)
And Jesus supreme on his throne
My tears wiped away (all my tears, tears wiped away)
And the night turns to day (and the night, the nights changed to day)
No burdens are allowed to pass through

There'll be no sorrow in our new home
No funeral train in the sky
No rent to pay no taxes come due
No burden's are allowed to pass through

He never fails me when I'm in need
My soul is so weighted with care
He leads me through He helps me to stand
He whispers no burdens pass through

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Punch Brothers - No Concern of Yours 

Well it's no concern of yours my friends, it's no concern of yours
The nail that's sticking up will just get hammered to the board
And it's no concern of yours my friends, it's no concern of yours

It's hard to hold your head up when it's in your hands
To wash off last night's trouble in a clean white shirt
If anyone can do it I can

And it's no concern of yours my friends, it's no concern of yours
The finest looking apple can be rotten to the core
And it's no concern of yours my friends, it's no concern of yours

We're not here to talk about me
We're here to get things done
'Cause if we do my daddy won't have ruined both his sons
He's going down, down. down

It's no concern of yours my friends, it's no concern of yours
A word can break as easy as it's spoken snarled or sworn
And it's no concern of yours my friends, it's no concern of yours

When your name is on this building take me out for lunch
After three or four Old Fashioned's tell me what you've heard
Then you'd better listen closely, I'll only say it once

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No Depression In Heaven

For fear the hearts of men are failing,
For these are latter days we know
The Great Depression now is spreading,
God's word declared it would be so

   I'm going where there's no depression,
   To the lovely land that's free from care
   I'll leave this world of toil and trouble,
   My home's in Heaven, I'm going there

In that bright land, there'll be no hunger,
No orphan children crying for bread,
No weeping widows, toil or struggle,
No shrouds, no coffins, and no death

This dark hour of midnight nearing
And tribulation time will come
The storms will hurl in midnight fear
And sweep lost millions to their doom

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No Doubt About It

I think you're the sweetest thing and I like your talk
I like your curly hair honey and I like your walk
I like the way you hold me I like your eyes of blue
There's no doubt it honey I'm in love with you

    Oh when you hold me my poor heart skips a beat
    Mm when you kiss me it knocks me off my feet
    I like your little stories I like everything you do
    There's no doubt about it I'm crazy over you

I like the way you smile I like your dimpled chin
I like to see you laugh and I like to see you grin
I like the way you hold me I like everything you do
There's no doubt about it honey I'm in love with you

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No Future For Me In Our Past
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Leigh Dillard and Glenn Martin
[3/4 time]

C                 F
Word is around he walked out on you 
    G7                           C
And your world it shattered like glass 
                      F
I just found out that you're back in town 
    G7                          C
And searching for parts of your past
 
F             G7    F          C
You loved and lost  I lost and found
  F                    C
A new love I know will last 
   F                G7    C                F
If you're hoping to find  what you've left behind 
           C          G7        C
There's no future for me in our past
 
                       F
I know you're hurt and what you're going through 
G7                        C
I want what's hurting for you 
                                F
But there's not one thing in my past I can change 
G7               C
Even if I wanted to
 
Repeat #2

F          C          G7        C
There's no future for me in our past

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No Future In The Past
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Carl Jackson and Vince Gill

C                         D7
I lie here tonight in the darkness
G7                 C
I've never felt so alone
                            D7
Tomorrow I'll wake up still lonesome
      G7                                  C   G7
Cause things haven't changed since you've gone
    C                           D7
You walked out with angry words spoken
     G7                       C
Your leaving cut right to the bone
                                 D7
I'll pick up the pieces you have broken
G7                      C
Find the strength to go on
Am      D7            G7           C
I still remember when my arms once held her
    F           G7       C
How long do old memories last
    Am      D7        G7        C
Why can't I forget it can't I admit it
F              G7            C
There ain't no future in the past
repeat last verse
    Am      D7        G7        C
Why can't I forget it can't I admit it
F              G7            C
There ain't no future in the past

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Dolly Parton - No Good Way Of Saying Good-bye lyrics

The truth is too painful
This moment too real
Saying good-bye
But loving you still
Too late to start over
We've tried that before
And I just don't have it in me
To try anymore
Chorus:
But I know I'll miss you
And I know I'll cry
I know you loved me
And I know you've tried
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever do in my life
But I know no good way
Of saying good-bye
2nd Chorus:
I know I'll miss you
And I know I'll cry
I know you loved me
And I know I'll ask why
I know I'll have moments
When I'll want to die
But I know no good way
Of saying good-bye
Tag:
And the longest night
I'll ever spend will be tonight
'Cause I know no good way of saying


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The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings 

When my body won't hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Will I be ready

When my feet own't walk another mile
And my lips give their last kiss goodbye
Will my hands be steady

When i lay down my fears, my hopes and my doubts
The rings on my fingers the keys to my house
With no hard feelings

When the sun hangs low in the west 
And the light in my chest won't be kept
Held a day any longer

When the jealousy fades away and it's ash and dust 
the cash and what and it's just hallelujah
and lvoe in thout love in the wrods
love in the songs they sing in the church 
and no hard feelings

Lord knows they haven't done
much good for anyone
can be afraid and cold
with so much to have and hold

When my body won't hold me anymore
And it finally let's me free
Where will I go

Will the trade winds take me south 
Through georgia train tropical rain 
A snow from the heavens

Will i join in the ocean blue or run into a savior true
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night
Straight to the light 
Holding a love ive known in my life
And no hard feelings

Lord knows they haven't done
Much good for anyone
Can't be afraid and cold
With so much to have and hold

Under the perfect sky
I'm finally learning why
It matters for me and you
To say it and mean it to 
The life that is loveliness
And all of it's ugliness
Good as it's been to me 

I have no enemies
I have no enemies
I have no enemies
I have no enemies

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No Hard Times
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers

C                                                   C7
I got a barrel of flour Lord I got a bucket of lard 
        F                                      C
I got a barrel of flour Lord I got a bucket of lard
      G7                                  C
Ain't got no blues got chickens in my backyard
                                                C7
I got corn in my crib cotton growin' in my patch
      F                                    C
I got corn in my crib cotton growin' in my patch
  G7                                                     C
I got that old hen a sittin' waitin' for that old hen to hatch
            G7        C
Yodel-lee-o hard time blues
                                                       C7
I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a holt of my lines
          F                                      C
I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a holt of my lines
  G7                                      C
I can't be bothered with all the old hard times
                                                       C7
I'm gonna build me a shanty Lord I'm gonna settle down
          F                                       C
I'm gonna build me a shanty Lord I'm gonna settle down
    G7                                            C
Get me a corn fed momma and Lordy quit a runnin a'round
                                            C7
I can make more money with my pick and plow
      F                                C
I can make more money with my pick and plow
     G7                                      C
With my one-eyed mule and my good ole Jersey cow
            G7        C
Yodel-lee-o hard time blues

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No Hiding Place Down Here

Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
On every link there's Jesus name
There's no hiding place down here

   There's no hiding place down ground
   There's no hiding place down ground
   Well I run to the rocks and I hide my face
   The rocks cried out No hiding place
   There's no hiding place down here

I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll give old Satan old more round
There's no hiding place down here

Oh the devil he wears a hypocrite's shoe
The devil he wears a hypocrite's shoe
The devil wears hypocrite's shoe
If you don't watch he'll slip it on you
There's no hiding place down here

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No Letter In The Mail

No answer to my love letter
To sooth my achin heart
Why did God ever permit
True love like ours to part

   No letter in the mail today
   No answer from my love
   Nobody knows what I've been through
   No one but God above

This is what I wrote to her
I know I'm to blame
Let me prove my love for you
Then I'll sign my name

I'm walking down this lonesome road
Travellin while I pine
If there's no letter in the box
I'll leave this world behind

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No Lonesome Tune
Peter Rowan

Well I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune
Oh, Babe, I'm coming soon
I cannot believe I stayed so long away.
But a man must look around
And you're the sweetest thing I've found
Your lost high roller's rolling home today.

Well my daddy said to me
Son, it's hard as you will see
To find someone upon whom to rely.
And in the kitchen Mama sneezed
And he grinned big as you please
Said "Bless you" and a tear come to his eye.

Well I did decide that very day
That I would like to live that way
And now I know I've just been wasting time.
It's with you that I should be
And if you feel the same about me
Well I'm headed home along the straightest line.

I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune
Oh, Baby, I'm coming soon
I cannot believe I stayed so long away.
But a man must look around
And you're the sweetest thing I've found
Your lost high roller's rolling home today.

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Dolly Parton - No Love Left lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Bill Owens
Copyright 1970

There's no love left our love's beyond help
Why do we keep on tryin' when there's no love left
The feeling we felt for each other for a long time now has been dying
We'd both be better off without each other
We can't bring it back to life why do we keep trying
There's no love left...
When love is gone it's gone and you can't bring it back
When the warm sun goes down it turns cold
We both might as well just accept the fact there's nothing warm left for us to
hold
There's no love left...
There's no love left...


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
No Man's Mama

You may wonder what's the reason
For this great big smile
Say, I haven't been so happy
For the longest while
Got a big load off my mind
Here's the papers, sealed and signed
And the judge was nice and kind
All through the trial
This ends the five-year war
I am myself once more

I can go where I please, I can come when I please
I can flit, fly and flutter like the birds in the trees
Because I'm no man's mamma now

I can do what I like, I can say what I like
I'm a gal who is on a matrimonial strike
Because I'm no man's mamma now

I'm screamin', "There, I know how
A fella feels gettin' out of jail"
I've got twin beds
And I take pleasure in announcin' one's for sale

Am I makin' it plain? I will never again
Drag around another ball and chain
Because, I'm no man's mamma now

I can smile, I can wink, I can go take a drink
And I don't have to worry what my hubby will think
Because, I'm no man's mamma now
Are you gettin' it yet?

I can spend what I choose, I can play and sing the blues
And there's nobody messing with my ones and my twos
Because, I'm no man's mamma now

I'll tell you there was a time
I used to think that men were grand
No more for mine
I've gone and labeled my apartment "No Man's Land"

I got rid of my cat, cause my cat's name was Pat
Won't even have a mailbox in my flat
Because, I'm no man's mamma now

Am I makin' it plain? I will never again
Drag around another ball and chain
Because, I'm no man's mamma now

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No More Lonely Nights

No more lonely night
No more sad goodbyes
Now that you're mine
There'll be no more lonely nights
The rain just cleared this morning
You can see almost a hundred miles
Through the warm clean air
It's been years I sweat
And I can wake-up
Feeling easy now
And take it with a smile
Cause I'm the only one
In her eyes
In her eyes

No more lonely nights
Bring on that old moonlight
What I thought I'd lost forever
Just walked back in sight
No more lonely nights
No more sad goodbyes
Now that you're mine
There'll be no more lonely nights

All there broken hearted people
Just keep knocking on my door
I know that long sad face
They're all over the place
And as for me
I'm falling deep in love
I'm finally off the floor
And there'll be no more heartaches
Anyomre
Nevermore

* Refrain


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No More The Moon Shines On Lorena

Way down upon the old plantation
Old Massey used to own me as a slave
He had a yeller gal he called Lorena
And we courted where the wild bananas waved

For long years there we courted
And we were as happy as one
And my hard work for did Massey
And the happiness of life had just begun

   No more the moon shines on Lorena
   As we'd sit and watch the coons among the corn
   And the possums laying on the wild bananas
   And the old owl a hootin like a horn

One day I called to see my dear Lorena
I thought she would meet me at the gate
But they took her away to old Virginy
And left me to mourn for her fate

For years I have longed to see her
And the thoughts of her was ever in my head
One day Massey read me a letter
Telling me the Lorena she was dead

But I know that her soul has gone to heaven
And there she is ever free from pain
And to her a brighter crown is given
And no more she will wear the darkie's chain

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No More To Be Lonesome

Way down in old Georgia deep down in the pines
I left my sweet children my home and my wife
I rambled all over this country you see
I wound up a loner out on the high seas

    Out on the high waters where the cold wind blows
    I'll always be lonesome for the ones I love most
    But beneath the blue waters my body they'll find
    No more to lonesome for those left behind

She never loved me and pushed me aside
I still long to see her and be by her side
My children are angels and mean all to me
But a dear lovin father she won't let me be

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No Mother Or Dad

Now Brother and I are all alone
We have no place to call our home
It will never be like home no more
Till we meet them on that other shore 

   Oh Mother dear and Daddy too
   We wish that we were there with you
   It's not the same since you're away
   We'll see you Mother and Dad some day 

Now Mother and Dad was old you know
It hurt us so to see them go
It's not the same since they are gone
Oh Mother and Dad we're so alone

Our little home will tumble down
Since Mother and Dad are not around
What is a home without a friend
I'll can never go back home again

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No One

I went to the old home where I once used to roam
And my playmates had every one gone
How sad and how drear no voice could I hear
There was no one to welcome me there

    No one to welcome me home
    No one to welcome me home
    How sad and how drear no voice could I hear
    There was no one to welcome me there

I wnt to the spring that was flowing so free
And there I drank of water so clear
And sadly this voice seemed to whisper to me
There is no one to welcome you here

    No one to welcome me home
    No one to welcome me home
    But when I behold those mansions above
    There'll be someone to welcome me home

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No One But My Darlin'

I'll never love no one else but my darlin'
Even though we both had to part
I'll never love no one else but my darlin'
Where ever she goes she'll always have my heart

As most people say absence makes the heart grow cold
But the kind of love we had each other's heart will hold
I'll never love no one else but my darlin'
As we travel down two different lonesome roads

I'll never let no one take your place my darlin'
For you know you meant the world to me
I'll never let no one tale your place my darlin'
For your love won't let my heart be free

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Chris Thile - No One But You

Where is your love
Who are you not above

Your babies aren't born
Their mother won't return
The torch you're trying to carry burns
For no one but you

Play us a song
Show us where we belong

Our lovers nod their heads
But they'll never tell our kids
They wish they'd had the life you've lived
For no one but you

'Cause when it's time to go
You'll have so many things to show
To no one but you

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No One Else

Who could come from heaven
and be born of a virgin's womb?
What king would die for all man's sin
and be laid in a borrowed tomb?
What man could raise up from the dead
and ascend to heaven's throne?
No one else could do what He has done.
No one else could take the burdens from me.
No one else could melt this heart of stone.
It took Jesus and the blood He shed on Calvary.
No one else could do what He's done for me
Who's love could take a wicked heart
and make it white as snow?
Who's blood could take a ruined life
and make it pure and whole?
There is only one man
who can set a sinner free.
No one else could do what He's done for me.
No one else could take the burdens from me.
No one else could melt this heart of stone.
It took Jesus and the blood He shed on Calvary.
No one else could do what He's done for me
No one else could take the burdens from me.
No one else could melt this heart of stone.
It took Jesus and the blood He shed on Calvary.
No one else could do what He's done for me


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No One To Kiss Me Goodnight

No one to kiss me goodnight
Alone I lay on my bed
Longing to hear from my darling
I'm praying tonight he's not dead

Viet Nam called, and he went to serve
As all true Americans do
Now he's in a strange land there fighting
Protecting the red, white and blue

* Refrain

I remember the day, that he said
For awhile, I must go far away
To fight for my loved ones and freedom
Just pray that I'll come back someday

* Refrain

I want for a letter each day
The postman keeps passing me by
That's why I'm so blue and so lonesome
And praying tonight, he won't die

* Refrain


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No Other Name
Noel Paul Stookey

Know me by the light of a fire shinin' bright,
Know me by your bed where I've lain
Know me, and you might, if just for a night
You'll know me by no other name.

Some girls will bring you silver
Some will bring you fine Spanish lace
Some will say "I love you"
Some will have my face.

Some will bring you gold, babies to hold,
I'll bring you only pain.
You can know me, if you will, by the wind on the hill
You'll know me by no other name.

Some girls will die for money,
Some will die as they're born,
Some will swear they'd die for love,
Some die ev'ry morn.

I'll die alone, away from my home
Nobody knows where I came.
The stone at my head will say I am dead,
It knows me by no other name.
It knows me by no other name.


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No Other's Bride I'll Be

Just one year ago today love
I became your happy bride
Changed a mansion for a cottage
To live by the river side

You told me I'd be happy
But no happiness I see
For tonight I am a widow
In the cottage by the sea

   All alone by the seaside he left me
   And no other's bride I'll be
   For in bridal flowers he begged me
   In the cottage by the sea

From my cottage by the seaside
I can see my mansion home
I can see those hills and valleys
Where with pleasure I have roamed

The last time that I saw him
Oh how happy then were we
But tonight I am a widow
In the cottage by the sea

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Richard Thompson - No Peace, No End 

Where were you when the walls were crumbling
Where were you when the guns were rumbling
Where were you when the hounds of hell
Took sons and lovers away
Did you see me on the slippery slope
Wrong end of a telescope
Do you even pause for breath
As you sleepwalk through the day
Some day won't you
Stand in my shoes
And see the world I see
No hope no friend
No Peace No End
I'm ground between two stones
Soon I'll be nothing but bones
Who'll be my shining savior
Before I turn to dust?
Are you the hand that kills me?
Are you the hand that saves me?
When they both sell you down the river
Which one can you trust?
Some day won't you
Stand in my shoes
And see the world I see
No hope no friend
No Peace No End
No hope no friend
No Peace No End
In the peace museum there's a mangy dove
To remind us all of universal love
You can rent her out for your corporate dinner
And feel good about yourself
Geneva Convention they use as a pessary
Olive branch is a fashion accessory
In the big chess game there's just one winner
And it's always somebody else
Some day won't you
Stand in my shoes
And see the world I see
No hope no friend
No Peace No End
No hope no friend
No Peace No End

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Alison Krauss - No Place to Hide

When I was a traveler
I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout
Let the water cool my brain

I never thought to worry
If the river rose too high
That all the seeds we planted
Would get washed out with the tide

But now I am a man
And I need a place to hide

But there's nowhere to run
And there's no place to hide
Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide

When I was a young man
I could work through wind and rain
I never thought to worry
Had no reason to complain

I thought that I was standin'
On a rock so firm and strong
But it was easy then to see
Just what was right and what was wrong

But now I am a man
I won't be hangin' 'round too long

When I was a child
I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout
Let the water cool my brain

I never thought to worry
If the river rose too high
And all the dreams we planted
Would get washed out with the tide

But there's nowhere to run
And there's no place to hide
Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide

Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide


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Alison Krauss - No Place To Hide 
So Long So Wrong
(bob lucas/belly boy music, bmi)

When i was a child
I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout
Let the water cool my brain
I never thought to worry
If the river rose too high
That all the seeds we planted
Would get washed out with the tide
But now i am a man
And i need a place to hide

Chorus:
But there's nowhere to run
And there's no place to hide
Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide

When i was a young man
I could work through wind and rain
I never thought to worry
Had no reason to complain
I thought that i was standing
On a rock so firm and strong
But it was easy then to see
Just what was right
And what was wrong
But now i am a man
I won't be hanging round too long

When i was a child
I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout
Let the water cool my brain
I never thought to worry
If the river rose too high
And all the dreams we planted
Would get washed out with the tide

Chorus

Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide

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Dolly Parton - No Reason To Hurry Home lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1969

There is no love and there is no hate there is no feeling at all
I look at you and you look at me but we might as well stare at the wall
Cause you don't see me and I don't see you just the shadow of love that is gone
There is no love and there is no hate no reason to hurry home
There's no tiny hands to reach out to us no plans bein' made anymore
We have no tomorrow our future is gone there is only sadness in store
We don't care enough to even ask questions
And when we're together we still feel alone
There is no love and there is no hate no reason to hurry home
There is nothing to look forward to no reason to hurry home


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No Regrets
Tom Rush

I know your leavin's too long over due.
For far too long I've had nothing new to show to you.
Goodbye dry eyes -- I watched your plane fade off west of the moon.
It felt so strange to walk away alone.

Chorus:
No regrets.
No tears goodbye.
Don't want you back.
We'd only cry again.
Say goodbye again.

The hours that were yours echo like empty rooms.
Thoughts that we once shared I now keep alone.
I woke last night and spoke to you
Not thinkin' you were gone.
It felt so strange to lie awake alone.

Chorus

Friends have tried to turn my nights to day.
Strange faces in your place can't keep the ghosts away.
Just beyond the darkest hour, just behind the dawn.
It feels so strange to lead my life alone.

Chorus


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The Incredible String Band - No Sleep Blues 

Cracks rack the windows, howls hold the floor
Rains rot the rafters and do you just have to snore?
It's a most inclement climate, for the season of the night
Is that mouse playing football, oh, I thought they didn't like the light?

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

There's mayhem in this mansion, since the cows were coming home
With delirium no sleep um, in a cloud of nylon foam
But release scours the outhouse and a hard rain sears the sky
But if you let the pigs decide it, they will put you in the sty

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

I think I'll get a picture and I think I'll put it on a nail
I think I'll get another one and put it in a pail
But the pail got so rusty I called it red, red, red for fun
And I laughed like a leaver till you ought to seen it run

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

The size of the future declared itself no part
Aloof like a Sultan in the autumn of your heart
But the heart got so hearty, that it pulled for the shore
And the sailors fired a big salute and it made my ears quite sore

And the dawn was sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

I mixed stones and water, just to see what it would do
And the water it got stoney and the stones got watery too
So I mixed my feet with water, just to see what could be seen
And the water it got dirty and the feet they got quite clean

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

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The Incredible String Band - No Sleep Blues - 2010 Remastered Version 

Cracks rack the windows, howls hold the floor
Rains rot the rafters and do you just have to snore?
It's a most inclement climate, for the season of the night
Is that mouse playing football, oh, I thought they didn't like the light?

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

There's mayhem in this mansion, since the cows were coming home
With delirium no sleep um, in a cloud of nylon foam
But release scours the outhouse and a hard rain sears the sky
But if you let the pigs decide it, they will put you in the sty

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

I think I'll get a picture and I think I'll put it on a nail
I think I'll get another one and put it in a pail
But the pail got so rusty I called it red, red, red for fun
And I laughed like a leaver till you ought to seen it run

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

The size of the future declared itself no part
Aloof like a Sultan in the autumn of your heart
But the heart got so hearty, that it pulled for the shore
And the sailors fired a big salute and it made my ears quite sore

And the dawn was sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

I mixed stones and water, just to see what it would do
And the water it got stoney and the stones got watery too
So I mixed my feet with water, just to see what could be seen
And the water it got dirty and the feet they got quite clean

And the dawn comes sneaking up when it thinks I'm not looking
I am starting to grieve, man, I used to know but now I believe, man
They tell me sleep is a gas and if I want to lay down
But I'm sorry I woke you, I mean I've got the no sleep blues

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No Telephone In Heaven

Now I can't wait on baby the smiling merchant said
As stooped and softly toyed with his golden curly head
I want to call up mamma came the answer full and free
Will you telephone and ask her when she's coming back to me

   My child the merchant murmured as he stroked the anxious brow
   No telephone connection where your mother lives at now
   No telephone in heaven and a tear sprang in her eyes
   I thought God had everything with him up in the sky

Tell her that I get so lonesome that I don't know what to do
And pappa cries so much I guess he must be lonesome too
Tell her to come to baby cause at night I get so 'fraid
With no one there to kiss me when the lights begin to fade

All through the day I want her since my dolly's got so sore
With the awful punching brother give it with his little sword
There aint no one to fix it since mamma's gone away
And poor little lonesome dolly's getting thinner every day

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No Use To Cry
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                                    C                   G
No use to cry don't even try to stop yourself from being lonely
                                              D7
I'm leaving you so you'll be blue a long long time
                     G
You thought you were smart to break a heart 
              C                G
That loved no one but you dear only
                            D7               G
I'm gonna do your heart the same way you did mine

                                                  C             G
I'll board the train I won't explain just why the reason is I'm lately
                                                   D7
Cause you'll know why but not to cry just wait and see
             G
I gave you a home you done me wrong 
           C            G
I tried so very hard to please you
                            D7             G
Well it's goodbye no use to cry it's gotta be

                                           C                 G
You'll never win so think again before you do the same thing over
                                             D7
There's not a man that ever can believe your lies
         G
Go right ahead and wish you was dead 
              C              G
Keep all your love deep undercover
                               D7              G
Then when he's gone and you're alone no use to cry

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Richard Thompson - No's Not A Word 

I'm going to pretend you like me too
All of my messages come from you
If I keep it up it might even drive you crazy

I'm going to pretend you're my squeeze
Arm in arm on the Champs Elysees
If I keep it up it's the only thing might save me

All of my life is a ritual dance
A ritual dance around you
And the worship hurts to pieces

Touch me here, touch me here
On the precious jewel
I wear in my head for you
That only your hand releases

Let me steal your thunder, won't you
Let me be your boy wonder, won't you
Let me thrill you, will you, won't you

And no's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here

I'm going to pretend you're head over heels
Sending me flowers, cooking me meals
If I keep it up it might even drive you crazy

I'm going to pretend we don't even sleep
Bending the bedsprings, dogs on heat
If I keep it up it's the only thing that might save me

You don't need me creeping around
Creeping around your door
Like a lovesick Labrador

You don't need a bird-brain
From the bottom of the food chain
At the Rory O'More
But it's what you'll get for sure

Oh, let me steal your thunder, won't you
Let me be your boy wonder, won't you
Let me thrill you, will you, won't you

And no's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here

Oh, no's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here

I said, "No's not a word"
No's not a word
No's not a word

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Nobody Knows
Dillards

Nobody knows, nobody ever knows
No one ever knows that things won't stay the same.
She's in love with you, and you know you love her, too.
There will come a time when she won't know your name

Chorus:
There's a lot of things that die
Every time a day goes by
There's a lot of things that people can't explain.
You can be in love today
Meaning every word you say
Knowing when tomorrow comes the words you say
Will be a lie....

Nobody knows, nobody ever knows
No one knows that love must go away.
We played the games, never really understood
Never really understood the games we play

Chorus

Repeat first verse


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Nobody Knows My Name
Traveller's Three

Streets are so long, lord
Buildings so high.
Walls all around me
Can't see the sky

Chorus:
Nobody knows my name
Nobosy knows my name

Once I had blue eyes
Eager to see
Now turned to gray;
Life has left me

Chorus

Bridge:
Talking 'bout how
Things gonna be
Don't want to hear you talk
Let me be

Chorus

Gone is the warm glow,
Flown from your eyes
Dead is our love now,
Conquered by lies

Chorus

Repeat first verse


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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Ida Cox / B. Feldman (Bessie Smith)

Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money, I didn't care
I carried my friends out for a good time
Bying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine

Then I began to fall so low
I didn't have a friend, and no place to go
So if I ever get my hand on a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on to it till them eagle's green

Nobody knows you when you down and out
In my pocket not one penny
And my friends I haven't any
But If I ever get on my feet again
Then I'll meet my long lost friend
It's mighty strange, without a doubt
Nobody knows you when you down and out


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Nobody Loves Me

   Nobody loves me nobody cares
   If life is empty and full of tears
   I've longed for true love searched everywhere
   Nobody loves me nobody cares

Searching for true love has been in vain
Through years my heart has suffered with pain
Life's lonesome burden now I must bear
Nobody loves me nobody cares

Nights on my pillow I dream of love
Through space I gaze at the stars above
They seem to whisper from way up there
Nobody loves you nobody cares

A lonesome heart and a troubled mind
In this world now is all I find
I look to heaven for I know there
Someone will love me someone will care

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Nobody That Somebody Loves
BMI Work #: 9290956
Nobody That Somebody Loves (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2007) (song#5187)

I know her looks aren't very charmin'
But she still suits me to a tee
And something deep inside is warmin'
Abiding in this heart of me
She's nobody that somebody loves
That nobody is mine, mine, mine
She's nobody that somebody loves
Cause to me she's just fine, fine, fine
She's nobody that somebody will marry soon
For her love I would die, die, die
She's nobody that somebody will write a tune
About a happy, happy guy
- instrumental -
She thinks she's just a Cinderella
Who doesn't even try, try, try
To find for her a lovin' fella
She doesn't know that I'm her guy
She's nobody that somebody loves
That nobody is mine, mine, mine
She's nobody that somebody loves
Cause to me she's just fine, fine, fine
She's nobody that somebody loves
She's nobody that somebody loves


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Nobody's Business

Nobody's business, nobody's business, nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business, nobody's business what I do

My gal drives a Cadillac, I walk the railroad track
It's nobody's business what I do
She drives a limousine, I buy the gasoline
It's nobody's business what I do

* Refrain

Earl says, boys let's leave a eight
Flatt say, that's too late
It's nobody's business what I do
And we say, well what the heck
But they're guys who sign the check
So I guess it's their business what we do

* Refrain


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Nobody's Child

I was slowly passing by
An orphan's home one day
And I stopped there for a moment
To watch the children play
Alone a little boy was standing
And when I asked him why
He truned to me, but did not speak
And he began to cry

I'm nobody's child
I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower
Just growing wild
No mommy's kisses
And no body's smiles
Nobody wants me
I'm nobody's child

People come for children
And take them for their own
Then they have a mom and dad
And a fine home
I know they like my golden curls
But when they see I'm blind
They always take some other shild
And I am left behind


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Nobody's Darling But Mine

Come sit by my side little darling
Come lay your cool hand on my brow
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darling but mine

Nobody's darling but mine love
Be honest, be faithful, be kind
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's carling but mine

You're as sweet as the flowers of springtime
You're as pure as the dew from the rose
I'd rather be somebody's darling
That a poor boy that nobody knows

My mother is dead and in heaven
My daddy has gone down below
Sister has gone to meet mother
And where I'll go nobody knows

Goodbye, goodbye little darling
I'm leaving this cold world behind
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darling but mine


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Nobody's Darling On Earth

Out in this cold world alone
Wandering about on the street
Asking a penny for bread
Begging for something to eat

I'm nobody's darling on earth
Heaven have mercy on me
For I'm nobody's darling
Nobody cares for me

When I was but a young lad
Mother was taken from home
Now I have no one to love me
No one to call me their own

* Refrain

While others are slooping so sound
Or dreaming of silver and gold
I'm out in this cold world alone
Wandering about in the cold

* Refrain

If I'm fortunate enough
To get to the Heavenly home
I will have some one to love me
Some one to call me their own

* Refrain


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Nobody's Fault but Mine
Abigail Washburn

Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

I had a mother who could pray
I had a mother who could pray
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

I had a mother who could sing
I had a mother who could sing
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

Nobody's fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

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Leftover Salmon - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Featuring John Bell Lyrics

Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I don't read, my soul get lost
And nobody's fault but mine

My mama taught me how to sing
My daddy taught me how to pray
If I don't pray and sing all night long
Ain't nobody's fault but mine

Nobody's fault but mine
Ain't nobody's fault but mine
If I don't pray and sing all night long
See it's nobody's fault but mine

Well, I know right from wrong
Well, I know right from wrong, I know
If I don't do it my soul get lost
Ain't nobody's fault but mine

Ain't nobody's fault but mine
Ain't nobody's fault but mine
If I don't do it my soul get lost
Nobody's fault but mine

I got a Bible in my home
I got a Bible in my home
If I don't read all my soul get lost
Ain't nobody's fault but mine

Nobody's fault but mine
Ain't nobody's fault but mine
If I don't read my soul get lost
Nobody's fault but mine

If I don't read my soul get lost
Nobody's fault but mine

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Nobody's Love Is Like Mine

Nobody's love is like mine
No one's so faithful and kind
Love that is true as the ocean
But nobody's love is like mine

They tell me that you found another
And now you'll be going far away
Why have you left me little darling
I love you both night and day

* Refrain

I guess now I'll just go on dreaming
And wondering why I couldn't be
Some day little darling you'll be sorry
Far the way you treated me

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - Nobody's Wedding 

Everybody came to nobody's wedding
Everybody knew it was bound to be a hoot
What can you do when nothing else is cooking
You make your own amusement, bring a pile of loot

There was Alice the butcher, Tidy and Gunn
Who couldn't see where they were heading
It was sixteen days and sixteen nights
And it weren't even nobody's wedding

"What a great reception", all the people cried
Who stole the groom and who stole the bride
How did the countess slide underneath the door
Why is the wild boy chopping up the floor?

There was Alice the butcher, Tidy and Gunn
Who couldn't see where they were heading
It was sixteen days and sixteen nights
And it weren't even nobody's wedding

I didn't hear the sound of the tin cans rattle
I didn't hear a teardrop, I didn't hear a prattle
Didn't hear the words of the bible being read
When it's nobody's wedding, nobody's wed

There was Alice the butcher, Tidy and Gunn
Who couldn't see where they were heading
It was sixteen days and sixteen nights
And it weren't even nobody's wedding

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Nobody's Business

That's where my money goes
To buy my baby clothes
Nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do

Sliced ham and pickled feet
Ham and eggs and sausage meat
Nobody's business what I eat
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do

Some day I'll wake up crazy
Kill my wife and save my baby
Nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do

She rides the limousine
I crank the old machine
Nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do

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Nobody's Darling On Earth

Out in this cold world alone
Wandering about on the street
Asking a penny for bread
Begging for something to eat

   I'm nobody's darling on earth
   Heaven have mercy on me
   For I'm nobody's darling
   Nobody cares for me

When I was but a young lad
Mother was taken from home
Now I have no one to love me
No one to call me their own

While others are sleeping so sound
Or dreaming of silver and gold
I'm out in this cold world alone
Wandering about in the cold

If I'm fortunate enough
To get to the Heavenly home
I will have some one to love me
Some one to call me their own

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Nobody's Love Is Like Mine

   Nobody's love is like mine
   No one's as faithful and kind
   Love that is true as the ocean
   Nobody's love is like mine.

They tell me little darling that you are leaving
That you're going far away
Why did you leave me little darling
I loved you both night and day.

I guess I'll just go on dreaming
Wondering why you left me
Someday little darling you'll be sorry
For the way you treated me.

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North To Alaska
Johnny Horton / Tillman Franks

North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two
With George Pratt, his partner and brother Billy, too.
They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold
Below that old White Mountain, just a little southeast of Nome.

Sam crossed the Majestic Mountains to the Valleys far below.
He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow
With the Northern Lights a-runnin' wild in the land of the Midnight Sun.
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one.

Chorus:
Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin'.
North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.

George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand.
Said, Sam, you're a-lookin' at a lonely, lonely man.
I'd trade all the gold that there is in this whole land
For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand.

'Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time.
Remember, Sam, that true love is so hard to find.
I'd build for my Jenny a honeymoon home
Below that old White Mountain just a little Southeast of Nome.

Chorus


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Norwegian Wood
Lennon / McCartney

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me.
She showed me her room, isn't it good, Norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.
We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed".

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath.

And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown.
So I lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood.


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Not A Word From Home

No not a word no not a word
No not a word from home anyhome

If only I could hear just one little word
From Mother and Daddy my heart would fill with cheer
Each day I take a walk I travel down the trail
Each day the postman tells me no letter in the mail

If only I could hear one little word from home
My heart would be so flattered I never more would roam
The days have turned to weeks the weeks have turned to years
Without one little word from ones I love so dear

The last time Mother wrote they were all okay
But I'm getting worried they're getting old and gray
Each night I say a player and I always say
I'll start home tomorrow I can't live on this way

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Not Fade Away
Buddy Holly

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your lovin' to me
I'm gonna love you night and day
You know my lovin' won't fade away
You know my lovin' won't fade away

My love is bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show you but you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
For you to know just how I feel
A love for real, not fade away

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love to last more than one day
A love that's love and not fade away
A love that's love and not fade away


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Not Far Away (Live)

There's a deep dark hole in the mountain
Where the devil sleeps all the time
Guarding his gold from the boys, young and old
From the men who worked the mine
From the men who worked the mine

There's a deep dark hole in the mountain
Where we'd shovel and pick everyday
Stealin' his gold, yeah, the boys, young and old
They're gone but not far away
They're gone but not far away

Oh, devil's dream in the mountain
Haulin' it down to the mill
Day after day, drawin' our pay
From a deep dark hole in the hill
From a deep dark hole in the hill

There's a deep dark hole in the mountain
That last shot was a bum
Let's muck her out, boys, load'er up
And blow her to kingdom come
We'll blow her to kingdom come

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Dolly Parton - Not For Me lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Birds sing for everyone but me, for me it rains
And I can't hear the music for the pain
I see such happiness for some, but not for me
With love, I always try so hard to get it right
I find it gone just when I think I might
Regretfully I see it last for some, but not for me
Out of reach of all the things I want to have and hold
I've come to just accept that's how it goes
I've come so close
Not for me, it's not for me to question, I suppose
But I keep wonderin' what the future holds
Why must it be?
That life's so sweet for some, but not for me
Birds sing for everyone but me, for me it rains
And I can't see the sunshine for the pain
But I see such happiness for some, but not for me
For me it rains, there's only pain
It's not for me


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Not What I Had In Mind
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jack Clement

G                       C              G
Just thought I'd have a little fun and paint the town
C        G                 D7       G
I always said someday I'll walk the line
                       C              G
But now she's gone and I'm the bluest guy around
C          G           D7            G
And that's not exactly what I had in mind

                       C                  G
I thought that I could play the field and be a clown
C           G                   D7   G
I broke the heart that loved me many times
                C                       G
Yes I know that I'm the biggest fool in town
C          G           D7            G
And that's not exactly what I had in mind

  C                             G
I didn't mean for things to get so out of hand
                          D7    G
I always meant to make it up in time
                       C              G
But now she's gone she hates the very sight of me
C          G           D7            G
And that's not exactly what I had in mind

  C                                 G
I told myself go play around you're young and free
                            D7    G
Too late I found that I was oh so blind
                  C           G
I lost the love I never did deserve at all
C          G           D7            G
But that's not exactly what I had in mind

C         G           D7            G
No that's not exactly what I had in mind

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Alison Krauss - Nothin'

Hey mama, when you leave
Don't leave a thing behind
I don't want nothin'
I can't use nothin'

Take care into the hall
And if you see my friends
Tell them I'm fine
Not using nothin'

Almost burned out my eyes
Threw my ears down to the floor
I didn't see nothin'
I didn't hear nothin'

I stood there like a block of stone
Knowin' all I had to know
And nothin' more
Man, that's nothin'

As brothers our troubles are
Locked in each others arms
And you better pray
They never find you

Your back ain't strong enough
For burdens double fold
They'd crush you down
Down into nothin'

Being born is going blind
And buying down a thousand times
To echoes strung
On pure temptation

Sorrow and solitude
These are the precious things
And the only words
That are worth rememberin'


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Nothing but a Child 

[Verse 1]
Once upon a time in a far off land
Wise men saw a sign and set out across the sand
Songs of praise to sing, they traveled day and night
And precious gifts to bring, guided by the light
They chased a brand new star, ever towards the west
Across the mountains far, but when they came to rest
They scarce believed their eyes, they'd come so many miles
And this miracle they prized was nothing but a child

[Chorus]
And nothing but a child could wash those tears away
Or guide a weary world into the light of day
And nothing but a child could help erase those miles
So once again we all can be children for a while

[Verse 2]
Now all around the world, in every little town
Every day is heard a precious little sound
And every mother kind and every father proud
Looks down in awes to find another chance allowed

[Chorus]

[Outro]
Nothing but a little baby
Nothing but a child

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Nothing Can Hurt You
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
written by John Salz
[3/4 time]
 
C                     E7             F           C
There's a time in the morning when I feel a cold chill
      Am         D7         G7
And I try and forget what I know
   F         C                E7             Am
It amazes me darling how your words haunt me still
               D7             G7
Though they're spoken so long ago

      F           C
Cause nothing can hurt you
E7          Am
Nothing can hurt you
F          Am
No one can hurt you
     Dm          C
Like someone you love

G7      C           E7       F              C
Well I finally got over the words that you said
          Am        Em       D7  G7
That were spoken in anger to me
         F                C                 E7          Am
Well the words lose their power but they're never quite dead
       D7                               G7
You'll forget them but you can't forget me
 
Repeat #2

Am        Em    F           C
Why do we do it what can we gain
   Am           D7       G7
By hurting each other so bad
      F          Em             E7            Am
Every time we go through it  it turns out the same
     D7                          G7
Left over from a love that don't last

          C           E7             F            C
There's a time in the morning when I roll back to sleep
        Am            D7           G7
Cause I don't want to remember our past
   F         C               E7            Am
It amazes me darling how the heartaches we keep
     D7                          G7
Left over from a love that don't last

Repeat #2
 
F           C
Nothing can hurt you
E7          Am
Nothing can hurt you 
F          Am
No one can hurt you
     Dm       G7          C
Like someone  someone you love

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Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)
Recorded by George Jones written by Bobby Braddock

G                         C                G              C
Well I've had a splitting headache from my eyebrows to my backbone
G          C           G                   C
Arthritis appendicitis brights disease and gall stones
G               C                 G          C
Bleeding ulcers ingrown toe nails swollen adenoids
    G           C               G              C
The Asian flu a time or two and inflamed vocal chords
     G               C            G       F     E7
I've had a toothache so severe my jawbone split in two
    A7             D7              G
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you

                               C             G          C
Well I've had the lit end of a cigar pressed against my belly
G                 C               G                 C
Whipped on with a crowbar till my eyeball turned to jelly
G            C               G             C
Accidentally nailed my index finger to the wall
    G          C                  G           C
Cut off all my toes and soaked my foot in alcohol
     G             C              G     F     E7
I've had my pelvis ruptured by an angry kangaroo
    A7             D7              G
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you

          C
Well it's not because you measure fifty twenty forty four
     G
It's surely not because you own a chain of liquor stores
     C
It's not because your daddy is the richest man in town
     D7
It's just that I've grown used to you and having you around

G                                  C          G      C
I've had my parents tell me son we don't love you at all
G                     C            G             C
I've seen my sister's name written on a washroom wall
G                     C            G                  C
My best friend set my barn on fire burned my horse to death
  G               C                G              C
I went out with a girl who told me that I had bad breath
     G             C            G       F        E7
Last week I drew a crowd when I went to the city zoo
    A7             D7              G
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you

Repeat #1



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Nothing Like A Woman
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Reed Nielsen and Vince Gill

C          G                    C            G        C
Oh there's nothing like a woman  when you're all alone
           G                    C          G            C
No there's nothing like a woman  to make a man come home
G                     B7         Em          G     C
She's always there to understand  the little boy inside of the man
           G                    C           G
Oh there's nothing like a woman  nothin' at all
C                 D7       C                      D7
She knows when to hold you  and when to leave you alone
C              D7               Em                             G
She's there to console you when everything in the world's gone wrong
C            D7     C                          D7
She lights a candle  and gets that look in her eye
C                          D7             Em             D7
And she's says boy can you handle staying up with me all night
C          G                    C            G        C
Oh there's nothing like a woman  when you're all alone
           G                      C           G            C
No there's nothing like her lovin'  to make a man come home
G                     B7         Em          G     C
She's always there to understand  the little boy inside of the man
           G                    C           G
No there's nothin' like a woman  nothing at all
Repeat last verse
                      B7         Em          G     C
She's always there to understand  the little boy inside of the man
           G                    C           G
Oh there's nothing like a woman  nothin' at all

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Nothing Short of Thankful
The Avett Brothers

Hey men - yes
Do you think we'll ever get back home?
Well I - guess
We choose our battles one by one
How I need - rest
One more day of travel on the road
How we've been - blessed
Some times it don't feel that way

Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine

Brother - yes
I know I'm up and down please
Try to accept
Apologies for the sadness that I've found
The years we've - spent
Nothing short of grateful for our trip
And those we've - met
Nothing short of thankful.

Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine

Boss man said work can wait
Put it off for another day
I'm not listening
Tomorrow may not come
Lazy man find an easy way
Easy work for easy pay
I'm not listening
There ain't no such a thing
Boss man said work can wait
Put if off for another day
I'm not listening
Tomorrow may not come
Lazy man find an easy way
Easy work for easy pay
I'm not listening
There ain't no such a thing as that

Hey man - yo!
Do you think they're listening to
A thing - no no no
I wonder what's on their minds
We all should - go
Break down the walls being built up around us
We'll make the - show
Make it for our sons and our daughters

Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine

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Nothing's Changed Here
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Kostas

C                  F            C
I hear you walking   across the floor
                 G7       F
I think that I'm dreaming   
                         C
Till I hear you shut the door
                 F                  C
I wake up crying   and calling your name
                       G7         F
Nothing's changed here without you 
                      C
I start every day the same
F
The same old sun comes up to shine 
        C
On this old bed at the same old time
F
I tell myself the same old lie 
C                   G7
I've got you off my mind
C                F               C
I feel your body   lying next to mine
                   G7      F
I reach out in the darkness 
                               C
But you're not there for me to find
                    F             C
There's only sorrow   followed by pain
                       G7         F
Nothing's changed here without you 
                      C
I start every day the same
                      F                    C
I see your sweet lips   softly kiss me goodbye
                       G7       F
I taste the salt of my teardrops 
                          C
As they fall down from my eyes
                     F                  C
I take a deep breath   but it's only in vain
                       G7         F
Nothing's changed here without you 
                      C
I start every day the same
                            G7         F
Yeah nothing's changed here without you 
                      C
I start every day the same

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Billy Strings 
Nothing's Working

Absolutely nothing
Nothing for to show
She's feeling helpless
Like there's nowhere left to go

Things she set out to do
She made sure were done
She's feeling dismal
But she's not the only one

Take time to listen to the quiet ones
Watch how the pain lives
Underneath the skin
Forgotten words and lost
Love won't make the grade

On a lonesome journey
Tryin' to stay high
Put another coin in and
Stop to wave goodbye
Praying to the hologram
High up in the sky
Is it for justice or is it just for the crime

Take time to listen to the quiet ones
Watch how the pain lives
Underneath the skin
Forgotten words and lost
Love won't make the grade

Killers on the TV
Writing on the wall
How could such a kind heart
Take such a heavy fall

Absolutely nothing
Nothing for to show
Heart and guts against the wind
And nowhere left to go

Take time to listen to the lonely ones
Watch how the rain gives
Up a chance to swim
Burn the broken bridges and
We'll build them up again

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Punch Brothers - Nothing, Then 

Nothing nothing then a kiss
In the middle of the street
And I'm loosening my grip

On the throat of a bad dream
Turning gold above your head
A bell to ring me to my knees

Do you darling 'til you're dead
Or do you darling 'til you're bored
With this ringing I thee wed

Nothing then a haloed whore
And an angel that she bribed
And a god he's working for

Come to take me from your side
Where I wake in a cold sweat
Wringing love out of my life

So do you darling 'til you're dead
Or do you darling 'til you're bored
With thing wringing I thee wed

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Nova Scotia Farewell
Traditional

The sun was setting in the west
The birds were singing on every tree
All nature seemed inclined to rest
But still there was no rest for me.

Chorus:
Farewell to Nova Scotia
The seabound coast
Let your mountains, dark and dreary, be
For when I am far away
On the briny ocean, tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me?

I grieve to leave my native land
I grieve to leave my comrades, all
And my parents, whom I've held so dear
And the bonnie, bonnie lass I do adore

Chorus

The drums, they do beat
The wars, they alarm
The captain calls, we must obey
So farewell, farewell to Nova Scotia's charms
For it's early in the morning and I'm far, far away

I have three brothers
They are at rest
Their arms are folded on their breast
But a poor simple sailor just like me
Must be tossed and driven
on the dark blue sea

Chorus


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November Blue
The Avett Brothers

And if I weren't leavin',
Would I catch you dreamin'
And if I weren't gonna be gone now,
Could I take you home

And if I told you I love you,
Would it change what you see
And if I was staying,
Would you stay with me

And if I had money,
Would it all look good
And if I had a job now,
Like a good man should

And if I came to you tomorrow,
And said "let's run away"
Would you roll like the wind does,
Baby would you stay

My heart is dancin',
To a November tune
And I hope that you hear it,
Singing songs about you

And I sing songs of sorrow,
Because you're not around
See, babe I'm gone tomorrow,
Baby follow me down

And I don't know why I have to,
But this man must move on
I love my time here,
Didn't know 'til I was gone

November shadows, shade November change
November spells sweet memory, the season blue remains
November spells sweet memory, the season blue remains

Your yellow hair is like the sunlight,
However sweet it shines
Bit by the cold of December,
I'm warm beside your smile

Oh lady tell me I'm not leaving,
You're everything I dream
I'm killing myself thinking,
I've fallen like the leaves
I'm killing myself thinking,
I've fallen like the leaves

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Now My Flower's Gone Away

The only love I ever wanted
I lost so many years ago
The Saviour's called her up to heaven
But I'll see her some sweet day I know 

    I've waited so long for you my darling
   You know out love could be so grand
   I've lost the one whose love I cherished
   And now she's with an angel band. 

 We grew from childhood days together
I knew she'd be mine some sweet day
A lovely flower that was bloomin'
And now my flower's gone away.

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Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You Lyrics

Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so baby even though
You don't need me now

Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don't need me, you don't need me oh, no

Baby, baby, when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn't forget
I said right, and abide my time

Spent my life looking for that somebody
To make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can't let you

Baby, baby, when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn't forget
I said right and abide my time

Spent my life looking for that somebody
To make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can't let you

Now that I found you
I built my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don't need me now

Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don't need me, you don't need me no, no

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Now Westlin Winds
Robert Burnes

Now westlin winds and slaughtering guns
Bring autumn's pleasant weather
The moorcock springs on whirring wings
Among the blooming heather
Now waving grain, wild o'er the plain
Delights the weary farmer
And the moon shines bright as I rove at night
To muse upon my charmer

The partridge loves the fruitful fells
The plover loves the mountain
The woodcock haunts the lonely dells
The soaring hern the fountain
Through lofty groves the cushat roves
The path of man to shun it
The hazel bush o'erhangs the thrush
The spreading thorn the linnet

Thus every kind their pleasure find
The savage and the tender
Some social join and leagues combine
Some solitary wander
Avaunt! Away! the cruel sway,
Tyrannic man's dominion
The sportsman's joy, the murdering cry
The fluttering, gory pinion

But Peggy dear the evening's clear
Thick flies the skimming swallow
The sky is blue, the fields in view
All fading green and yellow
Come let us stray our gladsome way
And view the charms of nature
The rustling corn, the fruited thorn
And every happy creature

We'll gently walk and sweetly talk
Till the silent moon shines clearly
I'll grasp thy waist and, fondly pressed,
Swear how I love thee dearly
Not vernal showers to budding flowers
Not autumn to the farmer
So dear can be as thou to me
My fair, my lovely charmer


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Alan Jackson - O Come, All Ye Faithful lyrics

O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of angels
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing with exultation;
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God, glory in the highest
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing.
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord...


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Punch Brothers - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O come o come emmanuel
And ransom captive israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the son of god appears

Rejoice
Rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to thee oh israel

Oh come thou day-spring come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight

Rejoice
Rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to thee oh israel

Rejoice
Rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to thee oh israel

Rejoice
Rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to thee oh israel

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Dolly Parton - O Little Town Of Bethlehem lyrics

O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see the lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee to-night.
For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth!
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth.
How silently, how silently,
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him, still
The dear Christ enters in.
Where children pure and happy
Pray to the blessed Child,
Where misery cries out to thee,
Son of the mother mild;
Where charity stands watching
And faith holds wide the door,
The dark night wakes, the glory breaks,
And Christmas comes once more.
O holy Child of Bethlehem!
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,
Be born in us to-day.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel!


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O'donnell Abu
Traditional

Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding
Loudly the war cries arise on the gale
Fleetly the steed by Lough Swilly is bounding
To join the thick squadrons on Saimer's green vale
On every mountaineer, strangers to flight or fear
Rush to the standard of dauntless Red Hugh
Bonnaught and Gallowglass, throng from each mountain
Pass onward for Erin O'Donnell Abu

Princely O'Neill to our aid is advancing
With many a chieftain and warrior clan
A thousand proud steeds in his vanguard are prancing
'Neath the borderers brave from the Banks of the Bann
Many a heart shall quail under its coat of mail
Deeply the merciless foeman shall rue
When on his ears shall ring bourn on the breeze's wing
Tir Conwell's dread war cry, O'Donnell Abu

Wildly o'er Desmond the war wolf is howling
Fearless the eagle sweeps over the plain
The fox in the streets of the city is prowling
And all who would scare them are banished or slain
On with O'Donnall then, fight the old fight again
Sons of Tir Conwell are valiant and true
Make the proud saxon feel Erin's avenging steel
Strike for your country O'Donnell Abu


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Oak Grove Church

There's an old church so dear, standing lonesome and still
And in memory it's still to me
A place still so sweet for I heard as a boy
The old hymn Near my God to thee

Oh, the wonderful, beautiful memories untold
Oh, the m-e-m-o-r-i-e-s, untold
Of an old fashioned church, yes Oak Grove Church of old
Oak g-r-o-v-e Church of old
Will live on till the end of time
For my wonderful, heavenly Saviour was there
S-a-v-i-o-r was there
Each time, yes each time that old church bell would toll
Each time the bell tolled
Looking for his lost sheep to find

There I heard Daddy pray and I heard Mother sing
With the tears runing down their face
Many now have passed on, who's souls there were saved
While we all sang Amazing Grace

* Refrain

There is still an Oak Grove where I played as a boy
And I'm sure there is still a well
And I know every spring sweetly still the birds sing
Some will nest in the old church bell

* Refrain


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Ocean Of Diamonds

Some people drink champagne out under the stars
While others drink wine leaning over a bar
But all that I need dear to make me feel fine
Is to know that your love will forever be mine

   I'd give an ocean of diamonds or a world filled with flowers
   To hold you closely for just a few hours
   Hear you whisper softly that you love me too
   Would change all the dark clouds to bluest of blue

I don't drink their champagne and I don't drink their wine
So if you refuse me my poor heart will pine
I'll be so lonely till the day that I die
And as long as I live dear you'll still hear me cry

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The Incredible String Band - October Song 

I'll sing you this October song
Oh, there is no song before it
The words and tune are none of my own
For my joys and sorrows bore it

Beside the sea
The brambly briers in the still of evening
Birds fly out behind the sun
And with them I'll leaving

The fallen leaves that jewel the ground
They know the art of dying
And leave with joy their glad gold hearts
In the scarlet shadows lying

When hunger calls my footsteps home
The morning follows after
I swim the seas within my mind
And the pine-trees laugh green laughter

I used to search for happiness
And I used to follow pleasure
But I found a door behind my mind
And that's the greatest treasure

For rulers like to lay down laws
And rebels like to break them
And the poor priests like to walk in chains
And God likes to forsake them

I met a man whose name was Time
And he said, "I must be goin'â?�
But just how long ago that was
I have no way of knowing

Sometimes I want to murder time
Sometimes when my heart's aching
But mostly I just stroll along
The path that he is taking

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The Incredible String Band - October Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

I'll sing you this October song,
Oh, there is no song before it.
The words and tune are none of my own,
for my joys and sorrows bore it.

Beside the sea
The brambly briars in the still of evening,
Birds fly out behind the sun,
and with them I'll leavng.

The fallen leaves that jewel the ground,
They know the art of dying,
And leave with joy their glad gold hearts,
In the scarlet shadows lying.

When hunger calls my footsteps home,
The morning follows after,
I swim the seas within my mind,
And the pine-trees laugh green laughter.

I sed to search for happiness,
And I used to follow pleasure,
But I found a door behind my mind,
And that's the greatest treasure.

For rulers like to lay down laws,
And rebels like to break them,
And the poor priests like to walk in chains,
And God likes to forsake the.

I met a man whose name was Time,
And he said, "I must be goin,"
But just how long that was,
I have no way of knowing.

Sometimes I want to murder time,
Sometimes when my heart's aching,
But mostly I just stroll along,
The path that he is taking.

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Octopus's Garden
Starkey

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you.


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Brad Paisley - Ode De Toilet (The Toilet Song) 

She says not to buy her flowers
Or big expensive gifts
She says she don't want jewlery
And she doesn't need another dress
If I want to show her how much I adore her
The best way that I've found
Is to make sure when I'm finished
I put that toilet seat down
We've been to counseling
To try and see the ways we could improve
This thing between us
And different ways to show each other "I love you"
Forget about those getaway vacations
To romantic coastal towns
If you want to say "I love you"
Then put that toilet seat down
'Cause in the middle of the night
It's cold and it's dark
And when I hear my name in vain
I know I haven't done my part
She just wants me to support her
And the best way that I've found
So with a gentle hand and a loving touch
I put that toilet seat down
I know it's kind of funny
You can teach a little puppy
But it's very hard to train a grown man
When I'm all about my buisiness
And the path of least resistance
She's the one that suffers in the end
In the middle of the night
It's cold and it's dark
And when I hear my name in vain
I know I haven't done my part
She just wants me to support her
And the best way that I've found
So with a gentle hand and a loving touch
I put that toilet seat down
Down, down


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Nickel Creek - Ode To A Butterfly 
Instrumental

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Ode To Big Blue
Gordon Lightfoot

The oceans of the world were the home of Big Blue
He was the greatest monster that the world ever knew
And the place that he loved best was the waters to the west
Around the blue Pacific he did roam

Big Blue moved alone for a mighty blue was he
And the battles of the whales was an awesome sight to see
And he took them one by one and he drove them all away
In the mating of the day was the king

Big Blue had fifty wives and he sired forty sons
Though most of them fell victim to the cruel harpoon guns
Ah, but he was too much wise to get caught by the gunner's eyes
And so he lived at sea a hundred years

His mouth was as large as a tunnel so they say
His hide was thick as leather and his eyes quick and small
And his back was all scarred by the times he got away
And he knew the smell of whalers did Big Blue

Big Blue passed away to his natural decay
Beside the Arctic Circle as he travelled up that way
And there never was a man who was born with a gunner's hand
Who ever took a pan to Big Blue

Now the gray whale is run and the sperm is almost done
The finbacks and the Greenland rights have all passed and gone
They've been taken by the men for the money they could spend
And the killing never ends it just goes on

The oceans of the earth were the home of Big Blue
He was the greatest monster that the world ever knew
The place that he loved best was the waters to the west
Around the blue Pacific he did roam


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The Avett Brothers - Offering (Live) 

Babe I'm lost
Cause I don't know what to say
Hmmm I love you
Want to make you my wife someday

Don't wanna steal you
Of a young woman's light
To me its perfect
Just wanna do you right

And I've known others
And I've loved others too
But I loved them cause they were stepping stones
On a staircase to you

Sometimes I act foolish
I don't know what to do
Please babe try not to judge me
For my offering is true

And I dream of children
We can call our own
Watch 'em run around in the front yard
From the front porch of our home

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Brad Paisley - Officially Alive 

So you ruffled some feathers, yeah, you've done it now
Turned the tables in the temple clean upside down
You're out on a ledge and one thing's for sure
When you've got 'em all wishin' you'd never been born
Congratulations, you are officially alive
It's confirmation you are officially alive
It's not the double kick of an ultrasound
Or a piece of paper on file downtown
It takes more than a beat and a breath and a name
It's when you're so in love and so in pain
Congratulations, you are officially alive
Here's affirmation, you are officially alive
Yeah, it's a tragedy to go through history and simply just exist
You're gonna realize how quick it flies by and everything you missed
And suddenly you're standing there in scrubs
Love has found new flesh and blood
It's a feeling you weren't ready for
When you're lookin' in eyes that look like yours
Congratulations, you are officially alive
This is creation, you are officially alive
You are officially alive


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"Oh, Atlanta" 

Same old place
Same old city
What can I do?
I'm falling in love

I'm just an old hound dog
Roaming around, oh Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above

Oh, Atlanta
I hear you calling
I'm coming back to you one fine day
No need to worry
There ain't no hurry cause I'm
On my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia

I get a feeling in me
When I remember all those crazy days and crazier nights
Can't you hear the music playing?
You must have heard them saying
We're gonna rip 'em up and light up the night

Oh, Atlanta
I hear you calling
I'm coming back to you one fine day
No need to worry
There ain't no hurry cause I'm
On my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia

Same old place
It's the same old city
What can I do?
I'm falling in love

I'm just an old hound dog
Roaming around, Lord, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above

Oh, Atlanta
I hear you calling
I'm coming back to you one fine day
No need to worry
There ain't no hurry cause I'm
On my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia

Oh, Atlanta
Hear me calling
I'm coming back to you one fine day, hey
No need to worry
There ain't no hurry cause I'm
On my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia

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Oh Carolina
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Mark D. Sanders, Jim Elliott, Randy Albright

G                                  Em      G      C
The sunrise through the evergreens another day is born
                    Bm          C          D7
The hills take on a golden glow a Carolina morn
G                        Em       D7            C
I used to see you in her eyes now I just got to know
   D7     Em   C             D7      G
Oh oh Carolina how could you let her go
C      G    D7          G
Oh Carolina if I'd only known 
C         G Em C            D7    G
Oh oh Carolina I would have never gone
I thought the beauty of your hills 
      Em       Bm       C
Would hold her here for me
                      Bm
I never dreamed while I was gone 
C                  D7
You'd ever set her free
G
I trusted you with all my heart 
        Em   D7        C
And the only love I've known
   D7     Em   D7  C         D7      G
Oh oh Carolina how could you let her go
C      G    D7          G
Oh Carolina if I'd only known
C      G Em C            D7    G
Oh Carolina I would have never gone
C      G    D7          G
Oh Carolina if I'd only known
C      G Em C            D7    Em
Oh Carolina I would have never gone
C            D7    G
I would have never gone

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Oh Death

   Oh death, oh death
   Won't you spare me over til another year

Well what is this that I can't see With ice cold hands taking hold of me
Well I am death none can excel I'll open the door to heaven or hell

Whoa death someone would pray Could you wait to call me til another day
The children pray the preacher preached Time and mercy is out of your reach

I'll fix your feet til you can't walk I'll lock your jaw til you can't talk
I'll close your eyes so you can't see This very hour come and go with me

In death I come to take the soul Leave the body and leave it cold
To drop the flesh off of the frame The earth and worms both have a claim

   Oh death, oh death
   Won't you spare me over til another year

My mother came to my bed Place a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm my feet are cold Death is a movin upon my soul

Oh death how you're treatin me You close my eyes so I can't see
Well you're hurtin my body you make me cold You run my life right out of my soul

Oh death please consider my age Please don't take me at this stage
My wealth is all at your command If you'll remove your icy hands

Oh the young the rich or poor All alike to me you know
No wealth no land no silver or gold Nothin satisfies my but your soul

   Oh death, oh death
   Won't you spare me over til another year
   Won't you spare me over til another year
   Won't you spare me over til another year

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Oh Jericho Road
On The Jericho Road

As you travel along on the Jericho Road
Does the world seem all wrong and heavy your load
Just bring it to Christ your sins all confess
On the Jericho Road your heart he will bless

CHORUS:

On the Jericho Road there's room for just two
No more or no less just Jesus and you
Each burden he'll bear each sorrow he'll share
There's never a care for Jesus is there.
On the Jericho road blind Barnabus said
His life was a void so empty and plain
But jesus appeared one word him brought him sight
On the Jericho road Christ banished his night.

CHO

Oh brother to you this message I bring
Though hope may be gone he'll cause you to sing
At Jesus' command sin's shackles must fall
On The Jericho road will you answer his call.

CHO

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Oh Lonesome Me

Everybodys going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I cant get over how she set me free
Oh lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm makin by just stayin round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
I've thought of everything from a to z
Oh lonesome me

I'll bet she's not like me
Shes out and fancy free
Flirting with the boys with all her charms

But I still love her so
And brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about my past and find someone new
I've thought of everything from a to z
Oh lonesome me

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Brad Paisley - Oh Love 

(feat. Carrie Underwood)
[Brad Paisley]
Strong like a mother holds her child
Free as horses running wild
And real as a prayer on a lonely night
And sure as the ocean tide
[Both]
Oh love
Oh love
Oh the many colors that you're made of
You heal
You bleed
You're the simple truth
And you're the biggest mystery
Oh love
Oh Love
[Carrie Underwood]
Deep as the life from Gods own breath
And it's even after death
Gone like the sunset
[Brad Paisley]
You can break a heart in pieces
Put it back together again
[Carrie Underwood]
You can break down sweet forgiveness
You're the one that never ends
[Both]
Oh Love
Ooooohhhh
Ooooohhhh
Oh love
Oh love
Oh the many colors that you're made of
You heal
You bleed
You're the simple truth
And you're the biggest mystery
Oh love
Oh love
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah


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Oh Me, Oh My
Abigail Washburn

Grain falling from the sky
What a vision oh me, oh my
Leave the chaffe for a bitter rain
The gods knew you'd call my name

No, I don't know why, I don't know why,
No, I don't know why you love me
No, I don't know why but, oh, you do

Spider crawling up my thigh
What a vision oh me, oh my
Laid its silk along my vein
The gods knew you'd stake this claim

Thistle hair and a mangey train and no one no one no one else to blame
Laden steps on a drifting plane and two more two more steps
and I'll make my way to you

Celestial body in your blinking eye
What a vision oh me, oh my
Stayed its course to ease my pain
The gods knew which stars to hang


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Oh My Loneliness
BMI Work #: 8996092
Oh My Loneliness (Larry W. Jones 07/05/2007) (song#4761)

Twilight shadows bring the blues
When everything you have, you lose
And I lost everything with you
Oh, my loneliness
Now I spend each day remembering
The happiness your kiss would bring
How did it all come to this
Oh, my loneliness
The moon still shines its golden beams
But what's the use when there's no dreams
I'll never have your love again
My dreams were all in vain
Blue skies of yesterday turned grey
Now that you have gone away
How I miss your sweet caress
Oh, my loneliness
- instrumental -
The moon still shines its golden beams
But what's the use when there's no dreams
I'll never have your love again
My dreams were all in vain
Blue skies of yesterday turned grey
Now that you have gone away
How I miss your sweet caress
Oh, my loneliness


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Oh Susanna

I come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana
My true love for to see

It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death
Susanna don't you cry

    Oh Susanna
    Oh don't you cry for me
    For I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee

I had a dream the other night
When everything was still
I thought I saw Susanna
A-coming down the hill

The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
The tear was In her eye
Says I I'm coming from the south
Susanna don't you cry

    Oh Susanna
    Oh don't you cry for me
    For I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee

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Oh Suzanna

I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana my true love for to see
It rained all night the day I left the weather it was dry
Sun so hot I froze to death Suzanna don't you cry

   Oh, Suzanna don't you cry for me
   I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee

I had a dream the other night when everything was still
I dreamt I saw Suzanna way up on the hill
Buckwheat cakes was in her mouth, the tears was in her eyes
Said I'm a comin from the south Suzanna don't you cry

I'm headed down to New Orleans and there I'll look around
And if I do not find Suzanna I'll fall upon the ground
And if I do not find her then I'll surely die
And when I'm dead and buried, Suzanna don't you cry

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Oh Take Me Back

Woke up this morning and I could not keep from crying
Woke up this morning and I could not keep from crying
My good gal left me with a troubling mind

Oh just look where that evening sun has gone
Oh just look where that evening sun has gone
Gone down behind the mountain and it wont be back till dawn

Oh hand me that long distance phone
Oh hand me that long distance phone
Gonna talk to my honey all night long

Oh take me back and try me one more time
Oh take me back and try me one more time
And if I don't do then send me down the line

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Oh Those Tombs

I was strolling one day in a lonly graveyard, 
When a voice from the tomb seemed to say,
I once lived as you lived walked and talked as tou talked,
But from earth I was soon called away
Chorus
Oh those tombs ( oh those tombs) lonely tombs (lonely tombs)
Seemed to say in a low gentle tone
Ph how sweet (oh how sweet) is the rest(is the rest)
In our beautiful Heavedly home
Every voice from the tomb seemed to whisper and say,
Living man you must soon follow me,
And I thought as I looked on those cold marble slabs
What a dark lonely place that must be,
Then I came to the place where my mother was laid,
and in silence I stood by her tomb,
and her voice seemed to say in a low gentle tone,
I an safe with my Savior at home.
Chorus


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Oh You Engineer
Shel Silverstein

Henry Green was an engineer driver of the five-o-nine.
On his regular run he would stop for some fun
With the ladies down the line.
He'd love 'em and deceive 'em
Lie to 'em and leave 'em.
Finally the word leaked out.
His wife was waiting by the roundhouse door.
You could hear her shout:

"Oh! sweet engineer, won't you kindly turn your engine down.
If you go too fast you'll never get to Natchez, baby.
You'll break down outside of town.
If your wine ain't corked, it'll just turn sour.
Whatcha really need now dad is stayin' power.
Oh, sweet engineer won't you kindly turn your engine down?"

"Oh! sweet engineer, you're causin' me worry and pain.
If you go too fast you just can't last.
Little Judy ain't gonna ride your train.
Your stack is smokin' and your boiler's hot,
Your valves are leakin' and your brakes are shot.
Oh, sweet engineer won't you kindly turn your engine down?"


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Crooked Still 
Oh, Agamemnon

Oh my darling
Lay yourself down
I'll tell you a sad sad tale of the love that I hadn't found
Till you whispered to me your sweet sound

Oh my lady
Put your hand in mine
I'll pull you in to me for a dance that has no time
To a song that doesn't rhyme

All I can give you is this pool I'm in
And I forgive you if you find that you cannot swim
Stop me from thinking of what I once knew
Save me from sinking in the river of your eyes so blue
Sit down beside me
Sing to me a song
Play me a fiddle tune and forget about what we did wrong
How we stayed away too long

Draw me a picture of a lonesome turtle dove
Write me a line of verse that was sent from heaven above
And you'll win back my love

All I can give you is this gentle heart
And I forgive you if it rips your world apart
All I can say dear, is take me to your bed
Just let me stay here and rest my aching head...

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Alison Krauss - Oh, Atlanta

Same old place, same old city
What can I do? I'm fallin' in love
I'm just an old hound dog
Roamin' around, oh, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above

Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
No need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia

I get a feeling in me when I remember
All those crazy days and crazier nights
Can't you hear the music playing?
You must have heard them saying
?We're gonna rip 'em up and light up the night?

Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia

Same old place, it's the same old city
What can I do? I'm fallin' in love
I'm just an old hound dog
Roamin' around, Lord, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above

Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm

Well, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
 

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Dolly Parton - Oh, He's Everywhere lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

He walks in my mind like a shadow
Someone speaks his name and he appears
I can see his face in total darkness
Oh, he's everywhere
He left a memory that lives with me
A memory of how it used to be
And I remember all the things we used to share
Oh, he's everywhere
He waits in the corners of my mind
And in the stillness of the night, he walks around
Sometimes his memory's so real I think he's really there
Oh, he's everywhere
He left a memory that lives with me
A memory of how it used to be
I remember all the things we used to share
Oh, he's everywhere
Oh, he's everywhere


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Oklahoma Hills
Woody Guthrie / Jack Guthrie

Many a month has come and gone
Since I've wandered from my home
In those Oklahoma hills
Where I was born

Many a page of my life has turned
Many lessons I have learned
And I feel like in those hills
Where I belong

Chorus:
Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ridin' my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

But as I sit here today
Many mile's I am away
From the place I rode my pony
Through the draw

Where the oak and black-jack trees
Kiss the playful prairie breeze
And I feel back in those hills
Where I belong

Chorus

Now as I turn life a page
To the land of the great Osage
In those Oklahoma hills
Where I was born

Where the black oil rolls and flows
And the snow white cotton grows
And I feel like in those hills
Where I belong

Chorus


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Oklahoma Swing
Recorded by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire
Written by Tim Dubois and Vince Gill

G                                       C
There's a redhead from my hometown that loves to let her hair down
    G
She tears my heart out when she starts to sing
                                                 C
She's from the right side of Red River and she's pretty as a picture
                     D7                G
Don't you know she's this ole cowboy's dream
             C                      F
Oh there's a boy from Okie City and I sure think he's pretty
      C                   G              C
But I know he's tryin' to steal my heart away
                                       F
Oh my momma tried to warn me he's done time in California
          C          G              C
But he'll be an Okie till his dyin' day
          F                  C
There's a dance we do in Oklahoma
  F                       C
A dance like you've never seen
    F                    C
Sit back and we're gonna show ya
D7             G        C
How to do that Oklahoma swing
G             C                              F
Well when two Okies get together man there's nothin' they like better
        C               G            C
Than to hold each other on a sawdust floor
                                         F
Oh I love it when we're swayin' to those sweet twin fiddles playin'
C                    G          C
Come on boy what are we waitin' for
repeat #3 x2
     D7             G        C
Yeah how to do that Oklahoma swing

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The Duhks - Ol' Cook Pot 

Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
Try to get more than what that bowler got
Don't trim no fat, pulls potatoes from a box
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot

Mama gonna water that gravy down
Got to make enough to go around
With five mouths to feed and Papa in the ground
Mama gonna water that gravy down

Well, thank the Lord and sit up straight
Mind your manners and clean your plate
Don't ask for seconds savor every drop
'Cause there's nothin' more comin' from that ol' cook pot

Now Mama's gonna bargain with the ol' cook pot
Pray to the Maker, make the hunger stop
And ask a little more than what we've got
Oh, Mama gonna bargain with the ol' cook pot

Thank the Lord and sit up straight
Mind your manners and clean your plate
Don't ask for seconds savor every drop
'Cause there's nothin' more comin', nothin' more comin', no more

Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
Try to get more than what that bowler got
Don't trim no fat, pulls potatoes from a box
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot

Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot

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Brad Paisley - Old Alabama (with Alabama) 

She'd rather wear a pair of cut-off jeans than a fancy evening dress,
And with her windows rolled down and her hair all blown around, she's a hot southern mess...
She'll take a beer over white wine and a campfire over candle light,
And when it comes to love, oh her idea of a romantic night... 
Is listenin' to old Alabama, drivin' through Tennessee...
A little Dixieland Delight at the Right Time of the Night,
And she can't keep her hands off of me-ee-eee! 
And now we're rollin' down an old back road,
I got the steering wheel in one hand...
We'll find a hideaway where she and I can play,
In Mother Nature's band... 
Now we're listenin' to old Alabama, parked somewhere in Tennessee...
A little Dixieland Delight and It Feels So Right,
And It's Love In The First Degree-ee-eee! 
Forget about Sinatra or Coltrane, or some ol' Righteous Brothers song,
And Barry White ain't gonna work tonight, if you really wanna turn her on;
Play some back home come on music that comes from the heart,
Play something with lots of feeling, 'cause that's where music has to start? 
Now we're listenin' to Old Alabama, and we're drivin' through Tennessee,
A little Dixieland Delight and It Feels So Right and its Love in the First Degree... 
Yeah' you know we're listenin' to Old Alabama (old Alabama) drivin' through Tennessee (Tennessee)
A little Why Lady Why at The Right Time of The Night
Oh and she can't keep her hands off of me-ee-eee 
Oh, play me some old Alabama,
Oh, play me some old Alabama...
Won't you play me some old Alabama,
Play me some old Alabama...
Won't you pla-ee-ay-ay
yeee-haw!!!


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Old And In The Way

Chorus
Old and in the way
That's what I heard him say
They used to heed the words he said
But that was yesterday
Coal will turn to gray
And youth will fade away
They'll never care about you
Cause you're old and in the way

As I hear tell he was happy
He had his share of friends and were kind
Now those freinds have all passed on
He don't have a place called home
Looking back to a better day
When you're old and in the way

* Refrain

When just a boy he left his home
Thought he'd have the world on a string
Now the years have come and gone
Through the streets he walks alone
LIke the old dog gone astray
He's just old and in the way

* Refrain

They'll never care about you
Cause you're old in the way


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Old Bill Jones

Old Bill Jones was a son of a gun
When he got a drink or two
He'd hug the boys and kiss the girls.
He'd kiss their babies too
He lived on a trail that was easy to foller
Way down yonder in Moonshine Holler

He loved his fiddle and he loved his fun
And he loved his mountain dew
Old Bill Jones was a son of a gun
When he got a drink or two

They had a big meetin on the Cumberland Crag
And the people gathered in
The preacher preached till his tongue couldn't wag
But he couldn't stop their sin'
When old Bill came to give his greetin'
They all got happy and had a big meetin'

Well old Bill run for sheriff
Against the Prohibition men.
He swore he'd drink the country dry
If the folks would put him in.
I t almost tickled the Wets to death
When the Drys got drunk on old Bill's breath.

Old Bill went a-courtin'
And his girl got mad and said

Bill Jones, I would not marry you
If all the rest were dead!
He slipped some whiskey in her coffee cup

And she was Mrs. Jones when she woke up.

Liner note says-
I knew this old Bill Jones since I was a boy
and if anything
this song I
wrote
about him is an understatement. He was the kind of man who would do anything
for his friends-and anything to his enemies-and was only afraid of two
things

the rattlesnake and the wild hog. Soon after I met him
he traded his saddle
mule for a Model T and became a "son-of-a-gun on wheels." His wild days
over

he married
settled down
and raised a family. He studied at night school
and
became a lawyer
then a wise
respected judge. He was to give many a
suspended
sentence to young cutups-fellows like he used to be.

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Old Bill Miner

Way down in old Kentucky boys on one winter's morn
In eighteen forty-seven Old Bill Miner was born
But nothing ever suited Bill at least that's what they say
And at the age of thirteen years one night he ran away
 
From ranch to California ranch he did his life enjoy
When asked his occupation there he would reply cowboy
With a rocky mountain highway man Bill LeRoy some say
They robbed until LeRoy was hung and old Bill got away
 
In Turkey and in London 'twas there he could be free
A desert raider a slave trader he soon became you see
Running guns in Rio and South Americae
Then robbing trains in the diamond fields of old North Africae
 
    Hands up boys hold them steady the usual command
    From old Bill Miner the gentleman bandit a six gun in his hand
    Robbing trains all his life he would often say
    Ain't no jail that can hold me I'll surely get away
    Oh I'll surely get away
 
Back home in California he robbed the Sonora state
San Quentin prison and twenty years brought him the middle age
And they let him out for being good in nineteen hundred one
The twentieth century was young he bought himself a gun
 
Upon that mainline CPR he stopped the fast mail train
Got a life in New Westminster Bin in the ol' Victoria rain
But Bill was good to his word and knew what he was about
Thirty-five feet of tunnel in nineteen seven he dug out
 

 
Head wide so? for Georgia in a manner grand and slow
He robbed the southern rail express his hair was white as snow
Caught by W.A. Minster that persistent Pinkerton man
Tell me now just who you are was his gruff command
 
I am G.W.Edwards a-standing in the mud
George Anderson William Miner or maybe old Bill Mud
Bill broke out of the Georgia bin in the swampy waist-deep water
They hunted him down with dogs and guns for three miles and a quarter
 
And way down south in Milledgeville no hope for a pardon
Old Bill tended to the flowers in the penitentiary garden
But sometimes old memories are all that we can keep
And two years later to the day old Bill died in his sleep

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Old Black Choo Choo

I'm just an old black choo-choo
On a rusty railroad track
They put me in the choo-choo graveyard
And they're never gonna bring me back

They're pulling my cars with a diesel
And the diesel sure looks proud
But he'll never make the sound of a choo-choo
When he blows his whistle loud

    There's many-many little children
    Can never thrill to my choo-choo sound
    If they don't put me back upon the railroad
    I'll never keep on chuggin' around

    So me fa fa fa so la mi so so fa
    So me fa fa fa so la mi so
    So me fa fa fa so la la
    So me fa fa fa so la

My coat was black and shiny
On the day of my trial run
I'll never forget how they eyed me
As I glistened in the sun

I'll be the diesel's helper
If they'll only set me free
I'll blow my whistle at the crossing
Make the diesel proud of me

Well, the black smoke rose in the distance
As the diesel roared  on by
But the coalburner kept on a-chuggin'
As he went on down the line

There's a new day coming tomorrow
When you won't hear the whistle scream
You'll just hear the roar of the diesel
Like the foghorn out at sea

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Old Black Joe

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay
Gone from this earth to the cotton fields away
Gone from the earth to a better land I know
I hear their gentle voices calling, Old Black Joe

    I'm coming, I'm coming, for my head is bending low
    I hear their gentle voices calling, old black Joe

Why do I weep, when my heart should feel no pain
Why do I sigh when my friends come not again
Grieving for forms now departed long ago
I hear their gentle voices calling, Old Black Joe

Where are the hearts once so happy and so free
The children so dear that I held upon my knee
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go
I hear their gentle voices calling, Old Black Joe

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Dolly Parton - Old Black Kettle lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Well I remember when I was just little
Mama used to cook on an old black kettle
On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed
Well the oven door was sprung a little bit
So we propped it up with a forked stick
But that didn't matter cause Mama kept us fed
My mama and daddy must have loved each other
Cause I had eleven sisters and brothers
And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did
There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it
We might have been poor but we didn't know it
We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant
Oh we used to have such a good life
And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known
And oh didn't we have such a good time
It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone
Well there was nothing that pleased us any better
Than when we got an occasional letter
From kin folks livin' up north in some big town
We'd think of all the games we'd play
And we just couldn't hardly wait
When our city cousins said they'ze a comin' down
Now Mama's done away with the old black kettle
She used to cook in when I was just little
And the door ain't sprung on her electric range
That little farm and home we had
It ain't there no more and that's too bad
Folks are doin' away with the simple things
And oh we used to have such a good life
And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known
And oh didn't we have such a good time
It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone
Now, I just mean to say the simple things are gone
The old black kettle's gone


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Old Black Mountain Saturday Night

On old Black Mountain, on Saturday night
Mountain boys are doin' alright
From an old fruit jar they get on the jag
and a hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag

Hey, over there's a pretty little widder
Bet you five bucks that I'm a-gonna git 'er
Gonna swing her round the corner and her feet won't lag
When you're hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag

When the caller tips in the middle of the floor
Y'all join hands and circle four
A-la-main left and a-la-main right
Swing your honey and you hold her tight
All join hands and circle the wheel
The more you dance then the better you feel
Swing your honey and her feet won't lag
When you're hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag

With a homemade fiddle and a shoestring bow
And a little bit of rythm of an old banjo
Give the fiddle a dram, and let it get right
Black Mountain is a rockin' on Saturday night

Hey, over there's a pretty little widder
Well I bet you five bucks that I'm a-gonna git 'er
Gonna swing her round the corner and her feet won't lag
When you're hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag

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Old Blevins
Conrad Deisler / Hank Card
(Austin Lounge Lizards)

G C
We had a little quarrel, she and I. She told me just to curl up and die.
D
I crept out to drown my sorrows at a joint called "No Tomorrows",
D G
Where the old man came and looked me in the eye -- Old Blevins

I could see he had some wisdom to impart. Some story that was etched and burned and
stamped upon his heart
D
Then his eyes began to glisten 'cause he could see that I would listen
D G
We sat there at that bar 'til nearly three, and this is what Old Blevins said to me.

Chorus:
C G
He said Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... in Tiajuana
C AD
Blah, blah, blah... back in 1963
C G
Moaning Blah, Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... you should have been there.
D G
Blah, blah, blah is what Old Blevins said to me.

I sat there and I listened to his words.
As they flapped around my head like little birds.
Had he gone plumb 'round the bend, or could I just not comprehend?
His lips were writing lines I could not read, when suddenly, it all came clear to me.

Chorus:
Blah, ... them crazy hippies.
Blah, ... no effect on me.
Blah, ... the Great Depression.
Blah, ... and he would not leave me be.

A
Old Blevins was still talking when I seized my chance to flee.
C D
Back home she's never known I'm not the fool I used to be
C G
But I know that a man and woman's lives were somehow changed
C A D
By a loathsome, toothless geezer, incoherent and deranged.

C G
And my memories of that evening fuel an inner mounting fear
C A D
That I might become Old Blevins anywhere that they sell beer.

Chorus: And I'll say
Blah, ... I don't remember.
Blah, ... mistakes were made.
Blah, ... How "bout them Cowboys?
Like Old Blevins used to say.
Old Blevins.


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Old Blue

Had a dog and his name was Blue
Had a dog and his name was Blue
Had a dog and his name was Blue
Bet-cha five dolars he's a good dog too
Here, blue, you good dog, you

Shouldered my gun and tooted my horn
Gonna find a possum in the new ground corn
Old Blue barked and I went up to see
Cornered a possum up in a tree
Here, blue, you good dog, you

Old Blue died and he died so hard
Shook th ground in my backyard
Dug his grave with a silver spade
Lowered him down with links of chains
Here, Blue, you good dog, you


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The Incredible String Band - Old Buccaneer 

Sissie wouldn't believe, when I told her the old man was gone
The one who lived all alone in the shack on the shore
That's so hard to find, so had to go past

He used to light our cigarettes and never tell anyone
He had blue tattoos and he'd tell us tall stories
From the bottom of a rum glass

He's got things to see on the Spanish main
He's gone away for awhile
He's gone skull daggering on the Spanish main
He's gone away far away

Thought I heard sails creaking as the stars paled
Anchor chains clinking as the night failed way out on the bay

No one else knows how he crowed
When they crowned him king of the cannibal isles
Or how he'd really feel blind drunk
At the wheel through a high hurricane

He could dupe the devil at dice
And charm charmers with his beguiling smile
How he fell in love in Lima and a schemer stole his pearly girl
And broke his heart again

Now all the foes he killed, call him in to fight
With their beckoning bones
And all the gold he stole sparkles in the morning light
His sweet ladies are all alone

Sissie dear, let's not go near the church today
The big bells tolling the hearse
Goes rolling the holy Jose pray
As they lay him away

Lived one too many winters cold, cold weather
Had to sail down to the south sea waters warm
His old bones there
Let an old man go through
Let an old man go through

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The Incredible String Band - Old Buccaneer (Live In Canada, 1972) 

sissie wouldn't believe when I told her the old man was gone
the one who lived all alone in the shack on the shore
that's so hard to find, so har to go past
he used to light our cigarettes and never tell anyone
he had blue tattoos and he'd tell us tall stories from the bottom of a rum glass
he's got things to see on the spanish main he's gone away for awhile
he's gone skullduggering on the spanish main he's gone away far away

thought I heard sails creaking as the stars paled
anchor chains clinking as the night failed way out on the bay

no one else knows how he crowed when they crowned him king of the cannibal isles
or how he'd really feel blind drunk at the wheel through a high hurricane
he could dupe the devil at dice and charm charmers whit his beguiling smile
how he fell in love in Lima and a schemer stole his pearly girl and broke his heart again
now all the foes he killed call him in to fight with their beckoning bones
and all the gold he stole sparkles in the morning light
his sweet ladies are all alone

sissie dear let's not go near the church today
the big bells tolling the hearse goes rolling the holy joes pray
as they lay him away

lived one too many winters cold cold weather
had to sail down to the south sea waters warm
his old bones there
let an old man go through
let an old man go through

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Old Coat
Arr. Stookey / Travers / Mezzetti / Sears

Chorus:
Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.

I look to the east, I look to the west,
A youth asking fate to be rewardin'.
But fortune is a blind god, flying through the clouds,
and forgettin' me on this side of Jordan.

Chorus

Silver spoons to some mouths, golden spoons to others,
Dare a man to change the given order.
Though they smile and tell us all of us are brothers,
never was it true this side of Jordan.

Chorus

Like some ragged owlet with its wings expanded,
Nailed to some garden gate or boardin'.
Thus will I by some men all my life be branded
Never hurted none this side of Jordan.

Chorus


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Old Country Baptizing
Recorded by Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons
Written by Carl Story
 
C                             F           C
Traveling down a country road on a Sunday morn
                                  D7                  G7
Saw a crowd gathered at the creek at a little country farm
C                               F               C
I thought that I'd go closer so I might see and hear
                               G7                 C
Why they looked so happy there without a thing to fear

                                 F             C
Was a good old country baptizing I was at that day
                                     D7                             G7
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile then they'd all kneel down and pray
C                                       F              C
God's spirit seemed to fill the air and every soul was meek
                                G7          C
At a good old country baptizing down at the creek

                                F                 C
I heard an old and gentle voice sing right in the end
                               D7              G7
We're so glad to have you here welcome down my friend
C                           F              C
We've had a big revival sir down to it all week
                             G7          C
Now we're having a baptizing down at the creek

Repeat #2

                               F          C
Well among them happy be among that happy throne
                               D7                     G7
See them all go air their sins while they're at their own
C                             F                C
They seem to be saying with a smile upon their face
                            G7            C
I'm ready now to move along to my resting place

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Old Country Church

There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be
With my friends at the old country church
There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent
With my friends at the old country church

   Precious years precious years, sweet memory
   Oh what joy they bring to me
   How I long once more to be
   With my friends at the old country church

As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
As I knelt at the old country church
There with Jesus above in his wonderful love
Saved my soul at the old country church

How I wish that today all the people would pray
As they did at the old country church
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
As he did at the old country church

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Old Crossroads, The

Oh my brother take this warning
Don't let ol Satan take your hand
You'll be lost in sin forever
You'll never reach the promised land

   The old crossroads now is waiting
   Which one are you going to take
   One leads down to destruction
   The other to the pearly gate

One road leads up to heaven
The other goes down below
Jesus our savior will protect you
He'll guide you through the old crossroads

Soon your life will be over
You'll have to face the old crossroads
Will you be ready then my brother
To shun the one down below

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Old Dan Tucker

Now old Dan Tucker's fine old man
Washed his face in a fryin' pan
Combed his head with a wagon wheel
And died with a toothache in his heel

Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper

Now old Dan Tucker is come to town
Riding a billy goat leading a hound
Hound dog bark and the billy goat jump
Landed Dan Tucker on top of the stump

Now old Dan Tucker he got drunk
Fell in the fire and kicked up a chunk
Red hot coal got in his shoe
And oh my lawd how the ashes flew

Now old Dan Tucker is come to town
Swinging the ladies round and round
First to the right and then to the left
Then to the girl that he loves best

* Refrain

The Deserick Sisters; The National Barn Dance

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Old Devil's Dream

Young devils find love most every night
They lie with their dreams and their arms til daylight
They use love like whiskey, their cares to dissolve
To charm them and warm them but, not to involve

I was a young devil sturdy and proud
I used to laugh often, I used to laugh loud
I laughed when you told me goodbye that last time
I didn't know how you'd linger on this old devil's mind

   Old devils dream, all alone it seems
   Old devils dream all alone
   When their devilment is done
   Their wildest races run
   Old devils dream all alone

Young devils find even they must grow old
Love that was always so warm has grown cold
Their sweet things have vanished and sweet dreams have flown
Sleep when it comes finds them sleeping alone

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Dolly Parton - Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You lyrics

Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend, someone who
I use to take comfort from long before I met you
I caught a spark from his eyes of forgotten desire
With a word, or a touch, I could have rekindled that fire
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
No one can light up the night like you do
Flickering embers of love
I've known one or two
But old flames can't hold a candle to you
Sometimes at night, I think of old lovers I've known
I remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone
Then I feel you beside me and even their memories are gone
Like stars in the night lost in the sweet light of dawn
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
No one can light up the night like you do
Flickering embers of love
I've known one or two
But old flames can't hold a candle to you
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
Mmmm...


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Old Home Place

It's been ten long years since I left my home
In the hollow where I was born
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise
And the foxhunter blows his horn

I fell in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottesville
And worked in a sawmill or two

   What have they done to the old home place
   Why did they tear it down
   And why did I leave the plow in the field
   And look for a job in the town

Well my girl she ran off with somebody else
The taverns took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood
Before they took it away

Now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows
As I stand here and hang my head
I've lost my love I've lost my home
And now I wish that I was dead

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Old Home Place Of Mine

There's a place in old Kentucky where I'm longing to be
Where the bluegrass is growing so fine
Where the dogwoods are in bloom in the mountains so high
Around that old home place of mine

Oh the bluegrass is growing in the valley
And the birds are singing in the trees
That's where I want to go when I leave this world below
It's home sweet home to me

Oh the good time I had playin' as a lad
They often enter my mind
Oh how long my heart did grive that day I had to leave
That dear old home place of mine

I remember Dad and Mom sitting there all alone
That day I left them behind
Oh how my heart does yearn for the day when I'll return
Back to that old home place of mine

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The Avett Brothers - Old Joe Clark (Live) 

Ladies and gentlemen... Bob Crawford...

Give it up for Bobby Crawford

Thank You, Thank You
Bobby Crawford on the bass

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Old Joe Clark

Wished I had a dime
Wished I had a pretty girl
To kiss and call her mine

   Fare thee well old joe clark
   Fare thee well I say
   Fare the well old joe clark
   I'm a goin' away

I will not marry an old maid
I'll tell you the reason why
Her neck is so long and stringy
I'm afraid she'll never die

I asked my girl to marry me
And what do you think she said
Time enough to marry you
When all the rest are dead

Old joe clark did take sick
And what do you think ailed him
He drank a churn of buttermilk
And then his stomach failed him

Old joe clark did get drunk
And not a word could he utter
He fell down on the supper table
And stove his nose in the butter

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Old Kentucky Hillside

There's an old oak tree near the top of the hill
And an old stone chimney close beside
All that's left to mark the years Of the toil sweat and tears
That we shed on this old kentucky hillside

Goin back in memory to the top of the hill
I hear the wind a blowin through the oak tree with a sigh
I see the children as the play i hear mom and dad pray
Giving thanks to that old Kentucky hillside

    That old kentucky hillside farm
    Where mommy and daddy now lie
    The only crop we ever raised daddy said before he died
    Was the children raised on this old kentucky hillside

At last I return to the top of the hill
And tears of happiness filled my eyes
Here my children will be raised and God forever praised
I'd give everything for this old Kentucky hillside

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Old Kind Of Love
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Paul Overstreet

Intro:
C        Bb7    F        G7         
It's the newest craze in town
C          Eb          G7         C
There's an old kind of love goin' round
                                 F  
Husbands are being true to their wives again
C                             G7
Women are taking care to take care of their men
C                       F              
And families are really growing strong
Dm                          G7
Cause mamas and daddies are holdin' on
           C                      F
There's an old kind of love goin' round
  C                  G7 
A new generation has found
C                         F
And it's a mighty welcome sight to see
      Dm                             G7
Cause things are getting back to the way they used to be
     F                  G7                 Am 
When hearts could stand strong against the wind
    F                    C       G7
And though the times are tougher than they've ever been
         Bb7    F        G7
It's the newest craze in town
           Eb          G7         C
There's an old kind of love goin' round
                                  F
Young girls are waiting for their wedding day
C                                     G7  
Young men are patient because they're there to stay
    C                          F
The world is searching for the truth it seems
Dm                       G7
People are saying it's a brand new thing
Repeat #4,2,3,1

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Old Love Letters

Today I burned your old love letters
I burned 'em gently one by one
And as I'd light the flame I'd read it
For I could see what you had done

    The first you wrote me was the sweetest
    The last one broke my heart in two
    And as I'd light the flame I'd read it
    For I can say I still love you

And as I burned your old love letters
It brought back memories from the past
It told about you and your new love
A love I knew could never last
 

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Old Man and his Fiddle

High on the mountain above the timberline
There lies an old man With a look of death in his eyes

In his one room cabin beside a rocking chair
Lies a hand made fiddle he made with loving care

His hands are weak and trembling his bow is worn and frayed
He thinks of lonesome ballads he's not strong enough to play

The old man is now in heaven but his fiddle stayed behind
To play a strange and lonesome melody hear it crying through the pines

In his one room cabin beside a rocking chair
Lies a hand made fiddle he made with loving care

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Railroad Earth - Old Man and the Land (Live) 

there came a time for the old man
when a place of beauty, a lay of land
spoke out to him, said understand,
you should rest now,
i'm an open hand
and the man said yes!
i'd like the days here
i'd like the nights here
here I will settle me down
i'll spend my days here
the rest of my days here
here I will watch the world go round

there came a time for the old man
when a place of beauty, a lay of land
spoke out to him like a long lost friend
said stay with me now until the end
the man said yes!

I'd like the summers here
i'd like the winters
here I will settle me down
i'll spend my days here
rest of my days here
here I will watch
the world go round

and so they lived
the man and the land
they lived as one
until the end
and the man sang out

I like the days here
I like the nights here
oh! how the world spins around
I like the summers here
I like the winters here
here I will sleep in the ground
here I will sleep in the ground
here I will sleep in the ground

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Old Man At The Mill

   Same old man sitting at the mill
   The mill turns around of its own free will
   Hand in the hopper and the other in the sack
   Ladies step forward and the gents fall back

Down sat an owl and he said all quiet
Lonesome day and a lonesome night
Thought I heard a pretty girl say
Court all night and you sleep next day

Well then, said the raven as she flew
If I was a young one I'd get two
One for to fetch and the other to sew
I'd have a string for my bow, bow, bow

My old man's in Kalamazoo
He don't give no "yes, I do"
First to the left and then to the right
This old mill grinds day and night

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Old Man Below

If you want to get married I'll tell you where to go
Go to the old man that lives down below
The old folks is gone and the girls all at home
They want to get married with their heads not combed

Children the children are crying for bread
Goin build on a fire just as high as your head
Then you rake in the ashes for to lie in the dough
And the name that you give 'em is dough boy dough

They called me in to supper and I thought I'd go eat
I went to the table for to carve on the meat
I had an old old knife and I had not a fork
I sawed about an hour and I never made a mark

I sawed another hour and I got 'im in my plate
And the girl said young man I think you better wait
Young man young man you better run
For the old man's a comin with his double barrel gun

The old man a grinnin as he come a walkin in
Patches on his britches and whiskers on his chin
He had an old hat that he wore the year around
But he had neither hat nor the brim nor the crown 

I stood right there just as brave as a bear
And I wiggled my finger in the old man's hair
He says young man I think you're the best
Pull you up a chair boy and sit down and rest

If you want to get married I'll tell you where to go
Go to the old man that lives down below
The old folks is gone and the girls all at home
They want to get married with their heads not combed

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Old Man From The Mountain
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G
The old man from the mountain's coming home home home

Thought I'd better warn you 
     A7                D7
So I called you on the phone
    G                          C               G
Get rid of Joe the grinder you better be there alone
                           D7                G
Cause the old man from the mountain's coming home

                                  
I've been a-working in the sawmill
    C                G
I'm all up-tight and tense

And I got wind that someone's 
     A7                    D7
Been digging under my back fence
        G               C                G
Thought I'd better call you let you know today
                          D7                G
That the old man from the mountain's on his way

Repeat #1


Been working my dang fool head off all for a dollar bill

Now I need a bunch of good loving
       A7              D7
So I'm coming down the hill
      G                       C             G
Don't want no friendly Henrys warming up my bed
                         D7                     G
And the old man from the mountain means what he said

Repeat #1 x2

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Old Man In The Park
Bluegrass Cardinals
Key: G

Met an old man in the park
And we talked until dark
Listening to the stories he could tell
Even though he'd lost his sight
He could make you laugh or cry
And he often had these words he'd ask of me.

Chorus:
Are the leaves still painted green
Do the birds still look the same
Do the old dogs sleep all day
Then the old man smiled at me and walked away

I go back to walk around
But the old man can't be found
Still seeing carving on his wooden cane
No, will never be back again
I'm remembering my old friend
And the very last words that he said

Chorus:
Chorus:


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Richard Thompson - Old Man Inside A Young Man 

I was walking down the street when I met with Billy
He shook his head at me and then he shook my hand
He said, "I've seen the world and I've done some living
I don't believe in giving, you've got to take it while you can"

I'm an old man inside a young man
You've got to take it while you can
I'm just an old man inside a young man
Take a heart and break it while you can

He said, "I'm sick of whores, madames and misses
The only kiss for me is the kiss of a knife
There's no one thing on earth that I'm not through with
What can I do with the rest of my life?"

I'm an old man inside a young man
You've got to take it while you can
I'm just an old man inside a young man
Take a heart and break it while you can

Billy turned and he walked away, he said, "I must be going
There's just no knowing who follows me around
They see my fancy clothes and they want to shoot me
I'd rather be dead on my feet than dead down in the ground"

I'm an old man inside a young man
You've got to take it while you can
I'm just an old man inside a young man
Take a heart and break it while you can

I'm an old man inside a young man
You've got to take it while you can
I'm an old man inside a young man
Take a heart and break it while you can
I'm just an old man inside a young man

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Old Memories Mean Nothing To Me

   Old memories mean nothing to me
   They've all gone away from me now
   I'm alone in the night it's plain to see
   And old memories mean nothing to me

It's the day that I'm thinkin' of
I've forgotten yesterday's love
So if you don't love me now set me free
For old memories mean nothing to me

Time has a way of passing by
Over the ruts of our lives it will fly
And if you don't love me now I can see
And old memories mean nothing to me

I know we once had a fine love
Over others you towered above
But I'm not the playful kind you can see
And old memories mean nothing to me

Del McCoury; Blue Side Of Town

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Old Mule Skinner
BMI Work #: 8685401
Old Mule Skinner (Larry W. Jones 02/12/2007) (song#4421)

Mule train, mule train, pullin' so slow
Mule train, mule train, so tired I know
One of these days I'm gonna be movin' on
Boss man's gonna miss this old mule skinner when I'm gone
Mule train, mule train, pull those logs around the bend
Mule train, mule train, one more time and do it again
One of these days I won't be found around
Don't look for me, I'll be homeward bound
Mule train, mule train, pullin' so slow
Mule train, mule train, so tired I know
One of these days I'm gonna be movin' on
Boss man's gonna miss this old mule skinner when I'm gone
There's just one place I'd love to see
Where the pace is slow as slow can be
In those Blue Ridge mountains I'd spend my time
By a creek under a bridge drinkin' sweet sweet wine
And when I die don't pine for me
Just bury me by a tall pine tree
I won't hear tired old mules when they whine
Cause I won't be an old mule skinner when I die
I'm gettin' tired, I'm almost in my grave
I've given and given and gave and gave
There ain't nothin' else for me to crave
I've just been an old mule skinner slave
Mule train, mule train, pullin' so slow
Mule train, mule train, so tired I know
One of these days I'm gonna be movin' on
Boss man's gonna miss this old mule skinner when I'm gone
Boss man's gonna miss this old mule skinner when I'm gone


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Old Old House

There's an old old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlooking the town
But time made a wreckage where once there was beauty
And soon the old house had tumbled down.

But when the leaves start to fall in autumn
And the rain starts to drip from the trees
There's an old old man who walks through the garden
And his head is bowed in memory.

Well they say he built that mansion for the love of a woman
And they planned to be married in the fall
But her love faded with the last rose of summer
And the house stood empty after all.

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Old Railroad Track

when I walked out one morning
Had the wind blowin at my back
As I couldn't find  no lonesome old road
so I found me an old railroad track

    As I walked down to that old railroad track
    To carry my blues away
    It was say no goodbyes start walkin those ties
    A rambler til my dyin' day

When I woke up that mornin'
It was I was slippin through the cracks
And the only thing to keep me from goin' insane
Was my feet on that old railroad track

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Old Rattler

Rattler was a good old dog as blind as he could be
But every night at suppertime I believe that dog could see

   Here Rattler here here Rattler here
   Call old Rattler from the barn here Rattler here

Rattler breaked the other night I thought he treed a coon
When I come to find him he's barkin' at the moon

Rattler was a friendly dog even though he was blind
He wouldn't hurt a living thing he was so very kind

One night I saw a big fat coon climb into a tree
I called Ol' Rattler right away to fetch him down for me

But Rattler wouldn't fetch for me because he liked that coon
I saw them walking paw in paw later by the light of the moon

Grandpa had a muley cow muley since she was born
It took a jaybird forty years to fly from horn to horn

Now old Rattler's dead and gone like all the good dogs do
Don't put on the dog yourself or you'll be going there too

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Old Red River Road
BMI Work #: 9313079
Old Red River Road (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2007) (song#5199)

A new paved road comes down from Bobcat Pass
Brings tourists around into town enmass
But they all miss the Upper Valley view
Now the new paved road is an easy climb
But I'll take the old Red River Road every time
The old Red River Road just winds along
Easy as the lines of a slow love song
Wind in Ponderosa pines sound like chimes
Yeah, I'll take the old Red River Road every time
Lately most drive so fast that they can't stop
They can't wait to pass on the new black top
To me, that daily grind will never rhyme
So I'll take the old Red River Road every time
- instrumental -
The old red River Road, may it not fade
On it the elk and deer have right of way
Aspencade is magic in Autumn time
Yeah, I'll take the old Red River Road every time
The old Red River Road just winds along
Easy as the lines of a slow love song
Wind in Ponderosa pines sound like chimes
Yeah, I'll take the old Red River Road every time


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Old River

Old river you're wide, you're deep and your cold
You make a lonesome old sound as onward you roll
'Neath the crest of your waves I know I could sleep
And forget all the sorrows you brought to me

Many's the time and many's the night
We sat there talkin', makin' things right
You've heard all our vows, you've heard all our plans
Oh river I know that you'll understand

The dawn is breakin' on sea and on land
As I write my farewell upon your sand
Your wings will embrace me, my body you'll claim
Oh river oh river you're calling my name

Oh the ways of love is often times cold
Like the hearts of lovers, when love grows cold
River oh river your depths dark and deep
In a watery grave forever I'll sleep

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Old Satan

Living in the world of mass confusion
Where contentment's hard to find
Living in the days of revelation
With old Satan close behind

I've been talked about and laughed at
I've been locked out in the cold
But I don't aim to give ol Satan
Any claim upon my soul

You'd better look around you'd better look around
You'd better be wondering what salvation's all about
You better believe and understand before old Satan takes your hand
He's gonna take you but it ain't gonna be to the promised land

When your friends all turn against you
Even though you've done your best
Say a prayer and keep on trying
And let the good Lord do the rest

When temptations all around you
And you feel like turnin' back
Just remember that old Satan's
Right there breathin' down your back

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Old Slew Foot

High on the mountain, tell me what do you see
Beartracks beartracks looking back at me
Better get your rifles before its too late
The bear's got a little pig and headed for the gate

He's big around the middle and broad across the rump
Running ninety miles an hour taking thirty feet a jump
Ain't never been caught he ain't never been treed
And some folks say he looks a lot like me

Saved up my money and bought me some bees
Started making honey way up in the trees
Cut down the trees but the honey's all gone
Old slew foot has done made himself at home

* Refrain

Winter's coming on and its forty below
River's froze over so where can he go
I'll chase him up the gulley and run him in the well
Shoot him the bottom just to listen to him yell

* Refrain


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Old Swinging Bridge

My old scrapbook is hidden away
I kept in memory of you
This old scrapbook is just a bouquet
Of things that we used to do

   Memories haunt me each night in my dreams
   It seems I can still see you there
   Your loving arms held out to me
   And smiling so sweet and so fair

Don't you remember the hours we spent
Swinging on the old swinging bridge
From June to December together we went
Swinging on the old swinging bridge

We built a dream across the old mill stream
And though the years have gone by
I'll still keep remembering here in my heart
And wonder if you wonder why

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Richard Thompson - Old Thames Side 

As I was walking down by old Thames side
Oh my foot and my heart seem to falter
And there you were standing by a Custom House landing
Like Venus risen out of the water

And they say it's because, well, I'm a fool in love
That I swear there's no beauty before you
And those that deny or think that I lie
Well oh, those are the ones who never saw you

Oh, there never was anyone so perfect as you
As you stood there and smiled to greet me
And I searched for a phrase to capture your ways
Well, that's a task that'll always defeat me

And they say it's because, oh, I'm a fool in love
That I swear there's no beauty before you
But those that deny or think that I lie
Well those are the ones who never saw you

And they say it's because I'm a fool in love
That I swear there's no beauty before you
And those that deny or think that I lie
Well oh, those are the ones who never saw you

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Old Train

Old train I can hear your whistle blow
But I won't be jumping on again
Old train I've been everywhere you go
And I know what lies beyond each bend.

   Old train each time you pass you're older than the last
   And it seems I'm too old for running
   I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails
   They cry with every mile and I think I'll stay awhile.

Old train I grow weary from the miles
And I'll miss the freedom that was mine
Old train just to think about those times
I'll smile when you're high-balling by.

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Old Village Churchyard

In that dear old village churchyard
I can see a mossy ground
That is where my mother's sleeping
In the cold and silent ground

I was young but I remember
When the night my mother died
There I saw her spirit fading
When she called me to her side

Saying Darlin I must leave you
Angels voices guide you home
Pray that we may meet in heaven
When your mother's dead and gone

Oft I wander to the churchyard
Flowers to plant with tender care
On the grave of my dear mother
Darkness finds me weeping there

Looking at the stars above me
Waitin for an early dawn
There by mother I'll be buried
And no more be left alone

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Crooked Still 
Old Virginia

Once I lived in old Virginia
North Carolina was my home
There I courted a handsome lady
Oh, I called her my own

Her hair was yellow and her eyes were sparkling
And on her cheeks was a rosy red
And on her breast she wore white lilies
Oh, the tears I have shed

My father said that I must not marry
My mother said, "That'll never do"
But, oh, kind miss, if you are willing
Oh, I would run away with you

'Cause when I'm awake, I'm a-dreaming about you
When I'm asleep I'll take no rest
Cause every moment seems like hours
Oh, the pain lies in my breast

Oh, must I go to Old Virginia
All for your sake must I die
Must I go, sad, broken-hearted
Oh and darlin' say don't cry

When that golden sun is shining
On the top of calvary
It's sometimes lower that you are thinking
You must oft-times think of me


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Old Wyom
The Avett Brothers

Well I dreamed of how our life could be, oh yeah
Lovin' and a kissin' 'neath an old oak tree, uh huh
Well I'd be singing you a song that was twenty lines long
And be catchin' sweet kisses you can blow way out to Wyom

I'd work my day to come home to you, oh yeah
You could do whatever you wanted to, uh huh
With you big brown eyes and your curly brown hair
I'm doin' the best I can do just to try to not stare
My God your loveliness

Got a feeling you maybe won't like the news, oh no
Ya ain't going like it when you have to choose, oh no
If you and me were born to never be apart
I can feel it in my mind, I can feel it in my soul, in my heart

Oh baby please come around
Oh baby please come around
Oh baby please come around

Was that your man, he's you fiancee, oh yeah
Another one ties the knot each and everyday, uh huh
I've got to get up the nerve to pick up the phone
It's you sweet mama, I'm a-goin' carry you back home
Way out to Old Wyom

I probably shoulda thought about lettin' you know, uh huh
If I love you like I do I should've told you so, uh huh
Well I think about you each and every day
It's just my knees gettin' weak when I try to say

Oh baby please be mine
Oh baby please be mine
Oh baby please be mine

Got a feelin' I'm barkin' up an empty tree
How could something so beautiful think about me?
I put my tail between my legs and turn my back
Try on my trusty ramblin' sack

I'm off to Old Wyom
I'm off to Old Wyom
I'm off to Old Wyom

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Ole Slew Foot

High on a mountain, tell me what do you see
Bear tracks bear tracks looking back at me
Better get your rifles before its too late
The bear's got a little pig and he's headed for the gate

   He's big around the middle and broad across the rump
   Running ninety miles an hour, taking thirty feet a jump
   Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
   And some folks say he looks a lot like me

Saved up my money and bought me some bees
Started making honey way up in the trees
Cut down the trees but the honey's all gone
Old slew foot has done made himself at home

Winter's coming on and it's forty below
River's froze over, so where can he go
I'll chase him up the gully and run him in the well
Shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell

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Omie Wise

I'll tell you a story about omie wise
How she was deluded by john lewis' lies
He told her to meet him by adam's spring
He'd bring her some money and other fine things

He brought her no money nor no other fine things
But get up behind me omie to squire ellis we'll go
She got up behind him so carefully they did go
They rode till they came where deep waters did flow

John lewis he concluded to tell her his mind
John lewis he concluded to leave her behind
Take pity on my infant and spare me my life
And I will go distracted and never be your wife

He kicked her and choked her and turned her around
He threw her in deep water where he knew she would drown
John lewis He remounted rode back to adam's farm
Inquiring after omie but she was not at home

John lewis was taken prisoner and locked up in jail
Locked up in jail there to remain for a while
John lewis he stayed there for about six months or more
Then he broke jail Into the army he did go

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On A Golden Shore
BMI Work #: 7025498
On A Golden Shore (Larry W. Jones 02/14/2007) (song#4431)

My world was blue, my heart was too
I didn't know what to do
My love had gone, a sad sad song
And I was feeling so alone
Then one day I sailed away
I couldn't take it anymore
I went to where the air was fair
And landed on a golden shore
Palm trees were swaying, breezes saying
You've found what you came for
The sand was warm, your lips were warm
Your eyes said, please adore
The sky is blue, my heart feels new
Now, I will stay here evermore
I bless the day I sailed away
And found you on a golden shore
- instrumental -
Palm trees were swaying, breezes saying
You've found what you came for
The sand was warm, your lips were warm
Your eyes said please adore
The sky is blue, my heart feels new
Now, I will stay here evermore
I bless the day I sailed away
And found you on a golden shore


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On A Hill Lone And Gray

On a hill lone and gray
In a land far away
In a country beyond the blue sea
Where beneath that far sky
Went a man for to die
For the world and for you and for me

   Oh it bows down my heart
   And the tear drops do start
   When in memory that gray hill I see
   It was there on its side
   Jesus suffered yes he died
   To redeem a poor sinner like me

Oft I hear the dull blow
Of the hammer swung low
They are nailing my lord to the tree
With the cross he upraised
While the multitude gazed
He ascended that hill lone and gray

   Oh it bows down my heart
   And the tear drops do start
   When in memory that gray hill I see
   It was there on its side
   Jesus suffered yes he died
   To redeem a poor sinner like me
   
   Shout aloud to them I'm told
   Let the glad tidings roll
   From the land to the end of the sea
   Where beneath that far sky
   Went a man for to die
   For the world and for you and for me

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On And On

Traveling down this long lonesome highway
I'm so lonesome I could cry
With memories of how we once loved each other
And now you are saying good-bye

   On and on I'll follow my darling
   And I wonder where she can be
   On and on I'll follow my darling
   I wonder if she ever thinks of me

I've cried I've cried for you little darling
It breaks my heart to hear you name
My friends they all so loved you my darling
And they think that I'm to blame

I had to follow you little darling
I can't sleep when the sun goes down
Cause by your side is my destination
The road is clear and there's where I'm bound

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Tony Rice - On Green Dolphin Street

It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened
A man, a maid, a kiss, and then goodbye
Romance was the theme
And we were the players
I never think of this without a sigh

Lover, one lovely day
Love came, planning to stay
Green Dolphin Street supplied the setting
The setting for nights beyond forgetting
And through these moments apart memories live in my heart
When I recall the love I found on
I could kiss the ground on Green Dolphin Street

Lover, one lovely day
Love came, planning to stay
Green Dolphin Street supplied the setting
The setting for nights beyond forgetting
And through these moments apart memories live in my heart
When I recall the love I found on
On Green Dolphin Street

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Chris Thile - On Ice

Just for a moment, the moment I met her, I lost my breath but my lips whispered "she is the one"
Forgot who I was and who I was fooling, didn't remember she could be my first cue to run

We moved so fast
Never thought twice
Mind came at last
Put us on ice

We stayed in touch but the touch I was wanting from her came from girls that scared me too little to love
So all of the thoughts I thought I might tell her turned into songs that until now she's never heard of

I had been taught
Love is a vice
Took all these thoughts
And I put them on ice

The vice bends and ice tends to melt
One night she asked me how I felt
The next day I woke up lying to myself
I feel fine, I feel fine, I feel fine

Thank God you're here, I need you to hear this
So sick of my shit, I promise, I'm through tempting fate
I know I'm in love now, you are what love is to me
Please tell me this isn't too little too late

Let's move fast
Making up would be nice
I'm so sorry I put these things on ice

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On My Mind

I can't sleep and I can't eat all I do is sit and cry
And listen for your footsteps at my door
I keep asking myself why that you ever said goodbye
And I guess I've cried a million tears or more

   On my mind on my mind
   You're always in my heart and on my mind
   Once I thought my love would die darling here's what I find
   You're always in my heart and on my mind

Seems I miss you most of all when the twilight shadows fall
What a fool I was to ever let you go
If longing for you now could only bring you back somehow
You'd be here in these loving arms I know

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Dolly Parton - On My Mind Again lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I try hard to forget you and the love I once shared with you
But my mind won't let forgetfulness come in
There's no use in pretending. The hurt is just beginning
Just when I think it's ending you're on my mind again
On my mind again, just like you've always been
On my mind with memories I'm rememberin'
On my mind again, just like you've always been
Yes, I find I've got you on my mind again
Sometimes I go to places where certain things erases
All traces of your memory, now and then
Oh, then something will remind me of the love I left behind me
Then again, your memory finds me and you're on my mind again
On my mind again, just like you've always been
On my mind with memories I'm rememberin'
On my mind again, just like you've always been
Yes, I find I've got you on my mind again
Yes, I find I've got you on my mind again
On my mind again


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On My Way Back To The Old Home

Back in the days of my childhood
In the evening when everything was still
I used to sit and listen to the fox hounds
With my dad in the old Kentucky hills

   I'm on my way back to the old home,
   That road winds on up the hill
   But there's no light in the window,
   That shined long ago where I lived

Soon my childhood days were over
I had to leave my old home
For my mom and dad were called to heaven
I was left in this world all alone

High in the hills of old Kentucky
Stands the fondest part of my memory
I'm on my way back to the old home
That light in the window I long to see

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On My Way To Canaan's Land

I'm on my way to Canaan's land
I'm on my way to Canaan's land
I'm on my way to Canaan's land
I'm on my way (praise God) I'm on my way

If father wont go it wont hinder me
If father wont go it wont hinder me
If father wont go it wont hinder me
I'm on my way (praise God) I'm on my way

If mother wont go it wont hinder me

If sister wont go it wont hinder me

Oh be baptized in Jesus name

I'm on my way to Canaan's land

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On Raglan Road
Patrick Kavanagh

On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue.
I saw the danger, yet I walked along the enchanted way,
And I said, "Let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day."

On Grafton Street in November we tripped lightly along the ledge
Of the deep ravine where can be seen the worth of passion's pledge.
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts and I not making hay -
Oh, I loved too much and by such and such is happiness thrown away.

I gave her gifts of the mind, I gave her the secret sign
That's known to the artist who has seen the true gods of sound and stone. (*)
With word and tint, I did not stint, for I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair like clouds over fields of May.

On a quiet street where the old ghosts meet I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow
That I had wooed not as I should a creature made of clay.
When the angel woos the clay he'll lose his wings at the dawn of day.

And I said, "Let grief be a falling leaf at the dawning of the day."

Notes:
The lyrics are by Patrick Kavanagh. The music is the traditional
air "The Dawning of the Day".

(*) Alternate lyric:
That's known to the artists who have known the true gods of sound and stone.


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On Solid Ground
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Terry Herd and Rhonda Vincent

C                               G7                          C
Darlin' we've been through some hard times and regrets I've had a few
                           G7                              C
I gave my best to make you happy it wasn't good enough for you
                  F                       C
So today it's all over I'll be seeing you around
                             G7                      C
I'm standing up and stepping over moving on to solid ground
                   F                       C
Cause life's about choices and I've made a few
                    G7                           C
To start living for myself now and honey not for you
                      F                                 C
But you better get it straight now I ain't leaving this town
              G7                           C
Baby from now on I'll be standing on solid ground
                               G7                      C
You taught me life is what you make it that's a simple line but true
                                G7                                C
But when it comes to how you're living the choice is really up to you
                   F                             C
Keep your eye upon tomorrow live your dreams and make 'em last
                           G7                                C
Take the time to smell the roses and learn a lesson from the past
Repeat #2
                             G7                               C
So darling thank you for the good times tears will never need to fall
                          G7                           C
It's not the end it's the beginning of a new day after all
                         F                        C
I'll just try to keep my head high even when they get me down
                              G7                           C
I'll take a stand and keep on standing high upon the solid ground
Repeat #2
                    G7                             C
You can count on it baby I'll be standing on solid ground

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On The Back Row
Recorded by George Jones
written by Jerry Chestnut and Norris Wilson
 
C                 F             C
Here I sit on the back row in a church down the street
                    F                      C
Not to far from the place where we used to meet
                       C7               F
And to find me getting though to me you found someone to love
    G7                                             C
But I'll go back to the place that I keep thinking of
           F                                C
It's not a fancy place just a tavern in the lonely part of town
      G7                              C
Where lonely people find someone that hopes to settle down
          F                         C
They tell me to go and I can't understand
     G7                                           C
Here I sit on the back row  while you wed another man
                      F                  C
You'd never dream but after many years I may still be sitting there
                       F                 C
With just a bottle and two glasses right next to your favorite chair
                        C7              F
All alone you might not give him and he might even tell you wrong
      G7                                       C
There I'll sit in a tavern waiting for you all alone
Repeat #2

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Railroad Earth - On The Banks 

Its a long winding way through the mad river valley
Through the forests and mountains green
To the cabin we shared. By the wild running river
The most perfect Ive ever seen.

I live my life one the banks of the water
Singing my song to you. 
And all through my days, Ill remember you always
I never knew love so true

It's a tangled old past through the thick byers and brambles
Down to where the wild roses bloom.
And open their hearts in the heat of the summer
And freeze beneath the silver moon.

I live my life on the banks of the water
Singing my song to you
And all through my days Ill remember you remember you always
I never knew love like you.

Its a tumbling run down the bear creek canon
Through the rocks and the mountain sage
Its a trembling stream in the frozen winter
Running strong when the spring waters break.

I live my life on the banks of the water
Singing my songs to you
And all through my days Ill remember you always
I never knew love so true
I never knew love like you.

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Alison Krauss - On the Borderline Lyrics
(John Pennell)

There's a chill on this evening nights right for greaving
Darkness surrounds him as he wanders alone
He walked past the dim lights the pathways and street lights
They remind him of nights long ago.

When his love was strong
And his muscles hard
His whiskey throat
Was barley marred.

Seeking the misfortune in the lies that he told
Then a broken heart bought him to his knees
In the hour of his greatest need
Lost and forsaken by the love he could not hold.

On the borderline of love again
It's bound to make you pay
On the borderline we'll make our stand
Then watch it fall away.

And he stands in quiet solitude the nights reflects upon his mood
Seeking the vision that had once been so clear
When he felt the touch of his women's love
His pounding heart was warm and young.

Now locked inside him with his anger and fear
As he moves on slowly past the trees
Down the path way
Home through fallen leaves.

He can't believe how he'd sunken so low
So he learned to live with his injured pride
His purple heart hidden deep inside
The only reward for a love he could not hold.

On the borderline of love again
It's bound to make you pay
On the borderline we'll make our stand
Then watch it fall away.

On the borderline of love again
It's bound to make you pay
On the borderline we'll make our stand
Then watch it fall away...

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On The Jericho Road
Recorded by Merle Haggard, The Statler Brothers, The Carter Family
Written by Don S. McCrossan

C
As we travel along (as we travel along)
               G7
On the Jericho Road (on the Jerico Road)
Does the world seem all wrong (does the world seem all wrong)
               C
And heavy your load (and heavy your load)
Just bring it to Christ (just bring it to Christ)
              F
Your sins all confess (your sins all confess)
               C
On the Jericho Road (on the Jericho Road)
     G7            C             F             C
Your heart will be blessed (your heart will be blessed)
               G7
On the Jericho Road (on the Jericho Road)
                      C            F             C
There's room for just two (there's room for just two)
                G7
(No more and no less) no more or no less)
               C         F         C
Just Jesus and you (just Jesus and you)
                  F
Each burden He'll bear (each burden He'll bear)
                  C
Each sorrow He'll share (each sorrow He'll share)
                G7
There's never a care (here's never a care)
             C          F        C
For Jesus is there (for Jesus is there)
Oh brother to you (oh brother to you)
               G7
This message I bring (this message I bring)
Though hope may be gone (though hope may be gone)
                   C
He'll cause you to sing (He'll cause you to sing)
At Jesus command (at Jesus command)
                    F
Sin's shackles must fall (sin's shackles must fall)
               C
On the Jericho Road (on the Jericho Road)
         G7         C              F          C
Will you answer His call (will you answer His call)
G7
On the Jericho Road (on the Jericho Road)
                      C            F             C
There's room for just two (there's room for just two)
                G7
(No more and no less) no more or no less)
               C         F         C
Just Jesus and you (just Jesus and you)
                  F
Each burden He'll bear (each burden He'll bear)
                  C
Each sorrow He'll share (each sorrow He'll share)
                G7
There's never a care (there's never a care)
             C            F       C
For Jesus is there on the Jericho Road

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Billy Strings Lyrics
On The Line

You can't stop us from movin'
You can't stop us from feelin' fine
You can't stop us from puttin' our lives on the line

You can't stop us from dancin'
You can't stop us from feelin' high
We can't help it if we'd like to stay out all night

It's a cure for the bleakness
It's a pill for the day-to-day
It's just a way for me to shake loose the dust and the clay

I'd love show you, but you wouldn't go
I'd love to take you, but I know the way you roll
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine

While we're young and resilient
While fearless and fancy free
We'll be fine without you and your numbers and lines

While we're wishing and watching
While we're wishing and watching here
We won't see your illusional blanket of fear

Like a wave through the ocean
Like a gust on an August
While we're movin' you won't stand a chance in our way

I'd love show you, but you wouldn't go
I'd love to take you, but I know the way you roll
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine

Should've been gone for years now
You should've packed up and left this place
You should've ducked out and given up your spot in the race

You can cling to your madness
You can swim down and hold your breath
But I'll be standing on dry ground with all of the rest

I'd love show you, but you wouldn't go
I'd love to take you, but I know the way you roll
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine
You see it your way, I see it mine and I'll be fine

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On The Old Kentucky Shore

I walked out to the graveyard
Down by the Church of God
I looked upon the one I love
That would soon be covered with sod

   Up along the Ohio River
   Over on the old Kentucky shore
   Once dwelled a fair young maiden
   Now there's a crepe upon her door

The angels took my darling
God needed the one I loved
I reached the old Kentucky shore today
I'll make my plans and meet her up above

The last words that my darling said
Was tell the one I love goodbye
I would like to see him before I go
But I'll meet him in the sky

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On the Outside Looking In
Alison Krauss & Union Station

You close the door in front of me, I wait patiently outside
And as the minutes tick away I feel my anger rise
And who's the object of my rage, and who's not being fair?
Is it you for your indifference or me for just standing there?

'Cause in my mind the room beyond is bathed in golden light
I dream about you through the day and I toss and turn at night
Sometimes it's hard to understand, when they say that pride's a sin
Should I go or should I stay on the outside looking in

Well I didn't make the grade today and I'm not the only one
But my heart, it won't stop hurting and feeling all alone
Maybe we'll trade places in some not so distant year
I'll hear your voice calling out, and I'll cover up my ears

'Cause in my mind the room beyond is bathed in golden light
I dream about you through the day and I toss and turn at night
Sometimes it's hard to understand, when they say that pride's a sin
Should I go or should I stay on the outside looking in

Well I could brag on the things I've done or the places I have been
But I never found a cure for on the outside looking in
Sometimes it's hard to understand, when they say that pride's a sin
Should I go or should I stay on the outside looking in

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On The Rock Where Moses Stood

Crying holy unto the Lord
Crying holy unto the Lord
Oh, on that day when the bells don't toll
Crying holy unto the Lord

Crying holy unto the Lord
Crying holy unto the Lord
Oh, if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood

Sinners run unto the Lord
Sinners run unto the Lord
Now please don't let this pareble
Pass and lose your soul at last

* Refrain

Crying holy unto the Lord
Crying holy unto the Lord
See four and twenty elders
Bowing all around the altar crying
Holy unto the Lord

* Refrain


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Yonder Mountain String Band - On the Run (Live)

A man stood in the shadows his face was dripping sweat
He took a break from running but he wasn't done yet
Looked over his shoulder when he heard the barking hounds
Dug his feet into the earth and headed out of town

The town line's far away and
He won't sleep for days
Because he just slept with Annie and she's the sheriff's wife
Now the sheriff's men have got him running for his life

He should have known that girl was trouble but he wasn't thinking clear
When she put her hand onto his leg and filled his glass with beer
But a deputy did see them and tracked the sheriff down
Just had time to grab his clothes and high ball out of town

The town line's far away and
He won't sleep for days
And even if he makes it, there's nothing he can do
But hope and pray the sheriff there hasn't heard the news

A man stood in the shadows thinking about the past
About all the women he had known and living life too fast
But he heard a noise behind him, felt a gun against his head
Should have known the sheriff wouldn't rest till he was dead

The town line's far away and
He's six feet in the grave
He's lying there with Annie, who was the sheriff's wife
Till the sheriff and his men robbed them of their lives

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On The Sea Of Galilee

Am I a soldier of the cross
A follower of the lamb
And shall I fear to own His cause
Or blush to speak His name

   On the sea (the sea the sea)
   Of Galilee (of Galilee)
   My Jesus is walking on the sea
   On the sea (the sea the sea)
   Of Galilee (of Galilee)
   My Jesus is walking on the sea

Must I be carried to the sky
On flowery beds of ease
While others false do win the prize
And sail through bloody seas

There shall I take my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast

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Dolly Parton - On The Wings Of A Dove. lyrics

"On the wings of a snow white dove
He sends his pure sweet love
A sign from abouve- a sign from above
On the wings of a dove.
When troubles surround us, When evils come
The body grows weak, The spirit grows numb
When these things beset us, He doesn't forget us
He sends down His love
On the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove
When Noah had drifted On the flood many days
He searched for land In various ways
Troubles, he had some, But wasn't forgotten
He sent him His love
On the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove
When Jesus went down To the river that day
He was baptized In the usual way
And when it was done, God blessed his son
He sent him his love
On the wings of dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove
"


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Once I Was Just A Boy.

Once I was just a boy!
Grew up with second
Hand toys,and for me ,
Only brought me joy
Once I was just a boy.I
Those days are now gone,
bye / so long ago it was,I
Walked along the main road ,
Collecting all the five cent
Bottles, and tin cans ,that 
I could fine, to redeem at
The Conner store, for my
Momma needed flower,to
Feed kinfolk at home.
Back when I was a boy!.
Once I was just,a boy.


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Alan Jackson - Once In A Lifetime Love lyrics

Some people have it, some people don't
Some people never will
Sometimes
it's hard to know when you've got it
Sometimes it's perfectly
clear
Well I know it's out there I've seen it happen
I know the way it
should feel
Cause there's no mistakin'
That good kind of achin'
Of a
once in a lifetime love
Once in a lifetime love
A love like we've all
dreamed of
It may go disguised or right before your eyes
A once in a
lifetime love
So if you think you've got it
If you feel it inside
you
Don't let it slip away
Cause you may not ever find what you
never
Thought you'd have anyway
And if you've always had it and just
realized
You know how lucky you are
To wake up beside what some never
find
A once in a lifetime love
Once in a lifetime love
A love like
we've all dreamed of
It may go disguised or right before your eyes
A once
in a lifetime love
It may go disguised or right before you eyes
A once
in a lifetime love


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Dolly Parton - Once In A Very Blue Moon lyrics
(Patrick Alger/Gene Levine)

I found your letter in my mailbox today
You were just checkin' if I was okay
And if I still miss you
Well you know what they say
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
And I feel one comin' on soon
No need to tell me you'd like to be friends
And help me get back on my feet again
And do I still miss you?
Well it's just now and then
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
And I feel one comin' on soon
There's a blue moon shinin'
When I'm reminded
Of all we've been through
Such a blue moon shinin'
Does it ever shine down on you?
Oh, 'cause you act like
It never even hurt you at all
And I'm the only one
Gettin' up from a fall
Tell me you dont feel it
Oh can't you recall
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
Just once in a very blue moon
And I feel one comin' on soon


=============================

Once More

Once more to be with you,dear
Just for tonight to hold you tight
Once more I'd give a fortune
If I could see you once more 

   Forget the past, this hurt can't last
   Oh I don't want it to keep us apart
   Your love I'll crave I'll be your slave
   If you'll just give me all of your heart

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Dolly Parton - Once Upon A Christmas lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Once upon a Christmas far away in Bethlehem
Mary being great with child had no place to lie down
So Joseph found a stable in which Mary had her child
Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ
Once upon a Christmas in a manger far away
A King was born His palace was a manger filled with hay
His royal robe was swaddling cloth a halo was His crown
Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem
And all the world rejoiced because the King was born at last
A savior had been promised now it had come to pass
And the joyful news that He was born spread quickly far and wide
Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ
Once upon a Christmas from the Far East wise men came
With gold and myrrh and frankincense to praise the newborn King
And shepherds left their flocks and came to see and worship Him
Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem
And all the world rejoiced because the King was born at last
A savior had been promised now it had come to pass
And the joyful news that He was born spread quickly far and wide
Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ
Once upon a Christmas far away in Bethlehem


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Dolly Parton - Once Upon A Memory lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Once upon a memory
I kissed lips as sweet as honey
And lived in Heaven with an angel
For a little while
I knew love sweet and tender
In a world of perfect splendor
Once upon a memory
Before he said goodbye
Once upon a memory
In Never-Neverland
I had a love I know I'll
Never ever have again
A love like those
You read in fairy tales
Filled with joy and laughter
Oh, but he ended it
And it broke my heart
And I've cried forever-after
Once upon a memory
I knew love beyond compare
Oh, then his sweet lips
Lost their sweetness
And all that Heaven in his eyes
Turned into a cold and distant stare
Gone is the love, sweet and tender
A world of heartache knows no splendor
Oh, but once, once upon a memory
I knew love beyond compare
Yes, once upon a memory
In Never-Neverland
I had a love I know I'll
Never ever have again
A love like those
You read in fairy tales
Filled with joy and laughter
But he ended it
And it broke my heart
And I've cried forever-after
Oh, but once, once upon a memory
I knew love beyond compare
That was once upon a memory


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Alan Jackson - Once You've Had The Best 

I'm so glad to have you back within these arms of mine
I can finally go to sleep and get some rest
Never once did I think of finding someone new
'Cause there's nothing better, once you've had the best
You're the very thing they sing about in love songs
And one mistake don't mean you've failed the test
As I lay beside you softly sleeping this I know,
There's nothing better, once you've had the best
Within your arms, I've had the best
And I think the world should know
I don't care what you've said or done
I'll always love you so
You've got more love in your little finger, than all the rest
And there's nothing better, once you've had the best
Within your arms, I've had the best
And I think the world should know
I don't care what you've said or done
I'll always love you so
You've got more love in your little finger, than all the rest
And there's nothing better, once you've had the best
No there's nothing better, once you've had the best


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One
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson, Judith Bruce

G7     C                        F
If you want to hear a love song  I could sing one
       G7                            C
If you wanna feel the fire  we could build one
                                        F        Dm
If you need to catch a rainbow we could chase one
       G7                           F  C
If you want to be together we could be one
G7                            C
One and one I've always heard   adds up to two
    D7
But one and one is only one 
          G7
When that one is me and you
         C                         F        Dm
If you believe in forever we could start one
       G7                           F  C  G7
If you want to be together we could be one
        C                    F
Now you talk about tomorrows  I can see one
           G7                             C
There's no mountain we can't climb  if we reach one
                                   F        Dm
If you believe in forever we could start one
       G7                           F  C
If you want to be together we could be one
G7                            C
One and one I've always heard   adds up to two
    D7
But one and one is only one 
          G7
When that one is me and you
         C                         F        Dm
If you believe in forever we could start one
       G7                           F  C
If you want to be together we could be one
       G7                           F  C
If you want to be together we could be one

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One Bright Star  
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by John Jarvis

G                  Em    C        G
Long long ago in a world dark and cold
         D7             C
Night so still winter's chill
G                       D7
One bright star was shining  
     G                    Em C      G
On a bed made of hay in a manger He lay
    Am                   Em
Shepherds came they knew His name 
G
King of kings a brand new day
C                         D7  G
They saw the light in the darkness 
   Em        C     D7    G
It shines on us in tenderness
   C                             D7     G
It brings out the hope that's in all of us
       Am                 D7                 G    D7
May it shine its light on you this Christmas Night
   G
On this Christmas day
         Em   C          G
May that star light your way
               Am          Em
This Christmas Eve I still believe 
G                    D7
That same star still shines on me
C                         D7  G
They saw the light in the darkness 
   Em        C     D7    G
It shines on us in tenderness
   C                             D7     G
It brings out the hope that's in all of us
       Am                 D7                 G
May it shine its light on you this Christmas Night
       Am                 D7                 G
May it shine its light on you this Christmas Night

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Dolly Parton - One Day At A Time lyrics

Life has dealt us our fair share of pain along the way
And many dreams have withered on the wine
But dreams are all such fleeting things and happiness is now
We'll just live our lives one day at a time
In all the stormy weather love has always seen us through
Happiness is knowing that you're mine
Why worry about tomorrow for tomorrow may not come
We'll just live our lives one day at a time
Just one thing I'm learning you take life as it comes
Each day is just a gift so don't be blind
Tomorrow may bring gladness or a little bit of sadness
We'll just live our lives one day at a time
[ guitar ]
We may not have a fortune making plans to change the world
We may leave little marks in life's design
But as long as we're together every hour is filled with love
And we'll just live our lives one day at a time
Just one thing I'm learning...
We'll just live our lives one day at a time


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One Day I Will

I never have seen the face of my Savior
But serving Him has been such a thrill
I never have seen the gates to the city
But one day one day I will

One day I'm gonna walk on the streets of pure gold
And they tell me that half has never yet been told
I'll be united with my loved ones on Zion's holy hill
But one day one day I will

Since the day I first met Him He has been all to me
And my life with joy He has filled
And I'm longing for the day when my eyes will behold Him
But one day one day I will

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Richard Thompson - One Door Opens 

One door opens, another shuts behind
One sun sets and another sun she rises
Love comes to you in old familiar ways
Love comes to you in shadows and disguises

She may quit you, she may forsake you
Drift away like a phantom in a fever
Who walks in to your heart of solitude
Who walks into the lair of the deceiver

They say it was my turn
They say I had it coming
They say that's what you earn
For living through a lie

If I could have my way
I'd leave it all tomorrow
There's sorrow if I stay
I've other fish to fry

When love breaks like a precious string of pearls
A thousand memories, they roll away and scatter
Make believe that there's ice runs through my veins
Shrug my shoulders as if it doesn't matter

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Dolly Parton - One Emotion After Another lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

It's just one emotion after another
They will dress themselves as angels and theives
They will make you believe you're in heaven
Then they'll drag you through hell on your knees
It's just one emotion after another
One day I'm up just as high as it goes
Next day I'm down to the lowest of lows
I do love you baby but we can't get along
With or without each other it's al right or it's all wrong
It's hard to determine where the balance should be
We swear It's forever while we're packing to leave
Each time we end it I swear never again
But the minute you come knockin' I can't wait to let you in
It's just one emotion after another
They will dress themselves as angels and theives
They will make you believe you're in heaven
Then they'll drag you through hell on your knees
It's just one emotion after another
It's been that way since lovim' began
Like an ocean love flows with it's highs and it's lows
Like the tide it just goes out and in
It's just one emotion after another
It's just one emotion after another
But I guess that's just the way that it goes
Love is rainbow and rain, Love is pleasure and pain
I cannot stay the same I suppose
But I love you and that's all I know


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One For One
Al Silverman / Austin Delone

If I hadn't grown with you
And if half my life has been spent
When we came together
Would it have been different
Are there any more like yu
I know I've asked before
I'm sure there're quite a few like me
Why should I be different

Chorus:
Is it true that there's just one for one
Like I've been told

It's so hard to tell truth from lies
With young eyes of innocence
The glass slipper, the prince's kiss
They make no difference
I thought I knew what I knew
I thought I knew what they meant
Sold so soon, too late I realize
A meaning so differnt.

Chorus

The highway ends at the iron fence
Where the deisel trucks march by
The sounds of living can make no sense
When they make no difference.
Wooden boxes, cars of chrome,
Hollow faces beneath the stone.
And all of the blank ones on their way home
I see no difference

Chorus


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Alison Krauss - One Good Reason Lyrics
(John Pennell)

Just give me one good reason to stay tonight
Must be something you could say to me
To keep me warm on this cold dark night
Can you bring out the best in me.

That old moon in shining brightly
Up above the midnight plains
I only want your love to guide me back through the night
And take us home again.

Can I bring out the best in you as well
Must be some way you could let me know
While we wait out the sun only time will tell
Will you love me or let me go.

That old moon in shining brightly
Up above the midnight plains
I only want your love to guide me back through the night
And take us home again.

So now my friend with this gentle plea
Can you tell me what is on your mind
There's just one good reason, that's all I need
Chase the sorrow from your eyes.

That old moon in shining brightly
Up above the midnight plains
I only want your love to guide me back through the night
And take us home again.

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Alison Krauss - One Hundred Pipers Lyrics
(Instrumental)

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One I Love Is Gone, The

I don't know I don't know where I'll go or what I'll do
It makes no difference what I'll do without you
Oh I love you my darling but I'll try and let you be
Goodbye, it's the last you'll hear of me

   Well I found a bluebird high on a mountain side
   And the bluebird would sing it's little song
   So I'll sigh, I'll cry, I'll even want to die
   For the one I love is gone

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The Avett Brothers - One Line Wonder (Live) Lyrics

I love you but I can't remember why
Stars fallin' from high forgotten sky
I was a one-line wonder in my own love song

I keep a little journal by my bed
Dreams help me find the words I haven't said
Like when a little girlie said goodbye to me

From behind a screen door
I won't see her again I'm sure
Didn't I say I need you
I tried to move on but I can't
I tried to think of bad times
Good memories are all I have

I love you but I can't remember why
I'd love to find a reason to deny
I was a one-hit wonder in my own hometown

And I guess I might have made a few mistakes
But maybe that's exactly what it takes
To get a little happy in this big sad world

How many have you made
And which of those have you laid on down to die
Well didn't I say I need you
I tried to move on but I can't
I tried to think of bad times
Good memories are all I have

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One Little Word

The dream of love is over
Today we said goodbye
We parted not in anger
Though tears came in her eyes

Twas just as fate decreed dear
That we must never wed
Yet in her heart she loved me
She married wealth instead

   One little word could change my future life
   One little word could have made her my wife
   Too late too late now my fondest hopes are dead
   One little word that word was never said

In school days we had been sweethearts
She was her father's pride
Her folks lived in a mansion
Our cottage by its side

Though years have brought their changes
The same old love still holds
She wed to please her parents
A man of wealth and gold

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One Loaf of Bread

Now mommy and daddy, they live down the street
They will go out drinking, when they put me to sleep
I set there and cry because we've never been fed,
I could break out a window, i'd rather be dead
Cold winds a blowing, Oh the wind it howls
My mother and dad, they're lost in the crowd
They will even spend money on whiskey instead
I'd break out a window for one loaf of bread
A place is prepared in Heaven on high, 
Where little children of God have no need to cry
Oh when I am gone Lord, let it be said
I thank you dear Lord for this one loaf of bread
Three little graves just outside of town,
Where a family in prayer all gathered around
To gaze at a stone, these words they have read
They break no more windows, they steal no more bread, 
I beggied an I cried for the other kids sake 
Not a penny or nickel or a dime could I make. 
A little light shone bright off a stone up ahead, 
I broke out a window for one loaf of bread.


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One Lone Georgia Pine

There was one lone Georgia pine, to the Kentucky sky it rose
Where redbud and dogwood paint the hills, where mountain laurel grows.
You can search the world around, but I know you'll never find.
A more fitting tribute to a man, than that one lone Georgia pine.
He was only seventeen years old, as he stood by the kitchen door.
He kissed his mama one last time, and headed off to war.
She knew that it was coming, but she said not a word.
"Just tell my Daddy when I'm gone" was the last thing that she heard.
Heaven help my baby boy, 
He's my youngest one, my pride and joy.
Lord, let him walk these hills again. 
Then she got a bucket from the well,
Put a chair in the shade, to sit a spell,
And watched him disappear with the summer wind.
Well, he fell in with Rosencranz and some Illinois boys,
He learned to fight on the battlefield, midst the guns and blood and noise.
He got nicked at Chattanooga, but he got fixed in time.
To join up with his company when they crossed the Georgia line.
There on a September day
Thirty-five thousand laid away.
Chicamauga Creek was a flowing hell
Then he got hit from his blind side
And he laid himself down and died.
And they buried him right there just where he fell.
Well, the summers they came and went and the battles fade away.
And the horrors of that angry war seemed but a dying day.
Two young men in a wagon rode to the bridge where their brother died
To bring him back to Kentucky soil and to rest on the mountain side.
Oh, but when they brought him down
There was a tiny seed to his coffin bound
Put there by God's hand, so they say.
And from his grave grew a mighty tree
And all for miles around can see
It standin' proud and tall to this very day.
There's that one lone Georgia pine, to the Kentucky sky it rose
Where redbud and dogwood paint the hills, where mountain laurel grows.
You can search the world around, but I know you'll never find.
A more fitting tribute to a man, than that one lone Georgia pine.


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One More Dollar

A long time ago I left my home
For a job in the fruit trees
I missed those hills with the windy pines
For their song seemed to suit me

I sent my wages to my home
Said we'd soon be together
For the next good crop would pay my way
I'll be coming home forever

   One more dime to show for my day
   One more dollar and I'm on my way
   When I reach those hills boys I'll never roam
   One more dollar and I'm going home

No work said the boss at the bunk house door
There's a freeze on the branches
When the dice came out at the bar downtown
I rolled and I took my chances

A long time ago I left my home
Just a boy passing twenty
Could you spare a coin and a Christian prayer
For my luck has turned against me

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One More Last Chance
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Gary Nicholson and Vince Gill

C
She was standing at the front door 
     F                C
When I came home last night
A good book in her left hand 
      G7
And a rollin' pin in the right
         C
She said you've come home for the last time 
     F               C
With whiskey on your breath
If you don't listen to my preaching boy 
          G7                       C
I'm gonna have to beat you half to death
Give me just a one more last chance 
F                    C
Before you say we're through
I know I drive you crazy baby 
         G7
It's the best that I can do
                C
We're just some good ol' boys a making noise 
        F                C
I ain't running round on you
               F        C
Give me just a one more last chance 
G7                   C
Before you say we're through
At first she hid my glasses 
            F                  C
Because she knows that I can't see
She said you ain't going nowhere boy 
          G7
Until you spend a little time with me
         C
Then the boys called from the honky tonk 
               F                   C
Said there's a party going on down here
Well she might've took my car keys 
        G7                       C
But she forgot about my old John Deere
repeat #2 x2
 
               F        C
Give me just a one more last chance 
G7                   C
Before you say we're through

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One More Name
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                                    C        G
My friends tried to tell me you were steppin' around
                            D7
But I wouldn't hear it no I shut them all down
    G                              C           G
But now I'm thinkin' you've made a fool out of me
                                        D7            G
Cause the words that are slippin' spell grief and misery
                                     C           G
One more name one more name you call out in your sleep
                                       D7
One more name and I'll know it's not a lie
         G                            C              G
One more name one more name that from your lips does creep
                      D7               G
One more name and our love will surely die
                            C            G
Haunted and tortured by the rumors about you
                        D7
Listening is silence to whispers of truth
  G                           C           G
Deceived by the soft kiss you forge every day
                                      D7          G
While each night those same lips give your secret away
                                     C           G
One more name one more name you call out in your sleep
                                       D7
One more name and I'll know it's not a lie
         G                            C              G
One more name one more name that from your lips does creep
                      D7               G
One more name and our love will surely die
                      D7               G
One more name and our love will surely die

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One More Night
Bob Dylan
Performed by Tony Rice on "Church Street Blues"

One more night, the stars are in sight
But tonight I'm as lonesome as can be.
Oh, the moon is shinin' bright,
Lighting ev'rything in sight,
But tonight no light will shine on me.

Oh, it's shameful and it's sad,
I lost the only pal I had,
I just could not be what she wanted me to be.
I will turn my head up high
To that dark and rolling sky,
For tonight no light will shine on me.

I was so mistaken when I thought that she'd be true,
I had no idea what a woman in love would do!

One more night, I will wait for the light
While the wind blows high above the tree.
Oh, I miss my darling so, 
I didn't mean to see her go,
But tonight no light will shine on me.

One more night, the moon is shinin' bright
And the wind blows high above the tree.
Oh, I miss that woman so,
I didn't mean to see her go,
But tonight no light will shine on me.

Copyright © 1969; renewed 1997 Dwarf Music


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One Morning in May

One morning one morning in May
I spied a young couple a making their way
One was a maiden so bright and so fair
The other was a soldier and a brave volunteer

Good morning good morning good morning to thee
Oh where are you going my pretty lady
I am a going to the banks of the sea
To see the waters gliding herar the nightingales sing

Oh they hadn't been a standing but a minute or two
When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune he was playing made the valleys all ring
Oh see the waters gliding hear the nightingales sing

Pretty lady pretty lady it's time to give oar
Oh no pretty soldier please play one tune more
For I'd rather hear your fiddle and the touch of one string
Than to see that waters gliding hear the nightingales sing

Pretty soldier pretty soldier will you marry me
Oh no pretty lady that never can be
I have a wife in old London and children twa three
Two wives in the army too many for me

Well I'll go back to London and I'll stay there one year
And often I'll think of you my little dear
And when I return it will be in the spring
To see the waters gliding hear the nightingales sing

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One Morning In May (The Nightingales Sing)
Arr. James Taylor

One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I spied a young couple, they were making their way
One was a maiden so bright and so fair
And the other was a soldier and a brave volunteer

Good morning, good morning, good morning said he
And where are you going my pretty lady
I'm goig out a walkin on the banks of the sea
Just to see the waters gliding hear the nightingale sing

Now they had not been standing but a minute or two
And out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune that he played made the valleys all ring
Oh hark cried the maiden hear the nightingale sing

Oh maiden fair maiden tis time to give o'er
Oh no kind soldier please play one tune more
For I'd rather hear your fiddle at the touch of one string
Than to see the waters gliding hear the nightingale sing

Oh soldier kind soldier will you marry me
Oh no pretty maiden that never shall be
I've a wife down in London and children twice three
Two wives and the army's too many for me

Well I'll go back to London and I'll stay there for a year
It's often that I'll think of you my little dear
And if ever I return it will be in the spring
Just to see the waters gliding hear the nightingale sing
To see the waters gliding hear the nightingale sing


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Dolly Parton - One Of Those Days lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

It's been one of those days
That reminded me in many ways
Of when we were happy, still in love
Just a certain way the wind blows
Just a certain way the sun glows
It's been one of those days that reminded me of us
And even though it's over I never will get over
These feelings that I get on certain days
And I know I'll always love you
And I'll always be thinkin' of you
In certain kinds of ways, on certain kinds of days
And today well, it's been one of those days
It's been one of those days and my heart feels so heavy
And my mind is so full of thoughts of you
It's been one of those days and I'd give my life to see you
And to once more know the love that we once knew
And even though it's over I never will get over
Oh these feelings that I get on certain days
I guess I know I'll always love you
And I'll always be thinkin' of you
In certain kinds of ways, on certain kinds of days
And today well, it's been one of, one of those days
It's been one of those days
That reminded me in many ways
Of when we were happy, still in love


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Brad Paisley - One Of Those Lives lyrics

Rush hour traffic,
Always puts me in a bad mood.
I got chewed out by the boss today,
And now I'm stuck on highway 92.
Then you call me on my cell phone,
While I'm cussin' out a Cadillac.
You say remember Tom and Jenny's little boy?
Well, the doctors say the cancer's back.
Man its been one of those days,
When I been thinking poor me.
I got no right to complain I guess,
Cause right now all I can see.
Is a little angel in a Yankees cap,
It makes me realize.
It's just been one those days for me,
But for him it's been one of those lives.
Everybody under my roof,
Is healthy- knock on wood.
Oh but I sure do sweat the small stuff,
I don't thank God as much as I should.
Tonight I'm thinking about Tommy and Jenny,
And how they spent the last four years.
All those extended stays in Memphis,
All the sleepless nights, the prayers, the tears.
It's just been one of those days,
Where I was thinking poor me.
I got no right to complain I guess,
Cause right now all I can see.
Is that family moving back to Target House,
It makes me realize.
It's just been one those days for me,
But for them its been one of those lives.
And so it's been one of those days,
I let things get to me.
I got no right to complain,
Cause when I look around I see.
Folks that are fightin' for every breath,
And it makes me realize.
It's just been one for those days for me,
But for them it's been one of those lives.


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One Of Those Songs
Will Holt / Gerard Calvi

Chorus:
Well this is one of those songs that you hear now and then,
You don't know just where, you don't know just when,
It's one of those songs that are over and then,
It's one of those songs that start playing again.

Yes, it's just one of those songs that you hear for a while,
That come into fashion and go out of style,
It's one of those songs that you think you forgot,
But it's one of those songs you cannot!

Because it's one of those songs that can make you recall
A ride in the sprinttime, a walk in the fall,
A day in the country, a night on the town,
The sun coming up or the rain coming down.

Or else the evening you parted, the morning you met,
The love of your life you can never forget,
The reason is simple, the memory belongs,
To one of those wonderful songs!

Well, this is one of those songs that's so easy to hear,
You listen just once, then you play it by ear,
It's hummed on verandas, and strummed on guitars,
And all you remember is Lah-dee-dah-dah!

But later on you'll recall it in some other year,
You may start to smile or you may shed a tear,
You'll find that one part of your lifetime belongs
To one of those wonderful songs!


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One Piece At A Time
by Steve Ivey

Where do you go when your dreams are broken,
shattered and scattered, laying on the ground?
Where do you go when all hope seems to have vanished?
There's only one place to turn it around.
God will gather the pieces,
He can see the master design.
Just put your trust in Him,
and He'll build your life again,
one piece at a time.
Life can turn in a moment, your whole world crashing,
crumbled and defeated, you wanna run and hide.
Life can turn back around, it may be a long journey.
There's peace along the way with God at your side
God will gather the pieces,
He can see the master design.
Just put your trust in Him,
and He'll build your life again,
one piece at a time.
one piece at a time.


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One Red Rose
John Prine

Rain came down on a tin roof.
Hardly a sound was left from the birthday party.
The kitchen light fell asleep on the bedroom floor.
Me and her were talking softer,
And all the time before I lost her
A picture set on a chest of drawers.

Chorus:
One red rose in the Bible,
Pressed between the holy alphabet.
Probably wouldn't believe you if you told me,
Cause what I never knew I never can forget.

Rainy nights get dark real early.
Her dress was soft; her hair was curly.
We danced around the table to the old banjo.
Rainy nights are made for lovers.
We lay so still beneath the covers,
And I swear I ain't never felt like that before.

Chorus

Nights of laughter. Days of sorrow.
Looking backward from tomorrow,
Everything is easier to see.
Though she always let it show,
It seems I was the last to know
The reddest rose of all was her and me.

Chorus

Original lyrics by John Prine, additional third verse lyrics by Walt Hultgren.


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One Row At A Time
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Red Lane and Dottie West

C                                      F              C
The southeast Georgia red clay dust is ground into my blue jeans
                                                   G7
A heavy hundred pound cotton sack a dragging along behind
C                                    F            C
Wanting to leave this place so bad I forget how I got here
           F        C     G7           C
Working my way back home  one row at a time
     F
It's a long old cotton road between here and Waco
                                              G7
Then three days of bumming to that California line
C                                    F                   C
And two more days of picking to that house just south of Fresno
           F        C     G7           C
Working my way back home  one row at a time
                         F                     C
Mississippi delta mud is caked in layers on my brogans
                                                  G7
Sunshine on the snow white cotton nearly makes me blind
C                          F                        C
I can almost see 'em now a home-folk running out to meet me
           F        C     G7           C
Working my way back home  one row at a time
           F        C     G7           C
Working my way back home  one row at a time

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One Short Year

Well it's all over town how you been runnin' round
You stay out every night till two or three
If you leave me here to cry good lord I don't know why
You ever made those sacred vows with me

   Can't you understand my dear I thought I made it clear
   I never thought it would end in one short year

Well I try to understand why you love another man
I try to understand but I don't
We had a life all planned you took another stand
Now I beg you to come back but you won't

Just a year ago today you vowed you would stay
You're empty words still torture my mind
Our love was meant to last you put it in the past
Do you think about the love you left behind

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One Sweet Hello
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C                   G7
One sweet hello and one sad goodbye
                         F                C
Two empty arms and these lonely nights to cry
                C7             F                Fm
Together it was heaven but how quickly time did fly
     C                   G7          C
With one sweet hello and one sad goodbye
                               Dm
These precious memories linger on
G7                            C
Haunting my mind since you're gone
                      C7            F              Fm
These little things between us that really have no ties
D7                           G7
Are all we have together and all we realize
Repeat #1  Was one?
                C7             F                Fm
Together it was heaven but how quickly time did fly
     C                   G7          C
With one sweet hello and one sad goodbye

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Osborne Brothers - One Tear 

One tear won't make a heart break
One tear won't make a heart ache
If the tear I shed today is all I'll have to pay
One tear is all I've cried for you.

I thought I'd never live without the tender love we shared
But absence only showed my heart I'll never really care
I'm glad that it's all over now I'm glad that we are through
One tear is all I've cried for you.

One tear won't make a heart break
One tear won't make a heart ache
If the tear I shed today is all I'll have to pay
One tear is all I've cried for you.

--- Instrumental ---

I'll live a happy life again and have my dreams come true
My heart will bounce right back again and never think of you
Then when you'll come asking me to take you back again
One tear is all I'll cry for you.

One tear won't make a heart break
One tear won't make a heart ache
If the tear I shed today is all I'll have to pay
One tear is all I've cried for you.

--- Instrumental ---

One tear won't make a heart break
One tear won't make a heart ache
If the tear I shed today is all I'll have to pay
One tear is all I've cried for you...

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One Thousand Miles
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
Runway four flight 209 
                                F
Teardrop falls when we start to climb
C                         G7
Window seat proved a poor choice 
F                              C
It shows the dream that's been destroyed
A little baby starts to cry 
                           F
Hey I would too if not for pride
         C                  G7
I owe so much to pride it's true 
   F                        C
It brought an end to me and you
                    F
If I could I'd turn around 
                        C
Put my feet back on the ground
                              G7
All this plane ride holds for me 
F                          C
Is a thousand miles of misery
I hear the engines watch the clouds 
                                   F
The whole damn world looks distant now
            C              G7
But I can't seem to put no space 
F                                    C
Between my cold heart and your sweet face
Across the aisle they're holdin' hands 
                            F
Revealing brand new wedding bands
              C                 G7
But our sweet gold it's gone to rust  
F                         C
Now my life has turned to dust
Repeat #3
 
                              G7
All this plane ride holds for me 
F                          C
Is a thousand miles of misery

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One Toke Over The Line
Brewer & Shipley

Chorus:
One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line
Waitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line

/ C - - - F - C - / C C/B Am D9 F G C - / :

Who do you love, I hope it's me
I've been changing, as you can plainly see
I felt the joy and I learned about the pain that my mama said
If I should choose to make it part of me
Would surely strike me dead

/ C - - - F - C - / C - D9 - F - G - / C - - - F - C - /
/ C Am D9 F G7 - C - /

And now I'm
Chorus

I sail away, a country mile
And now I'm returning, and showing off my smile
I met all the girls and I loved myself a few, and to my surprise
Like everything else that I've been through
They opened up my eyes, and now I'm

Chorus


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One Too Many Mornings
The Avett Brothers

Down the street the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark.
As the night comes in a-fallin',
The dogs 'll lose their bark.
An' the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind,
For I'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind.

From the crossroads of my doorstep,
My eyes they start to fade,
As I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid.
An' I gaze back to the street,
The sidewalk and the sign,
And I'm one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good,
When ev'rything I'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good.
You're right from your side,
I'm right from mine.
We're both just one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

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One Track Mind

They say I got a one track mind and I'll admit it's true
So many women on my mind I got no time for you
There's a different sweetie every night I'm a workin' overtime
Can't concentrate on nothin' else I got a one track mind

   One track mind all the time
   Don't like you chasin' after me I'm a leavin' you behind
   Yonder lies a greener grass so don't expect me back
   They say I've got a one track mind and I'm on the right track

Well I'm not hard to satisfy but you gotta treat me right
I just want a different girl each day and three or four each night
Don't make me lose my temper I don't want to be unkind
Don't think that you can tie me down I got a one track mind

I think it's time to call an end to our little episode
I been tied down a bit too long it's time to hit the road
A rollin' stone won't rest alone that's what I always find
Don't blame me don't blame yourself blame that one track mind

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Balsam Range - One Way Out 

Chorus
Ain't but one way out babe, but I just can't go out the door
There ain't but one way out baby, but I just can't go out the door
'Cause there's a man down there, might be your man, I don't know

Verse 1
Lord, you got me trapped here, woman, on the second floor
I get out this time, I won't be stuck no more
Raise the window pane, I can ease out soft and slow
Lord, your neighbors won't be talkin' that stuff that they don't know

Verse 2
Yeah, I'm foolish to be here, in the first place
I know some man will come and take my place
There ain't no way in the world I'm goin' out that front door
'Cause there's a man down there, might be your man, I don't know


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Only A Matter Of Time

There's no use in denying the tears you've been crying
Tell me have you made up your mind?
It seems all I can do is bring trouble to you
It was only a matter of time.

   Now that you're leaving me darling
   How slowly the hours pass me by
   Thought I could love you forever
   But it was only a matter of time.

Had I known from the start I'd only break your heart
Well darling I would have set you free
But a love that is wrong can only last so long
Before it fades to memory.

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Only Girl I Ever Cared About, The

There's a town not far from here
Lived a maiden sweet and fair
And a lad that loved her better than his life
He was pleading every way
Just to have her name the day
That he might claim her for his little wife

When on the streets they meet
A question he'd repeat
She would laugh and turn her little face away
Till he saw with grief and pain
That his pleadings were in vain
In a jealous rage she softly heard him say

   You are the only girl I ever cared about
   You are the one I love and cannot live without
   Won't you brighten up my life
   Come and be my little wife
   You are the only girl I ever cared about

She never seen his face no more
Till one day he passed her door
Another girl was walking by his side
They seemed so bright and gay
As they strolled along the way
In a jealous rage she turned away and cried,

He has gone beyond recall
And I love him after all!
When she met the couple on the street next day
He called on her to wait
Introduced his cousin, Kate
Now she's happy 'cause she softly heard him say

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Only the Leading Role Will Do

I have always held a second place
In a heart that I loved so dear
Waiting oh so long just to see a trace
Or a tiny sign that you care

   They say that time will heal a broken heart
   And I prayed that you'd love me too
   But I just can't play that second part
   Only the leading role will do

You had another love before I came along
How she hurt you I just don't know
I can't fill the shoes of your other love
So for God's sake let me go

No I just can't let play that second part
Lord knows I've tried not to let it show
Either love me now take me in your heart
Or for God's sake let me go

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Only The Lonely

Chorus
Only the lonely
Only lonely
Only the lonely will know
I spent a lifetime
Searchin' for some kind
Of contentment here in my soul
Just a little sunshine
Only sometimes 
In a place to come in from the cold
Chorus
Lost and lonely
Longing for only
One ray of light 
In this dark wheel of time
Hearts that's forsakin'
Left silently breakin'
Shipwrecked and lost
On life's stormy sea
Chorus repeat 4 times
Artist: Hazel Dickens


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Only Want You More
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                     F            C
Hey girl hey girl you warned me to go
                  F            C
But girl but girl little did I know
                                             F
All the things you told me about what lay in store
      C            G7       C
Would only make me want you more
   F
No not a word had one chance to save me
          C
From your love that wicked love
        F
There's not a prayer left for me escaping
          G7
From your love yeah that wicked love
       C               F                   C
Oh hey girl hey girl I begged and hollered please
                  F            C
But girl but girl even from my knees
                                             F
All the things you told me about what lay in store
C            G7       C
Only made me want you more
   F
No pain can stop or rid me what I'm needin'
          C
From your love that wicked love
             F
Cause what I crave all night 
And end each day still seekin'
        G7
Is your love yeah that wicked love
    C               F             C
Hey girl hey girl I tried to understand
                        F              C
But girl but girl there ain't no way I can
                                                   F
Cause all the things you told me about what lay in store
      C            G7       C
Would only make me want you more
                                                  F
Yeah all the things you told me about what lay in store
          C            G7       C
Yeah they only make me want you more

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Only Way Home

I've been driftin' I've been stealin'
I've been lonesome I've been talkin'
To myself and I ain't got much to say
I'm tired of stories and I've heard them anyway

All those people slippin' by me
Got a place that they call home
I've got nothing but my longin'
And these hands to call my own

How far am I from where I began yesterday ?
How much father do I have to roam ?
I guess I'm weary of travelin'
And drinking my pay but I'm scared of the only way home

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Only Way To Say Goodbye, The

I'm so lonesome and alone since you left our happy home
Now all that's left are these tears upon my face
I've turned to drinkin' and prayin' that the lord would hear me sayin
take me away from this sad and lonely place

   I've got no plans for tomorrow
   I'm so ashamed and filled with sorrow
   I should have told you that I loved you everyday
   The only way to say goodbye is with these tears that fill my eyes
   I hear you call me as they fall upon your grave

If I could only be set free from your haunting memory
But still I find that I'm a prisoner of your love
There's nothing left for me to do but in this pain of losin' you
So I am down upon the ground I've had enough

Not knowin where to turn from here
My heart still yearns for you my dear
I can't take this awful pain I'm goin through
I'll take this gun in tremblin hand and hope the lord will understand
There's just no way that I could stay here without you

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Alison Krauss - Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman's Lady) 

Oh, listen to me, dear
Remember Christmas only comes one time a year
Say, I wanna be a gentleman's lady
You alone can bring me cheer

Oh, I've been so alone
I can't remember when you felt so all alone
Then I saw you standing walk into the room
And you took away the sorrow
And you took away the gloom

Oh, listen to me, dear
Remember Christmas only comes one time a year
Say, I wanna be a gentleman's lady
You alone can bring me cheer
You alone can bring me cheer

Hey, how about you stay?
We could spend the night together
We could rock the night away

On holiday you need some company
I show a world o' culture
Show me what you got for me

Boy, you know what you are
You got the beauties
You are a shining star
You got everything that is on my list

Will you give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up?

Oh, listen to me, dear
Remember Christmas only comes one time a year
Say, I wanna be a gentleman's lady
You alone can bring me cheer

Oh, listen to me, dear
Remember Christmas only comes one time a year
Say, I wanna be a gentleman's lady
You alone can bring me cheer

Oh, listen to me, dear
I wanna be a gentleman's lady

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Dolly Parton - Ooo-eee lyrics
(Annie McLoone)

I just came by to let you know
I'll never ever let you go, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
And if you ever, ever stray
I know that that will be the day
That I die, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
Ooo-eee, ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my love
I've been around the world a bit
But you're the best thing I've seen yet, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
And if you want to take me on
We might be at it until dawn, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
Ooo-eee, ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my love
Hey baby
You see where I've been and you know where I'm going
Oh come on boy
My heart's on my sleeve and my love is showing
And if you stay around
I'm never ever gonna let you down, oh my, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
Ooo-eee, ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my love


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Richard Thompson - Oops, I Did It Again Lyrics
(Karl Sandberg-Rami Yacoub)

Think I did it again
I made you believe we're more than just friends
Oh baby
It might seem like a crush
But it doesn't mean that I'm serious
'Cause to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh baby, baby

Oops!...I did it again
I played with your heart, got lost in the game
Oh baby, baby
Oops!...You think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent

You see my problem is this
I'm dreaming away
Wishing that heroes, they truly exist
I cry, watching the days
Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways
But to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Baby, oh

Oops!...I did it again
I played with your heart, got lost in the game
Oh baby, baby
Oops!...You think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

"All aboard"
"Britney, before you go, there's something I want you to have"
"Oh, it's beautiful, but wait a minute, isn't this...?"
"Yeah, yes it is"
"But I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean in the end"
"Well baby, I went down and got it for you"
"Oh, you shouldn't have"

Oops!...I did it again to your heart
Got lost in this game, oh baby
Oops!...You think that I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent

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The Avett Brothers - Open-Ended Life 

Pack a change of clothes
And a pillow for the road for when you drift off to sleep
Put the sketches and the notes in a box labeled "burn with furniture"
We will watch the fire burn the whole entire house we built down to ashes
From the mirror we'll admire how the flame quickly retires
We won't waste no long goodbye on the smoke or foolish lies
That finally passed us

I was taught to keep an open-ended life
And never trap myself in nothing

Let's find something new to talk about
I'm tired talkin' 'bout myself
I spent my whole life talking to convince everyone
That I was something else
And the part that kinda hurts
Is I think it finally worked
And now I'm leaving
I get the feeling things have changed
But the mystery to me
Is where and when along the way
Did anyone decide that they believed me

I was taught to keep an open-ended life
And never trap myself in nothin'
I was told to keep an open-ended life
To never trap yourself in nothing

When we settle down in another nowhere town
Let's tell our neighbors
We won't be here long
And we'll be quiet but don't go asking any favors
I can't stand the unexpected, uninvited visits from too many strangers
My trust has dwindled down
And I can leave just as abruptly as I came here.

I was taught to keep an open-ended life
And never trap myself in nothin'
I was told to keep an open-ended life
To never trap yourself in nothin'
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
And never trap myself in nothin'

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Orphan Girl

I am an orphan on God's highway
But I'll share my troubles if you go my way
I have no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl

I have had friendships pure and golden
But the ties of kinship I have not known them
I know no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl

But when He calls me I will be able
To meet my family at God's table
I'll meet my mother my father
My sister my brother
No more orphan girl

Blessed Savior make me willing
And walk beside me until I'm with them
Be my mother my father
My sister my brother
I am an orphan girl

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Osage Route
BMI Work #: 8970954
Osage Route (Larry W. Jones 06/25/2007) (song#4738)

She rolled into sight a mile up the track
Working up steam with her brake shoes slack
Her whistle moaned when at the whistle post
Stopping at the station like a lonesome ghost
Old John heard the roar on the polished steel
Of steam drivers pounding on six big wheels
The flanges made a screech on ribbons of rail
As she rolled along west on the prairie trail
- instrumental -
Old John got ready and he took a chance
He climbed aboard to do the hobo's dance
He reached up high for the end door pin
Opened up the door and Old John climbed in
Old John didn't bother with counting sheep
He just crawled on in and went fast asleep
The whistle moaned as she high balled out
With Old John headed west on the Osage Route


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Otto Wood The Bandit

Step up, buddies, and listen to my song
I'll sing it to you right, but you may sing it wrong
All about a man named Otto Wood
I can't tell you all, but I wish I could

He walked in a pawn shop a rainy day
And with the clerk he had a quarrel, they say
Pulled out his pistol and he struck him a blow
And this is the way the story goes

They spread the news as fast as they could
The sheriff served a warrant on Otto Wood
The jury said murder in the second degree
And the judge passed the sentence to the peniteniary

Otto, why didn't you run?
Otto's done dead and gone
Otto Wood, why didn't you run
When the sheriff pulled out his 44 gun?

They put him in the pen, but it done no good
It wouldn't hold the man they call Otto Wood
It wasn't very long till he slipped outside
Drawed a gun on the guard, said, "Take me for a ride"

Second time they caught him was away out west
In the holdup game, he got shot through the breast
They brought him back and when he got well
They locked him down in a dungeon cell

He was a man they could not run
He always carried a 44 gun
He loved the women and he hated the law
And he just wouldn't take nobody's jaw

He rambled out west and he rambled all around
He met the sheriff in a southern town
And the sheriff says, "Otto, step this way
'Cause I've been expecting you every day"

He pulled out his gun and then he said
"If you make a crooked move, you both fall dead
Crank up your car and take me out of town"
And a few minutes later, he was graveyard bound

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Our Baby Died Last Night
Traditional

Our baby died last night
It lived but 40 hours
And cost a hundred dollars
It was a lousy baby, anyway

It died just for to spite us
Of spinal meningitis
It was a lousy baby, anyway

So we ate it


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Our Bed Of Roses
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Keith Steagall and Zack Turner
 
G                                      C                        G    C  G
The morning we moved in this house you said let's make a bed of roses
   D7                                                       G      D7
So hand in hand we found that special place and I broke the ground
  G                               C                          G        C  G
I wiped that delta dirt from your face as you knelt there to sow them
       Am                               D7                         G  G7
Oh I'd give anything a mortal man could give if you could see them now

C                                            G     C  G
Through the kitchen windowpane I can see the roses
D7                                                                            G    G7
The ones we planted that first spring are blooming like they did when you were here
C                                                       G   Em
Someone's always left behind when the door of this life closes
Am                          D7                 G     C
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses

G                                C                           G     C G
Some days I sit for hours at the time just stirring at those roses
     D7                                                              G     D7
They seem so young and full of life but soon they'll face the winter chill
G                           C                            G      C  G
I don't know how long I can survive but one thing that I know is
     Am                         D7                   G    D7
Come spring time the roses will return but you never will

Repeat #2
 
Am                          D7                 C  G
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses



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Our Darling's Gone

God, he sent a loving angel
And he called our darling home
For he needed another flower
To bloom around the shining throne

But we know that he is happy
Since he left this world below
For he saw his home in heaven
Just before he had to go

He has left our home so lonely
Loneliness you could not know
But we ask that he watch o'er us
And give comfort to our soul

He's as rest on a lonely mountain
In a deep and narrow gave
And we thank our loving savior
For the comfort that he gave

Now we're here so sad and lonely
In this wicked world alone
Just a window and poor orphans
In our little mountain home


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Our Lady Of The Well
Jackson Browne

It is a dance we do in silence
Far below this morning sun
You in your life, me in mine
We have begun
Here we stand and without speaking
Draw the water from the well
And stare beyond the plains
To where the mountains lie so still

But it's a long way that I have come
Across the sand to find this peace among your people in the sun
Where the families work the land as they have always done
Oh it's so far the other way my country's gone

Across my home has grown the shadow
Of a cruel and senseless hand
Though in some strong hearts
The love and truth remain
And it has taken me this distance
And a woman's smile to learn
That my heart remains among them
And to them I must return

But it's a long way that I have come
Across the sand to find you here among these people in the sun
Where your children will be born
You'll watch them as they run
Oh it's so far the other way my life has gone

If you look for me, Maria
You will find me in the shade
Wide awake or in a dream
It's hard to tell--
If you come to me, Maria
I will show you what I've made
It's a picture for our lady of the well


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Our Last Goodbye

Oh the nights are lonely here without you
All I see is grief and pain
For another's love you treasure
All my hopes are now in vain

   For I love you as no other
   Though you've gone far away
   Will you ever think my darling
   Of our last goodbye today

 I often dream of you my darling
You looked so sweet and smiled at me
And though another's arms may hold you
Those two blue eyes I long to see

Now if you ever need me darling
Don't forget to drop a line
My heart will be with you my darling
Won't you think of me sometime

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Our Love Is On An Earthquake Zone
BMI Work #: 9149842
Our Love Is On An Earthquake Zone (Larry W. Jones 09/30/2007) (song#5022)

What's that sound that I hear comin'
And what's that feelin' in my soul
Something is pressing mighty strong
It's bound to take a mighty toll
Darlin', what's that look in your eyes
I see it every time we meet
I feel the earth begin to rise
And I'm unsteady on my feet
Our love is on an earthquake zone
Dear, I can tell it by your tone
And you must think that I'm so blind
Not to notice the daily grind
You've been tossin' up a tremblor
You've been dousin' every ember
Darlin', I hope it ain't too late
For you to remember our love
- instrumental -
Now there's a dark cloud a-formin'
And I can see it's lined with pain
Your love is no longer warmin'
And I just know it's gonna rain
Our love is on an earthquake zone
Dear, I can tell it by your tone
And you must think that I'm so blind
Not to notice the daily grind
You've been tossin' up a tremblor
You've been dousin' every ember
Darlin', I hope it ain't too late
For you to remember our love
Our love is on an earthquake zone
Dear, I can tell it by your tone
Our love is on an earthquake zone
Our love is on an earthquake zone
Our love is on an earthquake zone


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Our Old Love Affair
BMI Work #: 9290954
Our Old Love Affair (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2007) (song#5185)

Last night as I lay sleeping on my pillow
I saw a vision of you standing there
When I awoke the tears fell like a willow
It was a dream of our old love affair
I remember the first time that I saw you
A halo seemed to rest upon your hair
An angel of the morning's what I called you
Oh how I mourn for our old love affair
- instrumental -
Now each new day as I live through life's sorrow
Memories of you are so hard to bear
I know that before I awake tomorrow
A dream I'll have of our old love affair
I guess you will never know how I miss you
Dear, it seems that you didn't really care
But once again my darling, I will kiss you
I'll dream tonight of our old love affair
But once again my darling, I will kiss you
I'll dream tonight of our old love affair


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Our Paths May Never Cross
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Lady I know your out there somewhere
F                    C
Like me your feeling lost
F                  C              Am
Maybe right now we both need each other
        D7              G7
But our paths may never cross
C
People like us never find each other
F                    C
Love is our greatest loss
F                   C         Am
Baby I know you are out there somewhere
        D7        G7    C
But our paths may never cross
          G7
We're two people that should be together
      D7                            G7
Cause we're lonely at the very same time
   
But there's a million too many good reasons
D7                         G7
Why your love can never be mine
C
Maybe this song was written for you
F                    C
Listen don't turn it off
F                         C                     Am
I wish you could learn it and come sing it with me
        D7        G7    C
But our paths may never cross
F                         C                     Am
I wish you could learn it and come sing it with me
        D7        G7    C
But our paths may never cross

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Our Way Of Life
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Earl Montgomery and Melba Montgomery

C                             F                    C
Well I'm tired of all of this cookin' and a makin' beds
                       D7               G7
And havin' to see that all the kids are fed
      C               F              C
While you work at the office all day long
                           G7                 C
And I'm a leavin' to go to work when you come home
G7                     C                G7
Well I'd love to be at home cookin' for you
                      A7               D7
I'd feed the kids and send them off to school
      G7           C                G7 
But I need to work help you pay the rent
                        D7                G7
And before it's made we know it's already spent
C              F      G7          C             Am
But that's our way of life and we gotta keep on livin'
      C         D7                G7
If we ever have anything to speak of
           F      G7             C             Am
That's our way of life and we're gonna keep on livin'
         F                G7            C
Till our way of life gets in our way of love
                        F                 C   
Well I guess I'm a satisfied the way life is
                             D7               G7
Cause the man next door he's not too proud of his 
        C              F                 C 
When he comes home you can see the awful hurt
                     G7                C
His wife is gone but she's not gone to work
G7                          C           G7 
Yes folks next door they're really in a fix
                         A7                  D7  
And it's not the dog who knows the brand new tricks
         G7          C              G7  
So let's be proud of livin' our own way
                     D7                      G7
And you keep workin' nights and I'll work by day
Repeat #3
 
        F                      G7            C  
And the way of life never gets in the way of love

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Out In The Cold World

Out in the cold world and far away home
Some mother's boy is wandering all alone
With no one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
Some mother's boy is homeless tonight 

   Bring back to me my wandering boy
   For there is no other who's bound to give me joy
   Tell him that his mother with faded cheeks and hair
   Is at the old home awaiting him there 

Out in the hallway, there stands a vacant chair
An old pair of shoes that he used to wear
Empty is the cradle he used to love so well
Oh, how I miss him no tongue can tell 

Well I remember those parting words he said
We'll meet up yonder where tears are never shed
In that land of sunshine away from toil and care
When life is over, I'll meet you up there

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Brad Paisley - Out In The Parkin' Lot(feat. Alan Jackson) lyrics

I'm sittin' on the fender of someone else's truck
Drinkin' Old Crow Whiskey and hot 7 Up
Out in the parkin' lot
You can hear the band playin'
Right through the walls
Ain't no cover charge
Ain't no last call
Out in the parkin' lot
[Chorus]
Yeah, I love to see the neon dancin' on the gravel
And I love to hear the pickup trucks as they come unraveled
Some 've given up
Some 've given in
Looks like everybody's lookin' for a friend
Out in the parkin' lot
Whoops, there's a couple
Who could not wait to get home
They're probably in love so let's leave them alone
Out in the parkin' lot
There's a couple of cowboys
Puttin' up their dukes
But there weren't much to it after both of 'em puked
Out in the parkin' lot
[Repeat chorus]
Now the band is on the bus
And they're all loaded up to leave
But the drummer's got a girlfriend
And she's tuggin' at his sleeve
Out in the parkin' lot
[Repeat chorus]
I'm sittin' on the fender of someone else's truck
Drinkin' Old Crow Whiskey and hot 7 Up
Out in the parkin' lot


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Out Of Control
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones, Darrell Edwards, Herby Treece

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What goes wrong with the mind of a man in a bar
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Who sits and keep drinking with his thoughts strayed so far
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It's the same old sad story that has often been told
    C          G            D7             G
One drink then another till he's out of control
                  G7             C          G
He sits down at a table with his hands on a glass
                          A7               D7
For him there's no future there's only the past
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He reaches for the bottle but his hands don't take hold
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His eyes just can't focus he's out of control
        C                           G
Does he search for contentment that he might hope to find
       A7                      D7
From a honky tonk woman or the bottles of wine
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He shakes and he trembles even though he's not old
     C           G         D7             G
Like a leaf in a whirlwind he's out of control
                       G7         C              G
Yes I'm just like that fellow who sits there all alone
                       A7           D7
With no one to love me no family at home
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I'm a picture of others with a future so cold
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A life ain't worth livin' when it's out of control

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The Duhks - Out of the Rain 

It's been raining hard in Winnipeg, like where you've gone
So I am going to write a song to soothe my aching
For two whole days the rain came down and I've been thinking round
To when I was too young to see my heart was breaking

Oh baby I can't stay here in the rain another day
Though I've been trying to find a way to make it happen
Lately I've been trying to figure what it's all about
And when I know I'll work it out
But now I'm getting out of the rain

Out of the rain is where I'm headed for
Far from the pain of being tied to your back door
Oh, I know that it's not something that I can control
So I'll go, but you go on in the rain.

I've been wandering thirsty in the rain for so long now
But it ain't of the amount, but where I'm standing
In the sunshine I will see much clearer just what I can do
I'll keep it simple, free and true
I can do what I want to do

Out of the rain is where I'm headed for
Far from the pain of being tied to your back door
Take it slow, love yourself, or you can't love no one else
Oh, I know I can't go on in the rain.

Out of the rain, no hurting anymore
Into the sun to find what I've been yearning for
Take it slow, love yourself, or you can't love no one else
Oh, I know I can't go on in the rain
Oh, I know I can't go on in the rain

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Out Of The Skillet
Author: Vernon McIntyre

Well I was romantic in my younger days
I courted and I married I'm sorry to say
I married a girl who was my heart's desire
Jumped out of the skillet right into the fire
Well the army was saying that they needed more men
At the recruiting station a man said step in
I signed all the papers to become a great liar
Jumped out of the skillet right into the fire
Well they sent me right quick where the bullets did fly
Made me a rifleman on the front line
I walked for miles under barded wire
To get out of the skillet right into the fire
Well if I had my choice of this army life
Or send me back home to my nagging wife
I guess I'd stay in here until I could retire
I jumped out of the skillet right into the fire
Now when I die and they lay me down I know
I hope it's above but just in case it's below
Just write on my tombstone, this boy he ain't no liar
He's been in the skillet, he's been in the fire
Law'd he's been in the skillet, he's been in the fire


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Nickel Creek - Out Of The Woods 

I wish you out of the woods
And into a picture, with me
I wish you over the moon
Come out of the question, and be

If this is gonna
Run, round, in my head
I might as well be dreaming
Run, round, in my head

I roller coaster for you
Time out of mind
Must be heavenly
It's all enchanted and wild
It's just like my heart said
It's gonna be

If this is gonna
Run, round, in my head
I might as well be dreaming
Run, round, in my head

I wish you out of the woods
And into the picture, with me
I wish you over the moon
Come out of the question, and be

If this is gonna
Run, round, in my head
I might as well be dreaming
Run, round, in my head

If this is gonna
Run, round, in my head
I might as well be dreaming
Run, round, in my head
I might as well be dreaming

Run, round, in my head
  (Into the picture)
I might as well be dreaming
  (With me)
Run, round, in my head

  (I wish you out of the wood)
If this is gonna
Run, round, in my head
  (Into the picture)
I might as well be dreaming
  (With me)
Run, round, in my head

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Out On The Ocean

I am sailling out on the ocean
Many a mile from this old place
And I wonder little darling
If I'll ever see your face

Do you remember little darling
Just how much I cared for you
When you went away and left me
Now I'm lonesome, sad and blue

I am just an lod true lover
Roming through this world alone
And I have no one to love me
Though this life I'll always roam

Do you remember little darling
On the night we said I do
Now I'm lonesome, sad, forsaken
I am lonesome without you


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Out on the Ocean

I am sailing out on the ocean
Many miles from home on sea
And I wonder little darlin
If you ever think of me

I am just on old true lover
Roaming through this world alone
And I have no one to love me
Through this life I'll always own

I was once carefree and happy
When I won my sweetheart's hand
And now my life is empty
Since she's wed another man

Do you remember little darlin
Just how much I cared for you
And you told me that you loved me
But you proved to be untrue

I am travelling far away dear
Many miles from this old place
And I know I'll never forget you
Your sweet smiles and happy face

I can hear my mother calling
I can see my father pray
If I'd listened to my father
I would be at home today

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Out On The Sea
John Dillon / Elizabeth Anderson

Out on the sea, there is an island
Out on the sea, there is a place
Out on the sea there's a wave
With the power to save
All the sailors from the dark and the deep

We used to dance in the shadows
Under the moon's pale light
Away from home and all alone
Turning away into the night

And she would shine like a diamond
Trapped in a clear crystal ring
And the tears in my eyes
Were the stars in the sky
Fading away when she would sing

Out on the sea, there is an island
Out on the sea, there is a place
Out on the sea there's a wave
With the power to save
All the sailors from the dark and the deep


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Outbound Train At Noon Blues
BMI Work #: 8924887
Outbound Train At Noon Blues
(Larry W. Jones 06/02/2007) (song#4697)

When I woke up this morning
Skies were cloudy, it was raining too
When I woke up this morning
Skies were cloudy, it was raining too
My good gal, she done told me
She's leaving on the outbound train at noon
I asked my good gal why she was leaving
Why she was leaving so soon
I asked my good gal why she was leaving
Why she was leaving so soon
My good gal, well she told me
She was tired of grieving and wearing her worn out shoes
When I woke up this morning
My good gal was on a short fuse
When I woke up this morning
My good gal was on a short fuse
Now I've got to tell you fellas
I've got the outbound train at noon blues
- instrumental -
My good gal, well she told me
She was tired of grieving and wearing her worn out shoes
I tried to reason with my baby
But anything I said was no use
I tried to reason with my baby
But anything I said was no use
My good gal, she done told me
She's leaving on the outbound train at noon
When I said goodbye this morning
My good gal was on a short fuse
When I said goodbye this morning
My good gal was on a short fuse
Now I've got to tell you fellas
I've got the outbound train at noon blues


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Richard Thompson - Outside Of The Inside 

God never listened to Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker lived in vain
Blasphemer, womanizer
Let a needle numb his brain
Wash away his monkey music
Damn his demons, damn his pain

And what's the point of Albert Einstein
What do we need Physics for?
Heresy's his inspiration
Corrupt and rotten to the core
Curse his devious mathematics
Curse his deadly atom war

There's a message on the wind
Calling me to glory somewhere
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Like perfume in the air
And when I get to Heaven
I won't realize that I'm there

Shakespeare, Isaac Newton
Small ideas for little boys
Adding to the senseless chatter
Adding to the background noise
Hard to hear my oratory
Hard to hear my inner voice

Van Gogh, Botticelli
Scraping paint onto a board
Color is the fuel of madness
That's no way to praise the Lord
Gray's the color of the pious
Knelt upon the misery cord

There's a message on the wind
Calling me to glory somewhere
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Like perfume in the air
And when I get to Heaven
I won't realize that I'm there

I'm familiar with the cover
I don't need to read the book
I police the world of action
Inside's where I can never look
Got no time to help the worthless
Lotus-eaters, Mandarins, crooks

There's a message on the wind
Calling me to glory somewhere
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Like perfume in the air
And when I get to Heaven
I won't realize that I'm there

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Brad Paisley - Outstanding In Our Field (feat. Dierks Bentley And Roger Miller With Hunter Hayes) lyrics

Christina waits on tables
And Clara bills cafe
Now she's waitin' on a bench for Johnny
At the end of another hard day
Hey, hey, he just got paid
For washing all them cars
They ain't goin' to the movies
And they ain't goin' to a bar
They gonna pick up the keg
I'm gonna pick up the ice
We're gonna show you how the experts
Kill us a Friday night
We drive out in the country
To set something on fire
Is that an ice cold beer on a tractor tire
Underachievers look different than the rest
'Til we're burnin' up the moonlight
Chillin' on a hot night
That's what we do best
We ain't nothin' special
We ain't no big deal
But if you wanna throw a party in the middle of nowhere
We're outstanding in our field
Well everyone except for David
Was passed out in the grass
Somebody grab me a sharpie
He's about to grow a mustache
Sam's already dancing
Turn up the radio
Kenny's always got some moonshine
If the keg starts running low
We're all pyromaniacs
This place about to blow
We drive out in the country
To set something on fire
Is that a jar with that corn liquor on a tractor tire
Underachievers no different than the rest
'Til we're burnin' up the moonlight
Chillin' on a hot night
That's what we do best
Yea we ain't nothin' special
We ain't no big deal
But if you wanna throw a party in the middle of nowhere
We're outstanding in our field
We can take a hundred acre big old empty pasture
Life is so fun
And turn into the hottest weekend nightclub spot from here
To Sunset Boulevard
That's just who we are
No we ain't nothin' special
We ain't no big deal
But if you wanna throw a party in the middle of nowhere
We're outstanding in our field


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Over And Out
BMI Work #: 9149844
Over And Out (Larry W. Jones 10/01/2007) (song#5024)

(Over and out in the cold again)
That love song was sung so sweetly
The one that became our refrain
Now it's all over completely
Over and out in the cold again
I thought love would always be here
Out of stormy weather and rain
Now love is over, far from near
Over and out in the cold again
Dear, it hurts my heart to be no part of love that's new
And I can't convert my heart away from loving you
I needed your love around me
Just to keep me out of the rain
Now it's over dear, you've found me
Over and out in the cold again
- instrumental -
(Dear, it hurts my heart to be no part of love that's new)
(And I can't convert my heart away from loving you)
I needed your love around me
Just to keep me out of the rain
Now it's over dear, you've found me
Over and out in the cold again
Over and out
Over and out
Over and out in the cold again


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Over In The Glory Land

I've a home prepared where the saints abide
Over in the glory land
And I long to be by my Savior's side
Just over in the glory land

   Just over ( over ) in the glory land
   I'll join ( yes join ) the happy angel band
   Just over in the glory land
   Just over ( over ) in the glory land
   There with ( yes with ) the mighty host I'll stand
   Just over in the glory land

I am on my way to those mansions fair
Just over in the glory land
There to sing God's praises and his glory share
Just over in the glory land

What a joyful thought that my Lord I'll see
Just over in the glory land
And with kindred saved there forever be
Just over in the glory land

With the blood washed throng I will shout and sing
Just over in the glory land
Glad hosannas to Christ
the Lord and King
Just over in the glory land

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Over In The Gloryland

I've a home prepared where the saints abide
Over in the glory land
I long to be by my Saviors side
Over in the glory land

   Just over in the glory land
   I'll join (yes join) the happy angels band
   Over in the glory land
   Just over in the glory land
   There with (yes with) the mighty host I'll stand
   Over in the glory land

I'm on my way to those mansions fair
Over in the glory land
There to sing Gods praise and his glory share
Over in the glory land

What a joyful thought that my Lord Ill see
Over in the glory land
And the kindred say there forever I'll be
Over in the glory land

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Over Something Good
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jodie Emerson

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Your eyes could light the world tonight that's just how much they glow
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Your face could give your heart away everyone would know
                                    F
But you have fell in love with me I never thought you would
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But don't you let yourself feel bad over something good

                                 F
Let's be proud to show the world just what we've got into
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Don't hang your head when you walk by honey let it show on you
                                  F
So hold me close and don't let go darling even if you should# 
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And don't you let yourself feel bad over something good

F                     C
Over something good I know you're feeling bad
F                   C                   G7
But think about the lovely nights we've had
C                               F
The things would be much better darling if you only could
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Keep yourself from feeling bad over something good

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Oh things would be much better darling if you only could
G7                                            C
Keep yourself from feeling bad over something good

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Over The Garden Wall

My love stood under a walnut tree
Over the garden wall
She whispered and said she'd be true to me
Over the garden wall
She had beautiful eyes and beautiful hair
She wasn't very tall so she stood on a chair
Many is the time I kissed her there
Over the garden wall

Over the garden wall
The sweetest girl of all
There never was yet such eyes of jet
And you can bet I'll never forget
The night our lips in kisses met
Over the garden wall

There's always a will there's always a way
Over the garden wall
There's always a night as well as a day
Over the garden wall
We hadn't much money, but weddings were cheap
So while the old feller was snoring asleep
With her lad and her ladder she managed to creep
Over the garden wall

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Over the Sunset Hill

Over the sunset hill you have gone
You've fought life's battles and victory won
You've toiled an suffered through lonely years
You've shared our sorrow, our joys and tears

    Over the sunset hill you have gone
    Leavin fond memories to linger on
    Our lovin master called your name
    The chariots swung low and the angels came

You've carried your cross and won your crown
You've bore life's burden without a frown
You've laughed and smiled though feeble and weak
You've asked one and all the savior to seek

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Over Yonder in the Graveyard

Over yonder in the graveyard
Where the wild wild flowers grow
Oh there they laid my own true lover
She's gone from me forever more

Fairer than the sweetest flowers
Restless as a wildest wind
Born with love deep as the ocean
This is the girl that I did win

I left her there back in the mountains
To see the world riches to gain
When I returned no earthly treasure
Could ease this heart so full of pain

There so high upon that mountain
Beneath that little mound of clay
Oh the girl that I'd returned to marry
So still among the flowers did lay

I'll go away and I will wander
Lay aside my earthly gains
And I'll not end as a man with riches
Undone in sorry I'll remain

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Crooked Still 
Oxford Town/Cumberland Gap

Oxford town oxford town everybody's got their heads bowed down
Sun don't shine above the ground ain't a goin down to oxford town

He went down to oxford town guns and clubs followed him down
All because his face was brown better get away from oxford town

Oxford town around the bend he come to the door but he couldn't get in
All because of the color of his skin what do you think about that my friend

Me and my gal and my gals son, we got hit by a tear gas bomb
I don't even know why we come I'm a going back to where I'm from

Oxford town in the afternoon everybody singing a sorrowful tune
Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon somebody better investigate soon

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Brad Paisley - P.s. This Is Austin lyrics

She left without leaving a number
Said she needed to clear her mind
He figured shed gone back to Austin
Cause she talked about it all the time
It was almost a year before shed called him up
3 rings and an answering machine is What she got
If you're calling about the car, I sold it
If this is Tuesday night I'm bowling
If you got something to sell you're wasting your time
I'm not buying
If its anybody else wait for the tone you know what to do and
P.S. if this is Austin I still love you. . .
The telephone fell to the counter she heard
But she couldn't believe what kind of man would
Hang on that long what kind of love that must be
She waited 3 days and then she tried again
She didn't know what shed say but she heard 3 rings and then . . .
If its Friday night I'm at the ball game
And First thing Saturday if it don't rain
I'm headed out to the lake and ill Be gone
All weekend long but ill call you back when i get home on
Sunday afternoon and ps. if this is Austin i still love you
Well this time she left her number but not another word
And then she waited by the phone on sunday evening
And this is what he heard
If you're calling about my heart its still yours
I should have listened to it a little more
And it wouldn't have taken me so long to know where i belong
And by the way boy this is no machine you're are talking to
Can't ya tell this is Austin and I still love you.


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Railroad Earth - Pack a Day 
Instrumental

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Pack Up Your Sorrows
R. Farina / P. Marden

No use crying, talkin to a stranger
Naming the sorrow you've seen
Too many sad times, too many bad times
Nobody knows what you mean

But if somehow you could pack up your sorrows
And give them all to me
You would loose them, I know how to use them
Give them all to me

No use rambling, walking in the shadows
Trailing a wandering star
No one beside you, no one to hide you
And nobody knows who you are

No use gambling, running in the darkness
Looking for a spirit that's free
Too many long times, too many wrong times
And nobody knows what you see

No use roaming, lying by the roadside
Seeking a satisfied mind
Too many highways, too many byways
And nobody's walking behind


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Paddy West
Traditional

As I was walkin' down London Street,
I come to Paddy West's house,
He gave me a dish of American hash;
He called it Liverpool scouse,
He said "There's a ship and she's wantin' hands,
And on her you must sign,
The mate's a bastard, the captain's worse,
But she will suit you fine."

Chorus:
Take off yer dungaree jacket,
And give yerself a rest,
And we'll think on them cold nor'westers
That we had at Paddy West's.

2. When we had finished our dinner,
Boys, the wind began to blow.
Paddy sent me to the attic,
The main-royal for to stow,
But when I got to the attic,
No main-royal could I find,
So I turned myself 'round to the window,
And I furled the window blind.
Chorus:

3. Now Paddy he pipes all hands on deck,
Their stations for to man.
His wife she stood in the doorway,
A bucket in her hand;
And Paddy he cries, "Now let 'er rip!"
And she throws the water our way,
Cryin' "Clew in the fore t'gan'sl, boys,
She's takin on the spray!"
Chorus:

4. Now seein' she's bound for the south'ard,
To Frisco she was bound;
Paddy he takes a length of rope,
And he lays it on the ground,
We all steps over, and back again,
And he says to me "That's fine,
And if ever they ask were you ever at sea
You can say you crossed the line."
Chorus:
5. To every two men that graduates,
I'll give one outfit free,
For two good men on watch at once,
Ye never need to see,
Oilskins, me boys, ye'll never want,
Carpet slippers made of felt,
I'll dish out to the pair o' you,
And a rope yarn for a belt.
Chorus:

6. Paddy says "Now pay attention,
These lessons you will learn.
The starboard is where the ship she points,
The right is called the stern,
So look ye aft, to yer starboard port
And you will find northwest."
And that's the way they teach you
At the school of Paddy West.
Chorus:

7. There's just one thing for you to do
Before you sail away,
Just step around the table,
Where the bullock's horn do lay
And if ever they ask "Were you ever at sea?"
you can say "Ten times 'round the Horn"
And Be Jesus but you're and old sailor man
From the day that you were born.

Chorus:
Put on yer dungaree jacket,
And walk out lookin' yer best,
And tell 'em that you're an old sailor man
That's come from Paddy West's.


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Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Traditional

From Derry quay we sailed away on the 23rd of May
We were taken on board by a pleasant crew, bound for Amerikay
Fresh water then we did take on, five thousand gallons or more,
In case we'd run short going to New York
Far away from the shamrock shore.

So fare thee well sweet Liza dear, and likewise unto Derry town.
And twice farewell to my comrade boys,
Who dwell on that sainted ground.
If fame or fortune should favor me, and I to have money in store
I'll come back and I'll wed the wee lassie I left
On Paddy's green shamrock shore.

At twelve o'clock we came in sight of famous Malin head.
And Inishtrahull far to the right stood out on the ocean's bend.
A grander sight ne'er met my eyes than e'er I saw before,
As the sun going down twixt sea and sky
Far away from the shamrock shore.

We sailed three days, we were all seasick, not a man on board was free.
We were all confined unto our bunks, and no one to pity poor me.
No father kind, nor mother dear, to lift up my head which was sore,
Which made me think more on the lassie I left
On Paddy's green shamrock shore.

We safely reached the other side, in 15 and 20 days.
We were taken as passengers by a man,
And led round in six different ways.
Then each of us drank a parting glass, in case we'd meet no more
And we drank a health to auld Ireland,
And Paddy's green shamrock shore.


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Pain In My Heart

When I first I met you, right from the start
You knew that I loved you, from the pain in my heart
So look in my eyes and see that it's true
And say that you love me, please don't make me blue

   With a pain in my heart and blues on my mind
   I'll always love you but can you be mine
   Can you be mine with another man's name
   You know that I love you and I'm not to blame

Say that you love me and you will be mine
With a pain in your heart and blues on your mind
Please say that you love me and don't say goodbye
You know that I love you, for you I would die

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Alison Krauss - Pain of a Troubled Life

And I've lived a dozen lifetimes in twenty-some-odd years
Got no use for trouble, got no use for tears
Can't you see it's killing me, I'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

I've had my share of sorrow, more than you could know
Save your lies and alibis, I've heard that tune before
Can't you see it's killing me, I'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

You're out all night, asleep all day, so pack it up and leave
I've got no use for trouble, trouble's using me
Don't you see my love won't be forever deaf and blind
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

I've had my share of sorrow, more than you could know
Save your lies and alibis, I've heard that tune before
Can't you see it's killing me, I'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

I've had my share of sorrow, more than you could know
Save your lies and alibis, I've heard that tune before
Can't you see it's killing me, I'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

Can't you see that love can't be forever deaf and blind?


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Alison Krauss - Pain Of A Troubled Life Lyrics
So Long So Wrong
Pain Of A Troubled Life
(ron block/moonlight canyon publishing, adm. by bug music, bmi)

I've lived a dozen lifetimes in twenty-some-odd years
Got no use for trouble, got no use for tears
Can't you see it's killing me, i'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

Chorus:
I've had my share of sorrow, more than you could know
Save your lies and alibis, i've heard that tune before
Can't you see it's killing me, i'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

You're out all night, asleep all day, so pack it up and leave
I've got no use for trouble, trouble's using me
Don't you see my love won't be forever deaf and blind
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

Chorus

Chorus

Can't you see that love can't be forever deaf and blind?

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The Incredible String Band - Painted Chariot 

It's only a painted chariot
But it took you so far into the rain
And the coachman slapped his fist
On the chariot in the mist
He said, "Look here, Sonny
Can't you see it's as real as pain"

See this fine chariot, won't you ride it
I'm the coachman now, won't you trust me to guide it?
And it's only a painted chariot, only a painted chariot
Only a painted chariot, only a painted chariot
Only a painted chariot, only a painted chariot
Only a painted chariot

Then you got high, deep sigh
Wonder why, much more, where's the door?
Hear the old prayers, find the wise players
Hear the old prayers, find the wise players
Hear the old prayers, find the wise players

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Richard Thompson - Painted Ladies 

It's a grey, grey morning, the rain it do fall
I'm feeling hungry and low
My bed's so empty, I wish I could call
On the painted ladies I know

When you've got no credit, don't hold no sway
With the painted ladies I know
It's a, thank you for calling, we'll see you someday
The painted ladies I know

Leave at home what you value enough
And laugh your senses away
When you want to love everyone, how can you love?
The painted ladies all say

Us film stars and beauties will please you tonight
If you go to bed with a book
But they can't hold a candle to something that trembles
If you need to do more than look

They come from rich fathers and twinkle their eyes
And you're begging them, please, not to go
And you're starved for some loving, they can make you feel special
The painted ladies I know

If you're seeking fortune, if you're seeking fame
And you're looking yourself in the eye
And God help the children, playing their game
The end of the game is goodbye

They pass through your vision like thoughts in a dream
Your good times are slipping away
It's time to move on or go down with the ship
The painted ladies all say

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Painted Lips

I walked into a tavern just lookin' for some fun
With lights so dim room filled with somke her story had just begun
I listened while she told them about her life and fame
We once knew love I broke all vows her lonely heart still aches

No one will know the sleepless nights the bitter tears she sheds
Or know how many prayers for me those painted lips have said
She's dancing with a stranger and smiling all the while
Although her heart is breaking her painted lips still smile

No one will know the truth dear how I have schemed and lied
Or know the loneliness and pain that painted lips can hide
She's dancing with a stranger she'll smile and drink his wine
Hidden behind those painted lips a broken heart you'll find

So when you see a woman with painted lips so bright
Don't be to quick to judge her a lady of the night
Her smiles too often cover the sudden tears that start
Behind her painted lips you'll find a woman's broken heart

A woman's broken heart, a woman's broken heart, a woman's broken heart


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Painting A Small Town Blue
BMI Work #: 9166047
Painting A Small Town Blue (Larry W. Jones 10/07/2007) (song#5044)

Well, I used to drive the fast lane
Now I just drive on blacktop roads
I know it don't feel quite the same
But I'm rid of those heavy loads
Now I listen to the bluebirds
As they go winging freely by
But once in awhile it occurs
That I recall another time
And that's when I get so restless
And that's when I drive back downtown
Cruise the same old drag down Broadway
End up at the same turn-a-round
I know it all sounds a bit strange
It's so sad but it's all too true
I'm still dreaming of the fast lane
While I'm painting a small town blue
I still drive down by the river
And take out my old fishing pole
But peace of mind I find never
Coming from that old fishing hole
And I still walk along the stream
A mile or two around the bend
Guess I'm still looking for that dream
Somewhere down at the rainbow's end
- instrumental -
And that's when I get so restless
And that's when I drive back downtown
Tune the radio to country 
End up with the same cryin' sound
I know it all sounds a bit strange
It's so sad but it's all too true
I'm still dreaming of the fast lane
While I'm painting a small town blue
I know it all sounds a bit strange
It's so sad but it's all too true
I'm still dreaming of the fast lane
While I'm painting a small town blue


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The Incredible String Band - Painting Box 

When the morning of your eyes comes waking through my shadows
Leaving just a trace of twilight sleep
I whisper to the baby raindrops playing on my window
And tell them gently this is not the time that they should weep

For somewhere in my mind there is a painting box
I have every color there, it's true
Just lately when I look inside my painting box
I seem to pick the colors of you

My Friday evening's footsteps plodding dully through this black town
Are far away now from the world that I'm in
My eyes are listening to some sounds that I think just might be springtime
With daffodils between my toes I'm laughing at their whim

And somewhere in my mind there is a painting box
I have every color there, it's true
Just lately when I look inside my painting box
I seem to pick the colors of you

Oh, somewhere in my mind there is a painting box
I have every color there, it's true
Just lately when I look inside my painting box
I seem to pick the colors of you

The purple sail above me catches all the strength of summer
Fishes stop and ask me where I am bound
I smile and shake my head and say my little ship is sinking
But I kind of like the sea that I'm on and I don't mind if I do drown

And somewhere in my mind there is a painting box
I have every color there, it's true
Just lately when I look inside my painting box
I seem to pick the colors of you

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The Incredible String Band - Painting Box - 2010 Remastered Version 

When the morning of your eyes comes waking through my shadows
Leaving just a trace of twilight sleep,
I whisper to the baby raindrops playing on my window,
And tell them gently this is not the time that they should weep.

For somewhere in my mind there is a painting box,
I have every color there it's true.
Just lately when I look inside my painting box,
I seem to pick the colors of you.

My Friday evening's foot-steps plodding dully through this black town,
Are far away now from the world that I'm in.
My eyes are listening to some sounds that I think just might be springtime,
With daffodils between my toes I'm laughing at their whim,

And somewhere in my mind there is a painting box,
I have every color there it's true,
Just lately when I look inside my painting box,
I seem to pick the colors of you.

Oh somewhere in my mind there is a painting box,
I have every color there it's true.
Just lately when I look inside my painting box,
I seem to pick the colors of you.

The purple sail above me catches all the strength of summer.
Fishes stop and ask me where I am bound.
I smile and shake my head and say my little ship is sinking,
But I kind of like the sea that I'm on, and I don't mind if I do drown.

For somewhere in my mind there is a painting box,
I have every color there it's true.
Just lately when I look inside my painting box,
I seem to pick the colors of you.

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Painting Gray Clouds With A Silver Line
BMI Work #: 9166053
Painting Gray Clouds With A Silver Line (Larry W. Jones 10/08/2007) (song#5050)

When I make believe I'm happy
I sure wish things turned out that way
But I'm only fooling this heart of mine
I'm painting gray clouds with a silver line
When I try to suppress a tear
The cry behind it I still hear
I know it's just a lie that I design
I'm painting gray clouds with a silver line
I'm just painting the sky all blue
Trying to hide my grief
I'm just painting a dream untrue
Just trying to believe
- instrumental -
When I try to suppress a tear
The cry behind it I still hear
I know it's just a lie that I design
I'm painting gray clouds with a silver line
I'm just painting the sky all blue
Trying to hide my grief
I'm just painting a dream untrue
Just trying to believe
But all my things are looking good
Just like I pictured they all would
I'll just keep pretending all of the time
I'm painting gray clouds with a silver line


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Pale Moon
BMI Work #: 9203298
Pale Moon (Larry W. Jones 10/24/2007) (song #5102)
You're an angel in disguise
I fell for your lies
I never would have known
That you'd fly like the breeze
But my world turned to black
When the stars turned their back
And now I'm back on the ground
Crawling on my knees
Now there's a pale moon
Shining a veil down on me
There's a pale sunrise
As far as eternity
I begged the stars to turn back
End this world of black
And brighten up the pale moon
Shining down on me
Dear, I thought you shared my dreams
Bought you everything
And you taught my now broken heart
That it could sing
I spent my nights and days
Thinking of all the ways
In which I could make you all mine
For all of time
- instrumental -
I spent my nights and days
Thinking of all the ways
In which I could make you all mine
For all of time
Now there's a pale moon
Shining a veil down on me
There's a pale sunrise
As far as eternity
I begged the stars to turn back
End this world of black
And brighten up the pale moon
Shining down on me
Now there's a pale moon
A sad and veiled moon
Now there's a pale moon
Shining down on me


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Pallet On Your Floor

Make me a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet on your floor
When I reach Atlanta and have no place to go
Make me a pallet on your floor

These blues are everywhere I see
Weary blues are everywhere I see
Blues all around me, everywhere I see
Nobody's had these blues like me

* Refrain

Come all you good-time friends of mine
Come all you good-time friends of mine
When I had a dollar you treated me just fine
Where'd you go when I only had a dime

* Refrain

I'd be more than satisfied
If I could catch a train and ride
When I reach Atranta and have no place to go
Won't you make me a pallet on your floor

* Refrain


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Panama Red

Panama Red, Panama Red
He'll steal your woman then he'll rob your head
Panama Red, Panama Red
On his wild horse Mescalito He come breezing though town
I bet your woman's up in bed with ol'Panama Red

The judge don't know when red' in town
He keeps well hidden underground
But everybody's acting lazy
Falling out and hanging round
Well, my woman said, he Pedro
You acting crazy like a clown
nobody feels like working
Panama Red in back in town

* Refrain

Everybody's looking out for him
Cause they know Red satisfies
Little girls love to listen to him
Sing and tell sweet lies
If ever things get too confusing, honey
We're better off in bed
And I'll be searching all the joints in town for Panama Red

* Refrain


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Pancho and Lefty
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
Written by Townes Van Zandt
C
Living on the road my friend
G7
Was gonna keep us free and clean
F
But now you wear your skin like iron
C                                G7
And your breath's as hard as kerosene

F
You weren't your mama's only boy
C                       F
But her favorite one it seems
Am                        F         G7
She began to cry when you said good bye
F                  Am
And sank into your dreams

C
Pancho was a bandit boy
G7
Rode a horse fast as polished steel
F
He wore his guns outside his pants
C                           G7
For all the honest world to feel

F
Pancho met his match you know
C                      F
On the deserts down in Mexico
Am           F         G7
Nobody heard his dying words
F                     Am
But that's the way it goes

F
And all the federales say
C                           F
They could have had him any day
Am                F    G7
They only let him slip away
       F             Am
Out of kindness I suppose

C
Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
G7
All night long like he used to
F
The dust that Pancho bit down South
C                      G7
It ended up in Lefty's mouth

F
The day they laid poor Pancho low
C               F
Lefty split for Ohio
Am               F        G7
Where he got the bread to go
     F                  Am
Well there ain't nobody knows

F
And all the federales say
C                           F
They could have had him any day
Am                F    G7
They only let him slip away
       F             Am
Out of kindness I suppose

C
The poets tell how Pancho fell
G7
Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
F
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
C                           G7
And so the story ends we're told

F
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
C                        F
But save a few for Lefty too
Am               F         G7
He only did what he had to do
F                    Am
And now he's growing old

F
And all the federales say
C                           F
They could have had him any day
Am                F     G7
They only let him go so long
       F             Am
Out of kindness I suppose

F
A few gray federales say
C                           F
They could have had him any day
Am                F     G7
They only let him go so long
       F             Am
Out of kindness I suppose

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Pancho And Lefty
Townes Van Zandt

Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boys
His horse was fast as polished steel
Wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
That's the way it goes

All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him hang around
Out of kindness I suppose

Lefty he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows

All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose

The poets tell how Pancho fell
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
So the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true,
But save a few for Lefty too
He just did what he had to do
Now he's growing old

A few gray federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness I suppose


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Pants Is Overrated 

[Verse 1]
Oh, the nighttime air was fairly breezin'
Well, it was cold, but not quite freezin'
So I looked around to find my trousers
And this voice inside my head grew louder

[Chorus]
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

[Verse 2]
I'da never made it out that window (Out the window)
If I'da even put just one l?g in though
Well, as it was the circumstance
I gladly lost my favorit? pants

[Chorus]
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
My people from across the pond
They hail from Scotland and beyond (Hey, yeah, yeah, hey)
Where sheep make wool for socks and shirts
And grown men run around in skirts

[Chorus]
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

[Bridge]
See the little sheepies big and fat
Standing on the hillside, standing in the meadow
See the little sheepies big and fat
They're makin' me a sweater, they're makin' me a hat

[Verse 4]
Lord Jesus knew just what to wear (Oh, yes, He did, yes, He did)
Oh, to live a life in desert air (Ooh)
He walked the earth in poor man's shoes
And sang this ninth Beatitude

[Chorus]
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

[Verse 5]
Now as I sit here in my jeans
Well, I think about what this all means
And children come into this world
Without a stitch on, boy or girl

[Chorus]
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes


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Paper Airplane
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I've put it all behind me
Nothin' left to do or doubt
Some may say

But every silver linin'
Always seems to have a cloud
That comes my way

Anticipated pleasure
Or unexpected pain
No choice I feel

Love is hard to measure
Hidden in the rain
That's why you'll find me

Here all alone and still wonderin' why
Waitin' inside for the cold to get colder
And here where it's clear that I've wasted my time
Hopin' to fly 'cause it's almost over now

People come together
People go their own way
Love conquers few

And I'll do whatever
I'll say what I need to say
Just not for you

How many days should I smile with a frown
'Cause you're not around with the sun on your shoulders?
And how many nights must I wake up alone
And know in my soul that it's almost over now?

Love is like a paper airplane
Flyin' in the folded dent
Ridin' high, dippin' low
But innocence is fair game
I'm hopin' I can hold it in
Our love will die, I know

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Paradise

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

   And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
   Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
   Well I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
   Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waiting
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

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Dolly Parton - Paradise Road lyrics

I grew up dirty and I grew up poor
The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door
Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare
And I had the gift of imagination
I could change my situation
Anytime I choose I could always go
Down Paradise Road
I found a kingdom deep within
A place dream and to pretend
And to prepare for the world out there
A dream can dress you when you're ragged
Fill you up when hunger's naggin'
I warmed my soul when life was cold
On Paradise Road
Chorus:
Paradise is a state of mind
The sun shines warm and all the time
And the rain don't flow and the wind don't blow
On Paradise Road
A place no one can take from me
A place of everlasting peace
Where dreamers go; It's never closed
Paradise Road
Paradise is a state of mind
Down the road of life and time
And the friends we meet
Make the travlin' sweet
On Paradise Road
Sometimes now when the world is mad
I find that place I've always had
Inside my soul; It's paved in gold
Paradise Road
I grew up dirty and I grew up poor
The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door
Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare
But I had the gift of imagination
I could change my situation
Anytime I choose I could always go
Down Paradise Road


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The Avett Brothers - Paranoia in B Major 

I keep tellin' myself that it'll be fine
You can't make everybody happy all of the time
I find myself in a place that I never been
A place that I thought that I could never be
There's people looking back at me

I keep having this dream; I'm at a party
There's people throwing drinks and screaming telling me that I don't belong
Lately life's been the same I find this comfortable place
With all my friends then my friends start telling me that I've always been wrong
And I'm so tired of being wrong

There was a time I could move there was a time I could breathe
The crowded spaces filled with angry faces
It didn't once cross my mind
With paranoia on my heels; Will you love me still
when we awake and see that the sanity has gone from my eyes?

I got secrets from you, you got secrets from me
Because you're so worried about what I'm gonna to think,
Well I'm worried too
But if love is a game, girl, then you're gonna win
I'll spend the rest of my life bringing victory in
If you want me to

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The Avett Brothers - Paranoia In B Major (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum/2009) 

I keep tellin' myself that it'll be fine
You can't make everybody happy all of the time
I find myself in a place that I never been
A place that I thought that I could never be
There's people looking back at me

I keep having this dream; I'm at a party
There's people throwing drinks and screaming telling me that I don't belong
Lately life's been the same I find this comfortable place
With all my friends then my friends start telling me that I've always been wrong
And I'm so tired of being wrong

There was a time I could move there was a time I could breathe
The crowded spaces filled with angry faces
It didn't once cross my mind
With paranoia on my heels; Will you love me still
when we awake and see that the sanity has gone from my eyes?

I got secrets from you, you got secrets from me
Because you're so worried about what I'm gonna to think,
Well I'm worried too
But if love is a game, girl, then you're gonna win
I'll spend the rest of my life bringing victory in
If you want me too

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Pardon Me

   PARDON ME BUT I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE LOVE
   THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR SO LONG
   PARDON ME COULD WE WALK IN THE MOONLIGHT
   JUST TO SIT THERE AND FIND RIGHT OR WRONG

WELL I'VE MET A LOT OF BOYS IN MY LIFETIME
BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A ROMANCE WITH NONE
I'M JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE REAL SPECIAL
PARDON ME BUT I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE

PARDON ME BUT SOME NICE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
FROM THE MOMENT YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR
IT JUST SEEMS THAT MY DREAMS HAVE ALL COME TRUE DEAR
AND I'VE NEVER HAD THIS FEELING BEFORE

I BELIEVE I COULD SEARCH THIS WORLD OVER
AND NEVER FIND ONE SWEETER THAN YOU
I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'RE READY AND WILLING
JUST TO MAKE MY EVERY DREAM COME TRUE

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The Avett Brothers - Paronia In B flat Major Lyrics
The Avett Brothers
Emotionalism
Paronia In B flat Major

I keep tellin' myself that it'll be fine 
You can't make everybody happy all of the time 
I find myself in a place that I never been 
A place that I thought that I could never be 
There's people looking back at me 

I keep having this dream; I'm at a party 
There's people throwing drinks and screaming telling me that I don't belong 
Lately life's been the same I find this comfortable place 
With all my friends then my friends start telling me that I've always been wrong 
And I'm so tired of being wrong 

There was a time I could move there was a time I could breathe 
The crowded spaces filled with angry faces 
It didn't once cross my mind 
With paranoia on my heels; Will you love me still 
when we awake and see that the sanity has gone from my eyes? 

I got secrets from you, you got secrets from me 
Because you're so worried about what I'm gonna to think, 
Well I'm worried too 
But if love is a game, girl, then you're gonna win 
I'll spend the rest of my life bringing victory in 
If you want me to

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Part 1 (Lord Only Knows) [Live]

Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down
I didn't like the odds that I would last that long
They turned their back and I was gone, gone, gone

Just turned 18 and I'm looking at some real hard time
But I see it fadin' in my rear view mirror
Now its just me and these white lines

Lord only knows where I'm going
Can't remember the places I've been
Or tell me if I'll ever make it home again

Apart from these troubles a mother's all I leave behind
Says I remind her of my father but hell if I know
He left town when I was three years old

Oh, she did the best she could
I can't help but feel I'm doing her wrong
She'll be much better off now that I'm gone
I don't much feel like hanging around

I can't believe how bright the stars are shining
But then I can't recall the last time I looked into the sky
And it seems to me if I make it 'cross the county line
Maybe my life will turn out fine

Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down

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The Avett Brothers - Part From Me 

I was scared but I couldn't admit it
Hatred planted out of fear
If I had, If I had no choice but to hit it
The road, it calls on me my dear

I was lost as lost can be
Being praised for being found
But all that praise got lost on me
As a mood swing was headed down

Part from me
I would not dare take someone in love with me
Where I'm going
Apart you'll see
How true it is and how back then
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it

Your touch was nothing more
Than a child's goodbye and hello
But it always left me feeling
Worse when it was time to go

Part from me
I would not dare take someone in love with me
Where I'm going
Apart you'll see
How true it is and how back then
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it

And most of us out there got fooled
Cause the gold it glittered in the night
And we chased it fast like drunk buffoons
The banker lived the artist died

And all our clothes were washed in gray
All our buildings and our cars
As the fluorescent light of day
Bleached the sky into the stars

Part from me
I would not dare take someone in love with me
Where I'm going
Apart you'll see
How true it is and how back then
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it

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Alison Krauss - Part of Heaven

Bed of hay, Earthen floor
Strangers walk through the door
I wanted much more for you
Look at Him, can't you tell
All is fine, all is well
And the word of the angel was true
He's part of you, and he's part of me
He's part of heaven
He's part of you, and he's part of me
He's part of heaven
By my side everyday
Underfoot and in my way
Give me wisdom, I pray, O Lord
He is ours for awhile
Every tear and every smile
Till he's everyone's Child to adore


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Brad Paisley - Part Two lyrics

Hollywood never fails to make a sequel
For each and every movie that does well
Why can't love be more like that
Where the best ones get a second chance
And that way though you're gone
It wouldn't be that long ('til)
I'd see you in part two
And we'd pick up where we left off
When I lost you
And we'd fall in love again
And change the way the story ends
Yeah, we'd bring back me and you
In part two
Lookin' back we had so much to look forward to
The kind of love that deserves to be continued
And if this were only Tinseltown
By now they would have figured out
A way for you and I
To give it one more try (and)
I'd see you in part two
And we'd pick up where we left off
When I lost you
And we'd fall in love again
And change the way the story ends
Yeah, we'd bring back me and you
In part two
Yeah, we'd fall in love again
And change the way the story ends
Yeah, we'd bring back me and you
In part two


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Dolly Parton - Party lyrics

As we were dressing to go out our little girl and boy
Came in and asked if they could go this time
We told them little girls and boys don't belong at parties
And that they should be in bed asleep by nine
The babysitter came in then and we kissed the kids goodbye
And told them that we'd be home soon and told them not to cry
Then we left for the party like we'd so often done
Thinkin' only of ourselves and not our little ones
The party started out wild and it grew wilder as the night wore on
With drinking laughing teling dirty jokes nobody thinkin' of home
Then the stranger feeling came over me and it chilled me to the bones
And I told my wife that we'd better leave the party
Cause I felt that we were needed at home
As we rode along I got to thinking of how the kids that mornin'
Had asked if we would take them to church the next day
And how I'd put 'em off like I'd so often done
By sayin' we'd probably get home too late
Then my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of sirens
As they cut through the still night air
Then we turned down our street that's when we saw the fire
The rest was like a nightmare
We took their little bodies to church the next day
Though we'd left the party early we still got home too late


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Pass Me Not

Pass me not oh gentle savior
Hear my humble cry
While on others Thou art calling
Do not pass me by

   Savior Savior
   Hear my humble cry
   While on others Thou art calling
   Do not pass me by

Let me at the throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief
Kneeling there in deep contrition
Help my unbelief

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Punch Brothers - Passepied (Debussy) 
Instrumental

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Passion

Passion, the flame of love, that setsmy soul on fire
Passion, flame's though my heart with only one desire
Passion, with every kiss your scorching flames they burn me
Passion, oh, won't you set me free

Passion, you make me toss and turn till break of dawn
Passion, this burning in my heart goes on and on
Passion, I am your slave why do you bother me
Passion, please won't you set me free


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Leftover Salmon - Pasta On The Mountain Lyrics

Kraft, macaroni and cheese
Said Kraft, macaroni and cheese
Said, Kraft, macaroni and cheese
Maca, maca, maca
It's the best, that's what I think
At 29 cents leaves money to drink

Once more in the mornin'
Your wanderin' round the street
You ain't got no money
You got nothin' to eat

Wonderin' where you'll get that box
Of the kindly Mac and Cheese
You been walkin' the bridge that Bert
You got to get off of the street

Head on off to the mountain
Just a bit to the west of town
You're gonna find the pasta bushes
Growin' from the ground

The kindest pasta that you have ever seen
All over the mountains
Growin' everywhere for free

Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain

Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain

Mary had a little lamb's
Breath [unverified] that she did grow
Everywhere that Mary went
The Cajun beat would flow

Summers in the mountain
Winters in the farm
Tendin' to her pasta
Doin' no one harm

Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain

Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain

There's a bridge
And there's Bert?
It's a bridges to Bert
It's a bridges to Bert

There's a bridge, nice bridge
And there's Bert
It's a bridges to Bert
It's a bridges to Bert

You don't need Alfredo
Or some other cheesy sauce
You'll find the pasta bushes
Take a plant, pick it off

You don't need no money
Forget your job in town
Head on up to the mountains
Pickin' pasta from the ground

Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain

Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta
Pasta on the mountain

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Nickel Creek - Pastures New
Instrumental

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Pastures Of Plenty

Its a mighty gard road that my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have traveled one hot, dusty road
Out of your dust bowl and westward we roll
And your deserts was hot and your mountains was cold

I have worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I've slept on the ground in the light of your moon
On the edge of the city, you will see us and then
We came with the dust and we go with the wind

California, Arizona, we make all your crops
Then its up north to Oregon to gather your hops
Dig the beets from your ground, pick the grapes from your vine
To place on your table, your light sparkling wine

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in this union, us migrates has been
We come with the dust, and we're gone with the wind

Well its always we ramble this river and I
All your green valleys I'll work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life need it be
For my pastures of plenty, must always be free

Yes my pastures of plenty, must always be free


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Alison Krauss - Pastures of Plenty

Well, it's always we ramble, this river and I
All along your green valleys, I work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life need it be
Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in this union us migrants have been
Lord, we come with the dust and we go with the wind

California, Arizona, I harvest your crops
Then it's on up North to Oregon to gather your hogs
Take the beet from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine
Just to place on your table your that light, sparkling wine


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Pat Shine's Ass
Traditional

Have you heard of Bill Dowdle or Wallace's ass
Or Dinney the Bowery from Paddy Bill's cross
Or that rogue of an ass, that belongs to pat shine
Sure he couldn't hold a candle to Flannery Brine.

Now this ass couldn't be tackled without a long handled fork,
And at pulling The car, he'd do six asses' work,
He was fed on the best of skins at each meal,
Sure he'd gobble 'em up, and he'd wag his auld tail.

He was musical too, I will have you to know.
You could hear his sweet voice up in Ballymakeogh
Sure he'd run down the scale from high g to a zed,
And he'd bawl ten times more if a tinker was dead.

Oh, no fence in the parish his thieving could stop
Not a fifty foot wall paved with glass on the top,
But he'd climb and get o'er with the greatest of ease,
He'd devour all the cabbages, beans, and the peas.

And when full to the muzzle, he'd then try a flower,
All the pansies and daisies, he'd go and devour,
He had a particular relish for gerani-i-yums,
But he always wound up with rodan-derum-dums.

He'd go down to the chapel and climb o'er the gate.
Not a shrub in the yard, but he'd go and he'd eat,
And when Dan would come out for to hit him a poke,
He'd land his heels in his chest and he'd think it a joke

Now to get rid of this ass, we must form a plan.
Let us all be united, each boy to a man,
And the next time a tinker comes round be the way,
sure we'll sell him and have him sent over the sea.

If he dies on the passsage, and don't reach the Cape,
Sure there's no need to tell you, we're not going to wear crepe
But if all goes well, and he lands on the shore,
He can stop there forever with Paul Kruger the Boer.


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Patches
Barry Mann / Larry Kolber

Down by the river that floats by the coal yards
Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
There lives a girl ev'rybody calls Patches
Patches, my darling of old Shanty Town.

We planned to marry when June brought the sun
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
Now I don't see how that ever can happen
My folks say no and my heart breaks inside.

Patches, Oh, what can I do?
I swear I'll always love you
But a girl from that place will just bring me disgrace
So my folks won't let me love you.

Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
And pretty Patches there watching the door
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her
Patches must think that I love her no more.

I heard a neighbor tellin' my father
He says a girl name of Patches was found
Floating face down that dirty old river
That floats by the coal yards in old Shanty Town.

Patches, Oh, what can I do?
I swear I'll always love you
It may not be right but I'll join your tonight
Patches I'm coming to you.

Notes:

Recorded by Dickey Lee


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Punch Brothers - Patchwork Girlfriend 

I run my fingers
Through her blackish blondish hair
Look into her brown blue eyes
And touch her skin so dark and fair

Because I like
How she encourages and scolds me
How, even as her left hand pushes me away
Her right arm holds me

It's nice to know she's always waiting for me at the dead ends
Guess I need a little love from every little square
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend

I can't tell
If she would rather take or leave me
And I'm not sure what I'm saying
But I'm sure I want her to believe me

So I run my fingers
Through her blackish, blondish
Brownish reddish grayish hair
And tell her I won't mess around
With other girls unless they're her

It's nice to know
She's always waiting for me at the dead ends
Guess I need a little love from every little square
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend

Though I'm no more boy scout
Than boyfriend I could see tying the knot
Instead it's my hands that are tied
Because that'd be against the law even in Utah

It's nice to know
She's always waiting for me at the dead ends
Guess I need a little love from every little square
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend

She's anywhere I could ever go
Ain't no false start or dead end
That could take me away from
Couldn't bring me back
To my sweet little patchwork girlfriend

Or my big bitter patchwork girlfriend
Or my sweet little patchwork girlfriend

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Pathway Of Teardrops
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Wayne P. Walker and Webb Pierce, June Hazlewood

C              E7             F            D7
The pathway of teardrops will show you the way
   C             G7              C G7
If you ever want to come back to me
    C              E7      F              D7
You know dear that I cried both night and day
          C           G7             C
Since you told me you could never be true
F                   C
I love you so still I let you go
        D7                      G7
Now I'm sending this message to you
C              E7             F            D7
The pathway of teardrops will show you the way
       C            G7           C
If you ever want to come back to me
F                   C
I love you so still I let you go
        D7                      G7
Now I'm sending this message to you
C              E7             F            D7
The pathway of teardrops will show you the way
       C            G7           F C
If you ever want to come back to m-e

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Osborne Brothers - Pathway of Teardrops  

The pathway of teardrops will show you the way
If you ever wanna come back to me
You know dear that I cried both night and day
Since you told me you'd never be free.

I love you so still I let you go
Now I'm sending this message to you
The pathway of teardrops will show you the way
If you ever wanna come back to me.

--- Instrumental ---

I loved you so still I let you go
Now I'm sending this message to you
The pathway of teardrops will show you the way
If you ever wanna come back to me.

If you ever wanna come back to me...

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Patrick Street
Traditional

You sailors all come lend an ear and listen to me song.
Tis of a trick was played on me and it won't detain you long.
I came home from sea the other day, and a girl I chanced to meet,
She asked me up along with her to dance in Patrick street
Says I me pretty fair maid I cannot dance too well,
Besides, I'm bound for Newry town, my parents they do dwell.
I've been at sea these last few years, I've saved up fifty pounds,
And my parents are expecting me tonight in Newry town.

Well since you cannot dance too well then you can have a treat,
You can have a glass of brandy, and something nice to eat.
At nine o'clock this evening I'll leave you to your train,
And don't forget to call on me when you come back again.
She seemed to be so friendly I went an hired a car,
We both went down to Patrick Street, and on arrival there,
The people on the other side, I thought I heard them say,
He'll sure be in need of a jaunting car before he gets away.

Well we had not been long in the room when whiskey it came in,
And when everyone had had their fill the dancing did begin.
Me and me love we danced around, all to a merry tune,
While the other couples did the double shuffle around the room.
And when dancing it was over for bed we did prepare,
And after that I fell asleep, the truth I will declare.
Me darling and me fifty pounds, me gold and all had fled,
And there was I meself alone, stark naked lying in bed.

In gazing all around me, nothing could I spy,
But a woman's skirt and jumper at the foot of the bed did lie.
I wrung me hands and tore me hair, crying O what will I do?
O fare thee well sweet Newry town, I'm sure I'll never see you.
When nighttime it was come again and daylight was away,
I put on the skirt and jumper and I set off for the quay,
And when I went on board the ship, the sailors all did say,
O Jack has grown much prettier since last she went away.

Is this the new Spring fashion that you went to buy on shore?
And where's the shop that sells them do you think they may have more?
The Captain says now Jack I thought you were for Newry town.
You might have bought a better suit than that for fifty pounds.
I might have bought a better suit if I had had the chance,
I met a girl in high street, and she's asked me to a dance.
I danced me own destruction and I've danced it so complete,
That I vow I'll never go back again and dance in Patrick Street.

So come all of you young sailor lads a warning take by me,
And always keep good company when you go on a spree.
Be sure steer clear of Patrick Street, or else you'll rue the day,
In a woman's skirt and jumper they will ship you back to sea.


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Patriot Game
Dominic Behan

Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing,
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.

My name is O'Hanlon, and I've just turned sixteen.
My home is in Monaghan, and where I was weaned
I learned all my life cruel England's to blame,
So now I am part of the patriot game.

This Ireland of ours has too long been half free.
Six counties lie under John Bull's tyranny.
But still De Valera is greatly to blame
For shirking his part in the Patriot game.

They told me how Connolly was shot in his chair,
His wounds from the fighting all bloody and bare.
His fine body twisted, all battered and lame
They soon made me part of the patriot game.

It's nearly two years since I wandered away
With the local battalion of the bold IRA,
For I read of our heroes, and wanted the same
To play out my part in the patriot game.

And now as I lie here, my body all holes
I think of those traitors who bargained in souls
And I wish that my rifle had given the same
To those Quislings who sold out the patriot game.


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Richard Thompson - Patty Don't You Put Me Down 

Patty don't tell me one thing and change your mind
We might be in bed together but the deal's not signed
They say you collect shrunken heads, would you like to have mine?
Patty Don't You Put Me Down
Don't colour me cruel
You're so used to skimming the ace and palming the jack
The right hand giving and the left hand taking it back
At society functions they probably give you more slack
Patty Don't You Put Me Down
Don't colour me cruel
You can stamp all you want, but this ain't television
I can't fix it all with a small incision
It's a meltdown you're having, not nuclear fission
There's no room service at the seaman's mission
In your ten watt world it's beyond any pleasure you know
To stick your fingers in the socket, and give yourself a glow
Keep that up and they might make you part of the show
Patty Don't You Put Me Down
Don't colour me cruel

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Paul And Silas

Paul and Silas bound in jail all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me

Paul and Silas prayed to God all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me

That old jailor locked the jail all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me

That old jail it reeled and rocked all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me

Hebrew children in the burning fire all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me

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The Avett Brothers - Paul Newman (vs. The Demons) 

You may have to drag me away from my demons
Kicking and screaming
It's been so long now, I've been with them
Don't know where they stop and I begin

We draw a line in the sand
Will you cross it? Oh, will you die for this?
Got nothing to tell you that you don't
Through your sadness below, already know

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?
No more

Truth beyond truth and by our design
It is very fine like Newman's wine
Oh, to be like him and walk a path
To lend a hand, do something worth a damn

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Live through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?
No more, wait

You may have to drag me away from my demons
Kicking and screaming

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Live through the past again
How many times must I live through the past again?
No more, wait

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Railroad Earth - Peace On Earth 

Went to the valley at harvest time
Gathered the grain and shared the wine
A noble truth, a joy sublime
Peace will shine with the morning

Peace
Peace on earth
Peace
Peace on earth
Peace
Peace on Earth
Peace will shine with the morning

Went from the valley into the woods
I listened to the soul and I understood
"Everything for the common good"
and peace will shine with the morning

Peace
Peace on earth
Peace
Peace on earth
Peace
Peace on Earth
Peace will shine with the morning

Heart mind as one
A circle growing
A universe
In you and me
In returning to
This golden moment
We sing with the heavens in Harmony

Heart mind as one
A river flowing
Love can conquer suffering
Let's find the place
Where light is showing
And swim the water ever flowing

Peace
Peace on earth
Peace
Peace on earth
Peace
Peace on Earth
Peace will shine with the morning

Inside stillness activity
In the roots of the giving tree
Follow the branches and you will see
That peace will shine with the morning

I went to the valley at harvest time
Gathered the grain and shared the wine
A noble truth, a joy sublime!
Peace will shine with the morning 

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Dolly Parton - Peace Train lyrics

Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come
'Cause out on the edge of darkness
There rides a peace train
Peace train take this country
Come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Chorus:
Peace train sounding louder
Ride on the peace train
Ooh-wah-ee-ah-ooh-ah
Come on peace train
Peace train holy roller
Everyone jump on the peace train
Ooh-wah-ee-ah-ooh-ah
Come on peace train
Get your bags together
Go bring all your good friends, too
'Cause it's getting nearer
Soon it will be with you
Now come and join the living
It's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer
Soon it will all be true
Repeat Chorus
Now I've been crying lately
Thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating
Why can't we live in bliss
'Cause out on the edge of darkness
There rides a peace train
Where peace train take this country
Come take me home again
Repeat Chorus
Final Chorus:
Peace train is sounding louder
Ride on the peace train
Ooh-wah-ee-ah-ooh-ah
Come on peace train
Peace train holy roller
Jump up on the peace train
Ride - ride on the peace train


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Peaceful, Easy Feeling
The Eagles

I like the way your sparkling earrings lay,
against your skin, it's so brown
and I wanna sleep with you
in the desert tonight
with a billion stars all around

'cause I gotta peaceful easy feeling
and I know you won't let me down
'cause I'm already standing on the ground

And I found out a long time ago
what a woman can do to your soul
Ah, but she can't take you anyway
You don't already know how to go

and I gotta peaceful, easy feeling
and I know you won't let me down
'cause I'm already standing on the ground

I get this feeling I may know you
as a lover and a friend
but this voice keeps whispering
in my other ear, tells me
I may never see you again

'cause I get a peaceful, easy feeling
and I know you won't let me down
'cause I'm already standing
I'm already standing
I'm already standing on the ground


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Doc Watson 
Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia

When it's peach picking time in Georgia
Apple picking time in Tennessee
Cotton picking time in Mississippi
Then everybody picks on me
When it's roundup time in Texas
And the cowboys make up he
Way down in old Carolina
It's cow picking time to me

Yo-del-lay-ee-oh, del-lay
Yo-del-lay-ee

They got the bluegrass in old Kentucky
Virginia's where they do they swing
Carolinan, I'm coming
To you to spend the spring
Arkansas, I hear you calling
And I hope to see you soon
There, I'm gonna do a little digging
Underneath the Ozark moon

Now when hard times overtake me
I won't the blues get me
For I've got a sweetheart in old Carolina
And I know she waits for me
Soon, I'll be going to see her
And I know it won't be long
'Til we're gonna pick a little cabin
To call our mountain home

When the folks begin to pick the cotton
Then I'll pick a wedding ring
And we'll go to town to pick a little gown
For the wedding in the spring
I hope the preacher knows his business
'Cause he came for me
When it's peach picking time in Georgia
It's cow picking time to me

Yo-del-lay-ee-oh, del-lay
Yo-del-lay-ee

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Pearls
Aoife O'Donovan

Ripples in the water taste like wine
Tell me one more time that I'll be fine
Tell me one more time about the girl
The one who got away with your mother's pearls

I wanna know her face I wanna know her name
Does she look like me does she play my game
I wanna feel her up I wanna put her down
I wanna see her there I wanna steal her crown

Sit out on the back porch hear the birds' chorus
Share the adirondack with me
Here's a penny for your thoughts a mussel I got
On the shores of your country
She's all yours, she's all yours

She took your family jewels and she skipped town
Just tell me where to look and I'll track her down
I wanna wear that strand around my throat
I wanna read you all the words I wrote
One letter at a time just you and me
Before I burn them all and set you free
Tell me one more time that I'm the girl
The only one who ever really rocked your world

I sit out the back porch hear the bird's chorus
Share the adirondack with me

Here's a penny for your thoughts and a mussel I got
In a river on the shores of your country
She's got a silver line on her shell that's fine
She's the lucky one, let's open her up
Save the pearl for me I'll turn her into jewelry
For the daughter of the daughter of the man I love
She's all yours, she's all yours

Everywhere I wanna go (can't get there)
You're never where I wanna go (can't get there)

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Richard Thompson - Pearly Jim 

My screenplay's on the block
My Tuscan villa's in hock
To Mr. Pearly Jim
My wife and kids have scrammed
They say my phone is jammed
By Mr. Pearly Jim

He dresses up in rags
He's mister money bags
They call him Pearly Jim
He'll show you Paradise
At least some place quite nice
He's Mr. Pearly Jim

Why did you wait so long?
Can you help him to sing his song?
Alms for the poor, alms for the poor
We need ketchup on our bangers and mash
This self-denial brings us out in a rash

I'm rolling dice for gin
I'm getting sliced too thin
By Mr. Pearly Jim
I mortgaged my des res
He needs a boost, he says
He's Mr. Pearly Jim

He's got a compound down
The balmy side of town
The guards will give you shits
He's got a pearly suit
For every new recruit
You'll feel so thrilled to bits

When he grits that pearly smile
Will you go that extra mile?
Alms for the poor, alms for the poor
Chairman Mao's got a whole lot of thoughts
R.D. Laing's got me tied up in knots

Does your conscience ever scream
Between the chaos and the dream?
Alms for the poor, alms for the poor
To save time just pay us here on the street
The whole universe will be our receipt

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Billy Strings 
Peartree

Remember when I've showed you that tune "Peartree woman"?
I was young when you showed me this thing
I know
Here we go

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Nickel Creek - Pecos Bill 

Now, Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas
Why, he's the Western Superman to say the least
He was the roughest, toughest critter, never known to be a quitter
'Cause he never had no fear of man nor beast

So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Once he roped a raging cyclone out of nowhere
Then he straddled it and settled down with ease
And while that cyclone bucked and flitted
Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it
And he tamed that ornery wind down to a breeze

So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Now, once there was a drought
That spread all over Texas
So to sunny Californy he did go
And though the gag is kind of corny
He brought rain from Californy
And that's the way we got the Gulf of Mexico

So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Now, once a band of rustlers stole a herd of cattle
But they didn't know the herd they stole was Bill's
And when he caught them crooked villains
Pecos knocked out all their fillings
That's the reason why there's gold them Thar hills

So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

Pecos lost his way while traveling on the desert
(Water, water, water)
It was ninety miles across the burning sand
(Water, water, water)

He knew he'd never reach the border
(Water)
If he didn't get some water
(Water)

So he got a stick and dug the Rio Grande
While a tribe of painted Indians did a war dance
Pecos started shooting up their little game
He gave those redskins such a shakeup
That they jumped out of their makeup
That's how the Painted Desert got it's name

So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo

While reclining on a cloud high over Texas
With his guns, he made the stars evaporate
Then Pecos saw them stars declining
So he left one brightly shining
As the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State

So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the toughest critter west of the Alamo
So yippee-i-ay-i-ya, yippee-i-o
He's the emblem of the Lone Star Texas State

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Peg and Awl

In eighteen hundred one peg and awl
In eighteen hundred one
Peggin' shoes was all I done
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl

In eighteen hundred two peg and awl
In eighteen hundred two
Peggin' shoes is all I'd do
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl

In eighteen hundred three peg and awl
In eighteen hundred three
Peggin shows was all you'd see
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl

They've invented a new machine peg and awl
They've invented a new machine
I peg one shoe it pegs fifteen
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl

In eighteen hundred four peg and awl
In eighteen hundred four
Peggin' shoes I'll do no more
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl

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Peggy Garland
BMI Work #: 9172943
Peggy Garland (Larry W. Jones 10/10/2007) (song#5061)

Oh Peggy Garland, every cowboy's darlin'
Won't you come and ride here beside me
Peggy Garland, darlin', tell me the reason
Why my love for you just cannot be
I'm a cowboy in love and can't deny it
My poor heart lies crying in my chest
Peggy Garland, darlin', you surely know it
A troubled cowboy can find no rest
And I dare not bask with a cask of brandy
Though that would be dandy, I declare
But if I start drinking, I'll just start thinking
And wishing Peggy Garland was there
- instrumental -
And I dare not bask with a cask of brandy
Though that would be dandy, I declare
But if I start drinking, I'll just start thinking
And wishing Peggy Garland was there
I'll go and ride across some lonesome prairie
Where pretty cowgirls cannot be found
No pretty bluebirds with love songs to carry
To lonesome cowboys for miles around
I'll go and hide somewhere in Colorado
Or maybe sail across the blue sea
It makes no difference where the trail may go
If Peggy Garland can't bother me


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Penitentiary Blues

I've been blue in Texas, had the blues in Tennessee
Now I've got the penitentiary blues, the blues my gal gave me
I shot my gal in Georgia, steppin' out with other men
When I was going up to my work, well, another man was coming in

I took, my shiney pistol, shot my gal in the side
When I used that old forty four, well she hung her head and died
Now boys I'm here in prison and I think of my crime each day
I'm sorry now for what I've done, now I've got to pay

The judge said, boy, your sentence you'll spend your life in the pen
So let this be a lesson boys to all shootin men
Don't trust a woman anytime, if you do your bound to lose
You'll be right down here with me, baby
And you'll have the penltentiary blues


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Brad Paisley - Perfect Storm lyrics

If she was a drink
She'd be a single-barrelled
Bourbon on ice
Smooth with a kick
A chill and a burn all
At the same time
She's Sunday drive meets
High speed chase
She ain't just a song
She's the whole mix tape
She's so complicated
That's the way God made her
Sunshine mixed with
A little hurricane
Woah-oh-oh
And she destroys me in that t-shirt
And I love her so much it hurts
I never meant to fall like this
She don't just rain she pours
That girl right there's
The perfect storm
I know how to make her laugh
Or blush, or mad at me
But that's OK there ain't no one
More beautiful angry
And she loves just as deep
As she goes when she's down
The highs match the lows
Can't have one without the other
And I love her just the way
God made her
Sunshine mixed with
A little hurricane
And she destroys me in that t-shirt
And I love her so much it hurts
I never meant to fall like this
But she don't just rain she pours
That girl right there's
The perfect storm
She's the girl of a lifetime
A guy like me spends his whole life
Looking for, that girl right there's
The perfect storm
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
(She destroys me in that t-shirt)


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Richard Thompson - Persuasion 

You and I, tempted by the promise of a different life
Time has fled, there's a constant battle
Running through my head
I don't know what to do 'cos I still believe

After all the foolish things you put me through
I could always make a start on something new
And I've always been a man who's open to
Persuasion

Blind romance, there'll be no half measures given half a chance
But we never learn, trusting in the fire while the cruel flame burns
And we need to rebuild what was never there
What got left behind

After all the foolish things that we've been through
I could always make a start on something new
And I'll always be a man who's open to
Persuasion

And it's written in my heart so that everybody can see it
And it's written in my soul, after all I still believe it
I still believe it, I still believe it
I still believe it, I still believe it

I don't know what to do 'cos I still believe
After all the foolish things you put me through
I could always make a start on something new
And I'll always be a man who's open to
Persuasion, persuasion, persuasion, persuasion

I still believe it
I still believe it persuasion
I still believe it, still believe it
I still believe it persuasion, persuasion

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Petals in my Pocket

These petals that I got here in my pocket
Or the words I said while waiting here alone
Each brought me different pictures of our future
Back and forth in love two lives here alone

    Please tell me flower that she loves me
    Don't say she never will be mine
    These games we play won't last forever
    And neither will the love I thought was Mine

The flower that I picked was full dear
Then one by one it's beauty disappeared
What's left now is a bud that's soon forgotten
Standing all alone in the meadow there

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Richard Thompson - Pharaoh 

Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel
The dogs of money all at his heel
Magicians cry, Oh Truth! Oh Real
We're all working for the Pharaoh

A thousand eyes, a thousand ears
He feeds us all, he feeds our fears
Don't stir in your sleep tonight, my dears
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Egypt Land, Egypt Land
We're all living in Egypt land
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Hidden from the eye of chance
The men of shadow dance a dance
And we're all struck into a trance
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Idols rise into the sky
Pyramids soar, Sphinxes lie
Head of dog, Osiris eye
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Egypt Land, Egypt Land
We're all living in Egypt land
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
We're all working for the Pharaoh

I dig a ditch, I shape a stone
Another battlement for his throne
Another day on earth is flown
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Call it England, call it Spain
Egypt rules with the whip and chain
Moses free my people again
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Egypt Land, Egypt Land
We're all living in Egypt land
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel
Around his feet the princes kneel
Far beneath we shoulder the wheel
We're all working for the Pharaoh

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Crooked Still 
Pharaoh

Pharaoh
Pharaoh
Pharaoh's army sure got drownd'ed
Pharaoh

Go down
Go down
Go down Izzup and lead your children
Go down

Mary
Mary
Mary sure was Jesus' mother
Mary

Mary
Mary sure was Jesus' mother
Mary

Farewell
Farewell
Farewell children, I sure must leave you
Farewell

Farewell
Farewell

Oh, Pharaoh
Pharaoh

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Philadelphia Lawyer

Way out in Reno Nevada, where roamnceblooms and fades
A great Philadelphia lawyer was in love with a Hollywood maid
Come love and we will wander down, where the lights are bright
I'll win you a divorce from your husband, and we can get married tonight

Now, Bill was a gun toting cowboy, ten notches were carved on his gun
And all the boys around Reno left wild Bill's maiden alone
One night when he was returning from riding the range so cold
He dreamed of his Hollywood miden, her love was as lasting as gold

As he derw near her window, a shadow he saw on the shade
Was the great Philadelphia lawyer making love to his Hollywood maid
The night was as still as the desert, the moon hung bright overhead
Bill listened awhile to the lawyer, he could hear every word that he said

You hands are so pretty and lovely, your form so rare and divine
Come go wiuth me to the city and leave this wild cowboy behind
Now back in old Pennsylvania among those beautiful pines
There's one less Philadelphia lawyer in old Philadelphia tonight


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Pick Me Up On Your Way Down

You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
You never once looked back at your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down

   Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
   When their glamor starts to bore you come on back where you belong
   You may be their pride and joy But they'll find another toy
    And they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down

They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
When you find these things are true I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down

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Picture On The Wall

There's an old and faded picture on the wall
That has been a hanging there for many years
It's a picture my mother
For I know there is no other
That can take the place of mother on the wall

   On the wall (on the wall) on the wall (on the wall)
   How I love that dear old picture on the wall
   Time is swiftly passing by
   And I bow my head and cry
   Cause I know I'll see my mother after all

Yes the children all have gathered all have gone
And I have a little family of my own
And I know I love them well
More than any tongue can tell
But I'll hold that dear old picture on the wall

Since I lost that dear old mother years ago
There is none to which with troubles I can go
As my guitar makes its chords
I am praying to the Lord
Let me hold that dear old picture on the wall

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Pictures From Life's Other Side

In the world's magic gallery of pictures
Are the scenes that are painted from life
There are pictures of love and of passion
There are pictures of war and of strife
There are pictures of youth and of beauty
Old age and the blushing young bride
All hang on the wall, but the saddest of all
Are the pictures of life's other side

Just a pictures of life's other side
Someone who fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
That might have been happy some day
Some poor old mother at home
Watching and waiting alone
Longing to hear from a loved one so dear
Just a pictures from life's other side

The first is a scene of a gambler
Who lost all his money at play
Draws his dead mother's ring from his finger
She wore it on her wedding day
His last earthly treasure, he stakes it
Bows his head that hes shame he may hide
When they lifted his head, they found he was dead
Just a pictures from life's other side

The next tells the tale of two brothers
Whose paths in different ways led
the one was in luxury living
The other one begger for his bread
One dark night they met on the highway
Your money or life, the thief cried
And he took with his knife his own brother's life
Just a picture from life's other side


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The Incredible String Band - Pictures In A Mirror 

Deep in the hollow jail, sleeps Lord Randall
The mixed voices speak of bread and of sheets that were
Scarlet and blue are at his head
His heart like a cat drowns in a well

He thinks of all the girls he will not love
He thinks not of the future or the past
Blue lightning spikes the hills above the sea
Where Kasa's ship sets sail for other where

There stands the chief with gold on his hair
Two fingers thick each link of coiled ore
Speaks to his white skinned wife, she answers not
He hurls his question angry to the gulls

His wife strikes her mouth with a skull like sound
The bleeding image of her loss revolves above her mind
With every line in its design and accusing eye
That pierces Kasa's soul

The slaves row on beneath the dragon flag
His heart recoils recall his red haired son
Beneath the burning walls that he razed down

His wife and he speak not as wine is brought
A cup that seethes like the black blood of wolves
His wife's dagger is hidden in her dress
He drinks joyless to a dark sleep

The Jailer bangs the iron door
Lord Randall wakes, wakes in pain
He shakes his shackles in the beaten gloom
The blood of his wounds is hard as coal

The Jailer leads him out upon the blinding bright stair
He feels uneven turf beneath his feet
The priest intones, the sword falls on his neck
The pain is boiling cold

They lay him in the tomb at the break of day
They close the earthen door upon his clay
The birds are plucking worms from the ground

Their feathers gray as mist on a cloudy morn
Foresters burn branches from the sleeping trees
The white sun turns to stone

His mother lies in her labor nine days long
She called on Saint Bridget in her time
I looked out on the room of my birth
With hangings rich of many strange designs

Nobles stand with their wine cups in the room
Saluting me and she the King's queen
Already, I am forgetting who I am
Already, I've forgotten who I've been

My mother lifts me up to her huge soft breast
Her nipple like a berry both hard and brown
Her eyes look on me like waves of the sea
And with small lips the yellow milk I draw

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Pig In A Pen

   I got a pig at home in a pen corn to feed 'im on
   All I need is a pretty little girl to feed 'im when I'm gone.

Goin' on the mountain to sow a little cane
Raise a barrel of Sorghum sweet lil' Liza Jane.

Black cloud's a-risin' surest sign of rain
Get the old grey bonnet on Little Liza Jane.

Yonder comes that gal of mine how you think I know
Can tell by that Gingham gown hangin' down so low.

Bake them biscuits baby bake 'em good n' brown
When you get them biscuits baked we're Alabamy bound.

When she sees me comin' she wrings her hands and cries
Yonder comes the sweetest boy that ever lived or died.

Now when she sees me leavin'she wrings her hands and cries
Yonder goes the meanest boy that ever lived or died.

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Pikeville Flood
Blue Highway

Run for your life boys, there's nothing left to do
The Pikeville Dam is cavin' in and the water's comin' through
The river's been a-risin' and the rain's still comin' down
For fourteen days and nights It's gonna wash away the town

Chorus

So let her roll
Roll on muddy dream
Let her roll, takin' everything

It's washed away the houses, now the road is almost gone
Ain't nothin' here but the dyin' and dead
and the trail of a mighty storm
I had a lovin' family, lord, I had a lovin' wife
Till the Chickasaw River and the wind and rain
come and robbed them of their life

Chorus

So let her roll
Roll on muddy dream
Let her roll, takin' everything

I don't know where I'm goin, Lord, I don't know where I'm bound
Just far away from the water's edge and a no-good river town

So let her roll
Roll on muddy dream
Let her roll, takin' everything

So let her roll
Roll on muddy dream
Let her roll, takin' everything

Let her roll...

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Pilgrim
Steve Earle

I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
This ain't never been my home.

Sometimes the road is rocky 'long the way, boys.
Sometimes the road is rocky 'long the way, boys.
Sometimes the road is rocky 'long the way, boys.
But I was never travelin' alone.

Chorus:
We'll meet again on some bright highway,
Songs to sing and tales to tell.
But I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
Till I see you fare thee well.

Instrumental Verse

Instrumental Chrous

Ain't no need to cry for me, boys.
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys.
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys.
Somewhere down the road you'll understand.

'Cause I expect to touch his hand, boys.
I expect to touch his hand, boys.
I expect to touch his hand, boys.
I'll put a word in for you if I can.

Chorus:
We'll meet again on some bright highway,
Songs to sing and tales to tell.
But I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
Till I see you fare thee well.

Instrumental Verse

I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
I'm just a pilgrim on this road, boys.
Till I see you fare thee well.


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Pin And Needles

I know not where on earth to find you
I know not how or when to start
I only know I'm here without you
And there's pins and needles in my heart

The days and nights are growing longer
Since first you said that we must part
But now I know I can't forget you
With pins and needles in my heart

I always see your face before me
Your smile is heaven's work of art
But now you're smiling at another
And there's pins and needles in my heart

Someday somewhere I know I'll find you
And love will make the teardrops start
And then you'll know how long I've waited
With these pins and needles in my heart


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Piney Woods Girls
BMI Work #: 8881093
Piney Woods Girls (Larry W. Jones 05/12/2007) (song#4646)

Well, it's springtime down in the piney woods
And I've downed my share of good homemade brew
Been tryin' to read the Sears Roebuck catalog
But none of the words look like they used to
Here comes Billy Bob with his freckled face
Wants me to go with 'im to the dirt track race
I won't go racing with you, Billy Bob
But I'll go chasing piney woods girls
Get back in your pickup, hillbilly slob
You can go to the races with 'ol Merle
The big piney woods moon is shining
And I think I'll go give it a whirl
My 'ol heart might keep on pining
But I'll go chasing piney woods girls
I'll go down to the back woods holler
Knock on the door of a piney woods home
Get me a gal to go spend my dollar
Piney woods girls won't leave me alone
We'll walk down where the dew berries grow
Then I'll ask her for some kisses
And before too long she'll love me, I know
Then I'll ask her to be my Misses
I won't go racing with you, Billy Bob
But I'll go chasing piney woods girls
Get back in your pickup, hillbilly slob
You can go to the races with 'ol Merle
The big piney woods moon is shining
And I think I'll go give it a whirl
My 'ol heart might keep on pining
But I'll go chasing piney woods girls
I'll go chasing piney woods girls


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Dolly Parton - Ping Pong lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Ping pong
I use to like
Ping pong
Now I'm in a ding dong, ping pong game of love with you
Ping pong
It scares me now
Ping pong
My heart is the ball in a ding dong, ping pong game with you
I serve it to you
And you knock it back
You hit it so hard, hard, hard
Its startin' to crack
Ping pong
You're smashed again
Ping pong
And I'm losing this ding dong, ping pong game of love with you
I serve it to you
And you knock it back
You hit it so hard, hard, hard
Its starting to crack
Ping pong
You're smashed again
Ping pong
I'm losing this ding dong, ping pong game of love with you
Ping pong
I use to like
Ping pong
Now I'm in a ding dong, ping pong game of love with you
Ping pong
It scares me now...


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Pins And Needles

I know not where on earth to find you
I know not how or when to start
I only know I'm here without you
And there's pins and needles in my heart

The days and nights are growing longer
Since first you said that we must part
But now I know I can't forget you
With pins and needles in my heart

I always see your face before me
Your smile is heaven's work of art
But now you're smiling at another
And there's pins and needles in my heart

Someday somewhere I know I'll find you
And love will make the teardrops start
And then you'll know how long I've waited
With these pins and needles in my heart

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Balsam Range - Place No Wreath 

Place no wreath upon my door
We don't want this earth no more
Don't be sad
Be not afraid
I'll on my way, I'll be on my way
Dig no grave, for this bones
Carve no words upon a stone
The earth can't hold this soul of mine
I'l be going home. I'll be going home
Don't stand beneath that willow tree
Saying praies that I no longer need
But like a bird, upon the wing
I will have flown, I will have flown
Place no wreath upon my door
We don't want this earth no more
Don't be sad
Be not afraid
I'll be on my way, I'll be on my way
The earth can't hold this soul of mine
I'l be going home. I'll be going home

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Plain Jane Blues
BMI Work #: 8688226
Plain Jane Blues (Larry W. Jones 02/12/2007) (song#4423)

I was born in Georgia in a pauper's shack
City folks had what poor country girls lack
Georgia dirt roads taught me how to cry
Wind in a weeping willow was my lullaby
I've got the plain Jane blues
Oh, mama, I've got 'em down to my plain Jane shoes
I heard a train whistle blow and I had to go
Oh, mama, don't you know
You raised a daughter who's never gonna lose
The plain Jane blues
My daddy was a ditch digger and my mama, dear
Well, she wasn't bigger than a corn stalk ear
My boyfriend was poor and like a worn out joke
It's a cryin' shame when you're born stone broke
I've got the plain Jane blues
Oh, mama, I've got 'em down to my plain Jane shoes
I heard a train whistle blow and I had to go
Oh, mama, don't you know
You raised a daughter who's never gonna lose
The plain Jane blues
Well, there was only one place I heard was blessed
So, I took a west bound train to find the Texas best
But everybody there was at the rodeo
And I couldn't go cause I had no dough
Oh, mama, don't you know
You raised a daughter who's never gonna lose
The plain Jane blues


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Plan of Salvation
Author: Ruby Moody
Artist: The Cathedrals
Album: Master Builder

Vs.
One morning past daybreak
A crowd slowly gathered
They were walking my Lord up
Calvary's Hill
So sad was the scene there
That the birds hushed their singing
Like a lamb He was humble
To His Father's own will

*Chorus

I want to thank Jesus
For the plan of salvation
And to say, "Lord, I love you.
For you understand"
And I want to be there on
That great judgement morning
Just to kiss all the nail prints
In His feet and his hands

Vs.

As the hill was ascended
The nails were then driven
In the hands that had given
Such mercy to me
And the blood from His side flowed
Like a river from heaven
A river that washed me
And made my soul clean

*Chorus

Alternate Verse:
On the cross as he hung there
In shame and forsaken
As they drove those crude nails in
His feet and his hands
As his eyes closed in death his
Cry went to Heaven
Saying Father forgive them
For they know not what they do.


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Plant Some Flowers

   Plant some flowers by my graveside
   Just a little bunch of them
   Makes no difference what they are, dear
   Since your hand has planted them 

Darlin', when you pass the graveside
You see my name there on a slab
Won't you stop a little while dear
For I would be lonesome there 

You will do this won't you darlin'
You will do this last request
You will do this won't you darlin'
When they lay me down to rest

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Play By Your Own Rules

[Chorus]
Take a hold of the wheel and turn it for yourself
Live like you ain't never gonna lose
Choose to be the one if ever it's kindness over wealth
Don't be somebody else's fool
You've gotta Play By Your Own Rules

[Verse 1]
There's a thin thin line between the rhymes and the drift
Not knowing who's incharge of [?] one
Visions of tomorrow always well within my view
Begging me to chase the setting sun

[Chorus]
Take a hold of the wheel and turn it for yourself
Live like you ain't never gonna lose
Choose to be the one if ever it's kindness over wealth
Don't be somebody else's fool
You've gotta Play By Your Own Rules

[Verse 2]
In the cold cold storm
When the hold is calling you
Can't even see the darkness for the rain
Steady is the path that'll lead your safe way through
Don't hurry 'cause you'll get there just the same

[Chorus]
Take a hold of the wheel and turn it for yourself
Live like you ain't never gonna lose
Choose to be the one if ever it's kindness over wealth
Don't be somebody else's fool
You've gotta Play By Your Own Rules

[Bridge]
Be a shining light
Be a helping hand
Be a giving heart
Be a patient man

[Chorus]
Take a hold of the wheel and turn it for yourself
Live like you ain't never gonna lose
Choose to be the one if ever it's kindness over wealth
Don't be somebody else's fool
You've gotta Play By Your Own Rules

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Play Me The Wildwood Flower
BMI Work #: 9181054
Play Me The Wildwood Flower (Larry W. Jones 10/15/2007) (song#5071)

She has caused me lonely hours since she said goodbye
Play me the Wildwood Flower 'cause I need to cry
Just like a leaning tower that fell bye and bye
Play me the Wildwood Flower 'cause I need to cry
People think we're still together, so they don't know
Just why I feel so blue
Oh, tell me whether you can play it for me, Joe
Wildwood Flower will do
A whiskey sour would turn my smile into a lie
So just play me the Wildwood Flower while I cry
- instrumental -
She has caused me lonely hours since she said goodbye
Play me the Wildwood Flower 'cause I need to cry
People think we're still together, so they don't know
Just why I feel so blue
Oh, tell me whether you can play it for me, Joe
Wildwood Flower will do
A whiskey sour would turn my smile into a lie
So just play me the Wildwood Flower while I cry
A whiskey sour would turn my smile into a lie
So just play me the Wildwood Flower while I cry
Play me the Wildwood Flower while I cry


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Playing Second Fiddle
BMI Work #: 8970955
Playing Second Fiddle (Larry W. Jones 06/26/2007) (song#4739)

It seems like you're always up ahead
While behind is always where I tread
A failure is what I was meant to be
I would like to be the first in line
But I fear the worst is always mine
Playing second fiddle is lonely me
Playing second fiddle is where I belong
Being number one is just not my song
It's like reading the second hand news
Playing second fiddle is playing the blues
- instrumental -
It seems like you're always up ahead
While behind is always where I tread
Playing second fiddle is where I belong
Being number one is just not my song
It's like reading the second hand news
Playing second fiddle is playing the blues
Dear, don't you know I'm in love with you
Even though I know that I'm number two
There's another love who's ahead of me
Playing second fiddle is lonely me
It seems like you're always up ahead
While behind is always where I tread
There's another love who's ahead of me
Playing second fiddle is lonely me


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Dolly Parton - Pleasant As May lyrics
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1973

The mid summer sun shines but dim the fields try in vain to look gay
But when I was happy with him December was pleasant as May
There once was a time he and I picked flowers to braid in my hair
And the songbirds would sing sweet song of love that was tender and fair
No difference the seasons may quit our love was as warm as the sun
And it mattered not where did the snow
Or green grass kissed the fields where we'd run
Now the mid summer sun shines...
Sweet flowers sweet birds and sweet song have now lost their sweetness to me
For ever my darling is gone and for ever my heartbroken I'll be
Now the mid summer sun shines...
The mid summer sun shines but dim mmm


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Please Come Back Little Pal

I am lonely tonight little pal
I'm lonely I'm sad and I'm blue
There an empty spot in my life
That no one can fill only you

So please come back little pal
Please come and stay
My heart is withered like a petal
Of a rose I saw dying today

Remember we walked in the moonlight
We walked we talked alone
Was the night that we were parting
And never again would we roam

Please think of me little pal
For I surely am thinking of you
You're the only pal that ever
Was to me so kind and so true

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Please Come To Boston
Dave Loggins

Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm stayin' here with some friends and they've got lotsa room
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be workin' soon
Please come to Boston
She said, 'No, would you come home to me?'

And she said, 'Hey ramblin' boy why don't you settle down?
Boston ain't your kinda town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me...
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee'

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
And throw 'I love you' echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver
She said, 'No, boy, would you come home to me?'

And she said, 'Hey ramblin' boy why don't you settle down?
Denver ain't your kinda town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
'Cause I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee'

Now this drifter's world goes 'round and 'round
And I doubt that it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost or found
And all that I ain't got
I still need a lean to
Somebody I can sing to

Please come to LA to live forever
California life alone is just too hard to bear
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Please come to LA
She just said, 'No, boy, won't you come home to me?'

And she said, 'Hey ramblin' boy why don't you settle down?
LA can't be your kinda town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me...
No, no, I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee'

'I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee...'


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Alan Jackson - Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas lyrics

"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want my Momma cry
Just last year when I was only seven
Now I'm almost eight, as you can see
You came home a quarter past eleven
And fell down underneath
our Christmas tree
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want my Momma cry
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want my Momma cry
I don't want my Momma cry
Mama smiled and looked
Outside the window
She told me son
You better go upstairs Then you laughed and hollered
"Merry Christmas"
I turned around and saw
My Momma's tears
Chorus
No,I don't want to see my Momma cry


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Please Don't Bury Me
John Prine

Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling!
When my soul
Went thru the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride
When I got there they did say
John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said:

Chorus:
Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have "em" cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get "em" out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

Chorus

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

Chorus


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Please Don't Feel Sorry For Me

Now please, don't feel sorry for me
I'm sorry we could not agree
So darlilng this is my last plea
Please don't feel sorry for me

The love I once saw in your eye
Has now truned to hate, so goodbye
You've caused me enough misery
But please don't feel sorry for me

The day that I die I'll still care
And hoping somehow you'll be there
I'm thankful for your memory
Just please don't feel sorry for me

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Please Don't Stop Loving Me lyrics

Please,Please dont stop loving me
Or I couldn't make alone
Please,Please dont stop loving me
Or I couldn't make it when you're gone
You bring me the sunshine
When I is inside
And when I'm in darkness
You bring me the light
You opened my yes when I
Couldn't see
So please, o-oh please
Don't stop loving me-e
Please,Please don't stop loving me
Or I couldn't make it alone
Please,Please dont stop loving me
Or I couldn't make it when you're gone
You bring me the sunshine
When I is inside
And when I'm in darkness
You bring me the light
You opened my eyes when I
Couldn't see
So please,o-oh please
Don't stop loving me


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Please Don't Wake Me

    Please don't wake me tonight while I'm sleepin
    For I might have the same dream again
    Let me own the whole world for just a moment
    While I hold you in my arms once again

Last night I had a dream about you darlin
Happy tears filled my eyes when I held you
When I awoke and realized I was dreamin
Happy tears that filled my eyes had turned to blue

I know that's the only way I can hold you
I realize that you belong to someone new
Let me dream and think that you are still mine dear
For you know that I've always worshiped you

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Dolly Parton - Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love With You) lyrics

Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you
Close the door to temptation
Don't let me walk through
Turn away from me, darling
I'm begging you to
Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you
I belong to another
Whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever
To have and to hold
I can never be free, dear
But when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing
The will to be true
Please help me, I'm falling
And that would be sin
Close the door to temptation
Don't let me walk in
For I must'nt want you
But, darling, I do
Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you


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Please Mr. D.J.
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C                        F
Hello Mr. D.J. won't you play a song for me
G7                                    F                 C
The girl I love just said goodbye and I'm blue as I can be
                   F
Oh please Mr. D.J. play that song I've heard you play
    G7                                        C
And send it out to someone who broke my heart today
G7                              C
You won't have to call her name she'll know it's meant for her
G7                               C                       G7
Play me that song of sadness and I'll be grateful to you sir
   C               F
Oh please Mr. D.J. play that song I've heard you play
    G7                                        C
And send it out to someone who broke my heart today
Repeat #2

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The Avett Brothers - Please Pardon Yourself 

As I turn my head to your side of the bed
While you wake, What's on your mind?
To this awful news try not to hold on
The day will come, the sun will rise, and we'll be fine

As long as I feel, as strong as I feel
I will carry you as long as I can
As hard on yourself, please pardon yourself
Do the best you can and that won't go unseen

How do I know when it's time to stop?
Runnin' from the things I do, being things I'm not
Oh I have tried, but I just changed my mind
Every night befalls every morning light

How do I know that you will never stop?
Knowin' me, and trustin' me, and lovin' me a lot
Oh I have tried, but I just changed my mind
Every night befalls every morning light

Well there's only so many ways
You can give your loving to me
I'd give my soul for just for one of them now
I'd give up the drinking, just tell me how

And there's only so many years
I'm going to give my love to you
And I spent the last one hidden away
Screaming my lungs out with nothing to say

As I turn my head to your side of the bed
While you wake, What's on your mind?
To this awful news try not to hold on
The day will come, the sun will rise, and we'll be fine

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Please Please Baby
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C             F                   C
Please please baby baby come back home
        F                      C
It's so cold and dark here all alone
            F                      C
If you come back I promise I'll be good
            G7                        C
If you come home baby I'll act like I should
F                                       C
I laughed when you packed your bags and told me goodbye
  F                                C              G7
I hollered I don't need you oh but honey that's a lie
C             F                   C
Please please baby baby come back home
        F                      C
It's so cold and dark here all alone
            F                      C
If you come back I promise I'll be good
            G7                        C
If you come home baby I'll act like I should
F                             C
If you don't come home dear I know I'll go insane
G7                                C                 G7
Sweetheart I plead guilty darlin' I'll take all the blame
C             F                   C
Please please baby baby come back home
        F                      C
It's so cold and dark here all alone
            F                      C
If you come back I promise I'll be good
            G7                        C
If you come home baby I'll act like I should
         G7                        C
You come home baby I'll act like I should

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Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter

Caught out running
With just a little too much to hide
Maybe baby
Everything's gonna work out fine
Please read the letter
I pinned it to your door
It's crazy how it all turned out
We needed so much more

Too late, too late
A fool could read the signs
Maybe baby
You'd better check between the lines
Please read the letter, I
Wrote it in my sleep
With help and consultation from
The angels of the deep

Once I stood beside a well of many words
My house was full of rings and
Charms and pretty birds
Please understand me, my
Walls come falling down

There's nothing here that's left for you
But check with lost and found

Please read the letter that I wrote
Please read the letter that I wrote

One more song just before we go
Remember baby
All the things
We used to know
Please read my letter
And promise you'll keep
The secrets and the memories and
Cherish in the deep

Ah...

Please read the letter that I wrote
Please read the letter that I wrote
Please read the letter that I wrote

Please read the letter that I wrote
Please read the letter that I wrote
Please read the letter that I wrote


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Please Remember That I Love You

Please remember that I love you
And I hope you'll not forget
Each hour each day our love grows stronger
Since the day that we first met

Nothing now can separate us
Nothing but the end of time
Please remember that I love you
Don't forget that you're all mine

When I'm holding you so close dear
Lips so sweet brush close to mine
Time stands still my world is brighter
By a love that's so sublime

Please remember that I love you
That no one can take away
All the vows we made together
Are locked in my heart to stay

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Please Search Your Heart

Please search your heart and maybe you'll find
A reason to stay I'm begging this time
I know I was wrong but darlin' I've paid
Please search your heart before it's too late. 

   When you left me I said that I'd never be blue
   That I wouldn't cry if you found someone new
   But this is my plea, give me one more try
   Please search your heart, don't tell me goodbye. 

Please search your heart, don't tell me goodbye
Please search your heart, don't tell me goodbye

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Please Take The Devil Out Of Me
Written and recorded by George Jones

C        F      C      G7                   C
Oh Jesus please please take the devil outta me
                       F             C
I've traveled far down this lonesome road
                      G7
The devil he's got me bent down so low
C                         F         C
I've just found out where I want to be
         F      C      G7                   C
Oh Jesus please please take the devil outta me
                     F         C
I'm getting tired of living in sin 
                         G7
I'm tired of keeping the devil for my friend
C               F         C
I want so badly to be set free
         F      C      G7                   C
Oh Jesus please please take the devil outta me
                 F             C
Now I'm so happy I'm free from sin
                             G7
Because I let my dear Savior in
   C             F          C
My Jesus told me that I was free
         F         C   G7                   C
Oh Jesus thank you You took the devil outta me
                     F         C
I'm getting tired of living in sin 
                         G7
I'm tired of keeping the devil for my friend
C               F         C
I want so badly to be set free
         F      C      G7                   C
Oh Jesus please please take the devil outta me

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Plow to the End of the Row
Adrienne Young

Wake up in the morning in the moonlight grey
We got dirt to break, we got a note to pay
Gonna plow, plow to the end of the row
Wake up in the morning and plow to the end of the row

Down to the kitchen with my feet still bare
Children to the table, papa say a prayer
Gonna plow, plow to the end of the row
Down to the kitchen, got to plow to the end of the row

Cornbread for breakfast, won't ya boil the grinds
Got to cut the furrow 'fore the sun gets high
Got to plow, plow to the end of the row
Cornbread for breakfast and I plow to the end of the row

Sun just broke out over the trees
I got a aching in my back and a tremblin' in my knes
If the mule won't pull then the plow won't go
If the seed don't set, crop won't grow

Chickens to the market, seven miles to town
Gotta make it home 'fore the sun goes down
Big storm coming, I can see it in the sky
Hope it don't hit 'fore the clothes get dry

I got rocks in my shoes, dirt in my eyes
Working like a dog til the day I die
You got to plow, plow to the end of the row
I got rocks in my shoes when I plow to the end of the row
My baby's waitin' for me at the end of the day
She likes to ball the jack in the sweetest way
Gotta plow, plow to the end of the row

My baby's waiting' for me so I plow to the end of the row
Wake up in the mornin' in the moonlight grey
We got dirt to break we got a note to pay
Gonna plow, plow to the end of the row
Wake up in the mornin' and plow to the end of the row

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Dolly Parton - Pms Blues lyrics
(I wrote the lyrics as I heard them in the southern country vernacular so they may be considered misspelled.)
Album:  Heartsongs

Eve, you wicked woman, you done put your curse on me.
Why didn't you just leave that apple hanging in the tree.
You make us hate our husbands, our lovers and our boss.
Why I can't even count the good friends I've already lost.
Oh those
PMS Blues.  PMS Blues
I don't even like myself but its something I can't help.
I got those god almighty, slap somebody
PMS Blues.
Most times I'm easy going.
Some say I'm good as gold.
But when I PMS, I turn mean and cold.
Those not afflicted with it, are affected just the same.
You poor ol' men
just have to grin
and say I feel your pain.
PMS Blues
Right Bubba.  But what else are you gonna say.
PMS Blues
LORD, LORD, you know you must forgive us
cause we care not what we do.
I got those can't stop crying, dishes flying
PMS Blues.
But you know that we can't help it.
We don't even know the cause.
But as soon as this parts over then comes that menopause.
OH, LORD,  I 'm gonna always be a heap of fun.
Like the devil taking over my body.
Suffering. Suffering. Suffering.
Everybody's Suffering. OH.
But a woman had to write this song, a man would be scared to
Lest he be called a chauvinist or just fall victim to those
PMS Blues.
You know we'd kill for less than that.
PMS Blues.   OH HO.
You don't want to cross my path, cause a pit bull ain't no match
For these teeth a'clinching, fluid retention, head a'swelling, can't stop yelling
Got no patience. I'm so hateful
PMS Blues.
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome.
Got those mood's a swinging, tears a'slinging,
nothing fits me when it hits me,
Rantin', Ravin', Misbehavin'
PMS Blues
Can you witness.....
You women wanna witness...
Aw, tell it sister.
Tell it sister as only you know how.
You men wanna witness....
Aw, tell it brother.
Tell it cause you sure knowt what I'm talking about. HA!
You little kids.  You wanna witness.
You wanna talk about that mean ol' devil momma of yours.
I said the KIDS.  You mommas stay out of this, you done enough to them kids already.
Come on Kids, witness.  You are safe with your friend Dolly.
Its the only time in my life I ever think about wishing  I'd been a man.
But you know that only leaves one thing.
Because if I had been a man, I'd be somewhere right this very minute with some ole cranky, naggin', raggin', hateful woman with those
PMS Blues.  PMS Blues.
I don't wanna talk about it.
We both could do without it.
I got those
Shoot your kids bad,
don't you talk back
go ballistic,
unrealistic
Awful, lowdown, Bitch to be around
PMS Blues.
BOO HOO HOO..............
Oh, what are you looking at.
BLUES.


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Pocket Full Of Gold
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Brian Allsmiller and Vince Gill

C                           F
He slipped the ring off his finger 
                      C
When he walked in the room
                      F
And he found him some stranger 
                     C
And promised her the moon
         F                  C
How many lies you must have told
                   G7
You think you're a rich man 
F                        C   F
With your pocket full of gold
C                 F
For another man's treasure 
             C
You'd say anything
                    F
But is one night of pleasure 
                         C
Worth the trouble you'll bring
                 F
Don't look so surprised 
                   C
Cause son I should know
             G7
I once was a rich man 
F                      C
With my pocket full of gold
     G7
Some night you're gonna wind up 
       F              C
On the wrong end of a gun
     G7
Some jealous guy's gonna show up 
           F                   G7
And you'll pay for what you've done
C            F               C
What will it say on your tombstone
            G7
Here lies a rich man 
F                       C   F
With his pocket full of gold
C                G7
Yeah here lies a rich man 
F                       C
With his pocket full of gold

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Pocket Of A Clown
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
Inside the pocket of a clown 
                
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                       D7
Is a sad place to hang around 
       
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                               
Just watching smiles turn into frowns 
                      
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                       G
Inside the pocket of a clown 
 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                          
Inside the heartache of a fool 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                                        D7
You'll learn things they don't teach in school 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                             
And lessons there can be real cruel 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                          G
Inside the heartache of a fool  
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
C                  G
Hollow lies make a thin disguise
A7                                      D7
As little drops of truth fall from your eyes
C                  G
Hollow lies make a thin disguise
A7                                      D7
As little drops of truth fall from your eyes
  G
Inside a memory from the past 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                             D7
Lives every love that didn't last 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                                    
Sweet dreams can start to fade real fast 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                         G
Inside a memory from the past ooh wah ooh wah
                              D7
It's a real sad place to hang around 
(ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah ooh wah)
                                  G
Inside the pocket of a clown of a clown

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Poison
Adrienne Young

Gonna take a long time to get over you
Love's poison addiction offers me no rescue
Gonna be a hard road back to where I started from
'Cause you touched the deepest part of me and filled me
With your song
And I sang along

I believe in you and what you gotta do
But what you're goin' through is poison,
Poison to the two of us
Used to stand so tall
'Til I took the fall, greatest fall of all
Was when I fell for you

Our cloudy skies held lonely forms
Your anger familiar thick as air before a storm
Now lookin' back I know the truth was plain to see
I built my world around you 'cause I
I needed to believe
And I still believe

Time and time again we tried so hard to win
But the pleasures of a foolish paradise
Is nothing but a sin

=============================

Poison Lies

   Oh leave me or say that you want me
   And the stories that they told all lie down
   For somehow I can't make my heart believe them
   They're only poison lies going 'round

It tough now that you're livin' reckless
Goin' places dear and doin' things that's wrong
Runnin' 'round with the crowd you once hated
Just to spite one that's loved you so long

Yeah at times we've tired of each other
Our love didn't seem to be the same
Then you thought I had gone found another
So you left me and I took the blame

=============================

Poison Love

For your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear
And I know my life will never be the same
For my pleading has all been in vain for you and you alone dear
And you know that you are guilty of the same

Into each life a love is born for one and one alone dear
The love I chose was surely not for me
For your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear
And I know our love was never meant to be

But still my heart cries out for you and you alone my darling
It makes me never ever let you go
But my pleading has all been in vain for you and you alone dear
And my better judgment tells me to say no

=============================

Police

Police come I didn't want to go this morning (2x)
Police come I didn't want to go
Shot him in the head with my 44 this morning

Roll your dice and have your fun this morning (2X)
Roll your dice and have your fun
Run like the devil when the police come this morning

There's old John laying on a log this morning (2x)
There's old John laying on a log
Finger on the trigger and his eye on a hog, this morning

Down went the trigger and bang went the gun this morning (2x)
Down went the trigger and bang went the gun
Wish I had a wagon I'd be haulin him home this morning

Know a little secret I ain't gonna tell is morning (2x)
Know a little secret I ain't gonna tell
Wanna go to heaven but I'm goin down there this morning

There's old John sittin on a plow this morning (2x)
There's old John sittin on a plow
Tryin' to get a woman but don't know how this morning

Tryin' to get a woman but don't know how this morning (2x)
Tryin' to get a woman but don't know how
Tryin' to get a woman but I only got a sow this morning

Police come I didn't want to go this morning (2x)
Police come I didn't want to go
Shot him in the head with my 44 this morning

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Political Science
Randy Newman

No one likes us, I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot and Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now


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Alison Krauss - Polly Come Home

If the wild bird could speak
She'd tell of places you had been
She's been in my dreams
And she knows all the ways of the wind

[Chorus:]
Polly, come home again
Spread your wings to the wind
I felt much of the pain
As it begins

Dreams cover much time
Still they leave blind
The will to begin
I searched for you there
And now look for you from within

[Chorus]


=============================

Polly Vaughn

Now come all ye hunters who follow the gun
Beware of your shooting at the setting of the sun
For Polly's own true love he shot in the dark
But oh and alas Polly Vaughn was his mark.

   For she'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
   Oh and alas it was she Polly Vaughn

He ran up beside her and saw that it was she
Cried "Polly oh Polly have I killed thee"
He lifted up her head and saw that she was dead
And a fountain of tears for his true love he shed.

In the middle of the night Polly Vaughn did appear
Cried "Jimmy oh Jimmy you must have no fear;
Just tell them you were hunting when your trial day has come
And you won't be convicted for what you have done."

In the middle of the trial Polly Vaughn did appear
Crying "Uncle oh Uncle Jimmy Randall must go clear"
The lawyers and the judges stood around in a row
In the middle Polly Vaughn like some fountian of snow

 For she'd her apron wrapped about her and they took her for a swan
Oh and alas it was she Polly Vaughn
Oh and alas it was she Polly Vaughn

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Polly Von / Polly Vaughn
Arr. Yarrow / Stookey / Travers

I shall tell of a hunter whose life was undone
By the cruel hand of evil at the setting of the sun
His arrow was loosed and it flew through the dark,
And his true love was slain as the shaft found its mark.

Chorus:
She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
But it's oh and alas it was she, Polly Von

He ran up beside her and found it was she
He turned away his head for he could not bear to see
He lifted her up and found she was dead,
A fountain of tears for his true love, he shed.

Chorus

He bore her away to his home by the sea
Cryin' "Father, oh father, I murdered poor Polly!
I've killed my fair love in the flower of her life!
I always intended that she be my wife."

"But she'd her apron wrapped about her
and I took her for a swan,
And it's oh and alas it was she, Polly Von."

He roamed near the place where his true love was slain
He wept bitter tears, but his cries were all in vain.
As he looked on the lake, a swan glided by
And the sun slowly sank in the grey of the sky.

Chorus


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Richard Thompson - Pony in the Stable 

You're messing with my mind
You're thrilling me but killing me
I'm missing all the signs
You're rushing me and crushing me
Same old same old
Packs of lies and compromises
Same old same old
Pony in the stable
You've got me where it stings
Wrapped around your little finger
Sold off all my things
Begging like a carol singer
Same old same old
Bread and dripping on the table
Same old same old
Pony in the stable
Forgive me if I sneer
You're used to being Cleopatra
You don't like to hear
The stuff you dish out come back at you
Same old same old
Packs of lies and compromises
Same old same old
Pony in the stable
I'm flattered but I'm scared
You picked me out from all the others
Should have been prepared
For friends to parlay into lovers
Same old same old
Bread and dripping on the table
Same old same old
Pony in the stable

=============================

Poor Ellen Smith

Poor Ellen Smith how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
Her clothers were all scattered and thrown on the ground
And blood marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

They picked up their rifles and hunted me down
And found me aloafign in Mount Airy town
They picked up the body and carried it away
And now she is sleeping in some lonesome old grave

I got a letter yesterday and I read it today
The flowers on her grave have all faded away
Some day I'll go home and say when I go
On poor Ellen's grave pretty flowers I'll sow

I've been in this prison for twenty long years
Each night I see Ellen through my bitter tears
The warden just told me that soon I'll be free
To go to her grave near theat old willow tree

My days in this prison are ending at last
I'll never be free from the sins of my past
Poor Ellen Smith how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground


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Dolly Parton - Poor Folks Town lyrics

The work is hard and the hours are long
The money ain't much but we get along
We're rich in things love can give
That can't be bought with a dollar bill
So, come on down
Have a look around
Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
We got no money but we're rich in love
That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of
So come on down have a look around
At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
We got no carpets on the floor
We've got wall to wall love
Who could ask for more
We got no big fine things to show
Just a place to watch our children grow
We got no big fine fancy car to drive
And no fancy clothes to keep in style
What we've got we're payin' on
But it's mostly love that we're livin' on
So, come on down
Have a look around
Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
We got no money but we're rich in love
That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of
So come on down have a look around
At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
We've got a little simple church nearby
And the promise of a mansion in the sky
A heart of gold a million dollar smile
And a one way ticket to paradise
So, come on down
Have a look around
Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
We got no money but we're rich in love
That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of
So come on down have a look around
At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
So, come on down
Have a look around
Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town
We got no money but we're rich in love
That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of
So come on down have a look around
At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town


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Poor Little Orphaned Boy

My mother died when I was young
My sisters they were sad
They lay there hands upon my head
And ought me how to pray

   So now my mother she's gone to rest
   In the land of purist joy
   And I wonder if she thinks of me
   Her poor little orphan boy

When I was only two years old
I never shall forget
A parting kiss she gave to me
I sometimes feel it yet

When I was sick and every hour
She watched me as I lay
And with her kind and gentle hand
She soothed me tenderly

So now I press this world alone
Her love with me shall stay
And from the throne above the skies
Her smiles shall rest on me

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Poor Little Rich Boy
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Don Carter

 C
(Poor little rich boy poor little rich boy)
                                                            G7
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but lots and lots of money
                                                                C
Poor little rich boy don't take nothin' but some sad poor boy's honey
                                                              F
Got to run all day with his fancy clothes and a big long limousine
                     C                     G7   C
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but everything
(Poor little rich boy poor little rich boy)
Now there's an old saying I used to hear 
                           G7
Keeps a running through my mind
                                                                C
How a baby boy born with a silver spoon was in for a mighty bad time
                                                            F
Pity the rich kid I've always heard I can't for the life of me
                         C                  G7                C
While he's a wading in a pool of riches I'm sinking into poverty
repeat #1
(Poor little rich boy poor little rich boy)
                                                        G7
I work and sweat and slaved all day oh what good did it do
That wasn't too minutes of the day that passed 
                            C
And I wasn't thinking 'bout you
                                                                 F
Cause a poor boy's chances are mighty thin cause when I got into town
                                          C
I walked by your house and saw your porch light burning 
      G7               C
And I knew who'd been around
repeat #1

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Poor Man's Riches
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Benny Barnes and Dee Marais

C                                   G7
Oh I've traveled to the ends of the rainbow
                                      C
And I've searched for that old pot of gold
                             G7
But I didn't realize until I looked into your eyes
                                      C
That I had a greater wealth than ever told
     F                                    C
Well into each life there's many kinds of riches
           D7                                  G7
Oh there's diamonds there's pearls and there's gold
        F                          C
But I'd be the richest man in this wonderful land
                G7          C
If I had you to have and to hold
                                        G7
Well a true love is the greatest of all riches
                                C
And a true love will never grow cold
                               G7
A real love is all that really matters
                                             C
For it's worth more than diamonds pearls and gold
repeat #2
                    G7          C
Yes if I had you to have and to hold

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Poor Monroe

Just because he's lazy sits around with the blues
They run Monroe off without his shoes
He always was lazy and he never liked to work
But now his feet they are bare as he runs through the dirt

If my family should ever do me that way
Id put my shoes on and go far away
But if they didn't give me time they say I had to go
Then my feet would be bare I'd be just like Monroe

   Well i guess they told him
   They didn't need him there
   And if he was out of the way
   They would draw welfare
   That's whats messing up the country and making it so tough
   While monroe's living it down
   His family's living it up

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Poor Old Dirt Farmer

Now the poor old dirt farmer he's lost all his corn
And now where's the money to pay off his loan
The loan that he signed to pay off his corn to pay off his loan

Now the poor old dirt farmer he lives all alone
His wife and kids left him and took all he owned
And on the next round they took all they found that wasn't nailed down

Now the poor old dirt farmer how bad he does feel
He upset his tractor got caught in the wheel
And now his head is the shape of a tread and he still isn't dead

Now the poor old dirt farmer it's dry as a bone
ANd the biggest thing growin' is a ten pound stone
And when its gets round he'll roll it on down to the tax man in town

Now the poor old dirt farmer he's lost all his corn
And now where's the money to pay off his loan
The loan that he signed to pay off his corn to pay off his loan
to pay off his corn to pay off his loan?

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Poor Orphan Child, The

I hear a low faint voice of death call full and mamma's dead
And it comes from the poor orphan child that must be clothed and fed
And it calls from the poor orphan child that must be clothed and fed
And it calls from the poor orphan child that must be clothed and fed

Savior lead them by the hand (Gently lead them by the hand)
Savior lead them by the hand (Gently lead them by the hand)
Savior lead them by the hand
Till they all reach that glittering strand

They call from mended children mouths (?) poor little boys and girls
Who once had loved their loving hands to smooth their golden curls
Who wanted mothers loving hands to smooth their golden curls
Who wanted mothers loving hands to smooth their golden curls

But now we see those wandering curls hang gallop round their brow
They say to us my pappa's dead and I've no mother now
They say to us my pappa's dead and I've no mother now
They say to us my pappa's dead and I've no mother now

Oh savior every orphan breath wherever they may roam
Bless every hand that leaves them aid and bless the orphan home
Bless every hand that leaves them aid and bless the orphan home
Bless every hand that leaves them aid and bless the orphan home

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Poor Rebel Soldier

I'm a poor rebel soldier a long way from home
Ain't had me no loving since the day I've been gone
Can't find me no woman in this Yankee land
There's a place in old Dixie I know where I can

Since I left old Georgia a long time ago
We run Grant's big army in the land where it snows
The cold wind is blowing and freezing the rain
But there's hot blood still running through these rebel veins

The call of the wild keeps howling to me
From the mountains down yonder in old Tennessee
Got a woman who's waiting in old Knoxville town
When night falls I'm going to be Tennessee bound

I'm a poor rebel soldier and I'm going home
Cause I don't call it living when I'm living alone
Come morning they'll look but me they won't find
I'm going to be south of that old Dixie line

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Richard Thompson - Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman 

Won't you rise for the hangman?
His pleasure is that you should rise
He's the judge and the jury
At the jester's assize

Poor Will on the gallows tree
Never a cruel word did say
Oh, that a young man
Should be treated this way

Run to me mother of anyone's child
And tell me the revelry planned
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law
His show is the best in the land

Here's a toast to the Jolly Hangman
He'll hang you the best that he can
Here's a toast to the Jolly

No purse for a champion
No true love come over the stile
The debt of a poor man
He'll pay in awhile

Poor ladies, poor gentleman
Born of a sorry degree
Will you laugh for the hangman
When he comes for his fee?

Run to me mother of anyone's child
And tell me the revelry planned
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law
His show is the best in the land

Here's a toast to the Jolly Hangman
He'll hang you the best that he can
Here's a toast to the Jolly

Rise for the hangman
His pleasure is that you should rise
He's the judge and the jury
At the jester's assize

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Poor Young Girl
Traditional

There was once a poor young girl who lived in the country,
And she went to the city to seek employment.
She went to the city because the wolf was at her door,
And her father had fallen down and hurt his knee.

Just before she went to the city, her boyfriend whose name was Jack,
He said to her, "I fear you will not be true."
So he made her promise just as she was getting on the train
That every night at eight o'clock she would burst into tears.

Then she got to the city and was riding on an omnibus
When a man got up and offered her his seat
She refused him with scorn for she saw that he wore a ring
And for all she knew he could be a married man.

Then up stepped the driver and said, "I knew you would be true!"
And he tore off his false whiskers and it was Jack
The very same day she received a telegram saying her father's knee was better,
And her Aunt Mildred had died and left her fifty-eight thousand dollars.


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Richard Thompson - Poppy-Red 

Richard Thompson
Sweet Warrior
Poppy-Red
Emma love used to lie
Like a pearl by my side
Everything sweet, everything so complete

Emma love makes her bed
The poppies grow over her head
There in a field, there in a field
Warm and red as the blood she shed

Now everything is poppy red, poppy red
Everything is poppy red in loving memory
Everything is poppy red, poppy red
Everything is poppy red
The gift she gave to me
In loving memory, memory, memory

She said there's a wind that blows
Where it blows from who knows?
And if I don't go I'll never know peace of mind
Everything's upside down
Everything's turned around
She was my first, she was my last
She was my friend until the end

Now everything is poppy red, poppy red
Everything is poppy red in loving memory
Everything is poppy red, poppy red
Everything is poppy red
The gift she gave to me
In loving memory, memory, memory

I'll always see her that way
Dressed in that red white and grey
Slowly she turned
Slowly she turned
Into the ring and walked away

Now everything is poppy red, poppy red
Everything is poppy red in loving memory
Everything is poppy red, poppy red
Everything is poppy red
The gift she gave to me
In loving memory, memory, memory, memory

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Dolly Parton - Possum Holler lyrics
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Dallas Frazier
Copyright 1967

As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler
As a young man I'd go a courtin' with my sweetheart so young and fair
Down the mountain to Possum Holler that's where he'd always find me waitin'
there
Now I tell my mama that I's goin' out walkin' neath the moonlight so bright and
fair
And I'd tell daddy I was huntin' possum
And take off a grinnin' and a slickin' down my hair
As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler
Then one evening in Possum Holler my sweetheart's daddy stopped all our fun
Yeah we got married in Possum Holler just you and me my daddy and daddy's gun
As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler
Now when they see a possum hunter young and handsome and a smellin' fair
We just lean back and bust our laughin' cause we know there ain't no possum
there
As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler
About possum in Possum Holler


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Dolly Parton - Potential New Boyfriend lyrics

Got my eye on a boy
He's eyeing me back
It's looking real good
This could be it
And I know that all of you girls
Would love to steal him away
He bought me a drink
I thanked him real sweet
It's always so nice when you first meet
And I know that all of you women would love to steal him away
So I'm warning you
CHORUS 1
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Building up an appetite
You can look but you can't buy
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Pretty as a picture
Comin' on so strong
He's twisting my ignition key
Turn my motor on
But anyone can see, all his attention's on me
Give us some privacy
CHORUS 2
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Better keep your hands off my
It's a waste of time to try
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Leave us alone tonight
Then if it don't work out right
He's all yours
Until then
CHORUS 3
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
Feel you crowdin' in on me
hovering suspiciously
Better keep your hands off my potential new boyfriend
REPEAT CHORUS 1


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Railroad Earth - Potter's Field 

I'm just a traveler passing through I wont haunt or bother you
Though you could put an end to my story.
You could call me ol' Jack.You might have seen me caped in black.
As I roam the streets of the village. 

And in her long flowing hair. You might find my story there. 
Though it was not my own hand that killed her.
I went down to the moonlight trail. Road out on the rail
And began my long life of journey. 

And the ripple that rose on the water 
And the high rolling wave out at sea.
And the Shadow that flies on the valley
In the middle is where you'll find me. 

In a bath tube for a boat, my passage I did float
On the banks of the dock of he city
Cuz in the fire of the devils den, live the gray coated men
That lost all my hopes and my two brothers.

So I wondered in the west settled down. Did my best.
But my hear was unsteady and restless.
To the room on Houston street. Where the pawn poets would meet 
And we poured out the wine of the ages.

And the ripple that rose on the water
And the hard hearted moon of the sea 
And the shadow that falls in the ally.
In the middle is where you find me.

Ten little flavors
Ten little stones
Sleep little babies. 
You'll never know, where you ever go. 

Years ago my lid was sealed
Through me down in the Potters field 
We're the souls of the long and forgotten.

Though my name is dead and gone
I remain a carryin on and I roam with an old band of brothers. 

If you strum that ancient stream, you may call my spirit in
Or if you blow on the horn of the whistle.
By an old pile of nails. I might stop and listen there
Where the wren pulls her nest from the thistle.

And the ripple that rose on the water
And the high rolling wave out at sea
And the Shadow that falls on the valley
I'm the middle is where you'll find me.

High above the Cullin wharf . Stands the ol' mound of stone. 
In the mist and the stone and the mountain
If you scramble up the street
Wont you stay a while for me
Watch the white rolling winds wash the island.

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Pray
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Take your eyes off yourself look at somebody else
    G7                          C  G7
And imagine how hard life could be
           C
Count your blessings again kiss the lips of your friend
    G7        C
And pray  and pray
    F                            C
And give God the glory for every good thing you do
        F                  G  G7
There's others lesser than you
         C
Get your mind off yourself think of somebody else
    G7        C
And pray  and pray
    F                            C
And give God the glory for every good thing you do
        F                  G  G7
There's others lesser than you
         C
Get your mind off yourself think of somebody else
    G7        C
And pray  and pray

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Pray For The Boys

Don't forget to often pray for the boys so far away
They have gone to fill your place out there
They're on the battle line in defense of your and mine
Hold 'em up to God in humble prayer

When the smoke of the battle clears oft my eyes are filled with tears
As I see some mother's son so still
I am thankful for your prayers to the one who always cares
And I play that I may do his will

* Refrain

In the beach head far away goes a boy for you today
And I know he thinks of home and you
When in prayer you're head is bowed mention those whe're out there now
Pray the Lord today to him be true

* Refrain


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Prayer Bells Of Heaven

While we are living in this world of care
Many the burdens that we have to bear
But there's a prayer bell at the Lord's right hand
Give it a ring and He will understand

   Prayer bells of heaven oh how sweetly they ring
   Bearing a message unto Jesus our king
   When you are burdened down with sorrows and care
   Ring on and on for God will answer your prayer

 Three Hebrew children to the fire were thrown
Because a worldly king they would not own
Jesus delivered and the king then saw
Prayer bells of heaven beat a man made law

 When Paul and Silas were thrown into jail
They didn't worry who would go their bail
But on the prayer bells they began to ring
Off fell the stocks and they begin to sing

 Into the garden Jesus went to pray
Until His sweat became as blood they say
Ringing the prayer bells there in agony
Bringing salvation that we might be free

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Dolly Parton - Preacher Tom lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Preacher Tom, your friends are many
And your good deeds are a plenty
And I know that God is plenty proud of you
Cause you've directed your attention
Towards a bright and shining mansion
God promise to the ones that pay their dues
So preacher Tom, come on preach,
Let the one of which you speak have his way
Let his precious will be done
Preacher Tom, come on
Teach of the one always in reach
Saying who so ever will let him come
Preach on preacher Tom, preach on
Your smile is like the sunshine bringing warmth and joy to others
And love controls your understanding heart
And the message that you spread is just like water to the thirsty
A beacon that keeps shining through the dark
So preacher Tom, come on preach,
Let the one of which you speak have his way
Let his precious will be done
Preacher Tom, come on
Teach of the one always in reach
Saying who so ever will let him come
Preach on preacher Tom, preach on
So preacher Tom, come on preach,
Let the one of which you speak have his way
Let his precious will be done
Preacher Tom, come on
Teach of the one always in reach
Saying who so ever will let him come
Preach on preacher Tom, preach on


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Precious Jewel

Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered
Way deep in the grave lies the gal that I love
She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven
More precious than diamonds more precious than gold

   A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven
   She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
   May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven
   They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam

When a girl of sixteen we courted each other
She promised someday to become my sweet wife
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
But the angels they called her in heaven one night

   This world has left its wealth its trials and troubles
   The earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
   But they can't hold the soul of one precious jewel
   She's resting in peace in the heavenly fold

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Precious Lord
Artist: Doc Watson
Title: On Praying Ground
Company: Sugar Hill SH-CD

Precious Lord Take My hand lead me on let me stand
Lord I'm tired weak and I'm worn
Through the storm through the night
Lead me on to the light
Precious Lord take my hand, lead me on

When my friends don't understand
And they fail to lend a hand
When my load gets to heavy to bear
As I go along life's way
I just slip away and pray
And dear Lord I can always find you there.

Instrumental

When my way groweth drear
And the night's drawin' near
When my life is almost gone
At that river I stand
Guide my feet Lord, won't you take my hand
Precious Lord take my hand, lead me on.

Instrumental

Precious Lord Take My hand lead me on let me stand
Lord I'm tired getting weak and so worn
Through the storm through the night
Lead me on Lord to that blessed light
Precious Lord take my hand, lead me on.


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Precious Memories

As I travel down life's pathway
Knowing not what the years may hold
As I ponder hopes grow fonder
Precious memories flood my soul

   Precious Memories how they linger
   How they ever flood my soul
   In the stillness of the midnight
   Precious sacred scenes unfold

Precious father loving mother
Fly across the lonely years
And old home scenes from my childhood
In fond memory appear

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Richard Thompson - Precious One 

Precious one, precious one
Thought you stood so sweet upon your own two feet
Precious one, precious one
Thought there was no breeze could bring you to your knees
But I was wrong

Precious one, precious one
Should have been a light to guide you through the night
Precious one, precious one
Wanted to believe you had no need to grieve
But I was wrong

I was wrong, I was wrong
Should have wrapped my arms around you tight
To say, I'm here
What's done is done, what's done is done

Precious one, precious one
Wish there was a tide to bring me to your side
Precious one, precious one
Didn't want to run or leave it all undone
Oh, I was wrong

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Brad Paisley - Pressing On A Bruise (feat. Mat Kearney) 

You were a pain girl, a thorn in my side
Drove me insane girl, a white-knuckle ride
So why do I go lookin' through old photographs
And chase you down the hallways of our checkered past
Hold on for dear life and keep the fire fed
I oughta let go but instead
It's like I'm pressing on a bruise
To see if it still hurts
Right now that's all I've got left of you
Everybody knows that just makes it worse
But still I do
I could start a new life, I could move on
I could do a drive by, and see if you're home
Now there's a fine, fine line between a memory
And something any shrink would call an injury
But it's not over long as you're still hurtin' me
And as I turn onto your street
It's like I'm pressing on a bruise
To see if it still hurts
Right now that's all I've got left of you
Anybody knows that just makes it worse
But still I do
Still I do, still I do, still love you
But she's the kind of girl puts your world on hold
Walk the halls and you check your phone
Gave up the ghost and the ghost keeps holdin' on
And you run from the sun but you curse the rain
Lost the love so you nurse the pain
Goin' on and on, singin' that same song
But she's gone
(I can't let it alone)
And you get drunk on those glory days
(I can't just let it heal)
With a broken heart and a bitter taste
(No, I can't just let it go)
Well, you light it up as she burns you down
(I can't just let it heal)
You're smokin' those memories to the ground
(Like I'm pressing on a bruise)
Yeah, that's the thing about love and pain
They may look alike but they're not the same
(No, I can't just let it go)
You've got to let it go go go
(No, I can't just let it heal)


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Pretend Love
The Avett Brothers

Don't be fooled by my words
Don't be fooled by my song
If you choose to belive them
You'll plainly be wrong

I have love for my family
I have love for my friends
That's as far as it goes,
And I must let you know
My love for you was pretend.

Pretend love, pretend love,
Don't be mistaken, I've only been fakin'
Pretend love

Don't you know I've a gift
And I've wraped it in truth
Your birthday's tomorrow,
But the gift is not for you,

But if I came with a present
I would bring you a clue
Hopes you'd finally see
That your feelings for me
Will never be returned

Pretend love, pretend love
Don't be mistaken, I've only been fakin'
Pretend love

Pretend love, pretend love
Don't be mistaken, I've only been faking
Pretend love

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Pretending

Pretending that I'm always happy
Pretending that I'm always gay when my heart
Inside of me is slowly dying
Every second every minute of the day

Pretending that I do not love you
Pretending I am glad you're gone
When I know that you have gone away forever
And the pain within my heart goes on and on

Pretending that I'll soon forget you
Pretending now is all I do
For I know that you have gone away forever
The game is over I know I've lost you

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Pretending I Don't Care

    My days are so lonely my nights are so blue
    Though my heart is broken it belongs to you
    Of misery and sorrow well I've had my share
    Like you I'm pretending that I don't care

You pretend to be happy gay and care-free
But I know that sometimes you still think of me
Just being without you I can't hardly bear
And like you I'm pretending that I don't care

I prayed for the power to forget and forgive
That you ever hurt me the way that you did
Oh I shouldn't want you but the feeling's still there
And like you I'm pretending that I don't care

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Prettiest Flower There
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Val Johnson

G                                 C
I came into the parlor a precious soul had gone home
  G                                  A7       D7
I grieved with the family who'd been left all alone
    G                               C
The tears were freely flowing their loss so hard to bear
       G                                   D7               G
It was then I looked around me she was the prettiest flower there
C               D7             G
Angels stood at attention when she was called away
                           A7          D7
For she'd held the hand of Jesus every day
         C                          G                    C
Heaven's choir played her anthem as they welcomed one so rare
       G                D7               G
Heaven knows she is the prettiest flower there
                               C
I placed a rose by her side it seemed I saw her smile
  G                                        A7           D7
I remembered how she blessed all those she met o'er the miles
G                                C
Eternally she's resting now in a garden so fair
         G      C     G                    D7               G
And when Heaven looks upon her it sees the prettiest flower there
Repeat #2
         C                          G                    C
Heaven's choir played her anthem as they welcomed one so rare
       G                D7               Em    A7
Heaven knows she is the prettiest flower there
       G                D7               G     C G
Heaven knows she is the prettiest flower there

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Prettiest Flowers

I know there is a land of beautiful flowers
Where we'll meet again when life is over
Where we'll while away the endless hours
On heaven's bright eternal shore

    The prettiest beds of flowers will be blooming
    By the prettiest treats our eyes will ever behold
    Where the beautiful tree of life for us is waiting
    By the prettiest mansion made with purest gold

I want to meet you by that beautiful river
On that eternal morning in the sky
Where we'll live in peace through endless ages
Where we'll never say goodbye

    The prettiest robes and crowns we'll all be wearing
    In the city four square beyond this world of strife
    And the prettiest songs of the angels will be singing
    On the beautiful morning by the river of life
 

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Crooked Still 
Pretty Bird

Fly away little pretty bird
Fly, Fly away
Fly away little pretty bird
And pretty you will always stay

I see in your eyes a promise
Your own tender love you bring
But fly away little pretty bird
Cold runneth the spring

Love's own tender flames warm this meeting
And love's tender song you'll sing
But fly away little pretty bird
And pretty you'll always sing

I cannot make you no promise
For love is such a delicate thing
Fly away little pretty bird
For he'd only clip your wings

Fly far beyond this dark mountain
To where you'll be free evermore
Fly away little pretty bird
Where the cold winter winds don't blow

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Pretty Boy Floyd
Woody Guthrie

Come gather round me children, a story I will tell
'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, the outlaw. Oklahoma knew him well.

'Twas in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon,
His wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode.

When up stepped a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude,
Using vulgar words of language, and his wife she overheard.

Well, Pretty Boy Floyd grabbed a long chain, and the deputy grabbed a gun,
And in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down.

Instrumental

He ran through the trees and bushes and lived a life of shame.
Every crime in Oklahoma was added to his name.

He ran through trees and bushes on the Canadian River shore,
And many a starving farmer opened up his door.

In Oklahoma City, it was on a Christmas Day.
Came a whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say:

"You say that I'm an outlaw. You say that I'm a thief.
Well, here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief."

As through this life you travel, you meet some funny men.
Some rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen.

As through this life you ramble, as through this life you roam,
You'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home.

Instrumental

Repeat first section before first instrumental


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The Duhks - Pretty Boy Floyd / Stoney Point 

If you gather 'round me, people
This story I will tell
About Pretty Boy Floyd, the outlaw
Oklahoma knew him well

It was in the town of Shawnee
On a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in a wagon
And into town they rode

Well the deputy sheriff approached him
In a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language
And his wife she overheard

Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain
And the deputy grabbed his gun
And in the fight that followed
He laid that deputy down

Well they took to the hills and timber
To live the life of shame
And every crime in Oklahoma
Was added to his name

And he took to the hills and timber
On the Canadian river shore
And Pretty Boy found a welcome
At every farmer's door

Well there's many a starving farmer
The same old story told
How the outlaw paid the mortgage
And saved their little homes

Others tell you of a stranger
That comes to beg a meal
And underneath the napkin
He left a thousand dollar bill

Was in Oklahoma City
Was on a Christmas Day
There come a whole car load of groceries
And a letter that did say

Well, you say that I'm an outlaw
You say that I'm a thief
While here's a Christmas dinner
For the families on relief

Well, as through this world I've rambled
I've seen lots of funny men
Some will rob you with their six-gun
And some with a fountain pen

But it's through this world you ramble
And it's through this world you roam
You won't never see no outlaw
Drive a family from their home

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl at the Airport 

Wish me luck I know you think I'll need it
For all the hardest roads we have to walk alone
And you don't have to tell me that you love me
For all the words I've never understood
I know, I know

The wind that blows from here to California
Never stops to turn and wonder why it goes
And you don't have to tell me when you're leaving
For all the plans I've never understood
I know, I know

Leave now while you can
I'm not your man
I know, I know

To have your things and wait there for a plane ride
No one there to sit and hold your hand in flight
But everyone I know out here is lonely
Even those that have someone to lie beside at night

Leave me with the dawn
It's almost gone
I know, I know
Leave now while you can
I'm not your man
I know, I know

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From Annapolis 

Oh don't you look at me that way
I would be honest but I don't know how to say
I've been lazy with my love
Can't you give me a chance to make it up to you

I'm always chasing some far off dream
My lady I know it's not easy for you to see
But I've lied to myself
And your lovelyness no it doesn't help
No your beautiful smile don't help

My dreams are lies
That I have tried to ignore
My dreams fly me
To a place near Baltimore

And I love this moment we're in
Though we might never see this moment again
May you find all that you need
An easy way to forget about me
May you forget about me

My dreams are lies
That I have tried to ignore
My dreams fly me
To a place near Baltimore

And if I don't make it to the spring
May you catch the joy that a melody brings
From my dear brothers ragged six string
Singing the songs we're embarrassed to sing
May you never be embarrassed to sing

My dreams are lies
That I have tried to ignore
My dreams fly me
To a place near Baltimore

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane 

I had a moment, when I thought I might be wrong
But Ashley how could it be
I waited on the rooftop, all night long
But you weren't coming for me
And now I'm sitting here like a mixed up little kid
You said you wanted me but you never did
There was a moment when I thought our love was strong
But now that moment is gone

I could stand right underneath the window of your room
Throwing rocks I've done it before
And I would love to find a reason to dazzle you with lies
But I don't have the energy no more
And you never promise anything you didn't give
I assumed that you'd say yes but you never did
There was a moment my love for you was strong
But now that moment is gone
Now that moment is gone

I saw you behind the camera
Whispering to your friends and watching me
I fell in love with you there
Which proves the fool that I can often be

I had a moment when I thought I might be right
But Ashley how could it be
I drank your share bourbon thinking you might come around
There ain't no one on the rooftop but me
And now I'm sitting here like a mixed up little kid
You said you wanted me but you never did
There was a moment my love for you was strong
But Ashley that moment is gone
Ashley that moment is gone
Now that moment is gone

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From Chile 

The Avett Brothers
Emotionalism
Pretty Girl From Chile

I'm no more than a friend girl 
I can see that you need more 
My boots are on my feet now 
My bag is by the door 

And the love and the attention 
That you need and ask me for 
Are weakened by my actions 
And lies that I have told 
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you 
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true 

And my heart is like a mason's 
Hands of weathered skin 
Each scar makes it harder 
For me to hurt again 
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you 
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true 

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya 
Are all meant to help ya 
Are they working out 
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya 
Gabriella, have I let you down 

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya 
Are all meant to help ya 
Are they working out 
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya 
Gabriella, have I let you dow

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Pretty Girl from Feltre
The Avett Brothers

I'm no more than a friend girl
I can see that you need more
My boots are on my feet now
My bag is by the door

And the love and the attention
That you need and ask me for
Are weakened by my actions
And lies that I have told
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

And my heart is like a mason's
Hands of weathered skin
Each scar makes it harder
For me to hurt again
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

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Pretty Girl from Locust
The Avett Brothers

I'm no more than a friend girl
I can see that you need more
My boots are on my feet now
My bag is by the door

And the love and the attention
That you need and ask me for
Are weakened by my actions
And lies that I have told
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

And my heart is like a mason's
Hands of weathered skin
Each scar makes it harder
For me to hurt again
I'm scared to think that I've abandoned you
I'd like to say that I'm a faithful man but it may not be true

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down

Gabriella, the things that I tell ya
Are all meant to help ya
Are they working out
Have I gone, have I gone and failed ya
Gabriella, have I let you down


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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From Matthews 

Hold on a minute it ain't time to leave
Tell me how you're feeling one more time
Four long years and I just can't believe
That I'm still yours and you're still mine

While I was gone, yes, I fell in love
Asked around and heard that you did too
Two drunken years and push came to shove
I met love, love left me blue

You're rising like a sun
That pulled the curtain on the night
Coming through the window
To brighten up my life

And I'm all right, yeah, I think I'm fine
My savior lives in telephones
And I just dream of you and step outside
Dial up and hope that you're home

You're rising like a sun
That waits up all night
Coming through the window
To brighten up my life

Hold on a minute, yeah, I do love you
Sometimes I guess that ain't enough
When you come round you put me through
And I thank you, oh, so much

Another year, maybe, three or four
Maybe five or six or even more
You'll find another man to take my place
And I'll see you on the good Lord's shores

You're rising like a sun
That pulled the curtain on the night
Coming through the window
To brighten up my life

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl from Matthews (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009)

Hold on a minute it ain't time to leave
Tell me how you're feeling one more time
Four long years and I just can't believe
That I'm still yours and you're still mine

While I was gone, yes, I fell in love
Asked around and heard that you did too
Two drunken years and push came to shove
I met love, love left me blue

You're rising like a sun
That pulled the curtain on the night
Coming through the window
To brighten up my life

And I'm all right, yeah, I think I'm fine
My savior lives in telephones
And I just dream of you and step outside
Dial up and hope that you're home

You're rising like a sun
That waits up all night
Coming through the window
To brighten up my life

Hold on a minute, yeah, I do love you
Sometimes I guess that ain't enough
When you come round you put me through
And I thank you, oh, so much

Another year, maybe, three or four
Maybe five or six or even more
You'll find another man to take my place
And I'll see you on the good Lord's shores

You're rising like a sun
That pulled the curtain on the night
Coming through the window
To brighten up my life

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From Michigan

Can you not see
What you've done
You gave your heart away like that I didn't want to fall
In love
With anyone but you did.

I can still hear
The song
The melody behind the kiss you gave me,
You were wrong
I was right so I walked away.

And left you there,
alone,
I got so tired of talking on the telephone.
How many times would we say the words "Goodbye"?

I made mistakes
and one
was telling you that I'd be there when telling-time had come.
I should've said I didn't care.

Oh the time I would have saved
If I had been less willing to accomodate.
You'd been a little less likely to cry.

You go back to the high life
And I'll go back to the low.
I should've known
But now I know.

There'll be no words
from you
Describing how it felt to go through what I put you through.
It all makes perfect sense.

The way you cut
The rope
That kept you dangling from such bitter full amounts of hope.
I would have cut it too.

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From Michigan - Commentary Lyrics

Can you not see
What you've done
You gave your heart away like that I didn't want to fall
In love
With anyone but you did.

I can still hear
The song
The melody behind the kiss you gave me,
You were wrong
I was right so I walked away.

And left you there,
alone,
I got so tired of talking on the telephone.
How many times would we say the words "Goodbye"?

I made mistakes
and one
was telling you that I'd be there when telling-time had come.
I should've said I didn't care.

Oh the time I would have saved
If I had been less willing to accomodate.
You'd been a little less likely to cry.

You go back to the high life
And I'll go back to the low.
I should've known
But now I know.

There'll be no words
from you
Describing how it felt to go through what I put you through.
It all makes perfect sense.

The way you cut
The rope
That kept you dangling from such bitter full amounts of hope.
I would have cut it too.

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From Raleigh 

Who sold you this anger
I suspect it was your friends
Or was it a stranger
Convincing you that this was the end

And I would like to thank you
For coming round and doing this
My nights have been pretty painful
Losing that pain was always the trick

You always said that I was lying
That I was just a selfish man
But I all ready gave it all away
So you can let go of my selfish hand

So bye bye bye bye bye
I ain't got time to watch you cry
Cause I've been drinking seven hours now
Sympathy is a waste of my high

And I would like to say it hurts me (but it don't)
That I don't know just what to do (but I do)
But it don't hurt when you're just killing time
I was killing time and I think that you knew

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Pretty Girl from Rowan County
The Avett Brothers

didn't she say, didn't she say, didn't she say
I don't love you anymore, I don't need you anymore
I can't call you anymore, I don't feel you anymore
I got my own cross to bear and I can take it anywhere
and if I choose to take it elsewhere then i will

now everyone of us got something to say
and everyone of us got someone to pay
everyone of us at the end of the day says what have I done

now everyone of us got something to see
and everyone of us got somewhere to be
everyone of us got something to bleed when we're on our own

but didn't she say, didn't she say, didn't she say
I don't love you anymore, I can't feel you anymore
I can't call you anymore, I don't love you anymore
I got my own cross to bear, I can take it anywhere
and if I choose to take it elsewhere then I will

now everyone of us got something to find
over where the train hits the end of the line
everyone of us got something to cry about all night long
but anyone can see there's a reason to ride
and anyone can see there's a reason to fly
anyone can see there's a reason to try if you're on your own

but didn't she say, didn't she say, didn't she say
I don't love you anymore, I don't need you anymore
I can't call you anymore, I don't feel you anymore
I got my own cross to bear and I can take it anywhere
and if I choose to take it elsewhere then i will

now I can take it to the sea (I can take it to the sea)
and I can take it away
I can take it to the hills (I can take it to the hills)
and I can take it away
I can keep it to myself, when no one else can tell
and live my life in secret misery

but didn't she say, didn't she say, didn't she say
I don't love you anymore, I don't need you anymore
I can't call you anymore, I don't feel you anymore
I got my own cross to bear, I can take it anywhere
and if I choose to take it elsewhere then I will
if I choose to take it elsewhere then I will
if I choose to take it elsewhere then I will

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The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl From San Diego 
Emotionalism

Tell her, tell her what I'™m thinkin'™
Tell her, tell her what I'm dreamin'™
And, hey, she just might just understand
Baby would you listen to me
Come across the kitchen to me
And I will tell ya best I can
˜Bout how I know you love me
And how I want to love you back

People, people, people, they make it sound so easy
They say just do what your heart tells you to
But sometimes you cannot feel it
Sometimes you cannot hear it
Sometimes it won'™t talk back to you
And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you back
And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you bad

Far away I hear the rhythm of a song
Far away I get the feeling I belong, and so do you
And it goes like this

Oh no, no, don'™t want to leave you
Oh no, I want to keep you
Oh but I want to let you be
Oh no, I don'™t want to hear you 
Say I don'™t want to be near you
Oh but I'™ve got to set you free
And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you back
And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you bad

Far away I hear the rhythm of a song
Far away I get the feeling I belong, and so do you
And it goes like this

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

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Pretty Good
John Prine

I got a friend in Fremont, He sells used cars, you know.
Well, he calls me up twice a year
Just ask me how'd it go
Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain
Actually everything is just about the same

I met a girl from Venus, and her insides were lined in gold
Well, she did what she did said "How was it, kid?"
She was politely told
"Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain
But actually everything is just about the same."

Moonlight makes me dizzy
Sunlight makes me clean
Your light is the sweetest thing
That this boy has ever seen.

Molly went to Arkansas, she got raped by Dobbin's dog
Well, she was doing good till she went in the woods
And got pinned up against a log
Pretty good, not bad, she can't complain
Cause actually all them dogs is just about the same

Moonlight makes me dizzy
Sunlight makes me clean
Your light is the sweetest thing
That this boy has ever seen.

Instrumental:

I heard Allah and Buddha were singing at the Savior's feast
And up the sky and Arabian rabbi
Fed Quaker oats to a priest.
Pretty good, not bad, they can't complain
Cause actually all them gods is just about the same
Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain
Cause actually everything is just about the same


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Pretty Little Miss

Pretty little miss out in the garden
Strange young man came riding by
Down at the gate he did address her
Saying pretty little miss won't you marry me

Oh no my love is on the ocean
Seven years out on the sea
And if he sails seven years longer
No man on earth can marry me

Perhaps your loved one he is drowned
Perhaps he's in some battle land
Perhaps he stole some girl and married
You'll never see your love again

If he is drowned I hope he's happy
Or if he's in some battle land
Or if he stole some girl and married
I'll love the girl that married him

He pulled his hand out of his pockets
His fingers being keen and small
This is the ring you placed upon here
Down by his feet she did fall

He picked her up in arms so tender
Kisses he gave her one two three
This is your little single soldier
Returning home to marry thee

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Pretty Polly

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Let me set beside you and tell you my mind

Well my mind is to marry and never to part
My mind is to marry and never to part
The first time I saw you it wounded my heart

Oh Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Before we get married some pleasures to see

Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
He led her over hills and valleys so deep
Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep

Oh Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid to of your ways
Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways
The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night

Oh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life
She knelt down before him a pleading for her life
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Your past recitation's been trouble to me

Oh went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away

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Pretty Saro

When I first came to this country in 1849
I saw many fair lovers but I did not see mine
I viewed the world 'round me saw I was quite alone
And me a poor stranger and a long way from home

Oh my true love she don't want me and it's this I understand
She wants a freeholder and I have no land
But I could maintain her on silver and gold
And all of the other things that my love's house could hold

Oh I wish I was a little dove, had wings and could fly
Straight to my love's bosom this night I'd draw nigh
And in her little small arms all night I would lay
And think of pretty Saro till the dawning of day

It's fair thee well to old mother and fare thee well to father too
I'm going for to ramble this wide world all through
And when I get weary I'll sit down and cry
And think of my Saro pretty Saro my bride

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Pretty Words
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Don Schlitz and Vince Gill

G                             C
I've seen the way he cast his spell 
     G                    F
He's gonna hurt you I can tell
G                                 F
Just to prove that he can be your lover
G                        C
He's gonna turn on that charm 
G
Tonight he'll wrap you in his arms
                 D7            G
Tomorrow he will leave you for another
C                   F
Pretty is as pretty does 
C                    F
That's how it is and always was
C                F               G
Pretty words are all he's giving you
C                           F
And when he whispers in the dark 
C                    F
Watch out he's gonna break your heart
C                  F                D7
Pretty words won't make your dreams come true
            G     D7          G
Just pretty words just pretty words
                        C
In the morning you will find 
G                              F
That you were just the next in line
G                                          F
There's nothing I can do that's gonna stop you
G                         C
Before you go just let me say 
G                              F
I'd never treat your love that way
G                       D7          G
I'll be here long after he's forgot you
repeat #2 x2 

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The Boxcars - Prison 

Once I was a captive alone and afraid. 
Bound by the shackles of choices I made. 
Till in dark desperation I fell on my knees. 
And there in repentance his grace pardoned me.

I lived in a prison, behind bars of sin. 
No way I'm escaping, no peace within. 
But Jesus forgave me I'm free amen. 
And I'll never go back to that prison again.

Now I walk in freedom from the chains of my past.
My record is clean, and I'll never go back. 
No longer a hostage, I'm not who I was. 
Cause I've been redeemed, liberated by love.

I lived in a prison, behind bars of sin. 
No way I'm escaping, no peace within. 
But Jesus forgave me, I'm free amen. 
And I'll never go back to that prison again.

You may be locked behind bars made of shame, 
without any hope, and your sentence will change. 
Give him your heart and he'll give you the key. 
He'll unlock your spirit like he did for me.

I lived in a prison, behind bars of sin. 
No way I'm escaping, no peace within. 
But Jesus forgave me I'm free amen. 
And I'll never go back to that prison again.

Yes Jesus forgave me I'm free amen, and I'll never go back to that prison again!

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Prisoner's Dream

Last night as I lay sleeping, I dremed a dream so fair
I dreamed about my darling, the rose was in her hair
I dreamed I left this prison, started in life anew
She told me that she loved me, told me her love was beer

It was only a dream just a prisoner's dream
As I lay on my cold prison bed
My dreams of you can never come true
Dear girl, I wish that I were dead

I dreamed she called me darling, kissed me and held me tight
I dreamed that we were married, dreamed of a starry night
I dreamed about our children, playing around my knee
They loved me, called me daddy, they thought the world of me

* Refrain

I dreamed a dream so lovely, heaven on earth it seemed
My wife and little children came to me in that dream
They threw their arms around me, I was their pride and joy
My little wife she loved me, I was her darling boy

* Refrain


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Prisoners Song

Oh, I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me their own
Oh, I wish I had someone to live with
Cause I'm tired of living alone

Oh please meet me tonight in the moonlight
Please meet me tonight all alone
For I have a sad story to tell you
It's a story that's never been told

I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor darling alone
With the cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone

Now I have a grand ship in the ocean
All mounted with silver and gold
And before my poor darling would suffer
Oh that ship would be anchored and sold

Now if I had the wings of an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
And I'd fly to the arms of my darling 
And there I'd be willing to die


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Prisoner's Dream

Last night as I lay sleeping I dreamed a dream so fair
I dreamed about my darling the rose was in her hair
I dreamed I left this prison started in life a new
She told me that she loved me told me her love was dear

It was only a dream just a prisoner's dream
As I lay on my cold prison bed
My dreams of you can never come true dear girl
I wish that I were dead

I dreamed she called me darling kissed me and held me tight
I dreamed that we were married dreamed of a starry night
I dreamed about our children playing around my knee
They loved me called me daddy they thought the world of me

I dreamed a dream so lovely heaven on earth it seemed
My wife and little children came to me in that dream
They threw their arms around me I was their pride and joy
My little wife she loved me I was her darling boy

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Prisoner's Farewell

Sweetheart a prisoner's last letter
I had to send to you today
But when you read these words of sorrow
My soul will then have passed away

For at the dawn of day tomorrow
I then will pay for my mistake
God gave me courage for this message
I've realized my sin too late

   A letter dear and from a prisoner
   Don't shed a tear when I am gone
   I've troubled you too much already
   I hate to leave you all alone

As if in dreams I see you smiling
Your pretty eyes are like a song
You warned my darling now I'm pining
You knew that I was doing wrong

Outside the shadows now are fading
They circle me complete my life
I'll soon be gone and when I'm dying
I'll think of you and pay the price

I hear the guard outside my window
And on his rounds he seems so slow
It seems he's trying me to comfort
It seems he hates to see me go

Please take this message to my mother
And give her all my love and cheer
This final message now I'm writing
To one I'll always love so dear

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Prisoner's Song

Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me their own
I wish I had someone to live with
I'm tired of living alone.

   So meet me tonite love oh meet me
   Meet me out in the moonlight alone
   For I have a sad story to tell you
   Must be told in the moonlight alone.

I have a great ship on the ocean
All mounted in silver and gold
And before my little darling would suffer
That ship would be anchored and sold

I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor sweetheart alone
With these cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone

If I had the wings of an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
I would fly to the arms of my darlin
And there I'd be willing to die

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Prisoner's Song, The

Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me her own
Oh I wish I had someone to live with
For I'm tired of living alone

   Oh please meet me tonight in the moonlight
   Please meet me tonight all alone
   For I have a sad story to tell you
   It's a story that's never been told

 I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor darling alone
With the cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone

 Now I have a grand ship on the ocean
All mounted with silver and gold
And before my poor darling would suffer
Oh that ship would be anchored and sold

 Now if I had wings like an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
And I'd fly to the arms of my poor darling
And there I'd be willing to die

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Propinquity
Michael Nesmith

I've known for a long time
The kind of girl you are.
And a smiles that cover teardrops,
The way your head yields to your heart.
The things you've kept inside
That most girls couldn't bear,
Well, I've known you for a long time,
But I've just begun to care.

Yes, I've known of all the heartheaches
And I've known of all the pain,
I've seen you when the the sun shines
And I've seen you when it rains.
I've seen you make a look of love
From just an icy stare.
Well, I've known you for a long time,
But I've just begun to care.

I know I've been blind,
To not have loved you all this time.
But the image of you wasn't clear.
I guess I've been standing too near.

It's taken me a while
But I have finally found
What you are to me
And that's what really counts,
And what you are to me
Is something we can share.
Well, I've known you for a long time,
But I've just begun to care.

Yes, I've known you for a long time,
But I've just begun to care.


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Punch Brothers - Prélude (Alexander Scriabin) 
[instrumental:]

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Richard Thompson - Psycho Street 

A man sits down to write a letter but instead he writes a book
The book begins, "Dear sir, I don't know if you're interested
But your wife is a whore"

A man gets on a train and proceeds to take all his clothes off
He begins to play with himself and he says
"In my country, this is definitely not offensive"

A man pours petrol through his neighbor's letterbox
And throws in a match, the house is engulfed in flames, as the neighbors
Jump from the upstairs window he films the whole thing on video
He plays it back to them later in hospital
"Things have been pretty dull at home without you", he says

A man pushes a lawnmower two hundred miles on his knees
To the tomb of the unknown gardener, "Great one", he cries
"I have done my penance, I bring my offering
Grant me, grant me, grant me pest-free roses"

Psycho street, friendly people down on psycho street
Good neighbors down on psycho street
Well if you need a hand, need a friend, we understand
And if you need a pal, we'll be there, any how

Psycho street
Psycho street
Psycho street

A man stakes his neighbor's cat to the barbecue and turns on the gas
"Now are you going to talk" he says "Or am I going to have to get nasty"

A man has an inflatable doll made that looks exactly like his wife
He murders his wife, dissolves her body in acid, and marries the doll
Three years later he leaves her for another doll

A man hands his son a brick and says, "Son, throw this brick
Through the greenhouse next door", the boy does
The boy next door throws one back, it hits the man on the head
And mortally wounds him, "Ah well", he says
As his lifeblood trickles away, "Boys will be boys"

A thoughtful woman sends her best friend a parcel inside, it says
'It's a free sample', full body beauty treatment but it really contains
Acids and chemicals, when her friend tries it, her hair falls out
Her face is wrinkled and her body scarred, thoughtful woman turns
To her husband and winks, and says, "Pre-emptive strike"

Psycho street, friendly people down on psycho street
Good neighbors down on psycho street
If you need a hand, need a friend, we understand
And if you need a pal, we'll be there, any how

Psycho street
Psycho street
Psycho street
...

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Punch Brothers - Punch Bowl 

Baby's at the punch bowl
with a glass for you to fill
if you empty it with her
in the time she has to kill
kill kill kill me

Baby's in the punch bowl
wants you to help yourself
and she'll remembering nothing
so there'll be nothing to tell
tell tell tell tell me

I'm not saying
I'm not saying
I'm just saying

Baby's on the punch bowl
gonna ride it off to bed
yours or any bed'll do really
as long as it ain't the one she left
left left left left me

I'm not saying
I'm not saying
I'm just saying

I'm not saying 
I'm not saying
I'm just saying

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Punky's Dilemma
Paul Simon

Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake
Floatin' in my bowl takin' movies
Relaxin' a while, livin' in style
Talkin' to a raisin who 'casionally plays L.A.
Casually glancing at his toupee

Wish I was an English muffin
'Bout to make the most out of a toaster
I'd ease myself down
Comin' up brown
I prefer boysenberry
More than any ordinary jam
I'm a "Citizens for Boysenberry Jam" fan

Ah, South California

If I become a first lieutenant
Would you put my photo on your piano?
"To Maryjane-
Best wishes, Martin"
(Old Roger draft-dodger
Leavin' by the basement door)
Everybody knows what he's
Tippy-toeing down there for


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The Incredible String Band - Puppet Song 

Now you may have observed if you walk into a wall
You get a certain sensation of reality
When you take a look through your memory book
You may perceive a certain rhythmic regularity

The crazy things your mind gets up to when you're away
Throwing clouds of rain over brightest day

And there was once a little man
He worked all day and slept all the night
He looked at the sun, it didn't seem bright, it didn't seen right

He wondered, did the world go rolling along on its own
Or did some spirit move it with a black cat bone?
And he set out to find the causes behind the events in the world
And the seasons of the mind

So he asked his wife about it, and his wife said, yes
Come back and see me, if it's time to know less
You do too much a questions of the world at large
Everybody knows the politician's in charge

So he went to the King house just the next day
To see that politician with his hair dyed gray
Jump down, turn around, blow you up or kiss the ground
Trying to be the president of the land so gay

He had those false pretendies, I had to love his style
Bound to make some havoc with that violin smile
Hey, Salvador Dali, make a walking, talking something
You paint some freaky pictures, make a likeness of that man
Muchos dollars if you can

And so the little man asked the politician
Who makes the plan, who makes the plan?
What happens to me and who has the key?

Now you are asking me, who makes the scene
His highness, King Gold and Madam Silver, his queen
They keep it all a rustling with the dollars and pounds
And everyone knows that money makes the world go around

And so the little man asked King Gold and Madam Silver
Come, tell me, what you can
And King Gold said, lifting his golden voice from his golden bed

Now money is something, it's a basic flow
And me, I am the archetype of jewels and dough
I do a lot of talking, both slow and fast
But me make decisions, no, of course, it's the past

For the past is something, we all have some
And universal history is a bundle of fun
Now I get sleepy, starting to nod
And if you want to check the picture, want to check the picture
Want to check it, check it with God

And so the little man climbed up on a rickety ladder
To the heavenly lands
And he shed a tear, "It's all so queer and it doesn't seem clear"

Now God was sitting easy in a heavenly chair
Breathing deep and lazy on the heavenly air
The little man got near him just to get right from wrong
Said, "God, are you responsible for all that goes on?"

God looked up from having a heavenly think
He gave that little questioner a heavenly wink, saying

"Men have colored me with the colors of their minds, so I find
They use me as an excuse for all kinds of goofs
And for crimes of all kinds
All your so hard facts painted thinly on the void
Why were you not more pleasantly employed?

Anything you want to do, I'm happy if you make it go right
And it's true, if it makes you happy
Oh, you know it makes the world more bright
And you shall have liberty, liberty, it always was yours anyway

You're one of my kind, you're an infinite mind
You make each new day
There's nothing more I can say"

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The Incredible String Band - Puppies 

Even the birds when they sing
It's not everything to them
Even the birds when they sing
It's not everything to them

Fiddle-head ferns and daffodils made me want to play
To the puppies having their little breakfast
So I picked up six fine strings and I began to play
What I thought that new born fur would like best

Hey, hey, such a new born morn
Hey, hey, the puppies they have gone
Left me here holding their song

Oh, music is so much less than what you are
Just how far can you take me?
How far can you take me, mother Nina?
Before I'm on my own

Don't imagine that the pretty flower can sing a song
When the sun makes it's sap to rise
One by one the chorus swells till it's a mighty noise
Are you sure that it's not a silence?

Hey, hey, such a new born morn
Hey, hey, the puppies they have gone
Left me here holding their song

Oh, music is so much less than what you are
Just how far can you take me?
How far can you take me, mother Nina?
Before I'm on my own

Even the birds when they sing
It's not everything to them
Even the birds when they sing
Spread their wings to Heaven and fly away

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The Incredible String Band - Puppies - 2010 Remastered Version 

Even the birds when they sing
It's not everything to them

Fiddle-head ferns and daffodils
Made me want to play
To the puppies having their little breakfast

So I picked up six fine strings
And I began to play
What I thought that new
Born fur would like best

Hey, hey, such a new born morn
Hey, hey, the puppies they have gone
Left me here holding this song
Music is so much less than what you are

Just how far can you take me
How far can you take me, Mother Nina
Before I'm on my own

Don't imagine that the pretty flower can sing a song
When the sun makes it's sap to rise
One by one the swells till it's a mighty noise
Are you sure that it's not a silence?

Even the birds when they sing
It's not everything to them
Even the birds when they sing
Spread their wings to heaven and fly away.

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Dolly Parton - Put A Little Love In Your Heart lyrics

Think of your fellow man
Lend him a helping hand
Put a little love in your heart
You see it's getting late
Oh, please don't hesitate
Put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place
And the world will be a better place
For you and me
You just wait and see
Another day goes by
And still the children cry
Put a little love in your heart
If you want the world to know
We won't let hatred grow
Put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place
And the world will be a better place
For you and me
You just wait and see, wait and see
Take a good look around
And if you're lookin' down
Put a little love in your heart
And I hope when you decide
Kindness will be your guide
Put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place
And the world will be a better place
For you and me
You just wait and see
Put a little love in your heart
Each and every day
Put a little love in your heart
There's got to be a better way
Put a little love in your heart
Don't you think it's time we start
Put a little love in your heart


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Dolly Parton - Put It Off Until Tomorrow lyrics

Put it off until tomorrow
Wo-wo
You've hurt me enough today
You say our love is over
That you have found another
You say you're going away
But leave me tomorrow
Wo-wo
You've hurt me enough today
You've hurt me enough today
I can't believe the words you say
But I must accept the fact
You won't be coming back
Oh stay
Stay just one more day
Loneliness isn't far away
Put it off until tomorrow
Wo-wo
You've hurt me enough today
Put it off until tomorrow
Wo-wo
You've hurt me enough today


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Richard Thompson - Put It There Pal

Old friend, it's been so long, and it's been so real
And if I helped you once it was no big deal
Too bad, I can't be there when they call your name
They're going to write you down in the hall of fame

You really got to what you wanted, I'm thrilled as pie
It really couldn't happen to a nicer guy

Put it there pal, put it there
Now and then just throw me a crumb
Put it there pal, put it there
Thanks for the help when I needed it, chum

You saw me drowning, you said I was a fake and laughed
Then you jumped right in and used me for a raft

You shot me down with friendly fire
You were all dressed up to play gun for hire
The rope you threw me was made of barbed wire
But put it there pal, put it there, pal, put it there

I know you mean well, call me a sentimental fool
I know sometimes you've got to be kind to be cruel
When you pat me on the back, that was quite some slap
That kind of compliment, it could kill a chap

So I'll drink your health, oh, this emotion's given me a thirst
But maybe, I'll have my food taster, drink it first

Put it there pal, put it there
You deserve everything you got coming
Put it there pal, put it there
Call me up if you want to come slumming

Some say, you're a rattlesnake in the grass
But I say the sun shines out of your arse

So it's no hard feelings, live and let live
With a gift like yours, you're born to give
You're so full of love, it leaks out like a sieve

So put it there, pal, put it there, pal
Put it there, put it there
Put it there, put it there, pal
Put it there, pal, put it there, pal

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Put My Little Shoes Away

Come and bathe my forehead, Mother
For I'm growing very weak
Let one drop of water, Mother
Fall upon my burning cheek
Tell I nevermore will play
Give them all my toys, but Mother
Put my little shoes away

Santa claus he brought them to me
With a lot of other things
And I think he brought an angel
With a pair of golden wings
I will be an nagel, Mother
By perhaps another day
You will do this for me, Mother
Put my little shoes away

Soon the baby will be larger
Then they'll fit his little feet
And he'll lock so nice and cunning
When he walks upon the street
I'm going to leave you, Mother
So remember what I say
You will do this for me, Mother
Put my little shoes away

Now I'm growing tired, dear Mother
Soon I'll say to you good day
Always remember what I told you
Put my little shoes away
I'm about to leave you, Mother
So remember what I say
You will do this for me, Mother
Put my little shoes away


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Richard Thompson - Put Your Trust In Me

Oh, my hand shakes steady and my words are sweet
And the whole world's lying here at my feet
Put your trust in me, put your trust in me

I rub my eyes and I catch my breath
I'm almost choking on the smell of success
Put your trust in me, put your trust in me

I get careless now and then
But I won't let you down again

I got x-ray eyes and with just one look
I can read your future like an open book
Put your trust in me, put your trust in me

I get careless now and then
But I won't let you down again

Oh, my hand shakes steady and my words are sweet
And the whole world's lying here at my feet
Put your trust in me, put your trust in me
Put your trust in me, put your trust in me

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Putting On The Style

Young man in a carriage, driving like he's mad
With a pair of horses he borrowed from his dad
He cracks his whip so lively to see his lady smile
But she know he's only putting on the style

Putting on the agony, putting on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
And as I look around me, I'm very apt to smile
To see so many people putting on the style

Sweet sixteen goes to Church just to see the boys
Laughs and giggles at every little noise
She turns this way a little, then turns that way a while
But everybody known she's only putting on the style

* Refrain

Young man in a restaurant smokes a dirty pipe
Looking like a pumpkin that's only half-way ripe
Smoking, drinking, chewing-and thinking all the while
That there is nothing equal to putting on the style

* Refrain

Young man just from college makes a big display
With a greart big jawbreak which he can hardly say
It can't be found in Webster's and won't be for a shile
But everybody know he's only putting on the style

* Refrain

Preacher in the pulpit shouting with all his might
Glory Hallelujah-puts the people in a fright
You might think that Satan's coming up and down the aisle
But it's only the preacher putting on the style

* Refrain

See the young executive in his charoal gray
Talking with some union men who've come to have their say
Sitting at his office desk and wearing a toothpaste smile
That's the executive putting on the style

* Refrain

Congressman from Washington looking mighty slick
Wants to get elected and go back there right quick
Beats his breast and hollers and waves the flag a while
But we know he's only putting on the style

* Refrain


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Queen Anne's Lace

With every golden curl in place she's as fine as Queen Anne's lace
And know one could ever fault the way she looks tonight
The man standing by her side shows her off with such eager pride
Seems since I saw her last she's done all right

She could never place me in her mind for me the years have not been kind
She'd never see the boy she knew in the man I've grown to be
From her station and her place she'd never recognize my face
I have fallen like a wind blown leaf from her memory

   For she's traded all her pain for bright lights and chilled champayne
   And I'm sure her new found friends all think they know just where she's been
   Yes they think they know here well all the stories I could tell
   She's as fine as Queen Anne's lace but I knew her when

Now it's hard to believe I know but she once loved me long ago
And I 'spose I should be hurtin' just to see her once again
Oh but now she's grown so proud I wouldn't want her anyhow
She's as fine as Queen Anne's lace but I knew her when

Del McCoury; Blue Side OF Town

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Queen Elanor's Confession
Traditional

Queen Elanor was a sick woman
And afraid that she would die
So she sent for two Friars out of France
To come to her speedilye

When the King he heard that the Queen had sent
For Friars from over the Sea
He called on his noble Earl Marshal
To come to him speedily

Do you put on one Friar's coat
And I'll put on another
And we shall to Queen Elanor go
One Friar's much like another!

"Oh God forbid," said the Earl Marshal
"That such a thing should be!
For if I should beguile, and damn the Queen,
Then hanged I might be!"

Then the king he swore upon his Oath,
his Sceptre and his Crown,
That whatsoever Queen Elanor said
He would not write it down

So they rode on, and they rode on
Till they came to Whitehall
The bells did ring, and the Choristers sing
And the torches did light withal

"Be you two Friars of France," she said
"As I suppose you be?
For if you be two English Friars
Then hanged I may be!"

"We are two Friars from France," they said,
"As you suppose we be;
And we have not been at any Mass
Since we came over the Sea!"

"The very first sin that ever I did
To you I will unfold:
Earl Marshall had my maidenhead
Underneath this cloth of gold.."

"That is a vile sin," said the King,
"May God forgive it thee.."
"Amen, Amen!" quoth Earl Marshall
With a heavy, heavy heart quoth he!

"The next vile sin that ever I did
To you I'll not deny:
I brewed a pot of poison strong
To poison King Henrye.."

"That is a vile sin," said the King,
"May God forgive it thee.."
"Amen, Amen!" quoth Earl Marshall,
"I wish it so might be!"

"The very next sin that ever I did
To you I will discover:
I poisoned Fair Rosamonde
All in the Woodstock bower.."

"That is a vile sin," said the King,
"May God forgive it thee..." "
Amen, Amen!" quoth Earl Marshal
"I wish it so might be!"

"Do you see yonder little child
A-tossing of that ball?
That is Earl Marshal's son," she said,
"And I love him the best of all!"

"And do you see yonder little child
A-catching of that ball?
That is King Henry's son," she said,
"And I love him the worst of all!"

"His head is like unto an Ox
His nose is like a Boar..."
"No matter for that," King Henry said,
"I love him the better therefore!"

Then the King threw off his Friar's coat
Appeared all in red
She weeped, she cried, she wrung her hands,
She said she'd been betrayed!

Then the King turned to his Earl Marshal,
And a grim look looked he,
And he said: "Earl Marshal, but for my Oath,
Then hanged you would be!"


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The Incredible String Band - Queen Of Love 

A strong power calls from the left hand
Across the waters deep
A strong power calls from the left hand
Let all things sleep or weep

Oh, the queen of love
You have unwove my eyes
And my heart will not sleep

The eye would sleep but the mind would rise
I must needs walk down God's eyebrows
And along the streets of his eyes
Look for me and you will see me in my red cloak
Swimming determined as God's blood flies

Creatures of grief, you beg from the thief
I will not carry home your sacks of sorrow
But I will pay the fiddler good silver if he smiles
Pray God he see tomorrow

The fine, fine girls that are into it
And my eyes with salt water swim
And we disputing with a brittle gaiety upon the world's rim
If I sought to love you with my body
It would be with a bent back unto the day of doom

Oh, the queen of love
I am in her heart
She is in my room

And together alone we clasp hands
And in each other's eyes walk the endless shore
And below I have my duty to perform in the song
And that, that I was, you will see it no more

The snow is on the hills of my heart
And to speak is to die
The men at arms do seek to mark me
And the monks raise hue and cry

Seek me in vain on Golgotha
Or in fear's hollow
For the way I take today
Only the true may follow

The ancestors in stone armor calling for loyalty untrue
Seek to make a zigzag of the arrow's flight
It is so swaddled in the bands of form
But I am girdled with the storm and cloaked with the night

I am not to be seen or found
Save only in what I cause
Standing outside on the inside outside
Perfectingness or flaws

How shall I say where I end or where you begin?
How shall I say, what shall I play?
Shall it be you or the wild wind

As Pan with the insane eyes
Or with the wild horns
Or when I am crowned with the paper crown
Or with the crown of thorns

A strong power compels distortion from the right hand
Fleece to the gray wolves, fangs to the gray sheep
But the queen of love she strokes
My body alive, that I do not sleep

The doctor brews potions and pills
To open his own front door
And the locksmith makes strong bolts
To bar his gates to every new breeze that blows

Shall I now put lion's ears upon my ears?
Hear every sound as a roar?
Shall I now put mouse's eyes upon my eyes?
Gauge the moon for size against my paw?

While the queen of love
She sings to me
From above and beyond the world

And I observe my mind
It is playing ignorant boy
While at her feet I am curled

And I remember all female movements so well
Of such a form to give much joy and ease much care
To perfume and let fall the colored gown
And to let down the curling hair

But now I play seed thrower
And I will play three-legged man
I will play dream weaver and day bringer
And catch as catch can

While the queen of love
She swims like a silver dove in my mind's room
And my body sleepwalks down the road
In a warm dark swoon

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Dolly Parton - Queen Of The Tabloids lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Chorus:
I'm the queen of the sleazy tabloids
I rule the trashy kingdom
Like Lady Di they make sure I am never left alone
Papparazzi and reporters stalk me from the shadows
Making sure to keep my royal assetts on my throne
Oh they talk about the lovers
That I keep undercover
And I wish that I was as much fun
As they have you believe
Just like Alec Baldwin
I'd love to whack 'em all one
But instead I'll wait and see
Who I am sleepin' with next week
I'm the queen of the sleazy tabloids
And I rule the trashy kingdom
But the rumors raise my cue score
And pay for my big home
I guess I 'augt to sue them
But instead I guess I'll use them
To keep me in the spotlight
And keep me on my throne
Cause I'm the queen of the sleazy tabloids


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Quicksilver Moon
BMI Work #: 9203299
Quicksilver Moon (Larry W. Jones 10/24/2007) (song#5103)

Quicksilver moon, sail along
Down lovers' lane, a pale sarong
Quicksilver moon, sail along
Make strong her love for me again
Lead her to where your light will glow
Speed her to where our love can grow
Quicksilver moon, for us please reign
Tonight down lovers' lane
Maybe the future will be clearer
Quicksilver moon, if you lend a hand
Then two hearts may beat ever nearer
Quicksilver moon, oh, please understand
- instrumental -
Maybe the future will be clearer
Quicksilver moon, if you lend a hand
Then two hearts may beat ever nearer
Quicksilver moon, oh, please understand
Quicksilver moon, sail along
Down lovers' lane, a pale sarong
Quicksilver moon, sail along
Make strong her love for me again
Quicksilver moon, sail along
Make strong her love for me again
 

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Quiet Grave

Let me tell you why I feel so sad
It's all because of the wife I've had
An untimely death has come to me
Left me too lame to walk too blind to see

In a quiet grave on a green hillside
My love is gone my love has died
My wedding band I'll put with you
Oh how I wish I were with you too

What's a man to do with a broken heart
Nowhere to go no place to start
I search and search but all I find
Is a tormented soul and a worried mind

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Rabbit In The Log

There's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got no dog
How will I get him I know ( I know )
I'll get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
That's how I'll get him I know
I know ( I know ) I know ( yes I know )
That's how I'll get him I know
I'll get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
That's how I'll get him I know

I'll build me a fire and I'll roast that old hare
Roll him in the flames to make him brown
And I'll feast here tonight while the moon's shining bright
Just find me a place to lie down
To lie down, to lie down
Find me a place to lie down
I'll feast here tonight while the moon's shining bright
Just find me a place to lie down

I'm going down the track with a chicken on my back
The soles on my shoes nearly gone
Just a little ways ahead there's an old framer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
Weart bones, weary bones
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
Just a little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones


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Racing In The Street
Bruce Springfield

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 386,
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor.
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store.
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch,
And he rides with me from town to town.
We only run for the money got no strings attached.
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down.

Tonight, tonight the strip's just right.
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat.
Summer's here and the time is right
For goin' racin' in the street.

We take all the action we can meet,
And we cover all the northeast state.
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
From the fire roads to the interstate.
Some guys they just give up living,
And start dying little by little, piece by piece.
Some guys come home from work and wash up,
And go racin' in the street.

Tonight, tonight the strip's just right.
I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats.
Calling out around the world,
We're going racin' in the street.

I met her on the strip three years ago
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
I blew that Camaro off my back
And drove that little girl away.
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes,
And she cries herself to sleep at night.
When I come home the house is dark
She sighs, "Baby did you make it all right?"

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house,
But all her pretty dreams are torn.
She stares off alone into the night
With the eyes of one who hates for just being born.
For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels
Rumbling through this promised land,
Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea,
And wash these sins off our hands.

Tonight tonight the highway's bright.
Out of our way mister you best keep,
'Cause summer's here and the time is right
For goin' racin' in the street.


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Radio Boogie

Well I got me a hat and old guitar
And I made a down payment on a second hand car
I got me a job on the radio
Now I'm saving up money for a fiddle and a bow 

   Do the radio boogie
   All over the dial
   With a solid kick and a red hot lick
   And some Tennessee style

Well early in the mountain when the sun comes up
I pull the cork from the jug and I take a little sup
If the sun keeps a-shining I'll plow the corn
If it stars to rain I'll just grind it in the barn

Well I call my gal on the telephone
What you doing honey are you all alone
Come on over about an hour or so
And we'll both do the boogie by the radio

Yes I got a job in a hillbilly band
I got brand new clothes I got money to spend
And everbody asks me where we play
The radio boogie's all they can say

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Dolly Parton - Ragged Angel lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1970

Cindy was a ragged angel just a poor girl on her street
Cindy's eyes showed signs of hunger never had enough to eat
Cindy was a ragged angel golden hair and eyes of blue
Cindy loved her paper dolly that's the only love she knew
Cindy never knew her daddy and her mommie was seldom home
Except for Cindy's paper dolly Cindy was all alone
Cindy slept with her paper dolly on a blanket on the floor
She would shiver as the wind blew through the crack beneath the door
One night she laid with her paper dolly cold and hungry on the floor
That night God came for the ragged angel
And now Cindy won't ever be cold and hungry no not anymore ragged angel


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Raider
Henske / Yester

Raider stole a Morgan mare
As slick as she was sly
She black-jacked Raider's robber heart
Taught him how to fly

Chorus:
Raider she cries "There's tears in your eyes --
Oh, are you dreaming me?"

Now Raider sleeps out in the fields
Raider's growing old
In freezing winter banks the fire
To keep his mare from cold

Chorus

Shake you Raider, from your sleep
The time it is all gone
Give the little mare her head
And she will bring you home

Chorus


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Railroad Bill

Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill
Live way up on Railroad Bill
Ride, ride, ride

Well, Railroad Bill, Oh, Railroad Bill
He never worked and he never will
Ride, ride, ride

Well, Railroad Bill, he was a mighty mean man
He shot the midnight lantern out of the brakeman's hand
Ride, ride, ride

Well, I'm going up on a mountain, I'm going out West
A thirty eight Special sticken' out of my vest
Ride, ride, ride

I'll buy me a pistol just as long as my arm
Kill everybody ever done me harm
Ride, ride, ride

Well, Railroad Bill, oh, Railroad Bill
He never worked, Load, he never will
Ride, ride, ride

I got a thirty eight Special on a forty five frame
How in the world can I miss him when I got dead aim
Ride, ride, ride

Well, Railroad Bill, will, he took my wife
He said if I didn't like it he would take my life
Ride, ride, ride

Well, honey, honey, do you think I'm a fool
I wouldn't quit you when the weather is cool
Ride, ride, ride


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Railroad Earth - Railroad Earth (Live) 

Through this Railroad Earth, for whatever its worth
Singing songs and staying high
And you know I'll be where my heart beats free
And my thoughts are free to fly
Oh Mama please don't make me lie
I need my freedom
I need my open sky

And your socks and shirt, on your bed of dirt
With the midnight moon up high
And you know I've been where the midnight wind
Makes your soul and spirit cry
Oh Mama please don't ask me why
I need my freedom
I need my open sky

Through this Railroad Earth for, whatever its worth
Getting long and getting by
And you know I miss every single kiss
As the years go rolling by
Oh Mama ain't it good to be alive
Where your mountain top and feeling high
Oh Mama ain't it good to be alive
While your down the road and free to ride

Oh Mama please don't make me lie

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Railroading On The Great Divide

Nineteen and sixteen I started to roam
Out in the West no money no home
I went drifting along with the tide
I landed on the Great Divide

Railroading on the Great Divide,
Nothing around me but Rockies and sky
There you'll find me as years go by
Railroading on the Great Divide

Ask any old-timer from Old Cheyenne,
Railroad in Wyoming the best in the land
The long steel rails, the short cross ties
I laid across the Great Divide.

As I looked out across the breeze
Number Three coming, the fastest on wheels
Through old Laramie (Lamar) she glides with pride
And rolls across the Great Divide

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Rain

I was born one rainy morn
Just before my mama died
Five years daddy left me
The rain was falling down outside

   Rain oh rain leave me alone
   You're icy fingers chill my bones
   Seems trouble always comes around
   Each time the rain starts falling down

It seems the years pass by so quickly
I grew up fast I grew apart
Next thing I knew the rain was falling
Out across the prison yard

Now when I die make me this promise
To bury me in the darkest cave
So I may know while I am resting
No rain will fall upon my grave

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Rain And Snow

Well I married me a wife, she gave me trouble all my life
Left me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow????
She left me out in the cold rain and snow

She came down the stairs holding back her long yellow hair
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
As a rose??????..
And her cheeks were as red as a rose

Well I've done all that I can do to try to get along with you
And I ain't gonna be treated this old way
This old way?????
Now I ain't gonna be treated this old way

We'll she came in to the room where she met her final doom
And I ain't gonna be treated this old way
This old way??????
Now I ain't gonna be treated this old way
She left me out in the cold rain and snow

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Rain Please Go Away
Alison Krauss & Union Station

Rain, please go away
Leave me alone, come another day
My love is gone, this time to stay
Rain, please go away

It's tough to live the whole day through
Thinkin' of her is all I do
She's happy now, and I'm so blue
Rain, she's cold like you

If only the time wouldn't drag so slow
Find a new love and let it grow
I'm kiddin' myself, it don't happen that way
Rain, please go away

Rain, please go away
Leave me alone, come another day
My love is gone, this time to stay
Rain, please go away

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Rain Rain
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Miller, George Jones, J.P. Richardson

G
Rain rain keeps a falling down
                       D7
Beating on my tin roof falling all around
I ain't got a penny nobody'll lend me
                     G
Money so I can go to town
Well I ain't got no money can't meet my honey
               D7
I know she's a waiting for me in town
Rain rain keeps on a falling
                               G
Beating on my tin roof falling on the ground
C
I can hear her calling with ever drop a falling
  G
A beating on my window pane
C
I'm a sitting here a wishing longing for a kiss
     G            D7
It's driving me insane
G
Rain rain go away
                        D7
Why don't you come back another day
I ain't got a penny I ain't a getting any
                         G
Love until the rain goes away
repeat  

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Rain Rain Rain

   Rain rain rain
   I can feel the clouds of heartache moving in
   Rain rain rain
   You've got leaving on your mind again.

Your love for me is like the changing weather
With just enough sun to keep me hanging on
And foolish me keeps hoping it'll get better
But clouds roll in and once more you are gone.

Rainbows that appear are just illusions
That man has looked for since the days of old
And like the rainbow your love's always moving
But I keep looking for that pot of gold.

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Rain Still Falls (Live)

Run away to chase old times
Hanging on a clinging vine
Climbing up your highway sign
Don't the rains still fall.

Sky is dark I can see.
Turn your light away from me.
It scares away my memory.
Don't the rains still fall
Silently.

I called her up without a dime
Wires stretch across the sky
Darkest line on her darker eye

Eastbound freight with endless weight of parallels
You cant relate.

I looked to you I lost my way

I never thought I would slip away
Hold you closer every day
Price my mind has got to pay
Don't the rains still fall

Rolling down an empty road

What I have I cannot hold
Where I stand I cannot go
Don't the rains still fall
On the way back home.

I call her up without a dime
Wires stretch across the sky
Darkest line on her darker eye

Eastbound freight with endless weight of parallels
You cant relate.

I looked to you I lost my way.

Rolling down an empty road
What I have I cannot hold
Understand I cannot go
Don't the rains still fall
On the way back home.

Don't the rains still fall
On the way back home.

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The Incredible String Band - Rainbow 

Golden seeds of autumn
Streak the purple sky
Miles of amber raindrops
Stretch between our hands

Just then, just then, my heart leapt high
Beautiful colors danced in my eye
Walked to the window looked up at the sky

As I lit an evening candle
Feeling you were there with me
All around me
Saw your love come shining brightly
You're a rainbow

And me I'll come shining though
Rain's gone and the sky is blue
I'm a rainbow too

No one can say how long I've loved you
Rainbow shine
No one can say 'cause nobody knows
Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow time

Morning light of springing snowdrop
Golden sun at midday hour, twilight violet
Midnight stars come shining silver
You're a rainbow

And you take my breath away
You make me stop and say
I'm a rainbow too

If you see a soft light falling
And you feel I'm there with you
All those colors
They do not come from the candle, oh no
You're a rainbow

Born are the words
On the silent wings of love
So dear to me, sweet song of love
Colored are the words
With the rainbow of truth

So dear to me
As long as I live
I will sing that song so dear
So dear to me

And merging with mine
The voice of all that you are will shine
So dear to me
Sweet song of love

And me I'll come shining through
Rain's gone and the sky is blue
I'm a rainbow too

No one can say how long I've loved you
Rainbow shine
No one can say 'cause nobody knows
Rainbow, rainbow time

Me, I'm not missing you
I'm right there kissing you
I'm a rainbow too

I can tell by your eyes
You've been singing that old sweet song
Let your love roll on

Everybody here I think will agree
That they can sing that song
As good as can be

You know I'd hate to go
I'd hate to go
Before I see everybody here
Shine like a rainbow
I have seen you there

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Rainbows All Over Your Blues
John Sebastian

I been waiting my time just to talk to you
You've been lookin' all down in the mouth
and down at your shoes
Well, baby, I came to give you the news
I'll paint rainbows all over your blues

I heard you been spending a lot of your time up in your room
And at night you been watchin' the dark side of the moon
You don't talk to nonody if they don't talk to you
So Buddy and me came here to sing you a tune

"I give up" is all you've really got to say
It's time to find a new life style
Cause this really ain't the way

Let's go for a bounce on my trampoline
I can show you the prettiest mountains
that you've ever seen
You better run to your closet
and fish out your blue suede shoes
I'll paint rainbows all over your blues


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Brad Paisley - Rainin' You lyrics

When I looked out today
And saw that the sky was gray
I thought about the way
You loved days like this
And driving in to town
It really started coming down
Bringing me back around
To all that I miss
It feels like it's rainin' you
It feels like it's rainin' you
I didn't even run inside
Or worry about staying dry
Besides there nowhere I can hide
These feeling now
Running down my face
Takes me to another place
I can't think of another way to drown
It feels like it's rainin' you
I can't explain it
But I am baptized anew
It feels like it's rainin' you
If I had my way
It would do this every day
I would never see the sun
Because the closest I get
To holding you again
Is every time that sky opens up
It feels like it's rainin' you
I can't explain it
But I am baptized anew
It feels like it's rainin' you
It feels like it's rainin' you


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Raining Sunny Days
BMI Work #: 8712003
Raining Sunny Days (Larry W. Jones 02/26/2007) (song#4449)

How can it be raining when skies are blue
When I tell you, then you'll know it's true
Don't you laugh now when I'm through saying
It's raining sunny days when I'm with you
The sun is up, dear, that I can see
I see sunbeams falling to the ground
It's raining sunny days for you and me
Any dark or bright day you're around
Cloudy skies have disappeared, dear
I'm near to singing out with song
It's raining sunny days of cheer, dear
For a love that's growing strong
- instrumental -
The sun is up, dear, that I can see
I see sunbeams falling to the ground
It's raining sunny days for you and me
Any dark or bright day you're around
Cloudy skies have disappeared, dear
I'm near to singing out with song
It's raining sunny days of cheer, dear
For a love that's growing strong


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Rainmaker
Peter Rowan

When you're tryin' to make your livin' makin' rain
You got to put on a real good show, tell the people anything
You got to get the Lord's attention any old way you can
Maybe He'll show a little mercy and start cryin' for the lined

Rainmaker, rainmaker the land is parched and dry
(It's a rainmaker)
Rainmaker, rainmaker make the rain fall from the sky
(I'm a-talkin' 'bout)
Rainmaker, rainmaker the crops are gonna die
(Now listen to me now)
Rainmaker, rainmaker make the Heaven's cry

Well, some say I work miracles, some say I'm just insane
Many a time I bet my life that I could make it rain
One time I had a whole town beatin' the drums
And singin' through the night
We watched the morning sun come up and not a raincloud in sight

I knew if I didn't make some weather and see them storm clouds gather
I'd be run out of town when the sun went down
Covered up in tar and feathers
I was on my knees and I raised my hands to the Heaven's high
I felt this rain like a sigh of relief come pourin' from the sky

Hey, hey, rainmaker, rainmaker the land is parched and dry
(I'm a-talkin' 'bout)
Rainmaker, rainmaker make the rain fall from the sky
(Ah, yes)
Rainmaker, rainmaker the crops are gonna die
(I'm a-talkin' 'bout)
Rainmaker, rainmaker make the Heavens' cry

Let the cool rain follow on down
Let the cool rain follow on down

Sometimes I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse
Too little rain is not enough and too much just makes things worse
Well, the good Lord promised me a miracle in this life
With only one condition
He said, "Take your money get out of town
Don't try and start another religion", oh, oh

Rainmaker, rainmaker the land is parched and dry
(Now listen to me now)
Rainmaker, rainmaker make the rain fall from the sky
(I'm a-talkin' 'bout)
Rainmaker, rainmaker the crops are gonna
(Yeah)
Rainmaker, rainmaker make the Heavens cry

Rainmaker
Rainmaker
Rainmaker
Let the cool rain follow on down

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Alan Jackson - Rainy Day In June lyrics

I need some sunshine on my face
To help me dry my eyes
I need a blue sky over here
So I can clear my mind
Maybe your soft breath on my back
To make me feel at ease
Anything more than what I've got
On this rainy day in June
It's a rainy day in June
The sky is grey and I am blue
Tryin' to make it without you
On this rainy day in June
Yesterday morning I woke up
On the wrong side of the bed
And on the right side laid a note
I knew what it said
Then the rain came, hasn't stopped
I don't know if it will
But I'll keep waiting with the hopeful heart
On this rainy day in June
It's a rainy day in June
The sky is grey and I am blue
Tryin' to make it without you
On this rainy day in June
The thunder rolls, the lightning flashes
Every thought began with you
I see your face in every clouded paths
On this rainy day in June
It's a rainy day in June
The sky is grey and I am blue
Tryin' to make it without you
On this rainy day in June


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Rainy Day People
Gordon Lightfoot

Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on


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The Boxcars - Raised on Pain

Well my daddy left home when I was three.
Shacked up with some girl I Tennessee.
Since then I've had these doggone blues.
Quit school at thirteen cause I couldn't buy shoes.
If I could find my daddy right now he'd hang.
I'd get revenge cause I was raised on pain.
Mama worked on jobs and I did too.
Spent many a day behind a damned old mule.
I know there ain't no point in me being mean, but I got so sick of eating pinto beans.
I had to bury my mama in the pouring rain.
You can't hurt me none cause I was raised on pain.
Well I bought you diamonds and I bought you pearls.
If I'da had more money I'da bought the world.
I treated you better than I ever ought to.
Now you've gone and found you another fool.
I've nothing to lose I've nothing to gain.
Go ahead and leave, I was raised on pain.
You can't hurt me none I was raised on pain.

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Riley And Spencer

Raleigh and Spencer are burning down
No there ain't no liquor in town
No there ain't no liquor in town

Whatcha gonna do to wet them lips
When the whole darn town runs dry
When the whole darn town runs dry

I been all around this whole wide world
I been down to Memphis Tennessee
Yes I been down to Memphis Tennessee

I played cards with the kings and queens
I shot dice with old Jesse James
I shot dice with old Jesse James

I can eat more chicken than any one gal can fry
I can tell more low-down lies
I can tell more low-down lies

I can tell more lies than there're stars in the sky
And I ain't going to heaven when I die
No I ain't going to heaven when I die

I'd trade my shoes for one bottle of booze
I'd drink it I'd lay down and die
Yes I'd drink it I'd lay down and die

You can stomp down all the flowers that'll grow round my grave
But they'll rise and bloom again
Yes they'll rise and bloom again

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Rambler's Anthem (Live)

I've seen the setting sun in California
Her mountain winds they howl and moan
And I've seen that half-moon rising up above
To the sound of the train that'll carry me home

I've been a-roamin' (I've been a-roamin')
I've been a-ramblin' (I've been a-ramblin')
Thirty days on the road, baby I'll be home soon

Now it's been a month or more here since i've seen you
When I left home in the middle of the night
Well it was wrong to leave, but I've been good since I've been gone
And I'm coming back to put things right

For my whole life I've heard the highway calling
Spent most of it between two white lines
Now I don't want to wind up alone
So I'm bound to change my ramblin' mind

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Rambler's Blues

When I first heard the sound of the river going down
knew I had to travel like the waters from my home
To see what I could see go beyond my boundaries
And look into the heart of the life I chose for me.

   On and on oh why must I ramble
   Following dreams out before me in the night
   On and on the highway's a gamble
   Better think of home again before it's out of sight.

When I left to see the world my one and only girl
Decided that this passion is a fearful thing to fight
I tried to prove her wrong I said I won't be long
Please take the love I give you but I knew that she was right.

She never asks the wherefores but sometimes just the whys
That her love alone can hold me from the current deep inside
I hope and pray that she'll be there each time that I come home
The strength her love still gives me is the thing that lets me roam.

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Ramblin Away

   Made up my mind my darlin
   Made up my mind today
   I'm feeling this way and there's no use to stay
   Honey I'm ramblin away

Made up my mind and I'm leavin
Goin away to stay
I've decided it's best and you know all the rest
Honey I'm ramblin away

Once I believed sincerely
That you'd be mine someday
But I do all I do for me and for you
Honey I'm ramblin away

All I had hoped for honey
Was just to hear you say
That to me you'd be true but now I'm so blue
Honey I'm ramblin away

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Ramblin Boy

He was a pal and a friend always
We rambled round in the hard ol' days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled round in the rain and snow

   So here's to you my ramblin' boy
   May all your rambles bring you joy
   So here's to you my ramblin' boy
   May all your rambles bring you joy

In Tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss says he had room for one
Says my old pal We'd rather bum

Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather was cold and it was damp
He got the chills and he got them bad
They took the only friend I ever had

He left me here to ramble on
My ramblin' pal is dead and gone
If when we die we go somewhere
I'll bet you a dollar he's ramblin' there

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Ramblin Man

I can settle down and be doin' just fine
Til I  hear an old freight rollin' down the line

Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go I believe I'd blow my stack

I love you baby but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man

Some folks might say that I'm no good
That I wouldn't settle down if I could

But when that open road starts to callin' me
There's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see

Sometimes it's hard but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man

I love to see the towns a-passin' by
And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky

Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea
'Cause that's the life I believe He meant for me

And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand
Just say God called home your ramblin' man
 

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Ramblin' Boy
Tom Paxton

He was a friend and a pal always
He stuck with me in the hard old days.
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled 'round in the rain and snow.

Chorus"
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.

In Tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought that we would work one day
The boss said he had room for one
Says my old pal, "We'd rather bum!"

Chorus

Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
He got the chills and he got 'em bad
They took the only friend I had.

Chorus

He left me here, to ramble on
My ramblin' pal, is dead and gone
If when we die, we go somewhere
I'll bet you a dollar, he's ramblin' there.

Chorus


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Rambling Boy

I was raised but a rambling boy
Too many a city I did enjoy
And there I married me a pretty little wife
And I loved her dearer than I love my life

She was pretty both neat and gay
She caused me rob the road highway
I robbed it yes I do declare
I made myself ten thousand there

Plenty dry goods for to carry me through
My pistol swore like money too
My forty four she never failed
My true love come for to go my bale

My mother said she has no home
My sister said she's all alone
My wife she's left with sad despair
With a broken heart and a baby there

Now when I die don't bury me at all
Just place me away in alcohol
My forty four lay by my feet
Please tell them I am just asleep

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Doc Watson 
Rambling Hobo

Just a mile west of the water tank
On a cold November day
In a cold and lonesome box car
A dyin' hobo lay

His pal sat there before him
With a low and drooping head
Listening to the last words
His dying buddy said

Goodbye, old pardner hobo
I hate to say goodbye
But I hear my train a comin'
And I know shes getting nigh

Gonna tell that old conductor
Just when I'm gonna stop
Where the little stream of water
Comes tumblin' down the rock

We rode the rocks together
We rambled all around
In every kind of weather
We slept out on the ground

Oh pardner, don't you miss that train
That always makes a stop
Where the little stream of water
Comes tumblin' down the rock

Would you tell my girl from Danville
That she need not worry a tall
I'm a goin' to that country
Where I won't have to work at all

No, I will not have to work there
Or never change my socks
Where the little stream of water
Comes tumblin' down the rocks

I'm a goin' to that better place
Where everything is right
Where handouts grow on bushes
And they sleep out every night

I won't have to wash my overhauls
Or never change my socks
Where the little stream of water
Comes tumblin' down the rocks

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Rambling Letters

   I don't want your rambling letters
   Don't want your picture in a frame
   All I want is you in person
   Won't you let me change your name

Mama said you'd come home soon
Papa warned me not to wait
Sister thinks that you still love me
Hurry home right away

I'm so tired of long distance kisses
Love by mail is all so cold
I just want you in my arms dear
Then our love just can't grow old

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Rambling Vine
BMI Work #: 8726043
Rambling Vine (Larry W. Jones 02/28/2007) (song#4473)

Ramble back to me, rambling vine
Ramble only to me, rambling vine
How I yearn to have your feet rambling by mine
Please return and ramble home to me, rambling vine
It's hard to believe that love is gone and done
That you have rambled to a new one instead of mine
There can never be love as true as mine under the sun
Please return and ramble home to me, rambling vine
- instrumental -
There can never be love as true as mine under the sun
Please return and ramble home to me, rambling vine
Ramble back to me, rambling vine
Ramble only to me, rambling vine
Please return and ramble home to me, rambling vine


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Ramblin' Boy

He was a friend and a pal always
He stuck with me in the hard old days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled round though the rain and snow

In Tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought we'd try for work one day
The boss said he had room for one
Said my old pal we'd rather bum

Here's to you my ramblin' by
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you my ramblin' by
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

Late one in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
He got a chills and he got 'em bad
They took the only pal I had

He's left me here to ramble on
My rambling pal he's dead and gone
If when we die we go somewhere
I'll be you a dollar he's ramblin' there

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Ramshackle Shack

There's a ramshackle shack down in old Caroline
And it's callin' me back to that sweetheart of mine
Those pretty blue eyes I long to see
Down in old Caroline there I long to be

Those pretty blue eyes that sparkle with love
Sent down to me from Heaven above
And if I had wings like a beautiful dove
I'd fly away to the girl I love

When the whippoorwills call at the close of day
We would sing love songs and she would say
My love for you will never die
Then we bid farewell such a sad good-bye

When it's harvest time down in old Caroline
I'll be driftin' back to that sweetheart of mine
Spend the rest of my days with the girl that I love
With the help of the Lord up in Heaven above

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Random Canyon
Peter Stampfel

Take me back to Random Canyon
where the gryphons always gryphon,
And the unicorn is horny in the Spring,
Where the crystal coyote calls over sleepy garden walls,
And the Wireless Wombat wanders on the wing (x2)
By my mislocated mesa with my counterfeit contessa,
Who is secretary for the local grange.
And the psychedelic sage keeps the cattle in a rage,
And the changing range is getting mighty strange (x2)
I'm a Random Canyon Dan, and I'll mess with any man,
Who denies that Random Canyon is the best.
You won't find a canyon greater either side of the equator
Random Canyon is the glory of the West (x2)
I believe I'll never leave, and I'll never have to grieve,
When I get back to that canyon that I love.
*Other canyons aren't as deep, and their walls incline too seep,
You can take your other canyons and go shove (x2).
* Alternate lyrics: Other canyons aren't as neat, and their walls inclined to seep,
Notes:
Recorded by the Holy Modal Rounders, founded by Peter Stampfel and
Stever Weber in the early '60's. Also recorded by Dave Van Ronk on
"Van Ronk" (Polydor 24-4052).


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Dolly Parton - Randy lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Daddy I feel that I must talk to you
Are you sure this is what you want to do?
Now it's not for us kids that I beg you to stay
Please don't just walk out on Mama this way
She's mothered your children, she's spent her whole life
Trying to be a good mother and wife
And she stood by you when the rest let you down
Daddy, how can you walk out on her now?
I'm your oldest daughter, my age twenty-three
Your new love is even younger than me
She's young, she's pretty, her hands soft as dew
While Mama's are withered from working for you
Mom's not young any more like your new love
But your new love won't love you like my mama does
You've taken her best years, so don't leave her now
Please, Daddy say that you won't let her down


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Rank Stranger
Albert E. Brumley 
1942

I wandered again to my home the mountain
Where in youths early drawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank stranger to me

Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger
No mother or dad, not a friend could I see
They knew not my name and I knew not their faces
I found they were all rank stranger to me

They've all moved away said the voice of a stranger
To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea
Some beautiful day, I'll meet them in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me

* Refrain


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Rank Strangers

I wandered again to my home in the mountain
Where in youths early dawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank strangers to me

   Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger
   No mother no dad not a friend I could see
   They knew not my name and I knew not their faces
   I found they were all rank strangers to me

They've moved all away said the voice of a stranger
To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea
Some beautiful day I'll meet them in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me

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Rapid City South Dakota
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Richard Friedman

C                    F           G7                 C
Just a ragged kid in overalls he thumbed a ride one day
     F                               G7
Said anywhere you're headed is on my way
          C                  F
But as we passed the big cab drive-in
    G7            C
His eyes began to flash 
       F                         G7
He was leavin' Rapid City mighty fast
          F
He said I hope to God she finds
            C
The goodbye letter that I wrote her
          G7
Cause the mail don't move too fast
         F            C
In Rapid City South Dakota
                        F          G7             C
Well he left her just a blanket of snow up on the farm
F                                    G7
That won't keep your conscience very warm
            C                     F
He said his friends were too darn country 
        G7              C
And his pa was too damn mean
                F                       G7
And there ain't no money in pumpin' gasoline
           F
And in her gentle eyes was the merchandise
   C
Of dreams the peddler sold her
      G7
As he left her there alone 
         F            C
In Rapid City South Dakota
                      F         G7               C
Now the reason he was goin' I'm not sure I could say
         F                       G7
Might've been the rodeo in Santa Fe
          C              F    G7               C
There's a doctor in Chicago I know she'll be alright
F                                     G7
He told himself as he stared into the night
repeat #2

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Rapid City, South Dakota
Kinky Friedman

Just a ragged kid in overalls, he thumbed a ride one day
He told me, "Anywhere you're going's on my way."
But as we passed by Big Al's drive-in his eyes began to flash
He was leavin' Rapid City mighty fast.

He said, "I hope to God she finds the good-bye letter that I wrote her
But the mail don't move so fast in Rapid City, South Dakota."

Well, he left her just a blanket of snow upon the farm
And that don't keep your conscience very warm.
He said his friends were too durn country and his pa was too damn mean
And there weren't no money pumpin' gasoline.

And her gentle eyes, the merchandise of dreams the peddler sold her
Who left her there alone in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Now the reason he was goin', I ain't sure I could say,
Might've been the rodeo in Santa Fe.
"There's a doctor in Chicago, I know she'll be all right"
He told himself as he stared into the night.

And he said, "I hope to God she finds the good-bye letter that I wrote her
But the mail don't move so fast in Rapid City, South Dakota."

And all her people treatin' her just like they never knowed her
Lord, the winter's passin' slow in Rapid City, South Dakota.


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Raspberries, Strawberries
Will Holt

(Kingston Trio version)

Spoken:
A young man goes to Paris, as every young man should.
There's something in the air of France that does a young man good.

Chorus:
Ah! les fraises et les framboise et les bon vins que nous avons bus.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Raspberries, strawberries, the good wines we brew.
Here's to the girls of the countryside, the ones we drink 'em to.

Spoken:
Paris nights are warm and fair. The summer winds are soft.
A young man finds the face of love in every field and loft.
In every field and loft.

Chorus

Spoken:
An old man returns to Paris as ev'ry old man must.
He finds the winter winds blow cold. His dreams have turned to dust.
His dreams have turned to dust.
His dreams have turned to dust.
Ah! les fraises et les framboise et les bon vins que nous avons bus.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Raspberries, strawberries, the good wines we brew.
Here's to the girls of the countryside, whom we must bid adieu.

(lyrics for Holt's original (1957)):
(SUNG) Ah les fraises et les fromboises
et les bon vins nous avons bus
Et les belles villagers
qui nons parlons adieu
Raspberries, Strawberries,
the good wines that we brew
Here's to the girls of the country side
whom we must bid adieu
(SUNG) Now every young man goes to France
And every young man should
There's something in the air of France
That does a young man good
That does a young man good
(SPOKEN)
"A young man goes to Paris
As every young man should
There's something in the air of France
(that does a young man good...")
Ah les fraises...
The summer nights are warm and fair
The summer wind is soft
Young men embrace your sweet young girls
In every field and loft
In every field and loft
(Versus:
"Paris nights are warm and fair
The summer winds are soft
A young man finds the face of love
In every field and loft...")
Ah les fraises...
(SPOKEN) Now every young man foresakes France
And every young man must
Some day the western wind turns cold
And the strawberries turn to dust
(SUNG) The strawberries turn to dust
Ah les fraises...
(SPOKEN) But every old man who hears this song
Walks with a step more sprightly
As he remembers the girls who sang
So casually, so lightly
(SUNG) So casually, so lightly
(Versus the Trio's outstanding single verse:
"An old man returns to Paris
as ev'ry old man must
He finds the winter winds blow cold
His dreams have turned to dust...")


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Dolly Parton - Raven Dove lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

There will come a day when sorrow fades away,
And anguish and heartache shall ease,
No mothers cryin', no soldiers dyin',
And turmoil and misery shall cease.
The hungry shall be fed, the aimless shall be led
And sad eyes will no longer weep,
The last shall be first, through heaven he'll burst
With his heavenly host from the East
Weapons to plowshares, hate turns to love,
Descending from heaven he'll sweep down to us
In radiant splendor; oh, won't it be sweet
When the raven of darkness turns into a white dove of peace
(Raven dove)
Oh, there will come a day when I'll fly away
Forever to be in his keep
Eternal life in the sweet by and by
When raven dove, raven dove speaks
When lambs walk with lions, a child tames the beast
Nations shall gather and bow at his feet
And loved ones shall rise up from their earthly sleep
And he'll separate all the chaff from the wheat.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, how sweet
When the raven of darkness turns into a white dove of peace
Raven dove, behold he cometh in the clouds
And every eye shall see him
Sweet bird, sweet bird of peace
Raven Dove


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Railroad Earth - Ravens Child 

The Raven Child
Give the raven child
A box of stars
Tossed to heavens

For the firmament
Finally to unfurl
Before the astounded eyes

'Twas the same fate
So I've been told
For the sun and the moon

All those years
Without a trace
In that secret place--hidden

When... Why... How... Sky
Might Reveal... Low... un... to... High
How long we search
For that sacred light
Til here it is

Sealed now. Still somehow safe and pure...
Awaiting the one to open...

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Richard Thompson - Razor Dance Lyrics

After the death of a thousand kisses
Comes the catacomb of tongues
Who can spit the meanest venom
From the poison of their lungs

Cruelest dance is the razor dance
Circle in and circle around
He said, she said, she said, he said
Thrill to put the other one down
The razor dance, the razor dance

This time, gone too far
This time, can't heal the scar
I want to break out of this spin
The gravity's pulling me in
The razor dance, the razor dance

What flies straighter than an arrow?
What cuts deeper than a lance?
Your wit may shine on the withering line
Cruelest dance is the razor dance
The razor dance, the razor dance

Blood boils, tears burn
Some people never learn
If time could crawl back in its shell
And mischievous tongues could untell
But that's not the meaning of hell

Take your partners for the razor dance
Take your partners for the razor dance
Take your partners for the razor dance, the razor dance
The razor dance, the razor dance

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Richard Thompson - Razor Dance (Electric) - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

After the death of a thousand kisses
Comes the catacomb of tongues
Who can spit the meanest venom
From the poison of their lungs

Cruelest dance is the razor dance
Circle in and circle around
He said, she said, she said, he said
Thrill to put the other one down
The razor dance, the razor dance

This time, gone too far
This time, can't heal the scar
I want to break out of this spin
But gravity's pulling me in
The razor dance, the razor dance

What flies straighter than an arrow
What cuts deeper than a lance
Your wit may shine on the withering line
Cruelest dance is the razor dance
The razor dance, the razor dance

Blood boils, tears burn
Some people never learn
If time could crawl back in its shell
And mischievous tongues could untell
But that's not the meaning of Hell

Take your partners for the razor dance
Take your partners for the razor dance
Take your partners for the razor dance
The razor dance
The razor dance, the razor dance

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Reach
New Grass Revival

Sometimes I stop and wonder 
Why can't I let myself enjoy
The space I'm in
And all the wonderful
Places I've been My eyes are on the future
I can't think about the past
My aspirations
Always exceed my grasp

You've got to reach a little bit higher
When the light within becomes a fire
Hey hey woa - oh you got to grow
You've got to reach a little bit higher
To get a hold on all that you desire
Stretch your soul and you'll never grow old

When the habits of a lifetime
Become a painful cage
You want to break out
But you don't know how to change
You may have a vision
Or you may have a friend
Who will come to you
And say these same words again

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Read 'Em John

John wrote a letter and he laid it on the table
No one can read'em like old John
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now it's one by one
And a two by two
And a three by three
And a four by four
No one can read 'em like old John
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read'em let me go

Now John wrote a letter and he laid it on the table
No one can read'em like old John
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now it's one by one
And a two by two
And a three by three
And a four by four
No one can read 'em like old John
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now John wrote a letter and he laid it on the table
No one can read'em like old John
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go

Now read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em John
(Read 'em)
Read 'em let me go


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Richard Thompson - Read About Love Lyrics

Asked my daddy when I was thirteen
Daddy can you tell me what love really means?
His eyes went glassy, not a word was said
He poured another beer and his face turned red

Asked my mother, she acted the same
She never looked up, she seemed so ashamed
Asked my teacher, he reached for the cane
He said, "don't mention that subject again"

Read about love, I read it in a magazine
Read about love, Cosmo and Seventeen
Read about love, in the back of a Hustler, Hustler, Hustler

So I know what makes girls sigh
And I know why girls cry
So don't tell me I don't understand
What makes a woman and what makes a man
I've never been to heaven but at lest
I've read about love

My big brother told me when I was fourteen
It's time I showed you what love really means
Girls like kissing and romance too
But a boy's got to know what a man's got to do

He gave me a book, the cover was plain
Written by a doctor with a German name
It had glossy pictures, serious stuff
I read it seven times, then I knew it well enough

Read about love, now I've got you
Read about love, where I want you
Read about love, got you on the test bed, test bed, test bed

So why-don't you moan and sigh
Why do you sit there and cry?
I do everything I'm supposed to do
If something's wrong, then it must be you
I know the ways of a woman
I've read about love

When I touch you there it's supposed to feel nice
That's what it said in reader's advice
I've never been to heaven but at least
I've read about love

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Readjustment Blues
Bill Danoff

Just out of the infantry this morning,
I had to pay my dues across the sea.
No one back in boot camp ever warned me
What the Readjustment Blues would do to me.

"Welcome to Havannah", said the pilot.
"We must have made a wrong turn on the way.
Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet.
If they don't know we're here we'll get away."

Just as I had realized he was joking,
I saw we were in Washington D.C.
'Cause there were all the patriotic buildings,
Just like I had seen them on TV.

It must have been a holiday, 'cause there was this parade.
People carried signs, I couldn't read, that they had made
When I got closer, my heart fell to my socks.
There was a battle raging and the air was filled with teargas and rocks.

There was the flag I'd fought against so often.
The one I fought for hanging upside down.
The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying,
it made the city sky look dark and brown.

I saw a girl, she could have been my sister,
Except her hair was long and in her face.
She explained this was a demonstration
Against the war and for the human race.

Well, I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels,
Cannibals and aliens galore.
But I never thought I'd see so many people
Shouting, "We don't want your fuckin' war!"

The troops all had on uniforms just like the one I'd worn,
But they were all domestic and my duty tour was foreign.
They carried guns just like the ones across the sea,
Except this time, I was the citizen, and they were pointing them guns at me.
Yes, I was just a citizen, and I was walking down the street,
And it was just then that the readjustment blues got through to me.


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Chris Thile - Ready for Anything

I forget
the difference between being in love
And being familiar
with something I hope I'm above.
Hear a lie enough
and it cuts like the Gospel,
when you're half-awake,
no mistake is impossible.

I'm a child again,
lost and happy in make-believe
But I'm lazy now,
so someone's pretending for me.

'untouchable man
who holds his hand out to millions
Anyone can share his beautiful heroes and ugly villains

I spend a lot of time watching my TV,
I take what they give me, and I give them nothing
But I waste a lot of time watching my TV,
'got me right where they want me,
Ready for anything.

I forget
the difference between being loved
'being a loose-pocket, worn-wallet, short-sighted
friend to lift money off of.

Maybe I'm playing their game,
so I can have a show where I stick 'em like a pig one day --
Tell 'em they can go to Hell
'cause they don't know another way
Or maybe I'm here 'cause it's something to do ...
You know Still waters can run shallow too
and I could watch myself run dry.

So I spend a lot of time watching my TV,
And I take what they give me, and I give them nothing
But I waste a lot of time watching my TV,
'got me right where they want me,
Ready for anything.

I forget
the difference between being alive
And living through somebody else
acting out somebody else's life.

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Ready Or Not
Jackson Browne

Someone's going to have to explain it to me
I'm not sure what it means
My baby's feeling funny in the morning
She's having trouble getting into her jeans
Her waist-line seems to be expanding
Although she never feels like eating a thing
I guess we'll reach some understanding
When we see what the future will bring

I met her in a crowded barroom
One of those typical Hollywood scenes
I was doing my very best Bogart
But I was having trouble getting into her jeans
I punched an unemployed actor
Defending her dignity
He stood up and knocked me through that barroom door
And that girl came home with me

Now baby's feeling funny in the morning
She says she's got a lot on her mind
Nature didn't give her any warning
Now she's going to have to leave her wild ways behind
She says she doesn't care if she never spends
Another night running loose on the town
She's gonna be a mother
Take a look in my eyes and tell me brother
If I look like I'm ready

I told her I had always lived alone
And I probably always would
And all I wanted was my freedom
And she told me that she understood
But I let her do some of my laundry
And she slipped a few meals in between
And the next thing I remember, she was all moved in
And I was buying her a washing machine

My baby's feeling funny in the morning
She says she's got a lot on her mind
Nature didn't give her any warning
But she's feeling better about it all the time
She says she's ready for some meaning
After all of her running around
Well bless my soul, she's got a rock-and-roll bandman
Thinking 'bout settling down


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Real Lady's Man
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Carl Jackson and Vince Gill

G               C        G
Oh the taste of wine and liquor 
      C              G
And a woman's tender kiss
                C       G
Sure paints the perfect picture 
          D7
That's so hard to resist
           G       C        G
Though the lure of that old night life 
                   C
Has always tempted fools
                      G        D7       G
It can't compare with what you stand to lose
  C          G           C                 Em
Remember the promise you wear on your left hand
C            G               D7          G
Cheatings no companion for a real lady's man
        C     G
If only I had listened 
      C            G
To my own words of advice
                    C   G
And turned down the invitation 
   D7
In another woman's eyes
        G        C    G
For the softness of a stranger 
                  C
I threw good love away
                      G      D7       G
Friend there ain't no higher price to pay
repeat #3 x2

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Dolly Parton - Real Love lyrics

They say that it's a matter of trusting
Before love has a chance to begin
And it's never simple
Faithless hearts can cripple
And only a strong love survives
I know they say that it's a fine line
Between giving up and giving in
But once your heart's been in it
You just can't forget it
It's like nothing that you've felt in your life
Chorus:
We got real love
Not infatuation
Real love
Our hearts' celebration
I love you
Real love
Not an imitation
Real love
You're my destination
Baby, you and me
We got everything we need
You are such a part of my life
That I can't remember me without you
And we've had our nights
We've had our share of fights
But we've never thought of giving it up
Oh, you and I we must be dreamers
'Cause we're making our dreams come true
I could spend my life
Just holding you so tight
And never, ever get enough
Repeat Chorus
We got real love
Repeat Chorus
Fade:
Repeat Chorus


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Railroad Earth - Real Love (Live) 

from the first time that I laid my eyes, it's true
the arrow girl's been pointing straight at you
seems like only yesterday I knew you as a friend
how were we to know back then that this is how it'd end

can you feel my love, can you feel my love, can you feel
yes it's real my love, yes it's real my love, yes it's real

pick a day and we'll seal this happiness
someday on a perfect night like this
far from now we'll lie together underneath the skies
from our love and up above a rose in red will rise

can you feel my love, can you feel my love, can you feel
yes it's real my love, yes it's real my love, yes it's real

I'm awed by all the beauty that I see
opening in front of you and me
I want to tell you now as I am standing here today
Hand in hand, and up and down, and all along the way

can you feel my love, can you feel my love, can you feel
yes it's real my love, yes it's real my love, yes it's real
can you feel my love, can you feel my love, can you feel
yes it's real my love, yes it's real my love, yes it's real
real love

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Reason To Believe
Tim Hardin

If I listened long enough to you,
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true.
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried,
Still I'd look to find a reason to believe.

Chorus:
Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else.
Someone like you makes it easy to give, never thinking of myself.

If I gave you time to change my mind,
I'd find a way to leave the past behind.
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried,
Still I look to find a reason to believe.

Chorus

Repeat First Verse

Still I'd look to find a reason to believe.
Still I'd look to find a reason to believe.

Note: Repeate second verse instead of first.


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Nickel Creek - Reasons Why 

Where am I today? I wish that I knew
'Cause lookin' around there's no sign of you
I don't remember one jump or one leap
Just quiet steps away from your lead

I'm holdin' my heart out but clutchin' it too
Feelin' this short of a love that we once knew
I'm callin' this home when it's not even close
I'm playin' the role with nerves left exposed

Standin' on a darkened stage
Stumblin' through the lines
Others have excuses
I have my reasons why

We get distracted by the dreams of our own
But nobody's happy while feelin' alone
Knowing how hard it hurts when we fall
Leanin' 'nother ladder against the wrong wall

And climb, high to the highest rung
To shake, fists at the sky
Others have excuses
I have my reasons why

  (With so much deception)
It's hard not to wander away
  (Hard not to wander away)
It's hard not to wander away

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Rebel Soldier

In a dreary Yankee prison
Where a Rebel soldier lay
By his side there stood a preacher
Ere his soul should pass away

And he faintly whispered Parson
As he clutched him by the hand
Oh parson tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland

Will my soul pass through the southland
To my old Virginia Grand
Will I see the hills of Georgia
And the green fields of Alabam'

Will I see that little church house
Where I placed my heart in hand
Oh parson tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland

Was for lovin' dear ol' Dixie
In this dreary cell I lie
Was for lovin' dear ol' Dixie
In this northern state I'll die

Will you see my little daughter
Will you make her understand
Oh parson tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland

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Rebound
Recorded by Charlie Rich
Written by Charlie Rich and Bill Justis

G
Look out baby I'm after you
    B7
You done something to me that you ought not do
C                                   
Played me up and now you've made me blue
        D7
And I'm lonely
C                       D7
Well I guess I'm on the rebound
C                  D7
That's what people say
C               D7
I lost the only one I found
C                         D7
Who can make me feel this way yeah
        G      C    G    D7
And I'm lonely over you
G
Well look out baby better change your ways
    B7
You done something to me that's drivin' me crazy
C
Catch up with you one of these days
          D7
Cause I'm lonely
C                       D7 
Yeah I guess I'm on the rebound
C                  D7
Guess I've lost my touch
C               D7
You're the only one for me
C                       D7
And I love you much too much
        G      C    G    D7
And I'm lonely over you
C             D7
You oughta be ashamed of yourself
C                D7
Treatin' me this way
C                       D7
Didn't know what it was all about
C                      D7
But I'm gonna find out someday yeah
    G
You better look out baby gonna make you mad
       B7
You're gonna miss me and the things you had
C
Hate to say it but I'll be so glad
            D7
When you're lonely
G
Yeah you better look out baby gonna make you mad
B7
You're gonna miss me and the things you've had
C
Hate to say it but I'll be so glad
            D7
When you're lonely
C                          D7
Yeah then you'll be on the rebound
C                   D7
I'm waiting for the day
C                    D7
You'll lose the only one you found
          C                  D7
Who could make you feel this way
               G                    
Yeah you'll be lonely
C         G               
You'll be lonely
C         G       
You'll be lonely
C         G          
Just like me

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Richard Thompson - Reckless Kind Lyrics

Here we stand in sheets of rain
Parting ways, loved in vain
Never knew you'd be the reckless kind

I reached out to catch your fall
Said you needed a place to crawl
Never knew you'd be the reckless kind

The reckless kind, the reckless kind
The reckless kind, the reckless kind
You're his not mine

They say you run with a breakneck crowd
Live your love scenes right out loud
Break hearts all around, you're the reckless kind

You said you were well satisfied
Proud to see me by your side
Pride's a worthless thing to the reckless kind

The reckless kind, the reckless kind
The reckless kind, the reckless kind
You're his not mine

Love lies shattered on the ground
Jagged pieces all around
Say you'll come back but I know you're the reckless kind

Oh, the reckless kind, the reckless kind
The reckless kind, the reckless kind
You're his not mine, his not mine

You're the reckless kind
The reckless kind
The reckless kind

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Reckless Motorman

Yonder stands the reckless motorman
Who says his age is twenty one
Standing by his mainline motor
Saying folks what have I done

Is it true I've killed my brakemen
Is it true that he is dying
Oh I tried to stop my motor
But I could not stop in time

See the cars stacked up on him
See him raise his weary head
See his sister standing by him
Crying brother are you dead

Sister sister I am dying
Soon I'll be on yonder shore
Soon I'll have a home in heaven
There'll be no braking anymore

Go and tell my youngest brother
Take these words true and end ?
To never start the day a braking
For his life is sure to end

Go tell my father who is weighman
What he weighs to weigh it fair
There'll be no scales up in heaven
For that meeting in the air

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Red & Blazing 
Abigail Washburn

I must've been four when you touched my arm
Skies were red and blazing
I heard a moan in the elms above,
and I knew that day was ending

I knew you'd seen your happiest day
when the next morn the birds were singing
We felt the same cold from the earth

It took the moon to hold the tide
and set our hearts a-spinning
You'd wait for dark to never come again

I'll turn my back to the calling sun
if you'll rise and meet me
I'll walk the road I took from you

Oh, stay a while in the red skies blazing
Touch my arm and feel my burning
for the day you left for the elms above
to meet those birds a-singin


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Red Bandana
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                                   F
We left home when were barely past eleven-teen 
           C                                      G7
We've been back and fourth and all around through hail and rain
     C                                            F
I've loved you half of your life and I'll keep on loving you
    C                  G7               C
But I can't change and live the way you want me to 
                                  F
We spent a lot of time out on the highway
C                                G7
Coming from some town we played along the way 
      C                               F
After thirty years and knowing me the way you do 
    C                       G7               C
You know I can't change and live the way you want me to 
     G7                           C
That red bandana tied around your auburn hair 
    G7                                   C
You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere
          G7                                        D#
You ain't never going to be no Bobby McGee but your trying to
    C                  G7               C
But I can't change and live the way you want me to 
                                                 F
Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill 
      C                                G7
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will 
        C                              F
Hey I'm forty-one today still going on twenty-two 
    C                  G7               C
But I can't change and live the way you want me to 
repeat #3

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Red Clay Halo

The girls all dance with the boys from the city
But they don't care to dance with me
Well it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy
And the red clay stains my feet

Well its under my nails and its under my collar
And it shows on my Sunday clothes
Though I do my best with soap and water
That damned old dirt won't go

   But when I pass through the pearly gates
   Will my gown be gold instead
   Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings
   And a red clay halo for my head

It's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer
When it rolls in crimson tide
'Til the trees and leaves and the cows are the color
Of the dirt on the mountainside

Now Jordan's banks are red and muddy
And the rolling water is wide
But I got no boat, so I'll be good and muddy
When I get to the other side

   I'll take the red clay robe and the red clay wings
   And the red clay halo for my head

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Billy Strings
Red Daisy

Daisy red daisy growin' on a hill
Sunshine fallin' on her petals so fine

At first when I found you all covered in the dew
The stars had all faded the day was brand new

Daisy red daisy growin' on a hill
Sunshine fallin' on her petals so fine

When the skies are gloomy
And you're covered in the frost
Daisy red daisy I fear my soul is lost

Daisy red daisy growin' on a hill
Sunshine fallin' on her petals so fine

Queen of the springtime
My body's getting old
Winter winds might bind me but
I'll keep you from the cold

Daisy red daisy growin' on a hill
Sunshine fallin' on her petals so fine

One day a passing traveler plucked
You from the ground
Oh how I'll miss you and your crimson crown

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The Incredible String Band - Red Hair 

Stepping out of the gray day she came
Her red hair falling like the sky
Love held them there in that moment
With the whole world passing by

He could look through all of his books
And not find a line that would do
To tell of changes she had made in him
Just by being there, oh

So good just to walk in the light
And may the moon shine down on love at every night
And sometimes it seems the only things real
Are what we are and what we feel

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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson

The red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montanna
Rode into town one day;
Under his knees was a raging black stallion
And walking behind was a bay.
The red-headed stranger had eyes like thunder
Lips that were pale and tight;
His little lost love lay asleep on a hillside
And his heart was heavy this night.

Chorus:
Don't cross him, don't boss him, he's wild in his sorrow,
Riding and hiding his pain;
Don't fight him, don't spite him, just wait till tomorrow,
And maybe he'll ride on again.

A yellow-haired lady leaned out of her window,
Smiled as they came her way.
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion
But cast greedy eyes on the bay;
How could she know that the dancing bay pony
Meant more to him than life?
For this was the song that his little lost darling
Had ridden when she was his wife.

Chorus

The yellow-haired lady came into the barroom,
Looked up the stranger there;
He bought her a drink, gave her some money
He just didn't seem to care.
She followed him out when he saddled the stallion,
Laughed as she grabbed for the bay;
He shot her so quick they had no time to warn her,
She didn't hear nobody say:

Chorus

The yellow-haired lady was buried at sunset
The stranger went free, of course,
'Cause you can't hang a man for killing a woman
Whose trying to steal your horse.
Now this is the tale of the red-headed stranger
And if he should come your way,
Stay out of the path of the raging black stallion
And don't lay a hand on the bay.

Chours


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Dolly Parton - Red Hot Screaming Love lyrics
(M. Chapman)

I can't even begin to tell you
How I've been feelin' lately
But I have stumbled across something rare
And you use it to bait me
Something tells me go
Everyone says no, no, no
How can they be so cruel
When they tell me don't touch you
I tell them I'll die
In your red hot screaming love
In your red hot screaming love
If I'm losing my senses
They're lost in your deepest emotions
And the jets in my heart
They won't start till you set them in motion
Something tells me go
Everyone says no, no, no
How can they be so cruel
When they tell me don't touch you
I tell them I'll die
In your red hot screaming love
In your red hot screaming love


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Red Red Rose
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by David Mallett

G       D7     C      G
You may wonder if you know me
C       G      Am    D7
You may wonder  if I care
G          D7        C       G
Or if I'll leave you sad and lonely
C          G      D7
Or if I'll always be right there
C               D7   G             C
Well there's no need for doubt now darlin'
G            Am      C   D7
Cause I have come to know
G            D7   C            G
This love of ours is no common flower
              C              D7      G   D7 C D7
You know this love is like a red red rose
G           D7     C          G
And you may wonder about this dreamer
C        G       Am            D7
If she's all you thought she'd be
G         D7 C         G      C
And oh if anything but someday
G               Am     D7
Ever comes from lovin' me
C           D7        G       C
But hold me close and tell me darlin'
G             Am      C   D7
That you have come to know
G           D7        C            G
This love I bring you is no common thing
              C              D7      G
You know this love is like a red red rose
A#7                                F
When you're all caught up in sweet surrender
C                                 F
Simple truth is sometimes hard to see
A#7                                  F
Here between the tough times and the tender
G                            C D7
It all comes down to you and me
G           D7     C        G
And you may see my heart of darkness
C     G       Am      D7
I may stumble now and again
G        D7         C        G
But underneath this heart of darkness
C               G                 Am             C
There's a heart that's lovin' you right till the end
           D7         G       C
So hold me close come hold me darlin'
G            Am     C   D7
Cause I want you to know
G            D7   C            G
This love of ours is no common flower
              C              D7      G
You know this love is like a red red rose
             D7   C            G
This love of ours is no common flower
              Am             D7      G
You know this love is like a red red rose

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Red River Valley

From this valley they say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened oru pathways awhile

Come and sit by my side, if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red river valley
And the cowboy who loved you so true

I've been thinking a long time, my darling
Of the sweet words you never would say
Now alas must my fond fopes all vanish
For they say you are going away

* Refrain

Do you think of the valley you're leaving
Oh how lonely and how dreary it will be
Do you think of the kind hearts you're breaking
And the pain you are causing to me

* Refrain

They will bury me where you have wandered
Near the hills where the daffodils grow
When you're gone from the Red river valley
For I can't live without you I know

* Refrain


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Red River Valley Blues
BMI Work #: 8448180
Red River Valley Blues (Larry W. Jones 10/15/2006) (song#4066)

I was a young cowboy just in my prime
When I left that Texas - Oklahoma line
I rode away for my good fortune to find
Now all I do is pine for that Red River line
I've got the Red River Valley blues
And the only thing I've got to say
My saddlebags are packed and I'm ridin' back
To that Red River Valley far away
I'm gonna stay on that Valley ranch
I'm gonna fish in that little branch
I'll do right by dear Mom and Pa
After all, that's the cowboy law
I've got the Red River Valley blues
I'll be ridin' night and day
Gonna climb those Valley hills, practice cowboy skills
In that Red River Valley far away
I see the ranch house in the dimming light
There's Ma and Pa with their hair of white
All our hearts will be filled with full delight
A roaming cowboy's comin' home tonight
I've got the Red River Valley blues
But now I'm back in Texas to stay
I've no fortune to lose, just these blues
From this Red River Valley I'll never more stray


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Billy Strings Lyrics
Red Rocking Chair

Ain't got no use
For your red rocking chair
I ain't got no sugar baby now
I ain't got no honey baby now

Who'll rock the cradle
Who'll sing this song
Who'll rock cradle when I'm gone
Who'll rock cradle when I'm gone

It's I'll rock the cradle
I'll sing this song
It's I'll rock the cradle when you're gone
It's I'll rock the cradle when you're gone

It's all I can do
It's all I can say
Gonna send you to your momma next payday
Gonna send you to your momma next payday

It's all I can do
It's all I can say
I can't get along this a way
I can't get along this a way

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Red Rose Of My Heart
BMI Work #: 8677620
Red Rose Of My Heart (Larry W. Jones 02/07/2007) (song#4394)

Here I'm thinkin' about you, darlin'
Wyoming is way too many miles apart
I've been true to you, sweet darlin'
Cause you're the red rose of my heart
Too many nights I've been alone
Far too many trails away from you
I worry about love that's postponed
And I hope that you've been true
I'll soon be riding back, my darlin'
It's just too lonely when we're apart
Yes, I'll be returning from Wyoming
Cause you're the red rose of my heart
- instrumental -
Too many nights I've been alone
Far too many trails away from you
I worry about love that's postponed
And I hope that you've been true
I'll soon be riding back, my darlin'
It's just too lonely when we're apart
Yes, I'll be returning from Wyoming
Cause you're the red rose of my heart


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Red Rubber Ball

I should have known you've bid me farewell
There's lesson to be learned from this
And I learned it very well
Always running never caring
That's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time
Were all you had to give

   And I guess it's gonna be all right
   Yes the worst is over now
   The morning sun is shining
   Like a red rubber ball
   I guess it's gonna be all right
   Yes the worst is over now
   The morning sun is shining
   Like a red rubber ball

Now you never cared for the secrets I could find
To you I'm just an ornament
Something for your mind
This roller coaster ride we took
Is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears
That's all I'm gonna spend

* Refrain

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Red Sails In The Sunset

Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me
He sailed at the dawning all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset I'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow and he goes sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Red Tail Lights (Live)

The sun is setting out my window
Only empty fields and a lone silo
In this kind of light things seem so strange
And an archland burns far away

I had a girl I thought was true
But I turned around and she made me blue
Now many miles keep us apart
And I don't know what's in my heart

But I love you tonight, I'll love you tomorrow
Let my headlights shine through the pouring rain
You see my red tail lights, I'm gone again

Maybe some day the road I ride
Won't seem so long to me inside
And the path I take will be a rocky one
But it's mine, and mine alone

(- x2)

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Red Velvet
Ian Tyson

Four months ago in April on a day coach she came down
(And the dusty autumn winds began to blow)
I should'a known I couldn't holder her Living out so far from town
(And the nights to come are long and slow to go)

Well now she's up and left me, went walking down the line
(And the dusty autumn winds began to blow)
All dressed up in red velvet and her high-heeled shoes so fine
(And the nights to come are long and slow to go)

Well, if I'd only known
Before we kissed,
You can't keep red velvet
On a poor dirt farm like this

So now she's gone and left me, went walking down the line
(And the dusty autumn winds began to blow)

[break]

Well, I'll sit and count the evening stars as they walk around
(And the dusty autumn winds began to blow)
Then I'll call my dog and I'll take my truck and I'll drive on into town
('Cause the nights to come are long and slow to go)

Well, I'll sit and count the evening stars as they walk around
(And the dusty autumn winds began to blow)
Then I'll call my dog and I'll take my truck and I'll drive on into town
('Cause the nights to come are long and slow to go)

And those dusty autumn winds
Begin to blow


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Red Wing

There once lived an indian maid
A shy little prairie maid
Who sang a lay, a love song gay
As on the plain she'd while away the day
She loved a warrior bold
This shy little maid of old
But blythe and gay, he rode one day
To battle far away

Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying
For afar neath his star her brave is sleeping
While Red Wings weeping her heart away

She watched thru the day and night
She kept all the campfiles bright
And under the sky, each night she would lie
And dream about his coming by and by
But when all the braves returned
The heart of Red Wing yearned
For Brave one day, her warrior gay
Fell bravely in the fray

* Refrain


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Redneck Mother
Ray Wylie Hubbard

He was born in Oklahoma
And his wife's name is Betty Lou Thelma Liz
He's not responsible for what he's doing
His mother made him what he is

Chorus:
And it's up against the wall, redneck mother
Mother who has raised her son so well
He's 34 and drinkin' in some honky tonk
Kickin' hippies' asses and raisin' hell.

Sure does like his Falstaff Beer
He likes to chase it down with that Wild Turkey Liquor
He's got a '57 GMC pickup truck
Got a gun rack
And a "Goat Ropers Need Love Too" bumper sticker

Chorus

M is for the mud flaps she gave me for my pickup truck
O is for the oil I put on my hair
T is for T-Bird
H is for Haggard
E is for Eggs
R is for Redneck

Chorus


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Redwood Hill

I climbed the Redwood hill
Was on a rainy day
To rise avobe the clouds
And talk with Mother Nature for awhile
She told me of her love
For the children in her trust
And of a great concern
From the likes of you and me and her

I'd didn't know she was
She did speak there tender words
The things that I am
I could not change for any man
I tried to comfort her
But she would not be still
And how the rain did fall
As I found my way back down the Redwood hill


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The Avett Brothers - Rejects In The Attic

've been hanging out with the rejects in the attic
Can't get out of my head the way you left
I got a sense of belonging but what does it matter
The winter's on its way here to collect
The colors we thought were ours to protect

I was born on the outskirts of a dream
My daddy was a miner of almost anything
And I've been busting stones
Too proud to go back home
Admit that all my digging was in vain

But don't we talk different than we did?
Am I more quiet than I've been?
Don't you look brighter than the moon?
Don't I look different without you?
Don't I look different without you?

I'm taking rain like an Appaloosa hoofprint
And you know I'm drinking sunlight all day long
I'm opened up just like a dogwood flower
And winter's on its way here to collect
The colors we thought were ours to protect

Well you think we'd be used to it my dear
Well seeing how it happens every year

But don't we talk different than we did?
Am I more quiet than I've been?
And don't you look brighter than the moon?
Don't I look different without you?
Well don't I look different without you?

I was taken on the outskirts of a dream
I had a been a miner of almost everything
Well I stopped busting stones
I had to go back home
Admit that all my digging was in vain

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The Avett Brothers - Rejects In The Attic - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

I've been hanging out with the rejects in the attic
Can't get out of my head the way you left
I got a sense of belonging but what does it matter
The winter's on its way here to collect
The colors we thought were ours to protect
I was born on the outskirts of a dream
My daddy was a miner of almost anything
And I've been busting stones
Too proud to go back home
Admit that all my digging was in vain
But don't we talk different than we did?
Am I more quiet than I've been?
Don't you look brighter than the moon?
Don't I look different without you?
Don't I look different without you?
I'm taking rain like my Appaloosa's hoofprint
And you know I'm drinking sunlight all day long
I'm opened up just like a dogwood flower
And winter's on its way here to collect
But don't we talk different than we did?
Am I more quiet than I've been?
Don't you look brighter than the moon?
Don't I look different without you?
Don't I look different?
I was taken on the outskirts of a dream
I had a been a miner of almost everything
Well I stopped busting stones
I'll have to go back home
Admit that all my digging was in vain
But don't we talk different than we did?
Am I more quiet than I've been?
Don't you look brighter than the moon?
Don't I look different without you?
Don't I look different?
Winter's on its way here to collect
(Well don't I look, well don't I look?)
Winter's on its way here to collect
(Well don't I look, well don't I look?)
Winter's on its way here to collect
(Well don't I look, well don't I look?)
Winter's on its way here to collect
(Well don't I look, well don't I look?)
Winter's on its way here without you
Winter's on its way here without you

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Dolly Parton - Release Me lyrics
(Eddie Miller/Dub Williams/Robert Yount)

Please release me, let me go
'Cause I don't love you anymore
And to live without love is a sin
So release me and let me love again
I have found a new love, dear
And I'll always want him near
His lips are warm while yours are cold
So release me, my darlin' let me go
Oh please release me, let me go
'Cause I just won't love you anymore
And to live together we both know is a sin
So release me, release me and let me love again
Oh, please, please, please, please
Release me, let me go
'Cause I, I don't love you anymore
And to live together is a sin
So release me and let me love again
Oh, please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
And to live together is a sin
So release me and let me love again


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Release Me From Sin
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Miller and William McCall

C        F        C       F
Please release me from my sin
G7                    C  G7
Welcome Jesus come on in
C        F       C          F
For only You can cleanse my soul
C               G7            C
Release me from sin to sin no more
       F       C      F
Let me walk on sacred ground
G7                              C    G7
And lead the lost ship that You found
C            F          C        F
Just lead me on through heaven's door
C               G7            C
Release me from sin to sin no more
          F      C    F
Send Your spirit from above
G7                              C    G7
And teach me Your sweet ways of love
C          F       C       F
I seek for all You have in store
C               G7            C
Release me from sin to sin no more
Repeat #1
                G7            C
Release me from sin to sin no more

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Relief Is Just A Swallow Away
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Noack 

G                                   D7
Well I'm a-standin' in the tavern a-feelin' blue
                           G
My foot on the rail just a-thinkin' 'bout you
                        C
But I won't be blue all day
        G       D7                G
Because relief  is just a swallow away
                                 D7
Well I've been blue before and I will again
                                  G
I'll drown all my worries or I'll teach 'em how to swim
                          C
And I won't be the one to pay
        G       D7                G
Because relief  is just a swallow away
        C                                G
Yes you thought when you left I wouldn't have any fun
     D7                    G
I'll admit I worried but I won't be long
      C                                  G
We're apart because you wouldn't swallow your foolish pride
       A7             D7
So you hurt me deep inside
    G                                       D7
But you're not the first to hurt me and you won't be the last
                               G
Can't tell the future but I've learned from the past
                         C
As long as there's a cabaret
       G       D7                G
I know relief  is just a swallow away
       C                       G
Well I looked down the bar and what did I see
     D7                         G
Your sad lookin' face a-lookin' back at me
        C                     G
Wishin' you could turn time a few hours back
    A7                  D7
Get off of that one-way track
     G                                 D7
Well you want me to come over but I'll tell you true
                         G
You're as close to me as I am to you
                              C
And that may still be too far away
        G       D7                G
Because relief  is just a swallow away
               D7             G
I said relief  just a swallow away

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Remember I Feel Lonesome Too

   Wherever I go in this world little darlin
   You'll be in my mind only you
   I'll never forget you as long as I'm livin
   Remember I feel lonesome too

   I know I'm to blame for the way that we're parting
   But honey I love only you
   So give me a chance just to prove I'll do better
   Remember I feel lonesome too

I hope you will read the remarks in this letter
Please take time to read what I say
I've tried and I've tried just to see you my darlin
I can't so I'm goin away

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Remember Me

The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming
The sweetest days were the days that used to be
The saddest words I ever heard were words of parting
When you said Sweetheart remember me

Remember me when the candle lights are gleaming
Remember me at the close of a long long day
It would be so sweet when all alone I'm dreaming
Just to know you still remember me

You told me once that you were mine alone forever
And I was yours 'til the end of eternity
But all those vows are broken now and we will never
Be the same except in memory

A brighter face may take my place when we're apart dear
A sweeter smile and a love more bold and free
But in the end fair weather friends may break your heart dear
If they do sweetheart remember me

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Remember Me When They've Forgotten You
BMI Work #: 9166055
Remember Me When They've Forgotten You (Larry W. Jones 10/09/2007) (song#5052)

Well, you belonged to me for a short time
But now you have found some new stairs to climb
Dear, just remember when you're down and out
What my true love for you was all about
Now that you've left the poor side of the track
Don't forget your road that may bring you back
And don't forget a broken heart that's true
Remember me when they've forgotten you
Remember me when they've forgotten you
The day will come when they will all be through
With a poor side girl who never belonged
To the uptown crowd and their ritzy throng
One of these days dear, you will surely find
My love is real and is the only kind
That will never forget when vows are due
Remember me when they've forgotten you
- instrumental -
Across the tracks is your new found time zone
But those you've found will leave you all alone
They are not your friends dear, it's a show game
And one of these day you will know the same
You think that now you're their new party doll
But you will sink and then begin to fall
So when they all start to paint your dreams blue
Remember me when they've forgotten you
Remember me when they've forgotten you
The day will come when they will all be through
With a poor side girl who never belonged
To the uptown crowd and their ritzy throng
One of these days dear, you will surely find
My love is real and is the only kind
That will never forget when vows are due
Remember me when they've forgotten you


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Remember The Cross

Do you think of the cross on which Jesus died
Of the blood he shed for you
Are you prepared to meet him in that land of love
By his word are you going to abide

   Remember the cross on which Jesus died
   Follow in his footsteps each day
   He shed his blood for you and he shed his blood for me
   Never cast that cross aside

Never let other people lead you astray
Teach his words to them if you can
They must think of that cross on which Jesus died
And get ready to meet him someday

When Jesus comes down from heaven above
And you haven't thought of that cross
He'll cast you aside in the twinkling of an eye
And you won't see his blessed home of love

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Alan Jackson - Remember When lyrics

Remember when I was young and so were you
and time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows
and walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when
Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other's hearts
Remember when
Remember when the sound of little feet
was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when
Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookn' back it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are,
Where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when
Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when


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Remembering

Remembering me dear when your love meant everything
When the memory of your kiss remains with me
I thought we'd be so happy dear there forgether through the years
Now I'm left here all alone, remember me

Remember me the day we met, and wondering
If you ever really loved and cared for me
In our future you and me left it all in memory
But I relived oe'r and oe'r remember me

If the world could only know the many things
That have made my aching heart look longingly
In the days spent happily when alone just you and me
Such a lovely past I see, rememver me

Remembering the words you said and didn't mean
I believed with all my heart you wanted me
I guess my thoughts were right of schemes fot you found someone new it seems
I hope some day I find you here, remembering


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Brad Paisley - Remind Me (with Carrie Underwood) lyrics

[Brad:]
We didn't care if people stared
We'd make out in a crowd somewhere
Somebody'd tell us to get a room
It's hard to believe that was me and you
Now we keep saying that we're okay
But I don't want to settle for good not great
I miss the way that it felt back then I wanna feel that way again
[Brad:] Been so long that you'd forget the way I used to kiss your neck
[Carrie:] Remind me, remind me
[Brad:] So on fire so in love. Way back when we couldn't get enough
[Carrie:] Remind me, remind me
[Carrie:]
Remember the airport dropping me off
We were kissing goodbye and we couldn't stop
[Brad:] I felt bad cause you missed your flight
[Carrie and Brad:] But that meant we had one more night
[Carrie:]
Do you remember how it used to be
We'd turn out the lights and we didn't just sleep
[Brad:] Remind me, baby, remind me
[Carrie:]
Oh, so on fire so in love
That look in your eyes that I miss so much
[Brad:] Remind me, baby, remind me
[Brad:] I wanna feel that way
[Carrie:] Yeah, I wanna hold you close
[Brad and Carrie]
Oh, if you still love me
Don't just assume I know
[Carrie:] Baby, remind me, remind me
[Carrie:] Do you remember the way it felt?
[Brad:] You mean back when we couldn't control ourselves
[Carrie:] Remind me
[Brad:] Yeah, remind me
[Carrie:]
All those things that you used to do
That made me fall in love with you
Remind me, oh, baby, remind me
[Brad:]
Yeah, you'd wake up in my old t-shirt
All those mornings I was late for work
Remind me
[Brad and Carrie] Oh, baby, remind me
[Carrie:] Oh, baby, remind me, baby, remind me
[Brad:] Yeah, you'd wake up in my old t-shirt
[Carrie:] Remind me, yeah, oh
[Brad:] Baby, remind me


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Alison Krauss - Remind Me, Dear Lord Lyrics

The things that I love
I hold dear to my heart
They are borrowed and
Not mine at all
Jesus only let me use them
To brighten my life
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

Roll back the curtain of memory now and then
Show me where you brought me from and
Where I could have been
Just remember I'm a human and human's forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

Nothing good have I done
To deserve God's own Son
I'm not worthy of the scars
In His hands
Yet he chose the road to Calvary
To die in my stead
Why He loved me I can't understand

Roll back the curtain of memory now and then
Show me where you brought me from and
Where I could have been
Just remember I'm a human and human's forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

Just remember I'm a human and human's forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

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Nickel Creek - Rest of My Life 

The battle is over.
Here we all lie
In a dry sea of Solo cups
With the sun in our eyes.
But it's one of those endings
Where no one claps 'cause they're sure that there's more.
What a great way to start the first day of the rest of my life

I guess the show's going on
So we pick up the pieces
We dropped for a song
And an ear-splitting headache
That makes it hard to figure out which puzzle they're for.
But I can leave this part out of the story I write.
And there are worse ways to start the first day of the rest of my life

Roommates, friends, lovers, quiet
I'm coming to.
I'm turning myself into something a little less promising,
A little more useful.

The battle is over
We lost, but we'll live to call off the war.
Don't that ceiling look high from the floor?
Don't it hurt just to move
As we shrink from the light?
As it pierces our bodies and thaws out our hearts.
What a great way to start the first day of the rest of
The rest of my life

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Alison Krauss - Restless

Honey, I know you've been alone some
Why don't you phone some
'Cause I love you
And honey I know I've been away some I've had to pay some
And you have too

But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear 
Dance in the night
I've been put down, pushed around
Apprehended and led downtown
And I can't help it if I'm out of sight
'Cause I'm restless tonight

I just can't stand bein' alone
I'm gonna have to change that someday
There's a restless feelin in my bones
And I know that at times
It just won't go away

So if it's all the same, honey
I can't take the blame, baby
I can't play your game, honey
What's true is true
And if in the end the temptation wears you thin, honey
I'll just pretend that I'll leave it up to you

But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear 
Dance in the night
I've been put down, pushed around
Apprehended and led downtown
And I can't help it if I'm full of fight

But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear 
Dance in the night
I've been put down, pushed around
Apprehended and led downtown
And I can't help it if I'm out of sight
'Cause I'm restless tonight

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The Incredible String Band - Restless Night 

Restless night walking nowhere in the foggy dew
Restless years whispering through very long clouds
Very low clouds, very long clouds, very low clouds

It wakes in me the wound of days as dawn breaks bleak
I call to you present the mirror as you comb your hair
Horizons rising icy blue, yes and tall walls dwindle

Steeples sink into the sea
Old keys for old locks splash up a spray
Grey thoughts and useless papers, they roll and blow away

While the band was playing such a sad refrain
Sounds my ears have lost continue through the rain

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Return Of The Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons / Thomas S. Brown

[Section 1]
A D A
Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich

A E A
And welcome me back to town

A D A
Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlour

B E
And I'll show you how it all went down

A A7 D
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels

A D
And a good saloon in every single town

[Section 2]
D E A
And I remember something you once told me

D E A
And I'll be damned if it did not come true

D E A C#m F#m
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down

D E A
And they all lead me straight back home to you

[Section 3]
C#m D A
`Cause I headed West to grow up with the country

F#m E A
Across those prairies with the waves of grain

C#m D E A
And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue sea

D E D E A
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee

[Section 1 chords]
We flew straight across that river bridge, last night
half past two
The switchman wave his lantern goodbye and good day as we
went roling through
Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel
And now I know just what I have to do

[Section 3 chords]
And the man on the radio won't leave me alone
He wants to take my money for something that I've never
been shown
And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue see
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to
Tennessee

[Section 1 chords]
The news I could bring I met up with the king
On his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt
And lighted out for some desert town
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town

[Section 2 chords]
And I remember something you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down
And they all lead me straight back home to you

D E A C#m F#m
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down

D E A
And they all lead me straight back home to you


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Reuben James

Reuben James, in my song you'll live again
In the phrases that I write
In the footsteps out of sight
For the time that I knew you, Reuben James

Ruben James, all the folks around
Midson County cursed your name
Just a no count share cropping colored man
Steal anything he can
Everybody layed the blame on Rueben James

Rueben James, use to walk the furred fields of my mind
Raded shirt and weathered brow
Callosed hands upon the plow
Loved yuo then and I loved you now, Ruben James

Reuben James, with your mind on the soul
And the Bible in your right hand
So trun the other cheek, there's a better
World waiting fot the meek
In my mind these words remain from Rueben James

* Refrain

Reuben James, one dark cloudy day they
Brought you from the field
Until your lonely pine box came
Just the preacher me and the rain
Just to sing one last refrain for Reuben James

* Refrain


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Reunion In Heaven

So often down here we'll have a reunion
Our loved ones and friends will be gathered around
Some faces are missed. They have gone home to heaven
They will be there with Jesus 'til the trumpet shall sound

What a wonderful time we'll have up in Glory
With our blessed Redeemer forever we'll see
And a crown he will give on that great judgment morning
What a happy reunion in Heaven will be

No crepes on the doors in that beautiful city
No sorrow or pain never more ever there
But a body we'll have in the Saviour's own likeness
And a mansion Jesus said he'd go to prepare

I am longing to sit by the banks of the river
There's rest for the ones by the evergreen trees
I am longing to look in the face of my Saviour
And my loved ones who have gone they are waiting for me

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Alan Jackson - Revenooer Man lyrics

[Johnny Paycheck}
Well I was sent to a place in North Carolina
To check up on a moonshine
Still when I got there to my suprise
I could see a little light on the hill
Well the fire was glowing and really I was knowing I was really hot on the track
But in D.C. they said it couldnt' be
But I'll be the one to bring em back
Cause I'm a revenooer man
I'm a revenooer man
I got a badage in my pocket
And a gun on my hip
And them moonshiners
Better never make a slip
Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah I get em if I can
Well the moon was shining bright
As I looked down the river
I noticed on the side of the hill
I can see a red light that was glowing bright
I knew it had to be a still
Well the people down the road said it wasn't far
But I better know someone
Cause when the moonshiners know I carry a star
I'll bet my bottom dollar I'll have em on the run
Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah I'm a revenooer man
I got a badge in my pocket
And a gun on my hip
Them moonshiners better never make a slip
Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah i'll get em if I can
Well when I got back the woods were bare
Must've knew I was on my way
Well I heard the branches shatter
And they started to scatter
I heard two or three of them say
It's the revenooer man
It's revenooer man
He's got a big 45 and loads to fill
Dragging and shagging to another hill
It's the revenooer man
And he'll get us if he can
Yeah I'm the revenooer man
And I'll get them if I can.


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Reynadine

One evening, as I rambled amongst the springing thyme
I overheard a young woman conversing with Reynadine
Her hair was black and her eyes were blue, her lips as red as wine
And he smiled as he gazed upon her, did that sly, bold Reynadine
She said, "Young man, be civil, my company forsake
For my to good opinion, I fear you are a rake"
He said, "My dear, I am no rake, brought up in Venus train
But, I'm searching from concealment from the judges' men"
Her ruby lips, her rosy cheeks, they lost their former dye
And she fell into his arms there all on the mountain thyme
They hadn't kissed but once or twice till she came to again
And so gently, she asked him, "Pray tell to me your name"
He said, "If by chance you look for me, I fear you'll not me find
I'll be in my castle, inquire for Reynadine"
Day and night and night and day she followed him, his teeth did shine
And he lead her o'er the mountain, did that sly bold Reynadine
One evening, as I rambled amongst the springing thyme
I overheard a young woman conversing with Reynadine

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Dolly Parton - Rhumba Girl lyrics
Writer Jesse Winchester

I'm the same old girl that I used to be
I haven't changed at all
I got the same old walk and the same old talk
That would run you up the wall
The same old face and the same old smile and
The same old baby blues
And I'm still doing the rhumba, baby
So I'm still the girl for you
I'm still doing the rhumba baby
I can't seem to quit
If my mama catches us doing the rhumba
Mama would just pitch a fit
But I can't help myself, it's much bigger than me
If I were you, I'd hang onto a rhumba girl like me
There's lots of girls on the floor tonight
With a lot slicker steps than me
The boogaloo and the funky broadway
Are such a pretty sight to see
My step might be old fashioned
But it's just fine with me
I got a couple of rhumba steps
You might like to see
I'm still doing the rhumba baby
I can't seem to quit
If my mama catches us doing the rhumba
Mama would just pitch a fit
But I can't help myself, it's much bigger than me
If I were you, I'd hang onto a rhumba girl like me


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Alison Krauss - Rich Woman

I got a woman with plenty of money
She got the money and I got the honey
Called my baby late last night
She told me daddy everything was all right

She got the money and I got the honey
She got the money and I got the honey
She got the money and I got the honey

I don't have to worry about her she's real fine
I know my baby and she's all mine
She give me a Cadillac, a diamond ring
She told me daddy don't you worry bout a thing

She got the money and I got the honey
She got the money and I got the honey
She got the money and I got the honey

She's all mine and I'm so glad
She's the best woman that I ever had
She's all mine and I'm so glad
She's all mine and I'm so glad
She's all mine and I'm so glad

Ah, stop your train
Ah mama stop your train


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Nickel Creek - Ride Cowboy Ride

Up in the morning, at the break of day
You'll hear a big bearded cowboy at the chuck wagon say
Gather 'round, boys, the coffee's hot on the fire
There's a full day of branding, we're heating the iron

I want to smell that scorched hair and burning hide
The horses have grain, boys, they're ready to ride
Roll up your bed rolls and jump in your boots
Daylight is a-wastin', boys, it's out of the shoots

Come on and ride, cowboy, ride
Roll up your riatas and pull your sombreros down tight
We're going to ride, ride, ride where the trail will wind
You'd better drive, drive, drive or we'll leave you behind
Come on and ride, ride, ride, cowboy, ride

It's a beautiful morning and you've had a good rest
You ropers get ready to be at your best
Saddle them ponies and tighten the cinch
(Yahoo!)
Pull on your gloves and take your hat off the fence

We'll take the cattle to market and after they're sold
You can all let your hair down, get lazy or bold
Riding to town to find a lady or two
She'll take you by the arms and shake the dust off your boots

Come on and ride, cowboy, ride
Roll up your riatas and pull your sombreros down tight
We're going to ride, ride, ride where the trail will wind
You'd better drive, drive, drive or we'll leave you behind
Come on and ride, ride, ride, cowboy, ride

Come on and ride, cowboy, ride
Roll up your riatas and pull your sombreros down tight
We're going to ride, ride, ride where the trail will wind
You'd better drive, drive, drive or we'll leave you behind
Come on and ride, ride, ride, cowboy, ride

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Ride Me Down Easy
(So won't you)

Ride me down easy, lord, ride me on down
Leave word in the dust where I lay
Say I'm easy to come, easy to go
I'm easy to love when I say

This old highway she's hotter than nine kind of hell
The rides, they're as scare as the rain
When you're down to your last shuck with nothing to sell
And too far away from the trains

It's been oh good month of sunday and a guitar ago
Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
Left a long string of friends
Some sheets in the wind and some satisfied women behind

* Refrain

Put snow on the mountain
Raised hell on the hill
Locked horns with the devil himself
Been a rodeo bum,a son of the gun
And a hobo with stars in his crown

* Refrain


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Ridin' The Rodeo
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Vince Gill and Kostas Lazarides

C                                   F
Drivin' all night too many miles to go
C                                       G7
Pedal to the metal listenin' to the radio
      C                                        F
I got three days to get from Cheyenne to San Antone
           C                G7             C
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
                                              F
Well my back side's sore and I'm moving kinda slow
           C                                           G7
But when I hit Okie City there's a barrel racer that I know
       C                                              F
Just a little home cookin' and some lovin' to heal my bones
           C                G7             C
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
G7               D7               G7
Ride cowboy ride hold on for your life
Eight seconds is a long long time 
            D7             G7
When you're sittin' on dynamite
         C                           F
We can't make money buddy if you get thrown
           C                G7             C
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
                                         F
Well I might get lucky down in ol' San Antone
C                                       G7
Find a little Texas gal I could call my own
     C                                    F
That lone star lovin's the best I've ever known
           C                G7             C
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
repeat #3
                C                G7             C
Yeah that's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo

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Riding On That Midnight Train

No matter what I say or do
You're never satisfied
I've tried I've tried so many times
So I'm leaving you now goodbye

   I'm riding on that midnight train
   My head is hanging low
   Them awful blues will follow me
   Wherever I may go

Why on earth was I ever born
I'll never understand
To fall in love with a woman like you
In love with another man

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Riding The Rails Of The Outward Bound
BMI Work #: 8881086
Riding The Rails Of The Outward Bound (Larry W. Jones 05/10/2007) (song#4639)

Looking out this open boxcar door
At the cold heavy falling snows
Around the midnight train it blows
And on the tattered plywood floor
Thinking of the crackle of a hobo's fire
Is just another thing to get me down
Wondering why I'm on this midnight flyer
Riding the rails of the outward bound
Another blue monday, another new town
There's not a lot for lonely hobos to do
I've seen faces staring at the ground
But the only one I'm caring about is you
I read all of last week's funny papers
One had teardrops falling off a clown
Funny how folks laugh at hobo's capers
Riding the rails of the outward bound
- instrumental -
Another blue monday, another new town
There's not a lot for lonely hobos to do
I've seen faces staring at the ground
But the only one I'm caring about is you
I listen for footsteps of the railroad bull
Hoping I don't see him at my boxcar door
And if this coat had a little bit more wool 
Maybe I could feel as warm as I was before
And the winter this year is sure to last
I'm headin' south where the sun is found
On down the tracks far away from my past 
Riding the rails of the outward bound


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Alan Jackson - Right In The Palm Of Your Hand lyrics

A willing woman
A willing man
A five room house
And a wedding band
Believe us believe us
Once it begins
You know it don't take long
Til like two people in a heartbreak song
I wonder I wonder well
Ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasin the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of my hand
When it's right in the palm of your hand
Can't take back those things we said
So we watch it pass in seperate beds
Changing were changing too little love and too much pride
You won't give in and neither will I like children children
Well ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasing the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand
When it's right in the palm of your hand
Feet on the floor holding my head
Sitting alone on the side of the bed thinking thinking
Trying to find where we went wrong
I just turned around and you were gone it's over it's over
Well ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasing the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand and
Ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasing the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand
When it's right in the palm of your hand


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Railroad Earth - Right In Tune 

I've got no worries,
I've got no doubts,
cuz i know, you got it all worked out,
you know your part
i know mine
we're right in tune, me and you
we got a straight line
to eachother's hearts
we took the pieces, and we made a part
we took a song and we made it sing,
and we're right in tune
yes its true
we're right in tune
oh yeah
we've been up and down
we've been through it all
came through the summer to the fall
came through the winter
came to spring again
and we're right in tune
yes it's true
right in tune
me and you

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Railroad Earth - Right In Tune (Live) 

I got no worries, I got no doubts.
Cus' I know, you got it all worked out.
You no your part, and I know mine.
And we're right in tune, me and you.
Right in tune.

We've got a straight line, to each others heart.
We took the pieces, and we made a part.
We took a song, and made it a saying
And we're right in tune, yes it's true.
We're right in tune.
Oh yeah

We've been up and down. we've been through it all.
Came through the summer, and to the fall.
Came through winter, came the spring again.
And we're right in tune, yes it's true.
We're right in tune, me and you,
We're right in tune.

Little patience, little hunny *unsure*
It'll be okay.
A little patience, little money *unsure*,
And we're on our way.

Now we know what we gotta bring
When we're rolling it's a beautiful thing,
Get that baby soarin on two strong wings
We're right in tune, me and you,
We're right in tune.

Ohhhhh little mama, I know you.
(JAM)

I got no worries, got no doubts.
Cus' I know we can work it out.
Come what may, come what will,
We'll be right in tune, me and you.
Right in tune.
We'll be right in tune,
Oh right in tune!

Hey little mama, I know you.
Hey little mama,
We're right in tune.
Oh yeah
Right in tune.

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Alan Jackson - Right On The Money lyrics

Let's begin with the day I met her
How fast this good old boy's world got better
Sky got bluer, the grass got greener
Just the first few seconds after I first seen her
Like my favorite song on a new set of speakers
My best old jeans and my broke in sneakers
A home run pitch floating right down the middle
The sweet music made when the bow hits the fiddle
She's
Right on the money
She goes directly to my heart
And when it comes to loving me
She's everything, I mean bulls eye perfect
She's right on the money
She's no red lights when I've overslept
She's a three point jump shot that's nothing but net
A hand full of aces, the dealer's done dealing
I'm forever on a roll, that's how she's got me feeling
She's
Right on the money
She goes direct to my heart
And when it comes to loving me, she's everything, I mean bulls eye perfect
She's
Right on the money
She's the best cook that's ever melted cheese
I ain't much around the house, but I aim to please
There's absolutely no reason to doubt her
When she says I wouldn't last ten minutes without her
She's
Right on the money
She goes directly to my heart
And when it comes to loving me
She's everything, I mean bulls eye perfect
She's
Right on the money


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The Whites - Ring of Clover

The Whites
Forever you
Ring of Clover
Across a field of memories
rest upon a yellow page
there among the flowers
it seems like only yesterday

We made a ring
ring of clover
Made a vow
to love no other
Diamonds I
would never trade
for the ring of clover that we made

Gone a sweet tomorrow
taking on the winds of change
Still we will remember
the love we promised on that day

We made a ring
ring of clover
Made a vow
to love no other
Diamonds I
would never trade
for the ring of clover that we made

We made a ring
ring of clover
Made a vow
to love no other
Diamonds I
would never trade
for the ring of clover that we made

Diamonds I
would never trade
for the ring of clover that we made

Mmmmmm... (to fade)

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Alan Jackson - Ring Of Fire lyrics

"Ring Of Fire"
(originally by Johnny Cash)
Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
The ring of fire
The ring of fire


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Rings
Cimmeron

Ring, ring, telephone ring
Somebody said "Baby what you doin'?"
I been wondering where you been
Now and then, I think about you and me
No use fighting 'bout things we can't recall
It don't matter now at all.
Just come on home.
Baby, we'll laugh and sing
We'll make love...
Let the telephone ring.

Ring, ring, doorbell ring
Baby, come on in; got James Taylor on the stereo.
I'm glad you've come around,
Been feeling down, just taling to Tony and Mario
You know they make good conversation
Still it ain't no consolation
'Cause I got love
Baby I'll give you some
And if somebody comes...
Let the doorbell ring.

Ring, ring, golden ring
Around the sun, around your pretty finger.
Ring, ring, voices ring
With a happy tune, anybody can be a singer.
The sun comes up across the city
Swear you never looked so dog-gone pretty!
Hand in hand we'll stand upon the sand
Before the preacher man.
Let the wedding bells ring

Hand in hand we'll stand upon the sand
Before the preacher man.
Let the wedding bells ring


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Ripple
Robert Hunter / Jerry Garcia

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air

Chorus:
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

Chorus

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home

La, da, da, ...


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Balsam Range - Rise and Shine 

In every life there is heartache and pain.
Some live with sorrow some live with shame.
Regret and worry,
Forever can last.
So lay down your burdens
Put them in the past, And rise and shine, rise and shine, there's a new a day dawning.
The voice you hear is your soul a' calling.
Don't wait till tomorrow.
Lord it's time, to rise and shine, rise and shine, rise and shine.
When night falls around you and dark closes In.
You can't find the answer and you cant see the end.
Just look to the east the light is breaking through.
when morning has broken all things are made new.
And rise and shine, rise and shine there's a new dawning the voice that you hear is your soul a calling 
don't wait till tomorrow lord knows it's time to rise and shine, rise and shine, rise and shine.
To rise and shine rise and shine, to rise and shine

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Rising Of The Moon
Traditional

"Tell me, tell me, Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so?"
"Hush me bhuachail, hush and listen," and his face was all aglow
"I bear orders from the captain, get you ready quick and soon
With your pike upon your shoulder for the rising of the moon"

"Tell me, tell me, Sean O'Farrell, where the gatherin' is to be?"
"Near the old spot by the river, right well known to you and me"
"One more thing, the signal token?" "Whistle up the marching tune
For our pikes must be together by the rising of the moon"

Out from many a mud-walled cabin, eyes were lookin' through the
night
Many a manly heart was throbin' for the blessed morning light
A cry arose along the river, like some banshee's mournful croon
And a thousand pikes were flashing by the rising of the moon

All along the shining river one black mass of men was seen
And above them in the night wind floated our immortal green
Death to every foe and traitor. Onward, strike the marching tune
And hurrah me boys for freedom, it's the rising of the moon

Well they fought for dear old Ireland, and full bitter was their fate,
Oh what glorious pride and sorrow fills the name of ninety-eight.
But thank God e'en now are beating hearts in mankind's burning noon,
Who will follow in their footsteps, at the rising of the moon.


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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Rising Sun Blues

There is a house down in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy
And me, oh God, I'm one

Go tell my youngest brother for me
Not to do the things I've done
But to shun that house down in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun

Oh, well, the only thing that a rounder needs
Is a suitcase or a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

So fill up your glasses to the brim
Let the drinks flow merrily 'round
And we'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy
Who goes from town to town

Now, boys, don't believe what a bad girl tells you
Though her eyes be blue or brown
Unless she's on some scaffold high
Sayin', "Boys, I can't come down"

They'll take me back down to New Orleans
To face the crimes I've done
And they'll tie me to a ball and chain
Until my race is run

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Rita Ballou
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Guy Clark

C                                F
She could dance that slow Uvalde shuffle to some cowboy hustle
C                                G7
How she made them trophy buckles shine shine shine
C                              F
Wild eyed and Mexican silvered trickin' dumb ol' cousin Willard
C                      G7           C
Into thinkin that he's got her this time
F                               C
Hill country honky tonkin' Rita Ballou
                                               G7
Every beer joint in town has played a fool for you
F                              C
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
                                  G7              C
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
                                        F
She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture walkin' talkin' Texas texture
C                           G7
High-timin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
C                              F
She's the queen of the cowboys look at old Willard grinnin' now boys
C                      G7                 C
You'da thought there's less fools in this world but they won't
repeat #2
        F
So good luck Willard here's to you
    C                                      G7
And here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya right all night
                                   C
Lord I wish I was the fool in your jeans
repeat #2 x2

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Yonder Mountain String Band - River

The river rolls and the river winds
And it seems to do something for my peace of mind
Though I didn't know it, I came here looking to find
A place to forget about my troubles for awhile

I saw a mother with her little baby when I was walking here
There's something 'bout a little baby that makes me laugh
They don't seem to have a care
And I wonder if I'm ever gonna feel that way again

Until then, I'll find some time to spend down by the river

I spend a lot of time looking forward
Looking back and looking down at my feet upon the ground
I fell backwards and when I opened my eyes
I found myself staring straight up in the sky
And it seemed like there was something there to learn
When I realized I had nowhere else to be
And the only sound that mattered was the wind that blowed so gentle through the trees

Such a harmony down by the river

Well I heard music, it was soft and clear
And I sang out for the first time, I didn't care who would hear
Because I found my answers in the wind and waves
And the magic in the little things that happen every day
And I played that tune on my old mandolin
And I didn't hurt at all for company
Because the river likes to sing along and knows the words to every song I play

Such a lovely day down by the river
Such a lovely day...

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Brad Paisley - River Bank lyrics

Well, I won 2 dollars on a scratch-off ticket
So I went back to the counter and I bought 2 more with it
And I won 10 bucks and that was just right
So, I bought a six pack and a bag of ice
You know even if our ship came in and this is all we got
It ain't like we really need a million dollar yacht, 'cause
[Chorus:]
We got an inner tube
We got a trailer hitch
We're near the river and far from rich
But we have got each other and gas in the tank
We're laughing all the way to the river bank
Still, can you imagine if we ever struck it
I'd go shoot tequila, take a lime and suck it
And we'd tell our bosses they can do the same
We'll find a big cruise ship and buy the whole dang thing
We'd sail around the world and go to shore in a dingy
But till that dream comes true why don't you grab your bikini 'cause
[Chorus]
However it goes (whatever happens),
We've got it made (in these shades)
'Cause baby we can float (behind this boat)
We can ride away
[Chorus:]
We got an inner tube
We got a trailer hitch
We're near the river and far from rich
But we have got each other and gas in the tank
And it's a beautiful day.
We're laughing all the way
To the river bank


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Alison Krauss - River In The Rain 

River In The Rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away somewhere
River I love you don't you care

If you're on the run
Winding some place just tryin' to find the sun
Whether the sunshine whether the rain
River I love you just the same

But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand and your muddy bubbles
Roll across my floor
Carryin' away the things I treasure
Hell there ain't ain't no way to measure
Why I love you more than I did the day before

River in the rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away from me
River I've never seen the sea

But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand and your muddy bubbles
Roll across my floor
Carryin' away the things I treasure
Hell there ain't ain't no way to measure
Why I love you more than I did the day before

River in the rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away from me
River I've never seen the sea


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Alison Krauss - River in the Rain (Live At The Franklin Theatre, Franklin, TN/2016) 
River in the rain

Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away somewhere
River I love you don't you care

If you're on the run
Winding some place just tryin' to find the sun
Whether the sunshine whether the rain
River I love you just the same

But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand and your muddy bubbles
Roll across my floor
Carryin' away the things I treasure
Hell there ain't ain't no way to measure
Why I love you more than I did the day before

River in the rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away from me
River I've never seen the sea

But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand and your muddy bubbles
Roll across my floor
Carryin' away the things I treasure
Hell there ain't ain't no way to measure
Why I love you more than I did the day before

River in the rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away from me
River I've never seen the sea

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River Of Death

Oh the river of death lies just before me
Can I find a place that I can cross
Or will I be in sin forever
Oh Lord don't let my soul be lost

   Oh I wanna walk with Christ my savior
   For he's the one that'll guide me on
   All through my life I've been a sinner
   Now I'm right with God so I'm travelling home

Oh I can hear my savior calling
To me his voice sounds sweet and low
For me I hear my loved ones cheering
Oh, praise the Lord I'm ready to go

My life down here will soon be over
And this old world holds nothing for me
He saved my soul and He made me happy
That beautiful land I'm going to see

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Dolly Parton - River Of Happiness lyrics

Chorus:
Somewhere a river of happiness flows
We'll sit on its banks while the warm breezes blow
Somewhere there's a garden where only love grows
Somewhere a river of happiness flows
Dry your eyes, don't cry no more
We'll find a place where there's laughter and joy
So take my hand and don't let go
Come with me and together we'll go
Repeat Chorus
We'll walk in the sunshine
We'll laugh and we'll sing
And dance to the tune that our happiness brings
Come go with me to this place I speak of
Together, we'll find it, this place is called love
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Somewhere a river of happiness flows


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River Of Jordan

To the River Of Jordan our Savior went one day
And we read that John The Baptist met Him there
And when John baptized Jesus in Jordan's rushing waters
The mighty power of God filled the air

I'm on my way to the River Of Jordan
Gonna wade right in to the rushing waters
I'm going down to the River Of Jordan
And let the cool waters cleanse my soul

King Naaman was stricken with dreaded leprosy
And he sent for the man of God to pray
But Elisha said to Naaman "go dip yourself in Jordan"
And let the cool waters wash your spots away

So he went right down to the River Of Jordan
He waded right in the rushing waters
He dipped himself in the River Of Jordan
And the cool waters made him whole

Oh the River Of Jordan is many miles away
And this mighty river I may never see
But I'll find myself an altar in an old fashioned church
And my River Of Jordan that will be

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River Of Memory
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs

G
There's an old ramshackle shack 
         C               G
Where in dreams I wander back
                       A7           D7
And we listen to those southern melodies
        G
T'was a place where I was born 
     C              G
On a bright October morn
         C              G               D7     G
And it's nestled at the end of my river of memory
                                 C            G
Did you ever go sailin' down the river of memory
     D7         G
To a little log cabin 
       A7                D7
That's nestled among the sycamore trees
          G
Where the sunshine is cheery 
    C                          G
And nothing in the world grows weary
      C            G               D7     G
At my cabin at the end of my river of memory
                                     C               G
There's a mother old and gray at the end of memory's way
                        A7                D7
And I'll meet her there tonight among the trees
    G                       C               G
And with her welcome she so sweetly beckons me
      C            G               D7     G
To my cabin at the end of my river of memory
repeat #2
                                C                G
When twilight shadows fall many childhood voices call
                             A7                D7
Callin' back to the good old days that used to be
       G                            C               G
And in answer to their prayers I'll soon be sailing there
      C            G               D7     G
To my cabin at the end of my river of memory
repeat #2 

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Leftover Salmon - River's Rising Lyrics

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
No relief from the risin' tide
Somethin' in the way of the world has changed
Broken apart and rearranged

And the river's risin'
Rain keeps pourin' down
And the river's risin'
Oh, take me to a higher ground

Not too little and much too late
Courting disaster and tempting fate
Goin' against all natural laws
Putting effect before the cause

And the river's risin'
Rain keeps pourin' down
And the river's risin'
Oh, take me to a higher ground

When will I see the sun shine again?
When will this darkness come to an end?
Watchin' and waitin', the flood waters rise
I can't believe what's before my eyes

And the river's risin'
Rain keeps pourin' down
And the river's risin'
Oh, take me to a higher ground

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Road Of Life
Virginia Stauffer

As we travel down life's pathway
Many road signs you will see
The destination of their journey
Is a home awaiting you and me
This Road of life is rough and rocky
As we travel day by day
But if we live our life for Jesus
We'll walk the streets of gold some day
All down the road of life we travel
Many temptations to slow us down
Look straight ahead His light will guide you
Carry the cross and you will wear a crown
This road of life...
God is above and all around us
He knows each thing we say or do
We're all his children and he loves us
Let's live for him and love him too
This road of life...


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Road To Drumleman
Willie Mitchell / Tony Cuffe

Oh the springtime returns to the Laggan again
And the lark sweetly sings o'er the green fertile plain
So I'll tak the road that is dearest to me,
The road to drumleman that winds tae the sea.

For I've made many friends there on every green mile
And the folks always greet me with a wave and a smile
If I spend all my days there, it's happy I'll be,
On the road to drumleman that winds tae the sea.

For we all sat roon the fireside when the winter winds blew
And we laughed and we sang till the night was weel through
Then we'd have a good dram and a wee cup o' tea
On the road to drumleman that winds tae the sea.

And the long summer days when we tramped the hills o'er
To spend hours at the Eenans or Creggin's wild shore
And the soft summer twilight made shadows to flee
On the road to Drumleman that winds tae the sea.

Oh these days passing swiftly bring changes I know
And as time passes on from this place we must go
But I'll always remember while the heart beats in me,
The road to Drumleman that winds tae the sea.

Repeat first verse


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Roads To Moscow
Al Stewart

Intro:
This is alternate arpeggios of the chords 024000 and 034000, picking the
strings 123432 123432 etc and repeat to taste, then into Em.
Intro Solo:
ie
Em+9 Em#5+9
E|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|
G|------0----|------0----| repeated
D|----4---4--|----4---4--|
A|--2-------2|--3-------3|
E|0----------|0----------|
Intro solo from Indian Summer live version:
6/8 time
(Em+9 Em#5+9 ) x 2
Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9
E|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14h15-12--10h12---7h8p7|----------7|
B|-12-------------------------|-----------------------|----7-8-10-|
G|11--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
D|Rake------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9
E|7h8-7h8p7------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
B|---------10-8-7|--7-8---7--|----7---------------|----------|
G|---------------|9---------9|7h9---9-7h9p7-------|----------|
D|---------------|-----------|--------------10-9-7|7h9-------|
A|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
E|---------------|-----------|--------------------|----------|
Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9
E|---------------2-5|2h5p2------|-----------|------0---|-----------|
B|-------------5----|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
G|---------2-5------|------4-4-4|----2-2-0--|0---------|-----------|
D|-----2-4----------|-----------|----------4|--4-2-----|-----------|
A|-2-3--------------|-----------|-----------|---------2|3s5---2h3p2|
E|------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
Em+9 Em#5+9 Em+9 Em#5+9 Em switch to 4/4
E|------|-------------------|--------0--0-2|2s3--5-7-|7---7-7-7-7-5-3|
B|------|-------------------|--------------|---------|----8-8-8-8-7-5|
G|------|-------------------|--2-2s4-------|---------|---------------|
D|------|--------------2-4-5|--------------|---------|---------------|
A|------|------0-2-3-5------|--------------|---------|---------------|
E|------|0-2-3--------------|--------------|---------|---------------|
They crossed over...
E|0-----3-3-3-3-2-0|0-------------|
B|0-----5-5-5-5-3-0|0-------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|
Em D Em
They crossed over the border the hour before dawn,
D Cmaj7
Moving in lines through the day
G D Am
Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay
Em D Em
Waiting for orders we held in the wood
D Cmaj7
Word from the front never came
G D Am
By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away
E Fmaj7
Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through the trees
E Fmaj7
Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and our knees
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 Em
The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the smoke on the breeze.
D Em
All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
D Cmaj7
Smolensk and Viasma soon fell
G D Am
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel.
Em D Em
Closer and closer to Moscow they come
D Cmaj7
Riding the wind like a bell
G D Am
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill.
E Fmaj7
Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the roads
E Fmaj7
Glueing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky filled with snow
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
The fire in the air glowing red, silhouetting the snow on the breeze.
Am G Fmaj7
Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhhh x4
Am G Fmaj7
In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the winter
Am G Fmaj7
Falling back before the gates of Moscow, standing in the wings like an avenger
Am G Fmaj7
And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in the forest
Am G Fmaj7
Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts growing like a promise
Am G
You'll never know, you'll never know which way to turn, which way to look
Fmaj7
you'll never see us
Am G
As we're stealing through the blackness of the night, you'll never know
Fmaj7
you'll never hear us
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7 Em
The morning road leads to Stalingrad and the sky is, softly humming
D Em
Two broken Tigers on fire in the night
D Cmaj7
Flicker their souls to the wind
G D Am
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin
Em D Em
It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun
D Cmaj7
At home it will almost be spring
G D Am
The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin.
E Fmaj7
Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the ground
E Fmaj7
The old men and children they send out to face us, they can't slow us down
C G C G E
And all that I ever, was able to see
Am G Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
The eyes of the city are opening now it's the end of the dream
Am G Fmaj7
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh x4
Am G Fmaj7
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, you can taste it in the wind the war is over
Am G Fmaj7
And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the border
Am G Fmaj7
And they ask me of the time I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner
Am G Fmaj7
"They only held me for a day, a lucky break", I say; they turn and listen closer
Am G
I'll never know, I'll never know why I was taken from the line
Fmaj7
and all the others
Am G Fmaj7
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of holy Russia
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And it's cold and damp in the transit camp and the air is still and sullen
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
The pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be coming
G Fmaj7 E Fmaj7
And I wonder when I'll be home again, and the morning answers, "Never."
G Fmaj7 E
And the evening sighs and the steely Russian skies go on
Fmaj7 F
For-ev-er.
Notes:
Notated by Adam Woolfe. Intro Solo transcribed by Rob Watson rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk
from Indian Summer live version. Original verson is in the keys of Ebm/Abm


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Roane County Prison

In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane County
There's where I have roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tendin most ever
There's where the first step of misfortune I made

It's about thirty years when I courted and married
Armanda Gilbraith I'd soon call my wife
My brother he stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three month's later I'd taken Tom's life

I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in that county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next mornin'
A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard

When the train pulled out poor Mother stood weepin'
And sister she sat all alone with a sigh
And the last words I heard was "Willy God bless you"
Was "Willy God bless you God bless you goodbye"

In the scorching hot sand of the foundry I'm workin'
Toiling and working my poor life away
They'll measure my grave on the banks of old Cumberland
Just as soon as I finish the rest of my days

Poort Martha was grave, but Corey was better
There's better and worse, although you may see
Boys when you write home from this prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me

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Dolly Parton - Robert lyrics

Robert's appearance is something to behold
Dressed in the finest of store bought clothes
My mamma sews my clothes cause I'm just a poor girl
But Robert is as real as his daddies gold
Robert could have any girl that he wanted
But his feelings for me each day seems to grow
He don't know the reason, that he's so drawn to me
But there is a story that Robert doesn't know
Oh Robert
Oh Robert
Robert is constantly making eyes at me
He misunderstands the feelings we share
There's no way that I can return his glances
But I know the meaning of the feeling that's there
Robert if you knew, there once was a rich boy
In love with a poor girl, long time ago
But the folks of that rich boy, would not let them marry
And I am a symbol of the love that they stole
Oh Robert
Oh Robert
Robert, oh Robert if you only knew
The same blood is flowing in both me and you
That rich boy's your father, but he's also mine
And my mamma's the poor girl that he left behind
Oh Robert
Oh Robert


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Nickel Creek - Robin And Marian 
Instrumental

=============================

The Incredible String Band - Robot Blues 

Down in Robot City, you might think it's play, play, play
Down in Robot City, you might think it's play, play, play
But a number 5 Robot, he must work in all the night and day

Number 1 come by, he give my work to me
Oil the flowers, fix the showers, clean the electronic trees
Shine the light, fix it right, now listen carefully
Don't you go romancing with that pretty number 3

And that's why, why I got the robot blues
Down in my heart compartment
Down in my old magnetic sole shoes

When I see that number 3, I get charge all in my dial
When I see that number 3, my piston fills with oil
You know what I'm talking about
But she likes that number 1 because he's rich with my toil, toil, toil
[Incomprehensible]

That number 3, she charm the heart of any robot man
Moving her body like an old tin can
If I could get my claws on her I would lubricate her free
I've got a perfect action, why won't she play with me

And that's why, why I got the robot blues
Down in my heart compartment
Down in my old magnetic sole shoes

Well, I think I'll get a ray gun, I will see what that will do
Well, I think I'll get a ray gun, I think I'll get a ZZ Special Q
I'll blast that number 1's gaskets
And his coils I will refuse to renew

He seen me coming, sneak up from behind
Switched off my vision and he left me stone blind
I could not see to blast him, here's the ending of my tale
He went off with number 3 and I cursed to no avail

And that's why, why I got the robot blues
Down in my heart compartment
Down in my old magnetic sole shoes

Down in my heart compartment
And down in my old magnetic sole shoes

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Rock About My Saro Jane

I've got a wife and five little children
Believe I'll make a trip on the big Macmillan
Oh Saro Jane

   Oh there's nothing to do but to set down and sing
   And rock about my Saro Jane
   Oh rock about my Saro Jane
   Oh rock about my Saro Jane
   Oh there's nothing to do but to set down and sing
   And rock about my Saro Jane

Boiler busted and the whistle done blowed
The head captain done fell overboard
Oh Saro Jane

Engine gave a crack and the whistle gave a squall
The engineer gone ti the hole in the wall
Oh Saro Jane

Yankees built boats for to shoot them rebels
My musket's loaded and I'm gonna hold her level
Oh Saro Jane

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Rock Hearts

Why did you break my heart and throw it down
Why did you spread the news all over town
Why did you make me your laughing stock
Because you've got a heart of rock

   Rock hearts will break believe it my dear
   And yours will break in two I fear
   And when it does dear don't run to me
   For it will be too late you see

You didn't break my heart by running round
Another new love you have not found
You only handed me back a lock
You had around your heart of rock

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Rock Island Line
BMI Work #: 9197946
Rock Island Line (Larry W. Jones 10/19/2007) (song#5092)

Well, the Rock Island Line was a mighty fine line
Yeah, the Rock Island Line was the railroad to ride
But now the old Rock Island Line has seen it's time
You can't buy a ticket on the Rock Island Line
The hobos all cried when they lost their ride
They lost their ride when the Rock Island died
Well, the Rock Island Line was a mighty fine line
Yeah, the Rock Island Line was the railroad to ride
But now the old Rock Island Line has seen it's time
You can't buy a ticket on the Rock Island Line
Heard lots of shoutin' from the stevedores
When the old Rock Island Line closed its doors
Well, the Rock Island Line was a mighty fine line
Yeah, the Rock Island Line was the railroad to ride
But now the old Rock Island Line has seen it's time
You can't buy a ticket on the Rock Island Line
Now, I might be wrong or I might be right
I thought I dreamed of that Rock Island light
Well, the Rock Island Line was a mighty fine line
Yeah, the Rock Island Line was the railroad to ride
But now the old Rock Island Line has seen it's time
You can't buy a ticket on the Rock Island Line
Yeah, the Rock Island Line was the railroad to ride
But now the old Rock Island Line has seen it's time
You can't buy a ticket on the Rock Island Line


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The Duhks - Rock of Ages 

Round, round, wanna go round
Wanna see the rock of ages
When my body gives out
Gonna read the final pages

Oh, my mother is gone
She told me I should meet her
Someday streets of gold
Gonna guide me on to greet her

Once my father sat down
And told me of the prophets
Mathew, Mark, Luke and John
They're gone but not forgotten

Round, round wanna go round
Wanna see the rock of ages
'Til my body gives out
Gonna read the gospel pages

Moses heard a voice
Called him up the mountain
Forty days have spent
When Moses come a-shoutin'

Round, round wanna go round
Wanna see the rock of ages
'Til my body gives out
Gonna read the gospel pages

Round, round wanna go round
Wanna see the rock of ages
'Til my body gives out
Gonna read the gospel pages

Round, round wanna go round
Wanna see the rock of ages
'Til my body gives out
Gonna read the gospel pages


Round, round wanna go round
Wanna see the rock of ages
'Til my body gives out
Gonna read the gospel pages

Gonna read the gospel pages

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Rock Salt And Nails

On the banks of the river where the willows hang down
And the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound
Down in the hollow where the waters run cold
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told

Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
The past I remember time cannot erase
The letter you wrote me it was written in shame
And I know that your conscience still echo's my name

Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep
And nothing is worse than a night without sleep
I'll walk out alone and look at the sky
Too empty to sing, too lonesome to cry

If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes
If the ladies were squirrel's with high bushy tails
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails

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Rockabye Dixie
Abigail Washburn

Me and Dixie, we'd waste away
Sleep thru the night and all the next day
Sleep thru the sun, rain, and moon
Here in this room

Oh, rockabye my Dixie child
Oh, rockabye my Dixie child

Me and Dixie, we rolled and dreamed
Time held us alone in this world it seemed
Then morning broke and awoke
You from me

So, come back Dixie, I'll rock you to sleep
Back to our dreams, our twisted sheets
Cradle your fading stars
In my arms


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Nashville Bluegrass Band - Rockin' Chair Money Lyrics

Now I got rockin' chair money
But I got it the hard, hard way
I fought in every battle
From the start to the VJ day

Now I'll rock, yeah, rock
Oh baby rock, rock on down the line

Now some folks seem to be jealous
Some don't seem to care
But I got rockin' chair money, honey
To rock on away from here

'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, rock on down the line

I rocked away out on the ocean
I rocked from here and there
My baby stepped out while I was gone
Now she don't get my rockin' chair

'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, rock on down the line

I'll soon get my big check, baby
And then we'll have some fun
This rockin' chair money, honey
Is better than totin' a gun

'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, let's rock on down the line

Now honey, let's go honky-tonkin'
Let's honky-tonk all night
Let's lolly gag and smooch and love
And do it all upright

'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, let's rock on down the line

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Dolly Parton - Rockin' Years lyrics

I'll do everything I can to make you proud to be my man
And I'll fulfill all you fantasies
I guess we're promising a lot, but for now it's all we've got
And I'll stand by you thru our rockin' years
1st Chorus:
Rockin' chairs, rockin' babies, rock-a-bye, rock of ages
Side by side we'll be together always
And if you'll hold me tight when you love me
That's all I'll ask of you
And I'll stand by you thru our rockin' years
I'll be your friend, I'll be your lover
Until the end, there'll be no other
'Cause my heart has only room for one
Yes, I'll always love you, and I'll always be here for you
And I'll stand by you thru our rockin' years
Repeat 1st Chorus
2nd Chorus:
Rockin' chairs, rockin' babies, rock-a-bye, rock of ages
Side by side, we'll be together always
And, yes, I'll always love you and I'll always be here for you
And I'll stand by you thru our rockin' years, and I'll be here
And I'll stand by you thru our rockin' years
Tag:
Thru our rockin' years


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Rocksalt And Nails
Bruce (U. Utah) Phillips

By the banks of the river where the willows grow old
And the wild birds warble the strange sounds so
By the banks of the river where the waters run cold
'Twas there I first listened to the lies that you told

Now I lay here each night all alone and I weep,
And nothin' ain't worse than a night without sleep.
The letters you wrote me, they were written in shame,
But I know that your conscience still it holds my name.

If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
I'd lay for hours in the cold rainy marshes
If the ladies were squirrels with big bushy talls
I'd fill up my shotgun with rocksalt and nails.

I'd load that old shotgun with rocksalt and nails.

Note: Transacribed from Steve Young's album "Rock, Salt & Nails"
originally released in 1969.

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On the banks of the river where the willows hang down
And the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound
Down in the hollow where the water runs cold
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told

Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
The past I remember time cannot erase
The letter you wrote me, it was written in shame
And I know that your conscience still echoes my name

Now the nights are so long Lord sorrow runs deep
And nothing is worse htan a night without sleep
I'll walk out alone and look at the sky
To empty to sing to lonesome to cry

If the ladies was blackbirds and the ladies was thrushes
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly, cold marshes
If the ladies were squirrels with high bushy talls
I'd load up gun with rocksalt and nails.

Note: Version that appears on Utah Philips' Web site with
copyright dates of 1973 and 2000. Variations of this version
appear on a number of other sites around the Net.


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Rocky Island

Apples in the summer time
Peaches in the fall
If I don't get the girl I love
Won't have none at all

Going to Rocky Island
Going when I'm gone
See my Candy darling
Ho honey ho

Get up on the mountain
Sow a little cane
Make a barrel of sorghum
Sweetin' ole Liza Jane

Black clouds a risin'
Sure sign of rain
Get your old gray bonnet
See little Liza Jane

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Rocky Mountain Time
John Prine

The station was empty
The trains were all gone
I reached in my pocket
And I wanted for dawn

Chorus:
The clock played drums
And I hummed the sax
And the wind whistled down
The railroad tracks
Hey three for a quarter
One for a dime
I'll bet it's tomorrow
By Rocky Mountain time

I walked in the restaurant
For something to do
The waitress yelled at me
And so did the food
And the water taste funny
When you're far from your home
But it's only the thirst for
That hunger to roam

Chorus

We'll build us a castle on Main Street
And pretend that we're down on the farm
Hell, we'll hold out as long as we have to
Then we'll twist off each other's arm

Christ I'm so mixed up and lonely
I can't even make friends with my brain
I'm too young to be where I'm going
But I'm too old to go back again

Repeat first verse

Chorus


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Rocky Raccoon
Lennon / McCartney

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that
He said I'm gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot-he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.

Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able.

Only to find Gideon's bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival.


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Rocky Road Blues

   Now the road is rocky, but it won't be rocky long
   Now the road is rocky, but it won't be rocky long
   Another man has got my woman and gone

I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
My gal went away and left me she left me with the dog gone blues

You'll never miss your water til the well runs dry
You'll never miss your water til the well runs dry
You'll never miss your woman until she says goodbye

I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
I'm not so lonesome, just don't want to be alone

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Rocky Top

I wish that I was on old Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain't no telephone bills

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
Half bear the other half cat
Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop
I still dream about that

   Rocky Top you'll always be
   Home sweet home to me
   Good old Rocky Top
   Rocky Top Tennessee Rocky Top Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed old Rocky Top
Looking for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar

I've had years of cramped up city life
Trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again

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Roddy Mccorley
Traditional / Ethna Carberry

Oh see the fleet foot host of men, who speed with faces wan,
From farmstead and from fisher's cot, along the banks of Ban;
They come with vengeance in their eyes. Too late! Too late are they,
For young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.

Up the narrow street he steps, smiling, proud and young.
About the hemp-rope on his neck, the golden ringlets clung;
There's ne'er a tear in his blue eyes, fearless and brave are they,
As young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.

When he last that street, shining pike in hand,
Behind him marched in grim array, a stawart and earnest band.
For Antrim town! For Antrim town, he led them to the fray,
But young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.

There's never a one of all your dead more bravely died in fray
Than he who marches to his fate on the bridge of Toome today;
True to the last! True to the last, now he treads the upwards way,
As young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.
As young Roddy McCorley goes to die on the bridge of Toome today.

Note: Lyrics by Ethna Carberry, music traditional.


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Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Warren Zevon

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun
With his Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray

Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war
Their fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese

Roland the Thompson gunner...
Roland the Thompson gunner...

His comrades fought beside him - Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the best
So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head

Roland the headless Thompson gunner
(Time, time, time for another peaceful war)
Norway's bravest son
(But time stands still for Roland till he evens up the score)
They can still see his headless body stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun

Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in
He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word
But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg

Roland the headless Thompson gunner...
Roland the headless Thompson gunner...

The eternal Thompson gunner, still wanders through the night
Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun
And bought it


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Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

   Roll in my sweet baby's arms
   Roll in my sweet baby's arms
   Lay around the shack 'til the mail comes back
   And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms

I ain't gonna work on the railroad
I ain't gonna work on the farm
Lay down the shack 'til the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms

Now where were you last Friday night
While I was lying in jail
Walking the streets with another man
Wouldn't even go my bail

I know you parents don't like me
They drove me away from your door
If I had my life to live over
I'd never go there any more

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Nashville Bluegrass Band - Roll Jordan Roll Lyrics

Roll, Jordan, roll,
Roll, Jordan, roll,
I want to go to heaven when I die,
To hear Jordan roll.
O brother,
You ought to have been there,
Yes, my Lord !
Asitting in the kingdom,
To hear Jordan roll.

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Roll Muddy River

Roll, muddy river, roll on, muddy river, roll on
I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean alone
Cause I've got a baby in Tennessee
Who's long been awaiting for little old me
So, roll, muddy river, roll on, muddy river, roll on

Three long months on a sand barge tour
How much more can a man endure
It's high time I was home for sure
So roll, muddy river, roll on

* Refrain

New orleans on to old St.Lou
Stopped by Memphis, Minneapolis, too
Back in Nashville I'll be through
So roll, muddy river, roll on

* Refrain

I love you but just call it fate
You and I are gonna separate
You'll be here but she won't wait
So, roll, muddy river, roll on

* Refrain


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Osborne Brothers - Roll Muddy River  

Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on
I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean alone
I've got a baby in Tennessee who's long been awaitin' for little ole me
Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on.

New Orleans onto ole St. Louis
Stopped in Memphis, Minneapolis too
Back in Nashville I'll be through
So roll muddy river, roll on.

Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on
I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean alone
I've got a baby in Tennessee who's long been awaitin' for little ole me
Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on.

--- Instrumental ---

I love you but just call it fate
You and I are gonna separate
You'll be here but she won't wait
So roll muddy river, roll on.

Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on
I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean alone
I've got a baby in Tennessee who's long been awaitin' for little ole me
Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on.

Roll muddy river, roll on muddy river, roll on...

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Roll On Buddy

   Roll on, buddy, roll on
   Roll on, buddy, roll on
   Wouldn't roll so slow
   If you knew what I know
   So roll on, buddy, roll on

I'm going to that east pay road
I'm going to that east pay road
I'm going to that east, I'm going to the west
I'm going to the one that I love best

My home in down in Tennessee
My home in down in Tennessee
In sunny Tennessee, that's where I want to be
Way down in sunny Tennessee

I've got a good woman just the same
I've got a good woman just the same
Got a woman just the same, and I'm gonna change her name
I've got a good woman just the same

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Richard Thompson - Roll Over Vaughn Williams 

Gentle ladies, gentleman waiting 'till the dance begins
Carefully we come to speak a word for all to hear
If you listen, if you should, we won't be misunderstood
But don't expect the words to ring too sweetly on the ear

Live in fear, live in fear
Live in fear

In the gutter, in the street, off his head or off his feet
Listen to the scratchy voices eating at your nerves
Pencils ready, paper dry, shoot the girls and make 'em cry
Run for cover, things are bad but now they're getting worse

Live in fear, live in fear
Live in fear, live in fear

Is it painful, is it right? Does it keep you warm at night?
Fool your friends and fool yourself, the choice is crystal clear
If you break it on your knee, better men might disagree
Do you laugh or do you stick your finger in your ear?

Live in fear, live in fear
Live in fear, live in fear

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Rollin' And Ramblin' (The Death Of Hank Williams)
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Robin Williams, Linda Williams, Jerome Clark

C                  G7
Folks in Nashville slammed the door
                       C
Said we don't want you anymore
                  G7       C
Find your own way down the road
                     G7
Pack your fiddle and your guitar
                C
Take a train or take a car
                              G7       C
Find someone else to keep you from the cold
            F                        C
Rollin' and ramblin' women loved him half to death
                     G7
He sang with whiskey on his breath
                       C
His heart broke like a child's
            F                            C
Rollin' and ramblin' the sun has set out on the trail
                   G7                              C
The hobo's drifted up the rail he's taken his last ride
             G7
Oh he always sang the blues
                   C
Like it was all he ever knew
                  G7       C
He didn't sing at all that night
                G7
He was pale and as he dozed
                   C
He didn't know his time was close
                         G7     C
Slumped in the back seat to the right
repeat #2
                      G7
So they sent him on a night train south
                           C
Through the cities and the rural routes
              G7       C
Just one more place to go
                        G7
Ah the whistle sang the bluest note
                  C
Like it came from his own throat
                G7     C
Moanin' sad and cryin' low
repeat #2
 
            F                            C
Rollin' and ramblin' the sun has set out on the trail
                   G7                              C
The hobo's drifted up the rail he's taken his last ride

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Rollin' By 

It's a busted old town
On the plains of West Texas
The drugstore's closed down
The river's run dry
The semis roll through
Just like stainless steel stallions
Goin' hard
Goin' fast
Goin' wild
Rollin' hard
Rollin' fast
Rollin' by

The mission still stands
At the edge of the plateau
And a stone marks the graves
Where the old cowboys lie
Asleep in a time
In a town just a young man
Goin' hard
Goin' fast
Goin' wild
Rollin' hard
Rollin' fast
Rollin' by

The drive-in don't play
No Friday night picture
With no big silver screen
To light up the sky
And gone are the days
Of post-wartime lovers
Goin' hard
Goin' fast
Goin' wild
Rollin' hard
Rollin' fast
Rollin' by

And me I stand here
At the last filling station
While the wind moans a dirge
To a coyote's cry
And I'm back in my car
And I'm out on the highway
Goin' hard
Goin' fast
Goin' wild

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Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
George Jones / L. Flatt

Chorus:
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
I'll lay around this shack
'Til the mail tain comes back
An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms

I ain't gonna work on the railroad
No, I ain't gonna work on the farm
I'll lay around this shack
'Til the mail train comes back
An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms

Chorus

My mama was a beauty operator
Sister could sew and could mend
My daddy owned an interest in that old sorghum mill
Just - a watchin' all that money roll in

Chorus


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Dolly Parton - Romeo lyrics

A cross between a movie star
And a hero in a book
Romeo comes struttin' in
And everybody looks
'Cause he's just got that special thang
That everybody needs
And everybody wants him
But not as bad as me
Hey, Romeo, where art thou
Get out here on the floor
I want to dance you darlin'
'Til you forget wherefore
Let's two step to a new step
We'll keep it all in line
And we'll call this the Romeo
'Cause you're so mighty fine
Chorus:
Romeo, Romeo, Romeo come dance with me
That sexy little body
Beats all I've ever seen
I ain't never seen a cowboy
Look that good in jeans
My temperature keeps risin'
Every time we meet
I may not be in love
But let me tell you
I'm in heat
Chorus:
Romeo, Romeo, I just know I'll get you yet
Romeo, Romeo, I want to be your Juliet
So step it high, step it low
Step it out and in
Step to the side and let it slide
Then steppin' up again
Step on toes, it all goes
Steppin' as you please
But I'm one step away from love
So don't step out on me
Chorus:
Romeo, Romeo, Romeo with the magic feet
So step it high, step it low
Step it out and in
Step to the side and let it slide
Then steppin' up again
Step on toes, it all goes
Steppin' as you please
But I'm one step away from love
So don't step out on me
Tag:
Romeo, Romeo
I just know I'll get you yet
Romeo, Romeo
Won't you be my Juliet
Romeo, Romeo
Romeo, Romeo
Fade   Repeat


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Room In Heaven For Me

Beyond the sea where faiths of glorious beam
Where things abide that I have never seen
The soul's sweet home desperate never more
Will there be room for me on that bright shore

   There's room (room for you and me) yes room (room for you and me)
   There's room (room for me) for all (room enough for all)
   There's room (yes there's room for me) for all (room enough for all)
   There's room (room enough in heaven) for me

That wondrous city far beyond confine
Where all is joy and peace so pure divine
In visions I in varying streaks can see
And wonder if there's room in heaven for me

I long to soar away and be at rest
And there to lean upon my savior's breast
Oh wont that be a glorious victory
To find that there is room in heaven for me

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Room Over Mine

We pass in the hallway almost everyday
Though I've never really met him we don't have too much to say
Though I feel that I know him for every night about this time
When he's a walkin and a talkin in the room over mine

   He may be thinking of things that might have been
   Or of his family and how he's missing them
   Oh it's hard to know what's going on in a troubled man's mind
   But I can hear him walking and talking in the room over mine

Well its plain to see he's had a troubled mind
By the lines across his face
And the sadness that dims his eyes search for a better place
Well I know just how he really feels every night about this time
When he's a walking and a talking I'll be in that room of mine

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Rord That's Walked By Fools

It's rough old road I'm travelin' wading knee deep in the blue
Everytime I think I'm winning I find out I only lose
Well I've learned a lot of lessons that they never taught in school
Cause this rocky road I travel is a road that's walked by fools

On this road are wine and women, life is just a game of chance
You can't eat your cake and have it, you pay the piper when you dance
I've been cheatin on my baby, I've been breakin' all the rules
So I'm headin' now for heartaches on this road that's walked by fools

If you're on this lonesome highway and your heart is sorrow bound
Someday like me you'll find out there's no place to turn around
Better walk that straight and narrow and live by the Golden Rule
Or some day like me they'll find you on this road that's walked by fools


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Rose Garden Waltz
Jim Eanes

We met at the garden, the moonlight was grand
You looked like a member of some angel band
Your eyes seemed to sparkle and I held you tight
While we danced the Rose Garden Waltz every night
Among the red roses we wended our way
Although we had only a moment to stay
But in those few moments my dreams all seemed true
As I danced the Rose Garden Waltz there with you
I sit by my window alone in my room
While out in the garden the roses still bloom
They try so to cheer me, they know that I'm blue
They know that I'm lonesome, oh how I miss you
Tonight I'll remember each sweet rendesvous
Though years keep on passing I still think of you
There's no use in dreaming, I know it's in vein
To dream of the Rose Garden Waltz once again


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Rose Of A Day
BMI Work #: 9203297
Rose Of A Day (Larry W. Jones 10/23/2007) (song#5101)

I stood in love's garden manor
For awhile dear, with you alone
Ne'er could I ask for love finer
But tomorrows cannot be known
Like a bee drawn to a rosebud
I was a pawn in love's game with you
Now you're gone like a faded dream
Love's flower from a day that I knew
The rose of a day that I knew
One I thought would grow by my side
With much regret I can't forget
The rose of a day that has died
- instrumental -
Like a bee drawn to a rosebud
I was a pawn in love's game with you
Now you're gone like a faded dream
Love's flower from a day that I knew
The rose of a day that I knew
One I thought would grow by my side
With much regret I can't forget
The rose of a day that has died
When I saw you sprout, my heart gave a shout
But now I'm without you, my love
The rose of a day in my heart will stay
But along with the thorn thereof
The rose of a day in my heart will stay
But along with the thorn thereof


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Rose of Alabama

Away from Mississippi's vale
With my ol' hat there for a sail
I crossed upon a cotton bale
To Rose of Alabama

I landed on the far sand bank
I sat upon the hollow plank
And there I made the banjo twank
For Rose of Alabama

    Oh brown Rosie
    Rose of Alabama
    Sweet tobacco posey
    Is my Rose of Alabama
    Sweet tobacco posey
    Is my Rose of Alabama

I says to her sit as you please
Across my leg she took her ease
It's good to go upon the knees
Said Rose of Alabama

The river rose the cricket sang
The lightnin' bug did flash his wing
Then like a rope my arms I fling
Round Rose of Alabama

We hugged so long I cannot tell
My Rosie seemed to like it well
My banjo in the river fell
Oh Rose of Alabama

Like alligator after prey
I dives in but it float away
And all the while it seem to say
Oh Rose of Alabama

Now every day come rain or shower
I hunt my banjo for an hour
And meet my sweet tobacco flower
Oh Rose of Alabama

Oh fare thee well you belles of Spain
And fare thee well to Liza Jane
Your charms will all be put to shame
By Rose of Alabama

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Rose Of My Heart

We're the best partners this world's ever seen
Together as close as can be
But sometimes it's hard to find time in between
To tell you what you are to me 

   You are the rose of my heart
   You are the love of my life
   A flower not faded nor falling apart
   If you're tired, rest your head on my arm
    Rose of my Heart. 

 When sorrow holds you in her arms of clay
It's raindrops that fall from your eyes
Your smile is the dun come to earth for a day
You brighten my blackest of skies 

   You are the rose of my heart
   You are the love of my life
   A flower not faded nor falling apart
   If you're cool let my love make you warm
    Rose of my heart 

 So hard times are easy times, what do I care
There's nothing I'd change if I could
The tears and the laughter are things that we share
Your hand in mine makes all times good 

 CH 3 You are the rose?
You are the love?
A flower?
You're my harbour in life's restless storm
Rose of my heart.

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Rose Of Old Kentucky

She bloomed for me in a little village
In a cabin on the hill
We made our vows to love each other
And I know we always will.

   She's my rose of old Kentucky
    I watch her bloom as the years roll by
   For me there'll never be another
    I'll love her 'til the day I die.

In my dreams I see my darling
In a gingham dress she looks so sweet
How I long for old Kentucky
For my darling I will meet.

Well I know you often wonder
And I'll tell you the reason why
She's my rose of old Kentucky
And I know that she will never lie.

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Rose On God's Shore

We knew no sorrow and we knew no grief
Until they loving face was missed
There are the engravings upon his tombstone
Each time that we read them we realize he's gone

Just like a rose he was picked from our view
He was needed in heaven with God's chosen few
My mother was called just a few weeks before
Two angels have bloomed like a rose on God's shore

I guess Jesus thought him unsafe here below
So he called him home while he's ready to go
That beautiful smile on his face that I kissed
I've never known sorrow till that face I missed


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Punch Brothers - Roses Blooming in the Dark 

There's an old man's pub away in London
Where you'll find an awfully pretty girl
Sitting low but proud up on her barstool
Singing low but whatever she will

Now whatever's playing on the jukebox
As she doesn't wonder where you are
Ain't it sad and wonderful to see her
Like the roses blooming in the dark

That were planted with her
That are blooming with her in the dark
Oh she ain't lonesome
She ain't lonesome tonight after 8 half pints
And an ocean between her and trying again

There's a young man's bar, home in Manhattan
Where the boys and I will drink your health
As you lie awake and she lies sleeping
In separate beds, in separate hotels

We talk about how long you fled the chapel
Learned you won't be getting very far
Ain't it sad and wonderful to see her
Like the roses blooming in the dark

That were planted with her
That are blooming with her in the dark
Oh ain't you lonesome?
Ain't you lonesome this morning?
Turns out there's more than an ocean
Between you and trying again

Oh she ain't lonesome
Ain't that lonesome to know?
Don't you wish it were only an ocean
Between you and trying again?

So sweet day will awake washed ashore
By the waves of an ocean
Behind us and trying again

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Roses For A Sunday Morning

Roses for the Sunday morning
Falling soft upon the bed
Growing in a sleeping valley
Rising from the river's edge

Morning glows for her rainbow
Greeting her when she awake
Gathered from a mountain meadow
Restin' by a silver lade

If all my night were never ending
And all my days were forever
I'd need more time to gather flowers
That I would like to give her

Daisys for her morning table
Wishing her a pleasant day
Picked from fields upon the hillside
Warmed by wind from off the day

Lilacs fer her golden dreses
Whishin' that they could be worn
Fragrant blossoms on the branches
From the California shower

* Refrain


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Roses In The Snow

I met my darling in the springtime
When all the flowers were in bloom
And like the flowers our love blossomed
We married in the month of June

Our love was like a burning ember
It warmed us as a golden glow (3rd time "cold winds blow")
We had sunshine in December
And grew our roses in the snow

Now God has taken my darlin'
And left me with a memory
A memory I will always cherish
Are these last words he said to me

My darlin's buried on the hillside
Where all the wild spring flowers grow
And when the winter snow starts falling
On his grave I'll place a rose.

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Rosewood Casket

There's a little rosewood casket
Laying on a marble stand
And a package of old letters
Written by my true love's hand
Go and get them for me sister
Read them o'er and o'er to me
I have often tried to read them
But for tears, I could not see

Come up closer to me sister
Let me lean upon your breast
For the tide of life is ebbing
And soon I'll be at reast
Read them over to me sister
While I gently fall asleep
Fall asleep to wake in Jesus
Dearest sister do not weep

Tell him sister if you see him
That I never ceased to love
That my dying prayer's to meet him
In a better world above
There's a little rosewood casket
Laying on a marble stand
And a package of love letters
Written by her true love's hand


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Rough Edges

I know your friends don't approve of me
And I can understand why
I'll never fit into your way of life
There's no need for me to even try

   I got rough edges all over me
   I can't change, not even for you
   You can chisel and mold but I'm brittle as coal
   Those edges will never be smooth

I don't regret that we fell in love
I'm proud I once called you mine
But sweetheart we must say goodbye
We've come to the end of the line

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Round And Round The Bottle
Recorded by Tanya Tucker
Written by Susan Taylor
 
G                               C               G
Grandma was a pretty thing when she was just sixteen
                                                                  D7
She fell in love with a full grown man who ran off with a barroom queen
   G
My daddy was just a baby then but he remembers to this day
                      Em                       D7                  G
His old man stumblin' down the street till his momma made him look away
C                   G           D7             G
Round and round the bottle goes where it stops nobody knows
C            G               D7
Many are the good souls left alone
Em                  G                    Em         G
Round and round the bottle spins till it knocks you down again
        C              D7               C  G
And the victims of the drunkard wait at home
                                C                  G
Daddy worked the oil fields all along the east Tex line
                                                             D7
Then he moved us all to Tulsa where his oil wells changed to wine
      G                                 C           G
But I remember one Christmas evening oh Santa never showed
                   D7
And momma cried herself to sleep that night 
       Dm                       G
And my daddy came home with the load
C                   G           D7             G
Round and round the bottle goes where it stops nobody knows
C            G               D7
Many are the good souls left alone
Em                  G                    Em         G
Round and round the bottle spins till it knocks you down again
        C              D7               G
And the victims of the drunkard wait at home
   C                     G             C                G
My grandma's dead and my daddy's drunk somewhere in Oklahoma
                        C          G
And momma moved back to Texas long ago yeah
Em                      C            G
Look at me here I am my daddy's only daughter
               C                           D7
Sharin' little secrets with a man I barely know
Repeat #2

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Roustabout

The fog is rolling out from Memphis
Dark clouds are hangin' round your door
It's a long long way from Mississippi
To the Gulf of Mexico

    Well, I make my home on the Mississippi
    I'm a roustabout on a Steamboat line
    We hit the deck on a Monday morning
    Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night

Had me a gal way up in Vicksburg
I tipped my hat every time she passed
Then she ran off with a riverboat gambler
With a black silk suit and a little mustache

Now when I die there's just one favor
Don't bury me down in the cold cold ground
Just wrap me up down by the river
Roll me over and point me south

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Rove Riley Rove

I went up on a mountain
Gave my horn a blow
Thought I hear my true love say
Yonder comes by beau

   Rove Riley Rove
   Rove Riley Rove
   Rove Riley poor boy
   Ain't got nowhere to go

Mama give me meat
Mother give me bread
Pretty girl give me one sweet kiss
Like to done killed me dead
  
Went up on a mountain
Done stripped me a load of cane
Make me a barrel of molasses
Sweet Miss Liza Jane
 
Daddy had a great big house
A hundred stories high
Every story in that house
Was filled with chicken pie

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Rove, Riley, Rove
Traditional

I went on the mountain
Give my horn a blow
Thought I hear my true love say
Yonder comes by beau

Chorus:
Rove, Riley, Rove
Rove, Riley, Rove
Rove, Riley, poor boy
Ain't got nowhere to go

Mama give me meat
Mother give me bread
Pretty girl give me one sweet kiss
Like to done killed me dead

Chorus

Went up on the mountain
To strip me a load of cane
Make me a barrel of molasses
To sweeten Miss Liza Jane

Chorus

Daddy had a great big house
A hundred stories high
Every story in that house
Was filled with chicken pie

Chorus

Possum is a pretty thing
Rambles in the dark
Only time you know he's round
Is when old Ranger barks

Chorus

Chorus

Notes:

Recorded for the Library of Congress in 1941 by Thaddeau "T.C." Willingham.


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Roving Gambler

I am a roving gambler gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down
Lay my money down, lay my money down

I had not been in Frisco many more weeks than three
I met up with a pretty little gal
She fell in love with me
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me

She took me in her parlor, cooled me with her fan
Whispered low in her mother's ear
I love this gambling man
Love this gambling man, love this gambling man

Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so
Leave your dear old mother
And with a gambler go
With a gambler go, with a gambler go

My mother oh my mother you can not understand
If you ever see me a coming back
I'll be with a gambling man
With a gambling man, with a gambling man

I left her there in Frisco and I wound up in Maine
I met up with a gambling man
Got in a poker game
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game

We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
And I shot that gambler down
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down

Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name
The Warden said as he locked the door
You've gambled your last game
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game

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Roving Heilandman
Traditional

I'm a rovin' heilandman a native o' Braemar
And oft I've trod the bonnie hills I'm kenned baith near and far
In monies the lonely valley folk ken Jock Brewer's name
Now I'm bound across the ocean far frae my native hame

It was at the Birk o' Ballater my gun in tae my hand
I quickly was surrounded by six keepers in a band
They thocht they had me taken but little did they know
Jock Brewer the rovin' heilandman would prove their overthrow

Ae nicht I was trepanded by six keepers head in sand
They marched me off tae Aiberdeen by trial for tae stand
Though nane o' my companions bore witness against me
The judge he condemned me tae cross the raging sea

Here's a health tae a' my comrades Jock Brewer winnae name
Success untae a' poachers when they're in search of game
May they a' be aye at liberty tae choose tae fecht or flee
Or tae join the rovin' heilandman condemned tae cross the sea

Here's a health tae a' my comrades tae poachers far and near
May they aye get hare and pheasant and their share o' bonnie deer
May they a' be aye at liberty wi' money at their command
Or tae join the rovin' heilandman bound for Van Diemans land


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Balsam Range - Row By Row 

I spend my days on the back of a Tennessee walking horse
I spend my nights with a bible by my side
I spend this life through the would be trouble riding
I'll spend the next to cross that river wide

Row by row I'll cross that muddy water
Row by row I'll reach salvations rock
Row by row I'll finally meet the Father
Though my body may grow weary I won't stop, till I reach the other shore

Through many years I've seen his children troubled
Through many tears I've struggles with the flock
With heads held high we'll stand and raise our voices
And sing of love that's never gonna stop

Row by row I'll cross that muddy water
Row by row I'll reach salvations rock
Row by row iI'll finally meet the Father
Though my body may grow weary I won't stop, till I reach the other shore

Row by row I'll cross that muddy water
Row by row I'll reach salvations rock
Row by row iI'll finally meet the Father
Though my body may grow weary I won't stop, till I reach the other shore

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Richard Thompson - Row, Boys, Row Lyrics

Feel that sting across your back and row, boys, row
Don't wait for the whip to crack and row, boys, row
Is it wise to be moaning when the captain comes?

Tip your hat and get grinning though you're worn to the gums
Is it wise to be needy in the land of the free?
Is it wise to be bleeding in a shark-filled sea?

Seven years of bad luck
Should have read the small print

Save my soul, save my soul
I'm chained below, chained below
Carving sailors little keepsakes
Out of teeth and nails and driftwood

Got to keep the old ship moving
Ploughing through the Sea of Cortez
Living skeletons for neighbors

Hear the Bo sun, beat the drum and row, boys, row
Slavery till kingdom come and row, boys, row
Is it wise to be asking for a morsel more

When you see what they done to them what asked before?
Is it wise to be kneeling with your arse poking free?
Is it wise to be bleeding in a shark-filled sea?

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Ruby

Ruby, Ruby
Honey are you mad at your man

I will set you in the shade
Shovel with my spade
Digging in the Brown Coal Mine

* Refrain

I've done all I can do
To get along with you
Still you're not satisfied

* Refrain

If you don't believe I'm right
Then follow me tonight
I'll take you to my shanty so cold

* Refrain


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Osborne Brothers - Ruby (Are You Mad)  Lyrics

Ruby, Ruby honey, are you mad at your man?

I'm sittin' in the shade
With a shovel and a spade
I'm diggin' in the ground's cold mine
Ruby, Ruby honey, are you mad at your man?

--- Instrumental ---

I've done all I can do
Tryin' to get along with you
Still you're not satisfied
Oh Ruby, Ruby honey, are you mad at your man?

--- Instrumental ---

If you don't believe I'm right
Just call on me tonight
I'll take you to your shady so cold
Oh Ruby, Ruby honey, are you mad at your man?

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man

I've done all I can do
To try and get along with you
Still, you're not satisfied

Oh Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?

I'll set you in the shade
I'll shovel with a spade
I'm digging into grounds gone mine

Oh, Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?

If you don't believe I'm right
Just follow me tonight
I'll take you to my chalice of gold

Oh Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?

I've done all I can do
To try and get along with you
Still, you're not satisfied

Oh Ruby (he-he-he-he!) Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?

If you don't believe I'm right
Just follow me tonight
I'll take you to my chalice of gold

Oh Ruby, Ruby
Honey, are you mad at your man?
Honey, are you mad at your man?
Honey, are you mad at your man?
Honey, are you mad at your man?


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Alan Jackson - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer lyrics

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixon
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
"Hey, Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee:
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!"
--- Instrumental ---
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
"Hey, Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee:
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!"
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!"...


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Ruination Line

Dust in the meadow, smoke on the mountainside
Theres an air of desparation comin cross the great divide
Thunder rollin, shakin the valley down
But it ain't the second comin thats drummin up that soud
     
    Its the train of broken dreams run on misery and woe
    Come to take the down-trodden when there's noplace else to go
    And there'll be no mistakin when you hear that whistle whine
    You're standin at the station of the ruination line

Tell you brother I can't get no sleep
There's heretics in the capitol and heroes on the street
In this corp'rate prison what for is my bail
Its 80 bucks a barrell son your freedom is for sale
   
    Well they give me excuses, they give me their word
    But its hard to give a damn when your unemployed, uninsured
    Can't afford to pay no doctor, no ambulance ride
    They just left me with my chances on the ruination line

Drive your mule boy, up that field and back
You gotta earn your keep here make no doubt about that fact
No time for stallin, no time for to wait
No time for your lost soul just tryin to find its place
     
    All I ever wanted was a little peace and quiet
    A stash of my own,and a girl to hold tight
    But now I'm broke,dry and dirty and my good love passed me by
    Feel I'm primed and ready for that ruination line

So lay my head down on that rail
And maybe she can ease my mind
And I pray she moves me swiftly down that ruination line
 

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Dolly Parton - Run That By Me One More Time lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Run that by me one more time
To make sure that I heard you right
I hope you don't expect me to believe that line
I might be crazy, but I ain't dumb
And I know a lie when I hear one
Would you run that by me one more time?
Well, you're late again, I see
What's your excuse this time?
Don't you try to kiss and make up
When you smell so strong from wine
Well, I'm not late, the clock is wrong
You need to wind Big Ben
Honey, that's not wine you smell
That's aftershave for men
Would you run that by me one more time?
What happened to the money
I gave you to pay the rent?
The rent is overdue
And we ain't got one red cent
I put it in the cookie jar
The day you brought it home
One day when I came back from town
I looked and I'll be dogged if that money wasn't gone!
Would you run that by me one more time?


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Runaway
Del Shannon / Max Crook

As I walk along I wonder
what went wrong with our love
a love that was so strong
and as I still walk on
I think of the things we've done together
while our hearts were young

I'm a-walkin' in the rain
tears are fallin' and I feel a pain
wishin' you were here by me
to end this misery
and I wonder
I wo wo wo wo wonder
why
why why why why why
she ran away
and I wonder
where will she stay
my little run-a-way
run run run run run-a-way

Instrumental

I'm a-walkin' in the rain
tears are fallin' and I feel a pain
wishin' you were here by me
to end this misery
and I wonder
I wo wo wo wo wonder
why
why why why why why
she ran away
and I wonder
where will she stay
my little run-a-way
run run run run run-a-way


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Dolly Parton - Runaway Feelin' lyrics

Got a crazy, restless feelin'
I cannot be consoled
Got an itchy urge to up and run
I think I've lost control
You do something to me
Something that I really can't explain
I ain't felt like this since I'ze a kid
And I never thought I'd feel this much again
Chorus:
I've got that runaway feelin'
Like to grab you up
Just run off, footloose and fancy free
Yeah, that thought's appealing
That runaway feelin's let my feelin's run away with me
I get all swimmy-headed everytime I look at you
Though love has blurred my vision, I still enjoy the view
Like Elvis and his hound dog, in a deep fog
I keep a'runnin' after you
I thought I'd been in love before
But before doesn't matter anymore
Repeat Chorus
Ah, run with it, boys
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
I've got that runaway feelin' (runaway)
Runaway feelin' (runaway)
Won't you run away with me


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Runaway Momma
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C                                           F
She's my runaway momma always chasing other men
                 G7                          C
She's my runaway momma always somewhere gone again
                                                         F
If you see this kind of lady thumbing a ride and showing skin
                 G7                              C
She's my runaway momma call the law and turn her in
   
                         G7                       C
She's got lots of pretty things that a man cannot ignore
                        G7
And she stands out in a ballroom 
                          C
When she walks out on the floor
                                                  F     
If you see this kind of lady kinda tall and kinda slim
                 G7                              C
She's my runaway momma call the law and turn her in
                                                          F  
If you see somebody flirtin' and she's hurtin' a bunch of men
                 G7                              C
She's my runaway momma call the law and turn her in
                                          F
If you see a lady dancin' on a table in a bar
                         G7                               C
Go and call the chief of police try to tell 'em where you are
Repeat #1

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Brad Paisley - Runaway Train lyrics

Headlights on the ceiling as she pulls into the drive
She never says she's coming, she never says goodbye
She's gonna bring the sunshine and she's gonna bring the rain
Its like I'm standing at the station and I'm waiting on a runaway train
When I was a youngin, my momma used to pray
That I'd find me a Christian girl and settle down someday
But the devils at the front door and she's calling out my name
Its like I'm standing at the station and I'm waiting on a runaway train
[Chorus:]
Runaway train coming down the track
Runaway train it don't come back
Yeah I know what she's doing but right now I don't care
She can be Delilah and cut off all my hair
Woman's got a hold on me that I just can't explain
Its like I'm standing at the station and I'm waiting on a runaway train
[Chorus]
In the morning when I wake and find that woman gone
I will swear this time that I'm finally moving on
Deep down in my heart I know nothings gonna change
And I'll be standing at the station and waiting on a runaway train
[Chorus]


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Billy Strings 
Running

I am running and running as fast as I can go
I am running and running from all the things I know
Well I had to leave it somewhere so I left it far behind
I had to get away from all the trouble I might find

Run to the river, run to the sea
Run from the evil that's been calling you and me
If we keep rolling right out of town
We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down

Well I am running and running just like a fast mail train
Running and running and I won't be back again
Nobody ever told me I'd be ridin' on the blind
Well the rumble and the rattle seems to ease my worried mind

Run to the river, run to the sea
Run from the evil that's been calling you and me
If we keep rolling right out of town
We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down

Run to the river, run to the sea
Run from the evil that's been calling you and me
If we keep rolling right out of town
We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down

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Running Hard On A Broken Heart

Over miles of broken highway you really got your way
The love I thought would save me has left and gone astray
I'm packing up and heading out before the morning light
Gonna keep these four wheels rolling til the day turns into night
Now I'm up this road and down rolling onto somewhere
Far away from you and further from my mind
Maybe I'll find love out along this lonesome highway
I'm up this road and down and running hard on a broken heart
Rolling into Knoxville, I think I'll stay a while
Got some friends in town that I would like to see
And round every corner up and down your streets
In every smile your loving eyes are all that I can see
Now I'm up this road and down rolling onto somewhere
Far away from you and further from my mind
Maybe I'll find love out along this lonesome highway
I'm up this road and down and running hard on a broken heart
Now I'm up this road and down rolling onto somewhere
Far away from you and further from my mind
Maybe I'll find love out along this lonesome highway
I'm up this road and down and running hard on a broken heart


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Punch Brothers - Rye Whiskey (Live) 

Rye Whiskey makes the band sound better,
makes your baby cuter, makes itself taste sweeter. Oh, boy!

Rye whiskey makes your heart beat louder,
makes your voice seem softer, makes the back room hotter, oh, but

rye thoughts aren't good thoughts, Boys,
have I ever told you about the time I...

Rye whiskey wraps your troubles up into a bright blue package,
ties a bow around it. Oh, boy!

Just throw it on the pile in the corner,
see, you're not alone in not being alone tonight, but

rye love isn't god love, Boys,
have I ever told you about the time I...

I used to wake up bright and early,
got my work done quickly, held my baby tightly. Oh, boy!
Rye whiskey makes the sun set faster,
makes the spirit more willing but the body weaker because

rye sleep isn't good sleep, Boys,
have I ever told you about the time I
took it and took her for granted?
How I took it and took her for granted?
Well let's take some and take them all for granted.
Oh, boy!

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Rye Whiskey
Author: Craig Market
Artist: Ronnie Bowman
Album: Starting Over (2002)

In an old folks home just off the well beaten path
I visit my grandma and learn of our past
One day as I walked down the hall I passed by
An old man with tears in his eyes
At a glace I could see he was gentle and sweet
I straightened his pillow and covered his feet
Then the old man reached out softly touching my hand
He smiled and these few words began
Chorus I:
If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die
I could see it meant something by the look in his eye
The old man just lay there repeating that line
If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die
Then they told me a story that's sad but it's true
Of how he'd no family or friends that they knew
In an old army jacket on the outskirts of town
That's how the old man was found
They thought him a drunkard who just lost his mind
'Cause All he would say were these words all the time
They brought him here ten years ago to this day
Still all the old man would say
Chorus I
When I walked in the room grandma instantly knew
She said my dear boy what's been bothering you
So I told her the story of the man I just met
Grandma looked up and she said
If I don't drink rye whiskey were the words to a song
I sang back when I was a kid
And it told of a solder who made it through war
And found out his true love was dead
Chorus II:
If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die
I knew it meant something by the look in his eye
Now I know why the old man just laid there and cried
If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die
His heart was still breaking after all of this time
If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die


=============================

Richard Thompson - Saboteur 

The song of wheels is in my head and mutiny in my hands
The song of wheels is in my head and mutiny in my hands
I'll go down to the dark place and kill it where it stands
Be still, be still

My body sings the mill-song but my hammer takes its choice
My body sings the mill-song but my hammer takes its choice
Oh, joy of peace descend upon me as I stop its voice
Be still, be still

Beauty takes my breath, I see the shining of the steel
The hand of man steered by God to make the wondrous mill
Piston, pulley, shaft and spindle, every spool and reel
And I can't raise my arm to throw my hammer in the wheel
Rules me still, rules me still, rules me still

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Nickel Creek - Sabra Girl 

lonely the life, that once, i led
strange the paths, on which, we tread
led me to you, unlikely but true
sabra girl, clouding my view

rainy the day, the first time we met
deep was the talk, forever my debt
it didnt seem wrong, to sing a sad song
sabra girl, soon you'd be gone

early the morning, and sad the goodbye
with a wave of your hand and, a smile of your eye
so lately did meet, no sooner depart
sabra girl, homeward must start

rosy the lines that you wrote with your hand
reading between them to misunderstand
i made the mistake you said not to make...

yes reading your letters conviction did grow
i thought it a chance, i knew i must go
its hard to believe i could be so naive
sabra girl, flattered but deceived

now you just told me that friendship is all
im forced to repair the breach in my wall
illusions and dream as usual it seems
sabra girl, they have been my downfall

lonely the life, and dismal the view
closed is the road, that leads to you
since better cant be, as friends we'll agree
sabra girl, time will cure me

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Dolly Parton - Sacred Memories lyrics

Sacred mem'ries often take me to the place where I grew up
And that little country church that I love so much
I used to go there every time that old church bell would ring
And I remember how I love the songs we used to sing
Like oh Lord you know I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home oh Lord what will I do
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore
They were singing Lord I'm coming on when I got saved
And when I got baptized they sang amzaing grace
And oh how sweet the sound when everybody would join in
And sang my favorite song if we never meet again
Where the charming roses bloom forever and where separation comes no more
If we never meet again this side of heaven I will meet you on that beutiful shore
My mama loved to sing and she sang clear and loud
I can close my eyes and I hear mama now
I recall the song my mama always loved so much
She always sang the loudest sangin' power in the blood
Oh there's power power wonder working power in the blood of the lamb
There is power power wonder working power in the precious blood of lamb
Sacred mem'ries


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Sad And Lonesome Day

   Today has been a lonesome day
   Today has been a lonesome day
   Today has been a lonesome day
   And tomorrow 's gonna be the same old way 

Oh, they carried my mother to the burying ground
Oh, they carried my mother to the burying ground
Oh, they carried my mother to the burying ground
I watched as the bearers let her down 

Did you ever hear a church bell tone
Did you ever hear a church bell tone
Did you ever hear a church bell tone
You may know by that she's dead and gone 

Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade
Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade
Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade
And mark the place where I must lay 

There's one kind favor I ask of you
There's one kind favor I ask of you
There's one kind favor I ask of you
See that my grave is kept green

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Sad Prisoner's Song

I'm a prisoner alone and forgotten
I'll be here until the day I die
All because when a boy I was foolish
All because I was fast with a knife

I'm a man that's doomed to be lonely
I'm a man that's doomed to be sad
I've got no name, just a number
And I've lost all the friends that I've had

If I had my life to live over
I'd travel the narrow and straight
But I'd still be at home with my loved ones
And not behind these iron gates

* Refrain

Young men when you have heard my story
Let it teach you the right from the wrong
And I know my life wasn't wasted
Writing this sad prosoner's song

* Refrain


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Sad Sad Music
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                     F         C    F
There should be music   sad sad music
         C                G7                 C
But this silence that you left is all that I have
                                         F
I must have missed a couple days or just forgotten
          C                          G7
What went wrong or where it all fell apart
      C                                 F
And I know you must have told me you're leavin'
        C                G7                 C
It just never crossed my mind you'd take my heart
                      F         C    F
There should be music   sad sad music
             C                          G7
The kind the movies have when love like ours go bad
C                     F         C    F
There should be music   sad sad music
         C                G7                 C
But this silence that you left is all that I have
                                       F
I'd swear that I woke up with you this morning
          C                                      G7
But I can see that it's been days since you were here
          C                                  F
And every night it still hits home without a warning
      C               G7                C
As my world becomes a flood of scalding tears
                      F         C    F
There should be music   sad sad music
       C                         G7
As you walk away without looking back
C                     F         C    F
There should be music   sad sad music
         C                G7                 C
But this silence that you left is all that I have
F               C
There should be music

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Sad Situation

When you love somebody with all your heart and soul
And you want to keep them with you but you know they want to go
What do you do, what do you say
When you know they want to leave as bad as you want them to stay

    And theres nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love
    When one don't care at all and the other cares too much
    Its a sad situation I must say
    When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay

You know how much I love you but I know you dont love me
And I know its just a matter of time before you leave
But why do I stand aside and just let you walk away
When I know you want to leave as bad as I want you to stay

    What do you do, what do you say
    When you know they want to leave as bad as you want them to stay

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Railroad Earth - Saddle of the Sun 

Put my brother in the meadow
lady in the pine
rooster crows, heaven knows
aint no use cryin'

aye! aye! hear the cry
all those days are done
ridin' on to glory
in the saddle of the sun

gonna give my girl a pony
set her up to ride
through this world of trouble
to the other side

aye! aye! hear the cry
all rolls into one
ridin' on to glory
in the saddle of the sun

lyin' in a starry night
wonderin' how the time keeps goin' on & on
lyin' in a starry night
dreamin' of the time when i'll be goin' home
hand in hand with my sweet lady walkin' . . .

gonna shake these old chains off me
shake 'em to the floor
i can't stand to hear 'em rattle
anymore

aye! aye! hear the cry
all those days are done
ridin' on to glory
in the saddle of the sun

aye! aye! hear the cry
better days to come
ridin' on to glory
in the saddle of the sun

lyin' in a starry night
wonderin' how the time keeps goin' on & on
lyin' in a starry night
dreamin' of the time when i'll be goin' . .
goin' . . goin' . . goin' . .

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Sadie's Got Her New Dress On
Author: 
Artist: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Album: More Behind The Picture Than The Wall

well sadie momma told her your nearly 21 
its time to find a man to settle down 
She putted up her aburn hair put on her best perfume 
headed for the dance down town 
oh Sadies got her new dress on 
lord lord 
sadies got her new dress on 
her momma done and said shes old enough to wed 
sadies got her new dress on 
heyy look a yonder coming' 
charlie taylor said ive never seen a girl with eyes that green 
but sadie rose just winked at him & 
patted him on the head 
then dance a juke with willie dean 
oh sadies got her new dress on 
lord lord 
sadies got her new dress on 
he momms done and said shes old enough to wed 
sadies got her new dress on 
well bobby said to willy i cant believe my eyes 
that sadie rose shes lookin mighty fine 
thn willie said to bobby i was lookin at her too 
And I will be the one to make her mine 
oh sadies got her new dress on 
lord lord 
sadies got her new dress on 
he momms done and said shes old enough to wed 
sadies got her new dress on


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Sadie's Song
Adrienne Young

Pretty boy, my faithless fallen angel
Took me completely in his arms
In his eyes, I saw Eden's garden
But the serpent lay hidden in his charms
Well I used to love to sing with the sunlight in my hair
Til that fateful day when I followed him there

He said, climb, little Sadie higher
Spread them downy wings and fly
You will find your crown of gilded glory next to mine
Climb, little Sadie, climb

Icy winds up on Lookout Mountain
Chilled two bodies to the bone
But for that man, I did gladly lay down my back
Upon a bed of stone
Well I used to love to sing with the sunlight in my hair
Til that fateful day when I followed him there

Something's wrong, I heard my voices whisper
I heard 'em whisper something's wrong
A single shot, he said, 'Fare thee well, Sadie?
The round was cold, my breath was gone
Well I used to love to sing with the sunlight in my hair
Til that fateful day when I followed him there

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Railroad Earth - Said What You Mean (Live) 

In still water we found our own graves
Fell in the flames
Walked our own pace
Your loving's been a blessing to me
And the blessings returned
And all that you see

Hell riders out on the hill
Their shadows upon us
And they follow us still
Don't let them into your heart
We'll go about our days and keep living

Love...
This loving is free
I'm dreaming with me
We'll make it our heart
Love...
Its river runs slow
But it'll go where we go
And follow it on
We'll follow it on

Dim preachers
Preaching their wars rattling soil
I can't even hear anymore
To believe what they say, is believing

Love...
This loving is free
Come make it with me
We'll make it our home
Love...
Its river runs slow
It'll go where we go
And follow it on

I don't even care anymore
If I sleep in a bed or
I sleep on the floor
I'll roll over and I know where you are
I believe in our love and
I trust in your heart

Love...
This loving is free
Come make it with me
We'll call it our home
Love...
Its river runs slow
It'll go where we go
And follow it on

Love...
This loving is free
Come dream it with me
We'll make it our own
Love...
Its river runs slow
Lets go where we go
We'll call it our home

Love...
This loving is free
Come make it with me
We'll call it our home
We'll call it our home...

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Sail Away
Randy Newman

In America you'll get food to eat
Won't have to run through the jungle
And scuff up your feet
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an American

Ain't no lions or tigers, ain't no mamba snake
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Ev'rybody is as happy as a man can be
Climb aboard, little wog-sail away with me

Sail away-sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away-sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

In America every man is free
To take care of his home and his family
You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
You're all gonna be an American

Sail away-sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

Sail away-sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay


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Sail To Australia
Author: Stephen F. Brines and Sam Bush
Artist: New Grass Revival
Album: When the Storm Is Over

Sometimes I wish things were better
But most times I'd settle for different
Just to know that the day that's waiting for me
Ain't the same one that I just spent
I think I'll sail to Australia
Take these old days off of my hands
Drink a beer by the Indian Ocean
Make love right there on the sand
My only family is my father
And he can take care of himself
He don't need me like I need to know
The sight of someplace else
* Refarin
They speak English in Australia
And it won't be hard to make new friends
To see myself as other people see me
Without knowing just where I've been
* Refrain


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Sam Bush - Sailin' Shoes

Lady in a turban, cocaine tree
Does a dance so rhythmically
She's cryin', and a singin' and having a time
and gee that cocaine tree look fine

You've got to put on your sailin' shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes

Jedidiah, he's got a dime
Says he catch a more fish, every time
Well I've got a line, and you've got a pole
And I'll meet you at the fishin' hole

You've got to put on your sailin' shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes

Doctor, doctor, I feel so bad
This is the worst day, I ever had
Have you this misery a very long time?
Well if you if, I'll lay it on the line

You've got to put on your sailin' shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes

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The Incredible String Band - Sailor And The Dancer 

Beneath some shaded planet
Before this earth was born
We came together
And we danced in the early dawn

For my hands contain ten dances
That shall bear us into the night
Into the sea
And the moon's morning light

Night mimed a bow and broke into the day
Fair sailors and their cautious friends
Smiled on the sea
That reflected all their gazes
And danced with the air

The breezes filled the sails
High against the quay
High on the limpid waves the ship it did fly
Rising as a condor into the silvery sky
Passing through the arches that begin his earth

The sailors saw the scenic air
As air gave Earth it's birth
Gazing ahead towards today
They saw the fields of this world
They watched the first new dancers
As their bodies did unfurl

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Sailor Boy

A Sailor's life is a merry life
He robs young girls of their heart's delight
Leaving them alone to weep and mourn
They never know when he'll return

Of four and twenty all in a row
My true love makes the finest show
He's proper tall, genteel with all
If I can't have him I'll have none at all

My father built me a bonny boat
That on the ocean I might float
And every queen ship that we passed by
I'd there inquire for my sailor boy

She had not sailed long upon the deep
When a queen ship she chanced to meet
You sailors all please tell me true
Does my sweet William sail among your crew?

Oh no fair maiden he's not here
For he's been drowned we greatly fear
On yon green island as we passed by
There we lost sight upon your sailor boy

She wrung her hands, she tore her hair
She was a maid in great despair
Her little boat on the rock she did run
Saying how shall I live now that my William is gone?

A sailor's life is a merry life
He robs young girls of their heart's delight
Leaving them behind to weep and mourn
They never know when he'll return

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Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea

He promised to write me a letter,
He promised to write to me;
But I haven't heard from my darling,
Who is sailing on the deep blue sea

"Oh, captain, can you tell me,
Can you tell me where he may be?"
"Oh yes, my pretty maiden,
He is drownded in the deep blue sea"

Farewell to friends and relations
This is the last you'll see of me,
For I'm going to end my troubles
By drowning in the deep blue sea

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Sailor's Plea

Dear sweetheart as I write to you my heart is filled with pain
For if those things I hear are true I'll never see you again
They tell me darlin' that tonight you'll wed another man
But if you do I'll tell you true my boat will never land 

You promised that you would wait for me that nothin' could come between
That in my arms someday you'd be my wife and lovely Queen
I built you that cozy home and made a garden there
And planted too with my own hands sweet flowers rich and fair

My future hopes are placed in you you've been my guidin' star
Please write and tell me that you're true to the sailor who waits afar
Just tell me that you love me yet still long to be my wife
I'll return and then we'll wed and live a happy life

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Saint Regis Girl

In a pine treated grave by the river
Where the nightingale sings sad and low
All alone lies a Saint Regis maiden
Who did sing this sad song years ago

Never more will my heart fill with gladness
As I stroll through the forest again
For to prison they've taken my lover
That's why my poor heart's full of pain

When in prison your dying from sorrow
I hope you'll recall those last days
That together we spent in this valley
And the vows that we've shared on its quay

Oh if I could but burn down that prison
To steal you away for awhile
They could carry me off to the gallows
And I'd go to my doom with a smile

When the moon is high in the heavens
And the mountains do gleam in its light
How often I'll dream of you sweetheart
As I mourn there alone in the night

There will be a green grave in the forest
And people when passing that way
Will think of that Saint Regis maiden
As she lies there alone in the clay

A shadow has crossed o'er the valley
Where once only sunshine did reign
But where ever life's pathway may lead me
I shall ever remember our dream

In the future someday I will meet you
On the bright shore so far from this world
And there before God I will greet you
That's the dream of the Saint Regis girl

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Sal Got A Meatskin

Sal got a meatskin hid away
Sal got a meatskin hid away
Sal got a meatskin hid away
Gonna get a meatskin some day

Sal got a meatskin don't you know
Sal got a meatskin don't you know
Sal got a meatskin don't you know
Ola Liza told me so

Sal a-sailling on the sea
Sal a-sailling on the sea
Sal a-sailling on the sea
Sal got a meatskin a-waiting for me

* Refrain

Went to see my Sally Gray
Went to see my Sally Gray
Went to see my Sally Gray
Found out Sal is gone away

* Refrain

Love my Sally more and more
Love my Sally more and more
Love my Sally more and more
Sal's got a meatskin don't you know

* Refrain

Reckon I love my Sally Gray
Reckon I love my Sally Gray
Reckon I love my Sally Gray
Reckon my Sal is gone away

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - Salford Sunday Lyrics

Salford Sunday Skies are weeping
Dawn is creeping Through the blind
Salford Sunday And I'm aching
For the night I left behind

Salford Sunday Morning after
Base drum beating In my head
Sunday papers Talking scandal
And a cold side of the bed 

For I left a Weeping willow
She should be Lying on my pillow
If I wasn't such a hardnose 
Such a perfect Waste of time

Salford Sunday And I'm dreaming
And it's all In black and white
I do better Oh, When I'm dreaming
Better than I did last night

Salford Sunday And I'm walking
Though the rain Is pelting down
There's a train goes Back to London
I hate to leave This ugly town

For I left A weeping willow
She should be Lying on my pillow
If I wasn't Such a hardnose
Such a perfect Waste of time

Salford Sunday Skies are weeping
Dawn is creeping Though the blind
Salford Sunday And I'm aching
For the night I left behind 

For the night I left behind.

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The Avett Brothers - Salina 
Emotionalism

Salina, I'm as nowhere as I can be 
Could you add some somewhere to me 
Ah Kansas I'm kneeling, ah Kansas please 

Cleveland, I ain't never felt nothing so strong 
Been believing the words to my songs 
Ohio I'm leaving, Ohio I'm gone 

From town to town and state to state 
There's people everywhere that try to capture us 
We stole the cash and left our names 
And almost slipped in Indianapolis 
The rain it fell, the story went on 
The rain it fell, and we got gone 

Poughkeepsie, hang up the telephone 
Won't answer your phone calls no more 
New York quit callin', New York leave me be 

Changing the plans that I've been setting on 
I'm scared by the way that my life is getting gone 
Carolina one day I'll, someday I'll come home 
Carolina one day I'll, someday I'll come home

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Richard Thompson - Sally B Lyrics

Sally B, oh Sally B
You make my heart flutter
Will you drag me from the gutter
Sally B

Sally B, oh Sally B
I'm a working man truly
But you know how to woo me
Sally B

Sally B, oh Sally B
Now the bank's repossessing
It's hard times I'm guessing
Sally B

You've got the style touches the people
You've got the style
You've got the style touches the people
Sally B

Now they talk way down south
Without moving their mouth
And the houses are old antebellum
There you'll find supporters
Revolutionary daughters
Who'll believe everything that you tell 'em

Sally B, oh Sally B
Who needs all them books
When you've got them looks
Sally B

Sally B, oh Sally B
The crown of thorns suit you
You're my hope for the future
Sally B

You've got the style touches the people
You've got the style
You've got the style touches the people
Sally B

The crazies are raving
So keep the flag waving
It still hypnotizes the masses
And how many stumpers
Can cause such a rumpus
With a smile and a shake of the chassis?

Sally B, oh Sally B
You talk so down-homey
You talk like you know me
Sally B

Sally B, oh Sally B
Your blue eyes are steely
But you smile so sincerely
Sally B

Sally B, oh Sally B
With the gifts that God gave you
Will you be my savior
Sally B

Sally B, oh Sally B
You make my heart flutter
Will you drag me from the gutter
Sally B

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Sally Gardens
W. B. Yeats

It was down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish, and with her did not agree.

In a field down by the river, my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder, she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy , as the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

Down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish, and with her did not agree.


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Alison Krauss - Sally Goodin			
[Instrumental]




 

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Sally Jo

I got me in bed and covered my head
Wish I was dead with Sally Jo
Sally Jo where did you go Sally Jo

Since you have gone my days are turned to night
Nothin' goes right Sally Jo
Sally Jo where did you go Sally Jo

The hurt you left has just begun to show
Sally Jo I've been so low
Sally Jo where did you go Sally Jo

I'm like a little dog left out to stray
No one wants me no place to stay
Sally Jo where did you go Sally Jo

Did I do bad or was I good to you
Yes or no Sally Jo
Sally Jo where did you goSally Jo

The torch I carried had a light so bright
For me to see Sally Jo
Sally Jo where did you go Sally Jo

Sally Jo Sally Jo
hear my plea come back to me

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Salty Dog

Standing on the corner with the lowdown blues
A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
Honey let me be your salty dog

   Let me be your salty dog
   Or I won't be your man at all
   Honey let me be your salty dog

Look it here Sal, I know you
Run down stocking and a wore out shoe
Honey let me be your salty dog

Down in the wildwood sitting on a log
Finger on the trigger and an eye on the hog
Honey let me be your salty dog

Pulled the trigger and the gun set go
The shot fell over in Mexico
Honey let me be your salty dog

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Salty Dog Blues

Standin' on the corner with the low-down blues
A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
Honey, let me be your salty dog

Let me be your salty dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Hony, let me be your salty dog

Now look-a hear, Sal, I know you
A run-down stockin' and a worn-out shoes
Honey, let me be your salty dog

* Refrain

I was down in the wildwood settin' on a log
Finger on the trigger and an eye on the hog
Honey let me be your salty dog

* Refrain

I pulled the trigger and the gun said go
Shot fell over in Mexico
Honey let me be your salty dog

* Refrain


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Osborne Brothers - Salty Dog Blues  Lyrics

Standin' on the corner
With the lowdown blues
Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

Let me be your Salty Dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

--- Instrumental ---

Now look here Sal
I know you
Run down stockin' and a worn out shoe
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

Let me be your Salty Dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

--- Instrumental ---

Down in the wildwood sittin' on a log
Finger on the trigger and eye on the hog
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

Let me be your Salty Dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

--- Instrumental ---

I pulled the trigger and they said go
Shot fell over in Mexico
Honey let me be you Salty Dog.

Let me be your Salty Dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog.

--- Instrumental ---

Let me be your Salty Dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey, let me be your Salty Dog...

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The Avett Brothers - Salvation Song 

If you take my heart
Don't leave the smallest part
I've no need to live if you're to come up gone
An as my life turns to a song
And if and when I treat you wrong
No I never want to hurt our family

And I would give up everything
No this is not just about me
And I don't know a plainer way to say it Babe
And they may pay us off in fame
Though that is not why we came
And I know well and good that won't heal our hearts

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

Now if I'm walkin' through the rain
And I hear you call my name
I will break into a run without a pause
And if your love laughs at your dreams
Well it's not as bad as it seems
Either way one of them has got to go
And if you take of my soul
You can still leave it whole
With the pieces of you own you leave behind

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

And I would give up everything
And if you were to come up clean
And see you shine so bright in a world of woe
And they may pay us off in fame
But that is not why we came
And if it compromises truth then we will go

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

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The Avett Brothers - Salvation Song (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

If you take my heart
Don't leave the smallest part
I've no need to live if you're to come up gone
An as my life turns to a song
And if and when I treat you wrong
No I never want to hurt our family

And I would give up everything
No this is not just about me
And I don't know a plainer way to say it Babe
And they may pay us off in fame
Though that is not why we came
And I know well and good that won't heal our hearts

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

Now if I'm walkin' through the rain
And I hear you call my name
I will break into a run without a pause
And if your love laughs at your dreams
Well it's not as bad as it seems
Either way one of them has got to go
And if you take of my soul
You can still leave it whole
With the pieces of you own you leave behind

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

And I would give up everything
And if you were to come up clean
And see you shine so bright in a world of woe
And they may pay us off in fame
But that is not why we came
And if it compromises truth then we will go

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

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Sal's Got A Meatskin

Sal's got a meatskin hid away
Sal's got a meatskin hid away
Sal's got a meatskin hid away
Gonna get a meatskin some day

Sal's got a meatskin don't you know
Sal's got a meatskin don't you know
Sal's got a meatskin don't you know
Old Liza told me so

Sal's a-sailling on the sea
Sal's a-sailling on the sea
Sal's a-sailling on the sea
Sal's got a meatskin a-waiting for me

Went to see my Sally Gray
Went to see my Sally Gray
Went to see my Sally Gray
Found out Sal is gone away

Love my Sally more and more
Love my Sally more and more
Love my Sally more and more
Sal's got a meatskin don't you know

Reckon I love my Sally Gray
Reckon I love my Sally Gray
Reckon I love my Sally Gray
Reckon my Sal is gone away

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Richard Thompson - Sam Jones Lyrics

Me name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation
Chuck your old hocks out for my consideration
Thirty years a bone man, up and down the nation
Sam Jones deliver them bones

I've been among the shamrock and I've been among the thistle
I like it all picked over, clean as a whistle
No sign of meat on, no sign of gristle
Sam Jones deliver them bones

I've seen battlefields whites with human ivory
Noble Dukes and Princes stripped of flesh and finery
When the crows have done their job, they say, that's the time for me
Sam Jones deliver them bones

And I even dream of bones when I'm lying very ill
Rooms full of skeletons a-dancin' the quadrille
Rows and rows of skulls singin' Blueberry Hill
Sam Jones deliver them bones

And if you're unburied, the likes of me will find you
You're no good to worms but you might become the finest glue
We'll grind you up and spread you out as fertilizer, too
Sam Jones deliver them bones

And I've got a lorry, it's me own bone shaker
Where's there old knuckle joints, I'll be the undertaker
I'll come calling 'round just like the butcher and the baker
Sam Jones deliver them bones

My name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation
Chuck your old hocks out for my consideration
Thirty years a bone man, up and down the nation
Sam Jones deliver them bones

Oh, Sam Jones deliver them bones
Sam Jones deliver them bones

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Sam Stone
John Prine

Sam Stone came home,
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
Had shattered all his nerves,
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

Chorus:
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Mmm....

Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

Chorus

Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun
And there was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill.

Chorus


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Same Fool
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
I'm just the same fool the old fool 
                                    D7
The one fool that you won't fool no more
              C            D7
Least not the way that you fooled 
    C             D7       G
The last fool you fooled before
So let the next fool the new fool 
                                 D7
Be a fool that you will fool for sure
               C               D7
Just know that this fool won't be fooled 
     C               D7       G
Like all those other fools no more
Go find some real fool no near fool 
                                           D7
The kind of fool that knows what fools are for
                  C                   D7
That'll give your fooling heart those foolish thrills 
   C             D7        G
It won't stand a chance to ignore
They'll be a fine fool a flat blind fool 
                                             D7
A sorta fool with not a clue about what's in store
            C                     D7
Doing every fool filled thing you need him 
       C               D7            G
To for however long it is that fools endure
             C                G
You might be finding a little lately 
                 D7               G
That I've been a greatly changing man
               C              G
You don't seem worried so I'm encouraged 
           A7                       D7
This won't discourage all you other plans
             G
I'm just the same fool the old fool 
                                    D7
The one fool that you won't fool no more
              C            D7
Least not the way that you fooled 
    C             D7       G
The last fool you fooled before
           C            D7
No not the way that you fooled 
C               D7       G
All those other fools no more

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Same Ol' River Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wish that I cold be an Indian
On a painted pony so fast
No one could ever catch me
I get caught up in my past
I'd ride across many rivers
Use many moons to tell the times
Then I'd tell all the young warriors
Many moons ago this was mine, all mine

[Chorus]
Same ol' river
Same ol' sea
Same ol' water rushing over me
Same ol' moon
Same ol' sun
Same ol' race that we've always run
Same ol' race that we've always run

[Verse 2]
I wish that I could be a pirate
I'd sail the ocean blue
Way before the big liners
Started sailing them too
I'd bury most of my treasures
So I would leave a big hole
And the only real sense of pleasure that I'd get
Is I'd sail free of my soul

[Chorus]
Same ol' river
Same ol' sea
Same ol' water rushing over me
Same ol' moon
Same ol' sun
Same ol' race that we've always run
Same ol' race that we've always run

[Verse 3]
I wish that I could be a slave
It doesn't matter what kind
I'd sing a song for fallen angels
Try and be free in my mind
Then when no one wasn't lookin'
Well I'd drop my harvest plow
I'd find my own contemporaries
And wipe the shame from their brow

[Chorus]
Same ol' river
Same ol' sea
Same ol' water rushing over me
Same ol' moon
Same ol' sun
Same ol' race that we've always run
Same ol' race that we've always run

[Verse 4]
I wish that I could be an outlaw
Runnin' from the law sometimes
No vigilante against the seasons
But I can't help but read why
I'd always keep my revolver
Steady and fast at my side and
I'd rob a train bound for glory
'Cause I thought I needed a ride

[Chorus]
Same ol' river
Same ol' sea
Same ol' water rushing over me
Same ol' moon
Same ol' sun
Same ol' race that we've always run
Same ol' race that we've always run
So many things I ain't ever done

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Same Old Love
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs Written by Chris Austin and Greg Barnhill

G
I pretend it was over      
C          D7              G
But over was a word I couldn't take     
Each time I thought I'd left you   
C                   D7           G
I'd find my way back to you the next day      
Em
I was foolish to think            
 D7
hat I could leave you for good  
Em
At times I thought I might          
D7           E7
But now I know I never could         
G                 D7
It's the same old same old love
Am            C            D7
All forgiving sent from up above        
G                 D7      Am    D7
And your same old same old love is all I need      
C         D7                      G
Yes I never get enough of your same old love
Other girls would have left me   
C                D7                G
If I had so much as said the word goodbye
But you stood there patiently    
C                  D7          G
And watched my leaving turn into a lie       
Em
Heaven knows the kind of magic here    
D7
That keeps me hanging on   
Em
As long as you're holding me  
D7              E7
I know I can't go wrong

Repeat #3            

Em
There's no chance of doing better   
D7
Or finding someone new          
Em
Cause the truth is they don't make 'em    
D7          E7
Any better than you

Repeat #3

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San Antonio Girl 

Since I first saw you I've been thinkin' about you
And now I'm out here on the highway goin' crazy without you
I can't help but want you girl, you're young and you're pretty
But somehow I can't see you up in New York City

I'm gonna leave you alone in your own little world
But won't you be my San Antonio girl
Be my San Antonio girl
Be my, be my, be my, San Antonio girl

Now I know you've heard the stories bout life in the fast lane
What they didn't tell you is you come home on a slow train
I'd just as soon remember you the way that I found you
Dancin' by yourself with the stars all around you

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San Antonio Rose

Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old san antone
Where in dreams i live with a memory
My rose my rose of san antone

   Lips so sweet and tender like petals fall apart
   Bring back my rose rose of san antone
   Moon in all your spendor know only my heart
   Call back my rose rose of san antone

It was there i found beside the alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit path that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love

Broken song empty words i know
Line in my heart all alone
And that moonlit path by the alamo
And rose my rose of san antone

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Sand Mountain Blues

Standing by the railroad waiting for a train
I'm gonna catch that midnight train and never come back again
It's a lonesome feeling, Sand Mountain blues

I went to the gypsy just to hear what she would say
She said, that girl don't love you and you'd better be on your way
You're gonna be sorry for breaking my heart

I don't know where to go, any old place will do
I'm leaving old Sand Mountain, just getting away from you
You're gonna be sorry for breaking my heart

There's other girls around here and I could love 'em too
But every time I saw you, it'd make me sad and blue
It's a lonesome feeling, Sand Mountain blues

When it makes you lonesome to hear that freight train blow
Then you will know I'm riding, but I didn't want to go
It's a lonesome feeling, Sand Mountain blues

When it's raining on Sand Mountain, and raining kind of slow
Then maybe you'll remember and ?? you make me go
You're gonna be sorry for breaking my heart

I am just a poor boy, and work's my middle name
I guess that's why you said goodbye, but I love you just the same
You're gonna be sorry for breaking my heart

If you ever need me, then maybe I'll come back
I hear that train a-coming, just coming down the track
It's a lonesome feeling, Sand Mountain blues

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Carolina Chocolate Drops 
Sandy Boys

Somebody stole my ol' coon dog, wish they'd bring him back
Run those [?] over the fence and the little ones through the cracks

Hey, sandy boys
Get along, I say
Hey, sandy boys
Waitin' for the brink of day

Hey, sandy boys
Hey, get along, I say
Hey hey, sandy boys
Waitin' for the brink of day

Hey, sandy boys
Hey, get along, I say
Hey hey, sandy boys
Jenny, won't you come along, too?

Take it home!

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Dolly Parton - Sandy's Song lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Sometimes I think of you, and tears fill my eyes
To think of the meaning you've given my life
You've touched me in places no one ever reached
You've given me reason and cause to believe
You are my rainbow; you've colored my life
And you are my sunshine; I'm warm in your light
You are my fountain that never runs dry
You're my inspiration, my reason to try
I'll love you ?til green grass turns lavender blue
And all the stars fall from heaven and vanish like dew
?Til horses and chariots chase down the wind
That's when I'll leave you, I'll love you ?til then
I'll love you ?til green grass turns lavender blue
And all the stars fall from heaven and vanish like dew
?Til horses and chariots chase down the wind
That's when I'll leave you, I'll love you ?til then
I'll love you ?til green grass turns lavender blue
And all the stars fall from heaven and vanish like dew
?Til horses and chariots chase down the wind
That's when I'll leave you, I'll love you ?til then
That's when I'll leave you, yes
I'll leave you then
I'll need you ?til then
I'll love you ?til then...


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Sanguine
The Avett Brothers

Make me sanguine
Help me genuinely
Kill the doubt that strangles myself worth
Paint the picture that I swore I heard

Spiritless and mean
Ghost that comes between
I will keep my wits about myself
Disregard directions sent from hell

When it brings the gleam
Longer lasting than me
Oh my love but we are bound to die
My heart is broke but you won't hear me cry
Oh my love but we are bound to die
My heart is broke but you won't see me

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Santa Can't Stay
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
A cold tear fall from his eyes                                    
 D7
As he turns into the night and walks away
Lucille runs outside
                               G
Just to see if there might be a sleigh
Little Bobby he stares down
                   G7            C
At the plate where cookies still lay    
G
And tries to understand
D7                         G
Why momma said Santa can't stay
C          D7          G
Momma said Santa can't stay        
 C        D7               G
Said she told him that twice yesterday      
C             D7    G                    Em
Then a car just like dad's pulled out and drove away      
C                         D7
After momma said Santa couldn't stay    
G
They both heard him coming                                     
D7
Saw mom run down the hall and holler wait
Doug you're drunk don't come inside
q                                       G
I'm not joking I've had all this I can take
He threw a present really hard                          
G7        C
That almost hit mom's new boyfriend Ray           
G
And yelled ho-ho lucky for you she's here    
D7                    G
And said that Santa can't stay

Repeat #3 x3

G          D7          G
Momma said Santa can't stay

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Santa Claus And Popcorn
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G
Santa Claus and popcorn
D7
Jingle bells and reindeer horns
G                         C
Christmas trees and mistletoe
G              D7     G
Jesus loves me this I know


Carols singing Silent Night
D7
Crosby dreams of Christmas white
G                               C
We celebrate cause the King was born
G          D7           G
With Santa Claus and popcorn


Children dancing round the tree
D7
Sleigh bells ringing merrily
G                            C
Snowballs flying through the air
G            D7   G
Happiness is everywhere


Carolers singing Silent Night
D7
Crosby dreams of Christmas white
G                                C
We celebrate 'cause the King was born
G          D7           G
With Santa Claus and popcorn

Repeat #1,2,1

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Dolly Parton - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town lyrics

Oh! You better watch out,
you better not cry,
you better not pout,
I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town!
He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
gonna find out who's naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town!
He sees you when you're sleeping,
he knows when you're awake.
He knows when you've been bad or good,
so be good for goodness sake!
So...You better watch out, You better not cry
You better not pout, I'm Telling you why.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Little tin horns, little toy drums.
Rudy-toot-toot and rummy tum tums.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Little toy dolls that cuddle and coo,
Elephants, boats and Kiddie cars too.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
The kids in Girl and boy land
will have a jubilee.
They're gonna build a toy land town
all around the Christmas tree.
Ohh....You better watch out, you better not cry.
You better not pout, I'm telling you why.
Santa Claus is coming to town.


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Santa Rosa
Kenny Loggins

Seems like 10 years ago
Though today my mind is slow
Me and Mickey Craig were running west from Idaho
Robbed a bank to get some bread
Seems like 15 men lay dead
In a path that led us straight to Santa Rosa

Now and then ol' Mick'd say
Boy at home you should of stayed
Than to follow me and learn the life of looking back
But he'd spit and slap his side
Just to see if he's alive
Then he'd sing his banjo song of Santa Rosa

He said whoa-oh, singing oh Santa Rosa
Whoa-oh, high and low-oh-oo
Then one day, sang ol' Craig,
I'll be free to go my way
And be standing by the bay at Santa Rosa

Now one time late at night
Mickey lit no fire light
Cause he feared the posse close behind might flush us out
But he picked a bit 'fore sleep
To the tune of Cripple Creek
He was murdered by a man from Santa Rosa

And he sang whoa-oh, singing oh Santa Rosa
whoa-oh, singing oh Santa Rosa
whoa-oh, high and low-o-o
Til I come once again with my banjo pickin' friend
We'll be oh high and low in Santa Rosa


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Alan Jackson - Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck lyrics

Well I've been sorta worried
About Santa Claus this year
Cause we live way down south
And it didn't snow down here
But I'm telling you not to worry
Cause I just got the word
Everybody listen closely
And I'll tell you what I heard
Santa's comin in a pickup
Instead of his trusty sleigh
He'll have a truck instead of reindeer
To carry him on his way
Cause the weatherman had some problems
He couldn't get snow you see
Santa's gonna come in a pickup truck
When he visits you and me
Santa can't bring his reindeer
He'll leave them far away
But don't you worry 'bout him
He's gonna be here Christmas day
He's got a big red pickup
With four-wheel drive and all
And there's gonna be a Merry Christmas
A Merry Christmas for all
Santa's gonna come in a pick up truck
When he visits you and me


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Sante Fe Train

I think of times when I was young
I travelled near and far
It doesn't seem so long ago
I saw the world from a railroad car

For many years rode the line
Through the woods the freight train would roll
'Cross fields of grain muddy river plain
My heart would often go

The engineer's hair is gray
Worn out engine can't even go slow
I listen for the lonesome sound
Can't you hear that whistle blow?

I spy ten boxcars silent and still
They remind me of yesterday
Their rusted frames worn and bent
Faded letters read "Santa Fe"

The great steam engines quiet and cold
Metal chimes in the howling wind
The boiler's busted whistle cracked
Never hear her blow again

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The Avett Brothers - Satan Pulls The Strings 

Baby's in the cradle, Mama's in the bed
Sparrow's on the windowsill and the devil's in my head.
Devil's in my head mama, devil's in my head
Baby's in the cradle and the devil's in my head
When the winter yields to summertime
The whipperwill she sings
My heart is in the puppet box and Satan pulls the strings
Satan pulls the strings mama, Satan pulls the strings
My heart is in the puppet box and Satan pulls the strings
Well the front beat's in my brother, Lord
And the back beat's in me
God is in the song and the devil's in my feet
Lord, devil's in our feet, mama devil's in our feet
God is in the song and the devil's in our feet

Mama's cooking something up, serving to us all
Satan's ringing in now and I gotta take the call
Gotta take the call, boys, gotta take the call
Satan's ringing in now and I gotta take the call
Gotta take the call, boys, gotta take the call
Satan's ringing in now and I gotta take the call

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The Avett Brothers - Satan Pulls The Strings - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

Baby's in the cradle
Mama's in the bed
Sparrow's on the windowsill
And the Devil's in my head
Devil's in my head, mama
Devil's in my head
Baby's in the cradle
And the Devil's in my head
When winter yeilds to summertime
Whipoorwill she sings
My heart is in the puppet box
And Satan pulls the strings
Satan pulls the strings, mama
Satan pulls the strings
My heart is in the puppet box
And Satan pulls the strings
The front beat's in my brother, Lord
And the back beat's in me
God is in the song
And the Devil's in our feet
Devil's in our feet, mama
Devil's in our feet
God is in the song
And the Devil's in our feet
Mama's cooking something up to serve it to us all
Satan's ringing in now
And I gotta take the call
Gotta take the call, boys
Gotta take the call
Satan's ringing in now
And I gotta take the call
Gotta take the call, boys
Gotta take the call
Satan's ringing in now
And I gotta take the call...

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Satan's Jeweled Crown
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Edgar Edens

C               G7                   C 
Now if I were a queen and a ruler of nations
F                           C
With diamonds and jewels profound 
                G7                 C 
Well I'd rather know that I had salvation
                G7                            C
Than to know my reward would be Satan's jewel crown
              G7                    C
Satan's jewel crown I've worn it so long
F                               C
But God for my soul has reached down
                G7                  C 
His love set me free he made me His own
                   G7                C     
And helped me cast off Satan's jewel crown
                   G7                 C
Oh the life that I live so sinful and needless
F                    C 
Drinking and running around
                      G7                     C 
All the things that I do for the love of the devil
          G7                           C
I know my reward will be Satan's jewel crown
              G7                    C
Satan's jewel crown I've worn it so long
F                               C
But God for my soul has reached down
                G7                  C 
His love set me free He made me His own
                   G7                C     
And helped me cast off Satan's jewel crown

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Dolly Parton - Satan's River lyrics

Satan's got river (Satan's got river deep and wide) so deep and wide
Satan's got a river and it's so deep and wide
And he's got folks a swimming (he's got folks a swimming) in the warm smooth tire
But some day Satan's river
(Yes some day Satan's river is gonna run dry) it's gonna run dry
What was once a smooth river hot lava will make the tide
Stay clear of Satan's river heaven's on either side
Big yachts are sailing Satan's river so smooth
Never stopping of thinking about God's golden rule
When the river starts to sinking they'll cry I've been a fool
Satan's got river deep and wide Satan's got river and it's so deep and wide
And he's got folks a swimming in the warm smooth tide
Satan's got river...


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Satan's Jewel Crown

If I could be king or a ruler of nations
With diamonds and jewels profound
I'd rather know that I had salvation
Then to know my reward was Satan's jewel crown

   Satan's jewel crown I've worn it so long
   But God for my soul has reached down
   His love set me free He made me his own
   And helped me cast off Satan's jewel crown

This life that I've lived so sinful and evil
Drinking and running around
All the things that I do, for the love of the devil
I know my reward is Satan's jewel crown

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Dolly Parton - Satin Sheets lyrics

Chorus:
Satin sheets to lie on
Satin pillows to cry on
Still I'm not happy don't you see
Big long Cadillacs, tailor maids upon my back
Still I want you to set me free
I've found another man
Who can give more than you can
Though you've given me everything that money can buy
But your money can't hold me tight
Like he does on a long long night
No, you didn't keep me satisfied
Repeat Chorus Twice
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Satin sheets to lie on


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Dolly Parton - Satisfied lyrics
(Martha Carson)

If you ask me if i'm happy
For I have peace within
If I'm worried about tomorrow
When I reach my journey's end
I'm satisfied with my Jesus
When he knocks I let him in
He'll go with me through the valley
For I know he is my friend
Chorus:
Satisfied, Satisfied
No trouble can ever get me down
When my eyes shall close in death
With my Jesus I'll be at rest
Then you'll know I'm satisfied
When my friends all forsake me
When they turn me from their door
If they sow no seedsof kindness
Make the thorns in my path grow
It won't matter over yonder
When I reach the other side
I'm gonna sit down with my Jesus
And then you'll know I'm satisfied
Repeat Chorus
When my eyes shall close in death
With my Jesus I'll be at rest
Then you'll know I'm satisfied


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Satisfied Mind

How many times have you heard someone say
If I had his money I'd do things my way
But little they know that it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind

Once I was winning in fortune and fame
I had all that I needed to get a start in life's game
Then suddenly it happened, I lost every dime
I'm better off now, with a satisfied mind

Cause money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonesome, or a love that's grown cold
And the wealthiest person is a pauper at times
Compared to the man with a satisfied mind

When this life is ended, my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave, there's no doubt
But one thing for certain, when I've served my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind

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The Incredible String Band - Saturday Maybe 

Factory chimney cough yellow smoke
Trucks and trains go rumbling
Throw down your key from your window high
Your man's out drinking

Neighbors thinking evil
Lead by the the lights of your electric fire
Your gray slips falls around your feet
And across the sheet your nut brown curls go tumbling

We don't have long before he comes home from the bar
I'll be gone a week of Sundays
Meet me by the bronze horse or the clock tower
Try to come Friday, Saturday maybe
Don't cry now you'll freak the baby

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Save It ! Save It !

   Got anything good you better save it save it
   Got anything good you better save it save it
   Got anything good you better save it save it
   Baby I might need it some day

They say your cooking is the best in town
Everybody's been talking around
If it's so I'm a'coming to town
I'll let you turn my damper down

You roll your stockings to your knees
Strut around dear as you please
Cuddle up like a turtle dove
If you don't stop you'll flub your dub

There'll come a day when you're old and gray
When all your friends have strayed away
Then I'll look at you and say
You had it but it got away

Now stop your honky tonking around
Stop your painting up the town
Change your way from what you did
If you don't stop I'll blow my lid

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Dolly Parton - Save The Last Dance For Me lyrics

You can dance
Every dance with the girl who gives you the eye
Let her hold you tight
You can smile
Every smile for the girl who'd like to treat you right
'Neath the pale moonlight
But don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin' save the last dance for me
Oh I know
That the music's fine like sparklin' wine
Go and have your fun
Dance and sing
But while we're apart, don't give your heart to anyone
Baby don't you know I love you so
Can't you feel it when we touch
I'll never ever let you go
Oh, I love you so much
And don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin', save the last dance for me
You can dance
Go and carry on till the night is gone
And it's time to go
If she asks
If you're all alone, can she take you home
You must tell her no
And don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin', save the last dance for me
And don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin', save the last dance for me


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Save The Whales
Country Joe McDonald

When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store.
Saw him a picture book of a whale, shooting its spout and flashing its tail.

Then he got him a sailor's dream 'bout cruising around on the salty sea,
Joining up with a whaling crew to go out and get him a whale or two.

Tell me what kind of men are these that sail around on the salty seas,
Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbing the deck and sharpening harpoons.

Chorus:
Hooray, up she rises.
Hooray, up she rises.
Hooray, up she rises.
Early in the morning.

Lots of whales in the deep blue sea. We kill them for the industry.
Drag 'em alongside and cut 'em up, too. Melt 'em down and sell it to you.

There hardly is a sailor alive, who can keep a tear from his eye,
As he remembers the good old days when there were no whales to save.

Now we can thank the companies for scouring the deep, blue sea.
Looking for ivory and perfume, and oil to light your living room.

Chorus.

Shanghaied by the light of the moon, put out of Boston in the middle of June.
After six months out at sea, nothing but death and misery.

Set out on a three year cruise, a union ship and union dues,
And after a while you begin to see that whaling's not what it used to be.

You got a modern ship and a modern crew, sonar scopes and exploding harpoons.
A mechanical boat made out of steel, a floating machine to kill the whale.

Chorus.

Repeat First Verse.

Chorus.


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Dolly Parton - Savin` It For You lyrics
(D. Fekaris/D. Loeb)

I've been waiting for so long
For someone who's as wonderful as you
Someone who's kind and always cares
And baby you're the answer to my prayers
You appear and I'm brand new
I love it, hey, I love it 'cause it's you
And for all the sweet things that you do
You got a little present comin' you
You pick me up
You keep me high up in the sky
Honey, yes you, you fill my cup
You keep a shiny and twinkling light in my eye
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you, for you Mister Right
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you Mister Right
All those worries back in town
Forget them 'cause they're nowhere to be found
All you find right here is love
And baby you are what I' ve been dreamin' of
Close the door and feel the fire
I'll love you, hey, I'll love you to the wire
And for the wonders you inspire
You got a little present comin' you
You pick me up
You keep me high up in the sky
Honey, yes you, you fill my cup
You keep a shiny and twinkling light in my eye
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you, for you Mister Right
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you Mister Right
Let's say hello a special way
Lovers who love and love to play
You have been all that I can think about
There's never a doubt it's you
And you alone that turns me on
Anticipation now is gone
And we're alone
So just get comfy and, oh yeah, unplug the phone
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you, for you Mister Right
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you Mister Right
Savin' it for you
I've been savin' it, savin' it, savin' it for you
Savin' it for you
Been savin' it for you Mister Right


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Richard Thompson - Saving the Good Stuff for You Lyrics

I've seen trouble from every direction
My old head is peppered with grey
I could never resist life's temptations
They just seemed to fall in my way
I've had wives and I treated them badly
And maybe a lover or two
All the time, I didn't know it
I was saving the good stuff for you

I was saving the good stuff for you, darling
Saving the good stuff for you
There was some part of me who knew, darling
To save the good stuff for you

And I even thought on occasion
It was love that was making me blue
Some kind of love, well, I called it love
Maybe fatal attraction will do
Well, I got it all out of my system
My heart it is tested and true
All the time, I didn't know it
I was saving the good stuff for you

I was saving the good stuff for you, darling
Saving the good stuff for you
There was some part of me who knew, darling
To save the good stuff for you

I'm glad that you never did know me
When I was out of control
I was hollow right there in the middle
Some people got sucked in the hole
But I cut myself loose from the old ways
And you're all that I'm clinging to
All the time, I didn't know it
I was saving the good stuff for you

I was saving the good stuff for you, darling
Saving the good stuff for you
There was some part of me who knew, darling
To save the good stuff for you
Well I was saving the good stuff for you

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Alison Krauss - Sawing on the Strings Lyrics

Way back in the mountains Way back in the hills
There used to live a mountaineer 
They called him Fiddlin' Will
He could play most anything
And some say he could sing
But the one thing that he liked to do best
Was sawing on the strings

So get out the fiddle
And rosin up the bow
Look at ol' Will a pattin' his toe
We'll make music til the rafters ring
All that pickin' and a sawin on the strings

When the neighbors had a shindig
And they all had vittles to eat
We'd always have to wait on Will
For the frolic to be complete
When he comes down from the mountain
All the gals began to sway
Sometimes he'd pick that ol' 5-string
Until the break of day

So tune up the 5-string
Tighten up the hide
Tell all the young folks to get inside
We'll make music til the rafters ring
All them pickin' and a sawing on the string

So tune up the 5-string
Tighten up the hide
Tell all the young folks to get inside
We'll make music til the rafters ring
All them pickin' and a sawing on the string

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Sawin' on the Strings

Way back in the mountains way back in the hills
There used to live a mountaineer they called him fiddlin' Will
He could play most anything and some say he could sing
But the one thing that he liked to do best was sawing on the strings

So get out the fiddle and rosin up the bow
Look at ol' Will a tappin' his toe
We'll make music til the rafters ring
Old man pickin' and a sawin' on the strings

When the neighbors had a shindig and they all had viddles to eat
We'd always have to wait on Will for the frolic to be complete
When he comes down from the mountain all the gals began to sway
Sometimes he'd pick that ol' 5 string until the break of day

So tune up the five string tighten up the hide
Tell all the young folks to get inside
We'll make music til the rafters ring
Old man pickin' and a sawin on the strings

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Sawmill Town
BMI Work #: 9228008
Sawmill Town (Larry W. Jones 11/03/2007) (song#5138)

A sawmill town on a dead end street
You're nowhere around and I can't sleep
With you still on my mind
Dear, I still dream of you, it's true
I know he bought you a diamond ring
I'm sure he can buy you fancy things
But he can't buy true love
The kind of love I have for you
The kind of love I have for you
Would have lasted endlessly
We planned a life of man and wife
But that now can never be
I know he bought you a diamond ring
I'm sure he can buy you fancy things
That you won't find in a sawmill town
But he can't buy true love
His will only be hand-me-downs
- instrumental -
Remember you came from a sawmill town
Bright lights came from the sawdust burning low
It's just a little sawmill town, I know
But it's here you will find real love can grow
You might live in a mansion on a hill
But you will still be blue
Cause he can't buy true love
The kind of love I have for you
Remember you came from a sawmill town
Bright lights came from the sawdust burning low
It's just a little sawmill town, I know
But it's here you will find real love can grow


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Say Darlin Say

Say little darlin won't you marry me
Live in a holler neath the old oak tree
Say darlin say
In the old oak tree we'll make our home
Never more in this world to roam
Say darlin say

Say little darlin if you were mine
You wouldn't do nothing but starch and iron
Say darlin say
Starch and iron would be your trade
I'd get drunk and lay in the shade
Say darlin say

Say little darlin won't you marry me
Live in a holler neath the old oak tree
Say darlin say
Live in the holler neath the old oak tree
Children bouncin' on daddy's knee
Say darlin say

Hush little darling don't say a word
Poppa's gonna buy you a mocking bird
Say darlin say
If that mocking bird don't sing
Poppa gonna buy you a diamond ring
Say darlin say

If that diamond ring is brass
I'm gonna buy you a looking glass
Say darlin say
If that looking glass gets broke
Poppa gonna buy you a billy goat
Say darlin say

If that billy goat won't pull
Poppa's gonna buy you a cart and bull
Say darlin say
If that cart and bull falls down
You're still the sweetest baby in town
Say darlin say

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Dolly Parton - Say Forever You'll Be Mine lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton

Say forever you'll be mine
Forever is the love that is filled with understanding
Forever is the love that is true and undemanding
Forever is the love that can stand the test of time
Forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Trouble clouds may fill our skies
It might even rain awhile
But the rain will go away
There's always a brighter day
Darling, I won't promise you
That we'll be happy all the time
But forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Say forever you'll be mine, forever I am yours
And I'll do anything that you ever ask me to
And I'll do what you want me to
Darling, I won't promise you
That we'll be happy all the time
But forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Say forever you'll be mine
Forever is the love that is filled with understanding
Forever is the love that is true and undemanding
Forever is the love that can stand the test of time
Forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Trouble clouds may fill our skies
It might even rain awhile
But the rain will go away
There's always a brighter day
Darling, I won't promise you
That we'll be happy all the time
But forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine
Say forever you'll be mine, forever I am yours
And I'll do anything that you ever ask me to
And I'll do what you want me to
Darling, I won't promise you
That we'll be happy all the time
But forever I am yours, say forever you'll be mine


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Say Hello
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Pete Wasner and Vince Gill

G                        C                  D7
I walk down these lonely streets and try to find you
   C                               D7
In all the same old places we used to go
        G                  C              D7
And the old friends that I meet still ask about you
         C            D7          G
And they tell me if I see you say hello
    G7                             C
Say hello to the arms that used to hold me
        A7                                  D7
Hold me close when those chilly winds would blow
    G              G7                C
Say hello with the lips that used to kiss me
    D7                           G
And whisper in my ear I love you so
               C                  D7
I remember the night when I first met you
  C                               D7
I knew that I could never let you go
    G              C      D7
Now I can't find a way to forget you
         C           D7           G
I'd give anything to hear you say hello
    G7                             C
Say hello to the arms that used to hold me
        A7                                  D7
Hold me close when those chilly winds would blow
    G              G7                C
Say hello with the lips that used to kiss me
    D7                           G
And whisper in my ear I love you so 
         D7                       G
I'd give anything to hear you say hello

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Say It's Not You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier

G               D7          G
Darling there's talk around town 
                G7           C
Bout a girl who spreads love around
                                G
With soft lips and eyes crystal blue 
                     D7
Darling say it's not you
     G            D7       G
They say that she comes in alone 
               G7              C
And stays till self respect is gone
                                       G
And each night she leaves with someone new 
        D7           G
Darling say it's not you
   C                              G
At first what they said it didn't hurt me 
  D7                     G
Until they mentioned her name
    C                         G
And then slowly the tears overtook me 
                   E7             A7   D7
Cause her name and yours were the same
G                   D7          G
Each night till the breaking of dawn 
                 G7             C
I'm praying that you're not the one
                              G
Tell me lies but say it's not true 
        D7           G
Darling say it's not you
        D7           C  G
Darling say it's not y-ou

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Say Won't You Be Mine

Can't you hear the nightbirds crying
Can't you hear that lonesome dove
Sayin' won't you come back darling
To the only one you love

   Meet me out on the mountain
   Underneath the lonesome pine
   Where we vowed we'd love each other
   Darlin' say won't you be mine

Where the mountain laurels blooming
And the wildwood blossom grow
There we vowed to love each other
In our childhood long ago

Then I left my little darling
Lord I've rambled for too long
Many times I prayed to see her
Now I'm on my way back home

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Say You'll Take Me Back

I'm ready now to settle down
All my travelin' days are over
Darlin' Darlin' oh my love
Say you'll take me back once more

Another's love has wrecked my life
She stole my love for you away
And now I beg you to forgive
And take me in your heart to stay

Your lovin' heart has turned to stone
I know your love for me is cold
But now I need you oh so much
To love with all my heart and soul

I'm ready now to settle down
All my travelin' day's are o'er
Darlin' darlin' oh my love
Say you'll take me back once more

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Scarborough Fair / Canticle
Arr. Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needlework
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

Tell her to find me an acre of land
(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Washes the ground with so many tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strand
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And to gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine


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Scarlet Purple Robe

There's a story so unkind in the Holy book we find
And it tells how Jesus stood alone one day
False accused and there condemned yet they found no fault with Him
The man who wore the scarlet purple robe

Purple robe my Savior wore oh the shame for me he bore
As He stood alone, forsaken on that day
And they placed upon His head piercing thorns and blood stained red
His raiment was a scarlet purple robe

In the common judgment hall he was mocked and scorned by all
And a tear of sorrow fell upon His cheek
Soldiers of the wicked man smote Him with their evil hand
The Man who wore the scarlet purple robe

Words of truth that day were plain from the lips of Pilot came
In this man I find no reason He should die
But the multitudes replied let Him now be crucified
The man who wore the scarlet purple robe

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Alison Krauss - Scarlet tide

When i recall his parting words
Must i accept his bade or take myself far from this place
I thought i heard a black bell toll
A little bird did sing, man has no choice
When he wants everything

Chorus:-
We'll rise above the scarlet tide
That trickles down through the mountain
And separates the widow from the bride

Man goes beyond his own decision
Kids caught up in the mechanism
Of swindlers who act like kings
And brokers who brake everything
But dark of night was swiftly fading
Close to the dawn of day
Why would i want him just to lose him again

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

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School House On The Hill

Fond memory paints us scenes of other years
We need our memories still
And Christ amid those joyous seats and chairs
The school house on the hill

   Oh the school house that stands upon the hill
   I never never can forget
   Dear happy days they gather round me still
   I never no never can forget

There hangs a swing up on the maple tree
Where you and I once swung
There flows the spring forever flowing free
As when we both were young

There climbs the vines and there the berries grow
Which once we prized so high
And there the ripe sun glistened in the grove
Of rich October skies

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Scorn Of A Lover
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent

C                           F           C
You told me you loved me on our wedding day
                G7        C
And promised to always be true
                        F            C
But it wasn't long till you were out looking
              G7       C
Searching for somebody new
                               F           C
With your dancing and drinking out running around
               G7           C
Destroying our love and our vows
                           F           C
You turned the gossip into cold honest truth
                G7          C
And made us the talk of the town
        F                           C
There's nothing like the scorn of a lover
                                       G7
It's a hurt that breaks heart mind and soul
      C                     F             C
He'll poison your life with deception and lies
                 G7         C
And leave you so lonely and cold
                      F          C
I had such visions of being your wife
                 G7              C
I thought all my dreams had come true
                         F          C
It felt like I found the end of the rainbow
                G7       C
The moment that I said I do
                               F                C
You turned love to hatred with your wild wicked ways
                       G7        C
All the pleasures that money can buy
                              F             C
Now I'm left to live with the heartache and rumors
             G7            C
Left here to grieve and to cry
repeat #3 x2

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Scottish Settler's Lament
A. Glendinning

Awa' wi' Canada's muddy creeks and Canada's fields of pine
This land of wheat's a goodly land, but oh, it is not mine
The heathy hill, the grassy dale, the daisy-spangled lea
The purling burn and craggy linn old Scotland's glens give me

Oh I would like tae hear again the lark on Tinnie's hill
Or see the wee bit gowanie that blooms beside the rill
Like banished Swiss who views afar his Alps with longing e'e
I gaze upon the morning star that shines on my country

No more I'll win by Eskdale Glen or Pentland's craggy combe
Those days can ne'er come back again of thirty years that's gone
But fancy oft ae midnight hour will steal across the sea
And yester eve in a pleasant dream I saw the old country

Each well-known scene that met my view brought childhood's joys to mind
The blackbird sang on Tushie Linn the song he sang Lang Syne
But like a dream time flies away again the morning came
And I awoke in Canada three thousand miles frae hame


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Sea Of Regret

The day I first met you my heart spoke to me
There is the angel you see in your dreams
And I know it must be for the way that I feel
Your only a dream girl I know your not real

   When you walked away my heart went with you
   You stole it from me the day that we met
   And now I must live my life in sorrow
   No home just a drifter on the sea of regret

The love that you promised to me on that day
Is now gone forever like the vows that you made
My heart is so empty its easy to tell
Like a ship on the ocean I'm lost without sail

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The Incredible String Band - Seagull 

Cold morning sun to show me where I spent the night
Sun can you find through porthole on the anchored sea me
Then I'm walking on the prom deck asking the sky
Oh, someone won't you hear my cry
Come and stop my questioning, stop my lie
And maybe give me a sign to show me it's alright

Seagull come fly me your song your high song

It's very true there's nothing to complain of here
You know I've tried and not found an enemy to fear here
There's safety in the warm thoughts all around me
Adventure in the strange port quay
But still a questioning in the quiet of me
Why do I need a sign to show me it's alright

Seagull come fly me your song your high song
All right, out on the rolling, rolling sea now

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Searching for a Soldiers Grave

You ask me stranger why I made this journey
Why I crossed three thousand miles of rolling waves
Like many others my love was killed in action
So I'm here I'm searching for his grave

Somewhere among these many thousands
Of our Americans who died true and brave
That's where I know I'll find him resting
So I'm here I'm searching for his grave

Beside each cross mark here all around me
I'll kneel down and gladly pray a prayer
For all other loved ones back home across the ocean
Whose heart like mine is buried over here

Somewhere among these many thousands
Of our Americans who died true and brave
That's where I know I'll find him resting
So I'm here I'm searching for his grave

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Seasons In The Sun (Adieu Emile)
Rod McKuen / Jacques Brel

Adieu. Emmile, my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we'd climb lills and trees
Learned of love and ABC's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees

Chorus:
Adieu, Emile, it's hard to die
With all the birds singing in the sky
Now that spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
When you see me I'll be there
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills we would climb
Were just seasons out of time

Adieu, Papa, please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too mucn song
Wonder how I got along

Chorus

Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife
Without you I'd have lived a lonely life
You cheated lots of times, but then
I forgave you in the end
Though your lover was my friend

Chorus

(Adieu, Emile... Adieu, Papa... Adieu, Francoise...)


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Seasons Of The Heart

The seasons of the heart can't last forever
And an autumn chill lies in the summer breeze
My love for you is like a raging river
That even the dead of winter cannot freeze 

   Perhaps our pathways will branch around the next bend
   And never more I'll feel your warm embrace
   But I'll hold you close forever in my heart, dear
   And in every lover's eyes I'll see your face. 

I've heard for everything there is a season
And I've come to see that winter heralds spring
So if we have to part I'll try not to regret it
For the love we shared will brighten every thing 

When my last breath on earth is taken
And all my rivers flow down to the sea
I only hope for me it can be written
That I tried to be the best that I could be

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Dolly Parton - Second Best lyrics

(Though I'm only second best you're still first with me)
I tried to make you love me I've done everything I could
I thought if I tried long enough maybe someday that you would
But there was someone else before me and it's her you're lovin' still
And I know no matter what I'd do I'm only second best
Only second best that's all I will ever be
Even though I'm second best you're still first with me
And I'll be loving you when they fall my hand I guess
I love you even though I know I'm only second best
I know you've tried to love me and I'd hope you would in time
I know that when you're holding me it's her that's on your mind
Now I know you can't get over her but I love you nonless
But it makes no difference what I'd do I'm only second best
Only second best...
I love you even though I know I'm only second best


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Second Cup Of Coffee
Gordon Lightfoot

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day
I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way
And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone
I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day
The room was filled with laughs as we sang the night away
But my sleep was filled with dreaming of the wrongs that I had done
And the gentle sweet reminder of a daughter and a son

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home
You never know when they'll come dropping in
Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls
Too young to understand how love begins

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the dawn
The radio is playing a soft country song
And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone
I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done

Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home
They never were around when I needed them
Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls
Too young to understand how love begins

I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day
I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way
And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone
I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done

And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone
I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done


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Second Handed Flowers
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Tom T. Hall

C                      F            C
I was working in Miami for a day or two
F         C                              G7
I decided I'd look up a girl that I once knew
C                                       F              C
I bought some flowers and went to see a girl I used to know
F               C                 G7           C
The lady at her door said she had married long ago
                                            F           C
Times will change and towns will change but there I was alone
F             C                            G7
When suddenly I wondered would Susie be at home
C                                F                 C
So with the flowers in my hand I walked toward her gate
F                  C              G7                  C
Someone touched me on the arm and said you'll have to wait
                                 F             C
Then I noticed there were people standing in a line
F                 C                                G7
Some of them were holding pretty flowers just like mine
C                             F                C
They explained that Susie had been in an awful crash
F                 C              G7              C
Doctors said that she had just a little while to last
                              F                 C
When I walked into her room I felt the sense of shame
F                 C                            G7
But I heard Susie whisper I'm awfully glad you came
C                                F              C
She had been the girl that I had always gone to see
F                   C         G7                 C
When someone that I cared for had been untrue to me
                                 F                C
I handed her the flowers and she gently kissed my hand
F                 C                               G7
She said don't be embarrassed for you know I understand
C                               F                C
I said goodbye and as I bent to kiss her fevered brow
F                   C                 G7            C
I heard her whisper thank you for the second handed flowers

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Secret Of The Waterfall

   Down by the waterfall
   Where the waters run so cool
   There no secrets ever fall
   From the lips of the fool

Jeniffer was seventeen the same age as I
She had lived next door to us since we were five
She knew I loved her dearly, I told her many times
And I looked forward to the day that she would be all mine

One more year of school we thought, then wedding bells would ring
But the hand of fate has ways of changing everything
I walked upon the two of them down by the waterfall
Jeniffer and Jimmy Jones they saw me not at all

Jimmy Jones was married and had a family
And I just couldn't understand why they did this to me
Both were scared but all they thought I'd do was tell his wife
Their faces turned to masks of fear before I took their life

People thought that Jeniffer just up and ran away
Jimmy Jones who disappeared is a mystery today
Many years has passed but bitterly I still recall
And only I alone know what's behind the waterfall

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Billy Strings 
Secrets

It's something cold like what I stuck around to fight through
And it gets feeling tougher every day
I feel like everybody likes to run their mouth but
Can't decide on what it is they're tryin' to say
There's nothing wrong with hearing voices
Even when they're in your dreams
And if you'd listen in tomorrow could be better than it seems

I used to think I couldn't even count my blessings
But now I know they're few and far between
And when I look at my reflection in the mirror
I can see some man I've never even seen
The wasted life I left behind me
Was just a war I couldn't win
I'm the devil's guest of honor that's the best it's ever been

Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I'd rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

I know a man whose pain is heavy like an anchor
And it drags him to the bottom of the sea
His cloudy eyes are often lost behind a daydream
Or frozen in some broken memory
I've never heard him speak about what happened
He'll never say what laid him low
There are secrets that we carry that are ours to bare alone

You said a love that's kept in secret dies in darkness
And a soul needs to confess to be set free
So I'm lifting back the cover of my heart, dear
And hoping that you'll do the same for me
It's not too pretty, but it's open
It's the only way I know to tell you true
I'd walk the world alone before I'd ever walk away from you

Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I'd rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

If you can link your value to your wallet or a key chain
Or a locked wrought iron fence around your yard
Living check to check, a skinny tie around your neck
On stolen time and borrowed numbers off a card
You blink and life is left behind you
There's no escape, that's just a fact
We're all a dollar short and
Every one of us is running out of track
Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I'd rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

Little said is soonest mended
Without a wing a word could fly a 1,000 miles
I'd rather be abandoned or alone
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

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See God's Ark A'movin'

   See God's ark a-movin' see God's ark a-movin'
   Picks me up on my lonely days and carries me through tomorrow

The rain came up hard you know
And the wind began to blow
And I lifted my voice up into the sky
Crying mercy to my soul.

God must have felt my faith
He held me until it was safe
And I never again drew a doubting breath
As he delivered me from my death.

If you can't resist temptation
If you just can't put it down
When the ark sets sail on the rolling sea
You're gonna follow the boat and drown.

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Richard Thompson - See My Friends Lyrics
(Ray Davies)

See my friends,
See my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

See my friends,
See my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

She is gone,
She is gone and now there's no one left
'Cept my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

She just went,
She just went,
Went across the river.

Now she's gone,
Now she's gone,
Wish that I'd gone with her.

She is gone,
She is gone and now there's no one left
'Cept my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

She is gone and now there's no one else to take her place
She is gone and now there's no one else to love
'Cept my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

See my friends,
See my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

See my friends,
See my friends,
Playin' 'cross the river,

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See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask for you
Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask for you
There's just one kind of favor I'll ask for you
You can see that my grave is kept clean

And there's two white horses following me
And there's two white horses following me
I got two white horses following me
Waiting on my burying ground

Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Means another poor boy is under the ground

Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Means another poor boy is dead and gone

And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And I believe what the father told

And there's one last favor I'll ask for you
And there's one last favor I'll ask for you
And just one last favor I'll ask for you
You can see that my grave is kept clean

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See That My Grave Is Kept Green

When I am dead and gone from you darling
When I am laid away in my grave
When my spirit is gone to heaven above
To Him whom my soul will save

   Oh the day will come to you darling
   When no more on earth I'll be seen
   There is one little wish darling grant me
   See that my grave is kept green

   When from this world I go
   Leaving forever the scene
   While others are dead oh will you then
   See that my grave is kept green

Oh the hour of joy is passing
But alas how soon it will fade
Your glances of love are meeting my own
And sunlight will turn to shade

I shall never be happy again my love
Never be happy again
For a girl in her teens don't know what love means
I shall never be happy again

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The Incredible String Band - See Your Face and Know You 

I sit down in the Underground trying to be gay
see the wild grass turn just into hay
I see the magic movement but they don't fly away
bad karma and it ricochets my eye
bad karma round me
the asp and the ashed and the infant of flame
Murgatroyd and Doris and the leper-leaping lame
the sad and the giggly and the black-suit swain
I see your face and know you

Easy as lightning I've laughed in the leaves
and I'd feel like Ali Baba when he quit the forty thieves
I can cruel no more so you cause me to grieve
I see your face and know you
I don't dig hating and I don't like to try

but how can I love you when you want me to die
oh Lord, live and learn
I see your face and know you

I wish I was springtime green as the snow
I'd sprinkle me with growing dust green for to grow
I'd leave here running 'cause walking's too slow
I see your face and know you
oh watch how the light comes new each day
if you learn how to wonder you will know how to pray
oh Lord, live and learn
I see your face and know you.

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Seeds My Daddy Sowed

These are the seeds that my daddy sowed
This is the field that my daddy hoed
These are the crops that blossomed in the fields
That grew from the seeds that my daddy sowed

This is the bank where the money goes
To pay the man that my daddy owes
That sold us the field that blossomed into crops
That grew that from the seeds that my daddy sowed

This is the truth that the farmer knows
At the end of the day you got nothin' to show
Cause the man who owns the bank is the man who owns the fields
Is the man who owns the seeds that my daddy sowed

These are the seeds that my daddy sowed
This is the field that my daddy hoed
These are the crops that blossomed in the fields
That grew from the seeds that my daddy sowed
 

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Send A Message To My Heart
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam with Patty Loveless
Written by Kathy Louvin and Kostas

G                                 D7
Send a message to my heart on the wings of the wind
       Am                    D7         G
Let me hear your sweet voice saying you love me again
                                D7
Even though we're apart I still hold your memory
       Am            D7                          G
Send a message to my heart to keep you here with me
                                      D7
Darling when you're all alone tell me do you think of me
        Am              D7      G
Does my name touch your lips am I still in your dreams
                                       D7
Do your arms reach out for mine in the still of the night
       Am              D7                             G
Do you wish that I was with you when you turn out the lights
repeat #1
                        D7
All these moments alone make me realize
         Am             D7           G
Just how empty this old world is without you in my life
                               D7
Our day is yet to come and our love is so sweet
       Am            D7                          G
Send a message to my heart to keep you here with me
repeat #1
       Am            D7                          G
Send a message to my heart to keep you here with me

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The Osborne Brothers - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On lyrics

Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
(Hank Locklin)
Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too.
Each night while I'm sleeping, oh, so lonely
I share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too.
--- Instrumental ---
Send me the pillow that you dream on
Maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too.
I've waited so long for you to write me
But just a mem'ry's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling, I can dream on it too.
So darling, I can dream on it too...


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Send Me Your Address

A boy was writing his sweetheart
She lived in the valley below
Saying your last love letter
Came more than three weeks ago

He didn't receive no answer
He went down to her home that day
And found she'd been taken to heaven
And this is what he said

    Send me your address from heaven
    So I can write you up there
    Tell me that you still love me
    Tell me that you still care
   
    Mail it on the golden street corner
    As you did on earth here below
    Send me your address from heaven
    So I can write you up there

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Wyatt Rice - Separate Ways

The more I think I know, the less I do
I guess I need a change of attitude
So many times I've thought that I knew best
Guess I'm no better than the rest

The hands of time have proved, that I was wrong
So I'll tell you in this simple song
I'm not asking for your sympathy
I just want you here with me

chorus:
There are times I know
Maybe I should go,
and other times I should stay
We oughta work it out
See what true love's all about
Or go our separate ways

Everybody's got to sing their song
Do what they feel even if it's wrong
And if you're thinking that you know best
Then you're no better than the rest

Maybe time will wipe your tears away
And we can show our love a better day
If someday life should bring us to our knees
Then we'll need some company

repeat chorus twice


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Serenade In Red
BMI Work #: 9223417
Serenade In Red (Larry W. Jones 11/01/2007) (song#5130)

Sometimes I hear a serenade in red
At times I forget all the words it said
But I know it's about a dream that's dead
A dream that died long ago
I tried to get you to return to me
I wrote a serenade, a melody
But dear, you only stayed away instead
Serenade in red I know
Dear, I remember you like yesterday
We danced away on a crowded floor
Darling, that was before you went away
And after you whispered forevermore
My dear, our song of love was once a sigh
Our golden moon turned to blue and then red
On the night you said goodbye
- instrumental -
Dear, I remember you like yesterday
We danced away on a crowded floor
Darling, that was before you went away
And after you whispered forevermore
I tried to get you to return to me
I wrote a serenade, a melody
But dear, you only stayed away instead
Serenade in red
Serenade in red


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Settle Down
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                             C
To live and love her like you can't be proud
          G                            D7
If you've got a partner that loves you now
           C
Don't wait until you're late
   D7                    G
We must give a little to give
 
                        C
Just settle down like a good one should
        G                              D7
All the drifters and the drinkers just ain't no good
       C
Settle down right now 
                   D7                        G
That's when you'll really start beginning to live
 
D7
Settle down before you lose your love
   G
Be nice to the one you're thinking of
      A7                                    D7
Don't drift or drink or two time your sweet heart
            C
Just settle down before you lose a lifelong date
     G
Even though your around her it's not too late
       C
Settle down right now 
                   D7                        G
That's when you'll really start beginning to live
 
                            C
Well now that you know just what is wrong
     G                        D7
Your hearts telling you where you belong
         C
That the one you're with will be
    D7                       G
The last one that's stays so long
Repeat #3

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Seven Bridges Road
Steve Young

There are stars in the southern sky
Southward as you go
There is moonlight and moss in the trees
Down the seven bridges road

I have loved you like a baby
Like some lonesome child
I have loved you in a tame way
And I have loved you wild

Sometimes there's a part of me
Has to turn from you and go
Runnin' like a child beneath warm stars
Down the seven bridges road

There are stars in the southern sky
And if ever you decide you should go
There is a taste of time sweet as honey
Down the seven bridges road
Down the seven bridges road

Note: Steve Young's Web sites lists the third line of the last verse
as "There's a taste of time-sweetened honey", which is also the way
that I transcribed it off of his album, "Rock, Salt & Nails". WH.


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Seven Cent Cotton And Forty Cent Meat

Seven cent cotton and forty cent meat
How in the world can a poor man eat
Flour up high and cotton down low
How in the world can we raise any dough
Clothes worn out, shoes urn down
Old slouch hat with a hole in the crown
Back nearly broken and fingers all sore
Cotton gone down to rise no more

Seven cent cotton and forty cent meat
How in the world can a poor man eat
Mules in the barn, no crops laid by
Corn crib empty and the cow's gone dry
Well water low, nearly out of sight
Can't take a bath on Saturdy night
No use talking, any man is beat
With seven cent cotton and forty cent meat

Seven cent cotton and eight dollar pants
Who in the world has got a chance
We can't buy clothes and we can't buy meat
Too much cotton and not enough to eat
Can't help each other, what shall wo do
I can't explain it so it's up to you
Seven cent cotton and two dollar hose
Guess we'll have to do without any clothes

Seven cent cotton and forty cent meat
How in the world can a poor man eat
Poor getting poorer all around here
Kids coming regular every year
Fatter our hogs, take 'em to town
All we get is six cents a pound 
Vety next day we have to buy it back
Forty cents a pound in a paper sack


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Seven Hillsides

All night I've wrestled Jacob's angels and prayed with Matthew Luke and John
Struggling to find the words to face the task that comes upon the blood red dawn
I've buried men before their time of alcohol and blackened lung
but how to bury seven of these Appalachian miners sons
who stormed the beaches wave on wave and sailed home to these rocky graves
and family plots that bear their names

Tomorrow Ill walk up, seven hillsides
tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
seven sorrows seven sons, seven mothers and every one
will turn to me for the word of God what does this mean
and there I'll stand good book in hand a shepherd to these precious lambs
what will I say what will I say what can I say

To tell the truth Id never thought much about the will of God before
called to preach at seventeen I was in love with fiery words and not much more
The time has come to keep the faith for others shattered by their loss
remind them of a loving God whose son like theirs paid the cost to save a
sad and wicked world through sacrifice our love is heard and pray that I believe
those words
 

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Seven Mile Hill
BMI Work #: 9223419
Seven Mile Hill (Larry W. Jones 11/01/2007) (song#5132)

There are twinkling stars
In the western sky
In Albuquerque still
And there nothing mars
The view from on high
Atop Seven Mile Hill
There I loved a girl for awhile
I guess I love her still
At times I still can see her smile
Atop Seven Mile Hill
Albuquerque is still a part of me
And I will dream until
That sweet New Mexico girl I can see
Atop Seven Mile Hill
- instrumental -
There are twinkling stars
In the western sky
In Albuquerque still
And there nothing mars
The view from on high
Atop Seven Mile Hill
At times I still can see her smile
Atop Seven Mile Hill


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Railroad Earth - Seven Story Mountain 

Oh lord, to see a light, but fail in strrength to follow,
Sometimes it's hard to let it go.

Oh lord, to fail in heart, and each day grow more hollow,
Sometimes I just don't wanna know.

But the road that led me here, it's begun to disappear.
Sometimes I wonder where I am.

Oh lord, to hear a voice, but let it fade and wallow,
Sometimes it's hard to let it to.

Oh lord, to find the words, but keep them in and swallow,
One day the top is gonna blow.

But the road that left me here, it's begun to disappear.
Sometimes I wonder who I am.

Oh lord, to stumble blind, for years without knowing,
Sunrise has burned my eyes again.

Oh lord, to crumble quiet, watching from the silence
Sunrise has burned my eyes again.

It's a seven-story mountain. It's a long, long life we live. Got to find a light and fill my heart again.

It's a seven-story mountain. It's a long, long life ahead. Got to find a voice and fill my throat again

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Nickel Creek - Seven Wonders

When shadows fall, he'll close his eyes
To hear the clocks unwind
Powerless to leash the hands of time

Kingdoms fall, the earth revolves
The rain will come this spring
And nothing he could say would change a thing

"Seven wonders", crowed the man
Knowing six are gone
And how the great illusion lingers on?

He can't enfold, the sun or moon
Or wind within his hand
But count the times he'll shout,"The Great I Am"

With all the while, a Pontiff smile
Veiling his disgrace
At never owning more than second place

"Seven wonders", crowed the man
Knowing six are gone
And how the great illusion lingers on

"Seven wonders", crowed the man
Knowing six are gone
And how the great illusion lingers
All the grand illusion lingers
While the sad confusion lingers on

La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
...

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Seven Years Blues

Just seven years ago today
Was when you said good-bye
It broke my heart to see you go
And yet I could not cry

You kissed me sweet and said good-bye
But I could not believe
That you would ever make me cry
Unwanted and to grieve

The sun is slowly sinking down
To make the close of day
To make the end of seven years
The ending of my way

I had no one to stand by me
To count these bitter tears
I could never live these awful blues
Another seven years

I had waited seven years today
To see your face once more
And if my life could be as long
I'd wait ten thousand more

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Shackles And Chains

On a long lonesome journey I'm going
Oh darling please don't you cry
In these shackles and chains they will take me
To a prison to stay 'til I die

   And at night through the bars I will gaze at the stars
   And dream of your kisses in vain
   A piece of stone I will use for my pillow
   While I'm sleeping in shackles and chains

Put your arms through the bars once my darling
Let me kiss those sweet lips I love best
For in heartache you're my consolation
In sorrow my haven of rest

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Alison Krauss - Shadows

Let me reach out love and touch you, let me hold you for a while
I've been all around the world and how I long to see you smile
There's a shadow on the moon and the waters here below
Do not shine the way they should and I love you, just in case you didn't know

Let it go, let it happen like it happened once before
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe me come and gaze upon the shadow at your door

Won't you lie down by me baby, run your fingers through my hands
I've been all around the town and still I do not understand
Is it me or is it you, or the shadow of a dream
Is it wrong to be in love, could it be the finest love I've ever seen

Set it free, let it happen like it happened once before
It's a bitter wind and it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe me, come and gaze upon the shadow at your door

Please kiss me gently, darling, where the river runs away
From the mountains in the springtime on a blue and windy day
Where there's beauty all around as the shades of nights grow deep
As the morning stars grow dim they will find us in the shadows fast asleep

Let it go, let it happen like it happened once before
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe, me come and gaze upon the shadow at your door


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Shady Grove

   Shady Grove my little miss
   Shady Grove my darling
   Shady Grove my little miss
   I'm going back to Harlan

Every time I walk this road
It's always dark and cloudy
Every time I see that girl
I always tell her howdy

If you see my little miss
If you see my darling
If you see my little miss
Tell her I'm going to Harlan

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Shake My Mother's Hand For Me

When you reach that golden city (golden city)
Friends and loved ones you shall see (you shall see)
When the saints come out to meet you (out to meet you)
Oh shake my mother's hand for me

   Shake my mothers hand and tell her (and then tell her)
   Happy may her spirits be (your spirits be)
   When the saints come out to meet you (out to meet you)
   Oh shake my mother's hand for me

There are times I often wonder
How can all these trials be
Time can't keep me here much longer
Oh shake my mother's hand for me

Over there you'll meet my Savior
Many loved ones you will see
When you've had a talk with Jesus
Oh shake my mother's hand for me

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Richard Thompson - Shaky Nancy Lyrics

Here she comes and there she goes
Nothing on her fingers, nothing on her toes
Why she comes nobody knows
Here comes shaky Nancy

Don't be believing, she melts in your hand
Runs with the tide and she shifts with the sand
She'll send you a message and turn to stone
She's a hard girl, Nancy

One cold morning, ice on the sea
Shaky Nancy, won't you lean on me?
Must mean something, how can you lose?
There's nothing choosy or chancy

Oh, here she comes and there she goes
Nothing on her fingers, nothing on her toes
Why she comes nobody knows
Here comes shaky Nancy

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The Avett Brothers - Shame 
Emotionalism

Okay so I was wrong about
My reasons for us fallin' out
Of love I want to fall back in

My life is different now I swear
I know now what it means to care
About somebody other than myself

I know the things I said to you
They were untender and untrue
I'd like to see those things undo

So if you could find it in your heart
To give a man a second start
I promise things won't end the same

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

Okay so I have read the mail
The stories people often tell
About us that we never knew

But their existence will float away
And just like every word they say
And we will hold hands as they fade

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

I felt so sure of everything
My love to you so well received
And I just strutted around your town
Knowing I didn't let you down
The truth be known, the truth be told
My heart was always fairly cold
Posing to be as warm as yours
My way of getting in your world
But now I'm out and I've had time
To look around and think
And sink into another world
That's filled with guilt and overwhelming

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

And everyone they have a heart
And when they break and fall apart
And need somebody's helping hand

I used to say just let 'em fall
It wouldn't bother me at all
I couldn't help them now I can

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The Avett Brothers - Shame (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Okay so I was wrong about
My reasons for us fallin' out
Of love I want to fall back in

My life is different now I swear
I know now what it means to care
About somebody other than myself

I know the things I said to you
They were untender and untrue
I'd like to see those things undo

So if you could find it in your heart
To give a man a second start
I promise things won't end the same

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

Okay so I have read the mail
The stories people often tell
About us that we never knew

But their existence will float away
And just like every word they say
And we will hold hands as they fade

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

I felt so sure of everything
My love to you so well received
And I just strutted around your town
Knowing I didn't let you down
The truth be known, the truth be told
My heart was always fairly cold
Posing to be as warm as yours
My way of getting in your world
But now I'm out and I've had time
To look around and think
And sink into another world
That's filled with guilt and overwhelming

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

And everyone they have a heart
And when they break and fall apart
And need somebody's helping hand

I used to say just let 'em fall
It wouldn't bother me at all
I couldn't help them now I can

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The Avett Brothers - Shame - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

Okay so I was wrong about
My reasons for us fallin' out
Of love I want to fall back in

My life is different now I swear
I know now what it means to care
About somebody other than myself

I know the things I said to you
They were untender and untrue
I'd like to see those things undo

So if you could find it in your heart
To give a man a second start
I promise things won't end the same

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

Okay so I have read the mail
The stories people often tell
About us that we never knew

But their existence will float away
And just like every word they say
And we will hold hands as they fade

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

I felt so sure of everything
My love to you so well received
And I just strutted around your town
Knowing I didn't let you down
The truth be known, the truth be told
My heart was always fairly cold
Posing to be as warm as yours
My way of getting in your world
But now I'm out and I've had time
To look around and think
And sink into another world
That's filled with guilt and overwhelming

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

And everyone they have a heart
And when they break and fall apart
And need somebody's helping hand

I used to say just let 'em fall
It wouldn't bother me at all
I couldn't help them now I can

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The Country Gentlemen - Shameless 
Artist: The Country Gentlemen
Album: Picking on Garth Brooks

Well I'm shamemeless when it comes to loving you
I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do anything at all

And I'm standing here for all the world to see
Oh baby that's what's left of me
Don't have very far to fall

You know now I'm not a man who's ever been
Insecure about the world I've been livin' in
I don't break easy I have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied

I'm shameless, oh honey I don't have a prayer
Every time I see you standin' there
I go down upon my knees

And I'm changin' swore I'd never compromise
Oh but you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please

You see in all my life I've never found
What I couldn't resist what I couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew
But I can't walk away from you

I have never let anything have this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life my own
And I've made myself a world and it's worked so perfectly
But it's your world now I can't refuse
I've never had so much to lose
Oh I'm shameless

You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything I've ever missed
But I've never been in love like this

It's out of my hands
I'm shameless, I don't have the power now
I don't want it anyhow
So I got to let it go

Oh I'm shameless, shameless as a man can be
You make a total fool of me
I just wanted to you to know

Oh I'm shameless
I just wanted you to know
Oh I'm shameless
Oh I'm down on my knees... shameless

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Richard Thompson - Shane And Dixie Lyrics

Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks
They wanted to be famous like you read in books
Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory

As a bank robber, Shane really hadn't got a clue
He'd end up likely at the end of a noose
Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story

Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die

Shane said to Dixie, we're getting nowhere
But I've a fine idea if you love me, swear
We'll be household names if we only dare, forever

Here's two bullets in my old Carbine
One is yours and the other is mine
Then we'll be happy till the end of time together

Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die

She screams, she swears
She tears her hair
Saying, Shane this time
You've lost your mind

Shane took aim with the 16-bore
And Dixie lay dying down there on the floor
Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired

Shane said, Lord what have I done
But this victory is only halfway won
Then he put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired

Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die

They found the bodies when the neighbors complained
Shane was all over the walls like paint
Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely

Well, they saved her life, they were just in time
And she turned her back on a life of crime
And she married the man who came to type out her story

Oh, the news of the screws most generously gave
The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave
And it looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over

Time went by and the weeds grew high
And hid Shane's grave from the curious eye
And maybe that's why we forget those lines he told her

Fame and love, fame and love
Fame and love will never die

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Billy Strings & Don Julin - Sharecropper's Son
Artist: Billy Strings & Don Julin
Album: Fiddle Tune X

We moved here from Summers when I was fourteen
Worked this poor ground for bacon and beans
The landlord told me that hard times were near
Didn't mean a thing cause they're already here

Daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on a sharecropper's son

Momma's got the fever and the baby's sick too
Poppa's uptown soakin' up that brew
Just out of prison said he ain't going back
Ain't a blood hound in Georgia that can follow his track

Repeat #2

We bought a new mule brought him up from down south
He'd kick the chew of tobacco right out of your mouth
Water in the well is barely out of sight
Can't take a bath on a Saturday night

Repeat #2

Our crops are all wilted no rain day or night
The preacher's here for dinner we ain't got a bite
Eleven in the family ten daughter's and a son
And momma's just told us there'd be another one

Repeat #2

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Brad Paisley - Sharp Dressed Man lyrics

Album: Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top
Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to.
Silk suit, black tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.
Gold watch, diamond ring,
I ain't missin' not a single thing.
And cufflinks, stick pin,
when I step out I'm gonna do you in.
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.
--- Instrumental ---
Top coat, top hat,
I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat.
Black shades, white gloves,
Lookin' sharp and lookin' for love.
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl grazy 'bout a sharp dressed man...


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Brad Paisley - Shattered Glass lyrics

I can picture you the day you were born
Baby girl in your mama's arms, destined for great things
Crazy thing bout an angel like you
All the things you know how to do
And yet the world tries to clip your wings
But you wouldn't let 'em, so baby go get 'em
Bust that ceiling out, the sky's the limit now
The world is changing fast
Rare your head back and roar
Like you ain't ever done before
It's your time at last
All you've been through ain't in vain
Come on baby make it rain down shattered glass
It's kind of fun for a guy like me
Sitting here in your shotgun seat
Watching you leave 'em all in the dust
Because I believe in you
And I wanna see your dreams come true
So bust that ceiling out, the sky's the limit now
Time to make up for the past
Rare your head back and roar
Like you ain't ever done before
I wanna see you kick some ass
I'm so proud to know you, girl
The most beautiful thing in the world is all this shattered glass
No time to waste, gotta make this moment yours
Got a whole lot of history to make up for
So bust that ceiling out, the sky's the limit now
The world is changing fast
All you've been through ain't in vain
Come on baby make it rain down shattered glass


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Dolly Parton - Shattered Image lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I used to sit for hours as a kid
Dangle my feet from an old flat bridge,
Seein? myself in the water below
Shatter my image with the stones I'd throw
I recall a vacant old shack
Down by the edge of the tobaccer patch
A child's reflection in a dirty window
Shatter my image with the stones I'd throw
A long time gone and a long time ago
When I shattered my image with the stones I'd throw
The world is cruel and people are cold
They shatter my image with the stones they throw
Shatter my image with the stones they throw
I'm far from perfect, but I ain't all bad;
It hurts me more than it makes me mad
You gather your stones by stoopin? so low
Then shatter my image with the stones you throw
If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones
Don't shatter my image ?til you look at your own
Look at your reflection in your house of glass
Don't open my closet if your own's full of trash
Stay out of my closet if your own's full of trash
A long time gone and a long time ago
When I shattered my image with the stones I'd throw
The world is cruel and people are cold
They shatter my image with the stones they throw
Shatter my image with the stones they throw
A long time gone and a long time ago
When I shattered my image with the stones I'd throw
The world is cruel and people are cold
They shatter my image with the stones they throw
Shatter my image with the stones they throw
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
Don't shatter my image with the stones you throw
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
You shatter my image with the stones you throw
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
You shatter my image with the stones you throw
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
You shatter my image with the stones you throw
Shatter my image with the stones you throw,
You shatter my image with the stones you throw


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She
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Gram Parsons and Chris Ethridge

C   Em                                Am
She she came from the land of a cotton
                C                   F       C
A land that was nearly forgotten by everyone
        Em                               Am
And she she worked and she slaved so hard
          C                 F                 C   A#7
A big ol' field was her backyard in the delta sun
F                     C    A#7 F              C
Oh but she sure could sing oh  she sure could sing
        Em                                    Am
Then he looked down and he took a little pity
               C                F           C
The whole town swore he decided he help her some
   Em                                   Am
He didn't mind if she wasn't very pretty
           C                 F                     C  A#7
For deep inside his heart he knew she was the only one
F                     C    A#7 F              C
Oh but she sure could sing oh  she sure could sing
G7
She had faith she had believin'
    C
She led all the people together in singin'
    G7
She prayed every night to the Lord up above 
F Em   Dm   G7          G
Amen hallelujah oh hallelujah
C    Em                                   Am
They would walk singin' songs by the river
              C                        F      C
Even when she knew for sure she had to go away
    Em                                      Am
She never knew what her life had to give her
                 C              F              C   A#7
And never had to worry about it for one single day
F                     C    A#7 F              C    A#7
Oh but she sure could sing oh  she sure could sing
   F              C
Oh she sure could sing

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She Ain't Hooked On Me
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Toby Keith
Written by Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick

C                              C7
I gave up on cigarettes to the day I ain't touched one yet
    F                                        C
But tonight I think I'm gonna burn the whole pack
                                C7
I laid off 90 proof ain't had a drop in years and that's the truth
    F                        G7                              C
But tonight when I light the first one I'm gonna open up the Jack

          F
She ain't hooked on me no more 
          C
She ain't hooked on me no more
                   G7
The one thing that always hurt her the most
                     C
Is the one thing she finally quit fighting for

          F               Fm
She ain't hooked on me no more
          C               Em
She ain't hooked on me no more
C              G7
I'm picking up all my bad habits again
      F           C
She's letting one go

        
For years she had it real bad
          F
I was the only addiction she ever had
    C                          G7
Her love made me so high but I abused it
         C
And here I sit all alone tonight
F
Whiskey on the rocks and more cigarettes to light
C                             G7                      C
Holding on to everything I've got left hoping I don't loose it

Repeat #2,3 



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She Appeared To Be Eighteen Or Nineteen Years Old

As I was out walking down by the seashore
I met a fair maiden she sure did look grand
Her lace and her diamonds and her hair shone like gold
She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old

Her fingers they jingled like bells on a door
Her nose was turned up but not very much more
When we were married the wedding bells told
I have married a young lady just nineteen years old

When we were married and retired for our rest
My love changed for her why you can guess
For a box full of powders my love did unfold
She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old

She raked from her pale cheeks a box full of paint
When she took out her false teeth I thought I would faint
Out upon the carpet her glass eye did roll
She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old

She unsnapped her fingers I counted just three
Then she unscrewed both cork legs up to her knees
When she took off her false wig her old bald head told
I had married an old lady about ninety years old

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Richard Thompson - She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair Lyrics

Midnight in her room
There was music and incense and mirrors all around
By the light of the moon
Her silver dress slipped to the ground

Then she knelt like St. Joan
And invisible armies attended her there
And her knife brightly shone
As she cut off her long silken hair

Trapped, I suppose
Lied for my sake
Crushed like the rose
That somebody picked by mistake

Oh, I knew it would come
I knew she would leave me for some better start
Oh, I knew it would come
She was too well rehearsed in her part

And I measured my life
And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care
As she took down the knife
And she cut off her long silken hair

Oh, there's some who believe
Oh, there's some who believe there are reasons to lie
And there's some who deceive
And the truth is right there in their eyes

Oh, but I don't see why
In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair
And I don't see why
She cut off her long silken hair

I don't see why, I don't see why

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She Didn't Say Why
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Wayland Patton

G7     C                               F
Well I don't believe I've ever felt so lonely
       C                            D7    G7
And my heart is never hurt this bad before
       C
I woke up this morning to find 
           F               C
My one and only sayin' goodbye
                     D7       G7       C
Said she wouldn't be hangin' around no more
               F
My baby walked out on me this morning
        C
Left me behind now I'm lonely and wonderin'
                    G7
If maybe there were something I could do
            C
To make her change her mind and stay
               F
This wonderin' why my baby left me
               C
Is breakin' my heart and it's driving me crazy
               G7
She didn't say why she was sayin' goodbye
                C
She just walked away
                                 F
I guess I'd be a fool to keep on tryin'
        C                                D7  G7
Cause I know that it won't do no good no-how
     C                               F
It's already passed the point of her return
                 C
I know that it's true
                      D7     G7         C
I guess I'd be better off to forget her somehow
Repeat #2,3
                  G7
No she didn't say why she was sayin' goodbye
                C
She just walked away

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Alan Jackson - She Don't Get The Blues lyrics

Well, she puts her dancing shoes on every night
And comes alive there in the smoke
Beneath them neon lights
And she don't like those hurtin' songs
'Cause she's already lived 'em
She don't get the blues, she gives 'em
Well, she checks her broken heart there at the door
And she ain't looking for romance
She's danced that dance before
Well, I pity the next poor fool
That gets caught up in her rhythm
'Cause she don't get the blues, she gives 'em
She's been on the losing end of love too many times
And she ain't gonna go for anything you've got in mind
So before you start, let me impart
These few words of wisdom
She don't get the blues, she gives 'em
She's been on the losing end of love too many times
And she ain't gonna go for anything you've got in mind
So before you start, let me impart
These few words of wisdom
She don't get the blues, she gives 'em
No, she don't get the blues, Lord, she gives 'em


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She Don't Know
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

Em                 C       G
Only a memory this morning  
        D7            C
My baby up and walked away
Em                         C
In my heart the tears keep pouring
G             D7              C
She left with so much more to say
          G               C
She don't know (she don't know) 
                  G
Whose heart she's breaking             
          Bm    C               G
She don't k-n-o-w my dream lies still
                          C
She don't know (she don't know) 
               G
How much she's taking
          Bm    C           G
She don't k-n-o-w and never will
Em                       C
I can't sleep I've gotta find her
G           D7            C
I've got to make her understand
Em                    C
Although another love may bind her
G          D7              C
No one can love her like I can
Repeat #2 
                          C
She don't know (she don't know)
G                         C
She don't know (she don't know)
G                         C
She don't know (she don't know)

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Alan Jackson - She Don't Know She's Beautiful lyrics

She don't know she's beautiful
She don't know she's beautiful
Though time and time I've told her so
- Sammy Kershaw, "She don't know she's beautiful"
No one can make me cry,
make me laugh,
make me smile,
or drive me mad like she does
It's like the curse
that is the cure
Better or worse,
one thing's for sure
It's real love
and I don't know what I'd do
if I lost it
- Kenny Chesney, "I Lost It"
Cause anywhere is paradise
when you're with the one you love,
Anywhere is a place that's nice
when you're with the one you dream of,
Anywhere is paradise
when you're with a love that's true
There's nowhere I'd rather be baby
than anywhere with you
Your heart and mine joined together
like hand and glove
We already found our forever
on earth as in heaven above
So baby, anywhere will do for me
for wherever in the world
we'll ever be
will always be the land of love
- Stefan Andersson, "Anywhere is Paradise"
I want to stand with you on
a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
- Savage Garden, "Truly, Madly, Deeply"


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Dolly Parton - She Don`t Love You (Like I Love You) lyrics
(Jerry Butler/Calvin Carter/Curtis Mayfield)

She don't love you like I love you
Cause if she did she wouldn't break your heart
She don't love you like I love you
She's tryin' to tear us apart
Fairly well I know you're leavin'
For the new love that you found
The pretty girl that you've been dating
Oh I've got a feeling she's gonna put you down
Cause she don't love you like I love you
Cause if she did she wouldn't break your heart
She don't love you like I love you
She's tryin' to tear us apart
She uses all the great quotations
She says all the things I wish I could say
But she's had so many rehearsals
Oh, to her it's just a lover's play
But wait when the final act is over
And you're left standin' all alone
When she takes her bow and makes her exit
Oh, well I'll be there to take you home
She don't love you like I love you
Cause if she did she wouldn't break your heart
She don't love you like I love you
She's tryin' to tear us apart


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She Has Forgotten

Back to my home town I wanderd one day
It seemed that the old song had drifted away
I wandered down Main Street the view to enjoy
There I met with a girl I had loved as a boy

Gone are the days when our hearts beat as one
All I can say now is see what you done
Gone are the days when we thrilled to each vow
She has forgotten everything now

I still have her picture her face sweet and fair
A rose that she gave me a lock of her hair
I'll treasure and keep them it's silly I know
For she has forgotten long long ago

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Alan Jackson - She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs lyrics

She just started liking cheatin songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if its the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
I've never had any reason to doubt her
As far as i know she's been true
But lately she's had a different look in her eyes
I wonder if she's seein somebody new
You can't blame a body for lookin
When there's a world of people out there
But I hope that she's not takin any closer looks
I tell ya lately frankly i've been scared
Chorus:
Cuz she just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if its the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
I've got to admit I do some looking too
But she's the only one I love
She still tells me she loves me
But I wonder if my love's enough
Chorus:
Cuz she just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if its the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
Yeah she just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if its the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
Yeah I don't know if its the cheatin' she likes
or just the melody


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She Knows What She's Crying About
Recorded by George Jones
Written by John Riggs
[3/4 time]

C                                           F                    C
You may think she ain't been true all those things she's telling you
                                       G7
But believe me what she says is really true
              C                              F              C
Cause I'm the one who left her there I'm the one who didn't care
                         G7      C
And she knows what she's crying about

    F                       C
She knows what she's crying about
                                                  G7
She bears the pain though I'm to blame there's no doubt
        C                    F                   C
I never even tried to say or accept the love she gave
                         G7      C
And she knows what she's crying about

                                   F                 C
She gave me her very best I was so wrong to give the rest
                                              G7
All the love that she so desperately tried to hold
           C                          F                 C
I made her shed a million tears all I did was waste her years
                         G7      C
And she knows what she's crying about

Repeat #2

                         G7      C
Yes she knows what she's crying about

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Alan Jackson - She Likes It Too lyrics

I got my first motorcycle when I turned sixteen
I remember my mamma raisin' cane with me
She said, Son tell me why you wanna ride that thing
She didn't know about the blonde at the Dairy Queen
I got my own reasons why I do what I do
I like to ride motorcycles
And she likes it too
I like to ride motorcycles
And he likes it too
I always wore my hair just a little too long
Daddy didn't like it and he made no bones
If I'd have gotten it cut like he wanted me to
She wouldn't have had nothin' left to run her fingers through
I got my own reasons why I do what I do
I like to wear my hair long
And she likes it too
I like to wear my hair long
And she likes it too
I remember ridin' around with my buddies back home
Listenin' to some country on the radio
When they tried to change the station to some Rock 'n' Roll
I'd turn the Opry up just as loud as it'd go
I got my own reasons why I do what I do
I like country music
She likes it too
I like country music
She likes it too
Now I got a big Harley
And my hair is still long
And I'm still listening to a country song
I got my own reasons
Why I do what I do
I know what I like
She likes it too
I know what I like
She likes it too
Yeah I know what I like
She likes it too


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She Loves Me Right Out Of My Mind
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Freddy Weller and Spooner Oldham

C                                 F
She may not be the girl that I'll marry
       C           Am         D7
But we still get together sometimes
C                                F
I'll admit I don't like what she stands for
        C              G7        C
But she loves me right out of my mind
                              F
I'm looking for someone who's gentle
    C                Am        D7
And someone who's so sweet and kind
C                                  F
But she sure feels devoid when I'm lonesome
        C              G7        C
And she loves me right out of my mind
    G7                     C
She never claimed to be an angel 
       G7                 C
And an angel she'll never be
    D7                     G7
But when we're alone and I hold her 
    D7                      G7
She brings out the devil in me
C                                  F
When I look into her eyes I see a woman
    C       Am           D7
And even if she's not my kind
C                                  F
She's got something I need so I'll take it
            C             G7        C
And let her love me right out of my mind
                                      F
She's the best thing the world has to offer
        C              G7        F   C
And she loves me right out of my m-ind

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Richard Thompson - She Moves Through the Fair Lyrics

My young love said to me "My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind"
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long, lord, till our wedding day"

And she went away from me and moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here and move there
And then she went onward, just one star awake
Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake

Last night she came to me, my dead love came in
So softly she came that her feet made no din
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long, lord, till our wedding day

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She Needs Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery and Jodie Emerson

C                                          F         C
No I don't know the girl at the bar in the short red dress
                                                    G7
I haven't had the chance to get acquainted with her yet
    C                                   F              C
But I can tell that she's lonely by the sadness in her eyes
                        G7           C
And she needs more than just a drink tonight

                         F             C
She needs me to give her love and understanding
                                       G7
Some good old country love and nothing else
          C              F            C
She needs me to throw my loving arms around her
            F       C   G7        C
And tonight I could use some love myself

                                              F               C
Each time she turns up the glass she drinks a memory from the past
                                      G7
And sadness becomes a teardrop in her eye
        C                               F                      C
But she won't have to leave alone cause tonight I'm taking her home
                    G7             C
Wrapped up in these lonely arms of mine

Repeat #2
 
            F       C   G7        C
Yes tonight I could use some love myself

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Richard Thompson - She Never Could Resist a Winding Road 

In the old cold embers of the year
When joy and comfort disappear
I search around to find her
I'm a hundred miles behind her
The open road whispered in her ear
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road
Maybe just around the bend
The rainbow waiting at the end
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road
She never could stay any place too long
To not be standing still's where she belongs
If you love her, better know
She needs you now, but soon she'll go
She never could stay any place too long
It's not that she don't care about you
Say you love her, she don't doubt you
But she can learn to live without you
When she hears the call
Love her now then let her be
Don't tie her down, just set her free
Too many things she wants to see
The whole world, that's all
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road
Maybe just around the bend
The rainbow waiting at the end
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road
She Never Could Resist a Winding Road

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Dolly Parton - She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like) lyrics

I know you think you love her and you're making plans to leave
But I must tell you something I just hope you'll believe
I know it isn't real love that you see in her eyes
Cause she's never met a man she didn't like
And you're no different from the others
A new acquaintence in the night
You mean no more to her than all the others she's held tight
But I know she's convinced you it was love at first sight
But she's never met a man she didn't like
I must let you go but I want you to know
That I love you please don't let her ruin our lives
For there'll be other men and she won't want you then
She's never met a man she didn't like
I must let you go but I want you to know
That I love you please don't let her ruin our lives
For she'll have other men oh and she won't want you then
Cause she's never met a man she didn't like
Oh no she's never met a man she didn't like


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She Once Lived Here
Recorded by George Jones and Ricky Skaggs
written by Autry Inman

C                   F          C
A mayor gave me the key to the city    
D7                     G7
The welcome wagons already appear   
 C             F           C
But again I'll be packing and leaving                  
 F                   C
For it's plain now that she once lived here          
G7                      C
I see her face in the cool of the evening           
G7                            F
I hear her voice in each breeze loud and clear   
C               F            C
Oh there must be a town without memories                 
F                  C
But not this one for she once lived here                    
F            C
It may be that I'll never forget her                     
D7              G7
Cause she's love and love lives everywhere      
C               F         C
Could it be that I'll always be saying                      
F              C
I've gotta go now for she once lived here

repeat #2                  

F                  C
But not this one for she once lived here

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Richard Thompson - She Said It Was Destiny Lyrics

Is this the togetherness, she meant so rosy
I thought we'd share a continent so cosy
I thought love's passions really
Would be more touchy feely

She said it was destiny
She said it was written somewhere
But if it was destiny
Why am I over here and she's over there?

She said it was in the stars
Something that just had to be
But Venus aligned with Mars
Always really takes it out of me

Oh, I'm not proud of my deceit, you know that
To come so near and then retreat, you know that
One beat before I fell
Somewhere I heard a bell ring, ring

She said it was destiny
She said it was written somewhere
But if it was destiny
Why am I over here and she's over there?

There's clouds across my crystal ball, too misty
Was I too quick to give it all when she kissed me?
She's thrown a net on me, razor wire geometry

She said it was destiny
She said it was written somewhere
But if it was destiny
Why am I over here and she's over there?

She said it was in the stars
Something that just had to be
But Venus aligned with Mars
Always really takes it out of me

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Brad Paisley - She Said Yes lyrics

She moved into my old apartment
thats how we got this whole thing started
she called and said that i had mail waiting there for me,
I told her that Id come and get it
how could i know in just a minute
that id be standing face to face with my own destiny
ohh and we sat there talkin just like we were old friends
and ohh i asked her can i see u again
chorus:
she said yes
and i said wow
and she said when
and i said how about right now
love cant wait
then i asked if she believed in fate
she said yes
the days flew by just like a fast train
and nothing else has been on my brain
except the thought of how she makes me
the man i wanna be
and she's the one i want for a million reasons
loving her its just like breathing
its easy and it obvious
she was made for me
ohh the it happend one night looking in her eyes
ohh and i popped the question
and much to my suprise..
chorus
so we called the precher, family, and friends
and nothing been the same since
chorus
she said yes


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Richard Thompson - She Sang Angels To Rest Lyrics

She charmed me from my cocoon
She eclipsed the sun and the moon
All of that summer my feet never walked on the earth

She sang angels to rest
She sang angels to rest
How do you fall when you already fell for the best?

She had that smile on her face
When her thoughts were some other place
All that summer my feet never walked on the earth

She sang angels to rest
She sang angels to rest
How do you fall when you already fell for the best?

She had that look in her eyes
Like she'd seen a ghost in the sky
All that summer my feet never walked on the earth

She sang angels to rest
She sang angels to rest
How do you fall when you already fell?
How do you love when your heart isn't well?
How do you fall when you already fell for the best?

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She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
Nick Gerlach, aka Jesse Lee Kincaid

She sang hymns out of tune
And carried a yellow balloon
She traded her love for a Spanish doubloon
And talked to the people
The people who are

Now I have a clock on the wall
It keeps time and that isn't all
It tells me how long she's been gone
Gone to the people
The people who are

She lived in a sorcerer's room
And pounded the table and brandished the broom
She turned ten thousand when she touched the moon
And turned to the people
The people who are

The rain came down and scattered away
The old antique caretaker's children that play
Early that morning she passed away
Passed to the people
The people who are

She sang hymns out of tune
And carried a yellow balloon
She traded her love for a Spanish doubloon
And talked to the people
The people who are


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Richard Thompson - She Steers By Lightning Lyrics

She's telling me she don't need headlights
She's telling me the storm is friendly
She says the volts are inviting
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning

She takes a knife to my seatbelt
She says the brakes, it needs mending
She says my mood, it needs heightening
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning

Two angels sitting in the back seat
They're pointing at their watches
I feel eternity biting
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning

My Maggie, she's got a lose one
She uses Milton as a road map
My Maggie, she is a bright thing
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning

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She Twists the Knife Again
Song by Richard Thompson

I keep my nose clean, I keep my speech plain
I keep my promises, she twists the knife again
I shut my memory, I close my eyes and then
She takes another bite, she twists the knife again
She never leaves me my dignity
Makes a dunce of me in mixed company
No bygone can be a bygone
She throws the spanner in, she puts the screws on
In the middle of a kiss, she twists the knife again
When I get up off my knees, she twists the knife again
When I think I'm off the hook she gets me
She twists the knife again, she twists the knife again
I make my moves well, I let her tell me when
I walk a fine line, she twists the knife again
Just when the scar heals, just when the grip unbends
Just when her mind reels, she twists the knife again
She can give it out, she can't take it
She smells something bad, she has to rake it
I bring home my packet, my white-collar money
I'm in a fist fight, she thinks she's Gene Tunney
In the middle of a kiss, she twists the knife again
When I get up off my knees, she twists the knife again
When I think I'm off the hook she gets me
She twists the knife again, she twists the knife again
She never leaves me my dignity
Makes a dunce of me in mixed company
No bygone can be a bygone
She throws the spanner in, she puts the screws on
In the middle of a kiss, she twists the knife again
When I get up off my knees, she twists the knife again
When I think I'm off the hook she gets me
She twists the knife again, she twists the knife again
She twists the knife again

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Brad Paisley - She's Everything lyrics

She's a yellow pair of running shoes
A holey pair of jeans
She's looks great in cheap sunglasses
She looks great in anything
She's ?I want a piece of chocolate?
?Take me to a movie?
She's ?I can't find a thing to wear?
Now and then she's moody
She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a blowin'
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation that I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad and a lover when she's loving
She's everything that I ever wanted
And everything I need
When I talk about her I go on and on and on
Cause she is everything to me
She's a Saturday out on the town
Church girl on Sunday
A cross around her neck and a cuss word cause it's Monday
She's a bubble bath and candle baby come and kiss me
She's a one glass of wine and she's feelin kinda tipsy
She's the giver I wish I could be and the stealer of the covers
She's the picture in my wallet, she's my unborn baby's mother
She's the hand that I'm holdin when I'm on my knees and prayin
She's the answer to my prayers
She's the song that I'm playin and
She's everything that I ever wanted
And everything I need
When I talk about her I go on and on and on
Cause she is everything to me
She's the voice I love to hear
Someday when I'm 90
She's that wooden rocking chair
I want rocking right beside me
Everyday that passes I only love her more
Yea she's the one that id lay down my own life for
She's everything that I ever wanted
And everything I need
When I talk about her I go on and on and on
Cause she is everything to me


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Alan Jackson - She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues) lyrics

This old bar stool's feelin' higher 
'Cause I've started sinkin' lower 
The minute that she waltzed right through that door 
Not long ago I held her, like a fool I went and left her 
Now she's with somebody new out on that floor 
(Chorus)
And she's got the rhythm and I got the blues 
And She's showin' me how much I had to lose 
With her every little move she's tellin' me I'm over you 
She's got the rhythm and I've got the blues 
Well that music's gettin' louder 
As my heart keeps beatin' faster 
As she spells out regret in perfect time 
Well I thought I wanted freedom but that ball and chain I need 'em 
'Cause when you choose sometimes you lose the prize 
(Chorus) 
Yeah with her every little move she's tellin' me I'm over you 
She's got the rhythm and I got the blues


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She's Just A Cute Thing

She's just a cute thing
With eyes that speakels with love
Thinking of her beauties
Oh how I wish I could hug

She's not the kind you picture
In any walk of life
And I can see her only
As my beloved wife

I courted her in high school and there I won her love
I swore her in high school and there I won her love
And then I joined the service I lived to serve my time
And then a guy met her with eyes that seemed like mine

* Refrain

I scorned for this action
And now might say that we're through
But trying to forger her
Is more than I can do

* Refrain


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She's More To Be Pitied

She's there at the bar every evening
Face powdered and cheeks painted red
Her beauty has faded too early
Brought on by the fast life she led

She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved, not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life

She once was the belle of the ballroom
She'd made some man a sweet wife
But too many parties, the wrong kind of pals
Ruined her happy young life

* Refrain


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She's My Curly Headed Baby

She's my curly headed baby
Used to sit on Mommas knee
She's my curly headed baby
She's from sunny Tennessee

I have loved her since I met her
More than an tongue can tell
If she ever proves false hearted
I can never say farewell

I am funny about the women
For I'll tell you what they'll do
They'll be crying over your shoulder
And flirtin with another too

She's my curly headed baby
I don't care what people say
If she leaves me for another
That well be her burying day

I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine
Than of her to be some others darlin
When she promised ot be mine


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The Osborne Brothers - She's No Angel lyrics

(Wanda Ballman - J.W. Arnold)
You'll see her there at the bar cross the room
She looks like an angel with her paint and perfume
You'd like to meet her your conscience says no
Obey your conscience turn around boy and go.
She's no angel, no angel her wings are not real
She'll ruin your life it's your heart she can steal
She'll tell you tales to bring tears to your eyes
But don't you believe them for they're only lies.
--- Instrumental ---
You think if only she could your own
You'd be more contented than a king on his throne
You'd better not trust her it's wrong if you'll do
She's broken many hearts and she'll break yours too.
She's no angel, no angel her wings are not real
She'll ruin your life it's your heart she can steal
She'll tell you tales to bring tears to your eyes
But don't you believe them for they're only lies.
--- Instrumental ---
She's no angel, no angel her wings are not real
She'll ruin your life it's your heart she can steal
She'll tell you tales to bring tears to your eyes
But don't you believe them for they're only lies.


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Sheath And Knife
Traditional

It's whispered in the kitchen, it's whispered in the hall
The broom blooms bonny, the broom blooms fair
The king's daughter goes with child, among ladies all
And they'll never go down to the broom anymore.

It's whispered by the ladies one unto the other
"The king's daughter goes with child, unto her own brother"

He's ta'en his sister down to his father's deer park
With his yew-tree bow and arrow slung fast across his back

And when that you hear me give a loud cry
Shoot from your bow an arrow, and there let me lie

And when that you see that I am lying dead
Put me in a grave with the turf all at my head

And when he has heard her give a loud cry
A silver arrow from his bow he suddenly let fly

And he has dug a grave both long and deep
He has buried his sister with their babe all at her feet

And when he has come to his father's own hall
There was music and dancing, there were minstrels and all

Oh, the ladies asked him, "What makes thee in such pain?"
"I've lost a sheath and knife, I will never find again"

"All the ships of your father's a-sailing on the sea
Can bring as good a sheath and knife unto thee"

"All the ships of my father's a-sailing on the sea
Can never ever bring such a sheath and knife to me"

Notes:

The refrain "The broom blooms bonny..." is sung afer the first line
of each verse, "And they'll never go..." after each second line.


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Shenandoah
Traditional

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Way hey, you rolling river.
Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Ha ha, we're bound away 'cross the wide Missouri.

Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Wey hey, you rolling river.
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
ha ha, we're bound away 'cross the wide Missouri

Missouri she's a mighty river...
When she rolls down, her topsails shiver...

Seven years, I courted Sally...
Seven more, I longed to have her...

Farewell, my dear, I'm bound to leave you...
Oh, Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you...


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Shenandoah River

How many songs heve been sung about rivers
Mississippi, Potomac, and Ohio too
Still in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah river runs peacefully through

Deep in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah river flows quiet and serene
On to the James, then at Norfolk, Varginia
She floats all her secrets out into the sea

How many heartaches and troubles and sorrow
How many pleasures this river has seen
How many smiles and sadness have lingered
Memories that no one would ever believe

* Refrain

Horses and buggies, that gasoline engines
Have all rode the crest of her beautiful waves
She's seen loves smile, heard their vows in the moonlight
Free to the thirsty her water she gave

* Refrain


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Shenandoah Waltz

In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Lives a girl who is waiting there for me
Many times we have waltzed in the moonlight
And in her lovely arms I long to be

I miss her smile in the moonlight
But I know she misses me too
In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
I know that her love for me is true

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Shes Gone, Gone, Gone

Shes gone, gone, gone, gone,gone, gone
Crying won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster that train
Flys father on down the track

She said if ever deceived her
She'd be gone before I could count ten
I guess that I didn't believe her
Now look at the trouble I'm in

* refrain

I've lost ever right to be happy
When I lost the heaven I found
She said she'd be gone and she left me
Before my first tear hit the ground

* Refrain

If only knew where find her
I'd crawl there on my hands and knees
Each tick of the clock there reminds her
She's one second farther from me

* Refrain

Father on down the track
Father on down the track


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She's A Railroad Lady

She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady
Spending her days on the train
She's a semi good looker, but the fast rails they took her
Now she's trying, just trying to get home again. 

 South Station in Boston to the stockyards in Austin
From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain
Now that the rail packs have taken the best tracks
She's trying, just trying to get home again. 

 She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady
Spendin' her days on the train
Once a pullman car traveller, now the switchmen won't have her
She's trying, just trying to get home again. 

 Once a high-ballin' loner who thought he could own her
He bought her a fur coat and big diamond ring
But she hocked 'em for hard cash, left town on the Wabash
Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home way back then 

 Now the rails are all rusty, and the dining car dusty
The gold plated watches have taken their toll
The railroad is dying and the lady is crying
On a bus to Kentuckyand home, that's her goal 

 She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady
Spendin' her days on the train
She's a semi good looker, but the fast rails they took her
Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.

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She's Just A Cute Thing

She's just a cute thing
With eyes that sparkle with love
Thinking of her beauties
Oh how I wish I could hug

She's not the kind you picture
In any walk of life
And I can see her only
As my beloved wife

I courted her in high school and there I won her love
I swore her in high school and there I won her love
And then I joined the service I lived to serve my time
And then a guy met her with eyes that seemed like mine

I scorned for this action
And now might say that we're through
But trying to forget her
Is more than I can do

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She's More To Be Pitied

She's there at the bar every evening
Face powdered and cheeks painted red
Her beauty has faded too early
Brought on by the fast life she's led

   She's more to be pitied than scolded
   She needs to be loved not despised
   Too much beer and wine, too many good times
   The lure of the honky-tonk wrecked her young life

She once was the belle of the ballroom
She'd a made some man a sweet wife
But too many parties, the wrong side of town
Ruined her happy young life

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She's My Curly Headed Baby

She's my curly headed baby
Used to sit on Momma's knee
She's my curly headed baby
She's from sunny Tennessee

I have loved her since I met her
More than any tongue can tell
If she ever proves false hearted
I can never say farewell

I am funny about the women
For I'll tell you what they'll do
They'll be crying over your shoulder
And flirtin' with another too

She's my curly headed baby
I don't care what people say
If she leaves me for another
That will be her burying day

I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine
Than for her to be some others darlin'
When she promised to be mine

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She's My Mother
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Charlie Louvin, Eddie Hill, Ira Louvin

C                        F
I'm thinking of a little lady 
    C                        G7
She bears her load without a friend
    C                       F
The one who rocked me in my cradle 
    C           G7                 C
And through the years she loves me yet
                             F
The roses on her cheeks have faded 
    C                         G7
And when they pass her on the street
      C                          F
Would break my heart to see them mock her 
  C          G7               C
Although she may not dress so neat
    F                     C
She was the first to ever love me 
    F        C              G7
The first to hold me to her breast
    F                         C
God bless her cause she is my mother 
                  G7               C
And she'll be the last one I'll forget
                           F
Her way may seem a bit old fashioned 
    C                           G7
And some may laugh when passing by
    C                       F
I'm not ashamed to call her mother 
   C        G7           C
My love for her I'll not deny
Repeat #3

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She's No Angel

You see her there at the bar cross the room
She looks like an angel with her paint and perfume
You'd like to meet her your conscience says no
Obey your conscience turn around and go

   She's no angel, no angel, her wings are not real
   She'll ruin your life if your heart she can steal
   She'll tell you tales to bring tears to your eyes
   But don't you believe them for they're only lies

You think if only she could be your own
You'd be more contented than a king on his throne
You'd better not trust her it's wrong if you do
She's broken many hearts and she'll break yours too

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Alison Krauss - Shield of Faith

Sometimes I'm battle weary
I forget to use my shield
The arrows pierce my armor
And I stumble in the filed

A shield won't do much good if it's hangin' by your side
Keep the shield of faith before you if you want to stay alive

I'll think my life is over
But the Lord he comes to me
He heals my wounded spirit
And he sets me on my feet

A shield won't do much good if it's hangin' by your side
Keep the shield of faith before you if you want to stay alive

Sometimes your battle weary
But the war's already won
Keep your head and hold your shield high
'Til your days of life are done

A shield won't do much good if it's hangin' by your side
Keep the shield of faith before you if you want to stay alive
Keep the shield of faith before you if you want to stay alive


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Shield Of Faith

Sometimes I'm battle weary
I forget to use my shield
The arrows pierce my armor
And I stumble in the field.

   A shield won't do much good if it's hanging by your side
   Keep the shield of faith before you if you want to stay alive.

I'll think my life is over
But the Lord He comes to me
He heals my wounded spirit
And He sets me on my feet.

Sometimes you're battle weary
But the war's already won
Keep your head and hold your shield high
'Til your days in life are done.

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Alison Krauss - Shimmy Down the Chimney

Tonight, I waited but my heart is so cold
'Cause you never stay more than a minute, so I'm told
I know you're just doing your job
But what am I supposed to do?
When all I want for Christmas, darling, is to be with you

I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby
I watch you fill up my stocking
But when I offer you some Christmas greetings
You just keep on walking, yeah

I'm not asking for a miracle, just a night
And if you just look in my eyes, you just might
There'll be no other woman who'll treat you like I can
(Come on over here)
I'll be your loving, darling, you'll be my loving man

Oh, I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby
I watch you fill up my stocking
But when I offer you some Christmas greetings
You just keep on walking

I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby
I watch you fill up my stocking
But when I offer you some Christmas greetings
You just keep on walking
(Keep on walking)

I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby
I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby

You just keep on walking
I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby
I watch you fill up my stocking
I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby

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Shine Hallelujah Shine

Deep in the morrow of sin I was sinking
There was no one to guide my way
All my life I was in the shadow till I heard the Savior say
If you give heed to the blessed promise and become a child of mine
When you enter the gates of heaven, you will, shine, shine, shine

Oh, I'm gonna shine like a star in the morning
Many mansions will be mine
When I enter the gates of heaven
I'm gonna shine, Hallelujah, I'm gonna shine

Jesus (o'the) Lord is now my refuge
Daily He leads me by the hand
He will be my saty and comfort till I reach the glory land
So I press along with the hopes eternal springing in this heart of mine
When I enter the gates of heaven, I will shine, shine, shine

* Refrain

We were shine, burdened with many affections
Ofter unsightly things we hear
But we'll all be like our Savior when we reach that home up there
Daily I'll walk in His dear footsteps growing more like Him all the time
When I enter the gates of heaven, I will shine, shine, shine

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Shine On lyrics
(Roland Edgar Eugene, Jr.)

Gimme a word, gimme a sign
Show me where to look
And tell me what will I find
What will I find
Lay me on the ground
Fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
And tell me what will I find
What will I find
Yeah, oh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine
Love is in the water
Love is in the air
Show me where to go
And tell me will love be there
Will love be there
Teach me how to speak
Teach me how to share
Teach me where to go
And tell me will love be there
Will love be there
Yeah, oh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine
Gimme a word, gimme a sign
Show me where to look
And tell me what will I find
What will I find
Lord, teach me how to speak
Teach me how to share
Teach me where to go
And tell me will love be there
Will love be there
Yeah, oh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine down, ohh
Heaven let your light shine
Oh, heaven let your light shine down
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Heaven let your light shine down
Let it shine
Heaven let your light shine down
Shine, heaven let your light shine down
Heaven let your light shine down
Shine, shine
Just gimme a word
Gimme a sign, shine
Let it shine, let it shine
Teach me how to share
Teach me where to go
Tell me will love be there, shine


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Richard Thompson - Shine On Love Lyrics

When I was a boy
I was nobody's joy
I was guilty in love
Guilt, guilt, guilty in love

More fool me
I never could see
What I was guilty of

Now you steered me right
And I'm standing in the light
So shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love

Don't slip away
Darkened day
Let it shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love

Like a hand in glove
Now we go together so shine on love
Ah, easing my heart again
Just let me be a part of you

Now my head's on that block
And I'm standing on that rock
So shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love

Well, don't slip away
Oh darkened day
Let it shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love

Like a hand in glove
Now we go together so shine on love
Ah, easing my heart again
Just let me be a part of you

Now you steered me right
And I'm standing in the light
So shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love

Don't slip away
Darkened day
Let it shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love

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Shine On Prairie Moon
BMI Work #: 9197949
Shine On Prairie Moon (Larry W. Jones 10/19/2007) (song#5095)

I see a silver light in the sky
That's shining upon the purple sage
And tonight the moon is crystal clear
For a lonely cowboy's serenade
Shine on, prairie moon
Like a big balloon
Make my sweetheart swoon
Shine on, prairie moon
Way up high in the velvet sky
The man in the moon might be lonely too
Bet he's not as lonely as I
Can't wait until my sweetheart comes in view
- instrumental -
Way up high in the velvet sky
The man in the moon might be lonely too
Bet he's not as lonely as I
Can't wait until my sweetheart comes in view
Shine on, prairie moon
Help me share her love tonight
I will be there soon
You can tell her it's all right
Shine your light on pruple sage
Light it with your moonlight beams
Help me write another page
In the cowboy book of dreams
Shine on, prairie moon
Shine on, prairie moon


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Shoals Of Herring
Ewan MacColl

With our nets and gear we're faring
On the wild and wasteful ocean.
Its there that we hunt and we earn our bread
As we hunted for the shoals of herring

O it was a fine and a pleasant day
Out of Yarmouth harbor I was faring
As a cabinboy on a sailing lugger
For to go and hunt the shoals of herring

O the work was hard and the hours long
And the treatment, sure it took some bearing
There was little kindness and the kicks were many
As we hunted for the shoals of herring

O we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank
I was cook and I'd a quarter sharing
And I used to sleep standing on my feet
And I'd dream about the shoals of herring

O we left the homegrounds in the month of June
And to Canny Shiels we soon were bearing
With a hundred cran of silver darlings
That we'd taken from the shoals of herring

Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman
You can swear and show a manly bearing
Take your turn on watch with the other fellows
While you're searching for the shoals of herring

In the stormy seas and the living gales
Just to earn your daily bread you're daring
From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands
As you're following the shoals of herring

O I earned my keep and I paid my way
And I earned the gear that I was wearing
Sailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes
We were sailing after shoals of herring


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Richard Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights Lyrics

In the dark who can see his face?
In the dark who can reach him?
He hides like a child
He hides like a child

Keeps his finger on the trigger
He can't stand the day
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights

Keep the blind down on the window
Keep the pain on the inside
Just watching the dark
Just watching the dark

He might laugh but you won't see him
As he thunders through the night
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights

In the darkness the shadows move
In the darkness the game is real
Real as a gun
Real as a gun

As he watches the streets of the city
As he moves through the night
Shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights

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Richard Thompson - Shoot out the Lights (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

In the dark, who can see his face?
in the dark, who can reach him?
he hides like a child. he hides like a child.

keeps his finger on the trigger
you know he can't stand the day
shoot out the lights. shoot out the lights
Keep the blind down on the window
ah, keep the pain on the inside
just watching the dark. just watching the dark
ah he might laugh but you won't see him
as he thunders through the night
shoot out the lights. shoot out the lights
In the darkness the shadows move
in the darkness the game is real
real as a gun. real as a gun
as he watches the lights of the city
and he moves through the night
shoot out the lights. shoot out the lights
shoot out the lights. ah, shoot out the lights

the watching the dark album is complete.

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Richard Thompson - Shoot out the Lights (Live) - 1984, Cannes Lyrics

In the dark, who can see his face?
in the dark, who can reach him?
he hides like a child. he hides like a child.
keeps his finger on the trigger
you know he can't stand the day
shoot out the lights. shoot out the lights
Keep the blind down on the window
ah, keep the pain on the inside
just watching the dark. just watching the dark
ah he might laugh but you won't see him
as he thunders through the night
shoot out the lights. shoot out the lights
In the darkness the shadows move
in the darkness the game is real
real as a gun. real as a gun
as he watches the lights of the city
and he moves through the night
shoot out the lights. shoot out the lights
shoot out the lights. ah, shoot out the lights

the watching the dark album is complete.

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Shopping For Dresses
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Dickens and Merle Haggard 
[3/4 time]
 
C                              F
Down through the ages men have died for their women 
            C               G7
And they've done so so many times 
C                           F
But each time I loved one I always lost one  
      C                      G7         C
And I guess the right one is so hard to find 
 
                                 F
So I'm shopping for dresses with no one to wear them 
    C                             G7
One in each color and one in each style 
      C                      F
Maybe someday I'll find me a lady to wear them 
    C                   G7         C
And my shopping will be done for a while 
 
                          F
I bet somewhere a lady is shopping for britches 
   C                                    G7
Comparing the value and appraising each pair 
      C                     F
Maybe someday the good Lord will get us together 
    C                     G7          C
And we'll both have a new wardrobe to wear

Repeat #2

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Short Dress Gal

1, 2, 3, 4
Look at that gal right over there
Avert your eyes boys because the waters is mighty cold
Make me wanna sing, I tell ya
We gonna talk about you, woman
Ha ha ha ha!

Know a little girl
Name was Fee
Played it with every man she did see
Played with the man they call Mr. Key
Had her dress made to her knee
Went to the river, couldn't get across
Spent five dollars on old grey horse
Horse wouldn't pull, swapped it for a bull
All you could hear
The boys was sayin'

Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin'
Lower it gal
I wanna see
Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin' at the
Short dress, no mo' style

Lower it gal
Everybody's lookin'
Lower it gal
I wanna see
Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin' at the
Short dress, no mo' style

Talk to me

Makin' old school music on the porch with my friends
Climbin' up the apple tree behind that old wood fence
Just to see that Sally girl walkin' by in a dress
Gotta check it out I'm singin' man I gotta confess
You gotta see what I saw man, nothin' compares
Hang me out to dry in the cold fresh air
Then I'll try to get a glimpse, just get out of my way
Gotta get a little somethin' at the end of the day

Lower it gal
Everybody's lookin'
Lower it gal
I wanna see
Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin' at the
Short dress, no mo' style

Hit me with three!
We're gonna make some room here for the ladies to talk
Cause you know they got somethin' they wanna say

I know a guy, his name is John
Always talkin' 'bout what I have on
My skirt's too short, my legs too long (That's true)
I walk like a queen in the Amazon (Hah!)
Baby you shoutin' but I don't mind
Take a good look while you got the time
Now watch the skirt, it's gonna get high
Cause baby where there's smoke you know there's a fire!

Lower it gal
Everybody's lookin'
Lower it gal
I wanna see
Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin' at the
Short dress, no mo' style

Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin'
Lower it gal
I wanna see
Won't you lower it gal
Everybody's lookin'
( And that's alright with me)

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Short Grass Grows
Tyson / Fricker

The sun burns the snow, high on the mountains
It runs and it grows as it falls.
Silt and soil, down it boils
Down to the valleys
The gold river rolls
To the plains

The range land lies high, up on th river.
The coolies are dry where the short grass grows
Fields of hay, cottonwood shade,
Green patch of hoce
Through the high dusty land
The river flows

Early evening light, boys practice roping.
The day fades away, the night rolls on.
Lives are pride, men who ride,
They keep the old skills
That came up the trail
From Mexico

[break]

The long river winds through green years abd dry years.
Brand 'emin the spring; ship 'em in the fall.
A new cold foaled, the mare grows old,
Cycle of changes
In this changless land
Where the short grass grows

Cycle of changes
In this changless land
Where the short grass grows


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Short Life Of Trouble

   Short life of trouble
   A few more words to part
   Short life of trouble dear girl
   For a boy with a broken heart

Remember what you promised
Not more than a week ago
You promised that you'd marry me
Standing in your mama's door

Now you've broken you're promise
Go marry whom you may
For this old world's so big and so wide
I'll ramble back some day

Now you've gone and left me
I don't know what I'll do
I'd give the world and half of my life
Just to be married to you

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Alan Jackson - Short Sweet Ride lyrics

I could see it coming from a mile away,
A heartache looking for a place to stay.
But I couldn't  resist her and I couldn't be cool,
The Lord made a woman to make a man a fool.
Chorus:
It's an age old story but it still holds true,
There ain't no ending to what a man won't do.
He loves some woman till he goes insane,
Its a short sweet rid on a runaway train.
I was drunk and crazy by her sweet perfume,
But I knew stone sober I was being used.
Now the heartache lingers like a cheap cologne,
She took what she wanted and she was gone.
Chorus
It was almost worth it for the time we spent,
'Cause there ain't no future in a heart for rent.
Still she taught me something 'bout the facts of life,
That love cuts quicker than a switch- blade knife.
Chorus
It's a short sweet ride on a runaway train.
Love's a short sweet ride on a runaway train.


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Richard Thompson - Should I Betray? Lyrics

Should I betray you to Charlene?
She doesn't know the things I've seen
She must still think you're Mr. Clean
Just like the man she wed

Should I betray you to your spouse?
The wife who waits back at the house
She doesn't know that you're a louse
That's not the man she wed

She doesn't know the deals you make
The throats you cut, the vows you break
To buy up some old lady's stake
Quick before she's dead

She doesn't see your oily smarm
You pour on in the place of charm
When you've got some shopgirl by the arm
Steering her into bed

That virgin forest you chopped down
To build another ugly town
I'll tell your wife you bribed them 'round
To back your plan instead

But perhaps she doesn't want to see
The heel that you turned out to be
That's why, she'll take a gin or three
To drive doubts from her head

While she's working hard enough
With housework, kids, and all that stuff
You're out there with some bit of fluff
Cruising on the Med

She thought the leopard's spots were paint
She thought she'd turn you to a saint
Kept hoping, though the hope grew faint
That you were better bred

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Shouting On The Hills Of Glory

   There'll be shouting on the hills of glory
   Shouting on the hills shouting on the hills
   There'll be shouting on the hills of glory
   There'll be shouting on the hills of God

Oh what a blessed reunion
Oh what a blessed reunion
When will we gather over yonder
There'll be shouting on the hills of God

Now's the time to make a reservation
Now's the time to make a reservation
So stop and make your reservation
There'll be shouting on the hills of God

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Billy Strings 
Show Me The Door

She ebbs and flows like water
And she feels just like wine
She loved the things I bought her
When I did not have a dime

There were times I felt like hiding
She could almost read my mind
In her yard the trees are dying
And there's nothing growing on the vine

I'll be here if you need me
I'll be here, even if you don't
Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

She lit me up like powder
And she scattered me like dust
A broken bell in a crooked tower
Born to fall and built to rust

I'll be here if you need me
I'll be here, even if you don't
Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

Couldn't see much deeper
Than a penny on the ground
We looked as far as flesh and bone
So that was all we found

She told me there's no way of knowing
When the last time had come and gone
We can't reap what we've been sowing
Waiting for answers farther along

I'll be here if you need me
I'll be here, even if you don't
Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

Show me the door
Or show me something more
Take me in or shove me out to sea

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Show Me The Road
Harvey Reid

Too many miles have I traveled alone
Show me the road that leads to my home
Strangers, strangers, everywhere I roam
Show me the road that leads to my home

Trouble, trouble, trouble on my mind
Show me the road that leads to my home
Finding precious little peace, losing precious time
Show me the road that leads to my home

Chorus:
Show me a sign, tell me a reason
Cold winds have scattered the seeds I have sown
Lord let me live to see another morning
Show me the road that leads to my home

Such a long long journey it seems we travel on
Show me the road that leads to my home
Such a short time we re here, friends, and then we re gone
Show me the road that leads to my home

Chorus

Remembering just the good times, feeling just the pain
Show me the road that leads to my home
Hearing just the sad songs, seeing just the rain
Show me the road that leads to my home

Chorus


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Shut Up In The Mines At Coal Creek

The birds are sweetly singin
The sun is shinin bright
But in our place of toiling
It is as dark as night

   Shut up in the mines at coal creek
   I know we're bound to die
   But if we'll follow Jesus
   Our souls to heaven will fly

Oh I see my loved ones
My wife is in distress
She does not know that her husband
Is going home to rest

The sky is falling my darling
And death is right at hand
I'm going home to heaven
To live in a better land

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Richard Thompson - Sibella Lyrics

Oh some girls hold the ace, the deuce, the trey
X-ray the deck to see what's coming
Mary Antoinette she smiled that way
Easy to smile when the luck is running

Like a myth you rode in from the west
From the go you had my button pressed
Did the tea-time of your soul make you long for wilder days?
Did you never let Jack Kerouac wash over you in waves?

Sibella, we don't make sense together
But my heart's with you
Sibella, I found myself
Strange but true, strange but true

Some say you can learn a lot from books
Thrill right to second-hand living
Life is just as deadly as it looks
But fiction is more forgiving

You took chances well within your means
Salon hair and creases in your jeans
All those lonely winters long, did you really think it through?
Did you really ache for me like I really ached for you?

Sibella, we don't make sense together
But my heart's with you
Sibella, I found myself
Strange but true, strange but true

Sibella, we don't make sense together
But my heart's with you
Sibella, I found myself
Strange but true, strange but true
Strange but true, strange but true
Strange but true

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Side Of The Road

There are people who would rather live in mansions
People who would rather live abroad
People who would trade God's promise
For the glories to hold.

There are people who would rather live in splendor
And brag about their silver and their gold
But I'd rather have a little log cabin
By the side of the road.

   I'd rather live by the side of the road
   And try to point souls to the best abode
   Than to be a king or a millionaire
   And live in mansions in bright array.

I'd rather do a neighborly deed
For a traveler here or a friend in need
I'd rather live by the side of the road
And help some pilgrim along life's way.
Well I'd rather have a cabin by the roadside

With a pilgrimage of men just passing by
Help to point some soul to Jesus
In that city On High.
Every day I want to help to scatter roses
Every night I want the lamp to shine abroad
With a welcome from the little bay window
By the side of the road.

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Sideshow Blues (Live)

My land lady treats me like I don t pay my rent
Took my car to my mechanic, I ain t seen it since
My phone is always ringin when I want to be alone
They try and sell me everything from Heaven to cologne
Everybody s got an offer I can t refuse
It s a circus out here momma
Your baby s got them Sideshow Blues

It s all a big commercial, it s a video of a man
It s a plot to put an end to my attention span
They make up all these issues, I never understood
If I thought I could change things I d run out to Hollywood
But it s hard to kick the door down wearing seven dollar shoes
It s a circus out here momma
Your baby s got them Sideshow Blues

I ve got them Sideshow Blues
I want to tame the lions
These center ring rich kids ain t even trying
From college to the big top they take the best positions
While I m out in this tent with these freaks and musicians
While I m out in this tent with these freaks and musicians
I m moaning them Sideshow Blues

I try to tell my girlfriend she s the only one that I ve got
This chick I hardly knows keeps on telling her she s not
She got a loaded pistol, she waves it all the time
Says, Sometimes you ve gotta kill a boy
to keep his ass in line
Well, that s the way she sees it, she says she saw it on the news
It s a circus out here momma
Your baby s got them Sideshow Blues

See people play satanic records, and you don t know when they ll freak
From quiet kid to maniac to movie of the week
We re killing over cocaine, dyin over sex
We re bowing down and praying to who ll ever cuts the check
When I go to church on Sunday, I can t help sleep in the pews
It s a circus out here momma
Your baby s got them Sideshow Blues
It s a circus out here momma
Your baby s got them Sideshow Blues
It s a circus out here momma
Your baby s got them Sideshow Blues

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Sidewalk Stars (Live)

You looked at me through old windows
And said, "Dust is all I know"
And you're so clean and I'm so tired
Like lovers' smiles and green marker miles

Can't go back that's much too far
I'm asking you to laugh
But after all
You love a tragedy

Hope remains a sidewalk star
Could you stay right where you are
You're so smooth, and I'm on fire
Holding on, just watching it unwind

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Richard Thompson - Sidney Wells Lyrics

Sidney Wells, he drove the country North to South
On the walkie talkie, shooting off his mouth
The other lorry drivers thought he was a laugh
They didn't know the truth, they didn't know the half

Sidney Wells, he had a lovely line on chat
Before a girl could think he'd have her at his flat
Dansette playing soft, a gin'll do no harm
No one could resist Sidney Wells' charm

Now Cheryl was a waitress at the works canteen
Older than she looked, she'd pass for seventeen
Too pretty to be doing such a lousy job
Beauty queen smile, hair cut in a bob

Sidney Wells' rig came weaving down the road
At Hennessey and Sons he dropped his heavy load
Cheryl checked her make up, looked up at the clock
She had a date with Sidney at the loading dock

He led her to the woods, the sky was getting dark
She thought it was romantic, thought it was a lark
Buried in her mind, there rang a small alarm
But no girl could resist Sidney Wells' charm

Then he took off her clothes and threw them in a pile
He watched her stand there cold and shivering for a while
Then he picked up her stocking lying on the floor
And wrapped it round her neck until she breathed no more

He tried to burn the body, he didn't do it well
Up on a pile of tires, it was an awful smell
They found her poor remains and summoned the bereft
And took her to the church to bury what was left

Now Sidney Wells, he was a heartless kind of rake
The blood within his veins was colder than a snake
He didn't run, he carried on just like before
Until the CID came knocking at the door

The judge said, "Mr Wells, the evidence is strong"
Said Wells, "I'll not deny, what took you all so long?"
All you see is victims, all I see is brides
I'm guilty to the gills and seven more besides, yeah

They took him to the jail, ready for the worst
Justice would be served, but who would get there first?
He bled just like a pig slaughtered on the farm
The inmates weren't impressed by Sidney Wells' charm

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Sierra Sally
BMI Work #: 9228011
Sierra Sally (Larry W. Jones 11/03/2007) (song#5141)

Sierra Sally, for you I'm lonesome
The sad whippoorwills sound so lonesome too
Sierra Sally, I need you badly
I'd wed you gladly, Sierra Sally
Desert roses cry with petals falling
Like they do down in Death Valley
Sweetheart, my song for you is now calling
Heard in Mexicali, Sierra Sally
- instrumental -
Desert roses cry with petals falling
Like they do down in Death Valley
Sweetheart, my song for you is now calling
Heard in Mexicali, Sierra Sally
Sierra Sally, I need you so bad
I'm feeling so sad, Sierra Sally
Desert roses cry with petals falling
Whippoorwills cry way down in the valley
Sweetheart, my song for you is now calling
Heard in Mexicali, Sierra Sally
Sweetheart, my song for you is now calling
Heard all the way down in Mexicali
Sierra Sally
Sierra Sally
Sierra Sally


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Richard Thompson - Sights And Sounds Of London Town Lyrics

Oh Gillian, she's a Doncaster lass
Trains it down on the quarter past
Friday night, leaves the kids at home
And struts her stuff on the Huston Road

Saying, "Do you want some company, darling?
Do you want some company now?
My place, your place some [Incomprehensible] place
I could use the extra cash anyhow"

That's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town

Oh, Jean-Paul, he came over from Toulouse
They taught him that London was the golden goose
He never got his hands on enough to eat
He never did get his arse up off the street

Wanted to be a rap DJ
They took his pulse then they turned him away
Under the radar of your fellow man
Well all that charisma, it ain't worth a damn

Saying, "Lend me your shoes till Monday
Oh, brother can you lend me a comb
I can wash dishes all night long
I just need my fare back home"

That's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town

Well, Jackie, she tried just about everything
She tried to dance, she tried to sing
Too many doors slammed in your face
It leaves a nasty aftertaste

You scramble around for a little bit of cash
Ease the pain with Mister Flash
Saint Anne's Court is the rendezvous
For those who share your point of view

Saying, "This is the last time you will see me
Never again, no way
One more time, I'll never ask you again
I've just got to get through today"

Well, that's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town

Oh, Mickey, he sleeps every two or three days
Runs through Soho like a rat through a maze
A little blackmail here, a sting on the side
Enough to get started on the next enterprise

Dresses expensive but that's just a crutch
Like his word or his handshake, it doesn't mean much
Depends on his kickback from the middle man
And whatever he can beat out of Sally Ann

Saying, "Lucky I'm the one you ran into
Oh lucky, I've taken a shine
Lucky, I'm needing a partner
50/50, right down the line"

Well, that's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sight and sounds of London Town

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Signs
The Avett Brothers

It's the place and your friends that got me down
Tellin' me I should not hang around
There's a sign in the window
Tellin' me I've got to go

I see the signs everyday
In your face and in the way that you act
And it's not that that hurts my pride
But now I see the other side of you
The side that won't let down
The side that won't let go

I didn't mean for me to see
The things I see in you and me
But now I know that we can live together
The way I want to live free forever

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Alan Jackson - Silent Night lyrics

Instrumental
Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace...


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Silent Partner

Just heart beat ago my darling left me
With a good by kiss she sadly broke the news
In her empty chair that's just across the table
Sits my brand new silent partner called the blues

Her cigarette's still burning in the ash tray
Reminds me of the pain I put her through
As I watch the front door slowly close behind her
Through the back door walked my partner called the blues

As I look back at the time we spent together
I can see how wrong I've been for all these years
For she offered me a lifetime of devotion
In return she'll walk a highway paved with tears

I know it's too late to ask forgiveness
With a love like hers it's just too much to lose
Now I know that I must start my life all over
With my brand new silent partner called the blues

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Dolly Parton - Silver And Gold lyrics

Well, I met an old man walkin' down the street
His clothes were torn and tattered
With sandals on his feet
And I stopped to help him
And lend him a hand
He said, I love you so much
But you must understand
1st Chorus:
Silver and gold might buy you a home
But things of this world
They won't last you long
And time has a way of turning us old
And time can't be bought back with silver and gold
And he said to me, let's rest for awhile
For I have some good news to share with you, child
He said, you can't change this old world
The people need to know
That a dear savior died here
A long, long time ago
Repeat 1st Chorus
His eyes shown like diamonds
And his smile was heaven sent
His hair was long and flowing
And his back was slightly bent
And I knew he knew it
For that day I changed
As I watched him walk on
I forgot to get his name
2nd Chorus:
He said, silver and gold can't buy you a home
When this life has ended
And your time is gone
But you can live in a world where
You'll never grow old
And things can't be bought there with silver and gold
Tag:
And time can't be bought back with silver and gold


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Alan Jackson - Silver Bells lyrics

(Jay Livingston/Ray Evans)
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air
There's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing
People passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on ev'ry street corner you'll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
Strings of street lights
Even stop lights
Blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crunch
See the kids bunch
This is Santa's big scene
And above all this bustle
You'll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day...


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Silver Dagger
Traditional

Don't sing lovesongs, you'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here, right by my side
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride

All men are false, says my mother
They tell you wicked, loving lies
The very next evening, they'll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh

My daddy is a handsome devil
He's got a chain five miles long
From every link a heart does dangle
Of some fair maid he's loved and wronged

Go court another tender maiden
And hope that she will be your wife
For I've been warned and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life


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Silver Ghost

On one cold and rainy night I was sitting in the light
Of my switchman's shack on my post on the mountain
The storm was pretty bad and the telegraph was dead
And it was just eleven hours 'til the dawning.

Then much to my surprise the telegraph jumped back to life
As I read the code I thought could this be true
A train was on it's way headed up the mountain grade
But she didn't have a captain or a crew.

At the other switch they tried to put her on the mountainside
But she kept on coming up the mountain grade
I quickly doused the light to try to see into the night
Maybe I could spot her headlight in the rain.

She was pounding down the road I could hear her whistle blow
And I thought lord what a high and mournful sound
Then the telegraph beganThere's a cave-in at the mine
And a hundred men are buried beneath the ground
.
But Lord she's coming now I see around the bend and straight at me
And her boiler's glowing red as coal in hell
The headlight's switching wide searching all the mountainside
But the only sound she's making is the wail

Then I recognize the train by the number and the name
It's the Miner's Silver Ghost Old 41
Then she vanished up the track by the lonely switchman's shack
Like a mother who is looking for her son

Now I recall the story of the train that went to glory
Over fifty years ago on this same night
She was stealing for the cave-in there were men that needed saving
But she missed the curve and trestle near the mine.

Now every now and then you'll hear her whistle on the wind
If the mountain slides and many men are lost
It's the high and lonely wailing searching up and down the mountain
The train they call the call the Miner's Silver Ghost

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Silver Haired Daddy

In a vine-covered shack in the mountains
Bravely fighting the battle of time
Is a dear one who's weathered life's sorrows
Is that silver haired daddy of mine

If I could recall all the heartaches
Dear old daddy, I've caused you to dear
If I could erase those lines from your face
And bring back the gold to your hair

If God would but frant me the power
Just to turn back the pages of time
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
To that silver haired daddy of mine

I know it's too late, dear old daddy
To repay for the sorrows and cares
Tho dear mother is waiting in Heaven
Just to comfort and solace you there


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Mac Wiseman  - Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Lyrics

In a vine covered
Shack in the mountains
Bravely fighting
The battle of time
There's a dear one
Who's wept
Through life's sorrows
It's that silver
Haired daddy of mine

If I could recall
All the heartaches
Dear ole daddy
I've caused you to bear
If I could erase
Those lines from your face
And bring back
The gold to your hair
If God would but
Grant me the power
Just to turn back
The pages of time
I would give all
I own just to put a tone
To that silver
Haired daddy of mine

If I could recall
All the heartaches
Dear ole daddy
I've caused you to bear
If I could erase
Those lines from your face
And bring back
The gold to your hair
If God would but
Grant me the power
Just to turn back
The pages of time
I would give all
I own just to put a tone
To that silver
Haired daddy of mine

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Silver Moon
BMI Work #: 9230100
Silver Moon (Larry W. Jones 11/05/2007) (song#5146)

Silver moon, shining in the dark night
Floating upward with your heavenly light
You took my love away, shining for another
Silver moon, my love is nowhere in sight
Silver moon, shine down on me, I cry
Bring her back to stand here by my side
With your light maybe you can change her mind
I'm so lonesome being left behind
Silver moon, shining in the dark night
Floating upward with your heavenly light
You took my love away, shining for another
Silver moon, my love is nowhere in sight
- instrumental -
Silver moon, shine down on me, I cry
Bring her back to stand here by my side
With your light maybe you can change her mind
I'm so lonesome being left behind
Silver moon, shining in the dark night
Floating upward with your heavenly light
You took my love away, shining for another
Silver moon, my love is nowhere in sight
My love is nowhere in sight


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Dolly Parton - Silver Sandals lyrics

In silver sandals she goes walkin' up those golden stairs
And though we miss her so we know she's happy to be there
She walks with us in memory we see her all the time
In silver sandals walkin' through our minds.
So many times we let our thoughts turn back to yesterday
To a little girl that could only watch the children as they played
She walks with us in memories we see her all the time
In silver sandals walkin' through our minds
The grave in which she sleeps is cold but our thoughts of her are warm
And we cry as we both long to hold her in our arms
Each night in dreams we see her running to us smiling sweet
With silver sandals on her feet
In silver sandals she goes walkin' ...
She had asked for sandals from the time that she could talk
And it would break our hearts when she'd  asked us why she couldn't walk
She'd say when I go to heaven can I change my crutches then
For a pair of silver sandals at the rainbow's end
In silver sandals she goes walkin'...
In silver sandals she goes walkin' through our minds.


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Silver Threads And Golden Needles

I don't want your lonely mansion
With a tear in every rooom
All I want's the love you promised
Beneath the halo'd moon
But you think I should be happy
With your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow
While you play your cheating game 

   Silver thread and golden needles
   Cannot mend this heart of mine
   And I dare not drown my sorrows
   In the warm glow of your wine
   You can't buy my love with money
   For I never was that kind
   Silver thread and golden needles
   Cannot mend this heart of mine. 

I grew up in faded gingham
Where love is a sacred thing
You grew up in silk and satin
Where love's a passing game
I know now you never loved me
And I know I was a fool
To think your pride would let you
Live by the Golden Rule.

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Silver Wings On The Water

Silver wing on the water
Carry me away where I belong
And I'll live my life, morning, noon and night
So keep rolling Red River roll along

Lying on the bank
Early in the morning
Sandies flopping in the sun
Thinking about the day
When I'll be going
Down there to catch me some
When all my work is done

* Refrain

I'll be sitting on the porch
Every evening
Slapping mosquitoes flying by
And it won't be too long
Till I'll be seeing
Those black jacks growing high
And I'm just gonna ride

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - Simple Love Lyrics

Little yellow house sittin' on a hill
That is where he lived
That is where he died
Every Sunday morning
Hear the weeping willows cry

Two children born
A beautiful wife
Four walls and livin's all he needed in life
Always giving, never asking back
I wish I had a simple love like that

I want a simple love like that
Always giving, never askin' back
For when I'm in my final hour lookin' back
I hope I had a simple love like that

My momma was his only little girl
If he'd had the money he'd have given her the world
Sittin' on the front porch together they would sing
Oh how I long to hear that harmony

I want a simple love like that
Always giving never asking back
When I'm in my final hour looking back
I hope I had a simple love like that

I want a simple love like that
Always giving never asking back
When I'm in my final hour looking back
I hope I had a simple love like that

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Simply Divine
Recorded by George Jones with Melba Montgomery
Written by Melba Montgomery
[3/4 time]

C                        G7
When your arms enfold me I thrill through and through
                             C
And when your arms hold me I feel the same too
                          C7            F
No other can take it from these arms of mine
                    C       G7          C
Oh this feeling you give me is simply divine
      F                       C
We're meant for each other we both know it's true
    F                 D7           G7
And everyone round us say the same too
     C                       C7              F
Just one kiss from your lips tells me you're mine
                    C       G7          C
Oh this feeling you give me is simply divine
                    G7
Just being near you means so much to me
                       C
If ever I lost you how lonesome I'd be
                           C7         F
I'll love you forever till the end of time
                    C       G7          C
Oh this feeling you give me is simply divine
F                       C
We're meant for each other we both know it's true
    F                 D7           G7
And everyone round us say the same too
     C                       C7              F
Just one kiss from your lips tells me you're mine
                    C       G7          F  C
Oh this feeling you give me is simply div-ine

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Sin City

This old town's filled with sin it will swallow you in
If you've got some money to burn
Take it home, right away we've got three years to pay
But Satan is waiting his turn. 

The scientists say it will all wash away
But we don't believe anymore
Cause we've got our recruits and our green mohair suits
So please show your I.D. at the door. 

   This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse
   It feels like this whole town's insane
   On the thirty first floor a gold plated door
   Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain 

A friend came around, tried to clean up this town
His ideas made some people mad
But he trusted his crowd, so he spoke right out loud
And they lost the best friend they had.

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Since I Lost My Darlin'
BMI Work #: 8808819
Since I Lost My Darlin' (Larry W. Jones 04/06/2007) (song#4566)

Since I lost my darlin' (darlin')
I don't know what to do
Since I lost my darlin' (darlin')
I don't know what to do
I toss and turn darlin'
Cause I'm feelin' blue
My darlin' wrote me a letter
And this is what it said
My darlin' wrote me a letter
And this is what it said
Don't bother comin' home
Since our love is dead
- instrumental -
Since I lost my darlin' (darlin')
I don't know what to do
Since I lost my darlin' (darlin')
I don't know what to do
I toss and turn darlin'
Cause I'm feelin' blue
How I lost my darlin' (darlin')
Oh, how I wish I knew
How I lost my darlin' (darlin')
Oh, how I wish I knew
If you had lost your darlin'
You would feel blue too


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Since I've Used My Bible For A Road Map

Since I've used my bible for a road map
I've been traveling toward the promised land
There has been no worry or obstruction
No rough pavement and no sinking sand

I'm on the right road to glory
Jesus leads me by the hand
Since I've used my bible for a road map
All my earthly travels have been grand

Since I've used my bible for a road map
I'm insured by Jesus day and night
And if I take the wrong direction
My bible will always steer me right

* Refrain


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Since My Sweet Love Ain't Around

Listen to that rain a-falling
Can'nt you hear that lonesome sound?
My poor old heart is breaking
Since my sweet love ain't around. 

Lord I think I start to ramble
Got to leave this lonesome town
I can't stay here any longer
Since my sweet love ain't around. 

On that train tonight I'll leave
And don't ask me where I'm bound
This old town is way too lonely
Since my sweet love ain't around.

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Since The Day You Went Away

Every minute seems like an hour
Every hour seems like a day
Maybe you don't realize my darling
But you broke my heart the day you went away

Here's thing or two to ask the other
Will he love you when your old and gray
Will he hold your hand when old and wrinkled
Like I did the day you went away

Now there will come a time when you'll be sorry
Sorry for the things you do and say
I am not the blame if you must suffer
Like I did the day you went away

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Dolly Parton - Sing For The Common Man lyrics

You may not know me now
But I have been around
You'll never see my name on any pages
I'm just the common man
The fool who understands
The pain you go through
When life takes you under
So, sing for the common man
A song for the common man
He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow
He will survive, he will survive
You may not know my mother
My sisters or my brothers
Yet everyone has given for the other
You know the working man
He builds what others plan
So, everyone of us should sing his story
So, sing for the common man
A song for the common man
He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow
He will survive, he will survive
Dat after day
He keeps working away
In offices, factories, and farms
Year after year
He sheds tear after tear
He will provide, he will survive
So, sing for the common man
A song for the common man
He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow
He will survive, he will survive


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Sing Me a Song

   Sing me a song
   Sing me a song
   When I come to the end of my journey
   I know it won't be long
   Til I cross death's silent river
   Don't cry just sing me a song

As I travel through this life
With its struggle and its strife
Though the days may be weary and long
As I search for happiness I find peace and rest
When I sit down and sing me a song

Though our burdens are not light
Always fighting for the right
Everything seems to always go wrong
We could find peace of mind if together we could find
Time to sit down and sing just one song

When I reach the other shore
Meet loved ones once more
Join in the happy angel throne
If I could forever sing let the hallelujahs ring
I'd be singing a hallelujah song

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Sing Me Back To Single
BMI Work #: 9166049
Sing Me Back To Single (Larry W. Jones 10/08/2007) (song#5046)

Sing me back to single, any old sad song will do
Even rhyme or jingle, as long as it sounds blue
Bring me back a beer, make it more than one or two
Sing me back to single, for an old love that's untrue
Sing it for a lady who used to be my wife
Sing it for the shady honky tonk side of life
She used to say she loved me when our love began
Sing me back to single, a solitary man
Sing me back to single, before my poor heart dies
Stale beer intermingles with pale tears from my eyes
If you happen to see her, give her a sweet kiss
Sing me back to single, for someone I still miss
- instrumental -
Sing it for a lady who used to be my wife
Sing it for the shady honky tonk side of life
She used to say she loved me when our love began
Sing me back to single, a solitary man
She always looked so lovely when she was my bride
Now I look so lonely since she's not by my side
I still live in yesterday when her love was real
Sing me back to single, cause love has been repealed


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Sing Sing Sing

In this world of sorrow I've seen troubles and woe
Way up there in glory Lordy I'll see no more
For I know my prayers have not been in vain
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing

When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing
I'm gonna let the hallelujahs ring
I'm gonna praise my blessed Saviour's name
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing

Sometimes I get so weary inside
That I recall how my Jesus died
Up there I know there'll be no more pain
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing

Up there no tears will blind my eyes
As I walk along by my Jesus's side
I'll meet my loved ones all once again
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing

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Sing Song Kitty

Way down yonder and not far off
Sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
Jaybird died with a whoopin' cough
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

He mo heimo beetlebug jingo
Mehe my ho pretty petimingo
Ram tom a doodlesnake rang tang a rattlebug
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Way down yonder on beaver creek
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
The gals all grow to be six feet
sing song kitty kitchree cry me oh

Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my ho pretty penimingo
Ram tom a doodlesnake rang tang a rattlebug
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Now our cow won't give milk in the summer
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
So we got to take it from her
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my ho pretty penimingo
rib tap a prettypat a blue eyed pussycat
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Mama's in the garden sifting sand
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
Sally's in love with a hog eyed man
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my ho pretty penimingo
rib tap a prettypat a blue eyed pussycat
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Cabbage in the garden peas in the gump(?)
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
Sally won't you come and smooch me some
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my ho pretty penimingo
rib tap a prettypat a blue eyed pussycat
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh

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Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground

Oh the little country church where we used to sing and pray
How God would bless us in the old fashioned way
It's still in my memory oh I can see it now
We would sing all day have dinner on the ground

If the whole would loved Jesus you'd find more people there
Singing rejoicing as they kneel in prayer
Then an old fashioned handshake and gather around
At the Singing all day and dinner on the ground

We would sing those old songs and the preacher would preach
Of how Jesus died for you and for me
You could feel the Great Spirit from Heaven pouring down
At the singing all day and dinner on the ground

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Single Drop Of Honey
Abigail Washburn

If a single drop of honey would bring you to me
I'd break that sweet rock open
And hold it out for thee

She asked him for a penny
He gave her a dime
She asked him to stay forever
He said, "all will come in time"

She prayed for him to come back
He sent a voice true
She barely heard the words
He said, "I'm not so far from you"

She grew old holding on
He called her from afar,
"You desire more than men are able
Find me in your heart"


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Single Girl

Single girl, oh single girl
She's gone anywhere she please
Oh, gone anywhere she please
Married girl, oh married girl
Got a baby on her knees
Oh, got a baby on her knees

Single girl, oh single girl
She's going dressed up so fine
Oh going dressed up so file
Married girl, oh, married girl
She wears any kind
Oh, she wears any kind

Single girl, oh single girl
She goes to the store and buys
Oh goes to the store and buys
Married girl, oh, married girl
She rocks the cradle and cries
Oh, rocks the cradle and cries

Single girl, oh single girl
She lays in bed 'til one
Oh lays in bed 'til one
Married girl, oh, married girl
She's up before the sun
Oh, up before the sun

Single girl, oh single girl
She's looking for a man
Oh looking for a man
Married girl, oh, married girl
She's got her wedding band
Oh, got her wedding band

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Dolly Parton - Single Women lyrics

Single bars and single women
With a single thought in mind
Just to make it till the morning
Looking for what they can find
For a man they won't remember
For a night they can't forget
Do you come to this place often?
May I light your cigarette?
Drinkin' beer in Amarillo
Passing time and swaping jokes
Hoping for a new beginning
But beginning to lose hope
And you're waiting for that moment
When a glance becomes a stare
Mmm, what's that perfume that you're wearing?
Haven't I met you somewhere?
Find a matchbook in the morning
With a name and number scrawled
When you phone, a woman answers
And you wish you'd never called
Oh, they're friendly when they meet you
But they're strangers when they go
Ahh, do you mind if I come join you?
Would you like to dance one more?
And it's gettin' near to closing
And the seconds pass like years
Lots of friends to share the laughter
Not a one to share the tears
Oh and you wish they'd change that juke box
Cause you know every song it plays
Can I drop you off at my place?
Oh, what's the matter, are you gay?
You gotta twenty in your pocket
Got your toothbrush in your purse
Life could get a whole lot better
But it better not get worse
Single bars and single women
With a single thought in mind
Just to make it till the morning
Looking for what they can find


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Sinking In The Lonesome Sea

There was a little ship
And it sailed upon the sea
And she went by the name of the Merry Golden Tree
And she sailed upon the low and lonesome low
And she sailed upon the lonesome sea

There was a little sailor
Unto his captain said
Oh captain captain what'll you give to me
If I sink them in the low and lonesome low
If I sink them in the lonesome sea

Two hundred dollars
I will give unto thee
And my oldest daughter I will wed unto you
If you sink them in the low and lonesome low
If you sink them in the lonesome sea

He bowed upon his breast
And away swim he
Till he came the ship of the Turkish Reveille
As she sailed upon the low and lonesome low
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea

If it wasn't for the love
Of your daughter and your men
I would do unto you as I did unto them
I would sink you in the low and lonesome low
I would sink you in the lonesome sea

He bowed his head
And down sank he
Farewell farewell to the Merry Golden Tree
For I'm sinking in the low and lonesome low
For I'm sinking in the lonesome sea

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Sinking Stone
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I called you today
Wanting a change
I never meant to hurt anyone
Never meant for you to pull out your guns
But feelings won't stay
In this meager parade
You're beating to a different drum
In this lack of all the luster we've become

Save your breath
You know we've both
Tried our best
But it's leaving

This might as well be done
I'm falling with the sun
When the hours getting sour won't save with time
I'm waving off the one
Who wouldn't let me run
Though we tried, it's a lie I can't keep dragging on
I'm untying this sinking stone

Don't sit on the fence
Living past tense
Holding on to wishes and words
Folding out a picture we blur
'Cause here in the end
I'm losing a friend
Fighting back a tear when it burns
Dividing up the pieces that we were

Save your breath
You know we've both
Tried our best
But it's leaving

This might as well be done
I'm falling with the sun
When the hours getting sour won't save with time
I'm waving off the one
Who wouldn't let me run
Though we tried, it's a lie I can't keep dragging on
I'm untying this sinking stone

I can't say you're all alone
I'm accepting what I own
Here lies a blanket and not a bandage

I'm unable to restrain
When the wake that we became
Is drawing me under

This might as well be done
I'm falling with the sun
When the hours getting sour won't save with time
I'm waving off the one
Who wouldn't let me run
Though we tried, it's a lie I can't keep dragging on

This might as well be done
I'm falling with the sun
When the hours getting sour won't save with time
I'm waving off the one
Who wouldn't let me run
Though we tried, it's a lie I can't keep dragging on
I'm untying this sinking stone

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Sinners or Saints
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Vip Vipperman, Darryl Worley, J.B. Rudd

C                           F           C
Young ones in the jailhouse sleeping it off
                             G7      C
Church folks saying that his soul is lost
                         F                    C
Man you shoulda seen him all the faces turned red
                           G7                    C
Just this morning when the preacher stood up and said
    F
The only thing different in sinners and saints
C                       G7        C
One is forgiven and the other one ain't
                     F           C
Sally got in trouble a few years ago
                   G7          C
With a married man down in Tupelo
                     F                  C
The way folks talked in this little old town
                              G7                 C
Lord there ain't no way she's ever gonna live it down
Repeat #2
 
                 F                    C
Nobody's perfect we're just flesh and blood
                          G7         C
One foot on the high road one in the mud
                           F                 C
There's a mighty fine line between right and wrong
                        G7                             C
Don't point your finger don't matter which side you're on
Repeat #2
    F
The only thing different in sinners and saints
C                       G7        C
One is forgiven and the other one ain't
                        G7        C
One is forgiven and the other one ain't

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Alison Krauss - Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us

Strange things are happening everyday
I hear the music up above my head
Though the side of my heart has left me again
I hear music up above

Secrets are written in the sky
Looks like I've lost the love I've never found
Though the sound of hope has left me again
I hear music up above

Standing in my broken heart all night long
Darkness held me like a friend when love was lost
Looking for the land that's hidden in the cross
The finders love
I know I loved you too much
Ill go alone to get through

I hear Rosetta singing in the night
Echo's of lighting shine like stars after there gone
And tonight shes my guide as a girl on the moon
With the music up above


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Richard Thompson - Sisters Lyrics

Remember the time when we two kin were reared?
There was never a morsel but that it was shared
If the one babe was stung 'twas the other would cry
There scarce was a crossed word and never a lie

Our people were drab and defeated like slaves
The light of their fathers went into the graves
I took to the highway to find some relief
I never meant parting to put you to grief

Sisters, we were sisters
'Til love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart

Now you smile when you greet me, you put on a show
But it's slander you're talking as soon as you go
If your eye and my eye don't meet anymore
Hold fast to your tongue when I've walked out the door

Sisters, we were sisters
'Til love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart

You say that I'm different, don't hold me to blame
It's not to my grandeur, it's not to your shame
It's nothing of mine that I lay at your door
So take it or leave it, it's to heal not to sore

Sisters, we were sisters
'Til love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart

Sisters, we were sisters
'Til love came between us and pulled us apart
We were sisters, we were sisters
Don't call me your sister and put a knife through my heart

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Sit Down With The Lord And Pray

   Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down
   Sit down won't you sit down with the Lord and talk today
   Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down
   Sit down won't you sit down with the Lord today and pray

My family and my friends I know mean a lot
And I know who's the one who provides it all
It's Jesus from on high I can praise him til I die
I'm so glad I'll be with him when I die

You won't always have this chance so gather while you can
Some of you I know will let it pass
There's sadness in my heart knowing we will have to part
I'm so glad I'll be with him when I die

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Sit Down Young Stranger
Gordon Lightfoot

I'm standing at the doorway, my head bowed in my hands
Not knowing where to sit, not knowing where I stand
My father looms above me for him there is no rest
My mother's arms enfold me and hold me to her breast

They say you been out wandering, they say you travelled far
Sit down young stranger and tell us who you are
The room has all gone misty, my thoughts are all in spin
Sit down young stranger and tell us where you been

Well I've been up to the mountain, I've walked down by the sea
I never questioned no one and no one questioned me
My love was given freely and oftimes was returned
I never came to borrow, I only came to learn

Sometimes it would get lonely but it taught me how to cry
And laughter came too easy for life to pass me by
I never had a dollar that I didn't earn with pride
'Cause I had a million daydreams to keep me satisfied

And will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth
How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself
My mother's eyes grow misty, there's a trembling in her hand
Sit down young stranger, I do not understand

Now will you try and tell us, you been too long at school
That knowledge is not needed, that power does not rule
That war is not the answer, that young men should not die
Sit down young stranger, I wait for your reply

The answer is not easy for souls are not reborn
To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns
If Jesus had a reason, I'm sure he would not tell
We treated him so badly, how could he wish us well

The parlor now is empty, there's nothing left to say
My father has departed, my mother's gone to pray
There's rockets in the meadows and ships out on the sea
The answer's in the forest, carved upon a tree

John loves Mary, does anyone love me


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Dolly Parton - Sittin' On The Front Porch Swing lyrics

I remember a time when the bloom was on the cotton
When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallow on the wing
When our cares which were already few, some forgotten
Just sitting on the front porch swing
Oh we'd sit every Sunday, and watch the married ladies
And we'd dream of white dresses and church bells in the spring
And they'd talk and paint their nails while they let us hold their babies
Sitting on the front porch swing
Where was I when the time came to join the married ladies
Why did I paint the nail when the finger had no ring
Why do I sit at my age and long to hold their babies
Sitting on the front porch swing
When the mind longs to follow, but the memory erases
And the lips form the words that the heart no longer sings
When the leaves in the hollow have been dyed to match our faces
Sitting on the front porch swing
Oh we'll dream of the time when the bloom was on the cotton
When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallow on the wing
But the words to the rhyme are not the only things forgotten
Sitting on the front porch swing
Sitting on the front porch swing


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Sitting Alone In The Moonlight

Sitting alone in the moonlight
Thinking of the days gone by
Wondering about my darling
I can still hear her saying goodbye

   Oh the moon grows pale as I sit here
   Each little star seems to whisper and say
   Your sweetheart has found another
   And now she's far far away

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Alison Krauss - Sitting in the Window of My Room

I sat in the window of my room
Watched you go away
It was all I could do
It was all I could do.

Your going away
To leave me alone
In all of this sorrow
In this misery.

So look now, my darling
I'll have to abandon
All thought of you
As your going away/

I still see your dear little head
As it touched mine
Saying goodbye, forever goodbye
Those words you said to me have broken my heart
Yes, they've broken my heart
They were false and did lie.

Goodbye, my dear
Goodbye forever
Your going away
Your going away.

Death is hard
But your leaving is worse
Oh yes, my dear
Your leaving is worse.

Your going, my dear.
Your going forever
And leaving me all alone with this grief.

So how, my dear
How will I forget you
When I see your face wherever I go
When I close my eyes
It's as though I see you
Your beautiful blue eyes, your beautiful lie.

I sat in the window of my room,
An' I watched you go away,
It was all I could do,
It was all I could do...


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Sitting On Top Of The World

It was in the spring one sunny day
My good gal left me Lord she went away

   And now she's gone but I don't worry
   'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world

She called me up from down in El Paso
Said come back, daddy, Lord I need you so

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Show me a woman a man can trust

Mississippi River, long, deep and wide
The woman I'm loving is on the other side

You don't like my peaches, don't you shake my tree
Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be

Don't you come here running, holding out your hand
I'll get me a woman like you got your man

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Six Days On The Road
E. Green / C. Montgomery

Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh
Rollin' down the Eastern Seaboard
I've got my diesel wound up
And she's running like never before
There's a speed zone ahead, all right
I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

I got ten forward gears
And a Georgia overdrive
I'm taking little white pills
And my eyes are open wide
I just passed a Jimmy and a White
I've been passin' everything in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Well, it seems like a month
Since I kissed my baby go0d-bye
I could have a lot of women
But I'm not like some other guys
I could find one to hold me tight
But I could never believe that it's right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

I.C.C. is checking on down the line
I'm a little overweight and my log's three days behind
But nothing bothers me tonight
I can dodge all the scales all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Well my rig's a little old
But that don't mean she's slow
There's a flame from her stack
And the smoke's rolling black as coal
My hometown's coming in sight
If you think I'm happy your right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Recorded by:
Dave Dudley - 1963
Johnny Rivers - 1974
Steve Earl & The Dukes - 1988
Sawyer Brown -1997


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Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All of One Size

I'll sing you a song of the world and its ways
And the many strange people you meet
From the rich man who's rolled in his millions of gold
To the poor struggling wretch on the street
But a man tho' he's poor and in tatters and rags
We should never affect to despise
But think of the adage remember my friends
That six feet of earth makes us all of one size

There's the rich man with thousands to spare if he likes
But he haughtily holds up his head
And who thinks he's above the mechanic who toils
And is honestly earning his bread
But his gold and his jewels he can't take away
To the world up above when he dies
For death levels all and conclusively shows
That six feet of earth makes us all of one size 

There's many a coat that is tatter'd and torn,
That beneath lies a true honest heart
But because he's not dressed like his neighbors in style,
Why "society" keeps them apart;
For on one fortune smiles, while the other one fails,
Yes no matter what venture he tries,
But time calls them both to the grave in the end
And six feet of earth makes us all of one size 

Then when you once see a poor fellow that tries,
To baffle the world and its frown,
Let us help him along and perhaps he'll succeed
Don't crush him because he is down,
For a cup of cold water for charity's sake,
Is remembered with joy in the skies,
We're all of us human, we've all got to die,
And six feet of earth makes us all of one size

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Six Feet Under The Ground

Well they tell me my sweetheart now is leaving
A new love I know she has found
To love you and know I'm gonna lose you
I'd rather be six feet under the ground

    Who will take care of my graveside
    Who's footsteps will come walking around
    Read my name upon the tombstone
    You can bet your life my soul is homeward bound

When the time has come and you are gone dear
You can bet your life I won't be hangin' around
I'd rather be in my dark grave dear
I'd rather be six feet under the ground
 

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Six More Miles

Oh the rain is slowly fallin'
And my heart is so sad
Six more miles I'll leave my darlin'
Leave the best friend I ever had

Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles long and sad
six more miles to the graveyard
Leave the best friend I ever had

Oh I hear that train a comin'
Bringin' my darlin' back home
Six more miles to the graveyard
Never on this earth no more to roam

Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles long and sad
Six more miles Ill leave my darlin'
Leave the best friend I ever had

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Six O'clock News
John Prine

Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one.
The father was stranger and a stranger was the son.
Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home.
Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

All around the schoolyard playing all the games
Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names
Stranger in the closet, lock the diary
The past is running faster singing harmony
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

"God bless this kitchen" said the knick-knack shelf
"Dinner's almost ready. Go and wash yourself"
Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old
The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and cold
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

Sneaking in the closet and through the diary
Now, don't you know all he saw was all there was to see
The whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock news
His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me


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Sixteen in July
The Avett Brothers

What was it like for you
I can tell you in truth what it was like for me
To be sixteen in July, sixteen in July
License in my hand
Freedom on my mind
I was sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to my left
And no one to my right

What did you want to hear on your radio
Even if it did not come in clear
You'd still be sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With license in your hand
and freedom on your mind
If you're sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to your left
And no one to your right

For me it was shortcut road
The girl was new and the car was old
Were you in love like me?
Or at least as in love as you can be?
When you're sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With license in your hand
and freedom on your mind
I was sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to my left, and no one to my right

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Sixteen Miles
Gordon Lightfoot

Early in the morning when the dew is on
Each and every rose bud you will find me gone
So knock me down and pick me up
And knock me down again
Break my heart steal my gold
And slander my good name
Seven lonely hours on the morning train
Takes me to a place where I won't come back again
Seven lonely Pullmans speedin' down the line
Takin' me away from an old love of mine

Sixteen miles to seven lakes way up among the pines
In some hidden valley where the twirlin' river twines
Where the fish swim up and down
And the sparklin' water falls
Where the thunder rolls
And the lonely puma calls

Somewhere on the mountain I'll take another name
Rid my mind of memories and start my life again
Somewhere in the wilderness
I'll build a cabin small
Then forget so I
Won't remember you at all


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Sixteen Tons
Merle Travis

Some people say a man is made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood,
Muscle and blood and skin and bones,
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

Chorus:
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal,
And the straw boss said "Well-a, bless my soul"

Chorus

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain.
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name.
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion,
Cain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line.

Chorus

If you see me comin', better step aside.
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.

Chorus


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Sixteen Years

When we were young we played together
That's the way our love began
Now you're gone dear with another
Now you're no more than just a friend

   Sixteen years we were married
   I remember the day that we were wed
   Sixteen years is a mighty long time
   Now you're gone I'm losin my mind

Now the days are long and the nights are lonesome
It seems like years have past and gone
I didn't know you were unhappy
I didn't know anything was wrong

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Size Seven Round
Recorded by George Jones and Lacy J. Dalton 
Written by Monroe Fields and Gary N. Lumpkin

C                   G7         C
With all my love my dreams and plans
           G7             C
I placed a ring upon your hand
                     F       C 
To tell the end-less love we found
                   G7         C          
Loves golden band  size seven round

                     G7      C
Size seven round and made of gold
            G7                 C
This circle joins us heart and soul
                     F         C
And it won't let our love grow cold
                  G7          C  
Size seven round  and made of gold

                          G7      C
The years have passed our ring is old
               G7                 C
But time can't tarnish pure loves gold
                     F         C
Each day our love is young and new
                     G7             C
There's just no end  to love that's true

repeat #2

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The Avett Brothers - Skin and Bones 

It's the skin and bones that keep me on the road
The shoulderblades of a beast that haunts my soul
Wandering lonely and scared
I live the tragedy I shared

It's quick to drag you in but hard to shake
A gift that doesn't match how much it takes
Growing stronger and loud
I lived it but now I'm wanting out

I built the fence, I hung the sign
Wine red letters saying 'Keep in mind
Where I been so don't come in'
But how long can you live in shame
And drop a life long curse on your own last name
The trouble is, I'm used to it

It's the questions that keep me turning back
To see those rumors turned to fact
Wandering lonely and scared
I live the tragedy I shared

I built the fence, I hung the sign
Blood red letters saying 'Keep in mind
Where we've been so don't come in'
But how long can we live in shame
And drop a life long curse on your own last name
The trouble is, we're used to it
The trouble is, we're used to it
The trouble is, we're used to it

It's the tin and boards that keep me going home
But it's who I am that won't let me alone
Growing stronger and loud
Growing stronger and loud
Growing stronger and loud

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The Avett Brothers - Skin and Bones (demo) Lyrics

It's the skin and bones that keep me on the road
The shoulderblades of a beast that haunts my soul
Wandering lonely and scared
I live the tragedy I shared

It's quick to drag you in but hard to shake
A kiss that doesn't match how much it takes
Growing stronger and loud
I lived it but now I'm wanting out

I built the fence, I hung the sign
Blood red letters said 'Keep in mind
Where I been so don't come in'
But how long can you live in shame
And drop a life long curse on your own last name
The trouble is, I'm used to it

It's the questions that keep me turning back
To see those rumors turned to fact
Wandering lonely and scared
I live the tragedy I shared

I built the fence, I hung the sign
Wine red letters said 'Keep in mind
Where we've been so don't come in'
But how long can we live in shame
And drop a life long curse on your own last names
The trouble is, we're used to it
The trouble is, we're used to it
The trouble is, we're used to it

It's the tin and the board that keep me going home
But it's who I am that won't let me alone
Growing stronger and loud
Growing stronger and loud
Growing stronger and loud

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Skip To My Lou

Lost my partner what'll I do
Lost my partner what'll I do
Lost my partner what'll I do
Skip to my Lou my darling

Gone again, skip to my Lou
Gone again, skip to my Lou
Gone again, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou my darling

I'll get another one prettier than you
I'll get another one prettier than you
I'll get another one prettier than you
Skip to my Lou my darling

* Refrain

Little red wagon painted blue
Little red wagon painted blue
Little red wagon painted blue
Skip to my Lou my darling

* Refrain

Flies in the buttermil two by two
Flies in the buttermil two by two
Flies in the buttermil two by two
Skip to my Lou my darling

* Refrain

Flies in the sugar bowl shoo shoo shoo
Flies in the sugar bowl shoo shoo shoo
Flies in the sugar bowl shoo shoo shoo
Skip to my Lou my darlig

* Refrain

Going to Texas two by two
Going to Texas two by two
Going to Texas two by two
Skip to my Lou my darling

* Refrain

Cat's in the cream jar what'll do
Cat's in the cream jar what'll do
Cat's in the cream jar what'll do
Skip to my Lou mu darling

* Refrain


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Sam Bush - Skippin' in the Mississippi Dew

Well I dream of a girl and a steering wheel steamboat
A pilothouse stove and engine room brass
Hanging on a post by the maindeck stairway
Long hair skippin in the Mississippi dew

Oh the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
The river run long after I am gone
With the steamboat wheeling on a big wide bend
Just skippin in the Mississippi Dew

Well I went up the river come way last Sunday
Twelve feet of water on the Memphis gage
Wouldn't be home without the muddy water rolling
Paddle wheel skippin in the Mississippi dew

Oh the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
Oh the river run long after I am gone
With the steamboat wheelin on a big wide bend
Just skippin in the Mississippi Dew

Now it used to be Spring I'd ship on the river
Thirty five days on a balla [sic] line boat
I'd make a little money, get a springtime chicken
And take off a skippin in the Mississippi Dew

Oh the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
Oh the river run long after I am gone
With the steam boat wheelin round a big wide bend
Just skippin in the Mississippi dew

Oh the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
Oh the river run long after I am gone
With the steamboat wheelin round a big wide bend
Just skippin in the Mississippi dew

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Punch Brothers - Sleek White Baby 

Do you ever feel alone, old pal?
Are you ragged, running low on morale
Have I got something grand
That I've planned for you!
Baby, do you burn for glowing power after dark
In the shadow of some hour you'll feel the spark
Have I got something swell
That I'll tell to you?
You're not alone?
For so many years, man has suffered the plague of isolation. Isolation from his fellow man, fellow woman, unable to connect, unable to reach out and touch someone, to be tethered, to be one with the world.
But now, man and woman can be attuned to every arcane detail, every dog's bark, every boy's bat, every girl's tiara, with a new invention, a staggering development in technology.
Sleek white baby
Keep it by your bedside, maybe
And then
How all of your friends
All of our friends
Are here now
Such cheer, now
Nine out of ten businessmen agree, the sleek white baby should be your constant companion, whether you're dining, traveling, moping, convalescing, or eating a sandwich. Don't be the one left out.
If you fail to buy our prized new machine (why would you do that?)
You will find yourself stung by the sting (it's painful, really it is)
Of gloom and misery, pal, you will die alone (that doesn't sound pleasant, does it?)
Alone, alone, alone, alone - oooh?

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Sleep On

Could your heart ever be mine?
Your arms hold me so close to you all through the night
Your eyes gaze into mine
Sayin' I should believe you, I always do, I don't know why
Cause you taught me a lesson the hard way one time
Told me you loved me but then changed your mind
I never told no one how I hurt down inside until now
Sleep on
Could your heart ever be mine?
My arms hold you so close to me all through the night
My heart warned me this time
But I need to believe you, so I do, just for tonight
But you taught me a lesson the hard way one time
Promised to love me but then changed your mind
I never told no one how I hurt down inside until now
Sleep on

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The Duhks - Sleepin' Is All I Wanna Do (Stars On a Sunny Day) 

Sleepin' is all I want to do
I'm not ready to wake up and leave all that I knew
So, as I wake I wish I could sleep all day
Look at the clock and then I turn away
Even though I know I can't stay, I can't stay, I can't stay,
I must wake up and face another day.

Sleepin' is all I want to do
Though I know my life is waiting for decisions to be made
Wish I could just dream and slip away
Look at the stars, let the moon tell me she'll stay
Even though I know she can't stay, she can't stay, she won't stay,
She must leave us for the sun to make the day

Take me away, far away from where we are
I really want to make my escape
Mold me, disguise me into whatever you want
Just don't let anybody see where we're goin'!

Sleepin' is all I want to do
I'm useless to the world, but, gotta get up anyway
Against all odds I'll attempt to start the day
I get up too fast, see stars on a sunny day
Oh, my conscience got in the way, made me stray, made me stray
No time to waste, back to bed?Oh, and there I'll stay

chorus

Sleeping is all I want to do, sleeping is all I want to do
Dream away, drift away and call it a day?
I could dream my whole life away

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Brad Paisley - Sleepin' On The Foldout lyrics

Chorus
Sleepin' on the foldout thanks to me and my big mouth
Why did I do what I did
I should'a known better than to lie
But it's too late and so tonight I'm
Sleepin' on the foldout sofa-bed
She wanted me to go and see her family
But I told her that I had to work
I never dreamed she'd get home so dang early
And she caught me cleanin' fish
Out on our back porch
And now I'm
Chorus
I can't believe they call this thing a mattress
It's 2 a.m. and I'm wide awake
Lookin' back I should'a just been honest
Instead of tellin' her the whole staff
Spent the day out on the lake
And now I'm
Chorus
Yeah, I'm sleepin' on the foldout sofa-bed


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Sleepy Eyed Boy
John Prine

Where are the boot straps
To lift myself up?
Where is the well
Where I once filled my cup?
Where does this sorrow
All turn into joy?
And where oh where is the sleepy eyed boy?

Where is my true love
When the wind starts to moan?
Is she out in the wild,
Is she there all alone?
Have I cast her aside
Like an unwanted toy?
Tell me where oh where is the sleepy eyed boy?

He's goin' down the backroads
In a cold pourin' rain
He's a waitin' for a postcard
In the south coast of Spain
Postmarked from a sweetheart
Back in ol' Illinois
Sayin' where oh where is my sleepy eyed boy?


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Sleepy Eyes

Well I've been loving only you for so long
And I've never once regretted a single day
And it took a lot of woman
To stay right a lot of woman
To stay right here so long
Through all those long old lonely nights
And all my old fashion ways

Sleepy eyes, sleeping in the falling rain
lonely skies, crying on the window pane
Oh you're mine only, always mine only
Sleepy eyes sleeping in the falling rain

When I go out and travel
Round this country side
I'll make 'em forget their problems
For awhile and it dosen't take too much
To ease this heart of mine
Just a good ole' country melody
And your sweet summer smile

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Sleigh Ride lyrics
Duet with Kenny Rogers
Writers Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting-tingling too. Come on, it's
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. Outside the snow is
falling, and friends are calling, Yoo-hoo! Come on, it's lovely weather for a
sleigh ride together with you. Giddyup, giddyup, giddyup, let's go, let's look
at the show, We're riding in a wonderland of snow. Giddyup, giddyup, giddyup
it's grand just holding your hand, We're gliding along with a song of a wintery
fairyland. Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy and cozy are we, We're
snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be. Let's take that road
before us and sing a chorus or two, Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh
ride together with you. There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray,
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day. We'll be singing the songs we
love to sing without a single stop At the fireplace while we watch the
chestnuts pop. Pop! Pop! Pop! There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can
buy When you pass around the cider and the pumpkin pie, It'll nearly be like a
picture print by Currier and Ives, These wonderful things are the things we
remember all through our lives. Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
ring-ting-tingling too. Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together
with you. Outside the snow is falling, and friends are calling, Yoo-hoo! Come
on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.


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Dolly Parton - Medley: lyrics
Sleigh Ride

Sleigh bells ring are you listening in the lane snow is glistening
A beautiful sight we're happy tonight walking in the winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird here to stay is a newbird
He sings a love song as he goes alone walking in the winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build the snowman and pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say are you merry we'll say no man but you can do the job when you're in town
Later on we'll conspire as we dream by the fire
The face on the frame the plans that we made walking in the winter wonderland
Just hear those sleigh bells jingleing ring ting tingleing too
Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling you hoo
Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
In the meadow we can build the snowman...
The face on the frame the plans that we made walking in the winter wonderland


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The Avett Brothers - Slight Figure Of Speech 

They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess it's time that I was quitting

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
It is all like I was hoping now?

They said "I hope that you will never change"
I went and cut my hair
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
I bought us tickets there

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
It is all like I was hoping now?

What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around 'cause you're
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It's not you, it's not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don't want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won't give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through

A jet plane and a big idea
I jump over the sea
What ifs hot on my trail
But that can't catch me, no

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
It is all like I was hoping now?

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The Avett Brothers - Slight Figure Of Speech - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess it's time that I was quitting

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

They said "I hope that you will never change"
I went and cut my hair
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
I bought us tickets there

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around 'cause you're
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It's not you, it's not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don't want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won't give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through

A jet plane and a big idea
I jump over the sea
What ifs hot on my trail
But that can't catch me, no

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

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Dolly Parton - Slip Away Today lyrics

You jark back your hand away from mine and I move my lips away from yours
Then quietly we sit tryin' to forget
Those deep running thoughts that run wild across our minds
You quickly stop the words you start to say and we realize just how close we are
And we both know if we let ourselves go we'll do something we'll be sorry for
Slip away today means sorrow tomorrow
It's love we know but we can't keep but yet we like to borrow
Trying to hold back emotions and desires
It's hard to keep from doing something we'll be sorry for
[ ac.guitar ]
My love hungry heart begs for more of what your lips hold in store
But our conscience just won't let us at least tonight it kept us
From jumpin' off the deep end and going too far
But one of these night you and I will be ruled by the passion of our hearts
And we both know if we let ourselves go and do something that we'll be sorry for
Slip away today means...
It's hard to keep from doing something we'll be sorry for


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Slippin' In The Grits
Anonymous

Lots of folks, all shades and hues
Strollin down Peachtree Avenue
Atlanta ticks,
Slippin' in the grits.

Spoonbread, fatback, blackeyed peas,
Pickled okra, sweetened iced tea.
Some chitlin bits,
And a side of grits.

Bridge:
Folks who're born here move across the nation.
Folks from elsewhere pack the Marta station.
Grit sensation.

Pickup trucks and beehive hair,
Tattooed ladies in vintage wear.
All lifestyles fit,
With a dose of grits.

Peachtree, Hartsfield, Charlie Brown,
Marta railways straight to downtown,
All traffic sits,
With an overload of grits.

Vamp:
Jalpeno grits (beat, beat)
Gorgonzola grits (beat, beat)
Slippin' in the grits.


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Slippin' Away

Monday's promises, Tuesday's lies
Saturday's parting, Sunday's fight
Something's wrong between you and I
Love's gone wrong that used to be right

   I can feel it slipping away
   Slowly slowly slipping away
   It'll be gone in a few more days
   If we don't stop this love of ours from slipping away

Wednesday's kisses Thursday's frown
We can't live three days in a row
Our whole world's turned upside down
Here we stand watching it go

Roses are red, violets are blue
Sugar is sweet some of the time
This puzzles missing a piece or two
God put grapes, but never the wine

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Richard Thompson - Sloth Lyrics

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Now the right thing's the wrong things
No more excuses to come
Just one step at a time
And the war has begun

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

She's run away, she's run away
And she ran so bitterly
Now call to your colors friend
Don't you call to me

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Don't you cry, don't you cry
Don't you cry upon the sea
Don't you cry, don't you cry
For your lady and me

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

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Dolly Parton - Slow Dancing With The Moon lyrics

Sweet little cherry blossom, blooming before her time
Moving her lips to her favorite song, cherishing every rhyme
Swaying her hips to the rhythm, humming along with the tune
Lost in her own little dream world, slow dancing with the moon
Watching her I cannot help but go back in my mind
And suddenly I find I am 15 again
Slow dancing with the moon
Oh, the stars got in my eyes long time ago
And I've lived my life like a love sick clown
In a bittersweet cartoon
Just a dreamy-eyed kid slow dancing with the moon
Watching the girl I'm reminded she's quite a lot like me
Trapped in the suburbs of wonderland, lost in her own fantasy
Somehow my heart never grew up, no one ever burst my balloon
So here I am swirling in star dust slow dancing with the moon
Still believe someday my wildest dreams will all come true
And I'll find someone who'll make me 15 again
But until then I'm slow dancing with the moon
Oh, the stars got in my eyes long time ago
And I've lived my life like a love sick clown
In a bittersweet cartoon
Just a dreamy-eyed kid slow dancing with the moon
Tag:
Still a starry-eyed kid slow dancing with the moon


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Dolly Parton - Slow Healing Heart lyrics

When I left I left walkin' wounded
I made my escape from the rain
Still a prisoner of hurt
I had months worth of work
Just freein' my mind of the pain
I had hours of sittin' alone in the dark
Listenin' to sad songs and comin' apart
Lord knows I made crying an art
Woe is a slow healing heart
Chorus:
A slow healing heart dyin' to mend
Longin' for love lonely again
But when the spirit is broken
And the memories start
Nothin' moves slower
Than a slow healing heart
How I prayed for blind faith to lead me
To places where I'm not afraid
Now I'm doin' fine both in body and mind
Some hurts take longer to fade
But there's a part of my feelings ever on guard
Against looks that are tender and words that are hard
'Cause I still remember those cutting remarks
Oh it's painful a slow healing heart
Chorus:
A slow healing heart dyin' to mend
Longin' for love lonely again
When the spirit is broken
And the memories start
You know nothin' moves slower
Than a slow healing heart
Nothin' moves slower
Than a slow healing heart


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Billy Strings
Slow Train

I'm heartbroken and I'm feelin' low-down
I'm sick and tired of the life I live around this old town
And I'm gettin' tired of cryin' over you
So honey, here's what I'm gonna do:

I'm takin' the slow train for a long ride
I'm gonna stay a long time
Losin' an old love, startin' a new life
I'm takin' the slow train, leavin' tonight

Well I'm as lonesome as a soul could be
I've got to find someone who cares a little bit for me
And I'm gettin' tired of goin' down the track
Still honey, I ain't never comin' back

I'm takin' the slow train for a long ride
I'm gonna stay a long time
Losin' an old love, startin' a new life
I'm takin' that slow train, leavin' tonight

I'm takin' that slow train for a long ride
I'm gonna stay a long time
Losin' an old love, startin' a new life
I'm takin' that slow train, leavin' tonight
I'm takin' that slow train, leavin' tonight

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Alison Krauss - Slumber My Darling Lyrics

Slumber, my darling, thy mother is near,
Guarding thy dreams from all terror and fear,
Sunlight has pass'd and the twilight has gone,
Slumber, my darling, the night's coming on.
Sweet visions attend thy sleep,
Fondest, dearest to me,
While others their revels keep,
I will watch over thee. 

Slumber, my darling, the birds are at rest,
The wandering dews by the flow'rs are caressed,
Slumber, my darling, I'll wrap thee up warm,
And pray that the angels will shield thee from harm. 

Slumber, my darling, till morn's blushing ray
Brings to the world the glad tidings of day;
Fill the dark void with thy dreamy delight--
Slumber, thy mother will guard thee tonight,
Thy pillow shall sacred be
From all outward alarms;
Thou, thou are the world to me
In thine innocent charms. 

Slumber, my darling, the birds are at rest,
The wandering dews by the flow'rs are caressed,
Slumber, my darling, I'll wrap thee up warm,
And pray that the angels will shield thee from harm

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Richard Thompson - Small Town Romance Lyrics

Small town romance
Back seat for a bed
Nothings must be whispered
Rumors must be fed

Small town romance
Everyone knows your mind
They peep from faded curtains
They read your valentines

O you got to get away
O you got to get away
O you got to get away
O they can't stand love in a small town

They knew you when you were weaning
They knew you when you were grown
They think they know all about you
They'll never leave you alone

Small town romance
There's too many jealousies
Old maids with long gone lovers
Old flames with bad memories

O you better get away
O you better get away
O you better get away
O they can't stand love in a small town

Midnight packing and leaving
Note pinned upon the sheets
Tail lights off in the distance
A ride through the painted streets

O small town romance
They'd still break you if they could
They'd always say I told you so
She never was no good

See, she never loved him anyway
See, she never loved him anyway
See, she never loved him anyway
O you can't have love in a small town

See, she never loved him anyway
See, she never loved him anyway
See, she never loved him anyway
O you can't have love in a small town

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Alan Jackson - Small Town Southern Man lyrics

"Small Town Southern Man"
Born the middle son of a farmer
And a small town Southern man
Like his daddy's daddy before him
Brought up workin' on the land
Fell in love with a small town woman
And they married up and settled down
Natural way of life if you're lucky
For a small town Southern man
First there came four pretty daughters
For this small town Southern man
Then a few years later came another
A boy, he wasn't planned
Seven people livin' all together
In a house built with his own hands
Little words with love and understandin'
From a small town Southern man
[Chorus:]
And he bowed his head to Jesus
And he stood for Uncle Sam
And he only loved one woman
(He) was always proud of what he had
He said his greatest contribution
Is the ones you leave behind
Raised on the ways and gentle kindness
Of a small town Southern man
(Raised on the ways and gentle kindness)
(Of a small town Southern man)
Callous hands told the story
For this small town Southern man
He gave it all to keep it all together
And keep his family on his land
Like his daddy, years wore out his body
Made it hard just to walk and stand
You can break the back
But you can't break the spirit
Of a small town Southern man
[Repeat Chorus]
Finally death came callin'
For this small town Southern man
He said it's alright 'cause I see angels
And they got me by the hand
Don't you cry, and don't you worry
I'm blessed, and I know I am
'Cause God has a place in Heaven
For a small town Southern man
[Repeat Chorus]


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The Avett Brothers - Smithsonian 

Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery
Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free
Loved ones will break your heart with or without you
Turns out we don't get to know everything

Get the young scientists, tell them "come quick"
I must be the first man that's ever seen this
Lines on my face, my teeth are not white
My eyes do not work and my legs don't move right

Chorus

I wonder if Romeo ever got scared
Taken but shaken, unprepared
Under the balcony, under the trees
Fully unknowing of where this would lead
What if we marry or give up the ghost?
Or we abandon those we love most?
What if you carry me and lay me down
Once you get used to me being around?

Chorus

My bedroom's an office, my kitchen's a car
My life is a joke, my bathroom's a bar
I go there a lot, more than I should
I know I should stop but it feels too damn good

Chorus 

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The Avett Brothers - Smoke In Our Lights (Live) Lyrics

You're not a girl, you're a town
You're snow on the ground
You're my first year in school
You're the words in a song that Hoon sang to me
And all around my memories, you dance

You're not a girl, you're a car
You're a red Trans Am
You're 90 miles an hour
We never get caught cause there's no cops around
And no roads like this, downtown

Why'd we have to change
It all seems so fine
We'll go our own ways
We're both asking
Why'd we have to change
It all seems so fine
We'll go our own ways
We're both asking, why

You're not a girl, you're the night of the homecoming game
You're the voice in my head
Just begging me to stay
You're the smoke in our lights as we sped away
To catch the moonlight on the graves

You're not a girl, you're a waltz
You're a canopy bed
You're June to August
You're the back and forth sway of the hammock all day
When I asked you what did you say?

Why'd we have to change
It all seems so fine
We'll go our own ways
We're both asking
Why'd we have to change
It all seems so fine
We'll go our own ways
We're both asking, why

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The Incredible String Band - Smoke Shovelling Song 

Last winter blew so cold no lies
And my fire smoke would not rise
Soon as the smoke would tried to depart
It'd be froze up harder than a landlord's heart

I called up the police yes and they came around
Three days later and very brought down
Sergeant he gave me this hysterical croak says
"What do you think you have going here, some kind of joke?"
Of course I wasn't laughing

He says, "You're causing us officers so much grief
Why don't you give us some relief?
Why don't you call the fire brigade?
Or maybe why don't you try shovelling
The smoke up the chimney with a spade"

I borrowed a spade from the woman next door
And I broke up the smoke that remained on the floor
I was shovelling away
'Till the closing day singing a smoke-shovelling song

After working so hard I went out to my yard
And I looked up to my chimney so long
There was nothing to see there
Just a thousand foot high, way into the sky
Was a pillar of smoke full of song

There was an airplane stuck in it
But I didn't notice at first
It was so cunningly disguised as a dragon

Come the summer at last, though it was rainy and fast
The pillar it melted away
Now the airplane fell with a big smoky smell
And echoing around all over the town
Was the words of the smoke shovelling song

Any anyone telling a bigger story
Would have to be telling a lie
And anyone think a bigger one up
Have to be very high

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The Incredible String Band - Smoke Shovelling Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

Last winter blew so cold no lies
And my fire smoke would not rise
Soon as the smoke would tried to depart
It'd be froze up harder than a landlord's heart

I called up the police yes and they came around
Three days later and very brought down
Sergeant he gave me this hysterical croak says
"What do you think you have going here, some kind of joke?"
Of course I wasn't laughing

He says, "You're causing us officers so much grief
Why don't you give us some relief?
Why don't you call the fire brigade?
Or maybe why don't you try shovelling
The smoke up the chimney with a spade"

I borrowed a spade from the woman next door
And I broke up the smoke that remained on the floor
I was shovelling away
'Till the closing day singing a smoke-shovelling song

After working so hard I went out to my yard
And I looked up to my chimney so long
There was nothing to see there
Just a thousand foot high, way into the sky
Was a pillar of smoke full of song

There was an airplane stuck in it
But I didn't notice at first
It was so cunningly disguised as a dragon

Come the summer at last, though it was rainy and fast
The pillar it melted away
Now the airplane fell with a big smoky smell
And echoing around all over the town
Was the words of the smoke shovelling song

Any anyone telling a bigger story
Would have to be telling a lie
And anyone think a bigger one up
Have to be very high

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke

I'm a guy with a heart of gold
The ways of a gentleman I've been told
The kind of guy who'd never harm a flea

Me and a certain character met
Man who invented the cigarette
I'd murder that son of a gun in first degree

It ain't 'cause I don't smoke myself
And I don't figure it'll ruin my health
I've been smoking 'em all my life, ain't dead yet

But nicotine slaves are all the same
And pettin', party or a poker game
Every thing's gotta stop while I smoke that cigarette

Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette
Puff, puff, puff and if you puff yourself to death
Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate
Lord, you hate to make him wait
You just gotta have another cigarette

Game of chance, the other night
Old dame fortune was doing me right
The Kings and Queens kept on coming round

Now I drew a full, abetted high
My bluff didn't work on a certain guy
Kept on betting, layin' his money down

He'd raise me and I'd raise him
Sweated blood, you gotta sink or swim
Finally called, then didn't raise the bet

I said, "Aces full, pal, how 'bout you?"
He said, "I'll tell you in a minute or two
Right now I'm gonna light up another cigarette"

Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette
Puff, puff, puff and if you puff yourself to death
Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate
Oh, Lord, you hate to make him wait
You just gotta have another cigarette

The other night, I had a date
With the cutest girl in the forty-eight states
Regular fancy kinda dame

Said she loved me, seemed to me
Things going the way it is supposed to be
Hand in hand, we was strolling down Lover's Lane

She's, oh, so far from a keg of ice
Our pettin' party was going nice
So help me, Hannah, I haven't been there yet

But I gave her a kiss, gave her a squeeze
She said, "Cody, excuse me please
But could I palm one of your cigarettes?"

Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette
Puff, puff, puff and if you puff yourself to death
Tell Saint Peter at the golden gate
Now Lord, hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette

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Smokey Mountain Blue
Author: Barry E Ross

The cold wind is blowing through the valley
leaves are gone from the tree's
That blue moon that shines on
our little cabin home 
is just a reminder to me
I see the little church where we were married
your mother and dad are resting there
on the hill stands the home
that we lived in
stars are so bright and so fair
Chorus
Smokey mountain blue 
Memories of you
Blue ridge mountains rising to the sky
Here's where I want to be
But you're not here with me
and it makes me 
Smoking Mountain Blue
I miss you darling in the spring time
gone is the summer and the fall
the cold wind makes me so lonely
winter's when I miss
you most of all
Repeat Chorus
Repeat


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Nickel Creek - Smoothie Song 
[Instrumental]

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Dolly Parton - Sneakin' Around lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I like fancy, frilly things
High heeled shoes and diamond rings
Rag time bands and western swingin'
Sneakin' around with you
Well I like beer and rodeos
Detective books and dominos
Football games and Cheerios
And sneakin' around with you
Chorus:
Sneakin' around with you
Goin' around or two
Doin' what lovers do
Whenever they're sneakin' around
I like lots of cash on hand
And dirty jokes about the fuller-brush man
I like stuff I understand
Like sneakin' around with you
You know, I like a thrill that has no strings
Friendship that don't ever change
And laughter from the joy of things
And sneakin' around with you
Repeat Chorus
I like drive-in picture shows
Kissin' long and lovin' slow
Secret places lovers go
Whenever they're sneakin' around
Ooh I like the crazy things we try
And the sexy things we fantasise
Just makin' out in the broad day light
And sneakin' around with you
2nd Chorus:
Sneakin' around with you
Keepin' it all brand new
Gettin' the best of you
Whenever we're sneakin' around
Sneakin' around, that's all
I'm gonna lay down the law
Watchin' her rise and fall
An' lovin' our sneakin' around
We're just sneakin' around
Aw, we're just sneakin'


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Snore Snore Snore
BMI Work #: 9242768
Snore Snore Snore (Larry W. Jones 11/10/2007) (song#5151)

Snore, snore, snore
It's something that we all adore
Oh, how we love to roar away
When chores are done at end of day
It's something that we can't ignore
We do it til our throats are sore
Let's go to bed and dream some more
As we snore, snore, snore
I used to have a darlin' who was sweet
But she ain't my darlin' any more
My snoring blew the covers off her feet
And when she went out the door, she was sore
- instrumental -
My snoring blew the covers off her feet
And when she went out the door, she was sore
Snore, snore, snore
It's something that I do adore
Oh, how I love to roar away
When chores are done at end of day
It's something that I can't ignore
I do it til my throat is sore
I'll go to bed and dream some more
As I snore, snore, snore
I'll go to bed and dream some more
As I snore, snore, snore


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Snow Covered Mound

Covered with snow neath the mantle of white
Sleeping so calm while the winter winds blow
Our mother is resting from the day and the night
She sleeps in the grave all covered with snow

    Sleeping neath the gentle snow
    Sweetly she sleeps while the winter winds blow
    Calmly she's resting neath the mantle of white
    Our mother is sleeping she's sleeping tonight

There she will sleep til the springtime has come
Sweet fragrant roses will bloom on her tomb
Sleeping so calm while the winter winds blow
She sleeps in a grave all covered with snow

There she will sleep beneath the snow covered mound
Til that glad day when the trumpets shall sound
Then she will wake from her slumber below
And we'll be reunited to live evermore

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Snow On the Pines (Live)

Well the wind from the mountain
To the valley, to the town below
Burns baby with an anger that with every second grows
Bringing to the people desperation, sense of fear
Howlin' like a lion 'til the roar be all you hear
And all that is left is snow on the pines
And all that is left is snow on the pines

Darkness it is coming
You can feel it in the breeze
Bringin' the whole damn town down
Bringin' the town down to its knees
No man that walks this earth is a match baby for its fear
Rising, rising, rising 'til its roar be all you hear
And all that is left is snow...
And all that is left is...

In your tracks it will freeze you
It will drop your ass to the ground
Hell upon this earth
Has not so easily been found
Praying for salvation to a sky so big and gray
Like a mountain by the end of the day
And all that is left is snow on the pines
And all that is left is...

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Snow White Grave

All around the cabin door falls little flakes of snow
I'm searching for the foot prints of the one that I loved so
The last time I saw my darling the earth was covered white
And little flakes of snow have faded my sweetheart's path tonight

   From this cabin she did go I watched her foot prints fade
   I don't know why she left me I never dreamed she'd go away
   Little snow flakes fell from Heaven from the Heaven way up above
   And paved a way made a snow white grave of the only one I loved

She left a memory of tender love and a picture on the wall
My teardrops now are bigger than the snow white flakes that fall
And each moment I grow weaker sadly gazing at the snow
And I feel that I will fade away with that slow melting snow

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
Snowbird

Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you

When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life's the thing thing that I can't win

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you

The breeze along the river seems to say
She'll only break me heart again should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you

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Snowing On Raton
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Townes Van Zandt

C             G7                    C
Well when the wind don't blow in Amarillo
        G7                           C
And the moon along to Gunnison don't rise
        F                        C
Shall I cast my dreams upon your love babe
                    F                C
And lie beneath the laughter of your eyes

   G7                                 C
My mother thinks the road is long and lonely
G7                                             C
Little brother thinks the road is straight and fine
       F                                   C
Little darling thinks the road is soft and lovely
                      F                   C
I'm thankful that old road is a friend of mine

                  F    C
Well it's snowing on Raton 
     G7                                     C
Come morning I'll be through them hills and gone

     G7                                     C
I'll bid the years goodbye you cannot still them
    G7                             C
You cannot turn the circles of the sun
    F                                     C
You cannot count the miles until you feel them
                      F             C
And you cannot hold a lover that is gone

     G7                             C
Well tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping
G7                             C
Silently the blanket green and blue
         F                               C
Oh but I shall hear the silence they are keeping
                     F           C
I'll bring all their promises to you

             F    C
It's snowing on Raton 
     G7                                     C
Come morning I'll be through them hills and gone
        F    C
Snowing on Raton 
     G7                                     C
Come morning I'll be through them hills and gone

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Richard Thompson - So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo Lyrics

So ben mi ch'a bon tempo,
Al so ma basta mo

So ben ch'e favorito,
Ahimé no'l posso dir,

O s'io potessi dire,
Chi va, chi sta, chi vien.

La ti darà martello
Per farti disperar

So ben mi ch'a bon tempo,
Al so ma basta mo

English Translation

I know a lucky fellow.
But I can't say who it is.

He seems to be quite a favourite.
But my lips are sealed.

O! If I could only tell you.
Who comes, who goes, who stays.

But if I did,
You would probably despair.

I know a lucky fellow.
But I can't say who it is.

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So Lonesome

The sun it shines bright through this cabin of mine
WIth all of the sunshine some light I should find
But in darkness I linger through the rest of my time
Seekin' out answers in a bottle of wine

    Cause I'm lonesome so lonesome
    So lonesome I'm losin' my mind
    Yeah I'm lonesome so lonesome
    I'm lonesome for you all the time

The time's stacked against me I'm afraid I can't win
I take one step closer and I've lost you again
I wake from a dream that's so tender and kind
And then it's straight to the bottle of burgundy wine

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Alison Krauss - So Long So Wrong 
(patrick brayer-walden dahl/church teeth music, adm. by bug music, bmi)

I know i'll be lonesome
That brings about a little fear
I know i'll be sad and i'll be blue
I have given the best of me
When i forgot to say to you
What you forgot to say to me
So long, so wrong

I have tried and cared, baby, it was never enough
In your mind i never had a clue
So i'll repave the same old road i'm on
Where i forgot to say to you
What you forgot to say to me
So long, so wrong

Did we take forever in vain
Into the past
Did we think forever was really gonna last

You have tired me with your wanting ways
You can't buy yourself to be complete
I have given up caring anymore
Once you were big in a world that's small
And now you're all alone

Have we taken forever in vain
Into the past
Did we think forever was really gonna last

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So Much For Me So Much For You
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Liz Anderson

C           G7             C
So much for me so much for you
                            F
Oh how hard we fought today behind that courtroom door
  C                            G7
Dividing up the things we both had worked together for
C                               F
Now we go our separate ways the ties no longer bind
             C                 G7              C
So much will belong to you and so much will be mine
 
     G7                   C
It's over now the paper's signed
     G7                        C
What once was ours is yours or mine
                    F                     C
But don't forget to divide the heartaches too
            G7             C
So much for me so much for you
We signed our names and thanked the judge 
    F
And walked out in the hall
C                           G7
Too confused to realize the reason for it all
C
We should have fought as hard 
            F
To make our love grow fine and strong
                   C                  G7
As we've fought to prove which one of us 
             C
Was right or wrong
     G7                   C
It's over now the paper's signed
     G7                        C
What once was ours is yours or mine
                    F                     C
But don't forget to divide the heartaches too
            G7             C
So much for me so much for you

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Softly Blow The Prairie Winds
BMI Work #: 9242776
Softly Blow The Prairie Winds (Larry W. Jones 11/11/2007) (song#5159)

Well, we both rode those dusty trails
Stopped by Laramie on the way
Young Cody rode right by my side
Out on the trail both night and day
Softly blow the prairie winds
There where young Cody lies
He won't ride the trails again
Now Molly, don't you cry
And as we rode those long last miles
The herd was circling around
He told me of your darlin' smile
And said your name was Molly Brown
- instrumental -
Softly blow the prairie winds
There where young Cody lies
He won't ride the trails again
Now Molly, don't you cry
Yes, he rode beside me, Molly
You were the apple of his eye
But I couldn't save him, Molly
When those longhorns stampeded by
Softly blow the prairie winds
There where young Cody lies
He won't ride the trails again
Now Molly, don't you cry
He won't ride the trails again
Now Molly, don't you cry


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Sold Down The River

Where is the love that you promised neath the pine
Gone like the flowers in the fall
You crossed your heart now you're double crossing mine
You've been petending after all

I was sold down the river to a port of broken dreams
Drifting in sorrow down the stream
Sold down the river on a ship that won't return
When it anchors in the sea of broken dreams

I never dreamed that your love would grow so cold
Hiding behind the rainbow's end
You must be blind for the glitter of the gold
Gold that can never find a friend

* Refrain

You'll never know what it means to sit and cry
After your heart is broken too
Someday you'll learn and your soul will burn and die
When some one double crosses you

* Refrain


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Soldier's Joy
Adrienne Young

I am my mama's darlin' boy
I am my mama's darlin' boy
I am my mama's darlin' boy
Play a little tune called soldier's joy

15 cents for morphine
& 25 cents for the beer
It's 15 cents for the morphine
Gonna take me away from here

I love somebody, yes I do
I love somebody, yes I do
I love somebody, yes I do
I love somebody and it might be you

I'm a gonna get a drink don't you wanna go
I'm a gonna get a drink don't you wanna go
I'm a gonna get a drink don't you wanna go
Go down that georgie road

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Solid Ground
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Gary Owens 

C
One man built his house in the sand                
G7           C
Another put his house upon a rock
When the floods of tribulation came you can understand
                               G7            C
Why one house remained and the other one did not                             
So let's built our house on solid ground on a rock
                                G7
Where we can live and love till death do us part
C                     F               C
Leaning on each other standing on our vows
                                  G7             C
With this love in our hearts baby we're on solid ground
Yeah we've got the high ground when troubled waters rise
                          D7                    G7
Where we can lay back and watch the clouds roll by   
C                                 F        C
As long as I've got you stormy skies can come around
                             G7             C
Baby let the rain fall cause we're on solid ground

Repeat #2 

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Solitary Man
Neil Diamond

Melinda was mine
'til the time
That I found her
Holding jim
Loving him

Then sue came along
Loved me strong
That's what I thought
Me and sue
But that died too

Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
A girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man

I've had it to here
Bein' where
Love's a small world
Part-time thing
Paper ring

I know it's been done
Having' one
Girl who'll love me
Right or wrong
Weak or strong

Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
The girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man


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Solomon
The Avett Brothers

just like solomon i'll cut my heart in half
if you wont say who stole it.
i know the one that truly loves me
will step up and let go of it.
i don't know what else to do.
i don't know what else to do.

just like pharaoh king i wish for peace
but i refuse to see whats happenin
and then i don't believe i will release
anything except a laugh.
ha ha ha.
and the locusts filled the air.
and all my rivers turned to red.

i was already ugly and old
like you said i would become.
when being who i really was
got in the way of your childish fun.
and the hour glass goes clear.
one less day of being here.

yes i put a ring around your finger
and i know that you will wear it.
though certainly you'll come to see
to live with me is not an easy path.

i don't know what else to do.
no I don't know what else to do.
i don't know what else to do.
no i don't know what else to do.

i know we've never met.
and though weve never kissed.
ive never held your hand.
but im good just dreaming that one day I can.


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Some Dark Holler
Traditional

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be here alone just knowing that you're gone
As I slowly lose my mind

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me farther on down the track
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be in some big city
In a small room with your love on my mind

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me farther on down the track
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be here alone just knowing that you're gone
As I slowly lose my mind

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me farther on down the track
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back


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Some Day

Some day when my last line is written
Some day when I've drawn my last breath
When my last words on earth have been spoken
And my lips are sealed in death

Don't look on my cold form in pity
Don't think of me as one dead
It'll just be the house I once lived in
My spirit, by then, will have fled

I'll have finished my time here allotted
But I won't be in darkness alone
I will have heard from Heaven
The summons to come on home

And when my body is in the grave
Don't think that I'll be there
I won't be dead, but living
In the place Jesus went to prepare

And after all is said and done
Know that my last earnest prayer
Is that my loved ones be ready
Someday to meet me thereBl

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Some Fine Day
BMI Work #: 9289279
Some Fine Day (Larry W. Jones 12/04/2007) (song#5181)

Some fine day
I will search for you and find you
Some fine day
I will find a way, it is true
Some fine day
You'll have a sign to remind you
I have a dream
Of some fine day finding you
Some fine day
When all the fields are in clover
Some fine day
When you'll see the new blush of Spring
Your soul will discover
Another soul born as your lover
Then I will be king
In the heart of a queen
- instrumental -
Some fine day
You'll have a sign to remind you
I have a dream
Of some fine day finding you
Some fine day
When all the fields are in clover
Some fine day
When you'll see the new blush of Spring
Your soul will discover
Another soul born as your lover
Then I will be king
In the heart of a queen


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Some How Tonight

Some how tonight feel lonely my darling
Some how tonight feel blue
Some how tonight there tears of mine keep falling
Come back aweetheart and be true

I thought you love was something I could treasure
To brighten my pathway through the years
All can see is darkness in the future
That why I long to have you near

* Refrain

I never knew what loneliness meant darling
Until watched you walk away
I long to hear you whisper that you love me
I can't forget our happy days

* Refrain


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Some Lonesome Picker
John Stewart

I often get the feeling that I'm talking to the wind
And no-one hears, no-one listens in
Then I start singing songs
And the music makes the whole world feel like home
Sing a song and you're not alone

Lilly McLean, you are standing in the rain
And you are cold, you are hungry and afraid
You are waiting for a sunrise
A sunrise makes you feel so very small
Darling Lilly, aren't we all?

Oh I'm believing, believing
Believing, that even when I'm gone
Maybe some lonesome picker will
Find some healing in this song

Julie get the gun, Julie throw it in the river
Let it roll far on out to sea
Let it carry the confusion
The hatred and the worry here in me
River rolling out to sea

Oh I'm believing, believing
Believing, that even when I'm gone
Maybe some lonesome picker will
Find some healing in this song

Maybe some lonesome picker will
Find some healing in this song


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Brad Paisley - Some Mistakes lyrics

You may think I'm wrong for you
And you're wrong for me
To look at us on paper
I would have to agree
It could have been the moon light
Or it could have been the wine
But the way that we were acting
Hell it could have been the moon shine
And oh we're do we go from here
I don't know
But baby one thing's clear
Some mistakes are too much fun
To only make once
There's this little straight stretch
Just south of here
It's great for mashing down the gas
And trying out fifth gear
But it's also a speed trap
Twice I've gotten caught
But something bout it calls to me
And I can't seem to stop
And oh you have the same effect
I know I'll just keep coming back
Some mistakes are too much fun
To only make once
Well there are things in life that I regret
And even more that haven't happened yet
But it would be a shame if our little fling
Always stayed a onetime thing
Someday if we're lucky
We'll get old enough to finally be embarrassed
By the crazy things we've done
Be just like our parents
Responsible and bland
No risk, no excitement
Hey lets get it while we can
Cause
Some Mistakes are too much fun
To only make once
Love like this is too much fun
To only make once


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Some Old Day

I've been workin' out in the rain
Tied to the dirty old ball and chain
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day
Some sweet day the'll turn me loose
From this dirty old calaboose
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day

   Some old day
   You'll wait for me and pray
   Oh dear mother i'll come home some old day
   Some sweet day the'll turn me loose
   From this dirty old calaboose
   Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day

Oh dear mother I've hurt you so
I've been cruel to you I know
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day
Tell my brother My sister and dad
Tell the dear friends that I've had
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day

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Some Things Does

To us God has bestowed the things that we have come to love
And the Devil brought us trouble that hurt God from up above
We are left to choose the ways temptations are abound
Some things does some things don't lead us to a higher ground

    Some things does and some things don't
    Lead us to the stairway to God's eternal home
    We are left to choose the ways temptations are abound
    Some things does some things don't lead us to a higher ground

Some men raise their families or spend all their time in bars
Whiskey from the bottle son don't get you very far
Choose what's right upset the curve put stock in doin fine
All good things in all good time lead us to paradise

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Somebody
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Al Anderson and Robert E. Orrall
 
C         F                   C
You think love is nothing but trouble
               F        G7        C
Cause what you give you never get back
          F           G7         C
You think hearts were made to be broken
        F                G7            C
But you don't need to be thinking like that
F               G7       C
Somebody's just dying to love you
   F            G7           C
To hold you and show you she cares
     F           G7        C
That maybe she's trying to tell you
F             G7        C
Somebody will always be there
                      F          C
See that light at the end of the tunnel
         F       G7             C
It ain't hard to get there from here
         F           G7           C
Just put one foot in front of the other
        F       G7                 C
Take it from me there's nothing to fear
Repeat #2
F                   C
Are you getting the picture
G7                   C
Am I starting to get through to you
F                     C
Somebody's waiting to promise their heart
D7                   G7
And I think you know who
Repeat #2 
     F           G7        C
That maybe she's trying to tell you
F             G7        C
Somebody will always be there

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Somebody Always Paints The Wall
Recorded by George Jones
Written by John Dennis Knutson and Arthur Leo Owens

C
If my old truck was a horse I'd have to shoot it
         F                                       C
Lord the day my ship came in I was waiting for a train
Every time I get a grip I always lose it
  D7                               G7
I can't enjoy the sunshine for the rain
    F                              C
Hon you know I'm always saying I'm sorry
    E7              F
But you stand by me through it all
           C            G7
Seems like every time I make my mark
                           C
Somebody always paints the wall
      G7
Every time I think I'm off and running
                   C
I'm barely up to a crawl
      G7
Every time I get a leg up on the ladder of success
            C
I shake and fall
          F
Back last week down at the factory
I was up for a promotion
        C                             F
And the bosses little brother got the call
           C
Seems like every time I make my mark
G7                         C
Somebody always paints the wall
If my old truck was a horse I'd have to shoot it
         F                                       C
Lord the day my ship came in I was waiting for a train
Every time I get some news there's nothing to it
D7                               G7
You're my only pleasure from the pain
repeat #2
                        G7
Seems like every time I make my mark
                           C
Somebody always paints the wall

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Somebody Else You've Known
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C    G7
I've always been the kinda guy that didn't love a lot
                                         C
I took all the love they offered me with ease
       G7
And it didn't make much difference if they loved me or not
                                        C
Cause I'd love 'em for a while then I'd leave


Yeah I can't believe it's really me hurting like I do
                             G7
Just because you left me all alone

I've seen it happen many times to other guys you knew
                                      C
Surely I must be somebody else you've known

     G7
Well when I first met you darling you impressed me more than some
                                        C
I should have took the warning way back then
      G7
But I never stopped to think it that even my day had to come
                                        C
And like the other guys I want you back again

Repeat #2

G7                                    C
Surely I must be somebody else you've known

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Brad Paisley - Somebody Knows You Now lyrics

You used to say you wanted someone to know you inside out
And as I look back on things well congratulations baby
Somebody knows you now
All of this time you told me you wished that you could figure yourself out
You say you're still a mystery but no not really not to me
Yeah somebody knows you now
Chorus
I got a hundred bucks that says right now your hair's up in a clip
Your socks don't quite match and you're bitin' your lip
I can finish your thoughts or pick the right restaurants
Even order for you 'fore you sit down
Yeah somebody knows you now
So no matter where your life's path leads
Remember me somehow
And feel a little warm inside knowin' that somewhere tonight
Somebody knows you now
Well baby all your mystery
Like you and me is history
'Cause somebody knows you now


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Somebody Loves You

   Somebody loves you, darling
   Somebody loves you, I know
   Somebody loves you dearly
   Why did you let them go

Now somebody came to see me
Somebody came last night
Somebody asked me to marry
And, of course, I said all right

Now, somebody's tall and handsome
Somebody's eyes are blue
Somebody's hair is curly
Somebody's love is true

There's going to be a wedding
It's going to be this fall
So, boys and girls get ready
I'm going to invite you all

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Somebody Loves You Darling

I see the postman coming
He's coming down the street
He's going to bring a letter
He's headed straight for me

Somebody loves you darling
Somebady loves you, I know
Somebody loves you darling
Why did you let them go

There's going to be a wedding
It's going to be next fall
So boys gather round and be ready
I'm going to invite you all

* Refrain


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Nickel Creek - Somebody More Like You

I didn't hear you say you're sorry
The fault must be mine
I wish you all the best of luck at
Finding somebody more like you

You said you'd love me always truly
I must have changed
'Cause you don't need me like you used to
I hope you find somebody more like you

I hope you finally find someone
Someone that you trust
And give him everything
I hope you meet someone your height
So you can see eye to eye
With someone as small as you

You came out of nowhere, made me smile
Then tore me in two
Saying, we're very different people
So dear, I hope you find somebody more like you

I hope you find somebody more like you

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Somebody Touched Me
Artist: The Stanley brothers

While I was praying somebody touched me
While I was praying somebody touched me
While I was praying somebody touched me
Must've been the hand of the Lord
Chrous:
Glory glory glory somebody touched me
Glory glory glory somebody touched me
Glory glory glory somebody touched me 
It Must've been the hand of the Lord
While I was singing somebody touched me
While I was singing somebody touched me
While I was singing somebody touched me 
It Must've been the hand of the Lord
Chorus
While I was preaching somebody touched me
While I was preaching somebody touched me
While I was preaching somebody touched me 
It Must've been the hand of the Lord
Chorus
Chorus


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Somebody's Waiting For Me

In a noisy eastern city sat a lonely lad one night
In a bar room where the wine began to flow
From a table in the corner the young man slowly rised
And he said it's getting late boys I must go

   For somebody's waiting for me
   Someone who loves me I know
   There's a light shining bright in the window
   For somebody's waiting for me

I suppose you have a sweetheart his companions jovially said
If she's pretty we would like to see her too
If you'll only stop your teasing I will show her to you boys
She's the only sweetheart that I ever knew

From an old brown leather pocketbook a picture he did take
Of a gray-haired lady with a bowed-down head
She's my mother and my sweetheart and she waits for me tonight
So you see I told the truth boys when I said

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Alan Jackson - Someday lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride)
She looked me in the eye and said it's over
I can't take this heartache anymore
She said don't tell me lies and try to please me
I've heard it all so many times before
And I took her by the arm and said don't leave me
There's nothin' in this world I wouldn't do
Just give me time I'll be the man you've needed
She said I wish that I could take that for the truth
And I said someday
I'll get my life straight
And she said it's too late
What's done is done
And I told her someday
She said I can't wait
'Cause sometimes someday just never comes
She said all I've ever wanted was to love you
And somewhere deep inside me I still do
But now I think it's time I stopped believin'
'Cause I'm never gonna see a change in you
And I said someday
I'll get my life straight
And she said it's too late
What's done is done
And I told her someday
She said I can't wait
'Cause sometimes someday just never comes
Sometimes someday just never comes


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Someday He'll Whisper My Name
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Albert E. Brumley
Written by Merle Haggard

C                     F
Bitter and better the likeness of letter
C                   G7
So close but so far apart
C   G7       C           F
One word's a warning the other's a blessing
C          G7             C
Both words describing the heart
                        F
With keen ears I listen when He sends a message
C             E7        Am   D7
God can bring famine or fame
      C                  G7
Sweet words of Jesus can bring life eternal
F             G7         C
Someday He'll whisper my name
                         F
Someday He'll whisper my name
C                      G7
Someday He'll carry me home
C                        F
Someday He'll whisper my name
C             G7          C
Someday He'll call me His own
Repeat #3

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Someday My Day Will Come
Recorded by George Jones  written by Christopher C. Ryder, 
V.L. Haywood, Earl Montgomery

C                   F                       C
Someday my day will come and I won't need a thing at all
                G7                                 C
Yes I can stand proud and tall and say just what I feel
                    F                         C
Someday my day will come when dreams become reality
                  G7                             C    G7
I'll be the one I want to be someday my day will come
       C      G7      F      C
It's a tiring path we travel through
                              G7
For each step I take Lord I'm set back two
   C        G7       F       C
We all have roles in life to play
    D7                        G7
And I'll play a great one someday
    C               F                        C
Someday my day will come I'll hold true love right in my hand
                      G7                                C
I'll touch the pretty rainbow's end and my cup will overflow
               F                            C
Someday my day will come I'll watch my ship as it comes in
                    G7                               C
My castles won't be made of sand someday my day will come
G7                                                       C
I'll hold true love right in my hand someday my day will come

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Someday Soon
Ian Tyson

There's a young man that I know whose age is twenty-one.
Comes from down in southern Colorado.
Just out of the service, he's lookin' for his fun.
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

My parents can not stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo.
My father says that he will leave me cryin'.
I would follow him right down the roughest road I know.
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

Bridge:
But, when he comes to call, my pa ain't got one good word to say.
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days.

So blow, you old Blue Northern, blow my love to me.
He's ridin' in tonight from California.
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me.
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

Instrumental Break

Bridge:
When he comes to call, my pa ain't got one word to say.
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days.

So blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me.
He's ridin' in tonight from California.
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me.
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.


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Someday You'll Pay

Someday you'll pay for breakin my heart
And then you'll pay alone
You'll miss the sweet kiss you'll need a sweetheart
You'll think of the one that's gone

   If you could just feel so lonely and blue
   I know you'd change your mind
   You've broken my heart but some sad day
   You'll pay for love divine

The days may come the days may go
That find you happy still
But when your sins have found you out
You'll have to pay the bill

So long my dear good luck to you
You'll never see me again
The happy days that once we knew
Have come to this bitter end

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Somehow Tonight

   Somehow tonight I feel lonely my darling
   Somehow tonight I feel blue
   Somehow tonight these tears of mine keep falling
   Come back sweetheart and be true

I thought you're love was something I could treasure
To brighten my pathway through the years
Now all I can see is darkness in the future
That's why I long to have you near

I never new what loneliness meant darling
Until I watched you walk away
I long to hear you whisper that you love me
I can't forget our happy days

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Osborne Brothers - Someone Before Me  Lyrics

Someone before me still turns you inside out
When we're together he's all you talk about
You're always wanting me to do the things he used to do
Someone before me sure left his mark on you.

I've tried to get inside your heart but I don't have a chance
I can see he's on your mind with every little glance
You're living on old mem'ries my love can't get through to you
Someone before me sure left his mark on you.

--- Instrumental ---

I've tried to get inside your heart but I don't have a chance
I can see he's on your mind with every little glance
You're living on old mem'ries my love can't get through to you
Someone before me sure left his mark on you...

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Someone Like You
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee

G           D7         C           D7
Others have touched me soft in the night
G           D7        C           D7
Others have kissed me and held me tight
C              G      C              D7
Good times and lovers yes I've had a few
G              D7      C     D7           G
But I was just waitin'   for someone like you
            D7     C               D7
I have been lonely and I have been loved
G                  D7     C            D7
I've grown used to losin' what I'm fondest of
C         G           C             D7
I can see clearly now my whole life through
G          D7      C     D7           G
I was just waitin'   for someone like you
 
C                    G
But I never wasted a minute of my time
C                      G              D7
Every road I ever took led me to your side
 
Repeat #3
G             D7         C            D7
Don't it seem funny love that I never knew
G          D7      C    D7           G
I was just waitin'  for someone like you
 
           D7                 C           D7           G
I was just waitin' I was just waitin' for someone like you

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Someone Sweet To Love
Written and recorded by George Jones

G
Well momma knows her child is ailing
What is wrong there ain't no telling
                                   D7
She don't know what's run my fever up
She wants to take me to the clinic
I don't need to see no to panic
                               G
All I need is someone sweet to love
C
Don't you bring me Doctor Jake
I'm strong enough to swim a lake
G                               D7
All I need is what I'm dreaming of
    G
She lives just around some corner
Help me out or I'm a goner
D7                                  G
I've gotta find me someone sweet to love
Yes I work hard to make my money
Like the beehives love their honey
                               D7
Everything but one fits like a glove
So don't send me a nice long letter
Asking me if I feel better
                               G
All I need is someone sweet to love
Repeat #2 x2
   D7                                  G
Oh I've gotta find me someone sweet to love

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Someone Took My Place With You

Now someone took my place with you
Now you tell me we are through
Someone broke my heart in two
When they took my place with you

   Now someone left me here to cry
   And with each day that passes by
   Now I'm found here alone and blue
   'Cause someone took my place with you

In days to come I know you'll find
When you've left me here behind
Someday I'm sure that you will find
You wrecked your life as well as mine

   When it's too late to make amends
   I'm sure you'll pay the price and then
   Now you'll be there alone and blue
   'Cause someone took my place with you

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Someone You Have Forgotten

I'm just someone you have forgotten
And left me with these blues on my mind

I hear that lonesome whippoorwill calling
On a hill so far away
His heart's like mine now it's breaking
For someone that's gone away

I'm just someone you have forgotten
But in dreams I still call you mine
You broke a trusting heart that loves you
And left me with these blues on my mind

I remember the night that you told me
That forever you'd be mine
All the time you loved another
Loving me was just too blind

* Refrain


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Someone's Watching Over You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by J.P. Richardson

C              F             G7    C
(Someone who's watching over you tonight)
If you do your best to do what's right
        F                  G7
And you don't have trouble sleeping at night
        C           F         C         Am
And the devil don't fill your soul with fright
            C             F             C  G7  C
And there's someone who's watching over yo-u tonight
If you lend a hand to every man
        F              G7
And you treat him like he's your friend
         C          F         C                  Am
And your conscience tells you you've done what's right
     C                     F             G7    C
Then there's someone who's watching over you tonight
Yes friends you know He'll watch over you
F
As you rest your weary weary head
                    C
And the angels will always be standing there
                                     G7
Yes right there until the day you're dead
C
So if you try your best to do what's right
        F                  G7
And you don't have trouble sleeping at night
        C           F         C         Am
And the devil don't fill your soul with fright
            C             F        C             F
And there's someone who's watching someone who's watching
C             F             G7    C
Someone who's watching over you tonight

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Something Far Better
BMI Work #: 9186259
Something Far Better (Larry W. Jones 10/18/2007) (song#5084)

Dear, I have your weekly letters
Your photograph is in this frame
But I need something far better
Darling, I want to change your name
You said you'd return at new moon
But more than one has gone to fade
Darling, if you do still love me
Come on home to me right away
Dear, I have your weekly letters
Your photograph is in this frame
But I need something far better
Darling, I want to change your name
- instrumental -
Dear, I don't need weekly letters
Lipstick on the pages are cold
I need you like a warm sweater
Wrapped in your love til I grow old
Dear, I have your weekly letters
Your photograph is in this frame
But I need something far better
Darling, I want to change your name


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Dolly Parton - Something Fishy lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

There must be something fishy going on
You said you were goin' on a fishin' trip with some old friend
You said that you'd be home tonight somewhere around ten
Well here it is, it's two o'clock and you're still not at home
I think there's something fishy goin' on
I think that I'm a sucker that's swallowing your line
I try to make myself believe that it's all in my mind
But you never asked me if I'd like to go along
So there must be something fishy goin' on
There's something fishy goin' on
On these fishin' trips you're goin' on
I'm gettin' tired of stayin' home alone
Some night when you come home and discover that I'm gone
You can bet there's something fishy goin' on
I guess some large-mouth bass left that lipstick on your shirt
I don't think you're a fisherman, honey
I think you're a flirt
Well if you're goin' fishin' then why don't you bring 'em home
I think there's something fishy goin' on
There's something fishy goin' on
On these fishin' trips you're goin' on
I'm gettin' tired of stayin' home alone
Yes, you can bet there's something fishy goin' on


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Something Got A Hold Of Me

When first I heard of a people who claimed
This old time religion was real
I says I'll go down and look at the crowd
It's just the weak minded I feel

   But something got a hold of me
   Yes something got a hold of me
   I went there to fight but on that night
   There's something got a hold of me

I went right down to sit at the door
And the devil said don't you go in
I said I'll go in for that cannot hurt
And sit as far back as I can

About that time he got up to leave
And he looked right down upon me
He told everybody how mean I had been
Not thinking so much of me

They sing and shout and they all clapped their hands
And they all got down on their knees
When the fire came from heaven it fell right on me
And then I fell to the floor

So now I've learnt and there's no need to doubt
That the old time religion is real
I have a spirit I'll never forget
That something got a hold of me

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Something In My Heart

Well I thought I was over you and that my heart was free
I felt like those old memories had finally let me be
So I picked up the phone to call a girl that I once knew
But when she said "Hi" well girl you know I wished that it was you

   Something in my heart sure makes it hard to love again
   Something 'bout the way you broke it just won't seem to mend
   Something in my mind tells me your memory has to end
   Something in my heart sure makes it hard to love again

It seem like only yesterday you promised you'd be mine
And I sure thought I heard you say until the end of time
Well I guess I was wrong to think your love for me was true
So here I am all broken hearted all because of you

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Dolly Parton - Something Special lyrics

You may not know it
I don't always show it
But you're so important to me
So much that we've shared
You've always been there
I hope you always will be
Chorus:
'cause you are something special, ooh-wee
Yes, you are something special to me
When I'm around you
The love that surrounds you
Brings comfort and warmth to my heart
A God-given treasure
You give me such pleasure
You are a true work of art
Chorus:
Yes, you are something special, yes indeed
Yes, you are something special to me
Bridge:
You're the wind æ??eath my wings
Like the song that they sing
But there's so many things that you are
An angel in my life
You are the sunlight
And you hung the moon and the stars
Yes, you're special
Turnaround
Chorus:
Yes, you are something special, ooh-wee
Yes, you are something special, yes indeed
Yes, you are something special to me
MM-MM
Fade:
You are something special
MM-MM, you're something special
You are something special


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Dolly Parton - Something's Burning lyrics

You lie in gentle sleep beside me
I hear your warm and rhythmic breathing
I take your hand and hold it tightly
Listen, can you not hear our young heart's beating
Chorus:
I kiss the sleep from your eyes
Your smile is sweeter than the morning
And here it comes, can't you feel it, baby
Can't you feel it, here it comes
Feel it, feel it, fire, fire
Something's burning, something's burning
Something's burning, and I think it's love
And now the sun is burning brightly
We lie in love so close together
And I get the feeling deep inside me
My love for you will burn forever
2nd Chorus:
I cup my hands to touch your face
Once again I feel your fire
And here it comes, can't you feel it, baby
Can't you feel it, here it comes
Feel it, feel it, fire, fire
Something's burning, something's burning
Something's burning, and I think it's love
I think it's love, I think it's love
I think it's love, I think it's love
Can't you feel, the fire keeps burning
Can't you feel, the fire keeps burning
Can't you feel, the fire keeps burning love


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Sometimes
Abigail Washburn

Lonely lake in Minnesota
Dying tree in Ashtabula
Rains came in yesterday
Fleeting hearts are here to stay
Sometimes I change my mind
Sometimes I think its fine

Crying boy in Baton Rouge
Troubled men in this town too
Passing strangers touch my sleeve
All I do is think of me
Sometimes I change my mind
Sometimes I think its fine

Burning house in tupelo
Devil's fire from down below
Politician sang to me
Someday girl we'll all be free
Sometimes I change my mind
Sometimes I think its fine


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Dolly Parton - Sometimes An Old Memory Gets In My Eye lyrics

Like someone drowning I reach for a straw
Grasping for love where there's no love at all
Slowly I'm sinking as time drags by and sometimes an old memory gets in my eye
I struggle for strenght to face the dawn
And I'm freezing to death without you to keep me warm
I hold an arm full of nothing close to my side
And sometimes an old memory gets in my eye
Sometimes an old memory gets in my eye
And when it's ours it's hard to keep my eyes dry
Don't think you see tears for I never cry
But sometimes an old memory gets in my eye
Yes sometimes an old memory gets in my eye


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Sometimes I Dream
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                     F             C
There's no magic way  for me to get over you
                         G7                           C
There's not much left to say  and not a thing left to do
                F                 C
Seldom I laugh  and seldom I ever cry
                    D7                                      G7
But there's times I drink too much and there's times when I lie
            C           F                C
Sometimes I hate myself and wish I could scream
                 G7                         C
Sometimes I give up on love but sometimes I dream
                   F                      C
Sometimes I dream  looking out through my window
                     G7                   C
Speeding through the night in a long limousine
                            F              C
There's a curse on my heart and I'll never love again
              G7                         C
I'm forever a lonely man but sometimes I dream
Repeat #2

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Crooked Still 
Sometimes In This Country

Sometimes I'm in this country
Sometimes I'm in this town
Sometimes a thought comes to my mind
That I, myself will drown
But the cold streams of water
My body can't receive
I'm going to some strange country
My darling for to leave

The night seems long and weary, son
Almost the break of day
The night seems long and weary, son
Almost the break of day
I'm listening for your answer
Tell me what to say
I'm listening for your answer
At the dawning of the day

I'll take you for your answer
And for myself abide
I'll take you for your answer
And for myself abide
You say you've got a new sweetheart
And I'm laid aside
Farewell, false-hearted lover
I'm young, the world is wide
I'm young, the world is wide
(The world is wide)

Sometimes I'm in this country
Sometimes I'm in this town
Sometimes a thought comes to my mind
That I, myself will drown
But the cold streams of water
My body can't receive
I'm going to some strange country
My darling for to leave

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Somewhere
BMI Work #: 9156164
Somewhere (Larry W. Jones 10/02/2007) (song#5033)

You left me and went to somewhere
You took my heart somewhere from me
Your schemes and my dreams went somewhere
Somewhere so far that I can't see
If you should return from somewhere
And I'm still in your memory
Return my heart dear, from somewhere
And from lonely tears set me free 
I expected that you'd be directed
By some new love to be untrue
No one can explain why it rains
From skies that should be always blue
- instrumental -
You left me and went to somewhere
You took my heart somewhere from me
Your schemes and my dreams went somewhere
Somewhere so far that I can't see
If you should return from somewhere
And I'm still in your memory
Return my heart dear, from somewhere
And from lonely tears set me free


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Dolly Parton - Somewhere Along The Way lyrics

Somewhere along the way we drifted apart
As we walked the road of love we lost our way
Now it's too late to start all over for there's no turning back
We lost each other somewhere along the way mhm
Somewhere along the way we neglected one another
Our careless steps have led us to the end
Oh and all we can do now is just feel sorry for each other
Cause once love has died it won't ever live again
Somewhere along the way we stumbled and oh and we fell
Love is not a game for fools to play
We both played and we both lost now we're both sorry and both to fault
We lost that love somewhere along the way mhm


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Balsam Range - Somewhere Between 

Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you

I love you so much I can't let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a door without any key

Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a love I can't understand
It's there for a while then it fades like a smile
And I'm left in the middle again

Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you

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Alison Krauss - Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart Lyrics

Thousand miles of lonesome highway
Drinking gallons of coffee in a little cafe's
Brought me here and it's so good to find
That there's someone who's got the same story as mine
Just look at us, we're a couple of hard cases
So how'd we end up where we are

Somewhere in the vicinity of the heart
I feel something hitting me awful hard
I don't know where it's gonna lead
But I just know it starts
Somewhere in the vicinity of the heart

Been so long, I can't believe I feel something so sweet
Where an ache used to be, don't fall in love anymore
But I've never met anyone like you before
Stay here with me for a couple of more minutes
I think there's something going on

Somewhere in the vicinity of the heart
I feel something hitting me awful hard
I don't know where it's gonna lead
But I just know it starts
Somewhere in the vicinity of the heart

Well it sure took a while to find
It's been waiting here all this time

Somewhere in the vicinity of the heart
I feel something hitting me awful hard
I don't know where it's gonna lead
But I just know it starts
Somewhere in the vicinity of the heart

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Somewhere South Of Macon
Jim Rushing/Mike Chapman

I cut my teeth in a cotton mill town somewhere south of Macon
Mama fed me a bottle from a moonshine still to wash down beans and bacon
Papa worked the night shift, Mama worked the day
Never dreaming one day I'd turn and walk away
Turn and walk away from that cotton mill town somewhere south of Macon
Mama told me not to let my pettycoat show north east south west of Macon
Don't ever let my feelings show 'cause it'd ruin my reputation
Took a walk in the woods one Sunday
The world turned dark and still
I first made love in a cotton mill town somewhere south of Macon
That mill town south of Macon still has a hold on me
My folks they feel forsaken
But me I'm feelin' free
I'd rather roam and ramble and live until I die
Than to spend my life as a mill man's wife, too tired to wonder why
Gonna slip into my Calico dress and down to the old bus station
Lay my hard earned dollar down for a one way destination
Gonna tell that midnight driver Mister, won't you take it slow
While I wave farewell to that cotton mill town somewhere south of Macon
That mill town south of Macon still has a hold on me...


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Somewhere The Sun Is Shining
BMI Work #: 8898007
Somewhere The Sun Is Shining (Larry W. Jones 05/18/2007) (song#4657)

Somewhere the sun is shining Somewhere the skies are blue
While here my heart is pining So blue and broken over you
Somewhere a love is growing Into a sweet dream come true
But how could I be knowing That you'd find someone new
I hope that you'll be happy Where the sun is shining through
And that you will think of me If he should ever make you blue

- instrumental -

Dear, I'll be here waiting Until my life on earth is done
For I can't be creating A new life that has no sun
Somewhere the sun is shining Somewhere the skies are blue
While here my heart is pining So blue and broken over you
Somewhere a love is growing Into a sweet dream come true
But how could I be knowing That you'd find someone new
Somewhere the sun is shining Somewhere the skies are blue


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Somewhere To Come When It Rains
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Red Lane

C
Mhm mhm mhm mhm
         F         A#7          G7
Too many arms have held you too close
                       C     G7
And too many eyes have cried
C        F              A#7         G
Too many heartaches are clingin' to you
                  G7             C
And most of those heartaches are mine
          F            A#7           G7
When your fair weather love lets you down
                                     C
And you feel you can't live with the pain
         F            A#7         G
When the sunshine and flowers are gone
                 G7           C    G7
I'm somewhere to come when it rains
C               G7
Mhm mhm mhm mhm
    C            F            A#7       G7
You have all the lust and the lure of a diamond
                                   C    G7
But I've learned that a stone is a stone
   C            F           A#7       G
As long as it's held in the hand it's warm
                           G7       C
But it grows cold when you leave it alone
          F            A#7           G7
When your fair weather love lets you down
                                     C
And you feel you can't live with the pain
         F            A#7         G
When the sunshine and flowers are gone
                 G7           C    G7
I'm somewhere to come when it rains
                               F   C
I'll be waiting for you in the rain

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Somewhere Tonight

Somewhere tonight, a heart is breaking
And wishing death would ease the pain
Somewhere tonight, someone is longing
To kiss, your sweet lips once again

No one, will ever love you darling
Although they tell you that they do
I give, my heart and soul to you dear
Forever, they belong to you

The stillness of the night that lingers
Without you darling don't seem right
But if you're happy with another
Remember me somewhere tonight


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Son Of A Sawmill Man

I'm the son of a sawmill man
Son of a sawmill man
I've cut big timber all over this land
I'm the son of a sawmill man

My papa was a sawmill man I've heard some people say
He was just as tall as the timber he worked until his dying day
He was hard as the oak but his heart was as soft as the pines in Georgia land
And I'm just a chip from the same old block I'm the son of a sawmill man

* Refrain

I was born among the mnighty redwood trees where you'd think they reach the sky
Papa worked hard ans his pay was samll but we always did get by
The first thing I remember I had a saw in my right hand
So I'm just a chip from the same old block I'm the son of a wawmill man

* Refrain


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Song For A Winter s Night chords
Gordon Lightfoot
 
From the album "The Way I Feel" - 1967
Alternate version on album "Gord's Gold" - 1975
 
Capo II
 
[INTRO]
 
G D Em C  G D G D
 
[VERSE 1]
 
G           D            Em           C
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top,
G           D      G     D
The snow is softly falling
G          D                Em            C
The air is still within the silence of my room,
G           D            G
I hear your voice softly calling 
 
[CHORUS]
 
           D    C        D
If I could only have you near,
Bm           Em   Am D
To breathe a sigh or two
G          D             Em               C
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,
 G        D                 G
Upon this winter night with you 
 
G D Em C  G D G D
 
[VERSE 2]
 
G            D             Em          C
The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead,
G           D      G   D
My glass is almost empty
G       D                Em              C
I read again between the lines upon each page,
G            D        G
The words of love you sent me 
 
[CHORUS]
 
           D        C     D
If I could know within my heart,
Bm            Em  Am  D
That you were lonely  too
G          D             Em               C
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,
 G        D                 G
Upon this winter night with you 
 
G D Em C  G D G D
 
[VERSE 3]
 
G           D             Em              C
The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim,
G             D         G    D
The shades of night are liftin'
G           D             Em             C
The morning light steals across my windowpane,
G             D        G
Where webs of snow are driftin' 
 
[CHORUS]
           D    C        D
If I could only have you near,
Bm           Em   Am D
To breathe a sigh or two
G          D             Em               C
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,
 G        D                 B7 Em
Upon this winter night with you,
C         D               G
And to be once again with you

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Song For Adam
Jackson Browne

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well
He was alone into his distance
He was deep into his well
I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tell
Now the story's told that Adam jumped, but I've been thinking that he fell

Together we went traveling, as we received the call
His destination India, and I had none at all
Well, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall

I sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my way
Now this story unfolds before my candle
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
But I feel just like a candle in the way
I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure

When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said
And I never heard from him again as each our lives we led
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead

I sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the way
Now this journey appears before my candle
As a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
But I fear before I end I'll fade away
But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sure

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long
And when I stood myself beside him, I never though I was as strong
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
Well I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong

I'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way
Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
I hope I'll get there, but I never pray


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Song For Canada
Ian Tyson / Pete Gzowski

How come we can't talk to eachother anymore?
Why can't you see I'm changing, too?
We've gone by far too long to end it feeling wrong
And I still share too much with you

Chorus:
Just one great river, always rolling to the sea
One single river rolling in eternity
Two nations in our land, that lie along its shore
But just one river rolling free

How come you shut me out, as if I wasn't there?
What's this new bitterness you've found?
However wronged you were, however much it hurts
It wasn't me that held you down.

Chorus

Why can't you understand I'm glad you're standing proud?
I know you made it on your own
But in this pride you've earned I thought you might have learned
That you don't have to stand alone

Just one great river, always rolling to the sea
One single river rolling in eternity
Two nations in our land, that lie along its shore
But just one river -- you and me


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Song For Ireland
Phil Colclough

Walking all the day, near tall towers
where falcons build their nests
Siver winged they fly,
they know the call of freedom in their breasts
Saw Black Head against the sky
with twisted rocks that run down to the sea
Living on your western shore,
saw summer sunsets, asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

Talking all the day with true friends
who try to make you stay
Telling jokes and news,
singing songs to pass the night away
Watched the Galway salmon run
like silver dancing darting in the sun
Living on your western shore
saw summer sunsets, asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

Drinking all the day in old pubs
where fiddlers love to play
Someone touched the bow,
he played a reel
it seemed so fine and gay
Stood on Dingle beach
and cast in wild foam we found Atlantic bass
Living on your western shore,
saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

Dreaming in the night I saw a land
where no man had to fight
Waking in your dawn
I saw you crying in the morning light
Lying where the falcons fly,
they twist and turn all in you e'er blue sky
Living on your western shore,
saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland


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Song For Life

I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately, it just ain't my style
And hard times don't last like they used to
They pass quicker, like when I was a child.

[Chorus:]

Somehow I've learned how to listen
To a sound like the sun going down
And the magic the morning is bringing home
A song for a life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground

[Solo]

The midsummer days sit so heavy
But don't they blow like a breeze through your mind
When nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time

[Chorus]


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Alison Krauss - Song for Norman

I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately, it just ain't my style
And hard times don't last like they used to
They pass quicker, like when I was a child.

[Chorus:]
Somehow I've learned how to listen
To a sound like the sun going down
And the magic the morning is bringing home
A song for a life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground

[Solo]

The midsummer days sit so heavy
But don't they blow like a breeze through your mind
When nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time

[Chorus]


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Song For Spring
Morris Caldwell

Untie me from my easy chair
Mother spring is in the air
I get a little crazy when
The earth unfolds and blooms in spring

It makes me want to fly away
Get into games that robins play
Climb in trees and flowered limbs
Forget about the world I'm livin' in

Chorus:
Sunshine, weather's fine
Grass is green and a glass of wine
Couldn't be a finer day
Come with me, we'll fly away

Oh, I'd like to take your hand and walk
On river stones and then we'd talk
And then for you I'd like to sing
'Bout everything that I feel in spring


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Alan Jackson - Song For The Life lyrics
(Rodney Crowell)

Well I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately, it just ain't my style
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to
They pass quicker, like when I was a child
And somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun going down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground
And the midsummer days sit so heavy
But don't they flow like the breeze through your mind
When nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time
And somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun going down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground
And somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the breeze dying down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the friend I have found
She keeps my feet on the ground
She keeps my feet on the ground


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Song Of A Whippoorwill
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Tracy Starling and Rhonda Vincent
[3/4 time]

G                                             C        G
I heard the whippoorwill a singin' he sang so high and lonesome
   C        G                               D7
So high and lonesome it brought tears to my eyes
       G                                        C     G
He was searchin' for his sweet love he'd fly so high above us
   C     G              D7               G
So high above us as the stars filled the sky
    D7                                  C                   G
His cries would cross the mountain echo through the valleys green
         D7                    C                          D7
He'd fly closer to the heavens where his love had gone to be
           G                                     C        G
He sings a song about his sweet love he sings so high and lonesome
   C        G                               D7
So high and lonesome it brought tears to my eyes
         G                                        C     G
He keeps searchin' for his true love she flies so high above us
   C     G              D7           G
So high above us in the sweet by and by
    D7                                  C                   G
His cries still cross the mountain echo through the valleys green
         D7                    C                          D7
He flies closer to the heavens where his love had gone to be
         G                                        C     G
He keeps searchin' for his true love she flies so high above us
   C     G              D7           G
So high above us in the sweet by and by

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Song Of The Last Whippoorwill
BMI Work #: 9242770
Song Of The Last Whippoorwill (Larry W. Jones 11/10/2007) (song#5153)

Summertime is over, my darling
Fall is here and you're going away
The end of dreams is near, my darling
For I know you'll be gone any day
I know my heart will die, my darling
And I can already feel the chill
I'll be all alone cause you'll be gone
With the song of the last whippoorwill
Summer roses were in bloom, my darling
Green of the leaves was still upon the trees
Now I hear the whippoorwill's sad calling
Calling from his lonely hill on the breeze
- instrumental -
Summer roses were in bloom, my darling
Green of the leaves was still upon the trees
Now I hear the whippoorwill's sad calling
Calling from his lonely hill on the breeze
Our love should be harvested, my darling
As farmers gather bounty to the mill
But love's harvest moon will fade, my darling
As with the song of the last whippoorwill
Yes, love's harvest moon will fade, my darling
As with the song of the last whippoorwill


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Song Of The Traveling Daughter
Abigail Washburn

Translation:
Deep in the night
I hear the darkness
Bones tell the body
rest in its arms
I hear the calling
of life's sweet embrace
resting too soon

Deep in the night
I feel the stardust
Blue tells the heavens
fall from the sky
I feel the shadows
of time's own longing
falling away

Deep in the night
I pray a candle
to tell the snowfall
wait for sunrise
I pray a halo
of man's cold morning
holds to the light

I pray a halo
of man's cold morning
holds thru the night


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Song Of The Traveling Daughter
Abigail Washburn

Translation:
World sits outside the door
Men wai you ge shijie

A voice in your heart is calling
Xinzhong you ge shengyin

The ends of the world await
Sifang jiu deng ni lai

Traveling daughter
Younu

Feel the sunshine on your face
Lianshang gandao taiyang

Starlight guides your feet
Jiaobu suizhao xingguang

Earth and Sky will carry you
Tiandi zai ni zouyou

Journey after journey
Zoule yi shan you yi shan

One mountain to the next
Zhe shan guole ne shan lai

Voice in your heart is calling
Xinzhong you ge shengyin


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Song Of The Wandering Aengus
William Butler Yeats

I went into the hazel wood,
because a fire was in my head.
I cut and peeled a hazel wand,
and hooked a berry to a thread.

And when white moths were on the wing,
and moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
and caught a little silver trout.

And when I laid it on the bank,
and stooped to blow the fire aflame,
then something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name.

It had become a glimmering girl,
With apple blossoms in her hair,
Who called me by my name and ran,
And vanished in the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering,
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And know her mouth and take her hand.

And walk through long green dappled grass,
And pluck till time and time is done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.


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Punch Brothers - Soon or Never 

If ever I have seen the sun rise
And known it's time for bed
If ever I have breathed in deeply
And felt like I was dead
and felt like I was dead

Then I have not been...
I have not been in love
If ever I have seen your lips move
And known you couldn't say
The words I think could make me love you
Then heard them anyway
And heard them anyway

Then I have not been
I have not been in love
I rise as the sun goes down and play my tune
Love and I find a way to each other soon
Or never
I rise as the sun goes down and play my tune
Love and I find a way to each other soon
Or never

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Sophronie

My Sophronie's from Kentucky, she's found another man
Can't even kiss her, can't even hold her hand
The moon we used to love beneath is still up in the sky
But now I'm just a hotshot with a teardrop in my eye

   Love em and leave em, kiss em and grieve em
   That used to be my motto so high
   Till my Sophronie left me so lonely
   Now there's teardrops in my eyes

Till Gabriel blows his bugle, I'll be loving that sweet girl
She means more to me than the whole wide world
I used to be a killer with the women me oh my
But now I'm just a hot shot with a teardrop in my eye

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Sorrow In The Wind
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Jean Ritchie

G D7                 G
I hear the soft wind sighing 
In every bush and tree
    D7                G
The sound of my heart crying 
         D7           G
When you are far from me
When we're apart my darling 
D7      Em  C         G
There's sorrow in the wind
     D7             G
When we're apart my darling 
             D7     G
Sweet sorrow in the wind
    D7              G
You leave me in the morning 
Your footsteps die away
       D7            G
Though not a leaf is stirring 
           D7       G
I hear the wind all day
When we're apart my darling 
D7      Em  C         G
There's sorrow in the wind
     D7                  G
They say when love grows older 
             
It dies and fades away
    D7           G
Yet all our life together 
         D7          G
One ever brightening day
Repeat #2 x2
      C  Em  D7     G
Sweet sorrow in the wind

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Sorrow Is a Highway (Live)

My heart is like a white line
Divided (?) these feelings over you
My mind, it is also like a white line
(?) a man without a clue

You got me thinking there's a fire down below
'Round and 'round in circles is far as I can go
The same old repitition, feeling up and down again
Sorry is a highway that never seems to end

Another day is ending, I feel my feet upon the ground
And (?) walking home
What do I care now if another day is ending
The days will end until my name is carved in stone alone

The time has come for leaving
Ti's time to fall away like the pedals leaving the rose
But what 'cause this leaving
I my heart breaking, the sound it never goes

The same old repetition, feeling up and down again
Sorry is a highway that never seems to end

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Dolly Parton - Sorrow's Tearing Down The House lyrics

I met you and we married we planned our future well
We built our home on happiness then suddenly it fell
It wasn't long there after our love began to tilt
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built
First came the weekly parties that never seemed to end
And then came the heartbreak brought by so-called friends
I guess that I'm as much to blame while we share the guilt
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built
[ steel ]
First came the weekly parties...
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built


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Sorry Man
The Avett Brothers

Your mama doesn't like me
She thinks I'm a sorry man
When she tells her friends about me
She says I'm a sorry man
And she asks you each day
Why would you stay with a sorry man
Well I was doing my best
Just trying to impress, still a sorry man
And I've got news for your ma
I'm the best she ever saw
No one could love your daughter like I do

Your mama told you father
She said I'm a sorry man
So he told me not to ever
Come back here again
So I told your dear old daddy
That he can't keep us apart
Because it's you and not your parents
Who can break my heart
And I've got news for your ma
I'm the best she ever saw
No one could love your daughter like I do

Well I tried to tell your mama
But I didn't want to fight
Well they'll be the same tomorrow
So we're leaving here tonight
Tomorrow they'll be waking
To a sad sorry dawn
And then they'll be sorry
When they see that we're gone
Cause I've got news for your ma
I'm the best she ever saw
No one could love your daughter like I do

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Sorry You Asked
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                   F            C
You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
                    F       G7
That she's not here with me tonight
      C             F             C      F
And I know you were probably just acting polite
              C         G7         C
But you'll be sorry you ever asked why
F                 A#7         F
We started having problems in August last year
                         A#7             F
So things had been kinda rough for quite awhile
                     A#7         F
And you know how you think it'll work itself out
     G7
Well mister that thought's wrong by a long long mile
Repeat #1
  F               A#7               F
I might should've seen that we were drifting apart
                    A#7              F
But I was in what I guess you'd call denial
                        A#7                 F
And I always heard them say that you're the last one to know
     G7
Well buddy I was last by a long long while
Repeat #1
        F           A#7         F
Okay we both have a tendency to overreact
                  A#7               F
So I can't really tell you who's at fault
                             A#7              F
But there were certain third parties well her sister for one
            G7
That helped bring out reconciling to a drop-dead halt
    C                    F            C
Now aren't you sorry you asked me the reason
                    F       G7
That she's not here with me tonight
      C             F             C      F
And I know you were probably just acting polite
             C         G7         C
But I'm sure sorry you ever asked why
                     G7         C
Aren't you sorry you ever asked why 
                   G7         C
I'm sure sorry you ever asked why
      F                 A#7              F
Did I tell you that she tried to have me locked out of the house
                   A#7        F
I had to go hire a lawyer and all
                    A#7        F
But I know that was mostly her family's idea
  G7                                               C
I could her them tell her what to say every time I called

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The Avett Brothers - Souls Like the Wheels 

Souls like the wheels
Turning, taking us with wind at our heels
Burning, making us decide
On what we are giving
Change this way of living

One little song
Give me strength
To leave the side and the wrong
Buried safely in the past
Where I've been living?a lie
But I'm forgiving

Let me go, let me go
Let me go?

One little girl, bring me
Light from where I thought it was dark
Be the spark that has a chance to
Light the candle
Love, that I can handle

Let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go?
Let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go?

Souls like the wings
Spreading out
Away from bad memories
Make us capable of taking off and landing
Alive with understanding

Let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go?
Let me go, let me go
Let me go?

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The Avett Brothers - Souls Like The Wheels (EP) Lyrics

The Avett Brothers
Second Gleam
Souls Like The Wheels
Souls like the wheels
Turning, taking us with wind at our heels
Burning, making us decide on what weâ??re giving
Change this way of living

One little song
Give me strength to the leave the sad and the wrong
Bury safely in the past where Iâ??ve been living
Alive but unforgiving
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

One little girl
Bring me life from where I thought it was dark
Be the spark that has a chance to light the candle
Love that I can handle
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

Souls like the wings
Spreading out away from bad memories
Make us capable of taking off and landing
Alive with understanding
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

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Sound The Pibroch
Traditional

Sound the pibroch loud and high
Frae John o' Groats to the Isle of Skye
Let all the clans, their slogans cry
And rise to follow Charlie

Chorus:
Hatchey-fo and fo and fo
Hatchey-fo and fo and fo
Hatchey-fo and fo and fo
Rise and follow Charlie

And see a small devoted band
By dark Lock Shiel have ta'en their stand
And proudly vow with heart and hand
To fight for Royal Charlie

Chorus

On dark Culloden's field of gore
Hark! Hark! they shout Claymore! Claymore!
They bravely fight, what can they more?
They die for Royal Charlie

Chorus

No more we'll see their likes again
Deserted is each highland glen
Proudly the cairns lie over them
The men who died for Charlie

Chorus


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Sourwood Mountain

Chickens a'crowin' on Sourwood Mountain 
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
So many pretty girls I can't count 'em
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
My true love's a sun-burnt daisy
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
If I don't get her I'll go crazy
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
My true love's at the head of the holler
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
She won't come and I won't foller
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Big dog'll bark and little one'll bite you
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Big girl will court and the little one spite you
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
Chickens a'crowin' on Sourwood Mountain 
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day
So many pretty girls I can't count 'em
Hey Ho Diddle-aye-day


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Osborne Brothers - Sourwood Mountain  Lyrics

I got a girl in the Sourwood Mountain, hi ho didle oh day
She won't come and I won't call her, hi ho didle oh day
Hey, old man I want your daughter, hi ho didle oh day
Bake my bread and carry my water, hi ho didle oh day.

--- Instrumental ---

Rooster crow on the Sourwood Mountain, hi ho didle oh day
So many pretty girls I can't count them, hi ho didle oh day
Big girls love, the little ones spite you, hi ho didle oh day
Big dogs bark and little dogs bite you, hi ho didle oh day.

--- Instrumental ---

Sarra, Sarra, let's go walkin', hi ho didle oh day
Kiss me quick and stop your talkin', hi ho didle oh day
Sheriff, sheriff, can opposy, hi ho didle oh day
Someone stole my darling plossy, hi ho didle oh day...

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South Coast
Ross / Eskin / Dehr / Miller ; Elliot ; Guthrie

My name is Juanano de Castro
My father was a Spanish Grandee
But I won my wife in a card game
To hell with those lords o'er the sea

CHORUS:
The South Coast is a wild coast and lonely
You might win in a game at Jolon
But a lion still rules the Barranca
And a man there is always alone

I played in a card game at Jolon
I played there with an outlaw named Juan
And after I'd taken his money
I staked all against his daughter, Dawn

I picked up the ace...l had won her
My heart it was down at my feet
Jumped up to my throat in a hurry
Like a young summer's day she was sweet

He opened the door to the kitchen
And he called the girl out with a curse
Saying "Take her, Goddamn her, you've won her
She's yours now for better or worse"

Her arms had to tighten around me
As we rode down the hills to the south
Not a word did I hear from her that day
Nor a kiss from her pretty young mouth

But that was a gay happy winter
I carved on a cradle of pine
By the fire in that neat little cabin
And I sang with that gay wife of mine

Chorus

One night I got hurt in a landslide
Crushed hip and twice broken bone
She saddled her pony like lightning
And rode off for the doctor in Jolon

A lion screamed in the Barranca
Buck, he bolted and he fell on his side
My young wife lay dead in the moonlight
My heart died that night with my bride

Chorus

Original by Lillian Bos Ross, Sam Eskin, Richard Dehr and Frank Miller.
This version, performed by Arlo Guthrie, is taken from the singing of
Ramblin' Jack Elliott.


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South Texas Girl 

Saint Mother Maria
Watch over us, please
As we wander around
In this dangerous world
Thank Mother Maria
There's nothing so sweet
As the undying love
Of a South Texas girl

Three in the front seat
They sat on each side
That green and white '58 Fairlane
It would glide

Down farm roads past open fields
Seeming like no big deal
As it was happening
I never felt a thing

But now, looking back
It seems like it was everything
Singing with Mom
Just so we could hear ourselves sing

Stealing a drink
From the cold can in Daddy's lap
Protected by only
A small, thin, brown paper sack

And the wind blew the echoes
Of long-faded voices
And they'd sing me a song
That the old cowboys sang
And I didn't know
What the words meant or anything
I was just singing
Because I was supposed to

Saint Mother Maria
Watch over us, please
As we wander around
In this dangerous world

Thank Mother Maria
There's nothing so sweet
As the undying love
Of a South Texas girl

And with the windows wide open
It felt hot to us anyway
Three bound together
On a day just like any day

They told me and taught me
And showed me and bought me
Whatever I wanted
From the corner U-Totem

They said, "The name Corpus Christi
Means the body of Jesus
Pronounce it Refugio
City folks, they don't know"

"It looks like Palacios
But sounds like Palashes
Just listen the next time
You're watchin' Sid Lasher"

And the wind blew the echoes
Of long-faded voices
And they would sing me a song
That the old cowboys sang

And I didn't know
What the words meant or anything
I was just singing

Saint Mother Maria
Watch over us, please
As we wander around
In this dangerous world

Thank Mother Maria
There's nothing so sweet
As the undying love
Of a South Texas girl

And I didn't know
What the words meant or anything
I was just singing

And these days, with car seats
And open container laws
Social correctness
Leaves no room for Santa Claus

Sitting right next to me
She looks like that used-to-be
Song that they sang for me

And with the windows wide open
It feels hot to us anyway
Two bound together
On a day just like any day

The wind blows the echoes
Of long-faded voices
And they sing us a song
That the old cowboys sang

And now that I know
What the words mean and everything
I am still singing

Saint Mother Maria
Watch over us, please
As we wander around
In this dangerous world

Thank Mother Maria
There's nothing so sweet
As the undying love
Of a South Texas girl

Saint Mother Maria
Watch over us, please
As we stumble around
In this dangerous world

Thank Mother Maria
There's nothing so sweet
As the undying love
Of a South Texas girl
As the undying love
Of a South Texas girl

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Southbound

I've been here a month or more stuck in this old city
The people that have to call it home they're the ones I pity
Lord I'm homesick
And the blues are the only songs I ever seem to pick
I get out and walk the street
'til I get blisters on my feet
I'm southbound

I'm all right 'til late at night I'm sitting by my window
Counting sheep but I couldn't sleep for listening to that train blow
I begin to pine
When I hear that big old engine rolling down the line
I'm going back to spend some time
where I can have fun if I ain't got a dime
I'm southbound

Southbound she's burning the ground and I don't mean maybe
Sure am glad I caught this train cause I'd like to see my baby
I've been lonesome
I long to see them hills I come from
Listen to the engine rattle and roar
She's taking me back home once more
I'm southbound

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Southern California
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by George Richey, Billy Sherrill, Roger Dale Bowling

G
You always said someday you'd go to live
   C            G
In Southern California
    D7                             G
And me I'd stay right here in Tennessee
You always talked about the better days
   C            G
In Southern California
    D7
But if you'll stay in Tennessee
                                       G
I promise there'll be better days with me
It's not that I don't love you
But I hear the call
     C            G
From Southern California
        D7                             G
There's something I can't find in Tennessee
Silver screens and limousines
                    C            G
They wait for me in Southern California
       D7
Though you've been so good to me
                                        G
The time has come you'll have to set me free
 
Tomorrow when you leave you'll take my heart
   C            G
To Southern California
    D7
But just remember I'll be here
                                     G
To keep your heart with me until you see
 
spoken:
Well it's been five years and I guess I've cried a million tears
Looking out the window of this little room 
Right over that flashing neon sign that says bar
It's almost midnight and time to go downstairs and go to work
I wonder how he's doing in Tennessee
Well here I sit by the window of this big old lonely mansion
Looking out over the Smokies and owning everything I can see
Oh I guess by now she's found what she was looking for
And as I look at this old faded photograph
Of the girl that I still love I wonder if she ever thinks of me
But the weather's good
   C            G
In Southern California

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Brad Paisley - Southern Comfort Zone lyrics

When your wheelhouse is the land of cotton,
The first time you leave it can be strange, it can be shocking
Not everybody drives a truck, not everybody drinks sweet tea
Not everybody owns a gun, wears a ball cap boots and jeans
Not everybody goes to church or watches every NASCAR race
Not everybody knows the words to "Ring Of Fire" or "Amazing Grace"
[Chorus:]
Oh, Dixie Land,
I hope you understand
When I miss my Tennessee Home
And I've been away way too long
I can't see this world unless I go
Outside my Southern Comfort Zone
I have walked the streets of Rome, I have been to foreign lands
I know what it's like to talk and have nobody understand
I have seen the Eiffel Tower lit up on a Paris night
I have kissed a West Coast girl underneath the Northern Lights
I know what it's like to be the only one like me,
To take a good hard look around and be a minority
And I Miss my Tennessee home
I can see the ways that I grown
I can't see this world unless I go
Outside my Southern Comfort Zone
I miss your biscuits and your gravy
Fireflies dancing in the night
You have fed me, You have saved me
Billy Graham and Martha White
I have since become a drifter
And I just can't wait to pack
Cause I know the route I leave on
It will always bring me back
[Solo]
[Chorus:]
I wish I was in Dixie Again
I miss my Tennessee Home
I've been away way too long
I can't see this world unless I go
Outside My Southern Comfort Zone
Look away, look away
I wish I was in Dixie, away, look away


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Southern Moon

Oh I know she is waitin by her window tonight
In the cabin at the end of the lane
Where the roses bloom in the sweet month of June
Tell my darlin I'll be there very soon

   Go tell my sweetheart I'm lonely tonight
   Give her my token of love
   Go tell her please do that my heart is still true
   Drift along drift along southern moon

Drift along southern moon up in heaven on high
As the stars they twinkle in the sky
Rest your weary head on a snow white cloud
As we go drifting by

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Southern Railroad Line

Standing at the sidetrack at the south end of the town
On a dry hot dusty August day the steam pipe blowing down
The fireman with his long oil can oiling the old valve gear
Waiting for the fast mail train the semaphore to clear.

The engineer in the old high cab his gold watch in his hand
Looking at the water glass and letting down the sand
Rolling out on the old main line and taking up the slack
Gone today so they say but tomorrow he'll be coming back.

   Oh if I could return to those boyhood days of mine
   And the green light on the southern Southern Railroad Line.

Creeping down the rusty rails of the weed grown branch line
The section houses gray and white by the yard and limit sign
The hoggers call the old highball no more time to wait
Rolling down to Birmingham with a ten car load of freight.

The whistle screamed with a hiss of steam the headlight gleams clear
The drivers roll on the green go getting mighty near
Handing out the orders to the engine crew on time
It's the Alabama Great Southern AGS Railroad Line.

(Chorus)

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Souvenirs
John Prine / Steve Goodman

All the snow has turned to water
Christmas days have come and gone
Broken toys and faded colors
Are all that's left to linger on

I hate graveyards and old pawn shops
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they rob me
Of my childhood souvenirs

Chorus:
Memories they can't be boughten
They can't be won at carnivals for free
Well it took me years to get those souvenirs
And I don't know how they slipped away from me

Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see
That's why last night and this mornin'
Always look the same to me

I hate reading old love letters
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they rob me
Of my sweetheart's souvenirs

Chorus


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Sow 'Em On The Mountain

Sow 'em on the mountain reap 'em in the valley
Sow 'em on the mountain reap 'em in the valley
Sow 'em on the mountain reap 'em in the valley
'Cause you're gonna reap just what you sow

If you been a gambler you better quit your gambling
If you been a gambler you better quit your gambling
If you been a gambler you better quit your gambling
'Cause you're gonna reap just what you sow

If you been a tattler you better quit your tattling

If you been a liar you better quit your lying

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Spancil Hill
Traditional

Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by
My mind being bent on rambling to Ireland I did fly
I stepped on board a vision and I followed with the wind
And I shortly came to anchor at the cross of Spancil Hill

It being the 23rd June the day before the fair
When lreland's sons and daughters in crowds assembled there
The young and the old, the brave and the bold their journey to fulfill
There were jovial conversations at the fair of Spancil Hill

I went to see my neighbors to hear what they might say
The old ones were all dead and gone and the young one's turning grey
I met with the tailor Quigley, he's a bould as ever still
Sure he used to make my britches when I lived in Spancil Hill

I paid a flying visit to my first and only love
She's as white as any lily and as gentle as a dove
She threw her arms around me saying "Johnny I love you still"
Oh she's Ned the farmers daughter and the flower of Spancil Hill

I dreamt I held and kissed her as in the days of yore
She said, "Johnny you're only joking like many's the time before"
The cock he crew in the morning he crew both loud and shrill
And I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill.


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Spanish Johnny
Recorded by Emmylou Harris with Waylon Jennings
Written by David Bromberg and Paul Siebel

C                                                        D
Those other years the dusty years we drove the big herds through
  C                                                    D
I tried to forget the miles we rode and Spanish Johnny too
     C                                              D   
He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in
         C                           G      D          
And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin
C                                                D 
The old talk the old ways and the dealing of our game
C                                             D
Spanish Johnny never spoke but sing a song of Spain
    C                                                       D
And his talk with men was vicious talk when he was drunk on gin
       C                                G      D7   
Ah but those were golden things he said to his mandolin
C                                                       D
Oh we had to stand we tried to judge we had to stop him then
    C                                                D
For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men
   C                                               D 
He died a hard death long ago before the road come in
        C                             G      D 
And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin
C                                                             D 
Well we carried him out in the morning sun a man that done no good
    C                                                       D
And we lowered him down in the cold clay stuck in across of wood
    C                                                          D
And the letter we wrote to his kinfolk to tell them where he'd been
       C                              G        D
And we shipped it out to Mexico along with his mandolin

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The Avett Brothers - Spanish Pipedream 

She was a level headed dancer on the road to alcohol
And I was just a soldier on the way to Montreal
Well, she pressed her chest against me
About the time the jukebox broke
She gave me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke

Blow up your T.V., throw away your paper
Move to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try to find Jesus on your own

So I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
'Cause I knew that topless lady
Had something up her sleeve
Well, she danced around the bar room
And she did the hoochy-coo
She sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do

Blow up your T.V., throw away your paper
Move to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try to find Jesus on your own

Well, I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face
I said, "You must have the answer"
"She said, "No but I'll give it a try"
And to this very day we've been livin' our way
And here is the reason why

We blew up our T.V., threw away our paper
Moved to the country, built us a home
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches
They all found Jesus on their own

Blow up your T.V., throw away your paper
Move to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try to find Jesus on your own

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Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your Tv)
John Prine

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal
Well she pressed her chest against me
About the time the juke box broke
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke

Chorus:
Blow up your TV throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own

Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve
Well, she danced around the bar room and she did the hoochy-coo
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do

Chorus

Well, I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face
I said "You must know the answer."
"She said, "No but I'll give it a try."
And to this very day we've been livin' our way
And here is the reason why

We blew up our TV threw away our paper
Went to the country, built us a home
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches
They all found Jesus on their own


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Sparkling Brown Eyes

There's a ramshackle shack down in old Caroline
That's calling me back to that gal of mine
Those two brown eyes I long to see
The girl of my dreams she will always be

Those two brown eyes that sparkle with love
Sent down to me from heaven above
If I had the wings of a beautiful dove
I'd fly to the arms of the one that I love

When it's harvest time down in old Caroline
I'll ber drifting back to that gal of mine
I'll spend my days with the girl that I love
By the help of one up in heaven above

* Refrain

When the whippoorwills called on the hills far away
We'd sing love songs, and she would say
My love for you will never die
We bid farewell, and I said goodbye

* Refrain


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Nickel Creek - Speak 

Well I sat down next to a photograph
Tried my best almost made her laugh
She was my toughest crown
There in the way
Was a mountain up in the clouds

Well I can't sleep and I'm not in love
[inaudible]
Well I can't speak without messing up
[inaudible]
Eyes tell of what's behind
Hers showed the way
To a long and lonely climb
But through failure I'll proceed
She'll see how far I come

And it's you and me in the sun and sea
I'll offer my arm to yours
It seems to me, no mystery
It isn't
So I'll try hard to speak

Da, na, da, da, na, na, da
Da, na, na, na, na, na, na
Da, na, na, da, na, na, na, na
Na

Ooo
Well I sat down next to a living hell
Tried my best until I struck out

Movement is not mine
I stood in the way
Pretending that I was the vine
But no failure will proceed
From a mouth that drinks it's wine

And it's not me
[inaudible]
Not my sanctity
[inaudible]
These aren't my words to you
[inaudible]
It's all clear when it's not from here
So clear
So I'll try not to speak

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Dolly Parton - Speakin' Of The Devil lyrics

He's got a way of walkin'
He's got a way of talkin'
A way to fascinate me all the time
And he's got a way with women
A way to keep my head a swimmin'
He's got away too many times
Chorus:
Ooh, speakin' of the devil
Well, here he comes now
Lookin' like an angel
Got my defenses down
He's got me dreamin'
Got me schemin'
Ooh, speakin' of the devil
He is drivin' me wild
With that wicked little grin
And that fire in his eyes
He's got me dreamin'
Got me steamin'
Ooh, speakin' of the devil
It feels mighty close to heaven
And I'd go through hell to make him mine
He's got his spell upon me
Got to be his one and only
Burning with passion and desire
Ooh, I'm caught up in all his magic
It surely would be tragic
To never share the heat
From all this fire
Repeat Chorus Twice
Speakin' of the devil
Speakin' of the devil
I'd go through hell to make him mine


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Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
John Prine

You come home late and you come home early
You come on big when you're feeling small
You come home straight and you come home curly
Sometimes you don't come home at all

Chorus:
So what in the world's come over you
And what in heaven's name have you done
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You're out there running just to be on the run

Well I got a heart that burns with a fever
And I got a worried and a jealous mind
How can a love that'll last forever
Get left so far behind

Chorus

It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
That's crossed the evil line today
Well, how can you ask about tomorrow
We ain't got one word to say

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
You're out there running just to be on the run
You're out there running just to be on the run
You're out there running just to be on the run


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Doc Watson 
Spikedriver Blues

To show you the different kinds of blues
Here's one of the late John Hurt's tunes
And Merle here is a pretty good example of the youngsters that loved Uncle John's playin'
And sort of took a liking to it and decided they'd learn a little something about it
I will not pick much on this, just a little bit
Let Merle do most of the lead, I'll play a little sort of harmony
Maybe I'll sing it
"Spikedriver's Blues"

John Henry was a steel driving boy
But he went down, yes, he went down
He went down

Take my hammer and give it to the captain
Boys, tell him I'm gone, you can tell him I'm gone
Yes, tell him I'm gone

This old hammer done killed John Henry
It ain't gon' kill me, no, it won't kill me
Ain't gon' kill me

It's a long way from East Colorado
Honey to my home, honey to my home
Honey to my home

John Henry, he left his hammer
All painted red, all shining red
John Henry left

Take this hammer and give it to the captain
You can tell him I'm gone, boys, tell him I'm gone
You sure he's gone?

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Billy Strings 
Spinning

I remember the first thing I saw.
It was a blue light far in the distance and as it
Was getting closer I could see that it was a woman.
Not Human, but definitely female.
She was twirling and twirling and dancing for me and
Mumbling in a language that was only used for this one occasion.
And as she danced for me,
I noticed that her skirt was made of eyeballs,
And then she turned and it was made of ears and she turned and it was
Made of teeth and she turned and it was
Made of mouths and then eyebrows and then hair.
And she was telling me this wonderful story and when she got close
Enough she sort of put her arms around me and asked
Me if it was okay and I said yes it's okay, it's okay.
So she took me out into the outer edges of a multiverse,
This multiverse and she showed me all of
The universes spinning and working together.
And then she took me down to our universe and she
Showed me all of our galaxies spinning and working together.
And then she took me to our galaxy and showed me
All of our planets spinning and working together.
And then she took me to our planet and showed me all of the wind and
Dirt and fire and water and flesh and bone and
Currents and storms all spinning and working together.
And then she took me to a grain of sand and showed me how everything
Is exactly the same in that we all are
Spinning and hopefully working together.

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Spirit Of Love Watches Over Me, The

There are gongs from a gage
Like a beautiful dream
And I seek there in vain
By the meadow and stream
Oft I breathe out your name
To the wind floating by
But the sweet voice is
New to my cry

In the stillness of night
When the stars mildly shine
My heart fondly holds
A communion with God
For I feel though art near
And where e'er I may be
That the spirit of love
Watches over me

Oft the birds in the bower
Now companions I make
Every temple wild flower
I prize for the sake
Deep woods and dark clouds
Can a pleasure impart
For the solitude
Suits my poor heart

Though art gone from a gage
And I will not repine
Here lonely shall meet
In a home that is thine
For I feel though art near
And where e'er I may be
That the spirit of love
Watches over me

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Nickel Creek - Spit On A Stranger

However you feel 
Whatever it takes 
Whenever it's real 
Whatever awaits me 
Whatever you need 
However so light 
Whenever it's real 
Whenever it's right 

{Chorus} 
I've been thinking long and hard about the things you said to me 
Like a bitter stranger 
Now I see the long and short the middle and what's in between 
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out) 
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out) 

Whatever you feel 
Whatever it takes 
Whenever it's real 
Whatever awaits me 
Whatever you need 
However so slight 

{Chorus} 
Honey, I'm a prize and you're a catch and we're a perfect match 
Like two bitter strangers 
Now I see the long and short of it and I can make it last 
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out) 
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out)I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out) 
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out) 
I could spit on a stranger (Pull me out) 
You're a bitter stranger (Pull me out) 

I see the sunshine in your eyes 
I'll try the things you never try 
I'll be the one that leaves you high, high, high

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Spread A Little Love Around
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Harley Lee Allen and John Wayne Wiggins

C              F               G7               C
Sometimes this crazy world can make us all feel bad          
F                  G7
I sit and watch the news and just get mad
C          F                  G7           C
We need to stop and smell the roses in the ground      
F             G7                   C
So get out today you spread a little love around          
G7                   C
Talk to a neighbor volunteer a favor           
F             G7              C
Help out a stranger when his car's broke down                 
G7                          C
Give your wife a kissing when your kids talk listen           
F            G7                   C
It makes a lovely sound spread a little love around            
F                  G7              C
You know it don't take much to make somebody's day               
F                   G7
A kind word of tender touch goes a long way
C                 F                 G7               C
We can change the whole world if we start in our hometown
       F             G7                   C
So get out today you spread a little love around                  
G7                     C
Tell your mom you love her bear hug your brother           
F           G7               C
Treat your sister to a night out on the town                   
G7                   C
Throw the ball for Rover wrestle in the clover                    
F         G7                   C
Put a smile on that old hound spread a little love around
                  G7                  C
Slap your momma's fanny tickle on old granny     
 F                 G7              C
Dance with the kids and act just like a clown                   
G7                C
A little tiny kiss and hug everybody needs that stuff             
F           G7                   C
Turn a frown upside down spread a little love around
                F             G7                   C
When this world gets you down spread a little love around

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Spring Hill Mining Disaster (Ballad Of Spring Hill)
Peggy Seeger / Ewan MacColl

In the town of Spring Hill, Nova Scotia,
Down in the heart of the Cumberland Mine,
There's blood on the coal and miners lie
In the roads that never saw sun or sky
Roads that never saw sun or sky.

Down at the coal face the miner's workin'
Rattle of the belt and the cutter's blade
Crumble of rock and the walls close round
Living and the dead men two miles down
Living and the dead men two miles down

Twelve men lay two miles from the pitshaft
Listen for the drillin' of a rescue team
Six hundred feet of coal and slag
Hope imprisoned in a three-foot seam
Hope imprisoned in a three-foot seam

Eight days passed and some were rescued
Leaving the dead to lie alone
All their lives they dug their graves
Two miles of earth for a markin' stone
Two miles of earth for a markin' stone

In the town of Spring Hill you don't sleep easy
Often the Earth will tremble and groan
When the Earth is restless, miners die
Bone and blood is the price of coal
Bone and blood is the price of coal


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Spring Of The Year
BMI Work #: 8673817
Spring Of The Year (Larry W. Jones 02/02/2007) (song#4373)

The cottonwoods are quiet and looking forlorn
Branches and twigs have all their leaves shorn
The snowflakes are big but bring me no cheer
I wish the time was the spring of the year
I remember springtime and eyes of bright blue
I remember sweet words that said I love you
Do you remember two hearts that beat as one, dear
I wish the time was the spring of the year
- instrumental -
I remember springtime and eyes of bright blue
I remember sweet words that said I love you
Do you remember two hearts that beat as one, dear
I wish the time was the spring of the year
Our love was like summer, warm as could be
You promised to return when spring we would see
The snowflakes are big but bring me no cheer
I wish the time was the spring of the year
I wish the time was the spring of the year


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Spring Time In Dear Old Dixie

Spring time in dear old Dixie
Is the time I love the best
I've roamed the whole world over
And it's my pick from all the rest
Where the apple bossoms blooming
And the air so fresh and clean
It's the prize of all the nation
The prettest place I've ever seen

Where the burds sing so sweetly
Wake you up in the early dawn
And the dogwood blossoms blowing
Make you glad that you were born
And you're met with hearty welcome
Makes you feel so good and then
The flowers now bloom in dear old Dixie
And it's spring time once again

In the woods you might go strolling
Picking flowers along the way
Then again you could go fishing
Take your lunch and spend the day
It's a dream the world may envy
And I hope it never ends
The folwers now bloom in dear old Dixie
And it's apring time once again

* Refrain


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Springfield Mountain
Traditional

(G) G - D7 G / G - D7 G / G - - C /

On Springfield Mountain there did dwell
A lovely youth, I knew him well - I ell -

Tu rudy nu, tu rudy nay,
Tu rudy nu, tu rudy nay

Each morning early, he did go
Up to the mountain for to mow - I owe

He scarce had mowed half round the field
When a ugly serpent bit his heel - I eel

They brought him home to Molly dear
Which made him feel so very queer - I eer

Now Molly had two ruby lips
With which the poison she did sip - I ip

But Molly had a rotten tooth
And so the poison killed them both - I oth


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SSS
The Avett Brothers

I never thought I
Could feel the way I
Do when I'm in your arms

Sing your melody to me
And if you want me to leave
I walk away from this old farm

Baby, baby,
There ain't no cows left for milking
Baby, baby,
There ain't no chickens laying nothing
I'll walk on anything for you
I'll walk on anything for you
I'll walk off on anything for you
I'll walk off on anything for you

I was always told that
I would find somebody
I could keep a promise for

Words that don't mean a thing
To a broken-hearted man
I've felt that way before


Baby, baby,
I don't remember feeling that way
Baby, baby,
And I owe it all to you
I'd take a nine to five for you
I'll take that nine to five for you
I'd take a nine to five for you
I'll work that nine to five for you

I'm convinced that nothing's true
Just cause love worked out for you
Don't impress me no more

Words that don't mean a thing
To me I'm a broken-hearted man
I've got dreams but nothing to hope for


Lady, lady,
Keep your distance I mean no good
Lady, lady,
I'm broken-hearted and I think the world should
All be broken-hearted too
All be broken-hearted too
All be broken-hearted too
Ya'll should be broken-hearted too
I'd like to give all my pain to you
If I could I'd give all my pain to you

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St. Clare's Defeat
Arr. Bob Gibson

'Twas November the 4th in the year of '91,
We had a strong engagement near to Fort Jefferson,
Sinclair was our commander which may remembered be,
For we left 900 men there in that Western Territory.

The Indians attacked our force just as the day did dawn,
The arrows fell like deadly rain as we were set upon,
900 hundred men fell writhing before our startled eyes,
While horrid yells of savages resounded to the sky.

The army was attacked just as the day did dawn,
And was soon overpowered and driven from the lawn,
They killed Major Oldham, Levin and Briggs likewise,
While horrid yells of savages resounded to the sky.

We fought for seven hours or more, and then we had to yeild
Nine hundred of our comrads lay streached upon the field
Said Major Clark, "My heroes, we can no longer stand
We must strive to form in order, and retreat the best we can."

The word "retreat" being passed around, there rose a dismal cry,
Then helter-skelter through the woods like wolves and sheep they fly,
This well-apointed army which but a day before,
Now fled before the svages and his bloody kind of war,

Alas, the dead and dying---how aweful to relate,
To the tomahawk and scalping knife it was their dreadful fate.
But pity more the wounded, who were taken from the fray
To writhe in torment at the stake, to close that dreadful day.

To mention our brave officers is what I wish to do,
No sons of Mars e're fought more brave or with more courage true,
To Captain Bradford I belonged---to his artillery,
He fell that day amongst the slain --- a valiant man was he.

At Bunker's Hill and at Kennebec where many a hero fell,
Likewise at Cannondaigua the truth to you I'll tell,
But such a bloody carnage may I never see again,
As happened near St. Mary's all on that river plain.


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Doc Watson 
St. James Hospital

Early one morning
At the St. James Hospital
Early one morning
Morn' in the month of May
When I looked through the window and a-spied a dear cowboy
A dear cowboy as cold as the clay

Set ye down by me
And hear my sad story
Set ye down by me
And sing me a song
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
I'm a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong

Send for that doctor
To come and heal up my body
And send for the preacher
To come and pray for my soul
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
I'm a poor cowboy and Hell is my doom

Get sixteen perdy maidens
To come and carry my coffin
Sixteen perdy maidens
To come and sing me a song
And tell 'em to bring some of them sweet smelling roses
So they can't smell me as they tote me along

Beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the death march as ye carry me along
Throw bunches of lilies all over my coffin
There goes a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson
St. James Infirmary

I went down to that St. James Infirmary
Heard my baby groan
Nobody there could cheer me
'Cause I know that she'd soon be gone

And as I stood there a-breathin'
My heart felt just like lead
But knowin' that she'd soon be leavin'
And wishin' it was me instead

Then I went out to Old Joe's Barroom
All the boys were there
Nobody understood my trouble
'Cause nobody seemed to care

Then I went back to the St. James Infirmary
All was still as night
That was my baby on a long, white table
She was pale and cold and white

I put my hand on her pretty face
Felt cold like marble stone
And I know that no woman could ever take her place
Lord, and it made me feel so alone

Well, yes, she's gone, she's gone, God bless her
Wherever she might be
If she looked this wide world over
She'd a-never found a friend like me

Give me my box back, cold, and my button shoes
When you lay me down to sleep
Put a pan hander cards up in my hotel
Set my old guitar right down by my feet

I went down to that St. James Infirmary
Heard my baby groan
Nobody there could cheer me
While I knew that she'd soon be gone


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The Avett Brothers - St. Joseph's 
Second Gleam

We spent the night at St. Josephs
Shaking and shivering in fever
Nurses and criminals before us
I will stay here with you, my love

We sat at Lake Junaluska
Cried over where we would wed
If it's this place or any other
It's not where I am it's who I'm with

News came of a child
Born unto a world
Of people demented and wild
I will be here for you, my love

What was our reason for fighting?
Selfish and centered at best
I give up on trying
To understand why we were blessed

We'll spend the night at St. Josephs.

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St. Louis Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Asleep At The Wheel
Written by William Handy

C                  F                   C
Lord I hate to see that evening sun go down
F                                 C
I hate to see that evening sun go down
         G7                                   C
Cause my baby she's gone she don't love me no how
                                   G7
I'm insane rich man with a diamond ring
                                               C
Ah she pulls that guy around town by her apron strings
                                                   G7
And if it weren't for powder and that store bought hair
                                            C   D7   G7
Well that gal of mine wouldn't have gone so far from here
          C                      F             C
I got the St. Louis blues I'm as blue as I can be
         F                                       C
And that man got a heart like a rock cast in the sea
   G7                                                        C
Or else he wouldn't have carried her so dog-gone so far from me
                        F                            C
Listen all you rounders you better leave my good gal alone
  F                                                         C
I said listen all you rounders you better leave my good gal alone
      G7                                               C
Cause you can't give her nothing that she can't get at home
                        F                C
Sump'um about you momma sure give me the blues
           F                                        C
Ah there's sump'um about you momma sure give me the blues
         G7                                                   C
It ain't your drop stitch stockings might be your blue buckle shoes 
                     F                                    C
Cause a black-headed women makes a freight train jump the track
         F                                                 C
I said a black headed woman makes a freight train jump the track
             G7                                      C
And that ole long tall gal makes a bullfrog ball the jack

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St. Olav's Gate
Artist: Nanci Griffith
Album. The Last of the True Believers

Drinking black market vodka in the back of the Scottsman's saloon
Then it's red meat and whiskey like a coyote drunk on the moon
Outside in Oslo the buskers' all sing the same tune
And it's Waltzin' Matilda while the bagpipes play old Clare de Lune
She was a lady, she came down from Bergen she said
She spoke little English, they laughed and drank whiskey instead
In the mornin' he found it... a rose with a note on his plate
It said, "meet me at midnight on the corner of St. Olav's Gate"
Here's to the ladys you love and don't see again
The night is warm whiskey... the mornin's a cold bitter wind
The blue eyed madonna leaves town while the drunken man waits
Leaves him standing alone in the shadows of St. Olav's Gate
Here's to the ladies you love and don't see again
The night is warm whiskey... the mornin's a cold bitter wind
The blue eyed madonna leaves town while the drunken man waits
Leaves him standing alone in the shadows of St. Olav's Gate


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Alison Krauss - Stack of Barley			
[Instrumental]


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Alison Krauss - Stack Of Barley Lyrics
(Instrumental)

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Balsam Range - Stacking Up the Rocks 

Stacking up the rocks at the edge of the water
Memorial of the miracles he gave to thee
That all the people of the earth might remember
That the hand of the Lord is mighty

God told Joshua to lead his people
As I was with Moses I will be with thee
I will never leave nor forsake you
But set the people free
Joshua spoke unto his people
Sanctify yourselves
For tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you
And you will surely be blessed

Stacking up the rocks at the edge of the water
Memorial of the miracles he gave to thee
That all the people of the earth might remember
That the hand of the Lord is mighty

Priest carrying the ark of the covenant
To the raging Jordan's side
Brave and courageous they stepped in the water
And God worked before their eyes
The water stopped flowing the river bed dry
They all crossed to the other side
Twelve men back to the middle of the river
Carrying rocks to remember by

Stacking up the rocks at the edge of the water
Memorial of the miracles he gave to thee
That all the people of the earth might remember
That the hand of the Lord is mighty

God's still with us in this world of trouble
Performs miracles everyday
Has he worked in your life brother
And have you shown it in some way

Stacking up the rocks at the edge of the water
Memorial of the miracles he gave to thee
That all the people of the earth might remember
That the hand of the Lord is mighty

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Dolly Parton - Stairway To Heaven lyrics
(Jimmy Page/Robert Plant)

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows if the stores are all closed,
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, a stairway to heaven
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Oh-oh, makes me wonder.  I wonder; I really, really wonder
There's a feelin? I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leavin?
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand lookin?
Ooh.
It's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason,
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
Oh-oh-oh-oh, Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now.
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still some time to change the road you're on
Oh, it makes me wonder
Your head is hummin? and it won't go in case you don't know,
The piper's callin? you to join him
Oh, can you hear the wind blow
And did you know your stairway lies upon the whisperin? wind
Stairway to heaven, stairway to heaven
You can't buy it, you can't borrow
You've got to walk it straight and narrow
Stairway to heaven, stairway to heaven, stairway to heaven
And as we walk on down the road
Our shadows longer than our souls,
All that glitters is not gold
Wanna be a rock and not a roll
Oh, the great almighty dollar leaves you lonely, lost and hollow
You can't fool yourself forever
You gotta work to get to heaven
Stairway to heaven.
If we listen and hold fast
To every question that we asked
The truth will come to us at last
And she's buying a stairway to heaven


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Stand On My Own Two Knees
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Dale Bowling and Jan Crutchfield

C                       F                C
I've tried everything I know to make you happy
                         D7            G7
Never knew someone could be so hard to please
       C                                 F
Loving you is hard and I'm not sure I'll make it
       G7                                            C
But at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees

                             F           C
I've still got my pride it's just that I misplaced it
                   D7               G7
Anyway it's better lost then no one sees
      C                                  F
Maybe I'm not strong enough right now to hold you
       G7                                            C
But at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees

   G7                           C
It wasn't  long ago  you had me crawling
       F                 C              G7
Oh but look how far I've come can't you see
       C                                       F
Well I know I'm still not walking tall but I'm trying
       G7                                            C
And at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees

                                              F
Yes I know I'm still not walking tall but I'm trying
       G7                                            C
And at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees

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Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor
Song by The Cox Family

I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor
Who was just about to cross a swellin' tide
And I asked him if he would do me a favor
Kindly take this message to the other side

Well, if you see him tell him that you saw me
When you saw me, I was on my way
You may meet some more friends who may ask about me
But tell'em I am comin' home some day

Well, you have to make this journey on without me
Sooner or later, sooner or later it's a debt that must be paid
When you reach that goal it's when you think about me
But don't forget to tell my Savior what I say

You may chance to meet my mother and my father
Or some friends whom I can't recall
You may chance to meet my brother and my father
But don't forget to see my Savior first of all

I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor
Who was just about to cross a swellin' tide
And I asked him if he would do me a favor
Kindly take this message to the other side

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Standing By The River

Here I stand by this chilly water waitin' for my final call
Standing by the river looking beyond
Gazin' toward the land of fadeless beauty o'er the surges rise and fall
Standing by the river looking beyond

    Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
    Listen to the music on the other shore
    I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
    With my friends and loved ones (with my friends have gone before)

Music from the land of endless glory fallin upon my listening ear
Standing by the river looking beyond
Faces of my friends I often vision forms of loved ones oft appear
Standing by the river looking beyond

Shadows of night are swiftly falling lo I hear the boatman's oar
Standing by the river looking beyond
Many are the voices sweetly calling I must tarry hear no more
Standing by the river looking beyond

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Standing In The Need Of Prayer

It's me oh Lord - Standin' in the need of prayer
It's me oh Lord - Standin' in the need of prayer 

Not my mother (not my father) it's me oh Lord
Not the preacher (not the sinner) It's me oh Lord
Standin' in the need of prayer 

It's mighty rough road - Standin' in the need of prayer
For me to carry my load - Standin' in the need of prayer 

Help me throught the night - Standin in the need of prayer
Show me which way's right - Standin' in the need of prayer 

I've been down so long - Standin' in the need of prayer
I know I been wrong - Standin' in the need of prayer

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Standing On The Mountain

Darling will you marry me I asked a maiden fair
I turned my back upon her when I looked she wasn't there

   She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
   She left me standing way up there

Where the honeybees are buzzing round the flowers there
That is where she vanished somewhere in that mountain air

I just saw the whippoorwill a-talking to a bear
They were both a-laughing 'bout her giving me the air

I would give most anything if once more she'd appear
And tell me that she cared a little for this mountaineer

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The Avett Brothers - Standing with You 

Well it's been a pretty rough
couple of years but I think things
will change for us
And I always will put you before me
Unless, of course, it's dangerous

Standing with you
Standing with you
I might miss the rhythm
But I'm catching the tune
And that's pretty good for me

Well I told you I wont make the same mistakes again
But you know I probably will
And so many nights go by like a flash
Like a camera without nay film
But we dont need to remember every single moment we've had
And I don't need understanding for every single moment I've had

No
As long as I'm

Standing with you
satnding with you
I might miss the ryhthm
But I'm catching the tune
And that's something for me
Standing with you
Standing with you
I might miss the meaning
But I'm catching the truth
And that's pretty good for me

Well it's been a pretty rough couple of years
But I think things will change for us

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Chris Thile - Stanley Ann

Mom I wish you were here with us
Moving out of this house
Sorry I ain't been in better touch
Things are 'bout to come down
Maybe a little too much

No Michelle's still the best and
You should see the kids
They remind us of you
Well sure but I ain't losing sleep over it
They could never undo
All the good that we did
I'm proud of the time I spent here
But yeah I'd take another four years
I believe the country might too

Anyway mama, wondering if you know
How a man like me learns to let go
Of the dream that's all done coming true

Child the thing about dreams
Is that when one of them ends
Another one starts
Hasten to the bosom of
Your sweet family and friends
We will tend to your heart

Rest your head upon us child
There's no need to pretend this isn't hard
But you're not alone
The dream's done coming true for us as well

Mom I hear you wherever you are
And I'm lucky to be my mother's son
Waiting in the dark at the end of a dream
For the next dream to start

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Dolly Parton - Star Of The Show lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

We sang a love song the day that we met
You thought that we made the perfect duet
You liked my performance so you wanted to know
If I would stay on as the star of the show
And beautiful music we made for a time 'til she changed our tune
And you added new lines
Our duet arrangement became a trio
Now you want a star, but I just think you should know
I don't play second fiddle in nobody's band
And I'm no back-up singer and I won't be a fan
And I'm nobody's co-star
I just play leading rolls
And I don't want the part, don't want a part
Won't play a part unless it's star of the show
Oh, she's stealing the show that's been so dear to my heart
She's changing our song 'til I'm not sure of my part
She sharing the spotlight and there's not room for both
Now one or the other is the star of the show, the other goes
Life is a show and the show will go on
The world is stage, loves an act we perform
There's always some new act somewhere up the road
And I'll always be staring in somebodies' show
I don't play second fiddle in nobody's band
And I'm no back-up singer and I won't be a fan
And I'm nobody's co-star
I just play leading rolls
And I don't want the part, don't want a part
Won't play a part unless it's star of the show
I don't play second fiddle in nobody's band
And I'm no back-up singer and I won't be a fan
And I'm nobody's co-star
I just play leading rolls
And I don't want the part, don't want a part
Won't play a part unless it's star of the show
If I don't star in your show
Well I'm still a star and I can still go
You know I got to be, I got to be the star of the show


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Starry Crown

Well I met old Satan in the lane
and I hit him in the head with a walkin' cane.
I'm goin' to wear that starry crown over there

Over there, over there,
I'm goin' to wear that starry crown, over there.
Well I got no skillet, I got no lid
Ashcake tastes like shortenin' bread!
I'm goin' to wear that starry crown over there.

Well I run old Satan through the door,
Hit him in the head with a two-by-four,
I'm goin' to wear that starry crown over there.

[Chorus]

Well I run ol' Satan round the stump
I give 'im a kick over every jump,
I'm goin' to wear that starry crown over there.

[Chorus]

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Starry Night
Author: Glen Garrett
Artist: The Infamous Stringdusters
Publisher: Garrettgrass Publishing

Vs.
On a starry night, down in Virginia
I fell in love with a blue eyed girl
Her kiss was warm, her touch was tender
The sweetest one in all the world

Chorus
At night, I dream about her
In my dreams, she holds me tight
And when the clouds roll in at twilight
I sit and dream of a starry night

Vs.
Then one day down in Virginia
My blue eyed girl she went away
I miss her love, I miss her kisses
I'll always mourn that cloudy day

Chorus

Vs.
Now if you're goin' to Virginia
Don't be fooled by a blue eyed girl
A starry night could leave ya dreamin'
Of the sweetest one in all the world

Published by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BUG MUSIC


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Alison Krauss - Stars

Stood out in the rain
Let it soak me down
Before I called you . . . I called 
You didn't see me there
Hidden by the rain
Beneath your window . . . but I saw you

Putting on your face before the
Mirror on the wall
Dreaming that the looking glass was me
Catching your fondest gazes
Living through your fickle phases
I love you

And it's getting easier each day
To weep about you
Harder every night to sleep without you
How many years must I be driven
By this dream
Of love with you?

Spend my dimes on phones
Trying just to talk but
You don't answer . . . you let it ring

Spend my nights alone
Catching falling stars to
Give to you, love
They're just for you

For stars fall every time a
Lover has to face the truth
And far too many stars have fell on me
And as they trail the skies
And burn their paths upon my eyes
I cry


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Brad Paisley - Start A Band lyrics

I never was a straight-lace, straight A student
teacher's pet or child prodigy
I wasn't gonna get rich throwin' a football
It take too long to get a law degree
So I sat down with momma and daddy
tried to talk some sense into my big head
But the best advice that I ever got
was from my sister's rock star boyfriend
Just get you a guitar and learn how to play
Cut up some jeans, come up with a name
When you're living in a world that you dont understand
Find a few good buddies, start a band
Start a band, Start a band
And all those girls that were too cool to talk to,
They'll be waiting in the line out back
Might get your picture in the hometown paper
Maybe buy your momma that Cadillac
Just get you a guitar and learn how to play
Cut up some jeans, come up with a name
When you're living in a world that you don't understand
Find a few good buddies, start a band
Start a band, Scrape up some money, buy a van
Learn free bird and ramblin' man
Never buy another beer again
Just get you a guitar and learn how to play
Grow out your hair, come up with a name
With a little bit of luck you'll be packing the stands
Find a few good buddies, start a band
No need to study, start a band
Call up some buddies man, start a band


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Dolly Parton - Starting Over Again lyrics

Momma moved out
Daddy sold the house
They split up the money
And went on their way
And all the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't put mommy and daddy back together again
Chorus:
Starting over again
Where should they begin
'Cause they've never been out on their own
Starting over again
Where do you begin
When your dreams are all shattered
And the kids are all grown
And the whole world cries
Got an apartment
She moved in with her sisters
He's scheming big deals with one of his friends
While she sits at home
Just sorting out pieces
Of left over memories
From thirty odd years
2nd Chorus:
Starting over again
Where do you begin
You've never been out on your own
Starting over again
Never any end
What will the neighbors say?
They're talking talk, its small town news
Facing fifty years old
Making up a happy home
And this far down the road
You find yourself alone
Two fools
3rd Chorus:
Starting over again
Now where do you begin
When you've never been out on your own
Starting over again
Never any end
When your dreams are all shattered
And the kids are all grown
And all the king's horses
And all the king's men
Could never put mommy and daddy back together
Back together, again


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Alison Krauss - Stay

Where have you been,
My long lost friend,
It's good to see you again.
Come and sit for a while,
I've missed your smile,
Today the past is goodbye.
Time can't erase,
A lover's embrace

Can't you hear it calling,
A new day dawning,
You were longing to find.

Love's taken you far,
Away from my heart,
And I've been here all along.
Have your eyes failed to find,
What took you from mine,
A vision that's faded through time.
But you sail away,
Far on a summer's day.

But you heard it calling,
A new day dawning,
You were longing to find.

There is a way,
To make you stay,
Darling don't turn away.
Don't doubt your heart,
And keep us apart,
I'm right where you are,
Stay.

There is a way,
To make you stay,
Darling don't turn away.
Don't doubt your heart,
And keep us apart,
I'm right where you are,
Stay.

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Stay All Night

You ought to see my blue eyes Sally
She live's down in shin bone slley
Number on the gate, number on the door
Next house over is a grocery store

Sally all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat and throw it in the corner
Don't see why you son't stay a little longer

Can't ger home if you're going by the mill
Cause the bridge washed out at the bottom of the hill
Big creek's up and the big creek's level
Plow my corn with a double shovel

* Refrain

Settin' in the window, singin' to my love
Slop bucket fell from window up above
Mule and grasshopper eatin' ice cream
Mule got sick and we laid him on a beam

* Refrain


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Chris Thile - Stay Away

You are the devil
Stay away from me
Stay away from me
Stay away
I am in trouble

But you're not what I need
You're not what I need
Even if I'm all alone
I'm for her
Keep yours to yourself
Cause I'm trying to hold on
To her as long as she can stand it too
Been prying off my fingers one by one
Prying off my fingers one by one

I've been praying against you
But the damage has been done
The damage has been done
And it would take a miracle
For her to break my fall
Cause she don't care at all anymore
And I don't know why I still do
Why I'm telling you
Cause you are the devil
And you can stay away from me
Stay away form me
Stay away

To hell with my freedom
If it don't come for free
And I know it don't come for free

If I give in
Give me bitter songs to play
And some sweet heart to win
Friends I thought I lost
And times I've never been
Just don't ever make me fall in love again
Should of seen us fly out that church
Devil stay away form me
Stay away from me
Stay away

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Stay Away From Me

Stay away from me, you're causing me trouble
It's been that way, since from the start
Go on your way, you have another waiting
Stay away from me, you're breaking my heart

   Oh the sky is blue, and the sun is shinning
   And Autumn leaves have turned to brown
   I loved you so, but I can't have you
   Stay away from me, stay out of town

Stay away from me, I know what you're after
Its best if we, stay far apart
You brought me pain, no joy no laughter
Stay away from me, you're breaking my heart

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Leftover Salmon - Stay Away Monday Lyrics

Stay away Monday, you're back too soon
I've been out all weekend, howling at the moon
Dancing to the rhythm of a Cajun tune
Monday come a running always give me the blues

And now Monday's coming back too soon
Whoa, Monday's coming back too soon

Now I'm looking to tomorrow but I can't see
The winds of change are gonna blow on me
I'm tired of my working man misery
I work like a dog but a dog runs free

And now Monday's coming back too soon
Whoa, Monday's coming back too soon

Well, one of these Mondays, I'm gonna stay in bed
I'm gonna watch the morning sky turn red
Gonna turn off my clock and turn on my head
And never let the weekend come to an end

And now Monday's coming back too soon
Whoa, Monday's coming back too soon

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The Country Gentlemen - Stay in the Wagon Yard

I am a jolly farmer, and i just came to town
To sell a bale of cotton boys, I'd worked the whole year round
Listen to me all of you farmers, if you wanna learn some sense
If you want to see them electric lights, just look right over the fence
when i walked down the street, the old clock was striking nine
along came old sadie jones, won't you take a little drink of mine
I must have bought a dozen drinks, cos it hit my pocket book hard
I wish I'd bought me a half a pint and stayed in the wagon yard

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Dolly Parton - Stay Out Of My Bedroom lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Stay out of my bedroom
Don't be messin' up my pillows and sheets
With your powder and perfume
If you don't have some understanding of me
Don't be kncokin' on my door
I don't want you to play in my fantasies
Stay out of my bedroom
Baby, if you can't take the heat
If you want it, come and get it, baby
Satisfaction guaranteed
I'm a pleaser, free and eager
I ain't never had as much fun as I need
Easy lovin', that's down my alley
I may be easy but, at least I'm cheap
Stay out of my bedroom, baby
Baby, if you can't take the heat
Stay out of
Stay out of
You're dealin' with some hot stuff
Baby, can you deal with the heat?
We might burn on forever, we might burn on tonight
Where there's smoke there is fire from the flames that I ignite
The heat is intense when the fire's blazin' high
Slavin' over all those red hot lovers at night
If you come to my bedroom the heart of the heat
I will pleasure your body in sheer ecstasy
I will touch you in places no one else ever reached
Till you won't remember anybody else but me
If you want it come and get it
If it burns you don't come cryin' to me
Don't come knockin' on my door
Baby, if you can't take the heat
Don't be peepin' through my window
If you don't appreciate what you see
Stay out of my bedroom, baby
Baby, if you can't take the heat
Stay out of, stay out of
You're dealin' with some hot stuff
Baby, can you deal with the heat?
Stay out of my bedroom...
If you can't take it, stay out of my bedroom


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Staying Together
Recorded by Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent
Written by Jerry Salley and Monty Holmes

C
We do it for the children down the hall                               
Neither one of us could stand to see them cry
We do it for your mom and dad                             
G7                   C
There's more hearts to think about than yours and mine          
F                                C
Staying together is what we're supposed to do             
G7                             C
We both know better when it comes to me and you
C7                  F                          C
There ain't nothing sadder there ain't nothing colder        
G7                           C
Staying together don't mean it ain't over 
People say that we're the perfect pair                                            
They ain't seen us sleeping in our separate beds
We still talk like there ain't nothing wrong                        
G7                C
But now love's the only word that's never said 

Repeat #2 

Tag:
C7                  F                          CT
here ain't nothing sadder there ain't nothing colder        
G7                           C
Staying together don't mean it ain't over

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Dolly Parton - Steady As The Rain lyrics

Raindrops tumble to the ground
Making puddles all around
Drops of rain that look like tears
Fall on my window pane
Raindrops seem to harmonize
With teardrops falling from my eyes
And my tears keep falling down
As steady as the rain
Steady as the rain they fall
Tears that just won't dry at all
Tears that cannot wash away the pain
Sometimes without knowing it
I touch my face and find it wet
And my tears keep falling down
As steady as the rain
I can't face the fact that
I am not important in your life
Once you lived for rollin' me
And then your feelings changed
There's just no gettin' over you
I try so hard, but it's no use
And my tears keep falling down
As steady as the rain
Raindrops just keep falling down
Beatin' out their rhythmic sounds
Dancin' as they play their sweet refrain
Memories of you cloud my mind
Cloud my eyes and I start cryin'
And my tears keep falling down
As steady as the rain
As steady as the rain
Steady as the rain they fall
Tears that just won't dry at all
Tears that just won't wash away the pain
Memories of you cloud my mind
Cloud my eyes and I start cryin'
And my tears keep falling down
As steady as the rain
As steady as the rain


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Steal Away and Die

Tomorrow's just another day to worry
To wake up my dear and I'll wonder why
Must a sea of heartache slowly drown me
Why can't I steal away somewhere and die

    Too many days I spent in deepest sorrow
    Too many nights I've laid awake and cried
    Oh how I wish there'd be no more tomorrows
    Why can't I steal away somewhere and die

Now I find my dear that it's all over
And I guess I'll live because I can not die
Maybe the tide of time will cure all heartaches
I guess I'll just look back and wonder why

    I loved you even though you didn't want me
    Sometimes I think you didn't even try
    And now there's nothing left but burning memories
    Why can't I steal away somewhere and die

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Steam Powered Aereo Plane
New Grass Revival

Well I never went away on a Steam Powered Aero plane.
Well I went and stayed and damn near didn't come back again.
Didn't go very fast on a steam powered aero plane,
Oh the wheel went around, up and down, and inside and then back again.


Sittin' in a 747 just watching them clouds roll by,
Can't tell if it's sunshine or if it's rain.
Rather be sittin' in a deck chair high above Kansas City,
On a genuine old fashioned steam powered aero plane.


Well I'd like to be a pilot on a steam powered aero plane.
Well I'd pull that pilot wheel around and then back again.
Well, I'll wear a blue hat, yeah, that says Steam Powered Aero plane
With letters that go around the rim and then back again.

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Steamboat Whistle Blues

I crossed the river, I felt fast asleep
Crossed the river, I felt fast asleep
Crossed the river, I felt fast asleep
When I woke, I had shackles on my feet

I thought I heard that steamboat whistle blow
I thought I heard that steamboat whistle blow
I thought I heard that steamboat whistle blow
Blow like she's never blowed before

I said Judge what might be my fine ?
I said Judge what might be my fine ?
I said Judge what might be my fine ?
Sixty days away on down the line

* Refarin

Sixty days in a lonesome jail to go
Sixty days in a lonesome jail to go
Sixty days in a lonesome jail to go
I can't hear that steamboat whistle blow

* Refrain


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Steel Rails

   Steel rails chasin' sunshine 'round the bend
   Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
   I don't mind not knowin' what lies down the track
   'Cause I'm lookin' out ahead to keep my mind from turnin' back

It's not the first time I found myself alone at dawn
If I really had you once then I have you when I'm gone
Whistle blowin' blowin' lonesome in my mind
Calling me along the never ending meadow vine

Sun is shining through the open boxcar door
Lyin' in my mind with the things I've known before
I've lost count of the hours days and nights
The rhythm of the rails keep the motion in my mind

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Alison Krauss - Steel Rails (with Union Station) (Live) Lyrics

Steel rails chasin' sunshine round the bend
Winding through trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track
'Cause I'm looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back.

It's not the first time I found myself alone at dawn
If I really had you once then I'd have you when I'm gone
Whistle blowing blowin' lonesome in my mind
Calling me along that never endin' metal line.

Steel rails chasin' sunshine round the bend
Winding through trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track
'Cause I'm looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back.

Sun is shinning through the open boxcar door
Lying in my mind with the things I've known before
I've lost count of the hours days and times
Just the rhythm of the rails keeps the motion in my mind.

Steel rails chasin' sunshine round the bend
Winding through trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track
'Cause I'm looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back.
'Cause I'm looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back.

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Steep Grade, Sharp Curves (Live)

About three miles from border town, the california nevada line
The morning sun does rise and fall, and the midnight wind it does whistle and wind
Like a dust cloud from the flatland with the force of the mountain behind
Stood in front of me, a vision to see, with her thumb aimed to the sky
Yes she jumped inside and spoke her name, Cecelia Dee from Abilene
I caught her eye, as I was hypnotized, like a fire fed with kerosene
Just one look, that was all it took, I was trying to put up a good fight but I was hooked
Down the road a little ways she said to me, and then we'll see how far we go

Steep grade, sharp curves, a treacherous stretch of highway
Put me in a tailspin that I just might never get out of
Steep grade, sharp curves, said she was going my way
Wishin' now till my dying day that I had never believed her

There began the night of my life with the cheap cocaine and neon lights
My vision, my lungs, and reality blurred, no heaven or hell, no wrong or right
Stuck my face to her hands and kissed me like never before
Said do what you want, but don't you dare leave me tonight

Now it's three days later and the time doesn't matter, just tell me where's my watch and my cash
Forgive me please for how I might have behaved, for I can't seem to remember what happened
She was like a dream, Cecelia Dee from Abilene
Last thing I remember she was smilin' like the devil and laughing like all hell
As she rode out of sight

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Step Inside This House

That picture hanging on the wall
Was painted by a friend
He gave it to me all down and out
When he owed me ten
It doesn't look like much, I guess
But it's all that's left of him
It sure is nice from right over here
When the light's a little dim

Step inside this house, girl
I'll sing for you a song
I'll tell you about just where I've been
It shouldn't take too long
I'll show you all the things that I own
My treasures, you might say
It couldn't be more then ten dollars worth
They brighten up my day

This book of poems was given me
By a girl I used to know
I guess I read it front to back
Fifty times or so
It's all about the good life
And staying at ease with the world
It's funny how I love that book
And I never loved that girl

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Doc Watson 
Step It Up And Go

Me and my baby walkin' down the street
Tellin' everybody bout the chief of police
Gotta step it up and go yeah go
Can't stand pat swear you gotta step it up and go

I know a little girl she lives upstairs
Tryin' to make a livin' by puttin' on airs
She gotta step it up and go act like a rich gal yeah go
No can't stand pat swear you gotta step it up and go

Back door shut front door too
Blinds pulled down what'cha gonna do
Gotta step it up and go yeah and go
Can't stand pat swear you gotta step it up and go

See my little woman gotta hurry home
Ain't had been lovin' since she been gone
Gotta step it up and go yeah go
Can't stand pat swear you gotta step it up and go

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Steppin' Stones

Memories of yesterday are stepping stones
That pave the way to heartaches
Of a love I can't forget
I found this out to be so true
For all my memories of you
Have marked my lonely pathway of regret

Stepping stones, they're only stepping stones
I wish I'd never helped to pave the way
Stepping stones, your lies were stepping stones
That's why my heart is broke today

Moments sad and moments sweet
Are only stepping stones that meet
At the end of the pathway of heartbreak
Misery and bitter tears in this night
That's filled with fears
Are stepping stones that show me my mistakes

* Refrain


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Stern Old Bachelor

I am a stern old bachelor
My age is forty four
I do declare I'll never live
With women anymore

I have a stove that's worth ten cents
A table worth fifteen
I cook my gruel in oyster cans
And keep my things so clean

   Oh little sod shanty
   Little sod shanty give to me
   For I'm a stern old bachelor
   From matrimony free

When I come home at night
I smile and walk right in
I never hear a voice yell out
Or say where have you been

On a cold and stormy night
In a cozy little shack
I sing my songs and think my thoughts
With no one to talk back

I go to bed when ever I please
And get up just the same
I change my socks three times a year
With no one to complain

At night when I'm on peaceful sleep
My snores can do no harm
I never have to walk the floor
With a baby in my arms

And when I die and go to heaven
As all good bachelors do
I will not have to grieve for fear
My wife will get there too

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Stewball
Yellin / Herald / Rinzler

Oh Stewball was a racehorse, and I wish he were mine.
He never drank water, he always drank wine.

His bridle was silver, his mane it was gold.
And the worth of his saddle has never been told.

Oh the fairgrounds were crowded, and Stewball was there
But the betting was heavy on the bay and the mare.

And a-way up yonder, ahead of them all,
Came a-prancin' and a-dancin' my noble Stewball.

I bet on the grey mare, I bet on the bay
If I'd have bet on ol' Stewball, I'd be a free man today.

Oh the hoot owl, she hollers, and the turtle dove moans.
I'm a poor boy in trouble, I'm a long way from home.

Oh Stewball was a racehorse, and I wish he were mine.
He never drank water, he always drank wine.


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Alison Krauss - Stick with Me Baby

Everybody's been a-talkin'; they say our love wasn't real
That it would soon be over; that's not the way that I feel
But I don't worry, honey; let them say what they may
Come on and stick with me, baby; we'll find a way
Yes, we'll find a way

Everybody's been a-talkin'; yes, the news travels fast
They said the fire would stop burnin', that the flame wouldn't last
But I don't worry, honey; let them say what they may
Come on and stick with me, baby; we'll find a way
Yes, we'll find a way

[Repeat & fade:]
Come on and stick with me, baby


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Dolly Parton - Still On Your Mind lyrics
(Porter Wagoner)

Darling you know, you know I love you like I love no other
And you told me, remember when you told me, you'd forget her in time
Time passes by but still you can't forget her, it looks like you can't forget her
Oh and that makes me wonder if you'll ever, ever be mine
There's no way, no way I'm gonna get inside of your heart, inside your heart
While there's another, another still on your mind
There's no way, no way I'm gonna get inside of your heart, inside your heart
Not when there's another, another still on your mind
There's just no way, no way I'm gonna get inside of your heart, inside your heart
Not while there's another, another still on your mind, still on your mind


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Stone Cold Blue
Author: Jay Don Johnson
Artist: Ronnie Bowman
Album: Starting Over (2002)

Well folks say we're a match made in Heaven
A better pair never cam from our home town
You left our country home for the city
And that's where you learned the art of foolin 'round
Chorus:
Oh the tears that I've cried 
For you my little darlin'
What I've heard through the grapevine must be true
Oh, the torture of my mind
The pain you put me through
Stone cold blue
With a sad and lonely heart you left me cryin'
In our little cabin home built for two
There's still an empty place here at our table
With my broken heart it's waitin' there for you
Chorus
Stone cold blue


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Stone Cold Loneliness
Artist: Blue Moon Rising

Stone cold loneliness, ain't it a shame.
The tears are a fallin' down, like a pourin' rain.
Stone cold loneliness, there ain't no change.
There's a never-mending heart, with a never-ending pain.
Stone cold loneliness, ain't nobody's friend.
A man is born to lose, so he never wins.
This old lonesome road, has no end.
And there's a broken heart inside that will never mend.
Stone cold loneliness, ain't it a shame.
The tears are a fallin' down, like a pourin' rain.
Stone cold loneliness, there ain't no change.
There's a never-mending heart, with a never-ending pain.
Stone cold loneliness, pictures of the past.
A man can't live his life in a whiskey glass.
So often love it blooms and dies so fast.
And the sadness that it brings will always last.
Chorus X's 2
Tag - There's a never-mending heart, with a never-ending pain.


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Stone Wall All Around Your Heart

Now I'm so broken hearted I don't know what to do
I passed you today on the street
And you treated me like a stranger that you never knew
It's the same every time we meet

You built a stone wall all around your heart
Though my arms ache to hold you as before
You built a stone wall all around your heart
You won't let me love you anymore

How have I hurt you darling why won't you say
What have I done to you
For I still worship you dear in the same old way
How could you forget the love we knew

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Stone Walls And Steel Bars

   Stone walls and steel bars a love on my mind
   I'm a three time loser I'm long gone this time

Jealousy has took my young life
All for the love of another man's wife
But I've had it coming I've known all the time
No more stone walls and steel bars and you on my mind

Gray-haired warden deep Frisco Bay
Guards all around me leading my way
But I've had it coming at the end of the line
No more stone walls and steel bars and you on my mind

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Richard Thompson - Stony Ground Lyrics

Old Man Morris got it bad last week
Fell for the widow from across the street
She clipped him in the ear, she told him what's what
But he couldn't keep his mind off her honey pot

Silly old man with his teeth all gone
Poking his nose where it don't belong
She's a rose all right but she's got thorns
Working on stony ground

Lost his heart to Buxom Betty
Throwing out the compliments like confetti
Left and right, he threw them all around
But everything was landed on stony ground

Silly old man with his teeth all gone
Poking his nose where it don't belong
She's a rose all right but she's got thorns
Working on stony ground

Widow's got a brother, henchman too
A pair of gorillas from the London Zoo
They call on Morris and they tell him what's what
But he can't keep his mind off her honey pot

Silly old man with his teeth all gone
Poking his nose where it don't belong
She's a rose all right but she's got thorns
Working on stony ground

Kicked him in the head, poked him in the eyes
Shoved him in the gutter and there he lies
Dripping with blood, dripping with snot
But he's still dreaming of her you-know-what

Silly old man with his teeth all gone
Poking his nose where it don't belong
She's a rose all right but she's got thorns
Working on stony ground
Working on stony ground

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Railroad Earth - Storms (Live) 

Soft thunder from across the meadow
Rain buckets on the kitchen floor
An old letter and the coffins empty
But all these storms I know will weather
All these storms we'll ride together

I never dreamed it would be so hard girl
Never saved up for a rainy day
Never thought that we
Might howl and shiver
But all these storms I know will weather
All these storms we'll ride together

Pick up your heart my love
Pick up your branch and dove
Canon in the name of the lord
We got a hole to mend
We got a fire to tend
We won't let these troubles grind us
We got friends and prayers to mind us
We got seven years behind us

Long rumble coming across the meadow
Rain pouring and the buckets full
Sky cracking and the house shaking
All these storms I know will weather
All these storms we'll ride together

Pick up your heart my love
Pick up your branch and dove
Canon in the name of the lord
My lady look alive
Our ride will soon arrive
Lift up your eyes my dear
We need some light in here
Jam 'til the jam is through
We've got a hole to mend
We've got a fire to tend
We won't let these troubles find us
We got prayers on the road behind us
We got heavens horse's bridle

All these storms we'll ride together...

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Storms Are On The Ocean

I'm going away for to leave you love
I'm going away for a while
But I'll return to you sometime
If I go ten thousand miles

   The storms are on the ocean
   And the heavens may cease to be
   This world may lose it's motion love
   If I prove false to thee

Oh who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Who's gonna glove your little hand
Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips
When I'm in a foreign land

Oh see that lonesome turtledove
As he flies from pine to pine
He's a mourning for his own true love
Just the way I mourn for mine

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Stormy Horizons

I scarcely hear the wild wind's cry or feel its sudden blast
A greater storm just swept my world apart
Today you're with someone new my hopes are gone at last
There's stormy horizons in my heart

Rain sweept and tattered like the rose in the wind
Stormy horizons without and within
You were all that mattered but you wanted to be free
Now stormy horizons wait for me

Of things as fragile and as sweet as roses dreams are made
And dreams we had you held so carelessly
They fell like petals round my feet I saw my rainbow fade
Now stormy horizons wait for me

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Stormy Waters

Though a pilgrim on earth I may journey alone
Knowing not what the future may hold may hold
I'd rather have Jesus and sing a sweet song
Than to covet their silver and gold

   Stormy water around me and the tempest and fury may roll
   But I have my dear Saviour how he helps me nobody can know
   When it seems I'm forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
   Stormy waters surround me but I'll hold to God's unchanging hand

Angry billows may toss me and cause me to fear
Stormy waters around me may roll
I will hold to the hand of my Saviour so dear
He's the Shepherd that's keeping my soul

Though I have disappointments so often I sigh
And my cabin is humble and bare
But someday I'll inhearit a mansion on high
Where the beauties of heaven I'll share

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Richard Thompson - Straight and Narrow

She walks the straight and narrow
She does what the Good Book says
She walks the straight and narrow
She got eyes in the back of her head, boys
Eyes in the back of her head

And when she looks to Heaven
She's looking at you instead
When she looks to Heaven
She got eyes in the back of her head, boys
Eyes in the back of her head

A man's a fool to need her
A man's a fool to yearn
Giving up everything for maybe
Nothing in return

She walks on clouds of glory
Her feet don't touch the dirt
She walks on clouds of glory
It'll make you tear your shirt, boys
Make you tear your shirt

A man's a fool to need her
A man's a fool to yearn
Giving up everything for maybe
Nothing in return

She trips the light fantastic
But she dances all alone
Her clothes are made of plastic
But her heart is made of stone, boys
Her heart is made of stone

She walks the straight and narrow
She does what the Good Book says
She walks the straight and narrow
She got eyes in the back of her head, boys
Eyes in the back of her head

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Dolly Parton - Straight Talk lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Gimme some straight talk, straight talk -- and hold the sugar please
Straight talk, straight talk -- sounds plenty sweet to me
Don't talk to me in circles in some mumbo-jumbo jive
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk and we're gonna be alright
'Cause I like to know just where I stand, I don't like guessing games
And I hate a bunch of gibberish, so just spit it out real plain
Don't use big educated words from your BS Degree
Straight talk, straight talk -- don't try B.S.-ing me
Straight talk, straight talk -- turn loose and let it go
You can tell me anything -- just like on Oprah's show
Just tell me how you really feel, be on the up and up
With questions I can understand -- for answers you can trust
Pick up the 'phone, you're not alone -- we've all got something to say
So listen in and listen up -- we'll find a better way
With honesty and common sense, it's really hard to miss
Straight talk, straight talk -- just tellin' it like it is
Straight talk, straight talk -- there's nothing like the truth
Just tell me all your troubles -- pretend I'm Donahue
So don't be shy, 'cause we can talk -- you know you've got a friend
Call me, call me -- for simple straight talkin'
What's cookin', America?
Straight talk, Straight talk
Straight talk, Straight talk
So come on let's talk turkey, just straight and to the point
About passions, about problems, about noses out of joint
Now I want you all to know I care and I do understand
And hey, thanks for lending me an ear out there in radioland
Give me some straight talk, straight talk -- don't sugar coat it please
Straight talk, straight talk -- sounds sweet enough to me
But don't talk to me in circles, in your mumbo-jumbo jive
Straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright
Straight talk, straight talk -- makes plenty sense to me
Don't talk to me in circles, in your mumbo-jumbo jive
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright


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Straight To You
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by George Teren and Lee Satterfield

C                   G7        C
I have stumbled and I have complained 
        F               C
On this rough and rocky road
                  G7                C
I've been humbled caught out in the rain 
         F                 G7
And it's chilled me to the bone
         F              C            
Now I've seen my dreams scatter 
     F                  C
Like leaves lost in the wind
       F             C
And if I could do it over 
    F                 G7
I'd go through it all again
            C 
Cause every path I haven't chosen
      F                 G7
Every heart that wasn't true
      Bb7                C
Every door that wouldn't open
Bb7    G7          C 
Led me straight to you
C                G7              C
I've been lonely I've held on to love 
      F              C
I was never meant to have
               G7         C
No one told me till I let go 
           F              G7 
Love would stay beyond my grasp
        F             C
Well it took a little heartache 
       F             C         
And it took a lot of time
        F             C   
But the love I didn't look for 
       F              G7
Is the best I'll ever find
Repeat #3 x2
G7    C                  
Every hour I've felt forsaken 
      F                    G7 
Every storm I've struggled through
      Bb7              C 
Every chance I've ever taken 
Bb7    G7          C
Led me straight to you
Bb7         C
Straight to you

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Richard Thompson - Strange Affair

This is a strange affair
The time has come to travel
But the road is filled with fear
This is a strange affair

My youth has all been wasted
And I'm bent and grey with years
And all my companions are taken away

And who will provide for me
Against my dying day
I took my own provision
But it fooled me and wasted away

Oh, where are my companions?
My mother, father, lover, friend and enemy
Where are my companions?
They're prisoners of death now
And taken far from me

And where are the dreams I dreamed
In the days of my youth
They took me to illusion when they
Promised me the truth

And what do sleepers need
To make them listen
Why do they need more proof?
This is a strange, this is a strange affair

Won't you give me an answer?
Why is your heart so hard
Towards the one who loves you best?

When the man with the answer
Has wakened you and warned you
And called you to the test

Wake up from your sleep that builds
Like clouds upon your eyes
And win back the life you had
That's now a dream of lies

Turn your back on yourself and if you follow
You'll win the lover's prize
This is a strange, this is a strange affair

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Strange Things
Abigail Washburn

There are strange things that happen everyday
I said there are strange things that happen everyday
There is one thing I do know, things are happenin' never happened before
Strange things are happenin' everyday

Well ships are sinking in the ocean
Planes are having collusion in the air
Well people you may not believe it
But there's something wrong somewhere
Well no matter where you go, hear about a thing you never heard before
Strange things are happenin' everyday

Some poor wish that they were dead
Some are glad to be alive
We have some who are killin' eachother
Some are commitin' suicide
Well there is a better way if you just fall on your knees and pray
Strange things are happening everyday

My God is riding on the water
And he's riding through the stormy land
Well, people you better get ready
Do as my God command, he says
As you see me go today, I'll be back the same old way
Strange things are happening everyday


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Stranger In The Tavern

Late one night in a bar room
A gay happy crowd was there
I sat alone at my table
My head bowed low in despair
My past was a vision before me
Everythihg I'd done was so wrong
Drifting on the road to destruction
I was lost and alone

Oh Lord ( Lord ) have mercy
On a poor lost sinner like me
I'm on the path to destruction
And no one can save me but thee

Then through the front door walked a stranger
In the clothes of a plain simple man
And the crowd all stared and wondered
At the bible he held in his had
He walked right up to my table
And he placed his hand gently on me
My son turn away form your sinning
And the joys of salvation you'll see

* Refrain

Then he truned and walked from the tavern
And the crowd made not a sound
I walked out to the sidewalk
But the man could not be found
Now I thank God for his mercy
And the love he showed for me there
When the stranger came into the tavern
In answer to a lost sinners prayer

* Refrain


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Streamline Cannonball

It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home
I'm on that train the king of them all
That streamline cannonball

   She moves along like a cannonball
   Like a star in it's heavenly flight
   The lonesome sound of the whistle you love
   As she travels through the night

I can see a smile on the engineer's face
And although he's old and gray
A contented heart the waits for his call
On the streamline cannonball

The headlight beams out in the night
And the firebox flash you can see
I ride the blinds it's the life that I love
Lord it's home sweet home to me

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Streets Of Baltimore

I sold a farm to take my woman where she longed to be
We left our friends and all our kin back there in Tennessee
I bought those one way tickets that's what she was begging for
And they took us to the Streets of Baltimore

Her eyes they shown with laughter when she was those city lights
She said the prettiest place on earth is Baltimore at night
A man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for
And I kind like the Streets of Baltimore

I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine
I bought a little cottage in a nieghborhood serene
When I cam home from working late with every muscle sore
She'd brag me thru the Streets of Baltimore

I'd give anything to take her back to what she use to be
But I guess she loved those city lights more than she loved me
So I'm headin' home on that same train that brought me here before
While my baby walks the Streets of Baltimore

Oh yes, my baby walks the Streets of Baltimore


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Streets Of London
Ralph McTell

Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

Chour:
So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I will show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

Chorus

In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven,
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea-cup,
Each tea last an hour
Then he wanders home alone

Chorus

And have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears.
In our winter city,
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care

Chorus


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Alan Jackson - Strong Enough lyrics

I just took your picture off the table
And I just took your picture off the wall
Hide from you anywhere I'm able
But there's one place I can't hide from you at all
[Chorus:]
Tennessee, you don't make the whiskey
California, you don't make the wine
And Mexico, you don't make tequila
Strong enough to get her off my mind
Memories seem to know just where to find me
And lately they're all that I recall
And everything in this old house reminds me
Of the love I had and how I lost it all
[Repeat chorus]
Days go by and I still feel the sorrow
And time don't make a difference in the pain
Just sitting here and waiting on tomorrow
Will drive me crazy if I don't go insane
[Repeat chorus]
Strong enough to get her off my mind
Strong enough to get her off my mind


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Richard Thompson - Stuck On the Treadmill Lyrics

The money goes out, the bills come in
Round and round we go again
I come close but I never win
I'm stuck on the treadmill

Another day of punching steel
Till my arm's too numb to feel
Like a hamster on a wheel
I'm stuck on the treadmill

Wish I knew a better way
To keep myself alive
Shaking sheets of metal
Every day from 9 to 5
Others may be living
But me, I just survive
Me, I just survive

Machine's screaming in my ear
Wasn't I just standing here?
I went to sleep, I grabbed a beer
Now I'm stuck on the treadmill

Me and the robot working away
He looks at me, as if to say
"I'll be doing your job someday"
I'm stuck on the treadmill

Wish I knew a better way
To keep myself alive
Shaking sheets of metal
Every day from 9 to 5
Others may be living
But me, I just survive
Me, I just survive

Jobs are going by the score
They're laying off a hundred more
20 years and they show you the door
I'm stuck on the treadmill

Strike's coming, trouble's brewing
Whole town's going to rack and ruin
Next year, what'll I be doing?
I'm stuck on the treadmill

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Richard Thompson - Stumble On Lyrics

No easy way to say, it's over now
And I don't want to end it anyhow
We knew this time would come before too long
Love, how will I learn to stumble on?

We stole a few short moments out of time
Just long enough for a little light to shine
Now the door swings closed, the dark has come
Love, how will I learn to stumble on?

Stumble on, stumble on, stumble on

You taught me all the easy ways of love
You brought joy to my life and that's enough
I've learned how long the night is when you're gone
Love, how will I learn to stumble on?

Stumble on, stumble on, stumble on

Now the scene will slowly fade to black
Whatever else you do, love don't look back
You'll only see a man whose dream is gone
Love, how will I learn to stumble on?

Stumble on, stumble on, stumble on

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Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles


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Sugar & Pie
Abigail Washburn

They been thinking all day and the day before
But now they're tired don't wanna think no more
So they call you sugar and they call you pie
They say you're pretty and they get you high
And that's alright with me
Nothin' wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' fine

He been drinking all day and the day before
Got so tired, he'd never drink no more
So he went down to 5th street and MLK
Bought some cocaine and there he stayed

I sat up all night and the night before
Thought he'd come back, sure as I was born
So I turned on the TV, watchin' reality crime
Strapped'er up, wait for the end of time
But that's all right with me
Nothin' wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' fine

I been sorry all day and the day before
But now I'm tired, don't wanna hurt no more
I'm gonna get on a plane, go up to the sky
Clouds won't bother, won't ask me why

So call me sugar and call me pie
Say I'm pretty and get me high
Nothin' wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' fine


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Sugar Coated Love

   Sugar coated love, you gave me on a plate
   I took a bite and then I looked to see what I had ate
   I found I had a cinder all covered up in white
   That old sugar coated love is something I can't bite

You say you are leaving me for another man
He has all the wealth and charm and not my kind of brand
Baby I fell down on my knees a pleading for your love
Can't understand what I saw in a sugar coated love

You called me your sugar plum, your baby and your pet
Said I was your Romeo and you my Juliet
I thought you were my angel, my little sugar dove
You sure had me fooled, babe, with that sugar coated love

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Sugar Foot Rag

Gonna get out my sickle
Gonna shine up my shoes
And meet my baby and tell the news
Bet my money on a sway back nag
Come home a winner with plenty of swag

One foot, two foot, slew foot drag
Swing your honey to the Sugar foot rag
Diggin and Jiggin with a zig and zag
While the dobro plays that Sugar foot rag

Got a big jug of cider
And a little jug of wine
One for my honey and the other ones mine
Sip on the cider and sip on the wine
All sip together and have a good time

One foot, two foot, slew foot drag
Swingyour honey to the Sugar foot fag
Diggin and jiggin with a zig and zag
While the madoline plays that Sugar foot rag


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Sugar Hill

If you want to get you eye knocked out
If you want to get your fill
If you want to get your head cut off
Just go to sugar hill

Jay bird on the mountain top
And a red bird on the ground
Black bird in the sugar tree
Shaking that sugar down

They said she got mighty sick
And what do you recking ailed her
Drunk three quarts of sugar top
And then ther stomach failed her

Then cents in my pocket book
And don't you hear it jingle
I'm going to court them pretty gals
As long as I stay single

Yonder comes my own true love
And how do you think I know
Tell her by her shoe fly dress
That comes from sugar store

Get your banjo off the wall
Grap your fiddle, Bill
Hitch the horses to the sleigh
We're going to sugar hill


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Sully's Bucket
Anonymous

I've a thing or two to tell ya pard that I think you ought to know,
About a rusty bucket Sully carries down below.
You're not the first one, stranger, who laughed at Sully's pail.
You're the only one who's laughing now, the rest have heard the tail.

When we were young and handsome, had some ten years in the game,
Old Sull he had a partner, and Jim Riley was his name.
The four of us together, we were working side by side.
That's how come I chanced to be there on the night Jim Riley died.

Well the blasting had been easy, it was running out like sand.
An we were mucking out the ore; those days we mucked by hand.
And we were nearly finished, and I hadn't heard a sound.
But something must have happened, 'Cause Jim Riley yelled "bad ground."

When we headed for the timberin', Sully must of took a spill
'Cause when we looked back in there he was pinned beneath his drill.
The ceiling it was groanin' now, all set to drop its lid.
And Sully pinned beneath his drill was sobbin' like a kid.

Now there's men can watch their partners die, not throw their lives away.
But Riley wasn't one of them, he wasn't built that way.
As soon's he seen what happened, "Hey, hold on Sull," he cried.
And before he had the words out, he'd thrown the drill aside.

Well, they headed 'round the ore car, Riley wearing a big grin.
Guess he never knew what happened when he hanging wall came in.
Sully reached the timberin', his face as white as chalk.
And Riley, four yards back of him, caught fifteen ton of rock.

That day Sully's pail was buried, he ate from Riley's pail in tears.
And he's carried that same bucket now for almost twenty years.
So you can laugh at Sully, because he's mean and drinks a lot.
But don't laugh at Sully's bucket, it's the only friend he's got.

[From www.gci-net.com/users/w/wolfsoul/poetry/anonymous/sully.html

I don't think these are all the words I remember from Tom Paxton's
rendition. See more comments on the Web page. 10/19/1999 WH]


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Sully's Pail
Tom Paxton

I've a thing or two ta tell ya that I think you ought to know,
About that rusty bucket Sully carries down below.
You're not the first one stranger, that has laughed at Sully's Pail;
You're the only one that's laughing now, the rest have heard this tale.

Sure, when we was young and handsome, had ten years in the game,
Old Sull, he had a partner and Jim Rielly was his name.
They had knocked about together, Bingham, Butte, and Coeur D'Alene
And they brawled in every bar-room from Ely to Fort McLean.

Now me and old Ted Johnson, sure you'll not remember him,
We was working at the Rarris had a stope with Sull and Jim.
The four of us together, we was working side-by-side,
That's how I chanced to be there on the night Jim Reilly died.

Well, the blastin' had been easy, it was coming out like sand,
And we was muckin' out the ore, those days we mucked by hand.
And we was nearly finished, and I hadn't heard a sound,
But something must have happened, for Jim Reilly yelled "Bad ground!"

When we headed for the timb'ring, Sully must've took a spill,
For when we looked back in there, he was pinned beneath his drill.
The ceiling, it was groaning now, all set to drop the lid,
And Sully, pinned beneath his drill, was sobbing like a kid.

Well, there's some can watch their partners die, not throw their lives away,
But Reilly wasn't one of them, he wasn't built that way.
As soon's he seed what happened, "Hey, hold on there, Sull!" he cried,
And before he had the words out, he had thrown the drill aside.

They come around the ore car, Reilly wearing a big grin.
Guess he never knew what happened when the hanging wall caved in.
Sully reached the timb'ring, his face as white as chalk,
And Reilly, two yards back of him, caught fifteen ton of rock.

That day Sully's pail was buried, he ate from Reilly's pail in tears,
And he's carried that same bucket now for more than twenty years;
So, you can laugh at Sull because he's mean and drinks a lot,
But don't laugh at Sully's bucket, it's the only friend he's got.

Notes:
These lyrics are from a Web site that attributes all words and music for
the piece to Tom Paxton. I don't know if they were obtained from the
recording, but are closer to the lyrics I remember. 01/12/2003 WH


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Summer Side Of Life
Gordon Lightfoot

He came down throught fields of green
On the summer side of life
His love was ripe
There were no illusions
On the summer side of life
Only tenderness
And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long

There were young girls everywhere
On the summer side of life
The talked all night
To the young men that they knew
On the summer side of life
Goin' off to fight

And if you saw them now
You'd wonder why they would cry
The whole day long

He came down through field of green
On the summer side of life
He prayed all night
Then he walked into a house
Where love had been misplaced
His chance to waste

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long


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Summer Wages
Ian Tyson

Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer
For you know that the odds won't ride with you.
Never leave your woman alone, when your friends are out to steal her
Years are gambled and lost, like summer wages.

And we'll rolling on till we get ro Vancouver
And the woman I love whose waiting there
It's been six long months and more since I've seen her
May be gambled and lost like summer wages.

In all the beer parlors all down along Main Street
All the dreams of the season are all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber just waiting for falling
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait there by the door

So I'll work on the tow boats, with my slippery city shoes
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound straits where the ceders stand watching
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages

She's a woman so fine, I may never try to find her
For the good memories of what we had before
They should never be changed, for they're all that I'll take with me
Now I've gambled and lost my summer wages

Repeat first verse


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Billy Strings & Don Julin 
Summertime
(originally from "Porgy and Bess" musical)

Summertime
And the livin' is easy
The catfish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your pappy is rich
And your mama's good-lookin'
Hush, little baby
Honey don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Gonna spread out them wings
And take to the sky
Until that day
You better hush up your cryin'
Cause your mama and your pappy
Honey they're standin' by

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Alan Jackson - Summertime Blues lyrics
(Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart)

Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Everytime I call my baby, to try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice, son, you gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom 'n' papa told me, "Son, you gotta make some money
If you wanna use the car to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nation
Well I called my congressman and he said quote
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
No there ain't no cure for the summertime blues


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Summertime Is Past And Gone

   Summertime is past and gone and I'm on my way back home
   To see the only one I ever loved
   Now the room is shining bright it lights my pathway tonight
   Back to the only one I ever loved

Oh I know she waits for me back in ol' Tennessee
She was sent to me from God above
Now the moon is shining bright it lights my pathway tonight
Back to the only one I ever loved

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Summertime Love (I Never Have Seen Snow)
Frank Loesser

Let the chilly autumn wind blow in the window
Let the chilly autumn wind blow in the door
Let the chilly autumn wind blow down the chimney
And up through a crack in the floor

I never have seen snow
But one thing that I know
Snow ain't so beautiful
Can't be so beautiful
As my love is
As my love is

Still I love my summertime love
Still I miss the kissing and the courting
Still I love my summertime love
With a heart still summertime true

Still I love my summertime love
Still I want her walking close beside me
Still I love my summertime love
Let the seasons change as they do

I never have seen snow
But one thing that I know
Snow ain't so beautiful
Can't be so beautiful
As my love is
As my love is

Still I love my summertime love
Still I miss the kissing and the courting
Still I love my summertime love
With a heart still summertime true
With a heart still summertime true


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Sun and Moon and Stars

The sun, the moon and the stars, they make the wind blow
It took me twenty years to understand
But lost to me is how the lives of friends go
Like autumn leaves in Oklahoma wind

But it made me strong to be on my own
It never did me no harm to live all alone
Oh, but now and then in the color of the evening
Drunken in a barroom with a fan turning, I've come to miss a few

This afternoon was cloudy then the rains came
Third day of my first day San Miguel
Seems lately that I'm doubling as storm bait
I've been followed like a shadow through the dell

But it made me strong to be on my own
It never did me no harm to live all alone
Oh, but now and then in the color of the evening
Drunken in a barroom with a fan turning, I've come to miss a few

Dear friends and relations, see what I have done
I've gathered all my fingers in one place
They breathe a breath that's deadly stale since they tooled a song for me
I guess mechanics never really set the pace

'Cause I'm back and I'm strong, I'm here on my own
It never did me no harm to live all alone
Oh, but now and then in the color of the evening
Drunken in a barroom with a fan turning, I've come to miss a few

The sun, the moon and the stars, they make the wind blow
It took me twenty years to understand
But lost to me is how the lives of friends go
Like autumn leaves in Oklahoma wind

Oh, now and then, it's in the color of the evening
Drunken in a barroom with a fan turning, I'll come to miss a few

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Sun Of The Soul, The

When the sun of your life has gone down
And the clouds in the west turn to gold
Endless death will to you then have come
If the light has gone out in your soul

   Oh just think how in death you would feel
   With the light growing dim in your soul
   Oh how long it will be oh how still
   If the light has gone out in your soul

When you come to the end of the way
And life's story for you has been told
Oh how sad all to you will appear
If the light has gone out in your soul

When the chilly winds of death around you steal
And the sweat upon your brow is damp and cold
What a dread in your life you would feel
If the light has gone out in your soul

When before the judgment trial you shall stand
And the deeds of your life have been told
Good and evil appears oh what then
If the light has gone out in your soul

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The Incredible String Band - Sunday Song 

In the church made of living trees entwined
Green and dapple golden trees enshrined us
I heard the mice murmur in the corners
Saw the moles move deep below the ground

Far below the great ships trembled
And a million men almost remembered
For one did, we are bonded, love is god
For one did we are bonded love is god

Gold is roses and horses
Kissing petals, swishing tails
Love is god, oh, sweet joy

Venus fell for a while in England
Air was sweet as milk
The boy child's kisses still changed into birds
Grasses were violet swaying like silk

Now my friends are scattered wide
Over planet earth, I have so much to tell each one
Those of chosen birth
My friends who fold their wings away in the day

Ah, strange surprise
Grass being green
On planet earth
Galaxy thirteen

Yes, I have so much to tell each one
Of things I truly know of our journeying creating golden dawn
Of our sweet and awesome bond
Why we fold our wings away in the day

Love is god, it's god, oh, sweet joy

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Sunday Sunrise

It's such a beautiful day
That the sky seems to say, good morning
Mister, dust off your shoes throw away all your blues
And start smiling

Take a good around
There's no clouds lookin' down
Upon your way
So if you decide to come back alive
It's a new day

Sunday sunrise shinin'
Through my window pane
Chasin' away my cares
With all the pourin' rain
Sunday sunrise unfoldin' like a smile
Makin' me feel just like
A new born baby child

Well I'm feeling so good
I keep knockin' on wood I'm not dreamin'
I hear birds everywhere
There's a song in the air with a meanin'

Sayin' it's time to wake up
Got a whole new out look from your view
Come on out where it's warm
It won't do any harm if you want to

* Refrain

It's such a beautiful day
That the sky seems to say,good morning
Mister,dust off your shoes
Throw away all your blues
And start smilin'
It's such a beautiful day
That the sky seems to say,good morning


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Sundown And Sorrow

   Sundown and sorrow has found me
   Memories are making me blue
   Here with these shadows around me
   I can't forget loving you

Nothing but daydreams to haunt me
Dreams that could never come true
It's hard to know you don't want me
I can't forget loving you

Ever so long I've been yearning
Wondering just what I could do
Deep in my heart there's a burning
I can't forget loving you

Night finds me heartsick and crying
Day makes me think of you too
I know there's no use denying
I can't forget loving you

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Sunny Arkansas Morning
BMI Work #: 8712004
Sunny Arkansas Morning (Larry W. Jones 02/26/20070 (song#4450)

Well, it's a sunny Arkansas morning
Afternoon's gonna be sunny too
Yeah, it's a sunny Arkansas morning
Afternoon's gonna be sunny too
Well, I never did like rainy weather
I would run from every cloud I saw
Yeah, I never did like rainy weather
I would run from every cloud I saw
But now all I see is sunny weather
And I'm gonna ask your Ma and Pa
If they don't mind as to whether
I take you away from Arkansas
Sun, keep shining instead of rain
Sun, keep shining instead of rain
I'm gonna take you back to Texas
Never gonna see Arkansas again
- instrumental -
Well, I saved my nickles and saved my dimes
Yeah, I saved my nickles and saved my dimes
I saved 'em for a cold rainy day
But when I saw you, the sun was climbin'
The sun chased the clouds away
But now all I see is sunny weather
And I'm gonna ask your Ma and Pa
If they don't mind as to whether
I take you away from Arkansas
Sun, keep shining instead of rain
Sun, keep shining instead of rain
I'm gonna take you back to Texas
Never gonna see Arkansas again


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Sunny Side Of Life

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side, too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view. 

   Keep on the sunny side alwys on the sunny side
   Keep on the sunny side of life
   It will help us every day it will brighten all the way
   If we keep on the sunny side of life. 

 The storm and its fury broke today
Brushing hopes that we've cherished so dear
Cloud and storm will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear. 

 Let us breathe with a song of hope each day
Though the moments be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our Saviour away
He keepeth everyone in his care.

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Sunny Side Of My Life
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                       F           C
Oh the sunny side of my life is the side you're living on
                 F                  C
Grey skies never come when I'm with you
                F           C
Good times hang around only when you're here at home
                     F                 C
The sunny side of my life is here with you
               F               C
Standing at my window watching raindrops hit the ground
                F                C
Countin' up the days you've been away
                    F               C
It's lonely her without you and the blues had got me down
                 F              C
Come on home and brighten up my days
repeat #1
                  F              C
Sittin' on a park bench with the funnies in my hand
               F               C
Trying hard to laugh at what I see
                     F       C
The sunny side of my life is shining somewhere else
                   F               C
Nothin's quite the way it ought to be
                        F           C
Oh the sunny side of my life is the side you're living on
                 F                  C
Grey skies never come when I'm with you
                F           C
Good times hang around only when you're here at home
                     F                 C
The sunny side of my life is here with you

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Sunny Side Of The Mountain

Now don't forget me little darling while I'm growing old and gray
Just a little thought before I'm going far away
I'll be waiting on the hillside where the wild red roses grow
On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling waters fall

Now don't forget about those days we courted many years ago
Don't forget all the promises you gave me and so
I'll be waiting on the hillside on the day that you will call
On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling waters fall

Tell me darling in your letter do you ever think of me
Please answer little darling tell me where you can be
It's been so long dear since I've seen you but my love still lingers on
Don't forget me little darling though our love affair seems gone

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Richard Thompson - Sunnyvista Lyrics

In Sunnyvista all your dreams are reality
It's the smart place to be for all the family
Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay
We'll dance the happy hours away

Now the work is very clean
You'll be helped by this machine
And the hours are very short
More time at home with the little dears

All the houses are the same
It's a standard we maintain
Any problems, please report
And we will soon allay your fears

It's a smashing place for kids
You really are well rid
They'll be off your hands all day
In the camps they'll play and play

For kids of other ages
Yes, dad and granddad too
The leisure time facilities
Will keep them smiling through

In Sunnyvista all your dreams are reality
It's the smart place to be for all the family
Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay
We'll dance the happy hours away

Oh, the old folks will love it
Our staff are very kind
There's community singing
Helps to stimulate the mind

The cemetery is most discreet
All done without a fuss
For all life's little grievances
Just leave it all to us

Oh, there's parks and there's bingo
There's contests and there's games
And everybody's friendly
'Cause we're all just the same

There's chances for promotion
For the right kind of chap
Who's smart and keen and go ahead
We'll put him on the map

Oh, Sunnyvista, where you always wanted to stay
We'll dance the happy hours away
We'll dance the happy hours away

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Richard Thompson - Sunset Song Lyrics
Richard Thompson
Sweet Warrior
Sunset Song

With you or without you love I must be moving
Never meant to linger here so long
With you or without you know it breaks my heart
To hear the sunset song,
to hear the sunset song

Wasn't that a time we had and bless you for it
But I'm a stranger here I don't belong
The band's down on the jetty, if you cup your ear
You'll hear the sunset song,
you'll hear
the sunset song

You said if I held my breath,
dived down deep enough I might grow fins
Seems to me I held my breath,
held my breath to please you ever since,
ever since

Early morning that's the time for fare-thee-wells
Slip out of the warm sheets and go
But I want to hear it as I walk away
To hear the sunset song,
to hear the sunset song

In your waking, in your dreams I'll not be martyred
On that cross where some say I belong
Opinions are coffins I'll just trust my feet
To find the sunset song,
to find
the sunset song

Every day I wear your memory
like a favourite shirt upon my back
In the hallway there's my suitcase by the door -
I never did unpack,
never did unpack

With you or without you love I must be moving
Never meant to linger here so long
With you or without you know it breaks my heart
To hear the sunset song,
to hear the sunset song
To hear
the sunset song

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Sunshine In The Shadows

When our hearts are bound in sorrow
And it seems all help is gone
Jesus whispers do not falter
I will lead you not alone
Then somehow amidst my trials
How it is I cannot see
Then I hear a voice from heaven
Gently saying follow me

   There is sunshine in the shadows
   There is sunshine in the rain
   There is sunshine in our sorrows
   And our hearts are filled with pain
   There is sunshine when we're burdened
   There is sunshine when we pray
   There is sunshine heavenly sunshine
   Blessed sunshine all the way

Sometimes my friends forsake me
And I'm tempted to despair
Then I think of my dear savior
To lay his head he had no where
Oh it pays to follow Jesus
Just to learn of him each day
And I'll guarantee you my brothers
You'll have sunshine all the way

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Suppose Tonight Would Be Our Last
Recorded by Melba Montgomery and George Jones
Written by Melba Montgomery and George Jones
 
C                            C7          F
Suppose tonight would be our last night together
        C                             G7
And the love we have known came to an end
         C                 C7                   F
Would we laugh and tell ourselves think nothing of it
            C            G7                  C
Or would we cry together for what might have been
           G7                         C
I know I'd die in just a little while without you
        D7                      G7
Another dawn I wouldn't want to see
   C                             C7          F
If you're supposed tonight would be our last together
          C               G7             C
Oh what a long and lonely night it would be
                         C7            F
I couldn't live long without your arms around me
             C                             G7
Too soon the blues would come moving in on me
    C                          C7          F
And just suppose tonight would be our last together
         C                    G7             C
With you tonight would be the last night for me
           G7                         C
I know I'd die in just a little while without you
        D7                      G7
Another dawn I wouldn't want to see
   C                             C7          F
If you're supposed tonight would be our last together
          C               G7             C
Oh what a long and lonely night it would be

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Alan Jackson - Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell lyrics
(Billy F. Gibbons)

Rain fell this mornin',
Made me feel so bad
On account of my baby
Walked off with another man.
Like takin' eyesight from the blind man
And money from the poor
That woman took my lovin'
And walked on out that door
And it sure got cold after the rain fell
Not from the sky, from my eye
--- Instrumental ---
Somebody tell me
Makes a man feel this way
Like a river without water,
Like night without day
And it sure got cold after the rain fell
Not from the sky, from my eye
--- Instrumental ---
Started early in the mornin'
The rain began to fall
With thunder bolts and lightning
The wind begins to call
Your worry's superficial
'Cause you slept on through the night
Stormy weather keeps you wond'rin'
If ev'rything's all right
And it sure got cold after the rain fell
Not from the sky, but from my eye
Not from the sky, Lord, from my eye
--- Instrumental ---
After the rain fell
It sure got cold after the rain fell
Sure got cold after the rain fell
After the rain fell
It sure got cold...


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Dolly Parton - Sure Thing lyrics

It's Saturday night and it's a perfect night for dancin'
I've had my makeup off and on all day
But it's gotta be right for a night of sweet romancing
And I've combed my hair at least a thousand ways
Mirror Mirror don't you tell a soul
Of how I smiled and talked all day to you
And how I practiced every step I know of
But tonight's the night and I'm a dancing fool
Chorus:
(It's a sure thing) when the sun goes down this evenin'
(It's a sure thing) to be out on the dancing floor
(It's a sure thing) I'll be the last one leavin'
(It's a sure thing) gonna dance till I can't no more
I could of had a date but I thought I'd take my chances
I'm gonna dance with a different guy to every song
Then I'm a gonna wait till the right one strikes my fancy
The he's gonna be the one to dance me home
Repeat Chorus Twice


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Suzzane
Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.


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Alison Krauss - Swamp's Reel			
[Instrumental]


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Nickel Creek - Sweet Afton 

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, 
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; 
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, 
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 

Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, 
Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, 
Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forebear, 
I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair. 

How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills, 
Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills, 
There daily I wander as noon rises high 
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. 

How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, 
Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; 
There oft as mild Ev'ning weeps over the lea 
The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me. 

Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, 
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides, 
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, 
As gathering sweet flow'rets she stems thy clear wave. 

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, 
Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays, 
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, 
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.

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Sweet As The Flowers In Maytime

   Sweet as the flowers in May time
   Sweet as the dew on the rose
   I would rather be somebody's darling
   As a poor girl who nobody knows

Oh momma scolds me for burning
What else has a poor girl to do
Oh this world would be sad without a lover
And this world would be sad without you

Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Someone just to call me their own
Be the rule over somebody's kitchen
Or the queen over somebody's home

Oh what is the use of us parting
Where there's a will there's a way
Tomorrow the sun may be shinning
Although it is cloudy today

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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor

There is a young cowboy he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for summer, his pastures to change
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the dogies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear

Chorus:
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James

Now the first of December was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Lord, the Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go

There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me

Chorus


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Sweet Becky Walker
Larry Gatlin

Sweet Becky Walker, she's not much a talker
But there's one thing she does mighty good.
She's the best lover, she's like no other.
She treats a man the way a woman should and ...

Chorus:
I'd walk a mile just to love Becky Walker
Lordy, that smile, maybe someday I'll talk to her
Into lovin' me -- permanently.

Soft as the rain she sooths the pain
In a heart that's been broken in two
And I feel better the minute I let her
Use her key and open my front door, and ...

Chorus


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Sweet Dreams Of You
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and John David

C      F          C
Lonely tears roll down
            F      C
As midnight comes around
    G7    F       C
But I can make it through
   F     G7        C
In sweet dreams of you
              F      C
In the shadow of the night
        F        C
I still hold you tight
G7     F        C
Did it all come true
   F     G7        C
In sweet dreams of you
   F              C
In sweet dreams I see
    F                  G7
The way things used to be
          F
When your love was mine
         C         F
And your heart was true
   C     G7        C
In sweet dreams of you
          F        C
Oh I call out your name
                F   C
And you come to me again
    G7      F       C
The way you used to do
   F     G7        C
In sweet dreams of you
   F     G7        C
In sweet dreams of you
   F     G7        C
In sweet dreams of you

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Sweet Fern

Springtime is coming sweet lonesome bird
Your echo in the woodland I hear
Down in the meadow so lonesome your singing
While the moonlight is shining so clear 

But I know he's away in a far distant land
A land that is over the sea
Go fly to him singing your sweet little song
And tell him to come back to me 

   Sweet fern, sweet fern
   Oh tell me, is my darling still true
   Sweet fern, sweet fern
   I'll be just as happy as you 

Oh tell me sweet fern, is he thinking of me
And the promise he made long ago
He said he'd return from over the sea
Oh why do the years go so slow 

But I know he's away in a far distant land
A land that is over the sea
Go fly to him singing your sweet little song
And tell him to come back to me 

Upon my finger he placed a small ring
On the day he was leaving his home
I promised I'd be his own little girl
And love him wherever he'd roam 

But I know he's away in a far distant land
A land that is over the sea
Go fly to him singing your sweet little song
And tell him to come back to me

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Sweet Flowers

Darling soon I will be sleeping in the churchyard over there
Where grass and flowers are growing and birds sing everywhere
Where the grass grows above me and spring flowers gentry wave
Will you do this darling plant sweet flowers on my grave

From you sweetheart I'm leaving your smile I'll never more see
Darling don't grieve when we're parted pretty flowers will speak to me
I will dream that you will be near me as the blossoms gently wave
Will you do this darling plant sweet flowers on my grave

When the golden bond is broken and they lay me down to sleep
This will be the only token of our love I will want to keep
That when I leave you darling this one little wish I crave
In memory of our love dear plant sweet flowers on my grave

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Sweet Heaven In My View

   Got sweet heaven in my view hallelujah
   On my journey I press on praise the lord
   For I'm bound for that holy city
   Got sweet heaven in my view

Oh my mother she died and left me
I'm alone in this world I'm alone all alone
And my father he wont own me
Got to find me another home

Oh you need not talk about me
Just because I am crippled and blind
For I've got my ticket purchased
I'll reach heaven on time

And when I get to heaven
Take a seat and sit right down
Looking up to my heavenly father
Looking for a robe and a crown

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Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes

Who makes me forget all the other girls I've met
Sweet little miss blue eyes
Who's sweeter to me that she really ought to be
Sweet little miss blue eyes

   Little miss blue eyes looks so good
   I'm gonna bring her to the neighborhood
   I'm gonna make every girl in town
   Jealous when she's around

I'm walking the line 'cause I'm glad that she's mine
I'm living in paradise
I know I can't go wrong by just stringing along
With sweet little miss blue eyes

Who's gonna start taking care of my heart
She makes me realize
It's love, she's for me, and I really want to be
With sweet little miss blue eyes

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Sweet Mary And The Miles In Between

Standing alone at a old country crossroad
Wondering which way will lead me to home
Ever so weary from chasing a dream
Thinking of Mary, Sweet Mary, and the miles in between

Crossroads around me tell me you found me
Found me, lead me, to the end of my dreams
Three roads will lead me from the one that may need me
But the other to Mary, Sweet Mary, and the miles in between

One lonly night I left out fo anger
Drifting and wasting my life's precious hours
But only last night I dreamed that a stranger
Was gathering for Mary, Sweet Mary, some beautiful flowers

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - Sweet Music Man lyrics

Sing a song sweet music man
'Cause I won't be there to hold your hand like I used to
I'm through with you
You're a heck of a singer and powerful man
But you surround yourself with people
Who demand so little of you
You touched my soul with your beautiful song
You even had me singin' along right with you
You said I need you
Then you changed the words and added harmony
Then you sang the song you had written for me to someone new
Oh, but nobody sings a love song quite like you do
Oh, and nobody else can make me sing along
Nobody else can make me feel things are right
When I know they're wrong
Nobody sings a love song quite like you
Sing your song sweet music man
Travel the world with a six piece band
That does for you what you tell 'em to
And you try to stay young but the songs are sung
To so many people who've all begun came back on you
Sing your song sad music man
Makin' your living doing one-night stands
They're through with you
They don't need you
You're still a heck of a singer but a broken man
But you'll keep on lookin' for one last fan to sing to
Oh, and nobody sings a love song quite like you do
Oh, and nobody else can make me sing along
And nobody else can make me feel things are right
When they're wrong with a song
Nobody sings a love song quite like you
Tag:
Sing your song sweet music man
I believe in you


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Dolly Parton - Sweet Rachel Ann lyrics

Sweet Rachel Ann sweet Rachel Ann when are you ever coming home
Sweet Rachel Ann we've waited here through many seasons now
We've waited here but you have not returned
When you left you promised us that you'd return someday
We miss you and our love for you still burns
Our little girl who longed to see the world beyond these hills
Sweet Rachel Ann you felt you had to go
The autumn wind again has blown the last leaves from the trees
Making room for winter's ice and snow
Sweet Rachel Ann sweet Rachel Ann oh how we miss you since you've gone
Sweet Rachel Ann sweet Rachel Ann when are you ever coming home
[ ac.guitar ]
Spring had kissed the earth again wait what's that I see
Is it someone running up the path
Oh wait a minute could it be Rachel is that you
Sweet Rachel Ann have you come home at last
Rachel I hardly recognize you now you look so tired and thin
Sweet Rachel Ann you're different than before
And that world that lies beyond these hills well it's hurt you Rachel Ann
But now you're home and nothing's gonna ever hurt you not anymore
Sweet Rachel Ann sweet Rachel Ann our love will make you good as new again
Sweet Rachel Ann sweet Rachel Ann
At last you have come home sweet Rachel Ann sweet Rachel Ann


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New Grass Revival - Sweet Release 

Out along the edges of the night
Somewhere between the dawn and the light
She said, love's not just a picture in a book
And then she made me take another look

Sweet release, she's lettin' her love show
Sweet release, I'm lettin' it all go
Take me, please, won't you take me, please
Oh, my sweet release

It's the way that she makes up for what I'd lack
The way she gives herself without holdin' back
And when I come to tell her of my dreams
It's the way she knows exactly what I mean

Sweet release, she's lettin' her love show
Sweet release, I'm lettin' it all go
Take me, please, won't you take me, please
Oh, my sweet release

And when I've spent the time I have to spend
And I have seen a picture of the end
After all the words have flown away
And love has finally found a place to stay

Sweet release, she's lettin' her love show
Sweet release, I'm lettin' it all go
Take me, please, won't you take me, please
Well, you've got to take me, please
Oh, my sweet release

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The Lonesome River Band - Sweet Sally Brown

Now every day ya get a little bit older
Hey, sweet Sally
Every day get a little bit bolder
Oh, sweet Sally

Every night when I go to sleep
Hey, Sweet Sally
The greenest blue eyes and lips so sweet
Oh, sweet Sally

Oh, sweet Sally
Prettiest girl in town
Oh, sweet Sally
I love sweet Sally Brown

I help carry her book to school
Hey, sweet Sally
I ain't too big but I ain't no fool
Oh, sweet Sally

I ain't big enough to go to school
Like Sally and brother
So give her a kiss at the school house door
Then go back home to Mother

Oh, sweet Sally
Prettiest girl in town
Oh, Sweet Sally
I love Sweet Sally Brown

Mom says I can't ask her to wed
That would be too mean
For you see I'm only five years old
And Sally's seventeen

But age don't matter when love is true
The way that I love Sally
So I'll eat my food and grow up real big
And I'll be big like Sally

Oh, sweet Sally
Prettiest girl in town
Oh, sweet Sally
I love sweet Sally Brown

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Dolly Parton - Sweet Summer Lovin lyrics
(Blaise Tosti/Bud Reneau)

Though the sun may be dawning
You're the one that lights the morning
As I awake to the heaven
Of your sweet summer lovin'
By a stream in the country
Running barefoot and feeling free
While the love in our hearts blend
Into sweet summer lovin'
Sweet summer lovin' in the dandelions
Sweet summer lovin' keeps me high as candy wine
When that big red balloon sets
Like a painting across the West
As the sky turns a crimson blue
As the world turns for me and you
By the light of the moon glowing
While the warm summer wind blows
'Cross the sill of your window
We'll be letting our love flow
Sweet summer lovin' in the dandelions
Sweet summer lovin' keeps me high as candy wine
Sweet summer lovin' in the dandelions
Sweet summer lovin' keeps me high as candy wine
Sweet summer lovin'
Sweet summer lovin'
Mmm...
Sweet summer lovin'
Mmm...
Sweet summer lovin'
I love your sweet summer lovin'
Sweet summer lovin'
Sweet summer lovin'
Mmm...
Sweet summer lovin'
Mmm...
Sweet summer lovin'


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Sweet Summertime
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Donna Webster

C                F                  G7
Can you remember back when you were younger
F           C             G7
Those sweet childhood memories
C                                    F
I sat in wonder of the great times I had
C           G7                 C
And what my childhood meant to me
              F         C
I miss that sweet summertime
                     F            G7
Back when the simple life was all you'd find
C             G7
Ice cream and butterflies
F             G7
Grandpa would tan your hide
F      G7          C
In the sweet summertime
         F         C
In the sweet summertime
               F                G7
Days like that today are surely hard to find
C                 G7
Hide and seek and kick the can
F                G7
Running from the boogie man
F      G7          C
In the sweet summertime
               G7
I can remember going to church on Sunday
F                         G7
Singin then dinner on the ground
             C                                 F
Martha White biscuits baking in grandma's kitchen
C              G7            C
Those memories bring me back around
              F         C
I miss that sweet summertime
              F               G7
Back when the simple life was all you'd find
C                 G7
Fried chicken and apple pie
F                G7
Watermelon under sunny skies
F      G7          C
In the sweet summertime
         F         C
In the sweet summertime
               F                G7
Days like that today are surely hard to find
C              G7
Skipping rocks across the creek
F                   G7
Running round in my bare feet
F      G7          C
In the sweet summertime
       G7          C
In the sweet summertime
              F         C
I miss that sweet summertime

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Sweet Sunny South

Take me back to the place where I first saw the light
To that sweet sunny south take me home
Where the mockingbird sings me to sleep every night
Oh why was I tempted to roam

I think with regret of the dear home I left
Of the warm hearts that sheltered me there
Of wife and of children of whom I'm bereft
Of the old place again do I sigh

Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow
To my plot in the evergreen shade
Where the flowers from the river's green margins did grow
And spread their sweet scent through the glade

Take me back let me see what is left that I know
Could it be that the old house is gone
Dear friends from my childhood indeed must be few
And I must face death all alone

The path to our cottage they say has grown green
And the place is quite lonely around
I know that the smiles and the forms I once knew
Now lie 'neath the cold mossy ground

But yet I return to the place of my birth
Where the children have played 'round the door
Where they gathered wild blossoms that grew 'round the path
Twill echo their footsteps no more

Take me back to the place where my little ones sleep
Where poor massa lies buried close by
O'er the graves of my loved ones I long for to weep
and rest there among them when I die

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Sweet Thing

Sweet thing, I'm writing this letter to you
Your name will be blotted with tears
Please read it and answer, and tell me it's true
Your love will remain through the years

Sweet thing, love you, you know that it's true
Don't you remember that day
As we grow older, I know you'll forget
That's why I'm writing this way

I want to be loved but only by you
That's why tonight I'm so sad
I know that another has gained that reward
A love that I wanted so bad

* Refrain


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Sweeter Than The Flowers

Just as far as I can remember
She'll remain the rose of my heart
Mama fell sick along in December
February brought us broken hearts

The reason we've not called a family reunion
We knew that she wouldn't be there
But now that we've thought it all over Mama
We know you're spirit is here 

   Oh no I can't forget the hours your the only one Momma
   And sweeter than the flowers
   Oh no there's no use to bother
   To speak of you now would only hurt Father
   Oh no momma we'll never forget you
   And someday we'll meet you up there

We all gathered round and I stared at their faces
All heads were bowed mighty low
But this was one time we all had to face it
Though it hurt us so badly you know

Well it looked so good to see us together
But I had to look after dad
Oh no Mother when I passed by your casket
I didn't want to remember you dead

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Acoustic Syndicate - Sweetest Breeze 
Artist: Acoustic Syndicate
Album: Live from the Neighborhood

Sometimes I'd like to cut down early, when the sweetest breeze is blowing that ole
summer season down
And the hard times comes back, from where only strong men can go
And the dirty works all done here in the town.
I could pick up my things from the keeper, collect what pay is due me from the man
from the man.
I could walk straight down the floodway where the water bends around,
And follow you Old River to my home.
Oh, but if I could, I'd be gone tomorrow Oh, but if I could, I'd leave today.
If I just had the strength left Lord, to get myself back home,
I'd leave right now, but I guess I'm gonna stay.
Time seems to stain this old man's soul, and now the pain, it comes from places
that I never knew before.
It's a pity what has come and gone, I long for younger days, the cold wind
chills me right down to my bones.
Maybe next year things may be some different. All the friends that I have made
here might help me on my way.
If I just had the strength left Lord, to get myself back home, I'd leave right
now, but I guess I'm gonna stay.

Repeat chorus twice

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Sweetest Gift A Mother's Smile

One day a mother came to the prison
To see an erring but precious son
She told the warden how much she loved him
It did not matter what he had done

She did not bring to him a parol or pardon
She brought no silver no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven
The sweetest gift a mother's smile

Her boy had drifted far from the fireside
Tho she had pleaded with him each night
Yet not a word did she ever utter
And tho her heart ached her smile was bright

* Refrain

She left a smile son you can remember
She's gone to heaven from heartache free
The bars around you could never change her
You were her baby and ere will be

* Refrain


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Sweetest Love

Here's a story of two childhood sweethearts
And a love that we shared still untold
How our simple little vows they were broken
And a love that I treasured more than gold

   Are you tired of the life that you're livin
   Does your mind wander back to the past
   Do you think of the love you've forsaken
   Darlin true love is too sweet to last

I remember that night in the moonlight
When you said that you'd found someone new
Do you realize the heartache you've caused me
You should know that my love was so true

Alone and sad as I'm travelling
I'm lost on this sea of regret
Wandering back to the place of my childhood
And the one that I've always loved the best

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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

G                   C             G
I hear the sound of sorrow in the wind
        C                              G
Blowing down from every mile I've ever been
        C                                   G
Calling me out on some road that just won't end
                                     D7
Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo again
           G                 C                G
A thousand nights a thousand towns I took the bows
                                D7
There is no compensation for me now
     G                C                  G
Out along the highway where the west was won
                     D7            G
No matter how fast I ride or far I run
        C                         G
Waiting for the sweetheart of the rodeo
                                        C
They're comin' down from Tonopah to Tupelo
                                    G
She'll come to town to ride the radio
                                         D7
Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jericho
                                    G
There goes the sweetheart of the rodeo
                   C              G
I stepped into the light you left behind
        C                                      G
I stood there where all the world could see me shine
         C                            G
Oh I was on my way to you to make you mine
                       D7                G
But I took the longest road that I could find 
Repeat #3

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Richard Thompson - Sweetheart On The Barricade Lyrics

They closed up the sooty gates of Ayres and Company
We stood on the picket line, my Jennifer and me
We blocked the street, now the lorries come and turn about
There's nothing getting in there and there's nothing getting out

Oh, she's just a tender thing, she's risking life and limb
My sweetheart's on the barricade
My heart it skips a beat, there'll be fighting in the street
But hungry folk forget to be afraid
My sweetheart's on the barricade

And here come the managers to hit us on the sly
And tin pot generals with glory in their eyes
Owners, moaners, Judases and Janes
But righteousness is in our eyes, we've got no time for games

In her manner she is mild and fairly just a child
My sweetheart's on the barricade
For a fair wage in her hand, the equal of a man
She'll stand front rank in the parade
My sweetheart's on the barricade

She's running leaflets through the alley
She's passing hymn books at the rally
Hallelujah

Friends and neighbors, won't you join the cause?
Drill it in the tiny minds of them that make the laws
That workers are human, we're really just the same
We've got to have the nourishment to fill a human frame

Oh, we're people not a mob and we only wants a job
My sweetheart's on the barricade
We've had it up to here, too numb to feel the fear
My sweetheart's on the barricade
My heart it skips a beat, there'll be fighting in the street
My sweetheart's on the barricade

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Sweetheart, You've Done Me Wrong

You told me that your love was true
Sweetheart, I thought the world of you
But now you left me all alone
I have no one to call my own

   Now sweetheart, you've done me wrong
   You have left me all alone
   Maybe there will come a time
   Sweetheart, when you will change your mind

I never shall forget the day
When you said you were going away
I couldn't believe that it was true
After all the love I had for you

This road is rough and rocky too
As I travel on, dear, without you
But I'm still praying for the time
Sweetheart when you will change your mind

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Sweethearts Again

I'll never love another it's true
Other lips don't kiss me like you do
Other arms don't thrill me like you do
Just one more kiss to be with you

Lets be sweethearts again
Just the way we use to be
Lets be sweethearts again
Darling just you and me

Just one more chance with you again
My tortured heart knows how it sinned
One more chance and I'll be true
Just one more chance with you

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Osborne Brothers - Sweethearts Again  Lyrics

I'll never love another it's true
Other lips don't kiss me like you do
Other arms don't thrill me like you do
Just one more chance to be with you.

Let's be sweethearts again
Just the way we used to be
Let's be sweethearts again
Darling, just you and me.

--- Instrumental ---

Just one more chance with you again
My tortured heart heart knows how it sin
One more chance and I'll be true
Just one more chance with you.

Let's be sweethearts again
Just the way we used to be
Let's be sweethearts again
Darling, just you and me...

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Sweethearts In Heaven

   Darlin do you really love me
   Are you the girl I used to know
   Something's happened to you darlin
   But it pleases me to know

Life is sweet when love is blooming
Like a wild rose on the hill
But when lovers part forever
Where it ends no one can tell

Many lonely nights I've travelled
Far across this barren land
Thinking of that peaceful village
Where we once strolled hand in hand

When our journey here has ended
And this life on earth is done
We'll be sweethearts up in heaven
For me I know you are the one

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Sweetwater
Don Stewart

Oh how I wish I were down around Sweetwater
That's where the chances of finding my head are much better

I won't have to worry abour jet planes and semi's
Keeping me up all night

Oh, how I wish I were living with Sweerwater
Running through my head all night

Rock and roll music in automobiles
Taking me riding on synthetic wheels
When you take to the highway
You see how it feels
To say--

Oh how I wish I were down around Sweetwater
That's where the chances of finding my head are much better

I won't have to worry abour jet planes and semi's
Keeping me up all night

Oh, how I wish I were living with Sweerwater
Running through my head all night


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Swept Away
The Avett Brothers

Well, you send my life a whirling
Darling, when you're twirling
On the floor
And who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow
Than another day?

When you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away
La la la la
La la la la

Well, I see the end of the rainbow
But what more is a rainbow
Than colors out of reach?
If you come down to my window
And I climb out my window
Then we'll get out of reach

Then you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away

You said with such honest feeling
But what'd you really mean
When you said that I'm your man
Well, how my darling can it be
When you have never seen me
And you never will again?

That you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away

Well, life is ever changing but I
Can always find a constant and comfort in your love
With your heart my soul is bound
And as we dance I surely know that
Some kinda of heaven will be found

And you send my life a whirling
Darling, when you're twirling on the floor
And who cares about tomorrow?
Girl, what more is tomorrow
Than another day?

When you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away

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Swept Away (Sentimental Version)
The Avett Brothers

Well, you send my life a whirling
Darling, when you're twirling
On the floor
And who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow
Than another day?

When you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away
La la la la
La la la la

Well, I see the end of the rainbow
But what more is a rainbow
Than colors out of reach?
If you come down to my window
And I climb out my window
Then we'll get out of reach

Then you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away

You said with such honest feeling
But what'd you really mean
When you said that I'm your man
Well, how my darling can it be
When you have never seen me
And you never will again?

That you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away

Well, life is ever changing but I
Can always find a constant and comfort in your love
With your heart my soul is bound
And as we dance I surely know that
Some kinda of heaven will be found

And you send my life a whirling
Darling, when you're twirling on the floor
And who cares about tomorrow?
Girl, what more is tomorrow
Than another day?

When you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away

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The Incredible String Band - Swift As The Wind 

For my delight
Swift as the wind flies
His chariot and wings
Shine, shine in the light of a thousand suns
For he comes from the land of no night
He comes from the land of no night

There is no land
The night is all around my child
You must stop imagining all this
You must stop imagining all this
For your own good

Why don't you go with the rest
And play downstairs?

Closing my eyes
I see him so clear
The blood on his sword
Flashes so bright as it
Falls to the skulls by his feet

But his eyes they know all things
Oh, his eyes they know all

There is no blood
No one knows all my child
You must stop imagining all this
You must stop imagining all this
For your own good

Why don't you go with the rest
And play downstairs?

Swift as the wind
Stay if you will now
Seeing you again will be, will be in your castle so fair
But I make take some time on the way
And may spend some time downstairs

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The Incredible String Band - Swift As The Wind - 2010 Remastered Version 

For my delight
Swift as the wind flies
His chariot and wings
Shine, shine in the light of a thousand suns
For he comes from the land of no night
He comes from the land of no night

There is no land
The night is all around my child
You must stop imagining all this
You must stop imagining all this
For your own good

Why don't you go with the rest
And play downstairs?

Closing my eyes
I see him so clear
The blood on his sword
Flashes so bright as it
Falls to the skulls by his feet

But his eyes they know all things
Oh, his eyes they know all

There is no blood
No one knows all my child
You must stop imagining all this
You must stop imagining all this
For your own good

Why don't you go with the rest
And play downstairs?

Swift as the wind
Stay if you will now
Seeing you again will be, will be in your castle so fair
But I make take some time on the way
And may spend some time downstairs

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Swing Down Chariots

Why don't you swing down chariots
Stop and let me ride
Swing sown chariots
Stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, Rock me Lord
Slow and easy
I've got a home on the other side

Well I locked over Jordan
And what did I see
Coming for to carry me home
A band of angels comin after me
Coming for to carry me home

* Refrain

Well if you got there before I do
Coming fot to carry me home
Tell all my friends that I'm coming to
Coming fot to carry me home

* Refrain

I'm sometimes up
And sometimes down
Coming for to carry me home
But still my soul is heaven bound
Coming fot to carry me home

* Refrain


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Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Swing low (swing low), sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low (swing low), sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home

I looked over jordan and what did I see
Comin' for to carry me home
A band of angels comin' after me
Comin' for to carry me home

* Refrain

If you get to heaven before I do
Comin' for to carry me home
Tell all my friends that I'm comin' too
Comin' for to carry me home

* Refrain


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Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer All Day

   Swinging a nine pound hammer all day
   Working for the state 'till my debt I'll pay
   Listen to my hammer ringing loud and long
   This is how I come to write this sad old song

Well I had a little woman on the Georgia line
I wanted her love but she wouldn't pay no mind
Told her one night, stole my heart away
Don't leave me darlin' or someday you'll pay

When I found them that evening how my heart did grieve
My darlin and a stranger and they planned to leave
As the shots rang out and his blood ran cold
I cried have mercy on this poor boy's soul

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Swoop Down Sweet Jesus
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bill Emerson, John Anderson, James Bohon

C                                      F                 C
Well-a want You swoop down sweet Jesus and put a hold on me
                                      D7                G7
The devil's got me all tied up and he just won't set me free
          C                                   F          C
I've been all junked up in a honky tonk and a bottle misery 
                                    G7                C
So won't You swoop down sweet Jesus and put a hold on me
                                                     F                  C
Well I know what You done for ol' Daniel when he was down in the lion's den
                                                    D7                   G7
And I heard about the time that You split the water and You saved 10,000 men 
         C
And I've read a lot of stories and I've seen a lot of pictures 
   F                            C
Of You walking on the deep blue sea
                                   G7                C
So want You swoop down sweet Jesus and put a hold on me
Repeat #1
                                               F                  C
I've been walking alone since mid-night with a bottle and a heavy mind
                                         D7              G7
As I looked up the first thing I saw was a flashing neon sign
       C                                            F                C
Well I read it again and I smiled to myself when it flashed on Jesus saves
                                         G7                        C
The Salvation Army rescued me so I wanna thank you for a brand new day
Repeat #1

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T For Texas
(Jimmie Rodgers)

T for Texas, T for Tennessee 
T for Texas, T for Tennessee 
T for Thelma 
That gal that made a wreck out of me.

YODEL: O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-lay-ee

If you don't want me mama 
You sure don't have to stall 
If you don't want me mama 
You sure don't have to stall 
'Cause I can get more women 
Than a passenger train can haul.

YODEL

I'm gonna buy me a pistol 
Just as long as I'm tall, Lawd, Lawd 
I'm gonna buy me a pistol 
Just as long as I'm tall 
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma 
Just to see her jump and fall.

YODEL

I'm going where the water 
Drinks like cherry wine, sing 'em boy, sing 'em 
Lawd, I'm going where the water 
Drinks like cherry wine 
'Cause the Georgia water 
Tastes like turpentine.

YODEL

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun 
With a great long shiny barrel 
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun 
With a great long shiny barrel 
I'm gonna shoot that rounder 
That stole away my gal.

YODEL

Rather drink muddy water 
Sleep in a hollow log 
Rather drink muddy water 
And sleep in a hollow log 
Than to be in Atlanta 
Treated like a dirty dog.

YODEL


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T.B. Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers
 
C                                            C7
My good gal's trying to make a fool out of me
        F                                  C
Lord my gal's trying to make a fool out of me
          G7                                    C
Trying to make me believe I ain't got that old TB
                                                           C7
I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm going to lose
F                                                      C
I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm going to lose
            G7                               C
Cause there ain't nobody ever whipped the TB blues
                                       C7
I've got that old TB I can't eat a bite
         F                    C
Got that old TB I can't eat a bite
       G7                               C
Got me worried so I can't even sleep at night
 
                                                C7
When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me
        F                                     C
When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me
      G7                                  C
There ain't nobody ever whipped that old TB
                                         C7
Gee but the graveyard is a lonesome place
     F                           C
That old graveyard is a lonesome place
                G7                             C
Put you on your back put that mud down in your face
Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - Take Away lyrics

We don't take away one happy moment we won't take away any of the new
We'll do anything to make each other happy
Love is give and take but we don't take away
I never thought that love could make you feel so happy
I thought I'd found love once but I wasn't even close not even close
Well you make me wanna call you sweet names
For each day I love you more and we won't never take away
We don't take away one happy moment...
Love is give and take but we don't take away take away mhm


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Richard Thompson - Take Care The Road You Choose Lyrics

Sweet Warrior
Take Care The Road You Choose
If I ever get out of these shoes
And I shrug off a skin or two
I'll come looking in the wasted places
Beat-up, last ditch rendezvous

If it had been some other place
Some other time to find me
If I had been in my right mind
Not looking for ghosts behind me

Then I'd hold you with my fingers burning
Kiss your little tears of yearning
But sometimes there's no turning
Take Care The Road You Choose

If I ever get out of my mind
Guillotine myself to stop me dreaming
And let my heart go where it will
Without those other voices screaming

Some take the high, some take the low
Some take the straight and narrow
Some still standing at the crossroads
Some fly like an arrow

With my radar I'll find you, darling
No regrets to blind you, darling
And never look behind
Take Care The Road You Choose

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Take It Easy
Eagles / Jackson Browne

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy

Well I'm standin' on the corner in Winslow, Arizona
With such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on baby, don't say maybe
I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win
But we will never be here again
Open up I'm climbin' in to take it easy

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover
She's just a little hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me


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Take It To The Limit

All alone at end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking bout a woman
Who might love 
I never knew
You know I've always been a dreamer
(Spent my life running round)
And it's so hard to change
(Can't seem to settle down)
But the dreams I'm seen lately
Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same

So put me on a highway
And show me a sight
And take it to the limit one more time

You can spend all your time making money 
You can spend all your love making time 
If all's gone to pieces tommorrow
Would you still be mine
And whe you're looking for your freedom
(Nobody seems to care)
And you can't find it the door
(Can't find it anywhere)
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back
You're running back
You're coming back for more

So put me on a highway
And show me a sight
And take it to the limit one more time
Tke it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time


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Dolly Parton - Take Me Back lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Take me back, oh precious memories
To the days forever gone
I can still remember Mama washing on a rub board
On the back porch, while us kids played in the yard
Mama always seemed to be so happy and content
She never seemed to mind that times were hard
She went about her work singin' some old favorite song of hers
And often singin' favorite songs for us
And she was satisfied just bein' Mama to us children
And the only woman Daddy ever loved
Take me back to Mama's bosom
Back to Daddy's lovin' arms
Take me back, oh precious memories
To the days forever gone
I can still remember us a runnin' to meet Daddy
In the evening when his working day was done
When Daddy saw us comin' he would bend his tired old back
Holdin' out his arms, and into them we'd run
And he'd hold us for a minute, we'd all walk home together
While Mama waited for him at the door
And he was satisfied just bein' Daddy to us children
And the man my Mama lived her whole life for
Take me back to Mama's bosom
Back to Daddy's lovin' arms
Take me back, oh precious memories
To the days forever gone
Take me back, oh precious memories
To the days forever gone


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Dolly Parton - Take Me Back To The Country lyrics

Well this big city life is gettin' me down
There's just too many people around
There's dirt in the air and crime in the street
High-rise buildings and cold concrete
This rat race sure enough takes a toll
I wanna run off to my fishin' hole
Take me back take me back
Take me back to the country
Take me back take me back
Take me back to the country
Chorus:
Where the stars at night
Outshine those city lights
Take me back to the country
Where the eagles fly
And the treetops touch the sky
Take me back to the country
This traffic jam is makin' me mad
I miss the simple life I had
Peace and quite runnin' free
I wanna go home to my family
I'm sick of the clock, sick of the phone
Out in the country my time's my own
Take me back take me back
Take me back to the country
Take me back take me back
Take me back to the country
Chorus:
Where the stars at night
Outshine those city lights
Take me back to the country
Where the eagles fly
And the treetops touch the sky
Take me back to the country
Where the stars at night
Outshine those city lights
Take me back to the country
Where the eagles fly
And the treetops touch the sky
Take me back to the country
Take me back to the country


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Take Me Back To Tulsa

Where's that gal with the red dress on some folks call her Dinah
Stole my heart away from me way down in carolina

Take me back to tulsa
I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry.

Little bee sucks the blossom big bee gets the honey
Poor man picks the cotton rich man gets the money

Always wear a great big smile we neveer do act sour
Travel all over the country playin' music by the hour

I'd like to go to Tulsa you bet your boots I would
Let me off at archer st and I'll walk down to Greenwood

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Alison Krauss - Take Me For Longing

[Chorus]
Don't choose me because I am faithful.
Don't choose me because I am kind.
If your heart settles on me, I'm for the taking.
Take me for longing or leave me behind.

I would be, for you, a fire in a rainbow,
I would be, for you, an opening door.
Time and hard lessons are one kind of wisdom.
Try to forget them or love me no more.

I'm not asking your heart to believe me.
I'm not asking for promise or pledge.
Whatever the answer, it's yes that's the question.
I am the fool dancin' over the edge.

[Chorus]


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Take Me Home Country Roads
Bill Danoff / Taffy Nivert / John Denver

Almost heaven west Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah river
Life is old there older than the trees
Younger than the mountains blowin' like a breeze

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eyes

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

I hear a voice in the morning how she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road I get a feelin'
That I should been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads
Take me home country roads
Take me home country roads


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Take Me In Your Lifeboat

   Take me in your lifeboat, oh
   Take me in your lifeboat
   It will stand the raging storm
   Take me in your lifeboat, oh
   Take me in your lifeboat
   It will bear my spirit home. 

 Now come brothers and sisters and don't fall asleep
We'll pray night and day or we'll sink in the deep
Fathers and mothers are prayin' so well
The Lord won't you take me in your lifeboat. 

 The clouds are so heavy the winds are so loud
The thunder are rollin' and burstin' the clouds
They pray to their sinner mates for what they have done
They took the dyin' sinner in their lifeboat.

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Take Me To The Mountains
Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals
Classic Bluegrass
Company: Rebel CD-1111
Sung in G on CD

[G] Well I motored into Houston, a town I'd seen before
I thought of an old Army pal of a thousand days or [D] more
I [C] found him on a [G] VA ward a [B7] lookin' mighty [Em] low
On the [C] far end of a long, long trip with not [D] many miles to [G] go
When I told him the Carolina Hills were calling back to me
He said I think I told you once I was born in Tennessee
If I could see those hills one time I'd die more easily
The he took my had and he bowed his head and this is what he said to me
CHO:
[G] Take me with you to the mountains won't you please
let me walk the blue ridge, let me count a million [D] trees
[C] Houston ain't no place to [G] die and I'd be [Em] satisfied if I
Could [C] walk a little closer [G] to the sky in the [D] mountains won't you [G] please.
Well a pardon from a VA ward just ain't so easy won
But a good old friend and doctor there said it could be done
and in a little while with the road in our way underneath that Texas Sun
And we both knew in a day or two his race would be run
Well he'd talk awhile and he'd sleep a while and I drove with all I had
Right side Atlanta though he got to looking bad
Just keep right on a-truckin boys we'll make it now he said
When the blue Ridge came in sight a corpse is all I had.
CHO.
Well there are songs that are not sung and words that are not read
But the lines that rhyme that are out of time still echo in my head
That dyin' in my footsteps sure beats that Houston bed.
CHO.


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Take My Hand and Tell Me

Take my hand and tell me what I want to know
Won't you ease my worried mind you know I love you so
Tomorrow they will come and take me far away
Will you keep me in your heart as you're in mine today

Those prison bars are gonna hold me for a time
The only way to stand the pain is knowing that you're mine
Though you may hold another please keep your heart for me
Someday I'll come back to you your love will set me free

The days ahead won't seem so bad with loving thoughts of you
The lonely nights won't seem so long with tender dreams so true
I need your love to treasure as I slowly do my time
So take me in your lovin' arms and tell me one more time

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Take My Ring From Your Finger

I'm happy now at last you are smiling
And I'm glad I have found you in his arms
For no longer I'll keep you unhappy
And I'll vow to never do you any harm

Take my ring from your finger
Set me free as a dove
You don't need me no longer
You have found the one you love

So my heart will likely break when I leave you
When my position at last I can see
When I found you in his arms you were crying
And that's more than you ever did for me

You can have our little home in the mountains
With the honeysuckles twining round the door
When he carries you over the threshold
I hope that you'll be happy evermore

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Take The Star Out Of The Window
John Prine

Robert was a sailor
For the best years of his life
His captain was his mother
And the ocean was his wife
Only fresh out of the cradle
Life's one and only spring
He was sworn to do his duty
And got blood on his high school ring

Chorus:
And it's hello California
Hello Dad and Mom
Ship ahoy
Your baby boy
Is home from Vietnam
Don't you ask me any questions
'Bout the medals on my chest
Take the star out of the window
And let my conscience take a rest

Now he sailed across the ocean
To the old far eastern war
And it was foreign to his body
It was foreign to his shore
So he traded in the present
For the better times he'd seen
And made an oriental waitress
His own home comin' queen

Chorus


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Take This Hammer

   Take this hammer, carry it to the captain
   Take this hammer, carry it to the captain
   Take this hammer, carry it to the captain
   Tell him I'm a-gone, just tell him I'm a gone

If he asks you, was I running
If he asks you, was I running
If he asks you, was I running
Tell him I was flying, tell him I was flying

I don't want your old darn shackles
I don't want your old darn shackles
I don't want your old darn shackles
It hurts my leg, hurts my leg

I don't want no greenback dollar
I don't want no greenback dollar
I don't want no greenback dollar
It hurts my pride, hurts my pride

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Osborne Brothers - Take This Hammer  Lyrics

Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone.

If he ask you was I runnin'
If he ask you was I runnin'
If he ask you was I runnin'
Tell him I'm flyin', tell him I'm flyin'.

Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone.

--- Instrumental ---

I don't want no cold iron shackles
I don't want no cold iron shackles
I don't want no cold iron shackles
It hurts my leg, well, it hurts my leg.

Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Take this hammer carry it to the captain
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone...

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Take Your Memory With You
Written and recorded Vince Gill

G7                            C
I can read the writing on the wall 
G7                                    C
You pretend that nothing's changed at all
                                           D7
I've got just one thing to ask you if it's so
F                G7                C
Take your memory with you when you go
F                  G7
So I won't have to think about
F                      G7
The lonely nights I'll be without
F                  G7                 C
Someone to hold me when the cold wind blows
F                G7                C
Take your memory with you when you go
G7                                  C
Walk the floor and wonder what went wrong
G7                          C
Have to find a way to carry on
                                               D7
Won't you leave before the heartache starts to show
F                    G7                C
And take your memory with you when you go  
F                  G7
So I won't have to think about
F                      G7
The lonely nights I'll be without
F                  G7                 C
Someone to hold me when the cold wind blows
F                G7
Take your memory with you
F                  G7
So I won't have to miss you
F                G7                C
Take your memory with you when you go

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Take Your Shoes Off Moses

Well, God spoke to Moses at the burning bush
Burning bush, Lord the burning bush
God spoke to Moses at the burning bush
Saying I am the Lord, thy God

   Take your shoes off Moses you're on holy ground
   Holy ground, you're on holy ground
   Take your shoes off Moses you're on Holy ground
   For I am the Lord, thy God

Go yonder Moses and smite that rock
Smite that rock, Lord smite that rock
Go yonder Moses and smite that rock
For I am the Lord, thy God

Stand still Moses see salvation work
Salvation work, see salvation work
Stand still Moses and see salvation work
For I am the Lord, thy God

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Taken
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Mike Geiger and Anna Owens

C            F              G7            F
Taken when I look into your eyes I see my life
            C                G7               Am
And for the first time and I forget to take a breath
   Dm                C       F
So overwhelmed so completely shaken
    C              F                G7               F
I'm taken when you kiss my face the world just falls away
      C            G7            Am
And I feel so safe lying in your arms
Dm                      C      F           C
In the dark my sleeping heart awakens  I'm taken
        F
You get to me
                               Am
Some place deep inside you run to me
                        G7         F
There's nowhere left to hide and I lose me
Dm               C
Somewhere in the two of us 
        A#7             Am             G7 F C Dm
There's nothing but our sweet love and I
C          F              G7             F
Taken with all of you and I can't help myself
        C                 G7      Am
I can't imagine love with anybody else
Dm                    C          F        C
In my heart since you found your way  I'm taken
repeat #3
C     F       C     F    C
Taken  oh I'm taken  I'm taken

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Richard Thompson - Taking My Business Elsewhere Lyrics

If she's not here by now then I guess she's not coming
If she's not here by now then I guess she don't care
Oh waiter, I won't waste your time anymore
You've already started to sweep down the floor
And I guess she's not coming so I'll head for the door
I'll be taking my business elsewhere

It wasn't for me, that spark in her eyes
It wasn't for me, that halo in her hair
When she touched me a lump rose up into my throat
But she must act that way with any old soak
And waiter, you don't seem to share in the joke
So I'll be taking my business elsewhere

She called me her fantasy and boldly she kissed me
I'll never get over the sheer surprise
Of her acting that way and I'm healing okay
But for the eyes of her

Oh it's cold in the rain and it's dark and it's sad
And I'll miss her tonight on my lonely back stair
I'm sorry for taking so much of your space
I'll move down the street to some friendlier place
'Cause I guess she's not coming and you're sick of my face
I'll be taking my business elsewhere

I'll be taking my business elsewhere

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Billy Strings 
Taking Water

Cold cold ashes on the ground
Nothing lost and nothing's found
Friends and loved ones falling down
Can't you hear that mournful sound?
Nothing left but memories
Of things I still can't stand to see
There's an empty spot in me
Where my hometown used to be

This old boat is taking water
It won't be long 'til it goes down
We've had enough to push us over
Time to turn the wheel around

Neighborhoods left to decay
People died or walked away
Nowhere left for them to stay
While we just look the other way

This old boat is taking water
It won't be long 'til it goes down
Had enough to push us over
Time to turn the wheel around

Waves keep pounding through the night
Lost without a ray of light
Going down without a fight
Is there still time to make it right?

This old boat is taking water
It won't be long 'til it goes down
Had enough to push us over
Time to turn the wheel around

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The Avett Brothers - Tales of Coming News (Bonus Track)

I'm so tired of hearing tales of coming news
Telling tales of a changing sky
It's just a shame I didn't notice you
Till someone I loved had to die
What made us think that this was so different
Who is driving behind those things you say
Why do you insult me and my friends
Who are my friends anyway
I've spent my life lying now I pay the price
Are these really words of a young man or a worthless human life
I don't mean to scare you with the things I say
I take it back, yes it's a beautiful day
I watched you from the beach when your ship sailed
You made it clear that nothing stays the same
It's getting darker I wonder if you can tell
I wonder when all that changed

You never used to let me go un---
I was so distracted I never saw the rain
You promised you meant every word you said
I wonder when all that changed
It hurts so bad to hear such pretty words coming from somebody like you
I've been looking for so long that I've lost touch
With what's the best something to do
I've got a friend who makes good choices
Everybody likes the way that he sees things
I've got a problem and it walks me daily
Can't you see no one is proud of me
It's a long road alone and I'm not proving
Anything going by myself
When your love life is all that's really moving
Oh sugar girl I really appreciate the help

I had my time with money gold and diamonds
Both went sour before they got to me
I'll be waiting girl but don't be counting hours
I'm not waiting for any other three
I was just a peasant from the highlands
She said don't you call me your mountain girl
I said don't bother me I'm trying to write and don't worry you ain't my mountain girl
I can call you but I'd probably make you cry
These days it's what you often times do
Call the preacher then go call your father
Tell them that the wedding plans have moved
I send a message saying I'll be gone forever
The letter of reply never came
She said that she'd be true but I wouldn't let her
I wonder when all that changed

Hell has no fury like a woman
Happy scorned or otherwise
You can do what you want to with your name
But you can bet I'm changing mine
Well I'd give a $100 to get a letter
If at the bottom it said I miss you bad
See but the truth of the matter is that back home no one really misses me
See how I talk when I'm sad
Since I was young I've known a lot of women...

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Talk About Sufferin'

   Talk about sufferin' here below
   And lets keep a-lovin' Jesus
   Talk about sufferin' here below
   And let's keep followin' Jesus 

 The gospel train is coin'
Now don't you want to go
And leave this world of sorrow
And trouble here below 

 O can't you hear it father
And don't you want to go
And leave this world of sorrow
And trouble here below 

 Oh can't you hear it mother?. 

 Oh can't you hear it brother?..

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Talk Of The Town

Now people seem to watch my footsteps as I go by
They shake their heads and say I'm riding high
But this thing has done drove me wild and now it's got me down
And made me the talk of the town

   I'll go down to the river and slowly walk around
   And if my thoughts don't change a lot I'll jump right in and drown
   For after what you've done to me I know I've grown to be
   The laughing stock the talk of the town

I used to think this couldn't happen to a guy like me
As nightfall finds me headed to your door
Now you don't seem to want me since a new love you have found
And now I am the talk of the town

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The Avett Brothers - Talk On Indolence 

well ive been locking myself up in my house for some time now, reading and writing and reading and thinking and searching for reasons and missing the seasons the autumn the spring the summer the snow the record will stop the record will go, latches latched the windows down the dog coming in and the dog going out. up with caffine and down with the shots, constantly worried about what ive got, strapped to my work and i cant make it stop, my confidence on my confidence off, i sink to the bottom i rise to the top and i think to myself that i do this alot. world outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes, goes, it goes it goes it goes. I witness it all thru the blinds of my window three four im a little nervous about what you'll think when you see me in my swimming trunks and last night new york i got raging drunk remember one time i got raging drunk with you.

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The Avett Brothers - Talk on Indolence (Live) 

Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'
and searching for reasons and missing the seasons
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow
The record will stop and the record will go

Latches latched the windows down,
the dog coming in and the dog going out
Up with caffeine and down with a shot
Constantly worried about what I've got

Distracting my work but I can't make a stop
and my confidence on and my confidence off
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
and I think to myself that I do this a lot

World outside just goes 
it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...
and witness it all from the blinds of my window
THREE, FOUR

I'm a little nervous 'bout what you'll think
When you see me in my swimming trunks
And last night in New York I got raging drunk
Remember one time I got raging drunk with you

Now, I can recall a time when we made the city
Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains
Filled with cigarettes and bottles
Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone

Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because the damned alcohol
Beacuse what ever at all

Now I've grown to aware of my mortality
To let go and forget about dying
Long enough to drop the hammer down
And let the indolence go wild and flying through

Because we had to

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The Avett Brothers - Talk On Indolence (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'
and searching for reasons and missing the seasons
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow
The record will stop and the record will go
Latches latched the windows down,
the dog coming in and the dog going out
Up with caffeine and down with a shot
Constantly worried about what I've got
Distracting my work but I can't make a stop
and my confidence on and my confidence off
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
and I think to myself that I do this a lot
World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...
and witness it all from the blinds of my window
THREE, FOUR

I'm a little nervous 'bout what you'll think
When you see me in my swimming trunks
And last night in New York I got raging drunk
Remember one time I got raging drunk with you

Now, I can recall a time when we made the city
Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains
Filled with cigarettes and bottles
Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone

Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because the damned alcohol
Beacuse what ever at all

Now I've grown to aware of my mortality
To let go and forget about dying
Long enough to drop the hammer down
And let the indolence go wild and flying through

Because we had to

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The Avett Brothers - Talk On Indolence - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 Lyrics

Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'
And searching for reasons and missing the seasons.
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow.
The record will stop and the record will go.

Latches latched the windows down,
The dog coming in and the dog going out.
Up with caffeine and down with a shot.
Constantly worried about what I've got.

Distracting my work but I can't make a stop
And my confidence on and my confidence off.
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
And I think to myself that I do this a lot.

World outside just goes
It goes it goes it goes it goes it goes
And witness it all from the blinds of my window.
Three, four

I'm a little nervous 'bout what you'll think
When you see me in my swimming trunks
And last night in New York I got raging drunk
Remember one time I got raging drunk with you

Now, I can recall a time when we made the city
Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains
Filled with cigarettes and bottles
Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone

Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because the damned alcohol
Because what ever at all

Now I've grown to aware of my mortality
To let go and forget about dying
Long enough to drop the hammer down
And let the indolence go wild and flying through

Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because we had to
Because we had to
Because we had to
Because we had to
Because we had to
Because we had to

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Talk To Me Lonesome Heart
Recorded by George Jones
Written by James O`Gwynn 

C                                    F
Talk to me oh lonesome heart help me through this lonely night
       G7                          C
Lie to me and tell me everything's alright
                                     F
Talk to me oh lonesome heart help me through my darkest gloom
     G7                                 C
Help me bring her memory to this lonely room

        F                                 C
Talk to me and let me cry the whole night through
                       D7              G7
You have lost but I've lost as well as you
           C                            F
So talk to me oh lonesome heart help me through this lonely night
       G7                          C
Lie to me and tell me everything's alright

                                  F
Talk to me oh lonesome heart talk about the love I miss
        G7                          C
Talk to me about the lips I used to kiss
                                   F
Tell me how she used to smile just before she said goodbye
        G7                           C
Talk to me oh lonesome heart while I cry

Repeat  #2



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Talkin' Candy Bar Blues
Noel Paul Stookey

(spoken story with guitar accompaniment)
Bought a candy bar the other day,
only ate half, s'gonna throw the rest away
when I saw this kid playin' in the street,
I said "Hey kid, you want somethin' to eat?"
he said "Whut?"
I said "Candy, son." He said "HELP!"
Then he started to run,
and I stood there,
watchin' him go,
half a bar of chocolate
runnin' down my fingers.

Well the kid comes back in a minute or two
but his mom's with him and the neighbors too,
and they got the kid scared it's plain to see,
they say "Which one done it?" he points at me.
He says "Him". I say "What do you mean?"
He says "YOU!" then he starts to scream,
and I'm standin', everybody's lookin',
everybody's starin' -at me- ... (nervous laugh)

"Howdy doody...y'all waitin' for the bus?
Ah ... a little late isn't it ... anybody got a watch? ...
we could uh see how late it is ...
I got a better idea, let's find somebody with a watch
and stare at him!"

Well some start pickin' up baseball bats
and the others are pullin' the pins from their hats -
"I think this thing's gone a little too far,
hell, I only offered him a CANDY BAR!" I said "WAIT!"
I said "What are you doin'?"
They said "PRE-VERT the kid's life is ruined!"
"Oh...oh well then you better check what he's chewin'
cause I got the feelin'
he's in the middle of a bubble gum orgy!"

Well they're comin' at me and I'm backin' away
and then I hear this policeman say
"Are you positive he's the right man?"
(I quick flicked the candy bar out of my hand).
He says "Show me."
I says "Show ya what?"
He says "The CANDY BAR you degen-a-rut" and he grabs me.
He grabs both my hands.
Pretty easy to see ...
which hand's got the chocolate!

Well I've had some troubled times before,
but none like the trip from the candy store ...
sympathize with the kid all right,
somebody's nice to ya, probably ain't right.
I'll grow up, I'll learn the way.
I'll learn so that my later days'll be prosperous.
(Chocolate covered) ...
if I don't bite off more than I can hide.


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The Incredible String Band - Talking Of The End 

Talking of the end, talking of the end
Let me hear you say it will not be
Talking of the end, talking of the end
Let me hear you say you disagree

This is no time for easy riding
This is no time to cry
Better start to play your part
Start to live before you start to die

Dream the world all alive
Busily conspiring humming like a hive
Dream the world all alive
I dream it as me

Rise as fair and tender leaves
Brightening in countless eyes
And the sweet song of whales
Beneath the sea

If I could sing only one song I'd sing of you
If I could sing only one song I'd sing of you
If I could sing only one song
If I could sing only one song I'd sing of you

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Dolly Parton - Tall Man lyrics

Oh I wish I was a kissin' tree a growin' in the ground
And every time my sweet pass by I'd throw some kisses down
And if he wants more kisses here's all he has to do
Just come up here that kissin' tree and I'll give him some kissin' to
I love a tall man he ain't a small man my man is all man and the only man for me
Now I wish I was a kissin' tree out on the lone prairie
And everytime my sweet pass by he'd steal a kiss from me
And if he wants more kisses here's all he has to know
Just plant me down in a Texas town and watch them kisses grow
I love a tall man he ain't a small man my man is all man and the only man for me
And the only one for me ooh


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Tall Pines

Once in my youth, I stood on this mountain
And planted some pines in the sand
Every day I looked their way
But just couldn't understand 

Why they never grew like I thought they should do
I just couldn't understand why
Now I've rambled around this wide world through
And today I just happened by 

   Tall pines, tall pines
   Reaching up for the clouds
   Tall pines, tall pines
   I bet you wouldn't know me now. 

I'll never forget the morning I left
The hum of the bees in the hay
The farther I walk, the harder they talk
How silent it seems here today 

There's an old rail fence that we built, inch by inch
Surrounding the old family graves
And there's one gravestone standing all alone
There waiting to join me in the shade 

   Tall pines, tall pines
   Reaching up for the clouds
   Tall pines, tall pines
   I've come home to sleep beneath your boughs.

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Alan Jackson - Tall Tall Trees lyrics

If you wanna drive a big limousine
I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great mansion
Well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Well I'm a fool over you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want then I've got it
If it's money you want the I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great ocean
I'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great mansion
Well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Hey I'm a fool over you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want then I've got it
If it's money you want well I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Yeah I'm a fool, fool, fool for you


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Tally Ho

Call up old Towser, call up old Joe
Make preparations, a hunting we must go
Tally ho, tally ho

Now mount up your horses, the dogs seem to know
Waiting for our signal they're rairing to go
Tally ho, tally ho

Now the fox hounds are running, watch Old Leed go
Heist up your horn and give her a blow
Tally ho, tally ho

Now the fox hounds are panting they all run too slow
The fox has out run them and they're heading for home
Tally ho, tally ho


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Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan

Early one mornin' the sun was shinin',
I was layin' in bed
Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all
If her hair was still red.
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama's homemade dress
Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.
And I was standin' on the side of the road
Rain fallin' on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through,
Tangled up in blue.

She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess,
But I used a little too much force.
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
She turned around to look at me
As I was walkin' away
I heard her say over my shoulder,
"We'll meet again someday on the avenue,"
Tangled up in blue.

I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell.
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I was looking {lucky?} for to be employed
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
Right outside of Delacroix.
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind,
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
Tangled up in blue.

She was workin' in a topless place
And I stopped in for a beer,
I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
In the spotlight so clear.
And later on as the crowd thinned out
I's just about to do the same,
She was standing there in back of my chair
Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"
I muttered somethin' underneath my breath,
She studied the lines on my face.
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe,
Tangled up in blue.

She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
"You look like the silent type."
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century.
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burnin' coal
Pourin' off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
Tangled up in blue.

I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs,
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air.
Then he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of him died.
She had to sell everything she owned
And froze up inside.
And when finally the bottom fell out
I became withdrawn,
The only thing I knew how to do
Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew,
Tangled up in blue.

So now I'm goin' back again,
I got to get to her somehow.
All the people we used to know
They're an illusion to me now.
Some are mathematicians.
Some are carpenter's wives.
Don't know how it all got started,
I don't know what they're doin' with their lives.
But me, I'm still on the road
Headin' for another joint.
We always did feel the same,
We just saw it from a different point of view,
Tangled up in blue.


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Tarnished Angel
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Miller

C                G7
Your halo is the neon 
     F               C
Your heart a jukebox song
     F           C
Your heaven is a honky tonk
    D7              G7
You love to live so wrong

  C                  G7
I know your not much angel
     F                      C
As a saint you've gained no fame
   F             C
My angel's kinda tarnished
      F     G7       C
But I love  just the same

          G7
Tarnished angel
                  C
From a backstreet bar
          G7
Tarnished angel
           D7          G7
I want you just as you are
 
C                          G7
Our worlds are strange and different
    F                C
But love they say is true
     F              C
I'll try to live in your world
   F         G7      C
If you won't live in mine

repeat #3

C                          G7
Our worlds are strange and different
    F                C
But love they say is blind
     F              C
I'll try to live in your world
   F         G7      C
If you won't live in mine

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Tattletale Eyes  
Recorded by Tammy Wynette and George Jones 
Written by J. Emerson 
  
C           F               C
Here we are staring at each other  
Dm                            G7
With that craving look in our eyes
C                F           C
It happens every time we get together 
            G7         C
Did we ever really say goodbye
 
                  F               C
Let our eyes keep looking at each other 
        Dm                             G7
They're talking over places that we've been 
C                F                   C
We might as well admit that it's not over 
              G7                    C
And everybody knows we're more than friends 
 
                           
Tattletale eyes told on our minds 
        Dm                 F                G7
Oh it's something how they read between the lines 
           C
Tattletale eyes told on our minds 
   Dm               F          G7         C
No you can't keep a thing from tattletale eyes 
 
Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - Teach Me To Trust lyrics

Maybe because it's too good to be true
Maybe because I want it so much
Maybe I fear you don't really mean it
For I feel I'm never enough
But I want you more
Than I ever wanted
Anything I can recall
But something inside
Keeps saying you'll hurt me
Do I dare to trust it at all
Chorus:
Teach me to trust
Darling you must
Or else I'll go out of my mind
When I'm not near you
I always fear you
Have somebody else on the line
Is it a fear
Or is it a knowing
A jealousy born out of truth
'Cause I watch you flirt
And it's how you embrace
Them with your eyes
That say I could lose
2nd Chorus:
Teach me to trust
Make me feel loved
Tell me I've no need to fear
Just make me feel safe
Whatever it takes
Tell me what I need to hear
'Cause I need to feel
Important and special
Your cherished and only true love
And sometimes I think
I'll die from this feeling
If you don't teach me to trust
Tag:
Can't you reach me
And teach me to trust


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Teach Your Children

You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so becomes yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye

Teach your children well
Their fathers Hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they fixed the one you know by

Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you

And you of tender years
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by
And so please help them with yours
They seek the truth before they can die

Teach your parents well
Their children's Hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they fixed the one you know by

* Refrain


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The Avett Brothers - Tear Down The House 

Tear down the house that I grew up in.
I'll never be the same again.
Take everything that I've collected,
and throw it in a pile.

Bulldoze the woods that I ran through.
Carry the pictures of me and you.
I have no memory of who I once was,
and I don't remember your name.

Park the old car that I love the best.
Inspection's due and it won't pass the test.
It's funny how I have to put it to rest,
and how one day I will join it.

I remember crying over you,
and I don't mean like a couple of tears and I'm blue.
I'm talking about collapsing and screaming at the moon,
but I'm a better man for having gone through it.
Yes, I'm a better man for having gone through.

Ever since I learned how to curse.
I've been using those sorry old words.
But I'm talking to these children and I'm keeping it clean.
I don't need those words to say what I mean.
No, I don't need those words to say what I mean

Tear down the house that I grew up in.
I'll never be the same again.
Take everything that I used to own,
and burn it in a pile

Bulldoze the woods that I ran through.
Carry the pictures of me and you.
I have no memory of who I once was,
and I don't remember your name.

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Tear My Stillhouse Down

Put no stone at my head, no flowers on my tomb
No gold plated sign In a marble pillared room
The one thing that I want when they lay me in the ground
When I die tear my still house down

   Oh tear my still house down let it go to rust
   Don't leave no trace of the hiding place
   Where I made that evil stuff
   For all my time and money no profit did I see
   That old copper kettle was the death of me

When I was a child way back in the hills
I laughed at the men who tended those stills
But that old mountain shine it caught me somehow
When I die tear my still house down

Oh tell all your children that hell ain't no dream
'Cause Satan he lives In my whiskey machine
And in my time of dying I know where I'm bound
When I die tear my still house down

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Richard Thompson - Tear Stained Letter Lyrics

It was three in the morning when she took me apart
She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart
She danced on my head like Arthur Murray
The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry

Just when I thought I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love, love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well my head was beating like a song by the Clash
It was writing checks that my body couldn't cash
Got to my kneest, I was reeling and dizzy
I went for the phone but the line was busy

Just when I thought that things would get better
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh help me please
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better

Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love, love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well I like coffee and I like tea
But I just don't like this fiddle-di-dee
It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives
Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives

Just when I think I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love, love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh, love, love, love, love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Oh, oh, oh cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

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Richard Thompson - Tear Stained Letter (Live) - 1983, Hamburg Lyrics

It was three in the morning when she took me apart
She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart
She danced on my head like Arthur Murray
The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry

Just when I thought I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well my head was beating like a song by The Clash
It was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash
Got to my feet, I was reeling and dizzy
I went for the 'phone but the line was busy

Just when I thought that things would get better
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well I like coffee and I like tea
But I just don't like this fiddle-di-dee
It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives
Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives

Just when I think I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

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Richard Thompson - Tear Stained Letter (Live) - 1984, Cannes Lyrics

It was three in the morning when she took me apart
She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart
She danced on my head like Arthur Murray
The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry

Just when I thought I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well my head was beating like a song by The Clash
It was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash
Got to my feet, I was reeling and dizzy
I went for the 'phone but the line was busy

Just when I thought that things would get better
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well I like coffee and I like tea
But I just don't like this fiddle-di-dee
It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives
Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives

Just when I think I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

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Teardrops In My Eyes

Those heartaches now are on my way
What makes you want to be that way
You cheated on me and you lied
You put teardrops in my eyes

   I found out what they say is true
   I hope someday that you'll be blue
   And then you'll know dear why I cry
   With these teardrops in my eyes

I heard the rumors all around
That someday you'd let me down
I turn my head when gossip flies
Cause it puts teardrops in my eyes

I never thought you'd let me down
But now at last I understand
You wrecked our life and broke our vows
You'll have to pay for it somehow

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Teardrops Over You
Written and recorded by Rhonda Vincent

C               F              C
I'm so lonesome since you left me          
G7                     C        F
I've been crying the whole night through     
 C                      F                    C
This morning well I thought my feelings would be different
              G7                    C    C7
But I'm still crying teardrops over you          
F                 C
You don't know the hurt I'm going through
                                      G7
You can't see these tear stains on my cheeks         
 F                          C       F
I'd give anything to know you still loved me           
C      G7             C
I'm still crying teardrops over you                    
F             C
Tomorrow I'm gonna start my life all over               
G7                                C    F
And I'm gonna try to shake this pain here in my heart            
C                      F                 C
And I don't know if I'm ever gonna find someone like you again
              G7                               C   C7
But just for now I'll cry more teardrops over you

 Repeat #2

F         C      G7             C
I'm still crying teardrops over you 

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Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew
Song by Alison Krauss

When time was young we walked the roads together
When love was sweet I meant the world to you
Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever
And teardrops will kiss the morning dew

Take me and make me your lover one more time
Close in your arms as before
'Til o'er your shoulder the early morning shines
Then I'll leave you and grieve you no more

When time was young we walked the roads together
When love was sweet I meant the world to you
Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever
And teardrops will kiss the morning dew

Daises need sunshine and roses need rain
So it was all meant to be
A wild bird needs wings, free to take to the wind
And so it was meant for you and me

When time was young we walked the roads together
When love was sweet I meant the world to you
Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever
And teardrops will kiss the morning dew
Teardrops will kiss the morning dew

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: P. Craft
Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew lyrics © BMG Rights Management

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Tears For Two
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Holly Lamar

C                 D7      F               C
Luck found me too late to be what I could use
                       D7             F             C
And caught me tempting fate still red handed and confused
                  D7            F                C
Pride has sent me where there's not much left to lose
                   D7       F                    C
The cruelly let me care and convinced me I could chose
      G7        F                   C
About you as if there was one small chance
      G7           F            C
To be through with everything I can't
So even if this worn out heart was new
                     G7         C
And all it's foolish hopes were true
This one lifetime just won't do
                        G7         C
Cause I've cried enough tears  for two
              D7        F                C
Dreaming only served to take my restless sleep
                            D7      F             C
Stealing comfort from these eyes so desperate for relief
                D7            F              C
Fueled by empty promises they never meant to keep
                D7                F                C
Leaving me with nothing more than endless years to weep
      G7        F                   C
About you as if there was one small chance
      G7           F            C
To be through with everything I can't
So even if this worn out heart was new
                     G7         C
And all it's foolish hopes were true
This one lifetime just won't do
                        G7         C
Cause I've cried enough tears  for two

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Tears Of Regret

Tonight I'm so lonesome heartbroken and blue
I'd give all this world one more to see you
Each night my pillow from tears is all wet
I'm cryin' my heart out these tears of regret

   Tears of Regret I'm shedding for you
   To wallow in my heart no good would it do
   Tears that are fallin' won't make you return
   Tears of regret while alone I must yearn

If you're ever lonely and think about me
Remember my darlin' no pleasure I'll see
I look to the future through tears of regret
I've lost you forever but I'll not forget

Come back to me darlin' I'm waitin' for you
I promise forever this time to be true
I lost a treasure more precious than gold
Now tears of regret is my payment I know

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Tecumseh Valley
Townes Van Zandt

The name she gave was Caroline
The daughter of a miner
Her ways were free
And it seemed to me
That sunshine walked beside her

She came from Spencer
across the hill
she said her pa had sent her
'cause the coal was low
and soon the snow
would turn the skies to winter

She said she'd come
to look for work
she was not seeking favors
for a dime a day
and a place to stay
she'd turn those hands to labor

But the times were hard, Lord,
And the jobs were few
all through Tecumseh valley
but she asked around
and a job she found
tending bar at Gypsy Sally's

She saved enough to get back home
when spring replaced the winter
but her dreams were denied
her pa had died
the word come down from Spencer

So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
with all the lust inside her
and it was many a man
returned again
to lay himself beside her

They found her down beneath the stairs
that led to Gypsy Sally's
in her hand when she died
was a note that cried
fare thee well... Tecumseh valley

Repeat First Verse


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Teddy Bears' Picnic
Jimmy Kennedy / John W. Bratton

If you go down to the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down to the woods today
You'd better go in disguise.

For ev'ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

Ev'ry teddy bear who's been good
Is sure of a treat today.
There's lots of marvelous things to eat
And wonderful games to play.

Beneath the trees where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
Cause that's the way the teddy bears have their picnic.

If you go down to the woods today
You'd better not go alone.
It's lovely down in the woods today
But safer to stay at home.

For ev'ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

Picnic time for teddy bears
The little teddy bears are having a lovely time today
Watch them, catch them unawares
And see them picnic on their holiday.

See them gaily gad about
They love to play and shout;
They never have any care;

At six o'clock their mummies and daddies,
Will take them home to bed,
Because they're tired little teddy bears.

Chords:

KEY Cm

Dm Am Dm A7
Dm A7 Dm
Eb Bb7 Db Bb7
Eb Bb7 Eb
Fm7 Edim Fm Bb7
Eb
Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb7 Eb

chorus:
Eb
Eb Edim Fm7 Bb7
C# Bb7 Edim Bb7
Eb Edim
Eb
Eb
Eb Ab
Ab A
Edim
G7 Fm Bb7
Eb Bb7-Eb-Bb7-Eb

Background: Jimmy Kennedy (1902-1984) from Omagh, Co. Tyrone, was a world-famous songwriter. He composed such songs as "Red Sails in the Sunset," inspired by a sunset over Portstewart strand in Co. Antrim, and "Teddy Bear's Picnic." The music was originally called the "Teddy Bear Two Step". It was written by American composer J.W. Bratton. Irishman Jimmy Kennedy later added the lyrics that have made this song famous.


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Crooked Still 
Tell Her To Come Back Home

Feeling sad and lonesome, I'll tell you the reason why
Just last Monday morning my Dony said goodbye

Oh, my love, oh, my love
Oh, my love, tell her to come back home

When we were married, bought her everything she'd need
Got so awful greedy, wanted everything she'd see

Oh, my love, oh, my love
Oh, my love, tell her to come back home

Coffee grows on white oak trees, the river flows with brandy
The hillside's lined with ginger cakes, my Dony's sweet as candy

Oh, my love, oh, my love
Oh, my love, tell her to come back home

I will ride the old grey horse, you may ride the roan
If you see my Dony, tell her I'm sitting at home

Oh, my love, oh, my love
Oh, my love, tell her to come back home

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Tell Me Baby Why You Been Gone So Long

Vs.1
Every time it rains, lord, I run to my window,
All I do is just wring my hands and moan,
And listen to that thunder, lord,
Can't you hear that lonesome wind moan,
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long.

Ch.
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long
you been gone so long now.
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long.
A wolf is scratchin' at my door lord lord,
Can't you hear that lonesome wind moan,
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long.

Vs.2
Somebody said they thought they saw you roarin' down in Reno,
With a big ol' man from San Antone,
The tell me I'm a fool to pine for you,
but what do they know
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long.

Ch.

Vs.3
Ain't nothin' I want to do, lord, so I guess I could get stoned,
And let the paths paint pictures in my head,
And kill a fifth of thunderbird
And try to write a sad sad song,
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long.

Ch.


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Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier and Sanger Shafer

G                       C                      G
The night shift got off early because of major repairs
                                        D7   A7  D7
And I stopped off for a drink on my way home
         G                    C
I didn't know that you loaned out the dress 
                         G
That I bought for you to wear
                      D7             G
Sweetheart tell me my lying eyes are wrong
                    C                                    G
I thought I saw him kissing you as you danced across the floor
                                          D7   A7  D7
But I knew that you were with the kids at home
  G               C                          G
I thought I saw a baby sitter meet me at the door
                      D7             G
Sweetheart tell me my lying eyes are wrong
                                  C            G
Tell me that there's another girl identical to you
                                             D7   A7  D7
And that she's the one who rambles all night long
     G                                  C                 G
Tell me that your old used to be didn't bring you home at dawn
                      D7             G
Sweetheart tell me my lying eyes are wrong
                      D7             G
Sweetheart tell me my lying eyes are wrong

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Tell Me Now Or Tell Me Never

I'm alone tonight my darling
With another you have gone
Yet you tell me that you love me
That you'll always be my own

Yet no promise do you give me
When I beg you to be true
You just leave me sadly weepin'
Broken hearted over you

Tell me now or tell me never
You must answer me somehow
For I've grown so tired of waiting
Waiting for your solemn vow

I have always loved you darling
And I tried to make you care
But you've run around with others
Leaving my life cold and bare

With no promise for the future
You have left me here to cry
You must tell me little darling
Let your conscience be your guide

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Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jimmy Peppers
 
G7                        C
Tell me something I don't know
 
                                     G7
Don't tell me the one I love's gonna leave me 
                               C
That her love for me was dying slow 
                                    G7
Don't tell me she's looking for someone new 
                          C
Tell me something I don't know 
F                   C
I've been preparing myself for this day 
F                    C      D7          G7
Cause I knew she was making plans to go away 
C                                   G7
Don't tell me that my teardrops are showing 
                          C
Tell me something I don't know 
repeat #2
G7                        C
Tell me something I don't know

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Tell Me That You Love Me

We parted by the riverside
The moon looked down on you and me
The stars put on a look of pride
The river murmured to the sea

The dew drop kissed a blushing rose
The mournful wind did sigh
One word broke nature's sweet repose
That sad word was goodbye
   
   Oh tell me that you love me yet
   For oh this parting gives me pain
   Please tell me that you'll not forget
   For we may never meet again

We parted by the riverside
Though I have roamed in distant climes
My heart has not forgot it's pride
For I have loved you all the time

And I am faithful to you still
As long as you are true
Let day each bring to me what it will
For I love you only you

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Tell Me Why
Neil Young

C D
Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors
Am7 G
Out on the waves in the night
C D
Still the searcher must ride the dark horse
Am7 G
Racing alone in his fright

D Am7, C, G, C, G, D Am7, C, G
Tell me why. Tell me why.
Bm7 C
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
D C
When you're old enough to repay
Bm Em Em, C, D, A, C/D, G
But young enough to sell?

C C
Tell me lies later. Come and see me
Am7 G
I'll be around for awhile.
C D
I am lonely but you can free me
Am7 G
All in the way that you smile.

D Am7, C, G, C, G, D Am7, C, G
Tell me why. Tell me why.
Bm7 C
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
D C
When you're old enough to repay
Bm Em Em, C, D, A, C/D, G
But young enough to sell?


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Tell Me Why My Daddy Don't Come Home

A little tot was playing one night upon the floor
Her mother sat and id'ly watched the little girl of four
All at once she dropped her toys and tears beging to shed
She climbed upon her mother's knee and this is what she said

Tell my why my daddy don't come home
I know that I am much to big to cry
Why don't he come and play with me again
Mommy why did daddy say goodbye

That night she wrote a letter to one whose name she bore
She asked him to forget the past and come back once more
You little girl is pleading and calling Daddy's name
Oh, Won't you please come back again so she won't have to say

* Refrain


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Tell Old Bill
Traditional

I tell old Bill when he gets home this morning,
I tell old Bill when he gets home this evening,
I tell old Bill when he gets home,
To leave them downtown women alone
This morning, this evening, so soon.

Now old Bill's wife she was baking bread this morning,
Now old Bill's wife she was baking bread this evening,
Now old Bill's wife she was baking bread
They came and told her Bill was dead
This morning, this evening, so soon.

Oh no, that can't be so, this morning,
Oh no, that can't be so, this evening,
Oh no, that can't be so
Bill only left for town half an hour ago
This morning, this evening, so soon.

They brought Bill home on a hurry-up wagon this morning,
They brought Bill home on a hurry-up wagon this evening,
They brought Bill home on a hurry-up wagon
His head was down and his feet were dragging
This morning, this evening, so soon.


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Tell the Truth
The Avett Brothers

Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place

I lied to the doctor
I lied to my lover

I wanna make amends, but where do I start

Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place

Tell the truth to yourself
Tell the truth

(I can make my mother, my father, my sister, my brother, my lover, my neighbor, my friends all happy
Give of myself whatever they ask
But without this single truth it is only emptiness that I cast
A happiness that will not last
But I'm not here for that for what does happiness help without this single truth given to thyself)

I was the coward
I strangled your heart

I wanna make amends, but where do I start?

Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place

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Dolly Parton - Telling Me Lies lyrics

They say a woman's a fool for weeping
A fool to break her own heart
But I can't hold the secret I'm keeping
I'm breaking apart
Can't seem to mind my own business
Whatever I try turns out wrong
I seem like my own false witness
And I can't go on
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies
Telling me lies
You told me you needed my company
And I believed in your flattering ways
You told me you needed me forever
Nearly gave you the rest of my days
Should've seen you for what you are
Should never have come back for more
Should've locked up all my silver
Brought the key right to your door
Repeat Chorus
You don't know what a chance is
Until you have to seize one
You don't know what a man is
Until you have to please one
Don't put your life in the hands of a man
With a face for every season
Don't waste your time in the arms of a man
Who's no stranger to treason
Repeat Chorus


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Lonesome River Band - Telling Me You Love Me Again

Somewhere over every rainbow
Just around every bend
You're standing there with open arms
Telling me you love me again

I took it awful hard the day you left me
And for awhile I guess I lost my way
But I've found a way to make in this world that I've devised
Hoping you'll come back to me someday

I live here in this world of self deception
And hide from all the heartache and the pain
So I don't have to face the cold hard fact of the matter
I'm living in a dream called yesterday

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Temple Of The Sun
Mike Murphy / Joe Murphy

Wise men talked about it so they say
A feathered serpent god will return some day
And restore peace throughout the land
And they said the time must be at hand
When he will come to save us
Come to bless us every one
In the Temple of the Sun

Montezuma stood in the village square
He was talking to a runner there
Who had just returned from the coast
And he spoke of an invading host
And has he come to save us?
Come to bless us every one
In his Temple of the Sun?

So the gates of the city were open wide
When the Spanish army marched inside
And as they bowed to their returning lords
A priest kneeled down, and a soldier drew his sword.
"We did not come to save you.
We come to destroy you, everyone
In your Temple of the Sun."


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Richard Thompson - Tempted Lyrics
(Glenn Tilbrook-Chris Difford)

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face
Pyjamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case
I said to my reflection
Let's get out of this place
Past the church and the steeple
The laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still
Keep calling and calling
But forget it all
I know i will

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone
There's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I'm at the car park, the airport
The baggage carousel
The people keep on crowding
I'm wishing i was well
I said it's no occasion
It's no story i could tell

At my bedside empty pocket
A foot without a sock
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock
Alarmed by the seduction
I wish that it would stop

I bought a novel, some perfume
A fortune all for you
But it's not my conscience
That hates to be untrue
I asked of my reflection
Tell me what is there to do

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Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
Gordon Lightfoot

He was standing by the highway, with a sign that just said "Mother"
When he heard a driver coming, about a half a mile away
Then he held the sign up higher so no decent soul could miss it
It was ten degrees or colder down by Boulder Dam that day

He was raised up in Milwaukee, though he never was that famous
He was just a road musician to the taverns he would go
Singing songs about the rambling, the loving girls and gambling
How the world fell on his shoulders back in Boulder I don't know

It was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listening
To each word that he was saying, to each line that he would write
So he sat down by her table and they talked about the weather
Ninety-eight point six and rising down by Boulder Dam that night

And she told him she would take him
For a ride in the morning sun
Back in Boulder he had told her
I don't know when I had a better friend

Now he's traded off his Martin but his troubles are not over
For his feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low
Won't you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother
Please pull off on the shoulder if you're going Milwaukee way
It's ten degrees and getting colder down by Boulder Dam today


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The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words 

Ten thousand words swarm around my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
I wrote or read them all when searchin' in the swarms
Still can't find out how to hold my hands

And I know you need me in the next room over
But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
For months I got myself in ruts
Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
And says I'm too caught up
They say young is good and old is fine
And truth is cool but all that matters
Is that you have your good times
But their good times come with prices
And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make
At anyone's expese except their own
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

And after we are through ten years
Of making it to be the most glorious of debuts
I'll come back home without my things
'Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you
And they'll be quick to point out our shortcommings
And how the experts all have had their doubts

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

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The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words - Live At PNC Arena, North Carolina/2015 

Ten thousand words swarm around my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
I wrote or read them all when searchin' in the swarms
Still can't find out how to hold my hands

And I know you need me in the next room over
But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
For months I got myself in ruts
Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
And says I'm too caught up
They say young is good and old is fine
And truth is cool but all that matters
Is that you have your good times
But their good times come with prices
And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make
At anyone's expense except their own
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

And after we are through ten years
of making it to be the most of glorious debuts
I'll come back home without my things
Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you
And they'll be quick to point out our shortcomings
And how the experts all have had their doubts

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

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Ten Years

Ten Years or more I've waited
For you to change your ways
But starting today it's all over
The price is more than I can pay

Ten Years seems like ten million
I've knelt at your command
But now it's too late things are different
The price is more than I can stand

Ten lonesome years filled with heart aches
For me is what you planned
But I've had enough so I'm leaving
The price is more than I can stand

The past will soon be forgotten
I'll find a new love so grand
Now it's too late it's all over
Ten Years is more than I can stand

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Tenbrooks And Molly

Run oh Molly run, run oh Molly run
Tenbrooks gonna beat you to the bright and shining sun
Bright and shining sun, oh Lordy, bright and shining sun
Tebrooks was a big bay horse, rode that shaggy mane
Run all around Memphis, and he beat the Memphis train
Beat the Memphis train, oh lordy, beat the Memphis train
Tenbrooks said to Molly, what makes your head so red
Running in the hot sun with fever in your head
Fever in your head, oh lordy, fever in your head
Molly said to Tenbrooks, you're looking mighty squirrel
Tenbrooks said to Molly, I'm leaving this old world
Leaving this old world, oh lordy, leaving this old world
Women's all a-laughing, children all a-crying
Men all a-hollering, old Tenbrooks is flying
Old Tenbrooks is flying, oh lordy, old Tenbrooks is flying
Out in California, where Molly done as she pleased
Came back to old Kentucky, got beat with all ease
Got beat with all ease, oh lordy, got beat with all ease
Kiper, Kiper, you're not riding right
Molly's beating old Tenbrooks clear out of sight
Clear out of sight, oh lordy, clear out of sight
Kiper, Kiper, Kiper, my son
Give old Tenbrooks the bridle and let old Tenbrooks run
Let old Tenbrooks run, oh lordy, let old Tenbrooks run
Go and catch old Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade
We're gonna bury old Molly on a coffin ready made
In a coffin ready made, oh lordy, in a coffin ready made


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Dolly Parton - Tender Lie lyrics
(Randy Sharp)

As you walk away
As we say good-bye
What I wouldn't give
For a tender lie
Say you'll never stop loving me
Just as if it were true
How much more damage now honestly
Could one tender lie do?
When we fall so far
Are we wrong to try?
To keep out the truth
With a tender lie
Say you're gonna come back to me
And I'll believe that it's true
How much more damage now honestly
Could one tender lie do?
Say you're gonna come back to me
And I'll believe that it's true
How much more damage now honestly
Could one tender lie do?
How much more damage now honestly
Could one tender lie do?


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Tenderly Calling

Sometimes when I'm feeling lonesome and none on earth seems to care
I'm all by myself in the darkness with no one and nothing to share
Just when it feels like it's over and I'll never make it alone
I hear the voices of angels tenderly calling me home

   Home come on home
   Ye who are weary come home
   Softly and tender they call me
   Home come on home

I try to keep it together and I never let on that I'm scared
till sometimes I fall to pieces scattered and lost everywhere
and just when it feels like it's hopeless and I'll never make it alone
I hear the voice deep inside me it's tenderly calling me home

Don't be afraid of the darkness don't run away from the storm
stand up and face your reflection and feeling's you try to ignore
cause after the tempest is over and you let yourself go on thru
you'll hear a voice in the silence it's tenderly calling to you

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Tennessee

You have heard and read about the state of Tennessee
Down in the southern states is where I want to be
Where the valleys are so green and the mountains are so tall
You will know just what I mean when you hear them say "Y'all"

   Tennessee (Tennessee)
   I hear you calling me (I hear you calling me)
   The home of Davey Crockett in the hills of Tennessee.

When I was a little boy around the folks back home
My mother always said to me Jimmy, please don't roam
Now that I have gone away my heart is full of woe
When I think of Mom and Dad that's where I want to go

If ever I get back to that state of Tennessee
I tell you there'll be no more roaming for me
There lives a sweetheart who said she'd marry me
As soon as I get back to that state of Tennessee

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Tennessee 1949 - Larry Sparks

I wonder if It's rainin' in the mountains
I wonder how the old town looks today
And if the church is there beside the river
Could I go back and find where mama lay

Does life still go to sleep just after sunset
Are the berries still as big on the vine
Do old men sit and talk about the old days
The way they did in 1949

   Oh Oh Oh how I'd like to be
   Back in the hills of Tennessee
   Oh Oh Oh it would be so fine
   If I could just go back to 1949

I wonder if by chance they might remember
A teenage boy so wild and fancy free
Who always loved guitars and country music
If I went back would they remember me

I wonder what became of Kathern Ackers
The girl who broke my heart at seventeen
I barely can remember what she looks like
Thirty years ago she was my dream

chorus

For many years I've searched the wide world over
For what
I don't recall and didn't find
And now I'm searching pictures in my memory
For Tennessee 1949

chorus

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Tennessee Blues

If I had my way I'd leave here today
I'd leave in a hurry
I'd find me a place where I could stay
And not have to worry 

   A place I could use
   A place I could lose the Tennessee Blues 

 I'd find me a spot on some mountain top
With no one around me
Valleys and streams, birds in the trees
And hills that surround me. 

 I'd try to forget all my regrets
I'd keep just the good times
I'd wake and I'd sleep, nothing but peace
Feel free all the time.

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Dolly Parton - Tennessee Homesick Blues lyrics

New york city ain't no kind of place
For a country girl with a friendly face
If you smile people look at you funny
They take it wrong
The greenest state in the land of the free
And the home of the grand ole opry
Is calling me back to my smoky mountain home
I wish I had my old fishin? pole
And was sitting on the banks of the fishing hole
Eating green apples and waiting for the fish to bite
Life ain't as simple as it used to be
Since the big apple took a bite out of me
And lord, I'm so tennessee homesick that I could die
Chorus:
But I ain't been home in I don't know when
If I had it all to do over again
Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed
What I wouldn't give for a little bitty taste
Of mama's homemade chocolate cake
Tennessee homesick blues running through my head
Mama you can fluff my feather bed
Just as soon as I can I'm gonna head
Back to the tennessee hills and it better be soon
Daddy you can load the rifles up
We're gonna load them dogs on the pickup truck
And take off to calhoun country and catch us a coon
Repeat chorus
Eatin? grits and gravy and country ham
Go to church on sunday with dinner on the grounds
Tennessee homesick blues are runnin? through my head
Repeat chorus
Good lord have mercy on a country girl
Tryin? to make a living in a rhinestone world
It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world
With tennessee homesick blues runnin? through my head
I've got those tennessee homesick blues runnin? through my head
Tennessee homesick blues


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Tennessee Hound Dog

He looks like skin on a bone pile
A cat wouldn't give him a chance
But When he stretches his long legs out
A fox ain't got a cahnce
Tennessee hound dog Tennessee hound dog

Sad faced mooneyed creature
His ears hang down to his knees
The she hounds call him a has been
An old aged home for fleas
Tennessee hound dog Tennessee hound dog

But when he gets a certain kind of look on his face
The she hounds run for a hiding place
Cuz when he takes a notion all the girl dogs know
He's a dynamite up tite outa sight backyard romeo

He looks like ugly warmed over
Some dog lovers have said that
But he's got more sense in the end of his nose
That they've got in their head
Tennessee hound dog Tennessee hound dog

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Tennessee Mountain Home

Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straight-back chair on two legs leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a-playin' with June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin' fireflies when evening shadows fall

   In my Tennessee mountain home
   Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
   In my Tennessee mountain home
   Crickets singing in the fields near by

Honeysuckle vines cling to the fences along the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fence post sings a melody

Drivin' home from charch on Sunday with the one you love
Just laughin 'talkin' makin' future plans
And when the folks ain't lookin' you might steal a kiss or two
Just sittin' in the porch swing holdin' hands

Pinacle Mountain Boys; The Pinacle Mountain Boys

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Tennessee River
BMI Work #: 8426058
Tennessee River (Larry W. Jones 10/04/2006) (song#4030)

My heart is filled with sadness
Ever since she went away to hide
And my dreams are only madness
It seems 'cause she's not by my side
Tennessee River, flowing free
Take me back to a sunny day
Find a way that she will see
Tennessee River, what her love means to me
My heart is filled with sadness
Ever since she went away to hide
And my dreams are only madness
It seems 'cause she's not by my side
A man can spend his lifetime tryin'
To get a little love and sympathy
I know there ain't no use in cryin'
But I know I need her home with me
Tennessee River, flowing free
Take me back to a sunny day
Find a way that she will see
Tennessee River, what her love means to me
Tennessee River, flowing free
Take me back to a sunny day
Find a way that she will see
Tennessee River, what her love means to me


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Tennessee Stud

Along about eighteen twenty five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have forded the Arkansas flood
If I hadn't been a-rideng on the Tennessee stud

The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a house like the Tennessee stud

I had a little trouble withe my sweetheart's pa
And one of her brohters was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the Tennessee stud

* Refrain

We drifted on down into no man's land
We crossed that river called the Rio Grand
I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal
Till I got away on the Tennessee stud

* Refrain

Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
And I got way on the Tennessee stud

* Refrain

I got just as lonesome as a man could be
Dreaming of my girl in Tennessee
The Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was a-dreaming of his sweetheart too

* Refrain

We loped right back across Arkansas
I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was a-riding on the Tennessee mare

* Refrain

Stirrup to stirrup and side byu side
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide
We come to Big Muddy and we forded the flood
On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee stud

* Refrain

A pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse colt playing round the door
I love that girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare

* Refrain


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Tennessee Truck Driving Man

I'm a Tennessee truck driving man
Tennessee truck driving man
I packed the load and I know the road
I'm a Tennessee truck driving man

I leave the terminal loaded
Heading for the eastern seaboard
There ain't a thing between me and the end of the run
But this highway this truck and my load

I keep the long haul steady
Making my stops on the run
Then I'll break her down turn her around
To get back to my home base on time

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Tequila Sunrise
The Eagles

G D Am D
It's another tequila sunrise, stirring slowly 'cross the sky
G
Said good bye
G D Am D
He was just a hired hand, working on the dreams he planned to try
G Em
The days go by

C Em
Every night when the sun goes down
C Em
Just another lonely boy in town
C D
And she's out running round

She wasn't just another woman, and I couldn't keep from coming on.
It'd been too long.
Oh and it's a hollow feeling, when it comes down to dealing friends.
It never ends.

Break

Bridge:
Am D Bm Em Am B7
Take another shot of courage. Wonder why the right words never come
Em A
You just get numb

G D Am D
Its another tequila sunrise, this old world still looks the same
G
Another frame


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Texas Bluebonnets

   Those Texas bluebonnets how sweetly they grow
   For all the wide prairies they're scattered like snow
   They make all the meadows as blue as the skies
   Reminding me of my little darlings blue eyes

Well I wanted to ramble so I started to roam
And I didn't think twice about leaving my home
But when I got to Texas not far from Burnet
Those Texas bluebonnets wouldn't let me forget

I ran out of money went to work on a farm
Picking their melons and hoeing their corn
And all winter long Lord I herded their cows
And I tried to forget my little darling somehow

But then springtime had blossomed
And it just made my head feel bluer than blue
Those Texas bluebonnets they smiled in the sun
But they just made me think of my only one

I'm leaving the southland I'm leaving today
I don't know where I'm going but I know that I can't stay
I guess I'll go north to the ice and the snow
Where those Texas bluebonnets never will grow

In the cold frozen Iceland I'll live 'til I die
Where I'll finally forget my little darlings blue eyes

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Texas Cannonball
BMI Work #: 9206822
Texas Cannonball (Larry W. Jones 10/24/2007) (song#5107)

I'm a-rollin' back to Texas
It's the big Lone Star State for me
Where pecan trees grow and the oil wells flow
Texas is home sweet home to me
Good folks there will meet you and then greet you
With a great big loud Howdy Y'all
I say I'm blessed cause I'm a-rollin' west
On the fast Texas Cannonball
On the Texas Cannonball, Texas Cannonball
Just listen as the whistle calls out Howdy Y'all
I know there's a cowgirl waitin'
And she's the fairest of them all
I say I'm blessed cause I'm a-rollin' west
On the fast Texas Cannonball
- instrumental -
Now, when I cross that old Sabine
I'll see miles and miles of Texas
It's the best state I've ever seen
Just put my name where the X is
On the Texas Cannonball, Texas Cannonball
Just listen as the whistle calls out Howdy Y'all
I know there's a cowgirl waitin'
And she's the fairest of them all
I say I'm blessed cause I'm a-rollin' west
On the fast Texas Cannonball


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Texas Eagle
Steve Earle

My Grandaddy was a railroad man.
When I was young he took me by the hand.
Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn.
Said, "Boy, I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone."
She was blue and silver - she was right on time.
We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line.

We had some sandwiches that Granma packed.
We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back,
Home in time for supper with a tale to tell.
That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome whistle wail.
When I got old enough to take the train alone,
I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone.

Nowadays they don't make no trains,
Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things.
They shut the Eagle down awhile ago.
Sold it to the railroad down in Mexico.
But every now and then that whistle's on my mind.
I ride that Texas Eagle 'cross the borderline.


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Texas Girl

All my life I've wondered if what I've done was wrong
All I ever cared to do is ride my pony on
I never had no heartaches, was always happy and gay
Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away. 

   Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea
   It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity
   But the angels they grew jelous of her beauty and her smile
   And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride
   The birds have hushed their singing, sadness is over the land
   Little birds miss my darlin' by the sleepy Rio Grande. 

Her lips were like the russian wine, her hair it hung in curls
Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world
She's gone and left me lonely, I miss the touch of her hand
Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande.

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Texas Ruby
BMI Work #: 9156162
Texas Ruby (Larry W. Jones 10/02/2007) (song#5031)

There's a lady singing country songs
In all the bars around San Antone
She's been singing her songs there so long
That the bars are Texas Ruby's home
Texas Ruby sings the saddest songs
That all the sad cowboys want to hear
Texas Ruby sings the saddest songs
While cowboys are crying in their beer
Texas Ruby, won't you sing for me
All your saddest country melodies
Texas Ruby, lady can't you see
She's left and long gone away from me
- instrumental -
Ruby, you've been singing for so long
I've heard you sometimes until the dawn
Texas Ruby, I am just like you
Now these bars are this sad cowboy's home
Texas Ruby sings the saddest songs
That all the sad cowboys want to hear
Texas Ruby sings the saddest songs
While cowboys are crying in their beer
Texas Ruby, won't you sing for me
All your saddest country melodies
Texas Ruby, lady can't you see
She's left and long gone away from me
Texas Ruby sings the saddest songs


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Alan Jackson - Thank God For The Radio lyrics

(Max D. Barnes/Robert John Jones)
On the wrong end of the highway
When the long night has no end
When there's no one there beside me
'Til I hold you once again
Thank God for the radio
When I'm on the road
When I'm far from home
And feelin' blue
Thank God for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs
That mean so much to me and you
There's a song that we first danced to
And there's a song they played the night we met
And there's a song we first made love to
That's a song I'll never forget
Thank God for the radio
When I'm on the road
When I'm far from home
And feelin' blue
Thank God for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs
That mean so much to me and you
Playin' all the songs
That mean so much to me and you
Thank God for the radio


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Thank You For Keeping My House
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Debbie Parret

G             C          G
Thank you for keeping my house
                  C        G
And thank you for loving a louse
                  B7        C                 Cm
And thank you for giving me someplace to come to
     G           B7           C
When I'm finally all down and out
           G             D7         G
And let me thank you for keeping my house
              C        G
Thank you for being my friend
                 C         G
Let me thank you again and again
                  B7        C               Cm
And thank you for giving me someone to talk to
G                B7           C
When I'm finally all down and out
           G             D7         G
And let me thank you for keeping my house
              C          G
Thank you for keeping my house
                  C        G
And thank you for loving a louse
                  B7        C                 Cm
And thank you for giving me someplace to come to
     G           B7           C
When I'm finally all down and out
           G             D7         G
And let me thank you for keeping my house

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Chris Thile - Thank You, New York

I'm getting from here to sleep
On the wings of 134 eldridge street
Where I used to dream
Wide awake and good company
Reaching up for stars that I couldn't see
Through the lights of the city

But neither snow nor sleet nor rain
Ever kept me from the apple of my eye of the hurricane
Singing thank you New York may I have another
The more you dizzied up our weather vane
The more honey on the apple of my eye of the hurricane
Singing thank you New York may I have another
May I have another if I come back
New York may I have another
May I have another New York

Eight of strong, make you four of sweet
One of bitter served up that's what it's gonna be
For my baby and me
We're moving back to the city

Neither hate nor fear nor pain
Are gonna keep us from the apple of our eye of the hurricane, singing
Farewell '16 sweet as sugar's bitter
Half of you and ten of this champaign
This city is the apple of my eye of the hurricane, singing
Farewell '16 sweet as sugar's bitter
May I have another
Is that all you've got?
Oh man, '16 did you think eleven rounds would be enough to knock us down
Thank you New York, may I have another?
May I have another?
I'm coming back to you
New York 'cause I need another
'Cause there ain't no other New York

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Thankful For Each Day

[Verse 1]
Oh, I'm thankful for each day
Until I am called away
Up there to my eternal home
Where no sorrows and no fears
No more heartaches and no tears
I'll be at peace with my Savior up there

[Verse 2]
Yes, this Earth's a passing thing
All the heartaches it could bring
I have no peace on this land here below
I just live from day to day
Until I am called away
To a land where no sorrows enter in

[Verse 3]
I will walk in His light
Every day and every night
Through the valleys He watches ov?r me
Though the path be long and wid?
I have Jesus by my side
And I know he will take me safely through

[Verse 4]
All the love that He shared
He's the only one who cares
He will take you in His heart every day
If you only ask and serve
He will hear your every word
Jesus walks by your side every day

[Outro]
Yes, Jesus walks by your side every day

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Thanks A Lot

Thanks, thanks a lot, I've got a broken heart, that's all I got.
You made me cry, and I cried a lot.
I just wanted your love, baby thanks a lot.
You told my friends as I was passin' by,
That you're not sorry that you made me cry.
You said I deserved everything that I got,
Well if that's how you feel, honey thanks a lot.
Yeah thanks, thanks a lot,

I've got a broken heart, that's all I got.
You made me cry, and I cried a lot.
I just wanted your love, so baby thanks a lot.
You ordered a fool, and I played the part,
Now all I've got is a broken heart.
We loved a little and you laughed a lot,
And then you were gone. honey thanks a lot.
Thanks, thanks a lot, I've got a broken heart, that's all I got.
You made me cry, and I cried a lot.
I just wanted your love, honey thanks a lot.
I just wanted your love, baby thanks a lot.
Oh thanks loads honey.


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Thanks Again
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Jim Rushing

D7        G            D7
I've sent bouquets for Mother's Day
    G        C                 G
For Father's Day a shirt and a card
                Bm             Em            C
While they came from the heart they all fell short
Am                        D7
Of saying how special you both are
   G             D7
It wasn't till I was up and gone
C                        G
Married with a couple of kids of my own
Bm                    Em      G
Doing what mommas and daddies do
       A7                                D7
That I realized what I must have put you through
   G                    D7          G
So thanks again for the love in the cradle
               Bm           C
And all of the changes that kept me dry
    G                    Bm
And thanks again for the love at our table
            Em        D7     C
And tanning my bottom when I told you a lie
    G                     D7
For taking me fishin' and flying my kites
    G                 C           G    C
And tucking me in yes night after night
      G         D7       Em      C
To my beautiful lifelong friends
    G             D7     G
Hey mom and daddy thanks again
D7          G         D7
I'm still a young man least I think I am
    G            C           G
But I'm watching my own hair turning gray
         Bm               Em         C
And your call last Sunday brought to mind
       A7                   D7
That I owe you a debt I can never repay
   G                D7           G
So thanks again for worryin' and waitin'
               Bm        C
When I started datin' on weekend nights
    G                    Bm
And thanks again for the help with my homework
    Em                 D7            C
And sittin' up with me till I got it right
     G                     D7
Your car for the prom your letters in 'Nam
    G           D7        C
But most of all daddy for marryin' mom
G                   D7   Em      C
To my beautiful lifelong friends
    D7            Am     G    D7
Hey mom and daddy thanks again
      G             D7   Em     C
To my beautiful lifelong friends
    D7            Am      G
Hey mom and daddy thanks again

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Thanks For All The Yesterday

Thanks of all the yesterday
Memories are all I need any way
They'll guide me whn I'm lonely every step of the way
Thanks for all the yesterday

The first time I met you, oh what a surprise
To feel love and to see love reflected in your eyes
But time and not love has played the biggest part
For us there's no tommorrow just a pair fo broken heart

* Refrain

Thanks for all the yesterday


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Chris Thile - Thanks for Listening

It's four in the morning
And you care for not to wake your family up
Sounds like the driver is early
And you try and pay attention when he talks
That's his daughter on the dash board
And you hope he's this proud of her
If she ends up just like him
Because he seems like a better fellow than
He thinks he is
It was crazy at the airport
And you'd rather read the news than try to talk
To the woman on your right who
Says you don't believe that do you
You ask why and bite your tongue
And pay attention until she's done

Telling you how the saint the travesty they say you live
Even if you don't believe that what she's telling you is true
Your still listening to her and him an me

Even now from the meria
Where you plugging in you laptop
And untangling your earbuds
Let us know when you can hear us
Cause my friendship kind of is

Make me feel like we're less divided than I feel we are
Even if you don't believe the hearts we're working with are true
Your still listening to her and him and me
When its yours you should be listening to you
And its me I should be listening to you

And if we travel together the only ever doubt
This one wasting
Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening

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That Fine April In The Spring
BMI Work #: 9166061
That Fine April In The Spring (Larry W. Jones 10/10/2007) (song#5058)

New leaves of green everywhere were seen
That fine April in the Spring
The setting sun was a golden scene
That fine April in the Spring
To every word of yours I would cling
I heard on the breeze the sweetest things
Cold Winter winds are now here
But to me the time is Spring
I wish it could last all year
That fine April in the Spring
- instrumental -
To every word of yours I would cling
I heard on the breeze the sweetest things
Cold Winter winds are now here
But to me the time is Spring
I wish it could last all year
That fine April in the Spring
That fine April in the Spring


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That Happy Night

Many years now have passed since I saw my darling last
But she waits alone there just for me
I'll be going back some day and I never more will stray
From that girl who stood by me

   I've about forgot the tune and the West Virginia moon
   But the North Carolina moon is just as bright
   I'll n'er forget the time you promised to be mine
   The moon was shining down that happy night

When I left her all alone in our little mountain home
I never thought of the day I'd return
Now I'm coming back to you love I know you've been true
What a price I've paid to live and learn

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That Home Above

Oh the home above (oh the home above) so far away (so far away)
That's where we pray (As ) we'll live someday (we'll )
In the home above (in ) beyond the starlight sky (beyond)
Where the soul of man (where) will never die (will)

   I'm ready to leave (I'm ) this world below (this )
   To the home above (to ) I'm ready to go (I'm)
   Then mother will say (then) welcome home our son (welcome)
   In a heavenly home (in ) our life has just begun (our)

Oh my mother and dad (oh) have gone on before (have)
They're waiting for me (they're) on the heavenly shore (on)
I long to see (I ) and shake their hand (and)
When I'm safe at home (when) as they had planned (as)

Oh the beautiful land (in ) where we'll never die (where)
That's where my soul (that's) shall rest on high (shall)
I'll sing and shout (I'll) for His face I'll see (for)
With God I'll rest (with) for eternity (for)

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That How I Can Count On You

Like April can count on the showers
The grass can count on the dew
And March can count on the wind wind windy days
That's how I can count on you

If the road looks long and endless
With nothing but heartbreak in view
I'll smile all the while for I'll ,I'll, I'll
Know that I can always count on you

If fame and fortune pass me by
Though a begger, I stand alone
For a king and his Kingdom could never find
A love as true as the love we've once known

Like a baby can count on his mother
At night when the day is all through
Lovers can count on the moon, moon, silvery moon
That's how I can count on you

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - That Kind of Love Lyrics

Who would sell their soul for love?
Or waste one tear on compromise
Should be easy enough
To know a heartache in disguise
But the heart rules the mind
And the going gets rough
Pride takes the fall
When you find that kind of love

I can't help feeling like a fool
Since I lost that place inside
Where my heart knew its way
And my soul was ever wise
Once innocence was lost
There was not faith enough
Still my heart held on
When it found that kind of love

Though beauty is rare enough
Still we trust
Somehow we'll find it there
With no guarantee
It seems to me
At least it should be fair

But if it's only tears and pain
Isn't it still worth the cost
Like some sweet saving grace
Or a river we must cross
If we don't understand
What this life is made of
We learn the truth
When we find that kind of love
Cause when innocence is lost
There is not faith enough
We learn the truth
When we find that kind of love

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That Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me

I'll never forget the day that I was born
It was on a cold and frosty winter morn
The doctor said I was a chubby chap
And when the nurse she took me on her lap

Oh she bathed me all over I remember
And after powder puffing me you see
She put me in a cradle near the window
In that little shirt my mother made for me

The first day I wore my knicker frocks
I felt so funny agter wearing frocks
I looked a little picture they did say
But when they left me out to run and play

Oh I didn't like the pants that I was wearing
So in the street I took them off you see
And I started walking home so brave and daring
In that little shirt my mother made for me

And then to school they said that I must go
I didn't like my teacher you must know
And when I played the truant quite so dear
The teacher said now boy you come here

With a big stick she beat around upon me
There's no mistake about my pedigree
I had the map of Scotland painted on me
Neath that little shirt my mother made for me


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Alison Krauss - That Makes One of Us Lyrics
(Rick Bowles - Barbara Wyrick)

You've made up your mind we don't want the same thing
And that we won't change things
Wishin' there were ways
And there's no use staying together
Nothing lasts forever that's what you say.

And that makes one of us not in love
And that makes one of us who can't give up
If you can walk away from the life we've made
Then that makes one of us.

I still believe we've got something worth saving
I keep hoping and praying for another chance
You've held my heart and your gonna break it
'Cause you wanna make it a part of your past.

That makes one of us not in love
And that makes one of us who can't give up
If you can walk away from the life we've made
Then that makes one of us.

Then that makes one of us...

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Alan Jackson - That September Day lyrics

Where were you when the world stopped turning
that September day,
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Or workin on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock
At the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger and fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones
Pray for the ones who dont know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride for the red white and blue
And the heros who died just doin what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters
*Chorus*
Im just a singer of simple songs
Im not a real political man
I watch CNN but im not sure i can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
I know Jesus and i talk to god
And i remember this from when i was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning
that  September day
Teachin' a class full of innocent children
Driving dow some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages
Speak to some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out an buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watchin'
And turn on 'I Love Lucy' re-runs
Did you go to church and hold hands with some stangers
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank god you had somebody to love
*Chorus*
*Chorus*
And the greatest is love
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stoped turning,
that September day


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That Star Belongs To Me

See that star up yonder mister
Shining down that the whole wide might see
That's my daddy there in heaven
And that star belongs to me

My daddy died over yonder in a land across the sea
And he left me and mommy alone and here are we
I promised to be a good girl, stay with mommy every day
But I get so lonesome for daddy that's why to you I say

* Refrain

I pray each night and morning for daddy and mammy and me
Some day we'll be together once again like we used to be
Some day I'll see my daddy and we'll walk the streets of gold
With mommy we'll be so happy once again to you I'll say

* Refrain


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Alan Jackson - That'd Be Alright lyrics

If money grew on hackberry trees
If time wasn't such a luxury
If love was lovesick over me
That'd be alright
If I could keep the wind in my sails
Keep a hold of the tiger by the tail
A half a ham sandwich in my lunch pail
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright
Go heavy on the good and light on the bad
A hair more happy and shade less sad
Turn all that negative down just a tad
That'd be alright
If my dear old dog never got old
If the family farm never got sold
Another bad joke never got told
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
Alright
That'd be alright
Alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright


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Alan Jackson - That's All I Need To Know lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride)
I had to look through our old pictures
To see the way we used to smile
Before we left love in the closet
Like it just went out of style
Can we pull out those old feelin's
Wipe the hurt away like dust
Make love shine the way it used to shine
Find the gold beneath the rust
That's all I need to know
Do you wanna stay together
Just say let's don't let go
And I'll keep holdin' on forever
Have the teardrops that you've cried
Drowned the fire in your eyes
Is there one flame beneath the smoke
Tell me is there any hope
That's all I need to know
Is it too late to recover
Those old smiles we used to wear
Can we save a love that once was strong
Before it breaks beyond repair
That's all I need to know
Do you wanna stay together
Just say let's don't let go
And I'll keep holdin' on forever
Have the teardrops that you've cried
Drowned the fire in your eyes
Is there one flame beneath the smoke
Tell me is there any hope
That's all I need to know
Is there one flame beneath the smoke
Tell me is there any hope
That's all I need to know


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That's All It Took
Recorded by Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons
Written by Darrell Edwards, Charlotte Grier, George Jones

D7            G                        C
That's all it took the mention of your name
           D7                      G     D7
And all my love for you burst into flame
           G                      C
I tried so hard to let you go but look
            D7                                 G
How I still tremble at your name that's all it took
 
D7                            C                 G
That's all it took to make me know that I still care
   D7                                    C                 G
It seems my heart just can't give up the dreams we used to share
                                     G7             C
I tell my friends I'm happy but they read me like a book
                 G                   D7                 G
And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took

D7                            C                G
That's all it took to make me yearn for your embrace
  D7                             C                 G
I guess I might as well admit no one can take your place
                          G7              C
I fell for you completely sinker line and hook
                 G                   D7                 G
And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took
    C            G                   D7                 C  G
And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took

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Richard Thompson - That's All, Amen, Close The Door Lyrics

That's all, that's all there was
Say amen, close the door
She gave as much as she had to give
Please don't ask for more
Please don't ask for more

That's all, the curtain's down
The lights are up, go home
Did I care? Was I in love?
In love enough to know
In love enough to know

There's precious few that line that road
She welled from deep and overflowed
And there's no cup to hold the past
Too rich to drink, too rich to last, that's all

Well, you wish but don't wish for me
As if a wish could cheat the fall
Oh, just believe and leave it be

There's beauty in what's brief
There's beauty in what's small
That's all

There's some who dare and some who shine
And some who only drag behind
And some who reap what others sow
When memories fail, well, who's to know

That's all, that's all there was
Say amen, close the door
She gave as much as she had to give
Oh, please don't ask for more
Please don't ask for more, that's all

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The Avett Brothers - That's How I Got to Memphis Lyrics

If you love somebody enough you'll follow wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis
If you love somebody enough you'll go where your heart wants to go
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis.

I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me 'cause you are my friend
I've got to find her and find out the trouble she's in
And if you tell me she' not here you can follow the trail of her tears
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis.

She'd get mad and she used to say that she'd come back to Memphis some day
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis
I haven't eaten a bite or slept for three days and nights
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis.

I've got to find her and tell her that I love her so
I'll never rest till I find out why she had to go
So thank you for your precious time, forgive me if I start to cryin'
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis...

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Brad Paisley - That's Love lyrics

There ain't a woman in the world that wants to hear the word yes
When she asks if you think that she looks chubby in that dress
And if she cooks all day you better eat it with a smile
It doesn't matter if it tastes just like bad gravy on a Goodyear tire
Yeah, yeah, yeah all right so you bend the truth
Yeah, yeah, yeah that's somethin' that you'll have to get use to
Chorus
'Cause that's love you'll see
We all commit a little bit of perjury
Ah but that's no crime if you ask me, that's love
You're starin' at a burnt steak
You bite the bullet and you clean your plate
And then you go on and on about how great it was
That's not a lie, that's love
Well it's the very same thing that she does for you
When she doesn't bring up the fifteen pounds you need to lose
And every time she runs her fingers through your hair
And she says she kinda likes the way there's not as much of it there
Yeah, yeah, yeah well all right so she bends the truth
Yeah, yeah, yeah that's somethin' that you have to get use to
Repeat chorus
Yeah, yeah, yeah well all right so you bend the truth
Yeah, yeah, yeah that's somethin' that you're both gonna do
'Cause that's love you'll see
We all commit a little bit of perjury
You say I like it when your momma comes to visit us
That's not a lie, that's not a lie, that's love


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That's Okay
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                C
That's okay it's alright 
          D7            G   D7   
No really everything is cool
        G              C
This is just the way I look 
         D7             G
When I'm feeling like a fool
C
Teardrops falling jealous 
G
Drowning in them is just as well as
D7                             G  G7
Drifting on this lonely sea of pain
C                       G
Could have used another night 
Or so to be recovered
A7
Believe the lies I told myself 
D7
Just as long as you know
       G         C
That's okay it's alright 
          D7            G   D7
No really everything is cool
        G              C
This is just the way I look 
         D7             G
When I'm feeling like a fool
C                              G
Voice about us softly mumbling words 
That trip my heart is stumbling
D7                                    G  G7 
To the ground and crawls there on its knees
C
I'll embrace small shards of silence 
G
To avoid a loss this violent
A7
And survive love's darkest fears 
D7
Just as long as you know
       G         C
That's okay it's alright 
          D7            G   D7   
No really everything is cool
        G              C
This is just the way I look 
         D7             G
When I'm feeling like a fool
C        D7             G
When I'm feeling like a fool

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That's The Bag I'm In
Fred Neil

I burned my fingers on the coffee pot
Toast was cold and the orange juice was hot.
I should start over but you know I'd rather not.
Same thing gonna happen again
Cause that's the bag I'm in.

Last night as I was walking down the street,
Whistling the blues to the tapping of my feet,
Some jive crank called the cops on the beat.
It'll happen every single time.

Every morning when I get up,
I miss my connection and I'm late for work again
You know they'll probably drop the atom bomb the day my ship comes in.
I dasn't bet a nickle cause I'd get paid off in yen.
Sometimes you just can't win cause that's the bag I'm in.

Jukebox playing the same old melody,
Keep on bringing back those blue memories.
This evil feeling's gonna be the death of me
I think I'm going out of my mind.

Every morning when I wake up,
I burn my fingers on the pot,
Toast is cold and the orange juice is hot,
I should start over but you know I'd rather not
Same thing gonna happen again,
Cause that's the bag I'm in.


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That's The Way I Feel
Recorded by George Jones
written by Roger Miller and George Jones

G
If you ever feel unwanted kicked around so much you're taunted
                                                 D7
Hearts cry out with so much pain well that's the way I feel

Love someone and love her dearly hope these words she didn't hear me
                                             G
Left me here heartsick and lonely that's the way I feel

            C
A cry would do no good
          G
I used to think it would
        A7
But the more I thought
                                D7
The more I believe is what I'll do

G
Let your feeling have it's day maybe it will go away
                                     D7
Maybe I will find another that's the way I feel

Can't let heartbreak over come me just because that's the way she done me
                                          G
I'll forget she ever loved her that's the way I feel

   
If you ever get the notion that you're drowning in an ocean
                                            D7
Of the tears that you are crying that's the way I feel

Crying just because your lonely crying cause your one and only
                                           G
Cause she loves somebody better that's the way I feel

Repeat #2 & 3

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That's The Way That The World Goes 'round
John Prine

I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.
He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.
Thinks he owns half of this town.

Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

Chorus:
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
You're up one day and the next you're down.
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
When the radiator broke, water all froze.
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
Naked as the eyes of a clown.

I was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,
When the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.
I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

Chorus


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That's What You Get For Loving Me
Gordon Lightfoot

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Well everything you had is gone, as you can see
That's what you get for loving me

I ain't the kind to hang around
With every new love that I've found
Moving is my stock in trade I'm moving on,
I won't think of you when I'm gone

So don't you shed a tear for me
I ain't the love you thought I'd be
I've had a hundred more like you, so don't be blue
I'll have a thousand 'fore I'm thru

Now, there you go, You're crying again
Now there you go, you're crying again
Well some day when your poor heart is on the mend
I just might pass this way again

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Well everything you had is gone, as you can see
That's what you get for loving me.


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Dolly Parton - That's When Love Will Mean The Most lyrics

When you feel the pain of loneliness inside you you feel the emptiness that lives within
When all the things around you had no meaning
And the lips you love can kiss you once and then
That's when love (love) will mean the most that's when love (love) will hold you close
To the lips you love to touch and the things that mean so much
That's when love (that's when love) will mean the most
When you see a gentle smile from one that loves you
I feel a softness in the touch of love's sweet hand
Or just reminiscing back through childhood mem'ries
Of days gone by that can't return again
That's when love...


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Crooked Still 
The Absentee

"Someone is absent," the shepherd said
As over my classbook he bent his head
"For several Sundays absent too
So tell me teacher what did you do?"
"I didn't call as perhaps I should
I sent some cards but they did no good
I never heard and she never came
So I decided to drop her name"
He answered gravely, "The fault was mine
Hundred, no, there were ninety nine
One was lost and dark and cold
I sought that sheep that had left the fold
The path was stony and edged with thorns
My feet were wounded bruised and torn
I kept on searching not counting the cost
And overjoyed when I found the lost"
Thus spoke the shepherd in tender tones
"I looked and lo, I was all alone
But God, a vision, had sent to me
To show his will towards the absentee"

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The Incredible String Band - The Actor 

The actor leaves the stage with a rose in his hand
He settles in the back seat his thoughts are like fine sand
Driven through the rain swept streets casting a melancholy stare
Upon two enraptured loves kissing without a care

The dreams of an actor spill slowly by
Like the thoughts of a dreamer or the casting of a die
Talking to gay fellows of the follies on which they perch
He saw a lovely lady beneath the arches of a church

Cigarettes in the airless twenties
An estate well filled with dust
In the evening reading Swinburne
Eating mightily with some false lust
But a kiss was what we found
On damp but friendly ground

The lady wore no makeup but she stood like a swan
Thin body of a dancer her dress was quietly torn
Her eyes searched his distant heart that lingered in the ram
But his friends caught his iron gaze and carried it away again

Broken hearted in the loveless twenties
Where a wink was like an embrace
Making love on blue Fridays
From across some foggy space
But a kiss was what we found
On damp but friendly ground

Tea was like a mirror a reflection never there
His thoughts upon that ring of love that burned upon her stare
Her eyes her lips her chin her grace the rain upon her hair
Thus it gripped his white gloved heart can anyone be so fair

Untied in the breezy twenties
With a hand held in my arms
Bearing my heart to the hallowed spires
Of this quiet and ancient land
For a kiss was what we found
On damp but friendly ground

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The American Dream

Let freedom ring throughout this country
Let freedom ring throughout the land.
She was born in a time of trouble
Folks seeking peace and a place to pray
Oh! How they fought and how they struggled
To keep her free for another day.
These folks came to a land of plenty
With but a dream inside their hearts
Brought their hopes and their aspirations
And each one longed for a brand new start.
Let freedom ring throughout this country
Let freedom ring throughout the land.
We'll live or die to defend our freedom
With the help of God, we'll take a stand.
If famine strikes our neighbor's shore
We'll offer prayers and a helpin' hand.
Should evil call or your wells run dry
We'll come to you man helpin' man.
Our front doors are always open
A true sign this land is free.
If pushed to far we'll stand together 
Just to protect the American Dream.
Let freedom ring throughout this country
Let freedom ring throughout the land.
We'll live or die to defend our freedom
With the help of God, we'll take a stand.
Let freedom ring throughout this country
Let freedom ring throughout the land.
We'll live or die to defend our freedom
With the help of God, we'll take a stand.
With the help of God, we'll take a stand. 
© 2006 Jerry D. Jackson


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The Angels Are Singing

Sweetheart I recall the day I first met you
I wonder if you remember the same
We talked of the love we shared for each other
And longed for the day we'd change your sweet name

   I can still hear your voice in the evening
   I see your sweet face your blue eyes so bright
   God took you away and left me so lonely
   The angels are singing in heaven tonight

As the years passed away we cherished each other
No worries or cares to darken our day
From our little home up in the Clinch Mountains
The saviour came down and called you one day

I'll always be true and love you my darling
But I know you are happy and healthy up there
When God calls me home I'll meet you in heaven
Please wait for me darling I'll meet you up there

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Alison Krauss - The Angels Cried 

They came from near, they came from far
Following a distance star to where He lay
Not being sure of what it meant
But knowing it was heaven sent
They made their way

And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried

The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent His son from up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see
And knowing of His destiny
Came tears of love

And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried

I've often thought about that night
And wondered if they realized
That star so bright
Was sent to tell all the land
The Son of God would soon become
The Son of man

And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried

And the angel cried
And the angel cried
And the angel cried

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Alan Jackson - The Angels Cried (Alan Jackson With Alison Krauss) lyrics

They came from near,they came from far
Following a distance star to where He lay
Not being sure of what it mean,but
Knowing it was their way
And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent His son
From up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see and
Knowing of His destiny
Came tears of love
I've often thought about that night
And wondered if they realized
That star so bright
Was sent to tell all the land
The Son of God would soon become
The Son of Man
And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
And the Angel Cried
And the Angel Cried


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The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Ira Louvin
 
G
A house not a home was a picture satan painted
    C                       G
For sweet little sister and me
 
Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
                               D7           G
His heart was so hardened that he would not believe

              G7        C              G
In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud
                                             D7
His Sundays were spent out with the gamblin' crowd
     G                   C                 G
I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God
                                 D7             G
For Satin held his hand down the path of sin he trod


Not long ago our circle was broken
     C                        G
When God called on mother one night

In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
                    D7                 G
Asking our daddy to raise her children right

           G7          C           G
The angels rejoiced in heaven last night
                                          D7
I heard my daddy praying dear God make it right
   G                            C            G
He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes
                               D7          G
While mother with the angels rejoiced last night
                               D7     C      G
While mother with the angels rejoiced last night

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Richard Thompson - The Angels Took My Racehorse Away 

Well, the angels came to see me today
Said, "We've taken your racehorse away"
And I believe it was that bookmaker from Crail
I believe that he put one in her pail

All the finest in the field
Only measured to her shoulders, they only ever see her heels
And I believe every sporting man will cry
I believe to see his income pass him by

She won the Lanark Silver Bell
And she stole every heart away
She stood her stand at sixteen hands and I'd ride her easy
But they've taken, they've taken my racehorse away

There's a racecourse in the sky
And that's where all the racing horses must go by and by
And I believe every steward, lord and groom
I believe that they're calling her home

She would look at me in the eyes
And that was all she had to say
She stood her stand at sixteen hands and I'd ride her easy
But they've taken, they've taken my racehorse away

They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away

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Richard Thompson - The Angels Took My Racehorse Away (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) 

Well, the angels came to see me today
Said "We've taken your racehorse away"
And I believe it was that bookmaker from . . .
I believe that he put one in a pail
Oh, the finest in the field only measure to our shoulders
They only ever see our heels
And I believe every sporting man will cry
I believe they'll see everything come passing by
She won the Lanark Silver Bell
And she stole every heart away
She stood her stand at sixteen hands
And I'll ride her easy
But they've taken, taken my racehorse away
There's a racecourse in the sky
And that's where all the racing horses must go by and by
And I believe every steward, lord and groom
I believe that they're calling her home
She would look me in the eye
And that was all she had to say
She stood her stand at sixteen hands
And I'll ride her easy
But they've taken, taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
They've taken my racehorse away
Taken my racehorse away

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Alan Jackson - The Angles Cried With Jessica Andrews lyrics

They came from near
They came from far
Following a distant star
To where he lay
Not being sure of what it meant
But knowing it was heaven sent
They made their way
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent his son
From up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see
And knowing of his destiny
Came tears of love
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
I've often thought about that night
And wandered if they realized
That stars so bright
Was sent to tell all the land
The son of god would soon become
The son of man
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
And the angels cried
And the angels cried


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The Ballad Of Casey Deiss
Shawn Phillips

'Twas a man of youthful features
'Twas a boy of sorrowful eyes
Watching out but looking inward
Tall and stately and full of life

In his life he spoke but rarely
In his mind he cried for light
Painting perceptions, trying to capture
That which he saw in his questioning strife

Once in Lisbon, twice in London
Traveling around for all of his time
Looking for and finding a goddess
He took Diana to be his wife

Of the children they'd begotten
Two had died without knowing life
And the third I know not whereof
But if she lives, she will yet be kind

Casey had a mark of simple value
He had a star between his eyes
In his hands he held an axe blade
The Greek symbol of thunder and fire

On a night when the heavens were crying
He went out and took his blade
Chopping wood to warm his hearthside
The lightning came and my brother died

Bring him no wine from faraway vineyards
Tell him no tales of the canyon's might
But wish him peace and eternal wisdom
For he has died and he died in light


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The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Tom Blackburn and George Bruns

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
Greenest state in the Land of the Free
Raised in the woods so's he knew ev'ry tree
Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three.

Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier!

ln eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose
Addin' redskin arrows to the country's woes
Now, Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows
So he shoulders his rifle an' off he goes.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The man who don't know fear!

Off through the woods he's a marchin' along
Makin' up yarns an' a singin' a song
Itchin' for fightin' an' rightin' a wrong
He's ringy as a b'ar an twict as strong.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The buckskin buccaneer!

Andy Jackson is our gen'ral's name
His reg'lar soldiers we'll put to shame
Them redskin varmints us volunteers 'll tame
'Cause we got the guns with the sure-fire aim.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The champion of us all!

Headed back to war from the ol' home place
But Red Stick was leadin' a merry chase
Fightin' an' burnin' at a devil's pace
South to the swamps on the Florida Trace.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Trackin' the redskins down!

Fought single-handed through the Injun War
Till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was handlin' this risky chore
Made hisself a legend for evermore.

Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier!

He give his word an' he give his hand
That his Injun friends could keep their land
An' the rest of his life he took the stand
That justice was due every redskin band.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Holdin' his promise dear!

Home fer the, winter with his family,
Happy as squirrels in the ol' gum tree,
Bein' the father he wanted to be,
Close to his boys as the pod an' the pea.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Holdin' his young 'uns dear!

But the ice went out an' the warm winds came
An' the meltin' snow showed tracks of game
An' the flowers of Spring filled the woods with flame
An' all of a sudden life got too tame.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Headin' on West again!

Off through the woods we're ridin' along
Makin' up yarn's an' singin' a song
He's ringy as a b'ar an' twict as strong
An 'knows he's right 'cause he aint often 'wrong.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The man who don't know fear?

Off through the woods we're ridin' along
Makin' up yarns an' singin' a 'song
He's ringy as a b'ar an' twict as strong
An' knows he's right 'cause be ain't often wrong.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The man who don't know fear!

Lookin' fer a place where the air smells clean
Where the trees is tall an' the grass is green
Where the fish is fat in an untouched stream
An' the teemin' woods is a hunter's dream.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Lookin' fer Paradise!

Now he'd lost his love an his grief was gall
In his heart he wanted to leave it all
An' lose himself in the forests tall
But he answered instead his country's call.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Beginnin' his campaign!

Needin' his help they didn't vote blind
They put in Davy 'cause he was their kind
Sent up to Nashville the best they could find
A fightin' Spirit an' a thinkin' mind.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The man who don't know fear!

The votes were counted an' he won hands down
So they sent him off to Washin'ton town
With his best dress suit still his buckskins brown
A livin' legend of growin' renown.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The Canebrake Congressman!

He went off to Congress an' served a spell
Fixin' up the Gover'ment an' laws as well
Took over Washin'ton so we heered tell
An' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Seein' his duty clear!

Him an' his jokes travelled all through the land
An' his speeches made him friends to beat the band
His politickin' was their favorite brand
An' everyone wanted to shake his hand.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Helpin' his legend grow!

He knew when he spoke he sounded the knell
Of his hopes for White House and fame as well
But he spoke out strong so hist'ry books tell
An' patched up the crack In the liberty Bell.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Seein' his duty clear!

When he come home his politickin' done
The western march had just begun
So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun
An' lit out grinnin' to follow the sun.

Davy, Davy Crockett, Leadin' the pioneer!

He heard of Houston an' Austin an' so
To the Texas plains he jest had to go
Where freedom was fightin' another foe
An' they needed him at the Alamo.

Davy, Davy Crockett, The man who don't know fear!

His land is biggest an' his land is best
>From grassy plains to the mountain crest
He's ahead of us all meetin' the test
Followin' his legend into the West.

Davy Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier!


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The Ballad Of Honest Sam
Paul Siebel

There never was a bad man in the movies
Who could lie and cheat like Honest Sam.
In the card room down at Louie's
He takes the pay from the working man.

Chorus:
Lay your cards upon the table,
And everybody show their hand.
Foiled again you sad-eyed losers,
Foiled again by Honest Sam.

Once, there came a simple stranger.
He caught Sam cheatin' and words was said.
Sam just winked at Joe the Strangler,
Joe, he shot that stranger dead.

Chorus

Now Honest Sam lives in a mansion,
And he sails his ships out on the sea.
And if the Devil's paid his ransom,
Well I guess he'd pay for you and me.

Chorus


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The Avett Brothers - The Ballad Of Love & Hate 

Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
My vacation's ending. I'm coming home late.
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
And I can't wait to see you again.

Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
"No one here cares if you go or you stay.
I barely even noticed that you were away.
I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
And everyone knows it whenever she flies,
And also when she comes down.

Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
With a serious look on his face.

Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
Carrying with her the good things we know.
A reason to live and a reason to grow.
To trust. To hold. To care.

Hate sits alone on the hood of his car.
Without much regard to the moon or the stars.
Lazily killing the last of a jar
Of the strongest stuff you can drink.

Love takes a taxi, a young man drives.
As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes.
But tears follow after, at the end of the ride,
'Cause he might never see her again.

Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive.
The clock in the kitchen says 2: 55,
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

Love has been waiting, patient and kind.
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign,
That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind,
Will make it back safe to her arms.

Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
Weary head hung down, eyes to the floor.
He says "Love, I'm sorry", and she says, "What for?"
"I'm yours and that's it, whatever.
I should not have been gone for so long.
I'm yours and that's it, forever."

You're mine and that's it, forever.

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The Avett Brothers - The Ballad Of Love And Hate 
Emotionalism

Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
"My vacations ending I'm coming home late."
"The weather was fine and the ocean was great."
"And I can't wait to see you again."

Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
"No one here cares if you go or you stay."
"I barely even noticed that you were away."
"I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
And everyone knows it whenever she flies.
And also when she comes down.

Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
with a serious look on his face.

Love arrives safely with suitcase in toe.
Carrying with her the good things we know.
A reason to live and a reason to grow
To trust, to hold, to care

Hate sits alone on the hood of his car
without much regard to the moon or the stars.
Lazily killing the last of a jar
of the strongest stuff you can drink.

Love takes a taxi, a young man drives
As soon he sees her hope fills his eyes.
But tears follow after at the end of the ride.
Cause he might never see her again.

Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
He screams over the sidewalk and into the drive.
The clock in the kitchen says two fifty five
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

Love has been waiting patient and kind.
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign.
That the one that she cares for who's out of his mind
Will make it back safe to her arms.

Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
Weary head hung down, eyes to the floor
He says, "Love I'm sorry" and she says, "What for?"
"I'm yours and that's it, whatever"
"I should not have been gone for so long"
"I'm yours and that's it, forever"
"Your mine and that's it, forever"

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The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

Love writes a letter and sends it to Hate.
"My vacation's ending, I'm coming home late."
"The weather was fine and the ocean was great."
"And I can't wait to see you again."

Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
"No one here cares if you go or you stay."
"I barely even noticed that you were away."
"I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
And everyone knows it whenever she flies.
And also when she comes down.

Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
With a serious look on his face.

Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
Carrying with her the good things we know.
A reason to live and a reason to grow
To trust, to hold, to care

Hate sits alone on the hood of his car
Without much regard to the moon or the stars.
Lazily killing the last of a jar
Of the strongest stuff you can drink.

Love takes a taxi, a young man drives
As soon he sees her hope fills his eyes.
But tears follow after at the end of the ride.
'Cause he might never see her again.

Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive.
The clock in the kitchen says two fifty five
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

Love has been waiting patient and kind.
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign.
That the one that she cares for who's out of his mind
Will make it back safe to her arms.

Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
Weary head hung down, eyes to the floor
He says, "Love, I'm sorry." and she says, "What for?"
"I'm yours and that's it, whatever."
"I should not have been gone for so long."
"I'm yours and that's it, forever."
"Your mine and that's it, forever."

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The Ballad Of Penny Evans
Steve Goodman

Oh my name is Penny Evans and my age is twenty-one
A young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet Nam
And I have two infant daughters and I do the best I can
Now they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun.

And I remember I was seventeen on the day I met young Bill.
At his father's grand piano, we'd play good old "Heart and Soul".
Well, I only knew the left hand part and he the right so well.
He's the only boy I've slept with and the only one I will.

It's first we had a baby girl, and we had two good years.
It was next the 1A notice came, and we parted without tears.
It was nine months from our last good bye our second babe appears.
So it's ten months and a telegram confirming all our fears.

And now every month I get a check from an Army bureaucrat.
And it's every month I tear it up and I mail the damn thing back.
Do you think that makes it all right, do you think I'd fall for that?
You can keep your bloody money, it sure won't bring my Billy back.

I never cared for politics, and speeches I don't understand.
Likewise never took no charity from any living man.
But tonight there's fifty thousand gone in that unhappy land,
And fifty thousand "Heart and Soul"s being played with just one hand.

Well, my name is Penny Evans and I've just gone twenty-one,
A young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet Nam,
And I have two infant daughters and I thank God I have no sons,
Now they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun.


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The Ballad Of Sally Anne
(Alice Randall, Harry Stinson, Mark O'Connor), From Mark O'Connor - "The New Nashville Cats"

With love in his heart and flowers in his hand Johnny proposed to Sally Ann
Sally shivered as she said, "I'll love you 'til the day I'm dead"
Johnny got married in his one good suit
But the ride from church bore strange fruit
Down by road you can hear her cry
As he hung from a tree, she watched him die
<CHORUS>
Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann Who's gonna touch her tremblin' hand
When the fiddler takes the stand Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann
Sally attends every wedding 'round here Lookin' for her Johnny dear
You can feel them in the room If the fiddler plays that tune
<CHORUS>
Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann Who's gonna touch her tremblin' hand
When the fiddler takes the stand Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann
Sail away ladies, Sail away!
Sail away ladies, Sail away!
Darkened shadows cross the floor As ghostly lovers dance once more
When weddin' bells ring in that town A ghostly virgin strolls the ground
<CHORUS>
Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann Who's gonna touch her tremblin' hand
When the fiddler takes the stand Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann


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Sam Bush - The Ballad of Spider John

Spider John is my name, friends
I'm in between freights, and I sure would be obliged
If I could share your company.
I'm on my way to nowhere; I been runnin' from my past,
Runnin' from the things I used to be.

Now I know my words sound strange to you
But if you'll wait till my song is sung and my story's told
You might come to understand
Why I'm old and bent and devil spent, and a-runnin' out of time
When not long ago I held a royal flush in my hand.

Chorus:
Oh, I was a supermarket fool; I was a motorbank stool pigeon,
Robbin' my own time.
I thought I'd lost my blues, yes, I thought I'd paid my dues
And I thought I'd found a life to suit my style.
And I was Spider John, the robberman
Long, tall, and handsome,
Yes, I was Spider John with a loaded hand
Takin' ransom.

And then one day I met Diamond Lil
And she was as sweet a thing, I declare, as the summer wind
Had ever blown my way.
Lil she had no idea of my illustrious occupation,
She thought I was a saint and not a sinner gone astray

Spider he loved his Lily so much
He could not confess his sins, for he knew if he did
The lady would surely take her leave.
But you know that the word got around, and Lily left town
And he never saw her again,
Tossin' and turnin' and causin' his heart to grieve.

Chorus

And that is all my story.
It's been these thirty years since I took the road
To find my precious jewel one.
Now if you see my Lily, won't you give her my regards,
Tell her old Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
You can tell her that Spider got tangled in the black web that he spun.

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The Ballad Of Stringbean And Estelle

On Ridgetop, Tennessee in 1973
The brown boys killed Stringbean and Estelle
The reason for it all is in the bib of his overalls
Least that's what the brown boys would tell
The thieves laid in wait for hours
But things didn't go their way
But he wouldn't let go of his Opry pay

It must have been a terrible struggle
For the cash in his bib overalls
The brown boys said don't give us no trouble
We came for some good, now we want it all
And the thieves said stand and deliver
But Stringbean would not tell
And later we would learn, there was a pawn? of no return
They shot him dead, and then shot Estelle

He saw no smoke from the chimney
So grandpa knew that something was not right
It would burn ever more in his memory
Picture of that dreadful aweful sight
And 23 years later
They tore the fireplace down
There was 20.000 dollars
That the brown boys, never found

Well it seem like easy money
But things didn't go their way
It was just a simple plan, to rob a banjo man
But he wouldn't let go of his Opry pay
Now, string said you can't have my Opry pay

They say that nothing sacred
And now I have seen it all
I read it in this mornings paper
They auctioned off Strings overalls

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The Ballad Of Treason
Abigail Washburn

This kiss is a crime
Let's not waste time
The cover of night is breaking
They even the score
We capture 5 more
Make a forbidden offering

Our heads are two states
Let's pull down the gates
Declaring freedom
Send out our armies
Bring death to our colonies
Our harmony drowns out the cries of our generals

Climb up to a treetop
I'll be on a mountaintop
Looking for you across the valley
The birds pull you higher
While the sky's on fire
Crying for the dying daylight
I need you, I need you, I need you

Our bodies are pyres
Waiting for fire
The judge and generals claim jurisdiction
The faithful assemble
The crowd starts to tremble
The gavel it rises and begins to fall

Treason proclaimed
Pyres burst into flames
Two souls ride the sparks into the blue

This world is a shackle
Let's shout til it rattles
Bring down the walls of Jericho


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The Bantry Girl's Lament
Traditional

Oh who will plough the fields, and who will sell the corn?
And who will wash the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn?
And the stack that's in the haggard, unthreshed it may remain,
Since Johnny's gone a-thrashing the dirty King of Spain.

Oh the girls in the bonhoe in sorrow may retire,
And the piper and his bellows may go home and blow the fire,
For Johnny, lovely Johnny, is sailing oer the main,
Along with other patriots, to fight the King of Spain.

Oh the boys will sorely miss him, when moneymore comes round
And they'll grieve that their brave captain is nowhere to be found
And the peelers they must stand idle all against their will and reign
Since the valiant boy who gave them work now pells the King of Spain

At wakes or hurling matches, your likes we'll never see
Until you return again to us, a storin o mo chroi
And won't you trouble the buchainnes who showed us great disdain
Because our eyes were not as bright as those you'll meet in Spain

And if cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to return,
His dreadful loss we Bantry girls will never cease to mourn.
We'll resign ourselves to our sad lot, and we'll die in grief and pain,
Since Johnny's died for freedom in the foreign land of Spain.


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The Duhks - The Bantry Girls Lament / The Ol' Yellow House 

Oh, who will plow the fields all day and who will thrash the corn?
Who will tend the sheep now and see them neatly shorn?
The stack that's in the haggard, unthrashed it may remain
Now that Johnny's gone a-thrashing all in the wars of Spain

The girls from the bawnogue in sorrow may retire
And the piper with his bellows may go home and blow the fire
For Johnny, lovely Johnny is sailing o'er the main
Along with the other patriots to fight the King of Spain

The boys will surely miss him when Moneymore comes around
And they'll weep that their bold captain is nowhere to be found
And the peerlers may stand idle, all against their will and main
Since the gallant boy who gave them work now peels the King of Spain

At wakes and hurling matches your like we'll never see
Till you come back to us again a stor gra geal mo chroi
Then won't you thrash the buckeens that show us such disdain
Because our eyes are not so bright as those you'll see in Spain

If cruel fate should not allow our Johnny to return
His heavy loss we Bantry girls will never cease to mourn
We'll resign ourselves to our sad lot and live in grief and pain
Since Johnny died for freedom's sake in the foreign land of Spain

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Dolly Parton - The Bargain Store lyrics

My life is like unto a bargain store
And I may have just what you're lookin' for
If you don't mind the fact that all the merchandise is used
But with a little mending it could be as good as new
Why you take for instance this old broken heart
If you will just replace the missing parts
You would be surprised to find how good it really is
Take it and you never will be sorry that you did
The bargain store is open come inside
You can easily afford the price
Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise
And I will guarantee you'll be completely satisfied
Take these old used memories from the past
And these broken dreams and plans that didn't last
I'll trade them for a future, I can't use them anymore
I've wasted love but I still have some more
The bargain store is open come inside
You can easily afford the price
Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise
And I can guarantee you'll be completely satisfied
My life is like unto a bargain store
And I may have just what you're lookin' for
If you don't mind the fact that all the merchandise is used
With a little mendin' it could be as good as new
The bargain store is open, come inside
The bargain store is open, come inside


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The Battle For Daddy's Soul
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Mel Howard and Janice Wolverton

G 
It's the bible against the bottle
       C                  G
In the battle for daddy's soul
It's momma against the party girls
     A7                 D7
Over who's gonna win control
                       G
On Sunday it's Rock of Ages
   C                         G 
On Monday let the good times roll
It's the bible against the bottle
       D7                 G  
In the battle for daddy's soul
If faith can move a mountain
C             G
Momma's gonna win
But even momma will admit
          A7                  D7   
There's a whole lot goin' for sin
     G
With sweet red wine and party girls
           C             G
And the bigtime songs to sing
Maybe she could tell daddy
       D7                  G
That's really the swingin' thing
repeat #1
Well I just can't help believing
C             G
Momma's gonna win
The milk of human kindness
     A7                      D7
Is a whole lot stronger than gin
     G
With faith in God and daily prayer
    C               G    
And gospel songs to sing
Momma keeps a showing daddy
      D7                 G 
God's love is a precious thing
 
repeat #1 x2

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The Battle Of Cucamonga
Homer and Jethro

In Nineteen and fifty-nine we took a little hike
With our Scoutmaster down to Lake Aneekanike
We took a little pizza and we took some sauerkraut
And we marched along together till we heard the Girl Scouts

Chorus:
Oh, we're the boys from Camp Cucamonga
Our mothers sent us here for to study Nature's ways
We learn to make sparks by rubbing sticks together
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze

(And I was made 'cause me mother sent me up here - ha ha ha)

Well, we crept up to the water and we seed the girls a-swimmin'
There must have been a hunnered of them pretty young women
They looked so fine even birds forgot to sing
We laid down in the poison oak and didn't say a thing

Chorus

(Hey, will one of you fellers scratch my back?)

Well, our counselor said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't say a word till we looked 'em in the eyes
We kept real still, and we had our eyes a-glued
We saw how they were dressed - they were swimming in the...

Chorus

Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast even we couldn't catch 'em
From Lake Aneekanike all the way to Buffalo

(Hey, fellers, wait for me!)

Well, we ran right after them till everyone was pooped
So we rested for a minute and our forces we regrouped
Then we saw the girls behind some evergreens
Captured by a company of United States Marines

Chorus

(Ah, them big guys get everything!)

Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast even we couldn't catch 'em
From Lake Aneekanike all the way to Buffalo

(A rooty toot toot, a rooty toot toot
Oh, we are the boys from the Boy Scout troop
We don't smoke, and we don't chew
And we don't go with the girls that do!)


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The Battle Of New Orleans
Jimmy Driftwood

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

Chorus:
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin' on
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We looked down the river and we see'd the British come.
And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring.
We stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.

Chorus

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eye
We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well.
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well ~~~

Chorus

Bridge:
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.**

We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.

Chorus

Repeat Bridge


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The Beech Nut Tree

In the hills of old Virginia there's a mountain
Where the trees still bud so pretty in the spring
Where I met and fell in love with one so sweetly
Joy and gladness to my heart she then did bring

Underneath a beech nut tree there in the mountains
Where we met and told each other of our love
There we promised to each other we would marry
As the little birds sang sweetly up above

This is one song that had a happy ending
For we're married now and in her eyes I see
All the love and Oh how sweetly she remembers
Where we made our vows beneath the beech nut tree

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Chris Thile - The Believer

You can point and laugh
I'm sure he's used to that
Using faith like an acrobat 'til the net breaks

He won't get upset
That though we've never met
I know, everything he's said 'cause a friend once told me

He's got hell fire in his eyes
There is madness behind the lies
He would burn us all alive just to prove his point

God save the believer
We mistake for a deceiver
'Cause it makes us feel better

The time has come and gone
To say what's right and wrong
People like him don't belong 'cause we're all okay

You'd better write him off
Without a second thought
'Cause thinking just leads to getting caught in the traps he sets, like

Who is that on his knees?
It's that daring young man from the flying trapeze
Crying "father, father, help me please" well good luck, pal
'Cause you're gonna need it

God save the believer
We mistake for a deceiver
'Cause it makes us feel better

He's got hell fire in his eyes
There is madness behind the lies
He would burn us all alive just to prove his point

God save the believer
We mistake for a deceiver
'Cause it makes us feel better

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The Best Love Songs I Wrote For You
BMI Work #: 9289283
The Best Love Songs I Wrote For You (Larry W. Jones 12/05/2007) (song#5184)

Tomorrow when words are said and done
When I'll be dead and my life's been run
You'll be wearing black and looking back
At all the love songs that folks have sung
I sure hope they sing a few of mine
I'd write more rhymes if I had more time
I wrote a few for the dollar
And I wrote a few just for fun
I wrote a few, away they flew
I guess never will those be sung
I wrote a few for my mother
And a few were for my brother
But of the rest now, this is true
The best love songs I wrote for you
Tomorrow when words are said and done
And your feet tread where there ain't no sun
You'll dread to have my name carved in stone
The days when I'm born and when I'm gone
Be sure to get one that's big enough
To carve these words and some other stuff
He wrote a few for the dollar
And he wrote a few just for fun
He wrote a few, away they flew
He knew those would never be sung
He wrote a few for his mother
And a few were for his brother
But of the rest now, all can agree
The best love songs he wrote for me
I wrote a few for the dollar
And I wrote a few just for fun
I wrote a few, away they flew
I guess never will those be sung
I wrote a few for my mother
And a few were for my brother
But of the rest now, this is true
The best love songs I wrote for you
But of the rest now, this is true
The best love songs I wrote for you


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Brad Paisley - The Best Thing That I Had Goin' lyrics

Finally got that promotion I worked hard to get
One that came with a company car
When they gave me the keys they said son you can bet
Keep it up and you'll really go far
Chorus
But what good is all that knowin'
The best thing that I had goin'
Is gone
My good friends come around to hang out now and then
And they joke, man you've sure got it hard
With this house on the hill and a white picket fence
And the grass sure is green in the yard
Repeat chorus
Well I squandered my time trying to buy everything
Gave her all that I thought she deserved
Now I know all the things that she wanted were free
And I should have been home holdin' her
Repeat chorus


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The Biggest Whatever
R. Dillard / Martin

It got old Joe Wiggins while returnin' a fruit jar
out to Bessie Mae Hootinpa's place,
About a mile out of town on the West Plains Road
he disapeared without a trace,
They discovered his teeth when the County Police
made an investigation of the case,
And cousin Belle Simmons said that Sheriff Cartwright
had the strangest expression on his face.

Chorus:
It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw.
It was covered with fur and come a-rollin' in from Arkansas.
It was 40 feet high, had a gleam in it's eye,
and a big purple patch on it's craw.
It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw.

I saw old man Hutto, he's a hundred and four,
yesterday at Ida Chapman's house.
Said it's much bigger now than when it carried off his cow,
but its not enough to worry about.
Back before the war there was a whole lot more,
but they never come this far south.
I don't mind seein' one from time to time,
but I hope it's not it's regular route.

Chorus


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The Bird I Held In My Hand

If you look out your window as the sun's goin' down
I'll be there by the side of the road
And I'll ride you away from the dirty ol' town
An ne'er again leave you alone

For you were the bird that I held in my hand
Til I learned to fly on my own
You're a garden in this god forsaken land
And the only true love I have known

The morning was frozen the sky was still dark
When I last laid eyes upon you
I know the ache you have known in your heart
And darling I have felt it too

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The Bird Song
Antonia

If you want to be a bird
Won't you come try a little flying.
No denying it gets you high.

Why be shackled to your feet
When you've got weed you haven't used yet?
Don't wait for heaven, get out and fly.

Chorus:
Just glide there through the clear air,
Makin' figure eights through the Pearly Gates
Where the soul and the universe meet.

If you want to be a bird
It won't take much to get you up there
But when you come down land on your feet

Chorus

Notes:
Antonia was the wife/girlfriend/S.O. of Peter Stampfel. She apparently had also
had some kind of relationship with Steve Weber. This is reportedly how the two
co-founders of the Holy Modal Rounders met. Quite a bit of searching on the Net
failed to turn up any name other than just "Antonia".


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Punch Brothers - The Blind Leaving the Blind Mvt 1 

Tell me what you want me to think
You can lead me to water and you can make me drink
I trust you if you say it's good
You wouldn't hurt me and I don't think you could
Tell me what I don't need to keep
I've over-packed and the sidewalk is steep
To your cathedral at the top of my hill
Makes me tired and dear it always will
Tell my why I haven't been here
I haven't changed and nothing's been revealed
It wants in the blood of the way and the light
It takes my sin Sunday morning and makes me drunk at night
Tell me the more than truth
Go and have the prize you failed to redeem
Don't tell me that you've always known
That I wake up first and you'd wake up alone
The sweet young man goes walking down the street
wiping the blood off his hands
and it doesn't look good but he does what he can to erase the signs
but the nightmare he faced at the scene of the crime
She snuck up behind him as he knelt by her victim
Whispered I knew you'd come but
there's nothing to be done and if I was you, I'd run
'cause no woman cares about what you've found
when they see any signs of guilt
You kissed his face, you held his hand
You always were a sweet young man
He's still a mess so he has a car to take him to the fountain at Balboa Park
Where he used to play when he was young
He's gonna wash off in front of everyone

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Punch Brothers - The Blind Leaving the Blind Mvt 2 

Well I'm back in the moment
Where I belong
It turns out four years was four years
Too long, it's over
and I'm over it
Well she sang me the song
that I wrote for her
Then she said
"I like the tune, but not the words it's over
and I'm over it"
You collected the moments I threw away
Said to yourselves,
"He's gonna want 'em back
the day it's over,
and he's over it"
Friends, lets drink till our hearts break open
and our hands feel empty, though they're full
all the time
It's so nice in here,
I'm so glad you're here
Can we just stay here all the time?
Walk me home, we'll watch the sun come up
Don't leave me, 'cause I've been left enough
It's over
I'll get over it
Friends, let's drink to my indiscretions
I woke up with a number and a name
that I don't want, that I won't use again
Would you proofread any messages I send
'Till it's over
and I'm over it?

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Punch Brothers - The Blind Leaving the Blind Mvt 3 

O woman I'm your servant
I don't know anything but I'm ready to learn
O woman I'm starving for your approval
Be kind to me

The big city calls and your daughters are smiling
In the windows of apartment buildings
I bet I look about as small as I feel

Thank you jesus can I have another
And another
Thank you lord
But if it pleases thee to have them
Banging down the door
Couldst thou let 'em know what they're in for
Ain't good for you or me or them
Amen

O woman I'm your servant
Asking for the right to look you in the eye
O woman I'm dying for you to notice
How far I've come
I'm moving downtown and your
Daughters are walking by me
I believe they're still deciding
If they like having me around
If they like having me around
I need to know why

Goodwill's coming by to collect a box
I filled with things I hate about myself
Things I liked before I got here
Then it'll pick her up and we'll do
Anything she wants or anything they want
Or anything you want o woman I don't care

Lord I'd be in your debt
If you'd help me forget
That heaven's mine for trying

'Cause lord I don't know why
You'd give me so much life
To live resigned to dying

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Punch Brothers - The Blind Leaving the Blind Mvt 4 

I'm coming back, my friends
From the deep and bitter end

Where I was so concerned
We would be the ones who burned
The more scared the safer
The more grateful for the grapejuice
And the wafer

And I sound done
And I feel done
But I'm not done
Unless you'd give up on a lost son

And I need to hear Him say
"You and your friends can come in
Your thoughts and that girl can come in
Your parents and brothers are here
I let them In
Who told you I wouldn't let you all in?
You are my children."

Heaven shine through those stars
The city lights and the nearest bar
Where I'll be with my friends
Hiding from the bitter end
The armor and the weapons
Were a strange way
To show them my affection

And I sound done
And I feel done
But I'm not done
Unless you'd give up on a lost son

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The Bloody Apology
The Avett Brothers

And I hope I didn't do you in
I hope I see you again
I'm looking to apologize
For all of my childish lies
I'm ashamed I broke my word

And I'd like to catch up with your father now
And show him exactly how
The hate that has grown for him
How I've not the strength to forgive
Such a sin as this
hey hey

Apologies roll off his tongue
I toned down his talking said I am the one that came here to make good and right
To ease this girl's pain by taking your life
Apology's mine, apology's mine, apology's mine tonight

Love for a daughter you don't have to wait
Love can't explain it nor god's will nor fate would account for all you've lost
It might be over but it's not too late
Trading my freedom for setting things straight with a man that has it coming

And I bring in form of a violent deed
Revenge, my apology
The life of an evil man
His severed molesting hands and a quiet relief for you

Apologies roll off his tongue
I toned down his talking said I am the one that came here to make good and right
I'll ease this girl's pain by taking your life
Apology's mine, apology's mine, apology's mine tonight

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Dolly Parton - The Blue Train lyrics

Watching the long faces
Riding this run down track
And the lost places
From a dream that never brings them back
And the sad truth is
Nothing but a cold hard fact
Chorus:
I'm riding the blue train
Over the miles yet to cover
A ghost in a hurry to fade
I'm taking it one way to nowhere
Afraid you might be there
To find me inside this blue train
Counting the burned bridges
Trailing this rusted wreck
As our back pages
Scatter in the dust we left
Like a pearl necklace
Falling from around my neck
Repeat Chorus
Away down the low road
A ticket to an empty room
A rendezvous unknown
Repeat Chorus


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The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me

There was a girl I loved so dearly
She lived away back in the hills
When the bluebird sings I miss my darling
She loved me I know she always will

   There's a bluebird singing (bluebird singing)
   In the Blue Ridge Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains)
   Calling me back to my home
   Oh I can hear (I can hear)
   Those bluebirds calling
   Calling me back to my home

When I reached my home I was oh so lonely
The one I loved had gone away
That sad news came from her mother
She's sleeping there beneath the clay

Now tonight I'm far from the Blue Ridge Mountains
Far from my home back in the hills
I'm going back to the Blue Ridge Mountains
These memories they haunt me still

Chorus

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The Bluegrass Country
Author: Jan Howard 
Artist: Del McCoury

Lord I'm lonesome for Kentucky
Dixie's darlin', my pride and joy
And I'm lonesome for the bluegrass country
'Cause I'm a bluegrass country boy
chorus 
I see those blue misty mountains in the moonlight
And hear the song of the wind in the pines, the lonesome pines
Lord I'm lonesome for the bluegrass country
And that bluegrass home of mine
And this longing for my darlin'
Lord it hurts so, the teardrops start
And the wonder, if she loves another
Is like a bullet in my heart
chorus
I reminisce about kisses oh so tender
Kisses as sweet as the blue muscadines on the vine
Lord I'm lonesome for the bluegrass country
And that bluegrass girl of mine
Now I've decided I won't fight it
This old feeling, down in the mouth
I can't shake it, so the devil take it
I'll take the first freight headed south
chorus
I see those blue misty mountains in the moonlight
And hear the song of the wind in the pines, the lonesome pines
Lord I'm lonesome for the bluegrass country
And that bluegrass home of mine
Lord I'm lonesome for the bluegrass country
And that bluegrass home of mine


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The Bluegrass Twist
By Elroy "Pudgy" Parcheezy
(Tune: reminiscent of the better-known but 
somewhat later song, " THE TWIST" by Chubby Checker)

1) Run and get your fiddle, don't forget your bow,
And I'll break out, my old ban - jo
And to play Do - bro, we can get your Uncle Moe.
Yonder comes little Maggie, let's have some fun
Just like we use-ter, back in nineteen sixty-one.
It goes like this; it's called the Bluegrass Twist.
Chorus:
Round and round the whole dang town we twist and then,
From the hog lot to the barn we twist again
Mama look at Sis, do the Bluegrass Twist.

2) The Bluegrass Twist, it's so easy to do,
Like when you step in sump'n, and it sticks to your shoe.
Now you got the gist, do the Bluegrass Twist.
Yonder comes Pretty Polly, see her jumpin' on the log,
She hails from Foggy Mountain, where they have a lot of fog.
With her boyfriend little Willy, watch 'em twist the clog.
Chorus

3) Come on little Annie, don't wait for spring,
And poor little Ellen, get up off the ground and swing.
If you want to get kissed, try the Bluegrass Twist.
Oh where you been a twistin' I been twistin all around,
Did the twist with darlin' Corey, did the twist with Jimmy Brown.
I really must insist, you do the Bluegrass Twist.
Chorus

4) I was caught drunk drivin'; the trooper put me on his list.
I was out there a jivin', but I got the case dismissed.
When he said to walk the chalk line, I did the Bluegrass Twist.
It was late last night, when we all reminisced
'Bout things in life, that we most miss.
At the top of the list, was the Bluegrass Twist
Chorus:
Round and round the whole dang town we twist and then,
From the hog lot to the barn we twist again
Mama look at Sis, do the Bluegrass Twist. (2)


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The Blues Come Around

Once I was happy as I could be
But I let a gal make a fool of me
And ever since she let me down
The blues come around when the sun goes down.

   Oh the blues come around
   Oh the blues come around
   Lord the blues come around
   Every evening when the sun goes down.

As long as the sun is in the sky
These dog-gone blues never make me cry
But ever since she left this town
The blues come around when the sun goes down.

I built my castles very high
And then she went and said good-bye
And ever since she tore 'em down
The blues come around when the sun goes down.

Once she called me all her own
But now she's gone and I'm alone
And every evening I'm sorrow bound
'Cuz the blues come around when the sun goes down.

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Alan Jackson - The Blues Man lyrics

He's just a singer
A natural born guitar ringer
Kind of a clinger to sad old songs
He's not a walk behinder
He's a new note finder
His name's a reminder of a blues man
That's already gone
So he started drinking and took somethings
That meesed up his thinking
He was sure sinking when she came along
He was born in the spot light not to much left inside
She changed all that one night
When she sang him this song
Hey baby I love you
Hey baby I need you
Hey baby you ain't got to prove to me
Your some kind of macho man
You wasted so much of your life running through the dark nights
Let me shine a little love light down on the blues man
He got so sick of speeding all things
They said he was needing if he was to keep on pleasing all of his fans
He got cuffed on dirt roads
He got sued over no shows
She came and took all that old down off of that blues man
And he sang
Hey baby I love you to
Hey baby I need you
Hey baby I do get tired of this traveling band
I'm over 40 years old now
Nights would be so cold now
If you hadn't stuck it out with this blues man
I'm over 40 years old now
Nights would be so cold now
If she hadn't hung around with that blues man.


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The Blues Never Go Out Of Style
BMI Work #: 9254803
The Blues Never Go Out Of Style (Larry W. Jones 11/18/2007) (song#5164)

They say the blues never goes out of style
I know it's true cause I cry like a child
Those who say time heals just don't know the feel
Of a broken heart that's been torn apart
Now I can't smile because the blues
The blues never go out of style
I tried to tell myself that I don't care
Lied to myself bout playing solitaire
I went and joined a class to study art
But I never passed drawing broken hearts
Now I can't draw because the blues
The blues never go out of style
- instrumental -
I tried to tell myself that I don't care
Lied to myself bout playing solitaire
I went and joined a class to study art
But I never passed drawing broken hearts
They say the blues never goes out of style
I know it's true cause I cry like a child
Those who say time heals just don't know the feel
Of a broken heart that's been torn apart
Now I can't smile because the blues
The blues never go out of style
The blues never go out of style


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The Bluest Man In Town

You went away to leave me here
To find somebo-dy new
You're hap-py now with your new love
And I'm alone and blue

   Shadows a creepin' around my door
   The sun will soon go down
   The nightbirds are cryin' away on the mountain
   I'm the blu-est man in town

You took away your lovin' arms
You wrecked our hap-py home
You left me with a brok-en heart
So blue and all alone

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The Boat Of Love

I can hear the voice of the boatman comin'
And I'll be ready when he calls my name
So happy I'll be on my way to Heaven
I hear the Angels freely say

   Oh the boat of love down at the harbor
   It's waiting there for you and me
   I have no fear Christ is the captain
   He'll guide us o'r life's rollin' sea

Let's get on board that great excursion
And sail the sea to the home above
Don't wait too late to make your reservation
It's the boat of God's eternal love

Oh the boat of love will soon be sailing
It's headin' for that golden shore
Don't wait too late to make your reservation
Heaven is my home for evermore

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The Bodhran Song (When I Grow Up)
Brian O'Rourke

Oh, I am a year old kid, I'm worth scarcely twenty quid,
I'm the kind of beast that you might well look down on.
But my value will increase at the time of my decease,
When I grow up I want to be a bodhran.

If you kill me for my meat, you won't find me very sweet,
Your palate, I'm afraid, I'd soon turn sour on.
But if you do me in for the sake of my thick skin,
You'll find I'll make a tasty little bodhran.

Now my parents, Bill and Nan, they do not approve my plan,
To become a yoke for everyone to pound on.
But sure I would sooner scamper with a bang than with a whimper,
And achieve reincarnation as a bodhran.

I look forward to the day when I leave off eating hay,
And become a drum to entertain a crowd on.
And I'll make my presence felt with each well-delivered belt,
As a fully qualified and licensed bodhran.

And 'tis when I'm killed and cured, my career will be assured,
I'll be a skin you see no scum nor scour on.
But with studs around my rim, I'll be sound in wind and limb,
And I'll make a handy dandy little bodhran.

Oh, my heart with joy expands, when I dream of far off lands,
And consider all the streets that I will sound on.
And I pity my poor Ma, who was never at a fleadh,
Or indulged in foreign travel as a bodhran.

For a hornpipe or a reel, a dead donkey had no feel,
Or a horse or cow or sheep that has its shroud on.
And you can't join in a jig, if you're a former grade A pig,
But you can wallop out the lot if you're a bodhran.

And I don't think that I'll much mind, when I've left meself behind,
Or regret I can no longer turn the power on,
For with my Celtic Inc. design tattooed on my behind,
I can be a very sexy little bodhran.

Now I think I've had enough, of the rubbishy auld guff,
So I'll put a sudden end to this wee ahmran
Quite soon my b-b-bleat, will become a steady beat,
When I start my new existence as a bodhran.


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The Bolton Stretch
Yonder Mountain String Band

He cracks a wicked smile and his foot pressed to the floor
Flyin' down country roads that he's been down before
One of just three men that the sheriff cannot catch
And he's travelin' 90 miles down the Bolton Stretch

The first time we had seen his face was back in '84
He walked right into old O'Hare's, he robbed that liquor store
The sheriff tried to catch him but the man he got away
And he didn't show his face in town again until today

Chorus:
Didn't come for justice, didn't come to make amends
(He) doesn't ask forgiveness, he's not looking to make friends
Just that he was passing through with money wearin' thin
Now he's travelin' down the Bolton Stretch again

He watches all the trees fly by, but doesn't seem to care
Knows it's time to leave again, but doesn't know to where
And though he stole a lot of money, it's not enough for bail
And there are two blue lights behind him now, the sheriff's on his trail

Since the day that he was born he spent his whole live livin' free
With nothing but the loosest ties to friends and family
No punishment will make him care about the things he's done
And if he lives another 20 years he'll live 'em on the run

[Chorus]


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The Boxer
Paul Simon

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
Running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Chorus:
Lie la lie...

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Chours

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
Leading me, going home.

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains

Chorus


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Alison Krauss - The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn

Tell you a little story and it won't take long
'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn
The reason why I never could tell
For that young man was always well

He planted his corn in the month of June
And by July it was up to his eyes
Come September, came a big frost
And all the young man's corn was lost

His story, kith, had just begun
Said, "young man, have you hoed some corn?"
"Well, I tried and I tried, and I tried in vain
But I don't believe I raised no grain"

He went down town to his neighbor's door
Where he had often been before
Sayin', "pretty little miss, will you marry me?"
Little miss what do you say?"

"Why do you come for me to wed?
You, can't even make your own corn grain
Single I am and will remain
A lazy man, I won't maintain"

He turned his back and walked away
Sayin', "little miss, you'll rue the day
You'll rue the day that you were born
For givin' me the devil, 'cause I wouldn't hoe corn"


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Nashville Bluegrass Band - The Boys Are Back In Town Lyrics

Gather 'round, ladies, gather 'round
Hear the news that's comin' down
Ships are in and the sails are down
The boys are back in town

So get your skirts down off the rack
Boys are in and the boys are back
No time now for takin' slack
The boys are back in town

Well, the boys are back in town
Your true love can be found
Gather 'round on the old playground
The boys are back in town

They've been gone for quite a while
Man, it's good to see 'em smile
Now they're loaded up on style
The boys are back in town

Come in the house, get out of the car
See 'em coming down the road
Gonna raise some hell 'cause don't you know
The boys are back in town

Well, the boys are back in town
Your true love can be found
Gather 'round on the old playground
The boys are back in town

Well, the boys are back in town
Your true love can be found
Gather 'round on the old playground
The boys are back in town

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Richard Thompson - The Boys Of Mutton Street 

Strolling down on Mutton Street
The moon is peeping through
Old wives say, young man, you'd better
Watch your P's and Q's

Life is good on Mutton Street
If you know the why and where
Romping on the bomb sites
There's magic everywhere

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

We came upon those Burley boys
They were shaking like a leaf
We had our stones and dusters
We were armed right to the teeth

We fired a friendly volley
And we only maimed a few
And quick as greasy lightning
They disappeared from view

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

Now, bonfire night it was a sight
The bonfire, how it blazed
Nearly set the street alight
So they called the fire brigade

The fire brigade got busy
But we cut the hoses clean
And suddenly the Mutton Boys
Were nowhere to be seen

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

Alky on the corner
Shell shocked fusilier
Tip him a little drink, he'll get you
Cigarettes and beer

Thomas Tapling Senior
Got soda pop and news
Scott and Son's got toys for boys
But they push their Christian views

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

We're the boys of Mutton Street
Mutton Street, Mutton Street
We're the boys of Mutton Street
We give no ground

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The Brakeman's Blues

Portland Main is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Portland Main is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Any old place I hang my hat is Home Sweet Home to me

Went down to the depot and I looked up on the board
Went down to the depot and I looked up on the board
It read it's good times here but better on down the road

Eat my breakfast here get my dinner in New Orleans
Eat my breakfast here get my dinner in New Orleans
I'm going to get me a Momma
Lord I ain't never seen

Where was you Momma when the train left the shed
Where was you Momma when the train left the shed
Standin' in my front door wishin' to God I was dead

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The Bramble And The Rose

We have been so close together
Each a candle, each a flame
All our dangers were outside us
And we knew them all by name 

   See how the bramble and the rose
    Intertwine
   Love grows like a bramble and a rose
   Round each other we will wind 

 Now I've hurt you and it hurts me
Just to see what we can do
To ourselves and to each other
Without really meaning to 

 So put your arms around me
And we'll sing a true love song
One that we can sing together
Play and sing it all night long.

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The Bright Crystal Sea
Cecil Surratt and His West Virginia Ramblers

I'm smilin' as I - go home to meet Mother
She's waitin' for me - by The Bright Crystal Sea
I'm askin' Oh Lord - to help and protect me
'Til I leave this world for a home with Thee.
My Mother said, Son, our Savior is waitin'
To greet us up there - in the Land of the Free.
And if you serve God - for you He'll be waitin' 
As He is for me - by The Bright Crystal Sea
Sometimes I am tempted by worldly pleasures
And down on my knees - I go in prayer.
I ask god to keep - me free from all sins
Like Mother someday - I'll meet Him up there
My Mother said, Son, our Savior is waitin'
To greet us up there - in the Land of the Free.
And if you serve God - for you He'll be waitin' 
As He is for me - by The Bright Crystal Sea
Many years now have passed - and I am still prayin'
That someday up there - with Mother I'll be
I picture the theme - so often when dreamin' 
Just Mother and me by the Bright Crystal Sea
My Mother said, Son, our Savior is waitin'
To greet us up there - in the Land of the Free.
And if you serve God - for you He'll be waitin' 
As He is for me - by The Bright Crystal Sea


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The Buffalo Skinners
Traditional, from Carl Sandberg, John Renbourn, et al.

'Twas in the town of Jacksboro in early sixty-three.
A man by the name of "Krego" come steppin' up to me,
Saying "How'd ya do, young feller," and, "how'd ya like to go
And spend your summer pleasant on the Range of the Buffalo?"

"Well, it's me bein' out of employment," to this Krego I did say.
"So, whether or not I go with you depends upon your pay.
If you pay good wages, transportation to and fro,
Most likely, Sir, I'll go with you to the Range of the Buffalo."

"Well, yes I pay good wages and transportation, too,
If you're agreed to work for me until the summer's through.
But, if you get dissatisfied and head back for Jacksboro,
Most likely, Sir, you'll starve to death on the Range of the Buffalo."

Now, with all his flatterin' talkin', he'd signed up quite a team:
With navy, six, and needle gun, seven able-bodied men.
Our way it was a pleasant one as we left out from Jacksboro,
Until we crossed Pease River, boys, on the Range of the Buffalo.

So it's now we've crossed Pease River, and our troubles have begun.
The first damned tail I went to rip, Christ how I cut my thumb!
While skinning them damned old stinkers, our lives they weren't no show,
'Cause the Indians waited to picked us off on the Range of the Buffalo.

He fed us on such sorry chuck I wished myself most dead.
It was old jerky beef, croton coffee and sour bread.
Pease River's as salty as Hellfire; that water I could never go.
I'll tell you there's no worse Hell on earth than the Range of the Buffalo.

Our meat it was buffalo hump, and iron wedge was our bread.
And, all we had to sleep on was buffalo robes for bed.
The fleas and the graybacks worked on us; oh boys, they were not slow.
Oh God, I wish I'd never come to the Range of the Buffalo.

Our hearts was cased in buffalo hock, and our souls was cased in steel.
And, the hardships of that summer did nearly make me reel.
While skinning them damned old stinkers, our lives they weren't no show,
'Cause the outlaws waited to picked us off on the Range of the Buffalo.

Well, the season bein' near over, old Krego he did say,
"You boys have been extravagant, and I owe you no more pay."
We begged him, and we pleaded, but still it was no go.
So, we left that drover's bones to bleach on the Range of the Buffalo.

So, it's now we've crossed Pease River, and homeward we are bound.
No more in that Hellfired country shall ever we be found.
Go home to our wives and our sweethearts, tell others not to go.
For, God's forsaken the Buffalo Range and the damned old buffalo.


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The Butcher Boy

She went upstairs to make her bed
And not a word to her mother she said
Her mother she went up there too
Dear daughter dear daughter what's wrong with you

Oh mother oh mother I can not tell
That butcher boy that I love so well
There's another girl in another town
He goes out there and he sits right down

That night her father came home from work
Sayin' mother dear mother where is my girl
He went upstairs to give her hope
And he found her hanging from a rope

Then he took his knife and he cut her down
And in her bosom these words he found
Go did my grave both wide and deep
With marble stones at my head and feet

In the middle of my grave put a snow white dove
To show this world that I died for love

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Richard Thompson - The Calvary Cross 

I was under the Calvary Cross
The pale-faced lady, she said to me
"I've watched you with my one green eye
And I'll hurt you til you need me"

You scuff your heels and you spit on your shoes
Oh, you do nothing with reason
One day you catch a train
Oh, you never leave the station

Everything you do
Oh, everything you do
You do for me

Now you can make believe on your tin whistle
And you can be my broom-boy
Ahh, scrub me til I shine in the dark
And I'll be your light til doomsday

If a black cat crossed your path
Oh, why don't you follow?
My claw's in you and my lights in you
Ahh, this is your first day of sorrow
Everything you do
Oh, everything you do
You do for me

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Dolly Parton - The Camel's Heart lyrics

You come to me with teardrops in your eyes
Expecting me to listen to your lies
You want me to forget and to forgive
Enough, enough, this ain't no way to live
I know you wonder why I'd leave like this
After all the hurt I've put up with
This is the last time, this is the last straw
Too late, too late now it's your time to crawl
Chorus:
She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart
It's not her fault, it's yours we fell apart
No more, I'm done, I want a brand new start
(It's) She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart
I've been grasping at straws for much too long
This ain't the first time you have done me wrong
This time you drew the short end of the straw
The game is over, you have lost it all
Repeat Chorus
She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart


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Alison Krauss - The Captain's Daughter

[Verse 1]
I'm a poor boy as you know
But I love the Captain's daughter so
If I begged her would she go?
Or would she tell me no, no, no, no, no?

Daddy is a sailor man
Your fresh from the farm land
He said when you ask my hand
For me to tell you no, no, no, no, no

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
Your daddy's gone away to sea
You're as lovely as can be
Come and go away with me
Oh, don't you tell me no, no, no, no, no

[Chorus]
My daddy owns a clipper ship
He brings me pearls on every trip
Pink champagne for me to sip
And you're the poorest boy I know, know, know, know, know

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
I've got no pearls to give you
I've got two arms and heart that's true
We could start with a dream or two
Oh won't you say you'll go, go?

The poor boy came from the farm land
She was the daughter of a sailor man
The Captain says 'When he begs your hand
You better tell him no, no, no, no, no'

[Chorus]
She said 'Papa don't you worry please
The poor begs me upon his knees
I'd never leave this life of ease'
And with the poor boy goes

[Verse 4]
The captain kissed her and he went to sea
The poor boy said 'Go away with me
You're lonely and you shouldn't be
Oh, don't you tell me no, no, no, no, no'

[Chorus]
My daddy owns a clipper ship
He brings me pearls on every trip
Pink champagne for me to sip
And you're the poorest boy I know, know, know, know, know

[Verse 5]
Your daddy's given you a home
But you've got nobody when he is gone
I'll go and leave you all alone
If the answer is still no, no, no, no, no


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Dolly Parton - The Carroll County Accident lyrics

Carroll County's pointed out as kind of square
The biggest thing that happens is the county fair
And I guess that's why it seemed like such a big event
What we all call the Carroll County accident
The wreck was on the highway just inside the line
Walter Browning lost his life and for a time
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would surely die
But she lived long enough for her to testify
Now Walter Browning was a happy married man
And he wore a golden wedding ring upon his hand
But it was gone nobody knew just where it went
He'd lost it in the Carroll County accident
Mary Ellen testified he flagged her down
Said he was sick and could she drive him into town
And no one even doubted what she said was true
Cause she was well respected in the county too
Now I went down to see the wreck like all the rest
The bloody seats, the broken glass, the tangled mess
But I found something no one else had even seen
Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled up machine
A little matchbox circled by a rubberband
And inside the ring from Walter Browning's hand
And it took a while to figure out just what it meant
The truth about the Carroll County accident
By dark of night I dropped the ring into a well
And I took a sacred oath that I would never tell
The secret of the Carroll County accident
Cause the county ordered dad a marble monument
I lost him in the Carroll County accident


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The Charladies' Ball
Dominic Behan / Walter Raim / Theodore Bikel

At the Charladies' Ball, people danced one and all,
"You're the belle of the ball, Mrs. Mulligan!"
We had one-steps and two-steps, and the devil knows what new steps,
We swore that we'd never be dull again!

Chorus:
We had a wine, porter and lemonade.
We had cocktails and cocoa and all.
We had great fun that night, but we'd real pain next morning,
The night that we danced at the Charladies' Ball.

At the Charladies' dance, how the people did prance,
At the head of them all, Mrs. Mulligan.
And she danced by herself, while asleep on the shelf,
Lay her husband, the fool, who was full again!

Chorus

Well the Charladies' Ball ended up in a brawl,
And the cause of it all: Mrs. Mulligan.
Young Sean was the fella, who turned blue and yella,
As old Mulligan's fist smashed his skull again.

Chorus Melody:
We poured our wine, porter and lemonade,
Into cocktails and cocoa and all,
We had champagne that night, but we'd real pain next morning,
The night that we danced at the Charladies' Ball.


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The Children Are Crying

   My heart it is aching you should be ashamed
   The children are crying and calling your name 

Well since you went away dear, I've felt so all alone
Well you left me the children but you've broken up our home
But you couldn't stop your cheating or running around
And now my friends are talking 'bout how you let them down

Well oh mommy oh daddy I think that it's a shame
Well I know you both love me but I don't know who's to blame
But you couldn't stop your cheating or running around
And now my friends are talking 'bout how you let them down

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The Christian Life
Louvin / Louvin

My buddies tell me that I should have waited.
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun.
But I still love them and I sing with pride,
"I like the Christian life."

You won't lose a friend by heeding God's call,
For what is a friend who'd want you to fall.
Others find pleasure in things I despise.
I like the Christian life.

My buddies shun me since I turned to Jesus.
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun.
I live without them and walk in the light.
I like the Christian life.

You won't lose a friend by heeding God's call,
For what is a friend who'd want you to fall.
Others find pleasure in things I despise.
I like the Christian life.
I like the Christian life.


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Alan Jackson - The Christmas Song 
(Mel Torme)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
And Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies
On his sleigh
And ev'ry mother's child
Is gonna spy to see if Reindeers
Really know how to fly
And so, I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Altho' it's been said many times, many ways;
"Merry Christmas to you"
Instrumental
And so, I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Altho' it's been said many times, many ways;
"Merry Christmas to you"...


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The Church Back Home

What memories come back to me
As I ponder o'er the years passed away
If I could be back in that old country church
And once more hear the parson say

We've travelled on together
Though dark and sunny days
And may we always be together
Just my Lord and I along the way

I can see the service now ending
And the parson's voice is raised
In solemn quiet benediction
Upon our different ways

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The Church In The Wildwood

There's a church in the valley by the wildwood
No lovlier place in the dale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale

Oh, come to the church by the wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the dale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale

How sweet on a clear Sabbath morning
To list to the clear ringing bell
It's tones so sweetly are calling
Oh, come to the church in the vale

* Refrain

There, close by the church in the valley
Lies one htat I love so well
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, neath the willow
Disturb not her rest in the vale

* Refrain

There, closs by the side of that loved one
Neath the tree where the wild flowers bloom
When the farewell hymn shall be chanted
I shall rest by her side in the tomb

* Refrain


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Brad Paisley - The Cigar Song lyrics

Well I'm a sucker for fine Cuban cigars
The problem is I can't afford 'em
But last year I went and got myself a whole box
And just to be safe I insured 'em
Chorus
I took out a policy against fire and theft
And then I on hurried home
With a fifty-cent lighter I sat on my back steps
And I smoked 'em one by one
Two weeks later I went to see that insurance man
And I handed in my claim
With a straight face I told him that through a series of small fires
They'd all gone up in flames
2nd Chorus
They reviewed my case and they had no choice
But to pay me for what I'd done
And I took that check and bought a whole new box
And I smoked 'em one by one
Two weeks later this detective shows up
Tells me that company's pressin' charges
One speedy trial later they locked me up
On twenty-four separate counts of arson
3rd Chorus
And now I sit and stare at a blank brick wall
Lookin' back on what I've done
To pass the time I've got some ten-cent cigars
And I smoke 'em one by one
Yeah, I smoke 'em one by one


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The Circle Game
Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him,
Take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game


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The Incredible String Band - The Circle Is Unbroken (Live) 

Seasons they change while cold blood is raining
I have been waiting beyond the years
Now over the skyline I see you're travelling
Brothers from all time gathering here
Come let us build the ship of the future
In an ancient pattern that journeys far
Come let us set sail for the always island
Through seas of leaving to the summer stars

Seasons they change but with gaze unchanging
O deep eyed sisters is it you I see?
Seeds of beauty ye bear within you
Of unborn children glad and free
Within your fingers the fates are spinning
The sacred binding of the yellow grain
Scattered we were when the long night was breaking
But in the bright morning converse again.

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The Incredible String Band - The Circle Is Unbroken (Live In Canada, 1972) 

Seasons they change while cold blood is raining
I have been waiting beyond the years
Now over the skyline I see you're travelling
Brothers from all time gathering here
Come let us build the ship of the future
In an ancient pattern that journeys far
Come let us set sail for the always island
Through seas of leaving to the summer stars

Seasons they change but with gaze unchanging
O deep eyed sisters is it you I see?
Seeds of beauty ye bear within you
Of unborn children glad and free
Within your fingers the fates are spinning
The sacred binding of the yellow grain
Scattered we were when the long night was breaking
But in the bright morning converse again.

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The Incredible String Band - The Circle Is Unbroken - 2010 Remastered Version 

Seasons they change while cold blood is raining
I have been waiting beyond the years
Now over the skyline I see you're travelling
Brothers from all time gathering here
Come let us build the ship of the future
In an ancient pattern that journeys far
Come let us set sail for the always island
Through seas of leaving to the summer stars

Seasons they change but with gaze unchanging
O deep eyed sisters is it you I see?
Seeds of beauty ye bear within you
Of unborn children glad and free
Within your fingers the fates are spinning
The sacred binding of the yellow grain
Scattered we were when the long night was breaking
But in the bright morning converse again.

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The City Of New Orleans
Steve Goodman

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail;
There are fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors, twenty five sacks of mail.
They're all out on a southbound odyssey
The train rolls out of Kankakee
Rollin' past the houses, farms and fields,
Passin' trains that have no names
Freight yards full of old black men,
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.

Singin', "Good mornin', America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done."

I was dealin' cards with the old men in the club car,
It's a penny a point, there ain't no-one keepin' score.
Won't you pass the paper bag that holds that bottle,
You can feel the wheels a-rumblin' through the floor.
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steam;
Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the gentle beat,
The rythm of the rails is all they dream.

Singin', "Good mornin', America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done."

Nighttime on the City of New Orleans,
Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee.
It's halfway home, and we'll be there by mornin',
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea.
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream,
The old steel rail it ain't heard the news,
The conductor sings his song again, it's, "Passengers will please refrain..."
This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues.

Singin', "Good night, America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done."

Singin', "Good night, America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone a long, long time when the day is done."


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The Avett Brothers - The Clearness Is Gone 

Well your hair fell on me like I dreamt that it would
When I dreamt your hair was long
Through the linens a moment of clearness shown through
In a minute the clearness was gone

When to know what I should for my heart to rest
Doesn't meet with the actions I make
I will seek the approval of no one but you
In love for the changes I take

The first time we fell for it
We blamed it on youth
And now we get hell for it
And blame it on truth

Of mind, oh my
Of mind, oh my
Of mind, oh my

Well your hair fell on me like I dreamt that it would
When I dreamt that your hair was long
Through the linens a moment of clearness shown through
In a minute the clearness was gone

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The Code Of Mountains

The code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods
The code of the mountains, the unwritten law
There Harry and Joe Brown, way down in the backwoods
There Harry and Joe Brown, shot Charlie Mcbraw
They caught him at daybreak, way down in the backwoods
They caught him at daybreak, down on his knees
He pleaded for mercy, way down in the backwoods
He pleaded for mercy, heed to my pleas
Said Harry to Charlie, way down in the backwoods
Said Harry to Charlie, you thought you were sly
The code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods
The code of the mountains, says you must die
He loaded his rifle, way in the backwoods
He loaded his rifle, Joe loaded up too
One shot and another, wat down in the backwoods
The code of the mountains, is the only law there
They buried poor Charlie, way down in the backwoods
They buried poor Charlie, without any prayer
The code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods
The code of the mountains, is the only law there
Deep in the earth now, down in the backwoods
Deep in the earth now, lies Charlie Mcgraw
For the code of the mountains, way down in the backwoods
The code of the mountains is the unwritten law


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The Cold Hard Facts

Don't run to me when he's not around
Don't come slippin' 'round my door
I tried not to see how you're using me
We played that little game before

   You call me up when he's out of town
   The next day you treat me like I'm just some hand me down
   Is that any way for a good girl to act
   I guess I'll have to face the cold hard facts

Day after day of livin' this a-way
Will take a toll on a man
And night after night lie after lie
Stringin' me along must be your plan

Well fools like me they never see
That empty feelin' that's in store
When the bitter truth sneaks up on you
She's headin' home cut out your door

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The Cold Hard Truth
recorded by George Jones
written by James O'hara

C
You don't know who I am
                     F
But I know all about you
                         G7
I've come to talk to you tonight
                               C
About the things I've seen you do


I've come to set the record straight
                                F
I've come to shine the light on you
                   G7
Let me introduce myself
                   C
I am the cold hard truth
     

There is a woman we both know
                           F
I think you know the one I mean
                               G7
She gave her heart and soul to you
                         C
You gave her only broken dreams
   

You say your not the one to blame
                                  F
For all the heartaches she's been though
                           G7
I say you're nothing but a liar
                      C
And I'm the cold hard truth

C7                            F
All your life that's how it's been
                       C
Looking out for number one
                     G7
Taking more than you give
                      C
Moving on when you're done

C7                             F
With her you could have had it all
                     C
A family and love to last
                        G7
If you had any sense at all
                             C
You'd go and beg her to come back
    

You think that you're a real man
                         F
But you're nothing but a fool
                          G7
The way you run away from love
                           C
The way you try to play it cool
    

I'm gonna say this just one time
                       F
Time is running out on you
                        G7
You best remember me my friend
                   C
I am the cold hard truth

                        G7
You best remember me my friend
                   C
I am the cold hard truth

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Dolly Parton - The Company You Keep lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Yes, you're known by the company you keep
You say you're doin' nothing wrong
I don't believe you are
I'm only trying to help you sis
Before you go too far
Cause I think you're an angel
But folks think that you're cheap
Cause you're known by the company you keep
Please listen to your big sister
I feel I know what's best for you
I feel that I must warn you sis
That's the least that I could do
I'm not accusing you of anything
I know it's fun you see
But you're known by the company you keep
The company you keep keeps you out too long
Mom and dad don't go to sleep until you get home
Sis, you're gettin' in too deep
You'd better look before you leave
Cause you're known by the company you keep
Sis, you're gettin' in too deep
The road of life is steep
And you're known by the company you keep


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The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins

C
Ronnie Jones decided to settle down 
                    F
So he married Annie Birch
    G7
Now Annie hadn't been around too much 
                        C
She mostly only went to church
Right away she started insistin' 
                       F
That he come on up and join
        G7
He said I'll tell you what I'll do 
                                  C
To settle this by dog I'll flip a coin
Preacher used some fancy words 
                                   F
That Ronnie tried his best to understand
         G7
Cause he loved his little Annie 
                                     C
And for her he wanted to be a better man
But of all the things they told him 
                                  F
It seemed that he remembered only one
        G7
He said I guess I'll have to go up there 
                             C
And tell 'em everything I've done
The Sunday meeting just took up 
                                        F
And Ronnie stood outside half scared to death
  G7
Regrettin' what he had to do in there 
                          C
And tried hard to get his breath
There didn't seem to be much use 
                                F
To put off what he had to do no more
      G7
So he backed way up and took a run 
                                    C
And bolted through the double lobby door
Annie's eyes began to overflow 
                            F
In tears of joy at what she saw
    G7
The preacher took him by the hand 
                                  C
And said bless you my boy tell it all
While every head was bowed in prayer 
                                    F
Some women slipped outside as if to pray
G7
Fearin' what the spirit might cause 
                               C
Ronnie and his circumstance to say
All their fears were justified 
                               F
His simple life became an open book
G7
Names like Doris Cunningham 
                        C
Wanda Webb even Marlene Cook
Another kind of fire began to burn down 
                         F
In the depths of Annie's soul
    G7
She turned on Ron and used some words 
                            C
Nobody'd ever heard her say before
                  G7               C
Sometimes we know not what we pray for

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The Court Of Love
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Mike O'Reilly
 
C                         F                      C
Don't tell me you love me when you know it ain't true
                                              G7
I'm tired of the cheating and things that you do
                   C     F                    C
Don't tell me your sorry when you know it's a lie
                        F                  G7           C
Just pack your bags and hit the road don't even say goodbye

       G7                                    F                C
In the court of love the jury's back and the verdict has come in
    G7                             F               G7
The evidence against you says your case was mighty thin
    C                                               F
The judge gave his decision and he said that I'd be free
                  C          G7               C
So you'll spend a lifetime a lifetime without me

repeat #1

        G7                                 F                 C
There a long black train a waiting just to take you down the line
     G7                                  F                 G7
To a prison full of broken hearts that's where you do your time
       C                                           F
You're in my pass I'm free at last I'm starting to do
                        C                   G7           C
Stay in your cell where lonesome dwells say hello to the blues

repeat #1 x2
 
                        F                  G7           C
Just pack your bags and hit the road don't even say goodbye

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The Cowboy Fireman
Author: "Haywire" Harry Mcclintock

In the high Sierra mountains came an SP passenger train,
the hobos tried to ride her, but alas was all in vain.
The conductor took the tickets as he counted every soul,
while the engineer looked straight ahead, and the fireman he shoveled coal.
Now the fireman he was a cowboy, but do not think it strange, 
he could make more money shoveling coal than riding on the range.
And though he was a fireman, and though he had to sweat,
He still remained a Western boy and he kept his lariat.
Now the train was way behind time, and the passengers all were wild,
When on the track a-sudden, there strolled a little child.
Her hair in golden ringlets, was hanging down her back,
She little knew her danger grave as she strolled along that track.
"My gosh!", the Hogshead shouted, as he slammed on all his brakes,
I'll never stop this SP train, 'cause I ain't got what it takes!
Up stepped the cowboy fireman, and a gallant lad was he,
He said, "I'll save that baby, if I wreck this whole SP!"
He stepped out on the running board, with tears his eyes were wet,
While in his hand our hero brave, bore his trusty lariat.
He quickly dropped a fast loop 'round a pole beside the track,
And then he tied the other end around that big smoke stack.
Well he jerked that train right off the rails, and caused an awful wreck,
While in the ditch our hero lay with engine on his neck.
Oh we will long remember that 45th of May,
There were many with gallant hearts, all filled with fear that day.
Well they buried that poor fireman where the prairie winds,
He killed 200 passengers, but he saved that little child!


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The Cuckoo
Arr. Yarrow / Stookey / Travers / Okun / Jacobsen / Story

Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird,
she sings as she flies
She never gets lonesome
till the first day of July.

I've gambled in England,
and I've gambled down in Spain.
I gambled with five aces,
now I've gambled my last game.

Oh, it's gamblin' that's brought me prison,
And it's gamblin' that's brought me pain
I'll never see the cuckoo
or hear her song again

Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds,
I know you of old
You robbed my poor pockets
of silver and of gold.

Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird,
she sings as she flies
She never gets lonesome
till the first day of July.


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Billy Strings & Don Julin Lyrics
The Cuckoo

Gonna build me a log cabin
On a mountain so high
So I can see my honey babe
As she goes walking by

Oh the coo-coo she's a pretty bird
She wobbles when she flies
She'll never say coo-coo
'Til the fourth day of July

I've played cards over in England
I've gambled in Spain
I'll bet you ten dollars
I'll beat you next game

Oh the coo-coo she's a pretty bird
She wobbles when she flies
She'll never say coo-coo
'Til the fourth day of July

Well my horses, they're not hungry
No they won't eat your hay
I'll walk on just a little further
Wondering why you treat me this way

Oh the coo-coo she's a pretty bird
She wobbles when she flies
She'll never say coo-coo
'Til the fourth day of July

Well there's one thing that's been a puzzle
Since the day that time began
It's a man's love for his woman
And a woman's for her man

Oh the coo-coo she's a pretty bird
She wobbles when she flies
She'll never say coo-coo
'Til the fourth day of July



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The Cuckoo Bird

The cuckoo is a funny bird she sings as she flies
She'll bring you glad tidings she'll tell you no lies
She sips from the pretty flowers to make her voice clear
And she'll never sing cuckoo till the spring of the year

A-walking and a-talking and a-wondering go I
A-walking for my true love he'll come by and by
I'll meet him in the morning for he's all my delight
I could walk with my true love from morning to night

Come all you fair maidens take warning from me
Don't place your affection on a young man too free
For leaves they do wither and roots they do die
And your love he will leave you and he'll never say why

But if he will leave me I'll not be forlorn
And if he'll forswear me I'll not be forsworn
I'll get myself up in my best finery
And I'll walk as proud by him as he walks by me

The Osborne Brothers;

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The Curse
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G     D7  G 
Don't you sleep 
          D7     C   
Don't you have a single moment's peace
     G                D7            C              A7
Just walk through the darkness with fears that are deep
    G         D7   G
And don't you even sleep
      D7  G
Don't you smile 
          D7         C      
Don't you have happy thoughts for a while
     G             D7              C      A7
Till teardrops and sadness both go out of style
   G         D7   G
No don't you even smile
C
These are the things I wish for you
   G
Oh deep in my heart how I hope they come true
C
And then you'll know when bad turns to worse
          A7                        D7 
What it's like to live under love's curse
Repeat #3
G     D7  G      
Don't you try 
          D7     C
To have a single thought that goes by
    G         D7         C             A7
Without being haunted by memories like mine
   G         D7   G
No don't you even try

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The Dangling Conversation
Paul Simon

It's a still life water color,
Of a now late afternoon,
As the sun shines through the curtained lace
And shadows wash the room.
And we sit and drink our coffee
Couched in our indifference,
Like shells upon the shore
You can hear the ocean roar
In the dangling conversation
And the superficial sighs,
Are the borders of our lives.

And you read your Emily Dickinson,
And I my Robert Frost,
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what we've lost.
Like a poem poorly written
We are verses out of rhythm,
Couplets out of rhyme,
In syncopated time
Lost in the dangling conversation
And the superficial sighs,
Are the borders of our lives.

Yes, we speak of things that matter,
With words that must be said,
"Can analysis be worthwhile?"
"Is the theater really dead?"
And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow,
I cannot feel your hand,
You're a stranger now unto me
Lost in the dangling conversation.
And the superficial sighs,
In the borders of our lives.


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Richard Thompson - The Dark End Of The Street 

At the dark end of the street
That's where we'd always meet
Hiding in shadows where we don't belong
Living in darkness to hide our wrong
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me

I know that time's gonna take it's toll
We've got to give back all the love that we stole
It's a sin and we know it's wrong
Oh, but our love keeps coming on strong
Steal away, to the dark end of the street

They're going to find us, they're going to find us
They're going to find us, oh someday
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me

And if by chance we walk downtown
If you should see me just walk on by
But darling, please don't cry
Tonight we'll meet at the dark end of the street

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The Day Has Passed

   Don't you know the day has passed and now it's time for sleep
   Or won't your weary heart let you rest
   Don't you know the day has passed into a darkness deep
   Why do you clutch that picture to your breast? 

Oh this picture holds a memory of a better time
One that seemed so very long ago
As I kneel down by my besdide and begin to pray
I sometimes wonder why 

But you're right and it's getting late and time for me to part
As I felt the teardrop well into my eye
To see the old man leaving with a broken heart
With a picture of my mother by her side.

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Dolly Parton - The Day I Fall In Love (With James Ingram)

James:
Just an ordinary day,
Started out the same old way.
Then I looked into your eyes and knew
Today would be,
A first for me
The day I fall in love
Dolly:
On the day I fall in love,
The sky will be a perfect blue.
And I'll give my heart forever more
To someone who,
Is just like you.
The day I fall in love
Both:
CHORUS
People all say,
Love is wondeful.
That the bells will ring,
Birds will sing
And skies will open.
I wonder where's that great big symphony.
Roll over Beethoven,
Won't you play with me?
And I'll never to be true
To anyone
(James):Unless its you
(Dolly): Unless its you
The day I fall inlove.
People all say love is wonderful
That bells will ring,
Birds will sing,
And skies will open.
I wonder wheres that great big symphony
(James): I'll be your Beethoven
(Dolly): Roll over, Beethoven
(James): Come and play with me
BOTH:
Just an ordinary day,
Started out the same old way.
Then I looked into your eyes and knew
Today would be
(Dolly): A first for me
(James):A first for me
The day I fall in love.
James: I know you'll be there
Dolly: Oh oh..
Both: The day I fall in love


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The Day That Marvin Gaye Died
The Avett Brothers

I think I dreamed you, again last night.
I hope wherever you are, things turned out right.
But it's never the same, when you lose and you gain.

I see the truth now
I see the truth now
I just want to hold you
I should have told you
We are in love
We are in ...

You tan stomach; and that mole on your lip.
We coulda had it all in one time; if I didn't slip.
Trip on my words; and land on my heart.

I see the truth now
I see the truth now
I just want to hold you
I should have told you
We are in love
We are in ...
We are in ...
We are in ...

The road can be cold
and it's always long.
The sermon I whisper these days
are the words to a song
Are you in the old town?
Are you buckled in?

It's not the same
Our lives are not the same
I still want to hold you
I should have told you
We are in love
We are in ...

Love is on it's way
The dying wish of Marvin Gaye
Michelle I know you'll understand
The answers in your hands
The answers in your hands


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The Day The Rains Came
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G                            C
Your strange love was what I found
    G                  C
The day the rains came down
                                       D7
And I remember we found shelter in the cave
         G              C
With the rain clouds up above
       G                 C
In the darkness we found love
                                     D7   G
The day the rains came I became your slave
       C                 F
As the rains made rivers swell
       C              F
I fell deeper in your spell
                                    G7   D7
You took my hand and handed me your crown
   G                 C
If I could just live on
     G                   C
With these things I have known
                                    D7   G
I know that I'd be glad of what I'd found
       C                 F
As the rains made rivers swell
       C              F
I fell deeper in your spell
                                    G    D7
You took my hand and handed me your crown
   G                 C
If I could just live on
     G                   C
With these things I have known
                                    D7
I know that I'd be glad of what I'd found
G                            C
Your strange love was what I found
    G                  C
The day the rains came down 

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The Devil And The Farmer's Wife
Traditional

A farmer was ploughing his field one day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
A farmer was ploughing his field one day
When the Devil came to him and to him did say with a
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

"See here my good man I have come for your wife."
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
"See here my good man I have come for your wife.
For she is the bane and torment of your life"
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

The devil he heisted her up on his hump
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
The devil he heisted her up on his hump
And down to Hell with her he did jump
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

But when they got there the gates they were shut
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
But when they got there the gates they were shut
And with a sweep of her arm she broke open his nut
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

There were three little devils with balls and with chains
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
There were three little devils with balls and with chains
She ups with their balls and she beats out their brains
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

Three little devils jumped over the wall
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
Three little devils jumped over the wall
Saying "Take he back, Daddy, or she'll murder us all!"
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

The devil he heisted her back on his hump
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
The devil he heisted her back on his hump
And up to Earth with her he did jump
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

"See here my good man I have come with your wife."
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
"See here my good man I have come with your wife.
For she is the bane and torment of your life"
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day

They say that the women are worse than the men
Rightful Rightful Dittie Fi Day
They say that the women are worse than the men
Well, they went down to Hell and got kicked out again
With a Rightful-la Dittie Fi Day


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The Devil's Slate
Author: Earl Taylor & Jim Mccall

Well, people go to church and they swear they're saints.
Well, maybe they are and maybe they ain't.
You better think it over 'fore it's too late.
Cause your name might be on the devil's slate.
Don't put your name on the devil's slate.
And love thy neighbor and respect his mate.
Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not hate.
Just keep your name from the devil's slate.
God made the world and He made it good.
So mind your own business. Do the things you should.
There's no room for evil. There's no room for doubt.
Till the devil's gonna git you if you don't watch out.
Don't put your name on the devil's slate.
And love thy neighbor and respect his mate.
Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not hate.
Just keep your name from the devil's slate.


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The Drunkard's Hell

It was on one dark and starless night
I heard and saw an awful sight
The lighting flshed and the thunder roader roared
All around ther drunkard's feet

I started home to change my life
To see my long neglected wife
I found her kneeling by her bed
She said our darling girl is dead

I took her by her trembling hand
She was so weak she could not stand
On bended knee I prayed a prayer
That God might save and protect us there

Who preached like paul who once did say
Our sins have all been washed away
Let whiskey stay as far from me
As the mountain did from the deep blue sea


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The Drunken Tinker
Traditional

Now come all ye jolly fellows, and listen to me song,
It's about a drunken tinker, and I'll not detain you long.
The tinker had a loving wife, and he loved her most dear,
But every opportunity, he went upon the beer.

Chorus:
Singing fa de le fol de di do
Fal lal de day

Well the tinker and his loving wife through Newry town did pass,
The tinker he got drunk, and left the wife to mind the ass,
The ass was starved with hunger, and it couldn't hold its feet,
So she sold it to the candy man that lives in market street.

When the tinker he arose, out of his drunken sleep,
Unto his loving wife Judy, he surely then did creep,
He put his hand into his pocket, and it was scarce of brass,
saying go and get a stone of hay and feed it to the ass.

Oh she said dear John, the ass won't bother you,
For I have sold the ass, and drunk the money too,
He up with his tin mallet, and he hit her o'er the brain,
Be God and you will never sell and ass on me again.

Well the wife she staggered backwards, but didn't hit the floor,
For she was twenty stone, and also six foot four,
She welted him severely, and knocked him through the door,
And now their heads are both well bruised, and also rather sore.

A half a stone of boiled pig's feet, is just the ting they say,
Others swear a pint of milk keeps hangovers at bay,
But the moral of this sad sad tale, though you may think it queer,
Is to feed your ass a stone of hay before you hit the beer.


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The Dust On The Bible

I went into a home one day to see some friends of mine
Of all their books and magazines, not a Bible could I find
I asked them for the Bible, when they brought it what a shame
For the dust was covered o'er it, not a finger print was plain

Dust on the Bible, dust on the Holy Word
The words of all our prophets and the sayings of our Lord
Of all the other books you'll find there's none salvation holds
Get that dust off the Bible, and redeem your poor your soul

You can read your magazines, read of love and tragfic things
But not one word of Bible verse, not a scripture do you know
When it is the very truth, and its contents good for you
But if dust is covered o'er it, it is sure to doom your soul

* Refrain

If you have a friend you'd like to help along life's way
Just tell him that the Good Book shows a mortal how to pray
The best advice to give him that will make his burden light
Is to dust the family Bible, crade the wrong way for the right

* Refrain


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The Dutchman
Michael Smith

The Dutchman's not the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam that holds his dreams in.
But that's a secret that only Margaret knows.
When Amsterdam is golden in the summer,
Margaret brings him breakfast, she believes him.
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow.
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes.
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes.

Chorus:
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me.

The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewed there.
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam.
He watches the tug-boats down canals
And calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain.
Till Margaret comes to take him home again
Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm,
Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name.

Chorus

The windmills whirl the winter in.
She winds his muffler tighter,
And they sit in the kitchen.
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew.
He sees her for a moment, calls her name,
She makes the bed up singing some old love song,
A song Margaret learned when it was very new.
He hums a line or two, they sing together in the dark.
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out.

Chorus


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Dying Mother, The

On a cold winter's eve as the snowflakes were falling
In a low humble cottage a poor mother lay
Although wracked with pain as she lay there contented
With her Savior, her Friend and peace with Him made

   We will all meet again on that great Judgment morning
   The books will be open, the roll will be called
   Oh how sad it will be if forever we're parted
   While some rise to Glory while others stand the Fall

Oh that mother of yours has gone o'er the river
And you promised you'd meet her while knelt by her bed
As the death sweat rolled off and fell down on her pillow
Oh, her mem'ry still lives although she is dead

You remember the kiss and the last words she uttered
Oh the arms that embraced you are with you no more
As you stand by her grave teardrops fall on her casket
And you vowed there to meet her on that happy shore

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Dying Soldier, The

The sun was slowly sinking or the hilltops far away
The land was endless beauty where the dying soldier lay
Tears were streaming down his face as he slowly raised his head
And these were the dying words he said

   Oh carry me back to old Tennessee
   Let this be my last repose
   Lay my feet beneath while I lie
   Lay my head beneath the rose

Take this message to my mother for I know she's old and gray
At home I know she's waiting for her boy's return some day
Oh my mother I've come through for my country and for you
And I'm dying for the red white and blue

O'er the hills of Tennessee where the wild wind wonders free
There's a little girl waiting there for me
Tell her that the rose she gave me will be placed upon my grave
In memory of her soldier brave

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The Early Bird

The early bird always gets the worm
I wonder when the tide is gonna' turn
I'm either late or way behind and never get nowhere on time,
The early bird plays gets the worm
I went to see my gal the other night. 
The moon was full and the stars were shining bright.
She was sitting there with another man and you ought to see them holding hands,
The early bird always gets the worm
Now when I left before this awful war,
My gal said she'd wait for me then swore,
That no one else could beat my time than she married a man from Caroline
The early bird gets the worm
The early bird always gets the worm
I wonder when the tide is gonna' turn
I'm either late or way behind and never get nowhere on time,
The early bird gets the worm


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The Eggplant That Ate Chicago
Norman Greenbaum

You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago,
For he may eat your city soon.
You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago,
If he gets hungry, the wholedamn country's doomed.

He came from outer space, lookin' for somethin' to eat.
He landed in Chicago. He thought Chicago was a treat.
(It was sweet, it was just like sugar)

You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago,
For he may eat your city soon (wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do)
You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago,
If he gets hungry, the whole damn country's doomed.

He came from outer space, lookin' for somethin' to eat.
He landed in Chicago. He thought Chicago was a treat.
(It was sweet, it was just like suger)

You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago,
For he may eat your city soon (wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do)
You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago,
If he gets hungry, the whole damn country's doomed ('it's in trouble!')
If he gets hungry, the whole damn country's doomed


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The End Of The Innocence
Don Henley

Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standin' by
But 'happily ever after' fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly

But I know a place where we can go
That's still untouched by men
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

O beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plow shares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie

But I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbye

Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence


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Richard Thompson - The End Of The Rainbow 

I feel for you, you little horror
Safe at your mother's breast
No lucky break for you around the corner
'Cause your father is a bully
And he thinks that you're a pest
And your sister, she's no better than a whore

Life seems so rosy in the cradle
But I'll be a friend, I'll tell you what's in store
There's nothing at the end of the rainbow
There's nothing to grow up for anymore

Tycoons and barrow boys will rob you
And throw you on the side
And all because they love themselves sincerely
And the man holds a bread knife up to your throat
Is four feet wide and he's anxious
Just to show you what it's for

Your mother works so hard to make you happy
But take a look outside the nursery door
There's nothing at the end of the rainbow
There's nothing to grow up for anymore

All the sad and empty faces
That pass you on the street
All running in their sleep, all in a dream
Every loving handshake
Is just another man to beat
How your heart aches
Just to cut him to the core

Life seems so rosy in the cradle
But I'll be a friend, I'll tell you what's in store
There's nothing at the end of the rainbow
There's nothing to grow up for anymore

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The Incredible String Band - The Eyes Of Fate 

Oh, who can see in the eyes of fate?
All life alone in its chronic patterns
Oh, swan, let me fly you
To the land of no winds blowing
I know nothing and know that I know nothing
All is in the eye and in its blinks of seeing

So just like the morning
The ghost of the following day
Listen

Ory, ory, ory, ory
Rear the rollers wild and stormy
Echoes wholly only lonely long before, ory ory

All rivalry and opinion still cast their wild spells
Effort and contrariness change the directions of time
The lion still growls in your hollowness
Please let's be easy, please let's be friends

Watching and learning like small children
Till out of the morning is growing the strength of the day
Listen

Ory, cry, cry, ory
Rear the rollers wild and stormy
Echoes wholly only lonely long before, ory, ory

Servant of fame or fame for a servant
You see what you see, you see seldom what is
Servant of fate or fate for a servant
You see what you see, you see seldom what is

Servant of fate, oh

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The Incredible String Band - The Eyes Of Fate - 2010 Remastered Version 

Oh, who can see in the eyes of fate?
All life alone in its chronic patterns.
Oh, swan, let me fly you
To the land of no winds blowing.
I know nothing, and know that I know nothing;
All is in the eye, and in its blinks of seeing.

So just like the morning
The ghost of the following day.
Listen: Ory, cry, cry...
Rear the rollers wild and stormy
Echoes wholly only lonely long beforey, ory ory.

All rivalry and opinion still cast their wild spells.
Effort and contrariness change the directions of time.
The lion still growls in your hollowness.
Please let's be easy, please let's be friends.
Watching and learning like small children.
Till out of the morning is growing the strength of the day.

Listen: Ory, cry, cry...
Rear the rollers wild and stormy
Echoes wholly only lonely long beforey, ory, ory.

Servant of fame or fame for a servant,
You see what you see, you see seldom what is.
Servant of fate or fate for a servant,
You see what you see, you see seldom what is.

Servant of fate, ohhhhhh.

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The F.f.v.
Traditional, from Joan Baez, Michael Nesmith

Along came the F.F.V.
The swiftest on the line
She was runnin' down the C&O road
Just twenty-five minutes behind

Runnin' into Sewall
The headquarters on the line
And receivin' very strict orders
From the station right behind

Georgie's mother came to him
Her bucket on her arm
And she said, "My darlin' son,
Be careful how you run,

There's many a man that's lost his life
Just tryin' to make lost time.
But if you run your engine right
You'll get there right on time."

Up the tracks she darted
And into a rock she crashed
Upside down the engine turned
And poor Georgie's head was smashed

His head lay 'gainst the firebox door
And the flames were runnin' high
And he said, "I'm proud to be born for an engineer
With C&O road to die."

The doctor said to Georgie,
"My darlin' boy, be still.
Your life may yet be saved
If it is God's precious will."

"Oh no," cried he, "That will not do.
I'd rather die so free.
I want to die for the engine I love:
One hundred and forty-three."

The doctor said to Georgie,
"Your life cannot be saved."
He was murdered on a railway
And laid in a lonesome grave

And his eyes were covered up with blood
And his eyes they could not see
So the very last words poor Georgie cried
Were, "Nearer my God to thee."

Notes:
This folk song, also known as "Engine 143" and "The Wreck On The C&O",
is based on the events of 23 Oct 1890, when a landslide 3 miles
east of Hinton, West Virginia caused a trainwreck.

The best-known recording of "Engine 143" is by the Carter Family.

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The Wreck on the C & O

This ballad, like that of "John Hardy", was made in West Virginia. Ten variants
have been found, all very much alike. The facts out of which the song grew
were obtained from Miss Margaret Alley and Mr. Ernest N. Alley, Alderson, West
Virginia, sister and brother of George Alley, the man killed in the wreck, and
from Mr. R.E. Noel Hinton, formerly an engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad.

George Alley was born in Richmond, Virginia, July 10, 1860, was married and had
four children. The wreck on the C & O in which he was killed occurred at
5:40 A.M., October 23, 1890. He was running train No. 4, the F.F.V. (Fast Flying
Vestibule), engine No. 134. He lived five hours after being hurt. The wreck
occurred three miles east of Hinton, and was caused by a landslide. Lewis Withrow,
the regular fireman, was firing the engine. He had been "laying off," but, on the
morning of the wreck, took his run back at Hinton.

Jack Dickinson was not on the engine, but Robert Foster was. He had been working
in Withrow's place, and his run being out of Clifton Forge, he was deadheading
back home that morning. Neither he nor Withrow jumped into the New River: he went
out of the window on the left side of the engine, that being the side away from
the river, and Withrow went out of the gangway on the same side. The engine
turned over on the opposite side, that is, toward the river. Withrow was badly
hurt and for a long time it was thought he would not live.

George Alley was six feet tall, weighed about 170 pounds, had a dark complexion,
black eyes and straight black hair. At the time of the wreck his home was at
Clinton Forge. The ballad and the facts agree as follows: (1) The F.F.V., train
No.4, was running east on the C & O Railroad, was wrecked near Hinton by a
landslide. (2) The regular engineer, George Alley, was killed. (3) The fireman
saved his life by jumping from the engine.

As in "John Hardy," certain fundamental facts are retained, but the details are
entirely untrustworthy.

(Folk Songs of the South edited by John Harrington Cox)

Along came the F.F.V., the fastest on the line,
Came running o'er the C & O Road, just twenty minutes behind;
Came running into Sewell, lies quartered on the line,
And then received strict orders for Hinton, away behind.

Many a man's been murdered by the railroad,
By the railroad, by the railroad; (Chorus)
Many a man's been murdered by the railroad,
And is sleeping in his lonesome grave

When she got to Hinton, her engineer was there,
Georgie Allen was his name, with blue eyes and curly hair;
His fireman, Jack Dickinson, was standing by his side,
Waiting for his orders, and in his cab to ride.

Georgie's mother came to him with a basket on her arm,
Saying, "Now, my darling son, be careful how you run;
For many a man has lost his life trying to gain lost time,
And if you run your engine right, you'll get there yet on time."

Georgie said to his pal, "Jack, just a little more steam;
I mean to pull old No. 4 the fastest ever seen;
And o'er this road I mean to fly with a speed unknown to all,
And when I blow for the Stock Yard Gate, they will surely hear my call."

Georgie said to his pal, "Jack, a rock ahead I see;
I know that death is waiting to grasp both you and me;
So from this cab you must fly, your darling life to save,
For I want you to be an engineer when I am sleeping in my grave."

Up the road she darted; against the rock she crashed;
Upside down the engine turned, upon his breast it crashed;
His head upon the firebox door, the burning flames rolled o'er;
"I'm glad I was born an engineer to die on the C & O Road."

Georgie's mother came to him, "My Son what have you done?"
"Too late, too late my doom is almost run."
The doctor said to Georgie, "My son, you must lie still;
Your precious life may yet be saved, if it be God's holy will."

"O no, doctor, O no! I want to die so free;
I want to die with my engine, old 143."
His last words were, "Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee."

(This version contributed by Mr. John B. Adkins
April 1, 1916)


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The Avett Brothers - The Fall 

Well bring me something new that I haven't felt before
Like messages of love and directions to your door
But please talk slowly, I don't hear good anymore
And we all fall down
And we all fall down

Don't die on me lady, only good things can come
To those who practice reason and recognize good fun
Your absence is the bullet and the past is your gun
And we all fall down
And we all fall down

She still doesn't answer though she knows shes done wrong
We buried the memories along with the songs
When she wakes up, I hope that we are gone
And we all fall down
And we all fall down

There's a visitor in black at my neighbors house
My neighbor says tomorrow the visitor says now
When he comes here please tell him that I'm out
And we all fall down
And we all fall down

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The Fallen Eagle

Singing the fallen eagle
Fill the copter smile
Chasing round the mountain
Chasing till they born
They say that it's just sporting
Shooting them on the wing
The world around 'em clatters
You can hear the mountains ring
Hear their song, it won't be long

Singing the western ranges
The eagle takes his land
He's got a thousand mothers
Hit off near the dam
Get up with the sunrise
Everybody gather around
Get in with the first shot
Ther're to bring you down
Down, down, crash on the ground

Singing the noble eagle
Help is on the way
The government team of experts
Is rusing to your aid
I know you're noe excited
An eagle is no way
Fly up to Canada
This country isn't sane
Anymore, that's for sure


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The Fiddler

When the fiddler has played his last tune for the night
And the singer has sung his last song
And the mandolins and guitars and banjo's are quiet
And the loud noisy crowd has gone home

Theres nothing as quiet as a night with no music
Or as dark as night with no stars
And nothing as lonesome as a cold lonely river
Just wondering all night where you are

As we walked together the music was playing
The wind whispered soft through the trees
With your arms around me whispered I love you
And the words seemed to float on the breeze

Now the fiddler has played his last tune for the night
And the singer has sung his last song
All the mandolins and guitars and banjo's are quiet
Like the music sweetheart you are gone

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The Fields Have Turned Brown

I left my old home to remember this country
My mother and dad said son don't go wrong
Remember that God will always watch oe'r you
And we will be waiting for you here at home

Son don't go astray is what they both told me
Remember that love for God can be found
But now they're both gone this letter just told me
For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown

For many long years I've rambled in sorrow
No thoughts of the day when I would return
Now as I go home and find no one waiting
The price I have paid to live and to learn

* Refrain


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The Fields Of Home
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell

C                  G7
I remember how I'd cuss 
F                     D7
The taste of that old hillside dust
        C                           G7
And the hot July sun that burned my back
C                       G7
As I walked between the rows 
F            Am              D7
I dreamed of places that I'd go
C        G7                 C   G7
Far away from the fields of home
C                        G7
A young man longs to get away 
F                D7
And I told Dad I would someday
      C                             G7
And I remember how I laughed at his reply
C                          G7
He said son someday you'll long 
F            Am            D7
To kiss this ground you're standing on
             C                 G7                C
When there's miles between you and the fields of home
B7                        C            A7
I left before I turned 18 I set out to do big things
Dm                   G7               F       C  F
Oh I didn't write or call I thought I knew it all
B7
And for a while I lived it up 
C                   A7
But when I got down on my luck
Dm        C       F       G7        C   G7
I started longing for the fields of home
C                 G7
Now 20 years have slipped away 
F                   D7
But I went back the other day
    C                                 G7
And found the weeds had taken Daddy's farm
C                       G7
I looked for Gene's old grocery store 
F                     D7
The road don't run by there no more
      C           G7                 C
And I didn't recognize the fields of home
B7                        C            A7
I left before I turned 18 I set out to do big things
Dm                   G7               F       C
Oh I didn't write or call I thought I knew it all
B7
I can't believe how things have changed 
C                   A7
And they won't ever be the same
       Dm       C     F        G7        C
Lord I wish I'd never left the fields of home
  Dm      Em      F        G7        C
Tonight I long to walk the fields of home

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The Fire In My Heart

I trusted you dear, what more can I say
How heartbreak and tears is the price I mist pay
But weeping will heal a soul in deepair
And there'll come a time when I'll no longer care

You started a flame, a fire in my heart
I thought you'd be true that we never would part
You left me alone and through the long years
The fire in my heart will be drowned out with tears

In this game of love what chances we take
For each heart that's left there another must break
You smile at me dear, I played and I lost
It's all over now and I'm counting the costs

I can't face our friends, the ones we both knew
For they always ask, whats happened to you
I'll go on somehow and hope for the day
The love in my heart will be all washed away

I wonder if you are happy sweetheart
Or do you regret that we're living apart
Come back if you wish but sweetheart return
While deep in my heart that old flame still burns


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Billy Strings 
The Fire On My Tongue

There ain't enough corn mash
In this whole sorry town
To wash off or burn out
The way it all went down

But that cork squeaks so loud
When it's sneaking its way out
That I'm afraid to death she's going to hear

Now the fire on my tongue
Is for those who die young
And the weariness of we who stay behind
There's poison sickness in my heart
And I don't trust the ashes of my mind

I've got too many sorrows
And far too little time
To sit and drown out these memories
Under Tennessee rye

But the salt on the rim
Has me thinking about him
And my shaking hands can't hold back no more tears

Now the fire on my tongue
Is for those who die young
And the weariness of we who stay behind
There's poison sickness in my heart
And I don't trust the ashes of my mind

Whispering my shame
To the bottom of my glass
Won't get me through the dawn
Or make the darkness pass

So I'll hold out tonight
And clench this bottle tight
And drink about the light I saw in you

Now the fire on my tongue
Is for those who die young
And the weariness of we who stay behind
There's poison sickness in my heart
It's tearing me apart
And I don't trust the ashes of my mind


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Dolly Parton - The Fire That Keeps You Warm lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Let me walk in the sunshine of your smile
Let me hide in the shadows of your eyes
Let me lie in the safety of your arms
And let me be the fire that keeps you warm
I'll keep you warm
Let me be the someone that you need
Let me be the shelter that you seek
Let me be your strength when you are weak
And let me be the fire that keeps you warm
Let me walk in the sunshine of your smile
Let me hide in the shadows of your eyes
Let me lie in the safety of your arms
And let me be the fire that keeps you warm
I'll keep you warm
Let me be the one always around
Let me help you up when you are down
Let me make a smile out of a frown
And let me be the fire that keeps you warm
Let me walk in the sunshine of your smile
Let me hide in the shadows of your eyes
Let me lie in the safety of your arms
And let me be the fire that keeps you warm
I'll keep you warm
Let me be the fire that keeps you warm


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Alan Jackson - The Fireflys Song lyrics

I used to run in a young man's boots
With a young man's heart
And a young man's roots
But now I stand where
a young man stood before
I don't run like I used to
This ol' man don't run no more
You used to talk and I used to not
I don't listen but I hear a lot
Don't believe for a second that
my key won't fit your door
I don't want you like I used to
This ol' man wants you more
Hey hidey-ho... I used to go where the devil
wouldn't go
Where the river runs still and the water don't flow
Heaven couldn't stop me then
Hey hidey-hi...good lord willing'
and the cricket don't rise
Life goes by like the firefly's
When the devil sits with a grin
I used to sing with a young man's voice
A young man's heart and a young man's choice
I hope my song is what your longing for
I don't sing like I used to
Sometimes less is more
Hey hidey-ho... I used to go where the devil
wouldn't go
Where the river runs still and the water don't flow
Heaven couldn't stop me then
Hey hidey-hi...good lord willing'
and the cricket don't rise
Life goes by like the firefly's
When the devil sits with a grin
This crazy life is all we got
Like a shoestring tied in a beggars knot
And in the end that's what this story shows
I don't love you like I used to...
This ol' man loves you more
I don't love you like I used to...
This ol' man loves you more


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The Incredible String Band - The First Girl I Loved - 2010 Remastered Version 

First girl I loved,
Time has come I will sing you
this sad goodbye song,
When I was seventeen, I used to know you.

Well, I haven't seen you, now, since many is the short year,
And the last time I seen you, you said you'd joined the
Church of Jesus.
But me, I remember your long red hair falling in our faces
As I kissed you.

Well, I want you to know, we just had to grow;
I want you to know, I just had to go.

And you're probably married now, house and car and all,
And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
And if I was lying near you now,
I probably wouldn't be here at all.

Well, we parted so hard;
Me, rushing round Britain with a guitar,
Making love to people
That I didn't even like to see.

Well, I would think of you.
Yes, I mean in the six sad morning.
And in the lonely midnight,
Try to hold your face before me.

Well, I want you to know, I just had to go;
I want you to know, we just had to grow.

And you're probably married now, kids and all,
And you turned into a grownup, female, stranger.
And if I was lying near you now,
I'd just have to fall.

Well, I never slept with you
Though we must have made love a thousand times.
For we were just young, didn't have no place to go,
But in the wide hills and beside many a long water
You have gathered flowers, and they do not smell for me.

Well, I want you to know, I just had to go.
I want you to know, we just had to grow.
So it's goodbye first love, and I hope you're fine.

Well, I have a sweet woman
Maybe some day to have babies by me,
she's pretty,
Is a true friend of mine

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Dolly Parton - The First Noel lyrics

The first Noel, the angel did say,
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the East, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
And by the light of that same star,
Three wise men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
This star drew night to the northwest,
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
Then entered in those wise men three,
Full reverently upon their knee;
And offered there in his presence,
Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.


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The First Time
Ewan MacColl

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gift you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.

The first time ever I kissed your lips
I felt the earth move in my arms
Like the trembling heart of a captive dove
That was there at my command, my love,
That was there at my command.

The first time ever I held you near
And felt your heart beat close to mine,
I felt a joy to fill the earth
And last until the end of time, my love,
and last till the end of time.

Our love will last till the end of time.


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First Whippoorwill, The

Springtime is near my darling
You say that you are going away
My heart will be with you my darling
And I'm counting now the days

   I know that soon I'll have to travel
   I know I'm over the hill
   I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
   When I heard that first whippoorwill

The flowers are blooming little darling
With the budding of the trees
I hear the night birds a crying
I know that they are warning me

Our love was planted little darling
Just like the farmer plants his grain
But there will never be a harvest
On the hills the whippoorwills now sing

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The Flowers Of Bermuda
Stan Rogers

He was the captain of the Nightingale
Twenty-One days from clyde in coal.
He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale,
When he died on the North Rock Shoal.

Just five short hours from Bermuda, in a fine October gale,
There came a cry "O there be breakers dead ahead!"
From the Collier Nightingale.
No sooner had the captain brought her round,
Came a rending crash below.
Hard on her beam ends groaning went the Nightingale,
And overside her mainmast goes.

"O Captain are we all for drowning?"
Came the cry from all the crew. "The boats be smashed,
How are we all then to be saved?
They are stove in through and through."
Oh, are ye brave and hearty collier men?
Or are ye blind and cannot see?
The captain's gig still lies before ye whole and sound.
It shall carry all O' we.

But when the crew was all assembled,
And the gig prepared for sea,
Twas seen there were but eighteen places to be manned,
Nineteen mortal souls were we.
But cries the captain "now do ye not delay,
Nor do ye spare a thought for me,
My duty is to save ye all now if I can,
See ye return quick as can be."

Oh there be flowers in Bermuda. Beauty lies on every hand.
And there be laughter, ease, and drink for every man,
But there is no joy for me.
For when we reached the wretched Nightingale,
Such an awful sight was plain,
The captAin drowned, lay tangled in the mizzen chain,
Smiling bravely beneath the sea.


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Richard Thompson - The Fool 

Gather round me buddies
Hold your glasses high
And drink to a fool
A crazy fool
Who told his baby, goodbye

Too late he found out he loves her
So much he wants to die
But drink to a fool
A crazy fool
Who told his baby, goodbye

He needs her, he needs her so
He wonders why
He let her go-oo, o-oo, oooo

She's found a new love, buddy
He's a lucky guy
So drink to the fool
'Cause I'm that fool
Who told his baby, goodbye

[Instrumental Interlude]

He needs her, he needs her so
He wonders why
He let her go-oo, o-oo, oooo

She's found a new love, buddy
He's a lucky guy
So drink to the fool
'Cause I'm that fool
Who told my baby, goodbye
Who told my baby, goodbye
Who told my baby, goodbye

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Railroad Earth - The Forecast (Live) 

The forecast says there's a calm ahead
mild days and sunny rain
not a breeze, days at ease
clear skies over head

The forecast says there's a storm brewin
heavy rain and heavy wind
batten down and board em up
worst day of the year

Crying, like a river crying, something isn't right
I see a mountain dying right before my eyes

The forecast says better pull it over
trouble headin back to rain
pass the gate, dark and late
we get rolling on

Crying, hear the river crying, something isn't right
I see a mountain dying right before my eyes

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The Fox
Arr. Burl Ives

The fox went out on a chilly night
Prayed for the moon to give him light
For he had many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town o (2x)

He ran til he came to a great big bin
Where the ducks and the geese were kept therein
Said, a couple of you are going to grease my chin
Before I leave this town o

He grabbed the grey goose by the neck
Throwed a duck across his back
He didn't mind the quack, quack, quack
And the legs all dangling down o

Then old mother Flipper-flopper jumped out of bed
Out of the window she cocked her head
Crying, John, John the grey goose is gone
and the fox is on the town o

Then John he went to the top of the hill
Blew his horn both loud and shrill
The fox, he said, I better flee with my kill
Or they'll soon be on my trail o

He ran till he came to his cozy den
There were the little ones, eight, nine, ten
Saying, Daddy, daddy, Better go back again
For it must be a mighty fine town o

Then the fox and his wife, without any strife
Cut up the goose with a carving knife
They never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones o


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Nickel Creek - The Fox (Live from the Freight and Salvage, Nov. 16, 2000) 

The fox went out on a chilly night
He prayed for the moon to give him light
for he'd many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o
He'd many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o

He ran till he came to the farmers pen
the ducks and the geese were kept therein
He said a couple of you are gonna grease my chin, before I
leave this town-o, town-o, town-o
a couple of you are going to grease my chin before I
leave this town-o

He grabbed the great goose by the neck
threw a duck across his back
and he didn't mind the quack, quack
and the legs all danglin' down-o down-o down-o
he didn't mind the quack quack and the legs all danglin' down-o

Well the old grey women jumped out of bed
Out of the window she popped her head
cried john john the great goose is gone
and the fox is on the town-o town-o town-0
john john the great goose is gone and the fox is on the town-o

He ran till he came to his nice warm den
and there were the little ones eight, nine, ten
sayin' daddy daddy better go back again
it must be a mighty fine town-o town-o town-o
daddy daddy go back again it must be a mighty fine town-o

The fox and his wife, without any strife
cut up the goose with a fork and a knife
they never had such a supper in their life
and the little ones chewed on the bones-o bones-o bones-o
they never had such a supper in their life
and the little ones chewed on the bones.

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The Frozen Logger
James Stevens

As I sat down one evening within a small cafe,
A forty year old waitress to me these words did say:

"I see that you are a logger, and not just a common bum,
'Cause nobody but a logger stirs his coffee with is thumb.

My lover was a logger, there's none like him today;
If you'd pour whiskey on it he could eat a bale of hay

He never shaved his whiskers from off of his horny hide;
He'd just drive them in with a hammer and bite them off inside.

My lover came to see me upon one freezing day;
He held me in his fond embrace which broke three vertebrae.

He kissed me when we parted, so hard that he broke my jaw;
I could not speak to tell him he'd forgot his mackinaw.

I saw my lover leaving, sauntering through the snow,
Going gaily homeward at forty-eight below.

The weather it tried to freeze him, it tried its level best;
At a hundred degrees below zero, he buttoned up his vest.

It froze clean through to China, it froze to the stars above;
At a thousand degrees below zero, it froze my logger love.

They tried in vain to thaw him, and would you believe me, sir
They made him into axeblades, to chop the Douglas fir.

And so I lost my lover, and to this cafe I come,
And here I wait till someone stirs his coffee with his thumb."


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The Gal I Left Behind Me

I struck the trail in seventy-nine
The herd strung out behind me
As I jogged along my mind went back
To the girl I left behind me

That sweet little gal, that true little gal
That gal I left behind me
That sweet little gal, that true little gal
That gal I left behind me

If I ever get off the train
And the Indians they don't find me
I'll make my way straight back again
To the gal I left behind me

* Refrain

The wind did blow, the rain did flow
The hail did fall and blind me
I thought of that gal, that sweet little gal
That gal I'd left behind me

* Refrain

She wrote ahead to the place I said
I was always glad to find it
She says, I'm true, when you get through
Ride back and you will find me

* Refrain

When we sold out, I took the train
I know when I would find her
When I got back, we had a smack
And that was no gol-darned liar

* Refrain


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The Galway Races
Traditional

As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation
On the seventeenth of August, me mind bein' elevated,
There was multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station,
Me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races.

Chorus after every verse:
To me whack fol de do, fol de dideree idle day

There was passengers from Limerick and more from Tipperary,
The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens,
And people from Cork city who were loyal true and faithful,
They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations.

It's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties,
And lozenges and oranges and lemonade and raisins,
With gingerbread and spices to accommodate the ladies,
And a big crubeen for thrupence to be pickin while you're able.

It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing,
The nimble-footed dancers, and they trippin through the daisies,
The others crying cigars and lights and bills for all the races,
With the colours of the jockeys and the price and horses ages.

It's there you'll see the jockeys, and they mounted on so stately,
The blue, the pink, the orange and green, emblem of our nation.
When the bell was rung for starting, the horses seemed impatient,
I thought they never stood on ground, their speed was so amazing.

There was half a million people there of all denominations,
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, and Presbyterian.
There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion,
But fortune and hospitality inducing fresh acquaintance.


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The Gambler
Don Schlitz

On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with a gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
He said,"Son, I've made my life out of readin' people's faces,
And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
Chorus:
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
Now ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep.
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.
So when he'd finished speakin', he turned back toward the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.
Chorus
Repeat Chorus


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Lonesome River Band - The Game I Can't Win

Now every day ya get a little bit older
Hey sweet Sally
Every day get a little bit bolder
Oh sweet Sally.

Every night when I go to sleep
Hey Sweet Sally
The greenest blue eyes and lips so sweet
Oh Sweet Sally

Oh Sweet Sally, prettiest girl in town
Oh, Sweet Sally, I love Sweet Sally Brown.

I help carry her book to school
Hey Sweet Sally
I ain't too big but I ain't no fool
Oh Sweet Sally

I ain't big enough to go to school
Like Sally and brother
So give her a kiss at the school house door
Then go back home to Mother

Mom says I can't ask her to wed
That would be too mean
For you see I'm only five years old
And Sally's seventeen.

But age don't matter when love is true
The way that I love Sally
So I'll eat my food and grow up real big
And I'll be big like Sally.

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The Garden Wall

I was standing by a garden wall
Where the roses bloom in southern skies
You pressed one rose up to your lips
The night we spoke our last goodbye

 Oh the rose you kissed is faded now dear
 And our love is gone since we're apart
 You went away and left behind
 A faded rose a broken heart

Sometimes I wish we'd never met
Then this true saying I recall
Oh it's better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all

 Oh in dreams it seems that you are near me
 And I hear you say we'll never part
 Then sweet dreams disappear and leave
 A faded rose a broken heart


 

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The Gardener
Robert Burns

When Rosy May Comes in wi' flowers
Te deck the gay green Scented Bowers,
Then many busy are his hours,
The Gardener wi' his Paidle

The crystal Waters Gently fa',
The Many birds are Lovers a'
The scented breezes round him blow,
The gardener wi' his paidle


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The Ghost Lover
Traditional

Johnny he promised to marry her
She fears he's with some fair one and gone
There's something that ails him but she don't know what it is
And she's weary of lying alone

Johnny he came at the appointed hour
Knocked on her window so slow
This fair maid arose and hurried on her clothes
And she bid her true love welcome home

She took him by the hand and she laid him down
Felt he was as cold as the clay
She said, my dearest dear, if only I had my wish
This long night would never turn to day

Where is your soft bed of down, my love?
Where are your white Holland sheets?
And where is the fair maid who watches over you
As you lie every night in your sleep?

The sea is my soft bed of down, my love
The sand be my white Holland sheet
The long hungry worms they do feed off me
As I lie every night in the deep

"When will I see you again, my love?
When will you come back again?"
"When little fishes fly and the seas they do run dry
And the hard rocks do melt in the sun."


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Richard Thompson - The Ghost of You Walks 

If that was our goodbye kiss
Seems a habit too good to miss
Once more for the memory

Hit the heights too well that time
To leave it there would be a crime
Seems more like beginning to me

At least we tried, took the biggest bite
Least we did it right
With all our souls and all our might

Blue murder on the dance floor, French kisses in the rain
Blood wedding in the water till I see you again
Dutch courage is the game and the ghost of you walks
The ghost of you walks, the ghost of you walks

The ghost of you walks right through my head
Sleepwalks at the foot of my bed
Sends old shivers over my skin

Love like that, won't let go
It's got some kind of a mind of its own
I can't break out and I can't break in

At least we lived, took it all at a rush
At least we loved too much
Felt too much, cared too much

Blue murder on the dance floor, French kisses in the rain
Blood wedding in the water till I see you again
Dutch courage is the game and the ghost of you walks
The ghost of you walks, the ghost of you walks

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Richard Thompson - The Ghost Of You Walks - 2001 Digital Remaster 

Seems a habit too good to miss
Once more for the memory
Hit the heights too well that time
To leave it there would be a crime
Seems more like beginning to me

At least we tried, took the biggest bite
Least we did it right
With all our soulds and all our might

Blue murder on the dance floor
French kisses in the rain
Blood wedding in the water
Till I see you again
Dutch courage is the game
And the ghost of you walks, the ghost of you walks
The ghost of you walks

The ghost of you walks right through my head
Sleepwalks at the foot of my bed
Sends old shivers over my skin
Love like that, won't let go
It's got some kind of a mind of its own
I can't break out and I can't break in

At least we lived, took it all at a rush
At least we loved too much
Felt too much, cared too much

Blue murder on the dance floor
French kisses in the rain
Blood wedding in the water
Till I see you again
Dutch courage is the game
And the ghost of you walks, the ghost of you walks
The ghost of you walks

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The Girl At The Crossroad Bar

I walked out one night for to ramble round
I didn't mean to stay, just to view the town
When I saw her smiling from afar
As she walked into that crossroad bar 

 Well I walked inside and I sat me down
Ordered sweet red wine and I drank it down
She came and sat beside me there
With the dark brown eyes and the red, red hair. 

 I told her that I loved her true
Anything you want, I'll surely do
She said, "A man like you won't get too far
With a girl like me from the crossroad bar. 

 "I like the smokey lights and a lonesome song
And I won't do right if I can do you wrong
You want the moon above and I'm the darkest star
And you won't find love at the crossroad bar." 

 Come all my friends, take my advice
Get your love at home, with your lovin' wife
You're much better off than you think you are
And you won't find love at the crossroad bar
And you won't find love at the crossroad bar.

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The Girl Behind The Bar

As I walked in the Wayside Tavern
The smell of drink was in the air
I threw my money on the counter
This pretty maid was standing there

My thoughts they drifted so far from me
As I looked upon her lovely face
I knew she was my kind of woman
No one could ever take her place

I said when working hours are over
I would just love to take you home
She said young man that is a pleasure
And soon we found ourselves alone

And then our arms went around each other
I felt a knife stick in her back
She turned and saw her lover running
And said his name was Barnum Jack

She did not know her lover followed
She did not know he was around
Until the fate of death had struck her
And now she sleeps beneath the ground

I sit alone tonight in prison
My thoughts are of the one so fair
That I met that night in the Wayside Tavern
When the smell of drink was in the air

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The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee

On one morning bright and clear, my old folks and I drew near
Just a village down in sunny Tennessee
I'd been speeding on the train that would bring me back again again
To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee
Chrous
I could hear those voices singing as she bid farewell to me
Far across the fields of cotton, my old homestead I could see
As the moon rose in its glory then I told my saddest story
Of that girl I left in sunny Tennessee
Now the train drew up at last old familar scene's had passed
And I kissed my mother at the station door
Then kind friends that gathered round tears on every face I found
There I missed the one that I'd been waiting for
* Refrain
I just whispered mother dear where is Mary she's not here
all the world seemed dark and sadness came to me
She just pointed to the spot in that little church yard lot
Where my sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee
* Refrain


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The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind
Recorded by The Earls Of Leicester
Written by Arthur Leroy Smith

G
The girl I love don't pay me no mind
                                D7
The girl I love don't pay me no mind
   G                          C              G
Oh sweetheart divine put your little hand in mine
                      D7        G
The girl I love don't pay me no mind


The girl I love done left this town
                               D7
The girl I love done left this town
    G                   C           G
She left this town says I'm Alabama bound
                D7             G
The girl I love done left this town

repeat #1


I think she's sorry for what she's done
                                   D7
I think she's sorry for what she's done
                           C                 G
Come back to town with her little head bowed down
              D7                   G
I think she's sorry for what she's done

repeat #1 x2




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Doc Watson 
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band

One night while out for a ramble the hour was just about nine
I met a young maiden in Frisco on the corner of Cherry and Pine
On her face there was beauty of nature and her eyes just seemed to expand
Her hair was so rich and so brilliant entwined in a blue velvet band

We strolled down the long street together in my pocket she placed her small hand
Planted the evidence on me the girl in the blue velvet band
Then I heard the scream of the siren and the girl in the blue velvet band
She left me to face all the trouble with a diamond that was worth two grand

They sent me to San Quintin for stealing and God knows I'm an innocent man
For the guilty one now she lies dying that girl in the blue velvet band
I'll be out in a year then I'm leaving but I'll carry the name of a man
Who spent ten years in this prison for the girl in the blue velvet band

Last night when bed-time was ringing I was standing close to the bars
I fancied I could hear a voice calling far out in the ocean of stars
I'll be out in a year then I'm leaving but I'll carry the name of a man
Who spent ten years in this prison for the girl in the blue velvet band

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Dolly Parton - The Giving And The Taking lyrics
(Dolly Parton/Bill Owens)

I keep on a' givin'
And I took all the takin'
I gave all my love to you
And I took all your hurt
I treated you so good
But you treated me like dirt
They say love is give and take
Now my poor heart is breakin'
I keep on a' givin'
And I took all the takin'
I always gave you everything
That I knew how to give I would for you
I treated you too good for my own good
Now I'm along and left forsaken
I keep on a' givin'
And took all the takin'
The giving and the takin'
Has caused my heart to break
I've given all that I can give
And I have taken all that I can take
The giving and the takin'
Has caused my heart to break
I've given all that I can give
And I have takin' all that I can take


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The God That Never Fails

I won't go to a burnin hell
If I believe what the bible tells
I'll conquer that old devil if I pray
He offers just brimstone and fire
A lowdown thief a cheater and a liar
But the Lord will give you love and treat you well

There's too many miles on me
To change my ways I cannot see
Before I die it can't be far away
I believe in the God that never fails
Delivered Jonah from the belly of the whale
Give me that old time religion that's for me

I have a promise from God above
The one who gave me this book of love
Says he'll never leave me or forsake me
And when the devil's at my back door
I'll raise my hand and kneel on the floor
I pray that the Lord will lead me through

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The Golden Apples Of The Sun
W.B. Yeats

I went into the hazel wood
Because a fire was in my head
I cut and peeled a hazel wand
And hooked a berry to a thread
And when white moths were on the wing
And moth-like stars were flickering out
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout
And when I layed it on the bank
And gone to blow the fire aflame
Then something rustled on the floor
And someone called me by my name
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossoms in her hair
Who called me by name and ran
And vanished in the brightening air

Though I am old from wandering
Through quiet lands and hilly lands
I will find out where she is gone
And hold her mouth, and take her hands
And walk through long green dappled grass
And pluck till time and time is done
The silver apples of the moon
The golden apples of the sun


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Crooked Still Lyrics
The Golden Vanity

There was a little ship, and she sailed upon the sea
The name of the ship was the Golden Vanity
She sailed upon the low, the lonesome low
She sailed upon the lonesome sea

She had not been out many more weeks than three
When she was overtaken by the Turkish Revelry
Sailing on the low, the lonesome low
She sailed upon the lonesome sea

Then up spoke a little cabin boy
Saying "What will you give me if I will them destroy?"
If I sink her in the low, lonesome low
Sink her in the lonesome sea

"The man who them destroys", the captain then replied
"It's five thousand pounds and my daughter for your bride"
If you sink them in the low, lonesome low
Sink them in the lonesome sea

The boy smote his breast, and down jumped he
He swam until he came to the Turkish Revelry
Sailing on the low, lonesome low
Sailing on the lonesome sea

He had a little tool, made for the use
He bored nine holes in her hull all at once
He sank her in the low, lonesome low
He sank her in the lonesome ocean

He swam back to the ship, he beat upon the side
Crying "Captain pick me up, I'm waving with the tide"
"I'm sinking in the low, lonesome low
Sinking in the lonesome sea"

"I will not pick you up", the Captain then replied
"I'll shoot you, I'll drown you, I'll sink you in the tide
I'll sink you in the low, lonesome low
Sink you in the lonesome sea"

"I'll sink you in the low, lonesome low
Sink you in the lonesome sea"

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Railroad Earth - The Good Life (Live) 

They got tired of living
and an apple going black
Went up the mad river valley
they never looked back
Way up the mountain
of a cam bell ridge
Up an old logging rope
across an old mill bridge

They built a little house
out of stone they found
Put they're backs to the plow
and the seeds in the ground
Water from the spring
running plenty and good
From a hard wood forest
chopping fire from the wood

Ooohhh
They're living the good life
Ooohhh
Living the good life

They got bread in the oven,
got books on the shelf
They're looking deep into each
others eyes keeping to themselves
Pursuing ideals with
grace and style
And they're making ends meet
with their huggle belly guile

Ooohhh
They're living the good life
Ooohhh
Living the good life

Way up the mountain
of a cam bell ridge
Up an old logging rope,
across an old mill bridge
They built a little house
out of stone they found
Put they're backs to the plow
and the seeds in the ground

The got the power of the sun
and the strength of the soil
Finding peace in their hearts
and faith in their toil

Ooohhh
They're living the good life
Ooohhh
Living the good life

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The Good Things Out Weigh The Bad

I've been sitting here thinking back over my life
All of the good thing the trouble and strife
Well my share of heartaches yes so many I've had
But I still think the good things out weigh the bad

Well I've rocked my babies at night when they'd cry
I've seen the teardrops turn into smiles
And that's when I realize all the bad luck I've had
And I know all the good things out weigh the bad

Well I've never had riches or money to spare
Just a share croppers wages is my only fare
Yes making my living just working the land
But I still think the good things out weigh the bad

Yes I worked the cotton in the heat of the day
And then paid the landlord nearly all that I'd made
Well I've seen high taxes take all that I had
But I still think the good things out weigh the bad

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Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue lyrics

I've had to think up a way to survive
Since you said it's over
Told me good-bye
I just can't make it one day without you
Unless I pretend that the opposite's true
Rivers flow backwards
Valleys are high
Mountains are level
Truth is a lie
I'm perfectly fine
And I don't miss you
The sky is green
And the grass is blue
How much can a heart and a troubled mind take
Where is that fine line before it all breaks
Can one end their sorrow
Just cross over it
And into that realm of insanitive bliss
There's snow in the tropics
There's ice on the sun
It's hot in the Arctic
And crying is fun
And I'm happy now
And I'm glad we're through
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue
And the rivers flow backwards
And my tears are dry
Swans hate the water
And eagles can't fly
But I'm alright now
Now that I'm over you
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue
And I don't love you
And the grass is blue


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Luke Combs & Billy Strings 
The Great Divide

We're striking matches on the TV
Setting fires on our phones
Bearing crosses we believe in dying on
Tempers flare, the flame flies higher
As we soar closer towards the sun
But I like to think too much damage ain't been done

We're all so far, so far apart now
It's as deep as it is wide
We're about to fall apart now
If we can't reach the other side
We gotta find a way across the great divide

Sometimes it seems that our convictions
Side of the fence that we stand on
Makes us all too damn different to get along
But I've seen strangers love each other
Like a mother does her son
What we see ain't only all that's going on

We're all so far, so far apart now
It's as deep as it is wide
We're about to fall apart now
If we can't reach the other side
We gotta find a way across the great divide

We're all so far, so far apart now
It's as deep as it is wide
We're about to fall apart now
If we can't reach the other side
We gotta find a way across the great divide
The great divide

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The Great Mandala (The Wheel Of Life)
Peter Yarrow

So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth
And do his job like a man.
And he answered "Listen, Father,
I will never kill another."
He thinks he's better
than his brother that died
What the hell does he think he's doing
To his father who brought him up right?

Chorus:
Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you're only losing your life.

Tell the jailer not to bother
With his meal of bread and water today.
He is fasting 'til the killing's over
He's a martyr, he thinks he's a prophet.
But he's a coward, he's just playing a game
He can't do it, he can't change it
It's been going on for ten thousand years

Chorus

Tell the people they are safe now
Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell.
Death has gagged his accusations

We are free now, we can kill now,
We can hate now, now we can end the world
We're not guilty, he was crazy
And it's been going on for ten thousand years!

Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you've only wasted your life.


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Dolly Parton - The Great Pretender lyrics
(Buck Ram)

Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I've played the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughin? and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearin' my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Too real is the feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughin? and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearin' this old heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
But I know what I am
I am the great pretender


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The Great Silkie
Traditional

An earthly nurse sits and sings,
And aye, she sings by lily wean,
And little ken I my bairn's father,
Far less the land where he dwells in.

For he came one night to her bed feet,
And a grumly guest, I'm sure was he,
Saying "Here am I, thy bairn's father,
Although I be not comely."

"I am a man upon the land,
I am a silkie on the sea,
And when I'm far and far frae land,
My home it is in Sule Skerrie."

And he had ta'en a purse of gold
And he had placed it upon her knee,
Saying, "Give to me my little young son,
And take thee up thy nurse's fee."

"And it shall come to pass on a summer's day,
When the sun shines bright on every stane,
I'll come and fetch my little young son,
And teach him how to swim the faem."

"And ye shall marry a gunner good,
And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be,
And the very first shot that e'er he shoots
Will kill both my young son and me."

Notes:

Word pronunciation and meaning:

lily wean (LIL-ee WEEN) baby
bairn (BAYRN) child
grumly (GRUM-lee) ugly
comely (COHM-ih-LEE) good looking, pretty
frae (FRAY) from
ta'en (TAYN) taken
stane (STAYN) stone
faem (FAYM) foam, as in sea foam


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The Great Speckled Bird

What a beautiful throught I am thinking
Concerning the great speckled bird
Remember her name is recorded
On the pages of God's Holy Word

There are many who'd lower her standards
And they watch every move that she makes
They just want to find fault with her teachings
Tho they search, they can find no mistakes

Where He comes on a cloud in the morning
And his voice around the earth shall be heard
Oh, Iwant to be ready to meet him
And go up on the Great speckled bird


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The Great Titanic

Oh they built ship Titanic to sall the ocean blue
And they thought they had a ship that the water would never go thru
But the Lord's Almighty hand knew that ship would never land
It was sad when great ship went down

It was sad - It was sad
It was sad when the great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost therir lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

Oh, they sailed from England and were almost to the shore
When the rich refused to associate with the poor
So they put them down below where they were the first to go
It was sad when the great ship went down

* Refrain

The boat was full of sin, and the sides about to burst
When the captain shouted, a-women and children first
Oh, the captain tried to wire, but the lines were all on fire
It was sad when the great ship went down

* Refrain

Oh, they swung the lifeboats out o'er the deep and ragin' sea
When the band struck up with a-nearer My God to thee
Little children wept and cried as the waves swept o'er the side
It was sad when the great ship went down

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - The Great Valerio 

High up above the crowd
The great Valerio is walking
The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud
And time stands still while he is walking

His eye is steady on the target
His foot is sure upon the rope
Alone and peaceful as a mountain
And certain as the mountain slope

We falter at the sight
We stumble in the mire
Fools who think they see the light
Prepare to balance on the wire

But we learn to watch together
And feed on what we see above
'Till our hearts turn like the seasons
And we are acrobats of love

How we wonder, how we wonder
Watching far below
We would all be that great hero
The great Valerio

Come all you upstart jugglers
Are you really ready yet?
Who will help the tightrope walker
When he tumbles to the net

So come with me to see Valerio
As he dances through the air
I'm your friend until you use me
And then be sure I won't be there

How we wonder, how we wonder
Watching far below
We would all be that great hero
The great Valerio

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The Greatest Christmas Gift
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Dallas Frazier and Earl Montgomery
 
G
A precious part of me climbs upon my knee
D7                        G
With brown eyes sparkling bright
   C               D7      G             Em
To young to wonder why but old enough to know
       C           A7          D7
That's Santa Claus is coming tonight
G
No matter how I try to control what's deep inside
D7                                G
Sometimes I have to cry a tear of love
     C                   D7         G        Em
When she reaches out her two little arms and says
       G       D7         G
I love you and mommy this much
                       
Two little feet that softly tip toes 
D7                    G
Over to the Christmas tree
   C             D7     G                  Em
As silent as can be she turns and looks at me
A7                                  D7
Amazed at all the pretty things she sees
G
Two little hands that can't untie the ribbon 
D7                                   G
But they can tear the paper just the same
  C           D7           G         C
A soft little voice saying mommy and daddy
G         D7            G
Look what Santa brought me
C            D7            G
Darling what more could we ask for
       C                 D7              G
And to know that she's a part of you and me
C                D7                G                  C
Darling let's be thankful for this blessing sent from heaven
             G                 D7            G
The greatest Christmas gift of all just fell asleep
                               D7            G
The greatest Christmas gift of all just fell asleep

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Dolly Parton - The Greatest Gift Of All lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

A dirt dobber built its nest
On my only Sunday dress
And the roof leaked in my shoes
And when they dried they were too small
And the rats chewed a great big hole
In my only winter coat
And at night I'd hear them gnaw
The paper on my bedroom wall
But I still say
Those were the greatest days of all
Some happy and some sad
Some good and some bad
But I still say
Those were the greatest days of all
I used to wait by the garden gate
Where the hummingbirds came ev'ry day
To kiss the yellow roses
Growing up the garden wall
And in the tall grass I would lie
'Til ev'ning shadows brought the night
Thru the window of my room
I'd hear the whippoorwill's sad call
And I still say
Those were the greatest days of all
Some happy and some sad
Some good and some bad
But I still say
Those were the greatest days of all
Now as I make my way
Along the busy city sidewalks
My head arouring from the deafening city sound
You can't hear a whipporwill in this noisy city
And tall green grass don't grow
Along the sidewalks of this town
And hummingbirds don't fly around
These artificial roses
Like they did around the garden wall
And, oh, so often in my mind
I'll go back to another time
And I still say
Those were the greatest days of all
I still say
Those were the greatest days of all


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The Avett Brothers - The Greatest 
Second Gleam

Listen, who I used to be
Don't matter much at all to me.
To pin you down, to plant your feet's
a far cry from my destiny.

Not even the clouds,
Not even the past,
Not even the hands of God
could hold back from you.

Dark and lonely is the ride,
the devil always by my side.
Though no match for what lies between
the thought of you,
your trust for me.

Not even the sun,
A bullet from a gun,
No, nothing that this world could bring or
Anything someone could do
Could hold me back from you.

No can of gold placed in my hand,
the largest find,
the greatest sum.
Though some would say
It'd ease our pain,
We know that it can't be done.

Not even the sun,
Not even the clouds.
Not even the past,
No, nothing that this world can bring or anything someone can do,
Could hold me back from you.
Could hold me back from you.
Could hold me back from you.

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The Avett Brothers - The Greatest Sum (Acoustic) - Acoustic 

This and who I used to be
don't matter much at all to me
The pit you dug to plant your feet's
a far cry from my destiny
Not even the clouds
Not even the past
Not even the hands of God
could hold me back from you

Dark and lonely is the ride
the devil always by my side
Though no match for what lies between
a thought of you, your trust for me
Not even the sun
A bullet from a gun
No nothing that this world could bring
Or anything someone could do
Could hold me back from you

No count of gold placed in my hand
the largest find, the greatest sum
Though some would say it'd easy our pain
we know that it can't be done
Not even the sun
Not even the clouds
Not even the past
No nothing that this world could bring
Or anything someone could do
Could hold me back from you
Could hold me back from you
Could hold me back from you

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The Green Back Dollar

One I had a darling sweetheart
And she thought the world of me
Untill another man persuaded
And she cares no more for me
I don't want your green back dollar
I don't want your watch and chain
All I want is you, my darling

Many a time we strolled together
Down beside the deep blue sea
Now in your heart you love another
In my grave I'd rather be
I don't want your watch and chain
All I want is my big long pistol
To blow out your dirty brains

You said I could not marry
Mama said it would never do
But if you ever learn to love me
I will run away with you
I don't want your green back dollar
I don't want your watch and chain
All I want is you, my darling
Won't you take me back again


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The Green Fields Of America
Traditional

Farewell to the groves of shillelagh and shamrock.
Farewell to the girls of Old Ireland all round.
May their hearts be as merry as ever I would wish them.
When far away on the ocean I'm bound.

Oh my Father is old, and my mother's quite feeble.
To leave their own country it grieves their hearts sore.
Oh the tears in great drops down their cheeks they are rolling,
To think that they must die upon a foreign shore.

But what matter to me where my bones may be buried,
If in peace and contentment I can spend my life.
Oh the green fields of Canada, they daily are blooming.
It's there I'll put an end to my miseries and strife.

Then it's pack up your sea stores and tarry no longer.
Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay.
With no taxes nor tithes to devour up your wages,
When you're on the green fields of Amerikay.

The sheep run unsheared, and the land's gone to rushes.
The handyman's gone and the winders of creels
Away cross the ocean good journeyman tailors,
And fiddlers that flaked out the old mountain reels.

But I mind the time when old Ireland was flourishing,
When lots of her tradesmen could work for good pay.
But since our manufactories have crossed the Atlantic,
It's now we must follow to Amerikay.

So now to conclude and to finish my ditty,
If ever friendless Irishman chances my way,
With the best in the house I will treat him and welcome,
At home on the green fields of Amerikay.


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The Green Fields Of France (Wille Mcbride)
Eric Bogel

Well, how do you do, young Willie McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your grave side
And rest for a while 'neath the warm summer sun
I've been working all day and I'm nearly done
I see by your grave stone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fallen in nineteen sixteen
I hope you died well and I hope you died clean
Or, young Willie McBride, was is slow and obscene?

Chorus:
Did they beat the drum slowly, did they play the fife lowly
Did they sound the dead march as they lowered you down
Did the band play the Last Post and Chorus?
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
Although you died back in nineteen sixteen
In that faithful heart are you always nineteen
Or are you a stranger without even a name
Enclosed and forever behind the glass frame
In an old photograph, torn and battered and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame.

Chorus

The sun now it shines on the green fields of France
There's a warm summer breeze that makes the red poppies dance
And look how the sun shines from under the clouds
There's no gas, no barbed wire, there's no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
The countless white crosses stand mute in the sand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
To a whole generation who were butchered and damned.

Chorus

Now young Willie McBride I can't help but wonder why
Do all those who lie here know why they died
And did they believe when they answered the cause
Did they really believe that this war would end wars
Well, the sorrows, the suffering, the glory, the pain
The killing and dying was all done in vain
For young Willie McBride it all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again.

Chorus


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The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia

   Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia
   Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
   Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here
   They'll keep me and never let me go.

My daddy said don't ever be a miner
or a miner's grave is all you'll ever own
There's hard times everywhereI can't find a dime to spare
These are the worst times I've ever known

So I'll move away into some crowded city
In some northern factory town you'll find me there
Though I'll leave the past behind 'll never change my mind
These troubled times are more than I can bear.

Someday I'll go back to West Virginia
To those green rolling hills I love so well
Oh omeday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong
And these hard times will follow me no more.

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The Greenville Trestle

I remember as a boy how in wonderment and joy
I'd watch the trains as they'd go by
And the whistle's lonesome sound you could here from miles around
As they rolled across that Greenville Trestle high.

   But the whistles don't sound like they used to
   Lately not many trains go by
   Hard times across the land mean no work for a railroad man
   And the Greenville Trestle now don't seem so high.

On the riverbank I'd stand with a cane pole in my hand
And watch the freight trains up against the sky
With the black smoke trailing back as they moved along the track
That runs across that Greenville Trestle high.

When the lonesome whistles whined I'd get rambling on my mind
Lord I wish they still sounded that way
As I turned to head for home Lord she'd rumble low and long
Toward the sunset at the close of day.

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The Incredible String Band - The Half-Remarkable Question

Who moved the black castle
Who moved the white queen
When Gimme and Daleth where standing between?

Out of the evening growing a veil
Pining for the pine woods that ached for the sail
There's something forgotten I want you to know
The freckles of rain they are telling me so

Oh, it's the old forgotten question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

And an elephant madness has covered the sun
The judge and the juries they play for the fun
They've torn up the roses and washed all the soap
And the martyr who marries them dares not elope

Oh, it's the never realized question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

Oh long, oh long ever yet my eyes
Braved the gates enormous fire
And the body folded 'round me
And the person in me grew

The flower and its petal
The root and its grasp
The earth and its bigness
The breath and its gasp

The mind and its motion
The foot and its move
The life and its pattern
The heart and its love

Oh, it's the half-remarkable question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

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The Incredible String Band - The Half-Remarkable Question - 2010 Remastered Version 

Who moved the black castle
Who moved the white queen
When Gimme and Daleth where standing between?

Out of the evening growing a veil
Pining for the pine woods that ached for the sail
There's something forgotten I want you to know
The freckles of rain they are telling me so

Oh, it's the old forgotten question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

And an elephant madness has covered the sun
The judge and the juries they play for the fun
They've torn up the roses and washed all the soap
And the martyr who marries them dares not elope

Oh, it's the never realized question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

Oh long, oh long ever yet my eyes
Braved the gates enormous fire
And the body folded 'round me
And the person in me grew

The flower and its petal
The root and its grasp
The earth and its bigness
The breath and its gasp

The mind and its motion
The foot and its move
The life and its pattern
The heart and its love

Oh, it's the half-remarkable question
What is it that we are part of?
And what is it that we are?

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Nickel Creek - The Hand Song

The boy only wanting to give mother something
And all of  her roses had bloomed
Looking at him as he came rushing in
With him knowing her roses were doomed
All she could see was some thorns buried deep
And tears that he cried as she tended his wounds

And she knew it was love
It was what she could understand
He was showing his love
And that's how he hurt his hands

He still remembers that night as a child
On his mother's knee
She held him close and she opened her Bible
And quietly started to read
Then seeing a picture of Jesus, he cried out
"Mama, he's got some scars just like me"

And he knew it was love
It was what he could understand
He was showing his love
And that's how he hurt his hands

Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own
When Uncle Sam comes along
A foreign affair, but our young men are there
And luck had his number drawn
It wasn't that long till our hero was gone
He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross

But they knew it was love
It was one they could understand
He was showing his love
And that's how he hurt his hands
It was one they could understand
He was showing his love
And that's how he hurt his hands

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The Handsome Cabin Boy
Traditional

It's of a pretty female as you will understand
Her mind was set on rambling into a foreign land
She dressed herself in man's attire and boldly did appear
And she engaged with a captain to serve him for a year.

The captain's lady being on board, she seemed in great joy
To think that the captain had engaged such a handsome cabin boy
And many's the time she cuddled and kissed, and she would have
liked to toy
But 'twas the captain found out the secret of the handsome cabin
boy

Her cheeks they were like roses, her hair was all a-curl
The sailors often smiled and said, he looks just like a girl
But eating the captain's biscuit, well, her color it did destroy
And the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the handsome cabin boy.

As through the Bay of Biscay our gallant ship did plough
One night among the sailors there came an awful row
They tumbled from their hammocks for their rest it did destroy
They complained about the groaning of the handsome cabin boy

It's doctor, dearest doctor, the cabin boy did cry
My time has come, I am undone, surely I must die
The doctor ran with all his might, a-smiling at the fun
For to think a cabin boy could have a daughter or a son

Now when the sailors heard the joke, they all began to stare
The child belongs to none of us, they solemnly did swear
And the lady to the captain said "My dear I wish you joy
For it was either you or I betrayed the handsome cabin boy."

Come all of you bold fellows and we'll drink success to trade
And likewise to the cabin boy who was neither man nor maid
And if the wars should rise again, us sailors to destroy
Well, here's hoping for a jolly lot more like the handsome cabin
boy.


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The Boxcars - The Hard Way

I started out this life 40 years ago
A boy free made a big man's choice
Headed out to a place where few man stray
Grabbed the wheel strapped in
Started doin it the hard way

Grew up a little different than the rest of the kids
Every day I placed a new bid
Higher and higher it had to be paid
Beating on down, gonna do it the hard way

I've worked my hands for everything I've got
Cut a deal with a man that I aint forget
I'll be paying that debt till they take me away
I'll just keep doin it the hard way

Solos

Some people choose an easy route
It's a short ride up but a long way down
I sometimes wonder would I change it today
Would I do it the same when it came... The hard way

I've worked my hands for everything I've got
Cut a deal with a man that I aint forgot
I'll be paying that debt till they take me away
I'll just keep doin it... the hard way

Solo

Was it worth the price
Its hard to say
It's cost me things that money can't pay
I've lost a few lives along the way
But I'd do it all over... The hard way

I've worked my hands for everything I've got
Cut a deal with a man that I aint forgot
I'll be paying that debt till they take me away
I'll just keep doin it. the hard way

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The Heartaches Are Free
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                                       C
Buddy you might think that I've lost my mind
                   D7                      G
But mister I'd pay twice to do it one more time
                                         C
It cost a thousand tears and wore out my knees
                 D7                      G
But buddy that's okay the heartaches are free
                                               C
You probably thought I'd used up every brain I had
                       D7                               G
But mister once you've tried you'll swear that it ain't bad
                                           C
It cost a thousand tears and wore out your knees
                 D7                      G
But buddy that's okay the heartaches are free
           C
Hey man if she takes a notion to sell 
                             G
You a hit of potion waste no time
                C
And boss if you need a reason 
                                          D7
To pay for all her teasin' well just take mine
                   G                     C
It cost a thousand tears and wore out my knees
                 D7                      G
But buddy that's okay the heartaches are free
Repeat last verse
                 D7                     G
Yeah I can guarantee the heartaches are free

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The Incredible String Band - The Hedgehog's Song 

I'm not the kind to complain
That I never had a girl to love
Many a fine girl I tried hard to know
But I think I never tried enough

Sitting one day by myself
And I'm thinking what could be wrong?
When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me
And it starts up to sing me this song

"Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

Every day when the sun go down
And the evening is so very still
Many a fine girl I've held in my arms
And I hope there's many more that I will

But just when everything is going fine
And absolutely nothing is wrong
This funny little Hedgehog's always around
And every time he wants to sing me this song

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

One day when the moon was full
I thought I might settle down
Found myself a pretty little girl
And I stopped all my running around

But just when the preacher come along
And he's just gonna pop on the ring
This funny little Hedgehog comes running down the aisle
And I don't have to tell you what he did sing

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

I'm not the kind to complain
That I never had a girl to love
Many fine girls I've tried hard to know
But I think I never tried enough

But now I'll be looking all my days
And it isn't just me I got to please
There's this funny little Hedgehog who's always around
And the only words he ever sings to me are these

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

I'm not the kind to complain

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The Incredible String Band - The Hedgehog's Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

I'm not the kind to complain
That I never had a girl to love
Many a fine girl I tried hard to know
But I think I never tried enough

Sitting one day by myself
And I'm thinking what could be wrong?
When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me
And it starts up to sing me this song

"Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

Every day when the sun go down
And the evening is so very still
Many a fine girl I've held in my arms
And I hope there's many more that I will

But just when everything is going fine
And absolutely nothing is wrong
This funny little Hedgehog's always around
And every time he wants to sing me this song

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

One day when the moon was full
I thought I might settle down
Found myself a pretty little girl
And I stopped all my running around

But just when the preacher come along
And he's just gonna pop on the ring
This funny little Hedgehog comes running down the aisle
And I don't have to tell you what he did sing

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

I'm not the kind to complain
That I never had a girl to love
Many fine girls I've tried hard to know
But I think I never tried enough

But now I'll be looking all my days
And it isn't just me I got to please
There's this funny little Hedgehog who's always around
And the only words he ever sings to me are these

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes
But you never quite learned the song", she sang
"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes
That you never quite learned the song"

I'm not the kind to complain

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The Hills Of Caroline
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C                      F
I was born in Guilford county 
    C              G7
Way back up in the pines
             C                 F
It's where I hold the sweetest memories 
       C     G7     C
In the hills of Caroline
                        F
My daddy wasn't much of nothin' 
             C          G7
He spent his life doin' time
      C                F
Momma learned me about Jesus 
       C     G7     C
In the hills of Caroline
                        F
Met a girl her name was Hattie 
         C                G7
Fair and tender sweet and kind
              C             F
She showed me how to love a woman
       C     G7     C
In the hills of Caroline
                               F
I always thought that we would marry 
          C                G7
One sweet day she would be mine
             C                 F
But Hattie's gone to live with Jesus 
       C     G7     C
In the hills of Caroline
                       F
If I should die before tomorrow 
         C                    G7
Just one request if you don't mind
          C                F
Just bury me right next to Hattie 
       C     G7     C
In the hills of Caroline
                           F
Just bury me right next to Hattie 
       C     G7     C
In the hills of Caroline

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Alison Krauss - The Hills of Caroline

I was born in Guilford County
Way back up in the pines
It's where I hold the sweetest memories
In the hills of Caroline

My daddy wasn't much of nothin'
Spent his life doin' time
But mama learned me about Jesus
In the hills of Caroline

I met a girl her name was Hattie
Fair and tender, sweet and kind
She showed me how to love a woman
In the hills of Caroline

I always thought that we would marry
One sweet day she would be mine
But Hattie's gone, to live with Jesus
In the hills of Caroline

If I should die before tomorrow
Just one request if you don't mind
Just bury me right next to Hattie
In the hills of Caroline

Bury me right next to Hattie
In the hills of Caroline


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The Hills That I Call Home

I was born upon a hillside
Where the pines sing in the wind
Where my daddy lived before me
And my grandpa before him

We believe in simple livin'
It's the only life we know
All we need here is our freedom
And a place to call our own

   In the land of Ethan Allen
   Where the sugar maples grow
   Where the wild grass fills the meadows
   And the rocky rivers flow
   By the hills that I call home

Now I have traveled cross the country
And there is much that I have learned
Still I felt no peace inside me
Till the day that I returned

For there're two things you can count on
In this troubled world we face
Every season has an ending
Every person has a place

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The Hobo Song
Lyrics: Jack Bonus
Music: Jack Bonus

Too late to feel sorrow
Too late to feel pain
He's just an old hobo
And he's Lost out in the rain
He'd never cause trouble
So don't have no fear
He's just an old hobo
And he'll soon be far away from here
Refrain
He used to be a gambling man just like you
Until he sank so low that there was
Nothing that no one could do
He used to be a gambling man just like you
Until he sank so low that there was
Nothing that no one could do
Oh, don't make him ask you
Oh, don't make him beg
He was a war hero
And that's how he hurt his leg
He killed thirty injuns
With one cannon ball
Now he's just an old hobo
Asleep out in the hall
* Refrain
A wife and five children
Who live in L.A.
They miss their dear daddy
Who's gone so far away
They still have his picture
It's hung on the wall
Now he's just an old hobo
Asleep out in the hall
* Refrain
He used to be a gambling man just like you
Until he sank so low that there was
Nothing that no one could do


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The Homestead On The Farm

Well, I wonder how the old folks are at home
Well, I wonder if they miss me while I roam
I wonder if they pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents all alone

You could hear the cattle lowing in the lane
You could see the bluegrass where I used to roam
You could almost hear them cry as they kissed their boy goodbye
I wonder how the old folks are at home

Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so true, and a sweetheart brave and true
A village and homestead on the farm

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - The House Of The Rising Sun lyrics

There is a house down in New Orleans
Down in the Vieux Carr'e
A house they call the rising sun
Where love and money are made
My father he was a gambler
Mother died when I was young
And I've worked since then
To please the men
At the house of the rising sun
There is a house
Down in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
It's been the ruin of many a good girl
And oh God, you know I'm one
So mothers you go telling all your daughters
Not to do what I've done
To live a life of sin, shame and strife
In the house of the rising sun
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
It's been the ruin of many a good girl
And oh God, you know I'm one
Oh God, you know I'm one


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Railroad Earth - The Hunting Song (Live) 

When I was a boy, at the cold blue lake
my daddy pulled out a fish
I watched it flop and shake
Started slowin down, til it barely moved
I stood ten feet back and stared
til it was through
I felt it way down inside
I felt it way down inside
Sa pheasant from a tree
When I saw that bird come out
I knew the time had come for me
She started movin for the clear blue sky
I aimed quick, let the bullet fly
I saw it goin right at her, pass her by
As I watched that bird fly away
I dropped my gun and cried
I felt it way down inside
I felt it way down inside
We got a deer laid him in his tracks
About fifteen mile from the hunting shack
When we walked up, he was still alive
I had to cut his throat with my grandfather's knife
I slit his belly, his gentle form
Had to reach my hand inside
It was soft and warm
I pulled out his heart, took a bite
as it went down my throat
I felt that animal fight
I felt it way down inside
I felt it way down inside

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The Indian Cowboy 

If you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
Well I'll tell you a tale to remember
When the white horses leap rings of fire

It was a cold night in Oklahoma
And the show was about to begin
And the animals, they were all restless
When the star horse, she broke from her pen

Now she was a mare of high spirit
Just like a whore on a Saturday night
She's kicking and bucking past the men who was brushing
The elephants lying on their sides

Now next to the tent sat some lanterns
And they was dangerously close to the hay
And that mare headed straight for those lanterns
That some fool had put there by mistake

Then up stepped some Indian cowboy
His lasso went whirling though the air
And in the full dead middle of danger
He roped that runaway mare

And then the elephants raised up their trumpets
Two of them broke from their chains
Stampeded that Indian cowboy
Who had saved the Big Top from flames

So if you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
You just remember that Indian cowboy
When the white horses leap rings of fire

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The Incredible String Band - The Iron Stone 

A long wind, a weaving mind
Over all the land the wild flowers grow echoing kind to kind
On that day when I found the iron stone
Heavy in my hand in the sloping rain
Ever the seas rolled on and over my heart
They roofed their slates of gray
The iron stone I found it on that day

The iron stone I brought it home
Heavy in my hand I brought it home
Black as the thoughts of doom
A man told me it came from the moon
Flying through time, it flew
Upon the long beach, there I found it
Dancing horses told their tale
Among the stones it called me there, my hand it knew

Seeing in the thickness of the thick black sight
Forests and centaurs and Gods of the night
Never that sun shone on
Where high Atlantis raised her shores
How sang the dragons of the sea

The stag hunt rushing round the world
One turn of light it's gone again
The eyes of Merlin speak
Beneath their crown of silver gray
A piece of iron black and heavy
Smoothed and rounded by the sea
Holding its sand and stones

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The Incredible String Band - The Iron Stone - 2010 Remastered Version 

A long wind a weaving mind
Over all the land the wild flowers grow,
Echoing kind to kind
On that day when I found the iron stone
Heavy in my hand in the sloping rain
Ever the seas rolled on and o'er my heart
They roofed their slates of grey

The iron stone I found it on that day

The iron stone I brought it home
Heavy in my hand I brought it home
Black as the thoughts of doom
A man told me it came from the moon
Flying through time it flew
Upon the long beach where I found it
Dancing horses told their tale
Among the stones it called me
There my hand it knew
Seeing in the thickness of the thick black sight
Forests and centaurs and gods of the night
Never that sun shone on
Where high Atlantis raised her shores
How sang the dragons of the sea

Love paints the carts with suns for wheels
The jester's bauble, cap and bells
The brave, perhaps, Mustachio
Sir Primalform Magnifico
The dragon me with golden toes
And golden fire my flaming nose
And memories, memories

My cave was bright with sulky gems
That paled the stars like diadems
Silver lost and buried gold
Such was my home in days of old.

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The Johnson Boys

Johnson boys were raised in the ashed in the ashes
Didn't know how to court a maid
Turn their backs and hide their faces
Sight of a pretty girl makes 'em afraid
Sight of a pretty girl makes 'em afraid
Sight of a oretty girl makes 'em afraid

Johnson boys they went a-huntin'
Took two dags and went astray
Tore their clothes and scratched their faces
Didn't come home till break of day
Didn't come home till break of day
Didn't come home till break of day

Johnson boys they went a-courtin'
Coon creek girl so pretty and sweet
They couldn't make no comversation
They didn't know to put their feet
They didn't know to put their feet
They didn't know to put their feet


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The Jukebox Called Her Darlin'
BMI Work #: 9242772
The Jukebox Called Her Darlin' (Larry W. Jones 11/10/2007) (song#5155)

The jukebox called her darlin', darlin' in the song
And I played it over and over all night long
Joe the bartender reminded me when it was dawn
That the singer just may have gotten it all wrong
The jukebox called her darlin', darlin' in the song
I drank a lot of beers and I know that was wrong
I know I shed a lot of tears on my way home
The jukebox called her darlin', darlin' in the song
- instrumental -
Joe the bartender reminded me when it was dawn
That the singer just may have gotten it all wrong
The jukebox called her darlin', darlin' in the song
Instead of quarrelin', our love should have been strong
It seems like just yesterday though it's been so long
The song still plays over and over all night long
The jukebox called her darlin', darlin' in the song
I drank a lot of beers and I know that was wrong
I know I shed a lot of tears on my way home
The jukebox called her darlin', darlin' in the song
And I played it over and over all night long


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Railroad Earth - The Jupiter & The 119 

The Jupiter is gleaming ? shining in the sun
Everybody ready for the great cross country run
Tell me have you heard the story goin' down the wire ... goin' down the line?

She's ready to be going ? breathing smoke & steam
She edges on the iron and the crowd begins to scream
Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter ? and the 119?

They fire off the cannons ? she blows a whistle blast
Goes flying round the corner moving strong and moving fast
Tell me have you heard the story goin' down the wire ... goin' down the line?
Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter ? and the 119?

The Jupiter is on the run ? heading for the setting sun
And when she rests, the east and west are tied
Wooooo ? wooooo

Off from California ? from the Sacramento yard
The 119 is moving ? pushing strong and pushing hard
She's through the snowy mountains ? took them right in stride
Crested the sierra & went down the other side
Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line?

Across the grassed horizon ? across the giant plain
Across a thousand miles of iron roars the mighty U.P. train
She tops the Sherman summit ? a mighty feat of man
Sails through echo canyon and across the dale creek span
Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line?

Through the fiery desert ? the 119 has run
Through the devil's gorge ? beneath the blazing fiery sun
Through tunnels and through canyons cleared by shovel & by pick
10,000 men who blasted, clawed and hauled with muscles thick
Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line?
Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter ? and the 119?

The Jupiter is on the run ? heading for the setting sun
And when she rests, the east and west are tied
Wooooo ? wooooo ? woo ? woo ? wooooo

They've met in promontory ? from the east and west they're here
All across the country they've raised a mighty cheer
The mighty trains are polished ? on the tracks they proudly rest
The crowd's all gathered round them dressed up in their Sunday best
A big brass band is playing ? it's a bright unclouded day
The speaker's oratory ? and the bosses have their say
The reverend says a prayer ? it's mercifully short
The drunken rail-men laugh and the iron horses snort
The engines move in closer? they ease in down the line
The champagne bottles pop ? so fill your glass it's toasting time
The engines ease for meeting ? nose to nose alike
They raise the silver hammer and they nail the golden spike
Tell me have you heard the story going down the wire ... going down the line?
Tell me have you heard the story of the Jupiter ? and the 119?
Wooooo ? wooooo ? wooooo ? wooooo

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The Key to Heaven

He saw my sin and knew they would keep me
Out of his heaven but he believed I was worth saving
So he came down to earth as a man
Took the sin that condemned me
Paid the price for me so that I could come in

The key to heaven was hung on a nail
On the cross where he suffered
His love prevailed He opened the flood gates
Parted the veil
The key to heaven was hung on a nail

Bethlehem's manger was a quiet beginning
You knew he was coming but he died on a hill
With so many watching and even history
Says that he lived but it doesn't explain
Why he endured the shame and died like he did

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The Key To Life
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

C                              F
I'd love to hear my daddy play once again
        C                              G7
All the songs that he taught me when I was a kid
     C                  F
John Henry Old Shep and Faded love
          C                 G7         C
I Fall To Pieces and on the Wings Of A Dove
                                        F
Just a few chords on the banjo that was all he knew
           C                       G7
But in the eyes of a child man his fingers flew
  C                                F
I practiced and I practiced till I got it right
C              G7                  C
Packed up everything and just took off one night
                                      F
I made it from the beer joints to the Opry stage
   C                                       G7
He said the only difference is what you're gettin' paid
   C                          F
He didn't care that everybody knew my name
   C                 G7                   C
He said it's all for nothin' if you don't stay the same
                                         F
And when he died the preacher cried said he's the lucky one
     C                               G7
He's walkin' hand in hand with God's only Son
   C                                  F
My faith and common sense tell me the preacher's right
        C                G7             C
But I'd love to hear the banjo ring for me tonight
       F                          C
I will honor my father with these words I write down
       F                            C         G7
And as long as I remember him he'll always be around
        C                              F
And the pain of losing him cuts like a Randall knife
                C             G7                   C
I learned a few chords on the banjo was the key to life
                                        F
Yeah the pain of losing him cuts like a Randall knife
                C             G7                   C
I learned a few chords on the banjo was the key to life

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Osborne Brothers - The Kind of Woman I Got Lyrics
You ain't the kind of a woman I wanted
But you're the kind of a woman I got

Well the very first thing in the morning is ''Get up''
The last thing I hear every night is ''Shut up''
I have found out my own cooking don't taste too hot
You ain't the kind of a woman I wanted
But you're the kind of a woman I got

Well, when I'm around the house you're always fussin'
Nothing pleases you and you start cussin'
I put up with you and that's a heck of a lot
You ain't the kind of a woman I wanted
But you're the kind of a woman I got

If I had any sense at all I'd go crazy
But that would do you too much good so I'm not
Your mama and your daddy both told me you was lazy
You ain't the kind of a woman I wanted
But you're the kind of a woman I got

If I had any sense at all I'd go crazy
But that would do you too much good so I'm not
Your mama and your daddy both told me you was lazy
You ain't the kind of a woman I wanted
But you're the kind of a woman I got

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The King Is Gone So Are You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Ferris

G                                                                  D7
Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter that looks like Elvis
  C                Am   D7                      G
I soaked the label off  a Flintstone Jelly Bean jar
                                                           D7
I cleared us off a place on that one little table that you left us
    C              D7               G
And pulled me up a big ole piece of floor
  C                   Am
I pulled the head off Elvis
       C              Am
Filled Fred up to his pelvis
            G       C       G
Yabba Dabba Doo the King is gone
    D7     G
And so are you
C                            D7
Round about 10 we all got to talking
C                          D7
Bout Graceland Bedrock and such
C                                  D7
The conversation finally turned to women
C                                        D7
But they said they didn't get around too much
C                   D7
Elvis said find 'em young
              G                       C
And Fred said old fashioned girls are fun
            G       C       G        D7     G
Yabba Dabba Doo the King is gone and so are you
C                   D7
Later on it finally hit me
C                                     D7
That you wouldn't be a comin' home no more
C                                D7
Cause this time I know you won't forgive me
C                            D7
Like all of them other times before
C                   D7
Then I broke Elvis' nose
            G                  C
Pouring the last drop from his toes
            G       C       G        D7     G
Yabba Dabba Doo the King is gone and so are you
C           G       C       G        D7     G
Yabba Dabba Doo the King is gone and so are you
                                                                   D7
Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter that looks like Elvis
  C                Am   D7                      G
I soaked the label off  a Flintstone Jelly Bean jarLike all of them other times before
C                   D7
Then I broke Elvis' nose
            G                  C
Pouring the last drop from his toes
            G       C       G        D7     G
Yabba Dabba Doo the King is gone and so are you
C           G       C       G        D7     G
Yabba Dabba Doo the King is gone and so are you
                                                                   D7
Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter that looks like Elvis
  C                Am   D7                      G
I soaked the label off  a Flintstone Jelly Bean jar

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The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore

When I was a curly headed baby
My daddy set me down on his knee
Saying boy you go to school and you learn your letters
Don't become no dusty miner boy like me.

   And I was born and raised in the mouth of a Hazzard holler
   Where the coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
   But now they stand in a rusty row of empties
   'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore.

Now I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
Oh but now he goes to town with empty pockets
And Lord his face is as white as a February snow.

Never thought I'd ever live to love that coal dust
Never thought I'd pray to hear those tipples roar
Oh but God I wish the grass would turn to money
And feel my greenbacks in my pockets once more.

Lastnight I dreamed I went down to the office
To get my payday like I've done before
But those kudzu vines they were covering over the doorway
And there were weeds and grass growing right up through the floor.

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The Lady Came From Baltimore
Tim Hardin

The lady came from Baltimore,
All she wore was lace.
She didn't know that I was poor,
She never saw my place.

Chorus:
I was there to steal her money,
Take her rings and run.
But I fell in love with the lady,
Got away with none.

The lady's name was Susan Moore,
Her daddy read the law.
She didn't know that I was poor,
And lived outside the law.

Her daddy said, I was a thief
And didn't marry her for love.
But, I was Susan's true belief,
Married her for love.

Chorus

The house she lived in had a wall
To keep the robbers out.
She never stopped to think at all
That that's what I'm about.

Chorus


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The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
Traditional

It was one fine March morning I bid New Orleans adieu,
And I took the road to Jackson town, me fortune to renew.
I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain,
Which filled me heart with longing for the lakes of Pontchartrain.

I stepped on board a railroad car, beneath the morning sun.
I rode the rods till evening, then laid me down again.
All strangers there, no friends to me, till a dark girl towards me came,
And I fell in love with the creole girl, by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

I said, "Me pretty Creole girl, me money here's no good.
If it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the wood."
"You're welcome here, kind stranger -- our house is very plain,
But we never turn the stranger out, by the lakes of Pontchartrain."

She took me into her mammy's house and treated me right well.
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell.
To try to paint her beauty I'm sure 'twould be in vain.
So handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

I asked her if she'd marry me, she said that it ne'er could be,
For she had got a lover, and he was far at sea.
She said that she would for him, and true she would remain,
Till he'd return to his Creole girl, by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

So fair thee well me bonny old girl, I never may see you more.
I'll ne'er forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore,
And at each social gathering, a flowing glass I'll drain,
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl, by the lakes of Pontchartrain.


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The Last Cheater's Waltz
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Sonny Throckmorton

G
She's going to pieces when he walked in the door
    C
She just has to see him she can't wait no more
D7
Tonight she'll be with him no matter the cost
                                     G
As the band plays the Last Cheater's Waltz

        D7  G   G7              C
And ooo ooo ooo don't they play lonely
D7  Am  D7                  G
Ooo ooo ooo don't they play sad
        D7  G   G7             C
And ooo ooo ooo three quarters only
D7
See how he holds her as the band plays 
                   G
The Last Cheater's Waltz


He tells her he loves her as the music plays on
   C
He tells her he needs her but someone's at home
D7
The ball game's all over and she knows she's lost
                                     G
As the band plays the Last Cheater's Waltz

        D7  G   G7              C
And ooo ooo ooo don't they play lonely
D7  Am  D7                  G
Ooo ooo ooo don't they play sad
        D7  G   G7             C
And ooo ooo ooo three quarters only
D7
See how he holds her as the band plays 
                   G
The Last Cheater's Waltz 

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The Last Letter

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so bitter and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when we are withered and old

I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
But if you'll only say that you'll forever be mine
Think of the heartaches the pain and suffering you'll save

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you have broken so free
But to this old world I'll soon bid my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me

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Dolly Parton - The Last One To Touch Me lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

If there ever was an angel, then surely you must be one
If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one
If there's heaven on earth, then this must surely be
And I want you to be the last one to touch me
The last thing I remember before I go to sleep
Is the touch of your sweet lips softly kissing me
And I go to sleep athinking how happy you make me
And I want you to be the last one to touch me
And when it's time to lay me down for my eternal sleep
Once more let your fingers softly touch my cheek
If I know that you have touched me, then I can sleep in peace
And I want you to be the last one to touch me
And when the night is over and time will be no more
They say that we shall meet again upon the golden shore
And so when I awaken from my eternal sleep
I want you to be the first one to touch me
I want you to be the first, the last, the only one to touch me


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The Last Song

For a long time now I've been trying to make a go
Pickin' and a-singin' on a country show
I traveled far with a little bit of pay
I sowed a lot of oats, I didn't make much hay
I've been down-hearted enough to quit
Somehow I never have until yet
I'm gonna quit this picking, don't have a dime
It's always wait until the next time

And this is the last song I'll sing
The last one I'm ever gonna write
The last song I'm ever gonna play
Oh, this old guitar on this old stage tonight

When I think I'll quit and never play no more
Some long haired guy krocks on my door
It don't take long til I'm back on the go
Cause one of his clowns couldn't make the show
We live in cheap hotels and ride big fine cars
Rear way back and smoke a long cigar
The steaks we eat are the ground up kind
But they hold me over just one more time

* Refrain

Our hopes are high for that one break
For that and magic is all it'll take
The lonesome sound, the sweet Fraulein
Take me back just one more time
Makes it hard to quit as the days go round
I don't want to steal when the sun goes down
When I hear George sing Out of my mind
I gotta try again just one more time

* Refrain


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The Last Thing On My Mind

It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wnk of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand. 

   Are you going away with no word of farewell
   Will there be not a trace left behind?
   I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
   You know that was the last thing on my mind. 

 As we walk along my thoughts are tumbling
Round and round, round and round.
Underneath our feet a subway's rumbling
Underground, underground. 

 You've got reasons aplenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing
Please don't go, please don't go 

 As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you
Every song in my head dies a-borning
Without you, without you 

 (CH)

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The Last Town I Painted
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                           D7
I came home the other night I'd been out on the town
                                             G
I searched all through the house she was not around
                                 G7                 C
I finally found her note it read this is goodbye to you
                           G             D7         G
And that's the last town I painted and I painted it blue
D7                                       G
Now that I have lost her I don't want to live
A7                         D7
I?e done all the takin' I didn't want to give
G                                   G7                 C
Time has come it's plain to see the devil must pay his dues
                           G             D7         G
And that's the last town I painted and I painted it blue
                              D7
I still go to the tavern that I went to before
                                             G
I search for the fun I had it's not there anymore
                               G7                C
If I could have her back again I know I would be true
                      G         D7         G
Cause the last town I painted I painted it blue
D7                                G
Now blue is not my favorite color cause it makes me sad
A7                                  D7
When I asked for all these blues by usin' too much red
     G                    G7                  C
I've got a lotta troubles no one to tell them to
                      G         D7         G
Cause the last town I painted I painted it blue

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The Late John Garfield Blues
John Prine

Black faces pressed against the glass
Where rain has pressed it's weight
Wind blown scarves in top down cars
All share one western trait
Sadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks
From winos to dime-store Jews
Probably don't know they give me
These late John Garfield blues

Midnight fell on Franklin Street
And the lamppost bulbs were broke
For the life of me, I could not see
But I heard a brand new joke
Two men were standing upon a bridge
One jumped and screamed you lose
And just left the odd man holding
Those late John Garfield blues

An old man sleeps with his conscience at night
Young kids sleep with their dreams
While the mentally ill sit perfectly still
And live through life's in-betweens

I'm going away to the last resort
In week or two real soon
Where the fish don't bite but once a night
By the cold light of the moon
The horses scream- the nightmares dream
And the dead men all wear shoes
'Cause everybody's dancin'
Those late John Garfield blues


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The Duhks - The Leather Winged Bat 

"I" said the little brown and leather winged bat
"I'll tell you the reason that
The reason that I fly by night
Is because I've lost my heart's delight"

Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

"I" said the red bird sitting on a fence
"I once loved a handsome wench
She got saucy and from me fled
And ever since my head's been red"

Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

"I" said the blue bird as he flew
"I once loved a young gal too
She got saucy and wanted to go
So I got me a new string for my bow"

Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

"I" said the robin as he flew
"When I was a young man I chose two
If one didn't love me, the other one would
don't you think my notion's good"

"Hoot" said the owl with a head so white
"A lonesome day and a lonesome night
Then I hear some pretty gal say
She'd court all night and sleep all day"

"Oh No!" said the turtle dove
"That's no way to gain his love
If you wanna gain your heart's delight
Keep him awake both day and night"

Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

Hi-dee die-dee
Hi-dee die-dee
Hi-dee die-dee
Hi-dee die-dee
Hi-dee die-dee da-diddle o day
Hey hey da-diddlee o

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The Leaving Of Liverpool
Traditional

Farewell to you my own true love
I am going far away
I am bound for California
And I know that I'll return some day.

Chorus:
So fare three well my own true love.
When I return united we will be.
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me,
But my darling when I think of thee.

I have shipped on a Yankee sailing ship.
"Davy Crockett" is her name
And Burgess is the Captain of her,
And they say that she's a floating hell.

Chorus

Oh, the sun is on the harbour love
And I wish I could remain
For I know it will be a long, long time
Before I see you again.

Chorus


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The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens

G                          D7    G
Bonnie was a waitress in a small cafe
                                  D7        G
Clyde Barrow was the rounder that took her away
                                  C            G
They both robbed and killed until both of them died
                      D7         G
So goes the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
                                     D7        G
The poems that she wrote of the life that they led
                        D7       G
Told of the lawmen left dying or dead
                         C          G
Some say that Clyde made her life a shame
                               D7          G
But the legend made Bonnie the head of the game
                             D7           G
The rampage grew wilder with each passing day
                              D7         G
The odds growing smaller with each get a way
                                C           G
With the end growing closer the harder they fought
                                    D7           G
With blood on their hands they were bound to get caught
                                 D7            G
They drove back from town on one bright summer day
                                   D7         G
When a man they befriended stepped out in the way
                              C             G
With no thought of dying they pulled to the side
                                D7         G
But death lay there waiting for Bonnie and Clyde
                         D7         G
Two years or running was ended that day
                             D7          G
For robbing and killing they both had to pay
                              C              G
But we'll always remember how they lived and died
                      D7         G
So goes the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde

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The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier

In a dreary Yankee prison where a revel soldier lay.
By his side there stood a preacher Ere his soul should pass away.
And he faintly whispered: "Parson" as he clutched him by the hand
Oh Parson, tell me quickly, Will my sould pass through the southland?

Will my soul pass through the Southland, through old Virginia grand
Will i see the hills of Georgia and the green fields of Alabam?
Will i see that little churchhouse, where i pledged my heart and hand
Oh Parson, tell me quickly, will my soul pass thorugh the Southland?

Was for loving dear old Dixie, in this dreary cell I lie
Was for loving dear old Dixie, in this northern state i die.
Will you see my littl daughter, wil you make her understand
Oh Parson, tell my quickly, will my soul pass through the Southland?

Then the Rebel soldier died.

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The Letter

Your letter came to me this morning
I've read it o'er one hundred times
Each time the words come back to haunt me
And the burning tears along each line

You wrote, I love you and I need you
Without your love I just can't live
I'll do anything to please you
For I've got so much love to give

I relive each precious moment
As I read each tear stained line
I feel your gentle arms around me
Your warm sweet lips pressed close to mine

* Refrain


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The Letter Edged In Black

I was standing by the window yesterday morning
Without a thought of worry or of care
When I saw the postman coming up the pathway
With such a happy look and jolly air

Oh, he rang the bell and whistled while he waited
And then he said, Good morning to you, Jack
But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
When he handed me a letter edged in black

With trembling hand I took the letter from him
I broke the seal and this is what it said
Come home, my boy, your dear old father wants you
Come home, my boy, your dear old mother's dead

The last words that your mother ever uttered
Tell my boy I want him to come back
My eyes were blurred, my poor old heart is breaking
As I'm writing you this letter edged in black

I bow my head in sorrow and in silence
The sunshine of my life it all has fled
Since the postman brought that letter yesterday morning
Saying come home, my boy, your poor old mother's dead

Those angry words I wish I'd never spoken
You know I never meant them, don't you, Jack
May the angels bear me witness, I am asking
Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black

I could hear the postman whistling yesterday morning
Coming down the pathway with his pack
But he little know the sorrow that he brought me
When he handed me that letter edged in black


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The Letter I Never Mailed

I wrote you a letter sweetheart
I wrote you a letter in sorrow
It never go mailed that heart of mine faile
And it wrecked my hope tomorrow

In past days I've grown dear to love you
With the love we both need so bad
The good lord above made me fall in love
But I wish that he never had

* Refrain

I should have mailed you that letter
I still wish so bad that you knew
Maybe some day when tears got in the way
Then I'll break down and tell you

* Refrain


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The Letter That Never Came

Is there any mail for me was the question that he asked
Of the postman at the closing of the day
But he turned away and cried while the tears stood in his eyes
As he drooped his head and slowly walked away

Was it from a gray haired Mother or a Sister or a Brother
He waited all these many years in vain
Of't from early morning light he would wait till dark of night
For a letter but alas it never came

As he waited all these years joy mingled with his tears
His poor soul had fleeted out with the time
In his hand he held a note and those simple words he wrote
If your letter comes just place it by my side

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The Light
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Kieran Kane and Emmylou Harris

Am
I see the light I see the light at the end of the tunnel
                         G7
I see the light and it's burning bright
          Am
I see the light it's the light at the end that I run to
              G7         Am
And the light darlin' is you

                       G7
In the lonely heart of darkness 
       F        E7         Am
I have stumbled and I have strayed
                           G7
Always searchin' but never finding 
         F        Em          Am
A ray of sunlight to guide my way

repeat #1

                          G7
I have traveled down this highway 
        F         E7         Am
Of hope abandoned and broken dreams
                           G7
An unbeliever my faith was shaken 
           F      Em    Am
By all the sorrow I had seen

repeat #1 But I see light 

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Nickel Creek - The Lighthouse's Tale

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves. 
I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way. 

I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past. 
I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts. 

I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea. 
We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me. 

And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light. 
And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night. 

Chorus: 
And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea. 
And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been, and what can never be. 

She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return. 
But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned. 

He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave. 
In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end. 

Chorus 

Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the SHORE. 
He kissed her cold face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore. 

I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand. 
And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran. 

Chorus 

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves. 
And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.

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Nickel Creek - The Lighthouse's Tale (radio edit) 

I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
I keep my lamp lit
To warn the sailors on their way.
I'll tell a story
Paint you a picture from my past
I was so happy
But joy in this life seldom lasts

I had a keeper
He helped me warn the ships at sea
We had grown closer
Till his joy meant everything to me
And he was to marry
A girl who shone with beauty and light
And they loved each other
And with me watched the sunsets into night

And the waves crash around me
The sand slips out to the sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be

She'd had to leave us
My keeper, he prayed for her safe return
But when the night came
The weather to a raging storm had turned
He watched her ship fight
But in vain, against the wild and terrible wind
In me, so helpless
As dashed against the rocks, she met her end

And the waves crash around me
The sand slips out to the sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be

Then, on the next day
My keeper found her washed up on the shore
He kissed her cold face
That they'd be together soon, he swore
I saw him crying
Watched as he buried her in the sand
And then he climbed my tower
And off the edge of me, he ran

And the waves crash around me
The sand slips out to the sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be

I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
And though I'm empty
I still warn the sailors on their way
Ever since you mounted me I'm afraid that I am dying

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The Likes Of You

I've seen the sky blood red at sunset
I've seen the mountains they're shining with dew
I've seen the trees in autumn splendor
I've seen it all but I've never seen the likes of you

I've never touched a hand so gentle
I can't imagine eyes of deeper hue
I've never seen a smile so mellow
I've seen beauty in my time but I've never seen the likes of you

I've seen the sands of the burning desert
I've seen the river flowing peaceful and blue
I've seen the rocks of the wind swept canyon
I've seen it all but I've never seen the likes of you

* Refrain


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The Little Beggarman
Traditional

I am a little beggarman and begging I have been
For three score or more in this little isle of green
I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue
And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu
Of all the trade's that's going, sure begging is the best
For when a man is tired, he can sit down and rest
He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do
Only cut around the corner with his old rig-a-doo

I slept in the barn, down at Caurabawn
A wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn
With holes in the roof and the rain coming through
And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo
When who did I waken but the woman of the house
With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
She began to frighten and I said "boo
Aarah, don't be afraid mam it's only Johnny Dhu"

I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day
"Good morning little flaxy-haired girl" I did say
"Good morning little beggarman, a how do you do
With your rags and you tags and you old rig-a-doo"
I'll buy a pair of leggings, a collar and a tie
And a nice young lady I'll fetch by and by
I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll colour them blue
And an old fashioned lady I will make her too

Over the road with my pack on my back
Over the fields with my great heavy sack
With holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
Singing skinny-me-rink a doodle o and old Johnny Dhu
I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
The fire's all raked and out goes the light
So now you've heard the story of my old rig-a-doo
It's good-bye and God be with you says old Johnny Dhu


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Alison Krauss - The Little Girl

Her parents never took the young girl to church
Never spoke of his name never read her his word
Two non believers walking lost in this world
Took their baby with them what a sad little girl
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
Never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs
She'd watched the TV and sit there on the couch
While her mom fell asleep and her daddy went out
And the drinking and the fighting
Just got worse every night
Behind their couch she'd be hiding
Oh what a sad little life

And like it always does the bad just got worse
With every slap and every curse
Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night
Used a gun on her mom and then took his life
And some people from the city took the girl far away
To a new Mom and a new Dad
Kisses and hugs every day!

Her first day at Sunday school
The teacher walked in
And a small little girl stared at a picture of him
She said I know that man
There on that cross I don't know his name
But I know he got off
'Cause he was there in my old house
Held me close to his side
As I hid there behind our couch the night my parents died


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The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake

Our darling wandered far away
While she was out at play
Lost in the woods she couldn't hear a sound
She was our darling girl
The sweetest thing in the world
We searched for her but she couldn't be found

I heard the screams of our little girl far away
Hurry daddy there's an awful dreadful snake 
I ran as fast as I could though the dark and dreary woods
But I reached our darling girl too late

Oh, I began to sigh, I knew that soon she'd havce to die
For the snake was warning me close by
I held her close to my face she said Daddy kill that snake
It's getting dark tell Mommy goodbye

* Refrain

To all parents I must say don't let your children stray away
They need your love to fuide them along
Oh, God, I pray we'll see our darling someday
It seems we still can hear her voice around our home

* Refrain


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The Little Mountain Church
Carl Jackson & Jim Rushing

Vs.1
There's a little mountain church in my thoughts of yesterday
Where friends and family gathered for the Lord
There an old fashioned preacher, taught the straight and narrow way
For what reforms the congregation could afford.

Vs.2
Dressed in all our sunday-best, we sat on pews of solid oak
And I remember how our voices filled the air
How mama sounded like an angel on those high soprano notes
And when the roll is call yonder, I'll be there.

Ch.
Looking back now that little mountain church house
Has become my life's cornerstone
It was there in the little mountain church house
I first heard the word I based my life upon.

Vs.3
At the all day sunday singings and dinner on the ground
Many were the souls that were revived
While the brothers and the sisters who'd gone on to glory land
slept in peace in the maple grove near by.

Ch.

Ch.

As played by:	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver


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The Little Old Church By The Road

Often times in my memories I wandered again
To the little old church by the road
I can see the dear people and hear them so plain
Singing songs of that blessed abode
I can hear my dear mother as she fervently prayed
Blessed Jesus help me carry my load
she was never downhearted and never dismayed
In the little old church by the road

There my mother was praying and the preacher was saying
Sinner come and repent your sins
There the [evil was routed?] and  the sisters were singing
And brethren saying amen
It was there I met Jesus and gave Him my life
It was there He took the weight off my load
And He freely removed all my sorrow and strife
In the little old church by the road

I remember the preacHer so gentle and brave
As He told how the Father above
Gave His only son Jesus all the lost ones to save
Such wonderful wonderful love
I will always remember how He spoke when He said
Come to Jesus He will lighten your load
And so often He told of the life giving bread
In the little old church by the road

I can never forget all those lovely old songs
That the people so joyfully sang
How they told the Lord message to the people gone wrong
And the echos so joyfully rang
I will always remember when I truly believed
Jesus freely took the weight off my load
And the joy of salvation I truly recieved
In the little old church by the road

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Dolly Parton - The Little Things lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

You never send me flowers
Or ever buy me candy
You never bring me pretty things
When you come to see me
And you forgot my birthday
Oh I wish you could see
How I miss
The little things
That you don't do for me
You never say that I look nice
Or that you're proud of me
You overlook
The little things
That you should see
These little things are big enough to hurt
But too small to make me want to leave
But I do miss
The little things
That you don't do for me
Now how can I miss flowers
That never reach my door
How can I taste candy
That's still at the candy store
These little things mean a lot to me
To you they may be silly
But I do miss
The little things
That you don't do for me
Yes I miss
The little things
That you don't do for me


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The Load-Out (Stay)
Jackson Browne

Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
They're the first to come and last to leave
Working for that minimum wage
They'll set it up in another town
Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they got up on their feet they made the show
And that was sweet--
But I can hear the sound
Of slamming doors and folding chairs
And that's a sound they'll never know

Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
Haul them trusses down and get'em up them ramps
'Cause when it comes to moving me
You guys are the champs
But when that last guitar's been packed away
You know that I still want to play
So just make sure you got it all set to go
Before you come for my piano

But the band's on the bus
And they're waiting to go
We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
or Detroit, I don't know
We do so many shows in a row
And these towns all look the same
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
And wander 'round backstage
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
And we remember why we came

Now we got country and western on the bus
R and B, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
We've got rural scenes & magazines
We've got truckers on the CB
We've got Richard Pryor on the video
We got time to think of the ones we love
While the miles roll away
But the only time that seems too short
Is the time that we get to play

People you've got the power over what we do
You can sit there and wait
Or you can pull us through
Come along, sing the song
You know you can't go wrong
'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
You're going to wake up in your town
But we'll be scheduled to appear
A thousand miles away from here

Stay

Jackson Browne

People, stay just a little bit longer
We want to play--just a little bit longer
Now the promoter don't mind
And the union don't mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song--

Oh won't you stay just a little bit longer
Please, please, please say you will
Say you will

Oh won't you stay just a little bit longer
Oh please, please stay just a little bit more

Now the promoter don't mind
And the roadies don't mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song


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The Lone Green Valley

Way down in a lone green valley
Down where the roses bloom and fade
There was a jealous lover
In love with a beautiful maid

One night the moon shone brightly
The stars were shining too
And to this maiden's cottage
The jealous lover drew

Come love and we will wander
Where the woods are gay
While strolling we will ponder
Upon our wedding day

So on and on they wandered
The night bird sang above
The jealous lover grew angry
With the beautiful girl he loved

Down on her knees before him
She pleaded for her life
But deep into her bossom
He plunged the fatal knife

Oh Willie won't you tell me
Why have you taken my life
You know I've always loved you
And wanted to be your wife

I never have deceived you
But with my dying breath
I will forgive you Willie
And close my eyes in death

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The Lonely Know My Secret
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery

G                           D7
There's a secret behind the smile you see
                         C       G
For this smile is just a part of me
                      C
But I know some can't see the signs
     A7               D7
That show I'm hurtin' all the time
        C      D7      G           D7                G
And the lonely know my secret they know you're on my mind
                            D7
There's a secret behind the lies you tell
                        C      G
For inside is where the sorrow lies
                          C
Cause I'm living like the lonely do
    A7                   D7
For they've lost someone they love too
        C      D7      G           D7             G
And the lonely know my secret they know what I go through
Repeat #1
        C      D7      G           D7                G
Yes the lonely know my secret they know I still love you

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The Lonely Willow Tree
Traditional

There was a youth, a cruel youth
Who lived beside the sea,
Six little maidens he drownded there
By a lonely willow tree.

As he walked forth with Sally Brown,
As he walked by the sea;
An evil thought then came to him
By that lonely willow tree.

"Take off your gown, your golden gown.
Take off your gown," said he,
For though I am going to murder you
I would not spoil your finery."

"Then turn around, you false young man.
"Turn around," said she,
"For it is not meet that a youth
A naked woman should see."

He turned around, that false young man
'Round about turned he.
And seizing him boldly in both of her arms,
She tossed him into the sea.

"Lie there, lie there, you false young man
Lie there, lie there," said she
"Six little maidens you've drownded here
Go keep them company."

He sank beneath the icy waves,
He sank down into the sea.
No living thing there wept for him, save
That lonely willow tree.


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The Lonely Years Belong To Me

I walked one evening in the moonlight
I walked one evening in the moonlight
Underneath that Summer sky
I heard a voice so soft and tender
A neighbor girl sat by my side

   I've loved you darlin' for so long now
   I've watched and waited all these years
   They say tomorrow you'll be married
   How can I face these lonely years

So long ago I still remember
The words she said I can't forget
I told her that I loved another
She bowed her head and slowly left

   They buried her down in the churchyard
   At last her lonely heart is free
   The one I loved soon met another
   The lonely years belong to me

I walked again out in the moonlight
Underneath that Summer sky
I heard no voice so soft and tender
There was no one by my side

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The Longer You Wait

The longer you wait to leave me
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone
And the longer it takes you to break my heart
The longer the pain lingers on

How long will you prolong my misery
Wish I could leave on my own
Cause the longer you wait to leave me
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone

We both knew that you never loved me
I lied to myself from the start
And we both knew that some day you'd leave me
And to know just tears me apart

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Dolly Parton - The Lord Is My Shepherd lyrics

THE LORD ID MY SHEPHERED , THE LORD IS MY SHEPHED
MY FRIEND AND HELPER, I SHALL NOT WANT
HE'S THERE TO GUIDE ME , STANDING BESIDE ME
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT
SPOKEN:THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE IN GREEN PASTURES
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE STILL WATERS
HE RESTORETH MY SOUL
{I SHALL NOT WANT...}
HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME' SAKE
AND YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL : FOR THOU ART ME;
THY ROD AND THY STAFF,THEY COMFORT ME.
[I SHALL NOT WANT...]
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENT OF MINE ENEMIES;
THOU ANNOINTH MY HEAD WITH OIL; MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERRY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
AND I SHALL NOT DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER


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The Lord Is Smiling On Me
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Thelma Wilson
 
G
I woke up this morning
               D7            G
The birds were singing their songs
            C        G
The sun was shinning in my heart
    Em    D7      G
And I was humming along
 
 
Everything looked different
          D7        G
After the storm was gone
        C    G
I knelt down talking to the Father
Em     D7      G
And He made me strong
 
            D7         G
The Lord is smiling on me
  C                      G
A beautiful and glorious day
                                Em
I've got so much to be thankful for
    E7      D7         G
The Lord is smiling on me
 
 
I don't have to be depressed 
             D7    G
When sadness comes along
        C       G
I found someone stronger than me
   Em    D7         G
To place my burdens on
 
 
I know someone loves me
              D7     G
Even when I'm not my best
       C      G
I just do all that I can
    Em      D7     G
And let God do the rest
 
Repeat #3 x2

            D7         G
The Lord is smiling on me
            D7         G
The Lord is smiling on me

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The Lord's Last Supper

The Lord's last supper served in honor of our king
He knew his time was drawing night
He knew that he would make a greater sacrifice
He knew his time had come to die

The time had come when he would die to free the world
A world he loves so lost in sin
The blessed promis that he left for you and me
I go out soon I'll come again

The twelve disciples were all tathered by his side
The blessed hrist of calvary
He told them how to carry on his work for God
He blessed them with his spirit free

* Refrain

He knew that night someone would sell his precious soul
One of the twelve he loved so dear
He then told Judas quickly to go on his way
He knew the time of death was near

* Refrain


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The Lost Lamb 
Abigail Washburn

Translation:
Zai na yaoyuan de guxiang
In that far distant land I call home

Wo shiluo liao yi ge gulao de meng
I lost the ancient dream

Yi ge youshang de meng
A sorrowful dream

Zai na yangyu wo de difang
In that place that raised me

Wo fenbian buliao muse he chenguang
I cannot discern the growing shadows of dusk and (first light) the first faint rays of the morning sun

Wo yanjuanliao chenmo he sixiang
I've wearied in the silence and searching

Feng nanchui you zhuanxiang beifang
Wind blows south and turns again north

Jianghe ben hai, hai que bu zhang
River flows to the sea, yet the sea does not rise

Wo xin manliao choucheng
My heart is filled with melancholy

Yu lai you shi qing bu jiuchang
The rains come, clear skies will follow soon

Fuzu tianbuman linghun de kewang
Even fortune and good blessings cannot quench the soul's thirst

Zhihui dangbukai yongsheng de shuangjiang
Wisdom cannot relieve us our eternal lot

Wo,
Wo shi
Yi zhi
Mitu de gaoyang
I am a lost lamb

Shei neng ying wo zouchu mimang
Who will lead me from this haze?

Nar you wo chongsheng de xiwang
What will bring me hope again?

O, muyangren ah
Oh, shepherd

Ni zai hefang?
Where are you?


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The Lost Soul

What an awful day when the judgement comes
And the sinners hear their eternal doom
At the sad decree they'll depart for aye
Into endless woe and gloom yes woe and gloom

    I'm paying now the penalty
    The unredeemed must ever pay
    Though for help I cry it's now in vain
    For alas I'm doomed for aye

If I could recall all the years now gone
For my Savior's cause I would spend each one
But they never again can to me return
And the task is left is left undone (it's left undone)

Oh I realize but alas too late
What a dark mistake all my life has been
I refused his love with a nefarious heart
And I must pay the price of sin

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Alan Jackson - The Love Song: Jeff Bates lyrics

First time I felt it
Think I was five years old
I was scared had a nightmare
Momma was there for me to hold
Daddy he was different
He never said it much
But I heard him loud and clear
When he brought home that ball and glove
And it took on a brand new meaning
I wasn't just a boy no more
and she moved in next door
Where you from
What's your name?
Wanna go to my game
Got the keys to my dad's old truck
Turned the radio on
Still remember the song
We held hands and there it was
Love
pages kept on turning
There I was with someone else
For the first time in my lifetime
I wasn't living for myself
I knew I wasn't  falling anywhere I'd fell before
And it took on a brand new meaning
It was strong and it was true
Knew what I had to do
Found a ring
Hit my knees
Couldn't talk couldn't breath
My heart had me all choked up
Said I do then we cried
Wedding bells waved goodbye
The whole church knew it was
Love
And it took on a brand new meaning
When the doctor said its time to watch your miracle arrive
Thank the Lord
Cut the cord
Take her home
Help her grow
And complete the circle of..
Love..
Love..
That's the circle of Love.


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Alan Jackson - The Love Story lyrics

First time I felt it
Think I was five years old
I was scared had a nightmare
Momma was there for me to hold
Daddy he was different
He never said it much
But I heard him loud and clear
When he brought home that ball and glove
And it took on a brand new meaning
I wasn't just a boy no more
and she moved in next door
Where you from
What's your name?
Wanna go to my game
Got the keys to my dad's old truck
Turned the radio on
Still remember the song
We held hands and there it was
Love
pages kept on turning
There I was with someone else
For the first time in my lifetime
I wasn't living for myself
I knew I wasn't  falling anywhere I'd fell before
This place was different it was deeper it was more
And it took on a brand new meaning
It was strong and it was true
Knew what I had to do
Found a ring
Hit my knees
Couldn't talk couldn't breath
My heart had me all choked up
Said I do then we cried
Wedding bells waved goodbye
The whole church knew it was
Love
And it took on a brand new meaning
When the doctor said its time to watch your miracle arrive
Thank the Lord
Cut the cord
Take her home
Help her grow
And complete the circle of...
Love....
Love....
That's the circle of Love...


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Dolly Parton - The Love You Gave Me lyrics

Sweet, sweet were the lips that kissed me
Warm, warm were the arms that held me
Sweet, sweet were the lips, yeah
Warm, warm were the arms
But so, so filled with the love you gave me
Wet, wet were the tears on my face
Long, long were the hours I cried them
Wet, wet were the tears, yeah
Long, long were the hours
But so, so filled with the love you gave me
My friends tried to tell me
That mis'ry would a-happen to me
But back in school I didn't believe
That misery and pain a-would-a ever get to me, oh
Since, since you've been gone, gone away
I cry, cry lonely teardrops night and day
Since, since you've been gone, yeah
I cry, I cry lonely teardrops
All so, so filled with the love you gave me
Sweet, sweet were the lips that kissed me
Warm, warm were the arms that held me...


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The Lovin' Of The Game
Pat (and Victoria?) Garvey

I watched the feather river rise
Over shinin' golden sand,
Struck a silver ribbon wide
Held a million in my hand
But beside the lookin' for
The findings always tame
And there's nothin' drives a gambler
Like the lovin' of the game

All my life I've searched around
Travellin' hard from town to town
But I never really found
Anything to tie me down
Still I would not trade my time
For a solid diamond claim
No, I would not trade a fortune
For the lovin' of the game

So long darlin', don't you cry
I hope good things pan out for you
All the good times gonin' bye
Got to have ourselves a few
Where I'm going has no end,
What I'm seeking has no name.
The treasure's not the takin'
It's the lovin' of the game

No, the treasure's not for takin'
It's the lovin' of the game


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The Lowering (A Sad Day in Greenvilletown)
The Avett Brothers

If I had known your heart was down
That lonely day in Greenville town
Then I would have been more concerned
But later on I truly learned
How it can feel in every bone
To really see that you're all alone

But I'll kiss your head
When death finds your bed
And you are gone

And if I had seen the way it would be
I'd hushed your cries, when you came to me
If I could do what I did to you
The same to me
And I would love for you to see
That I sleep with remorse
And regret hangs round my door forever more.

If I had known the lowering tide
Was lowering with the way you felt inside
If I had known all hope was gone
A broken heart and a broken home
That pierced a lover's past
And carved the lonely path
For her to walk

So if ever someone says to you,
"Life isn't fair, get used to it"
Then you should say
"Well it might be, if folks like you would let it be"

But I'll kiss your head
When death becomes my bed
And I am gone

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The Luckiest Guy In The World
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Michael Omartian and Vince Gill
 
G                   D7
I've got a secret I keep in my heart 
  G                         D7
A secret that sure makes me smile
    G                       D7
And I've got a feeling deep down in my soul 
     Em        Dm        C
That I haven't felt in a while
    Em             D7 G      C           B7
Ooh I've found somebody that really does love me 
Em          D7     G      A7
I know that she'll always stay
        G        D7
I'm the luckiest guy in the world 
                          G
Cause my heart feels this way
                        D7
We watch old movies and cry at the endings
        G                    D7
And get lost in each other's eyes
        G
We hold hands when we're walking 
    D7
And spend all night talking
         Em          G             C
And make love as the sun starts to rise
 
    Em              D7 G      C           B7
Ooh she's found somebody that really does love her
    Em             G           A7
And she knows that I'll always stay
        G        D7
I'm the luckiest guy in the world 
                           G
Cause her heart feels this way
    C                    B7
And share the same hopes dream the same dreams
   Em          D7 G        A7
Oh lifelong companions I'd say
        G        D7
I'm the luckiest guy in the world 
                           G
Cause our hearts feel this way
                 D7
I'm the luckiest guy in the world 
                           G
Cause our hearts feel this way

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Alison Krauss - The Lucky One

You're the lucky one, so I've been told 
As free as the wind blowing down the road 
Loved by many, hated by none 
I'd say you were lucky 'cause you know what you've done 
Not a care in the world, not a worry in sight 
Everything is gonna be alright
'Cause you're the lucky one 

You're the lucky one always having fun 
A jack of all trades, a master of none 
You look at the world with a smiling eye 
And laugh at the devil as his train rolls by 
Give you a song and a one night stand 
You'll bee looking at a happy man
'Cause you're the lucky one 

Well, you're blessed I guess 
By never knowing which road you're choosing 
To you the next best thing 
To playing and winning is playing and losing 

You're the lucky one, I know that now 
Don't ask you why, when, where or how 
You look at the world through your smiling eye 
And laugh at the devil as his train rolls by 
Give you a song and a one night stand 
And you'll bee looking at a happy man
'Cause you're the lucky one 

Well, you're blessed I guess 
By never knowing which road you're choosing 
To you the next best thing 
To playing and winning is playing and losing 

You're the lucky one, I know that now 
Don't ask you why, when, where or how 
No matter where you're at, that's where you'll be 
You can bet you're luck won't follow me 
Just give you a song and a one night stand 
You'll bee looking at a happy man 
'Cause you're the lucky one


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The Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song 

Oh seekers of spring how could you not find contentment
In a time of riddling reasons in this land of the blind
By the joke of fate alone it's sure that as the loved hand leaves you
You clutch for the slip-stream, the realness to find

But do what you like, do what you like, do what you like
Do what you like, do what you like, do what you can
Do what you can, live till you die my poor little man
For Jesus will stretch out His hand no more

But in the south there's many a waving tree
Oh, would that musky fingers move your pain
In the warm south winds the lost flowers bloom again
And if you cried, you know you'd fill a lake with tears
Still wouldn't turn back the years

Since the city has took you mad Hatter is on my mind
So sad, sad to see the way it grew those other people that I knew
That have either fell or faltered mad Hatter is on my mind
And you must have to see clear some time

Prometheus the problem child still juggling with his brains
Gives his limping leopard's visions to the miser in his veins
Saying Gods are indigestions I come for gain
But I am the archer the lover of laughter and mine is the arrowed flight

I am the archer, and my eyes yearn after the unsullied sight
Born of the dark waters of the daughters of night
Dancing without movement after the clear light

Oh Perithian fate be kind in the rumbling and trundling rickshaw of time
Hooked by the heart to the king fisher's line
I will set my one eye for the shores of the blind

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The Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

Oh seekers of spring how could you not find contentment
In a time of riddling reasons in this land of the blind
By the joke of fate alone
it's sure that as the loved hand leaves you,
You clutch for the slip-stream, the realness to find.

But do what you like, do what you like, do what you like,
do what you like, do what you like, do what you can,
do what you can, live till you die
My poor little man.
For Jesus will stretch out his hand no more.

But in the south there's many a waving tree;
Oh would that musky fingers move your pain;
In the warm south winds the lost flowers bloom again.

And if you cried, you know you'd fill a lake with tears,
Still wouldn't turn back the years,
Since the city has took you,
Mad Hatter is on my mind.

So sad, sad to see the way it grew
Those other people that I knew
That have either fell or faltered.
Mad Hatter is on my mind.

And you must have to see clear some time.

Prometheus the problem child,
still juggling with his brains
Gives his limping leopard's visions
to the miser in his veins.
Within the ruined factory is the normal soul insane
As he sets the sky beneath his heel
And learns away the pain.

But I am the archer the lover of laughter,
And mine is the arrowed flight.

I am the archer, and my eyes yearn after the unsullied sight.
Born of the dark waters of the daughters of night,
Dancing without movement after the clear light.
Oh Perithian fate be kind in the rumbling and trundling rickshaw of time.
Hooked by the heart to the king fisher's line,
I will set my one eye for the shores of the blind.

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Dolly Parton - The Man lyrics

I don't know why I like him, I just only know I do
I don't know why I trust him, I just know his heart is true
I don't know why he's more a man than any man I know
I don't know how I know the man's for real but I still know
The man is more than what meets the eye
He is worn and weary from life
He is rugged but he's got style
The man has got what matters inside
Weary, yes he must get weary but he doesn't say
But you can read between the lines that wind along his face
The man has got his memories that he hides inside his mind
And you can see the sadness in the eyes they hide behind
The man is more than what meets the eye
He is worn and weary from life
He is rugged but he's got style
The man has got what matters inside
Love him, yes I've always loved him and I always will
He holds a place in my heart no one else could ever fill
He's always been my hero, the best friend I've ever had
The man is something special and I'm proud that he's my dad
The man is more than what meets the eye
He is worn and weary from life
He is rugged but he's got style
The man has got what matters inside


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The Man In The Middle

Three men on the mountain up Calvary
And the man in the middle was Jesus
He died for you and me
Well the man on the left was a sinner man
Tied to the cross he bled
He could have been forgiven
But he mocked the Lord instead
Well you say you are the son of God
But they nailed you to that tree
Come on, come down and save us
If God your father be
* Refrain
Well the man on the right was a sinner too
But he was sorry for his sins
Be begged the lords forgiveness
And jesus said to him
Fear not fear not this earthly death
For before this day is ore
We'll be living together in paradise
On heavens golden shore
* Refrain


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The Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins

C               G7                           C
I only saw five people when they buried Jack Dupree
                    G7                           C
Two diggers and the preacher the funeral man and me
                            F                  C
The prayer was said and the hole was filled in less than half an hour
                                         G7                  C
And I said goodbye to the little man who picked the Wildwood Flower

                     G7                              C
For twenty years I'd seen him on the lower Nashville streets
                    G7                                   C
They said he always earned enough to buy his clothes and eats
                     F                        C
He'd stop awhile and check his watch with the big clock on the tower
                                         G7                C
That's when I asked him once if he could pick the Wildwood Flower

                 G7                             C
He always drew a crowd because he put on such a show
                        G7                                  C
He'd dance and sing and play and smile just like a polished pro
                  F      C
And every time he saw me standing in the crowd
                                    G7                    C
I knew the tune that he'd play next would be the Wildwood Flower

                G7                                  C
I told him once that he could be what people call a star
                G7                                   C
And he said why boy I'm happy how many of them folks are
                    F                 C
I'd hate to have to force a smile and feel myself turn sour
                                        G7                C
There ain't no put on in my face when I pick the Wildwood Flower

                      G7                      C
Then I saw a thousand people as they begin to come
                 G7                         C
Business men and Opry stars party girls and bums
                   F             C
And on that little mound of clay bouquets begin to shower
                                           G7                  C
As they paid respect to the little man who picked the Wildwood Flower



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The Man Worth Loving You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery

G
If I hadn't quit my ways of wrong
                             C
I know what I would have done
G
I kept falling down in life 
Till I became no one
    C
But you found me just in time 
And held my head up high
    G
And showed me the right way 
                               C
I should go and made me realize
  D7                 G
I hadn't reached the end of life 
     D7                 G
Your love has pulled me through
         C         D7                 G
Then you made me become the man worth loving you
                  C              D7
Yes you gave me a reason to keep living
    C                 D7              G
And made me have some faith in what I do
                  C               D7
Yes you gave me a reason to start giving
     C            D7               G
When I became the man worth loving you
I thought that life have turned on me 
                         C
And made me lose my faith
    G
But I know now it wasn't life 
That filled my heart with pain
  C
I thought that love have turned me down 
Until you came along
    G
But now I know what real love is 
I feel it to the bone
  D7                 G
I hadn't reached the end of life 
     D7                 G
Your love has pulled me through
         C         D7                 G
When you made me become the man worth loving you
Repeat #2
    C            D7               G
And I became the man worth loving you

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The Mary Ellen Carter
Stan Rogers

She went down last October in a pouring driving rain.
The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow,
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low.
There were five of us aboard her when she finally was awash.
We'd worked like hell to save her, all heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again.

Well, the owners wrote her off; not a nickel would they spend.
She gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to them, they let her rest below.
Then they laughed at us and said we had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock,
For she's worth a quarter million, afloat and at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Rise again, rise again, that her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men.
Those who loved her best and were with her till the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

All spring, now, we've been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in hard hat suit and twice I've had the bends.
Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents, dogged hatch and
porthole down.
Put cables to her, 'fore and aft and birded her around.
Tomorrow, noon, we hit the air and then take up the strain.
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter Rise Again.

For we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She'd saved our lives so many times, living through the gale
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
They won't be laughing in another day. . .
And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

Rise again, rise again - though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.


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Dolly Parton - The Master's Hand lyrics

"Twas battered and scared, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But he held it up with a smile.
"What am I bidden, good folks," he cried,
"Who'll start bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar - now who"ll make it two _
Two dollars, and who"ll make it three?
"Three dollars once, three dollars twice,
Going for three". . . but no!
From the room far back a gray-haired man
Came forward and picked up the bow;
Then wiping the dust from the old violin,
And tightening up the strings,
He played a melody,pure and sweet,
As sweet as an angel sings.
The music ceased and the auctioneer
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said: "What am I bidden for the old violin?"
And he held it up with the bow;
"A thousand dollars - and who'll make it two?
Two thousand - and who'll make it three?
Three thousand once, three thousand twice
And going - and gone," said he.
The people cheered, but some of them cried,
"We do not quite understand -
What changed its worth?" The man replied:
"The touch of the masters hand."
And many a man with life out of tune,
And battered and torn with sin,
Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd.
Much like the old violin.
A "mess of pottage," a glass of wine,
A game and he travels on,
He's going once, and going twice -
He's going - and almost gone!
But the MASTER comes, and the foolish crowd,
Never can quite understand,
The worth of a soul, and the change that's wrought
By the touch of the MASTER'S hand.


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Richard Thompson - The May Queen Lyrics

Didn't you see it coming, if you loved her that well?
Were you too cranked up yourself to be able to tell
She was damned, she was drifting, but what the hell
You went missing in action

You were just there to prop up the bar
Bask in the limelight from a shining star
While you served up the poison
And chauffeured the car
I hope you got job satisfaction

The May Queen, she's lying, sleeping
Crimson from her wound is weeping
An the one's who dragged her down to this
Line up, her frozen lips to kiss

Weren't you the guardian of the rose, come what may?
Didn't you see the worm that was eating her away
Were you too busy looking in the mirror to say
The carriage has turned into a pumpkin

You're out on your own, your own kind of girl
The soul of mediocrity loosed on the world
Don't be afraid, come on, give it a whirl
Adequate always counts for something

They took all her babies, it wasn't disrespect
If they died of anything, they died of neglect
Passion and experience isn't something you inject
When the game's got pieces missing 

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The Meeting in the Air

You have heard of little Moses in the bulrush
You have heard of fearless David and his sling
You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph
And of Jonah and the whale you often sing
There are many, many others through the Bible
I should like to meet them all I do declare
By and by the Lord will surely let us meet them
At that meeting in the air

There is going to be a meeting in the air
In the sweet sweet bye and bye
I am going to meet you, meet you over there
In that home beyond the sky
Such singing you will hear-never heard by mortal ear
'Twill be glorious I do declare
And God's own son will be the leading one
At the meeting in the air

Many things there will be missing in that meeting
For the mourner's bench will have no place at all
There will never be a sermon preached to sinners
For the sinners had refused to heed the call
There will be no mourning over wayward loved ones
There will be no lonely nights of pleading prayer
All our burdens and our anguish will be lifted
At that meeting in the air

There the doubters will be missing altogether
All the skeptics will be absent on that day
There will be no grumblers present to disturb us
And the Achans will be busy far away
There the saints will have His seal upon their foreheads
Dressed in raiment none but ransomed ones can wear
All who have the wedding garment will be present
At that meeting in the air

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The Memory Of Your Smile

I'm walking from one bar to another
I don't know where I'm going or where I've been
No one I meet realized
I'm trying when I know I can't win
The memory of your smile, it nearly drives me wild
Ain't nothing ever gonna ease my mind
I thought you'd true, I counted so on you
I'm lost from a love I'll never find
I wonder how this pain is going to wind up
It gets worse day by day since you're gone
If only you would come back and see me
You're my only chance from now on
* Refrain


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The Mermaid
Traditional

It was Friday morn when we set sail
And we were not far from the land
When our captain he spied a mermaid so fair
With a comb and a glass in her hand

Chorus:
And the ocean waves do roll
And the stormy winds do blow
And we poor sailors are skipping at the top
While the landlubbers lie down below, below, below
While the landlubbers lie down below

Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship
And a fine spoken man was he
He said "This fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea"

Then up spoke the first-mate of our gallant ship
And a brave young man was he
He said "I have a wife in Boston by the sea
But tonight a widow she will be"

Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship
And a crazy old butcher was he
He said "I care much more for my pots and my pans
Than I do for the bottom of the sea"

Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship
And a brave young lad was he
He said "I have a sweetheart in Portland by the sea
But tonight she'll be weeping for me"

Three times around spun our gallant ship
And three times around spun she
Three times around spun our gallant ship
And she sank to the bottom of the sea


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The Incredible String Band - The Minotaur's Song 

Straight from the shoulder
I think like a soldier
I know what's right and what's wrong
(He knows what's right and what's wrong)

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
And I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
(He'll do what's wrong as long as he can)

I live in a labyrinth under the sea
Down in the dark as dark as can be
I like the dark as dark as can be
(He likes the dark as dark as can be)

I'll even attack you or eat you whole
Down in the dark my bone mills roll
Porridge for my porridge bowl
(Porridge for his porridge bowl)

I'm strong as the earth from which I'm born
(He's strong as the earth from which he's born)
I can't dream well because of my horns
(He can't dream well because of his horns)

I'm strong as the earth from which I'm born
(He's strong as the earth from which he's born)
I can't dream well because of my horns
(He can't dream well because of his horns)

A Minotaur gets very sore
His features they are such a bore
His habits are predicta-bull
Aggressively relia-bull, bull, bull

Strong as the earth from which I'm born
(He's strong as the earth from which he's born)
I can't dream well because of my horns
(He can't dream well because of his horns)

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
(He'll do what's wrong as long as he can)

As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can
As long as he can

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The Incredible String Band - The Minotaur's Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

Straight from the shoulder
I think like a soldier
I know what's right and what's wrong
He knows what's right and what's wrong.

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
And I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
He'll do what's wrong as long as he can

I live in a labyrinth under the sea
Down in the dark as dark as can be
I like the dark as dark as can be
He likes the dark as dark as can be

I'll even attack you or eat you whole
Down in the dark my bone mills roll
Porridge for my porridge bowl
Porridge for his porridge bowl

I'm strong as the earth from which I'm born
He's strong as the earth from which he's born
I can't dream well because of my horns
He can't dream well because of his horns

Moo

A minotaur gets very sore
His features they are such a bore
His habits are predicta-bull
Aggressively relia-bull, bull, bull

I'm the original discriminating buffalo man
And I'll do what's wrong as long as I can
He'll do what's wrong as long as he can

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The Model Church

Well, wife, I found a model church
And worshiped there today
It made me think of the good old times
Before my hair was gray
The meeting house was finer built
Than they were years ago
But I found out when I went in
It was not built for show
The sexton did not sit me down
Away back by the door
He knew that I was old and deaf
And saw that I was poor
He must have been a Christian man
He led me boldly through
The long aisle of that crowded church
To find a pleasant pew
I wish you'd heard the singing, wife
It had the old town ring
The preacher said with trumpet voice
Let all the people sing
Oh, coronation was the tune
The music upward roared
I thought I heard the angel choir
Strike on their harps of gold
I'll tell you, wife, it did me good
To sing those hymns once more
I felt just like some wrecked marine
Who gets a glimpse of shore
It made me want to lay aside
This weather-beaten form
And anchor in that blessed port
Forever from the storm
Dear wife, the toil will soon be o'er
The victory soon be won
The shining strand is just ahead
Our race is nearly run
We're nearing Canaan's happy shore
Our hopes are bright and fair
Thank God we'll never sin again
There'll be no sorrow there
There'll be no sorrow there
In Heaven above
Where all is love
There'll be no sorrow there


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Brad Paisley - The Mona Lisa lyrics

Now there are men who make history
There are men who change the world
And there are men like me
That simply find the right girl
And in that very moment, it all becomes clear
What I'm meant to do, the reason I'm here
Now every night I thank the Lord I found you
And every time I put my arms around you
I feel like the frame that gets to hold the Mona Lisa
And I don't care if that's all I ever do
It never fails, we walk in a room
Nobody sees me, they're all lookin' at you
I disappear but that's fine with me
I feel the same way, you're all I can see
Now they've written books about da Vinci's muse
Now I know it wasn't but it shoulda been you
'Cause I feel like the frame that gets to hold the Mona Lisa
And I don't care if that's all I ever do
Why don't we run off to Paris while we're still young
We could drink a little wine, have a little fun
I could tell you I love you in a foreign tongue
We could work on our French in more ways than one
I could take your hand, we could walk in the Louvre
I could show 'em real beauty, let 'em get a load of you
'Cause I feel like the frame that gets to hold the Mona Lisa
And I don't care if that's all I ever do
I feel like the frame that gets to hold the Mona Lisa
And I don't care if that's all I ever do


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Richard Thompson - The Money Shuffle 

I love kittens and little babies
Can't you see that's the guy I am?
And your money is so safe with me
You never met such an honest man

Glossies on my office wall
The rich and famous, I know them all

Come on and do the money shuffle
I've got you right there where I want you
Come on and do the money shuffle
Can't find your money if you want to

Stock market going through the roof now
So rich I'll never add it up now
I've got your savings here somewhere

Here at Warbrook and Jones it's all tradition
We never pimp and we don't hustle
If you'll just bend over a little
I think you'll feel my financial muscle

Spread it wide, wide as you can
To get the full benefit of my plan

I said, come on and do the money shuffle
I've got you right there where I want you
Come on and do the money shuffle
Can't find your money if you want to

My God, the market's in a free fall
I'll save my arse and skip the country
Wish I knew the hell what I was doing

This year, think I'll skip Monte
One tires of the same old social scene
With all the problems in the world today
They'll notice if my bonus is obscene

Spread it wide, wide as you can
To get the full benefit of my plan

I said, come on and do the money shuffle
I've got you right there where I want you
Come on and do the money shuffle
Can't find your money if you want to

Stock market going through the roof now
So rich I'll never add it up now
I've got your savings here somewhere

Come on and do the money shuffle
Come on and do the money shuffle
Come on and do the money shuffle

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Dolly Parton - The Moon, The Stars, And Me lyrics

Tonight I feel a chill in the air
As cold as that look on your face
I hear what you're saying but coming from you
Goodbye seems so out of place
Now how can you stand there and honestly say
There never wee any real promises made
Chorus:
The moon is my witness
The stars will agree
They all heard you promise
You'd always love me
I know that it's true
But it's hard to believe
You lied to the moon
The stars and me
And what about all of those warm tender nights
Did they mean nothing to you
And where are the feelings I thought that we shared
Or have you forgotten them too
Did you think I could just put your memory behind
When your words are still so very clear in my mind
Chorus:
The moon is my witness
The stars will agree
They all heard you promise
You'd always love me
I know that it's true
But it's hard to believe
You lied to the moon
The stars and me
The moon is my witness
The stars will agree
They all heard you promise
You'd always love me
I know that it's true
But it's hard to believe
You lied to the moon
The stars and me
I know that it's true
But it's hard to believe
You lied to the moon
The stars and me
You lied


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The Mountain
Steve Earle

I was born on this mountain a long time ago
Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal
When you rose in the mornin' before it was light
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night

Chorus:
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

I was young on this mountain, but now I am old
And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole
'Til one night I lay down and woke up to find
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

Chorus

There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
And there's ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

Chorus


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The Mountain And Maryann
Gordon Lightfoot

All is well
I've made my peace where highways never end
Yesterday's a memory today is just a friend
For the mountains and Maryann are calling me again
And the red pines will bow their heads
The rivers and the watersheds will swallow up my tears
All is well
I left the cold midwestern towns behind
There's a semi up the road ahead I'll take him in my time
For the hot-blooded mountain love is calling me again
And the vagabond within me cries
The wind and rain might burn my eyes but I won't feel the pain
For the mountains and Maryann will greet me there as only she can do

All is well
As I swing up to the border bent for hell
And the service station man agreed I didn't look too well
But the mountains and Maryann are calling out to me
And I got my bedroll on my back
And everything that I could pack to see me on my way

All is well
I've made my peace and man, I'm feelin' fine
And the losers that I left behind I'll think about some other time
For the border men were all my friends they couldn't find a dime
And the prairie towns go sailing by
Saskatchewan there's mud in your eye I'm leavin' you behind
There'll be hot-blooded mountain love to satisfy my soul
And the red pines will bow their heads
The rivers and the watersheds will carry us along
And the mountains and Maryann will greet me there as only she can do

All is well
The foothills are coming into sight
Today is just a memory the future is tonight
And the red pines will bow their heads
The rivers and the watersheds will carry us along
And the mountains and Maryann will greet me there as only she can do


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The Incredible String Band - The Mountain Of God 

Behold the mountain of the Lord
In latter days shall rise, hark, the herald angels sing
Hush, hush, whisper who dares
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers

Do you not fly as clouds
And as doves to your windows
Who serve as the shadow
And the example of heavenly things

As Moses was admonished of God
As he was making the Tabernacle
See that you do all things according to the pattern
Shown you on the high mountain

Glory be to the Father
And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning
Is now and ever shall be world without end, Amen

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The Incredible String Band - The Mountain Of God - 2010 Remastered Version 

The Mountain Of God

"Behold the mountain of the Lord in latter days shall rise"

"Hark, the herald angels sing"

"Hush, hush, whisper who dare, Christopher Robin is saying his prayers"

"Do ye not fly as clouds and as doves to your windows
Who serve as the shadow and the example of heavenly things"

"As Moses was admonished of God as he was making the Tabernacle
See that ye do all things according to the pattern shown you on the high mountain."

"Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be
World without end
Amen."

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The Mountains Are Calling Me Home

[Verse 1]
As I grew from a child, I started runnin' wild
I thought it would be better on my own
Now time has shown me things I couldn't see
And the mountains are callin' me home

[Verse 2]
I left mom and dad, they were so sad
I still see them cryin' all alone
I hope and I pray they're still there today
'Cause the mountains are callin' me home

[Chorus]
I spent my wasted years with heartaches and tears
It's nobody's fault but my own
I see lookin' back I'm on the wrong track
And the mountains are callin' me home

[Verse 3]
Time I can't reclaim, I've only me to blam?
I know that I must reap the seeds I've sown
But startin' h?re and now, I'll make it right somehow
'Cause the mountains are callin' me home

[Verse 4]
The years that I've lost have come at a cost
The ones who love me most may now be gone
The only thing I've earned are the lessons that I learned
And the mountains that are callin' me home

[Chorus]
I spent my wasted years with heartaches and tears
It's nobody's fault but my own
I see lookin' back I'm on the wrong track
And the mountains are callin' me home

[Chorus]
I've spent wasted years with heartaches and tears
It's nobody's fault but my own
I see lookin' back I'm on the wrong track
And the mountains are callin' me home

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Dolly Parton - The Mystery Of The Mystery lyrics

There are so many things that I don't understand
And I search my mind to try to find an answer
But the more I search the less I seem to find out why
Like where where the wind goes, how does life begin
What happens when we die
The mystery of the mystery must stay unknown
Only God can know and man must not see
Great minds have tried but they will not find
The answer to the mystery of the mystery
Man will seek the mystic rails of the mystery
But their silent halls reveal not a sound
Many men will give their lives just to try to find
The answer to a mystery in their mind
The mystery of the mystery must stay unknown
Only God can know and man must not see
Great minds have tried but they will not find
The answer to the mystery of the mystery


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The Needle

Many times I've seen it happen I never dreamed I'd live to see
The time htat I would pray to die so my soul would set me free
You see I have the habit to the needle I'm a slave
From the bottle to the needle from the needle to the grave

Just a crazy youngster I was looking for my fun
That night I met the pusher is when the misery begun
When he offered me the needle and the stuff that I now crave
From the bottle to the needle from the needle to the grave

Time passes so slowly as it passes I get worse
And as time goes by again I'll try my best to chase the curse
But it seems I have no power against the needle that I crave
From the bottle to the needle from the needle to the grave

Many times you've seen us on the streets down in the slum
These men who've lost the way of life and every feeling grown numb
But in our shame we are all the same to the needle we are slaves
From the bottle to needle from the needle to the grave


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The New Love Song
The Avett Brothers

Ellegant and soft
Feminine as you ougt
One with earth and one with God
Won't you please forgive me
Won't you please forgive me

As the daylight sinks
As I fail to stop and think
Once I cursed the things I've done
Won't you please forgive me
Won't you please forgive me

Young bride take my name
Burn the questions burn the shame
You don't have to live by them
Won't you please forgive them
Won't you please forgive them

Sleep well when the night time falls
Wait 'till morning when I call
Don't believe the bad you saw
Won't you please forgive them

Tenderness and grace
How you've come this place
However dangerous or safe
I'll find within you
I'll find within you

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Richard Thompson - The New St. George 

The time has come for action
Leave your satisfaction
Can't you hear St. George's tune
When George's tune is calling you on?

Freedom was your mother
Fight for one another
Leave the factory, leave the forge
And dance to the new St. George

Don't believe pretenders
Who say they would defend us
While they flash their teeth and wave
The other hand is being paid

They choke the air and bleed us
These noble men who lead us
Leave the factory, leave the forge
And dance to the new St. George

The fish and fowl are ailing
The farmer's life is failing
Where are all the back room boys?
The back room boys can save us now

We're poisoned by the greedy
Who plunder on the needy
Leave the factory, leave the forge
And dance to the new St. George

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The Night I Got Saved

The night I got saved I went to church with my dad
And all of a sudden this strange feeling I had
I fell on my knees and how I did pray
For Jesus to save me take my sins away

The night I got saved I saw Calvary
I could see Jesus hanging as he died on the tree
I could see drops of blood and the pain on his face
No one but my Savior, no one took his place

His hands were all bruised, bleed flowed down his side
With thorns on his head my Savior then died
But the third day my Jesus did rise from the grave
I visioned these things the night I got saved

* Refrain


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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
J. R. Robertson

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well.

Chorus:
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'.
They went:
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La.

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me,
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
You take what you need and you leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.

Chorus

Like my father before me, I will work the land,
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave.
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.

Chorus


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The Nightingale's Song
Traditional

Do you happen to know of a young maid in need
Of a sweetheart? Here's one who is anxious to plead
It's a shame that a handsome young fellow like me
Should be left while the Nightingale sings in the tree
It's a shame that a handsome young fellow like me
Should be left while the Nightingale sings in the tree

In the wood and the meadow, beneath the bright moon
Every lad and his lass make the most of the June
The world's gone a wooing, excepting of me
And the nightingale sings to his mate in the tree,
The world's gone a wooing, excepting of me
And the nightingale sings to his mate in the tree.

The time it goes fast, there is none I can spare
And the nightingale's song will soon die in the air!
Don't you think, dearest Phyllis, you had better agree
To make love while the nightingale sings in the tree?
Don't you think, dearest Phyllis, you had better agree
To make love while the nightingale sings in the tree?


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The Old Chain Gang

I was just a lad nearly twenty-one
When they put me on the chain gang for things I had done
Swinging that pick and shovel all day long
And wondering if my baby was a-doing me wrong

The sun was shining down, the sweat a-rolling off of me
chains on my legs keep a-pulling at me
Guards a-watching me with a big shot gun
Just a-waiting on me to take a chance and run

Well the boss man went on a drunk one day
I pulled my chain to where that old axe lay
I took that axe and I cut my chain
And I said bye, bye to the old chain gang


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Richard Thompson - The Old Changing Way 

I'm Darby the tinker and my brother is Tam
We go where the work is, me boys and we work where we can
With the mending and fixing, it's together we stay
Intending our fortunes to try on the old changing way

We come to your cities and we call on your wives
We'll fix up your kettles, please dear missus, we'll sharpen your knives
And we always agreed that together we'd stay
Intending our fortunes to try on the old changing way

Now times, they grow scanty and the money grew thin
We worked for a song but the money, it didn't come in
Now brothers are kindred but hard times betray
And so we stumbled apart on the old changing way

We never agreed to divide our tin
And when you're out of love with your brother, your hard times begin
For the spikes and the brothels, they are shameful to see
But don't you travel alone, boys, this warning you take from me

You must share with your nearest till the end of your days
Or else it's forever you'll roam the old changing way

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The Old Church Yard

Come with me to the old church yard
I know its path so well
Let's all sit down under the pines
There's where my loved ones dwell

Don't weep for them they're troubles are over
Although sometimes it's hard
They're asleep in the Savior's care
At rest in the old church yard

When I'm laid to rest beneath the trees
From sorrow then retire
I'll rest in hope of that bright morn
I'll awake in the old church yard

Don't weep for me I'm longing to go
The rest is my reward
I'll arise with the ones I love
Arise in the old church yard

Come with me to the old church yard
I know its path so well
Let's all kneel down and have a prayer
For there soon I will dwell

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The Old Cross Road

There are many paths through this world of sin
But there's only one I will travel in
'Tis the old cross road, on the way called straight
There's just one way to the pearly gate

There's just one way to the pearly gate
To the crown of life and the freinds who wait
It's the old cross road or the way called straight
There's just one way to the pearly gate

There are some who sneer at the old cross road
At the pearly gates and the streets of gold
Yet I mind them not, but with happy song
And assurance sweet, I press along

* Refrain

Other risk their soul on some new made way
Thinking they will reach the gates some day
May they find out 'ere life is done
That the old cross road is the only one

* Refrain


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Tony Rice - The Old Crossroads

Oh my brother take this warning
Don't let old Satan hold your hand
You'll be lost in sin forever
You'll never reach the Promised Land

The old crossroad now is waiting
Which one are you goin' to take?
One leads down to destruction
The other to the Pearly Gates

One road leads up to Heaven
The other goes down below
Jesus our Savior will protect you
He'll guide you by the old crossroad

The old crossroad now is waiting
Which one are you goin' to take?
One leads down to destruction
The other to the Pearly Gates

Soon your life will be over
You'll have to face the old crossroad
Will you be ready then my brother
To shun the one that goes down below?

The old crossroad now is waiting
Which one are you goin' to take?
One leads down to destruction
The other to the Pearly Gates

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The Old Fiddler

Let me tell you a tale about a spry old man
Guess he's as old as the hills
He's the favorite fiddler for miles and miles around
And plays for all the good quadrilles

Every Saturday night all the folks stop in and tune
The whole town is ready to go
While the fellers chose their partners and the caller taps the jug
And the old man puts the rosen to the bow

You could hear Uncle Ben yellin' do-si-do
Swing that gal in the calico

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The Old Home Town

To night my heart is lonely for the folks back home
Where I left my mother and daddy all alone
There's been a lot of changes since I been around
I'd like to wander back to the old home town

   You'll never miss the home folks until you've gone away
   Then you'll need a friend to help you every day
   Then you'll call on mother but she won't be around
   I'd like to wander back to the old home town

I've searched this whole world over since I've been around
I've never found a place just like the old home town
If I could live life over I'd never roam around
I'd like to wander back to the old home day

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The Old Kentucky Shore
Traditional

Chorus:
Up along the Ohio River
Over on the old Kentucky shore
Once dwelt a fair young maiden
Now there's a crepe upon her door

I walked down to the graveyard
Down by the Church of God
I looked upon the one I love
That would soon be covered with sod

Chorus

The angels took my darlin'
God needed the one I love
I reached the old Kentucky shore too late
I'll make my plans and meet her up above

The last words that my darling spoke
Was tell the one I love goodbye
I'd like to see him before I go
But I'll meet him in the sky

Chorus


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The Old Man No One Loves
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Wyman Asbill 

G                                     C
In a bar room down in Georgia sits an old man 
    A7                                  D7
His whiskers grey and two or three days old 
        G                             C
You can tell he's dreaming up another story 
                     D7            G
Just in case there's one he hasn't told
 
                                      C
There's a story that he tells about a woman 
    A7                           D7
And always says she was a beauty queen 
       G                                C
But he said the angels came for her one morning 
                        D7         G
After that he just gave up on everything
 
                   G7                 C
The old man no one loves is what they call him 
    A7                                 D7
The tales he tells are taller than the sky 
    G              G7                    C
The old man no one loves could tell some big ones 
                                  D7                G
And everybody laughs and says you know that old man lies 
                                          C
There's the one he always tells about his children 
    A7                         D7
His son the doctor is up in Ohio 
    G                           C
His daughter owns a bank in California 
                  D7          G
But he don't ever see them anymore
 
repeat #3 
                                  C                             Am
But you know that old man that no one loves he died this morning 
                    A7                  D7
The whole town was shocked by all those big long limousines  
G                                        C
And all his children gathered 'round and they wept beside him 
                     D7              G
And one cried out my daddy's gone to join his beauty queen 
repeat #3

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The Old Old House

There's an old old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlookin' the own
Where time's left a wreck where once was a beauty
And soon the old house will tumble down

When the leaves begin to fall in the autumn
And the rain starts to drip from the trees
There's an old old man who walks in the garden
And his head is bowed in memory.

They say he built the mansion for the love of a woman
And they planned to be married in the fall
But her love withered in the last days of summer
And the house stands empty after all.

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Brad Paisley - The Old Rugged Cross lyrics

On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross,
The emblem of suff'ring and shame,
And I love that old Cross where the dearest and best,
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
I will cling to the old rugged Cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
Oh, that old rugged Cross so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me,
For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above,
To bear it to dark Calvary.
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
I will cling to the old rugged Cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
In the old rugged Cross, stain'd with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above,
To pardon and sanctify me.
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
I will cling to the old rugged Cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
To the old rugged Cross, I will ever be true,
Its shame and reproach gladly bear,
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where his glory forever I'll share.
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
I will cling to the old rugged Cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.


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The Old Triangle (Royal Canal)
Brendan Behan

A hungry feeling came o'er me stealing
And the mice were squealing in my prison cell

Chorus (after every verse):
And the old triangle goes jingle jangle
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

To begin the morning the warder's bawling
"Get out of bed and clean up your cell"

On a fine spring evening the lad lay dreaming
With the seagulls beaming high above the wall

The screw was peeping and the lad was sleeping
While he lay weeping for his gal Sal

In the female prison are seventy women
And it's so with them that I would like to dwell

The day was dying and the wind was sighing
As I lay crying in my prison cell


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The Avett Brothers - The Once and Future Carpenter 

I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
And I know the lonesome sound is following
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
And when to hold, when the queens are staring back at me
Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
And I left the timbers where they lay

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die

And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
And I followed till I finally lost my way
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

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Dolly Parton - The Only Hand You'll Need To Hold lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

When you need to be love, let me love you
When you need a friend, reach out to me
When you need reassuring that it's alright
Anything you need, that what I'll be
For I want to be the one you always come to
When you find you need a place to go
Let mine be the hand you always cling to
Mine will be the only hand you ever need to hold
Mine will be the only hand you ever need to hold
I can be the one that makes you happy
I'll be your umbrella when it rains
I will be someone that you can count on
In other words, I'll be your everything
For I want to be the one you always come to
When you find you need a place to go
Let mine be the hand you always cling to
Mine will be the only hand you ever need to hold
Mine will be the only hand you ever need to hold
I want to be the one you always come to
When you find you need a place to go
Let mine be the hand you always cling to
Mine will be the only hand you ever need to hold
Mine will be the only hand you ever need to hold


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The Only Living Boy In New York
Paul Simon

Tom, get your plane right on time
I know your part'll go fine
Fly down to Mexico
Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York

I get the news I need on the weather report
Oh, I can gather all the news I need on the weather report
Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile
Da-n-do-da-n-do-da-n-da-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York

Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where
And we don't know where

Here I am

Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where
And we don't know where

Tom, get your plane right on time
I know that you've been eager to fly now
Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine now
Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da
Like it shines on me
The only living boy in New York
The only living boy in New York

Here I am
Here I am


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The Only Trouble With Me
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                           Dm          Am     D7
I received my big promotion down at the lumber yard
       G7                             C  Dm G7
And my income tax return will soon be due
       C                              Dm    Am       D7
I just made my last big payment on my sixty-eight Corvair
    G7                      C  Am Dm G7
The only trouble with me is you
 
       C                              Dm    Am    D7
I came up with a winning ticket on an ocean liner cruise
        G7                                  C  Dm G7
And the trip and everything was planned for two
C
And I arranged for our vacation 
        Dm     Am           D7
And the time I thought we'd leave
        G7                     C
Now the only trouble at all is you
         F                 G7
Yeah the only trouble with me is you 
         C
And it's driving me out of my mind
         F                 G7
Hey I've done everything a man can do 
        D7              G7
And you refuse me every time
  C
I gave up my bachelor quarters 
          Dm     Am        D7
Where the secret bed comes down
        G7                           C  Dm G7
And the vices that I'm guilty of are few
    C                              Dm     Am  D7
And everyone who knows me says I'm fun to be around
       G7                      C   Am Dm G7
Oh the only trouble with me is you
         F                 G7
Yeah the only trouble with me is you 
         C
And it's driving me out of my mind
         F                 G7
Hey I've done everything a man can do 
        D7              G7
And you refuse me every time
  C
I gave up my bachelor quarters 
          Dm     Am        D7
Where the secret bed comes down
        G7                           C  Dm G7
And the vices that I'm guilty of are few
    C                              Dm     Am  D7
And everyone who knows me says I'm fun to be around
       G7                      C   A7
Oh the only trouble with me is you
        
         D7                G7    C
Yeah the only trouble with me is you

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Dolly Parton - The Only Way Out (Is To Walk Over Me) lyrics

The only way out
Is to walk over me
So you found someone else
And you're going to leave
Did she tell you
I don't love you?
Did you really believe?
On the floor, by the door
I'll be down on me knees
Chorus:
Cause the only way out
Is to walk over me
You don't hear and you don't feel
But i know you can see
And just to prove that i love you,
I'll crawl at your feet
Just look down, at the ground
Where your footprints will be
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
You have put me
Just as low
As anyone ought to go
But i'll lay down beside
What's left of my pride
If you go, then you'll
Know, cause you can't help
But see that
The only way out is to walk
Over me
Repeat Bridge
Yes the only way out
Is to walk over me


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The Pain Of Loving You
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Dolly Parton/Porter Wagoner

G              D7     G
Oh the pain of loving you
       D7          G
Oh the misery I go through
              C       G
Never knowing what to do
               D7     G
Oh the pain of loving you

                        D7     G
You just can't stand to see me happy
          D7              G
Seems you hurt me all you can
              C      G
Still I go on loving you
            D7    G
But I never understand

Repeat #1  
 
                 D7          G
To love and hate at the same time
            D7              G
The line between the two is fine
                      C         G
The two have bound me heart and soul
                       D7      G
So strong that I can't let you go

Repeat #1  
               D7     G
Oh the pain of loving you

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Pale Horse And His Rider, The

   Listen poor sinner you're drifting away
   From the dear Savior who's pleading today
   What will you do if the Savior was nigh
   When the pale horse and his rider go by

The time is not long when the Savior will come
Then you'll be judged by the deeds you have done
On judgment day you'll weep and you'll cry
When the pale horse and his rider go by

Soften your heart and turn from all sin
For Jesus is waiting to welcome you in
There's coming a time you'll wish He was nigh
When the pale horse and his rider go by

Won't you redeem your poor wicked soul
You can't pay your way with silver and gold
If you're not saved you'll be lost in the night
When the pale horse and his rider go by

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The Parting Glass
Traditional

1 6m 1 5
Oh all the money that e'er I spent
1 5
I spent it in good company
1 6m 1 5
And all the harm that e'er I've done
1 4 1 5 6m
Alas it was to none but me
1 4 1 4 1
And all I've done for want of wit
4 1 6m 5
To memory now I can't recall
1 6m 1 5
So fill to me the parting glass
1 4 1 5 6m
Good night and joy be with you all

Optional Verse: **
If I had money enough to spend
And leisure to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in the town
That sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips
I own she has my heart enthralled
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Oh, all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

And when I'm gone and far away
Think of me when you gather here
And remember how we laughted and sang
And how we shed the farewell tear.
Though we each may meet again
We'll not be again as we are tonight.
So fill to all the parting glass.
Good night and joy be with you all.

Verses 1-3 tradiitonal. Additional last verse lyrics by Walt Hultgren.
** Second verse optional. There are acutally many variations of these lyrics.


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Crooked Still 
The Peace Of The Wild Things/Dayblind

When despair grows in me
And I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
In fear of what my life and my children's lives may be
I go and lie down where the wood drake
Rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds

I come into the peace of wild things
Who do not tax their lives with forethought
Of grief. I come into the presence of still water
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
Waiting with their light
For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free


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The Avett Brothers - The Perfect Space 

I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I?ve become not the man I was.
I wanna have friends that will let me be
all alone when being alone is all that I need.

I wanna fit in to the perfect space,
feel natural and safe in a volatile place.
And I wanna grow old without the pain,
give my body back to the earth and not complain.
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?

Okay part two now clear the house.
The party?s over take the shouting and the people,
get out!

I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to.
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you.
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from? Who did borrow from?

I wanna have pride like my mother has,
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad.
And I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I?ve become and not the man that I was.

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The Avett Brothers - The Perfect Space (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) 

I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I've become not the man I was.
I wanna have friends that will let me be
all alone when being alone is all that I need.

I wanna fit in to the perfect space,
feel natural and safe in a volatile place.
And I wanna grow old without the pain,
give my body back to the earth and not complain.
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?

Okay part two now clear the house.
The party's over take the shouting and the people,
get out!

I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to.
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you.
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from? Who did borrow from?

I wanna have pride like my mother has,
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad.
And I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I've become and not the man that I was.

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The Picture On The Wall

There's an old and faded picture on he wall
It's been hanging there for many years
Tis a picture of my Mother and I know there is no other
That can take the place of Mother on the wall

On the wall, on the wall
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
Time is swifty passing by and I'll bow my head and cry
Cause I know I'll meet my Mother after all

How the children all have scattered off and gone
And I have a little family of my own
And I love them well, more than any tongue can tell
But I love that dear old picture on the wall

* Refrain

Yes I loved that dear old Mother's years ago
There has been no one to take her place I know
As my banjo plays its chord, I am praying to the Lord
To bless that dear old picture on the wall

* Refrain


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Emmylou Harris - The Pilgrim: Chapter 33

See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
Which he spent like they was goin' outta style
And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down

He's a poet, he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
Runnin' from his devils, lord, and reachin' for the stars,
And losin' all he's loved along the way
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
And all he ever gets is older and around
>from the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
The goin' up was worth the comin' down

He's a poet, he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.

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The Pony Man
Gordon Lightfoot

When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the shed
And the river tells a story
At the window by my bed
If you listen very closely
Be as quiet as you can
In the yard you'll hear him
It is the Pony Man
We're always there to greet him
When he tumbles into town
He leads a string of ponies
Some are white and some are brown
And they never seem to kick or bite
They only want to play
And they live on candy apples
Instead of oats and hay

And when we're all assembled
He gives a soft command
And we climb aboard our ponies
As in a row the stand
Then down the road we gallop
And across the fields we fly
And soon we all go sailing off
Into the midnight sky

And as we gaily rock along
Beside a ripplin' sea
There's Tom 'n Dick 'n Sally
And Mary, Joe and Me
And the Pony Man is leading
Cause he's travelled here before
And he gives a whoop and a holler
At Mr. Moon's front door

And as we stop to rest a while
Where the soda river glides
Up to the slip comes a pirate ship
To take us for a ride
And the Pony Man's the captain
And the children are the crew
And we go in search of treasure
And laugh the whole night through

And when the hold is filled with gold
And the sails begin to strain
And the deck's piled high with apple pie
We head for port again
And down the whirling starcase
So swift our ponies fly
And we're safely in our beds again
When the sunbeams kiss the sky

When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the shed
And the river tells a story
At the window by my bed
If you listen very closely
Be as quiet as you can
In the yard you'll hear him
It is the Pony Man


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Richard Thompson - The Poor Ditching Boy 

Was there ever a winter so cold and so sad
The river too weary to flood
The storming wind cut through to my skin
But she cut through to my blood

I was looking for trouble to tangle my line
But trouble came looking for me
I knew I was standing on treacherous ground
I was sinking too fast to run free

With her scheming, idle ways
She left me poor enough
The storming wind cut through to my skin
But she cut through to my blood

I would not be asking, I would not be seen
A-beggin' on mountain or hill
But I'm ready and blind with my hands tied behind
I've neither a mind nor a will

With her scheming, idle ways
She left me poor enough
The storming wind cut through to my skin
But she cut through to my blood

It's bitter the need of the poor ditching boy
He'll always believe what they say
They tell him it's hard to be honest and true
Does he mind if he doesn't get paid?

With her scheming, idle ways
She left me poor enough
The storming wind cut through to my skin
But she cut through to my blood

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The Precious Jewel

Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered
Buried deep in the grave lies the one that I love
She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven
More pricious than diamonds more precious than gold

A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven
She'll brighten the kingdom around God's Great Throne
May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven
They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam

When a girl of sixteen we courted each other
She promised someday to become my sweet wife
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
But the angels they called her to heraven one night

This world has its wealth it's trials and troubles
Mother earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
But it can't hold the soul of one precious jewel
She is resting in peace with the heavenly fold

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The Pretender
Jackson Browne

I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Though true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender


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The Race Is On

I feel tears wellin' up from down deep inside like my heart's got a big break
And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful that I may never shake
You might think that I'm taking it hard since you broke me off with a call
You might wager that I'll hide in sorrowand I might break right down and ball

Now the race is on and here comes pride in the backstretch
Heartache's going to the inside my tears are holding back trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running true love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartache and the winner loses all

One day I ventured in love never once suspecting what the final results would be
Now I live in fear of waking up each morning and finding that you're gone from me
There's an achin' pain in my heart for the name of the one that I hated to face
Somebody else came out to win her and I came out in second place

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Dolly Parton - The Right Combination lyrics

Two people, together
It was just a dream until you came along
My heart was waiting just for you
Tomorrow, forever
We both heard these promises for far too long
And now you make the words come true
So touch me now
I need to have you close tonight
And show me how
You can me feel this way
# You and me, we are the right combination
For love, we're all we need
It's just you and me, we make the right combination
Straight from the heart, love is the key
Can't keep it, a secret
Everything I feel is written on my face
I can't hide my heart from you
You hold me, is magic
In your arms the world becomes a better place
Now I know what love can do
Here we go
Exactly where the road will lead us
I don't know
I just know that you'll be there
# You and me, we are the right combination
For love, we're all we need
It's just you and me, we make the right combination
Straight from the heart, love is the key
And whenever you, I'm there
Every stumble and fall, I share
I'll be yours through it all
Coz I care, about you baby
It's so easy to see, so strong
Now I know you and me, belong
I'll be by your side forever....
# You and me, we are the right combination
For love, we're all we need
It's just you and me, we make the right combination
Straight from the heart, love is the key


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Richard Thompson - The Rival 

I can lick you fairly, squarely
Give your head a mighty crack
Make your nose bleed down your shirt front
With one hand behind my back

Toorah loorah, torah loorah,
Toorah loorah, torah loorah

I set my heart on Jeannie Wilson
She's the one I'm going to see
If you're of the same persuasion
There's no room for you and me

Toorah loorah, torah loorah,
Toorah loorah, torah loorah

I love to see those stuffy airs and graces
The more pumped up the more they tend to fall
Right down on their faces

You might have a few pounds on me
You might have the edge in height
But I can do a trick or two
To rattle your teeth and dim your lights

Toorah loorah, torah loorah,
Toorah loorah, torah loorah

I love to see those stuffy airs and graces
The more pumped up the more they tend to fall
Right down on their faces

You come from a different planet
Sexy motor, groovy tan
I fought my way up from under
I don't have no back-up plan

Toorah loorah, torah loorah,
Toorah loorah, torah loorah

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Dolly Parton - The River Unbroken lyrics
(D. Batteau/D. Brown)

Waiting for the train to come
I keep a'waiting for the train to come
Dreamin' of the river and the rising sun
I keep thinkin' 'bout the world to come
My life packed up in a suitcase
Old man staring from a doorway
My hope tarries in the distance
Love comes on the wheels of my deliverance
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Waitin' for the train to come
I keep waitin' for the train to come
Keepin' my appointment with the one who lives
In the heart of everything that is
All night sleepin' in a station
My God, it's hard not to be impatient
I watch through the windows of forgiveness
I cry but my word's my only witness
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Sometimes I feel I can't go on, I can't go on
I get so tired, all passion's gone
My heart, my head, my arms, my legs, I get so tired
Without the strength to crawl away
Then something breaks inside my soul, My strength is gone
That spirit's finally taking hold
My ears can hear, my eyes can see
Those clouds of joy still cover me, cover me, cover me
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is, where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Fade:
Waiting for the train to come
I keep waiting for the train to come...


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The Road

Every man that I ever have known
Says the road gets a little bit longer
Every woman that I've ever loved

Told me so, told me so
Told me there's so much more to go

Little boy with the pretty brown eyes
Knows the road gets a little bit longer
Every man that I've ever loved

* Refrain

There's a friend who left today
Says the load got a little bit stronger
And his mind couldn't face the gain

* Refrain


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The Road Goes On Forever
Robert Earl Keen

Sherry was a waitress, at the only joint in town.
She had a reputation, as a girl who'd been around.
On Main street after midnight, a brand new pack of cigs,
A fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs.
She'd ride down to the river, and meet with all her friends.
The road goes on forever, and the party never ends.

Sonny was a loner, he was older than the rest.
He was goin' in the Navy, but he couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he sold a little pot.
The law caught wind of Sonny, and one day he got caught.
But he was back in business, when they set him free again.
The road goes on forever, and the party never ends.

Sonny's playing eight-ball, in the joint where Sherry works
When some drunken out-of-towner, put his hand up Sherry's skirt.
Sonny took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor.
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, walked on out the door.
She's running right behind him, reaching for his hand.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

They jumped into his pickup, Sonny jammed it down in gear.
Sonny looked at Sherry, said "Let's get on out of here."
The stars were high above them, the moon was in the east.
The sun was setting on them, when they reached Miami Beach.
They got a hotel by the water, and a quart of Bombay Gin.
The road goes on forever, the party never ends.

They soon ran out of money, but Sonny knew a man,
Who knew some Cuban refugees, who dealt in contraband.
Sonny met the Cubans, at a house just off the route,
With a briefcase full of money, a pistol in his boot.
The cards were on the table, when the law came bustin' in.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

The Cubans grabbed the goodies, and Sonny grabbed a jack,
He broke the bathroom window, and climbed on out the back.
Sherry drove the pickup, through the alley on the side,
Where a lawman tackled Sonny, and was reading him his rights.
She stepped out in the alley, with a single shot four-ten
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

They left the lawman lying, they made their get-away.
Got back to the motel, just before the break of day.
Sonny gave her all the money, and he blew her a little kiss.
"If they ask you how this happened, say I forced you into this."
She watched him as his tail lights, disappeared around the bend.
The road goes on forever, the party never ends.

Well it's main street after midnight, just like it was before,
Twenty-one months later, at the local grocery store.
Sherry buys a paper, and a cold six-pack of beer.
The headlines readin' Sonny is going to the chair.
She pulls back onto mainstreet, in her new Mercedes Benz.
The road goes on forever, and the party never ends!


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Alison Krauss - The Road Is A Lover 
(bob lucas/belly boy music, bmi)

I met a man
Traveling down the road
He looked me in the eye
And he gave me a ring
And he gave me a rose
And he told me some gypsy lies

Chorus:
The road is a lover
You never recover
Not now or any time soon
My head starts to spin
When i think where i've been
Playin' twin to an old fiddle tune, oh
As the wind chases after the moon

Through the kindness
Shown me that day
I gave him this melody
And we sang in duet
`neath the stars in the sky
And the shadows of dancing trees

Chorus

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The Road To The Isles
Traditional

A far croonin' is calling me away,
As step I wi' me cromac on the road.
The blue islands are putting love on me,
As step I wi' the sunlight for me load.

Chorus:
Sure by Tummel and Loch Rannoch and Loch Aber I will go,
By heather tracks wi' heaven in their wiles.
If its thinking in your inner heart, a blaggards in me step,
Sure you've never smelt the tangle of the Isles

Shiel Water, the track is to the west,
By Aillort and by Morar to the sea.
The cool cresses I am thinking for to pluck,
And bracken for a wink on mother's knee.

The blue islands are putting love on me,
Their laughter puts the leap upon the lame,
The blue, blue islands from the Skerries to the Lees,
Wi' heather honey taste upon each name.


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The Rolling Mills Of New Jersey
John Roberts and Tony Barrand

Chorus:
When I die, bury me low,
Where I can here the petroleum flow.
A sweeter sound I never did know,
The Rolling Mills of New Jersey.

In Hoboken, there will be
Trash as far as the eye can see,
Enough for you, enough for me,
The garbage cans of New Jersey.

Chorus

Down in Trenton, there is a bar,
Where the bums come from near and far.
They come by truck, they come by car,
The lousy bums of New Jersey.

Chorus

When first I started to roam,
I traveled far away from Bayonne.
Then I sat down and wrote this poem.
I wrote an ode to New Jersey.

Chorus


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The Rose
Amanda McBroom

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you its only seed

It's the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes a chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul, afraid of dyin'
That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose


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The Sad Side Of Town
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens
Written by Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam

G                               D7
We've agreed not to mention any memories 
                          G
Or share a single passing thought
            G7
That's just better for all concerned 
   C
Is what we've found
            G             D7          G
When you're living on the sad side of town
                                      D7
There's always hope but we don't ever let it show
                                     G
Cause hopes start out real small but how they just grow
              G7
And just like dreams are better left alone 
   C
Is what we've found
            G             D7          G
When you're living on the sad side of town
D7                                    G
Please never bring up how she used to laugh at night
      D7                               G
Would smell so sweet and giggle when I squeezed her tight
                 G7                     C
If you can put a stop to that there's a chance you might
A7                                  D7
Fit in here well enough to try this style of life
G           G7
That's just better for all concerned 
   C
Is what we've found
            G             D7          G
When you're living on the sad side of town
C           G             D7          G
When you're living on the sad side of town

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Dolly Parton - The Salt In My Tears lyrics

I've tried and I've tried for so long to please you
Gave you every bit of my time
Gave you everything I could possibly give you
My body, my heart, and my mind
I turned my family and good friends against me
Listened to my own heart break
And I did it all in the name of love
Gave up myself for your sake
And you never cared about me
You only hurt and deceive
I realize after all of these years
That you ain't worth the salt in my tears
You've cheated, you've lied and you've hurt me
Over and over again
You promised to love me forever
But forever reached a bitter sweet end
Been blinded by love to your actions
But at last I can see my way clear
I've cried and I've tried, and I've tried and I've cried
But you, you've never shed one tear
'Cause you never cared about me
You only hurt and deceive
I realize after all of these years
That you ain't worth the salt in my tears
You ain't worth, you ain't worth the salt in my tears
Treated like dirt, I'm hurt, I ain't hangin' 'round here
You've left me crying, left me crying for years
But you ain't worth the salt in my tears
You never cared about me
You only hurt and decieve
I realize after all of these years
That you ain't worth the salt in my tears
No you ain't worth the salt in my tears


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Alison Krauss - The Scarlet Tide

When I recall his parting words
Must I accept his fate
Or take myself far from this place
I thought I heard a black bell toll
A little bird did sing
Man has no choice
When he wants every thing

We'll rise above the scarlet tide
That trickles down through the mountain
And separates the widow from the bride

Man goes beyond his own decision
Gets caught up in the mechanism
Of swindlers who act like kings
And brokers who break everything
The dark of night was swiftly fading
Close to the dawn of day
Why would I want him just to lose him again

We'll rise above the scarlet tide
That trickles down through the mountain
And separates the widow from the bride

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The Schoolhouse Fire

'Twas an afternoon in springtime
Folk were happy everywhere
Preparing for a joyous evening
Never dreaming death was near
To a little country schoolhouse
Neighbors thinking they would go
They would have a jolly evening
At the children's little show

You could hear those children singing
Voices ringing clear and sweet
Never dreaming in their joy
Of the fate that they would meet

But their joys all were blighted
They began to scream and rage
When a lantern fell that evening
Streaming fire upon the stage
It was on that fatal evening
They could not control the fire
They madly lashed about for freedom
But they perished in the fire

You could hear those children scremaming
While the flames were rolling high
Daddy, come and get your babies
Will you stand and let us die

All the fathers they were trying
To their little ones to go
But the brave old fellows perished
In the chaos from the show
LIttle children they were trampled
In that mighty rolling flame
Others on that night were screaming
Death was dealing just the same

There's a lonely spot in Cleveland
Nicely fenced around and eired
Ther's a monument erected
Tells the story of the fire


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The Sea Between Our Hearts
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Darrell Edwards and Merle Moore

C
There's a sea between our hearts 
          F                  C
Where the waves are cold and dark
        G7                          C
And the undertow of loneliness gets strong
My hearts caught in the tide 
     F                  C
Of a love that you've denied
           G7                                  C
For you're colder than this sea we're drifting on
    F                                  C
The sea between our hearts is dark and stormy
        F                          C              G7
And the harbor of your love is the only haven for me
     C                   F                C
If I only had a chart to guide me to your heart
    G7                               C
I'd anchor there and sail the sea no more
There's a shore of happiness 
     F               C
That somehow we have missed
    G7                                C
And now you've drifted off to someone new
But I haunt the lonely sea
       F           C
With a crew of memories
        G7                                  C
For the compass of my heart still points to you
Repeat #2

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Dolly Parton - The Seeker lyrics

Chorus:
I am a seeker
A poor sinful creature
There is no weaker than I am
I am a seeker
You are a teacher
You are a reacher
So reach down
Won't you reach out and lead me
Guide me and keep me
In the shelter of your care each day
'Cause I am a seeker
You are a keeper
You are the leader
Won't you show me the way
I am a vessel that's empty and useless
I am a bad seed that fell by the way
I am a loser that wants to be a winner
And you are my last hope
Don't turn me away
Chorus:
I am a seeker
A poor sinful creature
There is no weaker than I am
I am a seeker
You are a teacher
You are a reacher
So reach down
Won't you reach out and lead me
Guide me and keep me, Lord
In the shelter of your care each day
'Cause I am a seeker
You are a keeper
You are the leader
Won't you show me the way
Oh, I know you are a mountain
From which there flows a fountain
So let it's water wash my sins away
'Cause I am a seeker
You are a keeper
You are the leader
Won't you show me the way


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The Sermon On The Mount
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Williams and Merle Haggard

G                             C
A man sat on a mountainside a carpenter by trade
             G                              D7
Teaching His disciples while they knelt and prayed
G                                  C
He blessed the poor and simple and He brought the mourners joy
                    G              D7               G
He came to heal the blind and lame they came not to destroy
                               C
When smitten by His enemies He turned the other cheek
                               G                          D7
He brought strength of God and morals to mortals who were weak
G                             C
He told of false prophets who wore a sheep's disguise
                        G               D7            G
And He warned us not to trust him or to listen to his lies 
        D7                              C
Hey the summon on the mountainside will live eternally
                     G                                 D7
He'll lead us to the kingdom and He'll promise you and me
G                                   C
So take the straight and narrow and do good things that count
                     G           D7            G
Make up your mind to live by the sermon on the mount

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The Seven-Day License Of Joseph Mchugh
Dermot Kelly

Come all ye young fellows, who travel the land,
In search of the craic with guitar in your hand.
Go down to Liscannor, in the County of Clare,
Sure you'll find a pub in it, that's ever so rare
Go up to McHugh's shop the center of town,
You'll get a warm welcome from Joseph on down
The one-legged canary will sing how'd ye do,
In the seven-day license of Joseph Mchugh.
Fill 'em up round the house now, says Joseph McHugh.

You'll meet men from Moher, Lisdoon, and Renine
Judges from Lahinch, and an odd in between.
Sure a tinker from Tulla drops in for a glass,
A box of rat poison and oats for his ass.
Joe strolls up the bar like a captain on deck,
Well, he don't tip his cap, and he don't give a wreck,
If you're Irish, or Spanish, or Russian, or Jew,
You'll get a warm welcome from Joseph McHugh.
Fill 'em up round the house now, says Joseph McHugh.

Well he sells streaky bacon all covered in salt,
To ward off blue-bottles from making a haul.
Now he has cups for coursing, some say that's not fair,
But Liscannor is famous for chasing the hare.
He's a bachelor gay, at the market I hear,
He may take a wife by the end of the year,
But if his greyhound has pups, you can say tooraloo,
For he'll never get married, this Joseph McHugh.
Fill 'em up round the house now, says Joseph McHugh.

Well there now, you have it, this song I declare,
About this wee pub in the sweet county Clare.
Where time has stood still, and the auld ways remain,
And they laugh at computers and mad college brains.
So if you're in trouble, find yourself in a jam,
With the wife, or a greyhound, or a half-pound of ham,
You can do a lot worse, the truth I'll tell you,
Than to visit Liscannor and Joseph McHugh.
Fill 'em up round the house now, says Joseph McHugh.


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The Shining Path

The path is narrow all the way
But yet I hear my Savior say
Come with me your soul I'll bless
In that home above I'll give you rest

Oh the shining path leads up to Heaven
But you must travel it all alone
And to those who walk the shining pathway
Oh the gates will open when you reach that home

I'm in that shining path at last
Oh I can see my Savior's face
Oh I've been saved by Him today
By His ever loving grace

The path is awful hard to trod
But you must put your trust in God
Your path will brighten all the way
In that fair home we'll meet some day

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The Shuffle Of My Feet

The city now is sleeping its coast has slowed down
The streets are all deserted they've almost lost their sound
I've walked the lonely sidewalk my heart way down deep
But the only sound that I hear is the shuffle of my feet

I stare into a window my mind is miles away
Your face is everywhere I go I can't live on this way
A red light slows my progress then I cress the street
But the only sound that I hear is the shuffle of my feet

I came up to a small café and entered into the gloom
I remember how many times we sat together in this room
I couldn't stand it any longer I stumbled blindly into the street
Tears came down but the only sound was the shuffle of my feet

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Richard Thompson - The Snow Goose

Northern winds will cut you
Northern girls will gut you
Leave you cold and empty
Like a fish on the slab

She is like a snow goose
Pale and rare and footloose
Will the joys that tempt me
Soon turn and kick and stab

In the dream I am running
Down a street of molasses
In the dream my feet gain no ground

I must take some measure
To pursue my treasure
Guided by confusion
My compass through the storm

But if I call her sister
Manfully resist her
Believe my own illusion
Or will passions warm

In the dream I am running
Down a street of molasses
In the dream my feet gain no ground

If I call her lover
Will I soon discover
That her eye is taken
By some fawning friend

Then my glass would shatter
And my mind would scatter
Being so mistaken
The world must end

In the dream I am running
Down a street of molasses
In the dream my feet gain no ground
In the dream I am calling
But there's never an answer
In the dream my voice makes no sound

Northern winds will cut you
Northern girls will gut you
Leave you cold and empty
Like a fish on the slab

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The Incredible String Band - The Son Of Noah's Brother 

Many were the lifetimes
Of the son of Noah's brother
See his coat the ragged
Riches of the soul

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The Sound Of Silence
Paul Simon

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"


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Alan Jackson - The Sounds

I can hear her heart beat
It seams a little strong
I can hear the things I did wrong
I can hear her thoughts
By looking in her eyes
I can hear her all the times she cried
I can hear the memories
As they echo off the wall
Falling from the pictures down the hall
I can hear regret
Building up in side of me
And I can hear all the things
I could not see
Those are the sounds of a woman leaving
Stronger then the wind in a willow tree
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can't hear it
But the noise is killing me
I should of heard it coming
But I chose to pretend
I should of recognizes that sound
Way back then
But I just wouldn't listen didn't want to all those years
Now the truth is ringing clear
In my ears
Those are the sounds of a woman leaving
Stronger then the wind in willow tree
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can't hear it
But the noise is killing me
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can't hear it
But the noise is killing me
I can hear it
And the silent is killing me


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The Spree
Tommy Makem

G e
a) There was Johnny McEldoo and McGee and me
G D7 G
And a couple or two or three went on a spree one day

a) We had a bob or two, which we knew how to blew
And the beer and whiskey flew, and we all felt gay.
G D7
b) We visited McCann's, McEloman's, Salty Dan's
G A7 D7
We then went into Swann's our stomachs for to pack

a) We ordered out the feed which indeed we did need
And we finished it with speed but we still felt slack
G e
c) Johnny McEldoo turned as blue as the dew
G A7 D7
And a plate of Irish stew he soon put out of sight

a) He shouted out encore with a roar for some more
That he never felt before such a keen appetite
b) He ordered eggs and ham, bread and jam, what a cram
But him we couldn't tram, though we tried our level best
a) For everything we brought, cold or hot, mattered not
It went down him like a shot but he still stood the test

c) He swallowed tripe and lard by the yard, we were scar'd
We thought it would go hard when the waiter brought the bill
a) We told him to give o'er but he swore he could lower
Twice as much again and more before he had his fill

G D7
d) He nearly soaked a trough full of broth, says McGrawth
G D7 G
He'll devour the tablecloth if you don't haul him in

a) When the waiter brought the charge McEldoo felt so large
He began to scout and barge, and his blood went on fire
b) He began to curse and swear, tear his hair in despair
And to finish the affair, called the shopman a liar

c) The shopman he threw out and no doubt he did clout
McEldoo he kicked about like an old football
a) Tattered all his clothes, broke his nose, I suppose
Nearly killed him with a few blows in no time at all
b) McEldoo began to howl and to growl, by my soul
He threw an empty bowl at the shopkeeper's head
a) Struck for Mickey Finn, peeled the skin off his chin
And the ructions did begin, and we all fought and bled

a) The peelers did arrive, man alive, four or five
And at us they made a drive for us all to march away
a) We paid for all the meat that we ate, set it straight
And went home to ruminate on the spree that day


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The Storms Are On The Ocean

I'm going away to leave you love
I'm going away for a while
But I'll return to see you sometime
If I go ten thousand miles

   The storms are on the ocean
   The heavens may cease to be
   This world may lose it's motion love
   If I prove false to thee

Oh who will dress your pretty little feet
And who will glove your hand
Oh who will kiss your rosy red cheeks
When I'm in a foreign land

Papa will dress my pretty little feet
And Mama will glove my hand
You may kiss my rosy red cheeks
When you return again

Have you seen those mournful doves
Flying from pine to pine
A-mournin' for their own true love
Just like I mourn for mine

I'll never go back on the ocean love
I'll never go back on the sea
I'll never go back on my blue-eyed girl
'Til she goes back on me

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The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde
Artist: Flatt & Scruggs
Album: On Foggy Mountain

The story of Bonnie and Clyde is the story the old folks knew
The story of Bonnie and Clyde if you listen I'll tell it to you
Clyde Barrow wouldn't work so he chopped off his toe
In a Huntsville prison where he got his parole
Then he traveled to Dallas where he found him a friend
It was Miss Bonnie Parker and that's where it all began
They found them a driver for their get away Ford
They was soon well known through a dozen states or more
Then Clyde's brother Buck and his pretty wife Blanche
Joined them and that made up the famous Barrow Gang
Bonnie Parker was a poet and Blanche Barrow was a cook
Clyde was a fast draw and Buck a smarter crook
Their driver was a wonderful mechanic so they say
And soon they were all famous in their own peculiar way
The stories were so many that you couldn't read them all
The legend grew and grew about the Barrows and the law
The Barrow gang swept through the land and many were their friends
But pretty soon they realized the law was closin' in
Out near Dexter Iowa they had a change of luck
In a gunfight with police Clyde lost his brother Buck
But Clyde and Bonnie got away the second time that year
Bonnie wrote her poems and she knew the end was near
At 9: 15 on May the 23rd and '34
Near Shreveport Louisiana death was knockin' at the door
Clyde Barrow and Miss Bonnie Parker came to meet a friend
And realized too late that they had come to meet their end
The story of Bonnie and Clyde they died as they lived by the gun
The story of Bonnie and Clyde their names are remembered as one


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The Story of the Day That I Died

[Chorus]
It's the story of the day that I died
My love had left me and I cried
I couldn't tell you what went wrong
All that I know's that I'm gone
They say that only fools commit suicide
But they weren't there on the day that I died

[Verse 1]
Well she told me she'd been seein' Elmer Jones
And she wanted half of everything I own
My life had turned into a mess
Full of memories and regrets
Just to think the one I trusted with my life
Would turn out to be a two-timin' wife

[Chorus]
It's th? story of the day that I died
My love had l?ft me and I cried
I couldn't tell you what went wrong
All that I know's that I'm gone
They say that only fools commit suicide
But they weren't there on the day that I died

[Verse 2]
Well they're lookin' for my body in the lake
And the money I drew from her IRA
I maxed out the credit cards
Before I sank her new sports car
I guess that sorry girl won't ever cheat again
After the way I did me in

[Chorus]
It's the story of the day that I died
My love had left me and I cried
I couldn't tell you what went wrong
All that I know's that I'm gone
They say that only fools commit suicide
But they weren't there on the day that I died

[Verse 3]
My new name is Juan Monroe
And I make my new life in Mexico
Señoritas left and right
Throwin' parties every night
Well I hope that you never learn the truth
You're dead to me and now I'm dead to you

[Chorus]
It's the story of the day that I died
My love had left me and I cried
I couldn't tell you what went wrong
All that I know's that I'm gone
They say that only fools commit suicide
But they weren't there on the day that I died

[Outro]
I wasn't there on the day that I died

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The Streets Of Laredo
Arr. Arlo Guthrie

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen
All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy"
These words he did say as I proudly stepped by
"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die

"'Twas once in the saddle I used to go ridin'
Once in the saddle I used to go gay
First lead to drinkin', and then to card-playing
I'm shot in the breast and I'm dying today

"Let six jolly cowboys come carry my coffin
Let six pretty gals come to carry my pall
Throw bunches of roses all over my coffin
Throw roses to deaden the clods as they fall

"Oh, beat the drum slowly, and play the fife lowly
And play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley and lay the earth o'er me
For I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong"

We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly
And bitterly wept as we carried him along
For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young and handsome
We all loved our comrade although he done wrong


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The Sun Is Burning
Paul Simon

The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy breeze
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the West
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West

Now the sun is sinking low
Children playin' know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low

Now the sun has come to Earth
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth

Now the sun has disappeared
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappeared


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The Sweetest Gift
Recorded by Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris 
Written by James B. Coats

C
One day a mother came to a prison
          G7                  C
To see an erring but precious son
She told the warden how much she loved him
           G7                 C
It did not matter what he had done
            
She did not bring (bring to him) a parole or pardon (pardon plea)         
               G7                                  C
She brought no silver (brought no gold) no pomp or style (none to see)    
                                           F
It was a halo (halo bright) sent down from heaven (heaven's light) 
             C      G7       C
The sweetest gift a mother's smile     
She left a smile you can remember
              G7                      C
She's gone to heaven from heartache's grief
Those walls around you will never change her
             G7                 C
You were her baby and ever will be
Repeat #2 x2

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The Sweetest Song I Sing

Was in the spring we met each other
And by chance a seed was sown
Now it's five years we've been together
And our love how big it's grown 

You're the one who wears my ring
These hardtimes don't mean a thing
I may be poor but I'm a king
You are the sweetest song I sing 

Well, no one know the love we have dear
How two hearts can beat as one
Your smilin' eyes, way of kissin'
Lovin' touch when the day is done 

Some people plan for the future
They build a house and save their pay
They need a sign to go on livin'
But I know a better way.

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The Tears I Cried
BMI Work #: 8815497
The Tears I Cried (Larry W. Jones 04/11/2007) (song#4573)

The tears I cried were because of you
The tears I cried were for love that's through
There was nothing else that I could do
The tears I cried were for loving you
It feels like those tears are falling in my heart
I feel like a fool who wasn't very smart
But you know, darlin', that I did my part
I wish you happiness though we're apart
- instrumental -
It feels like those tears are falling in my heart
I feel like a fool who wasn't very smart
The tears I cried were because of you
The tears I cried were for love that's through
But dear, I'll keep on loving you
The tears I cried were for loving you
The tears I cried were for loving you


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The Testing Time

The testing times is just ahead
For the children of the king
Just press along and do not dread
But pray and shout and sing

The time of sorrow it will come
When the beasts shall arise
And sit as God upon his throne
To deceive the blinded eyes

And what that beast may mean to me
No moral can tell
But if we do not take his mark
We can not buy or sell

Our Children they may cry for Him
And some of us may die
But praise the Lord I'm trusting one
That rules the range on high

His children He will not forsake
And when He hears His own
Crying out in agony
The son will leave his throne

His angels He will bring with Him
And send them east and west
And north and south to gather in
The ones that stood the test

Oh won't you come and go with me
The transportation's free
Christ Jesus paid the debt for all
On dark Mount Calvary

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Alison Krauss - The Three Bells 

There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born.

All the chapel bells were ringing
In the little valley town
And the songs that they were singing
Was for baby Jimmy Brown.

And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation
Bless this hour of meditation
Guide him with eternal love.

There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love.

All the chapel bells were ringing
Twas a great day in his life
For the songs that they were singing
Was for Jimmy and his wife.

And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation
Bless oh Lord this celebration
May their lives be filled with love.

From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and grey
A soul which wait in the heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away.

Just the lonely bell was ringing
In the little valley town
Twas there will it was singing
To our good old Jommy Brown
And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation
May his soul find this salvation
Of Thy great eternal love...

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Alan Jackson - The Thrill Is Back lyrics

Well I'm ready to raise the blinds in this place think I'll rejoin the human race
You said yes now you're wearing my ring guess I can stop playin' ol' BB King
Cause the thrill is back the heartache's gone time stands still baby love lives on
The room spins around when you're kissing me the thrill is back like it used to be
[ fiddle ]
I sure could use a haircut and shave now that I'm crawling outta my cave
Since you said we were through I've been down with a case of the blues
But the thrill is back...
I think I'd better give my doctor a call
And tell him I won't need that Prozac after all
Cause the thrill is back...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Yeah the thrill is back...
The room spins around when you're kissing me the thrill is back like it used to be


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Richard Thompson - The Tic-Tac Man 

You can see me down your way, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
In the distance, far away, the Tic-Tac Man
When the going's firm to good
When it's muddy underfoot
Trying to be understood,
Oh I'm the Tic-Tac Man

Now can't you see me waving here, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
Got my arms up in the air, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
When the lightning's forking down
When the fog is on the ground
When the dark is all around,
Oh I'm the Tic-Tac Man

Did you hear me in your dreams, like the breath of night?
Whispering and rustling, like the breath of night?
Like the breath of night?

I make signs for all to see, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
You never seem to notice me, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
Everyone's so far away
Marching in their own parade
Just another lonely day for the Tic-Tac Man

I need to hold you close to me, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
Hear you speak, I feel you breathe, I'm the Tic-Tac Man
I wasn't born to live like this
Peering through the morning mist
Dreaming of a touch, a kiss,
Oh the Tic-Tac Man
Lord I'm the Tic-Tac Man
I'm the Tic-Tac Man
I'm the Tic-Tac Man
I'm the Tic-Tac Man
I'm the Tic-Tac Man
I'm the Tic-Tac Man

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The Titanic (Husbands And Wives)
Trditional

Oh they built the ship Titanic
To sail the ocean blue
And they thought they had a ship
That the water would never go through;
But the Lord's Almighty hand
Said that ship would never land,
It was sad when that great ship went down

Chorus:
It was sad. It was sad.
It was sad when the great ship went down.
(to the bottom of the...)
Husbands and wives,
Little children lost their lives
It was sad when the great ship went down.)

They were off for England
And not very far from shore
When the rich refused
To associate with the poor
So they sent them down below
Where they'd be the first to go
It was sad when that great ship went down

The boat was about to sink,
And the sides about to burst,
When the captain shouted, "All
Women and children first!"
Oh, the captain tried to wire,
But the wires was on fire,
It was sad when the great ship went down.

Oh, they swung the lifeboats out
O'er the deep and ragin' sea,
When the band struck up with,
"Nearer My God to Thee."
Little children wept and cried,
As the waves swept o'er the side,
It was sad when the great ship went down.


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The Torch Singer
John Prine

The night club was burning
From the torch singer's song
And the sweat was floodin' her eyes
The catwalk squeaked
'Neath the bartender's feet
And the smoke was too heavy to rise

Chorus:
She sang of the love that I left her
And of the woman that she'll never be
Made me feel like the buck and a quarter
That I paid 'em to listen and see
I paid 'em to listen and see

I was born down in Kansas
'Neath the October sky
Work the day shift from seven to three
And the only relief that I receive
Is nearer my God to Thee

She constantly throws me off timing
Leaves me standing both naked and bare
Makes me feel like the Sunday funnies
After everything's gone off the air
Everything's gone off the air

I picked through the ashes
Of the torch singer's song
And I ordered my money a round
For whiskey and pain
Both taste the same
During the time they go down

Chorus


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Balsam Range - The Touch 

In a small town many years ago
a man begged to jesus to his house would he go, for his daughter was sickly and dying she lay
And Jesus soon made his way

the crowd that had gathered in numbers were great, as Jesus made his way through the gate but he knew in his heart another need must be met,
so he pressed on through the crowd

Have you ever touched Jesus,
Have you drank from the well that will never run dry, He will heal the sickness of sin in your soul, and by faith, he will make you whole.

Another woman who lived in that same little town, all her life had been sick to her bed had been bound
then she heard that Jesus was coming today, so she slowly made her way.
She pressed through the crowd, and then she saw him, the one who would take away all of her sins, and then she reached out and touched him and he turned to see, and he said "
Who has touched me."

Have you ever touched Jesus,
Have you drank from the well that will never run dry, He will heal the sickness of sin in your soul and by faith, he will make you whole.
Won't you reach out and touch Jesus, Will you drink from the well that will never run dry.
He will heal the sickness of sin in your soul, and by faith he will make you whole.

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The Touch Of The Master's Hand

'Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin
But he held it up with a smile.

What am I bidden, good folks, he cried
Who will start bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar - then Two! Only two?
Two dollars, and who'll make it three?
Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice;
Going for three - But no

From the room far back a gray haired man
Came forward and picked up the bow;
Then wiping the dust from the old violin
And tightening the loose strings
He played a melody pure and sweet
As sweet as a caroling angel sings.

The music ceased and the auctioneer
With a voice that was quiet and low
Said What am I bidden for the old violin?
And he held it up with the bow.
A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two?
Two thousand! And who'll make it three?
Three thousand once; three thousand, twice;
And going, and gone! said he.

The people cheered and some of them cried
We do not understand What changed its worth?
Swift came the reply:
The touch of the master's hand.

And many a man with life out of tune
And battered and scattered with sin
Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd
Much like the old violin. 

A "mess of pottage a glass of wine;
A game - and he travels on.
He's "going" once and " going" twice
He's "going" and "almost gone." 

But the Master comes and the foolish crowd
Never can quite understand
The worth of a soul and the change that's wrought
By the touch of the Master's hand.

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The Train Carrying Jimmie Rogers Home

COME ALONG MY DEAR THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR
WE'LL HAVE TO WALK DOWN WHERE THE FIELD IS OVERGROWN
CONSUMPTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE AND WE DARE NOT MISS THE SIGHT
OF THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE ROGERS HOME

WE'VE HAD SOME HARD TIMES THESE PAST FEW YEARS
LOST THE FARM ALMOST LOST OUR SPIRITS TOO
BUT IT'S THE STRANGEST THING WHEN WE HEARD THAT MAN SING
OH WE KNEW SOMEHOW WE'D MAKE IT THROUGH

   I CAN HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW THAT OL' TRAIN IS GOING SLOW
   SOUNDS LIKE IT'S CRYING FOR THE SINGING BRAKEMAN TOO
   BACK TO THE SUNNY SOUTH HE'LL GO AND HE'LL NEVER ROAM NO MORE
   HERE COMES THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE ROGERS HOME

COME HOME MY LITTLE SON AND LET ME HOLD YOU UP
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE GROWN
HOW YOUR MAMA AND YOUR DAD WERE SO PROUD AND SO SAD
WATCHING THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE ROGERS HOME

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The Train That Carried My Girl From Town

Where was you when the train left town
I's standing on the corner with my head hung down
If I had my gun I'd let the hammer down
Lord I'd shoot that rounder took my girl from town

   Hey that train that carried my girl from town
   Hey hey hey hey

I wish to the Lord that the train would wreck
Kill that engineer and break the fireman's neck
There goes the train that carried my girl from town
If I know'd her number boy I'd flag her down

Rations on the table and the coffee's getting cold
Some dirty rounder stole my jelly roll
Hello Central give me 6 - 0 - 9
I wanta talk to that woman of mine

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Can you show me the woman that a man can trust
There goes my girl somebody bring her back
Cause she got her hand in my money sack

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The Traveling Kind
Recorded by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell 
Written by Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Cory Chisel

C        Am      G7       F    G7  C
We don't all die young to save our spark
         Am    G7    F
From the ravag-es of time
        Am        G7      F     G7    C
But the first and last to leave their mark
     F   C  Am       G7        C
Some-day be-come the traveling kind
       Am       G7       F  G7  C
In the wind are names of po-ets past
          Am         G7        F
Some were friends of yours and mine
       Am       G7      F    G7  C
And to those un-sung we lift our glass
          F     C  Am       G7        C
May their songs be-come the traveling kind
        Am      G7         F  G7  C
We were born to brave this tilted world 
         Am          G7     F
With our hearts laid on the line
      Am          G7     F   G7   C
Be it way crossed boy or red dirt girl
    F    C  Am        G7        C
The song be-comes the traveling kind
          Am        G7          F      G7 C
There are mountains worth their weight in gold
     Am      G7       F
Mere mortals dare not climb
        Am    G7      F   Am   C
Come ye tipsy sainted sin-ners both 
    F     C    Am      G7        C
And claim them for the traveling kind
 
         Am    G7     F      G7 C
When the music slowly starts to fade
         Am           G7     F
Into the light's last soft decline
       Am       G7      F       C
Let us lie down in that evening shade
    F    C Am         G7        Am
And rest a mooing the traveling kind   
 
        F    C    Am         G7        C
And the song goes on for the traveling kind

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The Avett Brothers - The Traveling Song (Live) 

Well I guess if my daddy hadn't brought me up
Down a long dirt road in a pickup truck
I'd feel alright, 'neath the city lights
Couldn't leave the city lights it just ain't right

I was born out west of Cheyenne town
While my ma and pa was ramblin' 'round
I'm a rambler too, but I'm country bound
I'll travel till my country home is found
And I will travel
Yeah, I will travel
I will travel 'till my country home is found

Well a country song on the radio
Country star but what do you know
He's a city boy singin country tunes
I'm a country boy with those city blues
So I will travel
Yeah I will travel
I will travel 'till my country home is found

Well Chestertown (lets go), Albany (lets go), Neptune (lets go), Pittsburgh (let's go), Cleveland town (let's go),...
etc...

I've got the wheels to ride and the wheels to run,
Some say I got ramblin' in my blood
No pretty girl can slow me down
I'll travel 'till my country home is found
So I will travel
I will travel
I will travel till my country home is found
Yeah, I will travel
I will travel
I will travel 'till my country home is found

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The Incredible String Band - The Tree 

I had a tree in the dream hills where my childhood lay
And I'd go there in the wide, long days
And my tree would listen to all that I'd say

And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling
And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling, oh

Then one day when the world had put me in its tomb
And my life was just an empty room
I went to my tree and I sat there in my gloom
And the light was fading dimly and the sky was crying
And the light was fading dimly and the sky was crying, oh

Then my tree bent its branches low down to the ground
And its green leaves shrouded up my mind
And I left the world somewhere behind
And I didn't not know what I would find

And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling
Oh, the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling

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The Incredible String Band - The Tree - 2010 Remastered Version 

I had a tree in the dream hills where my childhood lay
And I'd go there in the wide, long days
And my tree would listen to all that I'd say

And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling
And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling, oh

Then one day when the world had put me in its tomb
And my life was just an empty room
I went to my tree and I sat there in my gloom
And the light was fading dimly and the sky was crying
And the light was fading dimly and the sky was crying, oh

Then my tree bent its branches low down to the ground
And its green leaves shrouded up my mind
And I left the world somewhere behind
And I didn't not know what I would find

And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling
Oh, the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling

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The Unclouded Day

O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies
O they tell me of a home far away
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
O they tell me of an unclouded day

O they land of cloudless day, O they land of an unclouded sky
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
O they tell me of an unclouded day

O they tell me of a home where my friends have gone
O they tell me that land far away
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Shed its fragrance thru the unclouded day

* Refrain

O they tell me of the King in his beauty there
And they tell me that mine eyes shall behold
Where he sits on the throne that is whiter than snow
In that city that is made of gold

* Refrain

O they tell me that he smiles on his children there
And his smile drives their sorrows all away
And they tell me that no tears ever come again
In that lovely land of unclouded sky

* Refrain


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The Valley Of Peace

There's an old broken lock on the old cabin door
The cracks and the holes in your cabin floor
It's a tumbled down shack how I long to go back
And dwell in that shack evermore

   Peace peace the valley of peace
   Where no sorrows are known
   Like a heaven yes heaven to me it seems
   Peace the valley my home

Though an old broken window
the light brightly shines
It twinkles and shines through the honeysuckle vines
By the old rustic well is my sweet little Nell
And for me I know how she pines

In the parlor a fire is burning so bright
The old rocking chair is empty tonight
That tumbled down shack is a palace to me
And that's where I'm longing to be

* Refrain

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The Visit
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Gene Ellsworth, Brad Rodgers, Charles Stefl

C                     F
Sorry I'm so late but I've been out a-walking
C                                      G7
Trying to find a way to tell you but I think you already know
C                                F
I'd never want to hurt you cause darling I still love you
C                                        G7                    C
But things aren't the way they use to be it's time for letting go

                                 F
I wasn't out there looking but a month ago last Sunday
C                              G7
I met someone just like you in line at the grocery store
C                                 F
We've been spending time together yes she knows all about you
C                            G7                C
The truth is she can give me what you can't anymore

F
I know I promised you forever
  C
I never thought I'd see this day
    F
 If only I could write the pages
    C                       G7
Our story wouldn't end this way

C                             F
I feel so much better knowing we could have this moment
C                                      G7
But it looks like it may rain soon and it's getting kind of late
C                               F
Hon I'll always bring you roses every time I come to visit
    C                  G7                    C
The caretakers waiting he wants to close the gate

F
I know I promised you forever
        C
I never thought I'd see this day
    F
 If only I could write the pages
    C                       G7
Our story wouldn't end this way
                     C
It wouldn't end this way

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The Voice Of My Darling

I thought I heard the voice of my darling
I looked but there was no one else around
Just when I knew her memory would haunt me
Just as long as I stay in this lonesome town

As I go walking down this lonely street
Thinking of a love that used to be
The one I love is gone and I'm so lonely
Then I thought I heard my baby speak to me

Is seems so long now since she went away
Although it was only yesterday
I see her face each time I try to sleep
And I hear her voice on every lonely street

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The Duhks - The Wagoner's Lad 

Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind
They're always controlled, they're always confined
Controlled by their parents until they are wives
Then slaves to their husbands the rest of their lives

I am a poor girl, my fortune is sad
I've always been courted by the wagoner's lad
He's courted me daily, by night and by day
And now he is loaded and going away

Your horses are hungry, go feed them on hay
Come down by me darling as long as you may
My horses aren't hungry, they won't eat your hay
So fare thee well darling, I'll be on my way

Your parents don't like me because I am poor
They say I'm not worthy of entering your door
I work for my living, my money's my own
And if they don't like me they can leave me alone

Your wagon needs greasing, your whip is to mend
Come here down beside me as long as you can
My wagon is greasy, my whip's in my hand
So fare thee well darling, I'll no longer stand

Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind
They're always controlled, they're always confined
Controlled by their parents until they are wives
Then slaves to their husbands the rest of their lives

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The Waltz Of The Angels

The waltz of the angels
I hear each night,
when I hold you tightly
in these arms of mine,
It's surely from Heaven
this music I hear
when you say I love you
in waltz time my dear.

Refrain

There must be a power
much higher then I,
a writer of love songs
way up in the sky,
the maker of rose's
of love sweet and true,
the waltz of the angels
was wrote just for you.

INST.

Repete Refrain.


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The Warm Red Wine
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by Cindy Walker [3/4 time]

C                               F      C
Put a nickel in the jukebox and let it play 
                             G7
For my heart is so cold with pain
         C                           F        C
Take the cork from the bottle of the warm red wine 
            G7       C
And fill my glass up again
        F                         C
Fill my glass to the brim till it flows over the rim
                                     G7
Like the tears flow in this heart of mine
         C                  F              C
And I'll say so long to the dreams that are gone 
                  G7       C
On account of the warm red wine
                           F         C
A prison of stone with its cold iron bars 
                         G7
Is no more a prison than mine
      C                         F     C
I'm a prisoner of drink and can never es-cape 
                       G7       C
From the chains of the warm red wine
Repeat #3

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The Water Is Wide
Traditional

The water is wide and I can't cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I.

There is a ship and it sails on the sea
Loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as this {love, hole} I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim.

I leaned my back up against an oak
Thinkin' it was a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
As my own love proved false to me.

Oh love is gentle, love is kind
Love is sweet is when love is new
But love grows cold as it grows old
And fades away like some morning dew.

Repeat first verse


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The Incredible String Band - The Water Song 

Water, water, see the water flow
Glancing, dancing, see the water flow
O wizard of changes, water, water, water

Dark or silvery mother of life
Water, water, holy mystery, heavens daughter
Wizard of changes teach me the lesson of flowing

God made a song when the world was new
Waters laughter sings it through
O wizard of changes teach me the lesson of flowing

God made a song when the world was new
Waters laughter sings it through
Wizard of changes, water, water, water

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The Incredible String Band - The Water Song - 2010 Remastered Version 

Water, water, see the water flow
Glancing, dancing, see the water flow
O wizard of changes, water, water, water

Dark or silvery mother of life
Water, water, holy mystery, heavens daughter
Wizard of changes teach me the lesson of flowing

God made a song when the world was new
Waters laughter sings it through
O wizard of changes teach me the lesson of flowing

God made a song when the world was new
Waters laughter sings it through
Wizard of changes, water, water, water

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The Waves On The Sea

   Oh the waves on the sea how they roll
   And the chilly winds how they do blow
   My own true love got drownded in the deep
   And the ship never got to the shore.

I left my darling grievin'
I left my darling grievin'
I left my darling grievin' at the deep
And I never expect to see her anymore.

The first on the deck was the captain of the ship
A rough looking fellow was he
Said I care no more for my wife and my child
Than I do for the fish in the sea.

One cold night as I lay on my bed
I fell so fast asleep
And thoughts of my true love come runnin' through my head
And poor sailors that sail on the deep.

Oh the moon shines so bright and the stars give us light
And my mother is waiting for me
She may look she may weep she may look to the deep
She may look to the bottom of the sea.

Then three times around turned the gallant old ship
Yes three times around turned she
And as she turned (the) third time around
She sank to the bottom of the sea.

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The Way Back Home
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

G                                C             G
A little girl was cryin' for her momma and her daddy
             C    G                   D7
She couldn't understand why they were gone
    G                        C            G
She never knew the danger of talking to a stranger
        C          G        D7       G   C G C
Now the girl can't find her way back home
  G                              C             G     C
A little boy went walkin' down into the corner market
   G     C       G                      D7
To buy a loaf of bread and an ice cream cone
   G                        C            G       C
He never knew the danger of talking to a stranger
G       C         G        D7       G    C G
Now the boy can't find the way back home
    C                        Bm
Too many kids are missing is anybody listening
          C                 G                D7
Won't you be the children's eyes they're all alone
    G
The hardest part's not knowing 
           C                    G
Where they are or where they're going
                   C        G        D7       G   C
Won't you help the children find the way back home
    G                            C                G     C
The faces on milk cartons thrown away and soon forgotten
        G      C           G                  D7
What if one of those sweet kids was your very own
  G                                  C                G
Tonight those kids are weeping while yours are safely sleeping
C         G        C        G        D7       G   C G
Won't you help the children find the way back home
    C                        Bm
Too many kids are missing is anybody listening
          C                 G                D7
Won't you be the children's eyes they're all alone
    G
The hardest part's not knowing 
           C                    G
Where they are or where they're going
                   C        G        D7       G   C
Won't you help the children find the way back home
C         G        C        G        D7       G
Won't you help the children find the way back home

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Alan Jackson - The Way I Am lyrics

Wish I were down, on some blue bayou
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there
So I just dream, keep on being the way I am
Wish I enjoyed, what makes my living
And what I do, with a willing hand
Some would run, but that ain't like me
So, I just dream, keep on being the way I am
Chorus:
The way I am, don't fit my shackles
The way I am, reality
I can almost see, that bobber dancin'
So, I just dream, keep on being the way I am
Instrumental
Chorus:
The way I am, don't fit my shackles
The way I am, reality
I can almost see, that bobber dancin'
So, I just dream, keep on being the way I am
Yeah, I just dream, and keep on being the way I am.
Yoo da lay eee..  Yoo da lay eee...


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The Way It Was In '51
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway
                                     G7
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show

The bad Korean was just beginning
                                        C
And I was just three years too young to go


Country music hadn't gone to New York City yet
                      C7                 F
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
                             C
Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
G7                             C
That's the way it was in fifty one

           G7                               C
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
                                      G7
And there's folks around I know still remember well
     C
Slow dancing close together when a ballad played
                              C7              F
Cause a thing called rock and roll was yet to come
                                            C
It was a big year for a drive-in restaurant carhop
G7                             C
That's the way it was in fifty one

Repeat #3

     F                            C
Yeah Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
        G7                             C
Oh Lord that's the way it was in fifty one

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Richard Thompson - The Way That It Shows Lyrics

You're going to give yourself away, one of these nights
Your gaze of compassion just a little too right
Your hug of encouragement, a little too tight
And then he'll know, it's the little things betray

You're going to give yourself away to some Casanova
On the spills and stains of a backstage sofa
He'll catch you yawning with one leg over
And there's the sin must be the enemy within

That's the way that it shows
A slip of the tongue
A squeeze of the hand
That's the way that it shows

There's glycerin in the tear, rouge in the blush
Your artful stammer, a little too rushed
All passion to the eye, all cold to the touch
And then he'll guess your mind has drifted in the kiss

There's a chink in your amour, a crack in your defenses
When your iron will, gives way to your senses
Your whispered sweet nothings, all sound like expenses
And that's enough, he won't believe your words of love

That's the way that it shows
A slip of the tongue
A squeeze of the hand
That's the way that it shows

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The Wayward Wind
Stan Lebowsky / Herb Newman

The wayward wind is a restless wind,
A restless wind that yearns to wander,
And he was born the next of kin,
The next of kin to the wayward wind.

In a lonely shack by a railroad track,
He spent his younger days,
And I guess the sound of the outward-bound
Made him a slave to his wand'rin' ways.

And the wayward wind is a restless wind,
A restless wind that yearns to wander,
And he was born the next of kin,
The next of kin to the wayward wind.

Oh, I met him there in a border town.
He vowed we'd never part.
Though he tried his best to settle down,
I'm now alone with a broken heart.

And the wayward wind is a restless wind,
A restless wind that yearns to wander,
And he was born the next of kin,
The next of kin to the wayward wind.
The next of kin to the wayward wind.


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The Weight
J. R. Robertson

A C#m D A
I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead;
C#m D A
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
C#m D A
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
C#m D A
He just grinned and shook my hand, and "No!", was all he said.

Chorus:
A E D A E D
Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free;
A E D A D
Take a load off Fanny, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.

A E D A D

I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide;
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown."
She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around."

Chorus

Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say
It's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day.
"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an' keep Anna Lee company?"

Chorus

Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can."

Chorus

Catch a cannon ball now, t'take me down the line
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.

Chorus


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The Avett Brothers - The Weight Of Lies 
Emotionalism

Disappear from you hometown 
Go and find the people that you know 
Show them all you good parts 
Leave town when bad ones start to show 
Go and wed a woman 
A pretty girl that you've never met 
Make sure she knows you love her well 
But don't make any other promises 

The weight of lies will bring you down 
And follow you to every town 
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there 
So when you run make sure you run 
To something and not away from 
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere 

I once heard the worse thing 
A man could do is draw a hungry crowd 
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence 
But leaving out his doubt 
I'm not sure I bought those words 
When I was young I knew most everything 
These words have never met so much to anyone 
As they now mean to me 

The weight of lies will bring you down 
And follow you to every town 
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there 
So when you run make sure you run 
To something and not away from 
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down

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Country Gentlemen - The White Rose 
Artist: Country Gentlemen
Album: The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971

They tell me i'ts sinful to flirt
They tell me my heart is made of stone
They tell me to speak to him kindly
Or else leave that poor boy alone

Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful to you
Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful and true

Oh Willie she said with a sigh
I'm afraid I will have to say no
Oh my mama and papa are not willing
Goodbye and they say you must go

Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful to you
Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful and true

Oh darling oh darling he said
Your heart must be carved out of stone
He took a white rose from her hair
And he left me a standing alone

Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful to you
Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful and true

Next morning poor Willie was found
He was drowned in the pond by the mill
Where the clear rippling waters they flow
Thew round near the break of the hills

Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful to you
Oh Willie my darling come back
I'll always be faithful and true

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The Whole World Round
Joe Stuart / Mitch Jayne

I heard my neighbor's rooster crow early in the day.
I heard his ax beyond the hill and now I'm bound away.

Chorus:
Fiddle and a bow in the firelight's glow.
Can't you hear that lonesome sound?
I leave behind my trouble in mind,
Go the whole world round.

Now some men like the city life, some men crave the town,
I'm bound away for the Arkansas woods, where I'll settle down.

The grey squirrel leaves when the red squirrel comes, the eagle nests alone.
A hundred miles from a wagon track is where I'll make my home.

Notes:

Possible additional verse:
I've seen the old men whittling wood, I've seen the streets of town.
I'll pack my goods for the lonesome woods, and there I'll settle down.


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Punch Brothers - The Woman and the Bell 

Captain, if it's all the same to you
Let me ready a lifeboat
Sorry, son, though your heart may be true,
You'd best get it stoutened or I'll run it through.
Here's a sip to wash the wicked words back down your throat.

I know my ship, my catch, and my men,
And I know what you think you've seen"
Captain, you may well take offense,
But something has to be done nonetheless
Or it's off to Davy's Locker for to calm the sea.

Sir, it's angry, you're not listening,
I saw a woman, I heard a bell.

Captain, the rum welling up in your eyes
Will chase neither care nor curse
Nor will abstinence, son, for my fertile mind bore this ghost
Of the true dove that I've left behind, and you'll make her haunt
No lifeboat while I'm gone from her.

I hear the peal of our wedding bells
Many miles away and months from now

Captain, if you can't but do well by a phantom future,
You're destined to dwell and weep and gnash your teeth
With all the rightly drowned.

Sir, I'm fighting for a home on the Fiddler's Green,
Not for a woman and a bell.

Captain, the sea took your ship, catch, and men,
Left you, me, and this lifeboat
Sorry, son, you're dead wrong again.
I'll sail on with only the love you condemn,
Having offered up your weak heart for a safe trip home.

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Brad Paisley - The World lyrics

To the teller down at the bank
You're just another checking account
To the plumber that came today
You're just another house
At the airport ticket counter
You're just another fare
At the beauty shop at the mall
Well you're just another head of hair
Well that's alright, that's ok
If you don't feel important, honey
All I've got to say is
[Chorus]
To the world
You may be just another girl
But to me
Baby, you are the world
To the waiter at the restaurant
You're just another tip
To the guy at the ice cream shop
You're just another dip
When you can't get reservations
'Cause you don't have the clout
Or you didn't get an invitation
'Cause somebody left you out
That's alright, that's ok
When you don't feel important honey
All I've got to say is
[Repeat chorus]
You think you're one of millions but you're one in a million to me
When you wonder if you matter, baby look into my eyes
And tell me, can't you see you're everything to me
That's alright, that's ok
When you don't feel important honey
All I've gotta say is
[Repeat chorus]


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The Worst Thing
The Avett Brothers

Where are you?
I'm not asking what town you know what I mean
Yes, you guessed it
I'm not that concerned with being sweet to you
A gentleman would never say the words that I am about to

Who are you? I'm not asking your name you know what I mean.
Lets cut through all this courtesy
And just tell me what you need
A gentleman would never say the words that I am about to

You're the worst thing
You're the worst thing
That ever happened to me

You're the worst thing
You're the worst thing
That ever happened to me
To me

Where are you?
I'm not asking what town you know what I mean

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The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee."
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,
that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early.

The ship was the pride of the American side
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
with a crew and good captain well seasoned,
concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
when they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
and a wave broke over the railing.
And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too
'twas the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
when the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
in the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
"Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in; he said,
"Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
if they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'er.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
they may have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
in the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
the islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
with the Gales of November remembered.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
in the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral."
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee."
"Superior," they said, "never gives up her dead
when the gales of November come early!"


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The Wreck Of The Old 97

Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
Saying Steve you are way behind time
This is not thirty eight, but it's old ninety seven
You must put her into Danville on time

He turned and said to his black greasy fireman
Just shovel on a little more coal
And when we cross the White Oak Mountain
You can watch old ninety seven roll

It's a mighty rough road from lynchburg to Daville
On a line on a three mile grade
It was on this grade that he lost his average
You can see what a jump he made

He was going down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream
They found him in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
He was scalded to death by the steam

Now ladies, you must take warning
From this time now on learn
Never speak harsh words to your true loving husband
He may leave you and never return


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The Wreck On The Highway

Who did you say it was, brother
Who was it, fell by the way
When whiskey and blood run together
Did you hear anyone pray

I didn't hear nobody pray dear brother
I didn't hear nobody pray
I heard the crash on the highway
But I didn't hear nobody pray

When I heard the crash on the highway
I knew what it was from the start
I went to the scene of destruction
And a picture was stmped on my heart

* Refrain

There was whiskey and blood all together
Mixed with glass where they lay
Death laid her hand in destruction
But I didn't hear nobody pray

* Refrain

I wish I could change this sad story
That I am now telling you
But there is no way I can change it
For somebody's life is now through

* Refrain

This soul has been called by the Master
They died in the crash on the way
And I heard the groans of the dying
But I didn't hear nobody pray

* Refrain


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Richard Thompson - The Wrong Heartbeat (Live) - 1983, Hamburg 

Don't think my love is something that you can play with
i'm not the one to spend the time of day with
you learn to hide love, you lock it up or find it gone
you think you need me, you think you read me
from the beating of my heart
But you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
o you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
If you should see a tear, you won't see many
if you should hear me sigh, it's not for any
if you should greet me as i am walking along
you only want to see just the shell of me
you don't know the other part
Well, you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
i said, you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
O you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
Don't throw your secrets where men will steal them
you got to hide them, you got to seal them
no matter what you try, you'll never take my love from me
and if you might think that you can move me
from the beating of my heart
O you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
O yes you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong

you're, you're, you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
o you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong

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Richard Thompson - The Wrong Heartbeat (Live) - 1984, Cannes 

Don't think my love is something that you can play with
i'm not the one to spend the time of day with
you learn to hide love, you lock it up or find it gone
you think you need me, you think you read me
from the beating of my heart
But you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
o you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
If you should see a tear, you won't see many
if you should hear me sigh, it's not for any
if you should greet me as i am walking along
you only want to see just the shell of me
you don't know the other part
Well, you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
i said, you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
O you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
Don't throw your secrets where men will steal them
you got to hide them, you got to seal them
no matter what you try, you'll never take my love from me
and if you might think that you can move me
from the beating of my heart
O you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong
O yes you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong

you're, you're, you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
o listening to the wrong heartbeat
o you're listening to the wrong heartbeat
my love is strong

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Chris Thile - The Wrong Idea

I don't want to introduce you to my friends, 'cause I think they'll get the wrong idea. 
You're so fetching in that dress - They'll think we have messed around 
And though I'll tell them otherwise, I was gone all night with you. 
What most people do will be running through their heads. 
They don't need to see that I met a pretty girl last night. 

I'm 19, and I've kissed 2 girls that's all. 
You're 16, and you're one... Is that against the law? 

I never thought that it would come to this. 
My reputation will be missed 
By all the dads who introduce me to their girls saying 
"I have got a great idea! You're so different from most guys." 
Now that's just a wishful like, because I'm not different anymore- 
A revolving door you came through. 
And though you're first - even if you're last - it won't change 
That I'm not me, 'cause I met a pretty girl last night. 

I guess I have to introduce you to my friends, but I know they'll get the wrong idea.

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The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
Tom T. Hall

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died.
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried.
It made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot kid.
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did.

Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town.
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around.
I often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good to me,
Never took his guitar and made it down in Tenn-o-see.

Well, Daddy said he drank a lot, but I could never understand.
I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five-piece band.
Clayton used to tell me, "Son you better put that old guitar away.
There ain't no money in it, it'll lead you to an early grave.".

I guess if I'd admit it, Clayton taught me how to drink booze.
I can see him half-stoned a-pickin' out the lovesick blues.
When Clayton died I made him a promise, I was gonna carry on somehow.
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now.

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died.
Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried.
Well, I know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do,
But it could be that the good Lord likes a little pickin' too.

Yeah, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died.


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The Incredible String Band - The Yellow Snake - 2010 Remastered Version 

Someone you saw stretched sleeping on the sand
Five withered violets cradled in his hand
His dreams are so loud calling in your ear
The yellow snake coils from the water
And all is refreshed far and near

The yellow snake coils from the water
And all is refreshed far and near

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Brad Paisley - Then lyrics

I remember trying not to stare
The night that I first met you
You had me mezmorized
And three weeks later
In the front porch light
Taking 45 minutes to kiss goodnight
I hadn't told you yet
I thought I loved you then
Now you're my whole life
Now you're my whole world
I just can't believe
The way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than its ever been
We've come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then
I remember taking you back
To right where I first met you
You were so suprised
There were people around
But I didn't care
I got down on one knee right there
And once again
I thought I loved you then
Now you're my whole life
Now you're my whole world
I just can't believe
The way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than its ever been
We've come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then
I can just see you
With a baby on the way
I can just see you
When your hair is turning grey
What I can't see
Is how I'm ever gonna love you more
But I've said that before
Now you're my whole life
Now you're my whole world
I just can't believe
The way I feel about you girl
We'll look back someday
At this moment that we're in
And I'll look at you and say
And I thought I loved you then
And I thought I loved you then


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Dolly Parton - There lyrics

Whenever forever comes, when darkness shall hide the sun
I'll still be shining with love for you
When glory bells chime, my love will ring true
Heaven and earth shall pass away but my love will be yours always.
Whenever forever comes when all things are said and done
I'll still be feeling the same way I do
I'll be there for you, and still wanting you
God gave you to me, and me to you
And you will still be the one whenever forever comes.
We'll float on a cloud through eternity
You'll gather the stars, you'll give them to me
I'll give you the moon, and we'll replace the sun
Whenever forever comes, whenever forever comes.
What would I have ever done had I not had you to love?
You've given me more than I ever dreamed
Loving you more every day, so it seems
Greater than all other loves I have seen
Its essence will linger on whenever forever comes.


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There Ain't No Grave Deep Enough
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dallas Frazier

G                                     G7                  C
Even though I know it's over and your hearts with someone new
                     G                               D7
There ain't no grave deep enough to bury my love for you
           G                       G7              C
There's no way to hide my feelings or cover up the truth
                     G              D7               G
There ain't no grave deep enough to bury my love for you
   C            G       D7                        G
If ever you may need me if your new love does you wrong
   C      G         C    G         C                D7
On bended knee with open arms I'll welcome you back home
   G                            G7                  C
My love for you won't let me be ashamed of what you do
                     G              D7               G
There ain't no grave deep enough to bury my love for you
repeat #2
C                       G              D7               G
No there ain't no grave deep enough to bury my love for you

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There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
For years and years I've roamed this wide world over
Now my ramblin' and my roaming days are done
For the only friend I've left is my old dog Rover
There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I gone

There ain't gonna miss me when I gone
There ain't gonna miss me when I gone
So won't you write these words upon my tombstone
There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

Onece I had a loving mother dear and daddy
Now they're long since gone where angels dwell
They've found eternal life way up in heaven
Where I'll find muy reward no one can tell

* Refrain

I can't forget a little sweetheart I loved dearly
We had planned the day when she would be my own
But also another stole muy darling from me
There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

* Refrain


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Alan Jackson - There Goes lyrics

There you were standin' in the shadows
Well I just looked where
I don't see
I'm still pretendin I don't need you
I won't let you know you're killin me
Like some big black widow spider
You know just how to catch your prey
I'm actin like it doesn't matter
And you sneak up from
Behind and whisper my name
There goes your paralyzin eyes
There goes your tantalizin smile
There goes my act of playin it cool
And there go the words
I meant to say
There go the games
I wanted to play
There goes my heart fallin for you
Well I think you're playin with me darlin
You like to see what you can do
Well I should be fishin for Blue Marlin
Instead of bein hooked again by you
There goes your paralyzin eyes
There goes your tantalizin smile
There goes my act of playin it cool
And there go the words
I meant to say
There go the games
I wanted to play
There goes my heart fallin for you
Yeah there goes your paralyzin eyes
There goes your tantalizin smile
There goes my heart fallin for you
There goes my heart fallin for you


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Alison Krauss - There Is A Reason 

I've seen hard times and I've been told
There isn't any wonder that I fall
Why do we suffer, crossing off the years
There must be a reason for it all

I've trusted in You, Jesus, to save me from my sins
Heaven is the place I call my home
But I keep on getting caught up in this world I'm living in
And Your voice, it sometimes fades before I know

Hurtin' brings my heart to You, crying with my need
Depending on Your love to carry me
The love that shed His blood for all the world to see
This must be the reason for it all

Hurtin' brings my heart to You, a fortress in the storm
When what I wrap my heart around is gone
I give my heart so easily to the ruler of this world
When the one who loves me most will give me all

In all the things that cause me pain, You give me eyes to see
I do believe but help my unbelief

I've seen hard times and I've been told
There is a reason for it all

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There Is A Time

There is a time for love and laughter
The days will pass like summer storms
The winter wind will follow after
But there is love and love is warm

There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new the world is free

There is a time when leaves are fallin'
The woods are gray the paths are old
The snow will come when geese are callin'
You need a fire against the cold

So do your roaming in the springtime
And you'll find your love in the summer sun
The frost will come and bring the harvest
And you can sleep when day is done

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Alison Krauss - There Is Life

Under the snow, beneath the frozen streams
There is life
You'll have to know when nature sleeps she dreams
There is life

And the colder the winter, the warmer the spring
The deeper the sorrow, the more our hearts sing
Even when you can't see it inside everything
There is life

After the rain the sun will reappear
There is life
After the pain the joy will still be here
There is life

For it's out of the darkness that we learn to see
And out of the silence that songs come to be
And all that we dream of awaits patently
There is life, there is life

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There I've Said It Again
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Redd Evans and Dave Mann

G                  Dm
I love you there's nothing to hide
     C           A7
It's better than burning inside
  G           E7
I love you no use to pretend
A7                 D7
There I've said it again
     G            Dm
I've said it what more can I say
  C                A7
Believe me there's no other way
  G              E7
I love you and I will till the end
A7         D7      G
There I've said it again
Dm            G7        Dm                G7
I've tried to drum up a phrase that would sum up
C          G          C
All that I feel about you
     Em       A7        Em           A7
What good are phrases a thought that amazes
   Am                   D7
If you love me and it's heavenly
   G           Dm
Forgive me for wanting you so
    C           A7
But one thing I want you to know
  G              E7
I love you and I will till the end
A7         D7      G
There I've said it again
 
Repeat #3,4 

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Dolly Parton - There Never Was A Time lyrics

There was a time we'd sit in the backyard cause the house would get so hot
From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin'
And you'd play your old guitar we'd fight mosquitos and enjoyed
You backyard concerts for we had no television
We'd just begun our life as man and wife and hard ships then
Could scaresly scare us into quittin'
Things were far from bein' fine we often dined upon a dime
But there never was a time we didn't love
The Christmas brought us saddest days
When your pride gave a way you told the kids
There'd be no gifts cause we were broke
Though their little tears of grief was so hard to see it didn't hurt me
Like the love I knew was in your throat
It was then with arms entwined we both broke down and cried
For it seemed ike nothing good would ever come
The doctor bills we couldn't pay they came and took our car away
But there never was a time we didn't love
Now there's an easy chair for my back a satin pillow for your head
And the kids are wild about the brand new car
You and I can order steak with all the trimmings and not worry
If we've spent a dollar more than we can spare
No wonder in your prayers we've thanked the man upstairs who led us through
The years of rearin' kids and payin' bills
And I think he guied us not because we were smart but just because
There never was a time we didn't love
No there never was a time never was a time never was a time we didn't love


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There Was Nothing We Could Do

We all loved our fair tender maiden
From her eyes the light of Heaven shone thru
She fell sick one cold winter morning
And there was nothing we could do

She lay on her death bed so bravely
Her face all tired and worn
We knew in our hearts she was leaving
God had called her to His heavenly home

As she lay on the bed she was smiling
At the people all gathered a-round
It was her only way of saying goodbye
And tomorrow she'd lay neath the ground

The fragrance of flowers from her grave
Goes to heaven where she has gone too
Mortal pain shown on all our faces
But there was nothing we could do

When the preacher began to console us
His words rang out clear and true
He said God called her that's the reason
That there was nothing we could do

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Dolly Parton - There Will Be Peace In The Valley For Me lyrics

Peace in the valley for me some day
Well, I'm tired and so weary, but I must travel on
'Til the Lord comes and calls me away, oh yes
Where the morning's so bright and the Lamb is the light
And the night is as bright as the day, oh yes!
There will be peace in the valley for me some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord, I pray
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see
Only peace in the valley for me, oh yes!
Well the bear will be gentle and the wolves will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, oh yes!
And the beasts from the wild shall be led by a little child
And I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes!
There will be peace in the valley for me some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord, I pray
And there'll be no sadness and no sorrow, no trouble I see
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh yes!
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh yes!


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Alan Jackson - There Ya Go lyrics

Starting over again is a bit like dancing
You just need someone to lead and take it slow
So lay your head on my shoulder
Let me hold you close, that's it
There you go
There you go, you're doing fine
Take each day like a step, one at a time
Put one foot in front of the other
And the next thing you know
That's it
There you go
Every day is like a new beginning
One door opens, while another starts to close
But just slip your arms around me
Cause life's a dance, don't know
That's it
There you go
There you go, you're doing fine
Take each day like a step, one at a time
Put one foot in front of the other
And the next thing you know
That's it
There you go
I know how it feels to have your heart crossed
Like the wings of the butterfly
But you gotta try
So just hold on tight
Put one foot in front of the other
And the next thing you know
You're dancing
There you go
That's it
There you go


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Dolly Parton - There'll Be Love lyrics

There'll be love love love oh precious love
Just as long as there's two people there'll be love
In spite of hate that fills the land love will always have command
As long as there's two people there'll be love
God created man and woman at the start and he placed inside of them a lovin' heart
But it wasn't God that made the hate and lust
But as long as there's two people there'll be love
There'll be love love love...
[ guitar ]
For every person somewhere there's a mate it's the force for survival that brings hate
For even though the going might be rough
As long as there's two people there'll be love
You can lock a man behind a prison wall and you may think that he has no love at all
But there's someone somewhere that he's thinking of
For as long as there's two people there'll be love
There'll be love love love...


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There's A Blue Moon Turning To Gold Tonight
BMI Work #: 8581924
There's A Blue Moon Turning To Gold Tonight (Larry W. Jones 12/18/2006) (song#4245)

Once I was lonesome, and downhearted
My world, it seemed, just was not right
Then you came, dear, my blues departed
There's a blue moon turning to gold tonight
Now that I've found you, love will surround you
Straight from this heart that's feeling light
Just be true, dear, cause I love you, dear
There's a blue moon turning to gold tonight
Never leave me, for that would grieve me
And make my dreams drift out of sight
I would cry, dear, you'd make me die, dear
If my golden moon turned blue tonight
I hear a song now, won't be long now
Until I know, that your love is right
I won't be lonely, with your love only
There's a blue moon turning to gold tonight
There's a blue moon turning to gold tonight


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There's A Friend In The Way
Recorded by George Jones and Melba Montgomery
Written by Oney Wheeler

C
We can explain this one too clearly 
                        F
Cause he's known he's a friend
       G7                             C
That's standing in the pathway of our love
Yes we love each other dearly 
                         F
But we just can't find a way
          G7                        C    
Night and day there's friend in the way
  G7
I told him once I loved him too 
       C
And he thinks I'd never lie
   D7
To me he's been like my right hand 
   G7
He thinks I'm quite a guy
       C
Yes we love each other dearly 
                         F
But we just can't find a way
          G7                        C
Night and day there's friend in the way
  G7
I told him once I loved him too 
       C
And he thinks I'd never lie
   D7
To me he's been like my right hand 
   G7
He thinks I'm quite a guy
       C
Yes we love each other dearly 
                         F
But we just can't find a way
          G7                        C
Night and day there's friend in the way

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Alan Jackson - There's A New Kid In Town lyrics
(Don Cook/Curly Putman/Keith Whitley)

We're looking for The King
The new Messiah
We're following the star
Shining brighter
Old man won't you help us if you can
He shook his head
But he pointed his hand
There's a new kid in town
And he's lying in a manger down the road
There's a new kid in town
But he's just another baby I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem
I see you've traveled far
Bearing treasures
You say these gifts are for
The new Kings pleasures
Well I've heard
That a King might come
But up 'til now there hasn't been one
There's a new kid in town
And he's lying in a manger down the road
There's a new kid in town
But he's just another baby I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem
There's a new kid in town
And he's lying in a manger down the road
There's a new kid in town
But he's just another baby I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem


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There's A Pair Of Blue Eyes Down In Texas
Recorded by Merle Haggard

G                      C            G
There's a pair of blue eyes down in Texas
           A7  D7         G
Crying for me  crying for me
                       C              G
There's a heart big as Dallas down in old Fort Worth tonight
             A7  D7           G
Breaking for me  breaking for me
       C                             G
I wish I was back in Texas where the big bluebonnets grow
A7                                    D7
Instead of up here in this jail house watching the north wind blow
          G            C            G
There's a pair of blue eyes down in Texas
           A7  D7         G
Crying for me  crying for me
       C                             G
I wish I was back in Texas where the old bluebonnets grow
A7                                    D7
Instead of up here in this jail house watching the north wind blow
          G            C            G
There's a pair of blue eyes down in Texas
           A7  D7         G
Crying for me  crying for me

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The Country Gentlemen - There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

There's a Star-Spangled Banner waving somewhere
In a distant land so many miles away.
Only Uncle Sam's great heroes get to go there
Where I wish that I could also live some day.
I'd see Lincoln, Custer, Washington and Perry,
And Nathan Hale and Colin Kelly, too.
There's a Star-Spangled Banner waving somewhere,
Waving o'er the land of heroes brave and true.

In this war with its mad schemes of destruction
Of our country fair and our sweet liberty,
By the mad dictators, leaders of corruption,
Can't the U. S. use a mountain boy like me?
God gave me the right to be a free American,
And for that precious right I'd gladly die.
There's a Star-Spangled Banner waving somewhere,
That is where I want to live when I die.

Though I realize I'm crippled, that is true, sir,
Please don't judge my courage by my twisted leg.
Let me show my Uncle Sam what I can do, sir,
Let me help to bring the Axis down a peg.
If I do some great deed I will be a hero,
And a hero brave is what I want to be.
There's a Star-Spangled Banner waving somewhere,
In that heaven there should be a place for me.

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There's Another Baby Waiting For Me Down The Line

There's another baby waiting for me down the line
She has got just what it takes and I have got the time
And you have been untrue my darling to the tie that binds
So there's another baby waiting for me down the line

I have stayed awak and wondered wondered what I'm gonna do
While you went out honky tonkin' coming home at two
But tonight I'm all dressed up and feeling Oh so fine
For there's another baby waiting for me down the line

* Refrain

I am not be at home my darling for a day or more
I'll give you just a little taste of walking the floor
You won't need me no longer since I've found out you're that kind
For there's another baby waiting for me down the line

* Refrain


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There's Just One Way
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Marty Haggard, Dana Haggard, Kenny Seratt
 
C
There's just one way to make that trip to glory
                                        G7
God so loved the world that He gave His Son
   C                                 F
So hold your head up high point your finger to the sky
             C          G7              C  F C
There's just one way to make that final run
Peace on earth is something we're all after
                                G7
Something mortal man won't ever find
            C                                    F
But there's good news in the Good Book for God's children
             C          G7                 C    F C
There's just one way to have that peace of mind
G7           C
Yeah there's one way to make that trip to glory
                                        G7
God so loved the world that He gave His Son
   C                                 F
So hold your head up high point your finger to the sky
             C          G7              C  F C
There's just one way to make that final run
There's an answer to the question for all sinners
                                     G7
And it's written in the verse John 3:16
        C                                    F
There's good news in the Good Book for God's children
       C              G7                C    F C
He can wash away your sins and make you clean
G7      C
There's one way to make that trip to glory
                                        G7
God so loved the world that He gave His Son
   C                                 F
So hold your head up high point your finger to the sky
             C          G7              C
There's just one way to make that final run
repeat #1

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Ricky Skaggs - There's More Pretty Girls Than One

There's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls than one
Any old town that I ramble all around in
There's more pretty girls than one.

Mama talked to me last night
She gave to me some good advice
She said "Son you ought to quit this old ramblin' all around
And marry you a sweet loving wife."

Honey look down that old lonesome road
Hang down your pretty head and cry
'Cause I'm thinking all about them pretty little gals
And hoping that I'll never die...

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There's No Justice
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Leon Payne
 
G                                     D7
Oh I told you if you walked out on me we were through
                                        G
And you told me that it couldn't matter less to you
                       G7
You turned me down for someone who
C
Wouldn't turn a hand for you
           G               D7       G
There's no justice in this world anymore
                                    D7
There's no justice in this world anymore
                                        G
Sometimes I ask myself what am I living for
                     G7
If wrong can triumph over right
C
If we are licked before we fight
           G               D7       G
There's no justice in this world anymore
                                         D7
Oh you turned me down because you knew I loved you so
                                     G
And you tried to see exactly how far you could go
                              G7
Well I thought that you would change your mind
C
But there's no hope for now I find
           G               D7        G
There's no justice in this world any more
Repeat #2

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There's Not Much Love Here Anymore
Written and recorded by Vince Gill  

G7                C
Rain rain come on down 
                        F
You're so welcome at my door
                 G7
Come on down and ease the pain 
                      C
I never hurt this bad before
G7                         C
Tears keep falling from my eyes 
                         F
And all I do is walk the floor
                     G7
It ain't too hard to realize 
                           C
There's not much love here anymore
     C7           F
Rain rain come on in 
                      C
Wash these tears away again
                       G7
Leavings cut me to the core 
                           C
There's not much love here anymore
     C7           F
Rain rain come on in 
                      C
Wash these tears away again
                       G7
Leavings cut me to the core 
                           C
There's not much love here anymore

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There's Power In Our Love
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wyentte
Written by Earl Montgomery

G                 D7             C            G
I can't thank you enough for the happiness we share
                                            
I've never known a day that sunshine wasn't there
                 D7           C                G 
I can't begin to tell you the joy you bring to me
                     C                  D7               G
And as long as we're together what more could there ever be
                                D7     G 
Cause there's power power power in our love 
        C             G                 D7
It's so strong but it controls us every day
            G                 D7     G
Yes there's power power power in our love 
    C                D7               G 
And together we love living life this way
                      D7                 C             G  
There is no challenge in this world that we can't meet today
For I've got you beside me hand in hand all the way
                 D7               C         G
And when I go to sleep tonight so satisfied within
                     C                  D7         G     
I know that when the morning comes I'll be in love again
Repeat #2
                              D7     C   G
Yes there's power power power in our love

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Dolly Parton - There's Something Fishy Goin' On lyrics

There must be something fishy goin' on
You said you were goin' on a fishing trip with some old friend
You said that you'd be home tonight somewhere around ten
Well here it is it's two o'clock and you're still not at home
I think there's something fishy goin' on
I think that I'm a sucker that's swallowing your line
I try to make myself believe that it's all in my mind
But you never ask me if I'd like to go along so there must be something fishy goin' on
There's something fishy goin' on on these fishing trips you're goin' on
I'm gettin' tired of staying home alone
Some night when you come home and discover that I'm gone
You can bet there's something fishy goin' on
I guess some large-mouth bass left that lipstick on your shirt
I don't think you're a fisherman honey I think you're a flirt
Well if you're goin' fishing then why don't you bring them home
I think there's something fishy goin' on
here's something fishy goin' on...
Yes you can bet there's something fishy goin' on


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There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy

There'll be joy joy joy up in my father's house
Up in my father's house up in my father's house
There'll be joy joy joy up in my father's house
Where there's peace sweet peace

We'll be happy there up in my fathers house
Up in my father's house up in my father's house
We'll be happy there up in my fathers house
Where there's peace sweet peace

Don't you want to go up there to my father's house

There'll be no drunkards there up in my father's house

We'll all be as one up in my father's house

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There'll Be No Distinction

There will be no more sorrow on that heavenly shore
There'll be no wolfs a howlin near the old cabin door
We will all be quite wealthy and there'll be no more poor
When we all get together on that heavenly shore

   There'll be no distinction there (over there)
   There'll be no distinction there
   For the lord am just and the lord am right
   And we'll all be white in the heavenly light
   There'll be no distinction there

In the same kind of raiment's in the same kind of pews
We will all sit together in the same kind of shoes
The white folks and the colored the gentile and the Jews
They will all be so happy that he doesn't refuse

They tell me up in heaven we will all be as one
And we'll all sing together when the life's crown is won
Our fathers and our mothers and sisters will be there
For they tell me up in heaven no distinction there

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There's A New Star Over Texas
Recorded by Vince Gill and The Time Jumpers
Written by Leslie Satcher and Vince Gill

C
There's a blue moon that's dancing across Texas
                                            G7
And somewhere there's fiddles playing Faded Love
And this lonesome heart of mine is growing restless
       C
Missing more and more the one I love
Gathering bluebonnets in the springtime
                                    G7
It used to be your favorite time of year
Now when April rolls around I know that I'll find
                                  C
How much I miss the one I held so dear
    F            Fm           C
And tonight as I stare out my window
     D7                      G7
At a sight my eyes could not believe
          C
There's a new star that's shining across Texas
     G7                          C
Only Heaven could take away from me
      F          Fm           C
Every night as I stare out my window
     D7                      G7
At a sight my eyes could not believe
          C
There's a new star that's shining across Texas
     G7                          C
Only Heaven could take away from me
     G7                          C
Only Heaven could take away from me

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There's Another Baby Waiting For Me Down The Line

There's another baby waiting for me down the line
She has got just what it takes and I have got the time
And you have been untrue my darling to the tie that binds
So there's another baby waiting for me down the line

I have stayed awake and wondered what I'm gonna do
While you went out honky tonkin' coming home at two
But tonight I'm all dressed up and feeling Oh so fine
For there's another baby waiting for me down the line

I may not be at home my darling for a day or more
I'll give you just a little taste of walking the floor
You won't need me no longer since I've found out you're that kind
For there's another baby waiting for me down the line

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There's Better Times A Coming

Well, the cows gone dry, the hens won't lay, no place I can borrow
I give the landlord all the news and the rent comes due tomorrow
There's lots of money in the bank they say that's where they keep it
Not only wouldn't they loan me some they wouldn't let me see it

   So pick away on the old banjo, keep that guitar strumming
   Put more water in the soup there's better times a coming

Well Mary Lou could pull a plow if only I would let her
She's twice as strong as any ox but looks a little better
I didn't kiss that Mary Lou but once and then I had to leave her
She made my collar get too high and start the burning fever

My rooster used to chase the hens he just kept a getting thinner
It's afraid he'd run himself to death so I brought him in for dinner
Yes (the) cotton crops are pretty poor the weeds are really growing
I need a woman pretty bad to help me with the hoeing

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There's No One Like Mother To Me

Sadly I'm thinking tonight
Thinking of the sweet bye and bye
Memories of childhood so bright
Come back like a dream with a sigh
I've been thinking of friends and of home
In that cottage far over the sea
No matter wherever I roam
There's no one like mother to me

   There's no one like mother to me
   No matter how poor she may be
   I'll go back to that home o'er the sea
   There's no one like mother to me

When I left that old home o'er the sea
I kissed them goodbye at the gate
Somebody whispered to me
A loving voice asked me to wait
Her blessing she gave with a smile
And tears on her cheeks I could see
How often that sweet face I've missed
There's no one like mother to me

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There's Someone Awaiting For Me

All the people today they are going far away
To the mountains the lakes or the sea
There's a little plot out west
That I always love the best
And there's someone awaiting there for me

   She'll be happy she'll be free
   When she wanders alone with me
   She'll be knitting white lace
   When I meet her at the gate
   And there's someone awaiting for me

There are birds in every tree
And they sing among the leaves
But there's none so happy as me
I am going out west
And there I'll do my best
To build a little home for you and me

O the birds that fly above
Singing their songs of love
O'er the meadows the valleys so deep
Their voices so sweet
That they sing me to sleep
For I know my darling will not weep

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These Blues

My baby don't want me she don't need me
Found herself someone new
Left me alone sittin at home
With nothin' in the world to do

My stomach's churnin' my eyes are burnin'
My hair is turnin' gray
Troubled deep can't get no sleep
Since she went away

    These blues they've got me
    Tears rollin down my face
    That woman she left me
    Cryin' all over the place

I wrote a letter to try to get her
To give me just one more try
I wrote it plain I signed my name
And I never got no reply

Now I'm sittin' at the banks of the riverbed
Listenin' to the crickets sing
There's a moon above just made for love
And I can't do a thing

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These Days

Jackson Browne
Well I've been out walking
I don't do that much talking these days
These days--
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
For you
And all the times I had the chance to
And I had a lover
It's so hard to risk another these days
These days--
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been losing so long
I'll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
One of these days--
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them


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The Duhks - These Dreams 

Im happiest when the sun is down
And a sparkle of snow on the falling ground
Its caused by the bright city lights
Over my hometown 
And my friends gather around.

Chorus: 
Days on and were losing the race
We try too hard, we fall from grace
When the sun goes down, we feel alright
About working way of have these dreams.

Working day, get it done
March to the beat of someone elses drum.
Worry about what might have been 
That I try to feel in someone elses skin.

Chorus: 
Days on and were losing the race
We try too hard, we fall from grace
When the sun goes down, we feel alright
About working way of have these dreams.

Let go and go 
See how the work is cleared from the start
I hope this too
Here in the dark, close to my heart.

Chorus: (x2)
Days on and were losing the race
We try too hard, we fall from grace
When the sun goes down, we feel alright
About working way of have these dreams.

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Billy Strings 
These Memories Of You

Darling, don't you know I love you?
Can't you see it in my tears?
Oh, I know you'll soon be leaving
And I will feel this way for years

Oh I could never love another
And so I'll be so sad and blue
I'll be waiting here, my darling
With all these memories of you

All the time I sit and wonder
Why you left me here alone
And I'm praying for a letter
Or just a message on the phone

Oh I could never love another
And so I'll be so sad and blue
I'll be waiting here, my darling
With all these memories of you

Do you think about me, darling
When the night turns into day?
Do you think about your true love
This broken heart you've thrown away?

Oh I could never love another
And so I'll be so sad and blue
I'll be waiting here, my darling
With all these memories of you
I'll be waiting here, my darling
With all these memories of you

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These Men Of God

Go down yonder Moses down in the land of Egypt
Tell that old Pharoah to set my children free
Moses did obey
He set his children free

Go down to the river God told Lazarus
Dip in yourself in Jordan wash your spots away
Lazarus did obey
His spots were washed away

Take your son and burn him God told Abraham
Build yourself an altar God told Abraham
Abraham did obey an
And God gave him a lamb

Take your horn and blow it God told Joshua
The walls of Jericho then fell God then had his way
Joshua did obey
And God then had his way

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These Old Blues

   These old blues they got me down
   Since my sweet thing she ain't around
   I'm so blue blue as I can be
   Just as blue as the deep blue sea

Got up this morning I was feeling blue
Couldn't sleep last night, just thinking of you
Tossed and turned tears in my eyes
Wondering why you said goodbye

Now she's gone what can I do
It's too late to start anew
For true love is hard to find
It's too late to turn back the time

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Dolly Parton - These Old Bones lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

These old bones will tell your story
These old bones will never lie
These old bones will tell you surely
What you can't see with your eye
These old bones, I shake and rattle
These old bones, I toss and roll
And it's all in where they scatter
Tells you what the future holds
Oh, she lived up on the mountain
Eleven miles or so from town
With a one-eyed cat named Wink,
A billy goat and a blue tick hound
Her graying hair was braided
And wrapped around her head
And her dress was long and faded
And her home a rusty shed
In a little pouch of burlap
Tied with a piece of twine
There were bones all shapes and sizes
Gathered through the course of time
She'd throw them out before you
She swore that she could see
The present, past and future
She could ready your destiny
Everybody knew about her
Came to get their fortune read
Concerning health and wealth and power
Who to love and when to wed
Well, I just like helpin? people
I'm just glad that I could help
Why, I know everybody's secrets
But I keep it to myself
These old bones will tell your story
These old bones will never lie
These old bones will tell you surely
What you can't see with your eye
These old bones, I shake and rattle
These old bones, I toss and roll
And it's all in where they scatter
Tells you what the future holds
Some called her witchy woman
Some said she was insane
Some said she was a prophet
Still everybody came
Just because a body's different
Well, that don't make ?em mad
Well, they've crucified a many
For the special gifts they've had
I had often heard about her,
Dreamed about her now and then
For I, too, was clairvoyant,
Came about when I was ten
I was fascinated with her
And the things I'd heard about
And I knew some day I'd meet her,
And one day it came about
Well, I know'd that you ?uz a'comin?
I could feel it in my bones
These old bones have also told me
That I won't be here for long
Did you know that you ?uz adopted?
Did you know you once't was mine?
But the county took you from me,
Said I wasn't right in mind
But I just know'd I had to see you
?Fore these bones was laid to rest
So I conjured up a message
It must'a worked, I guess
This gift runs in the family
I know you also know
And I passed this gift on to you
These old bones, they're just for show
These old bones will tell your story
These old bones will never lie
These old bones will tell you surely
How to live and when you'll die
These old bones, I shake and rattle
These old bones, I toss and roll
And it's all in where they scatter
Tells you what the future holds
I held her hand while she was dyin?
And with the funeral through
I headed on back up the mountain
For Billy, Wink and Blue
And that little pouch of burlap
With those bones so worn and old
She give me somethin? special
Now every time I throw
These old bones will tell your story
These old bones will never lie
These old bones will tell you surely
What you can't see with your eye
These old bones, I shake and rattle
These old bones, I toss and roll
And it's all in how they scatter
Tells you what the future holds
Now I can't tell you what you want to hear
I just tell you what I see
It's these old bones a'talkin?
Blame it on them; don't pack it on me
It's just like that time that there boy died
Up at the sawmill
Well, I know'd who done it, but I never said
And I know'd when somebody is a cheatin?
Or when somebody's baby was gonna be born dead
But unless somebody just plain out and asked me
Well, I just figured there ain't no point goin' around actin? like you know everything, just 'cause you might.
Ah, you know girl I want you to take these bones
'Cause I don't want no young'un of mine a'going around unprepared
You just remember that the magic is inside you
There ain't no crystal ball


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These Old Eyes Have Seen It All
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Curly Putman and Bucky Jones

Spoken:
C
The old mans hair was white and his eyes looked tired
He drank his beer at a table all alone
But he smiled when I spoke to him so I sit down for awhile
I wound up sitting there the whole night long
Cause I could see he had a lifetime on his mind
So I just sat there and listened I was glad to take the time
Then he said...  
C                                F
I saw Jimmy Rodgers yodel on the stage
          G7                               C
And I saw Hank when they walked him to his grave
I saw a country boy from Memphis 
           F
Change the world with rock and roll
    G7                          C
And these old eyes have seen it all
Then he said...  
                                          F
I saw friends of mine on foreign soil die proud
      G7                                            C
I saw things over there son that I still can't talk about
                                       F
I saw a crazy man named Hitler and his army rise and fall
    G7                          C
Yes these old eyes have seen it all
F     G7                    C
These old eyes have seen it all
        F                                G7
Now the hands of time are writing on the wall
F            G7              C                        F
Telling me I won't have long waiting till my Jesus to calls
G7                          C
These old eyes have seen it all
                            F
I saw my sweet Mary love me fifty years
       G7                             C
With a trembling hand he wiped away a tear
                                    F
He said my memories of Mary are the sweetest I recall
    G7                          C
And these old eyes have seen it all
F         G7                C
These old eyes have seen it all
           F                                  G7
They saw a man walk on the moon and come back home
    F                  G7              C               F
And I know it won't be very long until I hear my Jesus call
G7                          C
These old eyes have seen it all 
    G7                          C
Son these old eyes have seen it all 

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They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore
Kinky Friedman

Well, a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a-guzzlin' Lone Star beer
Talking religion and-uh politics for all the world to hear.
"They oughta send you back to Russia, boy, or New York City one
You just want to doodle a Christian girl and you killed God's only son."
I said, "Has it occurred to you, you nerd, that that's not very nice,
We Jews believe it was Santa Claus that killed Jesus Christ."
"You know, you don't look Jewish," he said, "near as I could figger
I had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well-dressed country nigger."

No, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore,
They don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
He started in to shoutin' and a-spittin' on the floor,
"Lord, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore."

He says, "I ain't a racist but Aristitle Onassis is one Greek we don't need
And them niggers, Jews and Sigma Nus, all they ever do is breed.
And wops 'n micks 'n slopes 'n spics 'n spooks are on my list
And there's one little hebe from the heart of Texas -- is there anyone I missed ?"

Well, I hits him with everything I had right square between the eyes.
I says, "I'm gonna gitcha, you son of a bitch ya, for spoutin' that pack of lies.
If there's one thing I can't abide, it's an ethnocentric racist;
Now you take back that thing you said 'bout Aristitle Onassis."

No, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way we done before.
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
"Lord, they sho' ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore!"
All right!

No, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
You hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore.

Everybody!
They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore,
They ain't makin' carpenters who know what nails are for.
Well, the whole damn place was singin' as I strolled right out the door
"Lord, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore!"

No, we ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore,
We don't turn the other cheek the way they done before.
Well, the whole damn place was singin' as I strolled right out the door
"Lord, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore!"


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They Call Her Mother

There's a store by the road in the country
Among the hills where the evergreens grow
In that store by the road there's a woman
Who is different from others I know

Now her irony-gray hair's turned to silver
And her kind eyes are ever soft and blue
Always she has a kind word for others
And a smile ever waiting for you

She's adored for her sunny disposition
By the women, the children and men
In all the neighboring hills they call her Mother
For she's really a mother dear to them

She is cheerful like the birds in the cedars
She is modest like the songs that they sing
In the hills nearby they call her Mother
For she's really a mother true to them

When the clouds hang low on the mountain
And the pines are bent low by the snow
Neighbors go to that store by the roadside
It's a place that they all love to go

Some go there to play cards at the table
Some just sit by the warm, cheering fire
And dear Mother with kind disposition
Finds a way to make all happy there

She's adored for her sunny disposition
By the women, the children and the men
In all the neighboring hills they call her Mother
For she's really a mother dear to them

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They Call The Wind Mariah
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe

Way out here they've got a name
For wind and rain and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe
And they call the wind Mariah

Mariah blows the stars around
Sends the clouds a-flyin'
Mariah makes the mountain sound
Like folks was up there dyin'

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah

Before I knew Mariah's name
And heard her wailin', whinin'
I had a girl and she had me
And the sun was always shinin'

Then one day I left my girl
Left her far behind me
Now I'm so lost, so goldurn lost
Not even God can find me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah

Out here they've got a name for rain
Wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone
There ain't no name for lonely

And I'm a lost and lonely man
Without a star to guide me
Mariah, blow my love to me
I need her here beside me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah


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They're At Rest Together

A story of two, they loved each other
More than anyone will know
But the girl she took the old consumption 
It broke the boy's heart you know

They carried her off to the mnountains
To try to gain her health you see
But listen all you good people
You can never cure old T.B

He often would to to the mountains
And sit upon his sweetheart's bed
But the saddest part of all the story
Now the boy too is dead


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Things Aren't Funny Anymore
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C          F            G7       C
We used to laugh a lot  we never cried
                   F              G7                        C
But things are all different now  since your sweet love has died
                   F                                    C
Seems we've lost a way to find all the good times we've found before
                F            G7                     C   F G7 C
Yeah we used to laugh a lot  things aren't funny anymore
                 F                 G7                          C
If I knew how to change your mind  maybe things could be right again
                         F             G7                     C
If I could turn back one page of time  before love came to an end
                       F                       C
I'd know just where to turn  to turn it all on once more
                     F     G7                     C
Maybe we laughed too soon  things aren't funny anymore
 
                       F                       C
I'd know just where to turn  to turn it all on once more
                     F     G7                     C
Maybe we laughed too soon  things aren't funny anymore

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Things In Life

Look up, look down this lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry
For we often lose some things in life
That makes us wonder why

Oh the fairest love I ever had
Now sleeps beneath the clay
I live in hopes and dreams of her
That we'll meet again someday

I often sit and wonder why
Life has to be this way
But after all is said and done
I'm sure God has his say

I'd like to be a small part of life
With some few things to achieve
Just to know I've been a fruitless cause
Would give my poor heart grief

Now when they lower my casket down
In some lonesome grave to rest
And you take your last look at my face
You can say I done my best

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Think About A Lullaby
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Theresa Haggard

C             F    C                F    C
Think about a lullaby think about a lullaby
                G7                           C      F   C
Baby close your eyes don't cry think about a lullaby
                F      C                         F       C
Let me sing you off to sleep let daddy pray your soul to keep
                         G7
It's safe here with your mom and I
              C       C7
Think about a lullaby
F                       C
Think about a butterfly think about a lullaby
G7                         C
Think about a cloud in the sky
F                                   C
You can count your little sheep but babe you've got to go to sleep
    Am          D7        G7
Now baby please don't you cry
              F    C                F    C
Think about a lullaby think about a lullaby
                G7                           C        C7
Baby close your eyes don't cry think about a lullaby
Repeat #2

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Dolly Parton - Think About Love lyrics

I can't forget you
Ever since the moment that I met you
You've been on my mind
And I need to somehow let you know
That I think about you all the time
Chorus:
So when you think about love, think about me
I can give you more than you'll ever need
Sooner or later every heart needs some company
When you think about love, think about me
When you think about love, think about me
We were strangers
Now I'm already wrapped around your finger
Oh whats a heart to do
'Cause it lingers
And the thought of you
Wantin' me as much as I want you
Repeat Chorus
Makes me blue
I'm not holding you tonight
Cause only you can satisfy
This heart of mine
Repeat Chorus Twice


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Think Of What You've Done

   Is it true that I've lost you
   Am I not the only one
   After all this pain and sorrow
   Darling think of what you've done

Heart to heart dear how I need you
Like the flowers need the dew
Loving you has been my life, dear
I can't believe we're really through

I'll go back to old Virginia
Where the mountains meet the sky
In those hills I learned to love you
Let me stay there till I die

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Think On These Things
by Seminole String Band

Whatsoever things are true, Whatsoever things are honest,
Whatsoever things are just, Whatsoever things are pure,
Whatsoever things are lovely and of good report,
If there be any virtue, any praise, think on these things
Think on these things, if there be any virtue
if they glorify God and lift up my Lord
Think on these things, for they will not hurt you
then through it all, you'll be closer to God
We live in a culture that's carnal and earthly
but we wrestle not against flesh and blood
We're not to think on things that are earthly
But we're told to think on things above
Think on these things, if there be any virtue
if they glorify God and lift up my Lord
Think on these things, for they will not hurt you
then through it all, you'll be closer to God
You're stumbling through life, your thoughts you're not gauging
The things that you think on become those where you trod
and the thoughts of your heart, the battle is raging
Will you please your flesh or will you please God?
Think on these things, if there be any virtue
if they glorify God and lift up my Lord
Think on these things, for they will not hurt you
then through it all, you'll be closer to God
Then through it all, you'll be closer to God


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Thinking About Leaving
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Rodney Crowell

C                            G7                        C
I used to think love was the soft rope meant to tie me down
                                     G7                 C
And all that could ever own me was a guitar and another town
F
Ten years can disappear real fast 
           C                                  F
When every morning just leaves somewhere else behind
              C                      G7                       C
But I've been thinking about leaving long enough to change my mind
                            G7                       C
Lyin' here beside you I can feel it start to pull me away
                                          G7                        C
The thought I'll have again tomorrow that just came back from yesterday
    F                                       C                F
But your embrace makes any reason for those memories hard to find
              C                      G7                       C
And I've been thinking about leaving long enough to change my mind
    F                                       C
Sometimes I miss the warm bright lights sometimes I miss the crowds
    F                        C                 G7
Sometimes I miss the women I wrapped each song around
    F                                    C                F
Sometimes I miss that world out there so empty hard and unkind
              C                      G7                       C
But I've been thinking about leaving long enough to change my mind
    F                                       C
Sometimes I miss the warm bright lights sometimes I miss the noise
    F                                 C              G7
Sometimes I miss the fading sounds of every cheering voice
    F                                    C                F
Sometimes I miss that world out there so empty hard and unkind
              C                      G7                       C
But I've been thinking about leaving long enough to change my mind
                                     G7                       C
And I've been thinking about leaving long enough to change my mind

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Thinking About You

Now as I sigh the hours away
I think of love of yesterday
Now I know she's gone away
She's in heaven so they say

Will the angels tell her for me
That my love will never die
Someday I'll walk along beside her
On that golden way up there

Now all my life I lived so gaily
Until she had to go away
Then she left me oh so lonely
She lies at rest beneath the clay

Each night I think about you dear
I wonder if you'll know me there
When I meet you up in heaven
We'll have life eternal there

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Thinking of Home

I can see the sun as it's sinking
Through the pines on the old mountainside
I can hear my mother a callin
As I sit here alone tonight

    I can see the smoke from the chimney
    I can see the old trail toward home
    As I sit here alone in the city
    I think of the folks there back home

What makes us all want to wonder
Why do we all want to roam
Nobody knows how my heart aches
For my mom and dad back at home

    I'm leaving at sunrise tomorrow
    I can't wait to see the old home
    For I know they're waiting by the fireside
    For one of the kids to return

    I can see the smoke from the chimney
    I can see the old trail toward home
    As I sit here alone in the city
    I think of the folks there back home

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Thinking Right

Now If you think you might have hurt me
When you said good-bye that day
And if you think I might have cried for you
After beggin' you to stay

    (need you) If you think I might still care for you
   (long for you each) And miss you every lonely night
   If this is really what you're thinking
   Then you sure are thinking right

It doesn't matter what they tell me
My love for you will never die
I need you now and will forever
I love you so I could die

If you think I might still miss you
In everything I try to do
And if you think I might still want you
After all you've put me through

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Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes

Oh you told me once dear that you loved me
That we never no never could part
But the link in the chain has been broken
And I'm left with a sad and aching heart

   Oh I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
   Who is sailing far over the sea
   Oh I'm thinking tonight of her only
   And I wonder if she ever thinks of me

It wouldn've been better for us both had we never
In this wide wicked world ever met
For the pleasure we've both seen together
I am sure we will never forget

Now you may have friends on the ocean
And you may have some over the sea
But you'll travel this whole wide world over
And you'll never find a faithful friend like me

Like the birds that go out in the spring time
Just to wander for pleasure alone
While the sun shine is smiling upon them
But someday they return to their home

When the pleasures of life cease to call you
And you're done with your wine and your song
Then come back to your home in the mountains
To the girl who's been waiting so long

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Thinkin' Of The Old Days

How often I think of the old days
I remember well a love we once knew
We've parted now and wandered from each other
But I somehow can't help wonderin' about you 

   Are you alone with a memory
   Haunted by the dreams of the past
   Just waiting for someone to tell you
   You're playing a game that won't last 

Last night I was dreamin' about you
I thought you were back here with me
I prayed that you'd stay here forever
But I soon realized it couldn't be 

Someday when your life here has finished
We'll meet on that highway up there
We'll stroll hand in hand there forever
In that land where our love will bloom again

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Third Rate Romance
Sammy Kershaw

Sitting at a tiny table in a ritzy restaurant
She was staring at her coffee cup
He was trying to keep his courage up
By applying booze

Talk was small when they talked at all
They both knew what they wanted
There was no need to talk about it
They were old enough to scope it out
And keep it loose

She said, "You don't look like my type, but I guess you'll do"
Third-rate romance, low-rent rendevouz
And he said, "I'll even tell you that I love you if you want me to"
Third-rate romance, low-rent rendevouz

When they left the bar, they got in his car and they drove away
He drove to the Family Inn
She didn't even have to pretend
She didn't know what for

He went to the desk and made his request while she waited outside
Then he came back with the key
She said give it to me
And I'll unlock the door

She kept sayin, "I've never really done this kind of thing before. Have you?"
Third-rate romance, low-rent rendevouz
And he said, "Yes, I have, but only a time or two"
Third-rate romance, low-rent rendevouz
Third-rate romance, low-rent rendevouz
Third-rate romance, low-rent rendevouz


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Third Rock From The Sun
Joe Diffie

She walks into Smokey's one hip at a time
Like a broken field runner slippin' through the line
He likes the way she looks so he calls the little wife says
"Don't wait up for me I'll be workin' late tonight"
Wife hangs up the phone, bursts into tears
Calls her sister up and cries "Get over here"

Sister tells her boyfriend be back in awhile
Boyfriend wants a beer, the store is just a mile
He leaves the motor running he'll only be a minute
His car drives away with teenagers in it
The driver tells his buddies, got one life to live
They scream into the night "Let's get it over with"

Chorus:
Cause and effect, chain of events
All of the chaos makes perfect sense
When you're spinning round, things come undone
Welcome to Earth 3rd rock from the Sun

The kid guns the gas, the car starts to swerve
Heads for a semi truck, jumps the curb
Truck hits a Big Boy in the Shoney's parking lot
Flies through the air takes out the bank clock
Clock strikes a light pole, transformer sparks
Lines go down, town goes dark

Waitress calls the cops, says she saw it all
Swears a giant alien has landed at the mall
Cops ring up the mayor says there's panic in the streets
"We hate to wake you up but we can't find the chief"
Mayor says "Use your head if he ain't in his car
He's hiding from his wife, down at Smokey's Bar"

Chorus

Chorus


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Thirsty in the Rain
Peter Rowan

There's an eagle, and he keeps on flying
Over the mountains capped in white snow
In green valleys lonesome people trying so hard
to tell each other what they think they know.

With greedy hands they take each others money
Just to buy back this helpless place
In this land of flowing milk and honey,
We wander thirsty in the rain
Thirsty in the rain

Just like that eagle, now my soul is flying
Over the valleys in the crimson morning sky
And there don't seem to be no use in struggling so hard
And there don't seem to be no reasons why

But I must fight you for a rich man's money
So I can buy back this helpless place
Seems so useless and somehow funny,
To be thirsty in the rain
Thirsty in the rain

Fare thee well, now my own true lover
My face you will never see here no more
But there is one promise that is given
That I will meet you on that shiny golden shore
Golden shore, love where the eagles soar so high
Above the fruitful plain
I'm the same friend that you knew when
We wandered thirsty in the rain
Thirsty in the rain

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Thirty Pieces Of Silver

'Tis a sad but true story, from the Bible it came
And it tells us how Judas sold our Saviour in shame
He planned with the council of high priests that day
Thirty pieces of silver was the price they would pay

Thirty pieces of silver, thirty sheckles of shame
Was the price paid for Jesus, on the cross he was slain
Betrayed and forsaken, unloved and unclaimed
In anger they pierced him, but he died not in vain

'Tis there on the hillside the multitude came
And found our dear Saviour, then took him away
They smote and they mocked him, thorns were crowned 'round his head
And his raiment of purple showed the bloodstation of red

Far off in the mountains with face toward the sun
Judas begged mercy for what he had done
He gave back the silver, for his heart filled with strife
Then there in the mountains he took his own life


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Thirty Thousand Pounds Of Bananas
Harry Chapin

It was just after dark when the truck started down
the hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania.
Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it Big John) of bananas.

He was a young driver,
just out on his second job.
And he was carrying the next day's pasty fruits
for everyone in that coal-scarred city
where children play without despair
in backyard slag-piles and folks manage to eat each day
about thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes, just about thirty thousand pounds (scream it again, John).

He passed a sign that he should have seen,
saying "shift to low gear, a fifty dollar fine my friend."
He was thinking perhaps about the warm-breathed woman
who was waiting at the journey's end.
He started down the two mile drop,
the curving road that wound from the top of the hill.
He was pushing on through the shortening miles that ran down to the depot.
Just a few more miles to go,
then he'd go home and have her ease his long, cramped day away.
and the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

He was picking speed as the city spread its twinkling lights below him.
But he paid no heed as the shivering thoughts of the nights
delights went through him.
His foot nudged the brakes to slow him down.
But the pedal floored easy without a sound.
He said "Christ!"
It was funny how he had named the only man who could save him now.
He was trapped inside a dead-end hellslide,
riding on his fear-hunched back
was every one of those yellow green
I'm telling you thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes, there were thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

He barely made the sweeping curve that led into the steepest grade.
And he missed the thankful passing bus at ninety miles an hour.
And he said "God, make it a dream!"
as he rode his last ride down.
And he said "God, make it a dream!"
as he rode his last ride down.
And he sideswiped nineteen neat parked cars,
clipped off thirteen telephone poles,
hit two houses, bruised eight trees,
and Blue-Crossed seven people.
it was then he lost his head,
not to mention an arm or two before he stopped.
And he slid for four hundred yards
along the hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania.
All those thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

You know the man who told me about it on the bus,
as it went up the hill out of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
he shrugged his shoulders, he shook his head,
and he said (and this is exactly what he said)
"Boy that sure must've been something.
Just imagine thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes, there were thirty thousand pounds of mashed bananas.
Of bananas. Just bananas. Thirty thousand pounds.
of Bananas. not no driver now. Just bananas!"

From Greatest Stories Live: Ending #1

Yes, we have no bananas,
We have no bananas today
(Spoken: And if that wasn't enough)
Yes, we have no bananas
Bananas in Scranton, P A

From Greatest Stories Live: Ending #2:

A woman walks into her room where her child lies sleeping,
and when she sees his eyes are closed,
she sits there, silently weeping,
and though she lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania
She never ever eats ... Bananas
Not one of thirty thousand pounds .... of bananas


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Thirty Two Acres

I sawed the timber for the cabin floor
I built a plank fence out of locust board
I worked the corn rows in the early morn
And raised a family on a poor man's farm 

Thirty two acres of bottom land
Bought and paid for by my own hand
Worth a fortune to a working man
Thirty two acres of bottom land 

I planted a peach tree, now the leaves are dying
I watered a grapevine; it's no longer mine
The county's taken everything I own
Cause it's on the right way for a four lane road

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This Bottle In My Hand
recorded by George Jones and David Allen Coe
written by David Allen Coe

G                                        C
Last week he spent his whole paycheck on whiskey
       G                  D7        G
I know Friday night he'll do it all again
                                             C              G
Oh he'll drink till he falls down then he'll order one more round
                           D7            G
And then go home with that bottle in his hand

                                             C            G
And they only thing I can hold on to is this bottle in my hand
                                                  D7
I know I'll never have to share it with any other man
       G                               C             G
I'm so glad you introduced us and I'll do the best I can
                       D7           G
To be faithful to this bottle in my hand

                                            C             G
She told George that changing diapers could sure become a drug
                                                            D7
And to clean the house and cook for him was not her kind of bag
    G                                C             G
She said he needed someone who would love and understand
                            D7            G
Then she left him with that bottle in his hand

                                              C            G
And the only thing I can count on now is this bottle in my hand
                                                     D7
I know I'll never have to share it oh with any other man
       G                              C             G
I'm so glad you introduced us oh I'll do the best I can
                       D7           G
To be faithful to this bottle in my hand
                              D7            C    G
Yes we'll be faithful to this bottle in our h-a-nd

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Dolly Parton - This Boy Has Been Hurt lyrics
(Dolly Parton/B. Owens)

I saw him picking up the pieces of his broken heart
And so I stopped to see what I could do
His heart had been run over by a reckless lover
She ran over it and broke it and left it black and blue
Tears were scattered everywhere he was trying to save his pride
He was the victim of a love and run
And I could plainly see that she had almost killed him
Left the scene of a broken heart not looking back at what she'd done
Oh, this boy has been hurt, I'll save him
I'll take his heart and mend it if I can
Oh, this boy has been hurt, I'll save him
I'll take his tears and dry them as fast as he can cry them
I'll heal his hurt and make him as good as new again


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The Duhks - This Fall 

This fall they all fall all around me
They're pairing up, preparing for the cold to come
They cling and dangle at each other's side
Not keen on letting air flow by
This fall they all fall all around me

Some were meant to fall deeply in love this year
I was meant to fall into the depths of this basement
Meant to fall ever so deep into an empty bed
Alone, all alone in my head

chorus

Some were meant to fall head over heals this year
I was destined to fall into the workshop to labour
Guess I wouldn't have time even if I had the chap
Yet my heart longs to long for someone

Those joyous folks, those happy people
Who can't help but stare straight into each other's eyes
They're taken, simply smitten
I fear they've lost their minds!
Who can blame them when I know I'd spare mine?
This fall they all fall all around me?

chorus

I refuse to be cold but would rather be alone
Than to have a body that warms my feet
But keeps my heart frozen
I'll pile on the blankets at the foot of my bed
And trust my zealous heart will one day conquer its desire

chorus

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Punch Brothers - This Girl 

Father Father Father
It's been a long long time how are you doing?
How is your son how are His children?
I bet they're just like me
You must be tired tired tired
Of hearing prayers like mine no need to answer
Nobody likes knowing that favors
Are all they'll ever be
But there's this girl this girl this girl this girl this girl
And I'd be the happiest backslider in the world
If you would tell her it's your will for us to be together
Father Father Father You've seen me try and try to maker her love me
I'd sell my soul to hear the one thing
She thinks she'll never say
But now it's Sunday Sunday Sunday

And her pretty voice is rising up to ask you
Like I once did like I'm about to
If you could show her the way
'Cause there's this girl this girl this girl this girl this girl
And I'd be the happiest backslider in the world
If you would tell her it's your will for us to be together
If you could show her the way
Father you of all gods ought to know how little to expect from people
But I think you might be pleasantly surprised to see what this girl
Would bring out of me
There's this girl this girl this girl this girl this girl
And I'd be the happiest backslider in the world
If you would tell her it's your will for us to be together
I would never bother you again unless you want me to
Hell we'll just both hang out with you in heaven when we die

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This Heart Of Mine

My lips will say goodbye to you tomorrow
I'll walk away pretend I feel no sorrow
But when you're out of sight I know I'll cry
For this heart of mine can never say goodbye

No this heart of mine can never say goodbye to you
Even though, weetheart, these lips of mine will lie
Though you'll leave my arms and walk away forever
This heart of mine can never say goodbye

I'll never let you know how much it hurts me
Tomorrow when I see you my last time
I'll walk away and I won't even cry
But this heart of mine can never say goodbye

* Refrain


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The Osborne Brothers - This Heart Of Mine Can Never Say Goodbye 
(Sonny Osborne - Pete Goble)

My lips will say goodbye to you tomorrow
I'll walk away pretend I'll feel no sorrow
But when you're out of sight I know I'll cry
For this heart of mine can never say goodbye.
No this heart of mine can never say goodbye to you
Even though sweetheart these lips of mine will lie
Though you leave my arms and walk away for ever
This heart of mine can never say goodbye.
--- Instrumental ---
I'll never let you know how much it hurts me
Tomorrow when I kiss you my last time
I'll walk away and I won't even cry
But this heart of mine can never say goodbye.
No this heart of mine can never say goodbye to you
Even though sweetheart these lips of mine will lie
Though you leave my arms and walk away for ever
This heart of mine can never say goodbye...


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This Hotel Room
Steve Goodman

This hotel room's got lots of stuff
Laundry bag and a shoe shine cloth
Thirty two hangers and a touch tone phone
A light that comes on when I ain't home

I ain't home, I ain't home
You better leave a message 'cause
I ain't home

IT's got an air conditioner for when I'm hot
A radiator for when I'm not
Two big chairs sittin' side by side
With a holy bible and the TV Guide

TV Guide, TV Guide
Great God Almighty
It's the TV Guide

I gotta second story view from curb to curb
I gotta sign that reads 'Do Not Disturb'
A monogrammed towel and a bucket of ice
A chest of drawers and a mirror that lies

Mirror that lies, A mirror that lies
That can't be me
In the gorilla disguise

They got a room service menu for food and drink
A porcelain throne and an aluminum sink
Two big pillows to rest my head
A Magic Fingers and a king-size bed

Put in a quarter, turn out the light
Magic Fingers makes ya feel alright

Uh feel alright, feel alright
Magic Fingers makes you feel alright

This ol' hotel's all right with me
They pay the postage if you lose the key
This hotel room's gotta lot of stuff
But I do believe I've had enough

Called my baby said don't you pout
I'm packin' my bags and I'm checkin' out
Just as soon as you hang up the telephone
Stick a candle in the window I'm comin' home

Comin' home, comin' home
Stick a candle in the window
I'm comin' home

Comin' home, comin' home
Stick a candle in the window
I'm comin' home


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Chris Thile - This Is All Real

You won't wake up -- you're not dreaming -- this is all real 
We've been playing like we've made sense of such a raw deal 
Why'd you listen, what do we know? 
It only looks like we have something you don't 
I lost my faith in our sweet illusion where every wound heals 

So if you're still there, let me tell you, this is all real ... 
... We felt like angels on the rooftops, looking down at you 
Singing ideas that we'd just read, drunk on New Truth 
It seduced me, soft and silver-tongued 
With a way out after all the fun 
I shut my eyes flew and hit a brick wall that wasn't in the deal 
So if you're still there, let me tell you, this is all real

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Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music lyrics

You're not supposed to say the word "cancer" in a song.
And tellin' folks Jesus is the answer can rub 'em wrong.
It ain't hip to sing about tractors, trucks, little towns, and mama, yeah that might be true.
But this is country music and we do
Do you like to drink a cold one on the weekend and get a little loud
Do you wanna say I'm sorry or I love you but you don't know how?
Do you wish somebody had the nerve to tell that stupid boss of yours
To shove it next time he yells at you?
Well this is country music and we do
So turn it on, turn it up, and sing along
This is real; this is your life in a song
Yeah this is country music.
Are you haunted by the echo of your mother on the phone
Crying as she tells you that your brother is not coming home?
And if there's anyone that still has pride and the memory of those
That died defending the old red, white, and blue,
This is country music and we do
So turn it on, turn it up, and sing along
This is real; this is your life in a song
Just like a road that takes you home
Yeah this is right where you belong
This is country music
This is country music
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Hello Darling
God Bless the USA
Amarillo by the Morning
Stand by your Man
Mama Tried
Take Me Home
I Walk the Line
Country Boy Can Survive


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This Is Heaven To Me

I find many people who can't understand
Why I am so happy and free
I've crossed over Jordan to Canaan's fair land
And this is like heaven to me

   Oh this is like heaven to me
   Yes this is like heaven to me
   I've crossed over Jordan to Canaan's fair land
   And this is like heaven to me

I've heard the sweet music the heavenly chorus
From glory land over the sea
The soul thrilling message from Jesus my lord
And this is like heaven to me

I'm looking for Jesus in glory to come
From glory land over the sea
A cloud of bright angels to carry me home
And that will be heaven to me

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This Is The Girl I Love

In a church on a mountain far far away
We vowed we'd never part
You kept your promise to honor and obey
But then I broke your heart

   If you could see this misery
   I know that you'd come home to me
   There's no one else I'd rather have
   To have your love I'd be so proud to say
   This is the girl I love

What can I do dear, what can I say
To make you change your mind
If I could only have another chance
I'd never leave you behind

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This Is The Real Thing
Robin and Linda Williams, Jerome Clark

I woke up this morning feeling hurt
In a bed of broken words
No need to speak them aloud
They lay in pieces all around

I got on a bus to somewhere
I didn't ask I just paid my fair
Someone was speaking words to me
They were just a mystery

Chorus:
I hear a voice singing
The ballads of leaving
And the deep blues of grieving
There is only this one thing
This is The Real Thing

I am no one you'd ever know
I'm just a name wherever I go
I lost my heart but my soul is real
It's just a broken-down deal

Chorus

I woke up this morning in this prison cell
Another mother's child that fell
Bound by sorrow, by memory freed
Memory that won't let me be

Chorus

(This is The Real Thing)


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Punch Brothers - This Is The Song 

This is the song where I listen.
This is the song where I sit still.
I called the dogs off all the things I'm missing, 
And to everyone but you before I set sail.

I said good luck, good luck, good luck,
These are tough times.
But we'll get by.
Good luck.

This is the song where you speak up.
This is the song where you get moving.
You cried some trouble out into a teacup,
And to me but no one else before you threw it.

You said good luck, good luck, good luck,
These are tough times.
We'll get by.
Good luck.

(Instrumental Interlude)

I put ashore in front of our apartment,
and watched you comb the stoop for shards of porcelain.
Satisfied that there were none, you broke the silence.
And after this I promised not to interrupt again.

'cause this is the song where I listen.
this is the song where I sit still,
Until our heartbeats drown out the clock ticking,
And the song is just I love you and always will

Good luck, good luck, good luck,
These are tough times.
We'll get by.
Good luck,
These are tough times.
We'll get by. 
Good luck,
These are tough times.
We'll get by.
Good luck.

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Leftover Salmon - This Is The Time Lyrics

This isn't a time for giving up
This is the time to be strong
I know life is never easy
When you're holding out so long

I know that we can make it
With a little bit of faith to get us by
This isn't the time or faking
This is the time for us to fly
This isn't the time for faking
This is the time for us to fly

This isn't the time for fighting
This is the time for peace
Whether you're on the left
Or on the right wing
This is the time for release

We don't have time to count our mistakes
We can leave them in the past
This isn't the time for keeping score
It's time to make the moment last
This isn't the time for keeping score
It's time to make the moment last

This isn't the time for losing hope
This is the time to learn
Well, I know we can find our way
If you're ready to receive

There's always so much to learn
As you wander through this life
And timing is everything
This is the time, the night
Timing is everything
This is the time, the night

This is the time, the night
This is the time, the night
This is the time, the night
This is the time, the night

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
This is the time, the night
This is the time, night
Ooh, ooh, ooh
This is the time, night

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This Is the Time

[Michael]
As the years say good-bye
One by one on silent wings they fly
What will last, what is true
That's a lesson I learned lovin' you
This world will find its way somehow
I've got all that I need right here, right now

This is the time when the cold winds blow
When the snow falls from Heaven
On the dreamers below
Baby this is the time when I need to know
That your love will always be mine
Baby this is the time, Baby this is the time

[Wynonna]
Sometimes life leads you blind
To the one you've been waiting to find
Sometimes life lets you see
Just how great the gift of love can be
Now the light that fires the brightest stars
Is waiting to shine on this moment of ours

This is the time when the cold winds blow
When the snow falls from Heaven
On the dreamers below
Baby this is the time when I need to know
That your love will always be mine
Baby this is the time, Baby this is the time

[Wynonna & Michael]
If life is just a dream, I know within my heart
Just getting closer to you
Is by far the sweetest part
So tell me one thing baby, the one thing I need to know

This is the time when the cold winds blow
When the snow falls from Heaven
On the dreamers below
Baby this is the time when I need to know
That your love will always be mine
Baby this is the time, Baby this is the time

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This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie

Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island,
From the redwood forest to the gulf stream water,
This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway,
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
O'er the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,
While all around me a voice was sounding, saying

Chorus

In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple
In the relief office, I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry I stood there asking,
--Is this land made for you and me?

Chorus

As I went walking, I saw a sign there;
On the sign it said, "No Trespassing",
But on the other side it didn't say nothing--
That side was made for you and me!

Chorus

The sun came shining and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
As the fog was lifting a voice was calling,
"This land was made for you and me."

Chorus


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This Little Sparrow

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone

They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
And away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell

I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks were black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink

I wish I was a little sparrow
And I had wings to fly so high
I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover
And when he'd ask, I would deny

Oh love is handsome, love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows older
And fades away like morning dew

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This Lonesome Old Feeling

My heart is breaking and there's tears in my eyes
The heartaches you caused me has wrecked my young life
The love that you promised to me was untrue
All I have is a memory I can't forget about you

This lonesome old feeling keeps hanging around me
It reminds me of you and the love that we knew
I'll sit here alone there's no one beside me
With no love of my own now that you're gone

The nights are so lonely and you're still on my mind
I can't loose this memory of you now I find
So I'll go on hurting and thinking of you
This lonesome old feeling keeps making me blue

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This Mornin, This Evenin, So Soon
Carl Sandburg

Tell old Bill when he leaves home this mornin',
tell old Bill when he leaves home this evenin',
Tell old Bill when he leaves home
to let those downtown girls alone,
this mornin', this evenin', so soon.

Old Sal was bakin' bread this mornin'.
Old Sal was bakin' bread this evenin'.
Old Sal was bakin' bread
when she got word that Bill was dead,
this mornin', this evenin', so soon.

Oh, no! It can't be so this mornin'.
Oh, no! It can't be so this evenin'.
Oh, no! It can't be so.
My Bill left home about an hour ago,
this mornin', this evenin', so soon.

They brought Bill home in a hurry-up wagon this mornin'.
They brought Bill home in a hurry-up wagon this evenin'.
Brought Bill home in a hurry-up wagon.
Brought Bill home with his toes a-draggin'
this mornin', this evenin', so soon.
This mornin', this evenin', so soon.


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This Morning At Nine

I awoke this morning from a lovely dream
And looked about this lonely room of mine
Somewhere in the distance to me it seemed
Church bells were ringing this morning at nine

   Bitter tears I'm shedding all because of you
   I'm like a lonely prisoner serving his time
   Thinking of the day the days when love was true
   But you'll wed another this morning at nine

My poor broken heart it started to cry
As I realized you never could be mine
Just then I remembered what day it really was
That you wed another this morning at nine

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This Much I Know
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                F                           C
This much I know   she'll never come back to me
                 F                    G7
This much I know   she meant what she said
            C     F                         C
This much I know   it's taught me all about misery
F                  C    G7            C
I just learn kinda slow   this much I know
                 F                              C
This much I feel   I should have reached out to her
                 F                G7
This much I feel   I tried it too late
            C    F                         C
This much I feel   how empty the world can be
F                C    G7            C
And so painfully real   this much I feel
F               G7                   C
I've had second thoughts about every reason 
F                G7            C
We let love slip away from our lives
F                            G7
And there's no place left to look 
                 C          Am
That I don't see some small reminder
           F                     G7
Of all the chances I just let go by
C                F                                    C
This much I need   to wake up once and find she's not gone
                 F                   G7
This much I need   oh but I'll never have
            C    F                                C
This much I need   words to speak without missing her
F                       C       G7            C
Or just some new way to breathe   this much I need

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This Night
Paul Durham

there are things I have done
there's a place I have gone
there's a beast and I let it run
now it's running my way

there are things I regret
that you can't forgive, you can't forget
there's a gift that you sent
you sent it my way

so take this night
wrap it around me like a sheet
I know I'm not forgiven
but I need a place to sleep
so take this night
and lay me down on the street
I know I'm not forgiven
but I hope that I'll be given
some peace

there's a game that I played
there are rules I had to break
there's mistakes that I made
but I made them my way

so take this night
wrap it around me like a sheet
I know I'm not forgiven
but I need a place to sleep
so take this night
and lay me down on the street
I know I'm not forgiven
but I hope that I'll be given
some peace...
some peace

Notes:

Recorded by Black Lab.


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Lonesome River Band - This Old Heart

Now this old heart has been around it's been up and it's been down
It's been walked on till it's had shot
but it's still the only heart that I've got
Now you're the last one to come
along so treat it right don't do it wrong
And if you love me love me a lot for
it's still the only heart that I've got

Now it's no joy and it's no tears it's no happiness and it's no fear
It holds memories and there are lot but
it's still the only heart that I've got
Now you're the last one...

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This Old Old House

There's an old, old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlooking the town
But time has left a wreckage where once there was beauty
And soon the old house will tumble down

But when leaves start to fall in autumn
And the raindrops drip from the trees
There's an old, old man who walks in the garden
And his head is bowed in memories

They say he built the mansion for the love of a woman
They planned to be married in the fall
But her love for him faded in the last days of summer
And the house stands empty after all

* Refrain


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This Old Song

This old song won't take long
Just to tell what went wrong
I had to leave my old home
And now I'm walking all alone

You can see me through your eyes
I'm the one that's tellin' lies
You can play your little games
But you cannot change my name

So I'll go where I know
My seeds will sow

If I walk this lonesome road
To that valley of despair
Then I know when I get out
Darkness cannot find me there

And the time that it takes
And the mark that it makes
Will change me just the same
But they cannot change my name

So I'll go where I know
My seeds will sow

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Billy Strings 
This Old World

Well there's nothing worse than feeling
Like you're first in line for losing
I thought my life was cruising then it crumbled all away
I had a lot to give but what I gave should be forgotten
Unnoticed like a stranger I'll surrender for the day

Well this night was an illusion
It came down like an intrusion
I stay up through the night though
I can't stand it sinking low
I'm a witness to the fight between
The darkness and the light
You're a mean old world I'm leaving though
I have no place to go
You're a mean old world I'm leaving though
I have no place to go

This old world took me for a ride
I lost everything I had and then my pride
So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go
And this old world she took me for a ride

I was raised when I saw ugliness
To try to make some beauty
Found purpose in the duty when
I couldn't find the shore
What beauty couldn't lift just simply floated on adrift
Rolling on directionless and lost forevermore

It goes from bad to worse sometimes
Before it can get better
I string some words together and
Just try to speak the truth
I have a lot to get, I hope my lot will be forgiven
Pardon me for living for the time I'm here with you
Pardon me for living for the time I'm here with you

This old world took me for a ride
I lost everything I had and then my pride
So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go
And this old world she took me for a ride

When I lay my body down I'd like to
Feel the dirt beneath me
And the howling wind could sheath me and
I'd finally be set free
For a moment you can yawn and
Throw my things into a pile
My dawn is finally here and
Yours might come in just a while
My dawn is finally here and
Yours might come in just a while

This old world took me for a ride
I lost everything I had and then my pride
So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go
And this old world she took me for a ride
This old world she took me for a ride


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This Sad Song
Alison Krauss & Union Station

Well, the rain is apourin' down in a fury
And the road is lookin' long
And the only thing that comes to mind
Is the tune of this sad song
Tune of this sad song! Oh Lord!

Well, the wind is acreepin' up my back
Through the door, through the roof, through the window crack
Tossin' and a-turnin' all night long
To the rhythm and the sound of a saddened song
Saddened song! Oh Lord!

In a dream of passion I saw a face
Of a beautiful woman in a terrible place
She looked at me, and she called for you
Then she closed her eyes and she sang this tune
Sang this tune! Oh Lord!


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Nickel Creek - This Side 

One day you'll see her and you'll know what I mean
Take her or leave her she will still be the same
She'll not try to buy you with her time
Nothing's the same, as you will see when she's gone

It's foreign on this side
And I'll not leave my home again
There's no place to hide
And I'm nothing but scared

You dream of colors that have never been made
You imagine songs that have never been played
   (They will try to buy you and your mind)
They will try to buy you and your mind
Only the curious have something to find

It's foreign on this side
(Hoo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)
And the truth is a bitter friend
Reasons few have I, to go back again

Your first dawn blinded you left you cursing the day
Entrance was crucial and it's not without pain
  (There's no path)
There's no path to follow, once you're here
You'll climb up the slide and then you'll slide down the stairs

It's foreign on this side
  (Foreign on this side)
But it feels like I'm home again
There's no place to hide
But I don't think I'm scared
  (There's no place to hide)
  (There's no place to hide)
But I don't think I'm scared
There's no place to hide
But I don't think I'm scared

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This Song Is For You
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Freddy Powers and Mary Powers

C
This song is for you  you know who you are
                                      G7
I won't embarrass you by calling your name
F                 G7
You're here every night severing up the drinks
                         C
Wearing your superficial smile


You still wear the wedding band and your left hard working hand
                      C7                F
For a memory of a man who's chained and bound
                          C
Lord knows you need a man and an understanding hand
                  G7             C
Before you run completely out of love

          G7
You can't stay in love with a memory

You can't stay in love with a dream

Yet you've fallen in love with the picture on the wall
    F                    G7                C
The sad part is that the picture is not of me


That cold December day they took her man away
                                      G7
Never dreaming of a gentle heart they broke
F                    G7
Now she waits by the phone she waits there all alone
                                   C
But the only one who ever calls is me 


Now I'm a prisoner of a slave to one way love
                     C7           F
I wish they'd let me go so I'd be free
                                  C
Break these chains that binds and release this heart of mine
                G7             C
Before I run completely out of love

Repeat #3

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This Time
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Kostas

G
This time is the last time that I'll ever call her name
     C
This time is the last time that I'll ever play her game
         G
And this time is the last time that I'll endure this pain
      D7                                             G
Cause this time is the last time she'll ever hurt me again
                   D7                 G
I tell myself each morning that we're through
                  D7                G
But every night I see that it's not true
C             G
I run out and track her down
C             G               D7
Just so I can hang around and cry
repeat #1
                    D7                 G
Come on heart let's make believe we're fine
                     D7                 G
We'll both agree the pain's just in our mind
C                          G
I'll close my eyes and try not to hear
C                        G              D7
The things I'll say when she appears to haunt me
repeat #1
     D7                                             G
Yeah this time is the last time she'll ever hurt me again

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Dolly Parton - This Time Has Gotta Be Our Last Time lyrics

Here we are again going in this cheap place
What if was seen by a friend and they recognize our face
We both know that it's wrong we both should be at home
This time has gotta be our last time
I know that you want me just as much as I want you
You've got a family and I've got one too
From now on we must stay apart we just can't break all their hearts
This time has gotta be our last time
This time has gotta be our last time we'll put our rings that own our hands
Your conscience hurt you well mine does too
I'm not this kind of woman and I'm not this kind of man
We just can't go on cheating neither of us is this kind
This time has gotta be our last time this time has gotta be our last time


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Alison Krauss - This Time The Dreams On Me 

Somewhere, someday we'll be close together
Wait and see
Oh, by the way
This time the dream's on me

You'll take my hand
And you'll look at me adoringly
But as things stand
This time the dream's on me

It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I, at least
Supply the shoulder you cry upon

To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true but
This time the dream's on me

It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I, at least
Supply the shoulder you cry upon

To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true but
This time the dream's on me

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This Town's Not Big Enough
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Liz Anderson and Donna Austin

G7          C
Today's the day I leave forever 
     F
This town where we once loved together 
C                                 G7
Now that love is gone I guess I'm free
           C
I'll leave behind both you and sorrow 
    F
And take just what I'll have tomorrow
C
When there's miles and miles and miles 
G7                    C
Between this town and me

                               F             C
This town's not big enough for both of us to be
           G7                        C
I can't go anywhere without your memory
                          F             C
In every window pane your face is all I see
                    G7                          C
This town's not big enough to hold both you and me


I'll drop the dreams I've held so tightly 
F
Shed my tears and travel lightly
C                         G7
Anything to ease my heavy load
            C
I'll find a town in far-off places 
F
Where the windows have no faces
C                        G7                C
Many miles from anywhere along this lonely road

                               F             C
This town's not big enough for both of us to be
           G7                        C
I can't go anywhere without your memory
                          F             C
In every window pane your face is all I see
                    G7                          C
This town's not big enough to hold both you and me

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This Train

This train is for glory this train
This train is bound for glory this train
This train is bound for glory
Don't ride nothing but the righteous and the holy
This train is bound for glory this train

This train don't carry no gamblers this train
This train don't carry no gamblers this train
This train don't carry no gamblers
No hypocrites no midnight ramblers
This train is bound for glory this train

This train is built for speed now this train
This train is built for speed now this train
This train is built for speed now
Fastest train you ever did see
This train is bound for glory this train

This train don't carry no liars this train
This train don't carry no liars this train
This train don't carry no liars
No hypocrites and no high flyers
This train is bound for glory this train

This train don't pay no transportaition this train
This train don't pay no transportaition this train
This train don't pay no transportaition
No Jim Crow and no discrimination
This train is bound for glory this train

This train don't carry no rustlers this train
This train don't carry no rustlers this train
This train don't carry no rustlers
Sidestreet walkers two-bit hustlers
This train is bound for glory this train

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This Wanting You
Recorded by Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent
Written by Bruce Bouton, Bruce Burch, T. Graham Brown

C                          C7       F
I almost wish that I could loose my mind sometime
     G7                            F          C
Then maybe I'd be free of memories you left behind
                          C7        F
With every single thought I hate to face the truth
G7                             F            C
It's never ending always there this wanting you
       G7                      F                C
You're in my mind all the time how long will it last
    D7                                                  G7
Why can't I leave our love in pieces it's buried in the past
C             C7           F
You let go so long ago but I still can't turn loose
G7                                  F            C
It's never ending it's always there this wanting you
                     C7             F
Will I go through my life with only one desire
      G7                                     F        C
Other arms have held me close but they can't kill the fire
                     C7              F
This flame inside my heart has never burned so blue
G7                             F            C
It's never ending always there this wanting you 
Repeat #2
G7                             F            C
It's never ending always there this wanting you

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This Weary Heart You Stole Away

I wait for you dear all night long
It seems you never do get home
I fall asleep at the break of day
Just to drive these awful blues away

   Wake up sweetheart the night has passed
   You slept your troubles all away
   Get ready now to love again
   This weary heart you stole away

I heard you crying in your sleep
You said you found somebody new
So I'll live on and just pretend
I could never love no one but you

How can you treat me like you do
You know I've never done you wrong
My heart will always worship you
But still each night I'm left alone

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This World Is Not My Home

This world is not my home I'm just-a-passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
Angels beckon me to heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Oh Lord you know I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home oh Lord what will I do
Angels beckon me to heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

There all expecting me that's one thing I know
I fixed it up with Jesus a long time ago
He will take me through though I am weak and poor
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Over in glory land there'll be no dying there
The saints all shouting victory and singing everywhere
I hear the voice of them that's gone on before
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

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This World's No Place To Live In (But It's Home)

In the cool and silent dawn, Lord I travel here alone
And the wind sends back an echo of my cry
For I've seen the quiet dead and I've heard the living moan
This world's no place to live in, but it's home
A song I seem to hear, it comes a winging to my ear
A hundred million voices soft and low
The dream, the hopes and fears of so many thousand years
This world's no place to live in, but it's home
Each new born baby's cry is the hope of men grown old
For to change this world in lighter, brighter ways
But alas they hope in vain for it all remains unchanged
This world's no place to live in, but it's home
For the time of death is long, and the grave lies icy cold
Man's last and long asleep when life is done
So I'll linger yet awhile, give out love, a song, and a smile
This world's no place to live in, but it's home


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Those Brown Eyes

One evening as the sun was low
Brown eyes whispered I must go
Not one moment would he wait
He kissed my cheek and left the gate

    Those brown eyes I love so well
    Those brown eyes I long to see
    Now I sigh for those brown eyes
    Stranger they have grown to me

One day we met upon the street
I bowed me head but did not speak
Another one was by his side
I thought one day would be his bride

Just a year ago today
They lay my own brown eyes away
As I view that mound of clay
Memories in my heart do sway

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Brad Paisley - Those Crazy Christians lyrics

Those crazy Christians, I was gonna sleep in today
But the church bells woke me up and they're a half a mile away
Those crazy Christians, dressed up drivin' down my street
Get their weekly dose of guilt before they head to Applebee's
They pray before they eat and they pray before they snore
They pray before a football game and every time they score
Every untimely passing, every dear departed soul
Is just another good excuse to bake a casserole
Those crazy Christians, go and jump on some airplane
And fly to Africa or Haiti, risk their lives in Jesus' name
No, they ain't the late night party kind
They curse the devil's whiskey while they drink the Savior's wine
A famous TV preacher has a big affair and then
One tearful confession and he's born again again
Someone yells hallelujah and they shout and clap and sing
It's like they can't wait to forgive someone for just about anything
Those crazy Christians
Instead of being outside on this sunny afternoon
They're by the bedside of a stranger in a cold hospital room
And every now and then they meet a poor lost soul like me
Who's not quite sure just who or what or how he ought to be
They march him down the aisle and then the next thing that you know
They dunk him in the water and here comes another one of those crazy Christians
They look to heaven their whole life
And I think what if they're wrong but what if they're right
You know it's funny, much as I'm baffled by it all
If I ever really needed help, well you know who I'd call
Is those crazy Christians


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Those Green Eyes
The Avett Brothers

Those green eyes, that black hair,
Made me a sucker, standing there,
At the remains of a high school football game,
And it don't do me any good to remember you.

In a world of tuxedos and red sequins,
The jealous girl said "that's an ugly dress,"
But that dress sure did the trick for me,
The picture in my mind is never hard to see.

Fire in the sky, fourth of July,
My heart turned cold as I watched her cry.
In her despair I nearly lost my mind,
It's like we started over a hundred thousand times.

But those green eyes, that pass me by.
I could not make her mine however hard I tried.
And I am lonely now, but I've got my memory
Those green eyes and that black hair, they set me free.

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Those Memories

In dreams of you my body trembles
I wake up and call your name
But you're not there and I'm so lonely
Without your love I'll go insane 

   Those memories of you still haunt me
   Every night when I lay down
   I'll always love you little darling
   Until the day they lay me down

I close my eyes and you're there with me
Your kiss I feel your face I see
It's not your lips now that drive me crazy
It's just your haunting memory

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Dolly Parton - Those Memories Of You lyrics

Chorus:
Those memories of you still haunt me
Every night when I lay down
I'll always love you my little darling
Until the day they lay me down
In dreams of you my body trembles
I wake up and call your name
But you're not there, and I'm so lonesome
Without your love I'd go insane
Repeat Chorus
I close my eyes and you're there with me
Your kiss I feel, your face I see
It's not your lips now that drive me crazy
It's just your haunting memory
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Until the day they lay me down


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Those Two Blue Eyes

On the day that I first saw you
Those two blue eyes they seemed to say
I'll always be there if you need me
But with another they went away

    You told me that your love was true
    Just like a fool I trusted you
    Those two blue eyes I love so well
    What they done to me no one can tell

Oh you gave me back my picture
And you gave me back my ring
You gave your sweet love to another
Oh Lord you're driving me insane

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Dolly Parton - Thought I Couldn`t Dance lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Stand back, and give me room
And listen to that beat
I got the music in my soul
And the rhythm in my feet
When I hear the music
You won't catch me standing still
And I won't miss a beat
I never have and I never will
And you thought I couldn't dance
And you thought I couldn't dance
I can dance to anything
That any band can play
I've got old-fashioned values
But I'm pretty up to date
And I know all the latest hits
On the radio
You don't have to join me
Stand back and watch my show
And you thought I couldn't dance
And you thought I couldn't dance
Thought I couldn't dance
Hey, watch me prance
Let's make romance
Thought I couldn't dance
You gotta take a chance
If you're gonna learn to dance
And you thought I couldn't dance
And you thought I couldn't dance
There's a lot of closet dancers
Just dyin' to come out
They dance alone inside their rooms
With the music way up loud
And I know you thought I couldn't dance
But I guess I sure fooled you
It just goes to show you never know
Who's wearing dancin' shoes
And you thought I couldn't dance
I'm full of surprises
And you thought I couldn't dance
It's too late now
I can't slow down...can't slow down
Oh, feel the heat
From these dancin' feet... can't slow down
And you thought I couldn't dance
And you thought I couldn't dance
Repeat...


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Dolly Parton - Thoughtfulness lyrics

Thoughtfulness tenderness makes love grow stronger
Thoughtfulness brings happiness makes love last much longer
Love is like a tender young flower it needs care from the time you sow
Tender words of love are like summer showers
Makes love strong when cold winds blow
Thoughtfulness tenderness...
Pull out the weeds of doubt and jealousy give love a chance to grow
Kisses are like sunshine you'll soon see love can bloom even in the snow
Thoughtfulness tenderness makes love grow stronger
Thoughtfulness brings happiness thoughtfulness thoughtfulness


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Alison Krauss - Three Bells 

There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born.

All the chapel bells were ringing
In the little valley town
And the songs that they were singing
Was for baby Jimmy Brown.

And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation
Bless this hour of meditation
Guide him with eternal love.

There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love.

All the chapel bells were ringing
Twas a great day in his life
For the songs that they were singing
Was for Jimmy and his wife.

And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation
Bless oh Lord this celebration
May their lives be filled with love.

From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and grey
A soul which wait in the heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away.

Just the lonely bell was ringing
In the little valley town
Twas there will it was singing
To our good old Jommy Brown
And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation
May his soul find this salvation
Of Thy great eternal love...

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The Duhks - Three Fishers 

Three fishers went sailing out into the west
Out into the west as the sun went down
Each thought on the woman that loved him the best, and
The children stood watching them out on the town

For men must work and women must weep
For there's little to earn and many to keep, and
The harbour bar be moanin'
The harbour bar be moanin'

Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower
They trimmed the lamps as the sun went down, and
They looked at the squall and they looked at the shower, and
The night-wrack came rollin' in, ragged and brown

For men must work and women must weep
For the storms be sudden and the waters be deep, and
The harbour bar be moanin' and
The harbour bar be moanin'

Men must work and women must weep
For the storms be sudden and the waters be deep, and
The harbour bar be moanin' and
The harbour bar be moanin'

Three corpses lay out on the shining sand
In the morning gleam as the tide went down, and
The women were weepin' and wringin' their hands
For those who would never come back to the town

Men must work and the women must weep, for
The sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep, and
Goodbye to the bar and its moanin', and
Goodbye to the bar and its moanin'

The men must work and the women must weep, for
The sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep, and
Goodbye to the bar and its moanin', and
Goodbye to the bar and its moanin'

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The Incredible String Band - Three Is A Green Crown 

Not with the lips of skin nor yet with the lips of dark snow
But let the white dove sing
Of the body of life of the lover whose love is complete
Hold hands out to greet, let not the swan be brought low

For all that is moving, is moved by her hands
She is mirrored for ever in the life of the lands
In the building of thoughts in the shifting of sands

Life, life remembering

Well here you are now, O now you are here
Well how has it been so far?
The hair and the fur
Lemons, frankincenses and myrrh

For all that is moving is moved by her hands
She is mirrored for ever in the life of the lands
In the building of thoughts in the shifting of sands

Let the cracked crystal raindrop be merged in the sea
Silent shining thoughtless free
But close your eyes to find the golden flower
And open them to see the sunshine shower
Where the flowers are free and the fishes ask ah, what can water be

She beareth thought, she beareth visions
Speaking truth in contradictions
Dreams of pain, dreams of laughter
And every action follows after

O second self, O gate of the soft mystery
I'll love you if you'll love me, O guide me
With the gold of Gabriel's wing grant me the tongue
That all the earth does sing

Vibrating light forever one the sun
The book of life is open to us
There'll be no secrets left between us

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The Incredible String Band - Three Is A Green Crown - 2010 Remastered Version 

Not with the lips of skin nor yet with the lips of dark snow
But let the white dove sing
Of the body of life of the lover whose love is complete
Hold hands out to greet, let not the swan be brought low

For all that is moving, is moved by her hands
She is mirrored for ever in the life of the lands
In the building of thoughts in the shifting of sands

Life, life remembering

Well here you are now, O now you are here
Well how has it been so far?
The hair and the fur
Lemons, frankincenses and myrrh

For all that is moving is moved by her hands
She is mirrored for ever in the life of the lands
In the building of thoughts in the shifting of sands

Let the cracked crystal raindrop be merged in the sea
Silent shining thoughtless free
But close your eyes to find the golden flower
And open them to see the sunshine shower
Where the flowers are free and the fishes ask ah, what can water be

She beareth thought, she beareth visions
Speaking truth in contradictions
Dreams of pain, dreams of laughter
And every action follows after

O second self, O gate of the soft mystery
I'll love you if you'll love me, O guide me
With the gold of Gabriel's wing grant me the tongue
That all the earth does sing

Vibrating light forever one the sun
The book of life is open to us
There'll be no secrets left between us

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Three Men on a Mountain

Three men on a mountain up on Calvary
And the man in the middle was Jesus
He died for you and me

Well the man on the left was a sinner tied to a cross he bled
He could have been forgiven but he mocked the Lord instead
You say you are the Son of God they've nailed you to a tree
Come down come down and save us if God your Father be

Well the man on the right was a sinner but he was sorry for his sins
He begged the Lord's forgiveness and Jesus said to him
Fear not fear not this earthly death before this day is o'er
You'll be with me in paradise on Heaven's golden shore

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Alan Jackson - Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-temp Love Song lyrics

This is a three minute song
To tell her that I love her
And how wonderful we get along
A sweet sentiment that's borderline slick
A lotta right and not much wrong
It's a little bit edgy, but softer than spaghetti
Weak yet redundantly strong
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not to country up-tempo love song
It's a way to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too county up-tempo love song
You won't hear four-letter words
Just me tellin' her
That she's the every breath I draw
And how I can't live without her
And I could never doubt her
'Cause she could never do no wrong
Well it's the right amount of timin'
The proper form of rhymin'
A little guitar then it's gone
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not to country up-tempo love song
It's a way to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too county up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song


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Three Score And Ten
Traditional

Methinks I see a host of craft
Spreading their sails alee
Down the Humber they do glide
All bound for the Northern Sea
Me thinks I see on each small craft
A crew with hearts so brave
Going out to earn their daily bread
Upon the restless wave

And it's three score and ten
Boys and men were lost from Grimsby town
From Yarmouth down to Scarboro
Many hundreds more were drowned
Our herring craft, our trawlers
Our fishing smacks, as well
They long defied that bitter night
And battled with the swell

Methinks I see them yet again
As they leave this land behind
Casting their nets into the sea
The herring shoals to find
Me thinks I see them yet again
They're all on board all right
With their nets rolled up and their decks cleaned off
And the side lights burning bright

Me thinks I've heard the captain say
"Me lads we'll shorten sail"
With the sky to all appearances
Looks like an approaching gale
Me thinks I see them yet again
Midnight hour is past
The little craft abattling there
Against the icy blast

October's night brought such a sight
Twas never seen before
There were mast and yards and broken spars
A washing on the shore
There were many a heart in sorrow
Many a heart so brave
There were many a fine and hearty lad
That met a watery grave


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Three Sides To Every Story
Written and recorded by Vince Gill 

C                  F             G7
It's shaping up to be a real bad day
   C                     F               G7
Oh it's over and there's nothing left to say
     F                   G7             C                F
Oh I know you think it's my fault and I put the blame on you
                             C
There's three sides to every story 
F          G7               C
Your side  my side  and the truth

             F              G7
I'll wake up without you by my side
        C              F            G7
But you cheated and so many times I lied
          F              G7              C           F
Oh you'll always say I'm guilty I'll let pride be my excuse
                             C
There's three sides to every story 
F          G7               C
Your side  my side  and the truth

      F                                     C
Oh we both believe we're right as right can be
    D7                                     G7
But runnin' from the truth brought on this misery
       F              G7               C              F
Oh someday we'll both admit it  it was all because of youth
                             C
There's three sides to every story 
F          G7               Am    C
Your side  my side  and the truth
 
      F                                     C
Oh we both believe we're right as right can be
    D7                                     G7
But runnin' from the truth brought on this misery
       F              G7               C              F
Oh someday we'll both admit it  it was all because of youth
                             C
There's three sides to every story 
F          G7               Am    D7
Your side  my side  and the truth
 
F          G7               C
Your side  my side  and the truth           



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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Three Times Seven

I'm three times seven and I do as I doggone please
There ain't no woman this side of heaven gonna get me on my knees
I'm three times seven, gals, and that makes twenty-one
Lord, I just won't tame: I'm gonna be the same 'till I'm three times twenty-one

I make my living a-loafing' and I ain't never worked a day
Working and me just can't agree, I reckon I ain't filled that way
I'm a rootin' hootin' rounder, gals, now don't you think I ain't
I might get around to paintin' the town, but I never did like to paint

'Cause I'm three times seven and I do as I doggone please
No pretty thing this side of heaven gonna get me on my knees
Yes, I'm three times seven, that makes twenty-one
I just won't tame: I'm gonna be the same 'till I'm three times twenty-one

I'm a trav'lin trouble maker and I really feal my oats
I ain't afraid of no big man or of any old gun he toas
I'm the big duck in the puddle and don't you try to push me around, boy
I didn't come in like no lion just to go out like a lamb

I'm three times seven and I do as I doggone please
There ain't nobody this side of heaven gonna get me on my knees
I'm three times seven and that makes twenty-one
I'm wild an woolly and full of flees, I'm a no good son of a gun

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The Avett Brothers - Through My Prayers 

Hard to believe I won't see you again
We were just fighting when winter began
The coldness of our words competing with the wind from the north.

Still they make me shiver but in a very different way
The pages of the calendar kept turning away
I have some better words now but it's too late to say them to you.

My dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes
Is only to tell you and make sure you know
How much I love you and how much I always did.

And yes I know you loved me, I can see it in your eyes
And it was in your struggle and it was in your mind
And it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid

Feels like no one understands
And my only chance
To talk to you is through my prayers.
I only wanted to tell you I cared

Every night after and every day since,
I found myself crying when the memory hit.
Sometimes it knocks me down, sometimes I just put it away.

Down in my mind where I don't care to go
The pain of a lesson is letting me know
If you have love in your heart let it show while you can

Yes now I understand
But now my only chance
To talk to you is through my prayers.
I only wanted to tell you I cared.
I only wanted to tell you I cared. 

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Alison Krauss - Through the Morning, Through the Night

Believe me when I tell you
I will try to understand
Believe me when I tell you
I could never kill a man

But to know that another man's holding you tight
Hurts me, little darling
Thru the morning thru the night

The bond has been broken
The promise you gave
The words that were spoken
I can not be your slave

But to know that the trust you had in me is gone
Hurts me, little darling
Through the nighttime through the dawn

I dreamed just last night you were there by my side
Your sweet loving tenderness
Easing my pride

But then I awoke and found you not there
It was just my old memory of how much I care

Believe me when I tell you
I will try to understand
Believe me when I tell you
I could never kill a man

But to know that another man's holding you tight
Hurts me little, darling
Through the morning through the night


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Dolly Parton - Through Thick And Thin lyrics

The road of love is steep it's a hard climb all the way
To stay in love we must keep working at it every day
We have our ups and downs but we take it with a grin
Cause we've promised to stick together through thick and thin
We don't always see eye to eye and we don't always agree
But every day we both try to make each other happy
And if we have a quarrel we'll just kiss and try again
Cause we've promised to stick together through thick and thin
We've promised to stick together that's what we're gonna do
We won't let our love grow old we're gonna keep it new
Hard times may hit us maybe just around the bend
But we've promised to stick together through thick and thin


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Throughout All Time
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G
I still see you walking silently 
            Em            G
Through the shadows in my mind
And a vision of your sweet blue eyes 
       Em                        G
Creeps into my dreamful sleep at night
          C                        G   Em
You still haunt the deepness of my memory
            D7                  G
I guess you will throughout all time
Little girl I still remember 
         C                      G
The very dress you wore on that day
It was so soft a shade of violet 
            A7             D7
Lord how it took my breath away
       G
As the sunshine on that morning 
      C                  G
Broke across your golden hair
How I wished to hold you tightly 
               D7              G
Lord but I was shy and did not dare
Repeat #1
Many nights I've sat and wondered 
       C                   G
If you might be somebody's wife
But if you're not I'd long to see you 
           A7                D7
If just to tell you how I've pined
          G
I've been known to ask a stranger 
          C               G
I thought might pass your way
If he would tell you of these feelings 
   D7                   G
We might meet again someday
repeat #1 
          C                        G   Em
You still haunt the deepness of my memory 
            D7                  G
I guess you will throughout all time
            D7                  G
I guess you will throughout all time

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Throw Down Your Earthly Crown

Throw down your earthly crown
Never mind how it sparkles and glows
The crown best worn is made of thorns
And from every thorn blooms a rose
From every thorn blooms a rose

Think not of earthly kings
Though they have precious stones and jewels
The one true king had none of these things
He had just a carpenter's tools
He had just a carpenter's tools

Think not of earthly queens
Though they might have wealth untold
Much more a queen was Mary Magdalene
She had a wealth in her soul
She had a wealth in her soul

Think not of palaces fair
And churches laden with gold
It was there in the market square
That all the lessons were told
All the lessons were told

Think not of the armies of man
The battles won and lost
THe cowardly man has blood on his hands
The brave man hangs from the cross
The brave man hangs from the cross

Throw down your earthly crown
Never mind how it sparkles and glows
The crown best worn is made of thorns
And from every thorn blooms a rose
From every thorn blooms a rose

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Thunder Dan

In the back woods brush of Greenbriar County
Lives a man they call Thunder Dan
Nobody comes around in the hills above the town
Cause they know about the mountain man
Thunder Dan
One day came a man with a bible in his hand
Said Dan this is what your gonna do
Old Dan shot him down drug his body into town
He was back by the morning dew
Thunder Dan is a fighter a lone outsider
If you cross him he'll bring you down
Four dogs five hogs and a house made of logs
Who lives 30 miles out of town
Thunder Dan
Sheriff Johnson screamed 
What an awful crime to murder such a ritcheous man
He said I know where to go to the fishing hole
Gonna see old Thunder Dan 
Thunder Dan
Hey Dan said the sheriff tell me what do you know
About the murder of preacher Brown
He came a preaching to me tell what I ought to be
So I laid him down on that ground
Thunder Dan
Thunder Dan is a fighter a lone outsider
If you cross him he'll bring you down
Four dogs five hogs and a house made of logs
Who lives 30 miles out of town
Thunder Dan
Forty years said the man with the gavel in his hand
Now take this wicked man away
Old Dan spun around shot the deputy down
Sayin this ain't gonna happen today
Thunder Dan is a fighter a lone outsider
If you cross him he'll bring you down
Four dogs five hogs and a house made of logs
Who lives 30 miles out of town
Thunder Dan is a fighter a lone outsider
If you cross him he'll bring you down
Four dogs five hogs and a house made of logs
Who lives 30 miles out of town
Thunder Dan


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Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine

In a little country village
I met a man and he was blind
As I helped him cross the highway
I cried thy burdens are greater than mine

   I can see the light of day
   And I need not feel my way
   Yes thy burdens

Saw a lad well on his travels
Trying hard to play the game
Though his leg was very crippled
And he could not speak his name

Still he smiled in understanding
Though life to him had been unkind
As I watched I thought in sorrow
Son thy burdens

   I can speak my name aloud
   Make my way among the crowd
   Yes thy burdens

Just by chance I passed a graveyard
Saw a young man kneeling there
In his hand there were some roses
On his lips there was a prayer

On a stone these words were written
My soul is God's my memory thine
As I watched I thought in sorrow
Friends thy burdens

   I'm just a drifter all alone
   I got no friends I got no home
   Yes thy burdens ?

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Brad Paisley - Ticks lyrics

Every time you take a sip
In this smoky atmosphere
You press that bottle to your lips
And I wish I was your beer
In the small there of your back
Your jeans are playing peekaboo
I'd like to see the other half of your butterfly tattoo.
Hey that gives me an idea
Let's get out of this bar
Drive out into the country
And find a place to park.
'Cause I'd like to see you out in the moonlight
I'd like to kiss you way back in the sticks
I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
And I'd like to check you for ticks.
I know the perfect little path
Out in these woods I used to hunt
Don't worry babe I've got your back
And I've also got your front
Now, I'd hate to waste a night like this
I'll keep you safe you wait and see
The only thing allowed to crawl all over you when we get there is me.
You know every guy in here tonight
Would like to take you home
But I've got way more class than them
Babe that ain't what I want.
'Cause I'd like to see you out in the moonlight
I'd like to kiss you way back in the sticks
I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
And I'd like to check you for ticks.
You never know where one might be
There's lots of places that are hard to reach
I gotcha.
I'd like to see you out in the moonlight
I'd like to kiss you baby way back in the sticks
I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
And I'd like to check you for ticks.
I'd sure like to check you for ticks...


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Dolly Parton - Tie A Yellow Ribbon lyrics

I'm comin' home, I've done my time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
Bus driver, please look for me
'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see
I'm really still in prison
And my love, she holds the key
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free
I wrote and told her please
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons round the old oak tree


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Alan Jackson - Tie Me Down lyrics

"Tie Me Down"
I've dodged the flame of love, my heart's been slippery and cold
I always thought I'd walk this path, 'least until I was almost old
Those sweet lips and eyes of green cut me like a blade of steel
Pull my heart like an eighteen wheel running up a Tennessee hill
[Chorus:]
I was a rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground
She was the only one that ever could tie me down
Feel like I left behind, trapped to an angel's wings
Bounded to a new born love, tied up in the apron strings
I used to live alone, never needed anyone
And she turned my head around, I didn't even try to run
[Chorus:]
Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground
She was the only one that ever could tie me down
Lookin' back, I realize happy is not what I was
When you run across a woman, it's your true love that stronger than a moonshine buzz
[Chorus:]
Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground
She was the only one that ever could tie me down
[Chorus:]
Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground
She was the only one that ever could tie me down
[Chorus:]
Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground
She was the only one that ever could tie me down
Yeah, she was the only one that ever could tie me down


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Tie Me Kangaroo Down
Rolf Harris

Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down,

Watch me wallaby's feed, mate,
Watch me wallaby's feed.
They're a dangerous breed, mate,
So watch me wallaby's feed.

Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
Keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
Just keep me cockatoo cool.

Watch me platypus duck, Bill
Watch me platypus duck,
Don't let 'im run amuck, Bill
Watch me platypus duck.

Play me digeridoo, Blue
Play me digeridoo
Keep playin' it till I shoot through, Blue
Play me digireedoo

Let me Abos go loose, Bruce
Let me Abos go loose
They're of no further use, Bruce
So let me Abos go loose.

Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred
Tan me hide when I'm dead
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde
And that's him, hangin' on the shed.


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Dolly Parton - Tie Our Love (In A Double Knot) lyrics
(Jeff Silbar/John Reid)

Gonna tie our love in a double knot
'Cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
Woah, if we want to endure
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
While we're wrapped up in those ties that bind
I want to make sure we don't unwind
So we'll tie our love in a double knot
'Cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
'Cause I've got my dreams, baby you got yours
Put it together, we got a whole lot more
'Cause I ain't lookin' for just one night
No, I want to make it the rest of our lives
So lets tie our love in a double knot
'Cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Tie our love in a double knot
'Cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
Tie our love in a double knot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
Tie our love in a double knot


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Tied To A Stone
recorded by George Jones
written by Max D. Barnes

C                                                         F
I woke up this morning and prayed to God oh let this be a dream
G7                                                              C
Her side of the bed was cold and laying there beside me was her ring
                                                                      F
With a note that she had left for me laying where she used to lay her head
      C                            G7                   C
And I felt the world fall in on me for this is what she said

          F                     C
Tied to a stone ain't no way to live  
           G7              C
I can't go on  living like this
              F                    C
I'd rather be lonely and face life alone
              G7                               C
Than to go on this way day after day tied to a stone

                                                           F
I always thought I gave her everything that any girl could want
G7                                                        C
The diamonds on her fingers a new car and a big two-story home
                                                              F
Oh but home became a prison and looking back now I can see it all
       C                                    G7
Oh I'd give the world if I could change the things 
                         C
That made her climb that wall

                   F                     C
She said tied to a stone ain't no way to live  
           G7              C
I can't go on  living like this
              F                    C
I'd rather be lonely and face life alone
              G7                               C
Than to go on this way day after day tied to a stone

F                    C
I'd rather be lonely and face life alone
              G7                               C
Than to go on this way day after day tied to a stone

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Til You Love Me Again

Til you love me again til you learn what you're missing
I'm not waiting in line but I'm saving my kissin'
I'm just letting you know I don't want to let go
My hearts set on one thing til you love me again

Days don't go by I don't think of
Words of love you used to say
You lit a fire that won't but out
There in your promise I'll stay

Til you love again I won't say that it's over
You can know other girls
but it won't bring you closer
To the place that you've been & you won't find another
My hearts set on one thing til you love me again

I was a fool & I fell in
Now I must wait patiently
You'll find each road that you're taking
Is going to lead back to me

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Dolly Parton - Till Death Do Us Part lyrics

Today you told me that you'd found another
And you took off your golden wedding band
The one you vowed you'd wear until death do us part
When I kissed it and placed it on your hand
A read will hang upon your door tomorrow
Of the little house that we once called our home
And friends will stop and hang their heads in sorrow
To pay the last respects to one gone on
Tonight I lay me down to sleep forever with this small empty bottle and broken heart
I keep the vow I made I won't forsake it I promised to death do us part
Will you bring your new love to the chapel
To look upon the one that you betrayed
Will you bring me pretty flowers like you used to
And replace them in my hands where I lay
Will you cry and think of happy mem'ries that we shared together at the start
And will you look upon me and remember the dsay we said till death do us part


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Alison Krauss - Till I Can Gain Control Again

[Verse 1]
Just like the sun over the mountain top
You know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my morning time
Like sunlight dancing on your skin

[Verse 2]
I've never gone so wrong as to telling lies to you
And what you've seen is what I've been
And there is nothing I could hide from you
You see me better than I can

[Chorus 1]
Out on the road that leads before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
Till I can gain control again

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Like a lighthouse you must stand alone
Landmark the sailor's journeys end
No matter what seas I've have been sailing on
I'll always roll this way again

[Chorus 2]
Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
Till I can gain control again

[Outro]
Till I can gain control again


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Till The Best Comes Along
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

G                            C          G
Now I ain't the best looking guy in the world
                              D7
And I ain't got much money at all
    G                 C       G
But when our eyes met I never forget
                     D7     G
That for you I could easily fall
   D7                        G
So why don't we just keep on dancing
          A7                        D7
While the band sings an old country song
     G                       C           G
Well I won't be depressed if I ain't the best
                       D7         G
But will I do till the best comes along
                         C             G
I ain't got a mansion on some mountain top
                             D7
And I ain't got no long limousine
    G                   C           G
But I've got a heart as warm as the sun
                          D7           G
And I could love you like you've never seen
   D7                        G
So why don't we just keep on dancing
          A7                        D7
While the band sings an old country song
     G                       C           G
Well I won't be depressed if I ain't the best
                       D7         G
But will I do till the best comes along
                             C           G
Well I won't be depressed if I ain't the best
                       D7         G
But will I do till the best comes along

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Till The End Of The World Rolls Round

Till the end of the world rolls round, I'll keep on loving you
And as long as the sun goes up it comes down
Till the big sky comes down to the ground
As long as the world goes round and round, I'll keep on loving you

I tried to sail the sea of life, I rowed my boat along
Your love meant nothing to me dear, my heart was made of stone
To a harbor filled with loneliness my little boat was moored
And then the day I first met you I fell right overboard

* Refrain

Whenever you're around me dear me dear my heart just won't be still
And when it comes to kissing you I'll never get my fill
They said I'd never settle down, that I would always roam
What I could never be the type for loving wife and home

* Refrain

So now I know the way I left was only selfish pride
I thought my heart was fireproof but you burned your way inside
So tell me what I've got to do and tell me how it stands
The cards are on the table dear my life is in you hands

* Refrain


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Timberline
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

G                                         C             G
Oh the stars they did shine the night you swore you'd be mine
                              D7             G
And you promised always to be true and to be kind
                              C                G
On that Shenandoah Hill where our love bloomed until
       Em                  D7       G
I went away and left those promises behind
But when I rise from the timberline
              D7                     G
And call your name will you remember mine
                                           C
And the sweetest kiss will be the tie that binds
                   G  D7               G
Like the wild wild ro-s-e and the columbine
                                  C                G
To that place I will go where the wildwood flowers grow
                               D7          G
With a ribbon in my hair and a gown of calico
                                  C              G
To those Shenandoah Hills I'll go back I swear I will
       Em               D7             G
To the sweetest kiss my lips will ever know
Repeat #2 x2

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The Incredible String Band - Time 

Arise, arise and follow me
And follow me as best you can
Come follow me, my measured dance
Come see my circus, come dice with chance

Now you are coming beneath my sway
Who once was as the daylight gay
Here's a rights, here's wrongs and the reasons why
A time to live, a time to die

I was your slave, now you are mine
I am time, I am time, I am time

Experience will teach you what you may
And what you may not do
I'll teach you to forget the truths
You always knew

See what might be
See what might have been
Though you yourself created me
Your own mistake has set me free

I was your slave, now you're mine
I am time, I am time

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Dolly Parton - Time And Tears lyrics

I didn't cry all of these tears just to have you show up here again
I didn't lie awake all these nights to have you come walking back in
I didn't change my whole life around, not to mention my dreams and my plans
To have you come back with your same ol' act thinking that I'll understand
Time and tears have mended the pain
Healed all the hurt and changed everything
Time and tears I'm happy to say
Time and tears have washed it away
Time and tears have washed you away
I didn't think that I would survive the day that you walked out on me
I truly was more dead than alive; and the pain, Lord I couldn't believe
I asked God to please have mercy on me and to ease all the feelings I felt
Then I saw the light, now I'm more than alright;
I'm much better off since you left
Time and tears have mended the pain
Healed all the hurt and changed everything
Time and tears have carried me through
Time and tears got me over you
Time and tears and somebody new
Time and tears is all that it takes
To mend shattered hopes or a heart when it breaks
Time and tears have carried me through
Time and tears got me over you
Time and tears and somebody new
Time and tears, time and tears got me over you
Time and tears, got me over you


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Dolly Parton - Time For Me To Fly lyrics

I've been around for you
Been up and down for you
But I just can't get any relief
I've swallowed my pride for you
I've lived and lied for you
But you still make me feel like a thief
You've got me stealing your love away
'Cause you never give it
Peelin' the years away
And we can't relive it
I make you laugh and you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly
Chorus:
Time for me to fly
I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
That's how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly
You said we'd work it out
You said that you had no doubt
I thought we were really in love
Oh but I'm tired of holding on
To a feeling I know is gone
I do believe I've had enough
I've had enough of the falseness
Of a worn out relation
Enough of this jealousy and intoleration
I wonder why I even try
I believe it's time for me to fly
Chorus:
Time for me to fly
I've got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
That's just how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly
Time for me to fly
Time for me to fly
I got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
That's just how it's got to be
I make you laugh and you make me cry
I believe it's time for me to fly
Time for me to fly
That's how it's got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it's time for me to fly


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Time Passes Slowly
Bob Dylan

Time passes slowly up here in the mountains.
We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains,
And catch the wild fishes that swim in the stream.
Time passes slow when you're lost in a dream.

Once I had a sweetheart, she was fine and good-lookin'.
We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin'
And gazed out the window to the stars high above.
Time passes slow when you're searchin' for love.

Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town,
Ain't no reason to go to the fair.
Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down,
Ain't no reason to go anywhere.

Time passes slowly up here in the daylight.
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right,
Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day,
Time passes slowly and fades away.


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Richard Thompson - Time To Ring Some Changes Lyrics

This old house is a-tumbling down
The walls are gone but the roof is sound
The landlord's deaf, he can never be found
It's time to ring some changes

They'll arrest you son if you just stand still
They'll ask you to pose with your hand in the till
They'll ask you to die when you've written your will
It's time to ring some changes

It's time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes

O the politicians they look so smug
You say tell the truth and they give you a shrug
You might find the truth swept under the rug
It's time to ring some changes

You pay for your money for your daily bread
But the bread's gone up so you need more money
The money's gone down, better borrow instead
It's time to ring some changes

Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes

O you fall in love with the girl you've seen
Diamond studded on a TV screen
But the change in your pocket won't buy you a dream
It's time to ring some changes

So you steal a car and you go for a ride
You end up sleeping with some girl guide
And everything you do leaves you empty inside
It's time to ring some change

Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes

Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes

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Time Warp
Steve Cash / Randle Chowning

like Houdini in the river with a lock he couldn't see
when you think you hit the bottom then you better find the key
like Custer at the Horn when he turned around and said
"when you think you fin'lly got 'em, you're just as good as dead"

Chorus:
it's a time warp puttin' wrinkles in your skin
it's a rockabilly music make you silly in the end
it's a time warp puttin' circles on your eyes
it's a rockabilly music that's a blessing in disguise

like Ponce de Leon speakin' Spanish in the swamp
"I was lookin' for a fountain, but it's water that I want"
like Pike at the top and ev'ry other freak
"I was lookin' for a mountain, I took a little peak"

Chorus

like Buddah at the sermon when he didn't say a word
if you think you hear a flower, it's a flower that you heard
like da Vinci on the roof with his arm in a sling,
"A man's got the power, but a bird's got the wing"

Chorus

like Vincent Van Gogh when he chopped off his ear,
"I'd like to give her twenty, but I still gotta hear"
like Crockett at the wall lookin' back to Tennessee,
"the livin' costs you plenty, but the dyin's still for free"

Chorus


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Brad Paisley - Time Well Wasted lyrics

I could've been workin' overtime
Or at home tryin' to make that truck run right
Instead of wadin' out in that stream
All day long barely catchin' a thing
Just me and dad
I'm glad he talked me in to that
[1st Chorus]
It was time well wasted
And there's no way I trade a few more dollars in my pocket I could've spent
For a day I'll never forget
No, I didn't get a thing done
But I sure soaked up every minute of the memory we were makin'
And I count it all as time well wasted
Those leaves were a foot deep in the yard
And 'wash me' was written all over the car
But watchin' movies all day with you
Wasn't on my list of things to do
But we laid on that couch
Girl, we never left the house
[2nd Chorus]
It was time well wasted
And there's no way I trade a few more things that I could've crossed off my list
For a day I'll never forget
No, I didn't get a thing done
But I sure soaked up every minute of the memory we were makin'
And I count it all as time well wasted
[Bridge]
This world spins too fast if you let it
There's always one more thing to do
But lookin' back I never have regretted
Takin' off early or callin' in sick
Or lovin' away a Sunday afternoon
[3rd Chorus]
It was time well wasted
And there's no way I trade a few more dollars or things crossed off my list
For a day I'll never forget
No I didn't get a thing done
But I sure soaked up every minute of the memory we were makin'
And I count it all as time well wasted
[Tag]
I count it all as time well wasted


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Timeless And True Love
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Charlie Black, Buzz Cason, Austin Roberts
 
G                             D7
Look out on the night sky and tell me what you see
                                            C     G
Those stars have been there shinning though eternity
                                              D7
There's another light that's burning and it's been here from the start
                                     G
It's this feeling for you here in my heart
    C                      G
For mine is a timeless and true love
    D7                           G
And endless river rollin' on and on
   C                 G
Forever and ever for you love
   D7                     G
Oh mine is a timeless and true love
                               D7
Just look at how the mountains reach up to the sky
                                        C        G
So strong against the hard winds as the years go by
                          D7
My love is no less tender born of fire and steel
                                           G
And the world could never change the way I feel
Repeat #2
   D7                     C    G
Oh mine is a timeless and true love

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Times Are Getting Hard

Times are getting hard boys
If times don't get much better boy's going to leave this earth

Take my true love by the hand lead her through the town
Say goodby to everyone goodby Sally Brown

Had a crop about a year ago it withered to the ground
I tried to get some money but the banker turned me down

Take my Bible from the shelf my shotgun from the wall
Take old Sal and hitch her up the wagon for to haul

Put everything on the wagon boys so nothing can tumble down
Sal can pull and we can push we're bound to leave this town

I'm going to California where everything is green
I'm going to have the nicest farm that you have ever seen

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Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan

Come gather 'round people where ever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
For the times they are a' changin'!

Come writers and critics who prophesy with your pen
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a' changin'!

Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a' changin'!

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a' changin'!

The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a' changin'!


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Brad Paisley - Tin Can On A String lyrics

After the breakup,
I really thought we'd make up.
Give her a little time, I'd be on her mind
And suddenly she'd wake up.
But today if you listen,
Softly off in the distance,
Somewhere 'cross town, you can hear the sound
Of wedding bells ringing.
And there's bird seed on the concrete,
And she's waving goodbye
And they're driving away
And everybody cheerin' them on as the taillights fade
Yeah she's really gone,
I thought someday that would be me
But now she's driving away in that limousine
And I'm holdin' on
Like a tin can on a string.
Somewhere in my mind,
I'm the one by her side.
In that backseat, talkin' 'bout the beach
And that honeymoon flight.
I'd play the whole thing out,
From the kids to the house,
To the future that we always dreamed about.
But there's bird seed on the concrete,
And back here in reality
She's driving away
And everybody cheerin' them on as the taillights fade
Yeah she's really gone,
I thought someday that would be me
But now she's driving away in that limousine
And I'm holdin' on
Like a tin can on a string.
I thought someday that would be me
But now she's driving away in that limousine
And I'm not ready to let go of everything
So I'm holdin' on, I'm holdin' on
Like a tin can on a string.


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The Avett Brothers - Tin Man 

you can't be like me
but be happy that you can't
i see pain but I don't feel it
I am like the old tin man

I'm as worn as a stone
I keep it steady as I can
I see pain but I don't feel it
I am like the old tin man

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that
feeling of feeling

I used to fill the sky around
with happiness and joy
I had news to give the wind
to keep my sails and heart employed

I felt people move around me
I felt loneliness and shame
back then everyday was different
now each moment is the same

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that feeling of feeling

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that feeling of feeling

the feeling of feeling

the wind upon my face
and caring what it brings this way
the feeling of feeling
these minutes pass away
and caring what I do with them
baby bring me life or something else

so it goes a man grows cold
some would say a man grows strong
they say life only grows short
I say the road only grows long

as long as there's a road
my feet will never touch the ground
if you won't give my heart back
I've no need to stick around

I miss it
I miss it (oh)
I miss that
feeling of feeling

the feeling of feeling
the feeling of feeling

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Alison Krauss - Tiny Broken Heart

He was just a little farm lad, so busy at play 
With his little play mate outside the gate. 
Well, he stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door 
At the home of his tiny play mate. 

Then he saw his Daddy watchin' too 
As the men swiftly walked to the Carter's door. 
He knew they were strangers that came from the town, 
Men he had never seen before. 

They soon went to work when he heard his Daddy say 
"Our neighbours are moving today." 
"Oh no!" he cried, "dear God, don't let it be! 
They can't take my sweetheart away!" 

"I know Dad you don't understand 
How a heart so young could conceive a plan. 
I'm only seven now, but it's just like you say, 
Daddy, some day I'll be a man." 

"The man who owns the farm where your play mates do live, 
He told me it'd have to be this way. 
For winter time has come, and the work is all done, 
That's why they are moving today." 

"Let us buy the farm so they can stay! 
And give him all the toys that dear Santa gave! 
And give him all my pennies in my little piggy bank! 
Pennies that my darlin' helped me save."...


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Tired of Losing You
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent and Feller and Hill
Written by Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall

C                            C7         F
I have this dream to dream I dream most every night
              C                              G7
I dream we're still in love and everything's alright
             C             C7      F
But when the morning comes another day begins
            C          G7       C
And I start losing you all over again
             F                       C
I'm tired of losing you it just goes on and on
               G7                  F              C
I dream you're here with me when I wake up you're gone
              F                             C
How can these dreams keep on when will they ever end
             G7                  C
I'm tired of losing you all over again
                          C7           F
I make it through the day just waiting for the night
           C                              G7
Till I can fall asleep where everything's alright
            C              C7          F
Why can't I live in dreams why can't I just pretend
           C          G7       C
Instead of losing you all over again
Repeat #2
F            C          G7       C
I'm tired of losing you all over again 

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Tis Sweet To Be Remembered

As I travel all this world
Just to soothe my movin' mind
And the messages I get
From a dear one left behind

They were filled with sweetest words
That so touched me when, I heard
Dear, oh dear, can I forget
These old somethings that she said

Tis sweet to be remembered on a bright or gloomy day
Tis sweet to be remembered by a dear one far away
Tis sweet to be remembered remembered, remembered
Tis sweet to be remembered when you are far away

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - To Daddy lyrics

Momma never seemed to miss the finer things in life
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
She never wanted to be more than mother and a wife
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
The only things that seemed to be important in her life
Was to make our house a home and make us happy
Momma never wanted anymore than what she had
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
He often left her all alone
She didn't mind the stayin' home
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
And she never missed the flowers
And the gifts he never gave her
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
Being took for granted was a thing that she accepted
And she didn't need those things to make her happy
She didn't even seem to notice
That he didn't kiss and hold her
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
Chorus:
One morning we awoke
Just to find the note
That momma carefully wrote
And left to daddy
And as he began to read it
Our ears could not believe it
The words that she had written there to daddy
She said our kids are old enough
And they don't need me very much
So I've gone in search for love I need so badly
I have needed you so long
But I just can't keep holdin' on
She never meant to come back home
If she did, she never did say so to daddy
Tag:
Momma's gone
Good-bye to daddy


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Alan Jackson - To Do What I Do lyrics

I've been a waiter, a roofer, a clerk
I've shoveled manure till my pride hurt
When you're starting out, it's all part of the work
To do what I do
I've been evicted for not making rent
Made my Daddy wonder where my good sense went
For the price of a dream, my years have been spent
To do what I do
So I stand here tonight with this six string guitar
To be something I've always been in my heart
Just for the chance to play you my song
The thrill when I hear you singing along
It's been worth everything I've been through
To do what I do
I've played for empty tables and chairs
The drunks that don't listen, the crowds that dont care
Been told countless times Boy you ain't goin' nowhere
To do what I do
So I hope the critics and skeptics alike
All bought a ticket to this show tonight
And they'll see firsthand that I have survived
And what doesn't kill you makes you more alive
And I'm one of the fortunate few
To do what I do
There's so much joy this music can bring
So I count my blessings when I step up to sing
Cause they're so many people who would give anything
To do what I do
And I thank you
I can do what I do


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Dolly Parton - To Know Him Is To Love Him lyrics

Chorus:
To know know know him
Is to love love love him
Just to see him smile
Makes my life worthwhile
To know know know him
Is to love love love him
And I do
I'll be good to him
I'll bring love to him
Everyone says there'll come a day
When I'll walk alongside of him
Yes just to know him
Is to love love love him
And I do
Why can't he see
How blind can he be
Someday he will see
That he was meant for me
Repeat Chorus


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To Live Is to Fly 

[Verse 1]
Days up and down, they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget most, remember some
And don't turn none away

Everything is not enough
And nothing is to much to bear
Where you been is good and gone
All you keep is the gettin' there

[Chorus]
Oh, to live is to fly
Both low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes

[Verse 2]
Goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go again
Think of all the poetry
And the picking down the line

I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low and the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think too much
On things you leave behind

[Chorus]
Oh, to live is to fly
Both low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes

[Verse 3]
We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real
Some fall on you like a storm
Sometimes you dig your own

The choice is yours to make
Time is yours to take
Some sail upon the sea
Some toil upon the stone

[Chorus]
Oh, to live is to fly
Both low and high
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes
Shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes

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The Country Gentlemen - To Make You Feel My Love Lyrics
Artist: The Country Gentlemen
Album: Picking on Garth Brooks

When the rains blowimg in your face
And the while world is on your case
I would offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love.

The evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is noone to dry your tears

I can hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love...

I know you havent made tour mind up yet
But i would never do you wrong

Ive known it from the moment that we met
Theres no doubt in my mind where you belong

Id go hungry id go black & blue
Id go crawling down the avenue

There aint nothing that i wouldnt do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on a rolling sea

And down the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild & free

You aint seen nothing like me yet

There aint nothing that i wouldnt do
Go through the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy make your dreams come true

To make you feel my ...love

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To Prove My Love To You

Through thick and thin gonna sink or swim
To prove my love to you
And if I have to climb a mountain
Well that's what I'll do

I'd fight a bull like a matador
Laugh in the face of a dinosaur
I'd do anything you want me to
To prove my love to you

   Yes to prove my love to you
   I'd swim the ocean blue
   Well I'd wrestle a gator box a kangaroo
   Just to prove my love to you

And to say that I don't have to do these things
To prove my love to you
Just hold you close whisper low
That my love to you

If that's all there is for your love to win
Well I'll take you now that I know I'm in
Cause I'd do anything that you want me to
To prove my love to you

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Yonder Mountain String Band - To See You Coming 'round The Bend

To see you coming 'round the bend
I just can't think of anything
That could make me smile like you can
When you're coming 'round the bend

I've been in love a time or two before
And all of that experience allows me to be sure
That you're the one
Sure as darkness brings the rising sun

To see you coming 'round the bend
I just can't think of anything
That could make me smile like you can
When you're coming 'round the bend

We both share the trials of the road
Cursing all the miles and the nights we spend alone
But then I smile
You've been waiting for me all the while

To see you coming 'round the bend
I just can't think of anything
That could make me smile like you can
When you're coming 'round the bend

I know the sun can hide behind the clouds for days
And I've walked down crowded streets
And never seen a smiling face
It's times like those when I just close my eyes and picture

When I'll see you coming 'round the bend
I just can't think of anything
That could make me smile like you can
When you're coming 'round the bend

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Today
Randy Sparks

C Am F G7 / C Am F G7 / C Am F G7 / C Am F G7 C

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.

I'll be a dandy, and I'll be a rover.
You'll know who I am by the song that I sing.
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover.
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring.

I can't be contented with yesterday's glory.
I can't live on promises, winter to spring.
Today is my moment, and now is my story.
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.


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Today I Started Loving You Again

Today I started loving you again
Well I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again 

 What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these two million tears I cry
I should have known the worst was yet to come the crying time for me had just begun
Cause today I started loving you again

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Richard Thompson - Together Again 

Together again my tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights are now at an end
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
And nothing else matters now we're together again
[ steel ]
Together again the grey skies're gone
You're back in my arms now where you belong
The love that I knew is living again
And nothing else matters now we're together again
And nothing else matters now we're together again

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Together Alone
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock

C
She watches movies but he don't
F
He watches football but she won't
                              C      G7
They've got a lonely house to hold   together
C
His Playboy pictures turn him on
F
Her heart's so cold and lonely stone
                          C        G7
Yet they go on and on and on there together
  C G7    F      C G7    F
Together alone together alone
               G7    Am             F    C   G7    C
They're at the house they're not at home together alone
    
No angry words that they'll regret
F
They never fuss or fight and yet
                              C        G7
Sleep side by side but seldom get  all together
C
They own a plot outside of town
F
With them the maples gathered round
                                C             G7
Someday they'll lie beneath the ground  there together
  C G7    F      C G7    F
Together alone together alone
            G7        Am        F
They're not unlike so many I've known
C   G7   C          G7    C          G7   C
Together alone  together  alone  together alone

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Dolly Parton - Together Always lyrics
Duet with Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1972

You and I have been together for a long long time
And we vowed that we would stay together always
Life at times has been unpleasant down the trails where fate had led us
But we pray that God will let us be together always
Together together together always you and me
Forever and ever together always you and me
Throught the years our love will multiply and be divided
By the children added to enrich our lives
God's been good to you and I and in heaven there's eternal life
Beyond this world where you and I will be together always
Together together...
Together together...


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Tom Dooley

Hang down your head Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Killed poor Laura Foster
You know you're bound to die

You took her on the hillside
As God almighty knows
You took her on the hillside
And there you hid her clothes

You took her by the roadside
Where you begged to be excused
You took her by the roadside
Where there you hid her shoes

You took her on the hillside
To make her your wife
You took her on the hillside
Where there you took her life

Take down my old violin
And play it all you please
At this time tomorrow
It'll be no use to me

I dug a grave four feet long
I dug it three feet deep
And throwed the cold clay o'er her
And tramped it with my feet

This world and one more than
Where do you reckon I'd be
If it hadn't been for Grayson
I'd a been in Tennessee

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Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Bob Dylan

If today was not an endless highway,
If tonight was not a crooked trail,
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time,
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

I can't see my reflection in the waters,
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
Or can't remember the sound of my own name.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

There's beauty in the silver, singin' river,
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky,
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.

-----

If today was not a crooked highway
If tonight I could finally stand tall
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

I can't see my reflection in the waters
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
Don't remember the sound of my own name

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

There's beauty in the silver, singin' river
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again


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Dolly Parton - Tomorrow Is Forever lyrics
Duet with Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1970

Take my hand and run with me out of the past called yesterday
And walk with me into the future of tomorrow
Yesterday must be forgot no looking back no matter what
There's nothing there but mem'ries that bring sorrow
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
No more crying tears leave tracks and mem'ries find their way back
Tomorrow's waking let's journey there together
Yesterday is gone gone gone but tomorrow is forever
I care not for yesterday I love you as you are today
Yesterday just helped to pass the time while waiting
We must forget the passing time my love for you is the real kind
The kind that won't hurt you no never
Yesterday is gone gone gone but tomorrow is forever
Yesterday is gone gone gone but tomorrow is forever


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Tomorrow I'll Be Gone

Lost like a grain of sand upon the sands of time
Trusting and believing in a love I thought was mine
Tossed just like a ship by the waves of a storm
To find the way home, but to-morrow I'll be gone 

   I'll be gone when your blinded eyes open wide to see
   You're a loser in this game of love you played so carelessly
    You thought your new love faithful, like a bird it has flown
   And now you're left alone, and tomorrow I'll be gone. 

 Gone like the leaves in the fall, to return no more
That is how she left you, like the others before
Hopeless love have I, now it has torn
My heart in little pieces, and tomorrow I'll be gone.

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Alan Jackson - Tonight I Climbed The Wall lyrics

(Alan Jackson)
Our room was filled with silence
I guess we'd said it all
I don't when I'd seen our bedroom
So long I can't recall
We'd built this thing between us
I'm not sure what's the cause
So I sallowed all my pride
And tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall
And took her by the hand
We'd come too far to fall
Couldn't stand to see it end
So tonight I climbed the wall
Makin' love is so much sweeter
When you love the one you hold
After all these years of holdin her
You'd think by now I'd know
Now as we lie here together
All our troubles seem so small
Just these satin sheets between us
Cause tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall
And took her by the hand
We'd come too far to fall
Couldn't stand to see it end
So tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall


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Alison Krauss - Tonight I'll Be Lonely Too

It's like I always figured
You'd be gone from me so soon
A heartache would be the outcome
And I'd be singing this lonely tune

Your friends all tell me your happy now
And how good she's treating you
It looks to be the perfect love
Well tonight, I'll be lonely too

You're only trying to show me
It's no use, the pain's in your eyes
I know you've been so unhappy
Talk of new love, the words are all lies

So you'll go on pretending like always
Well tonight, I'll be lonely too

You're only trying to show me
It's no use, the pain's in your eyes
I know you've been so unhappy
Talk of new love, the words are all lies

So you'll go on pretending like always
Well tonight, I'll be lonely too

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Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
Bob Dylan

Throw my ticket out the window,
Throw my suitcase out there, too,
Throw my troubles out the door,
I don't need them any more
'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.

I should have left this town this morning
But it was more than I could do.
Oh, your love comes on so strong
And I've waited all day long
For tonight when I'll be staying here with you.

Is it really any wonder
The love that a stranger might receive.
You cast your spell and I went under,
I find it so difficult to leave.

I can hear that whistle blowin',
I see that stationmaster, too,
If there's a poor boy on the street,
Then let him have my seat
'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.

Throw my ticket out the window,
Throw my suitcase out there, too,
Throw my troubles out the door,
I don't need them any more
'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.


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Brad Paisley - Too Country lyrics

Too country what's that
Is it like too Republican or too Democrat
Is it too far to the left
Too far to the right
Too straight down the middle
Is it too black or too white
Are the biscuits too fluffy is the chicken too fried
Is the gravy too thick are the peas too black-eyed
Is the iced tea too sweet does it have too much tang
Are there too many lemons in mama's lemon meringue
Too country what's that
It is too many pearls of wisdom under grandpa's old hat
Is it just too old fashioned is it just too antique
Is the question too strong or the answer too weak
Are the roses too red is the sunshine too bright
Are there too many stars in the heavens at night
Are there too many fish that still jump in the stream
Is the blue sky too blue is the clean air too clean
Is the grace too amazing is the steeple too tall
Are there too many "yes sir's", "yes ma'am's"
And "how're y'all's"
Is the message too real too close to the bone
Do the fiddle and steel remind you too much of home
Is honest and true just not in demand
Too country
Too country
Too country
I don't understand


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Dolly Parton - Too Far Gone lyrics

(PORTER - VERSE 1)
WE NEVER HAS A KIND WORD FOR EACH OTHER ANGRY WORDS
ARE ALWAYS SPEAK THE HOME WERE WE ONCE LIVE AND
LOVED NOW ECHO WITH THE ANGRY WORDS WE SPEAK.
(DOLLY - VERSE 2)
TOO SELFICH AND TOO PROUD TO HAVE ADMIT WHEN WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE WRONG NOW IT'S LATE TO REBUILD THE HOME
WE'RE TEARING DOWN IT'S TOO FAR GONE

(BOTH - PORTER AND DOLLY CHORUS)
TO PEOPLE JUST EXISTED ALWAYS TALKING NEVER LISTENING
TO BOUSY POINT OUT EACH OTHER'S FAULTS TOO SEE OUR HOME
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TRY OUR LOVE JUST SLOWLY DIE
TO LATE TO BE REVIVED IT'S TOO FAR GONE
TOO FAR GONE
REPEAT:

(DOLLY - VERSE 3)
WERE TO BUSY THINKING OF OURSELF TO THINK ABOUT
EACH OTHER'S NEEDS WE SALEM HAVE A MOMENT FOR EACH
OTHER WE SHARE A LITTLE YOU AND ME.
(PORTER - VERSE 4)
WE CAN'T GET ALONG EVEN LONG ENOUGH TO TRY TO CHANGE WHAT'S
WRONG NOW IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU AND ME THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO WERE TOO FAR GONE
REPEAT CHORUS:

(PORTER AND DOLLY)
TOO FAR GONE.
1974 PUBIC PERFERMANCE CLEARANCE - BMI
WRITTEN BY DOLLY PARTON


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James King - Too Late For Lovers

Step on my toes
Riddle my road
Now I can't find my own way back
Leave me to lie with you chasing my eyes
So I fall for you one last time
How do you know if a pocket of gold
Will ever be enough to say "I do"?

No, now it's too late for lovers
Save me, why won't you save me?
When I gave you my whole world
To leave this holy roller trap
If I only knew the day that I lose would be up to you
Because you know you said forever
Still I am passing through

Cut me a heart from the milkyway stars
To remember when we fell in love
You promised to take me on the carnival ride
But your ring a rosie shot that through
Now nothing you say and nothing you do will ever bring me back to you

No, no it's too late for lovers
Save me, why won't you save me?
When I gave you my whole world
To leave this holy roller trap
If I only knew the day that I lose would be up to you
Because you know you said forever
Still I am passing through

You knew that the gun was loaded
Still you brought me here
Now I am waiting at heavens door
Don't you leave me alone
Don't want to be here
All I see are angels
I am no angel

It's too late for lovers
Save me, why won't you save me?
When I gave you my whole world
To leave this holy roller trap
If I only knew the day that I lose would be up to you
Because you know you said forever
Still I am passing through

Oh it's too late for lovers
Save me, why won't you save me?
Because you know you said forever
Still I am passing through

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Too Late Now
Yonder Mountain String Band

As I woke up at the dawning of the day,
and I felt my woman beside me,
and I felt life, like a clock ticking on, with less road ahead than behind me

And I knew this day would be different,
so different from any I've known,
listening hard for the call so that I can move on

But it's too late now,
I'm on the highway headed for the coast,
but it's too late now,
I'm trying to beat time I suppose

As I sat still on the shining distant shore,
not sure what it was trying to say.
Where's the answer that I came looking for?
Surely she'll be lying in wait for me.

Sometimes I'm not sure what I'm doing,
I'm riding alone in the night,
searchin' hard for the answer,
searchin' for the light.

But it's too late now,
from the highway streets, and avenues
but it's too late now,
am I doing what I'm supposed to do?

It's a long and winding road that's led me this far from my home,
I can turn on my heels, but I choose to move on.
(I'm) searchin' hard for the answers, lord, the questions aren't coming out right,
all you know is that darkness you pray that someday you just might....

Now it seems like another uneventful day,
(I) never needed to stray so far.
I just opened up my eyes, looked around and realized
that everything I'd ever wanted was right it front of me.
And now my days are not different,
not different from any I've known,
sometimes you've gotta hit the road to wind up back home

But it's too late now
to convince me ever again to go,
but it's too late now,
where I was coming from is where I belong

*they haven't released this song on a studio album yet, so each live version is a little bit different*

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Richard Thompson - Too Late To Come Fishing Lyrics

Too Late To Come Fishing
When you were a vixen and I was a chump
You looked at me like I crawled from a swamp
Now things have a different complexion
I'm the object of your affection
Much as I don't doubt your expertise
Please find yourself another hunk to squeeze

It's too late to come fishing
It's too late to come fishing
It's too late, and the fish don't like your bait
Tin Pan Ellie better find your way home

I know I had the flair, the clothes
Made you look right down your nose
But now you want to make a new start
I'm so touched by your change of heart
But my diary's fit to overflow
Find yourself another gigolo

I've seen your work in that TV sketch
Playing poison women is hardly a stretch
And you were type-cast as the Stone Age charmer
In that Darwin docudrama
I'd say our time has all but disappeared
Just like the shine on your fabulous career

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Too Late To Cry

Come take me by my trembling hand
And hold me close to you
And think of all the days gone by
The day when love was true

   Come go with me to the old depot
   And wave your hand good-bye
   I know I've done you wrong sweetheart
   But now it's too late to cry

Sweetheart of mine, I hate to go
And leave you here all alone
May God protect and keep you
Wherever you may roam

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Alison Krauss - Too Late to Cry Lyrics

Sitting all alone with my whisky on ice,
I wonder why he's not with me tonight.
If the rain be on tonight then I won't sleep.
I'm haunted by this loneliness I keep.

And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind,
Too late to cry cause there's nothing left defied.
You won't get more than you're living for,
And it's too late to cry tonight.

It doesn't seem much point in us carrying on,
We pretend to cry but the feelings are gone.
I hear the death man has lost his mate,
The silence that follows him tells me about our fate.

And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind,
Too late to cry cause there's nothing left defied.
You won't get more than you're living for,
And it's too late to cry tonight.

Empty glass before me tells the story in my eyes,
The dimness it has giving me won't let me realize.
That love is more or less the state of mind we go through,
with no guarantee to what it holds me or you.

And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind,
Too late to cry cause there's nothing left defied.
You won't get more than you're living for,
And it's too late to cry tonight.

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Too Late To Walk The Floor

All last night I sat and cried I cried the night before
If that gal don't come back tonight I'll cry somemore

   It's too late to walk the floor It's too late to cry
   It's too late to worry About tear drops in my eyes

I done her wrong I know I did I cheated on the sly
She found out and now she's gone I walk the floor and cry

Now I can't stand this loneliness four walls and the floor
Please come back darlin' I can't stand this any more

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Dolly Parton - Too Lonely Too Long lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

No matter how you're tempted
Don't say yes to me
Don't make this night as smooth to lead me on
It's just that I'm so lonely and I need someone
I've been too lonely too long
Oh please be strong enough to refuse me
Before I let myself do something wrong
For down inside I'm not that kind of woman
I've been too lonely too long
Oh please don't take advantage of the situation
For I'm afraid that I'm too weak to resist temptation
When you're used to being loved
It's hard to live alone
I've been too lonely too long
I've been too lonely too long


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Too Many Bridges to Cross Over
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Dallas Frazier

C                  Am                C
Be close to me but please don't ever love me
                        F              G7
Don't let your feelings carry you that far
     C                           F                  Dm
I'll hold you in my arms buy you clothes and pretty charms
         C             G7              C
And I'll give you everything except my love 
                         F                C
Because there's too many bridges to cross over
         F              G7
Too many places I ain't been
             C        F                  C
Yeah there's too many fields of temptin' clover
        Dm          G7              C
Like an eagle I'm a prisoner of the wind
                       Am             C
Well travelin' was the nickname of my papa
                  F                     G7
And momma said he died 'cause he slowed down
        C
Keep in mind these things I'm sayin' 
        F                      Dm
Cause I ain't got the time for stayin'
         C             G7                  C
Won't be long until my shoes touch distant ground
Repeat #2

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Too Much Love

Too much sorrow, too much pain
Too many reasons, not to go back again
Leaving without her, it's too much to bear
When we're together, too much nothing to share
Too much love, I've never seen
Too much love, I don't know what it means

Lot enough caring, too many lies
Sooner or later, one too many devidies
I've got no reason, for hanging around
And all my possessions, start to waiting me down
Too much love, I've never known
Too much love, I need some of my own


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Too Much Mountain Dew

Too much Mountain dew
Too much Mountain dew
Dewey left a-drinking
Too much Mountain dew

Now Dewey left this morning
Feeling oh so fine
With a jug in one hand
Drinking on his mind

Now the hottest sun was shining
While Dewey laid in the shade
Drinking from a bottle
Home brew that he made

Now drinking was a weakness
That he couldn't hide
Had one drink too many
Poor old Dewey died

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Alan Jackson - Too Much Of A Good Thing lyrics

Smiles in the morning, as warm as sunshine
Kisses when I lay down at night
And two loving arms to console me
I should be scared, it's so right
Too much of a good thing, is a good thing
Feelings like this cant be wrong
Too much of a good thing, is a good thing
We got a good thing going on
You look in my eyes and see my thinking
I know when you're happy, when you're sad
Some would say, it's too perfect
I don't think what we have is so bad
Too much of a good thing, is a good thing
Feelings like this cant be wrong
Too much of a good thing, is a good thing
We got a good thing going on
We got a good thing going on


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Too Much Of Nothing
Bob Dylan

Too much of nothing
Can make a man ill at ease
One man's temper might rise
While another man's temper might freeze
In the day of confession
We cannot mock a soul
Oh, when there's too much of nothing
No one has control.

Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.

When there's too much of nothing
It can cause a man to weep
He can walk the streets and boast like
Of what he'd like to keep
But it's all been done before
It's all been written in the book
And where there's too much of nothing
Nobody should look.

Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.

And too much of nothing can make a man a liar
It can cause one man to sleep on nails
It can cause others to eat fire
Everybody's doin' somethin'
I heard it in a dream
But when there's too much of nothing
It just makes a fella mean.

Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.


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Too Much Water
Recorded by George Jones
written by George Jones and Sonny James

G
Well I've been thinking about you all night long

What you been doing to me  
A7
You told me that you love me I thought that you loved me
                          D7
But you never was true to me

     G
Well they say you're getting tired of all your running around
                            C
You're wanting me to settle down
                      G
It too much water run under the bridge 
            D7               G
And I'm too mad to come back now

             C                           G
Well there's things I've been wanting to tell you
          C                        G
There's a lot of things you should know
    A7
And I don't think I'll wait for a later date
                          D7
Now's the time to let you know

      G
Cause there's been too many nights I've waited at your door

While you run around on me
A7
But I got to thinking my ship started sinking
                                  D7
And I thought I'd better swim the sea

          G
So now my telephones ringing pretty girls singing

So go ahead and run around
     C                       G
It's just too much water run under the bridge
            D7               G
And I'm too mad to come back now

Repeat #3,4,5

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Too Old To Die Young

If life is like a candle bright
Then death must be the wind
You can close your window tight
But it still comes blowing in

So I will climb the highest hill
And watch the risin' sun
And pray that I won't feel the chill
'Til I'm too old to die young

   Let me watch my children grow
   To see what they become
   Lord don't let the cold winds blow
   Til I'm too old to die young

Well I have had some dear sweet friends
I thought would never die
The only thing that's left of them
Are these teardrops in my eyes

If I could have one wish today
And know it would be done
Then I would pray everyone could stay
'Til they're too old to die young

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Too Sweet To Last

Here's the story of two childhood sweethearts
And the love that you shared still untold
How our simple little vows they were broken
And the love that I treasured more than gold

Are you tired of the life that you're living
Does your mind wander back to the past
Do your think of the love you've forsaken
Darling true love is too sweet to last

I remember that night in the moonlight
when you said that you'd found someone new
do you realize the heartaches you caused me
you should know that my love was so true

Alone in sadness I'm traveling
I'm lost on the sea of regret
Wandering back to the place of my childhood
And the one I've always loved the best

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Brad Paisley - Toothbrush lyrics

Love starts with a toothbrush,
A Bic razor and a Dixie cup
A little splash of aftershave,
Before you leave for that first date
See stars in both your eyes
After that long kiss goodnight
Forever starts with a suitcase,
A Sneaking out the window getaway
To the car parked by the curb,
Gassed up for a Gatlinburg
A little chapel and a couple of rings
Will get you two toothbrushes by the bathroom sink
Everything that's anything
Starts out as a little thing
Just needs a little time and room to grow
Step by step, day by day
It all adds up along the way
And the next thing that you know
Life starts with a little house,
A corner lot on the edge of town
A weed eater and a picket fence
You think it's good as the getting gets
Then she wakes up feeling bad
You both wonder what's up with that
Everything that's anything
Starts out as a little thing
Just needs a little time and room to grow
Step by step, day by day
It all adds up along the way
And the next thing that you know
One night around eight o'clock
You scrub him down then you dry him off
You pick him up and put his little feet
On the stool by the bathroom sink
You grab the crest and the Dixie cup
It all hits you as he opens up...
Love starts with a toothbrush


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Topanga
John Phillips

Sometimes I drive out to Topanga.
Park my car in the sand.
Watching and waiting for a pick-up
From my man.

Then may down to Farmer's Market
Theres people there working in the sun,
Buying and selling for a profit
To anyone.

Chorus:
Oh, Mary, I'm in deep water,
And it's way over my head,
Everyone thought that I was smarter
than to be misled.

Sometimes there's train wrecks in the mountains.
You know there's ship wrecks on the sea.
Mary, we must always be careful.
Can't you see?

Chorus


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Touch Her If You Can
Dillards

She's a true believer in the magic word she knows
If you can believe her you can follow where she goes

Touch her if you can, don't be afraid
She can't keep the promises you never made.

She has kept the hours in her hour glass to stay
She can bring the years before your life today

Touch her if you can before you go
She can sing you secrets you would never know

Nothing lasts for very long
And no one stops to listen to her song
There's a lot that she would tell you
She can live without a name
Nothing in your life will be the same

She can tell the planets as they turn in the dark
She can light the emptiness of dreams with just a spark

Touch her if you can, don't be afraid
She can't keep the promises you never made.

Touch her if you can before you go
She can sing you secrets you would never know

She's a true believer in the magic word she knows
If you can believe her you can follow where she goes


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Touch Of God's Hand

When my burdens grow heavy (heavy, heavy)
And it seems there's no way
I kneel by my bedside
And the Lord's prayer I'll pray

God lifts me right up (up, up)
And he makes to stand
Because when I'm troubled
I wait for the touch of God's hand

I once had a vision (vision, vision)
As I knelt to pray
I saw Jesus coming
And the world pass away

And then I was troubled (troubled, troubled)
But he makes me to stand
Because when I'm troubled
I wait for the touch of God's hand

Thank God for a mother (mother, mother)
Who's taught me to pray
So I can be ready
On the great judgment day

When problems arise (arise, arise)
That I don't understand
I kneel down and wait - yes I'll wait
I'll wait for the touch of God's hand

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Dolly Parton - Touch Your Woman lyrics

We can't always both be right
We sometimes disagree
But you've got the right to speak your mind
An' it's the same with me
When the anger's at an end
And you want inside my arms again
All you have to do to make it right is just
Chorus:
Touch your woman
Touch your woman
Everything's gonna be alright
Touch your woman
Touch your woman
Let me know, let me know everything's alright
There are times when I should be strong
When I'm awfully weak
When the sudden blows of life have brought me to my knees
Woman needs a helpin' hand
Needs someone to understand
Needs the man she loves to help her stand, so
Repeat Chorus
And when the busy day is done
You lay by my side
You know exactly what it takes to keep me satisfied
You know exactly what I need and I always go to sleep in peace
Thanking God that you belong to me, so
Repeat Chorus


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Doc Watson
Tough Luck Man

Every man gets in tough luck sometime
When he ain't got a nickel, not a dime, Lord
I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day

My woman, she just don't care for me
Since she found out I'm broke as I can be, but
I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day

Gonna work on that new rail line
Every hour, I make a dollar and a dime and
I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day

If I gamble and lose, I play fair
If I gamble and lose, boys, I don't care, yes
I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day

And I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day, Lord
And I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day

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Toy Heart

   Darling, you toyed with toy heart
   I think you played the game right from the start
   This toy heart was broken when parting words were spoken
   Darling, you toyed with a toy heart

You played with my poor heart like a toy
That toy broke and then we had to part
It never can be mended I hope this romance's ended
Darling, you toyed with a toy heart

Now darling my time will come some day
Time alone will heal my broken heart
The clouds will roll away, the sun will shine someday
Darling, you toyed with a toy hear

Now darling you know you've done me wrong
Your love for me has passed and gone
I'll find somebody new, I hope that they'll be true
Darling you toyed with a toy heart

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Traffic Jam (Live)

Carbon monoxide
Making me choke
No A.C.
And the radio's broke
Cars backed up
Far as you can see
Seems like I've been waiting here for all eternity
Oh, and just in case you're wondering
I'll tell you where I am
I'm right here (right here) right here (right here)
Stuck right here in the middle of this...

Traffic jam
I haven't moved one inch from this here spot
Traffic jam
The freeway's one big parking lot
Traffic jam
My radiator's boiling hot
And I'm stuck right here in the middle (right here in the middle)
Right here in the middle of a traffic jam

Trapped inside
My automobile
Cobweb's gowin'
On the steerin' wheel
Now, I'm no genius
But one thing I know
I shouldn't have had that bag of bran muffins
An hour and a half ago
Yeah, and if you need to find me
I'll tell you where I am
I'm right here (right here) right here (right here)
Stuck smack dab in the middle of this...

Traffic jam
I haven't moved one inch from this here spot
Traffic jam
The freeway's one big parking lot
Traffic jam
Well, I thought we were movin' but I guess we're not
'Cause I'm stuck right here in the middle (right here in the middle)
Right here in the middle of a traffic jam

Stuck in the middle of a traffic jam
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Bumper to bumper to bumper to bumper to
Bumper to bumper to bumper to bumper to
Bumper to bumper to bumper to bumper...
Yay-hey!

There's a yuppie on a cellular phone
I'm gonna puke if I here any more
There's a motorcycle zoomin' by me
Watch what happens when I open my door
Now we're all goin' nowhere fast
Well, I guess that's perfectly clear
I left home five hours ago
And I can still see my house from here
So if anybody's tryin' to find me
Well, I'll tell you where I am
Right here (right here) right here (right here)
Stuck right here in the middle of this...

Traffic jam
I haven't moved one inch from this here spot
Traffic jam
The freeway's one big parking lot
Traffic jam
Now my back teeth are floatin' and my nerves are shot
And I'm stuck right here in the middle (right here in the middle)
Stuck right here in the middle of a traffic jam
Traffic Jam... traffic jam... traffic jam... woo!

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Tragic Love

Come pretty young girls give me your attention
To these few lines I've tried to write
About a man who I won't mention
Who courted of his charming bride

And when her parents came to know him
They tried so hard both day and night
To separate here and her own true lover
Her and her own true hearts delight

She turned her back upon the city
She viewed the fields and meadows round
She came upon a broad river
And in the shade of a tree sat down

Her true love being not far behind
He heard her make a mournful sound
And looking on her lifeless body
As she lay cold upon the ground

He then took out his silver weapon
He pierced it through his tender heart
Sayin let this be a dreadful warning
For all true lovers that have to part

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Tragic Romance

Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee hills
Midst peaceful pines 'neath the rocks and the rills
There stands my old homestead of long years ago
Brings back sweet memories of the one I loved so

I courted a maiden so sweet and so fair
With pearly blue eyes and with chestnut brown hair
She promised to love and said she's be mine
But I went away leaving her there behind

I'll tell you the reason why I left her there
To roam this old world with its sorrow and cares
I saw her one night in the arms of a man
Hugging and kissing as true lovers can

I went to my home with a heart full of woe
Packed my belongings determined to go
For many long years this old world I did roam
With thoughts of my sweetheart my darling my own

While dining one day in a little country town
A stranger came in and he chanced to sit down
While talking of loved ones I happened to find
That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine

Now I am the man who you saw that fateful night
Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
She waited so long for the day you'd return
And why you had left her she never did learn

When he heard my story to me then he said
The one that you loved has a long time been dead
She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart
Poor stranger, from her ever more you must part

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Trail Of Tears - The Dream We Dreamed (Larry W. Jones 04/16/2007) (song#4587)

There was a time of life sublime
The corn grew tall and strong
Good harvest times were nearing
There was a time of forests prime
Bluebirds sang for all a song
And their song was so endearing
There was a time when life was seldom wrong...
We dreamed a dream in the long ago
When the land was ours without the grieving
We dreamed of peace like a rainbow
And we never dreamed of the day of leaving
Our braves were young and unafraid
But the dreams that they made were all wasted
White men came and the Indians paid
And the bitter Trail of Tears is what we tasted
Buffalo used to roam at night
Their hooves made sounds of thunder
Now our dream is out of sight
White men turned our lives to shame
We used to sleep by the river side
And view the heavens in their wonder
And we never dreamed about the tide
That would sweep away all the game
And still we dreamed that peace would be
That we could live in the land together
But our dreams white men could not see
Our dreams washed away in stormy weather
We dreamed a dream of peace and love
And everything was right, or so it seemed
But the day came we never dreamed of
When white men killed the dream we dreamed


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Yonder Mountain String Band - Train Bound For Glory Land

That train bound for Gloryland is headed up the line
Fast rollin', high ballin', ain't that old St. Peter callin'
Hell bent for Gloryland, lonesome friend of mine
Better get your tickets, boys, don't get left behind

That train bound for gloryland is all you need to know
Fast rollin', high ballin', ain't that old St. Peter callin'
Hell bent for Gloryland, lonesome whistle blow
Hurry get your tickets, boys

Chorus:
Brothers, sisters, listen here
Saints, sinners too
Catch that train to Gloryland
We'll all sing hallelujah
You'll be good to go

That train bound for gloryland is comin' down from ward
Fast rollin', high flyin', ain't that Danny Elmore drivin'
Hell bent for Gloryland, better get on board
Hurry get your tickets, boys
Godspeed, praise the lord

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Train Forty Five

Oh, you ought to been updown
To see that train come down
And hear the whistle blow a hundred times
Oh, hear that train coming round the bend
Blow like she'll never blow again
I'm going up the track bring my little girlie back
I'm tired of living this a way
Train Forty Five, just as sure as you're alive
She blows like she'll never blow no more
If the train runs right
See mu woman Saturday night
About a hundred miles away from home


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Train Leaves Here This Morning
Gene Clark / Bernie Leaden

I lost ten points just for being in the right place
at exactly the wrong time
I looked right at the facts there, but I may as well have
been completely blind
So, if you see me walking all alone
Don't look back, I'm just on my way back home
there's a train leaves here this morning,
I don't know, what I might be on

She signed me to a contract, baby said it would
all be so life long
I looked around then for a reason
when there wasn't something more to blame it on
But, if time makes a difference while we're gone
Tell me now, and I won't be hanging on
There's a train leaves here this morning
and I don't know, what I might be on

1320 North Columbus was the address
that I wrote down on my sleeve
I don't know just what she wanted
might have been that it was getting time to leave
and I watched as the smoker passed it on
and I laughed when the joker said, "Lead on."
cause there's a train leaves here this morning
and I don't know, what I might be on
And there's train leaves here this morning
and I don't know, what I might be on


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Train on the Island

Train on the island listen to her squeal
Go and tell my true love how happy I do feel
Go and tell my true love how happy I do feel

Train on the island headed for the west
Go and tell my true love the girl I love the best
Go and tell my true love the girl I love the best

The steam from the whistle smoke from the stack
Goin to catch that 5:18 I'm never comin' back
Goin to catch that 5:18 I'm never comin' back

Train on the island thought I heard her squeal
Go and tell my true love that I can't hold the wheel
Go and tell my true love that I can't hold the wheel

Train on the island moan mighty low
Go and tell my true love as far as I can go
Go and tell my true love as far as I can go

Train on the island headed for the north
Go and tell my true love she don't know what she's worth
Go and tell my true love she don't know what she's worth

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Train That I Ride

    The train that I ride is going to Harlan
    The train that I ride is going to Harlan
    I'm here today but I'll be home tomorrow

No more will I roam no more will I wander
No more will I roam no more will I wander
The early morning train will take me down yonder

I've been in this town through 10 years of sorrow
I've been in this town through 10 years of sorrow
The train that I ride will leave here tomorrow

 

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Train Wreck Of Emotion

I can see it all to clearly as I am looking back
I was headed down the wrong way on a one way track
There must be a million chances that a fool can take
Well this fool took every one and never hit the brakes

   I'm lying in the rubble cinder smoke and ash
   My hearts still pounding from the impact of the crash
   I can see tomorrow's headline heartbroken by devotion
   Just another victum of a train wreck of emotion

We were burning like a furnace and she poured on the coal
Drive wheels a churning I new love was gonna roll
Faster and faster I swear we left the ground
When that smoke had cleared she was no where around

Rumors are flying about how our love had failed
When I swear to tear the coldness which let me derail

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Dolly Parton - Train, Train lyrics

Train, train
Gonna take him on out of this town
Train, train
Gonna take him on out of this town
Yeah, that man I'm in love with
Lord, he's Memphis bound
He's leavin' here
Like a raggedy old coat
Oh, he's leavin' me
That no good so-and-so
Yeah, that man I'm in love with
Lord, he wants to go
Let him go
Good-bye, good-bye
I'll find myself another man
Good-bye, good-bye
I'll find myself another man
You take that night train to Memphis
Me, I'll make new plans
Take that night train to Memphis
Oh leave while you can


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Tramp On The Street

Only a tramp was Lazarus that day
He who lay down at the rich man's gate
He begged for the crumbs from the rich man to eat
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street

He was some mother's darling, he was some mother's son
Once he was fair and once he was young
Some mother rocked him, her darling, to sleep
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street

Jesus who died on Calvary's tree
Shed his life's blood for you and me
They pierced his side, his hands, and his feet
Then they left him to die like a tramp on the street

If Jesus should come and knock at your door
For a place to lie down or bread from your store
Would you welcome him in or turn him away
For God would reward you on the great Judgment Day


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Tramp On Your Street
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Billy Joe Shaver

C                                     F
It was a long time ago no shoes on my feet
                      G7                                C
I walked ten miles of train track to hear Hank Williams sing
                                     F
His body was worn but his spirit was free
                  G7                             C
And he sang every song looking right straight at me
                         
I'm just a tramp on your street
                   F
Hank you must understand
                           G7
You've got my soul at your feet
                        C
Oh and my heart in your hand
                                              F
Now I don't have to think and I don't have to cheat
                   G7                      C
Oh I don't have to win and I don't want to lose
                                  F
If I make any hay I'd just float away
                 G7                       C
I don't count on tomorrow I just live for today
repeat #2  Sir I'm...
C
Hank you opened your heart
                 F
And you let me inside
                          G7
And made a stray dog like me
             C
Feel welcome tonight
repeat #1   Oh a long... 

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Trampled Rose

Long way I'm going to get my medicine
Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren
Lone piano from a window playin'
Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday
Found it in the street, at first I could not see
Lying at my feet, a trampled rose
Passing the hat in church, never stops going 'round
You never pay just once to get the job done
What I done to you, I've done to me
So what happened to the trampled rose?
Out in the muddy streets, 'neath the fireworks and leaves
A blind man with a cup, I asked
If he could sing "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
I know this rose like I know my name
The one I give my love, it was the same
And now I find it in the street, a trampled rose

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Transcendental Meditation Blues 

[Verse 1]
In my hurry
I can't ever seem to get nowhere
When I play it out
Close my eyes and I am halfway there
All I carry
Is this remedy to see you again
So I'm sending out
This signal that I'm traveling to you as fast as I can

[Chorus]
To the crowded station gate
A month of Sundays just to make it through
Another window in this terminal wait
There ain't no easy way to pay these dues
Save for these Transcendental Meditation blues

[Verse 2]
I don't worry
The old Black man beside me's got a smile on his face
And though I'm weary now
I know that this old Greyhound bus has seen better days

[Chorus]
Damn this Dixie highway run
Old dead dog in this Trisco shoes
A dollar short and the same old song
There ain't no better way to send the news
So I sing these Transcendental Meditation Blues

[Bridge]
When I'm broke down are you waiting?
Are you waiting with the porch light on?
Do you wonder will I always just be too long gone?

[Chorus]
The river's wide and the valley low
Miles to go and mountains to move
Bended life for my only one
Through the brambles and the broken avenues
For these Transcendental Meditation blues

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Transcontinental Railway
BMI Work #: 9223411
Transcontinental Railway (Larry W. Jones 10/31/2007) (song#5124)

I'm takin' the transcontinental railway
To get my mind in repose
I'm takin' the transcontinental railway
Gotta find where love still grows
I've packed my overnighter
Got my ticket in my hand
Nothing could be more righter
Than takin' a train so grand
Eleven, departing the station this morning
Yearning, my heart will no longer be in mourning
Seven, I'm arriving at seven tomorrow
Seems like heaven, I'll no longer be in sorrow
- instrumental -
Oh, I don't know why I ever went astray
From my dear loving homestead shack
I'm takin' the transcontinental railway
Transcontinental railway back
Oh, I don't know why I ever went astray
From my dear loving homestead shack
I'm takin' the transcontinental railway
Transcontinental railway back


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Travel On
Paul Clayton / W.C. Handy

I've laid around and played around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on
I've stayed around and laid around this old town too long
I feel like I want to travel on

The chilly winds will soon begin and I'll be on my way
Gone a lonesome day, Lord, gone a lonesome day
The chilly winds will soon begin and I'll be on my way
I feel like I want to travel on

I've laid around and played around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
And I feel like I gotta travel on

There's a lonesome freight at 6:08, coming through this town
I'll be homeward bound, boys, I'll be homeward bound
Lonesome freight at 6:08, that's coming through this town
I feel like I've gotta to travel on

I've waited here for 'most a year waiting for the sun to shine
Hoping you'd be mine, just waitin' for the sun to shine
I've waited here for 'most a year waiting for the sun to shine
I feel like I gotta travel on

I've laid around and stayed around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on
I've laid around and stayed around this old town too long
And I feel like I gotta travel on


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Dolly Parton - Travelin' Prayer lyrics

Hey Lord, take a look on around tonight
And find out where my baby's gonna be
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For he is far away from me
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
Make sure that he's gonna be alright
Things gonna be alright with me
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
And make sure all his dreams are sweet
Send down that ya got him on the road
But you'll make it softer for his feet
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
Make sure that he's gonna be alright
'Til he's home and here with me
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For he is sleeping under the sky
Hey Lord, make sure the ground he's sleepin' on
Is always warm and dry
Ooo, don't give him too much pain
And keep him away from planes
Cause my baby hates to fly
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For it gets rough along the way
And if it all sounds strange
Just because I don't know how to pray
Ooo, won't you give him peace of mind
And if you ever find the time
Tell him I miss him everyday
Hey Lord, take a look on around tonight
And find out where he's gonna be
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For he is far away from me
Hey Lord, would ya look out for him tonight
Make sure that he's gonna be alright
'Til he's home and here with me
Here with me


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Travelin' This Lonesome Road

Ch.
I'm travelin' down my lonesome road Oh how I hate to go
The wind and storm are raging high and it's awful cold
My mind drifts back to you sweet heart and I love you so
Now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road.

Vs. 1
I remember dear not long ago you'd said you'd be my own
I never thought you'd go away and leave me all alone
The kind of love I had for you I find sweetheart goes cold
And now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road.

Ch.

Vs.2
Now all I do is ramble round and search for you my dear
I know I've searched 10000 miles and how I need you near
You broke my heart; you left me here and now i'm growing old
Why did you go and leave me here to travel this lonesome road.

Ch.

From True Life Blues - The Songs of Bill Monroe


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Dolly Parton - Traveling Man lyrics

The man I loved ran a salesman route
Selling goods from house to house
Now I knew my mama would never stand
For me stepping out with no traveling man
Mama bought things that he was a'selling
But mama didn't know and I sure wasn't telling
That behind her back I was making plans
To meet somewhere with that traveling man
Oh the traveling man was a good bit older
But a girl needs arms to hold her
Mama didn't know 'cause I didn't told her
But mama wouldn't understand
Me stepping out with a traveling man
Mama didn't allow me a'going courting
And I'd tell lies that I reckon I oughtn't
Oh but she'd a'give me the back a' her hand
If she'd a'seen me with that traveling man
So I tell my mama that I reckon I oughta
Go to the spring and fetch us some water
What mama didn't know is I had a plan
To meet down there with that traveling man
Now I make plans to run away
With that traveling man on a Saturday
Well Saturday's here and here I stand
And there goes my mama with that traveling man
Oh that traveling man was a two-time lover
He took my love then he took my mother
But I didn't know 'cause mama didn't told me and I don't understand
My mama running off with my traveling man
Mama, you know you oughtn't a'done that
You just like my daddy
He run off before I ever knowed him
You done run-off with my traveling man
And I really don't think I ever knowed you either
Oh there goes my mama with my traveling man
And I'm really gonna miss that traveling man
Mm-hm


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Traveling On And On

Oh I was lost in the darkness and I wandered astray
With no one to help me along on my way
Until I heard Jesus calling saying come unto me
And I'm traveling on and on

   Oh Lord I'm traveling on by the help of my Savior
   I can never more stray for Jesus leads the way
   And my heaven lies awaiting at the end of my journey (my journey)
   Oh Lord I'm traveling on and on

Oh I can hear Jesus calling and his voice sounds so sweet
And I knew that the time would come to me that he'd speak
But these trials are over for he bid me come home
Now I'm traveling on and on

Oh the Lord is my savior I will walk with him each day
He will help and protect me to the end of the way
My journey soon will be over and I'll join a happy band
Now I'm traveling on and on

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Traveling This Lonesome Road

   I'm traveling down this lonesome road oh how I hate to go
   The wind and storms are raging high and it's awful cold
   My mind drifts back to you sweetheart and I love you so
   Now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road

I remember dear not long ago you said you'd be my own
I never thought you'd go away and leave me all alone
The kind of love you had for me I find sweetheart grows cold
For now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road

All I do is roam around and look for you my dear
I know I'll search ten thousand miles oh how I need you here
You broke my heart you left me here now I'm growing old
Why did you go and leave me here to travel this lonesome road

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Travelling Drummer
Sylvia Fricker

I am a travelling drummer,
I live out on the road.
I sell my goods from door to door
To lighten up my load, boys, lighten up my load.

I used to be a fireman,
Out on the county line,
But the town took over ten of us
And fired us all but nine, boys, fired us all but nine

I had a wife and family
In a home in Chamberlain (-land?)
But she ran off with a factory hand
And I never went back again, boys, never went back again.

Some time when I get lonely
And nights get over long
I'll find an all-night bar girl
And I'll take her home at dawn, boys, take her home at dawn.

I'll find myself a cheap hotel
When I get into town.
A bottle of gin and a lumpy bed
To lay my body down, boys, lay my body down.

I'd like to give up drummin'
But I'm too old to try
If nobody makes me a millionaire,
I'll travel 'til I die, boys, travel 'til I die.


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Treasure Of Love
Recorded by George Jones
Written by J.P. Richardson and George Jones

C                         G7          F             C
I've got a pocket full of pennies the heart full of gold
                       G7          F           C
Though my troubles are many I have treasures untold
                   F                        C
And the shack that I live in is a palace to me
                    G7                                    F  C
For the treasure of love the treasure of love you gave to m--e

                        G7          F           C
In this world there are riches that money can't buy
                     G7          F               C
Like the treasure of true love a love that won't die
                F                        C
So why should I worry what tomorrow will bring
                    G7                                   F  C
For the treasure of love the treasure of love makes me a k-ing

                          G7                F           C
Though my clothes are all tattered and I've seen better days
                     G7             F             C
Know it really don't matter for I'm rich in other ways
                   F                            C
Yes my pockets are empty but still wealthy I'll be
                     G7                                    F  C
With the treasure of love the treasure of love you gave to m--e

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Peter Rowan - Trespasses

Life is designed With unfinished lines
That another sings Each story unfolds
Like it was gold Upon a ragged wing

The bold and the fair Suffer their share
He whispered to his kin All of my debts
Left with regrets I'm sorry for everything

Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may
Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one day

And she pinned back her hair Shouldered with care
The burdens that were his Mending the coat
That hung on the post In heart remembering

Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may
Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one day

And her time was to come Called to her son
This your song to sing All of our debts
Wove with regrets Upon a golden string
And he found the old coat Hung on a post
Like a ragged wing And took as his own
The sewn and unsown Joyfully whistling


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Trials Troubles Tribulations

Trials troubles tribulations
Such as never been before
When the angels pour upon us
Their vows of dread for ever more

    When the fire comes down from Heaven
    And the blood shall fill the sea
    I'll be carried home by Jesus
    There forever with him be

The beasts with horns will come upon you
One with seven one with ten
They will cry unto the mountain
They'll pray to die but cannot win

The mark must be upon your forehead
These earthly goods you then can buy
Depart from me I never knew you
You'll hear my blessed Savior cry
 

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Alan Jackson - Tropical Depression lyrics

I thought some time in the sun
Would help me get over you
But I could tell from day one
This is a place meant for two
Now here I sit on the beach
Watching the tide ebb and flow
I booked my room for a week
But now I'm ready to go
I'm in a tropical depression
I've got the blue water blues
Can't shake this loving you obsession
Can't stand this sand in my shoes
This forgetting you vacation
Is just a fool's holiday
If I can't get over you
This tropical depression is gonna
Blow me away
This should be paradise
Heaven down by the sea
Without you here by my side
It feels like hell to me
I'm in a tropical depression
I've got the blue water blues
Can't shake this loving you obsession
Can't stand this sand in my shoes
This forgetting you vacation
Is just a fool's holiday
If I can't get over you
This tropical depression is gonna
Blow me away
If I can't get over you
This tropical depression is gonna
Blow me away


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Trouble Follows Me

[Verse 1]
There's a bank that holds a note that I signed in '61
It was easy when I signed it, now they're takin' back my home
Just a few months short, on a 20 [?]
A hard-workin' farm boy left without a home
They're gonna build a prison there, and drawin' up the plan
They took away my house, now they're gonna take my land
I guess I'll pull a Jessie James, and go and get a gun
And rob the bank that took my farm and cut me on the run

[Chorus]
A life of troubles, heartaches and misery
And the trouble of it all, is trouble follows me

[Verse 2]
This cell is mighty crowded, and you never get no rest
But soon, they'll build a bigger jail, the biggest in the West
They're breaking ground, all around, they're taking down my home
I'd been growing corn in my cornfield, and never-more we roam

[Chorus]
A life of troubles, heartaches and misery
And the trouble of it all, is trouble follows me

[Verse 3]
Well, you think you've got troubles, a story I must tell
About a Kansas farm boy who spent his life in jail
A stare across the prison yard that I once called my own
The banker's now the warden, and he still owns my home

[Chorus]
A life of troubles, heartaches and misery
And the trouble of it all, is trouble follows me

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Outro]
A life of troubles, heartaches and misery
And the trouble of it all, is trouble follows me
It's home sweet home again

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Trouble In Mind

Trouble in mind I'm blue
But I won't be blue always
'Cause the sun's gonna shine
On my back door someday

I'm gonna lay down my head
On some lonesome railroad line
And let the two-nineteen
Ease my troubled mind

I'm goin' down the river
Gonna take my rockin' chair
And if them blues don't leave me
I'll rock right out of here

I'm all alone at midnight
And the lamp is burnin' low
I've never had so much
Trouble in my life

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Trouble In Your Mind

I wished I had a nickel, I wished I had a dime
I wish I had me a pretty girl, you know I'd call her mine

Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind

If you see that gal o' mine, you make sure that you tell her
If she don't like my way o' doing, she can get some other feller

Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind

If you see that gal of mine; you tell her, if you can
'Fore she goes to make my bread to wash them nasty hands

Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind

Trouble, trouble; trouble in my mind
If trouble don't kill me, I'm sure I'll never die

Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't you get trouble in your mind

Trouble, trouble; trouble in my mind
If trouble don't kill me, I'm sure I'll never die

Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind
Don't get trouble in your mind

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Troubled Mind (Live)

Headin' down to the river, feelin' all undone
Might be for the best if I just stare into the sun
So I can't see, what a fool you made of me

Well, I am sittin' home alone, blue as I can be
Music turned up loud as hell, it hurts but just as well
But(?) I can hear people talking 'bout us Dear

By the looks I get seems I am the last to know
Apologetic eyes follow me everywhere I go
I swear I'm twenty-twenty but I never saw the signs
And now I sit alone and try to ease my troubled mind

Headed down to the barroom to get myself a drink
Money in my pocket's gonna help me not to think
Of you at all, no I won't think of you at all

Well, I swear that women, she's like a mystery
I read those pages through and through
I still don't have a clue 'bout what went wrong
Or why she left after so long

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Troubles Around My Door

My troubles seem to never end
It seems I lose I never win
The nights are long walk the floor
Troubles keep hanging round my door

My troubles seem to never end
They go on forevermore
Although I'll smile and pretend
Troubles keep hanging round my door

What have I done your love is gone
But still I'm trying to hang on
You honkey tonk all over town
Troubles have really got me down


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Troublesome Waters

Troublesome waters around me do roll
They're rockin' my boat and wreckin' my soul
Loved ones are driftin' and livin' in sin
The treacherous whirlpools are pullin' them in

When troublesome waters are rollin' so high
I lift up my voice and to heaven I cry
Lord I am trustin' give guidance to me
And steady my boat on life's troubled sea.

Troublesome waters are blacker than night
Hiding from view the harbor light bright
Out on the ocean I seem as a speck
Awful sea monsters are waiting my wreck

   Gently I feel the touch of his hand
   Guiding my boat to that better land
   Leading way to heaven's bright shore
   Troublesome waters I'm fearing no more

Troublesome waters around me now roll
Rocking my boat and tempting my soul
Loved ones are drifting and living in sin
Treacherous whirlpools are pulling them in

Sin waves are tossing and dashing so high
Over this noise you hear my sad cry
Lord I am trusting show mercy to me
Steady my lifeboat while I am at sea

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Truck Driver's Queen

From Caroline to Alabam, on down that Georgia line
I've seen lost of pretty girls but there's none as sweet as mine
As I put the miles behind me with the headlights burning bright
Gotta keep these big wheels rolling I'm coming home tonight

Ain't got time to shoot the pinball or get the rader blues
Gotta keep these big wheels rolling I'm coming home to you
I know my baby's waiting the sweetest ever seen
With big blue eyes that sparkle, she's a truck driver's Queen

At the cafes and truck stops all up and down the line
I see lost of pretty girls but there's none as sweetest I've ever seen
Gotta keep these big wheels rolling to my truck driver's Queen

* Refrain


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Truck Driving Man

I stopped at a roadhouse in Texas,
A little place called Hamburger Dan's
I heard that old jukebox a-playing,
A song 'bout a truck driving man

   Pour me another cup of coffee,
   For it is the best in the land
   I'll put a nickel in the jukebox,
   And play The Truck Driving Man

The waitress then brought me some coffee
I thanked her and called her back again
I said, "That ol' song sure does fit me
'Cause I am a truck driving man

I stepped back on board my old semi
And then like a flash I was gone
I got them ol' truck wheel a-rollin
I'm on my way to San Antone

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True Life Blues

I hate to see the sun sink low
Just for a cause you ought to know
For it's true love I can't forget
All of my sorrows you'll soon regret

You promised me love that was true
And I'm sorry to say that I believed in you
For its all turned out just like a dream
Left me so sad in the world it seems

There's dishes to wash and a house to clean
There's washing to do oh it seems so mean
There's a million words I can't explain
Think of this girl before you change your name

They'll go away and leave you at home
They never care if you're alone
They seem to forget they've got a wife
This story is sad, but it's a true life

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The Duhks - True Religion 

Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed, when I die?
Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed, when I die?
Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed? Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed?
Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed, when I die?

Who's gonna take my soul to heaven, when I die?
Who's gonna take my soul to heaven, when I die?
Who's gonna take my soul to Heaven? Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed?
Who's gonna take my soul to heaven, when I die?

Oh when I get that true Religion, Halleluj!
Oh when I get that true Religion, Halleluj!
Oh when I get that true religion, true religion will carry me through!
Oh when I get that true religion, Halleluj!

Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed, when I die?
Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed, when I die?
Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed? Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed?
Who's gonna make up my dyin' bed, when I die?

oh, when I die? Who's gonna make up my bed?
when I die?
who's, who's going to make it
who's going to make it
who's going to make up my dyin' bed when I die
Oh when I die?

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The Avett Brothers - True Sadness 

You were a friend to me when my wheels were off the track
And though you say there is no need I intend to pay you back
When my mind was turning loose and all my thoughts were turning black
You shined a light on me and I intend to pay you back
When I was a child I depended on a bottle
And full grown I've been known to lean on a bottle
But you're the real deal in a world of imposters
And I've seen the program make men out of monsters

(Chorus)
'Cause I still wake up shaken by dreams
And I hate to say it but the way it seems
Is that no one is fine
Take the time to peel a few layers
And you will find
True sadness

Adam and Eve must have really done a number
On that garden when the apple was finished
Leaving behind them a debt made of sadness
A damage that can't or won't be replenished

(Chorus)

Angela became a target
As soon as her beauty was seen
By young men who try to reduce her down
To a scene on an x-rated screen
Is she not more than the curve of her hips
Is she not more than the shine on her lips
Does she not dream to see and to live and to dance down her own path
Without being torn apart
Does she not have a heart
I cannot go on with this evil inside me
I step out my front door and I feel it surround me
Just know the kingdom of God is within you
Even though the battle is bound to continue

(Chorus)

True sadness
True sadness
True true sadness 

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True True Love Never Dies

The last time I thought about leaving
Was the last time I made her cry
I've talked myself out of believing
That true true love never dies

The first time I though of returning
Was just ten lonesome miles out of town
But my foolish pride kept these wheels a-turning
There's nothing on this earth gonna shut me down.

   If I had one drop of water
   For each and every tear I have cried
   I'd sail back to her on an ocean of sorrow
   True true love never dies.

The fires in vain turn to ashes
Your pride will forsake you by and by
The lonesomest night surely passes
That old true true love never dies.

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Dolly Parton - Try Being Lonely lyrics
(Buck Trent & George McCormick)

Suppose you wanted someone the way I want you
Just imagine your body, mind and soul breaking in two
Walk the floor each night, shed tears you can't conceal
Just try being lonely, then you'll know just how I feel
I saw you with your new love and oh it hurt me so
Funny how I see your face everywhere I go
You smiled and looked to be so happy as you passed by
So I hurried around the corner so you wouldn't see me cry
Suppose you wanted someone the way I want you
Just imagine your body, mind and soul breaking in too
Walk the floor each night, shed tears you can't conceal
Just try being lonely, then you know just how I feel
Just try being lonely, then you know just how I feel


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Tryin' To Get Over You
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Jim Weatherly and Vince Gill

C              F                  G7
You could have given me a million reasons why
F                        G7
But it wouldn't change a thing
C           F            G7
You said it all when you said goodbye 
F        G7               C    F G7
You took off your wedding ring
C         F             G7
I've been tryin' to get over you 
C         F             G7
I've been spendin' time alone
C         F             G7
I've been tryin' to get over you 
F              G7              C
But it'll take dyin' to get it done
       F                      G7
All my friends keep tryin' to fix me up 
F                        G7
They say I need somebody new
C                F                 G7
When it comes to love I've all but givin' up 
      F               G7              C
Cause life don't mean nothing without you
Repeat #2 
C         F             G7
I've been tryin' to get over you 
C         F             G7
I've been spendin' time alone
C         F             G7
I've been tryin' to get over you 
F          G7              C
It'll take dyin' to get it done
F          G7              C
It'll take dyin' to get it done

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Alan Jackson - Trying Not To Love You lyrics

Trying not to love you, failing in every way
With you around I keep losing ground day by day
Trying to be fair both to me and to you
Trying not to love you, is hard to do.
But, I guess there's no use hiding
What everybody knows
'Cause to other eyes there's no disguise
For the love that shows
So If I'm not being clear
I'll explain these words to you
Trying not to love you is hard to do.
--- Instrumental ---
Well, I guess there's no use hiding
What everybody knows
'Cause to other eyes there's no disguise
For the love that shows
So If I'm not being clear, baby
I'll explain these words to you
Trying not to love you is hard to do.
Trying not to love you is so hard to do...


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Tulare Dust
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C                F
Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
G7                  C
Wondering where the freight train goes
                             F
Standing in the field by the railroad track
D7                       G7
Cursing this strap on my cotton sack
      C                    F
I can see mom and dad with shoulders low
G7                       C
Both of 'em picking on a double row
                        F
They do it for a living because they must
       G7                            C
That's life like it is in the Tulare dust
Dm
The California sun was something new
G7
That winter when we arrived in '42
          C                     F
And I can still remember how my daddy cussed
    G7                      C
The tumbleweeds here in the Tulare dust
Dm
The valley fever was a coming fate
G7
To the farm workers here in the Golden State
      C                      F
And I miss Oklahoma but I'll stay if I must
    G7                        C
And help make a living in the Tulare dust
Repeat #1

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Tulsa Queen
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris

G                              C
I heard the train in the Tulsa night
                                  G
Calling out my name looking for a fight
         C                                         G
Well she come a long long way got a longer way to go
           F                                         G
So tell me how a train from Tulsa has got a right to know
                                 C
Well she sings a song so sad and high
                               G
And the Tulsa Queen don't ever lie
        C                                                   G
And she don't care where she goes don't care where she's been
        F                                              G
And the Tulsa Queen ain't crying cause I won't see you again
                          C
Hey hey hey and I want to ride like a Tulsa Queen
               G
Calling out to you as she calls to me
   F                                           G
As far away from Tulsa as these ten wheels can be
                             C
Lately I speak your name too loud
                           G
Each time it comes up in a crowd
      C                                       G      F
And I know it when I do the Tulsa Queen and you  are gone

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Tune Of Sadness
BMI Work #: 9254804
Tune Of Sadness (Larry W. Jones 11/18/2007) (song#5165)

Play for me a tune of sadness
Play it just as sad as I feel
And if you see me frown
It's cause she's no longer around
Play for me a tune of sadness
And please play it for real
I know she's upset with me
And yet I still love her so
You can bet I hate to see
That sweetheart girl of mine go
- instrumental -
I know she's upset with me
And yet I still love her so
You can bet I hate to see
That sweetheart girl of mine go
Play for me a tune of sadness
That will make the moon lose its glow
I've lost anything called gladness
Just play it very sad and low
Play for me a tune of sadness
Don't just play it for show
Play for me a tune of sadness
Play it just as sad as I feel


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Turkey In The Straw

Well, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg
Just the best old hen that ever laid an egg
Well, she laid more eggs than any hen on the farm
But another little drink wouldn't do her any harm

Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay
Turkey in the straw, in the straw ,straw, straw
Pick 'em up, shake 'em up, any way at all
And hit up a tune called Turkey in the straw

Well, I hitched up the wagon and I drove down the road
With a two horse wagon and a four horse load
Well cracked my whip and the lead horse sprung
And I said goodbye to the wagon tongue

* Refrain

Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair
And automobiles went a flying thro' the air
Well if watermelons grew on a hucleberry vine
We'd have winter in the summer time

* Refrain

Oh, I went out to milk and I didn't know how
I milked a goat instead of a cow
A monkey sitting on a pile of straw
A-winkin' his eyes at his mother in law

* Refrain

Well, I come to the river and I couldn't get across
So I paid five dollars for an old blind horse
Well, he wouldn't go shead and he wouldn't stand still
So he went up and down like an old saw mill

* Refrain


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Billy Strings 
Turmoil & Tinfoil

Through the turmoil and the tinfoil
I could wait my early life
I could see you in the darkness
And I'm running through the night

I recall a silver morning
When your face had turned to gray
You were standin' right before me
But I missed you every day

Though you never said you're sorry
I forgave you even then
But I feel inconsequential
In the current state I'm in

But I'll try to keep on living
Through the nauseating gloom
And I'll try to keep on digging
Wretched past I will entomb

Though you never said you're sorry
I forgave you even then
But I feel inconsequential
In the current state I'm in

Through the turmoil and the tinfoil
Just the way it used to be
But I have a strength and I have learned
How to fly on broken wings

Lord, you never said you're sorry
I'll forgive you even then
But I feel inconsequential
In the current state I'm in

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Turn It On Turn It Up Turn Me Loose
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Wayland Patton and Kostas

C                       G7
Well I'm back again for another night
Of trying to break free from the sadness 
                    C
That I can't lay to rest
                              G7
This old honky tonk sure does feel like home
And the music with the laughter 
                         C
Seems to soothe my loneliness
        F
Turn it on turn it up turn me loose
                       C
From her memory that's driving me lonely crazy and blue
   F
It helps me forget her so the louder the better
    C                         G7         C
Hey Mister turn it on turn it up turn me loose
                                  G7
If a tear should fall if I should whisper your name
To some stranger I'm holdin' 
                                         C
While we're dancin' to an old Buck Owens song
                                G7
I know she won't mind she won't even know
                                                        C
She'll be dancing with a memory crying teardrops of her own
repeat #2 x2
                              G7         C
Hey Mister turn it on turn it up turn me loose

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Turn Me Loose
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

G            Am     D7
You better t-urn me loose 
Am                D7                G
Turn me loose you know that I can't stay
             Am     D7
You better t-urn me loose 
        Am                  D7         G
Turn me loose you know I'll make it anyway
              D7                        G
Why don't you tell me just what's going on
           D7                               G
Both of us lyin' here and we both know it's wrong
             C                                 G
So why don't you let me why don't you leave it alone
               Am              D7                   G
And don't keep hanging on to a love that's dead and gone
             Am     D7
You better t-urn me loose 
Am                D7                G
Turn me loose you know that I can't stay
             Am     D7
You better t-urn me loose 
        Am                  D7         G
Turn me loose you know I'll make it anyway
                        D7                   G
Well you can't see it's over that's really a shame
                     D7                      G
Well our love didn't make it but no one's to blame
                C                                       G
So why don't we say goodbye why don't we just say we're through
            Am                 D7             G
And I'll be on my way and I'll get by without you
             Am     D7
You better t-urn me loose 
Am                D7                G
Turn me loose you know that I can't stay
             Am     D7
You better t-urn me loose 
        Am                  D7         G
Turn me loose you know I'll make it anyway
 
        Am                  D7         G
Turn me loose you know I'll make it anyway  

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Doc Watson 
Turn The Lamps Down Low

Baby, please don't go
Honey, please don't go
Baby, please don't go back to New Orleans 'cause I love you so

Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Honey, please don't go back to New Orleans 'cause I love you so
Play me some blues, now

Hmm, yeah

You know you're mad that I'm gone
Yes, you're mad that I'm gone
You're mad I'm gone to the county farm, I got the shackles on

Baby, please don't go
Honey, please don't go
Baby, please don't go back to New Orleans 'cause I love you so

Yeah

Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord

Why don't you call my name?
Why don't you call my name?
They got me way down here wearing this ball and chain
Why don't you call my name?

Baby, please don't go
Turn your lamp down low
Honey, please don't go back to New Orleans 'cause I love you so
Play me a little more blues, now

Uh

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Dolly Parton - Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) lyrics

To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
Turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under Heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
Turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under Heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together
To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
Turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under Heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracings
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late


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Turn Your Radio On

Well, come and listen in to a radio
Staiton where the mighty hosts of heaven sing
Turn your radio on, turn your radio on
If you want to feel those good vibrations
Coming from the joy that His love can bring
Turn uyour radio on, turn your radio on

Turn your radio on and listen to the music in the air
Turn your radio on, heaven's glory share
Turn your lights down low and listen to the Master's radio
Get in touch with God, turn your radio on

Don't you know that everybody has a radio receiver
All you got to do is listen for the call
Turn your radio on, turn your radio on
If you listen in you will be a believer
Leaning on the truths that were never false
Get in touch with God, turn your radio on

* Refrain


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Turned You To Stone

I wish there were some way to tell you I'm sorry
That I didn't leave you a long time ago
Yea, but many mistakes are a part of the story
And heartache by heartache, I've turned you to stone. 

   So call me a traveller, catch me a train
   Want to see Frisco, see the sun shine again
   And if you want true love, but can't stand to know
    Life here together has turned you to stone. 

 I've held youcaptive in a life without sunshine
Yea and I've watched the blue in your eyes fade away
All good is gone now, no need to continue
Destroying each other, day after day.

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Crooked Still 
Turning Away

I'm falling for you, sorry
I love to see you
Turning and turning away

I'm falling in for you
I love to see you
Turning and turning away
Turning and turning away
Turning and turning away

And you're turning away
You're turning away

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Richard Thompson - Turning Of The Tide

How many boys, one night stands?
How many lips, how many hands have held you?
Like I'm holding you tonight

Too many nights, staying up late
Too much powder and too much paint
No, you can't hide from the turning of the tide

Did they run their fingers
Up and down your shabby dress?
Did they find some tender moment
There in your caress?

The boys all say, "You look so fine"
They don't come back for a second time
Oh, you can't hide from the turning of the tide

Poor little sailor boy
Never set eyes on a woman before
Did he tell you that he'd love you
Darling, for evermore?

Pretty little shoes, cheap perfume
Creaking bed in a hotel room
Oh, you can't hide from the turning of the tide

Did they run their fingers
Up and down your shabby dress?
Did they find some tender moment
There in your caress?

The boys all say, "You look so fine"
They don't come back for a second time
Oh, you can't hide from the turning of the tide

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Richard Thompson - Turning Of The Tide - 2001 Digital Remaster 

How many boys, one night stands,
How many lips, how many hands, have held you
Like I'm holding you tonight
Too many nights, staying up late,
Too much powder and too much paint
No you can't hide from the turning of the tide

Did they run their fingers up and down your shabby dress
Did they find some tender moment there in your caress

The boys all say "You look so fine"
They don't come back for a second time
Oh you can't hide from the turning of the tide

Poor little sailor boy, never set eyes on a woman before
Did he tell you that he'd love you, darling, for evermore?

Pretty little shoes, cheap perfume,
Creaking bed in a hotel room
Oh you can't hide from the turning of the tide

Did they run their fingers up and down your shabby dress
Did they find some tender moment there in your caress

The boys all say "You look so fine",
They don't come back for a second time
Oh you can't hide from the turning of the tide

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The Incredible String Band - Turquoise Blue 

On the white sand a footprint on her back the golden sun
Is playing tunes on this lazy afternoon
It's high summer the sun's playing tunes
They're so beautiful to see only love can sing the harmony

Oh, my lover, she knows how to give a gift
She knows how to make a cool breeze sigh
Brings the warmth of summer to my bed at night
And she brings the color of the sky too turquoise blue

In the distance the birds sing
In the distance the sweet echoing
Of the flute she's playing on the hazy air over there
Oh shimmering day don't take me away
I'd rather be here than anywhere

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The Incredible String Band - Turquoise Blue (Live In Canada, 1972) 

Turquoise Blue

On the white sand a footprint
On her back the golden sun
Is playing tunes on this lazy afternoon
It's high summer
The sun's playing tunes
They're so beautiful to see
Only love can sing the harmony

Oh my lover
She knows how to give a gift
She knows how to make a cool breeze sigh
Brings the warmth of summer to my bed at night
And she brings the colour of the sky too
Turquoise Blue

In the distance the birds sing
In the distance the sweet echoing
Of the flute she's playing
On the hazy air
Over there
Oh shimmering day don't take me away
I'd rather be here than anywhere

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The Incredible String Band - Turquoise Blue (Live) 

On the white sand a footprint
On her back the golden sun
Is playing tunes on this lazy afternoon
It's high summer
The sun's playing tunes
They're so beautiful to see
Only love can sing the harmony

Oh my lover
She knows how to give a gift
She knows how to make a cool breeze sigh
Brings the warmth of summer to my bed at night
And she brings the colour of the sky too
Turquoise Blue

In the distance the birds sing
In the distance the sweet echoing
Of the flute she's playing
On the hazy air
Over there
Oh shimmering day don't take me away
I'd rather be here than anywhere

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The Duhks - Turtle Dove 

Turtle dove done drooped his wings
Turtle dove done drooped his wings
Turtle dove done drooped his wings
Went on to Zion, and he did sing

Adam and Eve, oh no
Adam and Eve don't you tell it to me
Just meet me at the door | Don't tell it to me
Oh sa sa la do, on sa la sa ree

My name is written on David's line
My name is written on David's line
My name is written on David's line
I'm going to heaven on the wheel of time

Adam and Eve, oh no
Adam and Eve don't you tell it to me
Just meet me at the door | Don't tell it to me
Oh sa sa la do, on sa la sa ree

When I get to heaven, I know the rules
When I get to heaven, I know the rules
When I get to heaven, I know the rules
Keep going down to the bathing pool

Adam and Eve, oh no
Adam and Eve don't you tell it to me
Just meet me at the door | Don't tell it to me
Oh sa sa la do, on sa la sa ree

Oh no |Adam and Eve, don't you tell it to me
Just meet me at the door | Don't tell it to me
Oh sa sa la do, on sa la sa ree

Turtle dove done drooped his wings
Turtle dove done drooped his wings
Turtle dove done drooped his wings
Went on to Zion, and he did sing

Adam and Eve, oh no
Adam and Eve don't you tell it to me
Just meet me at the door | Don't tell it to me
Oh sa sa la do, on sa la sa ree

Oh no | Adam and Eve, don't you tell it to me
Just meet me at the door | Don't tell it to me
Oh sa sa la do, on sa la sa ree

Turtle dove done drooped his wings

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Twenty One Years

The judge said stand up boy and dry up your tears
You're sentenced to Nashville for twenty one years
They took him to Nashville to pay for his crime
But twenty one years boys is a mighty long time

A year went by slowly he wished he was dead
In that dirty prison with a floor for a bed
The girl whom he loved most and dreamed of each night
He wrote her this letter babe why don't you write

I've counted the days love I've counted the nights
I've counted the minutes I've counted the lights
I've counted the footsteps I've counted the stars
I've counted a million of the cold prison bars

I've counted on you love to give me a break
I guess you forgot babe I'm here for your sake
Yes you know who's guilty you know it too well
But I'll rot in this prison before I will tell

Come all you young fellows, with hearts brave and true
Don't believe any woman you're beat if you do
Don't trust any woman no matter what kind
For twenty one years boys is a mighty long time

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Twenty Twenty Vision

I've been to the doctor, he says I'm alright
I know he is lying, I'm losing my sight
He should have examined the eyes of my mind
Twenty-twenty vision and walking round blind

Ever since she's gone and left me I feel so alone
I carry a heart that is heavy as stone
I knew that she cheated, I knew all the time
Twenty twenty vision and walking round blind

You just couldn't know her the way that I do
You tell me she's wicked and maybe it's true
But one thing I do know she's no longer mine
Twenty-twenty vision and walking round blind

I've lost her I've lost her oh what shall I do
I'll bet you're not happy as she's there with you
The eyes of your heart will have trouble like mine
Twenty twenty vision and walking round blind

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Twenty Twenty Vision

I been to the doctor he says I'm all right
I know he's lying, I'm losing my sight
He should have examined the eyes of my mind
20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind 

Since she's gone and left me I feel so alone
I carry a heart that is heavy as stone
I knew that she cheated, I knew all the time
20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind 

With my eyes wide open I lay in my bed
If it wasn't for dying, I wish I was dead
But this is my punishment, death is too kind
20/20 visionJi? 

You just couldn't know her the way that I do
You say that she's wicked and maybe it's true
But one thing I do know, she's no longer mine
20/20 vision? 

I've lost her, I've lost her, oh what will I do
I bet you're not happy if she's there with you
The eyes of your heart will have trouble like mine
20/20 vision?
20/20 vision

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Twenty Years
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C                A#7                  C
Well look yonder Henry here comes the sheriff 
                    A#7            C
And he's carrying a warrant in his hand
                       A#7                   C
Don't you run poor old Henry for he'll shoot you Lord Lord
                  G7        C
Not long will you be a free man
           F                    C
Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars 
      F                      C
For a crime that you did not do
         F                      C 
Yeah the lies she swore in that district court 
                     G7      C 
Has proved to be the ruin of you
                  A#7                C 
Tried to warn you Henry not to cross her 
                  A#7                C
Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways
                    A#7          C 
When you turned and left her for another 
                G7                  C
She swore Henry that she'd make you pay
Repeat #2
            A#7           C
Listen well all you young rounders 
                         A#7         C 
Heed the lesson poor old Henry never learned
                    A#7              C
That even hell with all its fire and power 
             G7             C
Hath no fury like a woman's scorn
Repeat #2
         F                      C
Yeah the lies she swore in that district court 
                     G7      C   
Has proved to be the ruin of you

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Twilight is Stealing

Twilight is stealing over the sea
Shadows are falling dark on the lee
Born on the night winds voices of yore
Come from that far off shore

Far away beyond the starlit skies
Where the lovelight never never dies
Gleameth a mansion filled with delight
Sweet happy home so bright

Voices of loved ones songs of the past
Still linger round me while life shall last
Lonely I wander sadly I roam
Seeking a far off home

Come in the twilight come come to me
Bringing some message from over the sea
Cheering my pathway while here I roam
Seeking that far off home

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Richard Thompson - Twisted Lyrics

It's been raining for a long time
And I can't seem to stand
She left about an hour ago
And so did the band

I'm sitting at the bar, my face in the jar
And something tells me I'm twisted
Ah ha, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
And something tells me I'm twisted

People are looking hazy
And people are looking dim
I'd go for help if I could
Find the way I came in

I feel in clover, it's time to keel over
Something tells me I'm twisted
Ah ha, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
And something tells me I'm twisted

Here's the one to lay out
The char lies in the trough
This one's got your name
On it written in the froth

Joining the dregs, I'm running out of legs
And something tells me I'm twisted
Ah ha, I'm sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me I'm twisted

Ah ha, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me I'm twisted

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Two Arms To Hold Me

I want two arms to hold me when I'm feelin' blue
I want someone to love me with a love so true
I want two lips to kiss me as they use to do
I want two arms to hold me darlin' I want you

I want two arms to hold me and never let me go
If you ever loved me my dear I want to know
Cause when I'm sad and lonely that's when I want you so
I want two arms to hold me when I'm feelin' low

You use to say you loved me you use to hold me tight
Now you leave me lonely to long for you at night
I want two arms to hold me that held me close before
The arms that use to hold me will reach for me no more

When shadows start to fallin' and you're alone and blue
You'll want two arms to hold you that use to care for you
Just think about me darlin' and this little song
You'll want two arms to hold you and you may find me gone

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Two Doors Down
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Kostas

D7        G              D7           G
Two doors down there's a jukebox that plays all night long
     C                          G  C G
Real sad songs all about me and you
                         D7           G
Two doors down there's a barmaid that serves 'em real strong
     A7                          D7
Here lately that's how I make it through
          G              D7             G    Am     C
Two doors down there's a heartache that once was my friend
              G                      D7              G   D7
And two doors down there's a memory  that won't ever end
          G              D7            G
Two doors down there's a barstool that knows me by name
       C                               G  C G
And we sit there together and wait for you
                         D7             G
Two doors down there's a bottle where I take out my shame
            A7                        D7
And hold it up for the whole world to view
          G              D7            G             C
Two doors down there's a pay phone but no calls come in
              G                          D7         G
And two doors down there's a memory that won't ever end
         C                              G
From the hotel to the barroom is just a stumble and a fall
                                                  D7
And sometimes when it gets bad I've been known to crawl
G                           C         G
Freedom from sorrow is just two doors away
                                   D7           G   D7
I'll escape for a short time but I know I can't stay
          G                     D7           G
Two doors down is where they'll find me when you're finally through
C                        G   C G
Taking what's left of my life
                                D7            G
Two doors down is where they'll leave me when payment comes due
        A7                          D7
For the hours I've spent there each night
          G            D7        G         C
Two doors down I'll be forgotten but until then
          G                          D7         C  G
Two doors down there's a memory that won't ever end

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Brad Paisley - Two Feet Of Topsoil lyrics

Yesterday I thought that I was low as I could get
I had hit rock bottom ever since you up and left
But this morning when I saw you with
Somebody else, well needless to say
That's when I started sinking even lower
And as far as where I am at today
There's two feet of topsoil
A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between
A fossilized dinosaur
A little patch of crude oil
A thousand feet of granite underneath
Then there's me
I was kinda hopin' I could dig my way back out
A couple dozen roses maybe get you back somehow
But the love in your eyes as you talked to him
Today was plain to see
So I ain't gonna get involved, but
Should you change your mind
Well you know right where I'll be
There's two feet of topsoil
A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between
A fossilized dinosaur
A little patch of crude oil
A thousand feet of granite underneath
Then there's me
Well,there's two feet of topsoil
A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between
A fossilized dinosaur
A little patch of crude oil
A thousand feet of granite underneath
Yeah, there's two feet of topsoil
A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between
A fossilized dinosaur
A little patch of crude oil
A thousand feet of granite underneath
Then there's me


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Two Hearts
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Leslie Satcher and Vince Gill

C                      F            C
There's a man drinkin' whiskey in a barroom
               F      C
He's nursin' a broken heart
          F          E7
There's a woman at a table
         Am           Dm
With her own brand of misery
F             G7
Cryin' in the dark
     C               E7    Am   C
Will two hearts make one tonight
     F        C    Dm                 G7
Will somebody lost find someone who's lost
     C              E7
Will strangers find comfort
       Am        D7
In the cold neon light
     F               G7    C
Will two hearts make one tonight
                  F        C
Oh there's just a waitress between them
                    F       C
They're so close to finding their dreams
             F         E7
They're just one dance away
     Am         D7
From easing the pain
   F                   G7
Of coming apart at the seams
Repeat #2 x2
     F              G7    C
Will two hears make one tonight

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Two Highways
Song by Ricky Skaggs

Two highways lay before me
Which one would I choose?
Down one lane I'd find happiness
And down the other I would lose
There is no one that I can trust
I must decide alone
My decision is an awful one
Which road will take me home?

In the mornin' would I wake to find
Down the wrong road I had gone?
Will I hear the melodies
I've searched for oh so long
Only time will tell
If I have made a loser's choice
Hello sadness, cries my inner soul
Goodbye lover, moans my voice

Perils today are many
As I set out on my way
If I lose your love, I know that I
Can't call it back someday
Rambler, lonely rambler
Just calls any place his home
But Nashville's lights
How beautiful you shine

Wishing now that you had found
A word or two to say
But the morning came and we both knew
My eyes gave it away
As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye
I thought, only time will tell
And you can't draw water from an empty well

In the mornin' would I wake to find
Down the wrong road I had gone?
Will I hear the melodies
I've searched for oh so long
Only time will tell
If I have made a loser's choice
Hello sadness, cries my inner soul
Goodbye lover, moans my voice

Two highways lay before me
Which one would I choose?
Down one lane I'd find happiness
And down the other I would lose
There is no one that I can trust
I must decide alone
My decision is an awful one
Which road will take me home?

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Richard Thompson - Two Left Feet 

Oh, two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet?
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet?

I love you, honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Well, your hair is pretty and your face is a treat
But I don't like your two left feet
I'm not one to admit defeat
But I can't win with your two left feet

I love you, honey, you're so sweet
But I can't stand them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Well, they're pulling people in off the street
They all want to look at your two left feet
Dance with Jimmy, dance with Pete
Don't dance with me with them two left feet

I love you, honey, you're so sweet
But I can't stand of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

I dance with you and I land on my seat
That's 'cos you dance with two left feet
You could make my life complete
Just get rid of them two left feet

I love you, honey, you're so sweet
But I can't stand them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Oh, two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet?
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet?

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Oh, two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet?
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet?

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

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Richard Thompson - Two Left Feet (Live) - 1983, Hamburg 

O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Well, your hair is pretty and your face is a treat
But I don't like your two left feet
I'm not one to admit defeat
But I can't win with your two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
But I can't stand them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Well, they're pulling people in off the street
They all want to look at your two left feet
Dance with Jimmy, dance with Pete,
Don't dance with me with them two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet o

I dance with you and I land on my seat
That's? cos you dance with two left feet
You could make my life complete
Just get rid of them two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

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Richard Thompson - Two Left Feet (Live) - 1984, Cannes

O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Well, your hair is pretty and your face is a treat
But I don't like your two left feet
I'm not one to admit defeat
But I can't win with your two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
But I can't stand them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

Well, they're pulling people in off the street
They all want to look at your two left feet
Dance with Jimmy, dance with Pete,
Don't dance with me with them two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet o

I dance with you and I land on my seat
That's? cos you dance with two left feet
You could make my life complete
Just get rid of them two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet

I love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet

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Two Little Boys

Tow little boys had two little toys
Each had a wooden horse
Gaily they played on a summer's day
Warriors both of course
One little chap a mishap
Broke off his horse's head
Wept for his toy but cried joe
When he heard his brother say

Do you think I could leave you crying
When there's room on my horse for two
Climb up here Jack and stop your crying
We'll mend your horse with glue
When we grow up we'll both be soldiers
And our horses will not be toys
And maybe you will remember
When we were two little boys

Long years had passed, war came at last
Bravely they marched away
Cannons roared loud, midst that wild crowd
Where wounded and dying Joe lay
Then came a cry, a rider dashed by
Out from the ranks of blue
Galloped away to where Joe lay
And he heard his brother say

Do you think I could leave yu dying
When there's room on my house for two
Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying
To the ranks of the boys in blue
Can't you see Jack I'm all a-tremble
It may be thye flash and the noise
Or it may be because I remember
When we were two little boys


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Dolly Parton - Two Little Orphans lyrics

I remember a time
When the bloom was on the cotton
When our hearts chased the clouds
Like the swallow on the wing
When our cares, which were already few
Were soon forgotten
Just sittin' on the front porch swing
Oh, we'd sit every Sunday
And watched the married ladies
And we'd dream of white dresses
And churchbells in the spring
And they'd talk and paint their nails
While they'd let us hold their babies
Sittin' on the front porch swing
Where was I when the time came
To join the married ladies
Why did I paint the nail
When the finger had no ring
Why do I sit at my age
And long to hold their babies
Sittin' on the front porch swing
When the mind longs to follow
But the memory erases
And the lips form the words
But the heart no longer sings
When the leaves in the hollow
Have been dyed to match our faces
Sittin' on the front porch swing
Oh, we'll dream of the time
When the bloom was on the cotton
When our hearts chased the clouds
Like the swallow  on the wing
But the words to the rhyme
Are not the only thing forgotten
Sittin' on the front porch swing
Sittin' on the front porch swing


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Two Lonely Hearts

I'm walking the floor with tears in my eyes
I can't undersand dear why you ever lied
The stars in the skies have tumbled below
Now my heart is breaking it's beating so low

The moment you walked dear into my heart
What a wonderful meeting for two lonely hearts
You gave me your love to have and to hold
But something has happened you took the wrong road

You said you would love and you would obey
But the Golden Rule's broken so go on your way
I've lost all the faith that I've had in you
So go on away dear you could never be true

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Dolly Parton - Two Lovers lyrics
(W. Robinson)

Well I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed
Two lovers and I love them both the same
Let me tell you 'bout my first lover
He's sweet and kind, he's mine all mine
He treats me good like a lover should
And makes me love him
I really really love him
Oh oh oh oh I love him so
And I'll do everything I can
To let him know
But I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed
Two lovers and I love them both the same
Let me tell you 'bout my other lover
You know he treats me bad, he makes me sad
He makes me cry but still I can't deny
That I love him
I really really love him
Oh oh oh oh I love him so
And I'll do everything I can
To let him know
Oh but darling, well,
Don't you know that I can tell
Whenever I look at you
That you think that I'm untrue
'Cause I said that I love two
But I really really do
'Cause you're a split personality
And in reality
Both of them are you
But I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed
Two lovers and I love them both the same
I've got two lovers but I ain't ashamed
'Cause both of them are you
I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed, no
Two lovers and I love them both the same
I've got two lovers, two lovers
And both of them are you


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Two More Years

While you are out beneath the moonlit sky
I sit here and stare at the wall
I think of you sweetheart and days gone by
And I know two more years is all

   Two more years is all and I'll be free
   And then we can start our lives anew
   I've held your memory so close to me
   Two more years and I'll be free

I've been in this old prison for nineteen years
It seems like ninety to me
Only twenty-four months of tears sweetheart
Two more years and I'll be free

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Dolly Parton - Two Of A Kind lyrics

I thought I'd been in love before but so did you
I thought that I would love no more but so did you
We'll always be together forever yours forever mine
You and me you and me are two of a kind
There's so much between you and me like sadness disappointment jealousy
Like respect and honor and admiration and a love so fine
You and me you and me are two of a kind
I've made promises to you that I couldn't keep
And you know I've said things to you that I didn't mean
We've made our vows and we can never break the ties that bind
You and me you and me are two of a kind
There's so much between you and me...


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Brad Paisley - Two People Fell In Love lyrics

A baby's born in the middle of the night in a local delivery room
They grab his feet smack him till he cries he goes home the next afternoon
Before you know he's off to school and he graduates in May
Goes out and gets a PHD and then cures all sorts of things
Wins a noble prize and saves a million different lives
The world's a better place for all he's done
It's funny when you think about the reason he's alive
Is all because two people fell in love
Right now at a picnic shelter down by Canyon Creek
You'll find potato salad, hot dogs and baked beans
The whole Wilson family's lined up filling their paper plates
They've drove or flown in here from fifteen different states
Stanley Wilson said that sixty years ago he knew that Miss Emma Tucker was the
one
Now five generations get together every June
And all because two people fell in love
Yeah there ain't nothing not affected
When two hearts get connected
All that is will be or ever was
Every single choice we make
Every breath we get to take
Is all because two people fell in love
I recall a young man who was drifting aimlessly
And a young waitress who seemed lonesome as can be
In a little café right off of 14th avenue
With a whole lotta help from up above
We met and things sure turned around for me and you
And all because two people fell in love
Baby there ain't nothing not affected
When two hearts get connected
All that is will be or ever was
I'm glad your dad could not resist
Your momma's charm and you exist
All because two people fell in love
You know to me it's call so clear
Every one of us is here
All because two people fell in love
A baby's born in the middle of the night in a local delivery room
They grab his feet smack him till he cries he goes home the next afternoon


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Dolly Parton - Two Sides To Every Story lyrics

Two sides to every story we didn't stay that out if we'll take time
Two sides to every story you tell yours and I tell mine
Well where were you last night when I came home
When I came in you were out and gone
Well I waited up till up to two then I went downtown to look for you
So how's about tellin' me where you were at
Well me and the boys stopped off for a drink or two
(Now ain't you a pretty thing)
Well we got to drinkin' and I guess that time just flew
Well the time must've flown for you alright
Cause I thought you're gonna stay out all night
And I told myself I ain't puttin' up to that
There's always two sides...
You said you went downtown to look for me
Did you have to dress up fancy as could be
You know I never leave the house you know jacky clothes lookin' like slut
And I's downtown just to look in my best for you
Now I'm not accusin' you of doin' wrong
But that's awful late for you to be out and gone
Now look who's talkin' bout bein' late and I went about to sit and wait
Why you were at that when with no tellin' who
There's always two sides...
There's always two sides...


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Two Story House
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Glenn D. Tubb, Dave Lindsey, Tammy Wynette

C                  G7            C
We always wanted a big two story house
                           G7              C
Back when we lived in that little two room shack
                                                  C7                 F
We wanted fame and fortune and we'd live life the way the rich folks do
   C                          G7              C
We knew some how we'd make it together me and you
                                           G7               C
With dreams and hopes of things to come we worked and never stopped
                                G7               C
Not much time for you and me we had to reach the top
                                              C7                   F
We bought that big two story house and soon became the envy of the town
     C                           G7             C
With all our work behind us we'd finally settle down
                               F         G7
Now we live (yes we live) in a two story house
          C                    F       G7
Whoa what splendor but there's no love about
C           G7        C             F
I've got my story and I've got mine too
           C                   G7        C
How sad it is we now live in a two story house
                                               G7            C
The house is filled with rare antiques there's marble on the floor
                                G7         C
Beauty all around us like we've never seen before
                                           C7                  F
There's chandeliers in every room imported silks and satin all about
   C                                    G7                C
We filled the house with everything but somehow left love out
 
Repeat #3

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Two Sweethearts

A crowd of young fellas one night at a ball
Were telling of sweethearts they'd had
All seemed hardy except one lad
Who seemed downhearted and sad

Come join us Ned his comrades then said
Surely some girl has loved you
Then raising his head proudly he said
I'm in love with two

   One has hair of silver gray
   The other one is just like gold
   One is young and youthful too
   The other is aged and old
   
   But dearer than life are they both to me
   From neither would I part
   One is my mother God bless her I love her
   The other one is my sweetheart

My sweetheart is a poor working girl
Whom I'm determined to wed
Father says no it will never be so
You must marry an heiress instead

Mother was young she knows how it is
When father met her she was poor
Ned don't fret she'll be your wife yet
For he will consent I am sure

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Brad Paisley - Two Tear Drops lyrics

Two Tear Drops - Brad Paisley
Two teardrops were floatin' down the river
One teardrop said to the other,
"I'm from the soft blue eyes of a woman in love.
I'm a tear of joy she couldn't carry.
She was so happy she'd just gotten married.
I was on her cheek when she wiped me away with her glove.
I could tell on the look on her face, she didn't need me.
So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea."
The other tear said, "We've got a connection.
I'm a tear of sorrow born of rejection.
I'm from the sad brown eyes of her old flame.
She told him they would be life long companions,
Left him with questions and not enough answers.
I was on his cheek as he stood there callin' her name.
I could tell he had a lot of my friends for company.
So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea."
Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight,
Two more teardrops somebody cried,
One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue.
The tide goes out and the tide comes in,
And someday there'll be teardrops again,
Released in a moment of pleasure or a moment of pain.
Then they'll drift on down and ride to the sea again.
Last night I sat in the waiting room,
The nurse walked in and gave me the news,
It's a baby girl and they're both fine.
An old man sittin' not ten feet away,
Just lost his wife, and he said to me,
"You've got a brand new angel and I've lost mine.
I guess the good lord givedth and the good lord taketh away."
And we both wiped a teardrop from our face.
Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight,
Two more teardrops somebody cried,
One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue.
The tide goes out and the tide comes in,
A whole new circle of life begins,
Where tears are a part of the pleasure, and part of the pain.
Till they drift on down and ride to the sea again.


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Richard Thompson - Two-Faced Love 

Two-faced love will make me doubt my mind
Two-faced love will keep me paralyzed
Two-faced love, I pace the room at night
Why can't I get you off my mind?

Oh, I try to dull my feelings down
In every bar, in every town
But your eyes follow me around
Why can't I get you off my mind?

Face the music, face the facts
Different sides of different tracks
Had my feet on holy ground
Then I helter-skelter down, confused or being used

Two-faced love, two-faced love
It feels so wrong, it must be right
Two-faced love, two-faced love
Why can't I get you off my mind?

Oh, I don't like your thin skin
And I don't like the places you've been
I don't like the mood that you're in
Why can't I get you off my mind?

If I read the signals right
I might be your slave tonight
Pardon my naive caress
Tender fits with tenderness, uncouth to tell the truth

Two-faced love, two-faced love
Feels so wrong, it must be right
Two-faced love, two-faced love
Why can't I get you off my mind?

Oh, you don't make my blood run cold
And you don't fit my jelly mold
Don't come up for air when you're digging for gold
Why can't I get you off my mind?

Why can't I get you off my mind?
It feels so wrong, it must be right
Feels so wrong, it must be right

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Un Canadien Errant
M. A. Gerin-Lajoie

Un Canadien errant banis de ses foyers (2x)
Parcourait en pleurant des pays etrangers (2x)

Les jours di pleins d'acord vous etiez disparus (2x)
Et ma patrie helas je ne la verrai plus (2x)]

Un jour triste et pensif assis au bord des flots (2x)
Au courant fugitif il addresse ces mots. (2x)

Si tu vois mon pays mon pays malheureux (2x)
Va, dis a mes amis que je me souviens deux (2x)

O jours si pleins d'appas vous etes disparus (2x)
Et ma patrie, helas! Je ne verrai plus! (2x)

Non, mais en expirant, O mon cher Canada(2x)
Mon regard languissant vers toi se portera (2x)


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Uncle Joe

Have you ever been to meeting Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Have you ever been to meeting Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Have you ever been to meeting Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
I don't mind the weather so the wind don't blow

   Hop up my ladies three in a row
   Hop up my ladies three in a row
   Hop high ladies for the cake's all dough
   How I get enough time Lord I never know

Will your horse carry double Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Will your horse carry double Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Will your horse carry double Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
I don't mind the weather so the wind don't blow

Is your horse a single footer Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Is your horse a single footer Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Is your horse a single footer Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
I don't mind the weather so the wind don't blow

Would you rather have a pacer Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Would you rather have a pacer Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
Would you rather have a pacer Uncle Joe Uncle Joe
I don't mind the weather so the wind don't blow

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Uncle John's Band
Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter

Well, the first days are the hardest days
Don't you worry anymore
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street
There is danger at the door
Think this through with me
Let me know you're mine
Oh, oh, all I want to know is
Are you kind

It's a buck dancer's choice, my friend
You better take my advice
You know all the rules by now
And the fire from the ice
Will you come with me
Won't you come with me
Oh, oh, all I want to know
Will you come with me

Goddamn, I declare
Have you seen the like
Their walls are built of cannon balls
There motto is 'Don't Tread On Me'

Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
He's come to take his children home

It's the same story the crow told me
It's the only one he knows
Like the morning sun you come
And like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate
Barely time to wait
Oh, oh, all I want to know
Where does the time go

I live in a silver mine
And I call it 'Beggar's Tomb'
I've got me a violin
And I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Oh, oh, all I want to know
How does the song go

Come hear Uncle John's Band
By the river side
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide

Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
He's come to take his children home


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Uncle Pen

Oh the people would come from far away
They'd dance all night till the break of day
When the caller hollered "do-se-do"
You knew Uncle Pen was ready to go 

   Late in the evening about sundown
   High on the hill and above the town
   Uncle Pen played the fiddle lord how it would ring
   You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing

He played an old piece he called "Soldier's Joy"
And the one called "The Boston Boy"
The greatest of all was "Jenny Lynn"
To me that's where the fiddle begins

I'll never forget that mournful day
When Uncle Pen was called away
They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow
They knew it was time for him to go

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Uncle Will Played The Fiddle

Down in old Kentucky
Well there was an old man lived all alone
And they called him fiddlin' Will
Every day about sundown
You could hear him play for a mile away
A tune called Katy Hill

Uncle Will played the fiddle
Well about every day you could hear him play
From his little log cabin on the hill
Uncle Will played the fiddle
Well, there Hall of Fame
That could play like Fiddlin' Will

Uncle Will played the fiddle
He could play an old hoedown
Just the way it should sound
Many long years ago
Uncle Will played the fiddle
And there by his side
On the day he died
They found his fiddle and bow

* Refrain

He could play em fast
He could play em slow
Just like the man on the radio
But there's one thing about Uncle Will
He never took his fiddle
From his cabin on the hill

* Refrain


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Unclouded Day

Oh they tell me of a land far beyond the skies
Oh they tell me of a home far away
Oh they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
Oh they tell me of an unclouded day

   Oh the land of cloudless day
   Oh the land of an unclouded sky
   Oh they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
   Oh they tell me of an unclouded day

Oh they tell me of a home where my friends have gone
Oh they tell me that land far away
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Shed its fragrance through the unclouded day

Oh they tell me of the King in his beauty there
And they tell me that mine eyes shall behold
Where He sits on the throne that is whiter than snow
In that city that is made of gold

Oh they tell me that He smiles on his children there
And His smile drives their sorrows all away
And they tell me that no tears ever come again
In that lovely land of unclouded sky

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Uncloudy Day

Oh they tell me of a home far beyond the sky
Oh they tell me of a home far away
Oh they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day

   Oh the land of cloudless days
   Oh the land of an uncloudy sky
   Oh they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
   Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day

Oh they tell me that he smiles on his children there
And his smile drives the sorrows away
Oh they tell me that now clouds ever come again
In that lovely land of uncloudy days

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New Grass Revival - Unconditional Love

People think I'm crazy to keep on lovin' you
After all the changes you put me through
But they don't understand the nature of my love
You can turn your back on me but I will never give you up

It's an unconditional love I have for you
And it just gets stronger no matter what you do
Undeniable feelin', forever true, oh, unconditional love

I don't care how long it takes to get to you
Some day I know I'll see my dream come true
Until I have you I've got nothing but time
I'm gonna keep on tryin' 'til I make you mine

It's an unconditional love I have for you
And it just gets stronger no matter what you do
Undeniable feelin', forever true, oh, unconditional love

This is the only way to love
It comes to you when you give enough
This is the only way to love
It comes to you when you give enough

This is the only way to love
It comes to you when you give enough
This is the only way to love
It comes to you when you give enough

An unconditional love I have for you
And it just gets stronger no matter what you do
Undeniable feelin', forever true, oh, yeah

It's an unconditional love I have for you
And it just gets stronger no matter what you do
An undeniable feelin', forever true, oh, unconditional love

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Alan Jackson - Under The Influence lyrics

She just started liking cheatinsongs
Chorus
She just started liking cheatinsongs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatinshe likes
Or just the melody
I've never had any reason to doubt her
As far as I know she's been true
But lately she's had a different look in her eyes
I wonder if she's seeing somebody new
You can't blame a body for looking
And there's a world of people out there
But I hope she's not taking any closer looks
I tell you lately, frankly I've been scared
Chorus
I've got to admit I do some looking too
But she's the only one I love
She still tells me she loves me
But I wonder if my love's enough
Chorus
Yeah, I don't know if it's the cheatinshe likes
Or just the melody


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Under These Conditions
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Max D. Barnes and Vince Gill

C                 F       G7              C
I know we're both married  yet we're both alone
            G7                      C
He's always working and she's never home
          F        G7              C
If we got together  it would be so good
                F           G7               C
But under these conditions  I don't think we should
             F        G7            C
We both have children  they need us around
                    G7                       C
Although we're both willing we can't let 'em down
              F       G7                 C
As much as we want to  you know where we stand
            F           G7               C
Under these conditions  I don't think we can
             F                      C
We love each other but it's only in dreams
       G7          F           Em
But we have to get used to the fact 
          Dm           C
It's just one of those things
            F                        C
We'll never know how this love could feel
            F           G7        C
Under these conditions   we never will
            F           G7        C
Under these conditions   we never will

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Under Your Spell Again

   You've got me under your spell again
   Sayin' those things again
   Makin' me believe that you're just mine
   You've got me dreamin' those dreams again
   Thinkin' those things again
   I've got to take you back just one more time.

I swore the last time that you let me down
That I wouldn't see you if you came around
But I can't tell my heart what's right or wrong
And I've been so lonely since you've been gone.

Well everybody tells me that I'm a fool
That I never should have put my faith in you
And way down deep inside I guess I know it's true
But no one else can make me feel the way you do.

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Railroad Earth - 'Neath the Stars

Why do they call her wren?
She changed her name to fit the way that she was feeling then
Then wren, she spilled some wine, forgot the names they used to call her in those other times

Truly, underneath the stars there are a million ways to be the way you are . . all of them dying
Underneath the rays there'll be a million ways to live the days ahead . . why are we crying?

If I knock . . what will I say? I know you've been in your home & I've been far away
When I knock . . who will I be? I know you're a different you & I've forgotten me

Truly, underneath the stars there are a million ways to be the way you are . . all of them dying
Underneath their rays there'll be a million ways to live the days ahead . . why are we crying?

Why not change our names? some things we won't recognize . . some will remain the same
Some people roll a stone . . find out they were never really even in their home

Underneath the stars there are a million ways to be the way you are . . all of them dying
Underneath the rays there'll be a million ways to live the days ahead . . why are we crying?

There were words . . on my skin . . you touched them & they woke again . . now they're on the wind . .

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Crooked Still 
Undone In Sorrow

Over yonder in the graveyard
Where the wild, wild flowers grow
There they laid my own true lover
She's gone from me, forever more

Fairer than the sweetest flower
Restless as the wildest way
Born with a love deep as a ocean
This was the girl that I did win

I left her there back in the mountain
To see the world riches to gain
Oh when I returned no earthy treasure
Could ease this heart so filled with pain

There so high upon the mountain
Beneath that little mound of clay
The girl that I returned to marry
So still among the flowers did lay

I'll go away and I will wander
Lay aside my earthy gain
All I am undone in riches
Undone in sorrow I'll remain
Undone in sorrow I'll remain

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Unfaithful One

   Unfaithful one you'll have to suffer
   You're doomed to go through life alone
   For no one else will ever trust you
   They'll know your heart is made of stone

I still recall our happy years dear
Our love was fresh as flowers of spring
But now you've left me for a stranger
You've lost the right to wear my ring

So blue was I the day you left me
My heart was sad and lonely too
My place was taken by this stranger
You traded an old love for a new

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Unicorns
Shel Silverstein

A long time ago, when the Earth was green,
And there was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen.
And they'd run around free while the world was being born,
And the loveliest of all was the Unicorn.

There was green alligators and long-necked geese,
Hump back camels and some chimpanzees,
Cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the Unicorn.
But the Lord seen some sinnin' and it caused Him pain
He says, "Stand back, I'm gonna make it rain.
So hey, Brother Noah, I'll tell you what to do...
Go and build me a floating zoo,

And you take two alligators and a couple of geese,
Two hump backed camels and two chimpanzees,
Two cats, two rats, two elephants, but sure as you're born,
Noah, don't you forget my unicorns."
Now Noah was there and he answered the callin',
And he finished up the ark just as the rain started fallin'.
Then he marched in the animals two by two,
And he sung out as they came through...

"Hey Lord, I got you two alligators and a couple of geese,
Two hump backed camels and two chimpanzees,
Two cats, two rats, two elephants, but sure as you're born,
Lord, I just don't see your unicorns."
Well, Noah looked out through the drivin' rain,
But the unicorns were hidin', playin' silly games.
They were kickin' and a-splashin' while the rain was pourin' --
Oh, them foolish unicorns.

Then the ducks started duckin' and the snakes started snakin',
And the elephants started elephantin' and the boat started shakin',
The mice started squeakin' and the lions started roarin',
And everyone's aboard but them unicorns.
I mean the two alligators and a couple of geese,
The hump back camels and the chimpanzees,
Noah cried, "Close the door 'cause the rain is pourin',
And we just can't wait for them unicorns."

And then the ark started movin', it drifted with the tide.
And the unicorns looked up from the rocks and cried.
And the water came down and sort of floated them away.
That's why you've never seen a unicorn to this day.
You'll see a lot of alligators and a whole mess of geese,
You'll see hump back camels and chimpanzees,
you'll see cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorn.


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Richard Thompson - Uninhabited Man 

Only a misdirected dart
At an unprotected heart
I'm sure it happens every day

Just a passing interlude
A fresh face to change the mood
I'll find my feet again you say

What rock, I had you rolled
What rock, I had you rolled away

But I live as best I can
Meet the uninhabited man
Please read the sign and walk away

What an old dry shell I am
The uninhabited man
I'll find my feet again you say

No doubt they'll pull me down
No doubt they'll pull me down someday

Who's been sleeping in my bed?
Who's been sleeping in my bed?
Who's been sitting in my chair?
Who's been licking in my bowl?
Who's been sleeping in my bed?

A romantic ruin am I
Funny how I catch the eye
The vacuum slowly sucks you in

I'm left no skill, no art
To meet you heart to heart
You'll find no me beneath the skin

And if there's no me then there's no
And if there's no me then there's no sin

Who's been sleeping in my bed?
Who's been sleeping in my bed?
And who's been sitting in my chair?
Who's been licking in my bowl?
Who's been sleeping in my bed?

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Richard Thompson - Uninhabited Man - 2001 Digital Remaster 

Only a misdirected dart
At an unprotected heart
I'm sure it happens every day
Just a passing interlude
A fresh face to change the mood
I'll find my feet again you say

What rock I had you rolled
What rock I had you rolled away

But I live as best I can
Meet the uninhabited man
Please read the sign and walk away
What an old dry shell I am
The uninhabited man
I'll find my feet again you say

No doubt they'll pull me down
No doubt they'll pull me down someday

Who's been sleeping in my bed
Who's been sleeping in my bed

Who's been sitting in my chair
Who's been licking in my bowl
Who's been sleeping in my bed

A romantic ruin am I
Funny how I catch the eye
The vacuum slowly sucks you in
I'm left no skill, no art
To meet you heart to heart
You'll find no me beneath the skin
And if there's no me then there's no
And if there's no me then there's no sin

Who's been sleeping in my bed
Who's been sleeping in my bed

And who's been sitting in my chair
Who's been licking in my bowl
Who's been sleeping in my bed

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Alison Krauss - Unionhouse Branch		
[Instrumental]


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Dolly Parton - Unlikely Angel lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Like the Phoenix
From the ash and dirt
I rose up from the pain and hurt
When I was at my very worst
I found you
Thought I could never love again
When a stream of light came beaming in
A thread of hope
For me to spend around you
Chorus:
Unlikely Angel
Standing there in front of me
As if you were my destiny
Like we were always meant to be together
Unlikely Angel
It feels so right inside your love
Like God has sent you from above
To honor, cherish, and to love forever
The smile upon your angel face
The heaven in your eyes replace
The hell that I've been going through
Before you
How long have you been there for me
I once was blind but now I see
A future full of hope
How I adore you
Repeat Chorus
Unlikely Angel
Oh, you never know where one might be
In sacred halls or crowded streets
But God has sent one straight down to me from heaven
Unlikely Angel
Unlikely Angel
Unlikely Angel
Unlikely Angel
Hmmmm
Whisper:
Unlikely Angel


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Until Then
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
written by Stuart Hamblen

G                                 D7
My heart can sing when I pause to remember
                                   G
A heartache here is but a stepping stone
 D7     G                          C
Along a path that's winding always upward
              G        D7           G
This troubled world is not my final home

          D7                       G
But until then my heart will go on singing
      D7                       G
Until then with joy I'll carry on
  D7      G             G7      C
Until the day my eyes behold my Savior
          G       D7       G
Until the day God calls me home

                                            D7
The things of earth will dim and lose their value
                                    G
If we recall they're borrowed for a while
    D7        G                              C
And things of earth that cause this heart to tremble
         G          D7           G
Remember there will only bring a smile

          D7                       G
But until then my heart will go on singing
      D7                       G
Until then with joy I'll carry on
  D7      G                     C
Until the day my eyes behold my Savior
          G       D7       G
Until the day God calls me home

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Untitled #1
The Avett Brothers

Here come the worst of all my thoughts
You changed from gentle and inviting
Screaming in my ear, attracting me and driving me away.

I was a young man full of fire
A suitcase and a gun
Each job I pulled, take me higher
But my job stop being fun, yes, my job stopped being fun

We kept adding to the pile, til the cops came with their cuffs
Now I've got all the money
I can't spend it fast enough, no I can't spend it fast enough

You see there was a kid I used to be, sometimes I changed into this
There was this past that was gone
There is a future, there always is

Here come the worst of all my thoughts
You changed from gentle and inviting
Screaming in my ear, attracting me and driving me away.

Now there is a line of talk that's coming, now I've gotta shut her down
They told me you'd become a big star
But you and I both know exactly who we are

Here come the worst of all my thoughts
You changed from gentle and inviting
Screaming in my ear, attracting me and driving me away.

I was a young man full of fire
A suitcase and a gun
Each job I pulled, take me higher
But my job stop being fun, yes, my job stopped being fun

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Untitled #2
The Avett Brothers

London town
To New York town
To Akron
To Jamestown

Am I losing my way?

Glascoe
California
Alaska
Just before you said
Will you ever come home?
Are you lost?

Am I losing your love?
Am I losing your trust?
Am I losing your love?
She said no.

Children
and farmland
and it's quiet
Finally
Sit back and relax
No pretending

I stood up
To terror
I traveled
Forever
Forever was never worth
what she built me

Am I losing your love?
Am I losing your trust?
Am I losing your love?
She said no.

Said you missed me
in a message
You called back
said the same thing
No need to be sorry
But you left me

Been a long time since I've known you
with this secret
But I'll keep it
The world is waiting
Go and see it

Am I losing your love?
Am I losing your trust?
Am I losing your love?
Am I losing your trust?
She said yes.

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Untitled #3
The Avett Brothers

When the country side was a gift
Wrapped in silver ribbon
Highway tide up in a bow
By the thumb of god

Felt like a thief when I was in it
Felt like a beggar when I was not.

These city streets of endless failures
The same with endless victory
I started dreaming the moment that I hid them
Into a slumber I could not stop

Felt like a their when I was in them
Felt like a beggar when I was not

The light of a blessing
I am humbled in the glow
Asking my same old questions
Learning I don't need to know

Your skin was like the softest ocean
Waves of gentle lace and rhythm
I left so many times when I should have stayed there swimming
Oh, but our time together I never forgot

Felt like a thief when I was with you
Felt like a beggar when I was not

Feel like a thief when I am with you
Feel like a beggar when I am not

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Untitled #4
The Avett Brothers

(One, two, one, two, three)

I don't need another collar
I don't need another hat
I don't need to leave this small town
It don't matter where I'm at

'Cause I'm happy being me the most
When I let what makes me happy go
And I finally learn what I need to know
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing

I don't need you to come back to me
I don't need another memory
I don't need to make the world see that I'm not crazy

I don't need to join in their games
I don't need to fight to stake my claim
I don't need the world to know my name
It never mattered if they did

'Cause I'm happy being me the most
When I let what makes me happy go
And I finally learn what I need to know
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing

And I'm always home
And I'm always yours
And I'll be alright with or without
The things that I've been searching for
Baby, I'm not searching anymore

I don't need to be told what to do
I don't need to be assured by you
I don't need to pay the credit due
Na, there is none

I don't need you to come back to me
I don't need another memory
I don't need to make the world see that I'm not crazy

'Cause I'm happy being me the most
When I let what makes me happy go
And I finally learn what I need to know
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing
I am happier with nothing, nothing
I am happier with nothing, nothing
I am happier with nothing, nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing

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Unwanted Love

I'm wanting someone that's loved and lost
Someone that's known the thrill and paid the cost
Someone that says they'll never take a chance
On another broken heart, lies, false romance

   Wanted an unwanted love
   To share all the misery and pain
   Of a heart that's unwanted and loved
   And unwilling to gamble again

I don't want to love again I'm sure
Someone whose love is not sincere
I don't want someone who hasn't known
How it feels to love and be alone

I know there are others like me
Alone, footloose and fancy free
Yet chained to a love they'll never claim
And afraid to ever love again

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Unwed Fathers
John Prine / Bobby Braddock

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
She sits there waiting, in a family way
"Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her
Tell all the others, I'll write someday"

Chorus:
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered
They run like water, through a mountain stream

In a cold and gray town, a nurse say's "Lay down"
'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home'
Someone's children, out having children
In a gray stone building, all alone

On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound
She bows her head down, hummin' lullabies
'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever'
'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'

Chorus

Well, they run like water,
Through a mountain stream


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Up On A Mountain
BMI Work #: 8395280
Up On A Mountain (Larry W. Jones 09/15/2006) (song#4012)

Up on a mountain overlooking the town
I can see down where the bright lights burn
You're looking pretty in your wedding gown
And you think it shouldn't be my concern
Up on a mountain my heart is crying
This could have been our wedding day
Up on a mountain my heart is dying
Why, oh why did I let you slip away
How could you fall for his lines so smooth
How could you go and say, I do
There's no way that mere words can soothe
My broken heart that cries over you
Up on a mountain my heart is crying
This could have been our wedding day
Up on a mountain my heart is dying
Why, oh why did I let you slip away
Up on a mountain my heart is crying
This could have been our wedding day
Up on a mountain my heart is dying
Why, oh why did I let you slip away


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Up On The Hill

Chorus
When I die won't you bury me up on the hill
When I die won't you bury me on the hill
Up on the hill, up on the hill where the woods are quiet and the wind is still
When I die won't you bury me up on the hill
When I die won't you bury me up on the hill
When I die won't you bury me up on the hill
See the bluffs under the ridge looking down at the waters edge
When I die won't you bury me on that hill
Gonna lay me 6 feet down in the golden soil
Gonna lay me 6 feet down in the golden soil
In the golden soil my body be, at the foot of a walnut tree
Gonna lay me 6 feet down in the golden soil
(chorus)
I wanna hear those songbirds singing on my grave
I wanna hear those songbirds singing on my grave
Hear the mocking bird, meadowlark, and the Jay, the whippoorwill when it's not day
Wanna hear them songbirds singing on my grave
(chorus)
Gonna let my soul roll on out on the morning train
Gonna let my soul roll on out on the morning train
On the morning train, on the morning train with a little bit of sunshine, little bit of rain
Let my soul roll on out on the morning train.
(chorus)


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Up This Hill And Down

Well its 5 o'clock in the morning till 10 c'clock at night 
It's 5 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night
I work so hard to live that I ain't got no life

Up this hill and down, up this hill again
Up this hill and down, up this hill again
It's a might long road one ain't got no end

Sometimes I got me troubles, other times its misery
Sometimes I got such troubles other times its misery
It seems like everything bad just hanging round me

* Refrain

Someday I'm going to have money, and I won't have to work so hard
I'm saving up all my money so I won't have to work so hard
On Saturday spend it with my woman and on Sunday talk with my Lord

* Refrain

Well its 5 o'clock in the morning till 10 o'clock at night
It's 5 o'clock every morning untill 10 o'clock at night
I woke so hard to live that I ain't got no life

* Refrain


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Alan Jackson - Up To My Ears In Tears lyrics

You told me you don't love me, when you walked out the door
I stood there feelin' lonely, then the tears began to pour
What else could I do, I'd never felt like that before
So I cried an ol' blue river in the middle of the floor
Now I'm up to my ears in tears
I'm cryin' night and day since you went away
The things you used to say honey, I no longer hear
The water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you dear
Up to my ears in tears
Well I found some old love letters you wrote me years ago
But the words all ran together when the tears began to flow
'Cause you left that water runnin' now it's got nowhere to go
If I can't wash away your memory guess I'll just go under slow
'Cause I'm up to my ears in tears
I'm cryin' night and day since you went away
The things you used to say honey, I no longer hear
The water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you dear
Up to my ears in tears
Yeah I'm up to my ears in tears
I'm cryin' night and day since you went away
The things you used to say honey, I no longer hear
That water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you dear
Up to my ears in tears
Yeah that water's cold and clear
I'm drownin' for you dear
Up to my ears in tears


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Urge For Going
Joni Mitchell

I awoke today and found frost perched on my town
It hovered in a frozen sky and it gobbled summer down
When the sun turns traitor cold
And shivering trees are standing in a naked row
I get the urge for going but I never seem to go

I get the urge for going, when the meadow grass is turning brown
and summertime is falling down and winter's closing in

I had a girl in summertime, with summer-colored skin
And not another man in town my darling's heart could win
But when the leaves fell tremblin' down
And bully winds did push their faces in the snow
She got the urge for going and I had to let her go

She got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown
And summertime was falling down and winter was closing in

Now the warriors of winter gave a cold triumphant shout
And all that stays is dying, all that lives is getting out
See the geese in chevron flight
Flappin' and a-racin' on before the snow
They've got the urge for going; they've got the wings to go

They get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
And summertime is falling down and winter's closing in

I'll ply the fire with kindling, pull the blankets to my chin
I'll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wandering in
I'd like to call back summertime
And have her stay for just another month or so
But she's got the urge for going, I guess she'll have to go

She gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
And all her empire's falling down and winter's closing in
And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
And summertime is falling down ...

Note:

Gender changed from original lyrics.


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Alan Jackson - Usa Today lyrics

I heard you've been wondering
How I'm getting along
I guess you think I can't make it with you gone
But I don't want you to worry
Don't you lose any sleep
But a man called long-distance this morning
Said they're thinking about putting me
On the cover of the USA Today
The story of heart-breaking pain
Picture of the loneliest man they claim in the USA Today
I don't sleep in the nighttime
Darkness reminds me of you
I lost eight pounds since last Tuesday
But I could stand to lose a few
I don't believe I'm too bad
People say I look fine
The man from the paper seems happy
Says I'm bigger than the latest crime
On the cover of the USA Today
The story of heart-breaking pain
Picture of the loneliest man they claim in the USA Today
So if you're concerned in trouble
Then you're hurting me
Don't you work out this little thing called losing you
Has made a big man out of me
I'm on the cover of the USA Today
The story of heart-breaking pain
Picture of the loneliest man they claim in the USA Today


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Used To Be

Well you don't love me anymore my darling
I'm just a used to be to you
Those cold cold kisses that you gave me little darling
Proved to me you found somebody new

   Tomorrow's just another lonesome day
   And I know you'll want me far away
   Well you don't love me anymore my darling
   I'm just a used to be to you

Gone are the good old days that we spent together
And I don't know if I can stand the pain
Of knowing that you'll soon be gone forever
And I'll never know your love again

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Using My Bible For A Road Map

I'm using my bible for a road map
The Ten Commandments they tell me what to do
The Twelve disciples are my road signs
And Jesus is there to see me through

There'll be no detours in heaven
No rough roads along the way
I'm using my bible for a road map
My last stop is heaven some sweet day

I'm using my bible for a road map
That journey I've been though you can too
They caused a passage of destruction
For God was at here as he came through

* Refrain


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Utah Carroll
Arr. Arlo Guthrie

So you ask me my kind friend
Why I am sad and still
And why my brow is darkened
Like the clouds upon the hill
Rein in your ponies closer
And I'll tell you all a tale
Of Utah Carroll, partner
And his last ride on the trail

In a grave without a headstone
Without a date or name
My partner lies there silent
In the land from which I came
Long ago we rode together
We'd ridden side by side
I loved him like a brother
And I wept when Utah died

While riding up one morning
And our work was almost done
The cattle quickly started
On a wild and maddening run
The boss's little daughter
Who was riding on that side
Rushed in to stop the stampede
It was there my partner died

Lenore upon her pony
Tried to turn the cattle right
But her blanket slipped beneath her
And she caught and held on tight
When we all saw that red blanket
Each cowboy held his breath
For should her pony fail her
None could save the girl from death

When the cattle saw the blanket
Almost dragging on the ground
They were maddened in a moment
And they charged with deafening sound
The girl soon saw her danger
And she turned her pony's face
And bending in her saddle
Tried the blanket to replace

Just then she lost her balance
In the front of that wild tide
Carroll's voice controlled the round up
"Lie still, Lenore" he cried
And then close up beside her
Came Utah riding fast
But little did the poor boy know
The ride would be his last

Full often from the saddle
He had caught the trailing rope
To pick her up at full speed
Was now his only hope
He swung low from his saddle
To take her to his arm
We thought that he'd succeeded
That the girl was safe from harm

But such a strain upon his saddle
Had ne'er been put before
And the cinches gave beneath him
And he fell beside Lenore
When the girl fell from her saddle
She had dragged the blanket down
It lay there close beside them
Where they lay upon the ground

Utah took the blanket
And to Lenore he said
"Lie still" and quickly running
Waved the red thing o'er his head
He turned the maddened cattle
From Lenore, his little friend
And as the mighty herd rushed toward him
He turned to met his end

And as the herd came on him
His weapon quickly drew
He was bound to die defended
As all brave cowboys do
The weapon flashed like lightning
And it sounded loud and clear
As the cattle rushed and killed him
He dropped the leading steer

When I broke through that wide circle
To where poor Utah lay
With a thousand wounds and bruises
His life blood ebbed away
I knelt down close beside him
And I knew that all was o'er
As I heard him faintly whisper
"Good-bye, my sweet Lenore"

Next morning at the churchyard
I heard the preacher say
"Don't think our kind friend Utah
Was lost on that great day
He was a much-loved cowboy
And not afraid to die
And we'll meet him at the round up
On the plains beyond the sky"

So you ask me my kind friend
Why I am sad and still
And why my brow is darkened
Like the clouds upon the hill
Rein in your ponies closer
And I'll tell you all a tale
Of Utah Carroll, partner
And his last ride on the trail


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V'la L'bon Vent
Traditional

Derriere chez nous y-at-un etang (x 2)
Trois beau canards s'en vont baignant

CHORUS
V'la l'bon vent, v'la l'joli vent,
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la l'joli vent,
V'la l'bon vent m'amie m'attend.

Le fils du roi s'en vont chassant (x2)
Avec son grand fusil d'argent

Visa le noir, tua le blanc (x2)
Et touts ses plumes s'en vont au vent

O fils du roi, tu es mechant! (x2)
D'avoir tuer mon canard blanc!

Y sont trois dams les remassant (x2)
Et nous ferons un lit de camp.

Nous coucherons tous deux de dans (x2)
Pour y avoir des p'tits enfants.


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Richard Thompson - Valerie 

Oh, Valerie, you give me heart attack
Oh, Valerie, you put me on the rack
Oh, you say that I'm history, you say I'm no good
Then you want to be two babes in the wood

That's what I call playing to the gallery
Well, I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Hey, Valerie, she got a scar down here
Valerie, she got gold in her ear
A figure like this, lips like that
Red fingernails, teeth like a cat

She never gets home till five or four or three
Well, I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Well, I'm soft in the head, I give her hard cash
She spends all my money on junk and trash, nylon fur, plastic shoes
And fifty-seven things she's never going to use
Never, never, never going to use
Oh, Valerie, oh, Valerie, oh, Valerie

Well, Valerie, you're going to choke or drown
Valerie, why don't you put that down?

If you don't get over this eating jag
They're going to take you home in a body bag
I can't stand to see one more calorie
Well, I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Now every time I turn my back
She's 'round the corner, looking for a crack
It's going to be the ruin of me
Well, I'm running on nervous energy
Running on nervous energy

Oh, Valerie, she want to move out of town
Valerie, she want the money down

She want leopard-skin this, tiger-skin that
Matching luggage, lipstick, hat
I can't afford her on my salary
Still I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Valerie, oh, Valerie, well

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Richard Thompson - Valerie (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) 

Oh Valerie! You give me heart attack
Oh Valerie! You put me on the rack
Oh you say that I'm history, you say I'm no good
Then you want to be two babes in the wood
That's what I call playing to the gallery
Well I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Hey Valerie! She got a scar down here
Valerie! She got gold in her ear
A figure like this, lips like that
Red fingernails, teeth like a cat
She never gets home till five or four or three
Well I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Well I'm soft in the head, I give her hard cash
She spends all my money on junk and trash
Nylon fur, plastic shoes
And fifty-seven things she's never going to use
Never, never, never going to use
Oh Valerie! Oh Valerie! Oh Valerie!

Well Valerie! You're going to choke or drown
Valerie! Why don't you put that down?
If you don't get over this eating jag
They're going to take you home in a body bag
I can't stand to see one more calorie
Well I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Now every time I turn my back
She's 'round the corner, looking for a crack
It's going to be the ruin of me
Well I'm running on nervous energy
Running on nervous energy

Oh Valerie! She want to move out of town
Valerie! She want the money down
She want leopard-skin this, tiger-skin that
Matching luggage, lipstick, hat
I can't afford her on my salary
Still I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Hmm I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie

Valerie! Oh Valerie! Well! Whooo!

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Valley Of Peace

There's an old broken lock on the old cabin door
The cracks and the holes in the old cabin floor
In my tumble down shack I long to go back
And dwell in that shack ever more

Peace, peace the Valley of peace
Where sorrows are known
Like a heaven, yes heaven it seems
Peaceful valley my home

Through an old broken window the lights I let shine
Twinkles and shines through the honeysuckle vine
By the old rustic well there's a sweet little Nell
And for me I know how she pines

* Refrain


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Vamp In The Middle

Make my bed
With a crease in the middle
Make my home
In the Hollywood of shills
And I make my living
With a hillbilly fiddle
Playing littel runs
With the funny little fills

Well got me a gal
From playing on my fiddle
And the farder that I fiddle
The harder that she comes along
But we gotta get happy
When we wiggle in the middle
That's when I know
That I want to come home

Play, fiddle, play
All day long I hear you screaming at mt
Way far away in the yard

Well, I wrote this song
With a vamp in the middle
And I knew when I wrote it
That I'd written it for the fiddle

Play, fiddle, play
All day long I hear you screaming at me
Way far away in the yard


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The Avett Brothers - Vanity 

I've got something to say
But it's all vanity, it's all vanity
I found a tune I could play
But it's all vanity, it's all vanity

Call off the guards
Call off the search
Their heads are chopped off
They're running in circles
They're running in circles

I have a plan for the day
But it's all vanity, it's all vanity
I've got love pouring out of my veins
But it's all vanity, it's all vanity

Call off the guards
Call off the search
Their heads are chopped off
They're running in circles
They're running in circles
Running in circles
They're running in circles

I've got something to say
But it's all vanity, it's all vanity
I've got love pouring out of my veins
But it's all vanity, it's all vanity

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Vegematic
Steve Goodman

Am Em Am E7 Am
Fell asleep last night with the T-V on. Oh, what a dream I had.
Am E E7
I dreamed I answered every single one of those late night mail order ads.
Am Em Am
And four to six weeks later, much to my surprise,
Am C Am E7 Am
The mailman came to my front door, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

Am E7 Am
He brought the Vegematic, and the Pocket Fisherman too,
Am C Am
Illuminated illustrated history of life,
E E7
Boxcar Willie with a Ginzu knife,
Am E7 Am
A bamboo steamer, and a Garden Weasel too,
Am C Am E7 Am
And a tie-dyed, dayglow souvenir T-shirt from Six Flags Over Burbank.

Am E7
The doorbell rang all morning and into the afternoon.
Am Em Am E7 Am
I shook with fright as it rang all night to the light of the Master Card moon.
Am E7
There was Parcel Post in the pantry, and UPS in the hall,
Am C Am E7 Am
C O D's to the ceiling, and I just couldn't pay for it all.

I got the egg scrambler, with a Seal-a-Meal carrying case,
A set of presidential commemorative plates
So I could eats my eggs off the President's face,
A Minute Mender, and a needle that'll knit or crochet,
And an autographed photograph of Rin Tin Tin at Six Flags Over Burbank.

I remembered I was dreaming, so I gave a mighty cheer.
When I awoke, it was no joke, 'cause all that shit was here.
So if you fall asleep with the TV on, let me tell you what to do:
Tear the telephone out of the wall unless you want it to happen to you.

You'll get the Vegematic, and the Pocket Fisherman too,
Illuminated illustrated history of life,
And Boxcar Willie with a Ginzu knife,
A bamboo steamer, and a smokeless ashtray too
And an all expenses paid weekend for three at Six Flags Over Burbank.


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Victim To The Tomb

It was in the time of autumn
The golden leaves lay all around
That we laid our dear old father
Away beneath the cold damp ground

   It seems but a short time ago
   That he was in his fullest bloom
   But death alas has laid him low
   Another victim to the tomb

Many sad farewells were given
Many bitter tears were shed
Our sad hearts all beat with anguish
As he lay on his dying bed

On a savior's summons he was readied
On his journey home to go
And fearless drew near the dark valleys
Washed in His blood whiter than snow

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The Avett Brothers - Victims of Life 
 Produced By Rick Rubin

Victims of cycles, victims of life
Victims of wrong, victims of right
Victims of anything, and all the above
Victims of hate, victims of love
Victims of hate, victims of love

If you're rich, you hunger for money
If you're broke, you hunger for bread
If you're wild, you're bound to die, young friend
If you live in fear, you're already dead
Victims of cycles, victims of life
Victims of wrong, victims of right
Victims of winning, victims of loss
Victims of payment, victims of cost

You got the victims of violence, victims of peace
You were all victims, exactly like me
Victims of anything, and all the above
Victims of hate, victims of love
Victims of hate, victims of love

I sold Scott a shovel, mine's got two arms
They're digging a trench, right for my heart
They can't agree, except on one thing
They've gone too far now, they're too close to leave

Victims of cycles, victims of life
Victims of wrong, victims of right
Victims of anything, and all the above
Victims of hate, victims of love
Victims of anything, and all the above
Victims of hate, victims of love
Victims of hate, victims of love

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Victory In Jesus
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Albert E. Brumley, Jr.
Written by Eugene M. Bartlett
    
C                              F                C
I heard an old old story how a Savior came from glory
            Am              D7                    G7
He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me
  C                         F                         C
I heard about His groaning about His precious blood's atoning
                Am             G7           C
Then I repented of my sins and won the victory
       
                       F         C
Oh victory in Jesus my Savior forever
                    Am             D7            G7
He sought me and He bought me with His redeeming blood
   C                           F              C
He loved me ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him
                           G7                    C
He plunged me into victory beneath the cleansing blood
                               F               C
I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory
                      Am              D7                 G7
And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea
C                                F              C
About the angels singing and the old redemption story
                        Am            G7               C
And some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory      
Repeat #2

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Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)
Don McLean

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They did not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will


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Virginia Man
Pam Gadd

It's another lonely night in Cincinatti
And I'm thinking 'bout my Virginia Man
A year has come and gone without my baby
So I'm headin' to Virginia once again
I left him on a cold September morning
Didn't think I wanted what I had
But it never fails as sure as you ain't got him
You think you cannot live until you have
And I should be in Roanoke by the morning
I wonder when he sees me what he'll say
Lord make him understand that I still love him
And I'll hold him tight and never go away
Now it's hard to leave my home in Cincinatti
But country life is calling me again
There's nothing like a morning in the mountains
And waking up with my Virginia man
And I should be in Roanoke by the morning...


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Virginia Waltz

We were waltzing in the light of the old Virginia moon
As the fiddles played their music so low
I was happy as a king with the girl of my dream
Until she whispered sweetheart I must go

   Oh I'll never forget the night when we met
   You found me when my heart was low
   Now my heart will always yearn
   'Til the day when you return
   And we'll dance to the Old Virginia Waltz

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Vision Of Mother

Oft my thoughts drift back to childhood
To the times when I was free
As I played before the fireside
Round my darling mother's knee

   There's a blessed home up yonder
   Where my loved ones wait for me
   I saw mother in a vision
   Kneeling there to pray for me

Then one day our mother left us
Daddy said she'd gone to rest
I remember how she loved me
As she clutched me to her breast

Some sweet day I'll meet you mother
Your little boy is coming home
To see you as in days of childhood
The one you loved and left alone

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Viva Las Vegas
Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman

Bright light city gonna set my soul,
Gonna set my soul on fire.
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher.

There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there,
And they're all livin' devil may care.
And I'm just the devil with love to spare.
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas.

How I wish that there were more
Than the twenty-four hours in the day,
'Cause even if there were forty more
I wouldn't sleep a minute away.

Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel.
A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal.
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel.
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas.

Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin'
And your one armbandits crashin'
All those hopes down the drain.
Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime,
Turnin' night into daytime.
If you see it once
You'll never be the same again.

I'm gonna keep on the run.
I'm gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime.
If I wind up broke up well
I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time.

I'm gonna give it ev'rything I've got.
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot.
Let me shoot a seven with ev'ry shot.
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas,
Viva, Viva Las Vegas


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Voice Of My Savior

    I heard a sweet voice so tenderly calling
    Saying arise be saved evermore
    And I knew it must be the voice of my Savior
    For I had not heard a voice like it before

I remember one night in an old fashioned meeting
I was praying to God to redeem my poor soul
When I heard the sweet voice of my lovin' Savior
And I started that night to make heaven my home

I'm glad that I heard the voice of my Savior
I know I'm redeemed by his wonderful grace
Someday when he calls I'll go up to Heaven
And then in that city I'll look on His face

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Wabash Cannonball

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the green ol' Smoky Mountains to the south lands by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome and she's known quite well by all
She's the regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobos call
You're traveling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball

Our eastern states are dandy, so the people always say
From New York to St Louis with Chicago by the way
From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball

Now here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
And always be remembered through the courts throughout the land
His earthly race is over, now the curtains round him fall
We'll carry him home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball

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Crooked Still 
Wading Deep Waters

I am wading deep waters trying to get home
Lord I am wading deep waters trying to get home
I am wading deep waters
Wading deep waters
Wading deep waters trying to get home

I am climbing high mountains trying to get home
Lord I am climbing high mountains trying to get home
Lore I am climbing high mountains
Climbing high mountains
Climbing high mounts trying to get home

Lord I am walking deep valleys trying to get home
Lord I am walking deep valleys trying to get home
Wading deep valleys

I am walking deep valleys trying to get home

I am wading deep waters trying to get home
Lord I am wading deep waters trying to get home
Lord I am wading deep waters
Wading deep waters
Wading deep waters trying to get home

Trying to get home
Trying to get home
Trying to get home
Trying to get home

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Dolly Parton - Wait 'til I Get You Home lyrics

You never cease to amaze me
You can still make me crazy
Baby you can turn me on
With just your eyes
You're just so darn appealing
You stir up sexy feelings
Every man in the room
Would like to try you on for size
Chorus:
Wait 'til I get you home
Wait 'til I get you alone
Wait 'til I get my hands on you
Wait 'til I get you home sweet baby
Wait 'til I get you home
Oh baby you still make me
Feel feelin's that can take me
To places where I've never been before
Well honey I've got a feelin'
We'll make some shadows on the ceilin'
Tonight by candlelight behind closed doors
Chorus:
Wait 'til I get you home
Wait 'til I get you alone
Wait 'til I get my hands on you
Wait 'til I get you home sweet baby
Wait 'til I get you home
Your lovin' gets better
Each time we're together
It's always exciting and new
Each time we discover
We're still like young lovers
It's always been magic with you
Baby wait 'til I get you home
You just wait 'til I get you alone
Wait 'til I get my hands on you
Wait 'til I get you home sweet baby
Wait 'til I get you home
Wait 'til I get you alone
Wait 'til I get my hands on you
Wait 'til I get you home sweet baby
Wait 'til I get you home sweet darlin'
Wait 'til I get you home


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Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus

Here the labour is so hard and the workers are so tired
And our weary hearts are longing for a rest
And we find we're getting anxious to be in that happy land
Where we'll enjoy some peace and happiness. 

   But wait a little longer, please, Jesus
   There's so many still a-wandering out in sin
   Just a little longer, please, Jesus
   Just a few more days tolet our loved ones in. 

We may look into the skies and tearswillfill our eyes
For our weary hearts grow heavy with each day
First we cry oh lord please come, come and take our children home
And then we look around us and we say: 

The family's scattered here and there, but Lord we love them dear
And maybe we can help them find the way
Well if waiting is the cause well they might not be
Lord that's the only reason why we say:

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Wait A Minute

   Wait a minute did I hear you say you're going far away again
   Try to change it I can't take the lonely nights without your love

Doin' the road get the music done and move along
What good does it do Play your songs for her and hear her say

You're rollin' along life's been good to you and even so
She comes to you late at night's the time you hear her say once again

I'm waitin' for you thirty days and nights without a rest
I got to hold on twenty-five to go and once again I'll hear you say

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Waitin' For Your Love
Written and recorded by Vince Gill

G                                    C                 G     Em
Well I've been spendin' all my spare time sittin' home alone
G                       C                       G     D7
Listenin' for the front door and starin' at the phone
           G                   C                       G
Ever since that night in Texas you're all that's in my brain
                            D7
And long distance ain't the answer 
                                G
My little heart can't stand the strain
      C                                             G
I'm a waitin' for your love waitin' every night and day
                          C                       D7
Hopin' you'll come by and get me baby take me far away
              C                                    G
I'm a waitin' for your love girl I ain't afraid to say
                       A7     C                          G
That you're all I ever wanted so come and steal my heart away
                        C                     G
Well I was never one to beg you know I always played it cool so cool
                        D7        C                           G
But you've got me on my knees now you're the exception to the rule
                            C                         G
Well there ain't no turnin' back you know I'm too far gone
                         D7                            G
So I keep the front door open and keep the porch light on
repeat #2 x2
      C                                             G
I'm a waitin' for your love waitin' every night and day
                  A7     C                          G
You're all I ever wanted so come and steal my heart away

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Brad Paisley - Waitin' On A Woman lyrics

Sittin' on a bench at West Town Mall
He sat down in his overalls and asked me
You waitin' on a woman
I nodded yeah and said how 'bout you
He said son since nineteen fifty-two I've been
Waitin' on a woman
When I picked her up for our first date
I told her I'd be there at eight
And she came down the stairs at eight-thirty
She said I'm sorry that I took so long
Didn't like a thing that I tried on
But let me tell you son she sure looked pretty
Yeah she'll take her time but I don't mind
Waitin' on a woman
He said the wedding took a year to plan
You talk about an anxious man, I was nervous
Waitin' on a woman
And then he nudged my arm like old men do
And said, I'll say this about the honeymoon, it was worth it
Waitin' on a woman
And I don't guess we've been anywhere
She hasn't made us late I swear
Sometimes she does it just 'cause she can do it
Boy it's just a fact of life
It'll be the same with your young wife
Might as well go on and get used to it
She'll take her time 'cause you don't mind
Waitin' on a woman
I've read somewhere statistics show
The man's always the first to go
And that makes sense 'cause I know she won't be ready
So when it finally comes my time
And I get to the other side
I'll find myself a bench, if they've got any
I hope she takes her time, 'cause I don't mind
Waitin' on a woman
Honey, take your time, cause I don't mind
Waitin' on a woman


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Waiting At The Gate

I'm waiting at the gate looking for my ride
Soon to take me to my home on high
Angel bands a coming From the other side
I don't want to be late I'm waiting at the gate

   I can hear the thunder the time's at hand
   Joybells are ringing in the promised land
   Jesus is a coming my soul to take
   Yes my Lord sees me waiting at the gate

I'm a' leaving the world no more to do
All of my work on earth is through
I've fought the fight I've kept the faith
Well I'm ready to go I'm waiting at the gate

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Waiting for a Train
recorded by Johnny Cash
written by Jimmie Rodgers
 
C       G7     C     C7   F       Fm    C
All around the water tank waiting for a train
  F              C         Am   D7              G7
A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
  C         G7   C        C7      F          Fm      C
I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk
   F                  C          D7                 G7
He said if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk
C              G7    C      C7    F           E7
Well I haven't got a nickel not a penny can I show
   F                C                   D7          G7     C
He said get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door

G7      C      G7     C    C7  F      Fm     C
Well he put me off in Texas a place I dearly love
    F                    C             D7             G7
The wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars above
C      G7       C       C7     F         Fm      C
Nobody seems to want me nor to lend me a helping hand
    F              C             D7             G7    
I'm on my way from Frisco heading back to Dixie Land
C        G7      C     C7  F                   E7
My pocketbook is empty my heart is willed with pain
      F              C              D7           G7    C
I'm a thousand miles away from home just waiting for a train


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The Incredible String Band - Waiting for You 

I've been wearing faces in the strangest places
Just to make a dream come true
The dawn is sweet but it's incomplete and l'm waiting for you
The breeze is blowing and my hair is growing
Forgotten everything my mother knew
The day is young and spring is sprung and I'm waiting for you
Must you bring that horse in here Miss Jones
(although your snowshoes do look terrific)
Yes they all come from out of the sky you know

I'm waiting for the dove that never came home
I'm waiting for the painter when his colours were gone
I'm waiting for the soldiers at the war, I'm waiting for a royal decision
I'm waiting for the sun to snore
I'm waiting for a rumble from Jericho, waiting for the world to begin

I'm a bareback rider, I'm an outsider and love to dance the boogaloo
I'm a turnip head, I'm a lately wed and I'm waiting for you

More tea vicar? (Hold that tiger)
Yes, the hydrangeas do look divine this time of the year

I'm wailing for the angels to put on their smiles
I'm waiting for the judges to come to trial
I'm waiting for the aeroplane, I'm waiting for the graves to open
I'm waiting to be sold in chains
I'm waiting for a signal from the trapdoor queen
Waiting for the world to begin

I'm a snake charmer, I'm a guava farmer
I'm a goose to me don't ever say boo
Let the universe roll, I'm a simple soul and I'm waiting for you
Oh it sounds so sweet when you play it me like that.
(that tiger really doesn't want to be held)

I'm waiting for the signs to point a different way
I'm waiting for God to take a holiday
I'm waiting for night in the mine
I'm waiting for the hills to grow steeper
I'm waiting for the man they call Shine
I'm waiting for Willie the Weeper to wake,
waiting for the world to begin

I'm off to market with an old straw basket singing dodeodeodo
Green cloth to wear in the spring, in the April breezes how it will blow
I'm going to introduce to you now the
personalities who compose the Jim Spiggatt Occult Quart.
Over there on my left we have Miss Cynthia de Monfort-Jones on her silvery toned
mandoline, and just a little further over the left we have that famed Oriental bass player
Miss Fenola Bumgarner (first time in captivity folks!)
On the pounding batterie and coterie we
have that well known bricklayer's labourer from Pilton,
Mr Jack McMarker- and perhaps we just have time to devastate your synaesthesia
with one more searing chorus from Black Jack Davy on the steam organ. That's all.

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Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling

Two years ago when I first met you
You smiled at me and looked so sweet
You made me think you cared about me
But you never did say you loved me

I'm waiting to hear you call me darling
I'm waiting to hear you call me dear
You know that I have always loved you
Don't make me lonely all these years

Oh maybe I've took too much for granted
To think you could ever love me
Oh please, Oh please, don't try to fool me
All I have is misery

* Refrain


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Waiting Tonight?

I'm waiting tonite for you to tell me that you still love me and you will remain
My heart is breaking with each passing hour please don't let me love you in vain

I used to think your love would always save me and that you'd always stay right by my side
But I can see a change coming o'er you and the tears I cry just can't hide

I can't pretend that love is just a pastime and that you never meant a thing to me
So darlin please don't leave me all alone sorrounded by your memory

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Wake Up Little Susie
B. & Felice Bryant

Wake up little Susie, wake up
Wake up little Susie, wake up
We've both been sond asleep
Wake up little Susie and weep
The movies over, its four a'clock
And were in troubble deep.
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie

Well...
What are we gonna tell you're mama
What are we gonna tell you're pa
What are we gonna tell our friends when they say : Oh lala
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie

Well I told you're mama that you'll be in by ten
Well Susie baby look's like we goofed again
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie
We gotta go home

Wake up little Susie, wake up
Wake up little Susie, wake up
The movie wasn't so hot
It didn't have much of a plot
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked
Our reputation is shot
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie

Well...
What are we gonna tell you're mama
What are we gonna tell you're pa
What are we gonna tell our friends when they say: Oh lala
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little susie.


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Doc Watson
Wake Up, Little Maggie

Wake up, wake up, little Maggie
Why do you sleep so sound
Them highway robbers are a coming
Gone a tear your play house down

Oh, where is my little darling
The girl I love so dear
She's gone away and left me
Andis a courtin' some other one

I got drunk in the city
Then I stumbled and fell at her door
She throwed her little arms around me
But she bid me come back no more

Oh, my head bows down like the willow
And I'm lonesome like a dove
Sometimes there's tears on my pillow
When I think about my love

Oh, where is my little darling
That girl I loved so dear
She's gone away and left me

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Walk Away
Author: Monty McClanahan

It's a shame and it's a crime
That your heart won't walk the line
That I draw at your deceit
Walk away, that's the way it's gotta be
Walk away from the pain
I won't walk this way again
I was blind but now I see
Walk away, that's the way it's gotta be
How can I forget the lies
That you told with tear-filled eyes
I'll break your spell over me
Walk away, that's the way it's gotta be
Walk away from the pain
I won't walk this way again
I was blind but now I see
Walk away, that's the way it's gotta be


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Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John
Artist: Buddy Greene
Album: Gaither Homecoming Jerusulem

John said the city was just four square
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
And he declared he'd meet me there
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
*Refrain
I want be ready,
I want be ready,
I want be ready 
To walk in Jerusalem just like John 
Oh, John, Oh, John, what do you say
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
That I'll be there in the coming day
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
* Refrain
When Peter was preaching at Pentacost
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
He was endowed with the Holy Ghost
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
* Refrain


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Walk On Boy

I was born one morning
Rain was pouring down
I heard my mammy say to my daddy
Call the boy John Henry Brown

   Walk on boy
   Walk on down the road
   There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
   Gonna help you carry your load
   Walk on boy

I left home one evening
Just about the age of ten
I got me a job on the levee lord
Toting water to the hard working men

Well the rich men make all the money
The poor man do all the work
The rich man living mighty high on the hog
Poor man live on the dirt

My old pappy told me
Just on thing to do
Find a good woman be good to her
And she gonna be good to you

Now you all heard this story
Bout the hammer that weighed nine pounds
The cat what swung it way up on the mountain
Was little John Henry Brown

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Railroad Earth - Walk On By 

My sister come look quickly . . I can't believe my eyes
All through this burning city . . The naked spirit's fly

Say hello
Say goodbye
& walk on by

Could it be war is over . . No tear comes to my eye
Inside this shell of building . . We'll wait through one more night

Say hello
Say goodbye
& walk on by

This life is sad & tender
Your tear reflects this night
Tomorrow we will venture . . Out in the morning light
And walk the streets again
And face the people's smiles
And try & find the secrets
Lost in the concrete piles

Say hello
Say goodbye
& walk on by

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Alan Jackson - Walk On The Rocks lyrics

(John Swaim)
After seventeen years behind bars
And lookin back on his mistakes
He sat down and poured out his heart
When his son came to see him today
He spoke with a voice that trembled
Tryin to hold back the tears
He said I ain't been much of a father
Son I wish I could turn back the years
Cause life's like a river
And the water is deep
Cross it with care
Or you'll end up like me
Let my mistakes
Be your steppin stones
And walk on the rocks that I stumbled on
He said son stay away from the bottle
Watch out fo the company you keep
And hold on to those you love
Cause love is a man's greatest need
The right way may not be easy
The right road ain't always straight
Son, please don't follow the footsteps
That lead to where I am today
Cause life's like a river
And the water is deep
Cross it with care
Or you'll end up like me
Let my mistakes
Be your steppin stones
And walk on the rocks that I stumbled on
Walk on the rocks that I stumbled on


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Alison Krauss - Walk Over God's Heaven 

I got shoes, you got shoes
All of God's children got shoes my Lord
And when we get to Heaven, gonna put on our shoes
We're gonna walk, we're gonna talk
All over God's Heaven, Heaven

I got a robe, you got a robe
All of God's children got a robe my Lord
And when we get to Heaven, gonna put on our robes
We're gonna shout, we're gonna shout
All over God's Heaven, Heaven

Heaven, Heaven, everybody talkin' 'bout Heaven
Ain't goin' there Heaven, Heaven
Everybody talkin' 'bout Heaven, ain't goin' there
Well, I'm gonna walk, I gonna talk
All over God's Heaven, Heaven

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Walk Slow

[Verse 1]
Walk slow, count the clouds as they pass
Walk slow, count the daisies in the grass
Life is fast and we're forever on the go
Take the time to take it in and walk slow

[Chorus]
Walk slow, as you travel down life's way
Walk slow, as you live it day-by day
Pay attention as you go
And walk slow

[Verse 2]
Walk slow, let us show the world a smile
Walk slow, just as if you were a child
Just enjoy Mother Nature and her show
God will walk along with you, walk slow

[Chorus]
Walk slow, as you travel down life's way
Walk slow, as you live it day-by day
Pay attention as you go
And walk slow

[Verse 3]
Walk slow, through the sunshine and the rain
Walk slow, you won't pass this way again
Appreciate and let the ages roll
Savor all you've come to know, and walk slow

[Chorus]
Walk slow, as you travel down life's way
Walk slow, as you live it day-by day
Pay attention as you go
And walk slow

[Verse 4]
Walk slow, it may be you who leads the way
Walk slow, don't let any go astray
Be confident upon the path you show
So that others may keep up, walk slow

[Chorus]
Walk slow, as you travel down life's way
Walk slow, as you live it day-by day
Pay attention as you go
And walk slow
Pay attention as you go
And walk slow

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Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine

You say you're sorry once again dear
You want me to take you back once more
You say you need a helping hand dear
But that's what you told me once before

   Walk softly on this heart of mine love
   Don't treat it mean and so unkind
   Let it rest in peace and quiet love
   Walk softly on this heart of mine

I know you soon will find a new love
I feel your heart is turned to stone
But please let me down real easy
For loneliness moves in as you move on

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Walk The Way The Wind Blows

Up along the hallway down along the stairs
I can see the pictures that we made down thru the years.
And it makes me blue darlin thinkin of the past
And I'm truly sorry I couldn't make it last.

   Walk the way the wind blows cry the tears I cry
   Hoping for you darlin to be here by my side
   I gotta do some thinking of where to go from here
   Walk the way the wind blows wipe away the tears

I remember darlin when you first came to me
All the year was sweetness and all our time was free
Like the leaves that whither our hearts fell away
Think i'll just go out alone and walk my blues away

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Walk Through This World With Me
by George Jones
written by Sandy Seamons and Kaye Savage

C                 F          G7             C
Walk through this world with me  go where I go
               F               G7             C
Share all your dreams with me  for I love you so
           F        G7             C
In life we search   and some of us find
                F     G7          C
I've looked for you   a long long time
 
                  F     G7                  C
And now that I've found you  new horizons I see
             F         G7                           C
Come take my hand  and walk through this world with me
 
                  F              G7         C
Walk through this world with me  go where I go
               F              G7             C
Share all your dreams with me for I love you so
           F        G7             C
In life we search   and some of us find
                F     G7           C
I've looked for you    a long long time 
 
                  F     G7                  C
And now that I've found you  new horizons I see
             F         G7                           C
Come take my hand  and walk through this world with me

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Walkin Down The Line

   Well I'm walking down the line
   I'm walking down the line
   I'm walking down the line
   My feet'll be a flyin'
   To tell about my troubled mind

I've got a heavy headed gal
I've got a heavy headed gal
I've got a heavy headed gal
She ain't a feeling well
When she's better only time will tell

My money comes and goes
My money comes and goes
My money comes and goes
And rolls and flows
Through the holes in the pockets of my clothes

I see the morning light
I see the morning light
Well it's not because I'm an early riser
I didn't go to sleep last night

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Walkin' In Jerusalem        
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs

G
Oh John oh John now what did you say
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

I'll meet you there at the break of day
                     D7        G
To walk in Jerusalem just like John

                   C          G
I'm gonna be ready I wanna be ready
C          G
I wanna be ready Lord
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John
                   C          G
I'm gonna be ready I wanna be ready
C          G
I wanna be ready Lord
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John
 

Oh some come a walkin' and some come lame
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

Some come walkin' in Jesus name
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

Repeat #2


Well if he gets there before I do
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

Tell all my friends that I'm a comin' too
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

Repeat #2


Well you're carryin' your load upon your shoulder
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

I'll meet you there at the first crossover
                     D7        G
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John

Repeat #2 x3

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Walkin' In My Sleep

Now, if you see that girl of mine
Tell her if you please
When she bakes those biscuits
To roll up her sleeves

Walkin' in my sleep, baby
Walkin' in my sleep
Up and down that Dixie line
Walkin' in my sleep

Yonder comes my baby
How do you think I know
I know her by her pretty little curls
Hanging down so low

* Refrain

Bake them bisxuits baby
Bake them good and brown
When I get my breakfast
I'm Alabama bound

* Refrain

Pain in my finger
Pain in my toe
Pain in my ankle bone
I ain't a-gonna work no more

* Refrain


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Walkin' The Dog
Recorded by Webb Pierce
Written by Cliff and Tex Grimsley

[1] I'm a-walkin' the dog
And I'm never [4] blue
I'm a-walkin' the [1] dog
I ain't thinkin' 'bout [5] you
Don't need no [1] one to tie me [4] down
I'm a-walkin' the [1] dog, and a-[5] paintin' the [1] town.
Such an easy [4] life I never [1] knew
Until the day that I left [5] you
Well, I'm a carefree [1] lad that's seen the [4] light
I'm a-walkin' the [1] dog, all the [5] day and all [1] night.
Well, I'm full of pep, I just can't grow old
I got a one-track mind, so I've been told
But I'm fancy-free, I don't worry nohow
And, I'm walkin' the dog, all the law will allow.
Such an easy life I never knew
I can't believe it's really true
Well, I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
I'm a-walkin' the dog, all the day and all night.


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Alan Jackson - Walkin' The Floor Over Me lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Don Sampson)
There's a lady living right above me
Pretty as a picture on the wall
Once I helped her with a bag of groceries
We met a time or two out in the hall
She told me somebody hurt her feelings
The hurt that's in her eyes is plain to see
Slowly she's been wearing out my ceiling
Walkin' the floor over me
Every night I hear her cryin'
Cryin' over some old memory
A little of my heart is down here dyin'
'Cause she's walkin' the floor over me
Back and forth I followed every footstep
Countin' long enough to fall asleep
Had the sweetest dream last night 'cause I dreamt
She was walkin' the floor over me
Every night I hear her cryin'
Cryin' over some old memory
A little of my heart is down here dyin'
'Cause she's walkin' the floor over me
That woman is walkin' the floor over me


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The Incredible String Band - Walking Along With You 

There are many things'll give you a good time
I have known a few
But my lover, it's you that made my eyes shine
And make the sky so blue
And it makes me feel so very good

When I'm walking along with you
When I'm walking along with you
When I'm walking along with you
When I'm walking along with you

When we're walking along
You've got the power you're so strong
But you move your body like a midnight song
I love you

Last night we made a meadow
Bathed among the dew
And out of the buttercup's bright soft touch
I was born anew
And it makes me feel so very good

When I'm walking along with you
When I'm walking along with you
When I'm walking along with you
When I'm walking along with you

When we're walking around
I see your feet kissing the ground
Your arms make music without a sound
I love you

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Doc Watson 
Walking Boss

Walkin' boss
Walkin' boss
Yes you're the boss
But I don't belong to you

I belong
Yes, I belong
And I can get along
With that steel drivin' crew

When I asked that boss man
For a job
I said I wanna job
He said "Son, what can you do?"

I can line track
I can line up track
And I can pull a jack
I can pick and shovel too

Walkin' boss
Walkin' boss
Yes, you're the boss
But I don't belong to you

I belong
Yes, I belong
And I can get along
With that steel drivin' crew

When I asked that boss man
For a job
I said I wanna job
He said "Son, what can you do?"

I work one day
One hard day
And draw no pay
And just lay around the shanty too

Walkin' boss
Walkin' boss
Yes, you're the boss
But I don't belong to you

I belong
Yes, I belong
And I can get along
With that steel drivin' crew

When I asked that boss man
For a job
I said I wanna job
He said "Son, what can you do?"

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Walking Down The Line

Well I'm walking down the line
I'm walking down the line
I'm walking down the line
My feet about my trouble mind

I've got a heavy headed gal
I've got a heavy headed gal
I've got a heavy headed gal
She ain't a feeling well
When she's better only time well tell

* Refrain

My money comes and goes
My money comes and goes
My money comes and goes
And rolls and flows and rolls and flows
Through the holes in the pockets of my clothes

* Refrain

I see the morning light
I see the morning light
I see the morning light
Well it's not because I'm an early riser
I didn't go to sleep last night

* Refrain


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The Avett Brothers - Walking for You (Live) Lyrics

Ain't got no money
But I've got time
I don't care about the sunshine
But I love to see you smile

So you say you're lonesome
Baby dry your eyes
Well there's a road to your door step
I'll be there by morning's light

But I don't have an answer
For when you ask me why
I know I love you baby like I know I never ever
Gonna let you ever say goodbye
Say goodbye, Say goodbye

I've got an old Ford pickup truck
I got a Cadillac
And I don't care how I get there
Transportation can't hold me back

But I don't have an answer
For when you ask me why
I know I love you baby like I know I never ever
Gonna let you ever say goodbye
Say goodbye, Say goodbye

Cause I've had bad lovers, yeah
That walked to my back door
I've wasted years walkin' for them gals
That's how I know you're worth walking for

So you say you're so in love
Well baby so am I
And I don't care if I'm on the road
I am always by your side

But I don't have an answer
When you ask me why
I know I love you baby like I know I never ever
Gonna let you ever say goodbye
Say goodbye, Say goodbye

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Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Ruby Moody

G                          C            G
On the cross as He hung in shame was forsaken
   C                    G      A7            D7
As they drove the nails in His hands and His feet
    G                        C             G
As death closed His eyes His cries went to heaven
   C         G           D7         G
Oh Father forgive them I hear Him repeat
    C                                          G
One morning past day break as the crowd slowly gathered  
                                               D7
Like a sheep He was humble to His father's own will
               C                                G
So sad was His face that the birds hushed their singing
                          D7           G
They were walking my Lord up Calvary's Hill
                          C               G
In a tomb He was laid but death could not hurt Him
       C          G      A7           D7
He was God's only son in this world below
       G                      C          G
On the cross He fulfilled the plan of salvation
  C             G              D7      G
I want to thank Jesus for He's coming again
Repeat #2 x2
                          D7           G   C  G
They were walking my Lord up Calvary's Hill

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Richard Thompson - Walking On A Wire Lyrics

I hand you my ball and chain
You just hand me that same old refrain
I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire
And I'm falling

I wish I could please you tonight
My medicine just won't come right
I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire
And I'm falling

Too many steps to take
Too many spells to break
Too many nights awake
And no one else

This grindstone's wearing me
Your claws are tearing me
Don't use me endlessly
It's too long, too long to myself

Where's the justice, where's the sense?
When all the pain is on my side of the fence
I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire
And I'm falling

Too many steps to take
Too many spells to break
Too many nights awake
And no one else, ohh

This grindstone's wearing me
Your claws are tearing me
Don't use me endlessly
It's too long, too long to myself

Ohh, it scares you when you don't know
Whichever way the wind might blow
Ohh, I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire
And I'm falling

I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire
And I'm falling
I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire
And I'm falling, ohh

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Dolly Parton - Walking On Sunshine lyrics
(Gale Garnett)

We'll sing in the sunshine
We'll laugh every day
We'll sing in the sunshine
And I'll be on my way
I will never love you
The cost of love's too dear
But though I'll never love you
I'll live with you one year
And we will sing in the sunshine
We'll laugh every day
We'll sing in the sunshine
And I'll be on my way
I'll sing to you each morning
I'll kiss you every night
But darlin', don't cling to me
I'll soon be out of sight
But we can sing in the sunshine
We'll laugh every day
We'll sing in the sunshine
And I'll be on my way
My daddy he once told me
Hey, don't you love you any man
Just take what they can give you
And give but what you can
And you can sing in the sunshine
We'll laugh every day
We'll sing in the sunshine
And I'll be on my way
And when our year has ended
And I have gone away
I'll often speak about you
And this is what I'll say
You know we sang in the sunshine
We laughed every day
We sang in the sunshine
Then I went on my way


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Walking On The Blueridge Mountains

Soon I'll reach the old log cabin
In the distance up ahead
I'll be home in the blue ridge mountains
Where I'll rest my weary head

    Walkin on the blue ridge mountains
    Walkin on walkin on
    Walkin on the blue ridge mountains
    Walkin to my blue ridge home

I've been lonely for my darlin
Lonely like those lonesome pines
Growin tall on the blue ridge mountains
Round the old home place of mine

Soon I'll see my friends and loved ones
Some remain some are gone
To the land that's clear and bluer
Then it is round my blue ridge home

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Walking The Dog

I'm walking the dog and having the blues
I'm walking the dog, I ain't thinking 'bout you
I don't have no one to tie me down
I'm walking the dog and all over the town

   Such an easy life I never knew
   Until the day that I met you
   I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
   I'm walking the dog all day and all night

I'm full of pep, Lord, I can't grow old
I got a one-track mind so I've been told
I'm fancy free and I don't worry now how
I'm walking the dog, all the law will allow

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Walking The King's Highway

We shall see the desert as the rose
Walking in the kings highway
There'll be singing where salvation goes
Walking in the kings highway

   There's a highway there and away
   Where sorrow shall flee away
   And the light shines bright as the day
   Walking in the kings highway

We shall see the glory of the lord
Walking in the kings highway
And behold the glory of his work
Walking in the kings highway

There the rain shall fall upon the ground
Walking in the kings highway
And the springs of water shall be found
Walking in the kings highway

No unclean things shall pass or hear
Walking in the kings highway
Just the ransom ones without a fear
Walking in the kings highway

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Richard Thompson - Walking The Long Miles Home Lyrics

Oh, the last bus has gone
Or maybe I'm wrong, it just doesn't exist
And the words that flew between me and you
I must be crossed off your list
So I'm walking the long miles home
I don't mind losing you

In fact I feel better each step of the way
In the dark, I rehearse all the right things to say
I'll be home, I'll be sober by break of day
Walking the long miles home

Not a soul is around
As I put more ground, between me and you
And the whole town's asleep
Or maybe they're deep in the old voulez vous
So I'm walking the long miles home
And I don't mind losing you

Got the moon there for company, each step of the way
And the rhythm in my shoes keep the blues all away
When you ride Shanks' Pony, you don't have to pay
Walking the long miles home

Oh, the party was grand
But I hadn't quite planned on staying so long
And while you accused me
The hours confused me and my friends had all gone
So I'm walking the long miles home
And I don't mind losing you

Ah, there's nobody out but the cop on the beat
He's snoring so loud, I don't hear my feet
I just laugh to myself and move off down the street
Walking the long miles home
I'm walking the long miles home
Oh, walking the long miles home

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Richard Thompson - Walking The Long Miles Home - 2001 Digital Remaster Lyrics

Oh the last bus has gone
Or maybe I'm wrong
It just doesn't exist
And the words that flew
Between me and you
I must be crossed off your list
So I'm walking the long miles home
I don't mind losing you
In fact I feel better each step of the way
In the dark I rehearse all the right things to say
I'll be home, I'll be sober by break of day
Walking the long miles home

Not a soul is around
As I put more ground
Between me and you
And the whole town's asleep
Or maybe they're deep in the old "voulez vous"
So I'm walking the long miles home
And I don't mind losing you
Got the moon there for company each step of the way
And the rhythm in my shoes keep the blues all away
When you ride Shanks's Pony you don't have to pay
Walking the long miles home

Oh the party was grand
But I hadn't quite planned on staying so long
And while you accused me
The hours confused me and my friends had all gone
So I'm walking the long miles home
And I don't mind losing you
Ah there's nobody out but the cop on the beat
He's snoring so loud I don't hear my feet
I just laugh to myself and move off down the street
Walking the long miles home
I'm walking the long miles home
Oh walking the long miles home

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Richard Thompson - Walking Through A Wasted Land 

I'm walking through a wasted land
Of soft sell concrete and rust
What ever happened to this country?
Where is the hand you can trust?

Walk down, walk down, walk down

I remember when a farmer was ashamed
If he never put his hand to a plough
You can buy a lot of shame with your money
He's riding in a limousine now

Walk down, walk down, walk down, walk down

Sweat is the name of this town
It's an ugly old, dirty old disgrace
And now that the steel's shut down
It's fear puts the sweat in a man's face

Walk down, walk down, walk down

Oh, now I should have a break like you
But somebody stacked up the decks
Heads are going to roll some day
If we ever get this yoke off our necks

Walk down, walk down, walk down, oh

Well, I'm walking through a wasted land
I'm walking through a wasted land
Where is the future we planned
I'm walking through a wasted land

Walk down, walk down, walk down, walk down

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Richard Thompson - Wall Of Death 

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
You can waste your time on the other rides
This is the nearest to being alive
Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death

You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house
You can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse
The tunnel of love might amuse you
Noah's Ark might confuse you
But let me take my chances on the wall of death

On the wall of death all the world is far from me
On the wall of death it's the nearest to being free

Well, you're going nowhere when you ride on the carousel
And maybe you're strong but what's the good of ringing a bell
The switchback will make you crazy, beware of the bearded lady
Oh, let me take my chances on the wall of death

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
Oh, let me ride on the wall of death one more time
You can waste your time on the other rides
This is the nearest to being alive

Oh, let me take my chances on the wall of death
Let me take my chances on the wall of death
Oh, let me take my chances on the wall of death

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Richard Thompson - Wall of Death (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) 

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house
you can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse
the tunnel of love might amuse you
noah's ark might confuse you
but let me take my chances on the wall of death
On the wall of death all the world is far from me
on the wall of death it's the nearest to being free
Well you're going nowhere
when you ride on the carousel
and maybe you're strong
but what's the good of ringing a bell
the switchback will make you crazy.
beware of the bearded lady
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
oh let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
let me take my chances on the wall of death
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death

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Richard Thompson - Wall of Death (Live) - 1983, Hamburg 

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house
you can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse
the tunnel of love might amuse you
noah's ark might confuse you
but let me take my chances on the wall of death
On the wall of death all the world is far from me
on the wall of death it's the nearest to being free
Well you're going nowhere
when you ride on the carousel
and maybe you're strong
but what's the good of ringing a bell
the switchback will make you crazy.
beware of the bearded lady
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
oh let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
let me take my chances on the wall of death
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death

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Richard Thompson - Wall of Death (Live) - 1984, Cannes 

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house
you can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse
the tunnel of love might amuse you
noah's ark might confuse you
but let me take my chances on the wall of death
On the wall of death all the world is far from me
on the wall of death it's the nearest to being free
Well you're going nowhere
when you ride on the carousel
and maybe you're strong
but what's the good of ringing a bell
the switchback will make you crazy.
beware of the bearded lady
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
oh let me ride on the wall of death one more time
you can waste your time on the other rides
this is the nearest to being alive
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
let me take my chances on the wall of death
oh let me take my chances on the wall of death

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Walls of Jericho
Adrienne Young

Lookin' much older
With dust on your shoulder
Well you crashed in this mornin'
Wearin' only your pride
Highways and freight trains
Drivers with no names
Well you played such a god game it was easy to ride

With a poor man's scheme and
Rich man's dream
You ran for your life
Over El Rio into Laredo it was do or die
The stars hung bright on the other side

Well I offered a cold beer
And I said you could stay here
I swallowed my own fear
Cos I knew what was right
We spoke in a language that was
Here before Cambridge
Colored bright terracotta and aquamarine

With a poor boy's dream and a
Rich man's scheme
You sacrificed the warmth of your wife's hand
Your children and homeland for a roll lof dice
A bitter slice of American Pie

Mighty walls of Jericho
Toppled by the sound of tiny feet
Trumpets sound and we will know
Just who's sitting in the driver's seat
Oh these walls are comin' down
Getting back to the ground
And there'll be victory
In the sound of their defeat

Well you slept when the dawn came
So I undid the latch chain I walked
Down to the riverbank and thought about life
Just when did this happen
Was it always the fashion
Playin' just to win disregarding the price

Such a rich man's scheme using
Poor boy's dreams
To fight the fight
How far will we go pretending we
Don't know what is wrong or right
The stars hang bright on the other side

Mighty walls of Jericho
Toppled by the sound of tiny feet
Trumpets sound and we will know
Just who's sitting in the driver's seat
Oh these walls are comin' down
Getting back to the ground
And there'll be victory
In the sound of their defeat

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Dolly Parton - Walls Of My Mind 

In grave in my mind there are pictures mem'ries of a love I knew one time
So I find in my thoughts I stand looking
At the mem'ries hanging on the walls of my mind
I see a mem'ry of raindrops falling in the park on the day we met
Walking with each other through the rain laughing talking as we both got soak and wet
The mem'ry made that day I could never put away
That's the day he told me he'd be mine
And that's just one of the mem'ries he left hanging on the wall of my mind
And I have a mem'ry of springtime cherry blossoms and bird singing on the vine
And the secret place we'd hide and laid together side by side
And the love that shined so brightly in his eyes
Springtime I recall was the sweetest time of all
That's the season our hearts became entwine
And that's just one of the mem'ries he left hanging on the wall of my mind
Through the spring and summer he loved me and his love died with autumn leaves
His love was the wild and restless kind
When he left he left with me so many memories
He left them hanging on the wall of my mind on my mind
Mhm mhm hanging on the wall of my mind on my mind
He left them hanging on my mind


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Walls Of Time

The wind is blowing 'cross the mountains
And down on the valley way below
It sweeps the grave of my darling
When I die that's where I want to go

Lord send the angels for my darling
And take her to that home on high
I'll wait my time out here on earth love
And come to you when I die

I hear a voice out in the darkness
It moans and whispers through the pines
I know it's my sweetheart a calling
I hear her through the walls of time

Our names are carved upon the tombstone
I promised you before you died
Our love will bloom forever darling
When we rest side by side

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Dolly Parton - Walter Henry Hagan lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Walter, Walter Henry
I say Walter Henry Hagan
You done gone and broke my heart
Walter, Walter Henry
You know that I believed you
When you swore we'd never part
Well you said you had to have me
And well you dang well did
You took me from my country home
When I was just a kid
And you took me off to Boston
Put a baby on my knee
Left me to dangle-dingle
So far from Tennessee
Now Patrick might have been one
But you ain't been no saint
But a good ole' Irish boy
They say we'll always have this drink
And you just won't stop chasin'
All those other woman around
A' ramblin' and a'gamblin'
Throwin' Irish whiskey down
Walter, Walter Henry
Walter Henry Hagan
You don't listen when I call
Walter, Walter Henry
Of all the men I've ever loved
I loved you best of all
Oh play one for ol' Walter Henry boys
Walter, Walter Henry
Walter Henry Hagan
You done left your mark on me
Walter, Walter Henry
If you ever sober up
I'm waitin' back in Tennessee
If you ever sober up
I'm waitin' back in Tennessee
Walter, Walter Henry
Yoddle-le-ee-hee
Yoddle-le-ee-hee
Walter Henry Hagan
You done left your mark on me


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Waltz Across Texas

When we dance together, my world's in disguise
It's a fairyland tale that's come true
And when you look at me with those stars in your eyes
I could waltz across Texas with you 

        Waltz across Texas with you in my arms
        Waltz across Texas with you
        Like a storybook ending I'm lost in your charms
        And I could waltz across Texas with you
 
My heartaches and troubles are just up and gone
The moment that you come in view
And with your hand in mine dear I could dance on and on
I could waltz across Texas with you

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The Incredible String Band - Waltz Of The New Moon 

I hear that the Emperor of China
Used to wear iron shoes with ease
We are the tablecloth and also the table
Also the fable of the dancing leaves

The new moon is rising
The axe of the thunder is broken
As never was not since the flood nor yet since the world began
The new moon is shining
The angels are washing their windows
Above the years whose jumble sale goes spinning on below

Ask the snail beneath the stone
Ask the stone beneath the wall
Are there any stars at all
Like an eagle in the sky
Tell me if air is strong

In the floating pan pipe victories of the golden harvest
Safe in the care of the dear moon

The new moon is rising
The eyelid of a god is approaching
The humane train the skating raining traveling voice of certainty
The new moon is shining
The harmonious hand is now holding Lord Krishna's ring
The eagle's wing the voice of mother everything

Ask the snail beneath the stone
Ask the stone beneath the wall
Are there any stars at all
Like an eagle in the sky
Tell me if air is strong

In the floating palaces of the spinning castle
May the fire, king's daughter bring water to you

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The Incredible String Band - Waltz Of The New Moon - 2010 Remastered Version 

I hear that the emperor of china used to wear iron shoes with ease
We are the tablecloth and also the table also the fable of the dancing leaves

The new moon is rising the axe of the thunder is broken
as never was not since the flood nor yet since the world began
The new moon is shining the angels are washing their windows
Above the years whose jumble sale goes spinning on below
Ask the snail beneath the stone, ask the stone beneath the wall
Are there any stars at all
Like an eagle in the sky tell me if air is strong

In the floating pan pipe victories of the golden harvest
Safe in the care of the dear moon

The new moon is rising the eyelid of god is approaching
The humane train the skating raining travelling voice of certainty
The new moon is shining the harmonious hand is now holding lord krishna's ring
the eagle's wing the voice of mother everything
Ask the snail beneath the stone, ask the stone beneath the wall
Are there any stars at all
Like an eagle in the sky tell me if air is strong

In the floating palaces of the spinning castle
May the fire king's daughter bring water to you

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Richard Thompson - Waltzing's for Dreamers 

Oh, play me a blue song and fade down the light
I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight
Just let me dream on, oh, just let me sway
While the sweet violins and the saxophones play

And Miss, you don't know me but can't we pretend
That we care for each other till the band reach the end

One step for achin' and two steps for breakin'
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighin' and two steps for cryin'
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Now they say love's for gamblers, oh, the pendulum swings
I bet hard on love and I lost everythin'
So don't send me home now, put a shot in my arm
And we'll drink out old memories and we'll drink in the dawn

And Mr Bandleader won't you play one more time
For I've good foldin' money in this pocket of mine

Oh, one step for achin', two steps for breakin'
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighin', two steps for cryin'
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Miss, you don't know me but can't we pretend
We care for each other till the band reach the end

Oh, one step for achin', two steps for breakin'
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighin', two steps for cryin'
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

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Richard Thompson - Waltzing's For Dreamers - 2001 Digital Remaster 

Oh, play me a blues song and fade down the light
I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight
Just let me dream on, oh, just let me sway
While the sweet violins and the saxophones play

And Miss, you don't know me but can't we pretend
That we care for each other till the band reach the end?

One step for aching and two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Now, they say love's for gamblers, the pendulum swings
I bet hard on love and I lost everything
So, don't send me home, now, put a shot in my arm
And we'll drink out old memories and we'll drink in the dawn

And Mr. Bandleader, won't you play one more time?
For I've good folding money in this pocket of mine

Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Miss, you don't know me but can't we pretend
That we care for each other till the band reach the end?

Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

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Billy Strings 
Wandering Boy

Where is my wandering boy tonight?
The boy of my tenderest care
The boy that was once full of life
The child of my tenderest care

Once, he was pure as morning dew
As he knelt at his mother's knee
No face was so bright, no heart more true
And none was so sweet as he

Where is my boy tonight?
Oh, where is my boy tonight?
My heart overflows
I love him, he knows
Oh, where is my boy tonight?

Go for my wandering boy tonight
Go search for him where you will
But bring him to me with all your light
And tell him I love him still

Where is my boy tonight?
Oh, where is my boy tonight?
My heart overflows
I love him, he knows
Oh, where is my boy tonight?
My heart overflows
I love him, he knows
Oh, where is my boy tonight?

Your harmonies are beautiful
The singin's phew, wow
We can, take it, take it back
It's beautiful, ain't it?
Yeah, it makes me kind of crack a little bit, you know?
Yeah, I know
No

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Wanderlust

There's a thought each day that I'm workin
Of my home in a land 'cross the sea
If I make enough money I'll find my way back
To my home and my hopes and my dreams

Cast away on a big sailing ship
On the ocean we sailed far away
Rough seas and foul weather made long to the mast
Fearing they would not see the next day

I landed in some unknown country 
No money not even one friend
Wanderlust was the reason I travelled
On a journey that may have no end

I hear my dear mother calling
Her whisper the winds of the bay
Her song a cry for her lost son
While feeling her life pass away

So its memories I keep close beside me
To nourish my poor heardened soul
But I'll work anywhere there's some money
Many days have now taken their toll

How many more years will I travel
How many more years all alone
I'm bound to the place far behind me
To the home cross the great ocean foam 

There's a thought each day that I'm workin
Of my home in a land 'cross the sea
If I make enough money I'll find my way back
To my home and my hopes and my dreams
 

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Alan Jackson - Wanted lyrics

(Alan Jackson/Charlie Craig)
Excuse me, ma'am, can you help me
I need to place an ad with you today
No ma'am, tomorrow may be too late
I'd like to have it started right away
What's that, no this is personal
I'm not buying or selling anything
Yes ma'am, I know just what to say
I wrote it down, this is how it should read
Wanted one good hearted woman
To forgive imperfection
In the man that she loves
Wanted just one chance to tell her
How much he stills loves her
He can't be sorry enough
What's that, no thats all I wanna say
I just hope these few lines will get to her
Yes ma'am, she means everything
I hope she comes back when she reads these words
Wanted one good hearted woman
To forgive imperfection
In the man that she loves
Wanted just one chance to tell her
How much he stills loves her
He can't be sorry enough
Wanted


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The Avett Brothers - Wanted Man (Live) 

Till I became a wanted man,
I never owned a gun,
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat,
And I'm always, always, always on the run

I killed poor Jed Bryant
In a bad Laredo fight,
Killed him with my bare hands
For the girl I loved that night.
Jed's brother's out to get me,
He's comin' with a gang
I'd rather shoot it out, by God, than let 'em see me hang

Bullet in my shoulder,
Blood runnin' down my vest,
Twenty in the posse,
And they're never gonna let me rest.

Till I became a wanted man,
I never owned a gun,
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat,
And I'm always, always, always on the run

Spangles on her red dress
Laughter in her voice,
When he tried to put his hands on her
My heart left me no choice.
But was she really worth it?
I guess I'll never know,
She'll be drinkin' someone else's rye when I'm six feet below.

Bullet in my shoulder,
Blood runnin' down my vest,
Twenty in the posse,
And they're never gonna let me rest.

Till I became a wanted man,
I never owned a gun,
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat,
And I'm always, always, always on the run.

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The Avett Brothers - Wanted Man 

Bullet in my shoulder
Blood running down my vest
Twenty in the posse
And they're never gonna let me rest

'Till I became a wanted man
Well, I never even owned a gun
Now they own me like a mountain cat
And I'm always on the run

Well I killed poor Jed Bryce
In a bad Laredo fight
I killed him with my bare hands
For the girl I loved that night

Jed's brothers out to get me
He's coming with his gang
And I'd rather shoot it out by God
Than let them watch me hang

Bullet in my shoulder
Blood running down my vest
Twenty in the posse
And they're never gonna let me rest

'Till I became a wanted man
Well, I never even owned a gun
Now they own me like a mountain cat
And I'm always on the run

She had spangles on her wedding dress
She had laughter in her voice
And when I tried to put my hands on her
My heart left me no choice

Now was she really worth it
I guess I'll never know
She'll be drinking someone else's rye
When I'm six feet below

Bullet in my shoulder
Blood running down my vest
Twenty in the posse
And they're never gonna let me rest

'Till I became a wanted man
Well, I never even owned a gun
Now they own me like a mountain cat
And I'm always on the run

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Doc Watson
Wanted Man

Till I became a wanted man
I never owned a gun
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat
And I'm always, always, always on the run

I killed poor Jed Bryant
In a bad Laredo fight
Killed him with my bare hands
For the girl I loved that night
Jed's brother's out to get me
He's comin' with a gang
I'd rather shoot it out, by God, than let 'em see me hang

Bullet in my shoulder
Blood runnin' down my vest
Twenty in the posse
And they're never gonna let me rest

Till I became a wanted man
I never owned a gun
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat
And I'm always, always, always on the run

Spangles on her red dress
Laughter in her voice
When he tried to put his hands on her
My heart left me no choice
But was she really worth it?
I guess I'll never know
She'll be drinkin' someone else's rye when I'm six feet below

Bullet in my shoulder
Blood runnin' down my vest
Twenty in the posse
And they're never gonna let me rest

Till I became a wanted man
I never owned a gun
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat
And I'm always, always, always on the run

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Billy Strings 
Wargasm
(feat. RMR)

I see it comin' everywhere I look
It's falling down like rain
Kill a man over a sentence in a book
And collect a reward for his pain
It's such a failing situation and I'm sick of looking at it anywhere I go
We let them talk us into hate and stick to war again like it's the only thing we know

So what's the reason for this again?
Right back where we've always been
These excuses are wearing thin
What's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this again?
You can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
So what's the reason for this again?

Same shit different century
Here we go again
It's no parade seeing tanks on your street
What's the mission, when's it gonna end
How many stones do we have to line up before we understand
We're caught up drawing lines on paper
At the price of the blood in the sand

So what's the reason for this again?
Right back where we've always been
These excuses are wearing thin
What's the reason for this again?
So what's the reason for this again?
You can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
So what's the reason for this again?

So step into the grinder with your brother tomorrow
And kiss your mother goodbye
She'll wipe her tears with your ribbons and then they'll replace you in the blink of an eye
So bite the bullet and boots on the ground
These ain't sticks and stones
Flicking matches at a powderkeg while you're standing on a pile of bones

So what's the reason for this again?
Can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
What's the reason for this again?

You are the reason I've been going psycho
It's too ugly still can't keep my eyes close
You're cold I still need your touch though
Probably wake up and still hate you tomorrow
What's the reason you never wanna conversate
What's the reason you never want to stay and wait
Fumbling all your words like you're afraid of me
But I'm the one with the knife stuck in my back again

Call my phone I decline, you're the reason why
We don't love in sequence you're not even mine
Show another display count how many times
You can't have it your way, sacrifice my pride!

So what's the reason for this again?
Right back where we've always been
But these excuses are wearing thin
What's the reason for this again?
So what's the reason for this again?
You can't decide but you've got to win
We're all the same but you're not my friend
So what's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this again?
What's the reason for this?

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Dolly Parton - Washday Blues lyrics

Last Saturday night I looked like a princess dressed in calico
Now blue Monday washday I look like a lady hobo
Just rubbin' and a scrubbin' and a raisin' 'em out
I gotta hang 'em out early I hope the sun comes out
(Wash 'em out ring 'em out hang 'em on the line
Get a little tired just think about the good times) washday blues
Now I ain't never been very lucky I ain't never won a prize
But I'd like to get a job on TV for some of that soap they advertise
Rubbin' and scrubbin...
Well that good lookin' good lovin' no good man of mine
Could buy me a washin' machine
But he spends all his money on payday to make me look like a queen
Now rubbin' and scrubbin'...


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Washed My Hands in the Muddy Water

I was born in Macon Georgia
They kept my daddy over in Macon jail
He told me if you keep your hands clean
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail

Well I fell in with bad companions
Robbed a man up in Tennessee
They caught me way up in Nashville
They locked me up and threw away the key

I washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands but they didn't come clean
Tried to do what my daddy told me
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

I asked the judge now when's my time up
He said son you know we won't forget
If you try just to keep your hands clean
We might just make a good man of you yet

Oh I couldn't wait to get my time up
I broke out broke out of Nashville jail
I just crossed the state-line of Georgia
Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

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Wasn't Born To Follow
Carol King / Gerry Goffin

Oh I'd rather go and journey
Where the diamond crescent's glowing and
Run across the valley
Beneath the sacred mountain
And Wander through the forest
Where the trees have leaves of prisms
And break the light in colors
That no-one knows the names of

And when it's time I'll go and wait
Beside a legendary fountain
Till I see your form reflected
In it's clear and jeweled waters
And if you think I'm ready
You may lead me to the chasm
Where the rivers of our vision
Flow into one another

I will want to dive beneath
The white cascading waters
She may beg she may plead
She may argue with her logic
And mention all the things I lose
That really have no value
In the end she will surely know
I wasn't born to follow


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Wasting Away

Oak tree's scatter leaves on the river
While acorns washed up on the clay
As squirrels gather food for the winter
And I sit here Wasting Away

Oh if dreaming could make you my darling
I wouldn't be lonely today
And if wishing could bring back the good times
I wouldn't be Wasting Away

I stared at the tree's in the water
Until the reflection turned gray
The fall settles low on the poplar
And me I'm just Wasting Away

* Refrain


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Billy Strings Lyrics
Watch It Fall

Well it's not so easy now
Though it never was back then
We still can't seem to work this out
But you can still pretend
And these tattered walls and burning bridges
Quickly start to fall
How long until there's nothing left at all?

I've been to California, man
I've seen them city lights
Been stranded in the desert
Scorching days and freezing nights
I'll never understand
Why people try to walk so tall
How long until there's nothing left at all?

Don't you love what you got used to?
When we used to feel so free
Won't you wait a while in silence, love
Watch it fall with me

Well the old men said the great big apple
Is rotten to the core
With Wall Street skimming from the till
While no one minds the store
And how could someone get so low
In a building so damn tall?
How long until there's nothing left at all?

While chunks the size of Delaware
Are falling off the poles
Our heads are buried in the sand
Our leaders dug the hole
Like junkies hooked on fossil fuel
Headin' for withdrawal
How long until there's nothing left at all?

Don't you love what you got used to?
When we used to feel so free
Come and wait a while in silence, love
And watch it fall with me

Now the answers in our heads
To the questions that were asked
It boils up from underground
And leads us to the past
To a place that's long forgotten
When we had enough for all
How long until there's nothing left at all?

Don't you love what you got used to?
When we try to make our stand
The hourglass is growing empty now
Just to leave a pile of sand (Watch it fall)

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Watching From The Shadow Of Your Heart
BMI Work #: 9197945
Watching From The Shadow Of Your Heart (Larry W. Jones 10/19/2007) (song#5091)

Sweetheart, I feel like I'm in a prison
Or on a ship that's lost without a chart
In someplace where the sun has not risen
While watching from the shadow of your heart
I'm watching from the shadow of your heart
Just hoping that you'll welcome me inside
I'm watching from the shadow of your heart
Hoping that's where a love for me abides
Sweetheart, it's like I'm in a lonely jail
The jailer threw away the only key
Please open up your heart and throw my bail
And free me from this prison is my plea
- instrumental -
I'm watching from the shadow of your heart
Just hoping that you'll welcome me inside
I'm watching from the shadow of your heart
Hoping that's where a love for me abides
Sweetheart, it's like I'm in a lonely jail
The jailer threw away the only key
Please open up your heart and throw my bail
And free me from this prison is my plea
I'm watching from the shadow of your heart


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Brad Paisley - Water lyrics

Inflatable pool full of dad's hot air
I was three years old
Splashin' everywhere
And so began my love affair
With water
On a river bank
With all my friends
A big old rope tied to a limb
And your a big old wuss
If you don't jump in
The water
Yeah when that summer sun starts to beatin' down
And you don't know what to do
Grab your swimming trunks
Ice up that old igloo
Drive until the map turns blue
Daytona Beach on spring break
Eighteen girls up on stage
White t-shirts about to be sprayed
With water
Oh let'er go boys
Yeah when that summer sun starts to beatin' down
And you don't know what to do
Just go and grab someone you wanna see in a bathing suit
And drive until the map turns blue
You can stay right there
When the daylights gone
Play truth or dare
And it wont take long
'Fore you and her got nothin' on
But water
All you really need this time of year
Is a pair of shades
And ice cold beer
And a place to sit somewhere near
Water


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Water Bound

The Chickens are crowing in the old pine tree
The Chickens are crowing in the old pine tree
The Chickens are crowing in the old pine tree
Way down in North Carolina

   Water bound and I can't get home
   Water bound and I can't get home
   Water bound and I can't get home
   Down in North Carolina.

Say old man I want your daughter
Say old man I want your daughter
Say old man I want your daughter
Way down in North Carolina.

Tell me boy what you want her for
Tell me boy what you want her for
Tell me boy what you want her for
Down in North Carolina.

To break my bread and share my water
To break my bread and share my water
To break my bread and share my water
Way down in North Carolina.

If you don't let her go we're gonna run away
If you don't let her go we're gonna run away
If you don't let her go we're gonna run away
On back to North Carolina.

The old man's mad and I don't care
The old man's mad and I don't care
The old man's mad and I don't care
As long as I gets his daughter

Get up Jennie and let's go home
Get up Jennie and let's go home
Get up Jennie and let's go home
Before the water rises.

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Water Underneath The Bridge

You came to me and said that you were wrong
For leaving me and staying gone so long
You came to me with open arms saying you were home
In my mind I can't forgive you in my heart I'm all alone

   You say you want to come back
   To our home upon the ridge
   There's too much water underneath the bridge

A home and a family left behind
Two little children crying all the time
All the things that we worked for didn't mean that much to you
So how can I forgive you for what you've put me through

   You say you want to come back
   To our home upon the ridge
   There's too much water underneath the bridge

The day you left I walked on down the road
The sky was gray and cloudy and the water looked so cold
At the crossing by the river, thought I'd take the easy way
Then I realized there's people here that needed me to stay

   So I walked back up the hill
   To our home upon the ridge
There's too much water underneath the bridge

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Waterbound

I went late one night
The moon and stars were shining bright
Storm come up and the trees come down
Tell you boys I was waterbound

Waterbound on a stranger's shore
River rising to my door
Carried my home to the field below
Waterbound nowhere to go

Carved my name on an old barn wall
No one'd know I was there at all
Stables dry on a winter night
You turn your head you could see the light

Black cat crawling on an old box car
Rusty door and a falling star
Ain't Got a dime in my rations sack
Waterbound and I can't get back

It's I'm gone and I won't be back
Don't believe me count my tracks
River's long and the river's wide
I'll meet you boys on the other side

So say my name and don't forget
Water still ain't got me yet
Nothing but I'm bound to roam
Waterbound and I can't get home

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Watermelon On The Vine

See that watermelon a'hanging on the fence
How I wish that melon was mine
Some folks are foolish they just don't have no sense
Or they wouldn't leave that melon on the vine

   Hambone it is sweet chicken it is good
   Rabbit is so very very fine
   But give me oh give me oh how I wish you would
   That watermelon hanging on the vine

You may talk about your peaches your apples and your pears
Simmons growing on the tree
Folks have their favorites just most every where
But that watermelon is the best for me

I went to get that melon I thought I'd have some fun
The stars they had just begun to shine
But when I heard some moving I left there on the run
But I didn't leave that melon on the vine

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Waves On The Sea

   Oh, the waves on the sea, how they roll
   And the chilly winds, how they do blow;
   My own true love got drownded in the deep
   And the ship never got to the shore

Oh the first on the deck was the porter of the ship
And a rough-looking fellow was he;
Says, " I care no more for my wife and my child
Than I do for the fish in the sea"

Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving
Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving
Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving after me
For I never expect to see her any more

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The Incredible String Band - Way Back In The 1960's 

I was a young man back in the 1960's
Yes, you made your own amusements then
For going to the pictures

Well, the travel was hard and I mean
We still used the wheel
But you could sit down at your table
And eat a real food meal

But hey, you young people
Well, I just do not know
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow

There was one fellow singing in those days
And he was quite good, and I mean to say that
His name was Bob Dylan, and I used to do gigs too
Before I made my first million

That was way, way back before
Before the wild World War Three
When England went missing
And we moved to Paraguayee

But hey, you young people
Well, I just do not know
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow

Well, I got a secret, and don't give us away
I got some real food tins for my 91st birthday
And your grandmother bought them
Way down in the new antique food store
And for beans and for bacon, I will open up my door

But hey, you young people
Well, I just do not know
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow

Well, I was a young man back in the 1960's

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The Incredible String Band - Way Back In The 1960s - 2010 Remastered Version 

I was a young man back in the 1960s.
Yes, you made your own amusements then,
For going to the pictures;
Well, the travel was hard, and I mean
We still used the wheel.
But you could sit down at your table
And eat a real food meal.

But hey, you young people, well I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.

There was one fellow singing in those days,
And he was quite good, and I mean to say that
His name was Bob Dylan, and I used to do gigs too
Before I made my first million.
That was way, way back before,
before wild World War Three,
When England went missing,
And we moved to Paraguayee.

But hey, you young people, I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.

Well, I got a secret, and don't give us away.
I got some real food tins for my 91st birthday,
And your grandmother bought them
Way down in the new antique food store,
And for beans and for bacon, I will open up my door.

But hey, you young people, well I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.

Well, I was a young man back in the 1960s.

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Way Back In The Mountains
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Max D. Barnes and Merle Haggard
[3/4 time]

C             G7            C
How far can a man stretch a dollar
               C7         F
I thought as I counted my pay
                       C
I told myself over and over
                         G7
There must be some other way
   C            G7         C
No light at the end of the tunnel
                   C7       F
The whole world is falling apart
                           C
And I need this load on my shoulders
              G7         C
Like I need a hole in my heart
                   F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
                         G7
Build a cabin nobody can find
          C        F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
F         C          G7       C
I'm gonna leave this old city behind
           G7         C
How does a man hold a woman
                      C7       F
When he's standing on unsteady ground
                             C
She's wantin' things I can't give her
                              G7
Things that make her world go round
    C            G7        C
I'm trading this microwave oven
                C7          F
For a cast iron pot bellied stove
                       C
If all I can make is a living
F     C                        G7        C
Hey I should have moved back a long time ago
Repeat #3 
                   F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
F       C     G7         F  C
Build a cabin nobody can find

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Alan Jackson - Way Beyond Blue lyrics

"Way Beyond The Blue"
I don't know, I've been told
Streets of heaven are pave with gold
I suppose its true
If heaven has anything like your love
I believe I'll be up in above a time or two
Way beyond the blue
Way beyond the blue
Way beyond the blue
I will be loving you
Way beyond the blue
If sometimes love is like a falling star
It goes so fast, and only goes so far
before it breaks your heart in two
If our love is born like an airboard jet
The higher we go, the far we're gonna get
Way beyond the blue
Way beyond the blue
Way beyond the blue
I will be loving you
Way beyond the blue
Way beyond the blue
Way beyond the blue
I will be loving you
Way beyond the blue


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Way Down
John Prine

Chorus:
Way down
Way down it must be
I can't stop this misery
It must be way down

Spring is just a smile away
Laughing at a summer day
Turn around Look at fall
Winter, hear my lonely call

Chorus

The air is thin and the sky is fat
I'm gonna buy me a brand new hat
Wear it out and go insane
Christ, I hope it never rains

Chorus

Thought I saw a neon sign
Flash my name With the time
Probably didn't see a thing
Crazy dreams and a broken wing

Chorus

How ya' gonna get sunshine
Peeking thru Venetian blinds
Don't you know all that fear
Begins and ends the same place here

Chorus


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Way Downtown

Well late last night when Willie came home
I heard him a-rapping on the door
Slipping and a-sliding with his new shoes on
Willie don't you rap no more

   Oh me, oh my
   What's gonna become of me
   Been downtown, a fooling around
   No one to cry for me

I like the hills of West Virginia
I like the hills of Tennessee
North, south, east or west
It's home sweet home to me

It's one old shirt is all I have
And a dollar is all I crave
Ain't brought nothing with me into this world
Ain't gonna take nothing to the grave

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Wayfaring Stranger

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go

   I'm going there to see my father
   I'm going there no more to roam
   I'm only going over Jordan
   I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep

I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

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Chris Thile - Wayside (Back in Time)

Standing on the corner
With a nickel or a dime
There use to be a rail car
To take you down the line

Too much beer and whiskey
To ever be employed
And when I got to Nashville
It was too much soldiers joy

Wasted on the wayside
Wasted on the way
If I don? t go tomorrow
You know I? m gone today

Back, baby, back in time
I wanna go back when you were mine
Back, baby, back in time
I wanna go back when you were mine

Black highway all night ride
Watching the times fall away to the side
Clear channel way down low
Is comin? in loud and my mind let go

Peaches in the summertime
Apples in the fall
If I can? t have you all the time
I won? t have none at all

Oh, I wish I was in Frisco
In a brand new pair of shoes
'Cause I? m sittin? here in Nashville
With Norman? s Nashville blues

So come all you good time rounders
Listenin? to my sound
And drink a round to Nashville
Before they tear it down

Back, baby, back in time
I wanna go back when you were mine
Back, baby, back in time
I wanna go back when you were mine

Hard weather, drivin? slow
Buggies and the hats in town for the show
Oh darlin', the songs they played
All I got left is the love we made

Back, baby, back in time
I wanna go back when you were mine
Back, baby, back in time
I wanna go back when you were mine

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Wayworn Traveler, The

I saw a wayward traveler in tattered garments clad,
And struggling up the mountain, it seemed that he was sad
His back was laden heavy, his strength was almost gone,
It [sic] shouted as he journeyed, "Deliverance will come!"

 Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,
Palms of victory I shall wear

The summer sun was shining, the sweat was on his brow,
His garments worn and dusty, his step seemed very slow
But he kept pressing onward, for he was wending home,
Still shouting as he journeyed, "Deliverance will come!"

The songstress in the arbor, that stood beside the way,
Attracted his attention, inviting his delay
His watchword being "Onward!" he stopped his ears and ran,
Still shouting as he journeyed, "Deliverance will come!"

While gazing on that city, just o'er that narrow flood,
A band of holy angels came from the throne of God
They bore him on their pinions, they bore the dashing foam,
And joined him in his triumph, "Deliverance has come!"

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We Americans
The Avett Brothers

I grew up with reverence for the red white and blue
Spoke of God and liberty reciting the Pledge of allegiance
Learned love of country from my own family
Some shivered and prayed approaching the beaches of Normandy
The flag waves high and that's how it should be
So many lives given and taken in the name of freedom
But the story's complicated and hard to read
Pages of the book obscured or torn out completely

I am a son of Uncle Sam
And I struggle to understand
The good and evil
But I'm doing the best I can
In a place built on stolen land
With stolen people

Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco
Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco
Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco

A misnamed people and a kidnapped race
Laws may change but we can't erase the scares of a nation
Of children devalued and disavowed
Displaced by greed and the arrogance of manifest destiny
Short-sighted to say it was a long time ago
Not even two life times have passed since the days of Lincoln
The sins of Andrew Jackson, the shame of Jim Crow
And time moves slow when the tragedies are beyond description

I am a son of Uncle Sam
And I struggle to understand
The good and evil
But I'm doing the best I can
In a place built on stolen land
With stolen people

We are more than the sum of our parts
All these broken homes and broken hearts
God, will you keep us wherever we go?
Will you forgive us for where we've been?
We Americans

Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar, mm

I've been to every state and seen shore to shore
The still open wounds of the Civil War
Watched blind hatred bounce back and forth
Seen vile prejudice both in the south and the north
And accountability is hard to impose
On ghosts of ancestors haunting the halls of our conscience
But the path of grace and good will is still here
For those of us who may be considered among the living

I am a son of God and man
And I may never understand
The good and evil
But I dearly love this land
Because of and in spite
Of we the people

We are more than the sum of our parts
All these broken bones and broken hearts
God, will you keep us wherever we go?
Can you forgive us for where we've been?
We Americans
Mm
We Americans

Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory

Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory, mm

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We Belong Together
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Ken Wesley

C                          G
We belong together you and me
A7                        D7
Together throughout eternity 
C                         G
Our love's too much to be forgot  
D7                            G
We belong together  but we're not
C                              G
Wanting you is hard enough for me
    A7                         D7
And you're not satisfied I can see
      C                                    G
We've tried before and still we just can't stop
D7                            G
We belong together  but we're not
C                              G
We can't leave the one we have behind
      A7                              D7
Still we can't give up the love we've found
C                                        G
Throughout our love we've had to stand a lot
D7                            G
We belong together  but we're not
    
    D7                            G
Yes we belong together  but we're not

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We Can Make It
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton

C      F
We can make it 
C                      A7
The world is rough but we can take it
D7                      G7
Cause you're my shelter from the storm now
C                    G7
I don't need wine to keep me warm now
C        F
No temptation 
C                  A7
Can ever shake our love's foundation
F                      G7
We're strong enough to take it
       C
We can make it
G7                D7            G7
Now we'll say goodbye to stormy weather
                 D7
Safe within each other's arms
G7
We can spend our lives together
C        F
Love has found us
C                    A7
And now its chain is wrapped around us
F              G7
And no one can break it
       C
We can make it
         F
Love has found us
C                    A7
And now its chain is wrapped around us
F              G7
And no one can break it
       Am
We can make it
       
G7     C
We can make it

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Crooked Still
We Can Work It Out

Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone

We can work it out
We can work it out

Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight or say good night

We can work it out
We can work it out

Life is very short and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long

We can work it out
We can work it out

Life is very short and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long

We can work it out
We can work it out

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Dolly Parton - We Can't Let This Happen To Us lyrics

Lately we're acting as if we were strangers
For a moment with each other we don't take time
With our work and busy schedules of things we think important
Seems we've left the most important things behind
And we can't let this happen to us the hills that we climb may seem rough
And the mountains between could shadow our dreams
And we can't let this happen to us
[ steel - trumpet ]
We can't let this happen to us we must cherish each smile and tender touch
For the castles we've built could all crumble to dust
And we can't let this happen to us no we can't let this happen to us


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We Can't Be Darlings Anymore

Darling you often said you loved me
But you've gone on before
You don't know dear how I miss you
But we can't be darlings anymore

   Darling I am sad and lonely
   Since you've gone on before
   So down here on this lonely earth dear
   We can't be darlings anymore

Until we meet up there in heaven
And we can walk the golden shore
For down here on this lonely earth dear
We can't be darlings anymore

I have lost a million tears dear
Since you've left this world and gone
But we can never again be darlings
Till we meet around the throne

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We Could Have Been
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Don Cook and John Jarvis

C        F      G7          C
Today at work I overheard a name
  F              G7                               F   G7
I knew it wasn't yours but it touched me just the same
C          F       G7             Am  G7
It felt so good to have you in my mind
F                           G7
I guess I'm the sentimental kind
     Em     F   G7  C
Oh I wonder who you became
        Em     F            G7
Did you change the world or play the game
   C    F           G7        Am  F
We came so close to love back then
   G7         C
We could have been
            F     G7         C
You were so brave when I was shy
  F        G7                            F  G7
I made you laugh when something made you cry
C           F        G7            Am G7
And I don't think we ever said goodbye
F                      G7
Now I'll always wonder why
repeat #2
  Am            C
A time or two I thought about calling
Am                   G7          C
But something always gets in the way
Em        Am
Maybe I'm afraid you'd really answer
F                   G7
What would I say to you
repeat #2
   G7         C
We could have been

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Brad Paisley - We Danced lyrics

The bar was empty
I was sweeping up the floor
That's when she walked in
I said, "I'm sorry but we're closed"
And she said "I know,
But I'm afraid I left my purse"
I said, "I put one back behind the bar
I bet it's probably yours"
And the next thing that I knew
There we were, lost in conversation
And before I handed her her purse
I said, "You'll only get this back on one condition"
Chorus
And we danced
Out there on that empty hardwood floor
The chairs up and the lights turned way down low
The music played, we held each other close
And we danced
And from that moment
There was never any doubt
I had found the one
That I had always dreamed about
And then one evenin'
When she stopped by after work
I pulled a diamond ring out of the pocket of my shirt
And as her eyes filled up with tears
She said, "This is the last thing I expected"
And then she took me by the hand
And said, "I'll only marry you on one condition"
Chorus
Like no one else had ever danced before
I can't explain what happened on that floor
But the music played
We held each other close
And we danced
Yeah, we danced


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Dolly Parton - We Found It 
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1972

We've been a searchin' for the love that lost its feeling
That one time filled our hearts with fire with love revealing
We thought that love had gone never more to be returning
And the fire that we thought had gone out again is brightly burning
Oh we found it oh we found it yes we found it yeah we found it
Joy to love joy to love we found it
And the lights are way down low the fire of love is high
We found it yes we found it oh we found it oh we found it
Sweet love you and I
Well I never seen a lovelight shine so bright no wonder we found it
Shining like a neon light with love all around it
It's nights like this with love's sweet bliss sprinkled all around it
We cried a while but now we smiled hmm hmm we found it
Oh we found it...
Oh we found it...


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We Go Together
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Norro Wilson, Danny Walls, Sammy Lyons

G                                D7
The places where we used to meet we go together
                                    G
Step by step like shoes on the feet we go together
C                                 G
Just like the sand out in the sea what good is sugar if you have no tea
D7                                           G
What good are you if you don't have me we go together

                                D7
That old feeling we used to get even feels better
                                    G
There was a girl you made me forget the day I met her
C                                    G
Just like the tears in a baby's eyes just like the stars up in the sky
D7                                    G
Like ice cream and an apple pie we go together

C                                      G
We go together like the storm and rain just like the fire that needs the flame
D7                                    G
Just like the picture needs the frame we go together
C                                     G
We go together like the moon and June just like the fork needs the spoon
D7                                           G
Just like the song that needs the tune we go together

Repeat #1,3

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Dolly Parton - We Got Too Much lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

We got too much of a good thing goin'
We got too much to let it slide
We got too much of a feelin' flowing
We got too much, got too much to let it die
Whatcha try'n to tell me, boy?
Whatcha try'n to do to me?
You know you're my pride and joy
Don't leave me now, don't leave me now
Around you my world revolves
Its a problem we can solve
Can it really be so involved we can't work it out?
We'll work it out
'Cause we got too much of a good thing goin'
We got too much to let it slide
Yeah we got too much of a feelin' flowing
We got too much, got too much to let it die
Won't you talk to me tonight?
Let me hold you and love you right
Nobody's gonna know those eyes
The way I do, I do know you
Maybe she's your fantasy
She can't love you more than me
Just touch me and you will see
You're forever mine, forever mine
'Cause we got too much of a good thing goin'
We got too much to let it slide
Yeah we got too much of a feelin' flowing
We got too much, got too much to let it die
Tell me what it is you want, what it is you need
What it is that I ain't that I should be
I'll play your games, I'll be your fool
If you want me to learn, then take me to school
Maybe I'll show you
We got too much of a good thing goin'
We got too much to let it slide
Yeah we got too much of a feelin' flowing
We got too much, got too much to let it die
Yeah we got too much, we got too much
We got too much, we got too much
We got too much, we got too much
We got too much, got too much to let it die
We got too much of a good thing goin'
We got too much to let it slide
Yeah we got too much of a feelin' flowing
We got too much, got too much to let it die


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Dolly Parton - We Had All The Good Things Going lyrics
(Jerry Monday/Mervin Shiner)

It wasn't very long ago
We had a love few people know
And everything was going oh so fine
I trusted you, you trusted me
The way that it's supposed to be
But love slipped from us somewhere down the line
We had all of the good things going baby
You know we did, everything was fine
Enjoying the taste of the good life
We all look for but few can find
It's gone but we can't understand
How luck could slip right through our hands
All down the line things seemed so very right
The love we shared through all these years
We both knew that we were sincere
Then suddenly it left just overnight
We had all of the good things going baby
You know we did, everything was fine
Enjoying the taste of the good life
We all look for but few can find
Now that we've gone our separate ways
I still recall those brighter days
Days that didn't seem so very long
Neither of us ought to blame
We overly know that it's a shame
And all that we had going now is gone
We had all of the good things going baby
You know we did, everything was fine
Enjoying the taste of the good life
We all look for but few can find


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Dolly Parton - We Had It All lyrics
(Troy Seals/Donnie Fritts)

I can hear the wind a blowin' in my mind
Just the way it use to sound through the Georgia pines
You were always there to answer when I'd call
You and me, we had it all
Remember how I use to touch your hair
Reaching for the feeling that was always there
You were the best thing in my life, I can recall
You and me, we had it all
I know that we can never live those times again
But I let my dreams take me back to where we've been
And I stay there with you just as long as I can
Oh it was so good
It was so good
It was so good when you were my man
But I'll never stop believing in your smile
Even though you didn't stay, it was all worth while
You were the best thing in my life I can recall
You and me, we had it all
I know that we could never get that far again
So I let these memories take me on back to where we've been
And I stay there with you just as long as I can
Oh it was so good, it really was
It was so good, oh oh
It was so good when you were my man
You were the best thing in my life I can recall
You and me, we had it all


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We Live In Two Different Worlds

We live in two different worlds, dear
Thats why we're so far apart
You made your world out of vows that are broken
I built a world in my heart

Every one here tride to warn me
You were just playing a game
I told them all we were meant for each other
I thought our worlds were the same

If you stay over in your world
Oh, how my poor heart will pine
Dearling someday when your memories wander
Won't you come over to mine

We live in two different worlds, dear
My world is honest and true
Sweetheart remember when your world gets lonely
I'll still be waiting for you


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We Loved It Away
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by George Richey and Carmol Taylor
 
G                   C             G
All my friends told me we'd never make it
                     D7              G
That love to you was just a game you played
                  C            G
And I'll admit at times we had rough goin'
                    C    D7          G
But in each other's arms we loved it away

                      C                G
And I've been told my love could never hold you
                 D7                G
To tie it down a price you'd never pay
                       C                  G
And I'll admit there's times when you got restless
                    C    D7          G
But in each other's arms we loved it away

                C               G
Step by step we walked the road together
                  C         G    D7
Hand in hand love grew more everyday
     G               C               G
When trouble came we held on to each other
                    C    D7          G
And in each other's arms we loved it away

                    C    D7          C  G
And in each other's arms we loved it away 

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We May Never Pass This Way Again
James Seals / Dash Crofts

Life, so they say, is but a game and we let it slip away.
Love, like the Autumn sun, should be dyin' but it's only just begun.
Like the twilight in the road up ahead, they don't see just where we're goin'.
And all the secrets in the Universe, whisper in our ears
And all the years will come and go, take us up, always up.
We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again.
We may never pass this way again.

Dreams, so they say, are for the fools and they let 'em drift away.
Peace, like the silent dove, should be flyin' but it's only just begun.
Like Columbus in the olden days, we must gather all our courage.
Sail our ships out on the open sea. Cast away our fears
And all the years will come and go, and take us up, always up.
We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again.
We may never pass this way again.

So, I wanna laugh while the laughin' is easy. I wanna cry if it makes it worthwhile.
We may never pass this way again, that's why I want it with you.
'Cause, you make me feel like I'm more than a friend. Like I'm the journey and you're the journey's end.
We may never pass this way again, that's why I want it with you, baby.

We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again.
We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again.


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Dolly Parton - We Might Be In Love lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I love you, I love you
My heart seems to whisper
But my lips cannot form those words
I know my heart
Is calling out to you
In a voice you've already heard
Does your heart feel as if
It could burst any second
Is it racing, will not slow up
Do you just want to be
With me endlessly
Well I'm thinking
We might be in love
We might be in love
The best I can tell
I thinkin' thoughts
That I've never pondered
And I'm feeling like I've never felt
It's like I drink
From some magic posion
Sipping from your loving cup
Intoxicated, infatuated
I'm thinking we might be in love
We might be in love
What else could it be
These feelings of wonder
Passion and romance
Excitement and pure ectasy
We might be in love
And it might be forever
I think there's a future for us
If you just want to be
In and all over me
It might be, we might be in love
I promise for keeps
If you're feeling like me
Then it might be
We might be in love
I dare say
We might be in love


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We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus

You can read it in the morning paper
Hear it on the radio
How crime is sweeping the nation
This world is about to go

We need a good old case of salvation
To put the love of God in our soul
We need a shole lot more of Jesus
And a lot less rock and roll

We need more old time camp meetings
And a lot more prayers of faith
Prayers that will move a mountain
Save our souls from the burning wave

We need more old fashioned preachers
Pouring out their hearts in prayer
When you're in their presence
You know that the Lord is there

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We Shall Meet Someday

We shall meet (we shall meet) where no storm clouds gather
We shall meet (we shall meet) someday
By the river of life sparkling cool and clear
We shall meet (we shall meet) someday

How our heart aches with grief when we say goodbye
We shall meet (we shall meet) someday
Where no sorrow or tears ever dims our eyes
We shall meet (we shall meet) someday

What a glorious thought as we say goodbye
We shall meet (we shall meet) someday
In that beautiful home that's prepared on high
We shall meet (we shall meet) someday

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We Shall Rise

On the resurrection morning
When the trumpet of God shall sound
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise
Then the saints shall come rejoicing
And no tears will e'er be found
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise

   We shall rise (hallelujah) we shall rise (amen)
   We shall rise (hallelujah) in that resurrection morning
   When these prison bars are broken
   We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise

On the resurrection morning
What a meeting it will be
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise
When our fathers and mothers and loved ones we'll see
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise

On the resurrection morning
Blessed thought it is to me
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise
I will see my blessed savior
Who so freely died for me
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise

On the resurrection morning
We shall meet Him in the air
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise
And be carried up to Glory
And our home so bright and fair
We shall rise hallelujah we shall rise

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Dolly Parton - We Three Kings lyrics

We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain moor and mountain following yonder star
Born a king on Bethleem´s plain, gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never over us all to reign
Star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading still proceeding guide us to Thy perfect light
Frankincense and moor have I, my gift of love and sacrifice
Prayer and praysing all men raising worshiping God most high
Oh, star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading still proceeding guide us ti Thy perfect light
We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar,we three kings


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Dolly Parton - We Three Kings Of Orient lyrics

We three kings of Orient are bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain moor and mountain following yonder star
Born a King on Bethlehem's plain gold I bring to crown him again
King forever ceasing never over us all to reign
Star of wonder star of night star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading still proceeding guide us to Thy perfect light
Frankincense and moor have I my gift of love and sacrifice
Pray'r and praising all men raising worship in God most high
Oh star of wonder...
Westward leading still proceeding guide us to Thy perfect light
We three kings of Orient are bearing gifts we traverse afar we three kings


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Dolly Parton - We Used To lyrics

Mmm....
We used to walk through fields of green
We used to sit by clear blue streams
We used to be so happy
Me and you
We used to do such silly things
We used to make love in the rain
We used to
Yes, we used to
Then you went away
Leaving me with the memories we made
Memories of those sweet yesterdays
Spent with you
Spent with you
And even though you're gone
I still think so often of you
And the things that we no longer do
Like we used to
Oh we used to
We used to be so much in love
We used to kiss and hold and touch
We used to find so many things to do
We used to laugh and plan and dream
We used to own the world it seemed
We used to
Yes we used to
Then you went away
Leaving me with the memories we made
Memories of those sweet yesterdays
Spent with you
Spent with you
Oh and even though you're gone
I still think so often of you
And the things that we no longer do
Like we used to
Oh we used to
La...mmm....
Ahh....


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We Were Almost Like A Dream Come True  
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Larry Cordle, Donnie Clark, Vickie Clark

G               C                 G
I held you last night while I was dreaming
D7                                  G  C
We walked hand in hand like lover's do
    G                  C                G
You kissed my lips and smiled now I'm believing 
C              D7                G
We were almost like a dream come true
D7               A7            D7
With each moment we found love unending
                 A7             D7       C      D7
A pretty picture all wrapped up just for me and you
       G                 C               G
Such a pretty world sure makes a perfect memory 
C              D7                G
We were almost like a dream come true
D7                 A7            D7
When I woke up and you were here beside me
                      A7     D7       C             D7
And for just a moment there  my heart cried out for you
     G                    C              G
When you call my name now once again I'm smiling
C                 D7                  G
For I realize our love's a dream come true
 
C                      D7                    G
Each day with you sweetheart is a dream come true

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We Will March Through The Streets Of The City

   We will march through the streets of the city
   With our loved ones gone before
   We will sit on the banks of the river
   Where we'll meet to part no more

Jesus caused me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
And transported by His blood

From that fount of everlasting
To thy heart to sing God's praise
Dreams of mercy never ceasing
All through songs of loudest praise

Hark the voice of Jesus calling
Who will go and work today
Fields are white and harvest is waiting
Who will bear the sheaves away

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We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven

Darling do you really love me
Are you the girl used to know
Something's happened to you darling
But it pleases me know

life is sweet when love is blooming
Like a wild rose on the hill
But when lovers part forever
Where it ends no one can tell

* Refrain

Many lonely nights I've traveled
Far across the barren land
Thinking of that peaceful village
Where we once strolled hand in hand

* Refrain

When our journey here is ended
And this life on earth is done
We'll be sweethearts up in heaven
For me I know you are the one

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - We'll Get Ahead Someday 
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Writer Mack Magaha
Copyright 1967

We'll get ahead someday, we'll get ahead someday
If the sun comes up and we both cut down we'll get ahead someday
Well, I get up early, work hard all day, listen to the troubles of my friends
But I don't realize till I get home what an awful shape we're in
The car's worn out, the kids need shoes, got a bill from the doctor today
The landlord said you'll get out tomorrow, if you don't get me some pay
We'll get ahead someday...
The paper says there's a sale downtown, I gotta have some money today
Well, there's things at home ain't never been used, you bought last bargain day
Well, you go out on Saturday night, and spend too much money on wine
Well, I work hard all week long, and I gotta have a little fun sometime
We'll get ahead someday...
If the sun comes up and we both cut down we'll get ahead someday


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We'll Meet Again Sweetheart

The time has come to say goodbye
I'm asking you to please don't cry
The time to me won't be so long
To know you're happy back at home

Someday we'll meet again sweetheart
We'll meet and never more to part
Someday we'll meet again sweetheart
Don't cry, so please don't break my heart

So goodbye now, don't be blue
Try to be happy and be true
And remember what I say
Sweetheart we'll meet again someday

So sweetheart I'm leaving now
Yes, I'll soon be on my way
Each night upon my knees I play
Sweetheart we'll meet again someday


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We'll Sweep Out The Ashes
recorded by Emmylou Harris written by Joyce Allsup

C                                           F
We know it's wrong  to let this fire burn between us
      C                                          G7
We've got to stop this wild desire in you and in me
         C                                                 F
So we'll let the flame burn once again until the thrill is gone
                         G7           C
Then we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
          F                                C
We're two people caught up in a flame that has to die out soon
  F                                  C           G7
I didn't mean to start this fire and neither did you
C                                                         F
So tonight when you hold me tight we'll let the fire burn on
                        G7           C
And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
                                                       F
Each time when we meet we both agree that it's for the last time
    C                              G7
But out of your arms I'm out of my mind
         C                                                     F
So we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning
                        G7           C
And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
G7        C                                                     F
Yes we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning
                        C
And we'll sweep out the ashes
F                   C
We'll sweep out the ashes
F                   G7           C
We'll sweep out the ashes in the morning

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We're Gonna Hold On
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Earl Montgomery and George Jones

G
We're gonna h-old on we're gonna h-old on
                 C  G     D7   G
We're gonna ho-o-ld on to each other
                      C          G
Life can be rough sometimes it's kind
A real good life is hard to find
                  C             G
But the best love is the one we know
                 C      G        D7       G
And the faith we have between us makes it grow
                C         G
Some love lives some love don't
We've got the kind of love we want
                  C                    G
It brings us happiness all through the day
                C    G       D7  G    D7
And nothing can ever make it go away
Repeat #1
                         C        G
Time will tell if you're right or wrong
We know we're right by holding on
                  C               G
And the future is set for you and me
C           G        C      G    D7         G
Filled with love the way we both want it to be
Repeat #1

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We're Putting It Back Together
Recorded by Tammy Wynette and George Jones 
Written by Danny Walls and Sammy Lyons 
 
C
Our world was falling apart 
        C7                    F
We were breaking each other's heart
      G7                        C
Doing things we knew were gonna hurt 
We watched a good thing go bad 
  C7                  F
Destroyed the love we had 
      G7                                C
And I almost forgot the way love was at first 
 
We're puttin' it back together 
     F
It's gonna be even better 
         C                  G7
Than the love we had in the past 
      C
We're gonna start with solid love 
     F
Real things we're sure of 
      G7                                      C
And a little old fashioned feeling to make it last 
 
I'm sorry if I cheated
       C7             F
I know you've been mistreated 
  G7                         C
I guess now it was all in my mind 
 
I know that I was wrong 
    C7                     F
I almost wrecked our happy home 
         G7                      C
But it's gonna be different this time 
 
Repeat #3
      G7                                  C
We're puttin' it back together to make it last

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Dolly Parton - We're Through Forever ('til Tomorrow) lyrics
(Blaise Tosti)

Love's a war we all survive, a never ending compromise
We always seem to say we're through, just to say tomorrow
Babe, I'm still in love with you
Every now and then we fight
So very sure we're both right
Saying things we never mean
Just to take them back tomorrow
And admit how wrong we've been
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
That's all we really seem to say
We can't go on with all this sorrow
We've got to find a better way
Many times we would fight and I would leave you
Then I'd find, just how much I really need you, and love you
Oh, oh, candle light, a glass of wine
Can bring back vision to the blind
Making love is sweet revenge
And when the battle's over
We're back in love, and we both win
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
That's all we really seem to say
From here, where is our love to go
And from us, what is left to say
Hey, hey, we're through forever 'til tomorrow
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
We're through forever 'til tomorrow


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We're Watching Our Steps
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery and Melba Montgomery
[3/4 time]

C                    G7                 C     F  C
Our love is a secret we're watching our steps
                                              G7          C
We're watching our steps all the time there's fire on the ground
               G7        D7       G7
We know of the danger of slipping around 
                   C                        G7          C
We're watching our steps all the time don't call him my name
    F         C      G7            C     F C
Our love is a secret our love is a shame
                                         G7
You knew not to hold me the way that you do
                                            C
I married your best friend like sisters are you
                        C7                 F
I tried not to kiss you but your lips made me
               C                G7          C  F  C
You married my best friend like brothers to be
                                      G7                 C
We're watching our steps all the time any day talk could start
          G7      D7                 G7
We have a secret  hidden deep in our hearts
                   C                     G7            C
We're watching our steps all the time or there will be pain
    F         C      G7            C     F   C
Our love is a secret our love is a shame
Repeat #1

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Weapon Of Prayer
Artist: COUNTRY GENTLEMEN
Title: THE EARLY REBEL RECORDINGS DISC FOUR
Company: REBEL REB-CD-4002-4

In the land across the sea there'­s a job for you and me
Though our presence there may not be found
We must stay each night and day on the battle lin and pray
We must never lay our weapons down

CHO:
We don'­t have to be a soldier in a uniform
To be of service over there
While the boys so bravely stand
With the weapons made by man
Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer
Many thousand miles away
Someone's shed their blood today
With a heart so true and brave they gone
To a war that'­s yours and mine
Let us join the battle line
With the weapon that will save our home

CHO
When the flames tanks and guns
Have done all that they can do
And the mighty bombs have rained and failed
Still the careful hand above
Holds the weapon made of love
And against him not on earth prevail.

CHO

Chord Chart:

1 6m 1 1

1 1 5 5

1 6m 1 1

1 5 1 1

4 5-4 1 1

1 1 5 5

1 6m 1 1

1 5 1 1


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Wear A Red Rose

When you get this letter dearest darling
I' ll be on the train heading home
My thoughts are only of you, love
While these many moons I've roamed

Meet me there down by the river
Where we met that summer night
If you still love me wear a red rose
If you don't then wear the white

Tell my mom and dear old daddy
That I want to see them too
This world and all of its pleasures
Can't take the place of home and you

* Refrain

I hope I'm still first in your heart, dear
Or is another there instead
When I meet you by the river
I hope the rose you wear is red

* Refrain


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Weary Angel

Weary angel of death you've claimed another
One so young and so very full of life
Your cold cold hands have reached down to take my darlin
weary angel of death you took my wife

    Now each day I wait for you to come and take me
    To the place where my darlin is gone
    Won't your reach your icy fingers out to touch me
    Weary angel please don't make me wait too long

Did you take her cause you needed her like I do
Were you jealous of the love she showed for me
I could never understand no other reason
Why I must live my life in misery

Until then I know in dreams I'll still see her
For death has only made me love her more
And I know I'll be ready to go with her
Weary angel when you knock upon my door

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Weary Blues From Waiting

    Weary blues from waitin'
    Lord I've been waitin' so long
    These blues have got me cryin'
    Oh, sweet ma-a-ma, please come home

The snow falls 'round my window
But it can't chill my heart
God knows it died the day you left
My dream world fell a-part

Thru tears I watch young lovers
As they go strollin' by
Oh, all the things that might have been
God forgive me if I cry

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Weary Day

Weary day pass away
Look what you have done to me
Just this morning without warning
My love turned her back on me

She was cryin when she left me
Told me she was leavin town
It's an awful awful feeling
When your lover turns you down

   Like a lonesome dove a grieving
   For a love that can't found
   It's an awful, awful feeling
   When your lover turns you down

I have never been so lonely
Since I saw her catch that train
Something awful seems to whisper
She will not be back again

When I see that sun a sinking
Sinking down into the west
I'll be thinking of my little darlin
She's the one that I love best

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Weary Lonesome Blues

I've got them weary weary (lonesome) blues
Feeling lonesome 'bout to cry
I turned my back on my true love
Can't tell the day from night

I'm going down and catch a train (train train)
Never coming back again
I've got them weary weary (lonesome) blues
I'm gonna ride them all away

I've got them weary weary (lonesome) blues
I found out that love don't pay
The only one that I did love   
She has gone the other way

I can't smile as I used to (used to)
'Cause her love has proved untrue
I've got them weary weary (lonesome) blues
And I don't know what to do

I've got them weary weary (lonesome) blues
Going to pack my grip and go
I hate to turn my back on you
For you know I love you so

But you will never love me (love me) dear
So I'm drifting away from here
I've got the weary weary (lonesome) blues
I'm in the way when I am here

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Weary Prodigal Son

God is calling us now so come without delay
Hear oh hear Him calling calling now for thee
Patient, loving and tender but still fatherly
Hear His loving voice calling still (calling still)

   Calling out for thee
   Oh weary (weary prodigal son) prodigal son (weary prodigal son)
   Calling out for thee
   Oh weary (weary prodigal son) prodigal son (weary prodigal son)

Come there's bread in the house of the father and His fair
Hear oh hear Him calling calling out for thee
Low the table spread and a feast is waiting there
Hear His loving voice calling still (calling still)

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The Incredible String Band - Weather The Storm 

Stormy weather in the world since the day I was born
Stormy in the schoolhouse, stormy when I left my home
A few more storms won't freeze me, my love will keep me warm
One thing more I know for sure, I swear we're going to weather the storm

You, you had your soft brown eyes
Pretty as I ever saw, want to see the sunset?
I know where in the the shade of the big boys jaw
Dance through the summer, dance through the spring
Dance through winter and fall, one thing I know for sure
I swear you are the belle of the ball

I've been around this whole 'round world, many strange things I see
I know where I'm going and I know who's going with me
Never fear I won't be cold, my love will keep me warm
One thing more I know for sure, I swear we're going to weather the storm

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Weathered Gray Stone

The road that winds back so deep in the mountains
Is a lonesome old place now that you're gone
The mistakes that I've made I still think about 'em
As I come to the place I used to call home

   There's a small rocky path leads back from the home place
   As I walk the last hill the wind seems to moan
   Once again the moon shines and a tear rolls from my face
   As I place a small rose on a weathered gray stone

The moon cuts a path so deep in the mountains
It lights up the hills where we used to roam
Once again the moon shines and a tear rolls from my face
Once again the moon hides I'm in darkness alone

If I had but one chance dear God I would never
Leave my little darlin so cold and alone
My mind'll be tormented I know now forever
Since they buried my heart 'neath a weathered gray stone

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Wedding Blues

I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
But dear I hope you're happy just the same

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing now for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me

I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I thought someday I'd place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
I hear the children laughing now with glee
At home alone I hang my head in sorrow
Those wedding bells will never ring for me

How fancy that I see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your fair
While the organ plays I Love You Truly
Just let me pretend that I am there

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
Ever since the day you set me free
I knew someday that you would wed another
But wedding bells will never ring for me

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Wedding Song
Noel Paul Stookey

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Rest assured this troubador is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain,
For whenever two or more of your are gathered in His name
There is love, there is love

Well, a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home.
They shall travel on to when the two shall be as one.
As it was in the beginning, is now until the end,
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again,
And there is love, there is love.


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Wednesday Morning, 3 A.m.
Paul Simon

I can hear the soft breathing
Of the girl that I love,
As she lies here beside me
Asleep with the night,
And her hair, in a fine mist
Floats on my pillow,
Reflecting the glow
Of the winter moonlight.

She is soft, she is warm,
But my heart remains heavy,
And I watch as her breasts
Gently rise, gently fall,
For I know with the first light of dawn
I'll be leaving,
And tonight will be
All I have left to recall.

Oh, what have I done,
Why have I done it,
I've committed a crime,
I've broken the law.
For twenty-five dollars
And pieces of silver,
I held up and robbed
A hard liquor store.

My life seems unreal,
My crime an illusion,
A scene badly written
In which I must play.
Yet I know as I gaze
At my young love beside me,
The morning is just a few hours away.


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Weeds - by Adkins and Loudermilk

You didn't greet me at the front door, No reply when I call your name
In the darkness I go down the hall, It was clear my life changed
Chorus
Sound tickles in my head, three line note on an empty bed
I just remembered just a lie, thirteen words to say goodbye
No me. No you, -Weeds where the flowers of love once grew
No me. No you, -Weeds where the flowers of love once grew 
Weeds where the flowers of love once grew
I guess I never saw it coming, I thought our love would always grow
You saw thorns, I saw the beauty of the rose, Here I am, the last to know
Chorus
Final Chorus (Different)
Sound tickles in my head, three line note on an empty bed
Forever was just a lie, thirteen words to say goodbye 
No me. No you, -Weeds where the flowers of love once grew
No me. No you, -Weeds where the flowers of love once grew 
Weeds where the flowers of love once grew


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Welcome Home

Today I got the letter that you wrote me
You told me soon that you'd be coming home
You ask me to forgive and said you loved me
And said you missed me so since you've been gone

I guess I'm just a fool but I'm so lonely
If only for a while you would be true
Yes welcome home my darling I'll be waiting
The welcome mat is on the step for you

My friends all say I'm crazy to forgive you
But they're not faced with sorrow such as mine
Now just the thoughts of having you back home dear
Is making me feel better all the time

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Welcome Paddy Home
Donal O'Shaughnessy

I am a true born Irishman,
I will never deny what I am.
I was born in the sweet Tipperary boys,
Three thousand miles away.

Chorus:
Hurray, me boys, hurray.
No more do I wish for to roam.
For the sun it will shine in the harvest time,
To welcome Paddy Home.

The girls they are young and they're frisky.
They will take you by the hand.
Saying Jimmy McCree won't you come with me,
To welcome the stranger home?

Then in came the far away stranger,
and settled all over our land.
The horse and the cow, the goat and the sow,
Fell into the stranger's hands.

The Scotsman can boast of the thistle,
The Englishman boast of the rose.
But Paddy can boast of the Emerald Isle,
Where the dear little shamrocks grow.


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Alan Jackson - Were All Gods Children lyrics

Album: Peace In The Valley
Here comes a Baptist, here comes a Jew
There goes a Mormon and a Muslim too
I see a Buddist and a Hindu
I see a Catholic and I see you
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
Why can't we be
One big happy family
You like the day, and I like the night
He's into country and he's isn't quit
There's folks on the left and the far right
But that doesn't mean that we have to fight
We're all god's children
All god's children
Yeah, We're all god's children
Why can't we be
One big happy family
White folks, yellow folks, black and tan
On the same planet in the same plan
A feminist woman and a he man
We're all playin' the magic hand
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
Oh, We're all god's children
Why can't we be
One big happy family
We're all god's children
All god's children
Yeah, We're all god's children
Why can't we be
One big happy family
We're all god's children
All god's children
We're all god's children
Why can't we be
One big happy family
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
Yeah, We're all god's children
Why can't we be
One big happy family
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
We're all black and white
We're all precious in his sight
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
We're all god's children
Why can't we all be
One big happy family...


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Were You There When They Crucified My Lord

Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Were you there when they crucified my Lord
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord

Were you there when they pierced him in the side
Were you there when they pierced him in the side
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord

Were you there when the sun refused him in the side
Were you there when the sun refused him in the side
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord


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Carolina Chocolate Drops
West End Blues

So tall and slender
Daddy was a charmer
He was a handsome man
But when he'd move it
Lord the ladies lose it
Daddy was a dancin' man

When he was dancing
Daddy swept the floor
He called it siftin' sand
So light and graceful
Not a step was wasteful
Daddy was a dancin' man

And when the young men
They'd come a-courtin'
They'd try to take my hand
They'd buck and wing
But it didn't mean a thing
'Cause Daddy was the dancin' man

So tall and slender
Daddy was a charmer
He was a handsome man
But when he'd move it
Lord the ladies lose it
Daddy was a dancin' man

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West Texas Waltz
Recorded by Emmylou Harris with Flaco Jimanez
Written by Butch Hancock

D7          G
When you're ready for steady to go dancin' romancin'
                                      D7
Grab your sweetheart and jump in your car
Drive right on down to the bright side of town
                                    G
And be glad you don't have to drive far
          D7                         G
You'll be happy you don't have to go far
          C
Park your pickups and Cadillacs Fords and Renaults
    G                      D7                G     F#m Em D7
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
     G
Grandmammy grandpappy if you wanna stay happy
                                     D7
You better lace up your best dancin' shoes
Come see us don't write us you can stop your arthritis
                          G
Just by dancin' away your blues 
D7                        G
Just by dancin' away your blues
   C
So bind up your bunions with band-aids and gauze
     G                      D7                G     F#m Em D7
Come dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
  G
I met a fine banker and I'd sure like to thank him
                                  D7
For the credit he gave me made me shout
He changed my whole attitude and to show my gratitude
                           G
I decided I'd just ask him out 
      D7                           G
Yes I thought I just might ask him out
       C
I said close up your windows and lock up your vaults
    G                      D7                G     F#m Em D7
And dance like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
   G
We spent the next to the last dollar in the old ice cream parlor
                            D7
On a milkshake a malt and a pop
Then we heard us some sounds there was a honky tonk lounge
                            G
Right next to the ice cream shop 
D7                         G
Next door to the ice cream shop
    C
Now only two things are better than milkshakes and malts
           G                        D7                G     F#m Em D7
And one is dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz
        G
And the other is somethin' but really it's nothin'
                              D7
To speak of it's somethin' to do
And if you've done it before you'll be doin' it some more
                               G
Just as soon as the dancin' is through 
D7                         G
Right after the dancin' is through
       C
And if anybody asks you why just tell it's because
         G                        D7                G
You been dancin' like the dickens to the West Texas Waltz

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Western Hobo, The

The wild western hobo who left his happy home
Started upon a western trip all by himself alone
Upon this western trip going to have lots of fun
But upon this western trip this is the song he sung

I stepped up on a platform smoking a cheap cigar
Waiting to catch a freight train to catch an empty car
I buttoned my coat up closely and walked on down the track
I caught the steps of a sleeper car I never did look back

My pocket book is empty my heart is filled with pain
Ten thousand miles away from home hoboing and old freight train

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We'll Meet Again Sweetheart

The time has come to say goodbye
I'm asking you to please don't cry
The time to me won't be so long
To know you're happy back at home

   Someday we'll meet again sweetheart
   We'll meet and never more to part
   Someday we'll meet again sweetheart
   Don't cry, so please don't break my heart

So goodbye now, don't be blue
Try to be happy and be true
And remember what I say
Sweetheart we'll meet again someday

Oh sweetheart I'm leaving now
Yes I'll soon be on my way
Each night upon my knees I pray
Sweetheart we'll meet again someday

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We're Not The Jet Set
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
written by Bobby Bradock

C                                   Am         G7
By a fountain back in Rome I fell in love with you
     F                    G7           C            C7
In a small cafe in Athens you said you loved me too
                          F                                  C
And it was April in Paris when I first held you close to me
      G7                                     C
Rome, Georgia, Athens, Texas and Paris, Tennessee
Began [3/4 time]
                 F
No we're not the jet set
                    C
We're the old Chevrolet set
           G7                   C
There's no Riviera In Festus Missouri
                   F
And you won't find Onassis
               C
In Mullinville Kansas
                 G7
No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
                 C
But ain't we got love
                 F
No we're not the jet set
                    C
We're the old Chevrolet set
              G7
Our steak and martinis
                   C
Is draft beer with weenies
                 F
Our Bach and Tchaikovsky
               C
Is Haggard and Husky
                 G7
No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
                 C
But ain't we got love
                 F
No we're not the jet set
                    C
We're the old Chevrolet set
                G7
The Jones and Wynette set
                    C
Ain't the flaming Suzette set
                 F
Our Bach and Tchaikovsky
               C
Is Haggard and Husky
                 G7
No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
                 C
But ain't we got love

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Alan Jackson - What A Day Yesterday Was lyrics

Looking through these old photographs
Don't They bring some good memories back
Some of them make us laugh
And some make us cry
I'm glad we've kept all of these souvenirs
To prove that our love was here
Look at how happy we were
Pictures don't lie
(Chorus)
If forever should end today
And there's no tomorrow for us
What a day yesterday was
Here's one of us with you calm and cool
But look at me acting a fool
And here's one of us on the ferris wheel
At the fair
Hey, haven't we had some fun
The best may be yet to come
We may have a hundred years
Still left to share
But...
(Chorus)
Let's close this book of photographs
And let's turn out the lights
And love for the moment
As if it were the last
(Chorus)


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Dolly Parton - What A Friend We Have In Jesus lyrics

What a friend we have in Jesus all our sins and grieves to bear
And what a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer
Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our burden share
We should never be discouraged take it to the Lord in prayer
What a friend we have in Jesus...
What a friend we have in Jesus


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What A Friend We Have In Mother

What a friend we have in mother
Who will all our secrets share
We should never keep things from her
Tell her all and she'll be there

Oh what tender love she gives us
When in sorrow or despair
Tell her gently whisper softly
She will listen she'll be there

Day by day as she grows older
She's the nation's shining sun
Don't forget the prayers she taught you
You will need them where you are

Though her hair has turned to silver
Send her flowers sweet and fine
Drop a card or send a letter
She'll be waiting she'll be there

When her eyes are closed to slumber
Gently kiss her icy brow
Fold her hands upon her bosom
She will rest in Heaven now

When your days are dark and dreary
And your cross is hard to bear
Do not let your memory fail you
Think of mother she'll be there

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Dolly Parton - What A Heartache lyrics

I thought I saw the promise of forever in your eyes
I thought that I was sure of what I saw
You led me to believe that I was special in your life
So I left my heart wide open for the fall
What a heartache you turned out to be
Chorus:
What a heartache, what a heartache
Love ain't always what it appears to be
What a heartache you turned out to be
I thought I'd found a safe and lovin' place inside your heart
And I was warm and willing anytime
The same soft lips that kissed me sweet
Were lyin' from the start
But I swear I thought your love was genuine
What a heartache you turned out to be
Chorus:
What a heartache, what a heartache
Like a switchblade that cuts quick and deep
Ooo, what a heartache you turned out to be
Bridge:
It just goes to show that you never can tell
I really thought that I knew you well
I still can't believe I could be deceived so easily
Are all these wishes I'm wishin' to myself
Like rusty coins in a wishin' well
Wishes come true, they come false as well
It's too late for you and me
Oh, what a heartache, ooo, what a heart break
Love is two-faced and easy to believe
Chorus:
What a heartache, ooo, what a heartache
What a mistake to think I could believe
Ooo, what a heartache you turned out to be
Oh, what a heartache you turned out to be


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What a Way to Go

Romeo and Juliet Jackie and Jill
Romeo took poison and Jack fell down the hill
Well I've  got you and how its gonna turn out I don't know
But if loving you is killing me Lord what a way to go

If loving you is killing me Lord what a way to go
If there's a better way to die I don't want to know
Just wipe that smile off my face and let 'em lay me low
If loving you is killing me Lord what a way to go

If loving you is killing me then I don't wanna live
Your love may be poison I'll take all that I can get
Just pour a little in my cup and let me die slow
If loving you is killing me Lord what a way to go

I believe you're killing me a little more each night
But it feels like I'm in Heaven when you hold me tight
So wrap your arms around me and let your sweet love flow
Cause if loving you is killing me Lord what a way to go

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What A Woman Wants To Hear
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Connie Leigh Sullivan and Rhonda Lea Vincent

G                                    D7
You're the man who knows just how to charm me
                                 G
I still recall the day that you appeared
                             C                Am
A tall and handsome hero you know just how to say
D7                            G
Exactly what a woman wants to hear
  D7                                  G
I knew that you were perfect from the start dear
    C                 G                D7
You wrote the book on how to do things right
  G                                C              Am
A strong but gentle man to whisper in my ear each night
        D7                            G
And say exactly what a woman wants to hear
                                        D7
It's sweet to find a note and read your message
                                     G
When we're so far apart and can't be near
                                    C                Am
It thrills me every day to know you take the time to say
D7                            G
Exactly what a woman wants to hear
Repeat #2
      D7                                G
Those little words that make me feel so special
C               G            D7
Other men would turn away in fear
G                                 C               Am
It doesn't bother you to call and say you love me too
         D7                            G
You know exactly what a woman wants to hear
Repeat #2
                                    C                Am
It thrills me every day to know you take the time to say
D7                            G
Exactly what a woman wants to hear

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What About You

The days have seemed long and I've been so lonesome
Recalling those dreams that never came true
The nights have been lonely but now that's all over
And I've paid my debt for trusting in you

   Every day your memory grows dimmer
   The clouds drift away the sunshine peeks through
   Every night no longer you haunt me
   My conscience is clear dear what about you

It's hard to believe that you are the same one
That once meant so much to our love so true
It's hard to know I've worshipped a false one
But I've paid my debt dear what about you

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Dolly Parton - What Ain't To Be Just Might Happen lyrics

I've learned to live my life just a little bit lighter
Gonna look on the lonely days just a little bit brighter
My heart's been throwed around and it ain't done enough laughin'
What is to be will be what ain't to be just might happen
It don't do no good to worry none just turns your hair gray while you're young
Love can make you sing start your hands a clappin'
What is to be will be what ain't to be just might happen
Why you can't never tell when love might find you
It could be miles away or right behind you
Some makes you hurt real bad some makes you happy
What is to be will be what ain't to be just might happen
Don't do no good to worry none...
I had a love one time sent me out on a ledge
Well it's fourteen stories high standin' on the edge
I don't want that kind no more to start my world a crackin'
What is to be will be what ain't to be just might happen
Don't do no good to worry none...
What is to be will be what ain't to be just might happen


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What Am I Doin' Hanging 'Round? 

[Verse 1]
Well, for a short vacation, I went down to Mexico
I didn't have much time to spend about a week or so
There I lightly took advantage of a girl that loved me so
And I can't bother wonderin', as the time did come to go

[Chorus]
What am I doin' hanging 'round?
I should be on the train and gone
I should be ridin' on that train to San Anton'
What am I doin' hanging 'round?

[Verse 2]
Well, she took me to the garden, just for a little walk
I didn't know much Spanish, and there was no time to talk
There she told me that she loved me, not with words, but with a kiss
I kept wonderin' of the train I could not miss

[Chorus]
What am I doin' hanging 'round?
I should be on the train and gone
I should b? ridin' on that train to San Anton'
What am I doin' hanging 'round?

[Verse 3]
Well, it's been a year or so, and I wanna go back again
And if I get th? money, well, I'll take the same old train
I've heard chances come once, and brother, I know I missed mine
I can't help but wonder when I hear a lonesome whistle cryin'

[Chorus]
What am I doin' hanging 'round?
I should be on the train and gone
I should be ridin' on that train to San Anton'
What am I doin' hanging 'round?

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What Difference Does It Make Anyhow
BMI Work #: 9154542
What Difference Does It Make Anyhow (Larry W. Jones 10/02/2007) (song#5030)

What difference does it make anyhow
As to whatever life may hand me
Dear, I'll survive without you somehow
Though my mind is not completely free
Darling, don't worry over broken vows
What difference does it make anyhow
It wasn't long ago when we met, dear
It wasn't long and we fell in love
Therefore it wasn't long for those tears
To fall like tears from a lonesome dove
But that was yesterday, this is now
What difference does it make anyhow
- instrumental -
We have now gone our separate ways
The love song that we sang is now through
I will find a way out of this maze
I don't know who to blame, me or you
There's no use looking behind the plow
What difference does it make anyhow
Under the bridge much water has run
But I will forget and you will too
Time has a way with the setting sun
Of forgetting things that we once knew
I'll go on alone if time allows
What difference does it make anyhow


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Dolly Parton - What Do You Think About Loving lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Well loving loving loving
Wo-oh wo-oh
Well what do you think about loving baby
(It's alright)
Well what do you think about loving baby
(It's alright)
I said what do you think about loving baby
(It's alright)
In the morning in the evening yeah and a
In the night
Wo-oh wo-oh
Well it's alright in the morning
To start today out right
And it's alright in the evening
To have somebody to hold you tight
And it's alright in the nighttime
Especially in the night
Baby any time any way
Loving's just alright
Wo-oh wo-oh
Well loving loving loving
Wo-oh wo-oh
Well what do you think about hugging baby
(It's alright)
Well what do you think about kissing baby
(It's alright)
Just what do you think about loving baby
(It's alright)
In the morning in the evening yeah and a
In the night
Wo-oh wo-oh
And it's alright in the morning
To start today out right
And it's alright in the evening
To have somebody to hold you tight
And it's alright in the nighttime
Especially in the night
Baby any time any way
Loving's just alright
Wo-oh wo-oh
Well loving loving loving
Wo-oh alright
Wo-oh alright
Wo-oh alright


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What Does The Deep Sea Say

Where is my sailor boy
Oh where is my sailor boy
He lies on the bottom of the deep deep sea
And he can't come back to me

Please tell me deep blue sea
Is he sleeping peacefully?
The wind from the north is blowing icy cold
Please keep him warm for me

   What does the deep sea say
   Oh what does the deep sea say
   It moans, it groans, it flashes and it foams
   And rolls on its weary way

I stand on the beach alone
And gaze at the misty blue
Deep sea as you hold him to your breast
Does he mention my name to you

If only my dreaming soul
Some token of love could find
If only a wave would show my where he sleeps
Then I'd leave this world behind

A beautiful rose one day
I placed on the crest of a wave
Deep sea take it please
And lay it so it falls above his watery grave

The driftwood I watched in vain
My rose never came back again
Deep sea take another message to my love
Saying I'll meet him above

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What Else Could I Do
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Curtis Wright and Robert E. Orrall

F                C              G7           C
Lately I've been living with my heart on the mend
F            C             G7
Last thing I wanted was to try love again
F            C            G7          C
But then you backed me up against the wall
F            C          D7         G7
Next thing I knew I was takin' the fall
F        G7         F         G7
I wasn't lookin' to jump into love
    C
But I had no choice when your push came to shove
          G7                          F          G7
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I fell for you
F       G7                C
Tell me what else could I do
F          C         G7               C
Boy when I saw you I looked the other way
F           C                G7
He could be trouble's what I heard myself say
F       C          G7              C
When my resistance hit an all time low
F          C                D7              G7
Guess your persistence just wouldn't let me go
F            G7         F         G7
But I wasn't lookin' to jump into love
    C
But I had no choice when your push came to shove
          G7                          F          G7
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I fell for you
F       G7                C
Tell me what else could I do
 
F        C       G7              C
My momma told me girl it's guaranteed
F             C                   G7
Love hits you first when it's the last thing you need
F        C            G7           C
Somebody tell me this is one of my dreams
F           C             D7         G7
No way that boy can be as good as he seems
Repeat #2
F       G7                C
Tell me what else could I do

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What Goes Around

[Verse 1]
I heard word your new love turned you down
Broke your heart and headed out of town
You never saw it comin', but now it's plain to see
He walked out on you like you walked out on me

[Chorus]
What goes around will always come back around
And what goes up someday will come back down
You can't break a heart and never feel the pain
When the tables finally turn, you're gonna feel the same
What goes around will always come back around

[Verse 2]
Girl, I know too well how bad you feel
It takes time for a broken heart to heal
While you're on the mend, I hope that you can see
The pain you're feelin' now is for the way you treated me

[Chorus]
What goes around will always come back around
And what goes up someday will come back down
You can't break a heart and never feel the pain
When the tables finally turn, you're gonna feel the same
What goes around will always come back around

[Chorus]
What goes around will always come back around
And what goes up someday will come back down
You can't break a heart and never feel the pain
When the tables finally turn, you're gonna feel the same
What goes around will always come back around

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What I Didn't Do
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Wood Arnold Newton and Michael Noble

G                  D7
I didn't cheat and I didn't lie 
       Em              C
So her leaving took me by surprise
       G                              D7
Just a note on the table saying we're through
   G                        D7
At first I went crazy so it took me sometime
      Em           C
But I finally read between the lines
     G                   D7            G D7
It's not what I did it's what I didn't do
Em D7    G                   Bm    C
I didn't tell her each day I loved her
  G           D7      G               D7
I took it for granted and somehow she knew
         G                          Bm   C
I didn't hold her when she needed a shoulder
     G                   D7            G
It's not what I did it's what I didn't do
                         D7
Now it's easy to see why her love died
        Em                         C
She was planning her nights by the TV Guide
    G                                 D7
She needed me with her oh more than I knew
      G                D7
I was too busy working getting ahead
       Em                         C
When I should of been home loving her instead
     G                   D7            G D7
It's not what I did it's what I didn't do
Em D7    G                   Bm    C
I didn't tell her each day I loved her
  G           D7      G               D7
I took it for granted and somehow she knew
         G                          Bm   C
I didn't hold her when she needed a shoulder
     G                   D7            Em  C
It's not what I did it's what I didn't do
     G                   D7            G
It's not what I did it's what I didn't do

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What I Don't Know
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
What I don't know might not hurt me
          F               C
If I stay dumb and no one tells
But if I find out that you've been cheatin'
             F  G7              C
What I don't know might get you killed
    F                      C
Hey death row in prison it don't look half as bad
                      G7             C
As a life filled with heartache over you
F                      C
So if you're a playing those dirty little games
                       G7                 C
You better pray that I don't find out the truth
Repeat #1
     F                       C
Well Smith and Wesson juries hold real mean nasty court
                          G7            C
And the verdict that they pass is never slow
F                    C
So keep on a wearin' that little poker face
                       G7                  C
Cause soon enough your cards will bound to show
repeat #1
             F  G7              C
What I don't know might get you killed

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Brad Paisley - What If She's An Angel lyrics

There's a man standing on the corner
With a sign sayin "will work for food"
You know the man
You see him every morning
The one you never give your money to
You can sit there with your window rolled up
Wondering when the lights going to turn green
Never knowing what a couple more bucks
In his pocket might mean
What if he's an angel sent here from heaven
And he's making certain that you're doing your best
To take the time to help one another
Brother are you going to pass that test
You can go on with your day to day
Trying to forget what you saw in his face
Knowing deep down it could have been his saving grace
What if he's an angel
There's a man
And there's a woman
Living right above you in apartment G
There's alot of noise coming through the ceiling
And it don't sound like harmony
You can sit there with your TV turned up
While the words and his anger fly
Come tomorrow when you see her with her shades on
Can you look her in the eye
What if she's an angel sent here from heaven
And she's making certain that you're doing your best
To take the time to help one another
Brother are you going to pass that test
You can go on with your day to day
Trying to forget what you saw in her face
Knowing deep down it could have been her saving grace
What if she's an angel
A little girl on daddy's lap
Hiding her disease with a baseball cap
You can turn the channel
Most people do
But what if you were sitting in her daddy's shoes
Maybe she's an angel
Sent here from Heaven
And she's making certain you're doing your best
To take the time to help one another
Brother are you going to pass that test
You can go on with your day to day
Trying to forget what you saw in her face
Knowing deep down it could have been her saving grace
What if she's an angel


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Dolly Parton - What Is It My Love lyrics

You hurt me, you use me, you lie
You're heartless and hateful and cold
You don't care how you make me cry
You must have the last word
And be in control
What is it about you I love
You're selfish and stubborn and proud
You're arrogant, boastful and vain
You're careless and thoughtless and loud
A flirt and a tease
And you cause me such pain
What is it about you I love
What is it, what is it my love
Chorus:
There's something about you
That I seem to need
I have a hunger you know how to feed
And you satisfy me like nobody else
Those moments of heaven
Are worth all this hell
And I know you love me in your own crazy way
And I know you need me more than you can say
I may be a fool but I'll never give up
'Cause there's something about you I love
What is it, what is it my love
Chorus:
And there's something about me
That you seem to need
'Cause you have a hunger I know how to feed
And I satisfy you like nobody else
Those moments of heaven
Are worth all this hell
And I know in my heart that you want to be good
I understand that you're misunderstood
You're insecure and defensively tough
There's something about you my love
What is it, what is it my love
There's something about you
That I seem to need
What is it, what is it my love


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What My Woman Can't Do
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Billy Sherrill, Earl Montgomery, George Jones 

F             C        G7       C
What my woman can't do can't be done 

C            F                     C
It amazes me how she can change my mind
                                                   G7
When it seems to be impossible she can do it every time
        C                             F                     C
And the way she always loves me she's got that down perfect too
              F      C          G7             C
I keep asking myself what is it the lady can't do

                  F                C
She brightens any room she walks inside
                                                            G7
And the way she comes in smiling you'd never think she ever cries
          C                            F                  C
She still looks as young and pretty as she did the day we met
                     F    C        G7               C
If there's one thing bad about her I ain't found it yet

     F  C           F                 C
What it is my woman can't do can't be done
                                        D7 G7
If there's ever been a darling I've got one
          C        F    C              F               C
She beats all I've ever seen she's the champion of our team
F             C        G7       C
What my woman can't do can't be done 
F             C        G7       C
What my woman can't do can't be done

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What They All Call Love
Recorded Vince Gill with Faith Hill
Written by Vince Gill

G                  D7
It ain't about you  it ain't about me
C                                         G
It's about this love we found that has to be
                         D7
Cause I never questioned  that look in your eyes
C                           D7
And you never doubted how I felt inside
         C  G                 C            G
We found passion and grace in each other's face
        C           G           D7
And our hearts will now beat as one
       C    G                      C            G
For we both know a place where our souls have embraced
C                      D7       C   G
I think it's what they all call love
                      D7
This gift you've given  humbles me
C                       G
True companions we'll always be
                         D7
For so long we've waited  to feel what we feel
C                     D7
We've finally tasted  something that's real
         C  G                 C            G
We found passion and grace in each other's face
        C           G           D7
And our hearts will now beat as one
       C    G                      C            G
For we both know a place where our souls have embraced
C                      D7       C   G
I think it's what they all call love
     C                    D7       C   G
Oh I think it's what they all call love

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What Was I Suppose To Do

You were my hearts desire you set the flame of love on fire
No other love cold take the place of you
Then you left me all alone so lonesome and so blue
And I found someone to take your place what was I suppose to do

   Was I to walk the floor and worry over endless days to come
   Or cry and plead down on my knees for you
   I couldn't stand to be alone you left me nothing else to choose
   So I found someone to take your place what was I suppose to do

I know I vowed there'd never be no other love
The dream that I'd been searching for was you
But then that dream came to an end there was no use to pretend
So I found someone to take your place what was I suppose to do

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Dolly Parton - What Will Baby Be lyrics

A young couple marries, already fighting
Along comes baby makin' them three
Trouble's all he hears from the time he's in didies
Baby don't know just what to believe
Angry words and spiteful actions
Baby's gonna cut his teeth on these
If that's gonna be the main attraction
What will the baby be, what will baby be
Baby needs love and needs direction
Baby's first school is the family
For they are only a reflection
Of the things they see, what will baby be
Chorus:
What will baby be after baby is grown
What will baby do if baby don't know what's right or wrong
Got to show them love, got to teach them truth
'Cause what baby is when baby grows up
Well, that depends entirely on me and you
Depends entirely on me and you
Baby thinks God is just a curse word
Never said a prayer 'cause he's never been taught
They remember and repeat what they've heard
So I ask who's really at fault
So many questions, so few answers
So many lessons we don't teach
Stumbling through like clumsy dancers
What will baby be, what will baby be
2nd Chorus:
What will baby be after baby is grown
What will baby do when baby is out there on his own
Teach the children how to be all they should be
'Cause what baby is when baby grows up
Depends entirely on you and me
Depends entirely on you and me
What will baby be


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What Will It Be Like
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
[3/4 time]

C                     F                C
He spoke of a morning and an unclouded day
                   G7          C
With no sorrow and hardship to bare
                        F              C
He said that where I am you also shall stay
                G7         C
What will it be like to be there
                              F          C
He spoke of a life where we'd never grow old
               G7         C
In a city he's gone to prepare
                                  F               C
He said that the streets would be paved with pure gold
                G7         C
What will it be like to be there
     F                     C
What will it be like to be there (oh tell me)
     D7                    G7
What will it be like to be there
   C                F         C
Forever and ever in heaven so fair
                G7         C
What will it be like to be there
                               F              C
He spoke of a trumpet when the dead would all rise
                  G7           C
And we wonder how long it will be
                                 F             C
It's written the scales will all fall from our eyes
                    G7           C
And the face of the Master we'll see
                          F          C
He spoke of forever where love never dies
                     G7               C
And the souls of our loved ones we'll see
                                   F            C
Where the demons can't harm us and are met with demise
              G7          C
How beautiful Heaven must be
Repeat #3

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What Would You Give

Brother afar from your savior today
Risking your soul for the things that decay
Oh, if today God should call you away
What would you give in exchange for your soul

   What would you give (in exchange)
   What would you give (in exchange)
   What would you give in exchange for your soul
   Oh, if today God should call you away
   What would you give in exchange for your soul

Mercy is calling won't you give heed
Must the dear Savior still tenderly plead
Risk not your soul, it is precious indeed
What would you give in exchange for your soul

More than the silver and gold of this earth
More than all jewels the spirit is worth
God the creator has given His word
What would you give in exchange for your soul

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What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul

This is a would, full of trouble and strife
Brothers you know not the days of your life
If witheout warning, the trumpet should call
What would you give in exchange for your soul

What would you give, what would you give
What would you give in exchange for your soul
Oh, if today God called you away
What would you give in exchange for your soul

Never do wrong, but ever do right
If you desire to shine in God's sight
For if you miss that heavenly goal
What would you give in exchange for your soul

* Refrain

Satan awaits around every turn
Hoping in Hell your soul it will burn
If you should face the fire and coal
What would you give in exchange for your soul

* Refrain

Harken to God and you shall be saved
You will see heaven with gold it is paved
But if you sin and need one to console
What would you give in exchange for your soul

* Refrain


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Alison Krauss - What'll I Do Lyrics

What'll I do when you
Are far away
And I'm so blue,
What'll I do?

What'll I do when I
Am wondering who
Is kissing you,
What'll I do?

What'll I do with just
A photograph
To tell my troubles to?

When I'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true,
What'll I do?

What'll I do with just
A photograph
To tell my troubles to?

When I'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true,
What'll I do?

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What's Good For You

If you think it's nice to be untrue
Then don't camplain if I start cheating too
Should I be bound while you go fancy free
What's Good for you should be all right for me

If it's right for you to cheat and lie
It can't be wrong for me to break a tie
Should I be bound while you go fancy free
What's Good for you should be all right for me

If it's fair for you to run around
How can you feel that I should be tied down
I'm human too so why can't you agree
What's Good for you should be all right for me

* Refrain


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What's Left Of Me
Recorded by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Dwight Yoakam and Mick Jagger

G                 C            G  
What's left of me is not worth much
         D7   C              G
Just memories heartaches and such
                  C          G
The most of which I wouldn't trust
                        D7     G
Cause what's left of me is not enough
                  C            G
What's left of me is not worth much
                        D7   C                 G 
To quote a price that's fair might prove kinda tough
                         C                    G
It's such an awful shame to have to look this rough
                      D7           G
But what's left of me is not worth much
B7                           Em 
I would gladly sell you my tomorrow
B7                                Em
If maybe you could loan me one or two
      C                              G      C
Cause I'm a little short on hope and promise
              G            D7                 G    
See I've been waiting on a payment that's overdue
repeat #3 Yes I ?
                      C            G  
And what's left of me is not worth much
         D7   C              G
Just memories heartaches and such
                  C          G
The most of which I wouldn't trust
                        D7     G
Cause what's left of me is not enough
                       D7     G
Yeah what's left of me is not enough

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What's with January
The Avett Brothers

From the foot of the bed
To the cold Neapolitan sky
To the back of my mind
To the front of this tired disguise

What's with this moment
What's with this feeling
What's with January and the locks on the door
How do I make my escape
How will I find what I'm looking for

From the memory
Of the walk
From the pyramid of cans to the call
From the tender touch of your lips
To the straps slipping off of your hips

What's with this moment
What's with this feeling
What's with January and the locks on the door
How do I make my escape
How will I find what I'm looking for

Hospitals and lobby lust
Truth in all of its disgust
Love was never blind
But I was

Hospitals and lobby lust
Truth in all of its disgust
Love was never blind
But I was

From the paper
To the glue
On them letters written to you
From the start of the affair
The last touch we would share

What's with this moment
What's with this feeling
What's with January and the locks on the door
How do I make my escape
How will I find what I'm looking for

Hospitals and lobby lust
Truth in all of its disgust
Love was never blind
But I was

Hospitals and lobby lust
Truth in all of its disgust
Love was never blind
But I was

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What's Wrong With Stayin' Home
Recorded by Merl Haggard
Written by Bob Morris

C                    Dm           G7
The boys are wantin' me to go out drinking
     C          Dm             G7
They want me to leave my Julie home
  C          Dm            G7
I know Julie don't mind my drinking
    C                   Dm      G7      C
But Julie don't like to be left here at home
                             Dm        G7
So what's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
C              Dm           G7
Julie's always been good to me
       C                  Dm        G7
What's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
F              G7                  C
Julie's always stayed at home with me
               Dm           G7
I know she may be a bit old fashioned
C              Dm              G7
She don't wear all those fancy clothes
       C                Dm             G7
But at least they don't say bad things about her
        C            Dm   G7       C
And I'm proud of her everywhere we go
                             Dm        G7
So what's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
C              Dm           G7
Julie's always been good to me
       C                  Dm        G7
What's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
F              G7                  C
Julie's always stayed at home with me

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Dolly Parton - Whatcha Tryin' To Do To Me lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Oh look at you boy, look at them jeans
Cutest little buttfull I've ever seen
I'd like to find you under my tree
Whatcha tryin' to do to me, huh?
Hey look at them boots, look at that hat
You can get in big trouble lookin' like that
Flirtin' like mad, talkin' that trash
You could make a good girl go bad real fast
Chorus:
Whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do anyhow
I ain't made of steel but if looks could kill
Well I'd 've been dead by now
Tell me whatcha tryin to do to me
Look at that smile, look at them eyes
All lit up like Christmas lights
When you land on my roof tonight
Well here's what you better be
Well you'd better be fit, you'd better be prime
Cause I'm gonna ring your Christmas chime
When you climb down my chimney
Do whatcha you know only you can do to me
Repeat Chorus
I said ooh, what a thrill but if looks could kill
Well I'd 've been dead by now
Tell me whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do to me


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Whatever Happened To Us
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Donald R. Sampson and Donald R. Kees

G                                     C
Looking through this worn out book of pictures 
G                             D7
Reliving all the love we once knew 
G                               C
Turning through the pages of my memory 
    G            D7                  G
And everywhere I look there's me and you 
                     C
Whatever happened to us 
G                                 D7
Somehow through the years we lost touch 
G                               C
Lately I've been missing you so much 
D7                   G
Whatever happened to us 
                                 C
I always thought we look so good together 
G                               D7
How did we come to drift so far apart 
G                                     C
These pictures cry for answers to one question 
G          D7                 G
Why did we break each other's hearts 
repeat #2
                                C
Lately I've been missing you so much 
D7                   G
Whatever happened to us

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Whatever Way the Wind Blows
New Grass Revival

From now on I'm gonna do what's right
Been thinking this over for many long nights
And on this decision I'm gonna follow through
Whatever way the wind blows
I'll be around
I'll be around for you

You say the whole round world has gone thoroughly mad
It's so hard to trust in anything said
And a sense of doubt is the only thing that's true
I say whatever way the wind blows
I'll be around
I'll be around for you

Whatever wind of change goes tearing across this world
I'm always gonna be cloes beside you, girl
From now on I'm gonna do what's right
Been thinking this over for many long nights
Ever since you told me that you really loved me too
Whatever way the wind blows
I'll be around
I'll be around for you

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What's Good For You

If you think it's nice to be untrue
Then don't complain if I start cheating too
Should I be bound while you go fancy free
What's Good for you should be all right for me

   If it's right for you to cheat and lie
   It can't be wrong for me to break a tie
   Should I be bound while you go fancy free
   What's Good for you should be all right for me

If it's fair for you to run around
How can you feel that I should be tied down
I'm human too so why can't you agree
What's Good for you should be all right for me

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Wheeling

All alone down on my luck
I was down to my last buck
I'd do anything for money
Short of stealin'

So I get up from my bed
Shake the memories from my head
And look out through the window pane
On Wheeling

In this same old room last night
Two loving arms held me so tight
And the words she said
I found myself believing

Ah but this morning she's gone
Left me to face the lonely dawn
Gonna bid farewell to that lyin' gal
In Wheeling

That old memory sure looks cold
This old town is covered with snow
And the way I feel Lord
Life ain't worth living

I'm gonna cross that big old bridge
Gonna climb that Ohio ridge
Gonna turn my back on this lonesome town
Called Wheeling

Wheeling Wheeling
Your'e a lonesome town Wheeling
But I'm leaving just like I come
Broke and hungry and on the bum
But I won't forget the girl I met
In Wheeling

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Dan Tyminski - Wheels
Artist: Dan Tyminski

Where I'm bound nobody knows, 
ain't got nothing but my clothes,
Best if I forget the way I'm riding.
Heading down a one-way track, 
wind is cold upon my back,
Rumblin of this old steel rail don't die.

Whe - - - - - - - - els
Whe - - - - - - - - els

Playin games I could not win, alway anted up again,
Change of scenery just might help this time.
Watchin' daylight turn to black, long since smoked up my last pack,
Dreamed of one day getting off this line.

Whe - - - - - - - - els
Whe - - - - - - - - els

Saw them come and saw them go, 
saw them frozen from the cold,
When I'm getting off myself I don't know.

Whe - - - - - - - - els
Whe - - - - - - - - els

Whe - - - - - - - - els

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Wheels Of Love   
recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Marjy Plant

C
The wheels of love turn around and around

Keep on rolling till you've found
    F                             C
The perfect partner somebody just right
            G7                       C
To have and hold every day and every night


So she's halfway to Texas with all of your dreams

The world ain't as bad as what it might seem
             F                                 C
You've got a whole lot of living honey left to do
                G7                          C
There's still a whole lot of love inside of you
    
    F
The wheels of love turn around and around
        C
They'll take you for a ride like a merry go round
F
Don't let heartache hold you down
             C
When there's plenty of love left to be found
       G7                             C
On the wheels riding on the wheels of love


Catch a ride imagine what you might find

Just the right girl at just the right time
F                                        C
Ready and waiting she'll look you in the eyes
           G7                           C
Ah but the wheels of love will never compromise


So she broke your heart honey don't look back

You got to keep on rolling down the track
    F                                               C
And maybe the next time it'll keep your feet on the ground    
         G7                      C
When the wheels of love spin you around     
    
Repeat #3  x2
     
       G7                             C
On the wheels riding on the wheels of love   

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Richard Thompson - Wheely Down Lyrics

She womanly lay like the lay of the land
The land around Wheely Down
And every curve was a high, high hill
To hang above the town

From Holland they came to make the maps
And they had made her well
For the rivers danced all across the green
And the pine-wood sweet did smell

As far as ever a man can see
It yields him more and more
And every house he washes it white
And he covers it all with straw

Except for the fool who makes his home
Upon the flooded ground
And the still on the tide is a glass to the eyes
That stare out of Wheely Down

All things must change within the earth
The moving and the lame
For the worms will rot the miller's wheel
And the rats will eat the grain

And the armies of deliverance
Are run into the ground
And the kestrel turns in the empty skies
On high over Wheely Down

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When Autumn Leaves Begin To Fall

When autumn leaves begin to fall
It's then I hear my mother call
Her tender voice I hear in song
I ask forgiveness for each wrong

When a boy of only fifteen years
I left home in seach of new frontiers
A house of gold I then did wed
A wall of stone I built within

Now my mother she has passed away
Not one kindness did I show or say
For all the wealth I might have shared
Mother never knew I cared

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Alan Jackson - When Daddy Let Me Drive lyrics

It was painted red
It's stripe was white
It was 18 feet
From the bow to the stern light
2nd hand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy
When he went there to get her
Put on a shine
Put on a motor
Built out of love
And made for water
Ran it for years
Till the transom got rotton
A piece of my childhood that'll never be forgotten
It was, just an old plywood boat
75 johnson with  electric choke
A young boy, two hands on the wheel
I cant replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn it shore line, and, make it wide
He'd say, ya can't beat the way an old wood boat rides
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean, when daddy let me drive
Just an old 1/2 ton, short-bed Ford
My uncle bought new, in '64
Daddy got it right
Cause the engine was smokin'
Couple of  burnt valves and he had it goin'
He'd let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
Down a dirt strip, where we'd dump trash
Off of Thickpin Road
I would sit on the seat
And stretch my feet out to the pedals
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
It was just an old hand-me-down ford
With 3 speed on the column
And a dent in the door
A young boy, 2 hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it, made me feel
And I would press that clutch and I'd keep it right
He'd say a lil' slower son you're doin' just fine
Just a dirt road with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
Im grown up now 3 daughters of my own
I let 'em drive my old jeep
Cross the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile, and say
It's just an old worn out jeep
With rusty ole floor boards
Hot on my feet
A young girl, two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it, made me feel
And he'd say, turn it left now, and steer it right
Straighten up girl now, you're doin' just fine
Just a lil' valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain, when daddy let me drive
Daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
She's just an old plywood boat with a 75 johnson n'electric choke


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When Did Right Become Wrong
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins
[3/4 time]

G             D7             G
It used to be right that you love me
C               D7           G
You said so and I thought so too
          D7             G         C
We talked maturely 'bout old puppy love
A7                         D7
Comparing the old with the new
G          D7                 G
If it's so right we love each other
     C           D7        G
Then why had you rather be gone
    C                       G
You seem to take pride in deceiving
             D7           G  C
But when did right become wrong
G        D7           G
When did right become wrong
                D7         G
You made a good talk about romance
C                 D7                G
You said you just know it when it's real
                D7            G         C
You sealed your orations with kisses of fire
   A7                          D7
Oh darling weren't they really real
G          D7           G
If it's so right that I hold you
     C          D7        G
Then why have I not in so long
    
    C                     G
For you know I can't even touch you
             D7           G  C
And when did right become wrong 
G        D7           G
When did right become wrong

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When Did You Stop Loving Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Donny Kees and Monty Holmes

C            G7          C
When did you stop loving me
                G7         F
How long have I been a memory
                       G7      C F
I've gotta know for my own san-i-ty
        C            G7          C
Tell me when did you stop loving me
                         
            F                                C
There was a time when you worshipped where I stood
                                    G7
Heaven knows I'd bring it back if I could
          C                               F
Now I can tell when we make love it ain't me you're thinking of
        C            G7          C
Tell me when did you stop loving me
                   
                           G7               C
Was it that night that you stayed out until dawn
                                G7        F
You know that night has haunted me for so long
                         G7           C                 F
Or was your love already cold tell me please I've gotta know
        C            G7          C
Darling when did you stop loving me

Repeat #2

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When First Unto This Country
Traditional

When first to this country a stranger I came,
I courted a fair maid and Nancy was her name.

I courted her for love, and her love I didn't obtain,
Do you think I've any reason or right to complain.

I rode to see my Nancy, I rode both day and night,
I courted dearest Nancy, my own heart's true delight.

I rode to see my Nancy, I rode both day and night,
Till I stole a fine grey horse, from Captain William White.

The sheriff's men, they'd followed and overtaken me,
They carted me away to the penitentiary.

They opened up the door and then they shoved me in,
They cleared off my head and they shaved off my chin.

They beat me and they banged me and they fed me on dry beans,
Till I wished to my own soul, I'd never been a thief.

With my hands in my pockets and my cap put on so bold,
With my coat of many colors, like Jacob of old.


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Alison Krauss - When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart

When God dips his pen of love in my heart
And he writes my soul a message he wants me to know
His spirit all divine fills a sinful soul of mine
When God dips his love in my heart

Well I said I wouldn't tell it to a livin' soul
How he brought salvation and he made me whole
But I found I couldn't hide such a love as Jesus did impart
Well he made me laugh and he made me cry, set my sinful soul on fire
When God dips his love in my heart

Well sometimes though the way is dreary, dark and cold
And some unburdened sorrow keeps me from the goal
I go to God in prayer, I can always find him there
To whisper sweet peace to my soul

Well I said I wouldn't tell it to a livin' soul
How he brought salvation and he made me whole
But I found I couldn't hide such a love as Jesus did impart
Well he made me laugh and he made me cry, set my sinful soul on fire
When God dips his love in my heart

He walked up every step of Calvary's rugged way
And gave his life completely to bring a better day
My life was steeped in sin but in love he took me in
His blood washed away every stain

I said I wouldn't tell it to a livin' soul
How he brought salvation and he made me whole
But I found I couldn't hide such a love as Jesus did impart
He made me laugh and he made me cry, set my sinful soul on fire
When God dips his love in my heart


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When He Calls
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley

C                       F
When darkness fills the valley 
         G7                       C
Fear and dread strive deep within us 
                             F
But our burdens soon will be lifted 
     G7                      C
When these old homes turn to dust 


When He calls 
                       F
I'm going to live with Jesus 
           C                    F
In His kingdom He welcomes everyone 
            C                    F
I shall not fear no more earthly peril 
    C       G7       C
For He will carry me home 

                       F
Now Satan will come to tempt me 
         G7                   C
But I'll try to resist sinful ways 
                             F
And I pray that I'll find salvation 
        G7                C
In that peaceful home far away 

repeat #2

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When He Reached Down His Hand

Once my soul was astray from the heavenly way
I was wretched and blind as could be
But my Savior in love gave me peace from above
When he reached down his hand for me

   When the Savior reached down for me
   When he reached down his hand for me
   I was lost and undone without God or his Son
   When he reached down his hand for me

How my heart does rejoice when I hear his sweet voice
In a tempest to him I can cling
I can lean on his arm safe and sure from all harm
When he reaches down his hand for me

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When I Call Out Her Name
BMI Work #: 9305601
When I Call Out Her Name (Larry W. Jones 12/11/2007) (song#5196)

Like a sign by the road that points to the leavin'
The sad wind in the willow knows why I'm grievin'
My true love has left me and I know I'm to blame
What I know I can't hide are these feelings inside
When I call out her name
I call out her name again and again
It seems I can't get her out of my brain
Memories are a fire filled with desire
And the burning flame only goes higher
When I call out her name
- instrumental -
I see her bittersweet dreams dance here around me
As my mind goes back to the time when she found me
Her sweet love was a harbor that my ship called home
Now I haven't an anchor in this hurricane
When I call out her name
I call out her name again and again
It seems I can't get her out of my brain
Memories are a fire filled with desire
And the burning flame only goes higher
When I call out her name
Memories are a fire filled with desire
And the burning flame only goes higher
When I call out her name


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When I Call Your Name

I rushed home from work like I always do
Spent my whole day just thinking of you
As I walked through the front door my whole life changed
'Cause nobody answers when I call your name

   The lonely sound of my voice calling
   Is driving me insane
   And just like rain, the tears keep falling,
   'Cause nobody answers when I call your name

A note on the table that told me goodbye
Said you'd grown weary of living a lie
Oh, your love has ended but mine still remains
And nobody answers when I call your name

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When I Can Read My Titles Clear

When I can read my titles clear
Two mansions in the sky
I bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weepin eyes

And wipe my weeping eye
And wipe my weeping eye
I bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weeping eye

Should cares like a wild deluge come
And storms of sorry fall
By grace I'll safely reach my home
My God my heaven my all

My God my heaven my all
My God my heaven my all
By grace I'll safely reach my home
My God my heaven my all

There may I bathe my weary soul
In streams of heavenly rest
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast

Across my peaceful breast
Across my peaceful breast
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast

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When I Close My Eyes 
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Carol Annette Musick and Mark Alan Springer
 
C
There's so many things I didn't say
F              Dm
Even though it may be too late
              C                     G7
I want you to know I still love you so
C
Every color of leaves looks like your car
F                     Dm
Every movie I see you play the leading part
          C                       G7
You're on my mind can't leave you behind
                C                 F
When I close my eyes you're all I see
               C                  G7
In the dark of night you're in my dreams
               C                  F     Dm
Throughout the day you're easy to find
             C    G7              C
You're all I see  when I close my eyes
In my mind I know you're far away
F                    Dm
But here in my heart nothing has changed
          C                  G7
I'm still holding you like I used to
C
On a busy street in a crowded room
F                  Dm
Wherever I go it's just me and you 
         C                  G7
Together again boy it never ends
Repeat #2
 
F            C    G7              C
You're all I see  when I close my eyes

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The Avett Brothers - When I Drink 

When I drink 
I say things I don't want to say 
I do things I don't wanna do 
I talk mean to you 
But if I think 
I just might get something out of this 
My parents taught me to learn when I miss 
Just do your best 
Just do your best 

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity 
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be 
At least a little better than I've been so far 

But when I drink 
I hear things that aren't really there 
I feel things when I shouldn't really care 
Have fist fights with the air 
But if I think about someone besides myself 
I lived through the silver and the bell 
With something to tell 
Just do your best 

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity 
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be 
At least a little better than I've been so far 

But when I drink 
I spend the next morning in a haze 
But we only get so many days 
Now I have one less 
Just do your best 

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity 
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be 
At least a little better than I've been so far 
Oh, at least a little better than I've been so far

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The Avett Brothers - When I Drink (Live At Bojangles' Coliseum 2009) Lyrics

When I drink
I say things I don't want to say
I do things I don't wanna do
I talk mean to you
But if I think
I just might get something out of this
My parents taught me to learn when I miss
Just do your best
Just do your best

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far

But when I drink
I hear things that aren't really there
I feel things when I shouldn't really care
Have fist fights with the air
But if I think about someone besides myself
I lived through the silver and the bell
With something to tell
Just do your best

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far

But when I drink
I spend the next morning in a haze
But we only get so many days
Now I have one less
Just do your best

It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be
At least a little better than I've been so far
Oh, at least a little better than I've been so far

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When I Get Home

When my Savior calls me over yonder
I'll have me a mansion on the other side
Gonna tell my neighbor how glad I am to see him
When I get home I'm going be satisfied

I'll have me a harp of gold just like David's
When i get over on the other side
Gonna sing and play with a band of a million angels
When I get home I'm gonna be satisfied

I'll have a little talk with Abraham and Isaac
Have a little talk with Peter James and Paul
Gonna sit  and have a talk with dad and mother
Gonna have a talk with Jesus first of all

Now when I meet my Savior over yonder
I'll have me a mansion on the other side
I'll leave my worldly troubles here behind me
When I get home I'm going be satisfied

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Richard Thompson - When I Get To The Border 

Dirty people take what's mine, I can leave them all behind
They can never cross that line when I get to the border
Sawbones standing at the door waiting 'til I hit the floor
He won't find me anymore when I get to the border

Monday morning, Monday morning closing in on me
I'm packing up and I'm running away to where nobody picks on me

If you see a box of pine with a name that looks like mine
Say I drowned in a barrel of wine when I got to the border
When I got to the border

A one way ticket's in my hand, heading for the chosen land
My troubles will all turn to sand when I get to the border
Salty girl with yellow hair waiting in that rocking chair
And if I'm weary I won't care when I get to the border

Monday morning, Monday morning closing in on me
I'm packing up and I'm running away to where nobody picks on me

The dusty road will smell so sweet paved with gold beneath my feet
And I'll be dancing down the street when I get to the border
When I get to the border

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Brad Paisley - When I Get Where I'm Going(feat. Dolly Parton) lyrics

When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
[Chorus]
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here
I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I'll hug his neck
[Repeat chorus]
So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do
But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
Hallelujah
I will love and have no fear
When I get where I'm going
Yeah when I get where I'm going


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When I Look Into Your Heart
Recorded by Vince Gill and Amy Grant
Written by Vince Gill

C                     Em
When I look into your heart 
F                     C
I see us holding each other
      F              Em
I can finally see forever 
       Dm     G7      C
When I look into your heart
     G7                         F
I've seen the moon dance on the waters
Dm                  G7                   C
Watched the morning sun slip through the trees
        Am                  Em
But the sight of you is the vision
     Dm             G7
That takes me to my knees
       C              Em
When I look into your heart 
F                     C
I see us holding each other
      F              Em
I can finally see forever 
       Dm     G7      C
When I look into your heart
G7                    F
I've never known such comfort 
Dm         G7          C
I've never felt such release
Am                 Em
I've never felt so connected 
Dm                    G7
I've never known such peace
       C              Em
When I look into your heart 
F                     C
I see us holding each other
      F              Em
I can finally see forever 
       Dm     G7      C
When I look into your heart
      F              Em
I can finally see forever 
       Dm     G7      C
When I look into your heart

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When I Lost My Darlin'
BMI Work #: 9102078
When I Lost My Darlin' (Larry W. Jones 09/05/2007) (song#4902)

Well, when I lost my darlin'
That's when I think I lost my mind
Yeah, when I lost my darlin'
That's when I think I lost my mind
My mind just ain't what it's been
Since that sweet girl's no longer mine
I hear familiar voices
Say hello whenever we meet
I hear familiar voices
Say hello whenever we meet
But I can't see through these tears
When I meet them out on the street
- instrumental -
I paid a visit to my doctor
To see what was wrong with me
I paid a visit to my doctor
To see what was wrong with me
He told me, now listen here mister
Your mind's lost in misery
Well, when I lost my darlin'
That's when I know I lost my mind
Yeah, when I lost my darlin'
That's when I know I lost my mind
My mind just ain't what it's been
Since that sweet girl's no longer mine


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When I Stop Dreaming

The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever wanted to die
Was the night when you told me you loved someone new
And asked me if I could forget

   When I stop dreaming
   That's when I'll stop loving you

I'd be like a flower unwanted in spring
Alone and neglected transplanted in vain
To a garden of sadness where it's pedals will fall
In the shadow of undying pain

You can teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You can teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget

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When I Travel My Last Mile (He Will Hold My Hand) 
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Henry J. Donohue

G                              C    G
Some day when I travel my last mile here 
                            D7
The call will be coming for me 
     G                            C  G
I'll enter the lifeboat that will be near
            D7       G
To carry me over the sea
           C  G
He'll hold my hand 
                        D7
As over death's river I go 
     G    C    G
Then safe I'll be 
             D7       G
In beautiful heaven I know
                                       C    G
My bark shall sail safely though waves dash high 
                        D7
For Jesus will be at my side 
      G                              C   G
He'll still the rough waters when by and by
                 D7       G
I'm crossing the river so wide
           C  G
He'll hold my hand (hold to my hand)
                        D7
As over death's river I go 
     G    C    G
Then safe I'll be (safe I shall be)
             D7       G
In beautiful heaven I know
                        C      G
I'm ready to go to that golden shore
                               D7
To live there while ages shall roll 
  G                            C  G
I want to see Jesus and saints of yore
              D7          G
In heaven the home of the soul
Repeat #4
          C      G
Then safe I will be 
             D7       G
In beautiful heaven I know

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Dolly Parton - When I'm Gone lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

You say that you're bored with life and that you're bored with me
'Cause you say that this love of ours ain't what it ought to be
Now you despise this little house that we've always called home
I know that you don't love me now, but you'll love me when I'm gone
Gone
You'll love me when I'm gone and then you'll realize just what I meant to you
You-oo-oo-oo
You'll miss me when I'm gone and then you'll realize how good I've been to you
You-ooo-ooo-ooo
You'll want me when I'm gone and then you'll realize you've loved me all along
Oh, it's true you may not love me now, but you'll love me when I'm gone
Gone
We've grown too familiar with each other, so you say
You say there's no excitement now. Too bad you feel that way
Well, I wonder how exciting that your life will be alone
Oh, I know you may not want me now, but you'll miss me when I'm gone
Gone
You'll love me when I'm gone and then you'll realize just what I meant to you
You-oo-oo-oo
You'll miss me when I'm gone and then you'll realize how good I've been to you
You-ooo-ooo-ooo
You'll want me when I'm gone and then you'll realize you've loved me all along
Oh, I know you may not want me now, but you'll miss me when I'm gone
Gone


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When I'm Through Fallin' Apart
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Bob Morrison, Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman

C           F            G7          C
What I need tonight is a shoulder to cry on
     F                G7                       C   G7
Just hold me till the heartache's through with me
C            F       G7                C
Maybe we can build a new love from the ashes
    F                 G7            C
But first I've got to burn some memories
                                      F
When I'm through fallin' apart put me together
     C                             G7
I'll give you all the pieces of my heart
       C                                   F   Dm
When I tell you not right now I don't mean never
     C              G7              C
Just wait until I'm through fallin' apart
                          F        G7               C
There's something in your eyes and then the way you hold me
     F              G7             C      G7
That says you wanna be more than a friend
  C          F          G7             C
I can't wait until that final tear has fallen
   F             G7              C
So I can give my heart to you to mend
Repeat #2
                    G7              C
Just wait until I'm through fallin' apart

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Nickel Creek - When In Rome

Where can a sick man go?
When he can't choke down the medicine, the old doc knows
A specialist came to town but he stays at home
Sayin', "No one knows, so I don't", honey, when in Rome

Where can a teacher go?
Wherever she thinks people need the things she knows
Hey, those books you gave us look good on the shelves at home
And they'll burn one in the fireplace, teacher, when in Rome

Grab a blanket, sister, we'll make smoke signals
Bring us some new blood, it feels like we're alone
Grab a blanket, brother so we don't catch cold
From one another, I wonder if we're stuck in Rome

Where can a dead man go?
The question with an answer only dead men know
But I'm going to bet they never really feel at home
If they spent a lifetime learning, how to live in Rome

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When It's All Said And Done
Author: Larry Cordle
Artist: Larry Cordle And Lonesome Standard Time

Do we need to talk it feels like we do
Something's not r--right between me and you
Be honest with me get it out in the open
Will we still have a chance when it's all said and done
Chorus:
Get it off of your heart once and for all
Don't hold nothing b---back if a tear starts to fall
Is there someone newam I still the o----only one
I'll know where I stand when it's all said and done
( Instrumental leads )
Verse 2:
You don't seem as happy as you used to be
Well I hope I'm w?wrong and you still love me
The truth it can't heal or leave a heart broken
I'll know what's in store when it's all said and done
Chorus
I'll know where I stand when it's all said and done
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When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley

There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin
In the window it's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
For the boy she is longing to see
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Still in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam.
In the lamplight tonight I can see her
As she rocks in her chair to and fro
Though she prays that I'll come back to see her
Still I know that I never can go.
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Still in dreams I go back to my home
But I've sinned 'gainst my home and my loved ones
And now i must ever more roam
So she lights up the lamp and sits waiting
For she knows not the crime i have done
So I've changed all my ways and I'll meet her
Up in heaven when life's race is run.
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Still in dreams I go back to my home
Oh I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam
Version: Norman Blake


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When It's Reveille Time In Heaven

When it's reveille time in heaven and heress there
As they proudly stand attention at the throne
Then the winds will play an anthemn
As it echoe's from the park
And ease a signal from an evening star

It was ranks of marching thousand trampion over heaven's sod
From the pilots to the dismal of the same
They are all of one and equal in this wonder holy land
And reveille played by heavens band

When the universe commander takes the great reviewing stand
They are cited one by one ass they go by
They are highly decorated in a robe of going white
As he receives a blessing from his grave

* Rafrain

Well there's master sergeant Johnny with his crutches thrown away
His purple heart no longer could be seen
There my boy stands beside him with a small upon his face
As he receives a blessing from his grave

* Refrain

When they call Revelle, Reveille in heaven for my boy
He'll stand there smiling thru as did for the red, white and blue
He'll rest in peace up there for ever more
No more fighting like he had to do before
He's just waiting for his mother, his dad, his sis and brother
When its reveille time in heaven for my boy


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When its Lamplighting Time in the Valley

There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin
In the window it's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
For the boy she is longing to see

 When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Still in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam.

In the lamplight tonight I can see her
As she rocks in her chair to and fro
Though she prays that I'll come back to see her
Still I know that I never can go.

 When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Still in dreams I go back to my home
But I've sinned 'gainst my home and my loved ones
And now i must ever more roam

So she lights up the lamp and sits waiting
For she knows not the crime i have done
So I've changed all my ways and I'll meet her
Up in heaven when life's race is run.

 When it's lamp lighting time in the valley
Still in dreams I go back to my home
Oh I can see that old lamp in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam

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When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing

Oh the stars and the silver moon is shining
All around is the sweetness of the spring
But I'm sad and in loneliness I'm pining
For the one I know I'll never see again

   How I long for the day when I shall see her
   If it be where the angels sweetly sing
   She is mine and the thought of her grows sweeter
   When it's time for the whippoorwill to sing

When I left with the thought I'd be returning
Soon to her with the wealth and joy I'd bring
I returned but too late and now I'm yearning
She is gone and in loneliness I sing

I remember the night she made the promise
And these words said to me great joy did bring
I'll be true and you know you'll find me waiting
When it's time for the whippoorwill to sing

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When I'm Gone

You're gonna miss when I'm gone
You're gonna miss when I'm gone
Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk
Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone

   When I'm gone (when I'm gone) when I'm gone (when I'm gone)
   Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone
   When I'm gone (when I'm gone) when I'm gone (when I'm gone)
   Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone

You're gonna miss me by my prayers
You're gonna miss me everywhere
Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my song
You're gonna miss me all day long
Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone

You're gonna miss me by my ways
You're gonna miss me every day
Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my song
You're gonna miss me all day long
Oh I know you will miss when I'm gone

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When Jesus Beckons Me Home

I know that Jesus will never forsake
His love will find a way
He'll bridge the stream if his hand I will take
When he calls what can I say

   Day follows night night follows day
   Farther and farther I roam
   What will my answer be what can I say
   When Jesus beckons my home

Sometimes the clouds seem to cover his face
Sometimes the skies are so gray
Still by the stars and his wonderful grace
He'll roll the storm clouds away

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Dolly Parton - When Jesus Comes Calling For Me lyrics

When I was a child I recall and old man; everybody loved old Zeke
He was all alone, his family was gone; one day he said to me
I'm just sittin' here thinkin' about Jesus, rockin' as my old chair creaks
Some glad day I'll fly away when Jesus comes calling for me
It might be today, it might be tomorrow, maybe one day next week
I'll soon be done with trouble and sorrow when He comes calling for me
When Jesus comes calling for me
When I die don't grieve and cry
Lordy, don't feel sorry for me
Oh what a day, what a mighty fine day
When Jesus comes calling for me
When He comes calling for me
I might be in the graveyard walking talking to my family
Or I might be plowing in the field down yonder, just old Muley and me
Wherever I am, whatever I'm a doing, some sweet day I'll see
And band of angels in a cloud of glory when Jesus comes calling for me
When He comes calling for me
When I die just close my eyes
And lay me 'neath the willow tree
Oh what a day, what a mighty fine day
When Jesus comes calling for me
When Jesus comes calling for me
I'm just sittin' here watchin' for Jesus, rockin' as my old chair creaks
Some sweet day I'll fly away when Jesus comes calling for me
When He comes calling for me


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When Life Hits Hard
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Mark D. Sanders and Steve Seskin

C         G             D7      G
Life is a mountain of a journey
     C         G              D7   G
With rivers to cross at every turn
C           G            C           G
It's always something or too much of nothing
Am             C              D7
But if there's one thing I've learned

     G
When life hits hard you gotta hit a little harder
C
Bear that heavy load
     D7                         Em                C
It's all gonna get a lot better farther along the road
                       G
Lord knows when you're down so down you gotta dig a little deeper
C                     A7
Keep reaching for the sky
         D7                                          G
And when life hits hard there's bound to be a reason why

C          G                 D7    G
Everyone's searching for the answer
     C         G             D7  G
When maybe the only thing to do
   C                G         C                   G
Is cherish the good times and hold on through the bad times
Am            C                 D7
Trustin' that time will deliver you

Repeat #2

   D7                 C    G
In this one way we're all alike
   D7                  C     D7
We share a strong will to survive

Repeat #2

         D7                                          G
And when life hits hard there's bound to be a reason why
D7             G
When life hits hard

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When Love Arrives
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Harley Allen

G        D7      C       A7        D7     C
When memories do dances around you in the dark
                   Em   G        D7
You'll fear of new romances when we part
    G          D7        C           Em    D7       C
But you got to take your chances and let a new love start
                   G        D7       G
And I just want to tell you heart to heart
          D7                C
When love arrives when love arrives
F                  C             D7
Don't be afraid to let that love inside
          G
When love arrives
              D7      C        Em      D7      C
Now when it's finally over the hardest part of all
           Em       G               D7
Is knowing this can happen when you fall
G           D7   C         Em        D7     C
So when you meet another I hope that you'll recall
           G     D7          G
I want you to be happy after all
Repeat #2 x2

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Alan Jackson - When Love Comes Around lyrics

Love for me hasn't been easy
I've let true love fall to the ground
Through the years and the tears
I've learned what love's about
And this time I'll be ready
When love comes around
When love comes around I'll be ready
Love will find me a brand new man
And I'll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around
Too many times I've lost a good love
And I can see now I let it down
But if love comes back to me
It won't see the same old me
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around
When love comes around I'll be ready
Love will find me a brand new man
And I'll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around
Yeah, I'll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around


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When Love Finds You
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Michael Omartian and Vince Gill

G            C            Am      G
Love sure is something no one can explain
                      C          F         G
It can bring you such joy it can bring you pain
               C       G
And with every emotion love puts us through
        Em              A7       F          G
There's nothing you can say when love finds you
            C          Am               G
Love is the power that makes your heart beat
                     C                  F            G
It can make you move mountains make you drop to your knees
                C                  G
When it finally hits you you won't know what to do
        Em              A7       F          G
There's nothing you can say when love finds you
        D7          F#m               G          Em
Give it all you can give it when your love comes around
       D7             F#m           G             Em
If you put your heart in it then it won't let you down
C                    G         C            G              C
You'll find out it's true baby someday when love finds you
         G         C                 G
And when you least expect it it will finally come true
        Em              A7       F          G
There's nothing you can say when love finds you
        D7          F#m               G          Em
Give it all you can give it when your love comes around
       D7             F#m           G             Em
If you put your heart in it then it won't let you down
C                    G      C                G
You'll find out it's true I promise you it's true
      C            G              Em
Maybe someday when love finds you 
       C             G
You'll find out it's true      
    C            G    D7    G
And someday when love finds you

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Dolly Parton - When Love Is New lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Chorus:
Love is pretty when love is new
Like a blushing rose in a dazzling dew,
Intoxicating like cherry sweet wine.
When love is new it's magic.
Verse 1:
Mother, oh Mother, why can't you see
He's the only love for me.
Why must thou be opposed to me
I'm asking for thy blessing.
Daughter, oh daughter, I know his kind.
You think he's handsome, you think he's fine.
He'll use your body and tangle your mind;
Too late you'll learn this lesson
Repeat Chorus
When love grows cold, it's tragic
Verse 2:
Mother, oh mother, he's not that way
His touch just takes my breath away.
You surely remember when you felt that way
When you and father first married
Oh, yes, I do remember it well.
What first was heaven soon turned to hell
He left with another the year you were born.
I told you he's dead and buried.
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
He'll love me true 'cause he told me so.
He'll break you heart when love grows old.
I must go, Mother, I must go.
Then, daughter, why are you asking?
I love him so, I love him so.
Then I pray you're new love's lasting.
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
When love grows cold, it's tragic.


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When Mama Sang
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bob Warren and Danny Walls

G           C            G
Mama didn't have special trainin'
                                     D7
She couldn't read the music just the words
    G                   C              G
But when she'd stand to sing on Sunday mornin'
                             D7                   G
She had the sweetest voice I think I've I've ever heard
                      C               G
She loved to sing the songs about our Savior
                                     D7
There Is A Fountain was her favorite one
    G                    C                  G
And I've seen tears roll down the cheeks of sinners
               D7              G
By the time my mama's song was done
                   C                 G
When mama sang the angels stopped to listen
                                            D7
You could see the love light shinin' in her face
     G             C                 G
When mama sang the angels stopped to listen
                          D7            G
Now in heaven's choir she has a special place
            C                         G
You know my daddy wanted me to sing a song
 
The day that mama left us and you know that little church
                              D7
Was filled with all of mama's friends
G               C                            G
And you know it seems we could all hear mama singin'
                       D7              G
When I couldn't finish up her favorite hymn
Repeat #3
                   C                 G
When mama sang the angels stopped to listen

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When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

Memories that linger in my heart
Memories that make my heart grow cold
But some day they'll live again sweetheart
And my blue moon again will turn to gold

   When my blue moon turns to gold again
   When the rainbow turns the clouds away
   When my blue moon turns to gold again
   You'll be back within my arms to stay

The lips that used to thrill me so
Your kisses were meant for only me
In my dreams they live again, sweetheart
But my golden moon is just a memory

The castles we built of dreams together
Were the sweetest stories ever told
Maybe we will live them all again
And my blue moon again will turn to gold

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When My Last Song Is Sung
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
C            G7      C                  F       C
When my last song is sung and my life's work is done
       F            C            G7
And my old faithful guitar loses tone
          C       F        C                    F    C
You won't find me troubled then wishing I could sing again
        F            C    G7      C
When my last song is sung I'll be gone
                G7       C                     F     C
What a gift the Lord has shared with a man who never cared
         F              C              G7
Claiming every note I'd written for my own
      C       F        C                      F         C
And before it comes my time there's a song of thanks in line
  F                C      G7       C
Before my Lord and Savior calls me home
                       F          C
Let me sing a song for Jesus everyday
                     F               C           G7
For He's the one who guides me every step of the way
        C         F              C                 F
He's my soul inspiration and the one who guides my pen
            C    F      C    G7     C
So let that last song I sing be for Him

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When My Savior Reached Down

Once my soul was astray from the heavenly way
I was wretched and blind as could be
But my Savior in love gave me peace from above
When he reached down his hand for me 

   When the Savior reached down for me
   When he reached way down for me
   I was lost and undone without God or his Son
   When he reached down his hand for me 

How my heart does rejoice when I hear his sweet voice
In the tempest to him I can cling
There to lean on his arm safe secure from all harm
When he reached down his hand for me

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Dolly Parton - When Possession Gets Too Strong lyrics

I can't live with you when you try to own me
Though you may give me love like I have never known
But if you try to control me then you won't never know me
And I'll be movin' on when possession gets too strong
So love me just for what I am don't try to change a thing
And I'll take you just like you are and I'll expect the same
So if you want to love me you must understand all of me
For I'll be movin' on when possession gets too strong
And I have no control over what I feel inside
And I can't change the way I am and you must be satisfied
So if you think you can't be without place and chance on me
Then I'll be movin' on when possession gets too strong
[ ac.guitar ]
I have no control...
I'll be movin' on when possession gets too strong


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When Silver Threads Are Gold Again

Darlin', we are growing old
And show the silver in our hair
Since time has stolen all the gold
That made your youthful tresses fair
But years can never steal away
A look that never can grow old
What care we for tresses gray
Since love will always keep its gold

Love, I'll tell you with a kiss
If Heaven gives back the youth we miss
Your face will be no fairer then
When silver threads are gold again

Darlin', I can read today
The question in your thoughtful eyes
You wonder if I wish for May
Beneath the frosty autumn skies
Love of mine, be sure of this
For me, no face could be so fair
Than this one that I stoop to kiss
Beneath its crown of silver hair

Darlin', with your hand in mine
We'll journey all life's pathway through
With happy tears your dear eyes shine
Like deep blue blossoms in the dew
The sorrow of the passing years
Have made us love each other more
And every day that disappears
I count you dearer than before

Love, I'll tell you with a kiss
If Heaven gives back the youth we miss
Your face will be no fairer then
When silver threads are gold again

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Alan Jackson - When Somebody Loves You lyrics

When your heart is all alone every second
Seems so long
When it's just you, you can't see through
Those ol' clouds that rain so blue
But when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you
When it's late, the sun hangs low
By yourself, nowhere to go
Sing a song, you dance alone
Play solitaire and stare at the phone
But when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you
So let's put aside our foolish pride
And let our hearts say hello
We both agree we're just no good
At bein' on our own
'Cause when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you
The way I love you
The way I love you


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Dolly Parton - When Someone Wants To Leave lyrics

When you love somebody with all your heart and soul
And you want to keep them with you, but you know they want to go
What do you do, what do you say
When you know they want to leave
As bad as you want them to stay
And there's nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love
When one doesn't care at all and the other cares too much
It's a sad situation, I must say
When you know they want to leave
As bad as you want them to stay
You know how much I love you
But I know you don't love me
And I know it's just a matter of time before you leave
But I do, I stand aside and just let you walk away
But I know you want to leave
As bad as I want you to stay
And there's nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love
When one doesn't love at all and the other loves too much
It's a sad situation I must say
When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay
Oh, it's a sad situation I must say
When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay


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Crooked Still 
When Sorrows Encompass Me

When sorrows encompass me round
And many distresses I see
Astonished I cry, Can a mortal be found
Surrounded with troubles like me?

Few seasons of peace I enjoy
And they are succeeded by pain
If e'er a few moments of praise I employ
I have hours and days to complain

O! when will my sorrows subside?
O! when will my sufferings cease?
O! when to the bosom of Christ be conveyed?
To the mansions of glory and bliss?

May I be prepared for that day
When Jesus shall bid me remove
That I may in raptures go shouting away
To the arms of my heav'nly Love
My spirit to glory conveyed
My body laid low in the ground
I wish not a tear at my grave to be shed
But all join in praising around
No sorrow be vented that day
When Jesus hath called me home
With singing and shouting let each brother say
"He's gone from the evil to come"
If souls disembodied can know
Or visit their brethern beneath
My spirit shall join you, while singing you go
And leave all my cares in the grave
Immersed in the ocean of love
My soul, like an angel shall sing
Till Christ shall descend with a shout from above
And make all creation to ring
Our bodies, in dust shall obey
And swifter than thought shall arise
Then, changed in a moment, go shouting away
To mansions of love in the skies

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When The Angels Come To Get Me

I am growing old and feeble
Friends and loved ones I must leave
For tomorrow I'll be lifted
When the angels come for me

When the angels come to get me
In a chariot of pure gold
I'll be carried up to heaven
On that hallelujah road

Life down here has been so happy
Through this world which I've trod
But I'll move into a mansion
Where I'll dwell forever more

There I'll be with my dear Savior
Dad and Mother I will see
All these joys will be mine forever
When the angels come for me

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When The Angels Sing
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent  [3/4 time]
Written by Aubrey Noble, Darrin Vincent, Rhonda Vincent, 
Sheri Noble, Terry Herd

C                     F
When love is faithful strong and true
         C                       G7
When the breath of life is given you
    C                F
And flowers bloom in early spring
           C                       G7     C
That's the time in heaven when the angels sing
                  F
Where angels sing above the blue
    C            D7           G7
The promise of a world that's new
    C                F
And tear dim eyes no more will be
         C               G7      C
When the angels sing for you and me
                      F
Be a shining light as you pass through
     C                          G7
Remember the promise he gave to you
     C                 F
Hold to His Word trust everything
        C                        G7     C
Live forever in heaven where the angels sing
Repeat #2
F        C               G7      C
When the angels sing for you and me

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When The Bees Are In The Hive

By the mill stream sits the Miller's pretty daughter
Her cheeks are like the first red rose of June
Her sweet voice sounds just like the rippling water
As so tenderly she hums an old love tune

But soon her song of joy has turned to sorrow
Her sweetheart now has come to say goodbye
She thinks of a sad and lonely morrow
And he hugs her as she murmers with a sigh

   When the bees are in the hive and the honey in the comb
   And the golden sunlight bends to kiss the dew
   While the old mill wheel turns 'round I love you Mary
   And when the bees are in the hive I'll come to you

By the old mill sits the lonely maid repining
And her face was like the spring rose far away
While she looked down in the silver waters shining
And she sees her golden locks are dimmed with grey

Long years she's waited there for his returning
All in vain she's thinking he'll come back someday
For the lamp of hope still in her heart is burning
As the old mill wheel turns 'round it seems to say

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When The Bloom Is Off The Rose
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Roger Brown

C                         F
When the bloom is off the rose 
         G7                   C
When the leaves fall from the vine 
                          F
When the dew turns frosty white 
        C    G7           C    G7
Darling will you still be mine 
       C      F            C
In the spring our love was new 
         G7            C
I knew I was your only one 
                         F
But with time all things grow old 
        D7               G7
Tell me please I need to know 
 
         C                F
When the bloom is off the rose 
         G7                   C
When the leaves fall from the vine 
                          F
When the dew turns frosty white 
        C    G7           C    G7
Darling will you still be mine 
         C       F       C
Like the seasons passing by 
       G7                   C
Loving hearts like time can fly 
                            F
If left to wither they will fade 
       D7              G7
Do not tire of me that way
Repeat #3 x2
                          F
When the dew turns frosty white 
        C    G7           C
Darling will you still be mine

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When The Bluebonnets Bloom
BMI Work #: 8579902
When The Bluebonnets Bloom (Larry W. Jones 12/17/2006) (song#4235)

The fairest flower that Texas knows
Has the power to outshine the rose
Many poets have written the sonnet
Of the blue, blue Texas bluebonnet
Not a simple flower and never plain
From its blue beauty comes its name
Like a robin, bluebonnets in bloom
Say that Spring has arrived so soon
This flower grows in the rocks and rills
And like a blanket covers the Texas hills
Joy to the Texas world is what they say
When the bluebonnets bloom in May
Now let me sing that Robin's song
For bluebonnets say Winter is gone
Not a simple flower and never plain
From its blue beauty comes its name
Like a robin, bluebonnets in bloom
Say that Spring has arrived so soon
This flower grows in the rocks and rills
And like a blanket covers the Texas hills
Joy to the Texas world is what they say
When the bluebonnets bloom in May


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The Boxcars - When the Bluegrass Is Covered with Snow

When the Bluegrass Is Covered with Snow

Summer's coming Winter's gone, the birds are singing in the trees.
The sun shining bright, the leaves in sight.
The humming of the bees.

The moon shines bright on the old home tonight.
The wind blows soft and low.
Pretty flowers so gay will someday fade away, when the bluegrass is covered in snow.
In the heart of Kentucky where the bluegrass grows, 
where flowers are blooming and clear waters flow, 
the flowers fade in winter for a few months or so, 
when the bluegrass is covered with snow

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When The Bright Lights Grow Dim

I'm the laugh of the party out every night
Ain't got a worry but then
The people who say I'm carefree and gay
Don't know how I'm lonely when the bright lights grow dim

People think cause I'm laughing the past is behind
But they don't know the sorrow within'
A heart that is hurtin' in a man bound by pride
Who cries for an old love when the bright lights grow dim

When the party has ended the laughter has died
And I think of our parting again
The smile leaves my face and tears take its place
I cry for you darling when the bright lights grow dim

So until you return I'll keep wearing a mask
That will hide how I'm feeling within
So if your lonely too I'll be right there with you
I'll be thinking of you dear when the bright lights grow dim

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When The Evening Sun Goes Down

When this evening sun goes down
Then in heaven I will be found
I will end life's other side
When I cross the great divide

When this evening sun goes down
When I wear my starry crown
When I'll see a smiling face
And rest in amazing grace

He will wipe away my tears
He will blind me to all my fears
Then in joy I'll ever be bound
When this evening sun goes down

When this evening sun goes down
When they lay me 'neath the ground
When we'll meet, weep, and mourn
Then I'll be in my heavenly home

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When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall

I left the one that love in the mountains
And all the love we shared
But each night as she kneels by her bed side
I know she calls my name in her prayer

   When the moon shines on the Blue Ridge mountains
   And it seems I can hear my sweetheart call
   How I long to be near to my darling
   When the golden leaves begin to fall

She knows that I'll return to the mountains
And will bring to her a wedding ring
It will be placed upon her finger
Happiness to us both it will bring

Winter time is so cold in the mountains
The ground will soon be covered white with snow
How I long to keep the home fires burning
For I know my darling needs me so

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When The Last Curtain Falls
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Emory Gordy Jr. and Jim Rushing
[3/4 time]

G
Even though I still steam  
                                 D7  C
From the words that you threw at me 
           G
There's no pleasure at all 
                               D7
From watching you fall to your knees 

          C
Cause the tables have turned 
                            G                        C
And I'm finally learning to live and forgive and let go 
                 G          C            G
There's no sweet revenge at love's angry end 
       D7          G
And we all need to know 

           
When the last curtain falls with a final goodbye 
                    F           C
And the bitter cold darkness of night 
                       G
Floods the days of our lives 
                       C                G
With a silence so loud we can't feel at all 
C                    G        C        G
There's no reason or cause to cheer or applause 
         D7           G
When the last curtain falls 


The irony is that you're wearing 
                D7   C
The look I once wore 
       G
And in truth I've longed for 
                          D7
This moment to settle the score
 
         C
But it's not all that clear 
                         G                       C
Now that I'm hearing you echo the thoughts of my soul 
               G       C          G
The justice of time is not really mine 
      D7          G
And I want you to know 
 
Repeat #3

C                    G        C        G
There's no reason or cause to cheer or applause 
         D7           G
When the last curtain falls 

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When The Mockingbird Of Texas Sings
BMI Work #: 8740405
When The Mockingbird Of Texas Sings (Larry W. Jones 03/08/2007) (song#4509)

Bright Texas stars and the moon are shining
Down on the purple sage of the prairie plain
Now, I can't complain but I sure am pining
For a Texas love that I may never see again
Oh, I remember the day when I met her
I thought she wore a pair of angel's wings
And there's no way that I can forget her
When the Mockingbird of Texas sings
I left when the stars and moon were shining
I had to ride to the roundup in the spring
I returned to find her gone, my heart's dying
Now, only the Mockingbird of Texas sings
Oh, I remember the day when I met her
I thought she wore a pair of angel's wings
And there's no way that I can forget her
When the Mockingbird of Texas sings
Spring is the time when doves are mating
She said when I returned, love she'd bring
With heart burning she'll find me waiting
When the Mockingbird of Texas sings
Oh, I remember the day when I met her
I thought she wore a pair of angel's wings
And there's no way that I can forget her
When the Mockingbird of Texas sings


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When The Morning Comes
Hoyt Axton

Chorus:
(And) When the morning comes and you gotta get up
How you going to find your shoes
In an empty bed with an achin' head
You know its got to give you the blues

I don't know what's going on here,
I know things are not all right.
If you want me to I'll go dear,
If you want I'll stay all night.
I came here with my broken heart,
Wrapped away with care,
And all you do is sit and drink,
And stare ---- at your T V.

Chorus

You ask me why I came here,
But you're the one who phoned.
I wasn't very happy,
But I did alright a lone.
I thought you learned to love me,
I guess you never will.
The key's lost to the kingdom,
And I don't have time to kill.

Chorus

Instrumental: Verse

Chorus

So it's goodbye Carolina,
So long Tennessee.
California's callin',
And Chicago's good to me.
My feet are in the stirrups,
My pony wants run.
Think I'll hit the highway,
I guess your not the one.

Chorus 2x


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When The Mountain Dew Starts Falling

    When the mountain dew starts falling
    And the green green grass begins to grow
    That's when I realize I love you
    That's why I'm on my way back home

Back to the one I love so dearly
Back to the one that I love so
back to that girl I spent some time with
Back to my little mountain home

I've been away from my home for so long dear
And I feel like a stranger in my home
No one will ever realize dear
That I'm just a drifter all alone

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The Incredible String Band - When The Music Starts To Play 

All my life and it's been a short one
I've met the happy and the sad together
I chased the soft warm air that flew before me
And through the storm on wings of love, the song of life bore me

And when the music starts to play, let me be around
I said when the music starts to play, let me be around
Oh, can't you see how my heart soars high when I hear that music
When the music starts to play, let me be around

When sadness lays his cold fist on my shoulder
And pushes me in icy waters drowning
The gentle hand of music lifts me smiling
And through these sounds my heart takes bounds, I happy am

And when the music starts to play, let me be around
I said, when the music starts to play, let me be around
Oh, can't you see how my heart soars high when I hear that music
When the music starts to play, let me be around

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The Incredible String Band - When The Music Starts To Play - 2010 Remastered Version 

All my life and it's been a short one
I've met the happy and the sad together
I chased the soft warm air that flew before me
And through the storm on wings of love, the song of life bore me

And when the music starts to play, let me be around
I said when the music starts to play, let me be around
Oh, can't you see how my heart soars high when I hear that music
When the music starts to play, let me be around

When sadness lays his cold fist on my shoulder
And pushes me in icy waters drowning
The gentle hand of music lifts me smiling
And through these sounds my heart takes bounds, I happy am

And when the music starts to play, let me be around
I said, when the music starts to play, let me be around
Oh, can't you see how my heart soars high when I hear that music
When the music starts to play, let me be around

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When The Nightbirds Cry

All day long the thoughts of you
Stay far away since we are through
But in the middle of the night when the nightbirds call
That's when I'll miss you most of all

   When the nightbirds cry and the wind is still
   I hear the call of the whipporwill
   It says you're gone but I don't know why
   That's why I'm blue when the nightbirds cry

I sit all night on the edge of my bed

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When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more
And the morning breaks eternal bright and fair
When the saved on earth shall gather over on the other shore
And the roll is called up yonder I'll be there

   When the roll (when the roll) is called up yonder
   When the roll (when the roll) is called up yonder
   When the roll (when the roll) is called up yonder
   When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there

On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall
rise
And the glory of His resurrection share
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there

Let us labor for the Master from the dawn til setting sun
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care
Then when all of life is over and our work on earth is done
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there

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When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland

When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland I am coming home to you
When the band is playing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew
I'm saving up my money, to buy a little cabin home for two
When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland I am coming home to you

I met my honey at the railroad track, I said honey wait for me
I'm going to make a lot of money up north and it's me for old Tennessee
I'm saving up my money, to buy a little cabin home for two
When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland I am coming home to you

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When The Roses Come Again

Neath the shadow down the meadow
Leaves lying on each side
By the river flowers shiver
Fading dying in their pride
Someone straying long delaying
Sad the parting down the lane
I must leave you someone's saying
Till the roses come again

   When the roses come again
   When the roses come again
   I will meet you I will greet you
   When the roses come again
   
   Yodel

As I wander I will ponder
On a happy by and by
On a summer over yonder
With joy to you and I
Do not borrow grief or sorrow
In the hours that yet remain
We shall know of that tomorrow
When the roses come again

Sunshine over clover
Blossom on the meadow wide
Some I finger sweet to linger
Everywhere on every side
Someone's roaming in the gloaming
Happy hearts that feel no pain
All their sadness turned to gladness
Now the roses come again

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When The Saviour Reached Down For Me

Once my soul was astray from the heavenly way
I was wreched and blind as could be
But my Saviour, in love, gave me peace from above
When he reached down his hand for me

When the Saviour reached down for me
When he reached down his hand for me
I was lost and undone without God or his Son
When he reached down his hand for me

How my heart does rejoice, when I hear his sweet voice
In a tempest to him I can cling
I can lean on his arm, safe and sure from all harm
When he reaches down his hand for me

* Refrain


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When The Storm Is Over

I will fly away when the storm is over
I will fly away when the storm is over
But I'll be back in the spring
When the robins chirp and the rivers sing
I will fly away when the storm is over

The chestunt mare is meek and mild
You know she's mother nature's child
She stand undaunted in the rain
The water drips off tall and mane
Ponies in the field, dancing in the clover
Ponies in the field, dancing in the clover

Well, I'll scratch your back if you'll scratch mine
And we'll have a real good, real good time
I will fly away when the storm is over

I will fly away when the storm is over
I will fly away when the storm is over
But I'll be back in the spring
When the robinds chrip and rivers sing
I will fly away when the storm is over


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Railroad Earth - When the Sun Gets in Your Blood 

These are the vignettes
These are the spaces
These are the moons
Of our creation
When the sun gets in your blood
When the sun gets in your blood

To be a spaceship
And make that turn
To the only home
For which we yearn

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sun gets in your blood

You lick the salt back
And taste the sound
Breathe the air
Until you drown

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sun gets in your blood

A tiny earthquake
That cracks the drive
Through which a flower
Will some day rise

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sun gets in your blood
When the sand in the hourglass has turned to mud
Then people everywhere will seek out all your love

There's no depression
But symptoms rise
A Sunday drifter
With asphalt eyes

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sun gets in your blood

Glued to wheels
And how they turn
Worn to fossils
With fuel to burn

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sand in the hourglass has turn to mud
Then people everywhere will seek out all your love

Clouds make windows
That frame the sky
Brushed with paint
And hung to dry

When the sun gets in your blood

The price is set
And the market holds
No masterpiece
Unless it's sold

When the sun gets in your blood

Wide the redwing
And stub the toe
To find the gravel
We used to know

When the sun gets in your blood

Long to winward
On feather luck
I love you bird
Come and pick me up

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sun gets in your blood

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sand and the hourglass turn to mud
Then people everywhere will seek out all your love

When the sun gets in your blood
When the sand and the hourglass turn to mud
Then people everywhere will seek out all your love
People everywhere will seek out all your love

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Dolly Parton - When The Sun Goes Down Tomorrow lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Thumbing for a ride by the edge of the road
With a brown paper bag to hold my clothes
But tonight I'm going home where I belong
If the good lord's willing and the creek don't rise
And if my luck holds out, and I catch me a ride
When the sun goes down tomorrow, I should be home
This big city ain't no kind of place
For a country girl with a friendly face
If you smile people look at your funny, they take it wrong
They laugh at my talkin' and clothes I wear
They put me down and they call me square
But tonight I'm going home where I belong
I'm goin' back to the people I love
Back to the place that I dream of
It's true that there's no place like home sweet home
The one I want to see the most
Is the boy who begged me not to go
When the sun goes down tomorrow
Tonight I'm going back where I belong


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When The Sun Of My Life Goes Down

When my labor here is over at last and I lay these burdens down
I'll sail away home to Heaven above for my Savior I have found
I'll lay these burdens down at His feet and exchange them for a crown
I'll leave this world of trouble and sorrow when the sun of my life goes down

    Oh Lord I know I'm living on higher ground
    I know because in my heart's true love I've found
    And when I hear Gabriel's trumpet loudly sound
    I'll leave this world of trouble and sorrow when the sun of my life goes

To this changing world I bid farewell when I hear that trumpet sound
I'll sail away to heaven above for my Savior I have found
I've made my plans I'm ready to go I'll wear a robe and crown
And I'll meet my friends and loved ones up yonder when the sun of my life goes down

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When The Wagon Was New

There's an old and rusty wagon that's left to rot away
It's one my family rode in back in the good old days
People loved their neighbors everybody was so free
And riding in a brand new wagon was something to see

I can still see my Daddy sitting on the wagon seat
Mom in her old sun bonnet she looked so nice and neat
Kids were all in the wagon Grandma and Grandpa too
Oh we used to go to church on Sunday when the wagon was new

Red wheels were on the wagon and the body it was green
We were all so happy as riding in a limousine
People used to gather round through all the mountain side
Take a look at the brand new wagon and all take a ride

Well the automobiles are here now the wagon days are through
Airplanes are a-humming neighbors are so few
Everybody's in a hurry it's money that takes you through
But we didn't need much money when the wagon was new

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When The World's On Fire

Oh my loving mother when the world's on fire
Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow
Hide thee over in the rock of ages
Rock of ages clef for me

I'm going to heaven when the world's on fire
And I want God's bosom to be your pillow
Hide thee over in the rock of ages
Rock of ages clef for me

Oh my loving brother

Oh my loving sinner

Don't you want to go to heaven?

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Garth Brooks - When There's No One Around

This is a song that nobody knows
I couldn't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around

This is the man that nobody sees
He wears my old clothes and he looks just like me
Just one of the boys who gets lost in the crowd
He's the man that I am when there's no one around

It's four in the morning
I'm lyin' in bed
A tape of my failures
Playin' inside my head
It's heartaches and hard knocks
And things I don't know
I listen and I wonder
Where will it go

This is a glimpse of the child that's within
He's so immature but he's still my best friend
If he could learn how to fly he'd never touch down
He's the kid that I am when there's no one around

This is the dance I do every day
I let my feet go and get carried away
I let my soul lead and follow the sound
It's the dance that I do when there's no one around

It's four in the morning
I'm lyin' in bed
A tape of my failures
Playin' inside my head
It's heartaches and hard knocks
And things I don't know
I listen and I wonder
Where will it go

This is a song that nobody knows
I still can't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around


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Brad Paisley - When We All Get To Heaven lyrics

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus;
Sing his mercy and his grace.
In the mansions bright and blessed
He'll prepare for us a place.
While we walk the pilgrim pathway
Clouds will overspread the sky
But when travlin days are over
Not a shadow not a sigh
[Refrain:]
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We'll sing and shout the victory!
Onward to the prize before us!
Soon his beauty we'll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;
We shall tread the streets of gold.
[Refrain]


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Richard Thompson - When We Were Boys At School 

All he ever wanted to do was harm
All he ever wanted to be was cruel
At 12 years old, fate marked his brow
And he said, "I have a mission now"

But we laughed at his clothes
And the blackheads 'round his nose
When we were boys at school

Teachers spoke of Hannibal and Hector
Nimrod and Nietzsche were more his fuel
Swastikas and pentagrams
Flourished from his tender hands

But we watched in the rain
As the bully beat him up again
When we were boys at school

And he said, "My camouflage will hide me
I'll be gray as the world is gray
Turn a thousand government corridors
Behind which of a thousand doors
Will I delegate and rule, oh, little boys at school"

All he ever wanted to do was harm
All he ever wanted to be was cruel
And sometimes when the night is still
I can feel the gatherin' of his will

I can feel him flex the strings of power
And grope to his appointed hour
But we laughed at the dirt
And the frayed cuffs on his shirt

When we were boys at school

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When We're Gone Long Gone
Recorded by Emmylou Harris 
Written by Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane

C       G7            F
Trouble we have known trouble 
       C                    G7
In our struggle just to get by
     C         G7            F
Many times the burden's been heavy 
       C       G7         C    G7
Still we carried on side by side
               C    C7   F
And when we're gone long gone 
    C          G7             F
The only thing that will have mattered
       C            G7             F
Is the love that we shared and the way that we cared 
           C    G7   C
When we're gone long gone
                       G7          F
And when we're walking together in glory
        C                  G7
Hand in hand through eternity
         C         G7           F
It's the love that will be remembered 
    C      G7       C  G7
Not wealth not poverty
               C    C7   F
And when we're gone long gone 
    C          G7             F
The only thing that will have mattered
       C            G7             F
Is the love that we shared and the way that we cared 
           C    G7   C
When we're gone long gone

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Dolly Parton - When We're Gone, Long Gone lyrics

Trouble, we have known trouble
In our struggle just to get by
Many times the burden's been heavy
Still we carried on side by side
Chorus:
And when we're gone long gone
The only thing that will have mattered
Is the love that we shared
And the way that we cared
When we're gone, long gone
And when we're walking together in glory
Hand in hand through eternity
It's the love that will be remembered
Not wealth, not poverty
Repeat Chorus


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When Will I Be Loved
Phil Everly

I've been cheated
Been mistreated
When will I be loved

I've been pushed down
I've been pushed 'round
When will I be loved

When I find a new man
That I want for mine
He always breaks my heart into
It happens every time

I've been made blue
I've been lied to
When will I be loved

When I find a new man
That I want for mine
He always breaks my heart into
It happens every time

Oh, I've been cheated
Been mistreated
When will I be loved
When will I be loved


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When You And I Were Young Maggie

I wandered today to the hill, Maggie
To watch the scene below
The creek and the rusty old mill, Maggie
Where we sat in the long, long ago.
The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie
Where first the daisies sprung
The old rusty mill is still, Maggie
Since you and I were young.
A city so silent and lone, Maggie
Where the young and the gay and the best
In polished white mansion of stone, Maggie
Have each found a place of rest
Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie
And join in the songs that were sung
For we sang just as gay as they, Maggie
When you and I were young.
They say I am feeble with age, Maggie
My steps are less sprightly than then
My face is a well written page, Maggie
But time alone was the pen.
They say we are aged and grey, Maggie
As spray by the white breakers flung
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie
When you and I were young.
And now we are aged and grey, Maggie
The trials of life nearly done
Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie
When you and I were young.


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When You Are Lonely

Oh I'm thinking of you, little darling
On the day that we first met
And those words sweetheart that you told me
I'm sure I'll never forget

   Oh, someday, sweetheart, when you're lonely
   And have no one to care for you
   Remember the heart you have broken
   And the one that has loved you so true

You told me that you always would love me
That no one could ever come between
But it seems to me you've forgotten
All those things you told to me

I'll forget all those things that you told me
And try to start our life anew
But remember the heart you have broken
And the one that has loved you so true

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When You Are Old And Gray
Ton Leher

Since I still appreciate you,
Let's find love while we may.
Because I know I'll hate you
When you are old and gray.

So say you love me here and now,
I'll make the most of that.
Say you love and trust me,
For I know you'll disgust me
When you're old and getting fat.

An awful debility,
A lessened utility,
A loss of mobility
Is a strong possibility.
In all probability
I'll lose my virility
And you your fertility
And desirability,
And this liability
Of total sterility
Will lead to hostility
And a sense of futility,
So let's act with agility
While we still have facility,
For we'll soon reach senility
And lose the ability.

Your teeth will start to go, dear,
Your waist will start to spread.
In twenty years or so, dear,
I'll wish that you were dead.

I'll never love you then at all
The way I do today.
So please remember,
When I leave in December,
I told you so in May.


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Nickel Creek - When You Come Back Down

You got to leave me now, you got to go alone
You got to chase a dream, one that's all your own
Before it slips away
When you're flyin' high, take my heart along
I'll be the harmony to every lonely song
That you learn to play

When you're soarin' through the air
I'll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I'll still be there
When you come back down
When you come back down

I'll keep lookin' up, awaitin' your return
My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn
And I won't feel your fire
I'll be the other hand that always holds the line
Connectin' in between your sweet heart and mine
I'm strung out on that wire

And I'll be on the other end
To hear you when you call
Angel, you were born to fly
And if you get too high
I'll catch you when you fall
I'll catch you when you fall

Your memory's the sunshine every new day brings
I know the sky is calling
Angel, let me help you with your wings

When you're soarin' through the air
I'll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I'll still be there
When you come back down

Take every chance you dare
I'll still be there
When you come back down
When you come back down

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When You Go Walking After Midnight

   When you go walking after midnight
   Over on the wrong side of town
   Walk down any street many lost souls you'll meet
   Whose lives are broken like mine

You'll find souls wandering out in darkness
Whose place in life they'll never find
Wandering so aimless and hopelessly
Whose lives are broken like mine

Thank God you've got a home to go to
And a woman's love to keep you warm
You won't find the stars in the honky-tonk and bars
Go home to your woman's loving arms

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When You Learn
The Avett Brothers

There is no mountain you can climb
High enough to see past the fact you climbed it all alone

There is no city filled with lights
So bright that you forget you have never had a home

I gave the world my best
Brought back to you the rest
And in return you loved me more

How do I return all that I took from you
And all the life you gave to me

When you learn you can earn the love you're waiting for
It's already yours

There is no reason we should doubt
The broken hearts will rise again

The mending touch of something grand
Isn't that what it's about?

The blind are charging through the night
Guided by the steady hand

I gave the world my best
Brought back to you the rest
And in return you loved me more

How do I return all that I took from you and all the life you gave to me

When you learn you can earn the love you're waiting for
It's already yours

When you learn you can earn the love you're waiting for
When you learn you can earn the love you're waiting for

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Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain 
what I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near you drown out the crowd
Old Mister Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
A touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all


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Dolly Parton - When You Tell Me That You Love Me lyrics
(Albert Hammond & John Bettis)

I wanna feel this way
Longer than time
I wanna know your dreams
And make them mine
I wanna change the world
Only for you
All the impossible
I wanna do
I wanna hold you close under the rain
I wanna kiss your smile
And feel your pain
I know what's beautiful
Looking at you
Here in a world of lies
You are the true
Chorus:
And baby
Everytime you touch me
I become a hero
I'll make you safe no matter where you are
And bring you
Anything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark
When you tell me that you love me
I wanna make you see
Just what I was
Show you the loneliness
And what it does
You walked into my life
To stop my tears
Everything's easy now
I have you here
Repeat Chorus
In a world without you
I would always hunger
All I need is your love to make me stronger
Repeat Chorus


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When You're Lonely
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe

G
Oh I'm thinking of you little darling                         
D7
On the day that we first met          
G
And those words sweetheart that you told me    
D7                 G
I'm sure I'll never forget   

C                               G
Oh someday sweetheart when you're lonely
                            D7
And have no one to care for you
G
Remember the heart you have broken        
D7                         G
And the one that has loved you so 

trueYou told me you always would love me                           
D7
And no one could ever come between       
G
But it seems to me you've forgotten          
D7                  G
All those things you told to me

Repeat #2

I'll forget those things that you told me                           
D7
And try to start our lives anew     
G
Just remember the heart you have broken        
D7                        G
And the one that has loved you so true
repeat #2

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Dolly Parton - Whenever Forever Comes lyrics

Whenever forever comes, when darkness shall hide the sun
I'll still be shining with love for you
When glory bells chime, my love will ring true
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my love will be yours always
Whenever forever comes, when all things are said and done
I'll still be feeling the same way I do
I'll be there for you and still wanting you
God gave you to me, and me to you
And you will still be the one whenever forever comes
We'll float on a cloud through eternity
You'll gather the stars, you'll give them to me
I'll give you the moon and we'll replace the sun
Whenever forever comes, whenever forever comes
What would I have ever done had I not had you to love?
You've given me more than I ever dreamed
Loving you more every day, so it seems
Greater than all other loves I have seen
Its essence will linger on whenever forever comes
We'll float on a cloud through eternity
You'll gather the stars, you'll give them to me
I'll give you the moon and we'll replace the sun
Whenever forever comes, whenever forever comes


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Alison Krauss - Whenever I Call You Friend

Whenever I call you friend
I begin to think I understand
Anything we are, you and I have always been
Ever and ever

I see myself within your eyes
And that's all I need to show me why
Everything I do always takes me home to you
Ever and ever

Now I know my life has given me more than memories
Day by day, we can see
In every moment there's a reason to carry on

Sweet love's showin' us a heavenly light
I've never seen such a beautiful sight
See love glowin' on us every night
I know forever we'll be doin' it right

Whenever I call you friend
I believe I've come to understand
Everywhere we are, you and I were meant to be
Ever and ever

I think about the times to come
Knowing I will be the lucky one
Ever our love will last
I always want to call you friend

Sweet love's showin' us a heavenly light
I've never seen such a beautiful sight
See love glowin' on us every night
I know forever we'll be doin' it right




 

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Whenever You Come Around
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Vince Gill and Pete Wasner

G                C
Face of an angel pretty eyes that shine
G                    D7
I lie awake at night wishing you were mine
G                         C
Standing here holding the biggest heartache in town
Em           D7    G
Whenever you come around
      C                       G
I get weak in the knees and I lose my breath
     D7
Oh I try to speak but the words won't come
       G
I'm so scared to death
         C                               Em DI   C
When you smile that smile the world turns upside down
G            D7   G
Whenever you come around
                   C
I feel so helpless I feel just like a kid
G                             D7
What is it about you makes me keep my feelings hid
G                     C
Wish I could tell you but the words can't be found
Em           D7    G
Whenever you come around
Repeat #2 x2

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Dolly Parton - Where Beauty Lives In Memory lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

She stands before the mirror
Smiles at her reflection
Striking sexy poses in the glass
She paints her lips a brilliant red
Piles her hair high on her head
Struggles to replace a false eyelash
She powders up her face
Paints her cheeks to match her lips
She wears a dress cut low in the front
Fittin? tight around her hips
And there inside her room
She stands and gazes at herself
Where beauty lives in memory
She lives in fairy tales
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
She sings as she goes waltzing? cross the floor
She keeps a candle burning
And she waits for his returning
When beauty lives in memory
It lives forevermore
She was a fairy princess once
And was by all adored
They say she was the fairest of them all
They called her Cinderella
And they say that every fella
Would gladly answer to her beck and call
So the story went
They tell of how this handsome prince
Stole her heart and wandered far away
He took her heart and took her mind
Now she has lost all track of time
Forty years has passed and still she waits singing
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
She sings as she goes waltzing? cross the floor
She keeps a candle burning
And she waits for his returning
When beauty lives in memory
It lives forevermore
Meanwhile back inside her room
The shads are pulled it's half past noon
But in her mind why it's forty years ago
She recalls the beauty of their love
She remembers he was beautiful
And of course she always knew she was
And so the past unfolds
And all at once inside her mind
She sees him at the door
And as he's leading her away
She feels the room begin to sway
Where beauty lives in memory
She falls dead upon the floor
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
She sings as she goes waltzing? cross the floor
She keeps a candle burning
And she waits for his returning
When beauty lives in memory
It lives forevermore


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Where Did Our Young Years Go

My eyes are getting weaker my steps are getting slow
And the gray in my hair is beginning to show
My life has been rich though I've always been poor
Our youth passed so quickly where did our young years go

There's something between us so few understand
You made me your king though I'm a plain working man
Our home and our babies have left our love aglow
But where oh where did our young years go

Your face may be wrinkled your dress may be worn
But your lips are still tender thrilling and warm
Each day of life our love seems to grow
But where oh where did our young years go

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Where Grass Won't Grow
Recorded by George Jones with Dolly Parton,
Emmylou Harris and Trisha Yearwood
Written by Earl Montgomery

C                         F                     C
The dirt was clay and was color of the blood in me
                        F              G7
A twelve acre farm on a ridge in south Tennessee
   Am                 G7                      F
We left our sweat all over that land behind a mule 
                      G7        C
We watched grow o-ld  row after row
                                  F                   G7          C
Trying to grow corn and cotton on ground so poor that grass won't grow

                               F                    C
There was one old store in the holler we all called town
                            F               G7
It belonged to a gentle old man named Henry Brown
   Am                    G7                      F
He gave us credit in the winter time so we could live 
                          G7             C
Through the cold when the winds brought snow
                                  F                   G7          C
Trying to grow corn and cotton on ground so poor that grass won't grow

                          F                         C
Oh the one I loved walked through those fields with me
                             F                 G7
She was a hard working woman true as one could be
   Am                          G7              F
Oh but then one year death was going round and swiftly 
                      G7     C
Took it's toll  Janie had to go
                          F                   G7          C
Now she lies asleep under ground so poor that grass won't grow

                             F                  C
As I stand here looking over this part of Tennessee
                       F                  G7
The fields are bare as far as the eye can see
    Am                   G7                   F
And over the grave where Janie lies there's a beautiful 
                 G7         C
Sight to behold  and no one knows
                               F                   G7          C
Why there's flowers growing on ground so poor that grass won't grow
                               F                   G7          C
Now there's flowers growing on ground so poor that grass won't grow

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Dolly Parton - Where Grass Won't Grow (With Goerge Jones, Emmylou Harris And Trish Yearwood lyrics
Writer Earl Montgomery
Copyright 1968

The dirt was clay and was the color of the blood in me
A twelve acre farm on a ridge is southern Tennessee
We left that sweat all over that land behind a mule we watched grow old
Row after row trying to grow corn and cotton on ground so poor that grass won't
grow
There was one old store in the hollow we all called town
It belonged to a gentle old man named Henry Brown
He gave us credit in the wintertime so we could live through the cold when the
wind brought snow
Trying to grow corn and cotton on ground so poor that grass won't grow
The one I loved walked through those fields with me
She was a hard working woman true as one could be
But then one year death was going ?round and swiftly took it's toll
Janie had to go
Now she lies asleep under ground so poor that grass won't grow
As I stand here looking over this part of Tennessee
The fields are bare as far as the eye can see
And over the grave where Janie lies there's a beautiful sight to behold
And no one knows why there's flowers blooming on ground so poor that grass
won't grow


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Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Pete Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?


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Where Have You Been
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Leona Williams

G               D7           G
Look around you look at your friends
                        D7                 G
They're still out there but where have you been
               C    G                  C
You better get busy start calling them in
                 G        D7                 G
Cause they still love you but where have you been
                        D7            G
You better get friendly keep all your friends
                      D7             G
If you wanna be loved you gotta give in
            C      G          C
Pick up the pieces start over again
                   G        D7                 G
Your friends still love you but where have you been
                        D7            G
You better get friendly keep all your friends
                      D7             G
If you wanna be loved you gotta give in
            C      G          C
Pick up the pieces start over again
                   G        D7                 G
Your friends still love you but where have you been

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Alan Jackson - Where I Come From lyrics

Well I was rollin' wheels and shiftin' gears
'Round that Jersey Turnpike
When Barney stopped me with his gun
Ten minutes after midnight
Said sir you broke the limit in that rusty ol' truck
I don't know about that accent son
Just where do you come from
I said where I come from
It's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta front porch sittin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
And workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
Well I was south of Detroit City
I pulled in this country kitchen
To try their brand of barbecue
The sign said finger-lickin'
Well I paid the tab and the lady asked me
How'd I like my biscuit
I'll be honest with you ma'am
It ain't like mama fixed it
'Cause where I come from
It's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta front porch pickin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
I was chasin' sun on 101
Somewhere around Ventura
I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger
This tall lady stopped and asked
If I had plans for dinner
Said no thanks ma'am, back home
We like the girls that sing soprano
'Cause where I come from
It's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta front porch sittin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
Well I was headed home on 65
Somewhere around Kentucky
The CB rang for a bobtail rig
That's rollin' on like thunder
Well I answered him and he asked me
Aren't you from out in Tulsa
No, but you might have seen me there
I just dropped a load of salsa
Where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta back porch pickin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
Where I come from
Yeah where I come from
A lotta front porch sitting
Starin' up at heaven
Where I come from
Where I come from
Tryin' to make a livin'
Tryin' to make a livin'
Oh, where I come from
Where I come from
Yeah, where I come from
Get back down there sometime
Where I come from


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Where I'm Bound

It's a long and dusty road, it's a hot and heavy load
And the people that you meet aren't always kind
Some are bad, some are good some have done the best they could
Some have tried to ease my troubled mind

But I can't help but wonder
Where I'm bound, where I'm bound
I can't help but wonder where I'm bound

I have been around this land just doing the best I can
Trying to find what I was meant to do
And the faces that I see are as worried as can be
And I think that they are wondering too

* Refrain

I had a buddy way back home, till he started out to roam
Now I hear he's out by Frisco Bay
Sometimes when I've had a few, his voice comes singing through
And I'm going out to see him some old day

* Refrain

If you see me passing by and you sit and wonder why
You weren't meant to be a rambler too
Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace them up, and bar the door
And thank the stars for the roof that's over you

* Refrain


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Nickel Creek - Where is Love Now

If I could wait here for you,
Without hope or knowing what to do?
Watch the light fade away,
Without fear or knowing what to say?
Cry the tears from my eyes.
Leave me here long enough to realize

Where is love now?
Where is love now,
Out here in the dark?

If I should hold all my dreams,
Through the night of the way life sometimes seems?
And if I can't see which way to go,
I'll stay lost in silence 'til I know.
Cry the tears from my eyes.
And leave me here long enough to realize

Where is love now?
Where is love now,
Out here in the dark?

Cry the tears from my eyes
Leave me here long enough to realize

Where is love now?
Where is love now?
Where is love now?
Where is love now,
Out here in the dark?
Out here in the dark?

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Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight

Where is my wandering boy tonight
The boy of my tenderest care
The boy that was once my joy and light
The child of my love and prayer

   Where is my boy tonight
   Where is my boy tonight
   My heart o'erflows for I love him he knows
   Oh where is my boy tonight

Once he was pure as morning dew
As he knelt at his mother's knee
No face was so bright no heart more true
And none was so sweet as he

Oh chould I see you now my boy
As fair as in olden time
When prattle and smile made home a joy
And life was a merry chime

Go for my wand'ring boy tonight
Go search for him where you will
But bring him to me with all his blight
And tell him I love him still

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Where No Cabins Fall
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Nolan Jeffress 

C
As my mind wanders back to the quaint little shack
                     G7      C
Where in childhood I used to play

There with mother and dad we were happy and glad
       D7                      G7
As we whiled the sweet moments away

         C
We would all kneel in prayer and in reverence there
         F                      C
We would praise the redeemer on high
        
Now in sadness I pine for that old home of mine
                    G7       C
And I long for that mother's love

                                                       G7
I'd like to go back to that quaint little tumbled down shack
                                                         C
Yes I'd like to spend a day where in heaven forever I'll stay
                                                         F
But time won't turn back we must travel till Jesus shall call
              C                        G7        C
Then we'll be happy in that land where no cabins fall

         
Though I drifted away from childhood's sweet play
                       G7     C
I can still hear those voices sweet
         
They are calling me back to that quaint little shack
          D7                     G7
Where the circle will never more meet

         C
But till that happy day up in heaven they say
         F                      C
We would praise the redeemer on high
       
Now in sadness I pine for that old home of mine
                    G7       C
And I long for that mother's love

Repeat #3 

                   G7        C
In that land where no cabins fall



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Where Shall I Be

Judgment day is drawing nigh
Where shall I be
When God the work of men shall cry
Where shall I be
When east and west the fire will roll
Where shall I be
How will it be with my poor soul
Where shall I be

   Oh where shall I be when the first trumpet sounds
   Oh where shall I be when it sounds so loud
   When it sounds so loud as to wake up the dead
   Oh where shall I be when it sounds

When wicked men its wrath shall see
Where shall I be
And to the rocks and mountains flee
Where shall I be
And hills and mountains wear away
Where shall I be
And all the work of men decay
Where shall I be

When the savior reigns from shore to shore
When God's angry presence roars

   Oh I'll be sleeping in my grave when the first trumpet sounds
   Oh I'll be sleeping in my grave when it sounds so loud
   When it sounds so loud as to wake up the dead
   Oh I'll be sleeping in my grave when it sounds

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Where the City Ends

In withered fields homes like soldiers now stand
Distant hills alone no more to be
And the city is a ragin' fire
Cast about upon the lone prairie

We don't know where the city begins
We don't know where the city ends
What is left of the wild and free
Is the seed upon the wind and the waves upon the sea

The dust of dreams that could be brought
To every Oklahoma child
Is the dust below the buffalo
That lies still beneath the highway miles

Where rivers flow the path a tortured road
Promised angels from desert land
Mighty waters just a name and a dream
Colorado Black and Rio Grande

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Where The Dim Lights Are The Dimmest

Tonight the music echoes from a bar just down the street
That's where my sweetheart's waiting, a new love there to meet
She'll laugh, dance, and mix it with the wild and wicked crowd
Where the dim lights are the dimmest and the music's always loud 

   What a shame to know I've lost her, it's something I can't bear
   My mind is slowly breaking, knowing she don't care
   The honky tonk now claims her, she's now one of the crowd
   Where the dim lights are the dimmest and the music's always loud 

I know she's out there dancing to a song that we love so
The liquor keeps her swinging, the wine keeps her afloat
I've lost her to another, it makes no difference now
Where the dim lights are the dimmest and the music's much too loud

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Where The Old Red River Flows

I'm dreamin' tonight of Dixie cotton fields and whippoorwills
Where I spent my happy childhood 'neath the rocks and among the rills
I can see my dear old mother as around the place she goes
On the farm in Louisiana where the old Red River flows

    Ah-lee-oh-de-lady-oo
    You can hear the old folks singin' soft and low
    At the twilight in the evening so low so low
    On the farm in Louisiana where the old Red River flows

The lights so bright on Broadway the city's bright as day,
And there on Coney Island where the ripplin' waters play
I'll be headin' south for Dixie on that I. C. when she goes
To my farm in farm in Louisiana where the old Red River flows

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Where The Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way

The twilight softly gathered
Round my home among the hills
And all nature soon will settle away to rest
While I sit and sadly ponder
And my heart with longing fills
As I often think of one that I love best

We were wedded in the springtime
And our hearts they knew no pain
Fair nature seemed to smile on us that day
Now she sleeps beneath the lilacs
And she'll ne'er come back again
Where the silver Colorado wends its way

   There's a sob on every breeze
   And a sigh comes from the trees
   And the mocking birds they sing a sadder way
   For the flowers creep no more
   Round my cheerless cabin door
   Where the silver Colorado wends its way

The silver snow is gleaming
On your distant mountainside
Where often used to wander Nell and I
And the birds are singing gaily
In the valley far below
Where I long some day to lay me down and die

Then our lives were gay and happy
In the shadow of the hills
My heart beats fonder for her day by day
And I feel her presence near me
As I sit alone tonight
Where the silver Colorado wends its way

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Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies

To Canaan's land I'm on my way
Where the soul (of man) never dies
My darkest night will turn to day
Where the soul (of man) never dies

   (lead)
   No sad farewells
   No tear dimmed eyes
   Where all is love
   And the soul never dies

   (tenor)
   Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells
   There'll be no tear-dimmed eyes
   Where all is peace and joy and love
   And the soul of man never dies

The rose is blooming there for me
Where the soul (of man) never dies
And I will spend eternity
Where the soul (of man) never dies

The love light beams across the foam
Where the soul (of man) never dies
It shines and lights the way to home
Where the soul (of man) never dies

My life will end in deathless sleep
Where the soul (of man) never dies
And everlasting joys I'll reap
Where the soul (of man) never dies

I'm on my way to that fair land
Where the soul (of man) never dies
Where there will be no parting hand
Where the soul (of man) never dies

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Where The Tall Grass Grows
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Kerry Kurt Phillips, Andy Spooner, Randy Boudreaux

G                                                        D7
There's three bedrooms hardwood floors and the kitchen's new
                                          G
It's got everything a family needs with a backyard view
                            C
Ask anyone where it is everybody knows
            G     D7                   G
Who used to live  where the tall grass grows

                                               D7
The couple who lived there before they kept it up
                                      G
But since they left that big ole yard looks a little rough
                                     C
And God I miss that little boy who always kept it mowed
                G      D7                   G
Wish they still lived  where the tall grass grows

                       C                       G
So come by and get the key go make yourself at home
                      A7                     D7
Take all the time you need wish I could come along
        G              C                        G
But I'd sooner build a fire and crawl across it slow
C                          G         D7                   G
Than to face those burning memories  where the tall grass grows

                       C                        G
But I'd sooner build a fire and crawl across it slow
C                          G         D7                   G
Than to face those burning memories  where the tall grass grows

C                            G         D7                   G
Can't go back and face those memories  where the tall grass grows

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Where the Wild Flowers Grow

Where the wild wild flowers grow cool clear waters flow
There's a place that I've always love the best
When at last I lay me down final peace and rest I've found
Take me on to my home and there I'll rest
Take me on to my home and there I'll rest

When as a little child hopes dreams runnin wild
Some day I'll live just like a queen upon a throne
Little did a poor girl know how hard the way to go
Oh I wandered yes I wandered far from home
Oh I wandered yes I wandered far from home

Freedom was in the air you could feel it everywhere
Don't be blinded it's God's gift can't you see
Never lay your armor down til peace and rest you've found
Goin home goin home to be free
Goin home goin home to be free

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Where The Wild River Rolls

Where can I find some peace for my mind
I feel that my heart has grown cold
You left me alone this wide world to roam
So I'm bound where the wild river rolls

I'm bound where the wild river rolls
I'm bound where the tall pine trees grow
The cost of your love has taken its toll
So I'm bound where the wild river rolls

Five long years I have waited in vain
Hoping for you to come home
I told you that I couldn't live without your love
So I'm bound where the wild river rolls

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Where the Wild Wild Flowers Grow

Where the wild wild flowers grow and winter waters flow
There's a place that I've always loved the best
When at last I lay me down final peace and rest I've found
Take me home to my own and there I'll rest
Take me home to my own and there I'll rest

When as a little child hopes dreams runnin wild
Someday I'd live just like a queen a throne
Little did a poor girl how hard the way to go
So I wandered yes I wandered far from home
Yes I wandered oh I wandered far from home

Freedom was in the air you could feel it everywhere
Don't be blinded it's Gods gift can't you see
Never lay your armor down til peace and rest you've found
Going home going home to be free
Going home going home to be free

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Richard Thompson - Where The Wind Don't Whine 

"Get in the car", she said and drive me into next week
I should have turned her down, blame my curious streak
I never dreamt that we'd be driving into trouble
Until we hit a rock that bent my nose double

I'd say we both were on run, run, run
She looked too fresh for twenty-one, one, one
She slipped her little hand in mine, mine, mine
Said, "I'll take you where the wind don't whine, whine
I'll take you where the wind don't whine"

Ah, the wheels were moaning, we were heading ninety-five
The rain was beating down, my engine was alive
The roads were empty as the day turned into night
With every street lamp her face shone white

I asked her name and she just smiled, smiled, smiled
We must have clocked a thousand miles, miles, miles
She said, "We'll be there in a while, while, while"
I'll take you where the wind don't whine, whine
I'll take you where the wind don't whine

I was feeling weary when the car died on me
I pulled her over and the strength just drained from me
The price of running's getting dearer and dearer
And nothing ever seems to get nearer and nearer

I suppose I didn't make the grade, grade, grade
When I looked around she'd slipped away, 'way, 'way
Out in the night you'll see her shine, shine, shine
Waiting where the wind don't whine, whine
Waiting where the wind don't whine, whine
Waiting where the wind don't whine

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Where There's Smoke There's Fire

Oh, the ashes of a love affair left somking
Leaves my aching heart still burning with desire
I'll keep trying now the ashes to rekindle
It'd been told to me where there is smoke there's fire

Once the fires of love within our hearts were raging
Then I slowly watched the flames of love retire
But I see a spark of love among the embers
I'll rebuild for where there is smoke there's fire

If I wait too long the sparks will die in hunger
Of a love that can make them burn with desire
If cherish them with love as I remember
Thet will burn again for where there's smoke there's fire

* Refrain


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Where We Never Shall Die

Sinner why not heed the day won't you come and go this way
Where Jesus lives and we'll never say goodbye
To a home that's far and bright and there never is a night
In a land where we never shall die

   I've a home way up on high where we shall live and never die
   Won't you come and cross this river so wide
   There with Jesus we will dwell never more to say farewell
   In a land where we never shall die

Walk the straight the narrow way fall down on your knees and pray
God will help you cross the mountaintop so high
He will take you by the hand lead you to that promised land
In a land where we never shall die

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Where We'll Never Grow Old

I have heard of a land on the far away strand
'Tis a beautiful home of the soul
Bult by Jesus on high, there we never shall die
'Tis a land where we never grow old

Never grow old, never grow old
In a land where we'll never grow old
Never grow old, never grow old
In a land where we'll never grow old

In that beautiful home where we'l never more roam
We shall be in the sweet by and by
Happy praise to the king thru eternity sing
'Tis a land where we never shall die

* Refrain

When our work here is done and the life crown is won
And out troubles and trials are o'er
All our sorrows will end and our voices will blend
With the loved ones who've gone on before

* Refrain


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Where We'll Never Say Farewell
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Larry Sparks and Eva Sparks

G          C      G
I am going in the morning
       C             G
And in glory I shall dwell
             C                G
In that home that's free from sadness
                  D7      G
Where we'll never say farewell
 
Friends this day I hope to meet you
             D7         G
In that home beyond the sky
There we'll live with them forever
              D7      G
In that happy home on high
Repeat #1
That will be a happy meeting
              D7        G
With the dear ones gone away
Oh the joy of that reunion
             D7         G
In that land within the day
Repeat #1 x2
                     D7      G
Oh where we'll never say farewell

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Alan Jackson - Where Were You lyrics

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Working on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the site of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride
For the red white and blue
The heroes who died just doing what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself to what really matters
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
The greatest is love
The greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day


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Alan Jackson - Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) lyrics

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Working on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the site of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride
For the red white and blue
The heroes who died just doing what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself to what really matters
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Or driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
The greatest is love
The greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day


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Where We'll Never Grow Old

I have heard of a land on the far away strand
'Tis a beautiful home of the soul
Built by Jesus on high, there we never shall die
'Tis a land where we never grow old 

   Never grow old, never grow old
   In a land where we'll never grow old
   Never grow old, never grow old
   In a land where we'll never grow old 

In that beautiful home where we'll never more roam
We shall be in the sweet by and by
Happy praise to the king thru eternity sing
'Tis a land where we never shall die 

When our work here is done and the life crown is won
And out troubles and trials are o'er
All our sorrows will end and our voices will blend
With the loved ones who've gone on before

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Where We'll Never Say Farewell

    I am going in the morning
    And in glory I shall dwell
    In that home that's free from sadness
    Where we'll never say farewell

Friends this day I hope to meet you
In that home bye and bye
There we'll live up there forever
In that home beyond the sky

If you live for the Savior
He will walk by your side
And you'll be with him forever
In that happy home on high
 

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Where Will I Shelter My Sheep Tonight

   Where will I shelter my sheep tonight
   Where is that peaceful land
   Where will I shelter my sheep tonight
   Where the beasts won't steal my lambs

We've travelled far shepherd dog and I
Weary sin sick in sore
Where will I shelter my sheep tonight
I'll shelter my sheep at God's door

My soul is weak and thirsty too
As I cross these burning sands
Where will I shelter my sheep tonight
Where is that peaceful land

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Richard Thompson - Where's Home? 

I wish this life of twists and turns would end
And I could find my way back home again
But where's home? But where's home?
I've been so long away
I'll make it back someday
But where's home?

And however many roads I walk along
I never find a place where I belong
Where's home? Where's home?
I've got no place to be
I'm like a refugee
Where's home?

I used to know the street
Someone changed the name
Signpost turned around
Nothing looks the same
But I belong somewhere
I belong somewhere
[x2]

I stare at endless walls, pace endless floors
I lie in endless beds, slam endless doors
But where's home? Where's home?
Where's home?

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Richard Thompson - Where's Your Heart Lyrics

Why so cool
Why so tough
You call all the shots
You strut your stuff
But Where's Your Heart?
Where's Your Heart?
It should be beating right there
Where's Your Heart?
So strange to hear you
Talk about love
Is it just yourself
You're enamored of?
But Where's Your Heart?
Where's Your Heart?
It should be beating right there
Where's Your Heart?
I wish you'd leave
But what good's wishing
You're a puzzle to me
With pieces missing
Where's Your Heart
Did salt tears ever
Leave your eye
Did love ever make you
Wish and sigh?
Where's Your Heart?
Where's Your Heart?
It should be beating right there
Where's Your Heart?
Where's Your Heart?
Where's Your Heart?

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Which Bridge To Cross
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Al Anderson and Vince Gill
[3/4 time]

G            C           G
I've got two loves in my life now
                                 D7
A true love and one that's brand new
    G          C           G
I'm not really sure that I know how
                D7             G
To love one and tell one we're through
  D7                     G
I can't sleep at night I toss and I turn
  A7                       D7
I keep losing sight of the lessons I've learned
    G               B7              C        A7
I'm standing at the crossroads with just one concern
C               G         D7              G
Which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn
                C              G
I knew this was wrong I didn't listen
                                    D7
Cause a heart only knows what feels right
   G         C       G
Oh I need to reach a decision
                    D7         G
And get on with the rest of my life
Repeat #2
 
   C               G         D7              G
Oh which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn

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While I'm Reading Your Letter

Tonight while I'm reading your letter
You tell me you're going far away
I love you my darling yes I love you
I love you where ever you stray

I can see your blue eyes smiling for me
And they sparkle like no others do
You told me once you'd always love me
You said that you'd always be true

* Refrain

If ever you are lonely little darling
And no one has taken my place
Remember my darling I still love you
And long for your sweet smiling face

* Refrain


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Billy Strings Lyrics
While I'm Waiting Here

It's been over thirty days
I've not received your letter
My fingernails are chewed down to the bone
So many different ways
I've had to say I'm sorry
While I'm left here in this eight by ten alone

It's not the four walls movin' in that tortures me
It's not the cold cement or shivers down my spine
It's just the visions in my head that make me paranoid
And wonder if when I get out will you be mine

I never should have treated you
So bad my love I'm sorry
I'm broken, now I can see that now it's true
My picket fence is turning razor wire
And now I'm awaiting trial
Things you have to know I did not do

If I could get a word with you I'd be just fine
Or any envelope with both your name and mine
We'd be enough to keep me going
In a world where I'm left knowing that
There's something more to live for just outside

Seems like the last time, feels like the first
Though I've had bad days, this has to be my worst
I'm left thinking of you dear, while I'm waiting here

I haven't seen the sun
Since it rested on your shoulder
While we walked along that vacant river side
They carried me away
To a place where I get older
If I cannot prove to them you never died

Seems like the last time, feels like the first
Though I've had bad days, this has to be my worst
I'm left thinking of you dear, while I'm waiting here

Seems like the last time, feels like the first
Though I've had bad days, this has to be my worst
I'm left thinking of you dear, while I'm waiting here

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Whippoorwill
Randle Chowning

Fast asleep in the garden
The rain is gone away
Somewhere in the margin
Are sheep that's gone astray
Like the old man of the ocean
Whose eyes tells where he's been
Or one who lacks devotion
Betrays his love again
The thief will surely die
When he's taken all he can steal

Oh whippoorwill
Are you high upon your hill
While my feet are on the ground
Oh whippoorwill
You make my heart stand still
When I hear your evening sound

I know you're sad, much deeper
Than my human ears can hear
You never had a keeper
Cause you live where no man's near
You call from out the timber
Like a chanter on a throne
Only to remember
The secret still unknown
And makes us to decide
Are we false or are we real

Oh whippoorwill
Are you high upon your hill
While my feet are on the ground
Oh whippoorwill
You make my heart stand still
When I hear your evening sound
When I hear your evening sound
When I hear your evening sound


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Whiskey Before Breakfast

Early one day the sun wouldn't shine
I was walking down the street not feeling too fine
I saw two old men with a bottle between 'em
And this was the song that I heard them singing
Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast
Well I stopped by the steps where they was sitting
And I couldn't believe how drunk they were getting
I said "old men, have you been drinking long?"
They said "just long enough to be singing this song"
Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast
Well they passed me the bottle and I took a little sip
And it felt so good I just couldn't quit
I drank some more and next thing I knew
There were three of us sitting there singing this tune
Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast
One by one everybody in the town
They heard our ruckus and they all came down
And pretty soon all the streets were ringing
With the sound of the whole town laughing and singing
Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast
Lord preserve us and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey 'fore breakfast


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Whiskey Deaf Whiskey Blind

Wish I was down in Florida Florida on the hog
Stead of way up in old Georgia boys treated like a dog
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

Seaboard train a rollin down that iron seaboard line
Catch 'er for Dunnellon gonna ease my worried mind
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

Way down on the corner see the big parade go by
Wish I's in the brass band marchin to the sky
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

All around this country what you think I see
Whiskey dope and women boys done made a wreck of me
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

I cannot stand the government I cannot stand the law
I cannot stand these dark days comin' on us all
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

Way down at the railroad just walking on the ties
If Buella lands in Florida boys I'll never say goodbye
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

If I die a roamin in some distant land
you can take me to the graveyard down in alabam'
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

You can take my banjo and hang it by the door
Way down in sunny dixie well I won't need it no more
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

It's fare ye well darlin way on down the line
Fare ye well forever and the songs of Auld Lang Syne
Whiskey deaf and whiskey blind

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Brad Paisley - Whiskey Lullaby lyrics

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night
1st Chorus
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
(Sing lullaby)
The rumors flew but nobody know how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night
2nd Chorus
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
(Sing lullaby)


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Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullabye Lyrics

she put him out
like the burning end of a midnight cigarette
she broke his heart
he spent his whole life trying to forget
we watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
but he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
until the night...

Chorus [Brad and Alison Together]:

he put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
and finally drank away her memory
life is short but this time it was bigger 
than the strength he had to get up off his knees
we found him with his face down in the pillow
with a note that said i'll love her till i die
and when we buried him beneath the willow
the angels sang a whiskey lullabye
la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa
la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa

[Alison Krauss]:

the room was blue
but nobody knew who much she blamed herself
for years and years
she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
she finally drank her pain away a little at a time
but she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
until tonight

Chorus [Brad and Alison Together]:

she put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
and finally drank away his memory
life is short but this time it was bigger 
than the strength she had to get up off her knees
we found her with her face down in the pillow
clinging to his picture for dear life
we layed her next to him beneath the willow
while the angels sang a whiskey lullabye
la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa

la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa
la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa

la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa
la lala la lalala 
la lala la lalalaaaa

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The Incredible String Band - White Bird 

Who among you has not laid his head
Beneath some holy awning?
Would think that such a night of tortured traveling
Could bring such a glory morning?

And feel his heart sucked to his head
His head so wide, that all life says
Has room to live and breathe
And have its being and more

For such a scene of beauty
For such a scene of beauty
Encompasses
See the white bird on the water
In beauty calm and still

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

See he watches the white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

See he watches the white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

Warm in his ecstasy
A shimmering gentle backward fall
He leaves his body there so small
And mirror black against the sun

With deities for strength
He sees his body wracked with pain
And hears his voice so stained
With sadness deep
It asks the day to weep away

Loved her so strong now
She is gone
My heart will break for ever

Sun and moon change around
Me the games seem so strange
Walk in the light, I shall never
Walk in the light, I will never

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

Speak to me with your beauty
Oh white bird of the morning
Oh, he cried, oh, he cried

But stopped short
Seeing not water but ice
Death not life
Dead white bird dead white bird

Walking onward every day
Sunshine in our faces

Sun knows what goes on below
But still our faces graces
No disgraces, no distastes
Nothing wasted at all

White bird, white bird, white bird
Of the morning
White bird, white bird

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Alan Jackson - White Christmas lyrics

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the hearts of all people
Both near and afar
Christmas everywhere
Feel the love of the season where ever you are
On the small country roads
Lined with green mistletoe
Big city streets where a thousand lights glow
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing
Let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas, Christmas everywhere
Let it be Christmas everywhere
With the gold and the silver, the green and the red
Christmas everywhere
In the smiles of all children asleep in their beds
In the eyes of young babies
Their first fallen snow
The elderly's memories that never grow old
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing
Let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas, Christmas everywhere
Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the songs that we sing
And the gifts that we bring
Christmas everywhere
In what this day means
And what we believe
From the sandy white beaches
Where blue water rolls
Snow covered mountains and valleys below
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing
Let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas, Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere


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White Dove

In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia
There's a place that I love so well
Where I spent many days of my childhood
In the cabin where we loved to dwell

   White dove will mourn in sorrow
   The willows will hang their heads
   I'll live my life in sorrow
   Since mother and daddy are dead

We were all so happy there together
In our peaceful little mountain home
But the Savior needs angels up in heaven
Now they sing around the great white throne

As the years roll by I often wonder
If we will all be together someday
And each night as I wander through the graveyard
Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray

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White Freightliner

I'm goin' out on that highway listen to them big trucks whine
I'm goin' out on that highway listen to them big trucks whine
Oh white Freightliner won't you steal away my mind

There's bad new from Huston half my friends have died
There's bad new from Huston half my friends have died
Oh white Freightliner won't you steal away my mind

New Mexico ain't bad lord people there treat you kind
New Mexico ain't bad lord people there they treat you kind
Oh white Freightliner won't you steal away my mind

Oh lord I'm gonna ramble 'til I get back to where I came
Oh lord I'm gonna ramble 'til I get back to where I came
Oh white Freightliner won't you steal away my brain

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White Freightliner Blues

I'm going out on the highway
And listen to them big trucks wind
I'm going out on the highway
And listen to them big trucks wind
Oh, white freightliner, won't you steal away my mind

Well, New Mexico ain't bad, Lord
The people here, they treat you kind
Well, New Mexico ain't bad, Lord
The people here, they treat you kind
Oh, white freightliner, won't you steal away my mind

Well, it's bad news from Houston
Half my friends are dying
Well, it's bad news from Houston
Half my friends are dying
Oh, white freightliner, won't you steal away my mind

Lordy, Lord I'm gonna ramble
Till I get back to where I came
Lordy, Lord I'm gonna ramble
Till I get back to where I came
Till that white freightliner's gonna haul away my brain


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White House Blues

McKinley hollered , McKinley squalled
Doc said "McKinley I can't find the cause
You're bound to die, you're bound to die

Doc told the horse, he'd throw down his rein
He said to the horse you gotta outrun this train
From Buffalo to Washington

The doc came a-running, he took off his specs
Said "Mr Mckinley better cash in your checks
You've bound to die, you're bound to die

Look here, you rascal, you see what you've done
Shot down my husband and I've got your gun
I'm carrying you back, to Washington

Well, Roosevelt's in the White House, doing his best
McKinley's in the graveyard taking his rest
He's gone, for a long time

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The Osborne Brothers - White Lightning lyrics
(J.P. Richardson)

Up in North Carolina way back in the hills
Lived my old pappy and he had him a still
He brewed white lightning till the sun went down
He fill him a jug and he pass it around
Mighty, mighty pleasing, pappy's corn squeezing
(Whew Lord, white lightning.)
Well, the G men T men revenoers too
Searching for the place where he made his brew
They were looking kinda book him but my pappy kept on cooking
(Uh huh, white lightning.)
--- Instrumental ---
Well, I asked my old pappy why he called his brew
White lightning stead of mountain dew
I took a little sip and right away I knew
That my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue
Lightning started flashing sun started blushing
(Uh huh, white lightning.)
Well the G men T men revenoers too
Searching for the place where he made his brew
They were looking kinda book him but my pappy kept on cooking
(Uh huh, white lightning.)
--- Instrumental ---
Well, a city slicker came and he said I'm tough
I think I'd like to taste that powerful stuff
Took one slug and he drank it right down
I heard him moanin' as he hit the ground
Mighty, mighty pleasing, my pappy's corn squeezing
(Whew, white lightning.)
Well, the G men T men revenoers too
Searching for the place where he made his brew
They were looking kinda book him but my pappy kept on cooking
(Uh huh, white lightning...)


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Dolly Parton - White Limozeen lyrics

Fresh scrubbed hot off the bus
Dressed up and feelin' good
Eyes full of stars
A heart full of dreams
Daisy Mae in Hollywood
Struttin' down the boulevard
The walkway of the stars
With a vision of her name in lights
Reflectin' off the cars
And dreamin' of a white limozeen
She wants to have a white limozeen
Well the days to come were long and dark
And the nights were hard and cold
She met the devil in the City Of Angels
But she never lost her soul
She kept her dreams close to her heart
Like a family photograph
She cried sometimes and died sometimes
But still knew how to laugh
Dreamin' of a white limozeen
Dreamin' of a white limozeen
Chorus:
Now she's a livin' her dreams
Like a movie queen
Diamond rings and all things good
From the breadlines to the headlines
She's the toast of Hollywood
White limozeen
White limozeen
Now she's really ridin' high
She's a woman of the world
But deep inside she never changed
She's the same old down home girl
And when the airplane brings the kinfolk
To visit for awhile
There's a friendly guy in a red bow tie
To take 'em around in style
He drives 'em in a white limozeen
She finally got a white limozeen
Chorus:
Now she's a livin' her dreams
Like a movie queen
Diamond rings and all things good
From the breadlines to the headlines
She's the toast of Hollywood
She was fresh scrubbed hot off the bus
Dressed up and feelin' good
Eyes full of stars
A heart full of dreams
Daisy Mae in Hollywood
She goes struttin' down the boulevard
The walkway of the stars
With a vision of her name in lights
Reflectin' off the cars
And dreamin' of a white limozeen
She finally got a white limozeen
Oh ridin' in a white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen
Limozeen a white limozeen
A big white limozeen


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White Line
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris

C                F              G7
Seems like I was there from the start 
                                    C
A witness to your wild and reckless heart
                  F                  G7
You showed me the way but now you're gone
Quicker than the trigger of an outlaw's gun living fast and dying young
                                  C
A victim of this road you left me on
F     C    G7      C
White line took my baby
F       C         G7       C
Led him down that dark highway
F         C     G7      C
Headlight blind driving crazy
F     C           G7                                 C
If my wheels keep turnin' gonna roll that white line away
                      F                G7
We worked the road as hard as we could drive her
                      C
But now I am the only survivor
                       F             G7
From night to night at every place I play in
The sweetness of your song remains I'll be the keeper of the flame
                                          C
Till every soul hears what your heart was saying
Repeat #2
        Am               F
All the nights you spent alone 
        C              G7
All the love I'd never shown
        Am                F
All the words I could not say
          C                   G7   F     C    G7       C
Till that white line took you away white line took you away
                      F                    G7
I'll follow the white line down where it's winding
                                            C
Cause somewhere up ahead your light's still shining
                                     G7
The sound of the silver strings will guide me
I've stood and watched the bridges burn I'm past the point of no return
                                 C
Oh how I wish that you were here beside me
 Repeat #2 x2

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White Man Singin' The Blues
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
[3/4 time]
 
G                C          G
The old man paid no mind to color
                       C             G
Cause he knew that I'd been down and out
                  C       G
Old Joe said that I was a soul brother
                    D7       G
And things I'd been singin' about

                    C             G
Well he liked how I played my old guitar
               C            G
So he sit down beside me to sing
            C             G
Together we hummed out an old timey blues
D7             G
Hmm hmm dudely dang  

         C                G
From the same side of the railroad track
                             D7
Where people have nothing to lose
        C                      G
I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came
                D7          G
And a white man singin' the blues

                       C            G
Well we've both done a heap of hard livin'
              C           G
And hard to describe in a song
                  C            G
But the blues was one thing we both understood
                     D7           G
And the old man that hummed right along

Repeat #3 x2   

Repeat #1  

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White Oak On The Hill
Author: 
Artist: Ralph Stanley
Album: I'll Answer The Call (1987) 

There's a white oak on the hill at my old Clinch Mountain Home
That stands straight and true on that windy spur alone
And when the cold wind blows it's roots they bend and moan
But when the storm has passed it straightens up and goes on
Chorus
Lord, let me be like that white oak on the hill
And help me to live in your almighty will
Help me on my journey, Lord to travel on my own
And give me the strength to straighten up and go on
You know the troubles of this life they sometimes get me down
And when I look for my friends they're not always around
And the good Lord seems to say "Son, get up and do my will
And always remember that old white oak on the hill"
Chorus - repeat last line


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White Squall
Stan Rodgers

Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the 'Soo',
And wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale.

The kid was so damned eager. It was all so big and new.
You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do.
And evenings on the mess deck he was always first to sing,
And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring.

Chorus:
But I told that kid a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted.
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted."
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall,
And her lover's gone into a white squall.

Now it's a thing that us oldtimers know. In a sultry summer calm
There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb.
And a fifteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam
While the gale takes all before it with a scream.

The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky.
From where I stood I swear I could see tears fall from his eyes.
So I hadn't the heart to tell him that he should be on a line,
Even on a night so warm and fine.

Chorus

When it struck, he sat up with a start; I roared to him, "Get down!"
But for all that he could hear, I could as well not made a sound.
So, I clung there to the stanchions, and I felt my face go pale,
As he crawled hand over hand along the rail.

I could feel her keeling over with the fury of the blow.
I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow.
Then, like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright again.
Far overside. I heard him call my name.

Chorus

So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the 'Soo',
And wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale.

To Chorus Melody:
But I tell these kids a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted.
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted."
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall,
And her lover's gone into a white squall.


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Who Can Blame You

   Who can blame you though your heart's untrue
   When you say it's my fault anyway
   Turn your head from the tears I've shed
   Though your heart is untrue who can blame you

You justify yourself in your love for someone else
When you say I never loved you anyway
Your vows were made in vain although mine have still remained
Though you broke my heart in two who can blame you

In a heart of rusted steel you kept your love affair concealed
'Til the day she was askin' you to stay
Turn your head from the tears I've shed
Though you broke a heart in two who can blame you

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Who Do I Know In Dallas
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Cochran and Willie Nelson

F        G7      C
Who do I know in Dallas
F         G7          C
Who can I call on the phone
F        G7      C
Who do I know in Dallas
       F       G7           C
Who'll make me forget she's gone

  G7                            C
I can't spend the night without someone
    G7                        C
The loneliness would drive me insane
F        G7      C
Who do I know in Dallas
       F          G7     C
Who'll make me be glad I came

       G7                         C
It was Shirley who consoled me in Phoenix
    G7                 C
And Jeannie in old San Antone
    F        G7      C
But who do I know in Dallas
       F       G7           C
Who'll help me forget she's gone

   F        G7      C
Oh who do I know in Dallas
F         G7          C
Who can I call on the phone
F        G7      C
Who do I know in Dallas
       F       G7           C
Who'll make me forget she's gone

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Who Done It

   Who done it who was it broke your heart
   Who done it who keeps us apart
   You gamble with the love I gave until another won it
   So when you find your all alone just ask yourself who done it

There was a time when you were mine and I belonged to you
You broke your vow so listen now while I give you a clue
I gave my heart to someone new because you tried to shun it
You want it back but its to late and your the one who done it

I offered you a bungalow with roses round the door
A diamond ring and everything but still you wanted more
You wanted to run your own life so I just let you run it
And when your dream train jumped the track I guess you know who done it

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Who Killed Poor Robin

Who killed Cock Robin
I said the Sparrow with my little bow and arrow
I killed Cock Robin

Who saw him die I said the Fly
With my little eye I saw him die

Who caught his blood I said the Fish
With my little dish I caught his blood

Who'll make the shroud I said the Beetle
With my thread and needle I'll make the shroud

Who'll dig his grave I said the Owl
With my pick and shovel I'll dig his grave

Who'll be the parson I said the Rook
With my little book I'll be the parson

Who'll be the clerk I said the Lark
If it's not in the dark I'll be the clerk

Who'll carry the link I said the Linnet
I'll fetch it in a minute I'll carry the link

Who'll be chief mourner I said the Dove
I mourn for my love I'll be chief mourner

Who'll carry the coffin I said the Kite
If it's not through the night I'll carry the coffin

Who'll bear the pall We said the Wren
Both the cock and the hen we'll bear the pall

Who'll sing a psalm I said the Thrush
As she sat on a bush I'll sing a psalm

Who'll toll the bell I said the bull
Because I can pull I'll toll the bell
All the birds of the air fell a-sighing and a-sobbing
When they heard the bell toll for poor Cock Robin

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Richard Thompson - Who Knows Where the Time Goes? 

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time

For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes

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Brad Paisley - Who Needs Pictures lyrics

There's an old Kodak camera in my dresser drawer
I ran across it just this afternoon
And I realized that I don't ever use it anymore
In fact last time I did I think it was with you
When we were down in Cozumel
We had the whole beach to ourselves
And it's crazy now to think
That it's all there on that film
And I could take it to the store
To be developed, but what for
I can still see everything just fine
And who needs pictures with a memory like mine
Standin' there I couldn't help but think about
Everything that might be on that roll
I think it even has another trip we took
I guess that must've been at least three years ago
When we were down in Baton Rouge
And there wasn't much to do
So we drove into New Orleans every afternoon
And I swear that you would think
That it was only yesterday
'Cause I can still see everything just fine
Who needs pictures with a memory like mine
Somewhere in my closet
There's a cardboard box just sittin' on a shelf
It's full of faded memories
And it's been there ever since the night you left
Oh, just forgotten photographs
To remind me of the past
Oh, but I can still see everything just fine
Who needs pictures with a memory like mine
Yeah, who needs pictures with a memory like mine


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Who Needs You?

You say you're sorry that it had to end this way
If I'd just keep my chin up there'd be a brighter day
Honey there's just one thing before this bridge is burned
I don't want your sympathy so don't you be concerned
About what I do who needs you?

Well the hallway's full of bags and boxes filled with all your things
In that balled-up napkin you'll find my wedding ring
I've seen you pull some fast ones but this time you've gone too far
I even took the liberty of gassing up your car.
This time we're through who needs you?

   Who needs you who needs a heart broke in two?
   Well who needs you babe now that I know your love's not true
   Who needs your low down ways blue nights and lonely days
   Oh tell me who? Who needs you

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Alan Jackson - Who Says You Can't Have It All lyrics

A stark naked light bulb hangs over my head
There's one lonely pillow on my double bed
I've got a ceiling, a floor and four walls
Who says you cant have it all
My room's decorated with pictures of you
Your letters wallpaper this shrine to the blues
I've got precious memories at my beck and call
Who says you cant have it all
I've got everything a broken heart needs
I'm doing fine don't you worry about me
Cause I'm lord and master
Of a fools Taj Mahal
Who says you cant have it all
Oh who says you cant have it all


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Who Will Call You Sweetheart

Now who will kiss your lips darlin'
Who will call you sweetheart
Oh who will tell you they love you
Oh you once was my little sweetheart

Now who's been talkin' to you
Somebody's been tellin' you wrong
Things a-bout me that you shouldn't believe
I miss you sweetheart when you're gone

This talk that's goin' 'round town
Some of it I know is not true
'Bout the things that I've done and the places I've been
For darlin' I've always loved you

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Who Will I Be Loving Now
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Agnes Wilson and Carmol Taylor

C                                       F                 C
Well I thought you found your happiness right here loving me
                                                            G7
I thought my life was so complete but how wrong can one man be
C                                     F                 C
You were the perfect deceiver yes you knew just what to do
                            G7                      C
So who will I be loving now since I won't be loving you

                                 F                  C
You told me that you love me and that you were satisfied
                                                    G7
I couldn't see the truth cause I had love all in my eyes
C                                F                 C
And now you found another and it tears my heart in two
                            G7                      C
So who will I be loving now since I won't be loving you

   F                         C
So tell me where I'll go now tell me what I'll do
                F    C             D7                 G7
Whose lips will I be kissing since I won't be kissing you
C                                F               C
Will I feel so lost and helpless how can I start anew
                            G7                      C
So who will I be loving now since I won't be loving you
                            G7                      C
So who will I be loving now since I won't be loving you

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Who Will I Hold
The Avett Brothers

You slipped through my hands
Like I did through my Dad's
Like a river that passes
The rocks that it's on
I'm bracing for loneliness
I know it's comin'
Who will I hold when you're gone?
Now who will I hold when you're gone?

Now happiness comes
And it seems much like money
People gather around it
When it's gone, they go runnin'
I'm trying to be here
Lift up to the now
But the past has to come
Pulls me back down

You slipped through my hands
Like I did through my lover's
Like a river that passes
The bed that it's on
I'm bracing for loneliness
I know it's comin'
Who will I hold when you're gone?
Now who will I hold when you're gone?

Now, the victims of love
The most hopeless of all
Fortunate prisoners
In an infinite war
They turn on themselves
It's pure sabotage
Silver spoon babies with Tupperware hearts
Silver spoon babies with Tupperware hearts

You slipped through my hands
Like I did through my mama's
Like a river that passes
The rocks that it's on
I'm bracing for loneliness
I know it's comin'
Who will I hold when you're gone?
Now who will I hold when you're gone?
Who will I hold when you're gone?
Now who will I hold when you're gone?

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Who Will Sing For Me

Oft I sing for my friends
When death's cold form I see
When I reach my journey's end
Who will sing for me

   I wonder (I wonder) who
   Will sing (will sing) for me
   When I come to the cross on that silent sea
   Who will sing for me

When crowds shall gather round
And look down on me
Will they turn and walk away
Or will they sing one song for me

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The Duhks - Who Will Take My Place? 

If they shoot me down to shut me down
Who will take my place?
If they bring an army into this town
Who will take my place?
If they rule this land and silence me
When I'm laid out with injury
When my words won't matter anymore
Who will take my place?

Revolution you are not my hope
Who will take my place?
There are flowers painted on these stones
Who will take my place?
When the silence of oppression dies
Overheard beyond the battle cries
Are the words of final compromise
Who will take my place?

When the dogs of war are on the land
Who will take my place?
When you forfeit life to take a stand
Who will take my place?
When the dreamers fear the simplest thoughts
When the bloodshed takes all that you've got
When this world's an empty creaking floor
Who will take my place?

If they rule this land and silence me
When I'm laid out with injury
When my words won't matter anymore
Who will take my place?
Who will take my place?

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Who Will Watch The Home Place

Leaves are falling and turning to showers of gold
As the postman climbs up our long hill
And there's sympathy written all over his face
As he hands me a couple more bills

   Who will watch the home place
   Who will tend my hearts dear space
   Who will fill my empty place
   When I am gone from here

There's a lovely green nook by a clear-running stream
It was my place when I was quite small
And it's creatures and sounds could soothe my worst pains
But today they don't ease me at all

In my grandfather's shed there are hundreds of tools
I know them by feel and by name
And like parts of my body they've patched this old place
When I move them they won't be the same

Now I wander around touching each blessed thing
The chimney the tables the trees
And my memories swirl 'round me like birds on the wing
When I leave here oh who will I be

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Who's Calling You Sweetheart Tonight

I wonder tonight who's loving you
Enjoying the kisses I once knew
And getting those letters of comfort and cheer
Who's calling you sweetheart tonight my dear

Who's calling you sweetheart, who is the man
So tenderly kissing and holding your hand
Who's cherishing beauty of eyes so bright
Who's tenderly calling you sweetheart tonight

Now I'm regretting my life here at last
Cherishing memory of love of the past
Seeking a refuge lasting at my side
Tell me who's calling you sweetheart tonight

* Refrain


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Alan Jackson - Who's Cheatin' Who lyrics

Everywhere you look you can write a book
On the trouble of a woman and a man
But you can not impose you can't stick your nose
Into something that you don't understand
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
And who's car is parked next door
I thought I knew her well I really couldn't tell
That she had another lover on her mind
You see it felt so right when she held me tight
How could I be so blind
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
And who's car is parked next door
A heart is on the line each and every time
Love is stolen in the shadows of the night
Though it's wrong all along it keeps going on
As long as you keep in outta sight
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
And who's car is parked next door


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Rhonda Vincent - Who's Cryin Baby

I remember all the things you said dear
On the day that you told me goodbye
You said I may as well accept it
And that there's no reason to cry

Tell me who's cryin' baby
Who's feelin' blue
Who just don't care anymore
Who's forgettin' who

You told me I would be so lonesome
You said that I'd be mighty blue
And that it wouldn't be so easy
For me to forget about you

Tell me who's cryin' baby
Who's feelin' blue
Who just don't care anymore
Who's forgettin' who

I hear distress has come upon you
In the house that we once made a home
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They say that life'll teach you lessons
You did me wrong and now you're all alone

Tell me who's cryin' baby
Who's feelin' blue
Who just don't care anymore
Who's forgettin' who

Tell me who's cryin' baby
Who's feelin' blue
Who just don't care anymore
Who's forgettin' who

Tell me who's cryin' baby
Who's feelin' blue
Who just don't care anymore
Who's forgettin' who

Who just don't care anymore
Who's forgettin' who

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Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now? 

I wasn't tired, I'm never tired
Youth will not be wasted on this one
In a dark room, another dark room

She said, "Hey, you're gonna like this"
It's easy to like by candlelight
If not under the sun
Who's feeling young now?

Dark room to doorway, doorway to sidewalk
Youth will not be wasted on this one
In a thick fog, another thick fog

I said, "Hey, this isn't like me"
It's a little like there could be
Something new under the sun
Who's feeling young now?

They try to tell us and at times we try to listen
But we can't hear a thing when all we think about
Are all the things we think we might be missing

'Cause if we think we are, we are
And if we don't, we aren't worth the time
It takes to think of making love with who we're kissing
They tried to tell us and at times we tried to listen, no

They try to tell us and at times we try to listen
But we can't hear a thing when all we think about
Are all the things we think we might be missing

'Cause if we think we are, we are
And if we don't, we aren't worth the time
It takes to think of making love with who we're kissing
They tried to tell us and at times we tried to listen

She wasn't perfect, nobody's perfect
Gray hair ain't a crown of wisdom
When you're a young man, 'til you're an old man

She says, "Hey, you look a lot like
Someone I liked, who flew just far enough
Under the sun to never come down"
Who's feeling young?

They try to tell us and at times we try to listen
But we can't hear a thing when all we think about
Are all the things we think we might be missing

'Cause if we think we are, we are
And if we don't, we aren't worth the time
It takes to think of making love with who we're kissing
They tried to tell us and at times we tried to listen

They tried to tell us and at times we tried to listen
They tried to tell us and at times we tried to listen

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Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
Abigail Washburn

Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Who's gonna be your man

Poppa's gonna shoe my pretty little feet
Momma's gonna glove my hand
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

Fastest train I ever did ride
Was a hundred coaches long
The only woman I ever did love
was on that train and gone

On that train and gone boys
On that train and gone
Only woman I ever did love
Was on that train and gone

Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Who's gonna be your man

Poppa's gonna shoe my pretty little feet
Momma's gonna glove my hand
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

I don't need no man
I don't need no man
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man


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Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot

Who's gonna ahoe your pretty little foot
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Who's gonna be your man

Papa will shoe my pretty little foot
Mama will glove my hand
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

I don't need no man, poor boy
I don't need no man
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

Longest train I ever did see
Was sixteen coaches long
The only girl ever did love
Was on that train and gone


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Whole Lot Of Lonesome
Recorded by David Allan Coe
Written by David Allan Coe and George Jones

C
You put a whole lot of lonesome in me can't you see
    G                                    D7
You gave me a forest then burnt down the trees
    G                              C
You preached me a sermon until I believed
     G                      D7          G
Then you put a whole lot of lonesome in me
  C                      G
I just wanted someone to take me
                             D7
You took me for all that you could
   G                             C
My friends all said you'd try to break me from drinkin'
    G       D7               G
But I never thought that you would Tammy
    C
You put a whole lot of lonesome in me can't you see
    G                                    D7
You gave me a forest then burnt down the trees
    G                                  C
You preached me a sermon and made me believe
     G                      D7          G
Then you put a whole lot of lonesome in me
  C                           G
I bought you that mansion you wanted so much
                             D7
But it never quite felt like home
    G                              C
The dreams that we once shared are shattered in two
    G           D7     G
And I've had to go on alone  Tammy
Repeat #1
                            D7          C G
Yes I've got a whole lot of lonesome in me

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Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On

Once you were my life and breath
Then you rode your free horse to death
Oh, you trifled around too much
Then you lost your loving touch
Now whose shoulder will you cry on

   You didn't love me all along
   'Cause you can't love and do me wrong
   I don't trust you anymore
   So go knock on another's door
   And whose shoulder will you cry on

Just let those hot tears burn your eyes
They're just payments on the lies
That made a wreck of me
From that chain I've been set free
Now whose shoulder will you cry on

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Who's Calling You Sweetheart Tonight

I wonder tonight who's loving you
Enjoying the kisses I once knew
And getting those letters of comfort and cheer
Who's calling you sweetheart tonight my dear

Who's calling you sweetheart who is the man
So tenderly kissing and holding your hand
Who's cherishing beauty of eyes so bright
Who's tenderly calling you sweetheart tonight

Now I'm regretting my life here at last
Cherishing memory of love of the past
Seeking a refuge lasting at my side
Tell me who's calling you sweetheart tonight

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Who's Going Down To Town

Whiskey by the gallon
sugar by the pound
Great big bowl to put it in
And a spoon to stir it round

    Who's going down to town
    Who's going down to town
    Who's going down to Welmingtown
    To carry my tobacco round

Once I had an old coon dog
And I wish I had him back
He chase the big dogs over the fence
And the little ones through the cracks

And once I had a little girl
I brought her from the south
She's braid her hair so doggone tight
She couldn't close her mouth

 

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Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot

Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Who's gonna be your man

Papa will shoe my pretty little foot
Mama will glove my hand
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

I don't need no man poor boy
I don't need no man
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

Longest train I ever did see
Was sixteen coaches long
The only girl ever did love
Was on that train and gone

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Who's That Knocking At My Door

Whose that knocking at my door, have I heard that knock before
Is it evil trying to get into my room
Who's that tapping at my window, who's calling me to go
To a place that's filled with dark and gloom

Oh this life that I'm living, it seems so unforgiving
I find trouble everywhere that I go
I always seek it first, just to quench my burning thirst
In waters that are cool as fallen snow

But the waters are oh so deep, what you sew you must reap
Now I hear a knocking at my door
It's evil standing outside, there's no place to run and hide
It plucks my soul and presses me to the floor

Oh I've been down that pathway, it always leads the wrong way
But this time I don't think I'll be back
Feels like a freight train pulling me, there's a dark tunnel ahead I see
This train's going down a one-way track

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Who's That Knocking At My Window

Who's that knocking at my window
Knocks so loud and won't come in
It is your own true-hearted lover
Rise you up and let him in

Awake, awake, don't wake my mother
Our love's a thing she can't endure
She's been the ruin of many a lover
She'll be the ruin of many more

Awake, awake, don't wake my father
For he is on his bed of rest
And on his breast he carries a weapon
To kill the one that I love best

I wish I was a little sparrow
I'd circle like a turtledove
I'd fly away to a lonely valley
And settle down in the land of love

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Why Can't I Cry
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
 
G                  C      A7                D7            G
Life comes down so heavy  sometimes I can't bear it on my shoulders
        Am             C                         G
I can't cry at all  my tears won't fall as I get older
          C                          D7
Guess I'm goin' through the change I feel so cold and strange
C                 D7               G
Wish I could fall apart and get it over
                C            G         D7
Why why can't I cry like you do when I need to
G               C          G
Why why can't I cry when I need to
                D7            G
And God knows I need to oh so bad
                   C        A7                     D7             G
A woman can cry so easy you never have to hold the hurt down deep inside you
      Am                   C                G
But I can't let go I can't let it show like you do
          C                        D7
Guess I'm goin' through a change I feel so cold and strange
     C                  D7                    G
Wish I could just break down and cry like you do
Repeat #2

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Dolly Parton - Why Can't We lyrics

Look how the wind carries the seed
See how the soil supplies what it needs
The rain falls, the sun shines and a flower breaks free
And it all works together, why can't we
And I have seen children at play in the park
Skin shades of ivory, red, yellow and dark
Well, my eyes saw colors their little hearts could not see
They were playing together, why can't we
Chorus:
Why can't we, why can't we
I can love you and you can love me
Why can't we, why can't we
Set our foolish pride free, just be and let be
Why can't we
I had a dream about a lion and a lamb
They were playing together and there was peace in the land
And swords became plowshares 'cause there were no enemies
And I woke up and wondered, God why can't we
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Set our foolish pride free, just be and let be
Why can't we, M-M-M-M
Why can't we


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Why Did I Wait So Long     
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Shawn Lane

C                 G7      C
God spoke to me a hundred times
     F              G7        C
He'd call my name I would not go
                      G7     C
Now I cry with joy on bended knees
         F               G7   F
Could've been this happy long ago
 
    C     G7      C
Why did I wait so long
    G7    Dm      F
Why did I wait so long
   G7         C
To answer the call
                     F
From the Greatest of all
    C     G7      C
Why did I wait so long

                           G7       C
God's been with me through troubled times
     F                   G7        C
With hands not seen He's guided my way
                         G7      C
But my foolish pride and worldly things
     F           G7    F
Kept me from Him until today

Repeat #2

    G7    Dm      F
Why did I wait so long
   G7         C
To answer the call
                     F
From the greatest of all
    C     G7      F
Why did I wait so long
 
    C     G7      C
Why did I wait so long

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Why Did You Wander

   Oh, why oh why did you wander
   Why did you ever roam
   When you know that we always were happy
   All alone in our old mountain home

It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains
Down in the hills of Tennessee
As she waited alone in the moonlight
It was there that she waited for me

Oh why did you leave me little darling
Why did you leave me alone
For you knew I'd be lonely without you
All alone in our old mountain home

I hope you will always be happy
No matter where you may roam
And I long to be with you up in heaven
As we were in our old mountain home

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Why Do You Cry Little Darling

Why do you cry little darlin
Why are those tears in your eyes
Why do you weep little darlin
Just when I say goodbye

It makes me sad and lonely
To see you feel so blue
What have I done little darlin
I have I been untrue to you

Cause you are called little darlin
To fight for your country true
There's many a poor girl just like me
Weeping for their sweetheart too

I've tried so hard to be cheerful
But thought of all the long years
You might be gone little darlin
I could not keep back my tears

That's why I cry little darlin
Because you're going away
Leaving me all broken hearted
To weep for you day after day

Every night I'll kneel by my bedside
And ask God to guide you each day
Back to your sweetheart that's waiting
And loves you more than I can say

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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Why Don't You Do Right?

You had plenty money, 1922
You let other women make a fool of you

Why don't you do right?
Like some other men do
Get outta here, and
Get me some money, too

You sitting down wondering what it's all about
You ain't got no money that would put you out

Why don't you do right?
Like some other men do
Get outta here, and
Get me some money, too

If you had prepared twenty years ago
You wouldn't be wandering now from door to door

Why don't you do right?
Like some other men, like some other men do
Get outta here, and
Get me some money, too

I said get outta here
Give me some money, too
I said get outta here
Give me some money, too

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Dolly Parton - Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me lyrics

They say the love bug will get you at the age of 23
Well I'm not tellin' my age but somethin' got a hold on me
I'm just cravin' some lovin' in the old fashion way
Honey linger near and listen to all I had to say
Why don't you haul off and love me one more time
Why don't you squeeze me until I'm turning blind
If you don't cuddle off and love me like I want you to do
I'm gonna haul off and die over you
[ steel ]
I can feel your warm lips near me hear you breathe so soft and fine
I can feel the matrimony crawlin' up and down my spine
I don't believe this love will hurt you cause it feels so nice and kind
It seems mighty close to heaven when your love is on the line
Why don't you haul off...
I'm a gonna haul off and die over you


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Why Don't You Tell Me So

I can tell by the look in your eye
That you still care for me
But somehow you just won't admit
That's why I'm so lonesome you see

Now if you have made up your mind
And if you still want me to know
Why do you keep me in doubt
Why don't you tell me so

Each night there are tears on my pillow
They're all because of you I know
Dear I can't go on this away
Why don't you tell me so

* Refrain

Now there'll come a time little darling
When you will want me I know
But dear it will then be too late
For you to tell me so

* Refrain


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Why Me Ralph

In the beautiful hills way back in Virginia
By the side of his home where he played as a lad
In a deep dark grave Carter lies sleeping
There lies the best friend that I ever had

For twenty one years he travelled this country
Entertaining his friends wherever he roamed
For many thousands he made life brighter
Now he is at rest near his old home

He wrote many songs about the Clinch Mountains
Of mother and dad his friends and home
Through 43 states and many foreign countries
Wherever he travelled his name was known

Now he's at rest in the family graveyard
On top of a hill where the wind blows o'er
he's gone on now but he won't be forgotten
The songs he left will never grow old

He laid down his guitar but he'll always be remembered
On earth for the last time he sung white dove
Forever in heaven Carter will be singing
Singing with the angels in heaven above

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Richard Thompson - Why Must I Plead 

All your bitterness and lies
Sting like tears in my eyes
And a thousand lovesick tunes
Won't wash away the wounds from my mind
You've been seen around, you're a news sensation
You got a better deal and you took his invitation
You've been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation
Mercy, we used to love all day and drive all night
Mercy, jealousy used to whet your appetite
Mercy, we were low as dogs and high as kites
Why must I plead with you darling,
For what's already mine
My friends are indiscreet
And I sing myself to sleep
And I don't mind the red wine
Or the pickup line as long as it's cheap
I ask you what 's wrong, and you say I'm all yours
I ask who your friend is, and you say Santa Clause
I ask you to come home, you say yoU're tired of being indoors
Mercy, you know you signed on that dotted line
Mercy, you signed yours and I signed mine
Mercy, you said forever till the end of time
Why must I plead with you darling,
For what's already mine

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Why Must I Remain

In my life I've known sorrow
I've seen love fade away
I've had tears from sadness
Like those shed today 

My heart was within me
My sadness my own
My thoughts there were anchored
At rest with my soul
 

Then when I met you
I gave you my soul
My heart was between us
No longer my own

All that I know of
And all that I am
Is shared now with you
How can I remain
   
    Oh lord if you're with me
    Help me find the strength
    My soul lay a-dying
    Why must I remain

And now you are dying
Now you are alone
And I must remain here
Though my world  is gone

And I am no longer
My heart has no home
There could be no other, God
Don't leave me alone
   
    ch., repeat last two lines

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Why Not Confess

I am asking of you, little darling
Are you tired of the love you possess
Are you longing to be with another
If you don't love me, why not confess
When you tell me that you are so lonely
Are your feeling you try to express
Are you longing to be with another
If you don't love me, why not confess

You have always told me that you loved me
And forever would be my sweetheart
I can tell by your countiess expressions
That my love has no place in your heart
When I'm round you are always complaining
You are trying to beat me I guess
Are you longing to be with another
If you don't love me, why not confess

I am thinking of you, little darling
In my heart you shall always remain
And I think it'd be best for me, darling
If I never would see you again
I am trying my best to forget you
Any my feelings I can not express
For my sake I am asking in earnest
If you don't love me, why not confess


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Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die?

Why should the fire die?
My mom and dad kept theirs alive
It's early yet, don't say goodnight
I know in time you'll be all right

You're shining still behind the clouds
Sayin', I won't figure you out
You like it true but let me try
And try and try for the rest of my life

I'm not scared of bein' alone
I'm not scared of bein' alone, bein' alone
I'm just happier bein' confused
Beside the fire, as long as it's with you

Why should the fire die?
My mom and dad kept theirs alive
It's gettin' late, she says goodnight
I fall asleep, I'll be all right

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Why There's A Tear In My Eye

I once loved a beautiful maiden
As fair as the blue skies above
And each night as we wondered together
The moon seemed to smile on our love

We vowed to be true to each other
And nothing could cause us to part
But we never once dreamed that the future
Held only a broken heart

Then there came the night when we parted
We quarreled as all sweethearts do
And I learned what it was to be jealous
When she told me our love was untrue

She told me she had always been faithful
She swore that her love could not die
And then when I did not believe her
She kissed me and told me goodbye

Yodel

I found I had falsely accused her
And went back to make her my bride
And there in the door stood her mother
She told me my sweetheart had died

I went in and knelt down beside her
And there in the hush of that room
I prayed that my maker would take me
And send my soul down to its doom

So now I have told you the reason
There's always a tear in my eye
For long weary years I've repented
But I'm longing to lay down and die

And I wonder if I'll be forgiven
When I face the master someday
And I wonder if I'll see my sweetheart
On that beautiful shore far away

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Why You Been Gone So Long

Well every time it rains Lord I run to my window
All I do is ring my hands and mourn
Well listen to that thunder roar
Can't you hear that lonesome wind moan
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long

   Tell me baby now why you been gone so long
    You been gone so long now
   Tell me baby now why you been gone so long
   Wolfs scratchin at my door lord Lord
   I can hear that lonesome wind blow
   Tell me baby now why you been gone so long

Well someone said they thought they saw you rollin down in Reno
With a big ol man from San Antone
They tell me I'm a fool to pine for you oh what do they know
Tell me baby now why you been gone so long

Ain't nothin I want to do lord
So I guess I could get stoned
And let the past paint pictures in my head
Drink a fifth of thunderbird and try to write a sad sad song
Tell my baby now why you been gone so long

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Dolly Parton - Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That lyrics

Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
In your cowboy boots and your painted-on jeans
All decked out like a cowgirl's dream
Why'd you come in here looking like that
Here comes my baby
Draggin' my heart behind
He's drivin' me crazy
Who says love is blind
He's got a wanderin' eye and a travelin' mind
Big ideas and a little behind
Out with a different woman every night
But I remember when he was mine
Chorus:
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
In your high heeled boots and your painted-on jeans
All decked out like a cowgirl's dream
Waltzing right in here lookin' like that
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
When you could stop traffic in a gunney sack
Why you're almost givin' me a heart attack
When you waltz right in here lookin' like that
I just can't stand it
To see him on the town
He's out slow dancing
With every girl around
I'm a softhearted woman he's a hardheaded man
And he's gonna make me feel just as bad as he can
He's got himself a mean streak a half a mile wide
But now he's dancing on this heart of mine
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
In your high heeled boots and your painted-on jeans
All decked out like a cowgirl's dream
Why's you come in here lookin' like that
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
In your high heeled boots and your painted-on jeans
All decked out like a cowgirl's dream
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that
When you could stop traffic in a gunney sack
Why you're almost givin' me a heart attack
When you waltz right in here lookin' like that
Why'd you come in here lookin' like that


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Dolly Parton - Why, Why, Why lyrics

Why why why did you say goodbye why did you walk out on me
Cry cry cry I feel like I could die why did you go and leave me lonely
[ steel ]
What did I do what did I say to make you just walk out and leave me this way
Please come back and tell me what I did wrong
And I'll make it up to you if you'll just come back home
I'll try try try as each day goes by to make you glad that you came back to me
No more goodbyes and no more tears to cry every day I'll try to make you happy
[ steel ]
What did I do what did I say...


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Wichita

She went back to Wichita
She went back to her ma and pa
Reckon I saw her next to my truck
Pumping gas with the car packed up.

We talked as neighbors will
There waiting for the tanks to fill
We talked about nothing
how it might snow
How far she had to go.

   Going back where the grass grows tall
   And the fields burn in the fall
   You can still hear the night birds call
   Back in Wichita.

She came in '85
She came here as a July bride
But it never got easy
never got rich
Ain't got much but what she came here with.

Good times have all been spent
She ain't broken but she's badly bent
There's nothing she wants here
nothing that shines
She's made up her mind.

She says for all my time
well I ain't got much to show
You can tell that man of mine and anyone who wants to know

Going back where the grass grows tall
And the fields burn in the fall
You can still hear the night birds call
Back in Wichita.

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Wicked Path Of Sin

In this awful world of sorrow
On this wicked path of sin
Never thinking of tomorrow
Or what I'd lose in the end

   Oh I can hear (oh I can hear) the joy bells ringing
   Where my friends (where my friends) and loved ones wait
   Oh I can hear the angels singing (sweet singing)
   Just inside (just inside) those pearly gates

I can hear my savior calling
Saying come unto me
Wash away your sins forever
And you shall rest eternally

Now I'm safe with my Jesus
He will guide me on my way
I will sing His praise forever
We'll meet in heaven some sweet day

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Balsam Range - Wide River to Cross 

V1
There's a sorrow in the wind
Blowing down the road I've been
I can hear it cry while shadows steal the sun
But I cannot look back now
I've come too far to turn around
And there's still a race ahead that I must run

Chorus
I'm only halfway home 
I've gotta journey on
To where I'll find the things I have lost
I've come a long, long road 
Still I've got miles to go
I've got a wide, wide river to cross

V2
I have stumbled I have strayed
You can trace the tracks I've made
All across the memories my heart recalls
But I'm just a refugee, won't you say a prayer for me?
'Cause sometimes even the strongest soldier falls

Chorus
I'm only halfway home 
I've gotta journey on
To where I'll find the things I have lost
I've come a long, long road 
Still I've got miles to go
I've got a wide, wide river to cross

I've come a long, long road 
Still I've got miles to go
I've got a wide, wide river to cross

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Alan Jackson - Wild And Blue lyrics

"Wild And Blue"
(originally by John Anderson)
Way across town a phone rings off the wall
If you know he ain't home why do you keep callin'
You're gonna drive yourself crazy and you know that it's true
It's just making you wild and blue
Wild and blue it's no wonder
You look at the things that you do
They could just take you up to yonder, honey
You're already wild and blue
In somebody's room on the far side of town
With your minds all made up and the shades all pulled down
Someone is trying just to satisfy you
He don't know you're wild and you're blue
Wild and blue it's no wonder
You look at the things that you do
They could just take you up to yonder, honey
You're already wild and blue
It's four in the morning and you're all alone
With no place to go you know you ought to come home
And I'll be right here little baby waitin' for you
I know you've been wild and blue
Wild and blue and it's no wonder
You look at the things that you do
They could just take you up to yonder, honey
You're already wild and blue
And they ought to just take you up to yonder, honey
You're already wild and blue


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Wild Bill Jones

As I went down for to take a little walk
I came upon that Wild Bill Jones
He was a walking and a talking by my true lover's side
And I bid him to leave her alone

He said my age is twenty-one
Too old to be controlled
I pulled my revolver from my side
And I destroyed that poor boy's soul

He reeled and he staggered, and he fell to the ground
And then he gave one dying moan
He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck
Saying honey won't you take me home

So put them handcuffs on me boys
And lead me to that freight car gate
I have no friends or relations there
No-one for to go my bail

So pass around that old long necked bottle
And we'll all go on a spree
For today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones
And tomorrow will be the last of me

They sent me to prison for twenty long years
This poor boy longs to be free
But Wild Bill Jones and that long-necked bottle
Have been the ruin of me

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Wild Geese
Ian Tyson

Wild geese flying by, calling on the downwind as they go
No answers they send, and springtime has too many miles to flow
The lone black pine, hillsides all covered with snow.
Why does the wind say you ain't coming back any more?

Was there a time when my dreams were not always of you?
The days ain't so bad, but each night takes so long passing throug
Down by the stream, fresh otter tracks in the snow
Why does the wind say you ain't coming back any more?

I've got a mind just to ramble this whole country round
With the fields turning green and the frost boiling out from the ground
Drive through the miles of country I've never seen before
Now that the wind says you ain't coming back any more.


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Wild Horses

Childhood living is easy to do
The things that you wanted
Well I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know I can't let you
Slide through my hand

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild wild horses 
We'll ride them some day

I watch you suffer
A dull aching pain yeah
And now you've decided
To show me the same
No sweeping exits
Of the stage lights
Could make me feel bitter
I treat you unkind

* Refrain

I know I dreamed you
A sin a lie
Now I have my freedom
But I don't have much time
Faith has been broken
Tears must be cried
Let's do some living
After we die

* Refrain


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Wild Irish Rose
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock
[3/4 time]

G                        C          G
They sent him to Asia to fight in a war
   C              G         D7
He came back home crazy and asking what for
     G                    C          G
They had him committed oh medals and all
     C         G     D7          G
To a mental hospital with rubber walls

                            C                G
They cut off the funding oh they cut off the lights
   C              G            D7
He hit the street running that cold winter night
        G                          C           G
Now the streets are the only place he can call home
   C           G          D7         G
He seems oh so lonely but he's never alone 

              B7          C          G
He lies there holding his Wild Irish Rose
     C         G           D7
This crazy old fool in the smelly old clothes
   G              B7             Em         C
He could have had something much better God knows
       G          Em        D7         G
Than a half empty bottle of Wild Irish Rose

                          C             G
A baby named Scarlet with laughing blue eyes
        C               G         D7
Spoken: Has been in his wallet ah way back since '65
   G                     C              G
So much was forgotten oh so far back in time
    C           G           D7       G
Way down in the bottom of a river of wine

                                               C         G
Spoken: You know they found him at Clarksville West 25th
        C                      G                  D7
Spoken: They can't even find a heartbeat Lord his fingers are so stiff
        G                            C                G
Spoken: Just like they're all frozen he's holding her tight 
        C             G              D7          G
But the habit oh it's broken this is Roses' last night

              B7          C          G
He lies there holding his Wild Irish Rose
        C           G             D7
But his soul's in a place where a real hero goes
    G                  B7          Em         C
Now he's got something better much better God knows
       G          Em        D7         C   G
Than a half empty bottle of Wild Irish R-ose

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Wild Mountain Flowers

We grew up living close to each other
Went to school sat side by side
And I longed for the day when I would ask her
If she would be my loving bride.

   I picked some wild mountain flowers for Mary
   And I told her I loved her today
   But she said we never could marry
   That her mother would stand in the way

Her daddy died when she was very young
And she never knew the love of a man
I tried so hard to make her happy
And tried to make her mother understand

Now my days of youth are gone and I'm so happy
And my time isn't very far away
I pciked some wild mountain flowers for Mary
And placed them on her grave today

I picked some wild mountain flowers for Mary
And placed them on her grave today.

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Wild Mountain Honey

There's a girl in the mountain that I call my mountain honey
And I love her like the flowers love the dew
All the fellars try to claim her but someday I'm gonna claim her
'Cause my wild mountain honey loves me to

She's my wild mountain honey and I love her yes I do
She's as sweet as any honey in the comb
She's as pretty as the flowers that are blooming in the mountains
And I'm going to marry her and bring her home

Oh I met her in the Smokey Mountains down in Tennessee
When the mountain laurel was blooming in the spring
Everything is bright and sunny and I'm saving up my money
For my wild mountain honey's wedding ring

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Wild Mountain Rose
BMI Work #: 8533665
Wild Mountain Rose (Larry W. Jones 11/21/2006) (song#4162)

A wild mountain rose
Is found where the sun breaks through
A wild mountain rose
If found alone sometimes makes her blue
A rose can only grow in the bright daylight
It's just an artificial glow under neon light
But you are a rose, a wild mountain rose
Trying hard to grow where there is no light
Let me be the one to show you true love
Our love can be one that grows and grows
I'll show you the sun that shines from above
If you'll just be my wild mountain rose
A rose can only grow in the bright daylight
It's just an artificial glow under neon light
Let me be the one to show you true love
Our love can be one that grows and grows
I'll show you the sun that shines from above
If you'll just be my wild mountain rose


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Wild Mountain Thyme
Traditional

Oh, the summer time is coming,
And the trees are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather.
Will you go, lassie, go?

Chorus:
And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather,
Will you go lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower
By yon clear and crystal fountain,
And in it I will place
All the flowers of the mountain.
Will you go, lassie, go?

Chorus

If my true love will not go,
I will surely find another.
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather.
Will you go, lassie, go?

Chorus


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Wild Rover (No Nay Never)
Traditional

I've been a wild rover for many a year
And I spent all my money on whiskey and beer,
And now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more.

Chorus:
And it's no, nay, never,
No nay never no more,
Will I play the wild rover
No never no more.

I went to an ale-house I used to frequent
And I told the landlady my money was spent.
I asked her for credit, she answered me "nay
Such a custom as yours I could have any day."

Chorus

I took from my pocket ten sovereigns bright
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight.
She said "I have whiskey and wines of the best
And the words that I spoke sure were only in jest."

Chorus

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son.
And if they caress (forgive) me as ofttimes before
Sure I never will play the wild rover no more.

Chorus


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Wild Side Of Life

You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
So I put it in the words of this song

   I didn't know God made honky tonks angels
   I might have known you'd never make a wife
    You gave up the only one that ever loved you
   And went back to the wild side of life

The glamour of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forget the truest love you will ever know

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Dolly Parton - Wild Texas Wind lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Don't ask me if I'm crying
Can't you see it ain't raining
No, this ain't sand in my eyes
Before it has been spoken
When one good heart gets broken
That's enough to make a cowgirl cry
Cause here I am, all by myself
My man he just up and left
He said he would never try again
Now the thing that hurts me most
When he makes up his mind to go
He'll be gone, like a wild texas wind
Chorus:
Like a wild texas wind
Oh my man is gone again
I feel lonesome settin' in
Like a wild texas wind
Like a Wild Texas Wind
Oh my man is gone, he's gone, he's gone again
I feel lonesome sittin' in
Like a wild texas wind
Hmmmm


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Dolly Parton - Wildest Dreams lyrics

Let's drink a toast to what might have been
To all that we were, but can't be again
And let's just be thankful we parted as friends
Here's to the past, let the future begin
Chorus:
Oh, and here's to you wildest dreams
And here's to your everything
May your life be blessed with sweet happiness
Baby, here's to your wildest dreams
I made a promise that I wouldn't cry
You go chase your rainbows, go on reach for the sky
But come hold me close now, look deep in my eyes
Tell me you love me, then kiss me goodbye
Repeat Chorus
I'll always love you and I'm on your side
In whatever you do, I will take pride
Repeat Chorus
Tag:
Baby, here's to your wildest dreams
Dreams, dream on, baby


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Dolly Parton - Wildflowers lyrics

The hills were alive with wildflowers
And I was as wild, even wilder than they
For at least I could run, they just died in the sun
And I refused to just wither in place
Just a wild mountain rose, needing freedom to grow
So I ran fearing not where I'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
And the flowers I knew in the fields where I grew
Were content to be lost in the crowd
They were common and close, I had no room for growth
I wanted so much to branch out
I uprooted myself from home ground and left
Took my dreams and I took to the road
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right
In a garden so different from me
I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone
So the garden, one day, set me free
Hitched a ride with the wind and since he was my friend
I just let him decide where we'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
Repeat Chorus


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Wildwood Flower

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
All portion of love had all flown away

Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell

Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower

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Dolly Parton - Will He Be Waiting For Me lyrics

I can still see that lonesome road stretched out before me
The road that led me out of his life
I can still feel the tears he cried on my shoulder
The day that I told him good-bye
I never should'a left him
Never should'a gone
Oh what a crazy fool I've been
Chorus:
Will he be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
And will he take me back again
2nd Chorus:
He will be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
Or could it be his love for me has faded and has died
He will be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
Or will I find that this time
I'll be the one to cry
Shadows from the trees
Shade the path that I am walkin'
As I make my way back up that windy road again
The smell of mountain laurel fills the air with sweet perfume
My heart beats faster as I near my journey's end
I wonder if he missed me
Wonder if he wants me
I wonder does he love me still
Will he be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
Oh how I hope he will
Repeat 2nd Chorus Twice
Tag:
Cry, mmmm


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Will He Wait A Little Longer

On cruel Calvary where he suffered
There he died upon the cross
That we might be saved my brother
Freed from sin and not be lost

   Will he wait a little longer
   There's so many out in sin
   Will he wait a little longer
   Give us time to gather in

A vision of that mangled body
I can see his nail-scarred hands
When He calls me way up yonder
I will hear and understand

Many loved ones gone before me
They've made their peace for the final day
But should He call before they're ready
I can almost him them say

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Will My Mother Know Me There

I have changed with changing seasons
I am dimmed with toil and care
When I stand among the angels
Will my mother know me there

   Yes I know that she will know me
   In those mansions bright and fair
   Mother's love can n'er forget me
   And I'm sure she'll know me there

All for me my mother wrestled
When she used to kneel in prayer
Do you think we have forgotten
Will my mother know me there

Mothers face has been a beckoned
O'er the sea of deep despair
I shall look for her up yonder
Will my mother know me there

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Will The Circle Be Unbroken

I was standing by the window
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw the hearse come rolling
To carry my mother away

   Will the circle be unbroken
   Bye and bye Lord bye and bye
   There's a better home a waiting
   In the sky Lord in the sky

I said to the undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow
For that body you are carrying
Lord I hate to see her go

Well I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in that grave 

I went back home Lord that home was lonesome
Since my mother, she was gone
All my brothers and sisters crying
What a home so sad and alone

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Will The Roses Bloom

   Will the roses bloom where she lies sleeping
   Will the flowers shed their pedals there
   Will the dewdrops fall upon the roses
   Where my darling sleeps beneath the sand

Her lips were like a bunch of roses
Her eyes were like the starlit sky
Her hair was dark and it was curly
I'll miss her till the day I die 

I miss my darling she is sleeping
Underneath the beautiful sky
I miss her now since she has left me
I will miss her til the day I die

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Will The Roses Bloom Again

'Neath the shadow in the meadow
Lillies lie on every side
By the river flowers shudder
Fading dying in their prime

Lovers parting lonely crying
Sadly strolling down the lane
Someone saying I must leave you
Til the roses bloom again

   When the roses bloom again
   When the roses bloom again
   I will meet you I will greet you
   When the roses bloom again

Sunshine's over crimson clover
Blooming in the meadow bright
Summer fingers softly lingers
Whispering softly in the night

Someone roaming in the gloaming
Strolling sadly down the lane
For that promise she would cherish
Til the roses bloom again

She was faithful to her lover
She was true until the end
Though she knew not what befell him
Still she hopes they'll meet again

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Will The Roses Bloom In Heaven

In a cold and cheerless garret
In a room so dim so lone
In the frosty winter in silence
There was heard a little mourn

And a little child is asking
At the break of the day
Will the roses bloom in heaven
Tell me momma tell me pray
   
   Will the roses bloom in heaven
   Are there any gardens there
   Any violets and clover
   Way up with the angels there
   
   Will the branches fill with blossoms
   And in winter fill with snow
   Will the roses bloom in heaven
   Tell me momma ere I go

Now the room grows light and lighter
Every thing has caught a glow
Heaven seems to stretch about her
While dreams they just come and go

Then she whispered birds are singing
Songs of melody
And I see the roses blooming
While the angels beckon me

Then mother whispered
In the land so bright and fair
When the roses are blooming
There will be no parting there

Goodbye my little darling
For death is lingering here
And on the little pale face
There was not one trace of fear

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Alison Krauss - Will There Be Any Stars?

I am thinking today of that beautiful land
I shall reach when the sun goeth down
When through wonderful grace by my Saviour I stand
Will there be any stars in my crown.

Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown
When at evening the sun goeth down
When I wake with the blest in those mansions of rest
Will there be any stars in my crown.

--- Instrumental ---

In the strength of the Lord let me labor and pray
Let me watch as a winner of souls
That bright stars may be mine in the glorious day
When his praise like the sea billow rolls.

Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown
When at evening the sun goeth down
When I wake with the blest in those mansions of rest
Will there be any stars in my crown.

--- Mandolin Instrumental ---

Oh, what joy it will be when his face I behold
Living gems at his feet to lay down
It would sweeten my bliss in the city of gold
Should there be any stars in my crown.

--- Banjo Instrumental ---

Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown
When at evening the sun goeth down
When I wake with the blest in those mansions of rest
Will there be any stars in my crown...


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Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown

I am thinking today of that beautiful land
I shall reach when the sun goeth down
When through wonderful grace by my Savior I stand
Will there be any stars in my crown

   Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown
   When at evening the sun goeth down
   When I wake with the blest in those mansions of rest
   Will there be any stars in my crown

In the strength of the Lord let me labor and pray
Let me watch as a winner of souls
That bright stars may be mine in the glorious day
When His praise like the sea billow rolls

O what joy it will be when His face I behold
Living gems at His feet to lay down
It would sweeten my bliss in the city of gold
Should there be any stars in my crown

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Alison Krauss - Will You Be Leaving? 

You may walk away in anger
Wear your heart upon your sleeve
You make act like it don't matter
Keep me laughing while you leave
But burning bridges won't get me back
If you change your mind some day
Why can't we turn this scene around
Before you walk away?

Will you be leaving, leaving me today?
Like the ocean leaves us waiting on the sand
Crumbling in our hand
I can't live this scene again

You may turn away in silence
While the tears run down your face
Say there's nothing left to bind us

Leaving love without a trace
But if I loved you well
You'd soon find out why your new love falls some day
Why can't we burn this heartache down
before you walk away?

Will you be leaving, leaving me today?
Like the ocean leaves us waiting on the sand
Crumbling in our hand
I can't live this scene again

Will you be leaving, leaving me today?
Like the ocean leaves us waiting on the sand
Crumbling in our hand
I can't live this scene again

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Will You Be Lonesome

How would you like feeling lonesome
When someone is through with you
My heart is sad and I'm lonesome
I wonder if you're lonesome too
I wonder if you're lonesome too

Don't want you to cry cause I'm leaving
Don't want you to cry cause I'm blue
Only my thoughts make me lonesome
I wonder if you're lonesome too
I wonder if you're lonesome too

Why should two lovers quarrel
Why should they be so untrue
I know what it means to be lonesome
I wonder if you're lonesome too
I wonder if you're lonesome too

No one to love me little darling
Nothing but memories of you
When I'm far away I'll be lonesome
I wonder if you're lonesome too
I wonder if you're lonesome too

Give me your right hand honey
I'll say this farewell to you
I'll be so lonesome without you
I wonder if you're lonesome too
I wonder if you're lonesome too

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Will You Be Lonesome Too

I don't want you cryin' cause I'm leavin'
I don't want you cryin' cause I'm blue
Only my thoughts make me lonesome
Wonder if you're lonesome too ?
Wonder if you're lonesome too ?

How would you like to be lonesome
Someone as true as you
My heart is sad and lonesome
Wonder if you're lonesome too ?
Wonder if you're lonesome too ?

Why should two lovers quarrel
Why should they be so untrue
I know what it means to be lonesome
Wonder if you're lonesome too ?
Wonder if you're lonesome too ?

* Refrain

Now give me your right hand honey
I'll say this farewell to you
I'll be so lonesome without you
Will you be lonesome too ?
Will you be lonesome too ?

* Refrain


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Will You Be Loving Another Man

Now will you love me little darling
When I'm in some other land?
And you know I can't be with you
Or will you be loving another man? 

   Will you be loving another man
   Will you be loving another man
   When I return will you be waiting
   Or will you be loving another man

Now don't be crying on my shoulder
And telling me that love is grand
And before I'm out of sight dear
Then be loving another man

Now if I find this to be true dear
I want you to please understand
When I return don't say you're sorry
Just keep on loving another man

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Will You Be Satisfied That Way

We've been together for so long
It hurts to know your love is gone
Here's all my lonely heart can say
Will you be satisfied that way

Will you be satisfied to roam
Will memories fade when you are gone
A new love led your heart astray
Will you be satisfied that way

It's hard to stay when love is cold
So often that this story told
I'm not asking that you pity me
Will you be satisfied that way

Will you be satisfied to know
You left a heart that's beating low
Somehow somewhere you'll have to pay
Will you be satisfied that way

Deep down inside I love you yet
I've suffered but there's no regret
Love can't be bought it must be free
Will you be satisfied that way

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Richard Thompson - Will You Dance, Charlie Boy 

Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?
Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?
Though the sequins are worn
And tattered and torn
And the seat is right out of your pants

Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?
Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?
One more time, Charlie boy,
With your old pride and joy,
Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?

O you're still pretty fast on your feet
Yes you're still pretty fast on your feet
Though the years have gone by
And the tank's running dry
You're still pretty fast on your feet

Will you dance to the tune that they play
Will you dance to the tune that they play
Will you play the old game
Of fortune and fame
And grin as you sign your life away

Is there life in the old doggie yet
Is there life in the old doggie yet
Will you stand on your mark
On your hind legs and bark
Like somebody's dear little pet

Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?
Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?
Will you be a good whore
For the people once more
Will you dance, Charlie boy, will you dance?

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Will You Miss Me

When these lips shall never more
Place a kiss upon thy brow
When life hold's still in death
Will you love me then as now

   Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
   Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
   Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
   Will you miss me when I'm gone

Perhaps you'll plant some flowers
Round my cold unworthy grave
Come and sit along here beside me
Where the roses nod and wave

On a cold dark Sunday morning
In a land not far away
A little girl from old Kentucky
Lifted up her voice to say

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The Avett Brothers - Will You Return? 
Emotionalism

I open my door and here's what occurs.
A pretty little gal with pretty little curls.
Leans to the side, leans on my mind.

I don't want to live, but I sure don't want to die.
I'm stuttering again and tellin' her goodbye.
Oh m-m-my, Goodb-b-bye

Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.
Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.

She walks up to me with something more to say.
Then hello and goodbye I hope that you're okay.
Well I'm doing fine? I'm doing fine.

Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.
Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.

I wish you'd see yourself as beautiful as I see you
Why can't you see yourself as beautiful as I see you?

I open my door and this is what I see.
The hope inside a girl just looking back at me.
Ohh my? Goodbye?

Will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.
And will you come again? It's hard to say.
I surely hope so.

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Will You Travel Down This Road With Me
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane

C
Will you travel down this road with me
                     G7      C
Help me be the one I want to be
Help me see the thing I long to see
                          G7        C
Will you travel down this road with me
Life's a journey full of dreams
                 G7   C
Hopes and poss-i-bil-ities
One of my dreams will come true
               G7      C
If I'm walking next to you
Will you travel down this road with me
                     G7      C
Help me be the one I want to be
Help me see the things I long to see
                          G7        C
Will you travel down this road with me
Many rivers we will cross
           G7      C
Many miles we will walk
Sharing laughter sharing tears
                  G7          C
Building memories through the years
Repeat #1 x2 
                          G7        C
Will you travel down this road with me

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Will You Visit Me On Sunday
Recorded by George Jones  written by Dallas Frazier

C                                  F               C
Just outside these prison bars the hanging tree is waiting
                                                 G7
At sunrise I'll meet darkness and death will say hello
C                                   F                C
Darling touch your lips to mine and tell me that you love me
    F          G7               C
And promise me again before you go

                     F                C
Will you visit me on Sundays will you bring me pretty flowers
                        F                  C            G7
Will your big blue eyes get misty will you brush away a tear
  C                                     F                  C
A grave is filled with silence but if a sleeping man could hear
F               C         G7           C
Darling would I hear your footsteps up there

                                    F            C
Promise me that time won't separate me from your memory
                                                 G7
That you'll remember me until the days of silver hair
C                                 F               C
If not for you I know I'd lose my mind before the morning
F                 G7               C
Hold me close and tell me that you care

Repeat #2

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Willie And Mary
Traditional

As Willie and Mary met by the sea side
A long farewell for to take,
Said Mary to Willie, if you go away
I'm afraid my poor heart it might break.
Don't be afraid dearest Mary he said,
As he clasped his fond maid to his side
I my absence don't mourn, for when I return,
I will make you sweet Mary, my Bride.

Seven long years had passed, and no word at last,
Mary stood by her own cottage door.
A beggar came by, a patch on his eye,
Bedraggled, and ragged, and tore.
Your charity fair maid, bestow upon me,
Your fortune I'll tell you beside,
Your lad which you mourn will never return,
To make little Mary his bride.

She slipped and she started, saying all that I have,
It's freely to you I will give,
If you'll tell me true what I now ask of you,
Is my Willie dead or alive?
He's living said he, though in sad poverty,
And shipwrecked he has been beside,
When he'd money untold and pockets of gold,
He'd have made his own Mary his bride.

Then if he is dead, no other I'll wed,
No other I'll have by my side.
In riches though rolled, or covered in gold,
He'd have made his own Mary his bride.
Then the patch of his eye the old beggar let fly,
His old coat and crutches beside,
And in sailor's blue clothes and with cheeks like the rose
It was Willie who stood by her side.

Oh don't be afraid dearest Mary he said,
It was only your faith that I tried.
To the church we'll away, at the break of the day,
And I'll make little Mary my bride


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Willie Moore

Willie Moore was a king his age twenty-one
And he courted a damsel fair
Oh her eyes were as bright as the diamonds after night
And wavy black was her hair

He courted her both night and day
Till on marry they did agree
But when he came to get her parents' consent
They said that could never be

She threw herself in Willie Moore's arms
As oft time had done before
But little did he think when they parted that night
Sweet Anna he would see no more.

Oh it was about the tenth of May
The time I remember well
That very same night her body disappeared
In a way no tongue could tell

Sweet Anna was loved both far and near
Had friends most all around
And in a little brook before the cottage door
The body of sweet Anna was found

She was taken by her weeping friends
And carried to her parent's room
And there she was dressed in a shroud of snowy white
And laid in a lonely tomb

Her parents now are left alone
One mourns while the other weeps
Beneath a grassy mound before the cottage door
The body of sweet Anna sleeps

Willie Moore scarcely spoke to his friends they say
And at last from them all he did part
And the last heard from him he was in Montreal
Where he died of a broken heart

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Willie O' Winsbury
Traditional

The king had been a prisoner
And a prisoner long in Spain
And Willie of the Winsbury
Has lain long with his daughter at home

"What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Janet
Why you look so pale and wan
Have you had any sore sickness
Or yet been sleeping with a man?"

"I have not had any sore sickness
Nor yet been sleeping with a man
It is for you, my father dear,
For biding so long in Spain"

"Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown
Stand naked on the stane
That I may know you by your shape
If you be a maiden or nane"

So she cast off her berry-brown gown
Stood naked on the stone
Her apron was low, her haunches round
Her face was pale and wan

"Was it with a lord or a duke or a knight
Or a man of birth and fame
Or was it with one of my serving men
That's lately come out of Spain?"

"It wasn't with a lord or a duke or a knight
Nor a man of birth and fame
But it was with Willie of Winsbury
I could bide no longer alain"

The king has called on his merry men all
By thirty and by three
Saying "Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury
For hanged he shall be"

But when he came before the king
He was clad all in the red silk
His hair was like the strands of gold
His skin was as white as the milk

"It is no wonder," said the king
"That my daughter's love you did win
For if I was a woman, as I am a man
My bedfellow you would have been"

"Now will you marry my daughter Janet
By the truth of your right hand?
Will you marry my daughter Janet
I'll make you lord of all my land"

"Oh yes, I'll marry your daughter Janet
By the truth of my right hand
Oh yes I'll marry your daughter Janet
But I'll not be the lord of your land"

He's mounted her on a milk-white steed
Himself on a dapple grey
He has made her the lady of as much land
As she will ride in a long summer's day


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Willie Roy

His age is seven years today
He don't know what it is to play
Each night before he goes to bed
This little prayer he always says

Now I lay me down to rest
Please God please give me happiness
I'm prayin' so my dreams come true
So I can walk and play with you

His name they call him Willie Roy
He's just a little crippled boy
But now the tears roll down his cheek
I rub them off so he can sleep

Someday I hope you can go out
And play with me and walk about
I won't scold you if you should cry
So son be good my son good night

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Willin'
Lowell George

I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow.
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'.

Out on the road late at night, I seen my pretty Alice in every head light
Alice, Dallas Alice.

Chorus:
And, I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari,
Tehachapi to Tonapah.
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made.
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed.
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine,
and you show me a sign,
I'll be willin', to be movin'.

I've been kicked be the wind, robbed by the sleet,
Had my head stoved in, but I'm still on my feet and I'm still willin'.

Now I smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico,
Baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico, but I'm still...

Chorus:
And, I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari,
Tehachapi to Tonapah.
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made.
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed.
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine,
and you show me a sign,
I'll be willin', to be movin'.


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Willow Creek Dam

In the big pine woods on Willow Creek Mountain
Is where I was raised to be a man
And it seems all the good things that spawn in my memory
Are tied to that Willow Creek land
The big dozier rumbles on Willow Creek Mountain
The saw steals the life from the trees
The water is rising on Willow Creek Mountain
And the dam that they said had to be
Refrain
So dam the men who dams up the river
And dam the men who dam the life I've known
Dam the world thats so ever changing
For it robbed me of my Willow Creek home
The black smoke is rolling on Willow Creek Mountain
Her beauty will fade with the land
The world won't remember Willow Creek Mountain
Or the price paid for progress of man
* Refrain
The black smoke is rising on Willow Creek Mountain, 
From the ashes that once was my home. 
They've moved daddy's grave off of Willow Creek Mountain
To a strange ground that he's never known.
When the cold water covers Willow Creek Mountain, 
Her beauty will fade with the land. 
The world won't remember Willow Creek Mountain, 
or the price paid for progress by man.
* Refrain


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Willy Roy The Crippled Boy

His age was seven years today
He don't know what it is to play
Each night before he goes to bed
This little prayer he always says

Now I lay me down to rest
Dear God please give me happiness
I'm praying so my dreams come true
So I can walk and play with you

His name they call him Willy Roy
He's just a little crippled boy
But now the tears roll down his cheeks
I wipe them off so he can sleep

* Refrain

Someday I hope you can go out
And play with me and walk about
I won't scold if you should cry
So soon, be good, my son good night

* Refrain


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Crooked Still 
Wind And Rain

There were two sisters came walkin' down the stream
Oh the wind and rain
Older one pushed the youngest one in
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

Cause Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring
Oh the wind and rain
Didn't give the oldest one anything
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

So she pushed her into the river to drown
Oh the wind and rain
Watched her as she floated down
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

She floated 'till she came to the miller's pond
Oh the wind and rain
Cried father o father there swims a swan
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

Then out of the woods came a fidder fair
Oh the wind and rain
He plucked thirty strands of her long yellow hair
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
Oh the wind and rain
Made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
Oh the wind and rain
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a little fiddle of her own breast bone
Oh the wind and rain
The sound could melt a heart of stone
Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain

And the only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the wind and rain
Only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the dreadful wind and rain

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Yonder Mountain String Band - Wind's On Fire

Let a little light in your heart
A wild goose chase, the morning star
Any old light that shine to me
Let a little light in your heart

Burn away the fog of fear
that brings your eyes forever near
Look-y, look-y, look-y here
Burn away the fog of fear

Chorus:
Days and days on end
Ain't the wind on fire, don't it call to you
Restless, restless friend,
Ain't you higher than you've ever been

Look at the size of your skin
Where it ends and it begins
Keep on tearin' your world apart
Look at the size of your soul

Hang that ol' hangin' judge
The highest tree, it ain't enough
Keep on tearin' your soul apart
Look at the size of the world

Days and days on end
The machines will love you to bring you down
Restless, restless friend,
Ain't you higher than you've ever been

Let a little light in your heart
A wild goose chase, the morning star
Any old light that shine to me
Let a little light in your heart

[ Chorus ]

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Winding Stream, The

Oh give to me a winding stream
It must not be too wide
Where waving leaves from maple trees
Do meet from either side
The water must be deep enough
To float a small canoe
With no one else but you

   Do not disturb
   My waking dream
   The splendor of
   That winding stream
   Flower in my canoe
   Her eyes they looked me through
   A maiden fair
   With golden hair
   Is very much like you

The sparkling trout
Beneath the bank
Does leave his hiding place
King fisher
From the bow above
So eager to give chase
The spreading branches
Overhead
The sunlight peeking through
When looking dear at you

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Alison Krauss - Windy City Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We came to big city, from our little country town
And every step he takes with you, is down
And you're as cold and heartless, as your chilling winds that blow
Before you freeze his heart, please let him go

[Chorus]
Windy City; you're haunting my baby
With your bright lights and your avenues so wild
Windy City; turn loose of my baby
If you don't give him back, I'll lose my mind

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
At night I walk your sidewalks, and look in every bar
I love him even though, he's gone too far
Your swinging doors stay open, just to keep him from my side
And I'm on your lonely streets, again tonight

[Chorus]
Windy City; you're haunting my baby
With your bright lights and your avenues so wild
Windy City; turn loose of my baby
And if you don't give him back, I'll lose my mind
If you don't give him back, I'll lose my mind ...

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Alison Krauss - Windy City (Live At The Franklin Theatre, Franklin, TN/2016) Lyrics

We came to big city, from our little country town
And every step he takes with you, is down
And you're as cold and heartless, as your chilling winds that blow
Before you freeze his heart, please let him go

Windy City; you're haunting my baby
With your bright lights and your avenues so wild
Windy City; turn loose of my baby
If you don't give him back, I'll lose my mind

At night I walk your sidewalks, and look in every bar
I love him even though, he's gone too far
Your swinging doors stay open, just to keep him from my side
And I'm on your lonely streets, again tonight

Windy City; you're haunting my baby
With your bright lights and your avenues so wild
Windy City; turn loose of my baby
And if you don't give him back, I'll lose my mind
If you don't give him back, I'll lose my mind...

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Windy Mountain

    Oh, how I'd like to be upon a windy mountain
    Where the tree tops scrape the sky
    Then I would forget all my worries and my troubles
    I'll just let the wind blow them by

I how I love the sound of the wind when it's howlin
For it blows my blues away
It makes me forget the girl that I'm lovin
Lets me forget until another day

Let me hear the leaves on the trees when they are singing
Just a moment of relief is all care
For I've got no sorrow heartaches or sadness
As long as I can see the trees that sway

Oh, my friends bury me a way up on the mountain
Where that old wind will always blow
For I want to rest alone on the mountain
With the howlin wind that I love so

Tell my old lover in care you should see her
Just how much I love her she'll never know
And that I've gone to rest away upon the mountain
Where the howling wind will always blow

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Wine Take Me Away
Recorded by Merle Haggard
written by Tommy Collins and Merle Haggard

C
Warm red wine you know that place where you take me some times
         F                                     C
Where my cares have wings and fly right off my shoulder
        G7                              C                   F
Where I leave my cares behind and for a while find peace of mind
        F                   G7      C
Help me friend of mine wine take me away

F                             C
Wine take me away where I can lose myself
                                            G7
Take me where I won't even see the light of day
        C                                F                     C
It's my life and I wanna live it it's my will and I wanna give it
                            G7      C
Help me friend of mine wine take me away


When my life becomes a grind and when I'm weary and tired
          F                            C
Then I'll tell myself I need a short vacation
        G7                                    C              F
I gotta leave this lonely town and you're the quickest way I found
        C                   G7      C
Help me friend of mine wine take me away

Repeat 2

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Wings Of Angels

A child was born to be our Savior
Wise men came from near and far
To see the Jesus in the manger
The pathway lighted by the stars 

   Someday he'll wake me from the dead
   No more I'll sleep there all alone
   But carried up to Him on high
   On the wings of angels headed home 

They crucified our Lord and Savior
He humbly died there on the cross
That we might someday rise and join Him
Our souls be saved and not be lost

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Wino The Clown
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Curly Putman, Ron Hellard, Bucky Jones

C          F              C
He's got a funny red nose old baggy pants
     G7                          C
When he staggers down the street it's a funny little dance
F                          C
Children gather round when he falls down
G7                           C
Everybody laughs at wino the clown

                         F          G7                 C
They just don't know the reason why that when she died he died inside
                F                D7                G7
He lost all his will to live and he had no use for pride
C                                F                    D7
Not even all his children's love could bring him back again
G7                                                     C
He just crawled into a bottle now he's waiting for the end

Repeat #1

                         F               G7            C
They laugh when he comes down the street stumbling all alone
                         F             D7                           G7
At the way he smiles and holds his arm just as if someone's holding on
C                                 F               D7
They all think he's lost his mind talking to thin air
G7                                                    C
Oh but only me and my daddy knows that mama's walking there

Repeat #1
 
F                         C
But I never laugh when my daddy falls down
G7                        C
I'll always love wino the clown



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The Avett Brothers - Winter in My Heart 

It must be winter in my heart
There's nothing warm in there at all
I miss the summer and the spring
The floating, yellow leafs of fall
A million colors fill my eyes
The Roman candles and the stars
The calendar says July 4th, but it's still winter in my heart

They say flowers bloom in spring
Red and golden, blue and pink
They say seasons turn in time
Theirs are changing, why won't mine

It must be winter in my heart
There's nothing warm in there at all
I miss the summer and the spring
The floating, yellow leafs of fall
The air in there is frigid cold
I don't know what the reasons are
Calendar says August 1, but it's still winter in my heart

They say flowers bloom in spring
Red and golden, blue and ?ink
They say seasons turn in time
Theirs are changing, why won't mine, why won't mine

It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart
I don't know what the reasons are
It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart
I don't know what the reasons are
It must be winter in my heart
It must be winter in my heart

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Alison Krauss - Winter Of A Broken Heart Lyrics
(Nelson Mandrell)

Oh, it seems the sun will never shine
The skies are so gray
And the heart you left broken is lonely
The winter wind blows through the trees
And with the song I sing
I long for the days you loved me only.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart.

Oh, the nights will never be the same
As when the love was new
Young hearts so tender in their yearning
But seasons change and lovers too
And winter's twice as cold
But the fire in one heart is always burning.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart.

Though a million hours pass the time
And lonely is the pain
And what was love is just a spell that's broken
So blow the wind and freeze the rain
And try like lover's do
Seems our hearts have never really spoken.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart...

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Alison Krauss - Winter of a Broken heart (with Union Station) (Live) 

Oh, it seems the sun will never shine
The skies are so gray
And the heart you left broken is lonely
The winter wind blows through the trees
And with the song I sing
I long for the days you loved me only.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart.

Oh, the nights will never be the same
As when the love was new
Young hearts so tender in their yearning
But seasons change and lovers too
And winter's twice as cold
But the fire in one heart is always burning.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart.

Though a million hours pass the time
And lonely is the pain
And what was love is just a spell that's broken
So blow the wind and freeze the rain
And try like lover's do
Seems our hearts have never really spoken.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart...

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Alan Jackson - Winter Wonderland lyrics

(Dick Smith/Felix Bernard)
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistenin'
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Instrumental
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kiddies knock him down.
When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Walking in a winter wonderland,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
We'll be..  Walking in a winter wonderland...


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Winter's Night

While rovin' on one winter's night
And a-drinkin' good old wine
Thinkin' about that dear little girl
That broke this heart of mine 

For she is like some budded rose
That blooms in the month of June
She's like some music instrument
That's just been enably tuned 

Perhaps a trip to a foreign land
A trip to France or Spain
But if I go ten thousand miles
I'm a-comin' back again 

And who's a-gonna shoe your poor little foot
Who will glove your hands
Who will kiss your red ruby lips
And who will be your man

Papas gonna shoe my poor little foot
And mama will glove my hand
You can kiss my red ruby lips
And you can be my man

I love you till the sea runs dry
And the rocks all melt in the sun
I love you till the day I die
Though you will never be my own 

While rovin' on one winter's night
And drinkin' good old wine
Thinkin' about that dear little girl
That broke this heart of mine
 

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Alison Krauss - Wish I Still Had You Lyrics

Walking out on me must be the way you show me how it feels to be her
I realize the fault is mine, I'm getting everything that I deserve

It's over and older the tears seem much colder
Sunshiney days seem to be so blue
It's over and older the tears seem much colder
Each passing day I wish I still had you

My troubles would be all over now if I could only get you off my mind
And I would give a fortune now if I could only hold you one more time

It's over and older the tears seem much colder
Sunshiney days seem to be so blue
It's over and older the tears seem much colder
Each passing day I wish I still had you

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Wishing All These Old Things Were New
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C                   G7               C
Watching while some old friends do a line
                               G7           C
Holding back the want to in my own addicted mind
               C7            F            C   Am   F
Wishing it was still a thing even I could do
C                 G7              C
Wishing all these old things were new
                    G7              C
Watching while some young men go to jail
                                   G7           C
And they show it all on TV just to see somebody fail
                          C7             F               C  Am F
And I guess there's not a single thing a man like me can do
C                 G7              C
Wishing all these old things were new
G7                                C
Wishing all these old things were new
     F                       C           Am           D7    G7
Good times like the roaring '20s and the roaring '80s too
F                                  C           Am   F
Thinking about the good old days before it all fell through
C                 G7              C
Wishing all these old things were new
                       G7         C
The kids don't want my cigarettes around
                                   G7          C
They say it's time that dad should lay tobacco down
                         C7
But if I could start all over 
          F               C   Am F
Guess I'd still do what I do
C                 G7              C
Wishing all these old things were new
 
Repeat #3
                  G7              C
Wishing all these old things were new

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Wishing Waltz

The wedding bells chimed for somebody else
I wish they were ringing for me
And though I was hopin' someday you'd be mine
I guess that it never can be

Wishing wishing never again to be lonely
Waiting praying you know that I love you only so

When you are laughing with somebody else
You know I'll be cryin' for you
I may be smilin' to cover my tears
While waltzing with somebody new
And wishing that someone was you

I'm waltzing with somebody else in my arms
But you're still the one in my heart
I'm always dreamin' of our used to be
Wishing we had a new start

I keep on wishing and hoping you'll find
That I am the right one for you
I may be waltzing with somebody else
But darlin' I'll always be true
'Til I'm wishing and waltzing with you

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Wishing Well Blues
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Marshall Wilborn

C                          Am
There's a sign on the cafe window 
        F             G7   C
It says closed please call again
                                Am
If only you'd been wearing that sign on your heart 
  D7                             G7
I never would have tried to come in
         C         Am
Cause if true love will make you survive
       F       G7         C
When a pushing comes to a shove
                       G7       Am
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide 
      F              G7       C
As to try and go and win your love
              F            C
So throw me a penny in the wishing well
F           G7            C
Knocking my fist from the wood
                   F             C
Sometimes I got to laugh at this funny old world
D7                            G7
When crying seems to do me no good
           C                           Am      C
There were nights when I wander on the streets alone
           F           G7    C
I see your face in the stars above
                       G7       Am            G7
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide 
      F              G7       C
As to try and go and win your love
                            Am           F       G7   C
There's a sign on the hotel doorway that says no vacancy
                      Am
If only I'd known you felt that way
             D7                   G7
I could have smiled and walked on by
             C              Am                G7
I heard that true love will lift you off your feet
   F              G7         C
As if you had the wings of a dove
                       F        Am            G7
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide 
      F              G7       C
As to try and go and win your love
              F            C
So throw me a penny in the wishing well
F           G7            C
Knocking my fist from the wood
                   F             C
Sometimes I got to laugh at this funny old world
D7                            G7
When crying seems to do me no good
C                                        Am      C
There were nights when I wandered on the streets alone
           F           G7    C
I see your face in the stars above
                       F        Am            G7
But I may as well have tried to hold back the tide 
      F              G7       C
As to try and go and win your love
                       G7       Am            G7
Yes I may as well have tried to hold back the tide 
      F              G7       C
As to try and go and win your love

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The Incredible String Band - Witches Hat 

Certainly the children have seen them
In quiet places where the moss grows green
Colored shells jangle together
The wind is cold, the year is old, the trees whisper together
And bend in the wind they lean

La la la

Oh, next week a monkey is coming to stay

If I was a witches hat
Sitting on her head like a paraffin stove
I'd fly away and be a bat
Across the air I would rove

Stepping like a tightrope walker
Putting one foot after another
Wearing black cherries for rings

La la la
...

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The Incredible String Band - Witches Hat - 2010 Remastered Version 

certainly the children have seen them
in quiet places where the moss grows green

coloured shells jangle together
the wind is cold the year is old the trees whisper together
and bend in the wind they lean

next week a monkey is coming to stay

if I was a witches hat
sitting on her head like a paraffin stove
I'd fly away and be a bat
across the air I would rove

stepping like a tightrope walker
putting one foot after another
wearing black cherries for rings

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Dolly Parton - With Bells On lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on
I've traveled around this country crossed the waters deep and wide
Made lots of friends and memories brought joy to other's lives
It's Christmas time again another year has come and gone
And I can't keep from wonderin' how the old folks are at home
I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on
When the snow is on the meadow and the sleigh bells jingle bright
And the kids are singing jingle bells around the Christmas lights
As daddy stokes the fire and mama puts the turkey on
There ain't nothing going to slow me down this Christmas I'll be home
I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on


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With Care From Someone

You stood not near
Yet hear so clear
Your story had to start
The jingle sun
Has really run
Into my aching heart
And now we shall see
What the future will bring
As we swing freely as one
And now we shall know
What love will show us has begun
So here's to you
With care from someone
This evening came
But not the same
As yesterday had been
Today had come
You're with someone
To hold now deep within
And maybe we'll find
This time is designed
For finding the meaning of one
And now we will know
What love will show us has begun
So here's to you
With care from someone
And now we shall see
What the future will bring
As we swing freely as one
And now we shall know
What love will show us has begun
So here's to you
With care from someone


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With Half a Heart

Artist: The Bluegrass Cardinals
Album: Cardinal Soul
I never thought I'd see the day 
That you'd come to me and say 
You were sorry we'd ever met
I guess it all just goes to show
How little one can really know
Somebody that's forgotten you can bet 
I'll never again risk all my chips 
On laughing eyes and lying lips
I may risk some but I'll hold back a card
Burnt child always fears the fire
And she may fill me with desire 
I'll do my loving with half a heart 
Half a love is better than none
I may miss out on half the fun
But it won't me hurt me half as much if we should part
I may not feel just half the bliss if we shared just half a kiss
But I'll always be left with half a heart 
I only wish that I could be sure 
That the next girl that loves me
Love completely with her heart and soul 
But I'm afraid she'll let me down
And laugh at me all over town
So I'm gonna keep my self control
He who loves and gone away
Love again another day
Be my model from the very start
I'll never again be taken in by twinkle and dimpled chin
I'll do my lovin' with half a heart


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Dolly Parton - With You Gone lyrics

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, what will do I with you gone?
Sitting in my lonely room just staring at the wall
For lack of something else to do I count the tears that fall
Trying to get it through my head you don't care at all
What am I gonna do with you gone?
What does life hold for me anymore?
With you gone what once mattered don't matter no more
You still have the key to my heart and my door
What am I gonna do with you gone, with you gone?
I can hear the lonesome whistle of a passing train
I can feel my heart beat a rhythm with the pouring rain
Realizing that my life won't ever be the same
What am I gonna do with you gone?
Will I ever be happy again?
With you gone my whole world has just come to an end
Will I ever forget you, or will I forget
What am I gonna do with you gone, with you gone?
With you gone, What does life hold for me anymore?
With you gone what once mattered don't matter no more
And you still have the key to my heart and my door
What am I gonna do with you gone, with you gone?
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, what will do I with you gone?


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Richard Thompson - Withered And Died 

This cruel country has driven me down
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied
I've only sad stories to tell to this town
My dreams are withered and died

Once I was bending the tops of the trees
Kind words in my ear kind faces to see
Then I struck up with a gal from the West
Played run and hide, she played run and hide
Count one to ten and she's gone with the rest
My dreams are withered and died

Silver moon sail up and silver moon shine
On the waters so wide, waters so wide
Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine
My dreams are withered and died

If I was a butterfly live for a day
And I could be free just blowing away
This cruel country has driven me down
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied
I've only sad stories to tell to this town
My dreams are withered and died
My dreams are withered and died

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Without You On My Side
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

G
A day with no sleep a night with no love
                           A7
And life without you on my side
    G
And if I had to lay down without you on my side
B7                             Em        A7
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
        G                   C
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
    G                     C
And it would all start to grieve me
    G       D7    G
Without you on my side
A day with no sleep a night with no love
                           A7
And life without you on my side
    G
And if I had to lay down without you on my side
B7                             Em        A7
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
        G                   C
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
    G                     C
And it would all start to grieve me
    G       D7    G
Without you on my side
 
            D7    G
Without you on my side

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Wolverton Mountain
Merle Kilgore / Claude King

They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain
If you're looking for a wife
Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young daughter
He's mighty handy with a gun and a knife

Chorus:
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should {wander, enter} there

All of my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain
I want his daughter for my wife
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain
Though Clifton Clowers he may take my life

Chorus

I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain
It's too lonesome down here below
It's just not right to hide his daughter
From the one who loves her so

Chorus

I'm a gonna going up on Wolverton Mountain I don't care about Clifron Clovers
I'm a gonna going up on Wolverton Mountain even if it takes me a hundred hours
I'm a gonna going up on Wolverton Mountain I don't care about Clifron Clovers


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Wolverton Mountain Man
Tribute for Claude King:
Wolverton Mountain Man (Larry W Jones 03/20/2013) (song#6679)
 
Well, I was just a young lad going with the flow
When I first heard Claude King sing on the radio
I was at a soda fountain in Louisian
Listnin' 'bout a big bad Wolverton Mountain man
Now, old man Clowers made good hard liquor brandy
With a gun and a knife he was mighty handy
He had a pretty young daughter with raven hair
But Wolverton bears and birds protected her there
(instrumental)
Now I'm an older man and time goes marching on
And it was in March when I heard Claude King was gone
I wonder if he ever kissed Clifton's daughter's sweet lips
Or if he married that girl on one of his trips
I know Claude King climbed up on Wolverton Mountain
Cause all of his dreams were with that young girl he loved
He took his chances up on Wolverton Mountain
It was too lonesome down below than up above
Well, I was just a young lad going with the flow
When I first heard Claude King sing on the radio
Up on that Wolverton Mountain he loved her so
http://kingwoodkowboy.com/WolvertonMountainMan.html


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Woman in Love
Peter Rowan

Oh, here I go again
Fallin' in love with you
My heart won't beat slow again
Since I fell in love with you

Well, a woman in love, she lets her hair hang down
She stays at home with the lights turned down
She's warm and naive
Her heart is light she's a woman in love

Well, a woman in love, she wants her man to stay
Every thing she has, she'll throw it all away
For that man she loves
She's a woman in love

Oh, here I go again
Fallin' in love with you
My heart won't beat slow again
Since I fell in love with you

Well, a woman in love is like a moon growin' full
Like a high tide risin', you can feel the pull
Of the heart of the woman
A woman in love

Well, a woman in love is like a garden in June
Like a blossomin' flower breathin' to fume
And I'm really in feelin' her heart beatin' fast
My woman's in love

Oh, here I go again
Fallin' in love with you
My heart won't beat slow again
Since I fell in love with you

A woman in love

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Richard Thompson - Woman Or A Man? 

I stepped on the dance floor feeling very cool
I thought I saw an angel sitting on a stool
I just couldn't tell, you'll think I'm a fool
If she was a woman or a man

She was the kind of woman that a man could crave
From her high-heeled shoes to her permanent wave
Except maybe she was needing a shave
Was she a woman or a man?

I asked her to dance and I took her by the hand
She held me so tight, it was hard for me to stand
Built like a lumberjack, I couldn't understand
If she was a woman or a man

Well, I walked her home at a quarter past four
My heart was thumping as we ducked in the door
And then when she kissed me I thought I was sure
If she was a woman or a man

She stole my wallet and she knocked me off my feet
She tied on her roller skates and made her retreat
All I found was a blond wig lying in the street
Was she a woman or a man?

Well, I don't care if she seemed unkind
She stole my heart and she robbed me blind
I love her so much that I still wouldn't mind
If she was a woman or a man

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Woman You Won't Break Mine
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Jim Rushing and Hunter Moore

G
Your momma dressed you in petticoats 
                     F
And satin shoes that shined
    C                G
She pictured you her China doll 
        A7              D7
But you were of another mind
        G
Now you saw yourself in the rodeo 
                         C
With the best bulldog in town
    A#7                 C
You went and broke your momma's heart 
    D7                    G
But woman you won't break mine
The first time I laid eyes on you 
                F
You were eatin' dirt
    C                G
You got right up and shook it off 
    A7                      D7
And I was thinkin' you were hurt
           G
Now you're standin' there 
                                       C
And telling me our love has to wait in line
    A#7                 C
You went and broke your momma's heart 
    D7                    G
But woman you won't break mine
         C
You're a hard chargin' woman 
           A#7            F
And that's somethin' I've admired
       C                G
But if you can't show a tender side 
A7                    D7
Love's gonna lose its fire
   G
So Honey sit down and think it through 
                 C
and if you're so inclined
    A#7                 C
You went and broke your momma's heart 
    D7                    G
But woman you won't break mine
Love alone was just a word 
                     F
But that's the way I felt
      C                  G
While you lived out your fantasies 
A7                 D7
Thinkin' about yourself
    G
Now if you're ever gonna make a change 
                       C
Sweetheart this is the time
    A#7                 C
You went and broke your momma's heart 
    D7                    G
But woman you won't break mine
         C
You're a hard chargin' woman 
           A#7            F
And that's somethin' I've admired
       C                G
But if you can't show a tender side 
A7                    D7
Love's gonna lose its fire
   G
So Honey sit down and think it through 
                 C
and if you're so inclined
    A#7                 C
You went and broke your momma's heart 
    D7                    G
But woman you won't break mine
         C
You're a hard chargin' woman 
           A#7            F
And that's somethin' I've admired
       C                G
But if you can't show a tender side 
A7                    D7
Love's gonna lose its fire
   G
So Honey sit down and think it through 
                 C
and if you're so inclined
    A#7                 C
You went and broke your momma's heart 
    D7                    G
But woman you won't break mine
Repeat last verse
A#7   C     D7                    G
Woman woman woman you won't break mine

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The Incredible String Band - Womankind 

I sing for love of womankind
I have one in my heart and mind
Low, my heart aches for her

My soul swims naked in her streams
And in her meadows lies to dream
Hay, what need to waken

Her breast blow blossom in my hands
Her eyes shine moons on secret lands
As through my clouds her raven thoughts go flying

Space nearly parts and nearly joins
Love's magic song moans through her loins
Well, hay, the lead long sweets of loving

May she glow always in her sun
Have nothing lost and nothing won
Oh, now what fear can chain her?

Oh, blessed is he who joys and grieves
Who wears the coat the rainbow weaves
Low, around his body

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The Incredible String Band - Womankind - 2010 Remastered Version 

Womankind

I sing for love of womankind,
I have one in my heart and mind,
Low, my heart aches for her.

My soul swims naked in her streams,
And in her meadows lies to dream,
Hay, what need to waken.

Her breast blow blossom in my hands,
Her eyes shine moons on secret lands,
As through my clouds her raven thoughts go flying.

Space nearly parts and nearly joins,
Love's magic song moans through her loins,
Well hay, the lead long sweets of loving.

May she glow always in her sun,
have nothing lost and nothing won,
Oh, now what fear can chain her?

Oh blessed is he who joys and grieves Who wears the coat the rainbow weaves Lo, around his body.

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Lonesome River Band - Won't Be Over You

I might lie awake in the dead of night
A prisoner of the moon;
I might curse this world and yell at God
But it won't be over you.

I might press this poison to my lips
Drown myself in ninety-proof;
Wash up on the rocks of an empty glass
But it won't be over you.

I might walk the floor, I might climb the walls
Honey tears might fall like rain;
In the sea of love, I will die of thirst
Before I call your name.
Yes someday this ol' heart of mine might break in two
But it won't be over you.

They might lock me up in a padded cell
Call me crazy as a loon;
Might be tortured by some true love lost
But it won't be over you.

I might walk the floor, I might climb the walls
Honey tears might fall like rain;
In the sea of love, I will die of thirst
Before I call your name.
Yes someday this ol' heart of mine might break in two
But it won't be over you.

When my bones grow weary of this world
And my days are numbered few;
Yes I'll have regrets but when I hang my head
It won't be over you.

Yes someday this ol' heart of mine might break in two,
But it won't be over you.
No it won't be over, no it won't be over you.

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Won't It Be Wonderful There
Recorded by George Jones
Written by James Rowe
[3/4 time]

G                       C         G
When with the Savior we enter the glory land
                      D7
Won't it be wonderful there
G                      C            G
Ended the troubles and cares of the story land
            D7        G
Won't it be wonderful there


Won't it be wonderful there
                     D7
Having no burdens to bear
G                     C             G
Joyously singing with heart-bells a-ringing
            D7        G
Won't it be wonderful there

                         C               G
Walking and talking with Christ the Supernal One
                      D7
Won't it be wonderful there
G                    C          G
Praising adoring the Matchless Eternal One
            D7        G
Won't it be wonderful there

repeat #2

                             C        G
There where the tempest will never be sweeping us
                      D7
Won't it be wonderful there
G                     C            G
Sure that forever the Lord will be keeping us
            D7        G
Won't it be wonderful there

repeat #2



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Won't You Save Your Heart For Me

Chorus:
Won't you save your heart for me. 
I'll make it worth your time. 
Love like yours is so hard to find, 
won't you save your heart for me.
Verse 1:
I'm not the stayin' kind, 
that's why it's so hard for me. 
I've been a rambler for a long, long time, 
and your friends are telling you I'll always be. 
Chorus:
Verse 2:
I've never felt way before, 
you make me want to settle down. 
But the highway's calling right outside your door, 
I'll dream about you 'til the next time around.
Chorus:


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Wonderful City, The

I'm waiting watching and longing
That beautiful sight to behold
When I shall awake some bright morning
In that city with streets of pure gold

My savior has gone to prepare it
For all who accept his grace
And that's why I know I'll be welcome
To a home in that wonderful place

   When I reach my home in that city
   Shall I find you waiting up there
   With the saints who have gone on before us
   To that beautiful home so fair
   My whole heart is set upon heaven
   Where my savior's face I shall see
   And live in the light of his glory
   Throughout all eternity

Yodel

He bids us to work in His vineyard
To toil for Him early and late
What a glorious reward for our labor
To enter that beautiful gate

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Won't You Come And Sing For Me

I feel the shadows now upon me
And the angels beckon to me
Before I go dear sisters and brothers
Won't you come and sing for me

   Sing those hymns we sang together
   In that plain little church with the benches all worn
   How dear to my heart how precious the moments
   We stood shaking hands and singing a song

My burden is heavy my way has grown weary
I have traveled a road that is long
And it would warm this old heart my dear brother
If you come and sing me one song

In my home beyond the dark river
Your sweet faces no more I will see
Until we meet where there's no more sad parting
Won't you come and sing for me

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Wood And Wire
Recorded by George Jones
written by Kenny Beard and Michael Mahler

C
Find a dream  put off for the families needs 
F                            C
He puts in eight down at the factory 
F                              C
When he gets home his feet are tired 
F                             Am
If he had his way he'd been a working 
         C        G7       C
With his hands on wood and wire 

        F                C
Saginaw spruce Tennessee maple 
                                 G7
Sears and Roebuck  Black Diamond strings 
        Am    F            C
Late at night he fans that fire 
                           G7       C
When he grabs hold of that wood and wire 


Days  years  his dream just disappears 
F                         C
They never once heard him complaining 
F                         C
They're every wish is his desire 
F                              Am
And without them he might have made it 
         C        G7       C
With his hands on wood and wire 

Repeat #2
 
F                      C
If you ask him he will tell you 
        F             G7
That he don't have no regrets 
           Am       F         C
Then he'll take his calloused fingers 
                G7           C
And let 'em fly across those frets 
 
Repeat #2

        Am    F            C
Late at night he fans that fire 
                           G7       C
When he grabs hold of that wood and wire

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Woodstock
Joni Mitchell

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an' get my soul free

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who l am
But you know life is for learning

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation

We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden


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Woody Lady

Sit down lady, we must talk
There is something I must say to you
I's been a ling and lonely walk we've had together
I must tell you that we're through
This woody guitar I hold in my hand
She will never set me free
No matter how much I love you, sweet lady
That's the way it's always been for me

Cause I hear a song
Lifted in the wind and I'll be gone
To try it onece again
This woody lady will always with me
She's the only kind of love I seem to need

You say that she can't love like you
I guess that what you say it true
You say that she will leave me old and sad and sorry
Like all woody ladies do
You know if I could change my mind
I wouldn't be this way at all
I'd take you back home to the fire with me, lady
But I know that someday I would fall

I'd hear a song
Lifted in the wind and I'd be gone
To try it once again
This woody lady will always be with me
She's the only kind of love I seem to need


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Alan Jackson - Work In Progress lyrics

Ok, I forgot about the trash
I didn't trim the long hairs on my mustache
I did buy you a ring ( I believe it was back in '93)
Alright, I admit, I forgot our anniversary
I did pick up the baby
This mornin at the nursery
That ain't no big thing
It's a gold star for me
Chorus:
You get tired and disgusted with me
And i can't be just what you want me to be
I still love ya and I try real hard
I swear one day you'll have a brand new car
I even ask the lord to try and help me
He looked down from heaven, said to tell ya to please
"Just be patient, I'm a work in progress"
I'm sorry I got mad while waiting in the truck
It seemed like hours for you to get all dressed up
Just to go to Shoney's
On a Wednesday night
I read that book you gave me about Mars and Venus
I think it's sinkin in but I probably need to reread it
But, I'm starting to see now
What you've been saying is right
Chorus
I know you meant well when you bought those clogs
But my heels get hot down by the muffler on my hog
I'm sure they're stylish
But, I'll take my boots
And, I try to do that health thing like you want me to do
But that low fat, no fat is getting hard to chew
Now I love you're cookin' honey
But, sometimes, I need some real food
Chorus
Oh honey just be patient now, I'm a work in progress.


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Alan Jackson - Working Class Hero lyrics
(Alan Jackson/Don Sampson)

A callused right hand
Holds a shiny gold watch
For thirty years spent on the clock
But you won't see no tears
>From this workin' class hero
He's always been hard as a rock
But he knows he's too old
To really start over
Besides he just wouldn't know how
I guess he's just glad
That he's not alone
But he's got to wonder what now
'Cause there's no hall of fame for that working class hero
No statute carved out of stone
And his greatest reward is the love of a woman
And his children
So after he's gone
That old working class hero lives on
That three-bedroom house
He built in the '50s
Seems so much bigger today
With just him and mama
And not many bills
'Cause all of the kids moved away
What he's done with his life
Might not be remembered
But he's got every right to be proud
'Cause the blood sweatin' years
Of this workin' class hero
Is really what livin's about
'Cause there's no hall of fame for that working class hero
No statute carved out of stone
And his greatest reward is the love of a woman
And his children
So after he's gone
That old workin' class hero lives on
Yes, that workin' class hero lives on
That workin' class hero lives on


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Dolly Parton - Working Girl lyrics

Some men find her sexy, some men disagree
But if she's not, it's not because she doesn't want to be
She wears a push-up bra from Freddericks, five inch high heel shoes
Maybelline and Rubinstein, and Avon's best perfume
She's a working girl
Chorus:
She's a working girl, she is single and free
She's a mother and wife and she's proud to be
A working girl
Some find her to aggressive, she don't know how to stop
Cause she's the kind that don't look down until it's from the top
She's elegant and stylish, French perfume and a fur
Designer clothes by Halston and Diane Von Furstenburg
And she's a working girl
Repeat Chorus
She has taken her place among the tallest of trees
But she weeps like a willow when she's brought to her knees
Cause she's a working girl
You'll find her dressed according to standard uniform
Cause she must dress in comfort for the job she must perform
She has so many faces, she wears so many names
She goes so many places and she does so many things
Cause she's a working girl
Repeat Chorus
Fade:
Repeat Chorus Twice


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Working Hard Ain't Hardly Working Anymore 

[Verse 1]
We tried to work it out and give our love a chance
But it will never be the way it was before
We worked and we sacrificed to find our happiness
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore

[Chorus]
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore
Workin' overtime to hold onto the love we had before
I just clocked out and my bags are waitin' for me at the door
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore

[Verse 2]
If I knew that we had half a chance to make our love grow strong
There's no way I'd be walkin' out the door
But I'm tired of slavin' every day and never gainin' ground
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore

[Chorus]
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore
Workin' overtime to hold onto the love we had before
I just clocked out and my bags are waitin' for me at the door
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore

[Chorus]
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore
Workin' overtime to hold onto the love we had before
I just clocked out and my bags are waitin' for me at the door
Workin' hard ain't hardly workin' anymore

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Dolly Parton - Working Man lyrics

Coal miners, old and young, dirty and dusty coveralls
Silver lunch can in hand
Going down the rake, father and son
Carrying on that age old tradition
You see they are working men
CHORUS
It's a working man I am and I've been down underground
And I swear by God if I ever see the sun
Over any length of time, I can hold it in my mind
Then I will never again go down underground
At the age of sixteen years, he quarreled with his peers
And he swears there will never be another on
In the dark recess of the mine, where you age before your time
And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs
REPEAT CHORUS
At the age of sixty-four, if he lives that long, he'll greet you at the door
And he'll gently lead you by the arm
In the dark recess of the mine, he can take you back in time
Tell you of the hardships that were there
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
No, I never again will go down underground


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Working Man Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard

G
It's a big job just getting by with nine kids and a wife
          
I been a working man dang near all my life 
        C                                       G
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use 
     D7
I'll drink my beer in a tavern 
                           C           G
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
I keep my nose on the grindstone I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend after I draw my pay
                 C
But I'll go back working come Monday morning 
                        G
I'm right back with the crew
     D7
I'll drink a little beer that evening 
                           C           G
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Sometimes I think about leaving do a little bumming around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
              C                                               G
But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
     D7
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern
                          C           G
Cry a little bit of these working man blues
Hey hey the working man the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare that's one place I won't be
              C                                       G
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
  D7
I drink a little beer in a tavern
                           C           G
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
repeat #3
     D7
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern
                          C           G
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

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Working On A Building

If I was a sinner I'll tell you what I would do
I'd quit my sinning and I'd work on the building, too

I'm working on a building, I'm working on a building
I'm worknig on a building, for my Lord, for my Lord
It's a holy ghost building, it's a holy ghost building
It's a holy ghost building, for my Lord, for my Lord

If I was a gambler, I'll tell you what I would do
I'd quit my gambling and I'd work on the building, too

* Refrain

If I was a drunkard I'll tell you what I would do
I'd quit my drinking and I'd work on the building, too

* Refrain

If I was a preacher, I'll tell you what I would do
I'd keep on preaching and I'd work on the building, too

* Refrain


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Working On A Road
I'm Workin' on a Road (to Gloryland) 
Lester Flatt 1960

Chorus:
I'm workin' on a road, that leads to Glory.
I want to shake my Saviour's hand.
I'm building my hope, from things eternal.
I'm workin' on a road, to Gloryland.
Each day I get so lonely,
while living here below.
My Saviour's waiting patiently,
I'm planning, now, to go.
I want a firm foundation,
that's built with Gods own hand.
So, now I've started building
a road to Gloryland.
Chorus:
I'm workin' on a road, that leads to Glory.
I want to shake my Saviour's hand.
I'm building my hope, from things eternal.
I'm workin' on a road, to Gloryland.
Oh listen to me sinners,
Don't you want to go?
You know we have no promise,
of living here below.
You know he suffered, for our sins
and died, upon the cross.
For all who did believe on Him,
their souls will not be lost.
Chorus:
I'm workin' on a road, that leads to Glory.
I want to shake my Saviour's hand.
I'm building my hope, from things eternal.
I'm workin' on a road, to Gloryland.
And when this road is finished,
I want to travel on.
I can hear the angels singin',
up there around the throne.
I want to see my mother
and take her by the hand.
As soon as I have finshed
the road to Gloryland.
Chorus:
I'm workin' on a road, that leads to Glory.
I want to shake my Saviour's hand.
I'm building my hope, from things eternal.
I'm workin' on a road, to Gloryland.


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Brad Paisley - Working On A Tan lyrics

She's got the focus
she's got the time
she's got a deeper shade in mind
She's got headphones
She's got spring break Swimsuit and Coppertone 8 
She's working on a tan
She's sitting in the sand chilling in a chair, flower in her hair margarita in her hand
Soaking up the sun getting next to nothing done
there's a term paper due in a week or two only she don't give a damn
She's working on a tan
working on a tan 
All the Kappa Sigma boys been lifting weights hitting that gym drinking protein shakes
they got a cooler full of beer and it's loaded in the jeep why do you think they're going to the 
Beach 
Because she's working on a tan
She's sitting in the sand, chilling in a chair, flower in her hair margarita in her hand
Soaking up the sun getting next to nothing done
shes attracting a crowd got their tongues hanging out but she don't give a damn
She's working on a tan
working on a tan 
Yeah so many things run thing her mind?.reapply
So this week while you are stuck in your cubicle or your serving Starbucks or you're still in 
School
far from rubbing sunscreen on your skin sorry but I have to rub it in 
She's working on a tan
She's sitting in the sand, chilling in a chair, flower in her hair margarita in her hand
Soaking up the sun getting next to nothing done
forget her grades forget her GPA she don't give a damn
She's working on a tan
working on a tan


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Alison Krauss - World from Way Up Here

Wish I may. Wish I might. Upon my favorite star.
Let me see, let me feel the world from where you are.
Someday soon, Mr. moon I will touch your face.
I'll flutter by, lady butterfly.
Challenge eagles to a chase.
Round and round, and up and down.
No boundaries no fears. My heart was born to dream
to see the world from way up here.
Mountain high, valley low.
Where the wind is free. I will see,
I will know the world the angels see.
Mr. sun, I will run rings around your sky.
Down below they'll finally know that this heart was
made to fly.  Round and round,
and up and down. No boundaries no fears.
My heart was born to dream to see the world from way
up here.  Way up here, playing hide and seek in rainbows.
Way up here, where I'm supposed to be.
My heart was born to dream to see the world from way
up here.  My heart was born to dream to see the world from way up here.


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World Of Forgotten People
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Loretta Lynn

G                 C        G         C
I live in a world world of forgotten people
                            G              D7
Who've loved and lost their hearts so many times
              G     C        G         C
I'm here in a world world of forgotten people
                     G      D7        G
Where every heart is aching just like mine

                        D7                G                C
Well I've loved and I've been loved but I had the reckless heart
                      G            D7
And the many dreams I had are torn apart
      G           D7            G            C
Now I find that I was wrong too late I'm all alone
           D7              G
Alone in a world of broken heart

Repeat #1 x2



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Osborne Brothers - World of Unwanted  

I live in a world of unwanted
Nothing seems right, everything's unfair
I live in a world of unwanted
No one knows me, no one seems to care.

A world of unwanted
Where dreams fall apart
The door will be open
With one broken heart.

But I'll stay in this world of unwanted
Sadness and heartaches will never set me free
I'm left in a world of unwanted
So unwanted for someone like me.

So unwanted for someone like me...

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World's Biggest Fool
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Byron Hill and Darrell Hayes
 
G
I'm not that lonely anymore
  D7     G
I hardly ever walk the floor
        C         D7           G
I don't cry every night like I used to
D7         G
No I don't wear your stupid ring
  D7       G
I wouldn't hang on to the thing
         C            D7           G
It's the last thing I have to hold on to
       A7                      D7
And if you believe that you'll believe anything
   A7                    D7
So while I've got your undivided attention
  G                         A7
I think I've discovered the truth
       D7                        G
One of us is the world's biggest fool
   
I took your pictures off the wall
        D7      G
There's nothing left 'round here at all
   C            D7           G
To remind me of when we were together
D7           G
Yeah life is perfect everyday
D7            G
There ain't a thing that I would change
      C            D7              G
And I hope that it stays like this forever
Repeat #2
        
Yeah I blame you and you blame me
       D7        G
That's what they said in therapy
       C              D7               G
Now we say that we're through with one another
D7         G
I hope the dog is doing fine
D7         G
No I still haven't changed my mind
        C           D7             G
And you know I love livin' with my mother
Repeat #2
  
                                    A7
Oh yeah I think I've discovered the truth
       D7                        G
One of us is the world's biggest fool

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The Incredible String Band - Worlds They Rise And Fall 

Worlds they rise and fall
Within her eyes
She gives the eagle wings
To fly her skies

Upon her breath
The four winds
Live and die
And sometimes
It's all I can do is bow to her

But when the moon is misty
Through the trees
Right now, she says, "I want to be
Your little girl"

Stars well, they glow and fade
Around her dance
For her the steep is climbed

The gulf is spanned
She lives, she lives
The bards sing
Around her stand

And sometimes
It's all I can do is bow to her

But when the moon is misty
Through the trees
Right now, she says, "I want to be
Your little girl, your little girl"

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Doc Watson & Merle Watson 
Worried Blues

I got those worried blues
And I got those worried blues
I got those worried blues
I got those worried blues
Lord, I'm a-going where I never been before

I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
I'm going where the climate suits my clothes

Honey babe, don't leave me now
Honey babe, don't leave me now
Oh, honey babe, don't leave me now
Honey babe, don't leave me now
I got trouble in my mind

Listen to that cold whistle blow
Lord, listen to that cold whistle blow
Listen to that cold whistle blow
Listen to that cold whistle blow
I'm going where I'm never been before

So I got those worried blues, Lord
I got the worried blues
I got the worried blues
And I got the worried blues
I'm a-going where I never been before

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Osborne Brothers - Worried Man Blues  

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.

I went across the river now I lay down to sleep
I went across the river now I lay down to sleep
I went across the river now I lay down to sleep
When I woke up I had shackles on my feet.

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.

--- Instrumental ---

Train that I ride is fourteen coaches long
Train that I ride is fourteen coaches long
Train that I ride is fourteen coaches long
The girl I love is on that train and gone.

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.

--- Instrumental ---

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long...

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Wouldn't Be So Bad
Alison Krauss & Union Station

Take me back to Anona street
Fill my glass again
With a bittersweet
Cause I don't wanna see
The life I have
Thought the next time around
Wouldn't be so bad

Same mistake that I made before
I'll be waking up
On the kinlin' floor
While the bells are ringing
So low and sad
Thought the next time around
Wouldn't be so bad

Same mistake that I made before
I'll be waking up
On the kinlin' floor
I remember how
I made you mad
Thought the next time around
Wouldn't be so bad

I Thought the next time around
Wouldn't be so bad
Thought the next time around
Wouldn't be so bad


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Wouldn't I
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman

C                                  F                C
I don't suppose you'd like to come with me and slip away
   G7            C
Oh wouldn't I oh wouldn't I
                              F                         C
But if I woke up in your arms would you still feel this way
   G7            C
Oh wouldn't I oh wouldn't I
                                       F               C
You wouldn't risk the love you have at home to be with me
   G7            C
Oh wouldn't I oh wouldn't I
                              F                C
I know you could out love her if you and I was free
   G7            C
Oh wouldn't I oh wouldn't I
F                           C
Wouldn't it be great if the fickle hands of fate
                                       D7 G7
And just us and when we were young and free
    C                                    F            C
But somehow it's just not fair yes we've made quite a pair
   G7             F        C
Oh wouldn't we oh wouldn't we

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Dolly Parton - Wouldn't It Be Great lyrics
Writer Loretta Lynn
Copyright 1985

Wouldn't it be fine if you could love me
Just one time with a sober mind
Wouldn't that be fine
Now wouldn't that be fine
Wouldn't that be great
Throw the old glass crutch away and watch it break
Wouldn't that be great
It's for our sake
Wouldn't that be great
Wouldn't it be great
If you could love me first and let the bottle wait
Now wouldn't that be great
Wouldn't that be great
Wouldn't that be great
Wouldn't that be great
Throw the old glass crutch away and watch it break
Wouldn't that be great
It's for our sake
Wouldn't that be great
Wouldn't it be good
And I know you could if you just would
Wouldn't it be good
And you know you could


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Wouldn't That Be Something
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Freddy Powers
 
G                D7
Wouldn't that be something
     C                   D7                 G
If I spread my wings and showed you I could fly away
                 D7
Wouldn't that be something
                                      G              G7
If I asked you to fly with me on some wild and windy day
                     C
Now wouldn't that be something
If we both fell together
                                           G
And you threw your arms around me like you needed me
                 D7                         G
Wouldn't that be something wouldn't that be something
                        C                 G
You'd probably laugh if you could see the dream I had last night
Em                      A7            D7
You and I together on a maiden rocket flight
G                                    C                G
You were seated next to me with that happy frightened look 
                                  D7               G
You and I got young again on that rocket flight we took
                     D7
Now wouldn't that be something
       C                D7           G
If you looked at me and saw somebody great again
                 D7
Wouldn't that be something
                                  G          G7
If you said to me Today I Started Loving You Again
Repeat #2,1,2
                 D7
Wouldn't that be something 
                     G
Now wouldn't that be something

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Wouldn't Change You If I Could

I wouldn't change a single thing about you if I could
The way you are just suits me to a tee
A princess in a story book a King upon his throne
That's what we are and you belong to me

I wouldn't change you if I could I love you as you are
You're all that I would wish for if I wished upon a star
An angel sent from heaven you're everything that's good
You're perfect just the way you are
I wouldn't change you if I could

Your eyes your lips your tehder smile I'd leave them as they are
And come what may I'd never change a thing
And if I were a potter and you a piece of clay
The only thing I'd change would be your name

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Richard Thompson - Wounding Myself 

I know where you lay your head down
In the dirty back alleys in town
Feeding your head with cocaine
Whiskey and lies, lies, lies

It's like sticking a knife in my side
The way that you bottled your pride
I'm scared to see you
I'm scared to look in your eyes, eyes, eyes

Nothing makes sense about you
You friends use the past tense about you
I can't help where life shoved you
You hurt everyone who ever loved you
And now I'm just wounding myself, wounding myself

You always wanted to know
The depths to which you could go
Did you know you'd break every promise
On the way down, down, down

And the spiders that crawl in your head
Make you say the mean words that you say
It hurts to lose you, it hurts to love you
So I'll just say, see you around

What's the point in despairing
What's the point of even caring
You turned your back on everyone
Gone down like the setting sun 

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Wrap Your Love In Golden Paper
BMI Work #: 9228006
Wrap Your Love In Golden Paper (Larry W. Jones 11/02/2007) (song#5136)

You opened up my heart and your love came in
You opened up my heart and your love came in
Your love is shining in my world
Like sunshine on my shoes
As the days of my life unfurl
My sunshine, dear, is you
I'm gonna wrap your love in golden paper
And here is what I'm gonna do
Gonna unwrap it on some foggy morning
And let your love come shining through
You opened up my heart and your love came in
You opened up my heart and your love came in
- instrumental -
Sometimes this life will make you blue
Despite all ever tried
Just let the sun come shining through
To make you satisfied
I'm gonna wrap your love in golden paper
And here is what I'm gonna do
Gonna unwrap it on some foggy morning
And let your love come shining through
You opened up my heart and your love came in
You opened up my heart and your love came in
I'm gonna wrap your love in golden paper
And here is what I'm gonna do
Gonna unwrap it on some foggy morning
And let your love come shining through


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Brad Paisley - Wrapped Around lyrics

Every day I clock out
And head straight to her house
We cuddle up on the couch
But it always ends the same ole way
I'm drivin' home and it's incredibly late
Something's got to change, 'cause
I've been wrapped around her finger
Since the first time we went out
Every day and every night she's all I think about
I need that girl beside me
When the lights go out
I think it's time to put a ring on the finger
I'm wrapped around
Went to the bank took out a loan
Went and bought the perfect stone
Called up her dad on the phone
I'm takin' him to dinner Sunday night
I've never been so nervous in my life
I want to do this right, 'cause
I've been wrapped around her finger
Since the first time we went out
Every day and every night she's all I think about
I need that girl beside me
When the lights go out
I think it's time to put a ring on the finger
I'm wrapped around
Yes sir I love her very much
I know it's only been seven months
But that's long enough
I've been wrapped around her finger
Since the first time we went out
Every day and every night she's all I think about
I need that girl beside me
When the lights go out
I think it's time to put a ring on the finger
I'm wrapped around
I think it's time to put a ring on the finger
I'm wrapped around


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Wrapped Around Her Finger
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Tammy Wynette

G                          C                  G
Like a string she's got me wrapped around her finger
                                  D7
And it gets a little tighter everyday
         G                 C                  G
It would break my heart to think that I would lose her
           A7                         D7
So I'll do anything I can to make her stay

   G              C                G
If she could understand how much I need her
                                    C
Then I know that she would never go away
                                           G
For she's got me wrapped around her little finger
              C      D7           G
And it gets a little tighter everyday

                         C              G
Let me tell you just how much I love my baby
                                      D7
Take the world and everything one may desire
            G            C                 G
For there's only room in my heart for this lady
              A7                            D7
Who keeps the burning in my heart as hot as fire

      G                    C          G
She's the one who's always lying here beside me
                                C
But her mother's never very far away
                                           G
Yes she's got me wrapped around her little finger
              C      D7           G
And it gets a little tighter everyday
                       C      D7           G
She pulls the string a little tighter everyday

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The Country Gentlemen - Wrapped up in You 
Artist: The Country Gentlemen
Album: Picking on Garth Brooks

How do I love you. well let me see
I love you like a lyric loves a melody
Maybe, completely wrapped up in you
How do I need you, well can't you tell
I need you like a penny needs a wishing well
Maybe, completely wrapped up in you

Every now and then when the world
That we're living in is crazy
You gladly hold me and carry me through
No one in the world has ever done
What you do for me and I'd be
Sad and lonely if there were no you

How do I love you, well count the ways
There ain't no number high enough to end this phrase
Maybe, completely wrapped up in you

How do I love you, well, don't you know
I love you about as deep as any love can grow
Maybe, completely wrapped up in you

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Wrapped Weighed And Posted
BMI Work #: 9166062
Wrapped Weighed And Posted (Larry W. Jones 10/10/2007) (song#5059)

It's wrapped, it's weighed and posted
A box that contains my heart
Of you dear, it once boasted
Til you tore it all apart
This heart you broke in two, dear
So, I'm mailing it to you
This heart once was filled with cheer
It's now chilled because of you
Dear, I don't care to keep it
You're no longer here with me
Each time I start to weep, it
Just fills up with agony
- instrumental -
It's wrapped, it's weighed and posted
A box that contains my heart
It's badly burned and roasted
Resting on the mailman's cart
Dear, I don't care to keep it
You're no longer here with me
Each time I start to weep, it
Just fills up with agony
It's wrapped, it's weighed and posted
A box that contains my heart


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Wreck Of The C And O, The

Along came the FFV, the fastest on the line,
Running along the C and O Road, twenty minutes behind the time
Running into Sewall Yard, was quartered on the line
Awaiting their strict orders to bring her in on time

And when she blew for Hinton, her engineer was there
George Alley was his name, with bright and wavy hair
His fireman, Jack Dickerson, was standing by his side
Receiving their strict orders, and in the cab to ride

George Alley's mother came to him with a basket on her arm
She handed him a letter saying "Be careful how you run
For many a man has lost his life trying to make up lost time
But if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time"

George Alley said, "Dear mother, your letter I'll take heed
I know my engine is all right and I know that she will speed
So o'er this road I mean to run with speed unknown to all
And when I blow for Clifton Forge, they'll surely hear my call

George Alley said to his fireman, "Jack, a little extra steam;
I intend to run old Number 4 the fastest ever seen;
So o'er this road I mean to fly like angels' wings unfurled,
And when I blow for the Big Bend Tunnel, they'll surely hear my call"

George Alley said to his fireman, "Jack, a rock ahead I see,
And I know that death is lurking there for to grab both you and me
So from this cab, dear Jack do fly, your darling life to save
For I want you to be an engineer while I'm sleeping in my grave"

"Oh no, dear George! That will not do, I want to die with you"
"Oh no, dear Jack, that will not be; I'll die for you and me"
So from the cab poor Jack did leap, New River was running high,
And he kissed his hand to George as Number 4 flew by

So up the road she dashed, against the rock she crashed
The engine turning upside down, and the coaches coming last
George Alley's head in the firebox lay, while the burning flames rolled high
"I'm glad I was born an engineer, on the C and O road to die"

George Alley's mother came to him and in sorrow she did sigh
When she looked upon her darling boy and saw that he must die
"Too late, too late, dear mother! my doom is almost o'er
And I know that God will let me in when I reach that golden shore"

The doctor said, "Dear George, O darling boy, be still
Your life may yet be spared, if it is God's blessed will"
"Oh no, dear doc, that cannot be, I want to die so free
I want to die on the engine I love, 143?

The doctor said, "Dear George, your life cannot be saved
Murdered upon a railroad, and laid in a lonesome grave"
His face was covered up with blood, his eyes they could not see
And the very last words that ever he spoke were, "Nearer my God to Thee"

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Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven

Well, they gave him his orders in Monroe, Virginia
Saying Steve you are way behind time
This is not thirty eight, but it's old ninety seven
You must put her into Spencer on time

He turned and said to his tired greasy fireman
Shovel on a little more coal
And when we cross the White Oak Mountain
You can watch old Ninety-Seven roll

It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
On a line on a three mile grade
It was on this grade that he lost his leverage
You can see what a jump he made

He was going down the grade making ninety miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream
They found him in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
He was scalded to death by the steam

Now all you ladies you must take warning
From this time now on learn
Never speak harsh words to your true loving husband
He may leave you and never return

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Wreck on the Highway

Who did you say it was brother
Who was it fell by the way
When whiskey and blood run together
Did you hear anyone pray

I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
I didn't hear nobody pray
I heard the crash on the highway
But I didn't hear nobody pray

When I heard the crash on the highway
I knew what it was from the start
I went to the scene of destruction
And a picture was stamped on my heart

There was whiskey and blood all together
Mixed with glass where they lay
Death played her hand in destruction
But I didn't hear nobody pray

I wish I could change this sad story
That I am now telling you
But there is no way I can change it
For somebody's life is now through

Their soul has been called by the Master
They died in a crash on the way
And I heard the groans of the dying
But, I didn't hear nobody pray

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Wreck On The Highway (Didn't Hear Nobody Pray)
Dorsey Dixon

Who did you say it was, brother?
Who was it fell by the way?
When whiskey and blood run together
Did you hear anyone pray?

Their names I'm not able to tell you,
But here is one thing I can say:
There were whiskey and blood mixed together,
But I didn't hear nobody pray.

Chorus:
I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother,
I didn't hear nobody pray.
I heard the crash on the highway,
But I didn't hear nobody pray.

When I heard the crash on the highway,
I knew what it was from the start;
I went to the scene of destruction
A picture was stamped on my heart.

Whiskey and glass all together,
Was mixed up with blood where they lay.
Death played her hand in destruction,
But I didn't hear nobody pray.

Chorus

I wish I could change this sad story
That I am now telling you;
But there is no way I can change it,
Somebody's life is now through.

Their soul has been nursed by the Master,
They died in a crash on their way.
I heard the groans of the dying,
But I didn't hear nobody pray.

Chorus

Give up the game an' stop drinking,
For Jesus is pleading with you.
It cost him a lot in redeeming,
Redeeming the promise for you.

Hit'll [sic] be too late if tomorrow
You'll fall by a crash by the way,
With whiskey and blood all around you,
And you can't hear nobody pray.

I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother,
I didn't hear nobody pray.
I heard the crash on the highway,
But I didn't hear nobody pray.

Chorus


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Writing On The Wall
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Freddy Weller and Bobby Fischer

G
She was holding back the tears
C
As I packed up the last few years
G                     E7            A7
And said I'm tired of being so tied down
G
I'm sure the kids will understand
C
That daddy's making other plans
  G                   D7            G
I grabbed my bags and I was freedom bound

                   C              G
And then I saw the writing on the wall
                    C             D7
It said we love you daddy most of all
G                                 C
There in purple crayons scribbled knee high in the hall
D7                       G
I saw the writing on the wall


When the new wore off of being free
C
Their memories starting haunting me
G                E7              A7
I headed home as fast as I could go
G
My key still fit that same old door
    C
But no one lived there anymore
    G                   D7                G
And that tender message made my teardrops flow

Repeat #2

D7                       G
I saw the writing on the wall

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Written In The Sands Of Time
BMI Work #: 8498964
Written In The Sands Of Time (Larry W. Jones 11/06/2006) (song#4126)

Love started in the Garden of Eden
Came down through the family tree
Now I know that true love has even
Found its way down to you and me
It was written in the sands of time
Carved on a sweetheart tree or two
That somehow you would be mine
And my heart would belong to you
Everything about you, I'm aware
Is made of love, I know
You were made with tender care
In the heavens long ago
It was written in the sands of time
Carved on a sweetheart tree or two
That somehow you would be mine
And my heart would belong to you
Everything about you, I'm aware
Is made of love, I know
You were made with tender care
In the heavens long ago
It was written in the sands of time
That somehow you would be mine
It was written in the sands of time
That somehow you would be mine


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Dolly Parton - Wrong Direction Home lyrics

In a shingle covered cottage at the foothills of blue stacks
Near a mountain stream that's flowing crystal clear
Where the humming birds and honey bees feed on Mama's roses
My mem'ries just grow sweeter with the years
Mem'ries of my childhood are as sweet as mountain honey
And as fresh as a dew on morning glory vines
I grew up surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature
And they're forever present in my mind
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home
Headed in the wrong direction home
There's no place like home
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home
Teardrops mingled with the summer rain that was a falling
The day I left my mountain home behind
With a suitcase in my hand and a hope in my heart
I was following a dream I had to find
In that shingled covered cottage at the foothills of the smokies
Waits a family hat I'm longing to see
And mountain streams and fields of green
And rolling hills stay in my dreams
But I'm many, many miles from Tennessee
And still headed in the wrong direction home
Headed in the wrong direction home
But maybe I'll get back before too long
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home


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Chris Thile - Wrong Idea

I don't want to introduce you to my friends
'Cause I think they'll get the wrong idea

You're so fetching in that dress
They'll think that we have messed around
And though I'll tell them otherwise
I was gone all night with you

What most people do
Will be running through their heads
They don't need to see
That I met a pretty girl last night

I'm nineteen
And I've kissed two girls, that's all
You're sixteen
And your one is that against the law?

I never thought that it would come to this
My reputation will be missed by all the dads
That introduce me to their girls
Saying I have got a great idea

You're so different from most guys
Now that's just a wishful lie
Because I am not different anymore

A revolving door you came through
And though you're first even if your last
Won't change that I'm not me
'Cause I met a pretty girl last night

I guess, I have to introduce you to my friends
But I know they'll get the wrong idea

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Wrong Road Again

I can't seem to learn not to love you
You get to me every time
You're someone I just can't say no to
And you're so good at changin' my mind

    Here I go down that wrong road again
    Goin' back where I've already been
    Even though I know where it will end
    Here I go down that wrong road again

Though I see the web that you're weavin'
You and your soft easy lies
Before I stop to think, I'm believin'
And I'm fallin' for you one more time

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Wrong's What I Do Best
recorded by George Jones
written by 
Michael Alan Campbell, Dickey Lee, Freddy Weller
		
G                          C                 G
Some men look for diamonds some men look for gold
                                                D7
I'm just trying to find myself before I get too old
G                                   C             G
Different people have their ways of measuring success
                                 D7                G
Maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best
Oh well I've walked the straight and narrow 
            C               G
Straight to where I don't belong
                                                                 D7
One time I even tried to love one woman but that didn't last too long
      G                                      C                  G
If my ship was docking in the east you could bet I'd be heading west
             C       G             D7                G
Right in the wrong direction cause wrong's what I do best
         C                         G
When I'm down & out & kicked about I'll feel right at home
          Em                     F       C
When I've got the blues and it's all bad news
       G                      D7
That's when I'm in my comfort zone
G                                   C               G
Well if they held a loser's playoff there'd be no contest
      Em       C        G            D7                G
Cause I've had lot's of practice and wrong's what I do best
                                             C                  G
If my ship was docking in the East you could bet I'd be heading West
             C       G             D7                G
Right in the wrong direction cause wrong's what I do best
Em           C       G             D7                G
Right in the wrong direction cause wrong's what I do best

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Alan Jackson - Www. Memory lyrics

I know you're leaving, I see the signs
You're gonna walk out on this heart of mine
You'll never call me, you'll never write
You made your mind up, you're gone tonight
If some rainy day you're all alone
You feel like talkin' you can log me on
At www.memory
I'll be waitin' for you patiently
If you feel the need, just click on me
At www.memory
You won't even have to hold me or
Look into my eyes
You can tell me you love me
Through your keyboard and wires
No, you won't have to touch me or
Even take my hand
Just slide your little mouse around
Until you see it land
At www.memory
I'll be waitin' for you patiently
If you feel the need, just click on me
At www.memory
If you feel like love, just click on me
At www.memory


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Dolly Parton - Y'all Come lyrics
(Arlie Duff)

When you live in the country everybody is your neighbor
On this one thing you can rely
They'll all come to see you and they'll never ever leave you
Y'all come to see us bye and bye
Y'all come (y'all come), y'all come (y'all come)
Oh, you all come to see us when you can
Y'all come (y'all come), y'all come (y'all come)
Oh, you all come to see us now and then
Now Grandma's a-wishing you'd come out the kitchen
And help do the dishes right away
Then they all start a-leaving, and though she's a-grieving
You can still hear grandma say
Y'all come (y'all come), y'all come (y'all come)
Oh, you all come to see us when you can
Y'all come (y'all come), y'all come (y'all come)
Oh, you all come to see us now and then
Y'all come (y'all come), y'all come (y'all come)
Oh, you all come to see us when you can
Y'all come (y'all come), y'all come (y'all come)
Oh, you all come to see us now and then


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Brad Paisley - Yankee Doodle Dixie lyrics

Yankee Doodle came to town
Ridin' on a pony
In Dixieland where I was born
Early on one frosty morn
Look away, look away, look away


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Yankee Lady
Jessie Winchester

I lived with the decent folks
In the hills of old Vermont
Where what you do all day
Depends on what you want
And I took up with a woman there
Though I was still a kid
And I smile like the sun
To think of the loving that we did

She rose each morning and went to work
And she kept me with her pay
I was making love all night
And playing guitar all day
And I got me apple cider and homemade bread
To make a man say grace
And clean linens on my bed
And a warm feet fire place

Chorus:
Yankee lady so good to me,
Yankee lady just a memory
Yankee lady so good to me,
Your memory that's enough for me

An autumn walk on a country road
And a million flaming trees
I was feeling uneasy
Cause there was winter in the breeze
And she said, "Oh Jesse, look over there,
The birds are southward bound
Oh Jesse, I'm so afraid
To lose the love that we've found."

Chorus

I don't know what called to me
But I know that I had to go
I left that Vermont town
With a lift to Mexico
And now when I see myself
As a stranger by my birth
Yankee lady's memory
Reminds me of my worth

Chorus


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Richard Thompson - Yankee, Go Home 

G.I. Joe put your gun away
The sun is setting on another day
Why don't you leave me alone?
Yankee, go home

They're burning effigies out in the street
Man the lifeboats, sound the retreat
Pentagon's on the phone
Yankee, go home

You can't just kiss and run away
There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay
When the dance hall girl you banged's in the family way

You turned my sister into a whore
With a pair of silk stockings from the P.X. store
Why don't you leave use alone
Yankee, go home

My girlfriend won't talk to me
Since she met with a sailor
From the land of the free
I'm tired of being alone
Yankee, go home

I've lost count of the chewing gum that I've had
And vodka-cola make my teeth go bad
We'll handle this on our own
Yankee, go home

Dow Jones going into a stall
Spray paint saying it on every wall
The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall

Overpaid, oversexed and over here
Get smart, gringo, disappear
The Hun's at the gates of Rome
Yankee, go home

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The Avett Brothers - Yardsale 

I wonder if this blade ran through someone's side
The blood wiped away to hide
How evil you grandfather was 'fore he died
But war can make monsters out of us all
I'm sure I'd become one if I was called
And then it would be my blade
Here at this yardsale

The guitar I am holding is way out of tune
The neck it is warped and the saddle is through
I wonder if sweet music ever was played
From the hands of a boy to a girl in the shade
From this rickety ghost of a song
Here at this yardsale

A dollar for anything here on this quilt
A price tag for hands from which all things are built
A blanket of voices speak pleasure in shame
Flowers of plastic and fruit of the same
A basket of nothing at all
Here at this yardsale

So if I had the money I'd buy everything
And cover the whole lot with good gasoline
And burn it for all that I care for the past
And rid mother earth of what never should last
And give her the present of ash
Made of a yardsale

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Dolly Parton - Yellow Roses lyrics

Hello you said the day we met
Handing me a yellow rose
You asked me out
And to your surprise
And to mine I said I'd go
I thought it so romantic
And I found you sweet and bold
Though we'd only met
I still said yes
To a single yellow rose
And for years to come
You were the one
To sleep with me at night
To laugh and talk
And share my thoughts
And hold me when I'd cry
And on every occasion
And for no good reason to
A big bouquet or a single yellow rose
Was sent from you
Chorus:
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds
I still love you so
I never see a yellow rose
That I didn't think of you
It's still my favorite flower
Though the yellow's turned to blue
The day you left my teardrops fell
Upon your farewell note
You said goodbye like you said hello
With a single yellow rose
Chorus:
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds
Oh I still love you so
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go
Sweet yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds
I still love you so


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The Incredible String Band - Yellow Snake 

Someone you saw stretched sleeping on the sand
Five withered violets cradled in his hand
His dreams are so loud calling in your ear
The yellow snake coils from the water
And all is refreshed far and near

The yellow snake coils from the water
And all is refreshed far and near

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Dolly Parton - Yes I See God
Writer Dorothy Jo Hope
From album Golden Streets of Glory
Copyright 1970

Yes I see God where the mountains reach the sky
And I see God when the eagle starts to fly
I see God in a little baby's smile I see God and he makes my life worthwhile
Yes I see God when the bridegroom meets his bride
I see God in a father's loving eyes
I see God when a mother starts to cry I see God in a love that never dies
(I see God) where the people meet to pray (I see God) in the things they do and
say
(I see God) when the little children play
I see God and I know he's near all way
I see God yes I see God


=============================

Yes It Is
Lennon / McCartney

If you wear red tonight
Remember what I said tonight
For red is color that my baby wore
and what's more it's true
Yes it is

Scarlet were clothes she wore
Everybody know I'm sure
I would remember all the things planned
understand it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is

I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes it is, yes it is, Oh, yes it is, yeah

Please don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
in spite of you it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is

I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes it is, yes it is, Oh, yes it is, yeah

Please don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
in spite of you it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is, it's true


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Yesterday
Lennon / McCartney

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half to man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go I don't know she woldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Mm mm mm mm mm.


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Osborne Brothers - Yesterday's Gone  

I love you all the summer through
I thought I found my dream in you
For me you were the one
But that was yeasterday and yesterday's gone,

We walked together hand in hand
Cross miles and miles of golden sand
But now it's over and done
But that was yeasterday and yesterday's gone.

We had such happiness together
I can't believe it's gone forever.

Wait till summer comes again
I hope that you'll remember when
Our love had just begun
I loved you yeasterday but yesterday's gone.

--- Instrumental ---

We had such happiness together
I can't believe it's gone forever.

Wait till summer comes again
I hope that you'll remember when
Our love had just begun
I loved you yeasterday but yesterday's gone.

I loved you yeasterday but yesterday's gone,,,

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Yesterday's Love Affair
BMI Work #: 9154541
Yesterday's Love Affair (Larry W. Jones 10/02/2007) (song#5029)

You seemed so close and I held you so tight
But I should have known that I should beware
Of these dreams when I now only can dream
Of yesterday's love affair
I'm still here alone with my dreams, my dear
Darling, you left me here without a care
Lonely dawns shed light that I only dream
Of yesterday's love affair
My heart feels so empty now that you're gone
It pleads for your love from twilight til dawn
You felt divine when I held you last night
Darling, don't you know these dreams just aren't right
- instrumental -
I'm still here alone with my dreams, my dear
Darling, you left me here without a care
Lonely dawns shed light that I only dream
Of yesterday's love affair
How I hate to face every empty today
For nobody sees and nobody cares
That every night I go to bed and dream
Of yesterday's love affair
How I hate to face every empty today
For nobody sees and nobody cares
That every night I go to bed and dream
Of yesterday's love affair


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Yet To Succeed
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

C
Please don't start me crying 
              F
Cause I'll go on today
G7
It don't take a lot 
              F         C   Am
But once this starts to stay
C
Talking used to help 
                             F
Here lately though that just brings it on
C            F
I'll be fine  in time 
C             F                  C
But right now I'm just trying to forget you
                   G7     F     C
And clearly I have yet to succeed
I think I'll just leave now 
            F
Before this hurts too much
G7
Avoiding sights from places 
              F       C    Am
My eyes can't bear to touch
C
I didn't plan to see you 
           F
And then I saw him first
C            F
I'll be fine  in time 
C             F                  C
But right now I'm just trying to forget you
                   G7     F     C
And clearly I have yet to succeed
             F
I'll be fine  in time 
C             F                  C
But right now I'm just trying to forget you
                   G7     F     C
But clearly I have yet to succeed

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Alison Krauss - You

More wishes than a thousand hearts can count for you
More smiles than a merry-go-round
The sweetest ending to a bedtime story told
My love follows you where you go

More laughter than a kindergarten out to play
One Sunday morning song that says it all
More summer than the California beach can hold
My love follows you where you go

Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin' at the unknown
I won't pretend that it's not killin' me
Watchin' you walk away slow

Take forgiveness, take a prayer, take the deepest breath
And take the answers in your heart
When you wake up and the world is cruel and cold
My love follows you where you go

Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin' at the unknown
I won't pretend that it's not killin' me
Watchin' you walk away slow

More freedom than a field of flowers in the day
More beauty than a mornin' after rain
Up the steepest hill, a dark and crooked road
My love follows you where you go

Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin' at the unknown
I won't pretend that it's not killin' me
Watchin' you walk away slow
 

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You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Bob Dylan

Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

I don't care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

Genghis Khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!


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The Duhks - You and I 

It looks to me like nothing much has changed
I know the past is history
But if this really is a brand new game
How come you're looking down on me?
Brother can't you see
What the future is bringing?
In a world like this
How can we live together?

You and I
Are really just the same
Though you might think
You're a little bit better
And when you fall
Don't look for me to blame
You hold the key
For the higher you think of me
Then the better your world will be
The higher you think of me

Sometimes I think I see a hint of blue
But right now my sky is dark and grey
Just when I think I'm getting through to you
You carry on the same old way
Sister can't you see
That it's just you you're deceiving?
All the games you play
Couldn't stop me believing

That you and I
Are really just the same
Though you might think
You're a little bit better
And when you fall
Don't look for me to blame
You hold the key
For the higher you think of me
Then the better your world will be
The higher you think of me

Brother can't you see
What the future is bringing?
In a world like this
How can we live together?

You and I
Are really just the same
Though you might think
You're a little bit better
And when you fall
Don't look for me to blame
You hold the key
For the higher you think of me
Higher you think of me
The higher you think of me
The higher you think of me
The better your world will be

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You And Me And Time
Recorded by George and Georgette Jones
Written by Georgette Jones, Mark McGuinn, Don Pfrimmer 

C               F                  C
You were just a picture on my baby grand
                F                         C
Yours was in my wallet I showed to all my friends
        G7                         F          C
But the world rolled in between us keeping us apart
             F                                    C
Thank God we discovered we're still joined at the heart
                                F
You and me and time finally got together
                  C                                 G7
I'm sorry that it took so long but better late than never
    F                    C                         F
The love we thought we'd lost was not that hard to find
   C    F        C            G7             C
It only took the three of us  you and me and time
                  F                            C
I lost you to the spotlight but kept you in my prayers
                     F                           C
No matter where they took me hon you were always there
        G7                       F                C
It's so hard when your hero is a stranger in your home
                  F                          C
Our love's like a mountain one can't move it alone
repeat #2
Am                                F                  C
We can't light the candles on the birthday's that we missed
       D7                  G7
We can hold each other and thank the Lord for this  
      C                               F
Daddy you and me and time finally got together
                  C                                 G7
I'm sorry that it took so long but better late than never
    F                    C                         F
The love we thought we'd lost was not that hard to find
   C    F        C            G7             C
It only took the three of us  you and me and time
        F        C            G7             C
It only took the three of us  you and me and time

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Dolly Parton - You And Me Her And Him lyrics

You and me and her and him must get together and see if maybe we can find a way
To put an end to hurting one another
Cause he don't know and she don't know how much we hurt each day
It's not fair and you and I both know it to have to hide and love the way we do
The time is now that we must get together her and him me and you
[ el.banjo - fiddle ]
She and I had lost it long before I met you
We tried and tried but all the love had gone
And I guess respect is all that's kept me with him
Cause there wasn't been no love there in so long
It's not fair and you and I...
Her and him me and you


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You And Me Together
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Jimmy Peppers

G
Well we found a life together
    D7                G
And it's a gonna last forever
C                   G                 D7
Nothin' can hurt me now cause you are mine
G
We put away all of our sadness
      D7                     G
We're walkin' every day with gladness
C          G        D7      G
You and me together all the time
C
Well she wants to love me a little bit better
G                           A7
It's okay I'm gonna let her when he holds me I can feel
D7
His heart givin' love's true and real
G
Now we got a little bitty baby
D7                            G
We're happy and we don't mean maybe
C          G        D7      G
You and me together all the time
Well we'll build a little house in the country
    D7                       G
And we'll go to church every Sunday
C                     G               D7
We got each other and we don't need a thing
G
We start every day with a sweet kiss
    D7                  G
And that's one thing we wouldn't miss
C          G        D7          G
You and me together making life sweet
Repeat #2
C          G        D7      G
You and me together all the time

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You And You Alone 
Recorded by Vince Gill
Written by Vince Gill and Amy Grant Gill

C
If we have to wait forever that's all right
If you say let's run away we'll leave tonight
        Dm                       F
I'll do anything you ever ask me to
         Dm                               G7
Girl the reason my heart's beating is for you
        C
And you alone
There's a price you pay for every choice you make
We'll have our day no matter what it takes
        Dm                           F
I'll be there for you whatever we go through
         Dm                                G7
Girl the reason life's worth living is for you
        C
And you alone
   G#                    C
Oh you and you alone are with me from now on
        Dm          G7        C
Even if I never see your face again
    G#                          C
The love that you have shown is unlike anything I've known
        Dm               F         G7
We both know it's just a matter of when
            C
I wish that we could just turn back the hands of time
To find a way to have your world fit into mine
          Dm                                 F
I'll keep dreaming that someday it all comes true
         Dm                                G7
Girl the reason my heart's breaking is for you
        C
And you alone
Repeat #3

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Punch Brothers - You Are 

About a year from now I wake up
In the arms of who I want,
Without the need to hide our nakedness
In pure and holy thought,

But rather blessing thrice the shutters never closed,
The bed still made,
The early afternoon as morning "Mmm" as
"Hey, are you awake?"

You take my love and my lust,
Cold clock my mind out,
Turn in my keys to the kingdom,
And lip-lock my body down.

You are, you are, you are to me like a very, very wild thing.
These are, these are to me like the games I played
Before I heard they weren't safe to play.
You are to me like a very, very wild thing.

About a year from then I say "Goodnight!"
And kiss, kiss, kiss the phone
To sleep the sleep of one who finally wouldn't rather sleep alone.

You take my love and my lust,
Cold-clock my mind out,
Turn in my keys to the kingdom
And lip-lock my body down.

You are, you are, you are to me like a very, very wild thing.
These are, these are to me like the games I played
Before I heard they weren't safe to play.
You are to me like a very, very wild thing.

You take my love and my lust,
Cold-clock my mind out,
Turn in my keys to the kingdom
And lip-lock my body down.
You churn my blood as it boils,
Raise a cream,
And white-wash my fear away.
God, if I don't stop now I know
This won't be half of
What it's gonna take.

You are, you are, you are to me
Like a very, very wild thing.

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The Avett Brothers - You Are Mine 
Produced By Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
You are mine
The edge I need when I am out of line
The air I breathe when I believe I'm dying
I guess you are there

[Verse 2]
It is told
With age, our hearts are destined to grow cold
Well I won't argue that, but this I know
The snow won't fall on me
[Chorus]
Life goes, yes, I guess it's true
Why close down? We'll follow soon
Where we are is not so far from where we're gonna be
You and me

[Verse 3]
Our life is a heel
With danger in our hearts, the roads our field
With shadows deep as dark, girl grip your wheel
Push your moment through
Come on

[Chorus]
Life goes, yes, I guess it's true
Why close down? We'll follow soon
Where we are is not so far from where we're gonna be
You and me
You and me

[Bridge]
You are mine
The first to kiss, the last to say goodbye
The answer to the question: who do I owe my everything?

[Chorus]
Life goes, yes, I guess it's true
Why close down? We'll follow soon
Where we are is not so far from where we're gonna be
You and me
You and me

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You Are My Flower

   You are my flower
   That's blooming in the mountain so high
   You are my flower
   That's blooming there for me

When summertime is gone and snow begins to fall
You can sing this song and say to one and all

So wear a happy smile and life will be worthwhile
Forget the tears but don't forget to smile

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You Are My Sunshine

Beyond the night dear as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I woke dear I was mistaken
And I hung my head and I cried

   You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
   You make me happy when skies are gray
   You'll never know dear how much I love you
   Please don't take my sunshine away

I'll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say the same
But if you leave me and love another
You'll regret it all someday

You told me once dear you really loved me
And no one could come between
But now you've left me to love another
You have shattered all my dreams

In all my dreams dear you seem to leave me
When I awake my poor heart pains
So won't you come back and make me happy
I'll forgive dear I'll take all the blame

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You Are What I Am

You make time stand stil
Do it now and you always will
You take me as I am
You make me feel like a bland new man

Every time I fall down
I never get stuck
You get the combination, girl
To get me right back up
You are what I am
Loving you forever if I can

Think about the times we've had
We've never been blue
You got the combination, girl
To keep me straight and true
You are what I am
Loving you forever if I can

I know I'm lucky too
Without two or three just you and me
'Cos you are what I am
Loving you forever if I can


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You Asked Me To
Artist: John Hartford
Album: Gum Tree Canoe

Long ago and far away
My old common labor shoes
I turned the world all which a way
Just because you asked me to
Likened to no other feel
Summer love is simple true
There's no end of what I'd do
Just because you asked me to
Let the world call me a fool
(Aah aah aah aah)
What if things are right with me and you
(Aah aah aah, aah aah aah)
That's all that matters and I'll do
(Ooh, ooh)
Anything you ask me to
Knowin' how much I love you
After all I've been through
I'd turn and walk away from you
Just because you asked me to
Let the world call me a fool
(Aah aah aah aah)
What if things are right with me and you
(Aah aah aah, aah aah aah)
That's all that matters and I'll do
(Ooh, ooh)
Anything you ask me to
Let the world call me a fool
(Aah aah aah aah)
What if things are right with me and you
(Aah aah aah, aah aah aah)
That's all that matters and I'll do
(Ooh, ooh)
Anything you ask me to
Let the world call me a fool
(Aah aah aah aah)
What if things are right with me and you
(Aah aah aah, aah aah aah)
That's all that matters and I'll do
(Ooh, ooh)
Anything you ask me to


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You Babe
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Sanger D. Shafer

G                  C                 G
Sometimes this ol' world's a drag it really pulls me down
  D7                            G      D7
I try so hard but nothin' comes around
     G             C                 G
Then I wake up and find that I've no reason to be blue
       D7                                    G
I've already found the whole wide world with you

               C
And if there's nothin' else I do I'll spend my whole life through
       G                      C
Lovin' you babe you babe I'll always be in command 
                                   G
Just as long as I'm the man lovin' you babe you babe
    D7                    C
And I can stand real tall stand up to it all
       G    D7        G
Lovin' you  baby just you

                  C             G
One time this ol' rocky road of life was just too tough
  D7                             G      D7
I felt like sayin' Lord I've had enough
     G                 C              G
Then I heard something special that a deaf man couldn't miss
  D7                              G
I heard it in the whisper of your kiss

Repeat #2

    C
Mmm hmm hmm mmm hmm hmm hmm mmm hmm hmm hmm mmm  
       G                 C               G
Lovin' you babe you babe mmm hmm hmm mmm hmm

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You Beat All I've Ever Seen
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Kathy Louvin, Kostas, Melba Montgomery

G                     C       G
I've looked the world over in search of a dream
    D7                         G
For someone who cares just for me
                C               G
My heart was in chains but your love set me free
        D7                     G
Darlin' you beat all I've ever seen
            C             G
A million tomorrows won't change how I feel
        D7                     G
There's nothin' or no one in between
                  C          G
The love that you give is so precious and real
      D7                     G
Cause you beat all I've ever seen
   C                     G
If you were to follow my footprints through life
       A7                    D7
They'd lead to the arms that hold me tonight
G               C            G
All the world's wonders mean nothing to me
        D7                     G
Darlin' you beat all I've ever seen
   C                     G
If you were to follow my footprints through life
       A7                    D7
They'd lead to the arms that hold me tonight
G               C            G
All the world's wonders mean nothing to me
      D7                     G
Cause you beat all I've ever seen
G               C            G
All the world's wonders mean nothing to me
        D7                     G
Darlin' you beat all I've ever seen

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You Better Let That Liar Alone

Just let me tell you how a liar will do
He's always coming with something new
He'll steal your heart with false pretence
Making out like he's your bosom friend
   
   If you don't want to get in trouble
   If you don't want to get in trouble
   If you don't want to get in trouble
   Better let that liar alone

When a liar takes the notion to bend the truth
He'll lay around his neighbors and get the news
And nearly every day when you look out
You can see that liar coming to your house

He'll tell you such a lie it'll surprise your mind
He'll mix a little truth for to make it shine
When he gets his business fixed just right
Then that liar's going to cause a fight

He studies up a lie he'll tell it so smooth
You'll think absolutely that it must be true
And he'll urge you out for to trace the tale
And if you don't mind you'll be put in jail

When everything's in perfect peace
Then comes that liar with his deceit
A hypocrite liar both keeps up a fuss
They're both very bad but a liar's the worse

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You Better Treat Your Man Right
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Wayne Raney

C
You better start to treatin' your man a little bit better
                                                   G7
You better wear a smile when I come home and not a frown
                   C                                F
You better give me everything I need in the line of lovin'
                 C   N.C.                    G7       C
Or there'll be a day when your old sweet man won't be around


Well I work all day and a-half the night to please my baby
                                                     G7
And when I come home I found the place turned upside down
                  C                               F
I better find you there in bed asleep just like I left you
           C        N.C.                         G7             C 
If I ain't mistaken there's a dirty little mouse been a-messin' around

repeat #1


Well you was so nice and sweet and cute dear when I met you
                                           G7
You was daddy sweet little pet so true and kind
                 C                                  F
Yeah but since I brought you to this mean old dirty city
                 C  N.C.               G7      C 
Well it seems to me everybody pets you all the time

repeat #1

                     N.C.                    G7       C
Or there'll be a day when your old sweet man won't be around

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You Broke Your Promise

Today I'm alone and thinking of you
For you said we'd never part
But you done gone away and left me
Left me with a broken heart

You promised to love me forever
And to me you would always be the same
But darling you broke your promise
And now I know your little game

My heart's still crying for you darling
For it knows I love you true
And some day in the future darling
Your heart may be crying too

I hope my dear you'll be happy
And never be alone and blue
For I still love you darling
Though you left me here so blue

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You Can Close Your Eyes
James Taylor

Well the sun is surely sinking down
But the moon is slowly rising
So this old world must still be spinning 'round
And I still love you

Chorus:
So close your eyes
You can close your eyes, it's all right
I don't know no love songs
And I can't sing the blues anymore
But I can sing this song
And you can sing this song
When I'm gone

It won't be long before another day
We gonna have a good time
And no one's gonna take that time away
You can stay as long as you like

Chorus


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You Can Have Her

You can have her I don't want her
She didn't love me anyway
She only wanted someone to play with
But all I wanted was love to stay

The girl I loved she up and left me
She run away with my best friend
She comes in around midnight
And then I come she's gone again

Well if you're in love with the wrong woman
There's only one thing that you can do
Just dig a hole and jump right in it
Then pull the ground in over you

Now life is mighty empty
Without love to call you own
I'd rather have love that I can cling to
That to has the world and all it's gold

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You Can Mark It Down
Artist: The Boys From Indiana

I work all day in a busy sawmill.
I come home at night, but you're not there.
You're on the road, like a travellin' woman.
It's breakin' my heart cause you don't care.
Chorus: 
That old grey dog is comin' for me.
My bags are packed, I'm a leavin' town.
My mind's made up, and I ain't changin'
This means goodbye, you can mark it down.
Tonight is just a little different.
I walk right in and I slam the door.
Before I leave, you'll get my message.
You can pick yourself up off of the floor.
(Chorus)
Come Friday night when I draw my payday,
Your lovin' daddy won't be around.
I'm a goin' down to the Greyhound station.
I'll be long gone, you can mark it down.
(Chorus)
Repeat last line of chorus


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You Can't Bring Me Down 

[Verse 1]
You can try to wrap your words
Like rocks around my ankles
And push me off a bridge
In hopes that I might drown
Any cheap shots that you got
Yeah, I can handle
You don't get this far without knowing
How to get up off the ground

[Chorus]
So I turn up a cold one
And I turn up the volume
On life, on love
On the way I feel right now
Yeah, I learned how to let go
And how to take the high road
I'm on another level
You can't bring me down
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na

[Verse 2]
I'll be the first to say
I've made some bad decisions
I've been a little quick
To call the kettle black
But it's true what they say
About forgiveness
And once you find a man
There ain't nothing that can hold you back

[Chorus]
So, I turn up a cold one
And I turn up the volume
On life, on love
On the way I feel right now
Yeah, I learned how to let go
And how to take the high road
I'm on another level
You can't bring me down
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na, yeah

[Bridge]
There ain't nothing like
The way my baby holds me
There ain't nothing like this
Sweet piece that I've found
It takes off all the shackles
So save yourself the battle
Yeah, ha, you can't bring me down

[Chorus]
I'm gonna turn up a cold one
And I turn up the volume
On life, on love
On the way I feel right now
Yeah, I learned how to let go
And how to take the high road
I'm on another level
You can't bring me down

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You Can't Do Wrong And Get By
Recorded by Ricky skaggs and George Jones
Written by Larry Cordle and Jim Rushing

C             F             C
I remember my grandfather's counsel               
D7            G7
As he laid the leather to my hide   
C                     F                 C           F
He said there's just one rule to life that always will apply    
C        G7            C
You can't do wrong and get by                   
 F               C
Now lessons tend to fade as we grow older                      
D7             G7
And I found myself in jail at twenty-five       
C               F              C                      F
Had to sit there by my lawyer the old judge looked me in the eye
         C        G7            C
Said you can't do wrong and get by    
F                      C
You can't do wrong and get by for very long
                                    G7
Do wrong and all your troubles multiply    
C                 F               C               F
You may not face them here but you'll face the man on high    
C        G7            C
You can't do wrong and get by                 
F               C
Now once I had a wife and loving children                    
D7               G7
But I gave into the pleasures of the night    
C                  F             C                F
She used my grand dads very words to say her last goodbye
    C        G7            C
You can't do wrong and get by

Repeat #3    

F      C        G7            C
Oh no you can't do wrong and get by

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Alan Jackson - You Can't Give Up On Love lyrics

You say your heart's been broken
And you just can't win
You say that you'll never love again
Let me tell you friend
You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'Cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
Looked out my window and what did I see
It's another broken family
The kids are stayin' with mama at home
Daddy's livin' in a house all alone
You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'Cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
Troubled times make it hard to stay
So many lovers take the easy way
But don't go crazy and jump ship too soon
'Cause every day can't be a honeymoon
You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'Cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
No, you can't give up on love
Oh, you can't give up on love


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You Can't Hurt Ham
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs
Written by Gordon Kennedy and Ricky Skaggs

G
Bill Monroe out on the road                             
D7
He was goin' to a bluegrass date
When about midnight he said with a fright
C                    G
I'm hungry is it too late
Well the driver said chief there ain't no place to eat
                           C
Every thing's done shut up tight                           
G
Then the banjo man said he had a plan       
D7                     G
He it thought might save the night

From a greasy little sack tucked                                       
D7
Way in the back of the bus he gave us all
A bunch of country ham and biscuits          
C                G
His momma made him for the haul
About two days old and it started to mold                        
C
Said the banjo-pickin' man                           
G
Mon said boy bring me that sack     
D7                  G
You know you can't hurt ham

Well you know you can't hurt ham    
C                   G
You know you can't hurt ham
Mon said boy bring me that sack    
D7                  G
You know you can't hurt ham                                         

D7
Old Uncle Dave making his way across the USA
Tuck a ham in a box with nails for locks      
C              G
He'd open up once a day
He'd hand some to the waitress                           
C
And say throw this in the pan                          
G
I've been all around this world              
D7                  G
And girl you know you can't hurt ham

Well you know you can't hurt ham   
C                   G
You know you can't hurt ham
I've been all around this world                  
D7                  G
And girl and you know you can't hurt ham        

D7
You can hurt tater salad     
A7              D7
And it can hurt you back
Get a hold of milk too old     
A7                  D7
And throw things out of whack    
G
And you can hurt a chicken                          
C
Salmonella will mess you up    
A7
And no one can hurt you                  
D7
Like someone you love          

G
There's a culinary promise                             
C
That's known throughout the land                
G
No frigerate no expire date     
D7              G
You know can't hurt ham

Well you know you can't hurt ham    
C                   G
You know you can't hurt ham
No frigerate no expire date     
D7                  G
You know you can't hurt ham
No frigerate no expire date     
D7                  G
You know you can't hurt ham

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You Can't Make A Heel Toe The Mark

I warned you not to give your lovce to him
I knew he would only break only heart
His kind of lovce you just can't win
And you can't make a heel toe the mark

You can't keep time from rolling on
You can't change the daylight from dark
And you can't make a heel toe the mark

A leopard will never change its spots
A tiger will never change its stripes
A hound dog will never change its bark
And you can't make a heel toe the mark

* Refrain


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Dolly Parton - You Can't Reach Me Anymore lyrics

You can't reach me anymore
You say I'm not the girl that you remember
You say that I hve changed so much and you can't seem to rach me
Well you destroyed everything I used to be before and you can't reach me anymore
I was looked up to you while you were looking down
It used to turn me off inside when you would turn me down
Now you want the love from me that you destroyed before
But you can't reach me anymore
Now you say you love me more than anything
I used to love you that way now I don't feel a thing
The love that once lived in my heart don't live there anymore
And you can't reach me anymore
I was looked up to you while you were looking down
It used to turn me off when you would turn me down
Love that once lived in my heart it don't live there anymore
And you can't reach me anymore oh oh oh no you can't reach me anymore


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You Can't Take It With You When You Go
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Curtis Wright and T.J. Knight

G                            C                   G    C
Watch where you're standing  when you close that door
G                                  C                G    C
Cause if you're on the wrong side  it won't open anymore
G                            C                  Em  Am
Be sure before you leave me  that it's the only way
     G                       D7                      G
Take off your coat and think about what I'm about to say
C                                      G
I gave you my heart I gave you my soul completely
C                                    A7
You've got my dreams you've got everything
                            D7
That I need if you leave me alone
     C                        D7
I'll give you my love for the rest of my life
      G                     C
But I want to make sure you know
Am                D7                G C
You can't take it with you when you go
G                          C                        G  C
I hear what you're saying  but I don't believe it's you
        G                      C                    G       C
Telling me that it's all over  after all we've been through
   G                     C                 Em Am
If you found a new love  then just tell me so
         G            D7              G
And I'll make it easy so she'll never know
Repeat #2
Am                D7                G
You can't take it with you when you go

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You Can't Do Wrong And Get By

Oh you can't do wrong and get by
No matter how hard you may try
So just do what you please and try to feel at ease
For you can't do wrong and get by

No hypocrite can do wrong and get by
No matter how hard you may try
Salvation you say you've got but God knows you've not
So you can't do wrong and get by

No liar can do wrong and get by
No matter how hard you may try
For when you have to die you can't tell a single lie
And you can't do wrong and get by

No drunkard can do wrong and get by
No matter how hard you may try
When you get so many drinks you may get by you think
But you can't do wrong and get by

=============================

You Could Never Be True

I gave you every chance to be true
But it seems like that's too much for you
I took you back when you were running around
When you promised me you'd settle down

You're just the kind that could never be true
You break my heart with everything that you do
It's better that I should even start again
With you sweet heart I know I can't win

There's just no use trying to live with you
There's something wrong you'll never be true
You tear me up with your rambling ways
Then you come back and say you're home to stay

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You Couldn't Get The Picture 
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Chuck Harter

C                                              F      C
I walked in the front door turned the light on in the hall
                                                      
Then I saw the post-it notes that she had stuck up on the wall
    F                         G7                       C
The first one said I love you but I can't live on love alone
                                              F    C
The Little yellow post-it-notes were stuck up everywhere
                             F               C
One was on the microwave and one on the Frigidaire
F
It said I cried all night
                                             C
But you weren't there to watch the teardrops fall
       G7
But if you couldn't get the picture
      F                G7             C
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall
F                                                           C
Sometimes you do what you've gotta do if you do anything at all 
G7
Sometimes it takes a freight train coming 
                                 C
Sometimes it takes a mountain to fall
F
Sometimes you do what you've gotta do
                                    C
Sometimes you gotta walk before you crawl
       G7
But if you couldn't get the picture
      F                G7             C
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall
                                        F                  C
The post-it note on her pillow said the lonely nights were hell
The one on the mirror said take a good look at yourself
        F
And the ones you put on the closet door 
                                     C
Said I waited long enough for you to call
       G7
But if you couldn't get the picture
      F                G7             C
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall
F                                                           C
Sometimes you do what you've gotta do if you do anything at all
       G7
But if you couldn't get the picture
      F                G7             C
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall
       G7
But if you couldn't get the picture
       F               G7             C
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall

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You Denied Your Love

That was the day when you went away
You broke my heart in the month of may
That little ring I gave to you
Was to show you dear my love was true

Sweet are the flowers of our friendship
That has bloomed our whole life through
But n'er forget though you're far away
They're blooming in my heart today

You denied your love but you proved it so
You came to see me when the sun was low
You broke my heart but you were kind
When you said oh dear you'll never be mine

Oh let me tell you what love will do
If you love a boy that don't love you
They'll break your heart they'll leave you alone
They'll roam the west so far from home

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Brad Paisley - You Don't Believe lyrics

Love is life,
And Life Is Living,
It's Very Special
J.Lo:oooh
Ll Cool J: baby dont go
baby dont go
J.Lo: yeahhh
ll cool j: baby dont go
baby dont go
J.Lo: yeahhh
ll cool j: baby dont go
baby dont go
J.Lo: yeah yeah
(J.Lo)Its such a shame but I'm leaving
Cant take the way you been treatin me
And its crazy but oh baby
it dont matta whatever dont phase me
(Ll Cool J) I dont believe you wanna leave like this
I dont believe I just had my last real kiss
I do believe we'll laugh and reminice
Wait a minute dont bounce baby
Lets talk about this
(J.Lo)well im bouncing and I'm out son
I gotta leave you alone
'Cause im good
Holding down my spot
And I'm good
Reppin the girls on the block
And I'm good
I got this thing on lock!
So without me you'll be fine, right?
J.Lo: All my pride is all I have
Ll Cool J: Pride is what you had, baby girl I'm what you have
J.Lo: You'll be needing me but too bad
Ll Cool J: Be easy, dont make decisions when you're mad
J.Lo: The path u chose to run alone
Ll Cool J: I kno your independent you can make it on ur own
J.Lo: Here with me you have a home
Ll Cool J: Time is of the essence, why spend it alone?
(J.Lo)The nights I've waited up for you
Promises you made about coming through
So much time you wasted,
Thats why I had to replace you
(Ll Cool J)It makes a chap nervous the thought of settling down
Especially when he's creeping all over town
I thought my tender touch could lock ya down
I knew I had you as cocky as that sounds
The way you used to giggle right before I put it down
It's better when you're angry come here I'll prove it now (come here)
(J.Lo)Stop playing, you gaming, I got to leave you alone
'Cause im good
Holding down my spot
And I'm good
Reppin the girls on the block
And I'm good
I got this thing on lock
So without me you'll be fine, right?
J.Lo: All my pride is all I have
Ll Cool J: Pride is what you had, baby girl I'm what you have
J.Lo: You'll be needing me but too bad
Ll Cool J: Be easy, dont make decisions when you're mad
J.Lo: The path u chose to run alone
Ll Cool J: I kno your independent you can make it on ur own
J.Lo: Here with me you have a home
Ll Cool J: Time is of the essence, why spend it alone?
(Ll Cool J)People make mistakes, to make up, to break up
To wake up cold and lonely
And chill baby you kno me, you love me, I'm like your homie
Insteada beefing come hold me, I promise I'm not a phony
Dont bounce baby, consol me, come here
(J.Lo)Ain't Nothin' you can say to me that can change my mind
I gotta let u go now, Nothin will ever be the same
So just be on your way, go ahead and do your thing now
And theres no more to explain to me ya kno
I know ya game I'm not feelin' what you do(and im good)
So I'm bouncing and I'm out son (im good)
I gotta leave you alone yeah yeah
J.Lo: All my pride is all I have
Ll Cool J: Pride is what you had, baby girl I'm what you have
J.Lo: You'll be needing me but too bad
Ll Cool J: Be easy, dont make decisions when you're mad
J.Lo: The path u chose to run alone
Ll Cool J: I kno your independent you can make it on ur own
J.Lo: Here with me you have a home
Ll Cool J: Time is of the etssence, why spend it alone?
(repeat)
(i promise u, im sad)


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You Don't Even Try
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard and Fuzzy Owen

G                               C                  G
Our love keeps drifting and you keep giving me the blame
        D7                              G
I go on loving you although it's all in vain
                       C                          G
Now you stop caring so what a chance have you and I
          D7                             G
I give my everything  but you don't even try

     C                         G
I've done all I can do and I'm standing at the end
A7                           D7
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
            G         C                          G
So you stop caring so what a chance have you and I
          D7                             G
I give my everything  but you don't even try

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Nickel Creek - You Don't Have To Move That Mountain 

You don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

We must climb a great high mountain
To reach God's gracious kingdom
But in His words you'll find the strength
If you will just believe them

'Cause you don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

Well, the way is filled with pitfalls
And sometimes we may falter
But you can have His grace, my friend
On your knees down at the altar

'Cause you don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

You don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

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Alan Jackson - You Don't Have To Paint Me A Picture lyrics

The kiss was colder than I remember
When we first said hello
I guess the flame's now a little lower
I can feel you letting go
You know the pain drops a little darker
Then when you first put it on
I guess your love's like some old cheap and magic marker
Said forever nice go
But you don't have to paint me a picture
You don't have to say things at all
You don't have to paint me a picture
I can see in the writing on the wall
When we first fell, we fell a long way
Summer nights and winter days
Mountain sunrise, ocean sunset
Hand in hand in the haze
Now it's cold heart summer evenings
And there's clouds on my sunrise
But you don't have to smile and say you're happy
I can see what's in your eyes
You don't have to paint me a picture
You don't have to say things at all
You don't have to paint me a picture
I can see in the writing on the wall


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You Don't Have Very Far To Go
by Merle Haggard
written by Merle Haggard and Red Simpson
 
G                                 C
You always find a way to hurt my pride 
   D7                            G
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied 
                                     C
I don't know why you want to hurt me so 
                             G                    D7          G
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go
                   
               C                       G
You don't have very far to go before a heartache begins 
    C                           G                  D7
I already feel the sadness of a heartbreak setting in 
       G                                  C
You're turning down the flame of love too low 
                             G                    D7          G
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go
                 
               C                         G
You don't have very far to go before the heartache begins 
    C                           G                  D7
I already feel the sadness of a heartbreak setting in 
          G                                 C
You can't love me and still love to hurt me so 
                             G                    D7          G
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go

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New Grass Revival - You Don't Knock

You don't knock. (You don't knock.)You just walk on in. The door (the door)
into heaven's inn.
There's love (there's love) and joy for you to share
(to share) the whole day
through.
I know (I know) my friends are there to rest
(to rest) in the heaven's nest.
You don't knock, ring, punch a hole.
The door's wide open a-waitin' for your
soul. You don't knock just walk on in.

I've walked life's winding road (Oh,
yeah!) 'cause I'm tryin' to bear the load
(Oh, yeah!)
And I traveled both night and day.
(Oh, yeah!) So tired I could hardly pray
(Oh, yeah!)
Well, Jesus, my light and guide,
(Oh, yeah!) oh, He's ever by my side. (Oh,
yeah!)
So, I'm walkin', not a-knockin', into heaven with pride.

I'll have no need to fear. (Oh, yeah!) Well, He is ever near. (Oh, yeah!)
He'll know my work was true.
(Oh, yeah!) So glad the day is through. (Yeah!)
Well it wasn't for me to say.
(Oh, yeah!) I didn't think I'd make my way. (Oh,
yeah!)'
So, I'm walkin', not a-knockin', to heaven with pride.

Repeat first verse



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Alison Krauss - You Don't Know Me Lyrics

You give your hand to me
And then you say hello
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me

No you don't know the one
Who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
Ànd whoms to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend
That's all I've ever been
But you don't know me

For I never knew, the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
The chance, that you might have loved me too

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
You watched me walk away
Beside my lucky guy
To never, never know
The one who loves you so
No you don't know me

For I never knew, the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
The chance, that you might have loved me too

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
You watched me walk away
Beside my lucky guy
To never, never know
The one who loves you so
No; you don't; know me...

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You Don't Know My Mind

Hony you don't my mind
I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
You tell her for so long
She'll make a ramblers heart go wrong
Baby you don't know my mind today

Heard the music of the raels
Slept in every old dirty jail
Oh, life's too short for you to worry me
Went the fine I can't win
I'm checking out again
Baby you don't know my mind today

Been a hobo and a tramp
That soul has done been stamped
For things I know I've learned the hard hard way
I ain't here to judfe or plear
Just to give me poor heart ease
Baby you don't know my mind today

Honey you don't know my mind
I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
Well you say I'm sweet and kind
But I can love you 1000 times
Baby you don't know my mind today


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Doc Watson 
You Don't Know My Mind Blues

I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run
If he won some money gonna take my good gals on
Yeah, you don't know, you don't know my mind
When you see me laughing I'm laughing just to keep from crying

I left my frump standing in the door
Lookin' after me a-crying say "You won't come back no more, sweet daddy"
You don't know, you don't know my mind
When you see me laughing I'm laughing just to keep from crying

When I asked my mama "Can you stand to say goodbye"
She said "Yes, sweet papa, if you can stand to see me cry, Lord"
You don't know, ooh my mind, hmmhmm
Oh, when you see me laughing, honey, laughing just to keep from crying

I got a handful o' nickles, got a handful o' dimes
Got a housefull o' youngens and no one minds
Lord, you don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laughing I'm laughing just to keep from crying

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Nickel Creek - You Don't Know What's Going On 

Well, it's time for me to live
The good life on the road
And to forgive her
For the lies that she sold me
We were falling in love and that's what you do

I didn't know and I feel like a fool
Now watching her go
'Cause I played by the rules
I guess we were above.
And that's what I get for trying my best

To believe in her
To believe I could turn it around
To keep bailing out the water while the ship went down
To keep calling her name when we started to drown

You can tell me I should have known better
You can ask me why
I didn't see it coming
'Til it got inside me
You can say it's all right
You can think it's all wrong
But you don't know what's going on
You don't know what's going on

So the road led to your door
The good life ain't the good life anymore
If it doesn't include you
If you send me away
'Cause you don't believe I tried my best

To believe in her
To believe I could turn it around
To keep bailing out the water while the ship went down
To keep calling her name when we started to drown

You can tell me I should have known better
You can ask me why
I didn't see it coming
'Til it got inside me.
You can think it's all wrong.
I can hope it's all right
But I don't know what's going on

I just know that I tried and I tried and I'll try for you
If you want me to
If you can be the girl who

Believes in me
Who believes I can turn it around
Who keeps bailing out the water while the ship goes down
Who keeps calling my name when we're starting to drown

I'll never tell you you should have known better
Never ask you why
You didn't see it coming
'Til it got inside you
It can turn out all right
Or it can turn out all wrong
We just don't know what's going on
I don't know what's going on
You don't know what's going on
You don't know what's going on

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You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor
Recorded by Vincent Rhonda
Written by Carl Story

C
There are many people who will say they're Christians
                                     D7      G7
And they live like Christians on the Sabbath day         
C
But come Monday morning till the coming Sunday 
                                  G7        C
They will fight their neighbor all along the way         
Oh you don't love God if you don't love your neighbor       
G7                      C
If you gossip about him if you never have mercyIf he gets into trouble and you don't try to help him 
                                         G7         C
Then you don't love your neighbor and you don't love God
In the Holy Bible in the Book of Matthew                             
D7   G7
Read the 18th chapter in the 21st verse      
C
Jesus plainly tells us that we must have mercy
                                 G7   C
There's a special warning in the 35th verse

Repeat #2

There's a God almighty and you've got to love him
                            D7      G7
If you want salvation and a home on high      
C
If you say you love him while you hate your neighbor
                                      G7     C
Then you don't have religion you just told a lie

Repeat #2  x2                                           
G7         C
Then you don't love your neighbor and you don't love God

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You Don't Love Me Anymore
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Freddy Powers

C
You used to get so uptight 
                              F        Dm
When I didn't hurry home from work  at night
    G7
But now you say you've changed your mind 
                                     C    Dm  G7
A man can use his space he needs his time

        C
And you never say a word
                             F    Dm
When I forget to open up the door
C
That's because I know 
               Dm     G7    C   F C
That you don't love me   anymore

     G7                         C
I've seen the lamp of love burn out before
         G7                                         C
And I've walked that path of hurt right through the hardwood floor
E7                               Am                 D7
Then I wrote a hurtin' song like you've never heard before
C                               Dm      G7   C
That's because I know you don't love me   anymore
 
     G7                         C
I've seen the lamp of love burn out before
         G7                                         C
And I've walked that path of hurt right through the hardwood floor
E7                               Am                 D7
Then I wrote a hurtin' song like you've never heard before
C                               Dm      G7   C    F C Dm C
That's because I know you don't love me   anymore



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Richard Thompson - You Don't Say Lyrics

I saw your old flame
Walking down the street
She's back in town again
She's looking out for you

She says you used her
And you were indiscreet
It really wounded her
When you bid adieu

Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh, you don't say

Do you mean she still cares
(Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
(Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
But you don't say
(You don't say)

She keeps half a ring
She says you've kept the other
She says you broke your word
When you pursue another

She says, "You're getting love
Mixed up with sympathy
Young man, do your duty
And come on back to meâ?�

Do you mean she still cares
(Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
(Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh, you don't say
(You don't say)

Oh, do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh, you don't say

She says her heart aches
Like you had bought and sold her
She took all her hopes
And pinned them on your shoulder

She sends you rosemary
And by this gift you're given
Remember love heals
And old wrongs forgiven

Do you mean she still cares
(Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
(Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh, you don't say
(You don't say)

Do you mean she still cares
Oh, do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh, you don't say

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Richard Thompson - You Don't Say (Live At The Hammersmith Palais, 20/11/1986) Lyrics

I saw your old flame
Walking down the street
She's back in town again
She's looking out for you
She says you used her
And you were indiscreet
It really wounded her
When you bid adieu

Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say

Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
But you don't say (you don't say)

She keeps half a ring
She says you've kept the other
She says you broke your word
When you pursue another
She says "You're getting love
Mixed up with sympathy
Young man, do your duty
And come on back to me"

Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say (you don't say)

Oh do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say

She says her heart aches
Like you had bought and sold her
She took all her hopes
And pinned them on your shoulder
She sends you rosemary
And by this gift you're given
Remember love heals
And old wrongs forgiven

Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say (you don't say)

Do you mean she still cares
Oh do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say

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The Duhks - You Don't See It 

If I could show you how I feel,
I'd hear sweet heaven sing your song
But I watch you from afar,
And my luck keeps dragging on

Well your eyes keep me up all night,
You know they're stranded on my mind
I want to get to love you,
One kiss at a time

But you don't see
You don't see it
You don't know
You don't feel it
You don't come
You don't suffer
You don't fall like the rain
Love has so many faces
And I wonder what my place is
Before you get to love me
A few hearts have got to break

Wish I could set your nights on fire,
Wish the passion there weren't wrong
Everybody loves you,
And I've strung my heart along

I can't wait forever
I can't break my heart like that
So why not call me in
Off your worn out welcome mat

chorus

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You Don't Seem To Miss Me
Recorded by Patty Loveless with George Jones 
Written by Jim Lauderdale

C                        F                 C
It's a long way off from where I should be going
                 F                  G7
And every time I hate to leave your side
    C          F                        C
But now when I return there's something missing
              F                 C
When I'm gone you don't seem to miss me
                       F             C
Now life's so fast and everything is changing
                     F                G7
And if your changing too then I don't blame you
C          F               C
I remember how you used to kiss me
                  F                 C
But when I'm gone you don't seem to miss me
                        Am
I'm going back I wonder why
            C           Am
I'm runnin' fast to get home
  C                  F
I just can't wait to see your face 
    G7                C
But you don't seem to miss me
                F                      C
No one can take away the things you've given
                       F         G7
And all the good we've had alone together
      C               F               C
There was a time when you could not resist me
                 F                 C
Now I'm gone and you don't seem to miss me
repeat #3
                F
I can't wait to see your face
    G7                C
But you don't seem to miss me

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You Done Me Wrong

Well you tell me that you care
But now you're gone, you've got me cryin'
No use denyin' you done me wrong
If I could look inside your heart
Maybe I would know the reason
Why you are leavin' me all alone. 

   Well you know it's not so
   When you said you tried
   Well, you know you lied
   I didn't do one wrong thing to you
   Won't you tell me baby why
   You went and left me here so lonely
   I miss you only for I love you. 

 Did I ever make you sad
So you'd be mad enough to hurt me
And desert me for so long?
Well you're tellin' everyone what you done
You think it's funny
Well, listen honey you done me wrong.

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You Done Stomped On My Heart
Mason Williams

I told you that I loved you
You said that is so good
I called you my darlin'
I thought I always would
But now you've gone and left me
I don't know what to do
So my little darlin'
I write these words to you

Chorus:

You dun stomped on my heart
And you mashed that sucker flat
You just sortta stomped on [(high) s/b my] Aorta
You started going out with guys
I felt us [(drum) s/b drift] apart
And every step you took
Was a stomp upon my heart

I only hope that someday you get
Them low down blues
In some smokey honky tonk
You looked down at your shoes
You'll think about that tender heart
That you crushed beneath them soles
With your cold bustin' stompers
You left my head so full of holes

Chorus


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You Don't Have To Move That Mountain

   You don't have to move that mountain
   Just help me Lord to climb it
   You don't have to move that stumbling block
   Just show me the way around it

We must climb a great high mountain
To reach Gold's gracious kingdom
In His words you'll find the strength
If you will just believe them

Well the way is filled with pitfalls
And sometimes we may falter
You can have His grace my friend
On your knees down at the altar

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Nickel Creek - You Don't Have to Move That Mountain (Live from the Freight and Salvage, Nov. 16, 2000) 

You don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

We must climb a great high mountain
To reach God's gracious kingdom
But in His words you'll find the strength
If you will just believe them

'Cause you don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

Well, the way is filled with pitfalls
And sometimes we may falter
But you can have His grace, my friend
On your knees down at the altar

'Cause you don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

You don't have to move that mountain
Just help me Lord to climb it
You don't have to move that stumblin' block
Just show me the way around it

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You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Carl Jackson and David Wills

C               C7       F
Most people use money to measure success
    C                               G7
The big car they're drivin' and the way that they dress
   C                   C7               F
If there's someone who loves you you're richer by far
          C        G7        C   G7
You don't know how lucky you are
C         C7        F
Society's pages she never may grace
   C                         G7
Or dress in fine garments of satin and lace
C              C7                F
But if comfort awaits you in the warmth of her arms
          C        G7        C
You don't know how lucky you are
G7                         F
Just under the surface lie riches untold
G7                               F              G7
More precious than diamonds more treasured than gold
C            C7             F
Priceless is true love in a good woman's heart
          C        G7        C   G7
You don't know how lucky you are
Repeat #3
C            C7             F
Priceless is true love in a good woman's heart
          C        G7        C
You don't know how lucky you are

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You Don't Miss Your Water

In the beginning you really loved me
But I was blind and I could not see
But when you left me oh how I cried
You don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry.

I was a playboy I could not be true
I could not believe I really loved you
But when you left me oh how I cried
You don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry.

In the beginning you really loved me
But I was blind and I could not see
But when you left me oh how I cried
You don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry.

I was a playboy I could not be true
I could not believe I really loved you
But when you left me oh how I cried
You don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry.

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Richard Thompson - You Dream Too Much Lyrics

She came down the stairs in her cocktail dress
She fell on her food like a lioness
There was ringing in my ears like an SOS

She said, "You dream too much
If you think I've a thing for you
You dream too much, it's going to end bad"

The boom box was sounding sweet
We were dancing to a jungle beat
Just when our lips were about to meet

She said, "You dream too much
Ah, who's that girl in your dreams with you?
You dream too much, it's going to end bad"

You'll stumble going through life
The way that you do
I hope I'm somewhere else the day that you do
The way that you do

She had a chassis like an XJS
Skull necklace just like a high priestess
I thought maybe just one caress

She said, "You dream too much
You're dreaming now while I'm talking to you
You dream too much, it's going to end bad
Oh, it's going to end bad"

All my life I've been like this
I start thinking of the perfect kiss
A velvet dream on an iron fist

She said, "You dream too much
Even this isn't really true
You dream too much, it's going to end bad
Oh, it's going to end bad, that's going to end bad
It's going to end bad"

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The Incredible String Band - You Get Brighter 

You get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

In the morning when I wake, I moor my boat and greet you
Hold your brightness in my eye and I wonder what does sleep do
For you get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

Oh wondrous light, light, light, lighter
You give all your brightness away and it only makes you brighter
For you get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

You get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

You get brighter every day

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The Incredible String Band - You Get Brighter - 2010 Remastered Version 

You get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

In the morning when I wake, I moor my boat and greet you
Hold your brightness in my eye and I wonder what does sleep do
For you get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

Oh wondrous light, light, light, lighter
You give all your brightness away and it only makes you brighter
For you get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

You get brighter every day and every time I see you
Scattered brightness in your way and you taught me how to love you

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how

Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me how to love you
Krishna colors on the wall, you taught me

And I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
I know you belong to everybody but you can't deny that I'm you
Oh no, oh no

You get brighter every day

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You Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine

Two lovers sat in a quiet little place
Two lovers seated in one fond embrace
Whispering softly these words so srivine
You give me your love and I'll give you mine

Tell me your love me and say you'll be true
I'll love nobody in this world like you
Your heart and my heart in love will entwine
You give me your love and I'll give you mine

I've something to ask you while you're by my side
A question of love, a groom and a bride
And if you refuse me my heart it will pine
You give me your love and I'll give you mine

* Refrain


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You Go To Your Church

You go to your church and I'll go to mine
But let's walk along together
Our fathers built them side by side
So let's walk along together

   The road is rough and the way is long
   But we'll help each other over
   You go to your church and I'll go to mine
   But let's walk along together

You go to your church and I'll go to mine
But let's walk along together
Our Heavenly Father is the same
So let's walk along together

The Lord will be at your church today
But he'll be at my church also
You go to your church and I'll go to mine
But let's walk along together

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Crooked Still 
You Got The Silver

Hey babe, what's in your eyes?
I saw them flashing like airplane lights
You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure
I must come back for a little more

You got my heart you got my soul
You got the silver you got the gold
You got the diamonds from the mine
Well that's all right, it'll buy some time

Tell me, honey, what will I do
When I'm hungry and thirsty too
Feeling foolish, and that's for sure

Just waiting here at your kitchen door?

Hey baby, what's in your eyes?
Is that the diamonds from the mine?
What's that laughing in your smile?
I don't care, no, I don't care

Oh babe, you got my soul
You got the silver, you got the gold
It's just your love, just leave me blind
I don't care, no, that's no big surprise

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Dolly Parton - You Gotta Be My Baby lyrics

Oh you said you were my baby
Now I know that you're my baby
But it seems to be you got roamin' eyes
If you wanna be my baby
Then you gotta be my baby
You can't keep your finger in two different lives
I remember how you pleaded
When my love you said you needed
And I believe without a doubt
So if you wanna be my baby
Then you gotta be my baby
And keep those kissin' cousins out
Oh you know how when I said I was a'rollin' low?
I get suspicious and I'm a'gonna tell you so
If you wanna be my baby
Then you gotta be my baby
And be nobody's baby but mine
Just think about it
Now I heard there was another
So I went and asked your mother
If anybody hung around besides me
She gave me no satisfaction
And now I can't take no action
But I think I'll hang around and see
If you wanna be my baby
Then you gotta be my baby
You gotta come to me and tell me so
If you wanna be my baby
Then you gotta be my baby
I'm tired of waitin' around so let them know
Oh how when I said that I'm a Rollin low
I'm gunna get suspicious and I'm gunna tell you so
If you wanna be my baby
Then you gotta be my baby
And be nobody's baby but mine
I said and be nobody's baby but mine
And I mean it!


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You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do

I just got a call from my good girl today
Said she must be going on her way
There's better things on down the line
And I'll not try to change her mind
She seems to think we're better off this way

   But my heart it breaks in two
   I can't believe that it's true
   Though I want you to stay you're leaving anyway
   You gotta do what you gotta do

There's times that I know I've not been there for you
Maybe that's the reason for your leaving
I'll try to keep you off my mind
'cause a girl like you is hard to find
Somehow I'll just have to stop my grieving

I guess it would be better if I'd never known your love
Then I wouldn't know just what I'm missing
But I've seen that look in your eye and now it comes as no surprise
That another's lips soon you will be kissing

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Brad Paisley - You Have That Effect On Me lyrics

Every morning the last couple of weeks
In between shaving and brushing my teeth
I'd lean on the sink and practice my lines
By now you would think they'd be memorized
But leave it to me to come all this way
Get down on one knee and forget what to say
I'm at a loss, should have known this is how it would be
'Cause you have that effect on me
I must admit I still don't understand
Why I lose my head holding your hand
There's no explanation, no simple excuse
For this intoxication I feel around you
And now truth be known since I've met you girl
I've been walkin' around in my own little world
One look in my eyes and darlin' any fool could see
That you have that effect on me
You've had your eyes on a two carat ring
I finally went out and I bought it
Right now it's at home sittin' on my TV
Would you believe I forgot it
But you can't blame me 'cause it's plain to see
That you have that effect on me
Yeah, you have that effect on me
Girl, you have that effect on me


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The Incredible String Band - You Know What You Could Be 

Read your book and lose yourself
In another's thoughts
He might tell you 'bout what is
Or even 'bout what is not

And if he's kind and gentle too
And he loves the world a lot
His twilight words may melt the slush
Of what you have been taught

You know what you could be
Tell me, my friend
Why you worry all the time?
What you should been?

Listen to the song of life
Its rainbow's end won't hold you
Its crimson shapes and purple sounds
Softly will enfold you

It gurgles through the timeless glade
In quarter tones of lightning
No policy is up for sale
In case the truth be frightening

You know what you could be
Tell me, my friend
Why you worry all the time?
What you should be?

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You Lead Me to the Wrong

Lord lordy me, and it's lord lordy my
Oh honey you lead me to the wrong

Some people born with silver and gold
Others have husbands and wifes
I never had a thing in this whole wide wicked world
Now I'm losing my life
Now I'm losing my life

You promised me that we would be wed
On this I'd lay my money down
You were seen courtin my best freind
You caused me to shoot him down
You caused me to shoot him down

Well love of a woman is bitter but sweet
Even though she turns him down
The price I have to pay may come to you someday
And you'll in the sea of sorrow drown
And you'll in the sea of sorrow drown

Well they say I have a rightto my very last few words
Before they let the scaffold down
A man has to fight for what he thinks is right
Even if it puts him in the ground
Even if it puts him in the ground
Now it's gonna put me in the ground

Lord Lordy me, and it's Lord Lordy my
Oh honey you lead me to the wrong

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You Left Me Alone

My dear you've been gone for such a long time
You know you have driven me out of my mind
You left me alone and went on your way
And my broken heart the price it must pay

The sigh of the wind the beat of the rain
Bring back to my heart this feeling of pain
I've tried to forget but it never will be
For my broken heart just won't set me free

When I close my eyes or look into space
I see not the dark but your smilin' face
Wherever I go whatever I say
My poor achin' heart will have its way

Well time must go on til my heart is still
Til that very day I'll follow your will
The pain will not die for it must live on
And I can't forget you left me alone

 

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James King - You Make Me Happy 

It's the heart on your sleeve never making me wonder
It's the bond that we tie up and over and under
You're the sun and the rain and my grass is always green

With a kiss on my cheek, always letting me know
I'm the birds and the bees, I'm the apple in your eye
I know that you know that I know you're all I need

And just when I thought
It couldn't get any better
There you go and do it all again
Hope this feeling never ends

'Cause you
You make me happy
You
You make me happy

It's the sound of your voice at the end of the phone line
A tickle in my toes, just to know that you're all mine
Like an ice cream sundae with a cherry on the top

It's the look in your eyes when I'm wearing your t-shirt
Your cute little smile after a long day of hard work
And I know that you know that I can't give you up

And just when I thought
It couldn't get any better
There you go and do it all again
Hope this feeling never ends

'Cause you
You make me happy
You
You make me happy

Just when I thought
It couldn't get any better
There you go and do it all again
Hope this feeling never ends

'Cause you
You make me happy
You
You make me happy

You
Make me happy
You
You make me happy

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You May See Me Walking
Recorded by Ricky Skaggs 
written Tom Uhr

D7
You may see me walking you may hear me talking
        C                   D7            G
But the words I speak won't ever be about you
         D7
You once left me crying and now you're still trying
   C              D7               G
To make amends by saying you'll be true
C                          G         D7       G
Like a fool I played along with your cheating game
A7                         D7
Now my heart is paying for the things you did with shame
You may see me walking you may hear me talking
        C                   D7            G
But the words I speak won't ever be about you
C                          G         D7       G
Like a fool I played along with your cheating game
A7                         D7
Now my heart is paying for the things you did with shame
You may see me walking you may hear me talking
        C                   D7            G
But the words I speak won't ever be about you

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Doc Watson
You Must Come In At The Door

Oh, the Baptists go by water and the Methodists go by land
But I'll tell you, my friends, if you wanna get to heaven, well, you gotta go hand in hand
As Jesus taught the people by the sea of Galilee
He said, "I'm the door that leads to Heaven and you must come in by me"

And it's so low, you can't get under it
So high, you can't climb over it
So wide, you'll never get around it
You must come in at the door

You may talk about me, my brother, just as much as ever you please
If I talk about you, it'll be to the Lord when I get down on my knees
Old Satan, he's a liar and he wears a hypocrite's shoes
And if you don't watch your step today, he'll slip it right on you

The door's so low, you can't get under it
So high, you can't climb over it
So wide, you'll never get around it
You must come in at the door

Don't let old Satan fool you, or brother, you'll find out
When the day of judgement comes around, your sins are gonna lock you out
He can talk just like an angel, but don't you believe a word
As a matter of fact, he'll steal your soul if you don't put your trust in the Lord

The door's so low that you can't get under it
So high, you can't climb over it
So wide, you'll never get around it
You must come in at the door

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You Must Have A Dream
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by James Hipskind

C                              F             Dm
Troubles gather around you and life seems so unfair
    C              G7                  C  G7
You need to have a place where you can go
  C                                  F                 Dm
A place where you can rise above the world and all its cares
C                                          F         G7    C
Where you can heal your troubled heart and rest your weary soul
 
G7              C                     F                   Dm
You must have a dream you must have a place where you can go
                F                 G7                     C
You must have a song that you can sing when troubles are around
                      Gm                       F                   Dm
And you will let your faith take you where you never thought you'd see
                          C        G7                 C
Just fill your heart with hope and you will find your dream
 
                                     F                 Dm
And now that I have found my dream I can't believe I'm here
  C                           G7        C  G7
I never thought my life would come this far
    C                             F               Dm
And even as I'm standing here I'm reaching out to you
C                                   F        G7      C
You're the one that lifts me up and helps me make it through
 
Repeat #2 x3
Dm                        C        G7                 C
Just fill your heart with hope and you will find your dream
G7              C     G7              C     G7              C
You must have a dream you must have a dream you must have a dream
G7              C         G7                 C
You must have a dream and you will find your dreams

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Brad Paisley - You Need A Man Around Here lyrics

You've sure got a real nice place
So don't take this the wrong way
But I can tell by your decorating taste
You've been alone too long
You've got more candles than a midnight mass
That fancy mirror adds a touch of class
But do you know how good a mounted bass
Would look there on that wall
[Chorus]
You need a man around here
You can't do it all by yourself
To me it's painfully clear
That you could use a little help
Someone to kill the spiders
Change the channel and drink the beer
Seems to me that you sure need
A man around here
Thumbing through your stack of magazines
I don't see a Maxim or Field and Stream
I haven't been in a room this clean
Since they took my appendix out
Well you've gotta be kidding me
Don't tell me that thing is your TV
My laptop's got a bigger screen
Baby, there ain't no doubt
[Repeat chorus]
Someone to kill the spiders
And by the way, you're out of beer
Seems to me that you sure need
A man around here
Yeah, it seems to me that you sure need
A man around here


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Railroad Earth - You Never Know (Live) 

That wheel of fortune went spinning round.
High, high hopes went crashing down.
We were all locked up, free to go.
I guess it goes to show you never know.
You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, 
I guess it goes to show you never know.
Cold hard facts, nothing stuck.
They were shooting fish in a pickup truck.
But it the end, it was all a show.
And I guess it goes to show you never know.
You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, 
I guess it goes to show you never know.
Now here we are, sitting pretty.
High on a hill over redwood city.
From little seeds, big plants will grow.
Like pulling a rabbit from a hat.
Big home run you're last at bat.
We're counting blessings, taking it slow.
And I guess it goes to show you never know.
You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know, You never know,
I guess it goes to show, I guess it goes to show, I guess it goes to show you never know.

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You Never Thought
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                            C                 G
Who's gonna be to blame when dreams are all in vain
    D7                                  G
And find out then that there's somebody new
                        C                G
Who's gone away someday they hadn't gone away
  D7                                G
I bet you never thought it would be you
  D7                                G 
I bet you never thought it could be you
                                 C                        G
You will walk the floor and weep you will tremble in your sleep
       D7                               G
You'll sit and wonder what you're gonna do
                                    C                G   
Who's gonna pray each night for the Lord to bring daylight
  D7                                G
I bet you never thought it could be you
  D7                                G
I bet you never thought it would be you
                              C                 G
Who's gonna feel ashamed each time they hear my name
       D7                               G 
And be sorry that they broke a heart in two
                                C                 G 
I think you oughta know so I'll tell you before I go
  D7                                G
I bet you never thought it would be you
  D7                                G
I bet you never thought it could be you

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You Oughta Be Here With Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Roger Miller

C                          F             C
If you think it's lonesome where you are tonight
                D7           G7
Then you oughta be here with me
C                               F             C
If you think there's heartaches where you are tonight
                G7           C
Then you oughta be here with me

                  C7   F                     C   G7
Because with y-ou I'm  whole without you I'm c-o-ld
   C                     F             C
So if you think about me where you are tonight
                G7           C
Then you oughta be here with me

                         F             C
If teardrops are falling where you are tonight
                D7           G7
Then you oughta be here with me
   C                  F             C
Is loneliness calling where you are tonight
                G7           C
Then you oughta be here with me

Repeat #2

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New Grass Revival - You Plant Your Fields

My father said, some things you learn
By only doin' when it comes your turn
Everything comes around so be ready if you can
Prepare your heart like the farmer turns his land

And you plant your fields when the spring is tender
When the summer beats down, you pray for rain
You hope for the harvest and the long cold winter
And then you plant your fields again

Well he spoke right to my restless soul
Still wild and hungry and beyond control
For all that you dream there's a time and a place
But you won't know it till it comes your way

And you plant your fields when the spring is tender
When the summer beats down, you pray for rain
You hope for the harvest and the long cold winter
And then you plant your fields again

When the spring is tender
When the summer beats down, you pray for rain
You hope for the harvest and the long cold winter
And then you plant your fields again

You plant your fields again
You plant your fields again
You plant your fields again
You plant your fields again

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Alison Krauss - You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All Lyrics

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may, I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

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Brad Paisley - You Shouldn't Have To lyrics

You've got this confidence
Yeah it was obvious
The way you walked in here
You look sensational
And totally capable
Of buying your own beer
But you shouldn't have to
You shouldn't have to
I hate to think about
Everything you've done without
Or how it's been before
You've ever walked home alone
Or sat and waited by the phone
Or opened your own door
You shouldn't have to
You shouldn't have to
Do you ever wonder when your dreams will come true?
A girl like you can do anything
But anything you don't wanna do
You shouldn't have to
Girl, you shouldn't have to
Hear me now, that's what I'm saying
And another thing, tell me now
Ever longed for a back rub
All alone in your bathtub?
Need your glass of wine topped off
But you'd have to get out and dry off, aw
You shouldn't have to
You shouldn't have to
Do you ever wonder when your dreams will come true?
A girl like you can do anything
But anything you don't wanna do
Like wash your own car or bait your own hook
Get all made up, wonder how you look
Make your own breakfast, make the first move
Feel like you ain't being listened to
Kill your own spiders, change your flat tire
Stoke your own fire, mow your own grass
Pump your own gas, ever feel pain
Wish you had a ring on your hand, feel like anything less
Than the best lookin' thing this town's ever seen
Have a dress you'd love to wear but you gotta wait
Cause there ain't nobody there to help you zip the thing
You shouldn't have to
You shouldn't have to


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You Tied A Love Knot In My Heart

You tied a love knot in my heart dear
When you said you'd be my bride
Oh how well I remember
As we strolled side by side

Leaves were falling all around us
Roses withered on the ground
You tied a love knot in my heart dear
That can never be unwound

The only thing that I have left now
Is this little string I've found
With a little love knot in it
That she held tight in her hand

As I stood there by your bedside
As I looked into your eyes
You tied a love knot in my heart dear
That can never be untied

There's a heart tonight that's lonely
There's a heart tonight that's sad
For God has took you from me
The best pal I ever had

She's gone to sing up in heaven
God needed her there by His side
You tied a love knot in my heart dear
That can never be untied

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The Boxcars - You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me

You took all the ramblin' out of me, girl
With the finest lovin' I ever done seen
Now all I wanna do is sit home and play my little guitar
And sing songs about all the places that I've seen

Your country lovin' and your country cookin'
Done blown my mind and set me free
You took away all my urge to roam
All I wanna do is just hang around home
'Cause you took all the ramblin' out of me

How I wound up down here in Monroe
Somethin' I'm never gonna figure out it's true
But your sweet love settled me down
Made me quit all my ramblin' around
Now all I wanna do is sit home and go with you

And last night I heard a freight train through my window
And I couldn't help thinkin' as I heard that whistle scream
How that ol' lonesome sound
Don't make me itch and wanna move around
'Cause you took all the ramblin' out of me, yeah

You took all the ramblin' out of me, girl
With the finest lovin' I ever done seen
Now all I wanna do is sit home and play my little guitar
And sing songs about all the places that I've seen

Your country lovin' and your country cookin'
Done blown my mind and set me free
You took away all my urge to roam
Now all I wanna do is just hang around home
'Cause you took all the ramblin' out of me

One more time, sing it

You took all the ramblin' out of me, girl
With the finest lovin' I ever done seen
Now all I wanna do is sit home and play my little guitar
And sing songs about all the places that I've seen

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Crooked Still
You Were Gone

There's a hill I cannot get to
No matter how I try
Would you tell me the fastest way to you
And I'll fly

On that hill you built a castle
Made of leaves and sticks and stones
You had no dreams of grandeur
Just a place to call your own

There you stood and saw the glory
On the land o'er which you reigned
There you stood and the glory and the pain, oh the pain
There you stood and saw the glory and the pain

There's a hill across the ocean
Down a road that's lined with green
It was there I first saw you
When I was eighteen

When you spoke I couldn't hear you
I held the can up to my ear
All your words had gotten lost among
The tattered twine and tears

All of those days that we went swimming
I never could swim upstream like you
All of those nights that went diving
I never could dive as deep as you
How did I know that I was weary
I fell asleep right next you
All of that time my heart was heavy

I tried to climb your mountain
I pushed the rock uphill
Oh, I tried to climb your mountain
But I slipped against my will

So I found myself a backway
Saddled up my roan
Oh, I found myself a backway and
I made it to your home

But you were gone before I got there
Gone back from where you came
You were gone before I called your pretty name, pretty name
You were gone before I called your pretty name

Before you saw the glory and the pain

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Alison Krauss - You Will Be My Ain True Love Lyrics

You'll walk unscathed through musket fire,
no ploughman's blade will cut thee down,
no cutlass pull will mark thy face
and you will be my ain true love,
and you will be my ain true love
And as you walk through death's dark veil,
the cannon's thunder can't prevail,
and those who hunt thee down will fail,
and you will be my ain true love,
and you will be my ain true love.
Asleep inside the cannon's mouth,
the captain cries, "here comes the rout,"
they'll seek to find me north and south,
i've gone to find my ain true love.
The field is cut and bleeds too red.
the cannon balls fly round my head,
the infirm'ry man may count me dead,
when i've gone to find my ain true love,
i've gone to find my ain true love.

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You Won't Be Satisfied That Way

I tried to tell you how I loved you
And I tried to tell you night and day
But when I'm gone no more to see you
Honey you won't be satisfied that way

I'll leave you now if you don't want me
I'll leave you anytime you say
But when I'm gone no more to see you
Honey you won't be satisfied that way

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You'd Better Get Right Little Darling

   You'd better get right little darling
   And quit all this running round
   You'd better get right little darling
   I'm gonna tear your playhouse down

You told me once there was no other
But now you've gone far away
I'll always think of you my darling
And pray we'll meet again some day

Many nights I wait for you love
While your painting up the town
Now if your gonna keep on cheating
I'm gonna tear your playhouse down

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You'll Always Be My Blue Eyed Darling

Eight weeks ago the night we parted
My blue skies now have turned to grey
Alone I hang my head in sorrow
No other love can take your place

You'll always be my blue eyed darlin'
I'll always love you as today
But when you left me for another
You broke my heart a million ways

It makes no difference where you wander
It makes no difference where you stray
You'll always be my blue eyed darlin'
No other love could take your place

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Dolly Parton - You'll Always Be Special To Me lyrics
(Merle Haggard)

To you I may never be more than a friend
But you'll always be special to me
To you I may never be closer than I am
But you'll always be special to me
Maybe I set my sights too high to be real
I may be wrong, but love is strong
And I can't hide how I feel
To you I may never be closer than I am
But you'll always be special to me
Maybe I set my sights too high to be real
But love is strong, I may be wrong
But I can't hide how I feel
To you I may never be closer than I am
But you'll always be special to me


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You'll Find Her Name Written There

No more no more she'll walk this earth
Her face like a beautiful flower
But all alone there's a marble stone
You'll find her name written there

A new voice rings where the angel sings
A voice so pure and so fair
But if you look in the heavenly book
You'll find her name written there

I'm all alone since the dawn of fate
Left me in the deepest despair
But if you wait at the pearly gates
You'll find her name written there

I breathe her name into the air
It goes and I know not where
But if you look to the heart of a friend
You'll find her name written there
 

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You'll Get No More Of Me

As you go from me you want all that's left
The last thread of pride in my heart
'Til you've wrung the last teardrop from my eye
You won't be satisfied.

   So take your cold unloving heart
   Your eyes too blinded to see
   You've never found the door to this heart of mine
   You'll get no more of me.

You wrecked my heart like a cruel winter storm
Bending my branches so low
Oh your wayward heart and your tortured soul
Leave no memory worthy to hold.

So I'll take back my heart from the willow bough
I'll hang my tears out to dry
I'll hang my head in sorrow no more
And no more tears will I cry.

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You'll Make Our Shack A Mansion

Since I've been gone my Mammy says the old place ain't the same
The old hound dog is growing old and old Dobbin's getting lame
She says the place needs happy shouts of a young and rowdy crew
And that is why I won't be shy when I say this speech to you

Oh I'm waitin' lettle gal fot the time I'll win your hand
Take you back where I was born down in old Dixie Land
The old home place will brighten up, everything will be so gay
You'll make our shach a mansion when I bring you home to stay

Well the folks will all be happy when we come up the lane
Pa and Ma and Grand Pap will be smiling once again
They'll be so glad to welcome us to the old place on the hill
Cause I know what kind of folks they like and you sure fill the bill

* Refrain

Well you'll fit right in the circle around the old fire place
There'll be a look of pleasure on every smiling face
We'll be happier than the richest folk, won't worry night or day
You'll make our shack a mansion when I bring you home to stay

* Refrain


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You'll Need Someone To Hold You
BMI Work #: 9290959
You'll Need Someone To Hold You (Larry W. Jones 12/06/2007) (song#5190)

Your old suitcase is ready at the door
And you told him you couldn't take no more
You'll be on your own when you say goodbye
You'll need someone to hold you when you cry
You'll need someone to talk to when you're blue
Someone you can trust, who will walk with you
I can be that someone, just let me try
You'll need someone to hold you when you cry
- instrumental -
You'll need someone to talk to when you're blue
Someone you can trust, who will walk with you
Weather's cold but you know it's time to go 
No one to hold you when you're feeling low
He told you the last time the same old lie
You'll need someone to hold you when you cry
You'll need someone to talk to when you're blue
Someone you can trust, who will walk with you
I can be that someone, just let me try
You'll need someone to hold you when you cry


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(You'll) Never Be The Sun
Recorded by Emmylou Harry, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt
Written by Donagh Long

C      G7           C                  F
You'll never be the sun turning in the sky
G7                   C                          F
And you won't be the moon above us on a moonlit night
    G7               C                                     F
And you won't be the stars in heaven although they burn so bright
G7              C             F        G7     C
But even on the deepest ocean you will be the light
        G7         C                             F
You may not always shine as you go barefoot over stone
G7              C                               F
You might be so long together or you might walk alone
    G7                  C                                       F
And you won't find that love comes easy but that love is always right
G7               C                  F        G7     C
So even when the dark clouds gather you will be the light
    G7
And if you lose the part inside
     C                                    G7
When loves turns round on you leaving the past behind
E7                Am          E7     Am
Is knowing you'll do like you always do 
        D7                    G7
Holding you blind keeping you true
Repeat #1
F        G7     C     F        G7     C
You will be the light you will be the light
More songs by 
Donagh Long

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You'll Never Know

You'll never know how much you'll miss
The one that you love till she's gone
You'll never know, you'll neverknow how much you'll be
Lift all alone till shes gone, you'll never know
You'll wonder how you're gonna stop the pain
Or how you'll cry and want her back again
You'll wish a thousand times you hadn't said mean things
You'll wonder if the sorrow and regret will be in vain
You'll never know how much it hurts to know you were wrong
Till she's gone, you'll never know


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The Osborne Brothers - You'll Never Know (How Much It Hurts) lyrics (Don Gibson)

You'll never know how much you'll miss
The one that you love till she's gone you'll never know
You'll never know how much you'll be
Left all alone till she's gone you'll never know.
You'll wonder why you're gonna stop the pain
Or how you'll cry and want her back again
You'll wish a thousand times you haven't said me things
You'll wonder if the sorrow and regret will be in vain
You'll never know how much it hurts
To know you were wrong till she's gone you'll never know.
--- Instrumental ---
You'll never know how much you'll miss
The one that you love till she's gone you'll never know
You'll never know how much you'll be
Left all alone till she's gone you'll never know.
You'll wOr how you'll cry and want her back again
You'll wish a thousand times you haven't said me things
You'll wonder if the sorrow and regret will be in vain
You'll never know how much it hurts
To know you were wrong till she's gone you'll never know.
Wonder why you're gonna stop the pain...


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Brad Paisley - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive lyrics

In the deep dark hells of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive
Well, my granddad's dad walked down
Katahrins Mountain
And he asked Tillie Hilton to be his bride
He Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth
Of this holler
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive
Well Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west
To Pineland
To a farm where big Richmond River winds
I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal
And sent the money back to granny
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
And the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
In the deep dark hells of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive


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You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive

Oh my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
Said won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive

    Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
    And the sun goes down about three in the day
    And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
    And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away

No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay ya for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive

Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
To a farm where big Richland River winds
I bet they danced them a jig laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive

But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny
But he never left Harlan alive

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You're A Flower Blooming In The Wildwood

On an evening long ago when the sun was sinking low
My true lover went to sall upon the sea
It was in the month of june when the roses were in bloom
When he took me in his arms said to me

You're a flower that is blooming in the wildwood
Flower that is blooming there for me
Sweeter than the morning dew when I'll soon return to you
You're a flower that is blooming there for me

Than a letter came to me from a captain on the sea
That told me my darling was dead
On the shock and great surprise made the teardrops in my eyes
When I thought about the last words that he said

* Refrain

Now he can't return to me he got drowned in the sea
And has done passed over lifes weary way
When it's in the month of june and the roses are in bloom
It seems that I can hear my lover say

* Refrain


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You're A Flower In The Wildwood

On one evening long ago when the sun was sinkin' low
My true lover went to sail upon the sea
It was in the month of June when the roses were in bloom
That he took me in his arms and said to me

   You're a flower bloomin' in the wildwood
   A flower bloomin' there for me
   Freer than the morning dew but I'll soon return to you
   You're a flower that is bloomin' there for me

Then this message came to me from the captain on the sea
And it told me that my darling was dead
Oh this shocking words surprise brought the teardrops to my eyes
When I thought about the last words that I said

Now he can't return to me he got drowned in the sea
And he's past o'r life's weary waves
When it's in the month of June and the roses are in bloom
Oh it seems that I can hear my darling say

Del McCoury; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

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Chris Thile - You're an Angel, and I'm Gonna Cry

What do you see that's so beautiful
It always reflects in your eyes
The world casts no shadows across your sweet face
You're an angel and I'm gonna cry

When I used to see you I'd smile
Just a pretty girl up on a sign
Then I'd thank god for mine now she's leaving
And I need an angel to keep me from crying

You're an angel and I'm gonna cry
'cause I can't have you and I'm not gonna try

But I'm wasting this dream with my troubles
Let me rest in your arms for a while
Say you love me 'cause when I wake up dear
You'll just be an angel and I'm gonna cry
Say you love me 'cause when I wake up dear
You'll just be an angel and I'm gonna cry

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You're Drifting Away

All your life you've lived a sinner the bright way you've never trod
You're drifting away you're drifting away
When you come to cross the river and you haven't met with God
You're drifting away you're drifting away

   You're drifting away you're drifting away
   On down the dark river I'm sorry to say
   You're drifting away you're drifting away
   Don't wait too long to let Jesus hear you pray

You won't give up your earthly treasures to enter the promised land
You're drifting away you're drifting away
You can hear Jesus callin' and you won't accept His hand
You're drifting away you're drifting away

When you come to the river Jesus don't give thee command
You're drifting away you're drifting away
And the dark rollin' river takes you to the sinkin' sand
You're drifting away you're drifting away

The Rice Brothers; The Rice Brothers

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You're Drifting On

Press along dear friendly neighbors try to lend a helping hand
You have loved ones lost in sorrow they will not heed God's command
Please advise them hold the children try to teach them how to pray
They'll be ready to meet Jesus on that final judgement day

You're driftin' (slowly driftin) through this weary world of sin
You're strivin (daily strivin) for a crown of life to win
Jesus calls you (softly calls you) to a better home above
Are you ready (please be ready) for that happy home of love

Jesus is our lovin master all our troubles He will share
When in sorrow call upon Him He is waiting everywhere
So be ready for the judgement don't be left here all alone
When the gates of heaven open holy children welcome home

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Dolly Parton - You're Gonna Be Sorry lyrics
(Dolly Parton)

Some day you're gonna want me but I ain't gonna be around
Some day you'll find you miss the kiss that you're forever turnin' down
When you decide you want the love that once you could've had
Well that's gonna be to bad and you're gonna be sorry
You're gonna be sorry for all the dirty deals you've handed me
All the nights you stayed away you wished you'd spent with me
While you were busy makin' out, I was busy makin' plans for checkin' out
And when you find this out, you're gonna be sorry
You'll wake up cryin for me like I've done so many nights for you
You'll walk the floor and you'll call my name but I ain't gonna hear you
You'll curse the night and you'll hate yourself for ever doin' me wrong
But I'm gonna be long gone and you're gonna be sorry
You're gonna be sorry for all the dirty deals you've handed me
All the nights you've stayed away you wished you'd spent with me
While you were busy makin' out, I was busy makin' plans for checkin' out
And when you find I'm gone, you're gonna be sorry
You're gonna be sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry


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You're Gonna Be Sorry You Let Me Down

You told me once dear I was true and kind
You told me then love that you were mine
But now you tell me that you were blind
You like your parties and good times

I'm sorry darlin cause you feel this way
But you told me truthful to my face
You found another to take my place
All dressed in diamonds pearls and lace

   I'm sorry darlin cause you let me down
   A truer love now you think you've found
   But when I'm laid deep down in the ground
   You're gonna be sorry you let me down

So now I've lost you but I still have faith
That you will see the mistake you made
And when you find dear that you are wrong
You'll ask forgiveness and come back home

I believed you darlin when you said to me
That we'd be happy that we'd be free
But now I've found dear a fault in thee
When we were wed love I could not see

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You're In My Heart
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent
Written by Ron Block

C                        F
First time I saw you not long ago    
G7                               F                 C
You said love can ease the pain that ails the troubled soul
                                   F
Loving words have eased the pain a thousand times or more
             G7            C
You're in my heart am I in yours       
F                                  C
Absence makes the heart grow fonder so I'm told      
F                                   G7
Is it true or has it made your heart grow cold
C                                     F
Love don't last and it's not love I'm sure             
G7            C
You're in my heart am I in yours                       
F
Last time I saw you so long ago    
G7                                F          C
You said time can change the heart of anyone I'm told
                                     F
But your heart changed my mind and I loved you more             
G7            C
You're in my heart am I in yours

Repeat #2 x2             
G7            C
You're in my heart am I in yours

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Alison Krauss - You're Just a Country Boy

Ain't gonna marry in the fall
Ain't gonna marry in the spring
For you're in love
With a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring

[Chorus]
You're just a country boy
Money - have you none?
But you've got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun

Never gonna kiss the ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she'll marry you
She'd only turn you down

[Chorus]

Never could afford a store-bought ring
With a sparklin' diamond stone
All you could afford is a loving heart
The only one you own

[Chorus]


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Alison Krauss - You're Just a Country Boy Lyrics

Ain't gonna marry in the fall
Ain't gonna marry in the spring
For you're in love
With a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring

You're just a country boy
Money have you none
But you've got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun

Never gonna kiss the ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she'll marry you
She'd only turn you down

You're just a country boy
Money have you none
But you've got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun

Never could afford a store bought ring
With a sparklin' diamond stone
All you can afford is a loving heart
The only one you own

You're just a country boy
Money have you none
But you've got silver
In the stars
Gold in the morning sun
Gold in the morning sun

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You're Just What The Doctor Ordered

You're just what the doctor told me I was needing ( oh Doctor )
And I know he was right from the start
When I hold you close and kiss you I'm in heaven
You're just what the Doctor orderd for my broken heart

Not so long ago I thought I was in love
But now I know it wasn't meant to be ( meant to be )
The moment I met you my skies of gray truned to blue
And the tears I've shed are just a memory ( memory )

You're just what the doctor told me I was needing ( oh Doctor )
When he took my pulse and looked down at his chart
You're a lot sweeter than the one I shed those tears for
You're just what the Doctor ordered for my broken heart

I thought I'd found my dove be she fed me poison love
And now I'm glad you've gone and set me free ( set me free )
And now that you are mine the world is rolling fine
And the blues I knew is just a memory ( memory )


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You're Just What The Doctor Ordered

You're just what the doctor told me I was needing ( oh Doctor )
And I know he was right from the start
When I hold you close and kiss you I'm in heaven
You're just what the Doctor ordered for my broken heart

Not so long ago I thought I was in love
But now I know it wasn't meant to be ( meant to be )
The moment I met you my skies of gray turned to blue
And the tears I've shed are just a memory ( memory )

You're just what the doctor told me I was needing ( oh Doctor )
When he took my pulse and looked down at his chart
You're a lot sweeter than the one I shed those tears for
You're just what the Doctor ordered for my broken heart

I thought I'd found my love but she fed me poison love
And now I'm glad you've gone and set me free ( set me free )
And now that you are mine the world is rolling fine
And the blues I knew is just a memory ( memory )

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You're Learning
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin

G       C                                  G
You are learning what it's like to sit and cry
           D7                  G
And wonder why your plans went wrong
        C                                  G
You are learning how it feels when pain is real
   D7                 G     D7         G
To realize you're all alone yes you're learning

   D7                   G     D7                   G
We had the chance to be happy nothing stood in our way
   Em                        D7          A7                 D7
If only you'd meant what you promised we wouldn't be crying today
G       C                                G           D7               G
You are learning that a lie can make you cry for the truth your heart reveals
        C                                 G
You are learning that a flirt can cause a hurt
     D7                  G    D7         G
Even though your love is real yes you're learning

Repeat #2

D7         G
Yes you're learning

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You're leaving me for the last time

You're leaving me for the last time
Love to you was just a past time
I'll always love you even though it's wrong
I'll be better off without when I know you're gone

You say you must see him once again
To make sure that you've made up your mind
You're expecting me to understand
Even though it will break my heart

You're leaving me for the last time
Love to you was just a past time
I'll always love you even though it's wrong
I'll be better off without when I know you're gone

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You're Looking At A Happy Man
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Carmol Taylor and George Jones

G
Well I jumped outta bed and I hollered hallelujah
    C                           G
For there ain't another soul in sight
I sing a little song as I fix my coffee
      A7                D7
Cause she's really gone alright
          G
Put on my old blue jeans and my Levi jacket
          C                  G
I'm gonna have all the fun I can
C                        G
Tonight I'm really gonna be myself
           A7           D7    G
And you're looking at a happy man
Well my baby left with all of my money
    C                         G
And nearly every thing that I had
She thinks I'm a-sittin' at home a crying
        A7             D7
But I'm far from being sad
    G
She had me a-bein' somebody I wasn't
         C          G
But it's good to me again
        C                  G       E7
Now I'm free as a breeze I do as I please
           A7           D7    G
And you're looking at a happy man
Every thing's gone and I ain't got nothin'
      C
But I don't need nothin' but time
      G
There ain't a thing I miss I like it like this
C
Lord I got an easy mind
G
Well I'm not the same I made a big change
       C                G
I want everyone to understand
         C              G           E7
This old country boy is jumpin' for joy
         A7           D7    G
And your lookim' at a happy man
       
Well I jumped outta bed and I said almighty
        C                    G
There's ain't naked woman in sight
She thinks I'm a-sittin' at home a cryin'
    A7               D7
But everything'll be alright
          G
Put on my old blue jeans and my Levi jacket
          C                  G
I'm gonna have all the fun I can
C                        G
Tonight I'm really gonna be myself
           A7           D7    G
And you're looking at a happy man
Every thing's gone and I ain't got nothin'
      C
But I don't need nothin' but time
      G
There ain't a thing I miss I like it like this
C
Lord I got an easy mind
G
Well I'm not the same I made a big change
       C                G
I want everyone to understand
         C              G           E7
This old country boy is jumpin' for joy
         A7           D7    G
And your lookim' at a happy man
         C              G           E7
This old country boy is jumpin' for joy
           A7           D7    G
And you're looking at a happy man

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You're No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine

We are saying goodbye dear forever
I am leaving your false love behind
Every promise you made has been broken
You're no longer a sweetheart of mine

I wanted someone true and faithful
And that is the way it had to be
You wanted your honky-tonk life dear
You're no longer a sweetheart to me

   Go back to the bar down the street dear
   And stay with your honky-tonk kind
   Go back to the life you've been living
   You're no longer a sweetheart of mine

From a bottle to a ride in the moonlight
In the arms of the first man you see
Another victim added to your list dear
You're no longer a sweetheart to me

I could never pretend to be happy
Until a true love I have found
But you lived a lie from the start dear
You're no longer a sweetheart of mine

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You're No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine

We are saying goodbye dear forever
I'm leaving your false love behind
Every promise you made has been broken
You're no loneger a sweetheart of mine

Go back to the bar down the street dear
And stay with your honky tonk kind
Go back to the life you've been living
You're no loneger a sweetheart of mine

I wanted someone true and faithful
And that is the way it had to be
You wanted your honky tonk life dear
You're no longer a sweetheart to me

* Refrain

From a bottle to a ride in the moonlight
And the arms of the first man you see
Another victim added to your list dear
You're no longer a sweetheart to me

* Refrain


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You're Not Easy To Forget

I make all the honky tonks and taverns
Just to see who's hanging 'round
Tryin' to drown away all my sorrows
Cause my darlin' let me down 

   Oh I could get someone to love me
   And I could get someone to care
   But when I need someone to true love me
   You're not easy to forget. 

Last night while dancin' with my new love
And gazin' into her eyes of blue
I knew that I could have loved her
If I never dated you.

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You're Nothing More To Me

Tonight we part forever
You're nothing more to me
The chain that bound us is broken
Not a tear I'll shed for thee

So break the heart of another
Just as you have broken mine
Go tell her that you love her
And call her fondly thine

Here take this ring you gave me
It was so dear to me
So give it to another
It's nothing more to me

When you gaze upon the engraving
Will you think one time of me
You've broken my heart forever
Not a tear I'll shed for thee

Goodnight goodbye forever
You're nothing more to me
You've broken my heart forever
Not a tear I'll shed for thee

I must say goodbye my darling
Nevermore to meet again
I will ask of you a promise
Will you meet me up in heaven

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You're Running Wild

You're running wild
How long can this go on
You're leaving me alone
And running wild

You're always gone
My love you never share
It's more than I can bear
You're running wild

   You'll settle down someday
   And find I've gone away
   You'll think of what you've done
   While running wild

I can't go on
You'll have to choose the way
You'll have to go or stay
Stop running wild

You're running wild

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You're Running Wild  
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
written by Ray Edenton and Don Winters
 
G                                D7
You're running wild how long can this go on
               C        D7           G
You're leaving me alone stop running wild
                                  D7
You're always gone my love you'll never share
               C          D7           G
It's more than I can bear stop running wild

              D7                         G
You'll settle down someday and find I've gone away
                C                              D7
You'll think of what you've done while running wild
           G                 D7
I can't go on you'll have to change your way
               C           D7          G
You'll have to go or stay stop running wild

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You're Still Mine Tonight

Now meet me in the court room in the morning
And you'll no longer by my wife
You'll be free to go with hem tomorrow
But remember you're still mine tonight

Go with him any place he wants to take you
You can go and do the things you like
But 'til then you're going to stay right here beside me
Just remember you're still mine tonight

* Refrain

And I'll see you for the last time in the morning
And I'll watch you walk out of my life
Tomorrow we'll say goodbye forever
But remember you're still mine tonight

* Refrain


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You're Still On My Mind

Oh a long time ago when I left my old home
I thought my darlin' I'd leave you behind
But as time lingers on I can't go it alone
But darlin' somehow you're still on my mind

Each night I'm so lonely thinkin of you
I wonder sweetheart if you feel the same
I'm on my way back to start lovin' you
For often in dreams love I call your name

I've heard lots of things since I've been gone
But I never thought that you was unkind
Well you'd take me back just as before
But darlin' somehow you're still on my mind

Someday when we're old and weary of life
Our time is no longer we'll have to part
We'll meet up in heaven just as before
Up there with God I'll call you sweetheart

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You're Still On My Mind
Luke McDaniel

The jukebox is playin' a honky-tonk song.
"One more", I keep sayin', "and then I'll go home."
What good will it do me, I know what I'll find:
An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind.

The people are dancin' and havin' their fun,
And I sit here thinkin' about what you have done.
To try and forget you, I've turned to the wine.
An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind.

Alone and forsaken, so blue I could cry,
I just sit here drinkin' till the bottle runs dry.:
What good will it do me, I know what I'll find
An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind.
An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind.


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Alison Krauss - You're Still the One [Live]

When I first saw you, I saw love
And the first time you touched me, I felt love
And after all this time
You're still the one I love, mmm, yeah-yeah

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come, my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together, still going strong

(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss goodnight

Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together, still going strong

(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss goodnight

You're still the one

Yeah (you're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life, oh yeah
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss goodnight

I'm so glad we made it
Look how far we've come, my baby


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You're The Best Of All Leading Brands

Now you're the best of all the leading brands
From loveing kisses down to holding hands
I am happy only in your company
And no one else can make this grarantee

You're the best and always number one
You've got the competition of the run
I'm sure that everybody understands
I like you best of all the leading brands
( You're the best of all the leading brands )

Your new improved performance sure is great
To me there is no question how you rate
Your quality puts you so far shead
Your shape, your style, your looks sure knocks 'em dead

* Refrain


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You're The Best Of All Leading Brands

Now you're the best of all the leading brands
From loving kisses down to holding hands
I am happy only in your company
And no one else can make this guarantee

   You're the best and always number one
   You've got the competition of the run
   I'm sure that everybody understands
   I like you best of all the leading brands

Your new improved performance sure is great
To me there is no question how you rate
Your quality puts you so far ahead
Your shape your style your looks sure knocks 'em dead

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You're The Girl Of My Dreams

Oh I first met you down in lover's lane
You were just like an angel my little blue eye Jane
We walked along we sang a song words we sang in true
It would be like Heaven here on earth to be again with you
Cause your the girl of my dreams
But it seems that my dreams will never come true

At night we'd set out in the old porch swing
The stars was shining brightly while softly you would sing
You'd sing of happy days gone by you made me happy too
It would be like Heaven here on earth to be again with you
Cause your the girl of my dreams
But it seems that my dreams will never come true

Once you said you loved me too that you would be my own
But now you've gone so far away left me all alone
Another man has won your hand and took your love from me
But you still linger in my heart and in my memory
For your the girl of my dreams
But it seems that my dreams will never come true


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You're The One
Written and recorded by Dwight Yoakam

G                                  C
You're the one you're the one that made me cry
   Am                  D7                 G
Oh you're the one that laughed at me then said goodbye
                                   C
You're the one you're the one that made me blue
   Am                     D7                  G           D7
So how's it feel now that you're the one it's happening to
G               C               D7
Now you're back callin' me with open arms
     G               C                D7
What happened to the one you met with all that charm
    Em                                           G     A7
You say he's gone and you're alone well that's a shame
       Am                                     D7
If you think real hard I know you'll see just who's to blame
repeat #1
 
G                    C               D7
You're begging me to think about the love we shared
    G                  C                D7
Yet it seems to me not too long ago you didn't care
    Em                                      G    A7
The love you left no longer lives within my heart
        Am                            D7
See the game you played so recklessly tore it all apart
repeat #1
Am          C                      D7
Now tell me how's it feel now that you're the one
C                      D7
How's it feel now that you're the one
C                      D7                  G           D7
How's it feel now that you're the one it's happening to
G                            C
You're the one oh you're the one
Am                           G
You're the one oh you're the one
                               C
You're the one yeah you're the one
Am                             C
You're the one yeah you're the one

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Dolly Parton - You're The One That Taught Me How To Swing lyrics

You were not content with me when I was like I used to be
I was too old-fashioned, too simple and too plain
And so you took this country girl, taught me all about the world
Yes, you're the one that taught me how to swing
I used to never drink or smoke, I'd even blush at dirty jokes
I never wanted to take part in all those worldly games
But you dressed me up in sexy clothes, took me where the swingers go
Yes, you're the one that taught me how to swing
But you don't want me swingin' now, but you're the one that taught me how
It was you that wanted me to change
I'm only what you made of me - your mistake was changin' me
Yes, you're the one that taught me how to swing
You want me like I was before, but I'm not like that anymore
This plain old simple country girl won't ever be the same
So don't expect me to go back 'cause it's a bit too late for that
An' you're the one that taught me how to swing
But you don't want me swingin' now, but you're the one that taught me how
It was you that wanted me to change
And I'm only what you made of me - your mistake was changin' me
And, you're the one that taught me how to swing
Yes, you're the one that taught me how to swing
Taught me how to swing


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You're The Only Girl In The Game
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Cochran and Glenn Martin

C                                           F                 C
What a twisted game you're playin' with the highest stakes of all
          F         C                 G7
Somewhere along the way the rules got changed
          C                                      F              C
From this narrow ledge we're walkin' and there's no way you can fall
                 F    C    G7     C
Cause you're the only girl in the game
                               F              C
You're the only winner there's no way you can lose
        F           C           G7
And why I don't get out I can't explain
C                   F                 C
Any one decision to you would be good news
                 F    C    G7     C   C7
Cause you're the only girl in the game
F               C    G7     C
You're the only girl in the game
F          C             G7
He was not invited still he came
          C                       F                C
There can only be one loser and I already feel the pain
         F    C    G7     C
From the only girl in the game
Repeat #3

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Dolly Parton - You're The Only One lyrics
(Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts)

I found out the hard way
And I'm never gonna break your heart
I know, too late
And I don't want to break your heart
Guess I had to go away just to find
What I left behind
You're the only one
You're the only one
Take me back
To where we started from
And let's make it now
Like we made it then
This ol' heart ain't gonna break your heart again
Nights I lay in bed
And your covers wouldn't warm my feet
And morning found me
Bitter or a bit too sweet
Oh baby, I had to go away
Just to run back and say
You're the only one
You're the only one
Take me back
To where we started from
Can we make it now
Like we made it then
This ol' heart ain't gonna break your heart again
You're the only one darlin'
They'll never be anyone else but you
I love you so much
You are my love, you've become my life
And I never meant to break your heart
But, sometimes, you just got to go away
To find what you left behind
You're the only one
You're the only one
Take me back
To where we started from
Can we make it now
Like we make it then
This ol' heart ain't gonna break your heart again
You're the only one
You're the only one
You're the only one
The only one
So take me back
To where we started from
You're the only one
The only one
You're the only one
You 're the only one
The only one
Take me back
To where we started from
You're the only one
The only one
You're the only one
You're the only one
The only one


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You've Been A Friend Babe

Thru the long night in your kitchen over coffee
We'd talk and listen to the rain outside
I'd unload my mind of all it's troubles
And you'd smile and say that you were on my side

You were someone I could always turn to
When it seems there was no one left for me
I'd say you've really been a friend, babe
When you knew that friends was all we'd ever be

As the day goes by the memories grow fonder
Of the happy hours that I spent there with you
And it makes no difference where I wander
The nights are brighter when I dream of you

Just to know there's someone always waiting
With a gentle word and a friendly smile for me
I'd say you've really been a friend, babe
When we knew that friends were all we'd ever be

I'd say you've really been a friend, babe
But you knew you're more than just a friend to me


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You've Been A Friend To Me

My bark of life was drifting  down the troubled stream of time
When first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime 

   Oh I'll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
   If ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me 

Misfortune nursed me as a child and loved me fondly too
I would have had a broken heart had it not have been for you 

I now look back upon the past across life's troubled sea
And smile to think thru all I've seen you've been a friend to me

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You've Been Fooling Me Baby

I don't want you mean momma
There aint no use you hanging around
For I've found me another momma
And now I am Chicago bound

   You've been fooling me baby
   You've been telling me your lies
   When I thought you were an angel
   Just sent down from the skies

Sing those parting blues to me sweet Nell
When you leave you leave me sad
Cause my daddy's gone and left me
I just wouldn't treat him right

I wouldn't give him much lovin
I wouldn't stay home at night
Now I hear the train a comin
He has gone out of site

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You've Been On My Mind
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Rodney Crowell

C                   F         G7               C
Guess it's time for me to say how it is that I feel today
                   F                   G7                C
Today is just like any other day cause you've been on my mind
                 F                       G7              C
It really hasn't been that long but it's funny where the time has flown
                   F              G7             C
Memories just keep holding on and you been on my mind

F              C                F               C
You been on my mind sometimes I think I must be going blind
     F            C                                G7
I've seen a world baby without you but I don't see myself there too
C             F              G7               C
Hardly does a day go by when I don't see your clear blue eyes
                   F              G7             C
Many nights I just wonder why and you been on my mind

F                 C                 F                  C
You've been on my mind so long I've been thinking that something was wrong
     F             C                                 G7
I've told myself I should forget but I don't seem to have it yet
F                 C              F                    C
You've been on my mind I've said till it's all that's in my head
      F         C                                  G7
Yes I know what I must do but I don't think you'll be there too

C               F            G7                C
Guess it's time for me to go but as it is I'll never know
                       F               G7             C
Just what it is that I long for so and you been on my mind

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You've Been That Friend To Me

My spark of life was spinning down the troubled seas of time
When first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime
Oh I'll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
If ever I have had a friend you've been that freind to me

Misfortune nursed me as her child and loved me fondly too
I would have had a broken heart had it not have been for you
Oh I'll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
If ever I have had a friend you've been that freind to me

I now look back upon the past across life's troubled sea
And smile to think thru all I've seen you've been a friend to me
Oh I'll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
If ever I have had a freind you've been that friend to me

Oh I'll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
If ever I have had a freind you've been that friend to me


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You've Been That Friend To Me

My spark of life was spinning down the troubled seas of time
When first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime 

   Oh I'll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
   If ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me 

Misfortune nursed me as her child and loved me fondly too
I would have had a broken heart had it not have been for you 

I now look back upon the past across life's troubled sea
And smile to think thru all I've seen you've been a friend to me

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You've Got The Look Of A Perfect Diamond

Lord why did I have to see you
I should have looked the other way
I thought that I could love and leave you
I should've known I'd have to pay

   You've Got the Look of a Perfect Diamond
   And your heart is hard as stone
   You think of love as just a playhouse
   A place to play then move on

Before I met you life was easy
Nothin' was standin' in my way
Why can't I block you from my memory
Erase your image now today

Each day is misery and confusion
Looks like troubles here to stay
Oh I bet it's not the first time
That you've tortured hearts this way

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You've Got To Righten That Wrong

   You've got to righten that wrong someday
   Years may pass but you cant get away
   If you do wrong today the price you must pay
   You've got to righten that wrong someday

Do not lie or gossip on the folks whom you know
But do good to all while you may
Did smile while their face and frown when they go
You've got to righten that wrong someday

You hear Jesus pleading to come to the fold
The time is fleeting away
He will strengthen your spirits and sweeten your soul
Why not righten these wrongs today

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Dolly Parton - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling lyrics
(Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil & Phil Spector)

You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it, baby
But baby, baby I know it
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Whoa, that lovin' feeling
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, woah
Now there's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach for you
And now your're starting to critisize little things I do
It makes me just feel like crying, baby
'Cause baby, something in you is dying
You lost that lovin' feeling
Whoa, that lovin' feeling
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, woah
Baby, baby, I get down on my knees and pray to you
If you would only love me like you used to do
We had a love, a love, a love you don't find everyday
So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away
Bring back that lovin' feeling
Oh, that lovin' feeling
Bring back that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone
And I can't go on, woah
You've lost the lovin' feeling
Woah, that lovin' feeling
You've lost the lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone
Fade:
Bring back that lovin' feeling, bring it on back
Woah, that lovin' feeling
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone


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Nickel Creek - Young

Young an' with no clue
Now I wanna love you
Give me the key to
What it's about?

Everything I've read
Everything you've said
Prove you're ove' my head
Help me climb out

I know that you don't need nobody
Are you sure, you're that sure about me?

Ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ooo ooo ooo ooo

Hey, what did I do?
I've spoken too soon
Listen to this tune
Forget the words

Wait until someday
  (Wait until someday)
'Cause when I know what to say
  (Know what to say)
I'll say it in the best way
You've ever heard
  (Ooo)

I know that you don't need nobody
Are you sure, you're that sure about me?

Young an' with no clue
Still wanna love you
Give credit where it's due
I've got good taste

It's not like I wanna get married
I never asked you to kiss me
Just don't want you to be sorry
You didn't try

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Young Freda Bolt

Amid the Blue Ridge Mountains
There lived a maiden fair
Whose life was pure as heaven
Whose life was free from care

She dreamed of love and romance
With heart so glad and free
No gloom within the future
Young Freda Bolt could see

Nearby lived dear young Harmon
A boy she loved so well
And of these two young lovers
A story I will tell

Twas late one Thursday evening
The stars were shinning dim
That dear one called his sweetheart
To come and go with him

He told her on tomorrow
That they would surely wed
But little was she thinking
He'd take her life instead

They motored to Clinch Mountain
A place so dark and lone
And there her form so helpless
He placed beneath the stones

Away from home and mother
That Freda loved so well
The bitter pain and anguish
No mortal tongue can tell

Through tears she pled for mercy
Though he denied her cry
Young Harmon left his sweetheart
In agony to die

We think that God in heaven
Must surely heard her cry
And sent a band of angels
To linger very nigh

And bare her spirit over
To yonder happy shore
Where dying comes no never
And parting is no more

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Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jack Ripley

G               D7              G
You tell me you have married an angel
                  D7          G
She's made heaven out of your home
        C                          G
You say there couldn't be rainbows without her
                                         D7
She's brought you happiness you've never known
 
G                       D7          G
But you may hate me for what I will tell you
                        D7          G
But you'll thank me for setting you right
          C                     G
While you work to keep angel in heaven
                        D7          G    Em
Your angel steps out of heaven each night

    D7                         C             G
Her heaven's not the same that you're living in
                                                               D7
It's any place where there's music and some free drinks thrown in
   G                           C              G
So call her your angel I won't say you're not right
                           D7          G
But you angel steps out of heaven each night

                        D7          C    G
Your angel steps out of heaven each night



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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine

Everybodys talkin' bout their sweetie nowadays
I got the one with the sweetest ways
Your baby may roll the jelly fine
Nobody's baby can roll it like mine

Your baby ain't sweet like mine
She eats her jelly roll all the time
And when I'm feelin' lonesome and blue
My baby knows just what to do
She even calls me honey
She even lets me spend her money
Never has my baby put me outdoor
She even buys me all my clothes
I don't wanna brag, I wanna put you in line
Your baby ain't sweet like mine, no no
Your baby ain't sweet like mine

Your baby ain't sweet like mine
She bake a jelly roll all the time
And when I'm feelin' lonesome and blue
My baby knows just what to do
She even calls me honey
She even lets me spend her money
Never has my baby put me outdoors
She even buy me all my clothes
I don't wanna brag, just wanna put you in line
Your baby ain't sweet like mine, no no
Your baby ain't sweet like mine

Your baby ain't sweet like mine
Bake a jelly roll all-a the time
And when I'm feelin' lonesome and blue
My baby knows just what to do
She even calls me honey (honey)
She even lets me spend her money (all my money)
Never has my baby put me outdoors (I'd never do that)
She even buys me all my clothes
I don't wanna brag, just wanna put you in line
Your baby ain't sweet like mine, no no
Your baby ain't sweet like mine
Oh, yes, your baby ain't sweet like mine


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Mac Wiseman  - Your Best Friend and Me Lyrics

You only give me the best
You only give me the best that You have
whoo!

Your grace give me things I don't deserve
I didn't earn it
I think I'm worthless
Yeah

You took me from the bottom
And told me I'm the head
I didn't give you nothing
You gave me love instead

I can't just keep in all this love
Without giving it back to You
We giving it back. Yes!

The best of my love
You loved me first you gave me the best of Your love
You loved me first You gave me the best of Your love

You only give me the best
You only give me the best that You have
oh oh oh oh

I just taking the way You love me, Your ways of loving
I just can't keep it to myself yeah
You took me from the bottom
And told me I'm the head
I didn't give You nothing
You gave me grace instead

And all across the danceroom floor
All across the danceroom floor
Body rockin' and we sing
You give the best, my love
You loved me first You gave me the best of Your love

You loved me first, You gave me the best of Your...

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Your Empty Heart 
(Larry W. Jones 01/20/2007) (song#4337)

The time has come, my dear, for us to talk things out
I need to hear from you just what our love is all about
I see an empty frame where there should be a work of art 
When will you open up and let me fill your empty heart
Is there someone in your past who still has a hold on you
Or is it that you've cast my love aside for someone new
I want to fill our life with love before the dream departs
When will you open up and let me fill your empty heart
I've seen the way you sit and reminisce of days gone by
But dear, those days are gone on which you still rely 
This emptiness just steers our ship right off the chart 
When will you open up and let me fill your empty heart
One fine day the time will come when you will truly see
That the love I've given you is filled with sincerity
Let's talk it out instead of closing with the saddest part 
When will you open up and let me fill your empty heart


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Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
John Prine

While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.

Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.

Chorus

Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...

Chorus


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Your Greedy Heart

I have waited long in silence while you realize your dreams
But you take and take and take love, never turn a hand to me
Like a teardrop in an ocean, grain of sand upon a beach
I could journey on forever to a heart that's out of reach.

   Oh, what more can I give you that I've not already given
   I have only one heart, one life to live
   You take what I'm a-wanting, I'm mindful of your greed
   My lifetime is too short to give you all that you need.
    The walls of love are tumbled 'round me left me standing by myself

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Your Heart Turned Left
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Harlan Howard

C                                       F
Your heart turned left and I was on the right
    G7                                  C
You couldn't have hurt me more with dynamite
                               F
Thought I was your destiny but just before you got to me
     G7                                 C
Your heart turned left and I was on the right

                            F
I almost had the battle won what could I have said and done
     G7                          C
That put you in another's arms tonight 
                              F
I don't know where I lost out I just know without a doubt 
     G7                                 C
Your heart turned left and I was on the right

Repeat #1 

                                          F
Now my poor heart just moans and groans I walked around just kicking stones 
   G7                           C
Oh cupid sure won't get another bite 
                           F
Honey why'd you lead me on without a warning you were gone
     G7                                 C
Your heart turned left and I was on the right

Repeat #1 

          G7                                 C
Yeah your heart turned left and I was on the right

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Dolly Parton - Your Kisses Are Charity lyrics
(G. O' Dowd, R. Hay, M. Craig & J. Moss)

Last night you breathed the deepest sigh
Turned away with those gold cold cool eyes
You said won't you give me space to breathe
But my tears gave you confidence to leave
Now you say I'm just too much for you
There are things you'll never know
If you lie and cheat so easily
Ya better go, you better go
Go, go, go, you better go
All I know is how I feel
And my heart is always yours to steal
But you take and never give to me
Your kisses are charity
Your kisses are charity
Yesterday you were my brightest star
But even when you're near
I don't know where you are
I was wrong to show my weaker side
Now it's much too late to cry, cry, cry
I was blind to put my trust in you
If you leave me, I'll fall apart
Did you plan to make a fool out of me
From the start, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I know is how I feel
And my heart was always yours to steal
But you take and never give to me
Your kisses are charity
Your kisses are charity
Now you say I'm too much for you
There are things you'll never know
If you lie and cheat so easily
Ya better go, you better go
Go, go, go, you better go
All I know is how I feel
And my heart was always yours to steal
But you take and never give to me
Your kisses are charity
You never give to me
All I know is how I feel
And my heart was always yours to steal
But you take but never give to me
Your kisses are charity
Your kisses are charity


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Your Lone Journey

God's given us years of happiness here
Now we must part
And as the angels come and call for you
The pangs of grief tug at my heart

   Oh my darling my darling
   My heart breaks as you take
   Your lone journey

Oh the days will be empty the nights so long
Without you my love
And as God calls for you I'm left alone
But we will meet in heaven above

Fond memories I'll keep of the happy days
That on earth we trod
And when I come we will walk hand in hand
As one in heaven in the family of God

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Your Long Journey 
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Doc Watson and Rosa Lee Watson  

C                       G7        C
God's given us years of happiness here 
    F       C
Now we must part 
                  G7       C
And as the angels come and call for you 
    G7       C          F     C
The pains of grief tugs at my heart 
G7
Oh my darling  my darling 
                       C         F        C
My heart breaks as you take your long journey 


Oh the days will be empty 
    G7        C            F      C
The nights so long without you my love 
                       G7      C
And when God calls for you I'm left alone 
    G7      C       F      C
But we will meet in heaven above 
G7
Oh my darling  my darling 
                       C         F        C
My heart breaks as you take your long journey 

                        G7       C
Fond memories I'll keep of happy ways 
         F       C
That on earth we trod 
                        G7           C
And when I come we will walk hand in hand 
   G7     C             F         C
As one in heaven in the family of God 
G7
Oh my darling  my darling 
                       C         F       C
My heart breaks as you take your long journey 

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Your Love Died Like The Rose

The rose that I planted with such tender care
Is wilted and fading today
I'll cherish the blossom that once was so fair
Like your love that's gone far away. 

 It seems so unfair and hard to believe
That you took my dreams and were gone
Your reason for leavin' my heart can't conceive
But the tears have convinced me you're gone 

 I stand all alone with a rose in my hand
Although it is withered and old
It's all I have left with this faded gold band
And a memory I could never let go. 

 So dear if you're mine give a thought to the past
Don't worry for love comes and goes
My love for you was made, dear, to last
Your love bloomed and died like the rose
Your love bloomed and died like the rose.

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Dolly Parton - Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher And Higher lyrics

Your love has lifted me your love has lifted me higher higher and higher
Your love keeps liftin' me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
[ fiddle ]
Your love has lifted me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
Your love has lifted me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
Your love lifted me higher than I've never been lifted before
So keep it up feel my desires and I'd be at your side for ever more
Your love keeps liftin' me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
Your love keeps liftin' me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
I'm so glad so glad I found you I'm so proud that I am your girl
So you keep on holdin' my hand I'd be proud to say to the world
Your love has lifted me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
Your love keeps liftin' me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
I was hurt and down hearted disappointment was my closest friend
And then you came hurt somebody it ain't never gonna show its face again
No no your love has lifted me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
Your love keeps liftin' me keeps right on liftin' me higher higher and higher
Your love keeps liftin' me...


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Your Love I Needed Best Of All
BMI Work #: 9156171
Your Love I Needed Best Of All (Larry W. Jones 10/03/2007) (song#5040)

Some things in life never need spoken
We all know that Winter follows Fall
But plans that we made are now broken
Your love dear, I needed best of all
Best of all I needed your love, dear
All year, including Winter and Fall
But you left me here with lonely tears
To see you go hurt me worst of all
Folks are searching for the rainbow's end
A gold treasure that hides from us all
What we need is a lover and friend
It's your love I needed best of all
- instrumental -
Best of all I needed your love, dear
All year, including Winter and Fall
But you left me here with lonely tears
To see you go hurt me worst of all
Folks are searching for the rainbow's end
A gold treasure that hides from us all
What we need is a lover and friend
It's your love I needed best of all
What we need is a lover and friend
It's your love I needed best of all


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Your Love Is Like A Flower

It was long, long ago in the moonlight
We were sitting on the banks of the stream
When you whispered so sweetly, I love you
As the waters murmured a tune

   Oh they tell me your love is like a flower
   In the springtime blossoms so fair
   In the fall then they wither away dear
   And they tell me that's the way of your love

I remember the night, little darling
We were talking of days gone by
When you told me you always would love me
That for me your love would never die

It was spring when you whispered these words dear
The flowers were all blooming so fair
But today as the snow falls around us
I can see that your love is not there

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Your Mama Didn't Raise No Idiot

Now I'm just a simple guy, not very smart you see
I never got much learning, never won a spelling bee
But I've always yearned for the big bright lights and to be a big star on broadway
And I made up my mind a long time ago that I'd be right there someday
Oh, they said I couln't do it, but I did it
And I said to myself, I said self
Your mama didn't raise no idiot

I remember when I'se in my teens I used to work the farm
I plowed a mule from dawn til dark, never done nobody no harm
Then one weekend the mule got stuborn when I wanted to ride him to town
My daddy said son, you wanta get his attention, why don't you knock him down
Pap didn't think I'd do it but I did it
And I said to myself, I said self
Your mama didn't raise no idiot

Then later on I bought a car, my troubles really begin
I guss I've spent a million bucks and traded a thousand time since then
A real smart man then put me wise, since then my life's been gay
He said open a used car lot and driver a different one every day
He didn't think I'd do it, but I did it
And I said to myself, I said self
Your mama didn't raise no idiot


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Your Money And My Good Looks
Recorded by Rhonda Vincent with Gene Watson
Written by Terry Herd and Rhonda Vincent

G7
He's not what you'd call the social type
          C
Though he goes for a drink most every night
  G
I do my time from nine to five
       C
It's a life I guess cause I'm still alive
    F
But lately his routine has changed
    C
The bottom line's been rearranged
G
All because I said I'd pay
                                  G7
When she whispered in my ear this way
     F
With your money we could take a trip
         C
We could fly to the moon on a rocket ship
   G7
Go first class on a jet airplane
   C
Or buy a railroad and go by train
     F
With your money she said with a smile
  C
I think I might just stay while
G7
Write a chapter for the history books
     C              G7      C
With your money and my good looks
G7
I knew something wasn't right
       C
When I couldn't go to sleep at night
        G7
Now his heart's gone and I'll just say
        C
So this house the dog and the Chevrolet
        F
When it comes to looks here's a lesson to learn
    C
The better the look the bigger the burn
     G
Take my advice or walk away
                           G7
But always be the first to say
          F
With your money we could take a trip
         C
We could fly to the moon on a rocket ship
   G7
Go first class on a jet airplane
   C
Or buy a railroad and go by train
          F
With your money we'll be gone a while
         C
We could sell our love a year in style
G7
Write a chapter for the history books
     C              G7      C
With your money and my good looks
G7
Chalk one up for the history books
     C              G7      C
With your money and my good looks

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Your Mother Still Prays For You Jack

The night was dark and stormy
The wind was howling wild
As an aged mother gazed upon
The portrait of her child
As she gazed on the baby's features
That once filled her heart with joy
He's now in this wild world roaming
That mother's long lost boy

   Your mother still prays for you, Jack
   Your mother still prays for you
   In a home far over the ocean
   Your mother still prays for you

At last there came a letter
It was deeply edged in black
From a comrade long forgotten
Who still remembered Jack
They have lain your dear old mother
In a grave so dark and cold
And she wants her boy who is roaming
To meet her on the streets of gold

His stony heart was broken
As he thought of his mother dear
And in spite of his comrades laughing
He could not keep back his tears
In spite of the great temptations
That once filled his heart with tears
So he started for Heaven that evening
As sweetly the people did sing

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Your Old Standby

You never call me darling
You never call me dear
I wonder if you'll miss me when I die
You show no consideration
You have no sympathy
I'm nothing more
Than just your old standby

If you would call me darling
If you would call me dear
If you would learn to love me by and by
I wouldn't mind this waiting 
And I could stand the pain
I'd be something more
Than just your old standby

A shoulder to cry on
Is all you want from me
Someone to share your heartaches
When you cry
Someone you can depend on
Who'll always be around
But I'm nothing more than
Just your old standby


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Dolly Parton - Your Ole Handy Man lyrics

I have to mow the lawn
And I have to wash the car
And I'd just like to know
Just who you think you are
I'm gettin' tired of wagging
That old heavy garbage can
Your woman's gettin' tired
Of being your ole handy man
I have to run your water
And I have to wash your back
And I have to scrub the tub
After you have had your bath
You're as helpless as a baby
But I love you, understand
I'm just gettin' tired
Of being your ole handy man
Your woman's gettin' tired of being your ole handy man
Now I know you've got ten fingers
But where's your helpin' hand
I've just made a decision
I've stood all I'm gonna stand
Your woman's gettin' tired of being your ole handy man
I do everything for you
You never help yourself
An' I think I'd die from shock
If you raised a hand to help
Well, I'm not gonna keep it up
That's what you got planned
Your woman's gettin' tired of being your ole handy man
Your woman's gettin' tired of being your ole handy man
Now I know you got ten fingers
But where's that helpin' hand
I've just made a decision
I've stood all I'm gonna stand
Your woman's gettin' tired of being your ole handy man
Your woman's gettin' tired of being your ole handy man


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Your Selfish Heart

I'm going away to stay awhile
Just to ease my worried mind
You never cared for me my love
So I'm leaving you behind

   It's been this way so long my dear
   Why can't you understand
   Your selfish heart broke up our home
   Just for another man

I tried to live my life alone
All through these lonely years
I keep your picture here with me
Just to dry these bitter tears

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Your Shining Face
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Joe Allen and Buddy Killen

C                             Em
I fell awake this morning and thought 
                         Am
I saw the sun on its way down
         D7
And this evening when the sky got bright 
  F                              G7
I realized that I'd been turnin' around
   C
So Lord I've come again to ask You 
Em                              Am
What it is and where it is I've been
    D7
And if my hands weren't dirty Lord 
    F                  G7           C
I'd love to touch Your shining face again
                      A#7
For I touched it as a child 
                       C
I could feel it for my brother
                      A#7
And I saw him smiling gently  
                           C
Your shining face upon the flowers
    F
And I recalled the times when I could 
Am                              Dm
Come to You with open heart and mind
G7                              A#7
Knowin' I could ask You Lord to lead me 
                            C
Through the valley one more time
   F                              Am
So now I stand before You Lord to pray 
                           Dm
That You will wash away my sins
    G7
And if You'll cleanse my dirty hands 
    A#7                C            F     C
I'd love to touch Your shining face again
Repeat #3
C                      A#7
Yes we touched it as a child (yes we touched it as a child) 
                          C
We could feel it for each other (we could feel it for each other)
                       A#7
And we saw Him smiling gentle (and we saw Him smiling gentle)
                           C
His shining face among the flowers 

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Your Song
Bernie Taupin / Elton John

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen


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Your Tears Are Just Interest On The Loan

You've heardof interest all your life
If you borrow you must pay
Now the note is bue, I'm asking you
Before you go away
You borrowed all the love I had
In return dear you gave none
Now the tears you are shadding
Are just interest on the loan

Now you could cry till the end of time
I wouldn't change my mind
An account like yours is very bad
And baby, I'm not blind
You could cry and plead, get on your kness
Nortage everything you own
But the tears you are shedding
Are just interesting on the loan

If you had made one payment dear
It wouldn't be so bad
The payment dear was for my heart
And all the love I had
You'll pay the price the hard way dear
As you go on alone
But the tears you are shedding
Are just interest on the loan

* Refrain


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Your Worries And Troubles Are Mine

People keep asking and wondering why
There's always a tear in your eye
You've lived a hard life one I'd rather not lead
I ought to be glad it's not me

   But when tears fill your eyes and clouds hide the sky
   Your heart is so sad and you have a worried mind
   You'll know my heart is with you and my love for you ain't blind
   Your worries and troubles are mine

Now the nights are hard to get through as I wait restlessly
My letters are written in vain
Unsure of your feelings my tears fall endlessly
And my heart's beating rhythm with the rain

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Dolly Parton - Yours Love lyrics
Duet with Porter Wagoner
Album: Always Always
Writer Harlan Howard
Copyright 1968

May the fruit of my toil be yours love
may the food from my soil be yours love
And from this moment on may a love that is strong
that lives on and on be yours love
May the sons that I raise be yours love
may the comforts I praise be yours love
If I ever get weak may the love words I speak
and the arms that I seek be yours love
May the Lord's shining grace be yours love
may the happiest face be yours love
May the last fingertips that touch these two lips
as life from me slips be yours love
And from this moment on may a love that is strong
that lives on and on be yours love


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Zion's Hill

There awaits for me a glad tomorrow
Where the gates of pearl swing open wide
And when I have passed this spell of sorrow
I will camp upon the other side

   Someday beyond the reach of mortal kin
   Someday God only knows just where or when
   The wills of mortal life will all stand still
   And I shall go dwell on Zion's Hill

Someday the storm clouds will be lifted
Beyond the shadow of the tomb
And with all the bells of Heaven ringing
And the angels singing "Home Sweet Home"

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